Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about our most unlistenable podcast yet (6:00), Ben and Chris' fantasy context/history (8:30), Embiid's triple double (14:15), fantasy mirroring reality (17:30), fantasy personnel strategy (21:30), Wednesday, April 10th—The Final Night (23:30), explaining to his wife that he's in the fantasy finals (29:00), CW overtaking BC in 3P% (30:30), Jokic (32:00), .372 vs. .373 (37:30), John Collins (39:00), IBS (41:00), ESPN's fantasy platform sucks (43:00), havin...
Apr 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 60
Nate Williams joins the pod this week to talk about lessons from fantasy basketball (2:00), waiver wire panic (5:30), post-fantasy life (7:00), debriefing someone you're dating on fantasy sports addiction (8:00), Aaron Gordon (11:30), NBA subplots from 2019 (14:45), Carmelo Anthony (16:40), Brooklyn Nets and D'Angelo Russell (20:10), D'Angelo Russell (23:00), Caris LeVert (24:50), Brooklyn Nets free agency (26:00), the Clippers resurgence (30:00), the Clippers vs. Lakers free agency appeal (33:4...
Apr 08, 2019•50 min•Ep. 59
Billy Scafuri joins the pod this week to talk about being a sports fans in LA (3:00), fantasy basketball revelations from 2019 (8:00), load management (11:00), the business of the NBA and player value (13:15), Kawhi's health and rest (14:30), Trae Young and redefining the Most Improved Player Award (17:00), the young & fun Atlanta Hawks (20:45), Denver Nuggets playoff concerns (22:45), the young, inexperienced core of the Nuggets (23:50), problematic matchups for Jamal Murray in the playoffs...
Apr 01, 2019•48 min•Ep. 58
Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleev...
Mar 25, 2019•36 min•Ep. 57
Ryder Schumacher joins the pod this week to talk about Zion Williamson, the consensus #1 overall prospect in the country (3:00), his play in the ACC Tournament (4:30), Zion's physical attributes and skillset (5:30), the game against UNC (7:00), Zion's scouting report (8:30), his greatest strengthens (10:00), areas for improvement (12:30), willing passer (15:00), Zion's NBA comparison (15:50), comparing Zion and Blake (17:00), integrating Zion into a modern NBA offense (18:40), comparing Zion and...
Mar 18, 2019•44 min•Ep. 56
Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleev...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 55
David Futernick joins the pod this week to talk about Fiz and the tanking Knicks (2:00), Allonzo Trier (2:30), ugly losses in December and January (4:00), why free agents would want to come to NYC (6:30), Mitchell Robinson (7:15), Knicks youngsters (11:00), Frank Ntilikina (12:40), Vonleh (14:20), Enes Kanter (14:50), Kevin Knox (16:10), Porzingis (17:30), value / ROI for the KP trade (23:20), David Fizdale, Year 1 (26:00), Fizdale vs. Fortnite (29:20), Knicks upcoming free agency (31:10), Kyrie...
Mar 04, 2019•40 min•Ep. 54
Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about running into Boban and Tobias Harris at dinner in Philly (2:00), the mood in Philly re: the new look Sixers (16:15), the Celtics being in Philly's head (18:05), shady NBA Reddit streams (20:15), the transactional nature of the NBA making the season fly by (22:20), Mitchell Robinson (27:00), Mitch + goggles (33:00), revisiting the KP trade (35:00), the Knicks and high-priced "savior" talent (38:00), the transactional nature of the NBA (41:20), player...
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 53
Chris Smith joins the pod this week to talk about finding new hobbies (1:40), the Philadelphia 76ers (4:40), Philly's starting five (5:20), the Sixers continued struggles against the Celtics (7:30), the Toronto Raptors (10:00), Kawhi, Gasol and the culture change in Toronto (12:00), the Milwaukee Bucks (13:00), Milwaukee's lack of experience (14:45), the power vacuum in the East left by LeBron (16:00), the Boston Celtics (16:40), the trials and the tribulations of the Celtics (17:30), the Indian...
Feb 18, 2019•45 min•Ep. 52
3x NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champ and 11 year NBA vet Nate Robinson joins the pod this week to talk about the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden (2:55), hooping with energy and passion in NYC (4:30), molding his game after MJ, Deion Sanders and Allen Iverson (5:45), his son (6:50), the Seattle SuperSonics (8:20), making the most of opportunities (9:00), the infamous Knicks teams from 2005-2010 (11:50), favorite memory with the Knicks (16:00), playing alongside KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pier...
