The Boxscore Geeks Show

Our topics:

Kevin Durant's villain status and how the NBA is a lot like professional wrestling.

Bryan Colangelo's burner Twitter accounts.

The Houston Rockets' offseason plans and if Chris Paul is worth the max.

The NBA Finals, this Bron guy is good, huh?

Finally, some National Anthem talk, sadly.

Direct download: bsg-202.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 4:09pm EDT

We discuss the wrap-up of the NBA Conference Finals:
Houston vs. Golden State - So close it's easy to nitpick. Does anyone know the odds?

Boston vs. Cleveland - We pretty much wax effusive about LeBron James

Also, does the Kevin Durant villain narrative track?

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Direct download: bsg-201.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 4:38am EDT

We talk:
The Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Boston Celtics
The Golden State Warriors vs. the Houston Rockets
Mike Budenholzer to the Bucks

Direct download: bsg-200.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 11:54am EDT

We talk the NBA Conference Finals:
Cleveland vs. Toronto - LeBron James!
Philadelphia vs. Boston - Brad Stevens is magic?
Golden State vs. New Orleans - Warriors win at "War."
Houston vs. Utah - Shame Utah wasn't full strength.

We also talk some coaching situations including Brad Stevens missing out on coach of the year and Becky Hammon interviewing with the Bucks.

Direct download: bsg-199a.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 12:33pm EDT

We talk:

The Warriors vs. the Pelicans - is Kerr playing too small?
The Rockets vs. the Jazz - is Donovan Mitchell a star? No.
The 76ers vs. the Celtics - We recorded this during game 2. Not much to say.

The Cavaliers vs the Raptors - Our title gives a clue.

We also talk the Knicks acquiring coach Fizdale.

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Direct download: bsg-199.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT

It's been a while since Dave Berri has been in studio, so we catch up on:

The National Pro Fastpitch draft.

The NFL draft.

NCAA "cheating" by paying its athletes.

The NBA playoffs.

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Direct download: qa_db7.mp3
Category:Sports -- posted at: 3:05pm EDT

We talk:
The first round of the NBA Playoffs (this was recorded on Thursday 4/26/2018) - This is most of the show, shocker!
The NBA's problem with big men.
A little bit about Kawhi's situation.

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Direct download: bsg-198.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 8:29am EDT

This week we talk:
-NBA Playoffs, how is the first round going?
-Did the NBA esports league give the G-League pay raises?
-A brief glimpse of the top jersey sales in the NBA
-538 pivoting away from sports?
-And, of course, some more Billy Mitchell

Direct download: bsg-197.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 12:46pm EDT

We talk the NBA Playoffs
- We talk about Denver's almost historic finish.
- We talk Patrick's 3K Jazz bet wilting at the last second.
- Using copy/pasted odds we realize are off like 3/4 through we give
a brief prediction of each series.

We talk Donovan Mitchell's argument that Ben Simmons isn't a rookie.

We talk Russell Westbrook's second triple-double season, and why it's fine if he padded his stats.

We talk about Billy Mitchell finally losing his video game high score records!

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Direct download: bsg-196.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT

We talk:

  • - The Nuggets/Bucks "April Fools Day Game" and the nuttiest outcome I've ever seen.
  • - Kawhi Leonard leaving the Spurs and why we can't argue any logic with it.
  • - Hassan Whiteside's benching and the problem with "matchup play."
  • - The NBA, esports, and gamers being worth more to the NBA than G-League players?

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Direct download: bsg-195.mp3
Category:NBA -- posted at: 3:23pm EDT