The Rams, the Warriors, & to Buy a Championship
The MMQB NFL Podcast
SI NFL
3.9 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The Golden State Warriors won the NBA title, the Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl, and each team was accused of “buying” their championship. With that in mind, Conor and Gary welcome SI NBA writer Rohan Nadkarni back to the show to discuss just what it means to “buy” a championship, why it’s an absurd accusation, and why more teams should be doing precisely what those champions did.
Then, the trio fires off a number of takes, ranging from Tua to Russell Wilson to Nathaniel Hackett to all kinds of NBA stuff, at which point Rohan describes how the current NBA works and why basketball teams are not on the verge of turning to lineups full of Eddy Currys and Bryant Reeveses to counter the league’s influx of “Spaghetti Men.”
Plus, Rohan tries his hand at More Than Four But Fewer Than Six Questions!
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