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Jabari Smith Jr. on Kevin Durant Joining the Houston Rockets and Fixing NBA All-Star Weekend
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Jul 31, 202537:45
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This week we welcome Jabari Smith Jr. of the Houston Rockets and Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans to the show! Jabari discusses his new contract extension and the Rockets’ busy offseason, which of course included trading for Kevin Durant. He also shares what went into the Rockets rebuilding the past few years and his thoughts on herd coach Ime Udoka, and what makes his teammates Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun such special talents. Jabari and Trey also reminisce on their summer league experiences and their first few years in the NBA before pitching ideas to fix NBA All-Star weekend. Let’s go!
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