Hoops Corner

Ep. 156 - Do you support the play-in tournament?

On today's episode, the guy's get heated over the legitimacy of the new play-in tournament! Josh, Peter, and Rajan all have differing views on the play-in tournament, how to make it better, and how wild it's going to get in the next couple of weeks. Combined with some Anthony Davis AMA talk and some stats corner, this one is one of the record books!

Anthony Davis’ AMA on Reddit for Ruffles Chips (1:45)

Is the play-in tournament legit? (3:45)

Western conference play-in tournament (10:00)

Eastern conference play-in tournament (22:30)

Stats Corner (31:45)

Link to Anthony Davis AMA thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/n4x1tb/im_anthony_davis_player_for_the_los_angeles/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Ep. 155 - Diamond Leung of The Athletic

As we’re in the month of May, it’s appropriate for us to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage. We’re going to be focusing on bringing on guests of Asian decent for the month of May to bring a fresh perspective and to shine some light on some great talent! On today’s episode, we speak with Diamond Leung (@Diamond83), senior editor at the Athletic. From covering the Warriors as a beat reporter to overseeing coverage on the Kings, Pelicans, and Clippers, Diamond has been fortunate to cover some of the best teams and some of the not so best teams!

Ep. 154 - What's harder to believe

On this week's episode, Peter, Josh, and Raj dive into some of the wildest story lines of the year! The Hawks prosperity versus the Celtics freefall, Julius Randle's MVP candidacy vs. PJ Tucker as a defensive anchor, and many more in our newest segment What's Harder To Believe!

Kevin Love's frustrations (4:45)

What's Harder to Believe (9:30)

Stats Corner (31:30)

Ep. 153 - Steph Curry in god mode

On today's episode, Peter, Josh, and Raj talk about Steph Curry's insane God-mode run and the Western conference playoff race. We moved to the Eastern conference to talk about the best stone hands in the league and the rest of the Eastern playoff seeding. 

Steph Curry in God mode (1:15)

The West playoff race + MVP talk (6:45)

Eastern conference seeding (16:45)

Stats Corner (32:00)

Ep. 152 - Jamal Murray injury and Celtics hot streak

On this week's episode, the guys talk about the unfortunate Jamal Murray ACL tear, what that does for the Nuggets second best player, and how the rest of the West will play out. We then take a look at the Celtics hot streak, and of course, more Kevin Durant Twitter fingers!

Jamal Murray injury (1:30)

Western conference playoff race (11:30)

Celtics hot streak (21:30)

Kevin Durant vs. the world (26:30)

Stats Corner (31:45)

Ep. 151 - Ryan Blackburn of the Denver Stiffs

On today’s episode, we spoke with Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) of the Denver Stiffs. In our chat with Ryan, we cover how the team has handled bringing back fans to Ball Arena, Nikola Jokic’s MVP case, and how he thinks the Nuggets will do in the playoffs. This was definitely a fun one, talking about the League Pass darling and a personal favourite of my own. So without further ado, here’s our conversation with Ryan.

Ep. 150 - Social media extravaganza

On this week's episode of the Hoops Corner, we look at the social media craze that hit the NBA world. We deep dive (pun-fully intended) into Paul Pierce's wild weekend plans and this fake "beef" between KD and Michael Rappaport, who we will now refer to as Cupcake. Then we take a look at the Jru Holiday extension, surging Mavericks, and LeBron's upcoming Space Jam 2

• Rappaport and Pierce (4:05)
• How do the Bucks look with the Holiday extension? (12:30)
• Mavs hot streak (22:00)
• Space Jam 2 (32:00)
• Stats Corner (35:45)

Ep. 149 - Darrell Wonge

This week on the podcast, we brought back friend of the show and New York native Darrell Wonge (@DoNoWonge). We talk to Darrell about his lifelong love for the Knicks and the new rivalry in New York with the star-studded Nets. We got into it with Darrell about his international playing career, some wild stories about babies and sweet breads, and his Mount Rushmore of players.

Ep. 148 - Buyout Superteams

On this week's episode, the guys take a look back at the players that got bought out of their contracts and where they ended up. We take a close look at how the Nets will do going managing all these personalities, the race in the West from top to bottom, and hit a big stats corner!

Norman Powell says goodbye to the Raptors (1:00)

Buyout players (3:45)

Western conference rundown (17:30)

Stats Corner (32:30)

Ep. 147 - Interview with Phil Doucet

On today's episode, we interviewed Phil Doucet (@TheReelPhilD) of The First Mint (@TheFirstMint). We talked to Phil about everything related to NBA Top Shot, from his son getting in on it before him, where he thinks Top Shot will go in the future, and how he thinks other sports will integrate NFTs.