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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What's Right? Would Nick write Episode two thirty

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<v Speaker 2>three on a somewhat bitter sweet day? You know, we

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<v Speaker 2>we got to see a great basketball game last night.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to see Jamal Murray continue to write an

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<v Speaker 2>NBA story that is without precedent, really, and we also

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<v Speaker 2>got to see a guy who is doing his best

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<v Speaker 2>to climb up the NBA pantheon. In Nikola Jokic show

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<v Speaker 2>you how great players, truly historically great players, even in

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<v Speaker 2>games where they don't seem to have it and are

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<v Speaker 2>uncharacteristically sloppy, not that sharp. You're like, oh, he still

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<v Speaker 2>had twenty five, twenty and nine as he climbs up

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<v Speaker 2>the all time ranks, and it was against the backdrop

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<v Speaker 2>of and this is the case with every playoff game

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron plays in. At this point, what could be the

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<v Speaker 2>final playoff game of the career of the great best

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<v Speaker 2>player of all time. And so we will get into

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<v Speaker 2>all of that. We will also do a draft recap. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>shout out and happy, I can't believe it. Nineteenth birthday

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<v Speaker 2>to one of my favorite co hosts, one of my

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<v Speaker 2>three favorite children, and one of my four favorite human

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<v Speaker 2>beings to ever live, Diora as she wakes up in

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<v Speaker 2>sunny Santa Cruz, California this morning, nineteen years old. So

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<v Speaker 2>a very happy birthday to my beloved daughter, Demonsey. If

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<v Speaker 2>you would like before we start the show, there you

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<v Speaker 2>go soon. No, I know you will, But if you

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get it on the record to the audience,

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<v Speaker 2>that's fine too. Episode two thirty three. Here's what missed

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<v Speaker 2>the cut not on today's show. The Prince gets his

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<v Speaker 2>fifth year option picked up. The Celtics take a three

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<v Speaker 2>to one lead on the Heat, but it's a costly

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<v Speaker 2>as Porzingis seems a lot of cap injuries going around,

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<v Speaker 2>and in a series watched by hundreds and hundreds of people,

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<v Speaker 2>the thunder Do in fact sweep the New Orleans Pelicans.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the reward you get for being the

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<v Speaker 2>one seed. You get a walk over in round one

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<v Speaker 2>as you prepare for a Round two opponent that's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have just played a six or seven game war in

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<v Speaker 2>the Clippers of the MAVs. But of course we must

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<v Speaker 2>start demons with the news of the day, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is the Nuggets complete the closest gentleman sweep in NBA history,

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<v Speaker 2>four games to one. Go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so they they did finish the close gentlemen's sweep.

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<v Speaker 3>Lebron not too much to lose there. I think he

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<v Speaker 3>had a lot to gain. But yeah, so Ham With

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<v Speaker 3>that said, Ham is likely out. Ellie wants to re

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<v Speaker 3>sign Lebron and sounds like they'd be open as signing

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<v Speaker 3>or drafting Bronni.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So on the bright side of all these things, it's

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<v Speaker 3>an improvement from last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, Well, okay, so I mean it's not getting swept,

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<v Speaker 2>but last year was of course in the conference finals.

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<v Speaker 2>This was in round one, and I will give the

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<v Speaker 2>Nuggets and Yokichen murray their flowers, I promise, but that

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<v Speaker 2>isn't where I want to start today's show. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to start with the Lakers side of things, big picture,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the Lebron James of it all. So this

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers team had deep playoff run upside if everything fell

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<v Speaker 2>right for them in relation to their aging superstars, health

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<v Speaker 2>and productivity. And what makes this season so such a

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<v Speaker 2>tough pill to swallow and so bitter sweet for and

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<v Speaker 2>mostly just bitter for Laker fans is no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>bill of goods Darvin Ham tries to sell you about

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<v Speaker 2>health of the roster and about people being focused on

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<v Speaker 2>rotations when it's about availability, the fact of the matter

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<v Speaker 2>is this. The Lakers four best players played eighty two,

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<v Speaker 2>seventy six, seventy six and seventy one games. They were

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<v Speaker 2>remarkably healthy, and there are a lot of reasons why

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers got off to their twenty four and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five start. As The Athletic did a pretty good job

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<v Speaker 2>of laying out in its article today, the total refusal

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<v Speaker 2>to start your best players until the fifty game mark

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<v Speaker 2>of the season shirt didn't help, which put them behind

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<v Speaker 2>the eight ball. And as I said, the day of

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<v Speaker 2>the trade deadline, because as much crap as Darvin Ham gets,

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<v Speaker 2>fairly to a degree, to me, the main villain of

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<v Speaker 2>this Lakers season is not the head coach, but is

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<v Speaker 2>the front office that stood pat at the deadline, that

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even make any moves around the margins for reasons

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<v Speaker 2>that never made sense to me. And this isn't second guessing.

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<v Speaker 2>This was first guessing when I saw a team like

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<v Speaker 2>Dallas just make the minor ad of you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go ahead and trade for Daniel Gafford because we

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<v Speaker 2>think he can give us some quality backup five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>and folks said to me, are you nick, you're whining

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<v Speaker 2>about not getting Daniel gafferd that's gonna make the difference. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're playing the defending champs in round one and

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<v Speaker 2>games two, in games five literally come down to the

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<v Speaker 2>final shot of the game, you do wonder if ten

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<v Speaker 2>minutes from Daniel Gafford rather than ten minutes from Jackson Hayes,

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<v Speaker 2>would that have been worth one possession? Would that would

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<v Speaker 2>would the would that have been worth one possession in

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of games? Maybe maybe not? And so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it was a well coached team. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think it was a well put together team. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think that, yes, right now, Jokic and Jamal are better

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<v Speaker 2>than Lebron and Ad. That's not really deniable, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is close enough that the difference in this series was

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<v Speaker 2>supporting cast members. The difference in the series was Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Porter Junior. Shout out to him being unbelievable under the

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<v Speaker 2>backdrop of true family tragedy, under the backdrop of his

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<v Speaker 2>brother being banned from the league and his other brother

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<v Speaker 2>being sent to prison. Michael Porter Junior just played the

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<v Speaker 2>best basketball of his life twenty three and eight a

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<v Speaker 2>night on fifty five forty nine splits. So it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great job by him. He deserves credit. Jamal Murray, who

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<v Speaker 2>again i'll get to more in depth, not one hundred percent,

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<v Speaker 2>not shooting great throughout the series, hits a walk off

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<v Speaker 2>in Game two, and yesterday plays well throughout the entirety

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<v Speaker 2>of the game on one leg and hits another semi

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<v Speaker 2>walk off. And then of course there's Joker. But what

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<v Speaker 2>once again is gonna be tough to swallow for Laker

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<v Speaker 2>fans is as because Jokers so great. It's not like

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<v Speaker 2>you're shocked by his production. You went into the series,

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<v Speaker 2>probably anticipating about this level of production. He didn't hit

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<v Speaker 2>those insane shot clock beating heaves like he did last year.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't have one like just absolutely steal your soul

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<v Speaker 2>half like he did Game one last year. And it

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<v Speaker 2>just wasn't enough. And now if folks want to say, well, look,

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<v Speaker 2>you know Ad needed to be better, I guess AD

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<v Speaker 2>did he wear down at the end of these games.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure came down to one possession. I think they could

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<v Speaker 3>hit some free throws. Lebron hit, he missed one after one.

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<v Speaker 3>Austin Reeves took a turnaround mid range as like one

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<v Speaker 3>of the last shots.

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<v Speaker 2>He also, I know that killed me the.

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<v Speaker 3>He missed. He didn't. But like I'm saying, it came

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<v Speaker 3>down to a possession, Austin Reeves missed two with three

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<v Speaker 3>free throws on a on a foul three point shot.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's right. That and then Dinwiddie, who's an

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<v Speaker 2>eighty eight percent free throw shooter in the fourth quarter,

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<v Speaker 2>missed two. Yeah it does of course. So it's there

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<v Speaker 2>are things the Lakers could have done, there's and there's

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<v Speaker 2>no excuses here, and it just that the Nuggets are

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<v Speaker 2>the better team. Do I think there are worlds that

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<v Speaker 2>exist where right now it's three to two Lakers. Sure

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<v Speaker 2>do I think in the majority of basketball universes right

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<v Speaker 2>now it's three to two Nuggets. Yeah, I do. I

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<v Speaker 2>think a four to one Nugget series win is not

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<v Speaker 2>an outlier result, but an unlikely result given how these

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<v Speaker 2>these games were played. But it's what happened and so

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<v Speaker 2>and the other factor of it is, I do wonder

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<v Speaker 2>how much the Lakers would have left in the tank

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<v Speaker 2>even if they were to get past the Nuggets in

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<v Speaker 2>this round with a rested, young, hungry, ferocious Timberwolves team

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for a week, and Denver is more likely to

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<v Speaker 2>be up to that challenge. So all that's, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that is a fair sober minded commentary. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to talk about what we just saw

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<v Speaker 2>from Lebron James, because what's going to happen on television

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<v Speaker 2>today my show included, is there's going to be the

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<v Speaker 2>micro on the game. There's going to be the nugget

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<v Speaker 2>side of things well deserved, and then there's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be looking out, way out in the distance at Lebron's

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<v Speaker 2>future and there's not going to be a hell of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of this. It is unfathomable and historically unprecedented

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<v Speaker 2>by a factor of ten that the oldest player in

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<v Speaker 2>the league just played in that series at that level,

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<v Speaker 2>for those number of minutes, at that efficiency. The oldest

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<v Speaker 2>guy in the league, who has played more minutes than

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<v Speaker 2>anyone ever, who has played more playoff games than anyone ever,

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<v Speaker 2>who has more wear and tear than anybody in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of the sport, just played a series against the

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<v Speaker 2>defending champs, playing forty one minutes a night, giving you

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight seven to nine on fifty seven percent from

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<v Speaker 2>the field, fifty seven percent. That that guy this season,

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<v Speaker 2>in year twenty one, when the entirety of basketball history,

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<v Speaker 2>pardon me, combined in year twenty one scored like twelve

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<v Speaker 2>hundred points and had a few hundred rebounds put together.

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<v Speaker 2>All of them. This year played seventy one games in

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<v Speaker 2>the regular season seventy two actually because the play in

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<v Speaker 2>tournament FI I'm sorry, the n season tournament final doesn't count.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you had the play in tournament, so we're now

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<v Speaker 2>at seventy three. Five playoff games gave you seventy eight

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<v Speaker 2>games of basketball at twenty six seven and eight on

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<v Speaker 2>fifty four percent from the field and forty one percent

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<v Speaker 2>from three that in this series led the whole series

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<v Speaker 2>in the newly in vogue stocks categories steals and blocks combined.

