The Bench Mob NBA Podcast

On this episode of the Bench Mob NBA Podcast we welcome on host Kaan Erel along with Dj Rekstad, Garrett Catalana, and Will Pennington to discuss all the news and notes that have developed over the weekend post trade deadline. We also have our own mini-awards show for our Mega Trade Deadline as well as the actual Trade Deadline. Hope you all enjoy.You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trade deadline has passed, and instead of giving you guys our opinions of the trades, we try and step into the shoes of every team and discuss why they made the moves that they did. Kaan, Jack and Garrett are on call and rotate through every trade that has happened going back to and including the Porzingis blockbuster. Hope you guys enjoy.Follow us on twitter @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2.5 Hour Deadline!! 7 Mobbers hop on a call, Kaan navigates the conversation and DJ, Will, Garrett, Dann, Charlie, and Jack take on 5 different teams and negotiate trades for 2.5 hours. Every single team has a trade negotiation, 25+ teams actually made some sort of move, and the landscape of the league has definitely changed. Has it changed for better or for worse? You decide. If 2.5 hours is too long for you, hop to 2:27:00 for a rundown of every deal that actually happened for each teamHope you all enjoy!You can follow us @TheBenchMobNBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dann Gladnick came through with an amazing guest this week as we welcome on Assistant Coach of the University of Memphis Women's basketball team, Coach Jess Bogia. Coach Bogia is also the recruiter coordinator with the team, and we get into her day to day, how a college team is built, and a few stories of how she got to where she is today. We also discuss the evolution of women's roles in the sport and how it still has a long way to go. Hope you all enjoy!You can follow us on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, news came out of Memphis that the front office has put Conley and Gasol on the trading block. This obviously mean that we had to take on the Memphis Grizzlies for our Mob's Trade Deadline episode. Kaan (@iKaanic) takes charge of the Grizzlies front office as Dj (@djrekstad) WIll (@WillRPennington) and Sydney (@syd_rob25) join him in more engaging trade negotiations. There may or may not have been a surprise curve ball thrown in at the end. Hope you all enjoy.You can follow the pod @TheBenchMobNBAThe Mock Trade Deadline Live! link belowhttps://alumni.isenberg.umass.edu/s/1640/isenberg/interior.aspx?sid=1640&gid=8&pgid=5577&content_id=5308Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Draft edition of the pod today. Approaching the trade deadline i wanted to get an idea of how picks should be valued. and what better way to do that then bring on NBA draft experts Cole Zwicker (@ColeZwicker) and Spencer Pearlman (@frontofficeeye). Fellow mobber and college basketball watcher Sydney Robinson also joins the pods as we briefly tough on guys that are projected to go top 15-20 in the draft, as well as touch on some topics about creating a big board and the process of tiering players.Hope you enjoy.You can follow us on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBA.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The LA Lakers are the victims of our weekly Front office takeover. Kaan (@iKaanic) tries to bring in championship calibre role players as well as hunt for a certain New Orleans based super star. Will (@WillRPennigton) and DJ (@djrekstad) take control of the rest of the league and we negotiate 15-20 possible trades. Hope you all enjoy.You can follow us on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBA and visit our website thebenchmobnba.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaan and good friend of the pod Rob Soni get together and chat about the Lakers and hit on all of the young core. They go into detail on Brandon Ingram, Kuzma, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Hart. Then they move over to the Nuggets and rave over the young talent that the team has over there. Later, both Kaan and Rob pick their surprisingly good and surprisingly underwhelming player so far this season.You can follow the show on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBARob - @RobSoniNBAKaan - @iKaanicLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaan absolute blows up the Pistons in this really fun Mob's trade Deadline episode Will Pennington, Sydney Robinson, and Dj Rekstad all join the call as well.You  can follow the show on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A very special episode here for you guys, and Kaan welcomes on the Director of Basketball Ops and Player Development with the South Bay Lakers, Nick Lagios! We discuss what it's like finding a job in basketball, what his job entails as a key member of a GLeague front office. We also discuss how players handle long term GLeague careers, the dynamics between assignment players coming down from the NBA, as well as LeBrons influence and positive energy around the team. Hope you all enjoy!You can Follow us on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices