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Had an unfortunate emergency that delays the Angel video until next week but fortunately there is also an additional part of the video featuring a surprise guest... plus the part of the story involving the championship parade stuff is also getting added on.
Here is a thumbnail if you want any clues about the direction this video is headed...

5 days ago | [YT] | 265

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The next deep dive (and our first W video) will be out THIS WEEK and it's about Angel Reese

1 week ago | [YT] | 278

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Hey guys, Rudy here...

I've got my own channel now. It's not deep dives but I think a lot of you would still like it. Trying to post as much as I can this season and see what happens.

I know some of you know from The Shootaround podcast days that I've always leaned into the "bit" that I'm a simpleton casual fan, but that joke is dead and the new joke is that I'm being sincere.

Please consider subscribing if you enjoy the video, and thanks for the ongoing support in gereral.


P.S.: the two WNBA Deep Dives are still on track to come out soon!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 39

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NEW VIDEO OUT NOW! (featuring ‪@three_cone‬)

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 19

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Hey guys, Rudy here.

Quick update about the videos scheduled for release...

The two WNBA videos are still coming out this month, but the order has been flipped.

The Dream making the finals made the less political video more urgent, plus the more political video needs just a tad more polishing to make sure we get it right.

BUT the first video to drop this month will be "The SGA Truther Manifesto" featuring ‪@three_cone‬ just one week from today, just in time for the NBA season to start. It's a supercut of our two SGA videos plus the extras from Cone.

Also: saw that the top comment on the last post about this said "Sounds great to me as long as y'all never use an AI script. Half of these basketball channels do that nowadays and it's way more noticeable than they probably realize" and let me assure you that nothing on this channel is ai-generated or ever will be.

There are some big changes coming this season to what this channel is and the whole point is to compete with the ai-slop polluting the nba youtube space with 100% human-powered videos without compromising our values.

Hope this clears things up for anybody who has been waiting on the content.

Love you all and thank you for the support!

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 288

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Posted a written version of "NBA Players Are Not Good People" with updated information and some other revisions: hustlepoints.substack.com/p/the-nba-still-has-a-zi…
Check it out and please consider subscribing. It's free!
(or watch the video if you prefer)

1 month ago | [YT] | 50

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Hey guys, Rudy here.

It's been over three months since the last upload on this channel, so I thought I'd give an update. In the last video, we tried seeing how it'd go having Jacob (aka Rusty) voice a video that I mostly wrote, and we made that clear in the opening credits, early in the prologue, plus in the outro of the video. We are continuing to try this out, but with even more qualified people than little ol' me. There are so many basketball fans out there who really love the game and who are also honest and fearless when it comes to reminding us that a better world is possible. We believe they deserve to be platformed.

So, the next two videos on this channel are going to be about the WNBA, something we've never covered before. The first will be pretty political, and the second one is all about analyzing the game itself. A lot of brilliant, talented people helped make these videos possible, and I'm excited for you guys to watch WNBA video #1 at the end of this month.

"The Chris Paul Video" Part Two and my personal Ja Morant deep dive are also being made, as well as a supercut that should come out right when the NBA season starts.

You all have been so dedicated to us over the years, so thank you all so so much for continuing to make this all possible. Jacob and I owe our livelihoods to you, and we look forward to trying to spread the wealth to other like-minded folks who want to make the world a better place through stories about basketball.

2 months ago | [YT] | 646

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Welp today’s a good day to post this! I put a new title on it because tbh there needs to be another 3 hour video about the whole scandal.
https://youtu.be/9n_A_t4qhjQ

2 months ago | [YT] | 35

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Rudy here.

It's the end of an era.

Expect a Ja Morant deep dive asap.

4 months ago | [YT] | 436

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New deep dive tonight... (out now)
https://youtu.be/I5UalCw_bj8

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 254