1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the Nodungks podcast 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: on the Athletic Network of Fine Network. It's Monday, December 3 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: twenty third, twenty twenty four. I'm j E. Skeets here 4 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: in the yard and alongside me through the power of technology, 5 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: superproducer JD. Hello, JD. I gotta know how was the 6 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: drive home to Canada and how is the weather where 7 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: you are in Ontario right now? 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: The drive was long but completely uneventful. It was perfect weather, 9 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: got colder and colder every stop we made, freezing my 10 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: tits off over here. I'm not used to this, but hey, 11 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: it's great to be home, and it's Christmas and it's 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: frosty everywhere, and we're I think we're gonna have a 13 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: way Christmas over here. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Oh it's a miracle. I did hear it. Legit got 15 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: stupid cold though, like basically right when you went home, 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: like minus twenty celsius like over yeah. 17 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: We I went to hit the to hit the spray 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: for the windshield, completely frozen. Never thought of it because 19 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: we don't use any freeze. 20 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we don't use any freeze in the south here. 21 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: Oh wow, Okay. 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: So I don't know what we're gonna do because it's 23 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: it is solid. Like I drove for a couple of 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: hours hoping, you know, okay, get get it nice and 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: hot and yeah, now nothing, So it's what to do, okay. Anyway, 26 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: So every so often I'm gonna be getting out of 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: my car and like scrubbing off the slush and sleep. 28 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: But we'll deal with it. 29 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: Well, you're there for a little bit at least, maybe 30 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: it'll a little bit. Yeah, maybe it'll warm up. JD 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: obviously back in Canada for the holidays. We got Trey 32 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: in Chicago. I believe Task is in beautifully warm Jamaica. Yeah, 33 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: doing a little bit better than we It's cold here 34 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. If I'm being honest. I got a Christmas 35 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: sweater on I got Jordan Duncan on Santa. Everybody of 36 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: view on YouTube for that, hit the like button, subscribe 37 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: if you have it on YouTube. That helps us out 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: in podcast listeners. If you have not, leave us a 39 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: five star rating and review. I know you can leave 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: reviews on Apple podcasts. You can leave those five stars 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: on Spotify, so go do that. You can't say anything, 42 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: I guess you can comment on episodes, but you can't 43 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: comment on the show, But anyway, we're appreciative of it. 44 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: All solo skeets here, we're gonna talk about the NBA 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: weekend a little different than our normal NBA weekend. Winners 46 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: and losers. Had some big news that I want to 47 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: talk about, Fox trade rumors, Caruso signing his extension with 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: Okay see on another unfortunate injury to the Magic. But 49 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: we will touch on some of the big games. But 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: before all that, JD we had another Weggie. Oh it 51 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: had been a while since we had had a Weggie, 52 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: nearly two full weeks since we had one. But Jason 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: Tatum in garbage time fired one up. He's like, ah, 54 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: it'd be cool if I hit ten threes in this game. 55 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: But he uh, well, I was gonna say unfortunately, but 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: fortunately missed and stuck the Weggie. So Weggie number thirteen 57 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: and uh yeah, you saw the pace there at Weggie 58 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: tracker dot com man that fell off hard at forty four. 59 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: Now, yeah, big time, we'll have it run. 60 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: Hopefully we get a couple of Christmas Weggies. 61 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: That's what I'm just gonna say. 62 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: Wouldn't that be nice? Because then you know, our social 63 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: media accounts will be popping like oh man, what happens 64 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: if we get a Weggie in the uh in the 65 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: animated game between the Spurs and the Knicks. Wow, do 66 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: you think they've like built something into the live animation 67 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: database for what if that happens. 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: All I can say is they better have Yeah, that's 69 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: all like. 70 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: Like at the very least, like cut to Donald Duck 71 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: or whoever, like go, oh my god, like he's doing 72 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: his little tantrum or something like that'd be funny, exactly 73 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: all right, So hopefully we get awadging in that first 74 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: game on Christmas Day at least. But let's get into 75 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: some of the big news. The biggest story from the 76 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: weekend was the Athletic reporting that d'Aran Fox's agent, Rich Paul, 77 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: met with the Sacramento Kings front office before Thursday's game 78 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: against the Lakers. The discussion was focused on an existential 79 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: question that needs to be answered if this partnership that 80 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: began eight seasons ago between Fox and the Kings is 81 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 1: going to continue long term. I'm quoting from the article here. 82 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: While league sources say Fox has not asked for a trade, 83 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: the former All Star and his prominent agent are reading 84 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: the room in Sacramento before deciding what comes next. End quote. 85 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: I have the link to that article from our guys 86 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: at the Athletic in the show notes, so highly encourage 87 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: you to go check that out. For those who don't know, 88 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: Fox did not sign a three year, one hundred and 89 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: sixty five million dollar extension with the King's lifelast summer, 90 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: but a lot of people thought that was like just 91 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: the wise weight move, right, the wise and weight financial move, 92 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: because next July Fox could sign a four year, two 93 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty nine million dollar extension to stand Sacramento. 94 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: So if you do the numbers, it's like he was 95 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: going to be averaging just more millions per season, like 96 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: a couple more in addition to an extra year of security. 97 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: But now the worry is perhaps it's not all about 98 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: the money, and Fox is getting tired of not winning 99 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: and may want to go somewhere. So was this Fox 100 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: and his agents not so subtle way of telling the 101 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: King's front office, hey, do something like this might be 102 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: the meme of the guy poking the stick. Do something here, 103 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: because if Fox and Sabonis are your star players, it 104 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: feels like you need some more defense around them, maybe 105 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: more spacing, maybe some more rim protection. But what's happened 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: here is it feels like Kings fans are completely torn 107 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: on whether make changes now, all right, let's do it, 108 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: or this idea of blow it up, so make changes now, 109 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: meaning like, okay, let's try and keep Fox happy, Let's 110 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: try and not write this season off immediately even though 111 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: we keep losing here, let's turn it around or again, 112 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: blow it up, and maybe that involves trading here in Fox. 113 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: The camp that says, hey, this season is not a 114 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: lost cause can point to a couple things. One, Oddly, 115 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: the Kings have a positive point differential despite this sub 116 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: five hundred record. Okay, there's that. They've also been complete 117 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: garbage in the clutch, which is really weird when they 118 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: have Fox and they have Derozen. We thought this team 119 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: will be elite in the clutch. It's been the opposite. 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: But hey, maybe that like evens out. Maybe that bounces 121 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: back a little bit. They've played I guess you could 122 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: say better, though the record hasn't showed it with Malik 123 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: Monk inserted into the starting lineup. And then the other 124 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: idea is like the concept that you know you can 125 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: improve a team during the season, like mid season. A 126 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: good example is the Mavericks last year sort of started hot, 127 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: then they started spiraling. They made some good moves around 128 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: the trade deadline, probably moves that the Kings could have 129 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: made to support their star guys in Luca and Kyrie. 130 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: You know, I'm talking obviously PJ. Washington and Daniel Gafford. 131 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: And suddenly they make a finals run. So it's like, 132 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna happen in Sacramento's case, but 133 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: you can look at teams that have sort of turned 134 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: it around with big deals. But and I think this 135 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: is a huge butt. There's worry that if the Kings 136 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: scramble to improve the roster short term and you use 137 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: any sort of assets to sort of do that, you're 138 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: one faced with the realistic chance that Fox still leaves, 139 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: and then two, of course, that it doesn't even help 140 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: your team because you start looking at going like even 141 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: if they're like, okay, let's try and keep Fox and 142 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: Rich Paul happy, Like, what are they doing? And that's 143 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: why you potentially look at trading him sooner rather than later. 144 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: The Athletic noted that rival teams are monitoring this Sacramento situation, 145 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: and surely if Fox hits the block, there's gonna be 146 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: a number of interested suitors, but one of the teams 147 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: in the article is the San Antonio Spurs, and you 148 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: know you can get to a Spurs Kings trade pretty easily. 149 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: It also makes sense, like Fox is still just twenty seven, 150 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: he is an All Star, he's an All MBA. He's 151 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: probably playing the best basketball offensively of his career here, 152 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: or at least it's comparable to his All Star in 153 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: All NBA season. So you get why you would want 154 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: to pair Fox with say, Web and Yama in San Antonio. 155 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: But who would come back in a hypothetical trade. I 156 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: know Kings fans are like I've seen a lot of 157 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: them saying, let's get castle Back. You know, if we're 158 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: trading Fox, let's get that young point guard in Castleback. 159 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: I don't think the Spurs are going to do that. 160 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: I think they're much more likely to offer either Devin 161 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: Vessel and draft capital for Fox or you know, Keldon 162 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: Johnson and Zach Collins and draft capital for Fox. That's 163 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: what I think the makeup of a Spurs King's trade 164 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: would look like, you know, sort of one of their 165 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: wing guys. I guess Jeremy Sohan could be in the 166 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: mix as well. But then draft Capitol because they have 167 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: a lot of picks, a lot of picks from other 168 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: teams in this twenty five draft. You could also call 169 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: up the Rockets say hey, you know Fox or Van 170 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: Vliet and maybe some of your young talent, some of 171 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: your picks. I think that's a possibility. Again, this is 172 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: the King saying, Okay, he's leaving, let's just not prolong this. 173 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: The longer we wait on this stuff always the worst 174 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: the deals get. You know, he is under contract still 175 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: for a year after this, and he is a talented player, 176 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: and you know there's obviously still a desire for a 177 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: lot of teams for someone like Fox. I think so 178 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: those are the two that come to mind. There's a 179 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: bunch of other squads. I know. We'll get into this more, 180 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: maybe as these rumors gain more steam. And I can't 181 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: wait to talk to the guys about it when they 182 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: get back. But this is also from the Athletic made 183 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: me laugh quote. The Kings are well aware this roster 184 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: needs an upgrade, if not multiple. More specifically, team sources 185 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: say they're prioritizing backup center and the wing spots. So 186 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: the two things that they've needed for years here and 187 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: generally have just avoided doing anything about. I guess they're 188 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: now saying, oh damn, we could use a backup center 189 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: and maybe some guys that can actually play the wing. 190 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: But a bunch of familiar names were listed in the article. 