1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Tuesday, 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: June twenty nine, And we thought we would have a 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: coronation today, on this lovely Tuesday morning. We thought that 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: we would be championing Chris Paul finally breaking through after 6 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: all these years of struggle and failure and injuries and 7 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: failure and trash hockey and failure, and finally getting to 8 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals. But alas it's not meant to be. 9 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: Paper Clips show up, Paul George, throw it in the 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: face of Rob g with a monster Monster forty one 11 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: and six in an elimination game will get to Paul George. 12 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: Gotta give Tyloson props. I have not above giving Tyloson props. Listen, 13 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: I know I've gone against him. The man shows up 14 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: at elimination games. Don't ask him to show up early 15 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: in the series, but elimination games, when it matters, when 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: the chips are down, Tyler shows up. We'll talk a 17 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: little bit about that. Um. There is a almost a 18 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: sad situation unfolding with Scottie Pippen, you guys, and may 19 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: have heard a little bit of this um it's getting ugly. 20 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that, and and I briefly, I don't 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: want to get too deep into it because some of 22 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: the details, which are twenty three years old, I believe, 23 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: are ugly and I'm not revisiting that. I'm not going 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: to relitigate the Chauncey Billups story from but as it 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: pertasted Dame Lillard, Portland's Trailblazers fans have definitely reason to 26 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: be concerned right now about Dame Lillard and wanting to 27 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: get the hell out of Dodge. But first, if you remember, 28 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: I returned from vacation yesterday, ladies and gentlemen and Rob 29 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: g tried to slide in a little dig at Paul George, 30 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: and I said, oh, well, I will not have any 31 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: of this Paul George slander. Let's just save that for 32 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: after game five. Let's see what happens. And I gotta 33 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: say I am so proud of Paul George taking a 34 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: page out of Lebron James's book and basically saying, hey, 35 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: y'all get involved. Morris Twin, I need you to go 36 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: off early. Reggie Jackson, I know you're chasing that paper 37 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: in the off season. Give me fourteen points in the 38 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: first half, and Paul George was laying in the cut. 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: Typical Lebron. This is what Lebron does. We saw Kevin 40 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: Durant do this. Uh in Game five against the Bucks. 41 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: This is what the Superstars do. They say, I'm gonna 42 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: get everyone else involved. I'm gonna rest because they're gonna 43 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: need my offense when everybody's gassed late in the game, 44 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take over. And Paul George at halftime was quiet. 45 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: The Sons were trailing, but Morris and Jackson had like 46 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: thirty two, maybe thirty four combined points at the half, 47 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: and you were like, huh, okay, d books playing well. 48 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: Chris Paul is doing what Chris Paul does late in series. 49 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: We'll get to that shortly. And third quarter comes and 50 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: Paul George takes the game by the throat and he 51 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: dropped a twenty piece on Jay Crowder, who kept fouling him. 52 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: Ended up getting a pretty dumb flagrant. I don't know 53 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: where Mickel Bridges was. He was on a milk cartner 54 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: in the second half. He barely played. I mean, Cameron 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: Johnson was hitting his three, so they needed the offense. 56 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: But Paul George went for twenty in the third, and 57 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: then in the fourth the Son's got close and Paul 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: George took it over. And guess who stepped up My 59 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: main man, Reggie Jackson stacking paper Like I mean, he 60 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: is gonna get paid. He's gotta be a twenty million 61 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: dollar guy. If you think Lonzo ball is getting twenty 62 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: million year, whether it's from Pel's Nick's heat, what is 63 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson gonna get Because, folks, Reggie Jackson's put on 64 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: a clinic in this series. He is not a pass 65 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: first point guard. He's a bucket getter. Reggie Jackson was 66 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: tremendous twenty three points close game late in the fourth, 67 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: and I put out a tweet that's you know, I 68 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: was a little concerned. I had the Reggie Jackson over 69 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: nineteen and a half points. I've been riding that Reggie 70 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: Jackson hard all series, and I said, where's Reggie Jacky. 71 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: At one point in the third quarter, it's like seven 72 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: minutes left, Reggie Jackson stuck on fifteen and he goes 73 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: for eight straight points literally right after my tweet. I mean, 74 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: I was not in thy loose huddle, but I was 75 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: in thy loose huddle, Reggie Jackson goes bonkers, Paul George 76 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: finishes them off, and folks listen, we can bask Paul 77 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: George all we want. I know, the hatred is steep. 78 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: And I had a basketball coach say this to me, 79 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: a youth basketball coach say this to me on Monday. 80 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: You know, Jay, it's weird when Kevin Love talks about 81 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: his mental I don't want to say amount to illness, 82 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: mental weakness or like, uh, rob g, what what exactly 83 00:04:58,440 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: to Kevin. Let's say he had like I don't know 84 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: if depression was the right word, but maybe it was anxiety. 85 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: But Kevin Love has talked at length about having some issues. Correct. Correct. 86 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: Paul George did the same thing last year in the Bubble. 