The Underdog NBA Show

On the 303rd episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick break down six coaches feeling pressure going into next season! they each pick three which ends up with some surprising choices as neither picks the coach they agree is probably going to be the first coach fired and two coaches who are HOFers are chosen within the process. They then chat through the Spurs dynasty a bit and th...

On the 302nd episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the absolutely stacked NBA Western Conference! They lead with the presumptive favorites, the OKC Thunder but talk through how the top 5 seeds in the west could all be incredibly close at season's end. They then discuss the middle class and how it is so drastically different than their compadres in the East, as the West 7-13...

On the 301st episode of the Underdog NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss over-unders for all 15 teams in the NBA Eastern Conference! They begin at the top and Tyler discusses why he is so bullish on the Boston Celtics despite having the highest win total by a large amount. They then discuss their favorite overs, why the Cleveland Cavs are underrated and they discuss the massive difference between...

On the 300th, that's right 300 episodes, of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the 2025 season and predict awards! They begin with a discussion of how insane it is that Victor Wembanyama is such a massive favorite for Defensive Player of the Year despite playing on a team that will likely not be a top defense. They then shift to other awards starting with Rookie of the Year and disc...

On the 299th Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the semi-finals and finals of Olympic Basketball! They begin with a discussion about the team as a whole and a breakdown of both the finals and semi-finals. They then talk about 2028 and LA and why ruling Lebron out may be foolish. They talk some about France's and Canada's future before returning and grading each player's p...

On the 298th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick talk through the Olympic quarterfinals and preview the semifinals and finals. They begin by discussing the USA's tournament so far and then why the result against Serbia in game one may not necessarily be predictive in the semi-finals. They then discuss Canada and France and how amazing the atmosphere was but also how disappointing...

On the 297th episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the opening round of men's basketball at the Paris Olympics! They start with a discussion of the US Men's national team's convincing win over Serbia, touching on Kevin Durant's incredible performance, Lebron's effort level and the Jayson Tatum playing time situation. They then discuss a little bit on Grant Hill's comments re...

On the 296th episode of the Underdog NBA Show Tyler and Zandrick go over the final Paris Olympic rosters and much much more! They start by talking about the current odds for Team United States of America and why Lebron looks like he's going to have his 2008 Kobe moment. They then go through the rest of the rosters and discuss some of the good and bad from each team, who could underachieve or overa...

On the 295th episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss Jalen Brunson's new deals and some thoughts from Vegas! They go over the pros and cons of Brunson taking a lot less money now than what he can earn later down the road and some of the reasons why he may have left money on the table. They then shift to the summer league and talk about Reed Sheppard's hot start before d...

On the 294th Episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss some thoughts on Free agency and then the Olympics! They start with some thoughts on the Demar Derozan deal and why it makes sense for the Kings before pivoting to the weird lack of interest in Brandon Ingram. They then shift their focus to Olympic basketball and break down each group and pick favorites and darkhorses...

On the 293rd episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the Pelicans and Hawks trade and then early free agency! They start by discussing how the Dejounte Murray trade to the Pelicans impacts both the Pelicans and the Hawks while they disagree greatly on the next direction the Hawks go. Then they turn their attention to the early days of free agency and discuss Paul George...

On the 292nd episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss all the ins and outs of the first round of the NBA draft! They begin by breaking down the Hawks' choices at first overall and why Risischar makes sense even if Tyler doesn't agree. They then continue throughout the top 10 and discuss the best and worst picks of the first round and some interesting decisions made by the Spurs...

On the 291st episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick talk through the NBA finals after the Celtics' resounding series win They first start by talking about game 5 before shifting over to how the Celtics were built and their staying power as a contender. They then shift to talk about this Celtics team vs past championships and debate Al Horfords career status and whether or not he has...

On the 290th episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler talk takeaways from the first two games of the NBA finals! They open with the news of the Kristaps Porzingis injury and what that means for Boston moving forward and how it may benefit the Dallas perimeter players. They also discuss how Kyrie is going to have at least one massive game and can he keep it rolling to get Dallas...

On the 289th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler preview the upcoming NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks. they begin by talking through some of the major storylines as well as who benefits the most by winning a title. They then get into specific matchups and play styles before talking coaching and their picks for the series. Finally they talk about t...

On the 288th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the NBA players and specifically the Wolves and Mavericks! They talk through how interesting the series has been despite the Mavericks' jumping out to a 3-0 lead and what the Timberwolves did differently in game 4 to be able to send the series back to Minnesota. They discuss Derek Lively's injury, the difficult choices Dalla...

On the 287th episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the upcoming conference finals from the East and West! They start by talking about Denver and Minnesota and what went wrong for Denver in terms of their roster construction. They also talk through how Minnesota was able to rescue their roster around the Rudy Gobert trade and how Zandrick was one time right about a pro...

On the 286th episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the second round of the NBA playoffs and the NBA draft lottery. They start with the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves series after a masterpiece performance in game 5 from Nikola Jokic and then they discuss what adjustments Minnesota can make with their series on the line. They then shift to Dallas and Oklahoma City...

On the 285th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick break down the wild start to the second round of the playoffs! They begin by talking about the OKC thunder being underrated and flying slightly under the radar before they move to the main event and discuss the Timberwolves vs. the Nuggets. They talk through the nuggets depth issues before discussing the jump taken by Anthony...

On the 284th episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss a wild and crazy first round of the NBA playoffs! They begin in the western conference and talk about both the Timberwolves/Suns series and the Lakers/Nugget series to give Tyler a chance to yell about Anthony Edwards. They then discuss the Suns and Lakers futures before diving into the Clippers and Mavericks and what...

On the 283rd episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the first round of the NBA playoffs as well as the LVP this season! They begin by discussing Jordan Poole's season with the Wizards before moving on to the NBA playoffs and starting with the Cavs and Magic before moving to the Nuggets and Lakers after the amazing Game 2 on Tuesday night. They shift to the Clippers and Maveri...

On the 282nd episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zan are joined by Blake J. Harris for the playoff wins draft! They start by talking a little parenting before going into the draft order. They debate whether the playoffs have more than 2 teams to be confident in and Blake gives his view about why he would not have taken Boston first overall. They then discuss the Kings/Warriors game...

On the 281th episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zan discuss the stretch run of the NBA season and much much more! They open talking about the Boston Celtics and how injury to Giannis makes the East so much weaker. They also discuss how Joel Embiid is the one guy who can maybe cause a disruption in the playoffs if he is able to play hismelf into shape. They then briefly discuss the...

On the 280th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick talk ncaa prospects and make picks for All-NBA teams! They start by discussing the NCAA tournament and how some draft stocks have changed before discussing what players they feel like have changed their mind about evaluations over the years. Then they shift into making picks for the All-NBA teams, with most of the discussion...

On the 279th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler talk through some late season NBA storylines and NCAA prospects! They begin by talking briefly about players gambling on their own props before shifting to the MVP ballot and discussing the merits of SGA vs. Jayson Tatum vs. Luka. They then shift into debating the NBA's clutch award and how the current odds speak to the idea...