video: https://youtu.be/xaJfdh9ZBu4 0:00 Intro 1:09 Is Julius Randle The Odd Man Out For The Knicks? 8:39 Jamal Murray's MONSTER Extension 13:21 Shaq Hating on Rudy Gobert Again 17:42 Bulls Sign THT + Rapid Fire News

video: https://youtu.be/yY4a7atiagA

0:00 Intro

0:59 KAT + Rudy Gobert

1:22 Brooklyn Nets All-Stars?

2:58 Did Kawhi miss out on a dynasty in Toronto?

4:14 The 2024 Celtics are an all-time team

7:23 Teams need to be a well-oiled machine in the NBA

8:22 The KD/Steph/LeBron era is OVER!

9:19 The most underrated player in the entire league

10:41 Streaming giants vs the NBA

12:55 The Lakers can win another IST

13:15 The best point guard of all-time

14:31 LeBron and AD are the #1 duo in basketball

15:06 Scottie Barnes All-NBA season incoming?

16:08 Giannis and Jokic -- it's the same picture.jpeg

17:25 The Golden State trio is the PERFECT fit

18:09 Jason Kidd should still get fired

19:03 Miami set to have the league's best defensive frontcourt?

19:46 Paul George / Scottie Pippen comp

21:11 The Spurs will be this season's cinderella team

22:12 If Bam Adebayo had a consistent jumper...

23:12 Bill Russell is top five all-time

24:24 Markelle Fultz

24:34 Bronny James will be an important piece for the Lakers

25:10 The four greatest teams to not win an NBA championship

25:48 The GOAT debate is stupid

29:32 Early 2000s centers would be benched in 2024

31:22 Joel Embiid hate is JUSTIFIED

0:00 Intro / Welcome AlexHoops! 0:56 The Dallas Mavericks offseason additions 13:06 The non-Klay Thompson additions

And other initial Free Agency news... #basketball #nba #commentary

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0:00 Intro 1:03 What do the Dallas Mavericks need to address? + Asset review 7:51 What are the Mavs potential trade targets? 20:37 Free agency suggestions for Dallas 24:33 Congratulating the Celtics on their championship

0:00 Intro 0:55 Boston vs Dallas Game #2 Recap 16:38 Dallas Mavericks key notes 25:09 Boston Celtics key notes 37:20 Do the 2024 Finals suck so far? 40:01 Is Dallas in trouble?

0:00 Intro 1:00 A full recap of game one 10:13 Dallas Mavericks game one notes 20:55 Boston Celtics game one notes

video: https://youtu.be/bicW3CAOUeo 0:00 Intro 0:39 It's time to acknowledge Tim Duncan's quadruple-double 1:42 Dwight Howard over Anthony Davis in the NBA's Top 75 3:02 Devin Booker is still better than Anthony Edwards 4:50 The barrier of entry for the NBA is too high now 7:01 "Carrying" an NBA team is over-valued 9:04 Responding to a previous LeBron take 9:40 Being a General Manager is WAY harder than people realize 11:13 Luka vs Tatum discourse 14:34 Efficiency is an overused stat 15:59 Luka vs Jokic playmaking 18:44 Jokic is the best center in NBA history 20:52 "Pass first" point guards are overrated 23:27 DPOY winners should have to be more versatile 25:34 LeBron isn't doing enough with the tools around him 27:33 Magic Johnson's place in history is overrated

0:00 Intro 1:00 RIP to Bill Walton 2:07 Boston Celtics vs Dallas Mavericks Finals Preview 27:23 My official prediction for the 2024 Finals

0:00 Intro 1:32 Mavericks vs Timberwolves Game #1 9:35 Mavericks vs Timberwolves Game #2 16:49 Mavericks vs Timberwolves Game #3 21:21 Pacers vs Celtics Game #3 25:35 A Very Brief "Probable" 2024 Finals Preview

0:00 intro

0:46 Game 1 Recap

2:18 Q#2

7:47 Q#3

9:47 Q#4

16:45 Pacers G1 Notes

17:00 Hali...

