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#ICYMI - NBA – Evolution of the Game, with Julius Erving, Rasheed Wallace, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Investigate the evolution of the NBA with Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice in the first of our two part mini-series featuring NBA greats Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Rasheed Wallace, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and our own Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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MUSIC

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I'm Gary O'Reilly.

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And I'm Chuck Knies.

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And this, of course, is playing with science.

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Today, we literally have a stellar cast of guests starting

0:19.0

with Julius Irving, aka Dr. J, accompanied by another

0:24.0

than NBA legend, Rashid Wallace.

0:27.0

And, of course, we must thank the good people of Nike and

0:30.0

Converse, who allowed unparalleled excess to their athletes

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during the art of Champions event.

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So we could bring you what is truly a unique shock.

0:39.0

Yes, and rounding out our galaxy of superstars,

0:42.0

our supernovas, we're going to have Neil deGrasse Tyson

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and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the leading all-time square of the NBA,

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as they sit down and talk about the indefensible shot

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this guy hook.

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Oh, yeah, you're not going to want to miss that.

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This will also be a show where you might find you are handed,

1:03.0

not just the keys to success in the NBA playoffs,

1:06.0

but in life itself.

1:08.0

Oh, yes, stay tuned for that one.

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You're going to miss that.

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