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Nothing Personal with David Samson

NBA tanking has officially jumped the shark! Giannis and Kalshi? Absolutely not! (Episode 1411 Hour 2)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The NBA has some big problems right now. Anthony Davis gets traded to the Wizards and Washington immediately shuts him down for the season. Giannis staying in Milwaukee. Then signing a deal with Kalshi? The Utah Jazz? A straight tank job like we've never seen before. (18:00) More on the Giannis and Kalshi deal. How is this allowed? (30:00) James Pearce Jr was arrested and charged with a litany of felonies. Horrible. He should never play in the NFL again. (37:50) The Pro Football Hall of Fame could be changing its voting process. Yes, Belichick and Kraft were snubbed. Yes, the voting system is broken. (43:24) It's time for our Olympics coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The

0:07.0

The I think jealousy is probably the worst quality that you can have because it just means you're

0:42.3

uncomfortable with yourself.

0:43.5

It means you're uncomfortable with what you've accomplished.

0:46.3

You can strive and you can be ambitious.

0:49.5

I like that a lot.

0:51.4

I like ambition.

0:52.8

I'm not, you don't have to be humble either. It doesn't matter.

0:55.7

Humility is not a big one for me, but jealousy is a bad one. And I have always told you that I

1:01.8

am not a jealous person except of one entity. I was always jealous of the NFL. Always.

1:10.5

They had franchised asset valuation. They had ratings. They had

1:15.2

interest around the world. They had they own days of the calendar throughout the year. I was always

1:21.0

jealous of the NFL working in baseball. When you watch the Super Bowl, it's easy to understand

1:25.9

why other commissioners and other leagues would feel jealous. When you look at what the Super Bowl, it's easy to understand why other commissioners and other

1:27.9

leagues would feel jealous.

1:30.0

When you look at what the numbers are, it doesn't matter.

1:32.1

There are 130 million people or 120 million people or 110 million people watching.

1:35.8

However it is, they calculate.

1:38.7

Believe me, it's so far greater.

1:41.9

When you've got a regular season game that draws more than a world series or a

1:46.0

NBA finals game that that's jealousy Adam silver and the NBA they really have a problem coca

1:56.9

Adam silver was watching the Super Bowl I promise you you. And Adam Silver was thinking to himself,

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