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We hope all of you who celebrate had a Merry Christmas! This week on the Bench Mob the crew discusses the performance from James Harden, Kemba Walker bringing back that MSG Christmas Magic, Kevin Love resurgence, Jonathan Kuminga fitting in, our favorite Christmas games and our Hoop Years Resolutions for 2022.

Happy holidays from the Shot Callers! To celebrate, Joe & Kyle have made their list, and checked it twice. So now it's time to find out who's been naughty and who's been nice! The guys also give a preview of the Christmas Day installment of the Warriors-Suns battle for first place atop the Western Conference! With this being the last episode for 2021, they also give out the first annual Shot Caller of The Year Award. Tap in to find out who's taking home the imaginary hardware!

@ Large Bid is jam packed this week discussing Penny Hardaway not being aware of his players vaccination status before a much needed game against Tennessee, All the games being moved around from COVID issues, Villanova starting to struggle and look human, Kentucky vs North Carolina, and just how good can the Xavier Musketeers be?

As the bench mob gets together for the final episode before Christmas, we have quite the show for you!

Tim, Ben and Josh discuss the NBA's COVID issues, the Cavaliers rise, Anthony Davis injury, Some interesting NBA Conspiracy Theories including the futures of Domantas Sabonis, Kyrie Irving, and Nikola Jokic and lastly, our Bench Gawds!

This week, Kyle & Joe discuss Steph Curry becoming the all-time 3 point leader. They also talk the Grizzlies hot streak, Zion being shut down for the foreseeable future, and take a look at the MVP rankings for the first time this season!

This week on the Bench Mob, Sean is in Miami, FL so we brought in our pal Jabari Davis from the Baseline NBA Pod.

 

The crew discussed an array of topics including:

 

Steve Kerr for Team USA

Ben Simmons Trade Talk Intensifies

Lakers Chat

Are the Jazz for Real?

Bench Gawds

Steph Curry's 3 point title watch

What is the next move for Zion Williamson?

After being good all season, the Shot Callers finally embrace the chaos that is NBA Trade Rumors and fire up the trade machine for the first time this season. Joe & Kyle discuss some potential Pacers trades following Shams' reports earlier this week, and also explore some non-Damian Lillard moves that Portland could potentially look into making to shake things up!

As some conferences start their play, the college hoops season is running wild!

 

@ Large Bid is here this week discussing the big wins for Ohio State and Alabama last week, Who could be next at Maryland, and also the NET Rankings arrive for the first time this season.

The Bench Mob is back! This week Sean, Ben and Josh discuss the Neil Olshey news for Portland and what that means for the future of Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan has emerged as one of the best 4th quarter players in the league and the NBA's most disappointing teams so far.

On this week's Shot Callers, Joe & Kyle finally take a deep dive into the hottest team in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns. They discuss what's been most impressive about the Suns' current win streak; talk about how their view of the Suns has changed from the end of the NBA Finals to now; and preview tonight's rematch against the Golden State Warriors. Also, Kyle talks about what he's liking from the other hottest team in the NBA right now, the Houston Rockets, while Joe once again puts his Frustrated Pacers Fan hat on in this week's Love to See It/Hate to See It!