Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan & Izzy Gutierrez

Portland may miss him but they didn't need him last night! The Trail Blazers soured Damian Lillard's return to Rip City and Doc Rivers is now 0-2 since taking over the Bucks and things aren't looking any better in their schedule for the next 10 games. Amidst the ongoing conversation around the 65-game minimum for MVP and All-NBA eligibility, Charlotte and Amin react to NBA executive vice president...

Joel Embiid and Tyrese Haliburton are certainly playing at an MVP-level... but the minimum game rules may have them risking more than just injury and money. A message to the Knicks nation... Oddball hears you and Amin and Charlotte have some thoughts including... Jalen Brunson is entering the MVP race! Then, the NBA officially announced the All-Star 3-point faceoff between Stephen Curry and Sabrin...

Points, Points, Points, and MORE POINTS! The NBA has witnessed multiple historical scoring sprees this season and it doesn't look like it'll stop anytime soon... unless Steve Kerr has anything to say about it. The Pacers' All-Star Tyrese Haliburton is expected to return from injury against the Boston Celtics... but will he still be eligible to win MVP with the new 65-game minimum? What about Joel...

Who had a bigger smile going last night: Coach Tom Thibodeau after the Knicks destroyed the Nuggets at MSG or Charlotte watching her beloved Celtics shoot lights out on the Heat in the Kaseya Center? Amin and Charlotte decide which coach should be the most concerned going forward between Erik Spoelstra, Mike Malone, and Steve Kerr. Plus, the All-Star starters have been announced with a few surpris...

The Buck stops HERE on the bull in Milwaukee! Amin and Charlotte call out Giannis and the Bucks' claims that they were surprised by the firing of Adrian Griffin while Terry Rozier's debut with the Heat was less than scary as their losing streak continues against the Grizzlies. Plus, Luka Doncic gets a heckling fan thrown out, the Celtics play the Heat tonight for BIG stakes - to win Charlotte's he...

BREAKING: Adrian Griffin is out and the Doc (Rivers) is in! It's now official, Doc Rivers will once again leave the broadcast booth to become a head coach, taking over the 30-13 Bucks. Amin and Charlotte breakdown what went wrong for Adrian Griffin and whether Doc can come in to lead Giannis and Dame to a championship this season. The East continues to get more interesting as Terry Rozier joins th...

The Nuggets beat the Celtics in their first loss of the season in Boston... are we looking at a Finals matchup? The Knicks had a sweet reunion with the newest Raptors RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley while Bruce Brown might be eyeing a move to New York himself - is this all too much? The Heat honor Udonis Haslem by retiring his #40 jersey... despite what Paul Pierce might think. Plus, it's NBA Riv...

Wait, Anthony Edwards and James Harden only have HOW MANY All-Star Votes?! Amin and Charlotte have some theories about the latest results from All-Star voting. Also, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder had big wins on Thursday night but how serious should we take them at the top of the Western Conference? Plus, Oddball takes a trip to the doctor's office for a midseason checkup on...

From trade rumors to done deals! Amin and Charlotte react to the Pacers acquiring All-Star Pascal Siakam from the Raptors and decide just how far the Pacers will go now in the East. They also take a look at those on the trading block according to Jake Fisher of Yahoo Sports - which big moves are bound to happen and what teams will fizzle out before trade deadline? Plus, Amin and Charlotte wager wh...

No, this isn't a Cinephobe movie review... Amin and Charlotte react to last night's epic MVP-matchup between Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic in the Sixers tight 126 - 121 win over the Nuggets. Not to be outdone, Kevin Durant and the Suns also put on a show, down 22 points in the 4th quarter to comeback and beat the Kings - are the Suns finally coming together? In New York, the latest on Knicks' gover...

So, just how likely is Joel Embiid's going back-to-back as MVP? Embiid has some thoughts on that and they're nothing to boo about... meanwhile, the boos came pouring down in Memphis as Draymond Green returned to the Warriors after missing 16 games and yet those boos were nothing compared to the ones heard in Chicago at the Ring of Honor ceremony. You'll be cheering Amin & Charlotte after you hear...

Last night's blowout games were so shocking Amin is referring to it as "Red Wedding Thursday". The Thunder beat the Trailblazers by 62 points and the Bucks beat the Celtics so badly in the first half, the Celtics' Joe Mazzulla sat the starters for the entire second half. What was going on? In other news, the NBA is getting into the Netflix & Chill game, announcing a new "Quarterback"-like docuseri...

