1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is a 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: straight Fire, fam It's me Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Monday, 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: April eleventh. It is great to be back on the podcast. 4 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: Took a few days off for good behavior last week's 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: bring break for the kids. So we did a quick 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: trip down to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. I know 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: it sounds exotic, it ain't. Once you move to l A, 8 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: you'll find out that Cabo is I guess like a 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: two and a half hour flight, so it's an easy 10 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: pop down. It's like, oh, I'll just go down to Cabo. 11 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: And it was a nice little excursion. If you follow 12 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: me on the Graham you saw some of the stuff 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: we did and swimming with dolphins. I will just say, 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if it should be on your bucket list, 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 1: but it certainly is bucket list discussion worthy. We did 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: went to schooling with the dolphins. A lot of people 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: did it. And you have the option where the dolphin 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: can take you down on a deep dive about twenty 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: ft underwater. You hold onto the fin and he just 20 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: dives you down. It's like ten seconds, but it's quick 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: and I'll just tell this before we get to the 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: sports world, which has a lot of good stories today. 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: So we're in a group, you know, my four family 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: members and then like three teenage girls and their younger brother. 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: I guess their parents were watching or whatever. They're from 26 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: Washington State or something. So we did the obvious dolphin 27 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: stuff to begin, and then they were like, all right, 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: who wants to do the dolphin dive? And they, you know, 29 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: the instructor looked at me. I was like, I don't know. 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: He's like, I think you can handle it, but you 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: gotta hold your breath and breathe out your mouth. Your 32 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: ears will probably plug up. I was like, yeah, you 33 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: know what, why don't we let why don't we let 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: one of these high school girls go first? And the 35 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: first high school girl goes and she lets go of 36 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: the dolphin because it went too fast. She just was 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: not prepared for it, and then just flows to the top, 38 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: and you know, everybody was like out. And then her brother, 39 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: who was like a big twelve year old, like some 40 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: large twelve year old kid, was like, I'll try it. 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: You know, it doesn't care about his life or whatever, 42 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,559 Speaker 1: and yes, we are risking life and limbs swimming the dolphins. 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: So this twelve year old does and that I was like, 44 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: all right, I'm ready, I can I can handle this, 45 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: no problem. And it was awesome. Um but I will 46 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: say this, Rob, I don't know if you've ever like 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: done any diving, whether it's with historical gear or a 48 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: tank or dolphins or what have you. This is an oddity. 49 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: So you I did the dive. It lasted like, you know, 50 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: ten seconds or whatever. You come up it was, it 51 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: felt great. I did not breathe out my nose or 52 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: my mouth. I just helded my breath because I was 53 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: you know, I was like, it's intent. You go up 54 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: and then boom, like kind of shout out of a cannon, 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: but underwater, and you're like, wow, this is pet fast fast, 56 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it's over Rob. The rest of the day, 57 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: you know, you would like go to your pool chair 58 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: to bend over to like put the towel, and water 59 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: would just start coming out of my nose. This is 60 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: like three hours later. And then it's like six hours 61 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: later and I'm getting out of the pool and I like, 62 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, you put your head down, you put your 63 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: hands on to push yourself up, and water just starts 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: leaking out of my nose, and I'm like, oh my gosh, 65 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: am I gonna die from secondhand drowning? Or I'm sure 66 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: you guys have heard of that, because why is water 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: leaking out of my nose six hours after I swam 68 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: with dolphins? I don't know. I had to google it 69 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: and I got sidetracked, so I didn't end up reading 70 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: too much on it. But Rob, have you ever experienced 71 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: that phenomenon? It was a little weird. Well a few things. 72 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: I've been to Cabbo before. Um, it was probably the 73 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: worst vacation I've ever had been, not because Cabbo was 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: not great. Like the first few days we was cool, 75 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: and then they we had what was the locals called 76 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: the worst storm in twenty years. So our whole resort 77 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: got flooded. Like there, you couldn't leave. That are bringing 78 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: garbage trucks to get people, um, you know to the 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: airport if they had a flight to catch um. You know, 80 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: elevators were jammed up at the hotel, you know they 81 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: had the bathrooms were getting clogged up because nobody could 82 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: leave and all they do was eat food. That was 83 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: one Number two. Have never swimed with dolphins? I don't 84 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: know if i'd ever want to uh number three. But 85 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: to your point about the nose thing, I've almost drowned 86 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: three different times, so yes, I know exactly what you 87 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: were talking about with the water coming up and not 88 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: a strong swimmer. I'm not a great swimmer at all, 89 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: but I like that. I like the fact to pretend 90 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: that I am and I'm around other people and I 91 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: get pure pressured in and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I 92 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: will admit when you started this, I thought you were 93 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: When you said worst ever, I thought you were gonna 94 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: go with monto zoom as revenge. After like three days, 95 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that would have been That would 96 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: have been on struggling, because everybody knows what that is, obviously, 97 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: but we don't need to talk about bowel movements here. 98 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: On my first Monday back from the pot, I thought 99 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: maybe there was a chance we would open with the Masters. 100 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: But it was a snooze fest. I think, no no 101 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: cap as the kids say, I put. I did the 102 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: fifty dollar pool where you put money on guys. I 103 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: spread around all these dudes. Of course, none of my 104 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: guys want I had the guy who finished second, I 105 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: had the guy who finished third, had a couple of 106 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: bucks on Tiger. I no, I mean, this is just 107 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: real talk, guys. I do kind of sort of know 108 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: a little bit about golf. I play golf. I'd like 109 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,799 Speaker 1: to go to the range. Uh was that? Top Golf 110 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: is opening near me pretty soon, so I'm going there 111 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: like it's fun. The guy who won could deliver a 112 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: pizza to my door for lunch and I would not 113 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: even any clue who he is. Steve Scheffler? Is that 114 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: his name? Did I say? Right? I don't think it's Steve, 115 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: isn't it Scotty Scotty chef. That's bad. That's bad. Maybe 116 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: we'll have to edit that out. Scottie Scheffler, congratulations, he's 117 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: twenty five. I just I don't I care. I don't 118 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: recognize the guy, you know. He just looks like your 119 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: average dude, and he dominated wire to wire rob. I mean, 120 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: it was like no sweat cover, as as I like 121 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: to say in gambling. I think Rory McElroy made a 122 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: final JA day charge. Obviously, Tigers surviving the weekend playing 123 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: well like that's huge for golf, huge for Tigers, huge 124 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: for everyone. The interest was way up. I saw the 125 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: TV ratings with Thursday or Friday was good. I'm sorry 126 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: I'm not watching golf while I'm in Mexico. I just 127 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: didn't um. So Luckily we don't need to talk about golf. 128 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: The NFL Draft is still four weeks