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A weekly sports podcast with inside information and one-of-a-kind perspective on the hottest topics and behind-the-scenes happenings from veteran NBA insider, author and TV analyst Ric Bucher. Find all his work at RicBucher.com. Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/bucher-and-friends Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bucher-and-friends . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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You Want Fair? That’s Not How Pro Sports Works
Fans don’t just want their teams to win anymore — they want the sport itself to be flawless: perfect coaching, perfect officiating, perfect behavior, perfect “fairness,” perfect outcomes. In this episode of On The Ball , Ric Bucher explains why that expectation is a fantasy… and why technology, repl
Did Victor Wembanyama Save the NBA All-Star Game… While Adam Silver Looks Weak on Tanking? | On The Ball with Ric Bucher
NBA All-Star Weekend was this close to being declared dead—until Victor Wembanyama flipped the entire vibe, shamed everybody into competing, and turned a “jumped-the-shark” event into must-watch hoops. On this episode of On The Ball , Ric Bucher breaks down why the All-Star turnaround matters, what
NBA Tanking Panic Is Fake? The Truth Teams Don’t Want You to Hear
Is NBA tanking really ruining basketball — or is the outrage just noise? In this solo episode of On The Ball with Ric Bucher , Ric dismantles the modern hysteria around tanking and explains why what fans think is a crisis is actually a decades-old strategy baked into the league’s business model. Dra