You Know Ball: A (Mostly) NBA Podcast

Sign up for the You Know Ball Patreon here for access to bonus episodes and more: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Grizzlies podcaster Keith Parish from Fastbreak Breakfast and Grits and Grinds joins us to talk about Ja Morant's season ending injury and how the season from hell for the Memphis Grizzlies could lead to them being sellers at the trade deadline. We pitched him a ton of different tr...

On this episode we drafted the teams who should be buyers and sellers at this trade deadline. We will discuss who is untouchable, who is the most likely to be traded, and what kind of trades that buyers and sellers should be targeting at this deadline. SORRY FOR THE MIC ISSUES THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN SOON. Enjoy. For bonus episodes and more content subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall...

For bonus content and access to the YKB discord subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall NEW YEARS SLOP!!! TRADE SEASON IS HERE! THEY ACTUALLY DID IT. THE RAPTORS TRADED OG. WE GAVE OUR THOUGHTS ON THE TRADE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE KNICKS, RAPTORS AND THE REST OF THE NBA TRADE MARKET THIS DEADLINE. Will the Knicks take another big swing before the trade deadline? What teams will be in...

For bonus episodes and access to the YKB discord please subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall The Hawks might trade Dejounte Murray already. We discussed the Lakers and Knicks interest in him and what other teams might make some sense including the Sixers. We then discussed the mess the Suns have got themselves into following the KD and Beal trades and if there is any way out of it....

For bonus episodes and access to the YKB discord please subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall On this episode we drafted the players most likely to be traded before the trade deadline which turned into a conversation that included about 20 different NBA players over the course of this episode. We discussed teams that could be interested in certain players and what it would take to ac...

For weekly bonus episodes and more subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall A year after winning his first NBA MVP, Joel Embiid might be having his best season ever, but does he have a shot against the other top candidates after last year's playoff flameout? We discussed his chances against SGA, Jokic, Lebron (?) and others. We then talked about the devaluin...

For weekly bonus episodes and more subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall On this episode we discussed the Pacers knocking off the Celtics in the in-season tournament and another insane performance from Tyrese Haliburton. We discussed where he currently ranks amongst NBA players, his potential, ceiling and more. Then we discussed Tobias Harris' awful game...

Sign up for the YKB Patreon here for weekly bonus episodes and more: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Sorry for the audio issues on this one. Trill's mic was messed up so he had to use my backup for this episode. We discussed the Sixers destroying the Lakers, as they handed Lebron the worst of his career in year 21 and why this Lakers team as currently constructed is not a contender. We then di...

Sign up for the YKB Patreon for early episodes, bonus episodes and access to the Discord here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall On this episode we discuss Zach Lavine's best landing spots based on his trade request list and who else could get in on the action. We also discussed the Sixers having the best offense in the NBA (according to cleaning the glass) and other eye popping stats from early...

For weekly early episodes and bonus episodes sign up for the You Know Ball Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Maxey is HIM. We continue to re-evaluate his ceiling as a player after his 50 point game against the Indiana Pacers and first team all NBA level start to the season. HE DID IT FOR KELLY. He also might have saved the Sixers title window? After this we talked about the Clipper...

Please sign up for the YKB Playback if you have not already. We are getting paid for new sign ups & hours watched on the channel this month. Thank you! Sign up here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball This episode we talked about: The new look Sixers have won five in a row, Maxey and Embiid are playing unselfish elite team basketball, Morey's trade targets he hinted at during a podcast appearance...

To get episodes early, a bonus episode every week and access to the You Know Ball discord please subscribe to YKB patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall It happened! It finally happened. Harden was finally traded to the Clippers so we will discuss what it means for everyone involved: the Sixers, the Clippers and the third team, the OKC Thunder. In general we discussed how will this effe...

On this episode we went go over the latest Joel Embiid "trade report" by Keith Pompey that is laughably terrible. We discussed why it is absurd and will never happen. Then we discussed all of the players who did and did not get extensions from the 2020 NBA draft class and gave our thoughts on each extension. Enjoy. In other news you should follow Trill's new Eagles + NFL podcast: https://smartlink...

