Ralph Sampson
American former basketball playerWikipedia
69
MENTIONS
47
EPISODES
35
PODCASTS
Search complete. 69 mentions across 47 episodes found for "Ralph Sampson".
Oct 31, 2026
Channing CrowderHOST
They're in the mid-20s in defense.
Channing CrowderHOST
Like, how can we have the – you saw them twin towers back in the day with Sampson.
Channing CrowderHOST
How can we have these two defensive monsters and be in the mid-20s of, you know, points per game defensively?
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
Yeah, that's where you have to think if you're Pat Riley, Eric Sposa, things are going to turn around.
9 MINS LATER
Channing CrowderHOST
You're looking at SGA.
Channing CrowderHOST
You're looking at these teams.
Channing CrowderHOST
Like, we can't have Ralph Sampson right now.
Channing CrowderHOST
It's 2026, Coach.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
They're in the mid-20s in defense.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
Like, how can we have the – you saw them twin towers back in the day with Sampson.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
How can we have these two defensive monsters and be in the mid-20s of, you know, points per game defensively?
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
Yeah, that's where you have to think if you're Pat Riley, Eric Sposa, things are going to turn around.
9 MINS LATER
Danny RabinowitzHOST
You're looking at SGA.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
You're looking at these teams.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
We can't have Ralph Sampson right now.
Danny RabinowitzHOST
It's 2026, Coach.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
They're in the mid-20s in defense.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
Like, how can we have the – you saw them twin towers back in the day with Sampson.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
How can we have these two defensive monsters and be in the mid-20s of, you know, points per game defensively?
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
Yeah, that's where you have to think if you're Pat Riley, Eric Sposa, things are going to turn around.
9 MINS LATER
Channing CrowderPANELIST
You're looking at SGA.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
You're looking at these teams.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
We can't have Ralph Sampson right now.
Channing CrowderPANELIST
It's 2026, Coach.
Larry DierkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Frank Howard couldn't have hit that one.
Larry DierkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's too high for Ralph Sampson.
Milo HamiltonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, three strikeouts for Deshaies.
Milo HamiltonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Foster walking back, probably talking to himself.
Charlie McAlexanderGUEST
But I tell you what...
Charlie McAlexanderGUEST
The new basketball coach who came in replacing Eddie Fogler, Dave Odom, who had Ralph Sampson at Virginia, a very good coach, great guy, stood up for me and says, no, I want Charlie to do my basketball games.
Charlie McAlexanderGUEST
And so they wanted an answer from me, and I wouldn't give it to them.
Charlie McAlexanderGUEST
I just decided to stretch it out just for the hell of it.
Ben BrabberGUEST
Okay.
Ben BrabberGUEST
It was Ralph Sampson.
Carson BreberHOST
Oh, look at Ralph.
Carson BreberHOST
Year two.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Yaxa Lendeborg is the ninth rookie in the last 50 seasons with 100-plus points, 40-plus rebounds in his first five games.
Joe RexrodeHOST
The others, Wemby, Shaq, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Ralph Sampson, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Brooks, and Bernard King.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Scrubs.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Yaxel.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Yaxa Lendeborg is the ninth rookie in the last 50 seasons with 100-plus points, 40-plus rebounds in his first five games.
Joe RexrodeHOST
The others, Wemby, Shaq, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Ralph Sampson, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Brooks, and Bernard King.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Scrubs.
Joe RexrodeHOST
Yaxel.
Marc HochmanHOST
Do
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
you remember the Houston Rockets with the Twin Towers, Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon? Yeah.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
So we're in that situation.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
We kind of have the twin towers, and we've got to figure out how to take advantage of them.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
The difference is that Houston Rockets team, Ralph Sampson was really like a jump shooter.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
He played in the post some, but he went on on the perimeter.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
And Akeem Olajuwon was the great back-to-the-basket player, maybe the best of all time back-to-the-basket player.
20 MINS LATER
Channing CrowderHOST
You're looking at SGA.
Marc HochmanHOST
Do
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
you remember the Houston Rockets with the Twin Towers, Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon? Yes.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
So we're in that situation.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
We kind of have the twin towers, and we've got to figure out how to take advantage of them.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
The difference is that Houston Rockets team, Ralph Sampson was really like a jump shooter.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
He played in the post some, but he went on on the perimeter.
Jim LarrañagaGUEST
And Akeem Olajuwon was the great back-to-the-basket player, maybe the best of all time back-to-the-basket player.
21 MINS LATER
Channing CrowderHOST
You're looking at SGA.
37 more episodes mention Ralph Sampson.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.