Straight Up Hoops: The Podcast

Another college hoops episode. A recap of last week and a preview of this week plus another bracketology dive. Like and Subscribe. Enjoy!

I discuss the NCAA Tournament field along with the results from the night of January 20th and preview games for January 21st. I also dive into the bracketology of it all. Thanks for listening.

News and notes from the NBA offseason plus a little preview of college basketball and what’s to come.

Today’s episode is about the trades, the signings, the coaching moves, and the start of summer league plus Caden Pierce’s smart decision to redshirt at Princeton and enter the portal next season.

We discuss the Mike Brown hire in New York, and recap free agency and the frenzy that was.

I do an NBA Draft recap which includes winner and losers and we look ahead to free agency.

The Thunder win it all and the Pacers lose Haliburton for next season. I talk about the Kevin Durant and Jrue Holiday trades as well as the NBA Draft. I also tell you which teams should compete for a title and which teams shouldn’t. Enjoy!

Conrado Pascual is my guest and we discuss the NBA Draft specifically prospects that I like and then others I have questions about. We also discuss which team the draft is most important for.

Game 5 of the NBA Finals goes to OKC. The Knicks coaching search continues. Desmond Bane trade reaction, we still wait on a Kevin Durant trade and New Orleans acquires another pick.

We discuss the situations surrounding both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant as well as the Knicks coaching search. An NBA Finals Game 2 recap is also discussed.

We discuss the thrilling game 1 of the NBA Finals. We also know Jason Kidd is now the top candidate for the Knicks job and why relationships with players and management matter more than ever.

We continue to discuss the Knicks firing of Tom Thibodeau and we break it all down. The Phoenix Suns have hired a new coach and why I think it’s a toxic obvious move by the owner plus a preview of the NBA Finals.

Breaking news out of the NBA. The New York Knicks have fired Tom Thibodeau. Why did it happen? What’s next for the Knicks? Who are the list of candidates? We break it all down.

This episode discusses the ECF ups and downs for both teams. We also discuss the Knicks offseason and how to approach it and also the Giannis sweepstakes.

In this episode we discuss the WCF, and the ECF. We also discuss the lawsuit involving Pelicans star Zion Williamson and a little bit of a college basketball preview

This episode discusses the WCF between OKC and Minnesota as well as the ECF between New York and Indiana. David Adelman gets the full time job in Denveras well as OG Anunoby getting robbed for All Defense. We also go into the college game and discuss coaches in new positions and also a big commitment for a coach that is building some excitement in Raleigh.