​Joe Mande of The Good Place joins the podcast to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves, standup comedy, and writing for television.

Episode breakdown:  0:00 -- Intros, gaming the system, and acting  2:45 -- Buying followers and his La Croix saga 6:15 -- The Good Place sponsoring the Jacksonville Jaguars 7:45 -- Comedic writers adopting the Clippers when they move to LA 9:45 -- Blake Griffin traded 12:10 -- Wolves fandom and the team's playing style 15:45 -- The Jeff Teague conversation 17:30 -- Jimmy Butler and Andrew Wiggins dynamics 20:00 -- Comedians Joe Mande makes sure to follow 22:45 -- Funniest NBA players and Blake Griffin doing comedy 27:45 -- Sad to see Zach LaVine go? What about Ricky Rubio? 31:25 -- Instagram over Twitter and still being aware of Twitter 35:15 -- Twitter as an avenue for proper joke writing 38:30 -- The working relationship with the writer's room 39:45 -- Knowing the voice of The Good Place and filling in the gaps 43:15 -- The process of building out the world of The Good Place 46:30 -- Balancing writing a TV show and working on standup 48:30 -- Favorite Timberwolves of all time 49:45 -- SPOILERS for the movie Next 51:25 -- Favorite Timberwolves continued 56:55 -- The grind of the NBA season and shortening the schedule 58:30 -- Perks of writing on a hit show/craft services 1:00:15 -- Hopes for the Wolves result this season, outros