1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume. The Colin Cowherd Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. Well, they love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport. There is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win all right. Time for Immediate 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: Reaction podcast. We're gonna talk to Bucks, Heat, Clippers, MAVs, 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Brooklyn Celtics, and Doug Gottlieb is going to join us. 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: So we're gonna talk about a bunch of stuff. So Douger, 9 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start. Let's just start with Bucks Heat. I'll 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: give you my immediate impression and you react to it. 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: So I like the Bucks in the series. I think 12 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: they're a better team. I get a couple of bigs 13 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: in brook Lopez and Jannis. I think Chris middle is 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton's a little bit of across your fingers late 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: in the game guy, but he hit a big shot today. 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: I like Drew Holiday. They've been in these playoff games before, 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: so I liked him in the series. It was really 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: ugly and it would be so easy for me to 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: bail on the Bucks. But I do feel that Miami 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: is so Jimmy Butler dependent and I watched Milwaukee Doug 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: and my takeaway is, even even today, this is what 22 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: they are. They make you work your ass off for 23 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: a shot. They really make you work. We don't trust 24 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: Janis late. A lot of their games come down to 25 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton hitting the jay he did today. I'm not 26 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: selling my stock. I think this is They're not artistic, 27 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: they're not they're not pretty. This is kind of what 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: they are. And I think it'll be an ugly series 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: and they'll win. It feels a little bit and I 30 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: understand with the volume of three point shots yet did 31 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: the volume in there's good nice with the volume three 32 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: point shots, it'd be hard for people to rationalize this. 33 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: But because of the physicality at times, even on the drives, 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: it was a little bit like a throwback series, right, 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: a little bit in the ugliness. I think here's the 36 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: hardest thing for all of us to do. Because we 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: had nothing else going on. Last year, we watched a 38 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: lot more NBA basketball, you and I did, and then 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people kind of checked out 40 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: once it was October because there's football, but you're watching 41 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs. You can't use that as your guy, Like, 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: that's not really who these teams were, and the Miami 43 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: Heat weren't the best team in the East. Now, I'm 44 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: not sure that Milwaukee would have come out of the 45 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: East anyway, but I definitely think that we in our minds, 46 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: we think Miami Heat Eastern Conference champions, same team, must 47 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: be the same results they're not. You're right, Jimmy Butler 48 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: has never been great when he's the best player, when 49 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: he's the go to guy, he is a he is 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: an unbelievable number two or number three. And I agree, 51 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: I just I don't think they have the offense per se, 52 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: not that Milwaukee's any sort of but you know, you know, 53 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: offensive juggernaut, Like we're watching the Brooklyn Nets, who can 54 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: just you know, put twenty points on the board, like 55 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: didn't blink of the um. But you always watch something 56 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: that you haven't seen before, right, I've never seen a 57 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: ten second call on a free throw, let alone at 58 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: that point to now look for the record, it was 59 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: the right call. But it's like, okay, so now are 60 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: we gonna call Lebron James every time he has a 61 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: lane violation on a free throw, which is every free throw, 62 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: Like we're gonna call everything. When does that stop? Um? 63 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: I like the Bucks. I definitely think the Heat win 64 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: a couple of games in this series. Yeah, and I 65 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: think that you're right. Milton is a bit of across 66 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: your fingers. He's not a he's not a He'll make shots, 67 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: but he's not going to create shots for himself and 68 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: for others. Um. But maybe the most underdiscussed there's two 69 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: underdiscussed parts of basketball by mister admission. One conditioning. You know, 70 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: guys just get tired, and it's important to find ways 71 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: to rest and to get these series shortened because as 72 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs go on. But here's the other one. Confidence 73 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: and your right to have questions about Jannis. You're right 74 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: to have questions about Chris Middleton. But I can tell 75 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: you that Chris Middleton burying a big shot to win 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: a game, his confidence right now is through the roof 77 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: and my guests. In the short term, again, this is 78 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: not second round, NBA Finals whatever. In the short term, 79 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: you're going to get more out of Chris Middleton over 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: the next couple of games. That's how big that shot 81 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: was for this team and for him personally. Yeah, I mean, 82 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: I just I've come to terms with Milwaukee is that 83 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: I dismissed them the last couple of years because a 84 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: lot of that was, oh give me a break on 85 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: Yanni's face of the league. But I'm not going to deny. 86 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: When you watch them today, Bam and Butler, they make 87 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: them work for everything. You were right to dismiss Milwaukee. 