In episode 14 of The New Twenty Four podcast, Gavriel and Torrence return behind the mic to discuss some of the top storylines, teams and players who have managed to impress them over the last week prior to all the festivities getting underway at All-Star Weekend out in San Francisco (04:40), while also discussing the Mavericks debut of Anthony Davis and whether or not a new-look, injury-depleted roster in Dallas will have enough time to gel and go on a run down the homestretch portion of the season out in the Western Conference (15:19).

Then go onto converse over the Los Angeles Lakers debut of Luka Doncic, as the dynamic duo share their initial takeaways from his opening outing following a 25-game absence and evaluate the performance of first-year head coach JJ Redick out in Tinseltown (28:07), before sharing their thoughts on the nixed trade between the Lakers and Hornets that involved rookie forward Dalton Knecht and center Mark Williams that remains up in the air (46:58) and the new format tournament-style format that fans will see in this year's All-Star Game (56:52). Prior to closing out the show by sharing which events that fans should have their eyes on at the hoops festival over the upcoming weekend (1:08:34).