Check The Tape

The Dan's take emails, check tape on the 1989 NCAA National Championship between the Glen Rice lead Michigan Wolverines and the PJ Carlesimo coached Seton Hall Yargh Mateys, check in on our League Pass Hell teams the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies and wrap up with BS including Tim Hardaway hate speech and Rick Pitino sleaziness. 

LA Dan is joined by Mike From the ONLY wrestling podcast Virtual Pros because LIC Dan is currently missing. We talk Shaq on Hot Ones and check tape on Matt Hardy taking on MVP in a one on one basketball challenge in 2007. 

Thank's to Jayson Tatums half court shot to win the skills challenge the Dan's are hitting you with a Syracuse Orangemen episode featuring:   Basketball Book Club- Syracuse-Connecticut 6 Overtime game: Where are they Now? Game Tape: Syracuse Orangemen vs Kansas Jayhawk's for the 2003 National Championship League Pass Hell: Denver Nuggets & Memphis Grizzlies Attitude Report: Nurkic vs Embiid, Westbrook giving parenting advice, LA Dan vs Jason Whitlock, Ja Rule vs Life BS- Fred Hoibergs whereabouts, the NBA jersey of the future, the Los Angeles Clippers announcers and more

The Dan's check tape on the 2003 NBA All-Star Game, bring you all up to date on the Big 3 League's big summer, rapidly discuss all the big NBA Trade Deadline deals, discuss a Q & A between Dirk and Zach Lowe in honor of Dirks birthday and impending retirement, and deliver updates on our League Pass Hell teams the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies.

The Dan's bring you a Vince Carter heavy episode in honor of the mans 42nd birthday.  -East Coast Dan reacts to the Knicks trading away Kristaps Porzingis -Book Club w/ Vince Carter's mentorship role with the Atlanta Hawks -Toronto Raptors lead by Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter take on the Phoenix Suns lead by Jason Kidd and Penny Hardaway in February of 2000 -League Pass Hell featuring the Denver Nuggets and the Memphis Grizzlies -BS featuring Cleveland Brown messiness, fast food hot takes and some euro dude from the Brooklyn Nets

The Dans take emails, touch on Dante Exum Island for this weeks Basketball Book Club, check tape on one of the highest scoring games of all time between the Denver Nuggets lead by Kiki Vandeweghe and the San Antonio Spurs lead by George Gervin, updates on our league pass hell teams the Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies and a gaggle of BS.   

West Coast Dan along with listener and former Check The Tape guest Wes debut their new podcast The Extra Pass. We aim to act as a TV Guide of sorts to the wonderful thing known as NBA League Pass. Starting next week we will be on our own feed so keep your eyes peeled for that.    This week we discuss why we will spend the upcoming week watching Luka Doncic, The Charlotte Hornets, De'Aaron Fox, Blake Griffins return to LA and much much more.

The Dan's take emails, discuss what they thought of this weeks Book Club article "Can Basketball save the world?", discuss two different vintage Tracy McGrady games, update you all on our league pass hell teams the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies, Attitude Report and close with BS featuring Mean Gene Okerlund, Super Dave and near death bulldog experiences.

The Dan's are back just in time time for Christmas and as your gift we managed to only lose and entire half of this episode to the abyss we call the internet. We take emails on hot topics like Adam Sandler and Vlade Divacs management style before introducing our new segment Basketball Book Club with a nice article about where Big Country Bryant Reeves is at these days and wrap up by catching up after the two month hiatus on topics like Jimmy Butler, surprising teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets, and Markelle Fultz overbearing mother.  We apologize for the loss of the tape segment but you've heard us talk about the early 2000s spurs enough I think.

