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Swish FM

Irreverent weekly deep-dives into the minutiae of the NBA’s past and present.

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2019 NBA Finals Champs, the Toronto Raptors Jun 14, 2019

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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 and the process of being traded (21:30), Fred VanVleet (23:35), the future for the Raptors (34:30) and Warriors (38:20)—ENJOY!
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NBA Finals | KD's Achilles, or Everything Feels Not Okay Jun 11, 2019

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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" sucking (15:30), Toronto fans reacting to KD and how it permeated the game (18:25), Ben's watching experience w/ a sick child (20:10), breaking down Kawhi's incredible 4th and the Golden State rally (25:00), GSW's path to evening and potentially winning the series (28:30))—ENJOY!
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NBA Finals | Q3 Kawhi, Game 5 Preview Jun 10, 2019

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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 party and incredible NBA Finals (20:00), Kawhi throwing daggers (22:00), Fred VanVleet sacrificing his body for the team (24:30), FVV's incredible defensive impact on Curry and the NBA Finals (29:40), how the Raptors can maintain their advantages (36:15), Raptors winning 3rd quarters, out Warrior'ing the Warriors (37:15), Raptors adopting Kawhi's no nonsense approach and mentality (45:10) and KD dying to get back on the court (47:00)—ENJOY!
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NBA Finals | Series Tied Jun 04, 2019

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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 (28:00), Drake Corner (30:00), the film HOME ALONE (31:00), Parent Corner & Kevin Durant's punishment (37:45), Kevin pushing back against Steve Kerr (40:30), the ESPN Baxter Holmes piece on the Lakers (43:20) and LeBron getting weird in LA (56:35)—ENJOY!
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Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861
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OTL Finals Endorsement May 30, 2019

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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 (48:25)
- Historical Stakes (53:00)
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NBA Playoffs | Bucks-Raptors, Gm 6 May 27, 2019

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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 love with the 3-ball (15:30), Toronto's defensive scheme on Giannis (16:20), Toronto lurking at the half in Gm 6, rallying from 15 down in the 3rd (18:30), Ibaka's dunk in the 4th (19:00), Kawhi's breakaway dunk on Giannis in the 4th (20:45), processing this loss for the Bucks (23:30), Kawhi now being in the same class of LeBron and Durant (28:50) and Drake (33:10)—ENJOY!
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iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb
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NBA Playoffs | Fun Warriors and Draymond's Resurgence May 20, 2019

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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), Giannis struggling in Game 3 (38:00), Bucks role-players: George Hill, Pat Connaughton, Malcolm Brogdon (44:30), Ersan Ilyasova (47:00), Drake (49:00), expectations for the rest of the Bucks-Raptors series (51:00), Magic Johnson vs. Rob Pelinka (56:45) and the Lakers sh*tshow (58:15)—ENJOY!
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Instagram: instagram.com/onthelinepod
iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb
Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861
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The Lottery May 15, 2019

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Ben Craw joins for an emergency pod to break down the madness of the NBA Draft Lottery—ENJOY!
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NBA Playoffs | Game 7 May 13, 2019

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Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about renewed interest in the playoffs (3:00), Game of Thrones (5:20), dragon intercourse (7:00), Raptors-Sixers, Gm 7 (9:20), Jimmy Butler (15:00), Ben Simmons doesn't have a jumpshot (17:30), Embiid and Simmons are still developing (21:00), Kawhi's buzzer beater (22:20), being happy for Toronto (26:00), Sixers postmortem (29:10), Brett Brown (33:00), Blazers-Nuggets, Gm 7 (35:30), CJ McCollum, the NBA's best nerd (36:00), McCollum's shining moment (39:20), being heartbroken for Jokic going home (40:50), being happy for Enes Kanter (42:40), Enes' hair (46:10), Nuggets postmortem (51:30), Warriors-Rockets, Gm 6 (53:10), narratives developing around James Harden (53:30), Klay Thompson carrying the Warriors through the first half of Gm 6 (55:40), giving Steph Curry some love (58:40), Warriors being a normal, great, fallible team (1:01:00), Rockets postmortem (1:05:00), Bucks-Celtics, Gm 5 (1:09:00), the greatness of Giannis (1:11:00), Giannis and Harden's greatest attributes and how those things translate to playoff basketball (1:13:00), things we're looking forward to with GSW-POR and TOR-MKE (1:17:00)—ENJOY!
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iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb
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NBA Playoffs | Samurais May 07, 2019

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Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about reprogramming mentally and spiritually in Mexico (3:00), hearing about Denver and Portland going into 4OTs (6:00), CW's 180 text message story (10:10), Nuggets-Blazers (20:00), Denver-Portland is the most fun playoff series left (29:00), Moe Harkless as the lead dawg samurai in the 2019 NBA Playoffs (31:40), Lillard tying the game in 30T (43:00), Aminu, Torrey Craig and Moe Harkless as future Knicks (45:00), Torrey Craig's face-mask nose (45:30), Rodney Hood (46:40), Denver-Portland Gm 4 (49:15), Nuggets-Blazers as the most fun series of the NBA playoffs (50:10), Jokic breaking microphones (51:00), Warriors-Rockets (52:10), Curry's struggles (52:30), Durant's on his way out of town and going apeshit (53:15), secondary players with big contributions for the Rockets and Warriors (55:30), Bucks-Celtics (56:20), the Coach Bud / Oompa Loompa comparison (57:00), The Greek Basketball Freak aka The Greek God aka The Greek aka The Greek God of Basketball (59:00), Giannis is a daredevil (1:00:10), Sixers-Raptors (1:00:00), JJ Redick's latest special update (1:01:30), Embiid various sicknesses and maladies (1:10:00), GUESS THE LINES: MKE-BOS, GSW-HOU, POR-DEN, TOR-PHI (1:16:00), t-minus one week til NBA lottery ping-pong balls & creating good draft mojo (1:18:00) and dressing up like lottery picks (1:19:00)—ENJOY!
Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know!
Web: OnTheLinePodcast.com
Email: onthelinepod@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ontheline_pod
Instagram: instagram.com/onthelinepod
iTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cb
Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861
Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY

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