87 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: Paul George said, you know, it was tough for me 88 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: being away and cooped up in this part. It was 89 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: just tough. And did anybody show Paul George any of 90 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: the respect that they showed Kevin Love? And it's weird, 91 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: like there is this I don't know. I don't want 92 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: to want to say hatred for Paul George, but it's 93 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: almost like people are rooting for him to fail. It's 94 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: very strange. People don't like Paul George. Now, it could 95 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: be that he demanded a trade out of Indiana. It 96 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: could be that he signed the big Matt and big 97 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: money deal with the thunder Memory celebrated with Russ with 98 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: the Cigars when everybody thought Paul George would go to 99 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: the Lakers um so obviously all half of l A 100 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: l A. He does not like Paul George. So he 101 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: stays in okay See and then the second Kawhi Leonards 102 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: like Yo come join me, He's out. And I don't 103 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: know if it's the jumping around. I don't know if 104 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: it's the whole playoff p I don't know if it's 105 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: the bubble failures, the dissing the Lakers, the wanting out 106 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: of uh Indiana. He's got a lot of enemies on 107 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: social media. A lot of the fans just do not 108 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: seem to like him. But it's undeniable. Paul George is 109 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: a top fifteen player in this league. And if he 110 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: can ever get consistent and Rob I don't know if 111 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: that's possible because he is the king of inconsistency. If 112 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: Paul George ever can get consistent, man, he's a top 113 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: ten player for sure. For a long time, it was 114 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler and Paul George who you got, And initially 115 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: it was Paul George, and then Jimmy Butler last year 116 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: took it because he went to the finals. And I 117 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: don't know, it's swinging back toward Paul George. You know 118 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: they're they're very similar, but Paul George a much better 119 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: three point shooter. Um. Obviously, Rob g will apologize for 120 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: comparing Chris Middleton to Paul George yesterday, but bottom line 121 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: is Paul George eight for eight from the free throw line. 122 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: None of those were pressure pack free throws. And I 123 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: gotta give it to Tyler. Tylu got DeMarcus Cousins in 124 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: the game, and DeMarcus Cousins in eleven minutes had fifteen points. 125 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: Tyler was without zu Bas and you could laugh at 126 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: what you want about Zoo bos I had a really 127 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: good game four. And he was without sergier Baka. He's 128 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: barely had Sergibaka all postseason. He was without Kawhi Leonard, 129 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: three of his top eight guys in the rotation seven eight, 130 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: and Tyler is pushing all the right buttons. Now, I'm 131 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: not gonna jump to any conclusions here. And say that 132 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: the Clippers are coming back and winning this series. But 133 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: I will say this, Rob G. You know this is 134 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: definitely true. Chris Paul is gonna have a couple of 135 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: sleepless nights here before going back to l A and 136 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: playing Game six because he has been here before. He 137 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: has been so close to the NBA Finals and whether 138 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: it was the shimmy game against Steph Curry and then 139 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: pulling the hamstring, all the injuries with Lobbs City May 140 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: and he's been close. And Chris Paul two for sixteen 141 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: on three pointers in this series three games. Um, And 142 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: this is not throwing shade at Chris Paul at all. 143 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: This is a factual statement. He's not facing the Denver 144 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: Nuggets backup point guards like he was last series when 145 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: everybody said, oh, he's got a twenty nine to one 146 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: is sister turnover or whatever? It was like he was 147 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: tremendous against Denver's backup point guards like Compozzo. Seriously, I mean, 148 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: what do they pull him off the Amalfi Coast. He 149 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: was out classed against Chris Paul. Pat Beverley, dirty fouls 150 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: at all is getting in his head. Uh. Terence Man 151 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: is a solid defender Terence Man is doing some work. Um, 152 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson is not getting abused. I'm telling you guys, 153 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: Chris Paul struggling out here. And what they're doing is 154 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: they're clogging the lane. They know he can't make three, 155 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: so they're just taking away that elbow jumper, that foul 156 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: line jumper, that mid range game. That's so devastating from 157 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: Chris Paul. It's just not there. They're they're trying to 158 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: put DeMarcus Cousins in the spin cycle. Oh, we gotta 159 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: pick and roll to him to death. And Devin Booker 160 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: got up a couple of times in the fourth and 161 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: they called time out. But Chris Paul, when you take 162 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: that away, you take away that elbow. I know he 163 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: had twenty two points, but again over six on threes, 164 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: Like he's not a threat from deep. The Clippers are 165 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: smart team. And he was minus fifteen on the court 166 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: in game five, put away game, and Monty Williams Chris Paul, um, 167 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that this is gonna be easy, because again, 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: anytime you want to trust the Clippers, that's when they 169 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: let you down. Well, nobody trusted them last night. They 170 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: were the only bet I lost I had a clean 171 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: sweep going. I hit the player props three and oh 172 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: and of course the sons let me down. So Rob, 173 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: where would you like to start? Would you like to 174 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: apologize to your guy Paul George? Would you like to 175 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: um add to my non shade on Chris Paul. I 176 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: know somebody's gonna take this away. You're a hater. You're 177 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: a hater again. They are facts. I'm hitting you with 178 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: the facts, and Rob g give Paul George and props please. Okay, well, 179 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: let me start in reverse number one. There's a reason 180 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: that Chris Paul avoided the three one question from Rachel 181 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: Nichols after Game four, like he knows that history is 182 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: not on his side. Okay, he knows that he might 183 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: possibly pop another hamstring in game six because he didn't 184 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: want it so bad, especially in Staple Center Number one, 185 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: UM number two. Look, Paul George was fantastic last night. 186 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: He was awesome. Was the thirty points in the second half. 187 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: He was hitting it from all over the court. He 188 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: could not be stopped at all. But ESPN put this 189 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: graphic out and they said, hey, we need to give 190 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 1: Paul George his flowers. There's only been four players in 191 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: NBA history to score at least twenty points in uh 192 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: their first eighteen playoff games of a coach season. So 193 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: it was Michael Jordan's, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Paul 194 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: George And you're like, wow, Like that's an incredible list 195 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: to be a part of it. And my first novel 196 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: was Where's Lebron? I figured Lebron would definitely be on there, 197 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: but I guess he wasn't did a little deeper. Paul 198 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: George has shot or worse in seven of those eight 199 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: teen playoff games, so he is like the ultimate feast 200 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: or famine player. And last night he feasted like a 201 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: starving man who had not been you know, he's been 202 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: out to sea for six months. Like he he really 203 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: ate up that Phoenix Suns defense. And I don't know 204 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: if they can duplicate it. I don't know if they'll 205 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: be able to pull it off in Game six force 206 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: of Game seven. But the thing about this Clippers team 207 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: is as soon as you count them out is when 208 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: they play their best basketball. Hey, I just realized this, 209 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: Rob because you know you you pointed out something. Um, 210 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: we've gone what fifteen minutes here and no mention of 211 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton, who was looking like a super Max player. Um, well, 212 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: not super Max, sorry, a Max deal. DeAndre Ayton was 213 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: looking like a Max player right through most of these playoffs. 214 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: I've never seen a more invisible thirty seven minutes in 215 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: this postseason. Ten points, eleven rebounds, The seven footer had 216 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: one block, he had three offensive rebounds, but he was 217 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: a total non factor. Zero free throws. Your seven footer 218 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: playing pick and roll basketball with Chris Paul and you 219 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: had zero freetrow attempts. I don't know. It's just weird 220 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 1: that these centers can go invisible just as you want 221 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: to start believing in them. I mean, I was hyping 222 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: up James Wiseman. Yeah he could be the next DeAndre Ayton, 223 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: and Aton lays an egg and a close out game. 224 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: But again, he's twenty two years old. You know, maybe 225 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: I'm coming to live down a little hard on him. 226 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: Now back to you giving up Paul George. Come about 227 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: more props for Paul George. Well, let me just say 228 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: this about DeAndre and this is why you know, not 229 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: all Max contracts are created equal. Now, he was putting 230 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: up monstrous numbers like he was filling the stat sheet. 231 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: He was incredible, but it's not like they were running 232 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: anything for him. They were not going, you know, in 233 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: their offense. It was not hey, Aidan's got a small 234 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: man on, let's get him the ball so we can score. 235 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: It was put backs, it was effort plays. It was 236 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: pick and roll where he's being fed the ball and 237 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: all I has to do was kind of dunk it 238 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: or a little two foot hook shot. So it's not 239 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: like he wasn't playing well, but he wasn't playing you know, 240 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: Nicola Yokich, Anthony Davis, Joe l m B where he 241 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: is the focal point of the offense, well like he 242 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: was not that level of player during this stretch. My 243 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: only big takeaway, you know, out of this game is 244 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: my Kawai Leonard, which, by excuse me, my Kawhi Leonard 245 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: take which I got killed for last week, is looking 246 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: pretty damn good. Jay Mac, I don't know if you 247 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: heard about it because you were tanning over in Hawaii, 248 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: but I said on a Fox Sports radio with Chris Brussard, 249 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: and it got picked up on YouTube, Instagram, Fox Sport Radio, 250 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: Twitter handle everywhere. I said that Kauai Leonard we've seen 251 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: in this postseason that he is the least valuable superstar 252 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: in the NBA. And I took a ton of heat 253 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: for that because it's like, you know, he's I mean, 254 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: I heard it. I thought it was, you know, a 255 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: pretty pretty smart take. But I want to hear who 256 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: are the other least valuable stars in the NBA. Well, 257 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: the key is superstar. It's it's gotta be the upper 258 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: echelon guys. And to me, there's like less than ten 259 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: superstars in the NBA. I know everybody likes to list, 260 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: you know, Kyrie Irving, Devin Booker, Donovan Mitchell, Jay's dam 261 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: like they're they're all really, really really good players. You know, 262 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: even Anthony Davis, he has superstar talent, but I would 263 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: not consider him a superstar because I believe that a 264 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: superstar is the guy who was as soon he's on 265 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: your team, you are either in championship contention or if 266 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: he's on your team, you have a a consistent run 267 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: of contention style. Basque is Dame Lillard and superstar, he's 268 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: right there on the back end of it. So the 269 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: guys I have, in no particular order, are Lebron James, 270 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Steph Curry, Janice and 271 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: then kind of in the back end. You know, so 272 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: definitely was that six guys you could throw in Embiid, Yokich, 273 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: Lillard like that. That to me is the group like 274 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: the Exmotiondeed, Yogic Lillard. Well, I mean, I don't know 275 