Dan Favale

I was

going to say, that seems high, Dan.

Based on when I've watched the Wolves and Rudy, you just cannot catch the basketball and can't do anything around the basket.

That Cavs

Moving on.

We move on.

Hey, Dan, did you know the Suns don't have a point guard?

Sorry.

And now I'm reevaluating it.

Dan, I think that the Oklahoma City Thunder are in their own tier and we were all grossly mistaken to assume there was even one other team on the Thunder's level.

Buy or sell?

Bye.

Oh, this one.

Oh, how nice of Andrew.

Is Dan healthy now? Also, screw him.

Go see.

Major injuries impacting the title race, some teams getting off to slow starts, other teams gelling more quickly than we thought.

Dan Favale from Hardwood Knox and Bleacher Report joins me for our one-week stock watch.

We're going to talk about the thunder reeling from major injuries, the Nuggets and the Spurs looking off, my 0-4 heat, the winless Knicks, who has the best path forward in the Western Conference, and a whole lot more.

Let's jump in.

All right, Dan Favale is here for our week one NBA Stock Watch.

Of course, you know him from Bleacher Report, the wonderful Hardwood Knox podcast, a favorite of ours here on Real GM Radio.

And I do think, Dan, an appropriate place to start today's episode is with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

And now I'm reevaluating it.

Dan, I think that the Oklahoma City Thunder are in their own tier and we were all grossly mistaken to assume there was even one other team on the Thunder's level.

Buy or sell?

Bye.

Oh, this one.

Oh, how nice of Andrew.

Is Dan healthy now? Also, screw him.

Go see.

Uh, that's another like manifesting, like I'm hoping that this happens.

Cause I mean, how incredible is Cooper flag? If he can retain some of the records he showed last year and then is in contention for defensive player of the year, that would be pretty nuts.

Uh, LAC retro says OG McDaniels would be interesting too.

Yeah.

It's I've, I wouldn't write off a perimeter player entirely, but I've just, so I gravitate towards big so much when it comes to like, or play the similar types of role.

Which award does that affect most? Let me look.

Okay, none of them.

I wanted to mention Jaden McDaniels before we moved on.

I need him to become the player that we think he al- we all think he can be.

I'm, I'm tired of waiting around, Dan.

Yeah, I, uh, I don't know.

I think he's been getting better on offense incrementally, and now I'd be curious to see.

There will probably even be-

Yeah

... lineups where Jaden McDaniels is your de facto four when Kuminga's not on the court.

So I think he'll have, you know, maybe we won't see him get to pull up mid-rangers as often, but it's because he'll be able to take more threes, and he'll just be able to put the ball on the deck and get all the way to the basket.

Maybe I'm wrong there.

And then other than that, it's okay.

We have Danish Jenkins.

And I like...

Sure, and it's not going to be Okori this season.

So who would be your – yeah, because I'm actually looking.

Tyrese Maxey.

It does go back and forth because Dyson Daniels, no one built him as this next star.

You're listening to another episode of Locked On Blazers.

In today's show, Dan Favale of Bleacher Report and the Hardwood Knocks podcast is gonna join the show and talk all things Trail Blazers, and outlook for the season.

Let's get into it.

Joining me now, it's Dan Favale.

You know him from Bleacher Report.

You know him from the Hardwood Knocks podcast.

That's O-D-O-O.com/lockedon.

[upbeat music] All right.

Oh, tomorrow's program's gonna be fun.

Dan Favale from, uh, the Hardwood Knocks podcast, as well as Bleacher Report, is going to join the show, and we're gonna do a little Blazers season outlook.

It's gonna be fun.

I can't, I can't wait.