Soft City Rockers: Recent Episodes
Soft City Rockers
Bobby and Brendan come to you from Soft City USA (Austin TX) to break down hoops with a healthy dose of humor, music, and politics mixed in.
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia discuss the NBA offseason post July 1st.
(00:01) Offseason Activity after July 1st: Moves can (officially) start happening
(01:49) Returning to their own teams: Zach LaVine
(05:50) Returning to their own teams: Bradley Beal back to Washington
(08:47) Returning to their own teams: James Harden back to Philly
(15:18) Returning to their own teams: Deandre Ayton back to Suns
(20:54) Returning to their own teams: Tyus Jones back to Memphis
(24:06) Returning to their own teams: Jusuf Nurkic and Anfernee Simons back to Portland
(27:02) Changing teams in free agency: Kyle Anderson to Minnesota and Jaylon Brunson to the Knicks
(31:53) Notable Trades: Malcolm Brogdon to Celtics
(35:34) Notable Trades: Rudy Golbert to Minnesota Timberwolves
(45:35) Notable Trades: Nuggets trade for Ish Smith and Caldwell Pope sending Monte Morris and Will Barton to the Wizards
(51:10) Notable Trades: Atlanta Hawks trade for Dejante Muray sending 3 first round picks and a first-round pick swap to the spurs
(57:26) Notable Trades: Christian Wood to Dallas Mavericks
Production note from Ben 🙋: Apologies that the audio quality wasn't up to our usual standards due to some technical difficulties (user errors).
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia discuss the NBA offseason through July 1st and quickly recap the NBA Finals and where it puts the Warriors and Steph Curry historically.
(00:01) Soft City Soccer
(01:41) Offseason Happenings Intro
(03:24) Quick Finals Recap
(15:24) Offseason Rundown of Activity up to July 1st: Draft, Summer Leage
(29:16) Charlotte Head Coaching Job: Kenny Atkinson bails and old hand Steve Clifford steps in
(36:52) The Nets and the Kevin Durant Trade Request. What trades would make sense? What will Kyrie do?
Production note from Ben 🙋: Apologies that the audio quality wasn't up to our usual standards due to some technical difficulties (user errors).
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia discuss the NBA Finals through game 5, recap coaching changes and openings, and discuss a few potential player moves in the off-season.
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia discuss how the performances of key players will impact their legacies and talk a little on the status of the conference finals.
(00:01) Arena Rock: which bands can pull it off?
(10:14) Mavs vs Warriors: Impact and Trajectory of Luka Doncic
(20:15) Mavs vs Warriors: Where does Steph fit among the all-time greats?
(34:28) Celtics vs Heat: Jayson Tatum
(38:07) Celtics vs Heat: Jimmy Butler and is Bam Adebayo going to be good enough to be the second-best player on a contender?
(43:45) NBA draft lottery and what is means for the top picks in the 2022 NBA draft
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia return from the injured reserve to catch up with the second-round matchups and give a postmortem on the playoff teams that are no longer with us.
(6:05) Jumping back into the playoffs and a run down on the first-round losers
(7:38) Atlanta Hawks
(15:04) Brooklyn Nets
(21:09) Chicago Bulls
(23:58) Toronto Raptors
(31:09) New Orleans Pelicans
(33:47) Minnesota Timberwolves
(36:08) Denver Nuggets
(41:58) Utah Jazz
Round 2 matchups:
(44:07) Miami Heat vs Philadelphia 76ers
(58:52) Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics
(69:14) Golden State Warriors vs Memphis Grizzlies
(76:42) Phoenix Suns vs Dallas Mavericks
BKO @yourpalbko and Bobby @bobby_segovia give their picks for this season's awards
(14:15) Play-in Game and Lead up to the Playoffs
(19:10) Coach of the Year
(22:22) Defensive Player of the Year
(32:28) Rookie of the Year
(53:05) MVP Top 5 Candidates
Bobby @bobby_segovia and BKO @yourpalbko talk a little SXSW before breaking the Western Conference.
(00:20) SXSW aka Soft City's Mardi Gras
(09:45) Beastern Conference?
(11:35) Tier 1: Phoenix Suns
(20:00) Tier 2: Memphis Grizzlies
(37:50) Tier 2: Golden State Warriors
(42:15) Tier 3: Utah Jazz
(52:05) Tier 3: Dallas Mavericks
(60:40) Tier 3: Denver Nuggets
(69:40) Bottom of Tier 3: Minnesota Timberwolves
(00:05) Mindhunter: Which NBA player would make the best serial killer?
(04:00) Basketball polling: Most popular teams by state, most popular players by era. Also cover the biggest teams in local markets, including the highest ever local TV market share in NBA history. Can you guess which team in which year? Also touch on some great historical rivalries in the NBA, and the lack thereof for certain eras.
(14:00) Eastern conference rundown, starting with the Bulls. DeMar Derozan's improved play. Best ISO player in the NBA?
(26:00) Miami Heat: a stable genius, high floor team
(35:40) Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown: great lads in a great run of form or the ultimate regular season try hard team?
(42:40) Milwaukee Bucks: is the depth there?
(51:15) Bottom end of the East, at our discretion
Brendan & Bobby dissect the trades leading up to the NBA's trade deadline. Includes discussion on James Harden, Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis, Tyrese Haliburton, CJ McCollum, draft pick swaps, cash considerations and many more.
(0:20) The Chive brothers want to open a permanent Banksy museum
(8:23) Trade talk, starting with the big ones
Brendan and Bobby unveil the top 6 Faces of the League
(2:07) #6
(7:52) #5
(17:03) #4
(27:47) #3
(41:12) #2 & 1
(2:15) Homage to Dr. Jerry Buss
(23:25) Introducing our list of the 2022 Top 10 Faces of the League including the players that just missed our prestigious list.
(40:30) #10
(45:00) #9
(47:52) #8
(50:55) #7
Tune in next time as we reveal our Top 6 Faces of the League in 2022
Brendan and Bobby put on their GM hats and propose and negotiate trade offers. Other people paint beautifully or write poetry. Bobby and Brendan like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how they get their kicks.Â
(21:38) Nuggets call up the Kings
(36:03) Rockets proposition the Cavs
(52:15) Raptors dial the Pacers
(62:34) The Hawks have an offer for the 76ers
Bobby and Brendan discuss Kyrie's return and break down how it's possible (or is it?) to rank the NBA's all-time greats. Bobby will reveal his rankings in future episodes. Â
Segment 1: Kyrie Irving's vax stance and what it means for the Nets
Segment 2: Methodology for ranking NBA's all-time greats (27:15)
Brendan and Bobby break down all of the teams featured on the NBA's Christmas Day slate.Â
(12:04) Introduction
(14:42) Hawks vs Knicks
(25:03) Mavs vs Jazz
(34:32) Lakers vs Nets
(47:30) Bucks vs Celtics
(64:46) Suns vs Warriors
Correction: Bobby mentions Cam Johnson instead of Cam Reddish on the Hawks at minute 18.
Intro/outro music by Audionautix.com