For this podcast I asked the people what trades they want us to pursue in the offseason and to justify why those trades could actually happen. I also went team-by-team and decided who we might be able to pursue and gave my reasoning for making those trades for both teams. (Minutes: Updates 8 minutes [ad] Submitted trades 26 minutes [ad] My Trades 26 minutes.

I watched the Netflix movie Vampires vs the Bronx with no expectations, thought it would be completely forgettable but received a pleasant surprise. I loved the characters and the story was interesting as well. Here is my review. (4 minute cold open, 14 minute review, 5 minute section with some spoilers).

In this episode I give you my thoughts on the Janelle Monáe movie Antebellum. The first 7 minutes is a bit of an update and the elevator review. The review is 14 minutes. Then the last 9 minutes is where I get into spoilers while discussing how I’d fix the movie.

In this episode I talk to Lakers fan Justin Styles aka @YungEstilos. 2 minute cold open sandwiched between two ads. We first talked about his earliest Lakers memories. Then we talked about the 2011 Lakers-Mavs series. We moved on to a tough conversation about Kobe, his loss, and his legacy. From there we moved to this current Lakers team, the “struggle years” and then finally his expectations for this series.

In this episode I had the pleasure of having my good friend Mike Kirkland join the podcast to discuss his Miami Heat fanhood. The two ads sandwich my 3 minute long cold open at the start. We had some audio issues early in the pod (a bit of a delay in his audio so I respond to things before he says them until 17:18) Mike’s audio cut out around the time I tell my 2006 story also but overall it’s still easy to follow. We discussed his Heat fanhood, earliest and best memories. The 2006 Finals, 2011 Finals and the Lebron era, how he feels about Lebron as a Heat fan. Then we get into the current team, Jimmy Butler’s decision, Herro hysteria, and Finals expectations.

In this episode I talk about both conference finals series which are both currently 3-1 in favor of the Lakers and Heat. Cold open (1:30), Heat-Celtics (16 minutes), Nuggets-Lakers (16 minutes), Questions (Last 22 minutes).

Im this episode I update you on why the weekly movie update is a few days late (2:30). I go over the top 5 movies at the box office which only featured one new film. As well as hitting the two big streaming movies Antebellum and The Devil all the time. I hit on a big new movie on HBO Max and talk about Jonathan Majors taking a big role in the MCU. (15 minutes) Finally, I go over the movies you should be checking out this week.

For my first episode dedicated completely to one movie, I decided to try to watch the controversial Netflix film Cuties from French Director Maïmouna Doucouré. Cold Open and Elevator Review (7 minutes). Full review (final 23 minutes.)

In this episode I had the opportunity to bring in Corey Douglass who had me on his YouTube show (The Mr. Douglass Sports Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4aJR3LeubDkD4-hQi-qxlg) a few weeks ago. We talked about his show and Luka being named to the All-NBA First team. We then got into his list of guys under the most pressure in the playoffs and how they’ve performed before discussing Rick Carlisle and the conference finals. The final 15 minutes was spent answering your questions. Enjoy!

There are no reviews this week so I took the time to announce some changes. After some thought, analysis, and studying the podcast game I’ve decided to change the format of the movie side of the podcast. I’m excited and I think you’ll appreciate the shift. I also went over the meager Covid box office numbers and tell you which movies to look out for this coming week.