With now less than a week to go before the NBA Trade Deadline, there is plenty to prognosticate about. Add to that Shaquille O’Neal giving his two cents on Ben Simmons and the Lakers once again losing to the Clippers in an “away” game, and this week’s “The Hook” was always going to be extra packed.
Then, as if the typical news cycle isn’t enough, right when we finished recording an already 40-minute episode, we got what might be one of the first dominos to fall as we get ready for a busy week ahead.