Sense and Scalability

With Scott taking a week off, Evan and Cody discuss their collective disappointment with the underachieving Chicago Bulls. What all has gone wrong for them since the deadline and what can they do to right the ship? The dynamic duo break it down in depth and offer some ideas to get things back on track.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The S&S lads are joined by fellow Premium Hoops contributor Joe Hulbert to discuss analyzing basketball from a tactical perspective. The crew talk about learning how to see the game like a coach, ponder how strategy might evolve in the next few years, and share some salient examples of good and bad coaching.

Twitter: Joe (@JoeHulbertNBA), Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The crew peels back the layers for something different. They talk about their journeys (and pitfalls) when covering the NBA and how they go about keeping themselves engaged in a landscape that sometimes feels like it's pulling them from every direction. Minimal basketball analysis in this one but a lot of earnest anecdotes and experiences.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

Wowee! What a deadline. Instead of trying to capture every trade the guys dove deep on the Vucevic and Gordon trades while also bringing in some other Bulls moves, the Fournier trade, and the Oladipo trade.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The ragtag group of basketball besties takes a crack at figuring out how to appraise defense. They are just scratching the surface here but spent a good hour laying groundwork for evaluating guards, wings, and big men.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The S and S crew is down one for the week. Scott and Cody talk the Bucks, where they're at, what they're doing different this year, and answer some listener questions.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

Mailbag Episode! With not many recent games to cover, the guys took some great listener questions and tried to do them justice. They covered adjustments they'd like to see in the second half of the season, best lineups, impact of coaching, the future of the NBA, and many more topics. Thanks to everyone who sent one in!

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The boys take this week to deep dive the Phoenix Suns who are playing fun, high-level basketball halfway through the season. The show passed the 16 review milestone on Apple Podcasts this week. To celebrate, they end with a bonus segment rehashing some of Scott's worst takes.

Twitter: Scott (¯\_(ツ)_/¯), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

The usual trio is joined by Pro Insight analyst Henry Ward. They explore the seldom talked about aspects of spacing that Henry wrote about on his personal blog The Kick Ahead. We recommend you read both parts (linked below) as they are foundational both to this episode and to the concept of floor spacing.

Henry's Piece Part 1: https://thekickahead.com/home/exposing-the-blueprint-part-1

Part 2: https://thekickahead.com/home/exposing-the-blueprint-part-2

Twitter: Henry (@henrywward), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)

A past time of the podcast is to watch struggling or rebuilding teams and pick out players who would scale to a winning context. It is not always obvious, but Scott, Evan, Cody try their hand at identifying players on below average teams whose games could be unlocked if put in a better situation.

Twitter: Scott (@ScottLevineNBA), Evan (@EZ_Hoops), Cody (@codyhoudek), Premium Hoops (@PremiumHoopsNBA)

Music: Canon in D Major recorded by Kevin MacLeod

Art: Efrain Ramos (@efraincarmelo)