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Hoops Addict Podcast: Playoffs? We’re Talking About Playoffs?
Hoops Addict Podcast: Playoffs? We’re Talking About Playoffs?
After an eight-month hiatus the Hoops Addict Podcast has finally returned. Due to time restraints as a result of my career and having been asked to cover the Toronto Raptors for HOOPSWORLD this season, I was unable to keep the podcast going during the regular season. But now, with the slower summer months approaching and the Raps having been ousted in the first round of the playoffs, ...
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Talking Playoffs With Hoops Addict
WaitingForNextYear — ... has brought back his Hoops Addict podcast , and in the first episode back, he had NBA playoffs on his mind. He was kind enough to ask us for our thoughts on the series, and you can hear his interview with myself by clicking ...

Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pistons vs. Magic, Game Two
Third Quarter Collapse — ... in what he called "one of those handshake/man-hug/chest-bump thing that guys do." Wallace later explained to reporters that he gave Dwight some advice. Whatever it was, Dwight needed it: we stand no chance of winning this series if he continues to go for 12 points and 8 boards, as he did in Game One. Like I told Ryan in a HoopsAddict podcast (give it a listen), Dwight is our X-Factor in this series. He has to make the Pistons pay for single-covering him. ...

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