Speaker 1: Can you imagine if this goes to a game seven
Speaker 1: and Kyrie can't play because it's a home game and
Speaker 1: he's not vaccinated. Do they tank and get a lower
Speaker 1: seed just so they're not the home team in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference finals? I mean, if it means having Kyrie
Speaker 1: jays right, I'm saying, welcome back to what's burning. Happy
Speaker 1: New Year's to everybody out there. Jackets two, Baby, let's
Speaker 1: get to it, back to work. You've got any resolutions,
Speaker 1: oh man? None? Man, Just continue to win and continue
Speaker 1: to help people and uh, you know, continue to stack
Speaker 1: this paper. Baby. It's not bad. That's not bad. Let's
Speaker 1: get right into it. Our first segment contender or pretender
Speaker 1: or starting off with my surprise pick of the season.
Speaker 1: The Chicago Bulls are sitting at the top of the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference when eight out of their last ten seven
Speaker 1: in a row. They went ten and two during December,
Speaker 1: Leavin and de Rosa leading the team at twenty six
Speaker 1: points a game. Billie Chitch is out of double double love,
Speaker 1: Zoe Kobe White played well off each other, Alex Caruso
Speaker 1: is out here just I think leading the league and steals.
Speaker 1: Jack Obviously, this team is surprised. Do you think they're
Speaker 1: a serious contender in the Eastern Conference this season? I
Speaker 1: love the success. I think they're one of the hardest
Speaker 1: playing teams in the league. Six games maybe against the
Speaker 1: Nets are Bucks. I still got the next Nets of
Speaker 1: Bucks coming out these but this team is definitely shocking,
Speaker 1: shocking the US to conference, shock in the NBA right
Speaker 1: now and uh the Marta Rosen two back to back
Speaker 1: game when as these guys are bowling. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think more than ever this this ship is all
Speaker 1: about luck and who's healthy at the right time. I
Speaker 1: think this team, they they they've shout out to the management.
Speaker 1: They've been able to put pieces together. They've come together
Speaker 1: seamlessly with no egos. Picked up Willie Chitch last year
Speaker 1: as excuse me, fifth in offensive cy twelfth in defensive efficiency.
Speaker 1: They continue to get better. I really like this team,
Speaker 1: and I think my favorite thing about him is they
Speaker 1: play hardest fun and when you play hard, you always
Speaker 1: he to give yourself a chance to win. So I
Speaker 1: definitely put them up there in the conversation with the Nets,
Speaker 1: the Bucks and probably the Miami Heat as who will
Speaker 1: represent the Eastern Conference. So it's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Do we believe in the Cleveland Cavaliers And I don't
Speaker 1: even think it's so much believing in them. I just
Speaker 1: I'm happy for this team. Man. They they've kind of
Speaker 1: built something over there post Lebron with a lot of
Speaker 1: young talent. Currently fifth in the East. I don't think
Speaker 1: anyone saw that. They just picked up Region Rondo all
Speaker 1: they love. They lost Ricky Ruby, who was playing really
Speaker 1: good for them. Um Kevin Love has been playing of late,
Speaker 1: but we'll get to him a little bit later. Jack,
Speaker 1: what do you like about this young Cleveland team? Well, first,
Speaker 1: I'm just happy for the biggest staff, Bigges Staff was around.
Speaker 1: When he was around, he was always one of the
Speaker 1: coaches that came over and spoke to the opposing team,
Speaker 1: and you know, just just was a fan of the
Speaker 1: game and somebody that that that I always have respect
Speaker 1: for us. So I'm happy for him. But just for
Speaker 1: the most part, just to see this organization going in
Speaker 1: and winning direction. You know so much. They went to
Speaker 1: a major low, you know when when they lost um Lebron.
