Ball Talk with Jon Soch and Chazz: Recent Episodes
Jonathan Sochaczevski
The Ball talk podcast offers high level analysis of NBA basketball, NFL football, College basketball, and other major sporting events. New episodes are released twice a week typically on Tuesday and Friday. Featuring Jonathan Sochaczevski, and Chazz Yeargans
Ball Talk Correspondent Jon Soch comes in and gives us the details on some of the most impressive teams and players from this past weekend's NERR Scholar's Roundball Classic and then the Ball Talk team discusses the Zion Williamson situation and if he's going to stay in New Orleans
In this episode of Ball Talk, the team wanted to do their second part of the NBA award show but of course they don't. Instead they cover Indiana's newfound willingness to trade Caris LeVert and one of their centers, Where Portland can go with Neil Olshey gone, and if the Wizards should be scared of Beal not signing an extension
In today's episode Ball Talk Correspondent Jon Soch went down to the Zero Gravity Prep Classic. Jon Soch and Chazz riff about some of Jon's favorite prospects, and teams he saw at this great event(written breakdowns of players coming soon). The team then transitions over to talking about the Portland Trailblazers firing Neil Olshey, the Houston Rockets winning without Jalen Green, and professing their love for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Ball Talk team gives their quarter season awards. Explaining their choices for MVP, All-Star teams, DPOY, ROTY. Jon Soch tries to convince Chazz that Cole Anthony deserves to be on the all-star team
In this episode the Ball Talk team examines new trends in NBA defences caused by the most recent rule changes and why that has helped teams like the Suns and TWolves be successful defences. Then the conversation moves to the return of Zion Williamson to contact, and the Utah Jazz's early season struggles
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses the Gonzaga Bulldog's marquee matchups against the UCLA Bruins and Duke Blue Devils covering all the biggest prospects in the games from Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero to Drew Timme and Johnny Juzang. Then talks about the over crowded front court in Houston and how that impacts them going into this draft
Ball Talk reporter Jon Soch was in person at the National Prep showcase. we get all his thoughts on the event's best prospects and most impressive teams + we discuss the firing of Luke Walton, The Lakers brawl with the Detroit Pistons, and the injury bug the Cavs are experiencing.
Immediately after the Ball Talk team proclaimed that the NFC is better than the AFC, two of the best teams in the NFC lost in embarrassing fashion. Meanwhile two AFC teams look like they might have gotten their seasons together. All this, week 11 look aheads, and more on this weeks episode of the Ball Talk podcast
The situation in Minnesota is starting to boil over with Karl Anthony-Towns. We look at that and use it to analyze the hot starts for the Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards, and Golden State Warriors
After an egregious taunting call in the monday night football game between the Bears and the Steelers, the Ball Talk team talks about the controversy, then debates whether the AFC or NFC is stronger. The episode concludes with the Week 10 preview
The Ball Talk team discusses the recent scandal involving Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, then covers some players who will be missing time that might have a drastic impact on the NBA soon. They also discuss what is going on with the New Orleans Pelicans who are near panic mode without Zion Williamson even having a timetable for his return. Then conclude with discussions on the Raptors and Mavericks
Episode 105
🔔🔁 TRADE DEADLINE 🔁🔔 With all the news swirling around the NFL, The Ball Talk teams takes a look around the week that was and previews this weekend’s upcoming slate.
Are the Rams de facto Super Bowl favorites now with the acquisition of Von Miller? 🔜🏆🤭
What will the fallout be from Rodgers positive COVID test? 😷😳
Can Ryan Tannehill and the Titans manage to find a way to survive without @kinghenry? 🤔
Where does OBJ end up after this saga with the Browns comes to an end? 🛫
To hear our thoughts all links are in the bio ⬆️ and let us know what you think in the comments ⬇️
After a few weeks of NBA games the Ball Talk team is back to talk about what we've seen so far from around the league
The Cardinals lost JJ Watt, the Bengals are rolling, and the Chiefs are in the dumps. The Ball Talk team gives you all the analysis and then gives you their best bets for the upcoming week of NFL
"Defence On A string" creator Coach Jennifer Sepieli comes on the pod to talk about her experience coaching the game of basketball, her role as coach, and her new product Defence On A String. The best way to improve a team's defensive rotations and communication.
