1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. It's Tuesday, ladies 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: and gentlemen, Welcome back to Straight Fire. I am Jason 3 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: McIntyre right off the top of the biggest story in sports, 4 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: obviously the NBA playoffs. Listen, I'm really trying to make 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: a case for Major League Baseball to crowbar itself into 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: the podcast. And I'm looking out all through all these 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: baseball stories, you know, late Monday night while the Lakers 8 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: were beating the daylights out of the Portland Trailblazers, and 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: all I could find was a Mike Trout signed baseball card. 10 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: Mike Trout when for four million dollars. I don't know, 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: Rob g I don't know if you saw that four 12 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: million dollars for a side baseball card. Um, Listen, I 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: gotta say it took me back for like eight seconds 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: to growing up my brother and I. My brother, a 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: loyal listener, sends me feedback all the time. Uh. We 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: had a baseball card election, and we took it to 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: the point where we opened like a shop, a baseball 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: card shop in our basement. We would have our friends 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: come over and buy. Then we went to you know 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: those cards shows where they have them at like high 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: school cafeterias. We entered a couple of them and had 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: like a table, and we're selling baseball cards. Uh we 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: I believe we both have a combined four Ken Griffey 24 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: Junior upper deck rookie cards. Obviously that was like the 25 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: card that I thought was gonna put me through college 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: back in the day. Um and like we had it. 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: We were really nerdy into baseball cards. I had great 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: rookie cards, Cal Ripken, Rookie Rickey Henderson like so I 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: have such a great collection. But when I saw Mike 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: Trout four million dollars, my first thought was, I gotta 31 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: find my I gotta dig up my Kevin Moss rookie 32 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: card that signed. Now only New York Yankee fans will 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: get that reference, Rob G, do you have any idea 34 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: who Kevin Moss is? Zero idea who that is? But 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: he sounds like a nice guy. Yeah, l a Dodgers fans. 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: Kevin Moss had a cup of coffee one summer, hit 37 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: like twenty homers and like ten games, was a legend 38 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: and I did nothing else the rest of his career. Anyways, 39 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: there's uh, there's nineties seconds on Major League Baseball well, 40 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: obviously the Padres are doing well, and I know I 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: live close to San Diego. I have some San Diego 42 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: friends who are just like Jason the Padres, Like, all right, 43 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: Padres are good, that's cool. You know. Can we get 44 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: to at the end of the season and and we'll 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: get into baseball. Um, so let's see. So basketball really 46 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: is the story. And also I want a quick note 47 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: thank you guys for subscribing, rating, and reviewing. The goal 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: was to get a hundred reviews. By the end of 49 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: this week. I saw we were up to eight seven, 50 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: which is pretty good. By the way. I love the 51 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: guys who nitpick. Some guy like listened I guess to 52 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: the Cowherd interview and was like, hey, you've got his 53 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: hometown wrong. One star, and I was like, really, I had. 54 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: Here's what happened. I had profile Colin Cowherd like twelve 55 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: years ago for the website, and he told me about 56 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: his girl upbringing in Seattle, and I confused Seattle with 57 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: Port and where he worked in the radio industry. I'm 58 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: so sorry I butchered the Northwest cities and you gave 59 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: me a one star. But hey, that's fine. I don't care. 60 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter at all. Oh and finally a shout 61 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: out to my agent who sent the funniest text on Monday. Jason, 62 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: I laughed so hard when you said Earl Thomas has 63 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: claimed to fame was being in a threesome orgy with 64 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: his brother, and um, listen, a lot of people want 65 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: to talk about Earl Thomas. I'm not gonna go there now. 66 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys maybe in the mix, but just 67 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: remember before we go too into Earl Thomas and getting excited, 68 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks told him thanks, but no thanks. And 69 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens thank you for your service. That's two 70 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: quality organizations, both kicking him to the curb. All right, 71 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: now we'll go to the NBA playoffs. Kind of a 72 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: dud of a Monday. The Bucks went by double digits, 73 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat sweep the Indiana Pacers also winning by 74 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: double digits, by the way, best bet Booya six and two. 75 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: Now I'm roll. And of course the Lakers dismantled the Blazers. 76 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: It's funny. If you guys were to go back and 77 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: listen last week, I guess after Game one, Robb G 78 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: and I were like concern about the Lakers. You know, 79 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: can they play two bigs, KC Panny Green, Rob d 80 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: I know you're laughing like they're fine. They are bludgeoning 81 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: Portland's um Damian Lillard went down with like what looked 82 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: to be like a buckled knee. It wasn't pretty. This 83 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: was fifteen nothing right out of the jump. And I'm 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: watching the game with the family eating dinner. Yes, I'm 85 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: allowed to watch Laker games during dinner, and uh, I 86 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: paused it and it's like twenty two to six, and 87 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: then I come out and I'm fast forwarding through the 88 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: commercials and I'm expecting stuff to like happen in Portland 89 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: to show up, and they didn't. And it was just 90 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: a weak game. I don't know Rob g any any thoughts. 91 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: I don't feel like we need to dive in here. 92 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: It was crap. Lebron was phenomenal. Uh Lebron played, you know, 93 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: an amazing game. I think he had two dunks, so 94 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: spectacular layup and Portland's looked like, you know, the frauds that. 95 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: I thought they were a really good team with a 96 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: good run in the in the bubble, but they have 97 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: no chance against the Lakers. None, No, not at all. 98 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: And I think my biggest takeaway from this game, other 99 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: than the fact that my hashtag Lakers in five is 100 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: going to come to fruition, so shout out to me 101 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: on that one, was if the Lakers are hitting shots, 102 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: nobody's gonna beat them. And that's something that I was 103 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: texting Chris we saw in front of the show about 104 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,799 Speaker 1: during the game. I said, there's a couple of guys 105 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: in the NBA, Lebron James, Anthony Davis Janice, off the 106 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: top of my head that if they're jumper is falling, 107 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: it's a wrap. There's nothing you can do about it. 108 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: Because they're so prolific at the basket and so athletically 109 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: more gifted than whoever is in front of them, that 110 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: if they're jump shot is falling, there's literally nothing you 111 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: can do to stop them. I saw Lebron James last 112 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: night pull a logo Lillard out of his ass. I mean, 113 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: that's how good he was feeling. All right, let me quit, 114 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: We'll come back to Rockets, okay, see, because I love 115 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: the Rockets kind of fading rob G. But I quickly 116 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: this is a weird one. I'm a little skeptical to 117 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: dive into this. Um Luca don Chetes versus Montres Harold. 118 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: Anybody see that it was a thing Friday night and 119 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: briefly Saturday. Uh if you missed it. To recap Luca 120 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: Dontech and Mantras Harold of the Clippers, they get mixed up. 121 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: Mantras flops, Luca looks down and says, uh, stop flopping, 122 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: big boy, right, and Montrese Harold pops up and is heated, 123 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: like how could you say that to me? And then 124 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: Mantres comes down the court and scores, and you can 125 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: see him on the telecast was very clearly mouthing bitch 126 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: ass white boy to Luca Dontech, And obviously people are 127 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: freaking out and this is like becoming a thing. But 128 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: it's weird because I thought it was squashed on Sunday. 129 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: Before the game, Luca rolls up to Harold and was like, 130 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: hey man, you know, no much love, no big deal. 131 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: Mantres roll apologizes, they hug it out. It's all good. Right. 132 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: In the heat of battle, people say stuff that they regret, 133 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: and I didn't see anything wrong with that. But all 134 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: I'm getting Monday on social media jacent. This is such 135 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: a double standard. If Luca don Chi had said what 136 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: Harold said, people would be calling for his head. This 137 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: is the whole you know, making up a scenario. The 138 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: same group of people who don't want to deal with 139 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: facts and reality now are making up scenarios to get 140 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: angry and try to divide people over on social media. 141 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: So I want to tell a quick story, and I 142 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: did run this by Rob G. I was a little 143 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: nervous to tell this story just because, like I don't 144 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: want to come off as a total idiot and buffoon. 145 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: And just here it is. So we are. I'm in college, 146 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: junior year maybe sophomore year, junior year probably, and we're 147 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: in the Innermural basketball tournament. And it's just me and 148 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: six dudes. We're all friends, mostly from high school. None 149 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: of us were high school basketball stars. I think only 150 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: one or two of us played high school basketball. We're 151 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: just the scrappy team that heart works hard, no egos, 152 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: passing the ball blah blah blah, and we make a 153 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: run to the quarterfinals, were like, you know, the thirteen 154 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: seed making a run. And then we go up against 155 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: a team that as like twelve guys it was like 156 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,559 Speaker 1: ten black guys to like six ft nine white dudes, 157 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: and in warmups they're dunking, and you could just see like, 158 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: oh jeez, we're gonna get killed. We have no chance, 159 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: you know. I mean these guys were impressive, like jumping 160 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: out of the gym making threes like it was nothing. 161 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: Obviously a bunch of guys who who were something in 162 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: high school and you know, probably probably put up twenty. 163 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: And we're on like the all county team or whatever, 164 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: maybe even the All region. And they are pressing us 165 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: from the jump, full court, trap everything, and it's it's 166 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's a blood bath. We're getting destroyed. I 167 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: think it was like twenty at the half, and we 168 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: never had a chance. I mean I vividly remember too 169 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: long alley you passes, I'm talking beyond the three point line, 170 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: they throw it, catch dunk and like you know, they 171 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,599 Speaker 1: had some friends at the game. We're cheering, and I'm like, 172 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: did well, this was fun. We had a good run. 173 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: So in the fourth quarter they're still pressing and these 174 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: two guys trapped me, and of course they foul the 175 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: hell out of me because they're getting away with all 176 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: these fouls and they're fresh. They got twelve guys, and 177 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: I frustrated. You know, we're down forty. I wringed my 178 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: arm away from the guy, like, you know, they grabbed 179 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: me and get off me. Boy, and the guys, what 180 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: did you say? I said, you found me and he 181 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: pushes me with two hands, and the other guy was 182 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: next to him also. They both get in my face 183 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what's going on here? So you're kicking 184 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: our ass on the basketball court and now you want 185 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: to beat me up? What what? What's your problem? And 186 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: the referee breaks it up and ejects the two guys 187 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: and I'll never forget. They're like, I'm still stunned. I 188 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: don't know why they were angry, and they're looking at 189 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: me pointing MF and me, we're gonna kill you. You're dead, 190 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: you know, blah blah blah, and I'm like, so my 191 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: teammates come over there, like what happened? I was like, 192 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: I said this, and all all the guys except one 193 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: were like, what what are they angry at? You know, 194 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: we're a bunch of suburban guys. I think it was 195 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: six five white guys. Me. You guys, if you know 196 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: listen to my Saturday show. You know I'm mixed with 197 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of everything. I revealed the twenty three 198 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: and me on the weekend show all that fun stuff, 199 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: and an Asian guy on our team and the one 200 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: one of the white guys who grew up in like 201 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: a tough area in the in the northeast, says, WHOA, 202 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: you can't say that, you know? And I did. I 203 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: just I gotta plead it. I did not know. This 204 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: is like in the nineties. I didn't know. I just 205 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: didn't grow up knowing that was a like something you 206 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: couldn't say. And obviously I never saw the guys again, 207 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 1: nothing ever came of it. But it was one of 208 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: those moments where I was like, I didn't know that 209 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: was a thing. And of course, you know, you do 210 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: some research and you're like, oh, I get it. That's 211 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: not okay, that's not acceptable to say. Um, given the history. UM, 212 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: and you guys could do the research yourself. It's it's 213 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: not a it's not an acceptable thing to say. I 214 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: just didn't. I mean, I know that's not an acceptable answer, 215 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: but at the time, I did not know, and I 216 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: quickly learned. And UM, watching this Luca thing unfold, I'm 217 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: sitting there thinking, all these guys are saying, you know, 218 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: if Lucas said that, it would have been bad, and 219 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, it probably would have been, But 220 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: now was is Luca twenty one year old kid who 221 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: grew up in Europe? Does he know the history of 222 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: the word. I I don't know. And you know, rob G, 223 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: I'll let you chime in here. You you grew up 224 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: on the West Coast and uh, I don't know where 225 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: are you on this Luca Montrez Harald thing. Maybe it's 226 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: a social media story and nobody else is talking about it. 227 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: I know other human beings, uh that I know, we're 228 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: not talking about it, at least the ones that I 229 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: see out dads that I see, uh, young sports fit. 230 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: Nobody's talking about it. But it's a big thing on 231 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: social media because it's easy to divide and get people angry. Oh, 232 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 1: I think it's one percent of social media story. I 233 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: think what happened between Tres and Luca in Game three 234 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: was sports. That kind of stuff happens in the heat 235 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: of battle or I want to say battle because you know, 236 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: offensive to people who are actually in battle, but in competition, 237 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: that's what happens. Have you ever sat close enough to 238 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: a NFL field or an NBA floor and just hear 239 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: the things that these guys say to each other. I 240 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: wish I could repeat it. I know that we are 241 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: not really censored by f CC regulations. I just don't 242 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: really feel like dropping that many F bombs in one podcast. 243 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: But this kind of stuff happens all the time. I mean, 244 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony during every rebound, for no apparent reason, says 245 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: I gotta get the funk out of here, and that's 246 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: just to himself. So you can imagine what these guys 247 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: are saying to each other when they're going at it, 248 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: when they're scratching, when they're clawing a actually in a 249 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: playoff atmosphere, things are gonna fly, Insults are gonna come 250 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: out of your mouth, and these guys know better than 251 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: to take it personally. There was a Seth Curry Paul 252 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: George moment, uh in so I think it was in 253 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: Sunday's Game, Paul George struggling. And of course now they 254 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: have other history because Seth Curry is married to Doc Rivers, 255 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: daughter the coach of the Clippers, and she used to 256 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: date Paul George. And I'm not going to get into 257 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: the internet stories, but according to the Internet, Paul George 258 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: cheated on her with some dancer or whatever. The stories 259 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: and Seth Curry scored on him and got an an one, 260 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: and they did like the point and said something. But again, 261 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: like I'm sure, off the court, you know it's fine. 262 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: But in the heat of the battle, this people say stuff. 263 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. I just it annoys me, 264 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: rob G to see these guys on social media try 265 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: to still make this an issue and play the like 266 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: the double standard card. But I don't know, Let's move on. 267 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,319 Speaker 1: They actually have a huge game tonight. Oh, only two 268 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: games today, which is a little disappointing. You taught Denver 269 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: is in the afternoon three thirty. I'm sorry, six thirty Eastern, 270 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: so three thirty Pacific. Um, that may be the best 271 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: bet later and Dallas versus the Clippers is the nightcap. 272 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: I just I want to put a bow on Luca. 273 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll talk about him tomorrow, and I have 274 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: a feeling we'll get into some NFL tomorrow as well. 275 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: But I do wonder, and Rob G, I didn't run 276 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: this theory by you. So people are enamored with Luca Dodgers. 277 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: They're in love with this guy. He's only been around 278 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: for two years, he's new, he's fresh and everybody loves 279 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: shiny new things, right. Janice was a new fresh guy, 280 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: uh rookie who was very gangly and awkward, and boom. 281 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: Once he's popped, it's like, oh, oh, look at this, 282 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: Look who we found. It's like a Christmas present, as 283 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: opposed to the guys who grow up here in America 284 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: are in the A A U system, play high school ball, 285 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: get a huge social media following. Maybe like Lebron, they're 286 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: on the cover of s I when you're eighteen, and 287 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: that builds expectations. Luca didn't come here with any expectations. 288 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm so are you sure you saw the guys the 289 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: clip going around the internet on Monday about everybody who 290 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: bashed Luca don Chech coming into the draft back in 291 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: People like, come on, he's not that good. He's like 292 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: a Christmas present. But a guy like Lebron the burden 293 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: of expectations when you're on the cover of s I 294 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: at eighteen years old, people are expecting greatness. I think 295 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: he's delivered greatness. But some people say, oh, he only 296 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: won three titles, you know, like for instance, perfect example 297 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: Adam Morrison. I don't know if you guys remember him, 298 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: incredible player at Gonzaga was the National Player of the year. 299 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: I think you could get buckets. People wanted him to 300 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: be the next Larry Bird because he was good at 301 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: Gonzaga for a couple of years. He gets like picked 302 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: third overall total bust in the end and being never 303 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: had a chance. The expect ations were ways sky high 304 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: for him. I do worry a little bit about expectations 305 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: for LaMelo Ball. And I know you guys remember a 306 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: Lonzo Okay, before he had set foot in the NBA, 307 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: people were anointing him as the next Magic Johnson. Magic 308 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: Johnson himself said, hey, save some of my records for me. 309 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: A Lonzo and like, the expectations were massive. Remember LaMelo 310 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: Ball was like an Instagram phenomen like eighth grade playing 311 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: with his brother in a stack team when they went 312 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: undefeated out here in high school California. People have known 313 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: about LaMelo Ball for like six year five six years now. 314 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: The expectations are massive. There were no expectations for Luca. 315 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: Nobody on Planet Earth who follows basketball said, Nan, this 316 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: guy's gonna be lights out in year one and phenomenal 317 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: in year two. He's gonna be an All NBA player 318 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: in year two and an MVP candidate and throw a 319 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: huge scare into the Clippers in the first round. Nobody 320 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: had that, No, nobody but the guys with expectations. It's 321 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: almost like it's it's it's it's not fair. Trey Young. 