Full Sport Press Podcast

NBA Free Agency is that one time of the year that basketball enthusiasts (whether diehard or casual) realize that a free agent signing can potentially shift the landscape of the league in a matter of days. If the draft is about improving your future, free agency is about teams getting better immediately. Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and predict destinations for the top NBA free agents.

Now that the NBA Finals are over, the basketball world can shift its full attention toward the 2017 NBA draft. On Thursday, teams will select from a talented crop of draft prospects and potential future stars. Once all is said and done, there will be talent peppered all over the first round of the draft. While late first-round might not be bona fide superstars, they can be solid role players who can help franchises in big ways. Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and provide FSP's 2017 NBA Mock Draft.

Has there ever been an NBA Finals with such a wide variety of legacies at stake? We will answer that question for you...No. The 2017 NBA Finals will shape the way we see the most important players on both the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Some has risen to the level of legendary heroes; others will go down as star-crossed scapegoats. There are employment implications and even financial sacrifices on the line. Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and debate the potential legacies of the major players involved in the 2017 NBA Finals.

The NBA Regular Season MVP is the most controversial and subject to the widest gap in opinions, if there is one. Some are less controversial than others. Sometimes there was some so egregiously overlooked for the award that it sparked this debate. Let's take a trip down NBA memory lane when superheroes like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant were straight-up robbed of an MVP award by others arguably less deserving. Agree? Disagree? Let us know. Join Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and and analyze the biggest regular season MVP Snubs in NBA history.

It’s not often when NBA superstars fall short of expectations, and it’s even more eye-opening when it occurs on the biggest stage... the NBA Playoffs. While this is not a common occurrence, it seems like every playoffs at least one star has one (or several) bad games. But every now and then a perennial All-Star falters when his team needs him the most in the postseason. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and analyze Terrible playoff performances by NBA superstars.

Anyone that is watching the NBA Playoffs knows a team can have their championship dreams squashed by one injury. As fans, we all have seen our favorite players go down with an injury. It hurts even more during an intense playoff series. The injuries on this list have changed the trajectory of NBA careers and legacies for better or worse. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and analyze the most costly NBA playoff injuries in the last 20 years.

Fans, media members and NBA folks all love to debate. As the 2016-17 NBA season is coming to an end it’s time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA. Lebron James won last week's Eastern Conference bracket. Now it's time to see who he will face off from the Western Conference. We asked our listeners to give their top 8 players from the Western Conference using their performance throughout the 2016-17 NBA season using the FSP Player Playoffs criteria. The criteria includes: A. Offense (scoring, shooting, passing) B. Defense C. Team Impact/ Success D. Mental E. Consistency F. Tie breaker- Which player would I pick if I needed to win a game tomorrow? *with average NBA talent around him Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and conclude the 2017 NBA Player Playoffs with the Western Conference.

Fans, media members and NBA folks all love to debate. As the 2016-17 NBA season is coming to an end it’s time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA. We asked our listeners to give their top 8 players from the Eastern Conference using their performance throughout the 2016-17 NBA season using the FSP Player Playoffs criteria. The criteria includes: A. Offense (scoring, shooting, passing) B. Defense C. Team Impact/ Success D. Mental E. Consistency F. Tie breaker- Which player would I pick if I needed to win a game tomorrow? *with average NBA talent around him Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and kick off the 2017 NBA Player Playoffs with the Eastern Conference.

While we await the NFL debut of the 2017 draft class, let's take a look at the best NFL draft classes (in totality, not by team) of the last 20 years (1996-2016). This is an unscientific estimation of the greatest draft classes of the last 20 years, using elite talent, Pro Bowl/All-Pro selections and impact on the game to help determine the order. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and rank the Top 5 Draft Classes of the last 20 years.

After months of scouting, stopwatches and supercuts of highlights, the 2017 NFL Draft is this week! The league's 32 teams have had plenty of time to gather information, and while their draft boards are likely set, the unpredictability of draft night could cause some chaos with players going earlier or later than expected. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and take a shot at predicting the entire first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

The 2017 NBA Playoffs have officially started and the matchups are set. It's time to dig in to all eight playoff series. FSP style. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the and analyze the 2016-17 1st round of the NBA playoffs.

With the playoffs right around the corner, it also means another exciting time is coming up for the NBA....Awards season. There are plenty of debates to be had about the 2016-17 NBA Awards. The actual 2017 NBA Awards won't be announced until June 26th 2017. All of the ballots for each award are due April 14th. So allegedly the playoffs won’t effect the votes. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and predict winners for the 2016-17 NBA Awards.

We've viewed the race for the 2017 NBA MVP award as a two-man affair (between James Harden and Russell Westbrook) for so long that we've neglected other candidates' resumes. Those guys are LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Isaiah Thomas. With only a few weeks left in the 2016-17 season, it's time to revisit the arguments for every viable MVP. And even if we can't dissuade voters from focusing on just two contenders, we can at least get each option's bona fides on record. Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and state the case for the Top 5 candidates for NBA MVP.

In 2005, NBA players and executives ironed out a collective bargaining agreement that installed an age limit for the draft. Going forward, NBA prospects had to be at least 19 years old and one year removed from high school graduation in order to be eligible for the draft. They storm college basketball for a single, often stellar season and then choose to make themselves eligible for the NBA draft after their freshman season, hence the term "one and done." Join @Lock_THA_GREAT , @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and rank the Top 10 "One and Done" college basketball players since 1996.

What if college basketball players were required to play four years before entering the NBA draft? Clearly, history would be altered. Some NBA-factories masquerading as amateur programs would reap big benefits. Which teams would be in line for big 2016-17 seasons if none of their players had departed early? Here are the teams included in our playoff style bracket: Arizona Wildcats Duke Blue Devils Kansas Jayhawks Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Syracuse Orange UCLA Bruins UNLV Runnin' Rebels Washington Huskies Which which one of these teams would win a eight-team tournament? Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and provide the What If scenario for College Basketball.

The 2017 NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket is out, and that means it's time to fill out your bracket. This is our annual reminder: Play the percentages. There will be upsets in the first weekend, but chalk tends to be the story from the Sweet 16 to the Final Four and ultimately in the championship game. Since the Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 19 of the 32 national champions were No. 1 seeds. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and analyze each of the four regions as you get ready to gamble when March Madness kicks off this week.

2017 NFL Free Agency officially starts March 7th as agents can start talking to prospective teams. NFL teams can officially start offering contracts on March 9th. Spending a ton of money on players in NFL free agency isn't the best way to build a team. But spending on the right unrestricted free agents can vastly improve a team: see the Giants, Raiders and NFC champion Falcons in 2016, for example. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and breakdown the possible landing destinations for players in the 2017 NFL Free Agency open market.

The NBA trade deadline came and went at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday without any major fireworks. Carmelo Anthony is still in New York. Blake Griffin remains in Los Angeles. Paul George is still a Pacer. Jimmy Butler is still a Bull. The Celtics still have their treasure-chest of assets. While there wasn't the huge blockbuster trade people were waiting on, there were deals made. A lot of them were minor, but could play an important role down the road due to cap space. Join @Lock_Tha_Great and @JaiHov as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and debate the winners and losers of the 2017 NBA Trade Deadline.

If you had to put together a team of All-Pros from movies for the best football movie team of all time… who would you choose? There have been a ton of mostly bad football movies, so there exists a large talent pool to create a Movie Football Draft FSP style. Join @Lock_Tha_Great, @JaiHov and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy TONIGHT as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and unveil the 2017 FSP Movie Football Draft.

From Oscar-winning films to classic remakes, Hollywood has scored with a number of pigskin movies over the years. These gridiron-themed greats are the ones that stick with you long after you’ve watched them. Join @JaiHov , @Lock_THA_GREAT and the producer of the show @FSP_Wezzy as they discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and rank the Top 10 Football Movies of All-Time.