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@tomhaberstroh 👁 @darthamin 👁 @cornpuzzle 👁 are the Basketball Illuminati Podcast on the LeBatard and Friends Network.
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"There were a lot of reasons -- Yo, I gotta ... "
See the exact moment
@ShamsCharania
of
@TheAthletic
/
@Stadium
got the scoop on a trade and then broke the news on air. 🐐🐐🐐
🪬 Full pod on
@LeBatardShow
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“There wasn’t enough money in the market for what we were trying to do.”
Tim Donaghy scandal expert
@spgauthor
reveals how pro gamblers bet millions of dollars for years on Donaghy games — and Donaghy had no clue.
@LeBatardShow
🪬 Full interview:
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Hi
@TheCartonShow
@craigcartonlive
. Our third-eye is wide open. Don’t think we didn’t see this 🪬👁🪬
@LeBatardShow
(via
@mikerockssss
)
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"The entire industry, and how its media operates, is part of one big game that isn't on the up and up." 🪬🪬🪬
@SherwoodStrauss
takes us inside his latest story, "ESPN, CAA, Woj, and Ime Udoka."
@LeBatardShow
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We have been made aware of the alleged referee burner account.
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"I had no idea that it was Game of Thrones."
@haralabob
about what he learned working inside the NBA.
👁️ Listen to the full interview with Bob in this week's episode of
#basketballilluminati
, only on the
@LeBatardShow
podcast network:
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Michael Rubin, a billionaire NBA powerbroker and close friend of James Harden and Joel Embiid, just left the Sixers ownership group. Hmm…
Truthteller
@YaronWeitzman
pulls back the curtain and explains what it all means. 🪬🪬🪬
@LeBatardShow
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"This is why David Stern is a mastermind."
@patrick_hruby
unveils the mysterious ways that ESPN initially spiked his 2012 magazine story on the 1985 Draft Lottery.
👁️👁️👁️
Full interview with
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
only on
@LeBatardShow
.
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LeBron is now eligible to sign an extension with the Lakers. We know he wants to play with his son Bronny in the NBA. Time to open your third-eye, folks. 🪬🪬🪬
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
Apple:
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Do not try and retrieve the game ball. That’s impossible.
Instead, only try to realize the truth.
THERE IS NO GAME BALL.
Can you confirm that you have the game ball from tonight?
Giannis Antetokounmpo:
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"Mr. Curry hadn't touched a basketball in about 4 weeks and he decided to rattle off about 60 in a row in one drill. And Scoot's eyes got about THIS big."
Brandon Payne (
@acceleratebball
) tells
@bballilluminati
about the Scoot/Steph workout:
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Spoelstra added that they can turn off the air conditioning in the Heat’s arena and play in the Miami heat and humidity.
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NBA referee Eric Lewis is retiring in the aftermath of his social media activity.
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Sound Familiar?
Happy 5th anniversary to the greatest moment in podcasting history
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"The mainstream media ... it's all designed to do one thing and one thing only: to divert attention, credit and praise away from Steph Curry."
👁️
#BasketballIlluminati
on the Myth of "Game 6 Klay."
Full Pod 👇👇👇
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🪬 This week on Basketball Illuminati …
🪬
@DarthAmin
🪬
@tomhaberstroh
🪬
@CornPuzzle
Guest:
@spgauthor
🪬
@lebatardshow
Full pod:
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2+2 = 7 Seconds Or Less. Those with their third eye open know what’s coming next…🪬🪬🪬
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This week,
@Travonne
takes us all the way back to 2011 when
@kobebryant
&
@JHarden13
faced off in the
@DrewLeague
and
@KingJosiah54
was there to capture the footage.
👁️
@darthamin
👁️
@tomhaberstroh
👁️
@cornpuzzle
🍎
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@lebatardshow
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The NBA sure is proud of it’s locally sourced, small batch, farm to table talent! 👁👁👁
BUILT THROUGH THE NBA DRAFT
A lot of homegrown talent has helped the
@warriors
and
@celtics
reach the
#NBAFinals
presented by
@YouTubeTV
!
GAME 1: 9:00 PM ET, ABC
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🪬 What they don’t want you to know about The Michael Jordan Trophy …
🤔🤔🤔
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“I think he’s in denial that he’s on the back nine of his career.”
🪬
@sullduggery
takes us behind the scenes of his Rolling Stone cover story on Stephen Curry.
Full pod with
@tomhaberstroh
,
@DarthAmin
and
@CornPuzzle
.
@LeBatardShow
🔗:
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"Nothing is by accident."
The
@bballilluminati
generals decode
@JeanieBuss
' cryptic tweet. Who was she talking about? LeBron? Third Eye Kai?
🪬
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
@tomhaberstroh
@LeBatardShow
Apple:
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"To keep our third-eye open as a tip to our listeners ..."
@JakeLFischer
explains the "interesting dynamic" that forces head coaches to hide the truth from the media.
