It's a power packed episode of "The Old Man and the Three" as JJ and Tommy welcome in award winning author and financial journalist Michael Lewis (Money Ball, The Blind Side, The Big Short). The discussion ranges from the pandemic and the challenges our society faces, to NBA analytics and the two kinds of nerds. But before (and after) that interview, Miami Heat sharp shooter and Old Man 3 NBA Correspondent Duncan Robinson joins the show to break down his team's series with the Celtics, the art of drawing a foul, whether or not he's caught the tattoo bug, and much more. Plus, he comes back after the interview for an ice cold Top 5/Draft that will leave you running to the freezer.
RUNDOWN
Duncan Robinson

Discussing the Miami/Boston series

On Duncan's shot selection

How Boston is guarding him

Duncan talks about his release

JJ and Duncan breakdown the Marcus Smart experience

Who's the biggest flopper in the league

The art of drawing fouls 

Do JJ's tattoos gain him respect?

Duncan might be making the tattoo leap

Earning playoff respect

Mailbag question

Top 5 Draft  


Michael Lewis

On Quarantine 

Macro Takeaways from the pandemic 

ML story of “how is he going to kill me” on pain killers from hip surgery 

He/and prominent billionaire’s idea of a Trump death clock in Times Square

“Trump is an accident of Democracy”  

“we have an idiot’s ability” as Americans to change 

Trump’s pandemic response / Woodward quotes 

Tribalism / Is there a fix  

The Fifth Risk book / Distrust of Expertise

Theme is that a lot of examples in government of folks we don’t value being important 

Activism of Younger Generation / Finding Hope 

“Science progresses one funeral at a time” 

Moneyball 

JJ story on SVG / adoption analytics 

On the two types of nerds 

Daryl Morley/ Analytics

Battier was “a guy whose value was not perceived”  

JJ on first year in Philly v. final year 


Duncan Robinson Part II
Top 5/Draft

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