The NBA Campfire

The 2026-27 NBA season is here, and NBA Campfire is making our official predictions for the year. Sonny and Vinney break down the Eastern and Western Conference standings, predict every major NBA award, select their All-NBA teams, and make their 2027 NBA Finals picks. On this episode of NBA Campfire: Modern Flame, we cover the biggest questions entering the new season — including whether Victor We...

Jason Kidd is one of the greatest point guards in NBA history — an elite passer, rebounder, defender and basketball mind who transformed the New Jersey Nets, reinvented himself with the Dallas Mavericks and eventually became an NBA champion. In this episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito revisit the career, legacy and uniquely adaptable game of Jason Kidd. Where does Kidd rank...

Jalen Brunson went from second-round pick and Luka Dončić’s backup to the face of the New York Knicks — and one of the defining guards of his generation. On this episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito break down the rise, game and mythology of Jalen Brunson, from his Villanova days and early years with the Dallas Mavericks to becoming a superstar at Madison Square Garden. We ch...

Kobe Bryant was one of the most iconic, complicated and unforgettable players in NBA history. In this episode of NBA Campfire, we revisit Kobe’s entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers — from the teenage prodigy and the Shaq-Kobe dynasty to 81 points, Mamba Mentality, five NBA championships and one unforgettable 60-point farewell. 🔥 Welcome to NBA Campfire — where we gather around and t...

In Game 7 of the 2nd Round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs, Kevin Durant's sneaker gave hoops fans an All-Time What-If... What if KD's sneaker had been one size smaller? Would the Brooklyn Nets have won the NBA Title? Would Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden still be in Brooklyn? Would Giannis have ended up leaving Milwaukee earlier? In this Mini-Episode of NBA Campfire, we break down some of th...

Madison Square Garden. The World's Most Famous Arena. The home of countless moments on the hardwood that remain etched in our brains years later. In this week's NBA Campfire Mini-Episode, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito sit down around the fire to draft the most notable games of the 21st Century that have taken place at MSG. And we should note, this episode was originally recorded BEFORE the New...

Have you ever noticed that historically the Indiana Pacers have had a type? Sure, there have been some outliers -- Jermaine O'Neal, David West, Pascal Siakam -- but through the years we've seen a lot of white power forwards suiting up for the Pacers. On this Mini-Episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito go back and forth drafting their own rosters of white power forwards that hav...

In the NBA Campfire Mulligan Re-Draft, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito revisit 25 years of NBA Draft mistakes, giving teams a mulligan on selections they got wrong. Imagine Stephen Curry on the Memphis Grizzlies. Kevin Durant on the Portland Trail Blazers. Pau Gasol on the Washington Wizards. Klay Thompson on the Cleveland Cavaliers. These are the sorts of What If's Sonny and Vinney sift through...

Oh boy has it been a busy summer around the National Basketball Association, and the NBA Campfire crew is ready to break it all down on a brand new 4th of July Weekend episode of Modern Flame! Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, Jaylen Brown, and LaMelo Ball... all traded! LeBron James... we're still waiting on his Final Decision. And have any of these moves put anyone on the tier of the New Yor...

In the 25th and final episode of Season 1 of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito take the time machine back one year to revisit Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, a highly-anticipated matchup between the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder, and the frisky underdogs representing the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers. To start, Sonny and Vin go over how each of the NBA Finals contende...

In the 24th episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito go back to February 2025 to revisit the Luka Doncic trade, and then they take a trip down memory lane, going over the biggest trades made each year dating back to 2000. First, Sonny and Vin deep dive the perplexing and polarizing deal that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in return for Anthony Davis, revealing their t...

In the 23rd episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito return to the Summer Olympics and rewatch a 2024 Gold Medal matchup between the United States and host nation France. This conversation starts with a Victor Wembanyama deep dive, as Sonny and Vinney ponder what exactly the ceiling is for the young French superstar. Next, Vinney and Sonny break down the iconic gold medal game, d...

On the 22nd episode of The NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito take the time machine back five years to revisit a classic Game 7 between the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets. First, Sonny and Vin explore how these two teams came to be, with a focus on the Nets' acquisitions of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden. Then, they take a look at the first overtime Game 7 since 2006,...

On the 21st episode of The NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito return to the NBA Bubble to discuss the league's decision to resume the 2019-20 season after a four month long COVID layoff. In particular, Sonny and Vin revisit a classic Game 4 showdown between Jamal Murray's Denver Nuggets and Donovan Mitchell's Utah Jazz. First, Sonny and Vin dive into the many reasons why the NBA Bubbl...

2020. The year the world changed. And the year that Michael Jordan once again became the most famous athlete in the world. On the twentieth episode of The NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito go back to March 2020 and discuss what the beginning stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic was like, and then revisit the award winning docuseries, The Last Dance. Throughout the episode, Sonny and Vin h...

In the nineteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito revisit the night that Kawhi Leonard knocked down one of the most memorable shots in NBA Playoff history, sending the Toronto Raptors to the Eastern Conference Finals. First, Sonny and Vin revisit how both the Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors geared up for the 2018-19 NBA season, recognizing that their championship...

In the eighteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito revisit the night that the mighty Golden State Warriors nearly saw their bid for a back-to-back go down in flames... if only the Houston Rockets didn't miss 27 three-point attempts in a row. First, Sonny and Vin set the scene, taking a look at the summer's of 2016 and 2017, which brought Kevin Durant to the Bay, and Chris...

Game 7. The two greatest words in sports, and on June 19th, 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors played in the most watched Game 7 in NBA history. On this week's episode of The NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito break down one of the best and most memorable games of the last 25 years. The guys break down all of the historical stakes heading into the game, and then q...

In the sixteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito break down the final night of the 2015-16 regular season, a monumental night in the Association that saw the Golden State Warriors go for 73, and Kobe Bryant go for 60. First, Sonny and Vinney break down the Warriors pursuit of the single-season wins record, Stephen Curry's brilliant MVP season, and what made the Dubs so d...

In the fifteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito explore how the San Antonio Spurs were able to overcome one of the most brutal defeats in NBA history in the 2013 NBA Finals to come back and win the Title the following summer. In their rewatch of a Western Conference Finals heavyweight fight between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, Sonny and Vin break dow...

In the fourteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito take a seat around the campfire and rewatch an all-time classic from the 2013 NBA Finals. First, Sonny and Vinney revisit the Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak down the back half of the 2012-13 season and ponder whether this was the best regular season stretch of LeBron James' career, as LeBron Culture and Heat Culture...

In the thirteenth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito take a seat around the campfire and revisit Stephen Curry's 54 point explosion at Madison Square Garden. First, Sonny and Vinney discuss the doomed-from-the-beginning Stephen Curry/Monta Ellis pairing, and break down why it was necessary for the Warriors to trade Ellis, even beyond any reasons that had to do with Stephen...

In the twelfth episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito break down one of the most important games in the long and storied career of LeBron James. His career was on trial going into Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals, and the King delivered a statement in the form of a 45 point masterpiece. First, Sonny and Vinney revisit the beginning of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, going ov...

In the a very special Christmas episode of The NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito break down one of the darkest moments of the century for the National Basketball Association... the 2011 Lockout. First, Sonny and Vin go over the details of the Lockout, from July all the way through November, when it looked like there was going to be a lost season. Then the guys discuss the cultural im...

In the 10th episode of NBA Campfire, Sonny Giuliano and Vinney Zambito go month by month, breaking down the transformative 2010-11 NBA season. Starting with The Decision in July 2010 and ending with the Dallas Mavericks' NBA Title win in June 2011, Sonny and Vin hit all of the major moments of the 2010-11 season, including: the FIBA World Cup, LeBron's return to Cleveland, the emergence of Blake G...