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Nate and Danny look back on their rankings of the NBA's coaches based on the playoffs, hirings, and firings, and discuss how their opinions have changed over the past year. Then we do the same with ownership, and look back on how the future of the league's downtrodden teams has evolved.

We had so much fun talking about changes we'd like to see in the league that we recorded a whole other podcast on it. We talk about how to reform the NBA's extension system, whether the max contract should be eliminated, how to fix the playoff system, and much more.

Nate and Danny are back to discuss their top-five changes they would make to the NBA if they had carte blanche. From gameplay, the schedule, and the CBA, what irks them the most and what could most easily be improved?

Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux look at the futures for the league's downtrodden and go through their rosters to determine their path to the playoffs and how they might improve enough to reach contention. We also look at established teams and how long they can expect to be in the playoffs going forward.

So often, as seasons fade into memory, championships won seem inevitable the more time passes. But in reality, nearly every team needs luck to win a championship, and good luck for the winners often means bad luck for the losers. Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux look back on the injuries that most shaped seasons past and determined the NBA's future.

We look back on Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals, well known for Ray Allen's historic tying shot. But we go much beyond that, taking you through the strategies of the game, the historical implications, how the game has changed even in five short years, and finally with all the possessions that decided one of the greatest games in NBA history.

Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux examine the NBA from a more subjective angle, looking at the players who get the most and least out of their talent, trying to answer the questions of why some players are so good, and why others aren't better.

Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux comb through the 2010 through 2014 NBA drafts to determine the worst draft pick this decade. This isn't just about who failed to to perform relative to their draft slot, but who else was available in that slot and who was already on the team at the time. Can we ultimately agree on who the worst pick is?

Nate and Danny evaluate the tenures of the league's owners and rank them 1-30. We discuss the special challenges of owning a sports team compared to other types of businesses, look at specific moves and issues with all of the league's owners, before picking most over- and underrated owners and which owners deserve credit for their teams' success.

Nate and Danny rank the NBA's head coaches based on myriad criteria, We try to take everything into account, including which coaches elevate their talent, whose offensive and defensive systems work the best, whether a coach's player and lineup usage makes sense, end-of-game and playoff coaching, how hard the team plays, and much more.Plus, hear what Nate and Danny were unwittingly saying about deposed Bucks Coach Jason Kidd at the precise point news of his firing was reported.