88 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: But the important part is it's not the same Milwaukee. 89 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Like he can't undersell the importance of Drew Holliday. He 90 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: he can guard one through four, but really contain contain 91 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: guards and is a ferocious defender. He's also a tremendous passer. 92 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: He's never really been a point guard, but he's a 93 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,679 Speaker 1: tremendous passer. He's a shotmaker. So Milwaukee was the worst 94 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: for losing Malcolm Brogden going back two years ago, and 95 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: they've remedied that great greatly by adding Drew Holiday. And 96 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: I think that, along with the confidence gained by winning 97 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: a knockdown drag him out today, I think that really 98 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: propels them to the ultimate outcome because so oftentimes you 99 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: look at a series and we just look at the matchups, 100 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: but in the individual games you do, while you don't 101 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: necessarily get carryover momentum, you do get some carryover of confidence, 102 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: and I think mil Thing gets the carry of confidence. 103 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: And I think the Drew Holiday is a stud and 104 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: he fits perfectly with how they have to play. All right, 105 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: let's move to a fascinating game today. So Clippers lose 106 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: to the MAVs. So Bill Simmons and Roussillo talked about this. 107 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: It may have been a year ago where Steve Bomber 108 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: wanted Michael Porter in twenty eighteen and the Clippers staff, 109 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: the medical staff said he's undraftable and Bamber because he's 110 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: Bomber's from Seattle and Michael Porter was from Seattle. And 111 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: then you know, Porter comes in and he's a he's 112 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: a point machine and Balmer's never trusted the front office 113 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: to according to some, he's still furious. So there's a 114 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: I said this to the edited handle the show, there's 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: a you know, you ever go to a therapist and 116 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: she's like, oh boy, your shoulders are tight, your your tents, 117 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: And I'm like, that's what every executive in the front 118 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: office for the Clippers is during this series. Because they 119 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: can't be eliminated in the first round. They can't be there. 120 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: They're all highly compensated. It's the biggest executive staff in 121 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: the league. It's they're really well paid, in some instances 122 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: overpaid for the league. And I watched them melt I 123 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: watched them melt down today and I'm like, Oh, this 124 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: franchise is walking on eggshells, Doug. They were a frocious 125 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 1: was six minutes left, and as a former point guard, 126 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: I watched them and I'm like, what are they late? 127 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: I know that, what are they Like? I watched Dallas 128 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: now and Luca didn't score a ton late, but I 129 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: kind of feel like Dallas kind of knows what they are, 130 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: even though Luca's a young kid. What is what are 131 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: the Clippers late in games? They're a collection of really 132 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: good pieces that on paper and maybe in a video 133 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: game fit together. Like look, if if I thought the 134 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: front office one in comparison to the Lakers right like 135 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: the Lakers went Marcusol, he appears to be washed up. 136 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: Sergebackey is nine. The Lakers were not happy, not happy 137 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: at all that Jon Rondo ends up with the Clippers, 138 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: because the Clippers have needed a point guard. But they 139 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: also know that last year during the regular season, they're like, 140 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if Jean Rondo has it, and we 141 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: have this kind of damage a Rondo, playoff rondo. But 142 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: even last year, it wasn't like every game he had it. 143 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: And remember he was added mid season. And as much 144 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: as I liked Tyler compete against him in college, and 145 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: I've watched him, watched him an NBA championship, and I 146 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: want to give him the proper credit and the coaching 147 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: staff the proper credit. Remember when he won a championship, 148 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: he had Lebron James, who's like quasi coach, right, a 149 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: little harder on your own. And it's not like and 150 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: you've said this before and radio showing on your pods, 151 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: it's not like their best player as a communicator, right, 152 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: It's not like he's out there barking out orders and 153 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: he just goes and plays. He's a great player, but 154 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: he is not a community, is not a communicator. He is. 155 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: You don't You don't play the way that a Lebron 156 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: James teams plays where no one has any question who's 157 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: telling who what to do on the basketball for either 158 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: end of the court other than Lebron James. And then 159 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: of course you have is a pandemic pete is a 160 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: playoff pete. I don't know what you'd call Paul George. 