Shawn Kemp of the Seattle SuperSonics | About Last Night Podcast with Adam Ray 

This man needs to be in the hall of fame!!

This man needs to be in the hall of fame. It would be criminal if he doesn't go in soon.

Kemp needs to be in the Hall of Fame. C’mon now.

Kemp is the most explosive dunker of all time!!

He is the legend of the sonics. He owned the 90s.

You can really tell Sean enjoys the laughs and true admiration from Adam. I hope these guys keep being friends.

Kemp, 90's and Seattle. Best times!

He belongs in the hall of fame with the rest of the legends. He will always be remembered. That's the point.

Elkhart Indiana native,dunk viciously variety of ways,rebound,block shots,hit midrange jumper,occasional 3, steals. Him and Gary Payton my favorite duo all time.

Shawn was my favorite as well in the '90s. And he still is. I'm from Greece. Great chat. Thank you!

Kemp belongs in the HOF. His stats are good enough and if you look at his impact on the game and the kinds of plays he made, he clearly deserves a HOF spot. Put him, Payton, and Calabro in together and dedicate a section to the 3 of them.

One of my favorites to watch! Such a beast on the court

Back in the day...it was the 🏀 Kemp Payton 🏀 📺 Show

*29:54** My two favorite players of ALL-TIME, 1. Ervin "Magic" Johnson 2. Shawn "The Reign Man" Kemp.*

Kemp is the man!

good interview...The Reign Man...he needs to be in the HOF asap. straight legend right here

What an interview! I loved that Shawn was amazed what Mugsey Bouges could do on a basketball court! I was too! Amazing interview!

Shawn Kemp and Isiah Thomas were my favorite players of all time. My favorite teams were Bad Boys Pistons, Seattle Supersonics the Shawn Kemp years and lastly the Miami Heat when Lebron and Wade were teamed up.

Thats a episode to remember. Keep it up Adam! You're pretty dope.

Sonics all day!

One of the greats IMO

Yooooooooo… Fulfilling childhood dream. Hell yeah, man.

Shawn Kemp is real WISE 🦉... Him and GP were my favorite duo in the 90s and I lost some respect for them thru the 2000s and 2010s but now I'm fully back after this podcast and the Kemp and Payton interview with Simply Seattle cuz they were more organized and honest and respectable then they rubbed some people back in the day.

holy sht you got shawn kemp on here hell yeah adam

amazing interview

He owned the Rockets in the 90s. He always played great against the Rockets.

The Rainman! Nobody ever dunked more ferociously

I used to run into Shawn at Lenny's Pub over off Green Lake. Cool dude. Man, great interview! You were so into it and I could see the childhood oozing out. Man, every time I get on the RU-vids you're doing something awesome, whether it's Doc Phil or Jeremy at the Store or your standup. You've become one of my favorite comedians...no homo...maybe a wee bit of homo. We used to get Sonic tix from The Squatch...yeah, we knew the Squatch. Take my nostalgia goggles away. The gift of gab is rumbling like I just ate six Dick's burgers at 2 AM and then got the hiccups. Awesome interview! Loved it!I miss Seattle, used to spend a lot of time on the Lake Forest Parkway...the MF'n LFP! Dude! Nostalgia goggles gotta go! Now!

Great interview !

legendary

Imagine if Chicago would have drafted him 😳 🤔 😬 that would have been interesting.

Reebok needs to retro all his shoes.

Kemp trained with ankle weights the man

There’ll never be another 90’s NBA

Ray is asking questions like he wasn’t destined.

Shawn Kemp's Son is a Future Chicago Bull

Kemp and Payton over Malone and Stockton 2-1 in postseason play. 8-9 in 17 games in 3 series.

I grew up in Washington and one of my childhood memories was telling my mom and dad I caught a fish at green lake, total lie! 😅

Reign man kush

Fuk shit bro dam great intro seriously man

How does Chris Bosh get elected to the HOF and not Kemp? Kemp was a superior all-around player than Bosh. Plus, was lot more exciting player as well.

Mostly Kemp has been honest in his post Cannabis Seattle interview tour BUT I find a few fibs. Like the All star nods over Barkley and Malone. It was never really over Malone. It wasn't over Rodman either usually since Rodman was only a Westerner two seasons before his 99 post Bulls dwindling nothing after Chicago career. And Robinson or Hakeem were never benched for Kemp. He got Barkley a few times and the West benefitted from a weak SF lineup in the 90s. Dominique Wilkins and Grant Hill and Pippen were in the East. The West didn't have depth at the 3 so 4's dominated the All NBA first team and the all star lineups. More so in the West. So he only occasionally benched Barkley which is impressive but there were no SFs to speak of. Even Glen Rice was Miami or Charlotte until 99. And Larry Johnson was East as well I think his entire career. And the more aggregious exaggeration is about Hakeem The Dream Olajuwon. Kemp did not get the better of Hakeem. Unless of course he's speaking 🗣️ from a team standpoint thru the prism of he as extension of the Sonics team. As I'd suspect because of he and Gary Payton's team oriented philosophies and mode of speaking. They genuinely seem like team guys as part of their identity 🆔. Which is cool to hear. But here was Hakeem's numbers in 18 playoff games vs Kemp: 41.7 MPG 21.5 PPG 12.1 RPG 3.9 APG 1.7 SPG 2.8 BPG 3.6 TPG 8.7 FGM PG 16.4 FGA PG 53.0 shooting percentage Here's Kemp's numbers in those 18 playoff games: 35.7 MPG 18.3 PPG 11.4 RPG 2.7 APG 1.3 SPG 1.4 BPG 3.4 TPG 6.4 FGM PG 13.5 FGA PG 47.3 shooting percentage Now their regular season matchups are worse cuz Hakeem stays close to those averages while Kemp drops in ppg and other stats because of the role changes he faced in short order playing on stacked Sonics rosters and being young out of highschool and being rotated more thru-out his career than Olajuwon. They had 32 regular season matchups FYI. I will also add that Kemp may still be right cuz Hakeem put up better than his regular season averages up in the playoffs as Hakeem is one of the few even all time greats that exponentially grew larger in the postseason. Very few. Stockton did not get better in the postseason, even Bird stayed around his regular season production in the playoffs. It's like Air Jordan, Magic Johnson and Hakeem Olajuwon as the 3 greatest to become even greater in the postseason and exceed their regular season scoring averages or assist and rebound averages in the postseason thru-out their career so that their numbers in 10-15 playoffs exceed those they put up in 10-18 regular seasons. Reggie Miller is another one who goes from like 19 ppg to 25 ppg in the playoffs. And there are others I'm forgetting but from the Magic, Bird, Jordan era there are very few like the guys I mentioned and Isiah Thomas and maybe Dominique Wilkins whom actually upped their averages in postseason whom were already great in the regular seasons. But against Kemp and Seattle it does appear Hakeem in the playoffs was actually just his normal regular season self. I know Hakeem had that monster 49,25 and 6 blocks game vs Seattle in 87 or 89 too but that was pre Kemp. So Kemp may be onto some reality there. But I'd still say Hakeem had the individual edge on Kemp and his fg% is actually high for Hakeem's typical just over 50% shooting percentage. Since I guess Hakeem took some hits on his fg% unlike Barkley or Shaq cuz of maybe his dream shakes and fadeaways being a tad bit great reward and mentionable risk. Interesting this Rockets Sonics Jazz Sonics rivalries. They kind of shaped who'd win the 94 and 95 titles even though Seattle took themselves out of those races with shocking upsets to teams they had little business losing to.

*20:57** No wonder why he made poor decisions in his life.*