Speaker 1: I saw j R. Smith was out there a dressed
Speaker 1: like he wasn't going to the masters, uh both days.
Speaker 1: Then he announced the game too, did a great convert.
Speaker 1: Hey we've been Hey, we've been waiting on you, bro.
Speaker 1: We tried to give me the platform since we wified.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. I'm gonna jump in Jack.
Speaker 1: I got over to the x wifil welcome back to
Speaker 1: What's Burning? Jack? What's good? Bro? How was Memphis breakdown?
Speaker 1: The iverson classes? For me? Real quick? To sum it up,
Speaker 1: and so because I know we're gonna talk about it later,
Speaker 1: but to sum it up, it was a movie. The support,
Speaker 1: the support, the game, having Showtime, CBS Sports involved, everything
Speaker 1: was more than we expected we had. We got so
Speaker 1: much great content. Shoutout Time team and everybody that was
Speaker 1: down up. But you're gonna we're gonna talk about it,
Speaker 1: but you're gonna get to see all the footage we got. Man,
Speaker 1: it was amazing. I saw a lot of O G
Speaker 1: s out there. I love that because I know the
Speaker 1: younger players appreciated it. So yeah, we'll definitely touch on
Speaker 1: that a little bit. How was your trip You're coming back, Beige? Yeah,
Speaker 1: we can tell me and he was on the same
Speaker 1: color now, bro real. Yeah, we almost thought I'm about
Speaker 1: another eight hours in the direct sun, about a hundred
Speaker 1: feet from the sun from being your color. No, but
Speaker 1: it was good, man, it was it was you know,
Speaker 1: I got to relax. I haven't got to relax. I've
Speaker 1: been on you know, fast forward ship. I can't tell
Speaker 1: you how long, maybe since my birthday. Last year was
Speaker 1: last time I went on vacations. So it's nice to
Speaker 1: be able to go to Mexico. Got to hang out
Speaker 1: with Espinoza and in Janina, and they showed us a
Speaker 1: great time man at uh Rosewood, Myacoba. So definitely recommend
Speaker 1: visiting there. Man, it was a good time. But man,
Speaker 1: let's get to the let's get to these playoffs. Man.
Speaker 1: Bucks went into Boston and handle their business without Middleton.
Speaker 1: Janice dropped his second career playoff triple double with and thirteen.
Speaker 1: He was out here man handling people. Bucks defense was
Speaker 1: able to hold Javan Brown only four mates and seven turnovers,
Speaker 1: shot thirty three percent. You saw Marcus Smart got hurt
Speaker 1: like four times. That kind of helped Tatum and check Jack.
Speaker 1: I was very impressed with this. What are your thoughts
Speaker 1: on game? One Boston and Milwaukee the more physical team.
Speaker 1: There was a more physical team against Brooklyn and now
Speaker 1: they're playing against the more physical team, animal, experienced team.
Speaker 1: This is the championship team. I don't think they're missing
Speaker 1: this p J. Tucker, but but the core of this
Speaker 1: team is still the same. Uh. They've they've been in
Speaker 1: these wars before. They know what have taken and Greek
Speaker 1: Fig has gotten better. It's just playing it simple. He's
Speaker 1: he's continued to get better. He's, like I said, he's
Speaker 1: the most dominant players this shack. As long as he
Speaker 1: out there having his will and having his way on
Speaker 1: the court, there's nothing Boss is gonna be able to do.
Speaker 1: M I I think I twitted yesterday. He may not
Speaker 1: win M v P, but there's no doubt he's the
Speaker 1: most dominant player in this game. He really does what
Speaker 1: he wants out there, and I agree the length and
Speaker 1: how big they are. Bobby Porters is a great fit.
Speaker 1: I feel like he's taking that p J. Tucker role
Speaker 1: from like the four or five position. He's not out
Speaker 1: there on the wings, but he's out there talking ship.
Speaker 1: He's got game. He's down there banging, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: holding down the paint and pet at the rebounding. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Lopez is out there doing what he does and then obviously, honest,
Speaker 1: that's a big, gass front line for whoever sees. But
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see what kind of you know, adjustments
Speaker 1: Boston can make a game two, possibly get Tatum and
Speaker 1: Brown going, hopefully Marcus Smart will be healthy. But yeah,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a good series. Excited to see
Speaker 1: the rest of it. Hey, hey, you see but what
Speaker 1: you see? You talk about Milwaukee being a big team,
Speaker 1: and we kept saying that Steve Nash needs to play
Speaker 1: LaMarcus all Just and Blake. You see what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: like the biggest team. Well I knew we would. We're
Speaker 1: making it difficult for them because they was getting to
Speaker 1: the bass and getting lay up and lay about to
Speaker 1: lay up. So because said that if you're able to
Speaker 1: get by your defender, there's nothing that there was nothing
Speaker 1: at the rent for Brooklyn, So no, I agree. Although
Speaker 1: all Dritch and Blake are a little bit older, it's
Speaker 1: just still just that sometimes you just need some bodies
Speaker 1: down there. He six Ters preview embed didn't travel to Miami. Also,
Speaker 1: you know, had the facial contusion, so he'll definitely miss
Speaker 1: game one. In game two, I believe he's a dog.