24:41 The Bench

26:18 Free Throws

29:48 Math of the Game

30:33 Sloppy

31:43 Celtics G1 Notes

31:53 Missing KP

32:28 Bad Al

32:45 Jrue'ing Well

33:33 The J's

34:03 Game 2 Recap

36:45 Q#2

38:04 Q#3

39:48 Q#4

40:31 Celtics G2 Notes

40:57 Math Game Ws

42:39 Jaylen bWOWn

43:11 Tale of Two Tatums

44:00 Jrue'ing Well AGAIN

45:00 Pacers G2 Notes

45:15 Hali... Hurtin'?

46:11 PascWOW

47:45 Shot Diet L

48:36 Can Indy Beat Boston?

49:27 G3 Prediction

0:00 intro

0:46 Game Recap

5:23 So Uh...

7:22 "Fraud"

9:13 Jamal & Jokic

10:04 The Rest...

12:48 The All-Defensive Teams

16:00 WCF Preview

18:14 DAL Game 6 W = Rest

19:34 "If I was Minny"

20:32 Derrick Lively

22:10 Luka Matchups

22:58 Targeting Luka

25:06 Dallas Shooting?

26:58 Prediction(s)

0:00 INTRO

0:39 MIN @ DEN GAME 5 RECAP

7:33 COMPLAINING

10:09 NUGGETS KEY NOTES

10:15 JOKIC LEGACY GAME

11:41 THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM

15:38 THE OTHER NUGGETS

18:38 SERIES OUTLOOK

19:02 T'WOLVES KEY NOTES

19:07 GETTING CARRIED AWAY

21:42 LET'S TALK ABOUT RUDY

25:34 THE OTHER T'WOLVES

27:10 SERIES OUTLOOK

27:46 PACERS VS KNICKS CHAT

0:00 INTRO

0:39 DEN @ MIN GAME 3 RECAP

6:14 DENVER KEY NOTES

13:03 MINNY KEY NOTES

16:37 NYK @ IND GAME 3 RECAp

21:12 INDY KEY NOTES

24:52 KNICKS KEY NOTES

0:00 Intro

0:53 GAME 1

8:38 WOLVES KEY NOTES

9:38 DAD TANGENT

10:48 JOKIC "SHUT DOWN"

12:45 RUDY GOBERT TRADE REVIST

14:10 THE OFFENSE

15:31 NAZ REID

17:00 NUGGETS KEY NOTES

17:48 MPJ IS A STAR

18:18 THE BENCH

19:13 AG IS A LIABILITY

20:33 THE ACTION

23:15 LMFAO

24:00 GAME 2

27:44 WOLVES KEY NOTES

28:38 JOKIC ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN

29:20 MY BIAS

30:00 ALL TIME DEFENSE?

31:21 THE OFFENSE

31:52 MINNY IS THE NEW FAV?

33:53 ANTHONY EDWARDS HOLY CRAP

36:00 NUGGETS KEY NOTES

37:05 AARON GORDON IS THE PROBLEM

38:00 ADJUSTMENTS

39:11 SILVER LINING

39:45 CAN DENVER COME BACK?

41:05 THE NARRATIVES

44:15 I WAS SO WRONG

45:45 THIS PLAYOFFS IS AWESOME

0:00 Intro 1:49 Sacramento Kings 5:45 San Antonio Spurs 12:02 Detroit Pistons 14:42 Atlanta Hawks 16:32 Orlando Magic 19:07 New Orleans Pelicans 21:30 Charlotte Hornets

New Main Channel Vid: https://youtu.be/5qg_l4R6hmc?si=h5jSrRlSEykodrZM #basketball #nba #commentary 0:00 Intro 0:43 Derrick Lively vs Rudy Gobert 4:20 Money Talk [FROM INTRO] 8:15 Reacting to NBA 2K25's top ten players 10:50 Key Players MISSING From 2K 12:11 Steph and LeBron teaming up some day? 14:04 Celtics sign Lonnie Walker to a 10-day 15:16 Pacers extend TJ McConnell 15:39 Channel scheduling updates

