Cookies: A Basketball Podcast

Listen to every episode in full by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon for a measely $5 a month—it's like you're making money! We've got a live pod in Portland this week (1:30), most dangerous Knicks jersey to spot in the wild (11:15), attending the World Cup in New Jersey like a swamp dragon (19:34), the fading allure of summering "out east" (29:21), can ice cold beers save the art market? (...

Listen to every episode in full by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Taylor Swift getting married at MSG (2:30), NYC is a sports bar now (15:02), "Jackass" = GOAT (35:15), World Cup fever (48:24), Kawhi to Toronto and ownership lawlessness (1:05:31), nerds vs meatwatchers (1:21:34), LeBron out in Los Angeles (1:36:43), Giannis to Miami (1:44:26), they gentrified the Hornets (1:50:22).

Listen to every episode in full by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! The Knicks parade (2:21), disputed ball-knower Zohran and local elections (25:02), starting into the reflecting pool (30:17), the World Cup (51:31), Jalen Brunson myth-making in real time (1:12:06), Jaylen Brown for Giannis rumors (1:26:01), unveiling the Kuo Big Board for the 2026 NBA Draft (1:41:41).

Real New Yorkers lay claim to real New Yorkerness (6:02), lackluster city anthems (20:15), bootleg merch (40:23), Victor Wembayama turns into a villain (58:31), team-building lessons from Knicks and Spurs (1:10:33), leaning into the autism (1:19:05), when Knicks needed him most, Brunson took it to the baja (1:25:22), can the East keep up with the new champs? (1:45:06).

Andrew and Ben wade through the hallucinogenic aftermath of the Knicks' historic comeback against the Spurs in Game 4 of the Finals. The ominously dour mood of the city after losing for the first time in months (6:48), revisiting the Beastie Boys for mental health (10:23), the Spurs build a seemingly-insurmountable lead (18:02), the Jose Alvarado factor (21:03), late game heroics by OG Anunoby and...

Listen to every full weekly episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Hunter Biden logs on from Super 8 (2:42), legend of the mole people (20:22), ASAP Rocky, live from the heart of NoDi (35:03), we all have mayor complex now (45:01), Donnie and the Island Boys squander home court (57:30), kill the refs! (1:17:01), astute Finals analysis through Game 3 (1:36:22), Spurs' new game plan =...

RIP to our friend Doug Shaw (1:30), top 10 lists (15:02), Manhattanhenge (31:22), backrooms and 1999 aesthetics (46:22), Irish and Italians (55:02), Spurs beat Thunder (1:02:25), Mike Gansey in Philly (1:11:27), NBA Finals Preview (1:23:03).  

Listen to the full episode (and every episode) by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Kuo vs Uptown, the death of brunch (15:08), gatekeeping done wrong (26:23), speed-reading through BookTok (53:01), Knicks going to the Finals (1:04:38), strongest local fan base (1:24:22), Kenny Atkinson's advanced analytics (1:41:32), McCain's actual trade value (1:44:01), Spurs vs Thunder knife-fight (1:4...

Go to Orchard Street instead of offing yourself (2:01), playing with plumbers (8:22), historically gross places in NYC (22:32), all cultures have dumplings except one (43:41), real fans don't go to games or watch them (56:09), RIP: rest in Pistons (1:08:22), Julius Randle blamed again (1:35:42), Knicks vs Cavs in the EFC (1:18:19), Daryl Morey fired by Sixers (1:42:33).

Listen to the full ep—and every ep—by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Love in the time of Hantavirus (1:30), NYT's top 100 restaurants and Resy fatigue (22:45), what is burger music? (42:01), Knicks dismantle the Sixers (1:05:17), NBA Lottery results (1:33:28), a calamity in Indiana (1:42:00), the Nets get screwed again—but what about Giannis? (1:52:22).  

Performative dog owners (6:22), train dreams (17:29), JP Morgan scammer (42:10), Sixers vs Celtics (56:18), Knicks rout Hawks (1:20:01), Cookies Hoops civil war (1:25:22), Eastern Conference aura (1:40:29), Jokic slander (1:48:02).

Uninspired false flags (1:43), Prince St Pizza (28:22), Knicks dine on Magic City wings (43:02), Scientology speed runs (55:19), Nikola Jokic and every NBA star have now been exposed! (1:02:36), LeBron sidequests (1:20:02), if the NBA's agenda is anti-player (1:45:09).  

Listen to the full episode (and every full episode) by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Dreams of Wburg deferred (2:54), nightlife innovation looks a lot like regular nightlife (14:03), Geese: psyop or marketing campaign? (28:22), Second Life is real (47:29), MSG feds (1:02:39), Windy's NBA takes (1:19:02), Spurs suiting (1:35:19), Sixers crushed in Game 1 (1:48:31), Knicks vs Hawks (1:54...

