NBA Finals Audio Fun. Plus: Dieter Kurtenbach on Covering the Games.

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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With the absence of Mike Breen from the past few NBA games, Bryan and David have some audio fun and highlight different broadcast styles (4:16). Then, they are joined by sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach to discuss covering the NBA Finals and reporting on the Golden State Warriors (29:05). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Dieter Kurtenbach Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Bill Simmons. We're not just reacting to the NBA playoffs on my podcast.
0:05.0	We're also doing the Ringer NBA show and the mismatch podcast.
0:09.0	They are coming after some of these NBA playoff games.
0:12.0	Check it out Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on the Ringer podcast network.
0:18.0	Everybody up for work! What a punch!
0:21.0	Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury is back on Beatty's block box office for another all-Pretty's blockbuster.
0:27.0	I am the Gypsy King with a unification fight looming against Doosick.
0:32.0	Old rival Derek Chazoura provides the final test.
0:35.0	Wash me take the crown from the Gypsy King.
0:37.0	Watch all this and more Saturday exclusively live on Beatty's block box office.
0:43.0	I'm knocking Chazoura into retirement.
0:51.0	David, I'm happy to announce
0:54.0	that here on Monday, June 6th, we are doing the press box in person.
1:00.0	You, David Schumacher, me, Brian Curtis, and producer Erica Servantes.
1:06.0	In the same room at the same time for the first time since...
1:11.0	...yeah, 2019? 2018?
1:17.0	It's been so long that I did not remember if we'd ever done it with Erica in the same room when we got here today.
1:23.0	And I can honestly say that after two plus years of separation,
1:30.0	isolation, of completely changed work and home life,
1:36.0	this is being here in the same room together is an abomination in the eyes of God.
1:41.0	Where you're more comfortable on Zoom, that's what you're telling them.
1:45.0	I think that we've all figured out that communicating on Zoom is the appropriate way to be in communication with people.
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