Episode 44: Rich and Gianni go one on one to talk about the NBA playoffs, WNBA star, Sabrina Ionescu, the success of Lebron James' agent, Rich Paul, and the firestorm around Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open.

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Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Rich and Gianni have lots to discuss. In a week of major headlines, they get into Naomi Osaka’s decision not to do media interviews at the French Open, which led to a fine, and ultimately to her decision to withdraw. Rich and Gianni tackle the complex sides of her decision, and what it means for one of the world's most influential athletes to declare her mental health a priority over competing in an event. They also give props to super agent, Rich Paul of UTA/Klutch Sports, following the New Yorker’s deep-dive on how he's impacted the business of basketball and helped fuel the player empowerment movement. They also chat about recent developments in the Crypto and collectibles space, and tease a big announcement on Sabrina Ionescu’s collab with Boardroom. Rich also gets personal, talking about challenging periods in his own life that have given him far greater empathy for people, including rich athletes, contending with mental health challenges. And of course, Rich and Gianni marvel at KD's performance in the playoffs, and the Nets tougher matchups going forward.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody and welcome to another boardroom out of office podcast.
0:10.9	My name is Rich Climman and with me as always my partner in crime Gianni Hural Gianni.
0:17.0	What's up?
0:18.0	What's up, Rich?
0:20.0	Number 44, funny, funny note to our listeners is, you know how
0:23.9	Gianni and I have been talking about 45 podcasts all year? Apparently, I didn't know the terms of the
0:29.7	contract. It was more like 50. But the truth is, I don't think we're going to stop at 50. I mean,
0:35.2	gee, unless you're trying to stop, I feel like we got a nice groove going. We have a nice conversation vibe. And we'll keep having these conversations and building out this brand out of office. How you feel about that? I'm down. I'm down. I mean, cadence. Our advertisers is double up. Keep the checks flowing. Ooh, I love that side of you bro that's what i
0:55.2	fucking like to hear sounds like me and you on hot 97 when we do that right um but yeah
1:02.6	you know the truth is is that uh we're trying to grow this podcast we're trying to get our
1:07.2	listeners out there to tell their friends to tell their friends tell their friends because i
1:10.8	think we have a funny uh think we have a funny way of doing things here and people seem to
1:14.7	like it but like anything you got to put into work so let's keep chugging along you know i was
1:19.9	trying to figure out what we're going to talk about today because the goal for today's pod
1:23.7	was no guest and that is not because we can't book a guest obviously as everybody could see we have
1:30.7	booked a nice handful of guests over our first 43 weeks last week Clarissa Shields that was fun man
1:38.0	that was fun I'm excited for her fight on June 10th I remember that photographic memory June 10th and her special comes out June 10th. I remember that photographic memory.
1:45.8	June 10th.
1:48.5	And her special comes out, June 3rd.
1:49.4	But she was awesome.
1:52.0	I had never met her or spoke to her.
1:52.9	I was very impressed.
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