The Bandwagon: An NBA Podcast

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! On today's show, we take a look at a few teams who have enjoyed incredible seasons and try to evaluate the upper limits that fans can expect to see this season. Here's the breakdown for the show: 0:01 - Phoenix Suns 14:37 - Denver Nuggets 31:21 - Brooklyn Nets ------------------ If you have any questions or topics you'd like us to cover on the next podcast, please send questions to mailbag@bandwagonnba.com! ------------------ As always, all music for the show...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Here's the breakdown for today's show: 0:01 - Orlando Magic 12:34 - Chicago Bulls 20:35 - Denver Nuggets 28:20 - Miami Heat 34:15 - Los Angeles Lakers (Drummond Signing) 36:29 - Brooklyn Nets (Griffin and Aldridge) 38:45 - Portland Trailblazers As always, thank you for listening! If you enjoy the show, check out our website, https://bandwagonnba.com! If you would like your questions answered on the show, send an email to mailbag@bandwagonnba.com!...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Here's the breakdown for today's show: 0:01 - MVP Award 11:40 - Most Surprising Team 18:45 - Most Disappointing Team 27:50 - Best Deal/Signing As always, if you have any questions for the show, please send them in to mailbag@bandwagonnba.com! If you want to read our most recent articles or follow along with our bad takes, visit https://bandwagonnba.com. ------------------------------ All music for the show produced by A-DASH -...

Welcome to the Bandwagon! As always, all music on the show produced by A-DASH (link below). If you enjoy the show, please be sure to follow the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Here's the breakdown for the show: 0:01 - The Utah Jazz have given fans a glimpse of what they had hoped for last year. So far, Utah has been on a tremendous tear and is sitting first in the league as a verified powerhouse. What has been the secret to their incredible season? 19:20 - Behind the efforts of Joel...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! We are excited to announce the rebrand of our website with a built-in podcast player, our (nominally) patented Take Tracker, and two brand new articles! Check it out at https://bandwagonnba.com! Here's the breakdown for today's show: 0:01 - The All-Star starters and reserves have been announced and we go over some of the more surprising results, including snubs and shocking additions. 23:06 - Despite the Nuggets' poor injury luck, Nikola Jokic has made an...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! On today's show, we go through our NBA All-Star ballots, explaining the reasons for some of the more difficult choices we faced. As always, thank you so much for listening. Please subscribe to the show wherever you listen and give us a review if possible! Show music produced by NewDerseyBeats----------------- https://www.youtube.com/user/NewDerseyBeats Bandwagon TakeTracker-------------- https://bandwagontaketracker.wordpress.com

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Here's the breakdown for the show, with some helpful links at the bottom! 0:30 - How have the Brooklyn Nets looked after 8 games with James Harden? We unpack the takes of notorious Harden-hater Brent Dolan and predict the future for this Brooklyn team. 21:20 - We break down the players who have had the most impact on the success of the Utah Jazz so far this season and look toward the Playoffs for a team that seems to be firing on all cylinders. 46:25 - The...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Before we get started, in celebration of MLK Day, here is the link to a bibliography of works curated by The King Center: https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/books-bibliography/ Here's the breakdown for the show: 0:01 - The James Harden trade was a blockbuster move which shook up the NBA landscape. Who are the winners and losers of the trade and what does this trade mean for the league? 26:43 - Kyrie 40:48 - Charles Barkley made headlines recently with his...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! We have a fun one today, so here's the breakdown for today's pod: 0:01 - Players took a knee in response to the attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. I walk through some of the responses and address the situation. 3:01 - Stephen Curry has once again captured the electricity that he had earlier in his career and has led Golden State to a pretty impressive record. We talk about the impact that Steph has had on the team, whether or not this will...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon, hosted by Stephen Kernan and Brent Dolan. Here's the breakdown for today's show: 0:01 - Evaluating the impact that Ja Morant's injury will have on the Memphis Grizzlies' goals and record this season. 09:48 - Breaking down the incredible defense from the Phoenix Suns and reevaluating their standing in the league after just six short games. 20:08 - Discussing the reasons the Denver Nuggets have struggled so far and unpacking what can be expected from them for the...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! On today's show, we preview the current NBA season and make predictions for the playoff seeding at the end of the year. Take Tracker - COMING SOON

