MVP Podcast

In this new episode of our podcast, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss 24 out of the 30 NBA Coaches and where they rank amongst four tiers.  The tiers are Championship caliber coaching, Playoff bound, Needs a solid team or a super team can't save you.  Timestamps are below.Tierlist categories- 0:20To be Determined- 0:5076ers/ Nick Nurse- 2:05Celtics/ Joe Mazzulla- 4:10Clippers/ Tyronn Lue- 5:30Bucks/ Doc Rivers- 14:30Grizzlies/ Taylor Jenkins- 17:25Bulls/ Billy Donovan- 18:15Hawks/ Quin Snyder- 19:40Heat/ Erik Spoelstra- 23:05Jazz/ Will Hardy- 23:50Kings/ Mike Brown- 25:00Knicks/ Tom Thibodeau- 28:30Magic/ Jamahl Mosley- 37:40Mavericks/ Jason Kidd- 39:50Nuggets/ Michael Malone- 43:50Pacers/ Rick Carlisle- 46:25Pelicans/ Willie Green- 47:20Pistons/ J.B Bickerstaff- 48:35Rockets/ Ime Udoka- 51:50Timberwolves/ Chris Finch- 54:30Suns/ Mike Budenholzer- 55:45Spurs/ Greg Popovich- 57:50Thunder/ Mark Daigneault- 1:01:00Trail Blazers/ Chauncey Billups- 1:01:55Warriors/ Steve Kerr- 1:03:55Changing the tiers- 1:07:35

With NBA Free Agency nearing a close, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through some of the most influential moves from the last week and talk about whether they made the right move, what the move means and how they can immediately impact their new team.  Timestamps below.Mikal Bridges- 0:40Paul George- 6:00James Harden- 12:10Klay Thompson- 19:40Demar DeRozan- 26:05Chris Paul- 30:45Dejounte Murray- 37:05Tobias Harris- 41:10Buddy Hield- 50:20Jonas Valanciunas- 52:10Isaiah Hartenstein/Alex Caruso- 52:55

In our newest edition of our NBA podcast Payton and Geigh give their opinions on this years draft class, do a ten pick mock draft and discuss other players that  have interesting storylines on falling in draft stock, where to get picked at or even if they will even get drafted.  Timestamps belowThoughts on draft class- 0:451- Hawks 4:252- Wizards 8:403- Rockets 14:104- Spurs 19:405- Pistons 23:506- Hornets 29:107- Blazers 36:008- Spurs 37:559- Grizzlies 40:4010- Jazz 44:40Nikola Topic- 53:20Rob Dillingham- 59:20Zach Edey- 62:20Keisei Tominaga- 67:30Bronny James- 69:55

With the first round of the playoffs officially in the books, Sam, Geigh and Payton look forward to the four conference semifinal matchups.  They discuss keys to winning the series, possible scenarios and who they have winning each series.  Timestamps below.Mavericks vs Thunder- 0:45Timberwolves vs Nuggets- 7:25Cavaliers vs Celtics- 16:35Pacers vs Knicks- 23:45Recap- 34:35

With the NBA Awards starting to get announced last week, we give our picks for our six awards we made preseason predictions on.  We include who we would've given the award to for the awards already announced and who we think should win it for the awards that have not been announced.  Timestamps are below.Preseason Predictions Recap- 0:30Most Improved Player- 1:20Coach of the Year- 10:506th man of the Year- 15:40Rookie of the Year- 19:05Defensive Player of the Year- 21:40Most Valuable Player- 24:50

Although some series are a few games in, Sam, Geigh, and Payton go through all eight series and predict who is going to win, in what number of games and why.  We discuss key factors, and also results from all game ones from the weekend.  Timestamps are below.Heat vs Celtics- 0:40Magic vs Cavaliers- 4:20Pacers vs Bucks- 11:3576ers vs Knicks- 16:10Pelicans vs Thunder- 24:20Mavericks vs Clippers- 34:00Suns vs Timberwolves- 44:50Lakers vs Nuggets- 54:30

Now that the regular season is over we conclude our custom Stock Market Game with a recap.  We discuss what we would've done differently and some stats and graphs that show our progress on the season.  Then we talk about the play-in games and discuss who we expect to win all six games.  Timestamps are below:Stock Market Game Recap- 0:35Lakers vs Pelicans- 28:50Warriors vs Kings- 38:40West Play-in 8th Seed- 49:25Heat vs 76ers- 56:25Hawks vs Bulls- 62:50