Wok issues (2:04), $40 chicken scandal hits Greenpoint like a sledgehammer (8:30), Jack Harlow's wonderful hat (29:07), Beebs at Coachella (39:17), Joel Embiid out (1:06:33), let's talk Knicks vs Hawks (1:17:03), if Anthony Edwards can take next step (1:37:20). 

The stress of doing nothing (1:35), Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium (14:06), baseball allegedly trending (30:17), NYC's most loathsome fans (42:41), Duke stunned in moral victory for basketball (1:08:22), NBA's undeclared culture war (1:25:06), Kon vs LaMelo (1:40:29), fake assists, real debate (1:59:03).

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Banksy exposed (1:02), the gift of anonymity (9:22), resistance is futile, unless it's not (25:22), American diner goth (46:17), NYC cultural exports (56:22), NYPD night at MSG (1:07:31), top three NBA prospects in NCAA tournament (1:18:43), small guard bias (1:34:17), Cade Cunningham injury (1:44:02), Knicks' lineups looking...

Is he alive or dead? (1:23), AI brain damage (9:32), shadow 9/11 commission (30:02), Rawkus Records (35:42), Jack Harlow (40:15), we're struggling to acclimate to having extreme wealth (52:17), Bam's 83 point game (1:07:03), if nerds ruined basketball (1:20:01), Brunson statue (1:40:22).

Listen to the full episode instantly by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Spice bags (1:12), Greenpoint transportation lore (5:22), McDonalds CEO chokes on the Arch Deluxe (18:02), JFK Jr.'s style or lack thereof (26:22), Timothee Chalamet overshares (42:38), casualties of war (48:07), Luke Kornet vs Magic City Monday (1:08:08), NBA Covid Bubble jerseys (1:25:31), Pelicans have a Derek Que...

Making French omelettes (2:01), in this wartime economy? (8:22), "Breaking Bad" nostalgia and Vince Gilligan soothsaying (32:33), NYC snowball scandal (51:03), Zohran's Socialist shoveling army (1:00:22), NBA rookie of the year battle: Kon vs Coop (1:10:05), Jaylen Brown's impact magically exists independently of all math (1:28:03), NBA's nostalgia psyop (1:45:02).   

Listen to the full epside by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! A second blizzard has struck (1:20), if NYC's dog epidemic can be solved by civic legislature or extrajudicial drone strikes (5:07), this guy Howie is becoming a liability (21:42), Mexican food flat circle and we're not talking tortillas (40:18), Lent vs Ramadan power rankings (46:09), if Cade is a plausible MVP winner (1:02:45...

NYC's winter of dawgs continues (2:34), every conspiracy theory is real now (35:03), using AI to better humanity (by making 15-second clips of Marvel characters fighting) (50:02), NBA tanking controversy: solved! (1:05:02), the 2026 All Star game (1:30:23), KD Burnergate drama (1:52:32).   

Listen to every full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Super Bowl LX and Bad Bunny (7:05), commercial slopfest (27:02), Winter Olympics (42:18), brutal frame mogging (49:08), hipster backlash revisited (55:22), Jose Alvarado on the Knicks (1:05:01), Jared McCain traded (1:20:21), small guards and combo guard monopoly (1:30:41), Giannis, a gambling man (1:45:27).

Subscribe to Cookies Hoops Patreon to listen to every episode in full! On this week's show: can't ban the snow, man (2:03), an escape to Mexico City (9:12), another Epstein drop (20:02), Gen X stuff (35:31), rawdogging music (52:03), which celebrities are burgers on the court? (1:01:56), Keon Ellis (1:15:01), Hornets buzzing (1:25:21), Paul George suspension (1:35:22), Giannis trade options (1:52:...

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Cookies Hoops Patreon! Blizzard hoarders (3), performative shoveling male (14:23), end of sportswriting may be at hand (30:03), Chris Broussard has some takes (41:21), Geese on SNL (49:07), Kid Cudi versus Jim Jones and retroactive subculture flattening (56:31), Maxey's whistle (1:09:22), the unemployed delight of NBA day games (1:27:25). 

Vaguepodding (2:01), discussion of respective ops (7:17), ASAP Rocky still out here doing stuff (16:01), Greenland is rightfully ours! (28:17), meal batchers and double lasagna (37:26), Bing Bong meltdown (58:24) and the war on Big Purr (1:12:26), Jaylen Brown and the gnarled claw of the leprechaun (1:39:01), Jeanie Buss (1:55:51)