52. 2024 NBA Observations & Top of the East Spotlight

On the first half of this episode, we discuss NBA players and their hip-hop counterparts. Who is the Future of the NBA... and more!

We hit our flow state on this one. Listen to us break down the 6th studio album by Kendrick Lamar song-by-song, dive into some of the deeper meanings and purpose behind this music, as well as touch on Kendrick's ongoing beef with Drake and the spirituality within this album.

On this episode, we recap the Celtics/Cavs NBA Cup game that just wrapped up, and take the opportunity to analyze the way two of the best teams in the NBA are playing the game in contrasting styles. Then we shift gears to focus on where we stand with the NBA Cup, and try to predict how these games will play out going forward these next couple weeks.

We give our state of the union with the unfortunate news that the orange man will be back in office and then get back to our scheduled programming. The Blazers are off to a pretty rough start and we break down whether this could be their worst team in decades based on their offensive woes. Then we talk about the weird vibes with the Philadelphia 76ers and more!

We start off the episode going through the big music releases in the last week, focusing on Tyler the Creator's Chromakopia and Lil Uzi's Eternal Atake 2. Then, we had our weekly Trail Blazers discussion where we talked about the performance of our key young players. We finished off the episode playing a quick game of "I know it's only been 2 weeks but..." as a way of giving some immediate overreactions to the early NBA action.

*Yes, we know this one is way late, but Spotify gave us hell trying to get this posted* We're back and ready for another basketball season! Andy and Jason give their picks for all the major awards, the top seeds and who will be the champions. We also spend time highlighting the Portland Trail Blazers, which will be a a focus of every weekly episode.

We run through the NBA Finals matchup and give our predictions on who will take home the trophy. We also walk through what's at stake for the legacies of some of the stars like Jayson Tatum and Luka Doncic.

BBL DRIZZYYYYY!!! Join us as we recap the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake Beef, maybe the craziest thing to happen in hip hop in about 30 years. We go through all of the diss tracks in chronological order, give our reactions/thoughts and ask some bigger questions about what this may mean for their careers and who's going to come out on top. 7Days BBL Drizzy Remix: 0:00 - 1:14 Immediate Reaction to Drake's 'The Heart Part 6': 1:14 - 21:30 Full Chronological Breakdown of the Beef: 21:30 - 1:58:50

We take it series by series now that every matchup has played multiple games and talk through each of our main takeaways from the respective series. Stick around until the end of the episode to hear what music we've been bumping these last couple months.

In this episode, we broke down where every team sits in regard to the last playoff spot in the Western Conference and who may end up in the Play-in Tournament. Then we take some time to talk about the new-look Bucks with Doc Rivers and our sweet Portland Prince, Damian Lillard. We finish off with Jason's recap of Jordan Ward's Portland show.