Speaker 1: Welcome to All the Smoke, a production of The Black
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Speaker 1: back with fan questions this week. Let's get to it,
Speaker 1: starting off O G based noodles. How do you guys
Speaker 1: think Kevin Garnett's draft stock would have fair? And if
Speaker 1: he stayed one year in college and entered the draft
Speaker 1: in nineties, it wouldn't have been no different. He has
Speaker 1: still been Hall of Fame, he had still been dominant,
Speaker 1: would have still been that. I don't I think it's
Speaker 1: probably been worse for him because some of those guys
Speaker 1: were just talent said that they needed to go to
Speaker 1: the league. It wasn't ok, you know, it wasn't option.
Speaker 1: I mean it was option, but it wasn't necessary. Kobe
Speaker 1: KG like those guys. It was man that it was
Speaker 1: meant for them to go straight to the league. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think if he would have went played
Speaker 1: one year in college, you possibly could have been the
Speaker 1: number one pick, could have got hurt, could have got hurt,
Speaker 1: But I don't think it would have changed the trajectory
Speaker 1: of his career. Um the ninety six s traf with
Speaker 1: the number of pickles AI, so that would have been
Speaker 1: hard to say anyway, but I mean everything worked out
Speaker 1: for a reason. He was meant to go straight to
Speaker 1: the league and straight to the Hall of Fame, and
Speaker 1: that's what he did. That's j C f one. If
Speaker 1: Clay comes back healthy, are the war is the favorite
Speaker 1: to come out the West. I think the words their
Speaker 1: favorite to come out the West, regardless of Clay Um
Speaker 1: the way they're playing, their chemistry. Uh, they got a
Speaker 1: lot of young depth. I think the keys to their
Speaker 1: team when the past was their bench. They brought I
Speaker 1: Go Dollar back to leave that bench. But it's going
Speaker 1: to be fully young, talented kids and know how to
Speaker 1: play basketball. So I think Clay coming back is just
Speaker 1: cherry on top. Ditto Ditto, it's underscore, lead stacking Matt.
Speaker 1: If you guys can chose one point guard to play
Speaker 1: within your career, who would have been in why but
Speaker 1: the only point it's two point guards that I wish
Speaker 1: I could have played with that I've never had a
Speaker 1: chance to. There's Darn Williams and Kyrie Irvan who I
Speaker 1: played with Steph Steph on my baron baron David, So
Speaker 1: I got lucky steal, but if I could have would
Speaker 1: have been those two and I played with Steve nash
Speaker 1: baron steph CP three. Um, if I could have played
Speaker 1: with one point guard, I would have played with Lebron
Speaker 1: James as an experienced vets. What is something that you
Speaker 1: think new players should learn? I'll be told about that
Speaker 1: ends up hurt most rookies. Um. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: we've talked about this on the show. I just think
Speaker 1: there's a lack of veteran leadership in locker rooms, so
Speaker 1: you know, whether they're playing or just giving young players game,
Speaker 1: just avoid pitfalls to come with this game, because there's
Speaker 1: a lot obviously on the court, but there's even more
Speaker 1: off the court. And I think that, you know, it's
Speaker 1: almost the blind leading the blind now because these teams
Speaker 1: are so young with no veteran leaderships. I just think,
Speaker 1: you know, some advice would just be game on and
Speaker 1: off the court. Aaron Levern's explained how good do I
Speaker 1: How it wasn't in Orlando. I think a lot of
Speaker 1: people forget the debate was him or Lebron? Yeah, the
Speaker 1: white was big, was was unbelievable. Man. They swept us
Speaker 1: in and I wasn't show out in the playoffs and
Speaker 1: the White was everything. We had nothing for him. That's
Speaker 1: how you know that seventy five of this ship is
Speaker 1: a bach people who never even caught a pass from
Speaker 1: somebody on the basketball court before in their life. So,
Speaker 1: but he's definitely been a problem and you write it
Speaker 1: was him or Lebron at the time. Yeah, I got
Speaker 1: a chance to play with the White in his prime,
Speaker 1: and to me, it was the best security blanket I've
Speaker 1: ever played with. Someone who completely protected the rim uh
Speaker 1: and the paint on both sides of the floor, can
Speaker 1: switch out on the guard and guard them, touch the
Speaker 1: top of the backboard, strong as ever. I think what
Speaker 1: d White up is when he came to l A
Speaker 1: and rushed back when he had back issues and was
Speaker 1: never really the same um. But it's crazy because I
Speaker 1: think we live in a society today where it's what
Speaker 1: have you done for me lately, when they don't look
Speaker 1: at the entire body of work. So the White definitely
Speaker 1: is one of the seven greatest players of all time,
Speaker 1: and it's probably one of the most disrespected star in
Speaker 1: the game. Don't check me ninety three. If y'all had
Speaker 1: an all star comedy jam like Shaq, who are five comedians,
Speaker 1: y'all would have on stage that night. That's a good question.
