Big Shot Bob – Ep 272 – Why You Goin Down?

It's just the two of them this week — Harp's off in San Antonio, so Robert Horry and Rob Jenners are running the show solo, old-school style. No Shoot Around this Friday either, so they're packing everything into one episode.

They start with the good stuff: the NBA dropped a taste of the schedule, and the Christmas Day slate is loaded — Spurs-Knicks, Heat-Celtics, Sixers-Lakers (hello LeBron revenge tour), Thunder-Wolves, and Nuggets-Warriors closing it out. Bob and Rob debate whether Denver deserved the marquee spot over Dallas, and that turns into a bigger conversation about how much longer Jokic and Steph stick around their current teams — and why neither of them should ever, ever run for office.

From there it's opening week previews, a Pistons discussion that gets real about the Jalen Duren contract standoff, and Bob's old war stories about guys faking injuries to force a new deal.

Then the Kawhi Leonard stuff. Another secret endorsement deal surfaced this week — this time with Daktronics — and the guys walk through it, plus the resurfaced details from the Lakers' 2019 free agency pitch that the league is now investigating. They get into whether the Clippers star actually suits up this season and what it means if the NBA lets this slide.

Also on deck: Dillon Brooks cashing in with a $73 million extension from the Spurs, Wemby flying the whole Spurs roster to Paris for a mini training camp, and Robert's take on a young guy trying to "lead" without doing anything out of the ordinary.

VJ Edgecombe getting FaceTimed by LeBron leads Bob into one of his own stories from his playing days, and then Scottie Pippen's blunt comments about Zion Williamson's discipline get the full breakdown — including Bob's offer to personally get Zion in shape.

They pay respects to the late, great Don Nelson, run back Adam Vinatieri's surprisingly filthy Hall of Fame speech, and there's a QVC clip that has to be heard to be believed.

Big Shot of the Week goes to a Virginia man who donated a kidney to a stranger and wore his Santa hat into surgery to do it.

And to close it out — since it's just the two of them — they finally play 82 and 0 on the show for the first time, drafting all-time rosters and trying (and mostly failing) to go undefeated.

00:00  Kickoff: Just Rob and Rob This Week

01:34  Christmas Day Slate Revealed

02:34  Jokic, Steph and the Nuggets-Warriors Debate

07:05  NBA Opening Week Schedule

08:04  Pistons Outlook and the Jalen Duren Standoff

10:34  Old-School Contract Holdout Stories

12:34  Setting Up 82 and 0

14:11  Kawhi's Latest Secret Endorsement Deal

15:34  The 2019 Clippers Free Agency Allegations

20:34  Will Kawhi Suit Up This Season?

22:34  Dillon Brooks Cashes In

24:34  Wemby's Paris Minicamp

27:05  VJ Edgecombe's LeBron FaceTime Story

29:34  Scottie Pippen Sounds Off on Zion

37:34  Remembering Don Nelson

39:30  Vinatieri's Hall of Fame Roast

40:55  QVC Wig Clip of the Week

42:32  Big Shot of the Week: Dave Bell

43:36  Playing 82 and 0

53:03  TV Talk and Sign-Off

Unafraid of the big moment… unafraid to take the big shot… and unafraid to ask the big questions. A 7-time NBA champion, Robert Horry performed his best when the stakes were the highest. Now he’s taking a look into greatness from all walks of life, from athletes and celebrities to the families in our neighborhoods. Learning who superstars are behind their celebrity from all cross sections of sports and culture. And find out who inspires greatness amongst their family and community.