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The Dagger Basketball
by Deon Franklin, VJ Johnson, Taylor Call
Podcast where we will bring to you all the latest news and commentary in Basketball with a more in depth look at the NBA! Two former Marquette University Basketball walk-ons together with a lifetime basketball fan make for a perfect combination of seriousness, fun, and hot takes! Come listen to us and follow us on social media @the.daggerpodcast
Episodes
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Top Dawgs, Sleepers & Frauds | 2026-27 NBA Season Preview
Tip-off is a week away, so we’re putting our names on everything. Top four in each conference, our pick to come out of each, the teams we think overperform, the ones we think fall apart, who sneaks into the playoffs and who misses entirely. We also get into the teams we genuinely can’t read...
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We Took Two Years Off and the NBA Lost Its Mind
Giannis is a Heat. LeBron is a Sixer. The Knicks are champions. We took two years off and came back to a league we barely recognize — so we're reacting to all of it: the Knicks title run, SGA's MVP, Boston trading Jaylen Brown, Giannis to Miami, the Kawhi investigation, LaMelo to Minnesota, Ja to...
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Season 5 Loading...
The Dagger Basketball Podcast is back for Season 5 since its inception, and we are starting off with a BANG! We will begin the season by reporting on the blockbuster trade in the Association. KAT is the newest member of the New York Knicks and we are here to share our thoughts on the move. In the...
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Summer Recap
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will do a recap of the entire summer. We will cover topics ranging from the 2024 NBA Summer League to the Summer Olympics and more. Discussions get particularly heated on the DNP topic for Team USA Basketball...
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Winners & Losers: Free Agency Edition
On this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will cover all major moves that happened during the first month of NBA Free Agency. While this was one of the quietest free agency markets we have seen in a while, there have been some intriguing moves that could put some teams over the...
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Finals Reactions
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew (minus Deon) will bring in a special guest to discuss the 2024 NBA Finals. The boys will bring you their reactions to the matchup overall and breakdown the performance of each team.
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Draft Day
BREAKING NEWS LIVE!!! Listen to the very end of the episode as there is a surprise ending where we cover a news that broke as we were recording. In this episode, we will breakdown the 2024 NBA prospects ahead of this week's NBA Draft.
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ARMADAGGER
This might be the end of the Dagger Podcast as we know it! With the NBA Finals starting this week, tensions are higher than ever before. Thursday the final showdown begins Celtics vs. Mavs, JT vs. Luka, TC vs. Deon, Good ("Mavs") vs. Evil!! The crew will breakdown how these two teams got to the…
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Conference Finals
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the boys will review the Second Round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, which featured two Game 7s and a few surprises. Following that segment, we will move onto the Conference Finals previewing each series.
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First-Round In Review
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the boys will review the First-Round of the NBA Playoffs, which brought many surprises including the Phoenix Suns getting swept. Also, the crew will go over their All-NBA teams for the 2024 season.
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It's Playoff Time!!!
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will dive right into the Play-In matchups starting this week. Who will make the 2024 NBA Playoffs among the teams fighting fot the 7 and 8 seeds? After that we will discuss the Playoffs matchups we already know and hand out our regular...
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How Sweet It Is
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the boys will go over the first weekend of March Madness and breakdown the most exciting and surprising games from the first and second round of the tournament. We will then bring you all our takes for the Sweet 16 and the next rounds.
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Ballin Like It's March Madness
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, it is time for Madness! It is that time of the year, the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is finally here. We will bring in a new guest to go over and breakdown the bracket seed by seed to get you ready for the start of March Madness...
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Who's Got The Power?
On this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will hand out their weekly awards and then dive right into their NBA Power Rankings ahead of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Playoffs are about a month away so we will rank all thirty teams. With a surprise at No. 1 from one of the guys!
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All-Star Weekend & Deadline Review
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give their takes on yet another underwhelming NBA All-Star Weekend and all its contests. Who is to blame for this event getting worse year after year? Spoiler Alert it is not the Association's fault. After that we will cover…
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All-Star Snubs & 65-Game Rule
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will cover the NBA 2024 All-Star Rosters and the players we believe were snubbed this year. After that, we are going to dive in and discuss the new 65-game rule that is causing much controversy barely half-way through the season. Stay...
