NBA Podcast: How traded players and new-look teams are faring

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 episode include:

• Are the Suns the favorites if Kevin Durant is healthy?
• Why Kyrie Irving's first month in Dallas was so predictable
• Mikal Bridges looks like a budding star in Brooklyn
• The new-look Lakers might be able to help LeBron contend again
• Why Jakob Poeltl is such a perfect fit back in Toronto
• Why Mike Conley makes so much sense for the Timberwolves
• The early returns on Russell Westbrook's move to the Clippers
• Josh Hart has energized the Knicks
• Has Jae Crowder been better than expected for the Bucks?
• Checking in on Saddiq Bey in Atlanta, James Wiseman in Detroit, and Jordan Nwora in Indiana