‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 MAILBAG! Draymond/Dubs (1:38) Draft picks (20:30) Tanking (29:32) Bringing back role-player icons (45:00) Harden, LeBron, Trade (1:00:23) Kings (1:26:39) STAT PADDING (1:31:46) 🍎 apple.co/494Gn2k ✳️ bit.ly/3L129w2 📺 youtube.com/live/WHlrrijkfus

“Name an NBA player not in the rumor mill you would consider moving…”

hello! @granthughes.bsky.social and myself will be doing a LIVE mailbag tmw for @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social. hit us with some questions to agonize over ⤵️

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Questions for Every NBA Team in The West Entering Trade Season! 🍎 apple.co/4s8qznY ✳️ bit.ly/4s5nxAQ 📺 youtube.com/live/9Rhhp45yCok (Timestamps in replies⤵️)

🫡 to @granthughes.bsky.social, a true 25/5/5 knower

Rank these three NBA players by their current trade value 🧐 Group 1: LaMelo Ball, Ja Morant, Trae Young Group 2: De’Aaron Fox, Lauri Markkanen, Austin Reaves

We are LIVE combing through our NBA awards ballots so far. COME HANG⤵️ youtube.com/live/hE3IH8o...

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 A Different Type of Giannis Antetokounmpo Discussion We get into all the usual stuff, including potential deals, but also have an in-depth talk about styles and trends could shift the star-trade market. (Timestamps within!) 🍎 apple.co/3Kk4lOV ✳️ bit.ly/3Yb728v 📺 youtu.be/ut-VzySfOHw

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Los Angeles Clippers Rabbit Hole The CP3 situation (1:42) Could they get their picks back? (9:19) James Harden trades (26:42) Kawhi trades (53:36) Should they actually tear it down? (1:22:55) 🍎 apple.co/48wNoIY ✳️ bit.ly/4rFYlkd 📺 youtube.com/live/JKYf50qdMzI

i am not mad just disappointed @granthughes.bsky.social

we are LIVE @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social talking about the Clippers (and probably Giannis)…COME HANG⤵️ www.youtube.com/live/JKYf50q...

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Not to be overdramatic, but... Does the future of NBA parity depend on...the Clippers? (0:48) OKC's window (2:10) Who can beat the Thunder? (13:59) Can the Clippers turn it around? (27:08) Re-litigating the PG trade (32:42) 🍎 apple.co/49AUw9t ✳️ bit.ly/4onGuvz 📺 youtu.be/iiOWxPeFzy4

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 7 NBA Questions We Can't Ignore Hawks & Trae Young (3:06) Lakers (27:45) Heat & Tyler Herro (45:20) Raptors (59:28) Blow-up watch (1:13:27) Third-best team is...? (1:20:26) Troubled contenders (1:28:38) 🍎 apple.co/4iehTbf ✳️ bit.ly/3XcF7EU 📺 youtu.be/3LW4w9Rce_s

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Rookie Check-Ins w/ @msjnba.bsky.social 🧭 The East 🍎 apple.co/48orskg ✳️ bit.ly/49tSAzA 📺 youtu.be/bjegMulwRoM

BREAK UP THE SUNS* (*but not for the reasons you’d think)

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Is It Time For These NBA Teams to Panic? Mavs (3:01) Magic (14:01 Hawks (27:09) Grizzlies (35:33) Clippers (48:25) Timberwolves (1:01:11) 🍎 apple.co/3XoQwBn ✳️ bit.ly/484rCx2 📺 youtube.com/live/oZwap_QujDk

the mavs offense has been caps-lock BAD 🥴 @granthughes.bsky.social

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Buying or Selling NBA Breakouts w/ @msjnba.bsky.social —Buzelis —Giddey —Duren —Reaves —Sengun —Jaquez —Q Jax —Ajay —Rollins —Maxey —Castle —Kyshawn (timestamps within!) 🍎 apple.co/4owfbQK ✳️ bit.ly/4hFYgbw 📺 youtu.be/KhAiYHFcF4M

just how much faster are the heat playing? and can their eclectic offensive approach sustain better than the grizzlies' from last year? @granthughes.bsky.social and i talked about it ⤵️

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 2025-26 NBA Overreactions Draft! 🎙️ @granthughes.bsky.social 🎙️ @danfavale.bsky.social Picks⤵️ 1️⃣ (3:13) 2️⃣ (16:45) 3️⃣ (25:31) 4️⃣ (33:40) 5️⃣ (41:440 6️⃣ (50:32) 7️⃣ (56:30) 8️⃣ (1:02:41) 9️⃣ (1:08:05) 🔟 (1:14:40) 1️⃣1️⃣ (1:24:08) 1️⃣2️⃣ (1:33:12) 🍎 apple.co/3WUCYgK ✳️ bit.ly/3L0yNh1 📺 youtu.be/ViSJyasrK6g

"and with the first pick in the 2025-26 nba overreactions draft, @granthughes.bsky.social selects..."

myself and @granthughes.bsky.social are LIVE over @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social holding our first annual nba overreactions draft! come hang ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9R9...

NBA Pacific Division Preview: www.basketballintelligence.net/p/pacific-di... #NBA #NBAPacificDivision #NBASeasonPreview @granthughes.bsky.social

another banger of a lookahead with @samsonfolk.bsky.social, who remains one of the 🐐s. and to answer everyone's question: yes, our jakob poeltl talk absolutely turned into an existential discussion on big men in general.

