1:33 - DeMar DeRozan is FEASTING

3:38 - Starting at the End, Paul George's incredible close

7:30 - Shoutout to Sabreena Merchant

12:55 - Luke Kennard has found his spot

14:40 - Isaiah Hartenstein makes a difference

17:40 - SGA might be the best driver in the league

20:45 - Bazley is a fascinating mover

21:38 - Terrence Mann is so functional

27:56 - Josh Giddey talk with THE Ben Pfeifer

31:03 - Giddey’s scoring - utilizing his size on drives

31:44 - Shoutout to Nekias Duncan

Nekias also co-hosts the Dunker Spot pod with the GREAT Steve Jones Jr [Evin’s personal hero]

32:25 - Josh’s floater

34:22 - Shoutout to Polar!

37:55 - Shoutout to PD Web

43:00 - JOSH GIDDEY. PRIMETIME PASSER.

51:08 - Josh Giddey is bleeding into Ben’s life

54:20 - KINGS v PELICANS [Oct 29 2021]

55:15 - Willie Green: 4 Finals in 5 years as an assistant

59:30 - The development of the rest of De’Aaron’s game

1:01:45 - Fox going body to body with Jonas

1:02:20 - Nash Scoops!

1:06:20 - Shoutout to Mike Prada

1:07:44 - Brandon Ingram - a style similar to one DeMar?

1:14:14 - PELICANS SET BREAKDOWNS

1:14:20 - Horns Out Chicago [Pels x Suns]

1:15:14 - Horns Clear [Pels x Suns]

1:15:41 - Delay Chicago [Pels x Suns]

1:17:51 - Shoutout to Caitlin Cooper. ARCC.

1:17:55 - Dunker Spot DHO [Pels x Grizzlies]

1:18:21 - Angled Spain [Pels x Suns x Grizzlies]

1:19:29 - Horns 45/Elbow Get + Exit

1:19:40 - Shoutout to Bowser2Bowser

2:16 - Posting positively about Paul George

5:05 - Jumping straight in on the Minnesota Timberwolves

7:16 - Karl-Anthony Towns is insulated

11:14 - An Isiah Thomas comp AND clip?!

15:00 - The task of containing Kevin Porter Jr is like trying to hold water in your hand.

17:40 - Karl-Anthony Towns. Anthony Edwards. Two man game.

19:54 - D’Angelo Russell driving the ball?! Getting to the line?!

30:05 - Bud & Pop. The buddy coach comedy you didn’t know you wanted

32:24 - Giannis throwing up a Dirk fade in Texas

32:53 - Dueling drop coverages

35:20 - The incredible moldable Spurs

36:09 - Douglas Richard McDermott. Monsieur McBuckets.

37:14 - An automatic for the Spurs: no straight line drive = DHO

37:41 - Pistol Chicago [and give & go ability of Doug]

38:55 - Doug McDermott is TRON

43:15 - The Pressing San Antonio Spurs

44:30 - Olympic Gold medalist Keldon Johnson

45:25 - Keldon TRIED it with Giannis but adjusted after getting rejected

47:26 - Iverson Slice STS for San Antonio was clunky

48:00 - Dejounte & Derrick against drop coverage. Midrange monsters.

48:10 - Dejounte Murray talk.

50:15 - Derrick White!

51:30 - Jakob Poeltl is tremendous. Perhaps a DPOY nominee if he was playing more basketball of consequence

54:30 - Devin Vassell

55:00 - Finding new pockets of basketball

57:50 - Samson gives me props and I eat it up.

58:10 - Who is Samson excited to watch this season?

58:34 - Evan Mobley.

58:44 - Larry Nance Jr.

59:01 - De'Aaron Fox.

59:09 - The Memphis Grizzlies and Ja being OD so far.

