Speaker 1: Welcome back to a special edition of What's Burning Playoff edition. Man,
Speaker 1: we got one of the best minds in the game.
Speaker 1: Kendrick Perkins came to blessing with his present today my
Speaker 1: brother calling me by my government name. Well, the play
Speaker 1: in was great from a fans perspective. Understand some players
Speaker 1: might have not e liked it, but from a fans prospective,
Speaker 1: we definitely enjoyed. But we have our matchups now and
Speaker 1: let's look out west. Now we've got the number two
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns against the number seven Los Angeles Lakers, and
Speaker 1: I want to say they said something like, for the
Speaker 1: first time in thirty years, the seven seed is favor
Speaker 1: the favorite first to two seeds. So Lakers obviously exciting
Speaker 1: playing game with the Warriors that we ended up to
Speaker 1: be able to pull that out. Uh, Man, Phoenix, I
Speaker 1: can't give Coach Williams CP three Devin book Are enough
Speaker 1: credit for what they've been able to do this season.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Phoenix has kind of been at
Speaker 1: the lower half of the Western Conference for a while now,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know you and search CP they had
Speaker 1: a chance for the one spot, they followed the two spots,
Speaker 1: so they've had a great year. Let's talk about this series, Jack,
Speaker 1: what are you looking forward to in this series? Well,
Speaker 1: we talked about things we can't kid j j up
Speaker 1: that general manager. He's doing his things at James Uh.
Speaker 1: I love this series, man, I think this is a
Speaker 1: great first round matchup. Um, we all know what Lebron
Speaker 1: and a d bring to it. I would definitely have
Speaker 1: been winning the series as well. But I think with
Speaker 1: a competent CP and the way they ride, and a
Speaker 1: smart coach like Monty Williams, he was a competitor as well,
Speaker 1: they're gonna take some stuff away. It ain't gonna be
Speaker 1: easy as people think. You know, Devin Book is gonna
Speaker 1: come out and put on the show as well. So
Speaker 1: everybody just saying that Lake is gonna win. Like me,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna win. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: something that's telling me this series is gonna be better
Speaker 1: than I think. I'm with you. I gotta go on
Speaker 1: six or seven. Stack, I ain't gonna lie, man, I
Speaker 1: gotta go on six or seven. I think the deciding
Speaker 1: factor for the Lakers is you know, I think DeAndre
Speaker 1: As take took took a major step forward. But I
Speaker 1: watched them towards the end of the season and a
Speaker 1: D just handed his way. I think he had forty
Speaker 1: two points on him, like he dominated them. So, you know,
Speaker 1: I just feel like they don't have an answer for
Speaker 1: a D. Like they have some wing guys that they
Speaker 1: could mix up and throw it at Braun. When you
Speaker 1: think about Jake Crowder and and Bridges and even CP three,
Speaker 1: right being a Piston defender, I think it's gonna come
Speaker 1: down to then it's shrewd him, right. Is he gonna
Speaker 1: be able to match up with CP three. I mean,
Speaker 1: we're talking about a guy that that passed up a
Speaker 1: four year, eight plus million dollar stitching and said he
Speaker 1: want to hunt. It was no more All Star. He
Speaker 1: can't get an All Star game. That's over, right, you
Speaker 1: can't make an All NBA team that's over. So the
Speaker 1: only way that you could prove you worked this, honey,
Speaker 1: is right now where it matters the most. Remember CP,
Speaker 1: we we spoke to CP and he was really high
Speaker 1: on Shooter because they played together last year in Oklahoma City,
Speaker 1: and he said he was a competitor, loved him, loved
Speaker 1: his heart, loved his dogs. So I'm definitely looking forward
Speaker 1: to that matchup. But I think you make a great point.
Speaker 1: Aiden's first time in the playoffs, although books first time
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Two Books got some years on this.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a big challenge for Aiden because
Speaker 1: not only he's gonna have to play defense, but he's
Speaker 1: gonna have to produce offensively as well. Um, two completely
Speaker 1: different contrasting styles. I mean, Phoenix is gonna get up
Speaker 1: and down. That's not really the Lakers game. UM. I
Speaker 1: definitely think it's gonna be a competitive series. I see
Speaker 1: it going six for the Lakers. But like I said,
Speaker 1: I like like Jack said, I don't think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be sweet by any means. I think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a battle. This is also a different type of matchup
Speaker 1: from a standpoint of the stars on the team don't
Speaker 1: really get to match up. You know, Lebron is a
Speaker 1: three point forward, and and and E D s or four,
Speaker 1: CP and Book are one and two, so the stars
Speaker 1: won't really get a chance to match up. But who
Speaker 1: is your Jack? Who you who is your ex factor?
Speaker 1: Um in the in this series, I would have to say, Ayton,
Speaker 1: I mean that just that just makes the most sense.
Speaker 1: If you look at the team, if you look at
Speaker 1: the dynamic of the team and what Chris Paul and
Speaker 1: Book of Ring. You know, you have a scorer, you
Speaker 1: have a creator somebody and Chris Paul's gonna run the team.
Speaker 1: You gotta have somebody down paint that's gonna make a presence,
Speaker 1: that's gonna get some rebounds, block some shots, make some noise,
Speaker 1: do something, you know what I mean, And and this
Speaker 1: and this and this presidence might not be just points.
Speaker 1: It might be dunking on somebody and changing the momentum.
Speaker 1: It might be something like that. But he has to
Speaker 1: be a force in the paint. But I don't even
Speaker 1: have a chance in the series. So part we all
Speaker 1: have the Lakers. Uh taking this serious? But what do
Speaker 1: you think Phoenix has to do to push this to
Speaker 1: six or seven games? I think, you know, I think
Speaker 1: they got a limit their mistakes, right, They have the
Speaker 1: limit their mistakes. When you when when you think about
Speaker 1: you know, being in the right spot at the right time.
Speaker 1: When you look at Phoenix towards the end of the season,
Speaker 1: they rank number one for was like giving up drives,
Speaker 1: Like the guys were just blowed by them. So they
Speaker 1: got to stop there because they were putting too much
Speaker 1: pressure on eighting and he was getting the foul trouble.
Speaker 1: I just think, just continue to be a star in
Speaker 1: your role, like when you when when I think about
Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns, the great thing I loved, I loved
Speaker 1: about them is from the jump they established their identity
Speaker 1: and I think Money Williams did a great job of
Speaker 1: established them roles right. So each guy know their roles already,
Speaker 1: so you know, when playoffs come, some guys may try
Speaker 1: to step outside they body. I don't see Phoenix doing that.
Speaker 1: I see guys coming in and doing what they do right,
Speaker 1: what they've been doing all season long. And I just
Speaker 1: think they just have to beat themselves. I just think
Speaker 1: they outmatch right. They're gonna come out there, they're gonna
Speaker 1: be sound Chris Paul as a leader. They're gonna do
Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do offensively and defensively. They just
Speaker 1: out match right now. Like especially in the interior, you
Speaker 1: think Drumming should have his way too, Like he should,
Speaker 1: like he's been on his he's been on this fucking
Speaker 1: worldwide tour when he got bought out, like you know,
Speaker 1: taking phone calls and visiting blazes, and like you gotta
Speaker 1: show up. I think the x facts are not only
Speaker 1: in this series, but I think throughout the playoffs that
Speaker 1: the Lakers are gonna need to lean on his Kyle Kuzma.