Feb 11, 2019•48 min•Ep. 51
Matt Hobby joins for an emergency pod to recap the NBA trade deadline. PLUS, it's the one year anniversary of the podcast, Happy Birthday, OTL! 🎁🎉🍾 Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: @OnTheLine_Pod Instagram: @OnTheLinePod iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 08, 2019•53 min•Ep. 50
Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite performances in the Slam Dunk Contest—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 #1- Team BC—Dunk 1 (5:00) #2- Team CW—Dunk 1 (17:20) ROUND 2 #3- Team BC—Dunk 2 (23:50) #4- Team CW—Dunk 2 (28:10) ROUND 3 #5- Team BC—Dunk 3 (34:35) #6- Team CW—Dunk 3 (38:10) ROUND 4 #7- Team BC—Dunk 4 (42:00) #8- Team CW—Dunk 4 (47:05) ROUND 5 #9- Team BC—Dunk 5 (52:10) #10- Team CW—Dunk 5 (54:50) HONORABLE MEN...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 49
The New York Knicks have traded the son of God, Kristaps Porzingis, to the Dallas Mavericks. Ben Craw joins the pod for an emergency check-in / therapy session. 😭😭😭 Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: @OnTheLine_Pod Instagram: @OnTheLinePod iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Feb 01, 2019•51 min•Ep. 48
Amir Blumenfeld joins the pod this week for a game of Let's Make a Deal! We're wheeling and dealing, crafting some big ticket, franchise altering NBA trades. SPOILER ALERT, AB sends Anthony Davis to the Lakers 🙄 Here are the trade timestamps: AB Trade #1 (8:30) CW Trade #1 (10:57) AB Trade #2 (16:15) CW Trade #2 (18:20) AB Trade #3 (21:20) CW Trade #3 (25:00) AB Trade #4 (33:55) CW Trade #4 (38:30) AB Trade #5 (42:00) CW Trade #5 (45:20) Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive yo...
Jan 28, 2019•51 min•Ep. 47
Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite things about NBA legend JJ Redick—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 * #1- Team CW—Player 1 (5:50) #2- Team BC—Player 1 (13:15) ROUND 2 #3- Team CW—Player 2 (18:50) #4- Team BC—Player 2 (24:15) ROUND 3 #5- Team CW—Player 3 (29:15) #6- Team BC—Player 3 (33:00) ROUND 4 #7- Team CW—Player 4 (37:50) #8- Team BC—Player 4 (43:10) ROUND 5 #9- Team CW—Player 5 (47:00) #10- Team BC—Player 5 (50...
Jan 21, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 46
The Seattle SuperSonics played in the Pacific and NW divisions of the Western Conference from 1967 until 2008 and were NBA Champions in 1979. The franchise won three Western Conference titles (1978, 1979, 1996) and six divisional titles (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005). After the 2007–08 season ended, the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City, and were renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. Lenny Wilkens, Gus Williams, Finals MVP Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown... Tom Chambers, Xavier Mc...
Jan 14, 2019•51 min•Ep. 45
The Seattle SuperSonics played in the Pacific and NW divisions of the Western Conference from 1967 until 2008 and were NBA Champions in 1979. The franchise won three Western Conference titles (1978, 1979, 1996) and six divisional titles (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005). After the 2007–08 season ended, the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City, and were renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. Lenny Wilkens, Gus Williams, Finals MVP Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown... Tom Chambers, Xavier Mc...
Jan 07, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 44
Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA Nicknames—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 * #1- Team CW—Player 1 (4:00) #2- Team BC—Player 1 (12:15) ROUND 2 #3- Team CW—Player 2 (15:35) #4- Team BC—Player 2 (18:10) ROUND 3 #5- Team CW—Player 3 (20:10) #6- Team BC—Player 3 (24:20) ROUND 4 #7- Team CW—Player 4 (26:00) #8- Team BC—Player 4 (32:10) ROUND 5 #9- Team CW—Player 5 (36:30) #10- Team BC—Player 5 (39:20) ROUND ...
Dec 31, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 43
🚨🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨 (4:00) Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA Trees—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 * #1- Team BC—Player 1 (13:10) #2- Team CW—Player 1 (26:30) ROUND 2 #3- Team CW—Player 2 (34:50) #4- Team BC—Player 2 (40:45) ROUND 3 #5- Team CW—Player 3 (45:15) #6- Team BC—Player 3 (51:30) ROUND 4 #7- Team CW—Player 4 (57:00) #8- Team BC—Player 4 (1:03:00) ROUND 5 #9- Team CW—Player 5 (1:07:00) #...
Dec 24, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 42
Geoffrey James joins the pod this week to talk trouble in paradise with Kevin Durant (3:45), Tristan Thompson (8:50), Derrick Rose’s 50 point game (12:30), the sucky Houston Rockets (14:40), rooting for the Cavs and LeBron while living in Los Angeles (19:20), Kemba Walker’s 60 point effort (22:50), Luka Dončić (29:40), the Washington Wizards earned jersey (34:10), Indiana Pacers city edition jersey (35:55), Dwyane Wade’s farewell game against LeBron’s Lakers (38:45), MVP-contender Kawhi Leonard ...
