1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Well, well, well, we are back the NBA full steam. 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: The MVP debate is heating up as teams continue to 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: jostle for playoff position. Basketball is back in New York City. 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: The Knicks are officially the hottest team in the league. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: We have a new team atop the Eastern Conference. I'm 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: not going to tell you which one it is. It's 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: a it's a cliffhanger, the tease, as we call that. 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: There's some movement throughout the Western Conference. Jabari keptain nice 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: and vague. We're not gonna say if it's the Lakers necessarily, 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: but we'll get into it all plenty more with NBA 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: TV and TNT sideline reporter Jared Greenberg on today's podcast, 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm Jack O'Brien and I'm Jabari in from Miles and 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: this is my owns and Jack got mad boosties. Jared Greenberg, 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: NBA Analysts, sideline reporter, host of Crunch Time. The NBA's 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: version of Red Zone, which you can get on the 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: NBA app, then you need to put that on that 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: NBA TV as well, if they haven't already, because that 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,279 Speaker 1: gets me excited. I've been begging for an NBA version 19 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: of the Red Zone You can also catch him on 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: tonight's TNT Golden State Warriors Memphis Grizzly broadcast. It's Jared Greenberg. Jared, 21 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: welcome to the show. Thanks so much for having me 22 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: fellas excited to talk with you. Yeah. So are you 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: still a Nets fan? Are you have? You had the 24 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: fandom professionally drilled out of you? Yeah? I think so 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: you're at that point. I think we all root for 26 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: good games, but no overtime. That's the rule. That's right, right, 27 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: And I'm right down to the buzzer and as long 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: as it doesn't keep us up any later or at 29 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: work any later. But now, I mean I grew up 30 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: a New Jersey Nets fan, as I was telling you 31 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: guys before we came on, back when they were you know, 32 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: I was like fighting off fans because the only other 33 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: people in the building with me were people coming to 34 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: watch MJ or Patrick Ewing and the Knicks or Shack 35 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: and the Magic Brain used to just eat it me 36 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: so much. But now, you know, being covering the NBA 37 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: for as long as I have, um man, it's kind 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: of decentitized me a little bit. Yeah, you used to. 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: I remember going catching the bus out of that that 40 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: big bus station, which I've it's been so long since that. 41 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: The report authority Yeah to to go out to the 42 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: meadow lands back in the day, and man, that was 43 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: that was a trek like a grim ride. Sometimes they 44 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: did not make it easy to go watch games at 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: the metal Lands. They're like, you want to watch the Nets, 46 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: what do you want to do that for? Well, we 47 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 1: are back to those days, perhaps because the Knicks are 48 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: hot nine in oh since the trade deadline. As of 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: this recording, Jalen Brunson and Julius Randall have been excellent 50 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: and deadline edition Josh Hart looks just like the perfect 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: New York Nick right now. It's exciting. I was saying before, 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm just had like I am still a Sixers fan, 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: but I have that internal I just I just want 54 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: to see good games. I want to see what's most 55 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: what makes the league most fun to watch, and having 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: the Knicks be one of the best teams playing right 57 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: now is exciting. No, I agree, I mean it's you know, 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: I think that the Knicks fans kind of got fooled 59 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: and teased a little bit a couple of years ago 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: when they made the playoffs and then they got punted 61 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: out of the first round by the Hawks, and true 62 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: and what Trey Young did to him, but they seemed 63 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: like a more complete team this year and Julius Randall, 64 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: it just feels more legitimate than it did a couple 65 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: of years ago. You know, I was, I was all 66 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: in on Julius a couple of years ago and then 67 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: felt like really let down last year when he had 68 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: as bad of a year as he did. And I 69 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: actually talked to him a couple of weeks ago about it. Remember, 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he was like fighting with the fans, he 71 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: was fighting with opponents, he was fighting with the referees. 72 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: It was real contentious. And he flat out told me that, 73 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: like he knew where his game was, he had to 74 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: get his head right and he took the opportunity to 75 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: do that, and he took some really cool steps to 76 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: do that this past summer. And now I think Jalen 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: Brunson has brought out the best of him. I think, 78 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of people, me included, didn't believe 79 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: that Jalen Brunson as good as we've seen him be 80 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: in Dallas. We didn't know that he was capable of 81 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: being like a franchise difference maker or could he be 82 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 1: the best player on a team that was really good. 83 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: And I think we, and I'm as guilty as anybody, 84 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: we didn't recognize the intangible factor of like how much 85 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: of a leader he is and how polarizing he could 86 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: be in a locker room. And listen, I don't want 87 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: to take anything away from Julius Randall's hard work, but 88 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: I think if we're going to point to how Julius 89 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: Randall went from where he was last year to where 90 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 1: he is this year, a lot of credit has to 91 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: go to Jalen Brunson. Yeah. I had the narrative in 92 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: my head that Okay, the Knicks from two years ago 93 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: were a flash in the pan tight or you know, 94 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: they were the aberration and like they're they're going back 95 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: to being borderline playing team. And then this past run, 96 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: it's starting to feel like, oh, maybe last season's kind 97 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: of off year was the aberration, and like this is 98 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: this is who Julius Randall is, This is who the 99 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: Knicks can be, especially now that they've added Brunson, because 100 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were looking for them 101 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: to make the home run swing move in the off 102 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: season to get them into contention, and they seemed very 103 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: confident that Jalen Brunson was the was the guy to 104 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: get them to a place where they're now in the conversation, 105 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: they're now at a place where you're in Miami and 106 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, let's go Nets or let's go 107 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: Knicks cheers or are ringing out. That was exciting, That 108 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: was cool to say. I didn't I didn't