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Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about renewed interest in the playoffs (3:00), Game of Thrones (5:20), dragon intercourse (7:00), Raptors-Sixers, Gm 7 (9:20), Jimmy Butler (15:00), Ben Simmons doesn't have a jumpshot (17:30), Embiid and Simmons are still developing (21:00), Kawhi's buzzer beater (22:20), being happy for Toronto (26:00), Sixers postmortem (29:10), Brett Brown (33:00), Blazers-Nuggets, Gm 7 (35:30), CJ McCollum, the NBA's best nerd (36:00), McCollum's shining moment (39:20), being heartbroken for Jokic going home (40:50), being happy for Enes Kanter (42:40), Enes' hair (46:10), Nuggets postmortem (51:30), Warriors-Rockets, Gm 6 (53:10), narratives developing around James Harden (53:30), Klay Thompson carrying the Warriors through the first half of Gm 6 (55:40), giving Steph Curry some love (58:40), Warriors being a normal, great, fallible team (1:01:00), Rockets postmortem (1:05:00), Bucks-Celtics, Gm 5 (1:09:00), the greatness of Giannis (1:11:00), Giannis and Harden's greatest attributes and how those things translate to playoff basketball (1:13:00), things we're looking forward to with GSW-POR and TOR-MKE (1:17:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about reprogramming mentally and spiritually in Mexico (3:00), hearing about Denver and Portland going into 4OTs (6:00), CW's 180 text message story (10:10), Nuggets-Blazers (20:00), Denver-Portland is the most fun playoff series left (29:00), Moe Harkless as the lead dawg samurai in the 2019 NBA Playoffs (31:40), Lillard tying the game in 30T (43:00), Aminu, Torrey Craig and Moe Harkless as future Knicks (45:00), Torrey Craig's face-mask nose (45:30), Rodney Hood (46:40), Denver-Portland Gm 4 (49:15), Nuggets-Blazers as the most fun series of the NBA playoffs (50:10), Jokic breaking microphones (51:00), Warriors-Rockets (52:10), Curry's struggles (52:30), Durant's on his way out of town and going apeshit (53:15), secondary players with big contributions for the Rockets and Warriors (55:30), Bucks-Celtics (56:20), the Coach Bud / Oompa Loompa comparison (57:00), The Greek Basketball Freak aka The Greek God aka The Greek aka The Greek God of Basketball (59:00), Giannis is a daredevil (1:00:10), Sixers-Raptors (1:00:00), JJ Redick's latest special update (1:01:30), Embiid various sicknesses and maladies (1:10:00), GUESS THE LINES: MKE-BOS, GSW-HOU, POR-DEN, TOR-PHI (1:16:00), t-minus one week til NBA lottery ping-pong balls & creating good draft mojo (1:18:00) and dressing up like lottery picks (1:19:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hobby joins the pod this week to talk the final minute of Spurs-Nuggets Gm 7 (2:30), Clippers-Warriors Gm 6 (6:30), Clippers vs. Lakers for LA's affection (8:30), the fan-favorite Clippers (12:30), Lakers free agency prospects (19:40), Warriors-Rockets (24:30), Durant's 2019 playoff run (28:30), James Harden (31:30), sizing up the remaining potential competition for the Warriors in the 2019 playoffs (32:30), concerns about the Sixers (34:00) and trusting Kawhi Leonard (36:15)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins for an emergency pod to discuss Lillard's mind boggling series winning shot, Westbrook's swagger and the latest in Derrick White's hair—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about the Nets-Sixers Gm 4 (1:00), Blazers-Thunder Gm 4 (6:30), Bucks-Pistons (10:00), Giannis (11:00), Celtics-Pacers (13:00), Pacers needing to add an offensive creator in the offseason (14:00), Sixers-Nets (15:30), Embiid's minutes (17:50), moral victories for the Nets (18:50), Spincer Dinwiddie's facial hair draft (24:20), Embiid and Simmons embodying Philadelphia (25:10), Brett Brown (29:20), Raptors-Magic (30:45), D.J. Augustine (31:00) and the bright future for the Magic (33:20)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about Warriors-Clippers (6:00), hearing about / finding out about Clips-Dubs, Gm 2 (9:00), Patrick Beverley (12:20), Bogut vs. Montrezl (16:45), Jazz-Rockets (18:20), Harden for MVP (19:00), Quin Snyder seemingly running from a checkered past and/or the law (23:30), Blazers-Thunder (26:20), Jennifer [CJ McCollum] (27:00), Damian Lillard (29:10), Spurs-Nuggets (34:00), ESPN's incredible piece about Gregg Popovich, food and wine (35:00), Derrick White lovefest (37:30), Pop and Mike Malone (42:10) and Jamal Murray (45:30)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft the most fun possible Zion Williamson NBA landing spots—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1#1- Team CW—Zion Destination 1 (3:30)#2- Team BC—Zion Destination 1 (16:35)ROUND 2#3- Team CW—Zion Destination 2 (25:00)#4- Team BC—Zion Destination 2 (30:10)ROUND 3#5- Team CW—Zion Destination 3 (33:45)#6- Team BC—Zion Destination 3 (37:30)ROUND 4#7- Team CW—Zion Destination 4 (41:15)#8- Team BC—Zion Destination 4 (45:25)ROUND 5#9- Team CW—Zion Destination 5 (48:10)#10- Team BC—Zion Destination 5 (49:50)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about our most unlistenable podcast yet (6:00), Ben and Chris' fantasy context/history (8:30), Embiid's triple double (14:15), fantasy mirroring reality (17:30), fantasy personnel strategy (21:30), Wednesday, April 10th—The Final Night (23:30), explaining to his wife that he's in the fantasy finals (29:00), CW overtaking BC in 3P% (30:30), Jokic (32:00), .372 vs. .373 (37:30), John Collins (39:00), IBS (41:00), ESPN's fantasy platform sucks (43:00), having a small heart attack (45:00), ESPN's bad math (47:00), Amir questioning about the exact fraction of 3P% (49:00), breaking Larry (53:00) and ESPN app chaos (1:04:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nate Williams joins the pod this week to talk about lessons from fantasy basketball (2:00), waiver wire panic (5:30), post-fantasy life (7:00), debriefing someone you're dating on fantasy sports addiction (8:00), Aaron Gordon (11:30), NBA subplots from 2019 (14:45), Carmelo Anthony (16:40), Brooklyn Nets and D'Angelo Russell (20:10), D'Angelo Russell (23:00), Caris LeVert (24:50), Brooklyn Nets free agency (26:00), the Clippers resurgence (30:00), the Clippers vs. Lakers free agency appeal (33:45), the Charlotte Hornets long-shot playoff odds (35:50), LeBron trying to trade all of his teammates and the Lakers winding up in the NBA lottery (36:40), Anthony Davis (38:20), trying to forecast the happiness / potential rest of star players in the NBA (39:50), Year 1 of LeBron in LA (42:20) and the fun, high-upside Sacramento Kings (45:10)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Billy Scafuri joins the pod this week to talk about being a sports fans in LA (3:00), fantasy basketball revelations from 2019 (8:00), load management (11:00), the business of the NBA and player value (13:15), Kawhi's health and rest (14:30), Trae