About This Episode: After Friday’s episode, Adam, Josh, and Mike (mostly Mike) were called out by Durwood Vanderhoop (@1durwood on Twitter), a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, for the way we discussed Kyrie’s use of sage to perform a traditional smudging practice prior to the Celtics-Nets preseason game. So, we apologized. And we were appreciative when Durwood agreed to join us to discuss.
“Native American people have been looking for that role model in the NBA for a long time and it’s really exciting for me and I think a lot of Native people to have somebody that is really embracing their roots.