The Unrestricted Area Presented by Basketball Intelligence Podcast
1) Basketball is Jazz w/ David Thorpe
Ray and Aaron talk with Coach David Thorpe—longtime personal basketball coach, mentor, analyst, and author—about his recent TrueHoop story “Jazz Lessons,” which explores the success of incorporating i...Show More
2) WNBA First Round Playoff Preview w/ Bob Bellotti
Aaron is joined by basketball analyst, author, and Substack writer Bob Bellotti to discuss all the intrigue and storylines in the four first-round matchups for the WNBA playoffs beginning this Sunday....Show More
3) How the Clippers Are Navigating the Wake of the Pablo Torre Story w/ Law Murray
Aaron interviews The Athletic’s Law Murray about the state of the Clippers as they contend with the damaging allegations of salary cap circumvention laid out by the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast on ...Show More
4) WNBA Parity and the Effects of Expansion w/ Bob Bellotti
Aaron Bollwinkel interviews Substack writer and longtime analyst Bob Bellotti about his recent findings regarding the ways in which the WNBA’s parity is affected based on expansion, and what that will...Show More
5) Contender Building in the Era of Parity w/ Howard Beck
Ray and Aaron interview The Ringer senior writer Howard Beck about the different ways in which teams are going about building contenders in Adam Silver's new era of parity. Link to Howard's original ...Show More
6) Digging Deeper Into The Draft w/Nick Agar-Johnson
Ray and Aaron are joined by Nick Agar-Johnson of No Ceilings and the Kings Weekly Podcast to review the 2025 NBA Draft. They start out by giving their first impressions in the wake of the draft, and d...Show More
7) March Badness w/Eric Koreen
Nick and Ray talk with The Athletic's Eric Koreen about his recent article detailing the issues concerning the quality of basketball come March for the NBA. The discussion touches on how to de-incenti...Show More
8) RefMasters w/Sony Tiwari
Ray LeBov and Nick Agar-Johnson talk with Sony Tiwari, Co-Founder and CEO of RefMasters, a platform created to educate people on officiating. The three discuss the mechanics of the platform and the co...Show More
9) The Best Young Defensive Wings w/Nick Agar-Johnson
Ray and Aaron speak with Nick Agar-Johnson, Editor-in-Chief and staff writer for No Ceilings and co-host of the Kings Weekly podcast, about the ten most exciting wing defenders in the NBA. Check out ...Show More
10) Not All NBA Offenses Are The Same
Aaron Bollwinkel talks with The Athletic's Law Murray about the false notion that all NBA offenses are operating the same, the 40/20 club, and the state of the Clippers. Law's articles discussed in th...Show More