Club 520 Podcast — "USA Falling Behind Europe in Basketball, Austin Rivers CALLS OUT Rich Paul"

Host: Jeff Teague (Young Nacho), DJ Wells, Bishop B Henn
Air Date: January 19, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode of Club 520 is loaded with high-energy, unfiltered banter about basketball culture, parenting, and some controversial moves within the NBA media landscape. Former NBA All-Star Jeff Teague and co-hosts DJ Wells and Bishop B Henn blend their signature humor and insight, reflecting on the hot-button conversation around youth basketball in America, cultural shifts in player development, the AAU system, and media personalities crossing into new arenas (like Rich Paul and his controversial podcast). The episode also highlights the viral take from Austin Rivers on agents podcasting and pokes fun at pop culture moments.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Personal Updates and Opening Banter

• The crew starts with light-hearted stories, celebrates personal wins, and shares family moments.
  • [04:00] "Family healthy, man. My brother just got a big payday." — Young Nacho
• Quick, comedic takes on everything from gambling, pickup basketball parlays, to favorite childhood cars.

2. Outlandish Spending & Lifestyle Talk

• Quick breakdown of high-profile divorce/child support cases in sports. Tyreek Hill’s situation especially ridiculed for abuse of 'car allowance'.
  • [06:53] "He gave her 100k car allowance. She went and got the Bentley for 200." — DJ Wells
  • [07:43] Young Nacho: "For 100k, on God, you can get a decent car. You can get eight of those!"

3. Church, Culture, and Dating

• Spirited debate on church, traditions, and first date spots.
  • [16:16] Barbie: "I would feel pressured to go [to church on a first date] because how can I say no to the house of God?"
  • [17:01] Bishop B: "If I'm cooking that good and you gotta tap in with Allah, I'm the goat!"
• The conversation veers into joking about religious conversion for love and pokes fun at cultural stereotypes and dating.

4. Kevin Gates & Finesse 2x — Viral Moments

• Reacting to viral videos: Kevin Gates’ breakup rants on social media.
  • [19:57] Gates pseudo-motivational video: "You fly, you're intelligent, you know how to cook...There’s no woman on God’s earth that wouldn’t want you."
• Discussion about Finesse 2x's wild internet antics.
  • [30:10] Finesse 2x: “If I go to swinging on you and you hit harder than me, I’ma... shoot you for real!”
• Quick laughs over the authenticity and absurdity of these personalities.

5. DoorDash Misadventures and ‘Food Safety’

• Hilarious story about a DoorDash delivery gone wrong—driver rolls up with the whole family and the dog in pajamas.
  • [67:36] Bishop B: "Why the f*** do you have your pet with you while you deliver my food?"
  • [67:59] DJ Wells: "He had his nuts on your food!"

6. Austin Rivers vs. Rich Paul — Agents as Podcasters

• Major segment focused on the controversy of sports agents like Rich Paul starting their own podcasts.
  • [50:11] Austin Rivers (quoted): "Why do you have a podcast anyway? I don’t understand it… I got nothing against Rich, I don’t get it. I don’t know any other agents who are sitting there on a mic talking."
  • [51:19] Jeff Teague: "Would you want your agent to have a podcast?"—debate on confidentiality and professionalism.
• The group mostly agrees that agents publicizing opinions could create conflicts and muddy waters for their athlete-clients.

7. Youth Basketball Culture — U.S. vs. Europe

• The heart of the episode: a passionate critique on the state of American youth basketball and how the AAU circuit may be holding the US back compared to Europe:

7a. David West’s Critique

- [71:16] "When we was growing up, we had real coaches who had real jobs... Now it’s a money grab grub. You got a bunch of who didn’t make it, but they like, oh, I see something in this kid. I’ll start a team..." — DJ Wells paraphrasing David West
- [73:28] "Single parent homes... Men kinda prey on that, like AAU pieces people. They find a kid, get a $50,000 donation from Adidas because this kid is okay. Parents don't even know."

7b. Skill Development & Entitlement

- [74:19] Bishop B: "It’s a money grab and people not learning basketball. When you get kids... you start seeing how much they don’t know basketball."
- [75:51] DJ Wells: “We literally gotta really think hard who has a chance as an American to win MVP. MC Edwards got a shot...the rest, it’s foreigners.”
- [76:31] Young Nacho: “Kids don’t want to be taught the game. Parents don’t want to be taught. They want the easy map.”

• Real talk about how entitlement, bent priorities, and lack of adversity hinders growth.
  • [98:07] DJ Wells: "You can only hide for so long. ...once you get there, potential your way all the way to the league, but once you get there...you out in two years."

8. Pros, Cons, and Realities of Staying ‘Local’ in High School

• Teague shares how playing for a weaker high school team—and having to carry a squad—was developmentally more valuable than bouncing around prep/AU teams for exposure.
  • [94:41] DJ Wells: "The main thing, I think, playing with people that wasn't as good and I had to make them better, made me better."
  • [96:54] Bishop B: "You look at Steph Curry, Damian Lillard...mid-majors who got double and triple-teamed and had to prevail."

Notable Quotes and Moments (with Timestamps)

• On youth basketball losing its roots:

  "When we was growing up, we had real coaches who had real jobs...Now it's a money grab." — DJ Wells (71:16 paraphrasing David West)

• On agents podcasting:

  "Why do you have a podcast, Rich? You are an agent...you're supposed to be in the background..." — Austin Rivers (50:11-50:49)

• On American kids vs. Europeans in hoops:

  "We literally gotta really think hard who has a chance as an American to win MVP... the rest, it’s foreigners." — DJ Wells (75:51)

• On AAU exposure vs. real development:

  "It’s a money grab and people not learning basketball...I knew this in second grade." — Bishop B (74:19)

• On adversity and entitlement:

  "At some point you can't run from adversity. At some point you have to figure this out yourself. It's a life skill." — Bishop B (97:50)

• On food delivery horror stories:

  "Homie pulls up...dog in the backseat...guy in pajamas...delivering my food with his whole family and pet." — Bishop B (67:36) "He had his nuts on your food!" — DJ Wells (67:59)

Additional Highlights

• Nonstop comedy discussing DoorDash drivers’ hygiene and food safety
• Tangential viral internet topics: Kevin Gates, Finesse 2x viral rants, influencer culture
• Spontaneous debates on whether you'd bail your significant other out of jail
• Spirited praise and mild roasting of NBA and sports media podcasts (Road Trippin’, All the Smoke)

Critical Timestamps

• DoorDash story: 67:36–69:30
• Finesse2x clip: 30:10–31:22
• Austin Rivers on Rich Paul’s podcast: 50:11–51:04
• Youth basketball / David West commentary: 71:16–77:19
• Development vs. exposure/AAU flaws: 94:41–97:50

Overall Tone

The episode is classic Club 520—fast-paced, unfiltered, street-smart, and self-aware, blending jokes with real social commentary. There’s vulnerability in discussing their own basketball journeys and authenticity in their critique of today’s culture. Listeners gain laughs, stories from the trenches, and a sobering look at the state of American youth basketball.

For listeners:
Expect authentic analysis, no-punches-pulled jokes, locker room banter, and a real window into how ex-pros view the evolving world of basketball and sports media.
For future parents and hoopers: listen to the “AAU/Europe” segment—seriously, you need to hear this.