322 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: Trey Young had one great year. He had a great 323 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: high school real by the way, his high school mixtape 324 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: these get like six thou views on YouTube. Trey Young 325 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: was a great high school player. Goes to Oklahoma averages 326 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: like thirty is like the next steph Curry comes into 327 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: the league. He's putting on points and it's like, oh, 328 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: he had Trey Young average twenty nine a game. But yeah, 329 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: they didn't make the playoffs. I mean, to meet the 330 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: expectations these guys have set on them from unfortunately the media. UM, 331 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: I guess I'm part of that ecosystem. It's it's just 332 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: a weird thing. And I'm really gonna watch Luca tonight 333 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: to see how he performs off of that incredible Sunday performance. 334 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: I mean, listen how gushy I was on on Monday's podcast. 335 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm putting him in the same breadth as Jordan Lebron 336 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: and Magic Johnson, and I still stand by that. I 337 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: don't care what happens in Game five. That performance in 338 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: Game four was seminal in NBA playoff history. It was incredible, 339 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: and I just I wonder how the expectations are gonna 340 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 1: go now. I don't know about you, Rob G. I'm 341 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: not in the business of previewing this game, but it 342 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: feels like the Clippers will show up here Tuesday night. 343 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: Oh they have to. I will go on record as 344 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: saying if they lose Game five, they will lose the series. 345 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 1: This is a must win game for them, and I 346 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: expect the Clippers to win. I expect Kauai to do 347 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: what he's been doing, get you thirty seven and five 348 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: or whatever it is he's doing. One of these games. 349 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure Paul George is gonna take the lid 350 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: off the basket. I don't know if that's going to 351 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: be in Game five or not. But the Clippers are 352 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: the better team, and I don't think that Luca by 353 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: himself can carry the MAVs all the way through this series. 354 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. We don't know. Porzingis um 355 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: to other NBA notes. I don't know if you saw 356 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: this story. According to sources, I think it was the 357 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: athletic and Sham's sham scenario. I probably butchered his name. Sharina, Okay, 358 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: thank you, Sharinia. The Nets are interested in Greg Popovich. Okay, 359 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: that's a joke. And you can see, I mean, Stevie 360 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: Wonder can see through this report. Okay, this is how 361 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: it goes as somebody who used to be in the 362 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: news gathering game way back. So the Nets lose on Sunday, 363 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: they get swept by the Raptors. Jacque Vaughan is praised. 364 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: He's the interim coach. Okay, he was filling in for 365 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: Kenny Atkins in, a really good coach who got fired 366 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: by Kyrie Irving. Jacque Vaughan was great in the bubble. 367 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, they did get swept, but they were 368 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: I mean, they had nobody. They had a shell of 369 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: a team. So what do you do if you're Kyrie 370 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: and Kevin durant to stem off, Well, we don't want 371 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: Jacko Vard as a coach. What do you do? You 372 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: put it out that, hey, we want Papovitch. We're aiming high. 373 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: We we want the top of the top, top of 374 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: the mountain. Great Papovitch an all time great coach in 375 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: the NBA. That's who we want. Well, jacko Von, I 376 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: mean Jack vodkn't compare to Popovitch. But the silly thing 377 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: is Papovich is seventy one. I think he's seventy two 378 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: and January there's zero chance he's leaving for the nets 379 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: none boh. But they know that, they know they're not 380 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: getting Papovitch, but they're putting his name out there because 381 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: that's the level of name we want. We don't want 382 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: Jack Bond. That's their way, Kyrie and Kevin Durana saying 383 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: we don't want Jock bon Now, you guys, if you 384 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: follow me on FS one radio, I used to do 385 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:49,719 Speaker 1: a Knockdown Jay segment because I knocked down jumpers with 386 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: Chris Boussard on his old podcast, and I was a 387 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: Kevin durank I I said he was the best player 388 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: in the world. I want to cow hurt show and 389 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: said that I crushed on the Internet. Of course it 390 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: held up when Durant wins back to back finals MVPs 391 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: two titles with the Warriors and I was a direct guy. 392 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: We opened up a dialogue on Instagram DM because he 393 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: saw some of the stuff I said and we started 394 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 1: to talk and it was like, whoa Kevin Durant. This 395 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: is cool, and I don't like what