1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire. 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: What is up Straight Firepam, It's me Jason McIntire, Straight 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: Fare for Tuesday, May the thirteenth, and this is going 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 2: to be an action packed show. Ladies and gentlemen. Oh 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: my gosh, some great news, some not so great news, 6 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: some terrible news. Oh my gosh. 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: We NBA is getting crazy. It officially has become bonkers 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: given what happened Monday night and then also in the 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: draft lottery. I will I'm going to start here. So 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: you know, I joined this men's league thirty five and up. 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: We should have won the championship last year. Your boy 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: was hurt and then we lose. I'm not blaming it 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: on my injury. I played like one minute. I could 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: barely run anyways. So we had a game Monday night 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: and it was during Nick Celtics, and as usual, I'm 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: watching the game, Nicks fall behind. Jason Tatum's absolutely cooking. 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: And then I get to the gym and I listen, man, 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 2: I listen. I love my Knicks, but I got warm up. 20 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 2: Your boys gotta get ready get loose. So of course 21 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: first quarter starts, I go to the scorers. Guys, I'm like, yo, yo, 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: what's the score, and they're like tied at eighty three. 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: I was like what the Knicks came back. I mean 24 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: it was just, you know, the Garden was buzzing, but 25 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: Boston just kept giving up the lead. I mean, they 26 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: could not pull away despite Tatum having an otherworldly game. 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 2: He finished with forty two and at this point, you know, 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: we're in a heated game. I struggled out of the gate, 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: I think zero for three in the first half. I 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: had a shot blocked by this guy who's terrible. It 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: was embarrassing. I cooked this guy on the perimeter and 32 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: I'm driving in and I just don't have the lift 33 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: anymore and I start got blocked. I was like mortified. 34 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: It was like, oh my, that never happens. 35 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: Guys. 36 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 2: Trust Anyways, fourth quarter, close game and I caught fire 37 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: hit three bombs and then Liner chipped in a few bombs. 38 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: He's on the squad, he's got a pretty jumper man. 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: They don't want to guard Liner on the perimeter and 40 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: he's just splashing. So I just forget got about the 41 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: Nick Celtics game. And you know, we get the dub 42 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: win by like I don't know, eight or ten they're good. 43 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: They have one awesome player who usually plays with us, 44 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: but I'm not gonna get in the story. He'll be 45 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: with us next season. Anyways. A guy on our team's 46 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: a huge Celtics fan. He's like, I can't believe the 47 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: Celtics blew it again. This is before I could even 48 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: check my phone. And now it looks like Tatum's done. 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: And I was like, what They're like, yeah, probably an achilles. 50 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: And at that point, like, listen, guys, I'm a huge 51 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 2: Knicks fan. You know this. I grew up. First two 52 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 2: games I went to where Nick Lakers, one in LA, 53 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: one in New York. I was fortunate enough. My dad 54 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: rarely had business trips, but he took one to LA. 55 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: The family went and he, you know, somehow he pulled 56 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: off the Lakers Knicks tickets. I don't know, And of 57 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: course I was just a Knicks fan. I got Patrick 58 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: Ewing's autograph. I think I told a story. We went 59 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: to a Macy's in DC and Patrick Ewing was there 60 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: signing autographs. And yeah, he wasn't the warmest friendliest guy, 61 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: Patrick Ewing, but whatever, I was a Ewing fan. I 62 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: got a Patrick Ewing jersey. But I like me some 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: Jason Tatum. I just I'm a huge fan of his work, 64 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: his work ethic. Remember we had his trainer on the 65 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 2: pod I think two or three years ago. Tatum does 66 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: everything right, he seems like a very nice human being, 67 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: easy to root for, and he goes down with what 68 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: appears to be an Achilles. The Celtics they were on 69 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: the trail to blow it before that, and I know 70 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 2: everybody's opening with the draft lottery, but I just I 71 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: need to say this is devastating. As I record this, 72 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: you know, Warriors just lost to the