The world still hasn’t started turning again, and it looks like that will be the case until basketball starts again on July 31st. To occupy our minds, we take a step back to one of the biggest “what-if” NBA games in recent memory: Game 6 of the 2016 Western Conference Finals, a.k.a. The Klay Game. […]

Dear Listeners, It is with a heavy heart that we bring you an episode of The Bench Units Podcast that strays from our usual medium of conversation and approach, as we feel compelled to address the grim reality that the world has been forced to face over the last fortnight. While our hosts usually try […]

We’re back to add our two cents, one final time, to perhaps the most psychoanalysed athlete of the last 5 weeks and ever. Following the conclusion of The Last Dance, James and Mark break down episodes 9 & 10 and give their final word on the season as a whole. This extends into drawing parallels […]

(This is a slightly-too-late release of our analysis of Episodes 7 & 8 of The Last Dance. Episodes 9 & 10 have been released, and if you’ve already seen them then we apologise for not keeping up. Also, they’ve been out on Netflix for like 3 hours and that means you got up at 8am […]

We’re back and, in our usual no-holds-barred form, we are ready to meekly tip-toe around some almost-30-year-old controversies. Following the behind-the-scenes viewing of some of Michael Jordan’s less glamorous moments, James and Mark use their recording time to point you in the direction of the coverage of informed people and encourage you to listen to […]

We went kind of long. Sorry / you’re welcome. This time out, James and Mark are joined by James’ national team teammate, not to mention World Champion, 4x European Champion, Paralympic Bronze Medalist and former champion of both the Spanish and Italian leagues: Gaz Choudhry. Gaz joins the podcast for a detailed look into his […]

You never heard the saying “Don’t rob a bank across the street from a diner with the best donuts in three counties?” This episode marks our first true attempt at diversifying what we talk about (in terms of actual chosen topics, not the stuff we usually get sidetracked with). This is the first in a […]

Left high and dry by multiple guests, James and Mark are freed from the restrictions of being courteous hosts and ready to churn out enough inconclusive ramblings to see you through until the end of global lockdown. In what turns out to be a very Bulls-heavy episode, the guys discuss the first two episodes of […]

James and Mark got their guest! Run out of budget-friendly Swedish furniture to knock together, Ben Fox admits defeat and jumps on a Zoom call with our two hosts. The guys go over how they’re all keeping safe and sane in the ongoing quarantine, before turning talk to basketball. Ben airs his grievances over his […]

Hung out to dry by the guest that they’d arranged, James and Mark knew they had to get a podcast recorded and released to help get people through these uncertain times. They had to scrap their episode run-down and improvise, facing down the task of filling an hour with no real preparation. How did they […]