On today’s show, The Basketball Jones discuss the Lakers’ chances at jumping the Jazz for a playoff spot, what some lottery teams have to look forward to, Dwight Howard’s comments about his former Magic teammates, the NBA’s most powerful, the idea of NBA expansion, the flavor profile of Kobe’s vino, and which contracts are the most “problematic.”

All that, plus chicken fajitas, Shaquille O’Neal quotes, a tight round of Pun-Gun, and why in the world it’s taking so long to get a preseason game or two in Australia. Honestly. Leigh Ellis is freakin’ out over here, man!

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