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: how Embiid can be that valuable when the guy he's 276 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: never been to a conference finals, bro, I know, but 277 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: as soon as he's on your team, you're guaranteed you're 278 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: going to be in the mix. It's not like he's 279 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: had fantastic teams around him the conference finals. He has, Okay, 280 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: so letn take him out. So they just list my 281 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: top six then, yeah, of the top six, I would 282 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: probably agree. I'm sure a lot of people would say 283 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: Steph Curry because it doesn't play both ends. Um, it's 284 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: weird not having Anthony Davison there. But at any rate, 285 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: they gotta win this series for that take to hold up, 286 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: don't they not? Really? Because you know, since Kauai became 287 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: All Caps Kauai, you know, Superstar Kauai, which was his 288 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: teams in San Antonio Toronto, and the Clippers are winning 289 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: at over a six clip right now, they are currently 290 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: four and three in the postseason without him playing against 291 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: the teams with the top two records in the Western Conference. 292 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: They're at fifte winning percentage, So even if they lose 293 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: Game six, they will have won half the games. You 294 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: take away Lebron, Hardened, Katie Steph Janice from their teams. 295 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: I guess maybe Katie is the closest one because he's 296 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: been on a stack team for a minute now. But 297 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: are they winning half their games without those guys? I 298 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: don't think so. Uh, it could be a sample size 299 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: from this this year's Clippers, but it's listen, it's well, 300 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: let's see if they can win this series. And it 301 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: becomes interesting to see if they can win it because 302 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: the Hi loose that everybody's talking about today is, oh 303 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: when fasical elimination? Tylo's ten and two, and you know 304 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: the two losses are to the Kevin Durant Curry Warriors, 305 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: So basically tylu And again, you could argue he's had 306 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: Lebron for a lot of those, He's had Kauai for 307 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: a lot of those. But if memory serves, tonight was 308 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: one with Paul George's best guy. I think that was 309 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: it one or two games in Utah. I think it 310 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: was two games in Utah without Kauai, so Paul George 311 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: for three of those. I mean Reggie Jackson as well. 312 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: But listen, t listen. I have been a little hard 313 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: on Tyler. I don't know if I revealed that on 314 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: this No, I didn't. I haven't revealed, Okay, I had. 315 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 1: I've been a little hard on Tyler, some people think. 316 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: And I received a text from an assistant coach in 317 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: the NBA who was like, Jay, you're being way too 318 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: hard on Tyler. And only at that point did I realize, Okay, 319 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: you know, because there's one thing to have a bunch 320 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: of you Bronis yelling at me on Twitter. Okay, a 321 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: couple of people that I respect, people that I engage 322 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: with a lot, or maybe cover the league. Um, they 323 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: would say like, hey, come on, Tyler is better than that, 324 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: And I'm like, all right, got I gotta see a 325 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: little bore, Rob. We're getting dangerously close to Tyler a 326 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: top six coach in the NBA. I mean, I know 327 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: he's had Lebron and quiet. If he pulls off this series, 328 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: he's definitely become a top five coach. No. Doubt about it. 329 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 1: Um he's pushing all the right buttons. And listen, he's 330 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: down three of his top eight or nine guys right now. 331 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: So and I don't mind taking an eil. It's rare, 332 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't happen, but I will when it happens. Yeah, 333 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: every you know what, six months to a year rare. 334 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: Else I will take him. I'm not above being wrong. Okay, 335 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: you do this business. You're on digital TV, radio, internet podcast. 336 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna make a lot of predictions you're gonna do. 337 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: You gonna get to take some else. You know. I've 338 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: been way wrong on Ben Simmons, but that, for the record, 339 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: is not done. Gosh, I can't wait to do Ben 340 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: Simmons topics all summer. Oh I love Ben Simmons topics. 341 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: But at any rate, Um so, Rob, how where are 342 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: you on Tyler? I think that he's proven that if 343 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: he has talent on his roster at all, that he 344 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: is at worst the top ten coach in the NBA, 345 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: which I guess you can say that about a lot 346 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: of I mean, I mean, we had h Dante Jones 347 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: on a few weeks ago and he made a good 348 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: point where he's saying it's almost impossible these days to 349 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: truly judge a coach unless they have talent on their roster. 350 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: Because there's a lot of guys who I think are 351 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: really good coaches, but if you don't have the right 352 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: guys in place, they're not gonna look like good coaches. 353 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: And that was by big argument, is that, like how 354 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 1: how how could you judge some of these guys, you know, 355 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: like Frank Vogel was with Old George and Indy they 356 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: want a lot ran into Lebron, find they were it 357 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,239 Speaker 1: was impressive. Their runs in the East were strong. Ran 358 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: to Lebron, He goes to Orlando, can't win, ship goes 359 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: to the Lakers, gets Lebron wins the title. Like, how 360 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: do we judge Frank Vogel? Like he's a really good coach, 361 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: but is he amazing? You know? If Steve Kerr takes 362 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: the nixt job instead of the Warriors job, where Steve 363 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: Kerr like, it's very difficult to judge coaches. Um, And 364 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: as a guy who coaches a lot of youth basketball, 365 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,239 Speaker 1: I could say coaching is difficult And yeah, all right, 366 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: I need to move on to Scotty Pippen here. Um, 367 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: by the way, we're not going to touch Hawks and 368 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: Bucks because Trey Young you may not even play. He's questionable. 