Certified Buckets

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian choose pretenders and contenders for the Eastern Conference, and give their takes on who should hit the panic button in the Western Conference (2:36). Plus, rapper Cousin Stizz joins the show to talk about his longtime fandom for the Celtics, his love for Marcus Smart and which NBA players are the best rappers in the game (36:08).

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian give their takes on the first week of the NBA season (1:41). Orlando Magic guard R.J. Hampton joins the show to talk about evolving with the team's young core (40:45). Plus, Lethal breaks down his most recent viral video (1:01:46). 

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian break down the most recent news in the Ben Simmons saga (1:44), give their takes on opening week’s matchups (15:08) and give flowers to Candace Parker and the WNBA (36:15). Plus, we debut a new segment called “Get @ Me” where we deem whether our listener’s Twitter takes are hot or cold (46:47). 

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian give their boldest predictions and hottest takes for the upcoming 2021-22 NBA Season (1:55). Plus, the trio takes us through the biggest topics on their Twitter timeline, talking the Fury vs. Wilder fight (30:40), athlete power couples (38:16) and Zaire Wade’s G-League path (42:42). 

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian give their takes on the strongest contenders in the East and West conferences (2:08), debate on the Nets Big 3 powerhouse (11:19) and predict which players will have the biggest returns from injury (18:20). Plus, the trio discusses the world’s reaction to the big Instagram shutdown (38:00), picks who they think would win an NBA Squid Game (45:26) and reacts to the Lakers’ new “360” nickname (51:01).

On this episode of Certified Buckets, Ashley, Lethal and Kristian discuss the hottest topic in the league right now: vaccination status (1:40). The trio reacts to a report that Ben Simmons no longer wants to play alongside Joel Embiid (7:20), gives their flowers to Karl-Anthony Towns and other players for opening up about their mental health (13:28) and reflects on Sue Bird’s legacy (32:04). Plus, Kristian gives us an inside look on navigating media day as a reporter (34:10). 

On the premiere episode of Certified Buckets Season 2, hosts Ashley, Lethal and Kristian react to the Ben Simmons trade saga (2:45), give their takes on Damian Lillard’s fate in Portland (6:16) and break down RJ Barrett’s absence from Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Player list (15:38). Then, the trio lives vicariously through Twitter after a timeline full of Anthony Davis’ wedding content and JR Smith college life tweets (23:33), and they try to decrypt an interesting tweet from LeBron (32:40). Plus, each host reveals their Certified Bucket of the Week (38:42), and Kristian tells us why JJ Redick isn’t going anywhere (56:00).

Certified Buckets is back for Season 2 with a whole new lineup! Season premieres September 22.

On the season finale of Certified Buckets, Nick, Chiney and Sarunas threw a Zoom party with some of their closest family and friends in attendance. The Ogwumike sisters made a special appearance to celebrate Chiney's sister, Erica being the third Ogwumike sister drafted to the WNBA (3:58). Then, Tjay, the head of Twitter Sports brought the pizza to discuss ESPN's The Last Dance (10:37). Sarunas's Insecure co-star Jay Ellis dropped by to give a BTS look at the new season of Insecure and explain why he's a true Buckethead (12:55), Finally, all season long Nick has told his favorite veteran stories about Gilbert Arenas, so we had Nick's rookie Jordan Clarkson make a cameo to discuss the art of TikTok videos (28:08), playing with Swaggy P (55:22), and gave a heartfelt tribute to the late Kobe Bryant (1:02:28).

RJ Hampton joins the podcast to talk about his time playing professionally in New Zealand (9:02), and how he’s preparing for the NBA Draft despite being quarantined (14:09). Plus on the "Bucket List" segment, the crew discusses the proposed 25-day plan to bring the NBA back (23:39), RJ vs LaMelo Ball (31:59), and Nick "Lets It Fly" on potentially joining Gilbert Arenas’ BIG3 team (35:08).