We are joined by our lawyer Ock Sportello for another CLASSIC. First, we talk about him finding the sublime in the chud Knicks run. Then we discuss his excellent piece for Passion of the Weiss about Tyga's cynical AI-generated album, AI music in general, and what the future of music might look like. Other topics include Pat McAfee's new album, The Broke Jumper Tip Line, Wemby as a government super soldier, Barack Obama's player comp being Tayshaun Prince, and much more.

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Ock's piece: Sim City, Bitch: Tyga, Artificial Intelligence, and the End of Art

Drew Millard's 0.0 review of $TARFACE

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We are joined by writer and creator of the excellent women's basketball Substack Rough Notes Maya Goldberg-Safir to talk about her time at WNBA All-Star Weekend, the WNBA's relationship to its own queer history, how much to engage with Sophie Cunningham's dogwhistling, and what a Valks championship is going to look like!

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Maya's great piece about All-Star Weekend

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Harry and Patrick are BACK from the summer hiatus, talking about Patrick's experience covering the Tour de France, harry's experience watching LeBron slip through the Warriors' grasp, short-form content, analytics professionals playing pick-up, and Kyle Kuzma doing reverse taste discourse.

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Read all of Patrick's 2026 Tour de France dispatches

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We are joined by Defector's own Maitreyi Anantharaman to talk about the Malik Beasley indictment, Jalen Duren's future with the Pistons, and Jaylen Brown's battle with advanced analytics. Then we switch over to the W and run through the big storylines of the season's first chunk, including Olivia Miles' early success, Valk Nation continuing to flourish into a legit contender, and a recent episode of the Caitlin Clark media circus saga.

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Maitreyi's piece on Caitlin Clark's season

Maitreyi's profile of Olivia Miles

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We are joined by writer, podcaster and hoops data expert David Lee to talk about draft board philosophies, his heterodox big board, cheating at the combine, Jalen Brunson's stocky frame being a huge advantage for him, and his new website The Hardwood Collective. Plus Patrick and harry talk at the top about harry's new media project Tranche 001.

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David's new website The Hardwood Collective

David's NBA & draft analysis site The 5th Factor

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We are joined by Defector's Giri Nathan to discuss the Knicks winning the NBA championship, Victor Wembanyama the hyperobject, James Dolan's dating profile, getting drunk on IG live, and much more.

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Giri's book Changeover

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We are joined by comedian and official NBR Spurs correspondent Devon Walker to talk about being a Spurs fan living in New York, watching a game at Doris, and Wemby's mamba mentality. Then we talk to Will Menaker about the Knicks, the dark energy at MSG for Game 3, and the case for Knicks optimism.

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We are joined by writer, poet, podcaster, and author Hanif Abdurraqib to talk about his own pickup game, why floaters are beautiful, the point guard as poet, loving KAT, the Warriors' cosmic connection to the Wolves, and MUCH MORE.

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Hanif's recent New Yorker piece about loving the Wolves

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Hanif's episode of Spinsters about never being able to quit Ricky Rubio

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We are joined by comedian and actor Gavin Matts for a wide-ranging chat about everything from being a transplant Knicks fan, the Boozer kids' hairline, Bird scooters, the SF-based rapper Frak, and why Shai may have created a swag prison of his own making.

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Watch Gavin's stand up special Progressions (and stay tuned for a new special coming soon.....)

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We are joined by Noah Kulwin to discuss an incredible set of conference finals games. First we talk Brunson's heroics, James Harden getting chappaquiddick'd and a great mike brown coaching job. After that we talk Spurs vs OKC, Wemby's brilliance and an op-ed in the Oklahoman comparing OKC to Israel.

A new BLOWBACK mini series about America and Israel's relationship comes out May 29th!!

Samer's piece about the now-deleted Oklahoman op ed

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