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Speaker 2: Now he on that got what they wanted then signed
Speaker 2: you run all right, everybody, We now have a NBA champion.
Speaker 2: Congratulations to the Boston Celtics getting it done in what
Speaker 2: we consider the gentlemen's suite. You know, they answered a
Speaker 2: lot of questions, critics they were obviously under a microscope
Speaker 2: all season long, and even particularly into the playoffs, into
Speaker 2: the start of the finals, where you know people are saying,
Speaker 2: all right, well, are they really that good because of
Speaker 2: you know, the teams they played, star players were down
Speaker 2: or whatever. Well it's you answer that question by saying, hey,
Speaker 2: that's not our fault. We did was supposed to do.
Speaker 2: And they answered the call, took the challenge when it
Speaker 2: was time, and then the question was, Okay, I think
Speaker 2: we all understood how important Porzingis was for them all season,
Speaker 2: so the question that needed to be answered then was
Speaker 2: can they win in the big game without them? And
Speaker 2: boy did they do so. Porzingis was fantastic in Game one,
Speaker 2: gave him what he had in Game two, tried to
Speaker 2: get himself back, just motivation. But I just this team.
Speaker 2: They were hitting on all cylinders all playoff long, and
Speaker 2: it's hard to deny their accomplishment. And as much as
Speaker 2: I applaud Dallas, I thought they were very good and
Speaker 2: I thought it would be a very good series. I
Speaker 2: didn't know if entertaining series because of the drama to
Speaker 2: see what Kyrie Luca, who was on a killing spree,
Speaker 2: just doing this thing, and then the Celtics as a
Speaker 2: team playing well, the question can can Tatum play well
Speaker 2: and lead the team? They were winning? They won big.
Speaker 2: He didn't play great. I think he had two great
Speaker 2: game games in this series, averaging twenty two eight and seven,
Speaker 2: but he shot only thirty nine percent from the field
Speaker 2: twenty six percent from the three. The numbers, as far
Speaker 2: as you know what you read, aren't great when you
Speaker 2: talk about your star player. But at the same time,
Speaker 2: at the same time, he understood the situation. He did
Speaker 2: not force the issue when he was not shooting well.
Speaker 2: He made plays for other guys, and he allowed the MVP,
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown, the opportunity to go and do what he
Speaker 2: needed to do. So congratulations, first of all goes out
Speaker 2: to Jaylen Brown. I thought he was one of three
Speaker 2: consistent players for the Boston Celtics. He was number one. Obviously,
Speaker 2: he averaged twenty point eight so almost twenty one game,
Speaker 2: five rebounds, five assists, took the challenge on guarding Luka Doncic,
Speaker 2: and he was great. He was great, and Luca is
Speaker 2: a hard guard, and he took on the challenge period.
Speaker 2: And then I think Drew Holliday was fantastic. I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, when you talk about a guy who was
Speaker 2: considered one of your role players, but a very important
Speaker 2: guy through three games, his name was floating around, let's
Speaker 2: say whispers about possibly and potentially being an MVP. And
Speaker 2: then there's Derek White whose name was floating around for
Speaker 2: potentially being up for MVP. I'm talking about guys that
Speaker 2: know their role and do it extremely well. You know.
Speaker 2: For you guys, young players, I know, we all want
Speaker 2: to be stars. We all want an opportunity to have
Speaker 2: a friend, to be the man for a franchise. But
Speaker 2: you can still be the man for a franchise as
Speaker 2: a role player. And let me tell you something, I
Speaker 2: guarantee Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum and the Boston Celtics
Speaker 2: organization view Derek White and Drew Holliday as superstars because
Speaker 2: of the role that they had all playoffs, not just
Speaker 2: the finals. Throughout all the playoffs, Derek White was fantastic
Speaker 2: guard in different positions, hit down big shots. We know
Speaker 2: what Drew was doing on the defensive end. Uh. Just
Speaker 2: everything in general was just it was fun to watch.
Speaker 2: I mean it just they made a very good Dallas
Speaker 2: Mavericks team look average normal because they were playing out
Speaker 2: of their minds. Dallak Mavericks, and they were stepping up
Speaker 2: to the plate where everybody felt like, oh, a lot
Speaker 2: of people who picked Dallas to win this series. And
Speaker 2: if you guys recall last week, I spoke about one
Speaker 2: thing that would be a challenge, well a few things,
Speaker 2: but one thing in particular that would be a challenge.
Speaker 2: I felt for the Mavericks, but particularly for the individual
Speaker 2: player in Kyrie trying to find his way more so
Speaker 2: than obviously winning. It's an unbelievable record that he has
Speaker 2: right now, streak going on as far as playing against Boston,
Speaker 2: and I don't know if that record is just for
Speaker 2: I think it's just playing against Boston, not really at Boston,
Speaker 2: but obviously at Boston he was a different guy. And
Speaker 2: I spoke on just how tough it is to be
Speaker 2: mentally strong and kind of stay locked in. I mean,
Speaker 2: if you mean, you're playing for the NBA Finals, so
Speaker 2: it should be easy to lock in. But at the
Speaker 2: same time, like, whether he admit it or not, it's
Speaker 2: his kryptonite, you know, it's just fair to say it's
Speaker 2: like it's his kryptonite. And the moment, I think fans
Speaker 2: felt like they can affect him with what said. I
Speaker 2: mean they were saying some crazy stuff, of course, but
Speaker 2: when they felt like they continue to pour it on.
Speaker 2: Kyrie is a champion and already he was. He's one
Speaker 2: of the best players in the league. He was playing
Speaker 2: like it. It's this. I mean, we saw what he
Speaker 2: did in Game three, in Game four. I mean, he
Speaker 2: just he's a special player and it's just a tough
Speaker 2: situation where he just if if they're if they're playing
Speaker 2: against anybody else, you'll see a better version of Kyrie.
Speaker 2: And I know the different channels sports shows talking about uh,
Speaker 2: you know, they felt that Kyrie was out of it Dallas.
Speaker 2: I just from what I saw, yes, you could ride
Speaker 2: the momentum, but they were riding the momentum of playing
Speaker 2: great in the series before coming into Boston. It's just
Speaker 2: the actual reality of it is that it's just a
Speaker 2: tough place to play for Kyrie. You know, whether he
Speaker 2: mints it or not, and that's fine if he does not,
Speaker 2: but you know, at the same time, he's a monster.
