The Give and Go: 2016 Champions

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The Give and Go is a quick back and forth between Paul Mitchell and Chris St. Jean about a relevant subject in the NBA at that moment.

Paul: Let’s keep it real simple this week, Chris: Which team wins the 2015-16 NBA Championship?

Episode 073 - Tier-ing Up the West

Chris and Paul take on the Western Conference and break down all 15 teams into tiers based on their projected finish in 2015-16.

Episode 072 - Tier-ing Through the Eastern Conference

Chris and Paul return after a temporary hiatus to preview the Eastern Conference by separating its teams into tiers. They get into their title contender, candidates for the second-best team in the conference, why Paul was wrong about this Boston Celtics roster, and which playoff hopefuls are a couple of breaks away and which teams need a drastic change.

The Give and Go: The Dominant Narrative of the 2015 Preseason

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The Give and Go is a quick back and forth between Paul Mitchell and Chris St. Jean about a relevant subject in the NBA at that moment.

Paul: Last week’s Give and Go focused on predicting the dominant narratives of this upcoming NBA season, but I’ll ask you this week instead: which preseason narrative and situation are you most interested in? You mentioned the Golden State Warriors winning a championship by playing position-less basketball last season, so are you more interested in seeing them attempt to repeat as champions or, for example, the San Antonio Spurs as they work to integrate their new pieces into Gregg Popovich’s system? Dare I say it’s been a relatively quiet preseason - outside of an awful injury to Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - but which team has caught your eye early on?

The Give and Go: The Dominant Narrative of the 2015-16 NBA Season

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The Give and Go is a quick back and forth between Paul Mitchell and Chris St. Jean about a relevant subject in the NBA at that moment.

Chris: We’re back Mitchell!  After a long and tortuous NBA-less Offseason, we’ve arrived on the hopeful shores of NBA Media Day. NBATV is airing Real Training Camp on a daily basis and I’ve already been reminded just how terrible Preseason NBA basketball really is (but I’ll watch it anyway…).

If I may make a proclamation, in my opinion the dominant narrative of the 2014-15 NBA Season was the Golden State Warriors and their middle finger to the idea of traditional positions (particularly debunking the myths that stated jump shooting teams and teams without a traditional dominant center can’t win a Championship). There were other narratives to be sure, but I made a proclamation damnit!

What do you think will be the dominant narrative of the upcoming 2015-16 NBA Season?

Episode 071 - Memphis, Movies, and Media with Jonah Jordan

With Chris on vacation this week, Paul is joined by Jonah Jordan (of Grizzly Bear Blues and the University of Memphis’ Daily Helmsman) to discuss his history with the Memphis Grizzlies and their 2015-16 season outlook. Topics include Mike Conley’s future with the team and anxiety over Marc Gasol’s free agency experience, two-way players at the two-guard position, young Grizzlies, Skal Labissiere and the 2016 draft class, and a couple of NBA teams with rookie head coaches from the collegiate levels, in the Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder, before Jonah gives his bottom-5 teams next season and a bold prediction in the Western Conference playoff picture. They then discuss recent movies and the approaching Star Wars release, plus Narcos, BoJack Horseman, and Rick and Morty on television, and then get sidetracked by some Markieff Morris breaking news/tweets, Grantland fallout, and a breakdown of the Memphis media landscape.