Show Notes
It's a lighter Friday edition of the Shootaround, and Robert Horry and Rob Jenners are catching up on everything they didn't get to during the July 4th break. First up: the NBA's new one-free-throw rule getting tested at Summer League, and why Horry thinks turning two free throws into one is a solution looking for a problem.
From there it's a quick hit on the Jaguars' reported talks to relocate to London, a look at which current NBA stars have stuck with their teams the longest (Steph Curry leads the pack, with Draymond Green and Devin Booker not far behind), and a debate over whether any of them actually retire where they are.
Then things get silly: a listener sends in a Pacman Jones clip claiming South Carolina had a McDonald's inside the football locker room, which sends Horry and Jenners down a rabbit hole on mispronounced words, a viral video of a five-year-old Mets fan begging to switch to the Yankees, and the fan bases everybody loves to hate on but never actually leaves.
They close things out on a genuinely good note, answering a listener question about the coolest thing Horry's ever done for someone else — a story about giving up hospital privileges for other families with sick kids.
00:00 Cold Open & Intro
00:30 Should the NBA Test a One-Free-Throw Rule?
04:00 Should the Jaguars Move to London?
06:00 Giannis Leaves Milwaukee: Who's Been There Longest?
08:00 Will Any of These NBA Stars Retire Elsewhere?
10:00 The Great McDonald's-in-the-Locker-Room Debate
12:00 Words We All Mispronounce (Pecan, Caribbean & More)
13:00 A Viral Mets Kid Breaks Everyone's Heart
15:00 Fanbases We Love to Hate On
17:30 Listener Question: The Coolest Thing You've Ever Done
19:00 Closing Thoughts & Sign-Off
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