Speaker 2: He's a beast, and congratulations to him and his team
Speaker 2: on a good season. Another thing I loved to highlight
Speaker 2: and I talked to a lot of people throughout the
Speaker 2: five games series that was going on, and that people
Speaker 2: always ask my opinion on it, and I thought, there's
Speaker 2: two things that I noticed and that the Boston Celtics did,
Speaker 2: and it was quite interesting. One they allowed Luca to
Speaker 2: get the switch he wanted to play one on one
Speaker 2: and put up the numbers he chose to because he
Speaker 2: you know, he holds the ball, he gets into his
Speaker 2: bag and he's a have to score. He averaged twenty
Speaker 2: nine for this series. And I did say I felt
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown guarded him extremely well, and what I mean
Speaker 2: is that he's frustrated him and there were times where
Speaker 2: you could see the frustration. So they mixed it up.
Speaker 2: And I always say, as a star player being in
Speaker 2: that position, if you allow star player to get used
Speaker 2: to one style of one defense, one guy, one situation,
Speaker 2: they will exploit you and dominate you. And we saw
Speaker 2: that in Game four. We saw that, like they got
Speaker 2: whatever they wanted, Luca got whatever they wanted. And when
Speaker 2: you allow Luca to not only score, but get other
Speaker 2: guys involved, get the lib get the skip passed for
Speaker 2: open threes, or do whatever he wants, get you in
Speaker 2: foul trouble you're not going to beat him. Well, they
Speaker 2: allowed Luca to go get his but made sure they
Speaker 2: stayed home on Kyrie, and they chose who would be
Speaker 2: the designated shooter for them, took away the lob plays. Yes,
Speaker 2: they eventually Game four, they got the lob and everything
Speaker 2: they wanted. But and all in all, they made the
Speaker 2: game tough for him. Then they would switch and give
Speaker 2: him a different look every now and then they would
Speaker 2: double team him. Now that these other guys are out
Speaker 2: of rhythm from Luca playing one on one, now you
Speaker 2: double team him, giving them a different look. Now you're
Speaker 2: making Derrick Jones Junior the shooter. And he hit them,
Speaker 2: but will he hit enough? Or you're making Lively and
Speaker 2: Gaffer the decision decision makers. They didn't contest with a
Speaker 2: full out contest on PJ. Washington. They were playing the
Speaker 2: percentage game. Yes, he hit some and he got going
Speaker 2: a little bit, but they played the percentage game because
Speaker 2: you figure you frustrate Luca by getting the ball out
Speaker 2: of his hands, particularly high off the court, and then
Speaker 2: you try to deny and where he has to watch
Speaker 2: other guys play basketball, and he got frustrating outside of
Speaker 2: the fact that he was trying to draw a foul
Speaker 2: or flop you know, the flop play, or complaining every play.
Speaker 2: So you can just see the frustrating, the frustration seeping in,
Speaker 2: particularly in the first three first three games, and it
Speaker 2: wasn't much complaining in game four because he did everything
Speaker 2: he wanted to do on the floor. So and he
Speaker 2: tried his best Game five not to really get to
Speaker 2: engage with the referees, and Kyrie was just trying. I mean,
Speaker 2: he was trying to hit the home run every play.
Speaker 2: It's just this is a tough situation. Man, It's just unfortunate.
Speaker 2: But I felt like Boston had an unbelievable game plan.
Speaker 2: They had a lot of guys out there that cat
Speaker 2: guard him and out I was reading comments like, oh man,
Speaker 2: all these guys can't guard. It's not the fact, it's
Speaker 2: just the fact that you give Luca different looks from
Speaker 2: Houser to Tatum, to Drew to Derek White, Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown, Oh yeah. You give him perzingers every now
Speaker 2: and then. Oh you also give him al Horford a
Speaker 2: little bit. So it's a it was just giving them
Speaker 2: a different look. So he couldn't find the rhythm of
Speaker 2: just beating one guy. Yeah, so he may beat Hawser
Speaker 2: off the drib a little bit. But at the same time,
Speaker 2: Hauser played great defense sometimes and Luca was just hitting
Speaker 2: tough shots. He's a tough shot maker. I also want
Speaker 2: to give a shout out. I mentioned Al Horford. Shout
Speaker 2: out to Al Horford. Man played in the league forever,
Speaker 2: been around, and he was able to get it done. Man.
Speaker 2: It was just it was great to see the elation
Speaker 2: and the excitement and disbelief. He just couldn't believe it. Man,
Speaker 2: It's just it's just a great feeling. It's always cool
Speaker 2: to watch the initial reactions after teams win the championship.
Speaker 2: And as much as we a lot of people felt.
Speaker 2: You talk about numbers, when you look at the actual numbers,
Speaker 2: Jason Tatum might have had better numbers. Jaln Brown was
Speaker 2: probably the most consistent player. He delivered each and every
Speaker 2: night on both ends of the floor. I think they
Speaker 2: both had great comments. I know we all were looking
Speaker 2: at we all were looking at Tatum's reaction to see
Speaker 2: how he reacted, But I mean, I just think it
Speaker 2: was the right decision in my opinion. So the next
Speaker 2: thing that was talked about, obviously after the game was
Speaker 2: will we see a repeat? Well, we see a repeat.
Speaker 2: I think Boston will be right there again. They'll have
Speaker 2: a chance to be right there again, obviously, Mike. If
Speaker 2: you guys think back to the beginning of the season,
Speaker 2: my question was porzingis being healthy and if he was
Speaker 2: not healthy, do you have enough and can you get
Speaker 2: a enough out of Al Horford? You did and they
Speaker 2: were able to. He was prasinga stay healthy most of
Speaker 2: the season where Al was not worn down come playoff
Speaker 2: time and you got the best version of Al Horford
Speaker 2: in the playoffs, which it worked out great for him.
Speaker 2: Luke Cornette, I think did his job and played his
Speaker 2: role well all season. They didn't use him in the playoffs. Cool,
Speaker 2: That's not what his role was. His role was to
Speaker 2: be consistent and to get to buy them minutes throughout
Speaker 2: the season so you don't wear down Al Horford because
Speaker 2: Al Horford's worth to the Boston Celtics, in my opinion,
Speaker 2: was what we saw in the playoffs where you're gonna
Speaker 2: need him to knock down threes, obviously, but to have
Speaker 2: to switch and guard some of the faster players in
Speaker 2: the scores where you don't have to put yo you're
Speaker 2: gonna put him in situations where he has to guard it,
Speaker 2: but he's capable because he's not worn down. So uh
Speaker 2: it was. It was just job well done by the
Speaker 2: front off office, just putting in the right pieces. We
Speaker 2: heard Joel and B said, yes, did Milwaukee gift the
Speaker 2: championship to Boston? Mister Joel and B, you could be
Speaker 2: correct because Drew Holliday is the glue and a piece
Speaker 2: where I think you can plug and play him anywhere
Speaker 2: because of his unselfishness, his unselfishness and his ability to
Speaker 2: score when needed, but his willingness to guard multiple positions.
