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The Boxscore Geeks Show
by The Boxscore Geeks
Every week we talk about sports, primarily the NBA. If you're looking for advanced stats, snarky analysis, and all the sports talk you could ask for? You're in the right place!
Episodes
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Can the Lakers win 63 Games? (Special Guest Chris Yeh -- Blitzscaling)
Chris Yeh -- https://chrisyeh.com/ -- one of the savviest Lakers fans (in addition to being a best-selling author, investor, reality TV show star, and more!) returns to talk the Luka Doncic trade and the Lakers new management. Spoiler, the Lakers may be back in the 60 win club sooner than you'd...
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Betting on a whole lotta NBA Transactions
Recorded 7-8-2025 Dre and Brian talk a bunch of the NBA moves in the offseason as well as the Malik Beasley betting "scandal."
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Dre went to Indiana!
Dre and Brian are back to talk: The NBA Finals including how great Indiana was The Kevin Durant trade A bunch of questions about player health and if Tyrese's injury signifies a change in the NBA landscape.
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Does Dre Need to Go to Indiana?
We're back! Dre and Brian talk: The NBA Playoffs Conference Semi-Finals (sorry those still hurt) and Conference Finals Hey, injuries matter, huh? Do coach firings matter? We talk Mike Malone and Tom Thibodeau We wax effusive on Steph Curry, and Brian has a fantastic estimation exercise. We start...
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The end of the Nuggets?
Recorded April 8th, 2025. We talk: The state of the NBA Playoffs, since recording the Lakers ended a lot of ties The Denver Nuggets firing their front office. The Memphis Grizzlies firing of their coach. The great 2022 movie Hustle starring Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangomez
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Zach Edey ISN'T Rookie of the Year?
Recorded 3/19/2025 Dre and Brian are back to talk: OKC's ridiculous season. The state of the major award races and who we'd pick. How the playoffs look right now. Bowling? Sure.
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Luka Donic and It's All Been Done Before
Recorded 3/4/2025 - sorry for the late release! Dre and Brian are back to talk: Victor Wembanyama The free-falling Mavericks and NBA History Net Points and "Advanced Analytics" History The New York Knicks are good? And "Get Your Bag" Hall of Famers
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WE WERE RIGHT! Jimmy Butler and more!
Dre and Brian are back to talk the NBA trade deadlines and the winners and losers. We also confuse Bogdanovic and talk a little NBA All-Star game as well.
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Was the Anthony Davis / Luka Doncic Trade Win-Win?
No. Recorded 2-4-2025. Dre and Brian are back to talk the Anthony Davis / Luka Doncic trade and the Zach Lavine and De'Aaron Fox trade.
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Jimmy Butler is Worth All the Draft Picks
Records 01-21-2025 We're back to talk: Jimmy Butler being worth the one season gamble. Why Phoenix is actually doing the right thing. Why Houston looks so good. Nikola Jokic's Triple-Double MVPs (I even "predict" one)
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Gotta have more Jimmy Butler
Dre and Brian are back! We talk, well, a ton of the NBA and more Should teams trade for Jimmy Butler? The Wins Produced Numbers are back at Boxscore Geeks, and general stats overview/advice. Standout and top teams in the NBA. How OKC is just scary, so so scary. Who deserves MVP? Thanks for...
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The Celtics are Good?
Dre and Brian are back to recap the 2024 NBA Finals. How do the 2024 Celtics rack up all time?
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Office Hours with Professor David Berri: Slaying the Trolls
Professor David Berri returns to talk "Slaying the Trolls" the book he wrote with UMass' Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion Nefertiti Walker. It deconstructs many of the myths in women sports, and touches on a lot of NBA and WNBA, which we love!
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Minnesota Timberwolves - It's Still Good?
Dre and Brian return to talk the Conference Finals and some of the previous NBA Playoffs. Do the Wolves have a chance? We recorded this before Luka definitively answered no. Also some sad Bill Walton talk and some WNBA talk.
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Playoffs! (2024 edition)
Dre and Brian are back to talk The opening round of the NBA Playoffs Our thoughts on the various award finalists The "rule changes" the NBA has had in regards to fouls The WNBA! Some thoughts on the FIDE Chess Candidates tournament
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Is Brandin Podziemski Rookie of the Year?
We're back to talk: Super Tuesday! Can the Warriors win with the Rookie of the Year? Gotta keep up the Victor Wembenyama love! A fun stroll down memory lane and why the blogging analytics movement fractured, crashed, and burned, but why analytics still won. Tune in!
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Good Riddance Carmelo Anthony
Recorded 2-13-2024 Superbowl Talk! We talk the Celtics, who are good, have no weaknesses, and may be the best Celtics squad ever. Victor Wembenyama is making his threes, as Vince Carter would say - "It's over!" We talk the All-Star Reserves and ... ugh. We finish talking Melo's revisionist…
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Luka Doncic MVP?
