The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 177 – Price Of The Ticket

When the late great James Brown said he’s paid the cost to be the boss, it was understood that he’d chosen to do something he never did to get something he’d never had.
Are you willing to do the same for whatever your passion is?
Wall $t. calls on The Man They Call Twin aka Hussein Abdullahi, Commissioner of the Toronto Pro-Am Summer League, to talk about investment levels of time and effort to find ultimate success, why doing things for “The Culture” matters and a FC21CA collab!
The guys also review The 2024 league champion Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum’s hunt for a personality and viral moment, Jaylen Brown’s permanent leap into something beyond superstardom, the significance of 617, Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark III, Canada Basketball’s good problems, the Raptors, Zach Edey and the NBA Draft, and home scorekeepers juicing the numbers for the Defensive Player Of The Year of St. Michael Jeffrey Of Wilmington in 1987-1988 season?
Oh no… Say it ain’t so!
News. Views. Truths.

References Made:

Forrest Gump, “Sloot”, collective bargaining agreement, Sports Illustrated, The Answer, Gangteenth, Dawn Staley, fire sale, Nipsey Hussle, Toronto Pro-Am, sorority, In Control Dillon, cooking the books, Mohandas Dewese, Yahoo Sports, Michael Cooper, Black Music Month, white Ford Bronco, The Wire, York University, Scott Wayne Barnes, “the culture”, LeBronto, 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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