Legends Lingo Podcast: Pats Draft Talk 2024 Edition with Alex Barth!
– Alex Barth of 98.5 the Sportshub joins us! – Patriots Draft Talk – Who will the Pats take at 3? – Who can we looking forward to out of the newly signed Patriots? &#...
The Celtics Stars Need To Be Held Accountable For Their Playoff Woes
Last night, the Celtics were closed out in Game 7 against the Miami Heat in embarrassing fashion after clawing their way back from being down 3-0. External optics of this series aren’t awful. A ...
The Denver Nuggets Will Win The NBA Finals
After sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers last night, there is no doubt in my mind that the Denver Nuggets will win their first ever NBA Championship in franchise history. The Nuggets are giving me 2011 D...
The Major Implications of the Heat’s Dominance in the Eastern Conference Finals
With the Nuggets sweeping the Lakers, one piece of the NBA Finals is set in stone. Now, Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are waiting to see who their opponent will be. As of right now, it looks like the H...
Legends Lingo Podcast ft. Mike Kadlick of CLNS Media
Mike Kadlick of CLNS Media joins the show to talk everything Boston sports! Topics Include: – Patriots 2023 Draft Class! – What Juju has to say about the Patriots offense – Bruins wi...
Six Players Whose Draft Stock Was Impacted by the 2023 March Madness Tournament
March Madness is one of the peak periods for sports betting in Canada and the United States. But as fans sweat out backdoor covers and pray for comebacks, what is also abundantly clear is the impact t...
Legends Lingo Podcast: Celtics vs Hawks Preview | Historic Season for the Bruins | Red Sox Can’t Get it Right
Topics Include: ⚾️ Why are the Red Sox off to such a bad start? 🏒 What does this record mean to the Bruins? 🏒 Will this historic season be capped off with a cup? 🏀 Celtics vs Hawks previe...
Should Kevin Durant Making The 50-40-90 Club Count This Season?
One of the most illustrious clubs in all of basketball is the coveted 50-40-90 club. While an NBA Championship is the end goal of every season, players are trying to solidify a legacy and they can do ...
Legends Lingo Podcast: Rough Start for the Red Sox | Mac Jones Rumors | Bruins Close Out Regular Season
Topics Include: ⚾️ Red Sox awful start 🏀 Celtics closing out their season 🏀 what the Celtics playoff picture would look like 🏈 Mac Jones trade rumors – they are DUMB 🏈 D’Andrea...
Legends Lingo Podcast: Patriots Mailbag w/ Andrew Callahan of the Boston Herald
Topics Include: – Pats Mailbag questions with Andrew Callahan! – Red Sox opening day predictions and thoughts – Should the Bruins win the Cup now? – Will the Celtics make a run...
Legends Lingo Podcast: Juju to the Patriots | Red Sox Opening Day News | Pats Free Agency Rumors
Topics Include: 🏈 Juju signing 🏈 Gesichi signing 🏈 Hopkins to Pats? ⚾️ USA in WBC final ⚾️ Kluber to start opening day 🏀 Is Mozla to blame for Celtics? Subscribe below on Apple Pod...
Legends Lingo Podcast: Patriots Free Agency Rumors | Bruins Trade Deadline Talk
Topics Include: 🏀 Celtics not closing out games. Cause for concern? 🏒 Bruins trade deadline talk 🏒 if the Bruins do not win it all is it a failure? 🏈 Lamar Jackson to Patriots? 🏈 DeAndr...
Legends Lingo Podcast Ft. MLB Legend Dallas Braden
Topics Include: – MLB rundown with Dallas Braden – Pats bring Adrian Klemm on as O-line Coach – Who stays and who goes at the trade deadline for the Celtics? – Will the Bruins ...
Legends Lingo Podcast: The Bleed Green Episode!
Topics Include: – Celtics-heavy podcast! – Can the Celtics turn it on and off? – Will Jakob Poeltl be the newest Celtic after the trade deadline? – Is Payton Pritchard out the...
Boston Celtics – Is the NBA’s Greatest Dynasty on Its Way Back?
Last season, one of the most famous franchises in American sporting history returned to the grandest stage. Although they have missed the playoffs just three times in 20 years, the 2021/22 NBA season ...
1/5/23 NBA Best Bets – The Don’s Big Three
Welcome to our official NBA pick-em article for 1/5/23! Today’s slate may be small, but we have some exciting player props and a straight bet to share with you. Despite a tough 1-2 (-1.32u) outi...
1/4/23 NBA Best Bets – The Don’s Big Three
It’s a big night for the NBA with a slate of 12 games on Wednesday, January 4th. I’ve made bets on three of these games, and in this piece, I’ll share my top three NBA bets for the e...