369 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: We'll see later today they'll find out. But either way, 370 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: tough to like the Hawks tonight. Fox Sports Radio has 371 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 372 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and 373 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app search f s R 374 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: to listen live. Scottie Pippen is saying some outlandish incendiary 375 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: ship man and a lot of people are killing him 376 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: for it. He's trying out there. I don't know if 377 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: he's selling a book or uh, maybe he's selling some 378 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: ginshu knives. I have no idea what he's hawking right now, 379 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: but it is getting ugly. Like he was reduced on 380 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick Show to basically say, yeah, Phil Jackson's 381 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: a racist, Like, bro, what are you doing? What are 382 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: you even doing? Scottie? I mean, first let's start here. 383 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a minor defensive Scottie Pippen, which 384 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: seems like it's indefensible right now, But you know my 385 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 1: lawyer background, which is I thought about being a lawyer 386 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 1: in elementary school and decided against it. Um. First of all, 387 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: Scottie Pippen, right now, looks like bubbles from the wire. 388 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: Have you seen the wire? Robgi y Bubbles? Of course 389 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: it was a heroin Addict. And I don't know what's 390 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,479 Speaker 1: going on with Scottie Pippen's hair, but it is not 391 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: a good look. He looks disheveled. He almost looks homeless. Okay, 392 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: now my offense of him. First of all, his wife 393 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: either dumped him or cheated on him or both. Remember 394 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: she was like walk holding hands, hanging out with Malik Beasley, 395 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: who was like a current NBA player. Um, but either way, 396 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: you know Scotti Pippon's wife, who's like famous because she 397 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: hangs with the Kardashian She's she's very hot. Mom. Um, 398 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: they're done. So he's probably paying our ton of money 399 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: every month. And then, on a sad note, he recently 400 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: lost his oldest son, who I believe was thirty three 401 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: years old back in April, and I don't know, details 402 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: are not really available, but he passed away. And you know, 403 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: you couple of those two things together, I'm gonna go 404 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: ahead and guess that Scotty Pippins had some financial issues. Um, 405 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say anything else on that, but that's 406 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: just my educated guests here, um, and he keeps hammering 407 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: away at this whole like Tony Ku Koke moment, which 408 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: you know, basically Michael Jordan's who decided he wanted to 409 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: just masturbate for six weeks and do the last Dance, 410 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: which was basically a stroke drop of himself. That's what 411 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: that was. And he killed Scottie Pippen in it. And 412 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: now a year later, Scottie Pippens watching kwalm a Brown 413 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: and come out of the shadows and come at Jordan's 414 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: and come at Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson and basically everybody, 415 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: and they shut the hell up pretty quick. And Scottie 416 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: Pippen is trying to pull it almost feels like he's 417 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 1: doing a kwalm a Brown and like just trying to 418 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: go postal. But it's just an unhinged rant and he's 419 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: starting to sound like he might need some help, like 420 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: you know, the health scott help that like Delonte West 421 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: recently needed. UM. So I'm not out here bashing Scotty 422 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: Scotty Pippen. His takes right now, they don't even sound 423 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: like coherent. You know, I feel bad, Rob, like I don't. 424 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: You're a producer of a radio show. Would you put 425 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: him on the air right now? Oh shoot, I mean selfishly, yeah, 426 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: because the ratings would be tremendous. But to your point, um, yeah, 427 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: I mean he's definitely going through something because this started 428 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: last week. He did the actually he didn't interview with 429 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: Yahoo last week with Vince Goodwill, and he talked about 430 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: how Kevin Durant not being able to lead the Brooklyn 431 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 1: Nets past the Bucks proved that he did not understand 432 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: how to win. Basically, you know, he didn't he didn't 433 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: understand team basketball. He tried to do it by himself. 434 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 1: That's why he lost. He tripled down on that in 435 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: a g Q article where he talked about Kevin Durant 436 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: for one and when he got pushed back from I 437 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: believe it was Stephen A. Smith. The following day on 438 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 1: First Take, he responds on Twitter by saying, while Lebron 439 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,239 Speaker 1: wanned by himself in twenty six, which is just not 440 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: factually accurate, Like, as exactly as great as Lebron James is, 441 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: he did not win that three one come back against 442 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: Golden State by himself. So flash forward to this Dan 443 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: Patrick interview and he calls Phil Jackson a racist even 444 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: though in a two thousand and five I believe he 445 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: signed out to be part of Phil Jackson's coaching staff 446 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: with the labor that is real. And in two thousand 447 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: and ten he went out of his way during his 448 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame speech to call him the greatest coach 449 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: in NBA history, And then as recently as twenty nineteen, 450 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: he told TMZ Sports that, uh, the guy to fix 451 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers with Lebron James after that first season was 452 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: Phil Jackson, and he was the one he was endorsing. 453 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: So this is just a long roundabout way of saying 454 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: that he's he's almost fabricating things now at this point 455 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: to kind of fit his narrative or to to justify 456 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: what it is that he's saying. And some of these 457 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: incendiary takes, and you know, we're in the hot takes business. 