Speaker 2: It didn't matter. Man. He was guarding Luca in the post,
Speaker 2: he was guarding some of the Bigs in switches while
Speaker 2: Al Horford was out there on the perimeter trying to
Speaker 2: box those guys out and stuff. So they have a
Speaker 2: very special team. But in the East alone, we have
Speaker 2: to think of I'm gonna work my way up with
Speaker 2: the magic will look like next year. I think they're
Speaker 2: gonna still be very good. The Pacers, we'll get into that.
Speaker 2: The seventy six ers getting healthy and see what that
Speaker 2: looks like. The Knicks getting healthy. I don't know how
Speaker 2: I forget them, sorry Jannis. But the Milwaukee Bucks, once
Speaker 2: they get healthy, they're coming back. We know Giannis is
Speaker 2: coming back with vengeance, with the vengeance and he's in
Speaker 2: the lab getting ready. So look out for the Milwaukee
Speaker 2: Bucks as well. This I mean, that will probably be
Speaker 2: why that's probably the first team I should have said,
Speaker 2: is the Milwaukee Bucks. So the East will be interesting.
Speaker 2: The West next year is gonna also be very interesting
Speaker 2: because I think we don't know what Phoenix is gonna
Speaker 2: look like. We know Denver is gonna have a shot Memphis.
Speaker 2: See what Houston looks like. Clippers. That's just the name
Speaker 2: for you. See with Golden State, like I mean, we
Speaker 2: always see you have teams that we could like, hey,
Speaker 2: we'll just see what what they look like and just
Speaker 2: just helped alone. Now let's get into free agency. Indiana
Speaker 2: signed Siakam or Web sign Siakam for four years basically
Speaker 2: one and a half quick numbers, that's like forty seven
Speaker 2: and some chains a year for Pascal. So they're secure
Speaker 2: and now they just plug and play pick get some
Speaker 2: pieces that they need in free agency to add on.
Speaker 2: Then there's uh, the obvious Lebron and it'd be interesting
Speaker 2: to see what he does, because I feel like, in
Speaker 2: my mind, I think he's gonna go back to LA
Speaker 2: He has everything he wants there. You know, they just
Speaker 2: need to upgrade their team, but his life, everything he wants,
Speaker 2: his businesses that are there, so it makes sense. But
Speaker 2: you never know, you never know James Harden. I feel
Speaker 2: like James Harden, it's happy where he is. So I
Speaker 2: don't know if it's what the price, what the number
Speaker 2: will look like. And then there's PG with that to
Speaker 2: see what happens there. Because I feel like, as I'm
Speaker 2: thinking about it, well, I think James will wait to
Speaker 2: see what PG does before he makes his decision. I
Speaker 2: think that's because it's interesting. We've heard Paul George's name
Speaker 2: to a lot of teams where he you know, he
Speaker 2: could possibly be a fit, or he can stay with
Speaker 2: the Clippers and they run it back and try it
Speaker 2: again with that same team. You know, you always like
Speaker 2: to have your your core guys together for as long
Speaker 2: as possible. To have a great coach in tyleru So
Speaker 2: who also has done well for himself this summer. And
Speaker 2: then there's o g with the Knicks. We saw I
Speaker 2: read about his his offer from the Knicks and he
Speaker 2: wasn't happy, so he's opened himself up to free agency.
Speaker 2: Who he would be a great, great pick for a
Speaker 2: lot of teams. I think the seventy six Ers would
Speaker 2: love to have him. I think he'll be a great
Speaker 2: piece for them. He'll be a great piece for a
Speaker 2: couple of teams. The first team that comes to mind
Speaker 2: is the seventy six Ers. He's a three n D
Speaker 2: guy that can take a lot of pressure off of
Speaker 2: your two star players. Because we know Maxie he was
Speaker 2: a free agent free agent. Also, I think who had
Speaker 2: a great year. Who's gonna get paid this this summer?
Speaker 2: Klay Thompson. That's an interesting one for the simple fact, yeah,
Speaker 2: everything behind it. We heard that he unfollowed the Warriors.
Speaker 2: Some of the players, uh, I don't know. Draymond and
Speaker 2: other guys don't seem to worry, aren't too worried about it.
Speaker 2: But it's just interesting, you know, just gets people talking.
Speaker 2: You see Clay is playing with the Bahamian national team,
Speaker 2: which is interesting. I think they have some pretty interesting
Speaker 2: pieces there. I'll tap into that later, but Clay Thompson
Speaker 2: is another guy who will be a hot topic in
Speaker 2: in a wanted piece for a lot of teams. Clay
Speaker 2: Thompson with the Magic, Clay Thompson with the Sixers. Maybe
Speaker 2: Clay Thompson. I don't know how you make that work
Speaker 2: with the Lakers, but he's a guy that can can
Speaker 2: can put a team over the over the top with
Speaker 2: Claike Thompson. Malik Monk is another guy that I feel
Speaker 2: like as a guy with a team that needs a
Speaker 2: score off the bench, Phoenix shoot, he can go back
Speaker 2: to Sack and they can run that back as well.
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be important piece. I think KCP,
Speaker 2: who's a free agent, He's he's going to play a
Speaker 2: huge role to help get a team over the top.
Speaker 2: Another three and D guy, role player that knows his
Speaker 2: role and plays it to the best of his ability.
Speaker 2: So and then lastly the DeMar Derozen and this is
Speaker 2: just the name of you. I know there's a lot
Speaker 2: of others, but these are some of the big names
Speaker 2: that I think that could outside of Lebron maybe hardened
Speaker 2: depending on what PG does, stay where they are. I
Speaker 2: think those other guys I mentioned, uh PG, possibly Clay
Speaker 2: og Leak and Case could be on the move to
Speaker 2: help a contending team and DeRozan could also be that
Speaker 2: guy to help a contending team, another solid superstar who
Speaker 2: could play beside another star. You know, here's your veteran.
Speaker 2: Here's another guy like DeRozan that could possibly be in Orlando.
Speaker 2: You got to figure out what you're gonna do. If
Speaker 2: you bring him, it could work. I think that can work.
Speaker 2: You move Franz to possibly the four is to play
Speaker 2: some four. I don't know if that's this cup of tea,
Speaker 2: but you can or you put the young fella at
Speaker 2: the four. Franz can play the small forward. I think
Speaker 2: they can make that work. Over there. There's a bunch
Speaker 2: of options for DeRozan as well. So I say all
Speaker 2: of this to say that it'll be interesting to see
Speaker 2: what all of these teams that we said get healthy.
Speaker 2: Then you go and add a free agent or too
Speaker 2: to make your team better. Maybe some of them names
Speaker 2: we mentioned. Maybe it's more because I'm sure you guys
Speaker 2: are having conversations now trying to put these guys into
Speaker 2: places that makes sense for either your team or someone
Speaker 2: else's team. So that's the beauty of podcasting and listening
Speaker 2: and creating conversation about free agency and where guys could
Speaker 2: go or potentially go or they could just do what
Speaker 2: Pascal Si I can didn't stay there and write it out.
Speaker 2: Free agency is always interesting because I think back to
Speaker 2: when I was a free agent and I was up
Speaker 2: lockout hits, and I knew I wasn't coming off the
Speaker 2: board as what some of the first free agents to go.
Speaker 2: But at the same time, I knew I if I
Speaker 2: would wait, my time, my time would come and I'll
Speaker 2: fall in my slot of need want in teams contacting.
Speaker 2: And I got that phone call from Dallas and Mark
Speaker 2: Cuban was a very interesting conversation. You know, you always
Speaker 2: see Mark Cuban from from the outside. Getting the conversation
Speaker 2: having a conversation with him was pretty cool. My conversation
Speaker 2: with the Memphis Grizzlies was actually pretty dunk cool. They
Speaker 2: got on a plane and came on down. Had a
Speaker 2: great conversation, as well as my conversation with Sacramento Kings.
Speaker 2: I'm sure y'all said, wait, you play for the Kings. Yes,
Speaker 2: I did. I played for the Kings for a year
Speaker 2: and Lottie, they made the trip down. We had a
Speaker 2: great conversation, great opportunity. So free agency is always nerve
Speaker 2: racking for some when you're in the position as a
Speaker 2: free agent to make the moves, decisions, moved the needle
Speaker 2: of how things go, kind of like where Lebron is.
Speaker 2: I think PG is in a position where he where
Speaker 2: he goes is gonna determine where some of these guys
Speaker 2: like a OG, maybe even Clay end Up uh OG
Speaker 2: and O G hit me out OG and Golden State.
Speaker 2: Oh that would be a good one too. Go ahead,
Speaker 2: y'all talk about that. But yeah, I just I just
Speaker 2: I remember even my even my conversations. I had a
Speaker 2: great conversation in Atlanta also with Lloyd Pierce Man. It's
Speaker 2: just obviously the conversation. It's funny over the years how
Speaker 2: the conversations changed. Uh, you know, they always talking. We
Speaker 2: know you're older, but we just want you to be
Speaker 2: a locker room guy. Be this with that. And I
Speaker 2: was up front with what I what I was looking
Speaker 2: for and what I wanted to do. I was all
Speaker 2: all in for mentoring guys and being an example in
Speaker 2: the locker room and helping guys navigate through their careers.
Speaker 2: But I felt like as a player, you still for
Speaker 2: young guys, it's easy to go talk to them and
Speaker 2: help them verbally, but when you go out there and
Speaker 2: go out on the court and physically show them what
Speaker 2: that conversation looks like. I think that's when you're worth
Speaker 2: to a team is elevated. So that was some great
Speaker 2: conversations in Atlanta. I had some great games in Atlanta
Speaker 2: over my career, so the play in Atlanta was pretty
Speaker 2: darn cool. Met some great people. So I'm definitely locked in,
Speaker 2: just like you guys are for free agency because it's
Speaker 2: gonna be interesting. It really is. I think this is
Speaker 2: this is the year to see, you know, what Lebron
Speaker 2: decides to do. Like I said, it's just gonna be
Speaker 2: the trickle down effect. I don't know safe tune. With
Speaker 2: all that being said, along with free agency, we go
Speaker 2: back now. We backtrack comes the draft before free agency,
Speaker 2: because the draft which is coming up June twenty sixth
Speaker 2: and twenty seven, it's a two day thing now, which
Speaker 2: is interesting. But I'm going to get into why I
Speaker 2: think it's interesting college basketball. Some people say it's a
Speaker 2: down year for the draft. Sure, I know a few.
Speaker 2: As a big I think Clinging, I think Donovan Clinging,
Speaker 2: the big fella from yukon't read Shepherd. It's interesting about
Speaker 2: Read Shepherd because I know his dad played against his dad,
Speaker 2: So it's just pretty cool to see guys that I've
Speaker 2: played with now kids are making their own way, doing
Speaker 2: the thing, getting their opportunity. And I mean, he can
Speaker 2: go top five, Read, so good luck to you. But
Speaker 2: it's just the draft is always rather interesting, regardless of
Speaker 2: how we see the draft, being a strong or weak draft,
Speaker 2: it plays a bigger role more so internally in the
Speaker 2: NBA because all of these free agents that we talked
Speaker 2: about that we mentioned plus more sometimes can determine how
Speaker 2: the draft works. So how a player is drafted, and
Speaker 2: we as fans we watch it, we feel like, hey,
Speaker 2: this player is good enough because we look at the
Speaker 2: position or the number, But it's more so need sometimes.
Speaker 2: And I know the Hawks have the number one pick,
Speaker 2: and obviously we're hearing them say they're going to keep
Speaker 2: their pick. They have no intentions of trading it. I'm
Speaker 2: not very familiar with the French guy. I've seen some
Speaker 2: video who we he has potential. It's like everybody else,
Speaker 2: so I'll be interested to see where they go. I mean,
Speaker 2: I have had conversations. I'm sure you guys have had
Speaker 2: conversations about what they should do. I know we're hearing
Speaker 2: whispers about them potentially moving their two stars and Trey
Speaker 2: and the Jontey Murray and others are Clint Capella potentially
Speaker 2: on the go. So if they're gonna do that, they're
Speaker 2: gonna have to. I mean, it's a lot. It's easy
Speaker 2: for us to be armchair gms in Archair, you know
Speaker 2: Archair gms and the part of the organization for draft
Speaker 2: night or what teams should do. But it's it's easy
Speaker 2: to place a guy that we feel that should be there.
