1
00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:07,920
Speaker 1: Apology, Ami Gone do me right? Movie night, Movie Night pology,

2
00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,480
Speaker 1: Amighty gonna do it right.

3
00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,000
Speaker 2: Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the Nodungks podcast

4
00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,279
Speaker 2: on the Athletic Network. It's Friday, April eleventh, twenty twenty five.

5
00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,439
Speaker 2: This is the drop of Jay Skis here in the

6
00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,840
Speaker 2: Classic Factory and alongside me back in the mix. It's

7
00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,800
Speaker 2: tass Mellis.

8
00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,400
Speaker 3: Podcast listeners, Basketball lovers, This one's for you.

9
00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,840
Speaker 2: And over yonder making the magic happen. Super producer JD.

10
00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,840
Speaker 2: He there, he is here, we are, Yes, Tassie back

11
00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,400
Speaker 2: from Cancun, a little trip with the fam. Good times.

12
00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,120
Speaker 3: Absolutely, Yeah, got off the resort. That's when you know,

13
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,920
Speaker 3: oh wow, that's fun. Yeah, for sure.

14
00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,960
Speaker 2: What'd you do? Like you're saying you stayed at the

15
00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,360
Speaker 2: resort and then actually left it?

16
00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,000
Speaker 3: Yeah for a couple hours. Yeah, it's several several hours.

17
00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:02,040
Speaker 3: East Harris is very beautiful. Yeah you ever been, JD?

18
00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,720
Speaker 3: I have not. Yeah. I wrote the golf carts around Okay, Yeah,

19
00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:06,320
Speaker 3: it's fun.

20
00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,160
Speaker 2: Nice, it is fun, good weather, I assume.

21
00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, and we actually went for night in Cancun.

22
00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:12,160
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you guys.

23
00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just hated the resort. Ask me about the resort.

24
00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,800
Speaker 3: It's terrible. That was good. Oh good, Okay, it was fun.

25
00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, great, Well, hopefully you're well rested ready to go

26
00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,560
Speaker 2: for the second season. Oh you laugh, Yeah, didn't sleeps

27
00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,840
Speaker 2: with kids. Yeah it was nice.

28
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, let's go. Let's go. NBA final season, the

29
00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,200
Speaker 3: final weekend is never that big of a deal, but

30
00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,839
Speaker 3: this fun feels like they they got it good.

31
00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:39,959
Speaker 2: You're right, and we will get into that. We're gonna

32
00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,680
Speaker 2: get you all set for the final weekend of the

33
00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,679
Speaker 2: regular season because there's still a lot up in the air.

34
00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,640
Speaker 2: I think there's something like fifteen actual spots that are

35
00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,720
Speaker 2: not locked in yet, which is nuts in terms of

36
00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,960
Speaker 2: specific seating, but we'll get into that. You also have

37
00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,960
Speaker 2: some Worst of the Week nominees, great batch of nominees

38
00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,080
Speaker 2: this week, and we'll end with some rapid fire fun.

39
00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,840
Speaker 2: It's been so long, so we had to do some

40
00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,480
Speaker 2: rapid fire. That's not so rapid questions at the end.

41
00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,440
Speaker 2: But we had some games last night, some good ones.

42
00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,240
Speaker 2: The big one Anthony Edwards scored forty four points in

43
00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,560
Speaker 2: the Wolve's key victory over the Grizzlies. He was on fire,

44
00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,640
Speaker 2: especially in the third quarter at eighteen where the Wolves

45
00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,080
Speaker 2: couldn't miss. They had fifty two points tasks. Yeah in

46
00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,360
Speaker 2: that third quarter, eighteen to twenty one from the floor

47
00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,160
Speaker 2: and seven of eight from deep, and I think the

48
00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,600
Speaker 2: one miss from deep was Randall in the corner. And

49
00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,440
Speaker 2: don't worry, Anthony Edwards had the huge put back slam.

50
00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,520
Speaker 2: So what a quarter from them and sort of blew

51
00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,080
Speaker 2: the game open.

52
00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was the highest scoring quarter in the NBA

53
00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,720
Speaker 3: this season, dropping fifty two points. Got a little bounce

54
00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,120
Speaker 3: here and there, Julius random with a fade away from

55
00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,440
Speaker 3: the free throw line at a nice bounce. But this

56
00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,720
Speaker 3: was just a super fun game to start it off.

57
00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,640
Speaker 3: Pre game, I think the music in Memphis is just

58
00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,280
Speaker 3: too good. It's almost too good. I think the opposing

59
00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,760
Speaker 3: team actually gets great music.

60
00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,919
Speaker 2: Oh they got too high.

61
00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like you could just play it, you know,

62
00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,480
Speaker 3: some poopy music. But it's so good in Memphis that

63
00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,320
Speaker 3: the Minnesota music was so good. So this was a

64
00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,560
Speaker 3: great nationally televised game. It's close at half until that

65
00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,280
Speaker 3: third quarter where Minnesota went off fifty two to twenty five.

66
00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,480
Speaker 3: A numeric palindrome if you will, they want to, Yeah,

67
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,000
Speaker 3: pretty fun that they Yeah, they started spending even Rudy

68
00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,480
Speaker 3: go Bear's hitting free throws. Yeah, they decided to get hot, Rudy,

69
00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,359
Speaker 3: excuse me. Julis Randall hitting five shots in a row

70
00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,280
Speaker 3: to start the quarter like he was on fire. Everything

71
00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,200
Speaker 3: just going their way the first six minutes. They didn't miss.

72
00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,160
Speaker 3: They just literally couldn't miss. Anthony Edwards was the guy

73
00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,480
Speaker 3: you can look at and say, wow, wow, wow, is

74
00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,320
Speaker 3: it playoff time yet for this guy? Because if he

75
00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,360
Speaker 3: can light it up four times out of seven like this,

76
00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,120
Speaker 3: where he's now shooting the three ball like this, Minnesota

77
00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,880
Speaker 3: going a series, Minnesota going in two. So he shot

78
00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,600
Speaker 3: seven of eleven from three, eighteen points in that quarter,

79
00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,800
Speaker 3: forty four overall. I mean, this team is so fun.

80
00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,680
Speaker 2: Well, they're perplexing to they are. I mean we had

81
00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,400
Speaker 2: just seen them. You weren't here obviously, but they had

82
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,480
Speaker 2: given up what was it a twenty four point.

83
00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,600
Speaker 3: Fourth quarter lead, that's what it was.

84
00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,080
Speaker 2: So and then they rebound with this. So that's kaba see.

85
00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,640
Speaker 2: But they have extreme HIGs in sort of at times

86
00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,280
Speaker 2: extreme lows.

87
00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,480
Speaker 3: Yeah. They had an eight game win streak in March

88
00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,800
Speaker 3: and they lose that wild Pacers game in overtime where

89
00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,200
Speaker 3: Obie Toppins going off. They lost to the Pelicans and

90
00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,160
Speaker 3: they got a five game win streak going and they

91
00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,240
Speaker 3: lose that game to the Milwaukee Bucks where they look

92
00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,440
Speaker 3: great until the fourth quarter when they give up that

93
00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,880
Speaker 3: twenty four point lead, and now there's a three way

94
00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,919
Speaker 3: tie for sixth, which is super fun that we'll get to.

95
00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,680
Speaker 3: But this was, Yeah, Minnesota looking incredible offensively and defensively

96
00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,800
Speaker 3: for a lot of this game. Just just super fun

97
00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,839
Speaker 3: because Morant looked great for a lot of this game.

98
00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,480
Speaker 2: Even Bain was on fire in the first half. Yeah,

99
00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,400
Speaker 2: I will say it sort of changed. It felt like

100
00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,599
Speaker 2: it changed when Jared Jackson Junior and Zach Edie got

101
00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,080
Speaker 2: into foul trouble there in the second half. They both

102
00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,159
Speaker 2: picked up four fouls and that did open things up

103
00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,359
Speaker 2: for a lot of drives to the rim and getting

104
00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,040
Speaker 2: inside for the Wolves, so they took advantage of that. Yeah,

105
00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,600
Speaker 2: those big guys got in foul trouble, and yeah, you're

106
00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,440
Speaker 2: right about the Randall. It was one of those games

107
00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,440
Speaker 2: like he had thirty one and ten. He was also playmaking.

108
00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,360
Speaker 2: Some of his shots were like insane, like his legs

109
00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,440
Speaker 2: were flailing everywhere. He said, the one that bounced like

110
00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,600
Speaker 2: ten feet up in the air and went. It was

111
00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,599
Speaker 2: just one of those nights. But he is such like

112
00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,280
Speaker 2: a like I think Trade did his whole like super

113
00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,240
Speaker 2: X Factor type of thing list a couple of weeks ago.

114
00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,240
Speaker 2: When we get into the post scenes, he is that

115
00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,680
Speaker 2: like you're gonna need and man, it's like, oh, you're like,

116
00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,960
Speaker 2: I hope it works. Like you're gonna need a big

117
00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,160
Speaker 2: Julius Randall series or two. I think to go along

118
00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,520
Speaker 2: with the Antey Edwards, like you feel confidence in Anthony

119
00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,480
Speaker 2: Edward's gonna bring it more times than not. Maybe he

120
00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,200
Speaker 2: has the odd shooting night where it's a stinker, but

121
00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,960
Speaker 2: it's Randall is like, man, he has these games in

122
00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,200
Speaker 2: these moments and he does the bully ball and all that,

123
00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,640
Speaker 2: and then he goes disappearing sometimes.

124
00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,160
Speaker 3: Yes, that is the conundrum with this team. Will he

125
00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,480
Speaker 3: replace Cat in some way? Because I know we look

126
00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,839
Speaker 3: at the Cat trade and say, well, they lost his trade.

127
00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,000
Speaker 3: Cat's been great in New York. At the same time,

128
00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:58,960
Speaker 3: he wasn't on the floor and fourth quarters in the

129
00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,440
Speaker 3: playoffs last year. He just was They didn't need him.

130
00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,679
Speaker 3: They went to Nazri because their bench is still great.

131
00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,239
Speaker 3: Their bench has the fifth best net rating in the NBA,

132
00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,359
Speaker 3: So it's still damn good to support Anthony Edwards. Devin

133
00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,880
Speaker 3: Chenz looks great and now as Rea looks great. But

134
00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,880
Speaker 3: you do need Randall to come through sometimes, and that's

135
00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,400
Speaker 3: what it is. It just has to be sometimes. And

136
00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,880
Speaker 3: in this game, yes he was. He was scorching hot.

137
00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,279
Speaker 3: So you need these a few times every single series.

138
00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,320
Speaker 3: Will it happen? I don't know, but this team looks

139
00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,159
Speaker 3: like it is together, even though we see these erratic

140
00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,159
Speaker 3: losses like the Milwaukee one or the Indiana one. Like

141
00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,160
Speaker 3: Alex Rodriguez, their owner is now at road games in

142
00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,960
Speaker 3: the front row giving it. He's excited. I think I

143
00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,719
Speaker 3: feel like this team has some chemistry going. They are

144
00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,120
Speaker 3: a good team, team you don't want to face.

145
00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,880
Speaker 2: And what about the Grizzlies on the other side, are you, like,

146
00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,400
Speaker 2: you know, losing confidence in their ability to maybe even

147
00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,920
Speaker 2: get into the playoffs? Like, look, it's looking more and

148
00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,760
Speaker 2: more likely that they're gonna be in a play in situation,

149
00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,719
Speaker 2: so they're gonna have to win their way in. What

150
00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,040
Speaker 2: do you think about them after the coaching change and

151
00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,080
Speaker 2: how they're playing and there's not a lot of defense

152
00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,279
Speaker 2: at times, what's your vibe from the squad.

153
00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's good things going for them offensively, for sure,

154
00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,640
Speaker 3: there's no doubt about that. The defense is the question.

155
00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,760
Speaker 3: You see flashes of Zach Eat even to go along

156
00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,240
Speaker 3: with Baine and Morant, who had some spectacular moments. But

157
00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,200
Speaker 3: you lose Jalen Wells now for the season with the

158
00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,160
Speaker 3: broken wrist. The defense, which wasn't.

159
00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,880
Speaker 2: All one guy that gives you a little bit of defense.

