Stretch Four

The Sixers were normal, and now they are weird. Andre 3000 has dropped a new album which might not be what we wanted, but is it what we needed?

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The Sixers are fun and we do not want them to trade for a "third star" only high-quality role players. We talk about perfect fits for potential next moves, our favorite Sixers teams to watch from the past decade, Joel Embiid's value as a disruptor, and Grant Williams recent troll job on Dallas fans.

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Aaron is back from a two-week vacation in Italy and Keenan fills him in on everything he missed during his time away including the start of the NBA season, the new-look Philadelphia 76ers, and more.

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Aaron got married and Keenan was there. We mostly talk about ESPN's NBA Player Rankings, what they got right, what they got wrong, and how our opinions are the best.

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The Portland Trailblazers are suddenly at the center of the NBA world after trading Dame Lillard and acquiring Jrue Holiday - the newest most-coveted NBA player on the market. We talk about the Sixers pursuit of their former All-Star point guard, the poetic nature of bringing back the player who's departure started the Process era, and more!

Also, they made an arrest in the murder of Tupac Shakur. You know, the one that happened in 1996.

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The Sixers signed Kelly Oubre Jr. and, oops! He might have beef with James Harden. Is this a chess move by Daryl Morey? Damian Lillard said some wild stuff. And Little Brother released two new songs that make hip-hop look easy. We talk about all this and more this week on the show.

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Aaron is back from his week-long trip to New York as a 3-on-3 champion which gives us a chance to talk pickup basketball strategy. We get into a little FIBA conspiracy theory and NBA rest rules changes before going off on some really fun tangents.

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We were right about James Harden, and our theory about why he wants to leave Philly. Aaron was wrong about the picture he had in his head of terrestrial radio legend Delilah - but it leads to a great theory about guiding people through art instead of giving them advice. And everybody is wrong for even engaging in the conversation about American sports teams labeling themselves "champions of the world."

This and more on this week's Stretch Four Podcast.

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We've reached the "look how skinny this guy looks" period of the NBA offseason and Aaron does not like it. We talk about the Harden situation (again), the NBA schedule and load management, and Keenan wonders if NBA players today are "too skilled." It's a good time.

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We start the podcast this week asking ourselves if what happened with the Philadelphia 76ers this week is something new, or just something that has been happening for a long time. Then we spend some time theorizing about the mental health of Philadelphia sports fans, and how the way they love their teams may affect the way they process other things in life. We get into Michael Oher's recent revelation that he was tricked into a conservatorship by the family he thought adopted him. This leads us to talk about the death of monoculture, and how nostalgia-driven shows like VH1's "I Love The" series will be difficult to make in the future because nothing that captures our collective attention has any sort of real staying power.

To be honest, we really love this conversation. And we hope you do too.

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