Cam Johnson Reacts to Wemby and Spurs-Thunder WCF Game 1, Plus Reflecting on Denver’s First Round Exit
The Old Man and the Three
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) breaks down the San Antonio Spurs win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals, including the performances of Victor Wembanyama and Dylan Harper, how the Spurs guarded MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and more. He also reflects on the Nuggets first round loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and how he is approaching his offseason.
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| 0:30.6 | Welcome back to the old man in the three. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm your host, Cam Johnson, joined by co-host Tommy Alter. |
| 0:43.2 | Before we get started today, I just want to take a moment to recognize the lives of Brandon Clark and Jason Collins, two very important members of our MBA family. |
| 0:52.0 | You know, I didn't really know Jason personally, but I heard a lot of good things about him, that he was a great team and a great person. |
| 0:54.9 | And Brandon, I did know personally, and he was a great dude. And he was a great teammate and a great person. And Brandon, I did know personally, |
| 1:00.5 | and he was a great dude. And he was a good friend and, you know, just a good overall guy. And, you know, as shocking as it is, it really hurts. And my thoughts and prayers go out to everybody |
| 1:07.6 | that knows him, all his teammates, all his friends friends all his family and and and um you know |
| 1:12.6 | prayers for them both families in this tough time the collins family and the clark family well said um |
| 1:20.5 | you're back in denver yeah back in denver i'm that's what i'm i'm pausing because of the the weight of |
| 1:27.3 | you know those deaths and, you know, those deaths. |
| 1:29.3 | And then, you know, it's, it's tough to address situations like this on a pod, just naturally, you know. |
| 1:37.8 | Obviously, we lost in the first round of the playoffs. |
| 1:40.2 | And it's always a disappointment. |
| 1:48.9 | You know, it's always you. The NBA teaches you a lot, Tommy, right? |
| 1:53.6 | Like the NBA, the experience of an NBA player, the ups and the downs, it teaches you a lot. It teaches you about adversity. It teaches you about, you know, kind of being able to stick things out for |
| 1:59.8 | the long haul, being able to respond when things don't go your way, and, kind of being able to stick things out for the long haul, being able to respond when |
| 2:02.1 | things don't go your way and that kind of transcends games and goes over the seasons. |
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