away. I do 129 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: have a mock draft coming out for Fox Sports this week. 130 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: I have the Jets going. I'm not going to talk 131 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: about the Jets on Monday. Come on, guys, you Rob 132 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: yell at me a text star, Start texting me j 133 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: It's uh five am. We are not talking about the 134 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: New York Jets. But we are going to do a 135 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: lot of NBA because the playoffs are set. Obviously, we 136 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: don't know who the seven and eight seeds are because 137 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: at the play in tournament that Lebron hates, the Lakers 138 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: are not in the playoffs, as everybody knows. As such, 139 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: we will not be talking about the Lakers. We don't 140 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: talk about Bruno. We don't talk about the Lakers. Actually 141 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: we will when they fire Frank Vogel, probably happening in 142 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: a few hours. No, that's that's harsh. Um. There are 143 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fake Russell Westbrook trades out 144 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: there that will dive into. Those are always fun. I 145 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: will touch on a potential Russell Westbrook trade because of 146 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: a playoff team and an injured player who's rumored to 147 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: be on the way out. Maybe the Lakers are interested, 148 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: but I thought I would start the playoffs. I don't 149 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: want to start with my hottest take. I have one 150 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: that I will save from a couple of minutes from now. 151 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: I do want to start with the obvious. The Miami 152 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: Heat and the Phoenix Suns are the two number one seeds. 153 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: I don't think many people had the Heat as the 154 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: number one seed. You guys know, I like them a lot. 155 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: I said they were one of the best teams in 156 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: the East. Back on Undisputed, people told me I was 157 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: on crack. The Undisputed audience is a bunch of very crazy, 158 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: rabid NBA fans. Obviously they don't really know their basketball. 159 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: And yes, the Miami Heat delivered. Yes, the Boston Celtics delivered. 160 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: The problem with my Celtics, and I've been raving about 161 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: him for a while, and starting with the Boston Celtics, 162 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: they got no shot winning the championship. And it's unfortunate 163 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: because as they were playing some of the best basketball 164 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: in the league over the last month to six weeks, 165 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: Robert Williams gets hurt, and then the really unfortunate thing happened. 166 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: They won on the final day of the regular season. 167 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: They got the two seed because of tiebreakers, they were 168 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: tied with the Bucks and Sixers. As such, the Celtics 169 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: will face the winner of the Brooklyn Nets Cleveland Cavs 170 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: playing game the Nets are hosting. That the Nets are 171 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: big favorites. I think it's eight. I saw in Vegas. 172 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: The Nets will win that game and then the Celtics 173 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: will have to draw Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and maybe 174 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. We don't know if Ben Simmons is gonna 175 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: be back. Nash said over the weekend. Ben Simmons could 176 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: return in the first round. I don't understand the rush. 177 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: You guys know, I love me some Jayson Tatum, Jayalen Brown. 178 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: I love what the Boston Celtics did this year. If 179 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: Robert Williams were healthy, I think they could beat the Nets. 180 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: But my take is they now they don't. They have 181 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: no chance to win the championship. None you and not 182 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: win the title going through the Brooklyn Nets, then the Bucks, 183 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: then the Heat. It just is not happening. No chance none, 184 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: and I love the Celtics team only by my count. 185 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: Right now, five teams can win the title. Two of them. 186 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get some pushback from Rob. I'm sure I 187 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: know you guys are gonna command me on social media 188 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: when you hear the two of the two that you 189 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: don't like. But I'll start with the of the five 190 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: teams that can win the title. The Phoenix Sunds obviously 191 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: best team in the league. They are incredible in the clutch. 192 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: I saw a stat that the Sun's clutch time rating 193 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: final five minutes close games thirty four point eight. The 194 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: second best is the Bucks at fifteen point nine. When 195 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: it gets down to crunch time, nobody's better than the 196 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns. They do not lose close games in the 197 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Does not happen. This team is an incredible story. 198 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: Third in offense in the league, third in defense. They've 199 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: got Devin Booker, They've got eight and they've got bridges. 200 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: They've got Chris Paul. Here's the thing. Even if Chris 201 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: Paul gets as he does every postseason, I still think 202 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: they're a team to beat in the West. I know 203 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: that's crazy, then that's pure insanity, but that's how loaded 204 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: the Suns are. They're playing so great. You know the 205 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: continuity of bringing back the core. I believe they brought 206 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: back seven of their top eight, maybe eight of their 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: top nine. Like Cameron Johnson coming off the bench, like 208 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: made a late push for six Man of the Year. 209 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: You guys know, I like major pain, Cameron Pain, the 210 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: backup point guard. Like this team is awesome. Sons favors 211 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: to win the title, and they are one of the 212 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: five teams number two. I don't think I'm gonna get 213 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: any push back from Rob. The Milwaukee Bucks third in offense, 214 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: fourteenth and defense, defending champs. The defensive numbers skewed Rob 215 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: because of all the games Brook Lopez missed, and of 216 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: course coming off the championship, you know he's just not 217 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: as locked in. It's like, oh, we gotta play eighty 218 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: two games. Oh got it, Okay, let's let me go 219 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: through the motions. They roll out of bed within fifty 220 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: one games, and they draw the hurting Chicago Bulls, who 221 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: will apparently not have Alonzo ball in the playoffs. And listen, 222 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: when you're calling guards defense thanks to Alonzo and Caruso, 223 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: and now you don't have Alonzo and the backup point guard. 224 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: Are they going to try out the kid, the rookie 225 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 1: from Illinois Io. I like him a lot, but he's 226 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: a rookie going against Drew Holiday good luck. It's just 227 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: a tall order for the Bulls, who were a great 228 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: story kind of faded down the stretch. So the Bucks. 229 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody would argue the Bucks can win 230 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: the title again. So there's two obvious ones. Rob My 231 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: third one. I don't think people are gonna hate it, 232 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: but I don't know if they're gonna love it, and 233 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: they're not getting respect in the market. The Miami heat 234 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: the number one seat. My guess is everybody was thrown 235 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: off the scent when Jimmy Butler and Spoll struck gut 236 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: went at it and then studio gangster psych. That's just 237 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: a joke you did, honest Haslum stepped in and was 238 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: like I will kill you or whatever he said. You know, 239 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: they've kind of rebounded from that. People made a huge 240 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: to do about it because oh, why should we pay 241 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: attention to the heat up? They want fifty games Tyler 242 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: heroes coming off the bench scoring like twenty two a night. 243 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Bay I'm gonna Bio goes down and they're fine like this. 244 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm telling you guys, it's a deep team. They knocked 245 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: out Yanat two years ago when they got to the finals. 246 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: Sleep on them at your own peril. They're not losing 247 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: to Trey Young or um Evan Mobley or Gordon Hayward, 248 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: whoever gets the eighth seed. Now, if the Nets happen 249 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: to lose to the Calves and the Nets get the 250 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: eighth seed, that's interesting. I still like the Heat in 251 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: that matchup. I think they're very well built to defend 252 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: the Nets. Kyle Lowry, Kevin dur Uh, Sorry Kyle Lowry, 253 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, I'm a bio. Those are three great defenders. 