Young Talent, Veteran Exposure, and How Highlight Culture Has Killed Basketball | Off Guard with Austin Rivers

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Austin and Pausha break down the latest in the world of hoops and start with Wednesday's game between the Timberwolves and Pistons, where they break down the Wolves’ underwhelming performance and discuss how they can continue to improve (2:49). Then, they weigh in on the structure of the game due to the play-in strategy (8:22), dive into the veterans that have helped mold Austin’s career (19:37), and discuss how highlight culture has killed the game of basketball (30:45). Later, they share thoughts on young talent in the league, highlighting Evan Mobley (40:32), then wrap things up with a rapid-fire round of questions focusing on your favorite players. Hosts: Austin Rivers and Pausha Haghighi Producer: Ben Cruz Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are certain moments and words that shaped a new era in pro wrestling.
0:05.0	Austin 316 says I just whipped your ass.
0:09.0	Rep, screwed, rep.
0:11.0	Die, Rocky die.
0:13.0	Introducing the book of wrestling, 25 catchphrases that explain the attitude era.
0:17.0	Tune in as we relive one of the most exciting, intense, and over the top times in WWE,
0:23.0	with new interviews, with the voices that made the promos, calls, and catchphrases into history.
0:28.0	Listen, now!
0:58.0	I don't know, I don't want to say a dream come true, but this is kind of a dream come true,
1:03.0	just considering how many times you mean you have talked to basketball over the years,
1:08.0	and really just went somewhere, grabbed it by the eat, and talked to basketball for like three or four hours.
1:12.0	So now that we're actually getting a platform in a kind of a stage of what not to come on here and talk basketball,
1:18.0	and have people listen to us, and this is going to be really special.
1:22.0	I'm really excited for this, bro.
1:24.0	Yeah, and most of those conversations we've had were maybe in front of a tropical smoothie or a Blaze Pizza?
1:29.0	Yeah, Blaze Pizza, Tropical Smoothie, yeah.
1:32.0	And I've always appreciated your takes and your perspective, so I'm excited for everyone to sort of hear what you have to say about, you know, everything going on in the NBA.
1:40.0	Yeah, man, I've kind of dabbled a little bit in the podcast world, but never like this.
1:47.0	I really wanted to take this on, full force.
1:51.0	And not just give my opinion out there, but really, you know, just the perspective of where I've come from and being around a game really since birth.
2:02.0	I just feel like, you know, there's experiences and knowledge there that I would like to share with people, especially people who are lovers of the game of basketball, not just NBA, but just all forms of basketball.
2:13.0	You know, we're going to talk about it here in the podcast.
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