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Deep-Dive | The Jail Blazers w/ Marty Michael Aug 27, 2018

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Marty Michael joins the pod this week to talk about the Trail Blazers—the only professional sports team in Oregon [til the MLS] and the influence of Nike (2:00), Damon Stoudamire at the airport with marijuana (3:20), origins of the "Jail Blazers" nickname (5:00), Rasheed Wallace's record setting number of technical fouls (6:10), setting a "Jail Blazers" timeline: roughly 1999-2006 (7:30), the end of the 1999-2000 season in the Western Conference Finals (8:10), watching Game 7 of the WCF (9:30), 1999-2000 Blazers acquisitions: Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith and Detlef Schrempf (11:30), leading by 15 points with 10 minutes left in the 4th (12:00), problematic officiating in POR-LAL Gm. 7 (12:30), Shaq's place in history (13:30), disappointments after the 1999-2000 season (15:45), the loaded 1999-2000 Blazers roster (17:40), key members of the Jail Blazers (18:30), Rasheed Wallace confronting ref Tim Donaghy in the loading dock of the Rose Garden (19:00), Damon Stoudamire and Rasheed Wallace getting pulled over for smoking weed in a yellow hummer on the way home from a game against the Sonics (22:00), Bonzi Wells trolling the Blazers fans (24:20), Qyntel Woods rise and fall (25:50), Qyntel Woods using a basketball card as ID after getting pulled over by cops (26:40), Qyntel Woods getting busted for running a dogfighting ring (27:20), Darius Miles cursing out his coach with a racial slur and getting suspended (28:15), Mo Cheeks helping a woman sing the national anthem at the Rose Garden (30:00), Ruben Patterson sexually assaulting his au pair and then signing with the Blazers in free agency a few months later (30:50), the modern-day Blazers prioritizing high character free agents and draft picks (32:45), Zach Randolph punching Ruben Patterson during practice and shattering his eye socket (33:50), Z'Bo and the H.O.O.P. entourage (36:20), Z'Bo helping instigate a 50 person brawl and closing down a famous Portland nightclub (37:15), big picture: why we care about the Jail Blazers, their place in history (38:00), many of the the Jail Blazers were young and impressionable and needed more help and structure (39:30), Blazers basketball was a great, fun watch (41:00), long-term effects of the Jail Blazers (42:00), Shaq's impact on the Oden vs. Durant draft-day decision (42:25), remembering Greg Oden, a monster on the court (44:20), high character draft picks (46:00) and Lakers OVER/UNDER 49 wins (48:20).
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Draft | NBA Haircuts w/ Ben Craw Aug 20, 2018

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Ben Craw joins the pod this week for the INAUGURAL On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA haircuts—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.
ROUND 1
#1- Team BC—Player 1 (9:00)
#2- Team CW—Player 1 (16:45)
ROUND 2
#3- Team BC—Player 2 (25:05)
#4- Team CW—Player 2 (29:00)
ROUND 3
#5- Team BC—Player 3 (34:00)
#6- Team CW—Player 3 (38:00)
ROUND 4
#7- Team BC—Player 4 (42:10)
#8- Team CW—Player 4 (45:50)
ROUND 5
#9- Team BC—Player 5 (50:00)
#10- Team CW—Player 5 (54:00)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
(59:25)
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Deep-Dive | 1994-95 Charlotte Hornets w/ Billy Scafuri Aug 13, 2018

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Billy Scafuri joins the pod this week to talk expansion drafts (4:15), the era of fun early 90s NBA branding (6:00), Larry Johnson (7:00), LJ's physique- a new size and shape of NBA athlete (7:30), LJ's on-the-court game (9:50), October 6th, 1993: MJ retires, LJ signs for 12 years, $84m (13:00), Grandmama (13:30), Converse's initial pitch to LJ (14:00), Grandmama as the perfect commercial character (15:20), Grandmama's costume (16:20), Grandmama on Family Matters w/ Steve Urkel (17:45), Grandmama vs. the other all-time great NBA sneaker commercial campaigns (18:45), Uncle Drew (19:30), Grandmama memories and plot-lines (20:00), Alonzo Mourning (21:00), 'Zo being drafted #2 overall behind Shaq and living in that shadow (21:30), 'Zo getting lost in the shuffle (23:00), 'Zo's on-the-court demeanor (23:40), taking Alonzo Mourning for granted (25:00), Mourning's contemporaries at the Center position (25:40), Alonzo Mourning fun facts (26:15), Alonzo Mourning v. Larry Johnson (26:45), contract dispute between the Hornets and Alonzo Mourning and subsequent trade to the Miami Heat (29:15), Pat Riley moves from NY to Miami and the history behind the LJ vs. 'Zo brawl (30:15), Muggsy Bogues and how he acquired his nickname (31:45), Muggsy's illustrious TV career (32:40), Muggsy Bogues is the Charlotte Hornets franchise leader in assists, steals, mins, steals, etc. (33:45), Muggsy's defense, relentlessness, what made him great (34:45), Hugo the Hornet (36:20), the two different mascots (37:00), NBA Mascot Slam Dunk Contest (37:30), 90s era mascots as daredevils (38:00), Hugo's performance at the 1993 NBA Mascot Slam Dunk Contest: Bug On The Windshield (39:40), Hugo jumping through a ring of fire (41:15), when mascots mattered (42:00) and the spirit of teal (43:15).
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Father Bron Misty w/ Tony Hartman Aug 06, 2018

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Tony Hartman joins the pod this week to talk Maron's whereabouts (2:40), El Cerrito (3:30), Windhorst v. Hartman for the Akron b-ball crown (5:00), LeBron opening a public school in Akron (6:00), LBJ's legacy of work in Akron (7:00), hearing LeBron rumors from your mom's boss (10:30), potentially wasting a year of LeBron's prime in 2018-19 (12:15), LeBron's reception in LA (12:50), Kobe-fan resistance toward LBJ (13:30), building the Lakers roster (15:35), trappings of GM-LeBron and who to surround him with (16:40), what the Lakers can learn from the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Cavs (18:00), title chances over the next four years for LeBron and the Lakers (20:00), dreaming up a wingman for LeBron on the Lakers (22:00), Lillard (23:00), fun Los Angeles neighborhoods where LeBron might hangout (24:20), LeBron's barbershop show on HBO (25:50), LeBron potentially playing in the Drew League (26:45), LeBron giving back to the community in LA (27:40), the Cavs moving forward (29:00), Kevin Love as the nucleus on a young roster (29:50), Cavs as a 7th or 8th seed in the East (30:40), Collin Sexton (31:00), dusting off the Minnesota Timberwolves version of Kevin Love (33:00), LeBron and Rich Paul eventually owning the Cavs (36:00), LeBron's masterplan (38:00), LeBron eventually playing in the NBA with his son (39:40), growing up in Akron alongside LeBron and reviewing the St. Vincent-St. Mary's years (41:00), upside on the Cavs roster (43:00) and thoughts on Kawhi (44:00).
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Power Hour Pt 2 w/ Ben Craw Jul 30, 2018

