Episodes
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1990's and 2000's All-Decade Teams
The content carousel continues to spin, friends! Take a listen to how we figured the best 15 players of the 2000's and 1990's respectively. Spoiler alert: they were not the same.
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The Worst Front Office Moves of the 2010s: 3/29/20
We turn to a decade in front office transactions for this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier come together to run down the transactions they think were the lowest of the low over the past 10 years in the National Basketball Association. Tommy even throws in...
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2019-20 NBA Awards(!?)-3/20/2020
Well, we went ahead and dished out some hypothetical awards! Give it a listen, Tommy's got an especially spicy take on 6th Man of the Year.
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The NBA Suspends Play Indefinitely--3/15/2020
Well, there is no basketball. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier had a quick conversation about what took place last Wednesday when the NBA decided to halt play for the foreseeable future. We also give a little insight into how we expect to continue with some NBA basketball related content without…
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A Brooklyn Farewell, MVPs, and Contagions-3/11/2020
We recorded this before the league suspended the season FYI, so if you want to find out what we think about that you are out of luck. Sorry! But if you want some piping hot takes on Kenny Atkinson's firing and the Lebron-Giannis MVP race, this podcast is for you. Wash your hands!
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Trade Deadline Winners and Losers-2/9/20
The Trade Deadline has passed, and Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier are here to break down the teams they think made the most of the window, and who left something to be desired.
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Trade Deadline, All-Star Rosters, and Kobe-2/1/2020
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discuss the loss of Kobe Bryant, rosters that may change (or should seriously consider it) before the Feb. 6 trade deadline, and the complete All Star 2020 rosters.
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New Year's Resolutions-12/31/2019
In a decade-closing episode, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier dish out New Year's Resolutions for some of the NBA's players, coaches, and executives to heed heading into 2020.
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December 10: All-Decade Awards 2010-19
We interrupt your regularly scheduled 2019-20 NBA season discussion for a trip in the Nostalgia Jalopy. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier thrown on their sepia-toned shades for this look back at the decade that was in the NBA. Awards from the conventional to completely made-up are dished out, and many…
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By Air, Land or Laker-11/21/19
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discuss early season trends in the 2019-2020 NBA season, including the Los Angeles Lakers' hot start.
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Shine or Shit-11/5/19
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier finally get to talk about NBA basketball with stakes, no more of that preseason, preview bullshit (although that was fun too, right?). Behold, as they shine up or shit on teams with great and terrible starts to the 2019-2020 NBA season. A discussion is also had at the...
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2019-20 NBA Preview: Southwest Divison
The sixth, and final, division preview is finally here. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discussed the Southwest Division's varying levels of competitive basketball teams, and went over some rookie extension deals as well.
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2019-2020 NBA Preview: Central Division
When Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier say they're going to do every division, they do ever damn divison. Even the Eastern Conference's Central Division, which features the Conference favorite, a team whose best player's quadriceps exploded, and various levels of purgatory disguised as basketball…
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2019-2020 NBA Preview: Northwest Division
This time we talked about the Northwest. Possibly the NBA's most interesting division? It's up there, title contenders, Trailblazer disagreement, paying Chris Paul $44 million, all the good stuff.
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2019-20 NBA Preview: Southeast Division
In one of our more...downtrodden episodes, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier preview the Southeast Division ahead of the 2019-20 NBA season. Brevity is not usually a strong suit, but there really was no other choice for this one.
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2019-20 NBA Preview: Pacific Division
The preview train keeps a-rolling with Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier's latest division spotlight, this time in the heavyweight Pacific Division of the Western Conference.
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2019-20 NBA Preview: Atlantic Division
The Association NBA Podcast has returned for the 2019-20 NBA season! The preview train has departed the station as Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier embark upon a new season of podcast pandemonium...or just bad puns! Our preview season begins with the Atlantic Division, home to the NBA Champion Toronto...
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That Offseason When Every Star Changed Teams: Free Agency 2019
Several All-NBA players with new homes later (and even more first round draft pick trades), Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discuss where the league sits after a historic free agency period of the past two weeks. Topics include: the Russell Westbrook-Chris Paul trade and Houston's potential with the...
