FreeDarko Presents: The Disciples Of Clyde NBA Podcast

 

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Dan is joined by Ken, who was first on an old computer and then on an old phone.

Ken says he used to have good equipment, but that his dog ate it.

This dog:

Anyway, they still managed to get in a good discussion of the Bucks playing defense, Brandon Jennings playing point guard, the Thunder playing defense, the Knicks playing decently, Nate Robinson playing, John Wall playing incredibly, the poor play in the Kentucky-Louisville game, and Gilbert playing with guns.

No playing!

Songs from the episode:

“Brand New Day” - Dizzee Rascal
“Great Expectations” - The New Year
“Tron Man Speaks” - Antipop Consortium
“It Ain’t Nuthin’ (The Chapter Remix)” - MF Doom
“Freaks in Charge” - Superchunk

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Kelly Dwyer, of Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie, has long been one of our favorite basketball writers (we read Behind the Box Score religiously.)  So it was about time to have him come on the show.

Dan talks to Kelly about how he got started in his basketball obsession and his writing career.  They talk about watching the game intelligently, and how to use some of the advanced stats to enhance your overall enjoyment of the game.

Then Kelly lets us know if the hot starts by the Bucks, Thunder, and Heat are for real and sustainable. In the process we hear why Dwyane Wade is our Jerry West.

All throughout, though, what you hear is love.  And passion.  About basketball.  Basketball.  Jeez.

Songs from the episode:

“I Like Everything About You” - Jimmy Hughes
“I Want to Take You Higher” - Sly and the Family Stone
“Eye Know” - De La Soul
“Heavy Makes You Happy” - The Staple Singers

For your Friday reading pleasure, I now present the Disciples of Clyde Guide on How to Tell You Are a Hardcore, Obsessive NBA Fan:

- You have purposely watched a Warriors-Clippers game just to see what Anthony Randolph was going to do

- You have had a heated debate (either in person or online) about Ramon Sessions, Acie Law, or Luol Deng

- You cringe every time someone on TV talks about points per game for a team without mentioning anything about pace

- You have made a joke with Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Cheikh Samb, or Mardy Collins as the punch line

- You can name five people on the Grizzlies, Bucks, and Kings, respectively

- You see a ridiculous stat line and inadvertently say “Whoa boy!”

- You can in no time at all write a reasonably coherent paragraph about the Mid-Level Exception

- You have actually written Bill Simmons an email begging him to write another NBA column

- You agree with the people who write columns or record podcasts making fun of college basketball right when the tournament starts

- You not only can fill in these blanks “If you’re ready like ________ then I’m in there like ________” but you own the t-shirt

- You are intimately familiar with Lawler’s Law, and you live nowhere near Los Angeles

- You know the player that eats babies, and wishes he were eating more babies this year

- You wore an Undrcrwn UNLV shirt on a date, secretly hoping the girl will not only notice the shirt but know what it is (and maybe even make a reference to the Undrcrwn O-Face Shirt) thus signifying that this is the girl you are meant to marry (um, okay, so maybe that was just me.  Maybe this is a good place to stop.)