Timberwolves. So it's 73 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: about one o'clock East Coast time. We don't know if 74 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: it's an Achilles, but it looks like an achilles. Hopefully 75 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: only a partial and not the full on. But the 76 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: way Tatum was reacting it looked pretty devastating. Guys, I 77 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: don't think you realize Achilles, Like you know, I know 78 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers thinks it's like, oh, I'll be back in 79 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 2: five months. Yeah, Like just stop. This is like an 80 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: eight to ten month injury. Okay, it's may even if 81 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: he waits to have surgery a couple of days. We're 82 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: looking at no Tatum for until at least after the 83 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: All Star break, and there's a chance even then, it's like, well, 84 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: let we don't want to re injure it. Let's just 85 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: wait and so listen. Obviously you got to pay your 86 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: respects to Tatum, who first Team All NBA Superstar. You 87 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: guys can say what you want about the guy. I 88 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: think he's a great player. Okay, he's done, Boston's done. 89 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: And this is the one I didn't hear people talking about. 90 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: But the idea that the Celtics can all of a 91 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: sudden trade for Yannis, this majorly complicates things. Okay, nobody's 92 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 2: trading for Jason Tatum off an Achilles. And if you're like, okay, fine, 93 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: well you don't want to trade them anyway, you trade 94 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: Jalen Brown. Okay, So Janni's is going to Boston, which 95 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: won't have Tatum for the first year. So it's like 96 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: wasting a year of Janni's. I don't know. I need 97 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 2: to fully think it through, but I'm telling you, does 98 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: this remove the idea of the Celtics getting Tatum, sorry, 99 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 2: getting Giannis to pair with Tatum. Now you could say 100 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 2: I think we had a guest on last week, Gary 101 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: Washburn in the Globe who said, why wouldn't you keep 102 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 2: Tatum and Brown and trade the other stuff? And I'm like, well, 103 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: Milwaukee probably doesn't want the other stuff, so it complicates things. 104 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: And the Yannis trade options. There's not a lot of them. 105 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 2: There's probably only half a dozen teams that makes sense. 106 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 2: You can trot out the Utah Jazz and all you 107 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: want and like, you know, the Brooklyn Nets, but he's 108 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: not gonna want to stay there. I don't think the 109 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: Bucks are going to do that to him. So the 110 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: Celtics are just an unbelievable turn of events. They as 111 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: big favorites, they'd lose and are now down three to 112 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 2: one against the Knicks. Nown I don't think it's fully over, 113 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: but I do think with Tatum out and the way 114 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: Brunson played, I mean, Brunson was spectacular. This is the 115 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 2: game they've been waiting for for Brunson. I don't know 116 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 2: what happened in Boston's defense, but the Knicks shot fifty 117 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 2: four percent from the field, just unbelievable. They crashed the 118 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 2: offensive glasshard Mitchell Robinson. Interestingly, Mitchell Robinson attempted zero free throws. 119 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 2: Does this mean the Celtics were not gonna hacker Mitchell Robinson. 120 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: I don't know. Very interesting decision there by Boston not 121 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 2: to hack Robinson, which seemed to work last game, but 122 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 2: this was a complete Hey, this is why we gave 123 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 2: up five first for Michal Bridges, who I believe had 124 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: ten in the fourth. Og Arnobi was excellent. He had 125 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 2: twenty points, Cat twenty three, and then Brunson thirty nine 126 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 2: and twelve unguardable. And it's weird because Boston's got Derek White, 127 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: Boston's got Drew Holiday, Boston's got Jalen Brown. These are 128 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: three great defenders. So what happened, Well, a lot of 129 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 2: it is we get to switch on to Horford. But 130 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: the other and I'm telling you, guys, the run to 131 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: the finals wear's you down. We saw Denver collapse last 132 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 2: year against Minnesota. It's tough to get back to the finals. 133 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: Nobody's done it. I don't think since the KD Warriors. 