Your Take

Ben and I review the futures we took at the start of the year and talk about the ones that hit, missed, and which ones are still up in the air. We also discuss the current odds to win the East and the West and breakdown what we like and give our current finals predictions. 

(Recorded during the All-Star break, this unfortunately turned into the ultimate jinx episode) @yourtakepod debates with Alan from @ballerstribune who deserves MVP so far this season Joel Embiid or LeBron James. We also acknowledge how great LaMelo Ball looks in his rookie season and talk about Draymond Green's praise for the youngest Ball brother. 

We dive into all of our favorite futures bets for the 2020-21 NBA season. We discuss our favorite picks for finals champ, conference winners, division winners, win totals, and whether or not teams will make the playoffs. We also discuss some player futures like MVP, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, and triple double leader. We also tell you our unit size and prices we got for all of our picks. Be sure to listen for some absolute locks if you're looking to make money on the NBA this  year!

We dive into the Eastern Conference discussing key trades, FAS signings, and draft picks made in the offseason. We also break the teams down into tiers and debate where teams will finish in the standings and who has the best chance of representing the East in the NBA Finals. 

We discuss now that the season is almost over if we think there is an asterisk or not (1:00). We recap the Celtics/Heat and Lakers/Nuggets series and what surprised us from those series (4:45). We preview the NBA Finals, highlighting key matchups and factors that could decide the series, and making our predictions (15:35). We also give our best bets for the NBA Finals (34:52). Lastly, we discuss the Philadelphia Sixers head coaching search (37:50). 

We breakdown the Clippers collapse as they blew a 3-1 lead and where they need to go from here heading into next season (0:45). We preview the Western Conference Finals and make our predictions between the Lakers and Nuggets (10:36). We also give our favorite bets for the WCF series. Finally, Ben makes his finals predictions (31:30) and we discuss the head coaching change in Indiana and what roster moves the Pacers should make heading into next season (33:08). 

In Episode 16, we talk about or takeaways from watching bubble games compared to pre-bubble (2:30). We breakdown the Clippers/Nuggets series so far and what needs to go right for each team to win Game 7 (6:28). We discuss the ECSF and preview and make predictions for the Celtics and Heat Eastern Conference Finals (22:30). We recap the Lakers and Rockets series and talk about what is going right for the Lakers and where the Rockets go from here heading into the offseason (52:10). Finally, with the Bucks eliminated, we give our updated final predictions (1:00:20).  

In an action packed Episode 15, we discuss Giannis possibly leaving the Bucks (1:30), the two Western Conference Game 7's (3:27), and debate who the top 5 X-Factor players are for the remaining 8 playoff teams (12:30). We then dive into the conference semifinals discussing what's going wrong for Milwaukee and Toronto and previewing the Western Conference series (38:08). Finally, we discuss last weeks NBA players boycott (1:11:55).

Your Take discusses what has stuck out and surprised us from each conference quarterfinals series so far. Donovan Mitchell carrying the Jazz to a 3-1 lead, Luka's Game 4 heroics, Paul George's struggles, the Heat & Celtics sweeps, the Brett Brown firing, and much more!

Your Take debates the Western Conference first round playoff matchups. We go through the entire bracket to ultimately predict our Western Conference Champion before deep diving into a hypothetical Clippers vs. Bucks finals matchup.