1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, everybody? 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: It is straight fire with Jason McIntyre, Monday, May tenth. 3 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: Hope everybody had a phenomenal Mother's Day weekend. I'm sure 4 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Rob treated his wife and hit up his mom, and 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: you guys did some fun stuff. I assume, right, Rob 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: a thousand percent. And before we get into the sports, 7 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: let me just say that I went to a very 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: high end Mexican establishment here in southern California's also one 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: in Vegas called Javier's. If you know about it, you know. 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: If you don't know, you need to find out. Let 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: me just say that I got drinks for to celebrate 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: Mother's Day and I wanted to margarita and they said, okay, well, 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: which kind of tequila would you like? Staring me right 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: in the face. Was the Rocks Terre Montic tequila. And 15 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: I was like, I haven't tried that yet. I may 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: have to do it, but you know, I'm a loyal guy, 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: and my loyalty is with the cloone dog, George Clooney. 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: So I went Costs Amigos instead, and I said, if 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: George Clooney had in Instagram him, I would tag him 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: right now. Let him know that this this, these still 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: waters run deep with you. George. I had no idea 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: you were a George Clooney tequila guy. Is that really 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: a thing? I'm I'm floored right now, absolutely shocked one 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: thousand percent to get some costs amigos in your life. 25 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: They should be a sponsor of this program because of 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: how much I love George Kay and his work. But 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: I just want you to know that I do like 28 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: the Rock. I'm not gonna say I don't like the Rock, 29 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: but if I got to choose one Mother's Day weekend 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: with the Clooney Tequila, I like it. Um, that's awesome. 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: I don't know Haviers. My mom was in town for 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: the week. Hadn't seen her in Baer fifteen months due 33 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: to COVID. Was great, had a great week, had a 34 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, like nice little babysitter action. Uh so me 35 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: and the wife could hang out. Um went out to 36 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: dinner and then Sunday we hit up a you know breakfast, 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: played some new board games that I had never played before. 38 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: I played some FIFA. Lost to my son in two K, 39 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: just a devastating loss. Portland. I was Portland's all time 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: collapsed at the end. Damian Lillard over six in the 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Yes, I do check the stats. He was 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: he was the nineties All Stars, Um. And the problem is, listen, 43 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: I'm great if I'm the Lakers all time and he 44 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: can't beat me, Um, but every other team he can 45 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: beat me with basically, and it's always close, and I 46 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: just fade in the fourth quarter. But nevertheless, it was 47 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: a great Mother's Day weekend. It was kind of a 48 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: quiet sports weekend, rob Um. This is how quiet it was. 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, I do the radio show Saturday, 50 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: Got the kids sports. Um. Son's undefeated soccer team played 51 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: another team that was like number two in their conference 52 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: and they beat him. My son scored and had an assist. 53 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: So I'm like locked in on that. We do the 54 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: basketball game and then you know, I hear, oh, this 55 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby winner was allegedly cheating because he didn't he 56 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: failed a drug test, and I'm like, wait a sec 57 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: horse drug tests? Is that really? Rob Was that the 58 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: biggest sports story this weekend? Because like, nothing happened with 59 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and I guess of the Kentucky Derby winner? 60 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: Is that really it? Do we do we have to 61 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: talk about that. No, we don't have to talk about it. 62 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: Let me just say this quickly, though, is everybody was 63 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: shocked that that horse tested positive for I think it 64 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: was an anti inflammatory. If you know anything about his trainer, Baffort, 65 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: you should not be shocked at. I don't know why 66 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: this wasn't even news anymore. I think this is the 67 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: thirtieth time that he's been popped for performance enhancing drugs 68 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: and a horse relax. Yeah, so, I honestly, I I 69 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: just saw the headline. I did not read anything. I 70 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: don't know Baffort's history, nor do I care to know it. 71 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: But I do know about the NBA, and that's where 72 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: I think the most interesting thing happened this weekend. Of course, 73 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: you guys, remember the Clippers beat the Lakers last week, 74 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: and everybody's like, okay, Clippers, DoD Clippers year, Kauaise healthy, 75 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: Paul George is cooking in April and playing well in May, 76 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: and then lo and behold Sunday, the Clippers have to 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: play the Knicks National TV Audio Big game, right, nixt 78 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you know, we really haven't given them 79 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: the flowers they deserve. On this podcast, the Knicks are 80 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: playing out of their minds. Clippers jumped to a big 81 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: lead early and then they start locking down. And what 82 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: happens to the Clippers at home national audience late in 83 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: the season. Choke City. An absolute embarrassment from the Clippers. Yes, 84 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: Paul George eight for twenty shooting two of nine from three. 85 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: Kauai nine of twenty six from the field. Kauai, who 86 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: we were talking about all NBA last week. And if 87 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: you hear Kauai's quotes after the loss of the Knicks, Oh, well, 88 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: he missed nine of ten games because of his foot. 89 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: How's the foot, Kauai, Oh, foot's good. But the hand, 90 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: you know, fell on my hand against the lake. I 91 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: mean it's like injury after injury with this guy, and 92 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: I get it. You know, the Clippers really haven't had 93 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: their full squad together. You know, they did have Morris, Reggie, 94 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: Jacks and pet Bev returned um, but tomb played surgery. 