161 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:01,479 Speaker 1: But he's earned all of these all of this negativity 162 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: on social media, right, he's earned it. He's had some 163 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: great playoff games, but today wasn't one of them. And 164 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: so so I don't want I don't want to. I 165 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: don't want to freak out because last year they were 166 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: up three games to one, and we've seen so many 167 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: series in the past. Last year, remember I think the 168 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Lakers lose Game one to the Rockets. They lose I 169 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: thought they lost a game one maybe to the Rockets 170 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: last year, and nobody freaked out. So let's not. But 171 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: you're right, they don't have an identity. What are they? 172 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: I'm with you, and it's really hard to discover that. 173 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: Like well, I mean, like when Chris Middleton struggles, Chris 174 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: is a three. If he's your third best team, you're 175 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: a third best player, you're a good team. Paul George, 176 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: for about five weeks this year in the regular season, 177 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 1: may have been the first or second best player in 178 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 1: the league. I mean, he had a five week stretch 179 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: where he was unbelievable. So when when we can't trust him, 180 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: that's like a rod in playoffs, Like that's a guy, 181 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: it's upstairs with Middleton. There's just limitations. He can't create 182 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: his own shot. Paul George can a lot. So I 183 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: just feel like when I watched them, I'm like between Balmer, 184 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: the non communicative Kauhi. Paul George is in his head. 185 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: Rondo probably doesn't deep down respect Paul George after playing 186 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: with Lebron and Garnett, and you kind of feel like 187 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 1: it's bad chemistry. Well, this is you're getting at something 188 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: which I don't know enough people talk about. It's really 189 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: really interesting. So what I heard about the Lakers last 190 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: year was that Lebron really liked Rondo, and everybody else 191 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: is like, yeah, sure, And there was a time when 192 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: Lebron was a little bit out on Rondo. He runs 193 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: hot and cold with guys. So what Lebron did was 194 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: he basically communicated with Anthony Davis and pumped up Anthony Davis. 195 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: Made Anthony Davis seemed like he was the outfit, he 196 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: was the guy. But meanwhile, the guy with the puppet 197 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: master was Lebron James right, and then Rondo thinks he's 198 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: the puppet master, thinks he and when he performed well 199 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, he earned the respect of Lebron. I 200 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: think there's a little bit of that, there's a little 201 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: bit of we know who this guy is in terms 202 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: of rondo, how he looks at Paul George. But I 203 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: also think there isn't the same kind of pecking order. 204 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: It's just so different when you have a non communicative 205 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: guy like a Kawhi Leonard. Like, look, I think Kwiler 206 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: is a great player, not good, great superstar, great in 207 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: terms of both ends, rebounding. You know, he shoots that 208 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: kind of low arching jump shot like Jordan used to. 209 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: There's a lot of amazing things about him. But he's 210 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: just not Lebron in terms of leadership. And it's just 211 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: the whole team is crafted differently. And then when you 212 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: don't play together a bunch. And I also think that 213 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: I understand why they why they dodge the Lakers, Like 214 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: I get it, the dodge the Lakers. You're like, look, 215 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: we might get the Lakers in the scouts files, we 216 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: might not. But when you haven't played together a ton, 217 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: and you don't finish off the season with a bang, 218 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: and you don't just molly wop the thunder and molly 219 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: whop the rockets and say, hey, we're ready for the playoffs. 220 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's it's a great tone for you, 221 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: and today was a stinker. Now the great thing is 222 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: this is in the playoff playing tournament. 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There's like, to your point, he's 260 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: one of the four or five best players in the league. 