Big Hoppa’s 2022 Christmas Gambling Card
All I want for Christmas is a profitable gambling day and to not get new socks for the 4th year in a row. So, I decided instead of spending a bunch of money on pictures of my wife and daughter, I̵...
The Chasers Podcast | NFL Week 14 Best Bets | Army/Navy Betting Analysis
On this week’s episode of the Chasers. Fiesta and Jones talk NFL Week 14, Army-Navy and other college football thoughts along with some MLB Hot Stove Month Of December Record @tsf52 31-32-2 (-2.66u)...
The Chasers Podcast | NFL Week 13 + CFB Championship Weekend Best Bets
On this week’s episode of The Chasers, Jones and Fi preview College Football Conference Championship Weekend along with their week 13 NFL action. Jones and Fi also give their thoughts on some NBA pi...
The #1 Seed in the West Will Soon Belong to the Denver Nuggets
Denver is Already Thriving, Despite a Substantial Lack of Home Games With every NBA team having now played 18-22 games in the 2022-2023 NBA season, we are currently watching the game-clock wind down o...
The All-NBA Journeyman Team: 2022-2023 Edition
The History of the NBA Journeyman Journeymen have been a common theme in the NBA for decades. Players who are just good enough to always have a spot on an NBA roster, but not great enough to be given ...
LeBron James: Compulsive Liar Or Forgetful NBA Star?
You can go back through history and look at wild examples of people lying. Brian Williams lied about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq in 2003. Bernie Madoff lied to people who invested...
The 2022-2023 Denver Nuggets’ 3-Point Shooting is Historic
21st in Attempted Threes… 6th in Made Threes Last season, the Denver Nuggets were the epitome of an average three-point shooting team in the NBA. As a team in 2021-2022, they were 14th&nbs...
NBA Bet of the Night: 10/26/2022
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. Yesterday was just a ba...
NBA Bet of the Night: 10/24/2022
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. Yesterday, we bypassed ...
The “This Guy is Still in the NBA?” Team: 2022-2023 Edition
Why Some NBA Players get Forgotten, Even While Still in the NBA Every NBA season, roughly 500 players hold down a roster spot in the NBA. Between fully rostered players, two-way players, and 10-day co...
Despite Portland’s “New” Look, the Blazers’ Failed Model Stays the Same
The Faces for Portland’s Starters Have Changed but it Feels Just Like 2020-2021 In the 2020-2021, Portland lost to an undermanned Denver Nuggets team and saw themselves defeated in the first round o...
The Decision: Udonis Haslem Edition
Now this right here is HUGE news. Role player, and I use that term loosely, Udonis Haslem is following in the foot steps of his former Heat teammate LeBron James and will be making his free agent R...
Remembering Pete Carril, Mastermind Behind the Princeton Offense
“In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody, you help yourself” Pete Carril was an iconic coach at Princeton, not just for perfecting the Princeton offense that has influenced s...
Bones Hyland is a Sleeper 6th Man of the Year Candidate in 2022-2023
What Types of Players Win 6MOTY? For the last ten years, the 6th Man of the Year award winner almost always fits into the exact same mold. In 9 of the last 10 years, the winner has been either a ...
Danny Green: The Best NBA Role Player of the Last Decade
Green Leads the NBA in Most Wins Since 2012-2013 If you had a sports trivia night and the question of “Which NBA player has the most wins in the last decade?” came up, many fans may instantly jump...
Forgotten Box Score Series: Rip Hamilton Shoots 0/10… Still Leads the Pistons in Points
The History of Scoring Without Field Goals While not common in the NBA, it is also not unheard of for a player to score double-digit points without ever making a field goal. The Secret? Free throws. D...
How the Denver Nuggets Have Revamped Their Defense for 2022-2023
New GM Calvin Booth Made His Priorities Clear: Defense Must Be Added Former president of basketball operations, Tim Connelly, made all of the biggest decisions for the Denver Nuggets for the last nine...
Hawks Land Star Guard Dejounte Murray
The plane has finally landed. Over the weekend and into the start of this week, rumors swirled about the Spurs dealing All-Star guard Dejounte Murray, and today a deal was made official. A “Woj ...
The Best NBA Player in 2021-2022 By Jersey Number
The Jersey Number Recap This Season During the 2021-2022 season there were 64 different jersey numbers worn by NBA players. 13 numbers were worn by just a single player for the season, and #8 was worn...
