1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, straight 2 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Tuesday, 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: May and the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals are tonight. I'll 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: do some gambling on Celtics in Miami. A little later on, 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: by the way, shout out on a gambling note to 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: the dude who outside Starbucks Monday. I go to Starbucks 7 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: before I had to head to Fox to do a 8 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: gambling show with Cowherd on the NBA Playoffs. And I 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: get out of my car and I go to put 10 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: a quarter in the meter and this dude was like 11 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: with his wife kind of nearby, and he goes Jason 12 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: McIntyre and I look over. It's this older guy, probably, 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: and I look up and I kind of smile. You know, 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: you're caught off car. You don't. You're not used to 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: hearing your name out loud in public from random people 16 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: on a sidewalk as you're going to get coffee. And 17 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: he goes, I like your podcast, You've won me some money. 18 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: And I and he kind of laughed with his wife 19 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: and I was like, all right, I'll take it. Hey, 20 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: thanks man. Pretty good, pretty good notes. So shout out 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: to you, faithful listener. Um. A couple of notes before 22 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: we get to the NBA though, I heard from some 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: of you that I was too harsh on Chris Paul, 24 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: crushing him for his listless no show in game seven. Folks, 25 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: it was not a no show in game seven. It 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: was no show in game three, four or five, six, 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: add seven. This is five straight games. Oh, I keep 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: hearing Chris Paul one of the greatest point guards ever. 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, he's amazing. Yeah, he's a great player. 30 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: He's been to the finals once. I just want to 31 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: remind you, guys, Steph Curry went to the NBA finals 32 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: five years in a row. Chris Paul's got there once. 33 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: With a rich history of failures in the playoffs. And 34 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm listen, this is not being me being overly critical. 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: You know. I've been openly I don't particularly like Chris Paul. 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: But I'm not just crushing the guy to crush him. 37 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: He has been a colossal playoff failure. Not quite on 38 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: the level of James Harden, but he's within shouting distance 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: of Harden's failures. This is what happens to these guys 40 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: in the playoffs and listen, the spotlight is bright for 41 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: a lot of folks. I ain't gonna lie to you 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: guys known on a much much, much, much much more 43 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: granular level. I've entered two tennis tournaments in the last 44 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, three years or whatever, and I got 45 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: to the semifinals both time and lost. Now, the first 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: time I got to the semis, I got absolutely smoked 47 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: by the guy who wanted. The second time, I led 48 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: for one in the first set, and I was feeling 49 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: myself thinking about the championship, and I totally imploded, and 50 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm I was so mortified. A. I never checked to 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: see who won the championship. I was that angry. B 52 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: I have not played tennis once since I lost that match. 53 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: I was so ticked off. It ate at me for 54 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: a while. It was just it was just weak. I 55 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: was just mentally weak. I got crushed after leading. At 56 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: any rate, I will be picking up tennis shortly, as 57 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: the shoulders seems to be re funding nicely from the 58 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: soccer injury suffered a couple of weeks ago. Um, so 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: I won't have as much time to prep for the 60 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: tennis tournament this summer. But I guarantee you I will play. 61 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how I'll do since I haven't played 62 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: in goodness gracious eight months. I was so angry about it. 63 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: All right, quickly onto some sports, actual sports stuff, not 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: Jason McIntire sports. Um, just two things that I saw 65 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL that were of note. Number One, I 66 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: saw Gyr Alexander of the Packers got the biggest deal 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: ever for a cornerback in NFL history. That's awesome. This 68 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: is the only thing that I found interesting. So I 69 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: see the deal was reported, of course by schefter Rappaport 70 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: whoever it was, and they mentioned when they broke the 71 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: news who brokered the deal, and it was a guy 72 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: by the name of John Thornton from Rock Nation, that's 73 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: the jay Z company. And I was like, John Thornton, 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: Holy cow, I think I know that guy. And I 75 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: went on my phone and I punched in his his 76 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: spelled up his name, and I had his number, and 77 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: I was like, holy cow, this is the same guy. 78 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: And of course I look at our text message. The 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: last time I texted him was tw so fun fun backstory. 