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After ten months in detention, Brittney Griner has finally been released from Russian custody and returned home to the US. Lukas and Marco talk the final deal, put the issue to bed and discuss a possible WNBA comeback. The NBA has made the odd decision that nobody asked for to name its end-of-season awards after various players – why? Zion pisses of the Suns with a late game windmill – we take a l...

It's that wonderful time of the year! Marco and Lukas sit down for the better part of two hours and nut out which tier each of the NBA's 30 teams sits in: contenders, pretenders, emerging, rebuilding and limbo. Which teams are ready for a championship? Which teams think they're ready, but really aren't? Which teams might be ready in five years? Ten years? Which teams have no idea?

After what felt like some positive signs, the situation with Brittney Griner has faded from prominence as she's finally transferred to a penal colony to begin her nine-and-a-half year sentence in Russia. Lukas and Marco check in on why there hasn't been any movement on the situation and why the proposed prisoner swap hasn't eventuated. Then, the matchup of the century – Giannis versus a ladder. Th...

Jose Alvarado stole the league's heart (and the ball teehee) with his backcourt steal move during the 2021-22 regular season and the New Orleans Pelicans' first-round playoff series against the Phoenix Suns. But has he gone too far? Marco and Lukas discuss GTA's late game move on Kevin Porter Jr and the pair's subsequent ejection, and take a look at where the Houston Rockets are going this season...

The situation in Brooklyn is doing everything it can to get worse and worse by the day. Concurrently with Kyrie Irving's anti-Semitic remarks and suspension, the Nets have fired coach Steve Nash and indicated they'll pursue Ime Udoka – the same coach suspended for a season for improper conduct by the Boston Celtics. Lukas and Marco take a look at the broader picture in Brooklyn, the decisions that...

The boys are a teeeeeny bit hungover this week but where there's a will, there's a way, and also an hour of up-to-the-minute basketball talk. Lukas and Marco take a look at the three teams involved in the trades for Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell and how they're faring in the early weeks of the season. Is the Utah Jazz's success real, and could it be getting in the way of a true rebuild? How hav...

It's a great time to be a basketball fan, mostly because the JVG NBA Tribute Show is cycling through its beloved yearly episodes. Angus Ryan joins Lukas and Marco once again to go through their way-too-early hot takes and overreactions to the nascent 2022-23 NBA season. There's a lot of the league-best Utah Jazz, a couple of All-Star and MVP predictions and Angus's patented superstar season averag...

We're baaaaaack! Lukas and Marco return from a brief hiatus to bring you their favourite pre-season segment, their classic spin on the over/under format that they invented way before the play-in. The boys talk you through their 7 locks for the playoffs in the each conference, the 4 teams they're sure will finish bottom and the 4 in between that will fight for play-in contention – and relevancy.

Our media accredited sideline reporter for the Women's Basketball World Cup takes us through a week at a FIBA event. No hot takes in this one, no takes of any temperature for that matter, just transparency on Lukas' experience of the event. In his time at the Cup, Lukas had the chance to interview a few professional basketball players, all of whom have played in the WNBA. This episode will feature...

The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup has come to a close, and while another gold medal for USA was to be expected it was still a great tournament and showcase for women's basketball. Marco and Lukas have been up in Sydney covering the cup, the latter more closely than the former, and drop in here with a quick check in on the morning of the cup's semi-final games of Australia v China and USA...

The Las Vegas Aces are 2022 WNBA champions, closing out their series against the Conneticut Sun in four games in style. Marco and Lukas have a lot to be happy about this week, so they take you through their exploits, from futsal to birthdays, before recapping the final two games of the finals. Then, the men of the NBA are up to no good once again. We talk through the Robert Sarver debacle and sale...

The WNBA Finals are here! After a historic series against the Seattle Storm, the Las Vegas Aces enter the series all guns firing, while the Conneticut Sun maintain their dogged approach from their gruelling five-game win over the reigning champion Chicago Sky. Marco and Lukas discuss the Sun's tough defence in Game 1, the Aces' late game turnaround and their cruising domination in Game 2. Also, Lu...

Finally, some NBA news! Marco and Lukas come together to discuss Donovan Mitchell's trade to Cleveland – how the young star will fit on the Cavaliers, where the Eastern Conference team tops out and what the future looks like for the Utah Jazz with two five-pick hauls under their belt and players still to sell. Then, the most exciting playoff game of the year: the boys recap Game 3 of the WNBA semi...

