IT on Darryn Peterson Controversy, Fixing Tanking & Steph Curry's Shoe Game
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode we’re jumping into some college hoops talk as controversy has bubbled up around Darryn Peterson. Why is he going off in games and then benching himself when there’s still time on the clock? Will this kind of load management become more common in college sports as players gain more power? We also can’t help but compare Darryn and other top prospect AJ Dybantsa to past NBA greats like Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant.
In other news, Adam Silver addressed blatant tanking during a league-wide conference call last week. C.J. and I.T. discuss the inevitability of tanking, but also explore potential solutions, including changing how the lottery system works.
We also wanted to show some love to Steph Curry’s shoe game, weigh in on Pat Riley’s take that coaches should go back to wearing suits, and give love to Amen Thompson for doing his thing down in Houston.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | When I think about back in my career, like especially early on with the Kings, |
| 0:08.3 | they didn't talk about it, but we had to be doing something to be losing games. |
| 0:13.0 | Yeah, so like, what are some specifics of that? |
| 0:15.8 | Like, they're like me. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm the 60th pick. |
| 0:18.0 | They, they're 25 games into the season. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm starting. Obviously it's, but you were putting in the 60th pick. They, 25 games into the season, I'm starting. |
| 0:25.1 | Obviously, it's, but you're putting in the work, obviously. |
| 0:29.2 | I probably earn those minutes and I earn that opportunity for sure. |
| 0:33.4 | But the outside looking in, you're playing the 60th pick in January. |
| 0:34.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.2 | And I'm playing 25, 30 minutes and I'm starting. |
| 0:39.9 | I think that's a sign of, yes, we want to win, |
| 0:41.7 | but we're more likely going to lose. I'm going to be. Welcome back to another episode of Point Game. |
| 1:05.3 | Guys, we have an awesome episode. |
| 1:06.9 | Of course, joined by my co-hosts here, Isaiah Thomas, blessing us with NBA takes stories, all that stuff. |
| 1:14.0 | We're going to be talking about some controversial topics in the NBA right now and in the game itself. |
| 1:19.1 | We're never shine away from that stuff. |
| 1:20.7 | So we're going to talk about why is the number one projected pick of 2026 benching himself during games? |
| 1:26.1 | Or is he benching himself? |
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