#116: Howard Beck on Award voting and the Playoffs
Sports Illustrated's Howard Beck joins to discuss Gary Payton II, the original Gary Payton, Marcus Smart's DPOY, asymmetries in offensive/defensive awards, and the nature of awards voting itself. Foll...
4 Maj 202252min
#115: What can we learn from Round One?
How much stock should we put in one good or bad series from the first round? Should we ignore the regular season or fall back on it? We reflect on some of the dominant defensive performances of the fi...
1 Maj 202249min
#114: What changes in the playoffs? | Gibson Pyper (Half Court Hoops)
More changes from the regular season to the playoffs than ever before. Coach Gibson Pyper of Half Court Hoops joins to discuss what makes postseason basketball different from regular season basketball...
28 Apr 202253min
#113: Negative narratives & Hater's Bingo
After only 1 week of the playoffs, many stars are under fire and many narratives have momentum. We discuss how no one is safe, and whether all the criticisms of Rudy Gobert, Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant...
24 Apr 202252min
#112: The best opening game ever! | Playoff talk
We go deep on the epic Celtics-Nets opener in the East: Tatum's great game, what caused Durant's struggles and more. Plus other thoughts on officiating, physicality, rim pressure and more. With Cody H...
18 Apr 202251min
#111: 2022 Playoff Preview
The Athletic's Dave DuFour stops by for our annual preview show, where we size up the contenders in the East and the West, including a stunning first round upset pick by Dave in the Eastern Conference...
12 Apr 20221h 3min
#110: The one true MVP! (Awards fallacies & existentialism)
Who is the MVP in 2022? Are we prioritizing the right players? Can we even answer this question without defining it clearly? We discuss the concept of awards ballots, the idea of ambiguous definitions...
8 Apr 202255min
#109: 2022 Defensive Awards!
It's time for the second ever defensive awards, where we discuss the best defenders in a variety of categories ranging from the best paint protector to the best point of attack defender to “who is the...
4 Apr 20221h 2min
