Joakim Noah (guest brief mention)

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Pardon My Take · Randy Moss Talking Kentucky Derby, Joakim Noah In Studio, The Lakers Go Out Sad, Jalen Brunson Ends The Pistons, Hockey Playoffs + Fyre Fest of The Week · 2 May 2025 podcast

You can't say that about most superstars in the NBA because the mentality in America is I'm the superstar, I'm gonna get the ball, it's showtime. His mentality is not I'm getting the ball. It's showtime. It's cuts. It's handoffs. He's playing in a system, and he just happens to be the quarterback.

Yeah, not a lot of people can say that. And your teammates are going to, you know, be like, OK, OK, you're right. Yeah. You know, but he's one of those guys like I'm sure he says that nobody says a word because they know he's right. It's always right.

Well... Boston is definitely the heavy favorite. Until somebody beats Boston, they're the team to beat. But do not disrespect the Cleveland Cavaliers because they're ready to rock and roll. And if you think this is going to be an easy sweep, no, no, no. Don't get it twisted. You're in for a real battle. That's happening. That's happening. Look, if I had to put money on it, Cavs Boston.

Great question. I haven't thought about it too much. It could be interesting. Maybe going to a, checking out a tourist board over there and seeing all the fun things they do in Cleveland.

Maybe if I went with you guys, maybe people would give me a little more slack. But it's crazy. The younger kids who didn't get to see me play in my prime, they're still really pissed about that Cleveland shit. They're like, people know me as the anti-Cleveland guy. The guy who shit on Cleveland. It's crazy that that happened over 10 years ago and people still talk to me about this Cleveland.

I mean... Yeah. Okay. I'd rather go to Beale Street and go check out the music scene over there, to be honest.

I mean, it was a long time ago. It didn't mark... I wasn't super impressed.

I don't think it was a specific moment in the game because Tibbs' whole thing was preparation. And when you're with him, by year four, year five, you're like, holy shit, this shoot around, it's two hours long, Tibbs. Get us off our feet. Let's go home. Let's get some rest and go play the game.

but there's something about being in these battles and feeling prepared that is, you know, there's nothing feels better than being ready and being prepared. Tibbs, as crazy as Tibbs is, We were prepared.

Yeah, that sounds terrible. But he's young. Yeah, he'll learn. He's young. He'll learn. I mean, look... chicken alfredo is a hell of a meal that's a heavy meal maybe not before the yeah not before the game but he's what 23 years old yeah 23 years old who gives a fuck you're eating mcdonald's you eat a big mac before the game you're good but at 30 what was your pre-game meal

I was eating pretty, avocados, rice, chicken. It was my meal. Trying to win at a high level is, it's fucking boring, guys. There is nothing.

There is nothing, like all these people that you look at and you're like, wow, this champion, like. If you think that this guy has the most interesting life, no, he's going to bed at fucking nine o'clock at night.

You know, he's eating healthy like you want to hear about his health routines like. It's not that interesting. It's repetitive and boring and doing the same thing over and over and over again to get better. But if you, I mean, for some people that's interesting. I need more. I need more. Just because you're a champion doesn't make you interesting. That's true.

So I played for the Clippers for three months. I just cut my Achilles right before, like six months before. And I had the blessing to be able to sign with the Clippers. And it was when... I signed and then the next day COVID hit. The Rudy Gobert thing hit. So we had all this time off. And then the Steve Floyd thing happened in the NBA.

And I remember Balmer getting all the players on a Zoom call and saying that he would invest in any nonprofit foundation that was doing work in the communities of the players they were living in. I was like, what? To me, that just spoke volumes about the guy that he wanted to, first of all, as an owner, be able to talk to his players about the situation and be able to be helpful.

I thought that was really powerful and nobody can say anything bad about that guy.

Just taking a guess. He would have definitely not done that. Definitely not done that. Give two fucks.

Yeah, he's a super fan. And you know what? They made some tough decisions. I love that Van Gundy's on the bench. I think it says a lot about their coaching staff, the fact that they could bring in a guy like that as an advisor or an assistant coach, but somebody who... you know, he's an alpha himself. So to be able to have Ty Lue and him on the bench, that's two head coaches on the bench.

That doesn't always work. It says a lot about who they are.

I did.

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