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
@LeBatardShow
👁️👁️👁️
Full interview:
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Kyrie Irving is the test subject for a new pilot program being developed by the NBA...
The D.U.N.C.E. System
Demonstrate Understanding of Nuanced Complex Endorsements
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@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
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@tomhaberstroh
@bballilluminati
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
missed opportunity to put a third eye on windhorst and connect the dotted line there
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On this week’s
#BasketballIlluminati
: PunchGate/LeakGate.
@JakeLFischer
on Wemby. And why is Amin bleeding?
🪬
@tomhaberstroh
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
👁
@LeBatardShow
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Keep your third eye open
The NBA has recently demoted Ben Taylor in his assignments, per
@tomhaberstroh
(Via
@FAN590
)
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Sheets & Giggles
Sheets & Giggles
Sheets & Giggles
👁️
👀
10 years ago,
@talkhoops
“randomly” came up with our brand name.
9 months ago, he “jokingly” predicted our next product line.
Coincidence? Or is something deeper at play?
Keep your third eye open 👁️🏀
(Eucalyptus Crib Sheets now shipping at !)
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Father Time loses another battle with
@KingJames
Just realized the Lakers and Grizzlies played 13:06 minutes in the 3rd quarter last night. When the shot clock was supposed to be reset at 1:14, the game clock was also accidentally reset to 2:20. No one noticed and they played the rest of the way with the new game clock.
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This week’s Truthteller,
@andyblarsen
of the Salt Lake Tribune, reveals his favorite NBA conspiracy theory — and it’s NOT the flu game/PizzaGate from the 97 Finals.
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
Full episode on
@LeBatardShow
:
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On this week's
#BasketballIlluminati
🪬, the Generals talk Return SZN and that includes drama in LakerLand between LeBron and Kareem. What's really behind it? And the truth behind NBA GM surveys ...
@LeBatardShow
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🪬 On the latest
#BasketballIlluminati
, a new study finds that Black players performed better than expected in the Bubble. Why? Also:
@DarthAmin
solves tanking. 👁👁👁
@LeBatardShow
@CornPuzzle
@tomhaberstroh
Apple:
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"I don't know if the average sports fan knows who Jokic is."
🪬 Truth teller/marketing guru/agent
@JonesOnTheNBA
explains the marketing mystery that is two-time MVP Nikola Jokic.
Inside the latest
#BasketballIlluminati
on
@LeBatardShow
:
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Joel Embiid, the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, has committed to play for Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympics, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
Embiid informed Team USA executive director Grant Hill of his decision on Thursday morning, sources said, just days after the two
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That’s our Truth Teller Brandon Payne (
@acceleratebball
)
NBA trainer on an unnamed player working out with Steph Curry:
“We’ve had a player, who’s still in the NBA, go through the first five minutes, sat down on the floor besides the door for about 30 seconds, stood up, went outside and threw up, and was done.”
(via
@bballilluminati
)
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Brother Kyrie
NEW
@bballilluminati
on
@LeBatardShow
drop19.through the wire
👁
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
🔮
@JakeLFischer
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@bballilluminati
on
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drop51.maybe it's me
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@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
🔮
@ShamsCharania
and
@JakeLFischer
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This week on Basketball Illuminati
Why was Shannon Sharpe heckling the Grizzlies?
What does Dr. Marcus Elliott of
@P3sportscience
think about
@realStanVG
spittin?
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@darthamin
👁️
@tomhaberstroh
👁️
@cornpuzzle
🪬
@lebatardshow
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🪬 new basketball illuminati 🪬
Is Sarver going to sell? Truthteller/ former NFLPA/NBPA union exec
@Foxworth24
weighs in. And what’s Russell Westbrook gonna do?
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
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Don’t fall for the narrative.
Keep your third eye open.
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Basketball Illuminati Live? On video??
Check out this episode on YouTube
“It’s a wrap now…I think he’s done.”
-
@VinceGoodwill
rebuts the idea that Kevin Durant will remain in Brooklyn.
👁🗨
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
#BasketballIlluminati
👁🗨
🏀
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Rick Carlisle said the Pacers found out they didn't actually have the game ball anyway. They took the reserve ball and a security guard had the real game ball.
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This week on Basketball Illuminati...
🔮
@jadande
stops by to drop knowledge on the Joe Smith saga and David Stern at his Sterniest
👁️
@darthamin
👁️
@cornpuzzle
👁️
@lebatardshow
🪬
@tomhaberstroh
is on vacation
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Underrated storyline: The Phoenix Suns hired Luka Doncic’s Slovenian national team head coach, Igor Kokoskov, to be their head coach in 2018, and then a month later passed on Doncic in the draft. Kokoskov is now on the Mavs coaching staff watching this inferno.
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In case you've never seen Carlos Boozer obliterate Danny Crawford's man zone, get ready for the Highlander of dick punches.
