Neighborhood Rules: Recent Episodes
Mike Healy with Anthony Healy
Coach Healy examines what factors were behind the maddening and lopsided trade of Jaylen Brown this offseason, and asks the harder questions he feels Boston media didn't have the nerve to ask.
The Spurs dethroned the defending champs on their home floor. Chet disappears. Victor ascends. Coach and Tone break down the ins and outs of one of the greatest West finals in recent memory, and the Finals matchup to come between The Knicks and The Spurs.
Coach and Tone discuss the Celtics falling short again, this time to the underdog 76ers. The Celtics future is discussed, with a critical analysis from Coach Healy on what the C's must do to survive and thrive in an increasingly talented Eastern Conference.
Sorry for the late upload everyone! We'll be back to break down each Conference Finals soon.
Coach takes us through the men's and women's Final Four games, shares a Dan Shaughnessy article on the most impactful coaches in our lives, and provides previews the upcoming NBA playoffs.
Coach and Tone break down a special batch of March Madness games as UConn upsets Duke to advance to the Final Four. The Celtics beat Atlanta, OKC, and Charlotte to clinch a playoff berth.
Coach and Tone talk about homegrown talent TJ Power and his heroics to earn Penn a birth in the NCAA tournament. The Celtics 5-3 March is also discussed, along with the Lakers dramatic win over the Nuggets this weekend.
Thanks for listening everybody. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Coach and Tone talk about the Celtics recent offensive clinic with wins at GS, LAL, and Brooklyn. Coach tells us why he thinks Celtics could come out of the East over Detroit, and why the Rockets went from contenders to pretenders in the West.
Coach and Tone discuss the crowded East, the pesky Nuggets, and Coach Healy's "system" that will fix the draft and eliminate tanking. Happy New Year everybody!
Coach and Tone discuss an array of topics including:
Klay Thompson blistering takedown of Ja Morant
The league trending toward bigger do-everything forwards like Jalen Johnson
Miami's new offense
Boston's surprisingly strong start.
Surprising Rookies.
Keyonte George's really rough game
The worst rebounder in NBA history
Jordan Walsh's improved contributions
Hauser and White finally breaking out of their slumps
Thanks for listening everyone!
Coach and Tone talk about an epic World Series game 7, the fun-to-watch Celtics, and Pete Carill's book, The Smart Take From The Strong.
Coach and Tone are back and excited for a new NBA season starting this Tuesday. Coach breaks down the new look Celtics, Eastern Conference contenders and pretenders, and looks at a ferociously competitive West.
Coach and Tone go through Summer League hopefuls, and offer insight and early predictions on standings in the East and the somehow-even-more-supercharged-West.
Thanks for listening everybody. Have a great summer!
In a game 7 tainted by Tyrese Haliburton's ruptured achilles, the Thunder won the 2025 NBA Championship with a dominant 3rd quarter. Coach and Tone break down the game, and discuss how the Rockets trading for Durant, Magic trading for Bane, and now Celtics trading away Jrue Holiday for Anfernee Simons affects the landscape of each conference. Thanks for listening everybody! We'll see you in the offseason!
Coach and Tone break down the tremendous back and forth Finals between The Pacers and Thunder ahead of Sunday's Game 7.
Coach and Tone breakdown a tough Celtics exit from the playoffs, a devastating injury to Jayson Tatum, and how the Celtics pick up the pieces moving into an offseason full of tough decisions.
We're back! Coach and Tone go through the recent happenings in the NBA, Joker's insane 30-20-20 night, Pritchard and White each going for over 40, John Hollinger's "Basketball 100" and the SEC's jawdropping dominance against non-conference opponents.
Coach and Tone review the wildest trade in NBA history, and look ahead at how the trades at the deadline will affect the remainder of the season for contending teams.
Coach takes us through the FCS championship round, Penn State's history against top 5 teams, and The Celts ongoing struggles with consistency and shot selection going into the All Star break. Thanks for listening everybody. Happy New Year!
Coach takes us through the Celtics' recent struggles to depleted Eastern Conference Teams, and a preview of the New Year's CFP slate. Thanks for a great year of podcasting! See you in 2025.
Coach Healy leans on the great scribe Bob Ryan to discuss the greatest Celtics of all time, The 2024 Celtics being voted Bostonians of The Year, and the NBA Cup Final set up between The Thunder and The Bucks.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Coach and Tone break down the NBA Cup standings and what the Celts have to do to stay alive. They also discuss John Hollinger's new book, "The Basketball 100."