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Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk Kevin Knox (2:15), Kristaps Porzingis' debut in 2015 Vegas Summer League (3:00), Porzingis' size (6:00), Knox's rise on the scene (6:45), Kevin Knox's style of play (8:00), NBA fan investment in young players (10:00), future of the NBA / the eventual demise of the Warriors (11:30), Boogie Cousins (15:15), the Warriors and the housing crisis (18:00), Boogie and Draymond on the same team (19:30), Durant potentially leaving GSW in a year (20:00), Durant and the Knicks (21:50), Knicks long-term team building plans (23:15), keeping the young Lakers in tact (26:00), more Kevin Knox NBA player comps and challenges ahead (27:00), Porzingis' fragility (33:15), Knox in the dunk contest and ROY possibility (34:30), Mitchell Robinson (37:40), 'Mitch' vs. 'Mitchell' (38:00), greatest PER seasons of all-time (39:00), backstory on Mitch Robinson (41:10), Robinson's path to getting minutes w/ the Knicks (43:30), player comps for Mitch Robinson (44:15), imagining Porzingis and Robinson playing together (47:00), Frank Ntilikina flashing progress (49:00), World Cup (51:40), drafting Mbappé #1 overall in the NBA draft and projecting his player profile (53:50), Frank Ntilikina is a good French boy (58:45), origin story for Frank Ntilikina's nickname and providing him with a new monicker (59:00), Le Poulpe ("The Octopus") (1:02:30), the Phil Jackson / Dennis Smith Jr. / octopus story (1:04:30), LeBron to LA (1:08:50), dubious LAL free agency moves (1:10:00), Stephenson and Rondo (1:15:40), Rondo vs. LaVar Ball (1:18:00), LeBron's got something up his sleeve (1:19:00), dream LeBron co-stars (1:20:45), OKC as a sleeper in the West (1:23:00) and Markelle Fultz rebuilding his shot with a new trainer (1:25:00).
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Power Hour Pt 1 (+ Kawhi & DeMar!) w/ Ben Craw Jul 23, 2018

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Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about first learning of the DeRozan for Kawhi trade (3:50), Woj v. Shams (4:50), Kawhi/DeMar winners and losers (7:30), excitement for Kawhi and the city of Toronto (8:00), disgruntled Kawhi (9:45), Kawhi's resemblance to a Raptor/dinosaur (10:50), the likelihood of Kawhi reporting to training camp in Toronto (13:45), whether the DeRozan package was the best the Spurs could do for Kawhi (16:25), Popovich making one last run with a veteran-heavy team (17:10), Pop sending Kawhi to the freezing cold (20:10), DeRozan's potential on the Spurs (21:10), pitching DeMar DeRozan on the San Antonio Spurs (21:30), Spurs over/under 47 wins in 2018-19 (25:00), Spurs playoff odds (26:15), loyalty in sports (28:15), DeRozan's disappointments in the playoffs (33:00), Masai Ujiri's low risk / high reward gamble on Kawhi (34:00), Jabari Parker (36:00), NBA Christmas Day Schedule (38:00), compromises in marriage (42:00), picking up where we left off on Bryan Colangelo and the Sixers (42:45), Sixers pursuing Daryl Morey (49:00), BRING HOME SAM HINKIE, BABY (50:15), forming a consultancy to hire sports GMs (54:40), the sales pitch to Sam Hinkie (58:30) and the next challenge for Sam Hinkie (1:01:00).
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Live From Summer League, Pt 2 w/ Nate Williams, Lucas Kavner and Matt Hobby, AKA The Garlic Boyz Jul 16, 2018

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Nate Williams, Lucas Kavner and Matt Hobby join the pod this week to talk about the city of Las Vegas (2:00), thoughts on the Knicks and Hawks Summer League rosters (3:20), Kevin Knox- The Fort (3:45), Trae Young (4:50), John Collins (6:30), Frank Ntilikina (7:00), the future NYK pairing of Frank & Knox (8:30), CW’s 4-team Summer League parlay (11:00), DeAndre Ayton looking out of place early (12:00), Devin Booker (13:15), Kosta Koufos (14:45), new look Josh Jackson (16:30), Luka Dončić (18:15), Jack Cooley (18:40), dragging Dragan Bender (21:00), Bulls and Wendell Carter (24:15), Antonio Blakeney (27:00), Ryan Arcidiacano (28:00), the Summer League PA announcer’s name pronunciations (29:10), Ante Žižić (31:00), Summer League teams with the brightest futures (32:30), Furkan Korkmaz (33:30), Bulls future (34:30), Bulls playoff odds (35:20), Bulls trade ideas (36:30), Dwane [security guard] update (37:45), gifting Dwane (40:20), movies Dwane will likely be seeing (43:50) and craps and gambling strategies (46:05).
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Live From Summer League, Pt 1 w/ Nate Williams and Matt Hobby, AKA The Garlic Boyz Jul 10, 2018