95 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: Baca still not back, so they're not whole. But this 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: is not a game the Clippers should be losing. The 97 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: Knicks are a second tier team in the East. There's 98 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: a clear line of demarcation in the East after in 99 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: whatever order you want bucks net sixers, and yeah, I 100 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: may have put that in in order I'm thinking, but 101 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: after that, it's like, Okay, Nick's heat, Celtics, whoever else? 102 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: Probably not the Celtics. Gosh, they're playing poorly. That being said, 103 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: how do you lose this game to the next? And 104 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: the first thing? You know, I wanted to do this, 105 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: rob but I did a thing this weekend where I'm 106 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: like not doing social media. I'm trying to not pick 107 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: up my phone seventy five times a day. And yes, 108 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: I checked the stats. It's ugly. I don't like it. 109 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: It is what it is. But like, I wanted to 110 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: go tell people, Hey, remember last month when I said 111 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: the paper clips were frauds and everybody got angry and 112 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: Clipper Darrell wanted to fight me and was called me 113 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: out on Instagram and all this nonsense. What happened in 114 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: a big spot against the Knicks. Oh, the Clippers gagged 115 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: Choke City the paper clips. This is who they are. 116 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: And we talked about the West wide open. I wrote 117 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: a piece for Fox Sports last week about the West 118 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: being wide open. I said, I can't believe in the Clippers. 119 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: I don't know about this Utah team. I really kind 120 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: of sort of like Phoenix, but as we saw, they 121 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: don't match up well with Anthony Davis. Um is Lebron 122 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: coming back, Horton Tucker's back for the Lakers, when is 123 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: Shrewder coming back? And like, the West really is wide open. 124 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: But Rob, I can say confidently when I look at 125 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: this Clippers team, and yes I have seen the numbers. 126 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: They lead the league in three point shooting. Well, it's 127 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: one thing to shoot threes in the regular season. It's 128 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: another in a close game against a good team. The Knicks, 129 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: an elite defensive team, top five in the league. Thibodeau 130 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: knows defense Clippers twelve of thirty five from deep Sunday. 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: There's gonna be more of that in the playoffs. But 132 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: I'm just getting you guys ready. From deep. In the 133 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: regular season, it's phenomenal. It's outstanding, no doubt about it. 134 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: You look at the efficiency numbers. Clippers have kind of 135 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: turned it around. I mean, Rob, they are second in 136 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: the league in offensive efficiency. Blow in my mind. The Nets, 137 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: who we probably will get to later, still don't have hardened, 138 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: are starting to fade a little bit. Still the most 139 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: efficient offensive team in the league. Clippers are too but 140 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: then you look defensively, Clippers are tent. The Clippers are 141 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: worst defensive team than the Memphis Grizzlies, than the Phoenix Suns. 142 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: Then the are you ready for this? The Golden State Warriors? Wow, 143 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: you were ready for that? Rob, I hell, I wasn't 144 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: ready for it. I mean, I just don't know if 145 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: I can trust this Clippers team. We've we've questioned the 146 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: rim protection. I don't need to go in on Paul 147 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: George again unless you really want me to. And and 148 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: I full disclosure, I've been a Paul George fan. When 149 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: he was with the Pacers and he went toe to 150 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: toe with Lebron on the heat. It was a thing 151 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: of beauty. Go watch. I think it was Game six 152 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: Pacers Heat. And and I'm not a Reggie Miller fan. 153 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: You guys have know I've talked about him a bunch 154 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: of not a good announcer. He blocked me on Twitter. 155 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: He's upset about stuff I said about him compared to 156 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: Red Steph Curry whatever. It is, the greatest call Reggie 157 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: Miller has ever had was on Paul George's dunk on 158 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: the Birdman in that series, Rob, do you remember the dunk? 159 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: No Paul George just goes down the lane, rises up 160 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: and Birdman Chris Birdman Anderson goes to challenge Paul George 161 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: and George flushes it in his grill. I mean it 162 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: was nasty, and the crowd was just stunned, Like there 163 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: was like one of those WHOA what just happened? And 164 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: Reggie Miller goes click click the Birdman on a poster 165 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: or something along those lines, and I was like, that 166 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: was a good call, Reggie Miller. He just went to 167 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: click click, because that's all it was. It was like, 168 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: and that was the quarter. Rob were at the end 169 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: of it. Paul George and Lebron were like going at it, 170 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: like just scoring on each other's ends, and Lebron reached 171 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: out to give him a high five. Do you remember that? 172 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: It was in that quarter and you can find her 173 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: on YouTube. I still believe it is the greatest moment 174 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: of Paul George's career. Obviously that would change if he 175 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: wins the title, but that dunk was like, this guy's incredible. 176 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: And I was a big Paul George fan and since 177 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: then it's kind of been downhill. Listen, he was an 178 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: m VP candidate with Okay s yes he was, Folks, 179 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: you probably forgot that. That was the series where uh 180 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: they played Portland's in the first round and Dame Lillard 181 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: knocked them out and waved by by and just it's 182 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: probably a top ten NBA finish since I've been watching 183 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 1: the league. That was an incredible like thirty ft side 184 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: step three from Dame Lillard and Paul George's eye. Um, 185 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: and you know Paul George, I don't know that he's 186 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: recovered from that. Has he like goes to the Clippers 187 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: and we know what happened in the bubble last year. 188 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: I personally can't trust the Clippers. Rob. I'm sure there 189 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: are people out there who just say, oh, listen, it 190 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: was just a game against the Knicks, no big deal. 191 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: But they had everybody but Sergeonbaka. They folded down the stretch, 192 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: They couldn't make jumpers, Paul George and Kai missed a 193 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: ton of shots. And what do we have here? The 194 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: Clippers huge question marks. Again, I called him frauds last 195 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: month that I'm sorry, I'm sticking with it. I don't 196 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: trust this Clippers team at all. It's so weird to 197 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: hear you talk and I one percent agree with everything 198 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: that you say, it's it's almost uncomfortable, you know, because 199 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: I'd like to think that you and I when we're 200 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: disagreeing is usually when we have the best content. But 201 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: in this case, I think you're spot on. It's it's 202 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: crazy to me. And he brought up that Paul George 203 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: was a m v P candidate in Oklahoma City, had 204 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: a great season. Um, but if I were to tell 205 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: you brought up the handshake with Lebron in the playoffs. 