Business Casual Basketball: Recent Episodes
Aaron Washington
As free agency marches on, host Aaron Washington is joined by Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report to discuss some of the surprises, high value signings, and questionable decisions teams have made on players through the first four days of the process!
Jake is an excellent writer and reporter who has a new book on sale today called ‘Built To Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever’. Go follow Jake on Twitter @JakeLFischer and cop the book on Amazon!
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Sports writer and Author Mirin Fader joins the podcast this week to discuss her new book called Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP! She has an insightful conversation with Aaron Washington about her inspiration to write a book, unexpected challenges, what the journey has taught her, and more! Also, the two briefly discuss the Bucks timely run to the Finals which has placed even more eyes on the highly anticipated release of the book.
Give Mirin a follow on Twitter to keep up with her incredible stories: @MirinFader
The book will be available to purchase August 10th on Amazon! Link to Pre-Order/Purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Giannis-Improbable-Rise-NBA-MVP/dp/0306924129
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This week, host Aaron Washington is solo to discuss a few players who have exceed expectations to improve their basketball reputations across the league. He also reviews the Lillard situation in Portland in an effort to identify a few reasons as to why he is beginning to have doubts about the direction of the franchise.
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Heading into the All-Star Break for 2020-2021, CJ James of the Unwrapped Sports Network and the Guard Up Podcast joins Aaron Washington on the mic to revisit the moves that have resulted in the Rockets plumitting to 14th in the West as of March 5th. Later, the two give their thoughts on the upcoming events for All-Star Weekend and who they're putting their money on to win them!
CJ is a dedicated Knicks fan who is finally seeing his patience pay off. You can follow him over on Twitter @cj_james.
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Old friend of the pod Shane Young from Forbes Sports returns to the action to evaluate the Rose trade from both ends, and glance over three players looking to get their careers back on track. Host Aaron Washington joins him as the NBA season approaches 40% completion!
You can find Shane on Twitter @YoungNBA as he continues to produce quality work for Forbes and hopefully other outlets very soon.
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The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks have gotten off to uncharacteristically slow starts. Host Aaron Washington is joined by Mavericks Podcaster and Analyst Richard Shayman to break down where these teams struggles have stemmed from. They also dig deep into the numbers to find out all the ways in which the teams are falling short together. Lastly, they look at future outlooks for each squad to see how the rest of the season might unfold.
Richard is a co-host of the Mavs Draft Podcast and a fellow Sneakerhead. You can check him out on Twitter @MavsDraft.
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This week, we have Unwrapped Contributor Caleb Conant joining host Aaron Washington on the mic to cover both sides of Shaq's recent criticism of Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, and other NBA big men. Could it be a sign of a bigger problem with media coverage? The two also take a look at some NBA All-Star hopefuls on the first day of open ballots. Who might be getting in for the first time? What have they done to this point to warrant consideration? All that and more in this episode!
Caleb has his own podcast called Jewels and Gems. You can find that and all his NBA content on Twitter @Calebconant2.
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This week, Lead Lakers writer for BR and Capologist for Bball Insiders/NBATV Eric Pincus joins the podcast to provide a progress reports on some of the high profile signing from the offseason! We dive in to see how they have aged, reflect on initial impressions of the deal, and how they have impacted each team's cap sheet. Later, we take a look at some of the 2020 rookies to see how their 1st campaigns are progressing,
Eric is one of the great minds in the business. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @EricPincus and check out his work on bballinsiders.com.
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The league has been turned upside down recently with all the games being postponed and players being lost to healthy & safety rules. To examine how these protocols have impacted the schedule, we brought in Attorney Calida Taylor, who recently won the NBA TV program, GM School! She speaks with host Aaron Washington on important issues such as the logistical considerations, the terms of TV deals, opportunities given to younger players in the midst of key absences, and more! In the second half, Calida shares her experiences while participating in the NBA TV three part series GM School!
Calida is an extremely accomplished individual who loves talking team building strategies. You can follow her on Twitter @CalidaTaylor.
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