Speaker 1: Welcome back to What's Burning. I got my NBA brother
Speaker 1: back with me, Julani McCoy. We just got back from
Speaker 1: our art battles on Miami. We'll talk about that a
Speaker 1: little bit later, man, but let's get right to it. Man.
Speaker 1: Status check. Lakers won three in a row, including a
Speaker 1: big win on Friday over the Bucks. Uh A D
Speaker 1: is playing out of his mind. The Lakers are eight
Speaker 1: and two over their last ten eighties numbers in the
Speaker 1: last ten or thirty and fifteen, including a forty five
Speaker 1: piece and the double nickel last night. Um, what do
Speaker 1: you think about this team? I mean, is it time
Speaker 1: to go all in? And and the rumor right now
Speaker 1: lan is Derosan and Vosovich for Westbrook and then and
Speaker 1: twenty nine future first round picks. Um, let's break this
Speaker 1: down a little bit. Talk about the team first and
Speaker 1: how they're playing, and then we'll get to, you know,
Speaker 1: to the possible trade scenario. I mean, the team is
Speaker 1: playing outstanding. I think I talked about this on the
Speaker 1: you know, the first couple of USS burnings. You know,
Speaker 1: this team is just now jelling a D. You said
Speaker 1: it before, it's playing out of his mind. Lebron is
Speaker 1: finding a way to play complimentary, complementary ball next to
Speaker 1: a d Russ is looking good. The benches rounding out,
Speaker 1: getting used to figuring out how they're gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: put their imprint on the game, coming off the bench,
Speaker 1: playing you know, minutes on the road or at home.
Speaker 1: So eight and two in their last ten, I know
Speaker 1: the schedule is flex favorable, but you have to pay
Speaker 1: the schedule. You know the schedule is coming out, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, before you play the game. So
Speaker 1: I like it. I think Darvin him like I've seen
Speaker 1: a lot of d hands identity and the coaching staff
Speaker 1: identity is starting to materialize on the court. Like I said,
Speaker 1: eight and two, you gotta play the schedule eight and
Speaker 1: two out of their last ten. If they can do this,
Speaker 1: you know every ten games, they're gonna start climbing up
Speaker 1: those standings. Yeah, I agree. I mean, I think the
Speaker 1: fact that we just have no patience for anything. I mean,
Speaker 1: if if we remember last year, the Boston Celtics were
Speaker 1: under five hundred, uh, come in January and turned it
Speaker 1: around into the best team in basketball uh statistically uh
Speaker 1: since then. So I just think this team is finally
Speaker 1: starting to gel. Guys are healthy. And I think you
Speaker 1: hit it on the head, Gilanni playing a complimentary excuse me,
Speaker 1: Lebron playing a complimentary role to a D. I got
Speaker 1: a chance to talk to a couple of Bronze former
Speaker 1: teammates because I didn't. You know, everyone says that they
Speaker 1: want to play through a D. And I asked, will
Speaker 1: Braun allow a D to really take that shine and
Speaker 1: and both guys told me, Lebron wants a D to
Speaker 1: take it, you know what I mean, Like take it like,
Speaker 1: come take it like. If you don't take it, I'm
Speaker 1: still gonna be me. But if you come and take
Speaker 1: it like he has took it into these last ten games,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give it to you, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: And and to me, playing through a D obviously shows
Speaker 1: that he's one of the most talented players in the
Speaker 1: n B. A uh. He's playing his way back into
Speaker 1: the m v P conversation, which he should be in
Speaker 1: every year. But it also saves Lebron for that stretch run.
Speaker 1: This guy's in your twenty. He can't carry a team.
Speaker 1: He shouldn't have to carry a team. At this point,
Speaker 1: his numbers are still incredible. I think you made a
Speaker 1: great point. To Russ obviously is playing well and buying
Speaker 1: into his role along with the other bench guys. So
Speaker 1: I guess the question is I wanted to just see
Speaker 1: this team play together and all be healthy and figure
Speaker 1: out how their three stars can merge. And they're starting
Speaker 1: to do that. Right With that said, do you funk
Speaker 1: all that up and and and and try to trade
Speaker 1: Russ and those picks for Damar and Vosovic or do
Speaker 1: you sit on what you got for right now? I'm
Speaker 1: satting Matt, this is too much talent. This is you know,
Speaker 1: d him, That coach and staff got him. You know
Speaker 1: we're looking at were turning the curve. This is too
Speaker 1: much talent just to throw away. We might be starting
Speaker 1: all over again with Jamar and back out over again
Speaker 1: and getting that team up to speed. And I don't know.
