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This week Ben and Chris pledge allegiance to China and the almighty dollar! On The Line is hosted by Chris Wendelken, Ben Craw and friends. Love the show? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/ontheline_pod Instagram: instagram.com/onthelinepod Facebook: fb.me/onthelinepod iTunes: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/...

Ben and Chris provide the most thorough, comprehensive team-by-team analysis and NBA preview on the internet! On The Line is hosted by Chris Wendelken, Ben Craw and friends. Love the show? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/ontheline_pod Instagram: instagram.com/onthelinepod Facebook: fb.me/onthelinepod iTunes: apple....

Ben Craw and Chris Wendelken reflect on the experience of watching a live recording of The Rights to Ricky Sanchez Podcast from dog beds onstage at the Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA. On The Line is hosted by Chris Wendelken, Ben Craw and friends. Love the show? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/ontheline_po...

Ben Craw and Chris Wendelken debut a new spinoff podcast, The Rewindables, revisiting the greatest, most underrated and under-discussed films in cinematic history!  This week we reexamine the 2010 crime thriller classic THE TOWN, co-written, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner,...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite all-time NBA natural balds—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part II: ROUND 3 #5- Team CW - Bald #3 (2:15) #6- Team BC - Bald #3 (10:30) ROUND 4 #7- Team CW - Bald #4 (18:30) #8- Team BC - Bald #4 (25:55) ROUND 5 #9- Team CW - Bald #5 (30:15) #10- Team BC - Bald #5 (36:30) HONORABLE MENTIONS (...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite all-time NBA natural balds—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part I: ROUND 1 #1- Team CW - Bald #1 (8:45) #2- Team BC - Bald #1 (17:20) ROUND 2 #3- Team CW - Bald #2 (30:40) #4- Team BC - Bald #2 (48:45) On The Line is hosted by Chris Wendelken, Ben Craw and friends. Music by Letherette. Love...

Arvydas Sabonis won the Euroscar six times, Mr. Europa Award twice, is one of the greatest European basketball players ever and arguably the greatest all-time passing big-man. Sabonis spent seven seasons with the Portland Trailblazers (1995-2001 and 2002-2003), after a long, accomplished career playing internationally with Žalgiris in the USSR Premier League (1981–1989), as well as the Spanish tea...

Arvydas Sabonis won the Euroscar six times, Mr. Europa Award twice, is one of the greatest European basketball players ever and arguably the greatest all-time passing big-man. Sabonis spent seven seasons with the Portland Trailblazers (1995-2001 and 2002-2003), after a long, accomplished career playing internationally with Žalgiris in the USSR Premier League (1981–1989), as well as the Spanish tea...

Arvydas Sabonis won the Euroscar Award six times, Mr. Europa Award twice, is one of the greatest European basketball players ever and arguably the greatest all-time passing big-man. Sabonis spent seven seasons with the Portland Trailblazers (1995-2001 and 2002-2003), after a long, accomplished career playing internationally with Žalgiris in the USSR Premier League (1981–1989), as well as the Spani...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite all-time NBA jerseys—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part II: ROUND 4 #7- Team BC - Jersey #4 (3:00) #8- Team CW - Jersey #4 (9:00) ROUND 5 #9- Team BC - Jersey #5 (21:40) #10- Team CW - Jersey #6 (28:30) HONORABLE MENTIONS (34:40) On The Line is hosted by Chris Wendelken, Ben Craw and frien...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite all-time NBA jerseys—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part I: ROUND 1 #1- Team BC - Jersey #1 (4:15) #2- Team CW - Jersey #1 (16:00) ROUND 2 #3- Team BC - Jersey #2 (28:20) #4- Team CW - Jersey #2 (38:30) ROUND 3 #5- Team BC - Jersey #3 (49:00) #6- Team CW - Jersey #3 (58:00) On The Line is h...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite, non-U.S., NBA player producing countries—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part II: ROUND 3 #5- Team CW—Country 3 (1:00) #6- Team BC—Country 3 (8:45) ROUND 4 #7- Team CW—Country 4 (18:00) #8- Team BC—Country 4 (22:00) ROUND 5 #9- Team CW—Country 5 (26:00) #10- Team BC—Country 5 (37:00) Love t...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select our favorite, non-U.S., NBA player producing countries—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. Part I: ROUND 1 #1- Team CW—Country 1 (8:50) #2- Team BC—Country 1 (18:20) ROUND 2 #3- Team CW—Country 2 (31:40) #4- Team BC—Country 2 (41:30) Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let...

Ben Craw joins the pod to talk about the OTL's corporate independence (2:20), reactions to Kawhi and PG13 getting traded (6:20), Kawhi as the #1 alpha in Los Angeles (11:50), The Town w/ Ben Affleck (13:00), expectations for the Lakers (15:30), paint-by-numbers GMing (17:20), Alfred Coffee (20:20), Jerry West's place on the rankings of all-time greatest Lakers (23:50), Magic Johnson embracing Kawh...