Coach and Tone discuss the Cavs's hot start, two surprising basement dwellers in each conference, and the overwhelming surplus of depth and talent in the NBA.
Pottpouri of topics today: Remembering Luis Tiant and Dikembe Mutombo, Preseason Chatter, and book reviews of recent reads by Malcolm Gladwell, Geno Auriemma, and Nick Nurse. Opening night is 9 days away!
Coach and Tone are back with a rare departure from NBA talk to discuss the disparities in fairness across the Frankensteind conferences in the FCS.
5 NBA MVP's share the court together. The US completes a 17 point comeback in one of the best games of the Olympics.
Coach and Tone break down Team USA's first game in pool play, Embiid's continued struggles, Durant's brilliance, and how Manute Bol gave all of his money to the cause of healing his native Sudan.
Coach takes us through the history of Team USA basketball, and examines how the ultra-stacked 2024 roster compares to some of the other historically great USA teams. Enjoy Paris 2024 everyone!
Happy July everyone! Coach and Tone breakdown the draft (which Coach of course wants to eliminate), offseason moves, and how much the power balance has shifted in the East and West.
The Celtics are 2024 NBA Champions. Coach Healy is here to celebrate and nitpick as we enjoy the afterparty of one of the most dominant Celtics title runs in franchise history.
Thanks for a great season!
The Celtics go up 2-0 in their Finals series vs. The Mavericks. Porzingis's injury leaves the series +/- at dead even. Anything can happen. Coach also breaks down Hoop Atlas by Kirk Goldsberry, and gives his heartfelt remembrance of one of the best players and executives to ever do it, Jerry West.
GO CELTS!
Mavs - Wolves
Celts - Pacers
Kirk Goldsberry Hoop Atlas Review
Bill Walton Memorial
Finals Predictions
The Conference Finals are set. Boston plays a high-octane Pacers team coming off a grueling 7 game series with the Knicks. Dallas plays Minnesota in the West. Refs are calling the least amount of fouls in NBA history. As the dust settles, Coach takes us through the ins and outs of the previous round, and sets the table for what should be an exciting Conference Finals.
Coach and Tone go through the storylines from a fantastic round 1 slate of matchups: The emergence of AntMan as a bonafide superstar, Brunson's epic run vs. Philly, and the absurd number of coaches on each NBA staff. This was a fun one. Thanks for listening!
Coach Healy takes us through the origin of his appreciation of WNCAA through the lens of Geno Auriemma's UCONN program, the brilliance of Billy Hurley and the Hurley family's coaching legacy, and the corruption of the game that the foul-out rule allows in the modern game.
We're back! Coach remains optimistic through a Celtics 2 game losing streak. Other topics include the all-rookie team, the impossible job of refereeing, and the RoY race.
Coach takes us through the winners losers of this year's trade deadline. Despite the Celtics being 40-12, Coach still finds plenty of nits to pick with their offense. Thanks for listening everybody!
Coach breaks down Draymond's legacy, and what the Celts need to do to get over the hump against elite teams like Denver.
Coach and Tone discuss five decades of Celtics memories through Coach's memories and Bob Ryan's recollections. Also, the best (and worst) rebuilds in the NBA and NFL, the Pitino dark ages, professional sports income inequality, and how fun the current Celtics team is to watch. This was a fun one. Happy New Year to all!
With most teams having at least two mid-season tournament games in the books, Coach and Tone discuss surprises so far. Also, Coach remembers Bobby Knight, from his days at Army to his legendary tenure at Indiana.
Coach Healy and Tone return to open the NBA season. It's no surprise the phrase "complete disfigurement of the rules" comes out of Coach's mouth within the first minute of the show.
Stick around for the end of the episode for a fun easter egg for the WHS grads who read the Lobby-O.
It's good to be back!
America fails to medal in basketball FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS CENTURY! Coach takes us through Team USA's fall from dominance, and ponders why nobody in America cares!
Coach and Tone discuss Team USA's loss to FIBA, the Hall of Fame class of 2023, European Basketball's rise, and Red Sox front office stumbles through the years.
It's great to be back! Coach takes us through the new CBA and its ramifications on the salary cap in the coming years. Coach still got it.
The juggernaut that is the Denver Nuggets tore through the post season, posting a 16-4 record. Coach breaks down the series, the chemistry of the Nuggets, and the infuriating calls from the refs to keep game 5 close.