For the first time in awhile we got some promo codes! Paydirt24 over at paydirtdfs.com! A little football talk to start! we check in on the OG Anunoby trade and revisit a segment we call "Brian is Right" We analyze the Kyle Lowry for Terry Rozier deck chairs trade. We talk about NBA All-Star...
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Victor Wembenyama MVP?
Stat padding, blockbuster trades, the MVP race, and more! Embiid and Stat Padding MVP Race, can a player be an MVP w/ 65 games played? The Detroit Pistons / Washington Wizards "Blockbuster Trade" and if Marvin Bagley should dethrone Same Bowie as the biggest draft bust. A history lesson about how...
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Can the Warriors Make a 20-Point 4th Quarter Comeback?
Dre and Brian return to talk a whole lotta Warriors as well as the Knicks/Raptors "blockbuster trade", the Rookie of the Year Race and why the Thunder have Rookie of the Year and MVP. Tune in!
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Joel Embiid MVP?
Dre and Brian return to talk the end of the NBA Cup, if Joel Embiid is MVP, how Harden is doing on the Clippers, a couple of NBA scandals and feuds!
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Tyrese Haliburton NBA MVP?
We're back to talk: The Phoenix Suns How Nikola Jokic and Tyrese Haliburton are generational MVP talents this season. The Minnesota TImberwolves finally being good! The Rookie of the Year race with Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembenyama Our thoughts on the NBA Cup aka the in-season tournament with...
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The Immaculate Scott Williams
We're thrilled to have special guest Scott Williams on the podcast today. Scott is a fifteen year NBA veteran and three time title winner. Scott is on to discuss his book "Through the Fire: A Memoir of Trauma and Loss, Basketball and Triumph." We talk Scott's time at UNC with Dean Smith and how…
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Can Boston Win it All?
We're back after three weeks! The NBA started right after we recorded this, so a lot to discuss including: The 76ers and Clippers and if they should pull the trigger for James Harden Has Dre joined the Wembanyama hype train? Is Boston the favorite? The Grizzlies and how fast predictions fall…
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The Damian Lillard "Louisiana Purchase"
The slumber of the offseason is over! We discuss the major Damian Lillard trade and follow up trades. Meaning we go over, in depth: The state of the Portland Trail Blazers The state of the Milwaukee Bucks The state of the Phoenix Suns The state of the Boston Celtics Broadcasted live on Twitch --...
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Chocolate Thunder Level Nicknames, ESPN's Sportsbook, and More!
We talk: Anthony Davis' big contract. The demise of the PAC 12 ESPN getting directly in the sports betting arena Rank over 130 NBA Nicknames! Thanks to: Basketball Reference - https://basketball-reference.com Thomas Neumann - https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/li... Pat Heery -...
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Jaylen Brown and S-Tier Nicknames
We're back! We discuss: The Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis signings in Boston and why both are bad, but Boston will likely still be good. Briefly about Bronnie and how sports has a sad history of risk, even to the young and healthy. We review a list of 101 NBA Nicknames...
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Domantas Sabonis or Tyrese Haliburton?
We're back to talk: NBA Free Agency and why contract analysis is difficult -- unlike player evaluation. Damian Lillard's current saga in Portland Every, if not most, important free agency signing as of 7/11/2023. Some highlights: Austin Reeves Haliburton vs Sabonis Brook Lopez Why Andre…
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Chris Paul Trades Successes and Failures
We're back we talk: The NBA Finals and Dre's firsthand account of the Nuggets' historic win. The Chris Paul Trades, why the Suns and Wizards are who we thought they were, and the Warriors are light years ahead again. Why Bradley Beal and Devin Booker don't make sense next to each other. How the...
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Don't Forget the Joker!
Brian and Dre talk the NBA Finals, what happened to Boston, Bob Myers exit in Golden State, and Jimmy Butler's attitude. Tune in!
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Nuggets in 4 or Lakers in 7
Andrew Sutton returns to talk the NBA Conference Finals with Brian and Dre. We also talk: Doc Rivers firing Are the Heat for real? Can the Nuggets make the finals? Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs.
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Anyone Can win the NBA Title (But Please be the Nuggets)
Brian and Dre return to talk: Dillon Brooks plummeting value and foolish trash talk. Injuries in the NBA Playoffs. Every 2nd Round Series, including optimism for the Warriors - which paid off! Tune in!
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We like the reality of Jaren Jackson Jr.
Brian and Dre are back to talk: De'Aaron Fox and Jaren Jackson Jr. winning the first two NBA awards of award season. All of the NBA Playoffs, especially the Nuggets and Warriors. Draymond Green's stomp, and why the NBA's handling of it was already bad, and spoilers, we'll definitely talk how it...
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I was Wrong About Joel Embiid
We're back to talk: The NCAA and March Madness' End Catlin Clark and Angel Reese's "feud" MVPs and why Embiid briefly wasn't deserving and is now the favorite Why the Warriors aren't a threat in the playoffs. We also break a pack of 1990-1991 Fleer Cards, but the video for that can be found at...