NEW
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@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
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Truthteller
@spgauthor
is making his return to the pod next week. Be sure to hear his eye-opening debut last week on all things Tim Donaghy scandal:
Now that the
@netflix
"Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul" episode is out I want to explain why I began posting various media and arguments months ago when I sensed what was happening. The finished product is as bad or worse than I expected. 1/x
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🪬
@DarthAmin
tried to tell you
On this week’s Basketball Illuminati with
@Foxworth24
on
@LeBatardShow
.
#keepyourthirdeyeopen
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
Apple:
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Draymond maybe prefers Heat and was using simple reverse psychology? (Guess that could motivate Miami too.)
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Episode 79: The New York Dicks
How to log out of the NBA Facebook account
DA Amin Elhassan defends James Harden in Illuminati Court
Are the NY Knicks just dicks?
👁️
@tomhaberstroh
👁️
@DarthAmin
👁️
@CornPuzzle
🪬
@LeBatardShow
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It’s just a coincidence that LeBron James became a billionaire during the NBA Finals. To celebrate, we help him name his new podcast.
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
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"If you're not a bonafide contender and one small thing happens to you ..."
Truth Teller
@JakeLFischer
explains why there's more to tanking than meets the eye.🪬🪬🪬
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@tomhaberstroh
@CornPuzzle
👁️Full pod:
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Truthteller
@spgauthor
is making his return to the pod next week.
Now that the
@netflix
"Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul" episode is out I want to explain why I began posting various media and arguments months ago when I sensed what was happening. The finished product is as bad or worse than I expected. 1/x
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I need a Basketball Illuminati pod episode on Grayson Allen. What dirt does he have on Bud? There’s no basketball explanation why he’s still in this game. Help us all understand
@DarthAmin
and
@tomhaberstroh
🤣🤣🤣
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For ESPN+ on Damian Lillard, the Blazers and the pursuit of market value in the modern NBA superstar trade
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NO RUSH
Walking my dog I listened to the excellent new episode of
@bballilluminati
where
@tomhaberstroh
@DarthAmin
and
@CornPuzzle
venture deep into journalists favor-trading content for access.
IRONY ALERT! A new story dropped on ESPN about the same time.
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Who is
@anthon
?
@talkhoops
produces this show
@bballilluminati
is consistently some of the best hour of media I consume each week.
@anthon
might be up there with madlib when it comes to producers.
#Illuminarmy
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@bballilluminati
Griffin used to be sponsored by Kia. I believe that is why he was chosen to dunk over the Kia
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#BasketballIlluminati
👁🗨
#CodeBreakers
featuring
@DarthAmin
,
@tomhaberstroh
, &
@CornPuzzle
.👁🗨
@bballilluminati
💥 With special guest,
@Travonne
💥 👁🗨
🔺 🔺
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basketballilluminati at gmail dot com
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We actually explained this in the outtro to our latest episode, but the short answer is
@Jokoy
@bballilluminati
why aren’t the Bucks and Warriors playing today? Game 2 Tuesday and Game 3 Saturday? The Suns and Heat have played every other day and will continue to until the series is over. Can we have this covered in a show unless there is a simple explanation.
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Where can I purchase
#BasketballIlluminati
merch? I have an all seeing eye tatted on me & I’m a decent amateur hooper. The shoe fits all too damn well.
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@funnyrican89
@CornPuzzle
@tomhaberstroh
@DarthAmin
You must have missed the end of last week's episode
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I guess
@bballilluminati
reminds me of arrested development. JAM PACKED with jokes, hitting you from every side and if you blink, you miss it. this episode was a bang-er!
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@TheGregCoteShow
@bballilluminati
loving my Christmas gifts early waiting on a
@CinephobePod
merch need a BINGO!!! Shirt stat
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@tomhaberstroh
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
Shout out to
@OTownNBA
for his excellent work on the Mike Breen front
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The MVP Award Tracker Guy (
@CroesFire
) joins
@bballilluminati
to reveal the MVP votes and his ballot-tracking detective work.
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
@LeBatardShow
🪬 full episode:
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Illumi-whatty?
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@bballilluminati
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@LeBatardShow
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@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
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@clos_ledee
@tomhaberstroh
@LeBatardShow
@DarthAmin
@CornPuzzle
@talkhoops
One of the best producers working today
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We actually explained this in the outtro to our latest episode, but the short answer is
@Jokoy
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Read Truthteller
@YaronWeitzman
’s interview with Michael Rubin himself:
Michael Rubin, a billionaire NBA powerbroker and close friend of James Harden and Joel Embiid, just left the Sixers ownership group. Hmm…
Truthteller
@YaronWeitzman
pulls back the curtain and explains what it all means. 🪬🪬🪬
@LeBatardShow
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@PeterEbenezzer
That's from the Amin's Inconvenient Truth segment and it was never in the intro to the show
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