160
00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,600
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, it wasn't all that great in the first place.

161
00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,400
Speaker 3: Now without him, yeah, it's it's you gotta be skeptical

162
00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,520
Speaker 3: of this team. But again, they can light it up

163
00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,200
Speaker 3: so they can outscore you at times.

164
00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,320
Speaker 2: And we'll get to John Morant and his new grenade

165
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,040
Speaker 2: celebration much later in the show. We'll save that for

166
00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,320
Speaker 2: a rapid fire question. But this guy, he's got all

167
00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,080
Speaker 2: the kind of I don't know, he's got all the

168
00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,400
Speaker 2: weapons now after you know, he got the fine for

169
00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,600
Speaker 2: the finger guns and now he was like pulling out

170
00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,520
Speaker 2: like an assault rifle and the grenades. He just gonna

171
00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,320
Speaker 2: keep waiting for Silver to keep calling them or keep

172
00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,760
Speaker 2: finding it. I don't know. Can you get away with grenades?

173
00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,760
Speaker 2: I'm not sure because he found a loophole in sort

174
00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,840
Speaker 2: of weapons celebrations. It feels like it.

175
00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, I don't think you can get fined for that,

176
00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,520
Speaker 3: but tossing it into a crowd is interesting.

177
00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,800
Speaker 2: Well, if he does it on the road, you can't

178
00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,560
Speaker 2: do it on the road. Maybe that's a question.

179
00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,840
Speaker 3: I don't know. It's freaking weird.

180
00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,360
Speaker 2: But we'll get to that a little bit later. Anything

181
00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,880
Speaker 2: else on Wolves Rizzleys, All right, let's keep it going.

182
00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,600
Speaker 2: Kate Cunningham scored thirty six points. Pistons beat the Knicks

183
00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,120
Speaker 2: one fifteen one oh six. Possible first round playoff matchup.

184
00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,920
Speaker 2: I will say New York without two starters, No Ognaobi

185
00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,640
Speaker 2: out with the thumb, No Josh Hart out with the knee.

186
00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,320
Speaker 2: So those guys sitting due to injuries, I mean, you

187
00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,400
Speaker 2: know PJ. Tucker played twenty seven minutes for ju Yeah

188
00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,959
Speaker 2: he's back. Maybe. So that's sort of like you gotta

189
00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,440
Speaker 2: like sort of step back and remind yourself of that

190
00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,280
Speaker 2: before you get maybe too excited about the Pistons continuing

191
00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,120
Speaker 2: to play well and getting a big win here and again,

192
00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,400
Speaker 2: we could see these teams in a matchup. But your

193
00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:04,160
Speaker 2: takeaways from.

194
00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,040
Speaker 3: Last night, Yeah, these games obviously in March and April

195
00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,920
Speaker 3: here are super weird. PJ. Tucker is thrown out there

196
00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,079
Speaker 3: to play a lot of minutes, Oh Jane, Andobi has

197
00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,320
Speaker 3: been hurt a lot, So you do have to worry

198
00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,880
Speaker 3: a little bit, I suppose.

199
00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,120
Speaker 2: I mean it's a thumb.

200
00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not a big worry. It's the it's the

201
00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,559
Speaker 3: combination of Tom Thibodeaux playing his guys a lot of minutes,

202
00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,680
Speaker 3: and then you lose guys for several minutes. Even John

203
00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,640
Speaker 3: Brunson left this game turning his ankle. He did come back,

204
00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,080
Speaker 3: but he just hasn't looked incredibly great since he's come back.

205
00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,719
Speaker 3: So that's the worrisome part to go along with all

206
00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,920
Speaker 3: these injuries and being a top heavy team. That being said,

207
00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,800
Speaker 3: yeah they lose, and it's okay because you don't have

208
00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,240
Speaker 3: your guys to throw at. Kate knem Kate Kneham was

209
00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,280
Speaker 3: picking his matchups and saying, all right, Duce McBride, no problem,

210
00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,000
Speaker 3: I'll take you in the post. So he got surgical

211
00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:55,800
Speaker 3: in that second.

212
00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,280
Speaker 2: Half, and they put Brunson in a ton of action

213
00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:57,720
Speaker 2: as well.

214
00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, both of those guys. He said, yeah, I'll pick

215
00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,480
Speaker 3: Duce McBride over Jalen Brunson, good pick and so he

216
00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,800
Speaker 3: went to town. But the Pistons overall shooting I think it

217
00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,640
Speaker 3: was fifty seven percent and getting points in the paint

218
00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,880
Speaker 3: after points in the paint, scoring a lot sixty six

219
00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,040
Speaker 3: to forty eight. They score the fifth most points to

220
00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,640
Speaker 3: the paint while the Knicks allowed twentieth most. And seeing

221
00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,559
Speaker 3: guy like Jalen Duran go to town down there nine

222
00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,000
Speaker 3: for nine in this game. That's the thing about what

223
00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,319
Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to see. If if I'm a Knicks fan,

224
00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,560
Speaker 3: I don't want to see this matchup. I don't know.

225
00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,600
Speaker 3: I would rather see the Knicks lose these two games

226
00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,840
Speaker 3: here over the weekend so they could drop to fourth

227
00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,600
Speaker 3: right and play the Milwaukee Bucks. They schooled the Milwaukee Bucks.

228
00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,560
Speaker 3: They beat them every single time they've played them. They

229
00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,040
Speaker 3: play them the big guys off the court because they're

230
00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,679
Speaker 3: just too fast and too athletic for Brooke Lopez especially,

231
00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,400
Speaker 3: and so that's why they went That's why they've won

232
00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,719
Speaker 3: every single time. But the Pistons, they can just they

233
00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,480
Speaker 3: can outfight you. This series. If there's any that's going

234
00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,240
Speaker 3: to look like a sort of a nineties battle, it

235
00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,280
Speaker 3: would be this series. I think because the Pistons they

236
00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,840
Speaker 3: want to fight. You saw sixteen second chance points in

237
00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,920
Speaker 3: this game from them. JB. Bickerstaff gets them going, and

238
00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,120
Speaker 3: I was surprised. I thought we were gonna get a

239
00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,720
Speaker 3: fight in this game. Prescureus and you had dunked Isaiah Stewart. Yeah,

240
00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,679
Speaker 3: and he went like directly into his chest after it.

241
00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,040
Speaker 3: So I thought Isaiah Sture would be a little upset.

242
00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,480
Speaker 3: The Knicks bench jumped up a bit because it was

243
00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,440
Speaker 3: an awesome dunk. It's right in front of them, in

244
00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,840
Speaker 3: front of that bench. But Isaiah Stewart was pretty calm

245
00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,800
Speaker 3: and just incredibly out.

246
00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,719
Speaker 2: I think he was like, damn, you know, that was

247
00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,880
Speaker 2: all my bad. He had a brutal turnover that created

248
00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,319
Speaker 2: the whole thing. Oh, I don't know who he was

249
00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,320
Speaker 2: throwing it to. He thought maybe someone was cutting back door.

250
00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,200
Speaker 2: He just gave it to the Knicks and then Precious

251
00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,040
Speaker 2: banged on him. And but you're right, no fireworks from

252
00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,640
Speaker 2: him as you get ready for the postseason. But man,

253
00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,960
Speaker 2: I hear what you're saying about the Knickson It's weird

254
00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,920
Speaker 2: that the Knicks would want to avoid the Pistons that yeah,

255
00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,480
Speaker 2: and they'd want to take on the Bucks instead. I

256
00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,200
Speaker 2: get what you're saying, though, Caid has cooked them all

257
00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,079
Speaker 2: season long because he's just too big for these guys,

258
00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,000
Speaker 2: those guards, and you're gonna it's gonna be different. Obviously,

259
00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,920
Speaker 2: they might put og on them. They obviously might get

260
00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,720
Speaker 2: more hard on him. You're gonna get more scrappy. But

261
00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,680
Speaker 2: Caid get into his spots all night in this game,

262
00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:17,080
Speaker 2: sixteen to twenty four from the floor. He's averaging thirty

263
00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,400
Speaker 2: one to five and eight in the four games against

264
00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,400
Speaker 2: the Knicks, so shooting fifty six percent hitting threes. I

265
00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,480
Speaker 2: think he hit thirteen to twenty five three pointers in

266
00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,200
Speaker 2: this series season series, only turn the ball over ten times.

267
00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,240
Speaker 2: That jumped out to me as well in those four games.

268
00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,280
Speaker 2: That's the one knock on him. At times. You look

269
00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,880
Speaker 2: at other series against other teams this season, it's in

270
00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,560
Speaker 2: the twenties, twenty five sometimes ten. That's nothing you're gonna

271
00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,840
Speaker 2: live with that, you know, with the eight assists per

272
00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,280
Speaker 2: game as well, great assistant turnover ratio. So yeah, yeah,

273
00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,760
Speaker 2: that's fascinating because I know we could even talk about

274
00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:55,160
Speaker 2: the Bucks, who are playing the Pistons this weekend twice

275
00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,440
Speaker 2: tonight and then Sunday like they could get funky with

276
00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,079
Speaker 2: what they want to do as well and who you

277
00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,200
Speaker 2: want to play. So it's like a staring contest between

278
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,160
Speaker 2: these teams. Maybe the Pistons, I would think, just want

279
00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,480
Speaker 2: to keep winning, like yeah, when win win here and

280
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,000
Speaker 2: continue to build your confidence and go into the postseason.

281
00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're coming off a losing streak before this game.

282
00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,679
Speaker 2: So it's it's that was nice to stop that.

283
00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,320
Speaker 3: They needed that. But they win this game here where

284
00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,840
Speaker 3: they hit three less threes than the Knicks. They didn't

285
00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,600
Speaker 3: shoot well from the free throw line. They shot, you know,

286
00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,560
Speaker 3: only seventy two percent. They left a lot of points

287
00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,559
Speaker 3: on the table other than Kate primarily even though you

288
00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,120
Speaker 3: know they shot fifty percent. It was a lot Cad

289
00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,040
Speaker 3: and Duran inside in this game and my man are

290
00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,080
Speaker 3: on hollow. But they could have done a few more things.

291
00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,000
Speaker 3: And still with the Knicks, I just feel like they

292
00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,000
Speaker 3: can find their spots against this team again, points in

293
00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,120
Speaker 3: the paint. They can find points, like you said, the

294
00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,040
Speaker 3: Caid lines against this next team all season long. I

295
00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,840
Speaker 3: think the Knicks would rather play the big books, but

296
00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:55,560
Speaker 3: we shall see.

297
00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,960
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be this series if if I

298
00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,120
Speaker 2: really look at these games this weekend, So I think

299
00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,760
Speaker 2: it's going to be Nicks three Piston six. And I

300
00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,120
Speaker 2: feel pretty confident about my prediction that I've been saying

301
00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,160
Speaker 2: for a couple of weeks now that the Pistons, if

302
00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,319
Speaker 2: that is the matchup, they're gonna take one of those

303
00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,440
Speaker 2: first two games in New York and then that series

304
00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,920
Speaker 2: is going to get really interesting, really quickly. I'm feeling

305
00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,880
Speaker 2: very confident about that that they take one in Madison

306
00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,440
Speaker 2: Square Garden and then suddenly it's a one to one

307
00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,720
Speaker 2: series going back to Detroit, and that's what you always

308
00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,600
Speaker 2: want in a close series.

309
00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,080
Speaker 3: That's gonna happen. Yeah, I think the Pistons, Yes, they

310
00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,280
Speaker 3: got things to play for. They have the emotion they

311
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,880
Speaker 3: play for their coach j n Ivy after breaking that

312
00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,760
Speaker 3: fibula on January first, now clear for basketball activities could

313
00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,880
Speaker 3: show up in this playoff series.

314
00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,160
Speaker 2: I guess Tobias Harris just came back for them as well.

315
00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, some games, he hit some shots.

316
00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, in this game, absolutely contributed.

317
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:43,880
Speaker 3: All right.

