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6 days ago
NBA-Team: 2022 Rookie Extensions
6 days ago
6 days ago
After many years of this being buried at the end of the yearly Pre-Agency, Andrew finally gets to discuss in length who from the 2022 Rookie Class deserves lucrative contract extensions and what their range should be.

Friday May 23, 2025
NBA-Team: Gone Fishin': The Field
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
In this batch of this season's post mortems, Andrew and Adam look at teams who are too good to be in the tanking list, too stable to be in the "best interests of the organization," but not good enough to be in the league's elites. Teams covered are:POR, SA, MIL, ORL, DET, LAC, LAL, HOU.

Tuesday May 20, 2025
NBA-Team: 2025 Conference Finals Preview
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Andrew and Adam preview the final four teams left in the tournament.

Wednesday May 14, 2025
NBA-Team: False Flagg Operation
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
The NBA Draft Lottery is in...and the team who gave away one of the best players in the NBA for pennies on the dollar was rewarded with the number one pick? Hmmmm...conspiracy maybe? Well, let's get our tin foil hats on and talk about Dallas, with all their 1.8% odds, somehow possibly saving the future of their franchise? Oh yeah, Adam is also bummed about the Celtics window (seemingly) being slammed shut. Enjoy!

Monday May 12, 2025
NBA-Team: Capture the Flagg
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Andrew and Adam are back with more port mortems of teams that raced to the bottom of the standings (well, most of these teams did) in order to improve their odds for winning this year's draft lottery and getting Cooper Flagg. Some teams were tossed down here through early season injuries, and then there's just toronto, who no one knows what they're doing. Teams covered are UTA, WAS, CHA, NO, PHI, BKN, TOR. Enjoy!

Friday May 09, 2025
NBA-Team: Decisions Made in the Best Interest of the Organization
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
In the first part of this seasons' post-mortems, Andrew and Adam look at teams who were sunk this season due to mettling from the office or ownership. From trading your franchise cornerstone to publicly calling out your star player then suspending your star player, these teams had some internal distractions. Teams covered are CHI, MIA, SAC, PHX, ATL, DAL, and MEM. Enjoy.

Tuesday May 06, 2025
NBA-Team: 2024-2025 Playoffs: 2nd Round Preview
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Andrew and Adam preview this year's 2nd Round Matchups.

Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
NBA-Team: Finally.....
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
The craziest season in memory has finally come to an end. Trades being done that even NBA 2k wouldn't do, Coaches being fired amidst playoff hunts...and that final month of all two-way players and end of benchers. Is there anyone left who played enough games for the end of the season awards? Andrew and Adam bring the 2024-25 regular season to a close.

Friday Apr 18, 2025
NBA-Team - 2025 Playoffs: First Round
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Andrew and Adam preview the first round of the upcoming playoffs.

Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
PTBN's NBA-Team: April Rules But Sometimes Drools
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
It is the best of times, and it is the worst of times in the NBA season. It is superlative season as the awards candidates are being discussed, tanking teams try their best (or worst) to get Cooper Flagg, and the Cavs, Thunder, and Celtics are eclipsing 60 wins in a season. But what about the middle? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are here to talk about it all! The play-in scenarios are almost locked in, but why are the Grizzlies and Suns pulling the plug after firing Taylor Jenkins and sitting Kevin Durant? Is the Pistons' aggressive nature a good way to get an edge for a squad that has never had playoff history? Why does Adam still think the Knicks cannot be considered a title contender this year? The two also discuss Giannis going on a tear, the Rockets and Wolves getting hot, LeBron, and much more! So suit up and take it out in episode 338 with the NBA-Team!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
NCAA Team: Names 2 Know
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Knowing that Andrew will be away for his yearly Madness "sabbatical," Adam got a hold of him before the tournament to check back in on the NBA Prospects. Has Cooper Cupp solidified his #1 position? Has anyone come out of nowhere and shot up the boards? Find out who Andrew has fallen in and out of love with on the latest edition of the NCAA Team

Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
PTBN's NBA-Team: Securing the Bag
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
March is up and running, and while college players get their national spotlight and then hit the transfer portal, the NBA is stuck in their late-season purgatory where the only portal left is the postseason one, but which ones are ready to cash in and cash out? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are here for the real NBA sicko's to catch everything up. The Eastern Conference playoff picture looks locked in, but are the teams in the picture locked in or not? Will the injury bug force the Dallas Mavericks to do the unthinkable and forfeit regular season games? Will the Cavs ever lose again? Why does Adam Murray think we should have the first-ever tie in league MVP history between Nikola Jokic & Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Riche and Adam also talk about wild finishes, rolling out the tanking teams, bad officiating, and more! So suit up and take it on episode 336 with the NBA-Team!

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
PTBN's NBA-Team: Beware the Slides of March
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
As the number of regular season games left shrink more and more, we see the chances of playoff success slip and slide and the tanks are getting ready to roll out. Things might be down, but Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are back after one week to look and see what is up (and down). The Phoenix Suns' season is likely doomed, but whose fault is it really. The Sixers are also staring down an abyss after shutting down Joel Embiid for the season, but why does Riche think their long-term title hopes are not dead yet? Is there a limit to how much control head coaches in no risk of being fired can really have over their superstars after the Mike Budenholzer-Devin Booker fiasco? Riche and Adam also talk about the muddled Western Conference standings, the California teams being in their honeymoon phases, the Cavs beating the Celtics in Boston, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 335 with the NBA-Team!

Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
PTBN's NBA-Team: Love, Victor
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
The All-Star break is over, and it's time for everyone in the league to get to work and maybe get some overtime. Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are done with their own two-week break and are clocking back in to check on which teams are rising, falling, tanking, and flunking as we enter the last two months of the regular season. Are the Phoenix Suns, the most expensive roster in the NBA, already doomed by our accounts? How devastating is (or could be) for Victor Wembenyama being shut down by the Spurs after a blood clot issue? How are the Brooklyn Nets somehow winning games? Why does Riche have such a huge beef with Adam Silver after his cowardly answer about not intervening in the Luka Doncic trade? Riche and Adam also revisit their over-under win total predictions, who will win the Defensive Player of the Year award, the meaningless All-Star weekend, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 334 with the NBA-Team!

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
PTBN's NBA-Team: After Shocks
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
After a seismic, earth-shaking deal between the Lakers and Mavericks sent the trade deadline into a whirlwind (where we had a record amount of deals in one week), Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are trading all the details, hot takes, and barbs about the 2025 deadline. Is there any justification for a lifelong fan to turn heel on their own franchise the way that Mavericks fan have after Luka Doncic was dealt? Is the luxury tax limit still the biggest boogeyman in the NBA as teams continuously sold for pennies on the dollar? Did a team on pace to win 60 games somehow get BETTER when the Cavs acquired De'Andre Hunter? HOW many teams were involved in that Jimmy Butler trade to Golden State? Riche and Adam also talk about the frustrating Kings, the blow-it-up Bulls, the soft-reset Hawks, De'Aaron Fox to the Spurs, and much more! So suit up and take it out in episode 333 with the NBA-Team!