Basketball History 101

Rick Loayza

I am your author and host, Rick Loayza. This is the blog and podcast where we bring to life some of the forgotten stories from basketball history. I love basketball. I love watching it. I love reading about it. I love learning about its history. I am, for all intents and purposes, a basketball junkie. I’ve coached all three of my kids in youth basketball. In fact, I still coach my youngest each winter. Something just happened to me when I was 11 where I was bitten by the basketball bug. And starting then, I just couldn’t get enough of t...

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Basketball History 101

Episodes (300)

Apr 28th Episode 294 - The NBA is 8 Teams Again
Apr 21st Episode 293 - Oscar Schmidt
Mar 31st Episode 292 - Charles "Tarzan" Cooper

Basketball History 101

Apr 28, 2026
16¾ minutes
21 MB

What if the modern NBA went back to just 8 teams like they had in the 1960s? Only 16% of the current players would still have a roster spot in a reduced league. Everyone else would have to play in the G-league, Europe, Australia, or just get a regular job. We took the top 80 players from the 2024-2025 NBA and placed them on 8 teams. Here is what those teams would look like: Team 1 - San Francisco Warriors Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderKyrie IrvingZion WilliamsonBrandon IngramDeMar DeRozenMiles BridgesPascal SiakamEvan MobleyNikola VucevicKeynote George Team 2 - Boston Celtics<...

Basketball History 101

Episode 294 - The NBA is 8 Teams Again

Rick Loayza

00:00 -14:58