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Feat. Shiva Dhiman - Cheers to season 3, the Casual Diehards back to dig into a new season of NBA Basketball. On this episode, Darrell opens up about his new gig writing for NBA.com, before diving into the two conferences roughly 12 games into the new year.

One striking stat sticks out, two teams are on pace for historic seasons, three big injuries loom large and Jokić could be on his way to a 4th MVP. Enjoy the pod!

• (11:30) after a healthy round of shoutouts, Hoop details how writing for NBA.com came about, before highlighting the startling conference disparity (17:00)
• Shiv makes the case for Boston sweeping award season (28:00)
• Why it's still Nuggets vs. Everybody in the west (34:50)
• Are the Warriors legit? / What trades could be in store this year (51:40)
• (1:00:00) Hoop breaks down his fantasy dogs this year, as the quest for a repeat is well underway.

Cleveland Cavaliers article: https://www.nba.com/news/cavaliers-chasing-franchise-history-with-hot-start