The Deep 3 Podcast - 1 Thing We'll Never Forget About NBA Legends | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: August 24, 2026

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I'm going to show you an NBA legend that we grew up watching in the 2010s into 2020s, the players that are starting to retire left and right. Russell Westbrook just retired. Chris Paul just retired. We're starting to see the legends of our ages go. We're getting old. So with that being said today, we're going to celebrate them. I'm going to show you one of these players.

We had to pick one thing they will be remembered for. You said, hell not. He's been old since fucking 2008. I can't believe it. So one thing they'll remember for. is this player's greatest legacy? Greatest legacy. Something that when you look back

and you'll be asked to describe them in one word, what will you say? First player. We have Russell, Westbrook. Energy. Loud. Passion.

Fiery dunks, bro. Yawning at babies. Fashion. Fashion. Fashion is true. If I had to pick one thing, effort. That's the one thing

he'll remember for is having, being the highest effort, star player, especially of all time. The motor is completely unmatched. Both on the court

in terms of physical exertion and like mental effort and want it more than you. Like that's the story of Russ is that he's able to do things and able to give 100% of himself. It's like he took the fucking limitless pill and put 100% of his athleticism out there. When some guy stop at 70% he knows he can

and he wants to every time. One of the least talked about things for sure when it comes to that effort is like stamina bro. He has energy that he could pull out his ass any time bro. Nobody's ever maximized himself as much as Russ I think. Yeah. On offense. now let me not let me not eat

yeah but that's why effort is the number one thing because even even without all the other even though that his game wasn't complete and he didn't have all these other pieces you can you can look past a lot of the a lot of the deficiencies especially for primers

because he is giving you insane effort at all times and at the end of day you're like listen man he's trying hard like that's the only thing that you can never knock with him and even with his weaknesses towards the end he lost his jump shot couldn't shoot, kind of like ruined his prime. He still fucking tried.

Like for better or worse, he got the jumpers up. He tried to get better and get the jump shot back. Sometimes you didn't want him to. You're like, stop trying. He refused to stop trying. He was determined to once again become a good shooter. He also trash talks so fucking much. Like, it's ridiculous.

Remember the series he went back and forth with Dame. He, I remember there's this random clip online where he was talking to DeNR Foxx. He's like, yeah, you're not faster me, bro. When he was like 21 or 22 years old. Yeah. Going band for band with that, bro. Again, yelling at babies. on Zoom calls during a bubble.

Yeah. Unmatched effort, work ethic and belief. Hit the folks again. Have virtual babies. Yeah. He's ridiculous. Nobody's ever believed themselves as much as Russ. All right.

Next player. Chris Paul. Scott Fisher. Scott Fisher. Foster. He just said two names. What is Chris Paul remember for? Probably his IQ, for better or worse, his mind.

And the fact that he was so smart, made him unlikable people made him go as a player and made him incredibly memorable. I imagine he's going to work in an NBA front office or a coach or something. I think the IQ and the thought process of Chris Paul is going to have at least like 20 more years of impact. He's just sneaky to me, man, especially with the way he begins steals and shit. He just always finds his way to, it's like he uses his similar to, like an interesting way, similar to Jose Alvarado.

He just uses his size and like sneaks behind defenses. No what you're saying then. He'll be a member for being clever. For sure. Yeah. The mind of Chris Ball never. Oh, similar. A trickster.

Trickster. He is going to be the last. Because clever people can be sneaky. He's the riddler. I think he's for good and bad. Yeah. I bet he does both. I mean, he literally does, yeah.

He's always trying to like manipulate his way to things. He's got to scam with the skills challenge. Exactly. Like, yes, he's clever. But he's also, I think he's going to be remembered as like the last pure point guard. Where now every single point guard that comes up, the ball's in their hands all the time. And the number one option is see if you can create an advantage to, you can create an advantage to score and then we're going to play off of that.

Yeah. He's the last point guard that is this like floor general that. And obviously he can't score, right? He can score at 17, 18, get to his mid-range and everything. But he's looking too past, two set everybody else up first. Is he the best player of all time without a ring or MVP? No. No.

Who is? Oh, without either? Yeah, without a ring or MVP. Wade is probably better than him. He's a right. He's a ring. Oh, yeah, yeah. Both.

I think he might be. I guess maybe. Yeah, without any super major like We can get to like Luca or whatever But like that doesn't Among players that are done Yeah Like I think he's definitely like number one

There's Russ Harden Mello's different caliber I think he's better Yeah exactly I guess it is Chris Paul Yeah It is Chris Paul And then yeah I guess we'll just don't mean next

It's been a while now Chris Paul And Luca is probably that combo He started on my point that list Like of all time Yeah Yeah It's not ridiculous Steve Nash has

A couple MVP's which is crazy That's so crazy to me He literally has no weaknesses. That's why he's third on my list. Yeah. Chris Paul isn't saying. No weaknesses? Well, I don't know about that.

Well, I would consider him like the most complete. He is definitely, to your point, like, the more well-rounded of all the other group. You're right. I know what you mean in comparison to some other guys? And the least accomplished. You saying he's perfect? Type. All right.

We're going to remember Chris Paul for being perfect. Next name. James Hardin. What will be his lasting legacy? The one thing that defines Hardin. I mean, playoff dropping. Unfortunately, it is choking. And it's unfair.

but that's going to be the thing is like... I actually think it's very fair. Yeah, whatever. It's unfair. It's fair. Obviously, it's true, but it's unfair that that'll be the one thing that characterizes him

when there's so much good. You don't think the step back to do is revolutionary. Sure, sure. No, most definitely it is. Well, I think it is unfair as a person to frame negativity in that any way is the main defining thing. It's a bit of an unfair mindset.

Whatever. I don't think so. I don't think so. You're right. Unfortunately, we'll go with that. It's unfortunate. I was saying the step back three. Yeah.

Alone. That might be his legacy. Dude, I think it might be. Assuming we're not. That's up there. If we're not being negative, usage, I think he'll be memorable for being able to do everything and being one of those guys that can handle all the scoring, all the passing, like handle that load and be the offense.

I think we might look back. Maybe that'll change in 20 years and teams won't have that type of helo essentialism anymore. So we might look back on him the same way we look at Wilt. It's like, how did he average 50? He did everything. That might be kind of James Harden's legacy. He got back three clears. happy you'll be

remembered for that on a on a common day to day basis for sure yeah I don't think usage would be

yeah no one no one can't not gonna lie he's still step back through

yeah it's so iconic man it's true you really change the way a whole generation

plays basketball do you think he'll be remembered as like that guy or it'll become so

ubiquitous that people forget will people remember him as a pioneer yes

pioneer that and also probably a fucking farming frito calls and shit 100%. He's Oppenheimer from

Falbating. Yeah. Damn. For sure. He kind of. For sure. Low key. Yeah. He's a lot of things he remember for. Yeah. What a legend. One of them guys. One of them guys. So whenever he wants to get a trade, he's going to ask immediately, bro. Oh, he will be remembered for getting in the bag. He just signed a three-year deal today again.

I don't know for him. Or is it just a beard? That too. Oh, it is the beer. It is the beer. You're cooking. That is too. Yeah.

Step back three in beard. You got the top two. Yeah. Yes. We're killing family food. All right, next. Kevin Durant. Burner.

Yeah, I guess the low-key, the obstacle stuff might be his lasting legacy. Yeah. Because of the social media age, he's like the face of that because he's the first one to, like, have that type of access to a player's personality and get to see the downside in that specific way. Might be his personality. Yeah, 2016, I think as a year We'll probably be the defining year for him Fair, you got choosing to go to the Warriors, the burner stuff His last thing, legacy might just be controversy

Right before he blew the 3-1-1 lead No, I forget, he did blow a 3-1 lead, that's insane Yeah, of course he did. Fuck! So his last thing, he might be remembered the most For being amazing but unlikeable to people at the same time And is having that controversy to him? I'm going

Hesie tweens Hesie Tweed When you close your eyes And you think Hesi Tween You think Kevin Durand I do think Kevin Durant Which is a big archetype In an NBA discourse

Yeah Hes Tweed Yes I guess I remember for being like The most like well-rounded score Two like three level score It's buckets Yeah

And it also is like Size and shooting combination Yeah That being that tall And you're able to shoot like that Just literally nobody else in history like it sounds like dirt no

it's still different it's different Dirk was not moving like that All right besides unlikeableness The greatest tall shooter ever Yeah Alright next

Steph Curry Greatest shooter of all time It's about it Is it literally Got none else to say Open and a showcase Next one Lebron James

Basketball Yeah Let me remember For Open his showcase Mr. Basketcase basketball, Captain America, the one above all. He'll be remembered as being the light, the sun, the grass, the soil, all of it.

Water, oxygen, keep going. Yeah. He's the one. Next. I think you got it on the other. I think I said it all, right? Deity? What do you want for me?

What's next? All right, next. Adams? Blake Griffin. Backdored, man. Stand up? You think stand up? Stand up.

Remember more for comedy? For dipping his toe? in comedy. You really enjoyed his comedy specials. He didn't have comedy specials. You know what I mean. No, he doesn't actually do comedy. Well, I think he's like dipped his toe,

but like I don't need it. He doesn't have like specials. He just, like, he pulled up from time to time. He went up for a joke and dipped. Yeah, yeah, right. Maybe give a type five. It's obviously poster dunks, right? Just being a ridiculous dunker.

Like, that's it. Yeah. The Kia dunk specifically. Yes. Mr. Dunk contest. Yeah. Fake-ass Kia dunk. Ew.

God. Do you think if he had it over the top he could have? No, because if he could have probably would have. No.

He could have, but he would have to kick the car. Risk on that on that stage. Oh, they wouldn't let him. So maybe he could and they wouldn't let him try.

Because, you know, big Kia had a big car. They had to sell cars. Yeah. You had to go over the hood and make sure that you can do this. And if Blake Griffin clips his ankle

and breaks his fucking shoulder off of a Kia, the sales are tanked. Exactly. It's live TV. They had the sunroof, they had the sunroof open. If he clips it

and falls into the sub... Yeah. We're not selling no cars. No Kia, like, you would not get that. You're not getting... You're not getting the Kia Soul commercials. Those hamsters aren't coming out onto the commercials. It's a whole timeline of what happened to Blake Griffin misses that done.

They could not risk that at all. That's true. So, yeah, that's why he had to jump over the hood. But I do think he probably could have got the top. Who's more important as a Clipper all time, him or Chris Faw? Who'll be remembered more than Clipper? You can coach him If we were interviewing him

We need to ask him that Don't forget We need to ask him If we ever somehow Get in the I've interviewed If we ever going to ruin Blake Griffin Could you have jumped over the top

If they wanted If you could And did they tell you not to Oh I thought you were talking About most questions No So Blake

You were Could you have that far It's crazy A couple years ago He probably would have But then Now that they're back I know

Yeah I know that's my dog Yeah All right, next. Kauai Leonard. Scamming. Here will be a member of it as if he gets found guilty of this and the clippers lose draft picks,

he will be remembered for getting that bag under the table. Because the, and even you have this move and then the one to from San Antonio to Toronto where obviously like he played nine games, the situation was like, I don't really know what's going on with his injury. You have two unceremonious exits. from places.

Yeah. And I think some people might look at the way that he left San Antonio and be like, ah, he's, you know, something weird went on there, something weird went on with this investigation. Yeah. He might just be a bad getter and a scammer. Sure. But I also think sometimes a lot of times in history, things like that get forgotten.

Do you remember the context of why Moses Malone left his teams? I don't know. Like sometimes that we just like, like, he's lost, you know? I wouldn't a lot. Yeah, well, some people aren't going to be alive for Twilight. You know, eventually you'll know. Wow. Really.

world I wonder if do you think he'll be remember for me like y'all have done too much today y'all done a lot we're making a grapple with mortality

0A baby's in college now man that is true my brother is in college but my brother's 18 that's so crazy I think you remember my brother when he's like nine

like it's crazy okay I think he'll be a member for being quiet above all else like he'll be the awkward yeah there's been this personality that doesn't talk

you think the laugh stuff like that like the lack of emoting will be remembered he'll be this robot guy who's a crazy score but had no personality I will never forget

the clip of him or I think it was like normal power trying to dab him but he's just like yeah let's go point it towards a go go go

go let's go let's go let's go yeah I think the talent but having absolutely no personality will be the most memorable thing.

Can you do the quala? No, not really. You were getting there. If you kept writing it, you got to. Not really, bro. He's not even trying. It's got to be, he's not trying at all. He knows he can't.

Nah, I never, I think you have to have like a certain tone and I just don't have that natural. You got to do it deeper in your throat. You got to make a little base here. Okay, do it for me. I'm thinking about too much now. I'll do it like 10 minutes. I got to just do it without thinking.

I can't do it. I got you in 10 minutes. Next one. Let's do it randomly too. No context. Damian Lillard. Deep threes. Dame time.

It's definitely big shots. Yeah. Deep threes and game winning shots. Like, just hitting memorable shots you never forget. It's certainly going to be that. Or rapping. Rapping is too. He is like one of the few.

Holy. He's decent. No, does player rapper? Yeah. He decent. Is he better than Shaq? Yeah. Yeah.

I don't say so. Shaq had a couple of songs that are like decent. I couldn't tell you one sax song, for real. Really, I think I have one saved on my phone. You have one saved on your phone today?

Yeah. I remember the Kobe dish. That's all I remember. It's not like I saved it today. Oh. Listen, I was doing research. I was going to put it to the catalog.

Hell this. Scott Banks. We had big shot taker and maker's day for sure. For sure. Underrated. I remember that one year where he was, he participated in every single all-star event. Yeah.

Because the last year he was snubbed. That performative? Very. Very. We're doing a lot, bro. Every single event. I wish that word was around for different errors of NBA history. We can talk about history.

We can find some performative shit. We can make it happen. Next week. The most performative player from every year. Hey, man. That's a pod. All right, next. We got Kyrie Irving.

Handles. Easily. Nothing, nothing close. Yeah. It would be his handles or his. lay-up package either one. General flashiness. Being fun to watch

is going to be the memorable thing. Skilled. Yes, his skill. People already say most skilled player of all time. That's going to persist. Bagward. All the sorts.

Every skill you can imagine. He's going to be known as that guy. Bagwork, for sure. And what a cool thing he'd be remembered by. Flat Earth. People probably forget about that. They're going to forget the stuff he said that many people kind of like criticizing the media.

They just go remember the handles. Yo, this guy had some real thoughts, man, thought it to be a career. Yeah, like, I bet there's some players, like, I don't know what John Havlachek thought about the world. Who knows? They might have been some crazy motherfuckers in the 70s. Oh, definitely.

Like, Carson told me Rick Berry was racist. I didn't know that. Oh, you could have assumed. You could have assumed? Yeah. I guess I can assume they're all racist, but I don't know. Yeah. Sure.

Sure. Sorry, Jerry West. You told me to assume. I don't know. Next one. I think given the sample sides, it's not a bad assumption. Fair. Draymond Green. Nuts.

What my fucking crazy. Yeah. The type of screen I've seen him set. Top of shots I seen him block. Guard literally, he's literally the only player, one of the few players didn't be here so you could, who I could legitimately say. He can guard your point guard through center easily. Yeah. So being the most versatile defender of all time.

