The NBA is a couple weeks away from a return so I catch up on transactions around the league Including J.R Smith and Jamal Crawford, who isn't joining the bubble, some body transformations including Nikola Jokic and Marc Gasol, and social justice messages on the jerseys. 

Breaking down the NBA's plan to return to action, the tradeoff between safety and money, and how I think the NBA did in putting this together. Also, a message at the beginning and end of the episode on my support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem. 

Nick Raponi, Alex Azevedo, Niko Moniz and I go through our NBA awards: MVP, Rookie of the year, Defensive player of the year, Most improved, 6 man of the year, Coach of the year, and our All-NBA teams.

Nick Raponi and I review The Last Dance documentary. As 2 guys who never watched Jordan in his prime we discussed: What we learned about Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kerr, Krause and Jackson. We discuss our favorite and most interesting parts of the doc and whether the doc provides enough information to have an informed opinion on the LeBron-Jordan debate. 

What players and teams have done in the mean time, the importance of social distancing, when can we expect the league to continue?

Why was Kenny Atkinson fired? Waiters and Noah join LA teams, Giannis injury, Nurkic return. 5 things I saw from Lakers Clippers and did the Lakers figure out a way to get to the rim against the Bucks? 

A new series here on the Iso Ball Podcast, Nick Raponi and I are going on a mission throughout the years to visit all 29 NBA arenas. We do these podcasts with an eye toward the viewing experience giving you an idea about what it would be like to visit each arena through our eyes. We also touch on the Thunder vs. Pistons game recap and discuss if the Thunder are actually playing too many close games. 

Injury and buyout updates, Game of the week - Raptors Bucks recap, Is Giannis actually skilled? 

Where buyout guys have landed, Beilein out as Cavs head coach, Kyrie gets surgery, what I'm keeping an eye on the last 25 games of the season