//podcastplus.net/feed/truly-horrible-nba-podcast~be7bd207 The Truly Horrible Basketball Podcast will be dedicated to covering the worst, most hopeless teams in the NBA. The podcast is created by Connor Allen and Daniel Porter. Connor will be the podcast’s formal host, his role will include introducing the podcast and segueing us through conversation topics. We will primarily focus on five teams at a time, chosen at our mutual discretion. The criteria used to determine whether a team is truly horrible will be (loosely) based 60% on the team’s performance during the current or most recently completed season, while the other 40% of our assessment will be dedicated to teams’ long term trajectories. During the regular season, each week we will each take turns doing a deep dive on one of the five teams. Additionally, we’ll address major news and overall team development stuff as it happens. The discussion of which five teams do and do not deserve to be on our list will also be a major conversation topic. We believe that there is currently a void in serious, objective coverage of the worst NBA teams from sources that are not directly affiliated with those teams. There is a subculture among NBA fans of rooting for teams that are more future oriented. Teams committed to maintaining the longest view in the room. Part of our podcast will consist of grading and evaluating each team’s rebuild. Eventually, when our teams no longer suck as badly, we will hold special episodes to celebrate them graduating. Some teams may appear to graduate but then have to return for remedial courses if their successes turn out to be a flash in the pan. Generally what we are looking for in this podcast are teams pursuing innovative, fearless approaches to rebuilding in the NBA. While we acknowledge that in most situations tanking is the best team building strategy currently available to bad teams in the NBA, tanking is not directly synonymous with a successful rebuild. Some teams manage to tank without rebuilding, and vice versa. Also, even though this podcast is about bad teams, we want to approach them in a positive light. One of our primary goals is to highlight how much fun it can be to follow a terrible NBA team. How can we hope to accomplish anything if we can’t even dream. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:30:52 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3?_=1531754202.12902069 On this episode NBA independent analytics consultant Joseph Gill joins the show to discuss how our teams played at Summer League. We discuss Deandre Ayton and the Suns (2:00), new media members wanting to be the next Woj (22:55), how Jonathan Issac and Mo Bamba looked at Summer League (24:30), discuss Trae Young's summer league performance (39:35), how adjusting to the NBA ball causes difficulties for young players (45:55), the Nets Summer League team and Joe's summer league crush Yuta Watanabe (48:30) Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:16:27 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3?_=1531754202.12902069 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3 On this episode NBA independent analytics consultant Joseph Gill joins the show to discuss how our teams played at Summer League. We discuss Deandre Ayton and the Suns (2:00), new media members wanting to be the next Woj (22:55), how Jonathan Issac and Mo Bamba looked at Summer League (24:30), discuss Trae Young's summer league performance (39:35), how adjusting to the NBA ball causes difficulties for young players (45:55), the Nets Summer League team and Joe's summer league crush Yuta Watanabe (48:30) Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:16:27 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3?_=1531754202.12902069 On this episode NBA independent analytics consultant Joseph Gill joins the show to discuss how our teams played at Summer League. We discuss Deandre Ayton and the Suns (2:00), new media members wanting to be the next Woj (22:55), how Jonathan Issac and Mo Bamba looked at Summer League (24:30), discuss Trae Young's summer league performance (39:35), how adjusting to the NBA ball causes difficulties for young players (45:55), the Nets Summer League team and Joe's summer league crush Yuta Watanabe (48:30) Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:16:27 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-16T08_16_27-07_00.mp3?_=1531754202.12902069 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3?_=1531625027.12899849 In this episode we examine a trade between 2 of our teams! (5:05), Discuss the Magic's Bismack Biyombo trade and the defensive potential flashed by Issac and Bamba in Summer league (25:10), The Kings fulfilling our prediction of targeting Zach Lavine (32:10), and discuss the Suns being upset in the summer league playoffs (40:30). Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:22:57 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3?_=1531625027.12899849 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3 In this episode we examine a trade between 2 of our teams! (5:05), Discuss the Magic's Bismack Biyombo trade and the defensive potential flashed by Issac and Bamba in Summer league (25:10), The Kings fulfilling our prediction of targeting Zach Lavine (32:10), and discuss the Suns being upset in the summer league playoffs (40:30). Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:22:57 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3?_=1531625027.12899849 In this episode we examine a trade between 2 of our teams! (5:05), Discuss the Magic's Bismack Biyombo trade and the defensive potential flashed by Issac and Bamba in Summer league (25:10), The Kings fulfilling our prediction of targeting Zach Lavine (32:10), and discuss the Suns being upset in the summer league playoffs (40:30). Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:22:57 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-14T20_22_57-07_00.mp3?_=1531625027.12899849 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3?_=1530730063.12884871 In this episode we discuss the opening of free agency. Topics include, the Suns signing Trevor Ariza (3:55), the Magic resigning Aaron Gordon (12:45), the Nets signing Joe Harris and Ed Davis (20:25), discuss the Kings summer league play and patience in free agency (25:00), and the Hawks chances of taking on a salary dump (32:00) Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:47:32 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3?_=1530730063.12884871 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3 In this episode we discuss the opening of free agency. Topics include, the Suns signing Trevor Ariza (3:55), the Magic resigning Aaron Gordon (12:45), the Nets signing Joe Harris and Ed Davis (20:25), discuss the Kings summer league play and patience in free agency (25:00), and the Hawks chances of taking on a salary dump (32:00) Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:47:32 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3?_=1530730063.12884871 In this episode we discuss the opening of free agency. Topics include, the Suns signing Trevor Ariza (3:55), the Magic resigning Aaron Gordon (12:45), the Nets signing Joe Harris and Ed Davis (20:25), discuss the Kings summer league play and patience in free agency (25:00), and the Hawks chances of taking on a salary dump (32:00) Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:47:32 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-07-04T11_47_32-07_00.mp3?_=1530730063.12884871 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-06-25T09_22_49-07_00.mp3?_=1529943782.12870479 After taking a few days to digest what happening during the 2018 NBA draft, we examine what each of our teams did on draft night. We start by discussing the Suns busy night (4:55), then talk about the Kings decision to select Marvin Bagley (18:50), try to sort out our emotions about the Hawks passing on Luka Doncic (25:50), discuss the Magic's focus on wingspan (36:40), and celebrate the Nets pickign Dzanan Musa (44:30) Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:22:49 +0000 https://trulyhorriblenbapodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2018-06-25T09_22_49-07_00.mp3?_=1529943782.12870479