Straight Fire w/ Jason McIntyre - Jerry West Has Beef with JJ Redick & Should Lamar Jackson Holdout for a Guaranteed Contract?

On today's episode, Jason and Producer Rob G start things off with a few thoughts on Jerry West's very public verbal takedown of JJ Redick. Redick famously said a few months ago that Hall of Fame players like Bob Cousy were being overrated by the basketball media given that he was playing against 'plumbers' on a nightly basis. Well, The Logo fired back in a big way over the weekend. While West didn't refute Redick's 'plumbers' comment (because it's factually accurate), he did point out that Redick was never more than a role player and as such should know better than to talk out of turn about Hall of Fame-caliber players (which is absolutely fair). It's one of those rare instances where both guys on either side of the debate were right. Later, J-Mac and Rob G engage in a war of words of their own over Lamar Jackson's current contract situation. Both guys agree that Jackson deserves a big pay day, where they disagree though is whether or not Jackson should hold out for a fully guaranteed deal. The running narrative over the years has been that you can't build a dynasty if the quarterback is making all the money, and that's precisely why guys like Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes took less than market value. On the other hand, teams like the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints have consistently proven that the NFL salary cap is kind of a myth.

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