80 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: So this guy just negotiated Jayar Alexander's huge deal. I 81 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: used to go to the NFL Combined back when I 82 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: wrote for The Big Lead, and I went I think twice, 83 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: maybe three times, and there was this bar there where 84 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: everybody would go, agents, coaches. It was a media obviously. 85 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: It was like the hangout bar after every single night 86 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: of the combine. It was a scene, right, you know, 87 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: this isn't quite what happens in Vegas days in Vegas. 88 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: And there were a couple of female reporters who really 89 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: went after it hard, and you know, guys obviously said 90 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: stuff about them. I'm not getting into that stuff. What 91 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: I will talk about is I'm going around and introducing myself. 92 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: I'm a young guy. I'm at a website, you know, 93 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm like whatever, and I'm fearless. And I come up 94 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: on a guy or I was introduced to him, I think, 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh yeah, he uh he's with a 96 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: bunch of Jets and I was like, oh yeah, I'm 97 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: a you Jets fan. He goes, I know who you are, Okay, 98 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: all right, and he goes, I've seen you bashing Geno 99 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: Smith for two years. That's my that's my client. And 100 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: I was like, oh okay, and you know, we started 101 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: discussing it. Obviously, Listen, he was not coming after me, 102 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: after me, but he was aware that I had been 103 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: blasting Geno Smith. That's in Geno Smith was with the Jets, 104 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: and you know, he kind of struggled a little bit. 105 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: And listen, I'm not gonna lie to you guys. The 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: stuff I say on the podcast, I would say on 107 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: TV in public um to an agent, to a player, 108 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: and obviously I've got to be ready for what they 109 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: say back, which is can be harsh and critical. And 110 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: that's fine. I get that. That's that's part of the game. 111 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: And you know, I said to them, well, listen, you 112 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,559 Speaker 1: know I'm keeping it. You're real with you here, John. 113 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: You know Geno Smith he's not long for the NFL. 114 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: He's not a starter. I'll tell you that. And he 115 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: would argue, no, no, Gino, blah blah blah. He's got 116 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: this that the coaching staff stays blow whatever it was. 117 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: And I looked back at our test text messages and 118 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: I thought Gino Smith would be done in the NFL 119 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: in a few years. Here we are two Gino. Now, listen, 120 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: he ain't a starter. We all know that he's a backup. 121 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: Maybe he's a second or third string, and he's gonna 122 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: have a shot to beat out Drew Lock in Seattle. 123 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: So I text Thornton on Tuesday night, Hey, you know what, 124 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: I gotta give you props. You were right about your guy, 125 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: Gino Smith. I was wrong. Now I'm conceding, But if 126 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: it was that, if you tried to take a victory lap, 127 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: I'd be like, Listen, Gino has got like a few 128 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: more starts than I do in the NFL since we 129 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: last spoke. But I was happy for the guy, and 130 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: he has a couple of other clients. I will not 131 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: mention the other stuff we said in the text messages 132 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: because I'm always fishing for any kind of edge I 133 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: can get on the NFL and gambling and um, let's 134 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: just say he has a couple of clients for a 135 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: couple of teams that I'm targeting this season to be 136 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: backing at what I think will be a miss price 137 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: market value. I think they're on the up and up. 138 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: Um at any rate. That's a fun story on Alexander 139 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: and the Packers and the other NFL note Antonio Brown, 140 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: it's so weird. This guy was last seen disrobing his 141 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: jersey and his pads on the sideline. I think in 142 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: the third quarter against my Jets at the meadow and 143 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: not the meadow Lands when it MetLife, Tampa Bay was 144 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: that MetLife and Antonio Brown basically just takes off all 145 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: his gear and runs off the field, literally runs off 146 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: the field, runs to the locker room, gets in an 147 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: uber like that was. It hasn't been seen since he 148 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: blamed the coaching staff. They were benching him. He wasn't 149 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: going to hit his his numbers to get his bonuses. Whatever. 