Bouncing Around

1:33 - DeMar DeRozan is FEASTING3:38 - Starting at the End, Paul George's incredible close7:30 - Shoutout to Sabreena Merchant12:55 - Luke Kennard has found his spot14:40 - Isaiah Hartenstein makes a difference17:40 - SGA might be the best driver in the league20:45 - Bazley is a fascinating mover21:38 - Terrence Mann is so functional 27:56 - Josh Giddey talk with THE Ben Pfeifer31:03 - Giddey's scoring - utilizing his size on drives31:44 - Shoutout to Nekias DuncanNekias also co-hosts the Dunker Spot pod with the GREAT Steve Jones Jr [Evin's personal hero]32:25 - Josh's floater34:22 - Shoutout to Polar!37:55 - Shoutout to PD Web 43:00 - JOSH GIDDEY. PRIMETIME PASSER. 51:08 - Josh Giddey is bleeding into Ben's life54:20 - KINGS v PELICANS [Oct 29 2021]55:15 - Willie Green: 4 Finals in 5 years as an assistant59:30 - The development of the rest of De'Aaron's game1:01:45 - Fox going body to body with Jonas1:02:20 - Nash Scoops!1:06:20 - Shoutout to Mike Prada1:07:44 - Brandon Ingram - a style similar to one DeMar?1:14:14 - PELICANS SET BREAKDOWNS1:14:20 - Horns Out Chicago [Pels x Suns]1:15:14 - Horns Clear [Pels x Suns]1:15:41 - Delay Chicago [Pels x Suns]1:17:51 - Shoutout to Caitlin Cooper. ARCC.1:17:55 - Dunker Spot DHO [Pels x Grizzlies]1:18:21 - Angled Spain [Pels x Suns x Grizzlies]1:19:29 - Horns 45/Elbow Get + Exit 1:19:40 - Shoutout to Bowser2Bowser

2:16 - Posting positively about Paul George5:05 - Jumping straight in on the Minnesota Timberwolves7:16 - Karl-Anthony Towns is insulated11:14 - An Isiah Thomas comp AND clip?!15:00 - The task of containing Kevin Porter Jr is like trying to hold water in your hand.17:40 - Karl-Anthony Towns. Anthony Edwards. Two man game.19:54 - D'Angelo Russell driving the ball?! Getting to the line?!30:05 - Bud & Pop. The buddy coach comedy you didn't know you wanted32:24 - Giannis throwing up a Dirk fade in Texas32:53 - Dueling drop coverages35:20 - The incredible moldable Spurs 36:09 - Douglas Richard McDermott. Monsieur McBuckets.37:14 - An automatic for the Spurs: no straight line drive = DHO37:41 - Pistol Chicago [and give & go ability of Doug]38:55 - Doug McDermott is TRON43:15 - The Pressing San Antonio Spurs44:30 - Olympic Gold medalist Keldon Johnson45:25 - Keldon TRIED it with Giannis but adjusted after getting rejected47:26 - Iverson Slice STS for San Antonio was clunky48:00 - Dejounte & Derrick against drop coverage. Midrange monsters.48:10 - Dejounte Murray talk.50:15 - Derrick White!51:30 - Jakob Poeltl is tremendous. Perhaps a DPOY nominee if he was playing more basketball of consequence54:30 - Devin Vassell55:00 - Finding new pockets of basketball57:50 - Samson gives me props and I eat it up.58:10 - Who is Samson excited to watch this season?58:34 - Evan Mobley.58:44 - Larry Nance Jr.59:01 - De'Aaron Fox.59:09 - The Memphis Grizzlies and Ja being OD so far.

