Elite scorers sometimes get traded

If Kevin Durant has his way, he’ll be traded from the Brooklyn Nets to a new team this offseason. This got us thinking: how many elite scorers have been traded in NBA history?  Believe it or not, more than you may think!  Thanks to Stathead.com, we took Durant's 2022 scoring average (29.9 PPG) an…

Bill Russell (1934-2022)

Jason and Rich welcome special guest Dr. Curtis Harris (prohoopshistory.substack.com) to discuss the life and career of the greatest winner in sports history and one of the most important athletes ever—Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell.  RussellMania For more Bill Russell discussion, listen to t…

Ranking the NBA dynasties

Note: This episode was recorded and scheduled before the unfortunate news of Bill Russell's death. We will have a special episode later this week dedicated to the life & career of Bill Russell.  On this episode of Over & Back, Jason and Rich rank NBA dynasties! What dynasties belong in which tier,…

Best player on every championship team (Part 2)

The second and final part of Over and Back's series on the best players for every NBA championship team ever. Join Jason and Rich as they look at each and every champion in NBA, ABA, BAA and NBL history and determine who the best player on each of those teams are. 

Best player on every championship team (Part 1)

A new series on the Over & Back Classic NBA Podcast: we are going to talk about the players who can truly call themselves the best on a championship team. We'll look at each and every champion in NBA, ABA, BAA and NBL history and determine who the best player on each of those teams are.  Some tea…

RIP Bob Lanier (1948-2022)

On today's episode, Jason and Rich discuss the life and career of Detroit Pistons legend Bob Lanier.  We begin with an overview of Lanier's career, beginning with his illustrious college career at St. Bonaventure, his record-breaking Detroit Pistons' career, being overshadowed by Wilt Chamberlain,…

Championship dreams, chemistry nightmares

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast returns with an episode on teams that added a big star (or more) but severely underperformed. Two examples this year with the Brooklyn Nets being swept in the first round after gaining (and losing) James Harden (and never getting Ben Simmons to replace him) an…

300

Join us as we celebrate 300 episodes of the Over and Back Podcast! To celebrate the occasion, we're going to do what we do best, we're going to talk about some guys and specifically some guys with NBA records revolving around the number 300. Players with exactly 300 games played in their career Pl…

NBA at 75: Jason Richardson needs to save the contest, again.

Thanks to the great performances of both Desmond Mason and Jason Richardson, the 2003 dunk contest would begin a new era. These new dunk contests didn’t need sheepishly avoid the discussion of why stars weren’t involved but rather embrace its new lot in life. Moving forward, the contest would embr…

NBA at 75: Vince Carter revives the slam-dunk contest

Vince Carter may have never returned to a dunk contest but the dunk contest never left. 22 years later and counting the dunk contest is still here, still important, and still the showcase event of NBA All-Star Weekend. Vinsanity didn’t just bring the dunk contest back, he ensured for generations t…