1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: The Volume. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 2: Jenkins and Jones is brought to you by FanDuel. It's 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 2: never been easier to play fantasy on FanDuel. Whether you 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,239 Speaker 2: love basketball, golf, soccer, or any other fantasy sport. There's 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: a contest for every fan fan duel more ways to win. 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: Welcome to Jenkins and Jones on the Volume podcast network. 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: And basketball is back. Baby. 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: We got a lot to talk about today. We're very 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: excited as always. Jenkins and Jones is hosted by my 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: good buddies, Dragonfly Jones aka Tyler. 11 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 4: Hey, everybody, I'm a gune Well. 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 2: Jet throw Jenkins aka John was in Bubba's and I'm 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: Guardy b aka Mike. We are recording at the actual 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: literal ass crack of dawn. 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 5: Here this man, Mike Hurt, This man, Mike Hurt. I 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 5: appreciate you, Mike, I appreciate Just want you to know 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 5: that our face is puffy as fuck, locked in. We 18 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 5: just finished watching basketball like two hours ago. 19 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: Talk some hoops, but before we get to actual basketball, 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: are we are? 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: We Ben Simmons fans. 22 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 6: Now. 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 3: I feel like I feel like. 24 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: I might need a Ben Simmons jersey after this week, 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: because this dude is so fucking out of pocket is crazy. 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's the only one in this whole 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: fucking you know fiasco who's sticking to the ship that 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: he said, you know what I mean, Like he said 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: what he said and he met that shit. He wants out, 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like, you know, the Sixers 31 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: have shopped him before. Fucking Doc said, I don't know 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: if we can win with this guy. Embiid was like, yes, 33 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: you know, Ben was thinking up, which is like we 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:48,919 Speaker 1: discussed that's true, but you don't. 35 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 6: Say that shit publicly, you know what I mean. 36 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: But it's it's just wild, Like he is dead ass 37 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: serious about never playing for them again, and the Sixties 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: need to realize. 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 3: Ten toes down on not getting a fuck right. 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 7: The only person that makes sense in this scenario to me, 41 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 7: you know what I mean, I think Doc is weird 42 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 7: for what he's said and how he's acting. I think 43 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 7: fucking the organization is weird as fuck, you know what 44 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 7: I mean, Like, we don't want you the whole fucking summer, 45 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 7: and you expect the twenty five year old to come 46 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 7: in there all happy and ready to fucking practice. 47 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 4: Nigga, that shit ain't sweet. You know what I mean. 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 6: I get why. 49 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 7: He's acting, why he is out there practicing with a 50 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 7: fucking phone in his podet get gets kicked out and 51 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 7: goes to the strip club, because all that shit makes sense. 52 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 7: When the org doesn't want you, the coach doesn't fuck 53 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 7: with you, you get kicked out of practice you don't 54 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 7: want to be in, and then you go to the 55 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 7: motherfucking strip club, the motherfucking twelve in the afternoon. Nigga, 56 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 7: That make a whole lot of sense to me, Nigga shit. 57 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: The funniest shit to me was when they said why 58 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: Doc kicked him out because he didn't want to participate 59 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: in a defensive drill. That's funny enough in it's out 60 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: because you're like, you know, fuck this drill. You know 61 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm one of the you know, me and I beat 62 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: are the best offend is on here. I don't need 63 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: to do this shit anyway, and I'm never gonna play 64 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: for you guys regardless. But the funniest part was he 65 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: literally they said, he literally took his ball and went 66 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: I was going to see Doc screaming on his man 67 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: and been just picking his ball up and walking out 68 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: the fucking gym. 69 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 6: Lumbering out the. 70 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: Ducking under the door, right, looking back, looking back, and 71 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: then ducking under the door. Bitch, I love it. The 72 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: reporting was. Doc asked him to participate in the drill. 73 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: He said no. Doc asked him to participate in the 74 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: drill again. He said no again, and then Doc said, 75 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: all right, man, why don't you just go home now? 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: I've seen this happen in high school basketball practices. 77 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, but I mean, this is. 78 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: The fascinating thing to me, and I'm kind of surprised 79 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: this doesn't happen more often. All of these NBA dudes 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: at this point in the way the league is capitalized, 81 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: they all have fuck you money halfway through their career, 82 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: the superstar dudes. And he's really the first person to 83 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: say I have fuck you money. 84 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 3: I don't care if you're talking to me. 85 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 6: Here's the first fuck. 86 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 4: You money nigga to say fuck you. 87 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: You know what I mean? 88 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: And good for him, and good for him, nigga. 89 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 7: Dog like, I think this shit weird as fuck. You 90 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 7: can't go out here talking ship all summer and then 91 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 7: want to be homies when the season start. You suspending 92 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 7: him a game? He probably like, thank you, bitch, cash 93 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 7: my check. 94 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 6: Motherfucker. 95 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. 96 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 4: I think he's the smartest one in this whole shit. 97 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 6: You know what I mean? 98 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: I would say, I ain't realized I enjoy this scenario 99 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: because I actually sort of empathized with everybody, you know 100 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: what I mean? 101 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 3: Like Simmons is like, but I love. 102 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: You empathize with Doc fucking Rivers. 103 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 3: Well what because at this point, what's he supposed to do? 104 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 4: He already fucked him. 105 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 7: He dug his own motherfucking grave. 106 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: I totally agree, But now he's sitting in the grave 107 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: and he's not dead yet. 108 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 7: So do you know what that's nigga? I'm not like 109 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 7: you're saying, I'm not selling the carrots for trying to 110 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 7: trade karrots for pudding. 111 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 6: You know what I mean, shitting on the carrots. You 112 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 6: feel what I'm saying? 113 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 4: That's whole nut, Nigga. 114 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 7: I'm using that analogy since she said it Mommy telling 115 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 7: Big that shit was motherfucking mom. 116 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 4: But I do. 117 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: I do empathize with Doc because he does still have 118 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 2: to coach the team and management is. 119 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: Now telling him, you gotta. 120 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 4: Started all of this, bro, Doc start. 121 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 6: I don't believe. 122 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: I don't know started all of it, but he's don't 123 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: seeing the ball in the in the paint. 124 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 7: Docs starting by fucking having Danny Green on motherfucking Trey 125 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 7: Young in game one of the motherfucker shit and let 126 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 7: me get cooked for fucking forty. 127 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: And a half. 128 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 6: Nigga. You know what I'm saying that nigga's. 129 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 4: Giving up how many three one fucking series. 130 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 7: He's a fucking patron saint of fucking three to one 131 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 7: fucking comebacks, Nigga, you know what I mean? 132 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: On the ass and of that shit. 133 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 6: Nigga, Fuck Doc Rivers, Dug. 134 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 7: This is an anti Doc podcast, at least from my side. 135 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 6: I have no mother empathy for that motherfucker man. 136 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: And I don't even think Doc is in a bad situation. 