We are closing out our final week of the year with the NBA Cup Final, as the Bucks and Thunder match up in the battle of who-gets-paid. Everyone makes their picks and we take turns bouncing around the NBA trade radar. It runs the gamut from the annual Jimmy Butler trade rumors, to the Lakers adding pieces they might not need, and everyone scratches their heads at the state of the Washington Wizards.

Plus it’s the first round of the College Football Playoffs this weekend, and everyone makes their picks on all the big games. Arguments arise about the legitimacy of a Mountain West Champion in Boise State, how no one has any faith in Notre Dame, and all the questions about James Franklin’s big game record. We wonder if Ohio State will actually show up in a big spot, and Rob picks against his buddy Dabo Swinney as they get ready to face Texas.

Freddie Freeman’s baseball also set a record at auction this week, which leads us to ask what sports memorabilia would you want if you had a blank check – and responses ranges from Kobe game-worn gear, to Rob wanting Hank Aaron’s jersey from the day he broke the home run record. And after De’Vandre Campbell quit on the Niners, Rob admits that he’s done it in NBA games when he didn’t want to play “scrub minutes”. Plus, with the wave of NFL home invasions, Rob is reminded of a time in his day when the NBA started to warn players about a breakout of car jackings in the 90’s.

We also give a Big Shot of the Week to Louisville head basketball coach Pat Kelsey, who had one of the best answers to a press question we’ve heard in a while. And we close out our final “big” show before Christmas with a hilarious Christmas-themed round of Rapid Fire!

We open this week’s show as Rob laments Alabama missing the College Football Playoff, which spins us into the biggest sports story of the week as we try to figure out if strength of schedule is a myth based on who made it in. We also joke about Notre Dame, as Cam Newton calls out the Irish for consistently letting fans down in bowl season, and how they need to affiliate with a conference in the future or be left out of the Playoff. Rob also asks the show if you were a top prospect whether you’d play in your bowl game, and everyone on the show agrees that you SHOULDN’T if you are a projected first round pick, unless there is language in their NIL contracts stating otherwise.

Rob says his Mom had a blast at Friday’s Lakers-Hawks game, which ended in a while overtime win for the Hawks, which leads us into the current struggles of the Lakers. Rob says LeBron continues to struggle playing one-on-one with guys, how incredible this recent Jokic run as been for the Nuggets, and whether the Brandon Ingram rumor has any merit in helping fix the Lakers issues. We also have some laughs at this week’s insane Mike Brown press conference (which went on painfully long) and whether the Kings need to move on from him in order for this Kings lineup to find their way back this season.

Juan Soto may have brought trouble into Rob’s marriage after he broke off the biggest deal in sports history, because baseball money is for REAL compared to the NBA. That sends us into this conversation about what NBA player you would want to get if you had a blank check to write, and the answers range from Giannis, to Wemby, to Steph. We also debate whether or not ESPN will force Stephen A Smith onto the new Inside the NBA, give out a really inspiring Big Shot of the Week that honors injured veterans and first responders… and we cap it off with our annual round of “Is It a Bowl Game??”

Rob and Rob are back for the Friday bonus show, with starts with everyone dumping on MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for proposing the “Golden At-Bat” rule at the Winter Meetings, because we just don’t like it. That spins into the rule about having a runner at second base at the start of every inning in extra innings. Rob also fields a listener question about why the Spurs-Mavericks Game 7 in the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals made the Prime show about “Best Game 7’s” and Rob says he HATES that game because it’s the game that cost him a ring after Manu Ginobili fouled Dirk Nowitzki.

We also dive into the story about Steve Spagnuolo’s wife giving the one player on the Chiefs defense with the best hit a full Italian dinner, and what incentives Rob received in his day. And while he didn’t have a lot of incentives in the way of food, he did have some cash incentives with coaches and players that made him a few bucks in the day. And Bobby wants to know if NBA teams got together for post-game meals after the Christmas games, to which Rob answers that it only happened when they were on the road. That spins us off into a conversation about what Rob likes to cook, and how he graduated up to cook the Thanksgiving turkey this year.