In the aftermath of the Celtics loss to the Heat, Coach breaks down the problem with the deep-but-flawed Celts, how to play against a zone, and the lack of "compulsories" or fundamentals in today's highest level.
Coach and Tone search for answers as the Celts fail to bounce back against the Heat and are now on the brink of being swept out of the East Finals.
After clearing a daunting technological hurdle, Coach and Tone break down a wild 2nd round of the playoffs and make predictions for the Celtics' keys to success against the Miami Heat in the East Finals!
Sorry for the late upload everyone. We had some technical difficulties combined with an insanely busy week. Coach extemporizes on an incredibly exciting first round. Topics include Celtics-Hawks, Bucks-Heat, Phoenix-Denver, and Calvin Murphy's baton-twirling prowess(!).
Another great pick-me-up episode of Neighborhood Rules discusses the destructive nature money has on great basketball, and another volley of rule changes that could create the basketball utopia of Coach Healy's dreams.
This is a fun ep. Coach takes us through a delightful reverie of Tournament lore and connects it to the present Madness so far. Celtics inconsistency is discussed. This might be the first episode where suspect officiating is not a topic :)
Special episode today! Archer Tigers head coach Joel Lecoeurve joins Coach and Tone as a special guest to break down what life is like in the uber-competitive division 7A of Georgia basketball. This is a great listen; don't miss it!
We’ve got a myriad of topics in today’s ep. Coach opens things up with a great Rick Barry rant. We learn why underhand free-throw shooting should be the go-to for all pitiful free-throw shooters in the league. Looking at you, Ben Simmons.
There’s a great segment on Character also: Maya Moore, Malcolm Brogdon, “One Shot at Forever,” and a great Billy Packer memorial.
Lastly, we get a full description of the Neighborhood Rules principles at the end of the rather long episode :)
Thanks for listening everybody.
Parity is the best its been in years. At the halfway point, Celtics are on pace to win 60+.
Apologies for the audio issues.
Coach and Tone talk offensive doldrums for the Celtics, and examine the importance of team culture at all levels of play.
Greetings Sportsfans! After recovering with 2 wins following 1-4 slump, Coach gives us the formula for righting the ship for future Celts struggles. Some of the numbers on the Jaylen/Jayson lopsidedness offensively are staggering. Can the Celts win 60 this year? If they keep shooting like this, there's a chance.
Celts are sitting pretty at 21-5. Coach shares his favorite recent articles, re-states some of the core Neighborhood Rules principles, and breaks down the top teams in each conference.
Happy holidays everyone! Thanks for listening.
Greetings Sports Fans!
At the quarter mark of the NBA Season, coach takes us through the surprises and disappointments around the league. He also thinks diving for loose balls should be illegal!
Golden State is slumping. The supposed "tanking" Jazz are on top in the West. Brooklyn is in flames. Coach takes us through an exciting and topsy-turvy start to the '22-'23 season.
Golden State still reigns supreme. Will the deep Clippers stay healthy? Will Murray return to Denver at full strength? Will the Lakers make the playoffs? Coach has the breakdown.
WE'RE BACK! Coach breaks down the East in the wake of the truly surprising and confusing suspension of Ime Udoka
Coach and Tone break down the 2022 draft, free agency, the take foul rule change, and a Neighborhood Rules origin story from 1990!
Coach and Tone lament the loss of the Celtics to the Warriors, recap a great season, and consider the Celtics' off-season options.
With the Finals tied 2-2, Coach and Tone take a deep dive into Celtics Finals Series present and past.
After avoiding a MAJOR Game 7 collapse, the Celts move on to face the Warriors in the NBA Finals!
Greetings Sports Fans. Game 7 of the Bucks Celtics slugfest is upon us. Coach remembers Bob Lanier, and takes us through the action-packed playoffs so far.
As the smoke clears on round 1 and the most exciting quarter-finals in years lies ahead, Coach offers his takes on the ups, downs, and Super Team flops so far this postseason.
Greetings Sportsfans. We stand atop the precipice of a thrilling NBA playoffs season. Buckle up for a very fun two months. We also get to learn why Coach values CJ McCollum over James Harden, and the answer is surprising.
Greetings Sportsfans! Coach takes us through his Final Four preview, and discusses what the Celts need to do to get out of the most packed and contentious Eastern Conference in decades!
Coach and Tone take us through the first round of March Madness, and discuss the stunning turnaround of The Celtics.
Sorry for the delay on this one - and for the audio issues. Go Celts, and more coming soon!