Speaker 1: I think you know he'll be back Game three. He'll
Speaker 1: probably probably would have played if they would allow him,
Speaker 1: But you know he'll be back at some point. Miami,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler is questionable, Uh with information and then Kyle
Speaker 1: Lowry is out with an hamstring, so key injuries surrounding
Speaker 1: a lot of the team's most important players. Uh, what's
Speaker 1: your outlook before they tip off this series? I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's hard to really say, you know, I think
Speaker 1: these are you know how they say it's the game
Speaker 1: time decision. I can't really say what these teams are
Speaker 1: gonna be like without their stars, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: I mean it's a toss up now because you depended
Speaker 1: on guys that to to carry this team and put
Speaker 1: you through the series right now as a as a
Speaker 1: as a game wanted too that haven't been doing it
Speaker 1: all year. Right You're missing Jimmy, You're missing Kyle. That's
Speaker 1: their two stars. And they still have out of bio.
Speaker 1: But not having and b for put it up is
Speaker 1: is a big minus. And I don't think James can
Speaker 1: be that guy who was in Houston to get a
Speaker 1: Golden Get for the points, Tim rebounds and tennis is
Speaker 1: I don't think he's that guy nomore. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a of some series, especially these first two games. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I think losing Jimmy Butler because it's particularly has been
Speaker 1: playing so well in the playoffs, and Kyle Lowry is big,
Speaker 1: but I would say that the loss of em Beat
Speaker 1: is bigger because I feel like Miami is such a
Speaker 1: great system, almost how Popovich had you know when someone
Speaker 1: was down, next man up. Obviously, you don't want to
Speaker 1: be missing your best players at any time, but that
Speaker 1: system is so you know, finally, it's it's like a
Speaker 1: well oiled machine, and Beat is everything to this team.
Speaker 1: And I feel like obviously Maxi has been playing his
Speaker 1: ass off, uh Tobias Harris has been playing well, but
Speaker 1: again I think you hit it. James Harden has to
Speaker 1: step up, and I think this is a perfect opportunity
Speaker 1: for him to step up. It's gonna be his show.
Speaker 1: But one thing you know bout Miami, They're gonna run
Speaker 1: a hell of it. They're gonna they're gonna make Maxie
Speaker 1: and and and uh Tobias Harris beat them. They're gonna
Speaker 1: be all over James Harden because you know they always
Speaker 1: have great defensive game plans with Spoilster over there. So
Speaker 1: uh interesting to see how it turns out, and you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully everyone can get healthy and come back. But again,
Speaker 1: I think I had heat in six or seven here,
Speaker 1: and I had the Celtics and I think seven in
Speaker 1: the other series. So we're gonna see how both my
Speaker 1: predictions play out. Over to Memphis. You happen to just
Speaker 1: leave after the Classic, but right as soon as you left,
Speaker 1: it went down grizzon Warriors. Warriors went into Memphis and
Speaker 1: narrowly escaped with the one point victory. Draymond Green was
Speaker 1: thrown out for one of the most bullshit ass flagrant
Speaker 1: foul two calls I think we've ever seen. Job played
Speaker 1: his ass off. But Stephen Clay, Jordan Pool thirty one
Speaker 1: off the bench. Uh that that trio right there are
Speaker 1: those shooters for Golden State ended up being too much.
Speaker 1: Did you get a chance to check the game out? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've seen the whole game and it was that That
Speaker 1: tech was definitely BS man. I'm so tired of the referees.
Speaker 1: Just all a review, and and and just and just
Speaker 1: not understanding the game of basketball, Like it's certain things
Speaker 1: that as a batchlor I played. I can see from
Speaker 1: the TV Matt that we wouldn't have to discuss we
Speaker 1: automatically no, right, because just just just how the game
Speaker 1: flow is. But man, they just they just so removed
Speaker 1: from the actual things that go on in the game.
Speaker 1: He don't wanted to draw up a real quick, real quick.
