Happy Hour Hoops

Welcome back hoopers! the NBA is BACK from the All-Star break. We decided to give our FULL playoff and award predictions as if the season ended today and the playoffs started tomorrow. We discuss: - Award Races - New Play-In Rules - Blake to the Nets - Who is the Halfway NBA Champion? -and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome hoopers! We are coming LIVE this week with the HEAT. We have revamped our 12 takes of Christmas and decided to give our hottest takes for the upcoming 2nd half of the NBA season. We discuss: - are NBA refs getting out of hand? - Dame Time? - The Brooklyn Nets Ceiling - Mavs playoff potential? - TJ McConnell defensive stand out - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome back hoopers! The NBA announced their FULL All-Star roster for March 7th and we break down all the selections here. We discuss: - Giannis or Embiid? - Which young superstar would you rather start a franchise with? - Jokic, Kawhi or LeBron? - Is Dame better than Steph? - Who got snubbed? - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome back! We go #AroundTheNBA in this pod, catching up on all the craziness of the last week in the league. We discuss: - MJ's Birthday! - AD's injury impact - Are the Jazz for real? - Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond trade spots - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome hoopers! On this week's episode we go through the state of New York basketball this year in the NBA as we talk Nets with Spencer Shanman and Knicks with Joe Konze. We discuss: - Shanman's love of the Nets growing up - The Kyrie Irving experience - how do they become title contenders? - Konze's timeline as a Knicks fan - The Derrick Rose addition - Are the Knicks a playoff team?  -and...

The NBA season continues to roll along and one of the biggest days of the years is right around the corner, TRADE DEADLINE DAY. We give you a primer on the names you should expect to hear in all the WOJ tweets for the next couple weeks. We discuss: - Bradley Beal - JJ Redick - Lonzo Ball - Andre Drummond - Zach Lavine - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome hoopers! On today's pod, we give our favorite Kobe memories and discuss his impact on our fandom and the game as a whole. First, we discuss: - Donovan Mitchell and Shaq - Who is the elite team in the East? - Can anyone contend with the Lakers in the West? - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Welcome back hoopers! Today we check in on the awards odds for the league with Ty B and Merekat from Trainwreck Sports. We discuss: - What's good with the new-look Nets? - LaMelo Mania - Lots of Nikola Jokic love - If the Sixers win the East, do they clean up during awards season? - Is the MVP Lebron's to lose? -and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

What's up hoopers! On this very special episode of Happy Hour Hoops we have our first guest, @JeffNadu of Barstool Sports! Jeff joins the pod to discuss: - How he got into podcasting and starting Big Man on BB - Sixers fandom and why they messed up the Harden trade - NBA + College basketball futures - and more! Follow Jeff @JeffNadu and follow his podcast @BigManonBB Follow US @HappyHourHoops1 and...

IT FINALLY HAPPENED. We' have been calling for it since before the season began and finally, James Harden has been traded to the Brooklyn Nets in a 4-team deal that also included Indiana and Cleveland. We discuss: - How will Brooklyn's three stars work together? - Did Houston make the right move? - How did Cleveland sneak into this deal? - Indiana bolsters their roster for the future and for a tit...

Welcome back hoopers! Hope you enjoyed the basketball but who are we kidding, we know you were watching wild card weekend and that's okay because we're here to catch you up on everything. This week we discuss: - How has COVID started to impact the NBA schedule? - The Nets continue to be a soap opera - How can we fix the Kings? -and more!  Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

Happy New Year hoopers! On today's pod we discuss: - Stop disrespecting Steph Curry -What's wrong with the Raptors? -The Nets defensive struggles -  a game of Would You Rather?: NBA Style - and more! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts

HAPPY NEW YEAR HOOPERS!! This ep, we go through our favorite moments in basketball from 2020. We kept it light for y'all to open up 2021.  Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwrecksprts 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the hoopers out there. Today on the pod we give our 12 takes of Christmas, after one of the wildest opening weekends of NBA basketball in recent history (although Christmas day was pretty buns not gonna lie...) we discuss: -How good are the Suns going to be? -What's going on with the Celtics? -Cavs and Kings atop their conferences -Lakers might be even mor...