If you want to Bounce Around the episode:2:27 - Vucevic, DeMar, and LaVine aren't exactly going light the world on fire defensively5:56 - Vuc as an offensive hub7:19 - Shoutout to PD Web 10:39 - The LaVine/Vuc two man actions that can sustain an entire offense14:37 - FILM BREAKDOWN for the Bulls15:16 - Delay + Brush16:10 - Delay + Brush + Chase17:36 - PnPop + Chase18:17 - Punch + 45/Pin-in19:42 - Delay + 4520:10 - The Bulls defense . . . that Evin doesn't wanna talk about22:55 - Derrick Jones Jr - weakside eraser?37:34 - Memphis Grizzlies!48:25 - Kyle Anderson aka SloMo50:03 - Evin's perfect Griz front court pairing: a defensively engaged Jaren & SloMo 58:55 - FILM BREAKDOWN for the Griz59:14 - Angled Spain!1:00:02 - Horns Out Flip (Back)1:00:51 - Horns Out Elbow Get1:01:26 - Elbow Split Cross Screen1:02:36 - Triple Stagger (Slip)1:05:25 - San Antonio Spurs1:09:10 - Devin Vassell1:09:50 - The Devin Vassell/Doctor Strange crossover you didn't know you needed 1:10:30 - The Samson Folk/San Franciso Giants/San Antonio Spurs crossover you…1:12:20 - Who is Derrick White really?1:21:59 - Shoutout to Sabreena Merchant and our WNBA show The Step Throughhttps://twitter.com/sabreenajmEvery ep of The Step Through: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ...1:26:30 - Gregg Popovich likely won't chase the win record

3:14 - The Brooklyn Nets = 50/40/904:24 - Luka/Kleber/Porzingis/Game 716:30 - Samson waxes poetic about Paul George18:54 - Big L for me thinking that Josh Richardson would be the answer to the Mavs problems back before the season started22:33 - BROOKLYN v MILWAUKEE25:10 - Jrue Holiday had a few defensive gaffes from our perspective 25:34 - Samson provides some important context in the conversation about evaluating a mistake defensively 28:04 - The Brooklyn Nets play with court geometry at an exceptionally high level.28:18 - Weaponizing Joe Harris29:19 - Joe Harris makes it impossible for you to help.33:25 - Weakside i34:06 - “It's not that Milwaukee messed it up. It's really not.” The Nets are just that good.36:16 - “Joe Harris is bending the defense in a way that is breaking Budenholzer's brain.” 39:48 - Bruce Brown “a revolutionary as a 6'4” guy in the dunker spot” 40:18 - Samson RUNS US THROUGH PLAYS.49:18 - The Bucks ran a Spain-ish action57:12 - SUNS v NUGGETS58:23 - Jokic elevates everyone else on the roster59:02 - Ayton vs Jokic and the mutual respect they have59:30 - Evin Stops The Best Players In The World1:01:00 - Michael Porter Jr is a great tough shot maker1:03:46 - Samson brilliantly runs through how Deandre Ayton did damage to the Nuggets1:05:21 - UCLA reject - PnR - Exit1:11:11 - Devin Booker manipulating with his eyes + Michael Porter Jr making NOT GREAT DECISIONS1:15:07 - The Nuggets KNOW the Suns are running stack but Michael Porter Jr's coverage isn't great.1:17:21 - Porter Jr's fault or master manipulation by the Phoenix Suns?1:26:17 - The Suns continue to ask you questions that you don't yet have answers for1:27:48 - Campazzo & Cam Payne - both FwG winners

Timestamps coming shortly. 

