On The Ball with Ric Bucher

By Ric Bucher, NBA insider and Fox Sports NBA analyst

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A weekly sports podcast with inside information and perspective from veteran NBA insider and Fox Sports analyst Ric Bucher, along with NBA players, coaches, executives and media as occasional guests Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/bucher-and-friends

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Episode Date
NBA Playoffs: How to Tell the Winners from the Losers
Apr 27, 2024
NBA Playoffs: Takeaways From Every Game One
Apr 23, 2024
The Warriors: Where It Went Wrong, What To Expect Next
Apr 20, 2024
Explaining the 2024 NBA Draft's Bad Rap
Apr 17, 2024
Women's College Basketball and the NBA Euro Takeover
Apr 08, 2024
De'Aaron Fox and the Media, Bucks and Crunchtime
Apr 01, 2024
Was Draymond Right About Kyrie and KD?
Mar 24, 2024
Dissecting A Star Three-Pack: PG, Kawhi and Zion
Mar 18, 2024
Understanding the Value of Steve Kerr
Mar 11, 2024
KD's Olympic Dreaming
Mar 03, 2024
Forecast: How The NBA Regular Season Ends
Feb 25, 2024
The True Value of Being An All-Star
Feb 18, 2024
Why The Lakers, Warriors and 76ers Are Where They Are
Feb 09, 2024
Defining Greatness: Re-raising the Bar
Feb 02, 2024
Everything that was Right and Wrong about the Jokic-Embiid Battle
Jan 20, 2024
What Do Franchises Owe Their Superstars?
Jan 17, 2024
The What-If Game and Steve Kerr's Complaint
Jan 04, 2024
Ja's Return, Steph's GOAT Qualifications, Draymond's State of Mind
Dec 23, 2023
Why Victor Said What He Said About LeBron
Dec 20, 2023
Can Devin Booker Lead The Suns To A Title?
Dec 11, 2023
The Incredibly Shrinking NBA Competitive Spirit
Dec 01, 2023
Recipe For Disaster: Making Your Star the GM
Nov 17, 2023
The DNA of the Dallas Mavericks' Transformation
Nov 09, 2023
NBA Season Preview: Every Team's Win Total Predicted
Oct 24, 2023
Zion Update + The Two Best NBA Win-Total Bets
Oct 18, 2023
First-Look Takeaways on Warriors and Lakers
Oct 11, 2023
Prime Time
Oct 06, 2023
Who Won The Lillard Trade And Why
Sep 29, 2023
What Team USA Told Us about the NBA
Sep 20, 2023
The Player Team USA Needs Most
Sep 07, 2023
Noah Lyles Was Right
Sep 01, 2023
James Harden Should Be Mad
Aug 22, 2023
The Kumbaya of Draymond Green and Chris Paul
Aug 11, 2023
Joel Embiid: Troll or Champion?
Jul 28, 2023
Why the Warriors Chose Draymond Over Jordan
Jul 21, 2023
Wemby Comes To America
Jul 14, 2023
The Clock is Now Ticking for Giannis
Jul 10, 2023
NBA Free Agency and Damian Lillard's Destination
Jul 01, 2023
The Phoenix Suns and the Mythical Big Three Model
Jun 19, 2023
Trade Market Buzz: Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal
Jun 16, 2023
NBA Finals: The Series -- not the Teams -- Are Even
Jun 07, 2023
NBA Finals Preview and a Kyrie Irving Trade Rumor
Jun 02, 2023
Why LeBron Did What He Did and Said What He Said
May 25, 2023
Nikola Jokic Is Stepping Up -- and Back
May 23, 2023
The Officiating in the Lakers-Warriors Series
May 11, 2023
The Big Lie About Today's NBA
May 05, 2023
Why Giannis Is Treated Differently
Apr 29, 2023
The Two All-NBA Selections I Regret
Apr 23, 2023
Choosing This Year's MVP
Apr 08, 2023
Reviewing the Ja Morant Crisis Management
Mar 31, 2023
Which Voters Actually Favored Nikola Jokic as MVP
Mar 09, 2023
Fixing Load Management & The Larry Bird 3-pt Shooting Argument
Feb 25, 2023
Impact of the Trade Deadline Moves by the Suns and Timberwolves
Feb 15, 2023
What We Learned From LeBron's Historic Night
Feb 12, 2023
The Many Elements of an NBA Trade
Feb 07, 2023
Hakeem and Embiid: Taking a Compliment as an Insult
Jan 27, 2023
Making NBA All-Star Voting Matter
Jan 22, 2023
Are the Atlanta Hawks Still Working off the Warriors' Blueprint?
Jan 14, 2023
LeBron and the Lakers: Who is Underserving Whom?
Jan 09, 2023
Why the Brooklyn Nets Should Scare Everyone -- Including Themselves
Dec 30, 2022
The NBA -- What to Cheer, What to Fear
Dec 27, 2022
LeBron, Jerry Jones and The Photo
Dec 14, 2022
Steph and Distorting Reality
Dec 06, 2022
Has the Warriors' Fence Been Mended?
