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Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
On this episode of the Jake In The Paint Podcast, my Dad and I give you our thoughts from an amazing day of Christmas action in the NBA. We discuss some of the best things we saw, some concerns, and everything in between. We also sprinkle in some NBA Draft takes, along with finding the right trade for the Lakers and discussing who the Thunder's best player is. It is an episode packed with insight from each team that played on Christmas, stay tuned for more content in the new year.
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
On our first annual college basketball preview, Nick and I run through everything and give you our predictions hours before the season tips off. We give you our favorite and least favorite teams, player of the year, freshman of the year predictions and sleepers for each of the top six conferences in college basketball. We cap it off by giving you our favorite prop bets for the season.
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
On this installment of the "Coaches Corner" I let my worlds collide as I interview my head coach, Coach Blumenthal of Winston Churchill High School. We talk about his philosophy as a coach, his most fulfilling moment, pros and cons to being a young coach, what it means to "buy in," and much more. Stay tuned for more content as the college basketball season kicks off on Tuesday.
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
On the second installment of the "Coaches Corner" series, I am joined by Coach Glenn Farello from Paul VI Catholic High School. Paul VI has received national recognition for their success in the past six years and is also one of the top powers in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), which is often considered the best conference in the country. Throughout the episode, Coach Farello talks about his coaching philosophy, how he feels he can get the best out of each individual on and off the court, his most fulfilling and toughest coaching experiences, what it felt like to beat national powers Oak Hill and Montverde in the same season, the sensation of going undefeated in WCAC regular season play two different times, the essence of the PVI culture, the significance of his players "Passing the torch," how he gets everyone to buy into something bigger and much more.
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
On the first installment of my new series the "Coaches Corner" I interview Coach Bruce Kelley from the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. He is a very accomplished coach and let me in on his coaching philosophy, his most fulfilling moment as a coach, his experience coaching the McDonald's All American Games and many more interesting topics.
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
On this episode, I am joined by my cousin Max Boruchov. We give our thoughts on the Finals, LeBron's unreal Game 1, KD's cold blooded Game 3, LeBron's boxing skills, lack of front office skills and the Splash Brothers. Then we talk NBA Draft, and give our opinions on who we truly think the best, most overrated and most underrated prospects are. Finally, Max tells me what he hopes his Nets will do in the draft and free agency.
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
On episode 6, I welcome back Sam Herbst over the phone and we do a deep dive in to this year's NBA Finals, give our opinions on the twitter mess Sixers President and GM Bryan Colangelo has gotten himself in to, brainstorm what the next move is for franchises such as Toronto and Houston who each can't seem to get over the hump, and have different issues to adress respectively. Finally, we start to think about next years Eastern Conference playoffs and what could be, if LeBron joins The Process and the Celtics come back at full strength. We debate who would win that epic series and how big of a chance the winner has to take down the Warriors (barring injury).
Friday May 18, 2018
Friday May 18, 2018
We start off the episode with the NBA Draft, we weigh in on the Ayton vs. Doncic debate and I give my mock draft for the first 14 picks. Next we talk about why the Celtics look so good, and why they have mastered the Cavs. And finally we recap the first two games in a crazy Western Conference Finals and talk about what each team needs to do to win.
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
On the fourth episode I talk NBA with the self proclaimed "NBA Guy" himself, Sam Herbst. Sam and I talk NBA playoffs, Russ and Lebron in particular. Sam also emphasizes his dissapointment for the Wizards after attending Game 6 last night. We put oursleves in the shoes of GM's this offseason to talk free agency and go in depth about the Boogie Cousins and Kawhi situations. We try to determine the best landing spot for Lebron (If he needs one). Finally, we finish off with Draft talk, as we each give our lists of top prospects and debate who we think the best pro will be.
Saturday Apr 14, 2018
Saturday Apr 14, 2018
On this episode my Dad and I recap the NBA Season by going in depth about how good the Sixers really are and our takes on the most controversial person in Basketball right now, Russell Westbrook. I give all three of my "All-NBA" teams and my regular season player awards. Go in depth on why we should never compare Jordan and LeBron, because they are both great. And to cap it off, my Dad and I both fill out our NBA playoff brackets.