One on One Podcast

The Knicks are champs and we recap the whole series, particularly game 4 and 5. The good, the bad, the surprise guest encounter? What it was like watching the close out game, while talking with 2 NBA champs in real time How surprised are we at the outcome? The OG game Spurs youth struggles: From the coach, to the star (Wemby), to the young vet (Fox) Correct MVP KAT legacy Better Finals than 2025?...

3 games into the Finals and we have more questions than answers... maybe? Danger looms in the streets of NYC Physicality backfiring for NY? Have the Spurs cracked a code Evaluating the Spurs guard trio (Fox/Castle/Fox) Brunson ISO ball Bench comparisons (the Keldon/Shamet experience) Is someone getting out coached? Are we standing by our pre-series pick? Note: We didn't talk too much about KAT...

Jon is back for our next installment of our playoff crusade of episodes. 1999 is back between the Knicks and Spurs. Topics list: - Conference Finals recaps (hot take: the Cavs are not good) - Does OKC have a Chet problem? - Finals preview - KAT vs. Embiid career arcs

Jon is back as we continue our NBA playoff marathon episode series. One this show we recap our round 2 picks and make predictions for both the ECF and WCF. -     Answers for Detroit and Minny  -     LeBron/LA future -     Spurs/OKC preview  -     Cavs/NYK preview  -     MVP talk  -     + way more 

Buckle up for a long episode. Recaps of all round 1 series + round 2 predictions. Game 7s: Cavs/Raps, Sixers/Cs & Detroit/Magic Mosley out in Orlando Did Tatum comeback too soon? Denver collapse and Jokic legacy Lakers/Rockets series recap; where does Houston go from here? Conference Semis  T-wolves upset loading? Lakers out of luck? Cavs choke incoming? Can Philly best NY? + sneaky Kawhi lega...

Let's try this again. We had to remix our round 1/play-in episode because it was... a bit crazy. We addressed all we said, the right and wrong, and look forward to the remainder of round 1. Topics include: • Play-in corrections (we were awful here) • Boston in the driver’s seat out East  • Orlando highs and lows (and Detroit) • Knicks in trouble? • Nuggets cooked? • Derrick right about Lakers/...

First time guest, and avid college hoops fan, D'Shaun (X: @dshauntv) joins the show to discuss why he believes college is better than the NBA in 2026. Rivalries, nightly intensity, NIL? Where/when did the NBA fall off... or did it? Plus we discuss recent NBA related items as well. Topics: College vs. NBA NIL effects Early tourney pics How to stop NBA Tanking Bam's 83 points Darius Acuff ra...

This episode is all about the 2026 trade deadline. Jon and Derrick go over all the moves, who was dealt and who wasn't.

What did we learn from the NBA Cup? Rodney joins and discuss a few takeaways from Cup action. The Spurs look like they are ahead of schedule, but would you rather have their young guard rotation or the Sixers? Speaking of guards, who are the best PGs in the league, where does NBA Cup champ, Jalen Brunson rank. Then we move onto the Lakers, is this secretly the same team we saw in last year’s playo...

In this episode, Derrick and Rodney revisit Derrick's early season top 4 rankings, for each conference, a quarter into the season. Plus individual player and overall team surprises. Just a few topics you'll hear discussed: The clunky Orlando Magic Cavs doubts Detroit Pistons show promise Lala Land for the Lakers Wolves woahs Knueppel better than who? + more

The NBA is back and brought to you by gambling! First show of the season, I had to have Jon join me. I was lucky enough to be on his first NBA episode of the season, check out "Bad Wins and Good Losses" NBA Season Opener episode from 10/23 (opening night). On that show we give our award predictions and selected our top 4 teams in each conference, with some sleep picks included. On this e...

Jon had me on his show, "Bad Wins and Good Losses", all playoffs long so to wrap up the season I had to bring him through. Topics include use recapping The Finals and what could've been in game 7... or not? And then we discuss the things that surprised us most this season. The draft is happening as we record, so naturally we look ahead to next year. Highlighting trades that have alre...

