Show Notes
Brooklyn is the team nobody wants to draw, New Jersey may have made the wrong pick, and St. Louis looks like a machine built to steamroll the bracket. If you care about the MLP playoff picture, this is the episode that makes the whole weekend feel bigger.
Nico and Zane break down the biggest decisions heading into New York, including the shocking New Jersey vs. Brooklyn matchup choice, whether lineup changes are coming, and why the Shock, Fives, and Flash all have very different paths to the title. They also rank every possible finals matchup and explain which championship pairing would be electric, which would be a letdown, and why this postseason could finally deliver the rivalry pickleball has been waiting for.
Then Grayson Goldin joins the show for one of the most powerful comeback stories in pro pickleball. Six months after suffering two strokes and losing his ability to speak, Grayson returns to the court and wins gold in Shenzhen, describing the fear, the recovery, the rehab, and the mental battle behind getting his game and his voice back.
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00:00 Intro
3:49 The Super Bowl of Pickleball
6:41 New Jersey chooses Brooklyn over Dallas
15:27 Will NJ change lineups?
19:28 St Louis Shock vs Dallas Flash
25:30 Breaking down the matchups
33:37 Championship odds by team
44:09 Guess my DUPR
49:14 Grayson shares the story of his two strokes
1:03:52 Spending a week in the hospital
1:09:35 Living life to the fullest
1:15:52 The recovery process
1:21:58 Competing in Asia
1:30:18 Nobody can hang when I’m playing my best
1:42:48 The world's fastest serve
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