206 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: When you think of Paul George, now, what is the 207 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: one play that comes to your mind first? Oh, yeah, 208 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: that was too easy. Come on the side of the backboard, exactly, exactly. 209 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: And it's crazy to me because Paul George is a 210 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: very good player. I think he's gonna be an All 211 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: NBA player. But hold on, let's very good. Um, it 212 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: is Paul George on the track to be a Hall 213 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: of Famer? I would say yes, because everybody gets into 214 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, right, Okay, that that's exactly problem 215 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: we are in lockstep today. Yeah, people would say, like 216 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: Chris Webber's not in well, I mean, Paul George has 217 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: been the number one on teams before, Like he's really, 218 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: really good but like you said, everybody gets into the 219 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame exactly, and so with Paul George. Until 220 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: I see him do it in a big moment, it's 221 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: hard for me to get excited because, like you know, 222 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: earlier last week he had a couple of good games, 223 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: he also had some clunkers. But for whatever reason, and 224 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: I don't have any statistics behind this, I don't haven't 225 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: bothered to look it up, but it just feels to 226 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: me when there is a prime time game or a 227 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: big matchup head to head with another star or something 228 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: that found national TV, Paul George comes up very very small. 229 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: And is for that reason why I've been saying all 230 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: along you've been saying you called them frauds. I said 231 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: it before. They are closer to blowing it up in 232 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: Clipperland than they start winning a championship. I just looked 233 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: this up. You you are right. Paul George hit the 234 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: side of the backboard against Denver. In the previous series 235 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: against the MAVs, Remember where Luca was like, basically, I 236 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: will fight all of you guys like Mantras Harrow, the 237 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: Morris guy. Paul George averaged averaged eighteen a game on 238 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: thirty five percent shooting from three. Now, Rob, he can 239 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: hide behind this hole. Oh man, I wasn't myself in 240 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: the bubble, you know, I needed my strip for girlfriends 241 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: to be around. Whatever. Whatever His argument is that the 242 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: bubble was tough. It was tough for everybody. Everybody was 243 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: dealing with it. That is clearly the worst playoff series 244 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: he has had in his career. I mean, since he 245 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: was like a young pup year old guy like I 246 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: don't know, and against Denver he averaged one five and 247 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: three shot thirty eight from three. But all anybody remembers, 248 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: like you said, is that shot off the side of 249 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: the backboard. Yeah, and it's and it's unfortunately, it's not unfortunately. 250 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of funny, um, because he brought 251 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: all of this on himself. He's the one who decided 252 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: to call himself playoff p knowing damn well that you 253 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: fade in the playoffs more than you've ever come up. 254 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: It's like even the Denver series, if you take out 255 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: the part where he missed the hit side of the backboard. 256 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: You brought up round one against Dallas and how poorly 257 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: he played Round two against Denver. He only shot so 258 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: it's not like he was playing that good in that 259 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: round either. It's like, I can't think of a good 260 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: series that he's had since what two thousand sixteen U 261 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: And even then they lost with Indiana. Well, when he 262 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: was on Okay to Toronto, hold on against when he 263 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: was on Okay see against Portland. They lost the series 264 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: in five, But in five he did average twenty eight 265 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: and eight. Didn't shoot particularly well, uh from deep. As 266 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, he has not shut well in 267 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: the playoffs in the West, especially from three. But maybe 268 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: you're right that that if you look on you know, 269 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: basketball reference, you got to go back to like pre injury, 270 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: remember the pretty graphic injury that he or maybe it 271 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: was post injury. Actually I think the injury was when 272 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: he when he broke his leg, and then he came 273 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: back played five. He played fine in round one. I 274 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: think they lost in seven, and then after that it's 275 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: been a dumpster fire. And it's like you can say, hey, 276 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: eight and three is not bad, you know, but hey, 277 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: we lost in five. So how impressive is it really 278 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: if you're putting up those kind of numbers and your 279 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: team is getting smacked Max player. Yeah, So I mean 280 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: if you're a Clipper fan, and I there's plenty of 281 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: Clipper fans who listens to this podcast, and you think 282 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: to yourself, hey, we still got Kauai, we still got 283 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: Paul George, and you're confident about that, then go ahead. 