137 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: This isn't like your star turning on you and now 138 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: your job is in Jeff Like, Yeah, I think everyone 139 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: on the Sixers knows what this is. You know what 140 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: I mean? They know that this is some bullshit. They 141 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: know Ben gotta go. They know this little Pony and 142 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: Dogs showed dance bullshit. They're doing it some bullshit. I 143 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: don't think that the team is like turning against Doc 144 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: for this. I think they all is. 145 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 3: I guess, I. 146 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: Guess what I mean is like, as a curber enthusiasm fan, 147 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: I empathize for the moment of looking at a dude 148 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: and saying, why don't you come over here and join 149 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: this drill? 150 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: And he looks at you. 151 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 6: And said, no, people was looking Doc looking at Doc. 152 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 4: Real funny, you know what I mean? 153 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 7: This is the best circumstance for Doc Rivers where everybody's 154 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 7: talking about motherfucking Ben Simmons instead of Doc Rivers. 155 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: So Sixers fans are looking at Ben Simmons's. 156 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: And not a dude named Glenn. 157 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: Doc candled this all wrong because I would have trolled 158 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: the fuck out of Ben. I'm like, okay, you don't 159 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: want to do a defensive drill? 160 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 6: All right? This is what we're gonna do. I would 161 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 6: have got like our shortest point guard. 162 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:00,799 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, we're gonna do, you know, a defensive 163 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: rotation drill where you are gonna be the guy with 164 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: the ball and you're gonna cut. No one's gonna be 165 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: on you. You're gonna cut to the basket, all right, 166 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: and I want you to close out on him. I'm like, 167 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this play. Does this look familiar? 168 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: Man? 169 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 6: Does this Betty we could be petty by the problem. 170 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: That's so funny, but I do. 171 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 4: Okay, So what I was gonna say was, there's doc. 172 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: But the person I really empathize with is Joe LMB, 173 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 2: who's fresh conference yesterday was a fucking masterclass. 174 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: He was just like, I don't know this man. I 175 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 3: don't care about this man. 176 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 7: I couldn't baby him, but it's not my fucking job. 177 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 7: I haven't talked to his ass since he's been here. 178 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 7: John Embiid was a fucking like he probably he was 179 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 7: close to winning mvpf he didn't get hurt. He was 180 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 7: a favorite before he got hurt, you know what I mean, 181 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 7: played great in that fucking series, right, great fucking player. 182 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 7: They could took a real big step this year, but 183 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 7: he has to deal with this bullshit, you know what 184 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 7: I mean. 185 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 4: He trusted the process. 186 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 7: You know, it's worked out well for him, hasn't worked 187 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 7: out well for the team or the players, so I hey, 188 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 7: I hate it for him. 189 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 3: The process was untrustworthy. 190 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 7: I mean, he did his part of the group of 191 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 7: the group project. Nobody else did, you know what I mean? 192 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: But the process was like I have two tickets to 193 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: tonight's game, just follow me. Into this alley over here, 194 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: by how are you're gonna pay in cash? Follow me 195 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: over here and I'll sell you the tickets. 196 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: You know. 197 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 3: That was the process, and everyone was like, Yeah, to me. 198 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: He's a nigga in the group project. 199 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 7: I did a plus work and it's still gonna get 200 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 7: a C on the motherfucking paper, you know what I mean. 201 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 4: That's the nigga I feel bad for. 202 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 6: You know what I mean? 203 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, how the Orgust handled it has been fucked up? 204 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 7: How Doc Handle's been fucked up? Ben I get wise 205 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 7: in his way, but he's being real petty, you know 206 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 7: what I mean, and passing up on that motherfucking layup. 207 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 7: Fucked up, you know what I'm saying. 208 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 6: Well, that's what like. 209 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: From em Bean's perspective, You're like, I looked like the MVP. 210 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 2: We figured out a way to win with a point 211 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: guard in twenty twenty one. To shoot, which is used 212 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: is to shoot very difficult to do. 213 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: I was like, Westbrook, we'll get. 214 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 2: There because so Mv's going literally, all I need you 215 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: to do is make layups. 216 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 4: You doesn't want to make layups? Not, no, you know 217 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: what I mean. 218 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 3: Come on, dog A, it's a tough situation. 219 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 2: All right, I will say, by the way, the divorce 220 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: analogy I use on the last podcast, this is exactly 221 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 2: what it looks like, Bro, that there's no it just 222 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 2: hums along with quiet resentment like this is too volatile 223 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: a situation. 224 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 3: It was always going to be. 225 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: That's why to me, it's crazy that they had him 226 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: come back in like crazy, crazy, Just pay the man 227 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 2: to stay away, not dominate opening day of the NBA 228 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: with people laughing at your franchise Like that would have 229 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: been worth a million dollars you. 230 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 3: Would have paid him this week. 231 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 4: Facts. 232 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about some actual basketball. Two games 233 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: on opening night, so fucking great after all of the 234 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: off season storylines, which haven't been as lighthearted as our 235 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 2: off season storylines oft and are in the NBA, it 236 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 2: was great to have some actual basketball back, Tyler. 237 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 3: Would you think about the Bucks Nets game? I just 238 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 3: said Bucks next? 239 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: I said, I said the Bucks next game, The Bucks 240 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: next game? 241 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 7: A man seven sixteen bro, low expectations, the Butts versus 242 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 7: the next right right? 243 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 8: For real? 244 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: Like Tyler, Hey, I'm I'm gonna totally overreact and go 245 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: back to what I said about why I think the 246 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: Bucks are coming out the East is that I think 247 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: Giannis is taking a leap and the nets can't stop anybody. 248 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 6: And that's what we saw last night, you know what 249 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 6: I mean. 250 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: So I mean, look, bro, I am trying so hard 251 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: not to overreact on the steps that we've seen Gianni's 252 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: taking these five or six games or something. 253 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 7: Let's don't react, contest, Let's see. 254 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 3: The most this morning. 255 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: I like that. 256 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 6: Okay, well shit, he's gonna be the MVP. He's going 257 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 6: to be. 258 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about him as an all time great, 259 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: like like we're gonna talk about this peak that he 260 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: has as as an all time great peak like a 261 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: chats peak. 262 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 4: Oh wow, oh yeah, Yeah. 263 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: If he is, if this motherfucker was out there euro 264 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: Step and he was working the mid ranging and the 265 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: three ball in proces driven, yeah, if we see that 266 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: this season, we gotta have some discussions, bro. Like I'm 267 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: ready to go all out and say he he'll be 268 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: go down as the best international player ever too, Like, 269 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: let's get all the way fucking crazy with it. 270 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 7: I think he has definitely ability to be the best 271 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 7: in the national player. 