1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. It is your boy, Jason McIntyre Straight 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: Fire for Wednesday, June nine, and oh boy, oh boy, 4 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: do we have some fun to start the podcast. Listen. 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: First of all, the NBA MVP ballots are in Yokichuan. 6 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: We all know that, but I don't know if you've 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: seen a breakdown of the ballots. We're gonna get to 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: that shortly. We'll get to the Hawks loss to Joel Embiid. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: We will get to Kevin Duran versus Jay Williams. But 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: you know where we have to start the podcast. I 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: keep forgetting to say this. By the way, subscribe, rate 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: and review, blah blah blah. I feel like I haven't 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: said that months. Rob Gi, I'm dropping the ball. It's 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, you're supposed to say that at the start 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: of every podcast, just so people remember. If you go 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: on iTunes and rate it, it helps the podcast in 17 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: some way, shape or form. We're crossing it anyway, but 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: every little bit helps. Okay, So let's start with the 19 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: Jazz coming back to bury the Clippers. In the second half, 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: they went by three. Um Utah was getting blasted in 21 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: the first half, and in the second half they were 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: The Clippers were outscored six to nine and the Jazz 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: steel game one. And I say steel, Now, this is 24 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: I'm trying to thread the needle here. This is the reality. 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: The Utah Jazz were without Mike Conley. They fell behind 26 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: big time, and they did get a little bit lucky 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: that the Clippers were tired. You could see the second 28 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: half fatigue. Okay, there was no doubt about it. The 29 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: Clippers were tired off that Maverick series in the second half. 30 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: It was it was. It was pretty evident that they 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: were gassed. That being said, they still had a great 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: chance at this game, but Tyler and Kohen Leonard screwed 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: it up. There's no way around this, folks. So Tyler 34 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: went with the hot hand. Luke Nnard had a really 35 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: really good game shooting the basketball. Lukennard seven for nine, 36 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: eighteen points. He was on fire in the first half. 37 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: But the problem was ty Lou rode him down the 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: stretch and folks, there was a video circulating where someone 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: basically stitched together the final I don't know, fifteen possessions 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: that the Jazz had for like the final six minutes 41 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: and it was the same damn play every single time 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: down the court. Donovan Mitchell running point. Okay, who is 43 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: Luke Kennard guarding? All right, yo, come up and screen 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: for me. It was mostly Boogdanovitch, occasionally Ingles, but mostly Bogdanovitch. 45 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: He would just come up, set the screen and then 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: it's Luke Kennard against Donovan Mitchell and it was barbecue 47 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: chicken from the perimeter, mid range, at the rim, at 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: the foul line. Donovan Mitchell tied Carl Malone. Carl Malone, 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: who's played seventy five million playoff games for the Jazz, 50 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: he tied him with the most forty point games, where 51 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: Utah Jazz player d Mitch forty five points on thirty shots. 52 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: They were without Mike Conley and they still got the 53 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: win because Mitchell just abused Kennard and you felt bad 54 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: for Canard because he had a good game shooting. You're like, oh, 55 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: the sixty four million dollar man, he's back, he back. 56 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: Kinard got some game and then down the stretch they 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: just went adam relentlessly. And listen, we had Damon Jones, 58 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: friend of Tylo, on the pod last week. If you 59 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: missed it. Listen to a Friday because he is keeping 60 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: up for lou Oh he made all these adjustments. Well, 61 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: if you want to give him credit for adjustments against 62 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: the MAVs, don't you have to crush him for his 63 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: game one substitution pattern Like Nick Patune twenty one minutes, 64 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson seventeen minutes. Now he did foul out. Reggie 65 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: Jackson did foul out trying to stick with Donovan Mitchell. 66 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: But where was the dog, Chris Brussard's favorite dog in 67 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: the NBA, Pat Beverley six minutes? Where was Terrence Man. 68 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: He's more athletic than than Luke Kennard. He could he 69 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: could defend. Rondo got lit up, he had no chance. 70 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: And it was just a weird, awkward final six minutes 71 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: for the Jazz and Rob. I didn't even get to 72 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: the final possession where the Clippers get a rebound off 73 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: of Donovan Mitchell force and they come down and it's 74 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: they have a time out. That's the worst part. There's 75 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: like eight eight seconds left. They come down. Paul George 76 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: is like, oh, I want to take this. I want 77 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: to take this. By the way, Paul George, who's like 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: third on the list of guys to beat up on 79 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: the Clippers for this game four for seventeen. Shooting playoff 80 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: p in full effect four for seventeen. So he can't 81 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: get the shot off at the top of the key. 82 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: He passes to Kauai who has a little bit of 83 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: airspace just announce, and he doesn't take it because I 84 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: think it was Bugdanovitch or Ingles in his grip. I 85 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: think it was Ingles. And then he kind of moved 86 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: to the side and he again, he could get a 87 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: shot off, He's freaking Kawai Leonard and he doesn't, and 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: now there's like three seconds left. So he passes to 89 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: the Morris twin in the corner, who's one of eight 90 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: shooting threes in the game. Had a terrible game, just dreadful. 