The Knicks Are Heading to the Finals! Series Breakdown and Lottery Reform.

Zach is joined by Howard Beck to react to the New York Knicks advancing to the Finals. They discuss what has led to this moment, how they’ll fare against whoever comes out of the West, and what’s next for Cleveland. Then, John Hollinger joins to discuss the vote to reform the draft lottery.

(0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show!

(2:26) What up, Beck?!

(2:55) The New York Knicks are going to the NBA Finals

(15:50) Mike Brown deserves a lot of credit

(28:04) Is Howard aware of Danhausen?

(32:26) Kenny Atkinson’s comments

(41:25) James Harden series autopsy

(45:42) Does trading Evan Mobley for Giannis make sense?

(56:01) Let’s run through some other NBA news stories

(1:03:20) One thing you’re looking forward to in OKC-SA Game 5

(1:11:09) John Hollinger joins the show!

(1:13:38) Lottery reform

(1:22:17) On how these new rules affect the Memphis Grizzlies next year

(1:25:29) Let’s look at what a credit type draft would look like

Host: Zach Lowe

Guests: Howard Beck and John Hollinger

Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil

Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli

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