Dec 02, 2022
Giannis, Montrezl and the Ladder
Nov 22, 2022
The Two Sides of Zion Williamson
Nov 16, 2022
Why You Should and Shouldn't Believe in the Clippers
Nov 11, 2022
Last Word on Kyrie -- After Watching the Movie
Nov 07, 2022
Don't Put It All On Kyrie
Nov 05, 2022
Why the Lakers Are Where They Are
Oct 31, 2022
What Prompted the Devin Booker-Klay Thompson Fracas
Oct 27, 2022
The Moments That Mattered Monday Night
Oct 25, 2022
LeBron James and Tom Brady Diverge
Oct 22, 2022
The Lakers' Many Conundrums
Oct 17, 2022
The Warriors' Draymond Green-Jordan Poole Dilemma
Oct 12, 2022
What Ime Udoka Did and Ben Simmons Said
Sep 27, 2022
What Inspired Sarver To Sell & Defending Seahawks Fans For Booing Wilson
Sep 22, 2022
Why You Should Be Betting on the Raptors & Against the Nets
Sep 15, 2022
Why the Lakers Need Russ Westbrook -- and he Needs Them
Sep 08, 2022
Why Donovan Mitchell Wound Up In Cleveland
Sep 04, 2022
How The Game (And I) Have Changed
Aug 16, 2022
The KD Saga Continues
Aug 11, 2022
Cousy, The Logo, JJ, Draymond, Plumbers and Firemen
Jul 28, 2022
What To Expect From James Wiseman
Jul 25, 2022
Why Rudy Gobert Got Traded, Why KD Hasn't
Jul 18, 2022
First Impressions of Chet Holmgren as a Pro
Jul 12, 2022
Why Kevin Durant Wants Out
Jul 01, 2022
Thoughts on Banchero Going No. 1 and Rookies Going at LeBron
Jun 26, 2022
Steph Curry: Overrated, Under-appreciated or ?
Jun 17, 2022
The Boston Celtics' Missing Piece
Jun 15, 2022
No Easy Answers for Steve Kerr and the Warriors
Jun 10, 2022
The Warriors Need to get Honest with Themselves
Jun 04, 2022
Preview and Predictions for Game 1 of the NBA Finals
Jun 02, 2022
Biggest Takeaways from Celtics-Heat Game 7
May 30, 2022
Making Sense of the Celtics-Heat Series
May 27, 2022
The Mavericks Learned a Lesson
May 25, 2022
Messages to Harden and Kyrie Are Far Different
May 23, 2022
Bucks and Suns: Why They Fell, Where They Go From Here
May 16, 2022
What Happened to the NBA's Anti-Flopping Crusade?
May 11, 2022
Draymond & Dillon: Cut from the Same Cloth
May 05, 2022
Doc Rivers: The Ultimate Survivor
May 02, 2022
Lessons Learned from the Nets' Early Exit
Apr 29, 2022
MJ-Pippen vs. LeBron-Wade vs. KD-Kyrie
Apr 23, 2022
One Last Look at You Know Who and the Scoring Title Race
Apr 19, 2022
The Memphis Grizzlies are in Uncharted Territory
Apr 18, 2022
The Russell Westbrook Destination That Makes Sense
Apr 14, 2022
The Difference Between Joel and Giannis
Apr 11, 2022
Takeaways from last week's KD-Giannis Battle
Apr 02, 2022
Ja Morant and the NBA MVP Race
Apr 01, 2022
Latest Overblown Outrage: All-NBA Selection Process
Mar 30, 2022
What Prompted the Miami Heat Squabble and What It Means
Mar 28, 2022
Is LeBron James Still a Top 10 Player?
Mar 25, 2022
Paralysis By Analysis
Mar 22, 2022
Player-hatin' Players
Mar 16, 2022
What We've Learned about the 76ers So Far
Mar 14, 2022
Being Sensitive Is Completely Off-Brand for Russell Westbrook
Mar 10, 2022
Can Ja Morant Be The Next Face of the NBA?
Mar 07, 2022
Why Steph Curry is Not the Face of the NBA (Which Is Too Bad)
Mar 01, 2022
Zion is Latest Proof that Being a No. 1 Pick Requires More Than Talent
Feb 24, 2022
The LeBron-Bronny Package Deal
Feb 21, 2022
Deciphering the Harden and Simmons Press Conferences
Feb 18, 2022
The Difference Between Ben Simmons and James Harden
Feb 15, 2022
Discovering the Joy and Sorrow of Being a Fan
Feb 14, 2022
A Better Time and Deal for the 76ers to get James Harden
Feb 11, 2022
The Lakers and Nets Have Killed The Big Three Myth
Feb 10, 2022
Clippers and Blazers Headed In Opposite Directions
Feb 08, 2022
Making Sense of Trade Rumors and No Suns All-Star Starters
Feb 04, 2022
The Otherness Of Giannis Antetokounmpo
Feb 02, 2022
How Tom Brady's Retirement Decision Impacts LeBron James
Jan 31, 2022
Good Vs. Evil: The Grayson Allen-Alex Caruso Story
Jan 28, 2022
LeBron and His Non-Pursuit of the All-Time Scoring Record
Jan 25, 2022
A Tale of Two Coaches
Jan 24, 2022
The Challenge -- and Solution -- to Ranking Kyrie Irving as a Point Guard
Jan 19, 2022
A Shortage of All Stars
Jan 18, 2022
Is There Reason To Worry About Steph Curry?
