About Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles
Totally unguarded conversations about sports, culture and basketball nostalgia.
NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! You already know what time it is — the Knuckleheads Podcast is back with an exclusive episode you sneakerheads won’t want to miss. Q & D welcome Easy Otabor to the pod ahead of the highly anticipated Jordan 17 drop. The Chicago native talks about breaking into art and fashion under the tutelage of Virgil Abloh and Don C, and the creative process behind designing the shoe — all while taking us back to 2002, when your favorite duo originally launched the 17s in a commercial directed by Spike Lee.
It’s hoops, hustle, and your favorite Jordan PEs. Tap in!
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8 Apr 2025
Alex English
This week we got a legend on the pod as Hall of Famer Alex English joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. One of the best players in Nuggets history looks back on his journey in South Carolina, growing up in a segregated South, staying home in Colombia for college, and setting all the Gamecock records. He talks about what the draft process was like in the ’70s, finally landing in Denver after not playing in his early seasons, and how it felt to become one of the best players in the league. We got one of the most underrated players ever — tune in!
Choosing to stay home and going to South Carolina for college (9:50)
Draft process in the 70’s, getting picked by the Bucks (15:19)
Going to the Pacers, starting to get real minutes (20:39)
Getting traded to Denver, becoming an all star (22:51)
Losing in the Conference Finals to Magic and the Lakers in 1985 (30:55)
Thoughts on Nikola Jokic and his dominance (32:30)
Having one of the greatest retro jerseys ever (35:39)
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NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.
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1 Apr 2025
Tony Allen
This week we got a Chicago hooper on the show, first team All-D, and the Grindfather — Tony Allen joins Knuckleheads. TA sits down to discuss his journey: dropping out of high school, figuring it out in Chicago and finding his way to Oklahoma State. Tony looks back on getting drafted by the Celtics, winning a championship with the Big 3 in 2008, and moving on to Memphis. He talks about those legendary Grizzlies teams and what it was like to become one of the best defenders in the league. TA a real one. Tune in!
Growing up in Chicago, dropping out of high school but meeting Will Bynum and going to Crane (7:30)
Getting to Oklahoma State after Juco, dominating there (30:20)
Draft process, getting taken by the Celtics (42:30)
Becoming one of the best defenders in the league, learning from Paul Pierce (54:00)
Boston forming the Big 3, winning the NBA Finals in 2008 (1:02:35)
Celtics-Lakers rivalry, being tasked with guarding Kobe (1:16:56)
Going to the Memphis Grizzlies, teaming up with Z-Bo (1:24:22)
Becoming the Grindfather, getting All-Defense after All-Defense (1:29:25)
About Our Hosts:
NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.
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Inside a recent episode
Easy Otabor: Air Jordan 17 Exclusive
Published 17 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think I was, I wanna say frustrated, I'll say, yeah, I'll say frustrated, I was frustrated with the time of people just wearing things and not knowing what it is, like, just because the celebrity got it all, now they want it, but then you ask them a question, like, hey, man, what rock band is that? Or what logo is that? What does that mean? And they be like, I don't know. I don't know. This person wore it or something. It's like, you know, it was just wasn't sitting well with me instead of being the old person complaining about it and just, you know, being mad. I was like, all, let me try to do something about it and let me make something that I feel good about and hopefully other people feel the same way where it's like, oh, let me inform people about the past. […]
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