The 4-Down Podcast

Ep. 49: Royce Young of Daily Thunder

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:22:01 PDT

With the San Antonio Spurs getting ready for the Western Conference Finals, Royce Young of Oklahoma City Thunder blog Daily Thunder -- a member of the TrueHoop Network -- joined Andrew and Graydon to preview the series. The trio look at how the Thunder have grown this season and if they have what it takes to stop the Spurs.

Ep. 48: Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:13:58 PDT

The San Antonio Spurs move on to the Western Conference Finals after dispatching the Los Angeles Clippers in another playoff sweep. Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com, who is very familiar with these Clippers, joins Andrew and Graydon to talk about this Spurs team and their prospects moving forward.

Ep. 47: D.J. Foster of ClipperBlog

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:09:58 PDT

To preview the Spurs-Clippers playoff series, D.J. Foster joins the 4-Down Podcast. Andrew and D.J. talk about Chris Paul's flopping, the dirty play of Reggie Evans and Vinny Del Negro calling D.J. fat.

Ep. 46: Darius Soriano of Forum Blue and Gold

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:18:38 PDT

In a crazy schedule quirk, the Spurs and Lakers play their first game on Wednesday night and two more in the next week and a half after not meeting at all so far this season. To celebrate the occasion and do our share to preview, Darius Soriano of Forum Blue and Gold joined Andrew to talk about this year's Lakers and what Spurs fans can expect.

Ep. 45: Henry Abbott of TrueHoop

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:15:03 PDT

Henry Abbott of ESPN.com's TrueHoop NBA blog joins Andrew and Graydon on the 4-Down Podcast to talk about stretch 4s in the NBA and the Spurs' sustained excellence even with the injuries to Manu Ginobili.

Ep. 44: Andrew Monaco of Fox Sports Southwest

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:31:58 PST

San Antonio Spurs sideline reporter and play-by-play man Andrew Monaco joins the 4-Down Podcast for the first time to talk about Derrick Rose, his expectations for the Spurs coming into this season and the greatness of Tim Duncan.

Ep. 43: Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game (Part 2)

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:52:02 PST

Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game, NBC Sports Pro Basketball Talk and the New York Times' Off The Dribble Blog talks about nicknames, band names and a plethora of other NBA topics in Part 2 of his appearance on the 4-Down Podcast.

Ep. 43: Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game (Part 1)

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:48:57 PST

Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game, NBC Sports Pro Basketball Talk and the New York Times' Off The Dribble blog joins the 4-Down Podcast for a two-part talk. We talk about former Spur and current Mav Ian Mahinmi, if the Spurs should've used the amnesty on Richard Jefferson and potential playoff matchups for the Spurs.

Ep. 42: Beckley Mason of HoopSpeak

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:45:53 PST

Beckley Mason of HoopSpeak.com joins the 4-Down Podcast to talk a little about the Spurs' loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday in which the Spurs bench brought the team back from the dead. We also ask Beckley for an assessment of DeJuan Blair and talk some pickup basketball.

Ep. 41: Ethan Sherwood Strauss of HoopSpeak

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:36:57 PST

Ethan Sherwood Strauss from TrueHoop Network site HoopSpeak joins the 4-Down Podcast to talk with Andrew and Graydon about the prevelance of memorable preseason moments, the public perception of Tony Parker and the merits of Manu Ginobili being overrated or underrated.

Ep. 40: Seth Reiss of The Onion

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:22:26 PST

With the NBA season upon us and the lockout practically in our rear view mirror (it's still sort of lingering in the side mirror right now) we asked Seth Reiss of The Onion to come back to the 4-Down Podcast and talk about what Tim Duncan has been up to during the lockout and what he's looking forward to this NBA season.

Ep. 39: Jared Wade of Eight Points, Nine Seconds

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:21:24 PST

The 4-Down Podcast is back for its first post-lockout (sort of) episode. Jared Wade of Indiana Pacers blog Eight Points, Nine Seconds of the TrueHoop Network joins Andrew and Graydon to talk about karaoke, the George Hill/Kawhi Leonard trade and hot dates.

Ep. 38: David Roth of The Classical

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:20:10 PST

David Roth of new sports destination The Classical joins the 4-Down Podcast to talk about his new project, name confusion, the LeBron James/Michael Jordan disparity and Manu Ginobili.