272 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 4: I mean, he looked like the best player in the 273 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 4: world to me last night. 274 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 7: He looked like the coldest nigga touching the basketball in 275 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 7: the world to me last night. 276 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 6: You know what I mean, The. 277 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 4: Bucks look really, really good. They always look good. Great. 278 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 7: I think that's not the best of what we'll see 279 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 7: the next I think the thing with the Nets is 280 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 7: they could score enough not to defend anybody, well, not 281 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 7: to the great then they work. They had better team 282 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 7: defense towards towards the end of the year, but they 283 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 7: don't have that scoring. 284 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 4: Without Kyrie, you know what I mean. I think it's 285 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 4: wild that Kyrie is just at home like the motherfucker bag. 286 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 4: You saw him. We saw him talking to. 287 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 7: KD like nigga bringing that ass to fucking he gonna 288 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 7: kill Nikkas and this nigga at home just watching KD 289 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 7: get cooked. After that got beat by what twenty and 290 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 7: it felt like forty andy KD put up thirty something, 291 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 7: you know what I mean. It's like dog, you can't 292 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 7: they Kyrie. They need that nigga, you know what I'm saying. 293 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 7: I need need something for him, you know what I mean. 294 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 7: They was missing him last night. But I think they'll 295 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 7: figure it out. I don't think they'll be that bad. 296 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 7: But I think the Bucks and for sure, Yannis will 297 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 7: be that good all season. 298 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 3: Y'alls is twenty six. 299 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 4: We got a lot of Yiannice ahead of us, Like. 300 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: He's entering that part of his career, you know what 301 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: I mean, And so I think Tyler's I'm on the 302 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 2: exact same overreaction as Tyler, Like you watched last night. 303 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 2: You watch how comfortably he was, Like I said, I'm 304 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 2: on Ben Simmons the side in the whole seventy six 305 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 2: or shit. But at the same time, they've been paying 306 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 2: that man very handsomely to spend one hour a day 307 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: in the off season developing the ability to shoot the ball, 308 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 2: and Giannis after a finals that we have never seen 309 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 2: from fucking anyone, apparently put in significantly more than one 310 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 2: hour a day, adding a completely new element to a 311 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: game that. 312 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 4: Was already pretty unstoppable. Bro, he's twenty six. 313 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 7: It's like there comparing anybody to Yannis at this point. 314 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 7: To me, you know what I mean, Like the way 315 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 7: he like first of all, how he's built like and 316 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 7: how he moves at that size is insane, but also 317 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 7: this mindset, nigga, But I think like him winning a 318 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 7: chip just make just calmed him down in a way. 319 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 7: That was good, not in the way that made him 320 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 7: want to work. It make him less hungry. It didn't 321 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 7: make him complace today. Yeah, it made him he's working 322 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 7: with house money now. 323 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, right like Nigga. You know what I'm saying. 324 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: I got my family right right, I got my chip. 325 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 6: Nigga, I got my MVPs. 326 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 4: And my brothers are My brothers are all rich. 327 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 6: Hey we're it's young. 328 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 4: It's jong Ah. 329 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 6: Was it the NASAs? Was that the fanatas? 330 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, he looked pretty solid. So he gets some little 331 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 4: burn now. 332 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 7: He was on a John's workout playing to it seemed like, 333 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 7: you know what I mean, he gonna be He'll give 334 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 7: him some good minutes. 335 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 4: But yeah, they look Hey, them boys looked like the. 336 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 6: Best team in the East. You know what I'm saying. 337 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 7: I think I still think if Kyrie come back, though, 338 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 7: they you know it's gonna it's gonna be rough for 339 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 7: a lot of teams. 340 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: But if Kyrie comes back, does it change that The 341 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 2: Bucks scored Tyler point of this l last night, thirty 342 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: seven in the first, thirty one in the third, and 343 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 2: thirty in the fourth. And the second quarter, which was 344 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: the dry spell, they scored twenty nine points. 345 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 7: Is Kyrie fucking nerve and Nigga he bringing thirty and 346 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 7: maybe a forty piece with him, they'll be okay how. 347 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: Much he is Kyrie giving up though, like he ain't 348 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: no defensive I mean, I. 349 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 4: Mean, but but everybody, I don't think. 350 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 7: I don't think it adds on to what was given up, 351 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 7: you know what I mean, Like you think you're giving 352 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 7: up an extra thirty know, I mean, like nah bro 353 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 7: like Kyrie bringing a thirty forty piece, he'll be equally 354 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 7: as bad on defense as whatever whoever got cooked, you 355 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 7: know what I mean. But that's still a winning fucking formula, 356 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 7: you know what I mean? So I think I think, 357 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 7: I think, what Kyrie, they still the best team in 358 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 7: the league. But I mean, the Bucks look great. They 359 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 7: look fucking great. I think they't even have all their players, 360 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 7: you know what I'm saying. 361 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was good. 362 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: I think the other point on the Bucks, and I 363 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: forget it was someone that may have been like Joe 364 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: Harris or someone someone from the Nets pointed this out. 365 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 2: I think in the pregame interviews yesterday. The Bucks also 366 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 2: have significantly more continuity in their roster than. 367 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 4: Most of the other two I mean, that's like the squad. 368 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 2: They know, they all know what they're doing, you know 369 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 2: what I mean, they all know how they fit. There's 370 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: a clear leader who's a popular dude that people seem 371 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 2: to like having be the leader of the team. 372 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,479 Speaker 3: Like that. Shit counts for a lot in basketball. 373 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 6: Oh for sure. 374 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 7: Ain't no scandals doing the off season with the Bucks, nigga. 375 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 7: Everybody know exactly what they need to do, and they 376 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 7: do that shit and they ready with the season start. 377 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: All right, Let's uh, let's overreact to the Warriors beating 378 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 2: the Lakers on opening night. I'm bummed out. You know, 379 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: we didn't have Russ last night. I feel like if 380 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: he'd been able to play, it could have been a 381 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: difference maker. 382 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 6: For the Lakers. You were talking about a ship in half. 383 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 7: The cruitch that like Tip City six. 384 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 6: You should have been up twenty and we was up 385 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 6: like six. I'm like, man, I didn't want to. 386 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 2: Be negative, Nancy, but I'm looking at it was a 387 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 2: private community case. 388 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 3: I was. 389 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 7: I was like, all right, you know, I mean that's 390 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 7: why I just I just said, I'm gonna focus on Broun. 391 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 7: I'm gonna talk about Broun. I gonna talk about the 392 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 7: fact that the defense don't look sweet, That defense ain't 393 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 7: there like it's been the last two years. 394 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 4: You feel what I'm saying. 