Podcasts by 2010BA
Lev Akabas and his friends look back at the 2010s decade in the NBA — the best teams, the best players, the most memorable moments, and the sadly forgotten ones.
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Where NBA Player Evaluation Fails with Mike Hyland from 2020-02-18T05:39:48
Professor Mike Hyland returns to the show to pitch some hot takes specifically related to how we evaluate NBA players in the modern era: the notion of a "two-way player" is non-sensical (0:35), ...
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Hot Takes with Emani Fenton, Frankie Li, Mike Hyland, and Walter Clark from 2020-02-17T16:14:13
Four different guests each join the show to present a different hot take about the modern NBA: Kawhi Leonard is grossly overrated (0:40), Jeremy Lin was robbed of his career by Carmelo Anthony (...
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Most Interesting 2010s Statistics with Todd from 2020-02-06T21:46
My friend and stats expert, Todd, joins me for a numbers-filled episode. We discussed the most surprising decade leaders in various statistical categories, including three-point shooting (0:53),...
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Tournament of Champions Part 2 with Chris Kim and Brian Ryu from 2020-01-20T18:11:16
Chris, Brian, and I walk through the last three rounds of our hypothetical tournament between the best teams of the 2010s: 2017 Warriors vs. 2019 Raptors (1:08), 2014 Spurs vs. 2018 Rockets (1:3...
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Tournament of Champions Part 1 with Chris Kim and Brian Ryu from 2020-01-20T02:01:06
Chris and Brian join me to simulate a hypothetical 16-team tournament between the best teams of the 2010s. In Part 1, we run through the first round matchups: 2017 Warriors vs. 2010 Celtics (2:0...
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Mailbag Part 3 with Andrew Stafford — Best Games from 2020-01-15T20:41:09
Andrew Stafford and I answer another batch of questions, including "Which teams from the 2010s could have used Robert Horry the most?" (0:25), "What were the top five narrative-changing games of...
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Mailbag Part 2 with Andrew Stafford — MVP Awards from 2020-01-15T20:36:24
Andrew Stafford and I go through the 2010s year by year and decide whether or not the right player won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award each season, including 2011 Derrick Rose (2:02), 2017 Ru...
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Mailbag Part 1 with Andrew Stafford — Knicks from 2020-01-15T20:29:06
Long-time Knicks fan Andrew Stafford joins me to answer questions such as "How does the best Knicks team of the 2010s stack up against the peak Knicks team of the 1970s?" (0:54) and "How good wa...
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Evolution of the NBA Part 2 with Seth Akabas — Better or Worse? from 2020-01-06T07:19:05
My dad and I debate which aspects of the NBA were better or worse during the 2010s than during previous decades, including the overall talent pool (0:27), player nicknames (7:40), the refereeing...
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Evolution of the NBA Part 1 with Seth Akabas — Statistical Trends from 2020-01-06T07:13:47
My dad joins me to explain the ways in which the NBA of his youth, the 1970s, differed from that of the 2010s (0:55). Then we try to make sense of a few league-wide statistical trends spanning t...
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NBA All-Decade Team Part 2 with Tal Akabas — Bench from 2019-12-23T07:06:07
It's December 31st, 2019. Aliens have invaded Earth and agree to play us in a seven-game basketball series to decide control of the planet, and we can time travel any players from the past ten y...
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NBA All-Decade Team Part 1 with Tal Akabas — Starters from 2019-12-23T07:05:26
It's December 31st, 2019. Aliens have invaded Earth and agree to play us in a seven-game basketball series to decide control of the planet, and we can time travel any players from the past ten y...
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