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Ball and Order
by Gabe Ibrahim
Ball & Order is a weekly podcast where self-proclaimed sports historians/Attorneys Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange debate sports and tell historical sports stories. A Sports Drink podcast. Subscribe to our free newsletter: ballandorder.substack.com. ballandorder.substack.com
Episodes
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Ep. 85: Donovan Mitchell Trade Destinations & Most Improved NBA This Offseason
THE BALL AND ORDER PODCAST RETURNS! Trade rumors about Donovan Mitchell, the DeAndre Ayton Saga, Kevin Durant’s winding path to somewhere else, and a confusing NBA offseason have brought Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange out of their podcast holes (if you ignore the show two weeks ago). They discuss…
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Cleaning Up Cat Barf (Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics)
The Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics came into this season with high expectations but are currently not close to reaching them. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange try to figure out and provide potential solutions for Trae Young’s group and Jayson Tatum’s team. They also get into Cole Anthony’s magical...
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Due For A Clunker (Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks)
It was 1997 in the NBA for a minute! The Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks were atop the Eastern Conference as they were 24 years ago. However, they have all lost games and face serious questions going forward. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange break down the good and bad for all three…
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NBA Teams Trending Up Towards Mediocrity
The Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves have gotten out to hot starts, but can they sustain it? Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange try to answer that question for all four teams. They also discuss why this Wizards team feels different (0:53), the...
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SMASH THAT NBA PANIC BUTTON
Gabe and Alex are back and doing an NBA podcast now instead of sports history. The NBA is also back and, after one game, we’re ready to smash that panic button for at least one team: the Los Angeles Lakers! We explain why we think the Lakers will underperform, how Russell Westbrook affects their...
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SMASH THAT NBA PANIC BUTTON
Gabe and Alex are back and doing an NBA podcast now instead of sports history. The NBA is also back and, after one game, we’re ready to smash that panic button for at least one team: the Los Angeles Lakers! We explain why we think the Lakers will underperform, how Russell Westbrook affects their...
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Do NFL Teams Actually Watch College Football?
The history of the NFL Draft is litterred with examples of NFL scouts simply not watching college football including the Chicago Bears taking Mitch Tribusky over Patrick Mahomes, Philip Buchanon over Ed Reed, Christian Hackenberg over Dak Prescott. Zach Wilson, Mac Jones or Trey Jones going ahead...
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Do NFL Teams Actually Watch College Football?
The history of the NFL Draft is litterred with examples of NFL scouts simply not watching college football including the Chicago Bears taking Mitch Tribusky over Patrick Mahomes, Philip Buchanon over Ed Reed, Christian Hackenberg over Dak Prescott. Zach Wilson, Mac Jones or Trey Jones going ahead...
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NBA Trade Machine Roulette
The NBA Trade Deadline is on Thursday and we are making trades that you have never thought of. Gabe and Alex play a game they invented where they spin the wheel, get two random NBA teams, and agree to a reasonable trade between the teams. The Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers,...
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ESPN's John Gasaway on Miracles on the Hardwood
John Gasaway of ESPN's Bubble Watch joins Gabe to talk about his new book: Miracles on the Hardwood. The book talks about the concept of "Catholic College Basketball." In it, John details how Catholic schools have impacted the world of college basketball and its most legendary moments. We talked...
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2016 NBA Regular Season: Steph Curry Shocks the Oklahoma City Thunder
In February 2016, Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors had the best record ever after 57 games (52-5) and were on their way to the best regular season in NBA history. Then, they ran into a Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The teams played one of the best regular...
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Talking Basketball Cards with Jason Howarth of Panini America
With the sports card collecting blowing up, Gabe spoke with Panini America’s VP of Marketing Jason Howarth about all things trading cards. They talked about how they collected sports cards as kids, the business of trading cards, the new WNBA Prizm collection including Sabrina Ionescu's rookie…
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NBA All-Time Draft
We decided to draft a team of 10 players from across NBA history and create our perfect teams. The draft had a snake format and our first five picks had to be starters. We also had to pick a player from each of the major NBA decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s), but had the…
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Bill Walton vs Dr. J (1977 NBA Finals Game 6)
The NBA in 1977 was very different than it is now. The ABA had just merged into the league, Finals games were getting bumped for non-major golf tournaments and several players called to be doctors, pinballs or aliens. In the first season since the merger, Bill Walton brought his Portland Trail...