91 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,679 Speaker 1: He pump fakes Rudy Gobert. Rudy Gobert is the stifle 92 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: tower Oreo. He ain't fallen for that seven ft seventy 93 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,559 Speaker 1: four windspan or whatever you wanna call it. And Rudy 94 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: Gobert swats the second shot and the Clippers don't even 95 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: get a shot off. I'm sorry, actually I'm looking at it, 96 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: looking at the highlight. Now they got the rebound off 97 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: the Mitchell miss with seventeen seconds left, so they had 98 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: plenty of time, and Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are 99 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: jerking around there and Kauai can't get it off over 100 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: ingles and it was just like what a fire drill 101 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: disaster that was? I mean, just an epic meltdown by 102 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: the Clippers. Rob This is my thing. I like consistency. 103 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: I demand consistency from my golf game. Don't have it, 104 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: Tennis games starting to get it. Uh, basketball game definitely 105 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: don't have it, but I would love to have it. 106 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: Uh my kids math tests, my daughter spelling. Uh, consistency matters. 107 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: You're not good until you're consistent at anything. Okay. I 108 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: want the same people today who are gonna light up 109 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: Lebron James for make for passing the ball instead of 110 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: shooting it in the final seconds, or Steph Curry for 111 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: passing the ball instead of shooting in the final five seconds. 112 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: I want these same people. Now I'm not gonna name 113 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: them because they haven't said it yet. They will say it. 114 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: It's coming. I want those same people to keep the 115 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: same energy. They're gonna crush Curry and say, Ohays, don't 116 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: Clutch's passing Lebron you know who they are. I want 117 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: them to be consistent here. Kawai Leonard had space to 118 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: take that shot over angles. I don't know about you, guys, Rob, 119 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: I don't know about you. I would prefer at Kawhi 120 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: Leonard three over Joe Ingles over a Morris twin three 121 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: point attempt over Rudy Gobert any day of the week. 122 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: The Clippers screwed this game up. Yeah, this is one 123 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: of those games where I think, looking back on it, 124 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: that they're gonna really regret because they had this one 125 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: to steal. I mean, I know everyone's gonna focus on 126 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: the end of the game and what happened and Paul 127 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: George just being flat out afraid to look at the 128 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: rim and he could not give it up to Kawhi 129 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: Leonard fast enough. Kawhi ultimately given to the one of 130 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: the more I twins that you like the reference. Um, 131 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: but I think at one point in the first quarter, 132 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: Utah missed twenty straight shots, and I think at that 133 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: time it was still a seven point game. So this 134 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be the game. I think the Clippers are 135 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: gonna look back and say, man, we should have stole 136 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,679 Speaker 1: that one. We we had it there for the taking 137 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: and we dropped the ball. Um, it's funny that you 138 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: wanted to pile on. We talked about it before we 139 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: started recording. You wanted to pile on Tylou and Kawhi 140 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: Leonard and those are the guys you identified. And I said, wait, wait, 141 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: what about Paul George. And it's like he's almost getting 142 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: a pass because of the way that game ended and 143 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: how sloppy it was. But Paul George was a blistering 144 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: four for seventeen and that number was only boosted because 145 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: he made a three pointer. Uh, thinking like the last 146 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: forty five seconds when he had no choice but to 147 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: shoot it, but the time was running out and he 148 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: just had to throw it up and it went in. Um. 149 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: You like to bring up consistency. You just said, like 150 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: I want guys were consistent. Well, Paul George now has 151 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: played the Utah Jazz seven times in the postseason. In 152 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: those seven games, he has shots below thirty percent three times. 153 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: He is he is he has shook it. As the 154 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: kids say nowadays, do they really say that, Yes, they do. 155 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: And I'm flabbergasted as to exactly why that is. The case, 156 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: but it is consistency that is par for the course 157 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: for Paul George that, for whatever reason, something about this 158 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: Utah roster causes him to shrink up. And I think 159 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: it was illustrated perfectly in that last play of the 160 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: game him where he comes down at the top of 161 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: the key and not even looking at the basket. His 162 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: first start get very weird. I will say the Clippers 163 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: were in such control of this game in the first half. 164 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: Like sometimes when I bet on a team and it's 165 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: not going well, and I had the Jazz last night. 