254 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: I'm telling you guys, I will have some money on 255 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: the Heat to win the championship. I really think they 256 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: can easily come out of the East. The path is 257 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: um and this is the other reason the path. After 258 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: the eighth seed, they will play the winner of Sixers 259 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: Raptors and rob I think Sixers Raptors is one of 260 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: the great storylines of the first round, probably after Celtics Bucks, 261 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: because the set many Sixers could could have gotten the 262 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: three seed and faced the Bulls, but they didn't. They 263 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: lose the tiebreaker. Bucks lose bucks at everybody except for 264 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday. Dad. I don't know if you guys saw this. 265 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday needed to make a bonus playing sixty seven games. 266 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: He he was needed to average three point one rebounds. 267 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: He already had that, but he needed to play in 268 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: sixties seven games, so he had played in sixty six. 269 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: He they throw up the tip, it gets tapped. Drew 270 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: Holiday goes quickly and fouls a guy and then goes 271 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: right to the bench. His work is done. He made 272 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: three hundred and six thousand dollars, a nice hefty bonus 273 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: three d six thousand for I think it was eight 274 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: seconds of work on Sunday. Not bad if you can 275 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: get a Drew Holiday, and that's pretty cool. I thought 276 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: that was one of the funnier storylines on Sunday at 277 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: any rate. Because the Sixers landed four, they faced the Raptors, 278 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: and I think, Rob We're gonna spend a lot of 279 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: time this week talking about Sixers Raptors because Shock the 280 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: oracle of the NBA. He knows stuffing. He played in 281 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: the NBA, but doesn't know anything. He doesn't he I mean, 282 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: he's been making fun of the Warriors calling him soft 283 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: for years and they're just likes out Dynamite awesome. At 284 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: any rate, Sixers when they go to Toronto will not 285 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: have the services of their best slash only yes, only 286 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: wing defender Batiste Thible because he is not vaccinated. Now 287 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: I felt a little bad for this kid. He's young, 288 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: he's twenty five. Don't don't say, Jason, how could you 289 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: not feel bad? How could you feel bad for a 290 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: guy because he's not vaccinating. He's an idiot. Bo Just 291 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: take a take a deep breath. He knew this was coming. 292 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: Doc Rivers said, we will not have Thible for games 293 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: three and four. Then Thible had to go face the music, 294 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: and he's like, you know, you could tell he was nervous. 295 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: There was some like twitching going on. He was moving around, 296 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: like I felt bad for He's only twenty five. If 297 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: you watch the video, and he says, you know, I've 298 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: been preparing to talk about this and and I even 299 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: feel bad saying this for the guy. But he's like, 300 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, I grew up in a family that was 301 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: a very holistic household, and we don't do medicine. And 302 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: then he starts talking and Rob I almost had to 303 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: stop watching the video. I'm like, Bro, just to stop, 304 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: like stop like holistic medicine. Like he he's only twenty five. 305 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: I'm not killing him. I like the belie. He's a 306 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: nice young player. I'm just telling you to blowback in Philly. Rob. 307 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: If you want to have some fun this morning, go 308 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: look at the comments. And I never never read the comments. 309 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: Go look at the comments on the tweet with the 310 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: video of Bible talking about the video. It is a 311 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: talking about the back seat. It is a bunch of 312 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: Sixers fans saying he doesn't really want to win. This 313 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: guy's a bum. They just are trashing the guy, you know, 314 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: and tease. Tyble is hugely popular as a player. I 315 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: guess all the Philly fans did not know he's unvaccinated, 316 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: and now they's like, wow, he's not helping us. He's 317 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: not he's not a real teammate. He's not if this 318 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: guy and you always not a good shooter, you know, Rob. 319 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: This is gonna carry over. It's gonna be a talking 320 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: point in Philly, like Philly radio this morning, it's gonna 321 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: be can we beat the raptors? Shacks that we're sweeping them? 322 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we don't have fible for two games. We 323 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: don't have time. Who the hell is gonna guard Pasco? 324 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: What are we doing on the way? Oh my god? 325 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: You know like they're good on the wing. I have 326 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: a love hate affair with the Raptors stands, but they 327 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: hate me. I don't care. I mean, I love them 328 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: for hating me. It's fun, it's weird. It's just just 329 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: roll with it. But I'm telling you guys right now, 330 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm picking the Raptors to win the series. In fact, Rob, 331 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: I'll be betting the Toronto Raptors to win this series 332 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: against the Sixers. It is not a good matchup at 333 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: all for em Bead and James Harden. I'm just telling 334 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: you guys right now, this is not going to go 335 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: well Rob for the Sixers. And I'm not saying Motist's bible. 336 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: Uh a second or third year wing defender is is 337 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: the the reason they lose the series, but it certainly 338 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: don't help. And I'll tell you now, if the Raptors 339 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: steal of two in Philly, Rob, there is gonna be 340 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: a lot of panic. Buttons pushed. The fun stat that 341 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: I saw was the seventy sixers and your guy, Doc 342 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: Rivers have seven losses this season after holding a lead 343 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: of fifteen or more points seven. He is a choke 344 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: artist of the highest order, and the Raptors robbed will 345 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: defeat the Sixers in the first round. I agree with you, 346 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: and it's just weird to agree with you. It's weird 347 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: to have it come out of my mouth like that. Uh, 348 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: you know, Tiable, whatever you want to say about him, 349 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, not having him does not help you, you 350 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: know what I mean. He's not going to be the 351 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: reason that you win, but he could be a reason 352 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: that you lose. Like to your point, you have no 353 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: one to guard pass Yalcam the biggest reason though, because 354 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: I think Joel Empie's gonna have a monster series against 355 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: uh Toronto. I just think he's that good. They don't 356 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: they don't really have a great matchup for him. But 357 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: James Harden has been Charles Barkley turrible, turrible, really really 358 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: bad for like six weeks now. Like he he he 359 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: looks you know, unexplosive. Uh, he can't get into the paint. 360 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: He's not shooting the ball will from the outside. And 361 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 1: the one thing that Toronto has in spades, if they 362 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: don't get a lot of sides on the inside, they 363 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: got like seven guys who are between six six and 364 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: six ten and arranging and athletic than can all defend. 365 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: So if you're thinking that Joel Embiad, who was fantastic, 366 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: is going to be able to be a Nick Nurse 367 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: coach team who was arguably a top five coach in 368 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: the entire NBA, no argument he's he's very good. He's 369 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: a fantastic coach. Doc Rivers on the other side, who 370 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,479 Speaker 1: while chronicles history of choking. If you think that Joel 371 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: Embiid by himself is going to be able to overcome 372 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: the coaching mismatch, James Harden being I don't know if 373 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: he's lost a stepper. If he's here, I don't know 374 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: what it is, but not being pique James Harden against 375 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: an upstart team with athletic wings, good coaching, and you're 376 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: down your best perimeter defender and here in k you 377 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: might say you're only real perimeter defender. I give me 378 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: a Toronto and seven. Now, the Sixers went won one 379 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: game against the Raptors this season. Toronto won three obviously, Harden, 380 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: you know didn't play all those, But I mean the 381 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: game the Sixers one, Rob I'm looking at the box score. 