Ep. 197: All Most-Improved Teams with Esfandiar Baraheni (The NBA's 20+ MIPs)
Description
Esfandiar Baraheni returns to discuss his article in Forbes calling for the NBA to debut five man teams for the Most Improved Player award. Then, he runs down his MIP winner, honorable mentions, and three five man units for 2024.
We dive into the philosophy and importance of improvement, how the draft can predict it, which improvements matter the most, and what they say about where the league is going.
Enjoy!
0:00 Intro + MIP Race and Maxey
14:40 First Team with Coby, Jalen Johnson, Sengun, Kuminga, JDub
40:00 Second Team with Herb Jones, Derrick White, Suggs, Deni, Sexton
53:40 Third Team with RJ Barrett, Vince Williams Jr., Nesmith, Strus, Watson
Jack Quantrill, of the excellent Drop Step NBA Podcast, joins to offer some early season NBA conclusions that we feel are permanent and will hold through the rest of the season. Standings, win totals, rookie awards, and more.
Enjoy!
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(0:00) Intro
(4:30) OKC, Dallas,...
Published 11/07/24
Draft Strickland's Prez (_prezidente) rejoins for an omnibus preview of the 2024-2025 NBA regular season. Playoff seedings, awards, All-Rookie, title picks, the works. Plus, plenty of Knicks, some team building talk, and Rookie Extension analysis. Enjoy!
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(0:00) Intro
(3:25) Mikal...
Published 10/23/24