Taylor (TW: @papercash) joins the pod again to discuss the impact of the of both conference finals and The Finals preview: Thibs out in NYC, what's next for the Knicks Dead KAT on defense Randle/Reid, Minny's next step Aura-less Finals might be better than expected

Friend of the show, Taylor (TW: @papercash) is back to review the crazy playoffs to date and look forward to the conference and NBA Finals. Topics: Round 1 and 2 review and upset Conference/NBA Finals preview and predictions  Where do the Cavs/Boston/GSW/Nuggets go from here? Giannis on the move? Rockets move? Revival of the middy in the postseason This playoffs determining the face of the league?

It has been a while but I'm back and joined with Jon to talk all things NBA in in the, roughly month since the last episode. In this episode we talk: Biggest surprise teams of the season: Sun isn't out in Phoenix, Houston taking off, and all Pistons are rolling Detroit Potential playoff landscape w/ a few predictions for round 1 The semantics that is the "MVP" and all other NBA a...

The Lakers and Mavs made a blockbuster trade: Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to LA for Davis, Max Christie and the Lakers' 2029 first-round pick. The Jazz will also receive Jalen Hood-Schifino, the LA Clippers' 2025 second-round pick and the Mavs 2025 second-round selection. But why at 2am without telling any other teams and whose idea was this? Did the Lakers get better or do the Mavs sn...

This is an open letter to the NBA with good friend Justin (TW: @JDanso18 if he ever returns) to talk about the state of the NBA. It seems like so much is changing with the game we love, ratings are down, style of play is... questionable at times, amongst other things. But is it as bad as everyone says? Well, yes and no. We share what we currently like and don't and what we think the really problem...

1v1 is back! There's a few rule changes we have some ideas about and some changes to the NBA season/post-season we need to discuss: Hand checking making a comeback? Removing defensive 3s Top 16 team playoff format Adopting FIBA rules for hitting the ball on the rim Do we like the In-Season Tournament? But to start, we discuss a few surprise teams we were low or high on in our last EP to preview th...

The 2024-2025 NBA season tips off Tuesday so Derrick and Rodney discuss all things Eastern Conference on this episode! This is part of a split episode, check out the "No Timeouts" podcast for the duo's thoughts on the Western conference.

Taylor (TW: @papercash) joins the show again to discuss how we were wrong about the Mavs, again, and recap the NBA finals. We also discuss the news of the day as JJ Redick is named head coach of the 17 time NBA champions, Los Angeles Lakers.

Second time guest, Taylor (TW: @papercash) is back to preview the upcoming anti-Grant Williams NBA finals and what we got wrong and right about in our season opening show. Recapping our preseason NBA takes (spoiler we were right and wrong about the Mavs) The Minny issues for KAT Will KP matter in the Finals Luka/Kyrie We also banter on the state of the WNBA/Stephen A. championing the league (or no...

Derrick and Rodney discuss what most people might say are unlikely pairings for the conference finals. Recaps of both second round game 7s. Knicks and Nuggets collapse Game 1 & 2 of both conference finals Is KAT getting enough blame? Dallas' unlikely road here C's chances at a title

Derrick and Rodney touch on each first round series and progress to date. Major storylines include: NY/Philly Suns/Wolves - The Suns collapse LA/Den - LA elimination Mavs/Clips - Game 1 overreactions Pacers/Bucks - The potential failure of the Bucks season This was recorded before game 5 of NY/Phi; Bucks/Indy; Orl/Cle

Knicks super-fan ,and friend of the show, Brad (TW: @beemorgs27) joins to tell the world how NY is going to win the 2024 NBA Finals! Even with Randle out this will be no issue because Jalen is a top 5 player...? (come on man). Topics include: Addition by subtraction with Randle How good Jalen really is (Jalen vs. Donovan) Potential Sixers/Heat, Bucks, and C's matchups The depth of the roster +...

Jaylen joins the show to talk about the overall playoff outlook as we are 1 month from the postseason. We breakdown rosters, which teams have an actual playoff rotation, and how seeding could help/hurt some teams. We tackle the biggest questions in the eastern conference: Sixers chances Celtics biggest issue/Tatum vs. Melo Knicks or Cavs as sleeper + more. The we head out west and do the same: You...