1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to this League Uncut rule of twenty four hour 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: NBA News. 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: This's you, Chris Haynes. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: It's time, work's time, it's some time. This League Uncut 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: is underway and on fire. This should be a good one. 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 3: Welcome in, friends to another edition of this League Uncut. 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 3: Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes from Turner Sports. We 8 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 3: promised this in our last episode, which was Dame Heavy. 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: October is here. We are officially back to two pods 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 3: a week, so you will get your full fix of 11 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 3: this League Uncut from now through July. You get us 12 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 3: twice a week. I hope. I hope that's news. I 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 3: hope that's welcome news at your house. He is back 14 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 3: from Milwaukee after making his first trip of the season. 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: Chris Haynes, you went to one of my favorite cities 16 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: in the league. Yes, that is true. That is it. 17 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 3: That is not exaggeration. That is a true statement, even 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 3: in the winter time. I love going to Milwaukee. But 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 3: I saw Dame Lillard say I actually use this quote 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: in my media day piece today. I saw that, let 21 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 3: me get let me get this quote. Seeing the sun 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 3: out and being by the water and stuff like that. 23 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 3: It made me smile a little bit. This might be 24 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 3: all right, Dame says about his new hometown. You give 25 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: give us the give us the vibe. What what was 26 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 3: it like to uh to be there on the official 27 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: first day of the Jannis and Dame era. 28 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 4: Well, I guess it's good that he arrived in Milwaukee 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 4: this past weekend because I don't know how long that 30 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 4: sun is going to be out. It might have had 31 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: a different story next week. It was really I'm playing, 32 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 4: but it was really a beautiful weekend, Milwaukee, beautiful day. 33 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 4: I spent the entire day with him, most of the 34 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 4: day with him Saturday. Uh, they arrived as soon as 35 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 4: they arrived on on Land in Milwaukee, went straight to 36 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 4: the rally I was. I went in so soon as 37 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 4: he touched down, he went, He walked through the rally path, 38 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 4: you know, waved the fans. You know this video footage 39 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: of that. And then what there was where there wasn't 40 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 4: much footage is when we went into the arena and 41 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 4: they had the Bucks had NBA employee, I mean, excuse me, 42 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 4: Bucks personnel just standing throughout the arena holding big Dame face, 43 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: uh Dick, you know big Dame faces. And you know 44 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 4: there was posters there was. It reminded me like you 45 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 4: just the a recruiting trip, like if you're you know, 46 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: if you're a big time college recruit and they. 47 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 3: Just got him already. 48 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, they had him already, Yeah, but they still gotta 49 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 4: put on the show. Uh. And so you know, they 50 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 4: walk all through the concourse of the arena, through the 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 4: corridors of the arena, and you know, Dame time, welcome 52 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: Dame and his family, you know, all over the video 53 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: the video tron in the arena, and then as soon 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: as you walk into the arena, they did the PA 55 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 4: announcer did his intro and uh, you know it's just 56 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 4: you know, it was a long, winning intro, just where 57 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 4: he's from and all that, and then announcing him as 58 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 4: the Milwaukee Bucks. Then we took a tour of the 59 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 4: the locker room, took a tour of the practice facility, 60 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: took a tour of the family room, and uh, it 61 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: was a cool it was a cool set up. It's 62 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 4: a cool setup. They did a really good job. But 63 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 4: then he met with Gianni's met with Terry Stotts, who 64 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 4: is his who was the assistant coach of the Bucks, 65 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 4: but who was his coach for most of his career Portland, 66 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 4: Adrian Griffin the head coach, and he just I remember 67 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 4: steying like and okay before that, before I say that. 68 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 4: And then the Bucks gave him at got him a condo, 69 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 4: a condo in downtown Milwaukee, overlooking the river, overlooking the bridge, 70 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 4: beautiful view on a on a high floor. 71 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 3: So he's already sat where he was. He's gonna live 72 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 3: because that was actually gonna be one of my questions. Yeah, 73 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: we talked so much about the basketball adjustment and you know, 74 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: moving to a new team, but but really, when you think, 75 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 3: I mean, he's he's been so ensconced in that Portland 76 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: community to move to just moving to Milwaukee, that's that's 77 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 3: probably gotta be the the biggest difference of anything. 78 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the That's that's the biggest transition that that's 79 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 4: what he was worried about, you know, thinking about where 80 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 4: he's going to have his kids, where his kids are 81 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 4: going to go to school at and all that. But yeah, 82 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 4: the Bucks got to have him a condo. This this temporary, 83 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 4: but the condo was nice. They they fully furnished it 84 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: with everything they had food, had the fridge filled up 85 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 4: with drinks and everything, like they the Bucks went all out. 86 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 4: But my my guess, you know, I'm giving, I'm giving 87 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 4: a little real estate, uh real estate nugget. My guess 88 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 4: is he'll probably end up taking the home of somebody 89 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 4: who just vacated the Bucks and went elsewhere. That's that's 90 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: my guess. But uh, he was at the end of 91 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: that night. That's what I was getting to. At the 92 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 4: end of the night, he text me. It was late 93 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 4: at night, he had to take his physical. He didn't 94 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 4: get in till like midnight. After that whole day. Uh, 95 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 4: he text me, this is where I'm supposed to be. 96 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 4: And so they they showed him a time, they showed him. 97 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 4: He was impressed, and you know, he's all in. 98 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 3: Because it's interesting. Didn't he say that he plans to 99 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: living He plans to keep living in Portland in the 100 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 3: off season. 101 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, because he just had a crazy matching built. 102 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 4: It just completed about two months ago. Crazy. I haven't 103 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: even got the He was supposed to have a housewoman 104 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 4: party there, but he never did because this situation was 105 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 4: up in the air. But yeah, that that place he's keeping, 106 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 4: that place, that's that's going to be his off season home. 107 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 4: And you know he's gonna he's gonna stay there after 108 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 4: his career is over. 109 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: That's interesting. Well, look, I mean, let's let let us 110 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: talk about the I have a feeling. You know, I 111 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 3: know your answer, and I've basically written this already. I 112 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 3: still say Milwaukee is the slight favorite in the East, 113 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 3: even after what Boston did, and what Boston did was 114 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: Milwaukee's worst nightmare. Milwaukee has to give up the beloved 115 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: Drew Holliday to Portland to get Dame, and what happens 116 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 3: Portland trades Drew Holliday to Milwaukee's biggest rival. But even 117 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 3: saying so, I'm still giving Milwaukee the edge, And it 118 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 3: kind of makes me laugh because like when Milwaukee, when 119 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: the Bucks make the trade for Dame, you hear a 120 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 3: lot of oh this is you know, they didn't improve 121 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: that much. You know their perimeter defense is going to 122 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 3: be so much weaker with Dame that you know this 123 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 3: doesn't really improve them. And then the same thing with 124 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: the Celtics. You know they got true Holiday, but yeah, 125 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 3: you know, now their front line is so weak, they've 126 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 3: got no depth, and it's like there's no trade that 127 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 3: just makes you an automatic champion and you're you know 128 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 3: that you have no weaknesses. I mean, if that was 129 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 3: the case, we'd really be miserable as a collective, uh, 130 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: you know, basketball public, because we don't want this thing 131 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 3: to be decided in October. I mean, these teams are 132 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: supposed to have some flaws and some things wrong with them. 133 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 3: But I just my feeling on it is that what 134 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 3: Dame is going to bring Milwaukee offensively is really what 135 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: they've lacked, and it's gonna give them a dimension they 136 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: haven't had in they honest era. I think Milwaukee they 137 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: have enough defensive minded players without Drew Holliday. Okay, none 138 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: of them are locked down guards, but they have enough 139 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 3: defensive minded players that they're still going to be a 140 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 3: good defensive team. And again, Dame addresses their number one 141 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 3: biggest weakness, which is in playoff basketball. They're now going 142 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 3: to have something dynamic in the half court to ease 143 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 3: Jannis's burden, and for the first time in both of 144 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: their lives, Jiannis and Dame are really going to get 145 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 3: to co share the burden of trying to carry a 146 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 3: team to a championship. Boston's top six is incredible. Drew 147 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: Holliday and Derek White are going to be sensational in 148 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 3: the backcourt together. I'm rooting for Chris tops Porzingis. I'm 149 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 3: fond of the guy. I just but they're asking a 150 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 3: lot of him now to not just stay healthy, but 151 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 3: be super mobile on defense, maybe move more than he's 152 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: ever had to unless they change their skin, you know, 153 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 3: I guess they could go you with the drop coverage 154 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 3: with Porzingis as being their their main rim protection. But 155 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 3: they're asking a lot now of Chris stops Porzingis and 156 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 3: Al Horford, who is you know, getting up there? So 157 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 3: both teams have questions. I'm going to give the Bucks 158 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: a slight edge. Tell me, tell me how you view 159 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 3: the top two in the East right now? 160 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 4: I agree, I'll give the Bucks the edge. And you know, 161 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 4: I'll give the Bucks the edge just for not just 162 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 4: for but their continuity. They know each other, they've been there, 163 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 4: the championship pedigree. Then you add Dame who is going 164 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 4: to be that difference maker of five minutes left in 165 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 4: the game, playoff type basketball when you really need a bucket. 166 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 4: You know, that's where he's going to change the trajectory 167 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: up the Bucks on that side of the ball. Defensively. 168 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: You know, he's not a Drew Hollday defensive player. But 169 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 4: you know, Dane addressed that at media days, like when 170 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 4: you have a great team defensively, a lot of times 171 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 4: that can rub off into you. And he talked about 172 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 4: you know, listen, yeah you can say I wasn't a 173 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: great defender in Portland. He did say he got better 174 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 4: each year, but he had to show the so much 175 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 4: of the load on the offensive end, so he had 176 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 4: to give up something on one side of the ball, 177 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 4: and a lot of times it was on the defensive end. 178 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 4: But you know he's ready for that challenge on that 179 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 4: end the floor. But what I would say to Boston 180 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 4: is they still lack. They still leave a lot to 181 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 4: be desired in the interior. You know, that's where Milwaukee 182 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 4: can still feast in the interior. And you are asking 183 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 4: Chris stat Pazingers to do a lot something he hasn't 184 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 4: done really in his whole NBA career and been successful 185 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 4: at a high rate and at a consistent rate. So 186 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 4: I still think that's where the Bucks have the upper hand. 187 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 4: And then yes, Derek White, Drew Holliday, they're going to 188 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 4: be a force, you know, arguably the best defensive backcourt 189 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 4: in the league. You're not stopping Dame. You know, you're 190 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 4: not stopping Dame, you know, and I think that that's 191 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 4: what the bucks. 