Favorite Basketball Players On Late Night TV w/ Nick Bernstein & Adam Abramson | NBA Odds Pod (Ep. 19)

Podcast Recap

Ryan McKee takes a break from talking about NBA gambling for one episode to talk about the most memorable appearances by basketball players on late-night talk shows with Vice President of CBS Late Night Programming Nick Bernstein and Late Late Show Director of Digital Adam Abramson. The three of them tell their favorite stories about interactions they’ve had with NBA players while working in television, including Kobe Bryant, Steph Curry, Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Chris Bosh, and many more. Listeners get a behind-the-scenes insight into what it’s like to be a basketball fanatic while working on comedy shows with James Corden, Conan O’Brien, Pete Holmes, and Jimmy Fallon. 

Below are many of the late-night appearances the guys talk about on the podcast, at least the videos we could find.

Kobe Bryant on Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien after the 2009 NBA Championship

Kobe talks about coaching his daughter Gianna’s team

Steph Curry’s appearance when James embarrassed Nick behind-the-scenes

Not the Kyrie Irving appearance that got Pete Holme’s series picked up, but still fun…

Chris Bosh Versus Late Late Show staff in basketball

Jimmy Butler doesn’t know what to do with Adam Pally

Damian Lillard with Late Late Show head writer Ian Karmel

Chris Paul & Steve Nash chucking balls at Corden