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1- Can Charlotte Interest You In...Basketball?
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Host Charlotte shares her newish interest in basketball with co-host Patti. Some items covered include approaching sports as a reality show, March Madness, NBA players being baby boys (maternally), Caitlin Clark and the assignment that Charlotte gives Patti. This episode was recorded during the 2023 NBA season, so some dated references.
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Unusual Hobbies and Newfound Interests
00:00:00
Speaker
You know that thing you love that your friends and family don't want to hear about anymore? Tell it to us, Patty and Charlotte. We want to learn all about your weird and wild obsessions or your perfectly normal hobbies that you've taken just a little too far. We want to dabble in your curious interests. Can we interest you in today's episode?
Basketball: A Reality Show?
00:00:34
Speaker
We figured why not start with something that one of us um is really interested in at the moment. So Charlotte, you're going to be kicking us off. And what is it that you have an interest in that you're going to share with me today?
00:00:49
Speaker
All right. So this is a more recent interest. Okay. And um you know, I mentioned the bachelor bachelorette for a reason, because can I interest you in getting into professional sports, specifically basketball, as if it's a reality show?
00:01:12
Speaker
Ooh, o okay, I'm listening, I'm listening. It sounds weird. It sounds like, I know that there's lots of people into professional sports. So it's like, for me to be like, can I interest you in this is like, can I interest you in bread? But like, it's, but I think there's like a way to get interested in it because I never used to like watching sports or sports at all.
00:01:38
Speaker
now But then my boyfriend Adam is from Chicago and hey yeah into the Bulls. So that's probably that's your team too. Yeah. Do you watch professional sports or and Okay, so when I turned 27 I got really into hockey. That was the year that I got into relish and hockey. um And I love to watch hockey but I've gotten a little bit off of watching it super regularly since I don't have
00:02:10
Speaker
um regular television anymore and the Hawks, Black Hawks are my team and you can't watch them unless you have like some special port sports package. um I also every year watch March Madness, the men's basketball with my one of my longtime friends, Chris. um In fact, he'll be coming to St. Louis this year so we can do our annual all day watch, so I love to watch March Madness. And I have kind of dabbled in baseball, was a White Sox fan for so long and would go to games, as well as lately tennis. um I like to watch all of the Opens. So, but I can't say I'm like a regular, like I'm not watching every game.
Stories of the Chicago Bulls
00:02:53
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not watching every game either, but I, my like,
00:02:59
Speaker
entry into this world was when Adam told me about, okay, I think for me, it's really the drama surrounding the sports that is the exciting part. It is like how one in a Like, okay, I'm going to tell you about what got me interested. So the Chicago Bulls have this player, Zach Levine, okay, who is doing good. um But then I guess last year during a game with this is all Adam was telling me and I was like riveted. He was like in playing a game against the Orlando Magic and then ah the coach took him out um because I guess it wasn't going very well.
00:03:41
Speaker
And then the team started playing better. And then ah in the fourth quarter, the coach just didn't put him back in, even though he's like one of their more starters. Oh, my God. And then since then, he like started being a little baby boy and telling.
00:04:00
Speaker
ah people that he wanted to be traded and just holding a grudge. And um so I think fans started to get annoyed. and you know The team started to get annoyed. They would want him to be traded. Then this season, he got injured. They weren't doing very well anyway, but he got injured and had to sit out for a few weeks. And when he was sitting out, the team started to do better. No.
00:04:26
Speaker
And then they started to have a like a little comeback. And- Oh my God. Wait, and wait, did he get injured while playing or was this like an off court injury? Like, or who knows? I'm not entirely sure. I think it was while playing. He seems to get injured while playing a lot is what I've gathered. ah But then, um and then he had to come back and he had to kind of try to integrate into the team and ah you know they started to do okay. But then he got injured again. But anyway, it was the whole like,
00:04:58
Speaker
drama of he just started to have a comeback when he left and like the karma.
Player Preferences and Mental Health
00:05:05
Speaker
of I love that because it's like, okay, A, I feel like, you know, I played basketball in grammar school. So this was not the NBA by any means, but there was always that person who like, when things weren't going well or when they, whatever, they would suddenly be injured, which I'm not saying he's faking it, but whatever. And also I'm wondering, is it like they all
00:05:32
Speaker
hate him and so they gel better when he's not there. Like, is he a ball hog? Is he yeah just a bad energy or is he bad? Like, and then if he's bad, is he a saboteur? Like, is he in there being like, oh, oops, I passed it to the other team. And then talking about the other team, are they like, yes, please put Levine in because he sucks so bad.
