NBA Playoffs: Takeaways From Every Game One

NBA All-Star Weekend was this close to being declared dead—until Victor Wembanyama flipped the entire vibe, shamed everybody into competing, and turned a “jumped-the-shark” event into must-watch hoops. On this episode of On The Ball, Ric Bucher breaks down why the All-Star turnar ...  Show more

Is NBA tanking really ruining basketball — or is the outrage just noise?In this solo episode of On The Ball with Ric Bucher, Ric dismantles the modern hysteria around tanking and explains why what fans think is a crisis is actually a decades-old strategy baked into the league’s b ...  Show more

Preview of game 2 between the Lakers and the Warriors

Thoughts on the Celtics-76ers so far

Guest: Tim Hardaway Sr.

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Thoughts on the NBA playoffs so far and what to expect going forward

Guest: Ric Bucher

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to talk about Episodes 7 and 8 of the ESPN documentary series 'The Last Dance' (2:30) before discussing UFC 249 (41:40) and Adam Silver's call with NBA players regarding the possible return of an NBA season (1:04:40). Finally t ...  Show more

Fox Sports NBA analyst Ric Bucher joins the show in studio to tell Colin if he had an issue with Jordan Poole taking the final shot for the Warriors in their loss to the Lakers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.