The Underhand Free Throw

Your favorite basketball boys look at some early league trends and separate facts from farces.  Will the Milwaukee Bucks lose games this year? Are the Champs bad? Is the Raptors' offense fixed? How many players will average 30 this season? All these questions, and more, will be answered through exquisite basketball banter.

Fellow NBA deep divers Iain and Simon journey East and breakdown all 15 Eastern Conference teams as they predict the season's final standings. They go particularly hard on the enigmatic squads: The Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Toronto Raptors but every team is much discussed. This episode was recorded before the season started but our hosts takes are so high quality that time cannot ero...

Iain and Simon continue their misadventures through the depths of the Western Conference. Who knows what perils they'll find in the bowels of the Lakers (1:15), Suns (18:41), Kings (31:39), Mavericks (42:41), Rockets (58:13), Grizzlies (1:10:50), Pelicans (1:24:49), and the Spurs (1:35:12). The Western Conference is going to be a blood bath again this year, and the Underhand Freethrow is hear to h...

Iain and Simon deep dive into the rotations and role players of Denver, Minnesota, OKC, Portland, Utah, Golden State, and the LA Clippers. They discuss the MVP chances of Nikola Jokic, the ideal role for Jerami Grant, and the potential victor of the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes.