The Celtics might just have a Jayson Tatum problem on their hands, as any chance of a comeback win in game home was turned over, along with the ball, as Jimmy Butler and the Bulls stole Game 1. On the west coast, Nikola Jokic continues to prove that he is an absolute freak of nature alien, going for 42/21/14 en route to a Game 1 win over the Lakers. Mark and TJ break down the games. plus the Spurs win the draft lottery, Ja Morant is back in big trouble, and we preview The Dozen Tournament starting at Barstool HQ on Monday morning.

The Process has officially come to an end, at the hands of Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. The Celtics move on to face the Heat for a ticket to the NBA Finals. In the West, King James reigns supreme once again, as the Lakers send Steph Curry and the Warriors packing, with questions emerging about Golden State's future. The Lakers will face off against the Denver Nuggets in a rematch of the '19-'20, '08-'09, and '84-'85 Western Conference Finals. Mark and TJ recap a weekend of NBA action, preview the upcoming round, rank the frauds inside the 76ers organization, and touch on the NBA Draft Lottery, among other topics.

We've had 4 Game 5's since we last talked, and 5 very different outcomes. On Tuesday night the 76ers shocked the Celtics in Boston to put them up against the wall, and the Nuggets rode a Jokic triple double to take a 3-2 lead over the Suns. On Wednesday night the Knicks wanted it more to stay alive against the Heat, and Steph Curry and the Warriors cruised to a Game 5 win over a now very vulnerable Lakers team. We talk all this, plus an update on the Bob Huggins situation, a look into Bo Jackson's year long hiccups case, and we try to fix the NFL schedule before it even comes out.

Sam Vecenie is a Senior Writer at The Athletic covering the NBA and the NBA Draft. He also hosts the Game Theory Podcast talking all things basketball and more. He joins the program to talk Bronny James to USC, Victor Wembanyama, the rest of the prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft, and a whole lot more (37:08-1:20:56). In other basketball news, the Lakers, led by Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves, have a commanding 3-1 lead over the Warriors, Nikola Jokic shoved the Suns owner, the 76ers held off the Celtics to tie their series 2-2, and the Heat might be the darkhorse left in the playoffs. Every series has awesome storylines, and once again the NBA playoffs are delivering way above expectations. Mark and TJ also talk the Bob Huggins situation that broke yesterday, and bring on Junior Editor Kody to explain his first run in with the Barstool news cycle.

After getting a big win in game one of the series, the Philadelphia 76ers got league MVP Joel Embiid back in the lineup, and promptly got blown out in game 2. Mark and TJ break the game down, and discuss if the 76ers are better off without Embiid in the lineup, and if Nikola Jokic is actually more valuable than him. This, plus Anthony Davis and the Lakers beating the Warriors thanks to a failed Jordan Poole last second YOLO 3 point attempt, Hunter Dickinson is trolling the entire College Basketball media landscape, there is a mystery brewing at the Kentucky Derby, and a whole lot more on today’s show.

Today we're joined by Barstool's own Adam "Rone" Ferrone (22:07-1:04:42). Rone is a Barstool Sports personality, known as cohost of "The Pat Bev Pod" with NBA Star Patrick Beverley, "Son of a Boy Dad" with Lil Sasquatch, and a member of "The Yak". Outside of those shows he also regularlly appears in a ton of other high level Barstool Content, including "Neighborhood Eats", "The Nicest", "Barstool's Most Dangerous Game Show", and he was even a host of last week's "En Eff El Draft Show". Outside of Barstool he is a rap battle world champion, a man of fine taste, and a Philly native to his core. Rone joins the show to talk 76ers/Celtics, as well as how the Pat Bev Pod came to be, and also hash out some beef with Mark steming from a Tik Tok take that went viral a few weeks ago. Outside of Rone, Mark and TJ talk Lebron vs Steph, the rest of the NBA Playoffs, the NFL Draft, and a lot more.

We didn't know if it was possible, but Jimmy Butler and the Heat went absolute god mode AGAIN to knock the top seeded Milwaukee Bucks out of the playoffs in round 1, The NBA Playoff script writers are absolutely cooking up some fire. All of a sudden the New York Knicks have home court advantage in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, meanwhile the Celtics still haven't even made it that far. Mark and TJ talk Tuesday and Wednesday's action, plus a new edition of Mark's Fraud Power Rankings, and we recap Ben Mintz's historic 10k run.

After a long weekend we were blessed with two more absolute banger NBA Playoff games as Jimmy Butler had one of the all time performances to lift the Heat over the Bucks 3 games to 1, and Lebron James turned back the clock to drop 22 points and 20 rebounds on Dillon Brooks and the Grizzlies. Brandon Walker makes his return to the show (31:31-1:37:11) to talk all sorts of things, including this week's NFL Draft, his controversial Top 10 College Football Coaches list, the Oakland Athletics, video games, and much more. Plus Mark and Brandon tease some potential future plans once the duo move to Chicago.

Draymond Green has once again provided the NBA Playoffs with a moment tor remember, stomping on Domantas Sabonis and attempting to fight the entire city of Sacramento, leading to his suspenion for game 3 of the Warriors/Kings series. Mark breaks down that situaion, Draymond's role as a villain, and much more, including an update on the Chinese Basketball point shaving controversy, Woj and Shams, weekend previews, and the Barstool debut of Mark's Fraud Power Rankings.

Another absolute banger of a set of NBA playoff games has come and gone, as the first round is firing on all cylinders. We have people arguing that charges should be banned, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura are playing like the prime Showtime Lakers. Russell Westbrook is charging at fans inside of luxury suites. Playoff NBA really is the best. Mark breaks it all down, plus some life updates, an investigation into the relentless Dr. Pimple Popper commercials, as well as a look at some drama happening in Chinese basketball.