Big Shot Bob – Ep 279 – Left on Unread
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Harp is across the street working the Braves-Dodgers NLDS game, so it's Big Shot Bob and Rob this week. Rob had a surprise sitting in the waiting room, though. Allie Clifton jumps on in the middle of her walk to talk WNBA playoffs: the Dream and Angel Reese, Becky Hammon's "play like ass and only lose by 10" speech, and who actually got her MVP vote. Then she reminds Bob he never won Defensive Player of the Year, and the Ohio State vs. Alabama trash talk starts. Bob breaks down what he liked from the Lakers' first preseason game. The ball moved, and the full-court pickup took him back to the old "wolf" trap call from his Lakers days, because basketball is like dancing and you have to mess up the other team's rhythm. Is Dalton Knecht the odd man out with all the wings L.A. brought in? Jalen Duren finally signs his five-year, $200 million deal, and Karl-Anthony Towns goes public about his extension. Bob took less money to stay with a winner three times in his career, including turning down Shaq's call to come to Miami, and he explains why his peace of mind was worth $5 million. Also this week: LeBron's helicopter commute, Hakeem Olajuwon's son committing to SMU and what any young guard should take from the Dream's footwork, Bob still salty about getting bumped from the Macau trip, Mike McCarthy's hot mic, an NFL ref telling Trey McBride exactly how he felt, and a Gainesville call-in that got referred to university police. College football picks: Texas A&M at Mizzou, Texas vs. Oklahoma, UCLA at Oregon, LSU at Kentucky, and Georgia at Alabama, with Bob in the building in Tuscaloosa. Big Shot of the Week goes to the plumber who helped pull a flydubai jet out of a nosedive. We close with a high-low game on what owners really paid for the Falcons, Rockets, Seahawks, Bucks, Washington and the Blazers, plus the $67 million Rockets story Bob still isn't over. Subscribe, turn on notifications, and tell us your Georgia-Bama pick in the comments. 00:00 Harp's at the NLDS, Bob's headed to Georgia-Bama 02:27 Allie Clifton crashes the show: WNBA playoffs 04:41 WNBA MVP vote: A'ja Wilson or Kelsey Mitchell? 06:16 Lakers preseason and the old "wolf" trap 08:45 Bob's Defensive Player of the Year snub 09:27 Allie's college football trash talk 11:30 Left on Unread: Allie's rise 12:50 Dalton Knecht, Lakers trades and Jalen Duren's deal 15:36 KAT's extension standoff with the Knicks 21:09 Take less to win? Bob's Spurs decisions 22:47 LeBron's helicopter commute 24:38 Hakeem's son commits to SMU + the Dream's footwork 27:36 Upcoming NBA dates and Bob's Macau snub 29:10 NFL hot mics: McCarthy, Rodgers and a ref 31:05 The Gainesville call-in 33:00 College football picks 37:51 Georgia at Alabama: the Babadook pick 40:18 Big Shot of the Week: the plumber who saved a flight 42:10 High-low: what owners paid for NBA and NFL teams
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Episode 280, and B-Dawg is somewhere out on the ocean on a Carnival cruise, so it's Robert Horry and Rob Jenners holding it down. Bob's calling in from Vegas, where he's working the Lakers preseason game for season ticket holders. That gets the guys talking about the new ownership, what it means to be a Lakers legend, and why Bob respects teams like the Rockets that keep bringing back the older guys who never saw the big money. (Also: Bob is never getting on a cruise ship. Jaws, the Titanic, the Poop Cruise and a 6'2" shower for a 6'9" man. Case closed.) Walker Kessler says he's been asked to be the Lakers' defensive anchor, and Bob is not a fan of coaches handing out roles. "Your role is to win games." That turns into Luka's defense, Devin Booker shutting people up at the Olympics, and whether anybody ever had to tell Hakeem or Tim Duncan to anchor a defense. Also on the table: LeBron calling Mike Breen a liar over the Embiid practice story, Paul George's rough Celtics debut, John Collins grabbing Dillon Brooks by the throat five minutes into a preseason game, and the Knicks shutting down extension talks with KAT, Josh Hart and the rest. The WNBA Finals are set with the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream, and the Dream are stuck playing for a title in a 3,500-seat arena. The guys go back and forth on where it should have moved (McCamish seats 8,600, for the record), whether the Angel Reese haters owe her an apology, and who wins it. Then football. Nick Sirianni kicks it short with eight seconds left and loses in London, and the Commanders sit in field goal range and let the clock run out for a tie. Bob tells the story of an inbound play at South Alabama from his freshman year that still haunts him. He was at Georgia-Alabama with his son Nick and has thoughts on the missed PI, the targeting no-call and Kalen DeBoer's sideline moment. Kentucky walks off another one, LSU turns out to be fool's gold, and Arch Manning takes some heat. College football picks for Ohio State-Indiana, Florida-Texas, Auburn-Georgia, Alabama-Tennessee, Mizzou-Ole Miss and Notre Dame-BYU. The Big Shot of the Week goes to Ben Miller and the neighbors who pulled a 90-year-old woman out of a pond in Champaign, Illinois. And in How About Them Underdogs, Bob goes 4 for 5. The one he misses? His own '95 Rockets. Subscribe, hit the bell, and drop your questions for the guys in the comments. 00:00 Episode 280 and Harp's on a cruise 01:35 Why Bob will never go on a cruise 03:38 Bob in Vegas and life as a Lakers legend 07:35 Teams that take care of the old-school guys 11:58 Walker Kessler, defensive anchor? Bob on roles 15:55 Luka's defense and Devin Booker's Olympic turn 18:01 LeBron vs. Mike Breen over the Embiid story 20:27 Paul George's rough Celtics debut 21:26 John Collins grabs Dillon Brooks 23:29 Knicks shut down extension talks 26:58 WNBA Finals: Valkyries vs. Dream and the arena drama 31:15 Angel Reese and the WNBA Finals picks 33:07 Eagles lose on a short kickoff in London 35:39 Commanders run out the clock into a tie 39:08 Bob's inbound play disaster at South Alabama 40:57 Bob at Georgia-Alabama: the PI, targeting and DeBoer 46:22 Kentucky, LSU and Arch Manning 50:20 College football picks 56:43 Big Shot of the Week: the Champaign pond rescue 58:22 Game: How About Them Underdogs