We're kicking off Sixties September with a look at the team that dominated the decade - the Celtics! Red Auerbach...Bill Russell...Bob Cousy...John Havlicek...boy, what a group!

Back to the 70s this week to dig into the legend of Pistol Pete. What's up with his legacy - we're getting conflicting signals over here!!

We're getting down to brass tacks with this special ep on collective bargaining agreements and NBA lockouts. We talk all four of the historical lockouts, debate the philosophical implications of hard caps, and speculate about the future.

Oh this week we're talkin' the Human Highlight Film himself, Dominique Wilkins. We've got your dunk contests, we've got your Bird duels, we've got your Greek leagues. Also a word from our sponsor, you bet.

This week the guys tackle the conundrum of the pick and roll - a play some call the bread and butter of the NBA, but one that others (Michael) have a hard time identifying and understanding. We look at the iconic screen setting of John Stockton and Karl Malone and the new avant garde screens of Kyrie and LeBron as case studies to try and suss this darn thing out.

This week, the guys read and review the 500-page tome "The Breaks of the Game," the classic sports journalism account of the demise of the Portland Trailblazers team following their 1977 championship title. Bill Walton hurts his feet, Kermit Washington throws a punch, and Philip tells a long Pacific Northwest-themed joke. It's truly rhizomatic!

Remember when Seattle had an NBA team?!? This week, the guys are on the case of the disappearing Seattle SuperSonics like two hardboiled private dicks. A coffee billionaire, the commissioner, Frasier, and Kevin Durant are all pieces of this puzzle of intrigue set in the Pacific Northwest.

This week, the guys are bicoastal! With Phil in Alaska and Michael in Cleveland, they're tackling Dirk (Nowitzki, not Diggler), following his kooky Bavarian upbringing through his twenty-season run with the Mavs. We talk about posting up, choking, and aging, and someone's car alarm goes off for about three minutes.

This week we're digging into the liminal space of the '90s when Michael Jordan went to play baseball and the Houston Rockets had their day in the sun. We talk Clutch City's '94 and '95 championship wins, Hakeem the Dream (and his patented Dream Shake), Clyde the Slide, and some others without rhyming nicknames.

Ten episodes! Jeepers! For this special occasion, we're going all the way back to basketball's origin and development. We talk about James Naismith and his original 13 rules. Then it gets really metaphysical - we ask what basketball knows, compare it to the Platonic ideal of baseball, Michael does a Derrida impression, and some listener mail launches a counter reformation. Our most inscrutable episode yet!