Ball Street Journal

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad catch us up on the 2024 NBA Playoffs and the trends in team construction that led us to these unexpected Conference Finals matchups.

Nishant pens a love-hate letter to the affordability of the modern NBA's fandom.

Ajay, Nishant, and Saad kick off 2024 with an All-Star Game preview. Channeling their inner general manager, they each draft their All-Star starting five from a pool of this season's most deserving players.

The first Ball Street Journal podcast Christmas special! Ajay, Nishant, and Saad make their Christmas wish lists for the rest of the 2023 NBA season.

On the eve of the 2023-2024 NBA season...a BSJ first! All three hosts and the producer are live to preview the Western Conference: disastrous trades, intriguing rookies, and emerging superstars.

Ajay and Nishant are joined by Rohith (for the first time since his unceremonious departure from their fantasy football league) to reflect on players' loyalty in the NBA. Is it for the money? Is it for the fame? Is it for..?

Ajay and Nishant come to you live to preview the Eastern Conference for the 2023-2024 NBA season. The offseason put many players and teams in flux - will it carry through into the regular season?

For the first time in a long time, Ajay, Nishant, and Saad link up to recap the NBA 2023 free agency and their first reaction to the in-season tournament announcement.

Ajay and Nishant hit the ground running on the offseason with a critique of the Suns' trade for Bradley Beal and predictions for the upcoming 2023 Draft.

Ajay and Nishant are joined by first time guest and lifelong confident Boston fan, Shiv. Will their prediction of a Celtics win come true? Or should the Celtics be warned: the Sixers are coming?

Ajay is joined by Saad to go through the upcoming first round matchups of the 2023 NBA playoffs and which superstars will carry their teams to the next round. Plus a quick foray into live color commentary.

Ajay and Nishant preview the 2023 Play-In Tournament with their picks of unthinkable contenders and hapless pretenders.

With less than 10 games remaining in the 2022 regular season, Ajay and Nishant set out on an impossible task: predict the final standings of the logjam between the Western Conference's 4th and 12th seeds.

Ajay and Nishant weigh in on Ja Morant's suspension and kick-off the NBA awards season.

Ajay and Saad are back on the pod to sort out the trade deadline movement and to hype us up for the season's homestretch.

Joyous times in New York and Philadelphia bring Ajay and Saad together to talk about the vibes around the league.

As we enter the unofficial start of the NBA Trade Season, Nishant and Ajay look at who's stepped up and if someone's fallen into the trade danger zone. And it's never too early to cast your vote for this season's winner of the Michael Jordan Trophy for NBA Most Valuable Player…brought to you by KIA.

Saad and Ajay talk through the lost opportunities of this past offseason's biggest moves and intriguing propositions to correct them.

The NBA soap opera is back. Ajay and Saad break down the latest sagas of the 2022-2023 season.

In the continued series of unfortunate events in Brooklyn, Ajay jumps on the pod to close out Steve Nash's tumultuous coaching career.

Game night at BSJ Pod! Ajay, Nishant, and Saad play a round of fantasy draft to build a roster of upcoming show stoppers plus a quick game of start, bench, or cut.

Ajay and Saad talk through Phoenix's future after the disappointing end to last season, crowded Magic backcourt, confusion in LA, and the promising growth of the Knicks.

Ajay outlines the abundance of talent on the Raptors. But will Masai make moves to bring in the superstar Toronto needs to return to the Finals?

Portland looked ready to move on from the current iteration of their roster. Nishant dissects their offseason moves and finds little sense in their future direction.

Nishant goes through the seemingly never ending list of OKC's draft assets and their continued efforts to gain more capital. Will their good track record in the draft help them return to relevancy in 2022 and beyond?

Ajay tries to rationalize Danny Ainge's approach to the offseason and his lack of patience for an average, middle-of-the-road basketball team.

Nishant contemplates whether the top end talent of Gregg Popovich's coaching can provide a sense of direction to one of the NBA's least talented rosters.

Nishant examines whether the Wizards' long-term commitment to Beal and offseason roster improvements can finally spark some magic.

Even after an entertaining playoff run, the Timberwolves aren't spared from Nishant's strong critique of their head-scratching offseason moves.

Ajay offers some words of advice to the Sacramento Kings in light of their questionable, aimless offseason.

Nishant walks through the plethora of draft assets and young talent in Houston and their upcoming spring cleaning.

Ajay reviews the Bucks' disappointing end to the 2021 season, 2022 offseason moves, and the influence venture capitalist money may have on Milwaukee's roster building going forward.

Ajay talks about the Pelicans' minimalist approach to the offseason and finds what they needed most was in front of them the whole time.

Rugged Sixers fan and first time guest, Nikhil, joins Nishant to examine whether Philadelphia has done enough this offseason to finally take The Process to completion.

Nishant revisits the draining of the Warriors' talent pool and whether they've replenished enough to stay atop the NBA.

Ajay describes the Heat's ability to find value in the rough. But have they found enough to stay on par with the rapidly improving Eastern Conference?

Mama, we made it! Nishant leads the way into Episode 50 by revisiting the Celtics' offseason and potential bullet dodged by not trading for Kevin Durant.

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Ajay gives his completely unbiased, definitely impartial, and really objective review of the Cav's roster…and then doubles down after the Donovan Mitchell Trade.

Ajay is joined by Saad off the bench to defend his fandom, predict the future of NBA stars young & old, and air his grievances against James Harden.

Nishant talks through what the perennially middle-of-the-pack Indiana Pacers have done to move their way up (or down?) the Eastern Conference ladder.

After back-to-back successful drafts for the Motor City, Nishant wonders whether the young Pistons have what it takes to rev their way through the Eastern Conference.

Phew…now that that's over, Ajay and first-time guest, Saad, recollect the emotionally-charged KD trade request and flash forward to the Nets upcoming season.

The Bulls ended last season in a downturn, so Ajay asks the poignant question: can last year's acquisitions get the Bulls running again?

Ajay marks the key free agency acquisitions and forfeitures of the upstart Mavs. Will Luka & co. push past the Western Conference Finals? Or was last season a fluke?

Nishant wonders whether the re-introduction of Jamal Murray and MPJ will be enough to catapult Denver back into the upper echelon of the Western Conference.

Ajay talks through the pieces rolling in and out of the A and the Hawks' success hinging on the compatibility of Trae and Dejounte.

Ajay returns to the pod and joins Nishant to talk through the mind-bending situation unfolding in Crooklyn, better known as Brooklyn.

We shouldn't have left you...Nishant hops on the pod to go through Charlotte's (lack of) offseason activity

Ajay and Nishant direct their own small sample size theater and proclaim which young NBA stars on their first contract are rising and which might flame out.