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Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson joined the show to talk about flopping, LeBron James and more. Jackson said it’s not always black and white with flopping “Guys are doing it to sell plays,” Jackson said. “Sometimes the contact occurs.” Jackson commented on what he said in Sports Illustrated about LeBron James being the best…

Washington Post columnist Mike Wise joined the show to talk about his column on playing for a disciplinarian coach in high school. Wise said that he’s the man he is today because of that tough coaching. But he’s gotten a lot of people reacting to his story, and many say he was abused. Wise said…

NBC’s Stan Van Gundy joined the show to help break down the NBA playoffs. Van Gundy said refs are pressured to make calls by the League grading system and that’s one of the reasons they don’t eliminate flopping. “Those veteran refs would take care of it in a heartbeat if the League said take care…

NBC analyst Eddie Olczyk joined the show to talk about the Blackhawks’ overtime win over the Red Wings in Game 7 of their series last night. Olczyk explained what happened in the final minutes when they disallowed a Chicago goal because of a penalty behind the play. “I said it was,” Olczyk said. “On that…

NBC’s Doc Emrick joined the show to talk about calling the Red Wings-Blackhawks Game 7 and more. “Game 7’s can be really weird,” Emrick said. “You expect the unexpected.” Emrick also talked about different coaching styles and whether disciplinarian styles work today. And Emrick does a full play-by-play call of Dan scoring a goal that…

Miami Herald’s Greg Cote joined the show to talk about the Pacers’ win over the Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Cote said last night the main reason the Heat lost is they didn’t shoot well. And that contributed to LeBron James’ frustration, and partly led to all the fouls. Cote said…