191 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: Jeremy Grant, John Collins, a couple Wizards players, and Yona 192 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: Stalinchunas and Kyle Kuzma. Brooklyn's Cam Johnson also known to 193 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: be of significant interest. That to me is the most 194 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: exciting one all those other ones. I'm like, okay, John 195 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: Collins wouldn't cost a lot to get, even though I'm 196 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: sure Danny Age would want like three first round draft picks. 197 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: But the other names don't do a whole lot for me, 198 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: and I probably imagine not a lot of Kings fans. 199 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: But maybe you just do it. I mean, this is 200 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: where we're at here. Unfortunately, Fox is averaging twenty six 201 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: point two points per game, six assists, five boards, flirting 202 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: with two steals. He's like one of four guys in 203 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: the league that put up these type of numbers, which 204 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: is pretty crazy. And the other guys are like MVP 205 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: candidates Luca Sga Yokich that you know, hit those marks 206 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: Fox's two tiers below those guys. But still, he obviously 207 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: has an incredible skill in this league, and that's that's 208 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: speed that's generally coming through in the clutch. Obviously a scorer. 209 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: There's this whole other wrinkle too, that if Fox makes 210 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: All NBA this season, he would be eligible for the 211 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: massive five year, like three hundred and forty plus million 212 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: dollars deal in his next contract. And I sort of 213 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: think this is what's going on here. I think two things. One, 214 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: Fox might just be tired of this, and it's like, okay, 215 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: eight years here, we had one good year. What's going 216 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: on now? I'm tired of it. I want to play 217 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: for a winning franchise or at least play into postseason series. 218 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 1: There's that, And then I also think maybe a part 219 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: of it is this whole like max contract type of 220 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: thing all NBA status, because he's looking at it like, look, 221 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: I'm putting up numbers that these other MVP guys are 222 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: putting up. My team stinks. He needs to take some 223 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: blame for that, of course, but my team stinks. I'm 224 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: not going to get any accolades here, Like I'm you know, 225 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: I may not make it all. I might not make 226 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: an All Star team. I may not make All NBA 227 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: because there's so many talented guards across the league and 228 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: in the West. When you're talking all starts like, well, 229 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: your record's gonna matter, And that sort of happened last 230 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: year when he didn't make any of those accolades, and 231 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: I wonder if that's like frustrating too, like now you're 232 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: costing me money, as he might be looking at it, 233 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: or at least Rich Paul is. So while it's not 234 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: impossible for this to play out before the trade deadline 235 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: about the idea of him moving or the King's moving Fox, 236 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: I think the likely scenario is that this is a 237 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: summer decision when it's a bit easier to do multiplayer 238 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: potentially multi team sort of bigger trades. It's just less 239 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: problematic than doing it during the season. Obviously roster spots 240 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: come into play, and I just feel like this will 241 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: be more of a summer thing. I went and listened 242 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: to Deuce and mo I bring them up all the 243 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: time Fantastic King's podcast. Man, my heart was breaking for 244 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: these guys talking about it. The other night. They compared 245 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: this Fox and King's sort of relationship to a high 246 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: school breakup where it's like it's just time and it's 247 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: no one's really fault. It's my fault and your fault, 248 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: but it's really just like we've grown tired of each 249 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: other and maybe we just need fresh starts. And I 250 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: think that's a fair comparison, but I would add to 251 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: it maybe not high school, but like early college relationships 252 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: where you're like living with the person and then you 253 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: break up, because that's what feels like here, Like I 254 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: don't know if they're going to be able to come 255 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: back from this, and again maybe maybe by the grace 256 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: of God, the King's front office can like do the 257 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: Mavericks like trades last year. What does that mean even 258 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: like you're trading Keegan Murray, you're trading Monk. I mean 259 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: it would have to be a player of any note 260 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: to get something back to switch it up to Rozan. 261 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: I guess anyway, it's gonna be that awkward, like we're 262 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: broken up, we still respect each other, but we're still 263 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: living together. I feel like that's where we're at and 264 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: where we're headed. And to quote the excellent King's Herald 265 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: blog and hence the reason I included them on our 266 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: thumbnail for this show, they wrote, quote, and this was 267 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: about the Spurs being interested in other teams being interested quote, 268 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: the vultures can smell impending death and are eager to 269 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: extract what they can from the carcass. Yeah, it feels 270 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: like with these reports, with Fox's comments on Draymond Green's podcast, 271 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: it's sort of kicked all this off. His idea of 272 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: like what are we doing? Basically, what's the plan here Sacramento? 273 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: That here we go, Here come the vultures. Oh what's that? 274 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: Is that roadkill over there? 