382 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: This is from I don't know, way way back. It 383 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: looks like December. The Raptors started one to Nab at center, 384 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: McKay flynn at point guard, Gary Trent Junior at shooting guard. 385 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: Like we're not going to see those guys in the 386 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: starting lineup. Uh here for game one. This is a 387 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: Raptors team. I'm telling listen, I know people haven't really 388 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: locked it on the Raptors because they were not good 389 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: last year. Uh, they surprised everybody going with Scotty barn 390 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: Scotty Barnes has been phenomenal and I'll say this, Scottie 391 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: are and he's gonna give James Harden some problems that 392 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: the defensive end. Like you don't want the Scottie Barnes smoke. 393 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: He I mean the guy. I know the offense has 394 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: been questioned, He's been pretty impressive at the defensive end. 395 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: Made a strong push for Rookie of the Year. Rob. 396 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: I can't believe you're in agreement with me. Sixer fans 397 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: are gonna get angry. And just to clear it up, 398 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: because I had all these tweets last night from Sixers fans, 399 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: why do you hate Philly guys. I lived outside of 400 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: Philly for seven years. I went to Sixers games. Um. 401 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: I played in a media game on the court at 402 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: the Wells Fargo Center. I no Darryl Morey a little bit. 403 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a fan. I've texted him. He 404 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: hasn't replanted to responded to a text of Miner in 405 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: a while. I'll just allowed that. And I like what 406 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: I like the ownership group. It's a good organization. Obviously, 407 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: Joel Embie is one of the best players in the league. 408 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: I'm not the hugest fan, but and it's undeniable that 409 00:20:54,880 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: he's very, very good and guys, I have nothing. I 410 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: don't hate the Sixers. I just don't think James Harden 411 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: is a winning player. I've got some questions about whether 412 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 1: it's gonna work with him and the himbid. And I 413 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: think there's a terrible matchup with the Raptors. Who even 414 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: this kid pressous precious a chewa. He was at Memphis. 415 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: He was like a power forward. The guy is knocking 416 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: down threes like it's nothing like Nick Nurson is pulling 417 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: all the right buttons. Folks pushing all the right buttons, 418 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: and Rob put it well like that's a coaching mismatch 419 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: Nurse against Doc Rivers. Is I don't I don't know 420 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: what happens Rob in Philadelphia when they lose the series, 421 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: Like I'm not entirely sure. What like does Mori fire Rivers? 422 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: Like yeah, I mean he lost Game seven and last 423 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: year at home to the Hawks. I don't know how 424 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: you bring Rivers back? Like, what is Harden gonna want 425 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: to stick around after our first round loss? It's going 426 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: to be an epic podcast. Let me tell you what 427 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: if and when they get in Emanada where it's this 428 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: first round of the second round, whatever it is, it's 429 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: going to be a fantastic podcast from me and you, 430 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: and I think it might be one of our most 431 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: downloaded of the year. It's just gonna be. I mean, 432 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: remember I want our undisputed Rob and said, these bozos 433 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: in Philly are saying Harden and Beat is the new 434 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: Kobe and Shack. And I know what you guys are 435 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 1: gonna be. You're responsibibly, well, it's only only played like 436 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: forty games together, not even whatever is And you know 437 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: we gotta give him more time to bake. Really, you really, 438 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: James Harden at this age, guys, I don't see it happening. 439 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 440 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 441 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 442 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live at any rate. 443 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: To get back to the East. The one team that 444 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: I was mentioned with Russell Westbrook in a potential trade 445 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: is the Charlotte Hornets. Now, Rob g I'm sure you've 446 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: read this US, but the Gordon Hayward story in Charlotte, 447 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: you know it's great when they got him. That ship 448 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: has apparently sailed and it seems to be over for 449 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward, who is continuously hurt and it sounds like 450 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: his season is over. So Charlotte's obviously building around uh Bridges, 451 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: who's pretty nice ball Rosier PGA Washington. They could have 452 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: at They could have a good pick this year. The 453 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: kid McDaniels has looked pretty good in Spurts book. Night 454 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: didn't show much. I don't know what happened to Ubre. 455 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: They got Harold, they like they got a good nucleus. 456 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: It sounds like because the Hayward has years left on 457 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: his deal, they will then go to the Lakers and say, hey, 458 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: we'll take Russ off your hands, right because there's only 459 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: one year left on Russ's deal, then you just kick 460 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: him to the curb. So basically it's a salary dump 461 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: of Hayward. Do you want Gordon Hayward and his damaged 462 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: goods um and then you know, we'll toss in whatever 463 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 1: gave us Russ and you know, a future first round 464 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: pick rod his I would do that. Yeah. Literally, any 465 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: you know guy with the pulse who can be uh 466 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: an average starting player in the NBA, sign me up 467 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: for that. Whether it's uh Hayward and Rosier or you know, 468 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: Hayward and Ubre, or if it's Indiana and it's you know, 469 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: Healed and Broggden or Brogden and Turner, or if it's 470 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: the Knicks and it's you know, Alec Burke's, Nevin Fournier 471 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: and maybe Julius Randall. I don't care. If you can 472 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: give me two marginal starters for Russell Westbrook, I'm happy 473 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: as a Laker fan. So here's the problem with Hayward, 474 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: rob and I am a huge Gordon Hayward fans. I 475 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: when I first got to Fox, one of the producers, uh, 476 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 1: this guy Jim Rodman, super good guy, biggest Utah Jazz fan, 477 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: and I came in one day. We got to talk 478 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: about the jazz and Gordon Hayward. Of course, you know 479 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: this one d bag who worked on the show. I 480 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: shouldn't say that, this guy who worked on the show, 481 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: who had a lot of cloud and he's no longer 482 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: I don't even think in sports. Um. He was like, 483 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: we're not talking about that, you know, Like all right, 484 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: So me and Rob, me and Jim Rodman became friends 485 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: talking about the jazz a lot, and I'm like bullish 486 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: on Gordon Hayward. I'm like, this guy's awesome. I was 487 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: ready robbed to get a Gordon Hayward jersey, the throwback 488 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: Kelly Green Utah Jazz, and then all of a sudden 489 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: he bolts for the Celtics. And it's funny because at 490 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: the time it was like devastating for the Jazz. Meanwhile, 491 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: they ended up getting Donovan Mitchell. I think like the 492 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: next year and it was just like, oh, well, everything's 493 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: fine now. Gordon Hayward first game with Boston, I think 494 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: it was like first minute, right, first couple of minutes, 495 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: he suffers that gruesome leg injury. He's never been the 496 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: same Rob played uh in the COVID year, he was 497 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: he was having a solid year, but he only played 498 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: fifty two games. The following bubble year forty four games, 499 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: and then this year for games like the injuries are 500 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: starting to mount up. He's thirty one. Now you sure 501 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: you want? I mean, he's basically not going to be 502 00:25:55,400 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: reliable if he comes to l A. You act like 503 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: that's going to deter me. You know, we saw what 504 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook looked like this season. You know, I would 505 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: rather have Gordon Hayward and whoever else from you know, 506 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: Charlotte for games, then of Russell Westbrook. Yeah, the idea 507 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: of Russ taking over the second unit the way he 508 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: did in Washington, that's just not happening at anyway. Um 509 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: So that that's kind of my my read on the 510 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: East of teams that can win the finals. I said 511 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: there were five. I've mentioned three, Milwaukee, Miami, Phoenix. Now 512 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: then last two, one in each conference, are the two 513 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: I'll get put back on. First up, the Brooklyn Nets 514 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: thirteenth in offense and defense. Those numbers are very skewed 515 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: because of Kyrie Irving in his situation. We're just going 516 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: to call it a situation. That's it, and then obviously 517 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: the Kevin Durant situation. Joe Harris out of the year, 518 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, they traded for me as and played a game. 519 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: He is weird for Brooklyn. But Rob, I'm sorry, I 520 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: cannot count a team out when you have Kevin Durant 521 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: and Kyrie Irving. And I know that that's been, you know, 522 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: a trope that everybody's been saying for the last couple 523 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: of weeks. I've heard such crazy stories that like people 524 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: are actually saying that Kevin Durant is like complaining in 525 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: postgame interviews about how tired he is because he has 526 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: to play forty minutes tonight because these guys are so bad. 527 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: Katie has to play heavy minutes against garbage teams just 528 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: to win games. What's he gonna have left up? Like, 529 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? He's like like fifty games 530 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: this year. Do you what? I don't want to hear 531 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: that you don't think he's gonna be super geek for 532 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs? And the idea that Kyrie Irving is like 533 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: somehow gonna be tired when he's played like maybe half 534 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: a season. If anything, Rob, I would say the opposite 535 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: true k D and Kyrie check out on the regular 536 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 1: season and they're like, oh, playoffs, all right, let's go now. 537 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: I know they won't have Joe Harris, who is instrumental, 538 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: but they do have Seth Curry. I don't think they 539 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: play a lot of defense, which could be a problem. 540 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: It will not be in the playing game. But I'm sorry, 541 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: I can't say the Brooklyn Nets are not one of 542 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: the five teams who can win the title because, guys, 543 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: they lead Milwaukee to one last year and then Kyrie 544 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: gets hurt. And by the way, in Game three when 545 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: they were up to nothing, go look at like the 546 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,719 Speaker 1: final two minutes. It's like a close game. Nobody can 547 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: make a shot. The Nets take the lead and then 548 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: they lose it. Bucks get lucky as hell to win that. 549 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: Then Kyrie gets hurt and they still barely win Game 550 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 1: seven because Kevin Durant shoe size, blah blah blah. Listen, 551 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: I don't like the roster. I do like Patty Mills, 552 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: I like Seth Curry, Bruce Brown could be effective. I 553 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: love the Camp Thomas experience. But I'm sorry, I'm gonna 554 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: always say if Kevin Durant is healthy and breathing, then 555 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: Nets come win the title. Rob, you surely agree, absolutely, 556 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: not absolutely. I don't even think the Brooklyn Nets are 557 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: the most dangerous playing team that would be lost angelous 558 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: Clippers in general. I think the Clippers are the most 559 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: dangerous playing team by far. We'll get to that later 560 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: in the week after they win their playing game against 561 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: Minnesota and that we can get into that a little 562 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: bit deeper. But with the Brooklyn Nets, they don't play 563 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: any defense at all at all. Um, Kyrie Irving, since 564 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: he became a full time player, has been a lesser 565 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: version of Kyrie Irving. You know, when he was a 566 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,239 Speaker 1: part time player, he was he was fantain. He might 567 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: have been the greatest player in name of history. Like 568 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: he was getting forty points on sixty shooting, like, you know, 569 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: once a week. Since he got to full time, his 570 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: numbers fell off a little bit. I don't know if 571 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: it's because he his body is not comfortable yet to 572 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: the grind of playing that consistently, you know, because it's 573 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: even though these guys are world class athletes, you still 574 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: have to prepare yourself for playing two games in three days, 575 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: three games in four nights, whatever kind of thing it is. Um, 576 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: that won't be as big of a deal. And in 577 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: the postseason because it's every other day, it's spaced out. 578 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: But he I just don't know if you can jump 579 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: into it like that. Uh Ben Simmons. I don't expect 580 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: him to play at all, So that's that's a wash. 581 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: Patty Mills has not been able to hit the red 582 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: side of a barn. And over two months, we have 583 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: Carrie Kittle on our our radio show on Fox Sports 584 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Radio every week. He does some local stuff with the 585 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: nets on television there and he is flabbergasted as to 586 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: what's gone wrong with Patty Mills. Patty Mills was the 587 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: most reliable player for the first half of the season 588 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: and then he just fell off a cliff. Uh. Seth 589 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: Curry is good. I like him. Andre Drummond, the big Penguin, 590 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: former Laker. You know, he's big. That that that's that's 591 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: pretty much where the extent of his skills ends. You know, 592 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: in a playoff setting, Kevin Durant is fantastic, But similar 593 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: to the Joe l mb situation, I don't know how 594 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: much one guy can carry you through against good teams 595 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: if they were the two seed or if they were 596 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: the one seed. And they had to go against Charlotte 597 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: or they had to go against Cleveland or someone like that. 598 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: Then they you know, they worked out the Kings in 599 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: round one. They're kind of humming around two and then 600 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: you see what's going on from there. I they haven't 601 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: been playing good basketball. I don't trust Steve Nash as 602 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: a coach at all. Ever since Mike D'Antoni left that 603 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: they seemed to have been in a complete disarray. Uh No, 604 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: I don't think the Brooklyn Neston went to happy this season. 605 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: M Interesting. Um My computer was just going, hey, why there, 606 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: because I was trying to watch this video about the 607 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: next guy we're about to talk about. But Rob, I 608 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: just what is so different about the Nets not playing 609 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,719 Speaker 1: defense this year verse last year. It's not like they 610 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: had some incredible interior defensive play. Griffin lit like they couldn't. 611 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: I just is this simply a fact of they were 612 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: They didn't care about the regular season and they're gonna 613 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: quote unquote flip the switch come playoff time. Because I 614 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: look at this team last year and I'm looking on 615 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: the UM efficiency numbers defensively for m and Brooklyn. Last 616 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:54,239 Speaker 1: year defensively was Let's see, they were twenty, they were 617 00:31:55,480 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: tied and they were um like half an inch away 618 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: from advancing over the Bucks. So, like, I just I'm 619 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: not buying the whole defense. Like the NBA at this 620 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: point is so good. Everybody's so good offensively that I 621 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: just don't know how much defense actually matters. I don't. 622 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: I just does it matter that like it used to, 623 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: because you know, Kevin Durray could beat any defensive to Aladdin, 624 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving pretty much can beat any defense. Joel Embiid 625 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: is gonna get forty and twenty probably twice against Raptors. 