King of the Court Podcast with Ben Riggs and Ben Staton

5 Big Things: Luka, Lebron, Jimmy, Joker, & More

With the playoffs just around the corner, we discuss the 5 big storylines heading into the postseason. What to watch and how the season will shake out down the stretch. Lebron & Luka's growing chemistry, Jimmy Butler & Steph, Jokic and Nuggets up & down, and can we REALLLLY trust the Thunder? Bonus: we debate who had a worse season, 76ers or the Dallas Mavericks.

NBA Playoffs Western Conference Preview: Thunder, Lakers, Mavs, Warriors, Nuggets

The NBA Playoffs are approaching. How will the Western Conference be won? Shai and Thunder are the prohibitive favorites. But are they really? What about Luka, Lebron, and the Lakers. AD and the new look Mavs? The 3 time MVP Jokic and Nuggets? And of course, Steph, Jimmy, and Draymond in Golden State? We break down the contenders in the Western Conference and outline the path through the West for each team.

Grading Top 3 Trades at Deadline: Luka to Lakers, Fox to Spurs, Butler to Warriors.

We recap one of the most exciting, eventful, and utterly insane trade deadlines. We grade the wild Lakers & Mavs trade that sent Luka to LA and AD to Dallas. We also grade the trade that brought De'aaron Fox from Sacramento to San Antonio to team up with Wemby and the Spurs. Finally, we examined the drama-filled saga that resulted in Jimmy Butler teaming up with Steph Curry and the Warriors.

Kyrie, Mavericks defeat Shai, Thunder AGAIN! Is Dallas a Better Team than OKC?

Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder once again to improve to 3-1 vs OKC on the season and 7-3 over their last 10 matchups. They won without Luka Doncic, Dereck Lively, Klay Thompson, Naji Marshall, and Jaden Hardy, while OKC was missing Chet and Hartenstein. For all the talk about how good the Thunder are, is it possible that the Mavs are just a better team than OKC? We discuss.

Life without Luka + Potential Trades for Mavs; Lakers, LeBron, & the Finney Smith Trade

The Dallas Mavericks are negotiating life without Luka Doncic. Where do they stand, how will they manage, and are they still a top team in the West? Do they need to make a big trade? And the Lakers finally made a move. JJ Redick and the Los Angeles Lakers traded for D'Angelo Russell for Dorian Finney Smith. What does this mean for the Lakers and the Western Conference?