The NBA 75th Anniversary team was released. The Ball Talk team talks the new members since the 50th anniversary team, the snubs, and the players from the 50th team that probably should not have made the 75th Anniversary team
In the NFL Jon refuses to stop talking about the Titans, the Cardinals and Rams had convincing wins, and we're going week 7. The Ball Talk team gives you all the analysis on this great episode of Ball Ta;l
Ben Simmons is still causing chaos and there was a record amount of money spent in extensions this year. The Ball Talk team breaks it all down for you on their 100th episode
In this episode the Ball Talk team dives into some of the controversies surrounding the NBA and NFL recently including Jon Gruden, the Washington Football team scandal, Ben Simmons returning to the 76ers, and Kyrie Irving's vaccination madness
After a busy offseason full of deep dives the Ball Talk team is here to give you their preseason predictions for the entire Western Conference
the Suns did not offer DeAndre Ayton a maximum contract extension, there is only 1 undefeated football team left, Jon Soch explains why every team in the NFL sucks, and week 5 gets previewed on another great episode of Ball Talk with Jon Soch and Chazz
After a busy offseason full of deep dives the Ball Talk team is giving their Eastern Conference Team Predictions. Diving through every team in the East talking about their reasonable expectations for the season, and what to look for
The Ball Talk team gives you their take on the Rookie QBs, the Los Angeles Chargers stunning upset of the Kansas City Chiefs, and preview the best week 4 matchups
The final set of offseason deep dives gets done! The Ball Talk looks at the offseason moves of the last three teams and gives their takes and predictions for all three
The AFC West is looking elite, the ball talk team takes you through that division and looks through the rest of the interesting-ness from week 2 and previews what to look forward to in week 3
The Ball Talk team breaks down the offseasons for the Houston Rockets, OKC Thunder, and Memphis Grizzlies
Game of the year candidates, incredible finishes, stunning upsets, and complete letdowns. This NFL week 1 has had it all and the Ball Talk team is here to give you all the expert analysis.
Ben Simmons drama heats up, and the Sacramento Kings, Minnesota TWolves, and San Antonio Spurs are all linked to the Australian defensive specialist. Offseason deep dives with a twist!
The Ball Talk team runs through the AFC and gives their predictions on how each team will do and who will be making the playoffs. Jon predictably has a crazy take for the Tennessee Titans this season.
Football is back! The Ball Talk team goes through the 4 NFC divisions and looks at which teams are most likely to make the NFL playoffs this season and even give their NFC conference championship game picks and predictions!
In this episode the Ball Talk team covers the Offseason Deep Dives for the Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, & Orlando Magic
In this episode the Ball Talk team does their Offseason Deep Dives on the Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, and Charlotte Hornets
The Ball Talk team first breaks down the Lauri Markkanen trade then goes into the Offseason Deep Dives for the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, and Indiana Pacers
The offseason deep dives for the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks. The Ball Talk team gives the best breakdown and what expectations you can have for these teams in the coming season.
The Ball Talk team gives their Offseason deep dives for the Clippers, including the Eric Bledsoe trade, Denver Nuggets, and Utah Jazz
The Ball Talk team breaks down the off-seasons for the Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and then the Golden State Warriors
Will Luka, Zion, or Dame demand a trade after the subpar off-seasons for their teams? The Ball Talk team breaks down the off-seasons for the Mavericks, Pelicans, and Trail Blazers and talks about what went right, what went wrong, and what they would have done
Free agency has arrived! The Ball Talk team breaks down the biggest contracts from the offseason and the moves already done by the Knicks, Bulls, and Heat
NFL training camps have started up! Aaron Rodgers looks like he is going to play this season, Deshaun Watson is in Houston but probably will not play, Covid is still the biggest talking point of preseason, and the AFC South looks ripe for the Titans taking!