458 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,239 Speaker 1: I totally understand you wanted to cut through and and 459 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: get your name out there, and in this case, he's 460 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: trying to sell a book and some bourbon. But there's 461 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: one thing to have a hot take. It's another thing 462 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: to flat out lie and be disingenuous, and that's what 463 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: he's doing. Um. I just I hope he gets the 464 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: helping need that. I'm not going to bash the guy listened. 465 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: COVID in the last year has gotten people a lot 466 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:16,199 Speaker 1: of craziness. They've started to just crack up, and I 467 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: hope that's not the case with Scotty, So get well. 468 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: Stud Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup 469 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox 470 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio 471 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: app search f s R to listen live. Finally, I 472 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: do want to wrap up on kind of a dicey topic, 473 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: but again, just the same way, Ben Simmons is gonna 474 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: be hot all summer for us, so is Dame Lillard. 475 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: Because this story that's happening in Portland, it's just mind blowing. 476 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: We touched on it briefly yesterday, but Rob, it seems 477 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: like what happened yesterday is now becoming like a fan issue. 478 00:26:55,640 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 1: The Portland Trailblazer fans, the crunchy pest Ific Northwest is 479 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: pushing back against the hiring of Chauncey Billups. Why, well, 480 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: it's because allegedly in nine seven, Yes I said nine 481 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: twenty four years ago, Well not quite twenty four, because 482 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: the date was November November nine, twenty three years ago. 483 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: Chauncey Billups allegedly was involved in a sexual assault with 484 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: some members of the Boston Celtics when he played there. Um. 485 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: All the details are in one piece, uh from someone 486 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: named Jeff Benedict Um and the sources out of bounds 487 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: inside the NBA's culture of rape, violence and crime. Um. 488 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: And allegedly, uh, Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer and Antoine 489 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 1: Walker and a bunch of Celtics were like hanging out 490 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: and a bunch of stuff went down. And there was 491 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: never a criminal lawsuit. There was a civil suit. It 492 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: was alleged apparently settled out of court. Um. And that's it. 493 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: And according to Blazers fans, Well, why should Chauncey Billups 494 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 1: get a job for something that happened twenty three years ago? Well, uh, 495 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: you know, Chauncey Billips has interviewed for other coaching jobs. 496 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: He was nearly the GM of the Calves. He's been 497 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: on ESPN for I don't know what the last five years. Um. 498 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: But now because he's becoming the head coach of a 499 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: team in I guess a very progressive, progressive city, all 500 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: these fans are up in arms. But they're not just 501 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: ticked out Portland for hiring him. There ticked that Damian 502 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: Lillard because Dame allegedly handpicked Billups. Now he had supposedly 503 00:28:55,320 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: want a kid kid decided I'm going to Dallas, and 504 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: now the fans are upset at Damian Lillard for picking 505 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: a coach. And it's not like Charley Willis has nothing 506 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: to do with basketball, something that happened off the court 507 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: twenty three years ago, allegedly. So I don't know, Rob, 508 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: I'm stunned at this, and apparently Billips is so up. 509 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: Not Billips. Damian Lillard is so upset at the fan 510 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: reaction that he's like, to hell with these people. I'm done, 511 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: I want out. I mean, this is staggering. What's happening now? 512 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: I keep saying fans and people, but essentially this is 513 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: coming down to the Internet, and that is crazy that 514 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: a bunch of fans on the Internet, and you know, 515 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: social media is basically a cauldron of hate. It's so 516 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: easy to just hate everyone and everything and just be 517 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: a hater, hater, hater, hater's ball. As soon as people 518 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: smell blood in the water, they might not even give 519 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: a shit about poor lind or the Blazers or Chauncey Billups. 520 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: They just sense, oh there's something here I can get 521 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: angry about and pretend to be fired up about and 522 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: get my faux internet muscles going and just rip somebody. 523 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: That has to be the case here, right, I've never 524 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: heard anyone pipe ups either way. And now this happens, 525 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: and then there's pushback to the pushback saying well, this 526 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: isn't Damian Lillard's fault, and they're trying to pin it 527 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: on the GM. So there's a guy who does a 528 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: podcast with um C J McCullum and I think he 529 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: does some stuff for ESPN as well, Jordan's Schultz, and 530 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: I saw this tweet that, oh, this is all about 531 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: neil O'Shea, he has no respect in the league and 532 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. I'm like, wait a minute, wait a minute, 533 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: hold up. What So they're trying to shift the blame 534 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: from Dame for hand picking this guy to niil o'shay 535 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: the GM and say, oh, let's not blame it on Dame. 536 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: Let's pin it on the g ym because we want 537 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: him to stay. We don't want to run day Mount. 