The Bench Mob NBA Podcast

EPISODE SUMMARY1st full episode and if you're about to listen to this we thank you. We had to kick the show off with a State of the Union of where the Bulls are at right now and what we expect from this season. No better people to do that with than Stephen Noh of The Athletic Chicago and Mark Karantzoulis  of Bulls HQ.EPISODE NOTESWho is the best player?What's Satoransky's role going to be?Are we giving up on Kris Dunn to early?How problematic is the Wing rotation without Otto?Will Boylen be able to get the most out of the young guys?We answer these questions and a whole lot more. Thank you all for listening.Follow Bullish Catch us on all social media platforms:Twitter: https://twitter.com/BullishhoopsIG: https://www.instagram.com/bullishhoops/FB: https://www.facebook.com/bullishhoops/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3TX786YKo4MHGJ1bwdzlgLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaan takes control of the Minnesota Timberwolves and makes a few changes to the roster that changes a lot of what the team is right now. Whether or not he messed up, that's for you guys to let us know on our Twitter Polls :). Sydney and DJ did their best to get the best trades they possibly could as each took a conference and came up with a bunch of interesting deals to be discussed. Hope you all enjoy.Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Levine, host of the brand new Bench Mob Wednesday show Scouting Goggles, talks to Bench Mob's own Simon Cherin-Gordon discuss how the parameters for evaluating talent have changed without the Warriors in dynastic form. They then try to figure out what player traits will be more or less valued in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trade Deadline Tuesday keeps on keepin on with the Washington Wizards this week. Kaan takes control Bradley Beals future and tries to stabilize the future of the rest of Beal's team. Denver and Boston got into the mix as well as several other teams. Let us know what you think about the trades on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBA.https://twitter.com/TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we bring on Zac Cupples from the Litness podcast on the Lineups podcast network. We talk about everything from Ja Morant and JJJ to the new signings Tyus Jones and Marko Guduric. We discuss Valanciunus' extensions, Josh Jackson's potential turn around year, who's going to start and how they'll perform throughout the year.Let us know what you think on Twitter @TheBenhcMobNBA podcast. Follow Zac and the Litness podcast @Litnesspodcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaan brings on Scott Levine to discuss the potential outcomes for Ja Morant, DeAndre Hunter, and Coby White during their rookie years. This is a re-upload of the podcast initially uploaded September 12th. The original episode was deleted due to poor audio quality.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mob's Trade Deadline Season 3 is here. After going over the OKC offseason yesterday, we had to come back and see what kind of move they would be able to pull. A lot of fun trade talks happened in this one. Can OKC land a young star? Will they gbe able to move Chris Paul's contract? What will they make of the rest of the roster? Kaan takes control of OKC and DJ and Sydney take the rest of the league and we talk trade. Let us know what you think on Twitter @TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We brought on our resident OKC guys Will and Tim on for this one to talk about the transition that the Thunder made this offseason with the trades of Paul George and Russell Westbrook. It truly is the end of an era and only fans of the team can explain emotions that come with losing the final star player of a team that's been in contention for a decade. There's also a team that's going to play this year to discuss as well. Kaan runs through the entire roster with the guys. Will Chris Paul and Gallinari remain on the team the entire season?How will Shai develop?Who's going to start on the wing?What do you think of OKC this year? Let us know on twitter https://twitter.com/TheBenchMobNBAYou can follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebenchmobnba/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon and Ashwin continue their ranking of the top players in the NBA by getting into the complementary guys. Which guys provide value in a winning context? How do we contextualize numbers and team success for a No. 1 option who may be miscast, vs. a No. 2 option who may be benefitting from their surrounding talent?Send us mailbag questions at [email protected] us up on Twitter and Instagram @TheBenchMobNBAhttps://twitter.com/TheBenchMobNBAhttps://instagram.com/TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People throw around the terms "top five player" or "top 15 player" all the time, but what does it actually mean to rank among the NBA's elite? What is the criteria? Who makes the cut in each tier? Simon Cherin-Gordon (@Simoncgo) brings Ashwin Ramnath (@shwinnypooh) to discuss on this week's episode of The Restricted Area,Send us mailbag questions at [email protected] us up on Twitter and Instagram @TheBenchMobNBAhttps://twitter.com/TheBenchMobNBAhttps://instagram.com/TheBenchMobNBALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices