Extraordinary Circumstances
From Basketball Illuminati by Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes
April 8, 2026 · 1h 52m
About this episode
The episode discusses the Milwaukee Bucks, the state of the NBA, and features a guest segment with J.A. Adande on various basketball and media topics.
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes feast on the smorgasbord of details in Shams' story about the Milwaukee Bucks that had one source saying "It feels like a funeral". Class is in session as Professor Adande returns to Illuminati U for a graduate seminar on the state of the association, or as he wants it known, the WemByA. J.A. takes us inside the selection process for his new podcast with Chuck Todd called Dynastic, wonders if the NCAA Tournament is a predictor of NBA Success and expresses concern about the future of journalism with media consolidation. Plus a whole lot of reminiscing about past NBA Finals. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here:…
People in this episode
Hosts: Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan, Anthony Mayes
Guest: J.A. Adande
Topics covered
- NBA Finals
- media consolidation
- NCAA Tournament
- podcast creation
- basketball analysis
Keywords
- Milwaukee Bucks
- NBA Finals
- NCAA Tournament
- J.A. Adande
- media consolidation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Milwaukee Bucks, NCAA, Count The Dings Network
Books & works: Dynastic
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