Big Shot Bob Pod with Robert Horry

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Big Shot Bob – Ep 275 – You Can’t Judge a Book By Its First Game Sep 08, 2026

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Robert Horry, Rob, and Harp are back after a Labor Day break that somehow lined up with the biggest week in the NBA all year. The NBA came down on the Clippers hard for the Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention mess — five first-round picks, a $30 million fine for Steve Ballmer, suspensions across the front office, and a slap on the wrist for Kawhi himself. The guys break down whether this is the worst free agent signing in league history, rip apart Kawhi's tone-deaf statement from his camp, and debate what real punishment should have looked like.

From there, Charles Barkley may have let a huge secret slip on Bill Simmons' show: if Ernie Johnson steps away from Inside the NBA, so does Chuck. The crew talks about why nobody in the business could ever replace Ernie, and shares a story about the kind of man he is off camera.

Plus: Jonathan Kuminga finally lands with the Timberwolves, Amen Thompson gets paid by the Rockets, Ben Simmons signs with the Kings, and the guys get into college football's chaotic Week 1 — the LSU vs. SEC drama, Michigan's controversial finish, and Dabo Swinney's rough night in Death Valley — before locking in their Week 2 picks.

Big Shot of the Week goes to a race car driver who stopped mid-race to pull a rival from a burning car. Then the guys close it out with Busted, a game built around the ugliest penalties and scandals in sports history.

00:00 Back from the Labor Day Break

02:55 NBA Hammers the Clippers Over Kawhi

09:08 Worst Free Agent Signing in NBA History?

12:59 Breaking Down Kawhi's Statement

21:01 Charles Barkley's Ernie Johnson Bombshell

25:09 Remembering Ernie Johnson's Legacy

28:52 Kuminga Signs with the Timberwolves

32:03 Amen Thompson's Extension & Ben Simmons to the Kings

34:12 College Football Week 1 Rundown

34:35 Michigan's Controversial Finish

35:32 LSU and the SEC Expulsion Talk

38:47 Dabo Swinney and Clemson's Rough Night

43:47 Week 2 Picks: Oklahoma-Michigan & Alabama-Kentucky

46:17 Week 2 Picks: Tennessee-Georgia Tech & Ohio State-Texas

51:43 Big Shot of the Week

54:06 Busted: NBA and NFL Scandals

Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 145 – Not on the Chin Aug 28, 2026

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We open this week’s Shoot Around with the wild story out of Ohio: 49ers owner Jed York getting caught up in a prostitution sting over a $140 ad, and the guys break down why guys with that kind of money still make choices like that. That leads into a detour on Flock license-plate cameras popping up everywhere, capped off by a city hall speech from a guy in a full Darth Vader costume that has to be heard to be believed.

From there it's Target's Halloween costume controversy - the one that got pulled and forced a public apology - which turns into a rundown of the worst, most tone-deaf costumes the guys have personally witnessed. There's also a detour into kids' shows sneaking jokes in for the parents, courtesy of a very memorable Bluey-style clip about the letter N.

We close out with a start-bench-cut sent over from Clutch Points: SGA, Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards. Nobody wants to do it, but somebody's gotta cut a superstar.

00:00 Friday Shoot Around Kickoff (Rob's on Birthday Break)

00:38 NFL Owner Jed York's $140 Prostitution Sting

03:42 Flock Cameras & the Darth Vader City Hall Rant

06:08 Target's Halloween Costume Controversy & Worst Costumes

10:05 Kids' Shows Sneaking in Jokes for the Parents

12:05 Start, Bench, Cut: SGA, Luka & Ant-Man

17:03 Wrap-Up & Where to Find the Show

Big Shot Bob – Ep 274 – Back-Handed Birthday Gifts Aug 25, 2026

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It's Big Shot Bob's birthday, and the fellas are treating themselves to a full plate of NBA offseason news before diving into some early football talk. Robert Horry turns 56 and gets the royal treatment from Rob and Harp right out of the gate, then the crew steps around the Enes Kanter WNBA drama entirely (on purpose) and gets into real basketball: the Wemby-Jokic showdown at the FIBA World Cup, James Harden's new deal pushing him toward the $500 million club, and whether a ring even matters at this point in his career.

From there it's a run through NBA free agency - Klay Thompson heading to Miami and immediately getting into it with people on Instagram, DeMar DeRozan's veteran-minimum move to Denver, and the five-team trade that sent Peyton Watson to Cleveland and Dennis Schroder to yet another team. Rob and Harp also break down ESPN's early East and West power rankings and argue about where Houston, Denver and the Hawks really stand heading into the season.

