Podcasts by The Sly Hooper Podcast

Can The Scramento Kings Make The Play-In? w/ Nick Agar-Johnson from 2021-10-06T08:03

We are previewing the Sacramento Kings today so I had to invite Nick Agar-Johnson (Hashtag Basketball, Nets Republic, tortured Kings fan) back on the show to talk about the Kings and their outlo...

Cleveland Cavaliers Season Preview w/ Evan Dammarell from 2021-10-01T07:44

Making his fourth appearance on the show Evan Dammarell (Fear the Sword, Locked On Cavs, Right Down Euclid) joins me to preview the new season for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But first I hav...

I Guess We Have To Talk About The 76ers from 2021-09-29T08:21

The NBA season is upon us and I wanted to knock the Philadelphia 76ers preview out first because I don't want to talk about the entire Ben Simmons saga for 500 more years until something actuall...

How the Bubble and the Injuries Will Impact the 2021-22 NBA Season w/ Brian Scott from 2021-08-19T07:00

With a little break in this damn-near year-round sport, I decided to have a different conversation around hoops. I brought on fellow Blue Wire Hustle teammate Brian Scott (host of the Injured Li...

Giannis Is The Best Player In The World from 2021-07-21T10:22:55

You see the title.

I give a quick 25 minute reaction to game 6 and Giannis' legendary, and I mean...LEGENDARY WITH A CAPITAL L closing game.

I also talk how the Bucks turned the seri...

The Block Heard Around The Basketball World from 2021-07-16T07:00

Losing a family dog sucks.

But I'm finally in the right headspace to do a pod. I talk about the the NBA Finals, Game 4, Giannis' dominance, CP3 woes and how intriguing the series has been....

Sixers Taking Years Off My Life. from 2021-06-18T11:13:50

Really didn't want to come back with an episode like this. So I really don't know what to put here. The team has choked away back to back playoff games against an inferior team in spectacular fa...

Stop It. Jokic Is The MVP + The Last Guard Spot on All-NBA First Team from 2021-05-07T10:28:59

Look. I get it. MVP Discourse can be annoying. Especially since we talk about it damn near every day. We as humans also don't like being told that something is "not a debate" or "its not close" ...

Crisis Averted: 49ers Pick Trey Lance from 2021-05-03T09:35:24

Surprise! You thought I was gonna talk about the incredible Bucks/Nets game yesterday or the all-of-a-sudden-tight race between the Mavericks, Blazers and Lakers to avoid the play-in tournament ...

LaMarcus Aldridge Deserves His Flowers; Rest Up, Jamal Murray; KAT from 2021-04-16T09:02:59

In today's episode we go over a few things, including the unexpected retirement of LaMarcus Aldridge. We then talk about how much the Jamal Murray injury sucks, and how far it brings the Nuggets...

The Five Most Notable NBA Trade Deadline Deals from 2021-03-26T09:17:31

We are back! No better time to come back from a break than after the trade deadline. We are doing a little bit of Five on Five today. I picked my five notable trades from the deadline and I spen...

Clap Your Hands For The Refreshing Philadelphia 76ers from 2021-02-24T09:52:01

What happens when two Sixer fans born on opposite coasts meet up on a pod? Well you get an hour and a half of complete and unfiltered Sixers talk!

Blue Wire Hustle teammate and co-host of ...

Taking the Pod to South Beach w/ Jalaal Sandy from 2021-02-17T09:23:14

The East Champs have found themselves in the middle of the play-in tournament seeds at the bottom of the conference this season. I brought on Miami Heat fan and Blue Wire Hustle teammate Jalaal ...

The Interesting Cleveland Cavaliers w/ Evan Dammarell from 2021-02-12T03:00

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been struggling as of late after starting out the season performing above expectations. To sort out the season Evan Dammarell (Locked On Cavs, Forbes Sports, Fear th...

