Illinois, stand up!! This week we got a Peoria legend, three-time NBA champion, and another straight-outta-high school guy, none other than Shaun Livingston. Shaun tells what it was like being a high school phenom, then deciding to go to the draft instead of Duke, and shares his journey from devastating injury to becoming a key member in the Warriors dynasty. Shaun is one of the realest out there. Tune in!

1. Illinois hoops lore (4:00)
2. Winning Mr. Basketball in Illinois (16:22)
3. Going straight from high school to the NBA, getting drafted fourth by the Clippers (25:37)
4. Suffering his devastating knee injury and the process of returning to the NBA (49:50)
5. Signing with the Nets, Shaun’s comeback story (1:01:53)
6. Signing with the Golden State Warriors and the beginning of the dynasty (1:05:23)
7. Leading Warriors bench with Andre Iguodola (1:13:20)
8. Winning the first championship in Warriors history (1:15:41)
9. Kevin Durant coming to GSW and what that was like (1:25:49)
10. Steph Curry’s greatness and leadership (1:28:40)

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NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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We back with an off-season and Olympic Tap In! Fresh off the Paris Games, with both the men and the women taking gold, Q and D break down what they liked … and did not like during this awesome stretch of international hoop. They also touch on some of the biggest NBA off-season moves of the summer to get you excited for the looming ’24-25 season. The guys also touch on what the second half is going to look like in the W. Dead of the summer, but still so much hoop to discuss. Tap in!

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This week, NBA All-Star, Olympic gold medalist, and certified Milwaukee legend, Michael Redd, joins the Knuckleheads! Q and D dive into Redd’s influential career, from his standout days at Ohio State to his being selected 43rd in the draft and rising to become the Bucks’ franchise player just three years later. Redd shares about his experience winning gold with the “Redeem Team” in 2008 as well as his ventures into entrepreneurship since his retirement from the game. Tune in!

1. Coming up in Columbus, mastering his jump shot, losing to Q and Whitney Young (3:05)
2. Ohio State, draft workouts, going 43rd to Milwaukee (9:45)
3. The loaded 2001 Bucks, earning a spot on the floor (28:00)
4. Losing Ray Allen, contract extensions, All-Star manifestations (36:40)
5. Redeem Team, Kobe-and-LeBron dynamic, knee injury (47:20)
6. Attending Bucks parade in 2021, entrepreneurship, making his dad proud (1:01:55)

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