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The Dan's wrap up the podcast by watching our two biggest nemesis go head to head in Karl Malone and Jason Kidd. It's been real. 

The Dan's celebrate friend of the pod Swen Nater by watching his Buffalo Braves(who would become to Los Angeles Clippers after a stop in San Diego) and a Cleveland Cavaliers team starring players like Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Campy Russell and Austin Carr on Christmas day 1977.

The Dan's watch Dr. J's last game in the NBA. Dr. J with a 76ers supporting cast including Charles Barkley and Maurice Cheeks fall short to the Jack Sikma lead Milwaukee Bucks with players like Sidney Moncrief, Paul Pressey and Ricky Pierce in the 1987 NBA Playoffs. 

The Dan's watch the Boston Celtics Big 3 of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish survive elimination against Dominique Wilkins, Doc Rivers, Tree Rollins and the rest of the 1988 Atlanta Hawks. 

The Dan's watch Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups and the Minnesota Timberwolves lose game one of the first round of the 2002 NBA Playoffs to a Dallas Mavericks team lead by Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. 

The Dan's celebrate so called Mr. Street Clothes Anthony Davis by watching him Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terence Jones and the John Calipari run Kentucky Wildcats beat the Thomas Robinson and Jeff Withey lead Kansas Jayhawks in the 2012 National Championship.

The Dan's look back on what could have been with the OKC Thunder big 3 of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden and acknowledge Kobe's induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame by watching the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Los Angeles Lakers on January 17, 2011. 

The Dan's watch an LSU team featuring Shaq, Chris Jackson and Stanley Roberts  drop a game they should have won to Dennis Scott, Kenny Andersons Georgia Tech team in the second round of the 1990 NCAA Tournament. 

The Dan's watch Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Rex Chapman, Cedric Ceballos and head coach Danny Ainge of the Phoenix Suns grab an overtime win over Michael Finley, Shawn Bradley and Martin Muursepp of the Dallas Mavericks on March 2, 1997. 

The Dan's watch a game that has been called the worst Knicks game ever. The Knickerbockers, lead by Patrick Ewing and John Starks lose a potential clinching game to the Hakeem Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell lead Houston Rockets before ultimately falling to them again in game 7 of the NBA Finals.

The Dan's watch Grant Hill, Jerry Stackhouse lead the Detroit Pistons to a win over a um, interesting Phoenix Suns team boasting stars like Jason Kidd, Rex Chapman and Tom Gugliotta.

The Dan's celebrate Paul Pierce's wild night on instagram live by watching a young version of PuL alongside Antoine Walker and Eric Mercer take on Eddie Jones, Ricky Davis, Brad Miller and the rest of the Charlotte Hornets. 

The Dan's saw a bunch of Lakers fans complaining about the Nets stacking their deck so we watched some tape on an older superteam in the Houston Rockets with Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler playing the young Minnesota Timberwolves starring young Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury. 

The Dan's get caught up after the NBA Trade Deadline and then watch an Illinois team with players like Deron Williams, fake Dee Brown, and Luther Head lead a wild comeback against the Channing Frye and Salim Stoudamire led Arizona team in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. 

The Dan's watch the final game of the womens bracket in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The USA team featuring stars like Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo would defeat a skilled Brasil team built around Hortencia and win the Gold. Celebrate women, and not just for this month. 

The Dan's celebrate this years mediocre dunk contest selections( Obi Toppin, Anfernee Simmons, and Cassius Stanley) by watching two of the worst NBA Slam Dunk Contests of all time in 2004 ( Chris Andersen, Ricky Davis, Fred Jones and Jason Richardson ) and 2010 ( Nate Robinson, Gerald Wallace, Shannon Brown, and Demar Derozen).

The Dan's revisit And1 Mixtapes 1 through 3. Episode one focuses on a young Rafer Alston aka Skip To My Lou who would go on to play for the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic. Volume 2 features an array of street ballers including Waliyy "Main Event" Dixon, Anthony "1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing" Heyward and Malloy "Future" Nesmith Sr. Finally, Volume 3 introduces us to the legend Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion. 

The Dan's are joined by listener John to discuss the likes of Kenny Lofton, Roy Jones Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., Deion Sanders, Joey Galloway, Barry Bonds and many more participate in the Foot Locker Slam Fest in 1992 and 1996.

