The Way We Ball

This week, in likely our final episode of the year, we address all the massive trades that have shaken our understanding of the basketball world to its very core. We go team by team (Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, LAC, LAL, Philly, Toronto, Utah) to address the major movement over the last week and project how this may impact these teams moving forward.

It's finally over. Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Heat, and the anticipation around this lauded draft class is relieved. We talk about how both were kind of duds from an excitement standpoint, while Jacob at least tries to cheer us up about the Heat's chances of contention. Alex Saenz of From the Ground Floor shares his time and many insights with us as we do it all.

It's over, maybe faster than we'd hoped, but certainly in spectacular fashion. And once again Eric carries the obviously more correct opinions and the show. Enjoy and we'll see you next season.

We've only just seen Game 2 of this year's Finals, but we're both worried it will end and so very grateful for what we've been blessed with already. This week we catch up on some NBA news, the death of Stacey King, some coaching changes, and Donald Trump's insistence on inserting himself in every part of our lives, break down Game 2, look ahead to Game 3, and spend a little tim...

The Knicks haven't lost in 7 weeks, and we haven't been heard from for nearly half that time. We are back with an NBA Finals post-game breakdown. Listen to all the ways Eric predicted every bit of this (privately so there's no way you can prove me wrong), what the Knicks are doing right and how the Spurs can adjust for Game 2.

Round 2 is near to its close. The NBA draft lottery is set. The WNBA season has begun. The Knicks are in the Conference finals. The Thunder haven't lost a game yet in the Playoffs. Wemby elbows Naz Reid in the neck in the middle of our recording. Are we exactly where we thought we'd be before the season? Do surprises still await? Join us for a discussion of all things basketball in the yea...

IT'S ROUND TWO!!! 3 GAME SEVENS, real redemption for Joel Embiid and Rudy Gobert and centers and defensive supremacy and a final Rockets collapse.

In this episode, we break down the 1ST Round insanity that has captured the NBA, and continue memorializing our fallen Houston Rockets. With only 3 series looking like they might produce the most obviously expected outcomes, there's plenty to discuss.

THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE, and this week we preview all 8 1st round matchups, talk a little Play-In, and some other stray news.

This week, on the final morning of the regular season we review possible the Playoff scenarios of the day's games (obsolete as of this posting, but not-so as of our recording). We consider the outcomes of the incentive structure built around the NBA's current rules that have led to a third of the league intentionally losing games this season, and we do a sort of autopsy on our beloved Hous...

This week, we return to discuss some of what we missed these last two weeks, LeBron embarrassing himself, how we don't know how to talk about mental illness, and the labor and practical win that is the WNBA's new CBA with our powerful and insightful friend Mirinda Rose.

THIS WEEK, we talk with Alex Saenz about Bam's 83, the Wizards, Luka's humiliation of Matas Buzelis, more Rockets than we should, some streaks, too-early and not-planned finals predictions, and somehow not enough Lakers.

This week we talk about about the unspoken and constantly shifting relationships between the refs and on court strategy, the Western Conference contenders and why the Rockets should probably just give up and sell the team and we should really quit doing this silly podcast, AND then some more Joe Mazzulla quotes for some reason.

This week we talk all things NBA and Houston Rockets with our old and good friend Sara Rodriguez. This is also our second foray into video. Please be patient with our/my video editing skills and un-camera-ready appearance, but we are glad again to share our faces with you. On topics we discuss if Lou Dort is the dirtiest player in the league, why the Luka hate-train has begun and how it's fami...

This week, the ALL STAR break IS OVER. The home stretch of the NBA season is upon us, and we are here to talk about the Eastern Conference, the expectations and realities as we find ourselves in the spring of the year-of-our-lord 2026 really before anyone is properly prepared. We also follow up on our emergency Rockets/hero's death discussion from last week in the fallout from the KD scandal a...

On this emergency video episode, we discuss the wild news that broke yesterday about Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and our own Kevin Durant. We particularly focus on the KD situation, screenshots from an alleged burner account, in which KD takes shots at nearly all of his former teammates and coaches as well as his current ones.

This week, we discuss Chris Paul's retirement announcement, his place in league history and the Rockets' annals. We also enthusiastically break down the most recent brawl between the Pistons and Hornets and touch on the current Rockets struggles, some big and small picture analysis of where they are heading into the All Star break.

This week, we are talking actual factual TRADES and triple doubles and Jacob sounds the alarm about something or other.

This week, we discuss lots of news, the looming trade deadline, the re-emergence of Joel Embiid, and the poetry that is Joe Mazzulla pressers.

A discussion about discussions in the NBA. Plus some Rockets things.

This week! We discuss the Trae Young trade demand/agreement/concession, some New Year's Q&A's, a (continuously, potentially dubiously) set of revised predictions, and a look back at how we got here - the 3 point revolution in context. As always, thank you for spending part of your day with us.

On this EPISODE, we check in with the Spurs, Rockets, and Mavs, how Victor Wembanyama has ruined the Christmases of everyone in Oklahoma, and a little bit about what's happening with the Cavs and Lakers. We tread in some familiar territory for a mostly congenial and collegiate discussion about NBA current events.

This week(!), we break down the excitement that was the Knockout and Semifinal rounds of the NBA Cup, an experiment that may have finally announced itself as more than just an experiment. We also take a look at the Young Guns of the East - Atlanta, Orlando, and Detroit and how their coming-of-age stories are progressing. And to end this unnecessarily long holiday episode, we invite our respective...

This week! NBA news, trade talk, and some eternal love for Chris Paul.

This week we talk about all things Houston Rockets with our good friend and genuine mensch Alex Wheeler. We discuss the most recent slate of Rockets games, their promising start to the season, the chances of that last millennial NBA greats winning a swan song championship, and who Ime Udoka would fight.