Jan 07, 2022
Kyrie Irving Returns
Jan 06, 2022
There's Something Special Going On In Chicago
Jan 04, 2022
Stop Blaming Russell Westbrook For Being Russell Westbrook
Dec 31, 2021
Why Some NBA Vets Are Getting Signed And Others Aren't
Dec 28, 2021
Why Lebron Wanted Russ Westbrook over Buddy Hield
Dec 24, 2021
Why LeBron Wanted Russ Westbrook over DeMar DeRozan
Dec 22, 2021
Feeling Dell Curry's Joy and Michael Jordan's Pain At The Same Time
Dec 17, 2021
Who Revolutionized the NBA Game -- MJ, Steph, or...?
Dec 14, 2021
Are the 76ers' Title Hopes with Joel Embiid Salvageable?
Dec 10, 2021
Fatherhood and Playing In The NBA
Dec 09, 2021
How Aggressive Should The Warriors Be To Add Another Piece?
Dec 07, 2021
Time for the Portland Trail Blazers to Realize Who -- and Where -- They Are
Dec 03, 2021
What We Learned About the Knicks and Nets From Harden and Randle
Dec 02, 2021
Which Western Team Can Crash The Suns-Warriors Party?
Dec 01, 2021
Better Built For The Playoffs, Suns or Warriors?
Nov 30, 2021
A Wild Lakers' Coaching Change Rumor
Nov 29, 2021
Setting Straight The 'Who Fears LeBron' Debate
Nov 25, 2021
In Praise Of Ricky Rubio
Nov 24, 2021
Did We Just Witness A Lakers' Awakening?
Nov 22, 2021
What To Make Of The Milwaukee Bucks So Far
Nov 19, 2021
What To Make Of The Warriors So Far
Nov 18, 2021
Lonzo Is Ballin' On His Own Terms
Nov 16, 2021
How Ben Simmons Can Get His Wish
Nov 15, 2021
The Big Man Returneth?
Nov 12, 2021
Why The Nikola Jokic-Markieff Morris Altercation Happened
Nov 10, 2021
In Search Of The Brodie
Nov 08, 2021
The Challenge In Taking Down An NBA Owner
Nov 05, 2021
Ben Simmons, The 76ers and Mental Health
Nov 04, 2021
What Marcus Smart Said and What He Meant
Nov 03, 2021
Deciphering What Marcus Smart Said
Nov 03, 2021
The Referees Are Not The Ones Holding Back James Harden
Nov 02, 2021
Are The Warriors And Heat For Real?
Nov 01, 2021
Why Getting The No. 1 Pick Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be
Oct 31, 2021
The Lakers, Knicks and Bulls Just Showed Us Who They Are
Oct 29, 2021
Exactly The Kind Of Win The Lakers Needed
Oct 27, 2021
What To Make Of The Chicago Bulls' Hot Start
Oct 26, 2021
Dwight Howard Has Every Reason To Be Salty
Oct 25, 2021
The Tragic Connection Between Kobe and Vince Carter's Documentary
Oct 22, 2021
The Tragic Connection Between Kobe Bryant and the Vince Carter Documentary
Oct 22, 2021
New Pieces, Same Old Ways For The Knicks
Oct 21, 2021
What We Learned On Opening Night
Oct 20, 2021
Best and Worst Bets For The 2022 NBA Awards
Oct 19, 2021
The Two Teams That Will Meet In The 2022 NBA Finals
Oct 18, 2021
Nepotism In The NBA -- It's Everywhere But Is It Wrong?
Oct 15, 2021
Deciphering The Latest Kyrie Irving Machinations
Oct 14, 2021
On The Ball PSA
Oct 11, 2021
Why NBA Players Would Risk Jail For A Few Thousand In Insurance Money
Oct 08, 2021
Being The Best Player On A Bad Team Has Been Good To Bradley Beal
Oct 07, 2021
It's Past Time For The Nets To Move On
Oct 06, 2021
Things I Love About The NBA Right Now
Oct 05, 2021
Player Empowerment: Is It Making The NBA Better or Worse?
Oct 04, 2021
What the Embiid-Simmons Muddle Tells Us About The 76ers
Oct 02, 2021
The Lakers Are Painting The Most Perfect Picture
Sep 30, 2021
The Truth Just Set Jonathan Isaac and Jason Kidd Free
Sep 29, 2021
NBA Media Day: Equal Parts Promising and Depressing
Sep 28, 2021
What Do NBA Players Want And How Do They Plan To Get It?
Sep 27, 2021
How The NBA Plans To Eliminate Non-Basketball Moves
Sep 24, 2021
Diving Into The Minnesota Timberwolves' Mess & Fighting Revisionist History
Sep 23, 2021
Why Comparing Draymond Green to Ben Simmons Is An Insult
Sep 22, 2021
A Dose Of Reality For Both Ted Lasso And The Warriors
Sep 21, 2021
Why Moving Ben Simmons May Take Longer Than Expected
Sep 20, 2021
LeBron James Is Not Moving To Power Forward -- Nor Should He
Sep 17, 2021
Why Dennis Schröder Might Still Find That Bag And Zion Could Be Packing His
Sep 16, 2021
Another Ben Simmons Trade That Makes Sense And The Vaccine Mandate Stand-off
Sep 15, 2021
A Proposed Ben Simmons' Trade Sixers' Fans Will Hate -- But Makes Sense
Sep 14, 2021
Top 75 NBA All-Time Greats List Completed
Sep 13, 2021
Selecting the NBA's Greatest Players From 2006-07 to 20-21
Sep 10, 2021
Dissecting Why Players Discount LeBron's Accomplishments
Sep 09, 2021
The Naismith Hall Of Fame: Where Basketball And Business Collide
Sep 08, 2021
The Kyrie Vs. Steph Debate, Examined In Full
Sep 07, 2021
How Much Better Are The Nets Now?
