Speaker 1: What's up, guys. It's slowan and for the first time ever,
Speaker 1: I'm here by myself, no guests, just me. Let's see
Speaker 1: how this goes. Okay, So, starting off, I want to
Speaker 1: talk about City Edition jerseys. So I ranked my favorites
Speaker 1: and I ranked my least favorites, and then out of curiosity,
Speaker 1: I went over to Bleacher Report and I looked at
Speaker 1: their rankings of their favorite jerseys and their least favorite jerseys,
Speaker 1: and our rankings were literally the opposite, which I thought
Speaker 1: was really funny because clearly whoever's doing the rankings there
Speaker 1: is probably an adult, and I'm seventeen, so I feel
Speaker 1: like we've have different opinions. So I think it's interesting
Speaker 1: to talk about. So my first favorite jersey is the
Speaker 1: Raptors jersey. Just starting off with the dinosaur like, this
Speaker 1: just gives like Vince Carter Raptors. I love it. It's
Speaker 1: so cool. I hate to use this word, but it
Speaker 1: it just has so much aura. I can imagine in
Speaker 1: like twenty years, like kids walking around wearing that jersey,
Speaker 1: like that's just an all time classic. I really like that.
Speaker 1: Next up, this is probably an unpopular choice, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with the Timberwolves jersey. This one I saw
Speaker 1: was getting a lot of hate online, but I really
Speaker 1: like the ombre effect. I like that it goes loud
Speaker 1: and then really quiet, and I just can like see
Speaker 1: Amp hitting a game winner in that jersey and just
Speaker 1: looking really clean. So I'm a big fan of that one.
Speaker 1: I'm curious what you guys think. This is also crazy,
Speaker 1: but I'm talking about I want to talk about the
Speaker 1: Lakers jersey. So that jersey has been getting so much
Speaker 1: hate online. People are like, okay, like who calls the
Speaker 1: Lakers the Lake Show? No one does. I do agree
Speaker 1: with that. I do, but I love an hombreak. I
Speaker 1: just love the homebrek. I don't know, Like I am
Speaker 1: not a type of person who walks around and wears
Speaker 1: basketball jerseys. I just don't, but I would wear that.
Speaker 1: The ombre is so cool. Sure, maybe they just should
Speaker 1: have put Lakers on it, but I really like how
Speaker 1: it looks. Maybe that's a me thing, but I like it.
Speaker 1: Next up, I want to talk about the MAVs jersey.
Speaker 1: It's clean, it's simple, but I really like it. I
Speaker 1: like that it's subtle. I like that there's not too
Speaker 1: many colors. I like that clean. Look. I'm a big
Speaker 1: fan of that. I'm also a big fan of the
Speaker 1: Calves jersey. I like calling the calves the land. I
Speaker 1: think that that makes the calves cooler than they are,
Speaker 1: because they're not that cool, but I think that that
Speaker 1: makes them a little cooler. And I like this side
Speaker 1: that says the calves on it, the light blue, the
Speaker 1: whole thing. I just I just love it. Now I'm
Speaker 1: gonna move on to some of my least favorites, so
Speaker 1: this is sort of like an honorable least favorite mention,
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be the Grizzlies jersey. Here's why. It
Speaker 1: just looks like it's a Clippers jersey. And that's my problem.
Speaker 1: It's not that I don't like it. If the Clippers
Speaker 1: were wearing it, I would like it, but like, no,
Speaker 1: just the Grizzlies have nothing to do with red. I
Speaker 1: just don't like it. It really distracts me. It bothers me.
Speaker 1: Like if I see Jaw in that jersey with no context,
Speaker 1: I mean, like, why is John a Clippers jersey? I
Speaker 1: don't know, Maybe that's just me. It just looks so clippery,
Speaker 1: so I think that they should have fixed that. But whatever,
Speaker 1: I wanted to see something like the Raptors jersey for
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies. Like, give me a real big grizzly bear
Speaker 1: on the Grizzlies jersey. That's what I want to see. Okay.
Speaker 1: Next up is the Celtics jersey. It looks very like
Speaker 1: robe Bloxy or like Minecrafty. It's just so like green
Speaker 1: and like boxy, like there's nothing special about it's very dull.
Speaker 1: This one I've been seeing. It seems like it's been
Speaker 1: very popular, which is the Sun's jersey. So I've been
Speaker 1: seeing on all these rankings that the Sun's jersey's like
Speaker 1: the number one jersey. I like the whole the Valley thing.
Speaker 1: But okay, this is gonna be a very niche reference.
Speaker 1: But have you ever gone to like a roller skating
Speaker 1: rink for like a tenth birthday party or something like that,
Speaker 1: and it literally looks like the roller skating rink is
Speaker 1: from like the seventies or the eighties, way before my time.