Forgotten Box Score Series: Paul Millsap Scores 11 Points in the Final 28 Seconds
Millsap Channels Tracy McGrady in Iconic One-Man Comeback Back on December 9th, 2004, Tracy McGrady did the impossible. With the Rockets trailing 76-68 with under 36 seconds left in the game, McGrady ...
Forgotten Box Score Series: George McCloud’s Random 22-Assist Game
McCloud Sets Record for Most Assists by a Small Forward When thinking about some of the best passing forwards of all-time, names like LeBron James, Larry Bird, and Rick Barry all come to mind. These t...
The Celtics’ Assortment of Two-Way Players Will Win Them the Title
The Celtics Have Shown the Most Consistency Post-Allstar Break The Celtics entered this postseason as a quiet contender for the NBA title. NBA fans and analysts all around focused more attention on th...
Which NBA Centers From The 90’s Would Be In The MVP Conversation Today?
While Kevin Durant may be a massive coward on Twitter most of the time, he actually brought up a great question; Which centers from the 90s would be in the MVP conversation if they played in todayR...
Mark Williams Will be a Huge Steal in the 2022 NBA Draft
The Most Underrated Blue Devil in the Draft With the NBA draft lottery now complete and the draft itself just over a month-away, NBA franchises around the league are digging deep into the profiles of ...
The Bulls Have 99 Problems, Unfortunately Billy Donovan is an Important One.
Lonzo Ball’s final game in his inaugural season in Chicago took place on January 14th. Patrick Williams returned to action on March 21st following surgery to repair damaged ligaments in his wris...
The 2021-2022 Pelicans Prove that the Play-In Works
New Orleans Pushed Through Countless Struggles After starting the season 1-12 and seeing their #1 overall pick and best player, Zion Williamson, see setback after setback with his injured foot, no one...
The NBA Playoffs are a Mess: Injuries, Matchups, and More
In this episode, Tyler Key and Jacob Bautista are joined by Patrick Norton to discuss the NBA playoff matchups, play-in games, and reflect on the Clippers, Bulls, and Nuggets performances this season....
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Jerry West Accounts for 73 Points in Game 1
West Wins Finals MVP Despite the Lakers Losing Last year, Giannis Antetokounmpo had one of the best NBA Finals games in history when he posted 50 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks, as well as shooting...
DeRozan, Donovan & Bulls: Seeing Red & Raising Expectations at All-Star Break
The NBA’s Cinderella story is blooming from fairy tale into reality; the Chicago Bulls sit atop the Eastern Conference tied with the Miami Heat at the NBA All-Star Break. From “worst signi...
Dejounte Murray is Having a Break-Out Season… And Nobody Seems to Notice
Why is Murray Being Overlooked? The NBA “Most Improved Player” award debate is essentially locked up already for 2021-2022 with Ja Morant running away with the honors. Miles Bridges and Darius Gar...
The All-UCLA Bruins NBA Dream Team
The History of UCLA Players and the NBA There have been 99 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Of those players, 17 of them are still acti...
Garrison Mathews is the Rockets’ Best Player This Season… And it isn’t Close
The Houston Rockets have been in disarray all season long, currently holding the third worst record in the NBA. With Christian Wood underperforming, Eric Gordon and D.J. Augustin being the lone 30+ ye...
Fred VanVleet is Quietly Having an All-NBA Season
Fred is Flying Under the Radar NBA headlines this season have featured great stories about guards all over the league: Steph Curry and Klay Thompson splashing together again, Chris Paul and Devin Book...
The All-Duke Blue Devils NBA Dream Team
The History of Duke Players and the NBA There have been 91 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from Duke University. Of those players, 24 of them are still active players in the NBA. There ...
The All-Kansas Jayhawks NBA Dream Team
The History of KU Players and the NBA There have been 81 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from the University of Kansas. Of those players, 17 of them are still active players in the NBA....
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Donyell Marshall Hits 12 Threes
Marshall’s Mind-Blowing Night Was Even More Improbable Than You Think Nowadays in the NBA it is a three-point shooting league. Players have never chucked up more shots from beyond the arc, including...
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Stojaković Scores 20 Straight Points to Start the Game
A Wild Start in OKC for Peja and the New Orleans Hornets 15 years ago, the formerly-named Charlotte Bobcats visited the formerly-named New Orleans Hornets in Oklahoma City, due to New Orleans being ju...
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Hakeem Olajuwon Flirts With a Quintuple-Double
Before Winning Back-to-Back Finals MVPs Hakeem Was Already a One-Man Wrecking Crew Most NBA Fans know Hakeem Olajuwon as a top 5 center in NBA history who carried the 6th seeded Houston Rockets to a ...