134 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 2: It's really difficult. And the Celtics are looking a little 135 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: tired now. They did hit eighteen threes, Tatum went nuclear 136 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: with forty two, but like Al Horford's looking his age, 137 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 2: Porzingis still doesn't appear fully healthy. Baeyton Pritchard didn't hit 138 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: a million threes. I'm sorry, Luke Cornett, He's not that guy. 139 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: And Boston, which had an incredibly deep team, is showing 140 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 2: hey man, the NBA is making it really hard for 141 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: teams to keep the act together. And it looks like 142 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: the Celtics are gonna have to make some moves. Now. 143 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: They could just say, hey, forget about Giannis, let's go 144 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: on the periphery. You make certain moves here. Do they 145 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 2: get in the mix for Kevin Durant. I don't know 146 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: how he fits there. I don't know that he would 147 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: want to go there. But just a fascinating turn of 148 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: events is the Knicks outscore Boston by fourteen in the third, 149 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: they drop a seventy burger in the second half. The 150 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: Celtics giving up seventy and a half to me says, 151 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: that's a tired ass team and they are worn down 152 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 2: mentally physically, And I don't know how you bounce back 153 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 2: from this Tatum thing. Nixon control and we're gonna get 154 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: a rematch of Nicks Pacers, I believe, in the Eastern 155 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: Conference Finals next up now they played last year in 156 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: the semifinals. Pacers got him in seven. Now, that I 157 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: was doing some research. Okay, you know I like the 158 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: gambling angle. So the Knicks had home court advantage in 159 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: that series. They win game one, Brunson as forty three. 160 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: The Knicks win game two as well, Pacers stormback win 161 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: game three. I want to say that was the game 162 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: where what's his name hit a long three pointer very late. Yeah, 163 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 2: Indy was down heading into the fourth. Knicks were looking 164 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 2: at a sweep. Let me see who it was. Somebody 165 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 2: out there. It might have been Nemhard who had a 166 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: rough game, but Halliburton was great. Now what Anyways, So 167 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: then the Pacers win Game four. They crushed the Knicks, 168 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: so it's tied it to Knicks win game five. So 169 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: Knicks are up three to two with home court advantage. 170 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: They lose Game six, and then in game seven bruns 171 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: It gets hurt and they lose the series at home. 172 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: But then I looked a little closer. Okay, so we 173 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 2: know the Pacers are good. They had six guys average 174 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: double figures in that series. Six the starting lineup and 175 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: then TJ McConnell. Knicks defense was horrific. Then you look 176 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: at the Knicks, are you ready? After Brunson, the second 177 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: leading score was Dante Devincenzo, bolstered by a thirty nine 178 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 2: burger in the seventh game. Third leading scorer was og Nnobi. 179 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: I could give you ten guesses and you couldn't guess 180 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 2: who the fourth leading scorer was. He's not on the Necks. 181 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: I don't even know if he's in the freaking league anymore. 182 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 2: Alex Burks, Alec Brooks. I'm sorry, Alec Brooks, Sorry, so sorry, 183 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: my friend. He was on the Miami Heat to end 184 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: the season this year. Alec Brooks was the fourth leading 185 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 2: score in the next last year in that series. Okay, 186 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: replace Devincenzo with Bridges, replace Burks with Karl Anthony Towns. Okay, 187 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 2: this is a very different Knicks team. I think the 188 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: Knicks win the series. Guys, I think the Knicks might 189 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: be going to the fines. And you know, I like 190 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 2: the Pacers. 191 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: Alive. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup 192 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports 193 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR 194 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 1: to listen live. 195 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: All right, now, let's get to first of all, I 196 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: don't even think I need do I need to talk 197 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: about the Warriors losing. There's nothing there. Golden State played 198 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 2: their butts off in the first half. Anthony Edwards came 199 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 2: out and eviscerated Golden State. In the third quarter, the 200 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 2: Wolves had a seventeen to zero run and it was 201 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: a rap. Like Julius Randall is back to being a stud. Now, 202 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 2: Warriors fans are like, oh, that's the guy who murdered 203 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 2: the Lakers. Randall with thirty one. Just a spectacular game 204 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: from Julius Rental. Anthony Edwards had thirty, including six threes, 205 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: and the Warriors they're out of gas. Jonathan Kuminga led them. 206 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler looked like a guy who played his butt 207 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 2: off to try to win Game three, and they could 208 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 2: not pull it off. I mean, he just had nothing 209 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 2: left in the tank. It was disappointing from Butler. He 210 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 2: ends up with a mere fourteen points, very uncharacteristic. Took 211 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 2: nine shots. I mean, Pods is jacking shots. POD's checked 212 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 2: fourteen shots. Draymond Green trying to score I mean, like 213 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 2: fourteen points off fourteen shots, Like guys, and I put 214 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: this out there on social and I know it was 215 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 2: gonna get blowback. So Draymond Green's a Hall of Famer. 