Talking Michael Jordan‘s greatness with Mitch Richmond and Doug Christie
On the latest edition of the Purple Talk Podcast, two of the greatest shooting guards in Sacramento Kings history, Mitch Richmond and Doug Christie, join NBC Sports California's James Ham to discuss "The Last Dance," defending Michael Jordan, Richmond's roots in Florida and Hasan Minhaj's shout-out. (1:00) Mitch on lockdown (3:00) Watching "The Last Dance" and remembering the Bulls' greatness (4:50) How could you limit Jordan? (7:00) Doug on defending Mitch (9:50) Playing Jordan early, versus later in his career (20:00) Mitch's path to the NBA (24:00) Mitch and Michael Irvin (26:00) Winning gold at the 1996 Olympic Games (28:30) Mitch on Kobe Bryant (29:30) Winning a championship ring (33:10) The Kings trade that didn't happen (37:50) How would Mitch and Michael fare in the modern NBA? (44:10) Learning to draw a foul (45:30) Talking Minhaj, celebrity Kings fan See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode 175 of the The Kings Beat Podcast podcast, hosted by Kings Insider, James Ham, ESPN 1320 and The Kings Beat, titled "Talking Michael Jordan‘s greatness with Mitch Richmond and Doug Christie" was published on April 29, 2020 and runs 48 minutes.
April 29, 2020 ·48m · The Kings Beat Podcast
Summary
On the latest edition of the Purple Talk Podcast, two of the greatest shooting guards in Sacramento Kings history, Mitch Richmond and Doug Christie, join NBC Sports California's James Ham to discuss "The Last Dance," defending Michael Jordan, Richmond's roots in Florida and Hasan Minhaj's shout-out. (1:00) Mitch on lockdown (3:00) Watching "The Last Dance" and remembering the Bulls' greatness (4:50) How could you limit Jordan? (7:00) Doug on defending Mitch (9:50) Playing Jordan early, versus later in his career (20:00) Mitch's path to the NBA (24:00) Mitch and Michael Irvin (26:00) Winning gold at the 1996 Olympic Games (28:30) Mitch on Kobe Bryant (29:30) Winning a championship ring (33:10) The Kings trade that didn't happen (37:50) How would Mitch and Michael fare in the modern NBA? (44:10) Learning to draw a foul (45:30) Talking Minhaj, celebrity Kings fan See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode Description
On the latest edition of the Purple Talk Podcast, two of the greatest shooting guards in Sacramento Kings history, Mitch Richmond and Doug Christie, join NBC Sports California's James Ham to discuss "The Last Dance," defending Michael Jordan, Richmond's roots in Florida and Hasan Minhaj's shout-out.
(1:00) Mitch on lockdown
(3:00) Watching "The Last Dance" and remembering the Bulls' greatness
(4:50) How could you limit Jordan?
(7:00) Doug on defending Mitch
(9:50) Playing Jordan early, versus later in his career
(20:00) Mitch's path to the NBA
(24:00) Mitch and Michael Irvin
(26:00) Winning gold at the 1996 Olympic Games
(28:30) Mitch on Kobe Bryant
(29:30) Winning a championship ring
(33:10) The Kings trade that didn't happen
(37:50) How would Mitch and Michael fare in the modern NBA?
(44:10) Learning to draw a foul
(45:30) Talking Minhaj, celebrity Kings fan
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