Anyone who has played a lot of basketball know’s how big Jordan’s are in the basketball culture. How much money would it take for you to never wear Nike shoes again? Would around $200 million do? That’s the dilemma James Harden is facing, albeit it not a very difficult one. But looking a little deeper at the situation tells us that Adidas is heavily investing in Harden just as much for his off-court appeal and escapades as his patented euro-step.

In what is the most important episode of the Ball Hogs Podcast so far, Kenneth Cohen tries to convince Matt Craig that Russell Westbrook is actually more valuable to the OKC Thunder than Kevin Durant. With Matt being an Oklahoma native and a die-hard Thunder fan, be warned that the following episode could be heavily biased.

In the first ever episode of Chirp City’s brand new NBA podcast, the Ball Hogs talk about the dismal situations of the Knicks and the Lakers. Which team is going to be worse, and for how long?