626 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: Like I, just a good offense, I think in two 627 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: beats a good defense. Would you agree, yeah? Absolutely? But 628 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: the problem is, again, because they're a seven seed at best, 629 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: they're going to have to go through a gauntlet of 630 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: teams to get to where they want to go. The 631 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: reads for the exact same reasons that you're picking against 632 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: Boston to come out and win the championship. Is why 633 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: I'm picking against the Brooklyn Nets. I don't think they'll 634 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: be able to get through a hypothetical matchup Boston, who 635 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: has the best defense with Robert Williams the best defense, 636 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: I think of the last three a year or something 637 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: like that. Statistically, they were they were lights out. They've 638 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: taken a step back without him, but they still have 639 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: great wing defenders. Al Horford, as old as he is, 640 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: can defend his ass off. They say they get through them. Oh, 641 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: there's Janice, who I think is the best player in 642 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: the world right now waiting for him in the second round. 643 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: They get through them. Oh yeah, by the way, there's Miami, 644 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: who is arguably the best coach team in all the basketball. 645 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: They have more depth than they can even use, and 646 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: they are uniquely qualified with the guys that they have 647 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: on their roster to match up with Kevin Durant, to 648 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: match up with Kyrie Irving. So where is your advantage 649 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: against them? I don't trust that they'll be able to 650 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,959 Speaker 1: get through that kind of gauntlet and win a championship, 651 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: at least not the version that we've seen from them 652 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, I mean it's a fair point. I'm 653 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: just I'm probably giving Kevin Durant too much credit because 654 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: you guys know, I'm like Kevin Durant fan um, and 655 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's a shaky fourth team to win the title. 656 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: And again, that's the NBA where everybody takes only like 657 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: two teams coming the title. I'm trying. I'm trotting out 658 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: five the fifth team. Y'all are gonna hate. Fox Sports 659 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 660 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot 661 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app. Search f 662 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. I have been the champion 663 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: of this player. I've called him the best player in 664 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: the league. He's the biggest difference maker. He makes players 665 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: better more than anyone else in the league. And that, 666 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: of course is Luca don j and the Mavericks. MAVs 667 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: fourteenth th offense, sixth and defense. Their defense have been 668 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: tremendous since they got din Witty that that trade. Obviously, 669 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: dumping Porzinguis was huge. They don't get put in the 670 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: pick and roll blunder every night. Dwight Powell is a 671 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: very good player, serviceable, big Burton's I guarrant. Remember I 672 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: called the Malik Monk, I called what was the other one? 673 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: I called Robert. I said this guy would have a 674 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 1: monster game, whatever it is. I don't want to pat 675 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,359 Speaker 1: myself on the back any further, but I tell you now, 676 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: Rob Davis, Bertans will have one playoff game where he 677 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,919 Speaker 1: hits six threes. Take that to the bank. He will 678 00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: have one game where hes he just goes off. You're like, 679 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: are tons, they can't do anything but your threes and 680 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 1: he's just flashing. It will happen, because this is the NBA. 681 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: Everybody has like one awesome game where they go lights 682 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,800 Speaker 1: out and postal. That being said, Luca did suffer a 683 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: quote unquote calf strain in the season finale. And it's 684 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 1: weird Rob, because so he picked up a technical in 685 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 1: the second and last game of the season. He was 686 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: supposed to be suspended for the final game, but then 687 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,360 Speaker 1: they rescinded the tech because it was obviously a bogus 688 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: tech because it's Luca Donte. It's like, you know, and 689 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: he ends up playing there. Now they're up twenty, he 690 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: strains the calf and leaves. Apparently it's not serious. Is 691 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: this Luca just saying, hey, hey, we're up twenty, we 692 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: got this. I'm gonna shut it down. I don't need 693 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: to play anymore or locked in. You guys don't on 694 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: team Luca done. And here here's the craziest thing, Rob, 695 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: I had all these guys coming after me. Um once 696 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: the NBA season starts winding down and insulin becomes just 697 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: like it's inevitable, right, you get this. And I said, 698 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,399 Speaker 1: in Jordan's prime, like look at the size of the wings. Yeah, 699 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: there was like one penny and one grand Hill and Scotty. 700 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: But like the modern player right now, these guys dwarf 701 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: those dudes, the stars Janice, there was nobody in his ballpark. 702 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: Look at Luca Lucas six eight, like to forty, and 703 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: I think he came in heavier. Rob Remember early in 704 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: the season they were like fat Luca. Look at posting 705 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: up Scotty. People would have like, no problem, none, He's 706 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: a large human being. Six to m j By the way, 707 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: guys six six, he was like to ten to fifteen. 708 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: Remember early in his career is getting pushed around by 709 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: the Celtics. We had to beef up and add like 710 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: ten pounds to get to like to twenty. Remember Luca 711 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: Done has twenty pounds and two inches on Michael Jordan's 712 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 1: That's huge in the NBA. So I'm just again, I'm 713 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: not trapping. I'm not saying Jordan's too small. I'm not 714 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 1: saying it was gonna hit Michael Jordan. You you're too 715 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: small on the post. Luca does that, by the way, 716 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: to people. But this guy is just unbelievable and if 717 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:06,919 Speaker 1: anybody can carry a team, it's Luca Dodges. Now they 718 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 1: did go oh. I think I haven't hear in mind us. 719 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: They went oh in three against the Sons. But here's 720 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: the good news. All three games, single digit losses. All 721 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: three games no Spencer Dinwitty. So the Suns have not 722 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: seen the new look Maths, who have been great, Rob undeniable, 723 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the league for the 724 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,600 Speaker 1: last six weeks. They have sword it. I think they 725 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: were like seventh, and they went all I think for 726 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 1: a minute they were looking at maybe the third seed 727 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: and maybe the second. I don't know if they could 728 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: have caught Memphis at any point, but I just, I mean, 729 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: I'm infatuated with Luca. I think after two straight years 730 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 1: of losing to the Clippers and Kauai and Paul George, 731 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: not just the Clippers but Kawai and Paul George, they 732 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: break through this year. Now. The only little issue I 733 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 1: have Rob is leaving off the Memphis Grizzlies, who are 734 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 1: staggeringly I mean, fourth in offense in the league, fifth 735 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: in defense, is that, uh, kind of a harsh omission 736 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,839 Speaker 1: on our part, my part, I don't want to. I'll 737 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 1: let you answer that before I go deep. No, I 738 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: don't think so. I mean, like I said, there was 739 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: a reason why I have the Clippers. That's the most 740 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: dangerous playing team, and it's because assuming that they get 741 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: that win and they get the seven seeds, they get 742 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,320 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are great, but the problem 743 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,839 Speaker 1: is they're young, they're inexperienced. They're gonna be in this 744 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,960 Speaker 1: situation going against the better coach with bigger name stars 745 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: and Paul George Um the it's just hard to you know, 746 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 1: in the NBA, you don't win big unless you lose first. 