Episode Details

In the opening episode of Faces of The League, Gavriel and Torrence discuss what makes a player not only a superstar but one worthy of being deemed of the dubious honor following all the recent chatter that many around the game ranging from media to players have had on the matter over the past several months (01:10), whether or not a face of the league can be one that is manufactured (09:16) and if markets play a role as to whether or not a given player can become one (11:10).

While also taking a trip back down days of past to pinpoint where the talk surrounding who is the face of the league began to take shape, before highlighting a pair of figures that took the game to new heights during the 1970s in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julius "Dr. J." Erving and why one Hall of Famer wasn't viewed more impactful within the historical realm than the other in spite of becoming the NBA's all-time leading scorer by the mid-1980s (12:14).

Prior to engaging in a discussion on a pair of faces that would help usher the league from its games airing on tape delay to garnering record TV ratings in Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, as the dynamic duo shares how grand the pair of MVPs impact was on the game and what made them worthy of being considered as the face of the league (26:09) before closing the show out by briefly discussing an icon that would elevate the game even further from the moment he'd step onto an NBA floor within months after the 1984 NBA Finals (36:53).

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