The Open Run With Will Strickland

We #DoWhatsPopularWithThePopulation on the podcast where basketball and life are one, as we take a moment to remember the life, times, and mentality of the late, great Kobe Bean Bryant.Will Strickland goes full Mamba on the Ultimate Scoring Machine, Barack Obama, The Disco 3, Young Bull, Canadian Content, Moms with Bars, Reggie Miller, Do Somethin’ Before 2-Somethin’, the Colonel’s Son, Tough Love vs Old Head Hate, A Guy Named Luigi, Blue Bloods Bleeding, #NoDrumpf, Gil Scott-Heron, the "Power 10

#DoWhatsPopularWithThePopulation on the podcast where basketball and life are one as with Will Strickland brings the news, views and truths on the NBA and beyond with contactless delivery!Wall $t. explores the net returns on the Nets’ transactions, the weaponizing of MLK, OKC 2.0, Mary J. Blige, Helen Folasade Adu, Patty Mills, Google Doodles, Three-6 Latvia, The Future Sidney Deane, Stringer Bell, Fredo Corleone, 8 Mile, Julius Winfield Erving II, #HeWhoShantBeNamed, and more! Pandemic

Will Strickland breaks down a hectic week in hoops and American history!Wall $t. gives you the news, views, and truths on a President inciting domestic terrorism on the very foundation of democracy and a commissioner dealing with the question of continuing the season during the pandemic, player response to the recent goings-on in D.C., and a rash of serious injuries.Some teams with premature fast starts come back to Earth amidst internal turmoil, Melo 2.0 makes his first mark, Kawhi runs his first

The pod’s first prizes are doled out, Top 10 Power Rankings get called out, and imagined playoff matchups help us close out properly on The Open Run, where basketball and life are one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenrun/message

On this week’s episode, Will Strickland does what’s popular with the population, gift wrapping naughty and nice during the hoops holiday season in the last week of 2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenrun/message

This week, host Will Strickland calls on long-time sports content collaborator, business partner, b-ball-lifer, and friend, NBA TV Canada’s Duane Watson, to help bring the news, views & truths on the game as it can only be done during The Open Run. Will & Duane lace ‘em up to hit the court and share how they first met, what drove them to go pioneering the Canadian hoops talk hinterland, and their most memorable moments along the way that included track and field Olympic legend John Carlos,

In the premiere offering of The Open Run, where basketball and life are one, Will Strickland brings his perspective on the pandemic, purposeful planning, protest, pain, and privilege in the NBA Bubble and in the world of podcasting.Alliteration aside, the most compelling stories of the 2020-2021 NBA Campaign go under The Open Run microscope as Will “Wall $t.” Strickland does What's Popular With The Population to make sure you don’t get beat off the dribble, going all Hoops CSI in The Criminalization