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Scorers' Paradise
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will dive in and analyze the recent scoring outburst by several NBA Superstars. Within one week we have had two 70+ points games and two 60+ points games. Which factors play the biggest role in this scoring explosion? Is this good for…
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The Dagger Reboot
WE ARE BACK!! After quite a long break, the boys are back to doing what they do best and that is talking hoops. The Dagger Reboot has initiated and we are here to stay. In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their weekly awards and then dive right in to…
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NBA "Chokegate"
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will hand out their weekly awards before diving into the hottest news from around the Association. First order of business will be "Chokegate" as the guys will give their takes on Draymond Green's UFC moment against the Minnesota...
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The System Arrives in LA!
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their weekly awards and then dive right into the James Harden trade from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers. Is this team still a top contender in the Western Conference? How will James "The System"...
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NBA Week One Impressions
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their weekly awards and then dive right into the first week of action in the NBA. Thoughts on teams off to a slow start and those that are still undefeated, we will bring you our first impressions without overreacting...
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The NBA is BACK!!!
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the boys are BACK!!! The crew is back together for good after a period of absence. Today, we will bring you guys the annual season preview as the NBA restarts tonight with an amazing two-game slate. We will have our over/under segment...
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Bucks & Dollas
The Dagger Basketball Podcast is back with a bang after a few weeks of hiatus because of Deon's wedding! The crew will start by covering the biggest news from the month of September. Damian "Dame Dolla" Lillard has finally left the Portland Trail Blazers after over a decade and moved East to land...
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The Boys Are Back In Town!
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give their takes on Team USA's downfall at FIBA World Cup where the guys failed to bring home any hardware for the trophy case. Who is to blame for this disaster of a team? Will this bring back some of the better players to…
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Conspiracy Theories Are Back!
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their usual weekly awards to start off and then dive right into some conspiracies about the NBA! The episode will feature some of the juiciest conspiracies like the alleged MJ and Jimmy Butler story, the draft lottery...
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2023 Dagger Awards Show
On this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will not be handing out one award... because they will hand out a whole plethora of them! It is the Annual Dagger's Hooper of the Week and Good Hustle Awards show!!!!! The guys will review the entire year and choose their favorite...
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It's Quiet Out There
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will catch up on the news from around the association in the past 2 weeks! After giving the weekly awards, we will dive into the NBA Summer League giving our takes about the rookies, the teams, and the whole format of this...
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Free Agency Frenzy 2023
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew is finally all back together and will review everything that happened in the past two weeks! We will start from the weekly awards, which will feature some crazy contracts that have been handed out this past week. Next, we give our...
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There Is So Much Going On!
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast the crew is finally back after a short period off! The usual weekly awards will be given and then we will jump right into giving a breakdown of the NBA Finals and the NBA Champions Denver Nuggets. Then we will switch gears and give our...
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Celtics & Lakers Sent Packing
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will have much to talk about as the NBA Playoffs Conference Finals have come to an end. The first part of the episode will cover the teams that have been eliminated, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. What went wrong…
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Meltdowns & Glory!
In this week's episode of The Dagger Basketball Podcast, after the crew hands out their weekly awards, we will dive in and breakdown the situation for each of the four eliminated teams in the second round of the NBA Playoffs! Covering the total cleanup in Phoenix, the meltdown in Philadelphia…
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Round 2, Fight!!
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their weekly Hooper of the Week and Good Hustle awards before diving right into the Second Round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs! From the explosive series in the East between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, to…
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Milwaukee Bucks Support Group
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast we will host a support group for all you devastated Milwaukee Bucks fans after their First-Round loss in this year's NBA Playoff to the 8-seed Miami Heat! We will bring in two very special guests to help us breakdown what went wrong for the Giannis and…
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Heroes & Villains
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will be talking about what has been happening in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs focusing mainly on two particular players that had a spotlight shined upon them. Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks the two NBA villains that have…
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It's Time For Some Awards!