192 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 3: But you know what, you know what people are going 193 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 3: to say. People are going to say. People are gonna say, first, oh, 194 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 3: you guys, just you love Dame. You're this is a 195 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 3: pro Dame podcast. Of course you're going to say that. 196 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 3: And the other thing they're going to say is, remember 197 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: what happened in twenty eighteen when New Orleans played Portland 198 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 3: and Drew locked Dame up. 199 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 4: So I mean, I you know, okay, I mean you 200 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: can look I mean, you can say that, but look 201 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 4: at I mean, that was okay, let's talk about that. 202 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 4: Let's let's talk about this stun. Let's go back to 203 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 4: that playoff series against the Pelicans years ago. Dame didn't 204 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 4: have help, you know, so they it was a boxing 205 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 4: one they played majority of the of the time in 206 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 4: that series. It wasn't no one on one defensive, you know. 207 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: The the goal was to get the ball out of 208 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 4: his hands, which for most for the most part, that work, 209 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 4: and then Dame had to rely on others who didn't 210 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 4: step up. And then when Dame wanted to try to 211 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 4: get going, he had to force it because they were 212 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 4: getting the ball out of his hands. Look just look 213 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 4: at the look at the two games against the Bucks 214 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 4: last year, the year before that. You're not stopping Damn. 215 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 4: He was second in scoring last year, you know. So 216 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 4: that I'm not saying anything Drew would tell you that. 217 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 4: So we're not saying anything that nobody knows. But yes, 218 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 4: you know you have to give Drew how they are 219 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: the credit in the world in a defensive end. But 220 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 4: you're not stopping Dame. And Dame provides the spacing, not 221 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 4: traditional spacing, not traditional spacing that most players do or 222 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 4: just stand one foot behind the line. Nah, Dame is 223 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 4: back three four feet behind the line. That's going to 224 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 4: give so much space and allowed Gianna's so much room 225 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 4: to Rome and there's so much spacing where you can 226 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 4: start to pick and rolls for so far out. And 227 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 4: then you got Chris Middleton on the opposite side of wing. 228 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 4: You know, that's that's that's a dynamic they've never had. 229 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 4: That's a dynamic that only about two teams. Half is 230 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 4: Portland and go. 231 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 3: Chris Middleton is going to be so much Chris Middleton 232 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 3: will be so much better served being the third best 233 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 3: player on Milwaukee's team rather than the second no. 234 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 4: Question, he told me Stein Chris told me yesterday he 235 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 4: expects all three to have a career year. That's say 236 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 4: in a lot. 237 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 3: And look, let me just say this about Boston. You know, 238 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: I like what they did. I really do, even though 239 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: we're gonna raise questions about their depth beyond the top six, 240 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 3: even though we're gonna raise questions about can Porzingis and 241 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 3: Al Horford counter Milwaukee's front line, because Boston has had 242 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: a very good run of success, but many many years 243 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 3: in a row of not getting it done. They haven't 244 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 3: won a championship with their start twosoon. But this approach 245 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 3: that they've taken is we're not gonna break up Jason 246 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 3: Tatum and Jalen Brown, no matter what the outside noise is. No, 247 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 3: we are not breaking up those two guys. We're gonna 248 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 3: change everything else around them, but we're not going to 249 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 3: break that up. And and so you know, I I 250 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 3: do think these are bold swings that Brad Stevens has taken. 251 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 3: And it's fascinating because you know, as a coach, Brad 252 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 3: Stevens was not associated with bold. You know that just 253 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: that wasn't his rep. He was seen as this conservative coach, 254 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: but as a as a front office guy, he is 255 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: just taking these home run swings and there's no getting 256 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 3: around it. I mean, Marcus Smart, Grant Williams, Rob Williams, 257 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: I mean they've they've made major changes to their team, 258 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: but to bring in Porzingis and Drew Holliday, I mean, 259 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: the you know, they've they've attacked this as aggressively as 260 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 3: they can. I think the Celtics basically are trying to 261 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 3: tell us they know their time is now and they've 262 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: got to win. They've got to win here, and so 263 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 3: they're going for it, and you have to I applauded. 264 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 4: Plauded also started on the flip end. I know it's 265 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 4: not involving these two teams Milwaukee and Boston, but you 266 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 4: got to get credit to what Portland was able to 267 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 4: do and getting getting done the DAMI little trade and 268 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 4: what they got in return. Like they they pulled out 269 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 4: something that many not many foresaw them doing. And uh 270 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: now they're still in position to add more assets with 271 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 4: with Malcolm Brogden still being over there, so they still 272 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 4: got a chance to add to their their haul that 273 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 4: they've that they've retrieved and so you know, Joe Cronin 274 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 4: did did a did an unbelievable job. Unbelievable job. You 275 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 4: got to give them props for that for sure. 276 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know you mentioned Brogden, who I left 277 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 3: out at I mean, so, I mean the four key 278 00:15:55,880 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 3: guys from Boston's team. They've surrendered smart Malcolm Broggen, Rob Williams, 279 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 3: Grant Williams to bring in Holiday, to bring in Porzingis. 280 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 3: And you know, you're right, Portland has done better than 281 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 3: I think a lot of people were expecting. All summer long. 282 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 3: There was this assumption that it was inevitable that they 283 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 3: were finally in a cave and just send Dame to Miami. 284 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: And you know, you had such a great story, which 285 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 3: we talked about at length in the last episode detailing 286 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 3: just how Frosty had got between Portland and Team Lillard. 