BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast

Join Coach Nick as he hosted a live post game show immediately after Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Suns and the Bucks. He goes through the triumphant return of Giannis and how he looked on his injured knee, plus discusses the impact Deandre Ayton and Chris Paul had on the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As part of his weekly Green Room show, Coach Nick dives into the Suns vs Bucks series, plus discusses a wide range of NBA topics including free agency moves and why Giannis probably shouldn't play in the Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick hosts his bi-weekly show on Locker Room, where you can join LIVE at 9AM PST on Sundays and 11AM PST on Wednesdays to discuss the latest around the NBA. In this episode, he discusses how Nikola Vucevic fits in with the Bulls, as well as how Andre Drummond helps his next team and how LaMarcus Aldridge will fare in Brooklyn. Plus, he offers his thoughts on the coaching methods employed this season's Last Chance U. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick as he hosts his Locker Room show live every Wednesday at 11AM PST - he breaks down the Pelicans melt down from last night, welcomes Sam Esfendiari to discuss the Warriors, and goes through a ton of questions on the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick discusses all the things that have led to the Bucks having their worst record in 3 seasons. This is part of his live show on the Locker Room app, where you can call in and discuss the NBA directly -every Sunday at 9AM PST, and Wednesday at 11AM PST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick gets into a discussion about the rise of LaMelo Ball and how his father might have caused a negative backlash against his kids initially, and how that's been unfair to LaMelo -who is starting and flourishing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is BACK! Powered by his new live radio show over on the Locker Room app, he breaks down in detail what the Philadelphia 76ers have been doing to get to first place in the Eastern Conference and whether we can expect this to continue. Call in to the show every Wednesday at 11AM PST and Sunday at 9AM PST, and you can appear as a guest on the podcast. Locker Room. (for iOS): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick's latest podcast breaks down LaMelo Ball's burgeoning game alongside Friend of the Breakdown Adam Stanco, and offers analysis on the Wizards issues as well as the beef between Trae Young and John Collins of the Hawks. This was recorded via the Locker Room app - a live show produced every Wednesday and Sunday at 11AM PST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick as he hosts his bi-weekly call in show on the Locker Room app. He discusses the issues he sees with the Utah Jazz, welcomes Bright Side of the Suns' Dave King on to get in depth with how they've improved so much, and also the career trajectory of Shai Gilgeous Alexander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic sit down to discuss this trade between multiple all star players and whether the deal benefits the Houston Rockets or the Washington Wizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic break down the moves made by the Los Angeles Lakers to bolster the cast around LeBron and AD, while the Clippers upgraded significantly with Serge Ibaka. The Bucks appeared to have settled their issues by replacing Eric Bledsoe with Jrue Holiday, but we're going to need to see it on the court first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick as he welcomes on a few guests while recording on the brand new Locker Room app. He went through a number of 1st round draft picks to weigh in on whether they were worthy of being picked that high. If you download Locker Room from the App Store, you can join in on the conversation as a listener as well as ask questions directly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss break down 4 players they have their eye on that should get picked at the top of the draft: Deni Advija, Killian Hayes, Onyeka Okongwu, and Kira Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes on the show Jeff Pearlman, author of Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty. Jeff relates his favorite parts of the book as well as gets into an in depth discussion on Kobe as a person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic dive deep into the nuances of the Heat zone and what the Lakers are doing with Rondo and LeBron to take control of this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes back on the show Jared Weiss, NBA Writer for The Athletic, to get into a deep discussion on the state of the Eastern Conference Finals as the Heat have staked themselves to a 2-1 lead through 3 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is joined by Brady Klopfer (SBNation) to discuss the Heat Bucks 2nd round series. Can the Bucks get back in it being down 2-0? They also discuss how Steve Nash will be as a coach now that he's taken the reigns of the Brooklyn Nets. And the Rockets got past OKC, so what does that mean for their chances against the Lakers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes back to the show Jared Weiss to discuss whether the Clippers have what it takes to win the title? Or is Luka going to spoil their party, even though the key Mavericks lineup has him on the bench? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