00:05:59
Speaker
And I can see where that would be really fun to watch because then you'd be kind of like watching people's body language and being like, Oh my God, they just rolled their eyes at him or like, Oh, that's so good. Wait, so is there, there are like multiple things like this?
00:06:16
Speaker
like but There's so much drama like this, then. OK, so then the other thing I started to do, like, was I I chose a favorite player. OK, because then you're watching and i'm I'm watching the game and I say to Adam, like, who is that guy who has a large shoulder tattoo of Heath Ledger as the Joker? No. Yes. I was like, he's my favorite player. There's no good reason. That's the reason it's a tattoo.
00:06:47
Speaker
Who is it? It's DeMar DeRozan. Oh, that's a good name. Yeah. And he's like, he is pretty cool. Because he, um I guess he like sort of speaks out about mental health. And you know, I'm in the mental health field. And so that's interesting. um I then I learned, you know, some some of the, like, Adam sometimes gets mad at him, but he gets mad at all the players. So Really, that's sure. That's what happens when you're a fan for like decades. But when you're a new fan, you could just pick a random player and be like, that's my favorite. And then my second favorite is a guy who looks like he should be playing football, but he's playing basketball. And that's why I like Andre Drummond. Oh, that sounds like a football player name to Drummond. Okay, so DeRozan, is that his name? DeMar DeRozan.
00:07:37
Speaker
Do you think that he has Heath Ledger on him because Heath Ledger had like the Joker had mental health stuff? Do you think that's why he chose that as a tattoo? Yeah, or maybe like Heath Ledger himself because he had some, I'm not really sure. I also like that that's like three or four Jokers ago, you know, that's like...
00:07:59
Speaker
throwback. I am sticking with this. Yes. Yes. Okay. And then are you like googling up like, oh wait, what's the drama there between these other things? Or like, how are you getting, is it all of your information about the drama of these players just from Adam's knowledge? Or do we have like a resource where we can find Yes. This is going to be part of my assignment for you is there's podcasts. There's like millions of like podcasts and then like, I don't know other resources, but I think that those are probably the most fun. There's like one that's like a daily podcast for like every single team, which seems a bit much. But if you just even look at the list of topics, it's all like drama, you know?
00:08:48
Speaker
I think the Bulls especially, because then you can even go back as far as like Michael Jordan, and then there's that whole the last dance, um you know, on Netflix ah documentary. Oh, yeah. And plenty of Oh, right. Yes, that's a good. That's a good one to watch. And the yeah, like plenty of drama with like Rodman because he was just drama in and of himself. And then was it Dwayne? No.
00:09:17
Speaker
Rose, Derek Rose was with the team for a while. And I remember he was another one that was like, big dreams. Everybody was like, great, great, great. He sucked. The team sucked. And then he was like, I want to be traded. So yeah, what is with that? It's like, there's a history here.
00:09:33
Speaker
Yeah, and that's the other thing about it that is especially fun um is that I just like to call them all either like baby boys or little boys when I'm watching. It just makes it more fun. And then you can use it like in a kind of derogatory way like you're like LeBron James is just a ah little baby boy who is always wanting attention. Or you can use it in like an endearing way that's like, oh, our boys came to play because they're doing well. you know And it just makes it more fun. I mean, I know they're adults with skills and professional you know personas and they they they're they're full grown adults, but it just it's more fun that way, I think.
Beyond Stats: Drama in Sports Podcasts
00:10:23
Speaker
Absolutely. Yeah. And I mean, when you think about it, like, yes, sports are like very valued in our country, like paid well, but it is ultimately a game that children play. So boys works, I think. um Oh my gosh. Okay. So podcasts, that's good to know because I always think like any sports podcast is either going to be like,
00:10:51
Speaker
Well, mostly it's just going to be like stats or like what they should do as like blah, blah, blah in the paint and do the number four defense. And really his skill is not on the three point line, you know, that kind of stuff where I'm going to be like, I don't, uh, your color commentary is lost on me.