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NBA History Cold Calls II
Time for another edition of NBA history cold calls. Gabe and Alex ask each other questions about NBA history without much/any preparation. They talk about Gilbert Arenas’s time with the Orlando Magic (and as an off-Broadway actor), Dominque Wilkins, dumb basketball terms like “two-way players,”…
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Luka v. Giannis: Who would you rather build around?
Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are two of the most exciting young players in the NBA history. They are already elite players. But in this structured debate, Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange are forced to pick only one of these two stars. Alex is trying to prove the following resolution: Luka is…
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Durant, Westbrook and Harden vs Kobe (2012 NBA Playoffs: Thunder-Lakers Game 4)
With Kevin Durant and James Harden getting back together in Brooklyn, it felt like a good time to revisit their biggest triumph in Oklahoma City with Russell Westbrook: making it to the 2012 NBA Finals. The Thunder went up 3-1 en route to a gentleman's sweep of Kobe Bryant's Lakers. This game…
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2015 Sugar Bowl Ohio State vs Alabama (and Live Coup Attempt Reaction!)
Ohio State and Alabama are set to meet in the College Football Playoff Championship, so we revisited their last matchup in the 2015 Sugar Bowl in the first College Football Playoff. Ezekiel Elliott’s 85-yard run through the Heart of the South is what everyone remembers from this game, but so much...
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2004 NBA Christmas: Kobe vs Shaq
NBA basketball on Christmas Day is a 73-year old tradition with many amazing matchups throughout history. Very few, if any, of Christmas Day games have had as much hype as the 2004 matchup between Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O'neal's Miami Heat after their very public breakup....
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Russell Westbrook And The Most Depressing Trades in NBA History
Russell Westbrook is on the move for the second time since his MVP season. Only one other NBA MVP has ever been traded twice after winning MVP (Moses Malone) and none have ever been traded for as interesting of a return (John Wall and a mediocre first-round pick). Gabe and Alex get into…
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Broken College Football Rivalries
For college football rivalry week, Gabe and Alex try to find rivalries that have been broken recently. These traditions may be broken due to the games not happening anymore (West Virginia-Pitt, Miami-Florida, Kansas-Missouri), a trophy being taken away (Kentucky-Tennessee), or just one team being...
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Worst NBA Draft Picks Since 2000
The NBA Draft was Wednesday night, a night full of hope for many bad teams. While every organizations is feeling great about their picks now, some will look back at this night with disdain after making bad picks. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange go back through NBA Draft History since 2000 and talk...
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1984 College Football Season (and Four Seasons Total Landscaping)
BYU is back in championship contention in a very weird 2020 college football season. But it's not nearly as crazy as the year where BYU actually won the championship in 1984. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange get into how stupid the 1984 season was, how BYU ended up with the trophy, how much they miss...
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Miami Dolphins and New York Jets Quarterback history
The Miami Dolphins and New York Jets have arguably had the worst quarterbacking in the NFL over the past 20 years. Unfortunately, these are the two teams that Gabe and Alex root for. Ahead of Tua Tagovailoa's first start for the Dolphins, they pick the best and worst quarterbacks for each team...
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College Football Week 8 historical preview: GABE BET ON NEBRASKA AND SYRACUSE
College Football is fully loaded now with the Big Ten (and Mountain West) returning to play this weekend. To celebrate this or something, Gabe bet on Syracuse (+46) against Clemson and Nebraska (+26) against Ohio State! Alex relentlessly makes fun of him for this terrible parlay. Plus they get…
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Oklahoma and the Art of Losing Big Games with Garrett
The Oklahoma Sooners have had a very successful last 20 years, but those years have been littered with some terrible losses in massive games. Gabe and Alex are joined by their friend and Oklahoma fan, Garrett (who you have never heard of unless you really love highways). Ahead of the Red River...
