NPDS - NBA suspends Paul George for 25 games! Jason Kidd has had ENOUGH! WNBA strike is coming! (Episode 1408 Hour 2)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The NBA has suspended Paul George for 25 games for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. George apologized for “mistakenly” taking prescription drugs. Yikes. $11 million suspension. But for the 76ers, they get help when it comes to the luxury tax. (9:28) Jason Kidd has had enough. Could it be the pressure of the Luka trade fallout has caught up to him? (19:10) The WNBA will not start on time. It cannot. The fighting is too much. They are no closer to a deal now than they were 3 months ago. (28:45) Another pro player wants to go back to school. How fun. We all saw this coming. (34:20) The Athletics have some more signings. They continue to give longterm deals to players who don’t need them just yet cause of team control. (38:43) The Seattle Seahawks are for sale. They have been for 7 years now. And now Jody Allen, who is running the team, has been fined $5 million. (43:00) Luis Arraez signed for $12 million with the Giants. Just for a one-year deal. That’s it. So many players either not signed or signing for short term. What is happening? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to nothing personal.
0:37.4	I acknowledge that I did not. Welcome back to nothing personal.
0:45.4	I acknowledge that I did not have it right during my career the importance of mental health.
0:49.4	I've acknowledged that I didn't take care of myself or my players. I acknowledged that all I cared about was that they were physically ready to go and able to help us
0:55.2	win games as many as possible. And if you've got problems at home or problems in your life,
1:00.6	keep them outside the clubhouse and do your job. I acknowledge how wrong I was,
1:08.5	hard stop. I can't stand when players use mental health as an excuse to cover up behavior that is not
1:19.9	acceptable in any way.
1:22.0	Like it's some sort of crutch that's allowed because of where we are as a country,
1:27.4	that mental health has become something that's important because of where we are as a country, that mental health has become
1:28.9	something that's important, which it is.
1:33.8	Paul George is suspended for 25 games for violating the drug policy of the NBA,
1:40.8	25 games for a team that he was finally with his teammates,
1:45.9	Embed and Maxi,
1:47.6	trying to find a way back to a process of competing,
1:52.5	finding a way to have a successful year
1:55.5	in order to keep Josh Harris focused.
2:00.0	And then word came out out of nowhere.
2:02.2	That superstar Paul George has been suspended,
2:06.0	not eligible to return until near the end of this regular season.
2:12.7	Paul George is being fined $11.7 million.
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