On this episode of TNH's "HoopCats," all rise for the hosts of the biggest plus-minus podcast on Earth - Sam, Matt and Yanni - as they duke, dunk and dive their way through a discussion of this weekend's "Rising Star Challenge," featuring celebrities like Danielle "Cash me ousside" Bregoli and Bad Bunny, hot takes on the event's best and worst players, and Sam's personal grievances against the NBA's lavishly lenient judging system. The terrific trio also tackle the latest Celtics news, the All-Star Weekend and the future of Marcus Smart, among other topics.
Plus, Yanni puts on his storytelling hat as he tells the origin story of "Wap City," a strange, fantastical realm home to the most swaggalicious players this side of the sport that wars with the neighboring and equally interesting "Wamp City," ruled by none other than the Eggman himself. All the while, you'll find me rushing around scrambling to write a love letter to Matt and trying to make it up to him because I'm a cheapskate producer that didn't buy the gang round-trip tickets to Chicago as part of Sam's quest to make the dunk challenge as mathematical as possible.
Sorry boys, but seven-degree dunks just aren't right for me.
Recorded on Feb. 14, 2020, at WUNH-FM Studios in Durham, NH.