If you want to Bounce Around the episode:

2:27 - Vucevic, DeMar, and LaVine aren’t exactly going light the world on fire defensively

5:56 - Vuc as an offensive hub

7:19 - Shoutout to PD Web

10:39 - The LaVine/Vuc two man actions that can sustain an entire offense

14:37 - FILM BREAKDOWN for the Bulls
15:16 - Delay + Brush
16:10 - Delay + Brush + Chase
17:36 - PnPop + Chase
18:17 - Punch + 45/Pin-in
19:42 - Delay + 45

20:10 - The Bulls defense . . . that Evin doesn't wanna talk about

22:55 - Derrick Jones Jr - weakside eraser?

37:34 - Memphis Grizzlies!

48:25 - Kyle Anderson aka SloMo

50:03 - Evin’s perfect Griz front court pairing: a defensively engaged Jaren & SloMo

58:55 - FILM BREAKDOWN for the Griz
59:14 - Angled Spain!
1:00:02 - Horns Out Flip (Back)
1:00:51 - Horns Out Elbow Get
1:01:26 - Elbow Split Cross Screen
1:02:36 - Triple Stagger (Slip)

1:05:25 - San Antonio Spurs

1:09:10 - Devin Vassell

1:09:50 - The Devin Vassell/Doctor Strange crossover you didn’t know you needed

1:10:30 - The Samson Folk/San Franciso Giants/San Antonio Spurs crossover you…

1:12:20 - Who is Derrick White really?

1:21:59 - Shoutout to Sabreena Merchant and our WNBA show The Step Through
https://twitter.com/sabreenajm
Every ep of The Step Through: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ...

1:26:30 - Gregg Popovich likely won’t chase the win record

3:14 - The Brooklyn Nets = 50/40/90

4:24 - Luka/Kleber/Porzingis/Game 7

16:30 - Samson waxes poetic about Paul George

18:54 - Big L for me thinking that Josh Richardson would be the answer to the Mavs problems back before the season started

22:33 - BROOKLYN v MILWAUKEE

25:10 - Jrue Holiday had a few defensive gaffes from our perspective

25:34 - Samson provides some important context in the conversation about evaluating a mistake defensively

28:04 - The Brooklyn Nets play with court geometry at an exceptionally high level.

28:18 - Weaponizing Joe Harris

29:19 - Joe Harris makes it impossible for you to help.

33:25 - Weakside i

34:06 - “It’s not that Milwaukee messed it up. It’s really not.” The Nets are just that good.

36:16 - “Joe Harris is bending the defense in a way that is breaking Budenholzer’s brain.”

39:48 - Bruce Brown “a revolutionary as a 6’4” guy in the dunker spot”

40:18 - Samson RUNS US THROUGH PLAYS.

49:18 - The Bucks ran a Spain-ish action

57:12 - SUNS v NUGGETS

58:23 - Jokic elevates everyone else on the roster

59:02 - Ayton vs Jokic and the mutual respect they have

59:30 - Evin Stops The Best Players In The World

1:01:00 - Michael Porter Jr is a great tough shot maker

1:03:46 - Samson brilliantly runs through how Deandre Ayton did damage to the Nuggets

1:05:21 - UCLA reject - PnR - Exit

1:11:11 - Devin Booker manipulating with his eyes + Michael Porter Jr making NOT GREAT DECISIONS

1:15:07 - The Nuggets KNOW the Suns are running stack but Michael Porter Jr’s coverage isn’t great.

1:17:21 - Porter Jr’s fault or master manipulation by the Phoenix Suns?

1:26:17 - The Suns continue to ask you questions that you don’t yet have answers for

1:27:48 - Campazzo & Cam Payne - both FwG winners

Timestamps coming shortly. 

1:30 – Doug McDermott buried the Hornets and they never recovered

12:45 – The Pacers will be in trouble: teams can dare Sabonis to beat them by himself

19:24 – GRIZZLIES vs SPURS

20:18 – An ode to drop defense!