Coach memorializes Bill Fitch and lays out the keys to the Celtics repairing their endgame woes going into the final third of the season.
Greetings Sportsfans!
Coach Healy takes us through the ins and outs of a very juicy trade deadline, and the reason why the Celtics are an Eastern Conference best 17-6 since Dec. 31st.
Thanks for listening, and happy belated Valentine's Day.
Coming off the Celts' worst loss of the season (Scal's words, not ours!), Coach talks about what the Celts need to do, that none of the coaching staff or media seem to be thinking.
Greetings Sports Fans!
Tone checks in with Coach at the halfway point of the NBA season. On the heels of Jaylen Brown's first career triple-double, Coach gives some reasons to still believe in the Celtics. Also, they discuss how much more watchable the league would be if everyone just played more like The Warriors.
Greetings Sports Fans! Our host with the most (memories) Coach Healy remembers the humble brilliance of the recently departed Sam Jones, the elite scoring guard of the Celtics Dynasty years from '57-'69.
We also return to the problems that plague the league and modern game and attempt to solve them all!
Happy New Year everyone. Enjoy!
Coach takes us through the Celtics snatching defeat from the jaws of victory once again. This time against the Bucks. Coach gives us 3 trades that NEED to happen around the league. Merry Christmas one and all!
Coach Healy and Bob Ryan are no doubt kindred spirits. They grew up in a time before the 3 point line existed, and they pine for the days when basketball was actually basketball and not an embarrassing shot chart full of missed 3's, bereft of post-ups and midrange shots. We also take a look around the league at the surprising Cavs, and rising Grizzlies, and a hot take for the one move the Celtics can make to improve their locker room before the deadline.
Celts are improving, but still refuse to execute a give and go, literally the oldest play in the history of the game. The Warriors, Phoenix, and Milwaukee are all in top form. Coach thinks Pritchard and Nesmith should be playing in the G league instead of riding the pine behind Richardson. Lakers are floundering. Also, coach wants Rob Williams, who saved tonight's game with a block at the buzzer, "Bill Russell can probably count on one hand the number of times he landed on only one foot!" :)
Coach and Tone take a look at the league 10 games into the season. Also, on the heels of Marcus Smart calling out his teammates in the media to pass the ball more, Coach takes us through the Celtics' leaders both on the court and in the locker room through the years. Spoiler alert: Marcus didn't crack the top 20.
The Celts are off to a rough 2-4 start and oftentimes lose big leads early in the season. Their characteristic defense that was the signature of the Stevens era has not yet returned. Coach takes us through a disappointing start to the season and gives his predictions and rankings for the Western Conference.
Coach and Tone are back to discuss the start of the NBA season, Eastern conference predictions, the top 75 list, new rule changes, and insurance fraud. Welcome back and thanks for listening!
On the eighth anniversary of his father's passing, Coach takes us into the way-back machine to review a great Celtics story of old, examines the recent crop of Hall of Fame inductees, and gives us a pre-season breakdown the eastern conference teams and their chances this year.
Thanks for listening everyone and have a great Labor Day weekend!
In our -last- official podcast of the 20-21 season, Coach breaks down the tough loss the Celts took at the hands of the young and promising Kings squad in the Las Vegas Summer League. Two months and two days until the next season starts; but who's counting?
Coach and Tone break down the Gold Medal game win for Team USA, as well as a brief look into Celtics offseason moves.
Coach Healy takes us through the pool round of Team USA basketball, and talks with Tone about why the US has had so few formidable home grown big men in the modern era. Draft winners and losers are also discussed. Thanks for listening and enjoy summer!
The NBA season concludes with middle-market Milwaukee clinching the title on the back of an otherworldly performance from Giannis, who joins the company of Hakeem and MJ as the only players to win MVP, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of The Year. Coach also takes us through the trials and tribulations of Team USA approaching their first game in pool play vs. France. Sorry for the audio consistency issues on this one, and thanks for listening all season long!
Coach takes us to the origins of the two small market teams vying for this year's NBA Championship. Also, Coach and Tone see a Cape League game. This one is LIVE!
As the East finals wraps up with the Bucks still standing, Coach sets the stage for an exciting Finals matchup between two small markets where the title is truly up for grabs. Happy 4th everyone!
Coach takes us through the most explosive 2nd round of NBA playoffs in recent memory, and we disappear down the fun rabbit hole of Ben Simmons trade ideas! Thanks for listening everyone, and happy belated Father's Day.
