Over and Back: Stories About NBA History

Inspired by baseball product Effectively Wild's recent look at the insanity that was Barry Bonds' career, the Over and Back Podcast takes a look NBA's most game-breaking player of all-time, Wilt Chamberlain. Joined by Dan of Chamberlain Archive (@WiltCArchive), Jason and Rich detail Chamberlain's eye-popped statistics from a single game, season and career standpoints including 100+...

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch make their choices for the worst jerseys in each NBA franchise’s history on the latest episode of the Over and Back classic NBA podcast. From the Detroit Pistons’ shameful teal period, the New York Knicks’ questionable deviations from their classic look, the Chicago Bulls’ unfortunate experiment with pinstripes, whatever the Houston Rockets were going for in the late 1...

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch make their choices for the best jerseys in each NBA franchise’s history on the latest episode of the Over and Back classic NBA podcast. From the cursive “Chicago” text on the early Michael Jordan-era Bulls uniforms, “The City” logo on the classic San Francisco Warriors jerseys worn by Rick Barry and Nate Thurmond, the mostly unchanged apparel of the Boston Celtics worn...

Impressed by Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors' 8-0 start? Pff... that's nothing compared to some of the most historically dominant starts ever. This episode of the Over and Back Podcast looks at those best starts in NBA history with a deep dive into the team, the history surrounding the team, key players and figures and how their seasons ended. Teams include 1958 Boston Celtics in...

Jason and Rich preview the 2015-16 NBA season by looking at the records they think are most likely to be broken. Legends like Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce and LeBron James are all within reach of all-time leaderboards while current stalwarts like Steph Curry and Tyson Chandler could make the leap before their careers have reached their nadir. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast’s Top 50 project is finally finished. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch reveal their choices for their new Top 50 greatest NBA players of all time, talk about the thinking behind their picks, possible criticisms of the list, who we had to leave off, balancing eras and positions, and how they came to common ground on the last few choices. Original airdate: 10/16/15...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast’s Top 50 project is almost finished, but we still have to make our list and check it twice. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch debate a handful of their favorite candidates who are on the border of making their list: Bob Cousy, Isiah Thomas, Allen Iverson, Manu Ginobili, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Reggie Miller, Adrian Dantley, Dennis Rodman, Elvin Hayes, Dave Cowens,...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Dwyane Wade. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA)—host of the Dunc'd On Basketball Podcast—discuss Wade's meteoric rise to superstardom, where he ranks all-time among shooting guards, his success fi...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Sidney Moncrief. Jason Mann and Brian Schroeder (@cosmis) of Hardwood Paroxysm discuss Moncrief’s star turn for an excellent series of Milwaukee Bucks teams, how he’s been largely forgotten despite being one of the best guards o...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Chauncey Billups. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Billups’ remarkable run of winning teams, his reputation among peers such as Jason Kidd and Steve Nash vs. how the numbers treat them, and how he overcame a slow start to ha...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Bob Lanier. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Adam Criblez (@AdamCriblez) discuss Lanier being one of the worst omissions from the 1996 50 Greatest Players list, comparisons to Patrick Ewing, his incredible athleticism in his youth,...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Paul Pierce. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Pierce’s reputation of hitting big shots in key moments, how much his lack of elite seasons or all-NBA recognition hurts him, if he is among the top 10 in his generation, and how...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Dennis Rodman. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Rodman’s incredible rebounding numbers, his reputation as one of the greatest defensive players ever, his penchant for making his teams better, and whether a player with so lit...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Allen Iverson. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Iverson’s iconic presence and effect on the NBA, his heavy workload and scoring ability, how much his lack of efficiency should matter, and the recent book “Not A Game” by Kent...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Carmelo Anthony. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Anthony’s low rankings in advanced stats, how he compares to other high-usage players, and what he might have to do in his 30s to make a Top 50 list. Original airdate: 10/5/1...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Kevin Johnson. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Jared Dubin (@JADubin5) of Hardwood Paroxysm discuss Johnson’s aggression and physicality despite his lack of size, how he led the Phoenix Suns to some great years even before Charles...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Grant Hill. Jason Mann and Derek James (@DerekJamesNBA) of At The Hive and Hardwood Paroxysm discuss Hill’s early brilliance before his injuries, compare his career path to Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter, how his later longevity...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Dan Issel. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Adam Criblez (@AdamCriblez) discuss The Horse’s ability to bounce between PF and C in his time with the Kentucky Colonels and Denver Nuggets, his ugly-yet-effective shot fake, his nose fo...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Dominique Wilkins. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Kris Fenrich (@dancingwithnoah) of Dancing With Noah discuss Wilkins incredible scoring production, how he was much more than a dunker (but wow what a dunker he was), and how much...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Chris Paul. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Chris Manning (@cwmwrites) of Fear The Sword and Hardwood Paroxysm discuss whether Paul is the best point guard of his generation, how special his combination of scoring and passing is i...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Chris Webber. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Philip Rossman-Reich (@OMagicDaily) of Orlando Magic Daily discuss Webber’s incredible passing and skill, his role with the fantastic early 2000s Sacramento Kings teams, bouncing aroun...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Kevin Durant. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Adam Johnson (@Slappin5) of Basketball Pantheon discuss Durant's already impressive career, being a once-in-a-generation scorer, whether he's established himself enough to be c...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Shawn Marion. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Seth Partnow (@SethPartnow) of Nylon Calculus discuss Marion's importance among the "Seven Seconds or Less" Phoenix Suns of the mid-2000s, his versatility and ability to ma...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of ABA and NBA legend Artis Gilmore. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University Adam Criblez (@AdamCriblez) discuss Gilmore's high volume/high efficiency style, his stellar defensi...

The Over and Back Classic NBA podcast continues its offseason series looking at the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in history, with a look at the career and Top 50 candidacy of Jason Kidd. Jason Mann, Rich Kraetsch and Adam Johnson (@Slappin5) of Basketball Pantheon discuss Kidd as an all-time great passer, defender and master of the triple double. Topics include his late surge as a shooter, whether th...