25:58  - Jakob Poeltl vs the kings of the floater

31:49 – I wanted MORE invert action just to change the flow of the game.

34:31 – WIZARDS vs CELTICS

34:42  - Finally, a realistic Robin Lopez comparison

36:40 – “Make Tatum make reads” was the game plan in the 2020 playoffs.

39:36 – BOS SLOB Rip STS

40:43 – BOS Horns Hammer

41:30 – BOS SLOB Ghost Rip

42:10 – BOS SLOB - fakes the Rip STS – and it turns into a double stagger

43:07 – BOS Zipper Backdoor

43:26 – The Spurs used to have Manu Ginobili go zipper backdoor

45:20 – Jayson Tatum is a world class defender ESPECIALLY at the nail

47:47 – Shifting from reactive passer to proactive passer is the next step in Tatum’s ascendance

48:20 – LAKERS vs WARRIORS

49:20 – The Lakers took the ball out of Steph’s hands but at the cost of downhill momentum
aka Samson’s brilliantly breaks down the defense this game and I couldn’t be more proud.

50:28 – Scram switching for both teams

52:40 – “Andrew Wiggins at the point of attack was borderline transcendent”

58:51 – Alex Caruso love

59:55 – The Lakers are a level of connected on both ends that you’d expect of NBA champions

1:03:23 – Draymond is so impactful defensively because you can’t beat him in a cat-and-mouse game even with an advantage

1:05:37 – “It would be easier to find a nickel on the beach than it would be to find a defensive misstep from Draymond this game”

1:08:20 – A counter Samson wanted to see more of: Andrew Wiggins screen for Steph and having him attack downhill

1:11:30 – Samson has been on the Andrew Wiggins train since before the season began. 

3:23 - Evan defines “feel”

4:47 - Pattern recognition

5:40 - Visual processing

6:40 - Processing speed

10:46 - Invasion sports

15:48 - “You need an opportunity to try and fail as much as possible, especially younger, when the results don’t matter as much”

19:20 - Mirror neurons!

22:42 - Hit Ahead Passes!

27:50 - “What is chunking?”

29:28 - DeMar DeRozan, chunking in the pick and roll

31:36 - Reactive reads vs proactive reads

35:05 - Predictive passers create the windows themselves

40:42 - Evan loves the Heat development context + egalitarian offense

43:44 - Evan waxes poetic about Nikola Jokic

48:56 - PD sent in some Qs for Evan to answer

49:09 - “If he were design an offense to develop a ballhandlers feel, what would be the pieces you would want to make their development easier?”

50:29 - PHX Spain PnR mention

51:05 - “same games as they have now, who is a better player: A Jokic-shaped KD or a KD-shaped Jokic?

53:39 - FILM BREAKDOWN with THE EZ Hoops

54:37 -  Clip 1 - Ja Morant be chunking.

56:24 - Clip 2 - Ja Morant: reactionary or proactive passing?

1:01:50 - Clip 3 - THE Luka overhead pass

1:03:58 - Clip 4 - Luka

1:05:30 - Clip 5 - D’Angelo Russell against the Wolves

1:10:38 - New James Harden nickname?

1:10:51 - Clip 6 - D’Angelo Russell making the most out of a small passing window

1:14:07 - Clip 7 - Manu Ginobili + Tim Duncan + slipping screens = killer coordination

1:17:03 - Manu’s deceleration

1:17:30 - Clip 8 - James Harden putting himself in a can’t lose situation

1:20:30 - Evan plugs the GOODS. No need to list it here because it was already listed above.

3:18​ - Suns vs Knicks (Evin’s Game of the Week)

4:25​ - Phoenix and the art of disguising sets ​

4:50​ - Evin explains the difference between Chicago & Miami action

5:28​ - Shoutout to Evan Zaucha aka EZ Hoops​

6:26​ - I admit that it is a silly way but you’ll remember it forever.​

9:04​ - PHX Horns Chest

11:48​ - Knicks defending Spain

17:30​ - Devin Booker & the influences of Chris Paul

18:50​ - I failed to talk about the many doubles Phoenix sent Randle’s way in the pod.

