1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: The volume. 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntire. What is up 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: straight Firefam, It's me Jason McIntire, Straight Fire for Friday, 4 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: May fifth, and as expected, we had blowout city last night. 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: As we record this right after midnight Friday morning, we 6 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: just watched the La Lakers show up for about a quarter. 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 2: Lebron put in a good effort, my guy ruy Hachi 8 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: Mora played really well, and Anthony Davis pooped his pants 9 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: as expected in Game two. I mean, everybody with a 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: pulse who's watched Anthony Davis and the Lakers knew this 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: was coming. Davis an abomination. Warriors bury the Lakers by 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: a billion, one hundred, twenty seven to one hundred. It's 13 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: funny because I saw the point total for this game 14 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: at two twenty seven to twenty eight lands on two 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 2: twenty seven, a lot of garbage time. Lebron and ad 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: did not play in the fourth, so obviously we'll tackle that. 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: I don't totally think the series is over, but Darvin Ham, 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: like bro, you're on the clock big spot here, we 19 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: will get into the Mike Budenholzer firing. I don't think 20 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: it was totally unexpected. I'm not the biggest Budenholzer guy. 21 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: I have said previously it did not go over well 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: with Bucks fans. Some some Bodenholzer Bucks takes. We'll get 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: to those later, but obviously we got and obviously we'll 24 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: close up with some gambling tidbits on the double dip tonight, 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 2: Celtics small favorites in Philly Sons with know Chris Paul 26 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: small favorites at home at down oh two against Denver. 27 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: You know the history of down oh two going home 28 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: in game three. We'll get into all that, but you 29 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: gotta start with the Warriors who actually came out and 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 2: let Lebron shoot some threes. Lebron berries two. Remember he 31 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: was shooting eighteen percent from deep coming in. Lebron Berry's 32 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: his first two, and all of a sudden, it's like, wait, 33 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: what's going on here? Laker's up seven, I think, up 34 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: eight in the first quarter, and then reality said in 35 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: quickly in the second quarter. It was I mean, you 36 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 2: knew the avalanche was coming. Klay Thompson for three, Steph Curry, 37 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: Jamichael Green spot starting for an ill ill yes, like 38 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: under the weather. Kevon Looney. Now, I'm not gonna go 39 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: into this, but how could you be sick, too sick 40 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: to start, but not sick enough you can still play 41 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: twelve minutes and grab eight boards in twelve minutes. I 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 2: don't want to say I'm not conspiracy theory guy. You 43 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: know this. I've worked with conspiracy guy on a TV 44 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: show out here in LA. It sucked because conspiracy guy, 45 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: conspiracy theory guy is the worst. Like literally everything is well, 46 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: what about it? What about I'm not that guy? But 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: I think you have to ask yourself if Looney was sick, 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: wouldn't he just not play? How is he so sick 49 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: that he can come off the bench but not just 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 2: start anyways? Jamichael Green starts and because Steve Kerr always 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: pushes the right buttons, Jamichael Green, who I think missed 52 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 2: his first three and he ends up three of six 53 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: from deep. I mean, Lakers were like, bro, you can 54 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: have any shot. You won, Like they didn't even try 55 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 2: to close him out on the threes, and he's got 56 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: like the super slow release and it's almost like a 57 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: one handed shot, but it just looks funky. Jomichael Green veteran. 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: I think I think I'm not sure he went to Alabama. 59 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: Let me just humor myself in check because I am 60 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: a super nerdy college basketball fan. Yes, Jomichael Green, thirty 61 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: two year old vet out of Alabama. Steve Kerr pushes 62 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: the right buttons. Jamichael Green starts hits six of nine shots, 63 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: fifteen points in thirteen minutes. Not a bad showing. Steve 64 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: Kerr starts Green and then he doesn't really play much. 