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Hail Our Sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives, so if you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, DM him @GordonFallNYL, or visit gordonfall.com**
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS RECAP starts at 1:00
LeBron is very good. The rest of the Cavs aren’t, especially when Kevin Love is concussed, but that didn’t quite make the difference against a Boston team that would’ve won this series handily if they had their two best players. Alas.
EAST POSTMORTEMS AND OH MY LORD WHAT ARE YOU DOING BRYAN COLANGELO starts at 10:53
Did we talk about the Bryan Colangelo burner account mess for longer than we previewed the NBA Finals last episode? Maybe. Before that, we discuss Boston’s very bright future and give the Raptors all the time they deserve.
MICHIGAN BASKETBALL STUFF starts at 40:34
It was a good day.
MUSIC * “Grindin’”—Clipse * “Boss Life (ft. Nate Dogg)”—Snoop Dogg * “Across 110th Street”
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Apparently he gets shirts custom-tailored with larger than normal collars, which is kinda weird I guess. Not as weird as operating a bunch of burner accounts as a pretty public person.
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Hail Our Sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. If you’ve come to an MGoEvent ever you've met him. When not giving us baseball cards of MVP Dave Brandon that Dave Brandon had printed, Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives, so if you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, DM him @GordonFallNYL, or visit gordonfall.com**
- WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS RECAP starts at 1:00
Houston would’ve won. Then Chris Paul’s hamstring failed him and the inevitable Golden State onslaught came. Also, it probably would’ve been good not to have a historically bad shooting performance in Game 7.
- FINALS PREVIEW starts at 20:17
It’ll be compelling to watch LeBron face a Sisyphean task. Golden State, unfortunately, wins every other matchup on the floor. Your hosts have a heated debate over whether the Cavs win one or zero games.
- ROCKETS POSTMORTEM starts at 32:53
A lot of possibilities, including LeBron. One very bad Ryan Anderson contract getting in the way of a superteam, though.
MUSIC * “It’s All Over (But the Crying)”—Lee Fields * “Vertigo”—The Libertines * “Across 110th Street”
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Part-way through it you start hearing the home crowd just dying with every shot. This was very audible pain that I think everybody was going through. Then they cut the camera to Chris Paul.
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Hail Our Sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. If you’ve come to an MGoEvent ever you've met him. When not giving us baseball cards of MVP Dave Brandon that Dave Brandon had printed, Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives, so if you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, DM him @GordonFallNYL, or visit gordonfall.com**
1. HOUSTON-GOLDEN STATE: THIS SERIES IS TERRIBLE BASKETBALL IS RUINED FOREVER WARRIORS IN FI—OH. starts at 1:00
Alex loses and regains his Michigan card. We can talk about Game 4, or we could talk about the 2004 Detroit Pistons! Eh? Eh? Ben Wallace? Eh? Okay, let’s talk about the most insane basketball game we’ve ever seen. When we talk about Isolation ball it’s still always coming after a screen—it’s a matchup game. One team has Durant.
- POSTMORTEMS starts at 27:40
We discuss the future of the (now long-demised) Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans, two teams with bright futures and one or two major summer decisions ahead. We are not bitter about Donovan Mitchell. We are not bitter about Donovan Mitchell. We are not bitter about Donovan Mitchell.
MUSIC * “Feelin Frisky”—Syl Johnson * “Across 110th Street”
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Still not bitter.
1 hour and 23 minutes
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Hail Our Sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. If you’ve come to an MGoEvent ever you've met him. When not giving us baseball cards of MVP Dave Brandon that Dave Brandon had printed, Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives, so if you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, DM him @GordonFallNYL, or visit gordonfall.com**
- THE EAST starts at 1:00
TORONTO-CLEVELAND: LeBron LeBron’d, the Raptors deflated, and Drake made a very ill-advised life choice.
BOSTON-PHILADELPHIA: This is not the Terry Rozier who played at Louisville. Boston a big step up in defense for Philly and it showed in Game 1. Sixers can still win this if they adjust and get more threes from Redick and Belinelli.
- THE WEST starts at 23:15
HOUSTON-UTAH: Game 1 was the first Utah loss of the year in which they shot 50%+ from the field because James Harden, Chris Paul, and Clint Capela went off. The Jazz fought back to steal a game on the road with Donovan Mitchell running the point and Joe Ingles making everything. Someone should really guard Joe Ingles.
GOLDEN STATE-NEW ORLEANS: Is basically over already. Anthony Davis is fun, though.
NICKNAME QUIZ: Ace mostly stumps Alex, accidentally gives away an answer.
