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Wes and Blake discuss the latest happenings in Pistons basketball as they approach the All-Star break, including player performances and eligibility issues.

It’s All-Star Weekend! But, more importantly, Paul Reed just had Jakob Poeltl in a blender. Wes and Blake jump in to break down everything we’ve seen in Piston-land as we head into the All-Star break. How will the fallout from the Hornets brawl impact Isaiah Stewart’s award eligibility? What was up with Jalen Duren apparently backing out of the Dunk contest? And why is Paul Reed not an All-Star starter? Ok, maybe not that last one. But they do spend some time breaking down that amazing performance in Toronto and why Reed still will be the best third-string center in the NBA the rest of the way. They discuss the All-Star game format and what the NBA can or can’t do to fix it, why 60 wins isn’t that far off for this team and if anything is still possible with Malik Beasley. We’ve got you covered for all this and more in this week’s episode! You can watch the entire episode on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Wes Davenport on Twitter ⁠⁠@TheRealWesD3⁠⁠ Follow Blake Silverman on Twitter…

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Hosts: Wes Davenport, Blake Silverman

Topics covered

• NBA All-Star Weekend
• Detroit Pistons
• Paul Reed performance
• Dunk contest
• Isaiah Stewart eligibility
• NBA game format

Keywords

• Paul Reed
• Jakob Poeltl
• Isaiah Stewart
• Jalen Duren
• Malik Beasley
• NBA All-Star
• Detroit Pistons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Detroit Bad Boys

Places: Toronto

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