395 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 7: And I think Russell will get better. I just don't 396 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 7: know if it's better enough. 397 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: To be good. 398 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 3: Oh, he literally has to get better. 399 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: No, he will, Like you know, I mean, one of 400 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: the it was statistically like one of the five worst 401 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: games of his NBA career. 402 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 7: He does this though, he does this though we've seen 403 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 7: like we've seen him, like it takes no time to 404 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 7: get used to it. But like I said, I think 405 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 7: it's gonna it's harder to be a Russ fan when 406 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 7: he's on your. 407 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 6: Team, you know what I mean. 408 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 7: Like I love watching him, I love I love Russ 409 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 7: is a great guy. 410 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 6: I hope. 411 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 7: I think I think he'll figure it out to a degree. 412 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 7: I think this year is more fun than good. 413 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 4: Though. 414 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: I mean I didn't I didn't feel like Russ did 415 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 1: any knucklehead shit last night. 416 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 6: I just felt like the shots weren't falling, you know 417 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 6: what I mean. 418 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 4: I mean, But that's what when when there's Russ's shots falling. 419 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know what I'm saying, Like that's what we 420 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 7: see a lot of that that's what I'm saying, bro nigga. 421 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 4: Like people like, you know, he got to shoot. 422 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 7: He gotta keep the defensive, you know, defense true, you 423 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 7: know what I mean, Like, no, keep keep him honest. 424 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 4: No you don't. You gotta be honest with you, rush nigga, 425 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 4: you can't shoot, you know what I mean. 426 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 6: The defense ain't got to be honest. 427 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 4: You gotta be honest with you. 428 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 6: Okay. 429 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 7: So I think, like, you know, we need to cap 430 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 7: him out at like four if he don't hit, like 431 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 7: you know what I'm saying, one out of the first 432 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 7: four or some ship. Hey man, you know, just swing 433 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 7: that thing or take it of the bucket, you know 434 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 7: what I mean. 435 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 6: Bron and A D looked really good tonight, I mean 436 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 6: last night. 437 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: And I think that's yeah, that's that's always a plus 438 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: because I think I think those two have won like 439 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: seventy five percent of their games when when they play together. 440 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: So they are a fucking incredible dudo. So there's always 441 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: that to take. So I do think that even a 442 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: subpar Russ, if you get you know, p K A D, 443 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: you know, prime Bron. 444 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 6: I think that I think you can still win it 445 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 6: all with that. 446 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 7: Really, we got beat by like Steph wasn't even playing 447 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 7: a Steph game. 448 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 6: Bro. 449 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 7: That was the weakest shrippled up I've ever seen in 450 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 7: my fucking life, you know what I mean. And Steph 451 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 7: was not a fact that we got beat by a 452 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 7: nigga named Biel's abub or whatever. 453 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 6: Mother, But look, you gotta beat a J. Don't expect 454 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 6: the nigga to know the name. 455 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 4: Like it is rude for you. 456 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 6: To have a beata J back to back. 457 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 7: Those two contidents in a fucking start your mogga anyway, 458 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 7: be bup, you. 459 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 6: Know what I mean? 460 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 7: That nigg and pull And that's the thing, Like Pool 461 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 7: is gonna be pool, you know what I mean, beel 462 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 7: sa ball he gonna beat that nigga. Steph wasn't even 463 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 7: Steph and they didn't have Clay and we still got 464 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 7: beat pretty pretty handily in that fourth quarter. 465 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 4: Really it was one bad quarter. 466 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 7: But I mean, we're seeing Russ trickoff lays, seeing to 467 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 7: miss a lot of shots, you. 468 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 4: Know what I'm saying, Like the defense ain't there. 469 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 7: I think these are problems we're gonna have to deal 470 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 7: with all season. So like we saw players beat themselves, 471 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 7: you know what I mean, And the other two and 472 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 7: the Warriors weren't even you know, we we had. 473 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 4: We saw a lot of the players that could be 474 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 4: really good. 475 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 7: One wasn't there in Clay, and Steph wasn't himself. 476 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 2: If I'm gonna underreact to how bad the Lakers looked 477 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 2: in the second half last night, what I would point 478 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 2: out is exactly what Tyler just said. All I really 479 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: needed to see in Game one was what does Ad 480 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,959 Speaker 2: look like after a real offseason? And I saw everything 481 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 2: I needed to see there. Bron looks great. That's not 482 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 2: necessarily convincing that he's gonna look great fucking seven months 483 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 2: and one hundred basket games from now when he when 484 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 2: you know we need him to look great. But Bron 485 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 2: and Ad, you saw everything you needed to see. Russ 486 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 2: literally can't play worse than that. Okay, four turnovers, four 487 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: points and plus minus negative twenty three. 488 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 3: Fucking we'll shoe it was. 489 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 2: It was rough and so, but he's also a player, 490 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 2: and I thought Bron, as the pseudo player coach, handled 491 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: it perfectly. 492 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 3: After the game, he said, I told us to go 493 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 3: home and. 494 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: Watch a comedy, hang out with his kids, and throw 495 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: this one away. He's like, we need him to not 496 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 2: be so hard on himself, like he wanted to come 497 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 2: out and go twenty twenty twenty in his first game 498 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 2: in purple and gold. And I totally understand that feeling. 499 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 2: And we know Russ, we knew that's exactly who he was. 500 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 2: I didn't feel like he overshot. He shot the ball 501 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 2: thirteen times. I didn't feel like I mean, I wanted 502 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 2: him to shoot less, but I didn't feel like he 503 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 2: was taking it out of people's hands. 504 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 4: No, it's just what Tyler said, and that was the. 505 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 2: Number one don't worry of mine, you know, coming into 506 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: this season. So there's also serious on this team right now. 507 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 2: As much as everyone talked about the old dudes, it 508 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 2: was the mostly younger depth pieces that are injured right 509 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 2: now and their reserves are fucking banged up as fuck. 510 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 2: So it's natural that there's gonna be lolls in scoring 511 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 2: of a of an extent that I'm hopeful we won't 512 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 2: have when we actually have a healthy team. 513 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 7: So who's who's gonna beat a guy that steps up 514 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 7: from the reserves. 515 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 4: You know what, is Avery Bradley the secret weapon? 516 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,959 Speaker 7: You know, Bro, I think you get buckets, but I mean, 517 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 7: I mean this is and this is his first game. 518 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 6: So I'm not. 519 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 7: I'm not, and I like what I saw with the league. 520 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 7: I like what I saw with motherfucking Basmore. I thought 521 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 7: Baisemore was decent, you know what I mean. He had 522 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 7: some he had some some nice He shot when he 523 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 7: was supposed to shoot, you know. 524 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 6: What I mean. 525 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 4: He played some good defense. 