In today's Rejecting the Screen, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, Noah Coslov and Adam Stanco discuss why the Celtics have been so impressive without Kyrie Irving, Dajuan Wagner's remarkable high school exploits, preseason predictions the guys got right (and wrong), and how Noah will be selecting his Moment of the Decade, Team of the Decade, and Coach of the Decade, and Draft Pick of the Decade.
First time Adam interviewed LeBron James (0:50)
Dajuan Wagner's brilliance in high school (1:15)
Story of two high school players scoring 100 points on same day (2:20)
Celtics are on fire without Kyrie Irving (4:15)
Questioning the authenticity of Kyrie's leadership (5:25)
Noah breaks down the Celtics' success by advanced analytics (6:25)
Celtics body language simply looks different (7:25)
Looking back on the predictions Noah and Adam got right (10:30)
Noah knew the Warriors defense would be bad (11:10)
Knicks fans unhappy about Porzingis trade (12:00)
Hornets seats still available (12:40)
Noah's prediction about Warriors was against the grain (13:05)
Heat have surpassed expectations (14:30)
Aaron Gordon's struggles have paralleled Magic's struggles (14:55)
Should NBA have sarcastic awards? (16:20)
Adam saw T-Wolves' overachievement coming (16:45)
The great redemption story of Andrew Wiggins (17:30)
Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis don't need help (18:35)
Noah has an All-Decade assignment (21:30)
Coach and Team of the Decade (22:15)
Everything in the decade is connected to LeBron and the Warriors (23:00)
Moment of the Decade was probably something LeBron did (23:40)
Noah attended the famous Hamilton performance that Mike Pence was at (24:25)
Game of the Decade: Game 7 in 2016 NBA Finals or Game 6 in 2013 NBA Finals? (26:25)
Noah smacks down Adam's thought about Draft Pick of the Decade (27:25)
Draymond Green over Rudy Gobert for Defensive Player of the Decade (27:50)
Why Draymond's career is like Scottie Pippen's (29:05)
Noah is pumped about Rockets at Clippers on Friday (30:35)
Adam is pumped about Virginia playing Vermont and UMass this week (30:50)
Rejecting the Screen is released on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thursday brings "Going ISO" where the guys conduct a longform interview. This week is P.J. Carlesimo, who took Seton Hall to the Final Four in 1989, coached four different NBA teams, was a member of the Dream Team coaching staff and is currently an analyst on ESPN and the Pac-12 Network.
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