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: But what was super interesting if you watch closely. Now, 66 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: I had the sound off, so I didn't hear Van 67 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: Gundy and whoever the part. Breen and Mark Jackson broke 68 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: it down, but very rarely did they go with two bigs. 69 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say Kerr was taken talking points from 70 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: straight fire, but Looney and Draymond Green, I don't know 71 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 2: if they played at all together. I'm sure it was 72 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: a couple a handful of minute. Kuminga finally got on 73 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: the floor for garbage time in the fourth quarter, but 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: they went small heavy Devincenzo minutes Pool Struggle Bus five 75 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: sixteen minutes. He looked like the kind of guy who 76 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: scored twenty one points, had his best playoff game in 77 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: game one, and he was like, I'm gonna duplicate that, 78 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: and it was like miss three turnover foul foul. He 79 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: just never got into a rhythm. That's fine, that's fine, 80 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: Moses Moody twenty five minutes. It's pretty clear if you 81 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: watch Game one closely, the Warriors can no longer play 82 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: with two bigs because they Lakers just camped out Anthony 83 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: Davis in the lane. Now, Anthony Davis still did have 84 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: a decent game defensively with three blocks. But Draymond, when 85 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: you start to Michael Green, Draymon Green instantly is able 86 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 2: to toggle between Ad and Jared Vanderbilt. Draymond one of 87 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: the best help defenders in the league. He's letting Vanderbilt shoot. 88 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: Vanderbilt did hit a three, but he's your weak link 89 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: on offense. You know, if you guys listen to my 90 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: men's league chatter during the season, we would identify quickly 91 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 2: that guy's the weakest player. Let's put our big sixty six, 92 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 2: sixty seven guy in the lane and just dare that one. 93 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 2: They're bad shooter to shoot, and then you know how 94 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 2: that works. He will probably missed a bunch of shots 95 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 2: and then he gets down on himself and it's game over. 96 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: Jared Vanderbilt did not play as much, and I think 97 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: Darvinham has to seriously look at altering his strategy. He's 98 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 2: got two ways to go in this because the Warriors 99 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: they want bombs away twenty one of forty two, fifty 100 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 2: percent from the field, fifty from three. He ain't losing 101 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: any of those. And essentially, with four guard slash wings 102 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: and one big being Draymond Green or Jomichael Green or 103 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: Kevin Looney, Anthony Davis had to come out and defend 104 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: and Steph Curry pick and rolled him to death. It 105 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 2: was basically Steph Curry Downhill finding Andrew Wiggins finding Klay Thompson. 106 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 2: I mean, guys, it was a bloodbath. The Warriors scored 107 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: forty one in the second quarter, and they led at 108 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 2: half by ten, and then they dropped another forty three 109 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: in the third and it was game over. Thanks for 110 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: playing now. I'm not gonna overreact. You don't want to overreact, 111 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: but what you can do is take away some tactical things. 112 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 2: Number one pretty clearly ruey Hachimra, who I told you 113 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: guys to bet over six and a half points. I 114 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 2: think he's got to see more minutes. Is it feasible 115 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: that you go ad Lebron and rui that's probably too big, right, 116 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 2: So another option for Darvin Ham is you replace Vanderbilt 117 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: with another guard. Now, Shreuter did not have a good 118 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,679 Speaker 2: game minus eighteen and nineteen minutes, missed all his shots, 119 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: but he's getting into the line. Can you go ultra 120 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 2: small shrewder Reeves Russell and then a d and Lebron 121 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 2: could you? I mean, do they dust off Malik Beasley? 122 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: He did not look great. I'm a Lonnie Walker fan, 123 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 2: my buddy who has season tickets to the Lakers. Every 124 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 2: time I go to a game, I'm like, where's Lonnie Walker? 125 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: Why isn't he out there? He Like, there was moments 126 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: in November December when Lonnie Walker I thought was like 127 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: the third best player on the core for the Lakers, 128 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: and now he doesn't even play unless it's garbage time. 129 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: I think Lonnie Walker could be a guy we see 130 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: simply because a he's a very good defender, he's quick, 131 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: he's twitchy. He can be a good three point shooter. Listen, 132 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: it's tough to judge. He's barely played for the last 133 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: two months, so it's tough to judge him as a 134 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: three point shooter on this sample size. But they've got 135 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: to go with a third guard. I don't know. I 136 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 2: know Vanderbilt was awesome defensively. The only way I think 137 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: Vanderbilt stays on the floor is if the Lakers go 138 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: ultra slow. Now, this runs counter to what they wanted 139 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: against Memphis. Do you guys remember Memphis series. They're like, 140 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: we gotta push, we gotta push, we gotta push, and 141 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: Lakers scored like one hundred and twenty. I mean, they 142 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: were putting up some points against Memphis, and I don't 143 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 2: know that you can do that against Golden State. I 144 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: just don't think you can play their game. So if 145 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 2: you want to get super crazy and say, listen, Ad, 146 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: we love you, You're gonna play a lot, but we're 147 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: gonna start or someone else. We're gonna start with a 148 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 2: four guard attack or foreguard wing and Lebron. I mean 149 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 2: you could try that. I don't know how well it 150 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: would go over with AD. But at the same time, 151 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 2: you're playing into the Warrior's hands. You're playing their game. 152 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: So listen, you're not sitting Lebron right. So it's pretty 153 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: much there's no chance that you have a lineup without 154 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: Ad and Lebron starting right, unless you really think Darvin 155 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: Ham would get radical and have AD come off the bench, 156 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 2: and just for spacing purposes, I don't think you can 157 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 2: win playing the Warriors game. So now essentially you're gonna 158 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: want to walk the ball up the court, just run 159 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 2: your offense and pound. Take Anthony Davis to pound town 160 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: and just say we are going inside. Stop Anthony Davis. 161 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 2: He's gonna be exhausted and coward. Even noted on the 162 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: show Thursday, Ad in game one was like two of 163 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: nine in the second half. He went Ham in the 164 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 2: first half, I think he had twenty and ten or 165 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: something like that. Second half, he's kind of gassed and 166 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: the pace it ain't favorable to AD. So they wisely 167 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: sat in the entire fourth quarter. Lebron sat the entire 168 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 2: fourth quarter as well, and now maybe again only one 169 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 2: day off before Saturday night's game. Programming note, your boy 170 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 2: as of now will be in the building, a buddy. 171 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: It sounds like he has an extra ticket. I have 172 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 2: lobbied hard. It sounds like it's gonna have I'm very 173 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 2: excited if it does Saturday night Warriors Lakers, it would 174 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: be great. I'm still efforting tickets for Monday. We shall see. 175 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: It's gonna be a tough ticket out here in LA. 176 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: That being said, I think if you could slow it 177 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: down and say, hey, you know what, we're gonna run Lebron, 178 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 2: Austin Reevez, We're gonna run some offense through Ad and 179 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: we're gonna make you guys play defense and slow the 180 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 2: game down. You get to the foul line, you slow 181 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 2: the game down. Anthony Davis one free throw attempt in 182 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,599 Speaker 2: thirty three minutes. I swear he was like six or 183 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 2: six in the first half. In the first game, I 184 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 2: think he finished eight of eight. But like, look at 185 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 2: the Lakers starters, Lebron zero free throw attempts, Austin Reeves zero, 186 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: Danzelo Russell zero, Like that, that's not sustainable. You're just 187 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 2: playing into the hands of taking jump shots missing. They 188 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 2: were ten of thirty four from three. It's just not sustainable. 189 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: And then the Warriors come down, put you in action, 190 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 2: and Clay's just splashing. Clay had eight threes. I thought 191 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 2: Clay was maybe the fourth best player on the Warriors 192 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 2: in the first round. Right, Looney was historic, Curry obviously 193 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: was transcended, and Wiggins had a great series. Clay was 194 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: maybe the fourth best player. Guy hits eight threes, Like, 195 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: I don't know how you defend that other than we 196 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 2: gotta like limit possessions and we gotta get ad down low. 197 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: We get Draymond Green rattled, we get some foul trouble 198 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: like the game one game plan, throw it out the window, guys. 199 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: I know people are gonna say, go back to game 200 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 2: what it worked. I'm just gonna remind you, guys, the 201 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: Lakers had a bunch of rest coming in early putting 202 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 2: away the Grizzlies. Early Warriors had to play the King's 203 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 2: quick turnaround. Now no rest advantage at all rest of 204 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: the way. I think you gotta slow it down. To Josh, 205 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: you might disagree, but I think darvinham has a couple 206 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 2: of options, and I think Game three's got kind of 207 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 2: gonna be pivotal because, like Josh, you lose Game three 208 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, it's like your season is 209 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: on the line for Game four, and you've got these 210 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 2: Warriors team that's a bunch of killers, and they know, hey, 211 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: we may have a rematch with Kevin Durant looming. I 212 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 2: don't know, man, I'm worried about the Lakers. 213 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna worry too, because I don't know how Darvinham 214 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: adjusts to the Curry pick and roll? 215 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 2: What do you do? Do you trap him? Do you switch? 216 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: A lot of their problems come on the defensive end, 217 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: and it's like, yeah, you have the Anthony Davis blocking 218 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: the rim, but he's blocking the rim. There's no one 219 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: out on the perimeter helping on Steph Curry or Klay Thompson, 220 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: and Draymond's creating when he gets the ball off the 221 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: pick and roll. So that's my concern defensively, what are 222 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: they gonna do? How are you gonna stop that? 223 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: I do wonder if Darvnham tried to light a fire 224 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 2: under Anthony Davis, because he was asked after the game 225 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: about Anthony Davis, you know, basically doing absolutely nothing. He 226 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 2: finished the game with eleven points and seven rebounds. That 227 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 2: was like a quarter and a half for him in 228 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 2: Game one, and Darvin Hann said, Hey, Draymond Green played 229 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,599 Speaker 2: great defense, and I just what Anthony Davis and the 230 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 2: little sensitive everybody remembers Lebron set the record, the scoring record, 231 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis only guy in the arena, in the entire arena, 232 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 2: Lakers bench erupted every fan freaking out. Anthony Davis just 233 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 2: sitting there like you don't want to over again. It's 234 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 2: just one game, man, I'm trying to remain even keel. 235 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: But there's this scenario where the Warriors just blitzkrieg the 236 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 2: Lakers the next three games, okay, and then all the 237 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: questions are eighties inconsistent. We can't rely on this guy, 238 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 2: you know, you get against the elite teams, like the 239 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 2: words we could beat up on the beat up Grizzlies. 240 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: They're missing you know, two valuable guys in their rotation, 241 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 2: and then Luke Candard misses the clothes out. Yeah, ad 242 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 2: can look awesome against them. Then we play the Warriors 243 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 2: who won the title, and he has one good game, 244 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 2: and like, there's a scenario where you start to wonder, 245 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 2: I forgot who said it to me. Let me check here. 246 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 2: Adrian wojes Narowski was on a I think it was 247 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 2: like that whatever the ESPN pregame show is, and he 248 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: came out and said that the NBA this offseason is 249 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 2: going to be one of the most active trade summers 250 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 2: in the league because teams are going to have to 251 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 2: start getting their rosters and their payrolls figured out. He's 252 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 2: alluding to the fact that the NBA did not love 253 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: super teams, and they don't want teams trying to get 254 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 2: a third star. So remember it did not work at 255 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: all with Russell Westbrook as whoming you think he was 256 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 2: a star, and you just have to wonder, like, does 257 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: Lebron say, hey, guys, we got the Bubble title, we 258 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 2: got bounced by the Warriors. I got maybe one or 259 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: two more healthy years. AD, did you I don't know 260 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 2: if you guys saw the stat I think I heard 261 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: Breen say it. This Game two was the first time 262 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: since the Bubble where Anthony Davis played twenty consecutive games, 263 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 2: twenty in a Lakers uniform. Like he's chronically hurt. Now, 264 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 2: it's too early in the series to start spitballing trade 265 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 2: ideas for AD. I have been on the Damian Lillard campaign. Now. 266 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: Damian Lillard, of course, has had injuries the last couple 267 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: of years. He's I think he's thirty two, which is 268 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: not ancient, but you know, diminutive point guard. I think 269 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: there's gonna be some serious options for the Lakers should 270 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 2: they look to move on from AD. But I can 271 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 2: hear you yelling, Jay, you're killing Anthony Davis for a 272 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: bad game. Guys, it's more than that. If you listen 273 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: to the pod, you know Anthony Davis, this postse has 274 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 2: not been consistent. Killed the Grizzlies Game one, no show 275 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: in Game two, pretty pretty good against the Grizzlies in 276 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: the next game, Yeah, well the blowout, they didn't need him. 277 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: He had sixteen and fourteen, and then he puts up 278 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 2: numbers when they get their butts kicked in the overtime game. 279 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: Total no show forty two minutes. In that Grizzlies overtime game, 280 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: he had twelve points, shot thirty percent from the field. 281 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 2: Lebron carried them. And don't think that Lebron has forgotten 282 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: his heroics at the end of regulation and overtime. And listen, 283 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: Palinka pushed all the right buttons. It's tough for me 284 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 2: to envision them trading AD Josh is just crazy. Have 285 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 2: I gone too off on too much of a tangent? 286 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: Now keep going. I'm interested where you're going with this. 287 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, listen, I know Rob g the usual 288 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 2: producer is not the biggest AD fan. Listen, when eighty's on, 289 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 2: everybody loves him. Problem is when when he's not on, 290 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: which is seemingly every other night, it's like, what are 291 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 2: you doing? And you know, everybody's spitball, like, hey, what 292 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: about Jaylen Brown? I don't. I don't think the Celtics 293 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: are doing that. I can't. I can't imagine the Celtics 294 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 2: would entertain anything like that. And then you start looking 295 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 2: at like what value can you get for Anthony Davis? Well, 296 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: everybody wants to play for the Lakers, right, But who's 297 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: gonna want Anthony Davis who's often broken down? And that's 298 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 2: where it's like, I don't I really don't know what 299 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: the market is. Lebron ain't gonna want young guys. I listen, 300 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: Lakers fans don't want to hear it. I have pushed Josh, 301 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 2: zach Lavine and stuff. I mean, I don't think you 302 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: could get zach Lavine and Caruso, but I'm sure there's 303 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: a small segment of Lakers land that would do Zack, 304 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 2: Lavine and Caruso in a heartbeat. Oh no, a heartbeat, 305 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: they would. They would Caruso, Yeah, they miss him. 306 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: You know that Wolverine meme where that he's touching the 307 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: picture because he misses whatever. 308 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: That's what Laker fans do with Alic Caruso. They miss it. Yeah, 309 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: I thought Austin Reeves has kind of filled that void. 310 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: He's had a quote, other than the third quarter in 311 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: Game one, he's been a little quiet, not great. Game 312 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 2: two could still be feeling out the series. Like listen, 313 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 2: the Memphis series was high level hoops for him. He excelled. 314 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 2: I mean, but it's Memphis, Like, I mean, who is 315 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: he torching Tyas Jones? Like John Moran. Those guys aren't 316 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 2: great a defense. I mean, I don't maybe there was 317 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: some Desmond bin in there. But again, this is a 318 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 2: little different. This is the Golden State Warriors, like championship 319 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 2: mentality winners. They've got some of the best video staffs 320 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 2: in the league. They know everything Austin Reeves is doing. 321 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 2: So through two games, Austin Reeves, he hasn't been dominant. 322 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,719 Speaker 2: He did have that one good third quarter. I think 323 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 2: he scored eight straight points. But like, I like him 324 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: a lot, but in two games, he is let's see, 325 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 2: seven for twenty, shooting three of ten on threes, only 326 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: two turnovers. But he's been he's been I don't want 327 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: to say muted, but he's been a little quieter. I 328 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 2: think at some point we're gonna we're gonna see an 329 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves game at home. You know the role players 330 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 2: at home. Everybody knows that. But overall, you got feel 331 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 2: good about Warriors in five to six. Maybe Lebron is 332 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 2: able to channel some magic and steel game three, but 333 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 2: it does not look great for the Lakers. Now on 334 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 2: aer Mike Budenholzer, I thought it was a mild surprise 335 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 2: he was fired. Budenholzer, known as the great sixty win 336 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 2: coach with the Milwaukee Bucks, wins the title on as 337 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 2: I've pointed out, and this might be unfair, because hey, 338 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 2: everybody needs to get lucky. Wins the title on the 339 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 2: year that the Brooklyn Nets fell apart. Kevin Durant's