Speaker 1: So just to have them back in the winning field,
Speaker 1: to see things going in the right direction is a
Speaker 1: good look. Yeah, definitely, I mean, they got a young
Speaker 1: talented team. I think Rondo is only going to help
Speaker 1: those young players. But Darius Garland, I like Mobley, young
Speaker 1: talent at the USC, Jared Allen got a hundred million dollars,
Speaker 1: been playing great marketing. Oh's man, this is this is
Speaker 1: a fun team and again excited. Uh Bickerstaff got a
Speaker 1: multi year extension through the twenty twenty seven seasons, so
Speaker 1: congratulations to him. But I just like again that this
Speaker 1: team has found a direction and a new young foundation
Speaker 1: and they can kind of start rebuilding post Lebron because
Speaker 1: when he left the first time, they were terrible. When
Speaker 1: he left again, they went back in the gutter, and
Speaker 1: now they're really starting to kind of find a new
Speaker 1: identity outside of him, which I think is important for
Speaker 1: that franchise. So best of luck for them. Next up
Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies, currently sitting at fourth place in the West.
Speaker 1: Another pleasant surprise. Got five guys and double figures, very
Speaker 1: deep team. Their seventh and points per game, second and rebounding,
Speaker 1: and ninth and assist, so they shared the sugar and
Speaker 1: everybody's eating over there in Methlis. This team played really
Speaker 1: well while job was out struggled when he got back,
Speaker 1: but he closed out the year strong, average nearly thirty
Speaker 1: five game in the last three games, all which were wins.
Speaker 1: I like the depth. I like how hard this team plays.
Speaker 1: Can they make any noise and spoil some people's playings
Speaker 1: in the playoffs this year? I think they have the
Speaker 1: upset capability that they can do it. I think they
Speaker 1: can upset the team in the playoffs. I don't I
Speaker 1: don't see them coming out the Western Conference, but I
Speaker 1: think they can ruin somebody's season or early seed season.
Speaker 1: But I definitely know that when the playoffs start that
Speaker 1: that rotation won't be nine maybe nine players. It would
Speaker 1: be more seven or five, seven, eight. But to see
Speaker 1: that they have a deep team, to see these guys
Speaker 1: be able to hold it down when job was at
Speaker 1: they didn't do them, but make them better and it's
Speaker 1: gonna make them prepare for the for the playoff runt. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like this young team, very deep. They play hard.
Speaker 1: I could either I could ease you see this team
Speaker 1: getting a tough five matchup and losing in the first round,
Speaker 1: and I could also see them mess around and making
Speaker 1: it to the Western finals. That they're that kind of team.
Speaker 1: Um from a standpoint of depth and playing hard with
Speaker 1: a lot of young talent and they don't know no better,
Speaker 1: which is a good thing sometimes. So it will be
Speaker 1: interesting to see how this team, you know, stay healthy
Speaker 1: obviously most important, and see how they finish out um
Speaker 1: heading into the playoffs this year. Next up, we got
Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world coming back
Speaker 1: to their teams. Let's start off with Kyrie Jack. He'll
Speaker 1: be his first game this Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers.
Speaker 1: Could only play road games. I think it immediately it's
Speaker 1: going to make a nice impact, But I want to
Speaker 1: talk to you after you give your opinion what you
Speaker 1: think it will be like in the playoffs when he
Speaker 1: only gets to play half the games, but go immediate
Speaker 1: impact for Kyrie returning to this team, yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm a fan. That's my little brother, so I'm happy
Speaker 1: to see him back on the court where he wants
Speaker 1: to be. I know Katie is definitely shown how excited
Speaker 1: he is to have him back, but that's what He's
Speaker 1: one of the best basketball players in the world, So
Speaker 1: just seeing him be able to do, you know, what
Speaker 1: he does best and what he loves to do, regardless
Speaker 1: if it's half the time at least I can see
Speaker 1: some of it. Yeah, I'm interested to see because, you know,
Speaker 1: barring injury, this is the first time the basketball somewhat