318
00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,200
Speaker 2: Well, they got the Pacers securing a top four seed

319
00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,840
Speaker 2: in the East. We know that because they got the

320
00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,440
Speaker 2: one to fourteen to one to twelve win over the

321
00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,120
Speaker 2: shorthanded Cavaliers. Haliburton scored eight of his twenty three during

322
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,360
Speaker 2: a key run there in the fourth quarter. It was

323
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,760
Speaker 2: a very close game, very close game, and the casts

324
00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,200
Speaker 2: are playing nobody like they sat four of their five starters.

325
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,080
Speaker 2: Jared Allen started grabbed ten rebounds in the first half

326
00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,560
Speaker 2: and then they shut him down. So this was like

327
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,480
Speaker 2: the second and third team calves. They flexed and showed

328
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,240
Speaker 2: off how strong they are in their depth. Reggie Miller

329
00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,160
Speaker 2: couldn't stop talking about it. My god, how many times

330
00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,440
Speaker 2: did he bring it up. But it was impressive that

331
00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,480
Speaker 2: they were even in this game and fighting, But the

332
00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,800
Speaker 2: Pacers got it done. Tasks your takeaways.

333
00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, there isn't a lot to take from this. Hands

334
00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,800
Speaker 3: gotta be clapped for the Indiana Pacers coming into the season.

335
00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,480
Speaker 3: You wouldn't think that they'd be the top four seed.

336
00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,200
Speaker 2: No, No, we had him on the under. Yeah, we

337
00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,160
Speaker 2: had him just under, which I think was forty six

338
00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,880
Speaker 2: and a half or maybe forty five and a half something. Yeah,

339
00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:39,680
Speaker 2: it was somewhere around there.

340
00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, with the seventy six ers obviously falling apart, but

341
00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,280
Speaker 3: you just wouldn't think that they would be hosting a

342
00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:50,800
Speaker 3: playoff series, So much respect to them period. That being said,

343
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,200
Speaker 3: I hear what Reggie Miller's saying. They got this Cleveland

344
00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,360
Speaker 3: Cavaliers team has some depth.

345
00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, he brought it up. I swear he brought it

346
00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,280
Speaker 2: up every fifty seconds, and he was excited. This is

347
00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,920
Speaker 2: their final regular season game on TNT. His right of course. Ah,

348
00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,040
Speaker 2: you know, this past week sort of caught me by surprise,

349
00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,400
Speaker 2: Like I know, we have postseason games, so it's like

350
00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,680
Speaker 2: a little different, but it's just the final week for TNT.

351
00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,080
Speaker 2: Tuesday night, that whole crew then Thursday night. I mean,

352
00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,960
Speaker 2: they're gonna be together, they'll be on ESPN. But they

353
00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,320
Speaker 2: did a big thing. Did you see them in front

354
00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,520
Speaker 2: of the Mansion last night, Yeah, yeah, giving a heartfelt speech. Anyway,

355
00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,120
Speaker 2: Reggie kept bringing up the calves, how impressive they were

356
00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,640
Speaker 2: with these guys scrapping, and he's right, he just kept

357
00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,080
Speaker 2: saying it.

358
00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,960
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, as you said, no Mitchell, no Garland, no Mobley,

359
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,880
Speaker 3: and Jared Allen goes out there and plays the first

360
00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,840
Speaker 3: half only because he wants to play in all eighty

361
00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,840
Speaker 3: two games. I guess that's his thing, and so I

362
00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,720
Speaker 3: guess he got to play twenty minutes. I know, he

363
00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,000
Speaker 3: only played sixteen that maybe the minutes thing has nothing

364
00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,640
Speaker 3: to do with it, but he's played in eighty and

365
00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,480
Speaker 3: he's leading the league in field goal percentage at seventy

366
00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,040
Speaker 3: one percent. That's fricking high. And so he's out there

367
00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:00,840
Speaker 3: to plays eighty two games. But yeah, it's good to

368
00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,840
Speaker 3: see Haliburton also, you know, playing at peak Aliburton. Yeah,

369
00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,080
Speaker 3: these are the best.

370
00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,359
Speaker 2: This is the best. The Pacers have looked like overd

371
00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,960
Speaker 2: this last little bit a six game win streak, but

372
00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,119
Speaker 2: over the last couple of months here, this is absolutely

373
00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,159
Speaker 2: are the best. A lot of guys got back, a

374
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,440
Speaker 2: lot of guys healthy, even Nie Smith chipping in twenty two.

375
00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,680
Speaker 2: Siakam had a huge block late in this game. Love

376
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,800
Speaker 2: Andrew Nemhard. I mean I'm not just saying that because

377
00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,320
Speaker 2: I'm a Canadian Homer, but like he just makes the

378
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,880
Speaker 2: right place. Even his defense at the end of that game,

379
00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,080
Speaker 2: that was awesome defense, not biting on shots, staying back,

380
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,639
Speaker 2: you know, forcing them into a much more difficult two

381
00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,560
Speaker 2: point attemp because he took away the three from Porter

382
00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,159
Speaker 2: and he had that play too. Just like it's the

383
00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,560
Speaker 2: little things, like it was sort of semi transition Halliburton

384
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,399
Speaker 2: has it, gives it to nem Hard who could attack

385
00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,199
Speaker 2: and not but he just kicks it right back to Alibert.

386
00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,399
Speaker 2: Just like smart basketball. Haliburton knocks home is three and

387
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,439
Speaker 2: he had another one right after that. Like that's like

388
00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,560
Speaker 2: was the separation. And there's a fun team. There's a

389
00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,280
Speaker 2: team you like don't really want to see right now.

390
00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,159
Speaker 2: I think of the Like, I know the Bucks have

391
00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,080
Speaker 2: turned it around a bit, but they have no Lillard.

392
00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,879
Speaker 2: But the Pacers they're clicking at the right time, it

393
00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,440
Speaker 2: feels like, and now they have whole court advantage. So

394
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,000
Speaker 2: that's dangerous.

395
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, they can definitely go to the second round. Who

396
00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,560
Speaker 3: knows them against the Cavs or the Celtics in the

397
00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,480
Speaker 3: second round, depending on where they finished, they could finish fourth,

398
00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,160
Speaker 3: they could finish the third. This is a tough team

399
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,320
Speaker 3: to play. They are so wild and how they get

400
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,199
Speaker 3: their offense they find it everywhere. And so yeah, they

401
00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,040
Speaker 3: got guys, I mean they are they are deep. Did

402
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,919
Speaker 3: Ay talk about the depth of the Indiana Pacers?

403
00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,520
Speaker 2: No? No, no, Or did he know not as much?

404
00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:30,639
Speaker 3: No?

405
00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,920
Speaker 2: He was more impressed by just these guys that he

406
00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:33,800
Speaker 2: probably didn't even know.

407
00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,840
Speaker 3: I mean, like, yeah, I get it. He doesn't. He doesn't,

408
00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,240
Speaker 3: you know, Uh, Javonte Green coming out of nowhere. Jalen

409
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,600
Speaker 3: Tyson that guy.

410
00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, the guy. I'm glad you said it. I wanted

411
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,040
Speaker 2: to say it, but I always butcher that guy's name.

412
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,760
Speaker 2: It's Jalen Tyson.

413
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:49,120
Speaker 3: Yeah.

414
00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,360
Speaker 2: God, I never want to say it in that order.

415
00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,320
Speaker 3: Even as I read it, I hesitated while reading right. Yeah,

416
00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,520
Speaker 3: but the Pacers have lots of guys. Jaris Walker has

417
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,320
Speaker 3: turned into this guy. You know, we haven't seen a

418
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,200
Speaker 3: lot of here in year number two, but to step

419
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,600
Speaker 3: out and hit threes. So he hits threes. He looks,

420
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,760
Speaker 3: he looks great. Fifteen points for him in under fifteen

421
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,840
Speaker 3: minutes off the bench. Like this team looks really really good,

422
00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,800
Speaker 3: and they make this smart the right plays like you

423
00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,600
Speaker 3: mentioned Andrew Nembert's smart plays. This guy had a terrible

424
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,200
Speaker 3: box score. He didn't look good scoring the ball. He's

425
00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,000
Speaker 3: one of eight, but he does the right things. This

426
00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,880
Speaker 3: team just keeps passing and keeps on going. They play

427
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,359
Speaker 3: like a ball team other games.

428
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,000
Speaker 2: Last night just quickly. Reshachet the rook scored a season

429
00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,679
Speaker 2: high thirty eight points as the Hawks beat the Nets

430
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,399
Speaker 2: one thirty three one oh nine, and then the Bucks

431
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,680
Speaker 2: did extend their win streak to six games, one thirty

432
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,280
Speaker 2: six one eleven over the Pelicans.

433
00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:45,240
Speaker 3: Reachet the most points for a rookie this season. It's something,

434
00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,960
Speaker 3: you know, thirty eight points for him. Good for him

435
00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,560
Speaker 3: not only shooting the three ball, but from two point lane.

436
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,399
Speaker 3: I think he's just getting better from there. And his

437
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,840
Speaker 3: speed of getting into his three point shot. He's not

438
00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,240
Speaker 3: just a hold on, I'll wait here, I'll just be

439
00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,879
Speaker 3: standing here. I mean he comes around picks with some

440
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,920
Speaker 3: speed and hits three. So it looks like he's growing

441
00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,320
Speaker 3: into that a little bit more. He just turned twenty.

442
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,159
Speaker 3: Happy belated to that guy. He looks. He looks so

443
00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,080
Speaker 3: much better. He didn't miss a two in this game.

444
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,440
Speaker 3: And that's the thing. I always think of him as

445
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,639
Speaker 3: just a three and shots at the rim guy. But

446
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,400
Speaker 3: you could see how he is getting better at the eurostep,

447
00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,800
Speaker 3: nice cuts for dunks. He just looks like a small

448
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,239
Speaker 3: smart ball player. I don't know if there's thirty eight

449
00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,240
Speaker 3: points or you know, you look at his stats and say, oh,

450
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,440
Speaker 3: the most thirty point games of a rookie, fourth four

451
00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,080
Speaker 3: of them, and he's hit five threes. And if those

452
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,840
Speaker 3: stats are really gonna take the Rookie of the Year

453
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,720
Speaker 3: trophy from Stefan Castle, and I think it's a little late.

454
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,560
Speaker 3: And Stefan Castle plays more importants. He plays the clutchman.

455
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,720
Speaker 3: It's going down to the end of games. But I

456
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,600
Speaker 3: don't know you could split this Rookie of the Year

457
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,280
Speaker 3: trophy in like ten different two different guys. Jalen, Well,

458
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,040
Speaker 3: like this will be the first one you split like

459
00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,960
Speaker 3: five ways. Maybe. I mean, there's so many of them

460
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 3: that are worthy of it, but none of them have

461
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,560
Speaker 3: really stolen the thing.

462
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Castle is the odds on favorite to

463
00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,480
Speaker 2: still ultimately. Which great about rishaw Sche though, is he's

464
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,000
Speaker 2: done the opposite of what usually happens with rookies. There

465
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,600
Speaker 2: are hot starts, yep, there are a great couple of months,

466
00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 2: and then what do you do. You hit the rookie

467
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,000
Speaker 2: wall because a lot of these guys are obviously coming

468
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 2: out of college or internationally, Like you're not used to

469
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,840
Speaker 2: playing you know, seventy plus games, so you know around

470
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,399
Speaker 2: that thirty forty to fifty Mark, Oh my god, this

471
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 2: is the real grind of the NBA season, and you

472
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,040
Speaker 2: hit the wall. He has it. He climbed right over.

473
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,560
Speaker 2: He's better. He's been better on the back end absolutely

474
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,639
Speaker 2: of his entire season, and I think maybe it'd be

475
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,920
Speaker 2: fascinating race if you have flipped it he had started

476
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 2: this way because for whatever reason, Rooky the year is

477
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,160
Speaker 2: one of these things like if you grab it early,

478
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 2: it's tough to like let go of it. So you know,

479
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 2: it's still an incredible season. He looks like a hell

480
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,480
Speaker 2: of a player and this confidence, so you can just

481
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 2: see watching a lot of Hawks games here in Atlanta,

482
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,840
Speaker 2: it's grown and grown and grown. It'd be fun to

483
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,600
Speaker 2: see him in in if it's a play in game

484
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,800
Speaker 2: or two, or maybe eventually the playoffs. Love to see,

485
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 2: you know, the first taste of that. Just pretty fun

486
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 2: as a rookie to get in there in these big

487
00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 2: stakes games. So yeah, good stuff from him. All right, Well,

488
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,320
Speaker 2: let's start talking about that last weekend of the regular season.

