The Bread Basket Podcast
The NBA Might Be Rigged, Zach’s Comeback Rookie Of The Year, And Q’s From The Sticks
Fri, 16 May 2025
In today’s episode we talk about the big news in the NBA including Jayson Tatum tearing his achilles, the Mavericks getting the #1 pick, and the Nuggets losing Game 5 in OKC. Zach gives his Comeback Rookie of the Year award, we open some P.O. Box packages, answer questions from the breadsticks, and more!! Be sure to tune in every Monday and Thursday for new episodes!
Chapter 1: Is the NBA rigged and what are the latest NBA news?
Yeah, let's just keep it pushing. Let's start with NBA stuff, man. There's a lot that's changed. Oh, yeah.
Tatum happened since last year. Tatum happened. That sucks. Cooper Flagg happened. Flagg happened. The Nuggets are now down 3-2. There's a lot of stuff that's happened, Danny.
Let's start with Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks.
Do you think it's rigged? I don't. Neither. I do not think it's rigged. I think...
That's just like, like, how do you, like, I saw somebody who's at, we probably saw the same thing, the same pod on TikTok, but he was talking about like how hard it is to actually pull off rigging it.
And it's just not worth it. And it's like illegal and messed up. And it's just, I don't think it's rigged. I think it's a crazy pull for the Mavericks. You know how badly I want it to be rigged? I love when shit is rigged. I love a good conspiracy. I really do. The reason I'm 100% sure it's not rigged, like Zion Williamson went to the New Orleans Pelicans. Right.
And all the time that just happens, they just go to teams like that.
And it's like nobody wanted... And what? They're like doing it like, okay, we're not going to rig it these five years to make it seem normal. And then they're not doing that. They're not doing that. Again, I think... LeBron just kind of said he thinks it's rigged though. LeBron's just saying shit. He's just saying shit. And I get it. I would probably do the same thing if I'm LeBron.
I'm just like, I'm going to stir the pot right now. Yeah.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Jayson Tatum's Achilles injury?
um because no but what i'm saying is dude like you like yes your career it's gonna that's a blemish on your career and all that but it's also like kd came back pretty well but most guys just like but he didn't yeah he didn't he wasn't kd again yeah i mean like i think his numbers were better but it's like i don't you never won again yeah but Jason Tatum now just can't walk. Yeah, that sucks.
That is what you don't think about. He probably had plans this summer. Dude, and he was just playing basketball. Yes. He can't walk. He wasn't hiking on a really scary hiking trail. He was just hanging out. He was just having fun playing sports.
Crazy.
Tomorrow, it's going to be a month before he can walk. And he hasn't really had injury issues, right? No, he hasn't. He's been very healthy. I think he's played the most minutes in the league. That sucks, dude. That's just the worst injury, man.
Sucks for him.
But yeah, the Knicks will go through. Pacers are scary. The Pacers could beat the Knicks, maybe. I don't understand the Pacers at all. I don't either. I don't know why they're good. They have a chip on their wing, though.
They have a chip on their wing.
They have a chip on their beak for sure.
I mean, if I'm, if I'm like betting that series, I'm just saying, I don't know why the Pacers have won and they've, they went to the conference finals last year, but they have, I'm probably betting the Pacers there.
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Chapter 3: Who is Zach's Comeback Rookie of the Year and why?
Chapter 4: What is the story behind the Mini Bean Bags and MVLV items?
Chapter 5: How are the Nuggets and Thunder performing in the playoffs?
It was definitely wrong, but it's also like they beat the second favorite.
It's true. They did. They had to beat them. So you were saying before this, we said one thing and then we were like, let's save it for the pod. You're 100% sure that... And I don't know if you wanted to go on air with that, but you said you're 100% sure.
You know, I don't like going on air. You actually said you would bet your right leg that the Nuggets will win this series.
Now, I don't like going on air with these things because now... This episode will come out on Thursday.
And by the time we're just like down 12.
Yeah, no, they might. They might like by the time like the sticks are listening to this, we might be eliminated.
Yeah. That's why I don't like. Yeah. Yeah. You were just you were just exaggerating. You're like, I feel really good. So you don't have to make that claim here on air because here's what I'm seeing.
Yeah.
And this is just this is, you know, am I biased? No. No, you're not even, you're, there's no, if you're biased, I guess if you're biased, maybe like you're a little OKC biased. Yeah. You have no ties to Denver. I have integrity. Yeah. You have no ties to Denver. So maybe a little OKC bias here. What I've seen is game one, the Nuggets steal, right?
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Chapter 6: Why was Bud Black fired despite winning games?
I know. We beat the Padres, and this was right after Bud Black got fired. We beat the Padres 9-3. That's crazy, dude.
Suck it, Padres. Suck it. Then we went on a crazy streak, right? So 1-1. Yeah. And then we've lost, and we missed one 21-0. So pitching wasn't there that day, really.
Yeah, but you know what? They don't get more points for that. You don't get two wins for that.
It's kind of like the Nuggets in game two.
Exactly.
And that's our philosophy. So, yeah, we're winning in Colorado, man. Holy shit. Yeah. It's a really... So why do you think we fired Black? He had won six this year. I think that he's winning his ass off. I think it's more just like maybe it must it must have been like he must have said something or maybe maybe like lost a locker room. I mean, we're winning.
So like that's to me, that's usually the metric. Right. And you fire him when you're winning. Right. It's very similar to the Malone situation. Sometimes you just need a new face. You need a new voice. Remember, didn't the Raptors fire the guy when he won coach of the year? Kind of like that. It's like Bud Black's probably coach of the year. It's similar.
It's very similar because we're winning games. Like we've won seven. We've already got ours for this year. Like this year is already a plus, right?
It's almost house money.
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Chapter 7: What are the confessions about magnesium gummies and Listerine strips?
Chapter 8: How does watching games on TV compare to attending in person?
So I, I tee off, I work my way to the green and then she putts cause she doesn't, she's not really passionate about the sport of golf.
And that's a good way to go.
Yeah.
And so, yeah, I hit the ball, she puts it in and we play pretty well. Like she's, she's two putting most of the time now.
a putt hey you can get the job done on the green you definitely can but yeah she'll i mean she'll explode for a nine like i'll get us on in one or two and then we get a nine it kind of kills her around but for the most part we're three four five we're right in that range and are you are you coaching her up on the green are you are you a little bit but i kind of like to kind of let her find her way herself i don't i don't want to be too much of a bossy coach um but it's a good date i think if you have a girlfriend or something and you like golfing putts and pals
And where'd the pals come in? Uh, just us being pals. Like it's good time with friends. Okay. So that's just like pots and pans. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. Yeah.
That's a good MV. Um, let's go. I got MV. Shit. What is my MV? I had just MV. I most valuable item. And I don't remember what it is. MVI most valuable item. Fuck. What is that?
Is it an electronic item? Oh, it is an electronic item. That worked. I just wanted to kind of give some love to the television. Oh, yeah. It's great, man. We're watching all these games and we're not there. It's true.
And it's like we're there.
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