287 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 3: But look, the Blazers, they got a lot back. Their 288 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 3: position was vindicated. They not only were able to do 289 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: this before training camp starts, so they could start over, 290 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 3: really start over, and Scoot Henderson. The Scoot Henderson era 291 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 3: begins with clarity and not some trade saga cloud hanging 292 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: over the franchise. But you know they waited and Milwaukee 293 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 3: surfaced as a real trade partner. And maybe in mid August, 294 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 3: you know, Milwaukee was not a real trade partner, but 295 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 3: by mid September, Milwaukee became very real. You know, what 296 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 3: about the heat? Where did the heat go from here? 297 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 3: I know you were in Milwaukee all day Monday, but 298 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 3: I'm guessing you you saw Jimmy Butler at training camp, 299 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 3: and everybody wants to talk about his Everybody wants to 300 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: talk about his Halloween costume. But I'm I'm more fixated, frankly, 301 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 3: on Jimmy. Jimmy is saying, see you guys in the finals. 302 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 3: This is our year. We're winning this one. And you know, 303 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 3: the man is oozing stubborn confidence. It's hard to look 304 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 3: at Miami's team and say, they didn't get Bradley Beal, 305 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,719 Speaker 3: they didn't get Damian Lillard, they lost Max Strus, they 306 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 3: lost Gabe Vincent. How are they gonna win? How are 307 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 3: they gonna how are they gonna get out of the East? 308 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 3: But good luck trying to tell good luck trying to 309 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 3: convince Jimmy Butler that they had a bad summer. 310 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's the ultimate competitor. So I give him props 311 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 4: and I give him credit for taking on that stance 312 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 4: and saying that and saying it with conviction. But I 313 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 4: don't see it. I don't see it. It was a tough 314 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 4: summer for the Miami Heat, very tough summer. I don't know. 315 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 4: You know, I don't scroll through Twitter or x whatever 316 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 4: it's called nowadays. I don't scroll through as much as 317 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 4: I used to. And uh, you know, I used to 318 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 4: be on it a lot. 319 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: And you're trying to make yourself sound so old. Come on, man, 320 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 3: I am old. 321 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 4: So we're getting up there, Stan, Come on, I'm right 322 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 4: there with you. Stan. 323 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 3: If you're old, I'm finished. If you're old, I'm done. 324 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 3: I'm washed. 325 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 4: Some people get old somebody. Some people get old faster. 326 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 4: I think that's just what's happened to me. I wasn't 327 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 4: old this time last year, but it's starting to hit. 328 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 3: Me by the way. You just remind me a rival 329 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 3: reporter who we're both fond of. I'm not going to 330 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 3: say his name. He heard your speech about how you 331 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 3: know you you're having all these knee issues, but that 332 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 3: that you still put up twenty three and five at 333 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 3: your last pickup game, and he and I have to say, 334 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 3: I kind of I'm with him question the five assists, like, oh, 335 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 3: we buy the twenty three points, we buy, We're not 336 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:14,959 Speaker 3: sure about the five assists. 337 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 4: Well, tell Tim McMahon he got he got another thing. 338 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 4: Tell him that, Tell him that he got another thing coming. 339 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 4: Tell you if I'm playing against him, yeah, you might 340 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 4: not see those five assists. The points are just going 341 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 4: to go up. Yeah, if you're playing against him, don't 342 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 4: don't tell him coming me like that, don't come. 343 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 3: You know what, props props because he clearly, he clearly, 344 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 3: he cly, he clearly questioned you directly to you, So 345 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 3: props to him. 346 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. Okay, Well I still get up and if he's 347 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 4: anywhere near the paint anywhere in the vicinity, I'm taking 348 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 4: him along for the ride up upwards. 349 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 3: So okay, we have to bring back the media game. 350 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 3: We we have to bring back the game. 351 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 4: We have to. 352 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 3: I will not be I will not be playing. I 353 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 3: will not be playing, but I will be I will 354 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 3: be court side observing. 355 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, I will be there. Look at you. See how 356 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 4: I guess your guess, your little anonymous veteran NBA reporter, 357 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 4: I guess who was Like. 358 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying, That's what I'm saying, he must 359 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 3: have he must have said something directly to you which 360 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 3: I got was always talking ship because I didn't. I 361 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 3: did not give up. I did not give that up. 362 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, he always talking ship, But Tim, I got you. 363 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 4: But what was I saying? I'm old? Oh yeah, I 364 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 4: don't look at Twitter as much, and so I usually, 365 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 4: like a lot of times, I go scroll and just 366 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 4: check out what different fans of teams are saying, saying 367 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 4: with the narrative is seeing, you know, And I did 368 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 4: a little bit of that from the Miami standpoint when 369 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 4: it went down, and there was a lot of you know, 370 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 4: as soon as the Bucks got dag, there was a 371 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 4: lot of finger pointing, you know, finger point that pat 372 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 4: the Miami heat. Did they offer enough? Were they aggressive? 373 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 4: Did they what was the other where they arrogant? Did 374 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 4: they just think that there wasn't a market for them 375 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 4: so they didn't put forth their best offer? You know, 376 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 4: I saw all the all those things. You know. All 377 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 4: I can say is that, you know, from what I 378 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 4: was told, you know, they they did everything they could 379 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 4: to try to get into the Andy, try to get 380 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 4: into the Dame Sweet stakes, but uh, it just didn't. 381 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 4: It just didn't happen. So but yes, Stein, I'm with you. 382 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 4: It's hard for me to look at that roster right 383 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 4: now of the Miami Heat and think that they're anywhere 384 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 4: near a favorite to be in the East Side. There'll 385 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 4: be a championship content I mean, excuse me, there'll be 386 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 4: a playoff contended team. They'll definitely be a hard out, 387 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 4: because Eric Sposier coach teams are always a hard out. 388 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: But they're not above the Bucks. They're not above the Celtics. 