Pod Shammpod

In honor of the end of the regular season, we are revealing nominees and winners for the first annual Dirkie Awards! Timestamps for each prestigious award below:

"You're My Number 1 Boy" (3:40), The Princess Bride "Pit of Despair" (11:30), "You Either Die the Hero or Live Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain" (16:15), Gone Too Soon (20:00), "I Could've Been a Contender" (23:30)

"Here's Looking at You Kid" (27:25), "Not a Great Plan" (31:30), "The Less You Do the More You Do" (33:00), Meme of the Year (34:45), All World - But Only on His Night (37:00), Agent's Worst Nightmare (42:10), "It's Not Your Fault" (42:40), Sexiest Highlight Tape (43:50)

Rookie Mulligan (47:45), "A Captain Goes Down with the Ship" (50:55), "They Are Who We Thought They Were" (53:15), "Don't You Forget About Me" (53:53)

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Discussing the biggest swing factors in the Western Conference title picture! Timestamps below:

OKC's bevy of supporting players (0:50), SGA translating to the playoffs (7:15), What is OKC's closing 5? (10:50), Jalen Green (14:45), Rui Hachimura (19:15), Can LA survive with LeBron at Center? (22:10), Jamal Murray (26:30), Denver's depth (27:30), Golden State's kids (33:45), Quick hitters on MEM/LAC/MIN (42:30)

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Max and Drew are back breaking down the state of the league approaching the playoffs, before picking our favorite players stuck in suboptimal team settings.

Timestamps: The NBA injury bug (3:00), Rescue Draft Begins (11:00), Tyrese Maxey (13:00), Lauri Markkanen (17:00), Devin Booker (21:30), Kevin Durant (27:30), Santi Aldama (30:20), Yabusele (34:00), Khris Middleton (36:30), Payton Pritchard (39:55), Klay Thompson (44:45), Nic Claxton (47:20), Malik Monk (51:20), honorable mentions (53:00).

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Trying to make sense of the wild West with friend of the pod Kris Pursiainen! Who do the top contenders match up best with? Who can give them the most problems? Playoff matchup hypothetical rock-paper scissors:

Timestamps: OKC Thunder (2:30), Minnesota as a spoiler (5:30), Denver - OKC matchup (8:45), sleeping on the Clippers! (13:00), title threat Warriors (24:20), GS - Lakers matchup (32:40), what can hold GS back (42:45), Houston and Memphis (46:15), reckless trade speculation (49:00), who can guard the Lakers (53:50).

Kris is a great follow on X: @krispursiainen. You can read his work on Clutch Points and listen to him pod for Knicks Film School!

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It's a brotherly affair! Sam Klotz joins to discuss the red-hot Lakers, the floundering Knicks and just how bad things have gotten for Mavs fans...

Breaking down the most intriguing NBA storylines for the rest of this season! Plus bonus story time from Max who attended two All-Star Weekend agency parties... Timestamps below:

Laker Luka (1:10), Chet Holmgren's return (7:10), West Playoff Race (8:30), Hot Nuggets! (16:20), Imploding 76ers... where is rock bottom? (18:00), Weird Magic (20:00), The Rolling Pistons (22:30), Can any East team challenge CLE/BOS (24:45)

Agency party story time! (28:30)

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"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy [basketball]?"

Emergency Pod reacting to the most shocking trade in NBA History as Luka Doncic goes to Los Angeles for Anthony Davis.

Initial reactions (0:15) | Comparison to past star trade packages (5:50) | This year's Lakers (14:45) | What are the Mavs doing (25:00) | Mavs going forward (28:45) | Luka's return (34:00)

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Contender tiers/rankings for both conferences!

(1:15) - West, (1:30) - OKC is the clear favorite, (6:45) - Jamal Murray and Russ driving Denver's resurgence, (10:30) - Dallas vs. Memphis as a true West contender? (18:30) - Houston's playoff ceiling and dark horses, (25:55) - East (26:00) - Celtics or Cavs #1? (33:30) - Knicks as the challengers, (43:15) - Bucks still contenders? (48:00) - Some Magic and Pacers love

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The year is 2025 and LiAngelo is the most culturally relevant Ball brother!

(0:00) - OKC’s path to the finals

(7:25) - Victor Wembanyama, top 5 player on earth

(13:35) - THE PLAYOFF PISTONS

(18:30) - 5 best squads in the west

(26:25) - The sun has set in Phoenix

(30:00) - Obligatory Jimmy Butler trade machine magic

(35:55) - Eastern Conference playoff picture

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(0:55) - OKC

(8:25) - 2025 Finals

(12:30) - Box score frauds

(14:30) - Giannis!

(16:20) - Lamelo…

(18:20) - Big Ball > Small Ball?

(22:00) - Playoff Wemby?!

(25:05) - Play-in chaos 🙏 

(27:55) - Denver’s path

(31:10) - Un Playoff Jimmy, por favor

(35:25) - Donte DiVincenzo needs your help

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