The Long Shot with Duncan Robinson and Davis Reid

It’s a biiiiig week for The Long Shot, as Davis’s wedding is fast approaching and free agency opens less than 24 hours afterwards for Duncan. The guys discuss both in this week’s top of show along with the reason Duncan takes credit for Davis’s wedding happening. Then, NBA Champion Bobby Portis stops by to discuss what it feels like to win a championship and how it changes your life, embracing the underdog mentality, adapting to change, the greatness of Giannis and much more!

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This week the guys are joined by the NBA’s Most Improved Player in 2012 and Duncan’s former teammate, Ryan Anderson. He sits down with Duncan and Davis to discuss watching Duncan’s growth, his unique timing in the league, the three point era, and playing with James Harden. He and Duncan also unpack learning to deal with adversity, the pressure of playing on the world’s biggest stage, and why mental health is so important in the NBA. The discussion ends with a legendary UNDrafted segment, as Ryan takes over to ask his own questions.

Before all of that, Duncan and Davis discuss a recent airport fiasco in Denver, how the game has shifted away from traditional big men, Nigeria vs. USA, and the pressure of PKs vs. late-game free throws. 

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While the guys are still out in Los Angeles, they wanted to make time to sit down and answer your most pressing questions. First, they break down Game 1 of the NBA Finals and hypothesize how the series may play out from here. Then, they get to the questions and cover a variety of topics from how Duncan has structured his off-season to Top 5 Cereals and much more in between. You definitely won’t want to miss this one. 

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Episode 22: Friday Beers | “We are recording, right?”

This week is the first ever in-person interview on The Long Shot! The guys go chat with the founders of Friday Beers at their headquarters and talk everything from their ascension online to Jared Dudley and much more. It’s a highly entertaining, sometimes ridiculous conversation that you won’t want to miss. 

Before that though, Davis and Duncan discuss why Duncan wears #55, how you get a jersey number from a teammate in the NBA, strongest guys in the league, and how Steven Adams gauges his opponents’ strength before free throws.

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The guys made it to Los Angeles! Back together in person, they discuss Duncan’s off-season plans, break down Miami’s series against Milwaukee, and talk NBA playoffs.

Then, they are joined by Brian Scalabrine to talk about his journey in the NBA, dealing with imposter syndrome, and being true to himself. Scal somehow finds a way to flip the interview on Duncan to discuss his growth as a player and flash back to the first time they met when Duncan was at Michigan. You aren’t going to want to miss this one. 

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The Long Shot boys are back in action! After a brief playoff hiatus, Duncan and Davis return with a bang as they are joined by one of the most underrated rising stars in the league and key piece of the red-hot Phoenix Suns; Mikal Bridges. The guys talk about his growth as a player, the Suns playoff run, CP3’s leadership, his days at Villanova (including beating Duncan in the National Championship), and much more!

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The boys are back! They couldn’t stay away because there are regular season awards to give out. In their final episode before the playoffs, they celebrate the first ever Long Shot Awards, where Duncan & Davis recognize guys around the league for a variety of reasons. Before that, they discuss Udonis Haslem’s legendary first appearance of the season against Philly and the events that led to his quick ejection. It’s a short but action-packed episode this week… so buckle up.

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With just a few days left before the playoffs begin, the guys sit down for one final episode before Duncan locks in and the pod goes on a brief hiatus. 

Because of this, they have quite a bit to discuss. Duncan starts by breaking down the importance of playing in front of his family in Boston, the recent series sweep of the Celtics, and clinching a playoff birth with Miami. The guys then react to another record that Duncan is on pace to break (but this time it’s not a good one), getting a shoutout from Bill Burr, Duncan’s legendary pre-draft workout with Miami, and much more!

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It’s become a running theme on this podcast that there are some things in life that are much bigger than basketball, and the guys are joined this week by a player who exemplifies this more than most. Caris LeVert stops by to talk about the emotions of being traded to Indiana, finding out he had a tumor on his kidney, and dealing with the adversity. The convo then shifts to basketball talk and the guys reflect on Caris and Duncan’s days together at Michigan, playing against each other now, mental preparation, the all-time talent of the Brooklyn Nets and much more. 

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From Australia, to Spain, then Israel… Joe Ingles has won everywhere he has played. Now he is having one of the best shooting seasons in NBA history and trying to add an NBA championship to his belt with the Utah Jazz. 

In this fantastic interview, Joe sits down with the guys to discuss Duncan using him as an NBA comparison in pre-draft workouts, his versatility on the court, his changed perspective on the game once he had children, the art of trash talking, Utah’s championship aspirations and so much more. 

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