The Sean Jones NBA Show

Let's take a step back and discuss the championship contention landscape as a whole by ranking and tiering all 30 teams into groups based on their current likelihood of contending. The tiers are as follows:Tier 8 - Duke Season Ticket Holders (1:52)Tier 7 - To Tank, Or Not To Tank (13:37)Tier 6 - The Ceiling Is The Floor (26:17)Tier 5 - Year From Hell (37:17)Tier 4 - Probably Still

Sean is joined by Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports to discuss everything surrounding the Phoenix Suns and the disaster season they've had so far, coming from someone that's covered the Suns for many years. Starting with why the Suns have been so much worse this season despite appearing to be better on paper than last year (1:32), some potential adjustments to the rotation that we'd l

Sean is joined by Harrison Faigen of SB Nation to discuss everything surrounding the Lakers and early returns on the Luka Doncic addition coming from someone who has covered the Lakers for many years. Starting with Harrison's initial reaction to the deal (1:58), what we've seen fit-wise out of the small sample of Luka playing next to LeBron (11:46), the Mark Williams trade that was

Let's discuss all the (non-Luka Doncic) moves that happened at this year's NBA trade deadline, including De'Aaron Fox joining forces with Wemby in San Antonio (0:58), Jimmy Butler finally getting moved to the Warriors (15:07), the Lakers adding Mark Williams to round out their rotation (27:42), the Bucks shipping out Khris Middleton for Kyle Kuzma (37:30), Brandon Ingram to the Rap

Let's discuss maybe the most shocking trade in NBA history, with Luka Doncic being dealt unprompted to the Lakers in the prime of his career for Anthony Davis. Starting off with the Mavs side of things and trying to understand why they would make this move and what their short- and long-term outlook is now in a post-Luka world (0:48). Then, moving to the Lakers side to understand h

Let's discuss the Phoenix Suns flipping their unprotected 2031 first round pick for three additional firsts, in what could be a precursor deal for a bigger move... cough Jimmy Butler cough (1:09). Then, Sean goes through the Eastern Conference to pick his All-Star starters (10:48) and reserves (21:40), as well as his Western Conference starters (48:14) and reserves (56:00).

Sean is joined by Nick Walas—from Words With Walas—to discuss the contender picture in the East, including if the Celtics are still the favorites despite their recent semi-struggles, if the Cavs' regular season dominance can translate to the postseason, and which teams can really win the East (1:35). Then, we move out West to discuss the group of teams tightly compacted behind

Let's discuss the recent news of Jimmy Butler formally asking for a trade, including how we got to this point with him and Miami and which side is more at fault for the ugly breakup (1:16), then we'll look at every possible Jimmy destination and what a deal with each team might look like (13:51). Next, with the Suns plummeting, they've decide to shake up their lineup by benching Br

Let's discuss the Bucks' dominant win over the Thunder en route to winning the 2024 NBA Cup (1:21), the Bucks' turning their season around (3:36), the Thunder's flaws exposed (19:09), the Hawks’ (27:56) and Rockets’ (36:30) impressive runs to the semi-Finals, and overall thoughts on the successes and failures of the NBA Cup as a concept (41:31). Then, Dennis Schroder is dealt t

Let's play another edition of my annual game called Sample Size Roulette, where I answer whether or not the sample size is big enough to say that... the 76ers' season is already over (0:54), the Knicks resoundingly won the Towns trade (10:47), the Cavaliers can actually make the NBA Finals (19:15), Tyrese Haliburton is just bad now (31:13), the Warriors are legitimate contending th