NBA Lottery and Playoff Drama and NFL News Recap

Send us Fan MailThe NBA Draft Lottery always pretends it’s about hope, but it’s really about incentives and desperation and this year gave us all of it. We break down why tanking never goes away, why the lottery can’t be “fixed” with small tweaks, and what the top of the board means for teams trying to find the next franchise changing star. As a Bulls fan, I’m locked in on Chicago landing the No 4 pick, what that finally opens up, and why this draft feels like it has multiple real difference makers.Then we pivot to the NBA playoffs, including how OKC handled business, what LeBron James' NBA  future has in store in terms on what team he decides to spend the rest of his career with. We also get into the Spurs surviving a physical series that included a Wemby ejection, plus the weird sports media outrage cycle when Anthony Edwards daps up the Spurs mid 4th quarter after the Wolves wave the white flag.From there, it’s NFL schedule release week: the creative videos, the strength of schedule lists, and the fan favorite win loss game. We talk the Patriots going from the easiest slate to one of the toughest while dealing with offseason noise and roster questions, then we go straight at the Steelers. Aaron Rodgers is back on a one year deal, and we ask the uncomfortable question: is this a real plan or just kicking the quarterback problem down the road again? We finish with Ohio State uniform and turf changes and a blunt take on the push toward a 24 team college football playoff.If you ride with the pod, subscribe on your platform, leave a five star rating, share it with a friend, and tell us your biggest disagreement from the episode.