526 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 2: Say, the defense was what was exciting to me, because 527 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: it's just we need that one dude that you can 528 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 2: sort of throw at a stat or it's just someone 529 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 2: just to get in their way a little bit. I 530 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: actually think, you know, I I not to sound like 531 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 2: a total fucking dipshit Lakers fan, but I think not 532 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 2: as a guy by himself, but added to that mix, 533 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: I think thht was really good for them in a 534 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 2: lot of ways in that he's a dude who's not 535 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 2: willing to just go to the bucket, like he's not 536 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 2: afraid to Okay, I'm gonna go get two points. You know, 537 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: when everyone was kind of looking at Broun, He's like, 538 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 2: give me the ball, I'm gonna go get a basket. 539 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 2: And when you know you have Bron and Ad on 540 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 2: the bench, we need a couple of dudes like that. 541 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 3: That's who Avery Bradley was. 542 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 2: I thought last night, just I'm not that worried about 543 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 2: what this is supposed to look like. 544 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 3: Let me just go get a fucking corner three. 545 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 4: Avery had like six points, didn't he? 546 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 3: He hit two huge threes right when he got in 547 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: the game. 548 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 2: And it was the mentality of that, like, let me 549 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 2: just go fucking get some buckets that I feel like 550 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: we need from the bench. 551 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 6: Guys, this is not a chip team. 552 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 7: And I'm not saying it on some negative naty shit. 553 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 4: I'm saying it also just. 554 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 3: Like they weren't called the Lakers and it wasn't Lebron James. 555 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 7: He was about it, and I'm like, yo, let's just 556 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 7: enjoy it. I think it's gonna be fun. And that's 557 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 7: all that's all I need out of them, you know 558 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 7: what I mean. I wasn't mad last night, you know 559 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 7: what I mean. I love like I said, Brian looked 560 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 7: like he was humming motherfucking R and b that nigga 561 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 7: was singing motherfucking You. 562 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 4: Know what I'm saying. Jodasy, you know what I'm saying. 563 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 7: While he was playing that nigga like he had headphones 564 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 7: in chilling, he looked really comfortable. Eight he looked great. 565 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 7: I just don't see. I mean, we're gonna get those 566 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 7: type of Knights from Westbrook where he just can't shoot. 567 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 7: They had him like a catch and shoot guy. A 568 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 7: lot of times. Westbrook just doesn't play that. He has 569 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 7: to find he has to figure out how he's gonna 570 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 7: play with that team. 571 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: I get it. 572 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 7: I don't think that's enough to make him better than 573 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 7: the teams that are gonna be gonna be playing in 574 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 7: the West. 575 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 4: I think I think. 576 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 7: They come in about fifth, fifth in the motherfucking. 577 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 4: West, and we get him. 578 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 7: We had they put a nice little playoff push and 579 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 7: get booted in the second round, you. 580 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 6: Know what I mean. 581 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 7: I mean, I mean that's the thing, like I mean, 582 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 7: I just, I just I think that those the teams 583 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 7: at the top of the West are good enough to 584 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 7: beat the Lakers, even when I mean, Brian at eighty 585 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 7: gave him thirty four and nobody else is nobody else 586 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 7: really showed up, you know what I mean? And I 587 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 7: think we're gonna get a lot of those games. And 588 00:23:58,680 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 7: I don't think Brian and. 589 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 4: Ady arenn get thirty four every fucking night. 590 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying. 591 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 3: In Brown, we trust as Tyler would put it. 592 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: Trust him last year, and you know what I'm saying. 593 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, but look, either he and A D are healthier 594 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 2: than they were last year, they're not. 595 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 3: I mean. 596 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 7: With that, I don't think they're as good as a 597 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 7: team they were last year. 598 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 4: I don't. I don't think. 599 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 7: As good as a team that I think the team 600 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 7: that wanted were last year. They could have won a chip, 601 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 7: especially with the type of defense they played. I don't 602 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 7: think they're as good. I think I think they're hell 603 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 7: the top heavy get there on. 604 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: Defense, well, I mean they'll get they'll get better on defense. 605 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 3: I mean, I just I have to. 606 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 7: Getting better on defense. Nigga and that nigga was. I mean, 607 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 7: I love Mellow whenever he said, I'm like Mellow, I'm 608 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 7: yelling that ship. But on defense, I'm like. 609 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 4: Mellow, Mellow, Mellow. 610 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:49,439 Speaker 6: You know what I mean. 611 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 7: I'm just not come on, Mellow. You know he's come on, 612 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 7: what the hellp at Mellow? You know what I'm saying, Like, 613 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 7: it's just bro, it is what it is. It's gonna 614 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 7: be fun. But just just don't want y'all to be 615 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 7: like ship City, you know what I'm saying, and be 616 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 7: and be motherfucking you know, head in your fucking chest 617 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 7: for fucking. 618 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 6: A week and a half after I get cooked. 619 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 2: You know what I mean, Russ is gonna be Russ, 620 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 2: and Mellow is gonna be mellow, and I'm gonna be 621 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: me in terms of overreacting everything the Lakers do. So 622 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 2: I apologize for your group chat experience over the next 623 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 2: several months. Hopefully Tyler and I are right and you 624 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 2: were wrong, But I you've made persuasive arguments. 625 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 4: If I'm I hope I'm wrong, you know what I mean. 626 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 7: But if I'm right, you gotta y'all got to you 627 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 7: got y'all got a big old hug waiting for you. 628 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying. This is the best podcast 629 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 6: episode we've ever done. 630 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 3: You Jackson, Hey, I don't get that. 631 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 7: I don't get the basket for like five seconds. 632 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 6: Pretty good stuff. Now that gonna be all that good either, Bro? 633 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 2: You know Jack Jackson had a fucking Cosmo Kramer slide 634 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 2: into the fucking group chat last night. After that, bro, like, hey, guys, 635 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 2: everyone watched the basketball. 636 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 6: I wanted to make sure you guys are watching. I 637 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 6: wanted to make sure you guys are watching. Be a 638 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 6: responsible all right appreciates. 639 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: Let's talk about My favorite moment from the TNT broadcast 640 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: last night was Chuck remarking on the incredible strength of 641 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 2: the atmospheric weed smell outside of Staples Center before the Lakers. John, 642 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 2: I wanted to ask you, as a dude who moved 643 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: to LA because a lot of people I know who've 644 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,479 Speaker 2: moved to southern California have made this comment that they're like, 645 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 2: you smell better weed walking around Southern California, then you 646 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 2: can purchase in at least forty states in this country. 647 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 2: True or false to Chuck's statement. 648 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 7: My favorite that is my favorite part of living in 649 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 7: La Bro, you know what I'm saying, Like, yes, nigga, 650 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 7: And then Chuck, Chuck was speaking all the way fucking facts. 651 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 4: Nigga, Yes, you know what I mean? And I bet 652 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 4: he was. 653 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 7: I bet all camera man, you look me at that 654 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 7: what dispinchery who you're plug? 655 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 6: Nigga? 