First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast

Most teams celebrate making the Finals, but in 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers sent a message, and created one of the Coldest Moments in NBA History. Guest Ryan Bergara goes deep on Game 6, discusses his career, and shares some good old fashioned, real ghost stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBA Champion Klay Thompson scored 37 points.  In about 10 minutes, during one quarter, of a professional basketball game.  The rest of the game?  Eh.  Is one sterling quarter enough for the First Ballot Hall of Fame?  Plus, guest Zach Harper (@talkhoops) breaks down Julia Louis Dreyfus, the Anthony Edwards Battle for Supremacy, and what makes an NBA run the best thing in the world. Learn more abou...

Shawn Kemp’s dunks are fully electric.  Shawn Kemp would have left the Internet in ribbons.  It’s time we commemorate Shawn Kemp the right way, by deciding which of his dunks should make the First Ballot Hall of Fame:  his most infamous, or his most underappreciated?  A 90’s basketball geekfest with guest @Dunkcomp.  Plus, the importance of the post-dunk celebration, and a conversation as to wheth...

Arike Ogunbowale may have the most underrated sports moment of the last 30 years.  Co-host of Spinsters podcast, Jordan Ligons (@_jordanligons) discusses whether Ogunbowale’s back-to-back game and National Championship winners are the Greatest Moment in NCAA Basketball History.  Plus, Jordan shares details on the most insane college mascot that’s ever existed. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

All 6 feet and 165 lbs of Allen Iverson had to face the Best Duo in NBA History — Shaq and Kobe — and the Los Angeles Lakers, who were undefeated in the 2001 NBA Playoffs.  What Iverson did that night was create one of the Most Enduring Sports Moment in the last two decades, but will two die-hard Laker fans allow it into the First Ballot Hall of Fame?  Nick Wiger (@nickwiger) of the Legendary Doug...

Is Draymond Green’s ruthless berating of Paul Pierce Hall of Fame worthy?  The King of NBA Twitter, Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) helps decide whether Draymond is the King of NBA Trash Talk, and talks about visiting his dad on set of the classic movie White Men Can’t Jump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are ICONS of the highest order, two sport superstars and feisty rivals.  You will not believe what happened the first and ONLY time they faced each other in professional competition.  Plus, our guest, ESPN’s @joonlee, tells a world-class Reggie Jackson story and talks price tag on a Bo/Deion throwback t-shirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

A crushing loss for the Toronto Raptors gave birth to a legendary, #NBAtwitter viral video.  We get the real story behind the moment, then guest Molly Morrison's (@mollyhannahm) theory that will change NBA fans forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To Hell and Back! A deep dive on what might be the Greatest Professional Wrestling Match of All-Time — Hell in a Cell: Undertaker vs. Mankind — with our guest, the Reverend @solomonmissouri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honoring Shaquille O’Neal’s annihilation of Chris Dudley with Jason Concepcion (@netw3rk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premiere episode celebrating the majesty of the Damian Lillard Wave with @DragonflyJonez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices