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.
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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