Eye on Basketball Podcast: Hoops and Music with Utkarsh Ambudkar

Zach Harper and actor/musician Utkarsh Ambudkar discuss his Wizards fandom, basketball history, and the acting and music world

On Friday's episode, I'm joined by actor and musician Utkarsh Ambudkar, who is a huge Washington Wizards fan, a basketball history junkie, and a Dan Majerle enthusiast. Utkarsh has been in movies like Pitch Perfect, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Ride Along 2, and more. He also hosts the Let's Talk About Me, Baby podcast on Headgum. You can find his EP Bang Bang on iTunes.

Here are the topics we discuss:

• How great Dan Majerle is
• The pain of being a Washington Wizards fan
• What it was like rooting for JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche, Nick Young, and Gilbert Arenas
• His battle with LeBron James and bad timing as a fan
• His acting career and conversation with Ice Cube
• The greatness of Mark Price

We discuss all of that, plus his music career, the reason he's glad the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors, and much more.

You can follow Utkarsh on Twitter at @UTKtheINC and watch his hip hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme on SeeSo.

Have questions for the podcast? Send them to zach.harper@cbsinteractive.com, or ask them on Twitter with the hashtag #EOBPod, and we'll answer them on the show.

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The Wizards and Bullets have caused a lot of heartache. USATSI