he's doing. I 396 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: think he's getting led astray by Kyrie Irving. I don't 397 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: feel good about this at all. I hope Durant recovers 398 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: from the Achilles, but I just don't like the direction 399 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 1: this NET situation is heading from stuff Kyrie said, from 400 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 1: firing a good coach, and now this Popovich thing. I 401 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: don't know, Rub, Rob rub rubs all of me the 402 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: wrong way. Well, I didn't take it as dismissively as 403 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: you did. Where you you see through all this stuff 404 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: better than I do, because you are a You ran 405 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: a website for a long time, so you have a 406 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: better understanding than I do. I actually tried to think 407 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: this one out on whether or not a made sense, 408 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: and I could not think of a worse coach for 409 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Duran and Kyrie Irving than Gregg Popovitch. I mean, 410 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: what made Popovich successful is that he had a guy 411 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: in Tim Duncan who was willing to just bite his 412 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: tongue and do the work and be ritten like the 413 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: last guy on the bench that worked for like two 414 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: or three years with Kawai Leonard until Kauai's uncle got 415 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: in his ear and said, Hey, you know you're a 416 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: bigger star than this. You can't let someone talk to 417 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: you like that. You should be getting this kind of treatment. 418 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: X y Z. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are superstars, 419 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: per personified. They're used to getting things their way. You 420 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: think that they're going to be able to have Greg 421 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: Popovich to get down on them for not boxing out 422 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: on a rebound? What do you think is gonna happen 423 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: my guests as they settled for I'm gonna go with 424 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: Mark Jackson. That will be my guess that my guests 425 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: would be tylu Tyler, poor guy. Okay, quick note before 426 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: we get to the best bet. Bucks are up three one, 427 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: they will face the heat. I just want to put 428 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: this out there real quick. You guys can see the 429 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: four shadow. Okay. The Orlando Magic made eighteen three pointers 430 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 1: on Monday. Okay, the Orlando Magic made nineteen three pointers 431 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: in Game three. The Orlando Magic made sixteen three pointers 432 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: in Game one and one, and they shot thirty nine 433 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: percent or better in all those games. The Milwaukee Bucks 434 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: don't defend the three will their philosophy is will give 435 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: up all the threes you want. We're gonna protect the room. 436 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: We got Lopez, we got your honesty. Ain't scoring at 437 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: the rim. The Orlando Magic, We're twenty in the NBA 438 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: and three point field goal percentage. They were twenty feet 439 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: and three point field goals made during the season. Just 440 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: as a point of reference, the Miami Heat were second 441 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: in the league in three point percentage, six and three 442 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: point field goals made per game. So if Orlando is 443 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: torching Milwaukee for that many threes, and I'm talking about 444 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: dj augu Steen and Terence Ross, I'm nick ch I 445 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: butchered his name too, Folks. The Heat are a awesome 446 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: three point shooting team. I'm telling you right now, Milwaukee 447 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: is gonna be a very live underdog. The Bucks they 448 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: just rob g. They do not look like regular season Milwaukee, 449 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: nothing like it, not at all, not at all. And 450 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: it makes me happy as a Lakers fan to see 451 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: them struggling like this because I firmly believe that Janice 452 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: may consider the Lakers. They do not look like a 453 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: championship team right now. And I thought during the regular 454 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: season that they had gotten over that mental hump that 455 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: they had last year. Certain teams. You go back to 456 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: the Warriors, you know, you go back to the Lakers 457 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: back in the day with Shack and Kobe, where they 458 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: needed to lose in order to learn how to win. 459 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 1: You don't just go from zero to a hundred and 460 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: go straight from dumpster fire to championship. I thought the 461 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: way that they blew it last year against Toronto was 462 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: going to give them that mental edge that they needed 463 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: to lock in and get ready for the postseason, and unfortunately, 464 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: it looks like the exact same team showed up again 465 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: this year. The only thing better than sitting on your 466 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: couch watching the game, he's making money while you do it. 467 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 1: Here's your best bet. All right, let's quickly get to 468 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: the best bet. As a quick reminder, subscribe, rate, interview, 469 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: all that fun stuff. This is so much fun, guys, 470 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: I will say, I just talked to a a T 471 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: shirt designer. Well, he's like an ad sales guy, and um, 472 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: I don't know, I have a couple of ideas for 473 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: T shirt designs. I don't know, maybe I'm getting crazy here, 474 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: but it just seems like it would be something fun 475 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: and cool to do. So hopefully we will have that 476 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: in the near future. And and a second shout out 477 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: to my brother who has advised me to get a comedian. 