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<v Speaker 2>Played for the most part, B plus A minus defense,

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<v Speaker 2>a level offense, and show no signs of slowing down again.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where I will I don't think Lebron is done,

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<v Speaker 2>but Lebron is deeper into his career than any of

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<v Speaker 2>the other all time legends. So if he were done,

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<v Speaker 2>he played longer than everybody else. So how did everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else look? At the end? Kareem ten points four rebounds

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<v Speaker 2>a game. That's how it ended for Kareem. Michael Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>as a wizard twenty points five rebounds, forty four percent

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<v Speaker 2>from the field. Kobe Bryant at the end, how did

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<v Speaker 2>it look? Seventeen points for his exists on thirty six

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<v Speaker 2>percent from the field. Tim Duncan, how did it look?

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Duncan nine points, seven rebounds on forty nine percent

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<v Speaker 2>from the field. He's deeper into his career than any

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<v Speaker 2>of those all time legends got and still performing at

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<v Speaker 2>this level. And it's that the only reason you can't

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<v Speaker 2>say it's unprecedented across sports is because to his credit

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<v Speaker 2>what we just saw Tom Brady do. But it is

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<v Speaker 2>brady esque in that regard, and except somehow the athleticism

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<v Speaker 2>is still there, the ability to impact winning while not

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<v Speaker 2>at the level Lebron. This is something I got it

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<v Speaker 2>in argument with Brew about a few weeks ago, and

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of want to spend time on it here.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we'll talk future, then we'll talk Jamal Murray. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no question Lebron does not impact winning as much as younger,

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<v Speaker 2>younger Lebron or peak Lebron. But let's ask it in

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<v Speaker 2>a different way. How many guys in the league right

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<v Speaker 2>now impact winning more than Lebron James. Does he impact

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<v Speaker 2>winning more than Kevin Durant does? Yes? Does he impact

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<v Speaker 2>winning more than Kawhi Leonard does? Yes? Does he impact

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<v Speaker 2>winning more than Steph Curry does? Yes? Now does he

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<v Speaker 2>impact winning more than Joker? No? Does he impact winning

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<v Speaker 2>right now more than Luca? I don't think so. Does

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<v Speaker 2>he impact winning more than a healthy Yiannis?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Does he impact winning more right now than Shay? Probably not?

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<v Speaker 2>Does the impact winning right now more than Anthony Edwards?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not? But that's five guys there, and demon's I

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<v Speaker 2>see a little does he twinkle in your eye? Is

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<v Speaker 2>there someone you think I'm leaving out? If there is,

0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.359
<v Speaker 2>it's fair like, go ahead, like I'm just doing them

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<v Speaker 2>off the top my head.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, I mean I was thinking about guys on

0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.280
<v Speaker 3>my team, but Tatum and Brown it's it's it's more

0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:24.040
<v Speaker 3>of a collective.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think it's close, right, Like, do I

0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:32.880
<v Speaker 2>think do I think? I mean this might sound I'm

0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:38.720
<v Speaker 2>maybe I'm wrong. Maybe people will disagree. And some of

0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.840
<v Speaker 2>this just has to do with history and understanding out

0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.320
<v Speaker 2>of control games and all of that. But do I

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<v Speaker 2>think the Celtics would have a better, worse or the

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<v Speaker 2>same championship chance if you switched Jason Tatum and Lebron James.

0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:03.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it worse. I don't. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they take a step backwards under that scenario. Now, can't

0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:11.320
<v Speaker 2>like that? I mean, maybe you disagree Tatum on that.

0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm sinking. I'm saying, if you if right now you

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<v Speaker 2>took Tatum off the Celtics and put Lebron in his place,

0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.280
<v Speaker 2>does the team have a better chance of winning the championship,

0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.080
<v Speaker 2>a worst chance of winning the championship, or the same.

0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.840
<v Speaker 2>My answer is I think it's about the same. I

0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.760
<v Speaker 2>don't think they get worse. Certainly, if you switched out

0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:37.000
<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brown for Lebron, that team gets better. So again, like,

0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:42.199
<v Speaker 2>who are the guys who have? Are there ten guys

0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.680
<v Speaker 2>in the league? Devin Booker is a perennial All NBA

0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:49.000
<v Speaker 2>guy who has a bigger impact on winning thirty nine

0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.800
<v Speaker 2>year old year twenty one Lebron James or Devin Booker.

0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:57.199
<v Speaker 2>It's hands down Lebron. It's not even a question at

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<v Speaker 2>least my opinion.

0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.760
<v Speaker 3>So top ten timp ten guys that at the game

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<v Speaker 3>the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that is what I'm saying. That is exactly That

0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:11.680
<v Speaker 2>is exactly what I'm saying. What I am saying is

0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:19.880
<v Speaker 2>that we've done this weird thing this year where instead

0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:24.680
<v Speaker 2>of comparing Lebron to other players that we think are

0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:29.560
<v Speaker 2>great right now, we're comparing Lebron to older versions or

0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:35.119
<v Speaker 2>younger versions, previous versions of Lebron. And he doesn't pass

0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:39.639
<v Speaker 2>that test, But does he pass the would I rather?

0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:47.439
<v Speaker 2>Would I rather have him right now than Tyrese Haliburton,

0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.439
<v Speaker 2>the best player on a team that's gonna be in

0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Round two? Yes, I would would I rather have him

0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:56.600
<v Speaker 2>right now? More? Than Donovan Mitchell. Guy who's gonna be

0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:58.800
<v Speaker 2>the best player on a team in round two? Yes,

0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:03.720
<v Speaker 2>I would what like the there And you know what,

0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.520
<v Speaker 2>I should have included Jalen Brunson in that first category

0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:10.920
<v Speaker 2>because of what Brunson is doing is remarkable, It's absolutely remarkable.

0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.280
<v Speaker 2>He deserves credit, but you can't get to ten guys.

0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.919
<v Speaker 2>And he's the oldest player in the sport. Last do

0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:21.600
<v Speaker 2>you know who the oldest player in the sport was

0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:24.600
<v Speaker 2>last year to Monsey, And I'm not going to include

0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.919
<v Speaker 2>he was basically a coach for three years. So not

0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:33.440
<v Speaker 2>including Dedonna's Hassel. The oldest player in the NBA last

0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:41.359
<v Speaker 2>year Andrea Guadala. Andrea Gala, he scored seventeen points on

0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.360
<v Speaker 2>the season, played in eight games. That was the oldest guy.

0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:50.119
<v Speaker 2>Like the history of when you're the oldest guy in

0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:55.160
<v Speaker 2>the league, you're it's not that you're not doing this,

0:20:55.880 --> 0:21:00.440
<v Speaker 2>it's that you're not doing anything within ten standard dvs

0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:05.560
<v Speaker 2>of this. So what do I want Lebron to do next?

0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:12.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'd like him to come to the Knicks. Personally, Yes,

0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:15.719
<v Speaker 2>that's a little selfish because I live here. It also

0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:22.800
<v Speaker 2>would be an unbelievable final act are you getting because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think the Knicks are gonna.

0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:25.160
<v Speaker 3>If he goes to New York.

0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:29.159
<v Speaker 2>Well they have to sell a kidney. But yeah, I

0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:31.480
<v Speaker 2>mean next season tickets already through the roof. You get

0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:38.159
<v Speaker 2>Lebron James, but they need a power forward. And I

0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:41.359
<v Speaker 2>mean that you're seeing what they're doing without Julius Randall.

0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:43.880
<v Speaker 2>I know, you know, Julius Randall. Good regular season, bad

0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:48.399
<v Speaker 2>playoff guy. It is an iconic franchise that has not

0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:52.000
<v Speaker 2>won in fifty three years, and as great as this

0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.360
<v Speaker 2>season is going, they're not winning the title this year.

0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:59.040
<v Speaker 3>You think Tims would be smart with his usage.

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<v Speaker 2>Well so I do. I do wonder that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.959
<v Speaker 2>There's there's a lot of reasons that's not gonna happen. There's,

0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:12.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, some not a great history between Worldwide West

0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:16.159
<v Speaker 2>and Leon Rose and Rich and Lebron, and there's you

0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:21.720
<v Speaker 2>know and Lebron's comments about Jim Dolan, all those things.

0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:31.159
<v Speaker 2>I understand why it's not likely, but that's where he

0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:34.840
<v Speaker 2>could win a championship. He would help get them over

0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:39.560
<v Speaker 2>the top. It's an iconic franchise and it would truly

0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:44.920
<v Speaker 2>add to his legend. Obviously. I mean, I've gone through

0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:47.399
<v Speaker 2>it before. The Sixers, who have a ton of cap space,

0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:54.000
<v Speaker 2>makes sense. The Calves are an interesting one. They could

0:22:54.080 --> 0:22:57.240
<v Speaker 2>make sense. But what do I think is gonna happen.

0:22:58.680 --> 0:23:02.080
<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna stay with the Lake. I think

0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:10.679
<v Speaker 2>he's going to leverage his spot with the Lakers to

0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:16.800
<v Speaker 2>get them to draft Bronnie in the second round, to

0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:22.480
<v Speaker 2>get a three year full max with a no trade clause,

0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:27.919
<v Speaker 2>and see if they can make a few moves and

0:23:28.040 --> 0:23:30.760
<v Speaker 2>he can stay at this level and they can be

0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:33.320
<v Speaker 2>back in it again. That's what I think is going

0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:36.600
<v Speaker 2>to happen. Is that what I want to happen. No?

0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:42.320
<v Speaker 2>Is that what I think is his single best chance

0:23:42.359 --> 0:23:47.640
<v Speaker 2>at winning a championship? No? But do I think lebron

0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:52.640
<v Speaker 2>James owes anybody anything when it comes to his basketball

0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:56.920
<v Speaker 2>future at this point, of course not. The guy has

0:23:57.080 --> 0:24:01.720
<v Speaker 2>literally given more to the game than any player ever.

0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:06.760
<v Speaker 2>He has played more than any player ever. He has

0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:13.879
<v Speaker 2>entertained us for longer than any player ever. He can

0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:15.359
<v Speaker 2>do whatever he damn well chooses.

0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:20.760
<v Speaker 3>YEA happens if somebody ends up drafting Bronnie before the Lakers, though.

0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:29.200
<v Speaker 2>So that is where that that is actually a conversation

0:24:29.440 --> 0:24:33.520
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna have on first things first today, which is

0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:42.639
<v Speaker 2>should a different team draft Bronnie for the fifty to

0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:52.240
<v Speaker 2>fifth pick, And it's it's worth a discussion, it really is.

0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:57.639
<v Speaker 2>If you are like, let the let's just go to

0:24:57.680 --> 0:25:03.119
<v Speaker 2>the second round. See, I don't think the Spurs it

0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:06.719
<v Speaker 2>makes sense. And I don't think the Spurs uh well no,

0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:08.280
<v Speaker 2>but they do have a second round pick. They have

0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:12.480
<v Speaker 2>the thirty fifth pick. The I don't think the Spurs

0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:16.439
<v Speaker 2>make sense because they want, you know, it to be

0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:19.800
<v Speaker 2>a Wimby based development that.

0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:22.479
<v Speaker 3>But slow grow that one.

0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:27.000
<v Speaker 2>The Knicks are drafting at thirty eight, The Sixers are

0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:33.560
<v Speaker 2>drafting at forty one. The Heat are drafting at forty three.

0:25:33.800 --> 0:25:38.280
<v Speaker 2>The Clippers are drafting at forty six. Now the Clippers

0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:41.200
<v Speaker 2>have no money, so take them out of it. The

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:46.960
<v Speaker 2>Warriors are drafting at fifty two. If I were running

0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:53.399
<v Speaker 2>any of those teams, would I at least have a

0:25:53.480 --> 0:26:02.680
<v Speaker 2>conversation about, Okay, hey, if we like, if we draft him,

0:26:03.119 --> 0:26:10.480
<v Speaker 2>are you coming here? And if so? I now the

0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:14.960
<v Speaker 2>you said you said ransom, Like, that's that's a different thing,

0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:18.159
<v Speaker 2>which is like we're not having a conversation, We're just

0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:21.560
<v Speaker 2>drafting him and if you want to play with him,

0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:26.479
<v Speaker 2>I guess you're coming here. I don't think that's going

0:26:26.520 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 2>to happen. I don't think a team is going to Yeah,

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:37.239
<v Speaker 2>I don't. I don't the I think that there is

0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:41.639
<v Speaker 2>too much I I think there is too much league

0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:48.639
<v Speaker 2>wide respect and appreciation for it. Yeah, then all of

0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:52.000
<v Speaker 2>a sudden, And also it would seem like this is

0:26:52.560 --> 0:26:55.680
<v Speaker 2>it'd be one thing if there, if they're now, if Bronnie.

0:26:55.720 --> 0:27:01.280
<v Speaker 2>This is an odd spot because if Bronnie were a

0:27:01.359 --> 0:27:06.320
<v Speaker 2>better prospect, right if he were a guy that if

0:27:06.359 --> 0:27:12.240
<v Speaker 2>his name was Bronnie Jamison instead of James, that a

0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:14.960
<v Speaker 2>team's like, hey, we have a late round one, early

0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:19.680
<v Speaker 2>round two grade on him, then it would be totally

0:27:19.760 --> 0:27:23.199
<v Speaker 2>legitimate for a team to say, we're not consulting with

0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:26.720
<v Speaker 2>lebron James. This is a player we like who we

0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:29.800
<v Speaker 2>think can come in and help us. We're drafting him.

0:27:30.640 --> 0:27:33.639
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't appear that that's the case. What appears to

0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:37.040
<v Speaker 2>be the case right now is there are some NBA

0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:41.360
<v Speaker 2>teams that look at him as a long term developmental prospect.

0:27:41.680 --> 0:27:43.720
<v Speaker 2>A lot of NBA teams that right now look at

0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:47.320
<v Speaker 2>him as undraftable. And if he were to be drafted.

0:27:47.359 --> 0:27:51.800
<v Speaker 2>It would be because of the family connection, right, and

0:27:51.920 --> 0:27:55.800
<v Speaker 2>so if he were a great, you know, a potential

0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.320
<v Speaker 2>lottery pick, then a team would just take him because

0:27:58.359 --> 0:28:02.560
<v Speaker 2>they want him, right. So I think the whole thing

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:03.600
<v Speaker 2>is it's.

0:28:03.240 --> 0:28:05.720
<v Speaker 3>For a team that could win a chip next year

0:28:06.080 --> 0:28:09.800
<v Speaker 3>or like it's like trying to win a championship.

0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:13.359
<v Speaker 2>Exactly right, a team that thinks they're a piece away

0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:21.160
<v Speaker 2>and would want to see if that would sway Lebron.

0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:24.600
<v Speaker 2>That's what it would be. All right now, as promised,

0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:29.080
<v Speaker 2>because we're gonna have a lot of time to talk

0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:34.679
<v Speaker 2>about Nuggets Timberwolves later on Thursday because that that series

0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 2>don't start till Saturday. I do want to talk about

0:28:37.800 --> 0:28:47.080
<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray because I cannot find a cross sport comp

0:28:47.120 --> 0:28:49.200
<v Speaker 2>for him. And by the way, if you're watching on

0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:52.719
<v Speaker 2>YouTube and you can think of one in the NBA

0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:57.280
<v Speaker 2>or in another sport, please send it my way. But

0:28:57.480 --> 0:29:07.640
<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray what never an All Star, never All NBA

0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:15.160
<v Speaker 2>was you know, a mid lottery pick who in the

0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:19.520
<v Speaker 2>regular season in his career has been a good player.

0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:24.720
<v Speaker 2>I mean he was All Rookie second team, right, He's

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:29.040
<v Speaker 2>been a good player in the regular season. Injuries have

0:29:29.240 --> 0:29:33.600
<v Speaker 2>you know, done things to him, But at no point

0:29:34.920 --> 0:29:37.960
<v Speaker 2>and this isn't my take, this is the NBA voters take.

0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:42.840
<v Speaker 2>At no point in his career at the end of

0:29:42.880 --> 0:29:45.760
<v Speaker 2>a year have people said he is one of the

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:50.640
<v Speaker 2>six best guards in basketball. And no point in his

0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:53.960
<v Speaker 2>career has he by the All Star break been considered

0:29:54.360 --> 0:29:58.160
<v Speaker 2>whether because of injury or availability or play, an All

0:29:58.200 --> 0:30:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Star level player. And he now is building a truly

0:30:06.760 --> 0:30:13.720
<v Speaker 2>iconic postseason resume. All right, full list in NBA history

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:19.800
<v Speaker 2>of guys with more fifty point playoff games than Jamal Murray,

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:29.040
<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Alan Iverson, that's the list. He

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.320
<v Speaker 2>has two. That's the full list of people with more

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:41.280
<v Speaker 2>than two. He was unbelievable in the playoffs, what the

0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:46.720
<v Speaker 2>bubble playoffs, going to the conference finals. He then was

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:49.760
<v Speaker 2>hurt for two years and the team couldn't get out,

0:30:49.840 --> 0:30:51.920
<v Speaker 2>couldn't get out of Round one one year, and couldn't

0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:54.600
<v Speaker 2>get out of a round two the next year. He

0:30:54.640 --> 0:30:59.760
<v Speaker 2>then came back, they never faced elimination and won the title,

0:31:00.960 --> 0:31:05.120
<v Speaker 2>and the following year hit a buzzer beater to cemit

0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:08.600
<v Speaker 2>a twenty point comeback in Game two, a damn near

0:31:08.680 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 2>buzzer beater to win the series in Game five and

0:31:12.560 --> 0:31:18.960
<v Speaker 2>is just getting started. I I've never seen a career

0:31:19.080 --> 0:31:23.920
<v Speaker 2>like this for a guy who is a good player

0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:26.200
<v Speaker 2>in the regular season.

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:30.680
<v Speaker 3>Is he not one of the like, the most mid

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:34.240
<v Speaker 3>range taking players right now? Like, he's also a guy

0:31:34.280 --> 0:31:37.280
<v Speaker 3>that I feel like it's bread and butter in there

0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:39.200
<v Speaker 3>for him. And you've always said like this, I mean,

0:31:39.600 --> 0:31:42.040
<v Speaker 3>good at the mid range, but I mean, I don't know,

0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:43.880
<v Speaker 3>he's just shooting everywhere.

0:31:44.520 --> 0:31:47.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if yeah, I mean, like this year

0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:52.400
<v Speaker 2>he took sixteen shots a game, six threes a game,

0:31:52.840 --> 0:31:56.560
<v Speaker 2>So ten non threes. You gotta assume three or four

0:31:56.640 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 2>of those non threes are at the ram or you know,

0:32:00.840 --> 0:32:03.960
<v Speaker 2>in the paint. So what you know, maybe five mid

0:32:04.040 --> 0:32:11.000
<v Speaker 2>range shots a game. But playoff career fifty eight games,

0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 2>twenty five points on forty seven forty ninety splits. Regular

0:32:19.800 --> 0:32:26.920
<v Speaker 2>season career eighteen points on forty five thirty eight eighty

0:32:27.000 --> 0:32:30.320
<v Speaker 2>seven splits. And even if you're like, well take out,

0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:34.160
<v Speaker 2>let's just go his last five years, okay, since he

0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:40.600
<v Speaker 2>became who he is in the regular season twenty points,

0:32:41.280 --> 0:32:45.920
<v Speaker 2>five assists, forty six thirty nine splits in that same

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 2>span in the postseason twenty five points six assists on

0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:56.080
<v Speaker 2>forty seven forty splits. He's just a killer. Shout out

0:32:56.080 --> 0:32:59.960
<v Speaker 2>to him, man, I it is in a lot of

0:33:00.200 --> 0:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>ways kind of the reverse Embeid sadly a guy who

0:33:06.000 --> 0:33:14.280
<v Speaker 2>is so that's like a galaxy brain take that. I

0:33:14.320 --> 0:33:18.400
<v Speaker 2>think in this unique circuit of the stance, maybe is yes,

0:33:20.680 --> 0:33:26.400
<v Speaker 2>so teams never foul win tied, but if you are

0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:31.960
<v Speaker 2>the if the circle, if you are the when when

0:33:32.040 --> 0:33:33.520
<v Speaker 2>tied in the other team is gonna be able to

0:33:33.560 --> 0:33:37.520
<v Speaker 2>take the last shot. Teams never fell if you're the

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:43.640
<v Speaker 2>older team and the team that is more likely to

0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 2>be on fumes and the team that is, you know,

0:33:49.280 --> 0:33:56.760
<v Speaker 2>the underdog being in a situation where your best case

0:33:56.840 --> 0:33:59.960
<v Speaker 2>is well, I actually think yeah, the the no time

0:34:00.040 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 2>amounts to me thing was less relevant to the foul

0:34:03.400 --> 0:34:06.760
<v Speaker 2>or not foul because Denver's gonna basically be holding for

0:34:06.800 --> 0:34:11.080
<v Speaker 2>the last I guess it is relevant. But the the

0:34:11.600 --> 0:34:14.879
<v Speaker 2>you're playing for a stop there is what you're doing

0:34:14.920 --> 0:34:19.120
<v Speaker 2>there either way, Uh, there's an argument to be made

0:34:20.080 --> 0:34:24.239
<v Speaker 2>foul and have the ball down two or down one

0:34:24.280 --> 0:34:27.479
<v Speaker 2>if he misses one, and take your chances that way

0:34:27.520 --> 0:34:31.200
<v Speaker 2>and just try to end it rather than play for overtime.