Sep 06, 2021
How Much Better Are The Nets Now Than A Year Ago?
Sep 06, 2021
Why There Is No NBA Hard Knocks Show -- Anymore
Sep 03, 2021
The 15 All-Time Great NBA Players From the 1991-92 to 2005-06 Era
Sep 02, 2021
Leaving The Top 50 Alone & Picking A Top 75 By Era
Sep 01, 2021
The Three New Names At The Head Of The Line For The Top 75
Aug 31, 2021
Breaking Down The Blazers-Bulls-Cavs Trade And Rajon Rondo's Return To The Lakers
Aug 30, 2021
Why It Makes No Sense For Damian Lillard To Leave Portland -- At Least For Now
Aug 27, 2021
The Value And Danger In Selecting An NBA Top 75 Team
Aug 26, 2021
The Oddsmakers Don't Believe In The Nets As Much As You Think
Aug 25, 2021
Does LeBron See What Kobe Saw?
Aug 24, 2021
Making Sense Of The Nonsensical Opening Odds On The Next NBA MVP
Aug 23, 2021
College or the G League -- Which Is Better Prep For The NBA?
Aug 20, 2021
What Really Inspired the KD-Draymond Beef
Aug 19, 2021
Can Joel Embiid Lead The 76ers To A Title?
Aug 18, 2021
Setting Realistic Expectations For The Warriors This Season
Aug 17, 2021
The Clippers' Latest Trade Makes Sense -- And Might Even Work
Aug 16, 2021
The Nets Are Going All-In On Winning An Analytics-Driven Title
Aug 13, 2021
Cade Vs. Jalen: Did The Pistons Make The Right Choice?
Aug 12, 2021
How High Can The Bulls Fly?
Aug 11, 2021
The Knicks Might Need To Take A Step Back, But Will Tom Thibodeau Let Them?
Aug 10, 2021
Has The Window Already Closed On The World Overtaking Team USA?
Aug 09, 2021
What Does Kyrie Irving Want?
Aug 06, 2021
Jrue To The Rescue Again
Aug 05, 2021
Why The Lakers Are Sure To Be A Soap Opera -- And Why Steph Curry Isn't
Aug 04, 2021
NBA Free Agency: Not Every Deal Was As Good As It Sounded
Aug 03, 2021
What Team USA Is Up Against, What It Has Overcome
Aug 02, 2021
Where The Westbrook Trade Impacts The Lakers Most
Jul 30, 2021
Are The Bucks Really NOT A Super Team?
Jul 29, 2021
The Truth Serum That Is International Basketball
Jul 28, 2021
Making Sense Of The Point Guard Carousel
Jul 27, 2021
France Just Took Team USA Back To The 90s
Jul 26, 2021
The Suns Lived By The Mid-Range -- And Died By It
Jul 23, 2021
Are Chris Paul or Russ Westbrook The Upgrade The Lakers Need?
Jul 22, 2021
Giannis Is Exactly The Kind Of Champion We Need Right Now
Jul 21, 2021
The Commotion Surrounding the Blazers and the US National Team
Jul 20, 2021
The Curious Campaign For Khris Middleton As Finals MVP
Jul 19, 2021
The Clippers With (And Without) Kawhi
Jul 16, 2021
How And How Not To Take Ownership Of A Loss
Jul 15, 2021
Ben Simmons' Trade Rumors, Argentina Okeydoke, Golf Claps For Giannis
Jul 14, 2021
A Deep Dive Into Stephen A., Interpreters And Devin Booker
Jul 13, 2021
The Bucks and Team Nigeria Both Won -- And They Weren't Flukes
Jul 12, 2021
Giannis Raises His Bar, Bucks Drop Their Guard
Jul 09, 2021
It's Too Late For Chris Paul To Crack The Top Five All-Time Point Guard List
Jul 08, 2021
Four Moves The Bucks Have To Make For Game 2
Jul 07, 2021
Why The Bucks Are Better Off Without Giannis -- For Now
Jul 06, 2021
Headlines Gone Wrong And Trae Young's Decision To Play
Jul 05, 2021
There's A Simple Solution To Flopping -- If The NBA Wants One
Jul 02, 2021
The Clippers Dared CP3 To Beat Them -- And He Took That Personally
Jul 01, 2021
Making Legends Out of One-Night Wonders
Jun 30, 2021
Polarizing P Strikes Again
Jun 29, 2021
Ty Lue Pulls All The Right Strings Once Again
Jun 25, 2021
It Took A Team Effort For The Bucks To Lose This One
Jun 24, 2021
Chris Paul's Return Could Be Just What The Clippers Need
Jun 23, 2021
Thoughts On John Stockton
Jun 22, 2021
The One Ingredient That The Hawks, Bucks, Clippers and Suns Have In Common
Jun 21, 2021
The Nets Take Reggie Miller's Suggestion And Giannis Comes To His Senses
Jun 18, 2021
Chalk Up Huge Victories for the Hawks, Clippers And Team Basketball
Jun 17, 2021
KD Was Right: No One Should Compare Him To Giannis
Jun 16, 2021
Ben The Invisible, Batum The Resourceful
Jun 15, 2021
Did Nikola Jokic Deserve To Be Ejected And Is Giannis Antetokounmpo Next?
Jun 14, 2021
Is Giannis Exercising His Superstar License?
