Zach Lowe I think at the end of his Nikola Joki career if not already he's gonna be statistically and just like eye test better than Larry Bird better than Magic Johnson 1 ring in Denver is worth more than like a Lakers ring or whatever

Zach Lowe Joe House Chris Ryan draft their 15 favorite NBA Champs since 2000 Lowe asks why there was no love for the Kobe-Pau teams who went undrafted Ryan says You probably should have had a Californian on this podcast to balance the east coast lean of the panel Lowe responds Like Bill

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

Magic Johnson throws one in from more than 80 feet away to give the Lakers an 82-53 halftime lead over the Nuggets in Game 1 of their first round playoff series Magic had 16 PTS14 AST in 27 minutes of the 128-95 win Denver's Blair Rasmussen had 26 PTS13 REB 1987

Zach Lowe has Scottie Barnes as one of his Most Improved Player candidates this season

Lowe Are we a year removed from the Men's Health cover of Luka That was a monumental moment in Luka history and he was in better shape last year and he still missed time with leg injuriesincluding in the playoffs This was obviously the Mavericks' fear when they made an objectively insane trade

Lowe No question that they Lakers overpaid for him Kessler and are now trapped with this team and have to figure out either this is the team or is there a way to pivot by trading Austin Reaves Goldsberry He has to deodorize a stank at the POA with Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic