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Hoops talk brought to you by Jesse Williams and Stefan Marolachakis. Talking shop about basketball, art, and life with a cast of special guests.

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    • 4.7 • 155 Ratings

Hoops talk brought to you by Jesse Williams and Stefan Marolachakis. Talking shop about basketball, art, and life with a cast of special guests.

    Introducing...Stefan's Nighttime at Ray's!

    Introducing...Stefan's Nighttime at Ray's!

    Host Stefan Marolachakis and Executive Producer Jesse Williams bring you STEFAN’S NIGHTTIME AT RAY’S, the late-night talk show filmed on location at Ray's Bar on the Lower East Side. For the series premiere, Jesse joins Stefan for a drink or three and they talk about the good old days of temping together, Jesse's recent Broadway run, and how he went from a would-be civil rights lawyer to a Tony-nominated actor. Then they're joined by Daniel Arnold for a talk about hacking it in New York, how he captures those impossible images of his, and all the things that scare them half to death but they choose to do anyway. Come for the conversation, stay for the theme song singalong. You're not alone in the Nighttime.
    Watch Nighttime on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ubx6zw5h
    Follow Nighttime on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nighttimenyc
    https://nighttime.nyc

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Empire State of the Union

    Empire State of the Union

    Stefan is back to talk about free agency, and not just any old free agency! We're talking Knicks free agency and Nets free agency. KD. Kyrie. It's a battle o' the boroughs—and the winner may not be as clear as you think. Or is it?! Only two ways to find out: buy a time machine, or download this fresh-out-of-the-oven episode of your favorite podcast's favorite podcast: Open Run.

    • 20 min
    Warriors Fans Have Feelings, Too

    Warriors Fans Have Feelings, Too

    It's a bona fide homecoming as old-school Open Runner Ben Cruz rejoins the pod to talk about his beloved Warriors, their heated series against the Rockets, and the offseason that lies ahead. Will the Dubs win it all one more time? What will the team look like next season? Does Stefan finally...empathize with the Warriors?
    • Ben Cruz on Twitter
    • Listen to It Doesn't Matter What Your Podcast Is Called
    As always, follow Open Run on Twitter and Instagram.

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Dagger Dame & the Future King of New York

    Dagger Dame & the Future King of New York

    Our host has a lot on his mind this week: Dagger Dame and the shot heard 'round the world, the mysterious inner workings of Russell Westbrook, the Rockets-Warriors matchup, NBA Finals predictions, and a whole mess of Knicks hypothesizing to Du-rant & rave about. It's officially time for another installment of Deep Thoughts with Stefan, a.k.a. "Stefan My Mind."

    • 35 min
    The NBA Fan's Guide to the Sweet 16 with J. Kyle Mann

    The NBA Fan's Guide to the Sweet 16 with J. Kyle Mann

    J. Kyle Mann of The Dime Drop is back! And he's here to school Stefan and all the other college hoops ignoramuses on what to watch in this year's Sweet 16. The players to look out for, the most competitive games, the nicknames we need to work on—it's all here in Open Run's Guide to the Sweet 16.
    • Follow Kyle Mann on Twitter
    • Watch Kyle's Ja Morant video on The Dime Drop 
    • ...and watch his Rookie Midterm video on DeAndre Ayton for The Ringer
    As always, follow Open Run on Twitter and Instagram.

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Playing Possum with Krishna Andavolu

    Playing Possum with Krishna Andavolu

    Vice News Tonight correspondent, Weediquette host, and fellow Knicks fan Krishna Andavolu joins Stefan to talk about the evolving definition of NBA success, the legacy of Kevin Durant's strange "The Servant" nickname, avant-garde rebuild theories, and doin' it for the Gram.
    • Krishna Andavolu on Twitter and Instagram
    • Watch Krishna's show Weediquette
    As always, follow Open Run on Twitter and Instagram.

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
155 Ratings

155 Ratings

cjguest ,

Best basketball podcast!

This podcast is fire! Entertaining and informative. Hosts have very good on-air chemistry.

sleptlate ,

One of the best

I grew up loving sports- for a long time it's felt like a full time drop to avoid screaming heads yelling about everything but the game. It's great to listen to Open Run and remember why we talk about sports with our friends and families in the first place. Open Run is for the children.

Cosgrojo ,

ADHD Basketball Podcast

If you don't particularly like basketball, and enjoy listening to two guys with a severe case of ADHD... this is the podcast for you! I'm a certified basketball junky and subscribe to literally any basketball podcast that is even marginally listenable, this one is is going back into the podcast store. The 2 stars is for the sound quality and obvious professional production. If they get a good guest interview, I'll go track that down to just hear the guest. I just can't listen to these two guys.

In case anyone is actually reading these reviews as a way to decide whether you will like this podcast... I'm the guy who gets excited for the Dunc'd on podcast releases their 3 hour summer league prospect podcast, and get even more excited when I find out that was only part 1 of 2 episodes on the prospect breakdowns.

If you are into basketball minutiae, and like to take deep dives into the game, this ain't for you. If you like the idea of basketball, but are more interested in sprawling and unfocused thoughts of two guys who are obsessed with how Barkevious Mingo and his brother Hughtavious got their names... you came to the right place!

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