Episodes

  • Word Association: NBA Team Edition!
    Mar 21 2026

    Word Association: NBA Team Edition

    Detroit Pistons

    San Antonio Spurs

    Washington Wizards

    New Orleans Pelicans

    New York Knicks


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    11 mins
  • The 48 Minutes Weekend Preview!
    Mar 20 2026

    0:00 Intro

    0:51 The 48 Minutes Weekend Preview

    0:56 Hawks @ Rockets on Friday Night

    4:52 Lakers @ Magic on Saturday

    8:45 Timberwolves @ Celtics on Sunday

    11:20 Word Association: NBA Team Edition

    11:46 Detroit Pistons

    13:09 San Antonio Spurs

    14:28 Washington Wizards

    16:01 New Orleans Pelicans

    18:14 New York Knicks


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    22 mins
  • Bam's 83, Kings Anti-Tanking, West vs East, Teams Streaking & Expansion?
    Mar 17 2026

    0:00 Intro

    1:03 Bam Adebayo’s historic night last Tuesday

    7:54 The Sacramento Kings are anti-tanking?

    12:50 Western Conference vs Eastern Conference Top Contenders Debate

    18:49 Winning Streaks Around the NBA

    18:58 Atlanta Hawks

    23:29 Oklahoma City Thunder

    26:05 Orlando Magic

    32:29 The NBA set to vote on Expansion this Summer

    36:53 Which Western Conference team do we see moving to the Eastern Conference?


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    40 mins
  • 48 Minutes Saturday Special: Our Favorite Crafty Players
    Mar 14 2026

    0:00 ... Ross tees up the "Crafty" segment

    0:15 ... Bruce picks Boston's Payton Pritchard ... World B likes Luka Doncic ... Ross likes Shai Gilgeous Alexander

    4:28 ... Ross wraps it up and says goodbye

    TRT 4:44


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    5 mins
  • Weekend Preview from 48 Minutes
    Mar 12 2026

    0:00 ... Ross hello and welcome to the show ... introduces Bruce Bernstein and Michael "World B" Freer. Episode #232 is dedicated to Hall of Famer Bill Walton, who wore #32 at UCLA and with the Portland Trailblazers.

    0:57 ... The guys begin with a discussion of the Friday matchup between the Suns and Raptors in Toronto.

    5:16 ... Next up is a breakdown of Saturday's game between the Nuggets and Lakers in Los Angeles.

    8:06 ... Finally it's the Sunday showdown between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder. Minnesota is one of only two teams to have beaten the Thunder more than once this season. San Antonio is the other. Can OKC show the Wolves they mean business?

    12:27 ... In our second segment of the weekend preview, each panelist decribes their favorite "crafty" players. Bruce likes Payton Pritchard. Ross likes Shai Gilgeous Alexander, and World B likes Luka Doncic.

    16:54 ... Ross wraps it up and says goodbye

    TRT 17:07


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    17 mins
  • Lakers Legend Byron Scott joins 48 Minutes
    Mar 10 2026

    0:00 ... Show open intro ... episode #231 dedicated to former Lakers great Kurt Rambis ...

    1:00 ... Bruce introduces Byron Scott and ticks off some of his career achievements.

    1:39 ... Byron is also a podcaster and discusses his show called Byron Scott's Fastbreak ... one of Byron's guests was Dave Winfield and Byron shares a quick story about Dave.

    2:52 ... Byron was childhood friends with baseball legends Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis and they remain friends to this day.

    3:38 ... Byron discusses his relationship with his former teammates like Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former coach Pat Riley. Byron explains how the Lakers were, and are a family because Dr. Jerry Buss wanted it that way.

    5:57 ... Byron describes how he was traded by the San Diego Clippers to the Lakers before he ever played an NBA game. The player who left LA in the trade was Norm Nixon, a beloved Laker who was close with Magic and others. Byron describes the rough treatment he received in training camp and how he put an end to it.

    7:11 ... Byron describes how the old Celtics and Lakers didn't like each other but respected each other and always raised their level of play when they competed.

    9:01 ... Byron didn't think the Kevin McHale clothesline on Kurt Rambis in the 1984 NBA Finals was the dirtiest play he ever saw. Byron describes a shot in the head he took that could have ended his own career.

    9:58 ... The Lakers finally beat the Celtics in the 1985 NBA Finals and Byron shared a story of how they knew before they left LA that they'd win it in 6 games.

    11:31 ... Byron was a teammate of Kobe Bryant from his first days in the league and then coached him his final two seasons. Byron reflects on the greatness Kobe achieved and shares a private memory from Kobe's final game when he scored 60 points.

    13:21 ... Byron also played for the Pacers and was part of the great Indiana/New York rivalry in the 1990s. What was it like competing against those Knicks teams led by his former coach Pat Riley? Did he have a little extra juice when he scored against the Knicks?

    TRT 15:17


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    15 mins
  • Our Favorite First Family in Basketball
    Mar 7 2026

    Our Favorite First Family in Basketball

    Bruce on the Barry Family

    World B on the Curry Family

    Ross on the Antetokounmpo Family


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    6 mins
  • The 48 Minutes Weekend Preview!
    Mar 5 2026

    0:00 Intro

    0:45 The 48 Minutes Weekend Preview

    0:50 New York Knicks @ Denver Nuggets

    4:22 Orlando Magic @ Minnesota Timberwolves

    8:56 Houston Rockets @ San Antonio Spurs

    14:07 Our Favorite First Family in Basketball

    14:58 Bruce on the Barry Family

    16:52 World B on the Curry Family

    18:55 Ross on the Antetokounmpo Family


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    20 mins