Day-to-Day Podcast: The NBA’s nicest surprises

We look at the NBA players who have been nice surprises on the latest edition of The Step Back’s Day-to-Day NBA Podcast, hosted by Jason Mann.

With guest Ian Levy, editor in chief of The Step Back, we discuss NBA players who have shown new skills or improved their play this season. We talk about Marc Gasol’s clutch 3-point shooting for the Memphis Grizzlies, Rudy Gobert’s uptick in scoring for the Utah Jazz, Terrence Ross posting career-highs for the Toronto Raptors, Otto Porter’s improved spot-up shooting for the Washington Wizards, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope holding together the Detroit Pistons’ perimeter defense, Kemba Walker shooting more off the dribble for the Charlotte Hornets, Avery Bradley’s historic rebounding numbers for the Boston Celtics, and Harrison Barnes becoming a go-to scorer for the Dallas Mavericks.

Listen: The Memphis Grizzlies are survivors

We also consider the morass that is the Eastern Conference playoff race, who we think might emerge as the third-best team in the East, who we think has the best chance to challenge the Golden State Warriors in the West, and which of these great starts seems sustainable and which might come down to earth.

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