261 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: And I also know, even guys that are head cases 262 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: like Antonio Brown, they'll be they'll be there'll be people 263 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: that want Paul George. He's just too damn good. I mean, 264 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: there'll be teams out there that are, like, listen, he's 265 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: so I honestly think, Doug, I think if Paul struggles 266 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: in the postseason, if they lost for the MAVs, I 267 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: think they'd move him. I honestly do. Is that too extreme? No? No, 268 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: And that's It's one of the issues with Balmer is 269 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: that Tilman Fritida is a little bit like this, right, 270 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: I mean, that's you know Tilman very well, but like 271 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: Tillman was really really close. Then miss a bunch of threes, right, 272 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: you know when year Chris Paul gets hurt, they miss 273 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of threes and they get bounced out of 274 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs. And he had just taken over the team, 275 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: and you know, you tried tinkering with it too much 276 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: and you end up ruining something that was really really close. 277 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: Like I kind of think if you would have just 278 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: waited out the Warriors, you would have been okay. I mean, like, look, 279 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: that's what happens with these guys. These they think they 280 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: can fix it, Like, look, I fix this business. Basketball 281 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: is not like that. Basketball takes chemistry, Basketball takes time, 282 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: Basketball takes a little luck. You got to be healthy, 283 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: like all of these things, all of this there's kind 284 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: of a little bit of magic and a little bit 285 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: luck to it, and a little bit of thought. Like 286 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: and like Tim and Fritida took over the Rockets and 287 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: they were really really good and really really close, and 288 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: he ruined it by trying to fix it. Noticed like 289 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: you ever seen seven these women in LA that have 290 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: plastic surgery, right, and the first time they just get 291 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: botoxed and like it works, so it's good. And then 292 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: maybe they get just a little, just a little little 293 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: something done, you're like well, and then they get greedy 294 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: for more, like no, no no, you're you're beautiful, you don't 295 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: need that. And then pretty soon they all look the same, 296 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: They all look like the Joker from the Batman. They 297 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: can't stop smiling, right, right, that's what happened with the 298 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: Rockets and that and I fear that's what will happen 299 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: with Bomber and you point out he overpaid the front office. Dude, 300 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: he overpaid for everything. The Clippers were worth like one 301 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: billion in change. He played like two and a half. 302 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: Why because he's got a few money right too, main 303 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: change here you go, right, I'm gonna build my own arena. Okay, congratulations, 304 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: Like he's really smart. But one of the things that 305 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: really smart people think do is they don't think they 306 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: have all the answers, especially in something you know anything about. 307 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: Because that guy look like he's ever hooked in his life. No, 308 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: you know, so a little bit of Jerry Jones with 309 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: the tinkering. I'm with you. I do think that, especially 310 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: if its first round, like if they lose the Mavericks. 311 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: Oh my god, dude, I would not. I would. It's 312 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: it's that It's scene from Major League, Remember when Ricky 313 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: Vaughan is like opening up his locker to see it 314 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: a little pink pink thing is in there to see 315 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: if he got cut the last day, right, and they 316 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: played the trick on him, Like I would not want 317 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: to go to work the next day because everybody's gonna 318 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: get fired. That's exactly how I feel. And I don't 319 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: think I'm being ridiculous. I kind of feel like that's 320 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: that's what I'm going to see. All right, let's talk. 321 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: Brooklyn hosted the Celtics. So first of all, there's a 322 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: way for Boston to win. They're not going to but 323 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: there's a way to win without Jalen Brown, which is 324 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: just played good defense, hope, Marcus smart, hit shots. You 325 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 1: know you need some luck, the valiant effort. But you 326 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: know this is a mismatch. I mean I always say, 327 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: you go to the YMCA, you can watch for two 328 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: minutes ago. That team's got better players that that team. 329 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: They'll win eventually. That's what's going to happen. It is. 330 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: You know what's funny about Kevin Durant. Mark Few of 331 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: Gonzaga told me this once. He was coaching on that 332 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: Olympic some Olympic team or I forget which team it was, 333 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: and he said, you know, all these great players are there. 334 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: It's the best players in the world, and then there's 335 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. And he's like, when you're with the best 336 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: players in the world and Kevin Durant score so much 337 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: more easily, You're like, that's the best score in the world. 