toad 340 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 2: was on the line, and the Lakers, who I thought 341 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 2: were the best team in the West that year, ad 342 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 2: goes down when they're up to one on the Suns 343 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 2: and stay's facing the Lakers in the finals. Budenholzer ends 344 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 2: up facing the Phoenix Suns, who I know, the Sons 345 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 2: look good early in that series, but come on, it's 346 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 2: the Phoenix Suns. Boonholzer won sixty in Atlanta, but they 347 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: lost in the conference finals to Lebron. I think they 348 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 2: got swept because that's what Lebron does. Then he goes 349 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: to Milwaukee, wins sixty losers in the conference finals fifty 350 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: six conference Semis, wins the title the year after the Bubble, 351 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 2: loses in the Semis last year, and they lose in 352 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: the first round. So you've seen some regression. But this 353 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: is a team that's getting older. Middleton's up there, Brook 354 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 2: Lopez thirty five. You know, true, holiday good, but I 355 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 2: can't get out of my head what the mean nasty 356 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 2: things Jimmy Butler was doing to him in that series, 357 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 2: And You're like, is he a sopper anymore? You know? 358 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: How do the Bucks retool this thing on the fly? 359 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 2: And do we even have the right coach? So there 360 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: was that ownership change where one of the I forget 361 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 2: which owner got shoved out. But when you have an 362 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 2: ownership change, you start to see guys wanting to come 363 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 2: in and put their imprint on the team. And imagine 364 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 2: taking over ownership of a team that won a title 365 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 2: two years ago and the first thing you see is 366 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: they lose in the first round. They get dusted by 367 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: the Miami Heat. And oh, by the way, you have 368 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 2: a massive payroll, third highest payroll in the league. I 369 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: don't even know what the luxury tax is, but it's huge. 370 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: Chris Middleton has a player option for next year forty mil. 371 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 2: The guy can barely stay healthy now, as I said Lopez. 372 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 2: Free agent Jae Crowder, who, according to the rule the 373 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 2: stat a box sheet in Game five against Miami, played 374 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 2: zero minutes. Zero minutes. He's on the books for ten mil. 375 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 2: Grayson Allen enters his final year. Joe Ingles, uh, he's 376 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 2: he is a free agent. Wes Matthews. These are all 377 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: old guys, you know. Joannis who made that vociferous, you know, 378 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 2: baby steps comment and like, you know, this is a 379 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 2: process and you know, don't call us losers or whatever 380 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 2: he was saying. I don't remember the exact Josh, do 381 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 2: you remember the exact words he. 382 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: Was basically just like, this was an a failure. This 383 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: is life, and you take every opportunity to learn from it. Honestly, 384 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: to me, it was it was That's what it was. 385 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 2: This isn't a failure. No, you said it, right, this 386 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 2: isn't a failure, right, Well, guess who determined it was 387 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: a failure. Ownership? The guys who owned the team and 388 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 2: write your checks. They said it was a failure. Oh 389 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 2: be honest, I'm sure he's not thrilled. But I don't 390 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 2: want to say roster overhaul coming. But I just you know, 391 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 2: is Bobby portis your third best player? If you lose 392 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 2: Brook Lopez, are you winning anything with Bobby Portis as 393 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: your third best player. He's the guy who famously who's 394 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 2: best known for punching out a teammate, breaking his face 395 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 2: in Chicago. It was the European guy. He ended up 396 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 2: leaving the league and plays in Europe. Do you remember 397 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 2: the guy's name? Do I have to look him up? 398 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: Josh Nicola Miritych Nah Miriticch. 399 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 2: There you go, Nicole Miriticch in practice, punched him out, 400 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 2: broke his face. That's what Bobby Portis is best known as. 401 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 2: And he might be your third best player, like I 402 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 2: like Pat Connenton. But I mean, you know you want 403 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 2: to go one through eight and if you start removing 404 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: free agents, I mean the Bucks don't have a top 405 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: five roster. They definitely do not. I'm sorry. So Yanna 406 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 2: said it wasn't a failure. The owners did. And now 407 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: it gets interesting. Do they automatically go for Nick Nurse 408 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 2: or or do they make a Hail Mary, play for 409 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 2: a guy who's perceived to be a really good coach. 