00:11:08
Speaker
um But to know that they might tell me about like the drama of things. And then they have like in between teams because like, yes, these people sometimes play for a team for a long time, but sometimes they get traded. And so then it's like you're playing against your former teammates and then there could be drama there.
00:11:28
Speaker
Yeah, this was like the second piece of drama that got me interested is when I said like who's that man with that Heath Ledger tattoo? Then Adam told me about Demar DeRozan who I guess played for me like he was the Toronto Raptors. I'm not that great at yet. Yeah, the Raptors and like was happy there, whatever, blah, blah, blah. um And then apparently his coach said like, we're not gonna trade you. And then he finds out like from the internet or something that he back traded. No. u hu Like who does that? But, and then he, I think that that was maybe when he ended up at the Bulls or I might be wrong about that, but just, ah you know, anytime he does well, I'm like, ha ha.
00:12:19
Speaker
just to get your old coach and like management or ownership or whoever like made those decisions too, because then you're not just doing like the players, but you're like hating corporations. And like, I remember, oh, who was the owner? Rhinestorf, I think was the owner of the Bulls for like forever. Maybe still is. And people would boo when he would go out on like the court and like give the rings and stuff like that back in like the 90s three-peat era. like People hated him. And it's like, I why? So that might be something I look into in this. Yeah. And also because like so more more and more owners are becoming like
Player Commodification and Lifestyle
00:13:04
Speaker
celebrities. like
00:13:06
Speaker
Doesn't Jay-Z own a team or two? hu And then like Mark Cuban used to be the owner of the Mavs, I think. I don't know. I could be going crazy now. But like so many rabbit holes to go down. you know like I went down a rabbit hole of, like what's their daily schedule like um yeah like? What are they eating? Where are they staying? What do they do with their time? And you can look it up and be like, what?
00:13:35
Speaker
You know, what's their daily routine? And there are websites that will just kind of tell you generally what their daily routine is because it's not at all like my daily routine. So it's fascinating to me. Right, like down to even like how many eggs do they eat in the morning?
00:13:51
Speaker
Like, can they decide what to eat or are they told what to eat? I think that they get something that's given to them, but then otherwise, of course, they can just do what they want. So they're kind of like astronauts.
00:14:06
Speaker
i'm given They're like a commodity too, which is kind of another weird thing about it. Well, and that's where it comes into play with the March Madness being that that's college. And so they're not allowed, and I think there's been some change in this recently, but they're historically we're not allowed to take any deals. So they couldn't make money at the players themselves. And yet it's like the schools are making so much money. therere There are companies that are making a lot of money. you know So people are making money off of them. And yeah, so they really are a commodity.
00:14:42
Speaker
And then you make a lot of money once you go pro, in theory, if you're any good. But then you think about also like the length of your career and what happened like what do you do after you're a former pro basketball player, which I suppose we have seen on The Bachelor a few times. Usually it's football players, but like you know then you've got to find a new job.
00:15:04
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. And I mean, how many jobs can there be where you're like the color commentary, commentary, or um I don't know, coaching? Do they go into coaching? and i would think That would be something. It could be. Yeah. But I mean, I suppose not all players are good coaches. Like, you know, like, I'm fine at my job. But I hate when I have to train somebody to do it. Like, I'm not a teacher at all. But Yeah. Hmm. Interesting. It's just that like, I think it's so different from, you know, most people's lives. So it's just interesting.
00:15:45
Speaker
Well, and then thinking about like you were saying, like, what are they doing? You know, where are they sleeping? Whatever. So they're on the road so much. And then there are of course like groupies. So they're going out and partying. And I'm sure they're still getting into trouble. Like I think about like the days of like, RIP, Kobe Bryant, you know, and like,
00:16:07
Speaker
out partying, getting into trouble. um Even like Lamar Odom, remember the husband for a brief time of Khloe Kardashian? And he was like really into drugs and partying and stuff like that. So it's like, how are you how are you performing, like at peak performance and going out late?
00:16:31
Speaker
Yeah, crazy. Like people with office jobs have a hard time. Well, I just speak for myself. but but Yeah, not easy to do. ah Just a ah regular job one that doesn't involve my body, just my brain. But if I've been out late, or, you know, not taking care of myself. So if it literally involves my body,
00:16:53
Speaker
and like an elite skill. I don't know how they do it. And so and then also um I learned that like Michael Jordan would go out late and he'd he'd be fine. He'd be out just, I don't know, gambling because he's a gambler or stuff like that. Oh yeah. And he'd be fine. He'd be like getting up at, I don't know what time it was like four or five a.m. and doing like a little boot camp with his teammates at his place.
