Best of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL offensive lineman Ephraim Salaam is in for Rob, and he and Kelvin discuss the narrative that Jayson Tatum’s return from injury has derailed the Boston Celtics to a certain extent, explain why the Los Angeles Rams have to seriously explore the idea of trading star wide receiver Puka Nacua this offseason, and debate whether Nikola Jokic’s sterling reputation is warranted given his relative lack of postseason success.
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| 0:29.4 | Big game coming up in about 25 minutes or so on ESPN. It looks like it's going to be |
| 0:34.0 | the Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder, a potential finals |
| 0:38.4 | preview. Everybody's excited about it. OKC's mostly healthy. Boston is mostly healthy. This could be a |
| 0:45.4 | really good contest between these two teams. But the big story you mentioned it is Jason Tatum's |
| 0:49.9 | return to the floor. He came back 10 months post Achilles' tear, looking like he's ready to roll. And |
| 0:55.2 | there have been some positive, right? There has been, you can't say it's all been negative, |
| 0:58.7 | because he's been defending reasonably well, rebounding very well. I think he's got six double |
| 1:05.7 | doubles, or he's scored in double figures in all eight games he's played. He's scored 20 points |
| 1:10.1 | in five of the games he's played. He's rebounding very well, but he just hasn't looked like Jason Tatum. And that is primarily the problem. Since he's come back, he's now he's still favoring that leg. He's kind of afraid to push off. And as a result, he's settling for a lot of threes. More than half of his shots have been from three point land. |
| 1:29.0 | The problem is he ain't hitting him, right? |
| 1:31.4 | He's only shooting 39% from the field, and he's shooting 29% from deep. |
| 1:35.4 | Here's the other problem. |
| 1:36.9 | The Boston Celtics were one of the feel-good stores of the NBA. |
| 1:40.6 | Like, hey, we depleted our roster. |
| 1:42.1 | We don't know when Tatum's coming back. |
| 1:43.2 | Jalen Brown, like an MVP candidate. And it's because they're playing this helter, skilter, outside of Jaylen Brown, everybody's doing a lot of different things, keeping folks on their toes. Well, as soon as Tatum came back, he's not shooting the ball well. And yet, he's playing like Jason Tatum. His usage rate so far 30.8% for context that's a higher usage rate |
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