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LISTEN: The Stock Report | No Shot Clock, Episode 109

This week’s feature segment is The Stock Report, where we each breakdown five teams whose stock we think is overvalued and five teams whose stock we would purchase.

By  Michael O’Brien
   
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Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien review the past week of action in Chicago high school basketball.

The episode starts up with a quick listener mailbag followed by Mike and Joe each giving their Two Takes. Then we get into the feature segment, The Stock Report, where we each breakdown five teams whose stock we think is overvalued and five teams whose stock we would purchase.

Things finish up with a brief look at the week ahead.

Topics include:

-How good was Ronnie Fields as a pro prospect?

-A look back at the When Sides Collide Shootout

-Which White Division teams could pull off upsets in the city tournament?

-Has Simeon turned the corner?

-Previewing the upcoming Public League playoffs

-Undefeated Indian Creek

All that and a ton more.

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