NBA Podcast: Embiid's injury, the scoring boom, and All-Star snubs

Welcome to the latest edition of "Pound the Rock," an NBA podcast hosted by Joseph Casciaro and Joe Wolfond.

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Topics for this week's episode include:

• Why did the Rockets trade for Steven Adams, and does this change anything about their reported desire to upgrade the roster for this season?
• Were the Grizzlies right to move on from Adams?
• A wild stat about Doc Rivers' playoff coaching record
• Joel Embiid is out with a meniscus injury. Why did the 76ers let him play against the Warriors?
• The 65-game awards threshold remains problematic
• Contextualizing and rebutting the Embiid "ducking" narrative
• Is the NBA's scoring boom actually a problem? If so, what's the root of the problem, and what can the league do about it?
• Offensive skill is simply off the charts
• Defense still matters. A lot.
• Reacting to the All-Star reserve selections. Would we have chosen differently?
• The bloodbath in the West versus the fringy field in the East
• Towns versus Gobert/Sabonis/Fox
• Paolo versus Scottie
• Giving Donovan Mitchell his flowers with an abbreviated but long overdue conversation about the red-hot Cavaliers