1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Preseason has sprung, and so are we for some of 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: these new teams, or at least teams that look different 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: to me to my eye, and we're gonna talk a 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: little bit about preseason action. We're continuing our team breakdowns, expectations, 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: and predictions with the Los Angeles Lakers this week as 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: we are joined by the writer in podcast for sp Nations, 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: Silver Screen and Roll, Raj Chappol. I'm Miles Gray and 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: I'm Jack O'Brien and this is Miles Jack god Man. Yes, 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: but let's welcome our guests. Ros Chapolo. You might know 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: him from Oz Jams, a writer. They're also a writer 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: and podcaster for Silver Screen, a role you might know 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: him from the I Love Basketball pod with Sabrina Merchant. 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: Raj Chapaolo, Welcome to Miles, Jacot, Matt Boosteve. How are you. 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I'm doing great, man, Thank you for having me. I 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: love you guys. Intro. I love that you just do 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: that every single time. I'm not sure how you guys 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: like hit it every time, hit every single kid perfectly. 18 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: It's like that there's a brain meld where we become 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: our mouths begin operating from the same brand, speaking exactly. 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: I listened to the last few and I thought that 21 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: was just something you like put in, But no, that's 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: something yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, it's actually that chaotic 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: when we reported Yeah yeah yeah, thank you though you 24 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: honor us with that observation. Manh raje man uh so 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: talk to us. You you write about the Lakers. Are 26 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: you a Laker fan? Are you? Are you mixing business 27 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: with pleasure? Okay, Now, this is one thing I gotta 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: ask you up top, because every person we ask who's 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: a fan who writes, they say, I'm less of a 30 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,919 Speaker 1: fan now of a team. I'm a little more objective. 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: How did where do you put yourself in that? I know, 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: if you support the Lakers, then you probably can't extract 33 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: yourself from being a fan. Sometimes. Yeah, so I go 34 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: the complete opposite. Honestly, I'm like even more of a 35 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,639 Speaker 1: fan now than I was before, Like covering the covering 36 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: the team. To me, like I get more into it, right, 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: I'm closer with like understanding the players and what's going 38 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: on when you're watching growing up. When I grew up 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: as a fan of the Lakers, of course, but um, 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: I wasn't really into basketball that way the way I 41 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: am now. Um, Yeah, I hear that a lot too, 42 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: and I would hate that. I would hate to like 43 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: lose my love of the game. I think that's kind 44 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: of what makes me want to, you know, dive in 45 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: and watch every single game. Watch again a team last 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: year that stopped really caring after February, you know. I mean, 47 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: like those are the things that make me, you know, 48 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: still want to watch. So no, I'm the clear off dumps. 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: I'm I'm still absolutely huge fan. Um. I kind of 50 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: fell into like this type of you called it a business. 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: I kind of fell backwards into it, right. I really 52 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: just started posting online. I just wanted a community to 53 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: kind of join, right, Lakers Twitter was kind of coming 54 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: up when I started it, in like sen um, and 55 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: I just wanted to be a part of it, honestly, 56 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: and I kind of fell back into really cool opportunities. 57 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: But now, man, I'm still just you know, as big 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: a fan as I was before. And I think there's ways, 59 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: obviously there's ways, there are people you're gonna be biased, 60 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: and I think as long as you acknowledge those biases, right, Like, 61 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: of course I want the Lakers to win, like like 62 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: that's like definitely and that shows out in any content 63 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: I do, UM, and you might lean a little bit 64 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: more positive in some ways, but in some ways also 65 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: you're a little bit more honest, right You're like, yeah, 66 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: let's get this guy off my team. There's no like, oh, 67 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: like he might be good or not? All right, Yeah, 68 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: you know you're like, Okay, if I want to win, 69 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be serious about how we get there. So 70 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm not going to I think some NBA fans are 71 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: definitely biased, but I've never met a biased Lakers fans. 72 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: Pretty much like you know, clear our feet version just 73 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: on the ground, just thoroughly ground, connected to the ground, 74 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: tent toes down. You know, that's just how we are. 75 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: But Roge, how did you fall into your Laker fandom? 76 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: Is just by being an l A guy. Yeah, so 77 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: obviously grow growing up in l a Um, you know 78 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: about the Lakers, right, you know about Kobe and check. 79 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: But like when I was a kid and I played 80 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: youth basketball, but I never really got into watching the 81 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: Lakers until like my freshman year ending of high school. 82 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: I was I was trying out for the team or whatever, 83 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: and uh, when the guys just told me, like, I 84 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: want you to go home and watch Kobe, you know, 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: go watch Kobe play, And to me, just being a 86 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: really arrogant, dumb ninth payer, I was like, why would 87 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: I go watch Kobe? Like, I'm not trying to be 88 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: in the NBA, you know, I'm just trying to, you know, play, 89 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to play basketball, right, And I went 90 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: home and I just don't love the game. This was 91 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: in oh seven oh eight, and I don't think I've 92 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: missed a game like on purpose since then. It's two 93 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: so um, yeah, that's kind of how I fell into 94 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: it and just really fell in love with it, and uh, 95 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: watching every single game and being able to grow up 96 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: with the Lakers and then obviously they had their their 97 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: downturn obviously once Kobe went out and retired. But that's 98 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: how I got into it, really. Um. I fell in 99 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: love in high school and I just never stopped and 100 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: I worry, one day will it like and and it 101 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: just as I get deeper and deeper into this and 102 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: into the business of it, I all more and more 103 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: in love with the game. So um that I'm still 104 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: a huge fan of it. Yeah, I love to hear that. 105 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: And how are you feeling heading into this this particular season? 106 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: You said you were in the preseason game. Yeah, so 107 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: I like to go to that, to the first preseason 108 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: game went. Uh? I went last year as well. Um, 109 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: last year Lebron didn't play played, uh played last night. 110 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: It's strange, right, I mean, I think everyone expected the 111 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Lakers to be different than what they are now. Russell 112 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: Westbrook obviously dominates any headline, any you know, conversation along 113 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers dominates around a Russell Westbrook trade. But you know, 114 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: last night, I think that was like the best I've 115 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: seen Russ play in like a year. Like I thought, 116 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: he looked Okay. I understand all the caveats. I still 117 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: don't like getting you know, thirty piece by the Sacramento Kings. 118 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: I totally get we you know, we've ben started second unit. 119 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: But I'm hopeful this is a better year. Darvin Ham obviously, 120 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: I think, is trying to implement things that you know, 121 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: work better for Russ. Hopeing hopefully we get Lebron and 122 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: a d healthy, which I think is the number one thing. 123 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: But I'm a little bit higher than I like. I 124 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: think the expectations are so low right now, Like it's 125 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: hard not to pass that bar right and the expectations 126 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: are just to be competitive, which, uh, you know, I 127 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: think Lebron and a D you would hope for higher, 128 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, bars to reach. But that's kind of the 129 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: bar right now. That's the most realistic one. I was 130 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: telling Jack before this, when I was talking to Jabari 131 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: about the game, I said, hey, we look different from 132 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: last season, and I like that. There's we there's there's 133 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: clearly some kind of there's a new ethos within the squad. Now, 134 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: the time it will take for that to get to 135 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: whatever level of competitiveness is yet to be seen. But 136 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: like you said, I I felt heartened enough that at 137 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: least the ship was beginning to turn in direction. Now again, 138 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't know where that goes, but at least that 139 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: was enough for me to feel less panicked. This is 140 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: the point in the season that is like I love 141 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: overreacting in a positive way, just imagining like amazing like 142 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: the Net the Net Sixers game, like watching Ben Simmons 143 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: back out there, like playing, just watching the highlights of 144 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, like throwing some passes like behind his head, 145 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: and like, you know, that got me so excited, and 146 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: I'm just like picturing this season where like that's all 147 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,119 Speaker 1: that's happening is just Ben Simmons, just as the Queen 148 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: and Chest just like moving all over the boy were 149 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: like getting the ball to different people in like weird 150 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: positions at just the right time. Um, that's what That's 151 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: what's fun about this part of the season for me. Yeah. Yeah, 152 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: the same thing, like how I overreacted to Quinta Brunson 153 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: posting a picture of herself on Twitter as James Harden 154 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, I think the Sixers could win 155 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: this year. That truly was what was my take was 156 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: there's something going on. What's happening with the Eagles? You 157 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: said the Eagles are doing They're killing it right now then, 158 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: and I said, what about the Phillies first playoff birth 159 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: in eleven years. I'm like, okay, so the Sixers definitely 160 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: getting past the second round off the strength of that 161 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: quint Quinta Brunson pick, for sure, I heard, I think 162 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: which on one of these the Sixers fan correct, Yeah, 163 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: I'm six not the person who was frothing at the 164 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: mouth when you're talking about the Lakers. I think there's 165 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: some interesting, like you know, through lines between the Lakers 166 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: and the Sixers, Like you guys are trying to rely 167 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: on James Harden, which you know, good luck on that 168 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: right now. I think I think James Harden the Russell 169 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: Westbrook in this metaphor. So obviously James Harden is seen 170 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: as a lot better than Russell Westbrook, which is totally fair. 171 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: I do agree, um with that. I just think, like 172 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: old guards, there's not like a ramp down right, It's 173 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: more of a drop right there. The cliff is. It's 174 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: a cliff drop. It's not just like a steady drop 175 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: in decline. Um. So I'm interested when that happens with 176 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: James Harden. He said he's lost a hundred pounds, which 177 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: obviously I think it was that was just stretching it out. 178 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: But I'm really interested. And I think you know, Embeed 179 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: wants to win the MVP. I think that's something that 180 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: that's definitely in his grasp. Um. I think Anthony Davis 181 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: kind of sees himself in that. Anthony Davis was in 182 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: that embed Yoka's tier, and it's crazy how he's dropped 183 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: in terms of like just his reputation around the league. Um. 184 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: But I think, you know, when he's at his peaking 185 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: kind of reach those levels. But I just think like, 186 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: it's an interesting kind of look at it, because I 187 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: think Philly has a lot of expectations this year a 188 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: doc Rivers lead team. I'm not really you know, I'm 189 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: not really high on but okay, all right, I'm really 190 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: interested in how they have. That is, by the way, 191 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: that that is my exact thoughts said back to me, 192 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: but said back to me by a Lakers fan. I'm like, 193 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, oh yeah, well, um yeah, every single 194 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: thing except the source exactly. Yeah, I know, the Sixers 195 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: are very exciting. I feel like the Sixers got people 196 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: in the way that I'm talking about. Watching a couple 197 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: of Ben seveonce highlights got me excited for the season. Like, 198 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: I think there's just something about them, and like the 199 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: idea of like a return to peak form James Harden 200 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: and then the promise of Maxie that just has has 201 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: everybody excited. I feel like I am uniquely situated as 202 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: somebody who has like been uh you know, living and 203 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 1: dining with them since them bead came into the league 204 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: that I I feel a certain ceiling, uh that that 205 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: they can't get past, which is the second round of 206 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But you know, Miles is right, maybe that's 207 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: quin to Branson, James Harden, dude, maybe take a little 208 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: bit out of my Lakers fan bag and and those 209 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: in some magical thinking. You know, I'm here. Sometimes it helps, 210 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: sometimes it helps. It's like prayer, you know. Um. But 211 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: to touch on the Lakers again for a second, rage 212 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: between Lonnie Walker and wants to Skonell Anderson, Thomas, Brian 213 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: Troy Brown. Which which of them do you think is 214 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: going to have the biggest impact. Yeah, So it's interesting 215 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: they brought on a bunch of guards, right, I mean 216 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: this team was like built for Westbrook Trade, Right, It's 217 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: kind of that's kind of the build of it. Um, 218 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm you know, actually I think the name I don't 219 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: think you mentioned that. I think Patrick Beverley is probably 220 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: the most like known guy right on the team. Like 221 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 1: he's the one that I think, you know what his 222 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: skill set is, like I think Kendrick Nunn if it's 223 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: really well as well, like he started last night, I 224 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: think he's a perfect Like you want another ball handler 225 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: out there. I was interesting watching yesterday. There was a 226 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: lot of possessions. Russ was just in the corner, which 227 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 1: I think is interesting how they're trying to run the 228 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: offense through other ball handlers, and I think there's some 229 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: diminishing return to that where you're not gonna get anything 230 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: out of Russ if he doesn't have the ball um. 231 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: But yeah, like Lonnie Walker, he's been interesting. I just 232 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: think any team that gets let go by the Spurs, 233 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: I'm kind of look at it and through it through 234 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: a side I but yeah, I think Patrick Barley is 235 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: going to be have the most impact. But I'm really interested, 236 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: like if they can throw Lonnie Walker in the room 237 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 1: with Phil Handley, Phil Handy and see what comes out. 238 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: We had Austin Reeves he played yesterday as well. It's 239 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: just like a bunch of guys who need minutes then 240 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: where it goes. G t A looked fine last night. 241 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: I think he's a guy that's gonna need to play 242 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: with like starters, like because he just can't shoot us 243 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: very he doesn't really have much offense to him, but uh, 244 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: a lot of just unknowns man and it's really just 245 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: Lebron and a d are gonna have to carry again 246 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: and hope that Russ can have some kind of bounce 247 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: back uh forrenched season there. But yeah, pet Beev is 248 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: probably the one I see having like the best impact 249 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: from the from the new Guards that we got and 250 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: that's just not in sound bites. No, I feel like 251 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: that's going to be the other blessing of the memes 252 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: are going to be self generating for sure. But again, 253 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: this is the time when the unknowns can you know, 254 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: it's like watching a movie trailer where you know so 255 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: often the movie that I see in the trailer and 256 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: fill in all the blank spots with like, you know, 257 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: they'll work that out. Uh, It's oftentimes not quite as good. 258 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: Uh you know what once you see it up on 259 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: the screen. But that is the point that I'm at. 260 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: That's why I love this point of the season. The Warriors, 261 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: like you know, James Wiseman came through with a twenty 262 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: and nine in the preseason. I'm like, oh, oh boy, 263 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: the Weston trouble they from last year and Wiseman putting 264 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: up at least twenty and ten every game cominga in there, 265 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,599 Speaker 1: it's everyone's in trouble. Did you see the did you 266 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: see the clip from that game though, when Ruey was 267 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: talking to the crowd, Oh my god, as somebody who's 268 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: black and knees, that clip couldn't resonate with me. Harder 269 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: as somebody who is Japanese speaking have black person being 270 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: there and sometimes you speak they're like, wait, you speak 271 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: in Japanese, Like they'll look at you like is that 272 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: Japanese coming out of your mouth? And then for the 273 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: mic to be passed to Draymond and just say to 274 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: the crowd and they lost. I just gotta play this 275 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: really quick for people who haven't heard it, because like 276 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: ruly is being very Japanese, Like he's doing the thing 277 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: that athletes do when you address the crowds, like like 278 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: you kind of basically you're selling the crowd on what 279 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: the team's into. He's like, Hey, just to let you know, 280 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: like we're working really hard, we're trying to take it 281 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: to another level. Uh, and we're gonna give it. Are 282 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 1: all in this game, so like I hope, I hope 283 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: you'll will have our back to is what really is 284 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: saying in Japanese month And they're like, all right, yes 285 00:13:49,400 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: for you, Raymond, much louder, loud, but brilliant, brilliant moment. 286 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: What was everybody thinking about the Doves this year? Embarrassment 287 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: of Riches man, It's just, uh, it's it's crazy what 288 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: they're able to get. I do think they're gonna miss 289 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: Gary Payne, like I do think that was a loss 290 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: for them. They let him walk obviously, UM in Auto 291 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: Porter as well, I think, you know, it's an important 292 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: part of them. But comingo, I think can step right 293 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: in most moody. They get Clay Thompson back for a 294 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: full season, They're just gonna them. And the Clippers I 295 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: think are the two top of the West to me, 296 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: and I think they're just coming in with a whole 297 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: bunch of chemistry and stuff you just can't buy. I 298 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: mean Clay, Clay, Draymond and Stepp and playing together forever. 299 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: That's just stuff that like no team can catch up with. Um, 300 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: the Suns were like the closest, and they look like 301 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: they're burning like no pun intended, but like the Sun's 302 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: just looked like they're gonna tear down. But the Warriors 303 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: I think are gonna They're gonna run the season again. 304 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: I mean, they have all things going for them. They 305 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: have young talent that can you know, call them through 306 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: a regular season. Yeah, I just I think they're gonna 307 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: be really good again. One of our recent guests pointed 308 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: out that there hasn't been a team that goes back 309 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: to back years to their conference finals. So for the 310 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: past four seasons, basically since Lebron left Cleveland, no team 311 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: has gone back to back to either Eastern Conference or 312 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: Western Conference finals, which blew my mind. It also like 313 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: put into perspective, like what Lebron did for for nine years, 314 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: nine out of ten years in a row, being in 315 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: the finals was so wild. But yeah, there's just so 316 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: much parody, so much talent in the league this year. 317 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: I mean that also gets me excited because it's like 318 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: we're going to see something new. We're gonna see new looks. 319 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: Teams are going to come out of nowhere and surprise everybody. Um, 320 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: but why the Dubs like looking as good as they did, 321 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: and you know what, Wise been looking as good as 322 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: he does? Gets me. That makes me think we we 323 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,359 Speaker 1: might be headed for a back to back Western Conference 324 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: appearance from them at the very least. All right, let's 325 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: take a quick break, uh, and we'll come back to 326 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: talk some other Let's let's take you down Nunda when 327 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: we get back from the break after this, and we're back. 328 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: Jack who who was the one that was Ben who 329 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: pointed that out about the no back to back in 330 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: the conference finals. I mean the sixth or the not 331 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: the six or so. I'm sorry. The Celtics have been 332 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: there like every other season, but you know, there's been 333 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: a lot of the same teams there, but it doesn't 334 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: happen back to back because it is incredibly hard to 335 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: do that because you know you're running, you're making a 336 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: deep run, your best players are getting a lot of miles, 337 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: and then it's it's hard for them to come back 338 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: and play at that high level without breaking down the 339 00:16:53,400 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: next season. So um exciting times. Speaking of down, another 340 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: preseason action where it was a team I had never 341 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: heard of and I thought, I was like, oh, I 342 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: like that name, the Adelaide thirty sixers. Uh. They defeated 343 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: the Suns in a preseason matchup that had me thinking 344 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: there was a typos. I'm like, oh wait, they played 345 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: the seventies sixers in Adelaide, and then that's what happened. No, 346 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: this is the a from the National Basketball League in Australia. 347 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,959 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, off the back of thirty five points from 348 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: Craig Randall. It was. It was an interesting, interesting game, 349 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: pretty competitive, Jack. I feel like you had a bit 350 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: of a theory as to what we might be seeing 351 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: with the suns. I mean, it's not a theory, it's 352 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: just interesting like that the last game was Dallas, you know, 353 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: Game seven of the Dallas series. That was one of 354 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: the strangest you know, just performances from a team like 355 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: prior to that series, and even prior to that game, 356 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: I think most people thought they were gonna win and 357 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: continue on and like reappear in the finals. They didn't 358 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: know about the stat but that we just said the 359 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: bank got yeah, but um, it's yeah. It's just a 360 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: wild like I don't know if it's a mental block 361 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: or you know what, what particularly is happening, But an 362 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: NBA team hasn't lost to a non NBA team and 363 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: you know, even in preseason for for a long time, 364 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: and you know, Monty Williams came through and was like 365 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: this is good. There's a learning experience and maybe it is, 366 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: maybe it's what they needed, but it's you know, having 367 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: those be the back to back home games, like appearances 368 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: on your home court is it's just pretty wild. It's 369 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: gonna again, like maybe makes it really interesting to watch 370 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: them and see like what what happens with them. I 371 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: think this is when I'm not overreacting to I like 372 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: to react in a positive direction and be like Ben 373 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: Simmons for m v P dark horse candidate, But with 374 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: this one, I think I think they'll bounce back. But 375 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: even so, like once they get back going, it'll be 376 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: interesting to like hear them talk about. Okay, so what 377 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: was happening in those two games months apart where you guys, 378 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: you know, a world beating team where suddenly like couldn't 379 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: couldn't make it work. You know, it's it's that they 380 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: were supposed to get Kevin Durant right, like this timer 381 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: like that's kind of forgotten now, but like that was 382 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: the that was all the sourcing, right, Kevin Durant picked 383 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: them as their teams in the offseason. Yeah, and it 384 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: looked like, um, that's who they were going to get, 385 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: and obviously the eight and stuff. It's just really strange. 386 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: I mean that Sounds won sixty five games last year, 387 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Like that's insane. That's an insane amount of games. Um, 388 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: I don't That's why I don't think they'll drop off 389 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: that much in the regular season. I think, you know, 390 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: they'll be fine. Like their playoff issue to me is 391 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: like Chris Paul obviously is going to break down which 392 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: is expected. He's like about thirty five or six or 393 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: something like that. Um, I don't know his exact age, 394 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,479 Speaker 1: but just him and Booker and then I don't think 395 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: they feature eighting enough and the Mavericks kind of were 396 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: able to shut that off along with Luca being amazing. 397 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: So I simply have playoff concerns, but I think they're 398 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: gonna win a ton of games in the regular season. Again. Uh, 399 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 1: Eiden looked like a guy that knew he was going 400 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: to be gone in February. Just pa, But that was charitable. 401 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: What Charlie's theron because we've had another old guard issue happening. 402 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: You're welcome, shout out Netflix, what a reference is? Just 403 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: pulled the plug on the podcast. He said, that's uh, 404 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 1: that's the end episode Netflix Originals references. So about how 405 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: long do you think it will take? Do you think 406 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: this is like temporary, temporary blip like losing to a 407 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: team that went ten and eighteen in their previous NBA 408 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: NBL season will serve as like the bottom in which 409 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: they will begin to bounce, or do you think maybe 410 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: just give him a few more weeks and then let's 411 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: start figuring it out. I mean, the thing I'd be 412 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: thinking about as a you know, somebody who wants the 413 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: Lakers to perform well is Craig Randall, Like what is 414 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: his Can we get him on a contract? The guy 415 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: who was just lights out score thirty five, like eight threes. Um. 416 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: I was like, I'd like to see him in a 417 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: Lakers uniform next year. Yeah, we use that against the Suns, 418 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: real against everyone. Man oh man, Yeah, I mean I 419 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: believe we do. We don't have an open two way left. 420 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: We do have another roster spot left. Uh so so 421 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: Cole Swider And Scotty Poton Jr. Currently Are are two 422 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: way spots. Uh. We have Craig Randall. He had an 423 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: incredible games. Just we have so many guards. I wanna 424 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: be another guard to throw into this like seven eight 425 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: guard man rotation. But I saw that game he killed him. 426 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: They Phoenix was playing real players. It's not like they 427 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: had there. They had like actual guys were going to 428 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: be in their rotation out there. Um Tory Craig was 429 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: like trying to lock him up and he was still 430 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: able to like step back across and three of them. 431 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think the sounds are gonna be fine, though, 432 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: I like, I don't think preseason for a team that 433 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: went to the finals and then lost in the second 434 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: round the next year, I'm not sure how serious they're 435 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: gonna take the preseason, especially with the amount of games 436 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: they brought back. I'm interested what they get for Jay 437 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: Crowder though, Like I think that's an interesting I think 438 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: that's important. I think you know, his loss is actually 439 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: like I think he brings similar stuff that like Pat 440 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 1: Bev brings to your team, where like you hate you 441 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: hate him watching him, but I think on your team 442 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: he's one of those glue guys. So I'm just what 443 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: they what they do with that. If I think Cam 444 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: Johnson mcail bridges just dudes, they are going to help 445 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,239 Speaker 1: you win a ten of games, not a regular season, right. 446 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I think this brings us to our dumb 447 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: pitch for the NBA this year. Um, not necessarily dumb, 448 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: but so it's a left term from last week. Last 449 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: week we pitched the Zion has warm ups that are overalls. Yeah, 450 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: he has like caraway overall and rides a fan boat 451 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: into the stadium. But like, substitution is not like he's 452 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: sitting on the on the bench. A substitution happens when 453 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: they start playing Zion's theme music, which we kind of 454 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: put it credence, and then like the the announcers like, 455 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: oh my god, what what is that? And then the 456 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: smoke machine starts going. Zion rides a fan into like 457 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: in through the tunnel, and he's choking out at Gator, 458 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: to choking out Gata, choking out at Gata, then bite 459 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: his neck and throw him in the crowd and then 460 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: threw up the talcoulm out in the air like a 461 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: like a bayou lebron. James, Yeah, um, so this is 462 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: a little bit more straightforward. This is the one that 463 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: you know that the NBA hasn't gotten back to us 464 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: with notes on that one, but they might want to 465 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: get back to us with notes on this one, because 466 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: this made us ask, like what about relegation and promotion? 467 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: You know what happens in a lot of soccer leagues 468 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: in the world to keep it competitive where it's like 469 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: to do well is not good for your team, you know, 470 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: it's we can't incentivize the poor performance. You actually need 471 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: to play for your survival to get out of the bottom. 472 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: And I would look just to see a rotating thing 473 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: where suddenly the thirty sixers or you know, we have 474 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: an interesting group of eligible teams that can come in 475 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: to be promoted to the NBA and then the suns 476 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: for for the Laws are relegated to play on the 477 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: prison island of Australia. I don't I don't know if 478 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: they technically still consider themselves a prison island. That's probably not. 479 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: But anyways, the like, I think that's fun. It's good 480 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: promotion for the NBA abroad. You know, right, the economics 481 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: of promotion and relegation don't work in US sports because 482 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: of the stadiums that have to be built to house 483 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: these teams, Like you can't you can't build a crypto 484 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: dot com arena, get relegated and then be like, well 485 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: what are we doing with this arena because we're not 486 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: in the NBA Like that, it would be a massive detriment. 487 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: So I wonder if it's like a hermit crab where 488 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: it's like yo, bro, you lost, and then now guests 489 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: who's playing there? The ADELA thirty sixers, Yeah, they're they're 490 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: occupying your stadium now, and everybody wants to come at 491 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: you if you have a really nice stadium. So the 492 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:49,479 Speaker 1: comes with great responsibility. The Los Angeles Knickerbockers, like they 493 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: finally figured it out. It's l a weather plus the 494 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 1: Knicks brand. Yeah, so they would they would not only 495 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: take your spot in the NBA, they'd also take your arenas. 496 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: That feels like gangster stuff, you know what I mean, 497 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: Like I take your spot and your arena. Yeah, you 498 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: know the United Center take put a sheet over m 499 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: J statue because right now this belongs to the Tokyo 500 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: Apache or whatever the Japanese team is or whatever. So 501 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: should we should we talk about so s I did 502 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 1: their annual top one hundred list or you know, part 503 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: of it. I haven't seen the top fifty yet, but um, 504 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: they released fifty through a hundred. Uh MAXI was in there, 505 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: I think, insultingly, so Man needs to be in the 506 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: top ten at least um, but you know, big big movers. 507 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: Westbrook was left off of their top one hundred list 508 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: after coming into thirty four last year. So I mean, 509 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: I don't think Westbrook needs bulletin board material at this point, 510 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: but that's certainly you know, could be motivation. Westbrook was 511 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: left off the top one hundred list, which feels right 512 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: from last year. Honestly, Like I think good, Yeah, I 513 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: think that's fair, and again the Lakers are hoping that, 514 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: you know, he bounces back and gives them some kind 515 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: of leverage and whatever deals they had, the Indiana deals 516 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: that they were talking about. Um, hopefully, you know, if 517 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: he plays well, they don't have to give as many 518 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: first round picks. But it feels right Westbrook was just 519 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: not good last year, so to one feels really like that. 520 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: That feels kind of terrible for a guy who want 521 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: MVP a few years ago, but bits for his game 522 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: last year, right yeah? And then who else was Like 523 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: Lonzo also wasn't on there. But I guess you know, 524 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: with the season he had, you'd have to sort of 525 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: compartmentalize it's just injuries, Yeah, you know, first half of 526 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: last season. They specifically say through the first half of 527 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: last season, he's top seventy five, but with the injuries, 528 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: it's tough. And still having trouble, right yeah, yeah, I 529 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: think he's had another surgery at the beginning of the season, 530 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: so he's that they don't I I don't know what 531 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: the timetable is for his return, but still still having trouble, yeah, 532 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: untill he was not having trouble. Blake Griffin, Oh, one 533 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 1: year deal with the Celtics where the number one got 534 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: the nine one on him, the first player to play 535 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: with that. I mean, yeah, that's the yeah. Look, that's 536 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: the Celtics fans. They've come a long way. I know 537 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: they've been wanting Blake Griffin from and I remember when 538 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,479 Speaker 1: they would like post like photoshoped images of him in Celtics, 539 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: like in the Celtics uniform. So I'm sure for the 540 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: fans are like it's one of those things like it's 541 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: finally happened, but years later. All right, yeah, let's take 542 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: you a quick break. We'll come back. We'll do rapid fire. 543 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: And I feel like you're ready, man, You're you're on 544 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: the top of your quick yeah. Yeah, he ready for this. 545 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back and we're back, and get your 546 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: joints ready. Stretch your neck out, because guess what, Raj, 547 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: it's time for the rapid fire round of questioning, in 548 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: which we are going to ask you a succession of questions. 549 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 1: You just react, give us your first response, just chest 550 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: pass that answer right back without thinking, because we do 551 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: not have time for you to explain the answer further. Okay, 552 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: I don't care what we say after. That's just not 553 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: how this works. And if we get off task, it's 554 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: on you to keep us on task. Okay, rog before 555 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: we start the clock. Actually, let's just start to start 556 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: the clock. Jack, should we go? Who wants you want 557 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: to go first? I could go first. Yeah, I'm happy. 