The French Connection

Basketball Illuminati

Count The Dings

Basketball, Sports, Comedy

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A script for this year's NBA playoffs got leaked onto the internet... Or was that all simply part of the script? Victor Wembenyama is headed to San Antonio, just as the Illuminarmy Generals predicted, as we take you through the eurosteps that led Wemby to the Spurs. Tom did his own research on Jimmy Butler's flagrant disregard for technical fouls, while Rudy Gobert has returned from the darkness. Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Merch: Shirt - Hoodie - Tank - Hat - Beanie Email us: [email protected] Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Giraffe King's Network.
0:11.1	You know, I mean, I can't believe 17 million people fell for this shit.
0:16.1	Stupid. Just stupid. It shows how stupid people are, but more importantly,
0:21.9	it shows how strong the human desire for the emotion I want to believe.
0:30.4	I want to believe it's such a strong emotion.
0:33.4	It is literally what is driving global economy right now.
0:37.4	And the way we consume news and the way we consume information is people want
0:43.0	to believe whatever stupid thought they have inside them.
0:46.8	And anything that provides confirmation or some sort of soothing of like, yes,
0:52.6	yes, these things that you're worried about are true. It's all there.
0:56.8	On May 18th at 1037 AM in the morning, Eastern time, Lake Shoyo,
1:04.1	who's got a ton of followers on Twitter tweeted out NBA script got leaked with a crying
1:10.8	emoji. Can you please for the listening audience?
1:13.8	You might not been one of those 17 million people.
1:16.3	Can you describe what the photo is that this person attached?
1:20.8	So what it's supposed to be is a piece of letterhead NBA communications
1:28.9	Memorandum pretty much. Yes.
1:31.0	That's been crumpled up and thrown in a trash and it's been retrieved and uncrumpled.
1:37.6	So it's wrinkled. And the title of the Memorandum is NBA 22 23 season
1:44.0	final screenplay, quote, battle of the 18th, unquote, final revision.
1:50.9	The idea like, ooh, screenplay and it's all scripted and in it,
1:55.1	I'll just give you the beat by beats. It says there's going to be a game seven.
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