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Basketball Illuminati

Checks and Balances

Basketball Illuminati

Count The Dings

Comedy, Sports, Basketball

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the premiere episode of Basketball Illuminati, longtime NBA insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh connect the dots on the Harden-Simmons trade and plot where it goes next. For the first time, Tom publicly releases details about BuddyGate, a mysterious disappearance that happened before our very eyes. Finally, Tom does his own research and uncovers information about Amin’s old acquaintance. Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network.

0:12.0

My assignment. Uncover why the association inspires more conspiracy theories in volume and salience than any other US sport.

0:22.5

You've heard of the Illuminati.

0:24.0

The truth is out there, but so are lies.

0:27.0

Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them.

0:29.5

The NBA has always been controlled by about eight people.

0:32.5

Denial is the most predictable of all human responses.

0:35.5

If you're only using 10% of your brain, you don't even know that you're using 10% of your brain.

0:40.5

The NBA Illuminati.

0:42.5

Of course it is.

0:43.5

It's just coincidence.

0:44.5

It's why they feel so contrived.

0:46.5

The Illuminati.

0:47.5

But you start to follow the money.

0:49.5

And you don't know where the f*** is going to take you.

0:52.5

It is unspoken. They have influence among other players.

0:56.5

The NBA Illuminati.

0:58.5

I don't have time for your convenient ignorance.

1:01.5

Maybe I'm a conspiracist now as well.

1:03.5

That's all it took.

1:04.5

Oh, you got books, we got schools.

1:06.5

You saw a video on you.

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