It's time for the Annual Tough Watch Team Overviews. This episode covers the top 7 teams in the league that are separated into 2 tiers. The teams are discussed in the following order..

-Milwaukee Bucks-Brooklyn Nets-LA Lakers-Utah Jazz-Denver Nuggets-Miami Heat-Philadelphia 76ers

Next week Dan and Rikki will cover the next 8 teams in descending order. That will leave the final 15 Tough Watch teams for the upcoming season! Check back weekly for new episodes.

This is the 3rd and final episode of the Tough Watch 25 Series. In this weeks episode we cover players 18-25 along with some honorable mentions that didn't quite make the final list. Listen to the full episode to see who took the 'John Collins spot' in this years list!

Check back next week for the start of our Tough Watch team overviews.

This is episode 2 in our Tough Watch 25 Series. In this weeks episode we cover players 10-17. Dan and Rikki both go over their separate lists at the start of the pod and discuss a total of 12 players that made the cut.

Check back next week for the third and final episode of the series when we cover 18-25!

This is the 3rd Annual Tough Watch 25. Dan and Rikki rank the top 25 players from the 2018/2019/2020 NBA Drafts. This episode covers 1-9, starting with Luka Doncic and ending with Deandre Ayton. Listen to the entire pod to get the full list. 

Check back next week for part 2 of this series!

The time has come for the Annual Draft Mega Pod! Dan and Rikki lead the pod with a conversation about general draft strategy and an explanation of how they came up with their own big boards. Then they go through their Top 20 prospects, along with a mock 1st Round at the end of the episode.

Keep an eye out for our live pod on Thursday night during the draft. A replay will be released in the days to follow.

In this episode Dan and Rikki discuss a couple of fake trades for Ben Simmons and Collin Sexton, which leads to a broader discussion about the misguided direction of the Cavs Organization. 

In the back half we discuss the upcoming NBA Draft prospects. This is an appetizer before the main course which will come shortly before the draft. Keep your eyes out for the NBA Draft MEGA POD!!

The Tough Watch is back for a late season matchup between the Wolves and Jazz. We start with the Jazz and discuss their title chances, followed by a deep dive on the Wolves and their performance since the hiring of Chris Finch along with the potential for Anthony Edwards to alter the course of the Wolves future. We finish with our thoughts on the title contenders and the current state of the play in tournament teams.

This is a return for both of these teams to the Tough Watch Pod and two teams headed in vastly different directions. This episode leads with a discussion about the Knicks. Julius Randle continuing to surge, is RJ Barrett the answer going forward? And what to do with Mitchell Robinson!? The 2nd half is centered around the Pistons. Did Jerami Grant know what he was getting into? Are the Pistons already screwed when it comes to Killian Hayes? And what player should the Pistons target in the upcoming draft?

Check back next Sunday when we cover the Friday night game between the Pacers and the Magic.

This is the first appearance of the year for both of these teams on the Tough Watch Podcast, but certainly will not be the last. In an uneventful blowout the Kings took care of business at home against the newly rebuilding Rockets. Dan and Rikki discuss the upcoming trade deadline and how it could shape these two rosters and then dig in to the developmental stage of each team and what needs to be done moving forward.

Check back next Sunday when we cover the Saturday night game between the Warriors and Grizzlies.

Following a slightly different format, Dan and Rikki go back in time and review the decisions and transactions made since both of these organizations changed over their front office. The first half of the pod covers the Hornets since April 2018 when Mitch Kupchak was hired as GM and the 2nd half goes over the Wolves since the May 2019 hire of Gersson Rosas.

Check back next Sunday when we cover the Thursday night game between the Rockets and Kings.