558 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm happy to go first, unless you would rather go first. 559 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: To be honest, I was thinking I might go first 560 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: this time, if that's cool with you. Okay, yeah, that's 561 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: fine with me. Now, okay, we hold on. Now you 562 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: said oh no, no, no no, Now you sounding like 563 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: you didn't seems like you really want to go first. No, no, 564 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: no nos, that's okay, you go first. I'm not playing. Okay, great, 565 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: ok that sounds awesome. I appreciate you. Let fair, but 566 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to go See, you can't just do that. 567 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: See that's go first, go first, go first? Start the 568 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: clock again. I should have I should have started though. 569 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: What are we underrating about the upcoming season? How much 570 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: parody there's? Okay, go on, elaborate. Yeah, I think the 571 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: Western Conference is insane. Like, I don't think people are 572 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: understanding how insane the West is. There's like eleven teams 573 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: who think they should be winning. They should be Yeah, Clippers. 574 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: I mean, is it It sounds like you are the 575 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: rare Lakers fan that gives gives the Clippers their due. 576 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: How are you feeling about that? They're my They're my 577 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: upset pick kind of dark horse team. I think they're 578 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: gonna be great in the regular season. I hated the 579 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: like trade from like a playoff standpoint, like I just 580 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: don't like Gobert and Cat in terms of like in 581 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but I think they're gonna be great in 582 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: the regular season. And high on Anthony Overts. I just 583 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: thought that was a huge package to give up um 584 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: to to get your one Starry and to join and 585 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: be it how it Bi Gobert. I went to the 586 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: Clippers uh Jazz Game six, and I just watched as 587 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: the Clippers switch Reggie Jackson on a Gobart and Clippers 588 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: the Jazz could do nothing about it. So I'm just 589 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: I'm not hiding them in the playoffs, but in the 590 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: regular season they're gonna be really good. Right, Maybe we 591 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: need to rename this second because it feels like rapid 592 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: Fire isn't clear enough for our guests sometimes. You know, 593 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: Rog is a young man, you know, I wanted to 594 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: make sure I didn't want to come at him like 595 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: that all of a sudden, but rog, you gotta get 596 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: it together, man, together, family, please, whatever your interpretation or 597 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: rapid fires, the NBA about to cancel this show because 598 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: this isn't paying off on what it's promising by calling 599 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: being called rapid fire. Please, man, I got out with defeat. Okay. 600 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: Next question, there's a hard one to ask. What's more 601 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: likely to happen the Lakers or Clippers make a deep 602 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: run in the postseason? Clippers sadly, badly, badly. I know, 603 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know. I don't want to, 604 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: but I know as a friend of many a Laker fan, 605 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm just like worried about how because there there's still 606 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: unwillingness to deal with the reality of the situation in 607 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: a lot of cases. Um sure, and I see that 608 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: there's still the Clippers there, I know. And you know what, 609 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,959 Speaker 1: and if we see our Laker privilege diminished, you can 610 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: guarantee a January six type response from Laker fans. That's 611 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: the kind of levels of denial we're in, you know 612 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: what I mean. It's like we lost that election fan storming. 613 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: I can't I don't want to see this, but it's true. 614 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: I mean I can't like you're saying, like they've been 615 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,959 Speaker 1: more consistent and aside for me wanting to be toxic 616 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: for the fun of it, Like yeah, I'm I'm I'm 617 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: bracing myself to watch them just be They're not They're 618 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: not playing the same league. Like they look at their roster. 619 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: They have like ten dudes who make you know, ten 620 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: to eleven million dollars a year along with p G 621 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: and Kauai. They have absolutely gone all in. All in. Um, 622 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: they're playing a different like level fields, so they're they've 623 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 1: gone all in for this season. They'll see what happens. 624 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: You're right, there's still just the clip. This is rapid fire, 625 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: but I mean, yeah, that's true. Yeah, it's surprising to 626 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: see them go all in with with the leader of 627 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: the franchise like Steve Balmer, because he seems like a 628 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: pretty reserved person, you know, Like I don't know if 629 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: you saw that clip of him, absolutely, dude, he was 630 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: even going nuts at the Climate Pledge arena for the game. Yeah, 631 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking about. I think about the famous 632 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: Microsoft one. No no, no, no, he brings that energy everywhere. Yeah, 633 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: Balman out of control. Um, alright, which new faces in 634 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: new places or newly formed cores? Are you most looking 635 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: forward to seeing this year of our lookwe NBA season 636 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: newly formed cores. I'm definitely most interested in seeing what 637 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: that like Minnesota team looks like. Really fascinated just to 638 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: see it on paper thin Just it's really crazy to look. 639 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: And they're going from like a team that was just 640 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: fun to expectations. So Minnesota definitely rapid fire. I gotta 641 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: remember that. Keep a rapid thank you, thank you man, 642 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: stop with all the cabin Okay, here we go. Um now, look, 643 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: the league did drop the Comeback Player of the Year 644 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: award years ago, but because we do the show the NBA, 645 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: the league said that we can give out this year 646 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: a boost these bounce back player for three season. If 647 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: the league lets us present this award, give us your 648 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 1: top three candidate for the formally Comeback Player of the 649 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: Year now known as the Boost He's bounce back player. 