284 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: If you think that somehow Paul George is going to 285 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: turn it around and and make playoff p a positive 286 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: thing instead of a negative thing. If you believe that 287 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson is suddenly going to be big in a 288 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: crunch time moment, go ahead. And if you somehow have 289 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: convinced yourself based on one playoff run in Toronto where 290 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: he beat a Warriors team that was without two of 291 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: their top three players, that Kauahi Leonard is suddenly you know, 292 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: God's gift to basketball and he's a closer, when statistically, 293 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: ever since he's been in Los Angeles that is could 294 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: be further from the truth. He's one of the least 295 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: clutch players in the NBA. So I'm not too concerned 296 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: about the Clippers. On that fone clue fan, I'm not 297 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: too excited about him. Like, even though I think that 298 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: they match up better with the Lakers than probably rouse 299 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: in the West, it doesn't mean I think there are 300 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: an actual threat to the Lakers. Well, I don't do they. 301 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: I don't know about that. If they match up what 302 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: was a D? They don't. But as far as who 303 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: else is in the West to match up with Lebron 304 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: and a D, I think they're the ones who are 305 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: person equipped. So interesting, you just brought something up about 306 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: Kauai and I wonder if people will start to and 307 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: I don't. You can't question a title because they did 308 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: win the title. But basically all I've been doing is 309 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: questioning that Raptors title. The producer from my from my 310 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: radio show at the time, Gavin had bet the Raptors, 311 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: and I of course was taken dumps on the Raptors 312 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: left and right, like just take just taking shots at them, like, 313 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: come on, these guys are jokers. If you remember, they 314 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: were down two out of the bucks and in game 315 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: three it end up going over time, Jannis had a 316 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: questionable foul out and Raptors win the game and then 317 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: they storm back and win the rest don't lose again, 318 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: And yeah, what is the narrative on Kauai if he 319 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: doesn't a hit a prayer Game seven series clinching buzzer 320 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: shot that probably goes in one out of a hundred 321 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: times if he doesn't hit that, and the entire Warriors 322 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: team isn't hurt, Like, does the narrative changeing about him 323 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: because he was with San Antonio and was I mean, 324 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: it's easy to roll with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker 325 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: and man who isn't not like and he was a 326 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: role player on those teams. There's no pressure, there's no pressure, 327 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: he's just playing with Hall of famers and yeah, he 328 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: won an MVP and then everybody, oh, well, remember he 329 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: broke up the heatles. That is like so far from 330 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: the truth. It's not even comical. Like Miami was on 331 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: its last legs and all the stories the post mortems 332 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: have proven that that team was cooked, okay, and they 333 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: got run out. I think it was in five, right 334 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: they lost that. Yeah, it was pretty pretty quick that 335 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: that team was spent. I don't think people realize how 336 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: tough it is to go to the finals four straight years. 337 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: Do you remember Michael Jordan quit? I say quit, People 338 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: get angry. You want to say retired, Fine, he quit. 339 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: He played in the last dance like it was mentally 340 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: and physically and emotional leagues a thing. I couldn't do 341 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: it anymore. And that was after three Okay, Lebron was 342 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: on four with Miami. Okay. Then what's even more crazy 343 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: is he goes to Cleveland, it gets back to four 344 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: straight finals, which is just absolutely absurd. At any rate 345 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 1: this first we're never losing that series. It was like, 346 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: I think that was a series where Danny Green went 347 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: bananas and was making a bunch of threes. Um the 348 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: bottom line, like the Heat never had a chance in 349 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: that one. And then you start to almost focus on 350 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: Kauai and you're like, well, we know he's talented, but Rob, 351 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: is he a leader? No? I just there's people like 352 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: him a lot, and I guess because he doesn't say 353 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: a lot. And he's like, I'm gonna I'm gonna let 354 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: my game speak. I'm not gonna say anything. Well, that's 355 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: fine with the media, but when your team's need you don't, 356 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 1: you have to speak up. If you're a Max guy 357 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 1: who Uncle Dennis was allegedly trying to get like a 358 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: private jet and uh stay of the team, and he 359 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: was like trying to get everything out of the Lakers 360 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: to go to l A and and Rob. You know, 361 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: the weird thing about sports predictions. If you remember, I 362 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: had said I can see Kauai leaving the Clippers if 363 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: this doesn't work out, and I think I fingered the 364 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: Suns as the team. Fox Sports Radio has the best 365 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our 366 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the 367 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live. 368 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: Part of me, and I'm being full disclosure, part of 369 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: me is rooting for them to not win. This not 370 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: win obviously that would that would I would look extremely 371 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: prescient and Rob, I hear you take a big, big side. 372 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: I'm also not a Clippers fan. I'm not, and the 373 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: reality is I don't believe in this team. Yes, I 374 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: of course I'm a Laker fan. I've told the story. 