know. I 109 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: didn't know the Nicks fans travel like that. Well, now, yeah, no, 110 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: they do, absolutely, But I also want to pump the 111 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: brakes a little bit too, Like I don't want to 112 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: pour water on this whole thing. But listen, it's a 113 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: great story, it's really cool. I give Jalen Brunson a 114 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: whole lot of props. I think what Julius Randall's been 115 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: able to do, whether it's above the shoulders or below 116 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: the shoulders, whatever. And give Tom Thiboda a lot of 117 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: credit because he gets a lot of crap, so give 118 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: him a lot of credit. But I also think Nick 119 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: fans have an issue of like compartmentalizing things, right like 120 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: this this is good, now, this is good. But like 121 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: I also wouldn't be surprised the Knicks lost in the 122 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs, like I don't. I think 123 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: we have to be careful about where where we have 124 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: these conversations because like anytime we talk about a team 125 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: in New York, it's like all or nothing, and we 126 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: have to recognize that, like it's really good. They're taking 127 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: a huge step in the right direction. They're building something, 128 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: but they are miles away from where the top echelon 129 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: teams are in the Eastern Conference. Now to that point, 130 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: is it a matter of simply in Jack and I 131 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: were discussing this before, you know, before the show. You know, 132 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: we haven't seen Julius Randall and Jalen Brentson do it together, 133 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: Like is it a is it a we don't believe 134 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: you can need more people situation or is it you know, situational? 135 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: You know, you just don't like how they how they 136 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: would match up against some of the other teams. Sorry, 137 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm just deleting the four paragraphs I had about how 138 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: the Knicks are the new championship favorite. Give me one second, 139 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: but you can go ahead and answer to body, But 140 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: um no, I think number one and I think this 141 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: is fair. Like Julius Randall for all of his success 142 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: this year, and the guy may make another All NBA 143 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: team like like he did a couple of years ago. 144 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: But he's got to prove that what he what he 145 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: does is winning basketball in the playoffs. And clearly what 146 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: we saw was it's awfully predictable in the playoffs. The 147 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: last time we saw him there, a team like the 148 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: Hawks were able to take him to school and embarrass them, 149 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: literally embarrass them. So for me, it's it's number one, 150 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: can Julius become less predictable once the playoffs roll around? 151 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: And two? Who else is there? Like what's amazing about 152 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: the knicks success this year? If you would have told 153 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: me that the Knicks were going to be where they 154 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: are now at the beginning of the season, I would 155 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: have told you that that RJ. Barrett is in the 156 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: most improved player, conversation, that RJ Barrett is this, this 157 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: and that, and he's not. And they're getting performances from 158 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: guys like Quentin Grimes on the defensive end, Emmanuel Quickly, 159 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: you know, occasionally going off like he did the other night, 160 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: Mitchell Robinson defensively what he's able to do. But but 161 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: where is that other offense coming from? In a playoff 162 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: series where teams have forty eight hours between games to 163 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: get ready for you. And we saw the last time 164 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: that the Knicks and listen, they're they're a different team now. 165 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: So I don't want to say, but I'm just not 166 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: ready to put them in a place that's beyond where 167 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: they are right now, because we don't know come playoff time, 168 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: how Julius Randall, RJ. Barrett and any of these other 169 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: supporting cast players are gonna react. I think it's if 170 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: we're being honest, Knicks fans are much like Lakers fans, 171 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: and I'll raise my hand. It's all or nothing, man. 172 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: It's either worn't win a title or it's the worst 173 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: thing in the world or you know the sky as 174 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: so I get, yeah, I mean the thing that makes 175 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: them dangerous to me, like I'm having just like based 176 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: on cognitive biases, I'm having a hard time taking them 177 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: and the Kings seriously, uh for the postseason And with 178 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: the Kings, I get, I can look at the fact 179 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: that they don't really defend that well, right, Like they 180 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: aren't a great defensive Yeah, they're They're a bad defensive team, 181 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: and um that usually doesn't play very well in the 182 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. The Knicks defend like I mean, that's 183 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: that is the one thing you're always going to get 184 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: with the Thibadeau team, and that does make them a 185 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: little scarier to me. I don't want to see them 186 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: in a like my my brain doesn't want to see 187 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: them in a in a playoff series, but my like 188 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: gut is still stuck in like yeah, but there's still 189 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,599 Speaker 1: the Knicks, like sixers take them out. But the Julius 190 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: ran the game winner against Miami was one of the 191 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: worst looking game winners, like not not the shot itself, 192 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: but just the play double fading to the right, having 193 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: just lost it twice in a row. It was just 194 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: one of those shots that never goes in and then 195 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,839 Speaker 1: and then it went in. Blunts, it tied up, finds 196 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: Randle froze it low, Ramble gets it back eight seconds 197 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: to go. Randle on the drive stripped by Bula Raddo 198 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: gets it back, the Krabo puts up a three down, 199 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: the three puts up touts on a second, the fading 200 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: all right, and then quickly Emmanuel quickly put up thirty 201 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: eight eight seven double overtime win over the Celtics. Very 202 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: Street reminds me a little bit of Maxie Uh And 203 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: they were you know, played together in Kentucky, hit out 204 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: in Kentucky. Uh, and then and then you know got 205 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: drafted too late. But has there been a player with 206 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: a better name game match than Emmanuel Quickly? Well, Daron 207 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: Fox is pretty good too, right, Yeah, it's good. Yeah, clever, fast, Yeah, 208 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: just knows for the Yeah, that's a good one. Really, 209 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm surprised by I hadn't really thought about that. Yeah's 210 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: a good one, Jack. Yeah. Rarely, they rarely match up 211 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: so well. And finally, we just got this tweet from 212 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: Tommy Beer on the last week for the Knicks, and 213 