166 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: I told you guys on this podcast, I love the 167 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: Jazz clips retired. Um I had to employ the reverse jinks, 168 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: like in the first quarter, Like that's how bad it 169 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: was when they missed twenty straight shots. They didn't make 170 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: a two pointer in the first quarter, only three. And 171 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: by the way, they attempted fifty three pointers. Like listen, 172 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: I get it, it's a numbers game, but Jordan Clarkson 173 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: eighteen shots, fourteen of them were three pointers, like they 174 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: go cold, and you know Bodanovich and Ingles. By the way, 175 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: Ingles one of eight for as as good as Ingles 176 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: was defensively laid against Kauai I just had to say 177 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: that because you know, I know the co I haters 178 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: are gonna come after me. Um. You know, Joe Joe 179 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: Ingles basically just only shoot threes. I will say the 180 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: the other thing about Kawhi Leonard, Yes, he's great and 181 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: rob all we heard was, oh, he's the best two 182 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: way player in the league. He's so good. Well, Luca 183 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: don ate his lunch. Basically all last series anytime. You know, 184 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: Kauai was matched up with HM Luca God what he 185 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: wanted now. I know in the fourth quarter Luca solo 186 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: act kind of wore down. Um. But what's interesting to 187 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: me is Kauai didn't really shut down. Donovan Mitchell and Kauai, 188 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: by the way, had a team high minus twelve when 189 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: he was on the floor. They were minus twelve. They 190 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: lost by three, So we could chuck it up to 191 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: Quai being tired. I know, he didn't even get to 192 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: forty minutes. Um. And they rolled out to Marcus Cousins. 193 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: They you know, got got the mothballs off to Marcus Cousins, 194 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: who actually was was solid in four minutes. I forgot 195 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: he was in the league for a minute. Um, But 196 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: I don't know this And again, I don't want to 197 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: be that guy, and Rob, you need to check me 198 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: if I am being that guy who is like um, 199 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: becoming judge and jury on players after every game. I'm 200 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: not that guy. Obviously, Kauai is a top ten player, 201 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. We get that he's a top 202 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: ten player in the league in the story, but this 203 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: whole like he's the best defensive player in the league. 204 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: He's the best defensive wing in the league. I don't know, man, 205 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: where are you on that? Because again, the numbers don't lie. 206 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: I need to see the ice. So Kauai against Luca, 207 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: Kauai against Mitchell, that obviously tells a story. But from 208 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: the naked eye when you're watching, like Dodovan, Mitchell and 209 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: Luca still ate really well. When Kauai was on him, 210 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: Yeah he had some nice stops, but the offense beats 211 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: defense right now. Yeah, I would agree with that, and 212 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: I think that, Um, part of the reason why you know, 213 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: Kauai can't just shut these guys down is because it's 214 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: just so much high screening role and that's just the 215 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: way the game is. You don't really see anybody get 216 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: the option to really defend a guy one on one anymore. 217 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: I think Kauai has always been a great defender. That's 218 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: not thinking anay from him, but I think his reputation 219 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: really got boosted um in that Toronto series against Milwaukee 220 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: because Janice might have the least creative offensive skill set 221 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: in the NBA, and so it was it was a 222 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: little bit easier for I think Kauai to to lock 223 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: him down because it was a street drive over and 224 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: over and over, and as long as you keep him 225 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: in front of you're gonna slow him down. But Kauai 226 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: hasn't really been that consistent lockdown every possession defender since 227 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: he started scoring. So that might have been what his 228 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: last season in in San Antonio before the leg injury. 229 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: Like he he he hasn't been that guy for a while. 230 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: He kind of picks his spots because he doesn't want 231 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: to waste too much energy on that end. It's weird 232 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: since you brought it up rob that Milwaukee series where Kauai, 233 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: you know, last they won four straight and they were 234 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: the Raptors. Like, in hindsight, stopping Janice in the playoffs 235 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,599 Speaker 1: is not like I know he was the m v 236 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: P that year, but like, what exactly does that mean? 237 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: Now the Miami he totally shut him down. Last year. 238 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: The Brooklyn Nets, who were a bad defensive team for 239 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: most of the season, have done above averages that that's 240 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: safe to say so far. Yeah, so so is it 241 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: really that much of a badge of honor that he 242 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: locked up your honestly a couple of years ago, Like 243 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: Janice hasn't gotten by anybody in the playoffs in the 244 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: last couple of years. So I don't. I know, it's 245 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: probably gonna sound like I'm bashing Kawai and I'm not. Guys, 246 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: Kauai is a really good player. He's awesome. I just 247 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: feel like the narrative around Kauai is a little too 248 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: hot right now. You know, I don't know. I'm probably 249 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: in the minority there. Um rob Any closing thoughts on 250 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: um whether or not that the Jazz can still win 251 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: this series because I don't know about Conley Man. They 252 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: were down, they had five days off and Conley was 253 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: in street clothes, wasn't even like close to Maybe if 254 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: he warms up he can play, like not even at 255 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: that level. Um. And by the way, it's sounding like 256 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: James Harden is not going to play in the series, 257 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: um at all. Against the Bucks. Now that could change 258 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: if Harden's hamstring gets better or the series gets tight, 259 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: But I'm not feeling optimistic about Conley's chances here in 260 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: Game two? Are you not? At all? And And it's 261 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: disappointing because before the playoffs started, I had Utah