Points in the Podcast: Early Preseason Thoughts and Pacific Division Preview

The preseason is upon us! Matt Rooney and I shared some of our initial takeaways, including thoughts on how alien-like both Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama looked in their first preseason game (3:50). Then, after a little expansion and load management talk, we get into our FINAL division preview of the offseason.

Something to note moving forward: We’re going to give the people what they want! In other words, our show is about to become a little more Bulls-centric. While we’re still going to recap the league’s biggest storylines each week, we’re also going to fill half the show with some thoughts on the Chicago Bulls. I write endless words about them, so why not speak endless words about them!?

We look forward to starting that up next week. For now …

Here are your timestamps!

– Los Angeles Lakers (26:05)
– Los Angeles Clippers (40:27)
– Phoenix Suns (50:23)
– Golden State Warriors (1:00:04)
– Sacramento Kings (1:08:06)

Thanks for listening! You can also catch last week’s episode here.

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Elias Schuster is the Lead Bulls Writer at Bleacher Nation. You can follow him on Twitter @Schuster_Elias.

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