The Wrong Opinion: Useless NBA Trivia & Garbage Rankings

Dynamic Duos by Decade: The 1990s

Jake Clark — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0600

No worries, Bulls fans. Stockton and Malone aren't #1. But how far do they fall?

PLUS: Dennis Rodman takes a drive-by

Dynamic Duos of the Decade: 1980s

Jake Clark — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Let's be real, this all boils down to the final two: Bird & McHale or Magic & Kareem?

Dynamic Duos of the Decade: 1970s

Jake Clark — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Best NBA duos of the 1970s. A new rule to keep us from JUST listing Celtics.

Dynamic Duos of the Decade: 1960s

Jake Clark — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Best NBA duos of the 1960s. Wait... is this ALL just Bill Russell & co.?

Dynamic Duos by Decade: 1950s

Jake Clark — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0500

The BEST duos of the 1950s! Start of Season 3: Dynamic Duos by Decade.

Best Who Never... Won MVP

Jake Clark — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:58:30 -0500

Excuse to talk about Dwyane Wade?

Excuse to talk about Dwyane Wade.

Best Who Never... Won Defensive Player of the Year

Jake Clark — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Anthony Davis number one!? Does Kobe make the cut? Is Jake way into Joe Dumars?

Best Who Never... Won Most Improved Player

Jake Clark — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the players who improved the most throughout their careers, but never got the hardware to prove it.

Best Who Never... Won Rookie of the Year

Jake Clark — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0500

The best rookie seasons that never won Rookie of the Year. Can Chet make the list, or is that recency bias? Does Dwyane Wade make the list, or is that... Dwyane Wade bias?

Best Who Never... Won Finals MVP

Jake Clark — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the GREATEST players who never won Finals MVP. Can Kyrie make the cut? Should Pau have won in 2010, or AD a decade later?

Best Who Never... Led the League

Jake Clark — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the best players who never led the league in... anything! Is Dirk a better scorer is that Duncan is a rebounder? Can we fit Hondo on this list? Does the First Team center HAVE to be rebounding - or can we get funky and talk about assists?

Best Who Never... Made All-NBA

Jake Clark — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the best guys who never made an All-NBA team. Centers are LOADED - does Bill Laimbeer get left off? What do we do with Mark Aguirre? NATE THURMOND never made All-NBA?

Best Who Never... Made All-Defense

Jake Clark — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never made an All-Defensive team. Hey, people who say Ron Harper would lock up Steph Curry: You know he has ZERO All-Defensive teams? But neither does Shawn Marion, so...

Best Who Never... Made an All-Rookie Team

Jake Clark — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never made an All-Rookie team. We've got one undrafted guy and one NUMBER ONE overall pick. Can you guess who that is?

Best Who Never... Won the NBA Finals

Jake Clark — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never won the NBA Finals. We all know the usual suspects, but who ranks higher: Chuck or Malone? Is the number one spot THAT obvious? (Hint: Yes. It's super obvious.)

Best Who Never... Made the Finals

Jake Clark — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 19:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never made the Finals. Number one is obvious... right? How high do guys like Grant Hill and Derrick Rose make it? Are we gonna feel bad if Amare doesn't make the cut? Plus: One obvious mistake by yours truly.

Best Who Never... Made the Conference Finals

Jake Clark — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 17:10:04 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never made the Conference Finals. Will Joel Embiid ever be there? Is Gilbert Arenas worthy of this list, or just a stat-first flame-out? King or Skywalker?

Best Who Never... Won a Playoff Series

Jake Clark — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:12:18 -0600

Jake ranks the best players who never won a playoff series. How high does SGA's 2023 season take him? Does Brandon Roy HAVE to go top three, or was his career too short?

Best Who Never... Played a Playoff Game

Jake Clark — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the BEST players who never played a playoff game. Is this a good list to be on?

All-Franchise Ep. 30: All-Lakers

Jake Clark — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Lakers, a team that missed single-digit playoffs until the 2010s. Four centers, three spots. Who's out?

All-Franchise Ep. 29: All-Celtics

Jake Clark — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Celtics, a team whose '60s dynasty won more titles than 27 team have Conference titles. Am I allowed to rank anyone without any titles?

All-Franchise Ep. 28: All-Warriors

Jake Clark — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Warriors - a team with a lot of bad, a little good, and a decade of dominance. Get ready: Four old-school players from the pre-Wilt days.

All-Franchise Ep. 27: All-Spurs

Jake Clark — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Spurs, a team that once went three decades and missed the playoffs ONCE. Will Jake go for the hat trick, talking smack about Dennis Rodman for the third time in four episodes?

All-Franchise Ep. 26: All-Bulls

Jake Clark — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Bulls, a team that features the GREATEST player of all time: Joakim Noah. How many players for those decent '70s teams make it? Does ANYONE get in from the early 2000s?

All-Franchise Ep. 25: All-Sixers

Jake Clark — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Sixers, a team with only three titles - but they are ICONIC. Can an underrated great sneak up on Chuck?

All-Franchise Ep. 24: All-Pistons

Jake Clark — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Pistons, a team with decades of garbage split up by moments of absurd greatness. How many players from those sucky eras can make this team?

All-Franchise Ep. 23: All-Heat

Jake Clark — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Heat, a team that's part of two of the weirdest postseason stretches in NBA history. Do I dare even mutter Hassan Whiteside's name all episode?

All-Franchise Ep. 22: All-Rockets

Jake Clark — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Houston Rockets, a team with three distinct eras, only one of which ended with titles. Do you consider James Harden a point guard? If yes - why do you like to be wrong?