winning 262 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: this series. I expected this would be the second round matchup, 263 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: but I thought Utah, their depth and their style of 264 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: play was gonna overwhelm the Clippers, who have been in 265 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: consistent pretty much all season. But I told you, I 266 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: think I might say it off the I don't know 267 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: if we had the Mike's rolling, but I said that 268 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: the Conley injury was really big, and it made me 269 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: concerned that the Clippers are gonna win this series because 270 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: I don't I didn't really trust Um the other guys 271 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: outside of Mitchell to be able to organize their team. 272 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: Like you saw Jordan's Clarkson. I know he got a 273 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: lot of people fired up, but I think he made 274 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: six three pointers, but he also took like eighteen shots. 275 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: I think he was like six of eighteen. He's He's 276 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: basically me when I played pick up basketball, except he 277 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: attacks the rim. I don't even attack the him I'm 278 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: just backing shots. You don't. You don't want that kind 279 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: of guy to be your studying force in a place 280 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: in a playoffs, but dude, they need him. Did you 281 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: see their lineup to start the second quarter? Rob They 282 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: had George George Niang, They played the kid from Yale 283 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: me A Oney who wears number eighty one, and like, bro, 284 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: what are your receiver in the NFL um Derrick Favors 285 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: who got four thousand like three minutes. I was like, 286 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: how are they? What on Earth's Quinn Steiner doing? And 287 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: that just shows how desperate they are. Without conly, it's 288 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: like Bogdanovitch Clarkson and what the hell of the Jazz 289 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: doing right now? And they fall behind like by like 290 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: fifteen And I'm just I wasn't quite soiling my pants, 291 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: but I was definitely nervous about the Utah Jazz as well. 292 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: You should be. And that's what I'm saying is, you know, 293 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: Jordan Clarkson is a great microwave kind of guy. But 294 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: there's certain instances, especially in a playoff game, and I 295 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: think you might have saw it early in that game 296 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: in the first half, where you just need someone to 297 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: steady the boat. You know, just slow it down, or 298 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: let's get into a play, let's run some of the 299 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: things that are pet actions that we like to run. 300 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: And Jordan Clarks is just not that guy. He's gonna 301 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: come up shooting and shooting and shooting. I think he 302 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: may have one of the highest usage rates in the 303 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: postseason and he's a bench player. All right, quick note 304 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: before we get to um Hawks sixers. I am I 305 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: am curious. We've seen a lot of Devin Booker and 306 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell had a phenomenal nights. UM Where are you 307 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: on Booker versus Mitchell? By the way, without Mike Conley, 308 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: Mitchell had five assists, his over under his five and 309 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: a half. That's a bootle bet to lose. I he 310 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: didn't pass in the final five minutes. He threw you 311 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: through one pass and it ended up in like the 312 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: third row um when they trapped him out high. But 313 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: I don't I think Booker is a little bit of 314 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: a better creator. And they're like a wash at scoring, 315 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: aren't they. Yeah, I mean you asked me this exact 316 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: question yesterday, and yeah, I'm gonna keep asking. We need 317 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: a resolution like none of this like sitting on the 318 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: fence stuff like I I still lean Mitchell only because, 319 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: like we talked about, know, his teams have been winning 320 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: consistently for the last few years and Booker's teams have not, 321 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: not since until Chris Paul got there. So until further notice, 322 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell has the that race by a hair. You know, 323 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: It's interesting the Jazz and Sons are built so much alike, right, 324 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: elite shooting guard, veteran point guard Conley and Chris Paul 325 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: and then a center who is very capable. Now. The 326 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: only difference is Gobert is like an awesome defensive center, 327 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: an all NBA guy, and DeAndre Ayton's like in his 328 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: third year. Um, that's the only I mean. Otherwise, and 329 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: if you look at how the both teams operate, they're 330 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: very wing heavy, right with Bridges and Crowder, and then 331 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: you've got Ingles and Boogdanovich. I mean, those two teams 332 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: are basically carbon copies of one another. I mean, it's 333 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: wild how smart some teams are building right now in 334 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: the league, you know, and without it's perfect time to 335 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 1: get to the Hawks, who are kind of baby Warriors 336 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: like but not it there. Fox Sports Radio has the 337 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of 338 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within 339 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app search f s R to 340 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: listen live. Al Right, there isn't much to say about 341 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: the Hawks getting stomped out by the Sixers. It was 342 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: the spirit to come back. I thought about some potentially 343 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: incendiary Joel embiad takes. Somebody tweeted at me, is Joel 344 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: and be the best center since Shack? And I had 345 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: to let that marinate. I'm gonna need to let it 346 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: marinate a little bit longer. And Bead was fantastic forty 347 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: and thirteen. He did get a silly technical foul. I 348 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: thought for a sec he was getting ejected. Uh, Sixers 349 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: back in the series. Rob g real quick. Ben Simmons 350 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: thirty five minutes, three shots, four points. I got nothing. 