Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, broad get a knock at
Speaker 1: the door and this is I don't know how the
Speaker 1: funk you. It's super secure. You have to have a
Speaker 1: code to get in everywhere. This dude didn't live here,
Speaker 1: motherfucking cat Wills is at my doorstep. Brando didn't call,
Speaker 1: no one, didn't say nothing. Just comes in, start smoking
Speaker 1: and just fucking acting the food. Welcome back to what's
Speaker 1: burning man? Just thing things happened this past weekend, Jack,
Speaker 1: And we'll start with the Canelo Plant fight. Uh, Canela
Speaker 1: knocked him out in the leventh round. What do you
Speaker 1: see in that fight? It was a good fight. Kayla
Speaker 1: Plant came to fight um. He said he was gonna
Speaker 1: going in and and and standing there with and not
Speaker 1: run the whole fight, and he did that. I think
Speaker 1: in order to be a great champ like Carnelo, you
Speaker 1: gotta not only be able to punch him and hurt him,
Speaker 1: but you gotta be in great shape. Cannelo was standing
Speaker 1: up between round sewan he was he was in better
Speaker 1: shape and showing that why he's the champion. Kayla Plant
Speaker 1: was getting tired. He put his hands down and got
Speaker 1: rocked and it was over. After that, but shout out
Speaker 1: to Canelo, man, he's he definitely did what he came
Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, Cannello press the line the whole time,
Speaker 1: took the fight to Plant Um bullied him. Uh, plant definitely,
Speaker 1: you know, showed a lot. But to me, I think
Speaker 1: the question coming in was how I had Planted really
Speaker 1: really fought this type of level of competition. Obviously, Canello
Speaker 1: arguably is the is the best fighter in the game.
Speaker 1: So uh, you know, took him eleven rounds. Cannello finally
Speaker 1: warmed down, But I agree Cannello was an excellent uh
Speaker 1: cardio shape. You know, he didn't look like he got
Speaker 1: tired the whole entire fight and ended up with the
Speaker 1: eleven round knockout. Here we go takeing a look at
Speaker 1: the week ahead. The very impressive Miami Heat head out
Speaker 1: west through at the top of the tie for the
Speaker 1: top of the Eastern Conference. Right now, they'll come out
Speaker 1: west and take on the Lakers Clippers in Utah. Jack,
Speaker 1: what are you expecting to see from this team or
Speaker 1: think they'll learn about themselves on this West coast swing?
Speaker 1: It it's gonna be good for him. But one thing
Speaker 1: I love about this team is they're showing the thing
Speaker 1: there in mid season shape already from the beginning. You
Speaker 1: can tell that those guys jailed in training camp and
Speaker 1: they really worked in training camp to come just started
Speaker 1: season off in great shape, and I think that's why
Speaker 1: they're having a lot of success. But they're gonna go
Speaker 1: out on his West Coast and really and really get
Speaker 1: to test themselves see what kind of identity they have.
Speaker 1: But I think they'll be ready. I think they'll come
Speaker 1: out over five. Yeah, I definitely think they will as well.
Speaker 1: Um they a Denver UH, and then hit those three
Speaker 1: teams we mentioned first of all, shout out Tyler Hero.
Speaker 1: I think he had an off season two UH came
Speaker 1: out the gate strong and his first season last year
Speaker 1: had a down year. But as leading all scores coming
Speaker 1: off the bench this season, someone he personally said, you know,
Speaker 1: I need to be mentioned in that Luca UH and
Speaker 1: um Trey Young conversation. I'm not sure if he's quite
Speaker 1: there yet, but he's definitely putting up tremendous numbers and
Speaker 1: and and and a very valuable player to the Miami Heat.
Speaker 1: They made a lot of solid offseason acquisitions and they
Speaker 1: look really good to me. And to keep it real,
Speaker 1: I don't really see the Lakers as a measuring stick
Speaker 1: right now. You know, they're still trying to find their footing.
Speaker 1: Bronze been out, They've bellot into some bad teams. You know,
Speaker 1: Paul George is playing this hard out, but the Clippers
Speaker 1: really don't have a lot of Utah is the tough team. UM,
Speaker 1: so I expect them to possibly. I think they got
Speaker 1: a good chance to, you know, to sweep this West
Speaker 1: Coast swing. So Miami is looking good and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see what they can do. Obviously out of car
Speaker 1: Lowry and p J. Tucker and and the rest of
Speaker 1: the guys out there. But again, I really like what
Speaker 1: they did in the off season and set themselves up
Speaker 1: for this season. Continuing to look ahead, we got the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bulls at the Golden State Warriors. Bulls from my
Speaker 1: surprise team of the season. They're off to a good
Speaker 1: start at six and three. The Warriors have the best
Speaker 1: record in the NBA at eight and one. They're leading
Speaker 1: in pretty much all statistical categories. UM Jack thoughts on
Speaker 1: this matchup. Um, you know, the Bulls got off to
Speaker 1: a great start, but the war is that their team
Speaker 1: that know each other. They've been together. The only thing
Speaker 1: they added was a was another defensive player in Gary
Speaker 1: Payton Jr. But this team been jelling together, that's been
Speaker 1: together a couple of years. They just wait to get
Speaker 1: Clay back. They're rolling right now and I don't I
Speaker 1: don't see them not winning this game, especially the way
Speaker 1: Steps playing, Steps playing great. Draymond's got some new energy obviously.
Speaker 1: I think andre Iguadala black in the mix, whether it's
Speaker 1: actual numbers he's putting up for just his experience back
Speaker 1: on that team really helps them. Shout out Gary Payton Jr. Man,
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of highlights from him. Obviously, he's
Speaker 1: the defensive mind player, but he's athletic as a motherfuckers
Speaker 1: out here dunking on people, bringing crowd to that bringing
Speaker 1: joy and energy to that crowd. Um. Again, we like
Speaker 1: what the Bulls are doing. Though, you know, both Damar
Speaker 1: and uh Levin are at about twenty six points a game.
Speaker 1: Like this young team still trying to figure it out.
Speaker 1: Obviously got off to a hot start. They've come back
Speaker 1: down to earth a little bit. But I like what
Speaker 1: they're doing. Um. This Golden State team is still without Clay,
Speaker 1: still without Wiseman, but is one of the top the
Speaker 1: top team in the game right now. There was an
Speaker 1: interview this week past week with Clay and he talked
Speaker 1: about you know where he's adding to recovery and also
Speaker 1: gave a lot of uh love to coach Mark Jackson.
Speaker 1: We kind of all know that he was the one
Speaker 1: that kind of started this foundation, uh and coach Kerr
Speaker 1: came in and kind of took it to the next level.
Speaker 1: But I love to see Clay show up bar Jackson
Speaker 1: love because he's kind of been just lost as far
Speaker 1: as the coaching carolsel goes since he lot, since he
Speaker 1: departed the Warriors Jack. The way this team is playing now,
Speaker 1: they're expected to add Clay and wiseman um and in
Speaker 1: the not too distant future, is this a team that
Speaker 1: has a chance to contend for a title? Of course,
Speaker 1: of course they still got their core guys, and especially
Speaker 1: if Clay comes back in the form that we are
Speaker 1: Lokay can play it. Clay can play it. I think
Speaker 1: that's that's really the deciding factor. What is Clay gonna
Speaker 1: be when he comes back, And we all know what
Speaker 1: he can be and that's what we expect. So if
Speaker 1: that happens, this team can definitely be a championship contender. No,
Speaker 1: I agree, it's been it's been a humbling experience. I
Speaker 1: think this last two years for this team, UH, coming
Speaker 1: off the dominance they came off of and then have
Speaker 1: been riddled by injury. But like you said, they kept
Speaker 1: their quarter together. And again I think bringing andre Igo
Speaker 1: Dolla back. The numbers may not show, but he's just
Speaker 1: a security blanket for that team. Getting Clay healthy, getting
Speaker 1: Wise been healthy, some new young talent. I really like
Speaker 1: Jordan Pool to this motherfucker kid could play out of
Speaker 1: Michigan becoming one of the top young scores in the game. Man.
Speaker 1: So this team is back loaded um and excited to
Speaker 1: see what they can be once they get fully healthy.
Speaker 1: Next step on the radar, presented to you by Draft Kings,
Speaker 1: We're gonna check out some of the hop rookies UH
Speaker 1: this season statistic wise in the league. Starting off with
Speaker 1: Jalen Green odds on favorite three to one to win
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year. Next up Scottie Barnes three and
Speaker 1: a half to one to win Rookie of the Year.
