Episode 66: Warriors Are Rolling
The Warriors are off to a great start this season and Felix and Marc talk about the reasons why. New players making contributions, veterans playing as well as they ever have, and team chemistry riding high. Plus, the Captains hats at Chase for Klay's return with the Mavericks helped a little too. On this 20 minute episode your hosts recount going to see the Warriors play the Wizards in Washington and chance encounters with Warriors play by play and color commentators Bob Fitzgerald and Kalenna Azubiuke, and an influential meet up with Anthony Slater of The Athletic's Warriors Plus/Minus podcast too. Analysis, predictions and occasional shout outs to friends of the show in another edition of Untucked Shorts.
Episode 65: Meet the New Warriors & A Reflection on #11
It's the first episode of season 4 of Untucked Shorts. Hosts Felix and Marc have moved to Washington D.C., but their heart - and NBA loyalty - is still in San Francisco. In this show we evaluate the summertime moves the Warriors made to upgrade around the edges, predict our starting 5 for the new season and the best case scenarios to improve on the W's play-in game flame out last season. In this 23 minute episode, there is a shout-out to our Untucked fan faithful and to a first time listener and podcasting hero from The Athletic's Warrior Plus Minus show.
Listen closely and you'll catch a Phineas & Ferb name drop, props to Curry and Kerr for getting it done in Paris (and at the DNC), and Felix reflects on Klay's departure, and how the Warriors will never be quite the same.
Episode 64: Is Klay Really Going to Go?
The NBA Season is over but there is a lot to talk about!
In this 20 minute episode we cover the NBA finals (congratulations Boston), the NBA Draft (welcome to Washington Monsieur Alex Sarr), the start of free agency (we don't want you to go Klay!) and digress to settle a bet, talk about ASMR, Parks and Recreation and the one and only Dutchboy in the Paint: Rik Smits.
A big issue on the eve of big change for our beloved Warriors.
Episode 63: Finals Predictions Celtics vs. Mavericks
We're back after a long time of coping with the Warriors play-in loss, and in episode 63 Felix and Marc are talking NBA Finals predictions.
With differing opinions we break down the Mavs playoff momentum and the Celtics formidable roster and flamboyant offense. Enjoy the 20 minute Finals preview and remember the name: Alex Fudge!
Photo info: Felix was on his way to lunch at the Chase Center the day after recording and ran into Warriors senior vice president of Communications Ray Ridder. A face iknown to all true W’s fans and a really nice guy!
Episode 62: Warriors Kings Play In Mini Pod
Recorded April 16 and just 15 minutes before tip-off thius is a no-edit 5 minute preview of the Play-In win-or-go-home Warriors vs. Kings match up.
Episode 61: Glow Ups
Hello and welcome back to we love radi– sorry Untucked shorts!
In this 22 minute episode, we briefly summarize the games that took place in our long absence since recording, as well as look at the ‘glow ups’ of certain Dubs over the last 22 game stretch. [Don’t know w at a glow up is? A certain podcastee didn’t either.] After a sadly sponsorless breakl we listen to Felix’s HOT TAKE (see picture above), and how the Warriors can “Fight the Power!” when it comes to the upcoming play in. Only 13 games left in the season so tune in to Episode 61 of Untucked Shorts.
Episode 60: The Fine Wine Episode
After a break from the Pod, Felix and Marc look at the next months with optimism. In this 25 minute episode, Marc looks at the return of Draymond and his contributions, as Felix reports his findings based off of his guesstimation math on the Dubs sweetspot record heading into April. Episode 60 is a glass half full episode, so make sure to listen!!!!!
Episode 59: It’s Getting Complicated
The season is hanging in the balance and the Warriors are looking for answers. Felix and Marc go a little longer than usual in this 25 minute episode unpacking the complicated questions confronting the team. In the second half of the show the gloves come off as Felix shares how he really feels. Podz is a "black hole of minutes absorbing other players' potential," Coach Kerr is "out of it," and after all these blown leads, inconsistent play and mismanaged rotations Felix declares: "I do not like the Warriors and where they're going." Tune in for an emotional show.
Episode 58: The Rickety Dubs
Criticisms abound as Felix and Marc get into all that’s gone wrong in the Warrior’s rocky start to the season. And yet, Felix goes on record (accurately) predicting a Warriors win vs the NBA best Celtics. This 20 minute episode touches on Draymond's indefinite suspension, includes questionable research on our Warrior of the Week and loads of insight you've come to expect from Untucked Shorts.