19:01​ - Julius Randle REALLY competes defensively.

19:26​ - Samson talks about Randle against the Raptors

21:30​ - Tom Thibodeau & the Knicks defense

24:04​ - An ideal playoff matchup for the Knicks?

25:10​ - A discussion on Deandre Ayton

27:30​ - A (slightly) deeper dive into Deandre against the Bucks

29:02​ - There’s always room to show Jrue Holiday love on this channel.

30:13​ - Chris Paul got TWO BLOCKS!

34:12​ - The Fish with Gun on the Phoenix Suns - Cameron Payne

38:15​ - Grizzlies vs Blazers (Samson’s GotW)​

41:10​ - Jaren Jackson Jr as a play connector + shooting threats

44:20​ - Ja Morant is an in-air passing savant.

45:25​ - XAVIER TILLMAN love aka X Gon’ Give It to Ya

47:37​ - Shoutout to PD Web​

49:30​ - “Jaren Jackson Jr is like the platonic ideal of a rangy defensive big man”

50:23​ - Samson wants to cover the Grizzlies in the playoffs. Someone important make that happen!

55:55​ - The Grizzlies hierarchy

56:30​ - Evin & Samson disagree?!

57:32​ - JJJ being used like JJ Redick!

58:34​ - A little tease of what is to come - Spain/Stack PnR

01:01:55​ - POST POD CREDITS SCENE

1:41​ - Caitlin’s favorite and least favorite aspects of building an offensive hub around Domantas Sabonis

3:31​ - Myles Turner deserves credit for getting better at finding spots and moving off ball
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5:18​ - Sabonis + Turner.
Chicago action defined​

7:30​ - Domantas Sabonis, the maestro in the middle

8:30​ - Caris LeVert: a linguini-esque player who looks like he plays basketball on a pogo stick

10:20​ - LeVert and Brogdon having the ball in their hands

14:55​ - The development of the two-man game of Sabonis & Brogdon
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17:10​ - Caitlin’s ability to illustrate concepts is unmatched
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18:01​ - Bjorkgren put a stop to static spacing​

23:54​ - Does Bjorkgren operate at a higher plane than what the roster is capable of?

25:33​ - Is there a player that has benefited the most from Nate’s insertion as HC?

31:15​ - The Pacers are neck-in-neck with the Kings for most points in the paint given up.

36:29​ - Caitlin asks me a question and that gives me license to recklessly speculate.

37:36​ - Mike Budenholzer’s philosophy on creating a defensive intensity

39:16​ - Zone talk!​

41:55​ - Caitlin is over the (needless) OVERS

44:04​ - Nate McMillan was not experimental. Nate Bjorkgren is very experimental.

49:18​ - Caitlin’s brain is a dictionary of basketball terms.
Also, she tells us how her basketball brain was developed.

53:13​ - Nexting and why it would really help the Pacers

54:07​ - Sarunas Jasikevicus dropped his team into a 2-3 zone MID possession

55:00​ - Peel Switching

1:00:12​ - The Garfunkel screen returns.

1:01:37​ - Caitlin Cooper knows what a Garfunkel screen is and she can describe it better from memory than anyone on Bouncing Around

1:06:02​ - The Edmond Sumner experience explained

1:08:25​ - We reminisce about the great Jermaine O’Neal​

Samson Folk & Evin Gualberto get together to discuss the NBA this week + their games of the week. 

- Evin's game of the week (76ers vs. Wolves)
- Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Joel Embiid
- Establishing post position
- Tobias Harris continues to impress
- Samson's game of the week (Heat vs. Warriors) 
- Top-locking and attacking against it
- Cutting with purpose (Fish with Gun) 
- Thanks for listening