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Post by gk on Oct 2, 2013 8:49:37 GMT -6
'The Basketball Jones', possibly my favorite podcast on earth, is now going to be on Grantland once a week for their Friday "overdose" episodes. I feel weird about this. I feel like the Jonah Keri podcast lost a lot of its interestingness when it moved over to Grantland. This is really sad as TBJ was probably my favorite podcast. --> blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2013/08/30/programming-note-thank-you-tbjers/ However, I wonder if this means they too will be joining Grantland. I'd prefer they stay with the Score, but if it means they get paid I'm all for it. So it wasn't Grantland --->
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Post by fatmenace on Oct 2, 2013 10:13:30 GMT -6
i like it
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Post by gk on May 14, 2015 11:41:18 GMT -6
Five Thirty Eight has a relatively new podcast "Hot Takedown." I'm not ready to give it my full recommendation but I would recommend their recent episode on the NBA Draft Lottery because A) the opening theme is awesome and B) I'm kind of in love the the 'Futures' idea for NBA lottery reform.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 14:49:57 GMT -6
Listening now. Tombstone Day is a terrible idea.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:00:51 GMT -6
the tournament idea doesn't discourage tanking. i can't believe they thought this was the best idea. this girl is the only one who's pointing out the flaws.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:19:29 GMT -6
The tweaked wheel made my head hurt.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:22:57 GMT -6
I feel like the Futures would favor the Spurs. I listen to RC a lot on local radio and he has his finger on the pulse, correctly, on a lot of teams. (Yes, he does occasionally give compelling interviews).
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:25:07 GMT -6
I would love to see who Billy King would pick every year. I have to believe he would continually pick the teams who finished as one seeds.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:25:42 GMT -6
That podcast was interesting. Might be too high IQ for me, but I'll listen to a few more.
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Post by gk on May 14, 2015 15:28:23 GMT -6
I feel like the Futures would favor the Spurs. I listen to RC a lot on local radio and he has his finger on the pulse, correctly, on a lot of teams. (Yes, he does occasionally give compelling interviews). Yeah the Futures one is the only one I liked. I think Kate Fagan is 100% right that players have a counter incentive to do well in any scheme that would make a team get a higher draft placement based on positive performance. The Futures idea would be so fun for the whole year. It's why I was actively rooting against the Bills each and every week when the Browns had their draft pick. Ditto for the Colts in the Trent Richardson trade.
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2015 15:32:29 GMT -6
Yeah, she nailed the players' attitude. Reading interview with athletes, across all sports, it's interesting how little they care about team draft picks, or salary cap, or whatever. Maybe an entrenched guy like Duncan or Brady. But most are just concerned with themselves being employed. Which is totally fair. They don't have the same passions fans do.
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Post by gk on Apr 21, 2016 7:54:44 GMT -6
Bardwell now has his own podcast. Talks to Kevin Pelton in the first episode so presumably not NFL-specific.
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Post by fatmenace on May 6, 2016 8:50:50 GMT -6
I deleted The Starters from my list. Only so much "witty" non basketball banter I can take.
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Post by gk on May 7, 2016 10:39:46 GMT -6
I deleted The Starters from my list. Only so much "witty" non basketball banter I can take. You are dumb. The friday starters podcast is the highlight of my week.
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Post by fatmenace on Dec 16, 2016 13:08:22 GMT -6
Wow, Jay Mariotti and Woody Paige are starting a podcast together. Jesus, I can't think of a more unappealing hour. Who would possibly listen to this?
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