Surprise Starts, Impressive Rookies, All-Stars Balling, and the Miserable LA Lakers

NBA Superstar Injuries, Suns and Pelicans Petty Wars, and a Very Interesting AFC East weekend.

Ben and Ethan are back after a 2 week hiatus to talk about some recent injuries to Anthony Davis, Steph Curry and Cade Cunningham. Then we discuss the surging Brooklyn Nets, and a potential budding rivalry between the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Pelicans. After, we talk about the New York Jets rough loss on Sunday to the Detroit Lions. Lastly we finish this episode off discussing our reactions to the 3-game Saturday slate of NFL, especially an awesome Dolphins-Bills matchup. This pod was recorded late on Sunday, Dec. 18th 2022.

The Buffalo Bills and the AFC East, LA Lakers, and Red-Hot Boston Celtics with Pete Hartrick

n this episode of the Backcourt boys, Ben and Ethan are joined by Pete Hartrick. Pete is a Bills fan and also a Laker fan. We begin the conversation on the status of the Lakers after a terrible loss to the Indiana Pacers, dropping them to 7-12 on the season (0:40). Next, we talk briefly about the red-hot Boston Celtics (10:40) and Brooklyn Nets (13:15). Later, we dive into some football and discuss the current state of the Buffalo Bills after coming into the season as a Super Bowl favorite. We also talk about the Dolphins (22:00), Jets (26:20) and the AFC East.

The Brooklyn Nets Update, Biggest Risers and Fallers of the Week

The boys are back and are joined by our first ever returning guest and fellow Nets fan Stephen Braunstein. We first catch up on the somewhat promising Brooklyn Nets and Ben Simmons (0:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=25s]). Then we dive into our biggest fallers of the week starting with the Miami Heat (11:48 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=708s]), and the Chicago Bulls (14:14 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=854s]). Next we discuss the biggest risers of the week including the Utah Jazz (19:45 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=1185s]), the Sacramento Kings (18:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=1135s]), and the Los Angelos Lakers (25:03 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LChCrfWoE&t=1503s]). We wanted to thank all of our listeners for tuning in and staying up to date on this NBA season. Just a reminder that you can also find us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts in case you want to use a streaming service to listen to our audio! This pod was recorded on Monday night (before the disgraceful Nets performance in Philly on Tuesday 10/22).

Garland and Embiid go for 50, The Bad Vibes Timberwolves, and has the Warriors Window Closed?

Ethan and Ben are joined by Timberwolves fan and friend of the show Jackson Beltrandi for this weeks pod. We discuss Darius Garland going for 50 and the weird start for the Minnesota Timberwolves (0:45), then we dive into Joel Embiid's monster game and how the Sixers look so far especially since the Harden injury (6:33). Next we discuss the promising OKC Thunder (10;45), De'Aaron Fox and the Kings (14:30), and Anthony Davis showing signs of his 26 year old self (16:23). Lastly, we talk about the Warriors unexpected rocky start and if their window is closed to continue this dynasty for many years to come (19:00).

Surprise Starts, Impressive Rookies, All-Stars Balling, and the Miserable LA Lakers

In this episode, Mike is not able to join us but Ethan and Ben discuss their reactions to the the amazing first two weeks of the 2022-2023 NBA season. Some surprise starts from certain teams while also seeing great signs from a really talented rookie class, We also talk some All-stars doing their thing early and unfortunately more content on the grim outlook of the Los Angeles Lakers season and future. Timestamp breakdown: (0:00) Intro (3:00) Surprise Starts - Nets (8:00) Sixers (10:35) Jazz (13:15) Rookie Power - Paolo Banchero (16:30) Benedict Mathurin (18:45) Dyson Daniels / Jalen Duren (21:50) Stars Being Stars - Jayson Tatum (23:45) Giannis (26:50) Los Angeles Lakers