The Double Double

After tonight's game between Memphis and Golden State, we will finally be into this year's playoffs. With that, we wanted to give you guys our list for who we think the top 10 players are in these playoffs. Both of our lists are based on who we trust the most going into the playoffs, and who had the best regular-season play this year. This is a year for lots of players to prove themselves as clutc...

Yesterday marked the final game for every team in the NBA for this year's regular season. There were a ton of interesting games with important implications, like Warriors vs Grizzlies and Wizards vs Hornets. Steph Curry managed to secure his 2nd scoring title, averaging 32ppg this season, with a 46pt night against Memphis, while Russell Westbrook had his 184th career triple-double in a win over Ch...

With the news of Jaylen Brown tearing a ligament in his wrist and missing the rest of the season and playoffs, we thought it was a good time to make an episode breaking down the problems that have plagued Boston this year, and take any silver lining that we could from the season. The C's managed to play 0 games together this season with a completely healthy lineup, which seems to be one of the dri...

We are very close to the end of the regular season, and there is some turmoil in LA. Andre Drummond has not been the savior that the Lakers have needed and has actually actively lost them games in this last week. The only good win from the Lakers came when Frank Vogel benched Drummond and let Marc Gasol defend Jokic, which he did incredibly. Also, we wanted to give our lists for the three All-NBA...

With Anthony Davis and Lebron both missing over 15 games with Lakers, many teams in the West had the opportunity to catch or pass them in the standings. Portland was one of those teams, with Jusuf Nurkic and CJ McCollum both returning for injury, and with new acquisition of ex-Raptor Normal Powell. Instead, Portland sits at the 7th seed in the West, winning only 3 of their last 10 games. This epis...

As we start to reach the end of the regular season, we have a much clearer picture of the teams fighting for the worst records in the league, and subsequently for the top pick in next year's draft. We have talked quite a bit about some of the prospects, especially 6' 8" 220lb Cade Cunningham, so we felt like today would a good time to dive more in-depth on the top picks in the 2021 draft, and whic...

Unfortunately, the landscape of the NBA has been affected pretty heavily by injuries. Jamal Murray recently added his name to the far too large list of big name stars to get injured this year, and he'll be missing the rest of the season and playoffs with a torn ACL. This epsiode, we talk about how this affects the Nuggets as a whole, as well as the long-term implications about Denver's championshi...

After missing the last 22 games with a hamstring injury, Kevin Durant made his return against the Pelicans and scored 17 points without a miss. Joel Embiid has also dominated in the few games in his return, getting to the line for 20 Free Throws against the Celtics. Over in the Western Conference, The Nuggets have passed the Lakers in the standings, bringing Denver to the 4th seed. They have looke...

The biggest names from the buyout market, Lamarcus Aldridge and Andre Drummond have made their way onto contenders. Today, we start this episode by talking about the fairness of the Nets picking up Griffin and Aldridge for a combined $2.1 Million, and how the lack of parity affects our enjoyment of the league. We all remember the KD Warriors dynasty, and we all collectively felt like the champions...

Another year, another incredibly eventful final day of trades in the NBA. While we didn't see as much movement as we were expecting, there were still tons of interesting moves made today. The Bulls upgraded in a big way, replacing their center combo of Wendell Carter Jr. and Daniel Gafford with All-Star Nikola Vucevic and ex-Celtics big Daniel Theis. The Celtics made a couple of moves themselves,...

In one week, we lost the Vegas Odds favorite to win the MVP (Lebron James), and ROTY (Lamelo Ball) to injuries. Lebron will be back likely before the playoffs start, but losing out on a month definitely puts him out of the running to win MVP. In this episode, we discuss how each of these teams will hold up with their top players missing, and what we think this means for each of those award races....

The Boston Celtics have not been very fun to watch this season. There have been some good, hard-fought wins, but also some games with terrible effort from the whole team that ended in blowouts. This episode, we start by being realistic about what to expect from this team this season, and what needs to happen next season to change things for the better. The injury to Joel Embiid has opened up the M...

Now that we have made it through the All-Star break, we felt like it was time to review the teams that nobody in the NBA community outside of the fans of these teams talk or care about. We talk enough about the best and most interesting teams in the league (Suns, Jazz, Celtics, Nets, etc.), so in this episode, we try to cover the teams that we have mostly ignored throughout the season. Some teams,...

