The Decision

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 35: The Decision. The finale to it all, recorded live in Brooklyn. And it's come down to three teams: The Knicks, The Warriors, and The Spurs. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Follow me on follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman. Special thanks to Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and my little brother Scott Kapelman, who provided the original music for the show. They're absolutely fantastic at what they do, and if you need podcast music, you should absolutely talk to them. If you want their info, DM me on Twitter. Thank you to all thirty five of my guests on the show — really, truly, appreciate you taking the time to talk with me about basketball for my silly podcast. A huge thanks to Linda Holmes. I really can't say enough about Linda and her support for me and this show, so I'll just say: She's the best, and if you don't know it, now you do. Special thanks to my honorary producers Tracy Clayton, Nichole Perkins, Rose Reid, Gene Demby, Tena Rubio, Nick Swerdlow, Saki Knafo, Albert Samaha, Kasey Fechtor, Nina Feldman, Ian Chillag, Adriana Gallardo, Alex Lewis, Chris Choi, Chris John, Raghu Manavalan, Ann Heppermann, Mark Bramhill, Avery Trufelman, and Emily Boghossian, who I'm gonna buy some grapes for. And to all the people who I know I'm forgetting because I'm an idiot. Also like a million other people who helped me out on this. Really, truly, I can't thank everyone enough. And finally, you, the listeners. If you like the show, let all your friends know about it on Twitter. I'm not sure what's next for me, but stay updated by staying subscribed to The Decision, telling your friends about it, and following me on Twitter. It's been fun. Thank you all. -Alex

