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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We thought about it, and nothing makes more sense for both sides than for James Harden to just return to Philadelphia and play for the 76ers. Sorry. We also talk about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's recent Substack newsletter about his process, and break down his work ethic, which inspires Keenan to come up with a theory.

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This week, our conversation starts by looking at the amazing 21-year career of LeBron James and takes a turn to talk about all the innovations, inventions, and changes the world has seen over the timespan of his career. Oh no! Is everything everywhere getting worse all the time? How can we turn it around? What is really important and how can we live our lives in a way that honors that? Big stuff.

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This week we talk about Bronny James, and the slew of reactions and grifters trying to push their agenda onto an already scary situation. We also talk about the idea of pursuing your goals, obstacles that get in the way, and how money changes everything.

The Barbie movie is good! But Aaron wonders whether the whole thing is just a Trojan Horse to open up the gates for a slew of other movies based on toys from our childhood.

All this and more this week on Stretch Four.

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