The 2026-2027 Season is underway with a crazy start to Week 1, and your mayor of Basketball Land, Chad Kenney, walks us through the crazy fantasy draft, heated matchups, and brutal injuries in the NBA's opening week. We cover Stefs doing some sneaky wheeling and dealing, some projections on the draft and playoff outlook, Ty Jerome's impression of 2017 Isaiah Thomas, some season-changing injuries across the league, and why we just can't quit picking up Dennis Schroder off the waiver wire.

I have finally crawled out of my cave of shame in the wake of the Clippers' death penalty and I'm ready to start healing. Kicking off the episode with a little breakdown of my diehard Clippers fandom in three phases: Hope. Cope. Nope.

After that sad monologue, we head to Pittsburgh to touch base with Kevin, manager of XNIJ, and recap the Lakers offseason and discuss the loaded Western Conference. Then we toss around a few teams that might exceed or disappoint their preseason win projections. Gettin' warmed up before our epic in-person fantasy league draft in a couple Mondays.

I'm trying something for the first (and last) time this week on the show, while in the process of moving a 10 foot U-Haul truck full of crap to my parents' house in Las Vegas, NV.

In an effort to discuss the busy NBA offseason, and kill some time on this drive, I called a few of our buds from BBKS lore to discuss hoops. First off, Evan Washington breaks down some LA ball stories with the abrupt sale of his beloved Lakers, the never-ending Aspiration scandal, and Russell Westbrook's retirement. (3:46) Then Ben joins us to relive his exciting "airplane mode" saga during the LeBron decision, and our impromptu trip to NBA Summer League a few weeks back. (27:50)

Disclaimer: the audio quality from this episode is poor, taken from 2 phone calls recorded in a moving U-Haul truck