Speaker 1: I love Damar, Devotion, Compton, guy, USC guy California, Gut
Speaker 1: they were, you know, in the off season. I would
Speaker 1: have loved to see him as a Laker. But right
Speaker 1: now things are going good with Russ, things are going
Speaker 1: with a D. The team Lebron. I think we I
Speaker 1: think the Lakers whole attack right now. I don't see
Speaker 1: them making that move. I think they can really bust
Speaker 1: the move with this team and blowing it up right
Speaker 1: now and adding two new pieces in the middle of
Speaker 1: the year. I don't know if I like that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you you made a great point.
Speaker 1: I think people undervalue chemistry. I mean, all the one
Speaker 1: paper tomorrow and Bussovic looked like a great situation. But
Speaker 1: like you said, they could start all over with the
Speaker 1: chemistry they've built, and I think that's what this team
Speaker 1: is lacked for so long. It's consistency in chemistry, and
Speaker 1: they're finally starting to get it. Do you want to
Speaker 1: blow that up? Happy? We don't have to make happy.
Speaker 1: We don't have to make those decisions, so we'll have
Speaker 1: to sit tight. But anyway, they're playing good basketball, and
Speaker 1: they continue on another eight and to run, they're gonna
Speaker 1: find themselves right in the middle of the Western Conference.
Speaker 1: Standing so happy to see the Lakers starting to turn
Speaker 1: the corner and everybody be healthy and a d reminding
Speaker 1: everybody how motherfucking dope is Next up. The Pelicans have
Speaker 1: won their fourth game in a row six out of seven.
Speaker 1: Uh Egraham has been sidelined the last four games games.
Speaker 1: Alvarado dropped a career high on Sunday with thirty eight
Speaker 1: Pelicans currently sitting in the second spot of the Western Conference. Uh,
Speaker 1: Pelicans have a lot to play with. Two. They've got
Speaker 1: a ton of first round picks from the Drew Holiday trade,
Speaker 1: a ton of first round picks from the Anthony Davis trade. Um.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like they're remove away from seriously being
Speaker 1: contended with all due respect to their second place ranking
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference right now? Um? Or do you
Speaker 1: already feel like they're they're a dark horse and and
Speaker 1: and and they have what it takes to possibly make
Speaker 1: some real noise in the West. I think the thing
Speaker 1: that we keep coming back to is identity and culture
Speaker 1: right now, in chemistry like these, I think this is
Speaker 1: gonna be the NBA's issue moving forward with you know,
Speaker 1: people with a lot of draft picks, a lot of
Speaker 1: collateral to make these picks. How is that going to
Speaker 1: affect your chemistry? Is it worth blowing up and using
Speaker 1: the assets to get other players to your team? Now,
Speaker 1: the Pelicans could be in a particular situation they can
Speaker 1: use another hog on that team with some playoff experience.
Speaker 1: But that team is Rosland right now without without b
Speaker 1: I you know, so how do you like. I know,
Speaker 1: assets and are are a great thing, but this might
Speaker 1: be the look of the new NBA and where you know,
Speaker 1: the old eighties and nineties NBA where chemistry was everything,
Speaker 1: and you know, free agency just now really started in
Speaker 1: it too. Not like that but two thousands when the
Speaker 1: money blew up and people were switching teams, the player
Speaker 1: player movement was out of the way. But I would
Speaker 1: like to see the young Pelicans, you know, move alout
Speaker 1: like Memphis the State Path. Well, I mean, I think Lina,
Speaker 1: if you look at it, the teams that are having
Speaker 1: success and the teams are always around at the end,
Speaker 1: or teams that have been together, they're not adding a
Speaker 1: bunch of pieces, you know, consistently. Um. I think with
Speaker 1: that said, I feel like this team is still one
Speaker 1: piece away and I'd really have to kind of look
Speaker 1: at their roster to see what that piece maybe. But
Speaker 1: I love C. J. McColls betan leadership and when he
Speaker 1: brings to that team. I think b I is one
Speaker 1: of the most talented young players in the game. And
Speaker 1: Zion is just a monster continuing to develop his game.
