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Boomer & Gio

Russell Westbrook Confrontation With Reporter

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

Sports, News

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Gio wonders what he's angry about if he knows the team is tanking.

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0:00.0

We started off talking about the fans and the draft and the content creators that you had,

0:05.5

you know, found and we were talking about the drafting free agency.

0:08.5

And it's funny because it kind of came full circle, but I didn't realize the connection until just recently.

0:14.3

So you were talking about how sometimes these guys that cover these teams, like, you know,

0:19.1

it's annoying to the organizations because of the following and everything else.

0:23.8

So just trying to figure out why Russell Westbrook was so mad in his press conference where he calls out this guy.

0:34.0

And I'm just fascinated by this because you got Russell Westbrook, who knows the team is tanking.

0:40.5

He went to a bad basketball team to continue to play, continue to make money.

0:44.7

He knows what's going on.

0:46.5

It's clear that they're trying to lose, just like 10 other teams in the NBA that are doing the same thing.

0:52.0

He's made $350 million in his career.

0:56.1

And for whatever reason, he reaches a breaking point because of this guy, Matt, who, I forget his last name already, he does the Matt and Kayla show.

1:05.5

But this guy, Matt, who is on 1140 a.m., Matt George, 1140 a.m. in Sacramento in middays is talking about the team,

1:17.6

and then he does a locked on Kings podcast or something, the Matt George podcast. So, you know,

1:24.1

I click the thing, and it's just him in his bedroom going over what's happening with the Kings.

1:30.5

Kind of like Evan with the Mets.

1:32.7

It's like a Brombronia.

1:34.3

Yes.

1:34.7

And here's Russell Westbrook, who signed up to be on a horrible basketball team.

1:40.7

Yes.

1:41.5

Who is, he did win an MVP, right? At some point, Russell Westbrook,

1:46.1

I'm pretty sure he did, win an MVP and has some of the biggest triple double records in

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