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It's a zany one this week. The boys eat too much Croxton Rooster and discuss the shortcomings of the Miami Heat in their final bouts against the Boston Celtics, the abysmal showings from both teams as they chased and conceded lead after lead, and *that* Jimmy Butler shot in the Eastern Conference Finals. There's a quick post-mortem of the Dallas Mavericks and thier effort against a much-too-experi...

The second round of the 2022 NBA playoffs is over and lessons are to be learned by those who lost and those who progressed. But first: Lukas and Marco address the age-old question of how this year's Eastern Conference finalists would fare in a variety of specific weather conditions, akin to a cold rainy Tuesday night in Stoke. The boys then talk through the eliminated teams and what each can take...

The boys are a bit delirious in this one and Lukas opens the show regalling his 6-6 3 point shooting in the second half of Monday night basketball. Then, a quick wrap up of their first impressions of the opening week of the WNBA, and a reaction as the truth about Liz Cambage's comments to the Nigerian national basketball team in Las Vegas comes out – and a swift response from the worst parts of th...

We are now entering the second round of the 2022 NBA playoffs, with some interesting serieses but few surpises behind us. Lukas and Marco talk through what we learned about the eight teams left in title contention in the first round and the results of the first few games. Can Philly do anything in the absence of Joel Embiid? Have the Grizzlies reflected on their mistakes in the series against Minn...

The playoffs are well and truly in full swing and the matchups that await the victors in the second round are starting to shape up. Marco's beloved New Orleans Pelicans have stunned everyone with two great wins against the league-leading Phoenix Suns – he and Lukas talk through Game 4, or as Lukas calls it "your chip". The Brooklyn Nets have become the first team eliminated from the first-round in...

The play-in has come to pass and so have the first few games of the first-round of the 2022 NBA playoffs, setting the scene and the pace for the rest of the postseason. Lukas fills Marco in on the games he missed while he was at Inner Varnika. Philadelphia has come out the gates screaming, crushing the Raptors in what the boys predicted to be a close and well-fought series. The Warriors have simil...

The good boys Sean and Dante from The Deep Two NBA Podcast plus contributor Alessio join the show for another rip-roaring edition of the Four-man weave + Marco. The unruly crew preview this season's edition of the play-in tournament and questions if it's really necessary. Then, it's a full-blow first-round playoff preview. Can the Warriors contain Jokic enough to get past the Nuggets? Has Harden's...

It's that time of year! The boys look back on their predictions from beginning of the season for the NBA end-of-season awards, and then with the benefit of a season of basketball behind them predict again who they think will win – and more importantly who they would vote for if they had a ballot. An excellent rookie class, a pedigree of top young coaches and still a tighter-than-ever MVP race – an...

Marco lost his voice and both the boys lost their minds at a music festival over the weekend, so no basketball was watched and no opinions were had. Instead, Lukas is joined by his dad George to reminisce on his time playing social basketball, and Marco and friends of the pod pipe in with their own strolls down memory lane. Just like Lukas, this episode plays at its own pace.

And just like that, Mr. Bi- the 2021-22 NBA season is nearing an end! With the top side of the standings pretty secure and the top teams just duking it out for seeding, the spots around the play-in tournament are heating up as some teams fight to avoid and others make a last ditch tilt for play-off glory. Lukas and Marco talk you through their picks for the 6 through 11 seeds in each conference. C...

Usually the weeks between the All-Star break and the final mad scramble for the play-offs are some of basketball's most boring – not this year! Marco and Lukas break down the game between the two leading MVP candidates, Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, in their first head-to-head matchup in three years. Then, KAT and Kyrie Irving drop back-to-back 60 point games, firmly on each side of vaccine and CO...

The dust has settled on the WNBA off-season and Marco and Lukas go through the moves, signings and retentions of their Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm. The Storm are bringing back the Big Three for one last championship tilt, the Aces are lacking in the centre department and Liz Cambage's departure has again raised the issue of the abysmally low salary cap. Then, the boys move on to their favouri...

Real NBA basketball is back and Marco and Lukas shape up a couple of things they've been thinking about over the All-Star break. The Boston Celtics are on a great run of form and making a serious play-off push, but is it sustainable? James Harden and Joel Embiid are looking unstoppable in Philadelphia and they've barely played two games together. In two very different situations two big-name playe...