Speaker 1: His his whole thing is just staying healthy. And then
Speaker 1: they have a lot of complimentary pieces. And I also
Speaker 1: want to shout out Willie Green. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: only what his second year, not even you know where.
Speaker 1: We're a quarter of the way through his second season,
Speaker 1: and this team has made leaps and bounds. I mean
Speaker 1: partly because they're healthy now. But again, you talked about
Speaker 1: foundation and identity, you know, I think that's what Willie
Speaker 1: Green has helped bring to that team. You know, his
Speaker 1: all those years on the Golden State sideline, he he
Speaker 1: he learned how to move, and he learned how to
Speaker 1: implement what they're doing, similar to what Mike Brown is
Speaker 1: doing in in Sacramento. You know, he's establishing a foundation
Speaker 1: and an identity for a team. So I want to
Speaker 1: definitely say hats off to my brother Willie Green. Um,
Speaker 1: I love the way this team is playing. Uh looking
Speaker 1: forward to see ing b I back out there. But
Speaker 1: I still feel like at some point they can use
Speaker 1: some of those picks and grab one more veteran um guy.
Speaker 1: They could still go out there and get it for him.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to wait to see. But I mean
Speaker 1: sleut to Willy Green and and and these boys for
Speaker 1: being second in the West. Right now, moving east, Trey
Speaker 1: Young's absence from Friday night's game versus Nuggets wasn't due
Speaker 1: to a shoulder injury. Um. Apparently Trey came in to
Speaker 1: shoot around or came to shoot around morning, I wanted
Speaker 1: to get treatment. Nate McMillan said that if you don't
Speaker 1: come out to shoot around, uh, you won't start, you'll
Speaker 1: come off the bench, or you don't have to play,
Speaker 1: and Trey decided not to play. Um, neither of us
Speaker 1: of us are fans of Nate McMillan. Let's just put
Speaker 1: this out there. UM. I think he's done a good
Speaker 1: job of again creating a foundation for this team. But
Speaker 1: I doesn't seem like he has the locker room anymore.
Speaker 1: And he's more of an old school type coach. And
Speaker 1: that's not a bad thing, but that's not what the
Speaker 1: NBA is anymore. I think there's maybe less than five
Speaker 1: coaches that are like these older, old school type coaches. UM,
Speaker 1: Nate McMillan's one of them. And with all due respect,
Speaker 1: I just feel like this game has kind of passed
Speaker 1: his ways. By his his his approach to the game,
Speaker 1: all this stuff has kind of passed him up. Um, Gilanni,
Speaker 1: what do you think obviously about the relationship, because these days,
Speaker 1: having a rocky relationship with the star can get your
Speaker 1: ass fired. Um, but obviously you you know, you know,
Speaker 1: Nate not a very big fan of him either. What
Speaker 1: do you think about this situation? Shout out to Nate McMillan.
Speaker 1: He gave my contract to Calvin Booth in my free
Speaker 1: agent year and gave me had one of the most
Speaker 1: weird post postseason meetings I've ever experienced in my life. Um,
Speaker 1: the gate was the game was past eight in two
Speaker 1: thousand when I was there, so you know, he didn't
Speaker 1: want you talking on your phone on the bus. He
Speaker 1: wanted to wear a college shirt, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: all the bus riders for no texting. No, there was
Speaker 1: no texting back then. But you couldn't be on your phone.
Speaker 1: You can't be getting tickets for nobody. Uh, just that
Speaker 1: weird pointless ship just the point where ship point the ship.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure that were for him in the NBA
Speaker 1: coming out of North Carolina State, that's whatever draft pick
Speaker 1: who was where he was carving his ness but and
Speaker 1: talking to uh the players the you know, de Jonte
Speaker 1: Trey and John Collins were at the crossover and talking
Speaker 1: to them and talking with I think John Collins uncle,
Speaker 1: it just seemed like the game was passing. Nate Um.
