
Kevin O'Connor
NBA Senior Analyst and Host, The Kevin O’Connor Show at Yahoo Sports
Basketball analyst covering the NBA since 2013. Host of The Kevin O’Connor Show, available on here and everywhere else you get your podcasts.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Kevin O'Connor
KOC is joined by Esfandiar Baraheni to preview and predict some of the best Round 1 matchups of the 2025 NBA Playoffs, starting with the Golden State Warriors vs. the Houston Rockets, who are fresh off the Dubs advancing out of the Play-In against the Memphis Grizzlies. Will Amen Thompson shut down Steph Curry again?? AdvertisementDon't miss Kevin's prediction for the Los Angeles Lakers vs.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Kevin O'Connor
The NBA has officially handed out ballots for the 2024-25 awards. This is my ninth year voting, and some of these choices are harder than ever. Others are no-brainers. From MVP to All-Rookie to Most Improved, here’s my full ballot and the thinking behind the toughest decisions. 1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, ThunderAdvertisement2. Nikola Jokić, Nuggets3. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks4. Jayson Tatum, Celtics5. LeBron James, LakersThis was an excruciating choice.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is joined by fellow NBA podcaster Andrew Sharp, host of "The Greatest of All Talk"and "Sharp Tech with Stratechery” to preview the Play-In Tournament, as well as the NBA Playoffs. Are the Golden State Warriors too fatigued to make it out of the Play-In, and what version of Jimmy Butler can Steph Curry expect? AdvertisementWhy is Andrew picking Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves to knock out Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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1 week ago |
au.sports.yahoo.com | Kevin O'Connor
On the latest episode of the Kevin O’Connor Show, KOC is joined by Tom Haberstroh to reveal his 2024-25 NBA awards ballot. The pair debate all the biggest honors including Nikola Jokic vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for MVP and Amen Thompson vs. Draymond Green for DPOY. Plus, is Payton Pritchard the undisputed Sixth Man of the Year? And should Cade Cunningham even be ELIGIBLE for Most-Improved Player considering he was a no. 1 overall draft pick??
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2 weeks ago |
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is joined by Danny Parkins of FS1's "Breakfast Ball" to do a little Spring Cleaning ahead of the NBA Playoffs. Today is 4/09, so Danny and KOC decide to address and tidy up the biggest MESS on each title contender. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Milwaukee Bucks are discussed in the East, while in the West KOC and Danny "clean up" the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, and Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Are the Knicks true contenders? @DannyParkins doesn’t think so. https://t.co/iq0P5C0VWy

New pod with @DannyParkins on what NBA contenders gotta clean up to make a Finals run. Plus the latest on the Nuggets firing both Michael Malone and Calvin Booth. SPOTIFY: https://t.co/UvJW5w5xqb YOUTUBE: https://t.co/ePewbKNAw4 APPLE: https://t.co/DuLRYXxAxn https://t.co/lCzzk5DFo7

True. Bogi has been so good off the bench

@KevinOConnorNBA Bogi pickup was huge

Should be the norm once Murray returns. Pickett is the better player now.

Pickett 31 mins, Westbrook 17 tonight