Jun 11, 2021
The Troubling Reality Reflected By This Year's NBA MVP Race
Jun 10, 2021
Salty Subjects: Giannis Free Throws, Lemon Pepper Lou and Jazz Owner Dwyane Wade
Jun 09, 2021
Kristaps' Complaint Should Not Be A Surprise
Jun 08, 2021
Ty Lue's Guts Got The Clippers To The Second Round
Jun 07, 2021
Is There A Connection Between Inefficiency and Injuries In The NBA?
Jun 04, 2021
A Coaching Carousel Reverie And Assessing How The Clippers Lost Game 5
Jun 03, 2021
The Secret To LeBron's Longevity On Full Display
Jun 02, 2021
The Torture Of Being A Post-Process 76ers Fan
Jun 01, 2021
It's No Mystery Why The Knicks Are Struggling
May 31, 2021
The Lakers Are Teaching Devin Booker Some Harsh Lessons
May 28, 2021
A Bay Area Championship Team Moving On From A Favorite Son Is Not Without Precedent
May 27, 2021
AD Goes All Draymond, LeBron Goes All Vince Lombardi And The Clippers Go All Indifferent
May 26, 2021
Playoff Physicality Once Again Looks To Be A Thing
May 25, 2021
A Thoroughly Unsurprising First Weekend of the NBA Playoffs
May 24, 2021
Physics Finally Caught Up With Steph Curry
May 22, 2021
Pour One Out For Today's NBA Beat Writers
May 21, 2021
LeBron James, Up To The Same Ol' Tricks
May 20, 2021
Michael Jordan's New Competitive Arena And The Wizards' $40 Million Energy Guy
May 19, 2021
The Impossible Task of Making A Case For Steph Curry as MVP
May 18, 2021
The Process On Steroids In Oklahoma City
May 15, 2021
The Secret World of Voter Swag And Why NBA Voting This Year Is A Challenge
May 14, 2021
The Warriors' True DNA Is On Full Display
May 13, 2021
Tom Thibodeau and Russell Westbrook: Stubbornness Can Be A Blessing And A Curse
May 12, 2021
Load Management Isn't What You Think It Is
May 11, 2021
The Profound Weakness That Doomed the New Orleans Pelicans
May 08, 2021
How Much Is Covid Playing a Role in the Lakers Being Disconnected?
May 07, 2021
Why Giannis Antetokounmpo Is More MVP-Worthy Than Ever
May 06, 2021
Where Does The New York Knicks' Julius Randle Rank Among NBA Stars?
Apr 29, 2021
Steph Curry is a One-Man Scoring Machine -- but not a One-Man Team
Apr 22, 2021
Let's Not Rewrite KD's History
Apr 15, 2021
Why Lists Are A Sugar Rush And The Lakers Aren't The Same
Apr 08, 2021
The Buyout Market Mess, A Foot On The Clippers' Bandwagon & Giannis' Free Throw Fandango
Mar 31, 2021
Why Does Magic Keep Messing With Lonzo & Why Giannis Might Finally Be An MVP
Mar 25, 2021
What the Brooklyn Nets Still Don't Have and The Move The Clippers Have To Make
Mar 18, 2021
Will This Be The Year The Three Decides The Title?
Mar 10, 2021
How Draymond Green Lost More Than A Game To The Charlotte Hornets
Feb 25, 2021
The Clippers' Luke Kennard, Quite Possibly The Most Uniquely Gifted Athlete You'll Ever Meet
Feb 16, 2021
The Portland TrailBlazers' Rodney Hood on Dealing With Pressure and Charles Barkley's 100K bet
Feb 09, 2021
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse
Feb 02, 2021
A Hard Day Made Harder: Exploiting Kobe and Covid-19 Taking Sekou Smith
Jan 27, 2021
Takeaways from MLK Day Prime Time Matchups
Jan 20, 2021
Why We All Hate What James Harden Did and Why He Won't Be The Last To Do It
Jan 15, 2021
Early MVPs and How Conspiracy Theories Get Started
Jan 12, 2021
Can We Stop Making Too Much of Too Little?
Jan 05, 2021
Why The Current Favorites to Win The 2020-21 NBA MVP Award are a Bad Bet
Dec 29, 2020
NBA 2020-21 Preview: The Teams That Will Make The Playoffs and The One Great Team That Won't
Dec 22, 2020
Why Giannis Was Never Going to Leave Milwaukee and Kyrie Irving's Search for Enlightenment
Dec 16, 2020
How Betting, Covid-19 & a Generation That Doesn't Watch TV Has Changed Sports Broadcasts
Dec 08, 2020
True Leaders in the NBA are Hard to Find
Dec 02, 2020
The Truth about Klay Thompson's injury and the Trade Rumor that now makes sense
Nov 19, 2020
Are politics a factor in James Harden and Russell Westbrook wanting out of Houston?
Nov 17, 2020
How Covid Could Impact Promises to Draft Picks and Positive Cases During the NBA season
Nov 10, 2020
Are We Going to Have NBA Games on Christmas? Should We?
Nov 03, 2020
The Man Hated and Spurned for Paving the Way for Every Early Entry NBA Star: A Conversation with Spencer Haywood
Oct 26, 2020
How and Why Signature Shoes for NBA Stars May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
Oct 18, 2020
Who Gains The Most From the Lakers' Championship and exploring why LeBron wasn't Must-See TV
Oct 12, 2020
Switching Ships, Resurfaced Hips and Players Stealing Quips
Oct 06, 2020
NBA Finals Preview -- who is going to win, why (and possibly why not)
Sep 30, 2020
Is LeBron a Hot Topic Among High School Athletes and Are the Lakers an Outlier In the Bubble?
