The Coping Hour

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0:00 Intro

1:08 The art of offseason NBA content and why I love it

3:25 Alex Caruso traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder

9:22 Derailing the show to explain something no one asked about

11:35 Monty Williams officially dismissed by the Detroit Pistons

14:11 The JJ Redick cultural moment is officially over -- we did it

19:25 Cybercriminals attack The Coping Hour

21:47 Is the offseason more fun with the Pistons FO being tight lipped?

24:48 Coaching candidates for Detroit moving forward

31:15 Falling out of love with my favorite basketball team

39:30 One final note on the JJ Redick hiring for Los Angeles

40:35 How are the NBA Finals settling with me?

49:52 More cybercriminals hack into The Coping Hour

50:58 House of the Dragon having a moment?

53:06 MORE cybercriminals attack The Coping Hour even more!

54:06 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 Intro

0:53 The Boston Celtics won their 18th NBA Championship

1:45 *Insert Player Name* NBA Champion

3:40 That Payton Pritchard shot will haunt me in my dreams

5:08 The J's finally reach the apex together

7:32 Something that I really like about Jayson Tatum

11:02 Al Horford! NBA Champion!

12:39 Jayson Tatum's potential worst moment ever lmfao

16:12 Julius Randle jump scare on television? What?

18:06 Did we kill the "Kyrie Game"? + Remembering Luka's first Finals

21:10 A very urgent email about Tim Hardaway Jr

25:12 A funny Mike Breen comment about Dallas

26:55 Derrick White! NBA Champion!

29:42 Kristaps Porzingis?! NBA Champion!

32:04 The image of Jayson embracing his son got to me

34:10 The Celtics were always as good as we always said they were

37:04 Potentially doing a voicemail for The Coping Hour

41:53 Sending in ISIS videos to America's Funniest Home Videos

43:29 Other miscellaneous thought from Game

545:29 Turning the WNBA up a notch

48:30 Geography lesson -- just turn the show off here

51:00 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 Intro / Programming notes / No Monday show

3:27 We might have to have a REAL talk about this Celtics team

11:00 The PJ Washington thing is really confusing me

13:13 Are we not about to get the Kyrie game?

15:34 Is this Luka's 2007 Cavs moment?

16:44 Realizing what today's show is actually about 17 minutes in

17:32 My hardest zag on the Celtics winning a championship

22:46 Pulling out our "take detector" for a second

24:39 New segment: "Is This An Autism Moment?"

26:21 Not sure what this all is -- off-road podcasting I guess

27:29 Ranking Joe Mazzulla in the greater coaching pantheon

32:02 James Borrego is still the Cleveland Cavaliers next head coach

32:36 This Woj/Dan Hurley stuff is WERID

39:13 The Clippers have the best mascot in the league

41:38 Wrapping this back around to the Celtics and appreciating them

46:28 Finals MVP could send the J's narratives nuclear

48:20 Notes from around the league: WNBA Edition

55:27 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 IMPORTANT NOTE

0:28 Intro

2:31 JJ Redick to Detroit is picking up some steam! Whoops!

3:55 & then something interesting happened ..

6:44 The odds that JJ doesn't get this job (outcome likely)

9:17 We haven't tackled ANY 2024 NBA Draft coverage on this show

10:42 The Pistons plan to offer Cade $200+ million?

12:10 People hate second round pick hoarding?

14:59 The Mavericks have finally lost consecutive games in these playoffs

16:16 The biggest difference between Dallas and Boston

20:47 Is Derrick Lively on Derrck White hairline watch?

21:21 People are going to try to make that Derrick White block happen and it cannot happen

23:01 I identified something about Bob Myers as a TV guy

25:26 Jason Kidd psychological warfare tactics

29:03 Mike Breen has been on an absolute tear these Playoffs

31:02 Facing a harsh reality about these Finals

33:46 This is where the thing I said would happen actually happens

34:38 Coping Hour Exclusive: A Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coaching scoop

36:40 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 Intro

0:55 I need to setup where we're about to venture on this program

1:43 I'm literally living the plot to The Big Short: Detroit Pistons Edition

4:22 Something I heard about through the Pistons grapevine

9:21 2004 Pistons vs 2017 Warriors conversation

13:07 The future NBA Trivia question answer you'll need some day

14:40 Mark Cuban as the Texas Governor? Hmm!