Speaker 2: It's the tough part is making the money work, because
Speaker 2: in reality they have to make the money work because
Speaker 2: just like I said, I mentioned some of those guys,
Speaker 2: like I said, og would be great at Golden State. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but does it work? Will the money work? I'm sure
Speaker 2: they can make it work. And that's kind of how
Speaker 2: things work. And I say that because I think to
Speaker 2: my draft and for those who are too young, my
Speaker 2: draft was nineteen ninety eight. The Clippers had the number
Speaker 2: one pick, selecting Michael Oliva. Candy Mike Bibby was number two,
Speaker 2: Brayfela Frienz was number three, Antoine Jamison was number four,
Speaker 2: and that was number five. Also in that draft was
Speaker 2: Paul Pierce, Dirk Nabisky tractor trailer. That's just to nab
Speaker 2: a few. I'll stop there, but I've said that because
Speaker 2: I was traded draft night, and I remember I think
Speaker 2: back to my workouts coming out, like the Toronto Rafters
Speaker 2: when I was playing working out playing pick up, they
Speaker 2: would come down come to watch me to said, hey,
Speaker 2: you're available at four, we're drafting you, so you might
Speaker 2: as well come work out for us. It's like, okay,
Speaker 2: and I worked out for Golden State. I worked out
Speaker 2: for Sacramento Kings. Down the line, I think there were eight.
Speaker 2: Did I say white Chocolate? I think White Chocolate was
Speaker 2: also in that draft I worked out for. I worked
Speaker 2: out for Vancouver and the Clippers didn't want me to
Speaker 2: work out because they tell me no because they already
Speaker 2: knew they were either taking Oliver Candy or Bibby. It
Speaker 2: was already said Olacan or Bibby. We're going to go
Speaker 2: one and two. Denver. I worked out for Denver, had
Speaker 2: a great workout, felt like I could possibly go as
Speaker 2: high as three. So it's just a lot of waiting sees.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think if you bring in any draft
Speaker 2: pick or any player who's gone through the draft process.
Speaker 2: I think a majority of them saying working out for
Speaker 2: teams as nerve racking because you never know did you
Speaker 2: do or play as well as you think you did.
Speaker 2: And that was kind of my thing for a couple
Speaker 2: of couple of teams Golden State. I had a great
Speaker 2: workout Sacramento. My workout was great. I didn't. I had
Speaker 2: a lot of things that went wrong in my workout
Speaker 2: with Toronto, So in my mind, I didn't think I
Speaker 2: worked once I was able to get on the court,
Speaker 2: I didn't feel like I worked out or I had
Speaker 2: a great workout. I was told I had a darn
Speaker 2: a good workout, but it didn't feel like it. So
Speaker 2: that's the up and down. And when teams coming like, man,
Speaker 2: how was my workout? Oh, I had a good workout Denver,
Speaker 2: but they wanted ready for friends. But Denver really liked
Speaker 2: and liked me and enjoyed my workout. You know, do
Speaker 2: they just tell you that? Possibly? But whatever? And then
Speaker 2: the fourth pit comes out was like ooh, Toronto, and
Speaker 2: I was just like, you know, so the story goes.
Speaker 2: I going into my workout for Toronto, my flight was
Speaker 2: delayed delayed, delayed to where I got in so late
Speaker 2: to where I was staying because I hadn't checked it
Speaker 2: all day. They canceled my reservation, so I had to
Speaker 2: go check into another hotel. Finally get situated my bags
Speaker 2: back up. My bags didn't come on time, so I
Speaker 2: had to wait for my bags, which caused me to
Speaker 2: go into the to the one am morning, which then
Speaker 2: my reservation was canceled where I was staying. Once I
Speaker 2: finally got my bags, I ended up going to check
Speaker 2: into another hotel. When I checked into that hotel was
Speaker 2: starting to get into the to the one thirty hour,
Speaker 2: I ordered room service I hadn't eaten that was running late.
Speaker 2: So now we're getting into two three in the morning.
Speaker 2: I have to go to sleep for this workout. Well,
Speaker 2: finally get to sleep with all just the nerves of it.
Speaker 2: The ball the ball boy picks me up or whoever
Speaker 2: a couple of people come to pick you up for
Speaker 2: the workout, and I'm working out by myself. I'm not
Speaker 2: working out with anybody else. Finally get to the practice facility,
Speaker 2: meet everybody, shake hands, how you doing, small talk, blah
Speaker 2: blah blah, ask your questions, and then like all right,
Speaker 2: all right, let's get ready to go, go, get changed,
Speaker 2: get ready for your workout. No workout gear, didn't have
Speaker 2: any workout gear. The ball kid, I guess I forgot
Speaker 2: my workout gear. So we're sitting there like dang, and
Speaker 2: it wasn't in that facility, so he had to get
Speaker 2: in the car go down to where to the practice
Speaker 2: facility or wherever the stuff was. Now I'm just like dang,
Speaker 2: everything is going sideways for this workout. Finally get in there,
Speaker 2: trying to get stretched, get myself going, and then doing
Speaker 2: the drill and I remember early full court. I'm just
Speaker 2: trying to dribble fast, down up, do the pull ups,
Speaker 2: and I'm pulling up a little short, little short. And
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, they're trying to see
Speaker 2: your potential. I mean, because you can go and hit
Speaker 2: every shot and you could just be having a day,
Speaker 2: or you can go miss every shot and you could
Speaker 2: just having a bad day. They just want to see
Speaker 2: your potential and what can how you can fit in
Speaker 2: with their team, and if they have the resources and
Speaker 2: the coaches that can make you a better player and
Speaker 2: fitting what they're trying to do. So all these things
Speaker 2: obviously later on I understood that, but when you're in
Speaker 2: the moment, you're just trying to be as perfect as possible.
Speaker 2: So Toronto is up and they call Antoine Jamison's name
Speaker 2: instead of mind. I was like, hmm, that's interesting, Well
Speaker 2: let's go back. One of the coaches like, if you're
Speaker 2: available at four, we're taking you, so you might as
Speaker 2: well come work out for us. So I was like,
Speaker 2: all right, well I did come work out for him.
Speaker 2: Everything went bad in my mind. I didn't feel like
Speaker 2: I played well. Antoine didn't work out for the Toronto Raptors.
Speaker 2: So I'm like, the heck is going on? All right, whatever,
Speaker 2: we're excited for him. My boy got drafted, My roommate
Speaker 2: college gets after all right, cool, congratulations and family. We're
Speaker 2: sitting at the table next to us. They're putting on
Speaker 2: their hats and everybody's excited in Toronto. And I'm still like,
Speaker 2: but he didn't work out for him whatever. I didn't
Speaker 2: know what was all going on behind the scenes, which
Speaker 2: I talked about earlier leading up to this story, because
Speaker 2: they meaning Toronto was working out a deal with Golden
Speaker 2: State for Antoine's rights, so they said, if you draft
Speaker 2: him at four, we'll draft then said five exchange, so
Speaker 2: on and so forth. And I think at the time
Speaker 2: Dallas was the Mavericks are trying their hardest to move
Speaker 2: up to get Antoine. The Golden State was trying to
Speaker 2: move up what wanted to obviously work out a deal
Speaker 2: that worked in Toronto's favor to make it all happen.