Football gets its turn too. Deshaun Watson is Cleveland's Week 1 starter, but he's not exactly getting a warm welcome from Browns fans - the guys dig into why, and Robert shares what it's like handling a hostile crowd as a pro. There's also a wild new ruling letting former NFL players return to college football, a debate the guys can't fully agree on, plus a Big Shot of the Week that'll actually make you feel good about people. They close it out old school with a Shootaround battle covering birds, cities, banners and number one picks.

00:00 Rob Horry's 56th Birthday Kickoff

03:12 Addressing (and Skipping) the Enes Kanter Talk

04:38 FIBA World Cup: Wemby vs. Jokic

08:52 James Harden's New Deal & the $500M Club

16:02 Klay Thompson Signs With the Miami Heat

20:15 Nuggets Sign DeMar DeRozan

21:40 Five-Team Trade: Peyton Watson to Cleveland

24:35 ESPN's Early Western Conference Power Rankings

27:03 ESPN's Early Eastern Conference Power Rankings

32:08 Deshaun Watson Named Browns QB1

39:20 New Ruling Lets NFL Players Return to College Ball

45:02 Week Zero Picks: North Carolina vs. TCU

47:35 Big Shot of the Week: Rebuilding a Stolen Bakery Stand

48:33 Shootaround: Teams Not Named After a City

50:35 Shootaround: National Champs of the Last 25 Years

53:03 Shootaround: Teams Named After Birds

54:35 Shootaround: Franchises With Multiple Championships

57:22 Shootaround Finale & Birthday Sign-Off

Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 144 – Candace Walked In Late Aug 21, 2026

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It's Friday, which means it's time for Shoot Around. The guys kick things off with NBA 2K27 dropping soon and try to guess the top 10 rated players in the game before it releases, and let's just say a couple of MVP-caliber names slip right past them.

From there they run through which teams landed the most nationally televised games this season (four teams are tied at the top) and which teams barely made the schedule at all, before diving into the Jayden Daniels and LSU jersey number situation and what it says about how seriously players protect their old college numbers.

There's a fun detour into jersey number stories from Rob's own career, the week's audio clip of the year courtesy of a very unfiltered local newscast, and a time capsule dig through a 1997 TNT clip covering the trade that sent Rob from Phoenix to LA.

They close things out with a fan question about NBA Jam duos, which sends the whole crew down a rabbit hole of arcade nostalgia, from Mortal Kombat to Cruisin' USA.

00:00 Cold Open: It's Friday, 2K27 Is Almost Here

00:48 Guessing the NBA 2K27 Top 10 Rated Players

04:58 Guessing the Most (and Least) Nationally Televised Teams

07:39 Jayden Daniels vs. LSU Over His Retired Number

08:27 Jersey Number Pride: Steve Blake, Michael Irvin & More

13:09 Audio of the Week: Good Day Detroit's Beaver Segment

15:33 Time Capsule: The 1997 Towel Trade to the Lakers

18:07 Fan Question: Who Beats Rob and Dream in NBA Jam?

22:39 Favorite Arcade Games From Back in the Day

Big Shot Bob – Ep 273 – Passing the Lakers Like a Blunt Aug 18, 2026

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The crew's back together after a week off, and it takes about five minutes before anyone actually mentions basketball. Bob's fresh off a trip to San Antonio (river walk, wine, a very serious debate about mashed potatoes), and once the guys settle in, they get to the real news.

The big story is the Lakers sale, or more accurately, the Lakers sale that might not be happening. Jeanie Buss is reportedly refusing to hand over her remaining stake to Bob Iger's group, and the guys dig into why she's digging in, who could realistically help her buy out her siblings, and whether Vanessa Bryant factors into any of it.

From there it's a full lap around the league. There's an update on where the Clippers salary cap investigation stands, Russell Westbrook calling it a career after 18 seasons, and a debate over which stars from the 2000s draft classes have the most left in the tank. Horry also gets something off his chest about the 2026 Hall of Fame class, and he's not shy about who he thinks got left out.

The back half is schedule season. The guys break down the best revenge games on the 2026-27 slate, argue about whether Philly got handed a cupcake schedule, and run through the week's roster news, including Bradley Beal to the Clippers, jersey retirements for Kevin Garnett and Diana Taurasi, and Dennis Schroder quietly climbing the all-time journeyman list.

Then it's game time. Bob pulls the fresh Forbes franchise valuations and puts Rob and Harp through a full round of guessing which team is worth more, running across the NBA, NFL and MLB, with a few results that catch everybody off guard.

00:00 Cold Open: Water Temps, Steak Orders & Asparagus Chaos

05:49 Lakers Ownership Drama: Jeanie Buss Won't Sell

09:20 Who Could Help Jeanie Buy Out Her Family?

15:29 Clippers Cap Case Update & Forbes Valuations Teased

20:48 Russell Westbrook Retires After 18 Seasons

24:02 Ranking the Last 2000s Stars Still Playing

26:09 Paul George's Health and Longevity

27:25 Horry Snubbed Again: Breaking Down the 2026 HOF Class

33:41 Reviving the Campaign to Get Horry In

35:51 2026 Schedule's Best Revenge Games

38:20 Is Philly's Schedule Too Easy This Year?

43:17 Quick Hits: Beal Signs, KG & Taurasi Retire, Schroder Traded

45:15 Big Shot of the Week: Teen's 3D-Printed Wheelchair

46:51 Buy My Team: Knicks-Clippers & Cowboys-Patriots

48:13 Buy My Team: Mets-Braves & Bulls-Heat

49:35 Buy My Team: Falcons-Panthers & Dodgers-Yankees

51:55 Buy My Team: Hawks-Cavs, Eagles-Giants & Rays-Marlins

55:33 Buy My Team: Chiefs-Ravens Finale

57:02 Wrap-Up: Football Season and Picks Are Coming Back

Big Shot Bob – Ep 272 – Why You Goin Down? Aug 11, 2026

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It's just the two of them this week — Harp's off in San Antonio, so Robert Horry and Rob Jenners are running the show solo, old-school style. No Shoot Around this Friday either, so they're packing everything into one episode.

They start with the good stuff: the NBA dropped a taste of the schedule, and the Christmas Day slate is loaded — Spurs-Knicks, Heat-Celtics, Sixers-Lakers (hello LeBron revenge tour), Thunder-Wolves, and Nuggets-Warriors closing it out. Bob and Rob debate whether Denver deserved the marquee spot over Dallas, and that turns into a bigger conversation about how much longer Jokic and Steph stick around their current teams — and why neither of them should ever, ever run for office.

From there it's opening week previews, a Pistons discussion that gets real about the Jalen Duren contract standoff, and Bob's old war stories about guys faking injuries to force a new deal.

Then the Kawhi Leonard stuff. Another secret endorsement deal surfaced this week — this time with Daktronics — and the guys walk through it, plus the resurfaced details from the Lakers' 2019 free agency pitch that the league is now investigating. They get into whether the Clippers star actually suits up this season and what it means if the NBA lets this slide.

Also on deck: Dillon Brooks cashing in with a $73 million extension from the Spurs, Wemby flying the whole Spurs roster to Paris for a mini training camp, and Robert's take on a young guy trying to "lead" without doing anything out of the ordinary.

VJ Edgecombe getting FaceTimed by LeBron leads Bob into one of his own stories from his playing days, and then Scottie Pippen's blunt comments about Zion Williamson's discipline get the full breakdown — including Bob's offer to personally get Zion in shape.

They pay respects to the late, great Don Nelson, run back Adam Vinatieri's surprisingly filthy Hall of Fame speech, and there's a QVC clip that has to be heard to be believed.

Big Shot of the Week goes to a Virginia man who donated a kidney to a stranger and wore his Santa hat into surgery to do it.

And to close it out — since it's just the two of them — they finally play 82 and 0 on the show for the first time, drafting all-time rosters and trying (and mostly failing) to go undefeated.

00:00 Kickoff: Just Rob and Rob This Week

01:34 Christmas Day Slate Revealed

02:34 Jokic, Steph and the Nuggets-Warriors Debate

07:05 NBA Opening Week Schedule

08:04 Pistons Outlook and the Jalen Duren Standoff

10:34 Old-School Contract Holdout Stories

12:34 Setting Up 82 and 0

14:11 Kawhi's Latest Secret Endorsement Deal

15:34 The 2019 Clippers Free Agency Allegations

20:34 Will Kawhi Suit Up This Season?

