One on One Podcast

Friend of the show Taylor (TW: @papercash) is back to talk about this CRAZY 2026 FA in the league:

• LBJ is a 76er
• Grade Philly's overall season
• Major Boston screwup? How is the JB situation got so bad so quick
• LaMelo: Charlotte/Minny, winners and losers
• Lakers overhaul
• Miami finally lands their big fish
• Cleveland stay put/Donovan max worthy?
• Kawhi fleeing the country

The Knicks are champs and we recap the whole series, particularly game 4 and 5. The good, the bad, the surprise guest encounter?

• What it was like watching the close out game, while talking with 2 NBA champs in real time
• How surprised are we at the outcome?
• The OG game
• Spurs youth struggles: From the coach, to the star (Wemby), to the young vet (Fox)
• Correct MVP
• KAT legacy
• Better Finals than 2025?
• + more

3 games into the Finals and we have more questions than answers... maybe? Danger looms in the streets of NYC

• Physicality backfiring for NY? Have the Spurs cracked a code
• Evaluating the Spurs guard trio (Fox/Castle/Fox)
• Brunson ISO ball
• Bench comparisons (the Keldon/Shamet experience)
• Is someone getting out coached?
• Are we standing by our pre-series pick?

Note: We didn't talk too much about KAT's performance in game and 1 & 2. To-date he's having a solid series and is in MVP talks, should the Knicks win.

Jon is back for our next installment of our playoff crusade of episodes. 1999 is back between the Knicks and Spurs.

Topics list:

- Conference Finals recaps (hot take: the Cavs are not good)

- Does OKC have a Chet problem?

- Finals preview

- KAT vs. Embiid career arcs

Jon is back as we continue our NBA playoff marathon episode series. One this show we recap our round 2 picks and make predictions for both the ECF and WCF.

-     Answers for Detroit and Minny 

-     LeBron/LA future

-     Spurs/OKC preview 

-     Cavs/NYK preview 

-     MVP talk 

-     + way more 

Buckle up for a long episode. Recaps of all round 1 series + round 2 predictions.

• Game 7s: Cavs/Raps, Sixers/Cs & Detroit/Magic
• Mosley out in Orlando
• Did Tatum comeback too soon?
• Denver collapse and Jokic legacy
• Lakers/Rockets series recap; where does Houston go from here?

Conference Semis 

1. T-wolves upset loading?
2. Lakers out of luck?
3. Cavs choke incoming?
4. Can Philly best NY?

+ sneaky Kawhi legacy talk  

Let's try this again. We had to remix our round 1/play-in episode because it was... a bit crazy.

We addressed all we said, the right and wrong, and look forward to the remainder of round 1.

Topics include:

• Play-in corrections (we were awful here)

• Boston in the driver’s seat out East 

• Orlando highs and lows (and Detroit)

• Knicks in trouble?

• Nuggets cooked?

• Derrick right about Lakers/Rockets 

• OKC health

• Loose Round 2 preview & best scenarios for specifics teams

Jon (TW: @The_Fat_John) joins the show to talk about everything 2026 NBA playoffs related, specifically the play-in and round 1.

We discuss '25-'26 surprises and disappointments, playoff teams or not. Then we get right into it, picking play-in winners and round predictions/upsets.

(DISCLAIMER: I'm a bit of a homer here)

Lastly, we dive further into a few teams path to the NBA Finals, and for others what it would mean if they don't make the Finals. Summer plans and/or future outlook.

First time guest, and avid college hoops fan, D'Shaun (X: @dshauntv) joins the show to discuss why he believes college is better than the NBA in 2026. Rivalries, nightly intensity, NIL? Where/when did the NBA fall off... or did it? Plus we discuss recent NBA related items as well.

Topics:

• College vs. NBA
• NIL effects
• Early tourney pics
• How to stop NBA Tanking
• Bam's 83 points
• Darius Acuff ranking on Calipari's list of guards

This episode is all about the 2026 trade deadline. Jon and Derrick go over all the moves, who was dealt and who wasn't.