The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 218 - Uptempo

What is The World’s Most Expensive Commodity?
In the NBA, it’s spent in 48 minute blocks…
Occasionally, when the game gets restless, it generally requires at least 5 more.
Of the eight teams left to battle for professional basketball’s greatest prize, some are on the verge of exhausting their supply... others replenish theirs after every win.
And while The Association’s best battle for the crown, the WNBA kicks off its 29th campaign with a momentum the league has not seen since it began, all in in the face of one of the most important labour decisions in women’s professionalsports history.
Somewhere in the midst of all of this goodness happening in This Thing Of Ours is a celebration, beginning with the launch of The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, FC21CA.
It's Time!
Don’t Delay.
Move Accordingly.
Do So With Minimal Caution… because that commodity mentioned earlier in the tale…
It’s finite.

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References Made:
Ms. Brandy, Birmingham Brother Rice, usage rate, Juicy Marbles, “Pierre”, gaming vs gambling, Christopher George Latore Wallace, United Nations, Sabrina Ionescu, First Take, “LaShaniquia”, OutKast, Timberlands, Sonia Cintron, intersectionality, El Jefe, Malia Obama, Athletes Unlimited, banoodles, #tackleBoxSZN, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will Strickland

Episode 217 – Engine Light

The Elite Eight.

30 started the journey where only one with reign supreme.

Wall $t. calls on frequent collaborator and super podcast producer Ryan Antonio Henry to get on the road to riches and NBA diamond rings, where real hoopers do real things to wrap up all first round exits, offer report cards, preview the conference semis, doing some early destination station projections for a couple of all-timers, anticipate an exciting WNBA season and show love to the winningest coach in league history!

There is no substitution for greatness… word to Tom Thibodeaux.

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Frank Sinatra, The Help Center, Skylar Diggins, nickel slots, Tommy Carcetti, WrassleMania, Chevano, WebMD, Larry Joe Bird, Gentlemen’s Sweep, Jey Uso, Intuit Dome, “Robins”, Montreal, Lil’ General shade, John Halliburton, The Gulag, Jalen Suggs, Randy Orton, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Do What’s Popular With The Population!

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Episode 215 – The 2d SZN

Never Forget.

The Regular Season is where All-Stars are made.

The Postseason is where Superstars emerge.

The feeling is in the air as we’re close to rounding our who the NBA’s conference semi-finalists will be, but in the meantime in between time, Wall $t, goes in this week!

Black Privilege, second generation stars and double standards, #tackleBoxSZN, Top 10 lists issues, WNBA training camp, curious case of Chennedy Carter, Nico Harrison is a soldier, Ja’s lawsuit dropped but The MVP has bars for 12, the NIL portal activities, the future in Miami, Milwaukee and Memphis, overt messages sent by the top seeds, foul calls missed, but why does it matter after the fact, hard truths about Luka, most overrated player in The Association and the person you’d least like to fight, drama vs knowing how to win, the most entertaining series so far, and real questions about the reigning and defending champs!

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References Made:

Stan Love, Ye Olde “Hol’ Me Back!”, Sade, Tesla, El Patrone, South Sudan, “Sweetwater”, Texas Christian University, @LayWitDaButta, #TheChainxTheStar, Patrick Dumont, The Last Two Minute Report, Sambor Shuffle, Air Swoopes, alliteration, Wat Misaka, The Balkans, Tee Martin, Baltimore Colts, Nikola Mirotic, Poetical Prophets, stretch provision, Lynette Woodard, weight room, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Do What’s Popular With The Population!

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Episode 215 – In The Margins

The Immortal Post-Modern Contemporary Literary Giant Melvin Glover once allowed his quill to scribe the following words:

“Don’t Push Me ‘Cuz I’m Close To The Edge, I’m Try-in Not To Lose My Head…”

Giving voice to the voiceless… the unheard… those in the shadows, close to the edge… on the outside lookin’ in…

The Sporting News’ NBA content producer Gil McGregor brings his insights and intellect to the proceedings with Wall $t. to talk the WNBA draft aftermath, the most decorated player in NBA history, the best worst kept secret in college basketball, why the league may have missed the mark on clutchness, the opening weekend of The Second Season: the start of the most grueling run to 16 wins and the yet-to-be reveal heros without capes who will make a difference on the road to a title!

The Thrill Of Victory.

The Agony Of Defeat.

Catch It All!