With the NBA draft over the Ball Talk team breaks down some of the most unexpected picks of the night, talks about some of the craziest trades, and gives their winners of the NBA draft
In this episode the Ball Talk team gives their NBA playoff superlative awards to highlight some of the best performances from this season's playoffs from some of the players who didn't make the NBA finals. Then they discuss the most recent team USA olympic loss and take a quick look at the olympic competition.
CHAMP TALK! The Milwaukee Bucks are 2021 NBA Champions and Giannis Antetokounmpo won his first Finals MVP 👏 Check out the Ball Talk team’s breakdown of how did the Bucks did it, where the Suns go from here and everything in between.
The team covers game 5 of the NBA finals just in time for game 6 to start! They then go into the offseason deep dives for Sacramento and the Charlotte Hornets.
Damian Lillard might be demanding a trade, the 76ers are trying to trade Ben Simmons, Team USA is in disarray, and Kawhi Leonard just got ACL repair surgery. The Ball Talk team gives you their takes on all these and some fun trade proposals.
With the Suns having a 2-1 lead over the Bucks the NBA finals are still spicy as ever, after a great breakdown the guys talk about the Toronto Raptors offseason plans and what fans should be looking ahead for this offseason.
With the first overall pick the Detroit Pistons draft choice should be super easy but their offseason still has tons of possibilities and interesting options to consider. Jon Soch and Chazz give you the full offseason breakdown including possible trade targets on this great episode of Ball Talk.
The NBA finals are looming! Jon Soch and Chazz talk about the chess match we will see between the coaches, the legacy implications for Giannis and Chris Paul, the financial implications for Chris Paul and DeAndre Ayton, and give some love to the recently eliminated Atlanta Hawks.
IMG Academy Basketball's Technical Director Mike Gillian comes on the pod to talk about his work on the administrative side of IMG Academy, the challenges faced organizing the program during the Covid-19 pandemic, the future of IMG, and his time at the Longwood Lancer's - where he has the most D1 wins of any coach and the most wins in a single D1 season in program history
Damian Lillard might want out of Portland, Trae Young is a legit superstar, the Bucks are title favorites, and Pat Bev is injuring people the NBA is completely upside down! kind of... Also the guys talk about their philosophy with second round draft picks and some of their favorite second round guys in this years draft
The Montreal Canadians just made the Stanley Cup finals, some stuff happened in basketball I guess
The conference finals are here and the Ball Talk team breaks it down for everyone and discusses the failures of the second round teams
In a stunning move the Dallas Mavericks part ways with their GM Donnie Nelson and their Head Coach Rick Carlisle. The Ball Talk team gives you breakdowns on the changes, discusses the Pelicans tricky situation, and whats going on in the Western Conference playoff race
In this episode the Ball Talk team gives their thoughts on the second round so far, discuss Becky Hammon as a head coaching candidate, the Portland coaching vacancy, Luka Doncic's growing frustration with the Mavericks front office and a little bit of hockey and soccer talk
IMG Academy National Varsity assistant, and former Memphis Tiger Trey Draper comes on the pod to talk about his experience with winning, his time as a walk-on and eventual captain at Memphis and as an assistant on the IMG academy national varsity team
The Ball Talk team jams everything into this mega-episode; Coach K's retirement, Brad Steven's promotion, whatever is about to happen in Portland, the LA Lakers losing in the first round, Rick Carlisle and the Dallas Mavericks, and even still had time and energy to preview the second round of the NBA playoffs
Vincennes University commit and SYO alum Devawn White comes on the pod to talk about his journey with basketball and his goals for the future
The West and East are experiencing very different first round playoff series, we look at all the exciting matchups and talk about what we've learned over the last week of NBA basketball
IMG Academy national varsity assistant and junior national varsity head coach Abel Varnadore comes to talk to us about coaching top level talent
The Ball Talk team discusses the looks of all the first round series with the help of seeing a game or two already
IMG National Varsity's Anthony Gilkes comes on the pod to talk about his experience at IMG and his goals for the future
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses the various X factors for the playoff teams that stand a chance at making it to the NBA finals
IMG post grad national varsity player Oscar Berry comes on the pod to talk about his basketball journey, his time at IMG, his college recruitment and so much more
The Ball Talk team takes you through their picks for the prestigious NBA end of season awards including MVP, DPOY, 6MOTY, ROTY, and MIP then also takes you through their three all-NBA teams, all-rookie teams, and all-defence teams.
