Hello, friends. It’s time for another edition of the Dime Podcast as we are back after a bit of a holiday/New Year’s break for some more fun basketball conversation (and more).
This week we were joined by the great James Andrew Miller, the man that’s quite literally written the book on ESPN (Those Guys Have All The Fun) and the host of the Origins podcast on Cadence13, which is currently two episodes into a five-episode deep dive into ESPN. We talked with Jim about his podcast with John Skipper, which came out the day Skipper made the stunning announcement he was resigning, as well as how ESPN is dealing with the social media landscape, what ESPN taking over Fox’s regional networks means for NBA fans and game streaming and much more.
First, Martin and I had to talk about the Kevin Durant Basketball Facility for Men and the why LeBron James’ hairline problems are actually a calculated move to make him appear more human.
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Here is the full rundown of this weeks’ podcast:
- The Kevin Durant Basketball Facility for Men
- The worst possible sponsors for arenas/stadiums
- Georgia State’s “Sports Arena” and how we could get Robby’s name on it
- LeBron just needing to accept the baldness
- Martin decides LeBron’s hair problems are an inside job to make him appear human
- Jim Miller joins the podcast!
- The difference between doing interviews for his podcast and his typical book deep dives
- Podcast guests that have surprised him
- ESPN and social media
- His John Skipper interview and what it was like going back to that interview after Skipper’s resignation
- What ESPN’s acquisition of Fox’s regional networks will mean for NBA fans and their streaming service
- His latest podcast episode on PTI
- Isaiah Thomas is back!
- Kyrie’s issues with the bench unit in Cleveland and his mentality shifting in Boston
- The league settling itself out at the top of each conference
- Who will be the most fun players found in trade rumors over the next month
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