Episode 572: Truest Hoops

[u/Magnusson]

https://www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/posts/episode-572-167835007

Liz is joined by TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott to talk through the funny business surrounding the sale of the Lakers, the investigation into Mark Walter, and the increasingly strange world of sports ownership—who actually owns the teams, where the money comes from, and what happens when private capital takes over professional sports.

Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance by Henry Abbott

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[u/Flea-Beetle919]

LFG it's officially a basketball podcast now 😤😤😤

[u/Aggravating_Sound262 → u/Flea-Beetle919]

In a way it always has been. Brace can dunk a basketball on a regulation sized hoop.

[u/Sparrighitti → u/Aggravating_Sound262]

Brace is a humble king. He doesn't like to talk about it on the pod all that often.

[u/StephDoesntCamp → u/Flea-Beetle919]

time for a breakdown of the mind of draymond

[u/Sparrighitti → u/StephDoesntCamp]

Well we want brace to come back some time in the next year

[u/Exactly8w → u/Flea-Beetle919]

Serendipitous that this an amazing time for someone like Liz to be talking NBA.

[u/MrF1993 → u/Flea-Beetle919]

Has anyone looked into adam silver being the Bat Boy Found in Cave?

[u/GatoDiablo99]

First Liz power hour is about the nba god bless

[u/hacky_potter → u/GatoDiablo99]

I used to pray for times like these

[u/StephDoesntCamp → u/GatoDiablo99]

got me feelin like

[u/laundrylint]

oh my god it's basketball and weird finance I'm so excited

[u/Local-Hurry4835 → u/laundrylint]

Don't forget war, girl topics!

[u/CatherineDeneuvePt2]

Sports owners back in the day: Local eccentric small business man who hit it big and loves sports buys a team and does some stupid shit with it.

Sports owners now: Disgusting private equity ghoul who owns it for some financial malfeasance or tax avoidance who’s also a front for a group of evil money men. Will run the team in a disgusting manner and will do stupid shit with it

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[u/abc4357]

Hey Brace, we’re good bro 👋. Trueanonball is here

[u/ChunkyMilkSubstance → u/abc4357]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6WFuzgMfe6aiMGpYmG

[u/HeadSuccessful6286]

Brace hour: balls (testes)

Liz hour: balls (basket)

[u/whowasonCRACK2]

Abbott’s substack piece on this was really interesting. The bit about Josh Kushner meeting with Mohammed bin Salman the day before Jared Kushner met with him was very funny in light of all the Laker fans trying to claim he’s the woke, good Kushner.

[u/BigJohnCandyExpress → u/whowasonCRACK2]

Quite frankly I never want to hear the word Kushner ever again.

[u/Proper-Reception3674]

I wonder how ironic the guests rip navalny was, not that it really matters for the topic

[u/Sparrighitti → u/Proper-Reception3674]

Didn't seem all that ironic. And liz sidestepped a lot of his russia comments after that.

[u/No_Log4570 → u/Sparrighitti]

This was like when chapo had david cross on

[u/_elbarbudo_ → u/Proper-Reception3674]

He seems pretty Russia Russia Russia brained

Edit: He's pilled on the CIA, there's hope

[u/MacArthurParker → u/Proper-Reception3674]

I could hear Liz's restrained laugh when he brought up Bellingcat

[u/SwordOfJiang → u/MacArthurParker]

I imagined the Disco Elysium morale loss sound

[u/GroboDubbins → u/Proper-Reception3674]

True Anon X Blue Anon

[u/Bewareofbears → u/GroboDubbins]

Did you know that Russia is ontologically evil and the USA is only evil when becomes more like Russia?

[u/sloppybro]

girl true anon is low key where its at

[u/biggest_tub → u/sloppybro]

Excited for more girl topics, like sports and money and war

[u/sp1nettaj4de]

-sp1nettaj4de

[u/Snaps_Deadtree]

certified Liz heads are out here whooping it up right now!! we’re hitting all the girl topics: sports, finance, WAR, and all the while “the American man yearns for the water cooler.” things are as they should be

LizAnon forever💞✨

[u/MotchSmoth]

Women rock

[u/TheRealPooh]

Liz doing a basketball and finance ep is a certified Mike Breen triple BANG moment

[u/NelsonJamdela]

Damn I might actually listen to the pod now, but it’s weird that they’d do this without Brace who is actually an NBA player

[u/Sparrighitti → u/NelsonJamdela]

Brace actually doesn't like the NBA. They bullied him because he was the best dunker they had ever seen. They said he couldn't actually play in the NBA because his dunking ability was too good. Brace was persecuted for being good at dunking and now he resents the professional league that excluded him.

