Knicks are going to the NBA Finals! What happened to the Cubs? Will Wander Franco get his money from the Rays? (Episode 1461 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘ecstasy’ as in the New York Knicks as in the NBA Finals as in 27 years as in holy smokes! The Knicks are going back to the finals! Another sweep! Another beatdown! The Cleveland Cavaliers had no chance. I cannot believe how bad they played in this series. The Cavs were up 22 points in Game 1 and lost… and that was it! (15:22) Spurs and Thunder are all tied up! Now the teams head back to Oklahoma City. Can the Thunder get healthy? Can the Spurs hang on? (19:20) The Chicago Cubs cannot win. This comes a week after they couldn’t lose! What is going wrong for Craig Counsell? (27:03) We have reached the Memorial Day part of the season. What does that mean? Standings check! (35:33) Review: Survivor Season 50. (44:30) The ruling is in on Wander Franco. He will not serve any jail time after a pardon from the judge. Wow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:05.0	Mom!
0:06.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:08.0	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:14.0	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.0	Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.6	So it's phones down, forks up.
0:25.6	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
0:27.6	Hello. I'm I'm I'm
0:38.3	I'm
0:39.3	I'm
0:40.3	I'm Exstasy. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It's Tuesday, May 26th,
1:14.6	2026. I had 10 words of the day in my head. The New York Knicks are going to the finals, and I'm
1:23.6	trying to come up with the way to explain the dominance that you are seeing with a basketball team, and I'm trying to come up with the way to explain the dominance that you are seeing with a basketball team.
1:30.5	And I'm trying to separate personal feelings, professional feelings, observations, analysis.
1:38.8	I'm trying to be as neutral as I can be because not everybody
1:44.3	is as interested in the fact that the Knicks are going to the finals
1:47.7	for the first time in 27 years.
1:50.1	There's people outside of New York who can't stand the Knicks.
1:53.2	It's not like I stood around looking for a show to tell me
1:56.0	how good the Bulls were in the 90s or how good the Warriors were
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