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Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
NBA-Team: 2022-23 Previews: The Elite Class
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Our 2022-23 Season Previews continue with group 1a. They're in the top group...but on paper, they're just below our season favourites. What we do know, is if you want to get to the finals you need to go through this tough group. This Week Andrew and Adam Preview Miami, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. Enjoy!
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
NBA-Team: 2022-23 Previews: The Upper Class
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Our Previews continue with the NBA's Upper Class - the group who are poised to play this year's spoilers. One final little trade, one favorable matchup, no injuries....just a little luck. This week Andrew and Adam preview Memphis, Denver, Minnesota, and Brooklyn. Enjoy!
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
NBA-Team - 2022-23 Previews: The Upper Middle Class
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
The NBA is a harsh mistress. You have to spend A LOT of money - just to be a 6 seed AT BEST?! Whaaaaat?! In this episode, Andrew and Adam preview Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, and the LA Lakers. Enjoy !
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
NBA Team - 2022-23 Previews: The Lower Middle Class
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Episode 250! Andrew and Adam reflect on 250 episodes and continue with their upcoming season previews where you have teams who spent some significant capital to be this low on the list...and i mean we're talking best case scenario is the 9 seed?! Featured in this group are New York, Charlotte, New Orleans, Washington, Portland, and Toronto. Enjoy!
Friday Sep 16, 2022
NBA Team - 2022-23 Previews: The Lower Class: Part 2
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Andrew and Adam are back to preview the upcoming NBA Season. This Episode deals has a little bit of everything, a Detroit team who is looking to build their way out of this, Indiana whom is firmly entrenched in this zone, and some newcomers in San Antonio and Utah who think are currently following the best 8th graders in the country. Enjoy!
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
NBA Team - 2022-23 Previews: The Lower Class: Part 1
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Andrew and Adam are back to preview the upcoming NBA Season. This Episode deals with the Tanks of the Tanks, those who have mortgaged their present with Lottery Tickets in the Present and the Future, including this year's #1-4 Draft Picks - Orlando, Oklahoma City, Houston, and Sacramento. Enjoy!
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Sophomore of the Year
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
We know who won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award over the years, but which players in their respective classes had the best second season? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, on this special edition of the podcast, will go through the last decade-plus over the years and give out some retroactive Sophomore of the Year awards. Who got the 2014 award between Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard? Did the Ben Simmons/Donovan Mitchell ROY race of 2018 duplicate itself in 2019? Is it possible for Giannis and Rudy Gobert to NOT win on their second tries?! The answers may surprise you. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Goodbye, Mr. Russell
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
It might the long summer nights of August, but Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are reconvening to give the listeners what they want. Unfortunately, they start off with talk about the recent passing and immense legacy of the ultimate winner: Bill Russell. How does advance statistics make Russell look even greater than he already was? Did the Phoenix Suns box themselves in by matching Deandre Ayton’s offer sheet from Indiana? Riche and Adam also discuss Summer League, the depth of the Eastern Conference, Dwight Howard wanting to be a pro wrestler, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 246 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Who Won That Trade?
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
The games might be over in the NBA (unless you count summer league), so Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are going to entertain the basketball podcast masses and play a game of their own. In this episode, they will discuss mega trades of years past and try to determine once and for all who won and who wound up holding the bag. Why did Chris Paul’s team both win AND lose in the trade that brought him to Houston? How badly did Sam Presti drop the ball when he sent James Harden out of Oklahoma City? And why does the Rudy Gobert trade remind Riche so much of a previous super deal: The Carmelo Anthony/Knicks deal? So suit up and take it out in episode 245 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
NBA-Team - Gone Fishin’ Pt 4: Set Sail
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Andrew and Adam finally wrap up the 2021-22 season with some final notes on the following teams: DAL, MIL, MIA, PHX, BOS, GSW and putting a bow on the past year. As always, thank you for listening this season. We've enjoyed doing this. (note: this was taped prior to the NBA draft)
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: I Want Some of That Lu Dort Money
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Free agency frenzy is off and running, and the chaos has spilled onto the podcast floor for Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, but they do their best to keep it all on the court. We answer the question Brian Windhorst and the world wants to know: What are the Jazz up to? Did the Minnesota Timberwolves just make the riskiest trade in NBA history, and will it still pay off? Why is Riche so obsessed with the luxury tax? Are the Knicks delusional or is Jalen Brunson truly the missing piece? Why in name of everything holy did the Thunder give Lu Dort $87 million?! Riche and Adam also discuss the super max extensions, the Kevin Durant trade talk, the Blazers rebooting or not, draft picks, and more! So suit up and take it out in an hour-long episode 243 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Marco Paolo
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
The 2022 NBA Draft is officially in the books, with the Magic in a mild surprise picking Duke’s Paolo Banchero number one, and while the new prospects are putting on their team caps, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are putting their thinking caps on to play 4-D chess with the teams coming off the draft and leading into free agency this week. Did the Magic FINALLY get “that dude” they have desperately needed? Are the Detroit Pistons, after picking Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, going to try to get Jalen Brunson AND Miles Bridges?! Riche and Adam also discuss the Knicks being the Knicks, G-League Ignite, Kyrie being a malcontent again, Bradley Beal, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 242 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Chef’s Kiss Goodnight
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
The Warriors have won their fourth NBA championship in eight seasons, but even though the trophies have been given out, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are still on the court ready to take their listeners on a ride. Has Steph Curry sealed his legacy in the pantheon now that he finally has a Finals MVP, but can he do it again before the 34-year-old reaches his twilight? What was it like having the first “regular” season in three years? Has this year’s Draft “buzz-less”? Does co-expert Adam Murray still have cable? Listen in for the spicy answers! So suit up and take it out in episode 241 with NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
PTBN’s NBA-Team: Shooting the Breeze and Threes
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
The NBA Finals between the Celtics and Warriors is still being played, but one other team is also at work: Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, with a brand new episode talking about… well, anything! In this episode, Riche and Adam talk about the greatness of Steph Curry, the new obsession with drop coverage defense, trade talk, LIV golf (?!), Quin Snyder quitting the Jazz, the NBA Draft, and more! So suit up and take it out in Episode 240 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
NBA-Team Episode 239: Gone Fishin’ Pt 3: Life is a Highway
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Andrew and Adam are back with another series of post-mortem for the season. All of these teams are firmly on the playoff highway, but each need to figure out the right exits to take to take them to the next level ... and also the New York Knicks, because we forgot them last time. Teams included this episode are: NYK, NO, MIN, TOR, DEN, UTA, PHI & MEM.