The Double Double

The Celtics have won the championship!!! Jaylen Brown takes home Finals MVP in a 5 game series that saw some incredible defense and some must watch bucket making from the Celtics starting 5. With the same core coming back next season, the Celtics should be seen as title favorites for next season as well

The Boston Celtics have had very little struggles through this playoff run, and The Finals have shown to be no different. This episode was recorded with the Celtics up 2-0 after two strong jaylen brown performances and heavy struggles from the Dallas crew. Enjoy!

The Finals are almost here! With the Mavs wrapping up game 5 last night, the Celtics and Mavs will face off in the Finals, and one of Luka or Jayson Tatum will walk away with their first ring. The Mavs have shown incredible resilience battling through three really strong western conference teams, but the Celtics should be getting a healthy Kristaps Porzingis back for Game 1. This series should be...

The Minnesota Timberwolves accomplished one of the greatest comebacks in playoff history yesterday coming back from down 20 to beat the Nuggets in Denver and move on to the second round. The OKC-Mavs series has also been decided, and Chet Holmgren's 3PT shooting and rebounding helped lead to the Thunder's Demise. The Pacers vs Celtics looks like a 3-point shooting barrage, but still a seri...

The 2024 Draft Lottery was announced yesterday, and the Atlanta Hawks lucked into the 1st overall pick. This year's draft is being labeled one of the worst in years, and a #1 pick doesn't really net you a franchise altering player. Round 2 is about halfway through for each series, and the Nuggest and Pacers have both surprised people by tieing their series at 2-2. Denver and Minnesota seem...

The Cavs won their first round series! After an entertaining 7 game series, The Cavs get to face a rested Boston Celtics team. The Timberwolves Defense looks incredible, and Anthony Edwards looks like a top 5 player in the NBA. The way that he is able to score in the clutch has been incredible to watch, and the Timberwolves seem to have real Championship chances. Round 2 has some very interesting...

4 games have been played in each first round series so far, with the TWolves and Thunder both being able to sweep their series. The Clippers-Mavs series looks to be the longest first round series, but the play from the first round has been excellent for many teams. In this episode, we give our predictions for the rest of the first round series, as well as what we expect Round 2 to look like. Enjoy...

Game 1 has been played for each series in this year's NBA Playoffs. Some teams, like the Timberwolves and Clippers, have really impressed in their opening games. Other teams, like the Pacers and the Mavs, definitely disappointed. In this episode, we break down each first-round series and how we expect them to play out. Enjoy!

We are at the point in the NBA season where the only thing to do is wait in anticipation of the playoffs. In this episode, we go through the things that we think are the most interesting to talk about with this year's playoffs. We talk about what players have the most to prove, what teams have the most to prove, and what to expect from most teams heading into these playoffs. Enjoy!

In this episode, we look back at the predictions that we made to start this season, and which ones have aged the best and the worst. Some of our predictions about rookies, specifically Brandon Miller and Keyonte George, have aged very well, while others have not. There's also some Tatum debate in there, because why not. Enjoy!

The Celtics are playing like a team that could cruise through the playoffs and into the Finals this year, putting up a historically great net rating and dominating in recent games. In this episode, we talk about the awkard play from the Cavs at full strength, as well as the Recent play of Victor Wembenyama over the month of February. We also talk about Jalen Green, Amen Thompson, and the direction...

The All-Star Weekend took place in Indy this weekend, and the reviews were not great. The 3pt Shootout was the highest-rated part of the weekend and probably the most exciting. On the flipside, countless people are complaining about the competitiveness of the different challenges, as well as the All-Star game itself. In this episode, we go over how the NBA could improve the watchability of All-Sta...

The NBA Trade Deadline wrapped up last week, and although there were no major stars moved, some teams absolutely made important improvements to the team. In this episode, we break down the biggest trades that happened around the deadline, and what each player brings to their new team. We also talk about Wembanyama's ridiculous 27/14/5/10 statline, and what the future of the Spurs is going to l...

