Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Clifford Augustin

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
411 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Bring your hard hats. And you know what? I have always... Basketball is a contact sport. Now, you have to make contact legally, but if you do that, there is contact that is appropriate and should be in the game. To the degree that they legislated some of it out, I disagreed with, but I like the style of play. I like the way the refs are handling it.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

I don't think it has reached a point of boiling over at any real time that I can remember. I'm for it, and I think that when you're talking about a champion, it shouldn't just be the team that shoots the best or executes offensively the best. These are grown men, bro. That's why you spend all that time in the weight room. That's why you take care of your bodies. That's why you do all of that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

I don't think it has reached a point of boiling over at any real time that I can remember. I'm for it, and I think that when you're talking about a champion, it shouldn't just be the team that shoots the best or executes offensively the best. These are grown men, bro. That's why you spend all that time in the weight room. That's why you take care of your bodies. That's why you do all of that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

I don't think it has reached a point of boiling over at any real time that I can remember. I'm for it, and I think that when you're talking about a champion, it shouldn't just be the team that shoots the best or executes offensively the best. These are grown men, bro. That's why you spend all that time in the weight room. That's why you take care of your bodies. That's why you do all of that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

There should be a component of that that goes into the equation when you're trying to parse through who's the better team. And allowing the physicality to be in the game allows that to be a part of it.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

There should be a component of that that goes into the equation when you're trying to parse through who's the better team. And allowing the physicality to be in the game allows that to be a part of it.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

There should be a component of that that goes into the equation when you're trying to parse through who's the better team. And allowing the physicality to be in the game allows that to be a part of it.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Can I request a segment? I'm just annoyed by it. Can I request a segment? I don't know if we have the technological capabilities here. Victoria is one of the greatest of all time. Put some respect on her name. He went to the free throw line 14 times last night, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Can I request a segment? I'm just annoyed by it. Can I request a segment? I don't know if we have the technological capabilities here. Victoria is one of the greatest of all time. Put some respect on her name. He went to the free throw line 14 times last night, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Can I request a segment? I'm just annoyed by it. Can I request a segment? I don't know if we have the technological capabilities here. Victoria is one of the greatest of all time. Put some respect on her name. He went to the free throw line 14 times last night, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

If there would be a way that we could bring up all of the plays where he was fouled and awarded free throws, I'd like to go through them. With you, with Howard, with anyone. Look, it might wind up that the jury says it was foul baiting. Let's figure that out. But I'd like to do that exercise. I was watching last night. I'm with you, Logan. He's a tough person to guard.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

If there would be a way that we could bring up all of the plays where he was fouled and awarded free throws, I'd like to go through them. With you, with Howard, with anyone. Look, it might wind up that the jury says it was foul baiting. Let's figure that out. But I'd like to do that exercise. I was watching last night. I'm with you, Logan. He's a tough person to guard.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

If there would be a way that we could bring up all of the plays where he was fouled and awarded free throws, I'd like to go through them. With you, with Howard, with anyone. Look, it might wind up that the jury says it was foul baiting. Let's figure that out. But I'd like to do that exercise. I was watching last night. I'm with you, Logan. He's a tough person to guard.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

He has mastered putting you as the defender in a compromised situation and having to make contact with him. And he's even further mastered once you make that contact, exposing it. And if that is a foul merchant or a baiter, I don't see it as a baiter. What is the true definition of merchant? Let me look up merchant. Does it have a negative connotation in any way, shape, or form?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

He has mastered putting you as the defender in a compromised situation and having to make contact with him. And he's even further mastered once you make that contact, exposing it. And if that is a foul merchant or a baiter, I don't see it as a baiter. What is the true definition of merchant? Let me look up merchant. Does it have a negative connotation in any way, shape, or form?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

He has mastered putting you as the defender in a compromised situation and having to make contact with him. And he's even further mastered once you make that contact, exposing it. And if that is a foul merchant or a baiter, I don't see it as a baiter. What is the true definition of merchant? Let me look up merchant. Does it have a negative connotation in any way, shape, or form?

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Well, then I would... Okay. Okay. I don't see that as a negative. The only reason I was asking is because I thought there might be some language and some other definition of it that suggested he was doing something nefarious or that it was illegal. If I'm selling a foul that has happened so that you realize it has happened, I'm not apologizing for that. I'm not apologizing for him for that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Well, then I would... Okay. Okay. I don't see that as a negative. The only reason I was asking is because I thought there might be some language and some other definition of it that suggested he was doing something nefarious or that it was illegal. If I'm selling a foul that has happened so that you realize it has happened, I'm not apologizing for that. I'm not apologizing for him for that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

Well, then I would... Okay. Okay. I don't see that as a negative. The only reason I was asking is because I thought there might be some language and some other definition of it that suggested he was doing something nefarious or that it was illegal. If I'm selling a foul that has happened so that you realize it has happened, I'm not apologizing for that. I'm not apologizing for him for that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Thunder Just One Win Away From an NBA Finals Appearance. Plus, Can the Knicks Reclaim Home Court? | Real Ones

That is what you are supposed to do. When you are a professional scorer, any professional scorer knows that there are going to be nights when that thing is not going in the basket in the normal way. You have a bad shooting night. The way you supplement and you're able to continue to score and point produce is by getting to the what? Get to the free throw line.