We look at free agency moves across both soccer and basketball during the back half of the 2021 summer.

We break down the 2021 NBA draft from the top heavy lottery picks to some of the winners/losers of the night, and teams positioning themselves for the upcoming years.

We look back on two great tournaments, their results, and lessons.

We cover a lot of ground this episode. We start with the NBA WCF and ECF and talk about the Bucks' response without Giannis, the nature of the Hawks team roster construction, and CP3 and Monty Williams sharing a touching moment. Then, we move to the Euros beginning at the round of 16 including the most exciting game so far (France v. Switzerland) and some broader themes of the tournament (PKs and VAR). Finally, we finish with some Copa America analysis that essentially boils down to Tirtho claiming that Copa is more fun than the Euros because of less intentional polish and Messi. Hosted by Adith and Tirtho.

An NBA playoffs episode where we cover the last two rounds worth of action and dig into the conference finals. We talk about the injury bug throughout the league (Kawhi's leg, Harden, Nuggets entire roster, Lakers ... ), different coaches and their strengths (Ty Lue, Doc, Carlisle), Buck's finally figuring themselves out, and the rise of Trae Young's legacy. Hosted in hybrid (thanks vaccines).

We return to chat primarily about the Euros and discuss each group's situation. Mbappe and France, Spain has no goal scorers or Real Madrid players, and globalizing talent but centralizing capital amongst other things. Hosted by Tirtho and Julien

All four of us return for an extended episode to talk about round 1 playoff basketball and talk about: 

 - The enigma of Kristaps Porzingis

 - Villain Trae

 - +/- w/ Luka

 - Clipper Collapse (?) + Pfizer P + No More Pat Bev

 - Lakers go out with a whimper

 - Suns (Crowder's dance, Mickey Mouse shirts, CP fake post up, Cam Payne ...)

 - Celtics' musical chairs

 - The Slo Mo Revolution 

 - Nurkic likes to foul; the unplayable playoff Kanter

 - The definition of 3 and D players

 - And so much more :) 

 - Dame Time (Game 5 Austin Rivers Prayer Hands)

We get together to talk about the semifinal results of the Champions League. Tirtho finally gets to watch Real Madrid lose, and speculates on Ramos leaving. Julien enjoys a PSG flame out and points out some sketchy commentary. Adith chooses Chelsea over Man City, choosing to be patriotic. We also talk basketball and the intensity of late season regular season games, Dennis Shroeder's tell-all interview in German, and playoff matchups we'd love to see. Adith rants about the Lakers.

We break down the Clippers and the culture of the team, discuss the playoff picture and some sleeper Eastern conference teams (Wizards, Hawks). We tip our hats to Curry, and favor him to win the MVP. Tirtho suggests that Embiid is in fact Hakeem but stronger and more physical. Lastly, we begin to dig into the now defunct Super League and the implications of such a league  - more to come on this next week!

We dive into Liverpool, and take turns wearing the manager hat to discuss changes to right the ship. We cover the rest of the quarterfinal games and Adith predicts that Real Madrid win the Champions League this year.