489
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,959
Speaker 2: What is at stake? Fifteen seeding spots still up for grabs.

490
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,400
Speaker 2: All thirty teams play tonight and then they play again

491
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,879
Speaker 2: on Sunday, So it's a strange schedule. No basketball on Saturday.

492
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 2: In the East. The Knicks will be the number three

493
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,320
Speaker 2: seed if they win one of their final two games.

494
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,959
Speaker 2: It's against Cleveland and then at Brooklyn. You gotta assume

495
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,360
Speaker 2: at least they win the Brooklyn one. They might even

496
00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 2: win against the Calves tonight, right. I know it's a

497
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,919
Speaker 2: back to back for both of these squads, but we

498
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 2: just saw Cleveland not play anyone. I don't know why

499
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,119
Speaker 2: they would, you know, suddenly bring all their guys back.

500
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,440
Speaker 2: Not that those scrappy, you know, second and third string

501
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 2: Calves guys couldn't put up a fight. But I think

502
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,720
Speaker 2: the Knicks will have that number three seed. Bucks and Pistons.

503
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,119
Speaker 2: They're gonna play Friday tonight in Detroit and then Sunday

504
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 2: in Milwaukee. So if the Bucks win either of those games,

505
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,680
Speaker 2: they are the number five seed. So you talked about

506
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 2: the Knicks and maybe how they would want to slide down.

507
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 2: What about the Bucks here, because I heard the NBA

508
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 2: Daily discuss whether they should punt these two games against Detroit,

509
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,959
Speaker 2: avoid the basers, and drop themselves down to play the Knicks,

510
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 2: which you know that's I mean, I don't know, I

511
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 2: go what you would want to do that, But do

512
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 2: you have an opinion on that? Like should the Bucks

513
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,280
Speaker 2: try and go and get revenge against Indiana with a

514
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 2: healthy honest or I guess play this Knicks teams, which

515
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 2: they've had very little success against this year.

516
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 3: I think they'd rather play the Pacers to the Knicks

517
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 3: have destroyed the Bucks in their three games. They want

518
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 3: thirty plus, twenty plus. I'm not looking at stats, and

519
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,440
Speaker 3: I don't want to look at stats. I know that

520
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,720
Speaker 3: Brook Lopez gets played off the floor. They find a

521
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 3: way to just be more athletic than the Milwaukee Bucks.

522
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 3: I'd rather them play the Bucks go and play that

523
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 3: that revenge series against the Indiana Patris.

524
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, I think that's right, and I think it's

525
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 2: I think it's likely that the Bucks take one of

526
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 2: those games.

527
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 3: Right.

528
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,679
Speaker 2: Very difficult to be a team twice, I mean, especially

529
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,480
Speaker 2: if you are playing for something and you want to

530
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,239
Speaker 2: be the fifth seed. Well, what we're getting out here

531
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 2: is it's gonna be it's gonna be Nicks Pistons three six,

532
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,360
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be Pacers versus the.

533
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 3: But you never know. Yeah, I heard the Cavs are deep.

534
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 3: Did you see Tiede your Ome last night? I mean

535
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 3: he may can beat the Nicks.

536
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,160
Speaker 2: The Hawks can clinch the number eight seed with one

537
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,640
Speaker 2: win in their final two games. They're at Philadelphia, I mean,

538
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 2: win probably handed to you, and then they're against the Magic,

539
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 2: which is interesting because you know they could be playing

540
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 2: them in a seven eight matchup. I would think the Magic,

541
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 2: who are locked into the seventh seed, would be shutting

542
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,400
Speaker 2: down there, guys in that game. Point is, Hawk's likely

543
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,400
Speaker 2: the eighth seed and it will likely be Bulls heat

544
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 2: in the nine to ten matchup. Yeah, as you see here.

545
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, the only one that's low of the play in

546
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,119
Speaker 3: seeds in either conference is that seventh seed of the

547
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 3: Orlando Magic. So they can chill.

548
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Western Conference, the log jam, it's exciting. It's

549
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: difficult to figure out, if we're being honest, the Lakers

550
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 2: can clinch the number three seed with one win either

551
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,679
Speaker 2: versus Houston tonight or at Portland, or I guess a

552
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 2: loss by the Clippers or the Nuggets. The Lakers, you know,

553
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 2: looking pretty good for the number three seed. The biggest

554
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 2: beneficiary of Minnesota's win last night may have been the

555
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 2: Warriors when you really get into it, because on Wednesday,

556
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 2: I talked about it here on No Dunks. The Warriors

557
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 2: lost that stunner to the Spurs on that Harrison Barnes

558
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 2: game winning three. That shot knocked the Warriors into the

559
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 2: play in tournament, but Minnesota's win last night nudged the

560
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 2: Warriors back up to the sixth spot, and the Warriors

561
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 2: control their own destiny now in terms of just getting

562
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,239
Speaker 2: into the playoffs. If they beat the Blazers tonight and

563
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 2: then they beat the Clippers on Sunday, they're guaranteed a

564
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,679
Speaker 2: top six seeds. So it's sort of funny that that helped.

565
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,399
Speaker 3: Them out, Yeah, because did control their own destiny until

566
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 3: that game.

567
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 2: Now they don't. Yeah, they're looking like they're gonna be

568
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 2: a playing team.

569
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 3: So it is, but it is tight for sure.

570
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like still we're looking at seats three through

571
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 2: what eight?

572
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 3: Eight?

573
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 2: Still a lot of jockeying here with these final two games.

574
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 3: Uh.

575
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,919
Speaker 2: My question is, though, what's the most anticipated game for

576
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 2: you either tonight or Sunday If you had to pick

577
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 2: one or two that you're like, that's the most important

578
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:24,679
Speaker 2: game this weekend?

579
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 3: Well, I think the Warriors managing their destiny here is

580
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,880
Speaker 3: really important for them. I think they want to get

581
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 3: the heck out of the play in and they can

582
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 3: easily lose their games here this weekend because they have

583
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,640
Speaker 3: a very tough game on Sunday.

584
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 2: Against the Clippers.

585
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a tough matchup.

586
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 2: Which is the double header here on ESPN.

587
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, if you're watching here, this is a fantastic

588
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 3: job by the NBA to schedule. Yeah, all fifteen games.

589
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 3: As we said toennight on Friday, as we're watching here,

590
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 3: if you're listening to this on Friday, and then Sunday

591
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 3: because that final time slot, the final game on Sunday

592
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 3: Clippers Warriors. It's important for the Warriors to get some

593
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 3: more rest because we've seen what Steph number one did

594
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 3: with rest. He was awesome and I say the word rest.

595
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 3: After he had that pelvic contusion, he came back and

596
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 3: was balling the first three games, bang bang, bang, one

597
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 3: hundred and twenty five points combined in three games for

598
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 3: him against the Grizzlies, Lakers, and Nuggets. And then he

599
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 3: played the Houston Rockets not so good. So they want

600
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 3: to avoid that matchup. They do not want that seven

601
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 3: seed against Houston Rockets. I know you could say, oh,

602
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,160
Speaker 3: the Houston Rockets can be beat, but the Rockets are

603
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,679
Speaker 3: very annoying and they throw Aman Thompson on Steph Curry primarily,

604
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 3: and they just do a really good job of taking

605
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 3: away all the off ball movement that the Warriors are

606
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 3: so good at, all the cuts. They are just so

607
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 3: damn good and so damn annoying. Like Jimmy Butler had

608
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 3: a poor game that night against the Rockets, just watching

609
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 3: Steph and the only the only game you'll ever see

610
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 3: him hit only one shot, just three points against the Rockets.

611
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 3: They want to stay the heck away from that, so

612
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 3: they got to win.

613
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 2: So you'd rather play the Lakers, which sounds insane to say,

614
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 2: but they're small. Yeah, you know, you can play Draymond

615
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 2: a lot of the five, so you get away with that.

616
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 3: The Rockets are huge, right, and they take advantage of that.

617
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,239
Speaker 3: The Warriors have a problem, that is one of their

618
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 3: problems is Jimmy and Draymond are their four or five.

619
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 3: They don't want to throw a Quinton post out there

620
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 3: to start, So, yeah, I think that's that's a problem.

621
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 2: Yeah. The two most important games tonight are probably that

622
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 2: first Bucks Pistons game, obviously when we're still trying to

623
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 2: figure out the seeding in the East. That one's on

624
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 2: NBA TV at seven, and then that Grizzlies Nuggets game

625
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 2: is huge too, of course for Denver. And and you know,

626
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies got to keep winning. They give themselves any

627
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 2: chance to get out. But that was a big one.

628
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 2: That's on at nine. And then you said it that

629
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 2: one on Sunday. Warriors Clippers. I mean, the Warriors are

630
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 2: twenty two and seven since the trade deadline, so they're

631
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 2: one of the hottest teams in the entire league. And

632
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 2: then the Clippers aren't far behind. They're like twenty and

633
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 2: nine since the deadline, like and you know, the healthy

634
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 2: Kawhi and that squad.

635
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 3: So and they've won their last five game against the Warriors. Weird.

636
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 3: Really Yeah, they haven't bet them this season and it

637
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 3: goes back to the last season. Okay, yeah, strength that's odd.

638
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 2: I didn't know that. So that's that is a huge one.

639
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 2: I mean, it depends a little bit on what happens tonight,

640
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: but if everybody takes care of business, that's a big one.

641
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 3: All right.

642
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 2: My final question here as we get set for the weekend,

643
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 2: is there, and I guess I'm looking ahead to next week,

644
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 2: is there a potential playing tournament game that intrigues you

645
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 2: the most? And you're right, we only know one actual

646
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 2: seeding in the play and that's the magic at seventh.

647
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 2: But we do know the Kings are playing the Madicks.

648
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 2: We just don't know who has home court advantage. Right,

649
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 2: But of all imaginations of this, like do you have

650
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 2: a favorite?

651
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, the Western Conference is the sexiest. There's no

652
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 3: question those are going to be the more fun games.

653
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 3: So when I'm looking at the Eastern Conference, I'm looking

654
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 3: at the Atlanta Hawks getting through because I want to

655
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,719
Speaker 3: be interested in the one eight to two seven matchups

656
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 3: and I think if the Atlanta Hawks get there against

657
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 3: the Boston Celtics, it's gonna be interesting. They match up well.

658
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 3: They eating them twice this year, be the champs twice

659
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 3: to beat the champs twice last year. They took two

660
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 3: games from them the year before in the playoffs before

661
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 3: they were champs. Now, why have the Celtics got better, Well,

662
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 3: that's because they added Kristaps Porzingis. That's going to be

663
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 3: a problem for the Atlanta Hawks. That is going to

664
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 3: be a problem. And they obviously added Drew Holiday and

665
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 3: they went won the title. But the Hawks have been

666
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 3: able to beat them. They match up pretty well with

667
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 3: the five out Boston Celtics. They are Athletic. Now Boston

668
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 3: should tramp them. They should. They should just kick their

669
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 3: asses if they get there, they should take care of

670
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 3: business in that two seven, no doubt. That being said,

671
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,479
Speaker 3: is there anything interesting in the Eastern Conference one eight

672
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 3: or two seven matchups that I'm just looking? I am

673
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 3: just trying to forge something, something to be fun for

674
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 3: the one A two seven.

675
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 2: It's like I think if I was like setting the

676
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 2: line for how many total wins in the two series

677
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 2: from whoever is the seventh and eighth seed coming out

678
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 2: of the East, what even set the lineup like two

679
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 2: and a half. You're probably taking the under for both. Yeah,

680
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: I'm saying both. Yeah, that's what the eight seed is

681
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 2: against Cash, seven seed is against the Celtics. Like you're

682
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: maybe talking yourself into I mean, one game in each

683
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 2: series maybe, but two is like a stretch so to

684
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 2: hit the over three in that scenario, and I don't

685
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: think you're doing that.

686
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 3: You're right. Out of all those teams we're talking Heat,

687
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 3: Magic and the Bulls, but the Hawks are the one

688
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 3: I think that happened.

