Rip City Bad Boys

Yeah...so...about that absence... We finally come back to talk about the NBA season! Kielen manages to "technical difficulty" his way through the 1st 15 mins. Then we give you updates on our personal lives and FINALLY manage to work in some hoops talk! Podcast pros!

We finally showed up! Tristan & Kielen tackle this crazy NBA off-season. Then we realize why we don't do shows during the off-season. Then we stop and get back to summer.

It’s TWO clean sweeps! 2018-19 Season Wrap-up - Part 2

It’s TWO clean sweeps! 2018-19 Season Wrap-up - Part 1

PISTONS @ BLAZERS GAMEDAY (03/23/19)

Both teams looking good - The Year of Absolution: All Must Suffer - Robo-Ref - Jimmy Butler was right - Playoff Officiating is Coming - Keeping Perspective - Great PGs can't coach - Sacramento Poop Sandwiches - Blazers Playoff Chances - Subjective Fouls (See excerpt) - East/West Matchup of the Week Foul Rule: https://official.nba.com/rule-no-12-fouls-and-penalties/#foultypes Excerpt: "...a. A player shall not...charge into...an opponent by extending a hand, arm, leg or knee or by bending the body into a position that is not normal... "

Don't give up? - The Ice Man cometh - Dre silences his haters, but they're still talking - Salty Pacers Fans - Lebron stans quiet AF - Trouble in Lakerland - Guarded optimism - Playoff postulations - East/West Matchup of the Week

Healthy again! - Pistons make decisive moves - Player expectations - Lakers try to give away their roster - Still listening to Lavar Ball - How to teams gel after the trade deadline - 1st Playoff Push Pass - East/West Matchup of the Week - A dick in the chat

The infirmary/House Woes - Pistons talent disparity - "Rebuild on the Fly" is a myth - The guy with the clipboard - Trade deadline approaching - Why the Lakers? - The Ewing Curse - Blazers make a trade - No one wants Melo - New Orleans Power Struggle - East West Matchup of the Week

3:55 - You need actual NBA players 13:10 - Things change...We're old and can't handle it 17:21 - Refs: Improve or GTFO 29:24 - Boogie returns / Who's more valuable to GS? 38:05 - RCBB fix the draft 1:02:40 - Only use APPROVED stats 1:08:40 - East/West Matchup of the Week

4:25 - We're here, but not 11:30 - GM's must be better 19:40 - What's a "proven coach?" 30:57 - Jailblazers or Inhaleblazers? 42:20 - Move a team or expand? 48:00 - Is there a seedy NBA underbelly? 55:12 - Worst trade execution ever 1:02:00 - East/West Matchup of the Week

6:50 - The most boring trade ever 10:30 - The NBA's Eddie Murphy Type 35:45 - .500 ball 44:35 - ESPN to get mashed? 52:20 - Blazers + Western Conference competitiveness 1:01:13 - East West Matchup of the Week

2:50 - Golden State Shit Show 11:00 - Rip City Bad Boys LOVE Hakeem Olajuwon 22:45 - Is Carmelo Wayman Tisdale? 36:25 - F**k Loyalty 45:30 - Cellar dwellers 52:10 - Praise for Casey 1:01:28 - East West Matchup of the Week

4:25 - Warriors going to war? 23:20 - Blazers are kicking ass 26:30 - What show did you think you were listening to? 33:10 - Stop with the stats 47:35 - Kawhi is pretty good 1:00:30 - East West Matchup of the Week

3:14 - Portland Podcast Festival 9:00 - Mediocre is the worst 16:05 - Lonzo/Lakers still not hot 20:20 - Carmelo never helps 22:30 - Let go, Sonics fans 26:30 - 50 makes you a god 29:00 - F the Hate Train 43:05 - Butler shakes up the East 50:30 - More grey 1:00:30 - East West Matchup of the Week

1:59 - Detroit has crashed back to Earth 5:54 - Dre can't win 29:30 - Who's going to drop off? 35:50 - The Knicks are hopeless 42:00 - Defense is dead 53:30 - All Kielen wants is… 55:06 - Playing it safe 58:17 - Butler still owning the Wolves 1:02:25 - Cleveland sucks 1:06:35 - East West Matchup of the Week

