It's a power packed episode of "The Old Man and the Three" as JJ and Tommy welcome in award winning author and financial journalist Michael Lewis (Money Ball, The Blind Side, The Big Short). The discussion ranges from the pandemic and the challenges our society faces, to NBA analytics and the two kinds of nerds. But before (and after) that interview, Miami Heat sharp shooter and Old Man 3 NBA Correspondent Duncan Robinson joins the show to break down his team's series with the Celtics, the art of drawing a foul, whether or not he's caught the tattoo bug, and much more. Plus, he comes back after the interview for an ice cold Top 5/Draft that will leave you running to the freezer.
RUNDOWN
Duncan Robinson
Discussing the Miami/Boston series
On Duncan's shot selection
How Boston is guarding him
Duncan talks about his release
JJ and Duncan breakdown the Marcus Smart experience
Who's the biggest flopper in the league
The art of drawing fouls
Do JJ's tattoos gain him respect?
Duncan might be making the tattoo leap
Earning playoff respect
Mailbag question
Top 5 Draft
Michael Lewis
On Quarantine
Macro Takeaways from the pandemic
ML story of “how is he going to kill me” on pain killers from hip surgery
He/and prominent billionaire’s idea of a Trump death clock in Times Square
“Trump is an accident of Democracy”
“we have an idiot’s ability” as Americans to change
Trump’s pandemic response / Woodward quotes
Tribalism / Is there a fix
The Fifth Risk book / Distrust of Expertise
Theme is that a lot of examples in government of folks we don’t value being important
Activism of Younger Generation / Finding Hope
“Science progresses one funeral at a time”
Moneyball
JJ story on SVG / adoption analytics
On the two types of nerds
Daryl Morley/ Analytics
Battier was “a guy whose value was not perceived”
JJ on first year in Philly v. final year
Duncan Robinson Part II
Top 5/Draft
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