Young and redefining the Most Improved Player Award (17:00), the young & fun Atlanta Hawks (20:45), Denver Nuggets playoff concerns (22:45), the young, inexperienced core of the Nuggets (23:50), problematic matchups for Jamal Murray in the playoffs (26:00), handicapping the final 3 spots in the Eastern Conference Playoffs (29:20), D'Angelo Russell (34:10), Mr. Corvetti punching a trashcan and it landing atop the head of a bully (35:40), Brooklyn's positive mojo potentially helping their free agency prospects (37:00), marathon fantasy baseball drafts (39:00) and the potential for the NY Mets in 2019 (42:15)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the life and impact one of modern sports most influential figures. CHAPTER 5AI wins the MVP and the Sixers are the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference (3:20), Iverson's minutes, durability, ability to play through pain (5:00), AI and Larry Brown burying the hatchet (6:30), Iverson debuts the shooting sleeve (7:45), bursitis and the compression sleeve (10:00), Iverson becoming a trendsetter (11:00), Under Armour (13:00), trainers with the Sixers (14:30), Iverson and his affection for Lorry Michel, his former athletic trainer at Georgetown (16:00), AI vs. the fans in Indiana (23:00), beginning of the 2001 playoffs (25:40), Sixers-Raptors, Iverson vs. Vince Carter (26:45), Vince Carter going to his college commencement ceremony on Gm 7 (27:30).Enjoy the show? Wanna share an Allen Iverson memory? Got an angle or story you'd love to hear covered on the pod? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryder Schumacher joins the pod this week to talk about Zion Williamson, the consensus #1 overall prospect in the country (3:00), his play in the ACC Tournament (4:30), Zion's physical attributes and skillset (5:30), the game against UNC (7:00), Zion's scouting report (8:30), his greatest strengthens (10:00), areas for improvement (12:30), willing passer (15:00), Zion's NBA comparison (15:50), comparing Zion and Blake (17:00), integrating Zion into a modern NBA offense (18:40), comparing Zion and Draymond (20:00), comparing the hype around Zion to the last 20 years of #1 overall picks (21:30), James Dolan banning a fan from MSG (25:00), the public perception of the Knicks and bad optics effecting free agency plans (28:30), Dolan, journalists and free speech (31:00), Dolan and the Utah Jazz fan incident (34:00) and Hezonja rejects LeBron (40:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the life and impact one of modern sports most influential figures. CHAPTER 4Rookie year highlights (3:20), cornrows unveiled (6:00), Reebok (8:00), Iverson's different cornrow variation (9:10), Rookie Challenge (10:20), Gary Moore and AI's Reebook contract (12:00), early cornrow adopters (13:30), AI crosses up MJ (17:15), AI's young teammates with the early Sixers (19:00), AI's streak of 40+ point games (22:30), ROY (24:00), off-the-court, Summer of '97 (26:10), Jesus Shuttlesworth, HE GOT GAME (27:30), Larry Brown (30:45), AI visits Rucker Park (32:15), March, 1999 edition of SLAM (33:50), the lockout (35:30), March 19th, 1999- Iverson vs. Kobe: 41 Points, Great White Sharks (36:30), HOOP Magazine airbrushing AI's tattoos (46:00), AI trade rumors during 1999-2000 (49:15), Matt Geiger vetoes a trade that would've sent AI to Detroit (55:00), Iverson's infamous rap album (56:30) and David Stern and Iverson's hip-hop lyrics (59:10). Enjoy the show? Wanna share an Allen Iverson memory? Got an angle or story you'd love to hear covered on the pod? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Futernick joins the pod this week to talk about Fiz and the tanking Knicks (2:00), Allonzo Trier (2:30), ugly losses in December and January (4:00), why free agents would want to come to NYC (6:30), Mitchell Robinson (7:15), Knicks youngsters (11:00), Frank Ntilikina (12:40), Vonleh (14:20), Enes Kanter (14:50), Kevin Knox (16:10), Porzingis (17:30), value / ROI for the KP trade (23:20), David Fizdale, Year 1 (26:00), Fizdale vs. Fortnite (29:20), Knicks upcoming free agency (31:10), Kyrie (32:00), Kawhi (35:00), Zion (37:50)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about running into Boban and Tobias Harris at dinner in Philly (2:00), the mood in Philly re: the new look Sixers (16:15), the Celtics being in Philly's head (18:05), shady NBA Reddit streams (20:15), the transactional nature of the NBA making the season fly by (22:20), Mitchell Robinson (27:00), Mitch + goggles (33:00), revisiting the KP trade (35:00), the Knicks and high-priced "savior" talent (38:00), the transactional nature of the NBA (41:20), player empowerment (43:00), Harden vs. Giannis for MVP (46:40), Kings vs. Lakers vs. Clippers (57:40), the possibility of LeBron and the Lakers striking out in free agency (1:04:00), the Zion Williamson situation (1:06:15), Duke-UNC (1:20:00), Jonathan Isaac (1:24:10)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Smith joins the pod this week to talk about finding new hobbies (1:40), the Philadelphia 76ers (4:40), Philly's starting five (5:20), the Sixers continued struggles against the Celtics (7:30), the Toronto Raptors (10:00), Kawhi, Gasol and the culture change in Toronto (12:00), the Milwaukee Bucks (13:00), Milwaukee's lack of experience (14:45), the power vacuum in the East left by LeBron (16:00), the Boston Celtics (16:40), the trials and the tribulations of the Celtics (17:30), the Indiana Pacers (19:20), the race for the 6th, 7th and 8th seeds in the Western Conference (21:00), the Utah Jazz (23:00), the Los Angeles Clippers (24:00), Kings, Lakers, T'Wolves (25:30), dark horse playoff teams (27:00), the Brooklyn Nets (28:00), Daily Fantasy Basketball (30:30), New York Mets Spring Training (33:10), Jacob DeGrom's contractual status (33:40), the projected everyday lineup (36:30), Zack Wheeler and the rotation (38:20), Edwin Diaz and the Mets bullpen (40:40) and the importance of depth and positional versatility (42:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3x NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champ and 11 year NBA vet Nate Robinson joins the pod this week to talk about the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden (2:55), hooping with energy and passion in NYC (4:30), molding his game after MJ, Deion Sanders and Allen Iverson (5:45), his son (6:50), the Seattle SuperSonics (8:20), making the most of opportunities (9:00), the infamous Knicks teams from 2005-2010 (11:50), favorite memory with the Knicks (16:00), playing alongside KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rondo, etc with the Celtics in 2010 (18:10), playing with Durant, Westbrook and Harden for OKC in 2011 (20:10), the incredible run with the Chicago Bulls in 2012 (21:00), Bulls-Nets, Game 4 (23:45), the NBA Slam Dunk Contest (27:50), dunking over Spud Webb, Dwight Howard ("KryptoNATE"), the reverse 180° off the backboard slam (29:30), staying in shape, strength training (32:15), trying out for the Seattle Seahawks (34:30), all-natural gym bag deodorizer, Slam It In The Bag (36:00), the NBA trade deadline (38:20), reaction to the Porzingis trade (42:30), the heist of the Sonics from Seattle (43:00), the best dunker (44:30), the best trash-talker and a funny Gary Payton story (45:10)—ENJOY!SLAM IT IN THE BAGwww.slamitinthebag.comLove the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: twitter.com/ontheline_podInstagram: instagram.com/onthelinepodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hobby joins for an emergency pod to recap the NBA trade deadline. PLUS, it's the one year anniversary of the podcast, Happy Birthday, OTL! 