338 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: Doug he didn't even play well for long stretches. And 339 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: he's in the thirties. I mean, I don't know if 340 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: I've ever seen anybody's he's idiot. He's Kareem abdul Jabbar. Okay, 341 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: stick with me on this for a second. Okay, Okay, 342 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: Kareem abdul Jabbar, unblockable move all right, I'm blocked, right 343 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: dream abdul jabartsky. Kevin Durants pull up jump shot, SEMDI 344 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: tellshoo in the ball high. You just hope he misses, right, So, 345 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: unblockable shot, a little uncomele in his own skin, in 346 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: his own fame, right, yes, right, and really really really 347 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: smart like Kevin Durand is really smart. Obviously, Kareem is 348 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: really smart, really well red, but sometimes maybe a little 349 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: bit too much so right, and U, I think I'm 350 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: with you. You know, I personally thought he's the best 351 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: player in basketball. His last couple of years in Golden State, 352 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: he outplayed Lebron James. Bron James was guarding him. I 353 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: think that's one of the reasons that he was so frustrated. 354 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: It's like, look, I outplayed Lebron in the finals, Like 355 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: why am I not? Why do I not have the crown? 356 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: Why are people are not talking about me? I was 357 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: the greatest of all time. It's a really hard thing. 358 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: But he's amazing, and something about the camera angle or 359 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: maybe Boston size. He looks eight be tall, literally looks 360 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: at foot taller than everybody else than he's bringing the 361 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: ball up. He's incredible. He's incredible. Now the Celtics are 362 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: going to be interesting. How they fix the Celtics. I mean, 363 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: they kind of got to get rid of Kenba's contract. 364 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: They just don't think anybody will take it because of 365 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: that me. I mean, just the Kemba thing is, you know. 366 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't an upgrade over Kyrie. He's a 367 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: better guy maybe than Kyrie, but he's just not able 368 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: to be healthy. He's not the same guy. They're gonna 369 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: have to Marcus Smarts an expiring contract next year. They're 370 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: gonna have to find a way to move Marcus Smart 371 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: and they'll be able to move them and make the 372 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: right editions figure out Evan Fourdier. I don't think they 373 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: can win this series. I just there's just too much firepower, 374 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: which which leads me to kind of this is the 375 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: question I have for you, like football? College football, for example, 376 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: something both you and I love. It's become very offensive sport, 377 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: like even Alabama is putting up huge numbers, right, just 378 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: like crazy numbers. But I still think at the end 379 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: of the day, the reason Alabama EMMA wins championships is 380 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: their defensive front is nasty. Tampa's offense became really spectacular 381 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: by the end of the season when they won the 382 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but they won because their defensive line dominated. 383 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: The offensive line to the Packers and the Chiefs. But 384 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: offenses because of the rule changes the way things are officiated. 385 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 1: I guess my question to you is can offense when 386 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 1: you an NBA championship? It hasn't really Like everybody says 387 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: Golden State. When Golden State won their first time, they 388 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: had the best defense in basketball and there were still 389 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: a top ten defense when they won. I guess that's 390 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: my question to you. Do you think that this is 391 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: potentially on paper? Joe Harris shoots forty seven and a 392 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: half percent from three. It's crazy, crazy, right, and he's 393 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: just put him in the wing, put him in the 394 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: quarter to great space. Then you have three superstars on 395 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: one team. Do you think offense can when you have 396 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: a championship. That's really when this comes down. I don't. 397 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: And I also think there's a lot of ghosts in 398 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: that locker room. I've seen Kad, I've seen Kyrie Flake 399 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I've seen him Harden disappear. I've seen 400 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: you know, Katie get hurt and pout. Blake Griffin doesn't 401 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: have a great playoff history either. It just Nash and 402 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: Dan Tony. There's a lot of ghosts. There's a lot 403 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: of guys, you know, Doug. It's like anything in life. 404 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: You know, you forget stuff, and you forget stuff, and 405 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: you forget stuff. But we're all nine years old who 406 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: we were at nine we are now regardless of therapy, 407 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: and you fall back into your trends and you can 408 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: play great and have great confidence. But all of a sudden, 409 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: James Harden has an over nine in the third quarter, 410 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: and that's who he becomes. And this there's a lot 411 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: of guys, a lot of a lot of them. You know. 412 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: The other thing, Doug is Katie can be a little 413 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: poor Zingis he really he's really good. I mean he 414 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: moves really elegantly with