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The Lefkoe Show

Roham Gharegozlou (Dapper Labs CEO) On Top Shot, NFTs, and Digital Sports Fandom | The Lefkoe Show

The Lefkoe Show

Bleacher Report

Football, Sports

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

If you're a sports fan with access to the internet (and it's probably safe to say that you are, since how else would you be listening to this podcast right now), then you've heard about NBA Top Shot, which has absolutely exploded over the last few months. So we thought we'd go straight to the source, and have Roham Gharegozlou (@rohamg on social media), the CEO of Dapper Labs and creator of Top Shot, come on to discuss. Whether you're an avid fan of non-fungible tokens or you have no idea what any of those words mean, you'll learn plenty in this enlightening interview on the future of sports fandom. 

And tune in later this week, as we deliver the first in our eight-part series getting you ready for the NFL Draft, with Lefkoe and Connor Rogers. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What is up? What is good? How you living? How you doing? How you feeling? We are releasing

0:05.8

this podcast on the beautiful day of March 9th, which means that later this week for the

0:11.8

very first time, Connor Rodgers and myself will be doing a draft prep breakdown.

0:18.0

And even the show is what, David Ingber?

0:20.1

The NFL draft crash course. And we are crashing into some courses. Very excited to get that

0:28.5

going. I believe it's going to be about eight weeks as we get ready for the NFL draft

0:33.2

as I was informed yesterday. It is going to be around April 29th, which thank God.

0:41.2

Because March, I am the busiest human in the history of humans. Excited for that. Today,

0:48.2

though, we are following NBA All-Star Weekend. If you haven't been paying attention recently

0:55.3

to the explosion of non-fungible tokens in this world from the art world, to I saw Kings

1:01.1

of Leon is releasing an album strictly as an NFT. We are having people like Logan Paul

1:08.6

releasing NFTs and selling on immediately. But in the NBA world, Top Shot has been the

1:15.3

phrase on the tip of everybody's tongue. We've been talking about it for months. I would

1:20.8

say David Ingber. Would you would you agree with that?

1:23.4

Yes, you've been talking, I've been listening and giving you side eye. And clearly people

1:28.7

are making money. Clearly, this thing is huge. I continue to be skeptical. I own the

1:33.3

fact that I am very skeptical. And I might be very wrong. It just feels like something

1:36.8

that is so massive, so quickly that I can't wrap my brain around it personally. But good

1:41.4

for everyone else that's crushing it out there with it.

1:44.2

The best part about this show too is if it continues to blow up the market and continues

1:50.4

to blow up millions of dollars, you could just say that you're really selling a bit.

1:55.0

You know what I mean? That's your role in the show. It's just been a bit the entire time.

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