275 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 2: Oh? 276 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: What can we get from that? And that's what happens 277 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: here in the NBA. Let me take a quick drink 278 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: on my coffee as I go on a rant about 279 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: the Kinks. But let's hear from you guys in the 280 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: chat here in the stream team. Do you think the 281 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: Kings can salvage this season? If they can, what does 282 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: that look like outside of just like Keithan Murray hitting 283 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: shots and you know, the bench finally being able to 284 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: do something. I guess, Kevin Hurder being able to play 285 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: basketball again, Trey Lyle staying healthy. You know, is there 286 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: that or are there deals to be made? Or do 287 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: you think rip the damn band aid off? What's done 288 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: is done, and obviously change the makeup of your team 289 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: by trading Fox and maybe leaning into either just solely 290 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: around doan to Sabonis or you know, building for the 291 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: future in terms of picks and young talent. And who 292 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: do you think that is? You think it's the Spurs 293 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: could do it, you like with the Rockets. With the 294 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Rockets even want Fox. You get into that question too. 295 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: It's like they feel like they're just gonna be like, Nope, 296 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: we're slow playing this. It's almost like a respect thing 297 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: to Van Vliet, and of course Dylan Brook's like, these 298 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: guys are helping us get to the next level. Let's 299 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: see what we can do in a postseason. I think 300 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: that's where they would lean. But then again, if the 301 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: deal's too good to be true and Fox is available, 302 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: maybe that's the guy they look at. But that to 303 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: me was like, that'd be jail and Green being rerouted somewhere. 304 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: And it gets maybe a little more complicated. But let's 305 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: hear your thoughts and I'm sure we'll be talking about 306 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: a lot more. Okay, let's move on to yesterday, thunderguard 307 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: Alex Caruso agreeing to a four year, eighty one million 308 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: dollar contract extension through the twenty eight twenty nine season. 309 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: The deal keeps Caruso, who is under contract for just 310 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: nine point nine million this season. Bargain deal keeps him 311 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: out of free agency. They did not waste any time 312 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: making this extension happen. He became eligible for an extension 313 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: on Saturday, and then they gave him the max amount 314 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: of money they could in terms of the contract extension. 315 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: It's sort of an no brainer again, four years eighty 316 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: one million for Caruso, who's an all defensive guy. He's 317 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: two time selection to that team. Looking at a third 318 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: here twenty million dollars per season for a player of 319 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: his caliber, I think more than reasonable, especially as the 320 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: salary cap goes up up up. He leads the NBA 321 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: in defensive field goal percentage allowed. He ranks seventh in 322 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: deflections per game. He's tenth in steals despite only playing 323 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: twenty minutes per game. There's that whole part. I think 324 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: that's wise of OKC too. I think, you know, and look, 325 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: they have the they can do this because they have 326 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: a deep, deep bench. But limiting him and the way 327 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: he plays and the manic sort of energy he plays with, 328 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: I think that's smart to keep his minutes down because 329 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: I think that had bumped up a lot last year, 330 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: right he was flirting was probably twenty seven to twenty 331 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: eight minutes per game when he was on the Bulls, 332 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: and they of course needed him more. So they're slow 333 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: playing that, I think wisely. So the Thunder now have 334 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: all fourteen players under guaranteed contract through twenty five to 335 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: twenty six, still comfortably shy of the luxury tax line. 336 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: Next season. Some people go, WHOA, WHOA, when's this going 337 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: to get expensive for this team? Well, you're looking at 338 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: twenty six, twenty seven for that. That's when Chet Holmgren, 339 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: That's when Jalen Williams j Dubb come off their rookie contracts. 340 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: So yes, it starts to get a little more expensive, 341 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: and you'll have big decisions to make, of course. But 342 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: then they have all these guys expiring around that time 343 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: in Hartenstein, lou Dor and I think Kenrich Williams. So 344 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: like just really smart roster and salary cap management here 345 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: by Okasee and Presty. I thought Kevin Pelton had a 346 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: really interesting point on this too, because as Caruso ages 347 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: up here, maybe he loses his athleticism and that has 348 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: an effect on his defense and blah blah blah, bah blah. 349 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: But Pelton wrote down the road, it's possible Caruso's salary 350 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 1: could become an issue for Oka see because the extension 351 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: takes him through age thirty, by which point Caruso's declining 352 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: athleticism might make it more difficult for him to defend 353 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: bigger opponents at least. But this is Pelton's like key 354 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: point here. The Thunders stockpile of future first round picks 355 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: gives them the ability to get out of this contract 356 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: if needed, or any contract on their team for that matter. 357 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: That's an interesting like we don't think about it that way, 358 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: but it is sort of like a nice like, okay, damn, 359 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: this player fell off. We need to move that contract. 360 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: How do you do it? I mean, you hope the 361 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: player is desired, but if not, teams will take picks, 362 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 1: and you got a million of them. You're like a hey, hey, 363 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: you take Caruso here and we'll give you the pick again. 