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If there's one thing we love more than basketball over at the JVG NBA Tribute Show, it's fighting on a basketball court. Marco and Lukas break down the LeBron James and Isaiah Stewart showdown in the Lakers-Pistons game, talk about the good and the bad of officiating and broadcasting so far this season and finally answer a mailbag question about the best roleplayers and most stacked rosters of rec...

Newly-christened NBA fan Chiara joins the pod with a fresh perspective on the good (and the bad) of the individual-driven league. She discusses with Lukas and Marco whether to discuss the Knicks or the Heat, the best and worst fits and fashion around the league ,and the Derrick Rose situation and the NBA's propensity for sweeping controversy under the rug. Also the boys recap the first Wizards-Pel...

It's a very specially-numbered episode this week, and to mark the occasion some 7-foot-tall MVP candidates are throwing hands! Lukas and Marco revel in Nikola Jokic's retaliation on Markieff Morris and Joel Embiid's swing-and-a-miss on Lonzo Ball. The Cleveland Cavaliers were dealt a 72 offsuit in terms of roster chemistry, but they've put together one of the most disruptive defences in the league...

In-person pods are back baby! Lukas and Marco share both a room for the first time since Lonzo Ball and Steven Adams were Pelicans and their early thoughts on the nascent 2021-22 NBA season. The Miami Heat are the best team in the league, the Golden State Warriors have got it together, Ja Morant is powering the Memphis Grizzlies to success and Lukas's Wizards aren't too shabby neither. Meanwhile,...

Angus Ryan aka the other Ryan aka Goomaster 6000 joins the show to serve up some of his signature hot takes and immediate reactions to the nascent 2021-22 NBA season. Press play to find out who's going to be the MVP based on two games of play, who's paying child support and what the hell Kelly Oubre could possibly win. Also: we celebrate Lukas's second JVG birthday!

The Four-man Weave + Marco finally worms its way over from its ancestral home on The Deep Two NBA Podcast to The JVG NBA Tribute Show! TD2 hosts Sean Carroll and Dante Boffa, along with perennial blog favourite Alessio Conte, join the Marco and Lukas to give their picks for this year's NBA season awards. There's a lot of laughs, a lot of takes and a lot of Rudy Goberts. Make sure you tune in to Th...

It's that time of year again! You're hearing more and more that over/unders are for losers and nerds, so Marco and Lukas are here to present you with their own spin on the classic NBA preseason predictions, putting forth their top 7 will-definitely-make-the-playoffs and bottom 4 won't-even-sniff-'em for each conference – as well as the 4 in-betweeners. Find out where our hosts disagree but mostly...

The inimitable Pascal joins Marco and Lukas to debut his hot new intro for the JVG NBA Tribute Show! You won't believe how fye it is. The diehard Lakers fan goes on to discuss LA's off-season moves – was it worth it for Westbrook, how will all these pieces fit together, and can the city of Los Angeles ever heal from Alex Caruso's departure? And with some of the NBA's contenders potentially hobbled...

It's the first episode of the Four-Man Weave plus Marco minus The Deep Two aka the JVG NBA Tribute Show with Alessio Conte! The long-suffering Kings fan gives us his most despondent preseason review, calls Bradley Beal an idiot and says Zion's days in New Orleans are numbered. No apple cart left un-upset! As a bonus: Olly Lees drops by again to tell a riveting story about Liz Cambage and the Yeezu...

This week's Ginger of the Week is Oliver Lees aka Olly, a cadet journalist at the Star Weekly and a diehard Minnesota Timberwolves fan for some reason. Lukas and Marco ask him why he follows the Wolves, his favourite eras in Minnesota basketball, what to expect from them this season and what sort of move could land them Ben Simmons. Also: how Lukas's grandparents got to Australia, the ongoing NBA...

An awesome day in Melbourne: Marco and Lukas open the episode talking about the f**khead Nazi anti-vaccination protests. Then, after a season both spent getting into the WNBA the boys reflect on what they've learned about the league, what to look forward to in the future and why you should be watching this year's playoffs. Finally, they revisit their over/under predictions (locks, drops and mishma...

Lukas and Marco are joined from across the pond by friend of the pod and co-host of The DownLow NBA Podcast  Will Konken – and what a pleasure it was! Will talks the boys through the quiet but solid moves made by Toronto this off-season, what to expect from Scottie Barnes, the half a dozen 7' wingspans on the Raptors this year and how – and where – you should expect Pascal Siakam to play this year...

