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Olden Polynice on Tracy McGrady, Jeff Teague: It's a bum mindset to criticize Kobe Bryant
Q. There's a lot of podcasts out there now, a lot of former players doing shows and… Olden Polynice: Bums! Q. I’ve never seen so much slander on Kobe in my whole life, and all of it is just trash. What's your thought on this? Olden Polynice: I agree with you wholeheartedly. And the problem that I'm having is bums are talking. And I'm not saying that Tracy McGrady or whoever, Jeff Teague, are bums, okay? But it's a bum mindset to criticize this man. And he's not here to defend himself. You didn't say any of this bullsh*t when he was alive. Not one of y'all opened your mouths and said, "No. Oh my god, I love you. I love your shoes and everything else." No. Let the man rest in peace. I'm sick and tired of this crap with these people. It's some bullsh*t. Excuse me. And you know I ain't never cussed until now cuz now I'm offended. It's some bullsh*t. The man is dead, man. And y'all are going to be criticizing. Come on, man. That's one of the things I hate about this damn world, man. Everybody's using certain opportunities. They're being opportunistic because this man's no longer here to defend himself. But you guys loved him. You love his shoes. You love everything about him, and now all of a sudden, ‘Oh yeah, I was way better.’ No, you were not. Stop with the bullsh*t. I'm serious. This is whack, man. Get the hell off the air.
Q. Jeff Teague on this podcast said that before you had your 50, you went into the locker room and you said you were going to drop 50. Derrick Rose: That's a fact. I asked was he playing? I seen Jimmy Butler wasn't playing and I said it, bro. Q. What was going through your mind? What made you feed off the energy to say, ‘Man, I'm going for this sh*t there.’ Derrick Rose: Like I said, Jimmy wasn't playing and Jeff wasn't playing. That meant that's 20 something shots. I'm going off field goal attempts. That's 20 shots I could get up. If I do my thing and I make majority of this, I can keep shooting. And that's what happened.
Jeff Teague thinks Kobe Bryant made way too many All-Defensive Teams: He wasn't guarding like that
Jeff Teague: And I’ma tell y’all something about All-Defensive teams — they just put anybody on them after a while. Like, if you made it once or twice, three times, they just start putting you on there. Like 12 times? I played Kobe, bro. He wasn’t guarding like that. He wasn’t, bro. Yeah. Maybe the first four or five years he was. After that, he wasn’t guarding like that, bro. Go look. Paul Pierce and them used to cook. Joe Johnson used to cook.
Jeff Teague: It’s a persona. Like the first couple times he made it, he was locking up, he was killing, strapping up. He probably did that for two or three seasons, and then it just became a thing: “Kobe plays defense.” But Tony Allen and them dudes played defense. So you think Kobe Bryant, who’s shooting 40 shots, is also out here playing defense? He was competitive. But that don’t mean he was locking up. That’s why they had Metta World Peace — ‘cause when the best players start cooking…"
Former NBA All-Star Jeff Teague isn’t convinced Mike Brown is the right man for the Knicks. On his”Club 520 Podcast,” Teague said: “I ain’t never really heard too many people like Mike Brown — I ain’t saying they don’t, I just never heard nobody sing high praises for Mike Brown. “I never heard Bron say anything like Mike Brown is unbelievable. I mean, I never really heard Mike. He talked about Ty, Tyronn Lue. Yeah, that’s the only coach I ever heard him talk about.”
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Wyc Grousbeck on when he first bought the Celtics: It was 2002, back when you could mortgage your house and buy an NBA team
What’s it like being able to purchase your favorite team?" Wyc Grousbeck "I’m the luckiest guy. I was 41 years old. It was 2002, and that was back when you could mortgage your house and buy an NBA team. And that’s what I did. I never had any money, but I didn’t do it for money—I did it for love. I did it for love. Jeff Teague was on our team. A great person, a great player. But the Celtics are a way of life, and I’m very lucky to be able to have my hometown team."
Jeff Teague urges LeBron James to retire: I think you the GOAT but I'm tired
Jeff Teague: "And Bron [LeBron James], this ain’t no disrespect. You my favorite player, bro. I think you the GOAT all-time. But I’m tired, bro." "If you want to go somewhere, me and the rest of your fan base—we tired."
Jeff Teague on Kendrick Lamar selling out two nights in Toronto: Two nights. I mean, fans are fans. But to sell out two nights in Toronto when Drake is there… That's tough. Drake is Toronto.
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Alexander, SGA's dad, reacted to the public accusing Gilgeous-Alexander of baiting referees for trips to the free-throw line, per 520 Podcast with Jeff Teague. “Shai’s not really a free-throw merchant drawing fouls. He’s using angles and change of pace. I’m going to up fake you, get you in the air, and you’re done. We all know that, what the f*** you doing in the air,” Alexander said. “Once you go up, I’m going up and you’re coming down on top of me. Am I drawing a foul? Well, yes, because the f****** rules of the game have fouls in them. Don’t want to draw no fouls? Then just change the rules, take all the fouls out of the game, and we’ll play f****** football-basketball.”
Jeff Teague: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander saved the NBA
Jeff Teague: I want to say something about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. I think SGA saved the NBA. I guess is what I'm saying. I'm not saying because of how he performed, but the way he play, he saved the NBA cuz the NBA is a copycat league and he perfected the mid-range game. He brought back the ability to be able to shoot mid-range shots. Because the game was either a three or a layup. I got crucified in Minnesota for wanting to shoot a mid-range shot if it wasn't a three or a layup for analytics. And him being the MVP and his go-to shot is a mid-range shot, he literally just saved the NBA.
Jeff Teague: "Bro, I ain’t gonna lie to you — I ain’t train, bro. I don’t know how. I’ma keep it real with y’all: everybody here knows me. I did not — I just hooped. Like, I could just hoop. I ain’t do drills. I ain’t do none of that. I just hooped. I just played. I shot on the gun, that’s it. And I played one-on-one. But like, if you put me in — like, when I got to the NBA draft — I couldn’t do fundamental stuff. I could mimic anybody. Like, after a while, if you do it a couple times, I’ll be able to do it. But naturally? Like, left to right, step into your shot? I hopped. I just did everything wrong. But then, if you teach me how to do it a couple times, I get it. But I ain’t really trained. I just hooped."
Jeff Teague: When I left, every time Minnesota lost, I went out and had a great time. That [] messed the game up, though. Analytics eliminated a lot of positions. Players who were good basketball players got pushed out. Look at guys like Jahlil Okafor—he could’ve still contributed, but because he didn’t shoot, it was like, ‘[] it.’ Analytics murdered people’s games. I mean, analytics didn’t fully take me out—my knees did that—but it made the game weird. Chris Paul is one of the best mid-range point guards ever, and when OKC let him just be Chris Paul again, they won 12 to 15 more games. Analytics didn’t account for that.
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