Do pro athletes play Fantasy Sports & Stern's long pause when Sabonis was drafted (Hoops Journeymen podcast) / News - Basketnews.com

Hoops Journeymen are back with another episode and this time BasketNews colleagues Mindaugas Gobikas and Manny Alvarez talk about Fantasy Sports. A distinguished academician and a proven sports marketing practitioner, Professor Bill Sutton joins the podcast to share his insights and to answer the chicken-or-egg type of question: do you need to be a sports fan in order to play Fantasy Sports?

Topics:

Intro (0:00);

Does Manny play Fantasy Sports? (3:57); Playing Fantasy Sports gives you chance to brag (9:07); Matthew Berry traded his movie-making career for Fantasy Sports (13:52); Mindaugas' sport management students didn't like Fantasy Baseball (20:25); Do real-life players play Fantasy Sports? (30:31); Americans who play in Europe would draft themselves No. 1 all the time (36:22); Will Manny play BasketNews Fantasy EuroLeague? (46:49); Professor Bill Sutton joins the podcast (50:34); Bill's suggestion on the best grilled Reuben in NYC (53:23); Social interaction and competition are the keys behind playing Fantasy Sports (55:15); You don't need to be a hardcore fan of sport in order to play Fantasy Sports (1:00:14); In the NBA Fantasy Sports are not part of BRI, so players do not benefit from that (1:08:31); The passion of the European fans is legendary (1:12:18); What was behind David Stern's long pause when he announced the selection of Arvydas Sabonis in the Draft? (1:25:55); David Stern was like a proud father witnessing the birth of his child during an NBA game in China (1:26:49); Does Bill Sutton like the new Cleveland Guardians logo? (1:29:32).

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