November 16, 2021

Jack dives into the Baxter Holmes ESPN story on long tenured Phoenix Suns owner, Robert Sarver. He dives into many of the alleged accounts of racism, sexism, misogyny that Holmes recorded in his interviews with 70 plus members and staff within the Suns organization (0:45-14:15). After that, he discusses the Bulls dominance including DeRozan’s improvement along with his isolation efficiency and scoring prowess, Lavine’s leap, and a willingness to buy into roles to win (14:15-24:34). Marcus Smart’s comments on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum’s in game decisions and subsequently follows with a conversation about the abilities of the role players on the Celtics and Ime Udoka’s questionable rotation and schemes (24:34-34:08). After that he gets into Rich Paul’s most recent statement on Simmons’ mental health and how the officiating of the game this season has made the viewing product far more enjoyable (34:08-42:11). Finally, college basketball has finally begun and the 2022 draft class is stacked from the likes of Paolo Banchero to Chet Holmgren (42:11-46:22).