Sep 21, 2020
Guests former NFL WR TJ Houshmanzadeh & comedian/actor Gary Owen talk NFL Preview & Performing with No Fans
Sep 13, 2020
LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and the gift/curse of being über athletic
Sep 09, 2020
The power of Athletes and Social Media -- How Much Influence Do They Really Have?
Aug 30, 2020
Getting to know breakout Bubble star T.J. Warren
Aug 18, 2020
Reggie Miller's Calls, Kyrie's Curious Handout and the Lakers' Achilles Heels
Jul 31, 2020
Why LeBron is First On My MVP Ballot
Jul 23, 2020
Name Changes Don't Signify Change
Jul 05, 2020
Tale of Two Realities
Jun 10, 2020
A conversation with Cavs coach JB Bickerstaff about being black in America
Jun 06, 2020
Remembering Roger B., Marty Mac & Jerry Sloan
May 27, 2020
Was Michael Jordan a Bully, Will More Players Be Like Mike & Who To Blame for The Last Dance
May 18, 2020
Last Dance Controversies That Missed the Mark (Including Isiah Thomas Not Being On The Dream Team)
May 15, 2020
Dissecting the Charles Barkley-Draymond Green beef -- what inspired it, why it won't go away
May 05, 2020
Last Dance Ep. 3&4 Reviewed, Why Some NFL Teams Consistently Draft Better Than Others
Apr 28, 2020
Colin Cowherd on the five greatest inventions in his lifetime, the best magician he's ever seen and the one athlete he wished he could interview
Apr 24, 2020
Takeaways from Ep. 1&2 of The Last Dance: why Jordan's legend has stood the test of time and how today's stars have been robbed
Apr 20, 2020
Why We Talk So Much About LeBron (and why I talk about LeBron the way I do)
Apr 15, 2020
Alaa Abdelnaby on the legend of Drazen Petrovic, his road dog the late Reggie Lewis and pulling pranks with Danny Ainge
Apr 08, 2020
Danny Ainge's Black Ops ways, Bobby Hurley throwing dice, Moses Malone as a Buck & the greatness of Drazen Petrovic with Alaa Abdelnaby
Apr 06, 2020
Todd Ramasar, Pascal Siakam's agent, on how and when NBA playoffs/draft could return this summer
Apr 01, 2020
Why NBA Draft Prospects don't seem to care about playing and the Biggest Difference between Jordan and LeBron
Mar 30, 2020
Why Most Pro Athletes Won't Work Out By Themselves and Who Will Miss Who More, Brady or Belichick
Mar 25, 2020
My Brushes With Covid-19 and why the NBA should go to any length to finish the season
Mar 23, 2020
Former NBA center Lance Allred on his new book, "The New Alpha Male" and how Kobe Bryant tapped into both his masculine and feminine sides
Mar 15, 2020
Giannis, Luka and the Race Among Foreign-Born NBA Stars for a Ring
Mar 10, 2020
A solution for the NBA dunk contest, five things we learned from the NBA All-Star Game and how Colin Cowherd cheats in arguments
Feb 18, 2020
All-Star Weekend Live with Zach LaVine
Feb 14, 2020
The Perkins-Hollins Twitter Beef Goes Live
Feb 11, 2020
NBA Trade Deadline Review, Rockets' First Microball Win and Jimmy Butler Revision
Feb 07, 2020
Who Really Deserved MVP of SB 54, What It's Like to Win a Super Bowl, Who Is Living Up To Kobe's Legacy
Feb 03, 2020
DJ Augustin on surviving Hurricane Katrina, the trade deadline and NBA competition for his spot
Jan 30, 2020
Remembering Kobe
Jan 27, 2020
Midseason Do-Overs (or Double-Downs) on 2019 draft, East Team to Beat, Etc.
Jan 23, 2020
The Preposterous Claim After The McGregor-Cerrone Fight. What Packers and Titans Could Have Done Different
Jan 20, 2020
Former Knick/Wizard and TV Fishing Show host Jared Jeffries talks MJ, Kwame, Hibachi
Jan 17, 2020
Five Most Deserving All-Star Starters in Each Conference and Ja Morant or Trae Young -- who are you taking?
Jan 15, 2020
Lamar Jackson and Bill O'Brien share the same flaw, who new Browns coach Kevin Stefanski must be
Jan 13, 2020
Kent Bazemore on hangin' with look-alike Chance the Rapper, Rookie Pranks & Luring Steph to
Jan 10, 2020
All That AD Must Weigh Before Re-Upping With the Lakers
Jan 08, 2020
The three QBs who could keep the Patriots' dynasty alive
Jan 06, 2020
Top 10 Most Meaningful Events in the NBA in 2019
Jan 01, 2020
Did Kyle Kuzma's trainer lob a grenade into the Lakers' locker room?
Dec 28, 2019
Why what Isaiah Thomas did was right and why the NBA did him and the fans wrong
Dec 24, 2019
What gettable player could move the needle for one of the NBA title contenders?
Dec 19, 2019
How the NFL and NBA today make it painfully clear all-time selections are inherently flawed
Dec 17, 2019
Are Kyrie Irving and Antonio Brown Dealing With The Same issues?