All-Franchise Ep. 21: All-Bucks

Jake Clark — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that won a title in its third year in the league! This was tough to rank - so few point guards, so many deserving small forwards. The drama is intense!

All-Franchise Ep. 20: All-Thunder/Sonics

Jake Clark — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the OKC Thunder, a team stolen away from the poor city of Seattle. There are so many point guards to fight through!

All-Franchise Ep. 19: All-Blazers

Jake Clark — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Portland Trail Blazers, the most cursed team in franchise history. How can Jake make this an interesting podcast when the First Team is basically an absolute LOCK?

All-Franchise Ep. 18: All-Knicks

Jake Clark — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:00:00 -0500

Jake talks about the New York Knicks, an iconic franchise that ain't all that good. Earl or Guerin? Willis or Ewing? Bernard or Melo?!? A lot of tough choices on this one.

All-Franchise Ep. 17: All-Cavaliers

Jake Clark — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:48:22 -0500

Jake ranks the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team that's made 9/23 playoffs, 5/7 Conference Finals, and all 5 of its Finals behind the might of one man. Does Jake have the guts to put Kyrie on the Second Team? PLUS the wildest Cavs rookie class.

All-Franchise Ep. 16: All-Mavericks

Jake Clark — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Dallas Mavericks, a team with a lot of talent but nothing to show for it until that big German showed up. Will Jake concede to peer pressure and call Luka a point guard?

All-Franchise Ep. 15: All-Hawks

Jake Clark — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Atlanta Hawks, a team that's made more Conference Finals with Trae than with Dominique. This franchise is so boring! Can we sneak Pistol Pete in?

All-Franchise Ep. 14: All-Raptors

Jake Clark — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Raptors - the SECOND BEST team since 2013. Is that right? Old or new - Vince/DeMar? Bosh/Siakam?

All-Franchise Ep. 13: All-Wizards

Jake Clark — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Wizards/Bullets/Packers/Zyphers, who won a modern title and climb this list on a technicality. Does Earl Monroe automatically get First Team? Does Manute Bol deserve some love?

All-Franchise Ep. 12: All-Jazz

Jake Clark — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 15:24:47 -0500

Jake ranks the Utah Jazz, who would be up about a dozen spots if we weren't counting playoffs. Does Donovan Mitchell overtake Pete Maravich? Does Horancek get some love? What do you do with Mark Eaton?

All-Franchise Ep. 11: All-Suns

Jake Clark — Sat, 20 May 2023 18:25:08 -0500

Jake ranks the Phoenix Suns, who have come so close so many times. How would you rank their three stellar shooting guards?

All-Franchise Ep. 10: All-Pacers

Jake Clark — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Indiana Pacers, the second back-to-back team that DOMINATED the ABA back in the day - a team that came so close for about a decade and a half. The most important question this pod has ever asked: Does Ron Artest make it?

All-Franchise Ep. 9: All-Nets

Jake Clark — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Jake ranks the Brooklyn Nets, a team that dominated the ABA but has done very little in the Big Brother league. How high can we realistically put Kyrie and Harden?

All-Franchise Ep. 8: All-Magic

Jake Clark — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 19:24:12 -0500

Jake ranks the Orlando Magic, a team that has more Most Improved Players than Conference Finals appearances. Which is worth more: Shaq's four years or Dwight's eight?

All-Franchise Ep. 7: All-Nuggets

Jake Clark — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:00:48 -0500

Jake ranks the Denver Nuggets, a team that's historically been score-first - holding the top four spots in season PPG since the merger. Does Melo or Alex English make the cut for First Team? (Hint: It's not close.)

All-Franchise Ep. 6: All-Kings

Jake Clark — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:47:50 -0500

Jake ranks the Sacramento Kings, a team that's on pace to climb these rankings over the next decade. Are we going to lie and say that DeMarcus Cousins' empty-calorie stats mean he's the Kings' best center ever?

All-Franchise Ep. 5: All-Clippers

Jake Clark — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:43:05 -0600

Jake ranks the LA Clippers, a team that would have been dead last if that CP3/Lakers trade went through. Does Blake's short peak let Elton Brand sneak into the First Team spot? Bonus: The weird history of the Clips and the Sixth Man of the Year Award.

All-Franchise Ep. 4: All-Grizzlies

Jake Clark — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:26:18 -0600

Jake ranks the Memphis Grizzlies, the Grit & Grind team that almost played Wade & LeBron in the Finals. Two amazing cases for First Team Power Forward - is Z Bo good enough?

All-Franchise Ep. 3: All-Pelicans

Jake Clark — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0600

Jake ranks the New Orleans Pelicans, a team we talked a lot about last week. How high will Zion climb despite a LOT of missed games?

All-Franchise Ep. 2: All-Hornets

Jake Clark — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:32:40 -0600

Jake ranks the Charlotte Hornets franchise players, the team that swapped histories with NOLA a decade ago. Can Jake stay objective and keep Stephen Jackson off this list?

All-Franchise Ep. 1: All-Timberwolves

Jake Clark — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:53:29 -0600

Jake ranks the Timberwolves franchise players, a late-'80s expansion team that's never won a playoff series outside of 2004. How high can we rank Jimmy Butler, who only stayed for a year before (wisely) running away?

Season One Trailer: All-Franchise

Jake Clark — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:40:39 -0600

Trailer for Season One. Jake ranks the top 3 players for each franchise at each position, while simultaneously ranking all teams from 30-1. Vince or Derozan? Shaq or Kareem? Magic or Smush? Find out every Wednesday and Friday.