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Dennis Rodman’s 20 Rebounds and Zero Shot Attempts
January 1994 Epitomizes Rodman’s Legacy Dennis Rodman was never much of a scorer in the NBA, averaging just 5.8 field goal attempts per game for his 14-season career. He instead prided himself on hi...
The Forgotten Box Score Series: Draymond Green’s 4-Point Triple-Double
The Triple-Double Timeline The concept of the triple-double began in the 1979-1980 season despite Oscar Robertson averaging one in 1961. When box scores were reviewed and backtracked for seasons prior...
The All-NBA Journeyman Team: 2021-2022 Edition
The History of the NBA Journeyman Journeymen have been a common theme in the NBA for decades. Players who are just good enough to always have a spot on an NBA roster, but not great enough to be given ...
The 7 Players Who Could Join the 50/40/90 Club in 2021-2022
50/40/90 Club Background Only 9 players have ever been a part of the 50/40/90 club in the NBA and it has only happened 13 total times in NBA history. With that being said, it has happened twice in the...
NBA Bold Takes and Awards Predictions: Phoenix, Dallas, KD and Kyrie, KAT, Giannis, and More
The NBA Season starts today! In this episode, Jacob, Tyler, and Jason discuss their NBA bold takes and make their award predictions. They discuss the Suns and how Ayton and CP3 will impact their seaso...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Atlanta Hawks Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Milwaukee Bucks Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Los Angeles Clippers Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Charlotte Hornets Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Boston Celtics Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Utah Jazz Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Phoenix Suns Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Los Angeles Lakers Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
The 240 Minutes Series: Predicting the Denver Nuggets Rotation
The 240 Minutes Series Explained: In the NBA there are 450 players under full contracts to start every season. These players consist of superstars, all-stars, average players, guys dealing with injuri...
NBA Free Agency Phase One: Winners & Losers
Phase One of NBA Free Agency is in the books, and aside from a little inevitable drama, we’re beginning to see the bones of the upcoming NBA season Winners Miami Heat Not only did the Heat re-si...
NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Draft Day Edition
The big day has finally arrived! Tonight, the NBA welcomes a new crop of young players into the league. Dreams will be realized and franchises will be given hope for seasons to come. I’ve always...
Bucks Big 3 Win Game 5 and the Suns Struggles Continue
Tyler Key and Jacob Bautista, with Student Union Sports, give their immediate reactions following Milwaukee’s 123-119 win over Phoenix to take a 3-2 series lead. The two discuss how the Bucks Bi...
Team USA Makes No Sense and Finals Giannis is a Beast
In this episode Tyler Key and Jacob Bautista with Student Union Sports discuss Team USA basketball and why the roster construction makes no sense, after they dropped back to back exhibition games agai...
Jae Crowder: The Ideal 5th Man
If You Want to Make the NBA Finals… Sign Jae Crowder Jae Crowder is now the only player in the entire league to make the NBA Finals both last season and this season. Crowder was a wonderful addition...
Clippers Win Game 3, Reggie Jackson Appreciation, and Hawks Heroics
In this episode, Tyler Key and Jacob Bautista reflect on the Clippers game 3 win over the Suns in Chris Paul’s return. They then rave about Reggie Jackson and how he has transformed himself into...
Ben Simmons… Have We Learned our Lesson Yet?
The first thing I want to do is establish my feelings on Ben Simmons. Which are he’s an ok basketball player but is way overpaid. I made those feelings clear in why they should trade him for Jam...
What Would I Do? Evaluating All 30 NBA Teams Pt.2
I am once again putting on my general manager hat and attempting to evaluate all 30 teams in the NBA once their seasons have concluded and giving my opinion on what they should do next. This will incl...
What Would I Do? Evaluating All 30 NBA Team Pt.1
I am once again putting on my general manager hat and attempting to evaluate all 30 teams in the NBA once their seasons have concluded and giving my opinion on what they should do next. This will incl...
What Would I Do? Evaluating All 30 NBA Teams Pt.3
I am once again putting on my general manager hat and attempting to evaluate all 30 teams in the NBA once their seasons have concluded and giving my opinion on what they should do next. This will incl...
What Would I Do? Evaluating All 30 NBA Teams Pt.4
I am once again putting on my general manager hat and attempting to evaluate all 30 teams in the NBA once their seasons have concluded and giving my opinion on what they should do next. This will incl...
NBA Conference Finals, Injuries, and Unhappy Zion and Luka
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob discuss the unhappiness of NBA Superstars Zion Williamson and Luka Doncic, reflect on the Kawhi Leonard injury and Paul George coming up huge in game 5, talk about how...
