{"id":19066,"date":"2020-05-12T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=19066"},"modified":"2020-05-12T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:28:48","slug":"brock-motum-unplugged-the-australian-big-man-talks-hoops-with-the-sports-rabbi-episode-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/brock-motum-unplugged-the-australian-big-man-talks-hoops-with-the-sports-rabbi-episode-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Motum Unplugged! The Australian big man talks hoops with The Sports Rabbi! 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