GameTime w/ Zach and Jahmir

The trade deadline has come and gone and we have seen players like James Harden, Ben Simmons, and CJ McCollum on their new teams. We discuss how the title picture has changed, the impact of some of these moves. And what teams are hot right now as well. To call off the episode we get into the awards race as the season rolled into the last quarter.

To start off the new year, Zach and Jahmir discuss the concept of tanking vs. rebuilding, pros and cons behind it and if it is an ethical approach to team building. They bring up different points like “The Process”, OKC’s current attempt at rebuilding and also talk about teams who wait too long to rebuild, discussing current teams like the Portland Trailblazers and Washington Wizards.

With NBA Christmas games on the horizon, Zach and Jahmir get into the upcoming Christmas games and end up discussing the impact Covid has had on the league. Then their wishes for the NBA for the upcoming year are discussed, ranging from Portland and Dallas roster shake-ups to the Ben Simmons saga coming to a conclusion. Thanks for a great year everyone, looking forward to another year of talking h...

The NBA has played a little over a fourth of the season at this point, Zach and Jahmir must have some thoughts right? Yes, they discuss some teams who have met or exceeded expectations so far like the Bulls and Warriors. But, also talk about teams who have disappointed so far like the Celtics and Trailblazers along with discussing the new rules a bit and projecting where teams may stack up around...

We look into the NBA 75th anniversary list that was released this season. We talk about our initial thoughts and try to understand how this list was cobbled together. Then we get into our snubs for this list (free Dwight). Following that, we discuss some questionable additions, and get into a Giannis discussion. We delve into the list of voters as well, thinking about the objectivity of the list.

We recap the WNBA Finals, where the Chicago Sky came out on top. We discussed what the Sky did to secure the trophy, the journey of the teams in the finals, our personal Finals MVP picks, and the WNBA playoffs as a whole. Next we talk about some things we are looking forward to for the next season and the possibility of league expansion. Thank you WNBA for a great season, we look forward to your r...

We are kicking off season 2 of GameTime w/ Zach & Jahmir with a preview of the NBA season.  we discuss the Western Conference and go through key points for every team from the contenders to the lottery crew. We talk about some things we are looking forward to as we prepare to head into an interesting year in the NBA!

We take a look at the '21-'22 NBA landscape with a look at the Eastern Conference. We go through everyone from the contenders to the lottery crew, talk about some players we are keeping an eye on, some key factors for each team coming into the season. Let the games begin!

20th episode!!! We discuss the round 3 series of the WNBA playoffs which featured the two lower-seeded teams prevailing. We get into the Mercury-Aces series and try to figure out how the prohibitive favorite Aces were taken down by an injury-riddled Phoenix team, and discuss Bill Laimbeer’s coaching style. We also get into the impressive and dominant performance by the Sky, who took down the top-s...

We’re back for Round 2 of the WNBA playoffs! In this episode we recap the star-studded second round, which featured Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm vs. Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury. This game was followed by Candace Parker and the Chicago Sky versus Sylvia Fowles and the Minnesota Lynx. Afterwards we make predictions for the Semi-finals which features the Sun vs. Sky and the Mercury vs. Ac...

In this episode we discuss round 1 of the WNBA playoffs! We start off talking about an electrifying Liberty vs. Mercury game, which featured an amazing effort from the Liberty and late game execution from Phoenix. Afterwards, we get into the Wings vs. Sky game where we saw an impressive effort from the young guns on the Wings, but the Sky defense and transition offense proved too much. Finally we...

We are back and discussing the Basketball Hall of Fame! We look into the requirements of getting into the Hall of Fame and talk about the requirements (0:00). Following that we discuss some current entrants who we feel may be questionable or interesting cases including the great Tracy McGrady (9:17). To close out the conversation we debate the cases of some current players such as Carmelo Anthony,...

We talk about the relationship between basketball and fashion! This episode features our first guest: Christian Coleman, founder of FRUIT (@_f_rui_t on IG) and a musician known as KhantheDon (Stream “Loading” on Spotify and Apple Music). We talk about how basketball has influenced our own sense of fashion (0:00). Next we look into some ways basketball and the players have influenced fashion off th...

