Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast

Dan and Mort Jensen of 'The NBA Podcast' go through their biggest needs for every Western Conference team following the height of free agency. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:27 - San Antonio Spurs 12:14 - Minnesota Timberwolves 20:48 - Houston Rockets 35:30 - Memphis Grizzlies 40:15 - Los Angeles Lakers 48:03 - Oklahoma City Thunder 53:25 - Utah Jazz 58:30 - Phoenix Suns 1:07:03 - Sacramento Kings 1:...

Dan and Mort Jensen of 'The NBA Podcast' go through their biggest need for every Eastern Conference team following the height of free agency. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:21 - Atlanta Hawks 5:19 -  Cleveland Cavaliers 9:10 - Detroit Pistons 14:29 - Toronto Raptors 20:21 - Indiana Pacers 25:24 - Boston Celtics 31:16 - Miami Heat 37:24 - Philadelphia 76ers 41:54 - Milwaukee Bucks 46:56 - Washington W...

Dan is joined by Mort Jensens ( @msjnba ) of  The NBA Podcast to bounce around the NBA with a bunch of questions they have following the opening flurry of offseason activity. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:42 - Should the Spurs make a trade? 21:49 - What is the Lakers' defensive ceiling? 37:29 - How will the Thunder get out of the tax? 49:19 - Uhhhh, Bulls? 57:26 - Are we sleeping on the Hornets? 1:0...

 Dan and Grant give their reactions to the Jaylen Brown trade and the Lakers going ALL-IN on Walker Kessler, as well as react to other bits of news and rumors and transactions from around the league. They also ponder the ultimate question: Can the NBA offseason get any crazier? TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:21 - Jaylen Brown trade reaction 5:18 - Did the Celtics make a giant mistake? 32:41 - Are the...

Dan and Grant react to all the biggest, boldest, baddest signings, trades and rumors from the official start of NBA free agency / silly season. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 3:50 - Kawhi Leonard trade details 6:19 - Impact on the Raptors 19:48 - Impact on the Clippers 21:01 - DEAN WADE TO THE SIXERS 23:04 - Back to the Clippers 28:37 - Should the Spurs have gone for Kawhi? 32:07 - The Grizzlies rip of...

Dan and Grant discuss the Hornets trading Miles Bridges to the Suns. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - Trade Details 1:33 - Impact on the Charlotte Hornets 5:20 - Impact on the Phoenix Suns SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram:  @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky:...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks NBA campfire to preview the 2026 NBA offseason for the Chicago Bulls. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - Bulls offseason vitals 2:45 - Are the Bulls starting over? 3:36 - Is anyone on the roster untouchable? 11:22 - Best way to build around Caleb Wilson 13:52 - Bulls' biggest needs 15:45 - Potential targets SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HA...

Dan and Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) from Bleacher Report gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Los Angeles Clippers. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:15 - Clippers offseason vitals 2:17 - Clippers direction 8:28 - Kawhi trade rumors 24:59 - Darius Garland’s future 32:47 - Bennedict Mathurin restricted free agency 35:34 - Biggest needs and targets SUPPORT US ON PA...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks NBA campfire to preview the 2026 NBA offseason for the Atlanta Hawks. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:20 - Hawks offseason vitals 2:35 - Jonathan Kuminga's team option 4:09 - Are the Hawks plotting something big? 8:40 - What are their biggest needs? 12:38 - Potential trade and free-agency targets 19:00 - Onyeka Okongwu extension 20:29 - Big-name targets...

Dan and Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) from Bleacher Report break down their reaction to LaMelo Ball getting traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. After that, they gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Los Angeles Clippers. Follow Bryan HERE: https://bsky.app/profile/btoporek.bsky.social. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 4:09 - LaMelo trade details 4:40 - Impact of th...

Dan and Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) from Bleacher Report gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Dallas Mavericks. Follow Bryan HERE: https://bsky.app/profile/btoporek.bsky.social. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 3:44 - Mavs offseason vitals 5:53 - Are the Mavs prime vitals? 9:07 - Kyrie Irving’s trade value 15:48 - Extension candidates 23:09 - What are the Mavs’ bi...

Dan and Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) from Bleacher Report gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Memphis Grizzlies. Follow Bryan HERE: https://bsky.app/profile/btoporek.bsky.social. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:45 - Grizzlies Offseason vitals 4:24 - The Isaiah Stewart trade 10:10 - Will Ja Morant be traded? 27:55 - Should Memphis extend Jaylen Wells? 30:01 - Be...

