Episode 163: Doris Burke And The NBA Finals Deep Dive

The Young Man and the Three

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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We are so psyched to welcome in an absolute legend… ESPN analyst and NBA Hall-Of-Famer, Doris Burke. We get into so much about the Finals and her career and are very psyched to share it with you all. Topics include: JJ and Tommy preview Game 4 of The NBA Finals between Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and The Denver Nuggets vs. Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and The Miami Heat. Then Doris Burke joins the show to talk about her assessment of JJ’s media career, digging into The NBA Finals and what Miami has to do to even up the series, why Jokic is such a fascinating superstar that is super rare, Doris talk about how Jokic still might not be getting his proper due, the brilliance of Jamal Murray during these playoffs, Doris discusses her 30 year journey working in basketball from being an analyst to a sideline reporter as a female in a male dominated world, and emotional conversation about falling in love with basketball, some of her favorite games she’s covered from Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James Finals to the Ray Allen shot against the Spurs and so much more.

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0:26.2	Welcome to the old men in three with JJ Reddick and Tommy Alter brought to you by three four two productions.
0:32.8	This is episode 163 Doris Burke Tommy. I can't believe we've done 162 episodes without having Doris on the show.
0:41.2	Thank God we did just a fantastic conversation. A ton covered.
0:47.1	We talk about the NBA finals and the playoffs. We talk about culture. We talk about the media coverage of the NBA.
0:54.4	We talk about her career. She's the first guest to ever cry. She also made me cry.
1:00.3	I mean, I've always been a Doris Burke fan. So having her on the show today was just awesome for me.
1:07.4	She's someone who has literally covered my basically my entire career.
1:11.6	I think she started working at ESPN in 2003.
1:15.5	Work some of my college games, work to a ton of my NBA games.
1:19.5	Her basketball knowledge, her basketball obsession, second to none, just a fantastic broadcaster and a hall of fame.
1:30.1	She's the goat. There's nothing else to be said. You guys will see before we get to her.
1:34.2	We talk a lot about game three with her, but what were some of your initial thoughts from last night?
1:40.9	I'll keep saying it. The the Yokech Murray two man action is virtually unguardable.
1:51.0	I don't know how I don't know if there's a formula to stop it.
1:55.8	I don't know that there's a formula to contain both of them.
2:01.0	They tried at times to blitz last night. Murray handled it well. They made some adjustments against the zone.
2:08.9	Denver did that led to some easy buckets. We talked with Doris about that.
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