The Warriors have gone from being showered with championships to being showered with boos in Golden State... what in the BLEEP is going on?! Steph may be "booing himself" but Amin and Charlotte aren't having it! In Southern California, things are looking real sunny with Kawhi Leonard signing a 3 year / $153 million dollar extension with the Clippers - so just how healthy and successful does the re...

The Miami Heat's head coach Erik Spoelstra signs a record-setting 8 year/$120 million dollar contract while Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković rips into refs last night after a 1-point loss to LeBron and the Lakers. One coach is getting paid while the other is gonna get fined... Plus, has Steve Kerr gone too far in defending Steph Curry? How frustrated should Trae Young be right now and wh...

Ja Morant is out for the season. Tyrese Haliburton went down last night and Chris Paul is out for four to six weeks. Don't worry though, Draymond Green is returning and Oddball has more HEADLINES from around the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nikola Jokic hit a Steph Curry-esque buzzer beater from way downtown... in front of Steph Curry and the Warriors. Have you ever seen Jokic so happy before?! While Giannis put up 44 points and 14 rebounds last night in the Bucks' nailbiter win over the Spurs, everyone is still talking about Wemby... Amin and Charlotte give their reactions to the array of excitement from last night's double-header....

The In-Season Tournament Championship seems so long ago for the Lakers right now... what's going wrong for LeBron and Anthony Davis and how can they fix things? All is well in Indiana... as long as they're playing the Bucks! Tyrese Haliburton continues his incredible play to beat Giannis and Damian Lillard and finish their regular season matchups 4-1... so how honest were Giannis and Dame in their...

The Thunder beat the Celtics last night 127 - 123 behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 36 points and the rookie sensation Chet Holmgren... and Charlotte is VERY nervous about her Celtics. Amin and Charlotte give the rising Thunder their proper due and then discuss the troubles in Golden State and how Steve Kerr is trying to lift Klay Thompson's energy and why the Warriors and Draymond Green are gettin...

New Year, New Knicks... same Oddball! Amin and Charlotte are back for the excitement around the Knicks-Raptors trade looking pretty great so far for both teams with OG Anunoby making his Knicks debut in Madison Square Garden and RJ Barrett's Toronto homecoming. Detroit got to end 2023 with a bang, FINALLY snapping their NBA-record 28-game losing streak but Amin and Charlotte have to talk about coa...

Would you rather be stuck in an elevator or a Detroit Pistons fan? The Detroit Pistons lost their 25th straight game last night and had fans chanting "Sell The Team!"... easy to imagine they're feeling pretty "trapped" right now... you know, "stuck", with nowhere to go... we're trying to say that Amin is stuck in a packed elevator with nothing left to do but ODDBALL! Amin, live from an elevator, j...

Amin and Charlotte hit up the Barclays Center for the Battle of New York last night and it was a scene! While the Knicks won in Brooklyn last night, news broke that the Knicks have applied to the NBA for a Disabled Player Exception worth $7.8 million as Mitchell Robinson will miss the rest of the season. Amin and Charlotte also look at the career and future of Ricky Rubio as the Cavaliers look to...

Ja Morant reminded everyone last night how awesome basketball is when you get to watch him PLAY basketball and his incredible buzzer beater win against the Pelicans. But don't sleep on Steph Curry and his ability to say "night night" to the Celtics and all the hater talk that the Warriors' dynasty is on the ropes. Plus, WORD COUNT WEDNESDAY settles on who is the main "Tyrese" of the league, why th...

After a 25-game suspension, Ja Morant is returning to the struggling Memphis Grizzlies while on the opposite side of suspension, Draymond Green will be out for at least the next three weeks for counseling. Steph Curry makes and breaks 3-point history as the Spurs finally put an end to their losing streak while the Pistons' skid continues on the road... so many headlines around the NBA! Plus, Andre...

Draymond Green is probably miserable and mad as hell right now and it's not because of what you're thinking. As players around the league express their concern for Draymond - yes, even Rudy Gobert - Amin and Charlotte look at the latest coverage and insight from ESPN's Ramona Shelbourne. Amin pays tribute to Hall of Famer George McGinnis, who passed away at age 73, and is one of the great pioneers...

A mystery is afoot in the NBA: did Giannis get the official game ball from his career high and Bucks franchise record 64 points or is the real one in the hands of Pacers' rookie, Oscar Tshiebwe? The details of the real ball's whereabouts may be as uncertain as Draymond Green's return to the court after being suspended indefinitely. Meanwhile, Charlotte and Amin take a look at the other side of the...