389 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 4: I don't think they're even above the Sixers, even if 390 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 4: James Harden is there or not. And so they got 391 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 4: a ways to go. But stop. As you know, in 392 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 4: the playoffs, a lot of times it's largely about where 393 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 4: you're placed to see the path you have to get 394 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 4: to the finals. So we'll see. 395 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 3: Okay, we're gonna move on to the Sixers in a 396 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 3: minute here, but before we do, I don't know if 397 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 3: you saw this, since since you're so old now and 398 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 3: you don't look at you don't look at Twitter anymore. 399 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 3: In Milwaukee, one of our listeners he only goes by 400 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 3: at Bucks two three, three four, so he didn't leave 401 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: us a name, but he clearly heard last week when 402 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: I was jealous of your impending trip to Carson's for 403 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 3: a stake, and he says, hey, you guys need to 404 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 3: check out Carnivore. 405 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 4: Carnivore Milwat says, I was told that last night. 406 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 3: And then he says, we also got to go to 407 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 3: Harbor House slash Oddly, which I hope I pronounced that right. 408 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 3: Looks like a Greek place, and Giannis is apparently a 409 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 3: part owner there. 410 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 4: I heard about that too, So I went out with 411 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 4: I went out to dinner with Spears, Spears and uh 412 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 4: Vincent Goodwill and a few other friends and Spears new 413 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: in Milwaukee area. And one of the brothers who is 414 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 4: with us at dinner, he. 415 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 3: Brought up that and take you guys all out. 416 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 4: No, he did not pay for my own tab. No, no, 417 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 4: so yeah, no, So this I wonder if this brother 418 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 4: who I went to dinner with, is this guy that's 419 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: tweeting at you because he brought up last night at dinner, 420 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 4: he brought up Carnivores, and he brought up Jannis's place. 421 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 4: It doesn't have a name, that's it, that's just what 422 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 4: bucks whatever. 423 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 3: No, no, no, there's no no, it's it's an anonymous 424 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 3: it's an anonymous account. 425 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 4: I wouldn't be surprised if that's him, But yeah, we 426 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 4: got to do that. Stine hold On. I got hold 427 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 4: on before we transitioned on STY before we transition on 428 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 4: Stin have an announcement. So remember how I was supposed 429 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 4: to be with the Lakers for media Day and then 430 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 4: things change. A certain trade happened and I found myself 431 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 4: in Milwaukee from medion Day. Well, on my schedule, I 432 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 4: was supposed to have Sons Warriors opening night, which is fine, 433 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 4: great great cities, Chris Paul playing against his former team. 434 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 4: These two teams, you know, some somewhat of a history 435 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 4: right there, KD going against the Wars. Love it right 436 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 4: down the street from my house, an hour drive. You know, hey, 437 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 4: cool well Stein, I have a different game opening night 438 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 4: for T and T Milwaukee Philadelphia, so I would get 439 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 4: to try out Carnivars and I might try out the 440 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 4: other place. So I'm telling you this. Then my schedule 441 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 4: could be changing periodically. Here, you know, my schedule is 442 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 4: already out. They could be changing periodically, So you need 443 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 4: to be ready and prepared to make that trick to Milwaukee. 444 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 3: It's only a two I'm doing for you. You won't. 445 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 3: You will not have to ask me more than once, because, 446 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 3: like I said, I absolutely love Milwaukee. 447 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 4: Let me tell you this. Let me tell you this 448 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 4: time I put any places to go. Let me put 449 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 4: this in your ear. Stein Live podcast hang Stein in Milwaukee, 450 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: featuring a couple star guests. Come on, Stein, make it happen, Man, 451 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 4: make it. 452 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,919 Speaker 3: Wait a minute, Wait a minute. You you think you 453 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 3: think they will both come to our podcast? 454 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 4: No think, ain't no think. I know, there's no thinking. 455 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 2: I know. 456 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 3: The oldest guarantee, that is the boldest guarantee of Media 457 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 3: Day week that I've heard yet. 458 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 4: Make it happen, Stein, Well, that's happen. 459 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 3: I will pay. I will pay my own way for that. 460 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 3: I will happily. 461 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 4: I want you to find a venue where we're doing 462 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 4: to that, Stein, where we're doing to that? 463 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 3: Yeah we know, we got it. Yeah we get we gotta. 464 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 3: I am gonna. I'm on it. Let's find a venue. 465 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 3: Let's come to Milwaukee, and let's Milwaukee give us some bucks, fans, 466 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 3: give us some suggestions. 467 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 4: Where's the venue, where do we have to where do 468 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 4: we need to do it? Do it at Come on now, 469 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 4: give us some suggestion. 470 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 3: That would be incredible. 471 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 4: Wow. 472 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 3: So I mean, realistically, I know you don't know yet 473 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 3: for sure, but you're gonna You're gonna be in Milwaukee 474 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 3: more than just about anywhere else this season. 475 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 4: Do you think I wouldn't say that that might be 476 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 4: going a little bit too far. I don't know if 477 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 4: I want to keep making a Milwaukee trip. That's that's 478 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 4: hard on the brother from California. There is no direct 479 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 4: flights from the from the from the Sacramento Bay area 480 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 4: area to Milwaukee. You know, so I don't want to go. 481 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 3: What do you what do you fly to Chicago first? 482 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 3: What do you do? 483 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 4: Fly Chicago or Denver? Chicago or Denver? 484 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 3: So you're reunited guy? 485 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 4: No? Oh, I'm the Southwest? Guys? 486 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 3: Was I? 487 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 4: Oh? 488 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 3: That's right, that's right? Was my prediction correct? Remember remember 489 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 3: when you were listing all the teams that NBA TV 490 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 3: was supposed to be at for Media Day and they 491 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 3: had to they had to get rid of one because 492 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 3: because of Milwaukee. Was I correct? Was Sacramento out? 493 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 2: No? 494 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 4: They they kept Sacking. Oh, hold on, I didn't see 495 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 4: anybody from Sack. You might be right, I didn't see 496 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,239 Speaker 4: anybody from Sack. Well. 497 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 3: The only reason I asked you, because I figured by 498 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 3: now you would have heard from an angry Mike Brown. 