19:25 Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals goes to Boston

20:10 The gravity of Kristaps Porzingis' legacy game

21:00 Apologizing to the Celtics home crowd (kind of)

23:08 PLEASE stop making Mike Breen read 2K Locker Codes

23:51 We do not owe Boston an apology

26:28 Caring about Boston's cap situation right now makes you a dork

29:16 A brief breakdown of the Celtics' dominance

30:28 That's the look Will Smith is going with? Still? Alright

31:28 Revisiting the importance of how good Boston just was

36:50 Netflix having a "pivoting to live programming" moment

41:25 Addressing some serious allegations

44:15 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 Intro

1:12 The Final Shape + College Football 25

2:47 "Big Market" vs "Small Market" isn't interesting to me anymore

5:21 Early prediction for the 2024 NBA Finals

9:52 Bingo Sheet implications with the NBA Finals

11:58 Jimmy Butler might rip apart another franchise

14:03 "Boston vs Dallas" email reading

15:28 The first time I ever went to Hooters

17:53 Are we all collectively waiting for THE Kyrie game?

20:24 I always forget about KP playing in Boston

22:05 Both front offices have done a textbook job building around stars

24:55 "ESPN Hates The Celtics" email reading

27:07 Everyone hates the Celtics and this isn't new

29:59 The funniest European player I've ever seen

33:04 Tom Gores actually had a really good quote about Troy Weaver

36:40 The Pistons might be doing stuff behind the scenes

41:09 A half-baked conversation about de-platforming

44:56 My most intrusive thought about America's future

47:48 PRIMARY CONTROL

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2:34 So.. Mark Cuban is going to run for president?

7:41 Angel Hernandez is DEAD

16:00 JJ Redick is about the be the Lakers head coach?

23:13 A conversation about the future of simulcasts

25:58 Bill Walton passed away and it really bummed me out

30:39 The age of "made you look" journalism & non-lucrative aggregating

38:12 A gambling email in from the UK

43:00 Calling a gambling addiction hotline live in real-time

47:01 Responding to one specific comment that I didn't like

48:11 MORE nepotism in Detroit? Wow! Impressed!

51:00 My girlfriend fixed my PS5!

54:20 A brief conversation about the prominence of audio in our culture

56:52 PRIMARY CONTROL

0:00 Intro

1:30 Absolutely cannot get enough of this Western Conference Finals

10:30 "What's Worse?" Luka Doncic Edition

12:39 A Pacer who is stealing our collective hearts

14:29 A brief comment on some Jayson Tatum coverage

18:30 "Chris Paul and Draymond Green being on TV" takes

22:16 Anthony "more shots than you've ever seen" Edwards

24:44 Punting on an email reading because I didn't have any jokes

26:09 "Am I A Hater?" email

32:07 A conversation about postpartum depression

0:00 Intro

0:44 Housekeeping notes: I'm a liar, Verizon tablets, and WhatsApp

6:30 Celtics/Pacers game one was WEIRD

8:44 Mike Breen "double bang" moment for Jaylen Brown!

12:54 Myles Turner jersey retirement mental exercise

19:28 The WCF crowd/atmosphere is WAY better than the ECF

22:14 The psychology of a "ref you suck" chant

23:44 Kyrie averages more "oooh tough bucket" reactions than anyone

27:20 Dallas/Minnesota is one of my favorite playoff series' EVER

29:06 Narratives are having a moment in the NBA

33:27 The Detroit Pistons officially hired a new POBO

38:44 I have no idea what's going on with Cleveland

41:45 Does Atlanta getting the #1 pick change their plans with Trae?

45:48 I don't know why I started talking about Temu but I did

47:00 *GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING* & No I'm not kidding

53:02 Unrestricted internet access when it was the wild west

55:50 A question for our non-american listeners

57:23 PRIMARY CONTROL

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0:00 Intro

1:22 Minnesota ACTUALLY did it? Denver is dead!

11:50 The Knicks shattered my heart and the Pacers won

19:15 A broadcasting note about Richard Jefferson

21:23 People pretending to care about the NBA's ratings again

25:04 Wow, so OKC really just punted on the deadline. Did it hurt them?

28:33 I can't believe Denver is actually gone

30:21 A question about "the future face of the league"

34:44 Something about myself that bothers me

35:53 The problem with Boston winning a championship

37:20 Why do Europeans love WhatsApp so much?

39:42 An email that meant a lot to me

43:05 PRIMARY CONTROL