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, we are having our annual end of the regular season award ceremony! Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, Coach of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, and the most anticipated MVP award will all be given in this episode! Additionally, we will...
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Playoff Time
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast we will start with the weekly awards with a great variety of recipients of Hooper of the Week awards. Then we will move on and start breaking down the play-in tournament games starting this Tuesday. Will Playoff Jimmy make an appearance?…
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A Century Of The Dagger
This week the Dagger Basketball Podcast turns 100 episodes old!!! In our third season we have reached the century mark so we will celebrate going down memory lane in the out of bounds question for the week while also looking at the future and what it holds for the pod. However, we cannot go the...
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The Struggle Is Real
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their weekly awards which are very March Madness themed given the past weekend we just had in college basketball! Then a guest will join the show to go over two teams that are struggling after having a stellar season…
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Dagger Bracketology
This week on The Dagger Basketball Podcast the crew start the episode by handing out the weekly awards with the HOTW and GH awards and will also choose the 5 Games of the Week winners. And that is it for NBA basketball this week because it is MARCH MADNESS BABYYYYYYYY!!! We will bring in our very...
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Ja?
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast the crew is back together and will start the episode with the usual weekly awards! Then the main topics will be the Ja Morant saga bringing you all you need to know to get up to date with all that has happened and the impending 50 game suspension that...
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Get Rid Of All-Star Weekend
On this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will have a guest host to replace TC on his temporary leave of absence. The topics for this week will start by covering the NBA All-Star Weekend from the Friday events to the Sunday main event. This year did not disappoint, it did...
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Moving West
In this week’s episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast the crew brings in a very special guest and friend of the podcast to talk about the 2023 NBA Trade Deadline and all the moves that occurred the past week. The focus will be on the Kevin Durant trade to the Phoenix Suns with a reflection on…
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Deadline Madness 2023
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will start of with the weekly Hooper of the Week and Good Hustle Awards with a lot of And-1s. Then we will move on to the first segment of the episode in which we will discuss the craziness surrounding the Kyrie Irving move to the...
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Lakers-Celtics Reaction Time
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the episode will start with the weekly awards and then the crew will host a very special guest, PAPA Franklin is back in the studio to bring us his latest takes about last weekend's events that transpired from the Los Angeles Lakers game at the TD…
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All-Star Voting Is Close
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the Philadelphia 76ers have been on a streak for the past two weeks concluding their road trip out west in the best way possible. The crew will give their take on whether this team is for real or will they remain in the second tier of teams in the…
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Memphis On The Rise
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast the guys will start by bringing you the weekly awards with some extra spicy good hustle awards from the past week around the world of sports. Then the episode will cover the Ja and the Memphis Grizzlies recent rise to the top of the western conference...
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Halfway Point
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, we will not be exclusively handing out our weekly awards because we have reached the halfway point of the season and as customary we will give out our mid-season awards. We will start by bringing you the player awards including the Most...
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NBA Christmas Day Review
This week on The Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will give out their usual weekly awards with a couple extra ones for good measure! Then we will dive right into the Christmas Day games which featured a lot of NBA stars but also a lot of injuries. The guys will breakdown each game in...
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Nightmare Before Christmas
This week on the Dagger Basketball Podcast it is all bad news from around the league, after handing out the Hoopers of the Week the crew will cover a few teams that are having a nightmare couple of weeks heading into the Christmas Day games. Starting with the Boston Celtics recent slump including...
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Peaks & Valleys
In this week's episode of the Dagger Basketball Podcast, the crew will start off by bringing you their weekly Hooper of the Week and Good Hustle awards with a little extra sauce in there. Then the guys will dive in on the latest NBA action starting off with the recent slump of the Atlanta Hawks,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Podcast where we will bring to you all the latest news and commentary in Basketball with a more in depth look at the NBA! Two former Marquette University Basketball walk-ons together with a lifetime basketball fan make for a perfect combination of seriousness, fun, and hot takes! Come listen to us and follow us on social media @the.daggerpodcast
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Deon Franklin, VJ Johnson, Taylor Call
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