Kai, Josh and Ice break down NBA free agency

(08:20) The Western Conference is debatably fun now

(09:30) Kai''s Melo rant

(11:45) Gordon Hayward to the Celtics in Free Agency

(18:15) The Chicago errr. Minnesota Timberwolves' offseason moves

(26:15) Bucks fairly quiet Free Agency front and Summer League Scouting reports- DJ Wilson, Rashad Vaughn, Sterling Brown, and Thon and Giannis' summer workout regime

(38:15) Justin Patton update? Wolves' veteran summer league roster

(40:15)MLB midseason check in

(42:00) Paul Milsap to the Nuggets!! Nothing like a Milksap frontcourt and their potential playoff chances

(45:20)Klay Thompson China check in

(45:50)Clippers playoff chances next season

(48:20)J.J. Redick signs with the Sixers. Good move?

(51:30) Thoughts on idle offseasons from the Spurs and Cavs?

(56:45) S/O to Colin Robinson

Josh, Jesse, Ice and Kai cover some of the earth shattering trades that have gone down in the past week, Elton John song parodies, and questions as we approach NBA Free Agency.

In addition, look out for the release of our Game of Thrones Pod in the coming weeks as well as more Bachelorette pods (Love Shack Podcast) 

(00:45) Jimmy Butler trade breakdown. Why did the Bulls do this?! Wolves commit near highway robbery

(10:30) Timberwolves future outlook moving forward following the trade/ offense and defense adjustments

(21:00) Overall Draft talk/ recap, brief s/o to Love Shack, our spot- on mock draft, Bucks and Timberwolves pick discussion. Teams that drafted well or not so hot. 

(36:00) Chris Paul traded to the Rockets! Was this actually a win- win trade for both franchises? What does this mean for the Rockets moving forward? Can CP3 and Beard co-exist in the same backcourt?

(43:30) Phil Jackson firing. Could we please be paid $50,000 a day to be an awful POBO too? Joakim Noah is livin the liiiife

(45:30) Free Agency talk! What does Blake Griffin do now? Do the Clippers pull a Deandre Jordan house lockdown on him?! Where does Gordon Hayward go?

Last night the entire Locked on Bus staff got together to record a major pod with content ranging from everything to the NBA Finals, a Cold War in the NBA, our own Mock Draft and more!

Also, we're looking at also tossing this one on Soundcloud and/ or Podbean. So look out for that if you would prefer to listen to this in a different medium. 

Enjoy!

(01:15) Hitz Graff Hot Take, 18 wheelers flipping in Montana and major traffic delays for innocent civilians! 

(06:15) NBA Finals Recap. Warriors win the title, KD wins Finals MVP, is there any hope for the rest of the league? How the Warriors were built, Usain Bolt comps and more! 

(14:00) NBA version of the Cold War (An arms race has begun between the elites!)

What is next for the Cavs? Paul George? Jimmy Butler? What trade chips/ assets do the Cavs have?  What is the value of Kevin Love? How good do you have to be in order to become the 3rd option on a championship team? 

(20:40) Jesse argues people shouldn't discount Kawhi Leonard's impact in the WCF, Ice argues he was irrelevant to the ultimate outcome. This one gets a little fiery, which we love at the TOTA network. We have passionate podcasters ;)

(23:50) Ad Break! Locked on Bus is sponsored by Jimmy John's! Get $20 off your next 5 sub purchases! Plus bathroom access after 11PM

(24:40) Discussion and evaluation of the Boston and Philadelphia trade swapping the #1 and #3 picks respectively, plus some other stuff

(36:15) Locked on Bus 2017 Mock Draft!!!

(51:30) How crazy has this NBA offseason been already? We talk D'Angelo Russell trade, Dwight Howard traded to the Charlotte Bobcats errrr Hornets, the valuation of top draft picks, is Marshall Plumlee a real person?

(63:30) What is LeBron's future in Cleveland? Does he make the move to LA after this season?

(69:30) Questions segment!! 

Over/ under 3.5 trades on draft day? 

Finally, which rookie drafted will be the first to win an MVP?

WE HAVE BIG NEWS!! Making her Truth of the Anthem Podcast debut, our Host Saydi Stewart brings on correspondents Josh Olson and Kai Hedstrom for the first episode of our network's latest show, LOVE SHACK. In this episode we talk about the first couple weeks of reality television's greatest product, the show, The Bachelorette! 

(01:00) How long we have all watched the show for?

(02:40) Preview of this season and who the Bachelorette is ( hint: it's Rachel). Josh details Rachel's age, dog breed, her social security number and more!

(03:40) Our initial impressions of Rachel thus far

(07:00) Rachel's dog talk!! Why is the dog on the show/ why does it have a cast?! Is Rachel secretly an animal abuser?!?

(08:00) Guys that stood out from the introductions. Josh has "vigorous" notes on all of the guys (whatever that means) 

(09:30) Guys that we do not like from the beginning (Milton, Lee, Blake, and approximately 46 other dudes in Kai's estimation)

(12:45)  The 3 main dramas of the show so far

-Wa-Booooooom vs Blake

-DeMario vs his supposed ex girlfriend/ Rachel/ Chris Harrison/ security & all the other guys in the house

- Eric (IT'S ALL ABOUT ME) vs Lee (Snake Eyes) "My name's in your mouth" and other stuff

(27:45) Mud Wrestling is weird and kind of sexist, no? Kenny the pro wrestler, that didn't actually win it all :( 

(30:15) What would we list as our profession if we were a contestant on the Bachelor/ Bachelorette? 