Sacramento Kings Talk and Top 3 MVP candidates w/ Nick Agar-Johnson from 2021-01-27T18:12:39

It's a Hashtag Basketball reunion! Hashtag B-ball's Nick Agar-Johnson joins Jordan to talk about his beloved Sacramento Kings, their putrid defense, their beloved rookie Tyrese Haliburton, De'Aa...

The Beard Is Headed To Brooklyn from 2021-01-14T03:00

This was going to be a pod talking about my "Its-too-damn-early-but-I-dont-care" MVP rankings so far this year...... but you can only imagine what I'll be talking about today.

I break down...

Five Early NBA Trends That Could Last Through the Season from 2021-01-06T08:38:42

In today's episode I go over five trends that I've seen in this young NBA Season that I think will last the whole year. Brooklyn concerns? Joel Embiid the early seven game front runner for MVP A...

Cyberpunk, Bearded Rumors, Giannis Stays, and NBA Pre-season thoughts. from 2020-12-18T05:53:12

Before going into NBA talk, I talk about how much I have enjoyed Cyberpunk 2077 (on PC), and why everyone should watch Attack on Titan...immediately (Final season started airing two weeks ago!)....

Five-On-Five: Five Things To Track During The 2020-21 NBA Season from 2020-12-02T11:05:25

In this episode I go over five things I'm looking forward to tracking during the 2020-21 NBA season including: - The return of KD and Kyrie - The new Play-In Tournament format and the potential it ...

S1E9 - Some Podcasting News! Moery Makes Moves, Klay's Injury, Draft Reaction from 2020-11-19T10:45:58

This is officially the Sly Hooper Podcast's first episode as a part of Blue Wire Hustle! I talk about what that means, I also talk about a new fun NBA podcast I'm co-hosting that kinda came togethe...

S1E8 - The Process saved? Sixers Hire Daryl Morey, Pelcians Take SVG from Twitter, and the start of the 2020-2021 Season from 2020-10-29T20:47:09

It was completely backwards and out of order, but the Sixers wind up with the best (top 3 at worst) GM/President in the NBA. I'm ecstatic, and I talk about why, and what Daryl Morey brings to the t...

S1E7 - LeBron James Just Wants His Damn Respect from 2020-10-14T06:08:13

The 2019-2020 NBA Season is over after starting around this time last year (weird I know), and LeBron is once again at the top of the basketball world. Evan Dammarell (Forbes Sports/Locked On Cavs...

S1E6 - The Joker Clips the Clippers LMAO from 2020-09-16T18:58:04

Before I talk about the Clippers historic and borderline indefensible collapse, I give love to the Nuggets who I have always loved. I talk about Jokic and his place among the Tier-1 Franchise playe...

I'm a proud Black Man and BLACK LIVES MATTER from 2020-06-08T20:09:50

Couldn't continue without giving my thoughts on whats been going on over the last few weeks. As a black man I had to express my feelings and thoughts on the BS thats been going on with my people. ...

NBA Resumption and "Last Dance" thoughts from 2020-05-25T19:40:35

I talk about the latest developments on the NBA possibly resuming and I give my thoughts on the Last Dance, the debate over whether it was good or bad, the predictable backlash to it, and what I wo...

Video Games, Hoops, The Last Dance, and Anime rankings w/ Evan Dammarell from 2020-04-27T22:47:50

Evan Dammarell (Forbes Sports) joins me to shoot the breeze for an hour and 45 minutes about a wide range of things from video games (0:03:52), what we've been doing to past the time in isolation,...

Ben Simmons and Humanism from 2020-04-22T23:15:46

There is not a while lot going on, but I did want to talk about Ben Simmons (surprise surprise) but on a more human level after the great Jackie McMacmullan's full ESPN feature on Simmons dropped o...

S1E1 - First Episode! NBA Season still on hold, Channel/life update. from 2020-04-01T10:44:08

Welcome to the first episode of the Sly Hooper podcast! I figured the suspension of the NBA season would be a great time to start up another basketball podcast again. I talk about the NBA season be...