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! On today's show, we dive into free agency and trade rumors. First, we discuss the Houston Rockets and the potential trade partners for James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Second, we talk about the Lakers' acquisition of Dennis Schroder and the rumors regarding Wes Matthews. Third, we jump over to Chris Paul and the trade rumors that would have him ending up in either Phoenix or Milwaukee. Last, we cap off the show by talking about the biggest Free Agents in the...

On today's show we dive into the start of the second round of the playoffs. We take a close look at each of the series and start to ask some questions about why the #1 seed in down 3-0. We share some of our own views on Coach Bud's coaching style as well as Vogel. Then we rant about Rondo for a little bit before talking about some of the less annoying series.

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! We have a ton of news to cover on this week's episode, so here's the breakdown: 0:01 - The Milwaukee Bucks announced that they would not be playing in Wednesday's playoff game in protest for the brutal shooting of Jacob Blake by police officer Rusten Shensky, which left Blake paralyzed. Following this announcement, the league announced that they would be postponing the playoffs until further notice in solidarity. While games are set to resume either Friday or...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! The NBA Playoffs are here and we are excited to see what happens! If you can't wait to see how the playoffs unfold, make sure to follow/subscribe to the show to stay up to date on the latest news! Here's the breakdown for today's show: 0:01 - Recapping the last three games of the regular season. First, we talk about the Grizzlies' performance in the bubble and their huge win over Milwaukee to make it into the play-in game. Then, we honor an incredible...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! We are excited to be back discussing the NBA and we have plenty to talk about thanks to the intensity out of the gate in the NBA Bubble. On today's show, we recap some of the stories early in the bubble and briefly preview some potential outcomes for the various teams who have made a splash so far. Here is the outline: 1:20 - The Lakers have clinched the 1 Seed in the Western Conference. What questions have they answered about the team so far and which...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! It is great to be in the studio recording again and even better to hear that the NBA is officially returning to finish out the 2019-20 in just a few short weeks! On this show, we break down the NBA's plan in Orlando as well as the implications it could have on future seasons as we move back to normalcy. For an in depth look at the plan, please visit http://www.bandwagonnba.com. As always, thank you for listening. If you want to support the show, please...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Here’s the breakdown for today’s show: 0:01 - Since the All-Star Break, Lebron James has clearly cemented himself as a top-tier MVP candidate and now likely finds himself neck-and-neck with Giannis Antetokounmpo for the award. What case does Lebron have for winning the MVP this year? Is Lebron’s case as strong as Giannis’? 36:40 - The 8th playoff spot in the Western Conference is going to be a relatively close race for the next two months between the Memphis...

Welcome back to the Bandwagon! Here’s the breakdown for today’s show: 0:00- Lebron vs Zion We have now seen Zion play against the Lakers twice within one week. Each game was a battle in its own right and you could tell that both Zion and Lebron were going after each other. What do these games tell us about Zion as a player and as a person? In what ways, if any, should Zion be compared to Lebron? Is it still possible for Zion to win ROTY? 21:22- Predicting Which Contender Will Lose In The...

Welcome back the Bandwagon! There hasn’t been much basketball played this week due to the AllStar break, so for this show we decided to look at the most likely contenders for the Finals and discuss their path to getting through the Playoffs. Here’s the breakdown: 0:00 - The Milwaukee Bucks are becoming the de facto favorites to win this year, supported by what will most likely be Giannis’ second consecutive MVP season. While Antetokounmpo, who is having a monstrous season, is by far the...