Speaker 1: Who's that going to be that consistent third option is
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Shrewder Kuzma. But Kuzma can do it
Speaker 1: on both ends as well as Shrewder can do it
Speaker 1: on both ends. But I definitely think uh Kuzma played
Speaker 1: well when A B and Brahn were down. Obviously a
Speaker 1: shot attempt for up as minuture Rup, So how can
Speaker 1: he readjust his role understanding that the two superstars are back,
Speaker 1: but he still has to be aggressive and effective. And
Speaker 1: I think not only in this series, but I think
Speaker 1: throughout the playoffs, if they're gonna head to the championship,
Speaker 1: I think Kuzma is gonna have to have a major
Speaker 1: playoff run. Next matchup, we have the number three Dinver
Speaker 1: Nuggets first the number six Blazers. If we recalled two
Speaker 1: years ago, um, this was the series that Portland one
Speaker 1: in Game seven in Denver to go to the Western Finals,
Speaker 1: so this should be an exciting matchup. Obviously, Jamal Murray
Speaker 1: is down, but not unexpected or surprising, but Michael porter
Speaker 1: J has really stepped up. He was someone I've said
Speaker 1: that I love his game. I just think he needs
Speaker 1: more raps, more opportunity, more minutes, and he's gotten that
Speaker 1: now and he hasn't disappointed. So let's talk about this series.
Speaker 1: What's your outlook on this serious part. I think it's
Speaker 1: going seven. I think it's going seven. I mean, just
Speaker 1: because Denver, they're so hard to guard, right, you already
Speaker 1: have yoga choose. I mean great Popovich called them the
Speaker 1: modern day Larry Birden. I thought he was crazy when
Speaker 1: he saw when he said it, but then when you
Speaker 1: watch him play, I mean we haven't really witnessed anything
Speaker 1: like him, right, he played. The pace slows down to
Speaker 1: his face, right, and the way that guys cut and
Speaker 1: move without the ball that sound defensively. And they don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of household names, especially without Jamal Murray,
Speaker 1: but they have a lot of guys that could actually
Speaker 1: who like you have this little point guard. I can't
Speaker 1: pronounce his name. He's a old rookie. He's coming in.
Speaker 1: He's providing great minutes, right Cozo, Yeah, you know, you
Speaker 1: know you know them for him now, he's because throw
Speaker 1: me off a little bit Gobazo, Yeah, Gobazo, that's him.
Speaker 1: But I think the Blazers winning seven just because of
Speaker 1: of Dane Dollard and c J. McCullen, but also I
Speaker 1: think Carmelo man like mellow. No one is talking about it,
Speaker 1: but I understand Jordan Clarkson and Dard Rose, but you
Speaker 1: talk about a six Man of the Year candidate. He's
Speaker 1: been awesome for them off the bench. I think Nurki
Speaker 1: is just finding his way. They just have more depth,
Speaker 1: They have more death. Norman Pole like Portland could just
Speaker 1: put up a hundred and forty on you. They don't
Speaker 1: even have to play defense that I mean, they had
Speaker 1: that minute weapons. But that's the one thing important is
Speaker 1: they haven't been able to consistently stay healthy. It seems
Speaker 1: like they have everybody back healthy now. Um, coming into
Speaker 1: this series, Jack, what do you think the key to
Speaker 1: First of all, how far? How far you think this
Speaker 1: series will go? I say six? I say Blazers and
Speaker 1: six We got two Blazers and and what your reasoning
Speaker 1: behind that? Well, I just think the hungry team, the
Speaker 1: more experienced team. Yakis can't do it by himself. He's great. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm never counting him out, but I just know the
Speaker 1: way Portland has been through the ring and up and
Speaker 1: down the last couple of years in the playoffs where
Speaker 1: they've been injured, you know what I mean, and having
Speaker 1: guys in and out the line up everybody's healthy. Now
Speaker 1: we haven't seen this and this is that this is
Speaker 1: the moment for them to turn the corner with a
Speaker 1: beat up Nuggets team without having married. I think this
Speaker 1: is their time to get a good field this first round,
Speaker 1: beat them and go into that second round feeling good.
Speaker 1: I think this is the year. This is a tough matchup.
Speaker 1: I mean, I like both these teams. I mean, we
Speaker 1: got to two people picked the under the six seed, huh. Interested.
Speaker 1: I mean it's tough. I mean it's tough to match
Speaker 1: up with Damon c jack Um. I think Nurkic is
Speaker 1: gonna be huge in this series because they haven't had
Speaker 1: his presence around, and you know, when he was healthy,
Speaker 1: he was he was doing games, you know, so he's
Speaker 1: gonna be a big I like to pick up of
Speaker 1: Norman Powell. I'm interested to see how Aaron Gordon does.
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, this as his first playoffs, even
Speaker 1: though he's got a handful of years under his belt
Speaker 1: and Michael Porter Jr. Really having the rope. Now, Obviously,
Speaker 1: last year we all know what Jamal Murray did in
Speaker 1: the bubble. I mean, he became a superstar last year
Speaker 1: in the bubble. So to not have that kind of
Speaker 1: firepower going into the playoffs, granted they went thirteen and
Speaker 1: four with Murray out, the playoffs are a different monster.
Speaker 1: So I'm interested to see how Jokers supporting cast plays
Speaker 1: um perk. Do you have a key matchup in this
Speaker 1: series that you're watching? You know what I do. But
Speaker 1: I wanted to add to the Stax point about Portland.
Speaker 1: They got a lot of pressure on them this season.
Speaker 1: Like to me, this is a make up break season
Speaker 1: for them, Like if they don't if they kind of
Speaker 1: don't reach the finals, it's like do you break up
Speaker 1: c J and Dame? Like that is to the point
Speaker 1: right now, like how long are you going to continue
Speaker 1: to let this rock out? All this? They ain't go
Speaker 1: moving around. Know he said he's not that guy, but
Speaker 1: sometimes you know, you having to make moves. That's a
Speaker 1: great point. We're definitely gonna talk about that later. Like
Speaker 1: what teams have the most pressure? I think Portland is
Speaker 1: definitely one of those teams because they have it, has
Speaker 1: it run its course with Damon c J or have
Speaker 1: they not been healthy enough? Have that they continue to
Speaker 1: run into that Warrior's team to kind of stop them
Speaker 1: from doing what they're gonna do it at times. So
Speaker 1: that's a great point. I think it's a uh, you know,
Speaker 1: definitely a big playoff series for uh them. But who's
Speaker 1: your key matchup in this you know what I'm looking
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to the big Nurkic and Yo kids
Speaker 1: go at it. I mean, Nurkic was traded because of Yoki, right,
Speaker 1: they got him about it there and I tweeted something.
