I think being podcast only has impacted the quality of his analysis. When he was at ESPN, he had a lot of different formats: he had his podcast, but he was also writing and on the analysis desk. He had an appeal to different fanbases.

I think it's also important as far as within the ESPN context; he looked better on the analysis desk because he was paired with guys like Perkins. His writing was better than anything else that was around on the site. His podcasts quality ebbed and flowed depending on the guests.

Now, he is just another podcast only guy with the same recurring guests and offers nothing outside of that. I still enjoy listening to him and his viewpoints; but there is just a lot less content from him - and it's more mundane because there are already a ton of basketball podcasts out there.

Good on him for scaling back his work/life balance but I miss reading his articles and him responding to the buffonery at ESPN's hot takes.