Speaker 1: Nate is very strong willed and strong mind. You know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, he'll burn it. He'll
Speaker 1: burn this ship down before you know you can, before
Speaker 1: you show him out the door, He'll burn it down.
Speaker 1: He's petty like that. So um, I like, I like
Speaker 1: what Trey Young is doing it to be honest, you know.
Speaker 1: And they pulled this ship with me in the summer
Speaker 1: league one time and at my free agent year when
Speaker 1: I was trying to uh play just summer league, he
Speaker 1: I drove by myself because I lived in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: He got pissed, told me I wasn't starting after in
Speaker 1: the summer league. After I started in the league. So
Speaker 1: that was why I got out of Seattle. Ultimately, at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I know he's widely respected
Speaker 1: as a guy who's contributed to excell those in the
Speaker 1: in the in the NBA game. But his time is
Speaker 1: over now. We've seen better coaches. You know, no offense
Speaker 1: get pushed out early, and I think that I think
Speaker 1: it's next time. Yeah, I think the writings on the
Speaker 1: wall and it's not necessarily a knock on him. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just adapt or or get left behind. And I
Speaker 1: think his ways, like you said, worked in the NBA
Speaker 1: he was coming up in. And if you can't adapt
Speaker 1: to this new, younger, uh culture, your days are numbered.
Speaker 1: So I don't think Nick McMillian will finish this season. Um,
Speaker 1: but we shall see next up. Money Talks presented you
Speaker 1: by Moneyline, the only money app you'll ever need. This
Speaker 1: is kind of a big deal right now, and it's
Speaker 1: it's just it's just frustrating how people people are. Um.
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders was hollered hired by Colorado, leaving jack to
Speaker 1: stay behind. Will bring along his son, who through for
Speaker 1: over sixty six hundred yards and sixty six fucking touchdowns
Speaker 1: the last two season leading Jackson State. Um see you
Speaker 1: threw a bag at him. I mean, I don't think
Speaker 1: people know that Dianne was making only three hundred thousand
Speaker 1: at Jackson State. He will now be making northwards of
Speaker 1: nearly six million dollars a year. And you hear everybody
Speaker 1: just complaining, you know, you're a sell out, you're this,
Speaker 1: You're that. You show me a motherfucker on this planet
Speaker 1: that is going to stay at one job that is
Speaker 1: paying him three hundred thousand when you can have a
Speaker 1: same job with better amenities, more exposure, and they're gonna
Speaker 1: pay you nearly six million dollars a year. There's no
Speaker 1: one that is going to do that, and if you do,
Speaker 1: you're a fucking idiot. So with all due respect to
Speaker 1: what's going on, I mean, let's break this down. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's taking a lot of heat right now. I think
Speaker 1: that you know, we both agree that he did he
Speaker 1: did his job. He lift the torch, and now it's
Speaker 1: time for someone else to come and carry the torch. Uh.
Speaker 1: He brought some relevancy to the HBCU. He wasn't gonna
Speaker 1: save it by itself, you know what I mean. But
Speaker 1: I think there's a few different ways we can look
Speaker 1: because obviously we can look at what is going to
Speaker 1: happen to Jackson State after he leaves, which is, you know,
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be obviously in a better shape than
Speaker 1: when he was there. And then also for the younger
Speaker 1: players that you know, believed in Dion that committed there.
Speaker 1: But I've seen a bunch of them d commit this morning.
Speaker 1: So um, let's just talk about this whole thing. And
Speaker 1: take our time and break this down. Yeah, let's break
Speaker 1: it down. Money talks like you, I mean three hundred
Speaker 1: to three hundred thousand to to six million. Uh, come on, like,
Speaker 1: come on, guys. He this is his profession. He does
Speaker 1: it for a living. He's he has babies and kids,
Speaker 1: you know, and in a brand and looking after. I
Speaker 1: think he left Jackson Stay better than where he found it.
Speaker 1: Who's mad at that? At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: he did, like the torch, somebody else gotta come in there.