Speaker 1: That's what the Sun's jersey looks like. It just looks
Speaker 1: very dated. I get that that's sort of the vibe
Speaker 1: of Arizona, but I just don't like it. It looks
Speaker 1: old school in not a good way. And then the
Speaker 1: Nuggets jersey. I feel like they're just doing too much
Speaker 1: with the five to eight zero, Like not enough people
Speaker 1: know that's telling me miles above sea level. I think
Speaker 1: it is. People don't know that. It's just confusing, Like
Speaker 1: nothing about that jersey says Nuggets. Same with the Memfit's jersey,
Speaker 1: like I just don't see how this has anything to
Speaker 1: do with Nugets. And then I want to talk about
Speaker 1: the Warriors jersey. Nothing is particularly wrong with the Warriors jersey,
Speaker 1: but as a Warriors fan, I'm always expecting more and
Speaker 1: I feel like it's not being given to me. Like
Speaker 1: we don't have that many years left with Steph. I
Speaker 1: hate to say it, but we don't. And I need
Speaker 1: to see him in some cooler jerseys. So you know,
Speaker 1: dubs jersey designers, if you're sitting here watching this, I'm
Speaker 1: telling you I want to see more from you. It's
Speaker 1: not bad. I'm just I'm just underwhelmed. All right. So
Speaker 1: that was my favorite jersey's and the least favorite jerseys.
Speaker 1: I'm curious what you guys have to say. I'm sure
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a lot of hate on this. I
Speaker 1: feel like my my opinions were definitely not popular, but
Speaker 1: I'm excited moving on. You know, we were just talking
Speaker 1: about the Warriors, and I want to continue. This is
Speaker 1: a potential Warriors starting five, Steph Curry, d' anthony Melton,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green. Okay, so I want
Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about the Warriors and the
Speaker 1: hype problem in the Bay. So Steph Curry is six too,
Speaker 1: Draymond Green is sixty six, Jonathan Kaminga is sixty seven,
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins is six seven, and d Anthony Melton is
Speaker 1: six three. This is a projected starting lineup for the Warriors,
Speaker 1: and I do think though I think Podes should get
Speaker 1: that should get that start, I do think that this
Speaker 1: is what the Warriors will be going with. On average,
Speaker 1: a point guard in the NBA is six two and
Speaker 1: a half, a shooting guard is six four and a half,
Speaker 1: a small ford is six ' six, a power forward
Speaker 1: is six ' eight, and a center is six ' ten.
Speaker 1: So the Warriors are basically shorter in almost every category
Speaker 1: underneath the average. I don't like how that sounds. That
Speaker 1: really worries me. I think the Warriors have always had
Speaker 1: a hype problem to be honest, and James Wiseman was
Speaker 1: supposed to be the solution, and we all know how
Speaker 1: that worked out. But it makes me uncomfortable to be like, Okay,
Speaker 1: our center is six six, like, I'm not sure that
Speaker 1: that's going to work for the whole season. Mind you,
Speaker 1: the Warriors are the only undefeated team except for the
Speaker 1: Knicks in the preseason, so it is working right now,
Speaker 1: but when we're in the height of the season, I'm
Speaker 1: not sure that's going to work out. We do have
Speaker 1: some nice off season acquisitions, like Lindy Waters the third
Speaker 1: or Quentin Posts. They are some seven footers close to
Speaker 1: seven feet, but I'm not sure how many minutes they're
Speaker 1: going to be getting, so I am worried, and I'd
Speaker 1: like to see a new acquisition to the Warriors that
Speaker 1: can get minutes and is also taller than six six
Speaker 1: sixty seven. Moving on, I want to talk a little
Speaker 1: bit about some award predictions. So I want to start
Speaker 1: off with the MVP, And though I do have a prediction,
Speaker 1: this is more of a hope. I just hope the
Speaker 1: MVP is not Yokic. Again, it's just boring. It's boring
Speaker 1: when Jokic is the MVP every year. I understand he
Speaker 1: deserves it, I get it, but it's boring. I like
Speaker 1: when the NBA is more exciting and it switches up.
Speaker 1: I want to see a new MVP this year, someone
Speaker 1: who's never won the award, and so that is why
Speaker 1: my MVP pick for the season is Shay gilligis Alexander.
Speaker 1: You know, Shay is entering his seventh season, which is exciting.
Speaker 1: I think that that sort of solidifies him as not
Speaker 1: really a young guy anymore. He's not, you know, yet
Speaker 1: at VET status, but he's definitely not a young guy.
Speaker 1: And there's been some pretty strong acquisitions to his team
Speaker 1: this year with Alex Druce and Isaiah Hartenstein. I think
Speaker 1: you can define those guys as vets in the league
Speaker 1: or at least in veteran rules, and I think that
Speaker 1: they will definitely help the Thunder. And then also Jalen Williams,
Speaker 1: Santa Clara, Jaylen Williams, you know, I think him not
Speaker 1: being a rookie this year, him knowing what's coming is
Speaker 1: going to help Shae out a lot. And so yeah,
Speaker 1: I think SGA is going to be the MVP, and
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see if I'm right. I usually am,
Speaker 1: so we'll see. Anyways, moving on, I want to talk
Speaker 1: about dependsive Player of the Year. I think Defensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year should be Victor Wemenyama. I thought Defensive
Speaker 1: Player the Year should been Victor Hemenyama last year. I
Speaker 1: think that he was rigged. I think that Rudy Gobert
Speaker 1: has won that award too many times. I think, especially
Speaker 1: with Chris Paul on Spurs this year, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: really fun to watch the Spurs. And I mean Wemby
Speaker 1: is a seven four seven five giant who can shoot
Speaker 1: like a point guard, and I mean you just can't
Speaker 1: get past him on defense. I'm really excited to see
Speaker 1: how his game has evolved. Okay, Rookie of the Year,
Speaker 1: this is not clear. I feel like with the MVP,
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year it's pretty Maybe MVP is
Speaker 1: a little less clear, but Defensive Player of the Year
Speaker 1: is pretty obvious. MVP. You know, of course, Yogic Shay
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum, but that's pretty much the only con Luca,
Speaker 1: that's pretty much the only conversation. Rookie of the Year
Speaker 1: is not clear. This is a very weird draft class.