In the thick of the 2nd round, the Hawks are improbably 2 games away from making their first East finals since 2015. The Clippers found themselves and evened their series against the Jazz 2-2. The Suns sweep the Nuggets. The Bucks struggle to find their rhythm against the ailing Nets. Durant carries the Nets to victory in a signature performance, pouring in 49, 17, and 10. Coach Healy is here for all of it! Also - In one of his signature monologues, Coach tells Dan Shaughnessy why he is entirely wrong about the Celtics.
What do the NBA and the stock market have in common?
Did the Celtics win in 84-87 without Parish and Ainge? Why would we expect them to win now?
Who is the favorite to come out of the West with Davis's recent injury?
Does Boston Sports Talk Radio cause permanent brain damage?
These questions and more answered in this week's installment of Neighborhood Rules.
Coach breaks down the play-in odds of each team left standing, and gives us a closer look at Kareem Adbul Jabbar, whose life as a social justice advocate and scholar looms even larger than his hall of fame career as a player.
There's panic in Beantown as the media bubbles with lament over the loss of Jaylen Brown, and any hope of making it through the first round of the playoffs. Coach talks the glass-half-empty crowd off the ledge, and offers some argument as to why Trader Danny shouldn'tbe run out of town.
With Steph Curry going absolutely bananas, and Gary Washburn writing outlandish articles proposing Rondo's place in Springfield, Coach Healy weighs in on that and more as the NBA season marches toward completion. 11 games lay ahead, with teams in both conferences jockeying for playoff position, except for Houston and Minnesota of course.
Coach and Tone breakdown one of the best Final Four/National Championships of the last decade, and discuss the 76'ers drubbing of the answerless Celtics.
We're back baby! Coach gives a worthy tribute to one of the NBA's all-time greats: Elgin Baylor. The trade deadline winners and losers are discussed, and we move forward to the exciting third act of this wild NBA season.
Coach and Tone discuss first-half surprises, The Celtics bouncing back, when the All Star game use to mean something, and NFT's!
"We're five-twelths of the way through the season, and it looks like the Celtics aren't winning anything this year." Coach takes us through the ripple effects of signing Kyrie three years ago, and what the Celtics have to do to improve beyond their .500 record this year.
Coach and Tone talk about the available options to help the Celtics with interior scoring and lightening the scoring load for their two young stars, backcourt of the present and future, Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
While the West collectively soars 26 games above .500, the East is stumbling through a Covid-wrecked season 26 games below. Taking us through the latest Celtics win, what to do with their trade exception, and some historically good and bad stats from Brooklyn, Coach and Tone have all the takes.
Coach and Tone have fun with way-too-early post-season predictions. Other topics include the resurgence of the big man admid the sprawlball-era, the Celtics Tatum-less struggles, why the Nets are worse after the Harden trade, and a personal rememberance from Coach Healy on the life of the late, great, Henry Aaron.
Greetings Sports Fans! Coach is back to break down the Harden trade, visit some Neighborhood Rules origin stories, and discuss some NEW Neighborhood Rules to pitch to Kyrie if/when he starts a new basketball league.
Coach takes us through some shocking free-throw disparities in the NBA season's third week, and coach brings us through a book that should be on everyone's reading list for today's times: "Heritage" by Howard Bryant.
Coach and Tone navigate the first two and half weeks of the NBA season, and it's surrounding events. Happy New Year everyone!
Coach and Tone give final thoughts as we eclipse the dawn of the 2020-21 season. After their off-season AND pre-season debacle, The Celts have a much steeper hill to climb than last year. Coach ALMOST gets through a full episode without any grumpy-old-man comments. Almost.
Coach and Tone rank the new-look teams in the East and West as we stand 3 weeks away from the exciting start of the NBA's 2020-21 season.
Coach and Tone discuss the top of the NBA draft, and the devastating injury news on Klay Thompson. Plus, will Gordon stay or will he go?
Coach and Tone say goodbye to the man who is remembered by 3 different generations as a player, a coach, and broadcaster; the man who in every embodied what it means to be a Celtic: Tommy Heinsohn. Coach also takes us through the dominant Center play that was a part of the Celtics for 4 decades.
Coach and Tone are back for the last episode of the historically long NBA season. The Lakers win, and coach as always takes us through the past present and future of the storied LA franchise, their journey to banner 17 (tying Boston for most titles), and the intriguing backstories of the players involved. Thanks for a great season everyone!
