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00:00 The NBA is on the way back, but which teams will be most intriguing when play resumes in the bubble?
00:07 For more on that, I'm joined by Melissa Rowland of All Lakers and our own Rohan Nabkarni.
00:12 Melissa, let's start with you since the Lakers are a fairly obvious choice given that LeBron James guy.
00:18 But what are you most looking forward to seeing from them?
00:20 Well, it'll be very interesting to see how they look after four months off.
00:25 Obviously, right before the hiatus, the Lakers had really rounded a corner. They had huge wins over both the Clippers and Milwaukee.
00:32 LeBron James was playing MVP caliber basketball. He was gearing up for the playoffs.
00:37 And right after the NBA was suspended, he acknowledged he was worried that the break would not be good for him.
00:44 That time away from basketball would kind of take away from all of his momentum.
00:50 He wasn't sure how he would bounce back after that.
00:52 So it'll definitely be interesting to see how the Lakers look right now.
00:57 And also chemistry is definitely one of their biggest things they had going for them.
01:01 And they've been away from each other for so long, but I'm sure they'll be just fine.
01:05 Now, Rohan, obviously there will be a lot of eyes on LeBron, but there's some other interesting teams as well.
01:11 Who have you selected here?
01:13 You know, Robin, first of all, I'm personally less worried about the Lakers.
01:17 There's rumors that they've been getting together to play basketball in L.A.
01:20 LeBron's definitely been working out like crazy at home.
01:23 Personally, I'm interested in the teams that have either undergone major physical transformations or frankly just won't be very good.
01:31 Like, I want to see the Nuggets play. I want to see what the deal is with skinny Nicola Yoke.
01:35 Like, what's going on there? Is he going to be faster now? Is he going to be lighter on his feet?
01:40 I can't wait to watch the Brooklyn Nets play basketball.
01:43 Whatever zombie current version of the Brooklyn Nets is being sent to Orlando, same goes for the Washington Wizards.
01:49 What is it going to be like for the teams who have no reason to be in Orlando and obviously are not going to make the playoffs?
01:57 How just strange is it going to get?
02:00 Unfortunately, I have a morbid curiosity in kind of finding out how it goes for teams like that.
02:05 You saw Kyrie Irving there. He won't be playing, of course, but Jamal Crawford will.
02:09 And Michael Beasley, once his suspension's over, might as well call him the Brooklyn Buckets.
02:14 Personally, I'm interested in seeing the Houston Rockets, now that James Harden has had a rest, their small ball lineup should be fresh,
02:20 the variance that comes with their three-point shooting, and whether Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Mike D'Antoni can each get their first title.
02:27 Rohan, Melissa, appreciate your time.
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