22:34 Dillon Brooks Cashes In

24:34 Wemby's Paris Minicamp

27:05 VJ Edgecombe's LeBron FaceTime Story

29:34 Scottie Pippen Sounds Off on Zion

37:34 Remembering Don Nelson

39:30 Vinatieri's Hall of Fame Roast

40:55 QVC Wig Clip of the Week

42:32 Big Shot of the Week: Dave Bell

43:36 Playing 82 and 0

53:03 TV Talk and Sign-Off

Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 143 – It’s Different When I Do It Aug 07, 2026

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It's mailbag Friday on the Shoot Around, and the guys open things up with a tribute nobody asked for — Motown legend Martha Reeves', uh, memorable national anthem ahead of the Women's Pro Baseball League's inaugural weekend. Rob Horry and Rob Jenners can't decide if it's sweet or a bad omen, and Brandon Harper is just trying to be respectful about it.

From there it's straight into the questions. First up: ranking LeBron, KD, and Steph heading into next season, which turns into a real debate about workload, teammates, and who's actually going to be asked to do the most. Then things get weird with Harrison Bader, whose scooter reportedly found the back of a San Francisco Fire Department truck at 1:50 in the morning — Rob Horry breaks down why he's never dealt with a teammate like that on a championship roster.

The mailbag also digs into a college eligibility loophole letting a former Pitt running back explore a return to school after getting cut by the Bills, with NIL money very much part of the conversation. And to close it out, the crew finally weighs in on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, including the Tom Holland vs. Tobey Maguire vs. Andrew Garfield debate that never really goes away.

🏀 Catch the full conversation every Tuesday on the main Big Shot Bob Podcast feed, with Shoot Around dropping every Friday right here.

00:00 Cold Open

00:18 Welcome to the Shoot Around — Socials and How to Reach the Show

00:47 Martha Reeves' National Anthem for the Women's Pro Baseball League

02:30 The Guys React to the Anthem

04:04 Mailbag: Ranking LeBron, KD, and Steph Heading Into Next Season

10:34 Harrison Bader's Scooter-vs-Firetruck Injury

11:38 Locker Room Stories — Any Accident-Prone Teammates?

12:50 Mailbag: The College Eligibility Loophole Story

15:10 NIL Money and Whether the Loophole Should Exist

17:03 Mailbag: Thoughts on Spider-Man: Brand New Day

18:01 Is Tom Holland the Best Spider-Man?

Big Shot Bob – Ep 271 – Drugs or Dog Food Aug 04, 2026

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Robert Horry is broadcasting this week's show from Reykjavik, Iceland, where he's running a basketball camp — and naturally, that means a special edition of Where in the World Is Robert Horry before the guys even get to basketball talk. Big Shot Bob and Rob Jenners hold things down while B-Dawg keeps him honest on the Iceland details (yes, it really is closer to England than you'd think).

Once the travel talk wraps, the crew dives into a loaded NBA news week. The Dodgers' trade for Tarik Skubal has LA fans wondering if the Lakers can pull off something similar, but Rob Horry isn't buying a big splash — the roster's full and the pool to jump in is more kiddie-sized than Olympic. From there it's Klay Thompson trade buzz, with reports connecting him back to Los Angeles or Miami, and a real conversation about what he'd actually bring to a team defensively at this stage of his career.

The extension talk gets serious with Steph Curry, Anthony Davis, and Karl-Anthony Towns all eligible for new deals — and the guys dig into whether AD's injury history and KAT's apron situation in New York make those moves less likely than people think. That leads into the biggest storyline of the week: is it actually time for Golden State to consider life after Steph? Horry and Harper break down the Warriors' rough draft history since 2012, why Jonathan Kuminga still doesn't have a landing spot, and what a real Steph Curry trade market might even look like.

Plus: the Kawhi Leonard investigation drags into 2027, Victor Wembanyama gets his own signature Nike shoe, Chris Bosh reveals a scary health scare from earlier this year, Kelsey Plum gets traded to the Phoenix Mercury, and Kendrick Perkins' top-5-in-the-East list gets torched. All that, a big shout to a teenage lifeguard hero, and Robert Horry defending his Where in the World title from six thousand miles away.

🏀 New episodes of Big Shot Bob every Tuesday, with Shoot Around dropping Fridays.

