“Ball Till You Fall” - There is no metrics for those who impact culture, so creatives do not get complacent in just creating without having some type of ownership or stake in what you are doing. Hard-workers do not get fooled into thinking having multiples jobs equal success. We can’t trade time for money our whole lives leaving us with no time to invest or plan ahead because we are always working. Shoutout the legendary Mark Jackson for leaving a comment on our Instagram post last week. He’s definitely a leader of men and the ultimate motivator who deserve a lot of credit for the way the NBA game is played today. The NCAA has a problem. There is more than one outlet for high school players to gain exposure by NBA scouts executives. The sports media company Overtime announced they will start a league in September 2021 that will allow players to receive compensation and sonships for their talents and likeness. Now players’ this is not for everyone some of y’all should go to college to further your education before pursuing the NBA. It is great to see HBCU’s gain global recognition and support for their efforts to push equality and black empowerment by NBA. The personnel of team KD and team LeBron are so different. KD made it clear that he likes players that can score and LeBron went big choosing players who can fill up the stat sheet in multiple categories. Towards the middle of our HoopTalk we discuss the most impressive player during the first half of the season. Casey gave James Harden his props for taken on a new role without any drop off in his production. Terez highlights the dominance of Joel Embiid and believes he is this years MVP. Then we got into our most impressive teams thus far. The phoenix Suns are Second in the Western Conference led by Devin Booker and Chris Paul. The Nets assembled their own Big 3 and could be potentially adding a fourth in acquiring Blake Griffin. We round off our HoopTalk by discussing the best landing spots for Blake. Celtics, Blazers, Lakers, and Nets are definitely the front runners to land him. Drake released Scary Hours 2 which is a 3 song EP. We’re expecting Drake to release his Certified Lover Boy album soon after this surprise drop. Of course we had to talk swag not just numbers. It seem like SB Dunks taking over for the month of March. We Talking on here. Let get it. #statsandstylepodcast #ssp