1:15 - Kielen hates technology 5:30 - The season is here! 10:00 - Kielen was WRONG 17:30 - 1st Look at Dwayne Casey 23:25 - Top 4 Pistons: Sold - The rest: Trash 29:20 - Portland's defensive struggle in the win 31:15 - 2-guard tools 43:00 - To spit or not to spit (Rondo/Paul fight) 52.21 - Jimmy Butler...resting? 56:13 - East West Matchup of the Week

We're back! - Offseason Moves - Color Us Unimpressed - Meyers Leonard: The Height of White Privilege - Players Love Portland - Opening Day Massacre

2 idiots. 2 hours. 2 parts. We back!!! …and we pretty much hit everything EXCEPT the draft…

2 idiots. 2 hours. 2 parts. We back!!! …and we pretty much hit everything EXCEPT the draft…

Weather Talk - Blazers + NBA Playoff Picture - It Is What It Is - East/West Matchup of the Week

The Pistons come to Portland and we will be in the house! - Playoff Race - East/West Matchup of the Week

I TOLD YOU SO - Officiating Bias - Van Gundy's Logic - Blazers 3rd best? - Basketball gods laughing - San Antonio's True Life Story - Can the Blazers steal Kawhi? - Letting fans celebrate...kind of - Rip City Bad Boys: The Minutiae-cast - Who comes out of the East? - East/West Matchup of the Week

Fandom on life support - Blazers/Pistons recap - Plateau vs trending up - The PB & J of basketball - Not arguing for Dre anymore - True salt - Count your blessings or accept nothing short of absolute victory? - Blazers? - Who can take the East? - East/West Matchup of the Week *For clarity: The Cavaliers received 3 #1 picks in 4 seasons (2011, 2013, & 2014) while picking #4 in 2012.

THE RANT - Tweak the conferences? - Is ANY change good? - The Bandwagon - Short term success vs Long term planning - The tiniest amount of Blazers talk - New team voting - East/West Matchup of the Week

Baby Prep - Project fail - Death Spiral to Mediocrity - 1st round draft picks are GOLD - ESPN: All the King's Men - Van Gundy has failed - Is Nurkic producing enough - When to start over - East/West Matchup of the Week

Kielen overshares about his basement - Trying to adult - Unrealistic disappointment - SVG finding his next Jameer Nelson - Portland does development right - Alvin Gentry: Still Employed - We do speech - East/West Matchup of the Week

Note: Shorter episode because Kielen botched recording and entire segment and will be fined. Detroit and Portland come out of the woods and finally win a game! - The Stupid Train - We still don't believe Houston - We still hate Alvin Gentry - Amino Acid/Speed Racer - Paul Mokeski: Gym Teacher - East/West Matchup of the Week New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

Live performance @ Portland Podcast Festival (12/02/2017) New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

Tech issues - PDX Podcast Festival Giveaways - Maligning positive people - We are not cheerleaders - Houston shall not pass - Are positions gone? - Pistons/Blazers update - The Meyers Leonard Fleecing - Too early to bank on success - East/West Matchup of the Week New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

Great Pistons start - We still hate Alvin Gentry - Early season results - Who needed who? - Go after Okafor? - The Hate Train - SVG's good moves? - Ball Watch? - Can the Blazers keep it up? - KCP or Avery Bradley? - Broken trades: Truth or Rumor? - Dirk in slo-mo - Bad with no hope - Announcement: Portland Podcast Festival - Don't Twitter War - Pat Connaughton: Baller - We don't care about Chandler Parsons - Passion Hate - Young Teams - East/West Matchup of the Week New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

T ties the knot! - No games before the show - Pistons gonna Piston - Still fixing the All-Star Game - Remaining Eastern Conference All-Stars - Earl Watson OUT - PHX is awful - Still no love for Alvin Gentry - They're not "lazy" - Coaches can improve - East/West Matchup of the Week New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

We're back for 2017-18! - Big 3 - RCBB changes for this season - Laker Free Zone? - Power Shift - The value of draft picks - Still Warriors & Cavs? - Laimbeer's Lament - We still hate Alvin Gentry - Van Gundy's defense - Blazers start strong New for this season…subscribe to the live stream via YouTube! —> http://bit.ly/RCBB-YT

We're back!!! We are joined by Greg Nibler of Funemployment Radio (http://funemploymentradio.com) to kick off our annual Summer Extravaganza!