White Chocolate also said this week that NBA Christmas is better than NFL Thanksgiving, and Rob jokes that he used to love NFL on Thanksgiving until they forced us to watch the terrible Cowboys this year! And a debate breaks out after we decide to CUT one player between Devin Booker, Donvan Mitchell, Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Brown.

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We open the show with Jenners saying that he really hates the NBA Cup, largely because it feels like a gimmick for an otherwise successful league – while Rob and B-Dog say that it has a benefit to league by guys playing hard in the regular season when otherwise they wouldn’t. And the debate rages about it’s value to casual NBA fans. Plus a look at the NBA standings starts to tell the story about the caliber of basketball that most teams are playing – including the Lakers, who despite getting embarrassed the other night have played relatively well so far this season.

Since B-Dog has to leave a little early for a work commitment, we jump ahead and do a hilarious round of Walmart or Waffle House! Then Rob and Rob get into whether or not Anthony Davis should be in the mix for Defensive Player of the Year, after he came out this week and said he was frustrated by never being in consideration for one. We also try to figure out what happened from last season to this season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, because they are on a losing skid and have not played that well this season. Rob thinks that has a lot to do with team chemistry because it’s something that numbers and salaries don’t account for.

We round out the show with a conversation about Caitlin Clark’s star power as opposed to the under-30 guys in the NBA today, and where that attention really comes from and what it does to the egos of younger players. Plus Ja Morant’s back and playing great, but still has a long road to climb to get back into good graces of NBA media and fans. And of course we get into all the wild fights from college football rivalry week, and give out another inspiring and motivational Big Shot of the Week.

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It’s Thanksgiving Week and everyone has stuff going on! Rob’s entire family is in town (which we’re not sure he’s all that thrilled about) and Harper is at the beach with his family. But we still come together at this time for thanks… and dump on the Sixers for going snitch hunting this past week! We are all in agreement about Tyrese Maxey being the likely snitch, but Rob is floored that Joel Embiid continues to be late in the face of all the team’s struggles. Plus Rob’s favorite story of the week was Fred VanVleet starting a huge arguments with the refs and somehow not catching a suspension or a bigger fine than LeMelo Ball got last week.

The viral audio of the week comes from the Timberwolves broadcast, who continued to double down on how bad Jaylen Brown had been shooting from three while he continues to drain one after another in the opening minutes of their game! Rob is also intrigued by the idea of the Eastern and Western conferences not being “equal” in the post season format but rather the best 16 teams from across the league making the cut – and the debate rages about traditionalism versus new-age consumers when it comes to pro sports.

We also round out the show with some hilarious audio of President Biden trying to introduce the Boston Celtics during their White House visit, the NBA’s updated MVP ladder (on which Rob feels like LeBron needs to be higher based on what he’s doing at age 40), and a hilarious debate about ESPN’s best “Big threes” in the NBA, with some not even making the list! The college football pandemonium also takes center stage, as we get Rob’s thoughts on Alabama’s sub-par season, largely because Bama fans have been spoiled for so long, and Jenners tries to break down the WILD end of the Arizona State-BYU game. Plus a truly amazing and inspiring Big Shot of the Week, and a fun high-low Thanksgiving game as we roll into the holiday weekend!

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Now that the debacle of the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight has ended, we check out what former NBA players are the odds-on favorites to fight Jake Paul. Artest, Dwight Howard and others we get… but how is Charles Oakley no on this list?? That also leads us into the Shaq vs Dwight Howard fight idea that Dwight posed on social media this week… and Shaq abruptly shut down. Maybe the Big Fella knows he isn’t in as good of shape as Dwight these days.

And with Inside the NBA surviving, listeners want to know what show we would love to get another season of… and top answers were The Sopranos and definitely Chappelle’s Show! Plus the Defensive Player of the Year conversation around Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels is NOT one we had on our Bingo card. De’Aaron Fox also comes up as someone Rob loves, but listeners feel like he doesn’t get enough love on the show. And after Ben Simmons played 22 minutes this week without scoring a single point, listeners want to know if Rob ever did that as a starter… and he says NO WAY, because he was still young enough to dunk in those days.

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