{"id":2452786,"date":"2026-06-10T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2452786"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:15:21","slug":"ken-jennings-nba-hot-take-has-jeopardy-fans-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ken-jennings-nba-hot-take-has-jeopardy-fans-shocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Jennings\u2019 NBA Hot Take Has &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; Fans Shocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\"><keypoints-embed isaigenerated=\"false\" isapproved=\"false\" data-embed=\"1\" data-node-id=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">With the NBA Finals happening right now, <strong data-node-id=\"1.1\">Ken Jennings<\/strong> recently shared his thoughts on the best player in the sport.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">In a video posted to Instagram on June 8, Ken called on an audience member with a basketball question. The viewer asked Ken if he had thoughts about which baller was the best in the game\u2014and Ken\u2019s response caused an uproar from the audience.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cGreatest basketball player of all time?\u201d Ken asked in the clip. \u201cSee, in L.A., everyone wants me to say Kobe, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s Kobe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">After hearing the audience&#8217;s reaction, he defended himself by offering another legend.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cI\u2019m going to say Jordan, not LeBron,\u201d he quickly added, with the audience clapping in his favor. \u201cI don\u2019t know. It might just be generational, you know? Like it\u2019s the age that when you watch the most games \u2026 if I was 20 years older, I\u2019d probably say, like, \u2018It\u2019s Bill Russell! It\u2019s Oscar Robinson! It\u2019s not Michael Jordan!\u2019 I think it\u2019s Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">When the video began to circulate online, it was clear that fans shared a similar view.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cCorrect answer, Ken. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb,\u201d one person wrote in the comments. \u201cI have the same exact Jordan \/ LeBron conversation with my son weekly. I agree that one\u2019s answer is very generational,\u201d another agreed. \u201cNot generational. Just the facts. Jordan \ud83d\udc10,\u201d a different follower added.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">We\u2019ll be thinking about this going into the next game of the NBA Finals!<\/p>\n<div data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-19\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside data-nitrous-content-id=\"recirculation_unit_get_the_latest_'jeopardy!'_news\" class=\"css-1ia9hn7 e94w1mj10\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-19-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk ejxe6mr5\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-19-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz ejxe6mr6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw e68yk9k0\"\/>Get the Latest &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 e68yk9k1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.goodhousekeeping.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the NBA Finals happening right now, Ken Jennings recently shared his thoughts on the best player in the sport. In a video posted to Instagram on June 8, Ken called on an audience member with a basketball question. 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