689
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 2: How do you think the more faith than the Hawks

690
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 2: to make for an exciting series in the Magic?

691
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, I love me some magic, but they

692
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 3: lacked the guard play. And the Hawks again they somehow

693
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 3: they match up to Celtics pretty well. It's true for

694
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 3: what they I forgot.

695
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: They beat them a couple of times. Yeah, and they again,

696
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 2: and then they turned around and lost to the Wizards,

697
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 2: didn't they.

698
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, they lose a lot. Yeah, all those teams

699
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 3: seven through ten in the Eastern Conference, they all lose

700
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 3: a lot. But they also beat them twice in the

701
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 3: playoff last year, which is easy to forget. I mean,

702
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 3: not last year, excuse me two years ago. That the

703
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 3: Hawks were able to lose four to two. That's a

704
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 3: pretty good one to eight series. It's just two wins.

705
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 3: That's good style.

706
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 2: Then you can ask for them all right. Well, let's

707
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 2: hear from you guys in the stream team. What are

708
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: you watching for this final regular season weekend play in

709
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 2: tournament games? You're most excited for it? Let us know

710
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 2: either in the stream team right now or in the

711
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 2: YouTube comments. Let's get to worst of the week, ladies

712
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: and gentlemen.

713
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: The worst of the.

714
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 3: Week three nominees, but we got to start with an

715
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 3: essential one. The Phoenix Suns.

716
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: Worst of the year.

717
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 3: Yes, well, this team, that's got the highest payroll in

718
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 3: the NBA, won't even be playing in the play in tournament.

719
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 3: So obviously they just fell apart and they're only going

720
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 3: to get worse here because they don't have their draft picks. No, no,

721
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 3: they don't have much flexibility at all. And just if

722
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 3: we zoom out here, this team is gonna be totally

723
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 3: different next year. But let's look at this Durant Booker

724
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 3: era here, this is this is now two and a

725
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 3: half season, you know, two plus seasons that we've seen.

726
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 3: First year, they went to the second round. Last year

727
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 3: they got bounced in the first round, swept and here

728
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 3: not even making a playing tournament. Extremely bad that Darren

729
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 3: Durant Booker Beal era even worse. I mean, this is

730
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 3: just Beal's second year with the team. So yeah, they

731
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 3: got to the playoffs once, they did not win a playoff.

732
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 3: That's insane. Yeah, I was definitely wrong about the Brandley

733
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 3: Beal ad. I thought that they would be better. I

734
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 3: thought Bradley Beal would play. I thought there would be

735
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 3: some emotion on that team. But they, Yeah, they've lacked

736
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 3: everything in that locker room has just been totally gone. Uh,

737
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 3: they just don't fight at all and so, yeah, this

738
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 3: is a bad team that's about to be worse. Even

739
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 3: a pick swap trade that happened last year a year

740
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 3: ago is coming through for the team that got Phoenix's

741
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 3: pick here and Rockets in a three team deal are

742
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 3: using their pickswap to get Phoenix's pick this coming draft

743
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 3: pick a draft that's great. So the question here is now,

744
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 3: do you trade Kevin Durant who has been so damn good. Yeah,

745
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 3: he's been ridiculously phenomenally. He's gonna be thirty seven next

746
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 3: year though the numbers are great. You're right with your

747
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 3: quick answer. You're totally right.

748
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to get an incredible package, though,

749
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 2: is the problem.

750
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, So that boats the next question. Do you

751
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,839
Speaker 3: trade Devin Booker here in his prime where you will

752
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 3: get more for him over Kevin Durant is because of

753
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 3: how young he is. That is the great question. Because again,

754
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 3: no draft picks, no cat flexibility. You've got Bradley Beal.

755
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 3: He ain't being traded anymore. He's got a no trade clause.

756
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 3: He ain't going nowhere. He's making too much money. Our

757
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 3: man John Hollinger called it the worst contract in the

758
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 3: NBA as he broke down this Phoenix situation on the

759
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 3: athletic Yeah, that's right, but he's gonna stay there. So

760
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 3: now he feels like he's gonna stand there. So the

761
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 3: question is, yeah, besides Durant, which seems like he's gone.

762
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's basically assumed in league circles that Kevin Durant

763
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 2: is going to be traded for what that's to be seen?

764
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 2: But yeah, you said that Hollinger article, It's really like

765
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: Devin Booker feels like the only real card they have

766
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 2: to like start a rebuild and actually start over. Because

767
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 2: the way he put it really sort of stopped me

768
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 2: in my tracks. Let's say you keep Booker, right, I

769
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 2: think he's turning twenty nine, or be twenty nine, I

770
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,439
Speaker 2: should say on opening day next year, three years left

771
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 2: on his deal. Still a good player, had a bad

772
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 2: year this year when it came to shooting, no doubt.

773
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 2: But what's the alternative when you keep Devin Booker? And,

774
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 2: as Hollinger wrote, you could be doing the Damian Lillard

775
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,919
Speaker 2: Special and winning thirty games with Booker next year while

776
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 2: waiting for him to demand a trade out of a

777
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 2: hopeless situation. Wow, that feels very realistic to me, Like

778
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 2: if you do that similar scenario with Dames, like Booker

779
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 2: loves the Valley Suns, fans love Booker, like nobody wants

780
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 2: to break it up. But like that was all true

781
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 2: with Damian Lillard as well. And you reach a breaking

782
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: point in your career a little bit like what you

783
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 2: look around and go, well, what are we doing? How

784
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 2: are we going to possibly fix this? Help me whatever?

785
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 2: Maybe you then ask for a trade out and then

786
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 2: of course you're probably trade value starts to go down,

787
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: and who knows, you get injured, you start to decline

788
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 2: a little bit, like all that could come into play too.

789
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 2: The point is like his trade value could be at

790
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 2: the highest it's going to be here, so do you

791
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 2: act on that? But yeah, it's not great, Like, look,

792
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 2: you'd be trading Kevin Durant den Booker, but maybe it's

793
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 2: the only way out of this. Holland you was saying,

794
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 2: like you basically trade those guys, maybe both of them,

795
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 2: to the Rockets and get all your picks back, get

796
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 2: some young talent back and pivot like that.

797
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's the worrisome part if you're comparing him

798
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 3: to Damian Lillard, is that you get far less than

799
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:53,360
Speaker 3: what you got for Damian Lillard because he's I mean, sorry, excuse,

800
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 3: Damian Lillard was far less of a package that you

801
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 3: got back for him then you would for Devin Booker.

802
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 3: So you got to do it. You got to do

803
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 3: it now. I mean that's the difference I think with

804
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 3: Dame a few years older than Devin Booker and just

805
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 3: more talent in Portland aside from Dally and Lillard, so

806
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 3: they were able to do something well in Phoenix. They

807
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 3: don't got anything. I mean they really don't. So you know,

808
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 3: the Lillard package wasn't all that impressive, wasn't all that incredible.

809
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,240
Speaker 3: I mean, they got their picks, that's for sure, and

810
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,720
Speaker 3: we'll see what becomes of that. But I think Devin Booker,

811
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 3: if you're going to create anything, if you're gonna grow anything,

812
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 3: you got to get the package back. Because the Lillard package, yeah,

813
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 3: it wasn't wasn't incredible, So you got to do it.

814
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 3: You got to do it now. I think if you're

815
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 3: gonna do it, if you're gonna do it, you don't

816
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 3: wait and see when he demands it. Number one, because

817
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 3: the package is going to lessen then because everybody will

818
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 3: know he wants out, So yeah, I think you got

819
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 3: to do it.

820
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 2: Wow, it's a depressing quick turnaround from a team that

821
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 2: added Budenholzer as their coach and we were like championship aspirations.

822
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 2: Maybe now they don't even make the play and he's

823
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 2: like scrambling to find any starting lineup that could work obviously,

824
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 2: like any injection of defense, which was non existent. And

825
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 2: then yeah, now we're just going to trade two of

826
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 2: our three best players. I mean, this is one way

827
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 2: they could go. And then the one guy we're keeping

828
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 2: is the guy that nobody wants of course, nor does

829
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: he want to go anywhere because he's going to be

830
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 2: getting paid another or what one hundred and ten million

831
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: dollars a sunning deal. It's just brutal. Yes, it's brutal,

832
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 2: But yeah, it seems like to be the only way

833
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 2: to move here, because I think you're just putting yourself

834
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 2: into the hole with if you just ran it back

835
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 2: with Devin Booker, at a certain point you're the thirty

836
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: to thirty five wins, it's gonna like be tiresome and

837
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 2: then you're just gonna get less in return. Unfortunately.

838
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the old sun cost and we got nothing,

839
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 3: so let's move forward and change change he the horizon

840
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 3: for this team because it is extremely bleak. That being

841
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 3: said Matt Ashpia. Their owner just went and paid eight

842
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 3: ton for Kevin Durant and said, we'll pay whatever for

843
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 3: Bradley Beal to try and put this together. Is he

844
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 3: going to just turn one hundred and eighty degrees and

845
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 3: be able to say, you know what, we'll just go

846
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 3: in another direction, or will he just hold on to

847
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 3: Den Booker and just try and build around him again,

848
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 3: no picks, there's nothing to do, not incredible talent around him.

849
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 3: So that's the sun cost thing. Although I will say

850
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 3: a winner in all this is Mike Budenholzer. Yes, it's

851
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 3: extremely bleak in Phoenix, but that guy just signed a

852
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 3: five year, fifty million dollars deal last season. So you know,

853
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 3: if they decide if their only way to go is

854
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 3: let's get rid of this guy. I mean it's as

855
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 3: big a heist as Monty Williams with the Detroit Pistons,

856
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 3: Like he'll be paid another four for forty just to

857
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 3: hang out the Arizona Nata will be happy to just

858
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 3: hang out there. So yeah, it ain't bright, but it's

859
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 3: just a fun way to look at it for them,

860
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 3: something not so fun the Denver Nuggets. So there's our

861
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 3: our second loser of the week. We have to comment.

862
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 3: I know you talked about it yesterday, but just to

863
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,720
Speaker 3: further go into this extremely unique scenario to acts both

864
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 3: your general manager and your head coach this late in

865
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 3: the season on a winning team, obviously with a guy

866
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 3: you can call the best player in the league doing

867
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 3: what he's doing out there. It's such a unique scenario

868
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 3: because the confrontation between Mike Malone as a head coach

869
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 3: and GM Calvin Booth is real. You listen to the

870
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 3: Deandra podcast. Those guys who they know and feel everything

871
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 3: going on in that arena. Yeah, they absolutely can see

872
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,800
Speaker 3: how much they don't like each other and just butt heads.

873
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 2: And it is and this isn't over the last week.

874
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 2: I mean, this is for a long time.

875
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 3: It is y Yeah, it is. And I mean you

876
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 3: can read the quotes. Great job by Tony Jones and

877
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 3: Sam amic writing up. It's very evident if you break

878
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 3: it all down, hear Michael Malone say things like quote,

879
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 3: we're playing a lot of guys that have no idea

880
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 3: what big games are about. I mean, that's just a

881
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:11,359
Speaker 3: call out of Calvin Booth. And he praised Russ over

882
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 3: and over and he wanted to play him. And you

883
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 3: saw how David Adlman, their new head coach, was different.

884
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 3: In his first game. He went young when Westbrook was

885
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 3: not working out a couple times in their game there

886
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 3: against Portland, or excuse me, that wasn't against Portland, but

887
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 3: they how David Adelman said, all right, we got to

888
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 3: sit you down, John Picket. You're out there twice and

889
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,919
Speaker 3: it worked out for him, but Malone lost the locker room.

890
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 3: There's no doubt about that. I mean, he said it.

891
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 3: After the loss versus Portland. He said, quote, they're not

892
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 3: going to go back and watch their minutes, referring to

893
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 3: his players, because nobody watches their minutes, nobody watches film.

894
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 3: I mean, he kind of knew. I assume that the

895
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 3: writing was on the wall to some degree here and

896
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 3: we're watching Jokic and him having his best run and

897
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 3: he was asked, you know where you consult about this thing,

898
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 3: and he said, quote, if you go to the piece

899
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 3: on the athletic He said he found out about the

900
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 3: moves a little bit before everybody, but declined to further

901
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 3: elaborate on what team president Josh Cranky told him about

902
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 3: it during their meeting. He said, quote, Josh told me,

903
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 3: we made a decision. So it was not a discussion.