375 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: The first game I ever went to Nick's Lakers in 376 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: New York, we visited family in New York. My dad 377 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: got tickets jabbar verus Ewing. I fell in love with 378 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: boat teams that are very young age. The next game 379 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: I saw in person Lakers Knicks. My dad's only trip 380 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: to California in like fifteen years, and we went through 381 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: with the family and he was able to get tickets 382 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: at the Forum um and it was like, oh my gosh, 383 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: I love the Lakers, and obviously I was born in 384 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: New York, so I like the Knicks. Like, yeah, I'm 385 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: rooting for the Lakers, and I want the I like 386 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: the NBA. You guys know this. I played basketball multiple 387 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: times a week. I coach my kids in basketball. I 388 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: do fantasy basketball. I like the NBA. There's some people 389 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: out there who hate it. That's fine. The NBA needs 390 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers to thrive, right Rob. Let's be real. How 391 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: many days is uh Utah Jazz Milwaukee Bucks leading this 392 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: podcast in July? I don't know. I mean, if there's 393 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: any NBA news, it's probably any NFL news. Sorry, it's 394 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: probably gonna top that. I mean, that's just the reality 395 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: of it. There aren't that many Nuggets and Bucks fans, 396 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: and you know, there's not a lot of Clipper fans. 397 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: I like the Lakers. People respond to them. They have 398 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: great players, great history, great lineage. Robert I out of 399 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: pocket for saying that. No, I mean, well, let me 400 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: just say this. You want to get an idea is 401 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: to how um the basketball world feels about the you know, 402 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: the Jazz. So the Nuggets and Jazz were the ESPN 403 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: game as of last week, the one on Friday that 404 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: you turned up winning because Bogdanovich had like fifty points. 405 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: Nuggets Jazz right right, It got bumped for Lakers Blazers 406 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: I think two hours after it was announced that Lebron 407 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: was going to be active against Sacramento. So the number 408 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: one team in the league got bumped off of prime 409 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: time for the sixth and seventh seeded Lakers and Blazers 410 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: and the hope that Lebron would play in exactly. So 411 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: that just gives you a clue into how you know 412 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: this business works. And a lot of people don't get 413 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: I don't think people understand that, Rob, They like expect 414 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: us to come out and do a deep dive on 415 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: the Washington Wizards, rees Urgins, and like, could I do that? 416 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: Of course? I mean, listen, i grew up in Northern Virginia, 417 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: so I've always had a place in my heart for 418 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: the Washington Bullets. Yes, the Bullets, Rob g were you 419 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: even alive when they were called the Bullets? Sorry, they 420 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: had you know, Jeff ruland Jeff Malone, Terry Catledge, Like 421 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: I could name a bunch of irrelevant nineteen eighties Washington 422 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: Bullets and so Yeah, I always am doing a little 423 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: reading on the Whiz and yeah, part of me I 424 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: do like Bradley Beale. What I like to see him 425 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: out here in l a Hell's. Yeah, have I been 426 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: watching Russell Westbrook kick? But Russell Westbrook. He's getting to 427 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: the point, Rob where I almost wonder if we need 428 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: to adjust the all NBA teams, that's how strong he's 429 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: been playing. He's single handedly got them back. I mean again, 430 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: we're talking about a Washington Wizards team that's playing with 431 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: like ruey Hachi Mura, and I always say his name 432 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: just because like that's a phenomenal name. And I mean, 433 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: you know, they played Saturday night. Bradley Beale had fifty. 434 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: I only know this because a I'm a partial Wizards fan, 435 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: but also because my buddy is in our Fantasy Basketball 436 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: Championship league and he's playing against Bradley Beale, and so 437 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm checking the box score, and of course I have 438 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: Sabonis who's on the Pacers, and my buddy had Caris Lavert. 439 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm like Carriss Laverts back, He's like he's got thirty 440 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: five and fourteen, and like these are the texts I'm 441 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: getting on Saturday night as a dad of two kids 442 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: who plays fantasy basketball. But I digress. I'm sorry. We 443 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: can't build an entire podcast around the Washington Wizards recapturing 444 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: glory by going, you know, fourteen and six over a 445 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: twenty games fan. Rob. If I pitched him, that would 446 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: probably nix it. Now, you know, Rob, you can go 447 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: go ahead and push back on that if you want, 448 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: But um, I don't. I just I don't think that's 449 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: something we could dive into. No, probably not unless we 450 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: are gonna have a scintillating hot take on Russell Westbrook 451 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: or as you should call him from now on by 452 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: his government name, future Laker Russell Westbrook. Stop it there. 453 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: That that is really the only way, that's the only 454 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: way we can bring up that kind of level of 455 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: Washington talk is if you get on somebody who is 456 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: so polarizing, and in your case, Russell Westbrook is a 457 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: polarizing figure. But um, I just want to say really quickly, 458 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: going back to the Clippers, and I know you said 459 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: that you're rooting against them, I think what I'm about 460 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: to say might even be a bigger insult. I don't 461 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: think that they are relevant enough for me to root 462 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: against them or god like it's it's it's and and 463 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: maybe it might go back to last season, you know, 464 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: when they were chirping about how they run run l 465 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: A and they couldn't get out of the second round 466 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. But even if you live here 467 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: in l A. And and you do too, so you 468 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: can assest to this. Have you ever met a Clipper 469 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: fan like a couple? But and there's what ten million 470 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: people in Los Angeles and you probably can count the 471 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: number of Clipper friends, you know. On one hand, it's 472 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: like you're there's an indifference towards them. It's not that 473 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: you actively root against them. It's not like I hate 474 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: them the way I hate the Boston Celtics, you know. 475 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: But with the Clippers and and and part of it 476 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: has to do, I'm sure with Kawhi Leonard and Kauai 477 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: doesn't do or say anything that's gonna make you notice him. 478 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: You know, Paul George is more known for his failures 479 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: than his successes. So the baby mamas and all that 480 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 1: fun stuff for anybody who cares about that kind of 481 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: thing exactly. So it's like, how could I really root 482 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: against the team when they've never done anything to really 483 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: make me feel threatened. It's not the Portland Trailblazers of 484 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: the early two thousand's. It's not the Sacramento Kings with 485 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: Chris Webber and bloody divots. It's not even you know, 486 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: the San Antonio Spurs with Tim Duncan. Even if you 487 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: didn't hate them, you knew that they were so good. 488 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: You were always aware of what they were doing. You 489 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: always had to pay attention to what they had done 490 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: that that, Oh, they had just beat you know, Orlando 491 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: in the second out of the back to back and 492 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: Tim Duncan had twenty and fifteen or something like that. 493 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard, I didn't even know that until he played 494 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: the Lakers um late last week. I think of what 495 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: may have been on a Thursday, and I didn't even 496 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: know that he had been out for nine of ten games. 