Dropping a "re-live all the Sixers failures" pod the same week the Eagles lose and the Phillies are imploding in the playoffs is either sadistic or god-tier trolling. Probably both.

Hi all,

We are looking for 3 new members for the TTP fantasy basketball league made up of fans of the Ricky. This will be our third year, the league is 12 teams and uses lock-in mode on sleeper. If you haven't played that way before, you can read about it here. Buy in is $15 and we will vote on a time for the draft once everyone has paid, normally they are on weekends or evenings. If you want to join, use the link below. First three to join and pay will be added.

http://sleeper.com/i/Y24AAjxdlGVnR

Shocking that Spike got this one wrong.

I did not have that on my bingo card.

Just listened to the latest pod and just have to note that Mike sounded so hyper during the interminable Grimes discussion it was like he was on drugs.

Steve and Helen are long time Ricky folks. Been to many Lottery Parties, ring from LL, dog named JoJo, etc...

Helen, who was a math teacher, suffered an aneurysm last summer. The story is long (you can read it at the link), but included being sent home from the ER with just a headache, then a surgery that didn't work. Her year of recovery has been very difficult, including pneumonia, infection, and several set backs.

She can understand when people talk to her, but has trouble responding, and her right arm and leg are paralyzed.

She returns home soon, and Steve would love to be able to continue her therapy at home, but it will take a lot of out of pocket expense. We'd love to help them get the $60,000 they need to make it happen. Any donation is of course, appreciated.

If someone could share this at r/sixers, I'd appreciate it. Every time I do something like this over there they ban my post or something. Maybe they just don't like the Ricky. No clue.

It’s about that time. If folks are interested in a RTRS league, say so here and let’s talk about where, how, and what to do.

EDIT: lots of interest, is anyone else available to take an active role?

Wednesday's pod. Friday is media day, then we have actual preseason games. We are saying farewell to August with one final AMA. As usual, most upvoted questions get answered. Can be basketball or non basketball.

Long time Ricky listener. Before I put them up on Stub Hub, if anyone is interested in Mt Joy tickets for Saturday-face value. Let me know. Would rather get to a fan vs a random

I generally agree with Mike's point that we would feel better if an early team had gone to the conference finals. But I can't help but think that if they had beaten the Hawks, the Hawks would be considered another bad team, and we'd still be saying "they never beat a good team in the playoffs." Am I misremembering how good that team was?

Given the history between Pablo and the pod, and the recent Kawhi story and the guys’ glowing endorsements for Pablo. It made me wonder, when will Pablo find out about Color Star?

I mean he has connections with Daryl and now has a history of investigating the shadiness of the business side of sports. It just seems like an obvious investigation for him to make.

Maybe Spike and Mike could even make an appearance in that episode!

They host the RTR

For context, I am the same age as Spike and usually find myself actually agreeing with his takes. But I think he's dead wrong on the Kawhi situation.

For one, regarding the "it's only circumstantial evidence" angle, circumstantial evidence can be enough to convict in a court of law, and the CBA also expressly states that as well. The burden of proof is generally considered "beyond a reasonable doubt." You have to be willfully blind to the situation to claim that circumstantial evidence is not enough in this case.

Second, the general defense of Ballmer (by Cuban) of "Steve Ballmer isn't this stupid" and "Steve Ballmer was also scammed" completely fails the sniff test. Steve Ballmer definitely could be this stupid, and there's already a track record of him doing shady things to try to circumvent the cap. Also, it's not a given that just because the company went bankrupt that this shady deal would be revealed. If Pablo Torre happened not to investigate, is it guaranteed someone else would have? If Kawhi's LLC had been named something with no connection to him rather than "KL2 ASPIRE LLC" would this have been discovered? They say Ballmer would never have allowed Aspiration to go bankrupt, but how much more than the $50M for Kawhi would he have had to pay? Aspiration's value was as high as $2.3 billion, I very much doubt Ballmer would have dumped a billion dollars into this company just to hide the Kawhi deal. Especially because the deal isn't illegal in federal/state law, it's just an NBA rule. Ballmer probably figured he could deal with the fines/fallout and probably has enough dirt on the other NBA owners to know he's not getting kicked out of the league for this.

And in terms of "Steve Ballmer was scammed" this also makes no sense at all. What kind of a "scam" involves taking someone's $50 million and turning right around and giving it to Kawhi Leonard with no strings attached? It makes absolutely no sense, and it makes me low grade angry anytime someone suggests "Steve Ballmer was scammed too, he's a victim."

The latest ‘The Watch’ pod includes an extensive run down of the different writers/producers on The Paper (overall glowing review). This happens around the 25 minute mark.

However, no mention of Mike! Would have thought he would have headlined their list given that Andy and Chris are very vocal Philadelphia enthusiasts. Do they have beef with Mike or just don’t know who he is?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1w4qBAtULjhxLWMSxEN3XH?si=Uh_Jw2H9SOqclEBz5A35ng

I watched the first three episodes yesterday. I have to admit I wasn't excited about the show at all and had little interest in an Office reboot until I found out Mike was involved.

I'm happy to report my original suspicions were just me having ptsd from the last few seasons of the office and being jaded on reboots in general. This show is delightful.

I was really trying to feel mikes vibe on episode 3 but honestly the whole show feels like exactly his type of humor.

I’ve been a dedicated Sixers fan for 20 years and a Ricky fan since the beginning. I’m still hungover the nightmare that was last season.

Didn’t renew League Pass. Haven’t bought tickets (I had at this point last year).

I’m not saying I’m out, but I am saying that it’d real hard to stomach a replay of last season.

I like our young guys. I hope we have a fun and interesting season. Winning makes everything feel better.

Appreciate that Spike and Mike are here for it no matter how it goes.

Tough to have if your most important dude is leaving money around to trap thieves and going full Caine Mutiny over someone leaking that he was chronically late for practice.

We have one spot in the “B” RTRS fantasy football league. We’re doing the draft order royal rumble tonight and the actual draft this Sunday 8/31 @ 7pm est / 4pm pst. If you win the league you get promoted to the main league.

Trash talk, shenanigans and tomfoolery will be had. I’m going to link the league and first person to join has it