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Jimmy Butler has lost his joy | Steph Curry & Warriors roll Sixers
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
Stephen Curry was perfect in 8 attempts from behind the three-point line as the Golden State Warriors cruised to a blowout win over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers. Dave DuFour and Zena discuss all of the action from Thursday night including Tyrese Haliburton’s big game, Jimmy Butler’s postgame comments, and the Celtics big win over the Timberwolves. Then, the Athletic’s Marcus Thompson joins the show to breakdown Steph Curry and Joel Embiid’s matchup, Jonathan Kuminga as the number two option, and Paul George’s fit in Philadelphia. Then, Zena and Dave take a look at the first results in All-Star game fan voting and what stands out.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Zena Keita, Marcus ThompsonExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson MoodySubmit your questions to The Athletic NBA Daily mailbag: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5939460/2024/11/25/nba-podcast-mailbag-athletic-daily/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What happened in the Warriors vs. Sixers game?
No, it's clear that he's adjusting to the game. The game's slowing down for him. That all makes sense.
Now... Let me leave Steve Kerr alone.
That's a whole other thing. But I know we just kind of slightly touched on Trace Jackson Davis. He's been exciting. I think his ability to just grow in aggression overall... I mean, he is now dunked on Rudy. He's dunked on Wemby. He dunked on Joel Embiid last night.
yeah what he's he did he banged on right i'm i want to see this like young man just grow into his game and he's so respectful about it even how he came down after mb he kind of just looked at him looked at the bench and went right back down the court he doesn't do too much like what do you think is the growth potential here for trace jackson davis within the warriors
Listen, Zena, I need Trace in three years to walk through this thing with a sequin shirt and sunglasses. You know what I'm saying? Like, I need him to get to that level where he's like, can't nobody see me, right? I need to walk in there with five women, right? Like, in a trench coat.
It's a family show, Marcus. On that note, though, guys, if you haven't checked out Jonathan Kaminga's last Instagram post, go do it. The yellow suit is fire. Pictures in the passenger seat of cars. He needs more swag.
I need Trace to get to that level. He is the perfect... It's going to be the perfect story arc of the humble, shy guy who comes in, doesn't want to ruffle anybody's feathers, dump on a few people, and next thing you know...
it don't stink no more right like you like that dude so i like they've been trying to get this out of him like this aggression a bit of anger like they've been trying to like get that out of him because he just plays better he doesn't catch the ball cleanly all the time but when he just catches it and grows up strong like they just don't have it and that's one of the reasons it stands out they just don't have news like this other team who go up and dunk it right so i do think that's
If he can do that consistently, this league needs people who can finish inside. Like that's, it's paramount. And if he can do it, I actually, I actually like Kaminga as a, as a solid NBA role player. You know, the crazy part is his dad is Dale Davis. Like he needs to tap into the file. You know what I'm saying? It's happened. Yeah. Pops will knock it out in these streets. You know what I'm saying?
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