Episode description

Episode 384 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Ian Eagle from Turner Sports and CBS. The podcast closes out with the weekly Traina Thoughts segment. This week, Chris Long, host of the "Green Light Podcast" fills in for Sal Licata.

Eagle previews the NBA playoffs, talks about the Brooklyn Nets bizarre season and explains what went wrong with the Lakers. He also weighs in on the "Inside the NBA" crew mocking the Timberwolves celebration after winning their play-in game, Greg Gumbel's recent "SI Media Podcast" comments on broadcasters not bringing any viewers to a telecast and the recent explosion in NFL broadcaster salaries. We also discussed the NCAA Tournament, Bill Raftery, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and more.

Following the conversation with Eagle, Long joins Jimmy for the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week's segment features thoughts on the story that Tom Brady and Sean Payton had a plan to join the Dolphins, the USFL, the NFL's social media trend, AppleTV's "Severance," Tiger Woods and much more.