Bucher and Friends

Bucher gives a firsthand account of the post-Ginobili Spurs, including a beaten-looking Gregg Popovich, news about LeBron that reminds him of Kobe's last season and a few recent moves that suggest a shift away from pursuing analytics for a competitive edge. Also: why owners are hiring neophyte former players as GMs.

Bucher & Nicole discuss what has inspired six OT games in first five weeks of the NFL season, if playing for a tie ever makes sense and Nicole compares Bucher's infatuation with the Bengals to dating someone with no long-term potential.

Bucher & Nicole discuss why the NFL is defending its game-turning roughing-the-passer calls with impunity and the most pivotal wins and losses of the NFL's Week 5 Sunday.

Bucher & Hollins examine some of the more curious predictions the league's GMs make for the upcoming season and break down how positions and the players in them have changed over the last 15 years.

Bucher and Hollins discuss why KD would leave the Warriors and where he'd go if he did; Ryan reveals what drove Kawhi Leonard out of San Antonio; and Ric asks Ryan if he got paid in college and if the NCAA legally paying players would end the under-the-table payments.

Bucher shares pieces of his conversation with Thunder C Steven Adams and swingman Corey Brewer about the advantages and challenges of playing with Russell Westbrook as the prelude to why it's time for him to put it all together; Bucher also explains why Mahomes reminds him of Rodgers in a way no other NFL QB does.

Bucher & Nicole discuss if Earl Thomas' bird flip to the Seahawks was understandable, Nicole tries to dissuade Ric from buying into the Bengals and Ric explains why he's all for the rules protecting NFL QBs.

Former SXM co-hosts Bucher and Nicole parse what Bucs HC Dirk Koetter meant by calling for his firing and apologizing to QB Jameis Winston, while explaining why Derek Carr might be pressing and the status of the Baker Mayfield Hype Train after his first start.

Bucher & Hollins debate who was at fault for Carmelo Anthony's short-lived tenure in OKC, what coming off the bench could do for his career, if Rajon Rondo starting will set back Lonzo Ball's development and Bucher predicts who will have the best record in the Western Conference.

Bucher & Hollins discuss whether Tiger Woods can reach his previous level of greatness, who is to blame for the Minnesota Timberwolves' chaos and what the real motives of their disgruntled star, Jimmy Butler, are.

Carter Jr. joins Ric Bucher to share how he was all ready to go to Harvard and delay his NBA career, why his father's advice means so much to him and if he'd trade places with his former Duke teammate, Marvin Bagley, Jr.

Ric Bucher and Nicole Zaloumis review the first-year NFL coaches and how they've fared so far. The pressure on Raiders coach John Gruden after going 0-3 in the wake of trading DPOY Khalil Mack is of particular interest to Bucher and Nicole, who works with the Raiders' broadcast team.

Former SXM radio co-hosts Ric Bucher and Nicole Zaloumis reunite to weigh how much stock to put into the NFL's youngest QBs, why they're finding such immediate success -- and if Nicole can stay on the right side of iTunes' clean rating.

Hosts Ric Bucher and ex-NBA C Ryan Hollins predict how all 16 Eastern Conference teams will fare this season. They vehemently disagree on the Pistons and Bulls but agree a certain star in Milwaukee is overrated.

Host Ric Bucher gets Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade's reaction to his former teammate and BFF LeBron James' decision to join the Lakers; Bucher then explains how that reaction forecasts LeBron and the Lakers' chances of winning a championship.