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Neighborhood Rules

An ex-player/coach/ref’s comments on the way the game of basketball should be played.
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Now displaying: 2024
Oct 14, 2024

Pottpouri of topics today: Remembering Luis Tiant and Dikembe Mutombo, Preseason Chatter, and book reviews of recent reads by Malcolm Gladwell, Geno Auriemma, and Nick Nurse. Opening night is 9 days away!

Sep 9, 2024

Coach and Tone are back with a rare departure from NBA talk to discuss the disparities in fairness across the Frankensteind conferences in the FCS. 

Aug 9, 2024

5 NBA MVP's share the court together. The US completes a 17 point comeback in one of the best games of the Olympics. 

 

Jul 28, 2024

Coach and Tone break down Team USA's first game in pool play, Embiid's continued struggles, Durant's brilliance, and how Manute Bol gave all of his money to the cause of healing his native Sudan.

Jul 20, 2024

Coach takes us through the history of Team USA basketball, and examines how the ultra-stacked 2024 roster compares to some of the other historically great USA teams. Enjoy Paris 2024 everyone!

Jul 1, 2024

Happy July everyone! Coach and Tone breakdown the draft (which Coach of course wants to eliminate), offseason moves, and how much the power balance has shifted in the East and West. 

 

Jun 21, 2024

The Celtics are 2024 NBA Champions. Coach Healy is here to celebrate and nitpick as we enjoy the afterparty of one of the most dominant Celtics title runs in franchise history. 

Thanks for a great season!

Jun 16, 2024

Happy Father's Day! CELTS IN 5!!!

Jun 16, 2024

Happy Father's Day! CELTS IN 5!!!

Jun 12, 2024

The Celtics go up 2-0 in their Finals series vs. The Mavericks. Porzingis's injury leaves the series +/- at dead even. Anything can happen. Coach also breaks down Hoop Atlas by Kirk Goldsberry, and gives his heartfelt remembrance of one of the best players and executives to ever do it, Jerry West.

GO CELTS!

Jun 2, 2024

Mavs - Wolves 

Celts - Pacers

Kirk Goldsberry Hoop Atlas Review 

Bill Walton Memorial

Finals Predictions

May 25, 2024

The Conference Finals are set. Boston plays a high-octane Pacers team coming off a grueling 7 game series with the Knicks. Dallas plays Minnesota in the West. Refs are calling the least amount of fouls in NBA history. As the dust settles, Coach takes us through the ins and outs of the previous round, and sets the table for what should be an exciting Conference Finals. 

May 4, 2024

Coach and Tone go through the storylines from a fantastic round 1 slate of matchups: The emergence of AntMan as a bonafide superstar, Brunson's epic run vs. Philly, and the absurd number of coaches on each NBA staff. This was a fun one. Thanks for listening!

Apr 15, 2024

Coach Healy takes us through the origin of his appreciation of WNCAA through the lens of Geno Auriemma's UCONN program, the brilliance of Billy Hurley and the Hurley family's coaching legacy, and the corruption of the game that the foul-out rule allows in the modern game. 

Mar 10, 2024

We're back! Coach remains optimistic through a Celtics 2 game losing streak. Other topics include the all-rookie team, the impossible job of refereeing, and the RoY race. 

Feb 11, 2024

Coach takes us through the winners losers of this year's trade deadline. Despite the Celtics being 40-12, Coach still finds plenty of nits to pick with their offense. Thanks for listening everybody!

Jan 21, 2024

Coach breaks down Draymond's legacy, and what the Celts need to do to get over the hump against elite teams like Denver. 

Jan 7, 2024

Coach and Tone discuss five decades of Celtics memories through Coach's memories and Bob Ryan's recollections. Also, the best (and worst) rebuilds in the NBA and NFL, the Pitino dark ages, professional sports income inequality, and how fun the current Celtics team is to watch. This was a fun one. Happy New Year to all! 

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