Speaker 1: Evan Mobley three are five and a half to one
Speaker 1: to n Rookie of the year, and then Chris Duarte
Speaker 1: eight to one odds to win Rookie the Year. All
Speaker 1: these guys are putting up really solid numbers. Uh, Scottie
Speaker 1: Barnes is leading with sixteen, almost seventeen points a game
Speaker 1: and nearly nine rebounds. But all these guys have been
Speaker 1: playing really well. Um. Each have a unique skill set.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on these four guys? And do
Speaker 1: you have a guy you luck out of this group
Speaker 1: to win Rookie of the Year. I like Jalen Green then,
Speaker 1: and even though he's not having the most most points
Speaker 1: right now, you've got guys like Scottie Barnes. He's having
Speaker 1: a great rookie season. But at the same time, Siaka
Speaker 1: is not in so he's getting way more shots. He's
Speaker 1: hurt by Siako is hurt right now, so he's getting
Speaker 1: more shots than that we will normally get. UH Mobile
Speaker 1: and Uh and Chris. They're on teams where they're getting
Speaker 1: a opportunity to be the number one guy. Jalalen Green
Speaker 1: is still shanning spotlight with Porter Porter, still doing this thing.
Speaker 1: He's really leading that team. So if he was leading
Speaker 1: that team, I think he'll be averaging eighteen tweening right now.
Speaker 1: So I'm pulling with Jalen Green. Yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: love Scottie Barnes. Tough, toughness and edge and energy he
Speaker 1: plays with Evan Mobley is is something special. I got
Speaker 1: a chance to see him play a lot in college
Speaker 1: out here. Chris Dortar was someone I wasn't very familiar with.
Speaker 1: But this kid has kind of took the league by storm.
Speaker 1: But I agree. I think the flashes you see in
Speaker 1: Jalen Green, you see flashes of greatness, like absolute greatness. Uh,
Speaker 1: super athletic, can shoot the ball, can handle the ball.
Speaker 1: He's this new wave of these young athletic kids that
Speaker 1: are you know, one and done, could have probably became
Speaker 1: straight to the league. So it's definitely been a fun
Speaker 1: and exciting rookie class. But I would agree with you. Um,
Speaker 1: if I had to pick one, if I was betting,
Speaker 1: I'd take Jalen Green. Next up, Secure the Bag presented
Speaker 1: by Moneyline just In. Jalen Brown is out one to
Speaker 1: two weeks, but we're gonna start with him. He signed
Speaker 1: a nice five year deal that expired this year. Um.
Speaker 1: He recently expressed and freedom and his ability to kind
Speaker 1: of wear whatever shoes. He wants to kind of find
Speaker 1: what works for him. Ob Jack, the shoe game is
Speaker 1: way different from when we came in the game initially.
Speaker 1: You never is either black or white shoes period. When
Speaker 1: we first came in the game in the late nineties
Speaker 1: early two thousands. Now you're seeing all kinds of wild
Speaker 1: types of shues, wild colors. There's still a handful of
Speaker 1: guys that have their own shoe. I'll name a few
Speaker 1: of them real quick. Obviously lebron kde Janice, Kyrie, Paul
Speaker 1: George Steph with the under Armor, Joel and Beat as
Speaker 1: well Hardened Damon, Donovan, Trey and De Rose and Adidas
Speaker 1: Kauai in those air new balances, the Jordan brand as
Speaker 1: Luca Russ Zion CP three and Tatum. Obviously, Lamello just
Speaker 1: dropped his new shoe. And we can't forget about our
Speaker 1: favorite Clay Thompson, who's making a lot of bread from Anta.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts? You were an Adida's guy and
Speaker 1: then you were able to get brand Jordan. It's still
Speaker 1: a deal post career that I know you're enjoying. Talk
Speaker 1: to where we're are with sneakers and the sneaker culture,
Speaker 1: and the sneaker game in the league. I think is
Speaker 1: that an all time high. You know, when when we
Speaker 1: was growing up, you know, everybody wanted to wear Jordan's
Speaker 1: you know what I mean that that was the shoe.
Speaker 1: You know, nobody wouldn't really weren't Converse or nothing like that.
Speaker 1: You know, really no other brands now, you know, with
Speaker 1: with with with Nike really being the leader, with Kyrie
Speaker 1: and Lebron's and Katie's. You know, I see all the
Speaker 1: kids wearing and PG wearing all these shoes these days,
Speaker 1: especially the different color ones, you know, all all the
Speaker 1: different color ways, and I think this is That's why
Speaker 1: I said, I think is at the all time high
Speaker 1: because everybody's interested in their own swag. Everybody got their
Speaker 1: own style, everybody coming with their own color way. But
Speaker 1: for the most part that the youngsters are really are
Speaker 1: really bringing this to the way it is right now.
Speaker 1: I really don't have nothing to do with the guys
Speaker 1: in the NBA. To me, it's really the youngst the
Speaker 1: auth circuit, the high school circuit, those guys that setting
Speaker 1: the trends. You know, all those kids, it is all
Speaker 1: over YouTube and and the bather his life. Those young
Speaker 1: kids are setting the trends with the shorts and the
Speaker 1: shoes and stuff like that. So but the coaches at
Speaker 1: all time high shout out the team. Joy you did.
Speaker 1: I think what is what has really helped this boom
Speaker 1: and the reason why Kyrie has the number one selling
Speaker 1: shoe when I think other brands are custom shoes are
Speaker 1: starting to copy as the color ways, the color ways
Speaker 1: of what getting people into the shoe. Kyrie, I think,
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken, has the number one selling shoe
Speaker 1: because he's the one bouncing all these crazy colors off.
Speaker 1: Now you see PG doing it, now, you see KG
Speaker 1: doing it. Um, there's a handful of guys that really
Speaker 1: come out with these eccentric colors, and like you said,
Speaker 1: this next generation, they're not even so much on the
Speaker 1: type of shoe as much as you know, these colors
Speaker 1: are crazy, you know what I mean? The crazy colors
Speaker 1: are Kyrie, PG and KD. So that's why you see
Speaker 1: those guys at the top of the list. Obviously, LaMelo
Speaker 1: just came out with his new shoe and it's the
Speaker 1: crazy color. So I think colors are what dominate the
Speaker 1: game now because, like we said, when we first came
Speaker 1: in the game, is either black or white. There was
Speaker 1: nothing in between. It was either black or what you know,
Speaker 1: it was the black and white sock. So obviously with
Speaker 1: a signature shoe, that's opening other lines of revenue um
Speaker 1: for these guys. And you really don't have to have
Speaker 1: a signature shoot. I mean, I think today the game
Speaker 1: is wide open um as far as players representing their
Speaker 1: brand and and being a brand. Like Jay Z said
Speaker 1: a while ago, like I'm not a businessman, I'm a businessman.
Speaker 1: These kids these days are their own business, their own entities,
Speaker 1: and the lines of money are coming through Shout out
Speaker 1: money line because these young kids are secure in the bag.
Speaker 1: We like to welcome to this week's episode of What's Burning,
Speaker 1: NBA champion Fred Van Fleet as he is trying to
Speaker 1: find his new footing as the leader of the Toronto Raptors.
Speaker 1: Mean today are What's Burning guest, Toronto Raptors point guard
Speaker 1: Fred van Fleet. Welcome to the show, bro Man. Thanks
Speaker 1: for having me no problems. So going from undrafted to
Speaker 1: the leader of your current team, Uh, what's the mindset
Speaker 1: of that? I just try to never forget like where
Speaker 1: I came from. So it's like just a constant chip
Speaker 1: on my shoulder. It's actually funny most days to be
Speaker 1: honest with you, Like y'all know how it is being
Speaker 1: the last guy on the on the team. You've been
Speaker 1: in a million training camps, those guys that come in
Speaker 1: that got to shoot on the side hoops and all
Speaker 1: that when coaches get their on rebounds. Um, like that
Speaker 1: was me. So it's funny like every day to go
Speaker 1: from that that was only six years ago to being
Speaker 1: a guy who's you know who. All the weight kind
Speaker 1: of falls on my shoulders for how we do this year. Um,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just a blessing. It's a blessing and
Speaker 1: it's a it's a huge challenge, but I wouln't want
Speaker 1: it any other way. Now, you got five motherfucker's waiting
Speaker 1: to rebound the past that came away. Yeah, I got,
Speaker 1: I got too many coaches on the court with me
Speaker 1: now right well obviously getting a chance to win the championship. Uh,
Speaker 1: to where you guys are now, I don't really think
Speaker 1: I think the word rebuilding is wrong because you got
Speaker 1: to have a lot of talent before where you came
Speaker 1: from winning your championship a few years ago. Um, talk
Speaker 1: to me just about the current team. Obviously your coach
Speaker 1: Nick Nurse Pascal hasn't been healthy yet this year. But
Speaker 1: Gary Trent Jr. O G was leading to scoring team
Speaker 1: and scoring Scotty, who's one of the top rookies in
Speaker 1: the game. And then yourself, like, what is the atmosphere
Speaker 1: and the energy around your team right now? I was
Speaker 1: just excited, We're excited, we were confident. Um, we're one
Speaker 1: of those teams that you don't really want to play
Speaker 1: against because if you're a top team, you're kind of
Speaker 1: looking at us like you don't really know what we're
Speaker 1: gonna be. But when we get out there, we're playing hard,
Speaker 1: we're playing together, um, And and it's not you know,
Speaker 1: you can't take a night off against us, So I
Speaker 1: think that gives us a good chance on most nights.