Speaker 1: The thing that even tripped me out more is, you
Speaker 1: know how they have the you know, the in the
Speaker 1: end game officials. So they went to Steve Javy and
Speaker 1: he clearly said the first time, this is a flagrant one,
Speaker 1: you know, minor contact, and then he grabbed the jersey,
Speaker 1: this this will be a flaggor one. So then they
Speaker 1: after they called the flagrant two and kicked him out,
Speaker 1: that he had to come back and almost lie to us,
Speaker 1: you know about why they called the motherfucking flagrant too.
Speaker 1: So the ship was terrible. I tweeted, you know, we
Speaker 1: come to you know, the fans don't come to see
Speaker 1: the refs. We don't tune in to see the refs.
Speaker 1: You know, that's in the playoffs. That's a flagrant one,
Speaker 1: you know, and let the game keep moving. No one
Speaker 1: came to see these motherfucking rest that just completely destroyed
Speaker 1: the whole flow of the game. But back to the game,
Speaker 1: were your thoughts, Yeah, they didn't drop blood. I think
Speaker 1: it was a great game, man. I said before the
Speaker 1: series started that the experience and the pos and Stephen
Speaker 1: Curry and the Golden State Wars and Clay Thompson, that
Speaker 1: was gonna be a big actor. And and people talk
Speaker 1: about it was a close game. It was a close game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a close game. But if you understand it
Speaker 1: by basketball, it don't matter how you win on the
Speaker 1: playoffs on the road, especially game one, you just want
Speaker 1: to get one on the road. Got okay how it happened,
Speaker 1: and and and the Warriors are good enough to deal
Speaker 1: with the ups and downs of losing Draymond and everything
Speaker 1: that was going on with the referees going the whistle.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, it was a great game. But
Speaker 1: Golden Statement, they just they're just still that championship team.
Speaker 1: And it was beautiful to see Matt with both of
Speaker 1: us being Warriors, it was beautiful to see all of
Speaker 1: them back on the court, and it was beautiful to
Speaker 1: see Clay hit that big shot at the end of
Speaker 1: the game man. Yeah, man, I mean I think there's
Speaker 1: so many different storylines in this. Uh. First of all,
Speaker 1: I think I love Memphis. I think they're two years
Speaker 1: away from having a window to really be a team
Speaker 1: that contends for a championship year in the year out.
Speaker 1: But I think battles like this are what's gonna prepare them.
Speaker 1: If you think back in the day, Golden State had
Speaker 1: to you know, had had to have to grind before
Speaker 1: they got in their ship. Men hockey, you know, kept
Speaker 1: hitting it closed doors until they hoped through. So I
Speaker 1: just think that, you know, Memphis is is a young team.
Speaker 1: You know, talking to Gilanni and you guys before the
Speaker 1: energy and you can just tell hiss fucking electric and
Speaker 1: then young boys is out there dancing, don't give a
Speaker 1: funk with the other team thinks you know Clay and
Speaker 1: then where Matt. You know, Clay don't like that kind
Speaker 1: of ship. You know, Clay is old school. Get to
Speaker 1: the point. So I think it's a great contrast of styles.
Speaker 1: But you hit it perfectly, you know, poised down the stretch.
Speaker 1: You know, winning a playoff basketball game is hard to do,
Speaker 1: is nothing like the regular season. And to be able
Speaker 1: to go down the stretch and never panic. You know,
Speaker 1: John Morett gets the and one. Uh they go up
Speaker 1: to he misses the free though, Like there's never no
Speaker 1: panic in this team. And then right when you think
Speaker 1: of play is gonna be ran for Steph, they hit
Speaker 1: you with the counter and Clay hits the big three.
Speaker 1: So again minus Draymond, Uh, this team is just too
Speaker 1: smart and and and and have been there through experience.
Speaker 1: But again, I still think Memphis can get a game
Speaker 1: or two. But um, you know, I'd be very surprised
Speaker 1: if if Golden State didn't close this out in in
Speaker 1: five or six. But it's gonna be fun along the way. Uh.
Speaker 1: Did you see what the young kid Brandon Clark said
Speaker 1: I miss with Draymond. Draymond went on after the show.
Speaker 1: I think he said. I didn't get a chance to
Speaker 1: hear what he said, but I think he said this
Speaker 1: was a reputation flagrant, to which I agree. But the
Speaker 1: young kid said, yeah, I've been watching Draymond on TV
Speaker 1: do this all the time, So I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a good little back and forth this whole series.
Speaker 1: Another thing that you know I found really cool was
Speaker 1: after the game, Draymond decided not to do media and
Speaker 1: took that ship right to his podcast, which is unbelievably smart.
Speaker 1: It doesn't surprise me that he would pull something like that.