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2019 Free Agency Preview
NBA Christmas in July is almost here, and Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier are...the podcasting elves...to...Adam Silver's Santa Clause...if Santa Clause looked the other way every time there was collusion. So much has happened in the past month in the NBA, and we give you a look into what intrigued…
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2019 NBA Finals Preview
The end is nigh loyal listeners. On the eve of the 2019 NBA Finals, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier break down the matchups to look for from the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors in their series to determine the 2019 NBA Champion.
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Lottery Fallout and Conference Finals Preview
Greetings handful of listeners! This week we talked about the future for the New Orleans Pelicans following their winning the first overall pick in the NBA Draft, and the two Conference Finals matchups after they've each played one game. Enjoy! (We talked about Game of Thrones at the end so don't...
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NBA Playoffs Round 2: Semi-Finalists and So Forth
After one round of NBA Playoff basketball, eight teams remain in the quest for the 2019 NBA Title. Tommy Wood, calling from France, and Sam Routhier took some time to break down the four matchups in the Eastern and Western Conferences after most have completed their first game.
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Playoff Preview 2019
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier preview the first round of the 2018-19 NBA playoffs.
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2018-19 NBA Awards
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier spend the penultimate regular season episode of The Association making their award picks for the year. From MVP to 6th Man of the Year and All-NBA teams, every category is debated, dissected, and determined on this week's episode.
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Not the Best...and Yet, the Rest
The Association NBA Podcast takes the turn toward the worst this week, as Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discuss all of the NBA teams who will assuredly be watching the 2018-19 playoffs from home. Teams are broken down one after another, as the reason for their poor performance this season is...
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NBA Trade Deadline Day Edition
This week's episode is a recap of the busiest Trade Deadline Day in NBA HIstory. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier use the time to take a deep breath and look at the fallout from a flurry of deals swapping players across conferences and situations, including blockbuster deals for the 76ers and Raptors...
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January 30: AD Wants Out--Where Should He Go and How Does He Get There?
This week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast comes on the heels of Anthony Davis' request that the New Orleans Pelicans trade him. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier devote the majority of the episode to a run down of New Orleans' options to trade the star, including some that have been cited as...
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January 14: Small Markets...Big Issues--Wolves, Pelicans, Life after Blake in LAC
In the first 2019 episode of The Association NBA Podcast, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier take a lens to some problematic small market franchises and explore how it isn't the market's fault that teams can't get their acts together. Topics also include a post-mortem on last year's Blake Griffin trade…
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Christmas Day Games Preview: Who and What to Watch for...and Much More
It seemed so simple...just preview the five Christmas Day games on the NBA schedule...but it turned into so much more. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier bring you another edition of The Association NBA Podcast this week, in which they try to discuss Tuesday's five NBA matchups and somewhat...
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December 7: Quarter Season Awards (Real and Otherwise)
If the length of season played can be split into a commonly used fraction, that means we're going to dish out some awards. This week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast is our Quarter Season Awards, and Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier are slinging those puppies like they're going out of style....
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November 23: Parsing Some Surprising Starts...and Uninspiring Falterings
This week Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier are giving thanks for the National Basketball Association on this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast. Teams with surprising starts are the main focus, from the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers atop the West to Sacramento's upstart bunch…
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November 11: Jimmy Butler heads East, Carmelo still sucks, this time in red.
This week's abbreviated episode of The Association NBA Podcast runs through headlines of the weekend in the National Basketball Association. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier go over the road ahead for Minnesota and Philadelphia after the Jimmy Butler trade, and how Carmelo Anthony's failure to find...
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October 27: Blake Hath Returned, OKC in Trouble, Nuggets' Strong Start
After four restless months of waiting, the NBA regular season has arrived, and Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier dove back into the action with this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast. Topics range from the hot starts of Detroit and Denver, to struggles in Oklahoma City, and more snapshots...
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October 12: Western Conference Southwest Division Preview
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier complete their 2018-19 NBA season preview on this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast with the Southwest Division. As things tend to be bigger in Texas, so too is this podcast, coming in just over 80 minutes. In that span, close looks are taken at Dallas,...
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October 4: Eastern Conference Central Division Preview
With the 2018-19 NBA season looming, The Association NBA Podcast winds down preview season with a look at the Central Division. From static coaching changes to largely dynamic rosters, more of the same doesn't necessarily mean similar results for the five teams that make up this division.
