Happy 2019 Everyone. Basketball's beloved bombastic reactionary Coach Healy is back to discuss a variety of NBA topics, including our prove-you-can-do-it-on-the-road Celtics, the unstoppable Kyrie, the 2018 draft class, and how the 2014 Spurs changed basketball forever.
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And we're back!
Coach and Tone round up the first 12 games of the NBA season, propose a prescription to Celtics' offensive woes, and give first-time youth coaches a quick guide to getting your season (and your team's lay-ups) off on the right foot.
Coach Healy answers the questions on all NBA fans' minds after an epic failure to launch for the Celts in game 7.
He also has a few consoling answers for those in shock after the Cavs snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against Golden State in game 1 of the finals.
Finally, coach puts you at ease with a perfectly sensible front office plan for a stacked Celtics roster in 2019.
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There's no time like playoff time. This year's NBA postseason is rife with matchups for the ages. While the smoke clears in the East and West semis, Coach offers his two cents on what we've seen so far, and what's in store. Before you ask, yes, he believes the Celts can go all the way.
Other highlights include:
-the art of the tank by none other than OG GM(!) Gregg Popovitch
-The GM Masterclass put on year-in and year-out by Danny Ainge.
-It wouldn't be Neighborhood Rules without Coach insisting that we eliminate free throws.
You know it's gonna be a good one when Coach opens up with rant on Rondo.
Other illuminating topics include:
-Final Four recap: Things we love and hate.
-A new segment about the refs that we're calling: "Former player? Or State Cop?"
-History lesson on the origin of Strategic Fouling. (Spoiler alert: it was 1983).
-Further evidence that the point-guard is the most overrated position.
-The myth of the four-guard offense
-The rise of the new big man: Karl-Anthony Towns, KD, Giannis, The Brow, and The Unicorn
Coach Healy debriefs us on a Super Bowl upset fueled by Chip Kelly's old playbook. Other topics include the NBA pipeline that extends all the way down to the Prep School level, and the names of future talent that will ring out in the days to come. And we can't forget Coach's favorite topics: outlawing the dunk and raising the rim to 12 feet!
Coach Healy sympathizes with Boogie's recent season-ending injury, explains why the Celts match up well with the Warriors, and lays out a simple (and realistic!) five-point plan to cleaning up the corrosive influence of LOWG's in today's NBA.
Coach Healy and Tone come together for the Season 3 premier of Neighborhood Rules, catching up the fair-weather Boston fan with the 2017-18 Celtics squad, and an OKC dream team that could have been.
Coach Healy breaks down the 113-91 trouncing of The Cavs at the hands of maybe the most offensively potent in NBA history, The Golden State Warriors. You'll also hear Jeff Van Gundy jumping on the "post-PostPlay" train, which Coach Heals has been riding since the late 90's!
Enjoy NBA fans. And let's hope the Cavs can bounce back. If they go down 4-0, it's gonna be B.A.D. for the N.B.A.
Coach Healy breaks down the Celtics' recipe for success in their recent series victory over Washington in a decisive Game 7 win, and how that recipe could serve as their kryptonite against a more talented Cavs team that plays their same style.
Coach Healy takes us on a joyride through the first round of the NBA playoffs through April 27th. Anything less than a title from GSW is a colossal failure. The Celtics won't make it past the 2nd round, and Lance Stephenson is officially dubbed Ron Artest Jr.
Also, a new segment has begun: Ask Coach Healy! Featuring Matty.
Here we are breaking down the 2015 NBA Playoffs with Big Mike. The Clippers improbably take out The Spurs, Memphis and the "Swiss Watch" effect of Mike Conley, and Coach Healy tells us in one sentence how to get rid of hack-a-Shaq forever.
Coach Healy recounts the epic Superbowl run of The Westborough Rangers of 1984.
This week's episode brings us a discussion on Kyrie Irving as the best player in the entire World Games last summer, the Celtics-Cavs playoff preview, and the ongoing conspiracy of favoritism and preferential treatment by the NCAA officials to Mike Krzyzewski and The Duke Blue Devils.
Happy Easter everyone! This week's episode features a breakdown of the intense Final Four weekend that saw mighty Kentucky fall at the hands of Wisconsin, and Duke prevailing over Michigan St. Other topics include the arduous journey to becoming a pro, Duke's incredible "luck" when it comes to getting calls, and a preview of the 2015 NBA Playoffs.
PREDICTIONS:
-TJ Warren will be avg'ing 20ppg by his second year in the league.
-Justice Winslow will not be a rotation player for whoever drafts him.
-San Antonio will beat the Warriors in the West playoffs.
-Rajon Rondo will never start for a playoff contender for the remainder of his career.
In episode 4 of Neighborhood Rules, we learn that David Blatt is from the great town of Framingham, that both Mo Williams and Jose Calderon are hands down better players than Ricky Rubio, and what Cryin' Roy Williams has in common with evangelical preachers. March Madness is here!
Coach Healy discusses why the dunk should be 1 point instead of 2, the corporate clowns of the NBA, and "so what" statistics. Preach!
Big Mike muses on the life of Jerry Tarkanian, phony NBA rules, The Celts at the trade deadline, 12 foot rims, and why he stopped watching the All-Star game in '97.
An ex-player/coach/ref’s comments on the way the game of basketball should be played.