UNTOLD 2003 Spurs Title Story, Chet’s Collapse & NBA Finals Prediction with Stak
All The Smoke
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The NBA Finals are HERE, and Stephen Jackson is breaking it all down.
Stak reacts to the Spurs' Game 7 win over OKC, explains why he was disappointed in Chet Holmgren's performance, and discusses whether Oklahoma City should consider making a major roster move. He also shares stories from his own NBA Finals run with the Spurs and reflects on the impact Gregg Popovich had on his career.
Plus, Stak previews the NBA Finals matchup between Victor Wembanyama's Spurs and Jalen Brunson's Knicks, gives his series prediction, talks Wemby's emotional leadership, and weighs in on the ongoing debate around Shai Gilgeous Alexander and foul drawing in today's NBA.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:21.9 | What up, where's your boy, Stack 5? Welcome to this week's episode of Unplugged. My boy Matt is actually in Mexico with the twins. Twins playing on the national team. So shout out to my brother and the twins, man. Praying for y'all. Y'all, y'all go out there and do what y'all do. I got my boy Nate here to assist me, man. It's the finals, man. |
| 0:21.9 | It's that time of year uh what we all been waiting on nick spurs uh it's a lot going on my boy |
| 0:28.1 | Nate going to shoot some topics around and we're going to get to it let's go night stack what do you |
| 0:32.3 | think the difference was in game seven between the thunder and the spurs I think the spurs wanted it |
| 0:36.8 | more um the young guys, |
| 0:40.6 | you know, when they take, when they take care of the ball, I think that's why that's why the |
| 0:43.9 | series went seven games. You know, a lot of those games, you know, Castle, Harper, they was making |
| 0:49.3 | a lot of young turnovers helping OKC and limiting their offensive possessions, you know what I'm |
| 0:53.8 | saying? And OKC was able to make runs and get more possessions, get more shots, and you don't want to give Shay more shots at all. You know what I'm saying? He already shooting at a high clip. But Spurs did what they need to do. Wimby was dominant. He came out aggressive. He made his presence, fell on the defensive end. |
| 1:12.1 | They just competed more than I think the Spurs got the same team as OKC, but they got more dogs. |
| 1:18.8 | You know, and Pop has always been good at that, finding those young stars that's hungry. |
| 1:22.9 | You know, that's good kids, you know what I'm saying, that he can bring into the organization to be stars. |
| 1:27.2 | Popper's great at that. But, you know, I do want, that that he can bring into the organization to be stars. Poppers great at that. |
| 1:29.2 | But, you know, I do want to give a shout out to the MVP. |
| 1:33.5 | I think shot the way he, I'm more of a fan of shot the way he carried himself this series. |
| 1:38.0 | With all the weight that was on him, you know, being tripled and quadriple team, not being |
| 1:43.8 | frustrated, still making the right play, |
| 1:46.5 | giving props and props due to the Spurs after they won. |
| 1:50.0 | Like, the way he carried himself, he showed me a lot of Kobe. |
| 1:55.3 | He showed me a lot of Jordan and the way he carried himself and the shots he was making, |
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