499 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 4: No. I didn't hear from Mike. No. I didn't see 500 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: anybody from Sack. I think you, I think you were 501 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 4: a proven correct. 502 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 3: All right, well let's let's let's uh, let's move on 503 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 3: to uh the Philadelphia seventy six Ers, because by all accounts, 504 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 3: James Harden is going to report. But you know it, 505 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 3: it looks and just sounds like a mess. And I'm 506 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 3: I mean, you tell me what I mean, Joel Embiid. Look, 507 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess the good news from the Sixers 508 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 3: perspective is Joel Embiid says, you know, he didn't add 509 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 3: any pressure, he didn't foist any more pressure on the organization. 510 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 3: You know, he's still saying, at least for public consumption, 511 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 3: that he believes the Sixers can compete for a championship 512 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 3: as is. But I mean, the reality with Philadelphia is 513 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 3: they're just beyond the Clippers. There does not appear to 514 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: be a trade market for James Harden, and the Clippers 515 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 3: know this. And the Clippers are not throwing tons of 516 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: trade assets at Philly because they know they're not bidding 517 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 3: against anyone. So Philly does not want to trade Harden 518 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 3: based on what's on the table, which means they have 519 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 3: to convince him to come back and play. And yes, 520 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 3: he'll be back in the training camp fold, But does 521 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 3: that mean, you know, he's ready to play for an 522 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 3: organization that he publicly announced the world I will never 523 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 3: play for an organization again that employs Darryl Morey? I mean, 524 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 3: is he Is he really gonna live up to that claim? 525 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess we're gonna find out. 526 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 4: It's it's a dangerous situation for the Sixers because Okay, yeah, 527 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 4: he'll come back, But is he going to be engaged guy? 528 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 4: Is he going to be a motivated guy? Is he 529 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 4: going to be a guy that's really there to try 530 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 4: to maximize each and every day of his talent along 531 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 4: with his teammates. We've seen how that kind of unfolded 532 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 4: with Houston when he went to camp and you know, 533 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 4: he said what he had to say and people within 534 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 4: the organization could see that, could see that he wasn't 535 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 4: given his all, He wasn't really there even though he 536 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 4: was there. So is that going to be the same 537 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 4: scenario this time around? And if it is, is that 538 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:03,719 Speaker 4: really conducive to Is his presence really conducive to winning 539 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 4: or even just providing the right type of mentality and 540 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 4: vibe around the rest of your teammates and the organization. 541 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 4: So I don't know, it depends on how James handles this. 542 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 4: But if he handles this like he did in Houston, 543 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 4: I don't see much point in having them around. 544 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I don't want to guess because I can't guess. 545 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 3: You know, We're all we don't know when we know 546 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 3: how hard how Harden is going to handle this. But 547 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, now that these trades have happened, 548 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 3: now that Damian Lillard has been traded and Drew Holliday 549 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 3: has been traded, really the overriding story of national interest 550 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 3: is what happens next in Philadelphia? It can they get 551 00:30:51,800 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 3: James Harden back on side. Me being the international basketball 552 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 3: nerd that I am, you know, this story's gotten very 553 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 3: little play over here. But the French Basketball Federation they 554 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 3: have issued an October tenth deadline, which is basically one 555 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 3: week from today as we're taping this podcast on a 556 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 3: Tuesday afternoon. They've given Joel Embiid a deadline of October 557 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 3: tenth to tell them that he is either playing in 558 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 3: the Olympics for France next summer or not. And you know, 559 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 3: this is a story that I've been tracking for a 560 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 3: year now and it fascinates me because Joel Embiid, of 561 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 3: course born in Cameroon, but he also holds a French passport, 562 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 3: a US passport. France and the United States have been 563 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 3: staging this behind the scenes battle to try to get 564 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 3: Joel Embiid to make commit his international future to one 565 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 3: or the other. And Cameroon is in last chance qualifying 566 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 3: next July, so Joel Embiid, who has never played for Cameroon, 567 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 3: Pascal Siakam, they has never played for Cameroon. If those 568 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 3: two were to join forces, they should be able to 569 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 3: lead Cameroon to an Olympic berth themselves. But in those 570 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 3: last chance tournaments, it's certainly you know, it's four sixteen 571 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 3: groups and only the four group winners advance, and crazy 572 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: things happen in international basketball. So I know Joel Embiid 573 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 3: wants to go with someone where he that would assure 574 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 3: he's going to be in next summer's Olympics. That's something 575 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 3: that he's made it clear means a lot to him. 576 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 3: But again, I say all of that, and I run 577 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 3: through that whole scenario knowing that I'm probably one of 578 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 3: very few who cares about that because with the Sixers, 579 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 3: everything right now is are they going to trade James Harden? 