USA Today NBA Reporter and Friend of the Breakdown Mark Medina joins Coach Nick to give us firsthand insight into what life inside the NBA Bubble is like in Orlando. They also discuss how the different setting will affect the play, as well as how strict the bubble enforcement is and whether the players will 100% comply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is back to discuss the return of the NBA after its hiatus due to Covid-19. Joined by SB Nation's Brady Klopfer, they discuss how teams will handle the new situation, what could happen if a player gets infected, and what the Lakers need to do to replace both Avery Bradley and Javale McGee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second you hear Beau's voice, you'll instantly recognize it as the long time highlights voiceover for all of NBA TV's and NBA.com's nightly highlight videos. Coach Nick and Beau discuss the Hawks, Lakers, and Clippers as well as the process of churning out such high quality content night after night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is joined by The Athletic's Jared Weiss to discuss which teams they're excited about, and which teams they're not into at all. From the Clippers to the Sixers and everyone in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is joined by Jared Weiss of The Athletic to discuss why Vlade Divac is being inducted into the hall of fame - as a way ahead of his time ball handling center. They also discuss Russell Westbrook's off the court persona, and why 3 point percentage in the NBA isn't rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another entertaining and informative off season discussion on the NBA, Coach Nick and Jared Weiss go back and forth about what it takes to get into the Hall Of Fame, defend the value of Julius Randle, and argue about whether the Brooklyn Nets are ready to leapfrog over the Boston Celtics this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't miss another triumphant return of Dave DuFour to the podcast, joining Coach Nick and Jared Weiss as they break down the twitter chicken feud between Popeye's and Wendy's (Chic-Fil-A won) as well as go around the league to discuss the Lakers center problem, the depth of the West, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave DuFour jumps back into the pod to join Coach Nick and Jared Weiss to discuss a host of off season topics, including whether Derrick White and De'Aaron Fox are ready to make the leap into star level players, plus we discuss Jaren Jackson Jr's ceiling and the egregious traveling that might never go punished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Griffin, current Pelicans GM and former Cavaliers GM, discussed the ups and downs being the GM for LeBron in Cleveland with Sports Illustrated, and Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic delve into the issues. Plus, they go over the marquee games of next season and who is the at the top of the East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another great LIVE show is in the books, as Coach Nick and The Athletic's Jared Weiss discuss how the Nets will look with Kyrie Irving on the floor, as well as a deep dive across the NBA to discuss a ton of other teams and moves, especially a great viewer question: Who are the most overrated and underrated teams? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes on Friend Of The Breakdown Marc Skelton, the head coach at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx. Not only has Marc won two New York City titles, he wrote an extraordinary book "Pounding The Rock", chronicling the 2016-17 season that overcame tremendous adversity both on and off the court to win the title. Rarely does a basketball coach have the ability to write prose like Skelton does, and it evokes authors like David Halberstam. A must read this summer for anybody into basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the blockbuster trade sending Russell Westbrook to the Rockets first went down, everyone raised an eyebrow. Now that we've processed what it means, Jared and I break down how we think it might work. Plus, who won the war of Free Agency Signings? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The aftershock of the LA Earthquake wasn't felt in the ground - it was Kawhi's decision to join the Clippers on the contingency they traded for Paul George. These things all fell into place in the middle of last night, and now it's time to figure out how good this team will be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick sits down with Celtic legend and radio analyst Cedric Maxwell to discuss the Kyrie situation and how it affected the Celtics last season. Rod Boone, Hornets beat writer for the Athletic, then joins Coach Nick to discuss Kemba Walker's game and how it potentially fits in with his new team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was an insane day of moves by over half the NBA, with surprises like Durant joining Kawhi in Brooklyn to Kemba Walker signing in Boston with all sorts of shockwaves and ripples in between. And after the dust settled the first day, we STILL don't know where Kawhi Leonard is going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Coach Nick's tweet about Tom Izzo losing his sh*t on freshman Aaron Henry during the NCAA Tournament this year went viral, he produced a mini documentary on the incident and brought in a number of experts in the field to discuss. Mark Bennett was one of them, and his experience as a British Commando and senior instructor within the Army Physical Training Corps influenced greatly how he developed his methods of communication. He has transformed his nearly 30 years of practice and research into developing the Performance Development Systems (PDS); a robust set of principles that can facilitate world class learning and performance cultures and environments. He currently works as a consultant, coach trainer and mentor with various professional and national sport organizations, teams and Universities around the world, as well as Schools and community sports to help transform the leadership capabilities of every coach and teacher that he comes in contact with. Put simply, Mark makes people better “influencers.” Follow him @pdscoach and at PDScoach.