About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of the Lakers, Clippers, Suns, Warriors, and Kings in the NBA.

Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita discuss if the Lakers are better, what happened with the Clippers, who the Suns are now, the Warriors plan, and can the Kings climb out of the basement. Host: Dave DuFour With: Es Baraheni and Zena Keita Producer: Andrew Schlecht Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dave DuFour

Guests: Es Baraheni, Zena Keita

Topics covered

• Lakers performance
• Clippers analysis
• Suns current status
• Warriors strategy
• Kings potential

Keywords

• Lakers
• Clippers
• Suns
• Warriors
• Kings
• NBA
• Pacific Division
• basketball analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Acast, Lakers, Clippers, Suns, Warriors, Kings

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