The Open Run With Will Strickland
Episode 118 – The Hero Dies
Not all heroes wear capes.
And as a rising NBA star makes questionable off-court decisions, the easy bake narrative would be to pile on until we had yet another cautionary tale of too fast, too soon and if he knew better, he’d do better.
Wall $t. don’t do easy bake.
We do a deep dive on the topics at hand, explore the landscape, review similar situations and offer guidance, grace and a safe space to grow.
In the midst of it all, the final month of the season is revealing surprises and superstars jockeying for playoff seeding and relative health as The Drive for the Larry O is on the horizon.
It's also NCAA awards season, from individuals to teams as conference tournaments abound, Selection Sunday awaits and March Madness begins.
You ready?
REFERENCES MADE: Patricio Of Chatsworth, NaCl, Marlo Stanfield, The Livest One From Bedford-Stuyvesant, The Big O, Bernard King got robbed, the Hol’ Me Back gene, expensive jokes, Boardroom, Major League Soccer, new immigrant energy, 1980s slanguage, Tammy Sutton-Brown, slaves and masters, Chris Beard, professional student-ath-o-letes, Dennis Coles, The Tao of ZBo, Michael Vick, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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