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: this is a good question. So the tweet Monday, Tatum 214 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: rage quits and blowout win over Celtics Wednesday brunts him 215 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 1: with thirty points in first half and brutal beat down 216 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 1: to Brooklyn Friday, the double Bang game winner by Randall 217 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: to beat Miami Sunday, IQ scores forty eight and double 218 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: ot thriller in Boston. By the way, you don't have 219 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 1: to give him a new nickname. His last name is 220 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: Quickly and he's quick so we can just stick with that. 221 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: You don't need to call him Ike. You that's that's 222 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: a good nick That's a good nickname too if his 223 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: wasn't quickly uh, And then the end of the tweet, 224 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: best week for Nicks since question marks gotta be like 225 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: that mellow year, the mellow year and even then, like 226 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if they had a run like that. 227 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: This is a part of being an NBA fan, Like 228 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: as a Sixers fan, we haven't had a lot of 229 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: fun in the in the postseason over the past decade 230 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: or two decades or so, but like when your team 231 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: is on a run in the regular season, like playing 232 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: meaningful games and putting putting up big wins like that 233 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: and everybody's getting excited. That is about as fun as 234 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: any experience as an NBA fan, I feel like, because 235 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: you you don't have the in the playoffs, there's almost 236 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: always unless your team actually wins it, there's always the 237 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: reality of fate closing in to make make those memories sour. 238 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: But with with something like that, like the Sixers had 239 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: that time during Ben Simmons's rookie year where like Embiid 240 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: went down with an injury, like and Ben, come on, 241 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: man broke his face and then Simmons took over and 242 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: he was a rookie and like the sky was still 243 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: the one who was like all might and they won like, 244 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,839 Speaker 1: you know, sixteen in a row or something heading into 245 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs. That was about as as much fun as 246 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: I've had as a as an NBA fan. So I 247 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: don't know. All right, let's talk about michal Bridges, which 248 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: since he's been traded to the Nets, he's already had 249 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: more thirty point games in eight games with the Nets 250 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: than he did in three hundred and sixty five games 251 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: with the Suns. Three with the Nets and one with 252 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: the Suns. I think that's right. Yeah, And we just 253 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: we sometimes see players on a new team. I mean, 254 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say he's he's James Harden, but it 255 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: was like when Harden was suddenly with Houston the focal 256 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 1: point of the offense and you saw like, oh wow, 257 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: this is this is way better than what we were 258 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: like kind of banking for him for this team. What 259 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: do we think mcaal Bridge's ceiling is. Well, I think 260 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: on a team that is not expected to win a championship, 261 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: I think he could be a leading scorer and turn 262 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: into a guy that you know, we should have already 263 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: put in the conversation for one of the top two 264 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: way players in the league. We know how a lockdown 265 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: he could be defensively, although it'll be interesting to see 266 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: because you know, the Nets defense has been atrocious since 267 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: since these guys came over. And the crazy part about 268 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: it is, I was with the Nets the day of 269 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: the trade deadline when they you know, got rid of 270 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: Kyrie and and and I'm sorry when they got rid 271 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: of Durant, and I was talking to a bunch of 272 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: people and the one hope was like, especially with jack 273 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: lon being the head coach, this team really fit Jack 274 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: Laon because you had so many defensive minded players like 275 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: you were, You're starting five, and this didn't even include 276 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons because you know, you didn't know where he 277 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: fitted in. But if if you include Ben Simmons, like 278 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: guys like Michail Bridges, Dorian Finney, Smith, Nick Klackton, even 279 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: Spencer Dinwoodie to to a certain extent, these guys have 280 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: a focus of defense. Ben Simmons obviously right, So they should, 281 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: if nothing else, just be a really good defensive team. 282 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: And they are not either. And I think it speaks 283 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: to the point of just how elite the offense is 284 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: the NBA right now. Maybe that's more than anything else, 285 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: But the way I would think the Nets are envisioning 286 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: it is that one day Mikhail Bridges is like their 287 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: second offensive option but still their best defensive player. I 288 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: don't know, And you know, we saw this with Kawai 289 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: for a little bit, a little bit in San Antonio 290 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: before we got hurt a little bit in Toronto, but 291 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: they kind of backed off because of how they'd want 292 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: to put too much stress on them. Can you be 293 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: a team's number one offensive option asked to score, you know, 294 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: somewhere between twenty four and twenty eight points a game 295 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: and also be a lockdown defender on every possession? Like, 296 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: think about it. I mean, even the great defenders like Kawai, 297 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: and be honest, the guys who are great offensive players 298 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: and are all billy Is good defensively don't often for 299 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: for forty minutes get asked to take on that responsibility, 300 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: at least in the regular season. Yeah, is there an 301 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: ideal type of player or even specific player to pair 302 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: him with moving forward? Is it a defensive big like 303 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: you said, if he can you know, kind of slide 304 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: into the second slot from a scoring perspective, you know, 305 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: is it a scoring point guard? What is the most idea. 306 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: It's a guy who runs the show like Ben Simmons, 307 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: you know, who can just like rip off twenty games 308 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: in a row. Dude, I don't know. It's obviously Ben 309 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: Simmons's hurt right now, and I you know, I don't 310 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: want to take any shots at him with him being hurt, 311 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: but like it's weird what's gone on with him in 312 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: the nets, Like there's a lot of stuff behind the 313 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: scenes that I don't think we know about, because like 314 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: the day the trade was made and Ben Simmons should 315 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: have been the starting point guard, they had him coming 316 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: off the bench at the back up five again, and 317 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: it's just it's it's weird. And you know, I worked 318 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: with stan Band Gundy that game. He made the point 319 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: like if there's ever a time when the pressure's gone, 320 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: there's no kin, there's no kad. You know. Yes, this 321 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: organization still wants the playoff. They have no reason, no motivation, 322 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: no draft capital to miss the playoffs. But let's just 323 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: go and throw all of our chips at the center 324 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: of the table and see what we got. Like, now's 325 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: the time where we can play up temple basketball, like 326 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: you were talking about that year in Philadelphia where Brett 327 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: Brown just said, let's run, Let's run every possession, Let's 328 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: take advantage of our speed and our athleticism. And then 329 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: as you're like, I know, Ben Simmons still going to 330 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: be our backup five. Yeah, So that that to me 331 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: was a little concerning. But yeah, I would think with Bridges, 332 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: like you know, every good team I think needs a 333 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: really good facilitator and a guy that is a great 334 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: playmaker and a great decision maker. Yeah, in terms of 335 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: people who have shown us something this season and who 336 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: we feel like we might be seeing some things from 337 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: in the next couple of years. So now Mikhail Bridges 338 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: is on my radar, is like this, this dude could 339 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: be making a leap in the next couple of years. Haliburton, 340 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: obviously any one else that you've seen something from this 341 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: year that you feel like you're you're buying stock and 342 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: in that person to be a superstar like Jabari I 343 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: think you were saying Aunt, Yeah, I feel I mean, 344 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: obviously Aunt's been fantastic this year once, you know, once 345 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: he was able to sit on in and get it going, 346 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: but it feels like there's still at least another level 347 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: as he continues to develop. I'm just wondering, like, you know, 348 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: the bust out guys that you know that could be 349 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: coming over the next few years. Yeah, I think Anthony 350 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: Edwards is a great one. The one I'm leaning towards 351 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: is kind of like this Sacramento duo. Like we've known 352 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: that Sabonis is good, but we're like, yeah, he's camp 353 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: that good. Sure, but he's the reason why they're in 354 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: third place in the West, right Like and and Daron 355 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: Fox has had a pretty darn impressive year as well. Yeah, 356 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, another one that's gonna be interesting to 357 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: see in the playoffs here if he can stay healthy. 358 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: Is we always said, if Michael Porter Junior stays on 359 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: the court, you could be a great player. And when 360 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: he's been on the court this year, he's had a 361 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: really good year. I mean, Aaron Gordon's had his most 362 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: efficient here in the NBA. UM trying to think who 363 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 1: else I'm I'm gonna have somebody in my mind here, 364 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: and then after the show I'm gonna be like, ah, 365 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: should he said that guy? Yeah? Yeah, hit us up. 366 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: All right, let's take a quick break, we'll come back. 367 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 1: We'll talk about some of the best performances. We finally 368 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: got to see the UH the Suns in their fullness, 369 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:29,239 Speaker 1: and it was pretty It's pretty intriguing. So we'll talk 370 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: about that when we come back and we're back, and 371 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say this was one of the most 372 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: fun weeks of basketball. Like this past Sunday is run 373 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: of games was a blast. There was a game where 374 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia seventy six Ers played the Milwaukee Bucks and 375 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: UH prevailed at snapped the sixteen game winning streak. I 376 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: think came from behind. I enjoyed it. It was a 377 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, a Grace and Allen game, which the fans 378 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: are always kind of clambering for anytime you can see 379 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 1: that guy go off. But I mean, seriously, put up 380 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: twenty in the third quarter. Brook Lopez Jannis looked great 381 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: and Be'd have thirty one. I think James Harden at 382 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: thirty eight. It's what is starting to like, give me 383 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: make me feel like, not not necessarily that the Sixers 384 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: are getting it out of the second round, because I 385 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: feel like that's where they they're not allowed. Actually it's 386 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: the it's in the by laws of the franchise. Yeah 387 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: they're not they're not permitted to get out of the 388 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: second round. But they are for the first time since 389 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: I've been a Sixers fan, winning games at the end 390 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: that they don't have any right to win. Like it 391 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: used to be a thing where they would give the 392 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: game away at the end and you'd go into any 393 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: fourth quarter where you were only up by ten points 394 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: being like, Oh, this isn't this isn't gonna be good. 395 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: And now they're closing really strong. They have some really 396 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: good clutch stats, so that that was fun to see. 397 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: And then they had just a barn burner against the 398 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 1: Pacers where they won one forty seven, one forty three 399 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: and regulation and beat had forty two hardened dish out 400 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: twenty assists Haliburton forty and sixteen and the loss. But 401 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: it's the eleventh time MBIDA scored forty or more this season. Like, 402 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 1: just taking everything out of the MVP conversation, which I 403 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 1: think is getting a little overheated. I'm just enjoying another 404 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: pretty phenomenal MBID season right now, Jered, let me ask 405 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: you this. I've been trying to convince Jack. Now. Jack 406 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: is a cautiously optimistic fan, and I respect and appreciate 407 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 1: that because completely pessimistic, I would say, Okay, you know what, 408 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: I didn't want to put that on you, but yes, 409 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: but I've been trying to convince him that this year 410 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: they look different, and I'll whether it's his sixers, and 411 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: by different meaning like I don't have to squint as 412 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: hard to convince myself that they could make it beyond 413 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: the second round. Let me ask you a question then, 414 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: for people listening in their car or at work or 415 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: wherever in the gym Pumpings of Iron, why does Jack 416 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: have sunglasses on that that have like rosy colored like 417 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: like why does he need to wear those sunglasses on 418 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: this podcast? Hey man? This is just a look that 419 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: keeps protecting his piece. Joel and Bad is playing liking 420 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: MVP where we were recalls to where you put him 421 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: in there? Right, If James Harden is playing at this level, 422 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: and then you have Tyree's Maxie playing at this level 423 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: and in vague get to bias Harris back, could you 424 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 1: see a path where they could make it? You'll make 425 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: a deep run? Finally, yeah, I mean listen, but before 426 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: we even talk about the sixers, I mean, there are 427 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: holes in the two clear cut favorites in the conference, right, 428 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: Like Milwaukee's had their issues this year, although they don't 429 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: feel like they have very many of them right now, 430 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: and Boston clearly is going through something major right now. 431 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: But I would say this like my my biggest thing 432 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: with the Sixers, and this is kind almost like my 433 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: conversation that I had with you about the Knicks, but 434 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: just the same but very different. Like James Harden missed 435 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: Tuesday night's game, right with it with an injury, and 436 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: Jack you you know better than me as a lifelong 437 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: die hard Sixer fan here, like every time things are important, 438 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: there's a Joel embiad injury. There's a reason why he's out. 439 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: He's fractured his face in two different playoff runs. Yeah, 440 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: Like I don't know how that happens, and I'm not 441 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: criticizing him. I'm not saying anything but a big breakable face. 442 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: His face is that mister Glass quality that Yeah, but 443 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: you know, the Sixers, this is a dumb statement. The 444 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: Sixers need and Bade right, they need hardened, and they 445 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: need hardened to be at his best and when it 446 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: comes to the playoffs, and Bead more times than not 447 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: has missed a game in a playoff series throughout his career, 448 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: James Harden has not shown up in playoff series regularly 449 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: throughout his career. So like those things, you know, just 450 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: make me wonder. Now I'll say this, you know, sneaky, 451 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: some sneaky moves that Darryl Morriy made like this Jayla 452 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: McDaniels move. Wow, slid him into this starting lineup on 453 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: Monday night. That was impressive. I would say I am 454 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: giving the Sixers a sliver of hope because right now today, 455 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: as we speak, I have some doubt in the Boston Celtics, 456 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: who I thought would be the clear cut favorite in 457 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: this conference. And while I'm feeling really good about the Bucks, 458 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: like they're not they're not the twenty sixteen Warriors. Yeah, 459 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: and even the twenty sixteen Warriors clearly found a way 460 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,959 Speaker 1: to lose, So anybody's beatable. The issue though, is if 461 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: the Celtics find their way, if Jason Tatum finds his 462 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: shooting stroke. First of all, he's got to get back 463 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: on the court herders need the other night, and he 464 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: can find a consistent shooting like this has been really 465 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: weird with Tatum, and I think this has gone undercovered, 466 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 1: is Jason Tatum's shooting slumps that he goes in and 467 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: out of this year. It's just really bad. But as 468 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: we stand today, like the Sixers will to face one 469 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: of those two teams in the second round of the playoffs. Yeah, 470 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: that's the thing is like I'm frustrated that they don't 471 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: get to the Eastern Conference finals. That means you're one 472 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: of the final two teams in the East. Like that's 473 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: and the East is really good. That hasn't always been 474 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: the Yeah, that's true, but like that, it's a tough 475 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: year to be like, gotta get it out of the 476 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: second round. So I get like Eastern Conference finals are 477 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: bust because you know, Cleveland is tough. Even though I 478 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: think I think the Sixers just match up pretty well 479 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: against better than most teams against the Bucks. But I 480 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: think they just if they if they face the Celtics 481 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: in a seven game series, it's it's over for them. 482 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: That's yeah. They just they can't beat the Celtics period. 483 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: All right. It is that time. Jabari Anthony M F. 484 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: Davis uh second of his name, leads the Lakers to 485 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: victory over a Warrior's team. With Steph back in the mix, 486 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers are six and three since the trade deadline. 487 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: Lens only played in three of those games, doing without 488 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: d low since February twenty third, but they're finding a 489 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: way to clawback still and very intrigued by this team. 490 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: What say you, yeah? I mean the trade deadline made 491 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 1: a lot of sense for them, and for as much 492 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: as we've crapped down Rob Blinko over the years aka 493 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: Lebron the de facto GM, they did an amazing job 494 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: this year. Listen, I don't think I think some of 495 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: the players name like we do like this thing during 496 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: the trade Den Larner in the offseason when a team 497 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: gets a guy and where like name recognition, all of 498 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: a sudden, we're polarizing, like we know this guy? Do 499 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: we know them? For good or bad or indifferent? Always good? Right? 500 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: The thing about this Laker team is these aren't like 501 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: all stars that came to the Lakers, although D'Angelo Russell 502 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: one time was an All Star, but they got guys 503 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: that make sense around Lebron and Anthony Games. And if 504 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: this injury to Lebron had happened without those trade deadline moves, 505 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: the Lakers ship is sunk right, dead are part of 506 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: it too. It's like there's a reason, like why there's 507 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: all these teams fighting like nobody's very good, like Dallas 508 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: is not very good. The Clippers, yeah, they could be good. Like, 509 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: the Clippers could win a championship or miss the playoffs. 510 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: Who knows, Utah Utah not very good, Portland not very good, 511 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: Perlican not very good, the Thunder not very good. Right, Like, 512 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: there's a reason why all these teams are in this 513 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: conversation for again, and let's remember, for as much as 514 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: Lebron moaned about the play in a couple of years ago, 515 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: if not for the play in saving Grace, right, but 516 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: the Lakers are out of this whole thing, and you know, 517 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: so listen, the Lakers have a very favorable schedule coming 518 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: down the stretch, I think until until they face Phoenix 519 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: on March twenty second, I have that right, They don't 520 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: face another team that is well, I guess the Knicks 521 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: on Yeah, that became a tough game all the same, 522 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,479 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that's a tough game. But they 523 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: really they don't have teams, particularly on the road. They 524 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: don't have to face teams that are in contention here 525 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: until the end of March. So there's a path for 526 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: the Lakers absolutely to get where they want to go. 527 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: They just need Anthony Davis or as you called him 528 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: another name. He needs to absolutely be a beast. He 529 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: needs to be a guy that is so good over 530 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: the final eighteen or so games this season that people 531 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: are saying, well, why wasn't he in the MVP conversation? 