Speaker 1: I tweeted something. I said, the youngest valid tuns was
Speaker 1: the most underrated big in my opinion in the league
Speaker 1: because he don't get talked about enough. And Nurkus replied, like,
Speaker 1: you know, like a yawning emotion, like he feels some
Speaker 1: type of way. So now you get to prove it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you get away, uh stack X factor in this series.
Speaker 1: For me, it's Dane. It's Dame because you know, damn Dame.
Speaker 1: Just like last year, Dang going off three or four
Speaker 1: or forties and fifties in a row. You know what,
Speaker 1: I mean if he in his bag like that, we
Speaker 1: know he's not the type of player that does not
Speaker 1: show up in the playoffs. They just haven't one. He
Speaker 1: show up all the time. We just have it one.
Speaker 1: So he's my ex factor. If he go out there
Speaker 1: and just explode like we know he can do this,
Speaker 1: this this series won't even be close. So we've got
Speaker 1: two people picking the sixth seed seed. I'm gonna pick
Speaker 1: the I'm gonna pick this up. I'm always rolling the Dame.
Speaker 1: I'm sucking with day that. I think that, you know,
Speaker 1: the Warriors stopped them from doing a lot of stuff
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference and then injuries have plagued them
Speaker 1: a lot. But with you know, healthy going into the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I think I said it a few weeks agoing to Jump.
Speaker 1: I think that that the Trailblazers for my sleeper team
Speaker 1: in the West, like be surprised if these motherfucker's get
Speaker 1: how to make a run to the finals because they
Speaker 1: have all the pieces and another finally healthy. Al Right,
Speaker 1: Next up, our next matchup between the l A Clippers
Speaker 1: versus Dallas Mavericks on the Radar, presented to you by
Speaker 1: Draft Kings. This is a matchup that we saw in
Speaker 1: the bubble last year that the Clippers almost gave away. Uh,
Speaker 1: Luca was on one um. The one thing I like
Speaker 1: about the Clippers this year is I would say I
Speaker 1: think they had too much hype. As a former Clipper,
Speaker 1: they're never used to talk about winning a division or
Speaker 1: winning a championship. That might have been too much pressure on.
Speaker 1: But I think this year, you know, getting Tylu, adding
Speaker 1: some key pieces. I think they've been flying under the
Speaker 1: radar the whole entire season, kind of just getting their
Speaker 1: ship together now for this moment. Some people say they
Speaker 1: lost two games in a row so they didn't have
Speaker 1: to see the Lagers. Whatever, the face that fact is
Speaker 1: now you can't run from nobody now. So the playoffs
Speaker 1: are here. They got a tough first round matchup against Dallas.
Speaker 1: Jack thoughts on this series. It's gonna be a good one,
Speaker 1: man think. The best thing about it, The best thing
Speaker 1: for the Clippers was Luca punished them last year and
Speaker 1: this year when they played, so they know it's coming.
Speaker 1: They prepared. They know we can't have another let down,
Speaker 1: we can't let an egg and we know Luca it's
Speaker 1: all they got basically, you know what I mean? So
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna see if they if they can
Speaker 1: lock up on defense. We know they can score. But
Speaker 1: I just think that the fact that Luca been killing
Speaker 1: them for like the last eight times they played, I
Speaker 1: think they I think they're gonna come with their game
Speaker 1: face on and do what they gotta do and win
Speaker 1: the series maybe in six. Mmm. You know what, I'm
Speaker 1: a little scared for the Clippers, man. I ain't gonna
Speaker 1: lie like I'm scared because this is kind of like
Speaker 1: a little robbery, right Luca from what they did last
Speaker 1: year in the bubble. And by the way, you know
Speaker 1: Tlu my god, man, he's my brother. But it's okay, right,
Speaker 1: we we we know that the Clippers lost those games,
Speaker 1: those last two games of the regular season on purpose.
Speaker 1: We know that, like, like, let's keep it a bugging.
Speaker 1: It's okay, you're trying to position your self to get
Speaker 1: and it's all right. I get it. But when I
Speaker 1: when I look at it, I'm I'm kind of concerned
Speaker 1: about the Clippers, man, because one, Kauai doesn't look healthy, right,
Speaker 1: Paul George didn't finish the last part of the season
Speaker 1: strong at all. He did not look good. And then
Speaker 1: surgery Baker coming back and then coming back in to
Speaker 1: me with Pat Bell. One point is I think it's
Speaker 1: like they may have too much, if that makes sense,
Speaker 1: they got too much. Like at some point it's gonna
Speaker 1: have to be ald eight to nine man rotations. Somebody's
Speaker 1: gonna get left out, right, somebody's gonna get left out.
Speaker 1: They're super deep. So I mean, like you go, you're
Speaker 1: gonna play Reggie Jackson, You're gonna play Pat Bell, You're
Speaker 1: gonna play Rondo like you gotta make a decision. You're
Speaker 1: gonna play book your cousins he's been playing well for you.
Speaker 1: Or you gotta play serge because it's coming from the
Speaker 1: front office. You're gonna play big zoo box like you
Speaker 1: got these decisions to make, right. But then when you
Speaker 1: look at Dallas last year in the Bubble Prosingas and Luca,
Speaker 1: they were the high scoring duo in the Bubble last
Speaker 1: when healthy, both of them was averaging thirty and we
Speaker 1: saw that series was going with Pazingers in there, right,
Speaker 1: and then you you look at this Dallas team. I
Speaker 1: don't I don't really recall out like that, but I
Speaker 1: mean it is what it is. I look at this
Speaker 1: Dallas team, and they have a lot of guys like you,
Speaker 1: my Tim Hardaway. You said that Matt when we were
Speaker 1: on the jump. And then you think about Bronson, right,
Speaker 1: nobody like he's been flying on. Yeah, he played hardest fuck.
Speaker 1: And then and then you got like Cleveland who could
Speaker 1: stretch the floor. You got, uh the kid trade that
Speaker 1: that Trey Bird's right, who's he played extremely well in
Speaker 1: the bubble. He didn't not back down from Josh Richardson
Speaker 1: finding his stride. And then Dallas you gotta feel something
Speaker 1: type but way because the team basically tanked the last
Speaker 1: two games just to play. So the Clippers you gotta
Speaker 1: be careful. So with this being said, you still got
Speaker 1: the Clippers. Okay, I got the MAVs and seven. The
Speaker 1: key to this for me is Porzingis. We know that
Speaker 1: Luca no matter Kauai is on him, Pauls on him. Uh,
Speaker 1: lucas gonna do what he does. Who's going to be
Speaker 1: that consistent night and night out second option? And Porzingis
Speaker 1: has the talent, he's just been inconsistent and injured. Um
Speaker 1: like you said, the number one scoring doing the bubble
Speaker 1: last year? Um important. I loved Tim Hardaway Jr. I
Speaker 1: like Dallas's team, but I also like the fact that
Speaker 1: the Clippers, to your point, may have a lot of
Speaker 1: bodies to play, but to me, that's a good problem
Speaker 1: to have. Is gonna have to handle that problem, but
Speaker 1: it's I'd rather have too much than not enough, and
Speaker 1: they had definitely have too much, so adding Rondo, adding Boogie.
