Wemby and the Spurs have arrived! Nothing like an NHL Game 7! (Episode 1458 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘motivation’ as in SGA as in Chet as in the Oklahoma City Thunder as in Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs beat the Thunder in double overtime. Wemby went off for 40/20. Wemby played a game that people will remember for a long, long time. What a performance from he, and Dylan Harper, and Stephon Castle. (12:10) The Buffalo Sabres waited 15 years to get back to the playoffs. The Buffalo Sabres lost a Game 7 at home against the Montreal Canadiens in overtime. Sad. But the Canadiens did it on the road. It was the theme of this series! (20:00) Tom Dundon is still getting crushed by fans. The new owner of the Portland Trail Blazers recently went on a podcast to respond to criticism. (31:34) Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures. (34:50) NPPOD. (37:10) An almost no-hitter. TJ Ginn of the Athletics made it into the 9th inning. And then six pitches later the Athletics lost. Wow. (41:42) Pete Crow-Armstrong is an exciting player. Pete Crow-Armstrong is a young player. Pete Crow-Armstrong needs to be better. (45:50) Something happened during the Nationals game on Sunday that simply can’t happen. Three stooges brought a banner in the stadium that displayed a hateful message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Emulation.
0:39.9	That's the nothing personal word of the day.
0:42.3	It is Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.
0:47.0	And what we witnessed in game one of the Western Conference finals
0:50.3	was finally an opportunity for everyone around this country, if not the world, to look
0:57.1	at Victor Wenbanyama and say, this is going to be the best player I've ever seen in my life.
1:06.9	That may sound like complete hyperbole, total recency bias until you hear that he's been on this
1:16.0	trajectory, deput d'Ison, for at least 10 years.
1:22.4	Last night he had an opportunity to show the world that he was able to look at the Oklahoma City Thunder,
1:29.8	the previously unbeaten Oklahoma City Thunder.
1:33.5	Look at SGA, receive his MVP trophy prior to the game.
1:39.5	Look out at the crowd at the court and say, I want to emulate what's happening here and what you've,
1:48.5	no, that's not right, Coco. Hold on. That's absolutely wrong. He wasn't emulating. He doesn't
1:54.3	want to emulate. That's like he wants to copy the success of SGA and of the thunder.
2:02.5	No, he doesn't want to copy it.
2:04.6	He wants to surpass it.
2:06.6	We got to change the word of the day.
2:08.8	All right.
2:10.1	From the top.
2:11.5	Here we go.
2:12.0	48, 6, 9.
2:16.3	Motivation.
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