Lucas Kavner joins the pod to talk finding out about Kawhi Leonard joining the Clippers (3:45), specifics on the Paul George and Kawhi Leonard acquisitions (6:10), similarities between the Nets and Clippers (8:30), Kawhi and PG's on-the-court effect for the Clippers (9:50), defense and roster depth (10:30), Landry Shamet (12:00), LAC's major transactions from the last 2-3 years that led to Kawhi a...

The craziest free agency in NBA history (3:30), all the major signings and acquisitions (5:30), KD and Kyrie going to the Nets shouldn't be that surprising (12:00), an emergency call from Trevor Einhorn re: the Lakers (13:40), D'Angelo Russell to the Warriors means the Lakers have inside info (15:00), Lakers Plan B's (20:45), extended conversation: Durant and Irving (27:00), Knicks lost the tabloi...

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another DRAFT On The Line! This week we select the All-OTL 1st and 2nd Teams—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 #1- 1st Team All-OTL (6:50) #2- 1st Team All-OTL (10:50) ROUND 2 #3- 1st Team All-OTL (15:30) #4- 1st Team All-OTL (20:15) ROUND 3 #5- 1st Team All-OTL (23:25) #6- 2nd Team All-OTL (29:25) ROUND 4 #7- 2nd Team All-OTL (31:50) #8- 2nd T...

Similarities between today's NBA and pro wrestling (2:00), LeBron and the Lakers are once again NBA villains (7:00), the nuts and bolts of the Anthony Davis trade (11:15), the Lakers are trading away their future for a narrow championship window with LeBron (14:10), Anthony Davis is a franchise cornerstone and one of the transcendent players in the NBA (16:00), the Lakers were desperate and had to...

Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw talk about Gm 6 of the NBA Finals and the swirl of emotions (3:00), watching the game on delay (4:00), the end of the NBA season and end of the Warriors (6:30), Klay and KD getting hurt (7:00), Klay's MVP-level performance in Gm 6 (10:00), Steph Curry (15:15), the happiness on the face of Kawhi Leonard after winning the NBA title (19:25), Kawhi discussing his injury an...

Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw process Kevin Durant's devastating achilles injury (2:15), mistaking the nature and severity of the injury (8:00), KD tearing his achilles on a routine basketball play (10:00), social media echo chamber and the epic, tragic nature about KD getting injured (12:00), suddenly not caring about NBA offseason free agency (14:45), our cultural pride in being "tough"...

Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw talk about Raptors players and fans staying focussed (3:15), the potential craziness of Durant's return (5:30), being surprised by the Raptors (7:45), Toronto's 3-1 advantage (11:00), Steph's Gm 3 heroics (11:30), the Warriors being undermanned and playing through injuries (16:10), aggregators (18:10), Kawhi's remarkable Q3 of Gm 4 (19:00), Nick Nurse's coming out part...

Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw talk about NBA Finals overreactions (2:30), Toronto's shooting in Gm. 1 vs. Gm. 2 (5:00), injuries to the Warriors (10:00), Klay Thompson's heroics (12:20), GSW's historic 18-0 run in Gm. 2 (13:15), the final Warriors possession and Iggy's 3 (15:00), DeMarcus Cousins (20:50), Draymond (22:15), the Warriors playing from behind in the Finals (24:00), the incredible FVV (...

Ben Craw joins the pod to help endorse a team for our audience to root for in the NBA Finals. Will it be the Golden State Warriors or Toronto Raptors? No spoilers, here are the timestamps for the discussed criteria: GOLDEN STATE vs. TORONTO - Mascot (16:25) - Crowd / Fan Base (18:35) - Jerseys (24:15) - City (29:45) - Coach (33:10) - Celeb Fan (40:50) - Bench-mob (43:10) - Marquee Star Player (48:...

Ben Craw joins the pod to talk about Toronto going to the NBA Finals (2:30), the Raptors flipping the narrative on the Bucks and winning four games in a row (5:40), Nick Nurse putting Kawhi on Giannis (6:45), Fred VanVleet (7:15), Milwaukee's shortcomings (10:00), Giannis' foul shooting (11:00), the Bucks reliance on the likes of Eric Bledsoe, George Hill and Ersan (13:30), Milwaukee being too in...

Ben Craw joins for an emergency pod to talk about KD's absence from Golden State (5:00), comparing the Warriors pre- and post-KD (8:00), Warriors playing their hearts out (9:20), KD-less Warriors could win the title (11:15), Draymond Green resurgence (12:30), KD-less Warriors: style vs. effort (16:15), Portland Trail Blazers (27:00), Jordan Bell (31:00), Bucks vs. Raptors (34:00), Kawhi (36:30), G...