Seattle Storm PG and four-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird joins us to discuss the upcoming Storm season, facing Kelsey Plum, the end of UConn’s win streak, her favorite Seattle burger and fast food item, airport food and more.
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This week’s Peltoncast covers two candidates for Seattle’s best burger (Blue Moon and Red Mill), discusses Isaiah Thomas‘ 53-point outburst and takes a close look at the competing proposals to renovate KeyArena.
Contents
Intro – Trying the new Reuben’s Brews and Rainier collaboration, r&R Pils
5:00 – Discussion of Seattle’s best tacos plus two burger reviews
19:30 – A historic 53-point game from Isaiah Thomas
30:00 – Reviewing the full proposals to renovate KeyArena (note that as of recording time I hadn’t seen that Seattle Partners has posted details for what the arena would look like)
51:30 – Mariners hot takes: why is Jerry DiPoto the M’s JaRule
54:00 – Coming off a thrilling 3-3 draw, Sounders host Toronto FC in MLS Cup rematch
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Links
– Peltoncast Seahawks Draft Recap
– About r&R Pils
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Killer Burger
– Kevin’s ESPN Insider piece on Isaiah Thomas
– How Seattle’s arena fortunes changed one year after “the vote”
– Full Oak View and Seattle Partners Proposals
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
Zach Whitman of 3SigmaAthlete.com returns to recap the 11 picks the Seattle Seahawks made in the 2017 NFL Draft based on his pSPARQ athletic testing metric and more. Plus we host the first meeting of the Kevin King to Green Bay support group.
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Links
– @zjwhitman on Twitter
– 3SigmaAthlete.com
– For more on pSPARQ, listen to our draft preview with Zach
– Kevin told a story on the podcast about Bob Whitsitt trading a second-round pick to the Nets to get them not to take Gary Payton in the 1990 NBA Draft. Here’s the story he wrote about that trade and how the Sonics ended up with Payton and an extra second-round pick.
A jam-packed Peltoncast talks Blazers offseason, Portland food, the sky falling for the Mariners, an impressive Sounders win, UW football’s spring preview, key commitments for Husky men’s hoops and the Seahawks on the eve of the draft.
Contents
Intro – Talking Portland beer/food/Blazers one last time with their season over
20:30 – Confusion about how KeyArena hosting the NCAA tournament affects renovation plans
24:00 – Mariners hot takes: should the M’s blow it up already???
33:00 – Sounders win 3-0 in L.A. and establish themselves as MLS’ best team
37:30 – Husky football spring preview recap, plus Bob Rondeau announces retirement
52:00 – UW men’s hoops rosters shaping up with recommitment from Jaylen Nowell and return of Noah Dickerson; what do we think of Lorenzo Romar joining the Arizona coaching staff?
1:05 – Marshawn Lynch traded to the Raiders but Richard Sherman trade unlikely, plus general NFL Draft philosophy
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Links
– Peltoncast Seahawks Draft Preview
– Kevin’s appearance on the Bill Barnwell Show
– Killer Burger
– Oak View Group with Softy
– Wally Walker’s case for Sodo Arena
– Was Tuesday the worst Mariners game ever?
– Baseball-Reference WAR leaderboard
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
– Seattle Times Voices of the Game
– Mike Hopkins on Jaylen Nowell’s recommitment
– SI.com: Meet Markelle Fultz
– A day in the life of new UW basketball coach Mike Hopkins
– Lynch announces he’s joining the Raiders
– 2017 Seahawks schedule
A special NFL Draft preview edition of the Peltoncast has Zach Whitman of 3SigmaAthlete.com join us to discuss possible Seahawks first-round picks, sleepers, local college stars and more.
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Links
– @zjwhitman on Twitter
– 3SigmaAthlete.com
The Peltoncast returns to Boulevard Park to review Loretta’s Tavern Burger before discussing the proposals to renovate KeyArena, a Mariners winning streak, a new head coach for UW women’s basketball and hypothetical Richard Sherman trades.
Contents
Intro – Back in Boulevard Park
3:30 – The search for Seattle’s best burger comes close to home, plus Tristan’s top five bars
16:00 – Blazers updated, recorded before news that Kevin Durant could be sidelined for the Warriors with a calf strain
20:00 – Seattle NBA/NHL arena update with KeyArena renovation proposals from Oak View Group and Seattle Partners submitted last week (recorded before news broke that KeyArena will host the 2019 NCAA tournament first and second rounds, presumably pushing construction after that point)
33:30 – Hot takes on a four-game Mariners winning streak
41:00 – Time to worry about the Sounders after six points from six matches?
45:00 – Husky roundup: spring preview preview, discussing new UW women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn
52:30 – Seahawks sign Dion Jordan; which Sherman trades are least unpalatable? (note that this was recorded before news broke that the Seahawks would not match the San Francisco 49ers’ offer to RFA Garry Gilliam, as well as that Sherman will miss offseason workouts but plans to report before OTAs)
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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Rich Cho’s Instagram
– Soi Capitol Hill
– SonicsRising: Arena comparison by the numbers
– SonicsRising: What’s next for arena proposals?
– American Soccer Analysis: Expected Goals
– Details on Dion Jordan’s contract
– Bill Barnwell’s all-trades mock draft
This week’s Peltoncast celebrates Kevin’s birthday, has a new leading contender for Seattle’s best burger, introduces a new weekly feature, raises a question about Coach Pete’s extension and debates the idea of a Richard Sherman trade.