580 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 3: And if they can't trade James Harden, how is that 581 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 3: going to impact Joel Embiid's contentment level in the City 582 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 3: of Brotherly Love. But like I said, I do find 583 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 3: it interesting that France, which has been trying to get 584 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 3: this commitment from Joel Embiid, has issued this firm deadline, 585 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 3: and Joel said it media Day that he he is 586 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 3: going to make a decision here in the next few days, 587 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 3: which means, you know, he's he's taking that deadline seriously 588 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 3: and he's gonna heed that deadline. But yes, I know, 589 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 3: I just rambled for five minutes about a story that 590 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 3: people are not tuning in. The people are probably not 591 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 3: tuning into this podcast for that update. Sorry, can help it. 592 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 3: Let me get international hoops Nerd here. 593 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 4: Let me get this straight. Stiin so mb has three 594 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 4: different options of teams in which he can play excuse me, 595 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 4: which he can play for for the Olympics. Has that 596 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 4: ever been yes? 597 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 3: Because that is that is. 598 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 4: A pretty good free agency of market to have right there, 599 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 4: going to the yeah and. 600 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 3: Look and look. This is a controversial topic in the 601 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 3: world of international basketball because in recent years there has 602 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 3: been this free agency feel where we've seen multiple instances 603 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 3: of players basically choosing where they're gonna play. And Joejoel 604 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 3: Embiid has never played at senior level for any country, 605 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 3: so that's why he has this ability to choose. And look, 606 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 3: he's been in the United States a long time now, 607 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 3: he has a US passport, and so my issue with 608 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 3: that really is the United States is the most talent 609 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 3: rich basketball country in the world. They shouldn't have to 610 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 3: just sign Joel Embiid as a free agent because they 611 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 3: did poorly at the World Cup. And one of the 612 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 3: other news, one of the other big headlines out of 613 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,360 Speaker 3: media Day was how many top players in the league 614 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 3: came out and said they want to play in the 615 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 3: Olympics next summer. Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kawhi, Leonard Lebron, 616 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 3: James Bradley, Beal, Devin Booker, bam Adebio and I'm leaving 617 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 3: out five, six, seven more. The United States is going 618 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 3: to be plenty deep enough they don't need to beg 619 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 3: Joel Embiid to play for them next summer. But you know, 620 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 3: in France obviously already has Rudy Gobert, Victor weinbin Yama 621 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 3: is gonna be on the national team next summer. And 622 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 3: France has been until this past World Cup when they 623 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,879 Speaker 3: flamed out crazily in the first round. France has been 624 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 3: the closest thing to a US rival at the last 625 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 3: at the previous two major competitions. So again, I am 626 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 3: speaking purely for me as a basketball romantic. I would 627 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 3: love to see Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam team up 628 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 3: play for Cameroon, try to win that last last chance 629 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 3: qualifying spot and get Cameroon to the Olympics. I just 630 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 3: think that would be an incredible story, not just for 631 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,760 Speaker 3: their homeland, but African basketball in general. I would Again, 632 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 3: this is mark Stein basketball romantic speaking, and Beid's gonna 633 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 3: do what he wants to do. It's his personal choice 634 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 3: and he wants to be in the Olympics. He said it, 635 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 3: yet he said it at media day. He really wants 636 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 3: to play in the Olympics, and the risk for him 637 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 3: is if he goes with Cameroon and he doesn't and 638 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 3: they don't qualify. That might be his last shot. This 639 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 3: might be his last shot at the Olympics as a 640 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 3: twenty nine year old, you know, because he's already he'd 641 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 3: obviously have to wait four more years. So I can 642 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 3: I can see why it's a struggle for him. 643 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 4: So the question I have Stean and I probably already 644 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,919 Speaker 4: know the answer, but just to get it confirmed. So 645 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 4: somebody in joelnbie situation, who has three different scenarios in 646 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 4: which he can choose from, say Joel was twenty one 647 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 4: and he chose to play for Team France. There's no 648 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 4: way later down the road in his thirties that he 649 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 4: can choose a play with his hometown country. Is there 650 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 4: any avenue for that? 651 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, and yes there is. And that's what That's what 652 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 3: just happened with Eric Gordon. So Eric Gordon played, You know, 653 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,320 Speaker 3: people forget Eric Gordon plays for tusay as a twenty 654 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 3: ten World Cup in Turkey. So he this summer he 655 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 3: requested to switch allegiances and play for the Bahamas. I believe, 656 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 3: if I have my facts right, eric Gordon's mom is 657 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,920 Speaker 3: from the Bahamas. If I hope, I'm remembering that correctly, 658 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 3: maybe producer Ryan can double check us as I'm going 659 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 3: through my answer. So basically, FEBA, the world governing body 660 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 3: of basketball, they reserve the right that they can because 661 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,800 Speaker 3: when the rule and the rule book is once you've 662 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 3: played for one country, even at junior level, but definitely 663 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 3: at senior level, once you've represented one nation at senior level, 664 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 3: you're not allowed to switch. Except FOEBA does reserve the 665 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:42,319 Speaker 3: right to let a player switch to another country in 666 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,520 Speaker 3: the best interests of basketball. And so basically what happened 667 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 3: was Eric Gordon asked, USA Basketball, can you release me? 668 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,919 Speaker 3: You're not gonna call me back? Can I go play 669 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 3: for the Bahamas now? USA Basketball said yes, So FOEBA 670 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 3: said yes, So, yes, your scenario is correct that even 671 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 3: Embiid could play for France or the United States now 672 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 3: and theoretically down the road, FOEBA does have the right 673 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 3: to let him switch and play for his native Cameroon. 674 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 3: But if he played for France next summer at age 675 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 3: twenty nine and wanted to switch to Cameroon at age 676 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:22,840 Speaker 3: thirty seven, France would have to surrender his international rights 677 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 3: and then FOEBA would bless. 678 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 4: It got you got you. 679 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 3: But see it is it isn't interesting, it is an 680 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:35,879 Speaker 3: interesting topic is it is only about these It's only 681 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 3: about you know again, nobody in Philly is too worried 682 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 3: about this right now because they got much bigger concerns. 