650 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: Comeback player top three would be cool if it was 651 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: like someone who dropped a hundred pounds or something in 652 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: the offseason and just like look on sudden like their 653 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: old self. I don't know, like any award Emmy Award 654 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: winner it's just a thought that I'm just like, I'm 655 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: just trying. This is rapid fire. I'm just helping with brainstorm, 656 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: I know. And look you and and you're helping Rojs 657 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: mess up the segment. Please get on. I'm biased, I hope, 658 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking it's Anthony Davis who's going to be 659 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: you know up there. I think James Harden has just 660 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: like his same issue. Not sure, I don't think hard 661 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: yeah from the Sixers, Okay, um, yeah, Ben Simmons, I 662 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: think you know, yeah, and Simmons should be back and 663 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: uh can I give two Lakers on this, Like I 664 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: would like to see if Russell Westbrook also like you'll 665 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: come back to be competitive at least or like an 666 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: NBA player. I think it's dropped off so far. But 667 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: definitely Anthony Davis, like I think he should win the 668 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: Boosti's award, Like hopefully I'm hoping he wins this. Uh, 669 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 1: he wins this award. Yeah, Anthony Davis was playing at 670 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: a level that qualified him for the high standards of BOOST. 671 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: He's bounce back player of three. It would be like 672 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: he's an m VP candidate also, which I don't know. 673 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: We we haven't determined all the the is not that well. 674 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 1: I guess our expectations aren't low for a d that's 675 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: for sure. If we said he's bounced back then yet 676 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: to your point, that would be a pretty massive show. Hey, 677 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: well for and those those you know, yeah, you know 678 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: m v P bounce back and it would be an 679 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: interesting uh yeah, future episodes, we will have this debate 680 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: as as we get closer and closer to the mountain 681 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: Dew Boosts Bounce Back. Player of what I tell you 682 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: about cutting us off and keeping the segment going, please 683 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: surprise contender. No one's considering right now, no one. I 684 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: think Denver is a lot better than people are are 685 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: remembering and thinking, like I think they there are a 686 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 1: lot better than people than uh people are expecting out 687 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 1: of them. For sure, Jamal Murray might be a boost 688 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 1: Boosts bounce Back contender. Um maybe, yeah, I think they 689 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: might be interesting. A lot of people saw them go 690 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: up against the Dubs in the in the playoffs, and 691 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: that was a bad matchup for them. People are d 692 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: you are losing control of this segment. Man, You are 693 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: losing control of this segment. Man Jack over here talking 694 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: about all kinds of stuff, Please answer this question. Rapidly. 695 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: Who's a time All Star this season? Oh, Evan Mowley definitely. Okay, okay, okay, yeah, 696 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: I can see that. I can see that. What is 697 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,840 Speaker 1: it about Evan Mobley that you see him ascending to 698 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: the All Star heights this season? I think he just 699 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: has everything. I remember like watching uh cows played the 700 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: Lakers early last year, always year, and that dude is 701 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: a defensive monster and shoot it, you know, has great touch, 702 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: pick and pop can roll. Um. He said he was 703 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 1: already like the you know, the hub of their defense 704 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: really early on. So I think he's just been incredible. 705 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: They already have a bunch of All Stars, and I 706 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: think he might be the best out of them. Might 707 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: not be as good as Donovan Mitchell, you know, got 708 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: to but um, I think Evan Mobley's special. Uh possibly 709 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: could have been an All Star last year as well, 710 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: So um, I think he could get on the team 711 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: this year. Rabbit fire though, Yes, yeah, you could be 712 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: like this year's teres Max Rock, you know, because he 713 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: oh wait, he didn't make it last year, so he 714 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: would also be a candidate for the Oh wow, stop 715 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,479 Speaker 1: trying to walk people down. That's wild. Yeah, that would 716 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: have been did you see him hit like three threes 717 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: in a row around just like you're not just excited 718 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,280 Speaker 1: to get the season started. He was like, I'm bored 719 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: with people not realizing how good I am and just 720 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: came through and hit three threes right off the bat. Anyways, 721 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,840 Speaker 1: final question, Roger, this is the one uh we we 722 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: always close out with um Jack or Miles? Uh? You 723 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:38,839 Speaker 1: really mumbled? Did I okay Jack or um Miles? Uh? 724 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:51,719 Speaker 1: I can't answer that. Jack four miles both. There's a 725 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 1: great show. Diplomat. I love that dip set in the building. Okay, 726 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: I like a diplomatic. Let's take it. This is the 727 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: close come to a victory. You know, this is like 728 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, this is huge for me. This is go wait, 729 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,919 Speaker 1: white those tears from your eyes, man, White those tears 730 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: from your face, big man, You'll be all right, sweat back. 731 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: This is courage water coming out my eyes. Man. I 732 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: told you about this, raje man, Thank you so much, 733 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: ros Chapalu for joining us on Miles and Jack got 734 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,880 Speaker 1: mat boost these Where can people go check out your 735 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: work and listen to you and all that other stuff? Man? Yes, 736 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:26,839 Speaker 1: dear man, this was This was a lot of fun. 737 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate it on Twitter at roj Chapalu. 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