410 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 2: And even though they lost in the first round, they 411 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 2: were expected to lose, but they fought like hell and 412 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 2: played super competitive. And that's ty Loo of the Clippers. 413 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 2: Tylu loses Kawhi Leonard after two games. Paul George doesn't 414 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 2: even play in the playoffs because he was hurt. It's 415 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 2: been a bit of a nightmare injury wise for these guys. 416 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 2: Now the question is, does ty Lou want to say, Yeah, 417 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna uproot my family and We're leaving La and 418 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 2: those pickup games I play in the basement of the 419 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 2: La Times owner, I can't do those anymore. I'm gonna 420 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 2: go to Milwaukee. I'm gonna go to Milwaukee, set up shop, 421 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna coach Gianni's East is I mean, it's 422 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 2: not a cake walk. Like Sixers are good, Celtics are 423 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 2: really good, Knicks are good, the heat are still there. 424 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: Like it's not easy, but it sure as hell's easier 425 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 2: than the Lakers. As the seventh seed, Hello Warriors. As 426 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: the I guess the six or whatever they five. I 427 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 2: don't know who cares about the numbers. Lebron and the 428 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 2: Lakers were not thought to do much. Yes, they won 429 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 2: the seven seed, they won the playing game like Golden State, 430 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 2: Denver's ascending. I like Denver a lot, will get to 431 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: the bet shortly, but like, does Tylu entertain that? And 432 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 2: I think he's got to have real questions before taking 433 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 2: the job as to well, what's the game plan? Like 434 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 2: Middleton eight and a forty million dollars a year, guy 435 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 2: at least down with these injuries the last two years. 436 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 2: Drew Holliday, I like them, but what are we doing? 437 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 2: We're just gonna lose brook Lopez. This luxury like what 438 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: will the new owners say about luxury tax bills when 439 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: you're losing in the first round. And oh, by the way, 440 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 2: Yannis did get hurt the first round too, miss I 441 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 2: think a game, two games he was injured and out, 442 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 2: but when he came back listened, he was good. But 443 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 2: we can't make free throw. So the Bucks have a 444 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 2: lot of questions heading into this offseason, and they need 445 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 2: a coach. I don't know Tyleru, Nick Nurse. I wonder 446 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: if there's a sleeper out there that I'm not considering, Josh, 447 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 2: Is there a name of someone this is. 448 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: Out of left field. But to me, the Buck struggle 449 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: in the half court offense. I think their defense can 450 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: take care of themselves because they have good defensive personnel. 451 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: What do you think of a one or two year 452 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 1: deal from Mike D'Antoni? 453 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 2: Wow, Mike Dan is he eighty years old? He's seventy one. 454 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 2: I think where I don't even know what Where's he's 455 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 2: an assistant coach somewhere now. 456 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: I don't think he's an assistant coach now. I know 457 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: he had a stint with the six Ers. Oh, he's 458 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: an advisor for the Pelican Pelicans. Yeah, he knows offense, Yes, 459 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: seventy one? Two years a year or two. I mean, 460 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: this roster is not staying together for a long time. 461 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: You just mentioned at the cap. They have an issue 462 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: with the cap. They're gonna have to reload at some point. 463 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: Give him a year, give him too, see what he does. 464 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 2: Interesting, So he hasn't coached since Houston in James Harden. 465 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 2: In Houston James Harden, Remember they lost in twenty twenty. 466 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 2: Oh geez, he was the coach when they lost lost 467 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 2: to Duran. Huh wow. Interesting, that's not a bad name. 468 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: Listen outside the box, you know. I love that. We'll 469 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 2: wrap up here with a couple of gambling options for 470 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 2: tonight's games. Boston favored by two in Philly. Looks like 471 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 2: it's headed to one and a half in some places 472 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 2: as we record this. I'm BEIID back Harden hopefully locked in. 473 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 2: Give me the Celtics. I think you got to ride 474 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: the Celtics here. Tatum coming off a horrible game. This 475 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 2: team has owned Philadelphia owned them with EMBIID. The numbers 476 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 2: are pretty lopsid. I think it's like they're nine and 477 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,479 Speaker 2: four maybe with EMBID healthy. I gotta go Celtics here. 478 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 2: I think they bounced back. There's too much concern in 479 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 2: consternation over the Celtics team. I thought they would come 480 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 2: out of the East. I like the emergence of Malcolm Brogden. 