1:30 – Doug McDermott buried the Hornets and they never recovered 12:45 – The Pacers will be in trouble: teams can dare Sabonis to beat them by himself19:24 – GRIZZLIES vs SPURS20:18 – An ode to drop defense!25:58  - Jakob Poeltl vs the kings of the floater31:49 – I wanted MORE invert action just to change the flow of the game.34:31 – WIZARDS vs CELTICS34:42  - Finally, a realistic Robin Lopez comparison36:40 – “Make Tatum make reads” was the game plan in the 2020 playoffs.39:36 – BOS SLOB Rip STS40:43 – BOS Horns Hammer41:30 – BOS SLOB Ghost Rip42:10 – BOS SLOB - fakes the Rip STS – and it turns into a double stagger43:07 – BOS Zipper Backdoor43:26 – The Spurs used to have Manu Ginobili go zipper backdoor45:20 – Jayson Tatum is a world class defender ESPECIALLY at the nail47:47 – Shifting from reactive passer to proactive passer is the next step in Tatum’s ascendance48:20 – LAKERS vs WARRIORS49:20 – The Lakers took the ball out of Steph’s hands but at the cost of downhill momentumaka Samson’s brilliantly breaks down the defense this game and I couldn’t be more proud.50:28 – Scram switching for both teams52:40 – “Andrew Wiggins at the point of attack was borderline transcendent”58:51 – Alex Caruso love59:55 – The Lakers are a level of connected on both ends that you’d expect of NBA champions1:03:23 – Draymond is so impactful defensively because you can’t beat him in a cat-and-mouse game even with an advantage1:05:37 – “It would be easier to find a nickel on the beach than it would be to find a defensive misstep from Draymond this game”1:08:20 – A counter Samson wanted to see more of: Andrew Wiggins screen for Steph and having him attack downhill1:11:30 – Samson has been on the Andrew Wiggins train since before the season began. 

3:23 - Evan defines “feel”4:47 - Pattern recognition 5:40 - Visual processing6:40 - Processing speed10:46 - Invasion sports15:48 - “You need an opportunity to try and fail as much as possible, especially younger, when the results don’t matter as much”19:20 - Mirror neurons!22:42 - Hit Ahead Passes!27:50 - “What is chunking?”29:28 - DeMar DeRozan, chunking in the pick and roll31:36 - Reactive reads vs proactive reads35:05 - Predictive passers create the windows themselves40:42 - Evan loves the Heat development context + egalitarian offense43:44 - Evan waxes poetic about Nikola Jokic48:56 - PD sent in some Qs for Evan to answer49:09 - “If he were design an offense to develop a ballhandlers feel, what would be the pieces you would want to make their development easier?”50:29 - PHX Spain PnR mention51:05 - “same games as they have now, who is a better player: A Jokic-shaped KD or a KD-shaped Jokic?53:39 - FILM BREAKDOWN with THE EZ Hoops54:37 -  Clip 1 - Ja Morant be chunking. 56:24 - Clip 2 - Ja Morant: reactionary or proactive passing?1:01:50 - Clip 3 - THE Luka overhead pass1:03:58 - Clip 4 - Luka1:05:30 - Clip 5 - D’Angelo Russell against the Wolves1:10:38 - New James Harden nickname?1:10:51 - Clip 6 - D’Angelo Russell making the most out of a small passing window1:14:07 - Clip 7 - Manu Ginobili + Tim Duncan + slipping screens = killer coordination1:17:03 - Manu’s deceleration 1:17:30 - Clip 8 - James Harden putting himself in a can’t lose situation1:20:30 - Evan plugs the GOODS. No need to list it here because it was already listed above.

3:18​ - Suns vs Knicks (Evin’s Game of the Week)4:25​ - Phoenix and the art of disguising sets ​4:50​ - Evin explains the difference between Chicago & Miami action 5:28​ - Shoutout to Evan Zaucha aka EZ Hoops​6:26​ - I admit that it is a silly way but you’ll remember it forever.​9:04​ - PHX Horns Chest11:48​ - Knicks defending Spain 17:30​ - Devin Booker & the influences of Chris Paul 18:50​ - I failed to talk about the many doubles Phoenix sent Randle’s way in the pod.19:01​ - Julius Randle REALLY competes defensively.19:26​ - Samson talks about Randle against the Raptors21:30​ - Tom Thibodeau & the Knicks defense24:04​ - An ideal playoff matchup for the Knicks?25:10​ - A discussion on Deandre Ayton27:30​ - A (slightly) deeper dive into Deandre against the Bucks29:02​ - There’s always room to show Jrue Holiday love on this channel.30:13​ - Chris Paul got TWO BLOCKS!34:12​ - The Fish with Gun on the Phoenix Suns - Cameron Payne38:15​ - Grizzlies vs Blazers (Samson’s GotW)​41:10​ - Jaren Jackson Jr as a play connector + shooting threats44:20​ - Ja Morant is an in-air passing savant.45:25​ - XAVIER TILLMAN love aka X Gon’ Give It to Ya47:37​ - Shoutout to PD Web​49:30​ - “Jaren Jackson Jr is like the platonic ideal of a rangy defensive big man”50:23​ - Samson wants to cover the Grizzlies in the playoffs. Someone important make that happen!55:55​ - The Grizzlies hierarchy 56:30​ - Evin & Samson disagree?!57:32​ - JJJ being used like JJ Redick!58:34​ - A little tease of what is to come - Spain/Stack PnR01:01:55​ - POST POD CREDITS SCENE