747 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: Like it's no one hardly ever goes from never winning 748 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 1: a playoff series to winning a championships. It doesn't happen 749 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 1: unless you want to remind everybody about Kobe and Shack 750 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: what happened at first, like people have forgotten all about Yeah, 751 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 1: I mean it was Kobe air balls in Utah. People 752 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: don't remember that, never forget that several of them. And 753 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: so I think if Memphis were to get if they 754 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: were to somehow get a like Minnesota that maybe you 755 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: feel different about them. Maybe they get that first playoff 756 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 1: win and then move lose in the Western Finals something 757 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,439 Speaker 1: like that. But I don't see you going from never 758 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,840 Speaker 1: winning a playoff series to winning a championship. So no, 759 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,400 Speaker 1: I don't think it's blasphemers at all to say that 760 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: they cannot win a championship this season. I know everybody 761 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,719 Speaker 1: gets all excited. They went twenty and three without John 762 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 1: Moran and then I don't know who it was the 763 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 1: drill down one of these bloggers was like, let's take 764 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: a look at these twenty wins and it was against 765 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: like bottom feeders throughout. It was like, oh, they're beating 766 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: up Tomato Cans without job Moran. Still nice to get wins, 767 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,839 Speaker 1: uh without job Moran obviously, But as you said, I'm 768 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 1: I'm into this Clippers team. Now. They did beat the 769 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:44,799 Speaker 1: Clippers in like the first week of the season, but uh, 770 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: was that was that this season? Yeah? I think it was. Yeah, 771 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 1: and Paul George played it was a close game, but 772 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: this is a dangerous Clippers team. And listen, I gotta 773 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,359 Speaker 1: give Tylewis Flower it's great coach. You did mention Minnesota. Rob. 774 00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: I need to quickly diverge. There's a chance I think 775 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: it should certainly happen that Patrick Beverley is suspended for 776 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 1: the play in game, and I wanted to do ten 777 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,719 Speaker 1: minutes on this. It's probably not worthy, but you guys know, 778 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,440 Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley is a pest of the highest order. He's 779 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: a gnat. He is when you're at a cookout. He's 780 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: that gnat that will not leave you alone, and you 781 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: can't kill it. He just keeps swarming around you. So 782 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: he on Sunday night, he drives in his scores and 783 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 1: then he like loses his balance and falls into the referee, 784 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,960 Speaker 1: and for because he's an idiot and a buffoon, he 785 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,200 Speaker 1: like turns to the referee and flexes at the referee 786 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: like I'm too strong for you or you can't stop it. 787 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: I don't know why you would flex at a ref 788 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,399 Speaker 1: And then he jogs down the court and the ref 789 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,840 Speaker 1: goes technical and Patrick Beverley already had one tech, so 790 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 1: he knew he was getting ejected. So he turns around, 791 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,840 Speaker 1: walks toward the referee, points him and says, you're trash. 792 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: Your trash, and his teammates come and run and get him, 793 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,319 Speaker 1: and the announcers are like, yoh, he's gotta be careful. 794 00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 1: He doesn't want to get suspended for the playing game. 795 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,240 Speaker 1: It breaks away from the player and goes you're tracked 796 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: looking at the guy. Listen. I know referees make bad calls. 797 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: I hate the ref show. I'm not there to see referees. 798 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: But Rob, this is uncalled for and this is excessive, 799 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 1: and you can I get f bombing refs. That's an 800 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,400 Speaker 1: F and terrible call. I get all that. I understand 801 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: that that's normal. But to look at a ref and 802 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,719 Speaker 1: pointed him and say you're trash? What precedent does that 803 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,280 Speaker 1: set for players going forward? Like for since the dawn 804 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,839 Speaker 1: of time, we've heard players, Oh, that's an fing terrible call, 805 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:41,720 Speaker 1: that's garbage, Michael Jordan's Lebron everybody, Oh that total heart horrible. 806 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:46,440 Speaker 1: That's normal to point at someone and call them trash. 807 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 1: I feel is even worse than saying that's an F 808 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: and terrible call. Now, Rob, I will give you a 809 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,440 Speaker 1: somewhat false equivalence that I love. I'm gonna call an equivalence. 810 00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,319 Speaker 1: Some people will call it false. This one time I 811 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 1: was driving and I think I've mentioned this on the 812 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,640 Speaker 1: pod before. And I think I inadvertently cut someone off, 813 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:09,960 Speaker 1: and I was younger. They get all upset, drive up 814 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: next to me and don't give me the middle finger, Rob, 815 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,719 Speaker 1: They give me the thumbs down. They look at me 816 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,320 Speaker 1: and just do thumbs down. They don't say anything, and 817 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, probably middle fingers, and you're like, I'll blow 818 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: it out, you know whatever. The thumbs down viscerally got 819 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,960 Speaker 1: me angry, like I'm not a good drive? Are you 820 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,719 Speaker 1: kidding me? I'm not a good I listen, I'm not 821 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,800 Speaker 1: one of these road rage guys. But I I almost 822 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: lost it just from a thumbs down. So now there's 823 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,520 Speaker 1: no point in middle fingering somebody you're cursing at him. 824 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: The thumbs down is the way to go, like you're 825 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,640 Speaker 1: you're bad at driving? Is actually worse than an F 826 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: word in the same vein that your trash, I think 827 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: is worse than an effort. Did I sell you? Rob? 828 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: Should Pat bev Bess spended for the t Wolves playing game? No, 829 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: that was a terrible argument in my opinion. No, there's 830 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: nothing calling a referee trash is not a disrespectful as 831 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,560 Speaker 1: which I've heard with my own ears and seeing with 832 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:18,880 Speaker 1: my two eyes. Guys, saying f you to the referee, 833 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: calling them a bit, calling them Kobe. I think Kobe 834 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,960 Speaker 1: got suspended for that. Yeah, Kobe called he got suspended 835 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: and fined by the NBA because he called a referee 836 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: home against almost actual slur. I think you have multiple games, right, Yeah. 837 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,720 Speaker 1: I mean there's been guys who have called officials another 838 00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:41,640 Speaker 1: word for a cat, which I want to choose not to, 839 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,879 Speaker 1: you know, say, podcast, what is it rid with wuss? Yes, 840 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,799 Speaker 1: something like that. So no, I don't think saying that 841 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: a guy is trash is gonna be enough for him 842 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,760 Speaker 1: to be suspended for a game. Do not see that? Interesting? 843 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:59,359 Speaker 1: All right? If if Patrick Beverley is suspended, I will 844 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,120 Speaker 1: be doing it to relap on this podcast. I will 845 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: tag will you will pull the audio and I will 846 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,560 Speaker 1: tag him on I G And I'm sure he's gonna 847 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,040 Speaker 1: get hate. He seems like an angry guy, although if 848 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,280 Speaker 1: you go to his Instagram, you know he's got obviously 849 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,920 Speaker 1: a lovely famous girlfriend. But he seems like he's like 850 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,800 Speaker 1: kind of normal and okay, Um, I don't know. I 851 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,640 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves are kind of dangerous, kind of Um, I 852 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,480 Speaker 1: don't think. I don't think the Clippers can win the title. 853 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't think Memphis can obviously, I don't think the 854 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,359 Speaker 1: Timberwolves scan. But as it stands down again, there's still 855 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,440 Speaker 1: something left to shake out. Once the playing games are 856 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: done by Friday, we'll have our official picks, But as 857 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,600 Speaker 1: of now, Rob, we'll round out the podcast. Do you 858 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,239 Speaker 1: have any first round Why don't we just go through 859 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,080 Speaker 1: the four first round series that we know of and 860 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,240 Speaker 1: give me your picks? Okay, Well, I mean the big shocker, 861 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,480 Speaker 1: which I already revealed before, is I think Toronto is 862 00:44:54,480 --> 00:45:00,279 Speaker 1: gonna be Philadelphia Luca. His injury is a question. I 863 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,040 Speaker 1: know that you're not too concerned. Wait, wait, wait, let's 864 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,000 Speaker 1: let's stay in the East. First. Bucks, Bulls, Bucks, Bulls. 