Speaker 1: But Jack, what does this kind of say about the
Speaker 1: future um of media? You know? Can can you imagine
Speaker 1: if you know, when you were going through your ship
Speaker 1: with the Brawl or any of the ship we went
Speaker 1: through during our career, if we could really right from
Speaker 1: the rip before the media runs with it, go right
Speaker 1: to our fans and tell the world what really happened. Man.
Speaker 1: Being able to control your own narrative is vital. I
Speaker 1: probably would have got my I probably wouldn't have got
Speaker 1: to find as much. I got some of my money
Speaker 1: back if I was to control the narrative, I was
Speaker 1: in my workplace doing the brawl. So but yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think Jaymond is smart. That's super smart because you
Speaker 1: don't want to go on the meeting and say certain
Speaker 1: things and the first thing they're gonna do is twisted.
Speaker 1: Even if they're here, come out your mouth, if it's
Speaker 1: not something that you written, you wrote down, it came
Speaker 1: out your mama a certain way, and they're still with twisted.
Speaker 1: So being able to go on his platform, there's no
Speaker 1: way it can be twisted and you can troll your
Speaker 1: own narrative. And that's the same thing we do here
Speaker 1: on our show. Yeah, no, shout out Draymond Man. I
Speaker 1: think you obviously you're ahead of the curve with this.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love what you. I think he's
Speaker 1: over there working with Colin Cowher too, was one of
Speaker 1: my favorite personalities in the space. But very great way
Speaker 1: to just like Jack said, control your narrative, bro, and
Speaker 1: really tell your side, because we all know how I
Speaker 1: can get twisted. Next up Dallas Mavericks first, the number
Speaker 1: one seed Phoenix suns Luca for the first time in
Speaker 1: the second round. I saw a stat the other day,
Speaker 1: Jack that that said Luca has the second highest scoring
Speaker 1: average of a manimum ten games, behind Michael Jordan's in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's crazy. This motherfucker's a killer. You know.
Speaker 1: Book came out off off a bad hamstring when it
Speaker 1: was able to help close out of a pesky Pelicans team.
Speaker 1: Luca is getting healthier by the day. What you got
Speaker 1: this series? What are you looking forward to seeing the
Speaker 1: defense about this? The MAVs is gonna be totally different
Speaker 1: this game, right, They got Dame dealing with no big,
Speaker 1: slow big man in the offense at all. They got
Speaker 1: young fast guards playing the four and and Aidan is
Speaker 1: totally different than big Fellow and Gobert. It's going to
Speaker 1: create a different a different animal. But a data is
Speaker 1: on defense. That's what I'm worried about. I think Lucas
Speaker 1: eighty eight five percent, you know what I mean. I
Speaker 1: think that's good enough for him to go out there
Speaker 1: and dude, he's supposed to do and carried his team.
Speaker 1: But I'm just worried about worried about them defensively. I
Speaker 1: ain't thinking about things. They do what they do regardless
Speaker 1: who they playing. They've been the best team all year.
Speaker 1: That is defensively, it's gonna be a big test to
Speaker 1: see if they can stop those guys. Yeah, man, shout
Speaker 1: out the little homie Jalen Brunson. Uh, you know, it's
Speaker 1: had a very solid year. I questioned. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of people questions could he carry that over in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, And he's having a great playoff run. Consistently
Speaker 1: has been either the leading score the second leading score
Speaker 1: once Luca came back. But he's been playing really good
Speaker 1: basketball and it's really going to get himself paid this year. Um,
Speaker 1: but I agree, you know this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough series for Dallas. Phoenix is such a well oiled machine.
Speaker 1: The ball moving, the ball finds energy. I think you
Speaker 1: know book is obviously getting healthier by the day. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know CP is doing CP thing. We didn't get
Speaker 1: a chance to do it, but shout out CP man
Speaker 1: for making NBA history to close out the Pelicans fourteen
Speaker 1: for fourteen from the field. Uh, there's a reason why
Speaker 1: they call this man to point guard. There's a reason. Um.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I see the Sun's and probably six here. Um,
Speaker 1: but I expect fireworks, uh from Luca and from the
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns. So definitely looking forward to this series. Yeah, Jack,
Speaker 1: something you touched on and something I want to touch
Speaker 1: on before we go. Scent Kidd was asked about Phoenix
Speaker 1: and pretty much gave uh utah backhand and slap while
Speaker 1: trying to compliment you know, the next opponent in in
Speaker 1: in Phoenix, but basically saying that you know, Aidan is
Speaker 1: a different monster down there. His presence they're gonna need
Speaker 1: to adjust to, Unlike Gobart a whiteside that that they
Speaker 1: couldn't throw the ball in the ocean unfortunately. So what
Speaker 1: are your thoughts about Jason Kidd's slick coming man is
Speaker 1: exactly what I was touching on earlier. You know, they
Speaker 1: have they always played traditional four and five men, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. They have big men down there.
