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Anyone listen to Gladwell on the Bill Simmons pod last week?
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:40 pm
Weird stuff. LINK
You could tell that Bill was uncomfortable with the topic.
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Malcolm Gladwell appeared on Bill Simmons’s podcast today to advance the claim that Nigerians would be the best possible basketball team composed of members of any one race. He began by arguing that being Nigerian depended on the player’s parents’ country of origin, and then kept building from there. Nobody ever offered a good explanation for why this conversation was happening. Here are some highlights of the exchange, which starts at 41:33.
You could tell that Bill was uncomfortable with the topic.
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Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:42 pm to D011ahbi11
It got weird when they talked about the best white American All NBA team 
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:44 pm to D011ahbi11
That seems like a wannabe hot take that some idiot would post on this board.
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:45 pm to D011ahbi11
Bill is afraid to lose that 20-30 year old demographic that he doesn’t have
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:47 pm to Wheaux
Gladwell had Steve Nash as the Nigerian PG 
He is interesting on the BS Report but he also has his head up his arse sometimes
He is interesting on the BS Report but he also has his head up his arse sometimes
This post was edited on 11/19/18 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:49 pm to supatigah
Yeah his rules for this theory were LOL funny
Posted on 11/19/18 at 9:52 pm to bwallcubfan
All the guy does is steal and repackage other peoples ideas
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:02 pm to D011ahbi11
The loose connections to Nigeria he relied on made it ridiculous.
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:08 pm to Scoop
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The loose connections to Nigeria he relied on made it ridiculous
Right and the African-American team with MJ, Lebron and whoever else you want is still beating that team
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:16 pm to D011ahbi11
I only listen to Michael Lombardi
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:20 pm to Hamma1122
Cousin Sal >>> Lombardi
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:22 pm to D011ahbi11
quote:Loved the podcast but the Nigerian shite was weird.
Malcolm Gladwell appeared on Bill Simmons’s podcast today to advance the claim that Nigerians would be the best possible basketball team composed of members of any one race. He began by arguing that being Nigerian depended on the player’s parents’ country of origin, and then kept building from there. Nobody ever offered a good explanation for why this conversation was happening. Here are some highlights of the exchange, which starts at 41:33.
He took Nigerian players, then added Carribean players because I think they're cultures are kinda like Nigeria. Then he went ahead and added African nations that surround Nigeria. Gladwell is a god damn genius but that whole bit was just stupid on his part.
Posted on 11/19/18 at 10:22 pm to Morty
quote:Gladwell?
All the guy does is steal and repackage other peoples ideas
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