656 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 7: You know what I mean about he gonna leave his 657 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 7: motherfucking suit in the motherfuck tail beat you lying, You're 658 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 7: gonna get you some of that shill on the way 659 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 7: back to the hotel, my nigga. 660 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 4: But so, but yeah, that's my favorite part That's my favorite. 661 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 7: Part of living in LA is like you smell some 662 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 7: good ass weed just driving down the street, you know 663 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 7: what I mean. 664 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 6: Rather cause she can't. 665 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 4: She can't smoke. 666 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 6: We'll be driving Robbie. 667 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 7: Too. 668 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 6: She be too happy smelling that shit, you know what 669 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 6: I mean. 670 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,959 Speaker 4: That's funny enough, sin enough, She'll be back you finished. 671 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: Basketball season is back and there's no better place to 672 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 2: bet on the NBA than FanDuel Sportsbook. 673 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: Celebrate NBA tip off. 674 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: FanDuel Sportsbook is giving new customers enhanced odds. That's right, 675 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: get seventy five to one odds on any team to 676 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 2: win on October nineteenth or twentieth ESPN game tonight. I'm 677 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: very excited for this Celtics knixt game. If you listen 678 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 2: to our NBA season preview, you know I've got the 679 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 2: Celtics to kind of surprise some people in the East, 680 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 2: and I think they will start that by getting a 681 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: big win in the Garden tonight. So that is that's 682 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 2: my pick. If you've been thinking about joining FanDuel, now 683 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 2: is the perfect time to give it a shot. 684 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 3: It's easy to use, it's got fast. 685 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 2: Withdrawals, they've got odds boosts and specials every day and 686 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 2: some big super boosts each weekend. And they've got live betting, 687 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: so it's easy to place your bet fast during a game. 688 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 2: If you see a trend you like, so see for yourself. 689 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: I FanDuel is America's number one sportsbook. Just download the 690 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 2: FanDuel Sportsbook app and sign up using promo code J 691 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 2: and J. That's Jay ampersan Jay to get seventy five 692 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 2: to one odds on any team to win on October 693 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 2: nineteenth or twentieth, that's promo code J and Jay, and 694 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 2: make every moment more of this NBA season. Disclaimer must 695 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: be twenty one and over in president in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, 696 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 2: New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia or West Virginia. New users only 697 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 2: ten dollars first depausse are acquired. Must wager and designated 698 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 2: offer market max bonus one hundred and fifty dollars. Restrictions apply. 699 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: She full terms at sportsbook Dot fanduled calm gambling problem 700 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 2: called one eight hundred gambler. All right, let's talk about 701 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 2: book Club two point book Club three, book Club book 702 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 2: Club book three. 703 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 7: Okay, Jesus Christ, nigga, it's just a third motherfucking book. 704 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 3: The third motherfucking Book by Marcus Thompson. 705 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 2: We read the introductory chapters as well as the first 706 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 2: two teams, which was the Mic and Lakers and the 707 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 2: Bill Russell Celtics. Tyler, this is your pick, Why don't 708 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 2: you start us off with, you know, kind of why 709 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 2: you picked this and what you thought of these first couple. 710 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 3: Of chapters for show. 711 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: Well, for one, you know, Marcus is the homie, you 712 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, that's my dog. And I was, 713 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: you know, he'd been building this up for months and 714 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: I've I've been super excited about it, you know what 715 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: I mean, And it's been a really good read. Like 716 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: I honestly, you know, I did not think I was 717 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: going to be interested in this, Like Charlie Chaplin ass 718 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: era of basketball that starts off the book with with 719 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: Mike and the Celtics. 720 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 6: But that shit was interesting as fuck though. 721 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: But you know, the he starts it off with talking 722 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: about first chapter Dynasty's matter, and you know, the lead 723 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: sentence of the book is the NBA's special sauce is hatred. 724 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: It's like a dollarp of sour cream and pound cake batter, 725 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: or a pitch of Kanye Pepper in a lot and alatte, 726 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: which is very much true. You know, people always talk 727 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: about how the NBA needst parody. Know it doesn't the NBA. 728 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: The NBA's golden years have always been when there has 729 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: been a dynasty, right, and people tune into to watch 730 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: the dynasty, you know, carve their place out. 731 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 6: Of history, or people tune in to watch the dynasty crumble. 732 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,479 Speaker 1: Right, that's when you get your your casual viewers that 733 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: drive the ratings up. And he pointed that out in 734 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: this here he has a table there where he has 735 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: the highest NBA Finals ratings. 736 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 6: Went analytical, right, yeah, he went analytical on this shit. 737 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: He god damn substantiated the hate with numbers here and 738 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: shit and there we go. Yeah, and so the highest 739 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: rated three games are you know, MJ and ninety eight 740 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: Game six versus the Jazz. Number two is the ninety 741 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: three Finals, Game six versus the Suns. Number three is 742 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen Finals, you know, Warriors versus Cast. But what 743 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: jumped out to me is the number ten highest rted 744 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: Finals game was twenty nineteen Game six Warriors versus Raptors. 745 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: Motherfucker's tuned in that game to see the King get inhabitated, bro, you. 746 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 6: Know what I mean, that's what drove the viewership on that. 747 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: And you know, I think it's just you know, for 748 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: the emphasis this point, like you either, that's when the 749 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: NBA is at its best in regards to viewership, when 750 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: people are tuning in to watching Dynasty car if their 751 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: places out of history of people are tuning in to 752 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: watching Dynasty. 753 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 6: Crumble. 754 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,479 Speaker 7: I thought, I mean when he was talking about, you know, 755 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 7: Donasty's or the like are behind the growth of the league, 756 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 7: you know what I mean with I think that the 757 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 7: Celtic Lakes, Celtics Lakers, you know what I'm saying, Magic 758 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 7: versus Bird, I dono And to talk about hatred was 759 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 7: a was a real big part of like you know 760 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 7: what I'm saying, like what makes like the NBA interesting. 761 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 7: I also think racism was a big part of that, 762 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 7: you know what I mean, Like Magic versus you know Bird, 763 00:31:59,200 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 7: you know what I mean. 764 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 4: Nigga was like you know, you. 765 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: Know what I mean, class white dude from from fucking 766 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: the you know, the Northeast. 767 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 6: Of course, absolutely played a component of that robbery. 768 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 4: No question. 769 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, But I mean it was interesting how everybody was 770 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 7: so like like NBA people like, you know what I'm saying, 771 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 7: we're so excited about the season after the Warriors when 772 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 7: there was a lot of parody and then all of 773 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 7: a sudden, ship tanked and they were surprised by like 774 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 7: we haven't seen like they haven't seen these ratings when 775 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 7: there are dynasties in the league, you know what I mean? 776 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 7: But uh yeah, I mean, like I will say when 777 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 7: it's talking about like when he's talking about like a 778 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 7: lot of these older like that you said, like you know, 779 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 7: George Mike and shit like that, and how he was 780 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 7: He's the reason why there's a like big. 781 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 4: Men or so we're so important for so long in 782 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:48,479 Speaker 4: the league because the motherfucker didn't play in high school. 