a ball as a seven foot guy. 415 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: You know, poor Zingis doesn't obviously as well. But one 416 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: of the problems when you're seven one, and I noticed 417 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: it today with Kad When you're seven one and you're 418 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: you're slashing and dribbling and going, you fall hard and 419 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: you fall a lot. It's like the taller you are 420 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: when you ski, the harder you crash. Shit, man, Katie 421 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: hits the floor. Hold your bra It's like it's like 422 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: crumpled bones. There's just like bones fall. It's like one 423 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: of those skeleton bodies. And he fall. You're like, oh 424 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: my god, is he hurt. Oh he's okay, he's okay, 425 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: he's okay, he's okay. I agree, it looks really bad 426 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: when he falls, really bad. Yeah, but it begin his 427 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: skill set is unique. I mean, Porzingis is seven to 428 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: six and can drive through the lane. I mean a 429 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: seven six to us was Yeoman and so she watch 430 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: sometimes I watch Porzingis and Katie and I'm like, that's 431 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: just too big a body to be flying through the 432 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: lane like that. Yeah, yeah, no, And he's so thin. 433 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: But god, he's so good. Oh he can just so 434 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: oftentimes get where he wants to get, and then sometimes 435 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: he can't, and he just can still shoot over you 436 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: and and make it work. And and then like we 437 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: don't even spend time talking about Kyrie, Like Carrie is 438 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: a royal pain in the ass, royal pain the ass. 439 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I understand there are bad things 440 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: going on the rest of the world. By the way, 441 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: that's why have a job, because we frankly kind of 442 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: don't want to We want to just watch you play basketball. 443 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: Don't want to think about all those stuff, right right, 444 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: So like I get it, and you get it, but 445 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: you don't actually get it because that's sorry, dude, this 446 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: is why you make millions, because you take us away 447 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: from the rest of our lives for three hours. We 448 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: haven't Like, he's an otherworldly talent I've never seen, you know, 449 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: Rod Strickland's his godfather or whatever. Rod Circling is the 450 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: greatest finisher around the basket for a point guard I've 451 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: ever seen. And Kyrie's backing right Strickland was amazing. Play 452 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: without a jump shot, but it could finish, you know, 453 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: find a way to finish off the glass. Right hand, 454 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: left hand, didn't matter. And that's Kyrie. And look, Kyrie 455 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: can do all of the right things. It's just a 456 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: question of it's like you said, he's got that baggage, 457 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: he's got that ego to him where he thinks he 458 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: knows more than everybody else. I mean, I've told that 459 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: story before where it's like when he was in Boston 460 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: his last series, they're playing against Yannis and the Bucks, 461 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: and their defensive scheme was like, we are everybody's switching 462 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: except Kyrie. I we don't want Kyrie to guard Jannis. 463 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: I don't want that to happen. And you know what happened. 464 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: He Keets switching on to Yannis, and Jannis was abusing 465 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: him because he's just too big, couldn't do anything with him. 466 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: So that's you're right. Kyrie is smart, but thinks he's 467 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: way smarter than he should be. Kevin Durant can get 468 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: a bucket whenever he wants, but the truth is nobody 469 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: can really get a bucket anytime he wants. And then 470 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: we know about James Harden's ghost. Plus he didn't guard 471 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: anybody right, and everybody knows the only time he can 472 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: be good defensively is in the post, so nobody's gonna 473 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: post him. Yeah, I think, I mean, I'm fascinating to 474 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: watch it. I would guess that Bucks or six Ers 475 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: two more defensive minded teams come out of the East. 476 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: But man, they just go through a stretcher like, Okay, 477 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: nobody's beating them. Nobody's beating them in the store. No, listen, man, 478 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: there's let's It's like the convertible sports car three and 479 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: a half months a year. You swear it's the best 480 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: car in the world. You just don't November. You want 481 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: to see it. So Brooklyn is going to on its 482 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: best nights and possessions and quarters. They are the best team. 483 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: There's no question they are the best team. But there 484 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: are going to be different times you can get physical, 485 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: take them out of their game a little. All right, Doug, 486 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: this is thirty minutes, folks. We're gonna do these immediate 487 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: reaction podcasts from time to time in the NBA playoffs 488 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 1: and got Leave's great. So good seeing your buddy hang 489 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: out on a Saturday. The volume