We're back!!! Tristan Mayer returns to round out our annual Summer Extravaganza!

We're back! - Reversal of Fortunes - The Pistons are broken - So is Nurkić - Who's lazy? - System vs Personnel - Big 100 on Paper - Westbrook does it - Western Conference Playoff picture - Fire Alvin Gentry, please - Phil Jackson: Magician - Scottie Pippen? - OUR 50 Greatest Players of all-time - Lebron still needs more titles - We'll be back…eventually

Half-assing - Poker night - We don't care - Pistons/Blazers + Depression - BIG3 League

Neighbors - Roy Hibbert sucks - Fixing All-Star Weekend AGAIN - Blazer personnel needs - Reggie Returns - Baynes is still trash - Possible Trades - Why is Alvin Gentry still coaching? - East/West Matchup of the Week

We’re disappointed - It’s all Patrick Ewing’s fault - Blazer needs - Pistons frustrations - What’s JaVale McGee’s problem? - Buck’s Dynasty - Fantasy League update - East/West Matchup of the Week - Happy Thanksgiving!

GUEST: Scott Dally (@dallysessions) - Our thoughts on the season so far - Home cooking’ - How’s Portland looking - Bad player love - Drummond’s bad rap - Depressed Pistons fan - East/West Matchup of the Week?

We are back for the 2016-17 season! We ramble on a bit…it’s preseason for us too! We chat about the Pistons. Jason Kidd is still awful. It’s the same old Knicks. We hit the Blazers a little. 1st East/West Matchup of the Week!

We don’t even bother going to the studio - We wrap up the 2015/16 NBA season - A little playoff talk as we watch OKC @ GSW - What’s in store for DET & POR - #MeetTheHoopers - The price is only going up - THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

GUEST: comedian Dan Weber (@danieltweber) - Golden State vulnerable? - Playoff expectations vs reality - Lose with your best - Never another Lebron - Looking back at the Jailblazers - Choreographed fandom? - Reading the Bible with Dan

The season ends - We drink - Pistons/Blazers playoffs - Warriors set the record - Kobe goes away - New Shirts!

RCBB Fantasy Basketball Challenge Season Recap - WE are going to the dance! - Playoff matchups/positioning - Getting Zen with Hack-A-Player response - Shit talking the T-wolves - The Daily Show - The “Practice” speech - Wasting EVERYONE’s time

Stay out the Def Jam Christmas Party - Charlie Brown & En Vogue - Playoffs inch closer - Stan Van Panic - Playoff Matchups - Love Triangles - Don’t approach us - We Are Useless

Sad Jobs - March Madness Hate - Isiah Thomas Jr. - Playing Drummond late - Playoff Matchups - Golden State’s confidence - Olympics? - Kanye Pricing is Back

PDX: Still broken - Blazers/Pistons Recap - Moral Victories - The Charlotte Hornets Problem - Leaning for Fouls - Blazers Positioning - Antoine Walker Update

Listen in as Tristan and Kielen podcast LIVE from A&L Sports Pub (Portland, OR) during the Blazers/Pistons game (March 6th, 2016)!

Since we were unable to record an episode this week, we're back with another 'best of!' If you are a regular listener, we hope you'll enjoy revisiting some of our favorite moments. If you're a new listener, maybe you'll find a new favorite moment of the show! We'll be back next week. Enjoy!

All-Star “Recap” - Not Impressed - Blazers big win - Trade deadline moves - F*** Jameer Nelson - The Pistons are broken - Viewing Party “notes” - Program “notes”