This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Nate Jones, current NBA agent and insole entrepreneur, has a lot of smart thoughts on our favorite topics. Today we discuss the big news in NBA media: Warner Bros (Turner Sports) is insisting it has the right to match a TV rights deal and the NBA says it doesn’t. Is this about to get ugly? Why must fans be deprived of Inside the NBA? Topics include but aren’t limited to... * The dispute between beloved fan favorite TNT and an NBA that wants to move beyond its old standby * Are broadcasters overpaying for the NBA? Or is this the path to riches? * David Stern is a McDonald's guy. Adam Silver is a Taco Bell guy * Why Nate thinks the NBA needs stars playing more years of college ball * Men’s college basketball is well known; Women’s college basketball is known well * Why NCAA basketball doesn’t help the NBA like NCAA football helps the NFL * Nate tells us whether he believes Jaylen Brown’s contention that he was left off Team USA due to Nike * Nate and I discuss what is sure to be a highly contentious election discourse, anchored in the political gender gap * Nate wishes the Democrats elected their candidate through a primary * I can never predict which issues will matter to people * Trump’s impact on the people around Nate and myself, in our Blue World lives