43 episodes
Gym Ratz & Jointz Dan Gladman
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Dan Gladman is the former Toronto Raptors producer who was known on air as Danny G. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Sports Event for producing Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the historic win for the Raptors over the Golden State Warriors. In his 20+ years as a producer in Canada and the United States, Dan has met and befriended countless athletes, media types and interesting folks from divergent walks of life. Gym Ratz & Jointz is a show that combines sharp basketball opinion and storylines with interviews about lives spent in the sport, in other sports, or in other facets of life. Dan goes deep with his special guests, provides his thoughts on current basketball news, and reminisces on segments called The Game I'll Never Forget and This Date in Toronto Raptors History, I Know, I Was There. This is a podcast about basketball and life. Subscribe and stick around.
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CEBL Preview and NBA Recap with Peter Ruttgaizer and Joe Raso
With the CEBL season set to tip off, DG welcomes the CBC broadcast crew of Peter Ruttgaizer and Joe Raso to preview the season and re-live the dramatic Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. How far will Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton take the Suns? The Eastern Finals between Milwaukee and Atlanta are previewed as well.
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Durant's gem, Embiid's tear and the West Playoffs get decimated
In a 12-hour stretch the NBA Playoffs become more dramatic than ever. Dan Gladman is joined by his University of Virginia classmate Billy Ravenell and producer Dan Wong to discuss Kevin Durant's historic performance in Game 5 against Milwaukee and Joel Embiid's meniscus injury. Then the news breaks about Chris Paul entering Covid protocol and his likely absence from the Western Conference Finals, and Kawhi Leonard's knee injury preventing him from playing Game 5 against Utah. What to make of the rapidly changing storylines of a postseason suddenly becoming unforgettable!
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Mark Hebscher: Iconic Toronto Sports Broadcaster
Dan and Mark look at last night's NBA games, including Damian Lillard's incredible 55-point performance, the dominance of Durant, Harden and Irving and huge injury issues in the Suns-Lakers series. Hebsy drops knowledge on basketball's history in Toronto and talks about his favourite Canadian players of all-time - George Rautins. Not surprisingly, the guys end the show with some memories about the 2019 NBA Finals, and long for the days when they can return to venues to watch live sports, and live music.
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Nav Bhatia: Raptors Superfan and Basketball Hall of Famer
Season 2 kicks off with Dan Gladman's interview with Nav Bhatia, original Superfan of the Toronto Raptors, and now a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. They talk about the championship season, the Damon Stoudamire years and Nav's relationship with Vince Carter and the Carter family. DG recaps last night's games in the NBA Playoffs and introduces The Game I'll Never Forget, reminiscing about the day Toronto won the Eastern Conference championship.
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The Break Up Episode
After 40 episodes of Season 1, Jevohn Shepherd and Andy Rautins say their goodbyes to Dan Gladman and producer Dan Wong in the Break Up episode. The podcast originally started in Wonger's living room, moved to Eggplant Studios, and then to Zoom calls and covered the NBA Bubble, the recent regular season and the rise of Canadian basketball. Today, the guys talk about the Play-In format and preview the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Thank you to Shep and AR, you will be missed. Season 2 starts fresh next week!
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Alvin Williams: 20 Years After The Shot against the Knicks
Toronto Raptors legend and current-day broadcaster Alvin Williams joins DG, Shep and AR to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the team's first Playoff series win in 2001. Alvin reminisces on the trade from Portland, going to the Eaton Centre with Vince Carter and playing with teammates like Charles Oakley, Antonio Davis, Dell Curry and others. He candidly talks about being a Philly basketball player from Villanova, and how the similarities end there with his good friend Kyle Lowry. He discusses his career transition from basketball and early day encounters at the arena with AR and DG.
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