Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball take questions from the Discord. Topics include: What's up with Gabe and Max? Can Cam Reddish help until Vando returns? What's up with the Transition Defense? Should we make a trade soon or ride it out? Check out our Discord server through the link in this description to get more LEP content! Music by @sleepyghostmp…

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers 1st 5 games, including how the Offensive Scheme has adapted since the Preseason, how Defensive Matchups with the Lakers current rotation could present an ongoing challenge, and finally -- what's up with Max Christie? Check out the link in description for access to the Laker Sex Mafia Discord! Lear…

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball grade the JJ Redick's new scheme in different categories, including the Frequency of Sets, the Quality of Sets, how the player roles fit within their Organized Offense, and more! Apologies for the audio quality in the first half, we experienced some technical difficulties -- but the second half is back to normal. Ou…

Taylor goes through each team in the Eastern Conference and discusses their season outlook. He's skeptical of the Knicks championship aspirationsAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman previews every team in the Western Conference. He forecasts every team's regular seasonAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman goes through Basketball Index's key metrics explaining what they do. You need to understand how something works before you can make an informed decision on trusting itAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman reacts to the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and Timberwolves. He loves the talent upgrade for the Knicks but not the change to their financial situationAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman explains the difference between impact vs talent. Impact is the ability to affect the game while on the court. Talent is the theoretical value a player has. Balancing the two can be trickyAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman looks at the last decade of champions and ranks their path to a ring by difficulty using LEBRONAutor: Blue Wire

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the recent comments from Jeanie Buss about giving JJ Redick some patience, "because this is not going to be easy for him", while reacting to some unconfirmed reports that Jarred Vanderbilt may not be ready for the Preseason. Later, they unpack how the Vando news could affect the rotation early in the season …

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 15 two-way impact players in the league right now. He looks at players who are clear positives on both offense and defense.Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman unveils Basketball Index's Perimeter Defense and Defensive Playmaking for 2024. He explains how they work and who the top players in the league areAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman talks about the players he misevaluated. He explains what his concerns were with these players and how they improved and exceeded his expectationsAutor: Blue Wire

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the 5 ways the Lakers can improve going into the 23-24 Season. We break down 5 categories: Player Roles, Potential Trades/Acquisitions, Coaching Scheme, Player Health, and Rotations. Then, we rank each category on a scale of 1 to 5 in terms of how likely they are, and how impactful they'll be. Outro music by…

Taylor goes through the Olympic roster highlighting what each player brought to the table on their gold medal runAutor: Blue Wire

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball take a deeper look into the assistant coaching hires for JJ Redick's staff, do a quick Summer League debrief, discuss the lack of moves this Summer, and finally, how LeBron & AD have looked in the Olympics so far. Follow us on Playback to watch us live! Outro music by @sleepyghostmp3 Learn more about your ad choices…

Taylor evaluates if positionless basketball even works. He looks at the rosters of the last 10 teams to play in the finals to determine if the trend has led to success.Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor gives his top 10 contract values of the off-season and rants about Caitlin ClarkAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman goes through every off-season trade picking winners and losers. He Starts with the Caruso/Giddey trade and finishes with the DeRozan tradeAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor covers all 42 free agent signings that have happened this offseason. He talks about player fit, player skill set, and contract valueAutor: Blue Wire

This is a live draft reaction to the news that the Lakers selected Dalton Knecht. Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss Knecht's College data, watch various play types of his (P&R, C&S, DEF, etc) and give their initial impressions. Later, they're joined by Coach Hamlin (@coach_hamlin) to provide more analysis and context on Knecht's skills & rol…

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the JJ Redick introductory press conference, including how JJ is "going to use math", what glimpses into his basketball philosophy we can unpack, who he could surround himself with on the bench, and what Rob Pelinka's comments could mean about this season's team building approach. Outro music by @sleepyghost…

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 scorers in the postseason by looking at volume and efficiency. Then he talks about the impact of Alex Caruso heading the OKC and Giddey going to Chicago.Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman compares the NBA's ALL-NBA teams and the BBI ALL-NBA teams.Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 best scorers in the Conference Finals by scoring volume and efficiency relative to the series they played in.Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor recaps each of the four series from the second round. He looks at each player's points/75 and relative shooting efficiency compared to the series they played inAutor: Blue Wire

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the firing of Darvin Ham and what direction the team could go with their Head Coach position. Later, they discuss the various reported candidates, including David Adelman, Micah Nori, Sam Cassell, Kenny Atkinson, Chris Quinn, and JJ Redick. Who is capable of coaching the team to success right away? What shou…

Taylor Wyman touches on each series in the second roundAutor: Blue Wire

Taylor ranks the top 10 scorers with the help of his modern playoff scoring run app.Link to the app:https://shorturl.at/fsAL3Autor: Blue Wire

Taylor discusses the 10 things he learned watching the first round of the playoffsAutor: Blue Wire