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Take a break from NBA trade deadline slop and hear about the best hoops stories the lamesteram media is afraid to bring you: Not a Blazers Pod Blazers Updates, The Best Basketball Experience in Oregon is revealed (Portland State), Dior Johnson teaming up with Billie Gillespie (GROSS), The Universe Wants Darius Acuff for Pod MVP, NA All Star Voting Scandal (PELICANS), checking in with former Pod MVPs, and APOLOGIES.

Ep.74-Mike Richman (LockedOn Blazers) joins to help finally answer the age old question: COULD A TEAM OF 0-TIME ALL STARS BEAT A TEAM OF 1-TIME ALL STARS? And we accidentally talk about the Blazers.

I start off posting wins for Secret Pod Scout Services before predicting the Team USA LA Olympics roster and making the case that everyone can go ahead and unwring them hands.

Six or so games into the basketball orgy week check-in. Sloppy.

Your can’t miss guide to the BEST WEEK OF BASKETBALL TIL SPRING 2026. Checking in on life as a basketball ascetic (no ESPN) and if it is bringing me closer to God or not, the hottest upcoming EMIRATES Cup matches, the return of reigning pod co-MVP STIRTZ to battle a French Draft Nerd Challenger, Duke vs Everybody, and the beauty of the PLAYERS ERA FESTIVAL streaming on MAX.

Big ep! Incredible NCAA Freshman make it impossible to not watch tons of college basketball, RISING TENSIONS in Europe on the eve of the NBA Invasion, Euroleague peaking, Greek basketball fans booing Novak Djokovic everywhere he goes, Blazers fall and rise, and finally, an attempt to rank NBA owners by the devastation their wealth creates.

Foremost ball knowers Payton Years join to provide can’t miss NCAA teams to watch for Draft Sickos, Bucket Glazers, Real Ones, SLEEPERS, Chaos Lovers, ESPN+ Gods, and teams on the DO NOT WATCH LIST to avoid at all costs. Also the NBL joins MERCH WATCH.

The Rose Garden Report's own SEAN HIGHKIN (@highkin) joins to let Seth yell at him about EUROLEAGUE DRAMA (Panathanaikos hosting the Final Four, Israeli teams possibly suspended during the season, Partizan stealing a Duke recruited high school senior away from the NCAA), Villains, Heroes, and the venerable Surprised He's Not In The NBA Award. Sean has many insider insights into the Portland Trail Blazers it's a shame this is NOT a Blazers pod.

Stop making this a Blazers pod! NO OPINION. NEVER HEARD OF EM.

Eurobasket 2025 is here and the greatness of the games is surpassed only by the difficulty in getting access to watch them. Here’s everything you need to know, see you in Riga!

YANG HANSEN CONSPIRACY WARNING.

START THE 40 MINUTE FREE ZOOM COUNT DOWN! Sam Whiteley and Andy Clark from the Payton Years join to talk NBA off-season highlights and offer the only guide you need to SUMMER BASKETBALL ENJOYMENT. Apologies to the Big3!

Hoops scout extraordinaire Michael Visenberg (@NBADraftMikeyV) joins to talk draft, Blazers draft targets and anticipated spice level, and JUSTICE FOR SPARTAK OFFICE SHOES SUBOTICA.

And check out https://www.getinthegame101.com/

The EuroLeague reaches incredible new levels of janky that explain why the NBA is going to devour them, the Blazers keep building contenders in other cities, and a fun drunk purchase from France!

Depth mattering this much robs us of perfect basketball bliss, the draft is not rigged, the Blazers are the mix, Giannis trade theater, relegating the Eastern Conference, TJ Shorts coming to the NBA-THE POD DOES IT AGAIN!

So much for the NBA being in trouble:

-Playoff Pilled

-Double Bigs Are Not Actually Back

-Why We Hate The Celtics

-Knicks Are Disgusting To Watch On Offense

-This Summer’s Deni-Deal

-ESPN’s Blazers Mole

-Euroleague Final Four

Did the deep basketball state steal a secret pod bit? Or is that just what THEY want you to think?I explore that, what's next for Stirtz, The cosmic certainty of the Blazers shooting themselves in the foot again, and Cooper Flagg destinations ranked by Conspiracy Level.

