The Underdog NBA Show

On the 352nd Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler celebrate the return of Lebron James, by talking about everyone's favorite topic -- THE DETROIT PISTONS. All kiddign aside, they talk about how the Lakers good run of games pre-Lebron potentially sets them up well before diving into what Lebron's role may look like given the leap in Austin Reaves play. They then talk some Thunder before jumping to the Pistons and discussing why they are a good story but maybe slightly further away from being title contenders. Finally Tyler rambles about Jokic's greatness for a bit because why not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 351st episode of the Underdog Sports NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick wildly overreact to the first 10% of the season. They focus heavily on the Chicago Bulls hot start, specifically about if Josh Giddy has become an all NBA-Player of if parts of his start are not sustainable. They then discuss the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic and why one hot start and one cold start aren't necessarily predictive. Finally they shout about the two LA teams after Zandrick saw the Clippers in person and things they are too old and the vibes are bad, before shifting the the Mavericks and why things may be worse than they seem.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 350th episode of the Underdog NBA Show it is time for the annual tradition. For the seventh year in a row Tyler and Zandrick draft all the NBA teams, split by conference, based on how many wins they feel like they will have. Fresh off the closest draft in history (a Tyler 4 win victory) Tyler gets the prize of drafting first in the East, which will likely cost him the whole contest. Inflection points include, Zandrick's dogged love of Philly, Tyler having no belief in Charlotte, Tyler believing the Knicks and Nuggets will play with the playoffs in mind and Zandrick feeling strongly about the Celtics.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 348th Episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the pretty mediocre Atlantic Division. They start with the massive favorites in the division, the New York Knicks, and their new coaching hire of Mike Brown. They discuss how the team could be better, but could lose more games this year due to prioritizing more rest. They shift to the 76ers who they believe have the largest range of outcomes in the league, before they move on to the Celtics. Tyler discusses a potential Celtics fire sale and why they should go under their win totals. They discuss the Raptors at length before moving to the tanking Brooklyn Nets.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One the 348th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the NBA Southwestern division overunders. They talk through the Rockets to start, who are the favorite to win the division, but are dealing with the injury news of Fred Van Vleet's ACL, and are suspiciously thin at the guard spot. They then shift to the San Antonio Spurs and discuss the logjam at the PG spot and how good Wemby needs to be for them to really be contenders. They then discuss the Mavericks and how top-heavy they are before shifting to the boring Memphis Grizzlies, and then shift over to the Pelicans and discuss the potential for Zion if his conditioning is in order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 347th Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the over/unders for the Pacific division. They begin with the Los Angeles Clippers, so they can quickly touch on the aspirations of LA's second-favorite team. After discussing the Kawhi situation and more, they shift to the Lakers, where Tyler defends his choice to go way over the 48.5, They then banter about what exactly the Warriors or doing before shifting to the boring Sacramento Kings and the wingless Phoenix Suns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 346th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick preview the Southeastern Division and pick the over/unders of each team. They start with the Orlando Magic and discuss why they feel 50 wins is a lot, but also think Paolo could take a leap, and how they are due for injury regression after last year's bad luck. Then Tyler rants about how well constructed the Hawks are and why he thinks their over-under is the bet of the year. They shift to the Heat, who are about as boring as they come, before discussing the bottom of the division and why the Hornets might be better than people think, and how the Wizards have two paths to take. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 345th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick assess the landscape of the NBA's top 10 players with the injuries that have hit the league. They dive deep on Donovan Mitchell and why Tyler feels hes maybe slightly underrated coming off a 1st Team NBA season. They discuss how difficult it is to rank Wemby as well as the old guard of Steph, Lebron and KD -- and then go longer on Joel Embiid and whether it is fair to have him on the board or not given the uncertainty around his injuries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 344th episode of the underdog sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick go long on the three high profile unrestricted free agents, Josh Giddey, Cam Thomas and Jonathon Kuminga. They begin with Giddy and how surprised they both are that the bulls and Giddey have no reached a resolution given how he closed the season. They then move to Cam Thomas and debate his role and his quality in that role and try and break down the disconnect between what Cam Thomas does and what the Nets need. Finally they get to the messiest situation with Kuminga and break down how the Warriors are mostly at fault and how Kuminga has been put in a very tough spot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Tyler Laurie on load management, Zandrick Ellison and special guest Blake J. Harris (CONSOLE WARS) discuss the rumors about the NBA expansion into Europe and debate the best approaches for the league's global