Hero Ball Podcast

State of the Franchise series continued with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers. 

State of the Franchise series continued with the Toronto Raptors and Denver Nuggets

State of the Franchise series continued with the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks. 

State of the Franchise series continued with the Dallas Mavericks & Atlanta Hawks 

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss the state of the franchise for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Chicago Bulls. 

Ethan and Richard discuss the winners, losers, and everything in between as it relates to the trade deadline. 

NBA trade deadline has come and gone, Ethan is joined by Jared Hinzman from The Daily Cooker to talk about the deadline deals and preview a few of the buyout players.  Check out The Daily Cooker's content on twitter @TheDailyCooker 

Ethan, Elkyn & Richard present and discuss self concocted trade ideas and determine proper value for players likely on the move before the NBA trade deadline.  

Ethan and Elkyn discus the Knicks and Mavericks trade headlined by Kristaps Porzingis where this leave each franchise for the remainder of the season and continue that into a the Knicks State of the Franchise. 

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss the Oldaipo injury and then give a look at the state of the Memphis Grizzlies. 

Ethan and Richard discuss the state of the Cleveland Cavaliers and only spend 90% of the time complaining about Larry Nance's contract. 

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss the outlook of the Phoenix Suns and what each of them think they should do moving forward. 

Elkyn and Richard kick off the State of the Franchise series with the Washington Wizards. They give an overlook of their bleak outlook and give their thoughts about what they would do if they were GM. 

Ethan and Richard discuss potential NBA related dog names and discuss recent NBA happenings such as the John Wall injury, the Pat McCaw signing, and the Chicago/Memphis trade.

Elkyn, Ethan, and Richard discuss the slate of Christmas day games. They also explored the fit of a couple sub-25% 3pt shooters.

The whole group talks about Delly's Cleveland return in the Bucks-Cavs-Wizards trade, unhappy Eric Gordon, and try to determine the Donc-man's value (spoiler: its high)

Ethan and Elkyn go through the Western Conference, no doubt being being disrespectful to most teams.

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss the tiers of the Eastern Conference. Come for the "Contenders" tier, and stay for the "Put Ties On for Zion" tier.

Ethan and Richard discuss the trade value of Markelle Fultz by coming up with some fake trades for him.

Elkyn, Ethan, and Richard talk about the Timberwolves and 76ers trade including All-star Jimmy Butler and how the transactions shape the fortunes each team. Twitter: @Hero_Ball_Pod Instgram: @heroballpod

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss some of their pre-season takes that they are sorry or not sorry that they made.

Richard is joined by Austin Strode to discuss all things Blazers. Austin also gives his experience attending an opening night win for the Blazers over the Lakers.

Ethan & Elkyn speak on the first week of basketball in the NBA, Rockets-Lakers scuffle / conference hierarchy / And other observations

Ethan, Elkyn, and Richard discuss and debate their picks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team All-NBA as well as their picks for 1st and 2nd team All-Rookie.

Ethan and Richard create a Fantasy Basketball team called "You Reach, Joe Teach" that is centered around our favorite, Joe Ingles. This is the recording of their draft: Their live thoughts, picks, and reactions.