538 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: It's rob. I'm just mind blown, and I don't know 539 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: if listening to that made it super clunky. But bottom 540 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: line is this is a total disaster. And Rob I 541 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: will say this. Social media has been a huge boon 542 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: to the NBA. If you woke up from a coma 543 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: and you were asleep for the last thirty years and 544 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: you had no clue as to what sports were popular, 545 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: you would be like, oh my gosh. If you just 546 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: were like, oh, what is this thing called uh? Instagram 547 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: and Facebook and Twitter, Oh my gosh, the NBA must 548 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: be the most popular sport in the world. It's all 549 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: anybody talks about on social media. Now it's in season 550 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: and football obviously we know it's more popular. But the 551 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: NBA has been driven largely by social media. They embraced 552 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: the Internet early. They didn't care if you were high 553 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: posting videos on YouTube, highlights whatever. They don't give a 554 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: ship talk about us that matters. It's now coming to 555 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: bite them in the rear end because they're reacting to 556 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: what fans are saying. I'm gonna ask you, Rob, Let's 557 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: say there's ten thousand season ticket holders for the Blazers. 558 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm just tossing out a number, an s square number. 559 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: How many fans of those ten thousand are giving up 560 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: their season tickets because Chauncey Billups was hired as the 561 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: head coach. Any maybe, like, what else is you to 562 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: do with there's no other proteins there there? They got 563 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: nothing going on there. Well, let me just say this. 564 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: We had um Brian Oregon Ducks. We had Brian no 565 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: on the Odd Couple last night. Brian is a Fox 566 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: Sports radio weekend host. He lives up in Portland. And 567 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: one thing he did say though that that may, I 568 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: guess conflict with your line of thinking here, is that 569 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: Portland as a city has a real let me speak 570 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: to the manager attitude that he's like, that's just the way, 571 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: that's that's that's why I used the word crunchy and liberal. 572 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 1: And that's not a knock. It's not a knock at all. 573 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: And so he's what he said is even though he 574 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: wholly disagrees with the rationale, you know, like it's like, 575 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: like you mentioned it, if Billips is good enough to 576 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: be an assistant coach, work on TV, get a GM, 577 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: get offer, and his past sexual assault settlement was not 578 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 1: an issue, then why is it an issue now? And 579 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 1: what he said though, is because it's Portland's and because 580 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: they find reasons to get upset about anything, that this 581 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: was just low hanging fruit for them and to me 582 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: to spin it forward, I think that Dame Lillard is 583 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: going to see this situation as an opportunity to force 584 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: his way out because I think he sees this it 585 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: kind of gives him a shield. Like think he's known 586 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: for a while now that they weren't going to win anything, 587 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: that they could never get him a legitimate second star. 588 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: Apologies to call him, but he's painted himself in this 589 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: corner as the ultimate loyalty guy. He's been anti super 590 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 1: team for years and years and years, but now they 591 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: just lost in the first round to a Jamal Murray 592 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: less Nuggets team. Um c J is getting older. He 593 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: hasn't he's never even made an All Star team, and 594 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: now the fans are turning on him. So I don't 595 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: think the blowback for him forcing his way out of town. 596 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: I know you and I wouldn't have, but other people 597 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,919 Speaker 1: in media may have. I don't think he's gonna get 598 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 1: the same blowback now with the way this has gone 599 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: down in Portland. Yeah, that's a great point. It's kind 600 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: of disturbing to me, Rob that so many people let 601 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: what's being said on social media impact them. And I 602 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: can't say this enough. If you have a stable home life, 603 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: you know, a wife, kids, people to come home to 604 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 1: at the end of the day after the basketball game. 605 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,439 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about some chick you meet at the bar. 606 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: I'm talking about someone you can have a real conversation 607 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: with and like go do things with. Oh, let's go 608 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: on a trip, Let's go to the movies, let's go 609 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 1: to dinner. You know, you need that escape. And I 610 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 1: know people in this sports media industry you do too, 611 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: who don't have that, And what they go home to 612 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, no kids, no wife, 613 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: is they go home to people yelling at them on 614 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: the internet, and that chick gets in their head and 615 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 1: it messes up them. If you don't have an outlet 616 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: and you don't have an escape to get away from 617 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: this crap and say what do I Why should I 618 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 1: care what pickled Dick seventy two is saying about my 619 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,359 Speaker 1: Chris Paul take Why why should I care? Only if 620 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: you all your life is on social media, that's when 621 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: you care. But if you let these people get to you, 622 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,439 Speaker 1: then they in And I think Damian Lillard has either 623 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,720 Speaker 1: a baby mama or a wife. But he's got several kids. 624 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: I think with the same woman. He's got like a 625 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: burgeoning rap career. Um. I feel like he's got a lot, 626 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,439 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff going on, and I think you're 627 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: you or Brian no or both of you. Hit it 628 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: on the head one he says, Hey, man, if you're 629 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: looking for an out, you just got it. I'm gonna 630 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,640 Speaker 1: blame these crazy mfs. Let me speak to the manager 631 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 1: those people. That's why I'm out of here. Um, and listen, 632 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: We've seen other people go through the struggle, right Rob. 633 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis's exit was ugly in New Orleans. It was 634 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: really bad. Putting it lightly, I mean he was basically 635 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: they were like holding him out of games so they 636 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: would tank, so they would have a higher draft pick 637 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:44,879 Speaker 1: and walked and they wanted their cake and they wanted 638 