Speaker 1: And it's just a process. Guys is learning. You know.
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to be the leader and not really
Speaker 1: focusing on, you know, my stats or whatever. So like
Speaker 1: you got O G leading and scoring, Scotty is having
Speaker 1: the ball probably more than um any rookie right now.
Speaker 1: And um, we just got a lot of young guys.
Speaker 1: That's that's getting good experience, that's going kind of carry
Speaker 1: over towards the end of the year. And I got
Speaker 1: a question though, because you guys, you know, having a
Speaker 1: fairly young team, you guys have an interesting record right
Speaker 1: now where you guys are four and oh on the road.
Speaker 1: I mean that to me, that's a sign of a
Speaker 1: of a team who's really locked in. But you know,
Speaker 1: I haven't had the same success at home, but winning
Speaker 1: on the road is really tough these days. So what
Speaker 1: do you contribute that too? I mean, that's obviously a
Speaker 1: sign that you guys got a solid team. Yeah, just
Speaker 1: what you said, like you're just being locked in. I
Speaker 1: think when we're all on the same page, Like we're
Speaker 1: so young and experienced that most of the guys on
Speaker 1: the team don't even really know how to question the
Speaker 1: coach or like you know, really have that point of
Speaker 1: reference to even second guests anything. So when we go
Speaker 1: on the road, you know, you gotta shoot around and
Speaker 1: you go to the to the mill and you lock in.
Speaker 1: You go to the bus and before you notice, on
Speaker 1: the court and UM, a lot of times when when
Speaker 1: young players get uh, when they're a little nervous, they
Speaker 1: just they just lean on the guy next to him.
Speaker 1: So you know, me, I just try to keep everybody calming.
Speaker 1: Nick is doing a great job, the coach is doing
Speaker 1: a great job with the game, and so we've been
Speaker 1: locked in on the road, but we need to figure out,
Speaker 1: you know, how to do that ship at home. Facts.
Speaker 1: I'm a fan of the underdogs. I always root for
Speaker 1: the underdog. And you know, me and Matt damn that
Speaker 1: got drafted at the end, you same way you. So
Speaker 1: to see you being, you know, the man of your
Speaker 1: team right now, it's it's a joy to me because
Speaker 1: I know what the work it takes to get there.
Speaker 1: But I thoughts on the evolution of the game and
Speaker 1: the point guards in the game today. Oh man, your
Speaker 1: game is in an amazing place, I think. Um again,
Speaker 1: it's like it's a testament to all the guys that
Speaker 1: come before us. So, like you said, you know, you
Speaker 1: and Matt Um being who you were and and just
Speaker 1: being so out spoken and being bolder, standing on your
Speaker 1: own like that allows guys like me to be able
Speaker 1: to walk into this facility and be the same person
Speaker 1: from day one that I am now. Um. And then
Speaker 1: as far as the point guards goes, just like it
Speaker 1: just keep getting better. And every time we think that
Speaker 1: we reached the highest heights, like there's another is another
Speaker 1: layer that that's added onto it. And the one thing
Speaker 1: that I'm noticing, you know now, is I'm six years in.
Speaker 1: It's just like these young dudes they don't care, bro,
Speaker 1: Like they don't they don't care. They're not checking for
Speaker 1: none of the O G s. Like they respect the
Speaker 1: game and what come performed. But when they are out
Speaker 1: there in that court, them guys are fearless. Man. I
Speaker 1: think that's a that's a good place for the game
Speaker 1: to be in because they're gonna be able to take
Speaker 1: it to the next level. Facts as the NBA celebrates
Speaker 1: the NBA seventy, was one of your best memories of
Speaker 1: the NBA obviously would be winning the championship? You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like there's a few points in my
Speaker 1: memory of where it's like they told me I made
Speaker 1: the team, right, Like I can remember that night like
Speaker 1: yesterday where they so you are you on the fifth
Speaker 1: team man roster and then winning the championship just because
Speaker 1: like that's the highest heights you could get to as
Speaker 1: a as a basketball player in life. Um, I've never
Speaker 1: wanted an m v P or nothing like that, but
Speaker 1: just like as far as the championship, you know that
Speaker 1: that whole year to two and a half months, to
Speaker 1: what it takes after the seasons over in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: to ups and downs. Um, that was. That was a
Speaker 1: crazy moment um. And then just being able to celebrate
Speaker 1: all summer and be able to live it up like
Speaker 1: that was. That was the top of the top. You know,
Speaker 1: that's the top of the mountain. So that's probably my
Speaker 1: best memory. He celebrating in Toronto was different. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: had a we had a we had a nice we
Speaker 1: had a nice little tour, so we wanted and they
Speaker 1: went to Vegas. Then we came home to Toronto and
Speaker 1: it was it was a movie. And then you got
Speaker 1: that dude with that ovo out behind you leading the way.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, don't he don't make it much better, man,
Speaker 1: I do right there? He had a different animal. Yeah. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Tell me about the dynamic of having Ron and Helen
Speaker 1: Brown the same sangwich. Oh, man, I got some story
Speaker 1: let me tell your story. Oh my god, let me
Speaker 1: tell your story. Ron. And you know both of y'all know.
Speaker 1: So we're playing and Ron sometimes could you know Ron
Speaker 1: could get old one? He came, he came, but he
Speaker 1: always liked me. He always took to me. No matter
Speaker 1: what are you doing, he talk to me. So he
Speaker 1: came to practice that day and he said, Mom, I'm
Speaker 1: all on the day. He said, they brought in somebody,
Speaker 1: a new player. I'm all one to day. I watched this.
Speaker 1: It was a ten day guy that had nothing to
Speaker 1: do with Ron. He wanted to threats, roun not none
Speaker 1: of that, none of that. He said, I'm all one
Speaker 1: the day more, he said, I'm all one the day.
Speaker 1: I said, all right, I said, what're you gonna do?
Speaker 1: You'll see your on one. So he would start, ah,
Speaker 1: he would scream. He run around and scream four times
Speaker 1: blocking people found people. Heart said, oh, Tim Floyd got
Speaker 1: Tim Floyd got in his face. I've never told the story.
Speaker 1: Tim Floyd got in his space and saip, what's all?
Speaker 1: This was always out of control, bro like, but I
Speaker 1: loved him. Shout. He put me on. He put me
Speaker 1: off a narrow brand too. Yeah, yeah, he put me
Speaker 1: on bread Hey, talk about talk about brand, because before
Speaker 1: he tore his achilles, Eldon Brand was one of the
Speaker 1: best power forwards in the game, hands down. Uh he was.
Speaker 1: He was a walking twenty and ten like they showed me,
Speaker 1: like his Rookie of the Year campaign and they had
Speaker 1: a brand of soap. It was like a soap box
Speaker 1: and they had brand on it, twenty and ten on it.
Speaker 1: The one you can depend on, like he was walking,
Speaker 1: He's the one you can depend on. So, yeah, he
Speaker 1: was twenty and ten no matter what. He just knew
Speaker 1: how to get it. Like. He was a beast, workaholic,
Speaker 1: always works, always was improving, and he was smart. He
Speaker 1: was very cerebral as well with his talent. So he
Speaker 1: was a problem. But people would never knew about the
Speaker 1: Elden brand like they should in this era. Right shoutout
Speaker 1: El bram Man. He's over there over there working on
Speaker 1: in the front office with the Sixers right now. But
Speaker 1: that motherfucker was a killer. Broker. Fan questions, Jack, you
Speaker 1: ready coming from our co worker colleague, The truth, Paul
Speaker 1: Pierce is job Moret a top five point guard in
Speaker 1: the NBA right now? In your mind? Uh? Top seven?
Speaker 1: It's kind of hard. When you go top five, you
Speaker 1: got Dame Steph, Kyrie Russ and Luca Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: That's why I say he's he's top eight, top top eight,
Speaker 1: not top five yet, not yet, not quite. I mean
Speaker 1: I love what Moran has been doing. Man, I think
Speaker 1: he's he's on the mission this year. You could tell
Speaker 1: he definitely got better in the off season and in
Speaker 1: the next two or three years. I don't even know
Speaker 1: about top five. I'm thinking like top two or three, um,
Speaker 1: because this kid is coming with a vengeance. He's a
Speaker 1: dog and there's no holes enough offensive gaming, plays hard,
Speaker 1: and he's got you know, this young team playing well.