Speaker 1: A Jackson State isn't the only school in the hbc
Speaker 1: A HBCU university. He lit the torch, blaze the trail
Speaker 1: for somebody to go out and follower. There's Ed Reid's
Speaker 1: tons of NFL coaches, you know, kindred spirits, the Dion
Speaker 1: that I feel that can be added to the HBCU
Speaker 1: situation and shout out to Colorado people sleeping Like I
Speaker 1: think this is Colorado hired three black coaches, Tucker Correl
Speaker 1: now Dion. So whatever is going on in Boulder that
Speaker 1: you know what to me is galvanized to them to
Speaker 1: hire black coaches is a good move. Um, Colorado is
Speaker 1: a sleeping giant, you know. Aired b enemy. They put
Speaker 1: people in pros on the defensive on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: Durry and Hagen, So there's a sleeping giant getting to
Speaker 1: see Dion back, you know, Nike team. The whole u
Speaker 1: A thing was weird for me. I'm hoping we get
Speaker 1: to see Dion back in the Nike bag, see him
Speaker 1: some releases that you know, some of Dion's turf shoes.
Speaker 1: They play on turf. So I think across the board
Speaker 1: and money talks, this is a great situation for everybody.
Speaker 1: His kid gets to come over and play against you know,
Speaker 1: uh what do they call it? Predominantly white institution talent,
Speaker 1: So it can you know, push his heisman numbers up.
Speaker 1: You know, I know Steve mcnaren wanting the HBCU, but
Speaker 1: maybe Shda wants to come up and play with the
Speaker 1: big boys. This is an excellent opportunity all around for
Speaker 1: the Pack twelve, for Colorado, for Dion. Money talks, and
Speaker 1: I yelled across the board for you know, everybody on
Speaker 1: the team. I'm interested to hear you know your take
Speaker 1: as far as economics, you know, on the field, off
Speaker 1: the field, and you know, and just how you know,
Speaker 1: we need to leave Dion alone he did with his kid.
Speaker 1: Now it's time to go get his bag, and I
Speaker 1: don't think he stays there forever. No, First of all,
Speaker 1: all these people complaining, I want to see what you
Speaker 1: donated to the HBCUs. So make sure if you see
Speaker 1: this edit in the comments, you show me your your uh,
Speaker 1: your donation to HBCUs before you're out here disrespecting prime. Um.
Speaker 1: You know on just on server the levels obviously HBCUs.
Speaker 1: You know the momentum has been picking up of late,
Speaker 1: but Gilani, at the end of the days, the facilities
Speaker 1: are terrible. With all due respect, you know that they're
Speaker 1: doing the best they can do. They need more money.
Speaker 1: We all know that. Um, the level competition isn't the best,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So if you're trying to
Speaker 1: become a pro out of HBC, you have you have
Speaker 1: a It's a tall task. So for his son in particular,
Speaker 1: I mean, he's put up video game numbers in these
Speaker 1: last two years, I think this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: huge test and a step for him that NFL scouts
Speaker 1: really want to see. I mean, can he do this
Speaker 1: against the best of the best. Now he'll be playing
Speaker 1: against the best players who are all you know, majority
Speaker 1: of them are gonna get a real look at the league.
Speaker 1: So can he do this on the highest level? UM?
Speaker 1: I feel bad for obviously the school because Dion just
Speaker 1: pumped so much life into that team and and his
Speaker 1: energy and his charisma and and who he is really captured.
Speaker 1: You know, the nation. You know we were all talking
Speaker 1: about HBC is because of Dion, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I think for that standpoint is gonna be tough
Speaker 1: to overcome at Jackson State. UM. And then again the
Speaker 1: young guys that believed in and Deon and committed there
Speaker 1: over you know, your normal typical d one offer. So
Speaker 1: good thing is is the transport transfer portal is up
Speaker 1: in Alive and these kids can hop in the transfer portal. UM.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw his speech to the
Speaker 1: current team. Louis told Yeah, he told the boys he's
Speaker 1: bringing luggage in his Louis and feel free to hop
Speaker 1: in that portal because it's only gonna make more space.
