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Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Ep 872 | Cooper Flagg Is the KEY to Fixing the NBA | LeBron James Got BEEF

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Blaze Media

Sports News, Politics, News, Sports

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

How can the NBA be fixed? Is the All-Star Game the problem, or is it just a symptom of a much bigger issue? The game needs to be fixed domestically rather than prioritizing this globalist agenda. Former ESPN broadcaster and sportswriter Bill Simmons brainstorms creative ways to get the NBA back on its feet. Jason expands on the conversation by arguing that the NBA should do everything in its power to keep freshman phenom Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg in college for as long as possible. Whitlock believes in the college blueprint — professional prospects should build a following in college and continue to develop their craft. Then, once they make the leap to the pros, they will be more polished players while also bringing a huge fan base with them. While the NBA faces major issues, the WNBA, on the other hand, is growing at an alarming rate — to the point where the league is considering freedom from the NBA’s destructive narrative. The league that subsidized the WNBA's debt on a yearly basis has essentially been given the finger. In other sports news, the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off championship between Canada and the USA is on Thursday, and the hype surrounding this game couldn't be greater. It could very well be the most viewed hockey match in a decade. Steve Kim joins the show to weigh in on all these topics, as well as Serena Williams’ strange attention stunt, Anthony Edwards not wanting to be the face of the league, LeBron James’ beef with Doug Gottlieb, and Shedeur Sanders dropping a new song. Wrapping up the show is our very own "Fearless" first lady, Shemeka Michelle, who addresses Trevor Noah’s call for segregation. We have a great show planned. Tune in! We want to hear from the Fearless Army!! Join the conversation in the show chat, leave a comment or email Jason at [email protected] Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. SHOW OUTLINE 15:10 INBA Needs to Take Notes on the NHL’s 4 Nations Concept 18:17 Bill Simmons Plan to Improve the NBA All-Star Weekend 26:24 The NBA Needs Cooper Flagg to Stay in College 29:54 Anthony Edwards Does Not Want to Become the Face of the NBA 33:16 Ideas to Enhance to Fix NBA All-Star Weekend 37:08 Erin Kane Believes Caitlin Clark & WNBA players Deserve Higher Pay 44:52 Steve Kim: Bill Simmons Plan to Improve the NBA All-Star Weekend 1:00:12 NHL’s USA vs. Canada Has Become Must-Watch TV 1:09:06 Serena Williams Thanks Husband for Supporting Her Halftime Show Appearance 1:14:11 Steve Kim: Anthony Edwards Does Not Want to Become the Face of the NBA 1:23:31 LeBron James Calls Out Doug Gottlieb Over Social Media 1:31:46 Shedeur Sanders Drops Rap Song Ahead of 2025 NFL Draft 1:41:22 Trevor Noah Believes Desegregation Was a Mistake ​​Today's Sponsors: Relief Factor With Relief Factor, you’ll feel better every day, and you’ll live better every day. Get their 3-Week QuickStart for only $19.95 – that’s less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-Relief Or Visit https://ReliefFactor.com  The Cover-Up 4 Watch episode four of ‘The Coverup: Smoking Gun’ on BlazeTV, releasing Thursday.  Become a subscriber at https://faucicoverup.com/WHITLOCK and use code “SMOKINGGUN” for $30 off your subscription.  Get 10% off Blaze swag by using code Fearless10 at https://shop.blazemedia.com/fearless Make yourself an official member of the “Fearless Army!” Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://get.blazetv.com/FEARLESS and get $20 off your yearly subscription. CLICK HERE to Subscribe to Jason Whitlock’s YouTube: https://bit.ly/3jFL36G CLICK HERE to Listen to Jason Whitlock's podcast: https://apple.co/3zHaeLT CLICK HERE to Follow Jason Whitlock on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3hvSjiJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome, Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I'm Jason Whitlock, your host. Happy Tuesday. Thank you so much for joining me. We have an awesome show for you today. Everybody's talking about how to fix the NBA All-Star weekend. And you know what we're going to talk about? How to fix the NBA. That's what we're going to talk about?

0:38.9

How to fix the NBA.

0:42.6

That's what we're going to talk about today.

0:43.9

And you know what?

0:51.7

I normally comb my hair in my car and the drive into the studio and I completely forgot.

0:52.3

Can you all tell that my hair is uncombed? I can looking at

0:56.3

myself, but maybe you don't have eagle eyes like I do. But anyway, I'm sorry, I just got distracted.

1:02.8

I was looking at myself and just like, what did I do? I forgot. Anyway, we're going to talk about

1:08.1

how to fix the NBA. They don't have an NBA All-Star problem.

1:14.1

They have an NBA problem.

1:16.7

And so we'll talk about that today.

1:18.8

We'll talk about how Cooper Cup fits into that.

1:22.4

Cooper Cup, Cooper Flagg, the Duke basketball star, had another good game last night.

1:27.4

Duke beat Virginia. He played pretty

1:29.8

well. I'm going to fold him into how to fix the NBA. We'll mention a little Caitlin Clark

1:37.1

and her agent saying that the WMBA cannot pay Caitlin Clark what she's worth and that the WMBA maybe needs

1:47.5

to break off from the NBA.

1:49.5

We'll talk about that.

1:51.3

Hey, have you guys been paying attention?

1:53.9

The National Hockey League has the biggest event, perhaps, of the winter.

2:01.1

You know, look, we just had the Super Bowl.

2:03.4

Behind the Super Bowl.

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