The Ball Street Journal Podcast

In a very very very special episode, Nishant pens a letter to his beloved Knicks to share how meaningful their championship is to him. The boys then discuss the legacy of the 2026 NBA Finals and the impact the series may have for years to come.

It’s been 27 long years and Nishant can finally talk about the Knicks in an NBA Finals series. Ajay and Saad join him to preview the Knicks-Spurs matchup and figure out how each team can win the chip.

After a season-long hiatus, the guys return to recap the dramatic, most consequential storylines heading into the 2026 NBA Playoffs.

Just in time for Halloween and NBA Opening Night, the full crew hops on to unwrap their scariest storylines of the upcoming NBA season.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad reunite to recap the 2024 NBA playoffs and the 2025 NBA offseason in threes.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad drop an emergency pod in the aftermath of monumental Doncic-Davis trade to speculate on each team’s motivations and project their futures.

All four members of the podcast join in for the first time in a loooooong time to open some late Christmas presents - they dive deep into the most and least surprising team performances.

Ajay and Nishant give thanks for the second annual NBA cup and the energy it's stirred into the 2024 season. Find out which teams are feasting or in a famine & who will be crowned the next champ.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad catch us up on an eventful NBA offseason and their most anticipated stories of the upcoming 2024 NBA season.

After a disappointing and unexpected Conference Finals round, Ajay and Nishant review the Celtics’ and Mavericks’ paths to this surprising Finals matchup and the outlook of their futures.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad catch us up on the 2024 NBA Playoffs and the trends in team construction that led us to these unexpected Conference Finals matchups.

Nishant pens a love-hate letter to the affordability of the modern NBA’s fandom.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad kick off 2024 with an All-Star Game preview. Channeling their inner general manager, they each draft their All-Star starting five from a pool of this season’s most deserving players.

The first Ball Street Journal podcast Christmas special! Ajay, Nishant, and Saad make their Christmas wish lists for the rest of the 2023 NBA season.

On the eve of the 2023-2024 NBA season...a BSJ first! All three hosts and the producer are live to preview the Western Conference: disastrous trades, intriguing rookies, and emerging superstars.

Ajay and Nishant are joined by Rohith (for the first time since his unceremonious departure from their fantasy football league) to reflect on players’ loyalty in the NBA. Is it for the money? Is it for the fame? Is it for..?

Ajay and Nishant come to you live to preview the Eastern Conference for the 2023-2024 NBA season. The offseason put many players and teams in flux - will it carry through into the regular season?

For the first time in a long time, Ajay, Nishant, and Saad link up to recap the NBA 2023 free agency and their first reaction to the in-season tournament announcement.

Ajay and Nishant hit the ground running on the offseason with a critique of the Suns’ trade for Bradley Beal and predictions for the upcoming 2023 Draft.

Ajay and Nishant are joined by first time guest and lifelong confident Boston fan, Shiv. Will their prediction of a Celtics win come true? Or should the Celtics be warned: the Sixers are coming?

Ajay is joined by Saad to go through the upcoming first round matchups of the 2023 NBA playoffs and which superstars will carry their teams to the next round. Plus a quick foray into live color commentary.

Ajay and Nishant preview the 2023 Play-In Tournament with their picks of unthinkable contenders and hapless pretenders.

With less than 10 games remaining in the 2022 regular season, Ajay and Nishant set out on an impossible task: predict the final standings of the logjam between the Western Conference’s 4th and 12th seeds.

Ajay and Nishant weigh in on Ja Morant’s suspension and kick-off the NBA awards season.

Ajay and Saad are back on the pod to sort out the trade deadline movement and to hype us up for the season’s homestretch.