Dreamer's Blueprint

Send us a text In preparation for the finals, we gave a breakdown of the matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Golden State Warriors. We talk about the schemes and plans for the Celtics and the overall journey for them. Overall, we're hoping for great basketball like everyone else. 1. Overall thoughts on the series 2:27 2. Celtics defensive matchups 11:37 3. Celtics offensive focus 24:50 4. C...

Send us a text I hope this isn't news to you but basketball is a business; from the professional level all the way down. It's about figuring out your way to play a role in this game. We mainly talk about it from out perspectives as a player and trainer and touch on a few different areas. We also talk about the politics and how we figure out our way to maneuver through this as best as we can. 1. Bu...

Send us a text The media has made a huge impact on the game. It literally changed how we can view the game but with this positive growth comes some negatives too. We touch on both parts and talk about the (social) media impacts the game today more than ever 1. The Impact 1:30 2. Myths/Lies from Media 12:22 3. Players Hurt by the media 25:35 4. Social Media 34:10 5. Positive Side of Media 1:02:20 F...

Send us a text This episode was a little off the normal. It was more of an impromptu conversation we had around coaching. We began with Nelson talking about his time before the tournament and it transitioned to a talk about coaching in college and then we rode that wave until the end. Hope you enjoy our conversation   1. Nelson's talk before his NCAA tournament placement  2. B's experience watchin...

Send us a text Applying Pressure! We get more personal and talk about how we handle and deal with things from our perspectives as a player and trainer. Somewhat of a mini interview to each other and get to learn from the other. 1. What is pressure to Nelson? 2:24 2. What is Pressure to B? 4:30 3. Most pressure as a trainer 14:25 4. How does Nelson recover from failure? 19:13 5. Pressure for B to p...

Send us a text Basketball is a game of winners and losers. We ultimately view winners/winning as success and losers/losing as failures or not successful but does that really tell the whole story? We get into a discussion about players legacy and what really defines winners and losers. We make a connection to player at all levels from the pros to youth hoopers. 1. The Success Standards 3:28 2. Expe...

Send us a text The playoffs are finally here and we're in the semi finals now. We are going to take a look back and review the first round and give our takes about what happen 1. Celtics vs Nets 1:37 2. Bucks vs Bulls 22:14 3. Grizzles vs Timberwolves 27:15 4. Suns vs Pelicans 41:42 5. Warriors vs Nuggets 47:15 6. Jazz vs Mavericks 52:29 7. Standout Stories, players or moments 1:08:14 Follow the P...

Send us a text We continue the conversation from part 1 and we are giving our definition around the Sixth Man of the Year award and the Most Valuable Player. We talk about all of the different factors and perspectives around the MVP including the narrative that 'if you take player 'X' off team the are still winning so they can win the award. This is a another great episode so make sure you subscri...

Send us a text We all get excited to see which players get awarded with the awards. There is usually the same problem every year, we don't understand exactly how the NBA decides who get the awards and what are they using to determine who gets it. We gave the league, the fans, and our listeners the solution and gave our criteria and definitions of each NBA award from the Most Improved Player, Sixth...

Send us a text "NBA doesn't play defense". We got sick of hearing this so we decided to defend the players and talk about the NBA defense. We also hear a lot of  old players bashing this generation and how "soft" they are, how they could do in this generation and more. This was a entertaining one to record so I know you should listen all the way through   1. Basketball Holidays 0:35  2. No Defense...

Send us a text NBA playoffs are finally here so we wanted to wrap up the regular season and reflect on a few things. We talked about the play-in games and some changes we think should happen.   1. Our thoughts on the season - 0:48 2. Suns disrespect - 4:30 3. Too much Lakers talk - 10:41 4. Westbrook... - 13:31 5. Play-In Games - 20:00 6. Awards Changes - 24:59  Follow the Podcast TikTok https://w...

Send us a text We continue the discussion about our sports Mt. Rushmore but now with sports overall. We divided it into 2 groups, team and individual sports. Listen in to rest of this debate and see who we have on our list and who we could have off. Comment and hit us up to let us know what you think. 1. Team sports- 1:30 2. Individual sports- 15:45 Follow the Podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com...

