Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes have found their own Pepe Silvia: Guggenheim Partners.
We take you back to the first domino that led to Peyton Watson's sign and trade to Cleveland and induct James Harden into the $500 Mil club.
Truth Teller Henry Abbott of TrueHoop and author of Ballistic is fed up with the NBA PR machine and urges you not to take the NBA at their word.
The league’s response to the Terry Rozier and Tim Donaghy scandals gives us insight into their current PR playbook. Are NBA investigations designed to find the truth or protect the league’s brand?
Plus the rise of private equity, ultra-wealthy ownership groups and teams as tradable assets is reshaping the future of the sport.
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Aug 26
1 hr 24 min
Tom, Amin, Wos and Mayes react to the second NBA team sale of August, at an absurd price increase, to a buyer leveraging their OpenAI investments.
Who is Marc Stad? Another venture capitalist looking for a stable place to park his highly volatile riches? Or is there some other connection to NBA ownership at play here?
All that and more on the future of the Timberwolves.
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Aug 21
41 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are more than close, they're vacation close.
Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss is here to discuss the various ownership stories simmering across the NBA: Mark Walter's financial troubles, Bob Iger & Adam Silver's relationship, why the NBA would choose to expand to Vegas and the fallout from Monday's ESPN report about the Ballmer investigation.
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Aug 19
1 hr 32 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes can't decide which Prestige HBO TV show best describes what's going on with the Lakers right now.
Truth Teller Yaron Weitzman, author of A Hollywood Ending, helps us understand the machinations unfurling before our eyes with the premiere NBA franchise. The three pronged ownership story (Buss Family, Mark Walter, Iger/Kushner) has a million different interesting details. What does it all mean?
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Aug 18
35 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if the latest development in the Terry Rozier investigation should end the case.
We unpack KD's superteam comments comparing LeBron's new 76ers with his death lineup Warriors, and reveal our picks for First Team All Wedding.
Truth Teller Dr. Nirav Pandya from UCSF unpacks the findings from his study on short-term workload patterns before Achilles tendon ruptures in the NBA, a response to the rebuttal statement from the NBA and what more information he wishes he had to understand the injury better.
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Aug 5
1 hr 12 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes reveal the unlikely source of the first "optionality" in sports.
Sam Presti continues to play 4-D Chess with other GMs, and the conspiracy goes deeper than you could ever imagine.
Truth Teller Spike Eskin of The Rights to Ricky Sanchez and WIP is the proud new owner of a mercenary super team. LeBron James has done the impossible and signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, bringing with him a whole lot of attention, expectations and possibly his son Bronaldinho.
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Jul 29
1 hr 11 min
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are threatening to move this podcast unless listeners pay for a new studio.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Restricted Free Agency Needs To Be Amended?
The Wizards Extend Anthony Davis?
Caleb Wilson Leads The Chicago Bulls To The Playoffs?
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Jul 23
51 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are not going to be rushed.
Truth Teller Henry Abbott of TrueHoop and author of Ballistic is here to wonder if paying a player over 30 the Super Max is viable in team building, explain why Mark Cuban is the de facto advocate for ownership and divine what happiness truly means to LeBron on day 22 of his free agency.
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Jul 22
1 hr 14 min
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are hoping for their own Gary Trent Jr. style contracts after career worst years.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
In Optionality?
Victor Wembanyama Should Have Taken A Discount?
LeBron Makes Any Team A Title Favorite?
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Jul 16
48 min
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if a strike lands in the head area, does it leave a mark?
Will LeBron announce his next team at Fanatics Fest this week? Or wait til after the world cup? Or will he continue to keep the whole world right where he wants them: in the cuck chair.
Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star makes his triumphant return to discuss The Neverending Story of Kawhi Leonard, the trade back to the Raptors that was put on hold, how much the salary cap landscape has shifted in only a year and a bunch of references to Sidney Crosby cuz, yknow, Canada.
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Jul 15
1 hr 20 min
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