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NBA Hall of Famer and future Poet Laureate Bernard King joins the show (01:11:39) to talk about his new book and tell tales about his days growing up in Brooklyn, playing at Tennessee, all the way through his prolific bucket-getting career in the NBA. But before that: the Cavs continue to stink out loud, is Nerlens broken?, Chris Paul will ruin the Rockets when he returns from injury, Apu is problematic, and KFC stops in to discuss whether Eminem's new single is flaming garbage or just regular old dumpster juice. Thanks to our Sponsors: Tommy John - Head to TommyJohn.com/MICK to get 20% off your first order! NEW BARSTOOL APP - Make sure you're staying up to date with everything Barstool. You don't want to miss the latest in-office grudge or must see video. Get everyone's hot take by going to the app store and downloading the NEW, UPDATED Barstool app today! 

LiAngelo Ball stole some Louis V sunglasses in China and he may never see the light of day ever again because of it. Meanwhile stateside, Lonzo Ball can't buy a shot. Small Baller moves from BBB left and right. Tyler finally gets his wish to see Eric Bledsoe on the Bucks, meanwhile his Wizards might just stink. The Thunder? They also might just stink. Ben Simmons? Much to Michael Wilbon's dismay, Ben Simmons very much does NOT stink. In fact, he's historically incredible. That and much more, including Tyler fixing cereal once and for all before former NCAA National Player of the Year and current Charlotte Hornet Frank Kaminsky sits down with us (1:27) to roast Dan Dakich, talk the new Call of Duty, and reminisce on the time Wisconsin got Tyler's Wildcats up outta here. Thanks to our sponsors:  Dollar Shave Club - For a limited time, Dollar Shave Club is basically giving away their 'Sh*t, Shower, Shave Starter set for new members! Go to Dollarshaveclub.com/tape to redeem Bet DSI - Go to BetDSI.com and use promo code TAPE25 and get a FREE $25 wager on the house and 200% extra bonus when you deposit.

We're 1/8th of the way through the NBA season and the takes are FLYING off the shelves. Kristaps Porzingis has apparently passed Karl-Anthony Towns as the best player from the 2015 Draft class according to Knicks fans and only Knicks fans. The Cavs are dead, the Celtics have the best record in basketball, Ben Simmons is actually a monster with or without a jump shot, and should the Rockets have ever traded for Chris Paul in the first place? To end the show, former Duke Blue Devil and NBA veteran Gerald Henderson joins the show to talk playing for Coach K, his infamous elbowing of Tyler Hansbrough, golf, being the son of an NBA player trying to get into the League, and quitting meat and dairy while judging Coley harshly for not quitting meat or dairy.

Former NFL All Pro running back Arian Foster joins the show to talk about absolutely nothing to do with sports outside of his acting prowess in the feature film "Draft Day." Young Thug is discussed before we debate Andre 3000 vs. Big Boi, eventually ending up breaking down "International Players Anthem." This is where things begin to get rocky as we asked Arian the question we ask everyone... "What are your top five cereals?"...Maybe it's our fault. Maybe we should stop asking our pals this question, because it ends up hurting us in the long run. We're not mad at Arian, we appreciate his honesty, it just hurts is all. Hopefully we can grow and move past this amicably but for now, the wounds are too fresh. Arian's brand new podcast "Now What?" is currently available for your listening pleasure.

No one really asked for it, but you got it now. There's nothing you can do about it. It's here, the Definitive Mickstape Top 10 Treehouse Of Horror Lists Spectacular. It's kinda like a Top 15ish, since neither of us have the same lists, but you get the point. These aren't the Top 10 Treehouse of Horror episodes. That would be sophomoric. These are the Top 10 segments within the episodes because we're a galaxy brain type of podcast. After the lists are given and the debates are hashed out, the show quickly devolves into talking about random characters throughout the years and Top 5 lists of ancillary Springfield citizens are hastily constructed. Finally, did aliens attack the Thunder's team plane? Early reports say... yes. Very obviously yes.

Frank Isola of the New York Daily News joins the show to talk some Knicks, some Dolan, some Phil Jackson, some Boston Garden vs. Madison Square Garden, some Charles Oakley, and much more basketball related content before giving the wildest Top 5 Cereal List this show has ever seen or heard. I mean seriously folks, please listen to this episode sitting down because Frank "The Ice Man" Isola absolutely dropped a can't miss list that you're gonna have to hear to fully believe. After that, we talk about David Stern dropping in from the clouds to talk about the WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED-UHHHHHH.

"Homer At The Bat" aired 25 whole years ago. "Springfield Of Dreams" aired a whole two (2) days ago. "Springfield Of Dreams: The Podcast" is airing right now, the second you press play on your mobile device. "But Coley, I listen to podcasts on my laptop. Why do you have to assume I'm streaming this on my iPhone or Adroid?" Well, loyal listener. Perhaps you're the type of person who doesn't listen to podcasts in the traditional sense. Maybe you are a laptop consumer, or some sort of other weirdo or vagabond who refuses to adhere to the rules of modern society. To you I say, "A laptop is very much a mobile device. You can take that sucker anywhere your heart desires. Remember what the original computers looked like? How they'd take up several rooms just to be able to print those sheets of paper that you had to tear the perforated sides off of yourself like some sort of common poor? And people at the time only thought computers were going to get BIGGER over time? Unfathomable how dumb people were years ago. Truly incomprehensible."