Speaker 1: been taken away from him. So I wonder now, like
Speaker 1: where his appreciation for the game is now. You know,
Speaker 1: again we've talked about it on the show. You know,
Speaker 1: we respect his decisions and and and what he feels
Speaker 1: is right for him and works from him. But I
Speaker 1: want to know where basketball is out on his priority list,
Speaker 1: Like is it one into something? Because when he's locked in,
Speaker 1: there's no one better on the planet, you know, So
Speaker 1: I want to know. I think his team obviously wants
Speaker 1: to know, like are we gonna be able to count
Speaker 1: on this guy every single night? And if he is
Speaker 1: locked in and they can't count on him, obviously this
Speaker 1: is a huge boost for this team that that definitely
Speaker 1: needs a boost right now. So getting these these big
Speaker 1: three playing together again, we I think we only saw
Speaker 1: him what eight or nine games last year played together. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Katie Almos took these guys to the finals
Speaker 1: when they both went down with the injuries. So to
Speaker 1: really get a chance to see all three of these guys,
Speaker 1: whether it's half the games or whatever. It maybe is
Speaker 1: definitely gonna be a treat for all of us. So
Speaker 1: I'm excited about that. He says he's locked in, man,
Speaker 1: I think for the most part is everything that's went
Speaker 1: on and him not playing, you know, it was new
Speaker 1: to him. It was a shock to him. He didn't
Speaker 1: know how to hand that. He didn't know how to
Speaker 1: hand to none of it, you know, being away from
Speaker 1: the game and dealing with all this stuff. So it
Speaker 1: took a toll on him too. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: we all know human, but um, it took him to
Speaker 1: a place where where he didn't know what to expect.
Speaker 1: But to be back on the court, I know that's
Speaker 1: gratifying for him, man. I know it's gonna be scary too.
Speaker 1: He's been waiting and watching this whole season, so you
Speaker 1: know he's gonna be full of energy. Man. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited for him and his team for him to get
Speaker 1: back in the lineup this week. Clay is scheduled to
Speaker 1: come back um this Sunday. Hopefully that will happen. I'm
Speaker 1: excited for him. The guy's missed about two and a
Speaker 1: half years, Jack, so it'll be interesting to see where
Speaker 1: he's at with it, but he's been practicing with the team,
Speaker 1: and I say, you can't. You know, you can't simulate
Speaker 1: the NBA game by anything but actually playing in the
Speaker 1: NBA game. So we'll see what he's looking like when
Speaker 1: he gets back on that court. What does this mean
Speaker 1: for the Warriors franchise? They were already one of the
Speaker 1: best teams in the league, one of the best teams
Speaker 1: in the West, probably the best team in the West,
Speaker 1: the best team in the league at times. To know
Speaker 1: they got one of the best shooters to ever Lason
Speaker 1: Layson up coming back. You see him on I G
Speaker 1: hit thirty seven threes in a row. It's gonna be scary, bro.
Speaker 1: There were already a championship team. Draymond is playing like
Speaker 1: an m v P. I don't know why people not
Speaker 1: talk about him being m VP. But to see this
Speaker 1: team play the way they've been playing to get Clay
Speaker 1: back scary time. I mean, I think we live in
Speaker 1: a society so much of what have you done for
Speaker 1: me lately? I think people forget about Clay and I
Speaker 1: think he was left off that top seventy list because
Speaker 1: he hasn't played in two years. But this is some
Speaker 1: of the Kyrie was too though, Right, you've had thirty
Speaker 1: seven points in one quarter, sixty points in twenty nine minutes,
Speaker 1: like Clay is on another motherfucking playinget. Man. So I'm
Speaker 1: happy for him to be back. Um, I'm hoping he
Speaker 1: can stay healthy. Um, you're adding fuel to the fire.
Speaker 1: Like you said, the best team in the game already
Speaker 1: is getting one of the best players back, so hopefully.
Speaker 1: You know, they say he's suposed to start out about
Speaker 1: eighteen minutes a game and eventually work his way up. Man,
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to get this guy back on the court. Uh.
Speaker 1: And see that, and he's gonna start to matt Oh yeah, no,
Speaker 1: that's no bullshit. You know. Coach Kurr is dope. You know,
Speaker 1: Coach Kurt is not with the bullshit. Clays a starter,
Speaker 1: plays a Hall of Famer Clays when he comes back,
Speaker 1: even though he's been out two years, Uh, he will
Speaker 1: be a starter. So they moved Jordan Pooled to the
Speaker 1: bench so he can start getting acclimated. But he's to me,
Speaker 1: he's one player who's kind of really found. Actually they've
Speaker 1: got two players, but Jordan pool is a young player
Speaker 1: that I think has kind of really found and and
Speaker 1: and really made the most of those minutes um in
Speaker 1: the starting role. But I like what Wiggins has been
Speaker 1: doing over there. Wiggins has been playing his ass off,
Speaker 1: and everyone's always like, what if you know where you
Speaker 1: can get this guy to play? And we've talked about
Speaker 1: him on the show before. He's really showing who he
Speaker 1: is and what he could be to this team because
Speaker 1: I didn't necessarily see his fit with this team when
Speaker 1: they first picked him up, But now that he's actually
Speaker 1: in his bag and doing his thing like this dude
Speaker 1: is a hell of a player and it only makes
Speaker 1: his team better. So suck out. Wiseman is coming back
Speaker 1: to another big, agile body. So it'll be fun to
Speaker 1: see this Warrior team at full strength and and and
Speaker 1: they're already have the best record in the league too,
Speaker 1: so don't let them get fully healthy. Next up on
Speaker 1: the Radar, presented you by DraftKings. This Friday, we got
Speaker 1: an Eastern Conference showdown between the Bucks and the Nets.
Speaker 1: These teams odds on favorite to come out of the East.
Speaker 1: The Nets are at one point three to one odds,
Speaker 1: Bucks are at three to one odds, and the dark horse,
Speaker 1: the Bulls, are at thirteen to one odds. And this
Speaker 1: is another good playoff rematch from last year there were
Speaker 1: a toe a long tow away from going to the finals.
Speaker 1: Katie is being Katie. At nearly thirty points a game,
Speaker 1: eight rebounds, six almost six and a half assists the field.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he he is who he is. James
Speaker 1: Harden his last four games since returning at nearly thirty
Speaker 1: six a game, twelve assists, eleven rebounds a game, three
Speaker 1: tripled doubles. James is starting to return into form. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Kyrie won't be able to play in this game because
Speaker 1: it's a home game for the Nets. Uh Janni since
Speaker 1: he's returned, has been killing all wins. Last four games
Speaker 1: thirty three eleven and a half and nearly seven assists,
Speaker 1: shooting the ball a lot better from the free throw line. Jack,
Speaker 1: tell me about this matchup, and this could this be
Speaker 1: the matchup we see in the Eastern Conference finals? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just you know, the series changed last year when
Speaker 1: we when Kyrie went down, you know, when he sprained
Speaker 1: his angle. The whole series changed. So we know what
Speaker 1: it looks like without Kyrie, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: And it looks like a Bucks win. But it's a
Speaker 1: different year, different team, and uh, it all boils down
Speaker 1: to what team is healthy and who's on the court,
Speaker 1: just like it did last year. But can you imagine
Speaker 1: if this goes to a Game seven in the Nets
Speaker 1: of the number one seed Game seven Eastern Conference Finals
Speaker 1: were rocking at Barclays, jay Z and Bilce in the
Speaker 1: front row, a lot of other motherfuckers are there, and
Speaker 1: Kyrie can't play because it's a home game and he's
Speaker 1: not vaccinated. Yeah, that would that would that would that
Speaker 1: would completely suck. But I think for some reason that yeah,
Speaker 1: that would that would just suck ass. And I think
Speaker 1: for the most I think James and Katie would rise
Speaker 1: to the occasion this year. Do they tank and get
Speaker 1: a lower seed just so they're not the home team
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference Finals? I mean, if it means
Speaker 1: having Kyrie James, I'm saying this Coach Nash sent him
Speaker 1: out at the end of the season and let them
Speaker 1: slide the spot or two now. But that would be crazy.
