The Unrestricted Area Presented by Basketball Intelligence
The mind behind Basketballintelligence.net, Ray LeBov assesses the best in basketball writing using his four I's strategy: any stories selected must be intelligent, informative, insightful, and interesting. Now, he's applying the same logic to The Unrestricted Area, where guests from around the basketball world come to discuss the NBA and sports analysis as a whole.
Podcasting since 2020 • 53 episodes
The Unrestricted Area Presented by Basketball Intelligence
Latest Episodes
How the Clippers Are Navigating the Wake of the Pablo Torre Story w/ Law Murray
Aaron interviews The Athletic’s Law Murray about the state of the Clippers as they contend with the damaging allegations of salary cap circumvention laid out by the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast on September 3.
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WNBA Parity and the Effects of Expansion w/ Bob Bellotti
Aaron Bollwinkel interviews Substack writer and longtime analyst Bob Bellotti about his recent findings regarding the ways in which the WNBA’s parity is affected based on expansion, and what that will likely mean for the league as it embarks on...
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Contender Building in the Era of Parity w/ Howard Beck
Ray and Aaron interview The Ringer senior writer Howard Beck about the different ways in which teams are going about building contenders in Adam Silver's new era of parity. Link to Howard's original story:
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Digging Deeper Into The Draft w/Nick Agar-Johnson
Ray and Aaron are joined by Nick Agar-Johnson of No Ceilings and the Kings Weekly Podcast to review the 2025 NBA Draft. They start out by giving their first impressions in the wake of the draft, and discuss the impact that NIL had on this year'...
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