Hoopdarshan Episode 31: NBA Finals 2016 Preview with Ananth Pandian

Warriors. Cavaliers. The rematch. The 2016 NBA Finals are set to be epic, and we have an appropriately epic, Hoopdarshan-flavoured preview for you to satisfying all basketball palates. For Episode 31, hosts Kaushik Lakshman and Karan Madhok are joined by CBS Sports Writer Ananth Pandian to discuss what a title could mean for the Curry and Warriors' fairytale season, the pressure on LeBron to deliver a title to Cleveland, Klay's Yoda socks, and our final predictions for the series.

Ananth Pandian is a CBS Sports Writer based out of Austin, Texas. You can keep up with his entertaining Twitter profile or follow his articles on CBSSports.com

Episode 31 features a whirlwind 2016 NBA Finals preview, highlighted by discussions on LeBron and Curry's legacies, the NBA Game of Thrones characters, why the league's "old school" dislikes Stephen Curry, and our official predictions for the champion and the Finals MVP. Additionally, we catch up with news concerning Satnam Singh, the first Indian to be drafted into the NBA.



Hoopdarshan aims to be the true voice of Indian basketball, and since we're such hopeless fans of the game, it will become the voice of everything basketball related we love, from the NBA to international hoops, too. On every episode of Hoopdarshan, we will be inviting a special guest to interview or chat to about a variety of topics. With expert insight from some of the brightest and most-involved people in the world of Indian basketball, we hope to bring this conversation to a many more interested fans, players, and followers of the game.

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