Speaker 2: And I find this out later on, because you know,
Speaker 2: right after that, I get called, I get drafted the
Speaker 2: Golden State, and I had a pretty darn good workout there.
Speaker 2: Shout out to Tremaine folks, my workout partner. But I
Speaker 2: had a good work out there and it was all interesting.
Speaker 2: So as I'm going up, yeah, I'm sure you guys
Speaker 2: heard the story, I'm going up heartbeating. One of the
Speaker 2: things is that I vowed and it wasn't a meme
Speaker 2: at that time, but I did not want to trip
Speaker 2: up the steps as I'm going to go shake the
Speaker 2: Commissioner's hand, just like I did not want to drop
Speaker 2: the trophy if I wanted to dunk contests or drop
Speaker 2: the trophy if I were to have it were to
Speaker 2: win the Rookie of the Year. Those were some of
Speaker 2: the things I was thinking about as a rookie. You
Speaker 2: don't want to trip up the steps. That was my
Speaker 2: first hurdle, just trying to rush up there. So I
Speaker 2: took my time. Well, as this is going on, all
Speaker 2: this is going on, Antoine has as you know, has
Speaker 2: already taken his picture. He shakes David Stern's hands. He's
Speaker 2: on the side, getting ready to do that one interview,
Speaker 2: you know when you sit beside the stage and do
Speaker 2: the interview. He's done that, and now he's standing beside
Speaker 2: the save stage and my heart's beating excitement. Oh man,
Speaker 2: that's what I see on TV. Finally here. Blah blah blah.
Speaker 2: It's all crazy. And he is trying to say something
Speaker 2: to me at the same time, trying at the trip,
Speaker 2: trying to figure out what he's saying, trying at the trip,
Speaker 2: next step, trying to figure out what he's saying. So
Speaker 2: I'm like, hunh, so I'm holding on this onto the
Speaker 2: to the rear, like what what are you saying? Huh
Speaker 2: what are you saying? I don't know what you're saying.
Speaker 2: I can't hear you. I go up shake the commissioner's hands.
Speaker 2: We take the picture, and he says to me, hey, steak,
Speaker 2: stand right here real quick. I'm about to announce a trade,
Speaker 2: I said, Okay, Antoine, I see him. He's saying something.
Speaker 2: I'm still like, what are you saying? All right whatever,
Speaker 2: I was like, dang, somebody about to get traded already.
Speaker 2: We're five picks in. Now announce the trade, he said.
Speaker 2: The Toronto Raptors traded the rights of Antoine Jameson for
Speaker 2: Vince Carter the Golden State. Blase blah. I was like, oh,
Speaker 2: that's why he told me to stay there, because it's me.
Speaker 2: So I was introduced to the business of basketball five
Speaker 2: to seven minutes into my the beginning of my NBA career.
Speaker 2: And as it's happening, if there's a still shot out
Speaker 2: there somewhere of Antoine and I exchanging hats, and I
Speaker 2: was like, you know, in that moment, I'm like, man,
Speaker 2: what you saying? He said? I was telling you, stupid
Speaker 2: that we're getting traded for each other. You know that
Speaker 2: this is going on now. By the time they called
Speaker 2: my name, I'm standing up, hugged the family, congratulations, walking
Speaker 2: to the thing, enjoying the moment, get your hat, fixing
Speaker 2: your hat, really, you know, the saying what's up to something?
Speaker 2: The people or whatever and go up the stage just
Speaker 2: said already taking place within Antoine's draft pick, Antoine being
Speaker 2: drafted and then me being drafted. So I'm like clueless
Speaker 2: on what's going on. So he's trying to tell me.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, oh shoot, I ain't not good
Speaker 2: to hear you, blah blah blah. And then we take
Speaker 2: a picture cheese or whatever. And the cool story is
Speaker 2: my family, you know, I tell you. So, Antoine's family
Speaker 2: had on the Raptor's hat and they had it all
Speaker 2: nice and whatever. My brother and friends and family all
Speaker 2: they they have the Golden State hat, getting it all
Speaker 2: nice and write how you like it? And then all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, it's like I've been traded. So their
Speaker 2: family and my family, they're all just throwing hats on
Speaker 2: the table, switching hats. Find your hat, fix it up.
Speaker 2: So it's a pretty cool moment. It was to be
Speaker 2: traded for my college teammate, my good friend who we
Speaker 2: still talk all the time just about life in basketball
Speaker 2: and so on and so forth. So it was comforting, interesting, weird,
Speaker 2: surreal moment because you we watch it all the time,
Speaker 2: but when it's actually you going up on that stage,
Speaker 2: it's you try to emulate what you see. You always
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do it like this, and sometimes you're so
Speaker 2: nervous and calling the moment or so much going on forget.
Speaker 2: But I'm just like, I'm just gonna live in a moment, man.
Speaker 2: Is It was an interesting moment that once I you know,
Speaker 2: they always say what you could, you can't it can't do.
Speaker 2: You started hearing that and you get asked the questions.
Speaker 2: I was like, man, please, man, I'm I'm an NBA player. Man,
Speaker 2: I'm about to live. Live this man, Live this life, man,
Speaker 2: and enjoy this moment. Man. Twenty two years later, here
Speaker 2: I Am I mentioned the draft being June twenty sixth
Speaker 2: and twenty seven. Typically the draft is usually one day
Speaker 2: first the two rounds, and it's interesting that they're doing
Speaker 2: it two days. And I was like, why would they
Speaker 2: do that? And I don't know why, but I think
Speaker 2: it's interesting this. We don't mention Bronnie James real quick
Speaker 2: and shout out to him. Man uh, and shout out
Speaker 2: to Lebron. I'm glad to hear that he was through
Speaker 2: Rich Paul, his agent, but to hear that Lebron is
Speaker 2: kind of letting the process happen for Bronnie if you would,
Speaker 2: meaning yes, he said, if we if we get a
Speaker 2: chance to play together, it'd be great. But I'm not
Speaker 2: pushing the issue. And I'm so happy to hear that
Speaker 2: because i think at the end of the day, I'll
Speaker 2: always say, what does Bronnie want? What does Bronnie want?
