Diplosport Podcast 108: Basketball Insiders' Tommy Beer

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Tommy Beer, Senior Analyst for Basketball Insiders, and contributor to NBC Sports and Rotoworld.com, visits the DiploSport Podcast to talk about New York Knicks, with a special focus on their sensational sophomore, Kristaps Porzingis and the meaning of the young Latvian superstar's ascension last season. Earlier this year, Tommy wrote a great article about the sacrifices many Latvian fans make to follow Porzingis despite a 7-hour difference in time zones, which spawned the discussion. The Porzingis article: http://bit.ly/2cBlVgj Follow Tommy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tommybeer Transcript: morganobrien.com/TomBeer.pdf HOUSEKEEPING: Subscribe to the DiploSport Podcast on iTunes: apple.co/2bnO1ro SoundCloud: @diplosport Google Play: bit.ly/DiploSportGooglePlay Transcript Here: morganobrien.com/TomBeer.pdf Housekeeping: DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are my own and not necessarily those of the U.S. Government. (See 3 FAM 4176.1 for more) Intro Music: High School Snaps, Broke for Free (bit.ly/2b88QLk) Special Intro Music: Live from Kissena Blvd. Outro Music: Lee Rosevere, Late Night Tales (bit.ly/2b8KeRk) Friends of the show: The DiploSport Podcast is not compensated for these endorsements...they're just things I think are interesting or cool, which is all the more reason to check them out. First, Jason Bryant and the team over at Mat Talk Online. For those of you who enjoyed our Gregor Gillespie podcast series last week and like in-depth wrestling coverage, I can't speak more highly of the Short Time wrestling podcast. You can check them out at mattalkonline.com. and Jason's at @JasonMBryant on Twitter. http://www.mattalkonline.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonMBryant Second, our friends at Mister Tallboy, makers of fine quality t-shirts. Right now, they're running the Long Island Commuter Series, which really needs no explanation for those of us who were born and/or bred on Long Island and rode the majestic railroad of the same name. When I first saw these shirts, it took like half a second for me to buy one...check them out at Mistertallboy.com (mister tallboy is all spelled out). www.mistertallboy.com Finally, MilSOBox is a monthly subscription gift box that is specifically for MilSO or Significant Others. Most months it is customized to each of the branches, and it is free shipping to all over the world (DPO/ FPO/ APO). Milsobox.cratejoy.com and if you are into unboxing, go to @JulieJigsaw on YouTube to see what the boxes look like. https://milsobox.cratejoy.com/ https://www.youtube.com/juliejigsaw