Nick Wright breaks down what Jayson Tatum's return will mean for Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics... has Tatum's accelerated recovery put himself in a nearly impossible situation to succeed? Later, Nick reacts to Team USA's thrilling gold medal victory over Canada at the Milan Winter Olympics and shares his other favorite stories from the games including Alyssa Liu's inspiring gold in women's figure skating. Next, Nick discusses why this season has been a disaster for LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and the Los Angeles Lakers and what LA must hope for moving forward. #Volume

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First, he’s joined by Jason Timpf, host of “Hoops Tonight”.

They begin by evaluating Luka Doncic’s first year as a Laker and debate whether his volatility and lack of effort on defense makes him a poor emotional leader for the team (2:00). Jason argues Luka really ISN’T the leader of the team, but his high ceiling, lower floor style of play makes for more unpredictable results on a night-to-night basis. Colin dives into the massive stylistic differences between regular season & playoff basketball and they agree that the Lakers are really only built for the regular season (11:30).

They pivot to the Celtic’s “shoot 3’s and play your ass off defensively” strategy and debate how viable they’ll be in the playoffs and what to expect from the return of Jayson Tatum (17:30).

Then, he’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out”.

They start with the NFL Draft Combine & discuss the behind the scenes wheeling & dealing nature of the coaches and executives at the combine, and John’s experience speaking with legendary Seahawks GM John Schneider and what the defending champs will do with Super Bowl MVP running back Kenneth Walker (26:00).

They debate whether there’s a market for Kyler Murray to have a second act and what teams may be interested (31:15), and what positions the Bears will look to solidify in the draft (34:00).

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Jason answers mailbag questions from subscribers on topics including how the Los Angeles Lakers trio of Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves can best coexist on the court, Cade Cunningham's NBA playoff impact for the Detroit Pistons, dream NBA duos, what makes the San Antonio Spurs organizational culture so strong, and more.

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