The Lease is Up: Recent Episodes

Shelden Williams

The Lease is Up! Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. Offering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

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Today I had the chance to talk to a fellow college opponent of mine Pops Mensah-Bonsu. He talked about his quarantine time before getting into his background of growing up in London. He goes into his journey of leaving London for the states and the adjustments with that. He talks about his playing career as well as him getting into the other side of basketball with the GM job. Hope you enjoy!! 

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Today I had the chance to talk to former Olympian Kelly about his quarantine time, about him getting into track and winning a gold medal at an early age. He gives us his thoughts on how it was being able to win at the biggest stage and him starting his fitness business out of Houston. Hope you enjoy!! 

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Title:  Allyson Felix Interview Season 2 Episode One The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk the phenomenal gold medalist Allyson Felix. Even though she is the most decorated Olympian of our time, she is even a better person and a friend. Today we talked about quarantine, the Olympics, training, being a mother and finishing up with fun rapid questions. 

Bullet Points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. Olympics

  3. Training

  4. Being a mother

  5. Rapid Fire Questions 

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Cappie Pondexter Interview-Ep 23-The Lease Is Up

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Today I was able to catch up with Cappie about basketball, fashion and life. We talked about her coming out of Chicago and starting this fashion trend that a lot of athletes are doing now. Cappie and I go back to our days of playing in the university games while in college. Hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Bullet Points: 

  1. Quarantine

  2. Protesting

  3. First Time We Met

  4. Growing Up In Chicago

  5. College

  6. WNBA 

  7. Fashion

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Chamique Holdsclaw Interview-Ep 22-The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk to Mique about basketball, mental health and life. Mique and I go back to my college days. She was one of the best players to ever play the game of basketball and I am grateful to have her as a good friend. Hope you enjoy this week's episode. 

Bullet points:

  1. Protesting

  2. Quarantine

  3. When We First Met

  4. What Are You Doing Now

  5. High School

  6. College

  7. WNBA

  8. Mental Health

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Jason Fraser Interview-Ep 21-The Lease Is Up 

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Jason and I have been playing against each other since we were in junior high school through the AAU circuit. Today I had the chance to catch up with him and talk about basketball, coaching and life. Hope you enjoy this week's episode. 

Bullet Points:

  1. Protesting 

  2. Quarantine 

  3. Ameytiville, NY

  4. Choosing College 

  5. Coaching 

  6. Rapid Fire Questions 

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Shavlik Randolph Interview- Ep 20- The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk to my former Duke teammate about what he has been up to during quarantine time. We talk about his favorite musician Michael Jackson and some fun stories he wanted to share. We talked about when we first met and our AAU days. Shav goes on to talk about Duke days and playing alongside Allen Iverson as a rookie. We finished up talking about some fun topics but hopefully you enjoy this week’s episode. #TheLeaseIsUp #Duke #Basketball #NBA #Overseas 

Bullet Points: 

  1. Quarantine 

2 Michael Jackson 

  1. When We First Met

  2. Duke Days

  3. NBA Days

  4. Overseas 

  5. Fun Topics

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Angel McCoughtry Interview-Ep 19-The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk to Angel about what she has been doing during this quarantine time. We reconnect over our time in physical therapy together before she talks about growing up in Baltimore. She goes on to talk about choosing a college and how it was being the number one draft in the WNBA draft. She shares her thoughts on being an Olympian and starting new with a different WNBA team. We end the IG live with her entrepreneurial business and fun topics. Hope you enjoy this week’s episode. #TheLeaseIsUp #WNBA #Basketball #Olympian 

Bullet Points: 

  1. Quarantine 

2 Reconnecting 

  1. Growing Up in B-more

  2. Choosing Schools

  3. Atlanta 

  4. Olympian 

  5. New Team

  6. Entrepreneurs 

  7. Fun Topics 

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Title: Sam Newman-Beck-Ep 18- The Lease Is Up

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Today I talked to the head coach of the Iowa Wolves. Sam and I relationship goes back to my Boston Celtics playing days. We started the convo talking about the George Floyd situation since he lives in Minny right now. We talk about what he has done during quarantine and his process getting into coaching. He talks about being a head coach and the challenges that goes with that but also the positives of being a head coach. We ended the convo talking about the Jordan doc and how we felt about it. Hopefully you like this week's episode. #TheLeaseIsUp #thelastdance #Landlord #NBA

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. George Floyd 

  3. Growing Up

  4. Getting Into Coaching

  5. Being a Head Coach

  6. NBA

  7. Jordan Documentary 

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Title: Etan Thomas-Ep 17-The Lease Is Up

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As a kid, I looked up to Etan and his high school team in Oklahoma. Their high school was the dominant team in the state and their games always stood up. We go into recruiting and how he ended up at Syracuse coming from Oklahoma. We talked about his days in the NBA and playing with Michael Jordan during his Washington Wizards days. We talked about the Last Dance and our thoughts on it. We talked about "what if it happened" fun topics as well but also touched on the tragedies that are going on in the world today. Hopefully you enjoy this week's episode. #TheLeaseIsUp #Landlord #NBA #Basketball 

Bullet Points:

  1. Growing up in Oklahoma 

  2. Recruiting

  3. NBA 

  4. Jordan Documentary 

  5. What if fun topics 

  6. Social Injustices

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Title: Uncomfortable Conversations-Ep 16-The Lease Is Up 

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Today I took the time talk to about all the recent events that have been going on in this world. I wanted to shed light on topics that people may not realize is going on as well as topics we keep dealing with. #endracism #BLM # Silence Is Complicity #BlackLivesMatter #stopracism

Bullet points: 

  1. Engage in more conversation 

  2. Proper term to call us

  3. How can people do better 

  4. Equality 

  5. White allergies 

  6. We can all fix the problem 

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Title: Donte Greene Interview-Ep 15-The Lease Is Up 

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Today I talked to former teammate Donte Greene about how he is handling quarantine time. He talks about being from Baltimore and how he went to the infamous PG County to play pick up games when he was younger. He goes on to talk about choosing Syracuse and his time there. He talks about his NBA days, overseas days, TBT days and the Big Three days. We go into a few fun topics to wrap up this IG live interview. #TheLeaseIsUp #NBA #overseas #collegebasketball #basketball 

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. Growing up in Baltimore 

  3. NBA

  4. Overseas, TBT, The Big Three

  5. Fun topics 

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Title: JR Giddens Interview -Ep 14-The Lease Is Up 

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Today I had the chance to talk to JR Giddens. We talked about how he is dealing with the quarantine in New Mexico. We talked about when we first met and how it was growing up in the OKC area. He talks about going Kansas and the incident that happen in college. He goes on to explain his new recruitment process and trying to find another college that fits him. He goes on to being drafted by Boston Celtics and playing overseas basketball. We finished up talking about the Last Dance Documentary. #TheLeaseIsUp #NBA #basketball 

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. When we first met 

  3. Growing up in OKC

  4. Kansas

  5. New Mexico 

  6. Boston Celtics 

  7. Overseas 

  8. Jordan Documentary 

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Chris Duhon Interview-Ep 13-The Lease Is Up

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On today's episode of the Lease Is Up, I talked to former Duke teammate Chris Duhon. I ask him what he is doing during this quarantine time and how he is dealing with it. I ask him about coming from a small town outside of New Orleans. We talk about our Duke days and share fun stories with that. We go on to talk about his NBA days and relationship with Kobe. He talks about his coaching career and how he got into it. We finish up with his top 5 list of PG's current and all time. Hope you enjoy. #Duke #thebrotherhood #NBA #collegebasketball #theleaseisup

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine
  2. Slidell
  3. Duke days
  4. NBA Days
  5. Kobe
  6. Coaching
  7. Top 5 PG's

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Josh Childress Interview-Ep 12-The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk with former Hawks teammate Josh Childress. We talked about how he is dealing quarantine and things he has been doing with this off time. He goes on to talk about growing up in Compton and the challenges he had to overcome adjusting to Stanford. He gets into his professional basketball days with the NBA and overseas. We finished up talking about a fun topic since he was a wing player. He gives us his top 5 wings in the league now. Enjoy this episode!! #theleaseisup #collegebasketball #NBA 

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. High School Sports

  3. NBA

  4. Overseas 

  5. What he is doing now

  6. Top 5 Wings 

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Ronny Turiaf interview-Ep 11- The Lease Is Up

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Today I had the chance to talk to Ronny Turiaf. He talks about how he is doing and dealing with quarantine back in France. He goes on to talk about growing up on small island Martinique and how it was not really having the sport of basketball around him. He goes on to talk about choosing Gonzaga and coming to the States for the first time. He then goes on to talk about being drafted to the Lakers and dealing with his potential career/life ending surgery.  He discusses his relationship with the late great Kobe and the infamous jumping over the Ashton Martin car commercial. He talks about the lockout and how Tony Parker was organizing a super team in France before he goes back to the NBA to win a championship with the Miami Heat. We ended this interview talking about a fun topic pertaining to his all time foreigners in the NBA. #theleaseisup #NBA #basketball #landlord 

Bullet points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. Growing up

  3. College

  4. Drafted 

  5. Leaving Lakers 

  6. Lockout 

  7. Miami Days

  8. His Top 5 Foreigners in NBA

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Today I am talking about the first four episodes of the Jordan documentary "The Last Dance." I talk about Jordan's will and his determination for every game that he played. I talk about how Rodman was an important piece to this second 3 peat run. I talk about the friction between Krause and the players.

Bullet points:
1. Jordan's will
2. Being a leader
3. Rodman
4. Jerry Krause

thelastdance #jordan #bulls #chicagobulls #theleaseisup #staytuned #tunein

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Daniel Ewing and I talked about what would have happened if the NCAA actually played their tournament. We have found the most accurate tournament bracket and made our selection on who would have won these games. We start off by region and compare our final four teams. Hope you enjoy this week's episode. 

Notes:

Mock NCAA Tournament

TheLeaseIsUp  #NCAA #Brotherhood #Duke #MarchMadness

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Title: Jaleel White-Ep 8- The Lease is Up

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Today I talk to actor and producer Jaleel White. He talks about what he ia doing in this quarantine time. He goes over his childhood and how it was being an actor while going to school. He talks about the difficulties in the business growing up and how he handled it. He talks about the process of transitioning from acting to producing as he is expanding what he does. We talk about our daughters and sports. He talks about his college days at UCLA during the championship run. We discuss a fun topic about Jordan vs Kobe vs Lebron. He tells me his craziest fan story before we address IG live questions.

Bullet Points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. Being a kid actor

  3. Transitioning to producing

  4. Daughters and sports

  5. UCLA days

  6. Jordan vs Kobe vs Lebron

  7. Craziest Fan Story

  8. Questions 

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Title: Rasheed Wallace-Ep 7- The Lease is Up

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Today I talked to legendary basketball player Rasheed Wallace. We were teammates in Boston and one of the guys I looked up to when I started getting recruited by colleges. He talks about how passionate he is on the court and how opposite he is when he is off the court. He tells us stories about playing for UNC and for Dean Smith. He goes on to talk about his days in Portland and the crazy match up against the Lakers in 2000. He plays for Detroit next and talks about teaming up with new teammates while making a run for the title. We talk about our Boston Celtics days and the run to the title against the Lakers. He plugs his new you tube show "Lets Get Technical" with him and Bonzi Wells.

Bullet Points:

  1. Quarantine 

  2. Looking Up To Him

  3. Playing for UNC

  4. Playing for the Blazers

  5. Playing for Detroit 

  6. Playing for Boston 

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In this episode, I got together with former Duke teammate Sean Dockery to talk basketball and life after basketball. Sean came on the scene with one of the first reality shows, Chicago Preps, back in the late 90s. This show made him a household name in high school and at Duke. We talked about our Duke days and the infamous Virgina Tech buzzer beater. Life after Duke, Sean played overseas for a bit before going to play in the G League. He talks about depression and the mental health of not playing in the NBA. He went on to work for the Spurs as a video coordinator and a coach in the G league. He is now a trainer for kids all ages as well as NBA players.

Bullet points 

  1. When we first met

  2. Chicago Preps

  3. Duke Days

  4. Life After Duke

  5. Personal Trainer 

The Lease is Up! Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. Offering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

#theleaseisup #NBA #NBAGreats #AllTimeNBAList

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In this week's episode of The Lease is Up with Shelden "The Landlord" Williams, I interviewed former Duke teammate Daniel Ewing. We played together for three years at Duke before he went pro and played in the NBA.  We discussed several topics in this episode. We talked about first, second and third all NBA Teams if the season had ended today. We talked about other honors such as MIP, 6th man of the year, DPOY and MVP. We ended the convo talking about the best post Jordan Era scorers and put them in a 16 team March Madness style tournament. I ranked them by number of scoring titles and to fill out the remaining 5 slots I just used the MVPs that were left post Jordan. #Duke #Brotherhood #theleaseisup #landlord #NBA 

Bullet points

  1. 1st, 2nd and 3rd All NBA Team

  2. NBA Awards

  3. Post Jordan scorers March Madness style tournament 

The Lease is Up! Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. Offering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

#theleaseisup #NBA #NBAGreats #AllTimeNBAList

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Duke Assistant Chris Carrawell Interview Points

  1. Dealing with quarantine 

  2. How you got into coaching

  3. G league experiences

  4. Role as a Duke coach 

  5. Coaching alongside Coach K

  6. How Duke coaches and players handling quarantine 

  7. Growth of this year team

  8. Last year's super team

  9. Thoughts on one and done players

  10. Greatest Duke Team

From St Louis, to Duke basketball player, to this week's episode of The Lease Is Up with Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. We start with how Carrawell is dealing with quarantine and the coronavirus. We get into how he got into coaching. We laugh about the struggles of dealing with the G league. Then we talk about the growth of this year's team and how to handle the inconsistency of a young team. Gives his thoughts last year's super team with Zion, RJ and Cam. Talking about one and done players and how it changes college basketball. We ended giving our opinions on the greatest teams in Duke history.

The Lease is Up! Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. Offering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective! 

Duke #CoachK #Duke basketball #cameronindoorstadium #tobaccoroad #landlord #theleaseisup

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Social Media Debates Bullet Points

  1. My top 10 All Time NBA Players

  2. Top NBA Teams of All Time

  3. IG Match Team A vs Team B

Show Notes:

  1. Jordan, Jabbar, Wilt, Lebron, Kobe, Shaq, Bird, Malone, Big O and Olajuwon

  2. 65 Celtics, 89 Bad Boys Pistons, 87 Showtime Lakers, 96 Jordan Bulls and 2000 Kobe & Shaq Lakers

During this quarantine time, I had the chance to look at social media and pick out some of the social media debates that everyone talks about. This weeks episode of The Lease Is Up, I address some of these debates and give my opinion on them. I'm talking from Jordan, Kobe and Lebron with other NBA greats to Bad Boys Pistons team to this week IG matchup.

The Lease is Up! Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" Williams. Offering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

#theleaseisup #socialmediadebates #NBA #NBAGreats #AllTimeNBAList

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The Lease is Up!
Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" WilliamsOffering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

In this episode Shelden talks about the impact of the Coronavirus on basketball from all levels i.e. High School, College and the NBA. How it's affecting the sport, the fans, the players, coaching staff, team management and the ripple effect of the loss of business revenue and more...

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The Lease is Up!
Hosted by former Duke and NBA Player Shelden "The Landlord" WilliamsOffering insight and commentary about what's happening and trends in Basketball from all levels. Episodes also include compelling interviews with guests from new players, to icons of the sport as well as industry insiders from the business perspective!

In this Inaugural episode of the podcast, Shelden talks about the current situation of the Coronavirus