There's no two ways about it: we just gasbag in this episode. There's no basketball talk until about the 48 minute mark, but if you love chatting about parking fines, stealing from Woolworths, forgetting your lanyard and the Magistrates' Court you'll love this episode. After all that we chat through the first two games in the Aces-Storm series, the matchups at play and who we see coming out victor...

The 2022 WNBA playoffs are well under way, with two first-round series in the books and two decisive Game 3s to come. Lukas and Marco talk through the first few games of the playoffs: the Aces' dominant win against a plucky Mercury, the Storm's well-fought sweep of the Mystics, Liberty's upset win over the Sky in Game 1 and the back-and-forth between the Sun and the Wings. Plus, the boys give thei...

The WNBA playoffs are here and there's no better time to be watching women's basketball. Lukas and Marco talk through the first round matchups and a little bit beyond at how these playoffs might shape up. Can the Liberty take a game from the reigning champion Sky? Are the Wings just the team to upset the high-expectation Sun? Who will come out on top between Breanna Stewart and Elena Delle Donne?...

Oh it's the off-season alright! Marco and Lukas scrape the bottom of the barrell and talk about some of the most famous NBA rules named after players, whether created to limit their game-breaking impact or to stop them from chewing plastic straws during games. Also, an eventful watching of The Hateful Eight, Dejounte Murray's childish antics since his trade to the Atlanta Hawks and Kevin Durant pu...

The boys pay tribute to the great Bill Russell – although they don't have an emotional connection to him or a memory of him playing his unassailable success and perserverance in the face of extreme racism set the foundation for the league we love today. Then, we talk through some WNBA news, including the "lose-lose" release of Brittney Griner and Liz Cambage's contract divorce from the Los Angeles...

Lukas and friend of the pod Sam Reeves have been tearing it up in social basketball, taking home the University of Melbourne Basketball Club 3x3 Division II Men's championship and Sam having a Thursday night game for the record books. The boys chat through their recent exploits and then look back on Sam's Boston Celtics and their trip to the NBA Finals. Then, what does a Kevin Durant trade to the...

The 4MW+M gets together on the JVG feed to celebrate 100ish episodes of the show (and exactly 100 since their inaugural guest spot!). The Deep Two NBA Podcast's Sean Carroll and Dante Boffa and The Deep Two contributor and friend of the pod Alessio Conte join Marco and Lukas to discuss Deandre Ayton's new contract with Phoenix and check in on how they're feeling about their respective teams. Thing...

The 2022 NBA Summer League (sponsored by the video game) is in full swing but the rose-tinted glasses have come off as fast as ever. Lukas and Marco talk through how some of the bigger names are doing and lay out their gripes with the format. On the other side of the coin, the 2022 WNBA All-Star Weekend has just come to a close, capped by a massive All-Star game that farewelled Sue Bird and Sylvia...

Some more sombre reporting to start this episode: Marco and Lukas talk through the beginning of Brittney Griner's trial in Russia and the various reactions to it across the Internet, as well as touch on the assault charges laid against Nick Kyrgios. Then, some reactions to some stale NBA news and transactions. What Kevin Durant trade scenarios are the most likely to happen, and what does each team...

The Golden State Warriors dispatched with the Boston Celtics with ease in Game 6 and the dynasty is having its little dessert with a fourth championship. Marco and Lukas discuss the Celtics' valiant effort, what they can take into next season and how everything clicked this season for the Warriors. Then, some brief off-season chat: Kenny Atkinson will be staying with the Warriors rather than takin...

We've been to Boston and back to San Francisco and the Golden State Warriors are taking a strong 3-2 lead into Boston going into Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Marco and Lukas recap the previous three games of the series, going through what the Warriors have done right to assert their dominance and the mistakes Boston need to avoid to keep this series alive. Steph Curry's dominance, Andrew Wiggins' con...

Finally, some good basketball! Games 1 and 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals have been and gone and we've seen fiery offence, stifling defence and plenty of adjustments by both the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics. The boys discuss Tatum's playmaking, Boston's struggling big men (not Horford), the Warriors' adjusted defensive scheme in Game 2 and what to do and where to put Jordan Poole. They l...