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Best of NBA News Part 2: MELO NOT on Top 15 NBA All-Time Pure Scorer list, Spurs SNAP 6-year playoff drought

March 25, 2026·46 min·4 clips

Luka Dončić reveals an opponent threatened to 'fuck my whole family' in Serbian, leading to a technical foul and suspension risk.

The episode opens with Chad Johnson and Joe reacting to the Lakers' dramatic 105-104 win over the Orlando Magic in which Luke Kennard hit a left-handed corner three with 0.06 seconds remaining. They break down JJ Redick's two-play inbound sequence that drew a LeBron foul, then freed Kennard for the winner. Luca Doncic had 33 points but shot 3-of-13 from three and the Lakers missed 10 free throws again, something both hosts attribute to late-game fatigue rather than poor technique. They discuss Kennard's evolution: his elite three-point percentage — the hosts suggest he leads the league at around 49% — forces defenses to chase him off the line, which has opened up his mid-range and drive game. The main controversy is Luca's 16th technical foul. Goga Bitadze of the Orlando Magic made explicit comments in Serbian about Luca's family, which triggered the reaction. JJ Redick told reporters he believed things were said about Luca's mother and that the referees lacked the language ability to understand what was being said. Goga subsequently gave a carefully worded denial, saying he would never directly say something like that — which both hosts read as a tacit admission. The hosts discuss the psychology of targeted trash talk, agreeing that hitting someone about their family is an effective destabilization tactic but one that varies dramatically by person, and that athletes who rely on it are essentially accepting the risk of a physical response. The hosts then turn to a Bleacher Report list of top 15 pure scorers in NBA history. The list puts Steph Curry first, Kevin Durant second, Michael Jordan third, Joel Embiid fourth — a choice that generates immediate mockery — with Luca Doncic eighth. The absence of Carmelo Anthony generates the loudest objection: the hosts note Melo is in the top ten all-time scorers and was widely known as a pure bucket, nothing else. James Harden's absence is equally contested: Harden averaged 36 points one season, is approaching 30,000 career points, and there was a period when NBA observers were seriously debating whether he was a better scorer than Kobe or Jordan. Allen Iverson, who led the league in scoring multiple times and averaged close to 27 for his career, is also missing. Both hosts agree the list was engineered for engagement rather than accuracy. A sidebar comparison emerges around the safety list the hosts saw earlier, with Troy Polamalu listed eighth despite being widely considered top three all-time. The pattern, they conclude, is that these lists are designed to provoke exactly this kind of segment. The episode ends with a detour into Michael Jordan's NASCAR team winning its fourth race out of the last six, which the hosts interpret as evidence that MJ has moved on from basketball. Joe notes Jordan attends more University of North Carolina games than NBA games. The conversation closes with a warmly comic exchange about Joe's weekly manicure and pedicure habit, with Chad teasing that the cuticles have barely grown back before the next appointment.

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