Speaker 1: And that's how you kind of measure a point guard
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, is what can he
Speaker 1: do for his team? And he's doing a lot for
Speaker 1: his team. So definitely, Uh, I think he's right on
Speaker 1: the outside of the top five right now, respectfully, but
Speaker 1: I think in the next two or three years he's
Speaker 1: gonna be a one to conversation for the best point
Speaker 1: guarding the league. Next van question that v that be
Speaker 1: at three. Who are your favorite top three young players
Speaker 1: in the game right now? Shout out from Brooklyn, Oh
Speaker 1: That's a tough question, man. There's so many good young
Speaker 1: players right now, um Man. I like Anthony Edwards a lot.
Speaker 1: I like Joe uh Jaden Green a lot. I like LaMelo,
Speaker 1: I like Davian Mitchell out there and Sack. I haven't
Speaker 1: seen a young kid come in and play with this
Speaker 1: kind of defensive mindset before, and he also has an
Speaker 1: offensive game, and then obviously a few years in the game.
Speaker 1: But I'm really a fan of Miles Bridges and the
Speaker 1: way he's been continuing to get better every year. So
Speaker 1: I can't give you a top three. I think I
Speaker 1: just gave you five Jack, who are You're? Who? Where
Speaker 1: a few guys you follow? I will have to go
Speaker 1: with it was as well Lamello and um I have
Speaker 1: to go with Jail and Green as well. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of young this young crop of players,
Speaker 1: man is. I was talking to this with my home
Speaker 1: but the other day, the athleticism and skill level is
Speaker 1: crazy as hell. Like these little motherfuckers are coming in
Speaker 1: skilled in jumping out the gym, man, So it's a
Speaker 1: beautiful thing to watch. Next up, Brandon x Butts Top
Speaker 1: three comedians you'd want to smoke with? Good car. That's
Speaker 1: that's As for me, I didn't I didn't smoke with
Speaker 1: one of them, but I think I want to have
Speaker 1: him again, smoke with him again. I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: Mike Epps, Dave Chappelle and um one of Lawrence m HM,
Speaker 1: who'd already smoke with Mike Apps asked Mike, he's he's
Speaker 1: the character. Mine is crazy. Mine is funny because I've
Speaker 1: got a chance to smoke with this dude a few times.
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you a quick story. I remember one
Speaker 1: time when I'm playing for the Clippers and I was
Speaker 1: living in the Daria, were smoking, watching Sports Center or something,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, broad get a knock at
Speaker 1: the door and this is I don't know how the
Speaker 1: funk you. It's super secure. You have to have the
Speaker 1: code to get in everywhere. This dude didn't live here,
Speaker 1: motherfucking cat Williams is at my doorstep. Random didn't call, no, one,
Speaker 1: didn't say nothing. Just comes in, start smoking and just
Speaker 1: fucking acting the fools. So cat Boys is one of
Speaker 1: my guys. Uh. I've spoke with Dave Chappelle to got
Speaker 1: him super high one time before he had a show
Speaker 1: in San Francisco and that's when he started talking about
Speaker 1: rapper weed and ship. Uh so I got a chance
Speaker 1: to smoke with Dave, who would be my third I
Speaker 1: don't want to do. I want to do someone like
Speaker 1: maybe like Eddie Murphy. I'm meging the game. I love
Speaker 1: to smoke with Eddie and kind of just pick his brain. Man,
Speaker 1: he's been a legend in this game for so long.
Speaker 1: So those are probably be uh three guys I wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to smoke with Yep, silent. Next fan question, so
Speaker 1: cal King thirty two wheld, we're both of you all
Speaker 1: welcome to the NBA moments at all the smoke I see,
Speaker 1: we see, so yeah, we step paying attention. Bro Um,
Speaker 1: welcome to the NBA moment? Um Mine was a grind,
Speaker 1: my my ship, my welcome to the NBA. But was
Speaker 1: getting drafted and being cut. I think that was the
Speaker 1: business of the game and I had to go to
Speaker 1: the I think it was the what is the G
Speaker 1: League now? Was a d league back then and really
Speaker 1: got me on my grind. So, I mean, my welcome
Speaker 1: to the league moment wasn't necessarily a playing situation. It
Speaker 1: was being drafted and then cut and having a grind
Speaker 1: to get back. My welcome to the NBA moment was,
Speaker 1: I would say to one started my getting drafted, of
Speaker 1: course and going overseas the little ground like Mass said,
Speaker 1: but started my first NBA game in two thousand with
Speaker 1: the Nets and also uh planning the rookie All Star game.