Miami Heat guard/forward/emergency center Justise Winslow joins us (0:00-21:25) to become incredibly sad incredibly quickly after we bring up delicious cereals his diet no longer allows him to indulge in. We attempt to transition to music which only brings more rain clouds and despair over his Miami abode. Again, we apologize to Justise Winslow for ruining his day. Was it funny? Yes. Was it intentional? No, but moving forward we may have to employ this tactic routinely. Then Michael Rapaport (21:55-the rest of the show) joins us to yell loudly about Bill Russell, the Knicks being bad and not good, celebrities who are trash at basketball, Rihanna, modern rap, and the plans for the second season of the Big 3.

BASKETBALL IS BACK!!! KYRIE IS ON THE CELTICS!!! GIANNIS IS STILL LARGE AT SPORTS!!! THE WARRIORS RUINED BASKETBALL AND THE BULLS SOLD THEM JORDAN BELL BECAUSE THE BULLS ARE INEPT!!! MELO AND PAUL GEORGE ARE ON THE THUNDER!!! CHRIS PAUL GOT TRADED TO THE ROCKETS FOR SOME REASON!!! BEN SIMMONS AND JOEL EMBIID ARE GOING TO PLAY!!! HYPOTHETICALLY AT THE SAME TIME EVEN!!! KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS HAS REAL TEAMMATES AGAIN!!! TERRY ROZIER!!! BOOGIE AND ANTHONY DAVIS OUR CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS!!! NIKOLA JOKIC 12-TIME MVP!!! POINT BLAKE GRIFFIN!!! LAVAR BALL FIST FIGHTING LUKE WALTON AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE!!! THE GREATEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD IS BACK!!!

The much anticipated Season One Finale is here. We laughed, we cried, we talked about various sugary cereals, cartoons, and international music sensations over the past year. We spoken many things into fruition, had Stephen A. Smith yell about our show, had JaVale McGee question why Coley talks like that. It's been a wild ride to say the least. For the finale we break down the finesse by Joel Embiid, thank Andrew Wiggins for finally putting pen to paper, try and figure out the size of the bag Marcus Smart is going to get, enjoy Villain Kyrie, and - last but not least - preview that we will be previewing curling for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

We recorded before Joel Embiid pulled an all time finesse on the Philadelphia 76ers and signed a five year extension worth a cool $148 mil so apologies for not breaking down that finesse in audio podcast form, that will come - never you worry. We did, however, break down why black licorice, candy corn and peeps are in fact trash and not for human consumption while running through some of the top Halloween candies. We also gave our individual top five cereal lists ever of all time. With Season One of Mickstape winding down it would not have been morally just to go into our sophomore campaign without letting you know exactly what kind of people we are when it comes to what we pair with our milk, bowls and spoons. Oh yeah, we broke down SOME basketball in the middle of all of this, mostly Gary Harris' contract and what it means for Marcus Smart's upcoming negotiations; why the Kings potentially have too many players; and why Ben Simmons should run away with Rookie of the Year this season.

The very handsome Zach Harper sets a Mickstape record by becoming the first returning guest to the show, a record Kareem, Mike Conley, Jr., Dahntay Jones, and JaVale McGee are likely going to lose sleep over knowing it could've been them. But it wasn't. The history books will forever and always note that Zach Harper became the first recurring guest in show history. With Tyler in New York and Zach in studio, this episode is much different than the first time Harper was on the show in the sense that you can actually hear all three of us. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to the people to decide.

THE NBA IS BACK! Kinda, sorta. Preseason is here, and Mickstape has all the takes you need on all things related to the following: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hey Arnold!, Ren & Stimpy, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts, Global Guts, Hey Dude, modern athletes participating in Guts, Angry Beavers, Scrat from Ice Age, Doug, Rugrats, The Simpsons, how flying in airplanes is actually terrifying, Milos Teodosic, the ocean is actually quite large potentially too large, Lonzo Ball, Lavar Ball, Game of Thrones, Lakers fans blatantly disrespecting Kobe Bryant, and Tom Petty.

The season is finally nearing. So naturally, we had a call with NBA Champion and known sandwich-consumer Matt Bonner to discuss all things sandwich. Coley and Tyler briefly reminisce on Shaquille O'Neal's dominance well into his old age before moving studios to have a chat with Pardon My Take's PFTCommenter. No, he was not wearing sunglasses during the interview. We know what his face looks like. You don't. Your eyes don't know what his eyes look like, not even in the slightest. Our eyes do, and that information is for our eyes only. I don't remember what we actually talked about with PFT outside of ranking @TrillBallins brands to go along with 30 minutes of barrel fire takes.

We're beefing with Kevin Love. LeBron, Steph, and the whole NFL are beefing with the president of the United States. Adam Silver (Duke man, Stanford guy, top of his class) is beefing with nobody because whomever opposes Silver is wrong 100% of the time and thus there is not sufficient friction for it to be considered beef. Melo is a Thunder, which is a weird thing to say - not because he got traded to a different team, it's just a weird thing to call a guy a Thunder. Thunderer? Thundite? Who even knows. Certainly not I. But, there's more important things to discuss. Important things happening in this country that need to be broken down and flushed out at length. That's right folks, I'm talking about the season finale of the hit HBO series, "Ballers." Smash that download button, U Bum.