Basketball Guyaries Nba History Podcast

In the 2007 playoffs, the 8th seed Warriors committed one of the greatest upsets in NBA history, knocking the 1 seed Mavs out in the first round. This week we're detailing how the team got there, some of the key players, and the famed series.

The much-beloved Warriors trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin were only together for about two seasons from 1989-1991, but they made a huge impact on the league's culture. This week, we dig into their fun and fancy free style and think about their lasting legacy.

This week we're going back to when the Warriors moved to San Francisco in 1962. We detail the fits and starts of the Bay Area team, their star player Rick Barry, and crossover with the competing ABA.

This week, we're getting weird and going deep on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's obsession with Sherlock Holmes. Special guest Tommy returns as we recap and review Kareem's novel "Mycroft Holmes."

What's the deal with the Defensive Player of the Year Award? We're going deep on the defensive strategies of two different types of winners of this award - the guard, embodied by 80s Bucks legend Sidney Moncrief, and the center, represented by 4-time DPOY winner Ben Wallace of the early-2000s Pistons.

This week, we're joined by special guests Dave and Josh, the creators of the basketball video game Basketball Classics. We're talking the history of basketball video games, including Dr. J vs. Larry Bird, NBA Jam, and NBA 2K.

This week, we're going way back to talk about pro ball in Pittsburgh from the early 1900s to the 1970s. We talk about gentrification and the building of the Civic Arena, Dr. J's 1979 film "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh," and whether the town ought to have an NBA team.

For the final installment of our Larry Bird suite, we're digging into Bird's coaching and executive career with the Indiana Pacers, from his Coach of the Year run at Jordan's Bulls in 1998 to his rebuilding of the team throughout the early 2000s.

For part two of our Larry Bird suite, we're digging into his back injuries at the close of his career and his role on the 1992 Olympic Dream Team.

In celebration of reaching 50 episodes, this week the guys are launching a suite exploring one of the NBA greats - Larry Joe Bird! In this first part of the suite, we discuss Bird's youth and college years and his rivalry with Magic Johnson throughout the 80s.

But is the league always just about guys? This week we focus on everyone's fav commentator Doris Burke. We discuss the soon-to-be Hall of Famer's hoops career in playing, coaching, and broadcasting, and think about some of the implications of her trailblazing a path for women in a league dominated by men.

Travel with us all the way back to the inception of the league as we explore the implications Mr. Basketball himself, George Mikan, had on the sport.

An in-depth look at the storied career of Mr. Intensity himself, Kevin Garnett. We detail KG's groundbreaking decision to join the league straight from high school, his title with the Celtics, and his deranged personality and trash talk.

The cherry on top of our point shaving suite - a very special review and analysis of the 1997 Touched by an Angel episode, "Nothing But Net." In addition to featuring cameos from real NBA stars, "Nothing But Net" also taps into anxieties surrounding gambling, point shaving, and unsportsmanlike behavior that dominated the league in the post-Jordan era.

As a continuation of our point shaving suite, this week we're digging into the backstory of a victim of the college point shaving hysteria - Connie Hawkins.

A series of point shaving scandals rocked the NCAA in the 1950s and 1960s, reverberating across the basketball discourse. As part of a 2-part series on the topic, this week we're digging into the 1951 CCNY scandal and its effects into the early 1960s.

This week we're looking at 1984, the year of the first modern All-Star Weekend, and the people and forces that brought the celebration to fruition.

This week we do a deep dive on the great Lithuanian center, Arvydas Sabonis. We talk his long, decorated career in the Euroleague and his stints in the '88 and '92 Olympics before turning to his time in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers.

This week, we're interrogating the old cliche "Coaches are hired to be fired," with a special focus on Mark Jackson's 2014 firing from the Warriors.

This week, we're giving you a play-by-play of the biggest brawl in NBA history - the Malice at the Palace, of course!