The NBA Season Preview: A Scandal, A Helicopter, + A Doodle Dad Who Hosted SNL
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The NBA season hasn’t even started yet, and there’s already a helicopter, a Pulitzer Prize investigation, and a team that lost five draft picks because a podcast caught them cheating.
This week Amy and Scott break down what’s worth knowing before the first game tips off.
They get into:
LeBron James in year 24, joining the Philadelphia 76ers on a veteran’s minimum salary and commuting by Fanatics helicopter from New York City while his jersey breaks all-time sales records in 48 hours
How Michael Rubin, Fanatics, and the former 76ers owner all connect to get LeBron to Philly for less money
Giannis out of Milwaukee and into Miami, and why the Eastern Conference just got a lot more interesting
The Clippers losing five first-round draft picks after a journalist’s podcast revealed they paid Kawhi Leonard through fake jobs to get around the salary cap.
Steve Ballmer fined $30M and banned from team activities for a year, including the All-Star Game at his own arena, the Intuit Dome.
The New York Knicks as defending champions for the first time in 53 years, and why Jalen Brunson is genuinely easy to root for
New NBA draft lottery rules designed to stop teams from losing on purpose, and whether they’ll actually work
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