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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2022 · 1H 15M

#240: Kevin Durant stays, RJ Barrett leaves?

from The Atlantic Files · host Alex Fischbein, Dennis Clausen and Mike Bash

On this week's episode of the Atlantic Files, we talk about Kevin Durant yet again as he decides to take back everything and stay with the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks are thinking of including RJ Barrett in a Donovan Mitchell trade, Chet Holmgren might have ligament damage, plus more during 'whatchu got!' The Kevin Durant and Brooklyn Nets saga is finally over. After some sort of meeting between Kevin Durant, Steve Nash, Joe Tsai, and Sean Marks, they decided to run it back. Being a fly on that wall would have been something. Either way, this whole drama show was for nothing. On the other side of New York, the New York Knicks have still been in talks with the Utah Jazz about Donovan Mitchell. RJ Barrett is the latest name that could be included in that haul for Utah. Should the Knicks even consider trading their best asset though? Some think Barrett isn't even that good in the first place, so why would Danny Ainge want him? Very disheartening news came out after all of this. Chet Holmgren is now out for the season with a Lisfranc injury. At the time of the recording, the tests weren't done just yet, but it seemed like it was headed for a season-ending injury. Such an unfortunate way for a player's season to end in just a pro-am game that didn't mean anything. Then, we got to our "Whatchu Got" segment. Topics included who we thought was going to have the biggest breakout season, whether the Denver Nuggets are a Western Conference contender, and which players under 25 have the biggest potential peak! Timecodes: 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:36 Happy Mamba day! 00:11:19 Kevin Durant is staying in Brooklyn 00:30:08 Should the New York Knicks trade RJ Barrett 00:42:43 Chet Holmgren is out for the season 00:54:01 Who will have the biggest breakout season in the NBA 00:59:21 Are the Denver Nuggets a Western Conference contender 01:04:47 Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Zion Williamson, Jayson Tatum, and Trae Young, whose ceiling is higher 01:14:42 Outro

On this week's episode of the Atlantic Files, we talk about Kevin Durant yet again as he decides to take back everything and stay with the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks are thinking of including RJ Barrett in a Donovan Mitchell trade, Chet Holmgren might have ligament damage, plus more during 'whatchu got!' The Kevin Durant and Brooklyn Nets saga is finally over. After some sort of meeting between Kevin Durant, Steve Nash, Joe Tsai, and Sean Marks, they decided to run it back. Being a fly on that wall would have been something. Either way, this whole drama show was for nothing. On the other side of New York, the New York Knicks have still been in talks with the Utah Jazz about Donovan Mitchell. RJ Barrett is the latest name that could be included in that haul for Utah. Should the Knicks even consider trading their best asset though? Some think Barrett isn't even that good in the first place, so why would Danny Ainge want him? Very disheartening news came out after all of this. Chet Holmgren is now out for the season with a Lisfranc injury. At the time of the recording, the tests weren't done just yet, but it seemed like it was headed for a season-ending injury. Such an unfortunate way for a player's season to end in just a pro-am game that didn't mean anything. Then, we got to our "Whatchu Got" segment. Topics included who we thought was going to have the biggest breakout season, whether the Denver Nuggets are a Western Conference contender, and which players under 25 have the biggest potential peak! Timecodes: 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:36 Happy Mamba day! 00:11:19 Kevin Durant is staying in Brooklyn 00:30:08 Should the New York Knicks trade RJ Barrett 00:42:43 Chet Holmgren is out for the season 00:54:01 Who will have the biggest breakout season in the NBA 00:59:21 Are the Denver Nuggets a Western Conference contender 01:04:47 Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Zion Williamson, Jayson Tatum, and Trae Young, whose ceiling is higher 01:14:42 Outro

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