Speaker 1: And then there are another team like Portland, although I
Speaker 1: haven't been together as long as Portland's, the Clippers of
Speaker 1: been under the clock, under the watch. What's this team
Speaker 1: gonna do with these two superstars that came here, So
Speaker 1: this is that there's more pressure. Also, what's Paul gonna
Speaker 1: do in the playoffs? He came on this couch. It
Speaker 1: was very confident and had a great season, like he said,
Speaker 1: although he didn't finish as strong as he should have.
Speaker 1: Um had a great season, but had a message for
Speaker 1: the world that he's here, he's back, he's healthy. So
Speaker 1: we want to see that in the playoffs as well. So, um,
Speaker 1: key matchup? Who's your guys? Key match up in this series?
Speaker 1: M I mean, you gotta it. Gotta be Luca, You
Speaker 1: gotta be Luca and Paul George, right, like we gotta
Speaker 1: expect PG to guard Luca. We gotta expect, well, Luca
Speaker 1: go to smoke. He's not gonna guarden body. But I mean,
Speaker 1: if you're just talking about head to head, that's the
Speaker 1: matchup I want to see because Kauai is not healthy, right,
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be the Kauai that we saw last
Speaker 1: year in the Bubble. So I think the stage is
Speaker 1: said for Paul George to redeem himself from last year.
Speaker 1: And it's also said to see if Luca was a
Speaker 1: fluke or he's gonna to duplicate what he did last
Speaker 1: year in the Bubble. So that's my key matchup Jack
Speaker 1: X factor in this series. Thanks fact that I'm gonna
Speaker 1: Boogie Cousins and book you can get out there and
Speaker 1: and and get a fifteen fifteen night the whole series,
Speaker 1: and they can feed him and he getting in his bag.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a problem because personas ain't ain't tough
Speaker 1: enough to guard Boogie and the Bookie can do that.
Speaker 1: That's gonna open up the floor for the guards for
Speaker 1: Paul George. Why do they things so Bookie can come
Speaker 1: in and be dominant. He might expect he's gonna help
Speaker 1: him a lot I love that I got the Clippers
Speaker 1: in six so you don't have to see next matchup.
Speaker 1: We have the number one you taught Jazz versus the
Speaker 1: number eight Memphis Grizzlies. What do you think that you have?
Speaker 1: I think you had off camera you had a great
Speaker 1: comment of of why that you think the playing came about.
Speaker 1: Let's hear your your reasoning behind it. I just feel
Speaker 1: like with the player in right, every action has a reaction.
Speaker 1: And I think guys and I'm not gonna call their
Speaker 1: names out, but they know who they are. They started
Speaker 1: the low man just been ship right, and so all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, I think the playing tournament, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: is a is A is a good idea because it
Speaker 1: holds players and organizations accountable, not to take the regular
Speaker 1: season for granted. No more. Right so, like when we
Speaker 1: were playing, we used to look forward to playing every
Speaker 1: single night, Like when you're talking about we was trying
Speaker 1: to play eighty two games, and we were trying to
Speaker 1: compete for eighty two games. Right, It's not like that.
Speaker 1: No more guys looking on the schedule coming into coaches,
Speaker 1: I ain't playing a night. Well, first of all, if
Speaker 1: it wasn't a pandemic, and you got fans that are
Speaker 1: coming back into the stands, and you've got people out
Speaker 1: there who are not millionnaires, who are not making six
Speaker 1: figures or whatever, who are paying their hard earned money
Speaker 1: to come in and pay to see a certain player
Speaker 1: play the game of basketball. And all of a sudden
Speaker 1: they go there and it's a late scratch and they're
Speaker 1: really not injured. It's really because the LOLd management, you're
Speaker 1: cheating the fans. I mean, Vanessa Bryant said it at
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame ceremony. She said it that Cole
Speaker 1: wanted to go out there every single night and play
Speaker 1: banged up or whatever for the people that was in
Speaker 1: the three hundred sections. So I think that this is
Speaker 1: why I like to play in tournament, because if it
Speaker 1: makes you want compete every single night in the regular season.
Speaker 1: So now, don't don't don't get to that seven or
Speaker 1: eight spot where you gotta play in that ship. Solidify
Speaker 1: your spot early six and up. But back to this
Speaker 1: young Memphis team. Seven players averaging double figures. Uh utah,
Speaker 1: and paper looks great. Uh you know, number three in
Speaker 1: defensive rating, number four in offensive rating, Leather League, and
Speaker 1: made threes. Big question again, is Donovan Mitchell and Mike
Speaker 1: Conley going to be healthy enough to chase around this young, athletic,
Speaker 1: up tempo Memphis Grizzlies team park Yeah, I see this.
Speaker 1: I in this series going six. Memphis is not gonna
Speaker 1: lay down. I see you talk winning in six. But
Speaker 1: this Memphis team ain't got one of the most underrated
Speaker 1: backcourts in the game, Dealing Brooks and John Morant and
Speaker 1: and and when you look at the big fellow down
Speaker 1: there in the middle of your onest Vaunta tumors, he's
Speaker 1: averaging seventeen and fourteen the night. That's what he's giving
Speaker 1: you a night, every single night. And then you have
Speaker 1: slow moo, right, slow mo Kyle Inerson he has, he's
Speaker 1: been giving you a solid thirteen fourteen points a night
Speaker 1: at the wing position. You got Clark Jaren Jackson Jr.
Speaker 1: So and they feisty like they want to be here.
Speaker 1: John Morant plays with a lot of swag, but he
Speaker 1: carries himself. He like like he carries himself like you
Speaker 1: got us fucked up and I love it. But like
Speaker 1: he's on social media like yeah, y'all tripping like we're coming,
Speaker 1: and you gotta love that about him, But I just
Speaker 1: think the Jazz experience their dev Let's go, go, go
Speaker 1: six games. I give it to the Jet. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: this young athletic Memphis team, I'm calling upset, upset alert. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm calling upset just for the reason he said, Alan Shunis.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a bigger factor than Rudy
Speaker 1: Gobert in this series. I think he's gonna dominate the
Speaker 1: paint um. He's gonna punk Rudy Gobert. And I think,
Speaker 1: just like Jibs on social media, tell y'all, y'all sleeping
Speaker 1: on us. I had that feeling before, and we said
Speaker 1: the same thing when they slept on us and we
Speaker 1: shocked the world. So I think I think John was
Speaker 1: capable of doing the same thing. Upset here eight one upset,
Speaker 1: huh yeah, I'm out of Yeah. I mean, like I said,
Speaker 1: Memphis has a lot of weapons, a lot of young
Speaker 1: and sometimes being young works for you because you just
Speaker 1: don't know no better. Like if we're going out here
Speaker 1: to Hooper Guard, it don't matter whether we're yet, what
Speaker 1: the score, what the series is, We're just going out
Speaker 1: here to play. And then they have a young a
Speaker 1: lot of young players that can do that. So definitely
Speaker 1: interesting series. I got you tall Man, I got you
Speaker 1: talk to to seven. All right, Now we're gonna bounce
Speaker 1: over to the Eastern Conference where we have the number
Speaker 1: one seed Philadelphia seventy Sixers versus number eight seed Washington Wizards. Uh.