Dec 17, 2018•58 min•Ep. 41
Daniel Rosen joins the pod this week to talk about the Toronto Raptors getting national media coverage (2:00), ranking Toronto’s professional sports teams in terms of fan importance (3:40), comparing the fanbases of the Maple Leafs and Raptors (5:00), Joe Carter (6:00), the excitement of Raptors expansion (7:15), the Vince Carter years (9:50), the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest (10:15), Vinsanity (11:00), Isiah Thomas (12:45), Tracy McGrady & Vince Carter (13:30), the Raptors losing to the Sixer...
Dec 10, 2018•54 min•Ep. 40
Lucas Kavner joins the pod this week to talk the competence of the LA Clippers (2:10), their lethal offense (3:00), Montrezl Harrell (6:00), Patrick Beverley (8:10), deconstructing the Clippers roster: morphing from disgruntled stars into a group of fun underdogs (9:55), CP3 trade (10:45), Blake Griffin trade (11:20), Doc Rivers (12:10), Tobias Harris (16:00), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (20:05), Markelle Fultz (24:10), Clips hopes for the rest of the season (27:05), Clippers trying to prove it’s po...
Dec 03, 2018•59 min•Ep. 39
Adam Lustick joins the pod this week to talk NBA excellence (3:45), reviewing the Western Conference (4:15), scoring and lack of defense (5:00), Adam Lustick’s most overrated NBA player (6:30) and underrated NBA player (7:40), Charlotte’s upcoming decision to extend or trade Kemba Walker (8:15), Kemba and Michael Jordan (10:00), NBA power-shifts from West to East (11:40), enjoying the struggles of the Warriors (13:00), the Warriors morphing from fun League Pass heroes to NBA villains (14:00), Wa...
Nov 26, 2018•59 min•Ep. 38
Tony Hartman joins the pod this week to talk NBA nihilism vis-a-vis the Cleveland Cavs (1:50), the legacy of Carmelo Anthony (3:00), media perception/narrative of Melo (6:30), Melo never winning a ring (8:00), Carmelo rebuilding the Denver Nuggets (8:30), Melo making the playoffs with the Nuggets from 2004-2010 (10:00), Knicks & Melo Pt. 1—The Playoff Runs (11:00), Knicks & Melo Pt. 2—The Dark Ages (13:00), The Garden's reaction to Melo (14:00), The Original Sin—Phil Jackson giving Carme...
Nov 20, 2018•56 min•Ep. 37
Matt Hobby joins the pod this week to talk being happy for Jimmy Butler (4:15), GM Tom Thibodeau's head is in the sand (4:45), player empowerment and autonomy (5:40), the long, strange trip of Jimmy Butler's young career (7:25), Jimmy Buckets the teammate (8:15), Robert Covington and Dario Šarić place in the history of The Process (11:10), Covington's emergence (12:00), Dario's upside (13:25), PRO/CONS of the trade for the Sixers (14:30): Butler's usage rate and what it means for Simmons and Emb...
Nov 12, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 36
Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleev...
Nov 05, 2018•48 min•Ep. 35
Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson and Ryder Schumacher join the pod this week to talk Ty Lue's firing (2:25), next coach fired (3:30), Houston's reported offer of four 1st round draft picks for Jimmy Butler (6:45), Nikola Jokić (12:10), Boston Celtics (16:05), Houston Rockets' sluggish start (18:20), Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors (21:30), the free wheeling Milwaukee Bucks (24:20), Philadelphia 76ers early struggles and questions (27:20), the Markelle Fultz experiment (28:30), New Orleans Pelicans (...
Oct 29, 2018•57 min•Ep. 34
David Futernick joins the pod this week to talk growing up with the 90's/early 2000's Knicks (4:00), an atrocious 15 years of basketball in NY (6:00), Knicks 1st round draft pick blunders: an oral history (7:45), jerseys off the clearance rack (11:15), feeling excited about Cleanthony Early (12:10), keeping James Dolan away from the Knicks (14:20), recapping the last year of Knicks bulletpoints (15:00), optimism for the NYK's 2018-19 season (15:40), hopes for the upcoming season (16:30), NYK 201...
Oct 22, 2018•51 min•Ep. 33
Curran Connor joins the pod this week to preview some of the heavy-hitters in the Western Conference: Houston Rockets (3:30), Golden State Warriors (9:50), Portland Trail Blazers (17:50), Oklahoma City Thunder (23:45), Utah Jazz (29:50), New Orleans Pelicans (34:15), San Antonio Spurs (40:05), Jimmy Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves (46:12) and of course... the Los Angeles Lakers (57:30). Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 32
Lucas Kavner joins the pod this week to preview some of the heavy-hitters in the Eastern Conference: Toronto Raptors (3:57), Boston Celtics (9:15), Philadelphia 76ers (13:30), Cleveland Cavaliers (19:35), Indiana Pacers (22:45), Miami Heat (24:45), Milwaukee Bucks (27:20), Washington Wizards (30:55)—plus Lucas' surprise dark-horse team (33:10)! Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: @On...
Oct 08, 2018•36 min•Ep. 31
