Easily the best basketball podcast ever made.

Jason is engaging in his deep dive takes in basketball thoughts are impressive. It’s obvious that he has experience playing ball enough to be able to take what he sees and recognize all the nuance that other shows often skip over.

All hail the G.O.A.T. MJ !!!

The show is amazing, five stars. But am I the only one that cannot listen to 3/4 of the episodes? Most of the time I get an error message when I try to listen to one. Timpf if goated though.

Great podcast, Jason. I appreciate your attempt to be unbiased when it comes to calling out flopping. Especially the way OKC has carte blanche to molest opponents, while SGA and Holmgren commit some of the worst flops I’ve ever seen. Jokic is especially hilarious, considering he hacks opponents under the basket non-stop and almost never fouls out. And, as a Lakers fan, I have to laugh at and be embarrassed by some of the flops I’ve seen by Doncic and Smart this year. But I have a bone to pick with you about Austin Reaves. Having watched almost every game this season, it seemed like Reaves could throw his body around in such a way that he still gets off a real shot and made a very good percentage of them. It would be cool if there was a flopping stat that showed the difference between doing non-basketball acts and “ethical” grifting, where the player draws contact to make a traditional 3-point play.

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This show isn’t for fans of hot take machines nor stat nerds. Jason knows basketball but he presents his vast knowledge in a way that’s relatable and engaging.

Jason is a pretty great analyst with good insights (when his LeBron fandom doesn’t take over). But the amount of ads per episode is pretty unbearable. And also I think the episodes are put out, and then split up into smaller fragments to be put out again later, which works on youtube but not in podcasts(reeks of greed in this platform imo). Also it’s normally like a day or 2 behind the youtube uploads, which is where I normally watch the show and recommend that over this podcast. I’m unfollowing it.

One of the best great ball knowledge too much adds though

Jason knows his stuff

Some of the best NBA pod analysis around, but with a crazy amount commercials which are LOUD

I really enjoy listening to Jason talk about basketball. His breakdowns are second to none and I feel like he is very fair with his assessments. I like how technical and specific he gets while also keeping the conversation fun and relatable. Good work Jason, keep it up! I’m a huge fan! Go Wolves!!

You shocked me with that pick ngl lol—but I love Kawhi Leonard and just hope he can make it thru a whole series healthy. Love what you do, the dedication shows and it feels like talking high level hoops with a bro! You’re the best, Jason…you and the team keep up the great work!

Jason is one of the best in the business

Such a refreshingly analytical podcast that deviates from all the opinionists in podcasts and the media in general that are usually just redundant. Jason’s level of insight and clearly analytical view of the game break down the NBA in a way that nobody else is doing right now in my opinion, and brings a lot of depth and context to a game that most basketball fans could really benefit from to appreciate the game more. Keep up the great work Jason!

Great podcast

One of the only ones that combine experience, statistics and gameplay to provide us with insights. Keep it up Jason. This is my 3rd season consistently listening to your takes.

Best bball analyst in the game today!

Most thorough and un biased basketball talk show out there. Does a great job of presenting compassionate yet brutally honest opinions regardless of how controversial they might be, resulting in a show that is pure joy to listen to!

Love the show. Especially the NBA playoff series breakdowns. I’d give 5 stars if it wasn’t for this: the constant spam “you might like this” episodes of other random podcast that are getting bundled and sent to me. I recently unsubscribed Colin Cowherds podcast cause I was so fed up with all the other spam shows that kept being sent constantly under his show. Please fight back on this practice. It’s so annoying. When I subscribe to your show. I only want to subscribe to your show. I will unsub if this continues but will continue to follow you elsewhere.

Jason combines knowledge and passion about basketball with an ability to teach as he entertains. His pod is a go to for me.

Love this show. Jason is at the top of the game when it comes to NBA content. But there is one fatal flaw. I HATE the stickied “bonus” episode they cram into the feed. It’s some unrelated podcast they’re trying to push. I often leave my podcasts playing in the background, and because this spam episode is part of the Hoops Tonight feed, some random podcast comes on I have no interest in. This has to be against Apple’s guidelines. Please stop this user anti pattern. You’re going to lose listeners, including me.

Hoops Tonight is one of my favorite shows. Unfortunately the producers of this show have found a way to avoid my Apple Podcasts settings that prevents “Suggestions”, and my listening queue for Hoops Tonight continues to be filled with “You Might Also Like” shows from other podcasters in the Colin Cowherd group. None of these alternative shows have anything to do with sports and are extremely irritating. Removing these extraneous shows by marking them as “played “ just seems to make the problem worse. I have finally given up trying to get rid of them, and am now reluctantly unsubscribing from a show I love. I will periodically search for Hoops Tonight and manually download Jason’s awesome podcasts, but I can’t put up with the irritation of having my queue filled up with unwanted irrelevant shows from other podcasters.

Basketball content is top notch. 2 stars because I had to skip ahead 7 MINUTES before the show even started. An insane amount of adds.

By far my favorite NBA podcast.

