We're a dream team.īrennan: OK, this is kind of perfect: TV expert, basketball expert, TV show about basketball. And I actually really do feel like the balance of our expertise is what is going to make this podcast fun to do. And I'm glad that my decades of professional basketball experience have finally paid off.īrennan: Glad you're here. Literally a basketball guy, as in a professional player. And, three, it's about a transformative period in American life.īrennan: I don't know s- about basketball.īrennan: Right? Exactly.

Two, it’s about this iconic NBA franchise. Lakers, struck me as the perfect subject for a podcast. Which is kind of why 'Winning Time,' this new HBO show about the ’80s L.A. Times, I kind of have a soft spot for period pieces. Which means when I'm doing my work as the TV editor at the L.A.

Matt Brennan: So, I don’t know if I told you this, but before I was a journalist, I was a historian. Jerry Buss character: I don't know why basketball can't feel like that.

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