00:00 Cold Open

01:02 Live From Iceland — Setting the Scene

01:15 Robert Horry's Basketball Camp in Reykjavik

04:25 Iceland Travel Talk and Culture Shock

06:50 Dodgers' Skubal Trade Sparks Lakers Pressure

07:54 Lakers' Roster Crunch — No More Splash Moves

09:53 Klay Thompson Free Agency Buzz

14:04 Extension Watch: Anthony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns

18:11 Is It Time for the Warriors to Move On From Steph?

23:47 Golden State's Draft History Under the Microscope

25:13 Kuminga's Murky Market Value

30:26 Kawhi Leonard Investigation Drags On

33:13 Wemby Lands His Nike Signature Shoe Deal

38:59 Quick Hits: Naji Marshall's Deal and Chris Bosh's Health Scare

40:18 Kelsey Plum Trade Shakes Up the WNBA

40:56 Perk's Controversial Top-5-in-the-East List

44:30 Big Shout of the Week: Lifeguard Ryder Williams

45:25 Where in the World Is Robert Horry?

Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 142 – He’s Smelling Himself Jul 31, 2026

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It's a lighter Friday edition of Shoot Around, just Horry and Rob Jenners running through the week's fan questions and whatever's been living in their group chat.

They start with Austin Reaves catching heat for putting himself in his own all-time starting five (next to Steph, Kobe, LeBron, and Shaq, for the record), then get into Arizona State's new bachelor's degree in "influencing" and whether that's actually a legitimate skill set or just a punchline. That turns into a fun tangent about what they'd each go back to school for if money and logic weren't an issue.

From there it's an equitable-grading-scale story that has both of them fired up, a debate about participation trophies, and a trip down memory lane on old-school discipline. Then the mood shifts: Rick Moranis got a five-minute standing ovation at Comic-Con after coming out of retirement for Spaceballs 2, and the guys get into why that moment hit different, along with the actual Spaceballs 2 synopsis and whether it can live up to the original.

They close it out plotting their own eventual Comic-Con trip, including costume ideas for a seven-foot-tall Robert Horry.

00:00 Cold Open & Friday Check-In

01:36 Austin Reaves' All-Time Starting Five

03:57 Arizona State's Degree in Influencing

07:09 What They'd Go Back to School For

10:02 The Equitable Grading Scale Debate

12:34 Participation Trophies & Old-School Discipline

13:57 Rick Moranis' Comic-Con Standing Ovation

15:43 Spaceballs 2 Is Actually Happening

17:54 Comic-Con Costume Ideas & Bucket List

Big Shot Bob – Ep 270 – OG Original Grandpa Jul 29, 2026

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Robert Horry is back at his mom's house for the week, which means the guys start with fried catfish, La Spata's subs, and why Hardee's steak biscuits are undefeated — before getting into the biggest story of the NBA offseason.

LeBron James is headed to Philadelphia on a deal that pays him a fraction of what he's made in years past, and Horry, Jenners, and B-Dawg break down what that actually means for the Sixers. They get into the point guard experiment, whether Tyrese Maxey's game gets hurt by it, who's playing the three now that KCP and V.J. Edgecomb are both in the mix, and why Horry has real concerns about the helicopter commute rumors after what happened to Kobe.

From there it turns into a full GOAT conversation. Horry explains why he judges players by their weaknesses instead of their strengths, makes the case for Kobe belonging in the same breath as Jordan and LeBron, and lays out what it would actually mean for LeBron's legacy if he wins a title in Philly. The guys also grade the Sixers' defense, run through Draymond re-signing with the Warriors, and catch everyone up on the East, which is suddenly loaded.

Plus: the wildest stat of the week (a Miami football transfer quarterback is about to out-earn LeBron, Caitlin Clark, and Shohei Ohtani combined), a debate over people calling the NBA the "MNBA," Big Shot of the Week honoring a firefighter who pulled three kids out of a capsized boat, and Rapid Fire makes its return.

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00:00 Cold Open & Episode 270 Kickoff

01:38 Robert Horry's Trip Home & Comfort Food Talk

04:51 LeBron James Signs with the 76ers

08:19 Point Guard Experiment & Roster Fit Questions

12:45 The Helicopter Commute Rumor

15:47 Title Odds, National TV Games & Best Memes

18:38 Embiid's Health Promise to LeBron

19:57 Does a Title in Philly Make LeBron the GOAT?

22:31 Judging Jordan, Kobe & LeBron by Their Weaknesses

32:37 LeBron's New Role & Mentoring Embiid and Maxey

35:00 Grading the Sixers' Defense