This week on the pod James and Patrick are quizzing each other by throwing out random players/lineups and guessing whether they're statistically horrible, bad, OK, good, or great. It's a trickier exercise than you might think! Some teams are way worse than you'd expect when you break down the stats. The guys also dig into some bad takes (featuring the return of last week's champ Stephen A. Smith), discuss the outcome of the NBA Cup, and Patrick breaks down the logistics of a Jimmy Butler/Bradley Beal swap (probably not gonna happen). Stick around for Hot Streak/Shooting Slump to hear about the Bucketsquad Christmas Party!
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Cardiac Cowboys
The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.