00:17:20
Speaker
Oh my God. I wonder if that's because like they're all so young, like, you know, thinking back to like my twenties, be like, Oh yeah, let's
Economic Implications of College Sports
00:17:29
Speaker
go out for dollar beer night. Stay out until the bar closes at two and then go to work at seven the next day. And I'd be like, no problem. I'm 22. Whatever. That's true. ah Yeah. I am like 10 to 15 to 20 years older.
00:17:50
Speaker
Hmm. Yeah. Does Adam know any of the goss about like off court stuff? ah Is that anything that he shared with you or? You mean like who like who or or like, Oh my God, that person got caught up in a scandal, like a cheating scandal or ah told me so much stuff. Like I'm sure he hears about it if it impacts the game. but Sure. um But yeah, mostly it's stuff like like oh wait I did hear this I think that um maybe Michael Jordan's son is dating Scotty Pippin's ex-wife. Pippin's wife yeah and I know that from Real Housewives of Miami because she's on that. um Some of these things I'm like everybody probably already knew these things and I'm just learning them now.
00:18:40
Speaker
ah but No, but you know what's weird is like so apparently um the latest episode was where, um and this will date it quickly, but was where Michael Jordan was asked while in Paris like by a reporter, probably like TMZ or whatever.
00:18:58
Speaker
Um, do you approve of Marcus and Larsa's relationship? And he like laughed it off. And then when they asked again, he was like, no. And she was like, but he was laughing. He was like laughing. And she's like, his mother approves because I posted a photo and she put three hearts on it. And then I was thinking, I'm like, wait a second.
00:19:19
Speaker
His mother is Michael Jordan's ex-wife. Your Scotty Pippin's ex-wife. That means like you guys used to be like friends or like peers. You know what I mean? And for them that's when I'll be like, oh yeah, when I used to go out to dinner with Larsa Pippin, I didn't expect her to like date my son later. Like it's weird. Yeah. Did she, what's the age difference there?
00:19:46
Speaker
Good question. I think he's in his upper 30s, and she might be in her 40s. So like, maybe 15 years or something. Yeah, because I'm sure they're yeah, they were like, playing. So yeah, they're probably I can't recall. Yeah. But weird. Oh, that's fun. Yeah. i It's just, ah it's like a never ending world of entertainment. And I think I had just not thought of it that way. You know, reality show, but the people have actual skills. And also kind of none of it matters very much.
00:20:30
Speaker
I know. Right. Because you're not totally invested. Right. yeah yeah It feels very painful when they're not doing well or watching a game. um say That's because Adam feels very bad. I'm like, Oh, no, my baby boys are not doing good.
00:20:47
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come to mama
00:20:50
Speaker
eat your orange slices. okay um You know the normal gossip ah host, is it Kelsey McKinney? Yeah. Yeah, my brother, Charlie, you know, and was telling me that she had an article about like something kind of similar where um she would choose a baseball player who's like a you know a new baseball player who's not living up to his full but potential, not a hot new player, whatever, and um she would adopt him as her terrible little son. miss like the The requirements are you know what I mentioned and also that you love him with all of your heart.
00:21:37
Speaker
ah And was this because she like watches baseball anyways, and so it was a way to like feel more invested? i they I think so. I think she's like ah an average baseball fan. like The kind of fan who, and when she moves somewhere, becomes a fan of that team. So i not die hard. Yes.
00:21:57
Speaker
Well, and that reminds me like there was a year where my buddy Drew asked me to do fantasy baseball with him and his friends and they'd been doing fantasy for forever. And I had never done it before. And so I was like, oh oh my God, I know like my players, but I don't know other players and you can't just pick your own team.
00:22:17
Speaker
and it was disastrous because they did like an online like cool like you pick your team's thing and I didn't even understand how it worked and the first player that I picked was somebody who was like already on disability like the the disabled list like they were like so he had to like shut down the whole like process and be like hey, let me call you and explain how this works. I've just felt like such a fool. But it was part of the reason I wanted to do it was because I was like, oh, well, then I'll be more invested in like these games because I have a player on almost every team. So no matter who the Sox are playing, you know, knowing that they wouldn't always
00:22:57
Speaker
play every team, but then I'd like have more of an interest in it. So it's such a good idea. Like I love that you chose your DeRosa and your number two. Yeah, Andre German. I just, I don't know. They're just seeing them. It makes me happy. Although now, yeah. I like them all. I've been, well, no, some of them, I see them that they're gonna come on the court and I'm like, uh-huh.
