Hardwood Knocks

Dan is joined by the GOAT of NBA coverage and the mind behind 'Basketball, She Wrote: A Blog About the Basketball Played by the Indiana Pacers," Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper). In this episode, we get into her background, basketball icks, how she goes about covering games, her ideation process and MUCH MORE. SUPPORT 'BASKETBALL, SHE WROTE' HERE: https://www.patreon.com/basketballshewrote/posts. TIMESTAMPS⬇️0:00 - INTRO/GIVEAWAY!7:34 - Basketball, She Wrote: The origin story11:44 - How Caitlin fell in love with basketball13:46 - Watching games with CC!, Tips for watching games17:00 - How Caitlin comes up with story ideas22:47 - What's harder: diagnosing and prognosticating, or evaluating theoretical player fits?26:01 - How Caitlin developed her writing style29:07 - Caitlin's biggest basketball influences31:58 - Would Caitlin ever branch out to cover other teams?36:16 - What was Player Caitlin like?38:18 - What is Caitlin's biggest basketball ick? Biggest basketball beloved?41:04 - Ranking Outshine Popsicle flavor