Anytime you bring Rex Chapman into the studio, you’re guaranteed two hours of good radio, but today, Rex surprised us by bringing actor/comedian/basketball fan Michael Rapaport on the show. The two are longtime friends, and during a segment in hour one, Rapaport called Rex to discuss a very serious issue: hand checking in the NBA. He agreed to share his rant on KSR.
“How much of a difference, how much of a straight line do all of the players — not to say that they couldn’t be fantastic in the 80s or 90s when hand checking was allowed — but how much of a straight line and how much of an advantage does any offender, any offensive player in this day and age without hand checking?