Melo tells the story of Kobe Bryant bullying JJ Redick during Team USA tryouts because he was sick of Mike Krzyzewski talking him up

When Yao Ming was playing he could get called for a foul just for breathing while opponents could smack him in the head and the refs would look the other way Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by officials

Tim MacMahon On the Clippers lying about Kawhi Leonard's health following dismissal from Team USA practice in July 2024 The Clippers organizational philosophy was kissing Kawhi's butt regardless of circumstances and factsThe guiding light was Find Kawhi's butt plant your lips on it

Ben Wallace says that if the team had drafted Carmelo Anthony Melo and his agent would have disrupted the teams chemistry actually making the team worse and ensuring they never won a championship He says they were better off drafting Darko Milicic instead

Draymond tells Jaren Jackson Jr to shut up after flagrant and trolls after missed FT'

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Zach Lowe Joe House Chris Ryan draft their 15 favorite NBA Champs since 2000 Lowe asks why there was no love for the Kobe-Pau teams who went undrafted Ryan says You probably should have had a Californian on this podcast to balance the east coast lean of the panel Lowe responds Like Bill