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  • Episode 32: NBA's Most Interesting Teams, Part 2
    And it's here again everybody! The NBA is back after another shortened offseason and clearly we could have used the extra time because we are only two-thirds through our preview episodes. Today we've got a two-parter for your listening pleasure, so if you can, understandably, only take Conor in small doses, this is the episode for you.
    In the first half, Francis and Grant get rambling drunk and spend a whole 33:25 talking about middle of the pack Eastern Conference team the Boston Celtics (3:50), before mercifully moving on to preview the Dallas Mavericks (37:15) and Denver Nuggets (50:05).
    In the second half, Francis sticks around as he and Conor (both disturbingly sober) discuss the Kawhi-less LA Clippers (1:09:32) and the 2016 Portland Trail Blaz...wait this is their roster this year? Are you sure? Sorry folks, the 2021-2022 Portland Trail Blazers (1:28:27).
    1 hr 46 min
  • Episode 31: NBA's Most Interesting Teams, Part 1

    Welcome back to the Up & Under for season 3! They say season 3 is typically a series' peak, but boy, I don't know how in the world we're going to top that absolute heat we brought each and every episode of the first two seasons. I guess the only thing to do is go bigger and better.


    For the first episode of season 3, we rekindle our Most Interesting Teams series from last year with a brand new special guest. Please welcome LA native and lifelong fan of the not-Clippers, Chris Moore! He gives Francis and Grant their becoming-routine break from Conor's overbearing eyebrows. In today's episode, the boys give offseason grades and preseason predictions for Chris' not-Clippers (3:00), the superteam Bulls (21:04), the long-lost lover Heat (37:12), the does-Hassan-Whiteside-really-solve-our-Rudy-Gobert-couldn't-put-a-post-move-on-a-well-groomed-bonsai-tree-problem Jazz (45:36), and the plucky and still loaded Hawks (56:24).

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 30: Finals and Draft and Trades, Oh My!
    The Up & Under has officially turned the big 3-0. This will now be a podcast exclusively about yard sales and early-onset arthritis.
    This week, Conor and Grant are joined by special guest Francis to discuss their takeaways from the Finals (7:15), all things NBA Draft (26:49) including Conor's take on Santi Aldama (36:57) and the best and worst drafts (1:04:03), and what to make of the Lakers' trade for Russell Westbrook.
    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 29: The Biggest Big Three in the NBA Finals
    Welcome to yet another episode of the Up & Under, man they keep churning these things out don't they? Conor and Grant are mercifully not alone this week, that was unbearable. They are thrilled to be joined by repeat guest Will McIntyre in Francis' stead.
    Topics include: initial thoughts on the Finals with the Suns holding a 2-0 lead (4:47); is someone other than Chris Paul the Suns most important player (14:00); the effect of this run on Paul's legacy (24:49); the miscasting of Giannis Antetokounmpo and how the Bucks can turn this series around (38:22); the NBA's most valuable Big Three (53:30); and they finish up, as always, by getting in over their heads financially with a local waste management consultant (1:04:34).
    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 28: Second Round Recap and a Wild Week in the League
    Look, we're only one little podcast. How are we supposed to talk about all these topics, especially down a man? We're working off a shortened offseason too and don't get paid nearly enough to qualify for load management. We, the media, are the victims here.
    Conor and Grant learn to spread their wings this week sans Frank, and do their best to cover the wide-ranging storylines from the past week. They discuss the Kawhi-less Clippers knocking out the Jazz (2:27), the Celtics and Mavericks leadership shakeups (24:24), and Bucks-Nets game 7 (38:14). They finish by rehashing their finals picks (46:16) and throwing a yo-leven (51:22)
    56 min
  • Episode 27: First Round Roundup

    What...is...good everybody it's your boy Franklin Carvana, welcome to another episode of the Up & Under.

    This week, Conor and Grant return to save the pod and the boys talk all things playoffs, including but very much not limited to: Rajon Rondo, Luka-stopper (6:20); the Los Angeles Kendall Jenner's Boyfriends (25:10); the Jazz upsetting the Grizz (50:32); the second round Finals between the Bucks and Nets (57:22); Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau (1:11). Then they finish up by "willingly retiring from the NBA to pursue a career in baseball" (1:24:51).

    1 hr 34 min
  • Episode 26: NBA Awards and Early Playoff Predictions
    Welcome back to the Up and Under! In this very special episode, Francis is outnumbered. We listened to what the people wanted and brought back friends of the pod Mac Trammell and Danny Galvin at the same damn time. You get a much deserved reprieve from, as Francis put it,  "Conor and Grant's bullshit."
    On this episode the guys cover a lot of ground, including the play-in games (3:12), NBA awards (47:53), predictions for the first round and Finals picks (1:23:12), and, of course, they finish up with a round of checks before the river (1:44:12).
    1 hr 48 min
  • Episode 25: The 2nd Annual All-NBA Extravaganza
    Welcome to the quarter mark of the first 100 episodes of the Up & Under, a milestone that I'm sure we all had marked down on our calendars.
    Speaking of milestones, today's episode is the first ever 2nd annual segment we've done, as Conor, Francis, and Grant once again draft their All-NBA teams in politely cutthroat, collaboratively selfish competition (1:49). There will be joy, there will be controversy, there will be statements from agents bemoaning their clients' absences. This is the stuff they make movies out of. After the All-NBA selections, the guys move on to their hottest takes of the NBA season (1:01:26), including a nearly nine-minute long sidebar about golf bodies (1:13:35), which you can totally skip if you want but I don't what about that sentence didn't sell you. And then they wrap up by giving a horse a banned substance and becoming hall of fame trainers (1:28:05).
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    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 24: The Nuggets' Chances and the Best Route to the League

    Hey Listener. It's me, The Up & Under Podcast, from your phone. I know it's been a while but you haven't forgotten me already, have you? I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when the Magic sent out their only three competent players. But did it really mean that much to you? I mean you had to have seen this coming, it was long overdue. Okay, okay you're right, it was wrong of me to abandon you and it won't happen again. If I can't handle you at your UCLA-Kevin Love, I don't deserve you at your GQ-Kevin Love.


    This week Conor, Francis, and Grant break down what the Nuggets will look like sans Jamal Murray (4:30), Luka Doncic and recent-Just-for-Men-Touch-of-Gray-convert Mark Cuban's comments on the play in tournament (22:07), the impact of Jalen Suggs' iconic shot on the future decisions of top prospects, and, of course, creepily ask the closest person to blow on our hand in the hopes of rolling snake eyes (46:16).

    50 min
  • Episode 23: The Important Silliness of NBA All-Star Selections
    Breaking news: LeBron James has tweeted that "the Up & Under is the most disrespected podcast in the game". Most of the disrespect came from him in the first place, but the sentiment is nice.
    This week Conor, Francis, and Grant touch on the All-Star snubs (or lack thereof) and what it means that the East had so many candidates this year (3:58); give a midseason update on their MVP ballots (31:24); and then hit on a 19 what are they thinking (55:30)?!
    1 hr

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Three friends bonded by their love of sports and sports journalism discuss the goings on in the NBA landscape. Conor, Francis and Grant were roommates at a college in Memphis, TN, where their…