The man with some of the hottest 2k and NBA takes himself - Jim Bacarro is back! As the pod’s first ever return guest, he joins Ted and Nico to chime in on the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

On top of being a Mighty Sports and PBA D-League championship coach Charles Tiu also hosts CNN Philippines’ Sports Desk and his own Tiebreaker Vodcast.Over the past few years, he’s quickly become one of the most popular voices in the Philippine basketball scene. Today, he joins Ted and Nico to discuss his coaching career and give some thoughts on the NBA.

A week into the NBA restart and a week away from the Playoffs, Ted and Nico go through the latest developments, recap the biggest games, and look towards how the Playoff picture is shaping up. They cap things off by going through the recently announced finalists for the various season awards.

Emergency Pod alert! With the NBA officially back, Ted and Nico deep dive into the first three days of games to try to make sense of this new setup and how well teams and superstars looked on the court.

Cheats’ frontman Jim Bacarro is also the co-host of the Wake Up with Jim and Saab podcast and the host of the new Finding Happy with Happy Dad podcast. What people may not know about Jim is his fervent passion for all things basketball. In this episode, he joins Ted and Nico to talk pop culture and hoops, and also create his ideal NBA 2k player.

YouTube sensation BSOLZ comes on the pod to discuss what it was like to start his own YouTube channel and how he was able to find such big success in the industry. He also joins Ted and Nico in handing out some quarantine awards to players in the Orlando Bubble.

The Ringer’s Rob Mahoney joins Ted and Nico to talk hoops! During the hour, they spend time talking about Rob’s media career, his Mavs coverage over the years, and get his thoughts on the teams best positioned for a rebuild. They close things off by having Rob rank some of the best players heading into the NBA restart.

The Washington Post’s Ben Golliver joins the pod to discuss covering the Blazers from the Brandon Roy era, and why he lobbied so hard for the franchise to draft Durant instead of Oden. We also challenge Ben to try to construct the best team out of the league’s best players this past decade. To cap it off, Ben discusses some of the most intriguing storylines heading into the NBA’s restart.

Slam Philippines’ Editor-in-Chief, Titan 22’s Branded Content Director, and the host of the Call To Arms podcast himself, Nikko Ramos, joins the pod to talk all things basketball -- from Nikko’s sports media career to his memorable Kevin Durant story. We also put a nice Lakers twist on a bracket-style format called the Sour Sixteen, and cap off the night by sharing some of our favorite underrated NBA players.

Ted and Nico are joined by a special guest - DJ Mo Twister all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada. They talk all things hoops from Mo’s time on the NBA GM School to his hottest NBA takes. As always, follow and give us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy our content and feel free to send in your questions and comments at our mailbag [email protected]