OrneryReserve7681

659 | 3 hours ago

Good, someone needs to emerge and take Pat McAfee down

krusty-krab69 | Cavaliers

135 | 3 hours ago

It’s so sad how obnoxious he’s become. I genuinely enjoyed his show when it first started . It was like the Howard stern of sports talk shows . They’d smoke joints and hawk would have a fat ass cigar , then somewhere along the lines they got in bed with disney espn draft kings etc. but hey he got a fat pay day I can’t say I’d do anything differently in his shoes

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

80 | 3 hours ago

He doesn’t have to be a douchebag

scarywolverine | Pistons

59 | 2 hours ago

Thats literally what made him famous. Being a d bag is the grift now

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

13 | an hour ago

I disagree. His show was very entertaining in the early days. Seemed like a pretty cool guy at the time

scarywolverine | Pistons

16 | an hour ago

Ill totally buy that hes gotten worse but I find that perspective so interesting because its a popular one about Mcafee and other podcast bros like Joe Rogan. And to me the first time I heard both of those guys in their supposedly peak era they screamed asshole to me. So many people just cant see the most obvious assholes and for the life of me I cant figure out why

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

6 | an hour ago

It is so embarrassing having ever spoken highly of the Pat McAfee show. It really was so interesting at one point though. I would watch it every day

I tried to hang on for a bit once it took a turn but I just couldn’t do it after awhile. Pat’s support of Deshaun Watson when he was traded to the Browns really pissed me off and I turned it off for good

It was building up to that point though. That was in March of 2022. Haven’t watched a minute of the show since then

So the show went South long before he sold out to ESPN

Western_Rock5443

-2 | an hour ago

You cannot seriously believe that the obnoxious douche bag grift is as anything other than the most effective way for these people to make $$ now.

You might not like it, but it’s the way things are my guy

Edit: let me just say anyone down voting this is in full blown denial lmao. How you could possibly not notice the correlation between being an ignorant asshole and a successful podcast is beyond me.

Marchin_on

3 | an hour ago

Sadly, We get the sports “personalities” we deserve.

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

2 | 42 minutes ago

I don’t disagree with that sentiment, I guess I just think he still could have carved out a nice life for himself without turning into a complete dbag. I get that was necessary to reach his current heights though

Western_Rock5443

2 | 38 minutes ago

He absolutely could have, you are right, that’s the point haha. But he chose the most easy and effective road that would guarantee him clicks and views. Not going to change until people stop tuning in.

Koufaxisking | LAL

23 | 2 hours ago

That’s his brand. He absolutely does have to be a douchebag. This is like saying Skip or SAS don’t have to be controversy hot take machines. That is their brand.

mbuser

1 | an hour ago

Dudebro is as dudebro does

lukewwilson | NBA

0 | an hour ago

Which one, Pat or Hawk

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

1 | 39 minutes ago

Is AJ a dbag now too? I turned off the show for good in 2022 because of Pat. AJ still seemed like an alright dude at the time

lukewwilson | NBA

0 | 36 minutes ago

He was when he was a player, I doubt he’s changed https://youtube.com/shorts/iWwaBVsuxbs?si=6PD-V9iSEpsOqYjC

Chickachic-aaaaahhh | Thunder

17 | 2 hours ago

Broification of his stream is fucking annoying. Dude is always holding a football like some jock in high-school classes.

gerardguey | Bulls

16 | 2 hours ago

its like if joe rogan was into regular sports

Wyden_long | Suns

2 | an hour ago

Become?!

gimmethemshoes11 | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

I forgot I was subscribed to his YouTube until he dropped that album….

Cheap_Arm_3182

1 | an hour ago

As a musician it was the last straw lol I was like fuck you, you know how hard it is to get a record label and he’s just gifted a shit album. And he actually thinks it’s good

mrgpsingh1999 | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Even in WWE, his commentary was fun in the beginning but the last time around, he was just annoying

Cheap_Arm_3182

1 | an hour ago

I use to love the show they got away and turned into everything they said they wouldn’t

legend023 | Pelicans

56 | 3 hours ago

Stephen A is the bigger problem.

Pat doesn’t really dive into basketball.

Furd_Terguson1 | Knicks

66 | 3 hours ago

Not enough republicans watch the NBA, that’s probably why

IanicRR | TOR

22 | 3 hours ago

They just have teams instead. Something about owning feels appealing to them.

zouinenoah29 | Bucks

7 | 2 hours ago

He tries to do so but treats Shams like he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread in the basketball world.

GeologistTechnical61 | Thunder

2 | 2 hours ago

Crazy I keep seeing his name. I don’t watch ESPN a lot. But I didn’t know he was this “big” as a sports person.

capitalistsanta | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

I bet the first day of his show he burns a hospital mask and tapes a picture of Dr. Fauci to his face with eye holes and does the whole interview like that with Aaron Rodgers.

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

267 | 3 hours ago

Doesn’t seem right to have a show named “The Stepback” and have it hosted by someone other than James Harden.

Moviereference210 | Spurs

148 | 3 hours ago

Couldve just called it “The throw down with Blake griffin”

daaarelo

61 | 3 hours ago

I also like “the putback” for topics critics missed idk

NazReidRules | Timberwolves

4 | an hour ago

The SLOB jam

Active_Variation_194

18 | 2 hours ago

“The Lob and Jam” ft Chris Paul

TopHatTony11 | Pistons

6 | 2 hours ago

I think they want people to watch it.

Lord__Steezus

5 | 3 hours ago

The alley oop with Blake griffin

HurricaneBiII

4 | 3 hours ago

I like it. 👍

Boxthor | GSW

2 | 2 hours ago

Yap City

WildcaRD7 | Timberwolves

2 | 2 hours ago

He could totally SLAM someone without it being completely cringe.

Infinite-Weekend9871 | Raptors

90 | 3 hours ago

yeah why isn’t it the balls in Mosgovs face with Blake Griffin show

dorisburqe | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

RIP Kendrick Perkins (x2) Show with Blake Griffin

LeRoiDeNord

11 | 3 hours ago

“The Out Indefinitely With No Timeline for Return”

StudioGangster1

6 | 3 hours ago

Harden’s show would have to be called “The Double Stepback.”

dorisburqe | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

Nah, he’s the face of “The Gather Step.”

soilentgleem

7 | 2 hours ago

It would end up being a flop

Lmaobruh4465 | Toronto Huskies

4 | 41 minutes ago

“The Stepback” is a terrible name for a show with Blake Griffin.

-The Jam/Late-Night Jam
-The Alley-Oop
-The Putback
-The Throwdown

I would’ve went with “Lob and the City” tbh.

ho-dor | CHI

1 | 21 minutes ago

I think he should host the No Dunks podcast guys every episode and just disagree with everything they say.

illzkla | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

Something involving the off-arm seems appropriate

dBlock845 | Knicks

1 | 11 minutes ago

Didn’t you hear? Paul Pierce invented the stepback.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

219 | 3 hours ago

Obviously we’ll have to see how in-depth they actually go into these topics, but Blake is definitely one of the best former players to be a talk show host.

LakerBlue | Lakers

49 | 2 hours ago

Personality wise he is very funny but I’m definitely curious how deeply he will be diving into the actual game. I’ll still try regardless. He’s great on Prime.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

17 | 2 hours ago

Here’s him talking about Ja in a more serious tone (though obviously not a serious topic):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RaDzNaiphk

albertcamusjr | Bucks

2 | an hour ago

Who would’ve expected such strong opinions on Ja Rule?

EvilLibrarians | Pistons

3 | 3 hours ago

I wasn’t a big fan of Blake when he came to Detroit, but I will say I am interested in this and hope he does well with his ventures. Seems very sharp.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

23 | 2 hours ago

Blake putting on the carry job of a lifetime bringing Detroit to the playoffs on his bum knee

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

11 | 2 hours ago

I thought you guys gained respect for him in the playoffs?

SYKslp | Warriors

3 | an hour ago

how many people do you think you’re replying to?

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

5 | an hour ago

3 fifty

datdailo

1 | 43 minutes ago

If it’s controversial, I worry he runs out of guests fast.

JoeBiden2020FTW | Celtics

1 | 31 minutes ago

Yeah, Blake is much more classy than Draymond.

Blake is at least half classy, while Draymond is 0%.

Hot_Injury7719 | Knicks

78 | 3 hours ago

“Billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadiums!”

juicybot | Knicks

44 | 3 hours ago

brought to you by Amazon Prime

MangoAbject5733

6 | 3 hours ago

Seattle Primes and Tacoma Amazonians

ob_knoxious | Wizards

3 | an hour ago

I honestly think this is some long term con by Bezos to try recover his PR. “Bezos is buying Seattle expansion and using no tax money on stadium” and now this and WaPo will suddenly try and drum up how big of an issue taxpayer funded stadiums are and wow what a great example Bezos is every billionaire should be like him I bet he also has great labor practices and doesn’t cheat on his wife!

Sleep_Fartnea | Vancouver Grizzlies

8 | 2 hours ago

“Gambling is ruining the league. Now to our sponsors at……Kalshi”

Eduardo_Camavinga_

2 | 2 hours ago

*penn station gets destroyed*

OfficalStonksForAmc | 76ers

44 | 3 hours ago

as long as he doesnt say its a struggle in his tax bracket then it cant be that bad. and if he ever drops a episode on his thought process to have a kid with lana rhodes that shit would hit number 1 on billboard top 100 lol

concretecowboiiiii | Pistons

10 | 3 hours ago

I mean that shit grip like a cigar cutter. Ya gotta do what you gotta do

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

9 | 2 hours ago

That’s some imagery right there

make_thick_in_warm

22 | 3 hours ago

I trust Blake, one of the funniest dudes in the history of the league

SmokePenisEveryday | Cavaliers

7 | 2 hours ago

One of the few bright spots from that terrible History of the World sequel series

SuddenDepact | Celtics

16 | 3 hours ago

How many of these do we need?

mixmasterADD | Lakers

28 | 3 hours ago

We don’t need more; we need better and this can’t be worse.

RedstoneRay | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

Blake is hilarious. I guarantee his late-night show will be funnier than Jimmy Fallon’s.

No-Cantaloupe-6535 | Pacers

8 | 3 hours ago

Hey, I like Blake so it’s different ok!

Danibear285 | Clippers

5 | 3 hours ago

Until morale improves

ChampagneSyrup | Mavericks

1 | 3 hours ago

they’ll stop when there’s no market left for them

TacoLvR-

1 | 2 hours ago

Yes.

Alientongue

13 | 3 hours ago

Hes pretty well spoken and charismatic on the podcasts ive seen him on i think he’d be great on a talk show.

SmokePenisEveryday | Cavaliers

5 | 2 hours ago

His episode on Stavvy’s podcast was hilarious

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

8 | 3 hours ago

Does this mean he’s not on Amazon anymore? Hopefully not. He’s got great chemistry with that crew and they are easily the best broadcasting group working today

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

2 | an hour ago

Well this show is on Prime so probably still with Amazon

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

1 | 17 minutes ago

Oh cool for sure then yeah maybe I should’ve just read the post body, let alone article, and not just the post title before leaving a whole ass comment

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

1 | 16 minutes ago

Lmaooo I read your comment and it inspired me to read the article

Rusty-Shackleford23 | Kings

6 | 2 hours ago

Can’t wait to hear FanDuel spokes person Blake Griffin take on the controversial topic of sports gambling. I like Blake and I’ll probably give the show a try but come on.

amidon1130 | Hawks

4 | 3 hours ago

I like Blake Griffin, he grew up a lot after being kinda immature and he seems to have a great head on his shoulders.

gooseAlert

3 | 3 hours ago

I really enjoyed his Stavvy’s World episode (youtube). It sounded like he had a pretty grounded upbringing.

SnooMachines3288

3 | 2 hours ago

“Takes on gambling” He’s on an Amazon show sponsored by Fanduel… I doubt he says much

Redpin | Super 8

4 | an hour ago

I hope Blake gradually pivots away from sports and turns into a traditional latenight guy and then 20 years from now people will be like, “hey, did you know Blake once played in the NBA? I think he could pull it off.

mylowerbackhurts | Nets

3 | 2 hours ago

He just wants an excuse to make a skit where he puts on a wig and cosplays as enes kanter

ob_knoxious | Wizards

3 | an hour ago

I love Blake and think he could do a good show, he is great on the Prime crew.

Per Zeitchik, Griffin will sit behind a desk and discuss topics such as gambling, NIL, taxpayer-funded stadiums and analytics.

This makes me think he is just going to end up as a mouthpiece for these platforms.

Chinny888

2 | 3 hours ago

Show is a Jon Oliver nightly show format for sports topics

P00PooKitty | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

He was great on the champs 10 years ago

No_Fish265

2 | 2 hours ago

He’s been great on air on the Amazon broadcast

BobbyDash | Gran Destino

2 | an hour ago

Tired of the hot take merchant podcast shows. It’s all the same shit. Hosts are always fence sitters on important topics, extremely opinionated and unfair on mundane topics, shill for for dogshit companies, rinse repeat.

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Dramatic-Cat-575 | Pistons

5 | 3 hours ago

will take shows on networks/streamers with full union staffs over podcasts hosted by former players whose sole purpose is shitting on current players

Shagrrotten | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

It’s not a podcast, it’s a TV show.