1:41​ - Caitlin’s favorite and least favorite aspects of building an offensive hub around Domantas Sabonis3:31​ - Myles Turner deserves credit for getting better at finding spots and moving off ball​ 5:18​ - Sabonis + Turner. Chicago action defined​7:30​ - Domantas Sabonis, the maestro in the middle8:30​ - Caris LeVert: a linguini-esque player who looks like he plays basketball on a pogo stick10:20​ - LeVert and Brogdon having the ball in their hands14:55​ - The development of the two-man game of Sabonis & Brogdon​17:10​ - Caitlin’s ability to illustrate concepts is unmatched​18:01​ - Bjorkgren put a stop to static spacing​23:54​ - Does Bjorkgren operate at a higher plane than what the roster is capable of?25:33​ - Is there a player that has benefited the most from Nate’s insertion as HC?31:15​ - The Pacers are neck-in-neck with the Kings for most points in the paint given up. 36:29​ - Caitlin asks me a question and that gives me license to recklessly speculate.37:36​ - Mike Budenholzer’s philosophy on creating a defensive intensity39:16​ - Zone talk!​41:55​ - Caitlin is over the (needless) OVERS44:04​ - Nate McMillan was not experimental. Nate Bjorkgren is very experimental.49:18​ - Caitlin’s brain is a dictionary of basketball terms.Also, she tells us how her basketball brain was developed.53:13​ - Nexting and why it would really help the Pacers54:07​ - Sarunas Jasikevicus dropped his team into a 2-3 zone MID possession55:00​ - Peel Switching1:00:12​ - The Garfunkel screen returns.1:01:37​ - Caitlin Cooper knows what a Garfunkel screen is and she can describe it better from memory than anyone on Bouncing Around1:06:02​ - The Edmond Sumner experience explained1:08:25​ - We reminisce about the great Jermaine O’Neal​

Samson Folk & Evin Gualberto get together to discuss the NBA this week + their games of the week. - Evin's game of the week (76ers vs. Wolves)- Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Joel Embiid- Establishing post position- Tobias Harris continues to impress- Samson's game of the week (Heat vs. Warriors) - Top-locking and attacking against it- Cutting with purpose (Fish with Gun) - Thanks for listening

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto talk about the NBA this past week.- Nuggets vs. Hawks- Aaron Gordon's debut with the Nuggets- Facu Campazzo, fish with gun- Kings vs. Cavs- Emulating LeBron's gamewinner- Collin Sexton & De'Aaron Fox are stars- Delon Wright, what to expect?- Larry Nance Jr. you genius- Learning with Evin

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto walk through the NBA's most recent week, focusing in on the games between the Mavericks, Blazers, Bulls, and Nuggets. - Chasing the tight 35- Blazers vs. Mavs (Samson's Game of the Week)- heliocentrism can be alluring- Damian Lillard and the drag screen- Kanter was a little bit of food- CJ McCollum and Streamlining a Role- Hardaway and Kleber do their thing- Fish with Gun?- Nugs vs.  Bulls (Evin's Game of the Week)- A tale of two halves- The wonderful synergy of Murray and Jokic- Will Barton making his case- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, you genius