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Historical Comparisons to the 2020 Miami Heat
The Miami Heat unexpectedly reached the 2020 NBA Finals and face off with the Los Angeles Lakers. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange try to find teams that are similar to the Miami Heat throughout NBA history as well players that resemble Bam Adebayo and put Lebron James's 10th NBA Finals into context....
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2012 Eastern Conference Finals Game 6: Lebron James's Greatest Game?
With the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics, and Lebron James all in the NBA Conference Finals, it seemed like a good time to revisit Lebron's greatest performance as a member of the Heat: Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange break down...
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Pandemic College Football: 1918 vs 2020
Many have claimed that the 2020 College Football season will be unprecedented. However, college football has already been through a pandemic-riddled season in 1918 when the "Spanish" Flu ravaged the country. Gabe and Alex dive deep into the 1918 season to see what it could teach us about the...
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Did Luka Dončić have the greatest NBA playoff debut ever?
In his first NBA playoff action, Luka Dončić put up historic numbers for the Dallas Mavericks that can only be compared to the greatest players in NBA history. So that's what we did. We compared Luka's stats and performance to the playoff debuts of Oscar Robertson, Lebron James, Kareem...
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The Once and Future NBA Playoffs First Round Preview
All time is happening at this exact moment. Therefore, Alex and Gabe can release a first round NBA playoffs preview in the middle of Game 2 and talk about any playoffs series ever. They get into 8 series and talk about the themes, narratives, coaching, and players that make it special. They...
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College Football Cancelled (kind of), Athlete Unionization (kind of) and Rogue Nebraska
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAS BEEN CANCELLED (well not really). TREVOR LAWRENCE AND THE PLAYERS ARE UNIONIZING (in a way). NEBRASKA HAS GONE ROUGE (tbd). Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange get into how CFB leaders are failing the players, what collective player action looks like, and what Nebraska's season could...
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Manute Bol: Fact Or Fiction
Manute Bol was a larger than life figure, both literally and figuratively. Alex tells Gabe about Manute’s story and Gabe tries to decipher what is true and what is not. As the hosts of Ball Through The Ages watched Bol Bol tear it in up in the NBA bubble for the Denver Nuggets, they started...
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The Mount Rushmore of College Football Players since 2000
Who are the four players that defined the last two decades of College Football? Ball Through The Ages make their picks on this show while calling out the brutality of Mount Rushmore. Gabe and Alex agreed on two consensus picks: Reggie Bush (7:13) and Ndamukong Suh (14:06). Then they argued over...
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College Football Cold Calls: Worst Heisman Winner, Title Claim, and Loss in CFB History
Who is the worst recent Heisman Trophy winner? What's the worst National Championship claim and worst loss in College Football? Gabe and Alex debate these topics and, for a special treat, Gabe outlines the Miami Hurricanes’ woeful millenium. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
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Ep.15-NBA Finals History Cold Calls
Alex Lange and Gabe Ibrahim ask each other burning questions about the NBA Finals to wrap up a month-long look at the Finals. They talk about the wistfulness of the 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder, if Draymond Green counts as a “role player,” and A LOT about Boris Diaw. Timestamps for the questions: *...
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1994 NBA Finals: The Forgotten Finals of Hakeem and Ewing
Gabe and Alex investigate one of the NBA’s best “forgotten” Finals: the 1994 matchup. Get ready for a lot of hand-checking and illegal defense calls! They examine the odd structure of both the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks, where one hall of Famer was surrounded by...guys not in the Hall of...
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1971 NBA Finals: An ode to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wes Unseld
Gabe and Alex explore the legacies of two NBA Hall of Famers, Wes Unseld and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, through the lens of Kareem’s first title in their 1971 finals clash. They explore the unique play of the late Wes Unseld, a superstar player with bruising style that the NBA will likely never see...