Ep. 37: Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:42:43 PST

Kevin Arnovitz is a NBA writer for ESPN.com and the editor of the TrueHoop Network. He joins the 4-Down Podcast to talk about what needs fixing in the NBA. There are some real issues in the NBA, whether the lockout ends soon or not. Do Andrew, Graydon and Kevin have the answers? Well, no, but it's fun to pretend like we do.

Ep. 36: John Krolik of Cavs the Blog

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:35:04 PDT

John Krolik of Cavs the Blog, Heat Index and NBC Sports ProBasketballTalk joins Andrew and Graydon to talk about the lockout, the underappreciated strength of Tim Duncan and everything that is LeBron James. There are also impressions. Oh yes, there are impressions.

Ep. 35: Trey Kerby of The Basketball Jones

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:14:41 PDT

Trey Kerby of The Basketball Jones joins the 4-Down Podcast because they could always use another chill bro. Kerby talks with Andrew and Graydon about weddings, Matt Bonner and why it was a good thing Tim Duncan wasn't awarded the nickname "Merlin."

Ep. 34: Zach Harper of ESPN Daily Dime Live

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:07:03 PDT

NBA Lockout talk is all doom and gloom, so Andrew and Graydon had Zach Harper of ESPN Daily Dime Live, HoopSpeak Live and A Wolf Among Wolves on the 4-Down Podcast to talk about bacon! And they talk about the Spurs and what he would have delivered to the reporters staking out the hotel where NBA negotiating sessions are taking place.

Ep. 33: Timothy Varner

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:49:29 PDT

The first two weeks of the NBA season have been cancelled, but all is not lost. When the NBA season does start, the Spurs will have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. 48MoH's own Tim Varner joins Andrew to talk about the many tasks the Spurs will have once the lockout is lifted.

Ep. 32: Beckley Mason of HoopSpeak

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:13:59 PDT

Despite Graydon coming down with an illness, the 4-Down Podcast continues on. Beckley Mason of HoopSpeak.com joins Andrew to talk about the last in the NBA Lockout, who might be getting fat with the time off and the death of Steve Jobs.

Ep. 31: Discussing Kawhi Leonard

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:06:47 PDT

After a weekend finally meeting in New York City, Graydon and Andrew talk about the drinking abilities of the TrueHoop Network and discuss the George Hill-Kawhi Leonard draft day trade.

Ep. 30: Jaren Jackson

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:07:58 PDT

Jaren Jackson played for the Spurs for more than three seasons in the late 90s and early 2000s, winning a championship with the 1999 Spurs. He joins the 4-Down Podcast to talk about what he's been up to since retiring, the NBA lockout and the culture surrounding the San Antonio Spurs.

Ep. 29: Larry Coon

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:55:13 PDT

NBA owners have locked out the players, leaving fans with no basketball this summer. And possibly no basketball at all next season. To get the latest on the lockout, Larry Coon, Technical Director at UC-Irvine, joined the podcast to talk about the lockout and collective bargaining negotiations.

Ep. 28: Spurs roundtable

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:33:03 PDT

The NBA Finals just ended, but we're talking Spurs. RC Buford and Gregg Popovich each recently made offseason media appearances with some interesting quotes. We tackle the subject matter with a roundtable of bloggers featuring Timothy Varner from 48 Minutes of Hell, Jeff Garcia of Project Spurs, Dale Dye of Pounding the Rock and Wayne Vore from Spurs Planet.

Ep. 27: Zach Lowe of The Point Forward

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:33:35 PDT

The NBA Finals are starting up and the Spurs are nowhere to be found. To celebrate, Zach Lowe of Sports Illustrated's Point Forward blog joins the podcast to talk about how long aging teams like the Spurs and Celtics should hold on.

Ep. 26: Mark Deeks of ShamSports

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:42:58 PDT

With the Spurs now comfortably set in the offseason, Mark Deeks joined the 4-Down Podcast to talk about the Spurs salary cap situation and the new collective bargaining agreement. Deeks is also full-on British, so he gave us a primer on Spurs draft pick Ryan Richards.

NBA Playoff talk with Sebastian Pruiti

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:55:25 PDT

The Spurs may be out of the playoffs, but that doesn't mean we stopped watching. To look back a little on San Antonio's series with the Memphis Grizzlies and break down some of the current series, we had Sebastian Pruiti of NBA Playbook on the podcast to nerd out about some playoff basketball.

Looking at the Spurs-Grizzlies series with Matt Moore

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:23:25 PDT

Matt Moore joins and Andrew and Graydon to look at the upcoming Spurs-Grizzlies first round series. Is it as close as some are predicting, or is it as lopsided another some think?

Evaluating things with Wayne Vore

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:01:04 PST

Wayne Vore of Spurs Planet joins Andrew to talk about his new site and how the Spurs look mid-way through the season.

Celtics, Knicks, interviewing Coach Pop and more

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:42:36 PST

Graydon Gordian is on the podcast once again to talk about the Spurs' games against the Knicks and Celtics, and experiences interviewing Coach Pop.

Spurs-Lakers Preview with Phillip Barnett of Forum Blue and Gold

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:38:23 PST

Phillip Barnett of Forum Blue and Gold makes his first appearance on the 4-Down Podcast to help Andrew preview the first Spurs-Lakers clash of the 2010-11 season.

Are the Mavs Better Than the Spurs?

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:02:33 PST

Rob Mahoney of the Two Man Game, among other great blogs, is a guest on the podcast to talk about the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs.

The Ultimate NBA Road Trip with Andrew Unterberger

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:45:39 PST

Andrew Unterberger of The 700 Level and The Basketball Jones joins Andrew and Graydon to talk about the ultimate NBA road trip, visiting every NBA arena in just two months.

Spurs-Clippers preview with Breene Murphy and NBA talk with Kelly Dwyer

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:35:59 PST

In a busy podcast, Graydon Gordian makes an appearance to talk Spurs-Clippers with Andrew and guest Breene Murphy. Also, Kelly Dwyer talks general NBA stuff with Andrew.

Early NBA talk with Matt Moore

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:16:13 PDT

Matt Moore of Hardwood Paroxysm, NBC ProBasketballTalk, AOL Fanhouse, CBS Sports NBA Facts and Rumors and Voice on the Floor joins Andrew to talk about the Spurs title chances, the NBA D-League and the young NBA season.

Previewing the Season with Zach Lowe

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:29:59 PDT

Zach Lowe of Sports Illustrated's The Point Forward blog joins Andrew to look at the upcoming NBA season.

Talking Spurs and sports with The Onion

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:04:52 PDT

Graydon returns to join Andrew for the show to talk to Seth Reiss of The Onion about their history of writing stories about Tim Duncan. And other sports stuff.

Introducing Scott Sereday

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:27:00 PDT

Andrew talks to 48MoH's newest writer, Scott Sereday, who specializes in advanced statistics.

International friendly

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:19:55 PDT

Andrew and guest Os Davis of BallinEurope.com talk about the FIBA World Championships, Tiago Splitter, Nando De Colo and the international basketball scene.

Exploring the value of the Austin Toros

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:22:31 PDT

Andrew and Tim Varner chat with Jon L of Ridiculous Upside about the Spurs and the Austin Toros. Whether or not the outright ownership of a D-League team is worth it, they look at the Malik Hairston situation and explore if Alonzo Gee can make the Spurs roster.

Basketball in the summer

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:27:31 PDT

Andrew is joined by Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News to talk about the Las Vegas Summer League and the San Antonio Spurs' offseason.

What I did on my summer vacation

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:30:31 PDT

To make up for not recording a podcast in over a month, Andrew is joined by Graydon and Tim to talk about the NBA Draft, the Spurs in free agency and the Vegas Summer League.

What about Ian?

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:00:31 PDT

In this episode of 4-Down, Tom Ziller of AOL Fanhouse and Sactown Royalty talks with Andrew and Tim about the Spurs' free agent big man Ian Mahinmi. What are the odds Mahinmi will re-sign with San Antonio? Does Mahinmi still have the potential to be an All-Star?

Report From the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:07:31 PDT

In the latest 48MoH Podcast, Tim joins Andrew to give his report from the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp. Who were the Spurs looking at? What players impressed? What's the latest on the Tiago Splitter situation?

We Know Where The Bodies Are Buried

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:45:31 PDT

In this episode of the 48MoH Podcast, Andrew and Graydon talk about the end of the season for the Spurs. What happened? What's next? Why didn't George Hill get more buzz for the Most Improved Player award?

Spurs-Suns

4downpodcast@gmail.com (48 Minutes of Hell) — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:00:00 PDT

Michael Schwartz of Valley of the Suns joins Andrew and Tim to talk about the first three games of the Spurs-Suns second round series. And they wonder if the series is over.