364 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: That's like worst case scenario. That's a huge drop off. 365 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: That's like the numbers are really crunched. This is when 366 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 1: SGA is like super Max and he's making eighty million 367 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: a year, Like that's we're looking down the line here, 368 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: but the downside risk is more than acceptable if Caruso 369 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 1: is the difference maker right now for an OKC title 370 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 1: run this year and the next year, and like that's 371 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: what they're banking on. Of course, full circle moment for 372 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: Caruso too. He went unselected in the twenty sixteen NBA draft, 373 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: and he started his pro career as a member of 374 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: the Thunders training camp, and then he was playing for 375 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: the G League affiliate and then obviously bounce around the 376 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: legue a little bit, won a title with the Lakers. 377 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: You know, he makes a couple other teams and then 378 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: here he is back in Okay, see getting this huge deal, 379 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: which I think did somebody say, like he just doubled 380 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: his earnings in this like instantaneously. So that's pretty damn cool. 381 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: And again not an insane, insane contract, but the MAXI 382 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: could give him at this point in terms of the extension. 383 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: So congrats to Alex Caruso. I always love when a 384 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: teammate of a player on the team like drops the 385 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: I emojis or like the money emoji or whatever when 386 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: one of their guys gets paid. I follow Lou Dort 387 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: because I'm a Canadian homer and he did something similar, 388 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: just like on the Caruso Extension news he was pumped. Hey, 389 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: dinner's on you, Bud. All right. Next piece of news 390 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: not as fun as carriers are getting paid. Magic forward 391 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: Moe Wagner has suffered a torn ACL in his left 392 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: knee and is out for the season. This is a 393 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: sick joke being played on Orlando right now. Wagner suffered 394 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: the injury with about two point thirty left in the 395 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: first quarter of Saturday Night's epic comeback win over the Heat. Scrappy, scrappy, 396 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: my Orlando team. But Mo underwent the MRI on Sunday 397 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: and that revealed the tear. It didn't look good. If 398 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: you saw the clip or we're watching the game live, 399 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: you know he didn't bang these with anyone. He was 400 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: making a move into the paint and sort of abruptly 401 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: stopped and that left knee buckle. He went down, and yeah, 402 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: you knew it was gonna be a significant time. You 403 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: were hoping it wasn't gonna be maybe an ACL tear 404 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: and then left knee and taking him out for the season. 405 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: That's what it is. Because again, this is what's going 406 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: on all season here for the Orlando Magic. It's like 407 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: every single guy gets injured, the next guy steps up 408 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: and they get injured. The next guy steps up, they 409 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: get injured. That that unfortunate trend continues here. Wagner with Moan. 410 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: There's two Wagners that are injured right now. But mo 411 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: Wagner probably was on the short list at least for 412 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: six Man of the Year candidate. I don't think he 413 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: was gonna win the thing, but he was averaging thirteen 414 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: points per game, five boards, and about one and a 415 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: half assists in under nineteen minutes per game. I think 416 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: he ranked second in the NBA in total scoring off 417 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: the bench. But he is one of those players that 418 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: you know his impact it's way bigger than the stats 419 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: that he was putting up. He's such a connector, an 420 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: emotional leader, obviously, plays with like a lot of spirit. 421 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: I think he's really really well liked by that Orlando team, 422 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: so that that will be the void they really have 423 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: to fill. Like forget the honestly, like sort of forget 424 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: the stats. It's sort of those those little things that 425 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: said Orlando very deep at the center place. I remember 426 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: we almost We almost like mocked it a little bit, 427 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: didn't we during the off season when they were signing 428 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: every center, because in addition to Wagner, they met the Magic, 429 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: signed Wendell Carter Junior, They signed Jonathan Isaac, they signed 430 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: Go Go Pitazzi all to new long term contracts during 431 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: the off season. So if there's a team that can 432 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: handle this, I guess it's Orlando. Even though it is 433 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: a tough loss and no Polo and no Franz, but man, 434 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: if you saw the game on Saturday, this they just 435 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: won't quit. They missed those guys. No Jalen sugs okay, 436 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: so Palo Franz sugs out. That's our three best players. 437 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: Then they lose Mo Wagner here to a knee injury 438 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: pretty early. Then they watch Carter Junior get ejected in 439 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: the second quarter, so that's like five of their best players. 440 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: They're down twenty two points entering the fourth quarter, and 441 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: despite all that, they somehow come back to win the 442 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: game handily. They won it one tween in regulation over 443 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: Miami and insane fourth quarter, one of the biggest comebacks 444 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: we've ever seen. When you're just looking at the fourth quarter, 445 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: held the heat to just eight points on two of 446 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,479 Speaker 1: eighteen shooting in that final frame, forced five turnovers, and 447 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: it was like the Cole Anthony Show, Like, I guess 448 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: it's going to be Cole Anthony's time here to kick ass. 449 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: He finished with thirty five points ninety sis eight boards. 