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Starting 5

A former sports journalist challenges his friends to draft functional basketball teams from varied topics, then the teams go head to head. Logic occasionally defeats volume.

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All Episodes

00:58:04

Starting 5 Tournament - First Round (Part 1)

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/24

The tournament is upon us! Dillon and Cohost Cody (along with our wonderful team of sideline reporters and statisticians) break down the first round's left side of the bracket. Matchups include: A seemingly obvious 1 seed Luigi's Haunter's Mansion vs 16 seed MonStars. A high-scoring 5 seed The Fellowship of the Court vs the beasts from the east(ern Europe) 12 seed The Bulgarian International Quidditch Team. A tricky game between 4 seed Thrash and 13 seed Strider. And a gritty 8 vs 9 game that sees

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00:41:47

Starting 5 Tournament - Play-in Games!

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/21

In the opening games of the postseason, Dillon and Cohost Cody dive objectively too deeply into the two play-in games. Four teams enter, two teams progress into the tournament. Equipped with arbitrary stats, ESPY-winning sideline reporting, and limitless wit, the boys trim the fat.

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00:08:58

Postseason Seeding Show

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/18

It's finally here! The regular season has wrapped up and it's time for Dillon and Cohost Cody to unveil the top 16 teams who made the Starting 5 Tournament. We discussed this for a mean three hours, but with ya'll in mind we condensed it to just a few minutes.

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00:38:48

Ep 20 - The Bautista Show

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/14

No Tax Cody and My Lovely Girlfriend Zöe face off in an Actors Who Played The Avengers draft. Not the Avengers, but the actors themselves. Cody has met Dave Bautista and that's cool as shit. Zöe gets her heart broken by missing out on a certain actor whom she openly likes more than me. This episode is dedicated to Chadwick Boseman. May he get his much-deserved rest.

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00:38:43

Ep 19 - The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway

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2020/09/14

The pod welcomes my lovely girlfriend, Zöe Zander, for an episode that teeters on becoming rather esoteric. That's right, we're talking dead authors. From Roald Dahl's arial misfortunes to John Steinbeck's big, sensual hands, we leave no stone unturned. No Tax Cody steps into the moderator role to dish out his usual high level of wisdom.

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00:38:28

Ep 18 - The Revenge of Commander Cody

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/08

It's vengeance time at Starting 5. No Tax Cody comes back to try and right some wrongs in this Prequel Trilogy Star Wars draft. Isaac tries out the moderator role for the first time. At one point I call Jimmy Butler Jimmy Buffett, and you know what? I'm okay with that.

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00:37:49

Ep 17 - You Got Mossed

Starting 5 ·

2020/09/08

Kindergarten Friend Isaac swings back by to talk NFL Hall of Famers. Dillon explains that if there's a single stat that translates directly from football to basketball, it's interceptions returned for touchdowns. No Tax Cody reveals his points-based system of moderating.

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00:38:45

Ep 16 - The Night Begins to Shine

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/31

When I look at you, I see the story in your eyes. When we're dancing, The night begins to shine. Andrew steps into the lead role to fill us in on the tallest, meanest, flashiest, least-likely-to-play-basketball 80s singers while Vinny takes the moderator role and does nothing to stop bias from swaying his decision.

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00:38:16

Ep 15 - White Men Can Jump

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/31

Fan Favorite Vinny returns to talk cinematic hoops. From Space Jam and Semi-Pro to He Got Game and Juwannamann, this draft of basketball movie characters dredges up all the favorites you never knew you had. Andrew "My Roommate" Berenfeld hops on to calm the nerves and deliver a verdict.

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00:38:51

Ep 14 - Cereal Mascots, Can They Dunk? Let's Find Out!

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/23

No Tax Cody and Jalen wake up early, race each other down the hall, jockey for position in the pantry, nearly spill the milk, push each other out of their respective chairs, and have a good old fashioned thumb war before sitting down and clearing up the greatest debate of all time: can Tony the Tiger dunk from the 3-point line? Dillon attempts to reign in a truly unhinged Cereal Mascots draft.

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00:36:32

Ep 13 - Killer Handles

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/23

No Tax Cody returns in the lads' most impressive feat to date: making a serial killers draft funny. Jalen Hudson drops by to make sure the jokes stay in bounds. The boys discover a strong correlation between being short and turning into a serial killer.

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00:37:19

Ep 12 - Dillon (Greater Than or Equal to) Dylan

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/17

Pucks on net, boys. The Teabrothers (Josh and Dylan Teabo) learn us a thing or two about the red light district, ankle-high rocket sauce from the blue line, clappies from the hashies, and all the other slang I learned from Letterkenny in a current NHL players draft that does not go as expected. Edited by Dylan Teabo.

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00:31:59

Ep 11 - Just Listen to Captain Beefheart

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/17

The Talkin' Sauce brothers (Dylan and Josh Teabo) swing by to expand the brand and remind everyone to listen to Captain Beefheart on Spotify. The topic is dead musicians, and if you've seen that Chappelle Show skit, you're already a step ahead. Edited by Dylan Teabo.

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01:26:25

Mid Season Awards

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/13

Dillon and Cody dive deep into the heart of Starting 5 to hand out awards for All-Starting-5 First Team, Defensive Player of the Year, Best Trash Talker, Dunk Contest Champ, Most Likely to Recreate the Malice at the Palace, and way more. Tune in if you wanna know how your favorite players have faired in the regular season.

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00:38:26

Ep 10 - That How Everybody Hates The Office Community...

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/10

Cody and Vinny dive into the nostalgia to draft 2000s sitcoms teams. Sadly no one from Always Sunny gets drafted. Even the pros slip up from time to time.

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00:36:29

Ep 9 - Electorally Gifted

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/10

The POTUS episode. Vinny Sciascia comes to town to debate whether Abe Lincoln could comprehend the game of basketball, if JFK has the stamina to go four quarters, and the legality of Tricky Dick poisoning the Gatorade at halftime. Fan favorite, Cody, returns to bring some much-needed wisdom. Don't sleep on Barry O.

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00:38:24

Ep 8 - Just Wookie Noises

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/03

There's no good way to type out Wookie noises, so just imagine them blaring triumphantly as Isaac and No Tax Cody renew their rivalry over an original trilogy Star Wars draft.

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00:38:03

Ep 7 - Protagonist Guard

Starting 5 ·

2020/08/03

Isaac returns to defend his honor with a Harry Potter draft while Cody moderates. The boys flip through the NBA rulebook to see if there's any specific legislation against spells.

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00:35:08

Ep 6 - Dunk on Your B!tch A$$

Starting 5 ·

2020/07/27

Kill People. Burn Sh!t. F*ck School.

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00:21:42

Ep 5 - Man Wraith

Starting 5 ·

2020/07/27

The cross-pollination begins as podcast expert Jacob Ennis (of Talkin' Sauce fame) swings by to piss off the Lord of the Rings diehards, while the man of many names and even more talents, Darius Pettiford, moderates. Edited by Darius, so blame him if anything goes wrong.

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