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Writer/Performer/Filmmaker Allen Landver (“The Fan”) and True Hoop’s Jarod Hector (“The Media”) discuss General Manager Daryl Morey, the leader of the Philadelphia 76ers, a basketball team that many said “won the summer,” and is currently one of the NBAs biggest failures. Known for being a General Manager who is willing to take “big swings” in order to win a championship, Morey’s gamble to bring in the injury prone L.A. native Paul George has so far turned out to be a disaster. Is there something wrong with Morey’s star fucking approach, or is the intense pressure to win at all cost to blame?
Check out more of Allen's work via
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and Jarod Hector and the gang via
truehoop.com
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The! NBA! Sucks! WRITER , PERFORMER, AND FILMMAKER Allen (“The Fan”) and Jarod Hector FROM TRUE HOOP (“The Media”) go head to head in this cage-match style debate to decipher what critics of the NBA really mean when they say “THE THREE POINTER IS KILLING THE GAME.” From HOMOPHOBIC UNDERCURRENTS TO THE NOSTALGIA FOR THE SLAM DUNK, we investigate and uncover what’s behind this latest negative trend.
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Writer/performer/filmmaker Allen Landver (“The Fan”) and Jarod Hector from True Hoop (“The Media”) discuss Bronny’s first games, and the feels that Allen says were unavoidable, watching him share the court with his father. They then zoom out into a larger discussion about Sacrifice, the sacrifices that all NBA players have to make in order to play the game they love, and the sacrifices we all make when chasing our version of greatness.
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Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver ("The Fan") & Jarod Hector from True Hoop ("The Media") discuss how injury, the 82 game season, and various other factors have transformed fan culture in the NBA to one where fans are mostly left rooting for their team's "potential." Longevity is the key in the modern NBA, and the teams (OKC, BOS, etc) best prepared for it, are the new alphas. So, what does that say about the rest of us in the real world? About the way we navigate our potential in the era of late stage capitalism. Listen to find out.
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Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver & Jarod Hector from True Hoop discuss why more of us seem to be getting disturbed by the growing salaries of NBA players. Topics include the gooey territory of money, the NBA salary cap, leverage, what it means to to be a role player in the real world, and the Orlando Magic’s fourth year guy, Jalen Suggs.
More NBA/comedy: basketballweather.substack.com
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Writer, performer, and filmmaker Allen Landver & Jarod Hector from True Hoop make funnies about Shaq and the mainstream media punching down on modern day players. Defense, and its metaphysical value to the game. Why it’s disrespected. Resisting change, falling out of grace, ego death, status envy, & even a little economics. Take a listen, and let us know what you think!
More NBA/comedy: basketballweather.substack.com
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Using the Knicks as a lens, we talk about why winning is so hard in the NBA, fentanyl, nepo babies, American Exceptionalism, Matt Ishbia (billionaire NBA owner and nepo baby), James Dolan (billionaire NBA owner, nepo baby), Dan Gilbert (billionaire NBA owner) and the Los Angeles Lakers, who are also run by nepo babies.
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Do NBA players have “the right” to phone in their performances over the course of an 82 game season? We go deep on the difference between entertainment and competition. I learn some things that I wish I could unlearn. You’re not going to want to miss it. Check out the OG newsletter on basketballweather.substack.com
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On Episode 2 we talk about nepotism, a BBW favorite if you’ve been keeping up with the newsletter on basketballweather.substack.com. We jam on Bronny James and expand into meritocracy in general, as well as some shit-talking about billionaires, I mean, capitalist pigs.
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In this episode, we rap about a whole range of things: from toxic masculinity and misogyny, the three-point shot, Steph Curry as feminist icon, identity, and perhaps my favorite of all — the sacrifices necessary to be elite at something, be it basketball, art, or anything else.
The launch point for the episode was a BASKETBALLWEATHER essay I wrote a few months back called “The Feminism of Steph Curry.”
