The Way We Ball

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.

In this Episode, we discuss the problems with Nico Harrision's approach to his job as a symptom of the problems of powerful men in general and the absurd ways we love to venerate them. Also, how this trade deadline might be crowded with sellers hawking wares to a small number of buyers. And trends we've seen 20% into this NBA season. And finally I make Jacob predict the bracket for the NBA...

On this week's episode, we discuss why men are broken and Russell Westbrook's legacy. Also, Eric is his own ombudsman, and Jacob is a terrible priest. And some Rockets weekly chatter that we can't help.

Sports media members often behave like spectators alone in their homes, commenting as if no one can hear them, or worse sensationally attack a player's character in order to further their own careers, but we hear you Tim MacMahon. We hear you loud and clear.

In this episode, we interview our friend Tim about what he knows and/or cares about and then discuss a few observations on the first week of the NBA season.

The absolute hottest NBA Preseason takes to survive a trip to the surface of the mf sun, son.

We break down the current NBA CBA and how it's forcing teams' to build in ways the previous salary structure did not and how or why or if Giannis Antetokounmpo might be on a different team in the near future.

In this first episode, we share our preseason picks for the 2025-2026 NBA season, introduce ourselves and work out the kinks of what we're even doing here.