Dec 13, 2019
State of the Knicks, Why All Is Not Lost and Where They Go From Here
Dec 11, 2019
Bucher, Friendless, on why the NBA game (and its ratings) are down
Dec 07, 2019
Will Blackmon's pick for his alma mater's next FB Coach (Boston College)
Dec 04, 2019
Will Blackmon's pick for his alma mater's next FB Coach (Boston College)
Dec 04, 2019
Portland is so Melo
Dec 02, 2019
What Kyrie Irving Got Right -- And Wrong -- in his Instagram Post
Nov 28, 2019
What We Learned from the NFL's Week 12 & Will Taking on Millennials on Twitter
Nov 25, 2019
What Does the LeBron-Kobe dap signify + Is load management hurting the NBA's TV ratings
Nov 22, 2019
Exposing An Unknown Clippers Weakness, A Change of Heart Post Kaepernick Workout
Nov 20, 2019
Will Shares Convo With Roger Goodell About Colin Kaepernick,
Nov 15, 2019
Hotel Hopping 101, NBA Load Management, and Should Steph Play
Nov 13, 2019
SPECIAL GUEST: Detroit Pistons PG - Derrick Rose
Nov 09, 2019
Debating The Next Patriots vs Ravens Matchup + Analyzing Struggling NFL coaches
Nov 04, 2019
Embiid-KAT Fight Was A Good-Natured Brawl + The Fall-out From Steph's Injury
Nov 02, 2019
Warriors & Lakers Problems, Revised List of Players To Watch, The New Klay Thompson
Oct 29, 2019
Kawhi vs LeBron in LA, Zion Needs To Change, Brooklyn Kyrie vs Boston Kyrie
Oct 25, 2019
UK vs USA Football Fans, Week 7 NFL Analysis,
Oct 19, 2019
The 2 NBA Teams Not Worth Your Attention & Reasons To Watch The Other 28 Squads
Oct 18, 2019
Why The NBA Is Treading Lightly Over China + Zion Williamson
Oct 13, 2019
What To Make of the Lakers-Warriors Preseason Game, and NBA-China Drama Over Daryl Morey's Comments
Oct 08, 2019
LeBron Says Lakers Offense Must Run Through Anthony Davis
Oct 06, 2019
The Verdict On James Harden's New Shot
Oct 02, 2019
Are The Warriors A Playoff Team + Can Zion Carry NOLA
Sep 30, 2019
Evaluating Young QB's and Their Future In The NFL
Sep 27, 2019
Over & Underrated NBA Teams and The Players Who Lead Them
Sep 24, 2019
Our Problem With Lavar Attacking Lonzo Publicly & NBA Anti-Tampering Rules
Sep 21, 2019
Giants Benching Eli Manning + The Moment Will Knew Jalen Ramsey Was NFL Bound
Sep 19, 2019
The Value of Troubled NBA & NFL Players
Sep 17, 2019
Team USA Losing Games and LeBron Rejected By USPTO
Sep 14, 2019
NFL In London, Antonio Brown and the Patriots, & NFL Week 1
Sep 13, 2019
Urban Meyer, Elite Talent vs Mental Discipline, The Patriots Sign Antonio Brown
Sep 10, 2019
LeBron's Taco Tuesday Trademark and the latest Antonio Brown drama
Sep 06, 2019
Bill O'Brien vs. Greats Like Greg Popovich & Bill Belichick
Sep 03, 2019
Ryan's Rugless Return, Carmel Anthony, and Iso Joe's Big 3 Performance
Aug 30, 2019
Andrew Luck's Retirement & Antonio Brown's Helmet Issues
Aug 28, 2019
Assessing Team USA Basketball and Dwight Howard's Value
Aug 27, 2019
De'Aaron Fox leaves Team USA; DeMarcus Cousins' ACL injury & impact on the Lakers
Aug 21, 2019
Steve Kerr's politics; USA Basketball in Vegas; & Myles Turner on playing for Team USA
Aug 14, 2019
Antonio Brown drama & NFL Preseason takeaways
Aug 12, 2019
Stories from covering the Warriors Part 4: Nelly's return, We Believe, and the ousting of Mark Jackson
Aug 07, 2019
Baker Mayfield; Carmelo Anthony; NFL position group rankings; & HOF inductions
Aug 05, 2019
David Griffin's LeBron comments; and LeBron's behavior at his son's AAU games
Aug 02, 2019
Stories from the early days Part 3: Barkley & C Webb, Run TMC, PJ & Sprewell
Aug 01, 2019
Start of NFL Training camps
Jul 30, 2019
Kawhi Leonard press conference; Media coverage; & Sam Presti urges patience
Jul 29, 2019
Part 2 of stories from Oracle Arena: the Don Nelson / Chris Webber saga
Jul 26, 2019
Stories from Oracle Arena and the early days of covering the Golden State Warriors
Jul 22, 2019
How many NBA players are truly worth max contracts?; And why players aren't all about the money
Jul 19, 2019
Kawhi Leonard's power moves & the NBA's age of player empowerment; Plus, should Will play in the XFL?
Jul 16, 2019
Does Westbrook move the needle for the Rockets? And who has the better roster, Lakers or Clippers?
Jul 14, 2019
Westbrook-CP3 trade breakdown; NBA Summer League takeaways; & NBA media coverage
Jul 12, 2019
Bucher and Bucher from NBA Summer League in Las Vegas
Jul 08, 2019
Happy 4th of July! Kawhi Watch continues; Magic Johnson impact; & Are Lakers favorites even w/o Kawhi?
