Hang Up and Listen - The Warriors Derangement Syndrome Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Joel Anderson of BuzzFeed to discuss the NBA draft. Graphic designer Todd Radom also joins to debate the merits of updating the NBA logo. Finally, they chat about the perils of playing sports while old.
NBA Draft (2:00): Assessing the latest news on the pro basketball transaction wire, including the implications of the blockbuster Jimmy Butler trade, whether it’s time for the Celtics to go all-in, and whether the 76ers’ rebuilding process has finally paid off.
NBA Logo (18:43): Todd Radom comes on the show to assess whether it’s time to modernize the league’s Jerry West-inspired design or if the logo is too iconic to tinker with.
Playing Sports While Old (33:41): A bunch of players got hurt during the debut of the BIG3 three-on-three league. Is it too sad to watch old people play basketball?
Afterballs (43:12):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:12.1 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 26th, 2017. |
| 0:19.1 | On this week's show, we're going to discuss the lunacy of the NBA rumor mill |
| 0:22.5 | in which one big trade involving the Bulls Jimmy Butler actually happened, and others |
| 0:27.7 | continue to swirl around somewhere in the liminal space between fantasy and reality. We'll also |
| 0:33.9 | talk to graphic designer Todd Radham, who created the uniforms for the big three, |
| 0:39.0 | three-on-three basketball league, about whether it's time for the NBA to ditch its iconic logo |
| 0:44.1 | in favor of something a bit more modern. |
| 0:46.8 | And speaking of old people playing three-on-three, we'll discuss the perils for amateurs and pros alike of playing sports while old. |
| 0:55.2 | Joining me in Washington, D.C., is Stefan Fatsis, the author of the books, Word Freak, and a few |
| 1:00.3 | seconds of panic, and a man who possesses zero intact ACLs. |
| 1:05.6 | One intact ACLs. |
| 1:06.8 | Oh, one? |
| 1:07.2 | Sorry. |
| 1:07.6 | One is intact, but as of my old man's softball game yesterday, one strained hip flexor, one tweaked Achilles, and one slightly tender grind. |
| 1:19.8 | You're going to have to seek treatment for that after the show. |
| 1:23.5 | Don't have time to deal with that right now. |
| 1:25.3 | But we've got a three-man booth this week with us from the West Coast is Joel Anderson of BuzzFeed. |
| 1:30.5 | Hey, Joel. |
| 1:31.6 | Hey, guys. |
| 1:32.7 | How are you feeling today? |
| 1:35.1 | My groin is fine. |
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