0:31 Jokic vs Magic & Rings
2:47 MIP? More like MUIP!
3:53 LaMelo Ball & John Wall
4:44 Celtics & Jaylen Brown
6:02 Fans vs GMs
7:34 TITLE TAKE: LeBron's Legacy
9:00 Donavan Mitchell
10:40 CP3 is a GOAT*
12:03 Carmelo vs Tatum
12:36 Luka is the BOP
14:05 Kareem vs Wemby & LeBron
15:51 Kobe & Shaq's MVPs
17:39 Kobe vs Tim Duncan
19:28 Jovic's Potential
20:00 Lakers' Player Development
22:16 Austin Reaves Superstar
23:06 Ben Simmons & Aaron Gordon
24:05 OKC vs BOS
25:11 LeBlock
25:28 Bill Russell vs Lakers
26:33 Take about Takes

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Magic Johnson vs Anthony Edwards, Power Rankings, Christian Wood and more on this Monday edition of NBA News on Also Rusty Buckets! 0:00 INTRO 1:02 MAGIC VS ANT 5:58 MAGIC'S RESPONSE 8:53 CHRISTIAN WOOD'S VENGEANCE 14:39 NBA POWER RANKINGS (EAST) 20:41 THE MID OF THE EAST 23:10 THE BOTTOM OF THE EAST 24:48 NBA POWER RANKINGS (WEST) 26:14 THINGS GETTING WEIRD 28:25 THINGS GETTING WEIRDER 30:55 THE LAKERS THRU THE REST OF THE WEST 33:12 THE BEST REMAINING FREE AGENTS #basketball #nba #commentary

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STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams 0:00 Intro 0:41 Kyrie Irving was the best SG in the NBA last season 2:37 Jayson Tatum isn't a superstar 5:19 Jamal Crawford is nowhere near the GOAT 6th man 8:16 "Good shot" vs "bad shot" discourse 9:43 The NBA's box score is outdated 11:17 Dame is an overrated playoff performer 12:25 Kawhi Leonard is the GOAT Toronto Raptor 14:22 How the new CBA may affect "score first" players 17:31 Jimmy Butler is over-hated for not winning a ring 19:48 Steph Curry is the second greatest playmaker of all-time 21:28 Paul George has the best handle of any SF ever 23:44 NBA fans treat the sport like a soap opera 25:51 Nobody will ever touch Jordan or LeBron in accolades

video: https://youtu.be/a9JMusFoEfk STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams 0:43 Oklahoma City Thunder 1:13 Denver Nuggets 1:30 Minnesota Timberwolves 2:30 Los Angeles Clippers 4:00 Dallas Mavericks 5:00 Phoenix Suns 6:13 New Orleans Pelicans 7:32 Los Angeles Lakers 8:30 Sacramento Kings 9:41 Golden State Warriors 11:00 Houston Rockets 12:10 Utah Jazz 13:00 Memphis Grizzlies 13:51 San Antonio Spurs 14:51 Portland Trailblazers 15:35 Boston Celtics 16:05 New York Knicks 16:43 Milwaukee Bucks 17:30 Cleveland Cavaliers 18:00 Philadelphia 76ers 19:17 Indiana Pacers 19:52 Orlando Magic 20:28 Miami Heat 21:10 Chicago Bulls 21:25 Atlanta Hawks 22:13 Toronto Raptors 22:37 Rapid Firing the Remaining Stinky Teams

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0:00 Intro 1:18 Atlanta Hawks 1:44 Boston Celtics 2:34 Miami Heat 3:03 Chicago Bulls 3:56 Charlotte Hornets 4:00 Washington Wizards 4:39 Detroit Pistons 5:07 Indiana Pacers 6:01 Milwaukee Bucks 6:48 Philadelphia 76ers 7:26 New York Knicks 8:12 Brooklyn Nets 8:38 Toronto Raptors 8:58 Orlando Magic 9:41 Cleveland Cavaliers 10:03 Dallas Mavericks 11:03 Oklahoma City Thunder 11:59 Denver Nuggets 12:55 Minnesota Timberwolves 13:49 Los Angeles Clippers 14:11 Phoenix Suns 16:58 New Orleans Pelicans 17:53 Los Angeles Lakers 18:58 Sacramento Kings 20:23 Golden State Warriors 21:16 Houston Rockets 22:00 Utah Jazz 22:27 Memphis Grizzlies 22:43 San Antonio Spurs 23:45 Portland Trailblazers

