1999-11-07 through 1999-11-13. Game of the week: Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz on 1999-11-09. Link to Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz full game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXjgE3dVsL4 Link to next episode’s game of the week (Toronto Raptors @ Detroit Pistons) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv23GIBlq6g -- An NBA history podcast about the 2000s NBA. Hosted by Lew⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@L0GICMASTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social media links:  Phone/Voicemail: (405) 466-7623 Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠...

First full episode of Rim Dynasty, covering 1999-11-02 through 1999-11-06. Game of the week: Seattle SuperSonics @ Los Angeles Clippers on 1999-11-02. Link to Seattle SuperSonics @ LA Clippers full game - https://youtu.be/eOpW8gLNDcc Link to next episode’s game of the week (Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz) - https://youtu.be/SXjgE3dVsL4 -- An NBA history podcast about the 2000s NBA. Hosted by Lew⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@L0GICMASTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social media links:  Phone/Voicemail: (405) 466-7623 Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Previewing the 1999-2000 NBA season for every team in the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division: The New Jersey Nets (3:45), the Washington Wizards (17:50), the Boston Celtics (28:50), the New York Knicks (40:00), the Philadelphia 76ers (54:20), the Orlando Magic (1:02:00), and the Miami Heat (1:10:40). ⁠⁠⁠Please fill out this survey to help me make this podcast better!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---  An NBA history podcast about the 2000s NBA. Hosted by Lew⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@L0GICMASTER⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social media...

The audio starts off kind of spotty but it gets better around the 10-minute mark I swear Previewing the 1999-2000 NBA season for every team in the Eastern Conference’s Central Division: The Chicago Bulls (1:30), the Cleveland Cavaliers (14:20), the Toronto Raptors (25:50), the Charlotte Hornets (35:00), the Milwaukee Bucks (44:50), the Detroit Pistons (54:00), the Atlanta Hawks (1:02:30), and the Indiana Pacers (1:13:10). ⁠⁠Please fill out this survey to help me make this podcast...

The audio starts off kind of spotty but it gets better as it goes along I promise!!! Previewing the 1999-2000 NBA season for every team in the Western Conference’s Midwest Division: The Vancouver Grizzlies (3:09), the Denver Nuggets (20:50), the Dallas Mavericks (32:46), the Minnesota Timberwolves (47:00), the Houston Rockets (56:00), the Utah Jazz (1:04:56), and the San Antonio Spurs (1:16:09). ⁠Please fill out this survey to help me make this podcast better!⁠⁠ ---  An NBA history podcast...

Previewing the 1999-2000 NBA season for every team in the Western Conference’s Pacific Division: The Portland Trail Blazers (2:35), the Los Angeles Lakers (10:56), the Phoenix Suns (16:19), the Sacramento Kings (23:50), the Seattle SuperSonics (30:32), the Golden State Warriors (41:05), and the Los Angeles Clippers (49:30). Please fill out this survey to help me make this podcast better!⁠ ---  An NBA history podcast about the 2000s NBA. Hosted by Lew ⁠@L0GICMASTER⁠ Social media...

Trailer for Rim Dynasty, a new NBA history podcast focused on the 2000s. Lew goes over what to expect from the show. Please fill out this survey to help me make this podcast better! ---  An NBA history podcast about the 2000s NBA. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER Social media links:  Phone/Voicemail: (405) 466-7623 Twitter: RimDynastyNBA Instagram: RimDynastyNBA TikTok: RimDynastyNBAPod YouTube: RimDynastyNBA Stats from Basketball Reference and NBA.com. Transaction info from...

Some background on the Stepien Rule, one of the most famous regulations on NBA draft pick trades: what it does, why it’s necessary, and how it came to be. We also discuss Ted Stepien, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1980-1983, who messed up his team’s future so efficiently that there had to be a rule named after him to keep teams from doing dumb things. --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on...

NEWSLETTER LINK (Beehiiv)- Please read and subscribe!⁠⁠ The worst of the worst for the 2022-23 NBA season. Awards doled out are as follows: Worst Defensive Player of the Year Most De-proved Player Fifth Man of the Year Worst Team All-NBA Least Valuable Player (LVP) Playoff LVP Also includes a very long rant about Dillon Brooks! ---  Podcast phone number for voice mails (KLTB): (405) 466-7623 ⁠⁠Link to Playback.tv (where I will be live-streaming NBA games)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠NEW...

NEWSLETTER LINK (Beehiiv)- Please read and subscribe!⁠ On some of my favorite odd box scores that happened in the final game of a team's season. Sometimes it's a great performance, but mostly it's weird ones where a benchwarmer plays all 48 minutes and scores 13 points. ---  Podcast phone number for voice mails (KLTB): (405) 466-7623 ⁠Link to Playback.tv (where I will be live-streaming NBA games)⁠ ⁠NEW WEBSITE⁠ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions....

NEWSLETTER LINK (Beehiiv)- Please read and subscribe! This is the pilot for a new podcast I am working on, a weekly NBA radio show set in the 1990s called "Talkin' Hoops" based in Oklahoma City covering the past week's events. This first episode is set on June 4th, 1990, and recaps the following: • Portland Trail Blazers @ Phoenix Suns WCF game 6 • Chicago Bulls @ Detroit Pistons ECF game 7 • Previewing the Portland vs. Detroit NBA finals • The new format for the NBA draft lottery •...

On Ed O’Bannon, whose short NBA career paled in comparison to his incredible senior season at UCLA. --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Website: https://www.backfirednba.com/ Playback.tv: https://www.playback.tv/backfirednbapod Social media links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backfirednbapod TikTok:...

Listing some of the worst Game 7 performances (in losing efforts) in NBA history, starting in 1990. Blowouts, cold shooting nights, you name it! --- Link to Playback.tv (where I will be live-streaming NBA games) - https://www.playback.tv/backfirednbapod NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter:...

On Roy Tarpley, the Dallas Maverick whose promising career was cut short when his addiction led to him being banned from the NBA. --- Link to Playback.tv (where I will be live-streaming NBA games) - https://www.playback.tv/backfirednbapod NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter:...

On the Golden State Warriors trading their young star, Mitch Richmond, to the Sacramento Kings for the #3 pick in the 1991 NBA draft, Billy Owens, and the game between the Kings and Warriors the next night. Plus: Jaren Jackson, Jr.’s blocks and steals are called into question. --- Link to Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks and steals (through 1/27/23) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NqVYtAa_zAJmHajL0A9lB0pAR52rgnB4620oqLMiBmo/edit#gid=0 Link to Reddit post:...

In the first part, I talk about Billy Donovan’s week as the head coach of the Orlando Magic, and then I take a brief look at what’s gone wrong for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors. --- NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on...

The Sacramento Kings thought they had their point guard of the future in Duke’s Bobby Hurley… until somebody slammed into him with their car. I hate when that happens! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backfirednbapod and TikTok:...

The NBA has been talking about expanding into Mexico City for a very long time. Is it finally time? Would the team be successful or just quickly fold/relocate? NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backfirednbapod and TikTok:...

On the worst trade in the history of the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies. In 1997, the Grizzlies traded a future first-round pick for NBA champion Otis Thorpe. Let’s just say things did not go as planned! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.backfirednba.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram:...

On the long-forgotten Legends Classic, a feature of NBA All-Star Weekend from 1984-1993 that ended not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with two whimpers. Plus: introducing the 40/30/60 Club, reserved for only the worst offensive seasons ever. --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram:...

On the Atlanta Hawks fumbling their way through replacing Lenny Wilkens as their head coach in the year 2000. JR Rider! Tom Izzo! Lon Kruger! This episode has it all. Plus: one lucky team earns the title of “Coach Killer.” --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER GREATEST GAMES NEVER PLAYED EPISODE 101: Grizzlies Migration: Vancouver to Memphis -...

On the Minnesota Timberwolves’ clandestine agreement with former #1 overall pick Joe Smith that would eventually pay him over $80 million— all he had to do was take a massive pay cut for three seasons first. Also, subscribe to my Substack! https://backfirednba.substack.com/ --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/backfiredNBApod/ Instagram:...

On a historic APBRmetrics messageboard post that was an exposé on the extent of scorekeeper bias in the NBA, demonstrated through its most famous and glaring example, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Nick Van Exel’s 23-assist game against the Vancouver Grizzlies. Plus: the origin of “1-2-3-CANCUN!” --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter:...

90-ish players selected with first round picks that were traded or cut during or immediately after their first season with their team, starting with the 1995 draft. The 1995 draft was the first draft that first-round players were subject to the “rookie scale.” What does that mean? Listen to find out! Also: a new segment. --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER https://twitter.com/L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter:...