Jul 04, 2019
14-year NBA Vet Jim Jackson on NBA medical staffs, Iguodala's comments, why KD left GSW & more
Jul 03, 2019
Warriors "retiring" KD's #35; Kawhi to Lakers getting closer? & Potential impact on Leonard & LeBron legacies
Jul 02, 2019
A WILD Day 1 of NBA Free Agency; KD & Kyrie to BKN; Warriors surprise re-tool; Why Ric's NOT killing the Knicks & more
Jul 01, 2019
Final NBA Free Agency Primer; Nets & D'Angelo Russell; The allure of NYK & MSG; KD, Kawhi, & more
Jun 29, 2019
NBA Free Agency starts Sunday; KD struggling w/ decision; Kawhi's landing spot?; & Kemba to BOS?
Jun 28, 2019
Ric & Ryan getting heat; Andre Iguodala's comments; Kevin Durant update
Jun 26, 2019
Parents at the NBA Draft; Will's draft experience; & life as a rookie in pro sports
Jun 24, 2019
NBA Draft takeaways; LaVar Ball banned from ESPN; Kyrie Irving risk/reward
Jun 22, 2019
Tonight's NBA Draft; How veteran NBA players view the draft; & Ryan's D-League experience
Jun 20, 2019
10-year NBA Vet Jason Maxiell on the changing NBA game, his draft night experience, & The Big 3
Jun 19, 2019
Anthony Davis trade; Will the Lakers add a 3rd star? & upcoming NBA draft
Jun 18, 2019
Rajon Rondo Part 2: On playing with LeBron, "Playoff Rondo" nickname, & what he wants for his next chapter
Jun 17, 2019
The Raptors are NBA Champions; Finals Game 6 recap; Klay's injury; & future of the NBA is wide open
Jun 14, 2019
NBA Champion Rajon Rondo on the 2018-19 Lakers season, the Baxter Holmes story, veteran leadership & much more
Jun 12, 2019
Epic NBA Finals Game 5 w/ historic implications; KD's injury & should he have been playing?
Jun 11, 2019
NBA Finals Game 5: Will KD play? Plus the debut of Ask Will Blackmon
Jun 10, 2019
Klay returns for Finals Game 4; Mark Stevens controversy; & Nets clearing cap space...
Jun 07, 2019
NBA Finals Game 3 Recap: Biggest takeaways from the Raptors victory over the shorthanded Warriors
Jun 06, 2019
Matt Barnes on the NBA Finals, Warriors mounting injuries, and cannabis in the NBA
Jun 05, 2019
Big Warriors injury updates; Smartest player in the NBA right now; Jordy Nelson retires; Belated GOT takes
Jun 04, 2019
NBA Finals Game 2 Recap; DeMarcus Cousins' big game; Warriors injury situations; & Anthony Joshua stunned
Jun 03, 2019
NBA Finals Game 1 Recap: Pascal Siakam goes off; Drake's antics too much? & Game 2 preview
May 31, 2019
Kawhi Leonard-Michael Jordan comparisons; What's next for Giannis' game? And NBA Finals predictions
May 30, 2019
Giannis and the Bucks come up short; Updates on KD & Boogie; NBA Finals preview
May 28, 2019
Toronto exposes Milwaukee; Raptors - Warriors NBA Finals; & All NBA teams
May 27, 2019
Blake Griffin Part 2: On his "pivotal year," taking pride in helping turn around the Clippers, & the changing perception of his game
May 23, 2019
Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin on the day he was traded, the evolution of his game, and more (Part 1)
May 22, 2019
Clarifying Magic Johnson emails story; KD's clapbacks; & Game of Thrones takes
May 22, 2019
Raptors showing signs of life; Warriors w/ the ultimate chip on their shoulder; & Magic Johnson speaks
May 20, 2019
What's wrong with Damian Lillard; The Raps can give the Bucks problems; & Lamar Odom burns $25K. Literally.
May 17, 2019
NBA Conference Finals: Game 1 Recaps & Game 2 previews; Plus Lakers & Klutch Sports drama update
May 16, 2019
NBA Draft Lottery fallout + Zion hype train; & Coming around on the Warriors three-peat
May 15, 2019
NBA Conference Finals predictions; Most clutch players remaining; & Why KD will go to NYC
May 14, 2019
Warriors advance, Sixers go home, and "nerd basketball" is taking a beating; Plus Kawhi's shot & new Lakers coaches
May 13, 2019
Two Game 7s; Rockets-Warriors Game 6 w/o KD; & Kyrie done in Boston?
May 10, 2019
Kevin Durant's injury; Curry still the Warriors MVP; & Bucks dispatch the Celtics
May 09, 2019
Nat'l college basketball writer Adam Zagoria on the NCAA corruption trial
May 08, 2019
Fmr NFL QB & ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky on the extreme challenges young quarterbacks face in the NFL
May 07, 2019
Blazers-Nuggets exhausting 4OT thriller; Steph's blunder & embarrassing sports moments
May 06, 2019
Sixers take a 2-1 lead over Toronto; Is Houston's title window closing? & Is GSW a contender next year if KD leaves?
May 03, 2019
Best NBA Playoffs Round 2 matchups ever on paper? & Will lack of depth ultimately take down GSW?
May 02, 2019