351 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: I got nothing, dude, and I like Simmons, but this 352 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: is like the Shake Bilton embiad show. Yeah. I mean, 353 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: let's just be honest. If you thought that Ben Simmons 354 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: was their number two scoring option, I think we can 355 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: all agree that is not the case. You know, unless 356 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: you build a team around him. I don't know where 357 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: he fits with this offense with n be calling in 358 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: the pain. He just doesn't win. Yeah, well we'll see 359 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: what happens. Gonzo was right. Uh, Tobias Harris showed out 360 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: and uh, Sixers prevail. I still like the Hawks in 361 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: this series. Um, there was a one point in this 362 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: game where the Hawks bench had outscored the Sixers bench 363 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: thirty two to zero. I think that was at halftime 364 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: Gallinari and Herder the red rifle, the real red rifle, 365 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: not Andy dalton Um. And then of course Shake Milton erupts. 366 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: You know, just an unbelievable streak there in the second half. 367 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: But I don't even think that's the second biggest story 368 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: after the paper clips. Okay, the biggest, second biggest story, 369 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: The second biggest story in sports is the NBA m 370 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: v P vote. And I know a lot of people 371 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: are just like m v P, who cares? But this 372 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: is fascinating. Guys, are you ready for this? So yo 373 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: Ki's one, running away nine and seventy one points won 374 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: by almost four hundred over Joel and Beat. I thought, 375 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: for a second, remember two weeks ago, like, is your 376 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: kid is gonna be unanimous? And it wasn't even he 377 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: wasn't even close to unanimous. He did get first place 378 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: votes by a mile the most. But guess who got 379 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: the second most first place votes in the m v 380 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: P Award. My main man, Steph Curry five first place votes. 381 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: Now he only finished third and beat was second by 382 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: about a hundred votes, thirty votes over Curry. Curry had 383 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: more first place votes. But oddly enough, Um there was 384 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: a lot of love, a lot of love for Joel 385 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: and bead Uh he ran away with second place votes, 386 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: and um Janice also he finished fourth. Chris Paul finished fifth. 387 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 1: I just need to point this out. I saw that 388 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: Derrick Rose, Yes, that Derrick Ross got a first place vote. 389 00:20:58,119 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: He did not get a second. He did not get 390 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: a herd, he did not get a fourth, he did 391 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: not get a fifth. He got a first place vote. 392 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: Now Rob instantly let me know that it was the 393 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: fan vote. But Rob, how does like? How? Why? How 394 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: I please help me? Well, look, let me just say 395 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: this is something that's been a talking point, especially with 396 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: the guys I work with, you know, Crispy Star, Rob 397 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: Parker seven at TAMPM eastern weeknights, Fox Sports Radio, Shameless Plug. 398 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: They've been on this for years since I've known them. 399 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: It's like, stop giving fans and players the right to 400 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: vote for things because there is no objectivity whatsoever. It's 401 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna vote for my favorite guy, or I'm gonna 402 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: vote for my friend, or whoever has the biggest media 403 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: market and has the biggest fan base is gonna get 404 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: all the votes. Shout out yell Ming being the All 405 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: Star Game leading vote getter for like seven straight years 406 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: strictly because of the votes in China, and Derrick Rose 407 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: getting the first place vote for the fan vote is 408 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: embarrassed thing. I know that people have an issue with 409 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: the media and they say, hey, you guys play favorites. 410 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: You're you're slanted George Lebron and the West coast East 411 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: coast bias. But if you look at that list, Nicola 412 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: Yokitch getting ninety one first place votes telling me there's 413 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: not much bias, you know. Uh. Julius Randall got some votes. 414 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert got some votes. Jason McIntyre's favorite player in 415 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: the NBA, Russell Westbrook got some votes. Hold on, I 416 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: need to stop you. Rudy Gobert. Somebody thought he was 417 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: the He got a fourth place m v P vote. 418 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: On what planet? Was he the fourth best player in 419 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: the league this year? He wasn't. But I mean, I 420 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: don't even think anybody think he's he was the best 421 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: player on his team. How did he get a fourth 422 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: place vote? And then crazy enough, he got five fifth 423 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: place votes. That's insanity. That's one of those things where 424 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: because they had the best record in the NBA wired 425 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: a wire, he was their most consistent player. I don't 426 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: if he's their best player, most consistent. I think, I 427 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: know Mitchell. I forgot Mitchell miss like sixteen the final 428 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: six team games or whatever due to injury. But that's 429 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: just idiotic, Like this should have been a slam dunk. 430 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: The only real guys on the ballot if you paid 431 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: attention to the league this year, Yokich and Bead Curry 432 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: for sure. Locks. I have some quabbles, quibbles with joannice Um. 433 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: You know, obviously it's being impacted by his once again 434 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: embarrassing playoff run against a good team. Chris Paul and 435 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: I would