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Hardwood Knocks, Episode 242: Atlanta Hawks Exit Interview, Russell Westbrook’s Future, Blazers-Nuggets Preview with Jeff Siegel

Basketball takes…basketball takes everywhere. iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Jeff Siegel (@jgsiegel) of Dime UProxx, Early Bird Rights and Peachtree Hoops joins the pod to discuss how the Celtics defended Giannis Antetokounmpo in Game 1, preview the Blazers-Nuggets series, break down the Warriors-Rockets series and talk

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 240: Cavaliers Exit Interview, Breakdowns for UTA-HOU, POR-OKC, SAS-DEN

Hardwood Knocks is rolling out end-of the year exit interviews for every. Single. NBA. Team. iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale First up: The 19-63, always-interesting Cavaliers. Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) of Fear The Sword and Dime UPROXX stops by to break down Cleveland’s outlook, head coaching search,

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 238: Magic Johnson Resigns, NBA Awards Picks

Welcome to the only end-of-the-NBA-regular-season podcast you need. iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale In the aftermath of Magic Johnson resigning as president of the Lakers, Hardwood Knocks talks about where LeBron and company go from here. After that, they go deep on the NBA’s year-end superlatives,

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 237: Hardwood Knocks: Ranking NBA’s Top 10 Lineups, Plus Kemba Walker’s Free Agency

Lineups, lineups, lineups…and more! iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Hardwood Knocks wraps up its ranking of the NBA’s top 25 lineups this season by discussing and breaking down the final 10. Andy and Dan also cannonball into some off-the-rails analysis of Kevon Looney, Paul George, Kemba

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La Pausa: How Trae Young Uses Time to Manipulate Defenses

If you’ve ever watched professional soccer with a hardcore fan, you’ve likely experienced that odd moment when your viewing partner applauds a play that, to the casual eye, seems completely innocuous. It happens once or twice each match, often when a player dwells on the

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 236: Ranking NBA’s Top-25 Lineups for the 2018-19 Season (Part I)

Hardwood Knocks’ lineup rankings are back, baby! iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale With the NBA’s 2018-19 regular season drawing to a close, Andy and Dan discuss the best five-man combinations of the year. These rankings were determined objectively and are, obviously, gospel. (Just kidding!) In Part

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 235 — MAILBAG: Ja Morant, Jaylen Brown, Lonzo Ball, Mike Conley, Top-5 Players

MAIL TIME! iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale In their latest mailbag episode, Hardwood Knocks goes deep on Jaylen Brown’s future; Mike Conley’s trade value; the best non-Lakers fits for Lonzo Ball; Donovan Mitchell’s capacity to play point guard; Ja Morant’s draft stock; the best passing bigs

Hardwood Knocks, Episode 234: All-NBA Underrated Teams (East and West)

Who are the most underappreciated players in the NBA this season? Hardwood Knocks has you covered. Andy and Dan build their All-NBA-style teams for this year’s most underrated players in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. iTunes | Art19 | Google Play | Spotify Spreaker | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Did they forget anyone? Of