The travesty that is the NBA All-Star Weekend is behind us, and apart from the odd moment (Curry hitting 16 threes, anything Evan Mobley) it was another bust. The boys talk through the weekend's proceedings, what it feels like to have a favourite player traded at the deadline, the new Zo and G Honcho joint, and finally who looks likely to come out of each conference after the shakeup of the trade...

The JVG boys smash the glass ceiling again, this time by having their first Denver Nuggets fan on the show. Janaya talks through the season so far, what the team looks like when Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr return, if Nikola Jokic is having another MVP season and whether Denver should've pulled the trigger at the deadline. Then, a bit late, we get to the biggest trade before the deadline. Wh...

Marco, although undefeated by covid, is back in isolation so it's another Zoom episode for the boys. They go through their favourite AI Narrative Devices before discussing the All-Star reserve selections, Caris LeVert's trade to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the move that sent Norman Powell and Robert Covington to the Los Angeles Clippers for a bag of peanuts and a second-round pick.

JVG's favourite older brothers Jimmy and Angus join the show once again for an unhinged 80+ minutes. First on the chopping block is Andrew Wiggins' All-Star starting appearance before the crew pivot to trades Jimmy's New York Knicks and Angus's Minnesota Timberwolves could make before the deadline. Domantis Sabonis in New York? Myles Turner next to KAT? Dejounte Murray? Brandon Ingram? Russell Wes...

It's that time of year where the streets of Melbourne fill with the exasperated grunts of tennis players and the racist groans of Fairfax columnists. Lukas and Marco celebrate pod idol Nick Kyrgios, dissect the latest "thinkpiece" moaning about his "antics" and pat themselves on the back for cancelling Novak Djokovic over his donkey milk monopoly a year ago. Then, after Grayson Allen's awful foul...

With the Lakers barely floating at .500 and looking in big doo-doo for the 2021-22 NBA season, the JVG NBA Tribute Show's equal-most featured guest and Lakers tragic Darrel Osir joins the pod once again. He and the boys discuss: the good, the bad and the mostly bad of the season so far; how to navigate away from the Russell Westbrook problem; and what pre-deadline trades would bring the Lakeshow s...

Two very Special Ks returned to the NBA this week (perhaps one more special than the other): Klay Thompson returned to the Warriors after almost 1000 days off injured and Kyrie Irving featured for the Nets after sulking about a widdle needle for the last few months. Lukas and Marco discuss how they looked on their returns and what it means for the two contenders going forward. Then: the Kings are...

It's been a fun festive season, but not one without consequences – and no, I'm not talking about LeBron's weird Spider-Man meme. Lukas and Marco join each other remotely as both have been struck down by the Wiggins Flu aka the coronavirus. Lukas talks us through the Wizards' recent resurgence to form, we celebrate Josh Giddey's first career triple double and Marco discusses the path of MVP-calibre...

Christmas has come and gone, and so has another year of underwhelming Christmas games. Marco and Lukas talk through 2021's festive matchups, reminisce on Ghosts of Games Past and ask whether we still need the Christmas Day NBA games. Then: half the league is out with coronavirus and the quality and personnel on the court are getting worse by the day (unless you're Orlando). Should Adam Silver do t...

After last week's bumper ep the boys are a bit tired – but are still on the mic's to casually run you through the week's news. Steph Curry puts Ray Allen's career three-point record to bed; Marco and Lukas discuss his achievement and legacy. Kyrie Irving, hilariously, has gone into COVID protocols just hours after his return to the Nets was announced. And Isaiah Thomas has shown some flashes at th...

It's that time of year again: twentyish games into the 2021-22 NBA season and the identities of teams across the league are starting to form. Some are struggling for wins as they push for the playoffs, some are breezing towards contention and some are hitting the big red "HARD RESET" button a few months too late. Marco and Lukas take you through their picks for this season's contenders, pretenders...

It's a VC sorta episode as the boys talk you through some of the latest news in the NBA on a balmy Melbourne evening. John Wall wants to hit the court for Houston, but isn't happy with the bench role offered to him by management. DeMarcus Cousins is joining the Milwaukee Bucks to fill in for the injured Brook Lopez, but is he more than just a body on the floor? Kemba Walker has been demoted from t...