1. Ian Eagle is hysterically funny. Richard Jefferson is hysterically funny.
(Eagle is the guest on this week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina, out early Thursday morning. And Jefferson was on the podcast earlier this year.)
So when the duo teams up to call Nets games on the YES Network, you never know what you are going to get.
On Tuesday, we got Eagle pleading with Jefferson to show a little less chest.
Jefferson regularly likes to leave several shirt buttons unbuttoned. Sometimes he even unbuttons every button.
Richard Jefferson wilding on "NBA Today's" Trade Deadline special 🤣 pic.twitter.com/MXpWZ0uSI6
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 9, 2023
But during Tuesday's Magic-Nets game on YES, Eagle had enough of his broadcast partner and his chest.
With Jefferson flashing a lot of skin, an incredulous Eagle asked, “What’s happening right now? What’s going on? Is this your signature now?”
Without missing a beat, Jefferson answered, “I think that my signature has always been absurdity.”
Eagle then pleaded with Nets coach Jacque Vaughn to block his view of Jefferson, but Vaughn was a little busy at the moment.
the context 😂 @YESNetwork https://t.co/XlquLPGgmO pic.twitter.com/vK36eSJFz1
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) November 15, 2023
Broadcasters having fun while calling a game. It doesn’t happen often enough, but it’s no surprise Eagle and Jefferson would come through.
2. You know by now that Tuesday’s Warriors-Timberwolves matchup got off to a wild start with Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a choke hold less than two minutes into the game.
That didn't take long. 👀👀#RaisedByWolves pic.twitter.com/V5Ebh7UYxr
— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) November 15, 2023
After the game, Gobert shared his theory on Green. The Minnesota big man thinks Draymond likes to get ejected in games when Steph Curry does not play.
Gobert on Draymond: “Every time Steph doesn’t play, he doesn’t want to play without his guy Steph so he does anything he can to get ejected.”
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) November 15, 2023
Gobert might have something here, because according to USA Today, seven of Green’s last 11 ejections have come in games in which Steph didn’t play.
3. With the absurd Draymond Green choke hold taking place on TNT, you knew the Inside the NBA crew would have fun with it after the game.
Shaq really put Chuck in a chokehold 🤣 pic.twitter.com/swyvgEeiun
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) November 15, 2023
4. Last week, in what was clearly a bit of satire, The Dan Le Batard Show’s Billy Gil theorized that maybe Aaron Rodgers was faking his Achilles injury.
“Is it crazy to wonder if he (Aaron Rodgers) never actually tore his achilles?…” - @billygil
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) November 7, 2023
📺 https://t.co/q1JKGBFuye pic.twitter.com/K7RLl2UuMD
Naturally, some blogs picked this up as if Gil was being serious. And yesterday, during his weekly appearance with Pat McAfee, Rodgers also seemed to have gotten duped.
"There's not a lot of people that have the unique situation that I was in..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 14, 2023
I got hurt on the first drive of the season & I don't wanna retire..
My mindset from the morning after the injury was I'm gonna try & do something that nobody has done before" ~ @AaronRodgers12 pic.twitter.com/OPYMNCFLgo
5. ESPN’s Joe Buck took a little heat Monday night (no pun intended) because he mentioned the cold weather in Buffalo for the Broncos-Bills game, even though it was 46 degrees, so he fired back Tuesday.
I’m fragile. It’s as clear to me now as the skies over Buffalo last night.Please stop making me feel “not rugged.” Now, I’m sad. Reality does bite. Taken to task by meteorologist Kevin because 40s and windy (is breezy a better word? What’s the professional cutoff?) makes me feel… https://t.co/BTcIYvezFU
— Joe Buck (@Buck) November 14, 2023
And on Wednesday’s First Take, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo tore into Marcus Spears for being all bundled up Monday while on the air from Buffalo.
.@MadDogUnleashed grilled @mspears96 for his MNF fit 😂 pic.twitter.com/OrWsb17MQc
— First Take (@FirstTake) November 15, 2023
I'm a big wuss, but I say 46 degrees is cold enough for someone to 1) complain about the weather and 2) get all bundled up.
6. The latest episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina features no guest. It’s an all–“Traina Thoughts” edition with weekly contributor Sal Licata from WFAN Radio and SNY TV.
This week, I detail my struggles in trying to book a guest for this week’s podcast, we reminisce about the horrible experience they had when we took pictures with Larry David and we discuss the NFL’s prime-time schedule woes and flex-scheduling changes that need to happen. We also discuss Troy Aikman’s call of Chargers-Jets on Monday Night Football, including his repeated criticism of New York quarterback Zach Wilson, and we speculate about LeBron James’s recent streaming issues with YouTubeTV.
We also address tweets regarding whether sports can be enjoyed without gambling on them, an important trait for NFL play-by-play folks, the Apple TV remote control and much more.
You can listen to the podcast below or download it on Apple, Spotify and Google.
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