We interview CEO & Founder of Dailey Training International and father of 4-star prospect Eric Dailey Jr to talk about his own experience with basketball, founding and building of Dailey training, why he pushed Eric Jr. not to play AAU, or on the national team, and what Eric Jr is looking for in colleges
Football talk is back! In this episode we cover the Aaron Rodgers trade request, the situation surrounding most rookie QBs, then end off with some discussion around Kyle Pitts and the Atlanta Falcons
IMG Academy's top 30 prospect Eric Dailey Jr comes on the pod to talk about IMG (0:55), his parents (25:00), his college recruitment (47:30, and so much more
Episode Breakdown:
0:10 - introductions
0:55 - what it means to become as highly ranked/recruited as he is
2:00 - How he works on his game
5:40 - the value of playing with other top players in the nation everyday
7:55 - learning from Ja Morant
11:20 - why he didn’t play National Varsity as a freshman
12:45 - Jahzare Jackson
14:05 - Taking advantage of IMG’s facilities
16:20 - Why he doesn’t play AAU
19:10 - usual Summer plans
20:50 - Experience playing in Spain
22:50 - Did playing in Europe help you relate to foreign teammates
25:00 - relationship with his parents
33:30 - His perspective on the women’s game
38:40 - Being surrounded by elite athletes in different sports
42:05 - inter sport competition
47:30 - College
59:00 - hobbies
1:03:10 - experience at team USA minicamp
1:06:05 - Why he wears number 3
The Ball Talk team breaks down the 4-11 seeds in the West with a focus on who will avoid the play-in game and who will be in a prime position to win their play-in games.
University of New Orlean's center Simeon Kirkland comes onto the pod to discuss his basketball journey and then the Ball Talk team discusses the play-in game and what would constitute it being successful
Arizona State University Sun Devil's Guard Kyle Feit gets on the pod to discuss his basketball journey, the transfer portal, ASU basketball prospects and his friendship with Anfernee Simons, then the Ball Talk team discusses the impact of the LaMarcus Aldridge and Jamal Murray injuries and their impact
It's finally far enough into the season to discuss the MVP, and real title contenders and the Ball Talk team has great takes galore
The Ball Talk team interviews current IMG national varsity player Joshua Ozabor and then revists the bigger deals of the trade deadline
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses the final four prospects, teams that are tanking, and some of the top draft picks in the upcoming draft
Memphis Tiger's own Jayden Hardaway comes on to the pod to talk about growing up as the son of an NBA superstar and winning the NIT tournament then the Ball Talk team discusses the prospects in the Elite Eight and makes their final four predictions.
In this episode the Ball Talk team reviews the best and worst trade deadline moves and discusses the concept of the buyout market and some of the best buyout signings so far.
The Ball Talk team discusses the GLeague bubble, GLeague Ignite, and everything else GLeague with GLeagueTV founder Jeff Kee
In this episode the Ball Talk previews the upcoming trade deadline including a deep dive on the Boston Celtics trade exception from the Gordon Hayward trade
In this episode the Ball Talk team interviews FIBA and USport ref Nate Saunders about the parts of refereeing an NBA game that you don't think about
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses ways the NBA can be more profitable and other fun possible rule changes
In this episode the Ball Talk team interviews Joshua Djanogly former player for the McGill Men's basketball team and current professional basketball player for Otzma Modiin in Israel
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses the all-star recap and then discusses their midseason award predictions
In this Episode the Ball Talk team interviews former Cegep National Champion and current Assitant coach for ULaval, Ben Milaud to talk about his journey with basketball and the state of basketball in Montreal
In this Episode the Ball Talk team discusses some Eastern conference NBA teams and a lot of trade deadline targets
In this Episode the Ball Talk team discusses the NBA all star reserve selections, and who was snubbed
In this Episode Jon Soch interviews Montreal Basketball prospect Anthony Maxwell Jr. They talk Montreal hoops, the transition to prep, and covid struggles
In this Episode the Ball Talk team discusses all the quarterbacks on the market and the teams that are looking for QBs
In this Episode the Ball Talk team looks around the Western Conference and discusses some of the best teams and surprise teams in the West
In this Episode the Ball Talk team discusses the value of the Hybrid Post, talk about how the league currently undervalues these Hybrid Posts, and who the top 10 Hybrid Posts in the league are
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses the NBA All-Star game, the Mavericks early season struggles, and How and Why the Wizards should trade Bradley Beal
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses their all star teams in the East and West conference
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses a new theory on how to build a contender in the modern NBA, then discusses teams that have the potential to use this model to win a championship
In this Episode the Ball Talk team discusses the olympics cancellation rumor and then discusses the rosters of the Nets, Cavs, Pelicans, Timberwolves, and Raptors.
