When the Game Was War — Lessons From the Greatest NBA Season of All Time

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Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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While there may be some heated rivalries in today's NBA, the ferocity of competition doesn't compare to the hard-hitting contests that took place during the 1987-1988 season, when four rising and falling dynasties — the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, and Bulls — battled it out for supremacy. Here to illuminate that epic era in basketball and share what can be learned from it is Rich Cohen, author of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season. Today on the show, Rich makes a case for why there's never be a season before or since like the one that played out in '87 and '88, and he profiles the players — Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, and Michael Jordan — who dominated that season and changed the game. Along the way, we talk about the life lessons that can be taken from these players and their teams, including the rules legendary coach Phil Jackson gave the Bulls, which were inspired by the jazz musician Thelonious Monk.

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0:30.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. While there
0:38.8	may be some heated rivalries in today's NBA, the ferocity of competition doesn't compare
0:43.1	to the hard-hitting contest that took place during the 1987-1988 season. When four rising
0:49.2	and falling dynasties, the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons and Bulls, battle it out for supremacy.
0:55.2	Here to illuminate that epic air and basketball and share what can be learned from it is rich
0:58.6	Cohen, author of when the game was war. The NBA's greatest season. Taylor Show rich
1:04.1	makes a case for why there's never been a season before or since, like the one that played
1:08.1	out in 87 and 88. Any profiles of players, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isaiah Thomas and
1:14.3	Michael Jordan, who dominated that season and changed the game. Along the way, we talk
1:19.0	about the life lessons that can be taken from these players and their teams, including
1:22.4	the rules legendary coach Phil Jackson gave the Bulls, which were inspired by the jazz
1:26.4	musician Philonius Muck. After shows over, check out our show notes at a-w-m dot-i-s slash
1:31.4	in B.A.
1:33.4	All right, rich Cohen, welcome back to the show.
1:45.9	Thanks, great to be here. So we had you on last time to talk about your dad,
1:49.4	Herbie Cohen, the greatest negotiator in the world. You got a new book out called When
1:55.4	the Game was War. And in this book, there's a lot of fun. I enjoyed reading this book
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