532 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: It's a it's a bad conversation to have, it's a 533 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: it's an ignorant conversation. But there needs to be so 534 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: much recency bias in the play of Anthony Davis over 535 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: the last three weeks of this season that we are saying, Wow, 536 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: this guy's too good. Keep off the MVP belt. Yeah, 537 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: and they have they have to catch Utah is one 538 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: of the teams in front of them Portland and those 539 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: are all teams with very difficult schedules coming down the 540 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: coming down the stretch. So I think they have a shot. Yeah, 541 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: And as your resident Anthony Davis fan, I will acknowledge 542 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: I agree, But we go game to game over here, 543 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: we're not even thinking about it in terms of like 544 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: the last three weeks. I can't even go weeks at 545 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: a time game to game just be that guy. Well, 546 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: I mean, let's just face it here, Like I was told, 547 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys heard this report, I 548 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: did on T and T last week. I was told 549 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: by the coaching staff that not only was it expected, 550 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: but it was anticipated that Anthony Davis would play last 551 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: Tuesday at Memphis and then Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The 552 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: coaching staff fully expected and anticipated that he would be 553 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: able to play, and he would play well. Paul of 554 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: a sudden game day comes second night of a back 555 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: to back, he's not playing. Lakers have back to back 556 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: coming up at New Orleans at Houston. Now listen, at 557 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: Houston should be a winnable game without Anthony Davis. But 558 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: you're not. There's a reason why you're battling for the 559 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: tenth spot in the West because you're not that good. 560 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: You need your best player to play. Yeah right. Then 561 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: they've got another back to back at Utah at the Clippers. 562 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: He's got to play, yeah right, Like he got two 563 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: more back to acts. You can't afford to lose any 564 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: of these. If Anthony Davis is not playing these games, 565 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: then you know why you're going to miss the play 566 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: in right. I do my best not to be you know, 567 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: the sky is falling, guy, But I will say that 568 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: over the next you know, over that three week period 569 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: that you just mentioned, if I'm the Lakers organization, and 570 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: this is obviously not based on any reporting, this is 571 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: just my opinion. But if I'm the Lakers organization and 572 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,239 Speaker 1: this is you know, talking about a guy that one 573 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: of my favorite players in the league, I have to 574 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: look at him and say, well, can you do it? 575 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: Or can you not? Can we Can you be trusted? 576 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: Can you be leaned upon? Can you be expected to 577 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: give us twenty solid games? You know, like you down 578 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: the stretch of a must win you know scenario, And 579 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: if you can't, then I have to, you know, we 580 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: have to at least consider what, you know, what this 581 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,479 Speaker 1: roster looks like moving forward? Yep. And then finally, just 582 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: the mav Sons game was a blast, Luca Kyrie, k 583 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: D Booker, just a just fun back and forth game, 584 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,239 Speaker 1: KD Dagger, Luca missed the bunny and then you know 585 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: the double texts. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Wait like eight 586 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: to shoot back to Katie was six durand driving on 587 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: hardaway pull up Chopper Duran got it man Phoenix has 588 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: at two point late. I've never pulled for the Suns 589 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: in like a just a stray game that I'm why 590 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: I catch a stray game. It's just always been I 591 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: don't I don't really care. I'm usually like find myself 592 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: like at a gut level, pulling for whoever they're playing against. 593 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: And now I'm I'm on the Sun's bandwagon because I'm 594 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: you know, kad Lebron. Those are my guys. They're like 595 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: generationally like some of my favorite players that have ever 596 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: watched And I didn't know if if I was gonna 597 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: be able to pull myself onto the bandwagon. I did it, though, 598 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm aboard. I'm excited, I feel great, feel awesome. What 599 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: do you guys think though? Did you learn anything? Yeah? 600 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: I mean has the chance to be freaking awesome in Phoenix? Um. Yeah, 601 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: I'm not just saying this, like I'm not saying this 602 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: like on behalf of the NBA because they don't pay 603 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: my check, but like, there's gotta be some integrity into 604 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: the eighty two games of a season. And I just 605 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: find it very hard to believe even the best of 606 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: the best players can pull it together over fifteen games 607 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: and just go win a championship after that. It just 608 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: to me there's something is not a video game, right, 609 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: Has it ever happened? Has has a mid season trade 610 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: ever resulted in a championship Detroit right with Wallace, But 611 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: I mean, but he also wasn't their first, second or 612 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: third offensive option, right, he was like, we already have 613 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: a very solid team, and all of a sudden, your 614 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: thrush sheet, right, you know, yeah, you throw a hungry 615 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: seat in the mix. Well, NBA action, it's fantastic. Let's 616 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: take a quick break. We'll be back for the fastest 617 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: segment in podcasting, Jared, I hope you're ready. I hope 618 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: you did it like some next stretches, because these questions 619 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,479 Speaker 1: are gonna be pinging past your head just at a 620 00:32:53,480 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: at a rapid rate. We'll be right back, and we're 621 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: back and to the Do we have theme music for 622 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: the segment? We do start the clock kick kick on 623 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: the rapid Fire theme. Uh brought to you by John Williams. Um, 624 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: we did spend the entire annual budget of the show 625 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: on John Williams making a rapid Fire. It's not a 626 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: good match. I gotta say, I don't know why we 627 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: went with the guy who made the Star Wars theme 628 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: for something that's supposed to be