“You’ve Been Eliminated: Now What?” Feat. The Lakers, Celtics, Knicks, and Blazers
In this episode, Tyler Key is joined by the newest guest of the show, Jason Havner, to discuss the most interesting teams that have been eliminated from the NBA Playoffs. The two focus on the Celtics ...
Clippers Move On! and Dallas has a Porzingis Problem
In this quick-reaction episode, Jacob Bautista and Tyler Key give their immediate reactions after the Clippers game 7 win over the Mavericks. Jacob unveils his shock and happiness regarding the Clippe...
2021 NBA Mock Draft 1.0
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and as we get deeper into the tournament, the draft picture will start to look more and more clear. For fans of teams that didn’t make the playoffs, the draft...
NBA Playoffs Preview: (3) Nuggets vs (6) Blazers
A matchup from two years ago that more or less decided who was going to lose to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. For the Nuggets, they have come a long way since then. Meanwhile, the Bla...
NBA Playoff Time: Why the Finals Will be Sixers vs Clippers
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob finalize their All-NBA “if I had a ballot” ballots and discuss playoff matchups and predictions. They dig into what the Vegas odds look like for every seri...
NBA Playoffs Preview: (4) Clippers vs (5) Mavericks
As we move to the western conference we find ourselves with another rematch from last year’s playoffs. The Clippers defeated the Mavericks in six games. However, much like the previous matchup d...
NBA Playoffs Preview: (2) Nets vs (7) Celtics
Well well well, how the turntables… Unless you’re new to basketball, then you should know about the infamous trade the Nets made to acquire washed versions of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce...
NBA Playoffs Preview: (3) Bucks vs (6) Heat
Here we have a rematch of last year’s second-round matchup where the Heat upset the Bucks in five games in their cinderella run to the Finals. To a lot of people, this upset wasn’t as surp...
NBA Playoffs Preview: (4) Knicks vs (5) Hawks
It is that time of the year where everyone on NBA Twitter is going to make their opinion on any given player. If they suck, then they choke in the playoffs. They play well but don’t win a champi...
NBA Play-In Tournament Predictions: The East
With the regular season coming to a close this past Sunday, it is now time for the NBA to show off their new toy! Seeds 7 through 10 in each conference will be fighting for two spots. The 7 and 8 seed...
Russell Westbrook Becomes All-Time Triple-Double Leader
With his 182 triple-double on Monday night in Atlanta, Russell Westbrook officially breaks his two day tie with NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robinson to become the NBA’s all-time triple-double leader...
Ranking Detroit Rebuilds – Who Has The Brightest Future?
54-111 That is the combined record for each Detroit sports team this year, including the Lions 2020 season. For 8 months us Detroit sports fans have only seen our teams win 54 times. However, the losi...
The Timberwolves are Finally Winning… They Shouldn’t Tank
Wolves are Streaking After going 59 straight games without winning two games in a row, Minnesota held on for a 105-104 win over the Utah Jazz on April 26th, led by a 27-point, 12-assist night from DeA...
Early All-NBA and Awards Debate
Tyler and Jacob are back again with just 15ish games left in the NBA regular season to go into depth on the players who could and should be considered for the All-NBA teams this season. They also disc...
NBA Prospect, Former Kentucky Guard, Terrence Clarke Passes in Car Crash
Thursday afternoon, NBA prospect Terrence Clarke tragically passed in a car crash in Southern California. Clarke, 19 years old, was an electrifying athlete for Coach Calipari who suffered from injurie...
Julius Randle’s Most Improved Season Leads Knicks to Relevancy
Madison Square Garden Will Host a Knicks Playoff Game For the First Time Since 2013 In what is becoming the best New York Knicks season in recent memory, Julius Randle is poised to lead them to the pl...
Robert “Time Lord” Williams: The Key to Boston’s Success
Time Lord Has Always Needed More Playing Time Robert Williams, known by many Celtics’ fans as Time Lord, has shown flashes of greatness ever since the beginning of last season. Most notably on Novem...
Down to 6 Contenders, Suns Are a Year Away, and MVP Voting
In this episode, Jacob and Tyler discuss the Jamal Murray injury and how it impacts the West moving forward. The two discuss the six teams that can win the NBA Championship and go in depth on why the ...
Meet Joe Ingles: The Most Legendary Shooting Role Player Ever
Jinglin’ Joe has silently been the true 6th man of the year this season While Jordan Clarkson is the odds-on favorite to win 6th man of the year in the NBA this season, so much so that Vegas h...
There Isn’t a Debate: Nikola Jokic is This Season’s MVP
Joker is Finally Getting Noticed Many NBA fans think that with the injuries to Joel Embiid and LeBron James, Nikola Jokic will now step in as the most favorable MVP pick… Truth is, he has been the M...
