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Fans don’t just want their teams to win anymore — they want the sport itself to be flawless: perfect coaching, perfect officiating, perfect behavior, perfect “fairness,” perfect outcomes. In this episode of On The Ball, Ric Bucher explains why that expectation is a fantasy… and w ...  Show more

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

Justin, Rob, and Wos join to make their All-Star picks and debate their individual ballots with one another. They start with the East and debate myriad topics, including who is worthy of the final starting guard spot, whether Scottie Barnes should be an All-Star, and which Celtic ...  Show more

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to Team Shaq’s OGs beating Charles Barkley’s global stars in the NBA all-star game in its new format. Later, Unc and Ocho discuss LeBron James sitting out of the all-star game for the first time ever in his NBA career, Mac McClung ...  Show more

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to recap the historic Thunder-Cavs matchup that lived up to all of the hype including how both teams came away winners, what this means for the game as a whole and who should be the title favorite. Plus, who is cur ...  Show more

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk the Lakers’ impressive wins of late, what that means for the playoffs, late season playoff seeding battles and Luka’s upcoming return game to Dallas. Then, the crew breaks down their takes on the NBA Awards ...  Show more