🎁🎉🍾Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite performances in the Slam Dunk Contest—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1#1- Team BC—Dunk 1 (5:00)#2- Team CW—Dunk 1 (17:20)ROUND 2#3- Team BC—Dunk 2 (23:50)#4- Team CW—Dunk 2 (28:10)ROUND 3#5- Team BC—Dunk 3 (34:35)#6- Team CW—Dunk 3 (38:10)ROUND 4#7- Team BC—Dunk 4 (42:00)#8- Team CW—Dunk 4 (47:05)ROUND 5#9- Team BC—Dunk 5 (52:10)#10- Team CW—Dunk 5 (54:50)HONORABLE MENTIONS(56:30)Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New York Knicks have traded the son of God, Kristaps Porzingis, to the Dallas Mavericks. Ben Craw joins the pod for an emergency check-in / therapy session. 😭😭😭Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amir Blumenfeld joins the pod this week for a game of Let's Make a Deal! We're wheeling and dealing, crafting some big ticket, franchise altering NBA trades. SPOILER ALERT, AB sends Anthony Davis to the Lakers 🙄 Here are the trade timestamps:AB Trade #1 (8:30)CW Trade #1 (10:57)AB Trade #2 (16:15)CW Trade #2 (18:20)AB Trade #3 (21:20)CW Trade #3 (25:00)AB Trade #4 (33:55)CW Trade #4 (38:30)AB Trade #5 (42:00)CW Trade #5 (45:20)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite things about NBA legend JJ Redick—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1* #1- Team CW—Player 1 (5:50)#2- Team BC—Player 1 (13:15)ROUND 2#3- Team CW—Player 2 (18:50)#4- Team BC—Player 2 (24:15)ROUND 3#5- Team CW—Player 3 (29:15)#6- Team BC—Player 3 (33:00)ROUND 4#7- Team CW—Player 4 (37:50)#8- Team BC—Player 4 (43:10)ROUND 5#9- Team CW—Player 5 (47:00)#10- Team BC—Player 5 (50:30)HONORABLE MENTIONS(52:30)* = Traded from Team BC to Team CW - Team CW acquired Team BC’s first round pick (#1 overall) in the JJ Redick Draft in exchange for the #1 overall pick in the next OTL Draft Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Deep dive you wanna hear? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Seattle SuperSonics played in the Pacific and NW divisions of the Western Conference from 1967 until 2008 and were NBA Champions in 1979. The franchise won three Western Conference titles (1978, 1979, 1996) and six divisional titles (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005). After the 2007–08 season ended, the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City, and were renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder.Lenny Wilkens, Gus Williams, Finals MVP Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown... Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Dale Ellis... Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Sam Perkins, Detlef Schrempf, Nate McMillan... while the franchise will always be fondly remembered for it's incredible on-court memories, the full story of Seattle and the SuperSonics, chockfull of mismanagement, personal woes, greed, deceit and inept ownership, is ultimately one of heartbreak and loss. Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson joins the pod for a two-part deep-dive detailing 40 years of wins and losses for professional basketball in Seattle.1998-2008, STRUGGLES, DURANTNate McMillan leaving Seattle for Portland (3:00), Clayton Bennett buys the team, Kevin Durant is selected #2 overall in the 2007 NBA Draft (3:50), Sam Presti and the youth rebuild (4:30), Durant wins ROY (5:15). THE HEIST OF THE SUPERSONICS FROM SEATTLE: BILLIONAIRES, POLITICIANS, OKC Barry Ackerley sells the SuperSonics to Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, in 2001 (8:30), Gary Payton holds out, demands a new contract and is traded to the Bucks (11:00), KeyArena (13:00), the city of Seattle's history with financing sports arenas (14:20), comparing KeyArena and modern sports stadiums (15:00), Howard Schultz, David Stern and Wally Walker ask Seattle for public financing in 2006 (17:00), Schultz passes the buck, blames local politicians and sells the team to Clay Bennett on July 18, 2006 (18:30), Schultz's hypocrisy (20:00), Clay Bennett (21:00), Bennett asks the state for a $500m arena in Renton, WA (22:30), Steve Ballmer makes an offer to buy the Sonics away from Clayton Bennett and fund an arena renovation himself (23:30), Clay Bennett's emails are leaked (24:35), Howard Schultz sues Clay Bennett (26:30), Clay Bennett tries to void his lease with KeyArena, the city of Seattle sues (27:40), the city of Seattle and Clay Bennett reach a cash settlement, allowing the SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City (28:30), former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels (28:50), state legislature and Slade Gorton (30:30), Seattle and OKC's "shared history" (32:00), David Stern (34:30), OKC going to the NBA Finals in 2012 (36:00), poet, filmmaker and Spokane-native Sherman Alexie, re: Schultz's ownership (38:15). IN CONCLUSION, POSSIBILITY OF A NEW TEAM IN SEATTLECulpability, "good guys" and "bad guys" in the Sonics heist (39:30), Kevin Durant's return to Seattle for an exhibition game w/ the Golden State Warriors (41:30), prospects of a team returning to Seattle (42:30), sports facilities, arenas and the needs of fans (44:00), hopes for an expansion team (48:30). Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Want to share a Sonics memory? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Seattle SuperSonics played in the Pacific and NW divisions of the Western Conference from 1967 until 2008 and were NBA Champions in 1979. The franchise won three Western Conference titles (1978, 1979, 1996) and six divisional titles (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005). After the 2007–08 season ended, the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City, and were renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder.Lenny Wilkens, Gus Williams, Finals MVP Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown... Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Dale Ellis... Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Sam Perkins, Detlef Schrempf, Nate McMillan... while the franchise will always be fondly remembered for it's incredible on-court memories, the full story of Seattle and the SuperSonics, chockfull of mismanagement, personal woes, greed, deceit and inept ownership, is ultimately one of heartbreak and loss. Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson joins the pod for a two-part deep-dive detailing 40 years of wins and losses for professional basketball in Seattle.PROLOGUESeattle Seahawks (3:15), the Kingdome (10:15) and Seattle sports teams pecking order (13:00).1975-1983, CHAMPIONSHIP YEARS Gus Williams, Finals MVP Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown (17:00), Slick Watts (18:30), NBA players from Seattle (19:15).1983-1989, POST-TITLE DECLINEBarry Ackerley (21:00), Tom Chambers (22:15), the NBA's first unrestricted free agent (23:40), Xavier McDaniel (27:10), X-Man vs. Scottie Pippen (28:00) and Dale Ellis (29:20).1989-1998, THE PAYTON AND KEMP ERADrafting Shawn Kemp (30:00), Kemp's failed collegiate eligibility and Proposition 48 (30:40), #17 overall in the 1989 NBA Draft (31:30), the influence of GM Bob Whitsitt aka "Trader Bob" (33:00), Kemp and X-Man (34:10), Michael Cage (36:10), roster volatility (38:00), Trader Bob, gambling on personalities, the Sonics and Jail Blazers (38:45), Kendall Gill (40:10), drafting Gary Payton #2 overall out of Oregon State (41:30), Bo Kimble and Loyola Marymount (42:30), Payton was a 9x All-Star, 1996 DPOY and all-time great trash-talker (43:45), Nate McMillan aka "Mr. Sonic" (46:30), the influence of George Karl (49:00), hard-nosed defense (50:00), media perception and fan opinion of George Karl (50:50), Sam Perkins shooting 3's (51:30), seeing Sam Perkins aka "The Big Smooth" around Seattle (52:45), George Karl and the Sonics get to the Western Conference Finals in 1992-93, lose to the Suns in Game 7 (54:00), arrival of Detlef Schrempf and Kendall Gill in the offseason of 1993 (55:30), hope and optimism heading into the 1993-94 season (56:30), April 5, 1994: Kurt Cobain commits suicide / May 7, 1994: Sonics lose to the Nuggets in Rd 1 (57:20), Sonics lose in an OT heartbreaker to the Nuggets in Game 5 of Rd. 1 in 1993-94 (1:00:50), another Rd 1 loss to the Lakers in 1994-95, Kemp signs a contract extension (1:05:00), making a run to the NBA Finals in 1995-96 (1:07:00), the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons (1:08:15).SHAWN KEMP TRADE / DEMISEDisgruntled Kemp on a bad contract (1:08:50), rumors circulate and fan confusion about the Sonics signing Jim McIlvaine (1:09:50), Kemp traded to the Cavs (1:11:50), Kemp balloons to 315 lbs (1:12:40), the tragedy of Vin Baker (1:14:00), Kemp traded to Portland, personal demons (1:16:00), Seattle fans and Kemp today (1:17:45).1998-2008, STRUGGLES, DURANT, MISSED OPPORTUNITIESRashard Lewis (1:19:00), Gary Payton traded for Ray Allen (1:21:40), Hurricane Katrina and the Hornets temporarily relocated to OKC (1:22:10). Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Want to share a Sonics memory? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA Nicknames—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1* #1- Team CW—Player 1 (4:00)#2- Team BC—Player 1 (12:15)ROUND 2#3- Team CW—Player 2 (15:35)#4- Team BC—Player 2 (18:10)ROUND 3#5- Team CW—Player 3 (20:10)#6- Team BC—Player 3 (24:20)ROUND 4#7- Team CW—Player 4 (26:00)#8- Team BC—Player 4 (32:10)ROUND 5#9- Team CW—Player 5 (36:30)#10- Team BC—Player 5 (39:20)ROUND 6#11- Team CW—Player 6 (42:50) #12- Team BC—Player 6 (46:00)ROUND 7#13- Team CW—Player 7 (47:50) #14- Team BC—Player 7 (52:15)HONORABLE MENTIONS(54:10)* = Traded from Team BC to Team CW - Team CW acquired Team BC’s first round pick (#1 overall) in the NBA Nickname Draft in exchange for the #1 overall pick in the NBA Tree Draft (OTL Ep. 42)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨 (4:00)Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA Trees—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1* #1- Team BC—Player 1 (13:10)#2- Team CW—Player 1 (26:30)ROUND 2#3- Team CW—Player 2 (34:50)#4- Team BC—Player 2 (40:45)ROUND 3#5- Team CW—Player 3 (45:15)#6- Team BC—Player 3 (51:30)ROUND 4#7- Team CW—Player 4 (57:00)#8- Team BC—Player 4 (1:03:00)ROUND 5#9- Team CW—Player 5 (1:07:00)#10- Team BC—Player 5 (1:12:30)HONORABLE MENTIONS(1:15:35)* = Traded from Team CW to Team BC - Team BC acquired Team CW’s first round pick (#1 overall)- Team CW acquired Team BC’s first round pick (#2 overall), as well as Team BC’s first round pick (#1 overall) in the Nicknames Draft Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Web: OnTheLinePodcast.comEmail: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: @OnTheLinePodiTunes: apple.co/2G9K1cbStitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoffrey James joins the pod this week to talk trouble in paradise with Kevin Durant (3:45), Tristan Thompson (8:50), Derrick Rose’s 50 point game (12:30), the sucky Houston Rockets (14:40), rooting for the Cavs and LeBron while living in Los Angeles (19:20), Kemba Walker’s 60 point effort (22:50), Luka Dončić (29:40), the Washington Wizards earned jersey (34:10), Indiana Pacers city edition jersey (35:55), Dwyane Wade’s farewell game against LeBron’s Lakers (38:45), MVP-contender Kawhi Leonard as the GOAT weirdo (40:30), the suddenly robust Eastern Conference and Giannis Antetokounmpo (43:30), the Chicago Bulls (48:45) and hopes and aspirations for the New Year (53:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Rosen joins the pod this week to talk about the Toronto Raptors getting national media coverage (2:00), ranking Toronto’s professional sports teams in terms of fan importance (3:40), comparing the fanbases of the Maple Leafs and Raptors (5:00), Joe Carter (6:00), the excitement of Raptors expansion (7:15), the Vince Carter years (9:50), the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest (10:15), Vinsanity (11:00), Isiah Thomas (12:45), Tracy McGrady & Vince Carter (13:30), the Raptors losing to the Sixers at the buzzer in 2001 (14:00), things falling apart for Vince and the Raptors after the 2002 season (14:30), Vince Carter’s legacy w/ fans in Toronto (18:00), issues with the Vancouver Grizzlies (21:15), Toronto is the one of the great, underrated sports markets in the world (23:00), the Chris Bosh years (26:25), Bryan Colangelo passes the torch to Masai Ujiri (28:00), the highs and lows of the Lowry & DeRozan years (31:00), the Kawhi Leonard trade (35:20), bidding farewell to DeRozan (36:20), the new-look, switchy, position-less Raptors (38:15), the impact of Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green (40:20), the versatility of the Raptors roster and length (42:00), Pascal Siakam (43:45), OG Anunoby (46:25), the greatness of Kawhi Leonard (47:38) and believing in the short and long-term prospects of the Raptors (50:10)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lucas Kavner joins the pod this week to talk the competence of the LA Clippers (2:10), their lethal offense (3:00), Montrezl Harrell (6:00), Patrick Beverley (8:10), deconstructing the Clippers roster: morphing from disgruntled stars into a group of fun underdogs (9:55), CP3 trade (10:45), Blake Griffin trade (11:20), Doc Rivers (12:10), Tobias Harris (16:00), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (20:05), Markelle Fultz (24:10), Clips hopes for the rest of the season (27:05), Clippers trying to prove it’s possible to win without a marquee star player (28:40), Sacramento Kings (30:55), the emergence of De’Aaron Fox (32:00), Buddy Hield (33:00), Harry Giles (34:00), Nemanja Bjelica (35:25), Willie Cauley-Stein (36:30), Boban Marjanović filming John Wick 3 (36:45), struggles of the Houston Rockets (39:00), the surprisingly interesting Orlando Magic (42:00), goofy Magic jerseys (42:45), cartoon-themed jerseys (43:15), Nikola Vucevic deserving All-Star consideration (44:45), rebuilding the Magic (46:30), Steve Clifford (48:20), the shockingly good, fun, interesting Memphis Grizzlies (50:00), Mike Conley (50:45), Marc Gasol is an elite big man (52:00), Jaren Jackson Jr. (54:00) and predictions for the Clippers this week (55:25)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Lustick joins the pod this week to talk NBA excellence (3:45), reviewing the Western Conference (4:15), scoring and lack of defense (5:00), Adam Lustick’s most overrated NBA player (6:30) and underrated NBA player (7:40), Charlotte’s upcoming decision to extend or trade Kemba Walker (8:15), Kemba and Michael Jordan (10:00), NBA power-shifts from West to East (11:40), enjoying the struggles of the Warriors (13:00), the Warriors morphing from fun League Pass heroes to NBA villains (14:00), Warriors 4-6 over the last ten games (16:20), Kevin Durant’s wakeup call (17:10), the Steph Curry effect AKA quantifying Curry’s greatness (18:50), Warriors ineffectiveness in half-court sets (21:00), Jordan’s psychotic competitiveness vs. Durant (22:00), Warriors have coasted the last few years (24:00), Giannis as the next existential threat in the NBA (26:30), the suddenly interesting Eastern Conference (28:00), what the hell is wrong with the Washington Wizards (29:20), reviewing the embarrassing history of the Washington Bullets / Wizards (30:40), the Wall & Beal Washington Wizards (32:00), the Wiz looking listless and entitled (33:00), everyone got paid (33:30), Wall’s lack of leadership (34:10), John Wall is immoveable (35:00), Scott Brooks (35:50), changing the coach in DC (36:40), Bradley Beal’s quote about entitlement (40:00), practice dramas being leaked to the public (41:20), player empowerment at an all-time high (42:00), the pipeline between the media and players (43:00), Markelle Fultz’s mysterious ailments (45:00), Fultz’s future in Philly (46:00), the ‘yips’ (47:15), not giving up on Markelle Fultz’s future and upside (48:00), Fultz’s lack of transparency (50:00), Fultz laughing at the NFL touchdown celebration mocking his shot (51:30), in the era of full-access Fultz’s silence is alienating (53:20) and Syracuse alum Carmelo Anthony’s career sunset (54:30)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Hartman joins the pod this week to talk NBA nihilism vis-a-vis the Cleveland Cavs (1:50), the legacy of Carmelo Anthony (3:00), media perception/narrative of Melo (6:30), Melo never winning a ring (8:00), Carmelo rebuilding the Denver Nuggets (8:30), Melo making the playoffs with the Nuggets from 2004-2010 (10:00), Knicks & Melo Pt. 1—The Playoff Runs (11:00), Knicks & Melo Pt. 2—The Dark Ages (13:00), The Garden's reaction to Melo (14:00), The Original Sin—Phil Jackson giving Carmelo a 5 year, max extension (15:00), comparing Melo v. LeBron (17:20), reasons for Melo's decline and obsolescence (19:45), Melo's next career move (22:40), the Banana Boat (24:30), comparing Melo and Iverson's career ends (26:30), the beginning of the end in Golden State!!? (27:40), Kevin Durant joining forces w/ LeBron on the Lakers (28:45), trading Draymond Green (31:00), injuries to the Warriors, Steph and Dray (32:00), Warriors looking predictable (34:00), LeBron's return to Cleveland w/ the Lakers, dissecting his fallout with the team (37:10), stupidly trading Kyrie to the best up-and-coming team in the East, the Boston Celtics (38:15), LeBron buying the Cavs (40:00), Cavs are the worst team in the NBA (42:10), Cavs city edition jerseys (45:45), Jimmy Butler and the new look Philadelphia 76ers (47:40) PLUS—Guess The Lines (51:30)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hobby joins the pod this week to talk being happy for Jimmy Butler (4:15), GM Tom Thibodeau's head is in the sand (4:45), player empowerment and autonomy (5:40), the long, strange trip of Jimmy Butler's young career (7:25), Jimmy Buckets the teammate (8:15), Robert Covington and Dario Šarić place in the history of The Process (11:10), Covington's emergence (12:00), Dario's upside (13:25), PRO/CONS of the trade for the Sixers (14:30): Butler's usage rate and what it means for Simmons and Embiid (15:20), Jimmy Butler as The Closer (17:00), Philly gets their 3rd star in Jimmy Butler (18:10), Fultz to the bench (20:20), Sixers now lack of depth, depleted bench (23:00), the risk of potentially giving a 5-year contract extension to Jimmy Butler (25:40), the Sixers maximizing on a 2-3 year window with Jimmy Butler (30:00), trading Markelle Fultz (31:20), veteran buyouts (34:15), PROS/CONS of the trade for the Timberwolves (37:00), Dario as a playmaker (38:15), two great role-players for the Wolves (39:20), unlocking KAT and Wiggins (40:55), Dario's fun-loving personality (43:20), best possible Jimmy Butler trades (44:00), Sixers odds against the Bucks, Celtics and Raptors to win the East (48:15), the genius of the Toronto Raptors roster construction (49:35), Philly is an unfinished product (52:00), Knicks and Bulls rebuilds (52:45), Bulls early struggles with injuries (53:55), Wendell Carter Jr. (55:25), Zach LaVine thinks he's Kobe Bryant (1:01:50), Jabari Parker (1:02:30), Knicks (1:05:20), Kevin Knox (1:05:45), David Fizdale (1:07:45), the plan to rebuild the Knicks (1:08:30), dispelling the myth sports teams "can't rebuild" in NYC (1:10:30), POWER RANKINGS: NBA City Edition Jerseys (1:12:05), NOLA City Edition (1:13:00), Bulls City Edition (1:14:37), Nets and T'Wolves City Editions (1:15:50), Jazz City Edition (1:17:30), Bucks City Edition (1:18:45), Nuggets City Edition (1:20:12), Kings City Edition (1:20:52), least favorite City Edition jerseys (1:21:48) and Pelicans-Raptors (1:25:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the life and impact one of modern sports most influential figures. CHAPTER 3Douglas Wilder—the first African American governor ever elected in the history of the United States (4:30), S.W.I.S. (7:30), Iverson's clemency (9:40), imagining AI's future without Circle Lanes Bowling Alley (12:15), Iverson pursuit of basketball and Georgetown (13:30), John Thompson (15:20), Rayful Edmond (20:30), AI's first tattoo (30:00), AI learning The Crossover (32:00), Iverson declaring for the NBA draft (33:00), Pat Croce (36:00), Allen Iverson goes #1 overall in the historic 1996 NBA Draft (41:00) and Iverson's rookie year highlights (45:00).Enjoy the show? Wanna share an Allen Iverson memory? Got an angle or story you'd love to hear covered on the pod? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson and Ryder Schumacher join the pod this week to talk Ty Lue's firing (2:25), next coach fired (3:30), Houston's reported offer of four 1st round draft picks for Jimmy Butler (6:45), Nikola Jokić (12:10), Boston Celtics (16:05), Houston Rockets' sluggish start (18:20), Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors (21:30), the free wheeling Milwaukee Bucks (24:20), Philadelphia 76ers early struggles and questions (27:20), the Markelle Fultz experiment (28:30), New Orleans Pelicans (32:55), missing the midrange (37:30), the Los Angeles Lakers (39:00), Oklahoma City Thunder (45:00), five interesting players and Week 1 MVPs (47:00), previewing the best games of this week (49:40), love for the Detroit Pistons (50:45), PLUS: Vegas Odds for the NBA Champion (54:00)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Futernick joins the pod this week to talk growing up with the 90's/early 2000's Knicks (4:00), an atrocious 15 years of basketball in NY (6:00), Knicks 1st round draft pick blunders: an oral history (7:45), jerseys off the clearance rack (11:15), feeling excited about Cleanthony Early (12:10), keeping James Dolan away from the Knicks (14:20), recapping the last year of Knicks bulletpoints (15:00), optimism for the NYK's 2018-19 season (15:40), hopes for the upcoming season (16:30), NYK 2018-19 roster (17:00), Mitchell Robinson (17:35), Allonzo Trier (21:10), the potential of Kevin Knox (24:00), the future of the Knicks at PG (26:30), Mario Hezonja (30:10), Porzingis and the road to recovery from the ACL tear (32:50), David Fizdale and his ability to connect with players (34:50), the Knicks have had 10 coaches in 14 years (35:35), challenges and objectives for the Knicks in 2018-19 (38:05), long-term: getting the Knicks back to relevance (40:35), VEGAS ODDS—conference futures and predictions (45:00) and Jimmy Butler (49:30)—ENJOY!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curran Connor joins the pod this week to preview some of the heavy-hitters in the Western Conference: Houston Rockets (3:30), Golden State Warriors (9:50), Portland Trail Blazers (17:50), Oklahoma City Thunder (23:45), Utah Jazz (29:50), New Orleans Pelicans (34:15), San Antonio Spurs (40:05), Jimmy Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves (46:12) and of course... the Los Angeles Lakers (57:30).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lucas Kavner joins the pod this week to preview some of the heavy-hitters in the Eastern Conference: Toronto Raptors (3:57), Boston Celtics (9:15), Philadelphia 76ers (13:30), Cleveland Cavaliers (19:35), Indiana Pacers (22:45), Miami Heat (24:45), Milwaukee Bucks (27:20), Washington Wizards (30:55)—plus Lucas' surprise dark-horse team (33:10)!Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the life and impact one of modern sports most influential figures. CHAPTER 2The bowling alley brawl (4:15), Hampton, VA's place is racial history (5:50), outsourcing's effects on race relations (6:40), racism and the struggle for resources (9:00), Iverson and his friends go to the bowling alley on February 14th, 1993 (10:40), Steve Forrest and allegations of racial epithets (12:40), a brawl: the black kids vs. white kids (13:40), Barbara Steele gets a concussion (15:00), Iverson alleges he fled the scene and wasn't involved in the brawl (20:30), AI remains active with Bethel's basketball team after the bowling alley incident (21:50), AI calls Gary Moore immediately after the brawl, professes his innocence, they hire a lawyer (23:40), Iverson is charged and tried as an adult even though he was only 17 years old (26:00), July 1993: the trial (29:30), Hampton Circuit Judge, Nelson T. Overton (30:30), conflicting testimonies about Iverson's involvement in the brawl: he said, she said (32:30), Nike's involvement in AI attending a high school basketball camp (33:30), Colleen Killilea (35:30), Maiming By Mob (38:00), September 8th, 1993: AI is handcuffed and goes to prison (43:00), AI is sentenced to a minimum security work-camp (46:00), local and national media coverage of the Iverson case (48:30), Newport New Daily Press had no African American staff members on their editorial board (50:30), Iverson's time in jail (55:00) and Douglas Wilder—the first African American governor ever elected in the history of the United States (58:00). Enjoy the show? Wanna share an Allen Iverson memory? Got an angle or story you'd love to hear covered on the pod? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the impact of one of modern sports most influential figures. PROLOGUEOrigins of the AI podcast (5:00), Steve James, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (8:00), Joyce Hobson, Hampton, VA (11:30), race, privilege, cultural differences and social perspective (13:00), first memories of Allen Iverson (15:40), St. John's vs. Georgetown (16:20), Iverson's incarceration as a national media storyline (20:00), Ray Allen and UConn vs. AI's Georgetown (23:15), admiring AI from afar, growing up in the tri-state area (27:00) and Iverson's incredible style of play as a representation of his life (32:15).CHAPTER 1The beginning: Ann Iverson (33:30), upbringing in Hampton, VA (36:00), Michael Freeman (38:30), childhood trauma, violence (40:00), Ann forces Allen to play basketball and football (43:40), Gary Moore (44:30), Iverson wanted to play in the NFL, not the NBA (47:45), AI was arguably a superior HS football player to Michael Vick (49:00), imagining Iverson playing football at FSU and inheriting the mantle from Charlie Ward (51:00), AI's personality being more suited to football vs. basketball (52:00), Iverson's poor school attendance, obstacles in his early adolescence (56:00) and coaches bending over backwards to help AI (57:30).Enjoy the show? Wanna share an Allen Iverson memory? Got an angle or story you'd love to hear covered on the pod? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryder Schumacher join the pod this week to talk about the Sam Darnold era (2:10), spending time in the offseason (5:20), Maine Red Claws (7:15), Avery Bradley playing for Maine (8:35), Red Claws concession (9:45), origin of the 'Red Claws' nickname (10:30), Red Claws jerseys and logo (11:10), notable Red Claws player assignments (11:50), Avery Bradley vs. Cole Aldrich at the Portland Expo Center (12:30), Red Claws season ticket holders (14:45), NBA offseason and free agency (16:05), highest impact free agent (17:15), Lakers and the playoffs (19:00), Spurs regressing (20:00), Jimmy Butler talking future plans with Timberwolves management (22:10), teams to potentially win the 3rd seed in the Western Conference (23:30), Trail Blazers (24:45), NBA rookie class (26:00), star players who could potentially get moved during the upcoming season (29:15), Vegas Odds for the NBA Championship (31:30), Vegas Odds for Rookie of the Year (33:30), Vegas Odds for MVP (34:30) and Maine Red Claws Trivia (36:15).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA Signature Moves—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1#1- Team BC—Player 1 (3:50)#2- Team CW—Player 1 (10:30)ROUND 2#3- Team BC—Player 2 (17:45)#4- Team CW—Player 2 (21:35)ROUND 3#5- Team BC—Player 3 (26:55)#6- Team CW—Player 3 (31:15)ROUND 4#7- Team BC—Player 4 (38:25)#8- Team CW—Player 4 (45:40)ROUND 5#9- Team BC—Player 5 (48:45)#10- Team CW—Player 5 (51:00)HONORABLE MENTIONS(58:10)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for another On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA enforcers—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1#1- Team CW—Player 1 (4:00)#2- Team BC—Player 1 (10:15)ROUND 2#3- Team CW—Player 2 (16:00)#4- Team BC—Player 2 (21:10)ROUND 3#5- Team CW—Player 3 (28:50)#6- Team BC—Player 3 (36:30)ROUND 4#7- Team CW—Player 4 (38:50)#8- Team BC—Player 4 (42:50) / CW's meltdownROUND 5#9- Team CW—Player 5 (48:45)#10- Team BC—Player 5 (55:15)HONORABLE MENTIONS(58:20)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marty Michael joins the pod this week to talk about the Trail Blazers—the only professional sports team in Oregon [til the MLS] and the influence of Nike (2:00), Damon Stoudamire at the airport with marijuana (3:20), origins of the "Jail Blazers" nickname (5:00), Rasheed Wallace's record setting number of technical fouls (6:10), setting a "Jail Blazers" timeline: roughly 1999-2006 (7:30), the end of the 1999-2000 season in the Western Conference Finals (8:10), watching Game 7 of the WCF (9:30), 1999-2000 Blazers acquisitions: Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith and Detlef Schrempf (11:30), leading by 15 points with 10 minutes left in the 4th (12:00), problematic officiating in POR-LAL Gm. 7 (12:30), Shaq's place in history (13:30), disappointments after the 1999-2000 season (15:45), the loaded 1999-2000 Blazers roster (17:40), key members of the Jail Blazers (18:30), Rasheed Wallace confronting ref Tim Donaghy in the loading dock of the Rose Garden (19:00), Damon Stoudamire and Rasheed Wallace getting pulled over for smoking weed in a yellow hummer on the way home from a game against the Sonics (22:00), Bonzi Wells trolling the Blazers fans (24:20), Qyntel Woods rise and fall (25:50), Qyntel Woods using a basketball card as ID after getting pulled over by cops (26:40), Qyntel Woods getting busted for running a dogfighting ring (27:20), Darius Miles cursing out his coach with a racial slur and getting suspended (28:15), Mo Cheeks helping a woman sing the national anthem at the Rose Garden (30:00), Ruben Patterson sexually assaulting his au pair and then signing with the Blazers in free agency a few months later (30:50), the modern-day Blazers prioritizing high character free agents and draft picks (32:45), Zach Randolph punching Ruben Patterson during practice and shattering his eye socket (33:50), Z'Bo and the H.O.O.P. entourage (36:20), Z'Bo helping instigate a 50 person brawl and closing down a famous Portland nightclub (37:15), big picture: why we care about the Jail Blazers, their place in history (38:00), many of the the Jail Blazers were young and impressionable and needed more help and structure (39:30), Blazers basketball was a great, fun watch (41:00), long-term effects of the Jail Blazers (42:00), Shaq's impact on the Oden vs. Durant draft-day decision (42:25), remembering Greg Oden, a monster on the court (44:20), high character draft picks (46:00) and Lakers OVER/UNDER 49 wins (48:20).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week for the INAUGURAL On The Line DRAFT! This week we draft our favorite all-time NBA haircuts—NO SPOILERS—below are the pick timestamps.ROUND 1#1- Team BC—Player 1 (9:00)#2- Team CW—Player 1 (16:45)ROUND 2#3- Team BC—Player 2 (25:05)#4- Team CW—Player 2 (29:00)ROUND 3#5- Team BC—Player 3 (34:00)#6- Team CW—Player 3 (38:00)ROUND 4#7- Team BC—Player 4 (42:10)#8- Team CW—Player 4 (45:50)ROUND 5#9- Team BC—Player 5 (50:00)#10- Team CW—Player 5 (54:00)HONORABLE MENTIONS(59:25)Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Grizzlies? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Billy Scafuri joins the pod this week to talk expansion drafts (4:15), the era of fun early 90s NBA branding (6:00), Larry Johnson (7:00), LJ's physique- a new size and shape of NBA athlete (7:30), LJ's on-the-court game (9:50), October 6th, 1993: MJ retires, LJ signs for 12 years, $84m (13:00), Grandmama (13:30), Converse's initial pitch to LJ (14:00), Grandmama as the perfect commercial character (15:20), Grandmama's costume (16:20), Grandmama on Family Matters w/ Steve Urkel (17:45), Grandmama vs. the other all-time great NBA sneaker commercial campaigns (18:45), Uncle Drew (19:30), Grandmama memories and plot-lines (20:00), Alonzo Mourning (21:00), 'Zo being drafted #2 overall behind Shaq and living in that shadow (21:30), 'Zo getting lost in the shuffle (23:00), 'Zo's on-the-court demeanor (23:40), taking Alonzo Mourning for granted (25:00), Mourning's contemporaries at the Center position (25:40), Alonzo Mourning fun facts (26:15), Alonzo Mourning v. Larry Johnson (26:45), contract dispute between the Hornets and Alonzo Mourning and subsequent trade to the Miami Heat (29:15), Pat Riley moves from NY to Miami and the history behind the LJ vs. 'Zo brawl (30:15), Muggsy Bogues and how he acquired his nickname (31:45), Muggsy's illustrious TV career (32:40), Muggsy Bogues is the Charlotte Hornets franchise leader in assists, steals, mins, steals, etc. (33:45), Muggsy's defense, relentlessness, what made him great (34:45), Hugo the Hornet (36:20), the two different mascots (37:00), NBA Mascot Slam Dunk Contest (37:30), 90s era mascots as daredevils (38:00), Hugo's performance at the 1993 NBA Mascot Slam Dunk Contest: Bug On The Windshield (39:40), Hugo jumping through a ring of fire (41:15), when mascots mattered (42:00) and the spirit of teal (43:15).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Hartman joins the pod this week to talk Maron's whereabouts (2:40), El Cerrito (3:30), Windhorst v. Hartman for the Akron b-ball crown (5:00), LeBron opening a public school in Akron (6:00), LBJ's legacy of work in Akron (7:00), hearing LeBron rumors from your mom's boss (10:30), potentially wasting a year of LeBron's prime in 2018-19 (12:15), LeBron's reception in LA (12:50), Kobe-fan resistance toward LBJ (13:30), building the Lakers roster (15:35), trappings of GM-LeBron and who to surround him with (16:40), what the Lakers can learn from the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Cavs (18:00), title chances over the next four years for LeBron and the Lakers (20:00), dreaming up a wingman for LeBron on the Lakers (22:00), Lillard (23:00), fun Los Angeles neighborhoods where LeBron might hangout (24:20), LeBron's barbershop show on HBO (25:50), LeBron potentially playing in the Drew League (26:45), LeBron giving back to the community in LA (27:40), the Cavs moving forward (29:00), Kevin Love as the nucleus on a young roster (29:50), Cavs as a 7th or 8th seed in the East (30:40), Collin Sexton (31:00), dusting off the Minnesota Timberwolves version of Kevin Love (33:00), LeBron and Rich Paul eventually owning the Cavs (36:00), LeBron's masterplan (38:00), LeBron eventually playing in the NBA with his son (39:40), growing up in Akron alongside LeBron and reviewing the St. Vincent-St. Mary's years (41:00), upside on the Cavs roster (43:00) and thoughts on Kawhi (44:00).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk Kevin Knox (2:15), Kristaps Porzingis' debut in 2015 Vegas Summer League (3:00), Porzingis' size (6:00), Knox's rise on the scene (6:45), Kevin Knox's style of play (8:00), NBA fan investment in young players (10:00), future of the NBA / the eventual demise of the Warriors (11:30), Boogie Cousins (15:15), the Warriors and the housing crisis (18:00), Boogie and Draymond on the same team (19:30), Durant potentially leaving GSW in a year (20:00), Durant and the Knicks (21:50), Knicks long-term team building plans (23:15), keeping the young Lakers in tact (26:00), more Kevin Knox NBA player comps and challenges ahead (27:00), Porzingis' fragility (33:15), Knox in the dunk contest and ROY possibility (34:30), Mitchell Robinson (37:40), 'Mitch' vs. 'Mitchell' (38:00), greatest PER seasons of all-time (39:00), backstory on Mitch Robinson (41:10), Robinson's path to getting minutes w/ the Knicks (43:30), player comps for Mitch Robinson (44:15), imagining Porzingis and Robinson playing together (47:00), Frank Ntilikina flashing progress (49:00), World Cup (51:40), drafting Mbappé #1 overall in the NBA draft and projecting his player profile (53:50), Frank Ntilikina is a good French boy (58:45), origin story for Frank Ntilikina's nickname and providing him with a new monicker (59:00), Le Poulpe ("The Octopus") (1:02:30), the Phil Jackson / Dennis Smith Jr. / octopus story (1:04:30), LeBron to LA (1:08:50), dubious LAL free agency moves (1:10:00), Stephenson and Rondo (1:15:40), Rondo vs. LaVar Ball (1:18:00), LeBron's got something up his sleeve (1:19:00), dream LeBron co-stars (1:20:45), OKC as a sleeper in the West (1:23:00) and Markelle Fultz rebuilding his shot with a new trainer (1:25:00).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Craw joins the pod this week to talk about first learning of the DeRozan for Kawhi trade (3:50), Woj v. Shams (4:50), Kawhi/DeMar winners and losers (7:30), excitement for Kawhi and the city of Toronto (8:00), disgruntled Kawhi (9:45), Kawhi's resemblance to a Raptor/dinosaur (10:50), the likelihood of Kawhi reporting to training camp in Toronto (13:45), whether the DeRozan package was the best the Spurs could do for Kawhi (16:25), Popovich making one last run with a veteran-heavy team (17:10), Pop sending Kawhi to the freezing cold (20:10), DeRozan's potential on the Spurs (21:10), pitching DeMar DeRozan on the San Antonio Spurs (21:30), Spurs over/under 47 wins in 2018-19 (25:00), Spurs playoff odds (26:15), loyalty in sports (28:15), DeRozan's disappointments in the playoffs (33:00), Masai Ujiri's low risk / high reward gamble on Kawhi (34:00), Jabari Parker (36:00), NBA Christmas Day Schedule (38:00), compromises in marriage (42:00), picking up where we left off on Bryan Colangelo and the Sixers (42:45), Sixers pursuing Daryl Morey (49:00), BRING HOME SAM HINKIE, BABY (50:15), forming a consultancy to hire sports GMs (54:40), the sales pitch to Sam Hinkie (58:30) and the next challenge for Sam Hinkie (1:01:00). Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nate Williams, Lucas Kavner and Matt Hobby join the pod this week to talk about the city of Las Vegas (2:00), thoughts on the Knicks and Hawks Summer League rosters (3:20), Kevin Knox- The Fort (3:45), Trae Young (4:50), John Collins (6:30), Frank Ntilikina (7:00), the future NYK pairing of Frank & Knox (8:30), CW’s 4-team Summer League parlay (11:00), DeAndre Ayton looking out of place early (12:00), Devin Booker (13:15), Kosta Koufos (14:45), new look Josh Jackson (16:30), Luka Dončić (18:15), Jack Cooley (18:40), dragging Dragan Bender (21:00), Bulls and Wendell Carter (24:15), Antonio Blakeney (27:00), Ryan Arcidiacano (28:00), the Summer League PA announcer’s name pronunciations (29:10), Ante Žižić (31:00), Summer League teams with the brightest futures (32:30), Furkan Korkmaz (33:30), Bulls future (34:30), Bulls playoff odds (35:20), Bulls trade ideas (36:30), Dwane [security guard] update (37:45), gifting Dwane (40:20), movies Dwane will likely be seeing (43:50) and craps and gambling strategies (46:05).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nate Williams and Matt Hobby join the pod this week to talk gnarly SoCal and Vegas temperatures (3:15), trekking LA to Vegas (4:15), broken AC units (5:00), Garlic Boyz (9:40), In & Out snafu (11:30), Brooklyn Nets and Orlando Magic (14:35), Jonathan Isaac (15:20), different objectives for Summer League players (16:35), guys trying to make practice squads (18:45), Byron Mullens (19:15), Mo Bamba (19:50), Charlotte Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder (22:25), Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers (23:15), Furkan Korkmaz (23:35), Semi Ojeleye (24:30), Jabari Bird (25:10), Guerschon Yabusele (26:00), Josh Jackson (27:30), Mikhal Bridges (29:20), DeAndre Ayton (29:50), basketball highlights vs. the real thing (30:20), Phoenix Suns point guard situation (31:15), strategies for managing long days at Vegas Summer League (32:00), seating at Vegas Summer League (36:30), star sightings (37:10), Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors (37:45), scoring court-side seats at Summer League / Dwane the security guard (38:40), Dwane’s motivations (44:30), Clippers on the rise (48:40) and the ultimate parlay (50:20).Love the show? Got a fantasy hoops question? Lost all your bitcoin gambling on the Trail Blazers? Let us know! Email: [email protected]: @OnTheLine_PodInstagram: OnTheLinePodSubscribe: apple.co/2G9K1cb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.