Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach

From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA.

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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

Clean the Boards episodes:

January 07, 2021Wild Card Weekend Preview; Plus, NBA Updates and More
(2:46) Colts-Bills, plus where Diggs stacks up among WRs

(12:01) Rams-Seahawks

(17:45) Bucs-Football Team, plus tangents at (22:13) for seafood appreciation and at (23:10) for Impractical Jokers punishments involving Murr

(26:09) Ravens-Titans, plus the top tier of RBs in the NFL

(36:09) Bears-Saints, the Nickelodeon game

(38:22) Browns-Steelers

(40:57) Super Bowl picks

(43:02) Celtics update

(44:34) Coach Williamson

(47:30) NBA updates: the surging Sixers, Siakam's dip, Curry scoring 62, Jokic assist numbers, Magic teams, Wizards players, and the Bulls

(54:21) Celtics individual net rating stuff

(55:23) Ohio State football buzz

(56:19) "Ice skating" update

(57:10) College basketball update
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January 01, 2021Top 30 Sports Moments of 2020, NFL Wild Card Scenarios, Jayson vs. Jaylen, Things we Want to Happen in 2021, and More
(2:02) NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenario Madness, plus a tangent at (13:51) for John's trivia question

(23:31) Jayson Tatum vs. Jaylen Brown so far this season, plus revisiting the Harden thing for the Celtics

(39:58) NBA Trivia: Fun way-too-early-to-be-legitimate stats

(44:44) Our collective top 30 sports moments of 2020 (five moments from each of the six guys)

(71:08) Sports things that we want to see in 2021

(77:17) A handful of the saved chats from the CtB group-chat (that are acceptable to say aloud)
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December 24, 2020The Warriors, Celtics Fandom, NFL Playoff Picture, and More
(2:20) Kevin Durant MVP potential

(7:42) Debating the Warriors

(19:11) Clippers-Lakers reactions

(22:10) John's twisted anti-Celtics agenda, how we would react if James Harden became a Celtic (29:03), and the big men situation of the team (36:00)

(39:47) Lauri, Fournier, Barnes

(40:59) AFC and NFC Playoff pictures, including the Colts, who can upset the Chiefs, the weird Bucs, and more

(50:16) Quick NFL trivia

(52:44) College basketball update
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55min
December 20, 2020PART 2/2, the West + Awards: 3rd Annual NBA Season Preview Special
(1:16) Ro and John quickly list out their Eastern conference standings, 15 to 1

(3:52) West non-playoff teams (revealed 15 to 9)

(29:07) West playoff teams (revealed 8 to 1), with a quick tangent on the "Lions" firing Matt "Patricia" at (65:29), and also the Harden for Simmons trade rumors (that were going on at the time of recording)

(88:09) Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals picks

(93:15) Awards predictions

(119:09) College basketball update
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December 19, 2020PART 1/2, the East: 3rd Annual NBA Season Preview Special
(1:49) Quickly: COVID, preseason notes, and predictions on other people's predictions for this preview show

(9:10) East non-playoff teams (revealed 15 to 9)

(34:53) East playoff teams (revealed 8 to 1) with quick tangents on Ro driving in his car at (56:29) and at (67:19) and also John finally entering the Zoom at (70:57)

(82:07) Eastern Conference Finals picks
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1h 26min
December 10, 2020The Terrible Jets, NBA, College, and High-School Basketball, and More
(3:01) The Jets hilarious loss to the Raiders and what they should do in the off-season

(17:18) NFC East: The Football Team defeats the previously undefeated Steelers and the New York Football Giants win in Seattle

(22:35) Pats optimism

(23:37) Chiefs, Saints, and Super Bowl favorites; plus the orange Broncos and the Bucs

(26:03) NBA: The Lakers, Harden-Kawhi-Giannis-Luka, the Celtics, Cade Cunningham vs. Ben Simmons, more Celtics, LeBron's longevity and Bronny, and more Celtics

(41:30) CC ball season up in the air (NO NO!) amid COVID concerns

(46:00) Harden and the Rockets, LaVar and the Ball family, and Bronny, Emoni, and Mikey

