{"podcast":{"title":"Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast","slug":"hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","podcast_index_feed_id":47033,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2916956/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://nbamath.com/hardwood-knocks/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0e35e4bb65b157c6a017ae3c940d3204.jpg","author":"HardwoodKnocks: An NBA Podcast","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Hardwood Knocks is a totally, completely, thoroughly fun AF NBA podcast in which Bleacher Report's Dan Favale and Grant Hughes analyze the ins, outs, ups, downs and, heck, even diagonals of The Association. FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE⬇️ Apple: http://apple.co/2iIw0IJ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xnq1yKgX8uJCllz1fOQfP YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HardwoodKnocksNBA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardwoodknocks Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwoodKnocks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwood_knocks/ SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH⬇️ https://hardwood-knocks-shop.fourthwall.com/?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:13.268667+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033"},"episode":{"title":"The NBA Actually Dropped THE HAMMER On Steve Ballmer And The Clippers","slug":"the-nba-actually-dropped-the-hammer-on-steve-ballmer-and-the-clippers","published_at":"2026-09-04T08:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/the-nba-actually-dropped-the-hammer-on-steve-ballmer-and-the-clippers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nba-actually-dropped-the-hammer-on-steve-ballmer-and-the-clippers--74888397","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74888397/clippers.mp3","summary":"Dan and Grant react to the NBA laying the SMACKDOWN on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the salary cap by facilitating sponsorship payments to Kawhi Leonard. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:02 - Is the Clippers’ punishment surprising? 6:57 - Did Kawhi Leonard deserve a harsher punishment? 11:27 - The Clippers’ argument came back to bite them 18:28 - The Clippers’ letter to Adam Silver 27:35 - Long-term ramifications for other NBA teams 31:53 - People were wrong about Pablo Torre 35:43 - Will the Kawhi trade now go through? 37:04 - What happened with the ESPN report? 39:42 - Where do the Clippers go from here? 43:14 - Kawhi Leonard’s legacy 47:03 - There’s more to come SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com","meta_description":"Dan and Grant react to the NBA laying the SMACKDOWN on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the salary cap by facilitating sponsorship payments to K…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3143,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/episodes/the-nba-actually-dropped-the-hammer-on-steve-ballmer-and-the-clippers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/the-nba-actually-dropped-the-hammer-on-steve-ballmer-and-the-clippers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}