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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On the 242nd Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick take it geriatric. They discuss the Clippers' signing Brad Beal and Chris Paul and how this creates some depth in the team that Tyrone Lue will need to figure out, but ultimately sets them up to be successful, pending health. They then transition to the Lakers and Marcus Smart reaching an agreement, and if that actually helps from a rotation standpoint. Finally, they talk through Dame Time returning to Portland and if it makes any sense at all for the team. 

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On the 341st Episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler interviews Ryan Kalkbrenner's childhood best friend and public relations manager. Kidding, but the guys talk about which NBA teams, like the Atlanta Hawks, are poised to take a big jump and which teams may be in for a Phoenix Suns-like collapse if everything goes wrong. They then talk about Ryan Kalkbrenner and discuss why he may be in the perfect situation as a rookie on the Hornets and if he is a shrewd bet for NBA ROY.

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On the 340th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the Norman Powell and John Collins deal and how the bigger picture seems to be shaping up with the Clippers trading a fringe all-star with the potential of signing Bradley Beal on the cheap. They then discuss Miami's future and why the Norman Powell deal makes sense in the future since it allows for a lot of cap flexibility in the future. They then discuss a few of the remaining free agents and where they can possibly land given the scope of the market.

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On the 339th Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss all things from the start of a fast NBA off-season. They start in the west and talk moves by the thunder and then how the rest of the west stacks up! They talk about the clear winners of FA, the Rockets and Nuggets and then talk about some shrewd moves made by the Lakers, Clippers, and Mavericks, before pivoting east to discuss the state of the minor leagues with the injuries to the Celtics and Pacers.

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On the 338th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, the guys talk about game 7 of the NBA Finals from Sunday night. They lead with the tremendously sad news of Tyrese Haliburton's torn achilles and the effect it had on the game, but then also the Pacers' future, before pivoting to the Thunder's win and the performances of their key players. They then shift to discussing the Kevin Durant trade and how it is the first major domino to fall before shifting to the upcoming draft.

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On the 337th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the NBA finals winding down, starting with Tyrese Haliburton's injury. They discuss the Pacers' long-term outlook and also look back at game four and the odd officiating performance from the ref crew. They then discuss the Desmond Bane deal between the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies. They talk about the picks Orlando gave up and how Orlando views itself moving forward, before discussing the fork in the road that Memphis is at.

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On the 336th Episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the surprise start to the NBA finals. They begin with recapping game 3 and discussing how the pacers, ahem, pace, seems to be wearing the Thunder down. They then discuss Rick Carlisle's use of his bench while Mark Danigault appears to be using a smaller rotation. Then they discuss the Thunder's fouth quarter offense before shifting gears to some talk about the knicks coaching search.

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On the 335th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick do a deep dive on the smallest market finals of all time and why that doesn't matter at all! They then discuss how Indiana can win despite being the biggest underdog in 25 years and which player matchups are the most important in the series. Finally, they discuss the New York Knicks firing Tom Thibadou and whether that was the right or wrong decision, and who may possibly succeed him in New York with a team that is ready to try and win the title.

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On the 334th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick talk through the end of the Nuggets and Thunder before pivoting to the conference finals previews and then talking about the future of the Nuggets and Cavs. First, they discuss the game 7 blowout and talk through Alex Caruso's defense, Aaron Gordon's hamstring, and more before shifting over to the Thunder and how they match up with Minnesota. They then talk through the Eastern Conference and discuss how the Pacers may be undervalued despite not having home-court advantage. Finally, they discuss the future of the Nuggets and Cavs.

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