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Arik and Herb
- Now Damian Lillard is injured. This sucks.
- So... LeBron to Philadelphia is a thing huh?
- It's sad how far Melo has fallen.
- Nerlens Noel, taking the high road.
- Nice to see that Tyronn Lue is back.
- NBA 2k is going to be a real league. The future is weird.
- Kawhi Leonard to the Celtics isn't the worst idea eer.
- Is Mitch Kupchak really what Charlotte needs?
- Kevin Durant might want to reel it in a bit.
- Our hearts go out to the family, friends, and teammates, of Zeke Upshaw.
- We're so lucky to have Gregg Popovich right now.
- Damn. The Isaiah Thomas story just gets sadder.
- Ben Simmons, a man of solid logic.
- Markelle Fultz is looking pretty good so far.
- Dennis Schröder, not so much.
- The situation is so messed up, but we do like how the Sacramento Kings are handling things.
- Please come back soon Joel Embiid.
- Does Chris Webber belong in the Hall of Fame.
- Did Anthony David, or didn't he?
- Ray Allen can't seem to just leave it alone
- Jordan Clarkson: troll or troll?
- Get better Coach Lue
- What the heck is going on with the Atlanta Hawks front office?
- Blake Griffin likes his team
- Some rivalries never end
- What the hell is Fortnite?
- Some Philadelphia fans put up some billboards to try and convince him to sign there this summer.
- Who throws soup at people?
- Tanking is ok, as long as you don't talk about it.
- Should NBA salaries be public?
- Would the Knicks hiring Doc Rivers be simultaneously the most Doc and Knicks thing ever?
- You have to love local broadcast stats.
- The sad story of LaMelo Ball.
- J.J. Redick, appologized for probably not being intentionally offensive
- The garbage fire that apparently was the business side of the Dallas Mavericks
- The NBA is doing great
- If I was a Pelicans fan, this Anthony Davis story would be scaring me right now
- If I was a Spurs fan, so would this Kawhi Leonard story
- We can't wait for the Uncle Drew movie to come out.
- The sad story of Derrick Rose continues to be sad.
- As does the sad story of Isaiah Thomas.
- Joe Johnson is a Rocket now.
- People need to calm down about Markelle Fultz.
- Kevin Durant is right, we all do love to hate the Warriors.
- Blake Griffin is being sued.
- Paul Pierce believes the Celtics will retire KG's number someday.
Who is the greater athlete, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, or Roger Federer?
Paul George is an All-Star after all.
Kristaps Porzingis tore his ACL and the basketball lives of Knicks fans continue to be misery.
I guess Lonzo Ball and rap music are both big in Lithuania right now?
Is this OKC jersey trash? Opinions differ.
Opinions don't differ about this new Miami Heat jersey though, it's perfect.
Blake Griffin plays for the Pistons now.
Greg Monroe plays for the Celtics now.
LeBron James joining the Warriors would be the final destruction of NBA basketball.
John Wall, apparently not that fun to play with.
Cleary the Cavaliers needed to do something.
How can an NBA arena have a leaky roof?
So, a bunch of stuff happened at the trade deadline
More about why the Cavaliers felt compelled to trade Kyrie.
Danny Green's pets
Jason Kidd's out in Milwaukee. Is anyone shocked?
Apparently Joakim Noah still plays professional basketball.
Why is everyone so damned cranky around the league lately?
Damian Lillard didn't enjoy Russell Westbrook's nonsense.
The All-Star teams are set, and we're looking forward to it.
- For the 25th anniversary of the legendary NBA Jam, we discuss what players would make the rosters today.
- The fallout from the Rockets/Clippers fight continues.
- We blame Austin Rivers.
- Jalen Rose has some choice words for Paul Pierce.
- Some more thoughts about Paul Pierce's jersey retirement night.
- Lucas Noguiera from the Raptors likes some... interesting music.
- The captains for the All-Star Game were announced.
- There are some truly hilarious minor league uniforms.
- The first All-Star votes are in.
- The return of Isaiah Thomas
- The Dallas Mavericks are no longer the Little Cows in China.
- Patrick Ewing keeps it 100
- We explore the mystery of who would want to steal Charlie Villanuevas toilet.
- The insane story of what happened to Evan Turner's pool.
- If you want to follow along with our discussion about the new City Edition jerseys, you can find them all here
- Ex-NBA player Chris Gatling is in jail
- What do Kyrie Irving's new signature shoes have to do with his possible flat Earth beliefs?
- We love anything Joel Embiid does on social media
- LeBron James using NBA2K to prepare for the return of Isaiah Thomas is damned endearing.
Things are looking up for winter sports in Seattle The Lakers are keeping reporters away from LaVar Ball Mike D'Antoni's wife is funny Stephen Curry's ankle is injured Mark Gasol is as explicit as this episode is Kevin Durant is, once again, behaving oddly We hope Steve Clifford gets better soon
- LeBron James is not happy about his first career ejection
- Knicks owner James Dolan wrote a really weird song for the Deadspin awards
- Ray Allen was apparently a Catfishing victim
- The continuing sad tale of Derrick Rose
- Three UCLA basketball players apparently shoplifted in China
- Kevin Durant is GQ's champion of the year
- Rudy Gobert thinks Dion Waters intentionally injured him
- What exactly are the Dallas Mavericks doing with Nerlens Noel
- The Knicks are being the Knicks again
- The Bulls would apparently rather have the guy who punched his teammate in the face
- Ben Simmons has chosen Australia as his Olympic team
The audio quality is gonna continue being a bit rough, we're continuing to work on it!
- Why does Kyrie get booed at every road game?
- ESPN’s new social media guidlines
- Andre Drummond is still nailing his free throws
- The term "owner" should probably go
Apologies for our continuing struggle with audio quality. We know about it, and we're working to fix it.
- The ESPN power rankings are awful post-Marc Stein
- Stein has landed at the New York Times
- Metta World Peace's new gig as a player development coach
- The NBA G League
- Dwyane Wade's a backup for the first time in his career
- Quick hits
- Earl Watson lost his job
- Eric Bledsoe lost his too
- Josh Jackson was being rude, just not in the way you think he was
- Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant lost their cool, and Curry lost $50,000 too
- The Cavs have suffered two awful losses
- Cavs vs. Magic
- Cavs vs. Nets
- We already have some unfortunate injuries
- Milos Teodosic
- Anthony Davis
- Andre Drummond has learned to shoot free throws, for now
- Ben Simmons looks like the real deal
- Josh Smith returns to the NBA, but he never left our hearts
- High fives; nature's performance boost
- Arik mentioned an amazing interview with Allen Iverson from Quite Frankly, which you can (and should) watch on YouTube
Episode Notes We promise to have better notes coming soon. This time around we just have the story about Kevin Durant's jersey situation.
Episode Notes The sound quality for this episode is awful. We're very sorry. We're posting it anyway, as it contains a good intro to the show. We've learned our lesson.