Episode 57: The Bizarro Dubs
In this 22 minute episode, the podcaster and podcastee look at the treacherous homestand (0-6!) that adds a sour note to the start of the season. With a wide range of discussions, from Hollywood screenplay ideas to Superman analogies, this episode assigns blame for the Warriors’ recent blunders but is capped with an optimistic prediction for the next 5 games.
Episode 56: 2.5% of the Way Through the New Season
Only 2 games into the new Warriors season but that doesn't stop us from giving our early impressions of CP3 (pretty good), Moses Moody (really good!) and Andrew Wiggins (um, not so good). Also in this 15 minute episode we talk about the good, and the not so good NBA sleepwalkers, Felix reboots our Warrior of the Week segment with a deep dive on Dario Saric (including an on-point Nintendo reference), and now that Jordan Poole is gone we ask the question: which Warrior is going to rock the mustache this season? Your answers welcome in the comments section of our website!
Episode 55: Season 4 of Untucked Shorts
Welcome back Untucked Shorts faithful listeners, it’s the first episode of Season 4!! In this 20 minute episode we jump right back into the groove, covering the Kia keys to the season and getting in depth about the league changes (coaches especially) and some intriguing young teams to look at. In this season opener we go from new spin off ideas, to potential thesaurus additions (interwebbing), and many more topics of conversation (some of which actually include basketball stuff). Also, if you are looking for games you want to go to, our mediocre teams to watch section can get you started. If we say anymore the whole pod will be spoiled, so if you are reading this, just listen already!
Episode 54: Post season-Post free agency-Midsummer Edition
More sound effects than ever in our most hyphenated podcast ever! In 18 minutes We cover Draymond's new contract, free agents departing the team (The Cabbage is off the plate!), new NBA rules (everybody flops) and the NBA Cup. Marc makes a dad joke, Felix invents a new word, and our dogs make another mid-pod appearance.
Episode 53: Welcome CP3!
In this 18 minute episode, we talk about Chris Paul moving to Golden State, the Poole party's irrigation problems, and how this controversial hall-of-famer will work into the Warrior's championship goals.
Episode 52: Joker is no joke!
As the Denver Nuggets make quick work of the Heat in the finals, we look at what went wrong for Miami. On top of the NBA's biggest headline, in this 12 minute episode we discuss our opinions on the completed 76th season, and how new rules made the game better or worse in the end. Also, did we really just see Jokic get cradled by his bodybuilder brother?!
Episode 51: Finals Predictions
The NBA season is winding down and your hosts clear up some confusion about the controversial Warriors-as-a-burrito analogy from episode 50. Then it's on to business in this 18 minute pod: The Lakers and Celtics are out (sorry Untucked Shorts fans in Beantown) and we talk about the finals where the biggest of itches (Nikola Jokic) and Felix's main man Jimmy Butler square off in a rare 8 vs 1 seed showdown. Your hosts have different takes on who will win and their reasoning is based in logic and superstition (can you guess who is who?). Along the way Felix coins a few new phrases too. Ready to "get something off your tongue?" Tune in!
Episode 50: Season in a Burrito
The Warriors seasons ends in a fizzle to the Lakers in game 6 of the 2nd round of the playoffs, but in this 10 minute episode Felix and Marc see the season as a glass half-full and have a few uplifting words for any W's fans who are feeling down. We also compare our favorite players to the ingredients in an El Metate burrito. Who is the chicken? Who is the avocado? Who is the tortilla and who is the foil? Tune in to find out in our 50th Episode!
Episode 49.5: A Sigh of Relief
In this 17 minute episode (not our 50th, we’re saving that one), your hosts talk about the Warriors advancing out of the first round, make further matchup predictions, and if Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown wears cologne.
Episode 49: Down But Not Out
Emergency Pod! The Warriors are off to a terrible start in the playoffs and we are N E R V O U S!!! In a 12 minute mini-episode your hosts talk about what's gone wrong, what needs to go right, how we don't understand this Sacramento light-the-beam thing, and why we still think our beloved (though aging) Dubs can win this first round series.
Episode 48: The Mid Play-In-Pre-Post-Season Western Conference Edition
Are you clear on the what the difference is between a play-in and play-off? Ready for more Bermuda triangle analogies? Have a take on which OKC Thunder player needs to wear a headband? Want to know what we think was the spiciest play of the whole season? Then settle in for a crisp 18-minute episode in which we celebrate the long awaited return of Andrew Wiggins and get down to the serious business of predicting what’s going to happen in the NBA playoffs. (Spoiler: Felix is feeling good about a Warriors-Suns Conference Finals).