0:34:31.760 --> 0:34:35.480
<v Speaker 2>It would be no one's ever done it on purpose.

0:34:36.480 --> 0:34:39.920
<v Speaker 2>I think there are certain circumstances where it actually would be.

0:34:40.040 --> 0:34:44.800
<v Speaker 2>Plus EV and a team playing a thirty nine year old,

0:34:45.320 --> 0:34:48.760
<v Speaker 2>plus your other superstar can't raise his left arm above

0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:53.160
<v Speaker 2>his head, plus you're at altitude and gassed. All of

0:34:53.200 --> 0:34:54.560
<v Speaker 2>those things you can make.

0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:57.520
<v Speaker 3>An Jamal Murray is the final shit. Like with everything

0:34:57.560 --> 0:34:59.600
<v Speaker 3>that you were saying about Jamal Murray and how deadly

0:34:59.840 --> 0:35:02.719
<v Speaker 3>is at that time of the game, they probably want

0:35:02.719 --> 0:35:04.480
<v Speaker 3>to get a free throw line so you can give

0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:07.040
<v Speaker 3>yourself a chance. But yeah, they put a bunch of

0:35:07.160 --> 0:35:08.600
<v Speaker 3>Jamal Murray comps in here.

0:35:10.239 --> 0:35:14.040
<v Speaker 2>All right. So here's the thing. So people brought up Eli,

0:35:15.480 --> 0:35:19.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's a that's actually a good comp

0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:22.720
<v Speaker 2>because here's the thing. Here's the thing about Eli. Eli

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:27.919
<v Speaker 2>had two unbelievable playoff runs. As far as his team's success.

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:32.160
<v Speaker 2>He was awesome on the second one, He was decent

0:35:32.320 --> 0:35:34.480
<v Speaker 2>on the pretty more than decent. He was very good

0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:37.160
<v Speaker 2>on the on the first one. But he had four

0:35:37.320 --> 0:35:41.520
<v Speaker 2>other postseason appearances where they lost their first playoff game.

0:35:42.400 --> 0:35:45.040
<v Speaker 2>Eli made the playoffs six times and was one and

0:35:45.080 --> 0:35:48.200
<v Speaker 2>done four of them and then won the two Super Bowls.

0:35:48.440 --> 0:35:52.080
<v Speaker 2>That's not what we're seeing with Jamal Murray. Julian Edelman

0:35:53.600 --> 0:35:58.560
<v Speaker 2>is maybe a decent one. But I don't think Julian Edelman.

0:35:58.640 --> 0:36:02.960
<v Speaker 2>Let me look, I I think it was he was

0:36:03.040 --> 0:36:06.680
<v Speaker 2>more about the reason he has those postseason records is

0:36:06.800 --> 0:36:10.600
<v Speaker 2>the number of playoff games he played in the opportunities,

0:36:11.000 --> 0:36:16.480
<v Speaker 2>not because he was this playoff juggernaut. And you know,

0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:21.279
<v Speaker 2>I'll fact check myself on it. Edelman, Well, at the end,

0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:24.040
<v Speaker 2>he did have some really monster playoff games, that is true.

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:32.640
<v Speaker 2>So maybe Edelman is there. Maybe the Edelman's not a

0:36:32.640 --> 0:36:38.480
<v Speaker 2>bad one, I guess. And people say Robert Robert Ory

0:36:38.640 --> 0:36:41.520
<v Speaker 2>wasn't all of a sudden some like, he wasn't great,

0:36:42.000 --> 0:36:44.600
<v Speaker 2>like an all star level player in these playoff games.

0:36:44.760 --> 0:36:48.799
<v Speaker 2>He just hit huge shots, and Murray's doing more than that.

0:36:48.880 --> 0:36:51.160
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's move on. This is forty minutes on

0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>the opening topic. Uh, let we just keep going to Montay.

0:36:56.000 --> 0:36:58.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so Anthony Edwards is taking the league by storm.

0:36:59.360 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 3>You mentioned if a few shows ago that this could

0:37:01.640 --> 0:37:05.520
<v Speaker 3>be the NBA's torch passing is now Kevin Durant, Steph

0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:09.080
<v Speaker 3>and Lebron are all in Cancun. Anthony Edwards just become

0:37:09.200 --> 0:37:11.759
<v Speaker 3>the guy of the NBA.

0:37:12.000 --> 0:37:14.960
<v Speaker 2>Well, so a couple things that I think is funny.

0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Folks are real quick on the first piece of it.

0:37:18.800 --> 0:37:22.280
<v Speaker 2>A thing that's going all around Twitter is oh my goodness.

0:37:22.960 --> 0:37:26.920
<v Speaker 2>These are the first playoffs since two thousand and five

0:37:27.800 --> 0:37:31.239
<v Speaker 2>that Lebron, Steph and Kad none of them are in.

0:37:32.280 --> 0:37:35.279
<v Speaker 2>And it's like, yes, that is true, but if I may,

0:37:36.160 --> 0:37:42.439
<v Speaker 2>Lebron is doing a lot of that heavy lifting. Durant

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 2>was not in the league until the eight playoffs. Steph

0:37:49.160 --> 0:37:53.719
<v Speaker 2>was not in the league until the twenty ten playoffs.

0:37:54.200 --> 0:37:58.520
<v Speaker 2>Those guys didn't make a postseason. Durant's first postseason that

0:37:58.560 --> 0:38:03.120
<v Speaker 2>he played in was two ten. Curry's first postseason that

0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:08.959
<v Speaker 2>he played in was was it twenty twelve? Was twenty thirteen. So, yes,

0:38:09.040 --> 0:38:12.319
<v Speaker 2>it is true, this is the first playoffs without the

0:38:12.440 --> 0:38:16.400
<v Speaker 2>three of them, but that is mostly a Lebron James Statt.

0:38:16.800 --> 0:38:19.480
<v Speaker 2>Those guys are you know, it's nice that they get

0:38:19.520 --> 0:38:24.640
<v Speaker 2>to be a part of it. But set that aside, man,

0:38:25.600 --> 0:38:31.040
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Edwards is so electric And I sounded a little

0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:35.840
<v Speaker 2>like jingoistic on TV yesterday, but I'm you know, sorry,

0:38:35.920 --> 0:38:39.760
<v Speaker 2>not sorry. There is a when I know it's become

0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:44.280
<v Speaker 2>very in vogue to bleep on American born NBA players

0:38:44.320 --> 0:38:47.560
<v Speaker 2>like ah All the MVPs are foreign born guys. They

0:38:47.600 --> 0:38:50.480
<v Speaker 2>have more skill over there. They're taught the game better.

0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:59.280
<v Speaker 2>There's never been like. Anthony Edwards is a vintage American

0:38:59.480 --> 0:39:04.080
<v Speaker 2>NBA player and I love it. He is going to

0:39:05.480 --> 0:39:11.200
<v Speaker 2>beat you from every single level and dunk on your

0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:16.240
<v Speaker 2>face in a none of the none of as great

0:39:16.360 --> 0:39:18.359
<v Speaker 2>as and they are the best players in the league

0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:22.319
<v Speaker 2>right now. I give him credit. As great as the

0:39:22.320 --> 0:39:27.320
<v Speaker 2>international players are, none of them were yet to see

0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:34.360
<v Speaker 2>one with the best American born players full arsenal. Now,

0:39:34.400 --> 0:39:39.319
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't mean they're not better, right, But like Jannis, Yeah, well,

0:39:39.360 --> 0:39:44.720
<v Speaker 2>Yiannis has the athleticism, right, but he doesn't have the

0:39:44.880 --> 0:39:49.839
<v Speaker 2>full rounded out game Jok can do and Luca can

0:39:49.880 --> 0:39:57.480
<v Speaker 2>do everything offensively without the athleticism, right, Anthony Edwards is

0:39:57.520 --> 0:40:01.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna ship talk you like Luca's got the two block

0:40:01.640 --> 0:40:05.960
<v Speaker 2>you at the rim, stunk on your head. I know you,

0:40:06.080 --> 0:40:10.760
<v Speaker 2>Luca annoys you. I know he does dunk on your face.

0:40:11.000 --> 0:40:15.120
<v Speaker 2>I just love him, and he's demons. He's twenty two

0:40:15.320 --> 0:40:22.840
<v Speaker 2>years old. Yeah, twenty two, So he's real quick. Guys

0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:33.160
<v Speaker 2>full list last fifty years. Hold on, real quick, last

0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:40.320
<v Speaker 2>fifty years. Full list of guys twenty two or under

0:40:42.680 --> 0:40:48.239
<v Speaker 2>to lead a team, be the unquestioned best player on

0:40:48.320 --> 0:40:52.759
<v Speaker 2>a deep playoff run, finals, conference finals, something like that.

0:40:54.840 --> 0:40:59.920
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant, Lebron James. That's a complete list. That's it.

0:41:00.840 --> 0:41:03.799
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Edwards twenty two years old. Now, I'm not saying

0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:06.680
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna do it, but if he were to do it,

0:41:08.320 --> 0:41:13.520
<v Speaker 2>he enters hallowed ground. Luca did it at twenty three,

0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:17.160
<v Speaker 2>Shaq did it at twenty three. Now, Kobe did it young,

0:41:17.280 --> 0:41:22.000
<v Speaker 2>but that was and Kobe was unbelievable. That was Shack's team.

0:41:22.440 --> 0:41:28.239
<v Speaker 2>You know, Shaq was the best guy. Uh. I'm excited

0:41:28.280 --> 0:41:30.319
<v Speaker 2>to see how far Anthony Edwards can take this.

0:41:30.480 --> 0:41:33.720
<v Speaker 3>All right, next, all right, so things aren't looking super

0:41:33.719 --> 0:41:37.319
<v Speaker 3>Sonny In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid isn't like in the way

0:41:37.360 --> 0:41:39.759
<v Speaker 3>that the playoff series has turned it out, and he's

0:41:39.800 --> 0:41:44.200
<v Speaker 3>getting dirties, he's hitting people. Uh but uh, he's even

0:41:44.200 --> 0:41:47.000
<v Speaker 3>calling out fans for not coming to the game at

0:41:47.080 --> 0:41:48.960
<v Speaker 3>this At this point, do you think Joel Embiide has

0:41:49.000 --> 0:41:51.120
<v Speaker 3>done irreversible damage to his image.

