The Pure Hoops Quick Hitters

Hall of Famer Jerry West joins Dave Wohl on Dave's Front Office for a two part conversation. In this Quick Hitter segment, the man known as "The Logo" discusses his dear former teammate Elgin Baylor, his 1960 Olympic teammate Muhammad Ali, his Celtics opponent Tommy Heinsohn, who passed away in November 2020, and legendary decathlete Rafer Johnson, another of his Olympic teammates in Rome. His description of listening to Tommy call Celtics games is classic. The full episodes can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daves-front-office/id1538844564

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Mike Wise's 100th show featured a great discussion with veteran New York hoop journalists Harvey Araton & Frank Isola. They take a deep dive into the historically dysfunctional New York Knicks franchise. Many blame owner James Dolan for the dysfunction, and he is taken to task for his contributions, but it actually started well before he owned the team. The details and history create a "must listen" experience for NBA fans and especially Knicks fans.

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Jenny Fischer chats with Gobigbluecountry.com founder Shawn Smith about Kentucky's 1-5 start and the lack of trust that is undermining the team. Plus, the circumstances the led to Cam'ron Fletcher's departure from the team.

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Monica McNutt, King McClure, and Bruce Bernstein examine how the year 2020 was dominated by huge events with the basketball world taking the lead in promoting societal change.

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BJ Armstrong and Eric Newman size up the New Orleans Pelicans & Miami Heat, who meet in one of the five Christmas Day marquee matchups. What are realistic expectations for Zion Williamson, Bam Adebayo, and their respective teams.

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On this Quick Hitter version of Catch and Shoot 2.0, Aaron Berlin and Otto Strong weigh in on the struggles that Houston had this offseason and why James Harden and the Rockets may not be in for a great season.

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Mike Wise and his producer Bruce Bernstein make their predictions for the upcoming season. Will a "Euro" other than the Greek Freak be the MVP? Will the Coach of the Year be someone you don't expect? Will LeBron's "Drive for Five" end with another Lakers title? And which upcoming storylines are the most intriguing?

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Dave's Front Office is open for business, In this Quick Hitter conversation from Dave's first show, Jerry West discusses some of the challenges that players and team personnel had to contend with while completing the 2020 NBA season in the Orlando bubble.

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The Suns make a big move to bring in Chris Paul for Kelly Oubre Jr, Ricky Rubio and draft picks in an attempt to accelerate winning with Devin Booker and DeAndre Ayton. How does CP3 position the Suns to take a major step forward in the west? 

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The 76ers welcome Doc Rivers with open arms after moving on from Brett Brown. They've also added three point shooting with Seth Curry & Danny Green. New team president Daryl Morey also traded Al Horford and his huge contract & added Dwight Howard to back up Joel Embiid. Will these moves make the Sixers a better team from day one? 

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