A Bigger Draw Than Mardi Gras
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2019
⏱️ 167 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller discusses the shocking results of the NBA Draft Lottery, the Warriors taking the Blazers to the woodshed, the struggles of Bryce Harper, the Celtics position after the lottery, and much more!
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| 0:32.7 | Hey, thanks for listening to the Ben Mallor Show podcast. |
| 0:33.6 | It's me, Ben. |
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| 0:55.7 | Now let's get this party started. |
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| 1:05.7 | A case of gumbo delight in the NBA. |
| 1:09.1 | Welcome in the beginning of the Ben Mallor show. |
| 1:12.0 | We are in the air everywhere. |
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| 1:35.2 | Now, typically, we would start with an actual game, but much of a game. |
| 1:42.1 | So instead, we can talk about a lottery, which we all know is a stupid tax. |
| 1:46.7 | The only way to have a chance to win the lottery is to be bad at what you do. |
| 1:56.0 | And so teams like the Knicks and the Cavaliers and the Sons and the Lakers and all these other doormats of the NBA got together, |
| 2:00.7 | they had a big party in Chicago, the draft lottery, and you assume you were aware of it. |
| 2:05.0 | But this is another kick in the nuts to the glamour teams of the NBA. |
| 2:14.0 | Right there, the draft lottery, a success for downtrodden teams, but not the old glamour teams. It's like those old companies that used to be good that aren't good anymore, |
| 2:17.7 | but people still think they're good. |
| 2:19.5 | You know what I'm talking about? |
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