But keep in mind, he's going to work on TV for a while and being media. So we're going to get like 30 more years of hearing him talk. that affects how he's remembered. With that in mind, what do you think he's going to be remembered for? Probably his aggression. Because we're going to have a lot of sample size

of him talking and probably talking aggressively. Yeah. And it's like, bro, relax. It's not wasting everybody, bro. Relax. And he's, I can definitely see him moving into the shack roll

where it's going to be a random Tuesday night in December. He's like, I won four rings. This is not how you do it And we end up turning Getting into into that lane So I think I think aggressive winner

Is probably gonna be like the narrative around Who did aggressive winners A good way to phrase it Because also the Golden State Warriors Dyns Eve at all Who was Shaq talking to Was it? Everybody

Everybody I think he interviewed Yokets And he was like Yeah I think it means better than you Or some shit Yeah it's when no it's not Embed It was whenever Yokish won the MVP I think Shay was second

23 he was like I don't think you'd have that MVP But good season you're weird bro what do you mean you could have just kept that to yourself I don't think you should have that MVP for a good season so we're saying that's gonna be Draymond Yokies don't care either

yeah he just died of him didn't say a word okay he's weird sick yeah okay I think aggressive winner is a good way to phrase it because he's definitely to be member for both sides for the character and the player

yeah kind of like Robin for sure different things obviously here but like the character and the player he's kind of just the new age Robin everywhere could you imagine if Dremont came out tomorrow was like, I'm going to marry myself. And then I'm going to move to North Korea.

Next one. The 2020's version. That was the whole thing about what I want to say. Sorry fine. Let me not. Everything is different in every era. Yeah. I was going to say North Korea.

Okay. Paul George. aesthetics yeah Erica bad dude remember for being watched the edits were so good I know I do think like you said smoothness like the general aesthetic

and how funny he is to watch kind of like Jamal Crawford but like on a star level where people just remember what it's like to watch him and the vibe of Paul George it's 2010s T-Mac for sure yeah something like that yeah swag that's literally yeah yeah that's the best word

the feeling coolness remember for being a cool player and likeable player to watch watch. Yeah. Is he still cool? Nobody's cool. I mean he's older, so it's kind of different. Young people don't find old people cool ever. You still think he's cool? Me personally, I'm gonna say yeah

because he's one of my favorites of all time. Number two. But to the average? Do you? Yeah. Oh, he's on a new team. I got two by the do you think he's cool? No. Cool. Offerative word. Cool? No. Not really. I like him. So like a little player, but like coolness.

probably not but i also never i've never been like a paul george's cool guy i like this game but i've never been like you where i'm like that's my guy my idol i love what i don't so much my idol have you ever said he's ido fuck no he put 10 on it shouting his fuck put just crazy words that idol do you know what that means bro would you want to be like him so you didn't want to be like paul george and you go into the masts thinking about paul jrish Afterwards, no. You didn't go to bed at night watching a clip of Pacers game

and be like, I want to be like you and I grow up. How would I should be like. I want to dribble like you. See, he wants to be like him and he grows up. Got him,

idle. Next one. Jimmy Butler. Pure hard work. How? Effort. Yeah, getting it out the mud

and being like, how is he doing these things? Yeah, like every single time I don't think something is possible. He just blows through those expectations. Not that tall, short arms,

not that quick, not insanely strong, Not insanely good shooting. Yeah. Demon, regardless. Still putting up 30 making to the finals. How did he do that? Shear will and effort.

Great, bro. Confrontational. Because you got to be. Yeah. When you're that sheer will and effort, you're that much of a dog. It's got a leap. It's got to seep out into everything about you. He's a different kind of guy.

He's different. Yeah, he's a very unique character. Yeah, maybe that's a different. Yeah. Literally. Next. Carmelo, Anthony. Buckets.

Jabstead. Three to the dogs. Jabs steps. That's his legacy Jab steps. New York. Fucking moving shoulders. Yeah, that's really it.

It's just jab steps. He might be the best jabber in the media history. You got it. Gotta be. I will never refute that. Shear volume. Like, he got to be.

He's more reps than anybody. If you weren't, why are you doing it so much? At that point, it's just weird. Someone tell them. At that point, your old man rush you to mid-range jumpers. It's like, bro, read the room. Read the room. They're not going in.

All right, next up. I think that's the last one. Last one, Carmelo, Anthony. Shout out Jab steps. If you still hear, comment, shout out Jab steps.