Friend of the pod Brett Usher re-joins the pod to talk teams we are buying and selling thus far in the NBA Season! Brett is one of the best follows out there, check him out @UsherNBA on X.
Time stamps:
The LA Clippers can't be this bad right? (1:30), The San Antonio Spurs have arrived (12:15), How are the Celtics this good? (29:20), The Pistons are bullying everyone (42:45), Orlando is figuring it out featuring a Paolo Banchero discussion (53:00), Can Golden State get their year on track? (1:04:50), Derik Queen is a monster (1:16:00), Tyrese Haliburton - underrated? (1:28:30).
Thank you everyone for listening!
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Time to get out all the takes that have been rattling around our heads this NBA season, including: OKC's historic start, best top 5 players in a decade, the mid East, surprise teams and much more!
Big thank you to everyone who listened this year!
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Hyped for this one! Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) of the Game Theory Podcast joins the show to discuss the most fun rookies and sophomores through a couple weeks of the NBA season.
You can listen to Bryce on the Game Theory Pod with Sam Vecenie or on his Pistons Pulse podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pistons-pulse/id1610177375. Follow him for top tier NBA and draft analysis.
Timestamps:
Cedric Coward's hyper efficient game (2:30), VJ Edgecombe's star potential (7:00), Alex Sarr's all-around improvement (13:30), Stephon Castle's upside (20:14), Kyshawn George's defensive improvement (26:55), MUST LISTEN Bryce's take on European vs. American development (31:00), Rapid fire on a bunch of rookie/sophs (34:30).
Our BDP legal team will re-join us to discuss this story as it unfolds AND to talk about Steve Balmer, Kawhi Leonard, Uncle Dennis and our favorite species of trees.
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This might be our peak.
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We are back! Brief discussion of Pablo Torre's Clippers investigation follower by a slew of Start/Bench/Cut debates to help sort out Max's yearly player rankings.
Timestamps: Pablo Torre & the Clippers (1:50), PLAYER RANK DEBATES Shai/Luka/Giannis (5:00), Bam/Mobley/Chet (11:30), Ja/Maxey/Fox (20:10), Amen/Barnes/Jalen Johnson (22:50), Cade/Mitchell/Booker (29:10), Steph/Ant/Brunson (34:35), Trae/Jamal/Garland (41:00), JDub/Jimmy/Jaylen (44:50), Bane/Reaves/White (46:15), OG/Gordon/TM3 (48:40), Suggs/Bridges/McDaniels (50:45), Franz/Paolo/Pascal (54:25).
Thank you for listening!
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Matthew Peralta of Lakers Nation joins to talk Lakers and all things Western Conference!
Timestamps:
Luka Doncic extension (1:00), LeBron's status (9:30), LA fan relationship with LeBron (14:30), Western Conference tiers (18:15), Title Contenders (18:45), WCF Contenders (27:15), Solid Playoff Bets (48:00), Play-In hopefuls (59:50), Waste Management (1:09:30)
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Coach Godnick re-joins the pod to discuss players we are buying stock in for the 2025-26 NBA Season! Timestamps:
Scoot Henderson (1:40), Jaden Ivey (5:40), Immanuel Quickley (9:00), Jalen Johnson (17:10), Scotty Pippen Jr. (21:00), Austin Reaves (24:30), SKINNY LUKA DONCIC (29:15), Jaden McDaniels (32:15), David Adelman (39:30), Payton Pritchard (42:50), Bennedict Mathurin (47:00), Reed Sheppard (53:00), Quick Hitters (56:50), Bilal Coulibaly (1:05:30). Thank you for listening!
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Thank you to the Cash fam for the lovely hospitality. What a year.
Awesome to have Stephen on the Pod to deep-dive the 2025 NBA Draft. Check out @StephenGHoops on X and everything going on at https://www.noceilingsnba.com! They're building something special.
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Timestamps:
Draft group think (1:00), NBA-ready guys (8:00), Guys we're highest on (18:00), "I just don't see it" guys (36:30), Khaman Maluach (45:00), Who's keeping us up at night for our ranking (53:50), Best defender (58:40), Most likely to get a GM fired (1:02:00), Ace Bailey (1:03:10), Sneaky special athletes (1:08:00), High ceiling 2nd-rounders (1:14:30), Future HOF-ers? (1:20:30)
Thrilled to be joined by Kris Pursiainen for this one. Check out @krispursiainen on X and read his work on ClutchPoints!
Timestamps:
Knicks coaching search (1:45)
2026 predictions: First time All-NBAers (13:30), Biggest revenge tour (19:27), New beloved role players (24:20), Best setup team next 5 years (32:00), Worst situation (42:30), Best contract (45:30), Biggest win increase (48:00), Biggest fall off (52:10), Sophomore leap (54:00), Sell high candidates (57:15), Second draft candidates (1:06:10), Dream broadcast team (1:09:25)
Thank you for listening!
In today's episode, 100 Knicks fans and 1 gorilla fight to the death.
(0:00) - Finals thoughts
(10:55) - One of the more intellectual Knicks convos in recent history
Nothing like May hoops. Round 2, conference finals and more with 2 special guests...
(0:00) - WEST with Micah Cash
(48:50) - EAST with Nick Kingsley
If you enjoyed, feel free to storm X’s headquarters and get us unDOGE’d. <3
(0:00) - Thunder vs. Nuggets
(22:00) - Celtics vs. Knicks
Find Sean Davis @Sean_Davi on X!
(1:00) - Thunder vs. Grizzlies or Mavericks
(4:30) - Rockets vs. Warriors
(12:55) - Lakers vs. Wolves
(26:35) - Nuggets vs. Clippers
(36:15) - West 2nd round and WCF matchups
(42:25) - Pacers vs. Bucks
(48:55) - Giannis’ future
(52:00) - Knicks vs. Pistons
(60:20) - East 2nd round and ECF matchups
(64:40) - FINALS PICKS 🏆
(67:40) - Thunder vs. Celtics OR The Field?