497 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: Like I knew that he had been banged up, I 498 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: know he had missed that many games. So I don't know. 499 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: I can't really be on board with you rooting against 500 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: the Clippers. I guess, um, I guess. But I'm sure 501 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: there are people who are saying, well, fine, you want 502 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: to bash the Clippers. That's fine. That's a topic. You 503 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: don't want to talk about the Wizards. You only want 504 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: to talk about Lebron. It's gonna get stale if you 505 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: only talk about the same teams. And I would say 506 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: that's not true. And there is a knock on that 507 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: about a lot of the sports TV shows that if 508 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: you turn it on, it's only Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Cowboys, Lakers, 509 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: and like five teams or players. And I would say, 510 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: I disagree, Rob, I don't think we are that narrow minded? 511 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 1: Are we here? Because you know me, I will talk 512 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: about Zion any day of the week. I like talking 513 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,959 Speaker 1: about the Celtics. Brad Stevens there. I might have been 514 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: wrong about them this season, Mike, I don't know what's 515 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: going on. Something is a miss. I gotta check in 516 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: with my guy who um knows a player on the team. 517 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: But they're not responding well to Brad Stevens. So, But 518 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: bottom line, I don't think we're like, hey, there's only 519 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: six teams we can talk about it. That's not I 520 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: I don't think that applies to us. I'm sure it 521 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,479 Speaker 1: does other people. But we also can bring in guests, right, 522 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: Rob will bring in guests, like maybe we'll reach out 523 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: to a wizard reporter who's covering the team. Uh, and 524 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: I could make fun of Russell Westbrook and see with 525 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: the responder, I'm kidding. But going back to your Clippers thing, 526 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: the few fans that I've met, my real question is 527 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: were you a fan when they had Danny Manning? Because 528 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: Danny Manning, of course, was a legendary college basketball player 529 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: in Kansas and went to the Clippers. And I actually 530 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: thought they might have had something with Danny Manning, and 531 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: of course that never came close to materializing. Um, but 532 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 1: like they also had the Darius Miles team with q 533 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: Rich and um, who didn't they have any other young guy? 534 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: Was Corey mcgetty on that team? Corey mcgetty was on 535 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: that team. They had a young lamar Odom, They had players. 536 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: I tried to look, what year was that? Do you remember, Oh, 537 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: the Knuckleheads years might have been laid around two thousand, No, 538 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: I had I was in high school when lamar Odom 539 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: was on. It might have been like oh, four oh five. 540 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, they I mean, so there are a handful 541 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: of fans out there who like the Clippers, but I 542 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: don't know. Oh, yeah, here we go. They had Glenn Rice, 543 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: Chris Wilcox key on dueling. Yet like Elton Brand was. 544 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: Remember they wasn't that their big get Elton Brand and 545 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: he was pretty good. He was a really solid player duke, 546 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: and then he had the achilles and he never really 547 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: was the same. But you know, if you want to 548 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: spin it forward, Rob, if it doesn't work out for 549 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: the Clippers this year, and you know, it's looking like 550 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: your first round opponent will be the um Portland Trailblazers, 551 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: they should handle Portlands. That being said Damian Lillard versus 552 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: the Clippers was the thing in the bubble. And I 553 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: mean I don't know the status of uh the injuries 554 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: for Portland's Like, I mean, is nerk ever gonna be healthy? 555 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: You know, Uh Carmelo Anthony channels something here late. Uh 556 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: McCollum missed a lot of time this year. I like 557 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: Norman Powell, Um what the big white guy Zach Collins, Like, 558 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: what's his what's his deal? Has he played it all 559 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: this year? Like I just I don't get the Blazers, 560 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: but I'm never going to count them out. With Dame 561 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: and Um that would be an interesting first round matchup. 562 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: But if the Clippers don't get out of the second 563 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: round this year, don't at least get to the conference 564 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: finals or even the NBA Finals. I think the big 565 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: takeaway will be does co I want to stay here? 566 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: Because they're really kept out. They can't do much. Their 567 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: moves were Serge Ibaka for Montrez Harrold and Luke can 568 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: Yard for Lou Williams and Luke Kennard is barely playing 569 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: quality minutes. They gave him sixty four mill or four 570 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: or sixty four something like that, And I just I 571 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: don't know why Kauai would return. But if you look 572 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: around the league, like does he have many options? Like 573 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: would he go to New York? I don't think so. 574 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: He's personality doesn't really fit, does it. I think he'd 575 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: be a terrible fit in New York. I think his 576 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: person even handle the media. There no no he he. 577 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: I think is in a perfect place where he is 578 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: with the Clippers because they can fly under the radar. 