Rewind: Jazz-Sonics ’96 WC Finals Game 7 with Seth Rosenthal - Remember That Game

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4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Originally aired May 2020. Seth Rosenthal (Secret Base) and host Thomas Emerick find that for a stacked conference in the shadow of MJ, the heartbreak is real. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. Seth's work and a lot of the great videos over at Secret Base are huge influences for this podcast. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts Check out Seth Rosenthal's work on the following Secret Base video series: Untitled Rewinder Beef History CHOSEN More on Secret Base More from the Jazz-Sonics 1996 West Finals Game 7: Seth's Stockton-Malone ep of Untitled Oral History of the 1995-96 Sonics by Jayson Jenks and Bob Condotta for The Seattle Times Pro Basketball Reference game box score: Seattle SuperSonics 90, Utah Jazz 86 Pro Basketball Reference series stats: Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp each hit 20 points per game for the series HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Secret Base writer/producer Seth Rosenthal (@seth_rosenthal) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Follow and direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	it did his some of the shape and tint of his eyewear did more closely resemble sunglasses
0:06.7	than like the goggles that you're used to um but yeah the the original big dog is just to me like
0:13.7	one of my favorite players growing up and yeah rock rock to the shades or goggles or whatever you want
0:20.8	to call them in a way totally different
0:23.3	from from other NBA player he looked more like like a first basement or something than he did
0:28.9	an NBA player it's June 96 jazz at Sonics this is That Game, podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey,
0:41.8	and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.
0:44.9	I'm your host Thomas Semmerich, and my guest is Seth Rosenthal,
0:48.7	whose work at Secret Base is very much an influence for this show.
0:52.9	Enjoy the trip to 1996.
0:56.0	In some of the early episodes I've been titled,
0:57.8	you went into Charles Barkley
0:59.8	and the Stockton Malone combo's quest unrequited for a title.
1:05.1	Was there something that drew you to 90s Western Conference Basketball in particular?
1:11.0	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
1:16.0	there was only, in retrospect, a brief window to actually win anything.
1:21.6	You know, obviously history proved out that Michael Jordan could not be beaten in the finals.
1:30.0	So I think the reason that was particularly compelling to me is first of all that those teams were really good and had some
1:36.1	of the best players to ever touch a basketball. You know, Michael Jordan didn't just beat nobody
1:41.8	to get there. And on the flip side, a lot of those series, whether it was against Jordan or against the
1:47.6	Rockets in the years that Jordan was out of the league or, you know, still working his way back,
1:53.4	those series were really close.
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