Speaker 1: Gregor underscore g number one player you wouldn't want to
Speaker 1: sit on a plane next to I probably want to
Speaker 1: sit next to either Security or Tony Parker. Same thing, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that same thing. They both deluged that both are gonna
Speaker 1: tell omen it's motherfucking Jack used just smell like you
Speaker 1: would just pour the weed into your backpack with no
Speaker 1: zip blocking, nothing and just walk on the plane with
Speaker 1: that brown Louis van I've grown right now, you're just
Speaker 1: put in your pocket. Welcome back to another episode of
Speaker 1: What's Burning. Let's get right to it. Who's hot? Who's not? Jack?
Speaker 1: As I predicted at all start that the Celtics would
Speaker 1: get hot second half of the season. They're ten and
Speaker 1: three in their last thirteen games, top ten in offense
Speaker 1: and defense. During that span, Tatum's averaging thirty points a game,
Speaker 1: shooting fifty forty ninety uh Boston for the most part,
Speaker 1: it's pretty healthy right now. Thoughts on um what they've
Speaker 1: been doing uh thus far in the second half of
Speaker 1: the season. Well, this is what we both said, you know,
Speaker 1: we both said that this team was getting ready for
Speaker 1: the playoffs, and the coach and the coaches doing the
Speaker 1: team is doing so well, the coach got a seventy
Speaker 1: million out of there from a college team. So hey, man, hey,
Speaker 1: these guys are all healthy. Like you said, Marcus smartest back,
Speaker 1: this team has finally found their identity again and they
Speaker 1: want to go into the playout playoffs rolling and they're
Speaker 1: playing like man, they're gonna be a scary team. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I completely agree. Um, I think they're gonna actually sneak
Speaker 1: up and get that fourth seed. They're getting hot at
Speaker 1: the right time secure that first round home court. But
Speaker 1: Boston is one of those teams and the reason why
Speaker 1: I love it because they've been battle Tester bro They've
Speaker 1: been to the Eastern Finals Tator's rookie year against Braun.
Speaker 1: They've been to the Eastern Finals last year against Miami.
Speaker 1: This team knows what it takes. And I think the
Speaker 1: X factors are gonna be Kimba Walker's consistency. They need
Speaker 1: that third score. You know what you're getting at the
Speaker 1: Tatum and Brown, Um, they're Biggs are playing well, the
Speaker 1: role other role players are playing well. What's Kimba to
Speaker 1: be able to give you? And he's gonna is he
Speaker 1: gonna stay healthy? Um? And also one last thing, Brett
Speaker 1: Stevens gets a seventy million dollar offer from a college job,
Speaker 1: but they say they don't have enough money to pay kids.
Speaker 1: But man, love of Boston is doing and excited to
Speaker 1: see what they're gonna do come playoff time. Next up,
Speaker 1: um jack A team you said at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season, ain't ship, ain't never go be ship. The
Speaker 1: New York Knicks have caught a little bit of fire. Uh.
Speaker 1: They won sixth straight. Uh. First six game winning streaks
Speaker 1: is two thousand and fourteen. They went five hundred and
Speaker 1: forty five games in between, at least a five game
Speaker 1: winning streak, which is crazy. R J. Barrett is shooting
Speaker 1: the ball streaming well from the three point line over
Speaker 1: that stretch. Thoughts on the Knicks, it shines on the
Speaker 1: Dog as every nine then Matt, Uh, My thoughts are
Speaker 1: exact the same. Hell the puck bad News Baths won
Speaker 1: six games in the row. So look, I knew round
Speaker 1: it was gonna be good when he was in l A.
Speaker 1: I just knew he didn't get the opportunity and the
Speaker 1: time to be the player that he was. He's growing
Speaker 1: in to beat quickly embared to young guards. They're gonna
Speaker 1: be all right. But I know this team is not
Speaker 1: gonna make no serious noise. Yeah, it's good for the
Speaker 1: New York Knicks fans and for worldwide West and I'm
Speaker 1: trying to get the Knicks organization going in the right direction.
Speaker 1: But we all know that they're not gonna be a
Speaker 1: championship team. No one's, no one, no soon, no no
Speaker 1: excuse me, definitely not a championship team. But I think
Speaker 1: it's gotta be baby steps because they've been dogshit stepping
Speaker 1: in babyship for so long. It's gotta be baby steps
Speaker 1: going forward. And I think, you know, obviously making the
Speaker 1: playoffs is a great first step. Um, I don't think
Speaker 1: Tibodeau is getting enough credit for what he's been able
Speaker 1: to do turn around, the mentality of this roster, in
Speaker 1: the way they approach games, are out there playing defense.
Speaker 1: I loved the Derrick Rose trade has paid off well
Speaker 1: for them. He's been playing really well. So it's fun
Speaker 1: to see Julius Randall, I mean, although he won't be
Speaker 1: can definitely be in that m v P conversation with
Speaker 1: the numbers he's been putting up this season. So love
Speaker 1: to see it. Um, you know, making the playoffs is
Speaker 1: just the first step, you know, winning a couple of
Speaker 1: games in that first round and knowing you have something
Speaker 1: to build on. This kind of where I see this team,
Speaker 1: but happy for them and um, you know, love with
Speaker 1: Julia Julius Rand has been able to do this season.
Speaker 1: Continue on with Who's Hot. The light skin Assassin Steph
Speaker 1: Curry has been on a tear over his last eight games,
Speaker 1: averaging nearly forty one points a game, ten straight thirty
Speaker 1: point games, um, tying Kobe for such streaks of players
Speaker 1: thirty three and older. So this dude is on a
Speaker 1: goddamn tear right now, and it's beautiful to watch. Thoughts
Speaker 1: on your former teammate, although brief because you didn't believe
Speaker 1: in him. Ah, that's crazy, right, I had no idea
Speaker 1: he was gonna be there. I had no idea it
Speaker 1: was gonna be the chef. But it's funny before you
Speaker 1: get saved. But remember how crazy the fans were when
Speaker 1: they decided to trade Monte and build with Steph, Like
Speaker 1: the Warrior. Fans went crazy, but they saw something. Man,
Speaker 1: hats off to him. They went crazy. But he you said,
Speaker 1: this being the season and Steff was gonna have to
Speaker 1: have a spectacular damn man, unbelievable year for this team
Speaker 1: and even being the player hunt and uh, and they've
Speaker 1: still been dealing with injury and he's still stepping up
Speaker 1: to the place, still has his team in a good position,
Speaker 1: a better position that they thought they was gonna be in.
Speaker 1: So Man, hats off the stuff. One of the game changes, man,
Speaker 1: one of the culture changes, one of the best three
Speaker 1: points shoot of all time. And he's just doing what
Speaker 1: he do And just the fact that he's doing it
Speaker 1: with all with all adversity, with guys continuously to go
Speaker 1: and go down and not having Clay, it says even
Speaker 1: more about them. Yeah. I mean I said at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, we're gonna get to see his
Speaker 1: version of James Harden basketball, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: When he's the one, two and third option on that team.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, he's been shooting the ball extremely well, Uh,
Speaker 1: putting up a good shooting numbers as well as along
Speaker 1: with points. And it's just special to see. Man. I
Speaker 1: hope people appreciate what they're getting to see this year,
Speaker 1: because I think so often people want to hate or
Speaker 1: make this this and talk shit instead of just appreciate. Man,
Speaker 1: this dude is putting on a great show his team,
Speaker 1: although you know, struggle there in the tense slot. They'll
Speaker 1: most likely be in the play in situation. But just
Speaker 1: the way he's been able to shoot the ball. Uh.
Speaker 1: That Boston game the other night with him and Tatum
Speaker 1: going back and forth, man was was one for the ages.
Speaker 1: So UH, man, salute Steph. Keep doing anything bro. Now
Speaker 1: shifting to the week ahead, we got a nice week
Speaker 1: of basketball starting on Tuesday with the Clippers Blazers. If
Speaker 1: the season ended now, this would be the first round matchup. Uh.
Speaker 1: Clippers are eight and one. Uh since Rondo stepped on
Speaker 1: the court for them. They just got Kauai back, and
Speaker 1: although Rondo's numbers aren't staggering, he is at about six
Speaker 1: and a half points a game, five assists in eighteen minutes.
Speaker 1: I just think his presence completely changes UH this Clippers
Speaker 1: style of play, um Jack. In a seven game series,
Speaker 1: healthy Blazers, healthy Clippers, you got, I think it's a
Speaker 1: toss up man, Um. Yeah, I can't really give any
Speaker 1: team the head of without watching them play. You know,
Speaker 1: we man, You know any team can win in the
Speaker 1: seven game series, and each team has guy that can
Speaker 1: win a whole series, let alone win the game. So, um,
Speaker 1: it'll be great for basketball. It'll be exciting to watch.
Speaker 1: You have Paul George and Kauai going against Dame, Lillett
Speaker 1: and UM and c J and then the big guys.
Speaker 1: You know, I think on the big guys side, if
Speaker 1: if Nurk is healthy, I think UM Portland has the
Speaker 1: edge and the paint. So we'll see how that would
Speaker 1: play out. But I can't give it to either team.
Speaker 1: That's something I want to see. We're gonna have to see.
Speaker 1: And I completely agree, and I hate that this is
Speaker 1: most likely gonna be a first round matchup. There's some
Speaker 1: space in between each uh spots going uh as we
Speaker 1: continue forward, because to me, these are both teams that
Speaker 1: can get hot in battle in that Western Conference finals
Speaker 1: against anybody. Uh So I hate to see it in
Speaker 1: the first round, but it's gonna be great basketball. And
Speaker 1: I agree. You know, Dame has been doing this thing
Speaker 1: all season. CJ's back in rhythm, this team is finally
Speaker 1: getting healthy. Mellow has been hot to pick up the
Speaker 1: trade they got from Toronto, has been playing well, Big
Speaker 1: Fellas coming back, and then again the Clippers, like we
Speaker 1: spoke on last week, they've just been floating under the
Speaker 1: radar this year getting everything together. Paul George has been
Speaker 1: as hot as he could be, and we'll touch on
Speaker 1: him a little later. Um, this team looks really good.
Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a great first round matchup
Speaker 1: if this is what it ends up being. Moving along Wednesday,
Speaker 1: Hawks Knicks playoff implications. Both still battling for seating. This
Speaker 1: could be the four five match up, which would be interesting.
Speaker 1: Both teams are hot. Who do you feel like we'll
Speaker 1: finish higher in the standings? Um, another, It's hard to tell. Again,
Speaker 1: both teams have great coaches that's found a way to
Speaker 1: motivate them. Um and uh. I think both teams are
Speaker 1: finally started to coming to their own I can't. I
Speaker 1: would have to say, being in New York, you know,
Speaker 1: only a half game apart, Atlanta's only a half game
Speaker 1: up on Boston and the Knicks. Yeah, I see, I
Speaker 1: see Atlanta fall and I see Boston getting ahead of them.
Speaker 1: So but if they if they had to play, I
Speaker 1: think it would be in a to toss him. Like
Speaker 1: I said, both teams are still new to this. Both
Speaker 1: teams are still trying to, you know, see what the
Speaker 1: playoffs is like, and both have new coaches that's finally
Speaker 1: starting to motivate the team. So I think they're in
Speaker 1: the same spot. Yeah, I agree, Um, but I also
Speaker 1: think Boston's gonna get that four season, which would be
Speaker 1: unfortunate because I thought this would have been a cool
Speaker 1: first round matchup because then one of these boat one
Speaker 1: of these young teams had to go to the second
Speaker 1: round because someone is gonna win it. But I I
Speaker 1: think Boston's gonna slide into that fourth spot. So what's
Speaker 1: gonna mess this up? But you know, both teams again
Speaker 1: heading in the right direction. Nate mc millan has done
Speaker 1: a great job since going over to the Hawks. We
Speaker 1: spoke on the Knicks earlier. What Thibodeau has been able
Speaker 1: to get those guys that encouraged to do so. Again,
Speaker 1: both teams, you know, trending in the right direction. And
Speaker 1: and this is gonna be a feel out process. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a good taste of what these young
Speaker 1: teams are gonna get to see in the playoffs for
Speaker 1: the first time. So agreed. Continuing to look ahead Wednesday,
Speaker 1: Nuggets Blazers a potential four or five matchup. Obviously, Jamal
Speaker 1: Burry went down with the torn A c L. The
Speaker 1: Nuggers are two in l since he's gone down. How
Speaker 1: crucial is the Aaron Gordon pick up? And what do
Speaker 1: you see from Denver because we both agreed, um, you know,
Speaker 1: with Javal being underappreciated and Aaron Gordon go to that
Speaker 1: team that they were definitely right in that talk to
Speaker 1: be representing the Western Conference. You know what their management
Speaker 1: is looking like Janus right now because having Aaron Aaron
Speaker 1: Gordon for that, for that security blanket after that injury,
Speaker 1: I think it's a blessing for them. And he is
Speaker 1: really gonna I think I have to say this, man,
Speaker 1: he's gonna have a big playoff run because this is
Speaker 1: this is his first time where he's on the team
Speaker 1: like this in the Western Conferences. New to him. The
Speaker 1: basketball is different on the West Side, as you know.
Speaker 1: And I think a new life is going to come
Speaker 1: into Gordon. And I'm excited the fact that now I'm
Speaker 1: not excited the fact that Murray got hurt, but I'm
Speaker 1: excited the fact that his role is gonna pick up
Speaker 1: on his team. And uh, I think it's just the
Speaker 1: right time. Yeah, I mean, he's gonna have to play good,
Speaker 1: big for them in the playoffs along with Michael Porter Jr.
Speaker 1: I think both these young players are gonna really find
Speaker 1: their owned um this round in the playoffs. But I
Speaker 1: don't think you can. You know, Jamal Murray was incredible
Speaker 1: last year in the bubble um in the playoffs, so
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to replace that. I don't
Speaker 1: be honest with you. I really don't see then making
Speaker 1: a strong push um. You know, Like I said before
Speaker 1: that I think Jamal Murray and injury is gonna be
Speaker 1: too big to overcome. I would love to see them
Speaker 1: do it. I just honestly don't think they have enough
Speaker 1: firepower now. But you know, if you get if Porter Jr.
Speaker 1: And Aaron Gordon can each give you twenty a game
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, would joker? Uh? You know, you never
Speaker 1: know what this team can do. But it's good lot.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be riding on up. These young wing players shoulders.
Speaker 1: They don't make them like you know more man, it's
Speaker 1: a lot of light skin over there. They ain't got
Speaker 1: tattoos and stuff like you, so they gotta get in
Speaker 1: the top. Hey, they still go hard though they go
Speaker 1: on Uh Sixers and Bucks score off twice this week
Speaker 1: Thursday and Saturday, a potential second round or Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: Final matchup. Sixers only game and a half ahead of
Speaker 1: Brooklyn to keep the home court throughout. Milwaukee's only two
Speaker 1: and a half games behind the Nets, UH and still
Speaker 1: have two games face to face. Uh. This top three
Speaker 1: seating UH in the East is is gonna jump around?
Speaker 1: Before Saul said and done? How do you see it
Speaker 1: finishing out in one, two and three in the East? Man,
Speaker 1: I had I had the Nets finished, not at one,
Speaker 1: but you know it's that Katie then went down again
Speaker 1: with a thick contusion and um and Bead has came
Speaker 1: back with something on his mind. So I I see it.
Speaker 1: I see it staying uh six is six is one,
Speaker 1: Nets two and Milwaukee three. I think that the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: seven six is gonna ride this thing out and they're
Speaker 1: really gonna take off going into the playoffs. Yeah, I agree. Again,
Speaker 1: you know, we both had the Nets eventually making the
Speaker 1: rise to number one. But again to me, it doesn't
Speaker 1: really matter much. You know, although Philly's record is is
Speaker 1: not very good on the road, to have home court
Speaker 1: I think means a lot more to them throughout. UM,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be I agree with you. I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Philly, Nets, uh, Milwaukee, and then Boston
Speaker 1: around out that top four. But I mean, anybody can
Speaker 1: get hot at the right time in that Eastern conference
Speaker 1: and represent the East, you know. Although we're giving the
Speaker 1: nod to Brooklyn when they're healthy. Like you said in
Speaker 1: beatas on the mission, doc has these dudes playing great. Uh.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons out here talking big ship to everyone. I
Speaker 1: love to see it. Uh. You know, Milwaukee has just
Speaker 1: quietly continued to stay consistent. Jannie knows all this regular
Speaker 1: ship season, the ship doesn't matter. We need to see
Speaker 1: it in the playoffs. And then again, Boston is getting
Speaker 1: hot with you know, behind Tatum m Brown. So man,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a fun playoffs. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: get this ship going. Yeah, and I want the Nets
Speaker 1: to play Philadelphia because you're talking about you the deepense you,
Speaker 1: the deepens and stop for the year. Man. Carrie had
Speaker 1: thirty that night and Katie gonna give you thirty two.
Speaker 1: So I don't want to hear all that. Hey, but
Speaker 1: keep talking your ship, bro, keep talking to your ship though.
Speaker 1: We like that. Yeah, I love it. Finishing out the
Speaker 1: week ahead, we have the Phoenix Suns, who uh this season,
Speaker 1: where are my surprise team? And they have not let
Speaker 1: me down? Shout out to Book and CEP. They're only
Speaker 1: a game and a half behind Utah Jack for that
Speaker 1: number one seed. We saw Donovan Mitchell go down with
Speaker 1: an ankle injury. Not not sure how long he's gonna
Speaker 1: be out. They could potentially move to this one seed,
Speaker 1: but they're definitely gonna be tested this week coming up
Speaker 1: um as they play the Sixers Wednesday, the Celtics Thursday
Speaker 1: in the Nets, Sunday, all on the road. Uh, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a great test and I think um
Speaker 1: Man Phoenix has exceeded all expectations. I don't give a
Speaker 1: funk what you say. If Steve Nash can be m
Speaker 1: v p uh when he made his running Phoenix when
Speaker 1: guys are averaging thirty, you could put Chris Paul right
Speaker 1: in that mix too, because they're doing similar situation, similar
Speaker 1: things to the same franchise. And like I said, this
Speaker 1: is a team that has been in the gutter until
Speaker 1: c became and revitalized it. So thoughts on their you know,
Speaker 1: three game upcoming East Coast swing, but just the overall
Speaker 1: UM season for the Suns. Well one, I agree with you,
Speaker 1: uh CP should definitely be in MVP race, and if
Speaker 1: Steve Nash can win two, he definitely can win one.
Speaker 1: But we know that ain't gonna happen. We know what
Speaker 1: that ain't gonna have, we know what time it is.
Speaker 1: But anyway, it's gonna be good for him, you know,
Speaker 1: going into the end of the season and the way
Speaker 1: they played this is some great test for them going
Speaker 1: into the playoffs. I think they can. They probably can
Speaker 1: pull out a couple of these games, but it's gonna
Speaker 1: be tough on the role because the teams they're playing,
Speaker 1: the Celts and especially Philadelphia that roller right now and
Speaker 1: they're not. I don't think they're gonna let them come
Speaker 1: in and uh and get a win and Nets they
Speaker 1: probably can get that. I think that's the game they
Speaker 1: probably can get because that team is still kind of
Speaker 1: beat up and James and Katie might be out. But
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia game, in the Selfis game, is gonna be
Speaker 1: tough for him. Yeah, I mean, I I just get
Speaker 1: how that, like everything means, every game means so much
Speaker 1: to this team, and I respect it, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's because they haven't won in such a
Speaker 1: long time, so this winning thing is new to them,
Speaker 1: and it's fun. I mean, when you win, it's fun,
Speaker 1: you know. And Devin Booker's never had since he's been
Speaker 1: in Phoenix, hasn't been on a winning team. So these
Speaker 1: guys are playing hard on both ends of the floor
Speaker 1: every night. You know. Do I think they'll do anything
Speaker 1: in the in the playoffs? You never know. I really
Speaker 1: don't see them making a strong run as good as
Speaker 1: they played in the regular season. I hate saying this
Speaker 1: because Chris is my dog, but I just don't think
Speaker 1: they have enough. I would love to see him do
Speaker 1: it and definitely gonna be rooting for him, but it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna I think it's gonna be tough sled when
Speaker 1: it comes to the playoffs. But man, hats off to
Speaker 1: what they've been doing, and I hope they could prove
Speaker 1: me wrong. Um, and I would love to see them
Speaker 1: grab that number one seed in the West of beyonest
Speaker 1: with too though, and when the Western car uh you know,
Speaker 1: win the division. Now we got on the radar presented
Speaker 1: you by DraftKings Simmons and go bet are I g
Speaker 1: ship talking about this defensive player of the Year. Uh?
Speaker 1: You know Ben said Gobert guarded him when they played.
Speaker 1: He dropped forty two and he's not even supposed to
Speaker 1: be an offensive player. Gobert responds with confidence is silent,
Speaker 1: Insecurities are allowed. DraftKings has the odds on either one
Speaker 1: of these guys winning defensive Player of the Year at
Speaker 1: go Bear minus three thirty five and Simmons plus two
Speaker 1: thirty both teams at the top of the league in defense.
Speaker 1: Thoughts of them ship talking back and forth and in
Speaker 1: your opinion, who's gonna win Defensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 1: I love the back and forth. I think Simmons is
Speaker 1: gonna win it. I mean, Simmons even was willing to
Speaker 1: take a jab at himself to prove his point, which
Speaker 1: I love. I can't even shoot score Drill couldn't hear
Speaker 1: the house if I was in the kitchen. But I
Speaker 1: gave him forty two and he's supposed to be the
Speaker 1: defensive player of the year. You're right. I just sit
Speaker 1: here and think about what with Tim Duncan and them
Speaker 1: do to Rudy Gobert. And you want to be you
Speaker 1: want to be defensive player of the year, You're not.
Speaker 1: You get dominated by mb every time. Every time, So
Speaker 1: I'm going Simmons. I think Simmons has a heart at
Speaker 1: task with chasing these small guards around, but he's figured
Speaker 1: it out. Okay, y'all saying I'm not an offensive player,
Speaker 1: I can't do this. I'm just gonna be a defensive stop.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna use my length, I'm gonna use my speed,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna use all my athleticism and be one of
Speaker 1: the best defensive players ever. And I'm glad he I'm
Speaker 1: glad he's starting to go into that role. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a monster Dan. The reason why I give him
Speaker 1: an edge to it's because he can potentially guard everybody
Speaker 1: on the floor. Simmons is six ten guarding, like you said,
Speaker 1: anywhere from Kyrie to having then around and guard Gobert.
Speaker 1: Although Gobert is not much of an offensive threat, that's
Speaker 1: just the versatility of it of Simmons. So I agree,
Speaker 1: I think Ben should get the nod. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: you never know how it goes. But I like the talking.
Speaker 1: I definitely like the talking, and um, I think it's
Speaker 1: good for the game. So we'll see who ends up
Speaker 1: winning Defensive Player of the Year. But you know, my vote,
Speaker 1: if I had one which I never will, uh will
Speaker 1: go to Simmons, never will, never will. That's keep it real.
Speaker 1: Fan questions. Now we're gonna get started with jin underscore Ashton.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on d Wade buying into jazz ownership?
Speaker 1: Can't hear the word the name Ashton, And I say
Speaker 1: it was up to young Ashton born man. Shout out
Speaker 1: to the home man, shout out a little ash But
Speaker 1: check this out. Dope. I think it's dope. I think
Speaker 1: it would have been even more dope if he was
Speaker 1: if it was the Miami Heat. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: But the fact that you understand that, hey, we've been
Speaker 1: labeled at such and such and such and such for
Speaker 1: a long time. We need to change this around, get
Speaker 1: a new face to this thing, bring some color to
Speaker 1: this thing, especially with everything going on. So I love it.
Speaker 1: I applaud utah. I'm happy for the way that's our
Speaker 1: boy and hey flash from going to another journey in
Speaker 1: his life. Yeah, man, I love seeing just us represented
Speaker 1: in these kinds of spaces. We've got a chance to
Speaker 1: talk to Renee Montgomery obviously, uh, you know, owner of
Speaker 1: the partial owner of the Dream. Now you see d
Speaker 1: Wade in Utah. Obviously we would have loved to see
Speaker 1: him in Miami. Somehow that didn't work out. But I
Speaker 1: mean he's an owner of an NBA team now, and
Speaker 1: I mean that's the ultimate goal. And I'm sure that
Speaker 1: was the ultimate goal for him. So it's a beautiful
Speaker 1: thing to see. And I couldn't agree more with getting
Speaker 1: color and diversity in management over there, you know, especially
Speaker 1: you know, with everything that's going on today and and
Speaker 1: and and there's some controversy that you know that surrounds
Speaker 1: D Wade from you know, from the fathering situation with
Speaker 1: you know, with his daughter now too. So it's just
Speaker 1: interesting to see the dynamic that brings someone amazing as
Speaker 1: d Wade to your organization can really start to, you know,
Speaker 1: change the the way people view you because it has
Speaker 1: been negative. Like I said, we we both love that
Speaker 1: Utah fan base, but it is racist sometimes at some point.
Speaker 1: You know, there were times when we were called nigger
Speaker 1: while we were playing, you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: again to that add someone like d Wade uh in
Speaker 1: today's climate, um, with all that you know, amazing things
Speaker 1: he brings with him, I think is only a plus.
Speaker 1: So shout out d Wight fan question number two, Andre
Speaker 1: dot Sagia, comey, what was the most mem is that? Right? Yeah?
Speaker 1: We like that? Man? Did you like that? Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 1: And I to me on the NTZ to come with
Speaker 1: you call me. What's the most primble moment you witnessed
Speaker 1: on the court? Shout out from Brazil, huge fan of
Speaker 1: the podcast, Dope Ship, keep it up, Salute on Jack.
Speaker 1: When I played for Love City, I got a chance
Speaker 1: to winness a murder on the court. Mmmmm yellow man
Speaker 1: yellow taped him. I ain't seen him since uh c
Speaker 1: CP through a lob to DeAndre and for some reason
Speaker 1: Brandon Knight tried to block it. And it was the
Speaker 1: craziest shit I've ever seen on the court. And if
Speaker 1: you got to see that video. At first, people never
Speaker 1: caught it, but I think it's been ran so much
Speaker 1: like as soon as I see it, I jump up
Speaker 1: and cover my face and I run off the court,
Speaker 1: run down the court because I don't want to be
Speaker 1: questioned involved in the murder. You know, I know what
Speaker 1: happens to these snitches out here. Actually it's a new
Speaker 1: day now, but I just didn't want to get questioned
Speaker 1: for seeing my homeboy killer man on the basketball court.
Speaker 1: So that was my most memorable moment on the court.
Speaker 1: Oh man, Uh, my most member a moment on the
Speaker 1: court probably would be ah. I would say those seven
Speaker 1: threes in game six, and we believe yeah gets Dallas
Speaker 1: beat came to him before the game saying he didn't
Speaker 1: have it, he didn't feel good, and for some reason,
Speaker 1: I just I knew I had to have a big game.
Speaker 1: I wasn't expecting to go out there hit seven threes,
Speaker 1: but as I hit one, Matt kept throwing me the
Speaker 1: ball every playdown court, from out the bounds, everywhere, and
Speaker 1: I just kept shooting it. Man. But that's my moment.
Speaker 1: Most memorable moments. Seven threes in the playoffs in a
Speaker 1: the side and game. I want to say I probably
Speaker 1: had three or four assists to you that game, just
Speaker 1: to you that game, because almost almost had a triple
Speaker 1: double that game out of bounds, the one you threw behind, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was a dope drop dropping them all. Next, fair
Speaker 1: question at self, underscore not underscore self. Sometimes cannabis use
Speaker 1: can get a little too much. How do you guys
Speaker 1: keep the balance of staying focused and not over medicating.
Speaker 1: I think Jack is still a learning this process. Because
Speaker 1: this motherfucker be nodding off on me sometimes and I'll
Speaker 1: have to uh not him or or or super cue him. Um.
Speaker 1: But it just comes with the territory. Man, We've been
Speaker 1: doing it for so long. Um. I switched over to
Speaker 1: try to smoke in more hybrid sativas during the day
Speaker 1: because I'm so active with kids and working and ship,
Speaker 1: and then put the heavy indicas to put me to
Speaker 1: sleep at night. But it's a thin line between love
Speaker 1: and hate. I don't know, okay. I think my goal.
Speaker 1: My goal is to do do too much. Uh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not the one to ask you
Speaker 1: that question. I'm over medicating as much as I can,
Speaker 1: all right, I'm actually over medicated now, so therefore I'm
Speaker 1: not the one to answer this question. But hey, I
Speaker 1: think you're going into it with the wrong attitude. Okay,
Speaker 1: don't go into it with thinking you're over medicating. Just
Speaker 1: think you're over relaxing. Okay, and don't go into and
Speaker 1: think you're over medicated. Enjoy it. Ain't nothing wrong with it.
Speaker 1: Next question, Gregor underscore g number one player. You wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to sit on a plane. Next two sizes is
Speaker 1: a factor because you guys are all big guys. I
Speaker 1: would have to say a gassy motherfucker to be honest
Speaker 1: with you. I remember, uh DeAndre and Blake when we
Speaker 1: played for the Clipper teams used to be on all
Speaker 1: the other fucking powders and muscle milks and all them
Speaker 1: ship and them shipping motherfucker's and gett on the plane
Speaker 1: and fuck the whole plane up. The stewardess used to
Speaker 1: have to come in with PULPORI I would start hitting
Speaker 1: my pins sometimes and blowing it just so we get
Speaker 1: to cover up the smell. But there there was there
Speaker 1: was some nasty motherfucker's man. So I wouldn't want to
Speaker 1: sit to nobody that that that takes all the all
Speaker 1: the supplements because they always got bad stomachs. Uh me,
Speaker 1: I probably want to sit next to either Security or
Speaker 1: Tony Parker. Same thing, right, yeah, that same thing. They
Speaker 1: both the logs. They both are gonna tell on me,
Speaker 1: and I know I always had some green on me,
Speaker 1: So yeah, I want to sit next to the Security
Speaker 1: of Tony Clark because they might tell him it's motherfucking
Speaker 1: Jack used to just to smell like you would just
Speaker 1: pour the weed into your backpack. With no ziplock and
Speaker 1: nothing and just walk on the plane with that brand
Speaker 1: Louis back. This poker didn't care about nothing anyway. Moving on,
Speaker 1: I've grown next fan question at Max Petzer. Among NBA
Speaker 1: legends who are no longer living, who do we wish
Speaker 1: we could have had on our show? Oh, it's a
Speaker 1: good question. I know who already got mine. Obviously I
Speaker 1: would say Will Man, Come on, we had great minds,
Speaker 1: thinking like baby, I would have to say Will. I
Speaker 1: have a lot of questions for Will, especially when it
Speaker 1: comes to women. I want to ask all these Uh.
Speaker 1: I would have wanted to ask all those legendary rumors um.
Speaker 1: And then obviously his greatness on the court. Um. So
Speaker 1: that Yeah, that would be definitely be my pick. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Will would be my pig to just just how interesting
Speaker 1: Will was going a hundred points of life super least Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, just before his time, everything
Speaker 1: about Will. I mentioned it in this Thursday April we
Speaker 1: dropped a really dope episode with our girl Genie Buss
Speaker 1: enjoyed the teaser. How close was Kobe to the Clippers?
Speaker 1: That really happened? Um? You know I never had that
Speaker 1: conversation with Kobe but there was a game where he
Speaker 1: wore Clippers, right, yeah, not even the jersey. He wore
Speaker 1: like the Colors. Yeah, like very subtle. And I'm like,
Speaker 1: you know, I could see like he loves challenges, right,
Speaker 1: and and that would have been like a right, So
Speaker 1: I mean, I I do think that was something that was, um,
Speaker 1: you know, very possible. So you guys lose, could you
Speaker 1: imagine that? Though? My god? Remember I remember they were
Speaker 1: talking about they were going to build an arena out
Speaker 1: in Orange County for me wouldn't have to travel now,
Speaker 1: and like the Clippers put the full court press to
Speaker 1: try to get Kobe, and I was just like, there's
Speaker 1: no way this can happen. So that that was crazy.
Speaker 1: I would give up everything you got to, including children. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So you guys lose an oh eight, um to Boston,
Speaker 1: come back the next year, beat Orlando and get a
Speaker 1: chance for redemption in two thousand ten. Okay, yeah, so
Speaker 1: like two thousand and eight, Now we were humiliated by
Speaker 1: Boston in that game six. We had to like fly,
Speaker 1: we barely won Game five, and now I have to
Speaker 1: go to Boston, to Boston and lose by thirty whatever points.
Speaker 1: And so now I've got grumpy fill, you know, because
Speaker 1: it's so hard to lose your last game with you know,
Speaker 1: now it's going to stick with you the whole summer.
Speaker 1: And but you know, Kobe had the Olympics, right, so
Speaker 1: now he's got a chance to like redeem, get back
Speaker 1: into beating somebody. And so of course they end up
Speaker 1: playing Spain and you know for the gold medal against Pal,
Speaker 1: and you know there's it's on YouTube. I watched it recently.
Speaker 1: Um him, you know, uh, just kind of leveling Pal
Speaker 1: during the game and just kind of standing over him like,
Speaker 1: you know, this is what needs to happen. Yeah, this
Speaker 1: is Pal. You don't want to say, but Poal got bully.
Speaker 1: Pal got punked a lot. But Kobe took that ship personal,
Speaker 1: and Kobe had a it was always out of love,
Speaker 1: but he was tough on Pal because he saw how
Speaker 1: great Poal was. And I think Power spoke on how
Speaker 1: Kobe kind of molded him kind of into a different
Speaker 1: mindset because Power was always so talented. But I remember Boston,
Speaker 1: they just tried to punk kg Perk all them dues
Speaker 1: and that's what they did. And Kobe fucking hated that ship.