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 34: Quit, featuring Chenjerai Kumanyika, Rutgers SCI JMS Professor and Co-host and Co-executive producer of Gimlet Media's Uncivil podcast. You can follow him at twitter.com/catchatweetdown. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. Follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is episode 33, the WNBA. Featuring Adele Jackson-Gibson, staff writer at Excelle Sports. You can follow her at twitter.com/adelejg26. This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 32: League Pass, featuring Emmett FitzFerald, producer at 99% Invisible. You can follow him at twitter.com/emmettsfitz. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 31: The Seattle SuperSonics, featuring Whitney Jones, co-host of Pitch, which I also co-host. It's a podcast about music. You can follow him at twitter.com/whitneyajones. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 30: The Phoenix Suns, featuring Michele Melrose, Director of Marketing at Invizion Video. You can find them at http://invizionvideo.com/ The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 29: The Orlando Magic, featuring Brian Brown, a writer in Los Angeles. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 30: The Utah Jazz, featuring Dave Horan, a teacher. You can follow him at www.twitter.com/downrightdave. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 27: The Houston Rockets, featuring Rachel Neel, producer of 2 Dope Queens and Sooo Many White Guys from WNYC. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 26: The Dallas Mavericks, featuring Zac Crain, senior editor at D Magazine. You can follow Zac at twitter.com/zaccrain. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 25: The Oklahoma City Thunder, with Nick Quah. You can follow Nick at twitter.com/nwquah The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 24: The Washington Wizards, with Annie-Rose Strasser, editor at Gimlet. You can follow her at https://twitter.com/arstrasser The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 23: The Miami Heat, with Wilkine Brutus. You can follow Wilkine at instagram.com/wilkinebrutus. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 22: The Atlanta Hawks, Jade Brown, a Hawks fan and the daughter of former Hawk Rickey Brown. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 21: The Charlotte Hornets, featuring Vann Newkirk II, staff writer at The Atlantic where he covers politics and policy. You can follow him at twitter.com/fivefifths The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 20: The San Antonio Spurs, featuring Joe Ruiz, weekend editor at NPR, soon to be senior weekend editor at CNN Politics. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 19: The New Orleans Pelicans, featuring Andres Begue, a journalist and former student of mine. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 18: The Minnesota Timberwolves, featuring Todd Melby, host of The Drunk Projectionish, a podcast featuring interviews with directors about their craft. You can subscribe at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunk-projectionist/id1219439115 The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 17: The Memphis Grizzlies, featuring Keith Parish, host of Fast Break Breakfast, an NBA podcast. You can follow him at twitter.com/fastbreakbreak. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 16: The Portland Trailblazers, featuring Will Tracy, writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 15: The Milwaukee Bucks, featuring NHPR producer Jimmy Gutierrez. You can find him at twitter.com/JimmyGootz The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 14: The Detroit Pistons, featuring healthcare policy worker Maria Alexander. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 13: The Chicago Bulls, featuring documentary filmmaker Donnie Weals. You can follow him at twitter.com/dseals The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 12: The Indiana Pacers, featuring Caitlin Cooper, contributing writer at Indy Cornrows, the Indiana Pacers blog at SB Nation. You can follow her at twitter.com/c2_cooper. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 11: The Cleveland Cavaliers, featuring lifelong Cleveland sports fan — and my friend's mom — Laurie Mazur. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 10: The Denver Nuggets. This is a two-person episode, featuring Janet Tsai and Kaitlin Barrer. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 9: The Golden State Warriors. What can I say? The Warriors are a superteam. They're so good that they're kinda the frontrunner, but at the same time, I can't see myself choosing them, because they just seem too good. The guy who's help me parse out these feelings is Albert Samaha. He's the criminal justice reporter at BuzzFeed. You can find him at twitter.com/albertsamaha. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 8: The Sacramento Kings. Dave Iseri makes the case. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 7: The Los Angeles Lakers. Our Lakers guy is Blair Wells, an old school Laker fan. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 6: The Los Angeles Clippers. Advocating for the Clippers is Dria Roland, the deputy editor at Complex Sports. You can find her at twitter.com/dreetv. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 5: The Toronto Raptors. I think they're a good candidate because I just love what Canada seems to represent. And to make an argument for Canada is Chris Berube, who's probably the platonic ideal of what I think about when I think of a Canadian. You can follow Chris at twitter.com/chrisberube. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 4: The Brooklyn Nets. This is gonna be a hard one. The Nets are walking distance away from me, but they're atrocious. However, I did find a true Nets fan, my buddy Chris Choi. He's head of global digital strategy for the nonprofit 100 Resilient Cities. And, uh, well, I'll just say he tried really hard. You can find Chris Choi at twitter.com/thischoi. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 3: The Boston Celtics. One of my most despised teams. Boston fandom just does not do it for me, and I've always hated the Celtics. But I brought on someone who actually made a pretty good case. His name is Jake Tuber. He's one of my best buddies and a lifelong Celtics fan. Alright, here's our conversation. You can follow his dog at twitter.com/RussellCeltsPup. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 2: The Philadelphia 76ers. I don't have any real affinity to Philadelphia, but I loved Allen Iverson when he was playing, and I know they have a nice young team right now. The guy who's gonna try to convince me to hop on the bandwagon is Gene Demby, the lead blogger for NPR's Code Switch, and the host of the Code Switch podcast. You can listen to Code Switch on your podcast app of choice, and you can find the Code Switch blog at npr.org. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 1: The introduction to the whole series. Where I basically just whine and complain about how terrible the Knicks are. You'll get to hear my history with the Knicks, and why I'm actually considering leaving, even though I've been a diehard fan. In this episode, I'm actually turning the mic over to Linda Holmes, she'll be facilitating my depressed rantings. Linda is the host of Pop Culture Happy, from NPR, and the editor of NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See. You can follow Linda at twitter.com/nprmonkeysee. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Original music from Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and Scott Kapelman. There will be five new episodes of the show every weekday until Tuesday, October 17, when the final episode will be released. Until then, follow Alex on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman.

Introducing: The Decision. Host Alex Kapelman is a huge Knicks fan, but he's also tortured by them, and after 17 years of intense fandom, he's thinking about leaving. Each episode, Alex interviews a different guest who will try to persuade him to become a fan of their favorite team. Episodes will be released five episodes a day from October 9 to October 17 (NBA Opening Night). The final episode, Alex will make his decision, recorded in front of a live audience. Follow Alex on Twitter! twitter.com/alexkapelman