BenchwarmersTO Podcast: Recent Episodes
BenchwarmersTO
“Benchwarmers talking like they starters!” Featuring ALu, Martin, Leak and Jang. Just four regular guys from Toronto who love to talk about anything basketball and lifestyle related. We appreciate the listen and support, much love!! Follow us on Instagram @BenchwarmersTO
On this episode we give our first impressions and overreactions of the NBA playoffs. Can Dallas pull the upset? Are the knickstape the real deal? Will Giannis make it to the promise land? Tune in!
It’s that time again! With the play-in beginning, we discuss who we feel will be advancing (1:33). We also share our views on which teams and players are under the most pressure for this upcoming playoffs (20:10).
On this episode we share our opinions on the NBA Play-In Tournament (1:14), possible first round playoff matchups (19:45), and who the best past and present players are that have never won an NBA ring (32:50).
We chop it up with our special guest Chang, the founder of @SneakersofToronto, an Instagram page profiling the freshest sneakers in the city. We discuss the basketball community (4:15), how the game has changed (10:55), old school vs new school (15:58), Jordan or Lebron debate (19:25) and the sneaker game in general (27:22).
The boys stir the pot on which Stephen Curry version is better, is it 2016 or 2021? (1:45) We also dive in on who we should start, bench, cut between Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard and Russell Westbrook (16:22), and lastly give our thoughts on who the Most Improved Player should be (32:15).
We chime in on who we feel is the Defensive Player of the Year (3:20), rank our Top 10 Players Under 25 years old list (11:33), and announce our Topshot Giveaway Winner (30:25)! Thank you for helping us reach 100 followers!!
We react to the Toronto Raptors not trading Kyle Lowry (1:58) and other trade deadline moves (3:45). We also discuss the recent trend of player buyouts (17:00) and the likelihood of a Nets vs Lakers finals (22:00), and the NBA implementing new protocols for players receiving the COVID-19 vaccine (25:15). Remember we are giving a Topshot moment at 100 Instagram followers!
We discuss the current state of the Toronto Raptors as we approach the trade deadline (1:15), who we feel deserves to be MVP (15:40), and dive into the NBA Topshot Hype (26:25), including a giveaway announcement.
A brief introduction of the team, we talk about who are, the reason behind the Benchwarmers Podcast and explain our vision and goal for the podcast.