865 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:09,920 Speaker 1: Give me the Bucks. Yeah in four or five? Uh? Four? 866 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 1: You're not even given to March Rosen one game? Damn, 867 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,839 Speaker 1: So bucks are just out for blood playoffs. Is not 868 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,960 Speaker 1: the best, That's not That's not a thing. Okay, Um, 869 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,200 Speaker 1: I'll give the Bulls five. There I think can steal 870 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,480 Speaker 1: one Cruse show, Come on, big fan of cru show. Yeah, 871 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,600 Speaker 1: at least there are a couple of Lakers in the Caruso. 872 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:41,040 Speaker 1: Who else Kuzma known? Yeah? Um yeah, um, Golden State Warriors. 873 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,040 Speaker 1: I think they advanced, like we don't. It's tough to 874 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,560 Speaker 1: pick it with the Warriors not knowing the Curry status. 875 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:47,239 Speaker 1: And I didn't put them on in list of can 876 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,279 Speaker 1: win the title because I don't know what's up with Curry. 877 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,120 Speaker 1: What's the latest rob Is he gonna play in the 878 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,080 Speaker 1: first round. That's what they had said about a week ago, 879 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,000 Speaker 1: which is kind of funny that you're you're afraid to 880 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,200 Speaker 1: pick the Warriors, but you're not as afraid to pick 881 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,319 Speaker 1: Luca in the MAVs. Like I know that Woe said. 882 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,279 Speaker 1: It's they don't think it's serious and we'll find out 883 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:03,719 Speaker 1: more later today. I guess you gets an m R 884 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,160 Speaker 1: I or something like that. But I just I wouldn't 885 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,320 Speaker 1: feel comfortable picking the MAVs not knowing if Luca is 886 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,719 Speaker 1: gonna be hind to percent or not. Yeah, I mean, 887 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,359 Speaker 1: I think avoiding the Suns is huge for Golden State. 888 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,160 Speaker 1: UM second round against Memphis, I think they win that, 889 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,920 Speaker 1: but Current needs to be healthy because memphisis memphisis can 890 00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:24,120 Speaker 1: be scary. They a have that explosive ability. They could 891 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,560 Speaker 1: just go off, you know, the spurt ability that Clark 892 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,440 Speaker 1: Kellogg likes to talk about in college basketball, Memphis can 893 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:36,040 Speaker 1: roll get rolling, man, Um, I think that. Yeah. I 894 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,279 Speaker 1: think Dallas advances. I think gold State advances. I don't 895 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,840 Speaker 1: think I'm picking any of the playing teams, although Clippers 896 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,480 Speaker 1: would be interesting. I think t Wolves could push push Memphis. 897 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:51,640 Speaker 1: I'm a big Anthony Edwards guy and Karl Anthony Towns. 898 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,120 Speaker 1: Memphis is still young, so that that could go anyway. 899 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,080 Speaker 1: The Spurs. I think we agree Spurs and Pelicans are 900 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,160 Speaker 1: doing anything. I will say the first bet I made 901 00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:02,280 Speaker 1: was Spurs getting five and a half against the Pelicans. 902 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:03,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how the Pelicans are favored by five 903 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,120 Speaker 1: and a half over anyone. Uh. It just doesn't make 904 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,840 Speaker 1: sense to me unless somebody knows something about Zion playing. 905 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,839 Speaker 1: I can't imagine that Zion hasn't played a game all 906 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: season and then he shows up for the play in. 907 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:21,240 Speaker 1: You know, the Spurs beat him recently. I Popovich good coach. 908 00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,640 Speaker 1: I like the John D. Murray, So that that's my 909 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,920 Speaker 1: first bet so far off the playing But um, all right, 910 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,360 Speaker 1: Rob geez, that went along. We'll do awards later in 911 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:33,120 Speaker 1: the week. I guess any other parting shots. To wrap 912 00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:40,319 Speaker 1: up a lengthy first podcast back from vacation quick party 913 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,200 Speaker 1: shot at the Milwaukee Bucks, who tanked to avoid the 914 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:47,279 Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets in Round one. Potentially. I'm not saying that 915 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:49,120 Speaker 1: the Bucks are gonna, you know, because I think they're 916 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:50,799 Speaker 1: one of the teams I think that can win it. 917 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,080 Speaker 1: But the last time we saw a contending team tank 918 00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,719 Speaker 1: a final game to avoid a certain playoff matchup, which 919 00:47:56,719 --> 00:47:59,680 Speaker 1: would be the Bubble Clippers, things did not end to 920 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:04,240 Speaker 1: well for them. The basketball gods are fickle, so just saying, 921 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:09,360 Speaker 1: just saying worried about them, spicy. Um. I guess I 922 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:13,759 Speaker 1: will wrap up with a non sports thing. One of 923 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:19,680 Speaker 1: the bigger stories in just you know media today is 924 00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:24,640 Speaker 1: gonna be Elon Musk and Twitter. You guys know, I'm 925 00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 1: a heavy Twitter user, obviously because I'm in sports media 926 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:29,800 Speaker 1: rob as well, like you just it's just part of 927 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,840 Speaker 1: the job. I've never been a huge fan of Twitter, 928 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,400 Speaker 1: but it's a necessary evil we've got. We've got to 929 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:40,200 Speaker 1: be on it for our job. And Elon Musk had 930 00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:43,680 Speaker 1: me mildly optimistic when he bought it he became the 931 00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:47,200 Speaker 1: largest shareholder. Recently, I forget like, oh, maybe they're gonna 932 00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,880 Speaker 1: fix this thing and delete all the trash people and 933 00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,920 Speaker 1: make people use their real name and stuff, and and 934 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,920 Speaker 1: the bots and the hate speech. It's like, it's it's 935 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,960 Speaker 1: kind of a crappy, I think social media outlet. That 936 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,799 Speaker 1: being said, it's necessary because that's where a lot of 937 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,799 Speaker 1: news breaks. But late last night, Elon must decided not 938 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:12,279 Speaker 1: to join the board of directors for Twitter, and I 939 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:15,000 Speaker 1: don't you know, just as optimistic as I was that, oh, 940 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:16,799 Speaker 1: maybe Elon is gonna clean up the Twitter, like I 941 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:21,279 Speaker 1: don't know, Like I don't I have no idea what 942 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,320 Speaker 1: to make of this. Now, this is the non sports 943 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, how often do you like, if you 944 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:29,640 Speaker 1: look at your apps for most used, Twitter has gotta 945 00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,080 Speaker 1: be up there, right, it's number one. Well for me 946 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,400 Speaker 1: it's for work, yes, but yeah, it's number one. I 947 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:40,279 Speaker 1: just wonder non media people are they on it as 948 00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,839 Speaker 1: much like if you're just a sports fan, are you 949 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,400 Speaker 1: on there all the time to see what I don't? 950 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:51,200 Speaker 1: I don't think you're probably or Facebook even probably a 951 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:55,360 Speaker 1: year ago, maybe maybe a year and a half, Instagram 952 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,880 Speaker 1: for me started to overtake Twitter and where my usage 953 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,560 Speaker 1: is because I just feel like you it's more positive. 954 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,319 Speaker 1: It's just a better experience than every day opening a 955 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:09,279 Speaker 1: social media app and just hearing people say, you're a 956 00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,239 Speaker 1: mother effing blank, you don't know blank, why do you 957 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,239 Speaker 1: hate this? It's just a hater's cauldron, that's all it is. 958 00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:19,279 Speaker 1: It's a hater's ball, really, And like, if you're not 959 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,799 Speaker 1: mentally I'm not trying to brag you, but if you 960 00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,279 Speaker 1: if you're not mentally strong and have a lot of 961 00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:32,040 Speaker 1: stuff too, take you away from Twitter, I e. A wife, kids, family, 962 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,239 Speaker 1: a dog, whatever, And every single day you come home 963 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,319 Speaker 1: and you're just looking at social media because it's part 964 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,560 Speaker 1: of your job. And like it's not healthy. It's just not. 965 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,600 Speaker 1: But it is a necessary evil and I've just started 966 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,200 Speaker 1: to use it less. But I'm telling you there's no 967 00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:52,480 Speaker 1: better place to be than NFL free agency, right, uh, 968 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,560 Speaker 1: NBA free agency, like once those days, those days are 969 00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:58,200 Speaker 1: awesome because that's where all the big, big news breaks, 970 00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:02,120 Speaker 1: not on regular races, but Elon Musk eventually, maybe we'll 971 00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:05,520 Speaker 1: get him on the pod. Yeah right, alright, guys, that's 972 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,840 Speaker 1: a long Monday podcast. Good to be back from vacation. 973 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:10,920 Speaker 1: Be bringing the noise and the funk all week. Talk 974 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:11,439 Speaker 1: to you soon.