Speaker 1: So Deon is not playing it. And again that's that's
Speaker 1: why I love Dion, you know what I mean, His interviews,
Speaker 1: his realness, Uh, I think you have to take a
Speaker 1: chance on that. And again for anyone who's saying that,
Speaker 1: why do it for the money? You're doing your sell
Speaker 1: out here this year, that you're not staying somewhere where
Speaker 1: you're paid three hundred thousand when you can nearly make
Speaker 1: six million doing the same thing. You're just not You're
Speaker 1: full of ship if you tell yourself you're gonna do that. So, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I wish Dion the best. I wish Jackson
Speaker 1: State the best. You know again, Dion lit the torch.
Speaker 1: And as you say, there's plenty of other former NFL
Speaker 1: guys that can come in here, not just at Jackson State,
Speaker 1: but just hit this HBC you and on if if
Speaker 1: you get you think about you get ten guys in
Speaker 1: the next five years to do with Dion did, even
Speaker 1: if it's only for a year or two or three years,
Speaker 1: just to pump some life into the system and show
Speaker 1: people that, hey, you know, there is some talent over here.
Speaker 1: It's not the top D one talent. But I think
Speaker 1: if we continue to get these schools more money and opportunity,
Speaker 1: you'll continue to see more D one athletes go this route. Um,
Speaker 1: it's gonna help the whole HBUs system. So but I
Speaker 1: think at the end of the day. The HBCU whole system,
Speaker 1: not just Jackson State, should all be thankful for Dion
Speaker 1: sanders Um, even though they're probably all talking behind his
Speaker 1: back right now, because no one was talking about HBCU football,
Speaker 1: nobody until Dion sanders hot back on the scene. So man,
Speaker 1: we wish him the best of luck in Colorado. We
Speaker 1: wish his son the best of luck. And I think
Speaker 1: he took some other players. I wish everyone the best luck.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a great change. Again. Love
Speaker 1: to see Dion back and Nike because that under armored
Speaker 1: thing would cutting it. You'll be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: these boys, you know, blending the PAC twelve. The PAC
Speaker 1: twelve had a good reason this year with you know,
Speaker 1: Oregon sc U c l A made some noise. So
Speaker 1: again I get a great Colorado's got everything in the bag,
Speaker 1: and and and and Dion is is a great guy
Speaker 1: to bring them back to life. Patswell needs some swag.
Speaker 1: Let's keep it a being that could use a little swag.
Speaker 1: Level of Dion is gonna be good for the pats Well.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Dion was able to come onto this
Speaker 1: uh you know, this HBCU platform and elevate himself, you know,
Speaker 1: along with the school. So who is going to be
Speaker 1: the next former player to do the same, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean I know someone out there is. I mean,
Speaker 1: obviously Dion Is is one of a kind. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, this is a perfect platform to come and,
Speaker 1: you know, help build a foundation and get kickstart something
Speaker 1: that needs help being kickstart. On the flip side, the
Speaker 1: nl L side, imagine what Dion is going to do
Speaker 1: with the exposure he's bringing to this school for these kids.
Speaker 1: I mean the n i L deals you know with Dion,
Speaker 1: I mean they were locking in in the n i
Speaker 1: L deals that at Jackson State, So imagine what the
Speaker 1: gonna be able to do it at a real Division
Speaker 1: one pack twelve conference school. I mean, he's gonna be
Speaker 1: bringing these checks in for these kids, you know, I
Speaker 1: expect that, you know, the student body to buy in
Speaker 1: and whether it's this year and next year, he's gonna
Speaker 1: have that whole stadium rocking the same way he had
Speaker 1: Jackson State. And again, to me, it's a win win.
