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The Woj Pod

Houston's Christian Wood

The Woj Pod

ESPN

Sports

4.6722 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Houston Rockets center Christian Wood joins The Woj Pod to discuss his breakthrough season in the NBA, the chemistry with James Harden, his incredible journey as an undrafted journeyman to a big free agent contract this summer, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome into another edition of the WojPod here with one of the best stories in all of the NBA this year and kind of this dark and dreary season.

0:15.4

Christian Wood of the Houston Rockets, probably the free agent signing of the summer at three years and

0:22.7

$41 million coming to the Rockets.

0:26.3

Christian, how are you doing today?

0:28.2

I'm good, man.

0:29.0

Thanks for having me, Walsh.

0:30.4

Thanks for jumping in.

0:31.6

First, let me ask last night against the Lakers, no thought of jumping in one of those fights? Maybe

0:38.6

not a little suspension of fine, no? I'm trying to stay in my lane. We got we got big cuts for those

0:44.3

types of things. But no, I try to stay out the way of that. He is legit NBA muscle, isn't it?

0:52.0

Yeah, he's our muscle, so we beat him.

0:55.0

That's great.

0:56.3

Listen, you've been this season, this is pretty amazing to me.

1:00.3

I think your third in the league, most consecutive 20-point games, it goes back to last season.

1:04.9

I think you've got 12 now, and Bradley Beale is one, and I think Colin Sexton might be the other, which is amazing.

1:15.1

I knew Janus had one under, but that's a pretty good streak.

1:20.4

But your numbers, Christian, 23, almost 10 rebounds a game, two blocks, 1.3 assists.

1:27.0

Now, you know what they said last year.

1:30.2

Well, he's having a good year with the Pistons.

1:32.7

But once you give this guy money, once you guarantee his contract,

1:37.0

watch his production go in the tank, right?

1:39.7

That's what he's got no reason to, he's not going to play for you.

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