Speaker 1: I come in the Wizards first and foremost. I mean
Speaker 1: they were in the gutter. A lot of people talking
Speaker 1: about Brad Biell needs to leave. I was one of them.
Speaker 1: Westbrook injured early but came out and had a tremendous season.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this, but then again, Sixers, Uh in b
Speaker 1: the boys? What Doc has them doing? I really liked
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers and we haven't really talked much about them.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this first round match up, park Man. I
Speaker 1: hate to say, y'all know how I feel about Russ
Speaker 1: the Brody. I mean, he's a problem. I think you
Speaker 1: know when you talk about being one of the most
Speaker 1: ferocious players, right, he probably is dead in the league, right,
Speaker 1: Guys that like he intimidates you when he walked into gym.
Speaker 1: But with that being said, I got the sixtis in five,
Speaker 1: Like it's just because the Wizards that they don't play defense.
Speaker 1: Like they don't play no defense at all. But the
Speaker 1: seventies six is like when you think about how many
Speaker 1: bodies they could throw at Russell Westbrook and Bradley Bill
Speaker 1: you got, you got, you got Tobias Harris, Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: you got even Danny Green, you got uh Ty Boats
Speaker 1: who's coming in off the bench and look Milton, shade Milton.
Speaker 1: But Bill gave them fifty this year. Yeah, he did,
Speaker 1: he did, He did, he did, he did. But Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: I think he's not. But but Bill not healthy those stacks.
Speaker 1: That's the only reason I'm I'm saying that. That's the
Speaker 1: only reason I said in five and then they just
Speaker 1: don't have answers for for Big and b Like they
Speaker 1: don't have an answer for him at all, Like he
Speaker 1: just right know but but like we were saying the
Speaker 1: other day, what MB will we see though? Will he
Speaker 1: be shock and beat? You know? You know I called
Speaker 1: him a two hundred and seventy five pound version of
Speaker 1: the King alajo on like because he, I mean, his
Speaker 1: foot work if you watch this game, I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's sick, it's sick. I just I just think Doc
Speaker 1: got these guys attention, right, And I think it was
Speaker 1: best for both worlds, right for Dr Leeve l A
Speaker 1: and I think Doc they had bought into what Doctor
Speaker 1: is preaching over the like Tobias Harris is having his
Speaker 1: best season. You know what I mean, self curage. We
Speaker 1: talked about stuff obviously, but you got self fucked up
Speaker 1: what I'm saying on both ends of the form, and
Speaker 1: we both got a chance to play for Doc. I
Speaker 1: think the one thing Doctor is the greatest encouraging players
Speaker 1: and like laying them roles on what's his thing? To
Speaker 1: be a star in your role? It looks like everyone
Speaker 1: over there knows what the they're supposed to be doing.
Speaker 1: We had Doc on the show and the first thing
Speaker 1: he told me it was not tripping off your shooting three.
Speaker 1: Just continue to be the best of you. Beat you
Speaker 1: you want to shoot three, shoot them, but continue to
Speaker 1: be you. Um. I like this Philly team. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously a lot of attention in the East has gone
Speaker 1: towards the Nets, but this Philly team has flown under
Speaker 1: the radar bit consistent all season. And I think the
Speaker 1: biggest key is, like Jack said, which mbat are we
Speaker 1: gonna get? Um? Obviously not a knock on Washington. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, hats off to them for
Speaker 1: their grind, but I just don't think they have enough
Speaker 1: outside of not playing devins and Bill is not a
Speaker 1: healthy It was gonna take healthy Bill and Rust to
Speaker 1: average thirty a game to even make this a series,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if they're gonna both be able
Speaker 1: to do that. So I too have Actually I got
Speaker 1: this as a sweet to be honest with you, Jack
Speaker 1: key matchup in this series, key matchup, it's hard to
Speaker 1: go with Bill. You gotta go Simmons and Russ. I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure Simmons is gonna guard Rust and uh trying
Speaker 1: to keep him down, try to keep him his trouble
Speaker 1: double numbers down. But it's gonna be good to see
Speaker 1: them go at it. So what do you have? You have?
Speaker 1: You have the sixers? I have the sixers in five
Speaker 1: I feel I felt like Russ is good enough and
Speaker 1: even an unhealthy Bill, they're good enough to pull off one.
Speaker 1: Definitely not matter that. Next series we have the number
Speaker 1: two Brooklyn Nets, who most have favored to win the
Speaker 1: championship first to Boston Celtics. Obviously, losing Jason Brown was
Speaker 1: a big hit to the Celtics down the stretch. We
Speaker 1: all saw that Jayson Tatum had to drop a fifty
Speaker 1: ball to secure that seventh seed. In the playing situation,
Speaker 1: um Nets, they haven't had their core three big three
Speaker 1: really played more than ten games together this season. Thoughts
Speaker 1: on this series perk sweet sweet, Like and you know
Speaker 1: what I would have said, like maybe five or six
Speaker 1: for Boston because of Jayson Tatum and they still have
Speaker 1: Kimba Walker. But after listening to Brad Stevens comments after
Speaker 1: the game the other day, I'm like, nah, it's a
Speaker 1: sweet like I was. I was wondering if he wanted
Speaker 1: to stop, retire, go coach for the Nets. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm very complimented too over like like when we're getting
Speaker 1: ready to go to war, like, what are you talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 1: To the casual fan, they just it's hard for them
Speaker 1: to lose. Like what he said, you don't see him losing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what the fund are you talking about it? Like? And
Speaker 1: then they're trying to say, oh, no, he's just trying
Speaker 1: to get his team fired up. I'm like, no, Verse
Speaker 1: psychology don't work with too many of the brothers. New
Speaker 1: Slash I don't work with the brothers, so uh Jack,
Speaker 1: uh Yeah, I gotta I mean, I gotta go with sweep.
Speaker 1: I love Tatum. Uh this is the time when you
Speaker 1: get what you've been asking for. The three of the
Speaker 1: Monster's coming. It's time where everybody's been waiting. Now it's coming,
Speaker 1: So beware, and they're gonna do what they're supposed to do.
