Dan and Grant roll through a list of NBA players who (mostly) aren’t inside the rumor mill and wonder whether they should be shopped and ultimately moved in advance of the 2025 trade deadline. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Should These NBA Players Be Traded?” on Spreaker.
Dec 28, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan and Grant run through a list of 20-plus NBA players they believe have improved the most during the 2024-25 regular season. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Which NBA Players Have Improved The Most?” on Spreaker. 0:00 – INTRO2:02 – Criteria/Approach4:14 – Player No. 18:34 – Player
Dec 05, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan and Grant grade the 2024 NBA offseason for EVERY team in the Eastern Conference! TIMESTAMPS Listen to “2024 NBA Offseason Grades: The Eastern Conference” on Spreaker. 0:00 – INTRO2:49 – Grading Criteria9:07 – Atlanta Hawks23:02 – Charlotte Hornets31:41 – Miami Heat42:05 – Orlando Magic55:38
Aug 29, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan is joined by Konata Edwards (@NataTheScribe) from CBS Sports to discuss everything and anything about the 2024-25 Charlotte Hornets. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Charlotte Hornets 2024-25 NBA Season Lookahead” on Spreaker. 0:00 – Intro2:50 – Charlotte’s direction9:28 – How will they play under Charles Lee?13:29
Aug 21, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan and Grant play ‘Better or Worse?” with every NBA team in the Eastern Conference. In this case, “better” means having more wins than last season. And “worse” means, well, you know…LOL. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Tatum Tots And 7Up In The Hauser Tillman Says Otherwise”
Aug 12, 2024 by Dan Favale in Absolute Value 
Dan is joined by Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) from Bleacher Report, Forbes and Liberty Ballers for a fun exercise in which they select pairs of NBA players and debate which one has more trade value right now. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ Listen to “How To Run The TraeYoungle Offense”
Jul 31, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan and Grant are joined by Bleacher Report’s Bryan Toporek (@btoporek), Joey Akeley (@Jakeley_BR) and Jason Dunbar (@JayDunOnTheRun) for an NBA re-draft that spans the five draft classes from 2019 through 2023. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Drafting Victor’s Secret Models” on Spreaker. 0:00 – INTRO1:31 –
Jul 29, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks 
Dan discusses the extensions signed by Andrew Nembhard and Tom Thibodeau. After that, he and Grant discuss their biggest question for every NBA team in the Eastern Conference as of RIGHT NOW. TIMESTAMPS Listen to “Chipoeltl Steak Thibs” on Spreaker. 0:00 – INTRO + Andrew
Jul 26, 2024 by Dan Favale in Hardwood Knocks