say, luka, donte Damian Lillard I could get, 436 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,959 Speaker 1: but I mean this this Chris Paul stuff, you know 437 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: he did. He only got two first place votes. And 438 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: I did look this up because I was thinking of 439 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: being creative, rob I nearly put this out there. Steph 440 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: Curry had more first place votes five this year than 441 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: Chris Paul's had in his career. But it is not true. 442 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: I looked this up. I had to look this up. 443 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: You know, all these guys point God Chris Paul, like stop, okay, Um, 444 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: Chris Paul. There was one year I guess when he 445 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: was with New Orleans where he had like twenty first 446 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: place votes. So I had to scrap the idea. It 447 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: would have been funny, just another um. You know, I 448 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: like to pump up Curry. Funny. Curry's my guy. I 449 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: gotta pump it up, you know. Go to my Instagram 450 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: and see me, uh yucking it up with Curry at 451 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: my at my gym. By the way, he looks really 452 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: tall and I don't look that tall in the photo. Um, 453 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: he's just a wiry, tall, stringy fellow. Um, super friendly 454 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: you know. Again to tell the story for the nine 455 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: and seventy four time, when I started a podcast way 456 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: back at the Big Lead, maybe a decade ago. Uh, 457 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: he was the first guest I had. He was not 458 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: a superstar. He was he didn't even get that contract 459 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: like he had. You know, they didn't want to give 460 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: him the big big rookie extension because he had been 461 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: hurt a couple of times, so they gave him like 462 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: a bargain basement deal. And by that, I mean, you know, 463 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: he didn't get ninety million. He got like seventy eight 464 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: or whatever the number was. He got a lot of money, 465 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: but it wasn't like huge money. And then he became 466 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: like one of the best discounts in the league when 467 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: he wins two MVP Awards on a non max deal. Um, YadA, YadA, YadA. 468 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm always gonna stump for Curry, guys, Like, I'm sorry, Rob, 469 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 1: but you have your guys all your hashtag future Lakers. 470 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm in the tank for Curry, like a lot of 471 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: guys out here, I know in l A like Kobe, 472 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: I get that, you know. Um, a lot of people 473 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: love Lebron. I'm a love Lebron fan. I love Kevin Durant. 474 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: You know, maybe we could try to get him on 475 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: the pod. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk 476 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,360 Speaker 1: lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at 477 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: Fox sports Radio dot com and within the I Heart 478 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: Radio app. Search f s R to listen live. Let's 479 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: segue to Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant went after Jay Williams 480 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: UM and can I quick quick backstory on J Williams. 481 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: So I you know, I when I had the blog 482 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: way back, people would reach out to me and be like, YO, 483 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: good stuff, keep up the good work. I had my email. 484 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,479 Speaker 1: This is mostly before social media was huge, and I 485 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: got to be friendly with Jay Williams and we would text, 486 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: and you know, I was like, oh man, this look 487 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: that's crazy, Like one of the best college basketball players 488 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: of of what was it the nineties, the early two thousand, 489 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: whatever it was. We're We're like texting and I did 490 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: an interview with him, and you know, we were friendly, 491 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: and you know, again this is ten years ago plus. 492 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: You know, Jay Williams was talking to Fox before I 493 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: got to five f S one, and you know, he 494 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: was like, what are you hearing out there? And you know, 495 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: we we were friendly and then, like I don't know 496 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: where it pivoted, but he went from being like a 497 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: college hoops guy to an NBA guy and his profile rose. 498 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: Remember he was on like that college basketball version of 499 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: Game Day and then he started to do more NBA 500 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: and that's when his profile kind of popped. And you know, 501 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: I always thought J Williams was a nice guy. Um, 502 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: he had some some decent takes. Uh, and then all 503 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden he's gone a little rogue here with 504 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: get up. And he said something on the Morning Show 505 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: on Tuesday that Kevin Durant went up to him at 506 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: a party and was like, don't ever mention me in 507 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: the same center, says Johannice. Did I get that correct? Rob? 508 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: Is that exactly what he said? Don't you ever compare 509 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 1: me to Janice again? Quote? Okay, so j Williams says that, 510 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 1: And my big question is Kevin Durant, by the way, 511 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: it swears he didn't say that, and Jay Williams is 512 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: making it up. I gotta call it twenty two t 513 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: o Rob g. Did did Kevin Durant not have Jay 514 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: Williams on his show The Boardroom? Yes? So what do 515 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: we do? Wait? So Jay Williams is on his TV show. 516 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: He's got an outright lie. Look, I'm don't sounded like 517 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: this doesn't make sense. If I were a betting man, 518 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 1: which I'm not, that I leave up to you, I 519 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: would bet that Kevin Durant did say something. I would agree. 