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On this week's episode Dan makes his heroic return as he, Jason, and Patrick get together to give out their quarter-season superlatives, including biggest surprise, highest panic meter team, and ugliest to watch. They then give hot rapid fire hot takes for the upcoming second quarter of the season before wrapping up with Jason's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

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On this week's episode Zack and Patrick go through their NBA Thankful Notes from the season thus far, including parity, great perimeter defenses, and the greatness of Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Then, Jason joins the pod and the guys go through their Thanksgiving dinner foods draft before wrapping up with Patrick's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

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On this week's episode Dan, Jason, Patrick, and Zack get together to discuss news of the week, including the Cavs maintaining their perfect record and Inside the NBA sticking around after the NBA and Warner Brothers Discovery agreed to an 11-year partnership. They then dive into a special "dad" edition of Around the League by talking through players and teams they're proud of and disappointed in based on the start to the season. And finally, they wrap up with Dan's Mudpie Moment of the Week and top it all off with a toaster pastry debate for the ages.

On this week's episode the boys get together to dive into a special edition of Burning Burnham Questions titled "Fool's Gold" and discuss the finally tanking Utah Jazz, the still surging Cleveland Cavaliers, how worried the Knicks should be about their mediocre start, and more. They then wrap up with Zack's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode Jason and Patrick run some pick and roll as they go around the league to visit the hottest topics after two weeks of play, including: Joel's suspension and Tyrese Maxey going down with a hamstring injury, the Eastern Conference only having two teams with a winning record after two weeks, the Lakers' recent skid, Milwaukee's vibes being in the toilet, the Nets being a surprisingly fun and competent basketball team, the Knicks being good on offense and bad on defense, and the lurking Golden State Warriors. They then head to Charlotte to wrap up with Patrick's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

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On this week's episode Jason is BACK! The boys give him a chance to respond to their takes from the last few weeks he was gone before jumping into their observations from this first week of NBA action. Then, they head down to Miami to wrap up with Jason's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

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It's here! The new season is finally here! As the NBA world heads into week one Zack, Patrick, and Dan get together to talk through what they're watching most closely heading into the season and all the recent extensions before diving into their predictions for the 2024-25 season. They then wrap things up with Zack's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode Zack, Dan, and Patrick talk through Zack's proprietary Western Conference power rankings before diving into over/under predictions for each team for the upcoming season. And finally, they wrap up with Patrick's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's episode Patrick, Zack, and Dan talk through some of their takeaways from media day before diving into Zack's proprietary power rankings for the Eastern Conference based on quotes from the comedy classic, Dumb and Dumber. They then give their over/under predictions for each Eastern Conference team before wrapping up with Dirty Dan's Mudpie Moment of the Week.

On this week's special BRAD episode, Dan, Jason, and Patrick get together to give a full breakdown of Game of Thrones after Patrick just finished watching for the first time. Topics include favorite characters, feelings about the ending of the story, loose ends that should have been resolved, what ifs, and favorite quotes and scenes from the show.

Saddle up on your dragon of choice and join us as we travel throughout Westeros and break down one of the greatest shows ever made.