0:41:52.840 --> 0:41:55.399
<v Speaker 2>I didn't see that. I don't what's going on there?

0:41:55.920 --> 0:41:57.800
<v Speaker 2>What you didn't see? What go ahead?

0:41:58.000 --> 0:41:59.400
<v Speaker 3>I didn't see him call it. I didn't see. I

0:41:59.400 --> 0:42:00.840
<v Speaker 3>don't know if it was a tweeter, if he was

0:42:00.880 --> 0:42:04.160
<v Speaker 3>like doing that in like a opress or the fans,

0:42:04.280 --> 0:42:05.799
<v Speaker 3>the fans not coming to lam.

0:42:07.320 --> 0:42:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Okay, So I was at that game in Philly on Sunday,

0:42:12.960 --> 0:42:15.560
<v Speaker 2>and I don't know if you saw, Demonse that this

0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:18.560
<v Speaker 2>was a good example of the difference. You know what,

0:42:18.640 --> 0:42:21.120
<v Speaker 2>Let me tell a quick story. Let me hold on.

0:42:21.280 --> 0:42:23.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna interrupt myself as I often do. Remind me

0:42:23.880 --> 0:42:27.759
<v Speaker 2>to tell a story about where I was sitting. Demonse, Okay,

0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:32.040
<v Speaker 2>don'tkay forget to remind me that crowd did sound like

0:42:32.200 --> 0:42:39.319
<v Speaker 2>MSG that the Madison Square Garden tickets are so expensive. Though.

0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:42.560
<v Speaker 2>Let me give you an example, Demanse, I'm gonna those

0:42:42.640 --> 0:42:53.120
<v Speaker 2>seats that you had for uh Clippers maps, right, those

0:42:53.160 --> 0:42:56.399
<v Speaker 2>seats that you had for Clippers maps, which again it's

0:42:56.480 --> 0:43:01.520
<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, so it's like they are a super cheap ticket,

0:43:01.600 --> 0:43:04.319
<v Speaker 2>but it is the Clippers. Those seats were four hundred

0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:08.640
<v Speaker 2>and fifty dollars. They were sideline for two tickets fourhundred

0:43:08.640 --> 0:43:14.040
<v Speaker 2>fifty bucks sideline call it sixteenth eighteenth row. Okay, those

0:43:14.239 --> 0:43:22.640
<v Speaker 2>same exact two tickets at MSG tonight are fifty two

0:43:22.760 --> 0:43:28.080
<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars side it is when I say it is

0:43:29.880 --> 0:43:34.400
<v Speaker 2>x No, they're twenty six hundred seat for those seats

0:43:34.400 --> 0:43:37.640
<v Speaker 2>demnse and those were good seats, but they weren't life

0:43:37.760 --> 0:43:44.760
<v Speaker 2>changing seats. The cheapest ticket in the building, okay, right now,

0:43:45.960 --> 0:43:51.759
<v Speaker 2>the cheapest fifty can't be right. The cheapest ticket in

0:43:51.800 --> 0:43:57.120
<v Speaker 2>the building, it is sectioned three seventeen top bowl of

0:43:57.239 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 2>MSG in the corner or four hundred and seventy dollars each. Okay.

0:44:04.160 --> 0:44:08.280
<v Speaker 2>So what's happened is some of the most diehard Knicks

0:44:08.280 --> 0:44:11.680
<v Speaker 2>fans who aren't corporate tickets, who don't have a ton

0:44:11.719 --> 0:44:16.320
<v Speaker 2>of money, they figured out cheaper to go to Philly,

0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 2>cheaper to make the drive or take the train to

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Philadelphia in order to go to the game. And it

0:44:27.080 --> 0:44:30.560
<v Speaker 2>was like a fifty to fifty Knicks sixers crowd. It

0:44:30.600 --> 0:44:35.560
<v Speaker 2>was unbelievable. So that was Embiid's frustration. I will cut

0:44:35.600 --> 0:44:39.279
<v Speaker 2>embeads slack in this regard. Man, he is playing on

0:44:39.280 --> 0:44:42.880
<v Speaker 2>one leg, his half, his face has collapsed due to

0:44:42.920 --> 0:44:47.280
<v Speaker 2>bells palsy. When he goes to the bench, the team dies,

0:44:47.760 --> 0:44:50.160
<v Speaker 2>so he has to play the whole game and by

0:44:50.200 --> 0:44:54.480
<v Speaker 2>the fourth quarter he's exhausted. What I was saying earlier

0:44:54.520 --> 0:44:58.279
<v Speaker 2>when I said Jamal is the reverse Embiid, what I

0:44:58.360 --> 0:45:02.719
<v Speaker 2>mean is is a good regular season player who in

0:45:02.760 --> 0:45:08.080
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs is unbelievable. Embiid historically has been an unbelievable

0:45:08.120 --> 0:45:14.560
<v Speaker 2>regular season player who in the playoffs is just good.

0:45:15.320 --> 0:45:20.680
<v Speaker 2>And so that this postseason, I actually think he's played

0:45:20.719 --> 0:45:26.400
<v Speaker 2>well under adverse circumstances. And also, man Jalen Brunson, like

0:45:26.440 --> 0:45:29.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm excited for the game tonight. Jalen Brunton first player

0:45:29.160 --> 0:45:31.640
<v Speaker 2>in NBA history to have eighty five points and twenty

0:45:31.680 --> 0:45:35.840
<v Speaker 2>assists in consecutive playoff games. First player in NBA history,

0:45:36.480 --> 0:45:39.279
<v Speaker 2>No one's ever done it. And that brings me to

0:45:39.320 --> 0:45:41.520
<v Speaker 2>the story I wanted you to remind me to tell,

0:45:41.600 --> 0:45:49.880
<v Speaker 2>which was I had. I was right next to demons

0:45:50.520 --> 0:45:54.960
<v Speaker 2>the scorers table in the between the Knicks bench and

0:45:55.000 --> 0:45:59.560
<v Speaker 2>the scorers table for this Sixers Knicks game. Okay, so

0:45:59.640 --> 0:46:03.840
<v Speaker 2>the way of seats work is there's true court side

0:46:03.880 --> 0:46:06.279
<v Speaker 2>feet on the wood where Michael Parsons and c. J.

0:46:06.440 --> 0:46:10.480
<v Speaker 2>Stroud were sitting. There's that there's second row court side,

0:46:10.520 --> 0:46:12.600
<v Speaker 2>feet on the wood, but there's a row of people

0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:16.040
<v Speaker 2>in front of you, and then there's row one in

0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:19.680
<v Speaker 2>the actual like stands. Right. I was row one in

0:46:19.760 --> 0:46:25.560
<v Speaker 2>the stands, so not court side, but pretty unbelievable seats right,

0:46:26.320 --> 0:46:28.600
<v Speaker 2>and I'm between the Knicks bench and the SCORESS table.

0:46:29.800 --> 0:46:35.839
<v Speaker 2>Into the first quarter, Jalen Brunson's dad, Rick Brunson, who

0:46:35.960 --> 0:46:38.960
<v Speaker 2>is playing in the NBA for a long time, went

0:46:39.040 --> 0:46:43.840
<v Speaker 2>to Temple, a Philly legend, and Nick's assistant coach sees

0:46:43.960 --> 0:46:48.920
<v Speaker 2>me and his smiling He's like, hey, you owe my

0:46:49.040 --> 0:46:53.520
<v Speaker 2>son an apology. And I'm like, yo, what do you

0:46:53.600 --> 0:46:56.600
<v Speaker 2>What do you mean? He's like, you owe him an apology?

0:46:57.360 --> 0:47:01.640
<v Speaker 2>And I think this is in relation to the flip

0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:05.280
<v Speaker 2>of me after well, it was when the Knicks signed

0:47:05.360 --> 0:47:09.960
<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brunson three years you know, we were still remote

0:47:10.560 --> 0:47:13.080
<v Speaker 2>from the MAVs. So a couple of years ago, I

0:47:13.120 --> 0:47:15.520
<v Speaker 2>was like, listen, he's a good player, but if you

0:47:15.640 --> 0:47:17.799
<v Speaker 2>think he's going to be the best player on a

0:47:18.080 --> 0:47:21.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, a high level team, you're out of your mind. Essentially,

0:47:21.440 --> 0:47:25.200
<v Speaker 2>I thought of him what I think almost everyone thought

0:47:25.239 --> 0:47:27.359
<v Speaker 2>of him. It's not like I was like this guy

0:47:27.520 --> 0:47:29.920
<v Speaker 2>stinks this whatever it is. I was like, he's a

0:47:29.960 --> 0:47:33.280
<v Speaker 2>good player, but he's not. If he's your best player,

0:47:33.360 --> 0:47:37.400
<v Speaker 2>you're not a good team. And I was wrong, Like Flatley,

0:47:37.920 --> 0:47:43.839
<v Speaker 2>he's been unbelievable. And so I what Rick didn't know

0:47:44.160 --> 0:47:46.120
<v Speaker 2>was I have already you know, I don't know if

0:47:46.160 --> 0:47:48.160
<v Speaker 2>i've said I'm sorry. I don't know that I need

0:47:48.160 --> 0:47:50.840
<v Speaker 2>to apologize, but I have owned that I was wrong.

0:47:51.719 --> 0:47:53.480
<v Speaker 2>And so I was like no, I was like I

0:47:53.520 --> 0:47:55.759
<v Speaker 2>already did. He was like, no, you need to do

0:47:55.800 --> 0:47:58.520
<v Speaker 2>it on TV. I'm like, no, I already did. I

0:47:58.560 --> 0:48:01.240
<v Speaker 2>was like I had him fourth on my I AMVP ballot,

0:48:01.239 --> 0:48:03.800
<v Speaker 2>which I didn't really explain to him. I don't actually

0:48:03.840 --> 0:48:05.760
<v Speaker 2>have a ballot, but I pretend I have a ballot

0:48:05.840 --> 0:48:09.600
<v Speaker 2>to release it anyway. But like on my fake MVP ballot,

0:48:09.600 --> 0:48:12.799
<v Speaker 2>I had him fourth and he was like okay. And

0:48:12.880 --> 0:48:14.879
<v Speaker 2>so now we're having like a cool back and forth.

0:48:14.920 --> 0:48:18.200
<v Speaker 2>But you know how I talk, I talk with my hands.