520 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: But let me just say this is where I'm team 521 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: Durant in this situation is you and I know a 522 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: lot of people, athletes, coaches, executives, agents, media personalities. We 523 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: all talk, you know, not always on the air, not 524 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: always on the record. As they say, we we know 525 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: a lot more than we can ever say. And it's 526 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: just because it's just casual conversation. We don't mean for 527 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: these things to come out, and it's just we'll talk. 528 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: And that conversation, to me, the way that Jay Williams 529 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: shared it felt like something Hey, they were just kind 530 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: of talking. They were having some drinks at a Christmas 531 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: party or whatever it was, and he says, don't go paramoy, Honice. 532 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: That does not mean is it is okay for you 533 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: to go on national television and say that. Like there's 534 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: a certain level of decorum that you have to have 535 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 1: in this business. And I mean, I don't know if 536 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: j will is gonna get invited back on the show 537 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: or maybe Duran's just doing this too, you know with 538 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: his heel turn um and he's starting to go with people. 539 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: He went at the media after game one, and then 540 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: Jared Greenberg of NBA TV asked up a question after 541 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: game two and he's like, you know, went after him 542 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: a little bit and basically Kevin Durant is just like 543 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: he wants all the smoke. Have you noticed that he 544 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: has heard the lucas the best player in the NBA, 545 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: Kau why is the best player in the NBA? Um 546 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: James Harden is the most important? That it almost his 547 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: attitude now is like I need some of that shine 548 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: back because I'm back and you guys know this, and 549 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: I've talked about it a little bit because I'm not 550 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: trying to get on the bad side of Kevin Durant, 551 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: not that it matters, but again, I went on Cowherd 552 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: show I think it was, and I said, you know, 553 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: Durant has taken the torch from Lebron. It's the best 554 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: player in the NBA. And I got lit up like 555 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: a Christmas tree. People coming after me left and right, whatever, 556 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: I don't care. Well. I look on my Instagram d 557 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: MS one day because I had tagged Durant in the 558 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: post when I when I put it up there and 559 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: Durant said something and I was like whoa. And I 560 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: was literally like, you know, it's one of those moments 561 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: like wait what and my heart starts beating fast, like wait, 562 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: this is probably a Burner account and then I think 563 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: I went to the wife and the kids and I 564 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,239 Speaker 1: was like, whoa, guys, we can't talk about this. This 565 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: is but Durant hit me up on the Graham, you know, 566 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: and I was I felt like cool, but like, wait, 567 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,239 Speaker 1: is this really happening. It was just very strange. This 568 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: was at the height of Durant's powers, two time NBA 569 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: m v P sliding into my d m S like 570 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: it was weird, and you know, we started to have 571 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: this dialogue four I don't know, six months, and I decided, 572 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: after the whole j Williams thing to go back and 573 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: look at the d m s. Thank you Instagram for 574 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: not the leading stuff from three years ago. By the way. 575 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: Funny side note, as I'm scrolling through the d m S, 576 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: I do notice that I've tagged Durrant maybe thirty times 577 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: since in the last year. I mean like on highlights, 578 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: you know, like he had a highlight crossover of Jannae. 579 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: I would tag him like that kind of stuff. No 580 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: responses um in like two and a half three years 581 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: at any rate, um And some of the stuff he 582 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 1: was saying, you know, he was not even back then, 583 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: not afraid to just talk smack about other people, and 584 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm not going to bring it up here. I did 585 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: send Rob g a screen grab just so he would know. 586 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: And again, I'm not gonna say this stuff. I'm not 587 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: because obviously the guy he blasted as a friend of 588 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: mine who who I like, And I'm not gonna rip 589 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: him um the way duranted, but like you know, and 590 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: I did say the one thing that Durant did tell me. 591 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: This was before the whole New York thing, and I 592 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,479 Speaker 1: was a Knicks fan and I was like letting him like, oh, 593 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: I mean Nick fan, but man, the owner is just 594 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: such a buffoon. And he basically said, at my level, 595 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: you don't even care who the owner is. It's just like, okay, 596 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: so maybe the Knicks are in play. Rick Bucker was 597 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: pushing the Knicks at the time. Obviously he ended up 598 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,959 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn. I'm just saying, these guys like Durant, at 599 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: this level, they don't really care. I don't want to 600 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: say he's bulletproof, but at this point, Rob like, short 601 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: of getting in some political religious discussion, what are the 602 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: three rails you're not supposed to talk about on a 603 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: first date. It's religion, politics, and I think X is right. 604 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: That sounds about right to me. So okay, So I 605 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: think if Durant, outside of touching two of those topics, um, 606 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: he could say whatever he wants and nobody can say 607 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: anything really right now. I mean he could say, I mean, 608 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: I don't think he would say this, but he could 609 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: say Lebron is washed. Yeah, you could say porzingis is 610 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: a joke, Like he can do whatever he wants right now. 611 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: He is. I mean, Kevin Durant is going scorched earth 612 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: right now, to the point where I kind of liked, 613 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, Rob, the equivalent to me is the Kobe 614 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: Bryant heel turn in his final like three years. It 615 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: wasn't the hugest Kobe fan with the Kobe shack thing. 