Speaker 1: So when it happened the Olymics. I remember that, and
Speaker 1: I was just like, pow, this is what the fund
Speaker 1: needed to happen. But I saw that in the locker
Speaker 1: room sometimes, like he would be hard on Pal because
Speaker 1: he knew how great Pot was. He was just such
Speaker 1: a nice guy, and Kobe didn't like that. On the
Speaker 1: court it can be nice. Well then then he when
Speaker 1: you know we were getting ready for that next season,
Speaker 1: Kobe hung his gold medal in Pal's locker just to
Speaker 1: remind him. Right. So now we you know, we get
Speaker 1: back to the NBA Finals, but it's against Orlando, and um,
Speaker 1: it's funny because you know, um, you know, we ended
Speaker 1: up afterwards having Dwight Howard on our team and that
Speaker 1: was you know, Orlando was Dwight Howard's team at that
Speaker 1: time and we're playing them in the finals, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, it was just it was great to be
Speaker 1: redeemed and win that championship. So now the following year, um,
Speaker 1: we get back to the NBA Finals and this time
Speaker 1: it is against Boston and it is, um, you know,
Speaker 1: the way things should have been, and no, but having
Speaker 1: it go to a game seven, Um, you know you
Speaker 1: couldn't have written it any better. That's what's so great
Speaker 1: about sports is it's it's so dramatic and ironic and
Speaker 1: emotional and hysterical, and it just every different kind of
Speaker 1: emotion you can imagine. Yeah, and so beating them was
Speaker 1: was super sweet and um you know that was in
Speaker 1: closing this segment out, we got quick hitters. First step
Speaker 1: Paul George five straight thirty point games. He's averaging thirty
Speaker 1: three over his last five majority without Kawai Kwai just
Speaker 1: returned last night. Clippers are eight in one over this span. Jack,
Speaker 1: Will he be able to do it in the playoffs?
Speaker 1: He was very see areous when he looked in the
Speaker 1: camera on the show in the preseason excuse me in
Speaker 1: in the summertime and said, he's on one this year
Speaker 1: and he hasn't let us down. Now. I think I
Speaker 1: think he's on one. I think the plus is having
Speaker 1: Rondo because a lot of those possessions where they're doing
Speaker 1: pick and rolls and they're trying to do too much
Speaker 1: of trying to get that shot off, Rondo gonna bring
Speaker 1: the ball up and give it right to him on
Speaker 1: that block, right to him in they sweet spot, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. So a lot of shots he's
Speaker 1: taken right taken now are gonna be higher percentage shots
Speaker 1: and shots you know in his range and Kauai to
Speaker 1: They're both gonna get a lot of post ups, more
Speaker 1: shots where they will have to create where they could
Speaker 1: just go straight to the basket. So, um, I think
Speaker 1: he can do it, you know what I say. Like
Speaker 1: I said, with the additional Rondo, these guys gonna get
Speaker 1: the ball the sweet spots and they won't have to
Speaker 1: do too much off the dribble and that, and that's
Speaker 1: definitely beneficial for guys like Paul and Kauai going specially
Speaker 1: going to the playoffs. Yeah, I definitely thought the biggest
Speaker 1: pickup UM was drumming with the Lakers, but the next
Speaker 1: biggest pickup was Rondo. And as we mentioned earlier, it's
Speaker 1: not even so much as numbers. His you know, his
Speaker 1: numbers six and a half points five re els, but
Speaker 1: it's just his experience, his calming, his understanding of where
Speaker 1: to get the guys the ball where they wanted, when
Speaker 1: they wanted, and then taking some playmaking pressure off both
Speaker 1: Kauai and PG. So the answer your question, yeah, I
Speaker 1: think PG can keep this rolling. I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: him keep this rolling because I think the Clippers got
Speaker 1: a great shot again. I think the Clippers got another
Speaker 1: great shot. Uh. And this is gonna be a big
Speaker 1: season because this is you know, last year, you know,
Speaker 1: like they said it wasn't it wasn't make or break
Speaker 1: for them. Um. I don't necessarily think this year's make
Speaker 1: or break, but it's gonna be ugly, uh, because you
Speaker 1: don't get too many chances, you know, playing next door
Speaker 1: to the Lakers. So um, you know, excited to see
Speaker 1: what this team could do healthy uh in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell out at least a week with the spraying ankle.
Speaker 1: Gobert and Connley also sat recently against the Lakers. On
Speaker 1: the injury report, Mitchell's missed four games this season. The
Speaker 1: Jazz are seven and eight all time without Mitchell. Do
Speaker 1: you see the Jazz sliding at all if Mitchell doesn't
Speaker 1: return in the next week or two, Yeah, I do.
Speaker 1: He's a big part of their success, the leading score
Speaker 1: on their team, and uh, he does a lot for
Speaker 1: the team. Is the leader. Obviously Connie can also lead
Speaker 1: the team, but scoring wise is all Donovan Mitchell. So
Speaker 1: this team is definitely gonna slide. They're gonna have to
Speaker 1: find out what they're scoring. It's gonna come from. I
Speaker 1: think Jordan's gonna have to step up and and do
Speaker 1: more than what he's been doing off the bench coming
Speaker 1: into a starting role. So we'll see. But hey, it's
Speaker 1: just bad timing for the UTA Jazz. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: Jordan Clarkson most likely is gonna win six Man of
Speaker 1: the Year. He had a big game the other night
Speaker 1: against the Lakers. It's gonna be interesting to see um.