0:48:18.880 --> 0:48:21.680
<v Speaker 2>He does the same thing. And at this point he

0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:25.440
<v Speaker 2>has walked, so he's kind of like between the person

0:48:25.480 --> 0:48:28.480
<v Speaker 2>that's true court side and the person the score table

0:48:28.520 --> 0:48:31.080
<v Speaker 2>is in charge of the Knicks challenges. I have stood

0:48:31.160 --> 0:48:34.080
<v Speaker 2>up and I am right behind the person who's second

0:48:34.160 --> 0:48:39.200
<v Speaker 2>row court side, and we are two feet apart, laughing

0:48:39.360 --> 0:48:43.120
<v Speaker 2>or whatever, but talking with our hands. And the ref

0:48:43.239 --> 0:48:47.680
<v Speaker 2>comes over and asks Rick if he wants me to

0:48:48.000 --> 0:48:54.800
<v Speaker 2>be thrown out, to be ejected. And by the way,

0:48:54.920 --> 0:48:58.200
<v Speaker 2>man shout out to Rick Brunton for being a good dude,

0:48:58.200 --> 0:49:00.239
<v Speaker 2>because he told me. He's like no, no, no, He's like,

0:49:00.239 --> 0:49:01.960
<v Speaker 2>we're cool. We're just talking, you know what I mean,

0:49:02.000 --> 0:49:05.120
<v Speaker 2>Everything's all good, We're having fun. But Rick Brunton could

0:49:05.120 --> 0:49:08.080
<v Speaker 2>have really screwed me there. He could have been like, yeah,

0:49:08.520 --> 0:49:11.120
<v Speaker 2>get him out of here. Like do you know how

0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:15.600
<v Speaker 2>mortified it was? It was at the end, it was

0:49:15.640 --> 0:49:18.239
<v Speaker 2>between the first and the second quarter. It would have

0:49:18.239 --> 0:49:22.960
<v Speaker 2>been like it was right before they came back from commercial,

0:49:23.320 --> 0:49:27.520
<v Speaker 2>Like can you imagine if on the Richard Jefferson broadcast

0:49:27.800 --> 0:49:30.960
<v Speaker 2>they're like, oh, the referees kicking a fan out, and

0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:36.000
<v Speaker 2>it's me like and so and again like I wasn't heck,

0:49:36.040 --> 0:49:38.680
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't do anything wrong. But the ref just saw.

0:49:40.080 --> 0:49:45.239
<v Speaker 3>Rick's with what he thought was just a fan.

0:49:46.400 --> 0:49:50.560
<v Speaker 2>He probably no, no, no, I think. I don't think the

0:49:50.600 --> 0:49:52.799
<v Speaker 2>ref did know who I was. And it's fine, but

0:49:52.920 --> 0:49:58.000
<v Speaker 2>he's just all a coach having a very demonstrative discussion

0:49:58.080 --> 0:50:00.560
<v Speaker 2>with a fan and now they have both like stood

0:50:00.680 --> 0:50:03.319
<v Speaker 2>and there we weren't not like you know what I mean.

0:50:03.840 --> 0:50:07.759
<v Speaker 2>And again it was one hundred percent friendly. But it

0:50:07.840 --> 0:50:10.520
<v Speaker 2>was so funny that the ref just saw it. And

0:50:10.600 --> 0:50:13.000
<v Speaker 2>in that moment I was like, oh man, he really

0:50:13.080 --> 0:50:15.279
<v Speaker 2>could have screwed me there. He could have been like, yep,

0:50:15.360 --> 0:50:17.080
<v Speaker 2>get him out of here. He said my son was

0:50:17.120 --> 0:50:22.040
<v Speaker 2>a bad contract. Yeah, no, it was great. Now one

0:50:22.200 --> 0:50:26.400
<v Speaker 2>added piece of it, the funny Rick Brunton anecdote, and

0:50:26.400 --> 0:50:33.279
<v Speaker 2>then we really gotta move on. Brew covered Rick in

0:50:33.360 --> 0:50:42.160
<v Speaker 2>the NBA and mentioned him regularly in two context. One

0:50:42.320 --> 0:50:45.319
<v Speaker 2>is whenever we talk summer league. He says, man, I

0:50:45.360 --> 0:50:47.680
<v Speaker 2>was at a summer league once when Rick Brunson looked

0:50:47.719 --> 0:50:50.640
<v Speaker 2>like Jason Kidd, and he uses that as an example

0:50:50.640 --> 0:50:53.279
<v Speaker 2>as to why you shouldn't overrate summer league. But the

0:50:53.360 --> 0:50:56.440
<v Speaker 2>other reason he mentioned Rick Brunson a lot is because

0:50:56.520 --> 0:50:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Brew is just the right age where if you cut

0:51:00.000 --> 0:51:03.919
<v Speaker 2>I heard somebody's dad and that kid's now playing, you're

0:51:04.000 --> 0:51:07.359
<v Speaker 2>just gonna call the kid the dad's name. So basically,

0:51:07.400 --> 0:51:10.719
<v Speaker 2>every time we have a jail in Brunson discussion, Bru

0:51:10.880 --> 0:51:13.359
<v Speaker 2>calls him Rick Brunson and we just let it go.

0:51:13.920 --> 0:51:17.439
<v Speaker 2>So if anything there we should be a beloved show

0:51:17.480 --> 0:51:20.880
<v Speaker 2>in the Brunson household for father and son. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's that's my anecdote from Philly. Take a quick break,

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<v Speaker 2>Come right back, play Private Investigator. All right, welcome back

0:51:34.920 --> 0:51:38.000
<v Speaker 2>in What's Right with Nick Wright? Episode two thirty three, Demons,

0:51:38.360 --> 0:51:40.760
<v Speaker 2>Let's get right to it. We're gonna play a game,

0:51:41.200 --> 0:51:43.560
<v Speaker 2>Nick Right, Private Investigator lead us.

0:51:43.840 --> 0:51:47.799
<v Speaker 3>Yes, we're playing Nick Right Private Investigator. Today. Life is

0:51:47.840 --> 0:51:51.720
<v Speaker 3>full of mysteries. Who was dB Cooper? Our aliens? Real?

0:51:52.040 --> 0:51:54.399
<v Speaker 3>Why couldn't the Lakers ever defend a back door cut

0:51:54.440 --> 0:52:00.000
<v Speaker 3>by Aaron Gordon? I'll give you a hit. Oh luckily

0:52:00.400 --> 0:52:04.799
<v Speaker 3>there's one man. Oh it's Gray Bear, old old man.

0:52:04.880 --> 0:52:09.320
<v Speaker 3>Oh god, Luckily there is one man capable of solving

0:52:09.360 --> 0:52:13.919
<v Speaker 3>the biggest mysteries in sports, Nick Right, Private Investigator. Yeah, okay,

0:52:13.960 --> 0:52:18.360
<v Speaker 3>all right, So first off, we got this Falcons Pinis situation.

0:52:18.760 --> 0:52:21.240
<v Speaker 3>The station has been blown up with calls of criminal

0:52:21.280 --> 0:52:25.720
<v Speaker 3>activity involving the Falcons draft Atlanta selected Michael Pennocks junior

0:52:25.719 --> 0:52:29.080
<v Speaker 3>at number eight, despite paying Kirk Cousins one hundred and

0:52:29.120 --> 0:52:32.160
<v Speaker 3>eighty million, One of these moves has to be a waste.

0:52:32.719 --> 0:52:35.320
<v Speaker 3>So detective, right, who is getting robbed?

0:52:37.200 --> 0:52:40.080
<v Speaker 2>First and foremost, I think it's Michael Pinnox. I know

0:52:40.120 --> 0:52:42.320
<v Speaker 2>people are like, ah, you gotta feel bad for Kirk.

0:52:42.360 --> 0:52:45.759
<v Speaker 2>He didn't sign up for this. Listen, when you're a

0:52:46.239 --> 0:52:51.560
<v Speaker 2>NFL financial mercenary, you all of a sudden put yourself

0:52:51.600 --> 0:52:53.960
<v Speaker 2>in a position where a team might not have loyalty

0:52:54.000 --> 0:52:55.600
<v Speaker 2>to you because you never played a snap for him.

0:52:55.680 --> 0:52:59.200
<v Speaker 2>This can happen. So like, I don't I don't really

0:52:59.239 --> 0:53:02.000
<v Speaker 2>feel for Kirk. Pinnix, on the other hand, is twenty

0:53:02.000 --> 0:53:06.279
<v Speaker 2>four years old and now they're setting him up to

0:53:06.280 --> 0:53:09.400
<v Speaker 2>where you know their alleged plan is for him to

0:53:09.480 --> 0:53:13.480
<v Speaker 2>not play till lose twenty six. That's brutal. So I

0:53:13.520 --> 0:53:16.360
<v Speaker 2>feel first and foremost, I feel bad for Penicks. Secondly,

0:53:16.520 --> 0:53:19.840
<v Speaker 2>I feel badly for Atlanta Falcons fans, who, as I

0:53:20.080 --> 0:53:25.560
<v Speaker 2>explained on Friday, their team has prioritized not bottoming out

0:53:26.040 --> 0:53:29.000
<v Speaker 2>over trying to be great and win the first Super

0:53:29.000 --> 0:53:33.160
<v Speaker 2>Bowl in the history of the franchise. And you cannot

0:53:33.280 --> 0:53:38.319
<v Speaker 2>convince me that this was a coherent offseason, because first

0:53:38.400 --> 0:53:43.160
<v Speaker 2>of all, they had thirty people in for pre draft visits.

