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John SalleyJohn Salley

I invented the sports podcast in 2011

I invented a sports podcast with John Wood, spider and a henchman in 2011. Did I ever know that it was going to turn into everybody having a podcast? And I left mine go... I feel like little Richard, I invented [the podcast].

The first podcasts appeared in 2004. Bill Simmons' 'BS Report' (2007) and others predated Salley's 2011 show in the sports space.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Michael Jordan is not the greatest of all time because you can only be the greatest of a decade

Michael Jordan is not the greatest of all time. It's the same reason Michael says he's not the greatest of all time because he didn't get to play against the other greats of all time. You can be the greatest of that decade. So in the nineties... Michael Jordan was the best period. But then before that it was magic and bird. And before that it was Dr. J.

This is a philosophical take on sports rankings that cannot be objectively proven or disproven.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the greatest player of the 2020-2030 decade

It might be Giannis. Yeah, that was my [pick for the next 10 years].

Giannis has remained a top-tier player, though others like Jokic and Luka are in the conversation.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Isiah Thomas is the greatest player I ever played with, even over Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Shaq

The greatest player I've ever played with is Isiah Thomas. And I have played with Michael. I have played with Kobe and Shaq, but the greatest player was Isiah Thomas. He's six foot and he did everything everybody else was doing.

Subjective preference for a teammate.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Kyle Korver is a better 3-point shooter than Steph Curry

I actually am looking at the list right now [Big Cat speaking]... Kyle Korver does have a higher percentage than Steph. [Salley]: You guys did cheat in college. I can tell because you only looking at the cliff notes. [Salley earlier arguing Dell Curry, Reggie Miller, Dale Ellis were better than Steph].

While Korver has a slightly higher career 3P% (42.9% vs Curry's ~42.6% at the time), Curry has more than double the makes and is universally regarded as the superior shooter.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Caucasians have only been on the planet for 6,000 years and were originally cave dwellers

Black people have been on the planet for 16,000 years. They say the Caucasian has only been on the planet for 6,000 years... light hair, light color, skin, light eyes, obviously a cave dweller. And it's because you had to come from you couldn't deal with the sun, your nose was elongated because it was cold.

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) appeared roughly 300,000 years ago. Light skin and European features evolved far earlier than 6,000 years ago.
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John SalleyJohn Salley

Jayson Tatum will be the 2022 NBA Finals MVP

How about if you can accurately predict who the NBA finals MVP will be right now? [Salley]: Tatum. Yep. [PFT]: Oh, then Billy has to go vegan for a month.

The Celtics lost the 2022 Finals to the Warriors. Stephen Curry was the Finals MVP.

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