Dangerous Dave DuFour came by to talk about Michael Beasley's insane night against the Celtics, the eastern conference playoff picture, the new-look Raptors and the Houston Rockets. We also talk about our own NBA pet peeve: the concept of athlete loyalty (Kobe, Dirk and more).

Jacob Goldstein dropped by the podcast to discuss his ranking of the NBA's under 23 players for Nylon calculus (link below). We discussed all of the league's premier up-and-comers, his method, players likely to exceed their ranking and more. Plus, who is the fairest unicorn of them all?

https://fansided.com/2017/12/19/nylon-calculus-projecting-top-23-nba-players/

The Ringer's Jonathan Tjarks stopped by the pod to discuss how Chris Paul has looked as a Rocket, Kawhi Leonard's eagerly anticipated return, the NBA's most improved player and more.

Greg Wissinger, editor of the Sactown Royalty, jumped on the podcast to give the lowdown on the Kings young players. Also discussed:

*Can the Utah Jazz keep winning in the face of a mounting injury crisis?

*What's going on in Memphis?

*The impact an Anthony Davis injury could have on the Pelicans

*The Timberwolves, Russell Westbrook and more

Dangerous Dave DuFour stopped by to talk about the exciting rookie class, Lonzo Ball's floor, the Pelicans playoff chances, MVP and more.

James Herbert, NBA writer for CBS Sports, joined Paul on the podcast. They discussed the Toronto Raptors offensive overhaul, the spiraling Clippers, Kyrie Irving's MVP case and much more.

Dave King, editor of the Bright Side of the Sun, came on the pod to discuss his beloved Phoenix Suns. We talked about Devin Booker's development, the explosive start to the season, the team's young bigs, the Lonzo Ball skirmish and more.

Ben Golliver, NBA writer for Sports' Illustrated and co-host of the Open Floor podcast, came on the podcast to answer some key questions from around the league. Can the Pistons maintain their torrid pace? How does the Bledsoe trade affect the Bucks' ceiling? Plus, Kristaps Porzingis, the Pelicans and more.

Grant Afseth (of Indianasportscoverage.com) jumped on the podcast to discuss the hot start Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis have had, the Pacers pace and playing style, rotation issues with Myles Turner back in the line-up, who really won the Paul George trade and much more.

Sam Esfandiari, notorious twitter roaster and co-host of the "Light Years" podcast, jumped on to give Paul the run down of all things in the bay. Are the Warriors on auto-pilot? Is Draymond's behavior worrying? How can the defense improve? All this and more on a great episode.