683 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 3: But I was really hoping that this was going to 684 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 3: be addressed at media Day, and I got my wish. 685 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 3: They went into it. Joel gave his most detailed answer 686 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 3: on the subject yet. 687 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,839 Speaker 4: Well, the Sixers won't be fine without Joel Ebid and 688 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,240 Speaker 4: they need to make. 689 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 3: Like I said, like I said, Sixers fans listening to 690 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 3: this going, why you stein talking about this for ten minutes? 691 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:04,720 Speaker 3: We got real issues. 692 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,320 Speaker 4: You gotta let them go. 693 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 3: I do I do you know? I you know what 694 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,320 Speaker 3: it is. I remember in my in about a decade 695 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:20,760 Speaker 3: ago at ESPN, Kevin Arnovitz, our former ESPN colleague, said 696 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 3: something to the effect of, you can really tell when 697 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,840 Speaker 3: you're covering international basketball, like your your joy for the 698 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 3: game really shines even more like and I I don't 699 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 3: know why, I just I just love I love the 700 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,800 Speaker 3: international game. I always have. And the NBA has become 701 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,040 Speaker 3: such an international sport with one hundred plus guys every 702 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 3: season from other countries. So when they go play for 703 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 3: their countries, it it fascinates me. 704 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 4: It does. 705 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:54,760 Speaker 3: It's a different on shorter game. I can't remember. 706 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 2: You have not. 707 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,760 Speaker 3: You were you, you were gonna go to an Olympics, 708 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 3: but you didn't, right like you you still last? 709 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I have not. I was supposed to do the 710 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 4: last one. I can't remember what happened. I don't know 711 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:12,520 Speaker 4: if I was in a contract summer, I forgot something happened. 712 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, you will eventually do one. You'll do Paris in 713 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 3: twenty four, you'll do La in twenty eight, and you're 714 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 3: gonna do an international tournament and you're gonna and you're 715 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,640 Speaker 3: gonna come back and tell me you were right. I 716 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 3: love this. 717 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean everybody, everybody who's covered this league for 718 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,920 Speaker 4: a significant amount of time who has also covered the 719 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,359 Speaker 4: Olympics say you have to cover one Olympics, you have 720 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 4: to go. So yeah, I got to get that under 721 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 4: under my belt. 722 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, knock on wood, I got to do three. I 723 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 3: don't think I probably I don't foresee doing another Olympics, 724 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 3: but I am grateful for the three of cover. All right, 725 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 3: that should do it for this edition of this league 726 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 3: uncut hopefully by the next time Chris and I get together, 727 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:01,280 Speaker 3: will have more clarity on the latest with James Harden, 728 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 3: all thirty teams in the league back to work now. 729 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:09,319 Speaker 3: Everybody is on the practice floor, writers like Chris and 730 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 3: I are. We're making our reservations at various hotels. We're 731 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,360 Speaker 3: plotting our travel. Although you do a hell of a 732 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,399 Speaker 3: lot more travel than me. I kind of live through 733 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,920 Speaker 3: you now on the travel front. 734 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,719 Speaker 4: But well, I wish I was going. You're where you're 735 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 4: going next. 736 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 3: I'll say that, Yes, I I am. I guess I can. 737 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 3: I haven't reveal you don't have to. You know what 738 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 3: I'm not. 739 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:33,960 Speaker 4: You don't have to. 740 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna. I will reveal it. I will reveal 741 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 3: it soon. But yes, my my next stop, my next 742 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 3: stop is is one of my favorite cities in the world. 743 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 3: And uh and it sure ain't bad star. 744 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,800 Speaker 4: This was not this league uncut. It was this world uncut. 745 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,160 Speaker 4: We we we we just stick to the NBA. 746 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I wonder how many I'm really hoping we don't 747 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 3: get a bunch of complaints talking. 748 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:01,280 Speaker 2: About man. 749 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 4: This world for months. 750 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 3: I can't help it, America, I love my hoops. Cannot 751 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 3: help it. No, You're if you're old, I'm ancient. 752 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,960 Speaker 4: Okay, you can still dunk. 753 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 3: You can still dunk, so so can what's it? So 754 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 3: can my zero? 755 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:27,480 Speaker 4: Yeah? 756 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 3: I was gonna say a media day, did you and 757 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,919 Speaker 3: Marcus Johnson talk about Dunky? 758 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,319 Speaker 4: I didn't see him. He wasn't there, all. 759 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,359 Speaker 3: Right, So so the next time you're the next time 760 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 3: you're on assignment in Milwaukee, you have to check in 761 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 3: with him and see because yeah, every year he throws 762 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 3: one down, puts it on puts it on Twitter. I 763 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,640 Speaker 3: think you should dunk and put it on Twitter. I 764 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 3: think I think the people would love to see that. 765 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 4: Okay, all right, We'll. 766 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,320 Speaker 3: Got Tim McMahon to stand under. We'll get Tim McMahon 767 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:55,480 Speaker 3: to stand under the basket. 768 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 4: Ooh, I would love that. I would love that. Now, 769 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 4: he'll foul the ship out of me, Starle. He'll a 770 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,719 Speaker 4: foul of shit. He's already let me know about that. 771 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 2: He is. 772 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 4: I gotta catch him slip. 773 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,160 Speaker 3: Maybe the Celtics should sign him because he's six fouls 774 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:14,479 Speaker 3: for sure. He is six definite foul. All Right, we've 775 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,280 Speaker 3: blathered on enough. That's gonna do it for this edition 776 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 3: of this league uncut. Please if you haven't already subscribe 777 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 3: to the show, rate the show, review the show. Chris 778 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,640 Speaker 3: and I and producer Ryan will be back soon with 779 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:37,000 Speaker 3: another episode. Promise. Thanks for listening everybody. 780 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,839 Speaker 2: And that'll do it for us. See you next time. 781 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 1: This league uncut it is and iHeartRadio production. 782 00:43:48,560 --> 00:44:05,160 Speaker 2: Chris Haines and Mark Stein. I didn't care.