The only real can't miss guide to making your perfect bracket with the Payton Years pod's Andy Clark and Sam Whiteley.

Join the Secret Basketball pod bracket group: https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/42108/

Preparing for NBA/NCAA/Euroleague post season all at once. Who are the villains? Whose meat is worth riding? WTF IS EUROLEAGUE UP TO NOW?

The Luka trade and the Mavs working the court of public opinion, The Blazers achieve something truly remarkable in a bad way, Draft Takes, NBA Europe Watch, and a Signature Move waiting to be claimed!

1) The Scootaissance Begins

2) Surprise Alliance of 2025: SEC and PST

3) Did I Curse The Drake Bulldogs and Bennett Stirtz?

4) Wemby Depression

5) Sicko For Sarr (Boxwatchin)

6) Pooper For Cooper

Giving out the most prestigious awards for the 2024 portion of the 2025 season! October-December are often forgotten in the world of hoops but not here, never here. Secret Pod MVP, PLUS LEAGUE/APP GANG Champs, Best Narrative That Is Wrong But I Support It Anyways, Best Story Manifested Entirely By The Secret Pod, and of course, Best Supervillain. 

FEAST WEEK, Dylan Harper Pilled, the Southern Oregon Alligator, Blazers Giraffe Bones Curse, TJ Shorts and Giannis Co-MVPs, AND THE DEBUT OF PLUS LEAGUE! APP GANG! Gratitude for the jankiness!

I reveal the two most can't miss players in all of basketball, check in on In The Pooper For Cooper, CLAP BACK at Mike Richman, continue to keep Scoot Henderson in the CONTEXT OVER NARRATIVE zone, and issue a BAN on using Larry Bird puns as nicknames for white basketball players.

Mike Richman from LockedOn Blazers joins/endures me ranting all about the upcoming Euroleague season. From the Athens Arms Race to completely unhinged owners to not even knowing if the games will be available or where the finals will be played. Nothing like it!

NBA Conspiracies That Are True, In The Pooper For Cooper Tiers, a pizza rant, and Shout out to Zach Randolph.

I open up an SBPVU to solve a pod mystery, review the Big 3 IRL experience, get FOMO over the TBT being on Fox, discuss the scoring guard economic collapse, and die of Olympic fever.

All media is BronnyWire and Olympic Hype Episooooode! Plus: THE BEST CELLY IN BASKETBALL!

The Olympic Qualifiers are here! Listen to me lose my mind trying to explain it.

RANT EP! The sports media devours their own Celtics takes, How Boston can be champs and suck at the same time, Draft Fears, and OUTING the best player in this upcoming draft with can’t miss analyseeees.

I'M GONNA SHEWWWWT! NBA Finals hype ep, draft-Draft takes, and nuts being busted!

The DMV is the NBA Draft, Kyrie Free Thinker Watch, Euroleague brawls, Pump Fake Artist Dominance, BIG NBA sound effect news, and Adam Silver prepares his Euro takeover. Ground hog day huh.

The expected and unexpected joys of Euroleague, Chris Webber hamburger recs, the old Kyrie waiting to come back, and finally, a take that Olden Polynice did nothing wrong.

Post-Season Belief Rankings, Cowardly Cavs, the joys of the final game of the season (Boban!), and Scoot Henderson falling victim to shenanigans!

The evidence is clear: The biggest upset in NCAA history is that the NCAA somehow saved itself. So how did this happen? And what's next?

March Madness begins, and none better to talk about perfecting your bracket picking system than the fellas from the Payton Years podcast. Swag, dog, God, fraud, soft, vibes, Eddie Lampkin, and deeply obscure information, all factors have been weighed.

Friend of the pod Shain Brenden joins this peak edging season ep to discuss the looming return of White Americans to the NBA elite and how to enjoy responsibly.

Salute to PDX God and Euroleague All-Time Leading Scorer Mike James! Plus, important basketball question: Who Would You Wrexham?

The NBA's French Strategy exposed (Kahn!), Dame Night Witness Report, and the 2024 is shaping up to be an all-time draft for sickos. @HeySethAllen all platforms!

How was Scoot's 2023 compared to the top young point guards who came before him? VERY GOOD THANK YOU. Also nothing beats Saturday Morning Big East Excellence. Shout outs: Dante Exum.