Speaker 1: I mean, Dion came in and did his job. He
Speaker 1: took the school to a new level. Who's gonna do
Speaker 1: the next Who's going to take it to the next level.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you know, money talks, bullshit
Speaker 1: walks and money talked this time. And you know again,
Speaker 1: I don't know anyone who's gonna keep a three dollar
Speaker 1: job when you have a six million dollar job waiting
Speaker 1: for you. I don't know any player that's gonna be
Speaker 1: pest about you know what I mean? The n I
Speaker 1: n I LS deals jumping from Zaxby's and under Armour
Speaker 1: into Nike, and you know, probably some other big name
Speaker 1: papers with bigger checks across the board. Money Talks, see
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Speaker 1: Next up on the radar, presented to you by Draft Kings,
Speaker 1: let's take a look at the wind total for the Warriors,
Speaker 1: who are obviously starting to find their stride. Over forty
Speaker 1: eight and a half winds minus one thirty above forty
Speaker 1: eight and a half winds plus one oh five. The
Speaker 1: Warriors have obviously turned it around, winning for their last
Speaker 1: five uh. DraftKings has them over under forty eight and
Speaker 1: a half whin Gelanni you're going over or under. See,
Speaker 1: we did this, we did this before, and I take
Speaker 1: that DA I went to save bro. I'm gonna go.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go under. Oh really we'll go. We'll go under.
Speaker 1: Just to make it interesting, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: You know that the West, we talked about how the
Speaker 1: West is flip flopping. You know, there's there's been some
Speaker 1: gen They got the Beam in Sacramento, they got the
Speaker 1: Clippers with Kauai catches fire New Orleans. You know, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna going Lakers are coming. But with that said,
Speaker 1: I'm going over. I think fifty win team. I think
Speaker 1: this team is anywhere from forty nine to fifty three wins.
Speaker 1: So I would definitely take the over with this team. Um,
Speaker 1: and again I think that you know, if you get
Speaker 1: fifty three wins, I think that probably puts you top
Speaker 1: four uh in the West, Um, which is where they
Speaker 1: want to be. Um. They're not tripping off a one
Speaker 1: or two. See they know, you know, once it gets going,
Speaker 1: their experience is going to do what it needs to
Speaker 1: do for this team. So I'm going to take the over.
Speaker 1: Lani is gonna take the under. What are you going
Speaker 1: to take? What are you gonna take it's your money.
Speaker 1: Don't worrybody, We're gonna do with our closing thoughts. This
Speaker 1: just in. John Morant is next in line for his
Speaker 1: own signature shoe. I think we saw yesterday that Nike
Speaker 1: has completely cut ties with Kyrie, making him a sneaker
Speaker 1: free agent real quick. Before we get off the Kyrie
Speaker 1: Kyrie shoe was I don't know the numbers, but I
Speaker 1: know for sure it was one of the top selling
Speaker 1: signature shoe. If not number one, I'm pretty sure it
Speaker 1: was number one. And when I tell you, I know
Speaker 1: it because I've seen it on the a AU level
Speaker 1: for the last handful of years. I think his color
Speaker 1: ways captivated this young world and parents were out there
Speaker 1: buying Kyrie shoes left and right. So unfortunate situation Nike
Speaker 1: decides to cut ties, um, but it's coming in on
Speaker 1: a perfect with with with the next star in line.
Speaker 1: I think if John Morant comes in and they do
Speaker 1: his shift the right way with the crazy color ways,
Speaker 1: he is the future face of the NBA. And I
Speaker 1: have no doubt that one year from now or whenever
Speaker 1: his shoe come out, one year from the time is released,
Speaker 1: he'll be the number one or number two selling shoe
Speaker 1: in the NBA. If Nike does this that, I have
Speaker 1: no doubt. So congratulations to John Morant. Uh, super dope.
Speaker 1: I love it. You are the new NBA and you
Speaker 1: were going to be the face soon, so continue to elevate.
Speaker 1: My brother Gilanna, we had art Basil over the weekend
Speaker 1: on behalf of the n B p A did the
Speaker 1: post up. Uh, let's talk about our weekend. Ah man,
Speaker 1: I'm still struggling fly delay. You know, Leddy got kicked off,
Speaker 1: the fly messed off the whole vibe. But you know,
Speaker 1: you know, it was my first time in our basil.