The Dan's watch the 2006 NBA Celebrity game where a team coached by Eva Longoria and Stephen A Smith made up of celebs like Chris Brown (ew), Nelly and future NBA coach Becky Hammon defeated Queen Latifah and Greg Anthony's team including Ice Cube, Donald Faison, Swin Cash and Christopher Meloni. 

The Dan's honor the late John Chaney by watching his Temple team featuring Eddie Jones, Rick Brunson and Aaron Mckie play a UMass team coached by John Calipari starring Marcus Camby and Dana Dingle. 

With the one year anniversary of Kobe's death passing recently the Dan's decided to watch Kobe and Shaq's Lakers beat the Nick Van Exel and Antonio McDyess Denver Nuggets at the Forum in 1999. 

The Dan's honor the great Tommy Heinsohn by watched a game he called in 1987 between the John Stockton and piece of crap Karl Malone's Utah Jazz and the 80's Big Three Celtics featuring Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish at the Boston Garden. RIP Tommy. RIP KC. 

The Dan's watch Chris Mullin, Latrell Sprewell and Joe Smiths Golden State Warriors play the Los Angeles Clippers lead by Malik Sealy, Lorenzen Wright and Loy Vaught on March 10, 1997, the day after the death of Christopher Wallace. 

The Dans watch the Sacramento Kings play the Detroit Pistons on February 2, 2000. The game pits Jason Williams, Chris Webber and Vlade Divac against Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner, and Lindsey Hunter at the Palace At Auburn Hills. 

The Dan's watch Big Z, Bobby Sura, Shawn Kemp and the rest of the Cavaliers play against Steve Smith, Dikembe, Tyrone Corbin and the Atlanta Hawks in 1998 at the home of the George Tech Yellow Jackets. 

The Dan's close out NBA Preseason by watching Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells and the Portland Trail Blazers take on Bryant Reeves, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Mike Bibby and the Vancouver Grizzlies in the post lockout preseason of 1999. 

The Dan's watch Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers play Antawn Jamison and the Golden State Warriors on December 6, 2000. Both players would go on to score 51 points in a surprising loss for the to be champion Lakers. 

The Dan's celebrate Sarah Fuller and Callie Brownson breaking barriers in the football world by finally watching an old WNBA Game. The 2007 WNBA Finals saw Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Cappie Pondexter, and Tangela Smith  of the Phoenix Mercury square off with Deanna Nolan, Swin Cash, Katie Smith and head coach Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Shock. 

The Dan's run through the NBA Draft Lottery and tell you why to hate a bunch of 19 year old kids including Lamelo Ball, James Wiseman, Obi Toppin, Patrick Williams and Tyrese Haliburton. We wind down with some BS including the Chris Paul trade from the OKC Thunder to the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers big moves. 

The Dan's watch a team of college "All-Stars" coached by UCONN legend Jim Calhoun featuring Brian Cardinal from Purdue, Bootsy Thornton of St. Johns, and 1996 western new york player of the year Tim Winn play against the Harlem Globetrotters who are for some reason coached by Alvin Gentry and lead by Will Cunningham, Johnny Rhodes and The Regulator Reggie Phillips on April fools day 2000.  

The Dan's watch Antoine Walker, Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics against Michael Jordan's Washington Wizards on Halloween of 2002. 

The Dan's watch Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph and the Michigan State Spartans play an Arizona team boasting Gilbert Arenas, Luke Walton and Richard Jefferson in the 2001 NCAA Final Four.

The Dan's are joined by Cleveland expert and snax chat co founder Doan to watch rookie Lebron James put on a clinic against the almost Swamp Dragons.

The Dan's watch the 2000 mens Olympic team featuring the likes of Vince Carter, Alonzo Mourning, Kevin Garnett and Steve Smith warm up for the 2000 Olympic Games with an exhibition against the Select Team made up of college basketball players like Jason Richardson, Troy Murphy and Jamaal Tinsley. 

The Dan's are joined by the Make-A-Wish Mamba himself, Tommy, as we check tape on game 7 of the 1993 NBA Western Conference Championship between Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton and the Seattle Sonics and the Charles Barkley, Dan Majerle and Kevin Johnson Phoenix Suns team. We wrap it up with a whole bunch of Staten Island politics. 

