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Jeff Teague on Steve Nash 2004-05 MVP award: “I don't think he should have won it over Kobe Bryant.”
Gilbert Arenas: So, Jeff Teague, yeah, you might got the best of Kobe Bryant that night or the every night you played him. But he's coming you to slow you down. Like, so to Teague, it's his field. So, in Teague's mind, he wasn't like that on the defensive end. But when you're talking about he's getting awards off of 82 games. We don't know what he's doing in 82 games, right? He's playing against other players, shutting them down, doing what he's doing. We only have an experience from two times a year, right? So from what I’ve seen him do to the two guards on our team, yeah, he was like that. Yeah. He was shutting players down. Teague, if he’s on you, that means Joe Johnson is neutralized. For him to get on you, he's neutralized. He did the job, now he's on you. Same thing with me. Larry Hughes is here but if he sees me getting off he’s going to step on me then if Larry's getting off he going to go to Larry so if Antawn Jamison’s getting off I got Antawn in the post, right? So he had multiple jobs, so as a defender himself, he was a great defender.
Jeff Teague on Bucks signing Thanasis Antetokounmpo: I ain't going to never say he can't hoop though. Like, he deserves it, I mean, he could play in the NBA. Obviously, you see his highlights, but you just wouldn't think… that. Q. Giannis Antetokoumpo owns the Bucks. Jeff Teague: For sure, part-owner.
While many may agree with that ranking, Teague is not one of them. "Kawhi Leonard not better than Russell Westbrook," Teague said on the Club 520 Podcast. "He not have a better career than Russell Westbrook. He won championships, but this is an individual award. Give me Russell Westbrook. He don't have no league MVP. You was never the best player in the NBA. You've never been the best player in the NBA."
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Jeff Teague: "True facts: He made the All-Star team one time—and y’all can ask Lou Will. He made the All-Star team because the coach didn’t want Lou Will to make it. Lou Will was the leading scorer." DJ: "He been vocal about that." "Yeah, he was an All-Star with 12 points. Respectfully. All respect—but that’s... Jeff Teague: People said I had the worst stats as an All-Star. That’s the worst stat though, I’m sorry. Those are the weakest stats for an All-Star. 12 points? Y’all got me f***ed up. Those are the weakest."
Jeff Teague: Bam Adebayo can be Giannis Antetokounmpo in a like a different kind of way. Evan Mobley is more closer because his arms and the way he's built. But the way Bam move like he can dribble and sh*t.
Jeff Teague: One of the worst finals teams in NBA history. What does that say about the rest of the league? … One of the worst rosters in NBA history to make the finals.
Jeff Teague: I told Shabazz Muhammad the same thing when I got to Minnesota. He said he turned down four years, $40 million. I said, 'Are you dumb?' He was like, 'I’m worth more than that. I’ma outplay it.' And I told him straight up: 'No, you’re not — because they’re not going to give you the chance to outplay it.' You rarely get that opportunity."
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Jeff Teague: Matter of fact, we while we talking about this, whoever the dude that pulled up on me at uh the gas station, boy, you that almost was your last day, boy. You whoever you was. The fool pulled me a B. Q. Over LeBron? Teague: I got my back to pumping the gas. Then I turned back around and I'm like, "There's no way he's talking to me." So you know I had to load up like this gonna be this one gonna fly. Then he looked back. He like ’Yeah, you a snitch. You a h**. You a snitch. I'm like, "Huh?" I'm like, "What are you talking about?" ‘Bron didn't do that!’ I'm like, "Man, go on, man. Quit playing, bro. Go on, man. Stop playing, brother. Stop playing." I was like, "Man, it's too early for that, bro. Stop playing with me. Go ahead, bro." White dude at the gas station was like ‘What is the problem?!’
But recently, former NBA guard Jeff Teague stirred things up with a bold accusation that LeBron used steroids when he was on the Miami Heat. "He was on steroids, bro. He had to sit out because he was on steroids. Allegedly," Teague said on Club520podcast. "They started testing for HGH, and he had to sit out. He said his back was hurting, and he sat out for 3 weeks and then came back skinny."
Jeff Teague says his comments about LeBron using steroids were just a joke pic.twitter.com/dbR2cBZFJy
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Q. There's a lot of podcasts out there now, a lot of former players doing shows and… Olden Polynice: Bums! Q. I’ve never seen so much slander on Kobe in my whole life, and all of it is just trash. What's your thought on this? Olden Polynice: I agree with you wholeheartedly. And the problem that I'm having is bums are talking. And I'm not saying that Tracy McGrady or whoever, Jeff Teague, are bums, okay? But it's a bum mindset to criticize this man. And he's not here to defend himself. You didn't say any of this bullsh*t when he was alive. Not one of y'all opened your mouths and said, "No. Oh my god, I love you. I love your shoes and everything else." No. Let the man rest in peace. I'm sick and tired of this crap with these people. It's some bullsh*t. Excuse me. And you know I ain't never cussed until now cuz now I'm offended. It's some bullsh*t. The man is dead, man. And y'all are going to be criticizing. Come on, man. That's one of the things I hate about this damn world, man. Everybody's using certain opportunities. They're being opportunistic because this man's no longer here to defend himself. But you guys loved him. You love his shoes. You love everything about him, and now all of a sudden, ‘Oh yeah, I was way better.’ No, you were not. Stop with the bullsh*t. I'm serious. This is whack, man. Get the hell off the air.
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