Speaker 2: You know? And this is just me talking guys and
Speaker 2: you guys, I'm sure some of you agree and some
Speaker 2: of you don't, or whatever you may do, that's that's fine,
Speaker 2: But what does Bronnie want? What does Yes, it would
Speaker 2: be great. It was like it was great to play
Speaker 2: with my cousin for a couple of years, Like it was.
Speaker 2: It's nothing like playing with your family, especially at the
Speaker 2: pro ranks. And now you're talking about a son playing
Speaker 2: with his dad. Unbelievable. But is that what does is
Speaker 2: that what he wants? Does he want that? Is he
Speaker 2: up for it? Uh? We've always heard, I've always heard,
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know if you guys have like
Speaker 2: it coming from Lebron's side, agency side. So I think
Speaker 2: I personally would love to see him go out there
Speaker 2: and work out for everybody, because regardless of the teams
Speaker 2: that you know, we hear Phoenix and Lakers, but there's
Speaker 2: other teams that he may fit. He may teams may
Speaker 2: like him to give teams an opportunity to see him,
Speaker 2: because you never you never know. I think they want
Speaker 2: to put him in the best position to succeed more
Speaker 2: than anything, is my hopes, and it sounds like that's
Speaker 2: what they're doing for the most part. So I just
Speaker 2: I wish Brownie luck. I read that he's now ranked
Speaker 2: fifty fourth. He's fifty fourth best player in the draft. Obviously,
Speaker 2: we know the Lakers have the fifty fifth pick. I'm
Speaker 2: not sure how many fifty eight to sixty picks this year.
Speaker 2: I don't know. Let's just say sixty if not is not.
Speaker 2: But my point is he was not ranked in the
Speaker 2: top sixty coming out. Whether we think it's fair or not, whatever,
Speaker 2: he clearly has done enough work to where he's earned
Speaker 2: the right to be now ranked fifty fourth. So he's
Speaker 2: within a draft pick. Is it the right thing? Is
Speaker 2: it something he wants? I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 2: My opinion is that he cannot get drafted and he
Speaker 2: can pick the team that he wants, so picks the
Speaker 2: team that makes sense for him. But as I say that,
Speaker 2: he has to go and work out for some of
Speaker 2: these teams so he can get a vibe. We need
Speaker 2: a vibe check for the player and the organization. So
Speaker 2: if this thing doesn't work out, maybe they already know,
Speaker 2: maybe they already know. It's not why, which could be
Speaker 2: the reason why they don't allow him to work out
Speaker 2: for a bunch of teams. But why not just see
Speaker 2: what's there? Man? You want Brownie to regardless of how
Speaker 2: we feel, we want Brownie to have as good of
Speaker 2: a career as he possibly can. So I know a
Speaker 2: lot of you don't feel that he should be in
Speaker 2: this position or whatnot. But regardless of how it is,
Speaker 2: he's going through the process. And one of the things
Speaker 2: I mentioned before, and I'm gonna say it again that
Speaker 2: I loved about one of Brownie's interview He's like, don't
Speaker 2: pick me because I'm Lebron james Son. Picked me because
Speaker 2: I earned it. So we'll see what that means, you know.
Speaker 2: And I know a lot of people say, yeah, okay, whatever,
Speaker 2: But at the same time, I love that he said that,
Speaker 2: and I felt like that was one hundred percent genuine
Speaker 2: pick me because I earned it. Mean that told me
Speaker 2: everything about him. He wants to earn his way, earn
Speaker 2: his way in this league. That's why I said, you know,
Speaker 2: it'd be great to hear what he actually wants, but
Speaker 2: he seems like he wants to earn it and be
Speaker 2: an NBA player for a long time. So I think
Speaker 2: this is my opinion. How you go about that is
Speaker 2: allow him to work out for other teams, continuing to
Speaker 2: do the stuff he's done. I mean, he has the
Speaker 2: inside track. He's always worked with the best players. I
Speaker 2: mean he made himself a player coming in as a freshman,
Speaker 2: through his senior year in high school to where he
Speaker 2: even has that chance. Yes, he's Lebron James, but at
Speaker 2: the same time, your son has to be able to
Speaker 2: do something. And his numbers didn't look great, whatnot, But
Speaker 2: he held his own in the McDonald's game. And I
Speaker 2: understood he wasn't ranked in the top twenty four, but
Speaker 2: I understood at the time why they put him in there.
Speaker 2: And he didn't disappoint. I can see if he went
Speaker 2: in there and he didn't look like he belonged, but
Speaker 2: he played well and he got hot and defended and
Speaker 2: made some threes and here we are now he didn't
Speaker 2: have a great year. I mean, it's a reason why.
Speaker 2: I mean, this man was dealing with heart issues and
Speaker 2: tried to come back and play basketball, and that's always
Speaker 2: going to be in the back of his mind. We
Speaker 2: have to remember that. And he still played through it.
Speaker 2: He still went out there and played with zero hesitation
Speaker 2: and you could see his growth and work ethic isn't
Speaker 2: good enough? I don't know. We just have to see.
Speaker 2: I just think we got to put him in the position.
Speaker 2: I would like to see them put him in the
Speaker 2: position where he can develop and be liked by other
Speaker 2: teams because he may catch the eye of someone so
Speaker 2: and we're hearing different teams that are very interested in him,
Speaker 2: so that will be interesting, which I think why two
Speaker 2: Days makes money. The NBA makes money because of the
Speaker 2: drama of Bronnie James. Hear me out, I could be
Speaker 2: way off, but the NBA would be they can ride
Speaker 2: this wave. I mean, some people don't care, don't feel
Speaker 2: like he's worth it. True, but there's a piece of
Speaker 2: curiosity in there for us all to see what happens
Speaker 2: with Bronnie James. Because the narrative of the fifty fifth
Speaker 2: pick has been thrown out there. You know, you're curious
Speaker 2: whether you can care less or now you say, man,
Speaker 2: this dude don't even deserve it. Okay, you might be right,
Speaker 2: but it's just interesting that this is another like they're
Speaker 2: gonna get some views because of it. How often have
Speaker 2: you watched the second round, whether it's the same day
Speaker 2: or a different day. How often do you watch late
Speaker 2: rounds in any sport? It's not often unless it's a
Speaker 2: family member or your team or somebody you have an
Speaker 2: interest in. There's a real interest in what happens to
Speaker 2: Brownie James, whether we feel like he deserves it, he's
Speaker 2: earned it, or he has not. We're gonna people want
Speaker 2: to watch this so they can say nah, man, no, no,
Speaker 2: or yeah yeah, okay, I see that, Oh it makes sense,
Speaker 2: or the narrative now be like uh oh, Lebron may
Speaker 2: go here. It's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
Speaker 2: In other news, I want to hop into the w
Speaker 2: NBA real quick. No, not about Caitlin, No, not about injuries.
