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In this episode I brought on two loyal listeners in James and Jose who have been trying to get onto the pod for months. We start off with their introductions, then discuss the Mavs offseason and the offseason in general. (34 minutes) After the break we answer 13 mailbag questions ranging from jersey talk to Luka averaging a triple double (and somehow Andre Drummond came up?) This episode was a lot...

In this episode I sat down with my good friend Josh Sparrow to talk about our history, his Hornets (12 1/2 minutes), the trades that have gone down so far (22 1/2 minutes) and the free agent moves that have gone down thus far. Enjoy!

A quick reaction with some early observations about the new guys on their way to Dallas. I also discuss the trade briefly. (The new additions discussed are Pick 18: Josh Green, Pick 31: Tyrell Terry, Pick 36: Tyler Bey. UFA: Nate Hinton and Freddie Gillespie. Trade: Josh Richardson)

In this episode I’ll give you the names of 13 guys I like it have some interest in from this draft class. I will go in depth on 5 guys then lightly touch on the final 8. It was a weird year for me on the scouting side but I still have some things to share. I do touch on the Bucks and Blazers moves as well.

In this episode I go over the players who did not make the top 52. Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions. There are a lot of names you’re used to seeing in top 50 lists here. I go over the names and why I think some of them are on the outside looking. Enjoy! (PS, I did answer a question I was sent after the outro music).

In this episode I dive deep into numbers 5-1 on my Greatest NBA Players of All-Time list. Only one of these names surprised me but maybe it shouldn’t have. I start with about a 5 minute intro where I thank everyone for listening and supporting the series and I ask you for some more names to plug into the formula. I spend about 10-13 minutes on the first 3 guys and about 20 minutes each on the top...

In this episode I dive deep into numbers 10-6 on my Greatest NBA Players of All-Time list. The stories have gotten longer but there is so much to know about these guys. I start with about a 3 minute open before we get into the players on the list. Enjoy!

In this episode I first correct don’t player rankings that were changed after I realized a HUGE oversight. I them go from our new number 26 down through number 11. There are some huge names in this group... The first 10 minutes is the update I had to make. Each player gets between 3 and 7 minutes.

In this episode we go through players 40-26. There are a LOT of familiar names in this section including some active players and a lot of old school legends you’ve auge never heard of. (2:30 cold open, 25 minutes on 40-35, 35 minutes on 34-26).

FINALLY, this is the first episode of the GOAT series! I start with a 5 minute cold open, I spend 15 minutes on the methodology (for those that didn’t read it, skip ahead if you did). The final 30 or so minutes is all players.

In this episode I review Cooper Raiff’s debut feature which should have screened at SXSW had it not been for the pandemic. This movie hit home hard for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. (3:30) cold open. (4:00- 11:30) basic review, (22 minutes) of my review with spoilers where I go way too deep into my college experience and some bonus life stuff that this movie brought out of me.

This weekend I watched the Amazon-Blumhouse collaboration Black Box. Starring Mamoudou Athie and Phylicia Rashad, this is a thriller about a man who is recovering from a car accident and struggling with amnesia. Phylicia Rashad’s character is a doctor who tries to help him recover his memories. But there is something dark that’s coming out in these memories.

In this episode I reviewed the Radha Blank film The 40 Year Old Version. She wrote, directed, and starred in this film and won a best director award at Sundance. Cold open (4 minutes), Review (13 minutes), Bonus segment (10 minutes.)

For this podcast I asked the people what trades they want us to pursue in the offseason and to justify why those trades could actually happen. I also went team-by-team and decided who we might be able to pursue and gave my reasoning for making those trades for both teams. (Minutes: Updates 8 minutes [ad] Submitted trades 26 minutes [ad] My Trades 26 minutes.

I watched the Netflix movie Vampires vs the Bronx with no expectations, thought it would be completely forgettable but received a pleasant surprise. I loved the characters and the story was interesting as well. Here is my review. (4 minute cold open, 14 minute review, 5 minute section with some spoilers).

In this episode I give you my thoughts on the Janelle Monáe movie Antebellum. The first 7 minutes is a bit of an update and the elevator review. The review is 14 minutes. Then the last 9 minutes is where I get into spoilers while discussing how I’d fix the movie.

In this episode I talk to Lakers fan Justin Styles aka @YungEstilos. 2 minute cold open sandwiched between two ads. We first talked about his earliest Lakers memories. Then we talked about the 2011 Lakers-Mavs series. We moved on to a tough conversation about Kobe, his loss, and his legacy. From there we moved to this current Lakers team, the “struggle years” and then finally his expectations for...

In this episode I had the pleasure of having my good friend Mike Kirkland join the podcast to discuss his Miami Heat fanhood. The two ads sandwich my 3 minute long cold open at the start. We had some audio issues early in the pod (a bit of a delay in his audio so I respond to things before he says them until 17:18) Mike’s audio cut out around the time I tell my 2006 story also but overall it’s sti...

In this episode I talk about both conference finals series which are both currently 3-1 in favor of the Lakers and Heat. Cold open (1:30), Heat-Celtics (16 minutes), Nuggets-Lakers (16 minutes), Questions (Last 22 minutes).

Im this episode I update you on why the weekly movie update is a few days late (2:30). I go over the top 5 movies at the box office which only featured one new film. As well as hitting the two big streaming movies Antebellum and The Devil all the time. I hit on a big new movie on HBO Max and talk about Jonathan Majors taking a big role in the MCU. (15 minutes) Finally, I go over the movies you sho...

For my first episode dedicated completely to one movie, I decided to try to watch the controversial Netflix film Cuties from French Director Maïmouna Doucouré. Cold Open and Elevator Review (7 minutes). Full review (final 23 minutes.)

In this episode I had the opportunity to bring in Corey Douglass who had me on his YouTube show (The Mr. Douglass Sports Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4aJR3LeubDkD4-hQi-qxlg) a few weeks ago. We talked about his show and Luka being named to the All-NBA First team. We then got into his list of guys under the most pressure in the playoffs and how they’ve performed before discussing Rick Ca...

There are no reviews this week so I took the time to announce some changes. After some thought, analysis, and studying the podcast game I’ve decided to change the format of the movie side of the podcast. I’m excited and I think you’ll appreciate the shift. I also went over the meager Covid box office numbers and tell you which movies to look out for this coming week.

Reese and I got into a lot of different things in the bonus content. We discussed KD and Lebron’s legacies with their decisions and how we don’t want that for Giannis. (15 minutes). We talked Big Ben Pistons, 2011 Mavs and then got into Stephen A Smith’s comments on Nash very briefly.

**Audio note** Throughout the convo you may notice Reese responding before I finish speaking. There appears to have been a slight delay in my audio on the recording. **end audio note** The conversation with Reese went almost an hour and a half but we cut it down. We spent a good bit of time talking about him being a Mavs and Saints fan despite being a Baltimore native and I got into my background...