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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
We are now down to four! Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, recap a wild second round which saw three upsets, including that epic battle between the Bucks and Nets. Then it is on to the Conference Finals, where Riche and Adam discuss the Clippers’ chances without Kawhi, the Bucks finding their mojo, Devin Booker, and Trae Young. Other topics include the wacky coaching carousel, the injury epidemic, and more! So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team.
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Andrew and Adam give the final post mortem to four teams who weren't bad enough to be on the tank level, but not bad-good enough to make the new 10 seed tournament. This week focuses on Chicago, Toronto, New Orleans, and Sacramento.
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
The NBA Playoffs are in the 2nd Round and Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, will preview each of the four second-round matchups. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
The second half of our end of season post-mortum on this season's most downtrodden teams (for their own reasons of course). In this half, we finish off Cleveland, Detroit, Oklahoma City, and Orlando. Each team, although not as bad as our two friends in the first half of this episode (MIN/HOU) they're all in different stages of their respective rebuilds.
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Now that the Play-In Tournament has officially completed, the NBA Playoffs are officially tipping off and Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, will preview each of the eight first-round matchups. The Grizzlies and Wizards survived the Play-In, but how much longer will they stick around? (Spoiler: It won’t be long). Can the LeBron and A.D.’s Lakers pull off an upset (?!) over Chris Paul and Devin Booker’s Suns? Will the future league MVP make it to the next round? Who will pass the test between two recent playoff “newcomers” in the Knicks and Hawks? Riche and Adam also talk about the return of capacity crowds, the Bucks avenging last year’s loss to the Heat, and much more. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
The playoff hurricane is nearing NBA landfall, but there is still a whole lotta “what if’s” and second guesses about what is going to happen with the new 8-team play-in tournament. That’s why Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are here to talk some sense into everyone, at least they hope. On episode 192, Riche and Adam will also discuss who they think deserves the annual NBA Awards (some of which they don’t always agree), Marv Albert’s impending retirement, an epic Hall of Fame ceremony more than a year in the making, and much more! So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
For the first time ever, the offseason previews start while the season is going, but to be fair, some teams were already in the offseason weeks...or months ago. This episode features perennial mainstay the Minnesota Timberwolves, who started the season 2-0, only to win 1 of their next 11 and eventually fire their coach and newcomers the Houston Rockets who made a series of questionable trades dealing both James Harden and Russell Westbrook and then lost 20 in a row at one point.
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
In episode 190, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, check back on an eventful week of games. Will the race for first in the East turn into a three way dance between Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Milwaukee? Can the rising Phoenix Suns or Joker’s Denver Nuggets keep the Spider-less Utah Jazz on their toes at the top spot in the West? Riche and Adam also discuss Dr J’s all time teams, LeBron and AD’s return, Jayson Tatum’s 60-point game, and what the hell Kevin Love was doing. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team on Place To Be Nation’s Pop Experience feed!
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
The grind towards the end of the regular season continues, but some NBA teams are wearing down while others are gearing up. Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are here to dissect where teams are at and where they might wind up in the expanded playoff race, from the surging teams in the East to the reeling Pelicans in the West. In episode 189, Riche and Adam also discuss the devastating injury to Jamal Murray and the Nuggets, a close call for Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz, Jayson Tatum and Steph Curry’s torrid April run, and more! So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
In a special bonus edition for Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche go against the grain to discuss a range of basketball topics, from assistant coaches’ stock rising in the hiring market, to Covid protocols, to the disposable NCAA weight room controversy. So suit up and take it out (for 15 minutes!) for this Pod Blast edition of the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Now that the college game is done with the sports airwaves in March, hope springs eternal in April, but how much longer can some teams in the NBA keeping holding out for better days? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, will dive in to this topic as we discuss the long absences of LeBron, Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, and KD, who won or lost at the trade deadline, teams with one eye already on the lottery, and more! So suit up and take it out on the PTBN Pop Feed with Episode 188 of the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
We are at the halfway point of the season and the All-Star break, so while the rest of the NBA takes a vacay before the second half of the season starts up, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche are here to talk basketball. On this episode, Riche and Adam focus on the head coach firing spree which began in Minnesota and Atlanta, if they were deserved or not, and if there are more to come soon. Then they visit Gotham to talk about the defensively driven New York Knicks, and the superstar-driven scoring avalanche in Brooklyn. We also discuss All-Stars, notable performances, and more. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
After a 14-month hiatus, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche are BACK in action to discuss all things NBA basketball!!! After a short discussion about a “somewhat” eventful 2020, the duo focus on the early regular season success of the Utah Jazz led by Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the post-Finals struggles of the Miami Heat, that all-timer poster dunk by #1 pick Anthony Edwards, Riche’s obsession with the word “malaise,” and much more. So hop back on the court and run with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team is back in town on the PTBN Pop network to provide a slew of team previews for the upcoming NBA regular season. In part two of our season preview, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche discuss perennial playoff teams and potential title contenders, many of whom have new look teams. From the LeBron-AD Lakers to the Harden-Westbrook Rockets to the Durant-less Golden State Warriors, the NBA-Team will cover all ground and add some awards predictions. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team is back in town on the PTBN Pop network to provide a slew of team previews for the upcoming NBA regular season. In this jam-packed episode, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche discuss a variety of teams in the league, from the lowly New York Knicks to the playoff-focused Sacramento Kings to the Zion era beginning in New Orleans. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!