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Colin discusses the Giants' trade of Dexter Lawrence, analyzes the NBA playoffs with guest Jason Timpf, and evaluates the championship potential of various teams.

Colin starts with the Giants trading star defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence to the Bengals. He predicts that the Giants are poised to make a huge jump under John Harbaugh and that Harbaugh is creating a new culture in New York. He also offers suggestions on how the Giants should use their two first round picks (2:30). Then, Colin is joined by Jason Timpf, host of “Hoops Tonight” to break down the NBA playoffs. They start with the Lakers and Lebron James winning game 1 over the Rockets despite missing Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves and Colin highlights the Lakers defense showing up in a way that was missing during the regular season (12:00). They also discuss the potential impact on the series if/when Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic return from injury (23:00). They pivot to the Celtics dominating the 76ers and Colin praises the Celtics organization for being able to retool their roster in one season and remain highly competitive. They point to great scouting and player development as the reason Boston has stayed great (29:00). They move to the red hot Nuggets beating the Wolves in game 1 and Colin argues the trio of Jokic, Murray and Gordon are good enough to power the…

People in this episode

Host: Colin Cowherd

Guest: Jason Timpf

Topics covered

• NFL trades
• NBA playoffs
• team culture
• player development
• championship potential

Keywords

• Giants
• Dexter Lawrence
• NBA playoffs
• Celtics
• Lakers
• Nuggets
• John Harbaugh
• Kevin Durant
• Luka Doncic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bengals, Lakers, Celtics, 76ers, Nuggets, Knicks

Places: The Sphere

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