NBA Finals Pick and Draymond’s Uncertain Future With Anthony Slater, Plus the Rise of Hip-Hop With Jonathan Abrams

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Russillo shares some observations from Celtics-76ers and Warriors-Lakers, including his Finals pick (0:35). Then Ryen talks with The Athletic's Anthony Slater about the Warriors' developing young core, Draymond Green, and more (13:02). Next Ryen is joined by author Jonathan Abrams to discuss his new book, 'The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop' (39:16). Finally Ryen, Ceruti, and Kyle hand out their Worst Take (1:12:32) before answering some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (1:21:30). Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Anthony Slater and Jonathan Abrams Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our first tales from the couch will end be a preview and some other nuggets picked up.
0:15.2	We're going to talk Golden State Warriors with Anthony Slater, the history of hip hop.
0:21.0	Alright, an oral history, the rise of hip hop, the come-up, Jonathan Abrams.
0:25.9	New book is out today. We'll talk with the author and worst take in a new Kyle fact during life advice.
0:34.9	Tales from the couch, the 2022-23 edition. We're going to get started.
0:41.2	Okay, my NBA finals picks.
0:44.2	I'm going Warriors over the Celtics rematch corner right now.
0:47.4	Over five years, we have three teams, the NBA finals. We've had more shake-up.
0:50.5	I'm going to get to how many teams are eligible for this, or at least my exercise is usually
0:55.0	if this team won the NBA finals, would you be really surprised?
0:58.8	Maybe a little surprised or really surprised? That's what we'll do a little bit later.
1:02.0	Am I doing it just because both teams won last night, opening night? No.
1:07.0	I'm not. If you want to tell me Milwaukee's absolutely coming out of the east, I probably
1:10.1	agree with you.
1:11.1	It always makes me think back to like, what if Katie hit that shot?
1:15.5	How different would things be? Would Bud have been fired? People thought he was going
1:18.6	to get fired during the playoffs.
1:22.4	What if Katie hit that shot?
1:23.6	How different would it be for Katie and Brooklyn? Would they have won that year?
1:26.3	I don't know about that. Maybe they just didn't have enough help around them.
1:31.6	Does that mean maybe the Bucks win last year because they're more motivated by coming up
1:34.8	short again? Would there have been more questions if they didn't win last year?
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