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The Press Box

Game 1 Garbage Time, the Cult of Kevin Harlan, and Other Media Takes With Tyler Parker

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bryan is joined by The Ringer’s Tyler Parker to discuss Game 1 of the NBA Finals, how ABC’s commentary crew handled Denver’s blowout win and their praise of Nikola Jokic (02:43). Then, they discuss the media’s lack of coverage towards the Nuggets this season (12:08). After, they offer their praise to Kevin Harlan, discuss LeBron James’s retirement comments, their favorite postgame moment of the playoffs, and more (24:26). Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Tyler Parker Producer: Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up everybody, it's Austin Rivers from the Minnesota Temple Wells.

0:03.3

It's a new year and I have a new podcast here at The Ringer, off guard, hosted by me and my guy,

0:08.1

Pasha Higigi.

0:09.1

Austin and I go way back and talk so much through already that we figured

0:12.6

those time to fire up the mics and let you in on all of these conversations.

0:16.4

Every week, Pasha and I will head on to biggest stories happening in the league

0:19.6

and get Austin's perspective of someone currently who's open in the NBA.

0:22.9

Tap into off guard, every Friday on the Ringer NBA Show Feed on Spotify

0:27.1

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Hello media consumers, welcome to Pressbox Final Edition, Brian Curtis of The Ringer Here

0:40.2

along with producer and Wardo O'Compoh.

0:43.4

Game 1 of the NBA Finals was last night.

0:45.8

Denver Nuggets 104 Miami Heat 93 didn't really feel that close.

0:51.1

Here to talk about Game 1, another media stories is my guest Tyler Parker, a Ringer staff

0:56.3

writer, author of The New Novel, a little blood and dancing which comes out June 13th.

1:02.5

And maybe most importantly to me, a fellow Pasadena basketball dad.

1:07.9

Yes.

1:08.9

Tyler, welcome to the press box.

1:11.6

Did Brian, I told you already it's an honor to be here and yeah, with the fellow Pasadena

1:17.7

basketball dad just getting it in for snacks and Clippers jerseys, it's great.

1:23.4

What you love meeting another human being and feeling like you're at the exact same moment

1:27.9

in both of your lives.

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