0:53:43.400 --> 0:53:46.839
<v Speaker 2>Pinnix wasn't one of them. That's odd. Second of all,

0:53:47.120 --> 0:53:51.600
<v Speaker 2>they gave Kirk Cousins a no trade clause in his contract, Well,

0:53:51.640 --> 0:53:55.880
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't make sense. Third of all, they structured the contract,

0:53:56.000 --> 0:53:59.080
<v Speaker 2>so trading him, even if he were to waive the

0:53:59.120 --> 0:54:03.160
<v Speaker 2>no trade clause in a year, is incredibly punitive to

0:54:03.239 --> 0:54:06.640
<v Speaker 2>them cap wise, when they could have still guaranteed them

0:54:06.640 --> 0:54:09.200
<v Speaker 2>all that money, but made it to where it's not

0:54:09.360 --> 0:54:11.800
<v Speaker 2>punitive for them to trade him a year from now,

0:54:12.040 --> 0:54:15.280
<v Speaker 2>which leads me to believe this was not their original plan,

0:54:16.440 --> 0:54:23.560
<v Speaker 2>and that makes it unjustifiable because you had the college

0:54:23.560 --> 0:54:26.400
<v Speaker 2>football season was over, you knew your cap situation, you

0:54:26.480 --> 0:54:31.279
<v Speaker 2>knew the draft order before free agency started, so it's

0:54:31.280 --> 0:54:34.719
<v Speaker 2>not like you got new information, and so they just

0:54:34.840 --> 0:54:37.440
<v Speaker 2>don't want to ever have the Desmond Ritters situation at

0:54:37.480 --> 0:54:40.280
<v Speaker 2>quarterback again. But you should have either had the courage

0:54:40.280 --> 0:54:43.800
<v Speaker 2>of your convictions and took Pinnicks and used this hundred

0:54:43.840 --> 0:54:47.319
<v Speaker 2>million dollars on defensive players to help the team and

0:54:47.440 --> 0:54:52.120
<v Speaker 2>build a great team around him, or sign Kirk and

0:54:52.239 --> 0:54:55.600
<v Speaker 2>use the eighth overall pick to draft the first defensive

0:54:55.640 --> 0:55:00.279
<v Speaker 2>player off the board. Instead, they went quarterback quarterback with

0:55:00.320 --> 0:55:02.880
<v Speaker 2>their two biggest offseason assets their cap space and the

0:55:02.920 --> 0:55:06.040
<v Speaker 2>eighth pick. And so yes, that should prevent them from

0:55:06.120 --> 0:55:08.759
<v Speaker 2>it being a total disaster, but it also puts a

0:55:08.800 --> 0:55:12.400
<v Speaker 2>ceiling on them. So I feel most badly for Michael

0:55:12.400 --> 0:55:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Pinnix and second most badly for Falcons fans.

0:55:14.760 --> 0:55:18.399
<v Speaker 3>Next, Bradley Beal will be damned. What do you think

0:55:18.440 --> 0:55:20.759
<v Speaker 3>this is a movie? Man? Phoenix tried to pull off

0:55:20.800 --> 0:55:25.799
<v Speaker 3>a free but botch the whole operation. Detective right, who

0:55:25.840 --> 0:55:28.520
<v Speaker 3>deserves the most blame for Phoenix being swept.

0:55:29.920 --> 0:55:34.000
<v Speaker 2>Matt Ishbia. Matt Ishbia bought the team and then just

0:55:34.000 --> 0:55:38.719
<v Speaker 2>couldn't help himself, bought the team and then immediately trades

0:55:39.760 --> 0:55:43.440
<v Speaker 2>seventy of their future assets and picks and everything for

0:55:43.560 --> 0:55:46.640
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant, and then this offseason trades the rest of

0:55:46.640 --> 0:55:52.040
<v Speaker 2>it for Bradley Beal. And so listen, we can put

0:55:52.040 --> 0:55:56.040
<v Speaker 2>it on Durant again, like, who are we comparing Durant to?

0:55:56.520 --> 0:56:00.520
<v Speaker 2>Are we comparing Durant to Prime Durant? That's unfair? Are

0:56:00.560 --> 0:56:04.200
<v Speaker 2>we comparing Durant to the rest of the league. He

0:56:04.320 --> 0:56:06.880
<v Speaker 2>is still one of the fifteen best players in the league.

0:56:07.320 --> 0:56:10.520
<v Speaker 2>He had a good series. He's thirty six years old.

0:56:11.000 --> 0:56:14.080
<v Speaker 2>He's not going to be able to single handedly carry you.

0:56:14.640 --> 0:56:17.680
<v Speaker 2>And honestly, that's never really been exactly who he is.

0:56:18.480 --> 0:56:21.560
<v Speaker 2>Booker is. You know, he has a lot of A

0:56:21.760 --> 0:56:24.840
<v Speaker 2>plus playoff games and a lot of D minus playoff games,

0:56:25.160 --> 0:56:28.480
<v Speaker 2>not a ton of in the middle. And the roster

0:56:28.680 --> 0:56:31.879
<v Speaker 2>was poorly built. Some of us saw it coming. Some

0:56:31.920 --> 0:56:35.480
<v Speaker 2>of us said the Bradley Beal trade was insane and

0:56:35.600 --> 0:56:39.640
<v Speaker 2>using all your remaining assets to add one piece, that

0:56:39.760 --> 0:56:43.399
<v Speaker 2>is the piece you least need a perimeter scorer when

0:56:43.440 --> 0:56:45.640
<v Speaker 2>you need a point guard and you need Biggs. We

0:56:45.800 --> 0:56:48.440
<v Speaker 2>told you that was a problem to begin with. And

0:56:48.480 --> 0:56:51.080
<v Speaker 2>now you don't control any of your own picks. You

0:56:51.080 --> 0:56:53.719
<v Speaker 2>don't have any second round picks left. Even Beal's got

0:56:53.719 --> 0:56:57.560
<v Speaker 2>a no trade, it's kind of a disaster for them next.

0:56:58.760 --> 0:57:02.920
<v Speaker 3>So we've got a pretty big file on Katie leaving teams, Detective, right,

0:57:03.000 --> 0:57:07.080
<v Speaker 3>do you suspect Katie will demand another trade?

0:57:08.560 --> 0:57:12.960
<v Speaker 2>So that's tricky, man, You look great there to Marse Uh.

0:57:13.000 --> 0:57:16.760
<v Speaker 2>That is it's tricky to say whether or not he'll

0:57:16.800 --> 0:57:25.040
<v Speaker 2>demand another trade. I I would like to see him elsewhere,

0:57:25.480 --> 0:57:27.280
<v Speaker 2>but a fifteen would be weird?

0:57:28.040 --> 0:57:28.480
<v Speaker 3>Is there not?

0:57:28.680 --> 0:57:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Can't trade go ahead?

0:57:30.600 --> 0:57:32.760
<v Speaker 3>I don't. I guess I'm not a detective, but like,

0:57:32.880 --> 0:57:35.160
<v Speaker 3>is there not? Like if any team that Katie has

0:57:35.200 --> 0:57:37.840
<v Speaker 3>ever been on, is this not the situation that he

0:57:37.880 --> 0:57:41.200
<v Speaker 3>should leave the most?

0:57:41.600 --> 0:57:45.120
<v Speaker 2>No? I mean that's a great point, But you wonder

0:57:45.160 --> 0:57:51.760
<v Speaker 2>if he's just gonna feel like I handpicked the situation

0:57:53.200 --> 0:57:55.360
<v Speaker 2>to be. To be fair, Katie, he's only you know,

0:57:56.160 --> 0:57:58.920
<v Speaker 2>demanded a trade. Well, I guess twice, but from the

0:57:58.920 --> 0:58:02.640
<v Speaker 2>same team twice. Really out of one spot. He left

0:58:02.680 --> 0:58:05.640
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma City in free agency. He left the Warriors in

0:58:05.720 --> 0:58:10.680
<v Speaker 2>free agency. Totally is right. But yeah, they are screwed.

0:58:11.200 --> 0:58:13.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's no question about it. They have to

0:58:13.400 --> 0:58:16.760
<v Speaker 2>make and you probably would get more for Booker because

0:58:16.800 --> 0:58:20.840
<v Speaker 2>Booker's younger. I know folks would love to see Durant

0:58:20.880 --> 0:58:24.120
<v Speaker 2>go to Oklahoma City. I don't know if Oklahoma City wants.

0:58:24.280 --> 0:58:26.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what they want to do. I mean,

0:58:26.560 --> 0:58:30.560
<v Speaker 2>Durant's thirty six. Okay, SE's the one seed they're rolling now.

0:58:31.200 --> 0:58:34.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you a team that I could see. But

0:58:34.640 --> 0:58:37.400
<v Speaker 2>then for Durant, it's weird. It's like, am I kind

0:58:37.440 --> 0:58:39.520
<v Speaker 2>of copying Lebron? You don't want to do that, But

0:58:40.800 --> 0:58:46.040
<v Speaker 2>Miami makes sense. The trade package that Miami was ready

0:58:46.040 --> 0:58:49.240
<v Speaker 2>to offer for Damian Lillard finding a way to offer

0:58:49.320 --> 0:58:54.760
<v Speaker 2>that for Kevin Durant. I mean, that's that one makes sense.

0:58:54.800 --> 0:58:56.520
<v Speaker 2>But I don't know what he's gonna do, to be

0:58:56.600 --> 0:58:58.360
<v Speaker 2>honest with you, all Right, Next.

0:58:59.040 --> 0:59:03.000
<v Speaker 3>Jalen Brunson dropped the Knicks playoff record forty seven points

0:59:03.000 --> 0:59:06.280
<v Speaker 3>on Sunday. Not even you, as who has been on

0:59:06.320 --> 0:59:09.080
<v Speaker 3>their beat for decades, saw Brunson becoming the star he

0:59:09.080 --> 0:59:13.040
<v Speaker 3>has in New York sides Rick Detective, Right, Ye, how

0:59:13.040 --> 0:59:14.440
<v Speaker 3>do we all miss the clues?

0:59:16.800 --> 0:59:16.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh?

0:59:17.000 --> 0:59:20.960
<v Speaker 2>Because there's no I mean, there's not a lot of

0:59:21.160 --> 0:59:25.280
<v Speaker 2>precedent in all of NBA history for a player his

0:59:25.520 --> 0:59:31.320
<v Speaker 2>size dominating the way he does. Just isn't a guy

0:59:31.520 --> 0:59:34.760
<v Speaker 2>as short as he is being this type of scorer.

0:59:35.240 --> 0:59:39.760
<v Speaker 2>We saw it for a year with Celtics Isaiah Thomas,

0:59:39.800 --> 0:59:42.440
<v Speaker 2>but we kind of knew that was smoking mirrors. We

0:59:42.520 --> 0:59:46.640
<v Speaker 2>knew that wasn't real. You know, the original Isaiah Thomas

0:59:46.680 --> 0:59:49.720
<v Speaker 2>obviously dominated, but it was more of a floor game

0:59:50.240 --> 0:59:52.600
<v Speaker 2>him putting up these types of and I know he

0:59:52.640 --> 0:59:55.680
<v Speaker 2>was great in his last playoffs with Dallas, but him

0:59:55.840 --> 0:59:59.400
<v Speaker 2>carrying a team this way and it's not Keep in mind,

1:00:00.200 --> 1:00:04.880
<v Speaker 2>he scored forty seven, the team scored ninety seven. He

1:00:04.960 --> 1:00:07.680
<v Speaker 2>had forty seven and ten for a team that didn't

1:00:07.720 --> 1:00:11.080
<v Speaker 2>break one hundred. So I don't. I don't think people

1:00:11.200 --> 1:00:14.000
<v Speaker 2>really missed. I mean, I guess they did. But it's

1:00:14.160 --> 1:00:19.320
<v Speaker 2>reasonable when in all of NBA history the only guy's

1:00:19.600 --> 1:00:25.040
<v Speaker 2>under six six to be the unquestioned best player on

1:00:25.120 --> 1:00:29.000
<v Speaker 2>a champion are Steph Curry and Isaiah Thomas. To think

1:00:29.000 --> 1:00:32.200
<v Speaker 2>a guy who's not even six feet tall is gonna

1:00:32.200 --> 1:00:38.000
<v Speaker 2>do what he's done, it's just it's it's hard to predict,

1:00:38.040 --> 1:00:41.480
<v Speaker 2>it's hard to see coming. And so I mean, I don't.

