On the 352nd Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler celebrate the return of Lebron James, by talking about everyone's favorite topic -- THE DETROIT PISTONS. All kiddign aside, they talk about how the Lakers good run of games pre-Lebron potentially sets them up well before diving into what Lebron's role may look like given the leap in Austin Reaves play. They then talk some Thunder before jumping to the Pistons and discussing why they are a good story but maybe slightly further away from being title contenders. Finally Tyler rambles about Jokic's greatness for a bit because why not.

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On the 351st episode of the Underdog Sports NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick wildly overreact to the first 10% of the season. They focus heavily on the Chicago Bulls hot start, specifically about if Josh Giddy has become an all NBA-Player of if parts of his start are not sustainable. They then discuss the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic and why one hot start and one cold start aren't necessarily predictive. Finally they shout about the two LA teams after Zandrick saw the Clippers in person and things they are too old and the vibes are bad, before shifting the the Mavericks and why things may be worse than they seem. 

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On the 350th episode of the Underdog NBA Show it is time for the annual tradition. For the seventh year in a row Tyler and Zandrick draft all the NBA teams, split by conference, based on how many wins they feel like they will have. Fresh off the closest draft in history (a Tyler 4 win victory) Tyler gets the prize of drafting first in the East, which will likely cost him the whole contest. Inflection points include, Zandrick's dogged love of Philly, Tyler having no belief in Charlotte, Tyler believing the Knicks and Nuggets will play with the playoffs in mind and Zandrick feeling strongly about the Celtics. 

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On the 348th Episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the pretty mediocre Atlantic Division. They start with the massive favorites in the division, the New York Knicks, and their new coaching hire of Mike Brown. They discuss how the team could be better, but could lose more games this year due to prioritizing more rest. They shift to the 76ers who they believe have the largest range of outcomes in the league, before they move on to the Celtics. Tyler discusses a potential Celtics fire sale and why they should go under their win totals. They discuss the Raptors at length before moving to the tanking Brooklyn Nets. 

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One the 348th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the NBA Southwestern division overunders. They talk through the Rockets to start, who are the favorite to win the division, but are dealing with the injury news of Fred Van Vleet's ACL, and are suspiciously thin at the guard spot. They then shift to the San Antonio Spurs and discuss the logjam at the PG spot and how good Wemby needs to be for them to really be contenders. They then discuss the Mavericks and how top-heavy they are before shifting to the boring Memphis Grizzlies, and then shift over to the Pelicans and discuss the potential for Zion if his conditioning is in order.

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On the 347th Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the over/unders for the Pacific division. They begin with the Los Angeles Clippers, so they can quickly touch on the aspirations of LA's second-favorite team. After discussing the Kawhi situation and more, they shift to the Lakers, where Tyler defends his choice to go way over the 48.5, They then banter about what exactly the Warriors or doing before shifting to the boring Sacramento Kings and the wingless Phoenix Suns.

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On the 346th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick preview the Southeastern Division and pick the over/unders of each team. They start with the Orlando Magic and discuss why they feel 50 wins is a lot, but also think Paolo could take a leap, and how they are due for injury regression after last year's bad luck. Then Tyler rants about how well constructed the Hawks are and why he thinks their over-under is the bet of the year. They shift to the Heat, who are about as boring as they come, before discussing the bottom of the division and why the Hornets might be better than people think, and how the Wizards have two paths to take.

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On the 345th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick assess the landscape of the NBA's top 10 players with the injuries that have hit the league. They dive deep on Donovan Mitchell and why Tyler feels hes maybe slightly underrated coming off a 1st Team NBA season. They discuss how difficult it is to rank Wemby as well as the old guard of Steph, Lebron and KD -- and then go longer on Joel Embiid and whether it is fair to have him on the board or not given the uncertainty around his injuries.

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On the 344th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick go long on the three high profile unrestricted free agents, Josh Giddey, Cam Thomas and Jonathon Kuminga. They begin with Giddy and how surprised they both are that the bulls and Giddey have no reached a resolution given how he closed the season. They then move to Cam Thomas and debate his role and his quality in that role and try and break down the disconnect between what Cam Thomas does and what the Nets need. Finally they get to the messiest situation with Kuminga and break down how the Warriors are mostly at fault and how Kuminga has been put in a very tough spot.

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With Tyler Laurie on load management, Zandrick Ellison and special guest Blake J. Harris (CONSOLE WARS) discuss the rumors about the NBA expansion into Europe and debate the best approaches for the league's global takeover. Should the NBA expand here in the United States? Shuffle around and relocate current teams? Or dip their tentacles across the pond overseas? Along with it, they discuss the teams most vulnerable to a potential relocation, the cities that may be able to share teams, the potential new owners like LeBron James, and of course, the potential of a UFO confirmation happening in the next few years.

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