takeover. Should the NBA expand here in the United States? Shuffle around and relocate current teams? Or dip their tentacles across the pond overseas? Along with it, they discuss the teams most vulnerable to a potential relocation, the cities that may be able to share teams, the potential new owners like LeBron James, and of course, the potential of a UFO confirmation happening in the next few years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 242nd Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick take it geriatric. They discuss the Clippers' signing Brad Beal and Chris Paul and how this creates some depth in the team that Tyrone Lue will need to figure out, but ultimately sets them up to be successful, pending health. They then transition to the Lakers and Marcus Smart reaching an agreement, and if that actually helps from a rotation standpoint. Finally, they talk through Dame Time returning to Portland and if it makes any sense at all for the team.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 341st Episode of the Underdog NBA show, Tyler interviews Ryan Kalkbrenner's childhood best friend and public relations manager. Kidding, but the guys talk about which NBA teams, like the Atlanta Hawks, are poised to take a big jump and which teams may be in for a Phoenix Suns-like collapse if everything goes wrong. They then talk about Ryan Kalkbrenner and discuss why he may be in the perfect situation as a rookie on the Hornets and if he is a shrewd bet for NBA ROY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 340th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss the Norman Powell and John Collins deal and how the bigger picture seems to be shaping up with the Clippers trading a fringe all-star with the potential of signing Bradley Beal on the cheap. They then discuss Miami's future and why the Norman Powell deal makes sense in the future since it allows for a lot of cap flexibility in the future. They then discuss a few of the remaining free agents and where they can possibly land given the scope of the market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 339th Episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Zandrick and Tyler discuss all things from the start of a fast NBA off-season. They start in the west and talk moves by the thunder and then how the rest of the west stacks up! They talk about the clear winners of FA, the Rockets and Nuggets and then talk about some shrewd moves made by the Lakers, Clippers, and Mavericks, before pivoting east to discuss the state of the minor leagues with the injuries to the Celtics and Pacers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 338th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, the guys talk about game 7 of the NBA Finals from Sunday night. They lead with the tremendously sad news of Tyrese Haliburton's torn achilles and the effect it had on the game, but then also the Pacers' future, before pivoting to the Thunder's win and the performances of their key players. They then shift to discussing the Kevin Durant trade and how it is the first major domino to fall before shifting to the upcoming draft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 337th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the NBA finals winding down, starting with Tyrese Haliburton's injury. They discuss the Pacers' long-term outlook and also look back at game four and the odd officiating performance from the ref crew. They then discuss the Desmond Bane deal between the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies. They talk about the picks Orlando gave up and how Orlando views itself moving forward, before discussing the fork in the road that Memphis is at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 336th Episode of the Underdog Sports NBA show, Tyler and Zandrick discuss the surprise start to the NBA finals. They begin with recapping game 3 and discussing how the pacers, ahem, pace, seems to be wearing the Thunder down. They then discuss Rick Carlisle's use of his bench while Mark Danigault appears to be using a smaller rotation. Then they discuss the Thunder's fouth quarter offense before shifting gears to some talk about the knicks coaching search. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 335th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick do a deep dive on the smallest market finals of all time and why that doesn't matter at all! They then discuss how Indiana can win despite being the biggest underdog in 25 years and which player matchups are the most important in the series. Finally, they discuss the New York Knicks firing Tom Thibadou and whether that was the right or wrong decision, and who may possibly succeed him in New York with a team that is ready to try and win the title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 334th episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick talk through the end of the Nuggets and Thunder before pivoting to the conference finals previews and then talking about the future of the Nuggets and Cavs. First, they discuss the game 7 blowout and talk through Alex Caruso's defense, Aaron Gordon's hamstring, and more before shifting over to the Thunder and how they match up with Minnesota. They then talk through the Eastern Conference and discuss how the Pacers may be undervalued despite not having home-court advantage. Finally, they discuss the future of the Nuggets and Cavs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 333rd episode of the Underdog NBA Show, Tyler and Zandrick talk through the end of the Nuggets and Thunder before pivoting to the conference finals previews and then talking about the future of the Nuggets and Cavs. First they discuss the game 7 blowout and talk through Alex Caruso's defense, Aaron Gordon's hamstring, and more before shifting over to the Thunder and how they match up with Minnesota. They then talk through the Eastern Conference and discuss how the Pacers may be undervalued despite not having home-court advantage. Finally, they discuss the future of the Nuggets and Cavs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.