NBA Trade Deadline: Miami Steals Oladipo and Orlando Feeds Denver, Chicago, and Boston
Tyler and Jacob talk about the aftermath of the NBA trade deadline and discuss who added nice pieces and how these new players will impact teams. The duo discusses Orlando finally rebuilding, Fournier...
NBA Trade Deadline Results Cheat Sheet
Trade Deadline Results and Tier List Now, while I had time to stare at twitter all day until the trade deadline passed at 3:00pm ET, I’m aware that most of you NBA fans have jobs, families, classes,...
Veterans Moving to Contenders, Are They Pretenders?
Over the past week, teams that are looking to make a deep run in the playoffs are fine tuning their lineups. With superstars locked into their teams for the remainder of the season, it will be veteran...
How Strength of Schedule Will Alter the Standings and Trade Deadline Talk
In this episode, Jacob and Tyler discuss the recent and potential buy-out players in the NBA, what teams should be active at the trade deadline, and debate which players could be on the move. They the...
The Midway Point: NBA Award Season
Now that the NBA is back in action as of last night, let’s reflect on the successes and hard work of the league’s best talents. If some of these players were not to continue with the seaso...
Campus Cover Ep. 075: NBA Top Shot Mania
NBA Top Shot is blowing up on social media and we’re here to help teach you about it! Cody Goggin and Jonathan Terry give their experiences with Top Shot and answer questions around it while con...
NBA Top Shot: Why Are People Paying for GIFs?
For the past couple of weeks, my Twitter feed has been consumed by something called NBA Top Shot. If you aren’t familiar with this, Top Shot is the new market for virtual NBA trading cards, aka ...
Knicks Moving in Right Direction Entering All-Star Break
With a crucial set of games coming before the All-Star break, the New York Knicks are right in the thick of things. For the first time in what seems like a decade, the Knicks are actually in playoff c...
The All-NBA Value Team: Low Cost, High Capability Players
In this episode, Jacob Bautista and Tyler Key discuss their 10 best bargain players this season. All of these players out-produce their season salary and make their teams’ GMs look like geniuses...
Who are the Pelicans? and Why are the Wizards so Bad?
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob discuss the first quarter of the NBA season and do a deep dive into two struggling teams, the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards. They discuss how Robin L...
Remembering Kobe Bryant a Year after his Death
January 26th represents the unfortunate year anniversary of the passing of Kobe and Gianna Bryant. News of the tragedy shook the not only the basketball world, but the entire world of pop culture. As ...
NBA Power Rankings: Post Harden Trade
Some crazy stuff has happened in the past week. A top player has been moved and the league dynamic has completely shifted. Even before this trade, this has been a hard year to judge. There have been i...
How Every Team Won The James Harden Trade
A historic day in NBA history as one of the best scorers the games has ever seen is headed to a team that also has two historic scorers at their respective positions. James Harden to the Nets. Teaming...
NBA DFS Strategy: January 13th, 2021
Lineup Targets Point Guard: Luka Doncic ($11,300) We’ve been waiting for Luka to start heating up and that time may be here. Porzingis’ return to the lineup will give Luka less usage, but ...
The Confusing Nets, Rising Suns and 76ers, and Magic and Mavs Talk
In this episode, Jacob and Tyler discuss what a weird season it has been so far in terms of blowouts, COVID taking its toll on the NBA, and loads of bad teams upsetting good teams. They talk about the...
The Decision: Picking My NBA Team
The decision is here. They’re saying that this is the most anticipated decision since Lebron took his talents to South Beach. I know that the approximately three people who have read these artic...
How Media Affects Athletic Performance: Social Media
Today more than ever, people are on social media. As a fan myself, it provides me with the ability to connect with anybody in the world with an @. People will often use social media as a way to get in...
Why Your Team Needs To Trade For James Harden
James Harden wants out of Houston, if that wasn’t clear already. He seems to have his eyes set on contenders in the Eastern Conference. Yet, fans of those teams don’t want him? My only que...
Reaction To ESPN Top 100 NBA Players for 2020-2021
Over the past week ESPN released their projected top 100 NBA players for the 2020-2021 season. Although you need an ESPN+ account to see the full list, some of the rankings have been released on Twitt...
2020-2021 NBA Predictions, Hot Takes and Roasting the ESPN Top 100 List
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob make their official 2020-2021 season predictions, including their projected standings for the Eastern and Western conferences and give their HOT takes for the upcoming...
Top 5 Best/Worst 2020-2021 NBA City Jerseys
Over the past few weeks, NBA teams have been releasing their new Nike NBA City Jerseys for the upcoming season. The City jerseys were introduced in 2017 by Nike. They have done a pretty solid job gett...
