Quo Vadimus

Jared Dubin and Seth Partnow discuss how injuries are affecting the NBA playoffs. Topics include Chris Paul's fractured hand and how it (as well as Blake Griffin's quad injury and J.J. Redick's heel injury) affects the Clippers' series against the Blazers and their offseason plans, Stephen Curry's sprained knee and how it affects the Warriors' championship run, and the injuries to Hassan Whiteside, Nicolas Batum, Avery Bradley, and Kelly Olynyk.

Jared Dubin and Seth Partnow discuss (seven of) the eight Game 1's played in the NBA this weekend. The discussion kicks off with a few minutes on the Mavericks-Thunder, Warriors-Rockets, and Heat-Hornets blowouts (1:55). Then, they go deeper into Raptors-Pacers (16:55), Hawks-Celtics (29:13), Cavaliers-Pistons (36:42), and Clippers-Blazers (48:05).

Jared Dubin talks to The Ringer's Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher) about the Dallas Mavericks. Topics include the team's performance this year compared to their expectations, Dallas' schedule over the final five games of the regular season and whether the Mavs will make the playoffs, the undying brilliance of Dirk Nowitzki, and the supporting cast that Dirk has dragged along this ride to the brink of a playoff berth.

Jared Dubin talks to Alex Wong (@steven_lebron) about his oral history of the 1996 Chicago Bulls and more. Topics include the 1995 playoff series against the Orlando Magic, the pick-up games on the set of Space Jam, the best stories that did not make it into the oral history (with highlights from Charles Oakley, Cedric Ceballos, and Shawn Kemp), the Crying Jordan meme, Instagram, and freelance writing.

Jared Dubin and Seth Partnow discuss Saturday night's game between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs. Topics include injury-related absences, San Antonio's strategy of switching pick and rolls, the Spurs' efforts to slow down the pace of the game, what we can take away from this matchup with respect to a potential playoff series, and more.

Jared Dubin talks to Hardwood Paroxysm editor in chief Ian Levy to talk about this year's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Topics include the most interesting thing Ian learned at the conference, complementary player types, what the Nylon Calculus crew was up to at the conference, how to make ideas from the conference actionable at a player and team level, pick and roll defense, and what kinds of ideas they'd like to see explored at the conference in the future.

Jared Dubin talks to Kevin Lipe of the Memphis Flyer about the surprising amount of success the Grizzlies have had of late. Topics include injuries, the "Goon Squad" and how it has been finding success on both ends of the court, how the core group of Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph and Tony Allen have come to personify the city of Memphis, Lance Stephenson, what the next version of the Grizz might look like, and the team's ownership situation.

Jared Dubin talks to SBNation's Ricky O'Donnell and Bleacher Report's Sean Highkin about the past, present, and future of the Bulls. The conversation with Ricky touches on his recent article about the failings of the Bulls front office (0:50), while Sean Highkin delves into the successes and failures of this particular season's Chicago squad (35:45).

Jared Dubin and Seth Partnow discuss Thursday night's TNT game between the Thunder and Warriors. Topics include OKC's defense and depth (1:40), Russell Westbrook criticism (14:25), whether or not there is such a thing as a bad shot for Stephen Curry (19:27), OKC’s early-game plan to make Steph's life difficult (22:49), Anderson Varejao vs. Marreesse Speights (34:55), Leandro Barbosa (39:20), some fun numbers (42:12), what type of contract Dion Waiters will get this summer (44:30), Draymond Green's Saturday evening tirade (46:00), and why Warriors fans seem to hate Harrison Barnes (54:00).

Jared Dubin and Seth Partnow discuss the Thursday night TNT games between the Thunder and Pelicans, and Rockets and Blazers. Topics include Anthony Davis and the Rose Rule (2:36), the level of concern we should have about the Thunder's defense (6:39), Billy Donovan's recent move to stagger Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook's minutes (12:48), some crazy KD and Russ scoring numbers (18:50), Houston's big comeback to beat the Blazers (24:27). James Harden's in-season improvement (26:34), the report that Harden got Kevin McHale fired and tried to get Dwight Howard traded (30:02), the Ty Lawson buyout tumors (37:18), and Portland's surprisingly good 2015 offseason (44:55).