Oct 15, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 17 segments
Zach is joined by Stan Van Gundy to answer five big questions to prepare for the season. Plus, they look back on Stan’s time with the Magic and predict this season’s award winners. Then, Dan Woike…
Stan Van GundyGuest
Zach LoweHost
Dan WoikeGuest
I said, "Pick one swing factor that really matters in the championship picture or, like, the top of the league picture." And I said it could be Uh, uh, a weak spot on a contending team, do they improve it? It could be a lineup, like a rotation decision of, like, this pairing has to work, or this trio has to work, or whatever.
You know, you made a point about how they attacked him at the, uh, when he was on defense, but I also, they beat the hell out of him.
If you go back and watch, every time he rolled, I mean, I don't care if it was Jalen Brunson, the smallest guy, I mean, they hit the hell out of him going down.
And so I would say from his standpoint, because we're only, we're not talking about we know they're gonna be really good.
To me, has he gained physical stamina? And a lot of that has to do with strength.
What we saw in the New York games, he was very, very effective early in those games, and they wore him down, I thought, with their physicality.
Now, they had two bigs to throw at him, so he was always out against a big body too.
But can you wear him down, and can he withstand that? Because to me, if he...
What also happens is they beat the hell out of him, and over the course of the game, then what he does is drift to the perimeter.
And I know he can make a three, but I know as an opposing coach, any time I have that guy standing behind the three-point line, I'm thanking the stars above for that.
I, when they have the ball, I want Wemby down on that baseline in the dunker spot because, like, everybody thinks five out gives you better spacing to drive.
But even with a Walker Kessler, somebody like that, if you take one step to start to help off of Wemby, they just throw the ball to the rim and he dunks it.
I said, "Pick one swing factor that really matters in the championship picture or, like, the top of the league picture." And I said it could be Uh, uh, a weak spot on a contending team, do they improve it? It could be a lineup, like a rotation decision of, like, this pairing has to work, or this trio has to work, or whatever.
You know, you made a point about how they attacked him at the, uh, when he was on defense, but I also, they beat the hell out of him.
If you go back and watch, every time he rolled, I mean, I don't care if it was Jalen Brunson, the smallest guy, I mean, they hit the hell out of him going down.
And so I would say from his standpoint, because we're only, we're not talking about we know they're gonna be really good.
To me, has he gained physical stamina? And a lot of that has to do with strength.
What we saw in the New York games, he was very, very effective early in those games, and they wore him down, I thought, with their physicality.
Now, they had two bigs to throw at him, so he was always out against a big body too.
But can you wear him down, and can he withstand that? Because to me, if he...
What also happens is they beat the hell out of him, and over the course of the game, then what he does is drift to the perimeter.
And I know he can make a three, but I know as an opposing coach, any time I have that guy standing behind the three-point line, I'm thanking the stars above for that.
I, when they have the ball, I want Wemby down on that baseline in the dunker spot because, like, everybody thinks five out gives you better spacing to drive.
But even with a Walker Kessler, somebody like that, if you take one step to start to help off of Wemby, they just throw the ball to the rim and he dunks it.
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