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The Dan's wrap up the podcast by watching our two biggest nemesis go head to head in Karl Malone and Jason Kidd. It's been real. 

The Dan's celebrate friend of the pod Swen Nater by watching his Buffalo Braves(who would become to Los Angeles Clippers after a stop in San Diego) and a Cleveland Cavaliers team starring players like Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Campy Russell and Austin Carr on Christmas day 1977.

The Dan's watch Dr. J's last game in the NBA. Dr. J with a 76ers supporting cast including Charles Barkley and Maurice Cheeks fall short to the Jack Sikma lead Milwaukee Bucks with players like Sidney Moncrief, Paul Pressey and Ricky Pierce in the 1987 NBA Playoffs. 

The Dan's watch the Boston Celtics Big 3 of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish survive elimination against Dominique Wilkins, Doc Rivers, Tree Rollins and the rest of the 1988 Atlanta Hawks. 

The Dan's watch Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups and the Minnesota Timberwolves lose game one of the first round of the 2002 NBA Playoffs to a Dallas Mavericks team lead by Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. 

The Dan's celebrate so called Mr. Street Clothes Anthony Davis by watching him Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terence Jones and the John Calipari run Kentucky Wildcats beat the Thomas Robinson and Jeff Withey lead Kansas Jayhawks in the 2012 National Championship.

The Dan's look back on what could have been with the OKC Thunder big 3 of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden and acknowledge Kobe's induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame by watching the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Los Angeles Lakers on January 17, 2011. 

The Dan's watch an LSU team featuring Shaq, Chris Jackson and Stanley Roberts  drop a game they should have won to Dennis Scott, Kenny Andersons Georgia Tech team in the second round of the 1990 NCAA Tournament. 

The Dan's watch Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Rex Chapman, Cedric Ceballos and head coach Danny Ainge of the Phoenix Suns grab an overtime win over Michael Finley, Shawn Bradley and Martin Muursepp of the Dallas Mavericks on March 2, 1997. 

The Dan's watch a game that has been called the worst Knicks game ever. The Knickerbockers, lead by Patrick Ewing and John Starks lose a potential clinching game to the Hakeem Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell lead Houston Rockets before ultimately falling to them again in game 7 of the NBA Finals.

The Dan's watch Grant Hill, Jerry Stackhouse lead the Detroit Pistons to a win over a um, interesting Phoenix Suns team boasting stars like Jason Kidd, Rex Chapman and Tom Gugliotta.

The Dan's celebrate Paul Pierce's wild night on instagram live by watching a young version of PuL alongside Antoine Walker and Eric Mercer take on Eddie Jones, Ricky Davis, Brad Miller and the rest of the Charlotte Hornets. 

The Dan's saw a bunch of Lakers fans complaining about the Nets stacking their deck so we watched some tape on an older superteam in the Houston Rockets with Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler playing the young Minnesota Timberwolves starring young Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury. 

The Dan's get caught up after the NBA Trade Deadline and then watch an Illinois team with players like Deron Williams, fake Dee Brown, and Luther Head lead a wild comeback against the Channing Frye and Salim Stoudamire led Arizona team in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. 

The Dan's watch the final game of the womens bracket in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The USA team featuring stars like Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo would defeat a skilled Brasil team built around Hortencia and win the Gold. Celebrate women, and not just for this month. 

The Dan's celebrate this years mediocre dunk contest selections( Obi Toppin, Anfernee Simmons, and Cassius Stanley) by watching two of the worst NBA Slam Dunk Contests of all time in 2004 ( Chris Andersen, Ricky Davis, Fred Jones and Jason Richardson ) and 2010 ( Nate Robinson, Gerald Wallace, Shannon Brown, and Demar Derozen).

The Dan's revisit And1 Mixtapes 1 through 3. Episode one focuses on a young Rafer Alston aka Skip To My Lou who would go on to play for the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic. Volume 2 features an array of street ballers including Waliyy "Main Event" Dixon, Anthony "1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing" Heyward and Malloy "Future" Nesmith Sr. Finally, Volume 3 introduces us to the legend Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion. 

The Dan's are joined by listener John to discuss the likes of Kenny Lofton, Roy Jones Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., Deion Sanders, Joey Galloway, Barry Bonds and many more participate in the Foot Locker Slam Fest in 1992 and 1996.

The Dan's watch the 2006 NBA Celebrity game where a team coached by Eva Longoria and Stephen A Smith made up of celebs like Chris Brown (ew), Nelly and future NBA coach Becky Hammon defeated Queen Latifah and Greg Anthony's team including Ice Cube, Donald Faison, Swin Cash and Christopher Meloni. 

The Dan's honor the late John Chaney by watching his Temple team featuring Eddie Jones, Rick Brunson and Aaron Mckie play a UMass team coached by John Calipari starring Marcus Camby and Dana Dingle.