Speaker 1: You've got eight new moves like a who moves like
Speaker 1: a three or four guy, and then you got through
Speaker 1: two guards and three guards playing the four spot for Phoenix.
Speaker 1: So it's it's gonna like it's gonna it's gonna pose
Speaker 1: a different monster to him. And that's why defensively they're
Speaker 1: really gonna be challenged. I think they're gonna score points.
Speaker 1: But defensively, Phoenix scores at a high rate. They have
Speaker 1: great space and then their offense and everybody could create play. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's gonna be a different animal for him, yes, sir.
Speaker 1: Next up on the Radar, presented to you by Draft
Speaker 1: Kings Jack were in the second round. So let's update
Speaker 1: the odds on favorite for each of these series. The
Speaker 1: Bucks are favored at of minus one thirty. The Celtics
Speaker 1: are a plus one ten. The Warriors are favored at
Speaker 1: a minus five fifty. The Grizzlies are plus four hundred.
Speaker 1: The Heat are minus three fifty favorites over the seventies,
Speaker 1: six is at to seventy and last but not least,
Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns are favored out of minus three hundred.
Speaker 1: MAVs are plus jack each of these series, who you
Speaker 1: got in how many games? Bucks? I'm going first series
Speaker 1: Box and Celtics. I'm going Celtics in seven, Warriors, Grizzs,
Speaker 1: I'm going Warriors in six, Heat Sixers, I'm going Heating
Speaker 1: six Signs, MAVs. I'm going MAVs and seven. Well, you're
Speaker 1: taking the MAVs over the Suns. I just just because
Speaker 1: it's a bit now I had I have. I have
Speaker 1: the Celtics in seven, I have the Warriors in six,
Speaker 1: I had the Heat in seven, and then I have
Speaker 1: the Sons in six. So interesting to see what happens. Man,
Speaker 1: Make sure you guys check out this teaser. Very interesting
Speaker 1: episode Jack got Jack and I got a chance to
Speaker 1: sit down with former number two overall pick Ryan Leaf
Speaker 1: to discuss where he's at now and all the crazy
Speaker 1: ship he's been through. Enjoyed this teaser. When you don't
Speaker 1: experience the immediate success you've had not only in college
Speaker 1: but throughout your playing career. When you get to the NFL,
Speaker 1: how hard is that? Well? I had a media six
Speaker 1: to us. We won our first two starts that hadn't
Speaker 1: happened since n three and John Elway so like PEPSI
Speaker 1: came in and gave me a big deal Rolex toy
Speaker 1: and I'm just like Peyton lost his first two starts.
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm okay, I'm killing this ship right. And
Speaker 1: then we go to then we go to Arrowhead and
Speaker 1: we go to Kansas City and h who's the quarterback
Speaker 1: there at the time, Rich Gannon. And the week before
Speaker 1: we played Tennessee Steve McNair Eddie George in in Tennessee
Speaker 1: and we beat him and I slide on the turf
Speaker 1: and it was in the old Vanderbilt Stadium before they
Speaker 1: built a but the new spot, and I got a
Speaker 1: turf burning. I was wearing these tights outside of uh
Speaker 1: my socks and like melted and burnt into my skin.
Speaker 1: And I got a staff infection that week. So I
Speaker 1: was in the hospital all week long leading up to
Speaker 1: Kansas City, and I was I didn't care. I was
Speaker 1: gonna play like I was just tough s o B.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna show the team. I'm here, I'm I'm a winner.
Speaker 1: So they're bringing film over to me in the hospital
Speaker 1: and and uh, I go, I fly, um we warm up.
Speaker 1: They shoot me up with whatever they needed to. I
Speaker 1: don't felt like adrenaline. Damn. I was firing it around.
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, the skies start closing in and
Speaker 1: dumping and it becomes a monsoon. I complete my first
Speaker 1: pass and then proceed to go one for fifteen or
Speaker 1: four yards, two interceptions, three phonebols, and like seven sacks.
Speaker 1: The worst performance, humiliating performance of my life. And it's
Speaker 1: not just about that. It's what I do after the game.
Speaker 1: I can't remember back in the the day, those cameras with
Speaker 1: a huge batteries on that right in the locker room,
Speaker 1: they're spinning around sometimes while standing up, and he spun
Speaker 1: it around. It smoked me right in the head and
Speaker 1: like split me and I lost it on this dude,
Speaker 1: like dressed him down. I just played the worst game
Speaker 1: of my life. Was completely embarrassed, you know, took it
Speaker 1: out on a guy. You know, the reporter was inside there.