Speaker 1: But if I had to make a prediction, I would
Speaker 1: say Read Shepherd and my reasoning for reed Shepherd wouldn't
Speaker 1: necessarily be talent. I would say it's more about consistency.
Speaker 1: I think he's more consistent than the other rookies in
Speaker 1: this class. And I also think he'll get more minutes,
Speaker 1: he'll get more reps. I mean, look at Alex Sar
Speaker 1: other than Brownie. I think he had the worst plus
Speaker 1: minus in the preseason. Summer League was rough for Alex Sar. Yes,
Speaker 1: he's a second pick, Yes, things could happen. You know.
Speaker 1: I don't want to say this is a James Wiseman situation,
Speaker 1: but I just don't see him really having a standout season. No.
Speaker 1: Do I think Read Shepherd's going to be an All Star. No,
Speaker 1: but I think he will be more consistent than everyone
Speaker 1: else in the draft class. If I had it my way,
Speaker 1: Jared McCain would be the Rookie of the Year, But unfortunately,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna go my way. By the way,
Speaker 1: rest up, Jared, I saw he just had a big
Speaker 1: tumble in preseason, So hopefully everything works out and he's
Speaker 1: ready for Game one. And then my sixth man of
Speaker 1: the Year is Dante Deevinchenzo. If you had asked me
Speaker 1: this question probably five days ago, I don't think I
Speaker 1: would give this answer. But now that Dante is the Timberwolf,
Speaker 1: he is mad. He is mad, and it's fun to
Speaker 1: see Dante mad, you know. I when Dante was on
Speaker 1: the Warriors, he was not the Dante he is now.
Speaker 1: He has had some amazing player development, which also moves
Speaker 1: me to this. I think Donte DiVincenzo should also be
Speaker 1: the most improved player. I believe that the Dante that
Speaker 1: was on the Bucks and the Dante that's gonna be
Speaker 1: on the Timberwolves this year is a completely different, evolved player.
Speaker 1: And I think not only has his skill evolved, but
Speaker 1: his personality has evolved, and he's mad. I don't know,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to see, not saying that
Speaker 1: this is gonna happen, But if in the crazy world
Speaker 1: it was the Timberwolves next final, I don't want to
Speaker 1: see that. That would be crazy. So those are my
Speaker 1: award predictions. Okay, so now I want to move on
Speaker 1: to a question that was asked by Austin Rivers on Twitter,
Speaker 1: and the question is would you trade chet Holmgren right
Speaker 1: now for the draft rights to Cooper Flack and I
Speaker 1: thought long and hard about this one. I don't know
Speaker 1: this is a definite answer, but right now today I
Speaker 1: would keep Chet home grin. I think in the modern
Speaker 1: NBA we put too much hype on players that have
Speaker 1: never played a game in the league. We don't know
Speaker 1: how Cooper is going to be in the NBA. We
Speaker 1: can guess, you know, I would guess that he's going
Speaker 1: to be incredible, but we don't know. And we've seen
Speaker 1: enough of Chet to know. I keep saying, no, it's
Speaker 1: funny because the name of this podcast, but anyways, we've
Speaker 1: seen Chet. He's just he's too good of a rim protector.
Speaker 1: He's too good of a shooter for a big man.
Speaker 1: He's a consistent defender. And I think that those are
Speaker 1: things that the Thunder, which could arguably be a real
Speaker 1: title contender this year, shouldn't give up for someone that is,
Speaker 1: you know, basically hasn't played a real college game yet.
Speaker 1: You know, if you ask me this question in March,
Speaker 1: I hope my answer changes because I really want to
Speaker 1: see Cooper Flag be good. I really want to see
Speaker 1: Cooper Flag be special. I'm a big fan of him.
Speaker 1: I love watching his high school mixtapes. They're so much
Speaker 1: fun to watch, and so I really do hope that
Speaker 1: in March my answer changes. But right now, having really
Speaker 1: seen little of Cooper Flag, I mean, sure, yes, we
Speaker 1: saw him with the USA Select team, but having seen
Speaker 1: little of him in actual crunch time games on a
Speaker 1: high level, I would keep chat Holmgren. I'm curious what
Speaker 1: you guys think. Thank you guys so much for listening
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