In our most recent tier list we discuss what the NBA playoff teams minimum mandate to determine whether or not their season was a success or failure.  Timestamps below:Intro- 0:20Perspective reasoning- 1:5076ers- 3:05Bucks- 8:00Bulls- 12:15Cavaliers- 15:10Celtics- 21:20Clippers- 24:05Hawks- 30:20Heat- 35:40Kings- 40:40Knicks- 47:00Lakers- 52:30Magic- 1:08:45Mavericks- 1:11:20Nuggets- 1:21:35Pacers- 1:26:30Pelicans- 1:30:00Suns- 1:33:05Thunder- 1:35:30Timberwolves- 1:39:55Warriors- 1:41:45Recap- 1:46:15

With less than two weeks left in the season, it is time for our Final Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $702.04, Sam has gained $698.07, and Payton has gained $383.80.  This brings the season total gains to Sam- $2926.44 and Geigh- $2629.56, and Payton has lost $16.91. Sam goes through everyones gains in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.  Who will finish with the most money and will PT break even?

In this new tierlist, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through the Tierlist that Sam and Geigh filled out in the preseason for every teams season expectation.  We re-tier all 30 teams and find out how many we got correct from the beginning of the season.  Timestamps are below and to watch the original Tierlist check out at the bottom.Review of original placements- 1:05Deciding to keep or review- 2:10Re-Tiers:Magic- 7:3576ers- 13:45Grizzlies- 14:50Spurs- 17:40Heat- 19:50Suns- 26:10Mavericks- 34:10Thunder- 38:05Timberwolves- 44:35Rockets- 49:15Pistons- 59:05Raptors- 61:30Warriors- 62:45Kings- 66:20Pacers- 68:45Lakers- 71:10Recap- 82:30https://youtu.be/yQ3Y4yCVIGE

We are down to one month left in the season, and it is time for our second to last NBA Stock Market Update. Payton has gained $18.22, Sam has lost $27.65, and Geigh has lost  $479.63.  This brings the season gains to Sam- $2228.37 and Geigh- $1927.52.  This also brings Payton's season losses to $400.71.  The guys discuss their profits in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to buy or sell and teams to hold off on.  We also talk about various teams like the Wizards and Nets.

In our newest episode of our podcast, Sam, Geigh and Payton Tierlist all thirty teams in the in terms of their Young Cores.  We named our Tiers Dynasty Core, Elite Core, Good Core, Solid Pieces, Honorable Mentions and Do not Qualify.  Timestamps for teams are Below.0:35 Qualifications1:00 Do Not Qualifies1:40 Honorable MentionsUnanimous Decisions2:50- Thunder4:00- Grizzlies6:40- Magic13:30- Hornets18:35- Wizards25:10- Bulls31:55- WarriorsSplit decisions37:15- Raptors41:15- Trail Blazers46:00- Spurs51:30- Heat55:05- Pistons64:15- Pelicans70:45- Rockets82:50- Timberwolves86:30- Pacers89:15- Mavericks95:10- Hawks102:50- Cavaliers

Six weeks left in the season, but it is time for another NBA Stock Market Update. Geigh has gained $286.71, Payton has gained $94.61 and Sam has gained $51.01.  This brings the season gains to Geigh- $2407.15, and Sam- $2256.52.  This also brings Payton's season losses to $418.93.  The guys discuss their profits in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to buy or sell and teams to hold off on.  We also talk about various teams like the Hornets, Warriors and the Thunder.

It is now officially All-star week!  The trade deadline has passed but has that affected the stock market? It is time for a new Stock Market update. Sam has gained $737.15, Geigh has gained $353.91, and Payton has gained $39.60.  This brings the season total gains to Sam- $2205.51 and Geigh- $2120.44, and Payton has lost $513.54. Sam and Geigh discuss their profits or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.  

The All-stars have been selected, and the trade deadline is next week, but for now, it is time for a new Stock Market update. Sam has gained $258.15, Payton has gained $214.82, and Geigh has lost $130.67.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $1766.53 and Sam- $1468.36, and Payton has lost $553.14. Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss their gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.  We also talk about specific teams like the Hornets, Warriors and Magic.

With the All-Star starters being announced in less than 48 hours, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss who they think will be the ten starters and 14 reserves for the All-Star game to take place next month.  There are some names that are obvious, some that are not so, and then, of course, there have to be some snubs.

Halfway through the season but it is time for a new Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $274.68, Sam has gained $362.15, and Payton has lost $164.28.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $1897.20 and Sam- $1220.21, and Payton has lost $767.96. Sam and Geigh discuss their gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

Time for another Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $268.94, Sam has gained $160.03, and Payton has lost $269.92.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $1622.31 and Sam- $858.05, and Payton has lost $603.68. Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss their gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

Time for another Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $533.87, Sam has gained $358.22, and Payton has lost $51.80.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $1353.57 and Sam- $698.02, and Payton has lost $334.06. Sam and Payton discuss their gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

In this episode of our podcast, Sam and Geigh discuss how the NBA season's inaugural in-season tournament went and how they could improve it.  They also go into LeBron James' future and how he can play with his son, Bronny James.

