The Boxscore Geeks Show

Chris Yeh -- https://chrisyeh.com/ -- one of the savviest Lakers fans (in addition to being a best-selling author, investor, reality TV show star, and more!) returns to talk the Luka Doncic trade and the Lakers new management. Spoiler, the Lakers may be back in the 60 win club sooner than you'd think!

Recorded 7-8-2025 Dre and Brian talk a bunch of the NBA moves in the offseason as well as the Malik Beasley betting "scandal."

Dre and Brian are back to talk: The NBA Finals including how great Indiana was The Kevin Durant trade A bunch of questions about player health and if Tyrese's injury signifies a change in the NBA landscape.

We're back! Dre and Brian talk: The NBA Playoffs Conference Semi-Finals (sorry those still hurt) and Conference Finals Hey, injuries matter, huh? Do coach firings matter? We talk Mike Malone and Tom Thibodeau We wax effusive on Steph Curry, and Brian has a fantastic estimation exercise. We start talking WNBA numbers, is this gonna be a thing? We hope so!

Recorded April 8th, 2025. We talk: The state of the NBA Playoffs, since recording the Lakers ended a lot of ties The Denver Nuggets firing their front office. The Memphis Grizzlies firing of their coach. The great 2022 movie Hustle starring Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangomez

Recorded 3/19/2025 Dre and Brian are back to talk: OKC's ridiculous season. The state of the major award races and who we'd pick. How the playoffs look right now. Bowling? Sure.

Recorded 3/4/2025 - sorry for the late release! Dre and Brian are back to talk: Victor Wembanyama The free-falling Mavericks and NBA History Net Points and "Advanced Analytics" History The New York Knicks are good? And "Get Your Bag" Hall of Famers

Dre and Brian are back to talk the NBA trade deadlines and the winners and losers. We also confuse Bogdanovic and talk a little NBA All-Star game as well.

No. Recorded 2-4-2025. Dre and Brian are back to talk the Anthony Davis / Luka Doncic trade and the Zach Lavine and De'Aaron Fox trade.

Records 01-21-2025 We're back to talk: Jimmy Butler being worth the one season gamble. Why Phoenix is actually doing the right thing. Why Houston looks so good. Nikola Jokic's Triple-Double MVPs (I even "predict" one)

Dre and Brian are back! We talk, well, a ton of the NBA and more Should teams trade for Jimmy Butler? The Wins Produced Numbers are back at Boxscore Geeks, and general stats overview/advice. Standout and top teams in the NBA. How OKC is just scary, so so scary. Who deserves MVP? Thanks for listening!

Dre and Brian are back to recap the 2024 NBA Finals. How do the 2024 Celtics rack up all time?

Professor David Berri returns to talk "Slaying the Trolls" the book he wrote with UMass' Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion Nefertiti Walker. It deconstructs many of the myths in women sports, and touches on a lot of NBA and WNBA, which we love!

Dre and Brian return to talk the Conference Finals and some of the previous NBA Playoffs. Do the Wolves have a chance? We recorded this before Luka definitively answered no. Also some sad Bill Walton talk and some WNBA talk.

Dre and Brian are back to talk The opening round of the NBA Playoffs Our thoughts on the various award finalists The "rule changes" the NBA has had in regards to fouls The WNBA! Some thoughts on the FIDE Chess Candidates tournament

We're back to talk: Super Tuesday! Can the Warriors win with the Rookie of the Year? Gotta keep up the Victor Wembenyama love! A fun stroll down memory lane and why the blogging analytics movement fractured, crashed, and burned, but why analytics still won. Tune in!

Recorded 2-13-2024 Superbowl Talk! We talk the Celtics, who are good, have no weaknesses, and may be the best Celtics squad ever. Victor Wembenyama is making his threes, as Vince Carter would say - "It's over!" We talk the All-Star Reserves and ... ugh. We finish talking Melo's revisionist history about his departure from the Nuggets.

For the first time in awhile we got some promo codes! Paydirt24 over at paydirtdfs.com ! A little football talk to start! we check in on the OG Anunoby trade and revisit a segment we call "Brian is Right" We analyze the Kyle Lowry for Terry Rozier deck chairs trade. We talk about NBA All-Star starters and how we're pretty much fine with them. We also discuss All-Star rules and the Steph Curry vs....

Stat padding, blockbuster trades, the MVP race, and more! Embiid and Stat Padding MVP Race, can a player be an MVP w/ 65 games played? The Detroit Pistons / Washington Wizards "Blockbuster Trade" and if Marvin Bagley should dethrone Same Bowie as the biggest draft bust. A history lesson about how Moneyball is a misleading narrative. We discuss Pascal Siakam's possible spot. Spoiler, we think Dalla...

Dre and Brian return to talk a whole lotta Warriors as well as the Knicks/Raptors "blockbuster trade", the Rookie of the Year Race and why the Thunder have Rookie of the Year and MVP. Tune in!

Dre and Brian return to talk the end of the NBA Cup, if Joel Embiid is MVP, how Harden is doing on the Clippers, a couple of NBA scandals and feuds!

We're back to talk: The Phoenix Suns How Nikola Jokic and Tyrese Haliburton are generational MVP talents this season. The Minnesota TImberwolves finally being good! The Rookie of the Year race with Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembenyama Our thoughts on the NBA Cup aka the in-season tournament with some design advice from Brian. The Golden State Warriors, of course. Shout out to @AtomicNBA on X!

We're thrilled to have special guest Scott Williams on the podcast today. Scott is a fifteen year NBA veteran and three time title winner. Scott is on to discuss his book "Through the Fire: A Memoir of Trauma and Loss, Basketball and Triumph." We talk Scott's time at UNC with Dean Smith and how he overcame major tragedy including domestic abuse. Scott's time in the NBA and what it was like playing...

We're back after three weeks! The NBA started right after we recorded this, so a lot to discuss including: The 76ers and Clippers and if they should pull the trigger for James Harden Has Dre joined the Wembanyama hype train? Is Boston the favorite? The Grizzlies and how fast predictions fall apart. The Warriors look good but do they have weaknesses? Will the Phoenix Suns have an amazing offense? C...

The slumber of the offseason is over! We discuss the major Damian Lillard trade and follow up trades. Meaning we go over, in depth: The state of the Portland Trail Blazers The state of the Milwaukee Bucks The state of the Phoenix Suns The state of the Boston Celtics  Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nerdnumbers