NBA retires Bill Russell's jersey number: was this the right move?; Walmart takes over the Denver Broncos; I fell for an Antonio Brown meme (Episode 639)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘6’ as in the number 6 as in jersey number 6 as in Bill Russell as in the NBA has announced that Russell’s jersey will be retired by the league. Why? Now don’t go grabbing the pitchforks. Let me explain. 19 players in the league currently where that jersey number. 13 years ago the NBA named the Finals MVP after him. Why do we wait to honor people? Russell was honored once before, but why couldn’t this happen when he was here? (13:45) What’s going on with the Denver Broncos? Rob Walton and his $60B has bought the team, been approved, and now he’s here to be different. Or is he? (22:55) Review: Trainwreck - Woodstock 99. (29:35) What’s the latest on Kyrie Irving? Probably nothing great! (34:00) Antonio Brown made a post on twitter. Everyone thought it was real (ME) and it turns out it was fake. I got got. (37:55) NPPOD. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	6.
0:22.3	Nothing personal word of the day.
0:23.6	It's Friday, August 12, 2022 to all those celebrating a birthday today.
0:29.7	Happy birthday.
0:31.7	6 is the word because 6 will never be a number one by another NBA player ever again.
0:39.4	If you're wearing 6 right now, you're good.
0:41.6	But as of yesterday, the number 6 doesn't exist anymore.
0:47.9	Number 6 is the number worn by Bill Russell who died last week at the age of 88.
0:52.8	Maybe we didn't talk enough about Bill Russell.
0:55.2	Maybe we did not explain to you his importance.
0:58.7	The fact that he's the winningest player in NBA history.
1:01.7	The fact that he was a civil rights activist.
1:04.6	The fact that he was broke the color barrier and the coaching ranks.
1:09.6	Maybe we didn't explain the impact that the Celtics have had on the NBA.
1:15.6	Maybe we didn't talk to you about Red R back.
1:20.0	The teams he led, the teams he coached.
1:23.9	But it didn't even occur to me.
1:28.0	That the NBA was going to retire his number on behalf of all 32 clubs.
1:35.6	Nobody's worn number six for the Celtics since he did normal.
1:39.8	Absolutely fine.
1:43.0	When I read that his number was being retired, my immediate reaction was exactly the same
1:51.0	as my reaction upon reflection.
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