Club 520 - James Johnson on hooping with Jeff Teague at Wake, Derrick Rose, Pacers CRAZY playoff run
Club 520 Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
We’re back with Season 4, Episode 56 of Club 520, where Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, and B Hen are joined by former NBA star and teammate of Jeff's at Wake Forest: James Johnson! James talks about his time with Jeff at Wake and their legendary squad sophomore year that was the No. 1 college basketball team in the nation. Teague, James, and the fellas talk about his time in the NBA with the Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies and why he shined there as opposed to when playing with the Chicago Bulls. Johnson reveals what it was like to play with Derrick Rose, how crazy the Tyrese Haliburton playoff run was with the Pacers, playing against Jeff in the league, and much more! Plus, don't miss Johnson give the inside scoop on the mime and hip-hop dancing classes him and Jeff had to take at Wake!
Timeline:
0:00 - Welcome to the show, James Johnson!
2:30 - Jeff & James linking up
5:00 - Wake coach passing away before season
8:30 - Jeff "By any means necessary" Teague
12:30 - Getting cool with football team
15:00 - Wake Forest was cooking
20:00 - Sophomore year at Wake
22:00 - Mime class
24:00 - Hip-Hop dance class
26:00 - Deciding to leave school
27:30 - NBA Draft
34:00 - Rookie year with D-Rose & Bulls
37:00 - Partying too much
42:00 - Story of why JJ got cut from Hawks
45:00 - Playing with Grizzlies & Heat
52:00 - Dunk over Drummond
55:00 - Tyrese Haliburton's crazy Game 7
01:01:30 - NBA playoff picks
01:03:00 - Kickboxing talent
01:05:00 - Jeff & JJ fighting at practice
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| 1:13.3 | Playoff time with the lays looking like. Man, it's been wicked. I got a call Adam Silver, but we're hanging on, man, for sure. You got a call to commissioner? Yeah, yeah. I know I'm going to get a call about our real. |
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