Zach Lavine came to the Bulls before the 2017/18 season started and since then they have finished in 13th, 13th, 11th, and 11th place. With questions such as, from an offensive perspective can Zach Lavine be the number 1 option and be successful? Or, what is the direction this team is going in starting to hum in the hallways of the NBA, I jump into the fray and offer some Almost Perfect Perspective. The addition of Nikola Vucevic I thought would have a bigger impact than it did last year, but after an entire offseason together and the back half of last year to learn how to work together I think we could see that tree bear fruit this season. Lonzo leaving New Orleans to come join Lavine and Vucevic was surprising. Then adding Demar was an impressively aggressive move the Bulls made when they had been pretty passive the past few years when it came to making big moves. I also talk about Patrick Williams, Coby White, and Troy Brown Jr. Clean your room, do your dishes, mow your grass, pour a bowl of cereal, or go for a walk and relax with this brand new Almost Perfect Podcast. 

The New York Knicks made some noise this summer! Picking up New York native Kemba Walker, adding Evan Fournier, extending the Most Improved Player Julius Randle, and resigning Derrick Rose and Alec Burks. After finishing in FOURTH PLACE last year the Knicks were hoping to have a longer post season than they did. Nonetheless, the didn't skip a beat in adding talent! How much does this improve the team? How does it elevate current talent? How does the draft pick of Quentin Grimes help the roster? Does the abundance of guards hurt the Knicks at all? Turn your speakers or headphones on lay back, go for a walk, wash dishes, clean your room, and listen to this BRAND NEW Almost Perfect Podcast and find out! Be on the look out for the Chicago Bulls episode and the Los Angeles Lakers episode coming out this week! Be Easy.

Special announcement: I will be doing a video series on an 8 Team Single Elimination NCAA Bracket Style Tournament using the USA basketball teams since the 1992 Dream Team. You the audience, everyone can vote and pick whoever you think the best Team USA ever assembled was. You can vote on my Instagram stories @StateoftheNBA or my Snapchat Stories @PaulDolan4379 or in the comments but that is coming soon! In this podcast I debate why I think an Olympic Gold Medal is a better achievement or a greater award and reward than an NBA Ring. I don't know many people that agree with me on this but I make the case for the Gold. I talk about the history of the Olympics, its significance, the value of the Olympics, and more. 

Well........... I predicted Giannis scoring 50 but ....... I also said they would lose so please excuse me while I find my clown makeup real quick. In this part two I talk about Giannis scoring 50 actually possibly helping out the Suns chances of winning *clown music building in the background* I talk about how the Suns will force a Game 7. Also sneak peak - and seriously unbelievably I lay out a stat line that has the Bucks score 105 points and that is obviously the score they end up with and I was at a loss for words when that was the score. I also talk about Devin Booker going over to the Olympics with Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday after just facing them. It is a wild episode stuffed with so much information that it had to be split in two. Enjoy the back half of the first ever two part Almost Perfect Podcast! Link to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfDNXb92O7vOso4msgEyiQ/videos 

What is the difference between the MIL Bucks and the PHX Suns? Well if you have wondered - rest assured I give the Almost Perfect Explanation. What is the 40 Point Rule? Did I make it up? (Probably not) What can we learn from the past 5 seasons these teams have played in to explain the current shift in The NBA Finals? And how does Giannis scoring 50 points actually help the Suns to win?!?! I've got a lot to say. So much in fact ... welcome to the first TWO PART Almost Perfect Podcast! Sit back ... relax ... and listen to me probably be wrong in the newest episode of The Almost Perfect Podcast. 

NBA Finals Game 3 is tonight and I've got the strategies for the Suns and Bucks to come out winning. The Suns are up 2-0 in the series and are close to putting the Bucks on the Endangered Species list! Chris Paul and Devin Booker have played incredible with some other mentions as well. What do the Bucks need to do to slow them down?? What is an ideal stat line for Giannis for the Bucks to win? Who is the surprising player I think that needs to heat up early in Game 3? Sit back and get all the NBA Finals Pregame information you need right here The Almost Perfect Podcast! Stay tuned more is coming!

The NBA Finals have now started (literally its 9:03). While I have been away from the game my NBA Predictions only got better... or worse and my confidence is irrationally high. Either way here are my NBA Finals Predictions. I discuss who will win and in how many games. Who I would want taking the last shot, who I would and wouldn't want taking clutch free throws at the end of the game, who I would and wouldn't want making a late defensive stop. I also touch on matchups and why some players have advantages over others in this series. This is going to be one of the most exciting and back and forth NBA finals in that last 10 years I think. So go for a walk, lay in bed, or blast this BRAND NEW Almost Perfect Podcast and see what I came up with this time. Enjoy!

Joel Embiid vs Karl Anthony-Towns. That's it, that should be all I have to say for NBA fans to know this is going to be a battle. Should I remind you about the brawl last year that ended up with both players getting ejected after Towns was held to the ground by practically a whole team to keep him from Embiid? Well I do, you'll even hear the sound from actual game play when it took place! Should I remind you about Embiid tearing into Towns on twitter over and over again? Well I do. However NOTHING can compare to what happened when these two battled on 4/3/2021! Towns driving and perhaps getting the Dunk of the Year on Embiid in the second quarter. Not to be outdone, after Embiid got an And 1 that Towns fouled him on the dance and celebration that Joel Embiid proceeds to do on live TV is perhaps one of the funniest moments from the last decade in the NBA! I break it all down. Key moments, great plays, real NBA sound, important players, the box score, and more. Enjoy, and let me know what you think. 

This is the first Almost Perfect Postgame Show! Going to be doing this a lot more often cause it's short, to the point, fun, and informative. OKC got absolutely Obliterated Exodia style from the Phoenix Suns! The Suns are officially a top 3 fun team to watch in the NBA. I am 100% going to be watching them way more often after this game! Devin Booker was filthy, Mikal Bridges was elite, Chris Paul was iconic shooting 100% from the field and finishing with 12 assists. I go into the details of the game, talk about key moments, and how the Suns were able to run away with this one. I hope you enjoy this if you have any suggestions, ideas, or criticism I'm all ears! This was a lot of fun packed into 14 minutes and I'm going to be doing this a lot more so stay tuned. Almost Perfect is on the come up! Thank you for listening and thank you for the support, it means the world to me. 

We are gathered here today to mourn the career of Blake Griffin. This is something I simply had to do! Changed things up a bit, I saw ESPN First Take discuss this, and so here is, The Almost Perfect First Take! Stephen A. and Max made some interesting points but failed to make the point clear and so **Paul Dolan has entered the chat**. In this episode I discuss what a move like this means to the career of Blake Griffin, what his overall impact will be for the Nets, how he and college group projects have a remarkable likeness, how he will end up in a future trivia question, if he has given up, and more. In 33 minutes I'm not sure if I have ever covered so much ground before but there was so much that needed to be said. Blake Griffin, with all the ferocity and ruthlessness that I tear into you ... I'd love to have you on The Almost Perfect Podcast someday ;) I hope you all enjoy the episode and give me some feedback. Have a great day!