Mid podcast, at the start of the sliders part.
About the LeBron and Kobe's death, i really hate the way LeBron's communicate about it. Even in his first speech after Kobe death, just before the Blazers game, he brought things to himself, trying to justify his visit to watch his son Bronny at Sierra Canyon, before the defeat gainst the Celtics.
King of excuses.... BTW, what's the point with Kobe ?! Would he do that before a game ?! before a game vs the C's ? We all know the answers.
About NBA Medias, it's pretty funny in hindsight, specially if you watch their old shows now.
Basketball Examined made
solid videos on his channel. If you dont watch and follow him, you should !
I think that why guys like M.Barnes & S.Jackson started their show All The Smoke on SHOWTIME Basketball Channel. And this show is so good !
But "big picture", we could take every subject of real life (economics, politics, culture etc...), the mainstream medias relay a certain thought, sometimes so disconnected from the reality and so wrong, that they're astonished - when for example someone like Trump becomes president of the USA - when their job would be to have anticipated it, or at least considered it.
Same goes for the microtransactions. Gaming is now an Industry. Their goal is to make money, even if the product isnt good for you. You can relate that to some industries (food, tabacco etc...).