In a world of annoying pundits with opinions trying to get clicks, form sports, to politics, to influencers on all platforms; logical analysis of anything is music to my ears. This podcast along with the old JJ pod( pre lakers head coach), were my saving grace, as both good nba analysis, but also just great over all entertainment. Wish more ppl used facts and logic to present arguments and analysis instead of spouting wild opinions. Thanks for all the work Jason.

Jason is good and has potential to be a leader in this space. That said, there’s way too many ads, especially to start the show. The ads are woven in such a sloppy way that I want to rush to my phone to skip ahead. I recommend dialing the ads back and remove them from the start of the show.

Jason has super high BB IQ, is able to break down the game like a teacher, and is a big LBJ fan. He is a fave for me bc I prefer hoops pods hosted by actual hoopers rather than casuals. Jason also takes listener mailbag questions and makes them part of the show at times. I wish he could have Rob Pelinka’s job, personally.

I find Jason’s knowledge of basketball and his ability to describe the way it’s played and the players to be second to none. I love this show!

This is one of the stop sports podcasts out there! I don’t know how the Herd discovered Jason, but his insights into the nba are layered and original. He doesn’t just talk about the sport at a superficial level but explains details behind the scene that leave you walking away smarter than before you listened.

A great great show. Only downfall is the amount of time ads take up. Really kills having to listen through excessive minutes of ads or just skipping by them multiple times through short episode.

Love the show!! Is thier a way you can separate the video session from the podcast? It’s not the easiest to follow for those of us who can’t watch and listen only. Thanks

Jason, such a fantastic show. Love the analytics that back your takes. Your informative and such a joy to listen to - keep crushing!

Jason clearly has great knowledge of basketball and the NBA - not questioning that. Also I know this show’s focus shifted from Lakers focus to more league wide, so I make this critique with that in mind. This podcast’s content revolves around 5-6 teams generally, all of which are big markets regardless of their standing. Isn’t that what the major networks already do? Just feel like with Jason’s knowledge and insight this podcast could differentiate itself if it didn’t focus largely on the Lakers, Celtics, Warriors etc. There are some incredibly exciting “small market” teams too!

I delved into basketball in 2021 and I’ve been on the journey with you since then. You’ve been doing a great job.

Been a loyal listener for a year or so. Big names like Lowe and Simmons are fun but tend to be more speculative. When I want to know actual basketball tactics and gameplay rationale, I come to Timpf. He doesn’t have guests often and that’s not really the format. If you’re looking for special interviews, this is not the place to go.

Never really cared about basketball and didn’t understand what I was looking at until this podcast. Made the game understandable and now I enjoy watching it. Love the pod, keep it up.

Nobody breaks basketball down better than Jason. He is the smartest and most objective analyst out there. Hands-down.

Jason gives the best NBA analyses on the market, and it’s not even close.

Jason consistently delivers intelligent analysis on everything interesting happening in the basketball world.

The best basketball pod on the market

Solid 4-star pod, though I’ll still take Uncle Alc on YouTube for Warriors analysis. However, the first four minutes of a 20-minute episode is all ads with more ad text spoken by the host and ending with more? Are you charging 20 cents each or something?

Overall a good pod, but get less ads in your work. Just get advertisers who will pay more to cover the difference in having less ads in your shows

I really like this show. It’s obvious Jason knows what he’s talking about. He can do both X and Os analysis and big picture/roster analysis. One of the tells of uninformed hosts is relying on vague talking points for evidence. Jason can get deep into the specific nitty gritty of what is happening on the floor. Not much on CBA-type analysis but that’s perfectly fine. This went from (I think) State of the Lakers to Lakers Tonight to Hoops Tonight. However, this is pretty much morphed into a LeBron show, which is great for me because I’m a diehard Bron Stan lol. Two things I think need work. Having such a long intro and commercials for a 30-40 minute show is a lot. We’re talking Bill Simmons level stuff. But we can fast forward. Not too much of an issue. The other is the slightly condescending tone. Some “As I told you guys” “I said this the whole time” “I knew this would happen”. It’s a little patronizing, but I can live with it. Overall, it’s good stuff for big market/big name player fans. And the analysis (to me) on the vast majority of topics is very good.

I love bomani….I love le batard…. And now I have you to balance it all…thank you

We know who we are

Love the analysis, great breakdown on the specifics of what works and why it works in the NBA. Keep it up!

I use to really enjoy this podcast when Raj was on it. Jason makes some wild point when it comes to Steph Curry & Kevin Durant. I hate that this podcast went from Lakers to overall NBA pod. I wish they didnt pull State of the Lakers for this unfortunate podcast.

You have a Lakers show but don’t talk about their new coach that just got hired? And talk Celtics instead? What in the world you doing here?

I stumbled upon this in my Colin Cowherd podcast feed. To be honest, not being a Lakers fan and with the podcast named Lakers Tonight I really had no interest. But once I started listening during the NBA 2022 playoffs I became hooked. Justin has a voice and manner that is extremely easy to listen to and while a lot of his X’s and O’s breakdowns sometimes go over my head, he communicates them in such an easily digestible manner I learn a lot despite myself! Just a fantastic podcast. I have not gone to you tube to watch his show but definitely will. I am now a fan. Keep up the great work, Justin and team (Carson is really good too).