- POSTMORTEMS starts at 48:26
OKLAHOMA CITY: Unless something very unexpected happens with Paul George, this looks like the end of any hope for OKC to win a title in the era of three MVPs in three draft classes. Melo is so, so washed, also lacks self-awareness.
INDIANA: Everybody comes back. Is Dipo a true franchise player? Ace thinks so, Alex is a little more skeptical. Big question going forward is what to do with young, raw center Myles Turner.
MILWAUKEE: Have they fired Joe Prunty yet? Anyway, this team is mostly locked into a mediocre roster and will go as far as Giannis can take them, though better coaching, especially on defense, could unlock greater potential.
WASHINGTON: Absolutely cap-boned. Poor man’s Grizzliesdom awaits.
MUSIC * “Resurrection (Paper, Paper)”—Bone Thugs N Harmony * “Super Hyphy”—Keak Da Sneak * “Across 110th Street”
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Not the nicest nickname in the world, but when Marcus Camby gives you a nickname you say ‘Thank you, Mr. Camby.’ So yeah, he’s the Hobbit.
1 hour and 42 minutes
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Hail Our Sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. If you’ve come to an MGoEvent ever you've met him. When not giving us baseball cards of MVP Dave Brandon that Dave Brandon had printed, Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives, so if you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, DM him @GordonFallNYL, or visit gordonfall.com**
- EASTERN CONFERENCE TORONTO-WASHINGTON (starts at 1:55): Wizards fought back on the strength of Wall and Beal, but Toronto has the 3-2 series edge and a much better supporting cast for their star backcourt.
CLEVELAND-INDIANA (at 11:41): LeBron and the Yobs, yet that’s good enough to probably make the second round because LeBron.
PHILLY-MIAMI (at 17:56): The Sixers let Dwyane Wade have what may have been his final big moment in Miami before easily dispatching them. Philly looks like the team to beat in the East.
BOSTON-MILWAUKEE (at 22:48): Going to seven games because [checks notes] Joe Prunty finally discovered that Thon Maker can play basketball quite well. Winner of this is going to have a very tough time with the Sixers.
- WESTERN CONFERENCE NICKNAMES (at 30:12): Ace tries to get revenge on Alex, fails to remember that Alex has deep Thunder knowledge.
HOUSTON-MINNESOTA (at 37:35): Houston went supernova and remains Ace’s pick to win it all. Minnesota’s defense got hamblasted.
OKLAHOMA CITY-UTAH (at 44:58): The Thunder needed an epic comeback to avoid elimination and we’re both skeptical they can avoid it for much longer. Russ is great, but Melo is washed, and Utah is the better-coached, more complete team.
NEW ORLEANS-PORTLAND/GOLDEN STATE-SAN ANTONIO (at 1:01:41): Both series are over, so this became a NOLA/GSW preview. Anthony Davis unleashed at center. Jrue Holiday is pretty darn good, too, but probably not as good as he was in this series. Next round should go GSW’s way unless Steph’s injury lingers longer than expected.
- POSTMORTEMS starts at 1:16:31
PORTLAND: Can they move CJ McCollum? If not, cap-strapped into being good but not great.
SAN ANTONIO: If they can’t patch things up with Kawhi, it could be an ugly end to an incredible run.
MINNESOTA: Promising young team but one of those youngsters already has an albatross contract.
MIAMI: Blow it all up in two years.
MUSIC * “Game Theory”—The Roots * “Shoo Fly Marches On”—Dr. John * “A Nickel and a Nail”—O.V. Wright (East Conf series interludes) * “Fiery Crash”—Andrew Bird (West Conf series interludes) * “Across 110th Street”
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I do think Derrick Walton has more rebounding tenacity than Hassan Whiteside so if you put him in there who knows what would happen.
Last one of the year. Ira’s here for Sam.
Things discussed:
- Is Shea Patterson eligible to be eligible yet?
- Big Ten Basketball: bounce-back? Depends on who comes back. “If Fernando gets good advice he’ll be advised ‘you will not develop any more at Maryland.’”
- Jaren Jackson translates into Kwame Brown? Dad said go back to school to get more mature.
- Craig watched Iggy Brazdeikis film from two years ago. Comps: Scottie Pippen, Jalen Rose, James Harden, but less athletic, still really athletic. Those guys are A+ he’s an A. Right-handed but shoots left. Not a great off-the-dribble shooter but will knock it down on catch and shoot.
- Nunez: Tim Hardaway-level perfect shot.
- Johns: Should be the new Duncan Robinson.
- DeJulius: Derrick Walton with his shot already developed, especially in his off-the-dribble stuff. Love to have a late shot great idea again, and a free thrower. PG is hardest job to do well in Beilein’s system, but shooting makes him useful before he gets there.
- Austin Davis can be Jordan Morgan plus a couple inches. Never give up on a big until they’re a junior and can’t play any defense at all.
- Spring things: Missed having a spring game to sanity-check the spring football bits. We believe in Dwumfour, but the JBB hype says the freshmen can’t pass protect yet; worry if he’s still starting in fall.
- Patterson scout: Tate Foricer’s problem wasn’t football. Lost faith in Peters? Irrelevant; what’s important is Patterson seems to be a better quarterback right now.
- End of season takedump: softball and baseball y’all! Natalya Rodriguez has such feet—got charged with an error that’s a hit with anyone else on the field. Baseball started 4-11 and now on a 20-game win streak! Damn the Big Ten: why can’t you have the softball/baseball schedules opposite during conference season so there’s a game every weekend.
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I bet you Ira that Jon Reschke’s sixth or seventh year of eligibility is ruled on before they get to Shea.
1 hour and 47 minutes
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- The Offense wsg Seth Fisher (that’s me!) starts at 1:00
Peters is running with the ones, Shea is probably the guy, Milton in the future. Black and DPJ, Crawford moving to 41 is probably not a Lytle reference. We’re all for Gentry in the slot. Offensive line: Hudson is our rooting interest, Onwenu was fine last year, Ruiz is probably real, Runyan at RT isn’t ideal. Super max protect Gentry 500 FTW! I like the way Lewerke.
- The Defense wsg Seth again (yes THAT me!) starts at 29:53
The happy section, where we bring up the 2014 Rutgers game, the Cleveland Browns, Brady Hoke Punt Fest 2013, and several times the 2010 defense. Hype for Dwumfour started last year; we disagree somewhat on how ready the redshirt freshmen are. Zordich ornery after his corners were all injured but Ambry. Brian is against safeties. Lots of linebacker weapons. We pronounce Uche correctly.
- Recruiting Football, Basketball, Hockey starts at 57:55
Three sports, three football commits, a bazillion hockey commits, and lots of interest in the basketball program. Newburg is a wrastler. Herron is clearly waiting for Stanford admissions to decommit. Stewart committed from Connecticut, his school’s one to watch (2020 ND quarterback commit). Iggy finally jumped to the composite top 50. DeJulius and Castleton late jumps too. Could be better than the Fresh Five class. Girard? Balas thinks so. Hockey crootin.
- Moritz and Matthews Draft Futures starts at 1:31:15
This section became a 2018 hoops class segment. Expected Moe to go—unless his arms grew longer he wasn’t going to be a better NBA prospect. Find usage elsewhere, more pick and roll than pop, Teske D on the floor all game. Matthews is going to find out what he needs to work on—has NBA talent but probably won’t get a draft grade.
MUSIC * “No Diggity”—Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre, Quenn Pen * “While You Wait for the Others”—Grizzly Bear * “Goggles”—Post Animal * “Across 110th Street”
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Let’s try to make as many of them ineligible as possible.
1 hour and 15 minutes
We got a sponsor! It’s Gordon Fall! That is, New York Life Insurance Agent Gordon Fall. If you’ve come to an MGoEvent ever you've met him. When not chilling with us Gordon provides holistic life insurance policies for individuals with long-term goals and short-term financial situations. He’s been building his client roster with fellow lifelong Michigan obsessives. If you’re starting out in your career, growing your family, or beginning to think about retirement, contact Gordon and get that conversation going! Call 248-885-1630, or ping him @GordonFallNYL.
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SEGMENT ONE: EASTERN CONFERENCE starts at 1:00
TORONTO-WASHINGTON: Toronto looks like a complete team. Not just DeRozan and Beal—Ibaka, Valanciunas, OG Anunoby, Delon Wright all playing important roles. Wizards still don’t have any functional depth behind the Wall-Beal-Porter core.
CLEVELAND-INDIANA: Unexpectedly interesting series after Pacers took game one in Cleveland. Oladipo has been great. LeBron absolutely went off in game two. Cavs defense still sucks. Openly wondering how far Bron can drag this group.
PHILADELPHIA-MIAMI: Most fun series thus far—competitive and chippy. Philly blowout in game one, vintage D-Wade performance knots it up, then Embiid’s return helps 76ers take lead. Ben Simmons is ridiculously good. Series might not end up as close as it’s felt—Heat win came in awful 76ers shooting game and now Embiid is back.
BOSTON-MILWAUKEE. Boston’s weird guys are fitting together nicely while Milwaukee can’t get cohesiveness out of a better team on paper. As it turns out, Brad Stevens may be a better coach than [check notes] Joe Prunty. Eric Bledsoe should probably know the name of the guy who’s roasting him.
BONUS: Alex gives Ace a pop quiz on obscure player nicknames listed on basketball-reference. Ace does poorly.
SEGMENT TWO: WESTERN CONFERENCE starts at 34:35
HOUSTON-MINNESOTA: Wolves lost any hope of making this interesting with Jimmy Butler’s awful final shot in game one. Wither KAT? Minnesota had awfully weird shot distribution in game two. Alex nails a pop quiz on Wolves who attempted more shots than Butler in game two. Meanwhile, Houston cruising even though CP3 and Harden haven’t had good games at the same time.
OKLAHOMA CITY-UTAH: Ace hates OKC’s offense and doesn’t get NBA TV. Alex defends the contested shot-making of PG13 and Russ, also gives Donovan Mitchell his due despite the pain of being a Pistons fan. Melo is waaaaashed.
NEW ORLEANS-PORTLAND: On the verge of an unexpected NOLA sweep. Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday have greatly outplayed Dame Lillard and CJ McCollum. Nicola Mirotic is probably not fun to watch for Bulls fans.
GOLDEN STATE-SAN ANTONIO: On the verge of an expected blowout. GSW simply too much for a Spurs team without Kawhi Leonard. Athleticism gap is huge. Klay Thompson is not fair. RIP Erin Popovich.
MUSIC * “A Nickel and a Nail”—O.V. Wright * “Across 110th Street”
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I’m gonna guess this is a nickname Joel Embiid gave himself.
Things discussed:
- Liverpool vs Man U: Meh. It’s a friendly in a World Cup year so they won’t have their best players and won’t care.
- Shea’s eligibility: Usually the NCAA doesn’t get discovery from a court case but they have it now. If everything goes according to plan it’s Sam’s strong gut feeling that Patterson is a one and done.
- Sam’s mea culpa: Joe Milton is definitely in the conversation for QB1 in 2019.
- Football 2018 schedule might be toughest in the country: Crossovers are Wisconsin plus Northwestern and Nebraska on the road.
- Big Ten West preview: Purdue breakout but Wisconsin still wins the West. Problem with Badgers is Hornibrook throws well into tight windows, will have a pile of All-American linebackers like always.
- Big Ten East preview: McSorley is a luck guy too because he wins a lot of 50/50 throws but he’s also straight up good—how much does losing Joe Moorhead hurt? MSU: Inviting Reschke back after dude dropped an N-bomb because when you’re already the most despicable athletic department in the country what’s one more locker room distraction? LJ Scott stayed (?!?!?) because he fumbled a lot, but Madre London grad transferred. Maryland: Offense was Texas-beating good until they were playing 5’6” guys and The Bortenschlager.
- Sam’s mea culpa on Castleton after THIS.
- Next year C rotation is 60% Teske, 25% Davis, 15% Castleton.
- X or Z? His dad calls him X. He’s your starter but don’t want him to get 35 minutes a game.
- Moe a mid-2nd rounder right now. Long term stretch bench guy.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Podbean.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
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The one time I want to talk about soccer and you’re peeing in my Cheerios.
Things discussed:
- The Amazon Special: Craig Ross is a star, Pep Hamilton is photogenic, Jim is pretty chill, Don Brown is our dude.
- Best part of it is Chase Winovich: “You gonna protect your quarterback? Help me out bro run or pass? Why didn’t you block me?!?” Rashan’s mom: “Now go get some quarterback ass!”
- Ed’s favorite part is Harbaugh using changing the baby as a metaphor for not fumbling and the entire team is like “What is he talking about?” except Karan Higdon like “Yup, yup, yup, with the toys on the floor…”
- Hockey: Bad news is they were heavily reliant on their first line and that line all graduates/left early. Good news is they get Lockwood back, get one and maybe two Hughes brothers. People think Jack will stick it out with the NTDP but chance to play with your brother…
- Hoops outlook: Expecting Moe to go the NBA but it’s not as sure as it was before. Next year they can be a really good defensive team with Teske at the 5 but that makes you wonder where the shooting comes from other than Poole.
- The croots: Iggy is a shooter. Defense? Um. Passing? Not really. Buckets. Takes the Poole role. DeJulius the backup PG at least by end of last year, but only because Z is going to improve. Our slack chat is filled with drool over Castleton but might not get to use that until he’s had a thousand more trips through the buffet line.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Podbean.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
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I put the baby down gently, he doesn’t have brain damage. I didn’t throw him.