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Walker Kessler is Rookie of the Year
Podcast Week - BSG, Ted Lasso (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creativity-education-and-leadership-podcast/id1567287356), and Star Wars CCG ()https://www.patreon.com/jeffmay), oh my! State of the Western Conference, Including Highlights for The Grizzlies The Kings The Mavericks Deep…
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The Warriors are who we thought they were.
Dre and Brian return to talk: The current state of the Warriors, and what's gone wrong and what's gone right? The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo and some of the frustrating realities about how the NBA is really a big grift for billionaires. We check in early on the Mavericks/Nets…
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The 2023 NBA Trade Deadline, Kevin Durant, and Win-Win-Lose Trades
Holy cow, we go over every major trade at the NBA Trade Deadline including: Kyrie Irving for Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith D'Angelo Russell and Jarred Vanderbilt to the Lakers Kevin Durant to the Suns! Josh Hart and Matisse Thybulle for the Knicks and Blazers, in another four-team…
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Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. and Average Averages
Dre and Brian return to talk: The Nuggets Finals hopes! How parity has "Returned to the NBA" and top draft picks have vanished from the top. Why the trade market may not solve all teams woes. Why defense remains a hard concept, and what even is defense? Tune in!
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Dave Berri explains how both NBA and WNBA players are underpaid!
Find Dave on Twitter and Instagram as @wagesofwins FIne Dre on Twitter and Instragram as @nerdnumbers. You can check out nerdnumbers.substack.com for show notes, articles, and more! On this show, we discuss: Why a lot of people do science wrong. WNBA and NBA players being underpaid, even…
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Luka Doncic is MVP
We talk Dre's post on NBA Award Trophies Why Luka Doncic is the obvious MVP. Some surprise NBA players like Lauri Markannen and Donovan Mitchell.
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Why Gen Xers are New York Knicks Fans
Dr. Jonathan Weiler (@jonweiler) joins the show! Dr. Weiler is a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, specializing in economics and politics. He also has a great Substack - jonathanweiler.substack.com. He also has the fantastic podcast "The Agony of Defeat" with Matt Andrews. He joins us to talk: Kyrie...
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Should Teams Already be Tanking for Victor Wembanyama?
We're back to talk: The start of the NBA season. Featured teams are the Nuggets, the Warriors, the Grizzlies, the Mavericks, the Pelicans, the Cavaliers, and the Jazz. Is tanking a good strategy, and is Victor Wembanyama worth it? Dre was wrong about Russell Westbrook :( More chess controversy…
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Not All Herros Make $130 Million
Recorded 10-4-2022 We're back to talk: Small Sample Size Theater. Overreacting to preseason games! Including James Wiseman, Ben Simmons, Michael Porter Jr., and more! Tyler Herro's massive contract and if it's worth it (spoiler, it's not) Aaron Judge's Home Run Record and a brief history lesson.…
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A Slap on the Wrist for Robert Sarver
We're back we talk: (0:54) - A little warm-up talking about Brian's Warriors (14:29) - Rob Sarver's Suspension and Fine (32:37) - Robert William's Injury (47:49) - Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen's Chess Drama Shameless self-promotion, I just did a podcast with Jeff May on Zelda 2: The Adventure…
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Was the Donovan Mitchell Trade Lose/Lose?
Dre and Brian discuss: Kevin Durant "staying put" in Brooklyn The Donovan Mitchell trade to Cleveland Some, definitely behind the news cycle by the time this is released, chess talk on Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann at the Sinquefield Cup.
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Gary Payton plays Wizards and Warriors
We're back to talk about the relevant NBA trades and free-agent signings as of July 6th, 2022. Special thanks to Spotrac for having such information readily available: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/transactions/trade/ - Trades https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/ - Free Agent tracker Also, I...
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Robert Williams, Gary Payton, Andrew Wiggins, and the NBA Finals
Welcome Ben Guest for a new segment we'll be calling: "20 Second Timeout with Ben Guest", where we quickly discuss a topical subject that we don't want to wait for our "weekly" shows. Today's topic? The NBA Finals! Also, if you stick around to the end, I read my most recent substack article. You...
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Marcus Smart Isn't Shutting Down Steph Curry
We're back to wrap up the NBA Conference Finals and discuss our picks for the Larry Bird and Magic Johnson Trophies. We also "predict" the NBA Finals, with some notes on how Marcus Smart's defensive takes are wrong, and it all hinges on Robert Williams' minutes.
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We like the Idea of Jaren Jackson
We're back to recap our thoughts on round 2 of the NBA Playoffs. Reminder: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat Golden State Warriors vs. Memphis Grizzlies Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns Shout out to Greg Steele's new site - https://www.thebasketballdatabase.com/
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Nikola Jokic is MVP PERIOD
Brian and Dre are back to talk: Nikola Jokic's MVP season and why Joel Embiid is a hilariously bad, albeit positive option. The Timberwolves "overzealous" celebration in their play-in victory. Some predictions on the first round of the NBA playoffs. This episode was recorded Thursday April 14th.
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