
The OMN NBA PODCAST
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The OMN NBA PODCASTJun 05, 2023

2023 NBA Finals Game 2 Review & Is Nikola Jokic Top 5 Bigs of All Time?
Miami Heat beat Denver Nuggets at home in Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals and it all came down to the last moment but a Jokic 40pt performance starts an argument of if he is Top 5 or Top 10 bigs of all time?

Jaylen Brown & Jayson Tatum have more than enough years to win a Championship with Boston Celtics & Supermax for Brown or No?
The Boston Celtics were looking forward to becoming the first team to come down from 0-3 in a series and advance to the NBA Finals, but Gabe Vincent and Jimmy Butler made sure they grabbed a huge Game 7 win at the Garden.
Fans are now calling for Jaylen Brown to be traded in exchange for another star, but Jamie believes Brown and Tatum are too young to go their separate ways and can still win a title for Boston Celtics

Anthony Davis vs Jokic, Long off-season ahead for Warriors & What happens next with Ja Morant?
The Lakers took care of the defending Champions Golden State Warriors, but now they have to deal with 2x MVP Jokic and the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.
With the Warriors also crashing out in the second round in the Playoffs, what lies ahead is a long off-season with a lot of hard decisions to make from the front office to player renewals.
And then there's another Ja Morant gun incident which the league is currently investigating.

Warriors survive against the Fox, Memphis lack of 'discipline' might cost them the series & Bucks needs to survive without Giannis
Golden State Warriors prove they are current champs by defending home court against Sacramento Kings to tie the series 2-2, Memphis might need more than just 'trash talkers' to move to the next round. Giannis Antetokounmpo needs to return ASAP or the Bucks might find themselves watching the rest of the series at home after ending the regular season as the best team.

Domantas Sabonis Vs Draymond Green, Could Lakers make a push to Western Conference Finals?
The Drama between Draymond Green and Domantas Sabonis was analyzed as the league suspends Draymond for Game 3, and with a healthy roster, are the Lakers looking to make a push for the Western Conference Finals with a wide-open Western Conference.

Load Management, Injuries in today's NBA & Andrew Wiggins situation.
We look at the rate at which injuries has plagued today's NBA, why team Load Manage their star players, and also the situation with Andrew Wiggins.

What Ja Morant is dealing with, is more than Basketball.
A look into the Ja Morant situation as he spends time away from his team and basketball,

How the League can reduce Load Management & Is Nikola Jokic 'stat padding' or treated unfairly in the MVP conversation?
With 82 regular season games, coaches and teams have taken a strategy to get their players healthy for almost every game and also ready for playoffs but the down side of this is the fans who end up not seeing their favorite players play when they bought their tickets.
Nikola Jokic is on course to win his 3rd MVP title yet some NBA vets and fans think he is just 'stat padding' despite his team leading the hard headed western conference, but our question is, Is Jokic treated fairly by fans and the media?

Who is giving up on iso ball, Luka Doncic or Kyrie Irving?
Can Kyrie Irving play alongside Luka Doncic in Dallas? That has been the biggest question on every NBA fan's mind after finding out Kyrie is no longer in Brooklyn. On this episode we discuss the trade, Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies and more.

Memphis Grizzlies needs to get rid of Dillon Brooks & Ja Morant will retire in the Memphis Jersey
This episode features Kobby Morant the biggest Ja Morant fan from Ghana who shares his take on the Memphis Grizzlies' lack of success in the postseason, Ja Morant's importance to the franchise, the rivalry with Golden State Warriors, and more.

Brooklyn Nets need Kevin Durant to be a real threat for the championship & NBA All Star Votes Proves LeBron still is the face of the league
The Brooklyn Nets started the season with a pretty rough start but have now found their feet with a good winning streak, but now have to deal with the absence of their leading scorer Kevin Durant who has been sidelined for more than two weeks. The question now is can the Nets still be strong without KD?

Memorable Moments of NBA 2022 Calendar Year
From Golden State's Championship run to Steph Curry's Finals run, we revisit some of the best moments of NBA in 2022.

NBA Christmas 2022: Tatum powers Celtics over Bucks, Poole party at Chase & Lebron really needs help
In this episode, we preview the 5 top games played on Christmas day.

Future of Warriors without Curry, Draymond & Klay Thompson & Has James Wiseman run the Warriors out of patience?
The Warriors have the third-best home record in the league but are horrible on the road, what could possibly be the issue? What happens when the 3 All-Stars for Warriors retire and now have to depend on the young core? Are they ready?
And has James Wiseman run out of luck with the Warriors fan base and even the organization?

Warrios early struggles analyzed, Pelicans balling with Zion & Grant Williams is an underrated elite shooter
The Golden State Warriors have one of the best home records in the NBA this season but are struggling on the road, the New Orleans Pelicans are looking like a real threat and Grant Williams's numbers are improving and is going unnoticed in the league.

With or without LeBron James, Lakers will be in the playoffs.
Afrocentric Nigerian Musician Yega and also a lifelong fan of the Los Angeles Lakers had a very wild hot take on this episode of the OMN NBA Podcast, despite the Lakers poor start to the season, Yega believes the 17 time champions will still make the playoffs.

Utah Jazz's run of form won't last long enough & Paolo Banchero is the undisputed Rookie of the Year.
Utah Jazz keeps shocking the NBA world with their performance each night, but that is not convincing enough for Randolph who believes their run of form will soon come to an end.
On the other end, Banchero was voted undisputed Rookie of the Year with more than 60+ games to go in the season.

