Over and Back: Stories About NBA History

A special bonus episode of the Over & Back Classic NBA Podcast talking about the life and career of Utah Jazz legend Mark Eaton who tragically passed away this weekend.  In this brief episode, we'll talk about Eaton's defensive prowess, his unlikely path to the NBA, his accomplishments in the league and more.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https...

Part 1 of Over & Back's exploration of the longest sub .500 streaks.  In this episode, we'll explore four of the longest sub .500 streaks in NBA history including two appearances from the Sacramento Kings franchise in both the 80s & 90s as well as their current streak of futility. We'll also look at the Detroit Pistons franchise and their struggles from the late 50s through 197...

On this episode of the Over and Back NBA Podcast, Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss franchise icons that were traded away. We'll look at six different players that were traded and the reasons for the trade, how they created a legacy with the franchise that traded them and finally how the trade worked out for the player and the franchise.  Trading your legend when you probably shouldn't:...

“Death at the Wing” is a narrative documentary series looking at the generation of basketball stars and prospects that fell victim to the historical, socioeconomic and political forces that defined the ‘80s.  As the new generation of basketball players — players like Magic, Bird and Dr. J — took their mantle as the league’s stars, basketball’s faster and flashier style of play would captivate TV a...

Jason and Rich are joined by Curtis Harris (prohoopshistory.substack.com) to talk about the life and career of NBA legend Elgin Baylor, who passed away earlier this week.  Topics include: An overview of Baylor's illustrious but snakebitten career Baylor's status as one of the NBA's most underrated players ever Baylor's revolutionary style of play and influence on the game of basket...

As a result of Elgin Baylor's passing, we are re-uploading a classic episode discussing the life, career and impact of Elgin Baylor as well as his noted NBA Finals battles with Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics.  Our guest on this show was Bijan C. Bayne, author of the incredible book "Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball." You can order the book today at https://amzn.to/3980...

This week on the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast, Jason and Rich examine teams with big one-season jumps where the team didn't have a fundamental change (major new star or new coach).  The show concept is inspired by the 2021 Utah Jazz who are currently on a 63-win pace after only winning 44 games the prior year.  Our criteria:  At least a 10-game improvement and have to be a winning team th...

Today on the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast we examine the best NBA players on the worst teams. Inspired by Bradley Beal's current situation with the Washington Wizards, we dig through NBA history to find the best individual seasons on sub .500 teams, the best players on the worst NBA teams in history and more!  Thank you to our episode sponsor Manscaped.com. Support the show and get your b...

The Over & Back Classic NBA Podcast tackles a fun topic this week as we look at former all-stars/award winners who only appeared in 1 game for a team including Rasheed Wallace, Andrew Bogut, Jamal Crawford, Bob Rule, Kenny Sailors, George Carter, Tom Chambers, Tony Jackson, Steve Mix & Walt Bellamy.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

The return of one of our most popular series looking at the last great game from all-time great NBA players.  Today we'll look at the last great games from: Julius Erving (Sixers) Steve Nash (Suns, Lakers) Charles Barkley (Rockets) Wilt Chamberlain (Lakers) Walt "Clyde" Frazier (Cavs) David Robinson (Spurs) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://...

Join us for a special Over & Back LIVE honoring the life and career of Phoenix Suns great Paul Westphal. We're joined by Curtis Harris of ProHoopsHistory.com to watch a classic game from Westphal's career: Game 7 of the 1979 Western Conference Finals between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns. Watch the game along with us at https://youtu.be/3HnRWKwqDAU . Vurbl: https://vurbl...

Watch the game with us at https://youtu.be/o2qqOubsEGM . It's the most wonderful time of the time! Jason and Rich continue their holiday tradition by welcoming Curtis Harris and Reinis Lācis to the show as the guys talk about the year that was and watch a classic NBA game. This year's game takes us all the way back to 1977-78, a major transition period in the world of professional basketba...

Jason and Rich welcome Pete Croatto—author of the new book "From Hang Time to Prime Time" ( https://amzn.to/3g8hoiS )—to watch the fourth quarter and overtime of a classic 1984 NBA playoff game between the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons. We also discuss Pete's new book, the NBA's rise in popularity in the 1980s, Isiah Thomas' career, Bernard King's brilliancy plus a lo...

Perhaps the biggest news of this year's wild NBA offseason is the Milwaukee Bucks reported deal to acquire Bogdan Bogdanovic and the trade eventually falling through. This inspired us to look at some of the biggest and most important NBA trades in NBA history... that never happened. Trades that were reported, featured All-Stars or had major title ramifications but ended up not happening for on...

In this episode, Jason and Rich uncover the many ways the 2020 NBA Finals made history including LeBron James' ongoing legacy building, players winning rings with multiple teams, back-to-back NBA Finals wins with different teams, back-to-back NBA Finals losses, youngest players to win rings and so much. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co...

Similar to our prior episode on players to spend time with both Conference Finalists, we preview this year's NBA Finals with a look at our favorite players to don Lakers and Heat jerseys. Topics include famous trades between the two franchises, highlights from our selection of players and an all-time list of prominent players to spend time with both teams. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcir...

The NBA's conference finals are in full swing which gave us an idea: who were the best players to play for both Eastern Conference finalists (Miami Heat & Boston Celtics) and the best players to play for both Western Conference finalists (Los Angeles Lakers & Denver Nuggets). We'll discuss some of the most interesting trades between the franchises, notable playoff series histories...

Jason and Rich honor the late, great Clifford Robinson with 10 key moments from his NBA career, memories of "Uncle Cliffy" & more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Part two of our look at the weirdest NBA seasons ever takes us to some more historical years including the formation of the NBA, odd playoff structures, mergers with other leagues and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

2020 will (hopefully) go down as the weirdest NBA season of all-time but what other modern seasons come close? On this episode of Over and Back, Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch look at the weirdest modern NBA seasons including lockout-shortened years, stunning retirements, rules changes and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast, Jason and Rich explore players to accumulate 15000 minutes for two different franchises. We'll explore each of these player's careers, accolades and how important they are to each franchise's history. We also briefly discuss current players who could reach the milestone, players who were close but not quite there and players wit...

Our episode dedicated to the life and career of Washington Bullets great Wes Unseld. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch react to the final two episodes of ESPN's The Last Dance (Episodes 9 & 10) Over & Back Archives: https://bit.ly/OverBack-YT Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch react to Episodes 7 & 8 of ESPN's The Last Dance. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss Episodes 5 & 6 of ESPN's "The Last Dance" Michael Jordan-focused Episode Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ydtxgUjKrLsqCmCAw---MJR_59Yqf_i Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy