It's time for the annual Dirkie NBA Season Awards and we are joined by special guest Trill from the You Know Ball Podcast (@trillbrodude). We are here to give out time-honored awards including: "You're my number 1 boy", "The Pit of Despair", "I Could've Been a Contender", and much more.

Thank you for listening! Rate/follow the show wherever you can and follow us on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_.

In honor or April Fool's Day, Jack Quantrill (@theDropStepNBA) joins to talk things we are NOT fooled by from this NBA season. Topics below:

Timestamps: The Knicks as contenders (2:00), Knicks' matchups in the East (16:00), Knicks lineup issues (19:30), Eastern conference supremacy? (28:00), the fraudulent Toronto Raptors (32:00), Spurs winning it all (37:00), The Confusing Rockets (51:00), The Lakers (1:08:00), Giannis as a top player (1:19:30)

Thank you for listening! Rate/follow the show wherever you can and follow us on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_. Follow Jack as well!

Expansion is coming for the NBA! Who would be available to select in an expansion draft? The answers may surprise you...

Plus: Discussing the loaded top 10 in this year's NBA draft. Who is #1 on our boards? How do we sort through the lottery guards: Darius Acuff, Kingston Flemings, Mikel Brown and more...

Timestamps: Expansion protections (1:40), OKC (3:30), Spurs (6:05), Blazers (9:10), Memphis + Ja Morant (12:40), Jazz (16:30), Pistons (19:00), Knicks (21:50), Boston (26:50), Cleveland (27:50), Orlando Magic (29:15), Charlotte (31:00), Summary (34:00), NBA DRAFT (40:00), Dybantsa/Peterson/Boozer/Wilson (40:20), Guard debate! (1:01:30), Darius Acuff (1:02:30), Mikel Brown (1:07:00), Brayden Burries (1:09:55), Kingston Flemings (1:16:00), Keaton Wagler vs. Labaron Philon (1:19:45), Sleepers for the top 10 (1:26:30)

Thank you for listening! Rate/follow the show wherever you can and follow us on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_

Bam Adebayo scored 83 points last night and we rank the top contenders in the NBA.

Wait WHAT happened last night???? #NotMy81

Timestamps: Bam's 83 (0:30), How do the Wizards recover from this? (6:40), Outrageous potential 84-pt scorers (12:15), Top contenders (16:20)

Thank you for listening! Rate/follow the show wherever you can and follow us on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_

Friend of the show Justin Radin joins to talk how we would address tanking, the NBA draft, NBA Rule changes and so much more. We get wild in this one talking Commissioner for a day actions.

Rate/Follow us and find us on X @drewsemler & @maxklotz_

NBA Trade Season woke up in a BIG way. Friend of the show Coach Andy Godnick joins to talk Harden for Garland, Jaren Jackson Jr to Utah, Vucevic to Boston and what more is to come for the trade deadline! For your main course: ranking the top 4 prospects in the upcoming NBA draft, which may be the best in recent memory. Details below...

Timestamps: James Harden for Darius Garland reaction (2:33), Vucevic to Boston (14:00), Jaden Ivey to Chicago (18:40), JAREN JACKSON JR to UTAH (21:45)

TOP NBA DRAFT PROSPECTS (39:00), Darryn Peterson's superstar SG potential (39:20), Cam Boozer: Star or Elite role player (48:00), Caleb Wilson: Our draft darling (1:02:20), AJ Dybantsa: Overhyped? (1:15:00)

Thank you for listening. Follow/rate us here and on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_

Follow/rate us here and on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_

DIRKIES:

(0:00) - Best Director: best coaching job through 50 games.

(16:35) - Best (5-year title) Picture: outside of OKC/SAS/DEN, pick the team you’re most confident will win a title in the next 5 years.

(23:45) - Best Actor: MVP through 50 games.

(26:35) - Supporting Actor: best player with a usage rate under 20% through 50 games.

(36:50) - Original Screenplay: team that shouldn’t work but does.

(42:05) - Editing: best transaction of the year (including last summer).

(51:50) - Cinematography: most aesthetically pleasing team right now.

(57:40) - Sound: best interviewee.

(60:45) - Visual Effects: best flopper/master of dark arts.

(65:00) - Costume and Makeup: straightforward.

(68:20) - Afterparty: one trade deadline fantasy.

Trying something new for this one! Friend of the show and OKC superfan Micah Cash joins the show on his way to and from OKC's matchup with the San Antonio Spurs.

In a revolutionary new form of podcasting we both PREVIEW and REVIEW the Thunder - Spurs game in the same episode.

Hope you enjoy. Please rate/follow us here and on X @drewsemler and @maxklotz_. Thank you for listening!

(1:40) - Jumping around the league

(22:40) - Checking in on the 2025 draft class

Check us out on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@drewsemler⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MaxKlotz_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow/rate the pod here too 🩶

Friend of the pod Brett Usher re-joins the pod to talk teams we are buying and selling thus far in the NBA Season! Brett is one of the best follows out there, check him out @UsherNBA on X.

Time stamps:

The LA Clippers can't be this bad right? (1:30), The San Antonio Spurs have arrived (12:15), How are the Celtics this good? (29:20), The Pistons are bullying everyone (42:45), Orlando is figuring it out featuring a Paolo Banchero discussion (53:00), Can Golden State get their year on track? (1:04:50), Derik Queen is a monster (1:16:00), Tyrese Haliburton - underrated? (1:28:30).

Thank you everyone for listening!

Check us out on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@drewsemler⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MaxKlotz_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow/rate the pod here too 🩶