Thompson Remembers Dr. Jerry Buss

The sports world was hit with a tough blow over the weekend when Dr. Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers passed away due to kidney complications and a longtime battle with cancer.  Mychal Thompson, former Blazer and Laker and current radio analyst for the Lakers joined Chad on Flight 750 Monday to talk about the legacy of the great Jerry Buss.

Lenny Wilkens: One of the All Time Greats

Lenny Wilkens is one of the 50 greatest players to ever play in the NBA and he is one of the 10 greatest NBA coaches of all time.  He joined Chad on Flight 750 Monday to talk about his fantastic career as both a player and a coach.

Travis Rodgers Catches the Afternoon Flight

Michael Jordan celebrates his 50^th birthday this weekend and with Lebron James playing his best basketball of his career right as it seems like he might be hitting his prime, people continue to ask, will Lebron be better than MJ when all is said and done.  Travis Rodgers from Yahoo Sports! Radio joined Chad on Flight 750 Friday to talk about that and to discuss everything else making headlines in the sports world.

Rodgers implies that as great as Jordan was, we have never seen a player like Lebron.  He is unique.

“As great as Jordan was and I don’t think that anybody with any brain in their head would ever argue that Michael Jordan was anything other than the greatest basketball player we’ve ever seen…Lebron does stuff that Jordan simply couldn’t do.  He’s reached that point like Jordan where when he says “Screw it.  I’m taking over, there’s nothing anybody can do to stop him.”

Rodgers also talked about Derrick Rose and his decision to not rush back from injury.

“I think that Derrick Rose is 100 percent doing the right thing.  It was refreshing to see because so often you hear guys say,” The second that I can come back, I’m going to come back.  I want to do it for the fans, I want to do it for the team,” and that’s crap…Derrick Rose is taking a really I think mature approach to this whole thing  and is saying, “Look.  I don’t want to play half a season or a third of the season and maybe be ok.  I’d rather miss an entire year, come back, and be one of the top four or five best players in the league for the next 10 years.”

And finally, Rodgers talked about the new developments with the Manti Te’o story.  Rodgers insists that Te’o’s career in the pros will dictate his legacy.

“If he sucks, then he’s the guy that got catfished.  If he comes out and he’s a good NFL player, then that’s what he’ll be.  If he washes out of the league in two or three years, then he’s going to be that weirdo who had an invisible girlfriend who he never tried to have sex with in two or three years.”

Take a listen to the interview and be sure to listen for Rodgers on Yahoo! Sports Radio.

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SEC Guy Sounds off About Signing Day

It’s been an awfully quiet month on the Portland airwaves given the fact that the Alabama Crimson Tide have just repeated as college football National Champions.  But on Thursday, one of our favorite guests, SEC Guy, the family practitioner himself, came out of hibernation to give Chad a few laughs on Flight 750.

Coach Al's Dominant Defense

Oregon Ducks Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti coached his defense to one of the best seasons in the history of the program.  And last week, he and the rest of the coaching staff were able to pull in a top-25 recruiting class.  Coach Aliotti joined Chad on Flight 750 Wednesday to talk about the new commits and the new regime under Mark Helfrich.