216 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: He's an all time great defensive player. He's obviously very 217 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: very good. We know that he's had a great career. 218 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: In the last couple of games without Steph Curry, he 219 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: looks kind of sort of pedestrian. There's really nothing there 220 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: now he is on the older side, and I don't 221 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: want to say Steph Curry made him. That's not nice. 222 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: Draymond Green obviously a high IQ player, one of the 223 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 2: smartest players in the last fifteen years, a great defender. 224 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: But I just I don't know what his career is. 225 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: If he goes to Charlotte in the draft, I don't 226 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: know what his career is. If he's in you know, 227 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: Cleveland without Lebron, you know, if he's in Brooklyn, like, 228 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: I just I don't I don't know what his career's like. 229 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you this, I don't know that he's 230 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer without Zeph Curry. And listen, I 231 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 2: don't want to take shots, but you know, Klay Thompson, guys, 232 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 2: how's he looked without Curry. Now. Curry is just one 233 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,599 Speaker 2: of those guys who changes everything. And it sucks that 234 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 2: he went down and the Warriors are now down three 235 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 2: to one. I don't think Curry will try to force 236 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 2: it back in Minnesota, and I think the series over. 237 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 2: So we're looking at Minnesota the six against Okac. Now 238 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: that's tied to two to two. I don't want to 239 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: discount Denver, but Denver's the one. I'm sorry, Okac is 240 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: the one. Minnesota is the six, and the Nixon Pacers 241 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: are the three versus the four. I don't think anybody 242 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: had a Nick PACER's Conference Finals. Okay, everybody had Celtics. 243 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 2: A lot of people had Calves, and I was included. 244 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: I thought Celtics. Those Celtics futures are toasted. And now 245 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: let's get to the big story, which I don't want 246 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: to say broke the internet, but the NBA Draft lottery 247 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 2: has changed the formula to prevent teams from tanking. And 248 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 2: this change in formula has kind of been interesting because, 249 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 2: wouldn't you know it, dating back to twenty nineteen when 250 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 2: they installed this new formula. Do you want to guess 251 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: how many times the team with the worst record has 252 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: won the lottery since twenty nineteen zero zero. Now teams 253 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 2: are tanking, they're just not getting the first pick, and 254 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: you feel I guess you could feel bad for Utah, Washington, 255 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: and Charlotte who had the best odds. Each of them 256 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 2: had a fourteen percent chance and none of them were 257 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: in I mean, this is crazy saying none of them 258 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 2: were in the top three. They all had the best 259 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 2: chance to win, and Charlotte ended up at four, Utah five, 260 00:13:54,559 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 2: Washington six. Of course, look who won the lottery. The 261 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: Dallas Mavericks. Now now, now everybody wants to have fun, 262 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 2: and I had fun with it as well. If you 263 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: go on my ig, the Dallas Mavericks a few months 264 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: ago traded Luca Doncis to the number one market in 265 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: the NBA. Nico Harrison was pilloried, just crushed by fans, 266 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: media everywhere. What is this idiot doing? How would he 267 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 2: hand the Lakers a superstar? Everybody was angry. So the 268 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: joke goes, well, yeah, Adam Silver said, hey, can we 269 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 2: get a major star to la with Lebron in his 270 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 2: final days and we can get your Cooper flag in return? 