18 episodes
Basketball Baatcheet with Nikhil & Arjun Nikhil & Arjun
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Tune in to Basketball Baatcheet and join close friends and hoops enthusiasts Nikhil and Arjun for a free flowing conversation covering the latest news, gossip, and insights on the National Basketball Association, the wider world of basketball, and all things hoops-culture related. California-born Arjun has been an NBA superfan since the mid-90’s, where his love for the game grew over time spent living across the globe. He and Nikhil met in the late 00’s in India, where they formed a lifelong friendship and a shared affinity for the beautiful game of basketball. Since then Arjun has maintained his fanatical interest in the global hoops scene while also taking interest in the state of the game back home in India. Nikhil’s journey has taken him State-side where he has been completing a PHD in Organizational Behavior in the prestigious and basketball-crazy Michigan State University (Go Spartans!). When Nikhil is not busy educating future business leaders about what it takes to build a successful organization, he and Arjun still find time to do what they both love immensely - banter over basketball! Join the boys for an evening of chit chat amongst friends, share your thoughts, questions, engage with a like-minded community and get your weekly hoops fix!
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S02E04 - Weekly League Roundup (WLR); 25-30 Jan '21
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S02E03 - The Kobe Memorial Pod featuring guest Keith Doubman
With the one year anniversary of Kobe Bryant's unfortunate passing, the boys take a stroll down memory lane, as Arjun shares with Nikhil how he became a Kobe die-hard supporter and exactly what Kobe has meant to him and the rest of us. The boys also welcome their first guest to the pod, Keith Doubman, who has been hiking all the way across America for over 250 days to raise money for Cancer Research.
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S02E02 - Weekly League Roundup (WLR) - Kyrie Konundrum, Melo Ballin, Shaq 2 Casual, Giannis regret? Joel 4 MVP?
The boys introduce the weekly league roundup, a segment that will be released every Monday where Nix & AJ take turns giving a one-minute take on each of the teams across the league. This quick hitting segment is aimed to bring you baatcheetos a storyline/hot-take on each of the league's franchises, to help keep you apprised of what to look out for as fans of the NBA. This week's topic's include Kyrie's fit with the Nets, LaMelo looking like Next, Shaq casually hating on people, and whether Embiid's MVP calibre play is enough to win the East.
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S2E01 - The Comeback Pod! - Breaking down the Harden Trade, Early Impressions on the New Season & Rookie Roundup
The boys catch up after taking the offseason off, before shifting to the Hoops topic-du-jour, the blockbuster Harden trade. With Kyrie already behaving perplexingly, how will he take to playing 3rd Fiddle? Grading the trade for all 4 teams, before shifting focus to the standings with early impressions of each team for the new season. The boys then discuss some of the fresh new talents to enter the league, bringing focus to the rookies to keep an eye on.
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S2E00 - The Offseason Pod - The Moves Teams Could & Should Make, & Free Agents to Target
AJ & Nix finally get together face to face when AJ made a visit to the Michigan State campus. Sitting on the banks of the "Red Cedar" river, the boys contemplate the moves teams aught to make, and the targets they should pursue over the abbreviated NBA offseason. The Bucks & Giannis are in a critical offseason where retaining the league's reigning MVP is the league's foremost topic of discussion. The boys banter over other top trade and free agent targets who could be on the move, and play fantasy GM over what they would like to see teams do over this short free agency window.
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Ep 12 - The RESPECT Pod - LBJ & LA take the Chip, Jimmy Levels Up, Legacy Talk & 2021 Outlook
LeBron & the Lakers silence the critics with a dominant close out game 6 win to wrap up one of the craziest seasons in NBA history.
The boys share how they felt about this title, Arjun as a Laker fan, after a decade of futility to finally be back on top, contrasting Nik’s perspective as an LBJ fan.
They get into the inevitable legacy talk with a look back at LeBron’s past teams, successes/failures & the significance of it all.
The boys also discuss Dwight’s Redemption, examine AD’s fit with LBJ in contrast to past star teammates, and take a look ahead at 2021 contenders.