Michael Rand is joined by incoming Gophers men's basketball player Jamison Battle and Star Tribune men's basketball beat writer Marcus Fuller. Battle, a former DeLaSalle star — just like new Gophers coach Ben Johnson — is transferring from George Washington, where he averaged 17 points and five rebounds last season. Hear Battle's thoughts on getting more local talent to join the Gophers, college athletes making money off their image and likeness and his many interests outside of basketball.
Gophers basketball transfer Jamison Battle on joining the program
April 23, 2021 at 1:34PM
At the start of the show, Rand breaks down the injection of youth heading to the Twins roster with Alex Kirilloff on the way to join the team after a disappointing 6-11 start.
And Rand runs down three intriguing draft trade ideas for the Vikings courtesy of ESPN's Bill Barnwell.
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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with three converging hypotheticals. What would have happened if Sam Darnold was on the Vikings last season? What might have happened if the Falcons had signed Darnold instead of Kirk Cousins this season? And how might all of this be different if Bill Belichick had become Falcons head coach instead of now taking the North Carolina job?