Speaker 1: He was a beat writer. Documented Monday, I'm driving into
Speaker 1: the facility. It's all over the papers that incident. So, um,
Speaker 1: we do the gaggle, you know, postgame stuff with the reporters.
Speaker 1: I asked him to stand around a little bit later. Um,
Speaker 1: and then I proceed to tell him why it is right.
Speaker 1: I'm the big, tough timmy football. I grab his ass,
Speaker 1: I throw him in the chair and I start motherfucking
Speaker 1: him up and down. And the cameraman in the corner
Speaker 1: flips around and starts getting this. And this is the
Speaker 1: viral video. It just didn't it was viral videos didn't
Speaker 1: exist back then. And this is like one of the
Speaker 1: first ones. And that's the picture you see of me
Speaker 1: acting like a petulant child braiding the reporter. Junior say,
Speaker 1: I was gonna come in and grab me. He pulls
Speaker 1: me into the shower, turns it on cold. He used
Speaker 1: to call me baby boy, Uh said, baby boy. Cooled down.
Speaker 1: We'll get some dinner after this. Just just cool down.
Speaker 1: And uh, it became this big thing, right. Um. And
Speaker 1: then my dad was in town some of his clients
Speaker 1: and everything like that, and uh, inside the NFL which
Speaker 1: is on the showtime was on HBO at the time,
Speaker 1: and it it play uncensored. You know, we're all watching it.
Speaker 1: My Dad's clients are there watching in the house, and
Speaker 1: I'm going, boy, your son looks great. He helps me
Speaker 1: craft an apology. And if you watch me the next
Speaker 1: day reading this apology, I don't want to be there.
Speaker 1: I think it. I think what I'm doing is wrong.
Speaker 1: I believe I'm the victim in all this, and you
Speaker 1: can see the disdain I read it then then then
Speaker 1: just kind of flip it into the locker and that
Speaker 1: and then I fight the media the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: and I play poorly. You know, you can go be
Speaker 1: an asshole and go out and ball and it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: That's always been my life. Like I could have be
Speaker 1: an asshole to everybody else, but I go get it
Speaker 1: done on the field. I threw four picks against the Giants.
Speaker 1: Next week, they had to make a wish commercial that
Speaker 1: I did up on the jump us on midgame and
Speaker 1: it got booed. It was it precipitous boom like that.
Speaker 1: I don't remember another positive thing in my NFL career,
Speaker 1: and I would go on and play for four years
Speaker 1: simply because I couldn't deal with failure and a healthy positive. Alright, Jack,
Speaker 1: we touched on it earlier. Now is our chance to
Speaker 1: really uh, get in here. And then also I want
Speaker 1: I mean, Jack, you can add in Jelania, even though
Speaker 1: you're a producer, we do shoot a little different here.
Speaker 1: I want you to add, you know, and kind of
Speaker 1: the angles you saw from behind the scenes. But when
Speaker 1: I was in Mexico kicking my feet up, what was that?
Speaker 1: I was classics vibe like out in Memphis. Well, I
Speaker 1: mean from from from the jump, Um, you can tell
Speaker 1: that this year was bigger and better, you know, before
Speaker 1: even we got to to the game part or even
Speaker 1: to um the banquet part. You know, just just the
Speaker 1: feeling of knowing that you have showtime and CBS Sports involved,
Speaker 1: the feeling of knowing that it's nationally televised and you
Speaker 1: have some of the top players in the country, and
Speaker 1: and just just the whole vibe of knowing it's the
Speaker 1: fourth year. Uh that every year, each year it gets better. Man.
Speaker 1: And the sponsor we had we had a body arm
Speaker 1: as a sponsor, so um, it was dope. I think
Speaker 1: it was dope. Man. Getting to the banquet, the banker
Speaker 1: was huge, I think just to layout. When I walked
Speaker 1: into it looked like a wedding reception, Matt. Everything was
Speaker 1: laid out so nice. Um. The water seremon war ceremony
Speaker 1: was dope. Um he got a chance to acknowledge Um
Speaker 1: a lot of the coaches, high school coaches that was there,
Speaker 1: d Miles, me and myself or Ai. I was able
Speaker 1: to give my ward. I have have a Stephen Jackson Award,
Speaker 1: Community a ward I was able. I was able to
Speaker 1: give it to this beautiful young lady who does a
Speaker 1: lot of work in the community and in the game
Speaker 1: and slammed dunk contest. Man. I leg lonic kind of
Speaker 1: touch on some of that stuff too, but man, it
Speaker 1: was it was just a movie to just to have
Speaker 1: the production of interviews, everything that went on. Matt, I
Speaker 1: can see this being bigger next year because I know
Speaker 1: a couple of things and what's gonna happen next year.