The Celtics have their backs to the wall, and LA is all but guaranteed to steamroll their way to the finals. Who will they face, Miami, or Boston?
The Clippers' epic collapse. Denver's extraordinary grit. Miami KO's Milwaukee. The Celts have their backs against the wall in the East finals. Coach is here to take us through it all. It's playoffs in the Bubble, volume IV.
Coach breaks down what the Bucks need to do to avoid a devastating 2nd round sweep. Also, why Frank Vogel will have to pack his bags if he can't find the answers to adjust to Houston's small ball lineups. The playoffs rage on and all the hot takes are right here!
Coach and Tone jump around the league's round 2 games, PG showdowns in the West, how the Bucks and Raptors can get their mojo back, and the difficult path the fighting Celtics have to navigate to get out of the East.
NBA is back, and so is grumpy old Coach with his opinions on the good bad and ugly of the reboot. To pay tribute to the restart of the MLB, we did a fun segment at the end to give you a look into how scary Coach's memory actually is :)
On the cusp of the NBA Restart from the Bubble in Orlando, Coach takes us from the near-past up to the present through the dominance (and eventual destruction) of The Golden State Warriors.
Coach covers the New Big 3 era of the Heat from 2011-2014, their battles with Dallas and San Antonio, and how the NBA should handle the delicate season restart in the Covid hot-spot of Florida.
Coach takes us through the innerworkings of the epic trade that gave Boston 3 first-ballot Hall of Fame players and lead them to their first championship of the new century.
This is one of my favorite episodes and makes me exceedingly proud to be related to our indefatigable and well-versed cohost. The only way we move on to a just future is if we all do our part, especially the white folks.
Coach and Tone break down the NBA Playoffs through the Spurs and Lakers dominance, and stop just before the dawn of Boston's Big 3 era!
Coach and Tone are back with a continuation of the great Playoff Review, this time wrapping up discussion of the much-anticipated Last Dance documentary with a historical breakdown of each playoff series through what Coach refers to as "The Dark Ages" of the NBA.
Coach and Tone finish the mini-series on Sam Jones, the unsung hero alongside Bill Russell on one of the most prominent dynasties American sports has ever known.
This ep is even more Coach-Healy-centric than usual. Coach provides an in-depth look at the life of Celtics legend Sam Jones as told in the book Ten Times a Champion by Mark Bodanza. Listen on for some amazing anecdotes that underscore the courage and brotherhood that it took to survive as a professional athlete in a segregated society.
Coach and Tone break down the great NBA Playoff battles of the mid-80's, the rise of the Nasty Boys, the beginning of the Dark Ages, and the rise of Jordan.
Buckle up because Coach Healy just unleashed a 30-for-30 in the making. How this week's topic has not been made into a documentary yet is beyond me. Coach spotlights the legions of outstanding players to grace the NBA from historically black colleges. This was a really interesting episode and shed a lot a of light onto an often unsung corner of NBA history.
Coach and Tone are back with a Coach Healy specialty: a look back into the annals of NBA history, when the league teetered on brink of failure in the late 70's and was saved by two bright young stars who would define the style and image of their era: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
This is the first installment of a multi-part series, covering 1979-1985.
Enjoy, and stay safe out there!
Will a global pandemic stop Coach Healy from attending the entirety of the high school boys basketball state tournament? I think you know the answer. Coach and Tone are here for you in the time of Covid to talk HS boys basketball, and answer your most pressing NBA questions like "why isn't the hoop 12 feet?" "why is there a foul-out rule?" "can we still criticize Marcus Smart even though he has coronavirus?"
Quote of the meanwhile: "Doesn't everyone realize that the dunk is just glorified offensive goaltending?"
Coach and Tone got one in just before the Covid-19 business got serious. Instead of discussing the postponement of the NBA season, Coach and Tone break down the hopes of the West teams on the cusp (there are several), and wonder aloud why the Celts don't play more Kanter and more zone against the streaking Rockets.
Starting out this All-Star break episode with an all-conference HOT take: Pierce was better than Kobe.
Also: The Jedi mind tricks of Mike D'antoni, trading to win now, the snubbing of Bradley Beal, and how to make All-Star Weekend great again.
Coach and Tone overcome technical difficulties and toddler meltdowns to revisit their pre-season predictions as the All-Star Break approaches. The East predictions actually turned out OK! The West on the other hand...
Coach gets DEEP as we all mourn the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other passengers in last week's horrible accident. This upload comes late compared to most other tributes, as the takes discussed surely will not match up with your average memorial. Thought-provoking analysis from the Boomer generation, or angry old white guy? You be the judge!
