Feat. Shiva Dhiman - Cheers to season 3, the Casual Diehards back to dig into a new season of NBA Basketball. On this episode, Darrell opens up about his new gig writing for NBA.com, before diving into the two conferences roughly 12 games into the new year.

One striking stat sticks out, two teams are on pace for historic seasons, three big injuries loom large and Jokić could be on his way to a 4th MVP. Enjoy the pod!

• (11:30) after a healthy round of shoutouts, Hoop details how writing for NBA.com came about, before highlighting the startling conference disparity (17:00)
• Shiv makes the case for Boston sweeping award season (28:00)
• Why it's still Nuggets vs. Everybody in the west (34:50)
• Are the Warriors legit? / What trades could be in store this year (51:40)
• (1:00:00) Hoop breaks down his fantasy dogs this year, as the quest for a repeat is well underway.

Cleveland Cavaliers article: https://www.nba.com/news/cavaliers-chasing-franchise-history-with-hot-start

Feat. Shiva Dhiman - The Casual Diehards are back, however not until Darrell calls an iso to get off his hot take prediction for this year's WNBA Season. Spoiler alert, could the Indiana Fever make the WNBA Finals??? Stranger things have happened. Then, Hoop and Shiv complete a fantasy football mock draft to help prepare for the upcoming season. Enjoy the pod!

(2:55) Why the Indiana Fever, led by Caitlin Clark, could legitimately be a WNBA Finals contender this year.

(19:45) A'ja Wilson. That's the tweet.

(27:35) Shiv joins the pod and the guys run through a full fantasy football mock draft, discussing the difficult decisions fantasy managers will face this season.

Feat. Rocket Henderson - Another first-timer checks in at D Hoop University. He's one of Hoop's oldest friends. Rocket uses his experience with the game of basketball to juxtapose the American style with what's happening Internationally, as Team USA inches closer to Olympic gold.

• (3:45) Thoughts on Team USA as they take 0n Brazil in the quarterfinals, along with insight from Rocket on the international basketball scene.
• (12:15) Controversial opinions on the Team USA rotation, and a breakdown of the coaching in an era without Coach K (22:30).
• (33:10) Additional Olympic storylines followed by the introduction of "Anti-Water" (38:50), a new sports hydration brand.

https://www.instagram.com/antiwaterco/