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September 28: Western Conference Pacific Division Preview
The preview train rolls on for The Association NBA Podcast, as Sam Routhier and Tommy Wood take a look at the Pacific Division in this week's episode.
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September 12: Eastern Conference Southeast Division Preview
The 2018-19 NBA Season preview continues on this week's Association NBA Podcast with a look at perhaps the weakest division in the NBA. Undeterred by mediocrity, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier cruise through the five teams encompassing the Southeast, exploring rosters, lineups, outlooks, and the...
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August 29: Western Conference Northwest Division Preview
Back for another preview, The Association NBA Podcast sets sights this week on the stacked Northwest Division and its outlook for 2018-19. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier size up the rosters of Denver, Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Portland, and Utah, and touch on interesting storylines and outlooks for...
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August 20: Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Preview
The Association NBA Podcast returns for a second NBA season with the first of a series of divisional previews for the 2018-19 season. In this episode, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier place the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division under close inspection; projecting each team's crunch time line up…
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July 19: Kawhi to the North, Carmelo to the Waiver Wire
This week's episode of the Association NBA Podcast takes a look at some recent trade action during the 2018 NBA Offseason. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier dissect the Kawhi Leonard for DeMar DeRozen deal between San Antonio and Toronto, as well as the rationale for Atlanta shipping out Dennis…
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Free Agent Frenzy: LeBrongeles, PG back, Warrior Boogie!
This post-LeBron decision, pre-July 4th edition of The Association NBA Podcast features Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier going over the first big moves of the 2018 free agency period. LeBron's move to the Lakers, and the team's subsequent signings, DeMarcus Cousin's miniscule deal with Golden State,...
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NBA Draft Preview
This week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast is a preview of the 2018 NBA Draft. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier speculate on who will go in the draft's first ten picks, and break down attributes of the prospects and their prospective fit within the teams currently holding the top picks. Other...
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Finals Games 1 & 2: Any hope for Cavs? Colangelo Fallout.
This week's NBA Finals edition of The Association NBA Podcast features Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier giving their thoughts on the NBA Championship series' first two games. They also provide insight on how they thing the Cavs and Warriors will adjust heading into the next two games in Cleveland, and...
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May 21: Live Pod-Warrior and Cavalier Game 3 Thrashings
Recorded live in Boston, Massachusetts, this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast combines reunion and NBA analysis as Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier convene in an apartment bedroom. Topics include the Eastern and Western Conference finals results thus far, Phoenix winning the NBA Draft...
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May 13: Boston's Mother's Day Magic, and a Look at HOU-GSW
This week on The Association NBA Podcast, the Conference Finals have begun! Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier discuss Boston's dominant victory over Cleveland in that series' game 1, the firing of Dwane Casey in Toronto, and preview the Western Conference Finals matchup of the Golden State Warriors and...
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May 7: Semi-Competitive Conference Semifinals
This week’s episode of The Association NBA Podcast reviews the action to date in 2018’s NBA Conference Semifinal matchups. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier dive into why all four matchups have been heavily one sided, and how each series has prepared Golden State, Houston, Cleveland, and Boston for…
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April 27: Dubs-Pels Preview, Thon back, Three Game 6's
This week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast comes at the tail end of the first round of the 2017-18 NBA Playoffs. Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier preview the first second round matchup set in stone, Golden State versus New Orleans, as well as the series that are heading to their final games....
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First Round Check In: Pelicans, LeBron, Dwyane Wade???
With all eight series in the first round of the NBA Playoffs past the Game 2 mark, Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier took time to look at the action so far on this week's Association NBA Podcast. Talking through five of the more competitive series so far, topics include LeBron's big Game 2 against...
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First Round Playoff Preview: Upsets? Bench Units? Coffee?
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier push the pace on this week's episode of The Association NBA Podcast as they run through all eight first round playoff matchups in the 2017-18 NBA postseason. Topics include marquee first round matchups like Oklahoma City-Utah, Portland-New Orleans, and...
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Spurs in Flux: Kawhi Back...or Kawhi Gone?
Tommy Wood and Sam Routhier use this week's episode of The association NBA Podcast to go deep on the new era of the San Antonio Spurs, and whether the years to come will involve Kawhi Leonard or a speculative trade haul of talented youth and draft pick riches. Other topics include the Celtics'...
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