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Previous season wrapup, season preview, 1st quarter of season check-in, and Christmas Special, all in one!

On the eve of Round One of the 2022 NBA Playoffs, the boys are discussing the two BIM teams that made it into the playoffs, and what the offseason portends for...the other.

Pacers, on Turner & blowing it up. Celtics, on Tatum shooting woes. Timberwolves, on KAT vs the refs.

Only, replacing the traditional scripted Christmas bits with more talk about Star Trek 🤔. Some talk about COVID ravaging the league. About 25 damn minutes of Star Trek talk.  Then, as always, weighing in on Celtics, Pacers, and Timberwolves.

A lotta Trek. A bit o' Scotch. Wolf hope, Pacer woe.

Oh, and Timberwolves, Celtics, and Pacers season wrap ups.

What up, Celtics & Pacers? Hope in Timberwolf land.

Celtics not doing so hot. Timberwolves doing baaaaaad. Pacers doing aight

Celtics doing great. Timberwolves doing bad. Pacers doing just right   Plus, scads more fun!

Pat's idea for birthday wishes for everybody associated with the Celtics, Pacers, and Timberwolves goes longer than we expect! Also, Dan drinks 12-year Scotch.

Mixdorf, Gibbons, and Dan return this year for yet another instant Holiday Classic. This year's episode features: The Island of Misfit Timberwolves A peek inside the Pacer war-room in the (Aaron) Holiday Season The first annual all Holiday NBA name countdown A visit from St. Knicks! A Celtic Christmas that doesn't involve uilleann pipes and a bombarde. A special rendition of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kristaps" And more!

The crüe is back at it again after...(seven?) months, but just in time for the NBA's 2020-2021 season, with talk about the Celtics, Pacers, and Timberwolves with their usual brand of GENIUS. Join in, to find out What Gibbons is Drinking, the Deal With the Van, and the Book Dan is Reading. And much more.

0:00 Intro, Drinking, Doing 23:00 General NBA - we salute you on Memorial Day in a way only we can 29:45 Team stuff 41:00 Culture Ruminations - or Dan shakes fist at Hollywood shaped cloud, and more than the listener cares to know about Epicurians  

Or "Making (Non)Sense of the Crisis" As much nonsense as may be mustered in these dark days. What we've been up to, what we're drinking, some NBA thoughts, and some culture thoughts, as usual, but through a lens of the times. A few laughs a long the way, and an Easter Egg or two. Cuddle up with a black coffee and the camaraderie of  Mixdorf, Gibbons, and Dan and for a spell.

Wherein Gibbons is not present and Mixdorf and Dan discuss the simultaneous blessing and curse that is the social media savvy-ness of the NBA and the fraudulent Miami Heat. Wherein Dan also talks about how there is great hope and excitement in the future of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but also great danger! And wherein Mixdorf speaks of a variety of Celtic topics: "what's the ceiling?," the rise of Tatum," and that of "bench woes." Finally, in the "culture" segment, Dan discusses his recent reading of Beowolf and Mixdorf shares a little about his recent "literary fiction" foray. Somehow, they fill an hour and fifteen minutes with that.

You know the deal...

0:00 Cold open 0:14 Intro song 0:27 Main intro 1:30 What're you drinking 3:00 What's goin' on, G?!? 5:25 "Somewhat Unprepared for Christmas" (a musical number) 9:21 Pacer Christmas past 13:30 NBATickets dot com sponsorship 14:56 Christmas special within a Christmas special 17:45 Annual listener mail 20:21 A call from a special guest 21:42 Close

T Wolves in Distress Time with the General Team by Team Analysis Pop Culture Connects

0:00 Intro and Drinking 8:40 What's Going On? 15:30 General NBA 32:15 Pacerspalooza 40:00 Celticsinfo 45:45 Wolves good vibes 49:45 Cultural Ruminations Simon Donovan Simpsons Free Agent Streaming Too Much Content