579 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: No problem with the Lakers in town. I'm glad that 580 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: you have brought up the possible first round matchup between 581 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: Portland and the Clippers, which I think the Clippers should 582 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: win because I don't think Portland is very good. But 583 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: once the Clippers lose in the second round. Or let's 584 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: say they end up facing Luca in the first round 585 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: and he goes off again like he did last year 586 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: and he put the scarantum or whatever. I've been marinating 587 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: on this trade idea for a minute. I want to 588 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: get your thoughts on it. Wait, wait, time out, time out. 589 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: Let me just one quick thing. I just noticed Portland's 590 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: is twenty ninth and defensive efficiency. The Clippers are second 591 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: in offense. There's no way the Clippers lose that series, 592 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: right there. I mean they can't lose. They cannot lose 593 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: that series here. Okay, So let's, for arguments sake, say 594 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: that the Clippers face Portlands around one and Dame does 595 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 1: what Dame does it we expect to do. We think 596 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: he might average thirty five in that series and still lose, 597 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: like in five games. But the Clippers flame out in 598 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs like we both expect them to. What do 599 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,719 Speaker 1: you think about a Paul George for Dame Lillard trade? 600 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: This offseason already put the word out as much as 601 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: he's denying that he didn't with the Chris Haynes report 602 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: where they suggested that they're not doing enough to build 603 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: around him, and he's been very loyal and hasn't really 604 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: worked out for him. The Clippers, as you've mentioned several 605 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: times in this podcast and before, are beholden to Kauahi Leonard. 606 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: They offered him a private jet to stake in the company. 607 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: You know, money taped to the back of a toilet 608 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: seat inside a stable center just to sign with the Clippers. 609 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: I don't know where you got that, but that's funny. Kauai, 610 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: you're a free agent. We're not gonna stand pat, you're 611 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: our guy. We're gonna make a move to make sure 612 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: that you're in a better position next season. Paul George 613 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: just signed his deal. The Clippers already said a precedent 614 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: about signing guys too big contracts and trading him immediately. 615 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: Shout out to Blake Griffin. Portland's knows that they're not 616 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: They're not going anywhere. So if we're gonna do right 617 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: by Dame Lillard, that send him somewhere he wants to 618 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: go and somewhere he can win and we can get 619 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: Paul George in the process. All Right, I just tried 620 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: this on the NBA trade machine and it is like 621 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: is a goo. It works salary wise. That being said, 622 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: Portland's is way over the cap and they're gonna have 623 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: to do some major surgery to come unto the camp now. 624 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: Their owner of the late Paul Allen Um had not 625 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: cared previously about going over the cap. Um. I don't 626 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: know that whoever is running the show in Portland is 627 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: going to feel the same way because they're gonna have 628 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: a massive luxury tax bill. Because remember they went all 629 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: in two years ago after getting to the Western Conference 630 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: finals and it was like, Okay, we'll give it a shot, 631 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: we'll make that push, and you know they didn't quite 632 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: get there, and I don't you never want to say 633 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: they have to. It's time to blow it up in 634 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: Portland's getting Paul Georgie will be I mean that would 635 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: be really really good obviously, because you know, their big 636 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: weakness has been small forward. They they've tried many a 637 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: draft pick um. It never pans out. Carmelo Anthony has 638 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: been you know, fun. But I would assume, man, that 639 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: is spicy Rob. That may be the hottest best take 640 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: you've had in the history of this podcast. Oh that's 641 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: an insult. No, No, I'm serious now as a compliment, 642 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: and that hurt my feeling. No, No, dude, what are 643 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: you talking about? So Dana quite be the best take 644 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 1: I've ever had. I've had plenty of great takes. Dame 645 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: is a better leader than Kauai and Paul George. Okay, 646 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 1: that's exactly what the Clippers need. They supposed to be 647 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: bad news for the Lakers. Um does Portland do that? Uh? 648 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: You pair CJ with Paul George? You, Oh, they might 649 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: have to lose the Norman Powell. They can resign Norman Powell. 650 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: They they're gonna I'm telling you they're in cap hell 651 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: with Covington and nerk Um And here's nothing I'll say 652 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: from Portland's side. Do I think Paul George is better 653 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: than Dame Lillard? No? I don't. But do I think, 654 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: based on the way their roster is constructed, would he 655 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: be a better fit? I would say yes. You could 656 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: always run an Freddy Simon's out, who's cheap at point 657 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: with c J and c is going to dominate the 658 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: ball a lot anyways, George Paul George at the three? Um, 659 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: I think Cantor's probably done there. He doesn't play a 660 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 1: lick of defense. Zach Collins if he can ever stay 661 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: healthy and nerk coming off the bench. You got Covington's 662 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: Powell did. There's something here. I just if you're Portland's like, 663 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 1: why are you doing that deal, You're getting the inferior player, 664 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:28,840 Speaker 1: Why are you doing that deal? You're doing it because 665 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: Dame Lillard has done more for that franchise than anybody 666 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,400 Speaker 1: this side of what Clyde Drexler, this side of Bill Walton, 667 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,959 Speaker 1: and if he's really unhappy or if he really wants 668 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: to win, and they he I think he knows that 669 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: they're not gonna win in Portland with the roster and 670 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: they said that they have there, Like you said, they're 671 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 1: capped out. They have no assets really to to make 672 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: a move and to get over the hump, especially in 673 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: the Western Conference. And maybe you just do right by 674 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 1: him there about the same age. Uh, Paul George just 675 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: turned thirty one. Dame turns thirty one in July, so 676 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: they're like three or four months apart. Um. Wow, that 677 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 1: is fascinating because you know, Dame is an awesome player, 678 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: has done great things in Portland, But I mean, is 679 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 1: he single handily gonna get a team to the finals. 