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#472: Giannis, Russini & 5 Questions | OBB Benched | A Float Full of Me's
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- Jun 29, 2026
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Summary
Instead of Notre Dame delusions, video game rankings or recruiting... we're talking about Giannis, Russini, bees, body parts and pickleball fights... welcome to OBB Benched! The guys kick things off debating which South Florida acquisition is bigger right now — Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat or Brady Tkachuk to the Panthers. The answer might surprise you, because the Panthers argument is pretty airtight. Three trips to the Cup, a roster full of guys still in their mid-to-late 20s, and now reports of the Panthers potentially landing Connor Hellebuyck from Winnipeg. If that trade happens, Toast makes the case this could be one of the best teams in NHL history. The Heat situation is more complicated — Giannis is 31, the salary cap is already torched with Bam, and the last time the Heat made real noise it was in a bubble with Jimmy Butler. Cautious optimism at best. The Diana Russini story makes its way to Benched — The New York Times (which owns The Athletic) ran a big piece on her, and the guys have some thoughts about a reported $800K annual salary that nobody saw coming. The conversation goes places. Then Scoop mentions a bar on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale that he drove past with his daughters in the car. Jenners makes the mistake of Googling it. What follows is about five minutes of the crew slowly discovering the 321 Slammer website, its gallery, and its monthly event calendar. Highlights include a fistology night and Bear Union Wednesdays. Toast ends up explaining what a bear is to the group. This is Benched at its finest. Two million bees escaped from an overturned 18-wheeler in Orange County, Texas on Father's Day, which leads into a surprisingly genuine conversation about how fascinating bee colonies actually are, and how beekeepers find the queen in…