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On this week's episode Patrick, Dan, and Jason do a little three man weave and continue our way-too-early preseason prep by heading to three very sweaty summer cities: Atlanta, Houston, and Phoenix. Will the Hawks continue to be a mediocre playoff team in the East or can Quin Snyder unlock something we haven't seen from Trae? Can the Rockets make immediate improvements with their young tal...

On this week's episode Jason and Patrick do their best Kobe and Shaq pick and roll impression and Boomshakalaka our way through Detroit, New York City, and San Francisco as we continue our way-too-early preseason prep. Can the Pistons finally make meaningful progress this season behind a hopefully healthy Cade Cunningham? The Knicks seem to finally be a competently-run franchise again after a...

On this week's episode we continue our way-too-early preseason prep and try to escape the summer heat by heading to three very cold in the winter places: Minnesota, Utah, and Milwaukee. Will the Timberwolves take a leap from last season and make some real noise in an already crowded Western Conference? Speaking of the crowded Western Conference, what should we actually expect in Utah from the...

On this week's episode Jason, Zack, and Patrick run the triangle offense and continue our way-too-early preseason prep by taking a trip to Charlotte, Brooklyn, and LA. What will development look like for the Hornets' young core and will they be fun to watch again? Can Ben Simmons get back to his 2019 form and what do Brooklyn's short and long-term plans look like? Will this be the Last...

On this week's episode Zack and Patrick run a little pick and roll and continue our way-too-early preseason prep by heading to Washington, Dallas, and Oklahoma City. Will the Wizards end up being more competent than people are expecting heading into the season? What outcomes would we put money on for the Mavericks and how will Luka respond to the brutal end to last season? Will the Thunder tak...

On this week's bonus Bench Reactions After Dark (BRAD) episode our resident cinephiles, Dan and Jason, reach deep into their film bags to give us their full breakdown on the Barbenheimer experience after seeing both movies twice last weekend. Grab a comfortable recliner and your popcorn and settle in for the biggest summer event of 2023!

On this week's episode we kick off a recurring segment that will see us through until (almost) the start of the 2023-24 NBA season: Way Too Early Preseason Prep . Each week for the next 10 weeks we will deep dive into three teams in the league, revisiting where they finished last season, what offseason moves they've made, what our expectations are for them heading into next season, and, as...

What do you talk about when there’s no basketball to watch? On this week's episode we highlight some Summer League standouts before getting completely unhinged. Barbenheimer, breakfast tacos, music, and churros at Disneyland... this one's got it all. 1:47 Summer League Standouts 18:42 Danalytics Disaster 22:06 The Recommendation Station 33:37 Danalytics Take 2 37:23 Relating I Think You Sh...

On this week's episode we give our reactions to free agency, including moves we liked, moves we disliked, surprises, and what team we feel has won the offseason so far. We then move on to officially wrapping up the 2022-23 NBA season with a winners and losers draft (and show a great mix of pettiness as well as personal growth in the process) before wrapping up with Zack's Mudpie Moment of...

On this week's episode we give some rapid fire reactions to the NBA draft, dive into our summer bucket lists for this offseason and finally, Jason gives us his "it's time to break up" Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode we break down the latest news leading up to the NBA draft on Thursday, including Beal being dealt to Phoenix and Zion stirring up all sorts of drama in The Big Easy before conducting our first ever Bench Reactions Mock Lottery Draft (including Atlanta's pick at the 15 spot). We then wrap up with Chase's Mudpie Moment of the Week centered on new owner syndrome.

On this week's episode we head to Portland and Phoenix to try to figure out what their teams will look like at the start of next season, give our final Finals thoughts, and finally, we wrap up with an Irish Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode we dive into some recent NBA news including the recent head coaching hires across the league and Adam Silver's pre-Finals comments about the Ja situation. Next, we put together our NBA All-Flop First team before giving our thoughts on game 1 of Nuggets vs. Heat. And finally, we wrap up with Zack's Mudpie Moment of the Week centered on recent comments from an NBA...

On this week's episode (recorded on the morning of Monday, May 29 before game 7) we talk through our reactions to a wild game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals before diving into some Burning Burnham Questions and wrapping up with Patrick's ref-related Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode brought to you straight from Hogwarts, we talk butterbeer, Viktor Krum, and Gringotts before giving some pretty terrible impressions of Boston accents. Then, we react to the Nuggets beating the Lakers, Miami coming out on fire against Boston, what to expect in the Finals, and finally, we wrap up with Jason's Mudpie Moment of the Week where he calls out all the nonbel...

On this BONUS episode we're giving you our after dark takes on the Ja saga before diving into Jason's extremely scientific approach to lottery karma rankings (recorded before the lottery took place).

On this week's episode we dive into some reactions to the Conference Semifinals results, sing some Broadway tunes, preview the Conference Finals matchups, and give an ode to journalistic integrity with Patrick's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode we give out some mid-series superlatives including best player and best game before diving into our keys to each second-round series going forward. Lastly, we get our Mudpie Moment of the Week from Dirty Dan the (Orlando) Magic Man.

On this week's episode we dive deep into our takeaways from all eight round one matchups, what we learned about the winning teams, and what the offseason will look like for the losing teams before giving our predictions for each round two series. And finally, we wrap up with an ode to a Duke legend with Jason's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode we give out our way-too-late collective regular season awards, talk through some key storylines from the playoffs so far, and finally, we wrap up by going on a multi-verse mudpie moment from Zack.

On this week's episode we run through our predictions for all eight first round playoff matchups, from most exciting to least exciting, before wrapping up with Chase's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode, we answer the following questions: Should the NBA rethink the way the lottery is currently constructed? Can you name any of the starting lineup for the game 82 Portland Trailblazers? Is Jeenathan Williams the name of a real NBA player? If Luka ends up asking for a trade, who will have the assets to get him? Do we like the current conference playoff seeding structure or...

On today's episode, we're bringing you a little three-man weave with Jason, Dan, and Patrick. We take a look at our own tiers for the remaining potential playoff teams, completely botch at least one movie title, and bring a little charisma and a lot of heart.

Paul George goes down with an injury, Dallas continues to struggle, daily changes in the Western Conference Play-In race, and Jaylen Brown's recent comments about his future. That, plus: What highly-seeded Western Conference playoff team should the lower seeds want to face? Which of the worst teams in the league will make it back to the playoffs in the shortest amount of time? What should the...

It's Spring Break for most of the Bench Reactions crew, but Zack and Patrick hop on to talk news of the week, including Joel Embiid catapulting himself into frontrunner territory for MVP, before visiting the current state of play in both conferences: How far can Philly go in the playoffs with how they're currently playing? What exactly happened to the Pelicans this season? Is Boston losing...