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A fairly free-flowing conversation about the NBA, the Houston Rockets, and being alive in this strange place and time.
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Rockets Sad Season Preview with Sara Rodriguez and Jonathon Williamson (opens the original)
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It's that time again. Baseball is winding down. The kids are back in school, and the NBA Season is nigh upon us. To properly process our feelings about the impending Houston Rockets spasm, we have requested the help of two of our oldest friends Sara Rodriguez and Jonathon Williamson, who attempt, each in their way, to ground us with the important things, like Russell Westbrook's Houston tenure and the fact that there's no way things could reasonably have ever been very good. We appreciate their
WNBA Playoff Preview with Ryan Dilbert (opens the original)
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While the US women's national team were busy winning their 12th World Cup championship, we were busy breaking down what happens when our nation's heroes return home, the WNBA Plaaaayoffs. We are joined this week by former Bleacher Report and current Resura Magazine writer (and founder), author of the short story collection Mat Burns and the novel Time Crumbling Like a Wet Cracker, Ryan Dilbert, to break down the impending WNBA Playoffs, what we should expect, who we should consider, how we shoul
In Memoriam: eulogies for the dead and other basketball endings (opens the original)
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It's the offseason. Don Nelson has died, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry too. Russell Westbrook has retired. Is this era of the Denver Nuggets slipping away with last year's first round exit, Aaron Gordon's athleticism, and Peyton Watson's exit? What are the harbingers of the Lakers' sale, the second such transaction in just over a year? Why doesn't Eric like swimming? All these topics and a few more are explored on this offseason episode of A Way We Ball.
The Jesus Episode, or LeBron James is a 76er (opens the original)
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LeBron rings the Liberty Bell This week we use LeBron's latest last Decision as an excuse to talk through how we expect the Eastern Conference to begin to shake out this fall. Then we take some time to appreciate (and acknowledge) some of the storylines in the WNBA.
The Offseason Cometh (opens the original)
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This week, in likely our final episode of the year, we address all the massive trades that have shaken our understanding of the basketball world to its very core. We go team by team (Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, LAC, LAL, Philly, Toronto, Utah) to address the major movement over the last week and project how this may impact these teams moving forward.
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