450 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: He was pretty emotional after the game, actually getting the 451 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: on floor interview, so it was really cool to see 452 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: and he like, I think he's single handily. Well he did. 453 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: He outscored the Heat thirteen to eight. I believe in 454 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter alone, really weird, really good, scrappy Orlando 455 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: come back, really bad. He lost. So I don't know 456 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: where you would slot that one if we were doing 457 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: your normal NBA weekend winners and losers. But we'll see 458 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: if the Magic can continue to keep their their head 459 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: above water here despite another injury. And I guess there's 460 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: some positive signs Pallo might start ramping up, sort of 461 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: like scrimmage action. I think we're getting close to that, 462 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: so I guess that's gonna be New year. We'll see him. 463 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: Fronz obviously a little bit after that. And you know, 464 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: SUGS is nothing like long term, I believe, but still sucks. Okay, 465 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: As for NBA weekend winners and losers. I'm not gonna 466 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: normally do it like I give you this one, give 467 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: you this one, this one. I'll just go through some 468 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: key things I saw from the three nights since we 469 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: last talked to you. On the Drop Friday night, Joel 470 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: embiid Back had the black protective mask on. Wow, what 471 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: a look. And he played the Hornets and he always 472 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: scores against the Hornets. He had thirty four. And the 473 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: Sixers are like slowly turning things around there, at least 474 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: when in b plays, So that was a big win. 475 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: Jayal and Williams scored thirty three in Miami on Friday night. 476 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler tweaked his ankle, but then he left the 477 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: game because he got sick or he had an illness. 478 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: Really impressive, and I said this on Friday's Drop. They 479 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: they went in after that brutal Cup loss in the 480 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: finals to the Milwaukee Bucks. They had the back to 481 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: back in Orlando and Miami on Thursday and Friday night. 482 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: They took care of business on Thursday and then they 483 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: followed it up with a win in Miami on Friday. 484 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: Amazing stuff by the best team in the Western Conference. 485 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: Maybe the best team in the Eastern Governments. Cavaliers improved 486 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 1: to fifteen and one at home on Friday night, they 487 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: rolled over those NBA Cup champion Bucks one twenty four 488 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: one on one. Did you see the Milwaukee Bucks banner 489 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: for the NBA Cup Championship. I saw it on Wobb's 490 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: Twitter account. I highly recommend you go see it. If 491 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: you haven't, let's just say graphic design is not their 492 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: passion in Milwaukee. It is hilariously boring. It's like, why 493 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: even put that up? But it's funny. Saturday, Tatum was 494 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: drawing comparisons to Larry Bird. That's what the headline read. 495 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: He had a forty point plus triple double, hence the comparison. 496 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: I guess Bird the last maybe Celtics player to do that. 497 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: We already showed you the weggie from that game again. 498 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: That was right at the end he was going for 499 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: I think it was his tenth three as he was 500 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: on nine at that point. Stuck the weggie. But awesome 501 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: game from him. So crazy to me, like the season 502 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: he's having, obviously the Celtics team success that this guy 503 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: once again is like gonna likely finish fourth or fifth 504 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: probably in the MVP. When it's all said done, just 505 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: because of the talent in this league, it's crazy. Kate 506 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: Cunningham twenty eight points, thirteen assists to lead the Pistons 507 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: past the Suns one thirty three, one twenty five. No 508 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,479 Speaker 1: Devin Bucker for Phoenix, which you know, no one. They 509 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: can't all play together. That's just a rule in Phoenix. 510 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: Somebody comes back one of their big three, somebody's got 511 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: to go out. So Booker miss a couple of games here, 512 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: But Kate Cunningham, I'm gonna take a small victory lap 513 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: on this because I got clowned when I said it 514 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: on the show back in the preseason. One of our 515 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: questions we always do it is gonna be a first 516 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: time All Star, and you know we made our picks, 517 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. Obviously there's lots of webs Yama talk 518 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: at the time, there's j Dubb. I think it was 519 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: my official pick, and then it was what about Kate? 520 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: That throughout what about Kate? Why not? You know, maybe 521 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: the Piston surprise us better record than some thought. He'll 522 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: probably have the numbers. He had the numbers even despite 523 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: his team struggling. And I think Kid Gunningham has a 524 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: really good chance to make this All Star team. I 525 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: really do like he'll be like the last pick if 526 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: he makes it in the East. But I really like 527 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: his chances as an injury or replacement if if somebody 528 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: goes down. So Kate Connyham. He's having a really good 529 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: run right now. And that was a monster game the 530 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: twenty and thirteen they sort of like they sort of 531 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: dominated most of that game against the Suns. Women Yama 532 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: on Saturday night became the sixth NBA player ever with 533 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: a thirty point ten block game in a win versus Portland. 534 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: It's really weird to see a guy hit, you know, 535 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: four plus threes in a game then get ten blocks, 536 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: all doing this at the age he is, his team 537 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: is winning. And on Friday, Task and I were debating 538 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: All Star starters and we're like, man, this Wenby start, 539 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: Like will he get them? Will he get the fan support? 540 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: You know, can you get the fan support over Lebron 541 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: and Durant and Jokich, or like can he be similar? 