This week, we recorded early Thursday morning after staying up late pretending to be baseball fans. We kick off the pod revealing our complete ignorance on all things MLB, including a particularly embarrassing set of guesses about what “Fly the W” means. Then we go into a, potentially controversial, discussion of how anyone could like baseball more than basketball. Most importantly, we discuss the Cavs’ performance at the Indians game. JR was JR, Lebron was enthusiastic, and apparently Savannah James smokes?!
Next, we turn to the real story of the week — Halloween. In case you missed it, Al had quite the social media moment this weekend thanks to Lala commenting on a photo of her “Melo in a Bodega” costume. Learn more than you ever wanted to know about prepping the costume, the bodega photoshoot, and how she feels about her newfound fame.
Finally, we do a full review of the NBA players’ Halloween costumes. As you saw on The Step Back’s Halloween roundup earlier this week, the NBA does this holiday right. Players go all out and we were loving every minute of it. We discuss Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Nick Collison, and more.
Time stamps
3:40- Basketball > baseball
6:10- Does Savannah James smoke?!?!
8:18- El and Al’s life changing Halloween weekend
15:00- The NBA really does Halloween right
16:20- Which NBA players had the best costumes
18:40- Thunder party and Nick Collison’s love of Netflix + chill
21:50- Ray Westbrook gets no respect!
24:30- The couples costume, is it a “do” or a “don’t”
26:30- Lebron’s Halloween party
If you’re just joining us at The Step Back, we focus on NBA players lives off the court. We follow all the players on social media, read interviews with them, and watch documentaries about them. We know about their kids, parents, wives, and best friends. We are all about the players as people. Essentially, we are your go-to place for questions like: Whose Snapchat game is stronger- Richard Jefferson or Draymond Green? How did the Jimmy Butler/Bonobos sponsorship deal happen? Which NBA stars are in an off the court power couple?
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