Jae Crowder vs Phoenix Suns, Timberwolves and Rudy Gobert are surprisingly horrible & Ja Morant and Desmond Bane are the best backcourt duo
The Jae Crowder and the Phoenix Suns trade talks are still ongoing but Peter Wilder believes Jae is not that guy anymore if he ever was, his take on the Wolves and also Sammy believes Ja Morant and Desmond Bane are the best backout duo in the NBA right now.

Lakers must get rid of Westbrook now, playing with Atlanta Hawks star Clint Capela & how basketball influence music - Conversation with $pacely
Elorm Kabu Amenyah professionally known as $pacely (pronounced Spacely) is a Ghanaian rapper and singer. He is a member of the trap music collective La Meme Gang. The rapper joined the OMN Podcast this week as our first special guest to discuss growing up as a basketball fan, playing alongside Atlanta Hawks star center Clint Capela and how watching Kobe Bryant live in action changed his life.
The Lifetime Laker fans also could not resist talking about how the Lakers' recent struggles are linked to Point Guard Russell Westbrook and the only solution to Lakers' struggles is to get rid of the former MVP.

Season Preview; Celtics new season with new Coach and Blake Griffin addition & James Harden and Joel Embiid's partnership will push Sixers into the finals
The new season is here, Tipoff starts with Boston Celtics and Philadelphia Sixers in what promises to be an interesting and intense game especially as fans are eager to see how the Celtics play without former head coach Ime Udoka.
We also discuss the Sixers who added PJ Tucker to make their team a Championship contending team and whether this is a make-or-break season for Doc Rivers with superstars Harden and Embiid.

Lakers are still Championship contenders & Draymond Green sucker punched his extension with Warriors away
Despite losing back-to-back pre-season games, Rondo Mensah still believes the Lakers are still in contention for the Championship this season.
And we wrapped things up with Draymond Green and Jordan Poole's altercation might have ended Green's chance of getting an extension with the Champions.

Warriors extension with Poole, Wiggins & Draymond, Future of Celtics without Ime Udoka & Will Westbrook finally remain with Lakers?
The Golden State Warriors front office has some big decisions to make heading into the new season as Champions, with Poole, Draymond and Wiggins due for an extension. Who will get the biggest offer among the three?
Celtics well now former coach, Ime Udoka has left the team in a dire situation, what happens to the Celtics and will he return?

Robert Sarver suspension, Future of Phoenix Suns, WNBA Finals & OKC Thunder injury woes.
The Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has announced his intention to sell the NBA club after being found guilty of racist remarks. What happens to the Phoenix franchise? We also discuss the WNBA finals and how it has been evolving over the years.
The OKC Thunder also got hit with a big blow after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander suffers MCL sprain and set to miss the start of training camp.
Donovan Mitchell is enough but Cavaliers still need more & Pat Beverley, Westbrook, Lakers in for a long season.
Cavaliers landed one of the best shooting guards in the league but even with All-Star Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, the Cavaliers are looking forward to a great season will they move past making the play-in tournament and possibly the Eastern Conference Finals? Jamie, Jeff and Caleb discuss what the outcome will be for the star-studded Cavs.
Another interesting trade was Pat Beverley moving to the Los Angeles Lakers and after a series of 'beef' teaming up with Russell Westbrook.
Host: Derrick Annor Boadi
Guest Speakers: Jephrey Kyereh, Caleb Appah & James Lagbeneku
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Brooklyn Nets Championships depends on Steve Nash leaving, Kyrie Irving playing 60 Games & Lebron James extension might hurt Lakers in the future
The Brooklyn Nets are getting Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant back but according to Jeff, Steve Nash is the only thing standing in the way of Brooklyn winning the Championship as he is inexperienced to coach the star-studded team.
We also discuss the Lakers offering Lebron James an extension which might hurt them in the long run.

"Durant, Kyrie & Harden" is the worst Super team in the history of Sports & The Lakers still suck!!!

James Harden loses $14M in new deal, Lebron extension & Michael Jordan’s Hornets are NBA’s joke team.
The crew discusses James Harden's new deal as he seeks a championship with the 76ers, Lebron closer to signing a new deal with Lakers & Michael Jordan might end up selling his Charlotte Hornets team as they aren’t playing competitive basketball and are a far way from 8th seed in the East.

Westbrook Stays, Anthony Davis Healthy & Lebron leads Lakers to another title.
After a much rather disappointing end to a much expected 2022 season from the Los Angeles Lakers, fans of the favourite LA team are expecting more from the 17x NBA Champions.
In this episode Derrick is joined by Rondo yeah not the Basketball point guard but Rondo in Ghana who weirdly supports Lakers as they discuss the 2022 season, Westbrooks’ struggles in LA, Anthony Davis’ injury issues, Lakers sacking Frank Vogel and hiring Darvin Ham & which team is the Lakers biggest threat this upcoming season.

Warriors in 7 against 2001 Lakers.
2017 Golden State Warriors vs. 2001 Los Angeles Lakers: Who Would Win A 7-Game Series?
Who would win if these two great franchises ever played against each other? Derrick and Jeff analyse both teams.

How Rudy Gobert will improve Minnesota Timberwolves & Why teams are not wiiling to sign KD.
How Rudy Gobert will improve Minnesota Timberwolves & Why teams are not wiiling to sign KD.

Kyrie Irving reuniting with Lebron
On this episode, we discuss Kyrie Irving reuniting with Lebron