#thisleague UNCUT dishes on hot NBA topics beyond what Chris Haynes and Marc Stein report on social media with even more candor and opinion. Stein and Haynes go deep and dive into the all the NBA topics, rumblings, and intel!
The latest with Bradley Beal and his likely looming exit from Washington. The prospect of New Orleans actually trading Zion Williamson. All the transactional talk that has surfaced so quickly since the NBA Finals finished ... Chris Haynes and Marc Stein go through every bit of it for you on the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT. #fsr #douggottliebshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest episode of #thisleague UNCUT, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein preview Game 5 of the NBA Finals but also start to turn their attention to the offseason chaos that awaits. They discuss the prospect of a significant trade at the top of June 22 draft, Toronto's hiring of Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajaković to fill the league's final head coaching vacancy and the latest with Kyrie Irving's looming free agency ... including potential interest from Houston. #fsr #2pros See omnystudio.com/list...
Chris Paul's likely exit in Phoenix, Kyrie Irving's apparent determination to re-sign with Dallas, all of the twists and turns -- and rival teams -- those stories potentially involve AND a look at the state of the NBA Finals after Denver's Game 3 masterpiece in Miami ... it's all here in the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT with Chris Haynes and Marc Stein. #fsr #jss See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To preview the NBA Finals, Chris and Stein connect with a special guest direct from the Finals in Denver: Nuggets GM Calvin Booth. The matchup with Miami, daily life with Nikola Jokić, Denver's lack of national respect, playing vs. GMing and more ... Booth and the guys discuss a wide range of subjects. #fsr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marc Stein has some solo instant reaction to the Heat's stunning Game 7 victory in Boston to clinch a spot in the NBA Finals after they had blown a 3-0 series lead ... and how the Denver Nuggets won big, too, on Monday night ... and how the volume on questions about the Jayson Tatum/Jaylen Brown duo are about to get louder than ever. #fsr #benmallershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Haynes was the first to report Monday night that "retirement is under consideration" for LeBron James. So naturally, on the morning after that bombshell, Haynes and Marc Stein got together to record an unscheduled episode of #thisleague UNCUT to cover the sudden end of LeBron James' 20th NBA season and his podium comments afterward from all angles ... including a look at various roster implications for the Lakers. #fsr #oddcouple See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Carmelo Anthony unexpectedly announced his retirement Monday morning. In their latest pod convo, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein react to the Melo news and then go in-depth on the potential sweeps in the Eastern and Western Conference finals ... with particular time spent on the crumbling Celtics and surging Nuggets. As a bonus, Chris shares a detailed breakdown from a weekend pickup game starring several prominent NBA reporters and Giannis Antetokounmpo's unexpected love affair with Fresno, Calif. ...
LA Clippers forward Nicolas Batum has been talking up Victor Wembanyama for years. After we learned this week that Wemby is San Antonio-bound after the Spurs won the draft lottery, Batum joined Chris Haynes and Marc Stein on #thisleague UNCUT to talk about all things Wemby, international basketball with France, whether there's really room on the national team for Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert AND Joel Embiid ... plus we weaved in some talk about the Clippers' season and future, Phoenix's attempts t...
So much has happened since the last time Chris Haynes and Marc Stein got together for a podcast -- which was only a few days earlier -- that the guys decided to tackle six key NBA topics in (roughly) six minutes each. They started with Philadelphia's Game 7 flop in Boston, proceeded to the abrupt firing of Monty Williams in Phoenix, assessed what's next in Golden State after the defending champs were ousted in Round 2 by the Los Angeles Lakers, previewed both the Western and Eastern Conference f...
The latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT features instant reaction from Chris Haynes and Marc Stein to Boston's season-saving Game 6 win in Philadelphia and Denver's Game 6 rout in Phoenix to close out the Suns ... with lots of discussion about the changes expected in the desert in the wake of of the Suns' early exit and a look ahead to two more Game 6s Friday (Knicks at Heat and Warriors at Lakers) that give both home teams a chance to secure conference finals berths. #fsr #douggottliebshow See ...
