Posters Basketball Show

Kevin Garnett's toughest cover was also one of the NBA's most polarizing stars. In 1993, Sports Illustrated called Rasheed Wallace part of a "new species" of big man. Ten years later, Bill Walton called him a "force of ruin." Meanwhile, countless NBA legends said Wallace was one of the most talented, toughest-to-defend players they'd ever seen. 

Rasheed Wallace was a 6'11" forward with was equally reliable from the mid-range a...

40% of America watched Michael Jordan win his 6th ring in 1998. Eight days later, the NBA shut down.

In 1998, the NBA owners and Commissioner David Stern locked out the players. By the time play resumed, 428 games and $1.5 billion had been lost. The Lockout came at a turning point in history, as hip-hop and the internet changed how old fans saw the game and what young fans were excited about. The various divides — between pla...

Kawhi Leonard is unlike any superstar the NBA has ever seen. He’s the Klaw, the Fun Guy, the league’s most silent star, and, now, wrapped up in some of the most serious allegations in league history. But how much do we actually know about him? Is it possible we’ve been making up stories about Kawhi for years, as a way to describe what exactly we’re witnessing. 

In this episode of Posters, James Hamilton...

Lisa Leslie was unstoppable: four Olympic gold medals, two WNBA championships, and 3 WNBA MVPs. Yet, the specifics of her greatness sometimes get lost in the larger struggle to keep the league she helped built afloat. Episode 5 of Posters travels back to the late 90's and early 2000's, when Leslie was everywhere: The Simpsons, Moesha, the cover of every type of Sports Illustrated. The ep looks at how one of the most dominant playe...

Chris Paul has been the NBA's constant, brilliant, and divisive force through the cinematic universe era. From Lob City and the vetoed trade to the Lakers, to his MVP-esque run with the Hornets to his patented rip-through, this episode looks at everything that might be left out on Chris Paul's farewell tour. 

Episode 4 of Posters connects the dots between his career-long competitive fire, his role in the recovery of a city, an...

NBA fans spent decades adoring the larger-than-life enigma that was Dikembe Mutombo. Mutombo spent his career dominating the paint and responding with one of the most iconic gestures in sports: the finger wag. But what fans often couldn't see was that the Finger Wag was one of Mutombo's tools for achieving a bigger vision.

This episode explores the full legend of of Mutombo: the competitive fire that led to four Defensive Player of...

Jayson Tatum is the NBA's paradox. He's one of the league's most accomplished superstars, but fans often have the same take on him: he's boring.

In Episode 2 of Posters, we explore why we think that, what Tatum could do about it, and why we might be wrong. 

Jayson Tatum grew up on YouTube. We can look back and see every success, failure, and thought process going back to a school project where he used a PowerPoint to teach ho...

Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway was a fixture in the golden era of the 90's NBA: a regular All-Star, a face of Nike, and the best pick to follow in Michael Jordan's footsteps. But how much our fandom was about basketball, and how much was just the product of exceptionally good marketing? This week on Posters, we explore Penny's short reign at the top of the league and how another golden era— of NBA marketing, commercials, and merch...

Welcome to Posters: A Fans' History of Professional Basketball. Each episode of this new video podcast does a deep dive on a new player: their story, place in culture at the time they played and what they show us about our fandom to the game. 

Posters is a show for the modern basketball fan. The one who loves a good sports documentary but also follows House of Highlights. The one whose social feeds are full of NBA and WNBA ne...