904
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 3: It was a decision, as the Jokich said. So they've

905
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 3: gone to David Adoman and the Calvin Booth scenario. Here,

906
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 3: the crunky's decided your contract is coming up, and he's

907
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 3: an incredible scout. According to our guys at the DMVR podcast.

908
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 3: People around the league say Calvin Booth is an incredible scout,

909
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 3: one of the best scouts. However, running a front office

910
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 3: may be a little bit different. So they've decided to

911
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 3: part in two different directions. Your guy run in the

912
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 3: front office and your head coach. And so David Adaman

913
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 3: definitely different, different and not just banking on Jokic playing

914
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 3: forty minutes in that in his own game as a coach.

915
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:04,360
Speaker 3: He said, well, he didn't say this. He basically showed

916
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 3: that Jokic sat more at the beginning of the second

917
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 3: quarter and they went to other guys. This overall usage

918
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 3: went down when he was on the floor, so he's

919
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 3: trying other things. It is such an interesting scenario. Oh,

920
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 3: it is because Jamal Murray should be back. So like,

921
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 3: this team is so damn good, but they've fallen apart lately. Yeah,

922
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 3: they lost four in a row. The locker room was

923
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 3: not there for Michael Malone.

924
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 2: The two crazy parts about the decision to fire the

925
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 2: GM and the coach with like a week to go

926
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,800
Speaker 2: in the regular season were one. Of course, the timing.

927
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 2: We just don't see it all that often, even though

928
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 2: Grizzlies just did it as well. But two to me

929
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 2: is okay, these two guys are butting heads, the front

930
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 2: office and the coach. Who should you play? Oh, you

931
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 2: don't have the right guys, get me better?

932
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 3: Guy?

933
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 2: All this right to then fire both of them, because

934
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 2: usually you would be like, you know, ownership would be like,

935
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 2: all right, I'm siding with said GM, or I'm siding

936
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 2: with our winningest coach in NBA hit or in our

937
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 2: franchise history, and you pick one side of the other.

938
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 2: But for them to be like, no, I could both

939
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 2: get out of here. Yeah, it's like just that's weird

940
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 2: to me, and it just sort of starting fresh here

941
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 2: at of course, the weird timing of it also, we'll

942
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 2: see if they have He kept saying, oh, if you

943
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 2: saw that interview with Josh Conky like saying like there's

944
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 2: still uh, they're still juice to be squeezed. So he

945
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 2: kept saying he said, like three or four times, you know,

946
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 2: like salvage this season with the shake up here, getting

947
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 2: David Aloman in there. Yeah, I don't have a lot

948
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 2: of confidence in that, but you know, well.

949
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, they they are a good team. I I think

950
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 3: that they could find a ways to win some games.

951
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 3: As they beat the Kings in their first game with

952
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 3: David Adaman out there, Yoki said, quote, you know there's

953
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 3: something different out there. We definitely feel different. And you

954
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 3: see Y'll get you see Jamal Murray, this is his team.

955
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 3: Ain't all that different. No disrespect to Bruce Brown and

956
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 3: Jeff Green and Davis called well pope, but it ain't

957
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 3: all that different when the team went won the championship.

958
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 3: If Jamal Murray is play, I understand why or you know,

959
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 3: having watched this team for a long time, why they

960
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 3: got rid of Calvin Booths. They don't pay front office

961
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 3: executives all that much. So Kevin Booth's contract coming up

962
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 3: at the end of this year. We've seen it before,

963
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 3: We've seen it with Messaiu Shieri who left. You saw

964
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 3: it with Tim Connolly who left to go to Minnesota.

965
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 3: They don't want to pay all that much, so I

966
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 3: suppose it's because his contract was coming up. Must be

967
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 3: part of it. It's just weird. It's just weird. They

968
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 3: wouldn't hold on to him and say goodbye to Michael

969
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 3: mlonge an o that situation. We can't wait to see

970
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 3: them in the playoffs. Final nominee here for Worst of

971
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 3: the Week is a Spurs fan at a team event,

972
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 3: because it is a strange video that came through from

973
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 3: this guy who goes up to David Robinson, the legendary

974
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:57,720
Speaker 3: David Robinson in an event where it's only photos allowed.

975
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 3: Everybody knows they're only photos allowed, and this fan has

976
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 3: a David Robinson jersey in his hand to get signed

977
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 3: by David Robinson. When Robinson tells him no, no, no, no, no,

978
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 3: no autographs, this guy just drops the jersey in front

979
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 3: of David Robinson on the ground and then walks away

980
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 3: and leaves the jersey there because he wasn't getting it signed.

981
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 3: I suppose somebody tries to hand him the jersey. Yeah,

982
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 3: you drop this jersey, the guy said he didn't say,

983
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,359
Speaker 3: but he just walked away. He just left. I don't

984
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 3: want that jersey because I can't get it signed. That's

985
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 3: a disrespect to a legendary player. That is just strange.

986
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 3: Well what's your It's a weird clip. He drops it

987
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 3: so quickly. Yeah, okay, you keep calling him a Spurs fan.

988
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 3: Em I'm not so sure about that. Yeah, he may

989
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 3: not be.

990
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 2: This guy screams, I'd love to sell this jersey sign

991
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 2: jersey on EBAs.

992
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,720
Speaker 3: Oh it's all about the money. Yeah, so it's about

993
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:48,359
Speaker 3: money for sure.

994
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 2: He just like gives up so quickly is my thing.

995
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 2: It's like, okay, I know I'm not supposed to be

996
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 2: asking for an autograph. He obviously goes up and looks

997
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 2: like David says no and sort of like is wiping

998
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 2: his hands or whatever, and then he's like, okay, just

999
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 2: drops it. Like I don't know, give it a little

1000
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 2: more effort. Come on, mister Robinson, please be great, you know,

1001
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 2: like just get just and now he's wasting money. Where

1002
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 2: do you get the jersey from?

1003
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. It is looks to be a

1004
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 3: David Robinson jersey because there's a five on it. I

1005
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 3: think there's an r that you see because you can

1006
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 3: only see the half, only one part of the numbers.

1007
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 3: But it's just to me, Yeah, he ain't getting his money,

1008
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,479
Speaker 3: so he just leaves it there. Yeah, and I guess

1009
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 3: you can say you can take that jersey and sell

1010
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 3: it for five dollars.

1011
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,480
Speaker 2: Filming that too, I don't know, like why was that

1012
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,320
Speaker 2: being filmed just randomly, Like here's David Robinson standing in

1013
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 2: front of some cars and this is cool.

1014
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,959
Speaker 3: And then I don't know it's.

1015
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 2: Related to the guy, like the guy that's dropping the jersey, like,

1016
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 2: hey watch this, he's not gonna sign.

1017
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: I don't think so behind the barrier, right, Yeah, I'm

1018
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: just trying to make sense of it all.

1019
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 2: It's very weird.

1020
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: Who the the camera person is behind the You don't.

1021
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:56,279
Speaker 2: Think the camera person is linked with the guy in

1022
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 2: the gray hoodie wo drops the jersey at all?

1023
00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 3: I don't think so.

1024
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 2: You think it's odd it's just random timing someone with.

1025
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, it could just it could literally

1026
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 3: be an employee of the Spurs.

1027
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 2: I guess.

1028
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 3: It's extremely extremely strange. It is one of those situations

1029
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:19,920
Speaker 3: like we saw earlier, uh this year with web Yama,

1030
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 3: where the the dad got the autograph and then wanted

1031
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,240
Speaker 3: to sell that thing. This feels like a similar scenario

1032
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 3: where it's it's a classic fan now just wanted to

1033
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 3: make money.

1034
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,799
Speaker 2: Did it? The dad with the web Yama, the Little

1035
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,759
Speaker 2: Funny Kid jersey and all that photo. He sold the

1036
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:41,319
Speaker 2: jersey and didn't he get he wanted more money, did

1037
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 2: he not?

1038
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 3: And he wanted to pull it down. Yeah, it was.

1039
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,879
Speaker 3: It was agreed to. The thing was sold, but the money,

1040
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 3: I guess I want it back.

1041
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 2: I thought that would go for a lot more.

1042
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, those fans definitely deserve it of Worse of the Week.

1043
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,879
Speaker 3: Thank you to Matthew C. Vaughan for the heads up

1044
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 3: and uh reriddit's plug and play his usual plug and play. Yeah,

1045
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 3: and mister buck Buck for sharing it as well. There's

1046
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 3: so many people. Yeah, there's all those three, just three

1047
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 3: mc von plug and play, mister buck Buck for that

1048
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 3: man trying to make a buck buck.

1049
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that was mister buck probably.

1050
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 3: Though.

1051
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 2: I'll give myself a quick worst of the week just

1052
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 2: for some snubs from my snubs when I did my

1053
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,240
Speaker 2: ten all NBA teams did that yesterday, pretty good response.

1054
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 2: People seem to get a kick out of it, but

1055
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 2: some good names I just want to share that I

1056
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:42,240
Speaker 2: did not have on one of my ten All NBA teams,

1057
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 2: which you can go back and listen or watch on

1058
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 2: Thursday show, Isaiah Hartenstein. You know, probably overlooked him brook Lopez, Like, yeah,

1059
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 2: but he's got enough for what I was looking for.

1060
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 2: I wanted fifty plus chet Holman does not, by the way,

1061
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 2: so that's why he was not included. But Heart and

1062
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 2: brook Lopez, you know, I think they could have been

1063
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 2: at least snubs. I should have named them, should have

1064
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 2: said what about this guy? And then uh, Denny avdya disrespect.

1065
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 2: I definitely was like sort of making fun of the

1066
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 2: Blazer's roster. Nobody was in the mix. I probably overlooked Afdia,

1067
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 2: but I mean that's a bit of a second half,

1068
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,320
Speaker 2: like really, turn on, he's been awesome. And then loud Dort.

1069
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 2: That one's tough. You know. I guess you can maybe

1070
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,919
Speaker 2: make a case for Caruso, but lou Dort is damn good.

1071
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 2: I was considering defense is a pretty important part of basketball,

1072
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 2: and he's an elite perimeter defender that's gonna get a

1073
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,439
Speaker 2: Defensive Player of the Years vote. So yeah, loud Dort

1074
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:38,839
Speaker 2: should have probably been there.

1075
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:39,359
Speaker 3: Mm hmm.

1076
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 2: So my apologies.

1077
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 3: Who does he replace? Though?

1078
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,239
Speaker 2: That's always the als he replaced tasks? I can't do.

1079
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 3: That, jees. Yeah, because loud Dort is deserved. There's no

1080
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:50,760
Speaker 3: doubt he's freaking loud Dort.

1081
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 2: It's like, okay, you get into this, is Lou Dort

1082
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 2: more deserving of an eighth, ninth or tenth all NBA

1083
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 2: selection over Jamal Murray, over Devin Booker, over Tyrese Maxey

1084
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 2: who just hit over fifty games, over you know, like

1085
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 2: going on and on and on, like Tree Young, No,

1086
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 2: Like I don't think so.

1087
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:12,759
Speaker 3: R J.

1088
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 2: Barrett I had as a forward. Yeah, I mean I

1089
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 2: considered Dort more of a Yeah, he plays small forwarding cards. Yeah,

1090
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 2: you can put him and slot him in either, Okay,

1091
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:23,400
Speaker 2: lou Dort or Derek White, who's had a better season.

1092
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 2: That's tough, that's not easy.

1093
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would put White out there. That's hard. Yeah,

1094
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 3: you're right, I mean lou do Josh Hart.

1095
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,799
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. Yeah, now you're taking a look at you,

1096
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 2: you're taking a look at my list that yeah, yeah, yeah,

1097
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 2: it's toughs on there. Yeah, apologies. A lot of people

1098
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,760
Speaker 2: wanted Reeves way higher. Yeah, I think people wanted Reeves

1099
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 2: like on one of the actual teams. No, like top three.