video: https://youtu.be/PDqJt52VWrM STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams #basketball #nba #commentary 0:00 Intro 0:36 Differentiating "not good" and just being a hater 1:34 Magic is as non-traditional of a PG as Steph 2:52 How to properly utilize Giannis 3:56 Tim Duncan is the third best player of all-time 5:29 The Spurs wouldn't have been as successful with KG 6:39 "Bag" talk is overrated 7:37 Wilt wasn't used properly 8:36 Re-hashing the Jamal Crawford discourse 10:13 Bubble hate is retroactive 11:00 People over-value Finals losses 12:10 Peja compares to PG as a three-point shooter 13:17 Steals are more important than blocks 14:38 Steve Kerr is an overrated head coach 16:00 SPACING SUCKS 17:31 The concept of "aura" is the dumbest thing in sports 18:41 Eye tests are biased and dumb 19:41 Paul George is not a better shooter than KD 20:58 Pushing back on a previous Jokic take

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PODCAST VERSION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rusty-buckets-podcast/id1759393570 STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams 0:00 Intro 0:29 Robert Williams to the Knicks? Jimmy to the Warriors? 4:24 Milwaukee Bucks are over party? 13:10 "Roster moves worth mentioning" 17:44 Free agents who are still team-less 18:32 The NBA announces expanded Replay 20:09 Ex-Suns employee sues 21:34 "Old guy news" 24:00 Miscellaneous NBA news

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0:00 Intro

0:35 Athletes have the WORST opinions

2:30 T-Mac under-produced and under-achieved

4:00 Accolades involving voting matter less than on-court achievements

4:52 Pat Riley has failed the modern day Miami Heat

5:42 Manu is one of the most underrated players EVER

7:21 Sports betting takes the joy out of basketball

7:45 Chris Paul is better than Isiah Thomas all-time

13:24 Steph Curry is the best counter to "mamba mentality"

14:47 The REAL biggest Top 75 snub

16:13 How people criticize Kobe vs LeBron

18:21 Steph is more skilled than Kyrie

20:41 Playing a sport doesn't make you smarter than those who didn't play

23:18 The REAL reason the NBA has so much parity now

23:58 Paolo is THE most underrated player in the league

25:45 Larry and Magic belong next to each other in all-time debates

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PODCAST VERSION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rusty-buckets-podcast/id1759393570 2K Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rusty37170:00 Intro 0:28 NBA Officials need better policing 2:53 The Raptors would not have won a ring with DeMar 4:30 Kobe 2004 vs 2008 criticism 6:51 Superstars need to STOP forcing trades 8:53 "Potential" is a wildly overrated term 12:31 Wilt is NOT a top 10 player of all-time 15:59 People overrate the "fundamentals" of Tim Duncan's career 17:32 Draymond Green is better than Dennis Rodman 19:57 The Bucks should have never fired Budenholzer 21:24 Klay Thompson is the GREATEST third option of all-time 22:19 If Draymond had offense, he'd be LeBron James 22:42 Brunson and Morant will be better than Steph this season 23:16 Coaches deserve more credit for "Game Evolution"

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0:00 Briefly recapping the moving pieces in the KAT trade

2:48 The Knicks bench may be an area of concern

12:19 The Knicks starting five is gonna be just fine

25:00 New York has a legitimate shot to make a run this year

PODCAST VERSION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rusty-buckets-podcast/id1759393570 STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams 0:00 Intro 1:11 Minnesota Timberwolves 5:17 Denver Nuggets 7:11 Milwaukee Bucks 9:18 Memphis Grizzlies 13:05 Philadelphia 76ers 16:07 Dallas Mavericks 20:07 New York Knicks 25:15 Final 2 teams check out Nick's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@motownnoah#basketball #nba #commentary

