zach recounting what perk said on tv def the worst reoccurring segment on this pod

I love this guy. 100mins of podcast. Real deal

Feels like a lot of the conversation I’ve heard online has revolved around how hard it will be for the Celtics to defend the Mavs, but the reverse is hardly mentioned

54:25 Ant had both naz reid and mike conley wide open, he just didn't see them lol

My only concern for Dallas is Celtics' shot making. If they're hot from 3 all series, Dallas is in trouble. But if they keep it close, Dallas is going to win the championship. They've flown under the radar since the trade deadline, but their defense is excellent, Kyrie is clutch, and Luka is an assassin.

Jalen brown is gonna shine in these finals

The media keeps thinking the Spurs are trading for a high offense, low defense guy like Trae/Garland because "Well they have Wemby on defense". Did you not learn anything from the Wolves? You don't want bad defenders on your team with a generational defender, you want to make the defense incredibly good by surrounding him with solid to great defenders. Spurs aren't sticking Wemby with clean up duty for a bad defensive PG

Dude tried to make Zach Lowe laugh like 5 times and Lowe just kept talking lmao bro is all ball right now

Zach are you gonna have Scal on at some point? How is a finals preview just going to have a Mavericks beat writer as the guest?… was hoping for an unbiased pod but all I heard was how great the mavericks were for the entire thing for you to pick Boston at the end.

W should embrace the attention, as it has earned through CC coming in the W, as becoming a part of today’s daily sports conversation

The key to the series is to hunt down this key guy and get him force him to defend more. This will wear him down. Boston has to be determine and deliberate in doing so. This guy had a easy ride on the defensive end so far in these playoffs. The objective is to wear him down. Boston can't allow him to hide like he did in previous series

Does nobody remember what the Celtics went through to get to the finals a couple years ago we been ready for this !

D. Lively is gonna be a defensive impact player for a decade. On offense, he might not score a lot, but his impact will be felt in the pick & roll and on the boards. That kid is also proving that the moment isn't too big.

4 nil to boston and I wanna hear your podcast again sick of hearing gods of basketball 🏀

As a Dubs fan, you never count the best player in the series out! That’s why I think it’s Mavs in 6! ❤

It’s odd that whenever Kyrie and Luka having a below average shooting night, PJ all of a sudden turning into a star. And whenever Luka and Kyrie are cooking, PJ aren’t shooting efficiently. I hope this time around, PJ will be more consistent at 50% from the paint and at least 40% from 3-point.

Hartenstein can only get like 76 million for 4 years with the Knicks because they dont have full bird rights. So the Knicks are limited if a team is willing to give him 20-25m a year in another state (especially if you pay no taxes in that state). The best idea is Hartenstein signs a 2-3 year deal for about 16m a year, with a player option for the last year, then in two years he opts out with full bird rights and signs for 25m a year or something to compensate him for taking less earlier

I wish they still made game of zones 😢

Knicks don’t have IHart bird rights, only can offer deal starting at 17 million

Thinking about every Dallas loss this postseason. clippers: clips shot 60% from three and made WILD contested shots the whole game. Didn’t do that again for the rest of the series. Anomaly. The other loss, Clips started crazy hot from 3 like game 1 making an absurd amount of 3s but blew a 33 point lead and Dallas almost completed the largest comeback in playoffs history if PG didn’t hit a contested fadeaway 3 from behind the backboard. Thunder: first loss, Thunder legit beat the breaks off Dallas in the second half and made more threes in that half than they did for the rest of the series in a single half. Anomaly. Second loss: Dallas lost a nail biter but had their worst free throw shooting game of the season. Luka missed a game tying free throw with seconds on the clock. Anomaly. Wolves: Dallas lost another nail biter, but were without arguably their third best player who played a huge role in equalizing the effect of Minnesotas size advantage. He also didn’t miss a single shot the whole series. Got him back the next game and blew them out. Why write all of this? It’s taken anomalies to beat Dallas this playoff run. No team has just played a regular game or overcame an off night to beat them. They’ve had to fire on all cylinders to get a single W. These teams were all 50+ win teams and with the exception of the Clippers, HEALTHY. On the flip side, Luka had his worst two playoff series EVER the first two rounds. Dallas won games where the opponent made 12 more 3’s than them and they shot 23%. They won games where they were out rebounded, shot less free throws and a lower percentage. They didn’t need huge games to win, they just won. The best part… they weren’t even favored. I’ve got Dallas beating Boston in 5 and shocking the world. Luka will have the rightful title of best player in the world. He may even crack Stephen A. Smiths top 5.

Lowe said they will put Tatum on Gafford. Lol thanks for the easy Lobs Lowe.

LUKA & JOKIC ARE THE 2 BEST HANDS DOWN.ESPN TALK ABOUT IT!!!

I enjoy The Lowe Post Zach has a guest and the guest 1 word to Zach's 200?

You can't stop Luca or Kyrie but The Celtics are uniquely qualified to make Life difficult on both of them without having to double. Holiday in white on Kyrie. Brown and Tatum on Luca Will be able to disrupt them enough without needing to double team or break integrity on defense. Celtics win this series in six games at most. Dallas hasn't seen a team like Boston and when they have the last two years they are 0-4

Say something new.

How about CP3 for 4th pick?

Sometimes, it just comes down to a special player doing the types of things that a superstar does to win championships. Boston has the better team but that may not be enough to stop Luka’s destiny if he is in fact, the guy. It will be difficult to put four bullets in this guy at this point.

DJJ is going to get dragged to the basket if he guards Brown

"Boston hasn't been tested" Indiana had the # 1 offense and everyone on their team shot 50% from the field.

Jb is the guy

Hearing this story about an email to ESPN and banning them explains so much why all the talking heads never gives Mavs any love this year lmao

Funniest intro and picture for a podcast 😂

As a Hornets fan, I'm not ready to give up on Lamelo either. Injuries has been our biggest enemy, plus I'm tired of rebuilding 😑😑😑😑

2021 season was right after the bubble. The real fluke szn is 2021

The disrespect from ESPN is amazing. SMH. They all agree that Bos is the favorite to win in the begining BUT they pick Dallas to win. Playing both sides of the coin just in case.

I'm really sick of the media calling Boston fams racist, let's be honest they're only talking about the white fans and that's pretty offensive

How many previews we need?

LeBrown is a matchup nightmare first the Mavs

I cringe at these guys mentioning Kyrie. I remember in Brooklyn how they tried to assassinate his character over not apologizing for a retweet. Now they love him. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

McMahon... give up the rock once in a while.

Zach Lowe is going to be very disappointed watching Mavs defense.

Nikola Topić is going to be the best player from the 2024 NBA draft.

Zach Lowe is going to be very disappointed watching Luka and Kyrie on defense. "Kyrie's really strong...Against Luka YOU BETTER MOVE quick" lol This podcast not going to age well

Hope that Boston win coz when mavs win Jayson and jaylen will be look like 2nd rate type player... I hope that Boston win.

Luka is the best player in the world, the Mavs have the best backcourt of all time, and both Kyrie and Brown are now better than Tatum. How aren’t the Mavericks the favorites going into this?

If you listen to MacMahon for too long you'll actually lose IQ points.

Boston is soft.

In my opinion Tatum and Brown needs to win the Championship for them to be the new face of the NBA if not Europeans like Luka and Jokic will remain as the face of the NBA, it will just make the americans appear weak on their homecourt... who agrees?

and tatum will. never win an mvp, lowe.....no matter how much you, simmons, and the rest of espn boston campaigns for him

Horrible analysis. Luka takes logo shot, wooo. Lol take 10 of those please if im boston.