Straight Fire - The Lakers are Back, Charles Barkley is a Hater & NCAA Tournament Preview
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On today’s episode, Jason discusses why the Los Angeles Lakers' thrilling overtime win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night has him believing that the Purple & Gold can make a run to the NBA Finals, how LeBron James has reinvnented himself as an overqualified role player alongside Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, why it's clear now more than ever that Charles Barkley is nothing more than a hater, whether Duke super freshman Cameron Boozer is capable of carrying the Blue Devils deep into the NCAA Tournament, and why J-Mac is a big believer is building out as many March Madness brackets as possible.
#OddCouple
Follow Jason on Twitter and Instagram. Click here to subscribe, rate and review all of the latest Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre podcasts!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:09.4 | This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. |
| 0:15.1 | What is up, Street Fire? |
| 0:16.7 | It's me, Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire. |
| 0:25.1 | For Monday, March the 16th. |
| 0:27.3 | We've got brackets, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:28.3 | Oh, boy, do we? |
| 0:30.2 | Very excited from the tournament. |
| 0:32.7 | The field is set. |
| 0:35.8 | The play in games Tuesday and Wednesday. |
| 0:37.8 | 20 starts Thursday. Big programming note, note though at the top of the pod. |
| 0:41.7 | Colin Cowher decided to take a vacation this week. |
| 0:43.6 | So your boy is hosting the herd. |
| 0:45.5 | That means early, early mornings. |
| 0:48.1 | I can't lay in bed, walk the dog and listen to the morning meeting. |
| 0:52.7 | I've got to actually be in it. |
| 1:28.2 | So we'll be taping podcast usually a little early. We got some great guests lined up. Very excited for that. Football, I guess, goes on the back burner finally. Nothing really happened. I mean, Kyler Murray to the Vikings was the last big one. It sounds like Kirk Cousins is going to Rob G's Raiders, but football's going quiet. It's going to go a little bit dark and then we'll pick up, you know, with the draft stuff. But I know people are excited for World Baseball Classic. Currently, Rob G. and I are watching USA in a thriller against the DR. Aaron Judge just had a home run Rob, really nice play by the center fieler. As much as I love the brackets, I do think we probably have to start with what I thought was the biggest sports moment of the weekend. |
| 1:34.9 | No, it wasn't the Arizona buzzer beater. No, it wasn't the Michigan buzzer beater. No, it wasn't Vanderbilt smacking Florida. |
| 1:41.0 | It was Lakers Nuggets Saturday night. So let me set the stage. So, you know, it's kind of a free weekend. Not much kids sports. So I was able to do my dad volleyball thing Saturday morning. So good. So good. And I get home, you know, I'm just to the standoff. Wife, not thrilled that I bounced early to go play volleyball. Actually, two days in a row Friday, Saturday. And my buddy calls me with season tickets. Jay, hey, we got an extra Lakers Nuggets. I'm like, oh, gosh, I so want to badly go. I'm like, oh, my gosh. It's a huge game. Ultimately, I was like, you know what, the wife's going to kill me. This is being a good dad, husband. |
| 2:18.3 | I was like, listen, I'm going to have to pass. |
| 2:20.2 | I promise I'll make the next one. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.