like up tempo and 629 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: uh focused, But that's what we did. Jared, this is 630 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: where we're gonna be asking you questions. We don't want 631 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: you to even think about it. It's just your the 632 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: fastest first shut reaction. Uh. Jabari just made a sound 633 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: too that was supposed to be lasers. I guess it 634 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: was a lasers ish lasers and Jabari is going to 635 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: kick it off for us. Jabari take it away. All right, 636 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: let's just go. Let's cut them nonsense, Jared, Cut the nonsense. Jared, 637 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: first of all, cut the nonsense. All right, give me 638 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: a second, give me get serious here, all right? Through 639 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: your nonsense. Ready, I'm ready, Jared. You can go back 640 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: in time and be on the broadcast of any single 641 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: NBA game throughout history. Which game are you choosing? Game seven, 642 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen NBA Finals? Okay, game the block? You got 643 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: it all blocked a shot, come back? I love it. 644 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: And there there it was a rock fight there for 645 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: a little while. So you gotta fill that, you know, 646 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: it's what a game? Ye? Best NBA city based solely 647 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: on the food? New York. Oh okay, I always figure 648 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 1: people who are going to say New Orleans here, but yes, 649 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: a matter you know? Okay, So okay, I got you, 650 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: all right? Jared, it's time for it. Let me get 651 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: your boldest play in or postseason prediction. My boldest postseason prediction. Yes, 652 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,720 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors will make the Western Conference Finals. 653 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: Oh wow, Okay, the exact opposite of last week's the 654 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: boldest postseason prediction. Who somebody said they won't even get 655 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: out of the plan Aaron, as he said, you said 656 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna get knocked out, you know, first game into 657 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: play in. Okay, what do you think is gonna come 658 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: together for them? Well? I mean what what really needs 659 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: to come together? I mean they're they're like listen, I 660 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: know they have. Okay, here's a different question. What has 661 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,760 Speaker 1: fallen apart for them that put them in this position 662 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: where where where I'm surprised by you saying they'd be 663 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 1: in the Western Conference? Fine? I just think, like what what? 664 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: What stuns me about the Warriors? What's different about them 665 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: from last year winning a championship to this year is 666 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 1: these names, Gary Payton, the second Otto, Porter Namania, Beliza, 667 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,880 Speaker 1: and a little bit more of Andrea Godal. Yeah, like 668 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: to me, once the playoffs roll around, I get that 669 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: those three guys actually played pivotal role for the Warriors, 670 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,359 Speaker 1: but Jonathan Cominge if you watched him the last couple 671 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 1: of weeks, bawling, Yeah, played, Thompson is actually putting together 672 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,720 Speaker 1: two better months than he's ever had in his career, 673 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: like ever ever. And Steph Curry is just getting back. Yeah. 674 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: I feel like, you know a lot of what I 675 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: think we're going to see in these West playoffs is 676 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: a lot of teams trying to find their identity once 677 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: it counts the most. And the Warriors know who they are, yeah, right, 678 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: Like Denver, Denver, for as much as they've been in 679 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: the postseason the last few years, like not with this 680 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: group playing at this level, with this expectation. Memphis, no, 681 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 1: and who the heck knows if Memphis is going to 682 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: have their best player in the playoffs. Sacramento has never 683 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 1: been here, Phoenix as constitute has never been here. Is 684 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: Chris Paul gonna be healthy? What are they going to 685 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: get from their supporting cast? Minnesota has never been here? 686 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: Dallas never been here. We don't like their supporting cast 687 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,399 Speaker 1: the Clippers. Is Kawhi going to take a game off 688 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: in the playoffs because he doesn't feel like playing? Like 689 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: There's a lot of questions about a lot of teams, 690 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: and I get that the Warriors have left a lot 691 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 1: of doubt in people's minds. But when it comes down 692 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: to it, I am taking the five man unit of 693 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: Steph play Wiggins once he gets back, and he will 694 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: be back soon, Draymond with Looney and Jordan Poole coming 695 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: off the bench, Don David Pevencenzo coming off the bench. 696 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm taking that seven man group against any seven man 697 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: group in the West. Wow. That's a really good point. 698 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: And you know we're usually be a jokey in this segment, 699 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: but that's a great point in one that I probably 700 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: should have considered, you know, prior to now, you know, 701 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 1: shout out to former guests Ben Galliver. He you know, 702 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: he made the point that uh no he does, he 703 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: does numbers two but no, um. He pointed out that 704 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: there hasn't been a repeat conference finalists over the last 705 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 1: four seasons and that would mean that obviously Golden State 706 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,240 Speaker 1: would be the you know, the first to do so. 707 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, started to slow down this segment. I just 708 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: got passionate there, No, no, that's perfect. Passion spills over sometimes. Yeah. 709 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,920 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, this past week, the Nuggets have started 710 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,799 Speaker 1: to make sense to me. As the team coming out 711 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: of the West. Oh I'm still there. Don't get me wrong, 712 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,399 Speaker 1: I'm I'm with you there, But like, have you ever 713 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: felt less good about saying that about a conference champion? 714 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: I have, like they for for some reason, Like I was, 715 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: I was out, Like I was at that place where 716 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: I was like, well, it can't be the Nuggets, right, 717 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 1: Like it's like they as good as they look in 718 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,800 Speaker 1: the regular season, like we've seen them in the playoffs, 719 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,320 Speaker 1: and like it hasn't worked out, and like just something 720 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: about like there's been some articles about their metrics like 721 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: in the clutch being some of the best in the league, 722 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: and just they've just started to feel like this powerhouse 723 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: and they're also seven games out in front. Like there, 724 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: it's not even close. I mean, I guess that was 725 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 1: the case the Sons that at some points last season. 726 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, start they make sure the clock. Brian Um, 727 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: All right, if you could trade one player currently in 728 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: the NBA for the number one pick next year, so 729 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: Wemben Yama would you? And who would it be? Jesus? 