Connect The Shots: Recent Episodes
Rex Pondivida, Derrick Nicolas, & Yves Suiza
Connect The Shots brings Filipino basketball fans a weekly podcast about NBA, fantasy basketball, & things beyond hoops.
Derrick & Robbi Samson talk about the Lakers' woes during the regular season and Russell Westbrook's fit with the team, the Grizzlies with their unexpected rise in the West with Ja Morant blossoming as the next NBA superstar, the battle of the centers for the MVP: Embiid vs Jokic, and much more!
Derrick & Yves talk about the highlights of Weeks 13 & 14 of the CTS fantasy league: Team Jixin secures the number one spot while 9 players are still unsure if they will be included in the playoffs.
Yves has his nerd hat on and is joined by Rex & Derrick to conduct a mid-season analysis of the CTS fantasy league. With their developed in-house metrics, tune-in as they crunch the numbers of each of the 9 fantasy categories, team rankings, rosters, trades, and many more.
Rex, Derrick, & Yves talk about the highlights of Weeks 9, 10, 11, & 12 of the CTS fantasy league: Batangas Blades' first win of the season, Team Jixin's first loss of the season, a brewing storm for the 8th spot, the competitive standings that will shape the playoff landscape, and many more.
Rex, Derrick, & Yves share their takeaways on Weeks 7 & 8 of the CTS fantasy league: the continuous domination of Team Jixin, surging of Marco Rafael's Advanced Stats at Rank 2, the struggles of the mighty teams in Pampanga Sisig and Suicide Squad, the two 9-0 wins of Team OMG and Bamba Radyo, Batangas Blades' moral "victories", the barrage of blockbuster trades, and many more.
Rex and Yves talk about the Week 6 recap of the CTS fantasy league: Pampanga Sisig's big slide from Rank 2 to Rank 6 after a loss against the giant National Treasures, the monstrous season of Advanced Stats' Jonas Valanciunas, Team Samson's real power when healthy, Team Jixin's unusual way of dominance, a Jokic-Antetokounmpo swap, and many more.
Rex and Yves talk about the highlights of the 5th week of CTS fantasy league: a winless Batangas Blades almost pulling an upset against the number one and still undefeated Team Jixin, a detailed look on Team Jixin's winning formula, a collection of moral victories by Batangas Blades, the show of powerhouse roster by Suicide Squad, Team Mapakla's tenacity against the intensity of Rank 2 Pampanga Sisig, the injury bugs of Samson brothers in National Treasure and Team Samson, the ballin' Ball brothers of Team Naviboy, Antipolo Kasuy's defensive prowess, the dilemmas of Bamba Radyo and Team OMG, the high-octane success of Advanced Stats, the Stewart-James scuffle, and many more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves share their thoughts as the CTS fantasy league rankings take shape after Week 4: the unbeaten Team Jixin and its roster's final form after the blockbuster trades, the high-octane team of Advanced Stats with Harden and Edwards in its core, the ultimate FA sneak pick of Maxey by National Treasures, Pampanga Sisig's own season breakout candidate in Miles Bridges paired with Jokic, the demolition of Ball brothers by sizzling hot Team Mapakla's Porzingis, and many more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves talk about the Week 3 recap of the CTS NBA fantasy league: the unbeaten team of KAT, Gobert, and CP3, first loss of the Curry-Randle-Butler trio, the downside of a team with marquee players, the merits and demerits of blockbuster trades, roster strategies, and more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves discuss the highlights and lowlights of the second week of CTS NBA fantasy league: the power of trios (Curry-Butler-Randle, KAT-Gobert-Paul, Jokic-Westbrook-Murray), Giannis' mind-blowing strength, super performance of Valanciunas, Lonzo's cooling down, Embiid's troubles, blockbuster trades, and many more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves talk about the first week of CTS NBA fantasy bonanza: LeBron and KD's tandem against Curry and Randle combo, the almighty Ball brothers, winners and losers, trade talks, and expectations for Week 2.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves are joined by Robbi Samson to share their biggest takeaways from the opening night of the NBA 2021-2022 season: Bucks' hot first game against Brooklyn and their identity as champions, first look of the revamped Lakers, and the controversial Ben Simmons.
Rex and Yves conduct a post-mortem analysis of the CTS Fantasy Basketball League Season 1 draft night: our sneak "pick", top 3 teams, and Week 1 matchup prediction.
On our second CTS Sneak Pick episode, we compare players and debate the merits of the strategy of our picks.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves talk about the Northwest Division of the 2021-2022 NBA season: the real star power of Utah, unknown X-factor of the solid Nuggets, Dame's quest to break the mediocrity of Blazers, missing piece in Minnesota, and the too-many-draft-assets of OKC.
The CTS Sneak Pick pilot episode tackles our top 5 hot and cold fantasy basketball players in the upcoming 2021-2022 NBA season based on their projected rankings.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves discuss the Southeast Division of the 2021-2022 NBA season: Hawks' newfound poise and star in Trae Young, high or low expectations from Butler, Lowry, and the Heat, under-the-radar roster of Washington Wizards, Charlotte's identity and handing-the-keys to Lamelo, and Magic's direction and its young core.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves are joined by Niko Samson to discuss about the highly competitive Pacific Division of the 2021-2022 NBA season: Lakers' age, athleticism, and chemistry, the resurrection of the juggernaut in Golden State, Suns' identity after Finals loss, Kawhi and the Clippers' unknowns, and Sacramento's unfortunate fate.
Rex and Derrick are joined by Robbi Samson to talk about the upcoming 2021-2022 NBA season particularly the Central Division: Bucks' attempt to repeat, Chicago's speculations, mediocrity in Indiana, Cade's journey as a Piston, and Cleveland's young core.
Rex and Derrick are joined by Robbi Samson to talk about the big comeback of NBA trading cards during pandemic, how its resurgence and transformation go along with e-commerce and digital age, Ben Simmons' trade rumours, and more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves talk about the crazy start of the NBA free agency week, the Bulls' quest for renewed relevance, Lowry's value to the Heat, the Bucks' hunger for a repeat, Lakers' age, Warriors' outlook, CP3's contract, and more.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves are joined by Bok, a high school/college NBA prospects enthusiast, to talk about the recent 2021 Draft, how good the top 5 picks are, and their fit with their teams.
Rex, Derrick, and Yves talk about the Milwaukee Bucks championship, Giannis' legacy, rumours about Ben Simmons, Westbrook's trade to Lakers, and USA Men's Basketball team first game stinker.