The Way We Ball

This week, we consider the Texas Triangle of the Mavericks, Spurs, and Rockets in a new, blue light. Danielle Bartz joins us to talk about the historic wave of Democrats elected in Texas and around the country, and we talk early NBA returns for these three Texas teams.

Everyone is injured and we mean everyone. Here with us to make sense of it all is Dr Jerry Umeh, former college basketball player, Howard graduate, MD, and our old friend to share his insights on player health and the state of NBA basketball.

This week, we introduce and new and likely singular segment - IS THAT ALL THERE IS? - a quandry into the what we've learned or not from the first week of NBA games. Plus some news, some gravy, some WNBA Finals talk, and our regular degular faces. Thanks for spending your time with us.

The season is here. And we are ready with conference standings predictions, playoff predictions, and awards predictions for everyone to point and snicker at in six to eight months. ENJOY

The WNBA Finals are upon us, and we're here to get you ready or as ready as any of us will be, We talk through the wild ride that the first two rounds of WNBA playoffs have been and make our, certain to be incorrect predictions on what we expect to happen in this next, ultimate season matchup. Once again we are joined by Rasura's own, Ryan Dilbert, to make sense of the madness.

As we prepare ourselves for another NBA season's gifts, we discuss what sparks joy in our respective fandom and what might not, what we're holding onto and what we're giving up. Jacob is mostly wrong as usual and August is a perfect guest to help us get started. We love and appreciate you, as always.

It's that time again. Baseball is winding down. The kids are back in school, and the NBA Season is nigh upon us. To properly process our feelings about the impending Houston Rockets spasm, we have requested the help of two of our oldest friends Sara Rodriguez and Jonathon Williamson, who attempt, each in their way, to ground us with the important things, like Russell Westbrook's Houston tenure and the fact that there's no way things could reasonably have ever been very good. We appreciate their time and yours.

While the US women's national team were busy winning their 12th World Cup championship, we were busy breaking down what happens when our nation's heroes return home, the WNBA Plaaaayoffs.

We are joined this week by former Bleacher Report and current Resura Magazine writer (and founder), author of the short story collection Mat Burns and the novel Time Crumbling Like a Wet Cracker, Ryan Dilbert, to break down the impending WNBA Playoffs, what we should expect, who we should consider, how we should cast our respective eyeballs.

This was a special treat for us, and hopefully for you too.

It's the offseason. Don Nelson has died, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry too. Russell Westbrook has retired. Is this era of the Denver Nuggets slipping away with last year's first round exit, Aaron Gordon's athleticism, and Peyton Watson's exit? What are the harbingers of the Lakers' sale, the second such transaction in just over a year? Why doesn't Eric like swimming? All these topics and a few more are explored on this offseason episode of A Way We Ball.

LeBron rings the Liberty BellThis week we use LeBron's latest last Decision as an excuse to talk through how we expect the Eastern Conference to begin to shake out this fall. Then we take some time to appreciate (and acknowledge) some of the storylines in the WNBA.