The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 179 – Nobody’s A Nobody

Not sure if being a star in your role in Life is so much about effort as it is understanding.
The clarity, effort and focus it takes to live your dream can’t be understated.
But we ain’t gotta dream no’ mo’… because we got MOMO!
This week, Wall $t. calls on Toronto Raptors Registered Massage Therapist and owner of the world’s best laugh, Melissa “MOMO” Doldron, to talk NBA Summer League whilst the two get their Mary J. Blige on, reminiscing about when they first met, boxing and her amazing sense of spirit that guides her career arc.
In addition, the friends chat the impact of the WNBA coming to Toronto, which Canada Basketball squad heading to Paris has the best chance at earning a medal, Full Court 21 Canada’s #LadiesFirst initiative and how where she works reflects the city in which we inhabit being a great thing for the progression of women in sport, on and off the playing surface.
News. Views. Truths.

References Made:

Pinball Clemons, All Balls Don’t Bounce, boxing, Freshman 15, LinkedIn addictions, Lenn-ox Lewis, meritocracy, Alex McKechnie, Fiserv Forum, Dedmonton, sip and paint, Masai Ujiri, Porter Airlines, Roundball BC, The Count Of Monte Fisto, Asa Rehman, 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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The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 178 – The Stuff In The Basement
You gotta do something you never did to get something you never had…
Read it again.
What does it truly mean to you?
Plenty have the talent to go get it… Few have the habits and discipline to not only get it, but keep it.
Sustained Greatness.
That is the subject matter for the day as Wall $t. tests your chest, doing a deep dive on a WNBA Commissioner’s Cup surprise, free agency on Day One in The Association, The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament being back outside again, bombshells in The French Revolution and last, but most certainly not least, the most anticipated and scrutinized second round of the NBA Draft in the history of mankind.
Yeah. It’s that level of hyperbole and absurdity.
Can you stomach it?
News. Views. Truths.

References Made:

Brongevity, #binHWSBN, All Balls Don’t Bounce, Udonis Haslem, jettisoned, Terms Undisclosed, Stephon Marbury, The Silent Assassin, dap, Oatmeal Women, party joints, The Gift and The Curse, Cheryl Reeve, for unlawful carnal knowledge, Maple Jordan, Lifetime Achievement Award, Quill Game Heavy, European wanderlust, The Stylistics, Below The Hardwood, Travis Kelce 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: Twitter: @W_Strickland1 IG: @WillStrickland1

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!
Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets: Twitter: @W_Strickland1 IG: @WillStrickland1