NBA Pre-Season Rankings
With the NBA Season beginning in just a few weeks it is now time to see where everyone stacks up after the draft and all the important free agent decisions have been made. Much like in my NFL Power Ra...
The Suffer Index: NBA Fanbases
The Suffer Index is back, this time taking a look at the misfortunes of NBA fanbases. Like with the NFL, I want to take the emotion out of it. I want to look at the cold, hard facts to really determin...
How Much Does Russell Westbook Help the Wizards?
It has been a quiet few days in the NBA world. So, naturally, the NBA had to do something to get your attention back. If you’re reading this, you already know that Russell Westbrook has been tra...
Anthony Davis Signs Long-Term Deal With Lakers
Anthony Davis will be coming back to the Lakers. The free agent agreed Thursday to return to LA on a five-year, $190 million maximum contract. The 27-year old Davis is coming off of his first NBA titl...
Los Angeles Lakers Extend Lebron James
It took less than two months after winning the NBA Championship for the Los Angeles Lakers to extend Lebron James. On Tuesday it was reported by Lebron’s agent Rich Paul that Lebron and the Lake...
It’s Time to Move on From Koby Altman
Since winning the 2016 NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers have shown no interest in even making an effort to emulate a team that made 4 straight Finals appearances just a few seasons ago. It’s ...
NBA Fandom Search: Elimination #1
As I outlined in last week’s article, I am engaging in my search for an NBA franchise to pledge my fandom to. After one week in the search, I have been able to eliminate ten teams from the 30 we...
Houston Rockets: From Finals Contenders To Blowing It Up (Probably)
A lot has changed for Houston over the last three seasons. Shoot, a lot has changed since I last wrote about them, when I made the defense that they could win a championship with “micro-ballR...
L.A. Lakers: The Rich Get Richer
Now that free agency is coming to a close, we finally get a great look of how this 2020 season is going to pan out. What I noticed about this year though is that you did not see many teams get noticea...
Way Too Early 2020-2021 NBA Season Predictions
The 2019-2020 NBA season was wild, to say the least. From the pause in action due to the pandemic, the playoffs with no fans at a mutual court, etc., it was maybe the most unusual season in history. A...
Opening My NBA Recruitment: Part 1
The NBA is obviously one of the most successful professional sports leagues in the world. Not just for the game, but also for the off-court storylines, crazy player movement, and the social media foll...
Early NBA Offseason and Draft Winners
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob begin the 2nd season of their podcast and discuss who the early offseason winners have been via the recent trades. They discuss the Klay Thompson injury and what the W...
Biggest Winners and Losers of 2020 NBA Draft
Wednesday night I honestly thought would be a pretty simple draft with not many trades, but man was I wrong. This quickly turned into a fire sale for late picks, role players and flat out dumb picks. ...
How much sense does Harden to the Nets actually make?
The NBA world has once again been shattered with the report that James Harden has requested a trade to the Brooklyn Nets, turning down an extension that would make him the first player to make $50 mil...
Six Names To Look For In Potential Trades
As free agency is about to begin, there could be a lot of trades to make room for other players, or trying to replace a player they had lost. Here we will look at six names to look out for in trades d...
NBA Free Agency: Where Will They Go?
Recently Sports Illustrated posted their ‘Top 50 Free Agents‘ for this upcoming NBA free agency. I’d figure I would go through some of the top names on that list and predict where th...
5 Potential Trades For Russell Westbrook
On November 11th, Russell Westbrook requested a trade from the Houston Rockets. Westbrook’s tenure for the Rockets was short-lived, as he only spent one season there. Houston acquiring Westbrook...
2020 NBA Draft: Studs and Duds
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob discuss the 2020 NBA Draft. Before getting into it, the two touch on the recent Russell Westbrook rumors and where he may be heading: New York, The Clippers, Charlotte...
Which NBA Stars are Actually #1 Options?
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob go through all 22 players that have made All-NBA in the last two seasons and debate whether or not they are actually a #1 or #2 option on a championship team. The duo ...
The Lakers Assembled the NBA’s Greatest Meme Team
Now NBA Bubble champions, the 2020 Los Angeles Laker solidified their position among the all-time great squads, but took a commanding lead in another category: NBA All-Meme Team. Filled with unique ch...
2020 NBA Mock Draft 1.0
If you told me in January that I’d be writing my first NBA mock for this year in October, I’d have laughed. That, however, is 2020 in a nutshell for a sports fan. We’re in the middle...