730 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: So I would have to be the team getting you 731 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: have the number one pick, let's say, But and you 732 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 1: can trade for a single player in the NBA right 733 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: now ready for this. Yeah, this is called a timely 734 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:15,160 Speaker 1: take John Morant, Wow, I love all right, But the 735 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,000 Speaker 1: fact that it's even a question is crazy just from 736 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: a women or perspective, Like, No, nobody really, like I mean, yeah, 737 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: there's probably somebody, but you have to like think about 738 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: it pretty hard well because it's not just a misrey box. 739 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: We've seen, you know, and we can we can we 740 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 1: can see with our eyes, like man, that that could 741 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: be incredible, not just special, not just great, incredible. And 742 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm not guaranteeing. I'm saying it could be he's shooting 743 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 1: low thirties from three. I'm just saying I'm putting it 744 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 1: out there. I think you should. I think you should 745 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 1: slide to the six or something. All right, scoot, you're up. 746 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: All right, my turn. Let's keep it going. If you 747 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,600 Speaker 1: could bet on any fan base to make the in 748 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: arena challenge shots, you know, the layup, free throw, three pointer, 749 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: half court, which fan base would you bet on. Well, 750 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:04,800 Speaker 1: I'm not taking Boston or Philly because they've been getting 751 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 1: ready for the game too much before the game. Yeah, 752 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 1: I'm not taking Atlanta or Miami because they may not 753 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:20,799 Speaker 1: be in the stands by halftime. Wow, Wow, shuts, I'm 754 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: gonna go Indiana. There, it is like that, that's the one, right, 755 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: It's gotta be Indiana. They're so good that they only 756 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,359 Speaker 1: give out fifty dollars in gift cards to somebody who 757 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,320 Speaker 1: does lets all challenge your rules of quarters, get a 758 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:41,239 Speaker 1: get a fifty dollars target shopping card. Uh yeah, all right. 759 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: I have this persistent nightmare, like it's basically a reverse 760 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,240 Speaker 1: like Mike, where I suddenly switch bodies with an NBA 761 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: player in the middle of the game and I have 762 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,160 Speaker 1: my skills. Is there a player you would switch with? 763 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: What would you do if you suddenly you are in 764 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: Yokich's body in a big game? What do you do? 765 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 1: Do you fake injury? Do you try and let it rock? Like? 766 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 1: What are you doing? I'd probably be like I would 767 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,080 Speaker 1: take a zion and just try and like, you know, 768 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:09,719 Speaker 1: I haven't. I don't even know if I could touch 769 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: the bottom of the net, let alone dunk, no, like 770 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:18,360 Speaker 1: like just to play bullyball bringing around. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 771 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 1: I just hope that game, whatever game it is, he's 772 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 1: dressed and active, so I'm not sitting in the on 773 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 1: the bench and three clothes, you know, just any game. Yeah, yeah, 774 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 1: all right, last question of the week. This is the 775 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:34,520 Speaker 1: most important one, by the way, Jack or Jabari. Oh, 776 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,359 Speaker 1: it's no question. It's Jabari. Oh, because anybody, anybody who 777 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,799 Speaker 1: slides into my DMS, I'm all four. There we go. Yeah, yeah, 778 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,440 Speaker 1: you've never slid into my my DM. I gotta be attentive. 779 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't keep up with the seductive DM 780 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,360 Speaker 1: sliding powers of Jabari. It's, by the way, I've always 781 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 1: But just for full disclosure and transparency, my wife is 782 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: can't hear you, guys, But here's me talking about somebody 783 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: sliding too my DMS and GSS right now, Sorry, missus Greenberg. 784 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:09,040 Speaker 1: It was me professional, I promise. Yeah. What about that picture? 785 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,719 Speaker 1: Such a Jabari does send a picture when he first 786 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,840 Speaker 1: reaches up people, he does send a picture. It was 787 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 1: a good picture. It's in Vagas by the pool. You know, 788 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,720 Speaker 1: I figure it get people in the mood. It's fasting 789 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:25,480 Speaker 1: their roses involved. Jared Greenberg, such a pleasure having you 790 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,600 Speaker 1: on the show. Where can people find you? See you? 791 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: All that good stuff? Well beyond TNT Thursday Night in 792 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 1: Memphis for a Big Warrior's Grizzlies game. Nice. Um. Then 793 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,799 Speaker 1: all throughout the next couple of weeks, TNT is gonna 794 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,120 Speaker 1: take some time off here for March Madness, and I'll 795 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,799 Speaker 1: be on the NBA TV side of things doing a 796 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: Crunch Time which Jack is going to become your new 797 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,719 Speaker 1: favorite show on the NBA app when we take you 798 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: to the biggest moments to the night as they happened 799 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: live at the NBA's only Whip Around show. When I'll 800 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,560 Speaker 1: be doing some some NBA game time appearance as well 801 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,799 Speaker 1: on NBA TV. Awesome, Well, thank you so much for 802 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,320 Speaker 1: joining us. That's going to do it for us this week. 803 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 1: Quick shout outs to some listeners. We asked for your 804 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,320 Speaker 1: MVP opinions and here were the results. Fifty three percent 805 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:14,720 Speaker 1: said Yokich or Joki, thirty six percent said Yannis, and 806 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:22,040 Speaker 1: seven sorry what is it? Seven percent? Did you? Man? 807 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:26,200 Speaker 1: I just I gotta say, if Embiid and Yokis would 808 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: just play one another in an important nationally televised game, 809 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: then we would actually be able to see or if 810 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:36,280 Speaker 1: Embiid went up against Jannis, was sixteen game winning streak 811 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:40,800 Speaker 1: on the line, you know? Um? Anyways, great picks listeners 812 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,480 Speaker 1: are Boosties Listeners of the Week at brock Denton said, 813 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,799 Speaker 1: Yokich is great, but it's insane to me that he's 814 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,759 Speaker 1: going to win three straight. Embad or Josh should have 815 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,200 Speaker 1: won last year, and it's surprising to me that the 816 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,880 Speaker 1: voters aren't getting tired of giving it to him. Lebron 817 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,880 Speaker 1: should have been MVP every year from O seven to fifteen, 818 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,400 Speaker 1: but voters got tired of him. M Yeah, the MVP 819 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: conversation is the conversation about a narrative being told by 820 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,399 Speaker 1: NBA writers. So at this point, whatever, but make sure 821 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,960 Speaker 1: you give us a follow on Twitter at mad Boosties. 822 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,160 Speaker 1: That's m A D B O O S t i 823 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,839 Speaker 1: E S. And that's going to do it for us 824 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 1: this week. Back next week with more NBA action, more 825 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:28,480 Speaker 1: of these spicy piping hot takes, we'll talk to y'all. 826 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: Don have a great week everyone, Bye bye,