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2011 NBA Finals Game 6: Lebron's Finals Failure
When Lebron James took his talents to South Beach, he was supposed to lead the Heat to not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 championships. But James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh failed spectacularly in trying to get 1. Dirk Nowitzki’s Mavericks put a dent in Lebron’s legacy and in…
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2014 World Cup USA vs Belgium: Chris Wondolowski's miss
The United States Men’s Soccer team is not a football/soccer powerhouse (to say the least). But in the 2014 World Cup, the USMNT led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and goalie Tim Howard brought the team to the precipice of greatness. The US got through the group of death and advanced to play...
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2005 Ohio State vs. Texas: Heartbreak in the Horseshoe
Texas and Ohio State, two of College Football’s traditional powers, met for the first time ever in 2005. Vince Young and his #2 Longhorns traveled to Columbus. Some of future Buckeye legends (and Justin Zwick) greeted them. As Ohio State juggled quarterbacks, Texas stormed to a huge win in route…
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2003 Fiesta Bowl: Miami's Most Painful Moment
The Miami Hurricanes came into the 2003 Fiesta Bowl with a 34-game win streak looking to win their second straight National Championship. They (and Gabe) left with heartbreak and anger, in part due to the most infamous pass interference call in college football history. Alex and Gabe talk about…
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The Weed Believe Warriors
The We Believe Warriors made history on the court by beating the top seeded Mavericks as an eighth seed. Speaking of seeds and eighths, a lot of the players, coaches, and commentators from this game were involved with marijuana in some way. They all had different experiences with cannabis and...
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We Believe Warriors upset the Mavericks (2007, Round 1)
In 2007, the We Believe Warriors made history. They became just the 3rd 8-seed to ever beat a 1-seed in the NBA playoffs and the first to do so in a 7-game series. Alex and Gabe break down how the Warriors went from 9 games under .500 to an all-time playoff upset in a single month. They also talk...
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Jail Blazers vs Nash and Nowitzki (2003 Playoffs, Round 1, Game 7)
The Jail Blazers and the Nash-Nowitzki Mavs were two of the most interesting teams of the early 2000s. The Nash and Nowitzki pairing with Don Nelson at the helm pushed offense to new heights as the rest of the league lagged behind. The Jail Blazers had one of the most interesting motley crews in...
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Gene Chizik: The Worst of the Best
Gene Chizik is part of one of the most elite groups in College Football history: National Championship winning coaches. Yet, Chizik got fired just two years after winning the title with Auburn and still hasn’t gotten another head coaching job. He is almost unanimously regarded as the worst coach…
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2007 Border War: When Kansas and Missouri football mattered
#2 Kansas vs #4 Missouri playing for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. The game defied all college football logic and any predictions for the 2007 season. Despite being a seminal moment from the craziest CFB season in recent memory, the game didn’t really effect the outcome of the season.…
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College Football Never Changes: 1960 CFB Season
The 1960 College Football season was one of the wildest and weirdest seasons in the sport’s history. Ole Miss and Minnesota are the two teams claiming the national championship, which should prove the previous statement. Alex and Gabe get into which team should actually be crowned the 1960…
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The Al Horford Phenomenon
The Al Horford Phenomenon is something that we have noticed over the course of the All-Star center’s career. Almost every time he is brought up, someone is claiming that he is either underrated or overrated and then calling him trash or a superstar. On this episode, we delve into why both those...
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The Willis Reed Game (Game 7, 1970 NBA Finals)
Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals is remembered for one moment: Willis Reed emerging from the tunnel to play despite tearing his quadricep four days earlier. Reed’s return is said to have sparked the Knicks’s victory and their first world championship. Yet, the story of these NBA Finals reaches far...
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Ball & Order is a weekly podcast where self-proclaimed sports historians/Attorneys Gabe Ibrahim and Alex Lange debate sports and tell historical sports stories. A Sports Drink podcast. Subscribe to our free newsletter: ballandorder.substack.com.
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