it did his some of the shape and tint of his eyewear did more closely resemble sunglasses

than like the goggles that you're used to um but yeah the the original big dog is just to me like

one of my favorite players growing up and yeah rock rock to the shades or goggles or whatever you want

to call them in a way totally different

from from other NBA player he looked more like like a first basement or something than he did

an NBA player it's June 96 jazz at Sonics this is That Game, podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey,

and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.

I'm your host Tom Semehrick, and my guest is Seth Rosenthal,

whose work at Secret Base is very much an influence for this show.

Enjoy the trip to 1996.

In some of the early episodes I've been titled,

you went into Charles Barkley

and the Stockton Malone combo's quest unrequited for a title.

Was there something that drew you to 90s Western Conference Basketball in particular?

I mean, I think the main thing with 90s Western Conference Basketball in particular? I mean, I think the main thing with 90s Western Conference Basketball is that there was only,

in retrospect, a brief window to actually win anything.

You know, obviously history proved out that Michael Jordan could not be beaten in the finals.

So I think the reason that was particularly compelling to me is first of all that those teams were really good and had some of

the best players to ever touch a basketball. You know, Michael Jordan didn't just beat nobody to get

there. And on the flip side, a lot of those series, whether it was against Jordan or against the

Rockets in the years that Jordan was out of the league or, you know, still working his way back,

those series were really close.

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