Sports Illustrated Atlanta Hawks reporter Pat Benson Jr (@pat_benson_jr on Twitter) and Detroit Free Press Pistons Pulse co-host Bryce Simons (@motorcityhoops on Twitter, Youtube) join David to talk about the now official trade between the Atlanta Hawks,  Detroit Pistons, Portland Trailblazers and Golden State Warriors that sent Saddiq Bey to Atlanta and James Wiseman to Detroit.

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Episode 36 kicks off with SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti and I talk Mid-Season(ish) NBA takes including who we like to win in each conference, teams that are troubling and some MVP talk.

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SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti joins the pod to talk Elon's plans and the death of Twitter, NBA teams under- and over-achieving, Mid teams that should blow it up, Potential coaching changes and post-season award front runners.

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3:25 Corporate-owned Twitter, Karl Marx and Tech hates media

20:51 NBA teams and players exceeding/underachieving

47:48 Three teams that need to blow it up

1:04 Potential coaching changes?

1:11 Post-season award front runners

Sportsgrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti (@[email protected], @AmericanNumbers @DataStrictly on Twitter) is back to discuss Elon Musk tanking Twitter, the US midterm elections and to run through both NBA conferences for our not-too-early season takes and NBA Finals predictions.

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Atlanta Hawks & NBA Sneakers reporter for FanNation, a Sports Illustrated channel and Author of Kobe Bryant’s Sneaker History (1996-2020) Pat Benson Jr joins David to go through all 30 NBA teams projected wins and pick their over/unders.

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Author Javier Hernández joins David to discuss his new book Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans - Why It Will Always Be That Way. 

Topics include:

:03 Colonialism, Puerto Rican culture and nationality

:13 English and Puerto Rico's class system

:16 The myth of Puerto Rico Statehood

:20 Why Statehooders hate Casa Pueblo

:23 National Rail/Transit for Puerto Rico

:26 2014 GAO Report

:30 The Reality of Taking Congressional Seats

:34 Financial Independence and "Puerto Rico: The Economic Case for Sovereignty"

:36 The Need for Election Oversight in PR Elections

:42 Electoral Alliances

:49 Immigration and Xenophobia

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In this mini episode, David eats (a little) crow for his NBA Finals Game 5 predictions, recaps keys to the Warriors win/Celtics loss, talks about what to look for in Game 6 and calls out Jayson Tatum.

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We're smack dab in the middle of the NBA Finals and SportGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti joins the pod to talk C's, Dubs, Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, Steve Kerr and how the Celtics are up 2-1 headed into a pivotal Game 4 in Boston. We also talk Lakers hiring Darvin Ham and what the Utah Jazz should do next.

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We're back! SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti joins David Binkowski to talk NBA Playoffs, including recaps of the first round series, the almost closed out series and those that could go to 7 games. 

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The Western Conference win/loss totals episode with SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti! Plus we definitely do not talk about Ben Simmons and best bets to win the West and each Division.

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