Solid D BBall Pod: Recent Episodes
Claire and Merrick
Enjoy some chill basketball chat with hosts Claire and Merrick. Die hard basketball fans, the basketball curious, and just good homies are welcome! follow our insta for updates and puppy pics: @solid_d_bballpod
Oooooh we are here and we are ... sincere. It's always a pleasure to catch up on mic in front of our fans hehe we reviewed our first 3 bars: Founders, Barney's Beanery (the Burbank one haha), and Overlook - honorable mention THE YARDHOUSE. Per usual, we barely discuss basketball, and moreso discuss just chill things like the Buffalo Wild Wings menu and shrooms. We will be back Vsoon with guests after da All Star break. Lakers on the up and up (life is good) <3
HAPPPY XMAS/NEW YEAR ETC. ETC.!
We are truly realizing that these episodes usually just involve Claire and Merrick catching up LOL but there is still some basketball adjacent conversation going on here. BTW we are gonna do a mini-series on the best sports bars in LA [rating system: food, vibe/atmosphere, people watching, tv placement, price, convenience/coziness factor] HAVE A FANTASTIC JANUARY AND WE'LL SEE YOU BEFORE ALL STAR BREAK - DON'T FORGET TO VOTE MOFOS
WOW It's been soooo long! Join Merrick and Claire as they have a cathartic conversation about what it means to be a basketball fan in 2022 - are we just casuals, or are is the world just too formal? lol idk just work with us here! also stay for some laker and blazer musings, life updates, xmas nba ideas and JANUARY REUNION EPISODES that will cinclude some LA sports bar tours/review/hang seshes. HIT US UP IF YOU WANNA BE A GUEST/FRIEND lol <3 see you soon! (prob in 2023 but soon we promise)
YO we are back...getting all fired up for the new season. listen in as claire and merrick catch up (they haven't seen each other in awhile) and then get more relatively concentrated on nba talk about halfway thru LOL but you know us, low key, chill, gossip, kyrie, repeat LOL #leggoblazers
Coming in hot with a special guest this week - friend of the pod Tony joins us to discuss the current state of the season (go Bucks tbh), the HBO series WINNING TIME!!! (such a rad / masturbatory Lakers energy lmao), and Tony shares his own wild story about Jerry West (and Tony's grandma :D!!!). OK, there's a couple regular season games left, we made very loose predictions...expect more from us soon...WE LOVE YOU sooooo much.
All I gotta say is Blake Griffin and Chris Paul had a short-lived Adult Swim show called BGCP3 on TV in HD and u can witness us discovering this in real time. Love ya'll - go Lakers
Happy new year fans and friends and fam and foes etc. etc. !!!! We feel soooo good about 2022, def our year to shine. We're tryna get famous this year. Also will make and drop merch (stickers at least lol) and get some fun and new guests, but also bring old ones back. Listen to our premiere season 2 episode! As Merrick says, this ep is good AND boring just like Ben Simmons
And we're baaaaaaack! Haha wassup ya'll, sorry about the delay. Life has been comin' at us. But we're here and we're family. I truly realized we are like the Wayne and Garth of NBA podcasts so please come for a good time but not a super serious time LOL We talk Bron drama, we talk Rockets, we talk Steph, we talk Laker tickets, we talk China (actually we need help understanding it still). See ya again soon :) (go Bulls and Heat I can't decide lol)
We're back baby. We missed you ALL. First ep recorded in the morning time and we vibe with it af. Talkin pre-season, Ben Simmons, Kyrie lol, Laker lineup, safe sex, spliffs, Giannis Dynasty...WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. subscribe ya'll (See you v soon!) WE LOVE U ALEX CARUSOÂ
AND WE'RE BAAAAACK. Wow sry for the delay folx. We've been doing a lot - outta town/road trips/parents visiting/school starting/covid. But we're so happy to be back. Merrick and Claire individually rewatched UNCUT GEMS last weekend and talk about the legacy of Safdie Bros casting (spoiler alert we love Kevin Garnett) but you can also witness us literally just hanging and catching up LOL. SPOILER ALERTTTT tho don't listen if you haven't watched Uncut Gems fr fr anyway see you soon this was fun our mics are finally legit. RIP CHARLIE WATTS
WE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST--THE GOOD HOMIE MIKEY! The three of us saw Space Jam: New Legacy together Friday night, so we break down the movie...talk pros and cons--mostly cons. You'll have to FF because we obvi come in hot talkin' 'bout Game 6!!! Is Dame going to the Lakers? Is Chris Paul gonna run it back w/the Suns next season? What's it like dating Devin Booker? Why didn't New Legacy include the Banana Boat crew ughhhh follow Mikey's Bulls Twitter!! @hotsaucemikey
Intro song - "Man From Milwaukee" - Hanson lol
Sry about the NSFW title but we do delve into the history of the Milwaukee Bucks that includes why the city's known as Cream City (it's not sexual fr :/ also I still have to look up how to spell Milwaukee). DUDE we both have mics now so this is the best sounding episode ever (a couple wifi issues tho LMAO). Also talk about the fateful night in Orlando 1990 that MJ wore a number 12 jersey. And the USA Olympic team. And Ja Morant <3 and Slurpee day wohoooo! love you ALL ! BUCKS IN 6
YELLOW! comin' in HOT (but actually not hot, the audio's not bade, we're movin' on up and slowly acquiring equipment lol) like Reggie Jackson today - first ep in a few weeks and it's great to be back baby. We talk Kawhi, we talk Dame, we talk Warren Zevon. St. Stephen Curry is our Dead / NBA crossover cover band by the way. COME AS YOU ARE! Go Clips, go Hawks, etc etc (prayers up Giannis even tho we neutral about you) xoxo follow us on insta. tryna get to 100 follows hehe
What's good Solid D fam! Join us as we recap round 1 of the NBA playoffs (we recorded this prior to Thursday night's games tho lol) and do a little voodoo experiment on Devin Booker that doesn't work. Intro song = "GOAT Spirit" - Dame D.O.L.L.A. <3 Claire feels a little stressed about oddly being ok if the Clippers head to round 2? Merrick convinces everyone to get on the Bucks train. Some hot Kuz news coming your way too!!! Happy Pride Happy BBALL Happy Dame getting Teammate of the Year.
Merrick and Claire sit down and breakdown their play-in and round 1 playoff brackets during halftime of the Celtics Wizards game [they'll deep dive into round2 next week!]. PLEASE BE PATIENT with Claire as she gets a little confused about the 7 game, 4 to win concept at first - don't forget newbies are welcome and we love all basketball fans here <3 literally obsessed with the Heat and the Wizards rn anyone else????
The Solid D crew discuss Kuzma's yo-yo playing [he's good one night, and then he sucks! but we support], Russell Westbrook's underrated legacy & love for fish lol, and what our All-NBA Teams 2021 would be. WE LOVE YOU BAM ADEBAYO. Also please protect Kyrie's beautiful face from elbows during playoffs! See ya for the whirlwind play-in tourney! thank you and good night.Â
Just in time for LeBron's comeback tonight against the Kings, Merrick and Claire bring on their FIRST GUEST, Merrick's bff JACOB! We talk about what it's like to be a Blazers fan (fool's gold), Laker confidence/cockiness, why there will never be another LeBron James, and WHAT THE EFF IS GOING ON with the damn play-in tournament! LETS GO KNICKS YES SIRRR
Hope ya'll had a splendid 420!! join us in discussing the historic background of those sick as hell Lithuanian Dead shirts you sometimes see hotties wear out on the streets. Also! We have advice for Dion Waiters on how NOT to get a panic attack after too many edibles. Bill Walton <3 Nicotine lozenges <3 Legalize weed <3 but also support small business if you know what I mean <3
Claire and Merrick delve into this week's basketball news (Paul Pierce, KD vs. Rapaport, Lakers not making the playoffs?) and occasionally take a break to unbox a back of basketball cards. The episode ends on a more serious note as we acknowledge the kind of inclusive basketball fans we strive to be/want to see other people practice as well. <3333
Puppy Ozzy and homie Remy make an appearance!Â
The homies, Claire and Merrick, talk about their basketball fan origin stories, Devin Booker's ego, steroids and Bronsexuals. Lets goooo Lakers! & Blazers! & Hornets!Â