One on One Podcast Derrick Edwards

Second time guest, Taylor (TW: @papercash) is back to preview the upcoming anti-Grant Williams NBA finals and what we got wrong and right about in our season opening show.


Recapping our preseason NBA takes (spoiler we were right and wrong about the Mavs)


The Minny issues for KAT
Will KP matter in the Finals
Luka/Kyrie

We also banter on the state of the WNBA/Stephen A. championing the league (or not?), Clipped, and JJ Redick coaching the Lakers?

Derrick and Rodney discuss what most people might say are unlikely pairings for the conference finals.


Recaps of both second round game 7s. Knicks and Nuggets collapse
Game 1 & 2 of both conference finals
Is KAT getting enough blame?
Dallas' unlikely road here
C's chances at a title

Derrick and Rodney touch on each first round series and progress to date. Major storylines include:


NY/Philly
Suns/Wolves - The Suns collapse
LA/Den - LA elimination
Mavs/Clips - Game 1 overreactions
Pacers/Bucks - The potential failure of the Bucks season

This was recorded before game 5 of NY/Phi; Bucks/Indy; Orl/Cle

Knicks super-fan ,and friend of the show, Brad (TW: @beemorgs27) joins to tell the world how NY is going to win the 2024 NBA Finals!

Even with Randle out this will be no issue because Jalen is a top 5 player...? (come on man).

Topics include:


Addition by subtraction with Randle
How good Jalen really is (Jalen vs. Donovan)
Potential Sixers/Heat, Bucks, and C's matchups
The depth of the roster
+ other general NBA banter like MVP meaning, the west, etc.

Jaylen joins the show to talk about the overall playoff outlook as we are 1 month from the postseason. We breakdown rosters, which teams have an actual playoff rotation, and how seeding could help/hurt some teams.

We tackle the biggest questions in the eastern conference:


Sixers chances
Celtics biggest issue/Tatum vs. Melo
Knicks or Cavs as sleeper
+ more.

The we head out west and do the same:


Youth movement: is OKC and the Wolves for real
Kings/Pelicans as sleepers?
Will the Clippers be the Clippers
How good are the current play-in teams actually?

Derrick and Rodney forecast the playoff push for the western conference.


Is Denver a lock for conference finals?
How do we feel about young top seeds: Wolves/Thunder
Sneaky seeds to watch out for
Major western conferences takeaways and lookouts
+ good banter and much more