1100
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 2: I'm saying, yeah, yea, yeah, no, no, no, yeah. All right,

1101
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 2: before we go, let's have some rapid fire fun. I

1102
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,320
Speaker 2: got the questions. I'll also answer with you guys, s

1103
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,320
Speaker 2: beeing that there's only three of us here. So first one,

1104
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 2: Lebron James has made history once again, this time in

1105
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 2: the toy Aisle Mattel has announced the release of a

1106
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 2: new Barbie in Lebron's likeness, making him the first professional

1107
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 2: male athlete to be honored as a Ken Doll uh

1108
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:20,680
Speaker 2: to reflect Bron's height. By the way, the doll is

1109
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 2: an inch taller than the standard Ken doll, which I thought,

1110
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:27,359
Speaker 2: I think that's a nice little touch. And I saw

1111
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 2: a video of them handing this to Lebron. He was like, whoa,

1112
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 2: this is awesome, though he did note that his doll

1113
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,280
Speaker 2: needs to hit the gym and work.

1114
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,399
Speaker 3: On his legs too thin.

1115
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got some skinny legs. So my question off

1116
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:45,840
Speaker 2: of this, what NBA slash Kid's toy collab would you

1117
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 2: like to see next? You can pick any toy and

1118
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:49,160
Speaker 2: any sort of NBA tie in.

1119
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 3: You want to know, this was hard. I had to

1120
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 3: go d At first, I thought that Lebron Doll looked great. Yeah, yeah,

1121
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,759
Speaker 3: that was good. Yeah yeah, I got no problem with

1122
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:02,240
Speaker 3: the pants.

1123
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,319
Speaker 1: But Harbies are skinny. But I'm sorry, like, you.

1124
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 2: Know, yeah, there's.

1125
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 3: Too thin. It's not like we were wearing skinny pants.

1126
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 3: I mean, he's their legs.

1127
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 1: They're slimming pants.

1128
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:17,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, which she's worn before.

1129
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:19,800
Speaker 2: I know he's like that before.

1130
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:23,760
Speaker 3: I feel like, yeah, those are cool pants. I remember

1131
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 3: them back in the starter's days at NBA TV and

1132
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,919
Speaker 3: when we had a photo shoot, I got to wear

1133
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 3: pants like that, which I never wear. They were super

1134
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,400
Speaker 3: tight and the last time I fit in them was

1135
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:39,799
Speaker 3: that day. Anyways, I think they look cool and Richard

1136
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:44,280
Speaker 3: Jefferson saying La Barbie on the broadcast, Oh, it's funny.

1137
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,799
Speaker 2: I'm good with it, La Barbie Ken Yeah yeah, La

1138
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 2: Ken Doll I saw going around.

1139
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 3: Anyways, I found this hard. I went with Tamagotchi. Okay,

1140
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:59,439
Speaker 3: because those things are cool. You train them, you feed them,

1141
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 3: you learn, they learn, uh And as a user, you

1142
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 3: learn how to grow up, be stronger, be better. And

1143
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 3: so if I'm a if I'm making the next brand,

1144
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 3: I'm going with the Tamagachi, which I don't know if

1145
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:17,239
Speaker 3: they still exist, but I would use them.

1146
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 2: So an NBA spin though, Yeah.

1147
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 3: Anybody you're training it, like Lebron to be a better player,

1148
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:25,319
Speaker 3: I guess.

1149
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:27,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the players within the thing.

1150
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:29,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess if we're doing a collab.

1151
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's like instead of feeding it or stuff,

1152
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,440
Speaker 2: and like you're like getting it in the gym and

1153
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:36,759
Speaker 2: drinking water.

1154
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 3: But you're also feeding it and Lebron.

1155
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 2: Okay, this is what I was looking for.

1156
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 1: Well, I mentioned, I think yesterday the day before about

1157
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 1: Tyler Hero and how he's a big pickleball guy and

1158
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: I'm an ambassador for the game of pickleball and I

1159
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 1: want kids to get into it. So I'd like to

1160
00:54:55,160 --> 00:55:00,880
Speaker 1: see a Tyler Hero pickleball set. Yeah, you know, you know,

1161
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,399
Speaker 1: just you get four paddles, a couple of balls, maybe

1162
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,320
Speaker 1: a net, put it, set it up in the driveway

1163
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:06,520
Speaker 1: and let the kids go crazy.

1164
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 2: Okay, So like just set branded branded with with Tyler Herro.

1165
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:18,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, does pickleball lack coolness?

1166
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:20,320
Speaker 1: How dare you?

1167
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,800
Speaker 3: No? I just wonder what I'm trying to change.

1168
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:25,280
Speaker 1: This is what I want.

1169
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 3: Looking at Tyler Hero. That's what you're selling, right, exactly right?

1170
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, who's cooler than Tyler Hero in the NBA?

1171
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 1: Possibly Lebron, But you know.

1172
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 3: Tylerrow is a young guy.

1173
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 1: He says he's better at pickleball than basketball. I found

1174
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: the clip. I thought as it was leaving my mouth yesterday,

1175
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:45,600
Speaker 1: I was like, this can't be right, making this up.

1176
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 1: But I did find the I'm not going to play it.

1177
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,440
Speaker 1: But he definitely says is he joking? I don't know.

1178
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,720
Speaker 1: He seems pretty serious.

1179
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:53,120
Speaker 2: I bet he's not joking.

1180
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

1181
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 2: Like I think a lot of these guys. You've heard

1182
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 2: a lot of these NBA guys say like, oh yeah,

1183
00:55:57,600 --> 00:55:59,279
Speaker 2: I could play in the NFL, or I could do

1184
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 2: this one right. Anthony Edwards thinks he could win like

1185
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 2: every medal at the Olympics. And I believe he believes it.

1186
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 2: I believe that he like, give me two weeks in

1187
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:10,800
Speaker 2: every event. It's like, yeah, they're they're psychotic, these guys. Okay,

1188
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 2: great answers. My answer for this is, I think we

1189
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:18,839
Speaker 2: need a basketball version of bop it or bop it right,

1190
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:21,560
Speaker 2: So we need we need a bop It b ball Okay,

1191
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 2: So the classic game for those that don't know, it's

1192
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:26,239
Speaker 2: like you got to do those like the actions right.

1193
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 2: It tells you to bop it or twist it or

1194
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 2: pull it. And then there's like a ton of other variations,

1195
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,319
Speaker 2: like they go next level now where it's like they

1196
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 2: like use a motion sensor so it's like whip it,

1197
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 2: drink it, hammer it, and it's like a million things.

1198
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 2: So why not like a basketball version where it's bounce it,

1199
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:50,759
Speaker 2: spin it, shoot it, pass it, obviously, dunk it even Yeah,

1200
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 2: I think there's something there. I can't believe this doesn't exist.

1201
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:58,839
Speaker 1: There's a there's pass it in bop it, chess, pass it.

1202
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:02,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, but dribble it would be fun. Or bounce it'd

1203
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 2: be cool if you could do that, Like they can

1204
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,359
Speaker 2: make it almost like a basketball. I don't know how

1205
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 2: you do that anyway, free ideas. Okay, next one, Remember

1206
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,439
Speaker 2: how Adam Silver told Jamarant not to do the gun

1207
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 2: celebration and then he did the gun celebration and then

1208
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 2: the league hit him with a seventy five thousand dollars. Fine, well,

1209
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 2: Ja Morant has a few new celebrations, which includes and

1210
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,720
Speaker 2: we saw it again last night miming throwing a grenade

1211
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 2: into the crowd, and then I think he did do

1212
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 2: a bit of an assault rifle or whatever weapon that was,

1213
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 2: so he's leaning into this. I want to know what's

1214
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:39,400
Speaker 2: another weapon related celebration on the horizon that we could see,

1215
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 2: either from Jamaran or some player.

1216
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 3: Well, I'm okay with finger guns, yeah, because the Ja

1217
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:49,480
Speaker 3: Morant usage then, like you just called it a rifle.

1218
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:53,440
Speaker 3: I mean it looks it looks way too authentic. It

1219
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 3: looks it looks like a real gun. Okay, but finger

1220
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:57,320
Speaker 3: guns you can't get rid of that. I think they're

1221
00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:02,080
Speaker 3: just fun. They're fun to do, and they're underutilized in

1222
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 3: terms of.

1223
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 1: Ye cowboy style.

1224
00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 2: But that got banned. I swear right. Isn't Joe Kim

1225
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,360
Speaker 2: Noah doing that back in the day And people are

1226
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 2: starting to get in trouble for finger guns even.

1227
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, well yeah, I didn't realize. Yeah, you put in

1228
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,320
Speaker 3: the whole stir it's very different. That makes it feel

1229
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:26,600
Speaker 3: like a gun. You know, you're throwing it somewhere, but

1230
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:29,720
Speaker 3: just a pew pw. It seems fun, it seems more fun,

1231
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:31,960
Speaker 3: but it's yeah, it is way more fun to put

1232
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 3: it in a hole that's definitely more fun.

1233
00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 2: And what do you have j D.

1234
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:44,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm going back back in time to make either

1235
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 1: the worst or the best weapon you would find in

1236
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:52,240
Speaker 1: the coliseum. You know, the net and triedent. Okay, so

1237
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 1: it's two it's like, throw the net, stab the guy right,

1238
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: that part I like, just I like.

1239
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:02,880
Speaker 2: I had it in my notes as well. I almost

1240
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 2: went with it.

1241
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: But the net with it, that's the nets. It's very

1242
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,800
Speaker 1: you know, poseidon right, catch the fish and stamb it.

1243
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, very satisfying.

1244
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 2: Okay, so you see me hitting a three, then I

1245
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 2: throw it in and then I go like that boom. Yeah,

1246
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:23,880
Speaker 2: all right, it's no better than a lot of these exactly.

1247
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:27,760
Speaker 2: I love it. My answer for this was I don't

1248
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:29,919
Speaker 2: think he does it anymore, or at least I haven't

1249
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 2: seen it in a long time. But I want to

1250
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 2: bring back the bow and arrow celebration Jamal Murray's blue

1251
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 2: arrow right taking the quiver out. Wesley Matthews used to do.

1252
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:40,200
Speaker 3: That as well. I feel like somebody else does.

1253
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:42,120
Speaker 2: I love it, but I thought we don't see it

1254
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:42,960
Speaker 2: as much anymore.

1255
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't.

1256
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:45,600
Speaker 2: At least Jamal Murray, it hasn't pulled it out in

1257
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:47,920
Speaker 2: a while. Maybe we'll see it in the play or postseason.

1258
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,040
Speaker 2: But I love us. I just think it looks cool,

1259
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 2: a little leg a loss style.

1260
00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:58,160
Speaker 3: Two pieces are good. The trident with the net. Yeah,

1261
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 3: the bow and arrow, it's nice. Two parts. Like, there's

1262
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 3: some cool ones out there, like I do, like Pascal

1263
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 3: siaking with this sort of horizontal jazz hands, you know,

1264
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,840
Speaker 3: he just kind of shakes them. But and even mine

1265
01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:13,480
Speaker 3: with the finger guns, it's not enough.

1266
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 2: What about Zion Williamson should do like a zoro z.

1267
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:19,680
Speaker 3: Sword?

1268
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:22,400
Speaker 2: Yeah like that.

1269
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 3: I was talking swords with Danielle today. Maybe maybe swords

1270
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 3: or like fencing.

1271
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 2: Oh, fencing two guys, two teammates.

1272
01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:34,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's two.

1273
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:38,240
Speaker 1: Here's the problem. This is the Fortnite, this is call

1274
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:41,280
Speaker 1: of duty. All these basketball players playing these games. Like

1275
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 1: my kid knows way too much about guns, you know,

1276
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: just from these Yeah. Yeah, so they're into they're into it.

1277
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: It's not just it's not like real life. It's like,

1278
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 1: you know, playing these video games. So we need like

1279
01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 1: a Zelda or something to get hot again. And then

1280
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:56,640
Speaker 1: all these bow and arrow and stuff.

1281
01:00:57,840 --> 01:00:59,480
Speaker 2: Like red dead, Red Dead.

1282
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:00,720
Speaker 1: Redemph that's guns too.

1283
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:06,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, what happened the news yeah, horse horse is fun.

1284
01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:07,240
Speaker 2: Do a horse celebration.

1285
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:13,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like reminded me of Vince Carter, like motorcycle. Yeah. Stuff.