783 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 7: He walks on into a college team and is a 784 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 7: fucking he played recreationally in high school, like just for fun. 785 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 4: He walks into a. 786 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 7: College team and a is a fucking All American by 787 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 7: his junior year, you know what I mean, averages thirty 788 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 7: in the league. You know what I mean, Like I mean, 789 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 7: to me, that makes I'm thinking, like them, how unwatchable 790 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 7: was this shit? 791 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 4: You know what I mean? 792 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 3: And I mean, like he's getting made fun of in 793 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 3: high school for being too right, for being played basketball. 794 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 7: He hated being tall, right, he hated being he was 795 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 7: his confidence was worse because he was tall. 796 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 3: And he's shorter than brawn. 797 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, but yeah, I kind of get that though. 798 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 7: First of all, six' eight at that time is like 799 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,239 Speaker 7: seven fucking, twelve, Nigga, like, nigga you're seven thirteen at 800 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 7: that time if you're fucking six, eight you. 801 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 2: Know he said he wasn't coordinated at, all like he was, 802 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 2: awkward like he was walking in just like he. 803 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 3: Probably, YEAH i MEAN i could see how much he 804 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 3: would have hated that. 805 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 7: Experience, yeah for, sure for, sure but like it just 806 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 7: LIKE i don't, know like like if they're talking about 807 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 7: dudes jumping when they, shot were like you, know people 808 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 7: were turning on to watch Oh man the fantastic whoever 809 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 7: that jumps when he. 810 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 4: SHOOTS i Mean that's WHAT i was thinking. 811 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 7: About these were interesting facts to, me but also like 812 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 7: so WHEN i was reading, NOW i was interesting, effects 813 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 7: But i'm also. 814 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 4: INTERESTED i was like like, damn like you know What i'm, 815 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 4: Saying like this, shit ain't you know? This this shit was. 816 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 7: Unwatchable BUT i Think dynasty's like you, said are, like you, 817 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 7: know casual fans tap in and that's when the league 818 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,439 Speaker 7: is The obviously the ratings, jump but like people tap 819 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 7: in to see the. 820 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 4: Circuits you feel What i'm. 821 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 2: Saying his storytelling in this book is incredible because AND 822 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 2: i WAS i wouldn't SAY i was. HESITANT i, MEAN 823 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 2: i Like marcus a lot, Too SO i knew this 824 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 2: was going to be a good. Book BUT i thought 825 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 2: it was gonna be a lot of stuff THAT i knew, 826 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 2: already because it's, like you're focusing on this stuff that 827 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 2: everyone's been focused on the. 828 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 3: Most that's kind of dangerous unless you really know you have. 829 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 3: It and he said in. 830 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 2: The intro that he read every newspaper article written about these, 831 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 2: teams all this. 832 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 3: Stuff SO i was, Like, okay. 833 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,839 Speaker 2: He's gonna have some shitt in here that we've never. 834 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 2: Seen BUT i still open that first page and you 835 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 2: see the you, know The George mike And, lakers and 836 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 2: it's four fucking white, dudes Including george Mic and wearing, 837 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 2: spectacles AND i was, like, ugh like this is fucking, 838 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 2: homework you know WHAT i. Mean but by the second 839 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 2: paragraph of the, chapter you're completely pulled in and all 840 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 2: of a. Sudden now by the end of The Bill russell, 841 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 2: Chapter god helped. ME i like some of these old 842 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 2: players That i've enjoyed making fun of my entire. 843 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: Life, Right, bro that That George micen chapter with all 844 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: those fucking dick tracy ass, NICKNAMES i. 845 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:12,400 Speaker 2: WAS i was. 846 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 6: Enthralled. 847 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: Bro it Was Sweetwater, clifton the first BLACK nba. PLAYER 848 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: a motherfucker what the Great dane who's the first power 849 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: owner The? 850 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 6: Lakers was the motherfucker Name King. BORING i did not know. 851 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: Anything but another thing that jumped out to me was 852 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: was when they talked about how a newspaper reporter chronicled 853 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: the first chase down block right right, Right, yes, Yes 854 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: i'm gonna read that. Shit i'm gonna read it in 855 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: a goddamn nineteen forties news. GOT i remember one game 856 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: where one of our passes was intercepted by the other, 857 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,439 Speaker 1: team and this fellow in dribbling towards the other. Basket leo, 858 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: McCaffrey who played At Arrival High school Of collards In, 859 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: oakland told The Chicago Tribune jim race for him and 860 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 1: the guy was putting the ball. Up jim leaped and 861 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: pressed the ball against the. Backboard he wasn't called for. 862 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: Interference it was just tremendous Timing like that is that 863 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: the first chase down block blew this guy's, mind you 864 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: know WHAT i, mean because think of all the athleticism 865 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: to to pull that off in fucking nineteen. Forty, dude 866 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: you're chasing a guy down and then you're jumping and 867 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: blocking his shot like, that mind blowing hollered another incredible fucking. 868 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 6: Nickname you're running and. 869 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 7: Jumping oh my fucking, god you, know professional basketball? 870 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 6: Game holy? 871 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 7: Shit you, KNOW i, mean for, me it was really 872 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 7: interesting because it felt LIKE i was learning so much, about, 873 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 7: like you, know like these. PLAYERS i felt LIKE i 874 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,760 Speaker 7: was reading a textbook in a class THAT i really, liked. 875 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 4: You know WHAT i, Mean like that's that's that's How 876 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 4: that's how. 877 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 6: It felt to. Me but, yeah LIKE i, mean, yeah. 878 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 3: Let's talk about The Bill Russell. 879 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 2: CELTICS i thought this WAS i thought this, chapter this was. 880 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: Your Paul pierce, moment since we're going with The celtics 881 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: here where you just had to you just got WILL. 882 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 3: I walked down under my own, Power thank you very. 883 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,840 Speaker 7: Much like that you had the Big Bob burgers and, 884 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 7: again no like that. WAS i was, like, yeah he 885 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 7: had a definitely Shake, nigga he. COULDN'T i couldn't have 886 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 7: waited five more. Minutes you couldn't have. 887 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 6: Waited five more. Seconds maybe it seemed like. 888 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 3: No, no it. Was it was a measured. Walk there 889 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 3: was no. Hurry we're, okay, okay trust. 890 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 4: Me i'm very aware of the. Spectrum you know your brown. 891 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,720 Speaker 4: Eye nobody else knows brown. 892 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 6: Eyes that's. 893 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,399 Speaker 3: RIGHT i was not jumping butt first onto the. Toilet we're. 894 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 4: Okay never. 895 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:47,359 Speaker 2: LIES i thought That Bill Russell celtics Chapter i'm this 896 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 2: Had these two chapters had me really excited for the 897 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 2: rest of the book BECAUSE i give so much more 898 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 2: of a fuck about basically every. 899 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,919 Speaker 3: Other team in the book THAN i do about these first. 