Look, this was supposed to be the Denver hit in our western mega pod with Tom Krell (HowToDressWell) and Tom Ley but we caught lightning in a bottle. Tom Ley's audio is a little messed up but its really must listen podcasting. Go Nuggets

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The second annual NBR Playoff Mega Preview is here, and it's bigger than ever. We invite friends of the program whose teams have made the playoffs to come on and wax about their guys. Each one is supposed to be 10 minutes long and they all went 20 mins+.

This is the preview of the EAST. You can find our West preview here and our Toms preview here.

East Lineup

Maitreyi Anantharaman — Pistons — Topics: Caris LeVert love, Jerami Grant having a mural at a bar in Detroit, Ausar Thompson is so good

@TrillBroDude — Sixers — Topics: The Sixers are bad and are not making the playoffs, if landing a 747 or removing an appendix is harder, the Sixers being too random to be good, the 48 hours when VJ was Michael Jordan

Noah Kulwin — Knicks — Topics: Jumping off a building and landing in a Sidetalk video, the Knicks being a team built for the playoffs, the sudden goatedness of the East

Jacob Rosenberg — Hornets — Topics: Learning about Miami, LaMelo, the Greensboro Hornets, how Jacob is as an editor

Sam Sheehan — Celtics — Topics: Baylor Scheierman being a demon, Jaylen Brown's spray-on hair, his bounce back via posting

Isle McElroy — Raptors — Topics: Scottie Barnes being frustrating, the Raptors not quite existing, the Raptors never being good teams

Michael Centola – Hawks — Topics: Being the coldest white boy, Jalen Johnson being sick, CJ McCollum being sick, almost going to the Magic City the night before Luke Kornet ruined it

Sean Kuhn — The Magic — Topics: Paolo not being an offense unto himself, Jalen Suggs locking in over his headband, Jett Howard not existing

Kylie Cheung – James Harden – Topics: James Harden, Charlie Kirk, Etsy Witches

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THE second annual NBR Playoff Mega Preview is here, and it's bigger than ever. We invite friends of the program whose teams have made the playoffs to come on and wax about their guys. Each one is supposed to be 10 minutes long and they all went 20 mins+.

This is the preview of the WEST. You can find our East preview here and our Toms preview here.

West Lineup

Isaac Chotiner — Rockets — Topics: Sengun is bad

Tyler Parker — Thunder — Topics: Tyler learns about the 2024 meat off, Alex Caruso shooting poorly, things breaking right for the Thunder

Eamon Whalen — Wolves — Topics: Joan Beringer minutes, McDaniels is the truth, the Wolves having doubters, Ant auto-meat

@idkhoops — Lakers — Topics: The Lakers are live dogs, LeBron can still be the best player in a series, Pacific Rim Style Unc Coalitions

Sean Highkin — Blazers — Topics: The Quorum of unformed guys, Jerami Grant having a mural in Portland, remembering when Chauncey Billups got arrested

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We are joined by Defector's David Roth to reflect on the men's college basketball season and wax about what these guys might look like in the NBA. We discuss the unknowability of projecting guys into the pros, the types of prospects we always fall in love with, and who the kings might take.

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We are joined by rapper and certified New Jersey ball knower Papo2004. We talk to him about, playing nba live 2005 with DJ Lucas, attempting to start a podcast, but all his cohosts wanted to talk about was Kanye, why Josh Hart actually isn't the heart and soul of the Knicks, loving KAT, jews loving basketball, and much more. Plus Harry and Patrick talk a little at the top about Patrick watching basketball in the shower, and Harry gets a wild Darryn Peterson take off.

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We are joined by Defector writer Maitreyi Anantharaman to talk about ratification of a new WNBA CBA! We talk about the wins for the players, possible wins for the league, and how the whole thing has been covered. We also discuss the Pistons being on fraud watch, who's gonna play the Valks in the championship next year, and UCLA's star-studded roster.

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Maitreyi on the news of the new CBA

The Ringer WNBA Show about the Langham stakeout

I'm Being Canceled By WNBA Old Guard Media? (Receipts Inside)

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We are joined by author of A Little Blood and Dancing, cohost of Wait a Minute, and Ringer staff writer Tyler Parker to finally have some pro-OKC takes on the show. We talk about OKC being villains, the Nike apparatus, Wemby's ethical hoops stance, how every great team eventually becomes the bad guys. We also discuss Bams 83 point game and how the real enemy is Wilt Chamberlain.

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Video of Wilt's 100-point game

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We are joined by your favorite musician's favorite ball knower, Will Anderson of Hotline TNT. We talk about the origin of his NBA zine Ass'n Up, why artists don't like the Thunder, his personal issue with the people of Oklahoma City, growing up a Wolves fan, the Hawks' Magic City situation, hooping at the Ridgewood YMCA, and thoughtful internet usage.

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We are joined by Will Menaker of the great Chapo Trap House podcast to talk about the pressure this Knicks team is under, the specter of New Jersey, Mike Brown vs Thibs, the 90s knicks, comparisons between politics and sports, and the NBA's precarious position as a 'progressive' league.

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We are joined by basketball analyst, comms consultant, and Neemias Queta super fan Ricardo Brito Reis to talk about the recent groundswell of news around the NBA's plans to expand into Europe in some capacity. We talk to Ricardo about the passion for basketball in some European cities, what might get lost with this expansion, and some of the sporstwashing at play. We also talk about Neemias Queta, the pride of Portugal.

LINKS

Ricardo recently wrote a piece for Katie Heindl's excellent substack Basketball Feelings, about the NBA's plan to expand into Europe

The Athletic's Joe Vardon has done some great reporting on the possible expansion

Patrick on Neemias Queta's journey to the NBA

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