Speaker 1: I gotta sweep to them over Afrigan twenty in the
Speaker 1: last seven or eight Kimba consistent second score. Now that
Speaker 1: Tatum's out, excuse me, now that Brown is out. But
Speaker 1: I don't think any of that is going to be
Speaker 1: enough against this team. This team is just This team
Speaker 1: is tough. Man, So I too agree with this week
Speaker 1: next matchup we have, Man, it kind of feels weird
Speaker 1: saying this. The four seed New York Knicks versus the
Speaker 1: number five seed Atlanta Hawks. Uh. Man, can't give coach
Speaker 1: TIBs enough. I think he went out there implemented his
Speaker 1: style with a little bit of flexibility. Have these dudes
Speaker 1: playing defense. Julius Randall, to me, is the most improved
Speaker 1: player in the NBA. On the flip side, Trey Young
Speaker 1: and Collins is a nice little duo. They have a
Speaker 1: lot of weapons on that side. Over there in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: Nate McMillan. Yeah, I mean, shout out Nick mmell. Hawks
Speaker 1: went twenty six and eleven down the stretch with McMillan,
Speaker 1: which was the third best record in the in the
Speaker 1: league at the time. Trey Young is fully healthy. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a fun series, Jack, talk to me
Speaker 1: about this series. It's gonna be um. I gotta go
Speaker 1: on seven, but I don't have a winner. Both of
Speaker 1: these teams are new to the playoffs. Both of these
Speaker 1: teams are young, both of these coaches and still trying
Speaker 1: to figure out what they're working with. Yeah, you both
Speaker 1: teams have all stars. So this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: basically even series. We're gonna see what star shines brightness
Speaker 1: in this series and uh, and kind of separate themselves.
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be round him. Is it gonna be trade?
Speaker 1: We're gonna see, Man, this hard. It's going seven. But
Speaker 1: I got the Hawks. I got the Hawks beating the Knicks.
Speaker 1: I just at times the Knicks just can't score enough, right,
Speaker 1: and then at some point you gotta put up a
Speaker 1: lot of points and I get it right. The Knicks.
Speaker 1: The Knicks one, Uh, they went three and oh against
Speaker 1: the Hawks, but Julius Ramta had to have forty plus
Speaker 1: in two of those games. I don't know if he's
Speaker 1: capable of doing that with adjustments right at the power force,
Speaker 1: like you know the power forward position, you need that
Speaker 1: guard right there. Rose is obviously d Rose. But I'm
Speaker 1: looking at Trey Young, and I'm looking at him to
Speaker 1: have that Jamal Murray effected you on the postseason, like
Speaker 1: he gets twenty five in his sleep. But I'm looking
Speaker 1: for him to really have a breakout postseason, like to
Speaker 1: go out there and shine. Look at Collins right got
Speaker 1: it's out there giving you eighteen and eight a night.
Speaker 1: Clint Capella ain'toring the defense. He's giving you fourteen and
Speaker 1: thirteen with two blocks. Then you have Lemon Pepper, Lulu
Speaker 1: Will coming in off the bench with Gayland like Bodanovich
Speaker 1: is giving you eighteen. The Hawks just have so so
Speaker 1: much firepower that when it comes down possession by possession,
Speaker 1: I just think that they could they just could go
Speaker 1: on those high streets that could pull them over the top.
Speaker 1: That's why I got the Hawks at seven. I think
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a really fun series. I think they're
Speaker 1: evenly matched two contrasting styles. I mean the Hawks have
Speaker 1: five or six guys and give you twenty at any
Speaker 1: given time. Hi Um, Like I said, I like Tibbs
Speaker 1: experience in this team. Although they're new to this, this
Speaker 1: next team, it seems like they've really bought into that.
Speaker 1: And we all know the playoffs are about adjustments. So
Speaker 1: what is Atlanta gonna do when they're trapping Trey Young
Speaker 1: all over the floor? You know what I mean. I
Speaker 1: think there's just small adjustments that Tids makes that's gonna
Speaker 1: give New York to edge. And looking for Julius Randall
Speaker 1: to have a big series. Derek Derek Rose have a
Speaker 1: big series. I got the Knicks and seven. Next up
Speaker 1: we have the Milwaukee Bucks versus the number six Miami Heat.
Speaker 1: This is a rematch from last year. I think Park,
Speaker 1: me and you both picked this upset on the on
Speaker 1: the jump. Last year we both we both had Miami
Speaker 1: beating which I won't pick it. I won't pick that same. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we can't wait to hear it this. The Bucks have
Speaker 1: been my one team that I said, similar to the
Speaker 1: Clippers in the West that have been floating under the
Speaker 1: radar switching up lineups. Janie has been on this ship.
Speaker 1: Adding Drew Holiday is obviously going to be a huge
Speaker 1: piece of their success, and I think it's it's their
Speaker 1: time to make that jump. Perk tell me about this series. Man,
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to go against them goons from
Speaker 1: Dade County, Jimmy Butler right down. But I got the
Speaker 1: Bucks in six. I got the Bucks in six. I
Speaker 1: actually got the Bucks coming out of the East. To
Speaker 1: be honest with you, I think they have everything that
Speaker 1: they need and more. Jannice, I mean we're watching them
Speaker 1: take his jump shots in and knocked down three point shots.
Speaker 1: But his playmaking ability has went to another level. Uh
Speaker 1: you know, right after the All Star Game, he had
Speaker 1: a stretch about five games where he was averaging a
Speaker 1: trip of double And I'm looking at this this this
Speaker 1: Bucks team, and Miami is gonna scrap. But the Bucks
Speaker 1: with with Drew Holiday like one of the best two
Speaker 1: way players in the game today, Like strap up the
Speaker 1: best of them. And then Chris Middleton a guy that
Speaker 1: flies under the radar. Brooklow players U a guy that
Speaker 1: that that protects the basket who don't get enough credit
Speaker 1: for what he brings to the table. But I think
Speaker 1: the thing that said the Bucks, apart from everybody else.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, the two great additions that they had
Speaker 1: was Bobby Porter's and p J. Tucker, And not only
Speaker 1: for what they bring on the court, but now it's
Speaker 1: no more punking than Milwaukee Bucks like Joannice and Chris
Speaker 1: Militon could look over and be like, now I got them,
Speaker 1: I got I got some big brothers over there, because
Speaker 1: you know, like Bobby Porter's he bought that action. P J. Tucker,
Speaker 1: he bought that action. So it's not like you, but
Speaker 1: you're not about to punk him. And they gonna give
Speaker 1: you something on the court. Bobby Porters right now, he's
Speaker 1: giving you twelve and eight off the bench. Then the
Speaker 1: Bucks could go small. Put Yannie at the fire, put
Speaker 1: p J. Tucker the in that corner, and just tell
Speaker 1: me how you're gonna stop Drew Holiday and Yannice in
Speaker 1: the hot picking role, or even Chris Militant and Yannice
Speaker 1: and the hot picking old. So I got the Bucks
Speaker 1: and six, I'll say seven. Even though the Bucks kind
Speaker 1: of figured out their mistakes from last year. I think
Speaker 1: they figured that out. They the only team that embarrassed
Speaker 1: Brooklyn back to back nights. Janice had fifty damn to
Speaker 1: both nights, So they're feeling real confident coming in. I
Speaker 1: don't I don't think they're looking over Miami, but they're
Speaker 1: coming into this series way confident that they did last
Speaker 1: year when they played them, and they're gonna be a
Speaker 1: different team. Bug got these guys playing different. Like you said,
Speaker 1: with the dishes they made, they looked like a championship team.