The Ball Talk team recaps the divisional round matchups in the NFL and then moves onto analyzing the Conference championship games, then closes the episode talking about the Kevin Porter Jr situation
The Ball Talk team previews the NFL divisional round matchups and does a quick recap of the super wildcard weekend matchups.
The Ball Talk team does a quick recap of wild card weekend then dives into how to handle the covid crisis in the NBA. Some surprising teams are discussed and the episode closes with some possible James Harden trades.
The Ball Talk team is back again! Today's episode tackles NFL playoffs and some quick CFB thoughts.
In this episode of Ball Talk Jon Soch discusses recent NBA news including Steph Curry's 62 point game, Marvin Bagley's father's trade request, and The NFL's Philadelphia Eagles' tank job
In this episode the Ball Talk team discusses Week 17 NFL football, breaking down the matchups and possible playoff implications
This episode the Ball Talk team does their own version of "hot or not" called freak outs and go through takes and give their opinion on if they are "freaking out or not"
The Ball Talk team discusses their takeaways after the first week of the season and talk about stuff they like and stuff they don't like in the NBA so far.
In this Episode the Ball Talk team talks about the how the NBA can help prevent game cancellations, regular season takeaways and Christmas day predictions
When we said it was the night before regular season we meant it. Filmed from 11pm to 1am on December 21st and 22nd the ball talk teams talks about all the new extensions signed and about our preseason picks. You don't want to miss it
Jon Soch and Chazz talk about how the Verticality rule of 2014 led to the current positionless basketball we see so much of.
The Ball Talk team talks about how to analyze preseason basketball, then talks about some preseason takeaways and closes out with some talk about the ESPN top 10 NBA players list
Jon Soch and Chazz discuss the Paul George extension, and the issues with the super max contract. Then Jon has a meltdown about the differences between the Jimmy Butler and James Harden trade demands.
Jon Soch and Chazz discuss the New Orleans Pelicans media dominance, Harden's most recent fiasco, and are interrupted by the news of the newest Floyd Mayweather fight, you don't want to miss this
First The Ball Talk team talks about the Lakers resigning AD and Lebron and what that means for the Lakers and then the team is joined by Zach and Roland to discuss the Westbrook trade and the rest of the Rockets future plans.
The Ball Talk team teams up with Tyler James of @TylerJamesNBA to discuss the Lakers and Celtics off-seasons, and a little bit about the Philadelphia 76ers. Tyler James' content can be found everywhere under the username @TylerJamesNBA ! Chazz then has a meltdown talking about the Oakland raiders and the rest of the NFL this week
Jon Soch breaks down how to effectively preserve cap space, and he and Chazz then break down the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks off-seasons.
In the first episode of three man weave our four hosts discuss the Toronto Raptors and our favourite and least favourite offseasons so far
With Special Guest Ben Zeltser of Banter-Sports.com we discuss how this year's free agency will shape next year's NBA
In this Episode Jon Soch and Chazz talk about the NBA draft, the Houstons Rockets, The Bucks, CP3 and have live reactions to draft picks.
Jonathan Sochaczevski and Chazz Yergans talk about the Rockets implosion, CP3, the Warriors and other intriguing pre-draft stuff