Over and Back: Stories About NBA History

Over & Back LIVE returns with as Kelly Dwyer ( https://tsa.substack.com/) joins Jason and Rich for a live rewatch of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic! Box Score: https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199605210CHI.html Subscribe to Kelly's newsletter: https://tsa.substack.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pri...

Join Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch as they react to Episodes 3 & 4 of ESPN's much-anticipated "The Last Dance" documentary about Michael Jordan and the 1998 NBA champion Chicago Bulls. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Join Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch as they react to Episodes 1 & 2 of ESPN's much-anticipated "The Last Dance" documentary about Michael Jordan and the 1998 NBA champion Chicago Bulls. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jason and Rich of the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast welcome Curtis Harris ( https://prohoopshistory.substack.com/) for a live rewatch of the Toronto Raptors vs. Phoenix Suns game from February 27, 2000, and celebrate the career of the recently retired Vince Carter. Watch the live stream at https://youtu.be/9oxwoi5uJDo Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https...

Jason and Rich are joined by Curtis Harris ( https://prohoopshistory.substack.com/) and Reinis Lācis ( https://www.youtube.com/user/LamarMatic/) for a special live stream/live commentary of the infamous 1993 Western Conference Semifinals Game 7 between the Seattle SuperSonics and Houston Rockets. Watch the game/follow along with us at https://youtu.be/Tm9XIiYaXgE . Advertising Inquiries: https://r...

The origins and history of the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest including the unforgettable 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Contest highlighted by the battle between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. In celebration of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest returning to Chicago for the first time since 1988, Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch look back at arguably the greatest contest ever. We start with a look at the origins of t...

The life and career of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast’s annual holiday special takes us back to the 1997 NBA All-Star Game and NBA 50 Greatest Players presentation. It’s that time of year again for the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast Holiday Special! This year we once again welcome Curtis Harris (@ProHoopsHistory) and Reinis Lācis (@LamarMatic) for a classic game rewatch as we check out the 1997 NBA All-Star Ga...

Luka Doncic is having one of the best sophomore seasons of all-time so we'll look at just how well he's been playing, where he ranks in best second-year seasons ever then we examine other standout sophomore years. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

To celebrate a new book about NBA Jam, Jason and Rich explore the history of basketball video games, NBA Jam’s launch and discuss the game’s best and worst duos. Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch devote an entire episode to one of the greatest basketball video games of all-time: NBA Jam! The discussion begins with a talk about Reyan Ali’s new book “NBA Jam” including a brief review of what you can expe...

In anticipation of the upcoming 2019-20 NBA season, Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch look at records and milestones that can and will be broken and achieved in the upcoming season. Some of these include historic longevity records from Vince Carter, Jamal Crawford’s potential to become an all-time shooter, Chris Paul continuing to cement his claim as one of the best point guards of all-time and LeBron...

Marc Gasol made history this summer becoming one of a select few to win both a gold medal and NBA Finals ring in the same summer — our latest episode looks at the others who achieved this feat and how it impacted their career. This week on the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast, Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch go international with a fun topic about NBA players who won a gold medal and an NBA Finals r...

NBA.com recently released their All-Decade Team article looking at the best players of the 2010s and we’re here to tell you if they were right or wrong! All-Decade teams are a tricky endeavor, but NBA.com just released their three teams for the best players of the 2010s, which means it’s time for a pod debating those choices! Here’s a look at their selections for all three teams: First Team: Steph...

This week on a very special edition of the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast, Jason and Rich do live commentary over the 2007 Western Conference First Round Game 6 matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors Throughout the game, we answer listener questions about the Warriors’ horrendous jerseys at the time, their mascot Thunder, the Over and Back podcast beginnings, how we got...

In the finale of Over and Back’s 50-point game series, Jason and Rich recap 50+ point games from the year 2000 to the present including a record-setting year in 2019, the emergence of stars like Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, James Harden and Steph Curry, the curious case of Shaquille O’Neal’s lack of 50+ point games, Jamal Crawford being the best, Tony Delk’s random 50,...

We celebrate the NBA Finals finally coming to Toronto with our look at the history of the Toronto Raptors. Topics include pre-Raptors Toronto pro basketball history, why the Raptors nickname was selected, the Isiah Thomas years, Vince Carter's superstar emergence, the Chris Bosh era and what led to this year's NBA Finals team. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & O...

The next installment of our series on 50-point games in NBA history looks at the Michael Jordan era of 1987-1998. In this episode, hosts Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch look at Jordan’s emergence as the NBA’s most prolific scorer since Wilt Chamberlain and the NBA three-point line gives us a handful of unlikely 50-point scorers. This era sees 83 50-point games with 37 coming from Jordan, six from Dom...

Jason and Rich celebrate the life and career of the late, great John Havlicek. The show begins with a look at Havlicek’s innovative and inspiring play-style, his role as the Sixth Man on dominant Boston Celtics teams and his emergence as Boston’s top scoring option. Next, we look at the many accolades of Havlicek’s career including being named to 13 All-Star teams, eight times an NBA champion, 11-...

We discuss the NBA contributions of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2019 with Curtis Harris of Pro Hoops History. We discuss Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Paul Westphal, Al Attles, Carl Braun, Vlade Divac, and Bill Fitch. We also consider whether the Hall of Fame could find a better method of celebrating African-American pioneers and look at who we'd most like t...

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast continues its series on 50-point games continues with a look at the post-merger era, where no dominant stars emerged and 50-point games became increasingly rare. On this episode, hosts Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss the changing of the guard as the ABA merged with the NBA bringing down the total number of professional basketball games and, by doing so, r...

The newest installment in our ongoing series on 50-point games takes us to the late 60s and early 70s, a transformative period in NBA history and for 50-point games. Wilt Chamberlain’s scoring fades away, Jerry West bows out and new stars like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rick Barry emerge. A new upstart pro basketball league (ABA) joins the fray and their inclusion of a 3-point line makes 50-point gam...

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch examine 50+ point games from 1962-66, an era that is perhaps the equivalent of the MLB’s “juiced ball” era where 50-point games went from rare to almost routine thanks to the heroics of Wilt Chamberlain. In this episode filled with mind-blowing Chamberlain stats we look at the insane explosion of 50-point game, Chamberlain’s decimating of the record books, the emergenc...

The Hawks and Knicks dueled in a four-overtime classic, with Paul Millsap giving an iron-man performance in 60 minutes with 37 points and 19 rebounds and Carmelo Anthony scoring 45 and twice forcing extra periods with clutch shots. With only 14 games in NBA/ABA history that have gone four overtimes or more, we thought it appropriate to look back at who stood out in these battles in the latest epis...

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast continues its series on 50-point games with a look at some of the great scorers of all-time who never had 50 points in a game. Throughout the episode we look at these all-time greats who never got to 50 points in a game, discuss that players career-high point total, how close they got to the elusive 50, their amount of 40-point games and how surprising it was...

We officially begin our series looking at 50-point games with a look back at the days when 50-point games were a rarity. We discuss the first 50+ point games in NBA history, the early dominance of George Mikan, "Jumpin" Joe Fulks, Bob Cousy's 50+ in the playoffs, Neil Johnston and more. We also delve into the strange disappearance of 50-point games in the early shot clock era, the retu...