Episode 15: There’s Levels to This In our first off-season episode, we get into a tier list discussion. We dive into the question “what makes someone a superstar?” and discuss some fallacies/misconceptions perpetrated by the media and fans alike (0:35). Then we look into the tiers of players, ranging from superstars to scrubs (12:45). We then get into some discussion about some of the borderline s...

GameTime w/ Zach and Jahmir has completed its first NBA season! We recap the finals and mention some key developments, including Giannis’ historic performance (2:45) Then we get into some surprises and disappointments from the season as a whole, reflecting on a truly unique season (23:00). Following that we head into a buy or sell regarding the off-season and the many names coming up in trade rumo...

We are back with another WNBA episode! We start off with some 2k banter following the release of the cover athletes (shoutout to Candace Parker)! We cover the all-star game and the unique Olympic vs WNBA format (5:50). We get into some surprises and disappointments from the first half of the WNBA season (11:33). Following that we get into the award races thus far and who we think is deserving up t...

The 2020-2021 season has reached its climax. We have the Milwaukee Bucks vs. the Phoenix Suns. We recapped the Bucks-Hawks ECF that featured two teams missing their respective top guns down the stretch, and talked about what’s next for Atlanta (2:20-16:40). Following that we discuss the tight Suns-Clippers WCF and talked about some crucial moments that could have swung the series (16:41-28:17). Af...

With a very exciting second round being completed, it's time to move on to the conference finals! We recap Phoenix-Nuggets (0:30-4:30), Discuss the impact of injuries (4:31-11:03) We Then move on to Utah-Clippers and how Ty Lue proved us wrong (11:04-21:31). Following that, we talk about Philly-Atlanta and Jahmir talks about his in-person experience in Game 5 of that series (21:32-50:05) Then we w...

The play-in tournament and first round was everything we were hoping for and more! A young gun eliminating a former champion and MVP. Some crazy 50 point performances, Many young stars taking the stage and showing what they are made of! We get into our thoughts about the play-in, recap the first round and preview round 2: the conference semifinals! Topic Tracker: 0-4:36 Play-In thoughts 4:36-36:00...

In an altered regular season we saw extremely tight award races, surprise teams step up and claim playoff spots and many awesome highlights along the way but,  the best time of the year to watch the NBA is now! The NBA playoffs have arrived! Zach and Jahmir get into who they think will survive the play-in tournament as well as the teams they think will see past the first round, this…...should be f...

We’ve waited all winter and spring for the return of the WNBA season and it has finally returned! Zach and Jahmir discuss and predict awards, season rankings and prepare our fans for the 25th WNBA season! Topic Tracker: 0-5:00 Looking Forward 5:00-16:48 League Landscape 16:49-26:54 Awards 26:54-46:39 Buy or Sell

EVERYONE loves a good basketball movie!!!! On this episode we discuss some of our favorites, characters we would use in a lineup as well as some movies that we feel are overrated and under appreciated. Topic Tracker: (2:15) Favorite Basketball Movie? (5:10)Basketball Movie Starting 5, 6th man, Coach and Unis? (11:30) What Movie would you want to see a reboot of? (15:14) Most overrated basketball m...

The trade deadline and All-Star break has passed. The second half of the regular season is under way....Zach and Jahmir share their thoughts and predictions about what is in store going down the stretch!!!

Covid-19 has greatly altered life as we know it for over a year now. There was much loss, pain, boredom and questions about what the future may hold. In the basketball world, we witnessed one of the most intriguing sequences of events unfold within a span of months. A bubble, a call for social  justice and much more. We reflect on the year that was, starting from the league shutdown on March 11th,...

The time of year where the stars who have shined brightest are recognized has come or has it? We debate who we believe has been snubbed out of a starting role in the All-Star game and who was snubbed out of the game all together. Additionally, we discuss if the game should even take place considering the state of the world and even do our own All-Star draft!!!!!