150 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: It was ugly. Antonio Brown's done in the NFL, that's obvious. 151 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: But have you noticed since he's officially basically been banished, 152 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: nobody wants to bring him in. He's too much of 153 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: a problem out. Have you noticed how hard he's trying 154 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: to keep his name in the news. He knows that 155 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: he's near the end of his career. He's sensing, damn, 156 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: it's pretty much over for me. But I've been used 157 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: to being in the news because I was a star receiver, 158 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: catching touchdowns and dominating and you know my highlights. Everybody 159 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: knew me anywhere I went. And now I'm just a 160 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: guy who sits in like the front row of NBA 161 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: games and occasionally pops off on a seventh tier podcast. 162 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown has been desperately trying to keep his name 163 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 1: in the news. Let's I looked up a few of them. 164 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: One of them was he made it like a thing. 165 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: He wanted to hang out with Lamar Jackson on Super 166 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: Bowl Sunday. Hint, hint. The Ravens are the rivals of 167 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: his old team, the Steelers. Let me see if I 168 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: can get in with the Ravens and get back at 169 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers to screw me over Mike Tomlin. Right, so, 170 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: he's been pumping up Lamar Jackson online hanging out with him, 171 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: said he would love to catch passes from Lamar Jackson. Okay, next, 172 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: obviously that got a ton of pickup. Former NFL receiver arrivals, Bob, 173 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: It's a perfect store. Next thing, you know, he comes and, 174 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: just for no reason whatsoever, just unloads on Colin Kaepernick, 175 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: a guy who has not thrown a pass in the 176 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: NFL in like six years. Who cares? But that's how 177 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: desperate Antonio Brown is. He knows if I just put 178 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: him on blast, people are gonna pick it up, and 179 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: it's gonna be aggregated everywhere social media. People are gonna 180 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: be in my mentions like these guys are addicted to 181 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: this stuff. So here we are this week. Antonio Brown. 182 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: I want to retire a Steeler Now. I don't want 183 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: to play for the Steelers. They just want to retire 184 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. Bro, nobody cares. Do you think anyone cares? 185 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: What Antonio Brown? This is the height of irrelevance. And 186 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: I do worry for him just a little bit because 187 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: he's got a chief, very checkered history with the law. 188 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: We know off the field, he's had a lot of problems, 189 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: and I hope this doesn't spiral into something worse than 190 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: an Tonio Brown's on TMZ for the next like, you know, 191 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: ten years or worse. I just it's sad to see 192 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: a guy like this who was ridiculously talented, a career underdog. 193 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: I think he was a sixth round pick, a converted 194 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: quarterback in high school, could not get into college academically, 195 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: ends up at Central Michigan, turns into this pretty darn good, 196 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: you know, Swiss army knife guy, and the Steelers decide 197 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: we could put this guy in the slot and he 198 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: can eat. And he was one of the best receivers 199 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: in the league for a good I don't know, five 200 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: six years he was electric and now he's a side show. 201 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: He's a cartoon act. It's an embarrassment, and you know, 202 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: you'd hope that this guy would have some people in 203 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: his corner to talk him off a ledge, but it's 204 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: it's getting ugly for Antonio Brown. Fox Sports Radio has 205 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 206 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and 207 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app search f s R 208 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: to listen live. One quick note before we get to 209 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: uh tonight's game. I need to talk about DeAndre Ayton. 210 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: And I was unaware of this until I guess something 211 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: I said in the pod triggered something and a buddy 212 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: texted me about DeAndre And have you seen this story? 213 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: And Destroyer is headlined, and unbelievably it's from five days ago. 214 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: Why Phoenix sun Star DeAndre Ayton can't live without video games? 