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: to eat it too, and then he was being booed. Like. 639 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 1: It was really ugly for Anthony Davis. Paul George remember, 640 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 1: played and then was like, yeah, I'm ready to go. 641 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 1: I went out of here, and he's got killed for it. Um, 642 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, you know, a bunch of idiots killed him 643 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,720 Speaker 1: for it, and like again, they might have. I don't 644 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 1: think any of these guys deserve to be killed. James 645 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: Harden took some heat initially, but Robert almost feels like 646 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: he kind of escaped a lot of it. Jimmy Butler 647 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 1: his exit was kind of I don't know if he 648 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: was like he over indexed the angry in Minnesota to 649 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 1: the point I was like, Oh, okay, well he's just 650 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: gonna leave. Let Yeah, that's over, and that's not like 651 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: they want anything. Um. I think Kyrie Irving's exit in 652 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: Boston was really ugly. I mean again, he was saying like, Dame, 653 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,720 Speaker 1: oh I want to be here, blah blah blah. Um. 654 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: So it can often be ugly, and you've got to 655 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: be built for that and ready to handle it because 656 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 1: the criticism coming. Kevin Durant I like to think he's 657 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 1: built for it, but other people would say, well, if 658 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: he's built for it, why is he creating multiple accountants 659 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: and responding to people. I don't know what's your guest 660 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: that Dame is built for it or not. Um, I'm 661 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: not sure, but I don't think with the way this 662 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 1: is all played out, that he's going to get killed 663 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: the same way that the other guys were maybe he 664 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,879 Speaker 1: will in Portland, you know, maybe that fan base will, 665 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: But on the national scale, I think that people are 666 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,439 Speaker 1: almost sympathetic towards him, Like they feel like he's done 667 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,240 Speaker 1: everything for that city and that franchise and they haven't 668 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 1: reciprocated it. And now that you've got people blaming him 669 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: for a hire that I'm sure he had sun influence over, 670 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,840 Speaker 1: but ultimately it's not his decision, you know, and even 671 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: more specifically, he's not the one who has charged with 672 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: sexual assault. So I think that there's going to be 673 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,240 Speaker 1: a lot of um cushion for him if he decides 674 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 1: to go this route. I guess I'll wrap up with this. 675 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,920 Speaker 1: I think it's obviously it's much easier to trade c. J. 676 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: McCollum than it is Damian Lillard. Like you're not going 677 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: to get a bounty of draft picks, and also you're 678 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 1: not going to be able to trade him to like okay, 679 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: see for a million picks, Like they're not You're not 680 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: gonna send Damian Lillard to Siberia after everything he did 681 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 1: for the franchise, right that that's not happening, Like he's 682 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: not going to Orlando. It's just some contender will have 683 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: to part with a really good player and picks the 684 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: one that you know jumps out is would Boston do 685 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:18,479 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown and picks um Jalen Brown and whatever. But again, 686 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,839 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard, I think he's thirty one years old, right, 687 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look that up. I don't think he's gonna 688 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,319 Speaker 1: be as easy to trade as everybody thinks. I think, 689 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: sure he can get dealt, but I it doesn't seem 690 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: like it's gonna be easy. Everybody's saying, oh, turn him 691 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: to Dallas to play with Luca, Like, ain't no way 692 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: Portland wants Porzingis. There's just no way, and they don't 693 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 1: have a ton of picks anyway. So like I know, 694 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: and I think our guests tomorrow, without giving it away 695 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,200 Speaker 1: too much, might have something cooked up. But it's gonna 696 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: be very difficult to get him to uh the Lakers 697 00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: or the Clippers. Um, yeah, I I it's day Millard situation. 698 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. Listen, this is a good summer 699 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,720 Speaker 1: for me, Damian Lillard. Ben Simmons will transition to NFL 700 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: soon enough, and uh for now though, hey, we get 701 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 1: a game six Sons Clippers and tonight we get a 702 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 1: game five Hawks, I'm sorry. Game four right, Game four, 703 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: Game four, I'm jumping out of myself. Hawk, I'm thinking 704 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 1: of the closeout game Hawks Bucks tonight. Enjoy it. Oh. 705 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: By the way, mandatory viewing this morning Germany England in 706 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,759 Speaker 1: Euro I just want to wrap up the pot. I know, 707 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,239 Speaker 1: I know, I know I should be doing more soccer talk. 708 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: If you watched Euro yesterday, I thought two of the 709 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: best back to back games of soccer I've ever seen. 710 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 1: Absolute pandemonium. The underdog goes up one nothing in both games, 711 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 1: the favorite storms back to go up three one. The 712 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: underdog comes back with two goals. One was the nine minute, 713 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 1: the others in one. UM wins, Spain wins in in overtime, 714 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,840 Speaker 1: five three extra time. Sorry sorry over time. You know 715 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: the two fifteen minute periods. Cheez, that was bad. And 716 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: France and there World Cup star get ousted, Bopy denied 717 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,359 Speaker 1: on a penalty kick, the final penalty. It was just 718 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: high drama. And today England Germany. Oh, I'm so geeked 719 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: for this match. I want to bet England, but they 720 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 1: are used to letting everybody down. I really like this 721 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: England team. They can win it now that France is eliminated. 722 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, that guy Messi had two 723 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: goals and assist in Copa America. Yes, I watched that too. 724 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 1: Just awesome weekend sports, Summer of Soccer. Baby, I'm out. 725 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:49,600 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.