00:23:24
Speaker
and don't think Because they play poorly or you just like don't like the look of them? No, because they they haven't been playing well. and but And then we were listening to or actually watching a ah podcast of of the Bulls and um one of the hosts did refer to one of the younger players as um my my precious little boy. So I think... Oh,
00:23:52
Speaker
oh my precious little boy. You can claim them as your own. It just feels like... It keeps reminding me that there was this player who I remember watching him during March Madness, and then he was on the Bulls for a short period of time. I wonder where he plays now. He might be retired or just not playing anymore, but his nickname was Big Baby. Big Baby Davis. And so everyone would be like, Big Baby Davis, here comes Big Baby Davis. Oh, Big Baby Davis. He messed up that rebound, you know, because he wasn't very good. He was just like big and kind of moved around like a baby.
00:24:26
Speaker
And I think he was on a team like where like in college where they're like color was like a light blue or something like very baby also. He just came out of the hospital. But he's my big baby. He was a 20 pound baby. It was natural.
00:24:44
Speaker
um Yeah, and this excites me too to be thinking about this because every like Chris and I still remember the year that we watched Steph Curry in March Madness and that was like before he was Steph Curry, you know, and then it's like, then you see them go off. So it's always like, who's going to be that next Steph Curry of like that you see now and then they go on to be like a number one pick or whatever. So. So yeah, I hadn't thought of it that way and March Madness is coming up, right? I mean, it is. So. Right. But it could be one of those things like Oktoberfest doesn't really take place in
Engaging with Basketball Drama
00:25:20
Speaker
October.
00:25:20
Speaker
um But yes, no, it is coming up. And so I think like one of the first days, first full days of like actual play, not like the play in kind of things like um is March 21st. So Yeah, I think, I hadn't thought of it like that. I thought of it more of just as a sea of people who I don't recognize and wouldn't know, but when you think of it like, oh, we could be seeing some talent that's like, you know, yet to come, maybe that's there, but we get to just witness it. Well, I mean, it's like that that um women's basketball person who everybody is talking about,
00:26:03
Speaker
kateitly that name Who? I don't know anything about it. Who's on University of Iowa? I cannot remember her name, but um she's just been like blowing everybody out of the water and like setting all these records. And wow they were talking about her during a Bulls game. so Oh, cool.
00:26:22
Speaker
That's, well, and there's not as much, I would imagine, that there's not as much of a pull for, ah you know, like so often the men will do like a year or two of college, though there's no longer a requirement, I don't think. Like you used to be required to like do a certain amount of college before you could go pro, like go to the NBA. But I don't think there's a requirement anymore. But there's still like some pull to do it because, you know,
00:26:50
Speaker
you get noticed and things like that. But then you could make a lot of money. Whereas like with WNBA, I don't know what the rules are but of like that. But you're also not going to make a ton of money. So like, what's her big draw to like, I'm just saying I could see why she's still playing in college, you know, like, yeah, I think they do end up playing like, more often all four years versus you're probably gonna have to like, use that degree for something else.
00:27:21
Speaker
Which just sucks. Yeah. Cause I mean, I guess it's the same dilemma, but with less money overall. Yeah. You know, shoes and things like that, like getting sponsorships.
00:27:35
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. And fewer people watching, so then the commercials don't get, you don't get as much for that. Going back to March Madness, I'm remembering that you won a bracket one year. That was the most exciting one ever.
00:27:51
Speaker
because I didn't know anything about it. And I just chose a bunch of teams. This is yeah where I worked. um And I got, I think, all four of the Final Four, correct. And I did get the last one incorrect by still one. And it was amazing. That was the most interested I've ever been in in French Madness.
00:28:16
Speaker
And it's weird. Was Michigan State one of the teams you chose? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. That's so funny. Yeah, that was a long time ago. Because I think you were living on California at that time. Yeah, that was back at my first job out of grad school. but just so Wow, wow, wow. You know, that that inspires me to try to find a, you know, some sort of a pool or something this year for March.