271 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 2: How does that sound? And everybody wants to say that's 272 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 2: how it went down. Now, that to me, obviously is 273 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 2: fun to talk about. And ha ha ha. It gets 274 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 2: a little deeper. Now. Somebody did the digging and started 275 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: to look into it. So do you remember when the 276 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 2: lebron took the Calves so far and they were awesome, 277 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 2: and they go to the finals and lose, and that 278 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 2: he leaves the Miami Heat. The Calves would go on 279 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: to win the draft lottery and get Kyrie Irving. It's 280 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 2: almost like the NBA was doing them a solid. But Jason, 281 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: come on, why are you being conspiracy theory guy? Anthony 282 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 2: Davis tells the Pelicans, I'm out, get me to bleep 283 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: out of here. I want to play for the Lakers. 284 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 2: I don't want to go anywhere else. Anthony Davis, like 285 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: was Boo to New Orleans. When he was on New Orleans, 286 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 2: it was ugly. At the end, leaves the Pelicans, goes 287 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: to the Lakers. Wouldn't you know what? The Pelicans win 288 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 2: the lottery and land on Zion Williams said, I mean, 289 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 2: it's just, you know, superstar leaves a team for the Lakers. 290 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 2: Let's give him Zion Williamson. Next thing you know, Luka, 291 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 2: Donc just traded the Lakers and a few months later 292 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 2: the MAVs win the lottery. Cooper Flag, I'm just saying 293 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: the Dallas Mavericks had a one point eight percent chance 294 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 2: to win the lottery. Won it. Now, somebody did say 295 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: this was the longest long shot since the Bulls had 296 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: a one point seven percent chance to get Derek Rose 297 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: and they did the hometown kid. And this, of course 298 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: was the fortieth anniversary of the Frozen Envelope Draft, where 299 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: the Knicks landed the superstar Patrick Ewing coming out of Georgetown, 300 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: my favorite player when I was a young guy. Folks, 301 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: the NBA can deny all the conspiracy theories they want. 302 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 2: This is all anybody's gonna say, and you can't do 303 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: anything to get them to to say. No, I do 304 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 2: I think it was rigged? No, probably not, probably not. 305 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 2: Come on, guys, really, it does seem a little fishy 306 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: that Dallas Dallas with a super long shot. I saw 307 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: stat that this was the first time Dallas ever improved 308 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 2: their draft standing in the lottery, Like they had never 309 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 2: gone higher than they were expected to and this was 310 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 2: the time that that happened. Okay, it does feel a 311 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: little interesting. Now here's where it gets super interesting. You 312 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: go look at that MAVs roster. They've already got Anthony Davis, 313 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: They've already got Daniel Gafford, They've already got Derek Lively, 314 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 2: you got three bigs, Kyrie Irving. What does Dallas do 315 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 2: this offseason? I mean there are the opportunities are endless, 316 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 2: and frankly, I saw this online. Don't be surprised if 317 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: Dallas gets into the Jannis sweepstake. And here's why. Back 318 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 2: in the day, Dallas signed the brother of Giannis, not 319 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 2: Thanis coastass whoever that is, back in twenty eighteen, to 320 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 2: a two wave deal. This is not abnormal. The Lakers 321 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 2: signed the Theanas Thanis Dano's whatever his name is, and 322 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,959 Speaker 2: the nick sign him as well. Everybody was hoping, hey, 323 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 2: if we get Yannis's brother, maybe Yannis will come here. 324 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: But Dallas was involved in that. Does Dallas say, hey, 325 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 2: we love Cooper Flag, but we remember all Nico Harrison 326 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: has said is we are built to win now. With 327 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:18,479 Speaker 2: Kyrie and with Anthony Davis, we're built to win now. Well, 328 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: if you're built to win now and that's the goal, 329 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 2: you want to go get Yannis, Cooper Flag is setting 330 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 2: you up for the future. So do you want to 331 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: go after Giannis or do you want to say, you 332 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: know what sucks, Let's build around Cooper Flag and Derek 333 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 2: Lively two bigs and let's see what we get for 334 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis. I don't I mean listening now. Anthony Davison 335 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 2: and Nico Harrison have a relationship dating back years. But 336 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 2: anything is on the table if you're the Dallas Mavericks. 337 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 2: The most interesting team in the state of Texas was 338 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: supposed to be the Houston Texans this summer. I'm sorry 339 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 2: the Houston Rockets this summer. But do you know who 340 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 2: got the second pick in the draft? Guys, it was Houston. 