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References Made:

North Cakalaki, Sterling Henderson, #SheWhoShantBeNamed, Coming To America, Arike Ogunbowale, Ryan Ruocco, FanDuel, “Off-Night”, championship DNA, Young Abe Lincoln, #Cardio, Iso Joe, University of Michigan, Hailey Van Lith, Ms. Brandy, Ja’Net DuBois, “He Wit’ Us!”, Robert Joseph Cousy, Oakland, Massa Jenkins, N.C. State, Gil Scott-Heron, Great Barrier Thief, #TorontoMans, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

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Episode 214 – The Same 24

86,400 Seconds.

1440 Minutes.

You get them… Daily. We all do.

With what do you do with yours?

Wall $t. spends some of Life’s most expensive commodity with sports anchor for the New York Post and host of New York’s Got Game, Dexter Henry, talking the WNBA Draft, the New York Liberty’s chances to repeat, the NBA play-in and playoffs matchups, who walks away with regular season player’s hardware, FC21CA aka #RunNYC and milestones for the ages.

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References Made:

Inside The NBA, Mamba Out, John Stockton, The Great Barrier Thief, LIV Golf, Shawshank Redemption, contractual obligations, Vucci Mayne, grenades, “first team All-Deeee-fense”, J-Hova, Scrubstitution Time, Earl Simmons, green tea macha lattes, Tennessee Volunteers, Sarah Strong, labor, Athletes Unlimited, competitive rest, Bodega KAT, NBA 2K Trade Machine culture, #mapleGxNG, action figures, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Do What’s Popular With The Population!

Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets:

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Episode 213 – Wins x Lessons

Life is a competitive sport.

Sometimes, you are victorious… other times, not so much.

On the occasions when the terms are not in your favour, how do you deal?

“You’re not a loser in anything until you quit”, as was once uttered by University of Houston Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Kelvin Sampson.

Truer words have rarely if ever been writ or spit!

And we offer more than words as we wrap up an amazing college basketball season for both the men and women, button up wild playoff races in the NBA, tip our collective hats to an all-time great who is saying goodbye to the game, saluting the latest inductees into the Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame and show everyone how to count victory in every loss!

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References Made:

Christopher Tracy, Alpha Dogs, Saran Wrap, Mike Brkovich, The Syntactician, layup line numbers, Boogie, point differential, Cori Close, #MindTheSundayTruce, Pascal Siakam, New Jersey, Charles Dickens, Louisiana Tech, Dave Zirin, swindled, “Fudd Around & Find Out!”, shalom, #iAmKyam, Dem Gator Boys Stay Hot, selective immigration design, Jimmy V, lemonbooty, The Artist Formerly Known As Chris Wayne Jackson, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Don’t Get Beat Off The Dribble!

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Episode 212 – The Law Of Three

Set Up.

Execution.

Follow Thru.

Many fail at the third one, but not our very special guest!

We are graced by the presence of the Northeast Conference’s steals leader as a freshman, the Point Goddess herself, Wagner College’s Keana Foz!

Wall $t. and Keana talk her first season hooping in Staten Island, New York, her wins and lessons as a result, some of her favourite things, being a lock down defender, the transformative initiative called #TheCollective and, of course, #MarchMadness’ Final Four and what it will take for her to lead her squad there next season!

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#PointGoddessCertified, Rogers & Hammerstein, Puma Clydes, adulting, Willis Reed game, narcotics, Aunt Pearl, spin cycle narratives, White Vonnell, first ballot, “Beef Stew”, Kiwi Shoe Polish, “P!”, naysayers, The Pat McAfee Show, #QueenWaves, Southeastern Conference, Tony! Toni! Tone!, Kiyomi McMiller, Gatorade, Booker T., Air Swoopes, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Do What’s Popular With The Population!

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Twitter: @W_Strickland1

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Episode 211 – Competitive Reset

Sometimes when you are working your plan, the plan doesn’t work.

How do you pivot toward prosperity?

On this week’s ep, we call on Jason Hooten, Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the New Mexico State University Aggies, who will share his philosophy around recognizing when to shift gears in the ever-changing landscape of major collegiate athletics.

From name, image and Likeness funding, the transfer portal and the slow death of the mid-major Cinderella at #MarchMadness to the conference respect, strength of schedule and the men’s Sweet Sixteen, the coach and Wall $t. make first-team All Common Sense of it all!

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References Made:

Toronto Mans, gang-adjacent, Matthew Dellavedova, New Balance, The Hamburglar, Minnesota Timberwolves, Nancy Lieberman, Duke, chocolate chip cookies, Obi Toppin, rock fights, LA Sparks, Moses Malone, Kinsasha, adidas Superstars, Power, Martin Luther King, traveling, Pig Sooey, Ta’Niya Latson, prostate exams, Ore-Ida, Karris Bilal, ByMyself meetings, Cancel Culture, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!

Don’t Get Beat Off The Dribble!

Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets:

Twitter: @W_Strickland1

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