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Nothing Personal with David Samson

NBA Trade Drama: Why I should've known Simmons/Harden trade was coming; Rob Manfred and MLB's major league issues (Episode 538)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘blockbuster’ as in not the former movie rental chain that didn’t think Netflix would work it’s as in a big trade. The NBA trade deadline came and went, and it was a big one. James Harden to the 76ers! Ben Simmons to the Nets! Russell Westbrook to the bench! Let’s talk about what went wrong in both Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Kyrie and Harden didn’t like one another. Kevin Durant passed on Harden in the All Star Draft. Joel Embiid let the world know his thoughts on Ben Simmons. Drama! (20:45) Rob Manfred met the media on Thursday. It was a disaster. Knew it was going to happen. We have at least seven takeaways from the press conference from Spring Training to Universal DH to Saturday’s proposal and more! (36:25) Review: Don’t Look Up… again. (42:30) NPPOD/SB Picks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.4

Blockbuster. Nothing personal. We're the day. It's Friday, yes! I am excited for Superbow

0:56.6

Weekend. I'm excited for the weekend because my voice is a little tired, but can you hear

1:01.6

it? I'm bringing it today because we have some stuff. We've got football. We've got basketball.

1:07.3

We've got baseball. We've got pro picks. But we're starting with Blockbuster. Word of the

1:12.0

day. The NBA dreaded. Yeah! All right, Coca. We're gonna do that again. Here we go. 269.

1:21.2

Blockbuster. Nothing personal. Word of the day. Friday, February 11, 2022. It was the

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NBA trade deadline yesterday at 3 p.m. And I was all diminutive and cocksure on yesterday's

1:35.2

show. Positive that hardened and Simmons and Westbrook would not be traded. We had

1:40.7

wait to seize. I went on levitard and had a dollar bet with Mike Ryan that they wouldn't

1:46.1

be traded. Meanwhile, he had inside information. Apparently, the hardened Simmons trade was

1:51.7

done prior to yesterday. But no one knew. As a matter of fact, the rumors were the opposite.

1:58.5

And I couldn't believe that Darryl Mori would give up anything to get James Hardin knowing

2:05.8

that he was gonna get him for nothing just as a free agent at the end of the season.

2:10.3

But I underestimated something and I shouldn't have having been in those shoes. The unbelievable

2:21.1

Afro-DZ-AC that is jewelry. When you are in the middle of a season and you look around

2:28.3

and you don't see Jordan and you don't see you in. Although I shouldn't. That's not

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