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Basketball Illuminati

Count The Dings

Basketball, Sports, Comedy

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes can't get enough of Mat Ishbia's unconventional ownership style. The Thunder are Champions! However, a shadow was cast over the Finals due to Tyrese Haliburton's unfortunate injury. What does it say about the state of the game today? Tom Did His Own Research on how this title should be annotated, and how it might fit a larger pattern than anyone might think. Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/CountTheDings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@bballilluminati⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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