542 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: And then where do the media put him and where 543 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: the players put him? Like it feels like he's going 544 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: to be a lock to actually be an All Star 545 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: selected by the coaches, but I I think it's still 546 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: in play here. This guy could start in a second year. 547 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: But what a line. He's just doing things that like 548 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: like what Hakeem did and David Robinson did. Only a 549 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: few others to do those type of games. And then 550 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: on Sunday we had three games. I'll go through them quickly. 551 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: The Pacers used a seventy points second half to route 552 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: the Kings one ninety five. That's their fourth straight victory. 553 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: Pacers start and figure it out. Offense, looking a little 554 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: more unlocked here helped play in the Kings. I guess too, 555 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: who are oh man? They are down in the dumps. 556 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: Jarris Walker went off the backboard if you saw this 557 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: clip to set up a dime to Thomas Bryant for 558 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: three in the corner. So he threw it off the backboard, 559 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: caught it, and then in one motion kick to the corner, 560 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: Brian hit the three. This was like, as the game 561 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: was out of hand, they were just starting to create 562 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: a mixtape. Helliburton had done this before. So this is 563 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: like a little Pacers thing here, and I've said four 564 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: years like a broken record. The backboard is the team's 565 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: sixth offensive player on the floor. We need to see 566 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: more of this, get more creative. I quite frankly can't 567 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: believe Jokic hasn't unlock this. Somebody tell him and by 568 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: the next game he'll be like throwing passes to himself 569 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: off the backboard and two other guys off the backboard, 570 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: off weird angles. It's a sixth offensive player, I'm telling you. 571 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks scored twenty seven points as the Rockets beat 572 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: my Wraps one fourteen one ten uh first win for 573 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: Houston in Toronto since twenty nineteen, so it had been 574 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: a while no Freddy, but Brooks was awesome. It's like 575 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: the Dylan Brooks experience. Man, I'm telling you, this guy 576 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: looks like the best player on the floor some nights 577 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: and then it looks like the worst. But he was 578 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: awesome and Rockets came back because the Raps had a 579 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: great first half. Jacoby Walter, don't call me Walker, the 580 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: rook for the Raps. He had career high twenty seven, 581 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: so that was promising. Scotty Barnes couldn't hit a shot. 582 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: That was less promising. But you know, a classic Raps 583 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: game this year where it's competitive, at least it was 584 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: a weird ending even like they were down nine and 585 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: suddenly the Raps couldn't miss a shot, but then they 586 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: couldn't get enough stops to actually take the lead. It 587 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: got a lot closer than it needed to, is my point, 588 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: but entertaining, and then finally Jokic overcame a slow, slow start. 589 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: He got his ninth triple double as the Denver Nuggets 590 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: beat the Pelicans one thirty in overtime. Uh. Something I 591 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: said late last week at least is like every Nuggets 592 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: game there are no easy victories. I would have to 593 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: go check like their legit basketball reference page and like 594 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: their schedule and all their games. But it does feel 595 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: like to me, and I know I'm wrong, but it 596 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: feels like they have maybe one or two just like 597 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: quote unquote easy wins this year. Every win is like, 598 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: you know, down the stretch or in overtime. I think 599 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: they're three and zer in overtime now, and they held 600 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: on some some some brick shots from the pelse McCollum, Desjonte. 601 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: Something hilarious about this game because this was like an 602 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: earlier game last night. I was watching a lot of 603 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: this one. At the end, Joel Myers and Daniels on 604 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: the call for the Pels, like the home broadcast, like 605 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: Joel Myers, A man's got to have a dog. He's 606 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: deep voice. Joel Myers. We always talk about he is 607 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: so over this team. It sounds like he hates this team. 608 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: Man is like he's openly like, well that's a horrible shot, 609 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: and like, oh what are we doing? Oh look what 610 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: the Nuggets do? They go inside? We just take a 611 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: contested three, like non stop is disdain for this team 612 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: is hilarious to me. He's speaking truth, he's speaking facts. 613 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: But it's very funny when you hear the home broadcast, 614 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: just like at game what thirty, just like he's over it, 615 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: he is done. And then oh, like I felt bad 616 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: for you. He's Missy. He had like he had a 617 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: good game, but he's taken on Yolkic. He's completely outclassed. 618 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: But he had a really good game. But then down 619 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: the stretch, you know, we got into the foul game 620 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: because they the Nuggets were up three. Jamal Murray played 621 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: really well too. He had some clutch shots. They were 622 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: up three, so they foul Missy. So now he's got 623 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,479 Speaker 1: to like he's got to hit the first, of course, 624 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: and then try and miss the second. He misses the 625 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: first badly, and but he gets another chance because they 626 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: called the lane violation on Westbrook, who not believe it. 627 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: He was like he was literally had his hands, his 628 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: head in his hands. He almost looked like he was 629 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: like cursing out the reft, but he didn't want to 630 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: look at the ref so he was just doing it 631 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: to his hands and covering his face anyway, missing got 632 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: another chance to hit the first one. He missed it 633 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: again and I was like, oh damn. And then he 634 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,240 Speaker 1: tried and then they're down three, so now he needs 635 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: to miss, and of course the ball needs to be 636 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: tipped out for a miracle three point shot, and he 637 