Episodes

Dec. 22, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Spurs (Nov 13), 76ers (Nov 17) a…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - San Antonio at Chicago: November 13, 1984 - Philadelphia at Chicago: November 17, 1...

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Nov. 30, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - November 10 through 24, 1984 - N…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - November 10 through November 24, 1984 - Insightful early-seaso...

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Nov. 28, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Bulls at Pistons (Nov 7), Knicks…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Detroit: November 7, 1984 - Chicago at New York: November 8, 1984 In thi...

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Nov. 13, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - October 26 through November 9, 1…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - October 26 through November 9, 1984 - Chicago and Milwaukee's ...

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Nov. 4, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Sam Smith - There Is No Next: NB…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Sam Smith's book: There is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan In ...

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Oct. 27, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - MJ's Chicago Bulls regular-seaso…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Michael Jordan's NBA regular-season debut with the Chicago Bulls (October 26, 1984)...

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Oct. 6, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Chicago, Nike sign Jordan, 1984-…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago Bulls' negotiations to sign Jordan - Details of Nike's efforts to secure Jo...

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Sept. 5, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - 1984 USA Olympic Games - NB85-4

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA's gold-medal run in the 1984 Olympic Games The Olympians swept their way t...

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Aug. 14, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - 1984 USA pre-Olympic exhibition …

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan‘s (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA’s 1984 pre-Olympic Exhibition Games versus NBA Stars The Olympians played ...

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July 23, 2014

Mark Eaton: Utah Jazz great, two-time Defensive Player of the Year an…

Utah Jazz great, two-time Defensive Player of the Year and NBA All-Star, Mark Eaton. Few players have ever experienced a rise from near-obscurity to NBA All-Star, like Mark Eaton. We discuss Mark's incredible transition from ...

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June 30, 2014

Michael Jordan’s rookie NBA season – 1984 USA Olympic Training Camp /…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA 1984 Olympic Training Camp - 1984 NBA Draft - NBA TV's Original Documentar...

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June 16, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - UNC Tar Heels / 1984 USA Olympic…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. Our special, debut episode covers: - Michael Jordan's final season (1984) with the North Carolina Tar Heel...

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June 4, 2014

Roosevelt Chapman: Dayton legend, NBA draftee and international star …

Dayton Flyers' all-time leading scorer and NCAA star, Roosevelt Chapman. Adam & Aaron welcome Roosevelt to the podcast, with an in-depth discussion of his very successful, well-traveled, yet largely-unheralded basketball care...

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May 11, 2014

David Bridgers: Michael Jordan's childhood friend - AIR047

Michael Jordan's lifelong friend and confidant, David Bridgers. A unique episode. Ross Franco is a North Carolinian friend of mine. We connected, through my podcast - one of the many great outcomes I've experienced, since cre...

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April 10, 2014

Rick Barry: One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History - AIR046

One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Rick Barry. Rick discusses his first sporting love of baseball - he talks fondly of his hero - the reason behind his choice to wear the iconic jersey number 24. Incredibly, as a ...

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March 27, 2014

Jeff Ruland: High School All-American, NCAA great and NBA All-Star - …

High School All-American, NCAA great and NBA All-Star, Jeff Ruland. Jeff discusses his early sporting life and the major growth-spurt that coincided with his decision to focus on basketball. He was named High School All-Ameri...

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March 11, 2014

Great NBA Games - Michael Jordan 63 points (1986 Playoffs) - Bulls at…

Adam and Todd discuss Michael Jordan's record-breaking Playoff game - April 20th, 1986 - MJ scored 63 points in the Chicago Bulls' double-overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. We discuss all the key aspects of the game. We tal...

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Feb. 24, 2014

Bill Cartwright: NCAA All-American, All-Star and five-time NBA Champi…

NCAA All-American, All-Star and five-time NBA Champion, Bill Cartwright. Bill discusses his early years, growing up in California and playing baseball - his first sporting love. He became a highly-recruited basketballer, but ...

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Feb. 10, 2014

Kendall Gill: Illinois great, All-American and NBA star - AIR042

Illinois Fighting Illini great and NBA star, Kendall Gill. He talks about growing up in the city of Chicago - where he played baseball and took up boxing - before his family moved to the suburbs and he started playing basketb...

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Jan. 27, 2014

Eddie Johnson: NBA Sixth Man of the Year, Illinois great, TV analyst …

NBA Sixth Man of the Year, Illinois great, TV analyst and author, Eddie Johnson. The timing of this episode is perfect. Eddie was recently honored , in a half-time ceremony, at Illinois, commemorating the 35th anniversary of ...

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Jan. 2, 2014

Jim McIlvaine (part two): Marquette star and NBA veteran - AIR040

Marquette star and seven-year NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. In part two of this special double-episode, I welcome back Marquette great and NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. If you missed part one , we discussed Jim’s college career i...

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Dec. 27, 2013

Jim McIlvaine (part one): Marquette star and NBA veteran - AIR039

Marquette star and NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. In a first for the podcast, this conversation will be released in two installments. Our chat was almost two hours, in length – I’m pretty sure that Jim’s wife had the authorities...

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Dec. 18, 2013

1988 NBA All-Star Game - AIR038

Adam and Aaron discuss the 1988 NBA All-Star Game - one of the greatest ever. Michael Jordan scored 40 points, en route to Most Valuable Player honors. We devote an entire episode to our favorite All-Star Game, ever. We cover...

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Nov. 27, 2013

1994 NBA season - AIR037

Adam and Aaron discuss the 1994 NBA season - the first, following Michael Jordan's shock-retirement (October 1993). The in-depth conversation covers the entire season. We talk about great games and memorable moments, includin...

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