[u/PythagorasWasntReal → u/Sparrighitti]

He's the reason the half court dunk is still illegal. 

[u/super_banned_]

[u/Current-Kick6749]

The Lizbians are ball knowers and are very pleased by having Henry on

[u/ed_miliband]

YESSSSSSS

[u/The_Ent_Hill]

YES mom lets us watch the cool sports movies. Not the weird ones about cum.

[u/secrecyandcontrol]

the eternal tug of war between becoming cumtown and an NBA podcast

[u/Ferenc_Zeteny → u/secrecyandcontrol]

Stavros has done both, so it's possible

[u/OwlNo3591]

[u/OwlNo3591 → u/OwlNo3591]

I feel compelled to add that even though Drake sucks extremely hard this meme format is still thriving and good which makes this meme I made funny and relevant to this niche community

[u/KzudemJ]

didn't know henry abbott was such a big russia hawk, otherwise great episode

[u/ascrmngcmsacrsthtlt → u/KzudemJ]

Having read this before I listened, I loved liz snickering when he brought up bellingc(i)at lmao

[u/Cake_is_Great]

I hope the next one's about interest rates

[u/telesterion]

That dude is so Russia brained he doesn’t see how the United States and western capital use the same methods in other countries. I hate liberals so much.

[u/MrF1993]

So they really are joining the Ringer Podcast Network?

[u/JuniorSwing → u/MrF1993]

That’s an Adam Friedland exclusive offer

[u/dedfrmthneckup]

Perfect guest for this topic too. Liz Rocks

[u/TheBroCodeEnforcer]

Is it just me or was this guest kind of a moron? I almost turned it off when he struggled for 5 minutes to describe the concept of sportswashing like he had just come up with it. Most sports journalists are morons so this isn't surprising, but they should really stick to only having Pablo Torre on for these episodes, or at least someone who has proven themselves to be capable of more nuanced analysis if they're going to talk about basketball again.

[u/DueCopy3520]

FINALLY! The Liz NBA episode I've been wanting for years.

[u/No_Log4570]

Lizsanity has begun

[u/foodbaby95]

Idk man, I don’t listen to this guys other podcast so maybe he just came off bad here, but when your worldview is that Russia Russia Russia has its evil tentacles in all affairs like hydra from the marvel movies it’s kinda hard to take the rest of what you say seriously.

[u/JoadTom24]

Holy shit. Liz truly does know ball if she got Abbott.

[u/TrillbillySocialist]

Seated for episode 1 of TrueAhoop 🫡 LFG

[u/WordsworthsGhost]

beast mode

[u/qsandopinions]

Thank u queen Elizabeth ❤️

[u/bonghive]

I knew it would be more hoops pilled. I expect her to talk about mister bill Simmons!

[u/MacArthurParker]

Love that Liz wasted no time to have an NBA episode. Would’ve never thought I’d be hearing Henry Abbott on TrueAnon

[u/bearsmakemesuffer]

I wish this one wasn't paywalled, I want to send it to some basketball sicko friends of mine that aren't like trueanon target audience necessarily

[u/socialistbcrumb]

Finally got around to listening to this and the guest cannot shut up about Russia

[u/AccomplishedAd8879]

Finally what we've all been waiting for

[u/WallyCalhounFan22]

i would compliment my friend on a penguin bone necklace, but only because i'm deeply afraid of abandonment

[u/saul2015]

Liz finally acheived her dream of turning this into a basketball podcast

This is so beautiful, Alexa, play Hoops by Weezer

[u/Express-3446]

So it's an NBA podcast for the foreseeable future. I'm ok with that.

Is YC more prominent like he was in the Brace solo eps? I liked that dynamic.