215 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: That's the headline. I can't believe he did this. He 216 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: did this story in the middle of the playoffs. Okay, 217 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: so essentially he invites his writer over and this writer 218 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: talks to eton years old who is a serious gamer. 219 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: Now I need to take a quick time out because 220 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: I I like video games. I know everybody likes video games. 221 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: We everybody has played video games, that's one time or 222 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: the other. I, as you guys know, and I like 223 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: to talk about it at a guest on the pod 224 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: last week. Who is you know, the primary owner for Nickoxa, 225 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: the Mexican soccer team I brought into Once we bought 226 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: that game, I went out and got the game FIFA 227 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: and I said, you know, let me get an understanding 228 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: of the league, the players, how the loan stuff works, um, 229 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: all that fun, exciting stuff. So I started a career 230 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: with my team, Nakoxa. It went well. Eventually I started 231 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: screwing up contracts because I didn't do the right number 232 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 1: on release clauses. You guys don't care. I got fired 233 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: from Nikaxa, and I put the game down. So then 234 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: of course the season started up again and I picked 235 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: it up and I started another season with another team 236 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: in the league. So I can get an idea and 237 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: again like, this is a big investment, uh, not the 238 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: video games, but the soccer team. So I want to 239 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: know what's going on in the league. And it helped me. 240 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: So then football season comes around, I have to put 241 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: down the video game. I don't play at all. During 242 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: football season. It's just it was it's unhealthy. Football season, 243 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: super busy. I'm gambling fantasy football. Fox work is is 244 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: super busy the podcast obviously, so I don't do any 245 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: video games during the season. Recently, Nickox got hot. I 246 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: picked up the game again. I've got this franchise. I'm 247 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: dominating obviously. I'm up to the um. You know, I 248 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: won the title the World Class twice. I'm on legendary 249 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: now and I've got this great team. I've recruited some 250 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: US national players over to Nickox at Tyler Adams, hay 251 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: SU's Ferreira, who by the way, leads the MLSON scoring. 252 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: Bottom line is I'm getting my fix of soccer frequently. 253 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: And I mean, like I didn't play this weekend, but I, 254 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: you know, came home from work on a Monday from 255 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: Fox and I fired up the game. Played a couple 256 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 1: of games, you know, I played like the six minute games, 257 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: which are pretty quick. Um the half last you know, 258 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: in real time, I don't know, maybe six and a half, sorry, 259 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: six minut half, so it's like six minutes halftime, six 260 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: minutes to a mint of games. They go quick, and 261 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,599 Speaker 1: then once you get a good team, you could just 262 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: simul A. Bottom line is video games are cool. I 263 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: totally understand that they're a great outlet. It's mindless, it's 264 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: a great time waste. Uh. You know, obviously I like 265 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: to work out. I'll play basketball, um, soccer, um. I 266 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: subscribe to a magazine. I've got some books that I'm 267 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: backed up on reading. I should read instead of play 268 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: video games. Obviously, but video games are a great chill 269 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: out thing. I want to preface that before I talk 270 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: talk about DeAndre Ayton, the NBA center who kind of 271 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: a big deal here, is demanding a max contract. Last summer, 272 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: he said from the Suns. You know, he was eligible 273 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: for his extension. He said, I wanted five years, hundred 274 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: seventy two mill that's it. I'm not taking a cent 275 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: less Okay, no agreement. There's chatter out there, eighton. But 276 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: we like him, we don't love him. We're not giving 277 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: the guy. Quickly do the math. Hundred seventy two million 278 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: divided by five. I'll call up the old calculator, divided 279 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: by five thirty four million dollars a year, guys, twenty 280 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: three years old. Okay, that's what he wanted last summer. 