For the individual player awards last NBA season, Lukas and Marco made two sets of predictions: one very bold at the beginning of the year, one less bold once the regular season had come to the close. The boys take a look back at the good, the bad and the Obi Toppin from their picks and reflect on the actual winners. Also: Lukas had a dream, why the 2021-22 season will be better than ever and Cert...

The preseason lull is well and truly kicking in, but the trade wheel is still slowly spinning, feeding NBA fans little morsels to gobble up. Marco and Lukas discuss Lauri Markannen's move to Cleveland, Rajon Rondo's return to the Lakers and then run headfirst into a slew of sports and pop culture topics: Max Kellerman losing his job at First Take, the practiced antagonism of Skip Bayless, Jake Pau...

The Klay Thompson of Monday night Collingwood basketball Sam Reeves joins the pod to talk Brad Steven's weird first off-season in charge and what to expect from the Boston Celtics in 2021/22. Then, Marco and Lukas have been loading up on basketball documentaries in lockdown and are full of hot new takes on the Malice at the Palace and the Longley Express.

In their first week off ever, a lot of NBA news has happened, so Marco and Lukas are back to catch up with it all. Lukas's beloved Wiz made a big splash signing Spencer Dinwiddie, and he couldn't be happier with the fit and the roster flexibility it gives the Wizards. Dennis Schroder has ended up with MLE chump change after turning a big extension with the Lakers last off-season, and Marco thinks...

The first day of NBA free agency has been and gone, and although it's not the most earth-shattering free agency class, there have been some major shake-ups. Russell Westbrook's trade to the Lakers has leaved fans baffled and Lukas over the moon – he and Marco discuss what on earth Rob Pelinka was thinking and how much this benefits the Wizards. Also: Lowry bolsters the Heat, the Bulls man up and d...

The Milwaukee Bucks are the 2021 NBA champions! Marco and Lukas accidentally talk about USA Basketball before quickly returning to Giannis's epic performance in Game 6 and the whole series, the championship team the Bucks became and what's next for the Phoenix Suns. Olympics basketball has kicked off with a solid win over Nigeria for the Boomers, a disappointing loss to Belgium for the Opals, and...

We could be one game away from crowning a champion for the 2021 NBA season – or at the very worst, two. Marco and Lukas discuss the Bucks' great turn around in Games 4 and 5, including some huge defensive stops and a HoFer performance from Giannis, as well as Chris Paul's lacking play and the controversy around fouls. Then, to the WNBA, where a fantastic All-Star game was capped off by one of the...

The 2021 NBA Finals are perfectly poised at 2-1, and Lukas and Marco are here to break down the first three games and what they expect for the rest of the series. Can Booker swing things around with a big Game 4? Are the Bucks making the right defensive decisions and matchups? Whose roleplayers will ultimately pull through? But also: why Chris Paul is like sweet paprika, does Bud have a tape guy,...

Nets in 4 baby! The 2021 NBA Finals are poised to start with a match-up pretty much everyone predicted. Wait I'm being handed a note by my producer here... the Bucks and the Suns?! Lukas and Marco break down the big matchups for the Finals, gauge the impact of Giannis' presence and absence, and ask not "What would Bud do?" but "What would you do if you were Bud?". Also: the 2021 NBA Draft, why a p...

A half century for the JVGers! Lukas presents Marco with his NBA-playing-AFL starting 18 as a special treat. There's some Conference Finals talk, some trade rumours, but most importantly the boys make one simple request for the big 50: stop giving abusers head coaching jobs in the NBA!

The 2021 NBA playoffs are reaching peak levels of excitement – two game 7s in the East, a tasty matchup in the West and the league's best putting up big and coming up short. Lukas and Marco discuss the Bucks-Nets heart-stopping final duel, the Hawks' unexpected but wholly deserved victory over Philly and the matchups in the coming Conference Finals – all over a hearty bowl of Alessio Conte's homem...

The NBA playoffs roll on, and so must the show! The boys talk the G7 summit, hot sandwiches, why Lukas is a mix between Doris Burke and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, what is and isn't a flagrant, getting rid of the iso, abhorrent MVP voting and some of the basketball games that happened this week.

LeBum and the LA Fakers have been eliminated from playoff contention, and friend of the pod and Lakers diehard Darrel is here to pick up – or move on – the pieces. Who from this selection of role players will be a Laker next year? Are AD and LeBron still the future of the franchise? It's actually phenomenal that no one says LeBum in this twenty minute segment. Then, Marco and Lukas talk you throug...