{"id":1225,"date":"2016-10-05T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2016-10-04T22:55:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T02:55:37","slug":"coast-2-coast-central-division-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/10\/05\/coast-2-coast-central-division-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #4: Central Division Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome to the fourth episode of <strong>Coast 2 Coast<\/strong>, the brand new basketball podcast right here at <strong>Last Word On Pro Basketball<\/strong>. As always, LWOPB is committed to bringing you the very best in basketball\u00a0news, analysis, and commentary. In putting together this <strong>NBA<\/strong> podcast, we continue to stay committed to our high standards. Enjoy the show.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #4: Central Division Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The constant roster turnover of the NBA seeped into the <strong>Central Division<\/strong> this past season and off-season, as a number of new faces are expected to take the offensive reins. From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wadedw01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwyane Wade<\/a><\/strong> to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrito02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tobias Harris<\/a><\/strong> to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/teaguje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Teague<\/a><\/strong>, there are new leaders in the locker room for some already successful teams in the division. The <strong>Cleveland Cavaliers<\/strong> may not have a road to the division title as easy as the ones they&#8217;ve had in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Like last week\u2019s <strong>Atlantic Division<\/strong> preview, Austin and Dante begin with the central theme of the division. This week, they examine the future of the league\u2019s positions, with the <strong>Milwaukee Bucks<\/strong> leading the charge as a position-less team. Following a discussion of other teams\u2019 structures, the two answer five different questions that were also in the\u00a0last preview. These questions include: &#8220;Which team&#8217;s re-construction will work better \u2013 the <strong>Indiana Pacers<\/strong> or the <strong>Chicago Bulls<\/strong>?&#8221;\u00a0and &#8220;Who was the best draft pick in this year\u2019s class?&#8221; They wrap up the preview with a discussion of standings predictions and of the different power dynamics throughout the division.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #4: Central Division Preview<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/kntiv-6349f6?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Austin Cracraft and Dante Guarneri discuss everything from the wide world of the NBA, whether it be the latest update from a banana boat or a rookie\u00a0screwing up on his Snapchat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read a full written Central Division\u00a0preview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2016\/10\/03\/2016-17-nba-central-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the show on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Coast2CoastPod\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Coast2CoastPod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Austin is a staff\u00a0writer and podcast host\/producer at Last Word On pro Basketball. He is currently attending the\u00a0<strong>University of Oregon\u00a0<\/strong>and enjoys watching, talking, and playing sports. He is a big\u00a0<strong>Colorado Buffaloes<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Oregon Ducks<\/strong>\u00a0fan.<\/p>\n<p>Dante studies financial economics at\u00a0<strong>Columbia University<\/strong>. For every statistic and analytic undertaking, he hopes to shed humorous light on the everyday parity of the sports world. A life-long sports fan, he\u2019s been blessed with championships from the\u00a0<strong>New York Yankees<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>New York Giants<\/strong>, but cursed by the turbulent history of the\u00a0<strong>Brooklyn (New Jersey) Nets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin and Dante give their Central Division preview, discussing the new Chicago Bulls lineup, who is the third best player in the division, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,8,9,10,11,15,62],"tags":[65,389,151,39,340,49,219,96,413],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-bulls","category-cavaliers","category-pistons","category-pacers","category-bucks","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-central-division","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-nba-season-preview"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}