Speaker 1: But I couldn't. I couldn't. I couldn't be more happier
Speaker 1: than the way those kids showed up and played and
Speaker 1: the way the the this event this year was put on.
Speaker 1: You know, I think what's dope is obviously you know
Speaker 1: the McDonald's game is is historically classic and it'll stay
Speaker 1: that way. But I think that the energy that you
Speaker 1: guys are bringing in to this new game and who
Speaker 1: is you know, is Ai and you two are the
Speaker 1: face and you guys are really in touch with the culture,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So you guys could really
Speaker 1: make this the game that everyone wants to come to.
Speaker 1: You know. I thought the one thing I loved is,
Speaker 1: you know, seeing through social media, like all the ogs
Speaker 1: that showed up and showed love and just came to
Speaker 1: kick it, just to kick it, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I think that's big that you know, obviously shows
Speaker 1: the love y'all got, but you know, for that next generation,
Speaker 1: for these young kids, he's the kids you know that
Speaker 1: they they when they first looked at basketball who they
Speaker 1: were seeing. So I just think it's dope to really
Speaker 1: kind of come back and show that. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: you know the It was so inspiring to finally meet him.
Speaker 1: Manuel Hanson. Uh, Matt, let me just say this, bro.
Speaker 1: He ain't just dunking. You gotta see him in practice,
Speaker 1: blocking shots, getting still throwing it through people's legs. Take
Speaker 1: I'm just just doing it all. He's such an inspiration, bro,
Speaker 1: and he's so confident. I love that kid. But it
Speaker 1: was so many kids at that game, Matt, that I
Speaker 1: can see playing in the next level. Man. One of
Speaker 1: the best things about the game for me was it
Speaker 1: was six to exes kids from Texas in the game.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Texas. Yeah. It was beautiful
Speaker 1: for me, man, because I remember coming up to the
Speaker 1: games it was one of two Texas guys or sometimes
Speaker 1: just me, you know, and some of these all star games.
Speaker 1: So to see it, to see back to Texas basketball
Speaker 1: blowing up, and for Bobby and John to get these
Speaker 1: kids opportunity, it was. It was beautiful, man. But so
Speaker 1: shout out to Bobby and Ji for putting on another
Speaker 1: great opposite classes. Shot at the AI for being the
Speaker 1: person he is. Shot to Brian Showtime Basketball and CBS
Speaker 1: Sports for making it a great a great event for
Speaker 1: the world to see. Shot to the sponsor's body, arm
Speaker 1: and everybody else. Man, it was a beautiful event. I
Speaker 1: saw j R. Smith was out there dressed like he
Speaker 1: wasn't going to the Master's uh both days. Then heard
Speaker 1: game too a great comment. I'm a jump in. Yeah,
Speaker 1: come on, welcome back. Hey, we've been waiting. Hey, Hey
Speaker 1: we've been Hey, we've been waiting on you. Bro. We
Speaker 1: tried to give me the platform since we wified man.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean, I'm gonna jump in Jack.
Speaker 1: I got over to the Zaxkis. I got over to
Speaker 1: the Zaxki's boy by Folk. But what Jack said, Uh,
Speaker 1: just amazing energy, organic energy from from from former players.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm during production directing and producing, coordinated with
Speaker 1: Stack and Jr. With the CBS, and I'm in the
Speaker 1: front doing ten minutes a big man drills with Jackson color. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he used the moves and got buckets on them.
Speaker 1: So I was proud of that. I wasn't supposed to
Speaker 1: be sweating like that before the game. But I mean,
Speaker 1: everywhere the every coin of those kids had there was
Speaker 1: a former player there to turn to, to laugh with,
Speaker 1: to ask about the basketball questions, life questions. They had
Speaker 1: their families there. We went through the museum with them
Speaker 1: in real time. So every year I've been there, it's
Speaker 1: got progressively better, whether that be the production or the
Speaker 1: former players that are involved as coaches. Andre Miller was
Speaker 1: the star of the Star of the week, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, just there as a spectator, and these
Speaker 1: dudes not only be coming to hang out with the bros,
Speaker 1: but like they want to see the practices the drills
Speaker 1: the games. Dre came in and got in awesome drills
Speaker 1: and was breaking down the pick and roll. Darius was,
Speaker 1: you know, its real life coaches, because all of us
Speaker 1: have been in these situations and like I told Stack
Speaker 1: and you know, it's big time coming to America. Vibes
Speaker 1: when you're there, you're always very happy to be there
Speaker 1: and just pouring back into the kids and no jobs,
Speaker 1: it's too small. Shout out to the photographers, video dps,
Speaker 1: everybody involved, because you could tell people really cared and
Speaker 1: they really poured their heart into it. Yeah, that's dope.