Speaker 1: You know. We talked about that on NESPN too, like,
Speaker 1: what would it be like if if they get to
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference Finals, it's a home game for the
Speaker 1: Nets and and Kyrie can't play. You know, obviously we
Speaker 1: all know how talented he is and what he means
Speaker 1: to this team. Luckily you still have Katie and James,
Speaker 1: but you know, they're obviously a better team with Kyrie.
Speaker 1: So that would be a really like you said, would
Speaker 1: you say, suck ass if that happens? Suck a man.
Speaker 1: Next up, secure the bag presented you by Moneyline. Someone
Speaker 1: found Kevin Love and this dude has been playing his
Speaker 1: ass off um the December is averaging twenty two minutes
Speaker 1: a game at eighteen points, seven and a half rebound,
Speaker 1: shooting nearly fifty from the three point line. Jack, this
Speaker 1: dude has owed a lot of money over the next
Speaker 1: few years. Let me tell you this year's due to
Speaker 1: make thirty one million, twenty three, he's due to make
Speaker 1: twenty nearly twenty nine million, and twenty three's an unrestricted
Speaker 1: free agent with this young team's kind of starting to
Speaker 1: find their way. Is he a piece that you trade
Speaker 1: away and see what you can get. I don't think
Speaker 1: you'll get much for Kevin Love, But one thing about it,
Speaker 1: Kevin Love is somebody that everything would want, considering it,
Speaker 1: considering it from his experience. For what he's starting to
Speaker 1: peace starting to get his his legs back into the
Speaker 1: game and be to Kevin Love that we've seen, we
Speaker 1: know he could do. I mean I've seen him give
Speaker 1: I've seen him give Blake Griffith, Uh already eight twenty
Speaker 1: six and like nine and some ship like that, So
Speaker 1: I know what, I know what Kevin Love could do
Speaker 1: as Yeah, it's good to see him be a part
Speaker 1: of the winning field getting back in Cleveland. He's a
Speaker 1: big part of that now. I'm happy for him. You know,
Speaker 1: this is always a good dude, brewing dude with just
Speaker 1: bad luck with injuries. But again, people quickly forget Minnesota
Speaker 1: Kevin Love and how much he sacrifices going to Cleveland,
Speaker 1: But what kind of fucking number monster he was in Minnesota.
Speaker 1: So this dude's got a lot of game. Happy to
Speaker 1: see him. He's kind of finding his way being healthy.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of teams would love Kevin Love,
Speaker 1: but I don't know if they're gonna take on that contract.
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see if uh he's able
Speaker 1: to get moved before the trade deadline. So John Wall
Speaker 1: next up, hasn't played a game this season, played forty
Speaker 1: games last year, last full season was two thousand sixteen
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen season, he's owed even more money. Uh
Speaker 1: one salary is forty four million, twenty three salary is
Speaker 1: forty seven million, and in twenty three he's an unrestricted
Speaker 1: free agent with those kind of numbers. And but again,
Speaker 1: he came last year and played I want to say
Speaker 1: average close to like game last year, didn't he was
Speaker 1: really hooping over in Houston. But they're going a new
Speaker 1: direction with the young talent. Do you see him being
Speaker 1: able to contribute with this Houston team or or getting
Speaker 1: on another team this year. I don't see him working
Speaker 1: with Houston. I think those young guys and they go
Speaker 1: in a different direction. I still think he could help
Speaker 1: a championship team, an NBA team, you know, I would.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind sitting with the Lakers, you know, Uh,
Speaker 1: a team like that that you got veterans and and
Speaker 1: he can come and play a lesser row, still be
Speaker 1: a starper player a lesser row. But injur has held
Speaker 1: him back a lot. And you don't know how it's
Speaker 1: gonna be coming back around to all this time. But
Speaker 1: one thing about it, my boy got his paper. Yeah
Speaker 1: he got pay for that. But I think the only
Speaker 1: way he moves is for a buyout, and I don't
Speaker 1: know if if that's in the cards. But I mean,
Speaker 1: like I said, he came last year, and when when
Speaker 1: he did he play, he played well. I want to
Speaker 1: say he after like around eighteen nineteen points a game
Speaker 1: after being out for nearly two seasons. So you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully he's able to get back out there and do
Speaker 1: what he loves. But that contract of the Monster, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to to wiggle with that ship. Next up,
Speaker 1: Kevin Porter Jr. Had an incident with assistant coach John
Speaker 1: Lucas and decided to leave the arena. Jack, We've all
Speaker 1: had our incidences with coaches. Have you ever left a
Speaker 1: game that's crazy? No. I've been kicked out from the
Speaker 1: bench until go to the locker room, but I've never
Speaker 1: never left again willingly, willingly. You've never just left the arena? No, never, willingly. No.