The Dan's watch Ja Rule's Murder Inc team featuring Derek Anderson and Baron Davis take on Fat Joe and his Terror Squad team featuring Stephon Marbury, Shawn Marion, Cuttino Mobley and Jermaine O'neal at the famous Rucker Park. We wrap with NBA Bubble chat and assorted BS.   RIP BIG PUN

The Dan's celebrate the Nuggets upset over Khawi Leonard, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Playoffs by watching the Nuggets win another clinching playoff game, this time in 1988 against the Tom Chambers and Xavier Mcdaniel lead Seattle Supersonics in round one of the 1988 NBA Playoffs! We wrap with NBA bubble chat including Mike Dantoni telling the Houston Rockets to piss off. 

The Dan's say goodbye to Billy Donovan by watching his first NCAA Championship as coach of the Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer lead Florida Gators against Jordan Farmars Bruins. We wrap with bubble chat and Sheriff Joe's furry bonanza.

The Dan's celebrate Cliff Robinson by watching him lead the Trail Blazers against the brand new Vancouver Grizzles. We wrap with some NBA bubble talk and other BS. RIP CLIFF ROBINSON

The Dan's watch the Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire 7 Seconds Or Less Phoenix Suns play the Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson lead New Jersey Nets on December 7th 2006 ad the Continental Airlines Arena aka the Meadowlands. We wrap with a bunch of bubble talk on topics like Damian Lillard and TJ Warren and shockingly little golf content. 

The Dan's cant stand to make Smush Parker a liar and watch the Albany Patroons vs the Wyoming Wildcatters in the CBA Finals at the Armory on April 16, 1988. We wrap with some NBA Bubble talk and other BS. checkthetapepodcast@gmail.com

The Dan's watch a game played between the Philadelphia 76ers and the FC Barcelona BASKETBALL team in 2006 in honor of Lou Williams, the first man to mix lemon pepper and bbq, but instead of Lou Will we got a big ol' dose of Willie Green and Steven Hunter. 

The Dan's celebrate 100 episodes by watching a regular season game between the Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen Boston Celtics and the Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire lead New York Knicks from 2011. We take a whole shit ton of emails and pick our favorite episode, favorite tape checked, best dan and more...

The Dan's watch Kobe Bryant and Shaq flounder against the likes of Darko Milicic and Darvin Ham in the 2004 NBA Finals, talk celebrity golf tournaments and NBA Bubble life. Don't ever forget that Karl Malone sucks.

The Dan's watch the Rick Barry lead Golden State Warriors complete the sweep over Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes Washington Bullets team on May 25, 1975. We also touch on the NBA's poor treatment of WNBA players in the "bubble", the NFL reopening plan and Magic Johnson's twitter. 

The Dan's watch the Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady Raptors complete a thrilling comeback over an impressively bad Los Angeles Clippers roster featuring Lamar Odom, Tyrone Nesby and Eric Piatowski. We wrap with Upstate NY Dan attempting to defend the fact that the new york mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla.

The Dan's watch Rex Chapman and an undermanned Miami Heat team shock Michael Jordan's historic 72 and 10 Chicago Bulls on February 23, 1996. 

The Dan's are joined by the 2nd highest donator to Movement For Black Lives John to watch the 1985 All-Star game which has been made famous by the Isiah Thomas lead movement to tune Michael Jordan out for being too fly too soon. We also touch on the NBA's slapped together re-opening plan. 

The Dan's watch Clyde Drexler's Portland Trailblazers against a Lakers team lead by some mix of Vlade Divac, Byron Scott and Sedale Threatt in game 3 of the 1992 NBA Playoffs. This game was played as the 1992 Los Angeles Riots started just a few miles away. Don't forget the person who emails a screen shot of the biggest donation to M4BL.ORG to checkthetapepodcast@gmail.com by Monday morning gets to pick next weeks tape. 

The Dan's out some scumbags while picking our all Blue Lives Matter NBA teams, then we watch game 6 of round 1 of the 2007 NBA Playoffs between the Dirk and Josh Howard lead Dallas Mavericks and the Baron Davis and more importantly a man who's been a hero in these times Stephen Jackson lead Golden State Warriors. We urge you to find your local bail fund or Black Lives Matter chapter and donate anything you can spare within your means. Defund the police. Rest In Peace George Floyd. 

The Dan's are joined by Mike from Virtual Pros, which is the only wrestling podcast I can think of, to check tape on the second annual NWA vs Charlotte Police charity basketball game in Charlotte, NC. The game featured wrestling stars including Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger and Scruff McGruff. We wrap with BS including the Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning golf showdown and The Basketball Tournament. ACAB.