Contents
Intro – The highest-rated beer we’ve ever had on the pod, Founders KBS
4:00 – A new leader in our search for Seattle’s best burger
11:30 – Kevin ranks the top five places he ate in Portland last week
24:30 – A new weekly Mariners segment
37:00 – Sounders draw in San Jose
45:00 – Husky roundup: Coach Pete extension, new recruits for Husky men’s hoops, field for women’s hoops coach narrows
1:05 – Does it make sense to consider a Sherman trade?
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Correction
Michael Bates went to Arizona, not Arizona State as Kevin said. (His brother Mario went to ASU.) Also, he participated in the 1992 Olympics, not 1996. Tristan was seven when Bates signed with the Seahawks.
Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Founder’s KBS
This week’s Peltoncast takes advantage of a light week in Seattle sports to talk about potential songs of the summer before discussing potential replacements for departed UW women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors and the Blazers’ resurgence.
Contents
Intro – Congrats to the winners of our NCAA tournament pools!
6:30 – Our search for Seattle’s best burger continues with Uneeda Burger
18:00 – Tristan‘s contenders for 2017 song of the summer
33:30 – Mariners shut out in their season opener
36:00 – Sounders draw vs. Atlanta United and prepare to visit San Jose
40:00 – Thoughts on the NCAA title game
47:00 – Neighbors heads to Arkansas; who might be his replacement?
53:00 – Blazers moving toward a playoff spot without injured Jusuf Nurkic
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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Peltoncast Men’s Bracket Challenge
– Peltoncast Women’s Bracket Challenge
– Nurk Fever song
If the Gonzaga Bulldogs beat the North Carolina Tar Heels tonight to bring the NCAA title to Spokane, it will be perhaps the ultimate triumph of the transfer in college basketball. Three of Gonzaga’s five starters transferred in from power-five schools, two of them from the Pac-12.
One of those transfers, junior point guard Nigel Williams-Goss, played his first two years at the University of Washington. And Williams-Goss’ success with the Zags highlights an imbalance that worked against the Huskies at the tail end of Lorenzo Romar‘s time on Montlake.
By contrast to Gonzaga, the Huskies had only a single transfer from another four-year institution on this year’s roster: backup center Matthew Atewe, who played just 165 minutes despite a midseason injury to starter Malik Dime. That’s been the exception, not the rule, for UW. Over their six-year NCAA tournament drought, the Huskies have had three other four-year transfers: forward Perris Blackwell and centers Giles Dierickx and Robert Upshaw.
All told, Washington has gotten 1,701 minutes from transfers from 2011-12 through this season, a total that ranks 10th in the Pac-12 over that span according to my research. (I admittedly might have missed some players, and chose not to include players who transferred from four-year schools to junior colleges and then to the Pac-12.)
Remarkably, Gonzaga has had more minutes played by transfers in each of the last three seasons alone (including more than 3,000 this year) than Washington over the last six seasons combined.
Now, adding such transfers is hardly a guarantee of success, as the example of Washington State — the Pac-12’s worst team over the last six years — suggests. Nor are they necessary to build a winning team; Arizona has added just two four-year transfers over that span, though those players (point guard T.J. McConnell and forward Ryan Anderson) were important starters.
Still, as better players choose to transfer throughout their career, adding them is an important tool to add experience to a young roster. The Huskies finished this season 347th in D-I experience, weighted by minutes played, according to KenPom.com. They were in the same spot last year after losing Williams-Goss. It’s also probably not a coincidence that the single best stretch of the last five years for the Huskies came with Upshaw anchoring their defense during the non-conference portion of Williams-Goss’s second and final season at UW.
With Mike Hopkins replacing Romar, the question now becomes whether the Huskies will be able to add more talent via the transfer route. Romar was occasionally aggressive in pursuit of transfers, and was close to securing a commitment from Mike Moser in 2013 before Moser instead chose to transfer to Oregon.
In part, Washington was surely hurt by the inability to guarantee recruits the kind of March success the Zags have enjoyed on a consistent basis. But the academic requirements the school puts on transfers may also be a factor. The Huskies have never to my knowledge added a grad transfer in either men’s basketball or football. So as college basketball becomes increasingly dependent on the transfer game, Washington may continue to struggle keeping up.
A Mariners season preview edition of the Peltoncast also reviews Giddy-Up Burgers, covers the latest comings and goings with UW men’s hoops, closes the book on the careers of Chantel Osahor and Kelsey Plum and discusses new Seahawks signings.
Contents
Intro – Why did KIRO decide to stop broadcasting the Seafair hydroplane races?
10:00 – Our search for Seattle’s best burger continues with Giddy-Up burgers, plus other food reviews
32:00 – Three questions about the 2017 Mariners
45:00 – Clint Dempsey dominates in his return to the USMNT
54:00 – UW men’s basketball coaching staff taking shape while the recruiting class dissolves
1:03 – UW women’s basketball season concludes in the Sweet 16; what’s next for Osahor and Plum in the WNBA Draft?
1:07 – Would Colin Kaepernick make sense for the Seahawks?
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Links
– Peltoncast Search for Seattle’s Best Burger
– Peltoncast Men’s Bracket Challenge
– Peltoncast Women’s Bracket Challenge
– TrueHoop Podcast with Bobby Jones