00:28:46
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I i always go, go well, okay. So speaking of,
Bonding Over Basketball
00:28:55
Speaker
that's a nice segue. So the way that we're going to do this is, you know, someone tells us about their interest and kind of sells us on it and we can talk about it. And then the next piece is hopefully that person will have an assignment for us to try it out, see if we could get interested into it. So what is your assignment for me?
00:29:16
Speaker
Okay, so there's a podcast called Locked on Bulls. I would say stick with the Bulls because apparently there's always a lot of drama and because you're from Chicago. So you're you got like a foundation for that. I'd say just listen to some episodes. You could also you know look for player profiles, um some of the maybe season previews from before and the season just to kind of know like the,
00:29:45
Speaker
the lay of the land the problem with the games themselves is what you had mentioned before is it just it's not that easy to to watch a lot of games unless they're you know you're you've bought into some kind of um service I guess um or ESPN oh no um or if they're being broadcast somewhere but also that I feel like the games themselves are interesting but I used to just think that they were like just a bunch of sneakers squeaking in a gym
00:30:23
Speaker
When I had yeah no context for it, I just was like, it's just a lot of squeaking. And now that I know the context, you know, some of it and starting to understand it more, I'm like, oh. So I feel like it's really, it's all about everything around it and all the the weird stories and dramatic stuff and Yeah, yeah, but get me to care about these people so I care what's happening. Okay. All right. And I think I will try to like find, I'll look up their schedule and see if they're going to be playing yeah a game that would be like a main game, you know, because unfortunately,
00:31:05
Speaker
St. Louis doesn't have a basketball team. That's kind of weird because they've got a few other like a bunch of other teams, right? Well, and the Rams was their football team and they went to LA a couple years ago. Yeah, I know. I know. So now they have a newish soccer team, which is very good and people are all in on and then hockey the Blues.
00:31:26
Speaker
Um, and then obviously baseball Cardinals, but yeah, no basketball. So I think I'll just like maybe look up, cause this'll be a good opportunity for me to also like get myself to out to bars and try to find like my new, you know, go to neighborhood kind of joint. Okay. I love, I love this assignment because I'm already interested and then this'll get me going. And unfortunately, are you on Reddit? No.
00:31:54
Speaker
Oh, don't do it. Don't do it. I go like, talk about rabbit holes. And I mean, it just like is random things that you might be interested in. And it's just people commenting, like posing series or questions or whatever, and then like everyone commenting on it. But I will lose hours there. So I was gonna say maybe I'll look on Reddit too, but maybe I won't. We'll see. We'll see how that goes. I'll report back.
00:32:20
Speaker
Like set a timer, you know? Yeah, they yeah but and I want to hear what's on the Reddit threads because yeah, I can see where that would be. it's It's always like the, I don't know, stuff like the daily schedule and like what are they eating and some of that stuff too that I'm just, I don't know why, I just want to know. Because they're like so foreign to us. It's like such a different lifestyle. Yeah, but I'm sure they have no interest in my daily schedule or what I'm eating.
00:32:51
Speaker
No, they don't. it' Hey, when are the next Olympics?
00:32:58
Speaker
Oh, Paris, right. Okay. And is that gonna be summer? Yeah, I think it's like July. Ooh. So then maybe we could see like who is gonna be on the USA team, if anybody. Yeah. Oh, I forgot about that. Okay, that would be great. Oh, and I'm going to a Nuggets game on um Wednesday, because I'm off this week. So I'm gonna get to go to a game. And they're actually a team that's doing well, which is nice.
00:33:28
Speaker
Oh, that's cool. Have you been to their stadium or arena or wherever they play? I went once. um Last year, it was like Christmas Eve or right around Christmas. And i i I was wearing a mask because I was getting over COVID. So this time I think it's gonna be. Although my little nephew Tommy was there because he likes basketball. And it was really pretty cute because he was just learning like how to clap.
00:33:53
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Oh, I love when little kids are like so awkwardly clapping missing their hands. Do you guys have video of it? I think we do. I'll i'll find it and I'll send it. Oh, that's so cute. yeah Yeah, but this will be better in that you're not sick. And you don't have to worry about like going to work the next day either. Yeah. And I'll kind of know a lot more what's going on. At that time, I just and I don't know. I just was like, oh, bright lights. Oh, their mascot is paid a lot. Those are the things I'm interested in. How are their soft pretzels and nachos? Yes, that's always my number one concern. Yeah. Yeah. And I do like dancing along to the songs. Wait, so are, do you know any of the nuggets? irish I just know. Jokic.
