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On The Ball with Ric Bucher
New Pieces, Same Old Ways For The Knicks
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Ric discusses the Knicks' season-opening double-overtime win against the Boston Celtics and what it revealed about how Coach Tom Thibodeau plans to use his upgraded roster.
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Breaking Down Win Totals for All 30 NBA Teams, Part 2
37:56|Ric examines the oddsmakers' win totals for all 30 NBA teams for the 2024-25 season. Teams covered in this episode: Rockets, Pacers, Clippers, Lakers, Grizzlies, Heat, Bucks, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Knicks and Thunder.
Breaking Down Win Totals for All 30 NBA Teams, Pt 1
32:43|Ric discusses whether to go over or under the win-total lines set by oddsmakers for all 30 NBA teams.
A Forgotten NBA Superstar and a Formula for Comparing Eras
32:06|Ric offers a new way to compare all-time great NBA players from different eras and discovers a player rarely mentioned as an all-time great who deserves to be.
The New NBA Media: Player-on-Player Hate Crimes
37:20|Ric discusses the recent and unprecedented surge of NBA players talking negatively about each other, particularly players discussing their counterparts from other generations.
What Made This Team USA Different
28:55|Ric discusses the U.S. national men's basketball team's gold medal-winning performance in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Steve Kerr and His Handling of Team USA
35:14|Ric discusses the varied starting lineups and playing rotations Team USA coach Steve Kerr has implemented, and the criticism they have elicited.
The Jayson Tatum Kerrfuffle
31:53|Ric discusses the events that led to Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum not playing in Team USA's opening win over Serbia in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The Truth About Team USA
36:44|Ric discusses Team USA's hopes of winning a gold medal in men's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Jaylen Brown's Complaint, the Lakers' Summer Prep
41:24|Ric discusses NBA Finals' MVP Jaylen Brown being passed over for Boston Celtic teammate Derrick White as a Team USA replacement and how the Los Angeles Lakers are utilizing their offseason with new coach JJ Redick and draft picks Dalton Knecht and Bronny James.