Please Dunk Responsibly

Hosts Ben Rice and Phil Webster are back for their NBA trade deadline recap! We met up at Sacramento's Hop Gardens to partake in Henhouse Brewing's Big Chicken release, a once-yearly big and beautiful triple IPA. With some cowardice and big names moving, it's only fair that we try to figure out who this year's deadline Big Chicken really is. Got your thoughts on the subject? Slide into our GM's! We discuss the #KANGZ big moves and the short- and long-term effects of it, recall some past forecasts and whether or not they became realities, and talk under-the-radar trades that could mean big things in the playoffs. Plus whatever the hell the Blazers are doing. RIP Dame Time and a discussion of the greatest coaches of all time (or maybe just the 2021-2022 season). A lot has happened and we get to all of it (that matters). So crack open a cold one and Please Dunk Responsibly.
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This week’s beer is Big Chicken by Henhouse Brewing - get more info on IG @henhousebrewing
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist) - Congrats to Breez, for guesting and producing a track on the latest (hed)p.e. album!
Special Music: Eric Barger "IANALB" available on STAB! Cuts, wherever you get you podcasts.

Hosts Ben Rice & Phil Webster return to discuss, allegedly, the latest in the NBA, including All Star Weekend! The Trade Deadline! Labor strife! All over some pints of Peoples Beer Black History Month collaboration beers, featuring Full Circle and Hunters Point double dry hopped hazy IPAs (not drunk on the record: Hella Coastal & Oak Park Brewing collabs). We MAY dip a toe into some NFL issues "come to light" and the MLB Hall of Fame/Steroid Era debate, and a little bit about Daniel Bettman decimating the NHL and trying to do the same with another sport, and America's platitudes toward minoriti... this is a basketball and beer podcast, we promise! We even offer up player-to-beer comparisons thanks to a listener suggestion! And all the #KANGZ talk you can handle (which isn't much). And of course, we gotta know where Simmons is going next - Bill Simmons, with his music documentaries. IT'S A BEER AND BASKETBALL PODCAST, WE PROMISE! Thanks so much for listening and, from both of us, Please Dunk Responsibly.
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This week’s beers are Peoples Beer (@peoplesbeer) Black History Month collaboration Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPAs made with Full Circle @fullcirclebrewingco) and Hunters Point (@hunterspointbrewery)
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Oh my goodness! Hosts Ben Rice & Phil Webster are together again, meeting at Sacramento's Urban Roots Brewing (a member of the inaugural PDR Dream Team) to to compare players to beers and discuss the goings-on around the National Basketball Association. We break down Urban Roots offerings Brave Noise pale ale, a beer that celebrates diversity and inclusion in the beer industry, and determine what player best represents those ideals, as well as their Nothing Is Certain black lager and its NBA companion. We talk a surprising amount about the long, strange career of Kevin Love, Steph's inevitable 3 point record, and Ben lays out a pristine and dangerous NBA conspiracy theory. Plus our thoughts on Urban Meyer, hours before he officially got the ax. You never know where the conversation will go when basketball and beer are involved, so we do remind you to Please Dunk Responsibly. Cheers!
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This week’s beers are Brave Noise pale ale and Nothing Is Certain black lager from Urban Roots Brewing - follow Urban Roots @urbanrootsbeer and learn more about the Brave Noise campaign by visiting bravenoisebeer.com
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

