We're a day late this week (Election Day off, you understand), but Big Shot Bob is back with plenty to get through. Robert Horry, Rob Jenners and B-Dawg open with Giannis calling Luka one of the best scorers ever, then spend real time on the biggest news in sports media: Ernie Johnson says this is his last season hosting Inside the NBA. Horry talks about what it meant as a player to hear EJ say your name, Harp shares what Ernie is like off camera, and the crew makes the case that nobody should even try to replace him. Retire the name with him.
Then it's injury week. Anthony Edwards is out at least two months after knee surgery, Chet is down with a patellar tendon tear, and Jaren Jackson Jr., Haliburton and Ja are all banged up. Horry has a theory: guys go from zero to 100 without ramping up, and too many of them skip the weight room. He brings receipts, including the time Penny Hardaway told him he doesn't do legs, and explains why Giannis, Dirk and Steph got stronger and lasted. Plus congrats to the Valkyries on a Game 7 title win over the Dream.
Around the league: the Sixers are 7-1 and the guys argue over whether Boston boos Jaylen Brown in his first trip back, the Grizzlies' hot start ends against (of all teams) the Pelicans, Draymond picks up his first ejection of the year with Dillon Brooks flying in from the rafters, Yaxel Lendeborg keeps putting up numbers for Golden State, and the Hornets and Thunder announce jersey retirements for Muggsy Bogues and Russell Westbrook.
Over to college football. FSU finally fired Mike Norvell, and his $50 million buyout lands him on the Mount Rushmore of coaches getting paid to sit at home. The guys talk NIL and why athletic departments are underwater, then make picks on a loaded weekend: BYU-Utah, Texas-Mizzou, Alabama-LSU, Oregon-Ohio State, Kentucky-Tennessee, Miami at Notre Dame and Georgia at Ole Miss. Big Shot of the Week goes to the Red Baron pizza guy who shut down a prankster, and we close with a game of Inside Inside the NBA. How well do Horry and Harp know the show?
00:00 Intro: A Day Late After Election Day
01:25 Giannis Says Luka Is One of the Best Scorers Ever
03:45 Ernie Johnson's Final Season on Inside the NBA
08:02 Who Replaces Ernie? Nobody. Retire the Name
12:00 Anthony Edwards Out After Knee Surgery
14:15 Injury Week: Chet, Jaren Jackson Jr., Haliburton, Ja
15:11 Why Players Keep Getting Hurt: Hit the Weight Room
19:43 Valkyries Win the WNBA Title in Game 7
22:10 Sixers 7-1: Will Boston Boo Jaylen Brown?
25:25 Pelicans Hand the Grizzlies Their First Loss
28:58 Draymond's First Ejection & Dillon Brooks
30:54 Yaxel Lendeborg Is Playing With No Fear
34:08 Jersey Retirements: Muggsy Bogues & Russell Westbrook
36:56 FSU Fires Mike Norvell & the Buyout Mount Rushmore
41:05 CFB Picks: BYU-Utah, Texas-Mizzou, Alabama-LSU
45:18 CFB Picks: Oregon-Ohio State, Kentucky-Tennessee
47:43 CFB Picks: Miami at Notre Dame
50:32 CFB Picks: Georgia at Ole Miss
54:14 Big Shot of the Week: The Red Baron Pizza Guy
59:08 Game: Inside Inside the NBA