KG's all like, "Why'd you spend so much time talking about me and Villanueva?"

We recorded a monster episode of the podcast yesterday. Part 1 is 53:39, part 2 is 33:37.

Topics covered include: The KG/Charlie V. mess, Rajon Rondo’s early-season excellence, Mike Conley and Al Horford’s contract extensions, David Kahn’s guarantee that Ricky Rubio is going to be in Minnesota next season, Baron Davis being out of shape and acting like it’s something new, Eddy Curry as a possibility for Miami, first coach/GM to be fired, our least favourite teams to watch, and the Clippers’ backcourt. Then we get to some new segments…

1) Me talking about a player that I’m loving this week… the other guys are trying to call this “Broner” but I’m vehemently opposed to this.
2) Statgasm – Julian’s numbers-themed weekly thing.
3) Predictions on last night’s games – where we guess what’ll happen in the TNT doubleheader so you can laugh at our stupidity while the results are fresh.
4) Basketball bubble – where my and Julian’s ignorance on things other than basketball is exposed for all to ridicule.

The best part of the show by far is Julian performing some of our favourite parts of Matt Moore’s Mike Conley rant.

Click here to listen to part 1.
Click here to listen to part 2.

Recommended reading:

Beckley Mason on Rajon Rondo
Matt Moore on Mike Conley’s extension @ NBA Facts & Rumors and his classic rant, in full
Moore on John Kuester
Arash Markazi’s report on Baron Davis sitting out because of his knee
Steve Perrin on Eric Bledsoe
Rob Mahoney on Eric Gordon, from the summer
And Moore AGAIN, this time on Al Horford vs. Joakim Noah

Shout-out to Brendon Lynch of the Hardcore Hoops Show for giving us an awesome pep talk before we went in the studio.

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In this episode, we begin with the Raptors and Suns after witnessing their 51-point pre-season blowout. Then, Julian rips into Charlie Villanueva, all of us discuss Michael Beasley’s inconsistency, and we briefly attempt to talk about the Lakers/Barcelona game we barely watched. Eventually we get to the two Wizards pictured above.

We finish off by examining the recent GM survey and playing “Who he play for?” with Wagman.

Runtime is 47:49.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

Recommended links:
Unconventional NBA’s Nick Flynt on Michael Beasley – Part 1 and Part 2
NBA Playbook’s Sebastian Pruiti on Beasley’s inconsistency
Dave McMenamin of ESPN LA – Kobe Bryant: FCB could compete in NBA
NBA.com – 2010-2011 GM Survey: Player Predictions
Jason King of Rivals.com – An old, but great article on John Wall
The Basketball Jones – Gilbert Arenas “Also Still Here” Poster
Kelly Dwyer and Trey Kerby on “Emo Gil.”

…and here’s Luke Babbitt doing the Dougie:

Hat tip: Ben Golliver of Blazersedge

I took a break from daily recaps last week, but trust me when I tell you I didn’t take a break from watching ball or reading about it. There’s no way I can let a week of action go by without sharing my thoughts, so here’s a mammoth recap. Continue Reading