900 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 2: Two but To Bill Russell celtics, CHAPTER i thought was 901 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 2: great because you've heard so much much about these guys 902 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 2: and what they went through In boston at the, time et, 903 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 2: cetera et. Cetera but the job he did of kind 904 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,359 Speaker 2: of making that come to, LIFE i thought was, Incredible 905 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 2: and you definitely understand Why Bill russell did not want 906 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,320 Speaker 2: any fucking fans in the arena when he got a. 907 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 3: Jersey retired In boston and also Just Sore. 908 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,879 Speaker 6: Forever, yeah, yeah there. 909 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: Was you, know it definitely touched on the the racism 910 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: that That Bill russell encountered with The, celtics you, know 911 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: they they were talking about how, Fans celtics fans would 912 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: would you, know yell slurs and ship at, him, Like, 913 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 1: bro he plays for. 914 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 6: You like what the? 915 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: Fuck, like that's how irrational races, are, bro like, This 916 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: this motherfucker plays for. You he's a top two guy 917 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 1: in the league during this. Time it's just him And, 918 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: wilt you, know on that, tier and that's how you treat. 919 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,799 Speaker 1: Him BUT i will say that a couple of eye 920 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,359 Speaker 1: opening banks. Here for, ONE i never knew That hablicheck 921 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,680 Speaker 1: technically didn't steal the ball on that fucking you know famous. 922 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 7: Call yeah wait, wait, yeah, yeah he deflected. 923 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,320 Speaker 6: Theound And Sam jones picked it. 924 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: Up BUT i Guess halilichack steels it has a more 925 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:07,840 Speaker 1: of a rank than hail check de flex. 926 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 6: It SO i guess we wereroll with. 927 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: That but another, THING i had no idea about Motherfucking. 928 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: Casey you, know, LIKE i knew he was, great knew 929 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: he was A hall Of, famer BUT i had no 930 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: idea That Casey. Jones, Okay i'm going to read a 931 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: up quote From Bill. Russell in the years THAT i 932 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: played with The, celtics in terms of total basketball, Skills 933 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 1: i'm Not Casey, Jones Sam. Jones Sam jones was the 934 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: most skillful player THAT i ever played. 935 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 6: With russell said in an interview with The Celtics nation. 936 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: Website at one, point we won a total of eight 937 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:41,399 Speaker 1: CONSECUTIVE nba, championships and six times during that, run we 938 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: Asked sam to take the shot that meant the. Season 939 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,480 Speaker 1: if he didn't hit the, shot we were. Finished we 940 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,439 Speaker 1: were going home empty. Handed he never. 941 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 8: Missed, like how come he doesn't get all this mister clutch, 942 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 8: Shit like you've had six season saving game winners during 943 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 8: The celtics, Run AND i, like this is my first 944 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,280 Speaker 8: time hearing of that The Jhonson. 945 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 2: Because, Radio, no because radio is so powerful that the 946 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 2: broadcaster saying havlichek stole the ball on a radio broadcast 947 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 2: just became the cultural memory Of. 948 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 3: America, yeah and. 949 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 2: Because Bill, russell To john's point about how much the 950 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 2: game has changed and how unwatchable we would find these old, 951 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:24,400 Speaker 2: Games Bill russell broke the fundamentals of basketball by jumping 952 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 2: on defense right? 953 00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 4: Revolutionary wh what the FUCK i? 954 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,840 Speaker 1: MEAN i, know motherfuckers were just out, there flat footed 955 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,360 Speaker 1: on hands, up defending for fucking fifty years when basketball 956 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: was first. 957 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 6: Invented that is. 958 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,760 Speaker 4: Crazy i'd done a lot of research WHEN i did, THAT, bobz. 959 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 7: SO i kind of, understood, like you know What i'm, 960 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 7: Saying LIKE i knew about the, racism you know What i'm, 961 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 7: saying Or russell and all that, shit and, like but 962 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 7: like the way he told it was was like it 963 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 7: still was shocking to, me. 964 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 2: You know WHAT i, Mean like damn, Yeah LIKE i you, 965 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 2: KNOW i think we've all heard those stories About Bill 966 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,759 Speaker 2: russell's significant and that you, know oh he dealt with 967 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,719 Speaker 2: racism In, Boston but to actually hear the stories of 968 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 2: what that meant was WAS i thought he did a 969 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 2: great job of writing that. Out uh, Yeah it's just 970 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 2: the other thing that was crazy to me was they 971 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,360 Speaker 2: were saying that he only got to The celtics Because 972 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:21,320 Speaker 2: Saint louis was more racist Than boston at the, time 973 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,919 Speaker 2: and just you couldn't even dream of having a black 974 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 2: basketball like they wouldn't even be able to go through 975 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 2: all this horrible shit because it just couldn't have. Happened 976 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 2: like that was crazy because there were a lot of 977 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,279 Speaker 2: black people living In Saint louis at that. Time, Man 978 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:36,200 Speaker 2: like that's fucking. 979 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,839 Speaker 4: NUTS i think that's still the case For Saint, louis you, 980 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:40,319 Speaker 4: KNOW i. 981 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 7: MEAN i think That Saint louis is one of the 982 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:43,920 Speaker 7: the racist City i've lived. 983 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 4: In AND i lived In alabama for nine, years you 984 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,799 Speaker 4: know What i'm. Saying so that says. Something you, know you. 985 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,960 Speaker 7: Might not See confederate, flags BUT i, got you, know 986 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 7: harassed by the cops way more and all that. 987 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 4: Shit you know What i'm. 988 00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,480 Speaker 7: SAYING i felt racism more you know What i'm saying 989 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 7: In Saint louis any other, Place but still my favorite 990 00:41:58,400 --> 00:41:59,200 Speaker 7: place in the NATION. 991 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 4: I, think in the. 992 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 2: World like all the PEOPLE i know From Saint louis are, 993 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,960 Speaker 2: Black SO i think of it as like as a. 994 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,600 Speaker 7: Blink it was very segregated as the, city extremely, segregated 995 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 7: you know WHAT i. 996 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,359 Speaker 4: MEAN i didn't HAVE i don't have a white friend From. 997 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,719 Speaker 7: Saint, louis you know What i'm, Saying like that like 998 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 7: are real you know What i'm, Saying like we didn't 999 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 7: hang with white people for real. Life we would go 1000 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,279 Speaker 7: to like we. Would we would be around him and 1001 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,040 Speaker 7: we talked to much. Like BUT i wasn't like kicking 1002 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 7: it like. That they weren't my, homies you know What i'm. Saying, 1003 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 7: like you know What i'm, Saying like it was bro 1004 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,120 Speaker 7: like it, was it. Was it's a it's a it's 1005 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 7: a very segregated. City but so that doesn't surprise me at. All, 1006 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,080 Speaker 7: tyler great pick on the. Book what chapters are we 1007 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 7: reading for next? Week all, right so let's. See let me, god, 1008 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:42,000 Speaker 7: damn let me, go. 1009 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 4: Damn let's hit up four. Again let's hit four chapters, 1010 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:48,640 Speaker 4: again the same. 1011 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: Thing so The Magic, Lakers Bird, celtics The Bad, boys 1012 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: and MOTHERFUCKING. 1013 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 6: Mj Oh, hey we're getting into the motherfucking meat right. 1014 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 7: Here fellas MUCH i talk about it and all that 1015 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 7: shit like on not really not anymore of, course because 1016 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:03,479 Speaker 7: it's fucking. 1017 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,480 Speaker 4: Stupid BUT i like ALL mj. 1018 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:11,000 Speaker 7: Content i'm, like hell, YEAH i love everything THAT i 1019 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 7: can read or get my hands OVER. 1020 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 6: Mj So i'm very excited about, this all. 1021 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 2: Right basketball is, back even in the book. Club we're 1022 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 2: so excited to actually have games to talk. About thank 1023 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,080 Speaker 2: you for tapping in with us and we will be 1024 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:34,720 Speaker 2: back On. Monday bye bye bye