Speaker 1: That was my rookie That was my welcome to them
Speaker 1: by moments. Next step t x k dot R. What
Speaker 1: is the NBA's biggest what if? Good question? UH for me?
Speaker 1: I think the biggest what if was was if Tim
Speaker 1: Duncan would have went to Orlando with MAC and Grant
Speaker 1: with Team MC and grand Hill. I think I think
Speaker 1: that would have that would that would have transformed the
Speaker 1: league a totally different way and what I would ended
Speaker 1: up being all the way it is now. If then
Speaker 1: that would have happened, I think Team MAC would have
Speaker 1: definitely been looked at different. Uh he would he would
Speaker 1: have he would definitely be in the top seventy five
Speaker 1: ways belong and Uh I think grand he will have
Speaker 1: him with Chip m M. I like that. My biggest
Speaker 1: what is if is if they didn't block the CP
Speaker 1: three CP three trade to the Lakers at the time
Speaker 1: m M because that would have put CPS our starting
Speaker 1: point guard, Kobe as our two, Meta at our three,
Speaker 1: Paul Gasalt the four buying him at the five, Me
Speaker 1: coming off the bench, lamar Odom coming off the bench,
Speaker 1: Steve Blake coming off the bench, Shannon Brown coming off
Speaker 1: the bench. We definitely could have got a couple of rings,
Speaker 1: I feel like with that group. Um, but the league
Speaker 1: blocked that ship and we'll never know. But it would
Speaker 1: have been beautiful to see CP three and Kobe played
Speaker 1: together because they were such competitors. And remember when CP
Speaker 1: we had CP on the show, they used to always
Speaker 1: talk before the All Star Game like the all like
Speaker 1: we're trying to go out here and really hoop. So
Speaker 1: I would have loved to get them to see then
Speaker 1: play every night with each other. Good question. I got
Speaker 1: another one though, what if after we won the championship
Speaker 1: in two thousand three, Jason Kidd and Tony Parker was
Speaker 1: free agents and the Great Great Popular trying to bring
Speaker 1: Chase Jason Kidd to San Antonio for Tony Parker. What
Speaker 1: if that would have happened? Oh and his prime too,
Speaker 1: he was a new prime. Yeah, that would have been
Speaker 1: scary with you, Nobli, I think. But Tony Parker worked
Speaker 1: out five him when they get four rings? Five yeah?
Speaker 1: Four or four four? Four or four? Yeah? Tim got
Speaker 1: five and j Hammach. Would Buddy Hill be a better
Speaker 1: fit for the Lakers than Westbrook? Come on, Bro, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't let you answer this question first. Fuck No, that's
Speaker 1: my I don't know if he would be a better fit,
Speaker 1: but I like getting a chance to uh to see
Speaker 1: Sacramento a lot now obviously working for them. Buddy Heals
Speaker 1: is a motherfucking scorer, man, and I think he's kind
Speaker 1: of locked in now. So don't be surprised when Buddy
Speaker 1: Heals in the top five for six Man of the Year.
Speaker 1: This dude's averaging like almost nineteen points a game. Is
Speaker 1: a fucking sniper. Um. But I think this, this l
Speaker 1: A thing is going to be straight. I think people
Speaker 1: are so especially in l A, is hurry, hurry, hurry,
Speaker 1: instead of understand there's a real process when you're putting
Speaker 1: this many stars and this many new pieces together. Um.
Speaker 1: But again, as we said last year, if this team
Speaker 1: is healthy, there'll be a problem. I think of late
Speaker 1: Russ has been playing. I mean I think he had one. Uh,
Speaker 1: the last game was bad. Two games before. But outside
Speaker 1: of that, I think he's he's playing really well man,
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see this team once today, John,
Speaker 1: I don't think we're gonna see the best Lakers until
Speaker 1: post All Star Break. Closing thoughts, shout out to my
Speaker 1: former coach, our former coach, and prior guest on this show,
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers as he reaches a thousand career wins and
Speaker 1: despite all the outside noise over there with Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: that team has been able to focus and get off
Speaker 1: to an eight and two start. So Man definitely want
Speaker 1: to show Docs and love Man getting a thousand win.
Speaker 1: There's no small accomplishment and uh Congratsman. Yeah, shout out Doc.
Speaker 1: Man definitely deserve it getting out to a great start
Speaker 1: with all the drama going on. Um, not many coaches
Speaker 1: have done that got thousand wins, So shout out to
Speaker 1: the DIGGI diggit dot, y'all. Best of all, The Smoke
Speaker 1: Season two is back on Showtime Jack were on the
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