478 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: And I know I've talked to Rob g about this. 479 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: My brother is heavy into comedy. I'm he's tinkered with 480 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: the idea of moving out here to try to be 481 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: a comedian, like seriously, that he's the funny guy and 482 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: he wants me to get a comedian on the show. 483 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: And I we were looking around. Let's just say that 484 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: just a light in the low light in the mood 485 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: and have some fun every now and then with some 486 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: random stuff, but lots of fun things planned. Again. We're 487 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: in week three. Gosh, this is exciting alright. The best 488 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: bet for Tuesday Night And I've had some guys suggest 489 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: to me that Jason, there's some value in hockey, and 490 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: what about baseball. I'm not there yet. I think the 491 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: slam dunk bet of Tuesday Night in the NBA is 492 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: the Utah Jazz by three. And if you watched Sunday 493 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 1: Night that game or Jamal Murray had fitty and it 494 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: was a great cover by Denver. They put everything in 495 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: the tank into that game, and I think you can 496 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: see it in teams when they get down to their 497 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 1: last game Hey man, I've been in the bubble for 498 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: like six weeks. Now I get to go see the 499 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: wifey or the girlfriend or the side piece, whatever you 500 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: want to, you know, whatever. These guys got going on. 501 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: A lot of these guys are young, like Michael Porter Jr. 502 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: How itching do you think he is to get to 503 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 1: some bar somewhere and make something happen. I mean think 504 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: these guys are The Nuggets are a young team too, 505 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: and maybe they come out gun sling or mentality. But 506 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: if Jamal Murray doesn't go for fifty Sunday Night, they 507 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: have no chance. So my uh lock best bet were 508 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: now six and two. I like Utah favor by three. 509 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: I just think that's the side. I don't love this 510 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: Utah team at all. I really thought Denver would win 511 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: the series, but I just didn't realize Denver was this 512 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: bad defensively. All right, Rob g Any parting shots before 513 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 1: what I think is the biggest game of the playoffs, right, 514 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: Mavericks paper Clips. I mean, I don't know what will 515 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: happen to the sports world if the Mavericks win Game 516 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: five and go up three too. I do at Los 517 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: Angeles is gonna be a bleep show. Well, it'd be 518 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: great for guys like you and me because they'll give 519 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 1: us something to talk about. Now, my only parting shot is, 520 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: as you know, Monday was the Momba Day, and I 521 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: want to give a shout out to Kobe l a legend, 522 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: worldwide legend actually, and I want to say this is 523 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: my only take about Kobe that I don't think I've 524 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: ever shared too much on air. Kobe's best performance is 525 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: not the eight one points. It's the sixty two and 526 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: three quarters against Dallas because he actually did it against 527 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: the really good team. And I think he could have 528 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: got ninety in that game if they would have let 529 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: him play the fourth dirt team. Yes, that was a 530 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: sixty plus win Dirk team that he had sixty two 531 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: and three quarters. The Maps had sixty one as a 532 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: team in three quarters, and that's why he did not 533 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: play the fourth quarter. Yeah, it's weird my hot take, 534 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: Rob G. I I wasn't a big Kobe guy. I 535 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: actually was more of a shock fan um on the 536 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: East Coast watching and then you come out here and 537 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: everybody loves Kobe and they're like, dude, how could you 538 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: be so wrong about Kobe? He was the guy shack 539 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: was at us out of weight, blah blah blah, and 540 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: you start to read about Kobe and learn about him. 541 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: The guy's a really fascinating individual. Um and yeah that 542 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: was a great note. I totally missed eight. Um I 543 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: shadowed him out on my Instagram page. But yeah, that 544 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,719 Speaker 1: was good, just to bring a full circle. I do 545 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: have three Kobe rookie cards Baseball cards, baby, no basketball cards. 546 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't have as many strong ones. Um. Football cards 547 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: never really hit. I have an out tune Rookie that 548 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: I have in a hard plastic as a big time 549 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: Jets fan. Also very excited for the football scene. I 550 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: think tomorrow will be a football day on the show. Um. 551 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,719 Speaker 1: So I can't wait to have you back on Wednesday. 552 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: And I'm sure you guys are gonna remember subscribe, rate 553 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: and review. I'm out