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: does the you know these guys trying to do the 638 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: thing where you chuck it off the front rim, and 639 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: he missed it by about two feet and it just 640 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: hit the backboard, and that's a violation. I felt bad 641 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: for him because he had a great game otherwise. But 642 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: Nuggets get that victory, and it was all yolks down 643 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: stretch and Jamal Murray that two man game and you 644 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 1: had Aaron Gordon in the dunker spot. Never easy with them, 645 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: but they got it done. They needed that one. My 646 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,839 Speaker 1: big NBA weekend loser. If I had to pick just 647 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: one is if you saw the Golden State Warriors matchup 648 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: with the Wolves on Saturday night. It was delayed for 649 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: nearly thirty minutes due to a netmelfunction that appeared to 650 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 1: be caused by, uh, let's call them some pregame antics 651 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: from Jonathan Kaminga. So prior to the game, Kaminga was 652 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: like hanging on the rim, and he was like while 653 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: he was hanging up there, he's like just messing around, 654 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: like knocking away shots from his teammates, like trying to 655 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,399 Speaker 1: let nothing through. Right now, one of them, he sort 656 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: of like puts his hand through the rim and like 657 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: gets tangled with the net and like like must have 658 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 1: like really ripped it or really screwed it up to 659 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: the point where just before the game was about to 660 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,280 Speaker 1: tip the Warriors the rest, they all noticed, Oh that 661 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: that nets all messed up, all right, calling the operation staff, 662 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,319 Speaker 1: you know, let's assess this, Okay, get the ladders out, 663 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: get the workers up there, and they got to trying 664 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: to fix it. But it took forever, you know, like 665 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: it was holy was like crowd was like booing because 666 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,320 Speaker 1: like you thought, like once one guy came down, but 667 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,240 Speaker 1: then another guy would go up, and it was pretty 668 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: funny and like Steph Curry's trying to stay warm. Every 669 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 1: he's trying to stay warm. They're all talking and I 670 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: was hanging out super delayed. But then in that same game, 671 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: even though the Warriors won, some questionable let's call it 672 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: shot selection from Kaminga, you know, maybe not moving the ball, 673 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: maybe forcing some mid range action. And Steve Kerr didn't 674 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: call him out by name, but he called out the 675 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 1: young players and this nonsense of like, hey, you have 676 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: Steph Curry on your team, move the ball. We won 677 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: a lot of championships by playing that way, so maybe 678 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: like give it to them, you'll get it back. Move 679 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: run our offense, not this like me, me me, like, 680 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 1: let me get my shots. And like, you know, there's 681 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: clips going around you see the cominga shots. So I 682 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't say a good weekend for Kaminga. And you know, 683 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: we saw the showcase when he got the starts and 684 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: he got the numbers, and you know, it feels like 685 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: a matter of time before he's dealt because there's some 686 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 1: frustration there. But that's what I have from the NBA 687 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: weekend and the news on Fox and Caruso and Mo Wagner. Obviously, 688 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: I will apologize for just talking NonStop there for thirty 689 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: five minutes, but that's what a solo Skis podcast is. 690 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to be back on December twenty sixth, Boxing 691 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,479 Speaker 1: Day in Canada at least to recap the Christmas Day 692 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: slate here it is. I got that graphic, thank you JD. 693 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,360 Speaker 1: Spurs Nicks will goofy stick a wedgie, That's what everybody's 694 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: wondering at noon, followed by the Wolves, MAVs. We've got 695 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 1: sixer Celtics, we got Lakers Warriors, and we have Nuggets Suns. 696 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: Trying to think which game I'm most excited for, and 697 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I 698 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: think it is the Spurs Nicks, and not because of 699 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: the the Disney angle, but more of the wemin Yama 700 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,399 Speaker 1: in msg' against a very good Knicks team. I'm pretty 701 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 1: pumped for that one. So hopefully at Day or that 702 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: game gets a start off for a good slate of games, 703 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: and I'll be back on the twenty sixth to try 704 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 1: my best to recap them for all of you guys. 705 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 1: If you joined me live here and you got away 706 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: from the fam for forty minutes. Hit the light button 707 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: for yourself, subscribe, give us a five star rating and review. 708 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: We will pick up the pick Them battle for the 709 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,320 Speaker 1: month of December. Right at the end of the month. Okay, 710 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna wait. We have a tie between TAK and 711 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: Esh for last place. On thirtieth December thirtieth, we'll all 712 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,399 Speaker 1: be back together in Theory in the Classic Factory and 713 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: those guys will pick on opposite sides and the loser 714 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 1: we'll have to basically host a show or co host 715 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: a show or correspond all week from outside. And it 716 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 1: is chilly here, so that could be quite funny, So 717 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: we'll save that for the thirtieth. I think we're gonna 718 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: jump on playback that night as well, so join the 719 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: playback room. That link is in the show notes. Otherwise 720 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: we will call it there. We'll see you on the 721 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,879 Speaker 1: twenty sixth. Until next time, Clipper Brose. 722 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 2: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up, 723 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 2: love you guys awesome. 724 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me and JD and again we will 725 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: see you in a couple of days. Everybody, have a 726 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: safe and happy holiday on behalf of the entire no 727 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 1: Dunk's family two years, Merry Christmas and abras to day