You Know Ball: A (Mostly) NBA Podcast

On this episode, our friend Mike Chiodo returned to discuss two NBA podcasters pushing Raptors propaganda for potential OG trades before this NBA trade deadline. then we talked about Tobias Harris winning us over this season by becoming everything that we wanted him to be for the Sixers as a 3 and d-ish power wing. To hear the entire episode where we discussed: the latest rumor that involves Harde...

On this episode we will discuss the NBA teams that are currently on panic meter watch including the Lakers who just lost Anthony Davis for a month, Steph Curry is out for at least two weeks, the Raptors can't stop losing, Sam's Celtics who have cooled off since their historical hot shooting start to the season and a few other teams with some contending and middling teams with concerning issues tha...

Our personal hero Bill Simmons released his new NBA trade value list! Just like the last time we did this we talked about the entire thing including what we agreed with, what we disagreed with and the most unhinged parts of the list. Also we discussed a few major people who just missed the last and argued who should have been removed in place of these players. Finally in the Patreon part of the ep...

SLOP SEASON BEGINS THIS WEEK! To kick it off first we discussed trade rumors that Shams mentioned in his latest article including: Bojan Bogdanavic, Kyle Kuzma, Cam Reddish, Evan Fournier and the Lakers interest in basically all of them. We then talked about the many different directions teams like the Lakers, Nets, Hawks, Heat, Wizards could go and how some teams being asset poor at this deadline...

December 15th, aka the beginning of slop season, is one week away! To celebrate we run through one trade idea for every NBA team that is a contender & semi-contender right now. First we talked about Brittany Griner being release from prison and the weird reaction to the "trade" that made it happen! We proposed trade ideas for the Suns, Bucks, Nuggets, Nets, Hawks, Sixers (lol), Celtics, Heat, Mave...

Matt aka @PanasonicDX4500 joins us to discuss what is happening with the Sixers as they lost their third in a row during James Harden's awful return post injury. Is Doc back on the hot seat? Should the stars be held accountable? Should Morey get more blame for this team lacking cohesion? Is there anyway out of this or is this the beginning of the end for this era of Sixers basketball? Also: will I...

Use the promo code “SLOP” or click the link below to get a $100 dollar deposit match bonus when you sign up for Underdog Fantasy today! https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-you-know-ball The Celtics can't stop winning and it is killing Trill slowly. They have the number one offense by a wide margin. Old Al Horford just extended for pennies. Jayson Tatum is the betting favorite for MVP on some books....

Chicago Bulls optimist Trey Kerby from the No Dunks podcast stopped by to talk about his Bulls weird start to the season. We discussed many things including the dreaded treadmill of mediocrity, who he considers part of the Bulls core, whether he would explore tanking, rebuilding or resetting this year. We then talked about if they could turn the season around by changes to their starting line up o...

Use the promo code “SLOP” or click the link below to get a $100 dollar deposit match bonus when you sign up for Underdog Fantasy today: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-you-know-ball YOU KNOW THE VIBES! The Paul Reed Sixers upset the Nets during low energy Ben Simmons during his return to Philadelphia. Very sad for Ben and his supporters. We discussed De'Antony Melton, Tobias Harris and Paul Ree...

Mike Chiodo joined us to talk all things Sixers sadness. We talked about Embiid and Maxey's injuries, Ben Simmons returning to town to play the Skeleton Sixers, Giannis being an enemy of the working class, PJ tucker not being able to score at all and whether this is going to hurt the Sixers in the playoffs, some Tobias Harris "trade rumors" that are definitely real. And then we talked ab...

The Wolves might have screwed themselves by making an all in move for Rudy Gobert. We discuss how the Wolves could turn it around, if an in season trade is even possible, the unfair comparisons to the 19-20 Sixers, the lack of flexibility moving forward that they have and how it could all lead to the eventual departure of Karl Anthony Towns, or even worse, Anthony Edwards. Also, will it go down as...

The now .500 Sixers were brought back to life by Joel Embiid's absolutely amazing two way performance on Sunday night vs. the Utah Jazz. Embiid returned to MVP form with a near 60 point quadruple double where he picked apart the Jazz scoring at will and setting up his teammates in a way we have never seen before. He also returned to his elite form on the defensive end as a rim protector and pick a...

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SLOP SEASON IS ALMOST HERE!! Lakers & Klutch Propagandist Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) from SBNation returned to talk with Sam and Trill about all things Lakers including the recent trade rumors around Anthony Davis started by the Podfather himself Bill Simmons. Before we got into that we discussed the new rumors that the Lakers may not trade their two first round picks with Russell Westbrook for t...

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Resident Brooklyn Nets fan Reed Wallach from BetSided's "The Early Reed" returns to the podcast to discuss Ben Simmons slow start with the Brooklyn Nets where he is not looking to score, fouling out of games and possibly screwing up lineups for a team that has championship aspirations. Can the KD and Kyrie Nets be salvaged or will this end in disaster? We also discussed the Deja Vu that I am havin...

Derek Bodner of Sixers Beat and the Daily Six newsletter returned to the podcast to discuss the Sixers disastrous 0-3 start. Originally I asked Bodner to come on the podcast to talk me off the ledge when the Sixers lost their opening games to the Celtics and Bucks (good teams!) but we both assumed they would beat the tanking Spurs (bad team!) so at least we would have something positive to talk ab...

For this entire episode which includes our takes on the Sixers vs. Celtics opening night (where Joel Embiid laid an egg) please subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Yes I am coping over the Sixers opening night loss to the Celtics so this is like my therapy. During this preview clip we discussed the Lakers opening night vs. the Golden State Warriors. The...

Turn from Celtics Twitter returned to talk about rookie extensions from the 2019 NBA Draft class. We talked about Matisse Thybulle not getting extended by the Sixers (WOOHOO!!) and what this means for him moving forward, Grant Williams not getting extended by the Celtics despite his breakout season last year and some other players who actually did get extended including Jordan Poole, Tyler Herro,...

Sam, Parm and Trill debate who will win NBA MVP for the 2022-2023 season. We discussed the narratives around the award in recent years, the betting favorites (Luka, Giannis, Embiid) to win this year, the unlikeliness of Jokic winning a third straight MVP due to historical precedent and we also gave some dark horse picks with long betting odds that could be worth taking a flier on. Finally we all m...

To celebrate reaching 200 YKB Patreon Subscribers (Woohoo!) and 100 subscribers on my second YouTube channel we have unlocked this YKB Patreon episode from September 22nd 2022 where Sam Sheehan and I predicted Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo's Over/Under takes on the upcoming NBA season. Bill and Russillo just released this episode so we figured it was a good time to let it free to the world. Sorry...

Rob Flom from 213 Hoops returns for part two of our annual predicting the NBA series to discuss: The Golden State Warriors madness + some fake Draymond Green Trades if the team does decides to move on from him (we recorded this before the news that Draymond would not be suspended lol). Then we discussed Tyrese Maxey's insane preseason where he is averaging more than 40 points per 36 minutes) the S...

To watch the entire Sixers as Championship Contenders + Eastern Conference Standings Prediction episode please subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Rob Flom (@RichHomieFlom) returned for our annual NBA preseason predictions! In part one we talked about the lying NBA media (sad!) setting their expectations way too high for the Sixers and I am beginning to get...

To watch livestreams of us recording YKB episodes and to get episodes early episodes and bonus episodes on your podcast feed please sign up for the YKB Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall But first, the slop take hotline! We got our first voicemail from a YKB Patreon Head Hog about the Boston Celtics so we riffed on that and gave our thoughts. Then Sam Sheehan and Trill overreact to the f...