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto walk through the latest in the NBA and their games of the week.- The woes of a compressed schedule- Analyzing a game you didn't see- Blake Griffin, Jeff Green, and Mr. Claxton- Cavs vs. Hawks- Knicks vs. Bucks- RJ Barrett, left handed hammer- The Bucks had it from the start- Giannis, the playmaker- chase and drop defense- Barret's big steps- The origin of the garfunkel screen

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto bring on PD Web, a celebrated basketball analyst, to discuss the changing landscape of shot perception/selection and a bunch of other basketball minutiae.

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto discuss the NBA landscape.- All-Star Snubs, who's getting in?- Thunder vs. Spurs (Samson's game of the week)- Shai's unbelievable season- Getting lucky with team building- Lakers vs. Jazz (Evin's game of the week)

Samson Folk & Evin Gualberto come together to discuss the NBA at large. With a special focus on:Games of the week: Samson - Nets vs. Suns. Evin - Warriors vs. Heat.- Chris Finch, stolen from the Raptors- The most prolific 3-point games- Steph Curry, you've done it- The Heat and all their actions- The Suns played Nets basketball- Jeff Green is so, so good- James Harden takes it home- Our dream games to watch together- Games of the week for next week

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto talk about their games of the week, and some All-Star stuff at the end. - Celtics vs. Pistons- Saddiq Bey, Blake Griffin, and Delon Wright- Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and an undersized frontcourt- Kings vs. 76ers- De'Aaron Fox, the speed demon- Tyrese Haliburton, the clever fox- Dwight & Shake two-man game- Complementary actions for Embiid & the 76ers- All-Star is a mess

- Closeout King- Jump-stop MVP- Kris Dunn Award- Nightwing Award- Bang for Buck Award- Troy Barnes/Donald Glover Award- Firefly Award

Samson Folk & Evin Gualberto bounce around the league, talking about basketball. - Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks- Denver Nuggets vs. Miami Heat- NBA Street teams

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto run through the NBA at large. 1:40 - Inside the NBA, is it antiquated?14:40 - The World-ending Joel Embiid21:25 - Lakers vs. Bucks (Evin's game of the week)41:25 - Clippers vs. Thunder (Sam's game of the week)45:25 - Batum is the greatest French thief

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto bounce around the NBA, covering a bunch of topics. 2:22 - Harden & KD6:50 - Vucevic7:50 - Brooklyn vs. Philly10:54 - Evin stops the best players in the world16:00 - Wolves vs. Grizzlies29:47 - Pacers vs. Warriors

1:21 COVID Protocols14:55 Indiana Pacers19:15 Embiid for MVP21:25 Celtics, Jaylen Brown29:30 Julius Randle31:18 Herro at point guard34:45 Paul George40:00 Lakers42:30 - Warriors48:10 Hornets vs. Pelicans50:15 Zion Williamson1:00:00 Spurs transition + DeMar1:04:45 Schroder1:07:35 Spurs Adjustments1:15:40 Know what you don't know

Samson Folk and Evin Gualberto come together to discuss a whole bunch of NBA topics. 00:45 - Trae Young's quick-stop foul drawing13:45 - The league-pass champs, the Charlotte Hornets16:50 - Becky Hammon, making history18:50 - Keldon Johnson, a special player21:50 - Tyrese Maxey, what a steal23:55 - Suns vs. Nuggets37:25 - Hawks vs. Nets43:40 - Richaun Holmes47:10 - Deni Avdija48:05 - Mikal Bridges

Evin Gualberto and Samson Folk come together to discuss the first week of NBA Basketball. - The best left-handed players in the NBA- James Harden, the world-ender- Reviewing the previews they did for 7 teams- Blazers- Warriors- Timberwolves- Pelicans- Raptors- Hawks- Mavericks