This week, we cover Air Canada's rise to fame with the fledgling Raptors, all his sick dunks, his fall from grace after a forced trade to the Nets, and his image rehab in recent years.

97 - The Bob Pettit Hawks

Mar 27th, 2019 57m 53s

boy, we've been talkin around this for years! It's time to go back to the 50s and take a look at 'ole Bob Pettit (the progenitor of the power forward) and his wonderful, fabulous St. Louis Hawks...they spar with Russel's Celtics, they win a tit

96 - Jerry West, Off the Court

Mar 20th, 2019 1h 4m

This week, we continue our discussion of Mr. Clutch, picking up after his retirement from the Lakers and following his golden touch in managerial capacities. We talk his GM years putting together the Showtime and Shaq/Kobe Lakers, his rebuild o

95 - Jerry West, On the Court

Mar 13th, 2019 1h 6m

We're talkin' a major legend this week...Mr. Clutch! In the first of a two-part series, we cover Jerry West's playing career, from WVU to the Los Angeles Lakers, all those sad trips to the Finals against the Celtics, the championship year, and

94 - Gregg Popovich

Mar 6th, 2019 57m 55s

This week, we're taking a non-standard angle on Pop's career: his life before all the Spurs titles. We talk his time in the Air Force (and maybe as a spy?), his years spent coaching D-III in Pomona, and his years as assistant coach and GM on th

93 - 07 Seconds or Less Part 2

Feb 27th, 2019 1h 21m

We round off our discussion of Mike D'Antoni, Steve Nash, and the Seven Seconds or Less Phoenix Suns by looking at the years following Nash's back-to-back MVPs, trouble with the Spurs and the dissolution of the franchise, and the reuniting of N

92 - 07 Seconds or Less Part 1

Feb 20th, 2019 1h 32m

The first of a two part series on the progenitor of the modern league, the runnin' and gunnin' :07 Seconds or Less Phoenix Suns! We're talking Mike D'Antoni, Steve Nash, Amar'e, the Matrix, underdogs, and some wild series!

91 - Penny Hardaway

Feb 13th, 2019 1h 9m

Penny Hardaway - a real sweetie! This week we discuss his meteoric rise on the Magic in the mid-90s, some grisly knee injuries, the time he spent with the Suns, and, of course, Lil' Penny.

90 - Yao Ming

Feb 6th, 2019 56m 35s

This week, we're dipping into that much-beloved early-2000s range and looking at the tallest player ever to play, Yao Ming. We cover his time playing in China, and short but sweet time with the Houston Rockets.

89 - Linsanity

Jan 23rd, 2019 57m 30s

This week we're linsane in the membrane! That's right, we're talking everybody's favorite three week long global sensation, Linsanity. We cover Jeremy Lin's precarious beginnings, his month of international superstardom on the Knicks, and his s

88 - Sam Bowie and the '84 Draft

Jan 16th, 2019 41m 46s

This week, we consider the Portland Trailblazers drafting Sam Bowie over Michael Jeffrey Jordan in 1984, and ask if it's really the biggest draft bust in all of sports history. You know how we like to trouble the narrative!

87 - Robert Horry

Jan 9th, 2019 39m 42s

For the first short of the new year, we're taking a quick look at a figure of much debate - Robert Horry and his seven championships. Is Big Shot Bob a clutch performer who deserves our praise, or a phony fraud who got lucky? We lay out the evi

86 - World B. Free

Dec 19th, 2018 45m 6s

This week's short takes a look at the 70s/80s shooting phenom World B. Free. We cover his time on the 76ers, Clippers, and Cavs, get into his famous name change, and interrogate his shooting legacy.

85 - Quadruple Doubles

Dec 12th, 2018 36m 15s

The Holy Grail of basketball stats - the quadruple double! In this short, we cover the only four that have ever happened, talk about how they sometimes almost happen, and theorize why they get talked about so much.

84 - LeBron in High School

Dec 5th, 2018 37m 33s

We're kicking off our Guyaries Shorts series with a look at The Chosen One's beginnings in old Akron, OH. We interrogate the insanity and mythology surrounding Lebron's high school career, culminating in a decision by ESPN to broadcast one of h

83 - Craig Hodges

Nov 28th, 2018 2h 3m

We're capping off Never Heard of 'Em November with a crown jewel - the blacklisted 90s Bulls shooter and activist Craig Hodges! We cover Hodges' time on the Clippers and Bucks, his role on the Bulls alongside one Michael Jeffrey Jordan, his phe

82 - Walter Davis

Nov 21st, 2018 1h 13m

For our third installment of Never Heard of 'Em November, we're looking at the 80s Phoenix Suns scorer Walter Davis. We cover his blowout rookie season, the Suns in the 80s, and Waltergate - a drug scandal revolving around Davis that nearly bro

81 - Jo Jo White

Nov 14th, 2018 1h 8m

For our second entry of Never Heard of 'Em November, we're looking at a figure you may have, well, heard of, but maybe don't know much about - the 70s Celtics legend Jo Jo White. We look at his time at U of Kansas and role in the '68 Olympics,

80 - John McLendon

Nov 7th, 2018 1h 5m

We're kicking off our new suite, Never Heard of 'Em November, with a deep dive on a neglected figure of the 40s-60s: John McLendon. The inventor of the fast break, a figure involved in the desegregation of college ball, and a student of James N

79 - Diana Taurasi

Oct 31st, 2018 1h 9m

We break into the WNBA this week by detailing the career of its greatest player - Diana Taurasi! We cover her time at the powerhouse UConn, her decorated career in the WNBA, and her time playing abroad in Russia,

78 - ACL And Achilles Injuries

Oct 24th, 2018 1h 28m

This week we're getting grizzly and spooky - that's right, we're talking debilitating injuries! We walk you through what exactly ACL and Achilles tears are, how athletes recover from them, and look at a handful of examples from the league, past

77 - Eddie, Whoopi, and the Knicks

Oct 17th, 2018 1h 10m

This week, the Guyaries are at the movies with a review of the largely-forgotten 1996 Whoopi Goldberg basketball vehicle "Eddie," a deranged romp where Whoopi becomes coach of the New York Knicks. We think about the forty-something NBA players

76 - Illegal/Zone Defense

Oct 10th, 2018 59m 22s

This week we're talking something that is everywhere and nowhere - the zone! Is the zone truly only for the weak? Is man-to-man where it's at? We trace the history of the league's outlawing of the zone, its 1981 rule change that allowed players

75 - Jason Williams//White Chocolate

Oct 3rd, 2018 1h 29m

This week, our object of analysis is the deep cut cult fav Jason Williams, aka White Chocolate. We consider the ups and downs of his storied career and his place in three key early-2000s NBA moments - the rise of the Kings, the beginning of the