481 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 2: Good for my player points pool. The guy who runs 482 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 2: it has not updated the second round yet, but Malcol 483 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 2: Brock is playing well and playing more, which you gotta 484 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 2: love that, So I will go Celtics player prop. I 485 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 2: haven't seen the Tatum total. Twenty nine and a half 486 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: is what I think I saw for game two. Obviously, 487 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 2: I hope you didn't take that. And when there's blowouts 488 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 2: like that. You don't want to be taken overs. Everybody 489 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 2: knew Game two was gonna be Celtics. Maybe it's a 490 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 2: little lower coming off the seven point game. I just 491 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 2: I just still don't know how they stop Tatum, Like, 492 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: who defends him? He's cooking, Tobias Harris Max, he has 493 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: no chance, James Harden, come on, So I'm gonna ride Tatum. 494 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 2: He's a guy. You guys don't have a big fan 495 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 2: Jason Tatum. So I would look at the Tatum player points. 496 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: If I see anything, I'll put on the gram later. 497 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 2: But then the real interesting game is Phoenix and Denver. 498 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 2: Currently Phoenix a four point favorite, looks like it's four 499 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 2: and a half a couple of places. So Chris Paul 500 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: not there the way historically things have gone. If you're 501 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 2: down oh two and you go home, you show up. 502 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: Now the question is do you show up in the 503 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 2: first half or do you show up full game. Given 504 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 2: the Chris Paul injury, I'm leary to take full game Phoenix. 505 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: I would look first half suns if anything, And I'll 506 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 2: be honest, I do think they get this game, but 507 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 2: I'm not confident enough that I would be willing to 508 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 2: put big money on it, because you guys know, if 509 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: you've been listening, I'm a big Denver guy. I am 510 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 2: all in on Jamal Murray, who, by the way, had 511 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 2: an awful game. Listen, when Jamal Murray can play like garbage, 512 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 2: Michael Porter Junior is not on the court in the 513 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: fourth quarter and you can win, you're doing something right now. Obviously, 514 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 2: role players will show up. I'm sure Tory Craigile hit 515 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 2: four threes for the Suns. Maybe Ian Wayne Right will 516 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: have an appearance and do something of note. Campaign will 517 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 2: play a better at home, like this is just what happens. 518 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: Role players show up. So I would go first half 519 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 2: Phoenix pro. You know, Denver's probably gonna be a little 520 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 2: sh shook and rattle. Maybe you want to go first quarter, 521 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 2: But I do think Phoenix comes out with something improve 522 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 2: Booker and KD they're not going out like that. They're 523 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 2: just they're too good to roll over. But man if 524 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 2: Denver can make this interesting late, that would that would 525 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 2: be spicy. So yeah, Friday, it should be some good games. 526 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 2: Tonight Saturday, of course, Lakers and we get Nick's heat. 527 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 2: We'll see with Jimmy Butler, you can't touch that game, 528 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 2: not knowing the status of Butler. But everybody, have a 529 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: fun filled weekend. Enjoy the NBA. I hear the NHL 530 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 2: playoffs are happening. I'm not a certain that's a that's 531 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 2: the thing. Yes, I'm just kidding obviously. By the way, 532 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: fun fact, we did secure a pretty big time guest 533 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 2: for later this month. I should just I don't know. 534 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: I don't think that they're that the publicist is actually listening, 535 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 2: so I'll read what they wrote. This person is very 536 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: excited for this opportunity. The their calendar is pretty busy 537 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 2: does May, and then it's in like the last weekend, 538 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 2: I said the email. This week, it's like their book 539 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 2: solid for three weeks. This person's a big deal. I 540 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 2: think you're gonna like it. We will have a video 541 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 2: component for this interview. I'll just let that'll put that 542 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 2: out there as something to watch going forward with straight Fire. 543 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 2: All right, have a good weekend.