Alex Young

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 5 a.m.

b'Me and my old radio partner at WSAM at Uhart have reunited! If this guy was my son, I would be immensely proud of him. Turns out he is one of my great friends from college and I am proud of him anyways. Today on this special friday edition of the podcast, I have the heroic Alex Young (@alex_young0413). I have so much respect for this man, he is a pleasure to talk to, he always knows what is good in this world and the fact that he came on my podcast really is a blessing. I am so psyched to show you all my incredible conversation with the incredible Alex Young as we talked about New Jersey, working for the NBA, the Knicks, the Giants, the Mets, the Yankees, the WNBA, working at Dunkin Dounts, scary movies, and much, much more\\u2026 (2:07)\\n\\n- We talk about how we first met in college and we talk about New Jersey and Jersey pride (2:54)\\n- Alex talks to me about working for the NBA and how that opportunity has changed his life and how it has been working at the NBA over the last year amongst their hectic season. We also talk about Kobe and the impact he will forever have on us (5:19)\\n- We then chat about the rise of the WNBA, which players to look out for and what makes that league and their games so interesting. We also talk about some other women gaining influence in basketball. (18:11)\\n- Me and Alex then talk about THE NEW YORK KNICKS. We talk about the new Coach Tom Thibodeau, which players we are excited to see develop more, and what other changes we would like to see about our basketball team (21:28)\\n- We then get into the upcoming 2020-2021 NBA season and what is about to go down there. (33:55)\\n- Me and Alex go IN talk about the New York Giants. We talk about keeping the faith with the team, how the Giants really are not a bad football team, why we must trust Daniel Jones, why we must also trust Coach Joe Judge and his coaching staff, and what kind of future we want to see happen for Giants nation. We also talk about Trevor Lawrence (39:31)\\n- Alex and I then get into the New York Mets. We talk about their new owner Steve Cohen, what players Alex hopes are future Mets, and what are his expectations going forward. (53:52)\\n- We then talk about the New York Yankees. What do they need to do to finally get over the hump and win their 28th World Series? (1:06:29)\\n- BASEBALL ANAYLTICS, are they good or bad for the MLB? We discuss (1:10:17)\\n- Alex shares some hilarious stories about working at Dunkin Donuts as I share hilarious stories working at Kohls. We also talk about how working retail helped us get prepared for the real world (1:16:36)\\n- Alex then answers The Proust Questionnaire (1:31:21)\\n- Alex then tells me the last time he laughed really hard. It is some story! (1:37:00)\\n- Hereditary! We talk about what some say is literally the scariest movie ever. We also talk about other movies that scare us (1:38:42)'