Ben Golliver

In this episode, Brandon Rahbar welcomes The Washington Post’s National NBA Writer and co-host of Sports Illustrated’s Open Floor podcast, Ben Golliver. They discuss Ben’s recent interview with Kevin Durant about his new documentary, Russell Westbrook and CP3 play style comparisons, the potential return of the NBA, possible future Thunder draft picks, and more. The ominous sign Ben got of KD’s departure while covering game 6 against the Warriors Talking with KD about his new Showtime documentary Basketball County: In the Water and his COVID-19 diagnosis The ideas for and potential dangers of resuming the NBA Playing with purpose (i.e. Russell Westbrook) vs. playing with a purpose (i.e. Chris Paul) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s potential as a future All-Star Why Sam Presti should hands-down be the NBA Executive of the Year Bronny and the Thunder’s future draft picks CP3’s future – trade him or run it back? The positive impact of COVID-19 on the appeal of small markets Ben’s favorite Oklahoma discovery Show links: Greatest of All Talk podcast KD traces Prince George’s County’s rich, supportive basketball history in new film Ben Golliver’s WP archive Twitter: Ben | Brandon | Rachael Thanks for listening! Please don’t forget to leave us a review!