1286
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:16,800
Speaker 3: What happened to the news Elda? Quick question? I don't know.

1287
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,400
Speaker 1: Fairly, I'm out of the game task. I have to

1288
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 1: admit I thought.

1289
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,080
Speaker 3: It was going to be good. Oh the new one?

1290
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 3: Have you played it? No, I'm too lazy. I see

1291
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 3: it and I'm like, yeah, I used to like it

1292
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 3: and bring it back, but hasn't happened.

1293
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 2: Final one big story this week Luca fighting back tears

1294
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:39,840
Speaker 2: during that touching tribute from the Mass ahead of his

1295
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 2: first game back in Dallas. So I just want to

1296
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:45,560
Speaker 2: know what makes you emotional or what makes you cry?

1297
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 2: This could be anything. Could be a song, could be

1298
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,520
Speaker 2: a movie, could be a show, could be a memory.

1299
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:50,760
Speaker 2: What do you got?

1300
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 3: You know what? I got emotional when I saw the

1301
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 3: top five phrases that TV broadcasters shouldn't say while covering

1302
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:02,520
Speaker 3: the Masters. I cried out of sadness when I when

1303
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 3: I read this, what I know it sounds crazy because

1304
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:09,720
Speaker 3: these are the the actual sayings they're not supposed to say.

1305
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 3: I found this. They can't say fan, they must say patron,

1306
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:18,080
Speaker 3: They can't say fan because it kind of tells people

1307
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:21,840
Speaker 3: they may be a fanatic, and they don't want their

1308
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:24,280
Speaker 3: broadcasters saying that. They can't say rough, they must say

1309
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:25,320
Speaker 3: second cut.

1310
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:28,000
Speaker 1: Really yeah, interesting.

1311
01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:31,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, they can't say sand trap, they must say bunker.

1312
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,560
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, I mean that's fine.

1313
01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:38,160
Speaker 3: I guess, I guess whatever. Yeah. They can't say driving range.

1314
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,240
Speaker 3: They must say tournament practice facility.

1315
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,760
Speaker 2: Oh that's ridiculous.

1316
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 3: Why because just it ain't prestigious enough, like a driving.

1317
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,680
Speaker 2: That's all of these they're trying to make sound more

1318
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:51,040
Speaker 2: more proper.

1319
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they can't say back nine, they must say

1320
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 3: second nine. I mean it is frowned upon for the

1321
01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,080
Speaker 3: broadcasters to say that.

1322
01:02:59,400 --> 01:02:59,760
Speaker 2: Wow.

1323
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:03,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just that's the way it is. Uh. Dan

1324
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:06,120
Speaker 3: Shanoff on The Athletic broke it down via the Barstool

1325
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:09,800
Speaker 3: Sports interview of a broadcaster who was set who you know.

1326
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,840
Speaker 3: He came out and said, this is what we're encouraging

1327
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,840
Speaker 3: not to say. Yeah, they can be reprimanded if they

1328
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:22,720
Speaker 3: say instead of saying second cut, they say rough. I

1329
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:23,760
Speaker 3: find that one hilarious.

1330
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:28,919
Speaker 2: Imagine grass is right, yeah, yeah, you imagine the controversy

1331
01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:32,400
Speaker 2: of Jim Nance was fired because he said, a shot

1332
01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:35,560
Speaker 2: went into the rough or into the sand pit or whatever.

1333
01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:37,320
Speaker 2: You're not allowed. Yeah, it's insane.

1334
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 1: Smell us at home. It's a sand trap. Goddamn weeping.

1335
01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:45,320
Speaker 2: I forgot that was the question.

1336
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:47,000
Speaker 3: It's a weird answer.

1337
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:50,760
Speaker 2: Emotional. Yeah, I can't wait to do some nice and

1338
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 2: apping this weekend though. Oh yeah, oh nothing like golf

1339
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:56,800
Speaker 2: on the TV. Puts me to sleep. And I'm not

1340
01:03:56,840 --> 01:04:00,280
Speaker 2: a n apper. Well man, you put that on off

1341
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:05,240
Speaker 2: whispering voice. The bird sounds just golf class golf cloud.

1342
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,000
Speaker 2: I'll fall asleep instantaneously. I can't wait.

1343
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:12,440
Speaker 3: The only time he falls asleep is watching golf.

1344
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 2: I mean, not a lot. Not a lot puts me

1345
01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:17,720
Speaker 2: to sleep, so.

1346
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 1: Very soothing that the announcer is talking, yeah, very.

1347
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:24,360
Speaker 3: Quietly as Mr for sure.

1348
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:28,280
Speaker 2: Absolutely all right, Jeddy. What makes you emotional or maybe cry?

1349
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 3: Well?

1350
01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: I don't get emotional very much, but uh I thought

1351
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:35,640
Speaker 1: of one movie that where I made me cry. When

1352
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,960
Speaker 1: I say cry, I mean single tear, you know, wipe

1353
01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:42,400
Speaker 1: it away. It's my left foot every time, every time

1354
01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:46,080
Speaker 1: I watched it. Daniel day Lewis, what the hell is

1355
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:48,480
Speaker 1: the character's name can't remember anyway, He can only use

1356
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,680
Speaker 1: his left foot and he writes in the on the

1357
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 1: floor mother gets me every time. I don't know, because

1358
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 1: they they think he can't communicate, they think he's he's

1359
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:01,080
Speaker 1: not intelligent. The man went on to write books, you know,

1360
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:02,560
Speaker 1: with his foot.

1361
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:03,760
Speaker 2: That an eighties movie?

1362
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:06,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

1363
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:07,200
Speaker 2: Did he win for that?

1364
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:09,200
Speaker 1: I think so, yeah, he must have.

1365
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,160
Speaker 2: I haven't seen that in a very long time since

1366
01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:12,760
Speaker 2: the nineties.

1367
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 1: Have seen it, And when you have kids, you're like, oh.

1368
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:19,280
Speaker 2: Okay, uh well, I'll tell you what gets me recently

1369
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:21,360
Speaker 2: or every season I've watched it, but I just watched

1370
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,600
Speaker 2: the latest season. Have you guys watched Love on the Spectrum?

1371
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,680
Speaker 3: Yes, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

1372
01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:29,080
Speaker 2: I'll take a goddamn bullet for any of these young

1373
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:32,439
Speaker 2: adults on traffic for any Oh my god, I swear

1374
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:35,840
Speaker 2: to god, I would. They are so sweet. You root

1375
01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:39,640
Speaker 2: for them so much, like they're the purest, purest humans

1376
01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:44,280
Speaker 2: in the world. And I love it, especially Connor. Oh

1377
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:46,400
Speaker 2: my god, my guy, Connor. I don't want to spoil

1378
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:50,600
Speaker 2: anything but great season for Connor Tanner, all them, but

1379
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:55,320
Speaker 2: oh my god, it's so good and I just love

1380
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:56,280
Speaker 2: I love that show.

1381
01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:56,720
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1382
01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:59,680
Speaker 2: Same, And obviously the awareness around autism and it's it's

1383
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 2: pretty special show. So love on the spectrum gets me.

1384
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 2: We just watched it, Nora and I the third season

1385
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:09,680
Speaker 2: and there was a few tearing up yep, yep. So

1386
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:11,360
Speaker 2: that's what I was suggest if you haven't seen it.

1387
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:13,920
Speaker 2: It is a beautiful show, feel good show. It is

1388
01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 2: all right, we call it there. That's rapid fire, sort

1389
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 2: of rapid this week not so bad. We sort of

1390
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:21,280
Speaker 2: moved with some pace. If you're a Survivor fan, we

1391
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:26,000
Speaker 2: had a blast yesterday talking to Rome Cooney from Survivor

1392
01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:29,080
Speaker 2: forty seven. He was one of the pre merge stars,

1393
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:32,280
Speaker 2: or at least a very polarizing character. He came on

1394
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:35,000
Speaker 2: to break down the latest episode of Survivor forty eight.

1395
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:38,520
Speaker 2: He was awesome talking about the episode, talking about the season,

1396
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:41,919
Speaker 2: We got into some of the controversy around him from

1397
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:45,400
Speaker 2: his season and a lot of talk about Survivor fifty.

1398
01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:47,960
Speaker 2: So if you're a Survivor fan, really recommend this one.

1399
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:51,800
Speaker 2: Jad Nora myself talking to Rome. We posted that yesterday.

1400
01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 2: It's on No Bus YouTube feed and podcast feed, so

1401
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:56,640
Speaker 2: please check it out if you're a Survivor fan and

1402
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,960
Speaker 2: maybe share it. But that's it for us here today,

1403
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:03,680
Speaker 2: final weekend of the regular season. Baby, next week we

1404
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,080
Speaker 2: start talking about the play in games, we start doing

1405
01:07:06,120 --> 01:07:09,760
Speaker 2: our playoff previews for the series that we know, which

1406
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:13,160
Speaker 2: start next weekend, and then we're off and running for

1407
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:15,680
Speaker 2: the second part of the season, the real second part.

1408
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:18,920
Speaker 3: We'll be watching playing tournament games. There's no doubt that

1409
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:20,160
Speaker 3: we'll be tuning into that.

1410
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:24,440
Speaker 2: Can't wait. That's next season, the next season. That's next week,

1411
01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:27,440
Speaker 2: the start of the second season, So hopefully you'll join us,

1412
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:30,880
Speaker 2: hit the like button, subscribe, podcast listeners, five star ratings

1413
01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:32,840
Speaker 2: and reviews. Our guy Trey will be back out the

1414
01:07:32,840 --> 01:07:34,720
Speaker 2: whole squad here it I think we got to do

1415
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:38,320
Speaker 2: the ash pick and payoff. Oh yeah, next week we're

1416
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:43,160
Speaker 2: gonna have the nut dust payoff as well. Whoever's last

1417
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:46,440
Speaker 2: plays between Task and Tray. I didn't even look at the.

1418
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:47,520
Speaker 3: Standing currently tied.

1419
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 2: Oh bye, oh bye.

1420
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:53,080
Speaker 3: Yes, coming down to the last week, So we had.

1421
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 2: A lot coming up next week. So we'll hopefully you

1422
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:58,280
Speaker 2: guys will join us until that Clipper pros. You heard

1423
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:00,880
Speaker 2: it here first, have a great time, turn up, love

1424
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:02,280
Speaker 2: you guys awesome.

1425
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:04,640
Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us, and remember the second season for

1426
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,280
Speaker 3: the NHL also starts soon. Playoffs starts soon. I don't

1427
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:11,800
Speaker 3: know when, but I just wanted to point out the

1428
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:14,440
Speaker 3: Flames only have an eight percent chance of making the playoffs.

1429
01:08:14,840 --> 01:08:18,360
Speaker 3: Oh what happened to the Flames? I know eight percent chance?

1430
01:08:18,439 --> 01:08:20,120
Speaker 2: I thought there was a chance, like all the Canadian

1431
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:21,800
Speaker 2: teams were going to make the playoffs. Is that still

1432
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:22,599
Speaker 2: in the mix?

1433
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:23,320
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1434
01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:26,360
Speaker 2: At one point it was is still a chance? That's true,

1435
01:08:26,439 --> 01:08:28,719
Speaker 2: that's true. Seek beat Gretzky.

1436
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 3: You did. You did a lot of goals.

1437
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:31,879
Speaker 2: It's incredible.

1438
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:40,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, eighty five and not on some empty netter either.

1439
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:43,599
Speaker 2: It wasn't always has scored more goals on an empty

1440
01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:45,280
Speaker 2: net Yeah, but it's pretty close.

1441
01:08:45,360 --> 01:08:48,120
Speaker 1: But the break, the record breaking, wasn't it.

1442
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:53,200
Speaker 2: No, it was a beauty. It was a classical Vegkin hockey.

1443
01:08:54,240 --> 01:08:56,479
Speaker 2: We're going to start our hockey podcast next week as well,

1444
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:57,880
Speaker 2: so we got busy week, so I'll make sure you

1445
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:01,160
Speaker 2: subscribed that as well. Everybody enjoyed the last weekend of

1446
01:09:01,240 --> 01:09:03,719
Speaker 2: the regular season. We'll see on Monday. Price deput