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting. I mean, this kid's got a lot
Speaker 1: of talent um. You know, Houston got him from Damn
Speaker 1: ne or nothing because he had trouble in Cleveland. I
Speaker 1: want to say he's an avenue right around fourteen points
Speaker 1: a game this year and sixersists if I'm not mistaken. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's due to make a little bit over three million
Speaker 1: this year. He has an opportunity for an extension, does
Speaker 1: he is? He's someone you extend. You know his his
Speaker 1: issues have been off the court, in his his his
Speaker 1: attitude they say, and kind of his mental approach. But
Speaker 1: a lot of young talent. Uh do you see him
Speaker 1: as a part of the future in Houston. Yeah, they
Speaker 1: just got they got to get the right people around
Speaker 1: him now. This kid has a lot of talent. He's
Speaker 1: wanted to seat out of kids, so so we know
Speaker 1: he has a great group of older guys that he
Speaker 1: could talk to with Jamal and Isaiah and Brandon Roy
Speaker 1: and those guys. For the most part, man, I think
Speaker 1: this kid can be a great pro He just needs
Speaker 1: to have the right people around him now. And because
Speaker 1: the more money and make, the more money and start
Speaker 1: to throw at him, different things arise and you might
Speaker 1: not know know how to deal with that. When all
Speaker 1: the super started he's getting already. No, it's and it's
Speaker 1: just harder to talk to people as as they make
Speaker 1: more money. If you can barely talk to him when
Speaker 1: they're not making as much money as he can, so
Speaker 1: I agree. I definitely think he needs, you know, some
Speaker 1: people to help break some of his just younger habits.
Speaker 1: I just think it's young habits. And this again speaks
Speaker 1: to our points, you know. I mean, like there's no
Speaker 1: real vets in the league, no more, Like these dudes
Speaker 1: are all pretty much the same, ay, So I mean
Speaker 1: I feel them. I'm not you know, am I really
Speaker 1: gonna listen to him? Motherfucker's maybe two years older than me,
Speaker 1: Like like I would listen to someone who was thirty
Speaker 1: eight or thirty nine and I'm twenty three. Whole different.
Speaker 1: It's a whole different dynamic man. So yeah, I definitely hope,
Speaker 1: you know, he lands on his feet from the mental
Speaker 1: aspect and and just kind of getting his ship together
Speaker 1: because the kid definitely has a lot of talent. Closing
Speaker 1: thoughts Antonio Brown, uh decided to take his jersey off
Speaker 1: and left it on the bench through his T shirt
Speaker 1: and gloves in the stands, and then we had some
Speaker 1: high top boots he was waiting for riding um outside
Speaker 1: the Jets stadium yesterday. Thoughts on Antonio Brown, big fan
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown before the last two or three years, is
Speaker 1: he's been doing a lot acting like a diva. For me,
Speaker 1: man Um, I was a big fan. I wanted him
Speaker 1: to go to Tampa Bay and win the championship and
Speaker 1: continue to win another one, and he did that. But
Speaker 1: what he did yesterday, Bro, just shows you don't want
Speaker 1: to play football on him, or we'll never see him
Speaker 1: in the in the NFL uniform begin after that. They
Speaker 1: gave him a lot of chances. I gave him a
Speaker 1: lot of chances. I stood up on him, But that
Speaker 1: last move, when you want one of the best teams
Speaker 1: in the league and have a chance to win the
Speaker 1: championship and you're worried about your personal ship, I lost
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for him. It's just it's interesting
Speaker 1: because you hear Tom Brady, I don't know a b
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I'm obviously a fan of his
Speaker 1: talent on the field. You know, he was definitely on
Speaker 1: the way to a Hall of Fame career. Uh, he
Speaker 1: was just a handful of stats away from getting a
Speaker 1: big bonus Um as well. You know, you hear Tom
Speaker 1: Brady speaking and and and people are saying this guy
Speaker 1: needs some help, you know, and it just kind of
Speaker 1: makes me think, like he can't be this burnt out.
