Hail To The District Podcast

Rajan and John convene to discuss "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of the Washington Wizards foray into the 2016 NBA Free Agency period. The conversation includes: why the Wizards had to re-sign Bradley Beal (4:52), the reasons why Kevin Durant didn't even give the Wizards a free agency meeting (13:35), the Wizards failed pursuit of Al Horford (18:30), how the Wizards free agent moves compares to striking out with girls at a bar (27:09), Ted Leonsis' embarrassing statement about the Wizards improving via free agency (35:59), and whether the Wizards are a playoff team in 2016-2017 (44:48).

Rajan Nanavati is rejoined by friends John and Neel to discuss the results of the 2016 NBA Draft, and all the trades taking place over the last few days. Highlights include Neel delivering his eulogy for the Derrick Rose era in Chicago, from the perspective of a Bulls fan (2:09); questioning Orlando's logic for acquiring Serge Ibaka (12:34); discussing how scary the Oklahoma City Thunder could be in 2016-2017 (15:00); Rajan lambasting the Boston Celtics for, yet again, not making a trade (24:35); our collective final thoughts on the 2016 NBA Finals (35:02); the landscape of the Eastern Conference for 2016-2017 (49:48); is someone actually dumb enough to give Jan Vesely a big free agent contract? (57:52); and the move San Antonio could make in Free Agency to swing the balance of power in the NBA (1:22:42).

Rajan Nanavati is rejoined by friends John and Neel and recap the Western Conference Finals classic between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder, preview the 2016 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, and discuss Kevin Durant's forthcoming free agency.

In this NBA megacast, Rajan Nanavati talks to Keely Diven of CSN Mid-Atlantic about the Washington Wizards and other NBA topics, including a lack of chemistry between John Wall and Bradley Beal (7:10), an under-discussed reason Randy Wittman was fired (11:01), who won't be the Wizards head coach next year (15:03), the incredible likability of the Golden State Warriors (31:53), Stephen Curry being a "normal guy" (37:19), and the life of a sports journalist (46:23). Then, Rajan is rejoined by friends Neel and John to discuss the NBA playoffs, including the strange construction of the Charlotte Hornets (1:05:31), predicting the Raptors losing in Round 1 (1:10:08), whether a new LeBron-lead superteam is possible (1:20:35), the biggest threat to Cleveland in the East (1:33:19), and our first team All-NBA ballots (1:49:20).

In the inaugural Hail To The District podcast, host Rajan Nanavat is joined by good friends John and Neel to recap the Washington Wizards 2015-2016 season, discussing if the Wizards should give Bradley Beal a max contract (7:52), the reasons Randy Wittman was ultimately fired (14:13), ESPN's "30 for 30" episode on the Orlando Magic (24:12), the Wizards and other NBA coaching vacancies (29:40), whether John Wall deserves blame for this year's failures (39:12), Becky Hammond as an NBA head coach (50:22), and more.