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Apr 2024
15m 36s

Intermediate | One-on-One Basketball

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If you wouldn't let your 10 year old sit court side of an actual pickup basketball game, then you may want to have them sit this one out as well. Grown men can sometimes act like children on the b-ball court, but the talk is of the adult variety. So lace up your Chucks and dust off that skyhook... your Chinese basketball jargon is about to improve. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0896

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