The NBA season is one week away, and there is one recreation I am unable to cease excited about. On Nov. 2, Kawhi Leonard’s Toronto Raptors will journey to Los Angeles to play the Clippers, his former staff and the topic of the NBA’s harshest-ever punishment over the cap shenanigans they did to signal him again in 2019. The spectacle of Leonard, again in L.A. in a Raptors uniform, will likely be so bizarre, and I am curious to see how the basketball media will cowl it.
Talking of basketball media, that is the true topic of this week’s episode of Solely If You Get Caught. When you’ve learn Defector’s protection of the story, you are in all probability accustomed to the numerous media angles to the scandal; how investigative podcaster Pablo Torre broke the story, how ESPN helped Clips proprietor Steve Ballmer run cowl, and the way the Worldwide Chief duffed its massive scoop a couple of supposedly mild punishment for the staff. That is probably the most fascinating a part of this story, and on this week’s episode, we pulled in Torre himself to speak it although and replicate on the position of the media in the entire saga. He spoke about whether or not he may have accomplished this story at ESPN, what he makes of the idea that it is a largely victimless “crime” that solely actually indicts the wage cap, and the potential conflicts of curiosity round an outlet charged with protecting the league additionally paying them a ton of TV cash. It was a enjoyable episode!
As you possibly can see above, OIYGC is on YouTube this season! You possibly can subscribe to all of Defector’s reveals on our YouTube channel. The audio model of the present can nonetheless be discovered wherever you take heed to podcasts. The transcript for this week’s episode might be discovered right here.
