Bench Reactions

Luka made history this week with the first ever 60 point, 20 rebound, and 10 assist game, but what will the rest of the Mavs season look like? What direction should Orlando take after their recent string of victories? Is Joel being overlooked for MVP? Is it finally time to start taking the Clippers seriously again? And we wrap up with some New Year's Resolutions for the rest of the 2023 NBA season.

Lots of injuries around the league but  then recently, Steph and AD go down. What will it mean to GS and the Lakers? Christmas is right around the corner, and although we’re no longer kids (at least age-wise), we still  have some things we would like to ask Santa for this Christmas.

Was Zion Williamson out of line to dunk at the end of their last game with the Suns? Are the Nets a real basketball team now? Will Luka stay in Dallas if he can't win a championship there? And we are working with the boys alognside Patrick.

Trae Young didn't seem too happy to have his rehab plans dashed by Head Coach Nate McMillan, we go around the league and share our tops questions about being at the quarter mark of the season, and our resident foreign diplomat Zack breaks down how he would negotiate and orchestrate a trade to turn a team on the bubble into a serious contender. 

ZACK FINALLY JOINS THE POD! Tune in as we discuss Pat Bev's shoving Deandre Ayton in the back resulting in a suspension, how it compares to Adam Silver dealing with Kyrie Irving. We each share one under-the-radar player we're keeping our eye on, and we go to work with Chase to analyze and breakdown Kevin Durant's PR fiasco of how he defended asking for a trade in the offseason. 

The Cavs are struggling with their clutch minutes, The Laker are strugging... in general. How legit are the Jazz really? We take a walk through the Hall of Mediocrity at all of the mid teams in the NBA, Jason uses his skills as a public defender to practice defending his arch nemesis Rob Pelinka, and Pat's mudpie moment of the week is a deep dive on Tony Jones' deleted tweet... 

The Dunder Mifflin Nets continue to clog NBA headlines, confident takes nearing three weeks into the season, not many teams are looking really great, and Jason lets us know his *quite surprising* hot take for mudpie of the week.

We share our biggest surprises of the season, our under-the-radar players to watch, and the mudpie moments of the week.

What is Rob Pelinka thinking? Why should everyone watch Detroit this year? Ja Morant in the MVP conversation? We dive in.

The inaugural episode!!! Dan, Pat, Jason, and Chase preview the 22-23 season by dishing hot takes about the Draymond/Jordan Poole drama, who should end up with Victor Wembanyama, and our over/unders.