NBA's big tanking problem, JJJ injured, awards check-in + thoughts entering All-Star break

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In today’s Kevin O’Connor Show, KOC goes over his NBA awards rankings approaching the midway point of the season. Plus, he reacts to the news of the Jaren Jackson Jr. season-ending surgery, and proposes a new system to weed out the problem of tanking in the NBA.Then, KOC does a live mail-bag segment with questions from the YouTube chat. That and more for today’s pre-All-Star Weekend show! (0:33) NBA Awards check-in(8:36) How can the NBA solve tanking?(29:07) Live YouTube Q&A Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show on the your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network, yahoosports.tv and Yahoo Sports NBA on YouTube

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KOC goes over his top NBA awards contenders and proposes a way the NBA can stop teams from tanking.

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