Sign up and compete, cowards

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 2025-26 NBA Award Predictions (With A Twist!) —MVP (6:00) —DPOY (18:01) —ROY (25:16) —MIP (35:46) —SMOY (48:17) —COY (55:02) —EOY (1:00:31) 🍎 apple.co/43lED2A ✳️ bit.ly/3L1e0tt 📺 youtu.be/IOQkBRH2l10 (timestamps within!)

nobody: @granthughes.bsky.social: the bulls are MONEY 😳

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Miami Heat lookahead w/ Wes Goldberg of Locked On Heat —Team direction —Offensive style —The defense —Bam and Kel'el —Jovic's rise —Herro and Powell —Lineups, needs, strengths —PREDICTIONS —MORE (timestamps within!) 🍎 apple.co/47g292p ✳️ bit.ly/47966FR 📺 youtu.be/gaLbykiTQs4

an annual rite of passage unlike any other: i regret to inform you that your favorite nba team is complete and absolute butt. bleacherreport.com/articles/252...

i would like to preemptively congratulate myself on going 15-for-15 on this year's east over/unders

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 2025 NBA Season Record Predictions ↪️ The East! ATL (4:41) BOS (8:30) BRK (11:43) CHA (14:26) CHI (19:19) CLE (21:32) DET (25:38) IND (29:54) MIA (33:04) MIL (38:57) NYK (43:00) ORL (48:58) PHI (54:05) TOR (59:27) WAS (1:06:27) 🍎 apple.co/4n9vYY1 ✳️ bit.ly/3La4uUS 📺 youtu.be/aY-FgML7KXo

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Denver Nuggets Lookahead w/ Adam Mares of DNVR Sports —Cam Johnson's fit —Defensive changes —Jonas Valanciunas' impact —Dual bigs?! —Next steps for Braun + Watson —The depth —Lineups, rotations, needs —PREDICTIONS —MORE 🍎 apple.co/3WCLnp2 ✳️ bit.ly/4h6yWv0 📺 youtu.be/mpNeZ4sxZko

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Golden State Warriors 2025-26 Lookahead w/ @granthughes.bsky.social —Kuminga —Horford's fit —The Jimmy effect —Steph's aging curve —The defense —Podz and Moody —Quentin Post = HOFer? —PREDICTIONS —MORE 🍎 apple.co/4n3t6Mh ✳️ bit.ly/3VWPL21 📺 youtu.be/IS2SR5IZLPE

just an insanely big-time guest get for us 🙏

had a great time with Dan and Grant zooming out, I really do think the Nets are one of the NBA's more interesting teams right now, and I explain why here. Full pod below:

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Brooklyn Nets 2025-26 Lookahead w/ @lucaskaplan.bsky.social —The timeline —Egor Demin's ceiling —Rookie development —Cam Thomas' future —Jordi's ideaologies —MPJ's role —Rotation, lineups, stylistic tweaks —PREDICTIONS —MORE 🍎 apple.co/4nSigde ✳️ bit.ly/4mXudxc 📺 youtu.be/MbLrAZ-nFug

absolutely *splendid* stuff here from @nbasarah.bsky.social, who also heroically rebranded one of the closing lookahead segments to "wackadoodle lineups we want to see" 👏🫡

weclome aboard, @granthughes.bsky.social 🫡

this is real sicko stuff here from @btoporek.bsky.social 🤣

thank you to everyone who has reached out during this most difficult time @granthughes.bsky.social

joining @granthughes.bsky.social within the hour to talk about jock landale's most improved player case, and also about nba media day(s)/daze. you are encouraged to come hang⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gW...

here's the abbreviated version of this 2.5-hour podcast

FIND ALL OF OUR 2025-26 NBA LOOKAHEADS HERE⤵️ 🍎 apple.co/2iIw0IJ ✳️ spoti.fi/2CYqewS 📺 bit.ly/2526lookaheads

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Chicago Bulls 2025-26 Lookahead w/ @bullsjay.bsky.social —Josh Giddey's next steps —Coby White's peak —Matas Buzelis development —The bigs —Lineups, rotation, plays style —Team direction —PREDICTIONS...and MORE 🍎 apple.co/4nrdW4G ✳️ bit.ly/4nz50tS 📺 youtu.be/N9BZ6nIrGqA

FIND ALL OF OUR LOOKAHEADS HERE⤵️ 🍎 apple.co/2iIw0IJ ✳️ spoti.fi/2CYqewS 📺 bit.ly/2526lookaheads

nobody i'd rather talk kings with than @gwiss.bsky.social, who remains amazing as ever, and is in PRIME lookahead form, right down to earning the mother of all superlatives for his answer to this question

so @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social is the actual 🐐 and one of the nicest/coolest/smartest people you'll ever have the pleasure of listening to/watching/learning from. and i'll be absolutely damned if @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social ever received a gnarlier endorsement than this ⤵️

My favorite pre-preseason tradition is recording this podcast on the Pacers w/ @danfavale.bsky.social - who, in my opinion, is the best preview-er with the most insightful and granular questions about every team from a national perspective.

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Phoenix Suns 2025-26 Lookahead w/ @protectedpick.bsky.social & @scooperhoops2.bsky.social —KD era/Offseason —Ott's impact —Booker's future —Jalen's fit —Big-man rotation —Development —Lineups, play style —PREDICTIONS & MORE 🍎 apple.co/4pBca2p ✳️ bit.ly/4pzTNL4 📺 youtu.be/dA6d8BM53oQ