Dan and Grant break down the fallout from the 2026 NBA draft, and like always, Mr. Hughes is COMING IN BLIND. The fantabulous duo is also reacting to the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade, Trae Young extension, Julius Randle trade AND MORE. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 3:47 - AJ Dybantsa to the Washington Wizards 8:13 - Darryn Peterson to the Utah Jazz 12:08 - Cam Boozer to the Memphis Grizzlies 18:32 - Ca...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks NBA campfire to preview the 2026 NBA offseason for the San Antonio Spurs. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 1:50 - San Antonio Spurs offseason vitals 5:15 - Victor Wembanyama extension 9:02 - Julian Champagnie’s future 16:26 - Other extension candidates 19:32 - Biggest needs 27:06 - How aggressive should the Spurs be? 29:02 - Potential trade and free-agency...

Dan and Jabari Davis (@jabariadavis) from iHeart radio gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers. Follow Jabari HERE: https://bsky.app/profile/jabariadavis.bsky.social. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 1:00 - What's the plan this offseason? 3:10  - Offseason vitals 5:18 - Austin Reaves’ free agency 10:55 - LeBron James’ free agency 17:10 - Rui Hach...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks NBA campfire to preview the 2026 NBA offseason for the New York Knicks. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:35 - Knicks offseason vitals 5:11 - Will they go into the second apron? 12:34 - The Mitchell Robinson talk 21:21 - Values of Landry Shamet and Jose Alvarado 26:05 - Karl-Anthony Towns extension 32:18 - Deuce McBride extension 36:26 - Biggest needs 38:0...

Dan is joined by Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman for a deep dive into the 2026 NBA draft! Follow Wass' work HERE: https://x.com/NBADraftWass. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:42 - AJ Dybansta 8:43 - Darryn Peterson 16:43 - Cam Boozer 25:03 - Caleb Wilson 30:18 - The top-four discussion 34:19  - Darius Acuff Jr. 37:06 - Kingston Flemings 39:04 - Mikel Brown Jr. 42:11 - Keaton Wagler 45:36 - Braydon...

Dan and Danny Marang (@DannyMarang) from 105.1 The Fan and Jacked Ramsays gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Portland Trail Blazers. SUPPORT Danny on Patreon HERE: https://www.patreon.com/cw/JackedRamsays. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 4:47 - Takeaways from last season 10:07 - Replacing Tiago Splitter 19:04 - Offseason vitals 20:43 - Scoot Henderson’s futur...

Dan and Darian (@truzzbuzz) from Trust The Buzz (@trustthebuzz) gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Charlotte Hornets. SUBSCRIBE to Darian's YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@TrustTheBuzz. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 1:21 - Lottery thoughts 4:03 - How this season changed the timeline? 7:32 - Hornets offseason vitals 9:52 - Coby White’s free agency 17:...

Dan and Salman Ali (@SalmanAliNBA) and Forrest Walker (@dunots) from Red Nation Hoops and Twitch gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Houston Rockets. Subscribe to Red Nation Hoops HERE: https://www.rednationhoops.com/. Follow Forrest on Twitch HERE: https://www.twitch.tv/PixelGoblins. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:38 -  Biggest regular season takeaways 9:1...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to discuss what every team can learn from the 2026 NBA Finals. First, they get into the response to the New York Knicks winning it all. Then, they discuss their biggest takeaways for both the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs moving forward. Finally, they rattle off a bunch of different lessons the NBA at large has learned from the Finals. TIMEST...

Dan and Wes Goldberg of Locked On Heat gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the NBA offseason for the Miami Heat. Subscribe to Locked On Heat HERE: https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnHeat. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 1:08 - The Giannis Antetokounmpo Bogeyman 6:47 - Miami Heat offseason vitals 8:16 - Futures of Norman Powell & Andrew Wiggins 14:41 - Will Miami give out any extensi...

Dan is joined by Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) from Spotrac and The Front Office Show for an NBA offseason chaos draft! After that, he talks about some bigger, overarching topics and themes to monitor as we head into the summer. FOLLOW KEITH'S WORK HERE: https://www.spotrac.com/news/_/author/keith-smith. 0:00 - INTRO 3:54 - Pick No. 1 7:02 - Pick No. 2 9:18 - Pick No. 3 15:08 - Pick No. 4 18:41 - P...

Dan and Grant discuss a WILD Game 4 of the NBA Finals, keys for the Knicks and Spurs moving forward and the race to win Finals MVP. TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 6:52 - Where did it go wrong for the Spurs? 19:52 - Karl-Anthony Towns’ game-saving play 23:03 - Mike Brown’s masterclass  30:43 - Victor Wembanyama’s approach  33:47 - The De’Aaron Fox conundrum 47:37 - Is Wemby wearing down? 51:59 - The gre...

Dan and Grant gather 'round the Hardwood Knocks campfire to preview the 2026 NBA offseason for the Golden State Warriors! TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 1:43 - Warriors offseason vitals 4:05 - Stephen Curry extension 6:19 - Draymond Green’s player option 11:09 - Future of Kristaps Porzingis 14:15 - Which other free agents will be back? 18:56 - Brandin Podziemski extension 22:59 - Biggest needs and trad...