Speaker 1: You know, the post up is obviously obviously dope. Our
Speaker 1: basil is amazing. We didn't get a chance to see everything,
Speaker 1: but I think we were. We saw the things we
Speaker 1: were supposed to see. That makes any sense. You was there,
Speaker 1: you had the party the night before was dope. Miami
Speaker 1: just does it a little different. We live in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: We've seen some amazing ship but what we saw over
Speaker 1: in our basil, oh boys, Yeah, but it was a
Speaker 1: new level that it was definitely a new level. But
Speaker 1: it was good to see of creatives out in the streets,
Speaker 1: you know, you know at their own installations. You know,
Speaker 1: people have their own installations that you can walk to
Speaker 1: and you know and partaking and you know, talk with
Speaker 1: the artists. You know, Our Basil has started as a
Speaker 1: little thing on the strip where they were actually you know,
Speaker 1: doing local art. Now it's a big, huge thing, party,
Speaker 1: brands money, it's a huge party. So I loved it.
Speaker 1: You did a great job. We got to work with bed.
Speaker 1: You know, we love catching up with bad at the
Speaker 1: post up and the cash and rap shit. Uh. I'd
Speaker 1: like to hear your take. You you were on the
Speaker 1: moods and you know you gotta actively speak and move
Speaker 1: around in politics. And how was your Was this your first?
Speaker 1: This is your first? Yeah, this is my first Our
Speaker 1: Basil trip. Um. I enjoyed it. You know obviously we
Speaker 1: didn't we didn't really dive into it, you know like
Speaker 1: we would have did if it was five or six
Speaker 1: years ago. You know, I mean I think we did.
Speaker 1: The old people are Basil where we we we went
Speaker 1: to work, we went to dinner, We went to one event.
Speaker 1: At that one event, when I tell you this dude
Speaker 1: had a house on the water or was it was
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty million dollar house you guys had just
Speaker 1: got offered. He turned down a hundred fifty million dollar offer.
Speaker 1: This thing is sitting on the water, boscyots everywhere. A
Speaker 1: gigantic yacht, gigantic who knows how much was was parked
Speaker 1: in his backyard. Uh. The who's who were there? We
Speaker 1: saw Shipped, the Kardashians, We saw Travis Scott, We saw
Speaker 1: fifty fifty and Travis Scott performed in this guy's backyard.
Speaker 1: I saw people about Cardi, about Cardi, yeah, fifty before
Speaker 1: and twice about Cardi performing in the backyard. These backyards
Speaker 1: aren't your typical backyards. Cardi got a million flat for
Speaker 1: going in the backyard. I don't know what fifty and
Speaker 1: Drake got. Are excusing me fifty and Travis Scott, but
Speaker 1: they definitely got some bread um a lot of dope
Speaker 1: business opportunities that you and I ran across it that night.
Speaker 1: Uh saw a puffy. A lot of people were there.
Speaker 1: But that's what I love. My favorite thing was Obviously
Speaker 1: the vibe was crazy, but the business week got done.
Speaker 1: You know, the hopefully potential guests that we're gonna be
Speaker 1: locking in from that one night alone was amazing. So overall,
Speaker 1: our Bowsl was dope. Shout out the n b p
Speaker 1: A for having us shout out the post. Up Um
Speaker 1: had a great time. Definitely stayed in our old people
Speaker 1: lane though. Yeah we only went out one night. That's
Speaker 1: all we needed because we got the business done and
Speaker 1: then we had dinner and I mean burned it down.
Speaker 1: And when you stay in your lane, there's never any traffic.
Speaker 1: That's it. Man. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode
Speaker 1: of What's Burning. Sending love out to our brother Stephen
Speaker 1: Jesse Jackson. We hope they have been back soon. You
Speaker 1: can catch What's Burning available every week on Showtime Basketball
Speaker 1: YouTube and on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at Show Basketball.
Speaker 1: We'll see you guys next week. Oh Ship, one more thing,
Speaker 1: ge Lonni, Happy birthday, motherfucker. You about to be uh
Speaker 1: forty five when I come back. Like Jordan wearing the
Speaker 1: four five, you don't look at day past fifty. So congratulations. Man.
Speaker 1: It's a blessing to get old these days. It's a
Speaker 1: blessing to get old these days. My funcker's aren't seeing
Speaker 1: these numbers, man, So it's a blessing to get old, man.
Speaker 1: So happy birthday to my brother happy. We're gonna turn
Speaker 1: it up next time I see you and I love yeah.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll see y'all next week.