WFAN co-hosts Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason welcomed CBS Sports studio analyst and former NBA player Greg Anthony onto their morning show on Wednesday.
Below is a brief transcript of what the two said:
Carton: I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask you about the Brooklyn Nets — obviously in London in a game that nobody in London gives a rat’s a– about, cause they’re playing the Atlanta Hawks. That couldn’t be dumber scheduling on the NBA’s part.
Anthony: Well, first of all … hold on, hold on, Carton. They’ve gotten tremendous interest over there.
Carton: No they don’t.
Anthony: It’s no different than when the NFL went over.
Carton: Oh, it’s so different. Stop. Now you’re embarrassing yourself.
Anthony: I’ve been following what’s going on … That will be a sold-out arena. They have a lot of interest in basketball.
Carton: Trust me — it ain’t even close to the NFL. You’re teasing yourself!
Anthony: First of all, Carton, I didn’t say it was close. I said everything’s relative. Our game’s pretty popular around the world, buddy. You trashing it ain’t helping your case. It’s a popular game, it’s the second-most popular game in the world.
Carton: That’s a lie.
Anthony: No, it ain’t a lie.
Carton: Yes it is.
Anthony: You need to do a little research, buddy.
Carton: Soccer, soccer!
Anthony: Soccer is the most popular.
Carton: You think the NBA is the second-most popular sport?
Anthony: Carton, what’s second?
Carton: Football!
Anthony: In the world?
Carton: Yes!
Anthony: OK. You know what? We’ve had enough of this conversation.
Carton: Auto racing’s third!
Anthony: Boomer, have a great—
Carton: Ohhhh! It doesn’t go Gregor’s way and he says goodbye? I couldn’t be a bigger basketball fan, but let’s not pretend that people in London care about this game.
Anthony: You’re being a bit of a pr— right now. You’re being a bit of a pr— right now. Seriously.
Later in the interview, Carton proceeded to call Anthony a shill.
And plenty more was said…
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