On today’s episode of the Lax Lounge we sit down with lifetime Sixers fan Gerry Ulatowski to live watch Game 5 between the Celtics and 76ers. Gerry talks about the basketball career he never had, injuries he’s had throughout his playing days, and especially the incident that put him out for the fall lacrosse season. Throughout the game we hear his perspective on growing up as a Sixers fan and some takes about how the team drafted during “the process” years. From there we shift momentarily to lacrosse recapping our conference championship victory over the weekend. The guys share their favorite parts of the game and look forward to our first round trip to Boston for the NCAA tournament. After taking a look at the rest of the NBA playoffs and hearing some of the takes everyone has to throw out we finish with a draft of fast food restaurants that also sparks a mini debate about what counts as a fast food restaurant. This is a long episode but trust us when we say it is worth it as Gerry gives us one of the best pure conversations we could have asked for while watching the game. As always make sure to vote in the poll for who won our draft and be sure to follow us on instagram @thelaxlounge
Intro 0:00-1:21
Gerry joins the lax lounge to watch the 76ers v Celtics game, we talk about the first 4 games of the series, Gerry’s basketball career that never happened getting cut in 7th grade, how he broke his ankle in the fall and some of our other funny injury stories, Fridge talks about being the charge king, Nick recaps his short high school career and Fridge shares one of the most athletic things he has ever done at his junior year retreat 1:21-27:48
Gerry shares a rule change he would add in the NBA, thoughts on Victor Wembanyama and the Sixers passing on Jason Tatum in 2017, being a Sixers fan during the process, and if Shaq would be as dominant in the modern NBA 27:48-42:21
The guys talk about winning their conference championship game and some of their favorite moments from the game, Fridge walks through getting his BTB goal robbed by our sub game, preview the first weekend of the NCAA tournament and our selection show experience, the guys talk experience at the Salisbury Quality Inn last season, Fridge looks forward to exploring the Jersey shore soon 42:21-1:04.14
The guys jump around the NBA to breakdown how other playoff series are playing out, Lakers v Warriors being a huge surprise, Kevin Durant still looks weird in a Suns jersey and Denver being a weirdly good team, Gerry puts Doc Rivers on the hot seat 1:04.14-1:14.43
It’s finals week at Cabrini and Gerry talks about if senioritis is sneaking up on him, Fridge shares about his senioritis diagnosis senior year of high school, Fridge gets the Nerd of the Year Award at the AEC championship, Lax Lounge first public recognition 1:14.43-1:27.08
Sixers playing well going into the 4th quarter, Gerry says who he believes is the best (and most important) player in the league, NBA teams using their alternate uniforms in the playoffs, Gerry shares some of his favorite uniforms in the league, team most likely to relocate to Seattle 1:27.08-1:37.50
Best fast food restaurants draft, what constitutes fast food? Do fast casuals count? Is Chipotle fast food? and honorable mentions with Fridge’s American Tim Hortons rant, Sixers game ends and joy fills the lounge 1:37.50-2:08.03
