Hour 2 - Can Nikola Jokic be the Face of the NBA?
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Chris and Rob share their thoughts on the narrative that international players like Nikola Jokic won’t be accepted by American fans as the Face of the NBA, bring in DJ Alex Teichert to discuss Lionel Messi’s decision to forego a $1.6 billion offer from a Saudi league to come play for Inter Miami FC of the MLS and tell us if it’s conceivable that Shohei Ohtani could be the greatest player in baseball history.
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| 2:04.7 | we bring in our man. Rob G to kind of bring us up the speed on this next topic. We want to discuss |
| 2:12.6 | it as an NBA topic. That's right. As you guys know, Nicola Yokech is arguably the best player in |
| 2:19.9 | the NBA right now greatest player on the planet. But for whatever reason, he doesn't seem to get |
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