Mike and Ben join their listeners for a live Spotify greenroom chat. They discuss the impact Monty Williams has had, the slow pace of play near the end of games, the fateful final play that saw Deandre Ayton score a buzzer-beater, and the Oklahoma City Thunder potentially being smited by the lottery gods.

Mike and Ben join their listeners for another Locker Room live chat, this time talking about playoff adjustments mid-series. In this episode they discuss the Clippers adjusting to Luka and the Mavericks offense, how the Hawks have stymied the Knicks' offense, the Jazz learning to defend Ja, and much more.

Mike and Ben join their listeners for a Locker Room live chat, talking about the spectacular play of Chris Paul and his injury, the Knicks' offense and adjustments to make, how the Clippers should deal with Luka, and much more.

Mike previews the NBA playoffs in a Locker Room chat with their listeners, including a possible pitfall of a matchup for Utah, possible plans to deal with Giannis, and how the Lakers could exploit the Suns. (Recorded pre Celtics Wizards)

Mike and Ben join their listeners in a Locker Room chat and talk about which players deserve to be in award conversations. They talk about Nikola Jokic, Steph Curry, and everyone's favorite 76er, Matisse Thybulle, and more!

Mike and Ben join their listeners for another live Locker Room chat. This time, they discuss why they love this NBA season, including Steph Curry's brilliance, Bradley Beal and Mike's complicated relationship with the Wizards, and Jimmy Butler's character renaissance.

Mike and Ben do another Locker Room chat, this time talking about the proliferation of the NBA's middle class, the Sacramento Kings, Zion Williamson the point guard, Stephen Curry's MVP case, and more Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join

Mike and Ben do another Locker Room chat to discuss the trade deadline. They go through the Bull's moves, Kyle Lowry not getting moved, what's going on in Houston, and so much more.

Mike and Ben join their listeners for a conversation on Locker Room about the state of the game, talking about various questions such as: Are there too many threes? How do you fix officiating? Does the NBA have stylistic diversity? And more!

Mike is back on Locker Room to chat about the festivities of All-Star Sunday, and takes a look into the second half of the NBA season.

Ben and Mike join their listeners in a live Locker Room chat to talk about Joel Embiid, coach firings, and so much more.

Seerat Sohi, national NBA reporter for Yahoo! Sports, joins the show for a free-form conversation on the most interesting stories of the NBA season. What kind of superteam are the Brooklyn Nets? If their stars aren't villains, what are they, exactly? Can they demonstrate that offense actually is more important than defense? Why isn't defense as cool as offense, anyway? Then, we discuss the fun vibe in Houston, the other team involved in the season's biggest star drama. How important is the...

The best team in the NBA right now plays in Salt Lake City. But just how good are the Utah Jazz? Can they really compete for a title, or is this just a cute early-season story. Ben Dowsett, longtime Jazz writer and creator of the Jazz Film Room subscription site, joins Mike to discuss the keys to Utah's improvement, Mike Conley's comfort, common national media misperceptions, and the underlying discussion the Shaq/Donovan Mitchell beef sadly overlooked. Plus, why the future of these Jazz will...

Nekias Duncan, staff writer for BasketballNews.com and the co-host of the groundbreaking "The Dunker Spot" podcast, joins the show to ponder the players that we've found most curious this season. What's going on with Ben Simmons' offense? Is Khris Middleton actually the Bucks' best player? (No but he sure seems like their closer). Are Warriors fans worrying too much? Why isn't Ja Morant on national TV more? Is Bam Adebayo the Heat's best offensive player now? Why are NBA teams still...

Varun Shankar, the pod's producer, joins the show to preview the NBA season. We've decided to draft the teams for this season in a sort of fantasy basketball format, but with teams instead of players. 3 people picking. 30 teams, 10 players each, it's a great time.

Mirin Fader, new features writer for The Ringer and the author of the upcoming book "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP," joins the show to talk about her new project and the other big thing that happened to Giannis recently. (We're talking about his decision to sign the supermax contract to stay in Milwaukee). Mirin explains why Giannis' commitment to Milwaukee is entirely in character, shares how family obligation gives him a sense of loyalty and duty that others don't possess, and...

It's player ranking season, which also means it's time for our semi-regular tradition of projecting the best players in the NBA in four years. We did this on SB Nation in 2011, 2013, and most recently in 2017. Now, we've decided to move it to the podcast and do an abbreviated version. Tim Cato, Kristian Winfield, Ricky O'Donnell, and Matt Ellentuck – four of the folks behind the 2017 list – joined Mike and Ben (our moderator) to perform a special live draft of the 2025 rankings list. Five...

GQ's Michael Pina, our most frequent podcast guest, joins Ben and Mike to begin thinking about the 2020-21 NBA season that's somehow imminent. We go through some hunches about the season to come that need further examination. Call them pre-predictions, opinions we feel comfortable thinking about but aren't ready to pin ourselves down to yet. Among them: Pina's Rockets optimism, Prada's Mavericks optimism, everyone's Kevin Durant optimism, and Ben's general season pessimism. Then, we use a...

Mike and Ben run through a hectic, but ultimately muted NBA free agency period. Did any team meaningfully improve its prospects? What do we make of the remade Bucks after the Bogdan Bogdanovic saga? Was Atlanta right to short-circuit its rebuild. Who makes up the West's second tier? Did the Lakers win the offseason? Plus, what will the Warriors look like without Klay Thompson.