Evan and Aaron celebrate a full 365 days of basketball pontification! To commemorate the milestone, the guys are joined by fellow basketball Threads hoops head Chris Lindsey as they hand out midseason awards and talk about everyone’s favorite moments since the beginning of the podcast.

Biggest Surprises of the '26 Season Thus Far: 3:26

Clutch Player of the Year: 10:22

Coach of the Year: 19:00

Sixth Man of the Year: 28:55

Most Improved Player: 39:49

Rookie of the Year: 54:01

Defensive Player of the Year: 1:03:43

Most Valuable Player: 1:13:29

Favorite Moments Over the Last Year: 1:27:31

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Aaron and Evan go in-depth about what they'll be watching for in each of the four NBA Cup Quarterfinal matchups.

ORL vs. MIA: 6:51

TOR vs. NYK: 13:32

LAL vs. SAS: 25:48

PHX vs. OKC: 35:59

Then, in 3-Up/3-Down (46:46), they discuss that motherf---er Pat Spencer, the Cavs’ conundrum — including some potential landing spots for Darius Garland — the Wagner brothers’ weird Krampus curse, the Blue Arrow shooting for his first All-Star nod, Jaylen Brown playing MVP-level basketball, and the Bulls being back to bleak.

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Aaron and Evan rank all 30 NBA teams in their first quarterly Power Rankings for the 2025–26 NBA season.

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