The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 224 – BBall Bong Bong
On the last episode before our #PartsWellKnown Tour across Canada for The World’s Most Unique BasketballTournament, Wall $t. summons the wonder twin powers of Los Hermanos Del Baloncesto by calling upon El Jefe Supremo of FC21 All World, Friend Of The Program and cultural renaissance man, Bobbito Garcia.
The guys do a deep dive on Bob’s latest project, a memoir called “Bobbito’s Book Of BBall Bong Bong”, and share why the growth of the only application of 1v5 basketball on the planet means so much to them and so many more.
Super Producer and #1 Dallas Mavericks fan Ryan Antonio Henry assists in talking the brave new world ahead for The Association in the post-draft aftermath of free agency, announce All Star starters and other exciting developmentsin The WNBA and exonerate Ace Bailey for what many feel was a failed attempt to have control over a career barely started.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Bone Collector, Pittsburgh Pirates, Forrest Gump, The Maine Event, W.A.R.P.ed, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, slave auctions, Meghan McPeak, Entertainers Basketball Classic, Azzi Fudd, 3d Bass, @demi_sosa, Seattle, John Carlos, k1x sneakers, Adrian Bartos, Steele Hyundai, Thor, well-seasoned, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 223 – Engagement Farming
We all join things to fit in… belong.
It could be the band, chess team, the military or a book club, but we join to be a part of something greater than ourselves.
This week, a new champion will be crowned in The Association, a basketball team rooted in teamwork making the dream work.
There will also be 59 young men, looking to be chosen to fulfill their dreams of belonging to a brotherhood that lasts for life.
It won’t be a drive-by, empty calorie, foul merchant activation for those who find their validation in The Attention Economy.
It will be so much more…
It will mean much more as well.
Soul Food.
Never Fast Food.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Seattle Supersonics, 90s nostalgia, Sophie Cunningham, The Wire, parlays, Mark William Calaway, integer, coach emeritus, Michelob Light, Cornbread Maxwell, Cigar Aficionado, RIP Ananda Lewis, Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game, H-Town, Moet Nebuchadnezzar, Sal’s Pizzeria, rapper retirement, journalism, Mebounds, RIP David Greenwood, TheAttention Economy, kerfuffles, hoops nepotism, and more, allon the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 222 – Faded Pictures
Living in the past can be tough.
Nothing ever changes.
Not accepting the natural evolution of things can be even tougher.
We’re hear to ease the transition toward acceptance, revolution… or both.
Wall $t. calls on former St. Bonaventure forward, 2x Nike Battlegrounds Toronto winner and head honcho of King Nation youth basketball club Vidal Massiah to run the wings with him on everything from the NBA Finals, Canadians battling forthe crown and what it means to his program and the country to The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, family, love, life, loss and the ever-changing landscape of the NCAA and NIL.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Jeux De La Rue, Nike Battlegrounds, Zach Edey, Detroit Shock, K-Mac, treaties, Luol Deng, TMZ, Candace Parker, well-seasoned, Baby Campbell, regret, New Balance, RIP Big Apple, Independence Day, Cooper Flagg, All My Relations, Artesticulation, NBA TV Canada, Leon Rose, The Wizard Of Oz,Justin Beiber, BARS!, Pascal Siakam, and more, all on thepodcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 221 – Proof Of Concept
1,307 total games played in the 2024-2025 campaign, but… will we see seven more?
The roads the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Eastern Conference-conquering Indiana Pacers took to get here matter little at this point.
The time is now and both teams are ready to face the challenge ahead in their quest for ultimate glory, capturing the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Wall St. calls on OKC beat writer Brandon Rahbar from The Daily Thunder to talk the past, present and future on the prairie.
From SGA, MVP and Sam Presti to matchups, x-factors and the fickle mistress that is chemistry, the guys get you prepped for the NBA Finals like few others can!
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
The Commissioner’s Cup, Hollow Da Don, sadism, The Haliban, LBI, Spencer Haywood, game plan discipline, Young Abe Lincoln, Gatewood Archer Pine Band, Allie Quigley, The Death Lineup, Honourary Canadianism, Ted Lasso, Dallas Mavericks, retirement, Delly, Montreal Nord, Satou Sabally, The Disease Of More, Robert Griffin III, The Celly, University of Kentucky, blackchurch socks, #PartsUnknownTour2025, Tim Horton’s, Teamwork Makes The Dream Work, Ellison High School, Young BOAT, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 220 – Belts In Motion
The end of May brings reminiscence for several things past, be it a long lost loved one, the real origin story of MemorialDay, and why one NBA conference finals series is more compelling than the other, despite an alleged lack of star power.
Wall $t. does the knowledge on this curiosity as well as dueling superagents supporting their clients and coming up Klutch, FC21CA’s 6 weeks away from touching earth in the T-Dot, Week 2 of the WNBA season, Caitlin Clark’s injury’s economic impact, Angel Reese and The Danger Of The Single Story.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
The Dorture Chamber, ultra-processed foods, Pat McAfee, tithing heavily, Liz Kittley, Rolex, Dallas Wings, Robert Lee Pettit, DMV, Nickeil Alexander Walker, racism, Phee’nds, Unrivaled, Chennedy Carter, freedom, Grenada, The United Mexican States, Tom Hagen, weight loss, The Haliban, lemonbootiness, Hamilton Ontario, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 219 - Hardwood
Even though we’re about a month away from Father’s Day, the relationship between Black fathers and sons can be simple and direct… complex and complicated or a number of othervariables in between.
That unique dynamic is explored, as Wall St. goes on the road to discovering Black male redemption with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis.
The two break down the matchups and ex-factors for each of the NBA’s final four teams as the conference finals begin, run the court on WNBA opening weekend overreactions,include our first Rookie Watch and Power 5 of season 29 and plot a 25th anniversary screening of his first cinematic offering during FC21CA’s film fest, #HoopersHoop.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Black Ice, Rob Lowe, Big3, Diana Taurasi, Hot Docs, Magic & Bird, ‘ism, RGIII, Giants Of Africa, Jay-Z, Notre Dame, Meghan McPeak, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, Harlem Globetrotters, Ashton James, gentrification, Mirin Fader, Delta Airlines, Kevin Hart, masculinity, Arike Ogunbowale, The Middle Third, JJ Barea, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Avon RandolphBarksdale, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball andLife are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 218 - Uptempo
What is The World’s Most Expensive Commodity?
In the NBA, it’s spent in 48 minute blocks…
Occasionally, when the game gets restless, it generally requires at least 5 more.
Of the eight teams left to battle for professional basketball’s greatest prize, some are on the verge of exhausting their supply... others replenish theirs after every win.
And while The Association’s best battle for the crown, the WNBA kicks off its 29th campaign with a momentum the league has not seen since it began, all in in the face of one of the most important labour decisions in women’s professionalsports history.
Somewhere in the midst of all of this goodness happening in This Thing Of Ours is a celebration, beginning with the launch of The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, FC21CA.
It's Time!
Don’t Delay.
Move Accordingly.
Do So With Minimal Caution… because that commodity mentioned earlier in the tale…
It’s finite.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Ms. Brandy, Birmingham Brother Rice, usage rate, Juicy Marbles, “Pierre”, gaming vs gambling, Christopher George Latore Wallace, United Nations, Sabrina Ionescu, First Take, “LaShaniquia”, OutKast, Timberlands, Sonia Cintron, intersectionality, El Jefe, Malia Obama, Athletes Unlimited, banoodles, #tackleBoxSZN, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 217 – Engine Light
The Elite Eight.
30 started the journey where only one with reign supreme.
Wall $t. calls on frequent collaborator and super podcast producer Ryan Antonio Henry to get on the road to riches and NBA diamond rings, where real hoopers do real things to wrap up all first round exits, offer report cards, preview the conference semis, doing some early destination station projections for a couple of all-timers, anticipate an exciting WNBA season and show love to the winningest coach in league history!
There is no substitution for greatness… word to Tom Thibodeaux.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Frank Sinatra, The Help Center, Skylar Diggins, nickel slots, Tommy Carcetti, WrassleMania, Chevano, WebMD, Larry Joe Bird, Gentlemen’s Sweep, Jey Uso, Intuit Dome, “Robins”, Montreal, Lil’ General shade, John Halliburton, The Gulag, Jalen Suggs, Randy Orton, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 215 – The 2d SZN
Never Forget.
The Regular Season is where All-Stars are made.
The Postseason is where Superstars emerge.
The feeling is in the air as we’re close to rounding our who the NBA’s conference semi-finalists will be, but in the meantime in between time, Wall $t, goes in this week!
Black Privilege, second generation stars and double standards, #tackleBoxSZN, Top 10 lists issues, WNBA training camp, curious case of Chennedy Carter, Nico Harrison is a soldier, Ja’s lawsuit dropped but The MVP has bars for 12, the NIL portal activities, the future in Miami, Milwaukee and Memphis, overt messages sent by the top seeds, foul calls missed, but why does it matter after the fact, hard truths about Luka, most overrated player in The Association and the person you’d least like to fight, drama vs knowing how to win, the most entertaining series so far, and real questions about the reigning and defending champs!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Stan Love, Ye Olde “Hol’ Me Back!”, Sade, Tesla, El Patrone, South Sudan, “Sweetwater”, Texas Christian University, @LayWitDaButta, #TheChainxTheStar, Patrick Dumont, The Last Two Minute Report, Sambor Shuffle, Air Swoopes, alliteration, Wat Misaka, The Balkans, Tee Martin, Baltimore Colts, Nikola Mirotic, Poetical Prophets, stretch provision, Lynette Woodard, weight room, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 215 – In The Margins
The Immortal Post-Modern Contemporary Literary Giant Melvin Glover once allowed his quill to scribe the following words:
“Don’t Push Me ‘Cuz I’m Close To The Edge, I’m Try-in Not To Lose My Head…”
Giving voice to the voiceless… the unheard… those in the shadows, close to the edge… on the outside lookin’ in…
The Sporting News’ NBA content producer Gil McGregor brings his insights and intellect to the proceedings with Wall $t. to talk the WNBA draft aftermath, the most decorated player in NBA history, the best worst kept secret in college basketball, why the league may have missed the mark on clutchness, the opening weekend of The Second Season: the start of the most grueling run to 16 wins and the yet-to-be reveal heros without capes who will make a difference on the road to a title!
The Thrill Of Victory.
The Agony Of Defeat.
Catch It All!
News.
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Truths.
References Made:
North Cakalaki, Sterling Henderson, #SheWhoShantBeNamed, Coming To America, Arike Ogunbowale, Ryan Ruocco, FanDuel, “Off-Night”, championship DNA, Young Abe Lincoln, #Cardio, Iso Joe, University of Michigan, Hailey Van Lith, Ms. Brandy, Ja’Net DuBois, “He Wit’ Us!”, Robert Joseph Cousy, Oakland, Massa Jenkins, N.C. State, Gil Scott-Heron, Great Barrier Thief, #TorontoMans, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 214 – The Same 24
86,400 Seconds.
1440 Minutes.
You get them… Daily. We all do.
With what do you do with yours?
Wall $t. spends some of Life’s most expensive commodity with sports anchor for the New York Post and host of New York’s Got Game, Dexter Henry, talking the WNBA Draft, the New York Liberty’s chances to repeat, the NBA play-in and playoffs matchups, who walks away with regular season player’s hardware, FC21CA aka #RunNYC and milestones for the ages.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Inside The NBA, Mamba Out, John Stockton, The Great Barrier Thief, LIV Golf, Shawshank Redemption, contractual obligations, Vucci Mayne, grenades, “first team All-Deeee-fense”, J-Hova, Scrubstitution Time, Earl Simmons, green tea macha lattes, Tennessee Volunteers, Sarah Strong, labor, Athletes Unlimited, competitive rest, Bodega KAT, NBA 2K Trade Machine culture, #mapleGxNG, action figures, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 213 – Wins x Lessons
Life is a competitive sport.
Sometimes, you are victorious… other times, not so much.
On the occasions when the terms are not in your favour, how do you deal?
“You’re not a loser in anything until you quit”, as was once uttered by University of Houston Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Kelvin Sampson.
Truer words have rarely if ever been writ or spit!
And we offer more than words as we wrap up an amazing college basketball season for both the men and women, button up wild playoff races in the NBA, tip our collective hats to an all-time great who is saying goodbye to the game, saluting the latest inductees into the Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame and show everyone how to count victory in every loss!
News.
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Truths.
References Made:
Christopher Tracy, Alpha Dogs, Saran Wrap, Mike Brkovich, The Syntactician, layup line numbers, Boogie, point differential, Cori Close, #MindTheSundayTruce, Pascal Siakam, New Jersey, Charles Dickens, Louisiana Tech, Dave Zirin, swindled, “Fudd Around & Find Out!”, shalom, #iAmKyam, Dem Gator Boys Stay Hot, selective immigration design, Jimmy V, lemonbooty, The Artist Formerly Known As Chris Wayne Jackson, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 212 – The Law Of Three
Set Up.
Execution.
Follow Thru.
Many fail at the third one, but not our very special guest!
We are graced by the presence of the Northeast Conference’s steals leader as a freshman, the Point Goddess herself, Wagner College’s Keana Foz!
Wall $t. and Keana talk her first season hooping in Staten Island, New York, her wins and lessons as a result, some of her favourite things, being a lock down defender, the transformative initiative called #TheCollective and, of course, #MarchMadness’ Final Four and what it will take for her to lead her squad there next season!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
#PointGoddessCertified, Rogers & Hammerstein, Puma Clydes, adulting, Willis Reed game, narcotics, Aunt Pearl, spin cycle narratives, White Vonnell, first ballot, “Beef Stew”, Kiwi Shoe Polish, “P!”, naysayers, The Pat McAfee Show, #QueenWaves, Southeastern Conference, Tony! Toni! Tone!, Kiyomi McMiller, Gatorade, Booker T., Air Swoopes, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 211 – Competitive Reset
Sometimes when you are working your plan, the plan doesn’t work.
How do you pivot toward prosperity?
On this week’s ep, we call on Jason Hooten, Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the New Mexico State University Aggies, who will share his philosophy around recognizing when to shift gears in the ever-changing landscape of major collegiate athletics.
From name, image and Likeness funding, the transfer portal and the slow death of the mid-major Cinderella at #MarchMadness to the conference respect, strength of schedule and the men’s Sweet Sixteen, the coach and Wall $t. make first-team All Common Sense of it all!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Toronto Mans, gang-adjacent, Matthew Dellavedova, New Balance, The Hamburglar, Minnesota Timberwolves, Nancy Lieberman, Duke, chocolate chip cookies, Obi Toppin, rock fights, LA Sparks, Moses Malone, Kinsasha, adidas Superstars, Power, Martin Luther King, traveling, Pig Sooey, Ta’Niya Latson, prostate exams, Ore-Ida, Karris Bilal, ByMyself meetings, Cancel Culture, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 210 – Epistemicide
Epistemicide is a term used to describe the destruction or devaluation of knowledge systems, particularly those that are not in alignment with dominant paradigms or Western tradition.
TRANSLATED FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE:
“Murica Gon’ Murica!”
The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions, as it was once said...
They also say there are hundreds of thousands of student-ath-O-letes playing NCAA Division 1 sports most all of them will go pro in something else altogether.
Yep.
But what if someone in power, who unilaterally decided to eliminate the deeds, work and history of particular groups of these current and | or former scholarship athletes because that work allegedly didn’t align with the power structure conditioning model?
We have questions.
We might have answers.
We also have March Madness picks, Selection Sunday snubs, a potential Finals preview, The Chef in 4K Chef, and Unrivaled surprises!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, headbands, Bennett Stirtz, amendments, Rice Owls, Al Attles, The Grindfather, Forrest Gump, Point Gawdess, status quo, George The Messiah, name checking, #mapleGxNG, Joe Budden, lunchtime hoops MVP, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 209 – Cultural Stock Exchange
Intellectual Property is a valuable commodity outchere in these rough interweb streets.
And as run headlong into the madness of this month, we are looking to make wise investments with your time, energy and Selection Sunday NCAA tournament brackets.
How do we do that?
Wall $t. calls on Friend of The Program and Montreal’s finest, Three-Time All-America and 1988 Olympian Dwight Walton help navigate conference titles won, Champions Week, incredible milestones moving into the final month of the regular season, and some devastating injuries ending the 24-25 campaign for a couple key cogs for potential playoff teams.
We’ll also discuss the heavyweight doughnut throwdown between Disney Sports and its most recent acquisitions, Screamin’ A habitually overstepping and why no one wants to be uneasy wearing the crown.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Richie Adubato, Overtime Elite, gambling, Quebec Nordiques, The Sequence, It Never Rains In Southern California, mononyms, Houston Comets, Roy Edward Ayers, Jr., #MarchMadness, Hiawatha Smalls, Sanaa Lathan, GEICO, Lindsay Whelan, salary cap fee structure, Davidson College, Skip To My Lou, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 208 – Destiny Manifested
Raptors Manager Of Social Impact and 2023 FC21CA #LadiesFirst panelist Katherine Allen pulls up on Wall $t. to talk being a lifelong Raptors fan, the team’s outlook for the immediate future, normalizing representation, and how heavy her feet heat quiver is!
Also on this ep, Juju Watkins shows and proves again, the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t care about your feelings, The Toronto Tempo are building their front office structure, NCAA conference tournaments and The Big Dance are just around the corner and Luka LaMarr (that’s with 2 r’s) Doncic’s whirlwind Black History Month in Los Angeles, including his first game against his former squad, all get the Wall $t. Treatment.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Selection Sunday, futureproofing, Calvin Lockhart, trickle down effect, Angel Reese, Time Magazine, Quintin Grimes, Reebok, “Thank You, Nico!”, #LadiesFirst, death stares, 70-71 Milwaukee Bucks, Nakissa Koomalsingh, corporal punishment, James Khristian Middleton, veteranism, St. Vincent, The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, Niele Ivey, Christopher George Latore Wallace, #InternationalWomensEryday, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 207 – Certitude
Very few things in this Life can be guaranteed.
Death… Taxes… max | supermax NBA contracts… and getting the best insights and discussion covering the goings on from The Association, WNBA and Unrivaled to men’s and women’s NCAA action and The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, FC21CA.
Bank on it.
Set your clock to it.
We are Inevitable as shocking revelations out of San Antonio, Milwaukee, New York City, Raleigh and Philadelphia lead the way in this week’s episode.
Make sure you don’t miss out!
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Truths.
References Made:
ClarksVegas, PsyOp, Roberta Flack, ChatGPT, Andre Iguodala, Torodol, speakerphone, #BlackHistoryEryday, National Hockey League, John Austin Stockton, toxicity, Water Pistol Pete, Jr., yore, opporcoonist, Converse, Percy Miracles, Albuquerque, President Musk, Zamboni, polygamy, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 206 – Terms x Conditions
As Valentine’s Day has come and gone, with people professing “unconditional” love for one another without actually understanding that “unconditional” is still a condition, you may wonder what is not subject to equivocation.
Wall St. welcomes the multidisciplinary artist Cynda Williams, most famously known for her role as Clark Betancourt in the Spike Lee’s 1990 classic film, Mo’ Better Blues, to talk her big break, navigating the business, what drives her today, being down bad as a Chicago sports fan and the 62d birthday of St. Michael Jeffrey Of Wilmington.
Major shake-ups in our NCAA Powers 5 as we approach marching into the madness of conference tournaments and The Big Dance, major milestones in the careers of all-time greats, the value propositions of women’s professional hoops may have just changed forever and the real purpose of NBA All Star Weekend are discussed as well!
News.
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Truths.
References Made:
Harlem Blues, Blake Austin Griffin, cultural currency, The Redeem Team, Harold’s Fried Chicken, turteen job, Crimson Tide, Scottie Barnes, World Wrestling Entertainment, The Mighty Quinn, faux outrage, Mikayla Blakes, Fighting Illini, “Black Enough”, strength of schedule, Valkyries, Corey Brewer, whip whop, Rocky IV, spring chicken, Quill Game Heavy, Sabrina Ionescu, corporate junkets, “Wild Hundreds”, Nike, Clarke Betancourt, dunk residencies, The Wire, Shelton Jackson Lee, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 205 – The Purity Test
If sunlight is the best disinfectant, what reveals itself when cold hard cash is your primary motivation… or at least keeping as much of it as you can, tried and true institutions be damned?
This requires investigation then authentication and Wall $t. calls upon none other than Canadian Super Producer Ryan Antonio Henry, still heartbroken over the loss of Luka LaMarr (That’s With 2 R’s) and, at least temporarily already, Anthony Marshon Davis, Jr, but enthused by the possibility of Brandon Ingram in the T-Dot, to run the league’s best hoops podcast pick and roll!
The Compadres run the break on everything from the most shocking transaction during the most exciting trade deadline in NBA history, the BBall Billionaires Club Conspiracy Theory and double standards to Unrivaled’s inaugural 1v1 battle, big upsets in the NCAA and of course, the annual #DoWork Awards – Midseason Edition!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Birdies Come Lately, portmanteau, LeBronto, Shohei Otani, Grant Henry Hill, kidneys, voter fatigue, Gillie The Kid, #BlackHistoryEryday, 1v1, addition by subtraction, Patrick Dumont, #SuckaSauce, Levon, Napheesa Collier, The Greyhound, trade demands, Brian Windhorst, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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