The Pure Hoops Quick Hitters

The Athletic Senior Writer Anthony Slater has been covering the Warriors the last several years and he joined us this week to dish some knowledge on Stephen Curry. Curry just recently surpassed Wilt Chamberlain as the franchise's all-time leading scorer and Slater updates us on what the reaction was to Curry's recent accomplishment. Slater also tells us some of his own stories covering Curry over the years, one involving the kids of another sports superstar. Plus, Slater informs us there's one more box to check for Curry in his basketball-playing career.

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Baylor's sharpshooter Matthew Mayer and his teammate Jackson Moffatt took the advice of Jackson's girlfriend and decided to go "full mullet" with their hairstyles. While it seemed innocent enough at the time, it may have triggered a series of events that helped push the Bears to a national championship. Or not. In any event, the guys explain how they became the "Mullet Bros" and share stories of reaching the top of the college basketball world.

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BJ Armstrong and Eric Newman breakdown how Aaron Gordon has helped the Nuggets and whether Denver is capable of being the last team standing.

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ESPN Analyst and SiriusXM ACC Radio Host Chris Spatola joins Otto Strong and Aaron Berlin to talk some college ball. Spatola gives us his very strong opinion on Kansas awarding a "lifetime contract" to head coach Bill Self while the program is still embroiled in an NCAA investigation into Level 1 violations. Spatola questions why member institutions, including Kansas, have thumbed their noses at NCAA rules they helped to create.

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Guest host Bruce Bernstein welcomes NBA reporter Ashley Nevel to discuss how she has been so successful in booking marquee NBA guests like Damian Lillard, Dwyane Wade, and Devin Booker to appear on her social media based shows.

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Clark Kellogg of CBS Sports joins Monica McNutt and King McClure to discuss the impact that former NBA players like Juwan Howard are making in the college coaching ranks.

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Eric Newman and BJ Armstrong share their perspective on the recent back and forth between Stephen A. Smith and Russell Westbrook.

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Five Reasons Sports Network's Ethan Skolnick joins Otto Strong and Aaron Berlin and tells us how the Miami Heat shrewdly worked the NBA Trade Deadline and were able to acquire 2-time All-Star Victor Oladipo. Skolnick tells us the Heat were aware they could get Oladipo from the Rockets should talks with Toronto to acquire Klye Lowry broke down.

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Bruce Bernstein fills in for Mike Wise this week and welcomes veteran NBA journalist Steve Bulpett to the show. Steve has covered the Boston Celtics since the 1980s and Bruce suggests a radical experiment for the Celtics in the wake of Evan Fournier's acquisition.

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Eric Newman and BJ Armstrong analyze what the Nuggets could look like with Aaron Gordon, and how Rajon Rondo can help the Clippers win the championship.

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