341 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,719 Speaker 2: It was the San Antonio Spurs. I hate this coward 342 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 2: keeps being like, oh, it would be great if the 343 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: Spurs could get Cooper flygf No, the Spurs win the 344 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 2: lottery all the time. David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Victor Winbino. 345 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 2: That's not fair. Give someone else a shot, Give Charlotte 346 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: a chance, and yeah, I'll say it. I'll say it. 347 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: In sports media, guys, how often have we seen dudes 348 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 2: who get run out at one network, go to another, 349 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: get a chance, then go to another and get a chance, 350 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 2: they go to another. There's guys out there who have 351 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 2: been at every network. They just keep failing upward and 352 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 2: everybody gives them a chance. Why don't y'all want to 353 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 2: give other people a shot? Similarly to hey man, why 354 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 2: do we need the Spurs winning every draft lottery? Like, 355 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 2: I'm not asking you to give it to Toronto, but like, 356 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 2: it'd be nice if Charlotte or Washington won won a 357 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: draft lottery at some point, wouldn't it. I mean, the 358 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 2: Wizards have never been. 359 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: Good Fox Sports Radio it's the best sports talk lineup 360 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 1: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports 361 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR 362 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: to listen live. 363 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: I was in DC when they had Chris Weber and 364 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: Juwan Howard and I was like, oh, this is the 365 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: squad day never went anywhere. Then they get Michael Jordan 366 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 2: and it's like ough, that was a disaster. Then they 367 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 2: had Gilbert Arenas that ended in gunplay in the locker room. 368 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: And no, I haven't seen the Netflix special or whatever 369 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: the documentary is, but I do want to watch it because, 370 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 2: as I said on The Herd Monday, I was in 371 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 2: New York City playing in men's leagues and at the time, 372 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 2: Gilbert Arenas was starting to blow up in DC, and 373 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 2: so I got a Gilbert Arenas jersey and it was 374 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 2: like kind of one of the older ones from like 375 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 2: two thousand six, five or six, And I just loved Arenas. 376 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 2: They called him the Hibachi at the time. You guys 377 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 2: know him as being a podcast guy, but I'm telling 378 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: you he was a scoring machine. I saw him talk 379 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 2: about this that Jason, not Jason, Michael Jordan in a 380 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 2: game was out the night before a game, was out 381 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,719 Speaker 2: until like two o'clock or three o'clock in the morning, gambling, 382 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 2: and that story was out there, and Gilbert Arenas saw 383 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 2: that and said, oh, I'm sorry, it wasn't Michael, No, 384 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 2: it was Kobe Bryant. Kobe with the Lakers was just cooking, 385 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 2: but he was pissed off at his team, and you know, 386 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: he was just not putting in the effort. And I 387 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 2: guess Gilbert Arena said, oh, Kobe's disrespecting, he's down in 388 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 2: the clubs, he's doing what And I'm gonna give him 389 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 2: sixty And then he hung sixty on Kobe the next night. 390 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: I'm just telling you, Gilbert Arenas back down from No. One, 391 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 2: probably to a fault. If you had Jason top five 392 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 2: guys you'd want on the pod, Gilbert A. Reenas would 393 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 2: be one of the guests as long as I'm not 394 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 2: in the same room, because I got some tough questions, 395 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 2: you know, I want to ask him. Obviously he's very 396 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 2: good at his podcast, but like, I love Gilbert a 397 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 2: Reenas and I rocked that jersey going two Men's league games. Yes, 398 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 2: twenty something year old Jason was a jackass, but you 399 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 2: already knew that I would be on like on the subway, 400 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 2: you know, gun show where my Gilbert Arenas jersey straight 401 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,400 Speaker 2: from work, and uh yeah, I thought it was cool. Anyways, 402 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: as soon as soon as the gun thing happened, I 403 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,479 Speaker 2: literally donated the Gilbert Areenas jersey to like get Goodwill. 404 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 2: You bring stuff to Goodwill to get out of your closet, 405 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 2: and I put the Gilbert Areenas jersey in there. I 406 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 2: was too embarrassed. I was like, dude, are you kidding me? Anyways, 407 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,479 Speaker 2: it would have been nice if Washington won the lottery, 408 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 2: So at the top of the lottery, Dallas can do anything. 409 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 2: The Spurs your second. Now I got that. Fox asked 410 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: me for a mock draft, so I'm gonna be sending 411 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 2: it in later this morning. I have them going Ace 412 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 2: Bailey from Rutgers, but bottom line is san Antonio now 413 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 2: as a very valuable pick, they too could make some 414 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 2: sort of trade to make a run at you know, 415 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 2: put x free agent who fits in. I don't know. 416 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna keep mentioning Kevin Durant, Saty he could 417 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 2: surface there. Who knows san Antonio. If they got to 418 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: make the playoffs in year three for Wemby right, they 419 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 2: were on track. They traded for Dearon Fox, then the 420 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: blood pot kind of killed him. Okay, you got the 421 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 2: back court of Fox and Castle, You've got a great 422 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 2: shooter in Vassal, Devin Vassel, Harrison Barnes is solid, and 423 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 2: you've got Victor Woman Yama. So, like you know, they 424 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 2: don't have a complete roster, but I would say that 425 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 2: their backcourt is pretty set given Castle was the Rookie 426 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 2: of the Year and Victor Woman Yamo was the Rookie 427 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 2: of the Year of the year before that. I mean, guys, 428 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 2: there is a good Spurs team and now they have 429 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: the number two pick. Do you want to add a 430 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,959 Speaker 2: veteran piece or do you want to add an Ace Bailey. 431 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 2: My only problem with with Harper the Ron Harper's son, 432 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 2: who was excellent a Rutgers Uh do you do you 433 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 2: draft him with Castle and uh deeron Fox on board. 434 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 2: I don't. My guess would be no, But I again, 435 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 2: Spurs are in great shape. It you know, what's perceived 436 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 2: to be a very good draft, wouldn't you know it? 437 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 2: Two teams in the West are at the top of 438 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: the lottery. Now number three is the Sixers. They're interesting 439 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 2: as well because they kind of punted on this year, 440 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 2: which was smart. Which remember the Dallas Mavericks last year 441 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: punted after the Kyrie Irving trade. They were like, hmm, yeah, 442 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 2: we're not gonna make the playoffs. This is not going well. 443 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: Why don't we tank to keep our pick? And they 444 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 2: end up getting Derek Lively. I'm sorry, this was two 445 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 2: years ago. They end up garying Derek Lively and they 446 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 2: go to the finals. Lively was a huge factor in 447 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 2: that run. Tanking work to keep your pick. So this 448 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 2: year the Sixers, I heard somebody joke that they were 449 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 2: called the Philadelphia Top Sixers because they needed to finish 450 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 2: in the top six to retain their draft pick. Well, 451 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 2: it worked and they finished with the third pick. Now 452 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 2: they're really fascinating because they've got Joel Embiid, who you 453 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 2: guys know, I'm not the biggest fan of He's gonna 454 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 2: be having an offseason surgery. They have the young kid, 455 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 2: Tyrese Maxey, who is showing out. He's very good. He 456 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 2: looks like an All Star caliber player for the rest 457 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 2: of the next five ten years. He's excellent. Jared McCain, 458 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 2: the gunner from Duke, was heading toward Rookie of the 459 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 2: Year before he got injured. Paul George is still on 460 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 2: the roster. You add another elite player and this team 461 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 2: could easily be in the conference finals next year. I 462 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 2: think the bigger issue is what do you do with 463 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 2: Joel Embiid? Can Will anybody take Embiid? I don't know. 464 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 2: I'm looking at his contract the Hoops Hype if you 465 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 2: care about this stuff, the hoops Hype website has a 466 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: salary for every single team, and when you look at 467 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 2: Joel Embiid's salary, you kind of vomit in your mouth 468 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 2: if you're a Sixers fan. I mean, he's due fifty 469 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: five million, fifty nine million, sixty four million, and then 470 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: in two thousand and eight, twenty twenty nine, Joel embid 471 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:03,479 Speaker 2: would be doing sixty nine dollars. Guys, he looked cooked 472 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 2: this year, like I don't know if he could go 473 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 2: back to being the old guy. And he's still got 474 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 2: four years with Oh that's an ungodly amount of money. 