Poppin' Packs | Ariel Helwani Tests His 90s NBA Knowledge

On today's ep. of Poppin' Packs, Leigh rips open some old packs of basketball cards with MMA journalist - and diehard New York Knicks fan - Ariel Helwani. Packs featured include: '93-94 Fleer NBA Jam Session, some '92-93 Topps, and '99-00 NBA Tipoff cards with Antoine Walker on the front.
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[@asianfro]

I love that JD made sure that Leigh nibbled on the checklist card lol

[@enzolong9085]

That cracked me up 😂

[@haydenwolf6922]

Ariel and Leigh are like second cousins who only see each other once a year but when they get together pick up like nothing has changed

[@Yumm...]

MMA has probably overtaken basketball as my favourite sport. Ariel is the top journalist and an overall great guy and listen in the MMA world. Love that you’ve done a new ep with him!

[@TrEverEvoy]

Hard to say.. but possibly same. Why is that? lol

[@Yumm...]

@@TrEverEvoy hmm… during uni, watching NBA everyday was great but after it’s hard to be as hardcore as I was then. UFC offer pretty fun cards nearly every week and just one day aha. There’s something great about having 5hrs in a day once a week for all the content I need.
But also MMA just a fun fast exciting sport!

[@El-hl7oi]

I love how when Leigh tried to get by without eating the checklist I said "wait a minute" out loud and then JD proceeded to correct the madness.

[@gtblack2913]

Stick around for the Clipper Bros at the end!

[@jgelien21]

Great work Leigh! Thank you Ariel, great guest once again! My main man Leigh!

[@mq830]

That's some deeply entrenched basketball knowledge by Ariel and Leigh. Well Done!

[@TheKidler77]

Always watching Ariel's show the MMA Hour, great interviews. Two of my favourite sports podcast/shows doing a crossover. Respect to Ariel having tremendous basketball knowledge.

[@dreamshake2710]

Well done Leigh Leigh! Great show!

[@EricCKeys]

My 2 favorite podcasts merged here between the MMAHour with Ariel Helwani and the No Dunks crew. Anyone who isn't familiar with Ariel should check out his fantastic interviews on his own TH-cam page and the MMAHour show. Some great non MMA interviews. Sounds like he needs to interview the entire No Dunks squad on there.

[@AceGkorn27]

One of my favorite poppin packs, and even just episodes, ever!

[@JarrodWrightNZ]

This was awesome, great chat thanks guys. Ariel out here GOAT-ing and talking that ish, what you gonna do Shea Serrano?

[@gena4ka]

I love MMA and I love basketball. This was amazing

[@ghoullio]

Love Ariel, this is so great. Leigh has lived the goat life

[@Y0utub3me]

this is awesome! 2 worlds colliding once again - amazing stuff as always, Leigh Leigh!

[@2prime]

Ariel has an insane amount of fight and basketball knowledge

[@mlsdo5165]

Ariel poppin packs goat

[@AceGkorn27]

When Leigh was describing Alton Lister's nickname as the "something something", I thought he just meant Alton Lister's name, Alton Lister. Shawn Kemp's legendary finger point after the posterizing dunk cemented that moment as the first, "Alton Listered". Similar to that of Blake Griffin cementing, "getting Mozgov'd".

[@AceGkorn27]

When Blake was literally jumping over people.

[@thesoundofmo]

Really enjoyed this conversation.

[@nickmcneil9797]

My two favorite shows colliding!

[@ImFigYaDig]

Ariel is the GOAT

[@ImFigYaDig]

and of course Leigh is a GOAT as well

[@transithiphop]

wholesome content

[@jackboccelli8591]

I’m drunk and this is my comfort podcast. God bless all of you. Skeets, as a former drunk college cross country runner, I want to race you for the pod. Trey, as current bro I want to grow the same beard as you! God class , Tas, Leigh, and JD, y’all are dope too but I’m too drunk to say specific thing I love you for. 5 stars buddies!!!! -Ya boi Jack Bo

[@imperialmoose]

Wonderful show, as always. Those long cards look great.

[@VanillaBoogie]

Damn boys just missed it live!

[@mus31]

Love the boxing knowledge, Leigh!

[@JetSetTyler]

Great show

[@ImranQ21]

Awesome stuff

[@bkook6795]

Just let it go on for days next time. I'll keep watching

[@wisd0m86]

Two NBA encyclopedias

[@Lucky2bLivin]

Legit NBA historians

[@yuvalbeckman2643]

We have to get these both in a poppin' packs match/duel against each other after all the .trash talk by Ariel

[@melian9999]

I had the Dee Brown pumps

[@LGilmour]

05:19 Ariel throws the book to the side but he coulda just put it on the shelf behind him 🙃🤥

[@PodcastDeclassified]

Green Screen?

[@cheeseman2556]

Leigh you up to sell me that Bucks Moses Malone card? I've been trying to hunt one of those down for a while

[@NoDunksInc]

Please contact our associates.

[@Si-ni1wk]

@22:31 Leigh Ellis: “I think he was a swingman, more of a forward than a guard.” Saying that about Chris Gatling, who was a forward/centre and then saying that he was playing for the Warriors during that 1996-97 season when he was with the Dallas Mavericks (until he got traded to the New Jersey Nets after the All-Star Game)? Sorry but that’s not so much giving hints and steering people in the right direction as much as throwing them completely off the right path… Ariel Helwani knows his 90s NBA… Leigh Ellis seems to be getting some things mixed up. Oh and Harold Miner won the dunk contest in 1993 (All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City) and 1995 (All-Star Weekend in Phoenix)… 1994 in Minnesota is when/where Isaiah “JR” Rider broke out the between the legs dunk (AKA The East Bay Funk Dunk)…

[@nounks6020]

Would definitely prefer just the no dunky boys. I love mma but not a fan of Ariel

[@nounks6020]

Sorry you had to sit through that JD! You do an amazing job 👏👏👏