(50:14) Quick fantasy trivia

(51:38) Weekly college basketball update

(52:31) Cardinals-Giants spread

(52:58) Outro into John Denver
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57min
December 03, 2020The Still-Alive Pats, the Mistake-Riddled Bucs, the Celtics, and More
(2:32) Shoutout Tim, and friends vs. foes of the program

(3:32) The Pats win over the Cardinals and their outlook for a playoff push

(14:21) The abundance of things that are wrong with the Bucs

(26:41) Tyreek Hill and the top tier of WRs; plus, Mahomes and Wilson

(30:57) Derrick Henry and fantasy playoffs talk

(35:21) Vikings and Falcons playoff potential?!? Plus, a little Eagles upset action in Green Bay this week?

(38:24) Celtics talk: stem cell optimism, the elite $28.6M trade exception, and projecting the team's depth/rotations/lineups

(49:27) Chase Center fan capacity plan, the Toronto (Tampa) Raptors, and more Patrick Williams

(55:23) College basketball update
9:10 p.m., 12/2/20 UPDATE: "Wizards fan" Sam is no longer a Wizards fan. His love for John Wall now makes him a Rockets fan. He wishes "nothing but Wizards failure going forward."
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November 26, 202025 Sports Things That We're Thankful For; plus, Maradona and NBA Free Agency Updates
(2:21) Diego Maradona's death and soccer GOATs

(4:58) 25 Sports Things (five from each of the five fellas) that we're thankful/grateful for. Elite stuff here. Some good reminiscing moments. Tons of quotable/clippable moments.

(46:03) A little Cole Beasley on Thanksgiving trivia action

(46:49) NBA free agency and draft updates and takeaways with the Lakers, Trail Blazers, Mavs, Celtics, and Hawks

(53:05) The Bucs and Pats lose, and college basketball is back, today
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55min
November 18, 2020NBA Draft Fervor; plus, Presti Ships CP3 to the Suns and Quick Hits Around the NFL
(2:38) CP3 traded to Phoenix, plus the Hornets' young core

(10:15) The Celtics' window

(16:19) The Bulls' position in tonight's draft, including who our Bulls correspondent DOESN'T want the Bulls to take

(18:37) More Celtics: Onyeka, Tyrese Maxey, Cole Anthony, and Danny Ainge potentially shipping the 30th pick to free up cap space

(27:20) Miscellaneous NBA stuff: Harden to the Nets rumors, what the Bulls should do with the 44th pick, the sad Pistons, the upside of the 2020-21 Warriors, the potentially lurking Clippers, Fred VanVleet, Seddiq Bey, the top few picks of this draft, Onyeka's passing upside, Jalen Smith, Dragen Bender, and Mario Hezonja

(40:17) Gordon Hayward, the Atlanta Hawks, Markus Howard slander, Isaac Okoro, Nico Mannion, and Romeo support

(47:45) NFL talk: The Pats turn their season around, Tua and the Surging Dolphins, the packed AFC playoff race, the Kyler-Hopkins Hail-Mary, Kyler vs. Lamar, and Jameis time in New Orleans
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November 05, 2020Election Night Fallout, Celtics Offseason Rumblings, and Power Ranking the Top Four NFC Teams
(3:38) Presidential election fallout/where we stand now/predictions going forward/interesting developments in MI and AZ; plus, LeBron, ranked-choice voting, Oregon decriminalizes possession of hard drugs, and more

(28:00) NBA talk: Kuzma slander, the Celtics looking to trade up in the draft, bad reports on LaMelo, potential Kemba and Hayward trades involving the Thunder and Knicks, and Emoni Bates

(43:44) Power ranking the Bucs, Saints, Seahawks, and Packers, including a Packers double meaning take

(57:30) Cam Newton vs. Tom Brady
UPDATE: 11/4/20, 10:58 p.m. EST, the notion that there were more votes cast in Wisconsin than there are registered voters in Wisconsin appears to be fake news. Yikes.
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FAQs about Clean the Boards:

How many episodes does Clean the Boards have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.