00:34:48
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the Okay. Well, and then I do know there's like, Murray, maybe I asked about the players and I'm trying to learn more about them before I before I go, but um I mean, yeah they won the whole thing last year. Wow. Well, that was pretty cool. Both of those last names that you just said are like sounded like or are the last names of like two major men's tennis players. So I just think that's funny. yeah Tennis. Okay. Yeah, but because you're getting into tennis. Yeah.
00:35:22
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Yeah, so just interesting. It's like, I wonder if there's something to that, you know, like, do people with this last name, are they more athletic? Or is it just a common name? You know, Murray, pretty common. oh um um okay Not so much. I might not even say it right. But well,
00:35:40
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Whatever. Okay, that's excellent that you'll be going to one too. I do like trying to like memorize like my I remember watching hockey. My dad's super into hockey. He loves the Blackhawks. And so we were watching one night when I was visiting them. And I was like, Oh man, these are so many like new players that I don't know.
00:36:01
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And I was like, let's try to make a list of all the players, like last names and numbers. And he was like, we could just look it up. And I was like, no, no, let's do it like old school where we're like trying to just like look at them as they like zip past your screen, you know, and like ah make it down. And it was so fun, but it also really, I realized like how hard that is to do in hockey because they're like constantly moving and like, you know. I feel like hockey is is one that is like equivalent to basketball in just how fast everything's going. Yes. And how long the season is. The basketball season is crazy long. Ridiculous. Yeah. Yeah. You know, Adam and I just moved in together. So he had warned me ahead of time. He's like, I watch a lot of Bulls games.
00:36:47
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And I was like, oh good, more free time for me, me time. And then I just started watching them with him and I have no more. More us time. Yes, us time. Except that he gets so mad and I'm like, haha, yay, like just so excited and he's like seizing because they're not doing well.
00:37:08
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I'm like, as long as everyone's having a good time. I'm seeing my favorite faces, all my friends. And my baby boys. but but Yeah, and he's just like, I'm like, ah I have to turn it off.
00:37:23
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ah getting his blood pressure too high. That's why my dad now like records all of the Hawks games. And then if he knows they won, he'll watch them. oh see yeah yeah but yeah But he's also older, so it's okay. yeah um So my assignment, I'm gonna watch. Wait, it was a very clever, cause it was like Ram, like how bulls get locked locked.
00:37:52
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Lockdown Bulls. Your memory is good. Lockdown Bulls. I'm gonna be listening to some of those. You know how much I love listening to podcasts. yeah Oh my God. This is chosen just for you.
00:38:04
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Yeah, this is so this is so good. And then I might do a little, I'm definitely gonna look at their their roster, because I need to see people's faces to then get into it. you know like I've been listening to recaps of The Bachelor this year, I don't know, and I haven't watched any yet. So I'm like, I don't know who any of these people are other than Joey. And I adore him and listening just makes me adore him more.
00:38:26
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But so I wanna listen, I wanna look at them so I know who they are when I'm like putting together my stories in my head. And then I'm gonna try to catch a game at a bar. yeah And then should we like get back together and record how it all went down?
00:38:43
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Yes, let's do that. And then in the meantime, I'm just going to give myself an assignment, which is to go to the game. Yes, check. Yes, check. And then I think I'm going to try to find out more about the March Madness. Just get ready for that because that would be fun. And I don't know a lot about like, I guess I've been here five years, but I'm still kind of new. So in a sense, so I can yeah find out where where people go and watch those things.
00:39:12
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Cool. All right. Well, then I'll talk to you later. Talk to you later. Thanks for listening to my interest. Oh, thanks for sharing. It's funny because it's like, I know you well. And so I was like, what does she tell me? What could it possibly be? And I have to say, even though I knew you were watching more basketball with Adam, this is not what I thought it was going to be. And I love it. Yes. Good. I am glad. Yeah. I i was like, it's kind of weird because it's a normal thing that everybody knows about.
00:39:42
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ah but but like they say, new to you. Yes, exactly. Thanks. All right, cool. Bye. Bye.