It’s Islands In The League (Season 2!) presented by Draft Kings. We’re so psyched to be back talking hoops, history and more. In today’s episode we do a super deep dive on NBA offseason trades that actually worked. With so many offseason trades occurring (Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, Jrue Holiday to The Boston Celtics, Chris Paul to The Golden State Warriors, Bradley Beal to The Phoenix Suns), we decided to provide some historical context. Then we transition to HALLOWEEN! It’s scary szn so we decided to do an NBA costume contest and JJ is the only judge. And finally we welcome in our resident sports betting expert, Josh Appelbaum, to talk about the NBA playoff make or miss bets between The Memphis Grizzlies, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls.
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Thanks for watching, everyone. So psyched to have this series back. FYI – We'll have a Harden reaction vid later today!
Stop saying āthe bubble doesnāt have an asteriskā that just makes it sound like it does.
Just say the lakers won the next season after getting AD and leave it at that.
My favorite method is the Nugget Way. I ALWAYS root against super-teams.
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JJ giving yourself a 6.5 because of reasons I actually agree with. That's why you are the best.
Dennis Johnson won with the Celtics in his first year after being traded in the off season.
Sad to see JJ support gambling
Basketball now is truly a team sport, and it takes more than a month of training camp for that to happen. Thereās no āsystemā like football or creative roster juggling like baseball, no you need a team that knows each otherās tendencies in all situations. Last yearās Lakers are a great example: assembled on the fly and not immediately great, until they gelled. Still, when they met a fully matured team like Denver they were cooked, but letās see how they fare this season. Likewise with the Suns and OKC and the Warriors: same core superstars with radically different supporting casts. Iām still betting on TEAM and thatās the joker and his gang in Denver. They brush aside all but the best teams.
Funny Iām watching and Iām like none of these are close to the goat greatest of all thunder and mr thunder with wives doing the white men canāt jump and then you pop it up
Kareem Abool-Jabbar!!
Didn't Wiggins get traded for DAngelo Russel a few years back? The Warriors definitely don't win in 2022 without Wiggs.
We now need a constant George Cam
Having George there is amazing ! We need him in more episodes š
No love for Dennis Johnson or Bill Walton!! š
The fact that you guys keep mentioning that there is no asterisk on the bubble championship indicates to me that there is an asterisk and you want to change the perception.
Golden State did sign KD. It was KD to the Nets for DRuss in a sign and trade. And who's Kareem Abool Jabar?
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Why canāt jj say Kareemās name tf š
Yo kawhi brought ugly memories I mean we lost too but that game 7 was coldddd
'83 76ers won 65 games and it's AbDul-Jabbar.
I can't help but wonder if JJ's opinion on the glorified rec league title (2020) would be different if his livelihood didn't rely on the mouse, or if it isn't common knowledge the mouse fires people who don't go along with its narrative.
Not that i would blame him for putting his livelihood first, but i don't know many people who think it's a legit title. No home court, no hostile territory, no fans, no travel, no real pressure since the alternative was lockdowns,isolation, divided society and death.
Just nothing about it stcks up to a real title, not to mention a 6 month break to get healthy.