CBS Sports Flagrant Two

On a Friday edition of CBS Sports Flagrant Two Podcast, Reid Forgrave is joined by Devin Booker to discuss his injury situation, being the top guy on an NBA team at 23 years old, and whether he buys into advanced stats. Then Reid looks at the future of the NBA by breaking down his top players under 23 years old.

On a Friday edition of CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast, Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave discuss Lonzo Ball's first meeting with LeBron James, whether this is the best season of the King's career, whether LeBron should get more attention in the MVP race, Lonzo Ball's early season success' and struggles, the Rockets possibly being the best team in the league, Chris Paul staying undefeated this season, Gordon Hayward getting out of his walking boot and Kristaps Porzingis possibly being Anthony Davis 2.0.

On a rookie themed CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast, Reid Forgrave breaks down his Rookie Five, including how close Donovan Mitchell is to Ben Simmons. Who will be the best rookie from this draft class in the next five years, and who's been the biggest disappointment early on this season.

On this episode of the CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave discuss players getting ejected left and right (1:30), whether the Thunder can survive despite their lack of scoring (12:50), the "LaVar Ball Rule" (27:41), Derrick Rose's potential return to Cleveland (30:23), Anthony Davis' latest Injury (32:00), Donovan Mitchell's 41 point explosion (36:16), and Nerlens Noel's mid-game hot dog run (42:50).

On a Friday edition of the CBS Sports Flagrant Two Podcast Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave give their quarter-season NBA Awards including Most Improved Player (5:00), Defensive Player of the Year (9:00), Sixth Man of the Year (17:00), Executive of the Year (21:00), Rookie of the Year (29:00) and MVP (33:00). There's also some special "Flagrant Two Awards" mixed in such as Bum of the Year (42:00) and finally the guys dive into Reid's one-on-one at Wizards practice with Otto Porter (56:00).

On this episode of CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast Portland Trail Blazers' GM Neil Olshey joins Bill Reiter to discuss how he ended up becoming an NBA general manager (5:35), the turning point of his career and who his influences were (9:40), the challenges of building a team in Portland (16:27), who on the Blazers' roster could be a breakout player in the future (25:06), How he evaluates players from smaller schools like Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum (32:09), Olshey's reaction to CJ McCollum blowing kisses at Evan Fournier (41:08), Jusuf Nurkic's impact since trading for him last season (50:45), and much more.

On a Thanksgiving week edition of CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast, Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave are joined by America's Lakers Podcast co-host Aaron Larsuel to discuss the Lakers back-to-back wins and being 8th currently in the West (1:50), how this Lakers team would be with Paul George (15:00) and LaVar Ball's comments about the coaching staff and what affect he's having on Lonzo's rookie season (20:00). Then the guys discuss the unbeatable Celtics (30:50), the Cavaliers' resurgence (34:45), Paul Millsap's injury (40:30), the Clippers' free fall (45:05) and what they are most thankful for in the NBA this season (51:30).

On a Monday edition of the CBS Sports Flagrant Two Podcast Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave talk about LeBron James' comments on Colin Kaepernick, Markelle Fultz' shoulder timeline and Lonzo Ball's second triple-double of his career. Then Portland Trail Blazers star guard CJ McCollum joins the show for a wide ranging interview where he discussed his development as a player (14:55), whether some people are writing off Lonzo Ball too early (17:50), whether he had a chip on his shoulder coming from a small school like Lehigh (20:20), his thoughts on the One-And-Done Rule (21:21), which player is the future of the league (29:25), whether he'll recruit LeBron in free agency (31:03), MJ vs. LeBron (32:52), and blowing kisses during an on-court altercation (35:55)

On a Friday edition of CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave discuss the ongoing battle in the NBA for LeBron James' services next season (1:39), and why the Sixers may be the dark horse favorite to land the King (3:05). The guys also discuss the Cavs new sleep schedule (15:00), KD's loyalty (15:40) and professor Steph Curry (19:40). Then Reid has a one-on-one with Jamal Crawford where Crawford talks about what it's like playing for Tom Thibodeau (23:00), the T-Wolves defensive issues (24:20), playing with Chris Paul and Jimmy Butler (26:23), Lonzo Ball's future (27:56), and Andrew Wiggins' ceiling (30:25).

On this edition of CBS Sports Flagrant Two Podcast, Bill Reiter and Reid Forgrave discuss LeBron's performance Monday night in New York (2:00), how legit the Knicks are outside of Kristaps Porzingis (9:20), the beef over LeBron calling himself king of New York (25:40), whether the Celtics are the future of the Eastern Conference (22:30), Joel Embiid playing a career high in minutes (34:03) and why nobody seems to be talking about Demarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis in New Orleans (42:45).