Speaker 1: That's that's to me. That's the Handles experience. It will start,
Speaker 1: you know, taking this game to the next level. You know,
Speaker 1: like you said, every every turn there's someone in that
Speaker 1: turn to to talk you and drop game on your head.
Speaker 1: So glad it worked out. I definitely need to get
Speaker 1: out to one though. Definitely, I'm gonna make sure I'm
Speaker 1: marking on the calendar next year so I can get
Speaker 1: out there. Man. Closing thoughts, Jack, We've been saying this
Speaker 1: for the last three or four seasons. Uh, the Utah
Speaker 1: Jazz great regular season team, great you know, ball movement, shooting,
Speaker 1: but when it comes to the playoffs, they have a
Speaker 1: problem showing up. Do you feel like the duo of
Speaker 1: Mitchell and Gobert has hello? Are you are? Are you
Speaker 1: awake over there? U? Huh huh so what what's up?
Speaker 1: What's up? Who's gotta go? Gobert? Mitchell? Uh? Quint Snyder? Like,
Speaker 1: this team has no cap space? What do they do?
Speaker 1: I fall asleep every time we get to talk about
Speaker 1: the Jazz that for some reason, I just gnawed off.
Speaker 1: Bro Man. We've been saying this for years. Bro, they
Speaker 1: ain't just got no dogs over there. I ain't know that.
Speaker 1: Don't even look like a team that you expect to
Speaker 1: win the championship to me, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 1: It just it just don't. Bro. My my favorite player
Speaker 1: on the team right now is Bondanovitch. That's my favorite player.
Speaker 1: That's that's my favorite player on the team. That's my
Speaker 1: favorite player on the team because he played both ways.
Speaker 1: He can score all over the court. But as as
Speaker 1: a whole as a team, you know, I even love
Speaker 1: Quint Snyder. I love a coach, But ain't the team.
Speaker 1: That ain't the team they need to have. They're trying
Speaker 1: to be successful in utub I'm sorry, I just ain't.
Speaker 1: I just feel like, obviously, Donovan Mitchell is an up
Speaker 1: and coming young star Max player, but he doesn't make
Speaker 1: anybody better. Great score, great score can get a bucket
Speaker 1: whenever you need it, super athletic, can jump out of
Speaker 1: the gym, but he doesn't make anybody better. And I
Speaker 1: feel like Gobert needs a point guard that's gonna spoon
Speaker 1: feed him allive what cps to do to DeAndre Jordan's
Speaker 1: and and all these other guys. A guy that could
Speaker 1: really just utilize him roll into the basket and Duncan
Speaker 1: putting pressure on that rim because you know you can,
Speaker 1: you know you throw it in the post, and Dealing,
Speaker 1: the newest member of Showtime Basketball can guard Gobert down
Speaker 1: there on the post. So it's just like he needs
Speaker 1: someone that's gonna spoon feed him. Uh. I agree. I
Speaker 1: love Quinn Snyder. I think he's a great basketball mind. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know, I see I don't see both of
Speaker 1: these players coming back next year. Um, and maybe if
Speaker 1: one leaves, the other one might you know, they might
Speaker 1: trade the other one just to completely start over. So
Speaker 1: if I was Donovan, I want to leave. If I
Speaker 1: was Dona, but I would leave and let Rudy stay
Speaker 1: in Utah. He he fit more on Utah than I
Speaker 1: think Donovan do. Yeah, going from Louisville Utah, it was
Speaker 1: could be a culture shock. I love Donovan Mitchell, but again,
Speaker 1: he's he's a scoring PG. And I feel like if
Speaker 1: if Gobert is going to be such a highly paid
Speaker 1: player on your team, he's not only gonna have to
Speaker 1: be able to hold it down on the defensive, in
Speaker 1: which he does, but he has to be able to
Speaker 1: give you some on the offensive. And but I think
Speaker 1: he needs some help there. So uh to be interesting
Speaker 1: to see what this what happens with this team in
Speaker 1: the offseason. I always said from the jump that they
Speaker 1: didn't have that consistent second score next to Mitchell. Um.
Speaker 1: I love Jordan Clark, but he's coming off the bench,
Speaker 1: you know I was talking about that. Uh, the an
Speaker 1: actual starter. So we shall see what happens in Utah.
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