Zach goes around the NBA with Doris Burke: The top of the East and West, middle-rung teams to watch and much more. Then, Dave McMenamin joins to check in on the Lakers.
0:00 Welcome to The Lowe Post Podcast!
0:30 Around the NBA with Doris Burke
1:25 76res or Bucks: Which team is second-best in the East?
16:30 Alex Caruso trade rumors
18:35 Love Letter to the Orlando Magic
29:46 Doris on Anthony Edwards’ potential
43:20 Concerned about the Nuggets?
47:40 The Knicks, Warriors and other middle-of-the-pack teams
1:09:30 LeBron says “a lot” needs to change after blowout loss to 76ers
1:30:27 The latest on Austin Reaves
1:34:53 Anthony Davis’ scoring production
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36 Comments
Evokes pleasant emotions 💋
doris burke is the martha stewart of basketball
Classic Boston media mafia to talk about the Lakers after they lost huge and not after they have a pretty good run! Nice Zach “Billy Boy” Lowe!
Jeez if i need to go to sleep I'll pop this podcast. Sorry.
I feel like Philly will take the number 2 seed but round 2 of the playoffs is where they fail over and over again. I have zero confidence in Philly in the playoffs. I hope to be proven wrong.
I respect the click bait.
Im a junkie for you and windy
Doris Burke having an elderly moment. And I say that as a guy in my late 60's. That was hard to watch. Huge respect that she's been able to battle through to get her opportunities. Beyond huge. But she's got to level up if she's going to be a part of current NBA discussion. Jokic goes slow–even though Doris still thinks there's a discussion about who's the best passing big man in history–and she can too but she's got to be quicker and more efficient.
Caruso 2 the Nuggets 💤
I was not impressed by Doris Burke at all in this episode. She seemed pretty unprepared, and didn't have hardly any insightful commentary. She is usually more sharp.
01:12:00 make all excuse you want about missing key guys as the reason lakers lost. Its poor coaching… like i said, no player, media outlet or podcast is willing to admit that coach is at fault. Instead, its easier to blame players or external circumstances like injuries… Lakers have enough to win OR AT LEAST not lose by 40+.
IMAGINE, Mike Malone and Denver Nuggets able to win against clips on the road with NO JAMAL, NO JOKIC, NO AARON GORDON. Reggie Jackson and Deandre Jordan with 35 and 21 point double-doubles!?!?!
Wolves beat Thunder. No Ant for 1+ qrts lol. Hip injury. Pretty sure its just a bone bruise. I had one of those and was fine 2 days later.
My one and only concern with the nuggets is the fact that we're drawing contact, but the contact simply isn't being called. Jokic especially comes out of games looking like an emo kid you went to highschool with and then you look and he has 4 fta. It's crazy frustrating. Our bench is better than it was last year, Jokic has gotten better, Jamal has gotten better, MPJ is missing his shot but it's coming back and his rebounding and defense have improved drastically. AG is a consistent force with perfect chemistry with just about everyone. KCP has never played defense better in his life, though the nuggets are running less plays for him to score this year, I think in part to preserve his energy for defense. Off the bench I am fully confident that Braun and Reggie more than make up for Brown's production, Watson will continue to develop, and Strawther has already massively overshot where I expected him to be, Especially as a pnr ballhandler and defender. I would like a better option than Zeke at center, but in the playoffs, we'll be running AG as backup center very similar to how we did last year, and it seems we've found Reggie and DAJ have absurd chemistry, though I don't expect that to work as well against teams that can actually defend the PNR. but teams will have a hell of a time adapting between the Jamal Jokic pnr then having to deal with a more vertical threat orientated PNR if we go to that
Philly looks like it has found some grit. Philly has always seemed soft. Something seems different.
Listen at 1.25x the playback speed, much more enjoyable
Doris Burke is the #1 Sixers fan
01:20:30 THE FACT THAT THEY ADMITTED THAT LAKERS DON'T PRACTICE IS WOW!! IS THAT STILL LBJ AND THE PLAYERS' FAULT?!? OR THE LAZY AND INCOMPETENT COACHING STAFF? 🤔.
JUST BECAUSE GUYS ARE OUT AND LBJ IS OLD, DOES NOT MEAN YOU DONT PRACTICE LMAO!! THESE PLAYERS ARE PAID MILLIONS TO WIN GAMES, AND THE COACH IS NOT GONNA LET THEM PRACTICE!?!? AND THEN THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS POSTGAME FOR POOR PERFORMANCE!?!
Get women out of the men’s league
Zero concern in Denver. Had a 10-6 record last year as well
Denver are undefeated at home and have the same record at this stage last year. I wouldn’t be worried at all
24:00 was that a fart?
Love Zach, but ESPN stays catfishing with Nuggets content or outright overlooking them completely. They may put Jok or the Nuggets in the title but then barely even discuss them. Even with trying to adjust to Jamal being out while trying to develop a young roster, Jokić is delivering HISTORIC performances and numbers that go unmentioned, yet there’s never too much time to fawn over your clear favorites. It’s really sad, honestly.
Even after winning it all, the Nuggets erasure continues. Malone was right to call the media out for it last year yet you all are right back to it, just with clickbait titles and quick nods to the team to make it seem like you’re giving due coverage. So phony!
But big thanks to Lowe for always showing the Nuggets luv even if it’s constrained to 100 words or less
Not worried about Denver. They are still my pick to go to the finals. I want 76ers to meet them just so we can see Embiid vs Jokic in the finals.
If Milwaukee and Philly finish 2-3 in either order, big advantage to Boston. If Cleveland or Orlando sneak into 2 or 3, disadvantage Boston.
Without Jokic,Murray,& GORDON Dorris-not just Jokic…our 3 best players.And on the road,on a back to back-every main guy played for the Clippers. Nugs are 14-2 vs Clips since being down 3-1 in the bubble to them.
I hate Doris Burke, and her obvious hatred of the magic makes me dislike her more
KCP = comfort blanket 👌👍
Amazing that no mention was made of Naz Reid. I was hoping Cavs could sign him when he was free agent last summer.
What really irritates me about the NBA and sports in general are how fast teams and media are to move on and not allow players to develop. As im listening while im cleaning i hear them talk about mo wagner. I dont really follow the magic so i dont really know there roster but i do remember watching the lakers thinking to myself…this guy could be a really good player if they develop him ….. 4 years later they talking about him like he came outta no where. Dude been good he just been getting play time now. Allow more players to develop, utilize the bench more and you will find alot of stars. Maxey is another example. He was a star to me last year but now that harden left he can now develop better.
33yo Reggie [35-5-13-2-0} attacked everyone: Harden, Mann, Kawhi, PG2, et. al. …for 10 seasons 35 yo Andre [21-13-5-2-1] was a Clipper, no tribute video❓ …[pts-reb-ast-stl-blk]
This was a terrible episode, to not even mention the clippers after the debacle last night is a disgrace to sports journalism
Denver was not a good defense last year, fouling is not a form of defense.
yo blazer fan here, you want Dame down by 10 with like 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter…. thats when hes great
nope because as you can see Denver still win -3 of their starter
one they don't practice is not an excuse dude…
The LeMedia needs to be dismantled.
2010s LeBron Era hurt the NBA brand.
Real NBA fans stopped watching. Young basketball fans can't be fooled into watching.