Speaker 2: It's about Cameron Brink. I want to wish her the best,
Speaker 2: many blessings and prayers. She's been playing great basketball. She
Speaker 2: tore a c L she was bawling. You know, it's
Speaker 2: a reason why she was number two pick.
Speaker 1: A.
Speaker 2: Her defensive prowess, to loan was up there with some
Speaker 2: of the best in league hit in the league history.
Speaker 2: So I wish her the best. But I do want
Speaker 2: to make a comment about the Olympics for the women. Uh.
Speaker 2: And it's more so about not even about Caitlin Clark,
Speaker 2: more so than she made a comment that there a
Speaker 2: lot of other women that were out there trying, trying
Speaker 2: out for the team, if you would. And the interesting
Speaker 2: part is like, well, they should all get a fair shot.
Speaker 2: The w n B A. Uh. It's it's it's different
Speaker 2: for them unlike the men because we're not in season
Speaker 2: right now, all right, So all of these teams men wise,
Speaker 2: outside of I'm talking about just Team USA women because
Speaker 2: other women's teams they can prepare and they can have
Speaker 2: their camps. Women the w n B A or the
Speaker 2: women's Libic team cannot have a training camp because they're
Speaker 2: in season right now. So their trial, if you would,
Speaker 2: would be what they're doing in the w NBA season.
Speaker 2: That's that's the one thing I just want to throw
Speaker 2: out there for people to kind of think about. Uh,
Speaker 2: you know, it's like, guess get they should all get
Speaker 2: a fair shot. Let her try out. Well, they don't.
Speaker 2: They can't do trials right when training camp. When they
Speaker 2: when they do training camp, that's getting ready for the
Speaker 2: the Olympic season. So the Olympic team, the men. I'm
Speaker 2: interested to see that and shout out to Derek White.
Speaker 2: I saw I read something about him being able. He's
Speaker 2: a candidate now in an alternate if there's an injury,
Speaker 2: somebody backs out, can't do it for whatever the case
Speaker 2: may be. They at this point, I know we're saying, oh,
Speaker 2: how come why him and somebody they You have all
Speaker 2: of the scoring you need. You just need guys that
Speaker 2: are role guys. He might not play much, but you
Speaker 2: put him in there. He's gona knock down a shot.
Speaker 2: With all those stars, Derrick White gonna guard, he's gonna
Speaker 2: block shots, he gonna rebound, and he gona knock down
Speaker 2: an open shot because you go. You know, when you're
Speaker 2: playing against some of these other teams, you're gonna you
Speaker 2: you gotta leave somebody open to stop a Lebron Steph Curry,
Speaker 2: Shall I on KD so laundry listen, guys, So shout
Speaker 2: out to him. Now Team Canada. I know you guys
Speaker 2: saw the post a couple a couple of days ago.
Speaker 2: If not, uh go look it up. I'm pulling it up.
Speaker 2: Look at this list of guys, Dylan Brooks. If you
Speaker 2: guys looked at that training camp roster, they have Kyle Alexander,
Speaker 2: Alexander Walker, Kim Birch, Osha Brissett, r J Barrett, Lou Dort,
Speaker 2: the Big Zach Edie Shay, Trey Lyles, Jamal Murray, Andrew
Speaker 2: nimhar O Lennox, Dwight Powell, the shrub brothers, Phil Shrubb
Speaker 2: and Thomas Shrubb, and Drew Wiggins. Let me tell you,
Speaker 2: Team USA is loaded. This team is loaded as well
Speaker 2: Team Canada. It's gonna be a very good, very interesting
Speaker 2: Olympic team. I think Spain will be very very good.
Speaker 2: I think France will be very very good, the Greek team.
Speaker 2: There's gonna be a lot of great competition this year.
Speaker 2: So yes, I think Team USA still hands down, will
Speaker 2: get the job done with all of the talent that
Speaker 2: they have, for sure. But when I saw this this roster,
Speaker 2: I wanted to talk about them today because I was like, man,
Speaker 2: this team is loaded again. Nikhil Alexander Walker. I hope
Speaker 2: I said that right. Kyle Anderson, R. J. Barrett, Dylan Brooks,
Speaker 2: Lou Dort, Edie, Shay Gill, Trey Lyles, Jamal Murray, Nim Hart, Olennock.
Speaker 2: You have rebounding, you have Andrew Wiggins, you have defenders,
Speaker 2: you have some shooting, you have some shot blocker and
Speaker 2: Edie however that works. Maybe he doesn't play much. You
Speaker 2: have some athletes pure scores, a bucket getter, and Shay
Speaker 2: like look out man. Shout out to Team Canada the Bahamas.
Speaker 2: I don't know how much noise they will make, but
Speaker 2: it was interesting seeing Trey Trey Clay out there playing
Speaker 2: with the Bahamian national team. So shout out to Clay.
Speaker 2: I think it's kind of cool seeing him play because
Speaker 2: he's putting us on notice, just let us know during
Speaker 2: the summer that he still has it, he can get
Speaker 2: it done, because it goes back to what we talked
Speaker 2: about in free agency of him being a piece. And
Speaker 2: I think this is knowing Clay like we do. This
Speaker 2: is him letting us know that he still can play,
Speaker 2: and he's letting other teams see that he can still
Speaker 2: get it done and knowing that he's going to see
Speaker 2: a team Canada, a French team, Team USA and others
Speaker 2: that have a lot of pro pet players Spain, so
Speaker 2: Slovenia should be decent, you know. So I think Clay
Speaker 2: is making making the right move. Obviously, we hope he
Speaker 2: stays healthy, feels like he's healthy, but look for him
Speaker 2: to go out there and get some buckets. So that's
Speaker 2: all the chatter I have for you today. Great conversation. Obviously,
Speaker 2: continue to talk and leave your comments and comment on
Speaker 2: some of the conversation I had today. Love to see
Speaker 2: what you guys are talking about thinking about I. I
Speaker 2: always see you guys. Some of you guys disagree. It's conversation, guys,
Speaker 2: it's conversation. We want to continue to keep great conversation,
Speaker 2: talk about wonderful things. Hey, you're kicking your feet up
Speaker 2: with your people. Man, this is good barbershop, couch, library
Speaker 2: talk on the yard and some of you guys are
Speaker 2: in school. Continue to talk about it. Man. I always
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