You might not have noticed, but in the 90s the NBA was taken over by witches. The Orlando Magic joined the league, the Bullets rebranded themselves as the Wizards and nature imagery dominated jerseys across the NBA: Is it so impossible to believe that the global rise of basketball popularity was fueled by Wicca?

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Sports Illustrated Senior Writer Howard Beck who was THERE at the 2014 NBA Finals game where the air conditioning crapped out. How seriously did Beck consider stripping down to his boxers to cover the postgame press conferences? Was the malfunction a dastardly plot by the Spurs? Should Jamel stop his pre-game ritual of drinking La Croix to stay hydrated? Listen up and find out.

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Home court advantage is real…and that’s without the air conditioning crapping out in a 2014 NBA Finals game. Both teams sweated it out, but why did the Spurs stay hot while the Heat couldn’t take the heat?

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Spinsters Co-host Haley O'Shaughnessy to discuss the Silna siblings fleecing the NBA. Do the Spirits' have the hottest jersey of all time? Are half the teams Marvin Barnes played for fake? Is Haley really a guh guh guh ghost? Listen up and find out.

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The Spirits of St. Louis were an unremarkable ABA basketball team that didn’t get picked up by the NBA when the rival leagues merged….so how did the team’s owners end up shaking down the NBA for nearly a BILLION dollars?

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Basketball and hip hop’s rise are forever entwined. Rappers call out players in their songs while ballers like Damian Lillard spit lyrics on tracks of their own. In the early 90s however, there was an unholy union of hip-hop and hoops where some players showed their “hidden rap talent” should have remained secret.

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Ringer basketball writer Seerat Sohi to discuss when NBA players should...and more importantly shouldn't rap. Is Shaq the best NBA rapper by default? What is the Hip-Hop Basketball Genie and why didn't it go triple-platinum? How many times listening through B-Ball's Best Kept Secret is too many? Listen up and find out.

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Stay Hot Podcast hosts Matthew Sponhour and Theo Ash to discuss Ricky Davis' attempted own-basket rebound. Was what Ricky Davis did wrong? How do you pad your stats in everyday life? Should NBA 2k30 just be an open world video game starring Cody Zeller? Listen up and find out.

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There’s selfish basketball and then there’s what the Cavaliers' Ricky Davis did to earn him the nickname “Wrong Rim Ricky” back in 2003. Was a chance at a triple-double worth ruining a reputation?

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Jamel Johnson is joined by comedian and All Fantasy Everything podcast host David Gborie to discuss the best pro basketball TV sitcom performances of all time. Does Law and Order count as a sitcom? Which young NBA stars need some network TV shine? Can college ballers get in on the cameo game now and, if so, do y'all need an agent? Gborie says he can guarantee a bit part on an HBO Max show.

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