(32:00) Our picks to win it all (choosing our final 3)

Kai- Bryan, Peter, Josiah

Josh- Will, Dean, Kenny

Saydi- Kenny, Peter, Diggy

Disclaimer: Saydi picked the winner of the last Bachelor, so nbd but probably more stock into her answers probably

That's all from us for now. 

Josh, Jesse, Ice and Kai record a fairly dysfunctional episode in our Iowa City studio. 

This episode features a guest appearance from Kai's longtime friend, Max Schimanski. This is Max's 2nd time appearing on Locked on Bus on the guest, and he is always one of my favorite dudes to talk ball with.   For those that don't know, Max is a Davidson grad (Steph Curry blessup), and a contributor for Nylon Calculus. He has some great content out there, definitely recommend checking it out. https://fansided.com/author/maxschimanski/  

Additionally, if you follow  NBA twitter at all, I definitely suggest giving him a follow- @schimax . 

In this episode we primarily focus on the Bucks Front Office developments for the first half of the pod, and then get into some draft and NBA finals talk to close it out.

(01:00) We discuss the biggest news of the day:  John Hammond has officially accepted a job to be the General Manager of the Orlando Magic and thus the search for Milwaukee's new GM has begun, albeit in somewhat usual fashion. 

(08:30) Breakdown of John Hammond's tenure as Bucks General Manager. We talk about some of his best and worst trades, free agent acquisitions and draft picks.

Some of the many players mentioned in this thread include: Giannis Antetokoumnpo, Greg Monroe, Tobias Harris, Monta Ellis, Jared Dudley, Zaza Pachulia, John Salmons, Joe Alexander, Andrew Bogut, Michael Carter- Williams, J.J. Redick, John Henson, Mike Dunleavy (obligatory Fuck Mike Dunleavy!) and more! 

(27:45) Justin Zanik talk. We discuss his qualifications for the GM job. Max actually had the chance to meet him during training camp in Madison, so we get to hear a little bit about that too.  He has experience as an Assistant GM and agent, so qualifications aren't an issue with him. 

(35:00) Draft Talk. 

Players that we could see rising and or/ falling. Potential fits for the Bucks at picks 17 and 48 and just general prospects of intrigue. 

NBA prospects discussed include: Dennis Smith, Donovan Mitchell, OG Anunoby, T.J. Leaf, Ike Anigbogu, Justin Patton, Jonathan Jeanne, Terrance Ferguson, Josh Hart, Tony Bradley, Frank Mason, Monte Morris, Semi Ojeleye, Caleb Swannigan

(50:30) NBA Finals talk. Key matchups, what the Cavs have to do to win this series, will Steve Kerr be back to coach the Finals/ does that matter?

Josh, Jesse, Ice (briefly) and Kai are back again for some more NBA talk! 

In an effort to make this a little easier for listeners to follow/ choose more of what they would like to hear, I've outlined below with the approximate time in the pod that each particular topic comes up. So feel free to listen to it in its entirety or just 5 seconds, it's your call. ​

(2:00) Draft Lottery Recap

(5:30) Wolves Draft position and potential draft targets

(9:00) Bucks Draft position and potential draft targets

(16:30) Eastern Conference Finals Breakdown and predictions

(20:15) Western Conference Finals Breakdown and predictions/ San Antonio Spurs' future outlook

(27:45) Favorite moment(s) of the NBA playoffs so far

(30:30) LeBron Circle jerk

(32:00) NBA Finals Discussion/ Predictions

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36:15) NEW SEGMENT- Prediction Party!!!!! We will start doing predictions at the end of each episode. 3 categories. (Weekly, Yearly, and All- time predictions) 

(37:30) Ice Freakin' Johnson decides to call into the show!!

(38:15) Weekly question- Who will average more rebounds and assists in their respective conference series, LeBron James or Draymond Green?

(42:00) Yearly question- This time next year, Paul George will be playing on ______?

(44:15) All- Time question- LeBron will finish his career with ______ rings?

Love,

The Locked on Bus Staff

- TOTA Podcast Network Co- founder, Bucks contributor & Sound: J(Y)osh Olson

- Wolves contributor, Stats & Analytics department: Isaac (Ice) Johnson

- Jesse Hitz Graff 

Recorded in our Merrill, Wisconsin studio, you will really notice an instant upgrade in acoustics and overall podcast sound. (MORE EXCITING NEWS ON EXPANSION SHOWS TO THE TRUTH OF THE ANTHEM PODCAST NETOWRK TO COME!!!)

In this episode, Josh and Kai recap the Bucks- Raptors playoff series in addition to our offseason wish list/ our comprehensive draft overview. 

We may or may not have had a few beverages prior to recording this, so hopefully we still sound somewhat coherent and insightful. 

Kai, Josh, Ice and Jesse discuss some NBA playoffs as well as our version of the Oscars..... The Locked on Bus end of season awards!!! Please enjoy listening to our staff picks for  NBA end of season awards including: MVP, MIP, Coach of the Year, Player you'd most like to serve as your sperm donor and more! 

There were some audio issues at times with this recording, so hopefully you all are decent fans of T-Pain :P  But all kidding aside, I think this is a pretty fun and engaging pod that shows off our wit, intellect and charm that truly makes us Locked on Bus. 

Kai, Josh and Jesse talk March Madness