Hosted by Josh Medeiros & Calvan Johnson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 53 episodes
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Once Upon A Dribble is a podcast all about the history of the NBA, and how the modern game came to be.Join your hosts Josh Medeiros and Calvan Johnson as they take you on the NBA time machine to look back on the most noteworthy events in basketball history
Josh Medeiros & Calvan Johnson hosts Once Upon A Dribble, a sports show with 53 episodes published.
The NBA has changed dramatically over the last 15 years. Not just on the court, but in the way fans consume the league, how media covers it, and how players shape their own careers. Joining us is Guardian writer and All-
Every NBA fan has an MVP definition in their head and what usually ends up happening is they're all different. Is the MVP about team success? Raw production? Efficiency? Narrative? In this micro episode, I break down why
Who was the best player in the world each year in the NBA? In this episode of Once Upon a Dribble, Josh is joined by CBS Sports writer Sam Quinn to explore a fun historical thought experiment: the unofficial “Best Player
Once Upon a Dribble — 2011 NBA MVP Revisited (Notebook episodes are short 15-30 minute solo entries where I give quick hitter context, insight and narrative to various NBA topics) Was Derrick Rose the right MVP in 2011?
Once Upon a Dribble — What does “heliocentric” actually mean? (Notebook episodes are short 15-30 minute solo entries where I give quick hitter context, insight and narrative to various NBA topics) It’s not just ball domi
Today we finish with part 10 of a 10-part series at Once Upon a Dribble! During the 2022 playoffs the NBA began awarding MVP awards to the best performing player of each conference finals: the Larry Bird Eastern Conferen
When you really break it down, the whole history of the NBA is still a relatively short amount of time. At 79 years old, there are still many people around who have a living memory of the first NBA season. The league cel
On April 19, 2020, ESPN and Netflix released a landmark documentary series that was over two decades in the making, chronicling a behind the scenes look at the supremacy of Michael Jordan’s last years in Chicago. As Amer
Today we continue in part 9 of a 10-part series at Once Upon a Dribble! During the 2022 playoffs the NBA began awarding MVP awards to the best performing player of each conference finals: the Larry Bird Eastern Conferenc
(04:48) What led to the Decision? The Breaking Point in Cleveland (26:00) The Villain Season - 2010-11 (53:48) Redemption, "It's About Damn Time" - 2011-12(01:10:54) Supernova, Back-To-Back - 2012-13 (01:32:00) The Burno
(04:50) Background on basketball in Philadelphia and on Wilt (23:18) Let's meet the 1966-67 Sixers and look at their regular season (46:05) The Sixers finally overcome Boston (55:05) The 1967 Finals When it comes to the
Today we continue in part 8 of a 10-part series at Once Upon a Dribble! During the 2022 playoffs the NBA began awarding MVP awards to the best performing player of each conference finals: the Larry Bird Eastern Conferenc
In a lot of ways, an NBA locker room is like a family. With all the good times, and the bad times, the brotherhood, and the infighting, family is the perfect metaphor. But the family dynamic in the NBA often extends to a
In a lot of ways, an NBA locker room is like a family. With all the good times, and the bad times, the brotherhood, and the infighting, family is the perfect metaphor. But the family dynamic in the NBA often extends to a
Remember that time, like, that 10-season span when the Charlotte Bobcats were an NBA basketball team? Us too, but barely. Josh and Calvan did a DEEP dive into the interesting, awkward, yet always entertaining history of
Today we continue in part 7 of a 10-part series at Once Upon a Dribble! During the 2022 playoffs the NBA began awarding MVP awards to the best performing player of each conference finals: the Larry Bird Eastern Conferenc
Every NBA team at some point in their history has hit a drought so to say. A drought from success that keeps them out of the postseason picture. It can be injuries, poor coaching, bad management, whiffed draft picks or a
Every NBA team at some point in their history has hit a drought so to say. A drought from success that keeps them out of the postseason picture. It can be injuries, poor coaching, bad management, whiffed draft picks or a
If there is a Mount Rushmore for NBA teams that feel like symbolic soulmates for their city, then the 2004 Detroit Pistons are on it. This team represented the Motor City in every sense of the word. Everyone played a par
After back-to-back championships, the Rockets were suddenly trending in the wrong direction after a turbulent 1996 season. Charles Barkley, over in Phoenix, had grown impatient in the Valley of the Sun. The stars aligned
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Once Upon A Dribble is hosted by Josh Medeiros & Calvan Johnson. The show is categorised under sports (basketball) and has published 53 episodes.
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