First Round Playoff Prediction

In this new episode of our podcast, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss 24 out of the 30 NBA Coaches and where they rank amongst four tiers.  The tiers are Championship caliber coaching, Playoff bound, Needs a solid team or a super team can't save you.  Timestamps are below.Tierlist categories- 0:20To be Determined- 0:5076ers/ Nick Nurse- 2:05Celtics/ Joe Mazzulla- 4:10Clippers/ Tyronn Lue- 5:30Bucks/ Doc Rivers- 14:30Grizzlies/ Taylor Jenkins- 17:25Bulls/ Billy Donovan- 18:15Hawks/ Quin Snyder- 19:40Heat/ Erik Spoelstra- 23:05Jazz/ Will Hardy- 23:50Kings/ Mike Brown- 25:00Knicks/ Tom Thibodeau- 28:30Magic/ Jamahl Mosley- 37:40Mavericks/ Jason Kidd- 39:50Nuggets/ Michael Malone- 43:50Pacers/ Rick Carlisle- 46:25Pelicans/ Willie Green- 47:20Pistons/ J.B Bickerstaff- 48:35Rockets/ Ime Udoka- 51:50Timberwolves/ Chris Finch- 54:30Suns/ Mike Budenholzer- 55:45Spurs/ Greg Popovich- 57:50Thunder/ Mark Daigneault- 1:01:00Trail Blazers/ Chauncey Billups- 1:01:55Warriors/ Steve Kerr- 1:03:55Changing the tiers- 1:07:35

With NBA Free Agency nearing a close, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through some of the most influential moves from the last week and talk about whether they made the right move, what the move means and how they can immediately impact their new team.  Timestamps below.Mikal Bridges- 0:40Paul George- 6:00James Harden- 12:10Klay Thompson- 19:40Demar DeRozan- 26:05Chris Paul- 30:45Dejounte Murray- 37:05Tobias Harris- 41:10Buddy Hield- 50:20Jonas Valanciunas- 52:10Isaiah Hartenstein/Alex Caruso- 52:55

In our newest edition of our NBA podcast Payton and Geigh give their opinions on this years draft class, do a ten pick mock draft and discuss other players that  have interesting storylines on falling in draft stock, where to get picked at or even if they will even get drafted.  Timestamps belowThoughts on draft class- 0:451- Hawks 4:252- Wizards 8:403- Rockets 14:104- Spurs 19:405- Pistons 23:506- Hornets 29:107- Blazers 36:008- Spurs 37:559- Grizzlies 40:4010- Jazz 44:40Nikola Topic- 53:20Rob Dillingham- 59:20Zach Edey- 62:20Keisei Tominaga- 67:30Bronny James- 69:55

With the first round of the playoffs officially in the books, Sam, Geigh and Payton look forward to the four conference semifinal matchups.  They discuss keys to winning the series, possible scenarios and who they have winning each series.  Timestamps below.Mavericks vs Thunder- 0:45Timberwolves vs Nuggets- 7:25Cavaliers vs Celtics- 16:35Pacers vs Knicks- 23:45Recap- 34:35

With the NBA Awards starting to get announced last week, we give our picks for our six awards we made preseason predictions on.  We include who we would've given the award to for the awards already announced and who we think should win it for the awards that have not been announced.  Timestamps are below.Preseason Predictions Recap- 0:30Most Improved Player- 1:20Coach of the Year- 10:506th man of the Year- 15:40Rookie of the Year- 19:05Defensive Player of the Year- 21:40Most Valuable Player- 24:50

Although some series are a few games in, Sam, Geigh, and Payton go through all eight series and predict who is going to win, in what number of games and why.  We discuss key factors, and also results from all game ones from the weekend.  Timestamps are below.Heat vs Celtics- 0:40Magic vs Cavaliers- 4:20Pacers vs Bucks- 11:3576ers vs Knicks- 16:10Pelicans vs Thunder- 24:20Mavericks vs Clippers- 34:00Suns vs Timberwolves- 44:50Lakers vs Nuggets- 54:30

Now that the regular season is over we conclude our custom Stock Market Game with a recap.  We discuss what we would've done differently and some stats and graphs that show our progress on the season.  Then we talk about the play-in games and discuss who we expect to win all six games.  Timestamps are below:Stock Market Game Recap- 0:35Lakers vs Pelicans- 28:50Warriors vs Kings- 38:40West Play-in 8th Seed- 49:25Heat vs 76ers- 56:25Hawks vs Bulls- 62:50

In our most recent tier list we discuss what the NBA playoff teams minimum mandate to determine whether or not their season was a success or failure.  Timestamps below:Intro- 0:20Perspective reasoning- 1:5076ers- 3:05Bucks- 8:00Bulls- 12:15Cavaliers- 15:10Celtics- 21:20Clippers- 24:05Hawks- 30:20Heat- 35:40Kings- 40:40Knicks- 47:00Lakers- 52:30Magic- 1:08:45Mavericks- 1:11:20Nuggets- 1:21:35Pacers- 1:26:30Pelicans- 1:30:00Suns- 1:33:05Thunder- 1:35:30Timberwolves- 1:39:55Warriors- 1:41:45Recap- 1:46:15

With less than two weeks left in the season, it is time for our Final Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $702.04, Sam has gained $698.07, and Payton has gained $383.80.  This brings the season total gains to Sam- $2926.44 and Geigh- $2629.56, and Payton has lost $16.91. Sam goes through everyones gains in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.  Who will finish with the most money and will PT break even?

In this new tierlist, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through the Tierlist that Sam and Geigh filled out in the preseason for every teams season expectation.  We re-tier all 30 teams and find out how many we got correct from the beginning of the season.  Timestamps are below and to watch the original Tierlist check out at the bottom.Review of original placements- 1:05Deciding to keep or review- 2:10Re-Tiers:Magic- 7:3576ers- 13:45Grizzlies- 14:50Spurs- 17:40Heat- 19:50Suns- 26:10Mavericks- 34:10Thunder- 38:05Timberwolves- 44:35Rockets- 49:15Pistons- 59:05Raptors- 61:30Warriors- 62:45Kings- 66:20Pacers- 68:45Lakers- 71:10Recap- 82:30https://youtu.be/yQ3Y4yCVIGE