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Oct 11, 2026
Mike HarmonHOST
And, you know, basketball, we're in the preseason.
Mike HarmonHOST
WNBA, some folks paying attention to the playoffs, others not.
Mike HarmonHOST
You look at the NFL, we're in week five.
Mike HarmonHOST
Plenty of ground to cover over the course of the night.
2 HRS 14 MINS LATER
Mike HarmonHOST
certainly uh those debates are always going to be out there and we'll keep looking we've got week four fines 10 infractions for player safety fouls that could qualify towards a you know suspension we've got horse collar tackles hip drop tackles uh and i hit uh three hits on defensive players defenseless defenseless players let me get my verbiage correct as i speak so eloquently here in the wee hours of the morning.
Mike HarmonHOST
But it's the idea that for the officials, every week we're having questions of whether they even know the rules as they go through the process, right? How many huddles and conversations we're seeing.
Mike HarmonHOST
We're certainly seeing it with a lot of the other sports, right? That was one of the big topics in the playoffs for the WNBA of, yeah, hey, Tim, what about this? Like, no, I don't know the rule.
Mike HarmonHOST
Like literally you have officials say, I don't know.
Sam EsfandiariHOST
Let's start while I'm listening here.
Sam EsfandiariHOST
Congratulations to the Valkyries for getting to the WNBA Finals.
Sam EsfandiariHOST
Andy, I don't know if you feel the same way as me.
Sam EsfandiariHOST
We don't talk a ton of Valkyries on this show.
Mikey KobrinskyHOST
I wonder how many NBA teams actually have a preseason back-to-back other than the Pacers, but that's crazy.
Tim OglesHOST
Yeah, it's just wild.
Tim OglesHOST
And before we get out of here, shout out to the Atlanta Dream heading to their first WNBA Finals since 2013.
Tim OglesHOST
Yeah.
Tim OglesHOST
Jordan Canada, absolutely insane what she's done with Alicia Gray being out right now.
Mikey KobrinskyHOST
That's been huge.
Mikey KobrinskyHOST
And I think for the Dream, going into these finals, this is Angel Reese's first season in Atlanta, and the impact that she's had for this team cannot be overstated.
Mikey KobrinskyHOST
And I think the Dream have so much momentum going to these WNBA finals with the sweep of the Liberty here that – Atlanta could see a championship in the city in a couple weeks here.
SammyGUEST
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Russell GibsonHOST
[laughs] We're here to talk WNBA, so I think we should introduce you as a WNBA aficionado, and I might let you fill out the rest of your resume so I don't get anything wrong.
Russell GibsonHOST
Tell us about yourself, man.
SammyGUEST
Yeah, no.
SammyGUEST
Really glad to be on here because, as I said to you when I approached you at the National, I've got a great appreciation for those in the hobby who, um, have had an interest and a, a care and a, um, an appreciation in women's sport from day one, and I count you very much among that, among that select group.
SammyGUEST
So glad to be here.
SammyGUEST
And I guess, uh, for my intro into the hobby, well, I'm actually a WNBA agent.
Russell GibsonHOST
Yeah.
Jim KohlerHOST
Bill Lambert hired Reeve to join his Detroit Shock staff alongside Rick Mahorn in 2006.
Jim KohlerHOST
Now that gave Detroit two former NBA teammates who brought the city a title as the Bad Boys.
Jim KohlerHOST
and one former Rhodes Scholar nominee with a degree in computer science and management information systems who spent a college summer interning with the IRS.
Jim KohlerHOST
It was a natural fit, Lambert says.
Jim KohlerHOST
I'd listen to what she said and try to poke holes in it.
Jim KohlerHOST
She always gave as good as she got in response.
Jim KohlerHOST
Ah yes, this NBA vet recognized something valuable in Reeve.
Jim KohlerHOST
It was being unapologetically myself, Reeve says.
Marc GoldHOST
In 75, the San Antonio Spurs, still a member of the ABA in 75.
Marc GoldHOST
They beat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks by two points.
Marc GoldHOST
I guess an exhibition game, and the first basketball game ever in the Louisiana Superdome.
Marc GoldHOST
How about that? In 78, the Yankees win their third consecutive American League championship, all against the Kansas City Royals.
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FredPANELIST
Sorry.
GeraldPANELIST
So my sports personality for this week is Jerry Allen West, or as we got to know him, Jerry West.
GeraldPANELIST
He was a Laker from 1960 to 1973, 14 years, NBA career averages player.
GeraldPANELIST
Minutes per game, 39.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And with Munson throwing Epstein out, nobody left.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At the end of the top of the second, it's the Yankees nothing, NBA is nothing.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They don't just believe it when they say Schaefer has flavor that never fades.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Have a couple of tall, frosty, cold glasses and see for yourself.
Jalen HunterHOST
Here at The Unpopular Podcast, not only ask you to agree with me, I'm gonna ask you to hear me out.
Jalen HunterHOST
You know why to LeBron James fans and people that watch the NBA, you know why it's so jarring for people when they hear somebody else get the credit for being the, quote-unquote, "GOAT" outside of LeBron James? You know why it almost sounds asinine to people when you put anybody else in the GOAT conversation outside of LeBron James? Because LeBron James has made it almost laughable when you talk about accolades, and when you talk about how l- you know, how long he's been playing.
Jalen HunterHOST
When you talk about just the impact that LeBron James has on basketball.
Jalen HunterHOST
It's almost laughable for people to think that everything that we've seen LeBron James do, everything that we've seen LeBron James impact, it's almost crazy to think that anybody else could and should be considered the greatest of all time.
Jalen HunterHOST
In this small stint, it's almost f- laughable to think that there is anybody that can match up to the greatness that we've seen of A'ja Wilson.
Jalen HunterHOST
This is coming off of winning her fifth MVP.
Jalen HunterHOST
No other WNBA player has won more than two or three.
Jalen HunterHOST
Definitely no d- she's sitting, she's sitting in a realm that o- that's only occupied by people like Michael Jordan, people like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, people like Bill Russell.
KCHOST
And look, this is not exclusive to the WNBA.
KCHOST
For decades, the NBA has been accused of orchestrating match-ups.
KCHOST
They have been accused of helping their star players.
KCHOST
If you look at the remaining teams in the chase for the golden toilet, Golden State Vikings, vomit.
KCHOST
If they did, they wouldn't be tarping off half the arena in Atlanta and pretending like the game is sold out.
KCHOST
But even with that being the case, Angel Reese does have a fan base.
KCHOST
From a business perspective, and even from a ratings perspective, it makes sense for the WNBA to want the matriarch of me bounds in the WNBA finals.
KCHOST
It is no secret that the league, and especially the media, they want Angel Reese to be the face of pretend basketball.
Michael FiddleHOST
My goal today is keep this Saturday show, which we are now doing every single week.
Michael FiddleHOST
Starting next week, it is Tuesday, Wednesday NBA show, Thursday and Saturday.
Michael FiddleHOST
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, always at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.
Michael FiddleHOST
Uh, but this Saturday show really wanna keep under 30 minutes, highly actionable, zooming from spot to spot, and get out of here pretty quickly.
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Michael FiddleHOST
Uh, and BetRivers, Carnell Tate under 21 and a half, uh, longest reception yards minus 118.
Michael FiddleHOST
If there's any books that you want me to start including on the Saturday show, let me know and I happily will.
Michael FiddleHOST
Uh, the last thing I wanna say is segue over to the WNBA.
Michael FiddleHOST
Uh, I have not played any WNBA finals stuff.
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