Ep. 82 with @GiftedHoops_ !

Gifted Hoops covers the NBA on Twitter, YouTube, and Playback, a Twitch-like streaming service for Sports

Today we draft the first official 2025-26 NBA Playback League Pass Rankings! Whichever teams we draft are the only teams we'd theoretically be allowed to watch all season - can we both survive?

Ranking all 30 teams in order of who we are choosing first to watch and stream on Playback if they’re playing on league pass any given night

Timeline:

00:00 Introduction & Background & Sports Media Advice
05:00 2025-26 NBA League Pass Rankings for Playback

Top-5 Picks:

1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Thunder
4. Nuggets
5. Rockets

18:00 Orlando Magic

21:00 Chicago Bulls!

24:00 Luka Lebron Lakers Star Power

27:00 Detroit Pistons - Cade Ivey Ausar Duren

30:00 Cleveland Cavaliers - Mobley Garland Mitchell
32:00 Minnesota Timberwolves - Ant Randle

33:00 Milwaukee Bucks - Giannis Turner

36:00 Los Angeles Clippers - Kawhi(?) Harden Zubac Beal CP3

48:00 Atlanta Hawks - Trae Kristaps

50:00 Memphis Grizzlies - Ja Jaren

53:00 New York Knicks - Brunson Kat Bridges Anunoby

55:00 Toronto Raptors

58:00 Indiana Pacers

01:01:00 Portland Trail Blazers

01:03:00 Philadelphia 76ers

01:05:00 New Orleans Pelicans

01:09:00 Dallas Mavericks

01:11:00 Washington Wizards:

01:15:00 Boston Celtics

01:16:00 Final 6 Picks:

Phoenix Suns

Charlotte Hornets

Brooklyn Nets

Sacramento Kings

Miami Heat

Utah Jazz

Whose lineup would you rather have?

RK -

SpursNuggetsMagicLakersCavaliersBucksHawksKnicksPacers76ersMavsCelticsHornetsKingsJazz

Gifted Hoops -

WarriorsThunder
Rockets
Bulls
Pistons

Timberwolves
Clippers
Grizzlies
Raptors
Blazers

Pelicans

Wizards
Suns
Nets
Heat