Can the NBA All-Star Weekend be fixed? Does it need to be?; White Sox prepared to ask for $1 BILLION from the state! (Episode 993)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘168’ as in the NBA All Star Game as in 211 points as in 186 points as in the East beat the West in a game that saw 168 three-pointers attempted. Did you watch? Did you enjoy it? Is the game broken? Will players care again? It’s the whole weekend! The dunk contest is still broken too! (12:50) Let’s talk about the White Sox. Another stadium needed. Another attempt to get public financing. Chicago, baby! (27:46) Review: The Iron Claw. (32:35) Let’s talk about leadership in the clubhouse. Nolan Arenado spoke about the problems the Cardinals faced last year. (41:25) Let’s talk about Rob Manfred again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here you go.
0:04.0	go. Oh. 168. That's the nothing personal word of the day for Monday, February 19th, 2024.
0:24.6	It's President's Day, but guess what?
0:26.4	Koch is working, we're working, and you're listening and watching.
0:30.0	Thank you very much.
0:31.0	168, I did it.
0:33.4	I stayed up and watched the All-Star game
0:35.4	last night, the NBA All-Star game.
0:37.5	Furious, the tip-off was at 840 or 842.
0:41.8	Figuring, I was told 8, the pre-game started at 4,
0:45.0	whatever it started, give me a small break.
0:48.0	But then I was not prepared
0:50.0	for the level of anger that was going to build
0:53.7	throughout the night.
0:55.4	As I watched 168 threes attempted, 97 and 71.
1:07.6	Final score was, wait for it, 211 to 186. That's not a basketball game.
1:09.8	That's a shooter round.
1:11.2	That's as though you kept track of points during warm-ups. The entire game was
1:17.2	disgraceful and all the NBA wants and all Adam Silver wants is some level of gravitas for its All-Star weekend.
1:26.1	It's the same issue that confronts baseball and hockey and football.
1:30.0	What do we do to gain viewers? What do we do to gain revenue? What do we do other than throw a party for our corporate
1:36.0	sponsors and somehow make it so we take over a city with bad weather for a weekend.
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