On the latest #thisleague UNCUT, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein react to two Sunday classics -- Sixers/Celtics and Suns/Nuggets -- in which Philadelphia and Phoenix saved their seasons with clutch wins that enabled both to avoid a 3-1 series deficit. The guys also debate the likelihood of a Nikola Jokic suspension for Game 5 back in Denver ... then we take you inside Chris' one-on-one interview with the Lakers' Anthony Davis that was also unexpectedly attended by Tristan Thompson and LeBron James. ...
Chris Haynes and Marc Stein connect for some instant Game 2 reaction after the Warriors even their second-round series with the Lakers in which they also assess the rest of the playoffs, then move on to tackle the news that Milwaukee has parted ways with championship-winning coach Mike Budenholzer ... and what that means next not only for the Bucks but the other teams (Toronto and Detroit) that also have coaching vacancies. In the middle of it all, Stein launches into passionate speeches about h...
The only place for Chris Haynes and Marc Stein to start on the latest episode of #thisleague UNCUT: The best playoff game of James Harden's life. The guys discuss Harden's 45 points in a huge Game 1 win for Philly without the injured Joel Embiid, reflect on a historically bad two sports days in Boston, examine a playoff field that has more lower seeds than we're used to see this time of year and naturally spend a lot of time looking ahead to the league's dream second-round matchup: Stephen Curry...
What is next for the Bucks and under-fire coach Mike Budenholzer after their stunning first-round exit? What is next for the Clippers after finishing the season without Kawhi Leonard or Paul George? Chris Haynes and Marc Stein tackle those questions AND catch up with Grizzlies legend Zach Randolph before Memphis' Game 6 in LA against the Lakers on Friday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In his latest #thisleague UNCUT soliloquy, Marc Stein reiterates his long-held contention that Jimmy Butler never gets sufficient praise for his production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Haynes and Marc Stein open the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT with the usual helpings of playoff talk, focusing on Kings/Warriors and Suns/Clippers as well as the latest on Kawhi Leonard. They also speak at length about Damian Lillard's unexpected courtside appearance in Brooklyn and what it REALLY meant. As a bonus, Haynes and Stein chat with 17-year-old Dink Pate, who is poised to become the youngest known American-born pro basketball player after his decision to forego his senior y...
Even with injuries that sidelined both Ja Morant and Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wednesday night and major front office news in the nation's capital AND lots more going on, there was only one place for Haynes and Stein to train their focus for the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT: All things Draymond Green. All the ins and outs of Green's suspension Game 3 against Sacramento, his many highs and undeniable lows as a Warrior and his future in the Bay Area ... they cover it at all while also weavin...
Our first pod of the playoffs has inside stories on Pat Bev, Ty Lue and Nicolas Batum, updates on the Milwaukee/Miami series and a lengthy look at the Clippers/Suns series from a number of angles. But Haynes and Stein also manage to weave in some unforeseen tales about Chris wearing a white suit on South Beach, Marc's high school graduation cruise and the state of Chris' game. In short: There's a lot here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On the latest #thisleague UNCUT, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein reflect on the play-in games we've seen so far, look ahead to the first-round matchups we already know and mostly discuss the various teams feeling the pressure to build around their stars like Portland (Damian Lillard) and Dallas (Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving) ... and in New Orleans' case get the star (Zion Williamson) on the floor. The pressure Minnesota faces in its play-in home game Friday night against Oklahoma City, after Rudy Go...
In Part 2 of our conversation with Golden State's Draymond Green, Draymond discusses his leadership approach this season, goes in-depth on his practice floor clash with Jordan Poole and the aftermath, addresses his long-term future with the Warriors and helps us break down the Western Conference playoffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two rookie podcasters meet a veteran podcaster when Chris Haynes and Marc Stein host Golden State's Draymond Green on #thisleague UNCUT. In Part 1 of their conversation, Draymond dishes on why this has been the hardest of Golden State's four title defenses, goes in-depth on his own mindset on D and the Warriors' struggles at the defensive end on the road this season and shares detailed insight on the way he approached the recent home win over New Orleans in which the defending champions came bac...
