The Buckley's Buckets Podcast

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Alec and Nate host an NBA Podcast, where they discuss the current state of the NBA, teams, players, rules they'd like to see changed or implemented, and much more. Alec and Nate have been discussing and enjoying basketball together all the way back to their time in college at Michigan State Univers…

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    • Jul 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 20 EPISODES


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    Ep. 21 - NBA Free Agency, and Rudy Golbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 51:47


    Alec and Nate reconvene to discuss the early moves in the 2022 NBA offseason and the blockbuster Rudy Golbert trade.

    Ep. 20 - Nate & Alec Return!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 72:21


    Nate and Alec return from an incredibly long hiatus to resume talking all things NBA.

    Ep. 19 - Bradley Beal and Better Trade Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 86:38


    Nate and Alec discuss Bradley Beal and the Wizards, Ben Simmons and the 76'ers, Giannis and the Bucks, the Denver Nuggets, and the potential of allowing teams to retain salary when making trades.

    Ep. 18 - A New Season!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 82:36


    Alec and Nate return for a new basketball season, and a new season of The Buckley's Buckets Podcast! In this episode we briefly talk about as many teams as we can, how we feel about the Lakers, Bucks, Trailblazers, and more, and we briefly discuss James Harden, and players ability to force their way to/from teams. Song Credit -------------------------------------- Deck the Halls by The HoHoHos! available on http://FreeMusicArchive.org

    Ep. 17 - Game 5 of the 1987 Pistons vs Celtics ECF (feat. Michael Gilbert)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 91:07


    As we continue into our NBA basketball drought, we present the first episode of our new 'Run it Back' Series. With Nate out for this episode, we have a guest host Michael Gilbert on. Alec and Michael discuss the 1987 Conference Finals game 5 between the Pistons and Celtics, exploring the players, plays, coaching, and legacy of everyone involved on this weeks episode of Buckley's Buckets!

    Ep. 16 - Coronavirus, The Clippers, and Old School Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 35:48


    Alec and Nate talk about the ramifications of Covid-19, the state of the Clippers, and a potential addition to the NBA All-Star game involving old school players.

    Ep. 15 - An All-Star Monologue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 14:01


    Alec gives a monologue about this years all-star game, and what the sport of basketball means to him, and many of us as well.

    Ep. 14 - Celtics, Thunder, Pelicans, and Ben Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 60:50


    Nate and Alec talk about the Celtics and their playoff changes, The Oklahoma City Thunder and their prospects going forward, Zion and the Pelicans, and Ben Gordon and mental health awareness.

    Ep. 13 - Post-Dunk, Pre-All-Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 44:48


    In this episode (recorded before the all-star game, but after the dunk contest), Alec and Nate talk about the weekend, the dunk contest, the Clippers, Rockets, and much more.

    Ep. 12 - Deadlines And Small Ball

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 48:10


    In this episode Nate & Alec discuss the most and least interesting trades, the best trades, the Rockets and their extreme new philosophy, and much more on this episode of Buckley's Buckets!

    Ep. 11 - For Kobe & Gianna Bryant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 42:22


    Nate and Alec talk about the tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and everyone on board. We talk about his legacy as a player, and an individual. We also analyze the 76'ers and their roster makeup going forward, and much more.

    Ep. 10 - The All Lazy Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 71:54


    This one arrived late, so I can't spend too much time writing a description... Recorded on December the 3rd, Alec and Nate discuss basketball things (Boston, Philly, Toronto, Indiana and Milwaukee all come up), who's in the running for the final two playoff spots in the West, and play a game of Lazy vs Hustle. All on this (technically last) week's episode of Buckley's Buckets!

    Ep. 09 - The Late Arrival (of Carmelo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 59:08


    In this episode, Nate and Alec discuss Carmelo Anthony and his fit on the Portland Trailblazers, the Houston Rockets, what teams they think are fun to watch and which ones aren't (sorry Bulls & Pistons...), and much more! On this week's episode of Buckley's Buckets!

    Ep. 08 - Not the Wizards...

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 70:45


    Alec & Nate talk about Gordon Hayward, Kemba, and the Boston Celtics, Bradley Beal & the Washington Wizards, insights into which teams appear to be over and underachievers early in the season, who players have been the best so far, and to determine whether or not the Cavs are a good team this year (they're not...) play a quick and unexpected game of "Who da f*** is this?" featuring the Wizards roster.

    Ep. 07 - The Late Night Gameshow One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 62:00


    During a late night recording, Alec and Nate discuss Steph Curry and the Warriors, the Miami Heat and their prospects for the season, the Mini Brawl, if Toronto Raptors are a better than initially thought (most likely), and play a game where each player tries and make the best possible starting 5 from only bench players. Laughter will be had, emotions will get riled, and giant pauses will occur (we were probably too tired to record this one as late as we did), on this week's episode of BUCKLEY'S BUCKETS.

    Ep. 06 - Opening Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 60:11


    Alec and Nate talk about the first two nights of NBA games of the 2019-2020 NBA season, the value of having a mid-range game in the modern NBA, Zion Williamson, the Pascal Siakam contract extension, and more!

    Ep. 05 - The Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 69:14


    After a long time away, the Buckley-Wright Duo returns to give our take on the upcoming season, rules we'd like to see changed/implemented, and make some predictions for the upcoming NBA season.

    Ep. 03 - Finals Predictions, Draymond & Kawhi, and Frank Vogel Mini-Game

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 64:45


    In Episode 3 (Yes, episode 2 has yet to be edited and released), we discuss playoff predictions, what we like about the Warriors and Raptors teams, Draymond Green and Kawhi Leonard, and play a Frank Vogel coaching inspired game (that doesn't go well, or last long).

    Ep. 01 - Getting Comfortable & Playoff Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 86:48


    This podcast was recorded on Saturday May 18th. In this episode, we talk about analytics, our thoughts on the current state of the NBA, the NBA draft lottery, New Orleans Pelicans, a couple predictions (one of which has already taken place), and get more acclimated to the podcasting format. We promise to keep all future episodes to about the 1 hour mark =)

    Ep. 00 - The Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 4:21


    The introduction to our NBA podcast.

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