Lakers 2020 Champs and Free Agency Predictions
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob talk about the 2020 NBA Champions, The Los Angeles Lakers. They begin the episode by discussing who showed up big in game 6 for the Lakers and why they were so dominan...
Finals Injuries, Rivers to Philly, and LeBron’s Legacy
In this episode Jacob and Tyler react to game 1 of the NBA finals and all the injuries that the Heat have to deal with now. They begin the episode by talking about Doc Rivers signing a 5 year deal wit...
Not Gonna Lie Podcast: NBA History Ft. Jeff Pearlman
Author of the new book Three Ring Circus (available wherever you buy books) Jeff Pearlman comes on the podcast to talk about his new book! We also get into the difference between NBA fans of today and...
Yeah, The Heat are Really Good! and Nuggets vs Lakers
In this episode of Free Throws In The Phog, Tyler and Jacob discuss: Fred VanVleet and his probable return to Toronto What the COVID-scouting combine process will look like. The Heat winning the first...
Nuggets Won’t Go Away! LAC vs DEN Game 7 Preview
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob do a deep dive into the Nuggets vs Clippers series and give their game 7 preview. They first touch on what the series has looked like so far, and Jacob specifically to...
LA vs LA coming soon? MPJ’s comments, and Celtics vs Raptors game 7
In this episode, Jacob and Tyler discuss the Danuel House situation, Giannis saying that he is staying in Milwaukee, and most notably, Michael Porter Jr.’s comments following Denver’s game...
It Might Be Rebuild Time In Oklahoma City
The Thunder shocked the world this season. This past off-season the Thunder made blockbuster trades that dealt Paul George to the Clippers and Russell Westbrook to the Rockets. Moving Jerami Grant to ...
The Rockets Can Win A Championship With Micro-ball.. Eventually
Everyone hates the Rockets. They hate them because they play a style that’s threatening to their ideals of basketball. People hate them because James Harden is one of few people to the play game...
The Pessimism Party: The Bucks, Siakam, AD, and Westbrook
In this episode, Student Union’s Chief Editor and friend of the show Patrick Norton joins Tyler to discuss the pessimism surrounding teams and players in the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs. They ...
Free Throws in the Phog: Toronto’s Miracle & The Red Hot Heat
In this episode, Tyler and Jacob open up and discuss: Thoughts on Steve Nash signing a 4-year contract as the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. Reflect on the Oklahoma City and Houston Game 7. Dis...
Charlotte Hornets Reveal New Uniforms and They Are GORGEOUS!
The Charlotte Hornets have arguably the best jerseys in the history of the NBA. Who doesn’t love the classic pinstripes? Then came an era of darkness known as the Charlotte Bobcats before the Ho...
What Should The Warriors Do With The 2nd Pick?
The Warriors are in a pretty good position for a team who finished 15-50. They get their MVP back in Steph Curry, along with their second all-star level talent in Klay Thompson. Not to mention they ha...
The Process: No Shortcuts In Contending
The Process is no more. The Process was a failed attempt at thinking you can shortcut your way to building a championship team. To think that all you need is a high draft pick a few years in a row is ...
Where Do The Philadelphia 76ers Go From Here?
Internally the Philadelphia 76ers went into the 2019-20 season with championship aspirations. Yesterday they were swept in the first round, ending a season that was full of disappointment. What went w...
Takeaways Through Game 3 of Lakers-Blazers
Much to Charles Barkley’s dismay, the Portland Trailblazers are not going to sweep the Lakers. Los Angeles took a 2-1 lead Saturday night after downing Portland, 116-108. So far, there’s b...
Are the Clippers On Upset Alert?
Hope seemed lost when Marcus Morris hit a three to put the Clippers up 18-2 over the Mavericks with 8:30 left in the first quarter. Luka Dončić had already turned the ball over 5 times in the first ...
NBA Playoffs First Round Predictions
Well my friends, we have made it. The time has come for the NBA playoffs and I am absolutely stoked to see who will come out on top in November. Since there are eight series to be played, I’m no...
2020 NBA Playoff Primer
The Portland Trailblazers have taken care of the Memphis Grizzlies in the first ever “Play-In” game, meaning that the 2020 NBA Playoff field is officially set. More than ever before, these playoff...
One Reason To Root For Every Team In The NBA Restart: Ranked Least Compelling to Most
Basketball is back! This week has been nothing short of therapeutic for me. Having different live sporting events on different TV sets at the same time is an experience I haven’t had in nearly 5...
Predicting the NBA Restart
For the last few months, anyone involved in sports journalism has been doing mainly three things: predicting, analyzing, or projecting. With the announcement of the schedule release for the NBA restar...