The Sheridan Show

Nobody has been covering the Milwaukee Bucks longer than Gery Woelfel, and when Gery says he thinks a trade involving the Bucks is highly likely, you need to pay attention. In this podcast with veteran NBA writer Chris Sheridan, Woelfel cites intel from scouts and other league sources as saying the Bucks will be proactive in seeking an upgrade over Donte DiVincenzo at shooting guard as they try to return to the elite form they were showing a year ago before the pandemic shut down the NBA. Woelfel also talks about what teams he believes have a real chance to emerge from the Eastern Conference.

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Joe Prunty came up as a coach under Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs before moving on to a number of NBA stops that included assistant coaching toles with the Mavericks, Blazers, Cavs, Nets, Bucks and Suns (along with a 37-game stretch as head coach of Milwaukee.) 

Most recently, he led an undefeated Team USA squad that went undefeated in a FIBA-Americas qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico and he joined veteran NBA journalist Chris Sheridan to discuss some of the NBA veterans he had on the Team USA team, including Joe Johnson, Brandon Bass, Isaiah Thomas, Ra'Shad James and Dakota Mathias. He shares his thought on whether any of those players could help NBA playoff teams this season as weell as his early post-college days as a beer salesman.

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Ever since the Brooklyn Nets came into being as the New Jersey Americans of the old ABA, Herb Turetzky has been their official scorekeeper. He was there for the franchise's lone championship in 1976 with Julius Erving the year before he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, he was there when Jason Kidd was a player and a coach, and he is at all of the home games nowadays as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden try to bring the team its first NBA title. Turetzky shared a few of his favorite stories in this episode of the Sheridan Show with veteran NBA journalist Chris Sheridan.

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What happens if LeBron James wants to play in the Tokyo Olympics but is in the NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers? He missed the Olympics, that's what. The same thing goes for a bunch of American players, but not so much for guys such as Nikola Jokic of Serbia and Rudy Gobert of France. Why? Fran Fraschilla, ESPN college basketball analyst and international basketball expert, explains while also previewing the ever-changing landscape of the 2021 NBA draft, which scouts must prepare for from afar. 

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Ever since Kobe Bryant was a rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers, Broderick Turner covered him -- first for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, then for the Los Angeles Times, where he is now the Lakers beat writer. Turner had some great tales to tell, such as what motivated Kobe Bryant to get into the gym early every morning to shoot 1,000 shots, and he shared a bunch of those stories with podcast host Chris Sheridan, who also spent two decades covering Bryant, including a stop in Beijing with the 2008 version of Team USA. Have a listen and enjoy. We all miss Kobe a lot, which we were reminded of on the one-year anniversary of his death.

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Will there be an Olympics this summer? And if so, who will play for Team USA? Jerry Colangelo, the managing director of USA Basketball, joined veteran NBA writer Chris Sheridan to discuss those possibilities exactly six months prior to July 23 -- the date athletes from around the world are scheduled to take part in the Opening Ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics. Colangelo also disclosed that there will be no pre-Olympic tour for Team USA, but other national teams will be invited to Las Vegas to play exhibitions in the gambling capital of the United States.

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How much would an NBA expansion team cost? And in which cities would two new expansion teams be located if NBA owners voted to expand from 30 to 32 teams? Scott Soshnick, founder and editor in chief of Sportico.com, had answers to those questions after hosting an online NBA valuations conference Tuesday, and he shared his insight with Chris Sheridan of BasketballNews.com in this podcast recorded Jan. 20, 2021.

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ABC/ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy thinks the Houston Rockets are a playoff team if they keep James Harden, but he is not yet so convinced about the undefeated Atlanta Hawks ort Cleveland Cavaliers, both of which have gotten off to 3-0 starts in the 2020-21 NBA season. Van Gundy also discussed calling the Lakers-Mavericks Christmas game from an empty Staples Center, along with a great story about coaching Team USA and what he witnessed when the competition was from Cuba.

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Former NY Knick and VP of the NBAPA Charles Smith talks about James Harden and Chris Paul as well as the upcoming season including the Lakers and the Clippers, if New York is still a Knicks town despite the massive expectations being heaped upon the Brooklyn Nets, and what team he thinks can challenge the Lakers in the west.

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