Tyrese talks about what it is like to travel as an NBA player, and tells some of his favorite stories from the road, including the flight that terrified Joel Embiid. He also goes into detail about the games on the trip with the Heat, Mavs and Bucks, including what it is like to play a back-to-back in Miami and Dallas, while still finding time to see his family and friends. Tyrese describes the importance of snapping the Bucks winning streak, and how he stays confident when going to the line for clutch free throws.

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Tyrese talks about how he fell in love with basketball, why he looked up to his Dad, Allen Iverson, and Dwyane Wade as a kid, and what was said in the locker room after the huge comeback win over the Grizzlies. He also addresses his reaction to moving to the Sixth Man role this season, and the mental and physical struggles of dealing with an injury. 

Tyrese sits down with his Mom, Dad and Uncle Brandon for a conversation about how they have motivated and supported him, why tough love was sometimes required (even from Mom), and Uncle Brandon reveals the most annoying thing about living with Tyrese these past 3 years.

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In 1998, while a young Cassidy Hubbarth sat next to her mother on their couch in Chicago, yelling at the TV as the Bulls went for their second three-peat, Nikko Ramos was playing at recess in Manila, eagerly waiting for updates from “recess runners” who darted between the canteen and a payphone to relay the game’s play-by-play from a cousin’s bootleg satellite. A 13-hour time difference, a hazy satellite feed, and questionably-accurate third party updates wouldn’t keep Filipino fans from the NBA finals. Today, according to the NBA’s yearly surveys, 62% of the general population in the Philippines consider themselves NBA fans. 34% consider themselves avid NBA fans. That’s the largest percentage of all countries. Coming from the Philippines, where the average height of men is 5’4”, one might wonder how Filipinos came to be obsessed with a sport usually played by the tallest people on the planet. Cassidy and Nikko explore the deep, colonial roots of basketball in the Philippines, the development of the second oldest professional basketball league in the world, and the creativity of Pinoy basketball fans both while playing and watching the game. 

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Ten-year NBA veteran and current Analyst for the Houston Rockets, Ryan Hollins, is joined by Jabari Smith Jr., the third pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. Ryan and Jabari discuss Jabari's "welcome to the NBA" moment, his draft night, and matching up with Lebron and Giannis. Jabari Smith Jr. talks about his relationship with his father, NBA player Jabari Smith Sr., and the advice he's given him that helped him get to the NBA. 

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Ten-year NBA veteran and current Analyst for the Houston Rockets, Ryan Hollins, is joined by NBA vet and host of the podcast 'Knuckleheads,' Quentin Richardson. Ryan and Q-Rich discuss Tari Eason's recent performances and the players they're excited to see in the Rising Stars player pool. Q-Rich shares some of his rookie stories from draft night. 

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Ten-year NBA veteran and current Analyst for the Houston Rockets Ryan Hollins tells the story of his draft night, standing out in team workouts, and why he's grateful he went to Charlotte. Ryan goes through some of his favorite rookie moments from this season so far, with highlights from Bennedict Mathurin and Paolo Banchero. Utah Jazz rookie Walker Kessler joins to discuss how he felt on draft night, getting traded, and his double-double during his debut game. 

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Veteran NBA analysts and sports bettors Chris Sheridan, Andy Roth and Jamieson Welsh kick things off with the pilot episode of Hoops & Hopes presented by Draft Kings. The best 3-man-weave in NBA sports betting discuss their individual approaches to NBA betting, some of the NBA awards odds as well as the NBA's MLK Day schedule.

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Monday Jan. 2nd... Sarah Kustok talks with NBA.com Senior writer John Schuhmann about his latest Power Rankings. Why Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets rise to the top spot, and how Giannis and the Bucks continue to fall down the rankings. 

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