475 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: Not great Hornets, who I thought would have been great 476 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 2: for Cooper Flag. They're at four, followed by Utah at five. 477 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 2: I'll have the mock draft up. But just a shocking 478 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 2: turn of events the Mavericks. I guess they. I guess 479 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: they made a deal with Adam Silver to move up 480 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 2: in the draft. But I bet you, I bet you 481 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 2: won't hear the Lebron Calves Kyrie ad Pelican Zion. I 482 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 2: bet you won't hear that anymore. I didn't. I haven't 483 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 2: heard it anywhere I was. I'm an NBA draft nerd. 484 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 2: I've been doing mock draft forever and I remember these things. 485 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 2: And as a Knicks fan with the frozen envelope, that's 486 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: a legendary. But that's a little different than this one. 487 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: This is like, straight up, it's almost like a grift. 488 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: Hey man, we want to get off Luca. Can you 489 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: get his Cooper Flag deal? Like, I can't imagine the 490 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 2: NBA cutting that deal. But man, it's fascinating thing about 491 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 2: so the Mavericks. Now they weren't gonna be great next year. 492 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 2: I you know, no Kyrie for much of the season, 493 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 2: You'll probably be back All Star. I think he had 494 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: an achilles as well, my gut, I don't think you well, 495 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 2: I guess you could have Cooper Flag and Anthony Davis. 496 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 2: Why not? You could try that, But we know guards 497 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 2: and wings dominate this league. Jalen Brunson is carrying the 498 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 2: Knicks in the playoffs. Tyrese Halliburton is the leader of 499 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 2: a really good balanced Pacers team that features a lot 500 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 2: of wings and guards. The Knicks don't even have a 501 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 2: traditional center. Carl Anthony Towns is not now. Rudy Gobert 502 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 2: is still in the mix, and the Thunder have the 503 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 2: Hartenstein Chet combo, but I don't know that that's been 504 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 2: hugely pivotal to them. And don't tell me rob g 505 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 2: that they're slowing down Yokic. So ultimately, this is a 506 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 2: guard league, guys. You know that. Look what the Warriors 507 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 2: look like without Steph Curry. I mean, so it's a 508 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 2: good guard draft, but Cooper Flag is at the top. 509 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 2: So it's this off season it's gonna be so good. 510 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 2: I need what I need to do is everybody now 511 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 2: is rushing to the trade Jannis trade, KD Space. I 512 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 2: feel like I've already been all over that I've floated 513 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 2: all the best stuff. I need to find a new 514 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: star who could be on the move. I keep coming 515 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 2: back to Jim Harden. I'm sorry, James Harden, but I 516 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 2: don't really have anything. You know, Miami wants to get involved, 517 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 2: but I don't really see who they have to trade 518 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 2: what uh bamada Bayo? But then you have nothing outside 519 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 2: of whoever you trade for Tyler Hero, I don't know 520 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 2: what he fetches on the market. Zion is a big name, 521 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: but let's be real, guys, Zion hasn't done shit. He's 522 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: always hurt. And so you look around the league and 523 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 2: I'm like, I I don't have anything super duper spicy. 524 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 2: I mean, you could get really crazy and be like, hey, 525 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 2: the Nuggets need to get off Jamal Murray, and you 526 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 2: know that's the one guy they can, you know, maybe 527 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 2: package him and Marko Porter Junior because ain't nobody taking 528 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: Michael Porter Junior. So I gotta find a new one. 529 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 2: If something tells me. The Detroit Pistons are super happy 530 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 2: with their season, and they want to build on it, 531 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 2: and I think they may be going big game hunting. 532 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 2: We'll see. It's early. It was a spectacular night, and 533 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 2: you know I I The last topic is U Nick 534 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 2: Cox of the soccer team we own. I didn't talk 535 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 2: about it. They had a playoff game Sunday night. It 536 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 2: went really late and ultimately in like the ninety six 537 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 2: minutes stop. It just the most ridiculous series of events 538 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 2: eliminated us from the playoffs. We were advancing to the semifinals. 539 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 2: I was super giddy, and I'm not quite ready to 540 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 2: talk about it. It was a gut punch, and so 541 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 2: I need one more day before right before I dive 542 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 2: into that. So I'll talk a little about that tomorrow. 543 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 2: But thanks for listening. Talk to you then.