Two more weeks of basketball means another Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $105.11, Sam has gained $284.11, and Payton has lost $142.21.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $819.50 and Sam- $339.8, and Payton has lost $282.26. The guys discuss their gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

In this episode of our podcast, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss NBA players who have been struggling or disappointing this season.

After another two weeks of basketball, Geigh has gained $187.60, Sam has lost $35.90, and Payton has lost $288.65.  This brings the season total gains to Geigh- $714.39 and Sam- $55.69, and Payton has lost $140.05. Sam discusses our gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

In this episode of our NBA podcast, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss the Rockets, LA teams, and other teams and how their start to the season has been.  We talk about teams that are good, .500, and not meeting expectations.

After the first two weeks of the season underway, Geigh has gained $526.79, Payton has gained $148.60, and Sam has gained $89.59.  We discussed how we felt about our gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.

In this episode of our NBA podcast, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss and tier-list all 30 NBA teams' City Edition Jerseys for the upcoming year.

With the NBA season underway, Sam, Geigh, and Payton play a custom NBA Stock Market Game.  We made custom stock prices for teams and will update them every few weeks. We all made a preseason Stock Portfolio of teams with one goal: to make as much money as possible.  Every few weeks, we will decide what teams to buy, sell, or hold off on.

In this episode of our NBA podcast, Sam and Geigh go through all 30 teams and tier-list them into Top teams, playoff contenders, play-in fighters, identity finders and tankers. They also add an extra tier during the podcast.

In this episode of our NBA podcast, Sam, Geigh and Payton reveal who they have all the NBA awards for this upcoming season.  They discuss the Most Improved, Coach of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Most Valuable Player.  Timestamps are below.Most improved player- 1:00Coach of the Year- 5:506th man of the Year- 13:30Rookie of the Year- 21:20Defensive Player of the Year- 30:55Most Valuable Player- 39:10

In this new episode of our podcast, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss their feelings and thoughts on the new mid-season tournament that the NBA will be experimenting with and the new rest rules they will implement.

In this podcast episode, Sam, Geigh, and Payton discuss the Bucks trade's initial reactions, predictions, and takeaways for Damian Lillard. We talk about the Suns, Blazers, and Bucks, along with Jrue Holiday trade options and if this makes the Bucks the team to beat in the NBA.

In this episode, Sam, Geigh, and Payton tier list all 56 lottery picks from the last four years into what categories we see them achieving in the next 3-5 years.  The categories are Star, All-Star, Starter, or Bench/Out of the league. 2020 Lottery Picks Start at 1:102021 Lottery Picks Start at 13:552022 Lottery Picks Start at 27:552023 Lottery Picks Start at 48:20.

In this episode, Sam, Geigh, Paul and Payton go through their list of who they think are Stars in today's NBA and debate whether they should be a Star or not.  They also give qualifications on why they should or shouldn't be a Star.Time stamps goes as follows:Star Qualifications - 0:40Tyrese Haliburton- 4:40Kyrie Irving - 6:20Jamal Murray - 8:35Anthony Edwards - 11:20DeMar DeRozan - 13:20Jaren Jackson Jr. - 17:30Julius Randle - 20:15Pascal Siakam - 23:45Zion Williamson - 27:45LaMelo Ball - 31:50Darius Garland - 34:30Jrue Holiday - 38:10Zach LaVine - 41:45Klay Thompson - 44:15Khris Middleton - 48:35John Collins - 52:10De'Andre Ayton - 57:05Rudy Gobert - 60:40

In this episode, Sam, Geigh, Paul and Payton go through their list of who they think are Superstars in today's NBA and debate whether they should be a Superstar or Star.  They also give qualifications on why they should or shouldn't be a Superstar.Time stamps go as follows:Superstar Qualifications - 0:40Group results - 3:45Luka Doncic - 4:20Kevin Durant - 7:50Jayson Tatum - 11:20Damian Lillard - 14:00James Harden - 19:55Jimmy Butler - 24:25Kawhi Leonard - 28:55Anthony Davis - 32:55Ja Morant - 38:30Devin Booker - 43:55Karl Anthony-Towns - 49:05Trae Young - 53:50

In our newest episode, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss some big names from the NBA Free Agency, some teams with the most salary cap space and some other players that could make some moves in the NBA Free Agency.

In this special edition of our podcast, Sam, Geigh and Paytong split up picks and teams and do a mock draft of the first round. Geigh starts off with the first pick, Sam with the second and Payton with the third.  We cycle through until all 30 picks are complete.With our picks, we discuss why we chose those players for that particular team.  We also talk about how correct our mock draft could be and if we can do better than our NFL Mock 1st round from two months ago.

