We Re-visit the Year End Awards and talk about the current stories around the league. Who will survive in the Western Conference? Who will win MVP, Rookie of the Year, and be named All-NBA? We debate that on this episode.

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Alex Rosaen of @Brosaen podcast joined the episode to preview the Raptors versus Pistons. We dive deep into Pistons Glory by chatting about the Bad Boys era, Mid-2000's, and the current team's expectations.

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Happy Family Day long weekend. In this episode Matt Vic, a new contributor to thepostup.net and founder, Zharita May join me to talk about all star weekend and all the shenanigans on and off the court.

We touched on the rising star challenge, Lebron James speaking on gun violence in the United States, DeMar DeRozan’s late night tweets, the Saturday night festivities, Sunday’s performances and intros, and of course the actual game.

Big time Raptors fan, Abigail Amartey joins the podcast to discuss the Raptors taking over the number one seed, and the new look Cavaliers. In a new segment called Pass it or Keep it, we discuss the trade deadline and also bring back thumbs up or thumbs down to comment on the All-Star festivities.

Charron Elliott stopped by to discuss the many injuries around the league and the impact on their respective teams. We check in the Playoff race and where teams are likely to fall. Will the Wizards slip out of the playoff race without John Wall? Will the Pistons sneak in with Blake Griffin on the roster? and what about the Western Conference? Who's the biggest challenger for the Warriors? Listen through to hear thumbs up and thumbs down on the many moves around the league.

Get excited folks, All-Star 2018 is almost here.

Abigail Amartey, big time Raptors fan joined the podcast. She’s on twitter @aamartey1 and brings a unique insight for pretty much every Raptors game. And she was awesome on her first ever podcast. We gave out our year-end awards to the Raptors. Including best player on a rookie scale contract, most improved, 6th man, defensive player of the year and most valuable.

The Brooklyn Nets have made another splash in the trade market by acquiring Jahlil Okafor and Nick Stauskas. Sandy Mui who writes for brook-lin.com and thebrooklymgame.com joined the podcast to discuss the recent trade and we dove into the Nets seasons’ of the past, projections for the season, and their future.

Charron Elliott of Analyzed Sports joined to talk all the happenings in the NBA. We talk about the past few weeks for the Grizzlies and what do they do now, We talk Clippers and what’s next for them. We talk Thunder and all their weaknesses and if they can still be a contender. And then we do some quick fire questions like Who's the best 2 way big in the NBA, who's the best player under 22 years old, and much more.

Adam Corsair of TheSouthOfThe6ix and Zharita May of ThePostUp.net to talk about our Toronto Raptors and our thoughts on the season thus far, the culture change, frustrating players, the rotation dilemmas, who’s the best big man, who’s the best young player, and much more.

Charron Elliott of Analyzed Sports to discuss his article: The Sixers and the Celtics are the Future of the East. We also talk about about the bright future of the 76ers, Joel Embiid’s play so far, Ben Simmons, Brett Brown as the coach, Markelle Fultz potential, and the other guys: Ro-Co, Reddick, Saric and Okafor.