In this week's Lay of the League, Derek, Ryan and Michael review the happenings of the league a month in.  Then, we get a deep dive of Legal Corner with Ryan walking us through both the Phoenix Suns investigation into Robert Sarver, and the Portland Trailblazers investigation into Neil Olshey.

In this week's Lay of the League, Derek, Michael, and Ryan consider the league happenings to date and what their biggest regrets of their Carty Cup predictions are through two weeks; topics include the New Orleans Pelicans and Boston Celtics.  Then, Ryan leans into Legal Corner with his biggest regret - Mayor Nichols not suing the Bennent led hijacking of the Sonics in 2007 like St Louis is doing with the Kroenke led departure of the Rams to LA.

In the final install of the Carty Cup, Derek, Ryan and Michael consider their picks for WC and EC finals, NBA champion, MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and everyone's favorite First Coach Fired.

The crew reviews the Western Conference in their Carty Cup season preview for the 2021-2022.

The crew reviews the Eastern Conference in their Carty Cup season preview for the 2021-2022.

In this week's Lay of the League, Michael, Derek and Ryan discuss Kyrie and Ben Simmons, and throw in a fair dose extracurricular discussion.

In this week's Lay of the League, the gang is back together! Michael, Derek and Ryan consider five not so burning questions, a spin on the burning questions trope as we review media days and look to the start of the NBA season.

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In this week's glorious return of the Lay of the League, Michael and Ryan play a new game called "What Were They Thinking" as we imagine what several GMs throughout the league were thinking as they navigated the offseason and rebuilt their rosters for the upcoming season. The Celtics, Blazers, Lakers, and 76ers are all considered.

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James Littlejohn (@jameslittlejuan) & Matthew Shipley (@mshipley24), the author and illustrator respectively, of B IS FOR BALLER: THE BAKSETBALL ALPHABET FOR KIDS, join Michael to discuss their childrens ABC book about the NBA both past, present, and future. An illustrated childrens book, with a page for each letter in the alphabet references a variety of NBA players such Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Larry Grandmama Johnson plus there's an entire page dedicated to the 90s.

B is for Baller and all the ABC to MVP series books are published by Triumph Books and are available everywhere!

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In this week's Lay of the League, Michael and D-Love evaluate the league's pecking order after the dust has settled around free agency including making light of both the Lakers and Blazers. We consider who's having the worst summer - Dennis Shroder, Andre Drummond, or their agents. Then dive into how the salary cap may form the competitors over the next several years.  Finally we touch on the Olympics and Summer League.

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