The Dan's offer our thoughts on players 40-31 of this seasons SLAM Magazine Top 50 Players list, draw new League Pass Hell Teams(Peace out Phoenix Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves), check tape on the day Kobe Bryant learned not to mess with a man who's list of tattoos only contains a scorpion on his bicep aka the Los Angeles Lakers vs the New York Knickerbockers game that took place on 4/2/200 before wrapping up with BS including more Rick Pitino, Adam Sandler movies and the Lakers whack packs new nickname. 

The Dan's off our thoughts on the first then players on the SLAM Magazine Top 50 list, check tape on Boris Diaw, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson and Andre Iguodala playing in Germany on the NBA Europe Live tour in 2006 and wrap with BS including Shawn Merriman, even more Ovechkin and a big announcement from the larger Dan.

The Dans catch up on all things NBA including Andrew Bynum creeping around the Lakers practice facility, Don Nelson, a TV show about Ben Simmons life and whatever the hell the Phoenix Suns are up to before checking tape on the 1988 McDonalds High School All American game featuring players like Alonzo Mourning, Shawn Kemp, Christian Laettner, Chris Jackson and many more and wrap up with BS featuring Timothy McVeigh's gambling problem, the Cleveland Browns monumental non loss and a couple Washington Capitals celebration updates. 

The Dan's celebrate the end of the Summer Of Slam by watching Shawn Kemp commit dunk assault against Dennis Rodman when the Seattle Supersonics matched up with the Chicago Bulls in game 4 of the 96 NBA Finals, catch you up on the WNBA Playoffs and wrap with BS including farewells to Manu Ginobili, league rule changes, and Little Mountain aka Kyrie Irving. 

The Dan's go over the NBA's ten best in game dunkers of all time, check tape on not one but two dunk contests, 1996/2004, and wrap with WNBA Playoffs + BS featuring Tom Chambers being heckled, gold shennigans, pampering Kahwi Leonard and the unraveling of Richie Incognito.

The Dans try to craft the best actual basketball teams out of NBA Slam Dunk champions, check tape on the 1988 Slam Dunk contest to make sure Dominique Wilkins really did get robbed by Jordan, catch you up with the happenings of the WNBA and wrap with BS featuring Rick Pitino, a man swinging a golf club on the subway and the Los Angeles Clippers firing Bruce Bowen. 

The Dan's take emails, talk The Basketball Tournament and then kick off the Summer Of Slam by watching the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk contest which is widely accepted as the worst ever, and the 2000 NBA 2Ball competition, recap WNBA All-Star weekend and Allie Quigleys historic three point performance before wrapping up with BS featuring Crotchety old Pete Rose and NBA rookie of the year odds 

The Dans talk career shortening injuries, check tape on the Yao Ming led Houston Rockets and the Brandon Roy and Lamarcus Aldridge led Portland Trailblazers in the 2009 NBA Playoffs, OG Dan gives you five SLAM Magazine covers that probably could have been WNBA themed and wrap with BS including Kobe Fans adjusting to Lebron, Babies at golf events and Marc Gasol's humanitarianism. 

The Dan's vent on Kahwi Leonard and that trade, go over some of the times players forced the NBA to change or create rules, honor Frances World Cup victory by checking some Tony Parker tape in the form of the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs in game 1, round 1 of the 2003 NBA Playoffs, update you on an exciting week in the WNBA and wrap with BS including Billy Joel in Russia, Charles Oakleys sticky fingers and Louisville taking on the NCAA. 

After a week off the Dan's catch up on NBA Free Agency, NBA Summer League and the Big3 League with a Twisted Tea fueled lightning round, check tape on the New York Knicks vs Milwaukee Bucks game from November 27th, 1970 featuring Oscar Robertson, Lew Alcindor, Clyde Frazier, Willis Reed and more before a quick WNBA update and BS featuring italian outrage and Alexander Ovechkin's favorite song. 

With one Dan locked away training for the first CTT one on one challenge we've decided to release the previously iTunes reviewer only MTV Rock N Jock episode we recorded a few months ago. Featuring stars like Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Flea, Busta Rhymes, Kevin Garnett and Coolio.