Have podcasts ruined your opinions of some players

[GrindCityHustle]

I mean stuff with Darius Miles and Qrich in the beginning was kinda cool but now you have dudes like Jeff Teague acting hard wanting their flowers. It's just gotten kind of lame.

Gils Arena was fun in the beginning as you got some unique takes but it now just click bate and raging from dudes set for life mad about not having a ring.

Do you still prefer these podcasts or do you think it was better when these dudes private lives were protected by Stern and gave them an image of super heroes. I feel like the more I know the less I like. The exception of this is Barkely as I always feel he was the same way on the court and off and told it like it was from day 1. Some dudes seem like they are worried about their legacy now like anyone born after 2005 cares about them lol. Some are like forgotten roleplayers that don't even really give the info you want as a realgm type.

Some of these dudes also come across as millionaires wanting to be criminals and petty. It's just off-putting or maybe I am just dumb and it was like this and I just didn't pay attention in the past.

[Chuck Everett]

I love Z-Bo and theGrindfather, but I also loved them during their careers. They also get interesting guests and ask things most people wouldn't. They seem more authentic, if I'm being honest.

That's the only one I regularly listen to. Durant usually annoys me, but they actually got him to open up and had a good convo. Thad Young was good too.

[Dr Aki]

I don't listen to player pods, so no.

I do get the odd KG and PP clips showing up on my YouTube feed, but they're usually funny stories as opposed to ragging on today's NBA

[sashaturiaf]

It's total overkill. The NBA isn't interesting enough to justify the volume of podcasts at the rate these players are pumping them out at.

I think there's a place for player podcasts. Podcast P is pretty interesting when there's a good guest on since PG is a gracious and inquisitive host. But you couldn't pay me to listen to most NBA player podcasts

[scrabbarista]

I've pretty much always avoided athletes-as-media. Even all of the podcasts I do listen to, when an active athlete guests, I almost always skip it.

There are people who talk/write/speak/think for a living because they are good at it. Why would I want to listen to athletes talk any more than I would want to watch journalists play basketball?

[Tracymcgoaty]

I dont listen to player pods but at times KG and Pierce pop up on my instagram feed. And whenever i listen they always praise the hell out of players today. They are also hilarious.

[Harry Palmer]

I mean stuff with Darius Miles and Qrich in the beginning was kinda cool but now you have dudes like Jeff Teague acting hard wanting their flowers. It's just gotten kind of lame.

Gils Arena was fun in the beginning as you got some unique takes but it now just click bate and raging from dudes set for life mad about not having a ring.

Do you still prefer these podcasts or do you think it was better when these dudes private lives were protected by Stern and gave them an image of super heroes. I feel like the more I know the less I like. The exception of this is Barkely as I always feel he was the same way on the court and off and told it like it was from day 1. Some dudes seem like they are worried about their legacy now like anyone born after 2005 cares about them lol. Some are like forgotten roleplayers that don't even really give the info you want as a realgm type.

Some of these dudes also come across as millionaires wanting to be criminals and petty. It's just off-putting or maybe I am just dumb and it was like this and I just didn't pay attention in the past.

Gil’s Arena always makes me realize these guys are just as swayed by trends/popular opinion as anyone else.

[ocelot17]

Paul George is so boring. If you’re going to do a podcast, you have to be engaging and charismatic. He’s the last person who should be starting a podcast.

[Rainwater]

It's kinda one of those things if you don't like it then don’t listen.

[76thBearCub]

It's up to you what you want to consume. I'll agree with the general sentiment that your not missing out on anything if your not listening to any of them.

[zimpy27]

I don't see how a podcast can give or detract from a player.

[bkkrh]

I don't listen to any of them any more, but I don't mind it. I really enjoyed Jalen Rose back in the days at Grantland, which was in that sense the first player podcast I'm aware of. Didn't care much about him as a player, but he definitely had the right mix of charisma, being likable, funny and part of some interesting moments in Basketball history.

Think it's generally cool for people that were a fan of a former player and have the chance to follow them outside of Basketball, kinda like I started watching Inside The NBA in the mid 2000s because a friend told me that Charles Barkley is one of the hosts.

It's just normal though that it just gets boring after a while, especially if you watch multiple ones. In the end it comes down to listening to a few Millionaires telling you about how they travelled all year through the country and played basketball. Some banged a lot of chicks, some gambled, some partied, some were constantly drunk/high. It's like hanging out with some old friends and talking about back in the days, kinda fun to do it sporadically, but it gets on your nerve when you are arount somebody that talks about nothing else.

The thing with Basketball or sports media in general is that the Internet has kind of made them unneccessary. I can look up pretty much every data and statistic myself. So I don't need some NBA media guy telling me that player A shoots bellow league average in the post and so on. On the other side it makes NBA media people even look lazier and more uneducated when they bring a hot take that can be debunked within 10 seconds through google and it looks even worse if they don't get called out for it, since the other cast participants don't know better either.

