Hardwood Knocks drops their officially official 2021 NBA All-Rookie teams, an exercise that gets super interesting after going over LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Edwards. Then, it's on to our weekly mailbag. This latest dive into listen questions covers the future of the Memphis Grizzlies, Julius Randle's improvement, Michael Porter Jr.'s stardom, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Denver Nuggets, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, historical MVP data, tanking, the MIP discussion and more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ - All-Rookie Picks (0:48) Nuggets/Jokic (32:16) Grizzlies (41:09) Should All-Stars be disqualified from MIP discussion? (48:01) Julius Randle (51:20) Total Points Added (56:17) Second-year leaps (59:18) Better to build around SGA or MPJ? (1:00:29) Tanking (1:03:08) Fewest games played among MVPs (1:07:25) Most 27-point games in NBA history (1:09:30) - Please subscribe to Hardwood Knocks here. And if you're listening to us in Apple 's podcast player, please, please pretty please leave us a rating and write a review here. - Host: @danfavaleHost: @fromal09Follow: @HardwoodKnocksFollow: @The_Sports_Math - - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices