Hello, friends. It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another episode of the Dime Podcast. This week, Martin Rickman (who did successfully make it to L.A.) and I were joined by Zach Harper (@talkhoops) from FanRag Sports and Leverage The Chat.
We talked with Zach about all manner of topics, some of them even involving basketball, like what’s going on with the Timberwolves and Jimmy Butler’s frustrations with young guys that don’t play defense. We also discussed his live comedy show, the challenges of learning to do comedy on stage (and why it’s important to know when to punt on a monologue), and Willem Dafoe’s character in The Great Wall.
But first, we had to talk about why Zach sounded a bit rough because of a late night involving Donnell Rawlings, Dave Chappelle, and Blake Griffin.
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Here is the full rundown of this week’s discussion:
- Martin making it to L.A.
- Zach’s rough night at Donnell Rawling’s birthday party/show
- Dave Chappelle showing up
- Blake Griffin showing up and getting asked for his “real thoughts” on the Clippers struggles and answering how he should
- Learning to do comedy
- How he punted on his first monologue effort
- Driveway Slamball
- Ohio being the South of the Great Lakes
- What’s going on with the Timberwolves
- Jimmy Butler not being LeBron James
- Jimmy Butler being frustrated with young guys not playing defense
- Bad NBA coaching being better than good college coaching
- Syracuse products not being able to play defense
- Milos back (soon)!
- The Great Wall discussion
- Willem Dafoe’s character being super creepy
- Willem Dafoe’s name being terrible yet great
And much, much more!
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