Hosted by Allen Landver · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
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Based on the comedy newsletter BASKETBALLWEATHER, writer/performer/filmmaker Allen Landver and Jared Hector from True Hoop explore life through an NBA lens. Free therapy through basketball; and the only NBA newsletter & podcast curated for the right side of your brain.
Allen Landver hosts BASKETBALLWEATHER: The Podcast, a sports show with 22 episodes published.
Hey guys, I’m so excited about this episode. We jump into a bunch of fascinating topics in and around the NBA, as well as the “outside world.” If you’re on TikTok or Youtube, I highly recommend you subscribe to see what
We start with the Dylan Brooks trade. Was that the beginning of the end for the Memphis Grizzlies? Then we explore the importance of toughness in the NBA, and the broader context of player empowerment and contract dynami
Benching one of your best players before the start of a playoff run when your team is trying to win a championship is... weird. So when Steve Kerr benched Jonathan Kuminga on the very last game of the regular season, was
The balance between offense and defense. The dark art of defense gets much less screen time than the sexy three-point splashes and acrobatics of offense. But like a bewitching voodoo, operating underneath the surface, de
Blindspots via the lens of the NBA Playoffs. The NBA playoffs are so many things. Mostly, this NBA playoffs appears to be a referendum on teams who try and take short cuts. Adios, Matt Ishbia. The best teams like the OKC
We start with a deep dive into the mercurial NBA career of Kevin Durant, and end up finding all kinds of hidden gems about the human need for stability, nostalgia, and the virtue to search our souls. We also dip into Kob
With the NBA playoffs on the horizon and beautiful competition on our shores, it’s tempting to think about what a sudden death format might feel like for the entire NBA season? NBA media extraordinaire Jarod Hector and I
Syd Field meets the NBA this week on BASKETBALLWEATHER. It’s not Being John Malkovich, but it’s not that far because NBA Trade season is the new Super Bowl. Why the NBA should do a better job at telling the trade season
We all just want to be Spike Lee — the Luca Doncic trade via the lens of fan culture. Subscribe! To! BASKETBALLWEATHER! On! Substack! As fans, we can’t help it. We never want to grow up. We want to stay tapped into that
International basketball players are the best players in the NBA, but American audiences don’t seem to really care. Writer/Performer/Filmmaker Allen Landver ("The Fan") and NBA writer Jarod Hector ("The Media") discuss t
Rest is expensive. Writer/Performer/Filmmaker Allen Landver (“The Fan”) and True Hoop’s Jarod Hector (“The Media”) discuss rest in the NBA, and some of the factors in society that prevent us from resting more in the real
WOULD YOU STOP SOMEONE FROM BEING VIOLENT IF YOUR CAREER WAS ON THE LINE? WRITER/PERFORMER/FILMMAKER ALLEN LANDVER ("THE FAN") AND NBA JOURNALIST JAROD HECTOR ("THE MEDIA") DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT WAYS PLAYERS HAVE USED AN
Writer/Performer/Filmmaker Allen Landver (“The Fan”) and True Hoop’s Jarod Hector (“The Media”) discuss General Manager Daryl Morey, the leader of the Philadelphia 76ers, a basketball team that many said “won the summer,
The! NBA! Sucks! WRITER , PERFORMER, AND FILMMAKER Allen (“The Fan”) and Jarod Hector FROM TRUE HOOP (“The Media”) go head to head in this cage-match style debate to decipher what critics of the NBA really mean when they
Writer/performer/filmmaker Allen Landver (“The Fan”) and Jarod Hector from True Hoop (“The Media”) discuss Bronny’s first games, and the feels that Allen says were unavoidable, watching him share the court with his fathe
Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver ("The Fan") & Jarod Hector from True Hoop ("The Media") discuss how injury, the 82 game season, and various other factors have transformed fan culture in the NBA to one wher
Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver & Jarod Hector from True Hoop discuss why more of us seem to be getting disturbed by the growing salaries of NBA players. Topics include the gooey territory of money, the NB
Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver & Jarod Hector from True Hoop make funnies about Shaq and the mainstream media punching down on modern day players. Defense, and its metaphysical value to the game. Why it’s
Using the Knicks as a lens, we talk about why winning is so hard in the NBA, fentanyl, nepo babies, American Exceptionalism, Matt Ishbia (billionaire NBA owner and nepo baby), James Dolan (billionaire NBA owner, nepo bab
Do NBA players have “the right” to phone in their performances over the course of an 82 game season? We go deep on the difference between entertainment and competition. I learn some things that I wish I could unlearn. Yo
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