We're finally back for our premier episode of the 2021-2022 NBA actual season! We've been Missing In Action, so we're gonna get you caught up with the coldest pints and the hottest takes, as Ben gives you one take on the NBA draft, NBA free agency, and the 2021-2022 season so far for the Eastern Conference, while Phil tackles the Western Conference. We compare our penance beers (past-prime pints of Fog City from Bike Dog and Hop Riot from HighWater) to players and outline our new format moving forward. Thanks for listening and, as always, please dunk responsibly.
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This week’s beers are Fog City from Bike Dog Brewing – find out more on IG @bikedogbrewing - and Hop Riot from HighWater Brewing - find out more on IG @highwaterbrewing
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice and Phil Webster finally find the time to recap the end of the 2021 NBA Finals, then, from tampering to Kings incompetence, we talk the highs and lows of NBA free agency. We pick our best under-the-radar moves and try to figure out if teams have done enough to put themselves in the conversation for next year. Plus! Who is the Giannis stopper? Are the old Lakers good enough for the new Western Conference bloodbath? And WHAT THE FUCK are the Blazers even doing??? All over pints of Alvarado Street Laser Phocus and 21st Amendment 21st Anniversary IPAs.
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This week’s beers are Alvarado Street's Laser Phocus (@alvaradostreetbrewery) and 21st Amendment 21st Anniversary IPA (@21stamendment)
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice & Phil Webster recap the NBA Conference Finals, preview the upcoming NBA Finals, and compare those Finalists to breweries. Plus! NBA conspiracies, our continued efforts to get the Trailblazers to the Finals next year, and debunking classic NBA What-If's. Thanks again for tuning in. And until next time, please dunk responsibly.
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This week’s beers are Bell's Brewery's Two Hearted Ale (@bellsbrewery) and Urban Roots Hell helles lager (@urbanrootsbeer)
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice and Phil Webster recap the Conference Semifinals, preview the Eastern Conference Finals, and prognosticate on if the Clippers can dig out of an 0-2 hole. Plus! The NBA hates Chris Paul still! Surprising Father's Day greetings! Scintillating Simmons trade rumors! And beers! Plus a ton of trash talk, because that's what happens when you're in this deep. Enjoy!
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This week’s beers are Bike Dog's Zebra Pants (@bikedogbrewing) and Oak Park Brewing's Brewteenth mango pale ale (@opbrewco)
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice & Phil Webster give a much-delayed Round One recap and Round Two preview. Family and sickness suck. We foresee the Suns' sweep of the MVP-toting Nuggets, the injury bug biting the Nets, and Paul George struggling in the playoffs yet again. Then we preview the Conference Finals and compare some unicorns to beers, all over a pint of Picture Me Rolling triple hazy IPA from Tilted Mash. From PG Deities to mismatched teammates, we cover it all, and remind you, to Please, Dunk Responsibly.
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This week’s beer is Picture Me Rolling hazy triple IPA from Tilted Mash (@tiltedmash) w/ collaboration from Flatland Brewing & homebrewer extraordinaire Sam Blackmon
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice and Phil Webster break down the playoff play-in games and the first two games of Round 1 of the 2020-2021 NBA Playoffs! They also celebrate two recent brewery anniversaries by drinking the Campus/Flatland collab Swerveza! michelada (Ben) and Urban Roots Travelers Welcome HDHC Unfiltered DIPA (Phil). We compare Urban Roots to a historic NBA team and dub Campus Sacramento beer's Rookie of the Year. Due to tons of internet connectivity issues, we do a rapid-fire analysis of what we see in the games ahead, before closing out by Canning Treys! Three beers worth checking out this week, including Tilted Mash's 5th Anniversary ales, Sudwerk/Anderson Valley's collab, and, after a big announcement from Ben, the non-alcoholic options at Windsor's Barrel Brothers Brewing. Enjoy!
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Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi

Hosts Ben Rice & Phil Webster break down the NBA end-of-season madness, what the final day of the season holds, and what we think will happen in the playoff play-ins, over pints of Karl Strauss/Beachwood Riders on the Storm and Claimstake/Weathered Souls Hop Homies. Plus we break down our picks for the year-end NBA awards and try to suss out the best NBA collaborators of the year, and of all time. Cheers!
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This week’s beers are Hop Homies by Claimstake/Weathered Souls & Riders on the Storm by Karl Strauss/Beachwood - get them wherever you can!
Intro Music: “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist)
Logo by Maryam Moosavi