The Paddington 2 of the NBA with Rohan Nadkarni

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Defector Media

Sports, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

NBC News’ Rohan Nadkarni joins Drew and Roth to tell us what’s going on in the NBA after the All Star break. Who are three most interesting teams to watch in the East and the West? And in the second half of the show, they give you the sandwich talk that you’re craving, kicked off by a homemade vegan Double Down in Drew’s own home. And as always, they dive into the Funbag, answering real questions from real listeners.

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Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

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About The Show

The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

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0:00.0	We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm true. That's raw. Are you doing raw? I'm good, man. I'm good.
0:07.3	Because you have a fun and, dare I say erotic, Valentine's Day? Yeah, it was incredibly erotic. Do you want to know more about what was going on? So, rose petals all in the apartment. Crazy. And we're both very allergic.
0:21.6	Why are you... I surprised my wife by doing...
0:24.4	By washing the bed sheets without telling her.
0:28.1	And like, and not for like...
0:30.4	I wasn't like, oh, I got them clean so we can get them dirty, baby.
0:34.7	It was just so we could, like, sleep.
0:37.9	And she's like, oh, thank God.
0:39.2	Because I was like, I was going to get you a card.
0:40.3	She's like, don't give me a fucking card.
0:41.6	This is way better.
0:42.3	And I was like, ah, that's right.
0:44.2	That's life on the other side of 40, baby.
0:46.6	Yeah, I was told not to get chocolates, which is something that I ordinarily do. She's just like, I feel like I have a lot of chocolate right now. Did you get her Whitman sampler and a fucking single red rose? And she's, there's a fancy chocletier
0:59.2	on Madison Avenue that I enjoy going to. But I didn't do that this time. Basically, her,
1:05.2	this is, I want to clarify that we're all, you know, in our mid-40s here. She was like, I think I just prefer like gummies.
1:11.9	Do you want to get me like a different kind of candy?
1:13.9	So I went to, I went to that place Bon Bon, which is the like kind of pick and mix candy thing.
1:19.3	And I just got her a bunch of weird gummies.
1:21.3	This is regular gummies.
1:22.5	This is not.
1:22.9	Yes, these are not enhanced or infused with the THC.
	...

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