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🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Rajon Rondo pulls up to ALL THE SMOKE: UNPLUGGED and drops straight GEMS.
From coaching Giannis day-to-day in Milwaukee to mentoring Ryan Rollins into the NBA’s most unexpected breakout, Rondo breaks down the game like only he can.
Rondo reacts to Rick Pitino’s “Death of the Point Guard” statement, and gets candid on Doc Rivers, the infamous water-bottle film session, Bucks chemistry, and what he’s learned sitting on the bench the last two seasons.
Plus: fatherhood, coaching his son, Shedeur Sanders, his Hall of Fame case… and why he might suit up as Team USA’s flag football QB in 2028.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome back to Unplugged. |
| 0:06.3 | This episode is presented by Draft Kings. |
| 0:08.9 | The Crown is yours. |
| 0:09.9 | Let's get on with the show because we've got a great guest today. |
| 0:12.8 | One of the greatest, in my opinion, all around point guards we've ever seen, someone |
| 0:18.6 | who should be getting a Hall of Fame phone call. |
| 0:22.2 | How many more years he got to wait, Nate? |
| 0:24.2 | He's ready? |
| 0:25.8 | Okay, so the phone is open, NBA. |
| 0:28.9 | Just so you all know. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to show, Ray John Rondo. |
| 0:33.0 | Appreciate you. |
| 0:34.0 | I don't. |
| 0:35.9 | Appreciate you stopping by, man. |
| 0:37.2 | You got a lot of great things going on congratulations at |
| 0:40.1 | 39 you just graduated from Kentucky better late than never I love that talk to me what was behind you |
| 0:45.6 | going back and just what was that experience like did you get a chance to go in class and be with |
| 0:49.3 | some of the kids what was it like you know like what you just mentioned you know at a tough time my life |
| 0:53.0 | had a lot of downtime and dropped my kids off of school. I had another five, six hours to do nothing. And shout out to my guy, Mike Stone, academic advisor from University of Kentucky. He was there when I was back in college. He's still there and he always caught me every summer. Hey, come back, come back, come back. No, next year, next year. So now when I retired, I was like, you know what, let me find purpose, a new reason for purpose and getting up every day, going to school, being around the young students. It was great for me, my family, gave me motivation. I would drive an hour a day to Lex. And like at that time they would think. I couldn't make it. The class was only five minutes away from me. I couldn't make it. |
| 1:31.2 | You drove an hour. Yeah, I drove out. I mean, I love to drive. I'm a driver. I'm a know of me, my family. One day I'm going to drive across the country. But I love it. I love to drive. And like said being on the road it's an hour of the street getting getting around that young energy, calling back, telling her |
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