Hero Ball Podcast

2025-26 NBA Awards Predictions (Ep. 362) 20.10.2025 56:00 ↓

Elkyn and Richard talk about their predictions for the NBA awards for the upcoming season.

Atlantic Division Check-In (Ep. 361) 08.10.2025 44:20 ↓

Elkyn and Richard discuss how each team in the Atlantic division has handled the offseason so far.

Southwest Division Check-In (Ep. 360) 29.09.2025 1:00:21 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss how each team in the southwestern division has handled the offseason so far.

Pacific Division Check-In (Ep. 359) 22.09.2025 59:32 ↓

Richard and Ethan connect to discuss the Kawhi cap circumvention drama and the Pacific division's offseason changes.

Southeast Division Check-In (Ep 358) 24.08.2025 48:13 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss how each team in the southeastern division has handled the offseason so far.

Northwest Division Check-In (Ep. 357) 27.07.2025 1:06:12 ↓

Ethan and Richard are back to talk about how each team in the northwest division has handled the offseason so far.

Central Division Check-In (Ep. 356) 13.07.2025 1:04:26 ↓

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard are back to talk about how each team in the central division has handled the offseason so far.

NBA Finals, Draft, and Free Agency Catch Up (Ep. 355) 30.06.2025 1:07:22 ↓

Elkyn and Richard discuss the NBA Finals, the Pacers run, some draft thoughts, and give a Free Agency preview.

Ethan is loud wrong on Mothers Day (Ep. 354) 12.05.2025 1:01:27 ↓

Ethan and Elkyn connect after a long hiatus to discuss the playoff picture before the Mother's Day game.

Post All-Star Break NBA Tiers (Ep. 353) 23.02.2025 59:01 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss the contenders, pretenders, the Torontos, and tankers as they tier the NBA.

Post-Trade Deadline Analysis (Ep. 352) 16.02.2025 50:13 ↓

Ethan, Richard, and Elkyn are back at it again to discuss everything that happened from the Trade Deadline from the Lakers trades and non-trades to the Dennis Schröder trade.

Luka to LA (Ep. 351) 02.02.2025 39:52 ↓

Ethan and Richard give their thoughts on the Luka Doncic trade and where each team goes from here.

Are There Too Many 3s? (Ep. 350) 06.01.2025 36:21 ↓

Elkyn and Richard deliberate whether there are too many 3s in today's game and discuss ideas people have suggested to reduce them.

Christmas Preview (Ep. 349) 23.12.2024 48:53 ↓

Ethan and Richard preview the Christmas Day NBA slate.

Fake Trades Are Back (Ep. 348) 17.12.2024 39:09 ↓

Ethan and Richards talk about potential trade opportunities as players signed over the offseason are now eligible for trade.

NBA Rookie Round-up (Ep. 347) 25.11.2024 40:06 ↓

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard give their early-season thoughts on the NBA's rookie class.

How are the Over/Under's Looking? (Ep. 346) 18.11.2024 55:08 ↓

Ethan and Richard talk about the season so far with the lens of our most passionate takes and disagreements on teams Over/Under's predictions.

NBA Over/Unders 2024-25 (Ep. 345) 21.10.2024 1:02:32 ↓

Ethan and Richard give their over under predictions for each team.

Ten NBA Preseason Questions (Ep. 344) 07.10.2024 1:12:37 ↓

Elkyn and Richard ask ten pressing questions about ten different NBA teams leading up to the beginning of the new season.

Western Conference Free Agency Check-in Part 1 26.08.2024 53:12 ↓

Ethan and Elkyn connect to talk about the Western conference teams offseason moves. They cover Dallas through New Orleans alphabetically

Eastern Conference Free Agency Check-In (Ep. 342) 07.07.2024 1:27:33 ↓

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss the offseason moves of the Eastern Conference teams to date.

2024 NBA Mock Draft (Ep. 341) 23.06.2024 1:37:44 ↓

Ethan and Richard do a mock draft of the first 20 picks of the draft and then talk about a few prospects that are notable or that they are interested in. Time Stamps: 2:40 - Atlanta 9:25 - Washington 14:20 - Houston 18:25 - San Antonio 24:25 - Detroit 29:10 - Charlotte 35:35 - Portland 43:25 - San Antonio 46:50 - Memphis 51:00 - Utah 57:35 - Chicago 59:50 - Oklahoma City 1:06:00 - Sacramento 1:10:...

NBA Finals Check-in after 3-1 (Ep. 340) 16.06.2024 33:02 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss the possibility of the Mavericks coming back from 0-3 and what they've seen in the Finals to this point.

2024 NBA Finals Preview (Ep. 339) 03.06.2024 37:22 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss the upcoming Finals matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks.

2024 Conference Finals Check-In (Ep. 338) 27.05.2024 52:15 ↓

Ethan and Richard discuss the 3-0 series leads by Dallas and Boston and take a deeper dive into the Pacers unique situation.