Who's really going to win the NBA title this year? We break down the 10 contenders to the throne: Brooklyn - 12:00 Dallas - 19:00 Portland - 23:15 Philly - 27:00 Lakers - 31:00 Clippers - 38:00 Bucks - 42:00 Heat - 48:00 Nuggets - 51:00 Celtics - 57:00 + our Finals picks! Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and don't forget to follow @trainwrecksprts

What is at stake for the biggest stars in the NBA this year? We run through all of that and more on this edition of Happy Hour Hoops. We discuss: Giannis is staying! Are the Bucks any better than previous years though? - 3:40 AD and Lebron's Laker Legacy - 14:00 The Kyrie and KD experiment - 22:00 Celtics Young Guns ready for their moment? - 34:00 Where in the world will James Harden go? - 41:00 I...

Welcome to our final division preview where we break down the Southeast! We discuss: Are the Heat better than last year's team? - 2:00 Can the Hawks find some magic... and maybe another superstar? - 13:00 What do the Orlando Magic think of themselves? - 23:00 Whose team is it in Charlotte, Lamelo's, or Hayward's? - 28:00 The Wizards might be good! - 37:00 Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and @trainwreck...

Welcome to the Pacific Division Preview! This division is LOADED with talent and will easily be one of the most competitive in the NBA. We discuss: Are the Lakers going to repeat? - 1:00 What do the remaining pieces of the Warriors dynasty have left? - 12:00 Does Chris Paul really raise the Suns' ceiling? - 22:00 How do the Clippers move on from last year's disappointment? - 31:30 How can the King...

Welcome to our Southwest Division preview but FIRST, we have a BIG announcement. Happy Hour Hoops will now be affiliated with Trainwreck Sports! Follow them @trainwrecksprts and look out for more content coming from us on their socials and on their website (trainwrecksports.com) Now onto the preview! We discuss:  Houston, we have a James Harden problem - (4:45) What is Luka's ceiling this yea...

This week on Happy Hour Hoops we continue right along with our division previews as we go back to the Eastern Conference to cover the Central Division aka the Giannis division. We discuss: Bucks - What's going on with Giannis? - 1:30 Pacers - Sleeper team in the East? - 16:00 Pistons - What is the vision? - 28:30 Cavs - What do they have in their young guards? - 37:00 Bulls - Are they due for a bi...

Welcome to the Northwest Division preview! The last two years, this division has produced two of the conference finalists in the West (Blazers and Nuggets) and they are looking to reload to make a run at a title. We break down the entire division and both of us truly believe the top of this division is going to be one of the most competitive in the league. We discuss: Nuggets - 2:30 Timberwolves -...

Today is the first episode of our 2020 NBA season preview! We are breaking the league down by divisions as we get ready to enter the strangest NBA season in history. We start today with the Atlantic Division. We discuss: Celtics - 2:30 Nets - 19:20 Knicks - 30:30 Sixers - 39:00 Raptors - 47:00 Follow us @happyhourhoops1 and be on the lookout for announcements coming soon! Up next: Northwest Divisi...

NBA Free Agency is in FULL SWING and with this shortened offseason, the regular season is RIGHT around the corner and we have got you covered on everything big that's happened so far including -Hayward and Lamelo to the Hornets -Klay Thompson injury impact -Lakers are reloading and retooling, interested in chasing Giannis? -What are the bucks going to do about Giannis? -The Hawks make a SPLASH -Cl...

Welcome to Happy Hour Hoops season two! The NBA offseason is in full swing and that means that rumors are flying and NBA fans are over-analyzing James Harden Instagram stories. We cover some of the biggest trades we might see over the next few days between stars and on NBA Draft night. We also discuss:  Chris Paul TRADED to the Suns (!!!!!) Schroeder moved to the Lakers for Danny Green. What...

The NBA season is finally over :( so Jake and Dunny decided to recap EVERYTHING that went down inside of the NBA Bubble! We discuss: Our Top 5 bubble moments (1:30) Did the bubble make some of these players look better than they are? (15:30) Will we see another bubble? (21:00) JR Smith and Dwight Howard's legacies (24:00) Disappointing bubble teams (35:00) Impressive bubble teams (42:00) Top 5 Fin...