Send us a text We wanted to have a good talk on who are the four horsemen of the game, we are giving our Mount Rushmore discussion of who our top 4 people are and why they belong there. We begin this will a lot of love and appreciation for LeBron James and his greatness of reaching the second in all time points in the NBA which leads us into discussing Kareem's legacy and where each of those guys...

Send us a text Basketball has grown so much and has so many different parts within it. Today we get into what the culture around the game is and what it means to us. We also give out our thoughts on the people, things, and everything that makes up the culture of basketball. At the end, we give special game to people who might not understand some of the unwritten rules that come along with this hoo...

Send us a text We all love a good upset right? David vs Goliath! The underdog become the top dog! But what if none of this storyline is true? What if it's just good basketball?  We get into and have a good debate on if upsets are a real thing in basketball   1. Upsets in Nelson's view 3:55  2. Upsets in B's view 7:30 3. Levels to a Upsets? 36:36  4. Change the game at college 53:53   Follow the Po...

Send us a text Now you get to catch up with B and see how he been since the break 1. Recap 0:00 2. Progress 9:45 3. Training 18:03 Follow the Podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@beballjonespodcast Follow Nelson on Facebook ,Twitter and Instagram Facebook @Nelson Haskin https://www.facebook.com/nelson.haskin.1 Twitter @Nelly34 https://twitter.com/NellyH34 Instagram @nelson.haskin https://www.ins...

Send us a text It's been 5-6 months since we ended Season 1 so we decided to refresh you and update you on our lives, starting with Nelson. His season finally ended so we give you a update on that, his game, his outlook for next season and the podcast   1. DPOTY-1:22 2. Gone Fishing- 9:50 3. A transition- 16:20 4. The Comeback 27:17 5. 6 moth recap + His growth 30:49 6. Podcast recap and looking f...

Send us a text Dealing with recruitment can be a stressful and overwhelming thing so we're here to help with some of that. Take some time to learn about some parts of the game and learn about Nelson's recruitment twice to a JUCO and Division 2 school   1. First Stages of Recruitment- 3:55 2. Reg Flags and Green Flags from colleges- 24:50 3. Different types of commitments- 39:04 4. Different types...

Send us a text We always hear, "things change when the playoffs are here" or "this is playoff basketball" but what does that even really mean? We give you our takes on the differences between them right on time for playoff season Follow the Podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@beballjonespodcast  Follow Nelson on Facebook ,Twitter and Instagram Facebook @Nelson Haskin https://www.facebook.com/ne...

Send us a text With the Hall of Fame ceremony happening recently, we decided to talk on a few current players we think or could be inducted one day too. But the difference is, it's not just your usual superstars. We go a little deeper and talk about players that aren't as glorified but still great regardless. This one is for the real hoopers and hoop headsAndre Igudola 2:14DeMarcus Cousins 8:12Lou...

Send us a text Music talk! We decided to change things up some this time and instead of having Nelson's usual individual rant, we show love to our favorite artists in Kanye West and Drake as they both dropped their albums recently in Kanye's "Donda" and Drake's "Certified Lover Boy".   We share our opinions on each albums, give our likes and dislikes and give our take on Album of the Year so far  ...

Send us a text Superteams have gotten a bad name but.....what really is a superteam? Who is or have been a superteam? Is a superteam really all that bad? Nelson and I get into these questions and given some boundaries and guidelines to help us in the basketball community sort out this mess we're in  And at the end there is a gem to listen to about all of this and more importantly with lifeNelson's...

Send us a text For our first interview on the podcast, we have a former NBA All Star and defensive juggernaut Theo Ratliff. With him coming from my home state and Nelson's hometown, it means a lot to have him on the show as our first guest. This is really a full circle moment as we started the podcast in episode 1 talking about Theo and Nelson's connection and here we are! Theo's Introduction 0:20...

Send us a text The Netflix Documentary, "Untold Malice at the Palace" left me with a few feelings and thoughts. Overall I learned a lot about that situation as I think most people did but I think the most important thing from that was another perspective of the situation. So from there, I attempt to add more perspective to the situation and share more on "how" and "why" things happened WARNING: SL...

Send us a text We have shown you our trainer/player hats, our General Manager hats, and now we come to you as fans. We pick up where Nelson left off last week with his fandom of Giannis and we share more in depth about our favorites players from today's game and from the past. Learn about how we got into the game and birth our perspective on how we view things. Intro 1:20 Nelson's review of Gianni...