Coach and Tone remember recently departed NBA Commissioner David Stern, discuss why the Celts have everything they need to make a deep run this Spring, and who really had the best draft of 2019.
Enjoy, and foul responsibly!
Coach and Tone get into it on the road. Mobile edition #2 coming your way! The Celts are off to a better start this year, plus they actually like each other! The last third of the episode is coach talking about his other passion, Massachusetts football. Come on into the weeds with him as he gets into coaching lineages, spread offenses at the high school level, and the absurdity of 8 divisions in the tiny state of MA.
Coach breaks down his Western Conference hopefuls and has-beens, and gets into how implementing neighborhood rules would certainly make for a better return to week 2 of the 2019-20 season. Also: Coach and Tone bring back a favorite "All-Star" segment, this time for the "All-Tangle" team. Yes, Marcus Smart is a starter. And yes, Rodman was the MJ of the tangle in his day.
Coach and Tone briefly discuss the NBA China debacle, then jump in deep (maybe too deep?) to the Eastern Conference rosters and rank the teams from worst to first. Coming off a seismic shift in player movement during a busy off-season, new-look rosters tell us that despite the Giannis-led Bucks and new-look Sixers, the East is up for grabs!
Coach breaks down 2019's most exciting book on basketball: Kirk Goldsberry's Sprawlball. We also discuss Team USA's shortcomings, why the international game has superior rules, and why field goals in football should only be 2 points. Happy Fall everyone! Good to be back.
Coming to the from the road! Coach and Tone discuss what OKC's rebuild says about free agency and the wrongness of the NBA draft.
Coach and Tone breakdown the biggest free-agent turnover in modern NBA history, and what changes need to come to accommodate today's bigger, faster, stronger NBA. Happy 4th to all!
Coach and Tone wax poetic on the finer points of Toronto's decisive game 4 win. The truth behind KD's injury status comes out. Kawhi's playoff run is put into perspective.
Toronto goes up 2-1! Will Klay and KD return? Should Klay have made All-NBA? Will Boogie ever return to form? Get answers to all this and more in the latest installment of Neighborhood Rules!
-Toronto completes the stunning upset of league-best Milwaukee!
-Kawhi's playoffs for the ages.
-NBA Finals Preview.
-Coach makes free-agent decisions for the players: From the heart of course, not the wallet!
Coach follows his longtime adage "remain relentlessly positive" in the face of one of the most disappointing Celtics teams in a long time.
If you're looking for some things to hope for between now and the July 1st start of free agency, you've come to the right place.
Coach also likens this year's Bucks team to the '77 Blazers, and local favorite Arlington's own Pat Connaughton earns his stripes behind Khris Middleton as a certified Celtics killer!
Coach Healy bids farewell to Celtics legend and all-time leading scorer John Havlicek. The 2nd round of the playoffs gets a good talking-to, and Coach finds validation of his ref critiques through author and Tim Donaghy collaborator Michael Levin.
A look back to 3 months ago when the All Star break had just concluded, The Anthony Davis debacle was fresh, and The Celtics faithful were still hopeful for a redemption to a very questionable season so far.
Hoo boy. Coach got a little deep in this one. If debating hall of fame inductions of players from the 60's-70's is your thing, then scroll right to the 1 hour mark. Lotta gems in this one:
-Revisiting the original Rules of The Neighborhood. All the greatest hits: remove the foul out rule, eliminate the draft, no timeouts, first team to score 100 wins; all the classic stuff.
-Final Four recap (recorded before the National Championship game)
-A (somewhat) brief history of foul out and player-control rules 1966-present.
Your favorite long-winded basketball raconteur is back. Get it coach!
Happy 2019 Everyone. Basketball's beloved bombastic reactionary Coach Healy is back to discuss a variety of NBA topics, including our prove-you-can-do-it-on-the-road Celtics, the unstoppable Kyrie, the 2018 draft class, and how the 2014 Spurs changed basketball forever.
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Coach and Tone round up the first 12 games of the NBA season, propose a prescription to Celtics' offensive woes, and give first-time youth coaches a quick guide to getting your season (and your team's lay-ups) off on the right foot.
Coach Healy answers the questions on all NBA fans' minds after an epic failure to launch for the Celts in game 7.
He also has a few consoling answers for those in shock after the Cavs snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against Golden State in game 1 of the finals.