So then it's basically a podcast where a few people talk about a topic they either don't have much knowledge about, are biased, or have a flawed opinion. Yes they might have played a few years in the league, but it doesn't automatically mean that they understand the business or what's currently going on in the league. I guess everybody that has worked in a few jobs and companies has met dozens of employees that were absolutely clueless about their job, had zero understanding how their company worked, or why certain decisions were made and in a lot of cases those same people thought of themselves as awesome employees and top performers.

[Kingdibs19]

Paul George is so boring. If you’re going to do a podcast, you have to be engaging and charismatic. He’s the last person who should be starting a podcast.

Kawhi would easily be first. Imagine the two of them started a podcast when Clipper teammates.

[Kingdibs19]

Also disagree with OP. I never knew Jeff Teague was so funny, love hearing his stories. Gil and Nick Young roasting each other and hearing their stories are always hilarious to me. I’d much rather the algorithm show me that then guys that never played the sport but have been yelling at the TV for the last 20 years like Stephen A Smith and Skip. Also disagree with his Barkley take, it’s obvious he doesn’t even watch the game but still has horrible takes whereas it’s obvious Gil actually does watch the game.

[Marvin Martian]

I mean stuff with Darius Miles and Qrich in the beginning was kinda cool but now you have dudes like Jeff Teague acting hard wanting their flowers. It's just gotten kind of lame.

Gils Arena was fun in the beginning as you got some unique takes but it now just click bate and raging from dudes set for life mad about not having a ring.

Do you still prefer these podcasts or do you think it was better when these dudes private lives were protected by Stern and gave them an image of super heroes. I feel like the more I know the less I like. The exception of this is Barkely as I always feel he was the same way on the court and off and told it like it was from day 1. Some dudes seem like they are worried about their legacy now like anyone born after 2005 cares about them lol. Some are like forgotten roleplayers that don't even really give the info you want as a realgm type.

Some of these dudes also come across as millionaires wanting to be criminals and petty. It's just off-putting or maybe I am just dumb and it was like this and I just didn't pay attention in the past.

Teague acting "hard"?

He puts himself down more than any Podcaster out there. He goes overboard sometimes and you would think he was a total scrub

[Kingdibs19]

I mean stuff with Darius Miles and Qrich in the beginning was kinda cool but now you have dudes like Jeff Teague acting hard wanting their flowers. It's just gotten kind of lame.

Gils Arena was fun in the beginning as you got some unique takes but it now just click bate and raging from dudes set for life mad about not having a ring.

Do you still prefer these podcasts or do you think it was better when these dudes private lives were protected by Stern and gave them an image of super heroes. I feel like the more I know the less I like. The exception of this is Barkely as I always feel he was the same way on the court and off and told it like it was from day 1. Some dudes seem like they are worried about their legacy now like anyone born after 2005 cares about them lol. Some are like forgotten roleplayers that don't even really give the info you want as a realgm type.

Some of these dudes also come across as millionaires wanting to be criminals and petty. It's just off-putting or maybe I am just dumb and it was like this and I just didn't pay attention in the past.

Teague acting "hard"?

He puts himself down more than any Podcaster out there. He goes overboard sometimes and you would think he was a total scrub

Exactly. He’s constantly downplaying his career, meanwhile Barkley “tells it like it is”. Very confusing post from OP.

[M2J]

I used to be a fan of Richard Jefferson until he got on tv and showcased he's an idiot. Still like him on tv better than JJ

[Ridicululz]

Jeff Teague is hilarious and always clowns on himself, not sure what OP is even talking about. JT is a great story teller, and I frequently find myself watching clips from his pod. PP and KG are also pretty good, and I watch a lot of their clips as well!

[UcanUwill]

I do not listen to any player pods, I have very little knowledge how some of these guys voice even sounds like to be honest, I am just not that much interested in that stuff.

Definitely ruined Gilbert Arenas for me tho, I do not listen to him, I hope no one does, but it was impossible to not be aware of some hateful racist stuff he regularly says, it became his thing, thats just who he is and he seems to be the worst kind of person. So yeah, I don't like him at all.

I have seen a clip earlier this season where Rudy Gobert filmed his teammates while asking a very simple question - which continent Egypt is at. So, yeah, I liked guy like Naz Reid way better, before I was aware he doesn't know where Egypt is at... these guys were ''college students'', I guess thats why being mistaken for having a athletic scholarship is an insult to some people.

I heard nothing but good thins about Jeff Teague tho.

[yellowknifer]

I don't listen to player pods, so no.

I do get the odd KG and PP clips showing up on my YouTube feed, but they're usually funny stories as opposed to ragging on today's NBA

Same here, although I recently listened to a couple of Teague’s stories, in particular about Jimmy Butler, and they were funny and interesting. The story behind the jimmy and the g leaguers vs the wolves starters is legendary.

Lebrons podcast with Reddick was great also. I did listen to some of those. Top tier actually.