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0:00 Intro

2:05 Cleveland Cavaliers

5:16 Sacramento Kings

9:06 New Orleans Pelicans

10:23 Orlando Magic

12:16 Indiana Pacers

14:10 Los Angeles Lakers + Clippers

17:49 San Antonio Spurs

21:58 Phoenix Suns

22:25 Golden State Warriors

25:36 Miami Heat

PODCAST VERSION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rusty-buckets-podcast/id1759393570 2K Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rusty37170:00 Intro 1:31 RIP Dikembe Mutombo 3:27 Anthony Edwards "Rondo vs CP3" conversation 11:00 "Weight A Minute... Who ARE You?" 14:25 Roster Moves + Injuries Worth Mentioning 18:11 "The Tea" Steve Kerr, PJ Tucker & Kawhi 23:04 Rumor Mill 25:08 Bronny James: "That's literally my dad" 26:26 Bleacher Report MVP Leaderboard

STREAMS: https://www.twitch.tv/rustybucketsstreams 0:00 Intro 0:35 The new CBA is too harsh 4:04 Players get too much hate over "untradable contracts" 5:48 1990 Hakeem is a top 3 prime of all-time 8:34 The "7 Seconds or Less" Suns are historically underappreciated 10:02 Efficiency is making NBA teams worse 13:00 The NBA fan landscape is unintelligent and annoying 14:42 The GOAT debate is rigged in Jordan's favor 18:12 Trae Young and Damian Lillard will occupy the same historical space 19:53 Prime Steph Curry is comparable to prime Shaq 22:51 Coaching and scheme matters the most for spacing 24:01 Being an NBA official would be an incredibly hard job 26:23 Larry Bird is the greatest all-around player of all-time

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1:28 Atlanta Hawks 2:36 Boston Celtics 3:30 Miami Heat 5:15 Chicago Bulls 6:43 Charlotte Hornets 7:53 Washington Wizards 8:39 Detroit Pistons 10:12 Indiana Pacers 11:31 Milwaukee Bucks 12:47 Philadelphia 76ers 13:54 New York Knicks 15:16 Toronto Raptors 16:38 Brooklyn Nets 18:15 Orlando Magic 19:25 Cleveland Cavaliers 20:22 Los Angeles Lakers 21:01 Los Angeles Clippers 21:23 Houston Rockets 22:27 San Antonio Spurs 23:02 Sacramento Kings 23:50 Golden State Warriors 24:02 Portland Trailblazers 24:32 Minnesota Timberwolves 24:48 Memphis Grizzlies 25:49 New Orleans Pelicans 27:10 Oklahoma City Thunder 28:08 Phoenix Suns 28:37 Denver Nuggets 29:02 Utah Jazz 30:26 Dallas Mavericks

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0:00 Intro 0:41 "People who say efficiency is overrated..." 1:49 James Harden's playoff failures are overblown 4:38 Max contracts are the reason the new CBA is too harsh 7:00 The REAL reason the NBA has so many casual fans 9:25 The GOAT defender conversation is hyper focused on two-way guys 12:21 Head coaches should wear suits again 12:33 The Celtics proved the new CBA is NOT too harsh 13:45 Antawn Jamison is one of the most underrated EVER 15:31 Steph is NOT the only player with off-ball gravity 17:35 It's a crime that AD doesn't have a DPOY 20:22 Lauri can be a number one option on a championship team 22:39 The criticism for using screens that Steph gets is dumb 24:03 Giannis' teammates have failed him in the past 25:36 The reason MJ is the GOAT template... 28:02 "Efficiency is NOT efficiency..."

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0:00 Intro 0:41 Ben Simmons NEVER needed a jump shot to be "good" 3:26 Jimmy Butler has surpassed Carmelo Anthony all-time 8:06 Takes in these videos are written to "sound smart" 9:31 Analytics have warped people's perception of NBA players 14:00 Media coverage needs to move on from LeBron/Steph/KD 16:07 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf could've ignited the three-point revolution 18:40 The reason NBA fans emphasize a player's "scoring bag" 19:39 SGA is HEAVILY overrated! 21:26 Popularity should not factor into NBA awards 22:08 Scoring and playmaking are useless without each other 24:49 Calling people a "casual" is a lame form of elitism

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0:00 Intro 1:03 Quick TNT Broadcast Notes 2:05 Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks recap 19:55 Minnesota Timberwolves vs New York Knicks recap