Speaker 1: I'll first, I'll start with my gaps Cat Williams, Martin
Speaker 1: Lawrence says Entertana and my fifth with Dave Chappelle, same list.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be at the same place, high and laughed,
Speaker 1: the home a great time. They were trainings go at
Speaker 1: thirty two, which teams are due for a trade to
Speaker 1: stay in the thicker thing? What's burning? Good question? Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know who's in wh who needs to trade,
Speaker 1: but I wouldn't be surprised with again. And this is tricky,
Speaker 1: but gold State has so much great young talent now
Speaker 1: um that they can definitely package up some young talent
Speaker 1: um to get another star um second half of the Sea.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they will because, like I said,
Speaker 1: their chemistry is so good and they're playing so well together,
Speaker 1: but they definitely could if they wanted too. I actually
Speaker 1: think this team needs to make a move the Clippers.
Speaker 1: Why do you say that because I don't think that
Speaker 1: they are still I still think they won piece away
Speaker 1: kau Kauai being hurt and not not knowing we know
Speaker 1: what are you gonna be this season? I think they
Speaker 1: can use another security blanket just want people. That's what
Speaker 1: they pay you for. Karthie Keyon. If that's not your name,
Speaker 1: you gotta clean that ship up so we can stay
Speaker 1: a little easier. Man stack any uh motivational halftime speeches
Speaker 1: by anyone in the locker room which entirely changed the game.
Speaker 1: Nothing I can remember off hand, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: You know it's not I can remember of hand, But
Speaker 1: I know it's been times, especially to go to state
Speaker 1: team somebody that came in the locker room just bullshit.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Somebody came in and snappers back.
Speaker 1: You know what I said was it was was one
Speaker 1: of the coaches. Ye. Yeah, I think it's normally players
Speaker 1: to do that kind of ship. I remember all time
Speaker 1: great speech on em Emi getting Sunday from al Pacino.
Speaker 1: That ship was hard and IV and I remember that.
Speaker 1: I remember the speech from uh Gene Hackman on Hoosiers, Okay,
Speaker 1: get your ship together. Those a legendaryhood. But as far
Speaker 1: as my career, I don't recall a coach kind of
Speaker 1: changing the mood because to me, most of the time
Speaker 1: it's on us and I'm checking my phone half truthful.
Speaker 1: Last fan question at Langon that Jereman trip. With these
Speaker 1: names better defense, Rodman Artest prime years, I can answer that,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to go run. I'm confident that this
Speaker 1: was definitely a better rebounder, but defender, it's not even close. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was at Ron Guarden one through five, but so
Speaker 1: it was robbing early. Remember Robin was guarding Magic, then
Speaker 1: he was also guarding the centers like okay, he was
Speaker 1: guard to magine Magic six nine rons, Guarden guards, small guards,
Speaker 1: Brook Hamiltons chasing him on screens. I don't think that
Speaker 1: rob could have done that, I agree, but rebounded by far.
Speaker 1: Roman was a great, great player on the defensive end.
Speaker 1: But to me, I don't think I've ever seen anybody
Speaker 1: like run our tests on the defensive end from from
Speaker 1: a guard position. I mean, Tony allen Is is another
Speaker 1: great wing defender. But as far as Ron, his strength,
Speaker 1: how strongest hands are, how fastest hands are, And then
Speaker 1: once you got by and it's still not Overri's coming
Speaker 1: from behind. Paused to get you and uh take that ball.
Speaker 1: So I would definitely say two greats, but I'm gonna
Speaker 1: have to go with our tests. It's magice. Gary Payton
Speaker 1: is six to eighty and doesn't eat nothing but grass
Speaker 1: and nuts and leaves, and doesn't lift weights. He just
Speaker 1: uses bands. One of the greats and works the best.
Speaker 1: But to do to see well, appreciate your fan questions.
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