Wendigo_33 | Grizzlies

2 | 2 hours ago

Lol on me I can’t read, I actually love this knowing it’s a show. We need more things in the big space to combat ESPN slop.

Shagrrotten | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

No worries, misreading happens to the best of us. I am excited for it too, as a show, wouldn’t be as a podcast. I guess it being a show makes me assume it’ll have some kind of focus and purpose to each episode, not just be a hangout.

Derrickmb

1 | 2 hours ago

Can I watch it on my phone? TVs are outdated

theyrehiding | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

As long as it’s a real show and not a half thought out podcast, I’m 100% with it. Griffin is a great personality for this kinda stuff.

ajnails | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

Can’t wait to watch The Lob with Blake Griffin

RipCityGringo | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

A piece looking into how we could all incorporate a Green Bay Packers model of ownership and ditch the bazillionaires would be cool.

rawspeghetti | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

Cool Blake is funny cat

EdwardJamesAlmost | Nuggets

1 | 3 hours ago

Are the opinions interesting? Are those just topics a writers’ room will ideate on?

snowlarbear

1 | 2 hours ago

how does he feel about the goings on in the WNBA

objectsinthemirror92 | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

Blake of the year!

Top-Literature-2041

1 | 2 hours ago

blake’s always been sharp in front of a camera, curious how this format works out. opening with gambling and NIL takes is bold, those get people heated fast

lolimdivine | ATL

1 | 2 hours ago

sounds like a podcast sponsored by prime

acrizz | Cavaliers

1 | 2 hours ago

I assume his jokes were written for him, but he was really funny on that roast.

pointguard22 | Pistons

1 | 2 hours ago

Great name for a show.

Ragebaiterlmao | Supersonics

1 | 2 hours ago

I will watch this and support Blake Griffin.

Ok-Tree4365

1 | 2 hours ago

Oooh, takes!

dontcallmecheesedick

1 | an hour ago

can’t wait for yall to inevitably turn on him

No_Abroad8346

1 | an hour ago

Hope he would share what he thinks about the current affairs in WNBA

redpancab | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Please be more John Oliver and less Pat McAfee

highdesertfriends

1 | an hour ago

He should hire everyone that worked on Norm McDonald’s sports show. Was so good

CheeseburgerTornado | Wizards

1 | an hour ago

the forced ballsack to the face with blake griffin

medyolang_ | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

I’d be more excited if he did anything outside basketball. seems more than capable

Effective-Street8474

1 | an hour ago

Please change the show name to something Blake was iconic for…..“The Slam” “The Throwdown” “The Tomahawk”….

frankestan

1 | an hour ago

i’ve never seen Blake Griffin take a step back in my life

beefcake1993 | Pistons

1 | 39 minutes ago

Blake is genuinely funny and a great orator. Dude can tell a story and has his head on his shoulders. I’m here for it

LeftHandedToe | DAL

1 | 36 minutes ago

Is he going to cover the time he forcefully pulled a staff member’s head down to his dick on the bench during a game? Because that should be covered before he covers other people’s controversies.

NandoDeColonoscopy

1 | 28 minutes ago

“The Daily Show, but make it sports” gets tried every few years, and it never works. I don’t know why. But if Norm Macdonald couldn’t pull it off, I don’t think Blake Griffin can

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

1 | 28 minutes ago

Soon, every former player will have a podcast.

WiSoSirius | Timberwolves

1 | 17 minutes ago

I will watch if it doesn’t become debate. Just highlight the sports world. I don’t want a Steven A; I want a Stuart Scott

dBlock845 | Knicks

1 | 12 minutes ago

He is sponsored by FanDuel, what kind of gambling takes will he give that aren’t prop picks?

hoodlumonprowl

1 | 10 minutes ago

I like it, I think he can pull this off

deelow_42 | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

Every podcast I’ve seen with Blake has been some of the best episodes of whatever he’s on, he seems to have great takes and not out of touch either so I’m actually looking forward to this.

fstop101

-1 | 3 hours ago

I don’t know what he’s like as a commentator. There must have been market research performed and determined there could be a demand. Is this going to be in demand?

Either_Imagination_9 | Knicks

-2 | 3 hours ago

Cool, I’ll be sure to never watch this

Danibear285 | Clippers

-5 | 3 hours ago

Great. More knuckleheads talking about stuff

Blake Griffin is launching his own weekly late-night sports show, “The Stepback with Blake Griffin”. The show will feature Griffin giving his takes on some of the biggest and most controversial topics in sports, including gambling, NIL, taxpayer-funded stadiums, analytics and sports journalism.