Lowering The Rim

Chris shares some unreal sports stories that will have you scratching your head and we come to the end of the Last Dance documentary.

Ian talks about The Last Dance and his new podcast.

Our dad recounts watching the 90's era Bulls, his favorite player, buying trading cards, and seeing our brother bloom into an elite basketball player.

We talk about our reactions to the ESPN documentary "The Last Dance," a documentary covering the Chicago Bulls 97/98 season.  These episodes focused on Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.

We follow up H E double hockey sticks with ideas of heaven 

Win a trip with the Answer himself, Allen Iverson.

We discuss Hell and all its possibilities. 

We wore Starter jackets, watched Voyage of the Mimi and played Basketballderdash. Listen to it now.

Our podcast has a breakthrough with getting a sponsorship and we do a round of Basketballderdash. If you smell good, you play good. We also set up a hoop in the back yard.

We discuss the NBA in clusters, what we hid from our parents, and buying basketball goals.

When High School and Basketball collide with your early morning routine.

What does candy, carpet courts, little league baseball, and bucket lists have in common?  Find out on this installment of LTR.

What are some of the songs that have shaped the NBA? We also discuss different types of basketball courts we've experienced.

What movies and TV shows have NBA references? A guide to all things basketball cinema, other than Space Jam.

This episode is full of AND1 mixtapes, our top 5 players, and Bill Murray for 6th Man.

Basketball videogames; real and imagined. NBA players in real life. And Creed.

The plot of Space Jam has manifested as the NBA announces the season is postponed. We discuss their decision in wake of the Corona Virus (and lime).

The Battle for LA and the Coronavirus.  What it all means for the NBA.

Today we discuss Kegan's ideal NBA team, current NBA ratings, and the shoes of the NBA. Special Guest: Baby Caleb.

Kegan, Caleb, and Drew discuss the new changes for the 2020 All-Star game and possible changes going forward. Also the Blues Brothers used to do trampoline dunks.

We discuss regular season matchups, possible playoff positions, and the new look Mavs. 

We sit down with Andy and discuss his favorite off-season moves, potential conference finals matchups, the new LA, and the sighting of a unicorn.

David Griffin's SI article, don't count Klay out, Carmelo's farewell tour, and how the Athletic is changing sports media. Plus Vegas over/unders for the 2019-2020 season. Get out your broomsticks!

We discuss the latest trades leading up to free agency, the New Look Pelicans, and recap the Warriors/Raptors series.

Kegan, Drew, and Caleb talk Warriors vs Raptors  play a weird game of Basketballderdash,  rank order the Space Jam soundtrack, and figure out which Star Wars character  the sport of Basketball would be.

Off the tail end of Golden State solidifying their position as Western Conference Finals, we discuss our hopes and dreams for the Eastern Conference.  Jared Thorne joins us for a round of Basketballderdash and Hot Take Time Machine and Caleb tries really hard to tell a skunk joke.  Won't you join us this time?

@urkle9 is a popular voice on NBA Twitter for bay area fans and ready to stand toe to toe with anyone who challenges The Warriors greatness.  Plus, a fun round of Basketballderdash, Nicholas's Cage, and we answer more of your questions.

The brothers discuss the current state of the 2019 playoffs with Indiana native, semipro wakeboarder, sports videographer, and intermural sports champion, Matt Carlson.  

Dave Ferguson of the Birthday Boys, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and I Love You, America, joins us to debate the better sports event:  March Madness vs. NBA Playoffs.  Kegan and Caleb compete in "Basketballderdash" and a Franchise Slogan Championship.  

Today we have a special guest, who is an Indiana boy just like the rest of us.  Todd Bushong group up in Gas City, Indiana, a small rural town known mostly for agriculture.  He tells us about what basketball meant to his small town, Hoosiers the movie, U2 and Muggsy Bogues, and of course Donkey Basketball.  We also get into to some of the goings on of the current NBA.  Enjoy!

Today we talk about Zion Williamson's shoes exploding, Michael Jordan's misquote "The ceiling is the roof," and officials giving out tiny technicals using only their fingers.   Let's go!

Today we talk all things Lakers with a good friend of the twins and Lakers aficionado, Nick Wiger, co-host of the Doughboys podcast.  You can check out episodes of Doughboys at https://headgum.com/doughboys  and follow Nick @nickwiger . 

Tim has a long resume of voice work for video games, most notably NFL Blitz, Mutant Football League, and of course NBA Jam.  This episode is filled with insider stories of those games.  We also talk about all of his other cool projects, including whosaidwhatnow.com, a customizable audio recording by Tim (which we used for our intro), his IMAX idea for Phil Jackson's book "Sacred Hoops," his Boomshakalaka shoe and power bar, and his "Dub Jam" videos for the Warriors.  Follow Tim @Tim_Kitzrowto keep up with all of his awesome projects!  

The brothers talk about AD (Anthony Davis), Ernest P. Worrell, Ja Rule's Milwaukee Bucks Half Time show,  LeBron and the Lakers playoff possibility, Adam Silver on anxiety of NBA Players, "Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside" for N64.  Enjoy!

Our proposals for fixing the All Star Weekend, including a proposal for a royal rumble style All Star game.