To get bonus episodes of You Know Ball every single week subscribe to the YKB Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall On this episode Parm joined Sam and Trill to predict this year's NBA awards: MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Coach of the Year, Finals MVP & more. They went through their favorites for each award, dark horses, long-shots an...

We talked about who was left off ESPN's annual NBA top 100 players list, which players were way too high and which players were way too low. This list is designed to make us mad and it works every year! Enjoy. During the patreon section we predicted the NBA western conference standings, play-in and playoff matchups, then picked the conference winner and our 2024 NBA champions. To hear the 2+ hour...

We talked Sixers vs. Celtics preseason game one thoughts! Nick Nurse bringing basketball fascism to Philadelphia and the new look Sixers and Celtics. Then we riffed on the Mavericks weird preseason and Payton Pritchard's extension with the Celtics before predicting the entire eastern conference standings, play in + playoff matchups and finally picking the conference winner. Enjoy! In other news it...

James Harden showed up to Sixers training camp? And everything was fine?! We speculated whether this was a ploy to get traded to the Clippers ASAP and also discussed the potential of another Eastern Conference Contender trading for Harden ... Then about halfway through this we got some minor slop from Sam Amick and Shams live on air about the Clippers interest in Harden ramping up. We discussed al...

Jrue Holiday has been traded to the Boston Celtics for Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams & two first round picks. We talked about how this deal effects everyone involved and also the teams who did not make the trade, the Sixers and Clippers, as well as the Bucks and Heat who were also obviously involved in this whole ordeal. Guest = Clippers blogger and podcaster Rob Flom AKA @RichHomieFlom In othe...

It is finally over. Dame has been traded, but not to the Heat ... to the Bucks! We give our thoughts on the deal for everyone involved and riffed on a number of things including where Jrue Holiday could end up (Heat, Sixers, Clippers etc.) now, where do the Heat go from here, are the Bucks the title favorites now and what other slop could drop involving other NBA stars now that this has finally ha...

We talk about the latest Damian Lillard news and what we we have been hearing about the trade behind the scenes. Is Miami out? Are the Raptors going to trade for him? Should they include Scottie Barnes in the trade? Do the Sixers have a realistic shot? How are the Suns and Ayton involved? Plus we will talk about a bunch of other stuff. Then we went through every team in the Blazers division (North...

Slop is back!! Sam and Trill riffed on some Buddy Hield trade ideas for the Rockets, Mavericks, Sixers, Celtics, Magic and other teams. Enjoy. To hear this entire episode subscribe to the YKB Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall 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.underdogf...

Wrapping up the Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo Over Under predictions and giving our own over under picks for this upcoming NBA season. The teams covered in this episode are the Miami Heat to the Washington Wizards in alphabetical order. The live on air reaction to the Sixers signing Kelly Oubre happens at 1:10:55. Enjoy. Use the promo code “SLOP” or click the link below to get a $100 dollar depos...

An annual tradition! We predicted Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo's over / under picks for the upcoming 2023 - 2024 NBA season. This section also includes our over / under picks for the first half of NBA teams (Atlanta - Memphis). Part two with the second half of NBA teams (Miami - Washington) is coming early next week. Enjoy. Use the promo code “SLOP” or click the link below to get a $100 dollar d...

On this unlocked Patreon episode from August we drafted the 30 best players in the NBA that you would want moving forward. We tried to answer questions like who is the best player in the NBA right now, what players have best player in the NBA upside and what players who were once the best are currently declining to the point where they should not be drafted at all? Some picks and exclusions will p...

Trev aka @Hegelbon joined us to discuss a number of topics including USA losing to Germany in the FIBA world cup in the semi finals. We discussed what went wrong this time and how America can fix it before the Olympics next year. During the Patreon part of this episode we also discussed NBA 2k24 and the rise of exploitative video game companies, Trill playing Persona Five for the first time and so...