NBA Storytime

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Post Game: Rachel Roderman talks Perfect Tattoo Placement Feb 09, 2022

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Bleacher Report Producer Rachel Roderman to admire the tattoos gracing NBA players' bodies. Are tattoos the first NFTs? Where is the best place to get your ink? Y'all ever been to a tattoo party? Listen up and find out.

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Rad-A-Tatt Feb 02, 2022

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Basketball has a lot of important lines: free throw, 3-point, base. That's not even counting the ones on the players bodies. Modern hoopers have tattoos all over, but it wasn't always like that. NBA players needed to fight for their right to ink.

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Post Game: Jason Mann talks Jumping Out the Gym Jan 26, 2022

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Jamel Johnson is joined by Over and Back Podcast host and basketball history buff Jason Mann to finally give Jumpin' Jackie Jackson his flowers. Is pocket change still a thing? Which current NBA stars can touch the top of the backboard? How much would you pay to see Jamel do his signature "Just a Sick-Ass Windmill, Dog" dunk? Listen up and find out.

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The Original Coinstar Jan 19, 2022

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Globetrotter and Rucker Park legend “Jumpin’ Jackie Jackson” blocked and dunked on Wilt Chamberlain in the same game...but that’s not how he got his nickname. Instead, he bought it for a quarter.

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Post Game: Megan Gailey talks Beating Father Time Jan 12, 2022

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Jamel Johnson is joined by comedian, actress, and podcast host Megan Gailey to marvel at how Nancy Lieberman beat the clock. Could Nancy stilly play in the big 3? The NBA? What the hell is a Cornet? Should Jamel and Megan start a women's basketball league as a tax haven? Listen up and find out.

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Just a Number Jan 05, 2022

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Nancy Lieberman dominated women’s college basketball and the upstart women’s basketball leagues that kept folding in the 80s and early 90s, but didn’t really have a place to show her skills when she was in her prime. When the WNBA finally came around, she was 39 and only played one season…until 11 years later she took to the court one last time to show she still had it at age 50.

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Post Game: Adam Weinrib talks 1-Minute Re-Dos Dec 29, 2021

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Jamel Johnson is joined by sports podcaster and comedian Adam Weinrib to talk second chances. Why collect only good jerseys for good players? Do you want to go to Udonis Haslem's NYE party? Should all NBA moments - including the sad ones- be memorialized with an Antoine Walker shimmy? Listen up and find out.

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Do Over Dec 22, 2021

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In 2007 Heat C Shaquille O’Nealfouled out of a game against the Atlanta Hawks. Or DID he? The refs had accidentally assigned Shaq an extra foul, but the Big Diesel was forced to finish the game on the bench. When they realized their mistake, the NBA looked to make up for it by replaying the last minute of the game…3 months later.

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Post Game: Mo Welch talks Driving the Lane and Taxi Cabs Dec 15, 2021

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Jamel Johnson is joined by comedian Mo Welch to hop in David Cowens taxi. Can you get weed on Postmates? Should bottom tier NBA players start a rideshare service? Does anybody know how to code? We just developed a turn-based NBA bench manager RPG. Listen up and find out.

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Taxi Driver Dec 08, 2021

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Celtics Center Dave Cowens was a weird dude (at least by 1970s standards). He drove a jeep, lived in an apartment above a toy store…oh, and one time he decided to drop out of the NBA to drive a taxicab.

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