Hot Takedown - NBA Playoffs By The Numbers; Tanking; Tim Tebow, Take Magnet

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Hot Takedown - NBA Playoffs By The Numbers; Tanking; Tim Tebow, Take Magnet

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Apr 21, 2015

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Kate Fagan, Chadwick Matlin and special guest Caitlin Kelly of The New Yorker discuss the NBA playoffs, the NBA draft system, and Tim Tebow's baffling return to the NFL.

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Apr 21, 2015

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Hot Takedown is the weekly sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight. On it, the crew uses numbers to dissect the week in sports, taking down some silly hot takes in the process.

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Hot Takedown - NBA Playoffs By The Numbers; Tanking; Tim Tebow, Take Magnet

Hot Takedown - NBA Playoffs By The Numbers; Tanking; Tim Tebow, Take Magnet

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