281 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: He didn't get it. Let's fast forward to now. Just 282 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: remember I just talked about I'm into video games. My 283 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: son had a season in two k I'm cool. I 284 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: understand video games a great, great outlet. Okay, this guy's 285 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: an NBA basketball player. He considers himself a serious gamer. Okay, 286 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton. According to him, this is not like alleged 287 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: or anything like that. He typically wakes up, according to story, 288 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: around six am, after only getting two hours of sleep 289 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: because he's up all night gaming. Then there's time for 290 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: a quick round of gaming after eating breakfast. Then he's 291 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: off to practice. Then it's back home to finish trash 292 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: talking and practicing, moves on the virtual basketball court on 293 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: game days eight and is focused, but that schedule will 294 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: still include time for video games. It's so hard for 295 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: me to sleep after long games, especially big long games. 296 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: At And says, I don't know why, but I occupied 297 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: my time with the game. Now this part next, I understand. 298 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: I connect with some of my people from the UK, Jamaica, Bahamas, etcetera. 299 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: Whoever we just beat up on, we talked about it 300 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: and laugh. I ain't go to bed until four or 301 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: five am. There's an NBA basketball player video games every night. 302 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: Now you're wondering, what the hell, what is what is 303 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: this guy doing? Am I giving thirty four billion dollars 304 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: to an NBA center who plays video games every night 305 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: for until four or five am. Now you could say, hey, 306 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: j it's better than he's out in the clubs. Well yeah, um. 307 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: You also wonder, like, what's the work ethic, like if 308 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: it's video games over? I don't know, putting in Kobe 309 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: Bryant like ours in the gym, or Janice or Steph Curry? 310 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: How bad? How great does he want to be? I 311 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: don't know. Now the story goes on again. This is 312 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: a story you can find on ESPN. I'll give you 313 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: the title again, why Phoenix Suns star DeAndre Ayton can't 314 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: live without video games? I assume it's a free article. 315 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: This part, you know, is a little tough, and I 316 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: understand where he's coming from. So Aton, of course, was 317 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: in the Bahamas as a kid. He wasn't playing basketball, 318 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: And next thing you know, he's eleven years old and 319 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: he goes to a basketball camp. Within two days, the 320 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: scouts were like, yo, hey, co, come to America, come 321 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: play for our school. Right And eventually he accepts DeAndre 322 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: aten a move to the United States to pursue basketball. 323 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: He goes to some school in California, but he didn't 324 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: fully understand how much work the program would be. He thought, 325 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: I'm just getting a free education at a private school. Okay, 326 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: this is a DeAndre Ayton quote, and again this goes 327 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: into the full body of work on this potential franchise 328 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: center who wants a seventy two million dollars. The program 329 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: consisted of school. But I wasn't waking up at five 330 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: five am to go lift no weights or run a track. 331 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: We ain't sign up for that. We heard free education. 332 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: We ain't here labor. I'm like, hold on, what is this? 333 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: So he leaves his home country, his family, everybody goes 334 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: to California and he's in the school and they're telling 335 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: him to wake up and lift weights and run and 336 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: he's like, no, I'll get you had the occasion, I'll 337 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: play basketball. But that's it. Okay. Now that's as a teenager. 338 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: He feels alone in the country. He's got like the accent, 339 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: and then ultimately he the family he's staying with gets 340 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: him a video game console, which is great because he 341 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: can then communicate while playing video games with his friends. 342 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: And family back home. And I will applaud that that 343 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: is awesome, That is great, he needed that. That's tough. 