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#1434 - Westside Stories: It All Comes Back to Food
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Duane and Kelsea recap the 905's road trip against the Long Island Nets, and where improvements can be made. They preview the upcoming slate against the Delaware Blue Coats, talk about the differences between hooping overseas and in the G League, and somehow bring every topic back to food.
- Long Island Nets B2B split
- Kevon Harris's strong game
- David Johnson sharing the sugar
- Breein Tyree impresses coming off injury
- An Isaac Bonga off game is still pretty good
- The challenges of developing chemistry in practice
- What does a week between games do to G-League teams? Similarities to college game.
- What are G-League roadtrips like?
- Blowing leads - when you're up 20, gotta try to go up 40
- Mentality of being up on the road
- The walk of shame that is being blown out at home
- Coaches like Nick Nurse holding on to lineup cards
- Cam Thomas' explosion against the 905
- Kevon Harris' confidence in his offensive abilities
- Raptors 905 not being able to fight through a full court press (dice five spot)
- Looking ahead to Delaware Blue Coats and Shamorie Ponds
- What's it like playing for four different G-League teams?
- Playing overseas vs playing in North America
- Food and basketball success correlate
- Best pre-game meal to get Duane going
- The NBA and G-League players trend of drinking coffee pre-game
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