Clean the Boards

Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach, John BoyleSports
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Clean the Boards episodes

  • PART 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
      • 1 hr 26 min
    • The 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
        • 57 min
      • The 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."

          1 hr
        • 25 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
            • 55 min
          • NBA 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
              • 1 hr 1 min
            • Election 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. 

                1 hr
              • The Woeful Pats, AB Joining the Surging Bucs, A Cowboys Trust Game, the Dodgers Win, and More
                • (1:41) Cam Newton and the struggling Patriots
                • (16:35) Brady, the AB wild card, and the impressive Bucs
                • (23:58) Lockett vs. Metcalf
                • (25:47) Weekly update: John's Falcons
                • (27:48) Week 7 rundown: Steelers beat the Titans, Baker comes alive, Herbert gets his first NFL win, the Chargers in general, a theoretical scary sight for Patrick Mahomes, and the Saints secondary
                • (33:38) What do you trust more, the Dallas Cowboys OR... 
                • (37:17) The loaded NFC playoff  race, including the Rams defense
                • (40:26) Speed trivia
                • (43:22) Lightning round of Week 8 picks 
                • (44:34) Dodgers win the World Series (forgot to mention Kevin Cash's brutal decision)
                • (45:02) Presidential Election predictions
                • (46:40) John Denver outro: back
                  • 48 min
                • Week 6 Recap, the State of the Pats, Struggling QBs, Trivia, Fantasy, and More
                  • (2:46) "Shot in the dark" follow-up, plus a trivia question
                  • (4:30) Derrick Henry and the 5-0 Titans, plus dynasty and Coy league talk
                  • (9:14) Bucs D dominates the Packers
                  • (12:58) The Baker Mayfield dilemma
                  • (17:59) Jimmy G issues, dissecting the Pats loss to the Broncos/COVID, and the lack of Pats pass-catchers
                  • (31:37) The weekly update on John's Falcons, have the Bills shown us who they really are, and the terrible NFC East
                  • (39:32) Week 7: Steelers-Titans, Seahawks-Cardinals, Bucs-Raiders, Bears-Rams
                  • (43:14) NFL trivia
                  • (45:49) Wrap-up: fantasy talk, World Series update, the Big Ten returns, Cuse-Clemson, and 5 weeks away from college hoops
                  • (48:37) Different outro song this week
                    • 51 min
                  • Dak's Injury, the NFC South, Fantasy Talk, and More
                    • (0:59) We're back in the studio for the first time since March 12, and that means the return of the March Madness intro... plus tangents
                    • (5:48) Dak's terrible injury, plus Alex Smith's return
                    • (12:45) Raiders, Chiefs, Titans, and Bills
                    • (18:04) Russell Wilson, the Vikings go for it on 4th and 1, fantasy talk, and Chase Claypool
                    • (25:27) NFC South talk
                    • (36:59) Aaron Donald and elite defensive linemen, plus more fantasy talk
                    • (43:00) NFL trivia, plus a quick MLB update
                    • (46:53) 2021 NBA Championship odds
                    • (48:32) Jordan-LeBron... into the return of John Denver
                      • 51 min
                    • COVID Strikes the NFL, Undefeated and Defeated Teams, Fantasy Controversies, and Football Philosophy

                      PART 1

                      • (2:09) Cam tests positive
                      • (5:03) The Titans outbreak
                      • (7:49) The 3-0 teams
                      • (13:10) The winless teams, including the Trevor Lawrence-New York professional football teams relationship, the sad Falcons, and the disappointing Eagles
                      • (26:54) The same old Cowboys, the mighty NFC West, and can the Ravens win when they're down 10+
                      • (34:54) The DJ Chark situation in our dynasty league
                      • (36:27) John on LeBron, the sad NBA Finals, revisionist history stuff, and Jackson-Gundy observations
                      • (42:30) The bullshit Mahomes trade in our redraft league
                      • (44:53) Redraft fantasy team woes and more dynasty league talk
                      • (48:01) The Lightning, MLB playoffs, World Series picks, revised NBA Finals picks, and more Jordan-LeBron stuff
                      • (53:48) Week 4 slate

                        • PART 2

                        • More Cam and Titans COVID stuff; the character issue, but still elite Chiefs, and the flawed Ravens; Lawrence vs. Darnold and Daniel Jones; blueprint philosophy in the NFL; and NFL draft prospects from Florida
                          • 1 hr 24 min

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                        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.