344 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: I cannot imagine what it would be like leaving your 345 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: family to come to a country. Now, my dad did that, 346 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: my mom did that. They uh you know, left um 347 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: there their countries when they were young, came to America. Um, 348 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: it's got It's tough, obviously, So I get what DeAndre 349 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: went through. My thing is, he's now twenty three. What 350 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: is the work ethic like for DeAndre? And I think 351 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: that's a real question that not many people know. Okay, 352 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: you can ask the coaching staff. Maybe they'll say, are 353 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: they gonna throw the guy under the bush right now? No, 354 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: if he signed somewhere else or a sign and trade, 355 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: will they I guarantee you, And I'll tell you this, 356 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: my guest, right now, ain't no way. DeAndre Ayton is 357 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: playing another game for the Suns. And again this is 358 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: very early in the process. But I'll tell you right now, 359 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: if you are the Phoenix Suns and you consider yourself 360 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: a contender, two seasons in a row, they were one 361 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: of the best teams in the regular season, melted down 362 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: in the finals last year, melted down against the maps. 363 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: They're close. If you pay DeAndre Ayton, you're basically locked 364 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: into your roster. Can't do much. You already paid Chris 365 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: Paul Uh, you pay d book Bridges like That's about it. 366 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: You can't do not much flexibility if you're the Sons, 367 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: and remember their owner notoriously cheap. Also may have to 368 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: sell his team if if some of this stuff comes 369 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: out against him. Um that that's been out there. I mean, 370 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: obviously there's there's plenty out there against him, but I 371 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: don't see how you can take a guy number one overall, 372 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: have him in the building for what is his four 373 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: or five years now, and you gotta know what his 374 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: work ethics like. You have to the coaching staff, front office, teammates, 375 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: they've all got to know what this dude is like. 376 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: And now this part pretty tough rating. So remember he 377 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: had that good year and then he gets suspended for 378 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, some kind of p E D drug policy, 379 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: some some diuretic, I don't whatever it was, but he 380 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: got suspended for twenty five games. DeAndre Ayton basically played 381 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: video games a lot, and I don't want to say 382 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: all the time, but you can read the story and 383 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 1: and he was people were talking trash to him in 384 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: the chat room. Oh, DeAndre at and suspended. He should 385 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: be working out. He's in here playing video games with us. 386 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: He said, people talk trash to him like that, and 387 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: he basically eton This is from the story again, this 388 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: is DeAndre kept pushing himself in playing condition, but spent 389 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: his time playing video games from four to five hours 390 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: a day. That was before the suspension too, around the clock. 391 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: So then COVID hits what do you think he did? What? 392 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a guess. DeAndre and was not grinding 393 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: during COVID. He was playing video games around the clock 394 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: until five am. Folks, this guy is going to go 395 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: to the Suns and demand that hundred seventy two million. 396 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: He's on record saying he's not taking a cent less. 397 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: His agents are saying the same thing. Okay, there's a 398 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: lot of worse things that guys can get into than 399 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: playing video games. But given what you know about this guy. 400 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 1: He vanishes in game seven at home, allegedly had a 401 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: tiff with the coach on the bench, said he wouldn't 402 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: go back in. Uh. Monty Williams has not talked about it. 403 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: I think Aton is going to be one of the 404 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: guys for sure on the move this offseason. Now, whether 405 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: it is a sign and trade, I floated Atlanta, UM 406 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: some of the other teams. I went through and and 407 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: jotted down some teams that might make sense. Um. You know, 408 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know why the Raptors would get 409 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: involved with the lumbering center. But here's the reason. I 410 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: think a team like the Sons that's close doesn't overpay 411 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: for Aton. Look at the final four teams, guys, I'll 412 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: rattle off the centers. Bam At a Baio picking pop guy, Agile, 413 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: Twitchy can guard guards when he switched on to them, 414 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: Eton cannot um. The center for Boston is Robert Williams, 415 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: who is like Bamat to Bio Twitchy, more like a 416 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: wing than a true center. And then in the West 417 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: you've got Dwight Powell, who is exactly what that those 418 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: guys are, except he's even less of a shooter. And 419 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: then for the Warriors, you've got Draymond Green. Like there, 420 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: nobody has a seven footer that plays real minutes in 421 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's left in the playoffs. That's just the reality. 422 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: Nobody has a seven foot lumbering center in the playoffs. 