The NBA season is just about here - so let’s into the MVP race and other awards.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg go through each NBA award and make their picks for each award, with odds from BetMGM.

0:00 Cold open: Favorite team that did not win a title, a la the Grit and Grind Grizzles?

10:54 MVP race

20:36 Rookie of the Year odds

26:20 Wembanyama for favorite for DPOY

32:36 Sixth Man of the Year

35:14 Most Improved Player is wide-open

37:05 Coach of the Year is also wide-open

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Joel Embiid has extended with the 76ers, so let’s analyze it from all angles.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg offer up five different takes on Joel Embiid’s extension and what it means for the 76ers to be all the way in on the next few years. Then, they look at the impact of Mitchell Robinson missing the start of the season on the Knicks.

0:00 Cold open: best city edition jerseys

6:36 Five takes about Joel Embiid’s extension

35:33 Mitchell Robinson to miss the beginning of the 2024-25 season

42:55 Personal question: best concert you’ve seen this summer

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Let’s pick the role players that will help shape the 2024-25 NBA season.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg open the show by picking their favorite City edition jerseys before looking at the WNBA expand to Portland, reacting to Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement from NBA media, and pick six role players who will have a big impact on the 2024-25 season.

0:00 Cold open: best city edition jerseys

11:34 WNBA expansion

17:02 Woj retires

35:30 Mike Conley and Christian Braun

45:33 OG Anunoby

49:44 Khris Middleton

56:54 PJ Washington

1:02:09 Bradley Beal

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The Western Conference is loaded with title contenders. But is it possible that he Thunder pull away from the pack?

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg go through the Western Conference and put all 15 teams into tiers, ranging from true title contenders, teams on the cusp, teams stuck in the middle, and teams at the bottom of the league. 

0:00 Cold open: What NBA arena that you haven’t been to do you most want to go to?

 6:44 Title contenders: Thunder, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Mavericks 

27:45 Teams on the verge: Grizzlies, Suns, and the Pelicans and teams close to this level: Kings, Lakers, Clippers

42:51 Teams with upside: Rockets, Warriors, Spurs

50:05 At the bottom: Jazz, Trail Blazers

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The defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics head into the 2024-25 NBA season at the top of the East. Can anyone push them?

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg go through the Eastern Conference and put all 15 teams into tiers, ranging from true title contenders, teams on the cusp, teams stuck in the middle, and teams at the bottom of the league. 

0:00 Cold open: Can we please have a normal Rudy Gobert conversation? 

6:01 Celtics at the top

13:25 Teams with a real chance of pushing the Celtics: Knicks, Bucks, 76ers, Pacers

29:57 The East’s middle class: Cavs, Magic, Heat

46:36 Teams in no-man’s land: Bulls, Raptors, Hawks, Hornets

50:24 Nets, Pistons, Wizards at the bottom

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The NBA season is close - and so is the race to the bottom for Cooper Flagg and other top 2025 NBA Draft prospects.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg draft five teams, all intending to pick the ten worst teams in the NBA. The teams covered: the Nets, the Wizards, the Trail Blazers, Pistons, Hawks, Raptors, Hornets, Bulls, and Rockets.

0:00 Cold open: What would you ask for to give up your jersey number?

7:37 Reviewing the worst teams from last season

10:50 Nets

17:01 Wizards

21:11 Trail Blazers

28:05 Pistons

32:43 Hawks

36:41 Raptors

40:07 Hornets

43:10 Bulls

46:46 Jazz

51:09 Rockets

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Steph Curry's one-year extension headlines a run of NBA news from Just Basketball's hiatus.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning and Wes Goldberg dive into Curry’s extension and the next three years of his career, Ivica Zubac’s extension with the Clippers, why it was smart for the Pacers to keep T.J. McConnell, and the impact of GG Jackson’s foot injury on the Grizzlies.                          

0:00 Cold open: Would LeBron or Steph be a better team owner?

5:30 Steph Curry’s three-year window

25:03 Ivica Zubac extends with the Clippers

34:28 Pacers keep McConnell around

40:47 GG Jackson’s injury impact

47:49 Personnel question: What tour would you want to see live?

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Stephen Curry came up big for Team USA when they needed him to.

On a new episode of the Just Basketball Show, Chris Manning, Wes Goldberg, and Brendon Kleen dive into Team USA’s win over Serbia, Curry having his big moment at the Olympics and more. Then, they look at France’s win over Germany and preview Sunday’s Gold Medal game between Team USA and France.

0:00 Cold open Pick NBA players for 3x3

10:47 USA-Serbia recap

37:17 France-Germany recap

47:39 Gold Medal game preview

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Will Lauri Markannen get dealt? Or is he bound to stay in Utah?

On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning, Wes Goldberg, and Brendon Kleen get into the latest on Markannen’s trade market, and what a deal (or no deal) could mean for the Jazz and Warriors. Then, they look at the Olympic knockout round matchups, and reflect on Gordon Hayward’s career.

0:00 Cold open: Random NBA player follows

5:34 Lauri Markannen latest

26:12 Men’s Olympic Basketball knockout round preview

47:51 Gordon Hayward retires

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On a new episode of the Just Basketball show, Chris Manning, Wes Goldberg, and Brendon Kleen talk about Team USA beating South Sudan behind a strong performance fron Bam Adeybayo and the American bench (and no Joel Embiid) before moving onto a game of what matters more between three recent NBA stories: Jarrett Allen extending in Cleveland, Luke Kennard going back to the Grizzlies and Precious Achiuwa re-signing with the Knicks.

0:00 Cold open: What food or drink would you want to be sponsored by?

7:01 Team USA gets to 2-0

25:45: What matters most between Jarrett Allen’s extension, Luke Kennard going back to Memphis, and Precious Achiuwa re-signing with the Knicks

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