In our newest episode, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss their initial reactions of the Bradley Beal trade, what the expectations for the Suns are and the direction that the Wizards are now taking.

The NBA season has officially wrapped up.  With the Nuggets winning the finals, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss the keys to the Nuggets victory, where each team goes from here, which team will most likely be back next year and if Nikola Jokic is a top ten Center of all time.

With the NBA Draft a little over two weeks away, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through each of the top 8 picks and predict who will get chosen in that spot or players they would not be surprised would be picked in the top 8.  They also discuss potential trades for certain picks.  And a brief conversation if Victor Wembanyama would be the biggest bust of all time.

With the NBA Finals starting in less than 24 hours, Sam, Geigh and Payton recap and give their thoughts on the Eastern and Western Conference finals and where the Lakers and Celtics move on from here.  They also discuss the keys to the Finals, who will win and who will be Finals MVP.

In our newest episode, Sam, Geigh and Payton discuss their opinions on all six of the firings, the Rockets' hiring of Ime Udoka, what each team needs their new coach to fill with their vacancy and who each team might land for their head coach for next season.

The Conference Finals are here!  In this episode, Sam, Geigh and Payton give their reactions to the second round of the playoffs and discuss who they think will make it to the NBA Finals.  They discuss where teams go from here, keys to winning this next round and Sam and Geigh argue once again over the Westbrook trade and it's value.

With the first round of the playoffs concluded, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through all eight matchups and recap their thoughts on the series.  We then go into the four conference semi-final matchups and talk about keys to winning and who we think will emerge victorious.

In our newest episode, Sam and Geigh discuss NBA Awards and hand out who the group had voted for as the winners.  We discuss Defensive Player of the Year, 6th man of the year, Coach of the Year, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player.

In our newest episode, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through every matchup and discuss who they think will win and what they like in each of these series.  We also discuss who has the most pressure to win a championship this season. 

In this last 2022-2023 NBA Stock Market episode, Sam and Geigh discuss the ending of the season in terms of the Custom Stock Market.  They also go in depth on the process of the formula used, where things went wrong and Sam brings up his top 5 things that Geigh said this season.  The final numbers was Sam won by gaining $2515.40 and Geigh gained $2435.82.  

We finish our NBA Front Office Tier-list in our newest episode. Sam, Geigh and Payton come back together one more time to continue the Tier-list for the NBA Front offices from the last two and a half years. This includes the offseason after the Laker's Championship to the present. Approximate start times for the first ten teams go as follows: Oklahoma City Thunder- 0:20, Orlando Magic- 3:15, Philadelphia 76ers- 7:20, Phoenix Suns- 11:50, Portland Trail Blazers- 15:25, Sacramento Kings- 20:10, San Antonio Spurs- 23:50, Toronto Raptors- 26:05, Utah Jazz- 28:30, and Washington Wizards- 31:30.Part three of three

We are down to the last two weeks of the season and it all comes down to this!  The last two weeks Geigh gained $340.33 while Sam gained $312.28.  This brings the season total gains to $2052.02 and $2115.20 respectively. We discussed who we sold, who we bought and decided to hold off on.

We continue our NBA Front Office Tier-list in this newest episode. Sam, Geigh and Payton come back together to make a Tier-list for the NBA Front offices from the last two and a half years. This includes the offseason after the Laker's Championship to the present. Approximate start times for the first ten teams go as follows: Houston Rockets- 0:30, Indiana Pacers- 10:50, Los Angeles Clippers- 18:05, Los Angeles Lakers- 22:10, Memphis Grizzlies- 34:35, Miami Heat- 37:15, Milwaukee Bucks- 41:50, Minnesota Timberwolves- 46:45, New Orleans Pelicans- 49:30 and New York Knicks- 54:20.Part two of three

In our newest Tier-list, Sam and Geigh get some help from NFL MVP Momentum Podcast's Payton Thompson and as a group make a Tier-list for the NBA Front offices from the last two and a half years.  This includes the offseason after the Laker's Championship to the present.  Approximate start times for the first ten teams goes as follows: Atlanta Hawks- 3:40, Boston Celtics- 10:40, Brooklyn Nets- 14:35, Charlotte Hornets- 22:30, Chicago Bulls- 27:05, Cleveland Cavaliers- 34:45, Dallas Mavericks- 40:20, Denver Nuggets- 47:00, Detroit Pistons- 52:20, and Golden State Warriors- 56:30.Part one of three

In this edition of our NBA Stock Market Update, Sam has gained $245.70 more while Geigh has gained $200.80.  This puts the respective total gains to $1802.92 - 1711.69.  Sam discusses how he and Geigh felt about our gains or losses in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.