423 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: It's a wing league. Switch on everything, make threes. That's 424 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: what the league is. Deep into the playoffs and you 425 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: want to win a lot of regular season games, great, 426 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: go ahead and get DeAndre and he will help you 427 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: a lot. He will give you twenty and ten, maybe 428 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: eighteen and twelve, whatever it is, and he will fill 429 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,959 Speaker 1: up the statue. So if you are a team like 430 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: I don't know, Detroit, let me think about it. If 431 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: you're like the Detroit Pistons, you haven't been good in 432 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: forever and you need to get good. You have cap space. 433 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: Hell yeah, you'll take DeAndre Aden. Now you'll know you're 434 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: not winning no title, but you get to the playoffs. 435 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're if you're okay see and you 436 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: haven't been good forever and there's no hope on the horizon, 437 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: of course, you take DeAndre and get to the playoffs, 438 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: and that's a win. That's a win getting to the playoffs. 439 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: If you're okay see, if you're Portland, did you want 440 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: to get back? Do you tinker with the idea of DeAndre? 441 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I think Detroit really makes a lot of 442 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: sense because they're gonna have a super high pick, They've 443 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: got Kid Cunningham, you get three pieces in the East. 444 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: Forty five wins will get you in the playoffs. Hell, 445 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 1: forty two might get you in the playoffs. So yeah, 446 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: if I am one of those teams, I'm lower class, 447 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: I'm middle class, and I'm looking to get to the postseason. 448 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: Why the postseason? Well, extra exposure looks good for gms 449 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: and coaches. You keep your job if you get to 450 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Usually, I mean you know, there's exceptions, and 451 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: more than anything, the owner sees revenue for those home 452 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: playoff games. Hell yeah. So if you're lower middle class, 453 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: if you're Indiana, you're desperate, desperate to get to the playoffs, 454 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: you take DeAndre in her heartbeat. Now, frankly, i'd rather 455 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: have Miles Turner, but that's another story. So if you're 456 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: a real contender, you don't want Deandred. But if you 457 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: are one of these low class, you know, not making 458 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: a lot of money. 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To make your next move, 478 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: your best move, and tap in with me from kJ 479 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: Live wherever you get your podcast from. No, no nobody. 480 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, no disrespect to Detroit, but you're not getting 481 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: it in there. You know, ain't nobody going to Orlando. 482 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: None of the free agent scars are going there now. 483 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: Orlando has a couple of big men. I don't think 484 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: they'd be that interested. But what about the New York Knicks. 485 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: Straight up, if the New York Knicks come away from 486 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: this offseason with DeAndre Aden and Jalen Brunson, that's a 487 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: home run. They're probably going for thirty seven wins to 488 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: forty five with those two. I don't know, We'll see 489 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: what happens with Randall, but all you need is to 490 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. It's just such a massive boost 491 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: for the franchise. And that's why I think Aton could 492 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: be on the move because Phoenix has enough parts. Where 493 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: they lose Aton, They've still got John Collins, I still 494 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: got a lot. Let's just say John Collins was their 495 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: new center. You're not losing that much. I mean, Aten 496 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: is no great room protector. NBA is getting weird because 497 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: what works in the regular season does not translate to 498 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean, I think I said it yesterday. 499 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: This is the first time that in the Western Conference 500 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: in like a decade that the number one and number 501 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: two seeds are both balanced before the finals. Sons and 502 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: Grizzlies both done both great great regular season teams. Phoenix 503 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: Aton did not work in the playoffs. Now, Memphis, you 504 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: could use the excuse the jaw injury because they were 505 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: kind of close with the Warriors. Um, but even in East, 506 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: UM three Bucks, injury to Middleton, four sixers, you can 507 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: blame it on injury to EMBID. But you know, back 508 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: to the West, you look at Yokich, Tell where are 509 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 1: the bigs? Rudy Gobert, total non factor, Yokich, really good player, 510 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: good stats. Did they did they win one game? I 511 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: think they might have want one to get. Yeah, they 512 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to get the Warriors. But where are the centers? 