Latest from NBA bubble & playoff X-factors - NBA Bubble Insider
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Ben Golliver and Michael Pina open with the latest from the NBA bubble, where Ben has entered Day 5 of quarantine. How is Ben holding up? Is Michael starting to get worried? Are the NBA's safety protocols holding up as designed? From there, they shift gears to an extended conversation about playoff X-factors, discussing Mike Budenholzer, Kemba Walker, Zion Williamson, Anthony Davis and more. They close by launching Michael's new series of book recommendations, "The Pod Reads."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Megan Divine, host of Hereafter with me, Megan Divine on the Amy Brown Podcast Network. |
| 0:06.0 | There's a lot going on lately, which is a massive understatement. |
| 0:10.0 | It's a really human thing to hope that things get better even when you're not sure how they possibly could. |
| 0:16.0 | Join me for conversations with interesting people about difficult things, |
| 0:20.0 | with new episodes of Hereafter with Megan Divine every Monday on the Amy Brown Podcast Network, |
| 0:25.0 | available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:33.0 | Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This past season on my podcast, Here's the Thing. |
| 0:38.0 | I spoke with more actors, musicians, policymakers, and so many other fascinating people, |
| 0:45.0 | like actress and director Cheryl Hines. |
| 0:48.0 | They were looking for an unknown actress. |
| 0:51.0 | To play Larry David's wife, I said, well, how old is that guy? Isn't he old? |
| 1:00.0 | Listen to the new season of Here's the Thing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:09.0 | Hey there, I'm Ed Helms, the host of Snaffoo, a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. |
| 1:15.0 | Recently, I spoke to Rachel Maddo about her riveting podcast Ultra. |
| 1:19.0 | It's about a 1940s Nazi plot to overthrow our government. |
| 1:23.0 | Like Snaffoo, Ultra left me with an eerie feeling about how much important history gets forgotten, |
| 1:28.0 | and as a result, repeats itself. |
| 1:30.0 | Hines 3 is taught by the winners, and sometimes what the winners most want is for us to forget that the thing happened. |
| 1:36.0 | My full conversation with Rachel is available now, just listen to Snaffoo, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:45.0 | What's up, OpenFloatGlobe. This is Ben Galver with The Washington Post. |
| 1:49.0 | I am joined on the other line, as always, by Michael Lapade, Pena. |
| 1:54.0 | I am officially still in the NBA's Orlando bubble. They haven't kicked me out yet. |
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