Not Another NBA Podcast

Not Another NBA Podcast

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  • Meet Your MLB All Star Starters!!

    If you’re a casual sports fan, or perhaps a basketball fan, who is just not turning your attention to baseball for the summer, this is your episode!

    If you’re a baseball purest who has been locked in since Spring Training, you may already know this…
    With the MLB All Star weekend upon us, I thought I would run through the starters from both the American and National League as well as the pitching staffs.
    Use this as a catchup on who the best hitters are in baseball and some fun facts like nicknames too!

    13 min
  • A few days later… Klay Thompson Deal | NBA Sign and Trade Reaction

    Klay Thompson doesn’t play for the Golden State Warriors anymore. It’s still weird to type that sentence.

    No more Steph and Klay. No more splash brothers.
    But is he the missing piece for the Dallas Mavericks?
    Can putting him next to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving be the move that gets them an NBA championship?
    There’s no doubt that Luka should be operating in the most space of his career.
    But will the defensive questions be too much to overcome, leading to the inevitable fate that they’ll succumb to the gauntlet that is the Western Conference?

    7 min
  • Why is DeMar DeRozan’s Fit with the Kings WEIRD?!

    DeMar DeRozan being acquired by the Sacramento Kings was…. A bit surprising.

    He’s undoubtedly and talent upgrade on that roster and is still one of the best scorers in the NBA. But his fit seemed…. Odd.
    But why? Why is the fit weird?
    Is it the pace the Kings play with? The Bulls played very slow last year, 28th in the NBA in pace. But the Kings were barely in the top half of the league at 14th.
    Is it the spacing? The Kings light the beam because they have 3 shooters around De-Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis right? Well, those shooters: Malik Monk, Keegan Murray, and Kevin Huerter in particular, were mostly in the mid 30% range from 3.
    So what is it???
    Well. I figured it out. It’s the area of the floor that DeRozan, Fox, and Sabonis all like to play through. And that’s the challenge Mike Brown will have to solve to make this “big 3” ish group of stars work.

    8 min
  • Are the Golden State Warriors Better Without Klay Thompson?

    A question I never thought I’d ask, “are the Golden State Warriors better without Klay Thompson?” Has an answer I thought was equally outlandish: “Yes.”

    Let’s not get it confused, peak Klay Thompson was a force of nature. But 34 year old Klay Thompson, struggling to reimagine himself after 2 devastating injuries, that’s not the same guy.
    Still a deadly 3 point shooter. Absolutely. And the Dallas Mavericks, specifically Luka Doncic, will reap the benefit of that now. But he’s not the same.
    And with Chris Paul, well, he’s 39. He might be the most impressive 39 year old not named LeBron James, but he’s clearly had a decline as well and is coming off of injury.
    He’ll elevate Victor Wembanyama to an immediate All Star in San Antonio, but again. Not the same.
    And what GSW has done on the margins to replace those guys has been surprising. They’ve gotten a solid 2-way guard in De’Anthony Melton, a really good playmaking defender in Kyle Anderson, and one of the best 3 pt shooters ever, not named Klay Thompson or Steph Curry, in Buddy Hield.
    So most of what you were getting from Klay and CP3 has been replicated, a significant upgrade on defense has been made, and the pieces could fit into the puzzle in a way that brings more schematic consistency throughout the course of the game.
    Are they contenders for the NBA Championship?
    No.
    But they do seem like they’re a better team on paper, which is not something you would have expected to say if you knew the Splash Brothers were history and Chris Paul was walking away for nothing.

    6 min
  • Nobody wanted LeBron’s Money… Now what??

    In the most predictable news of the offseason LeBron James signed a max contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

    All the picks that could be traded, the cap flexibility LeBron offered up by taking a pay cut… the Lakers have done nothing.
    No Klay Thompson
    No James Harden (thankfully)
    No Jonas Valanciunas
    Not even Demar Derozen
    So LeBron keeps his money…
    So what do the Lakers do now???

    9 min
  • Donovan Mitchell's Contract Extension is Best for Everyone

    Donovan Mitchell extends in Cleveland, making it a great time to be a Cavs fan!

    He chose a 3 year contract with a player option and that might just be the best case scenario for everyone involved. Including you!
    He maximizes his earning potential, the Cleveland Cavaliers get a commitment and an improvement window, and the fans keep their best player and know the team should be committed to getting better.
    Win Win WIN!
    I’ll explore what’s next and how that improvement could come…

    19 min
  • Most ELECTRIC Man in Baseball?! Elly De La Cruz

    Elly De La Cruz is electric in the basepaths and the sky is the limit for his potential.

    He stole 40 bags before July, leading the MLB and is pacing toward a legitimately historic year for baseball stealing.
    But what is his potential?
    Can he say…… reach Ricky Henderson levels on the basepaths???
    In this video I look at his numbers and do some projections of what types of impact we could see on his base running potential if he were to cut down on the strike outs!

    7 min
  • 24 hours later… (ish) - NBA Free Agency Reactions

    It's been about 24 hours since NBA Free Agency officially began and I'm reacting to all the player movement reported from WOJ and Shams.

    List of players moving or staying put that I'll touch on in this podcast style video:
    On the move…
    Paul George to the Philadelphia 76ers
    Klay Thompson is heading to the Dallas Mavericks
    Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (KCP) to the Orlando Magic
    Chris Paul to the San Antonio Spurs
    Jonas Valanciunas to the Washington Wizards
    Naji Marshall to the Dallas Mavs
    Derrick Jones Jr to the Los Angeles Clippers
    Eric Gordon to the Philadelphia Sixers
    Andre Drummond also to the Sixers
    Mason Plumlee to the Phoenix Suns
    Jalen Smith headed to the Chicago Bulls
    Isaiah Hartenstein is going to the Oklahoma City Thunder
    Tobias Harris is going back to the Detroit Pistons
    Drew Eubanks going to the Utah Jazz
    Delon Wright to the Milwaukee Bucks
    Nicolas Batum to the LA Clippers
    Staying put…
    Tyrese Maxey resigned in Philly
    Cade Cunningham is getting a max extension for the Pistons
    Kevin Love is staying in Miami
    James Harden is staying in LA with the Clippers
    Boston Celtics keeping their backup bigs: Kornet and Queta
    Derrick White also staying in Boston
    Obi Toppin staying in Indy with the Pacers
    Alex Len staying with the Sacramento Kings
    Isiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins staying with the OKC Thunder
    Kelly Oubre is staying in Philly with the Sixers
    Justin Minaya beck to Portland on a 2-way
    Luka Garza is staying with the Minnesota Timberwolves
    Other news…
    JB Bickerstaff hired as the new head coach in Detroit for the Pistons
    The Boston Celtics are for sale!?

    39 min
  • Denver Nuggets NBA Championship window is CLOSED!

    Congrats to Jamal Murray for securing a well deserved BAG! Unfortunately, I think it marks the end of this Nuggets team, as constructed, as NBA title contenders.

    All signs point to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (KCP) leaving in free agency, with no real pathway to replace him.
    That makes two years in a row since winning the Championship that the Denver Nuggets have lost a vital role player, without a replacement, and lost the valuable depth that was one of the things making them so good in the first place.
    Nikola Jokic is still a cheat code. He’s amazing. But he continues to watch the foundation of his team, that was once built perfectly around his strengths, chipped away one key role player at a time.
    The Western Conference is only getting better. And the Nuggets are only getting worse…

    6 min

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