Harden wants out of Houston; Milwaukee doing everything to keep Giannis

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘beard’ as in facial hair as in The Beard as in James Harden. Everyone knows James Harden because of his beard. Well, Harden wants out of Houston in the worst way possible. Houston lost its coach, fired its GM, and now can lose its superstar. NBA players, especially these superstars, have so much control over everything. So what can the Houston Rockets do? Is there anyway to keep him happy and keep him in Houston? Or is he Brooklyn bound (0:06)? So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if I was President of LSU would I fire Ed Orgeron. This needs to be discussed (18:50). I have a few thoughts about the Houston Texans. What a shame that organization has turned into. Jack Easterby should not be in charge. He is in charge and he thought a good thing to do was fire the VP of Communications, Amy Palcic, who apparently is loved by everyone inside and outside the organization (27:35). Review - A Rainy Day in NY (35:57). Let’s end a show with some news on Mike Clevinger. He was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres during the season. Well, it was announced today that the Padres have signed him to a two-year deal, BUT he will miss next season with Tommy John surgery. Why was this deal made (41:35)? #waittosee -------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ https://www.youtube.com/nothingpersonalwithdavidsamson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here you go. Here you go.
0:07.0	Beard the word of the day today is beard today is Tuesday, November 17th.
0:14.0	Beard is the nickname for a NBA player named James Harton. Ever heard of him?
0:18.0	It's got the long beard, unbelievable player. MVP finishes in the top three plays for the rockets.
0:26.0	Has made a fortune like $225 million in his career.
0:31.0	But it's not enough. He wants more. He wants rings.
0:36.0	The NBA is a strange, strange, strange league.
0:41.0	I can't imagine with baseball if the players had as much control as I perceived the players in the NBA to have.
0:49.0	I just can't even imagine how I would deal with that because I don't want to give the players that much power
0:54.0	because I think I know more about how to put a team together. It may not work all the time.
1:00.0	But that's sort of my job. It would be like me saying to a player, hey, I'm now going to as an executive.
1:06.0	I'm now going to be your free throw coach or hey, hey, beard James Harton.
1:11.0	On the step back, I think you should step back six inches less than you're stepping back right now.
1:17.0	It's not that I want players to stay in their lane.
1:20.0	I just want them to not have this view that they are omniscient and that they control the narrative for their team.
1:31.0	And that's what's going on in Houston.
1:33.0	So let's recap the off season so far. Houston lost its coach.
1:38.0	Mike Dantonie replaced by Paul Silas son Steve Silas.
1:42.0	They fired at their GM Darryl Mori who claims he quit, who then became the GM of the field of the 76ers.
1:49.0	And they hired a new GM new coach, new GM. They brought in Russell Westbrook last season or two seasons ago.
1:56.0	I can't remember when, Coco.
1:58.0	And he was supposed to combine with James Harton to become this superstar duo that would lead to a ring.
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