Finally, coach puts you at ease with a perfectly sensible front office plan for a stacked Celtics roster in 2019.
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There's no time like playoff time. This year's NBA postseason is rife with matchups for the ages. While the smoke clears in the East and West semis, Coach offers his two cents on what we've seen so far, and what's in store. Before you ask, yes, he believes the Celts can go all the way.
Other highlights include:
-the art of the tank by none other than OG GM(!) Gregg Popovitch
-The GM Masterclass put on year-in and year-out by Danny Ainge.
-It wouldn't be Neighborhood Rules without Coach insisting that we eliminate free throws.
You know it's gonna be a good one when Coach opens up with rant on Rondo.
Other illuminating topics include:
-Final Four recap: Things we love and hate.
-A new segment about the refs that we're calling: "Former player? Or State Cop?"
-History lesson on the origin of Strategic Fouling. (Spoiler alert: it was 1983).
-Further evidence that the point-guard is the most overrated position.
-The myth of the four-guard offense
-The rise of the new big man: Karl-Anthony Towns, KD, Giannis, The Brow, and The Unicorn
Coach Healy debriefs us on a Super Bowl upset fueled by Chip Kelly's old playbook. Other topics include the NBA pipeline that extends all the way down to the Prep School level, and the names of future talent that will ring out in the days to come. And we can't forget Coach's favorite topics: outlawing the dunk and raising the rim to 12 feet!
Coach Healy sympathizes with Boogie's recent season-ending injury, explains why the Celts match up well with the Warriors, and lays out a simple (and realistic!) five-point plan to cleaning up the corrosive influence of LOWG's in today's NBA.
Coach Healy and Tone come together for the Season 3 premier of Neighborhood Rules, catching up the fair-weather Boston fan with the 2017-18 Celtics squad, and an OKC dream team that could have been.
Coach Healy breaks down the 113-91 trouncing of The Cavs at the hands of maybe the most offensively potent in NBA history, The Golden State Warriors. You'll also hear Jeff Van Gundy jumping on the "post-PostPlay" train, which Coach Heals has been riding since the late 90's!
Enjoy NBA fans. And let's hope the Cavs can bounce back. If they go down 4-0, it's gonna be B.A.D. for the N.B.A.
Coach Healy breaks down the Celtics' recipe for success in their recent series victory over Washington in a decisive Game 7 win, and how that recipe could serve as their kryptonite against a more talented Cavs team that plays their same style.
Coach Healy takes us on a joyride through the first round of the NBA playoffs through April 27th. Anything less than a title from GSW is a colossal failure. The Celtics won't make it past the 2nd round, and Lance Stephenson is officially dubbed Ron Artest Jr.
Also, a new segment has begun: Ask Coach Healy! Featuring Matty.
Here we are breaking down the 2015 NBA Playoffs with Big Mike. The Clippers improbably take out The Spurs, Memphis and the "Swiss Watch" effect of Mike Conley, and Coach Healy tells us in one sentence how to get rid of hack-a-Shaq forever.
This week's episode brings us a discussion on Kyrie Irving as the best player in the entire World Games last summer, the Celtics-Cavs playoff preview, and the ongoing conspiracy of favoritism and preferential treatment by the NCAA officials to Mike Krzyzewski and The Duke Blue Devils.
Happy Easter everyone! This week's episode features a breakdown of the intense Final Four weekend that saw mighty Kentucky fall at the hands of Wisconsin, and Duke prevailing over Michigan St. Other topics include the arduous journey to becoming a pro, Duke's incredible "luck" when it comes to getting calls, and a preview of the 2015 NBA Playoffs.
PREDICTIONS:
-TJ Warren will be avg'ing 20ppg by his second year in the league.
-Justice Winslow will not be a rotation player for whoever drafts him.
-San Antonio will beat the Warriors in the West playoffs.
-Rajon Rondo will never start for a playoff contender for the remainder of his career.
In episode 4 of Neighborhood Rules, we learn that David Blatt is from the great town of Framingham, that both Mo Williams and Jose Calderon are hands down better players than Ricky Rubio, and what Cryin' Roy Williams has in common with evangelical preachers. March Madness is here!
Coach Healy discusses why the dunk should be 1 point instead of 2, the corporate clowns of the NBA, and "so what" statistics. Preach!
Big Mike muses on the life of Jerry Tarkanian, phony NBA rules, The Celts at the trade deadline, 12 foot rims, and why he stopped watching the All-Star game in '97.