Speaker 1: Now they have all the dynamics you know that they
Speaker 1: need to be a championship team. And even though I
Speaker 1: like Miami the heart of one of the hardest playing
Speaker 1: teams in the league, you can't never kind of Jimmy button.
Speaker 1: Look what they did last year, but this is a
Speaker 1: whole new season. You're not surprising nobody. Now. Everybody knows
Speaker 1: what y'all coming with. And Milwaukee don't want to have
Speaker 1: no let downs. It's gonna be at seven games series,
Speaker 1: but I see Milwaukee win. I agree. I'm a huge
Speaker 1: fan of of Miami for the way they play. You know,
Speaker 1: blue collar. Jimmy Butler is a blue collar superstar. I
Speaker 1: mean that team goes as Jimmy goes. I think they're
Speaker 1: young shooters, had a little bit of finals hangover um,
Speaker 1: but they finally woken up and started shoot the ball
Speaker 1: like they're capable of shooting. I think av Avan, Adam
Speaker 1: Trevor Resa was a big pick up for them. Championship
Speaker 1: experience at three and D guy. But with all that said,
Speaker 1: I still got the bucks. Um. I think their additions
Speaker 1: that you mentioned, Bobby Portis and p J. Tucker are
Speaker 1: gonna be huge just for that reason they're gonna give
Speaker 1: you they're gonna production. But I think just the ability
Speaker 1: that the nice and the boys know that they've got
Speaker 1: some dogs and the kennel with them are going to
Speaker 1: be very important. Um. And then I think a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure is going to be taken off of Janice
Speaker 1: from a standpoint of now you know I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: in the pick and row, I'm maybe be Drew Holiday
Speaker 1: is someone who could definitely hit a lot of these
Speaker 1: big shots that people have been looking for Jannice to
Speaker 1: hit or put Like you said that that that pick
Speaker 1: and roll, that want four pick and roll is gonna
Speaker 1: be murder. So I got the bucks and six as well.
Speaker 1: Now we have our picks for the Eastern Finals, Western Finals,
Speaker 1: and then finally the championship. Park. Let's start with you, Park,
Speaker 1: who do you have in the Eastern Conference Finals. Well,
Speaker 1: I got Philly. Um, they got the easy side of
Speaker 1: the bracket, right, and then I'm going with the Bucks.
Speaker 1: So that means the Bucks would have to beat the
Speaker 1: Nets in the second round. Absolutely. And this is the
Speaker 1: reason why I'm going with the Bucks is because the
Speaker 1: best thing that could happen for them is them get
Speaker 1: in Miami the first round and now they get to
Speaker 1: get tested now because we all know exposures go through
Speaker 1: the kitchen sink at them for us defensively right everything
Speaker 1: they go and when they get to Brooklyn, Jannice just
Speaker 1: go have it this way. So I got the Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Bucks in the Philadelphia seventy six is in the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference Farmers, hold on, don't give us your pick yet, Jack,
Speaker 1: I got the Nets and Philly. I don't see uh
Speaker 1: milwalk agetting past the Nets in the playoffs. They had it.
Speaker 1: They figured it out doing the regular season and then
Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's gonna be hard, um blak and everybody
Speaker 1: that they're gonna have a totally different game plan and
Speaker 1: guys and know what's at stake. Um, I feel like
Speaker 1: Brad Stevenson. I don't see the Netty losing. I see
Speaker 1: them beat in Philly in the finals in the conference finals.
Speaker 1: See the seventy sixers have the easy easy draw, not
Speaker 1: eating I mean, nothing is easy in the plast but
Speaker 1: the easier road to the Eastern finals. Um. And then
Speaker 1: I like the Nets. I mean in the reason why
Speaker 1: it's so hard to pick against the Nets is because
Speaker 1: two of your top players can have an off night
Speaker 1: and you can still win. And there's not another team
Speaker 1: in the NBA. They could say that if A d
Speaker 1: and Labron don't play well, the Lakers lose. And then again,
Speaker 1: I didn't mean call, but I thought about this too
Speaker 1: while he was talking. They got Boston, right, that's gonna
Speaker 1: be easy. They're gonna be resting, walk, You're gonna have
Speaker 1: the fight. But A Brookly need the rest a little bit,
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be easy first round to help him
Speaker 1: go into the second round. It could be kind of
Speaker 1: like your Boston team. Didn't you guys go to seven
Speaker 1: seven games, three series in the row. Were you on
Speaker 1: that team? Yeah, we did, We went three game sevens, right,
Speaker 1: and then you guys beat the Lakers in the final,
Speaker 1: the Hawks and the Hawks in Cleveland. Yeah, and then
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, so yeah again, I got Philly first, the
Speaker 1: Nets in the Eastern Finals. Al Right, next we go
Speaker 1: to the Western Conference Finals. Jack, who you have in
Speaker 1: the Western Finals. I'm going Lakers Clippers. That's what I
Speaker 1: want to say, That's what we are all waiting for.
Speaker 1: I think I think I think the Lakers, you know,
Speaker 1: are shoeing more in the finals than the Clippers. I
Speaker 1: think Brian and They're gonna do what they need do
Speaker 1: to get there. But I think they're those two teams
Speaker 1: will meet will meet up in the Western Conference Pas,
Speaker 1: I'm going Jazz and Lakers. I'm going Jazz and Lakers,
Speaker 1: just because I think Dallas is gonna upset the Clippers
Speaker 1: in the first round seven games. I think the Lakers
Speaker 1: they could be the Sons. They are gonna beat the
Speaker 1: one out of Denver in Portland. Uh And I just
Speaker 1: think Utah was securing their number one seed and no
Speaker 1: matter if it does go seven games, to me, they're
Speaker 1: not losing that home, not to not to neither one
Speaker 1: of those teams. They're just not Hi. Are you high
Speaker 1: on the Jazz, I'm not mad at that. Um, I too,
Speaker 1: have the Lakers versus the Clippers. The Battle of l
Speaker 1: a UM in the Western Finals. I think we've been
Speaker 1: waiting for this for the past two years. Again, the
Speaker 1: Clippers have flown under the radar and you know, have
Speaker 1: so Eve been stacking their deck and getting people right.
Speaker 1: Quiets health is going to be integral to their advancement.
Speaker 1: But um, I definitely like that battle of l A
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference finals. So we move on to
Speaker 1: our finals matchup, Perk, who do you have in the finals?
Speaker 1: Lakers and Bucks? Lakers, Lakers and Bucks, Lebron and Janice. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what That's what I'm looking at, Lakers and Books
Speaker 1: and your prediction. I got Lakers back to bag champions.