513 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: They're all at home? And I think that's the overriding 514 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: theme for me of these final four teams. All right, 515 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: let's get to what I think should be a good 516 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: game tonight, Boston and Miami. I'm not gonna do anything 517 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: on the draft lottery. Um, we'll do it after obviously 518 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: that that's exciting. I'll be doing a mock draft for 519 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: Fox Sports. Um. They are fun, they're exciting. But for 520 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: this Celtics heat game. By the way, Celtics favorite in 521 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: the series, Heat favorite in game one. I think out 522 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: of principle, you kind of have to play Miami in 523 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: game one. The line was two and a half. It's 524 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: come down to two. I'm seeing one and a half 525 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: in some places. I have to take Miami at home 526 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: in Game one. Um, same theory that Boston in Game 527 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: one against the Bucks. Um, exhausting exciting series. You take 528 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: down Kevin Duran and the Nets. You show up in 529 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: Game one and you lay a major egg against the 530 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: Honest I think the same will be true. Exhausting, exciting 531 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: series against the Bucks. And the Celtics come out, um 532 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: with only one day off, and I think they I 533 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: don't know if they lay an egg, but I think 534 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: Miami's defense will surprise him, and I think the heat 535 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: get him. I will I will be betting the heat tonight. 536 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: I haven't totally looked into player props yet. Um, I'm 537 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: very Game one almost is like a feel out. You 538 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: know how in the first quarter of the Super Bowl, 539 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: it's like always low scoring because you're just trying to 540 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: get a feel for what the heck is going on. Well, 541 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: I don't really know what Miami's gonna do offensively. I'm 542 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: curious again. I did that gambling show with Cowherd on Monday, 543 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: and he'd just doesn't think Miami's gonna have in any 544 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: offense and you know he's got some points. It's like, 545 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: I mean, really, Victor Oladipo gonna give you twenty? We 546 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: know Butler is good for points after that, Like what's 547 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: up with Lowry is Duncan Robins are gonna play Tyler hero? 548 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: Is he gonna give you twenty? Bama to Bio, I mean, honestly, 549 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: they leaned heavily on Max Strusce. I mean, I think 550 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: he was my waiter three weeks ago, and now he's 551 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: in the NBA Playoffs on a starring role. Max Struce, 552 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent, Miami at home. Boston will not have home 553 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: court advantage for the first time in the playoffs. Miami 554 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: did get him in the bubble a couple of years ago. 555 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: I just think the Bam Butler defense um is gonna 556 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: be is very, very difficult. Now, if you guys think 557 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: Grant Williams is gonna put up another I don't know, 558 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: twenty seven points and have the greatest game of his 559 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: life on the heels of the greatest game of his career, 560 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: go for it. But I can see Boston struggling to 561 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: just figure some things out in this in this first meeting, 562 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: So I will be betting the Heat tonight, I would 563 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: look at the under as well. I mean, maybe Miami 564 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: shooting carries over. I don't know, but I just right now, 565 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: everybody's picking the Celtics to win this series. I think 566 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: everybody's kind of picking the Celtics to win the finals 567 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: at this juncture. Like, you know, Warriors look susceptible. Mavericks 568 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: are kind of the only team really with with just 569 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: a one guy show, you know, like Curry has Clay 570 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: into a lesser extent, Jordan Pool, Tatum has to a 571 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: lesser extent. Tatum, I'm Tatum has I'm sorry Brown, and 572 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: then Jimmy Butler has like Bam and Hero. But really 573 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: it's Luca. I mean again didn' wood. He was a 574 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: zero until the final two games. Brunson has been touching go. 575 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: So I'm very excited um for the for the final four. 576 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry out tonight, that means more. Gabe Vincent, I 577 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: do like the ability for Miami to throw p J. Tucker, 578 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler and Bambata Bio Bambata at Boston on the switches, 579 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: and I think that's going to give Boston problems. Give 580 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: me the heat tonight should be a good one. We'll 581 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:08,719 Speaker 1: talk to you tomorrow.