NBA History Conversations: Basketball Record

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - February 23 through March 9, 1985 - Insightful minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. The Chicago Bulls pl...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Boston - March 6, 1985 - L.A. Clippers at Chicago - March 8, 1985 - Utah at Chicago - March 9, 1985 In this episode, we discuss the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to hav...

SEC Legend, NBA veteran and European Champion, Rick Brown. We discuss Rick's early career and his tough, yet rewarding, decision to move to Atlanta and play high-school basketball. His outstanding HS years put Rick on the national radar and he was recruited by numerous colleges, including Michigan and Kentucky. Ultimately, he decided to move back home and played four years with Mississippi St...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - L.A. Lakers at Chicago - February 19, 1985 - Chicago vs Boston (at Hartford) - February 22, 1985 In this episode, we discuss the fifty-third and fifty-fourth games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to have access to the game DVDs,...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - February 8 through 22, 1985 - Insightful minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. The Chicago Bulls played f...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Philadelphia - February 1, 1985 - Detroit at Chicago - February 12, 1985 In this episode, we discuss the forty-seventh and fiftieth games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to have access to the game DVDs, giving us plent...

Drazen Petrovic biographer, Todd Spehr . Personally, this is an extra-special episode. My great friend of almost fifteen years, Todd Spehr, just released The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic . I invited another great mate of mine (and NB85 co-host), Aaron , to also chat with Todd, earlier this week. For more than three years, Todd has been consumed with the l...

Three-time NBA Champion and one of Houston's Top 10 Players of all-time, Mario Elie. We discuss Mario's incredible journey from New York's Power Memorial High School, through to becoming a three-time NBA Champion - a perfect example of hard work, determination and achievement. Many years before he joined the Golden State Warriors, Mario was teammates with future Hall of Famer, Chris...

Three-time Olympian / NBA Champion and Australia’s first ever NBA player, Luc Longley. Today marks the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (first) NBA return. I'm delighted to welcome back Luc Longley to the podcast. We discuss his recollections of the hoopla surrounding MJ's return to the Chicago Bulls, following Jordan's 1993 retirement. This conversation is much more than s...

Adam & Aaron select their Top 5 NBA Broadcasters / Commentators. We chat about those responsible for fostering our respective love for the game of basketball. Primarily, we talk about the golden era of not only the NBA, but commentary, too. This episode is littered with sound-bites from some of the most-iconic commentators the game has ever known. We primarily focus on the timeframe 1984 to 19...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA All-Star Game - February 10, 1985 In this episode, we break down the NBA's thirty-fifth All-Star Game. The game was played at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, in-front of a then-record NBA crowd of 43,146. We were fortunate to hav...

NBRPA Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Paul Corliss . The National Basketball Retired Players Association, was founded in 1992 by NBA luminaries, Dave DeBusschere, Dave Bing, Archie Clark, Dave Cowens and Oscar Robertson. The NBRPA is a non-profit association comprised of former professional basketball players (NBA, ABA, Harlem Globetrotters, and WNBA). It is the only alumni associa...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at New York: January 5, 1985 - NBA regular season - January 24 through February 7, 1985 - Insightful minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we break down the thirty-fourth game of MJ's professional c...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - January 9 through 23, 1985 - Insightful minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. The Chicago Bulls played ei...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - December 25, 1984, through January 8, 1985 - Insightful early-season minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season...

Thank you for being a part of my podcast journey. We've reached 50 episodes of 'In all Airness'. Here's to plenty more, as we kick-off 2015. A special thanks to my beautiful wife, Lisa, for being so understanding and accommodating of my passion for the podcast. Thanks, too, Aaron - co-hosting 10 of the episodes (and at least - as I type this - a further 16 ' NB85 ' ep...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - December 10 through December 24, 1984 - Insightful early-season minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. The...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Portland: November 24, 1984 - Chicago at L.A. Clippers: November 30, 1984 In this episode, we discuss the fifteenth and eighteenth games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to have access to the game DVDs, giving us plenty...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - November 25 through December 9, 1984 - Insightful early-season minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the next 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. The...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - San Antonio at Chicago: November 13, 1984 - Philadelphia at Chicago: November 17, 1984 In this episode, we discuss the ninth and eleventh games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to have access to the game DVDs, giving us plenty of...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - November 10 through November 24, 1984 - Insightful early-season minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous happenings from the second 15-day block of the 1984-85 NBA season. T...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Detroit: November 7, 1984 - Chicago at New York: November 8, 1984 In this episode, we discuss the sixth and seventh games of MJ's professional career. We were fortunate to have access to the game DVDs, giving us plenty of topics and...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - October 26 through November 9, 1984 - Chicago and Milwaukee's home-and-home series (Oct 27 & 29) - Insightful early-season minutiae, all but lost to the annals of basketball history In this episode, we discuss numerous...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Sam Smith's book: There is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan In another special episode, we are joined by Bulls.com columnist, New York Times best-selling author ( The Jordan Rules ) and former podcast guest , Sam Smith. We d...

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Michael Jordan's NBA regular-season debut with the Chicago Bulls (October 26, 1984) In this special episode, we detail Michael Jordan's regular-season debut in the NBA. Until very recently, specifics of MJ's first professional game ha...