The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 158 – Adrenaline x Lies
It’s been said that the best storytellers are those who can weave fact, fiction, fairy tale and fun into a rolling narrative that informs, cajoles, pokes, prods and pushes toward thought, emotion, debate and introspection.
In the age of social media, it seems two prime facts, outside of the omnipresent clout chase via clicks, likes and retweets, are-- Well, you see it in the ep’s handle for the week.
In basketball, the foundation for these stories, especially during#BlackHistoryEryday, is the play of some of the greatest athletes on the planet and the numbers that come along with them.
These metrics lend to endless debates and shift goal post moving when the narrative cannot be controlled by one faction or the other, whether we are talking about the results of the WNBA free agency period, the NBA’s trade deadline or the quest to become an all-time great in college basketball history.
In the end, facts don’t care about your feelings and prevarications don’t care who tells them.
We separate the Lie from the Truth.
Let us learn you!
News.Views.Truths.
References Made: Double X Posse, Washington Bullets, Mambacita, picks and parks, Oatmeal Man, Adobe, gym rats, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oui, G’s that move in silence, Rasheed Wallace, potted meats, NBA Reddit, Chavano, All-Injured Reserve Team candidate, Scarborough Blues, ‘Nova Boys, catharsis, “sources”, Vucci Mane, The Bass 9-1-7 Zone, x more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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