1:00:41.520 --> 1:00:42.520
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to tell you.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Next, it's never too early for never too

1:00:46.760 --> 1:00:49.600
<v Speaker 3>early for a mock draft or to bet on the draft.

1:00:50.240 --> 1:00:53.720
<v Speaker 3>Something doesn't smell right though, Shadu Sanders is even money

1:00:53.720 --> 1:00:56.760
<v Speaker 3>to be the number one pick, Detective, Right, is this

1:00:56.800 --> 1:00:58.120
<v Speaker 3>the squarest beat you've ever seen?

1:00:59.480 --> 1:01:04.160
<v Speaker 2>It's all there, man, It doesn't get much squarer than

1:01:04.320 --> 1:01:10.240
<v Speaker 2>making a bet at even odds that involves you essentially

1:01:10.440 --> 1:01:14.440
<v Speaker 2>loaning a sportsbook your money interest free for three hundred

1:01:14.440 --> 1:01:18.240
<v Speaker 2>and sixty three days. Like, hey, here you go, take

1:01:18.360 --> 1:01:24.280
<v Speaker 2>my money. I get zero you know, return interest or investment,

1:01:24.760 --> 1:01:27.480
<v Speaker 2>and I'll see if I can get you know that

1:01:27.800 --> 1:01:31.840
<v Speaker 2>even money back. It's yeah, of all the post. If

1:01:31.880 --> 1:01:35.720
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna do a long term futures bet, you have

1:01:35.840 --> 1:01:39.880
<v Speaker 2>to incorporate the opportunity cost of the fact that that

1:01:40.120 --> 1:01:45.360
<v Speaker 2>money is sitting there interest free for you. Meanwhile the

1:01:45.400 --> 1:01:48.640
<v Speaker 2>sports book gets to invest it and make a return

1:01:48.720 --> 1:01:53.000
<v Speaker 2>on it. Like that is just it's just an the

1:01:54.520 --> 1:01:58.120
<v Speaker 2>I am not here to tell people not to gamble

1:01:58.160 --> 1:02:01.840
<v Speaker 2>on sports, because I gamble on sports. But do not

1:02:02.040 --> 1:02:05.480
<v Speaker 2>if you if you want to make this bet, find

1:02:05.520 --> 1:02:08.800
<v Speaker 2>a human being you can make it with that you

1:02:08.880 --> 1:02:12.920
<v Speaker 2>have good credit with that you just the loser pays

1:02:13.040 --> 1:02:16.680
<v Speaker 2>up on you know, once it comes in, not that

1:02:16.760 --> 1:02:17.640
<v Speaker 2>it's held an.

1:02:17.560 --> 1:02:22.960
<v Speaker 3>Escort number one me and you, okay, get you one

1:02:23.000 --> 1:02:24.360
<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty bus you want it?

1:02:25.360 --> 1:02:28.640
<v Speaker 2>No that okay? I didn't think so I was like,

1:02:28.720 --> 1:02:30.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's a good bet, buddy, All right,

1:02:30.920 --> 1:02:39.640
<v Speaker 2>quick break answer your questions. Next, what's right? Wow? What

1:02:39.760 --> 1:02:48.720
<v Speaker 2>a moment. Sometimes demanse hard work pays off dedication, hard work,

1:02:50.440 --> 1:02:57.400
<v Speaker 2>just in How about this from the mock draft database,

1:02:58.680 --> 1:03:08.240
<v Speaker 2>which graded every single public mock draft. There was all

1:03:08.280 --> 1:03:12.200
<v Speaker 2>of it, across all hundreds of mock drafts. People that

1:03:12.280 --> 1:03:16.840
<v Speaker 2>do this professionally, people that do this year round, My

1:03:17.040 --> 1:03:21.200
<v Speaker 2>dear friend person. I did my first ever television appearance

1:03:21.240 --> 1:03:24.720
<v Speaker 2>on FS one with Peter Schrager. He won the competition

1:03:25.200 --> 1:03:28.280
<v Speaker 2>with an all time score of fifty two point five,

1:03:29.640 --> 1:03:34.919
<v Speaker 2>which is really elite. It's one of their highest scores ever.

1:03:35.320 --> 1:03:40.600
<v Speaker 2>He's totally plugged in and did a great job. I

1:03:40.680 --> 1:03:47.080
<v Speaker 2>saw they posted their mock draft standings this morning and

1:03:48.320 --> 1:03:52.400
<v Speaker 2>my mock appeared to not have been graded, and I

1:03:52.520 --> 1:03:54.880
<v Speaker 2>was wounded by that demonse. It was like they didn't

1:03:54.880 --> 1:04:00.600
<v Speaker 2>take me seriously as a mock drafter. So I messaged

1:04:00.640 --> 1:04:04.600
<v Speaker 2>them and said, hey, guys, think you missed one. Not

1:04:04.640 --> 1:04:06.800
<v Speaker 2>sure how I did. I don't think I beat Shraker,

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<v Speaker 2>but I would appreciate it if you would tell me

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<v Speaker 2>how I did. And they just got back to me.

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<v Speaker 2>In the entire mock draft universe, your buddy Nick Wright

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<v Speaker 2>eighteenth place of all the mock drafts, a top twenty

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<v Speaker 2>finish in my debut season as a mock drafter. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me see if I can get some context for some

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<v Speaker 2>of the experts that I beat. Let me go here

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<v Speaker 2>the find out more. I saw these earlier. Hold on

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<v Speaker 2>a moment, I would really like to find where the rest. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, here we go. So if I came in eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 2>that means not to listen. I'm not calling people out.

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<v Speaker 2>I would never do that. But Charles Davis got move

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<v Speaker 2>the sticks. Daniel Jeremiah, the king of the industry. He

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<v Speaker 2>came into Ben Solac, Oh from the Ringer post this

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<v Speaker 2>on social Ben Solac, hold that ol the Ringer Draft Show.

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<v Speaker 2>You do this year round? Oh my goodness, gracious. Dane

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<v Speaker 2>Brugler The Beast, the greatest draft guide that has ever existed.

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<v Speaker 2>Dame Brugler's The Beast thirty third place. My old friend

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<v Speaker 2>Pete Brisco thirty fifth place. Oh my goodness, gracious, I

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<v Speaker 2>beat Evan Silva, Benjamin Albright, Eric at Home, Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>Florio Pro Football Talk fifty first place. How does that feel?

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Condroth, he owned Pro Football Focus fifty fifth place.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness, gracious, eighteenth place, with a final score,

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on, what was my final score? Let me go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and check this real quick. This is this is

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<v Speaker 2>really forty three point eight final score. Oh my goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>two points behind mel Kiper. Oh, oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm happy for you, Buf.

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<v Speaker 2>I am so happy for me too. I decided this

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<v Speaker 2>year that I was gonna broaden my expertise. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been a mock drafter. Last year, my entirety of my

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<v Speaker 2>mock drafts were Chiefs only, and I just texted him

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<v Speaker 2>to Brett Veach repeatedly, and people made fun of me

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<v Speaker 2>about it. But then I saw Kevin Clark at a

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<v Speaker 2>conference a couple months ago. He took a picture of

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<v Speaker 2>us together, texted to Beach and Beach Tech. Clark said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>tell him to ask Nick where my mock drafts are.

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<v Speaker 2>So he appreciated it. Now I left Veach alone this year.

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<v Speaker 2>He had a lot of important things to trying to

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<v Speaker 2>go for three P. Didn't want to mess with him,

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<v Speaker 2>and instead I brought my horizons to the whole league

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<v Speaker 2>top twenty. Oh my goodness, gracious move. Daniel Jeremiah, the Greatest,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who's a lot of people believe myself included

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<v Speaker 2>teams based draft selections off his big board. Dane Brugler

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<v Speaker 2>who created the greatest draft guid ever beat him? Florio,

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<v Speaker 2>hold that l Florio, Tayte sticky, you take my pin

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<v Speaker 2>my mock draft up right next to your Andy Reid's

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<v Speaker 2>retiring articles. Oh my goodness, gracious. All right, demonse, what

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<v Speaker 2>are the listener questions? Well? This is thrilling. I'm so excited.

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<v Speaker 3>Richard Winston asked, do you think the Nuggets postseason success

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<v Speaker 3>will allow Murray to get to get regular season awards?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I, listen, I think he was going to this

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<v Speaker 2>year because of last year, but then he got hurt,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I think that is that has worked against him.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go fast. Let's try to get a couple. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Album asked, Well, the MAVs versus Clipper series go to

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<v Speaker 3>a seven games, who wins?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it does, and I think the MAVs win.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it does go seven at this point, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think the MAVs win. Uh. All right, let's keep

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<v Speaker 2>going six.

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<v Speaker 3>Niss says Nick is like a nineteen fifties car, nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>fifties cartoon villain. They got dropped in the wrong time period,

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<v Speaker 3>and I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what that means, that seems, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it means, all right, real.

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<v Speaker 3>Quick, Reginald Pierre Nick, do you think that once again

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<v Speaker 3>trolling Wild's with the unanswered call tweet while the Lakers

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<v Speaker 3>were winning was the final bit of the hubris that

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<v Speaker 3>the sports gods ultimately punished.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't believe that I can impact the games

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<v Speaker 2>from my couch. I don't believe those types of jinxes,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't think the sports gods will punish. The

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<v Speaker 2>sports gods would not punished Lebron James and the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>because I wanted to mess with Kevin Wilds. Should be

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<v Speaker 2>a fun TV show today. I'm on with Colin in

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<v Speaker 2>just under ninety minutes. I am on TV in just

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<v Speaker 2>over three hours. Wilds wanted to fight me on the

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<v Speaker 2>area yesterday. For the first time ever. He lasted longer

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<v Speaker 2>than anybody else I've ever worked with without wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>fight me. Was bound oppen at some point. Today. Should

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<v Speaker 2>be a great show. Talk to you guys, hey, thanks

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