680 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: Probably not. Paul George, same deal. Um, Although one could 681 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: argue day Dame is still ascending and this will be 682 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 1: by far the best player he's ever played with. Um, 683 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: I don't think has he played with another All NBA 684 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:40,720 Speaker 1: player Maybe Brandon Roy, I think right around All NBA 685 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 1: when they were together. Yeah, this that could be a 686 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: home run trade. But the only problem is I think 687 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: that makes the Clippers really good. I don't know how 688 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 1: they pull it off. I mean, maybe they have to 689 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: tell us a couple some picks, but do they have 690 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,760 Speaker 1: any left since they traded them all for Paul George. 691 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if they have any picks left. They 692 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: may have the trade, one of their has to get 693 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: picks to do it. Yeah, maybe some Maybe there'll be 694 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: an idiot who will take Luke Kennard. Um, No, you 695 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: can't get Luke Kennard. Nobody wants him. But that is 696 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: that would probably be dang Rob that I'm I'm I 697 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,840 Speaker 1: feel like I just got hit by like the hardest 698 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,040 Speaker 1: punch Floyd Mayweather ever sent. Because that is really good, Rob. 699 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: I'm impressed. Paul George for Damiel. That needs to be 700 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: the headline of the pod tomorrow. Do you do that trade? 701 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 1: I mean that I'm sure it will be Clippers fans 702 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 1: say hell to the yes, and like four percent of 703 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,399 Speaker 1: fans in Portland say yes, maybe zero percent of fans 704 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: in Portland. That's the only problem if you do that deal. 705 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: Are you telling your your fans in Portland we've given up? 706 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: Or are you just saying Dame has taken us as 707 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: far as he can go. I think it's the only 708 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: way you can get away with that deal if you're 709 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,280 Speaker 1: Portland's is if it's like a Minnesota with Kevin Garnett 710 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: kind of deal where you're like, hey, we we both 711 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: know that you're not gonna win here. What's gonna make 712 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,720 Speaker 1: you happy? Where would you like to go? We're gonna 713 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: we want to see you succeed. We love you, we 714 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,399 Speaker 1: think nothing but the best of you. And and this 715 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 1: is bigger than just on the court basketball. So I 716 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: got to look up to Kevin Garnett trade from Minnesota 717 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: to Boston. It was like pre social media. So I 718 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 1: don't have it off the top of my head. It 719 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:27,200 Speaker 1: was Al Jefferson was the headline of the deal. Al 720 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: Jefferson was a good player. Um, but if you recall 721 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,879 Speaker 1: look thinking bat around it, KG didn't want to leave, 722 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,759 Speaker 1: like he had to be coaxed into it because he 723 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: was that loyal to the soil in Minnesota. Yeah, I 724 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: think I remember that. Initially He's like, no, I want 725 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: to stay in Minnesota and win. And then once they said, 726 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: wait a minute, the Celtics are going to get you, 727 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,560 Speaker 1: and then I guess they said, hey, we're also going 728 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: to get Ray Allen, he was like, oh yo, what's up. 729 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,359 Speaker 1: Before that deal, he wanted to go. Once he came 730 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: around the idea of getting traded, he wanted to go 731 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,799 Speaker 1: to the Lakers and they thought they had a deal 732 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,959 Speaker 1: in place and it fell through, and that's when he's Okay, 733 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: I'll just stay in Minnesota. And then the Boston deal 734 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,239 Speaker 1: came around. So this this was the deal. It was 735 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:14,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliffe, Sebastian Telfer, 736 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 1: and a two thousand nine first round draft pick that 737 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:23,759 Speaker 1: was top three protected. Um. Wow, that is a big 738 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,839 Speaker 1: poop poo platter. No disrespect to those guys. For Kevin 739 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:31,880 Speaker 1: Garnett that I mean, how many All Stars between Gomes, Green, Jefferson, 740 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 1: rat Lifn Telfair zero zero? But um, and you basically 741 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 1: handed the Celtics the title. You could do the same 742 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:45,920 Speaker 1: for Dame Lillard. I mean, I don't know if the 743 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: Clippers would instantly become the favorites, they'd probably be co 744 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,440 Speaker 1: favorites with the Lakers. Um, oh, I don't. Let's see 745 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: what happen. Let's see what happens with Lebron's and the injury. Well. 746 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: And I also think that either way, I think both 747 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 1: of those teams next season would be behind Brooklyn in 748 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,879 Speaker 1: the in the well. By the way, I don't think yeah, 749 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,839 Speaker 1: I don't think this makes Portland's terrible. Um, they're still 750 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,200 Speaker 1: very good. Paul George is a defensive player who's a plus. Uh, 751 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard and c J one of the weaker defensive 752 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,240 Speaker 1: backcourts in the league. Um, you get rid of Cantor 753 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: and you can bring in Zach Collins, suddenly you're playing 754 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,920 Speaker 1: us maybe a top fifteen defense, top twenty at least. Um, 755 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,879 Speaker 1: but that's spicy. So if it sounds like we're both 756 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,919 Speaker 1: rooting against the Clippers, were consider it we're rooting for 757 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,360 Speaker 1: fun in the NBA off season because, as we touched 758 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: on last week, there ain't nothing happening this offseason. This 759 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: NBA off season is gonna be dry short of Kawhi Leonard. Uh. 760 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard. Somebody fascinating demands out. It doesn't sound like 761 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,320 Speaker 1: cat or be a will. Um yeah, I mean listen, 762 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Rob, I'm rooting. I'm rooting for you, 763 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: got me, I'm all in. I love it all right. 764 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: So that'll do it for today's podcast. UM. I hope 765 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,239 Speaker 1: you guys had a great again Mother's Day. We again 766 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,920 Speaker 1: remember subscribe, rate and review, and we'll talk to you 767 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:03,360 Speaker 1: tomorrow