Speaker 1: Like I said, for some reason, I I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: have to see the you know what you talk of
Speaker 1: do in the playoffs. I was, you know, saying before
Speaker 1: the trade deadline, I thought this team would have been
Speaker 1: a great if you would have picked up you know,
Speaker 1: you know, someone who could really score, make a move,
Speaker 1: and everyone thought I was crazy, But I just don't know,
Speaker 1: like for a situation like this. Although Mitchell is gonna return,
Speaker 1: if they don't have him, they're shot, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So it's gonna be interesting to you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully he gets healthy soon and come back and pick
Speaker 1: up where he left off because he's had a great
Speaker 1: season as well. Next step, there's been a Jabari Parker's signing.
Speaker 1: He made his Boston Celtics debut on Friday, where he
Speaker 1: scored eleven points, going five or six from the field
Speaker 1: in sixteen minutes. Jack, I really like this dude coming
Speaker 1: into the league, and I'm not sure if it's just
Speaker 1: been injury or the White situation, but if he can somehow,
Speaker 1: you know, find his game, I definitely think he'll be
Speaker 1: a good addition, um given the Celtics depth going into
Speaker 1: the playoffs, because the kid is strong, skilled, you know,
Speaker 1: a good offensive game. But I think he's just been
Speaker 1: riddled by injury his whole career. Yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: agree with you, Matt. He's been going through a lot
Speaker 1: of injury wise, and I thought he was gonna be
Speaker 1: able to to ball out in Chicago when he went
Speaker 1: when he went to Chicago, you know, But in this
Speaker 1: position he's in now, all you have to do is
Speaker 1: catch finished the rebound, you know. And I think as
Speaker 1: talented at as he is, he's gonna he's gonna do
Speaker 1: that with flying colors because you can drop the ball
Speaker 1: to him in certain possessions, he can get his own bucket.
Speaker 1: So being able to just catch and finish. Now with
Speaker 1: with two young stars on the wings, it's a good
Speaker 1: position for him, and I think he can play a
Speaker 1: big role with them, you know, especially in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I completely agree. I think this is a great pickup.
Speaker 1: I hope he can stay healthy and and and give
Speaker 1: them a boost to that front line because, like you said,
Speaker 1: he's someone that works well on that in that baseline
Speaker 1: mid range area and definitely could be a boost for
Speaker 1: the Celtics come playoff time. Jack, we got some breaking
Speaker 1: news bro fresh off the wire chat Holmgren, who will
Speaker 1: will be uh in the Iverson Classic game next month.
Speaker 1: We will be coaching number one player in the country.
Speaker 1: Projected number one pick of the draft has just committed.
Speaker 1: Ticken Zaga, who just made a national championship running fell short.
Speaker 1: Jenleen Sugs is most likely out of here, so they
Speaker 1: replaced him with a number one player in the country.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this dope, man, I haven't seen too much
Speaker 1: of this kid, but you've been hot. You've been telling
Speaker 1: me you've seen him, and a lot of people everybody
Speaker 1: talked about him said this kid is a shoeing for
Speaker 1: the number one pick. So I'm I'm anxious to see him,
Speaker 1: uh and at an Offson game, which you all. I
Speaker 1: hope you all tune into. But I'm, like I said,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see this kids, and everybody's spoken so
Speaker 1: highly of him. Yeah, I mean, it's it's crazy to me.
Speaker 1: I love that. You know, there's kind of been a
Speaker 1: shift in in college basketball in Gonzaga's a powerhouse. That's
Speaker 1: you know, definitely shout out to Mark Few. He's been
Speaker 1: over there twenty thirty years and come a kind of
Speaker 1: completely changed the program. And wait, you know, teams are
Speaker 1: looked at and now you know, making a great run,
Speaker 1: being able to play for your number one player with
Speaker 1: the number the number one player in the country. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, look to Gonzaga to continue to uh, you know,
Speaker 1: play well next year next season. Hunch. It's hard for
Speaker 1: you to talk about that. Huh. It's hard to give
Speaker 1: Gonzaga props right now. No not, I mean the wound
Speaker 1: not open, ain't it? No, not necessarily? I mean it
Speaker 1: was it was a tough shot. It was you know,
Speaker 1: it was a tough shot, you know. But I was
Speaker 1: just happy this team. You know, this is the eleven
Speaker 1: that that they had to do a playing game, bro
Speaker 1: and they made it to the Final Force. I'm just
Speaker 1: happy for them, kids, and I think everyone's coming back,
Speaker 1: and we got Peyton Watson coming next year. Shout out
Speaker 1: to hoomie Peyton Watson, who gave Chet work at Snoops
Speaker 1: three on three Legends basketball man, but he was just
Speaker 1: doing everything out there. So you know, we're gonna be
Speaker 1: reloaded next year. Hopefully we've got all of our guys
Speaker 1: coming back to so it's gonna be a fun to run.
Speaker 1: So again, correct, congrats to chet Chet in Gonzaga. Closing thoughts,
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Speaker 1: Some cool ship Me and Jack shot Jack. What are
Speaker 1: you gonna be doing? Oh man, My every day is
Speaker 1: fourts winning for me obviously, Uh, I got it. I
Speaker 1: got a homeboy. I was bringing me uh some varieties.
Speaker 1: So I was just gonna sit here. Man. I'm in Ramadon,
Speaker 1: so I'm just chilling man and joying myself. Probably hang
Speaker 1: out with a couple of the brothers. You're gonna be
Speaker 1: smoking that good week with a dry gass mouth. Is
Speaker 1: that what I'm doing there? That? Um? Yeah, man, I
Speaker 1: gotta go. I gotta go to Sacramental quek at a
Speaker 1: meeting with the mayor in the morning for some funding
Speaker 1: for a project I'm working on. Then I'm gonna hot
Speaker 1: back on the plane and come down back out to
Speaker 1: l A and just kick my feet up. Man. Enjoy.
Speaker 1: Like you said, every day is four twenty, So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna tell the kids don't bother me. I'm gonna sit
Speaker 1: in my little room and just doing anyway. Man. Man,
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