Episode 51: Nate Robinson
3x NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champ and 11 year NBA vet Nate Robinson joins the pod this week to talk about the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden (2:55), hooping with energy and passion in NYC (4:30), molding his game after MJ, Deion Sanders and Allen Iverson (5:45), his son (6:50), the Seattle SuperSonics (8:20), making the most of opportunities (9:00), the infamous Knicks teams from 2005-2010 (11:50), favorite memory with the Knicks (16:00), playing alongside KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rondo, etc with the Celtics in 2010 (18:10), playing with Durant, Westbrook and Harden for OKC in 2011 (20:10), the incredible run with the Chicago Bulls in 2012 (21:00), Bulls-Nets, Game 4 (23:45), the NBA Slam Dunk Contest (27:50), dunking over Spud Webb, Dwight Howard ("KryptoNATE"), the reverse 180° off the backboard slam (29:30), staying in shape, strength training (32:15), trying out for the Seattle Seahawks (34:30), all-natural gym bag deodorizer, Slam It In The Bag (36:00), the NBA trade deadline (38:20), reaction to the Porzingis trade (42:30), the heist of the Sonics from Seattle (43:00), the best dunker (44:30), the best trash-talker and a funny Gary Payton story (45:10)—ENJOY!
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