Top 10 NBA Players Headed into the Playoffs, Plus Pistons’ Duncan Robinson!

About this episode

Ryen discusses the top 10 NBA players heading into the playoffs and interviews Pistons guard Duncan Robinson about the team's performance and challenges.

Ryen opens with the top 10 NBA players right now, as voted on by current coaches and executives (plus his own list). Next, Pistons guard Duncan Robinson stops by to talk about Detroit’s No. 1 seed, the strength of the Eastern Conference, Cade’s return, and more. Then, Ryen breaks down the Hornets’ play-in win, LaMelo’s roller coaster, and the Blazers locking up the 7 seed. Finally, Kyle and Ceruti join for some listener-submitted Life Advice, including a hat dilemma and a pro athlete in love with a guy’s wife. TOP 10 NBA PLAYER RANKINGS (1:43) DUNCAN ROBINSON (18:03) No. 1 seed Pistons (20:38) Cade’s return (25:15) Learning to fit in in the NBA (27:14) Pistons have a lot of different-style players (35:05) Joking about where Cade ranks among NBA players (37:06) The white-guy shooter brotherhood (40:36) How he deals with getting hunted on defense (46:16) Chirping refs (48:20) Potential Hornets matchups TUESDAY PLAY-IN RECAP (53:36) Hornets–Heat (1:06:37) Blazers–Suns LIFE ADVICE (1:11:42) _ _ _ _ _ Learn more at https://m365copilot.com/work _ _ _ _ _

People in this episode

Host: Ryen Russillo

Guest: Duncan Robinson

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• player rankings
• Duncan Robinson
• Hornets play-in
• life advice

Keywords

• NBA
• playoffs
• Duncan Robinson
• Hornets
• Blazers
• Cade
• LaMelo
• life advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pistons, Hornets, Blazers, Suns

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