Round 2 of the NBA playoffs begins on Saturday with Game 1 of the Pelicans-Warriors series. Ergo, stuff’s about to get real. iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Knowing this, Hardwood Knocks has called in Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes (@gt_hughes) to preview the best-of-seven set.
Playoffs, baby! iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale With the NBA playoffs in full swing, Andy and Dan discuss what they’ve seen so far from the Cavs-Pacers, Jazz-Thunder, Blazers-Pelicans and Bucks-Celtics matchups. They also talk about the latest in Kawhi Leonard dramatics; the Hornets’ decision
HELLO PLAYOFFS. But first, some obligatory breaking-news banter. iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Andy and Dan break down what will happen in the aftermath of the Knicks firing Jeff Hornacek and the Magic canning Frank Vogel. They then rank which of the current head-coaching vacancies
How does every NBA player stack up coming out of the 2017-18 regular season, based on everything we’ve learned after studying their performances during the last 82 games? That’s the question NBA Math staff members and contributors sought to answer, ranking each and every player in
Kawhi Leonard is expected to rejoin the Spurs this Thursday when they play the Pelicans. Is it too little too late for their slumping playoff chances? Plus, hosts Dan Favale and Andrew Bailey hand out updated report card grades for each of the Western Conference’s
Eight NBA teams are vying for the Western Conference’s final six playoff seeds, and things are starting to get weird. Everyone is worthy, and no one is safe. iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Can the Spurs survive the NBA’s toughest remaining schedule without Kawhi Leonard? Could the Thunder
NBA Math’s Arjun Baradwaj (@arjunebug21) and Chris Crouse (CW_Crouse) join Hardwood Knocks to talk about everything they learned, saw and heard while attending the 2018 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. From NBA playoff realignment and tanking, to potential league expansion and team relocation, to legalized
MAIL TIME! But first, some breaking-news items. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Will Dwyane Wade retire after this season? Is Gregg Popovich subtly recruiting LeBron James on behalf of the Spurs? How much does Ersan Ilyasova help the 76ers? Andy and Dan douse the NBA’s latest talking points