The Kevin O'Connor Show

• KOC hands out his 2025 NBA Awards hardware, & latest on jam-packed Playoff Picture out West

  On the latest episode of the Kevin O’Connor Show, KOC is joined by Tom Haberstroh to reveal his 2024-25 NBA awards ballot. The pair debate all the biggest honors including Nikola Jokic vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for MVP and Amen Thompson vs. Draymond Green for DPOY. Plus, is Payton Pritchard the undisputed Sixth Man of the Year? And should Cade Cunningham even be ELIGIBLE for Most-Improved Player considering he was a no. 1 overall draft pick??Later, they recap the Minnesota Timberwolves routing of the Memphis Grizzlies. Anthony Edwards dropped 40+ despite Zach Edey finding his footing for Memphis—could the Wolves find themselves the four seed in the West?(0:35) Timberwolves beat Grizzlies Thursday night(3:12) Updated Western Conference playoff picture(11:11) KOC’s NBA awards ballots(11:12) SGA vs. Jokic for MVP?(24:54) Stephon Castle for Rookie of the Year?(34:39) Amen Thompson vs. Draymond Green for DPOY?(50:25) Payton Pritchard for 6th Man of the Year?(54:55) Who should win Coach of the Year?(1:00:11) Cade Cunningham MIP controversy Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network

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• One thing each contender needs to clean up for an NBA Finals run

  Kevin O'Connor is joined by Danny Parkins of FS1's "Breakfast Ball" to do a little Spring Cleaning ahead of the NBA Playoffs. Today is 4/09, so Danny and KOC decide to address and tidy up the biggest MESS on each title contender. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Milwaukee Bucks are discussed in the East, while in the West KOC and Danny "clean up" the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Plus - the guys offer further analysis, fallout and reasoning from the surprise firing of Nuggets HC Michael Malone.(0:28) Danny Parkins joins the show(1:10) Nuggets fire Malone & Booth(12:21) Luka returns to Dallas Wednesday night(15:38) Title contenders ‘spring cleaning’(16:04) What Cavs need to clean up(20:51) What Celtics need to clean up(26:20) What Thunder need to clean up(30:43) NBA needs to clean up officiating(33:04) What Rockets need to clean up
(37:16) What Timberwolves need to clean up(39:44) What Lakers need to clean up(43:40) What Warriors need to clean up(47:49) What Knicks need to clean up(50:17) What Bucks need to clean up Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network

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• Instant Reaction to Nuggets firing Michael Malone and Calvin Booth

  Kevin O'Connor and Dan Titus react to the shocking news on Tuesday that the Denver Nuggets have fired both head coach Mike Malone and GM Calvin Booth with just DAYS before the NBA regular season is set to come to a close. What's next for the Nuggets? What does this mean for the NBA playoff picture? What is going on in the NBA with two playoff-bound coaches fired in two weeks!? Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network

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• Wild NBA Playoff Picture, NCAA Title Game Recap and Latest Draft Buzz with Jason Timpf

  KOC is joined by Jason Timpf on this episode, which recorded right after the Men's National Championship Game between Florida and Houston went final. They discussed the star players whose NBA Draft stock was impacted in the Final Four (Walter Clayton Jr! LJ Cryer!), and they didn't hold back on the state of college refs. Plus Kevin and Jason dive into the wild, absurd Western Conference playoff picture. Are the Houston Rockets a bona fide threat to win the West? Concerning losses by the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors have Kevin wondering which team should ACTUALLY hit the panic button. Did the New York Knicks get better while Jalen Brunson was sidelined? All that and more on this installment of The KOC show!(1:00) - Florida wins National Championship!(14:10) - Draft stock of Final Four players: Auburn, Duke & more(33:00) - Western conference: Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves(1:05:15) - Eastern conference: Indiana Pacers & New York Knicks Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network

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• 10 Massive storylines with 10 days left in the NBA Regular Season

  Kevin O'Connor and Tom Haberstroh went LIVE on Friday morning to discuss 10 storylines with 10 days left in the NBA regular season, and they started with reaction to last night's masterclass performance by Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Did Steph officially enter the MVP conversation, and is GSW the team best-suited out west to KO the Thunder? Plus the guys hit 9 other massive storylines -- including why Cooper Flagg landing with the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama would create "Tim Duncan-David Robinson 2.0" (0:43) 10 storylines with 10 days left in the season (0:52) Steph is Top 5 MVP 5(5:55) Can Cavs & Bucks fix their issues? (8:58) Grizzlies are all-in on Ja Morant (14:23) Can Thunder win 70 games? (19:56) SGA nears +1000 (23:36) Where will Houston's pick end up? (26:47) Mailbag/live questions pt. 1 (39:59) Tanking teams contend for Cooper Flagg (42:05) Who will earn the 'Mark Madsen' award? (45:13) Can the Timberwolves keep it rolling? (51:50) All 30 teams in action on April 13 (54:25)  Mailbag/live questions pt. 2 Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network

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