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Nate Williams and Matt Hobby join the pod this week to talk gnarly SoCal and Vegas temperatures (3:15), trekking LA to Vegas (4:15), broken AC units (5:00), Garlic Boyz (9:40), In & Out snafu (11:30), Brooklyn Nets and Orlando Magic (14:35), Jonathan Isaac (15:20), different objectives for Summer League players (16:35), guys trying to make practice squads (18:45), Byron Mullens (19:15), Mo Bamba (19:50), Charlotte Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder (22:25), Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers (23:15), Furkan Korkmaz (23:35), Semi Ojeleye (24:30), Jabari Bird (25:10), Guerschon Yabusele (26:00), Josh Jackson (27:30), Mikhal Bridges (29:20), DeAndre Ayton (29:50), basketball highlights vs. the real thing (30:20), Phoenix Suns point guard situation (31:15), strategies for managing long days at Vegas Summer League (32:00), seating at Vegas Summer League (36:30), star sightings (37:10), Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors (37:45), scoring court-side seats at Summer League / Dwane the security guard (38:40), Dwane’s motivations (44:30), Clippers on the rise (48:40) and the ultimate parlay (50:20).
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Free Agency w/ Amir Blumenfeld Jun 29, 2018

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Amir Blumenfeld joins the pod this week to talk preferring the offseason to the regular season (3:15), Jordan's Bulls losing to the Magic in the playoffs (5:15), pointless NBA awards (7:45), NBA draft highlights (9:15), Luka Dončić (9:40), rebuilding the Mavs (11:00), Phoenix Suns turning the tide (12:10), double draft (14:30), Deandre Ayton for ROY (15:50), trading for Kawhi Leonard (16:50), sacrificing young Lakers for an All-NBA vet (17:40), the Lakers unique desperation (18:45), Kawhi Leonard's absence from the NBA (21:00), the appeal of playing for the Lakers (21:30), Vegas speculation and the Lakers odds of winning the NBA Championship (27:00), Lakers 3-pronged approach to offseason improvement (28:00), creating the ideal Lakers superteam (29:00), free agent timeline (31:00), Paul George (33:30), free agency matchmaker (34:30), Luol Deng (35:15), 2018-19 NBA Championship Odds (35:55), Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (36:30) and Athletics in Judaism (37:30).
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The Heatles w/ Alex Fumero Jun 18, 2018

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Alex Fumero joins the pod this week to talk Coach Spoelstra and the 2009-10 Miami Heat (4:15), the Pat Riley effect (5:45), Heat Lifers (8:10), scrappy Heat basketball (8:45), offseason expectations for Heat fans heading into the Summer of 2010 (10:30), players forming super-teams (12:00), finding out LeBron was joining the Heat (14:00), becoming super-villains (15:10), LeBron's Suitors in 2010 (21:00), branding "South Beach" as a destination (22:45), LeBron's thigh contusion and graduating from Miami (24:30), LeBron v. Jordan (27:00), 2010-11 Heat role players (30:00), Mike Miller (31:00), 2011-12 Heat, NBA Champs (33:00), Norris Cole's hightop (34:10), 2012-13 Heat, NBA Champs (35:00), Udonis Haslem v. Lance Stephenson (36:00), Mario Chalmers (37:50), 2013-14 Heat, The End (39:40), Kawhi Leonard... + LeBron?? (41:55), July 11th, 2014—LeBron resigns w/ the Cavs (44:10), Josh McRoberts (45:10) and "In Pat We Trust" (47:00).
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