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An ideal time to podcast with fellow indie media man Andrew Sharp, King of the Generalists. In addition to podcasting about the NBA, Andrew also co-hosts podcasts on technology and China. Obviously, there were topics to discuss. Subjects include but aren’t limited to…

* Are America and China at war?

* The precarious nature of what we need from Taiwan

* “America is the biggest customer and the customer is always right”

* Are we actually friends-friends with Canada?

* Luka Dončić whines too much and we don’t feel bad that he got mistakenly ejected

* Does Luka have a fetish for arguing against correct calls?

* The Dallas Mavericks’ tone deaf effort to welcome Luka back

* Do Andrew and I believe in the Warriors?

* I do a mea culpa about Ime Udoka

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Congratulations to Freddie, who’s a new father. Having just come up for air, he’s got takes on the state of our possibly melting down world, NBA corner 3 elimination, and the Jackie Robinson DEI imbroglio. For those who don’t want financial crisis/tariff talk, we begin with it and it ends at around the 25 minute mark. Enjoy!

* Mainstream NBA media tone vs. YouTube tone

* The Event Level NBA takes are so much harsher than public takes

* Agents can threaten everyone in your media org

* Players Justin has pissed off

* Why is it Old NBA heads vs. Current Players?

* How do we feel about Kirk Goldsberry’s plan to ban corner 3s?

* Why is Justin voting Nikola Jokic for MVP?

* Justin recounts the time Jerry West eviscerated JJ Redick over “plumbers and firemen”

* Why do Justin and I complain about the great LeBron James?

* Nike origins of “More than an athlete”

* The point of LeBron James as a “voice” that regular NBA media won’t say

* Why the Warriors could be a tricky future matchup for the world beating Thunder

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Many great topics today with our favorite sports media reporter! Items include but aren’t limited to…

* LeBron’s massive hour-plus sit down with Pat McAfee

* Is LeBron uniquely annoying among all time greats?

* LeBron’s straw man arguments

* Why is McAfee egging LeBron on to take shots at Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst?

* The GOAT debate as needless dumping on the past

* The NBA has an anti-nostalgia problem

* Last week’s Jackie Robinson DEI flap and whether I was unfair to Mina Kimes

* The WNBA’s big issue with negotiating a new deal

* We discuss whether there’s an ideological component to why Hannah Hidalgo hasn’t gotten much spotlight

* The Trump administration didn’t handle their Signal snafu well

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Jay Caspian Kang writes about a little bit of everything and so, in our conversations, we discuss a little bit of everything. Today’s main topic is whether the Analytics Movement is past due in sports. Related, per new data-based analysis of Democratic Party woes, is politics about to get a visit from the analytics movement? Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Are Michael Jordan’s shoes actually objectively good looking?

* Why did bloggers adopt analytics as a cause?

* Was the analytics era about the truth, or about asserting dominance over jocks?

* Did fans like the era of NBA strategy blogging?

* Why Fantasy Sports sells a fantasy of what it’s like to be a GM

* The folly of thinking data analysis can reveal how to run a political party

* Ezra Klein stepping into the void to take charge of the Democratic Party

* Does Gavin Newsom have a shot at the presidency or is it just the right that’s warming to him?

* Is 80 percent of politics just who runs Twitter?

* Are the millennial NBA stars like America’s boomers (in holding back progress through longevity)

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Liz co-hosts the Just Asking Questions podcast, which earnestly investigates the day’s most pressing political and cultural issues. She’s also, in no particular order, a Catholic, mom, surfer and natalism evangelist.

I really enjoy Wolfe’s approach to conversations and public intellectual life so this pod is a long time coming. Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Why you should have kids

* Whether it’s bad that Berkeley is so old now

* Somehow, we also get into the topic of whether we should explore why we’re disgusted by certain forms of deviancy

* How Liz and I feel about living next to Watch List neighbors

* My son embarrassed me at Warriors practice by being exactly like me

* Aella, the rationalist prostitute

* That time Kyrie Irving and other NBA players were being compelled to take the vax

Hoops Tonight host Jason Timpf is back talking NBA nitty gritty + headier topics that we tend to get into. A great conversation as always, this time including but not limited to…

* Why Jason knew the Jimmy Butler trade would work for the Warriors

* The “blood and bones” perspective on basketball vs. analytics

* The “why” function of Youtube

* How players fit With and Without

* Does Jason believe in the Thunder?

* Why Jason doesn’t believe in the Bucks

* The underrated MAIN problem with the NBA product right now

* Why we’re doing MVP wrong these days

* Why NBA players are so jealous

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Joe, who covers sports business, did a great deep dive on why ESPN’s big bet on ESPN BET has gone awry. What does this say about the current state of sports gambling? Have we reached peak sports gambling? Also, was ESPN’s Around the Horn cancellation more about surrounding structure, or inability to match modern sports fan culture?

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I can’t deny it. I’m really excited about the Jimmy Butler Warriors. I just had to discuss with Light Years hosts Saam Esfandiari and Andy Liu. If you’re a GSW fan, this is the episode for you. If you like NBA legacy talk…this might also be the episode for you.

Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Do we believe?

* Reasons for belief

* Was Bob Myers throwing cold water on the Warriors in the ABC broadcast?

* Do I regret not being around for the entire Steph Warriors story arc?

* If Draymond’s wild championship prediction is right…LeBron legacy implications

* How Gregg Popovich and LeBron James are similar in GOAT debates