Until the next time Chris Haynes and Marc Stein connect for the usual serving of #thisleague UNCUT, Marc has an essay that focuses on Kevin Durant and the unprecedented nature of the Suns trying to win a championship after trading Durant at midseason ... with some ranting about a deflating final week of the regular season thrown in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Entering the final week of the regular season, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein dig into the hottest news items in their notebooks in the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT. They share insights on the NBA's new labor deal and proceed from there to Kyrie Irving's future in Dallas, Stephen Curry's suggested MVP vote and then the latest from the coaching carousel regarding Toronto's Nick Nurse and San Antonio's Gregg Popovich. Also: Haynes and Stein share some tales from their time as residents of the ...
Fresh off Sacramento clinching its first playoff spot since 2005-06, Kings head coach Mike Brown joins Haynes and Stein for a wide-ranging and candid convo that explains the approach he brought into this new job, some of the challenges involved in trying to change a culture, jobs he didn't get before landing Sacramento's, Xs-and-Os insights to explain some of the success De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis have achieved this season, how aware the Kings are of some West teams reportedly wanting to ...
On the latest episode of #thisleague UNCUT, Marc Stein tells Chris Haynes that he thinks we already know the 10 teams that will occupy the top 10 spots in the final West standings ... because Stein contends that the Mavericks will not be able to rally from their two consecutive losses to Charlotte to even make the play-in round. From there the guys go deep on the Mavericks' nightmarish weekend, Luka Doncic discussing his frustrations, Dallas' struggles since trading for Kyrie Irving and how badl...
On the latest episode of #thisleague UNCUT, after Chris Haynes' arrival for their latest recording was delayed slightly by a one-on-one chat he had to finish up with a Knicks star, Chris joined Marc Stein to discuss all the latest major injury news in the West surrounding Paul George, LeBron James and Zion Williamson and how injuries have affected the strange-looking West standings. They also naturally talked about the Dallas Mavericks' looming protest of their Wednesday night home loss to Golde...
What can you expect from the latest episode of #thisleague UNCUT? Ifyou want injury updates on LeBron James and Anthony Davis that you can't get anywhere else ... and more rants about the uncharacteristic mediocrity that pervades the Western Conference ... and Chris Haynes' insistence that Mike Brown should be a UNANIMOUS Coach of the Year selection ... and Marc Stein's (let's call it untraditional) list of his all-time favorite hoops sneaks ... and another hard-to-fathom tale from Haynes about ...
The latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT covers lots of ground, from our reaction to the NBA's Ja Morant sanctions to a breakdown of the very crowded All-NBA landscape for guards to our review of Damian Lillard's latest podcast comments to JJ Redick -- as well as what he said to this very podcast about a month ago. As a bonus, at Chris Haynes' behest, we also addressed some listener complaints after nearly two months of podding together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT, Marc Stein rants against the uncharacteristic mediocrity throughout the Western Conference that, essentially 70 games into season, has begun to set him off. Chris Haynes isn't quite as down on the West as Stein ... maybe because he just connected with Kings coach Mike Brown and star guard De'Aaron Fox for an inside look at Sacramento's Cinderella season. The guys go in-depth on Chris' recent Bleacher Report story on the West's No. 2 seed and the Kings'...
On the latest edition of #thisleague UNCUT, Chris Haynes and Marc Stein get together to talk about Joel Embiid's postgame interview with Chris from Tuesday night on TNT, how Embiid seems almost resigned to losing the MVP race to Nikola Jokic again, how both Haynes and Stein believe the race is NOT over, how they both approach MVP voting philosophically ... plus an extended discussion about James Harden's first full season in Philadelphia and the looming threat of him going back to Houston. See o...