We have made it halfway through a very strange season of the NBA, and with that, we felt like it was time to review our preseason picks for each NBA award, and who we think is now leading each race. Some of these awards, like MVP and DPOY, have some good competition and definitely will be up for debate as the season continues. Some others, like ROTY and 6MAN, already seem like they have clear favo...

After an enormous buyout from Detroit, Blake Griffin is now a Brooklyn Net! Today, we start by breaking down this signing, and the effect it might have on the Nets' ceiling, as well as the potential downsides to playing a traditional PF as a small-ball center. There are lots of bigs to give minutes to on this team, and it will be interesting to see going forward how those minutes are distributed....

With the amount of new news in the NBA as we approach the all-star break, we decided this episode to go over a dozen True/False questions and see where we agreed and disagreed. Questions like "Are the Suns a threat to win the west?", "Is the Mavs recent success sustainable?", and "Will Orlando decide to trade Nikola Vucevic?", along with a bunch more. With the trade deadline approaching quickly, w...

Since the trade deadline is less than a week away, in this episode we decide to come up with our own realistic trade scenarios and discuss why we think they could benefit both teams. The Celtics have been looking for potential trades, and we go over some potential options for them. We also cover good trades for the Bulls and Pelicans, as well as ways for some top-tier teams to bolster their lineup...

With all of the 2020-2021 All-Stars being announced yesterday, we start this episode breaking down our thoughts on who deserved it, who we're happy to see make it, and who we think might've gotten snubbed. We also talk about the rumors of a possible Kristaps Porzingis trade, as well as the replacement of Ryan Saunders from the Timberwolves, and what to watch for from them moving forward. We cover...

We got another guest on! This time, we brought on a friend and big basketball fan, Nate Moskowitz, to get his take on how Kemba and the Celtics have been looking, and what kind of players he'd want to see the Celtics target at the Trade Deadline. We also talked a bit about All-Star starter selections, and who we're rooting for to make the reserves. Finally, we give him rapid fire Agree or Disagree...

Being a Celtics fan has not been that fun the past few weeks. After losing to the Wizards and Pistons back-to-back, we felt like talking about what's going wrong with the Celtics, and what sort of moves we expect to see from Danny Ainge moving forward. The Blazers and Suns are both 9-1 in their last 10 games, with some phenomenal play from Lillard and Booker, respectively. With the injuries that P...

There are lots of reasons people in the NBA become underrated. Sometimes they sign too big of a contract, sometimes they are too young, and haven't gotten the respect they deserve, and lots of times it's due to them playing on small-market teams, and being widely ignored by the casual NBA fan. In this episode, we break down our 1st and 2nd team All-Underrated players so far in the season. We discu...

We've finally gotten to see Lamelo Ball start for the Hornets, and he has not disappointed. The dude has been shooting lights out from three, and the Hornets in the meantime have been really fun to watch. In this episode, we go over recent news in the NBA, including Celtics Trade Rumors, the abysmal past 10 games for the Cavs, and whether or not the players even want an All-Star game to happen. We...

After the strong performance by the Pelicans yesterday beating Phoenix, we started arguing over text on who we think is better: Ja Morant or Zion Williamson. The 1st and 2nd picks of last year's draft will likely always be connected, similar to how Trae Young and Luka Doncic are talked about together pretty often, so it seemed perfect to come on the pod and debate which player we'd rather have. We...

It's been a while since we went over recent game news and NBA drama in general, so today that's exactly what we did. After putting up 47 against Rudy Gobert and the Jazz, Jokic stands out to me as the only player from the west that is really deserving of being in the MVP conversation. The Brooklyn Nets played two polar opposite games recently, losing to the Wizards and then beating the Clippers, a...

In This episode, we brought on a good friend and Day 1 supporter of the podcast, Mike Rugg, to talk about the current Odds for the NBA Championship and which teams' odds have the highest value. Outside of the top 10 teams, we didn't see any serious title contenders, so today we went over the top 10, and how real their chances are at winning the Finals. And since we had another Celtics fan with us...