About this episode

The episode discusses the potential return of Austin Reaves, the less favorable news on Kevin Durant, and the voting results for the NBA's Executive of the Year award.

Reports are that Austin Reaves' return is looking pretty good for game five. The reports on Kevin Durant's are less positive. Anthony consider this a "please-win" game, also because of how OKC looked in sweeping the Suns. The guys react to the voting breakdown for the NBA's Executive of the Year award. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Irwin

Topics covered

• Austin Reaves
• Kevin Durant
• NBA playoffs
• Executive of the Year
• Lakers
• OKC
• game analysis

Keywords

• Austin Reaves
• Kevin Durant
• NBA
• Lakers
• Executive of the Year
• playoffs
• OKC
• game five

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Organizations: OKC, NBA

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