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic as they dissect the most of the picks in the first round as it was happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes Friend Of The Breakdown Jeff Siegel of https://earlybirdrights.com to break down the complexities of the trade the New Orleans Pelicans just agreed to with the Los Angeles Lakers. The timing of when the trade goes down is crucial if the Lakers are going to maximize cap space and still have time to sign another big name. Jeff expertly breaks down the intricacies of the rules and why the Pelicans don't want to wait til July 30th to get this deal done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is joined by Friends of the Breakdown Noah Coslov and Adam Stanco in a free wheeling discussion of the NBA Finals, the ramifications of KD's injury to Free Agency, where Kawhi might go, and how all the other dominos fall as we head into the NBA Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick brings in the big guns to discuss this trade from all sides - as Trevor Lane from the Lakers Nation podcast breaks it down from the Lakers perspective, Will Guillory of The Athletic gives us the Pelicans feelings, and Mike Vorkunov gives us insight into how the rest of the NBA will be affected. As always, Jared Weiss joins Coach Nick to weigh in as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the last Live Post Game Show of the season 😢, Coach Nick and Jared Weiss break down how Game 6 unfolded and whether the Warriors should've gone for all the marbles on their last shot attempt. Plus, what does this mean for the Raptors future? Will Kawhi Leonard stay? Can they repeat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were a ton of storylines from tonight's game: KD's return, KD's injury, the lead the Warriors built, the deficit the Raptors almost erased, and lots more to go through as Coach Nick and Jared Weiss break it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto Raptors did everything right in Game 3, as well as take advantage of a severely shorthanded Warriors team, and now have a commanding 2-1 lead and home court advantage. Jared Weiss of The Athletic joins Coach Nick to discuss the game and answer key questions from the audience during their live show immediately after the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick visited with Eric Pincus and Josh Martin of the Hollywood Hoops podcast to discuss all things Lakers - why Magic had his epic meltdown, who actually runs the franchise, and can they make significant improvements for next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the Breakdown Nate Duncan, of the Dunc'd On Podcast, joins Coach Nick to lend his unique expertise to what happened in Game 2. Did the Warriors adjustment on defense guarding Kawhi have an affect? Was Nick Nurse smart to go to a gimmick defense down the stretch to defend Steph Curry? How will this series play out? All these questions and lots more are covered by Nate and Coach Nick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick on his live show as he welcomes Stefan from the wildly popular YouTube Channel Heat Check to discuss Paskal Siakam's incredible game, a bit of a meltdown from the Warriors, and what this means for the rest of the series (it should be a long one). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick welcomes beat writers from both teams to get in depth on what the Raptors should expect heading into their first Finals ever, as Doug Smith of the Toronto Star weighs in. Then Brady Klopfer from SBNation breaks down the Warriors chances, and illustrates some key points that might hurt them if DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Durant can't get back on the floor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another great Live post game show, Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic provide their immediate analysis of the pivotal Game 5 between the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks. They go through all the adjustments made, strange ref's calls, and key moments like not properly taking the foul with 23 seconds left that all led to the Toronto Raptors being favored to win this series in 6 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Coach Nick and Jared Weiss as they give their immediate reaction to Game 3 as the Warriors have taken complete control of this series. Another near perfect first half for the Trail Blazers wasn't enough to overcome the furious defense Golden State used to wear Portland down early in the 3rd. Plus, they muse on an impending Finals match up with the Milwaukee Bucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss of The Athletic sat down immediately after the game to discuss their thoughts on the almost perfect 1st half of basketball Portland played, and the incredible ferocity the Warriors brought in the 3rd quarter to get back in the game - leading us to an incredibly exciting finish we won't forget any time soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick and Jared Weiss off their instant analysis of the Nuggets Trail Blazers game, and answer a ton of listener's questions via the live stream. They discuss the ramifications for the Nuggets, what the Portland Golden State series will look like and: Who's Better: Damian Lillard or Kyrie Irving? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trail Blazers extended their series to 7 games - Philly with a decisive beat down of the listless Raptors and Portland used key contributions from Rodney Hood (Momma) and CJ McCollum, along with some DAME TIME to give us 2 game 7s on Mother's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices