Episode 14 – NBA Finals…and Everything Else

We talk about the NBA Finals where the Bucks are dumb and the Suns are continuing to win with the leadership of Chris Paul, who may finally win his first ring. We also talk about the Clippers and in turn, how the West may turn out next season (8:47), the Pelicans’ woes that they really can’t avoid (20:28) and that turns into us talking about DeMarcus Cousins and ring chasers and we don’t even know. In the break, we talk about some 76ers what ifs (28:19) before going into the second half (31:11) where we just start going on…everything, from LeBron James to Andre Drummond to J.R. Smith to Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game. Yes, we winged it.

Kendrick Perkins “Dumbest Team in Finals History” tweet: https://twitter.com/KendrickPerkins/status/1413518704088961027

Explanation of the NBA’s “over 38 rule” from NBC Sports’ Pro Basketball Talk: https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/07/04/report-rarely-discussed-over-38-rule-makes-it-unlikely-knicks-land-chris-paul/

2020 NBA bubble rules: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-bubble-rules-teams-schedule-orlando/zhap66a9hcwq1khmcex3ggabo

J.R. Smith tattoos: https://bodyartguru.com/j-r-smith-tattoos/

Kobe 81-point game ESPN recap: https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/260122013

Washington Post Retropolis on Kobe’s 81-point game: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/24/kobe-bryant-81-point-game/

Theme and End Music: “Wake Up – Instrumental” by Wataboi from Pixabay

Middle Music: “Stairway” by Patrick Patrikios from YouTube Audio Library

Soundbyte Music: “Landing” by Godmode from YouTube Audio Library

Whistle sound effect from FreeSFX: freesfx.co.uk