Speaker 1: I I just you know, I think as the because
Speaker 1: the more that Lebron, James and a D continue to play,
Speaker 1: they're gonna continue to get their rhythm and like we
Speaker 1: saw lads shield like when they when they're when they
Speaker 1: are their best, it's no stopping them, like especially a D. Right,
Speaker 1: A D is one of one, like like he's he's
Speaker 1: a he's a kivin going near two point oh. When
Speaker 1: you talk about how versatile he is, and he showed
Speaker 1: us that last year, like he dominated like shock and
Speaker 1: Will Chamberlain numbers like it was it was like that
Speaker 1: like you just a fucking animal. So I just I
Speaker 1: don't see nobody stopping them, like not when they I
Speaker 1: just don't don't see nobody stopping them. Jack, who you
Speaker 1: got to find? I got? I'm gonna go with the
Speaker 1: Clippers and the Nets. I just for some reason, I
Speaker 1: feel like that three headed monster, a boogie Um Surge
Speaker 1: and what's the other big guy name? U Box, Big
Speaker 1: ju Box. I think they're gonna they're gonna make it
Speaker 1: tough one. They're gonna lean on him. They're gonna lean
Speaker 1: on him, and Bron is not a hunter percent hell.
Speaker 1: I think the Clippers would take them and meet the
Speaker 1: Nets in the championship, and the Net's gonna do what
Speaker 1: they're gonna do all playoffs, dominate and win the championship. Nets,
Speaker 1: and you got some picks. I almost want to say
Speaker 1: the Lakers just so I could not pick the Clippers.
Speaker 1: Maybe I was bad luck picking the Clippers last year.
Speaker 1: You had nothing to do with that, Bro, trust me,
Speaker 1: when man finals matchup, I got the I got uh
Speaker 1: the Nets coming out of the East. I'm a big
Speaker 1: fan of the Nets. Like I said, I don't they're
Speaker 1: gonna get tested. I don't see how much, they'll get tested,
Speaker 1: but I definitely feel to get tested in the East.
Speaker 1: Um coming out of the West. I hate to go
Speaker 1: against Lebron because I've got Lebron, and I think every
Speaker 1: time I picked against Lebron, he's proved me wrong. That's
Speaker 1: everybody right. So it's their health is going to be key,
Speaker 1: and I just don't know if they can stay They're
Speaker 1: not already not healthy, so I don't know through these
Speaker 1: rough playoffs they're gonna be able to stay healthy. So
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Lakers. Excuse me, I'm gonna go Clippers
Speaker 1: versus the Net in the finals, and I think it'll
Speaker 1: be a great finals. But I have um k D
Speaker 1: winning in his third championship in third finals. NPP. To
Speaker 1: me ask you a question, real quick, Stack and Matt,
Speaker 1: tell me who is your dog courses in the Eastern
Speaker 1: and Western Conference? Like, tell me give me an Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference dog horse who's come out of the Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: that not your favorite? My Eastern dark horses. The team
Speaker 1: you're picking to come out of the East, the Bucks,
Speaker 1: Like I said, for every reason you said, dark horse
Speaker 1: will have to be Miami and in the West, mine
Speaker 1: Portland in the West, mine in the West. Is is
Speaker 1: is Portland's for sure? What if they pull it off? Bro,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised. We are surprised. Like we're like,
Speaker 1: we're sitting up there talking about these pigs and in
Speaker 1: my mind, yeah, but I'm sitting up we're talking about
Speaker 1: these peaks. But in my mind, I'm sitting up here
Speaker 1: saying to myself, like, ship really for graphs, right, especially
Speaker 1: in the Western first time you can say that in
Speaker 1: the West. In the West, like, I'm like, it's really
Speaker 1: up for graphs because I'm sitting up here thinking like
Speaker 1: Portland could get hot, and then I'm sitting up here saying,
Speaker 1: you talk could do something like I want to roll
Speaker 1: with the Clippers. I had them my favorite like three
Speaker 1: weeks ago, but then they still kind of you know, declining, Yeah,
Speaker 1: before we get out of here. Obviously, we know these
Speaker 1: playoffs matchups are set. Who are some teams you feel
Speaker 1: that really have a lot of pressure on them to
Speaker 1: do something that should not necessarily win the championship, but
Speaker 1: you at least kind of make the conference finals of
Speaker 1: the finals of the teams that you guys feel that
Speaker 1: are kind of on the clock as far as team
Speaker 1: and possibly go in a different direction. Or I would
Speaker 1: say Boston but they're not healthy. But Portland, for sure.
Speaker 1: It's with no brain of Portland. It's on the clock.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Camelo. We don't know how
Speaker 1: much long Camelo gonna play. You got a hold on him.
Speaker 1: Y'all got a healthy team right now, and everybody had
Speaker 1: a chance to play a couple of games before the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So you got your whole team, no more excuses. Let's
Speaker 1: see what you'll cann do. Definitely, Poling I said it's
Speaker 1: the Clippers that they're on the clock. And and here's why,
Speaker 1: because I think what the Clippers do this postseason is
Speaker 1: go decide what Kauai do for as his contract. You
Speaker 1: know you're thinking about that. I mean, he has nobody
Speaker 1: has option. And I think whatever the Clippers do this
Speaker 1: year is go decide whether Kauai stays or he goes. Okay,
Speaker 1: if he goes, where does he go? I like him
Speaker 1: in Miami, Himmy, Jimmy Yo. Him and Jimmy got a
Speaker 1: real good relationship, great relationship. I love him in Miami.
Speaker 1: And to be honest, I tell those are two teams
Speaker 1: I feel have a little bit of I have some
Speaker 1: pressure on them obviously. You know, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: talk to you know, we've we've got what seven or
Speaker 1: eight years now, c J and Dame together and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, as those two dominant scores, is that back
Speaker 1: quarter recipe for the championship? I think that's what a
Speaker 1: lot of people are asking. Like I said earlier in
Speaker 1: the show, I think the Warriors, you know, got in
Speaker 1: their way when they had their dynasty run injuries and
Speaker 1: play that team. I've always been a big fan of
Speaker 1: Portland's h Clippers. Again, on the clock, I mean, when
Speaker 1: you're the little brother in this city and you go
Speaker 1: out and get all these big free agents, you're always
Speaker 1: on there. You're always on the clock in LA regardless.
Speaker 1: But the moves they may definitely put them on the clock. Um.
Speaker 1: So like you said, I didn't think about that part,
Speaker 1: but you know, what they do can possibly deter or
Speaker 1: or or encourage Kauai and what he's want to do.
Speaker 1: And in the Bucks, you know, I think the Bucks
Speaker 1: have a very good team. You know, Janice has been
Speaker 1: a two time m v P UM again slid under
Speaker 1: the radar this season, but added some really key pieces
Speaker 1: um this year and it's not even to me. His
Speaker 1: name is so much about them winning a championships, about
Speaker 1: making that jump at least representing, you know, getting to
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference files and putting up a fight. So
Speaker 1: all that said, man, I think it's gonna be very
Speaker 1: exciting playoffs, as we talked, very you know, evenly matched,
Speaker 1: even starting in the first round. So I hope you
Speaker 1: guys enjoyed this special What's Burning Playoff edition with our
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