Bird Rights

Our host, Steven, breaks down all the recent rookie extensions that were recently signed by members of the 2018 draft class and discusses the future implications for those players that did not get a contract extension, such as DeAndre Ayton and Collin Sexton. SUBSCRIBE, Rate and Review on iTunes and make sure to  follow @BirdRightsPod on Twitter for all our delightful updates and goodies! Manscape...

Steven is joined by Jake Epstein to give their predictions for the 2021-22 NBA season. They rank each conference from team 1 to team 15, give all star and All NBA predictions, as well as All Rookie, All Defense, and NBA Finals predictions. They also discuss award predictions such as MVP, Most Improved Player, Defensive Player, 6th Man of the Year, and Rookie of the Year. Tune in!

Our host, Steven discusses how tradeable the John Wall contract is and creates six potential trades for John Wall. SUBSCRIBE, Rate and Review on iTunes and make sure to  follow @BirdRightsPod on Twitter for all our delightful updates and goodies! Manscaped is BACK, baby! Just like the NBA! Use coupon code HOOPBALL20 to get 20% off and free shipping on your purchase at Manscaped.com!

On this inaugural episode of the brand new Bird Rights podcast, host Steven Bagell introduces what listeners can expect of a show that focuses on the day-to-day NBA front office activity! SUBSCRIBE, Rate and Review on iTunes and make sure to  follow @BirdRightsPod on Twitter for all our delightful updates and goodies! Manscaped is BACK, baby! Just like the NBA! Use coupon code HOOPBALL20 to get 20...

Gersson Rosas was fired as the Timberwolves General Manager after just two short years. Steven is joined by Alexa to discuss how this would impact a Ben Simmons trade, plus they gave their perspective of Ben Simmons as Sixers fans. Listen in!

Steven is joined by Bulls fan, Tim Orie, to discuss the 2021 NBA Season. How good is Zach LaVine? How much do the signings of DeMar DeRozan and Lonzo Ball increase the Bulls chances next season? How many All-Stars do the Bulls have? Tune in to find out!

Steven is joined by Milwaukee Bucks fan, Crosby Hass, to discuss the Bucks run to a championship and Steven asks the pressing questions such as when Crosby realized Giannis was going to be THIS good, as well as discussing the current best player in the NBA, will the Bucks repeat, exc.?

Steven is joined by Glenn Mahon to discuss each team's offseason and assign them a grade of A-F. The criteria includes both the 2021 NBA Draft, as well as trades and free agent signings. How did your favorite team grade out? Tune in to find out!

It's draft season, podcast listeners! With the NBA Draft 10 days away, Steven does his Mock Draft 2.0 and predicts landing spots for all 60 picks of the draft. 

Steven is joined by Alexa to discuss what the other 29 NBA teams can trade for Damian Lillard. Alexa ranks each trade based off the package the Trailblazers would get back. Steven says there's only five teams who have a legit chance at trading for Dame. Who are they? Tune in to find out!

Steven is joined by Alexa to discuss, as Sixers fans, the best and worst trade partners and packages for Ben Simmons for the Philadelphia 76ers. They trade Ben Simmons to every team and discuss what they can get in return. Which trade do they like the most? Which teams have a realistic shot of putting together a trade package for Simmons? Tune in to find out!

Steven is once again joined by Stone Hansen, co-host of the Upside Swings Podcast. Here, they draft the second round of players and give in depth scouting reports, analysis, and offseason questions for teams. Make sure to tune in to part one of the podcast to hear the first round of picks. 

Steven is joined by Stone Hansen, a co-host of the Upside Swings podcast to do Steven's first NBA Mock Draft of the season. In this episode, they go through the first round of the NBA Draft drafting players, giving analysis, and seeing how it affects the teams this offseason. Be on the look out for part two of the podcast, where we draft the second round. 

Steven found it necessary to do an emergency pod in light of all the recent news that came out in the NBA yesterday. He's joined by Alexa to discuss this breaking news and they give playoff predictions as the end of the first round is near. 

Today, first time guest, Glenn Mahon comes on the NBAgell to discuss our predictions for our top 25 players in five years. Where do they differ? Who do they both agree are going to be top ten players? Tune in to find out!

Steven is joined by his favorite guest, Alexa Kaiser, to talk about last nights play-in games and predict who will make a deep playoff run and talk about who has a shot at winning the championship. 

Steven is joined by Matzo Ball Hoop host Jake Epstein. Jake and Steven each ranked every coach in the NBA from 1-30. Where does your favorite team's coach land? Tune in to find out!

On this episode of the NBAgell Podcast, Steven is joined by Bobby Sill. Steven ranked each executive from 1-30 across the league and Bobby tiered the executives as well. In which order do they have the leagues top executives? Who do they think are the worst executives in the NBA? Listen in to find out!

The NBAgell is joined by Alexa to talk about each trade that occurred on Thursday's trade deadline. Which teams got better? Which teams got worse? Tune in to find out!

The NBA trade deadline is a week from today, therefore Steven did his annual mock trade deadline. Who does he have as buyers? Who does he have as sellers? Which former All-Stars does he have getting traded? Tune in to find out!

Steven goes through his entire bracket predictions, going in depth on every round of 64 match up, and giving us his entire predictions through the Final Four and the National Championship. Does he have Gonzaga running the table and going 32-0? What upsets does he have? Which 15 seeds does he think have a good chance at winning this year? Tune in to find out!

Steven had 5 panelists give a list of their top 50 players in the league. LeBron James, at 36 years old, was the consensus #1. Who follows? Which shocking players don't make the top 50? Listen in to find out!

Steven is joined by the host of Matzo Ball Hoops, Jake Epstein. Steven and Jake make their all star picks before all-stars are revealed on Tuesday. Who do they have? Where do they differ? Tune in to find out!

Steven is joined by guest, Jackson Frank, to discuss the Philadelphia 76ers and the 2021 NBA Draft. They discuss what the Sixers, as currently constructed, need to do to get to the next level and win the NBA championship. We discuss trades, coaching, and personnel moves, as well as what Sixers can do in free agency to improve and who their draft targets are. Which Sixer do Steven and Jackson agree...

With the NBA announcing that there might be an All-Star game after all, Steven has Alexa back on to discuss their quarter-season all-stars. They have multiple surprises and many snubs, who is the least deserving and most deserving? Who is the most surprising? Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to let us know!