616 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: I'm not going to revisit that. And then Kobe kind 617 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: of won me over late in his career when he 618 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: started to bash like smush Parker and his own teammates, 619 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: and he was just like, and I don't think I 620 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: don't I don't want to like miss up the quote here, 621 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: but he said something to the point of I was 622 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: torching these mfs in practice, nobody here can guard me. 623 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: It was just like hilarious, i'thing like it's on a 624 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: video too, which is the best part of that. Yeah. 625 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: He he just didn't care, and I love that candor 626 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: just not caring what anybody thinks. And you're being brutally honest. 627 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: You know, in the media, we kill people because they 628 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: aren't honest, they're not really revealing their feelings, and then 629 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: when they do, we go after him, so they really 630 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: can't win me. I don't go after him when they're honest. 631 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: I love that honesty. And you know, Rob, I'm kind 632 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: of liking this new aggressive I d G A F 633 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: can I can I drop an acronym like that? You 634 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: know what that means? Right? We got kind of embarrassed 635 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: for not knowing s S S F G G. Yes, 636 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: strive for greatness. Thank you to the seventeen people who 637 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: let me know on the Instagram d ms. It was 638 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: strive for Greatness that lebron hashtag. But Rob, I love 639 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: this new Durande. More of it, please, Katie. Yeah, and 640 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: I love that he is no longer at least that 641 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: I'm to my knowledge, is no longer hiding behind the 642 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: burner accounts. He is putting his name on it, which 643 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: is something that is very refreshing and it's great to me, 644 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: especially in the In the Lebron, James eras Lebron is 645 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: a lot like jay Z, where he's like, I'm not 646 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: even gonna address the guys who talked about me. I'm 647 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: not even gonna give you the satisfaction of saying, you 648 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: know what, skip stop using my name for cloud. You know, Shannon, 649 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: I appreciate you blowing me up, but I'm not even 650 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: gonna respond to anything that you say because I I 651 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: understand how the game works. No matter what I do 652 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: or say, you guys are gonna spin it this way 653 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: or that way to make your point to fit your narrative. 654 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: And Katie is the exact opposite, Like he's like, no, 655 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: I have plenty of time in between workouts and games. 656 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: I will say exactly who's calling me out. I will 657 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: credit who exactly who was giving me credit, and I'm 658 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: gonna do it in a big, massive public display. So 659 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: it's cool that we have both end of the spectrums simultaneously. 660 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: I think it's really awesome. Yeah, you know this is 661 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: gonna sound a little wacky, but it almost feels like 662 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: he's out there settling scores. You kind of said, like 663 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,760 Speaker 1: people talking stuff. I don't know that that's accurate, but uh, 664 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: my son and I like to listen to Drake back 665 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 1: to back sometimes to get a little pumped up. Obviously, 666 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: the clean version is, you know, if you have Alexa 667 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: at your house, Alexa played Drake back to back. Clean, Um, 668 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: that's a thing that is said in our house, and 669 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, we'll play this song. And eventually I told 670 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,760 Speaker 1: my son like, oh, this is basically, um, Drake firing 671 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: back at this guy, meek Mill, this rapper who had 672 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: put out a distract about Drake. And of course at 673 00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: that point, my son's like, well, what do you say? 674 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: And I was like, you know, I don't know. I 675 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,919 Speaker 1: don't know. So I had to look up meek Mill 676 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: and Drake and like, do some digging at any rate. Um, 677 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: I feel like Lebron not Lebron. I feel like Kevin 678 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: Durant is out there settling scores and you know who 679 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: in the background. Of course, I just said his name 680 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: a little. He's just he just cannot wait to get 681 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: out there and prove everybody wrong because everybody laid into 682 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: Lebron the last week. He's just gotten crushed. Oh he 683 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: can't carry your team. He's old, No lived blah blah blah. 684 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,439 Speaker 1: You know he's he's seeing this, Okay, all right, he's 685 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy who takes down names and 686 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: doesn't forget. And I know I shouldn't get that excited 687 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: about next year's uh NBA season, but everybody healthy will 688 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:49,880 Speaker 1: be awesome. I think unequivalent would, wouldn't it. I just 689 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it again, Luca, if these international tournaments, 690 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: please skip them. You don't need we need a healthy 691 00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: Luca next year. All right, that'll do it for today's episode. 692 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: And we have a really interesting guest tomorrow, and we 693 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: actually have another good one booked uh for later in 694 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: the week, So we got some hot stuff coming up. 695 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 1: I think you guys are gonna like it. Keep it lock. 696 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,760 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.