Has SGA Become the NBA’s New Villain? Ryen Russillo Weighs In

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Ryen Russillo on the Green Light Podcast is only made better when it's NBA Playoff time. Ryen weighs in on Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers and making it to the NBA Finals. He also weighs in on the SGA debate and Wemby's dominance in the Western Conference Finals. To end the episode, Chris and Macon discuss Abdul Carter's comments on Jaxson Dart appearing at a Trump rally and. the impact on the locker room. (00:00:00) - Johnny Manziel vs Bob Menery (00:03:47) - Ryen Russillo on the Knicks Winning the ECF, Wemby's Dominance & if SGA is the New NBA Villain? (00:35:26) - Chris' AAU Experiences (00:39:45) - Ryen Russillo's Boat (00:45:51) - Oz the Mentalist (00:49:00) - Life Advice (00:52:51) - Jaxson Dart & Abdul Carter Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline presented by Zone Nicotine and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ With the return of the Layup Line, make sure to check out the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=YP1-ffQ3T_yUDRnJRhDtOw Check out Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The anticipation for this conference finals because it was so new to see if Wembe Njama on a national stage
0:04.8	and more people paying attention to him, like you didn't expect that he wasn't going to play well.
0:08.7	But it's, that game won felt like his like international coming out party for people that are like,
0:15.8	hey, what's going on with this guy?
0:17.5	And he delivered in the biggest way possible.
0:19.9	Here's the litmus test for me, Ryan.
0:22.1	America is desperate for a French guy to take over the NBA, just so OKC doesn't win the
0:29.5	Western Conference finals, how big would a Knicks title be?
0:32.9	I mean, it's huge.
0:34.5	It's over 50 years, but I don't see it as the ending of the Red Sox or Cubs drought.
0:40.8	Exactly. I agree with that. I don't.
0:43.3	Mike, did you see the, um, did you see all those, uh, those guys fighting each other the other night?
0:51.2	Beasley, Stevenson. Oh, yeah. Mansell, Bob Manor.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:57.5	I don't click play on those, but I did see it come across, yeah.
1:00.7	Oh.
1:03.5	You know, I once had a pretty gruesome hand injury so bad that I know don't do this I can't make a fist anymore
1:14.0	Yeah, and I was telling a friend this one time and
1:18.8	Her response why would you ever want to gotcha and that's sort of my approach
1:26.2	To other human beings.
1:28.0	Yep.
1:28.7	It's not one of aggression.
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