Speaker 1: You know, you can't it can't. It can't be this
Speaker 1: burnt down in a lot of people say it around
Speaker 1: him or saying that, you know, after that hit in
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen that uh Burfett put on him uh
Speaker 1: in the Bengals playoffs, all this ship has been happening
Speaker 1: since then, So you know, is it cte? Is it
Speaker 1: just crazy? Because I guess they say, you also dropped
Speaker 1: a song, and it's kind of like making this like
Speaker 1: a cool situation. And and to me, I think it's
Speaker 1: more of a c for help. And I hope that
Speaker 1: he can get some It's not some yes man, because
Speaker 1: I think he has too many of those, just some
Speaker 1: real people that really care about him and can get
Speaker 1: their arms around him and guide him in the right direction.
Speaker 1: Because again, he pretty much just threw his career away
Speaker 1: this past Sunday, and you hate to see it, especially
Speaker 1: and someone that is so talented on the field, man,
Speaker 1: and and and and and has had a lot of chances,
Speaker 1: but I think this was probably the final strike right here.
Speaker 1: So man, praying for the best for this dude. Man,
Speaker 1: I hope he lands on his feet. And again, because
Speaker 1: you can't never really speak to what's going on in
Speaker 1: somebody's head. Man, everybody's fighting some sort of battle, and
Speaker 1: hopefully he can get some help if if he is
Speaker 1: really fighting some internal battles. More breaking new Specky Hammonds
Speaker 1: becomes the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces with
Speaker 1: a nice lucrative deal over there. Congratulations to her, Jack.
Speaker 1: Do you think her or any women will become NBA
Speaker 1: head coach in the foreseeable future. I'm not sure, man,
Speaker 1: I'm just scared for any woman to coach in the NBA.
Speaker 1: I know how we are, uh, I know. With the
Speaker 1: with with the money comes different things. And you know,
Speaker 1: you think you think you've got players now that won't
Speaker 1: listen to some older guys that played in the NBA
Speaker 1: teen years. Just imagine somebody that never played an NBA
Speaker 1: and she's a female. These guys have egos and no
Speaker 1: tell her where to come out. Dey MoU So I'm
Speaker 1: I'm happy for with the w n b A. I
Speaker 1: think she's gonna do do great there. I just wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to put a woman in that position with so
Speaker 1: many high ego athletes. Yeah, I thought it was a
Speaker 1: perfect situation if she were good to step in for
Speaker 1: pop because obviously that the respect she's built with some
Speaker 1: of those players in John Take Murray, you know, A
Speaker 1: really a big fan of her, so she's kind of
Speaker 1: got the respect in that in that organization. But I
Speaker 1: agree to go into a fresh organization where sometimes it's
Speaker 1: hard to just keep anybody's head on straight, let alone
Speaker 1: you know, a woman, um that's never played in the
Speaker 1: n B A um trying to keep you know, guy's
Speaker 1: heads on straight. So that would be interesting. But I
Speaker 1: definitely think she has the talent for um. I definitely
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be a woman at some point, so
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have to deal with it. So
Speaker 1: if it's her, congratulations again on the W at the
Speaker 1: w n B A job and um man, yeah, best
Speaker 1: of luck. That's the talented team of that. They've got
Speaker 1: a big Liz Campaige over there, so hopefully she can
Speaker 1: get them back to the finals. Yeah. We need to
Speaker 1: get lives on the show too, Yeah we do. Oh man,
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