Kawhi and The Clippers have been on an absolute tear over the last 30 games, going 24-6 in that time with Kawhi averaging 26 pts on 55/50/90 shooting splits. The Clippers look like the biggest threat in the West outside of the Nuggets. This episode, we cover some of the recent NBA news, including some talk about potential trade moves to expect as the deadline approaches, as well as some thoughts o...

The Cleveland Cavaliers are about to be at full strength for the first time since Evan Mobley and Darius Garland first went down with their injuries. Joel Embiid is having one of the craziest statistical seasons of all time, and will almost certainly not be eligible to win this year's MVP award due to not playing 65 games Despte making the trade for Terry Rozier, the Miami Heat have not been a...

Only 43 games into his head coaching career, Adrian Griffin has been fired and the Milwaukee Bucks have replaced him with Doc Rivers. Doc Rivers is historically known for underperforming and blowing leads in the Finals, and yet somehow this seems like an upgrade. OKC has managed to grab the 1 seed, and there are 5 other teams that sit at the 30 win mark already. The trade deadline approaches, and...

Pascal Siakam has been traded to the Indiana Pacers! The Pacers were able to acquire an All-NBA caliber wing to put next to Haliburton without gutting their team, and Siakam seems to be interested in staying in Indiana long term. There are some other key players who have been involved in Trade rumors: Lauri Markaanen, Zach Lavine, and the entire Golden State roster to name a few. To end the episod...

In today's episode, we go over some Big Picture NBA questions that we've been coming up with as we watch this season play out. Monty Williams this offseason became the highest paid coach in the NBA, and with that came strong expectations about the future of the Pistons franchise. Safe to say, those expectations don't exist anymore. The Timberwolves have the best defense in the NBA, but...

We're only about a third of the way through the NBA season, but we have seen some excellent play out of this year's rookie class. Wemby and Chet will fight for ROTY all year, but other rookies have stood out quickly as impactful players. Jaime Jaquez, Keyonte George, Brandon Miller, and plenty others. This episode, we go through the first round of the 2023 draft and give a review on how ea...

Accidental late upload! In this episode, we'll be giving our award picks for each award for the first quarter of the season. This episode was recorded about a week ago, so some games have been played since, but our picks for each award haven't changed. Some of these awards are definitely still toss ups, but I would be very surprised if someone was able to beat Joel Embiid's case for MV...

After the 0-6 start when first acquiring James Harden, the Clippers have been on a tear recently and have seemed to figure out how to best utilize Harden's iso-scoring ability. Kawhi Leonard has played every game this season and is looking incredible in his last 15 games. The Celtics and the Timberwolves are the first teams to reach 20 wins, both getting there with only 5 losses. Ja Morant ret...

The In-Season tournament was a massive success for the NBA, and the final games were must watch TV. Tyrese Haliburton continues to put his name alongside the superstars of the NBA with his incredible playmaking, and the longevity of Lebron James is something that cannot be understated at this point in his career. These teams might not be title contenders, but their tournament play was incredible a...

This episode, we'll be breaking down some of the recent play in the NBA, including the excellent play of Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton has helped lead the Pacers to one of the best offenses in the league so far and has made the Pacers a Must Watch team. Victor Wembanyama is such a fun player to watch but the Spurs as a whole are not playing competitive basketball. James Harden and the Clippers...

The Houston Rockets started the season very out of sorts through their first three games, but the 6 game win streak they have gone on has us very impressed. Alperen Sengun has grown on both ends of the ball, and new additions FVV and Dillon Brooks have been doing their jobs very well. Anthony Edwards is starting this season playing like a top 10 player in the league. The two-way impact is amazing,...

Welcome back to our Trends and Dead Ends podcast! Every year, we take a look at some of the surprising trends to come out of the beginning of the NBA season, and we go over which ones we expect to continue (Trend), and which we expect to change (Dead End). Some teams, like the Bucks and Grizzlies, have struggled a lot more than people expected to start the season. While teams like the Magic and Ha...