WEBVTT - Flag Football, Cleveland Browns, and Knicks! 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:06.200 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:15.040 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:17.760 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:22.079 speeds and spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up next on 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:26.720 that sifer on the microphone. You know that I'm one 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:35.839 of the best. Yet Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.680 It should boyd Dane Martinez a k a. Speeds aka 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.400 to Spitting Statistician, and you are listening live to the 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:46.040 Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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As always, we're gonna get into 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.119 a you know who to start to win some cash 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.600 in Major League Baseball tonight. I'm also gonna get into 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.880 there was a lot of running in Washington last night 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.280 by the Nationals by trade Turner, and then some people 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.760 are running their mouth as well, and they have since 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.639 been d f ade. We're gonna get into that. As usual. 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.319 I've been previewing team by team, giving you speed to spotlight. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.640 We're in the a f C North this week, and 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.440 yes it is that day. We're doing the Cleveland Browns. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.000 I'm gonna give you some reasons for hope. They are 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.520 not the laughing stock of the NFL anymore in my opinion, 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.240 and I'm gonna tell you why. We've also got the 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.280 sports movie Great Is of All Time brackets going on 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.520 for the first time in the In the tournament so far, 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.520 we have a one seed in action. It is in 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.360 the football region. Rudy is going up against the little Giants, 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.200 and that reminds me. If you want to get at 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.440 me this episode, so many ways you can do that 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.280 here this hour on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.799 can holler at me at eight four four eight four 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.560 three six eight seven nine. You could also catch us 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.799 on Twitter at F and T s Y Radio at 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.000 spitting speed. You want to ask me questions, you want 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.320 to follow me, if you want to call in just 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.960 to celebrate with me that we could ride with Charles Oakley. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.120 And because Phil Jackson is gone, even though the French 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.280 he is in place of Malik Monk or Dennis Smith. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.440 We're gonna get into all that and we're gonna talk 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:44.720 a little bit about it with Montreman the Love Dr 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.280 Donnie Burns, because we haven't gotten into why the Knicks 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.440 decided to take a guy that was nineteen years old, 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:51.799 skinny with a wringings brand, just because he now is 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.240 with the triangle, which is an obsolete shape right across 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.480 the street at Madison Square Garden. I mean, boy, Dame 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.600 Martinez speeds and spitting statistician fantasy for you stop, come on, 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:16.960 come back, let's go to Welcome back to the Fantasy 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.280 Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Dame martinezpis 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.000 the spitting statistician holding you down this hour. Remember you 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:24.639 could get at me at F and T s Y 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.440 Radio on Twitter. You could also follow me holler at 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.120 me at spitting speeds as well, if you want to 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:31.480 chop it up. We got a lot of stuff to 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.679 talk about, but listen, I want to get into this 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:35.960 Phil Jackson stuff, but first we got to talk about 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.360 may League baseball. These are the guys that are actually playing. 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:40.320 These are the ways you can still actually make some 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.840 money tonight, listen, Carlos road On is returning for the 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.680 Chicago White Sox and getting to start for the White 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.360 TX against the Yankees. He's coming off a sixty DAYDL, 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.960 had that bicep injury, making his season debut. I don't 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.360 think it's gonna go long tonight, but someone to watch 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.320 in season long teams because, uh, you know, the skills 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.440 are definitely there in years past. The Tigers have activated 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.480 Victor Martinez from the d L. He had in a 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:05.880 regular heartbeat going on for the last couple of weeks. 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.920 Good to see that he is okay. On the flip side, though, 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:12.080 the Yankees put Matt Holiday on the disabled list. He 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.640 had that kind of bug, this virus. They don't exactly 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.920 know what it is, but they're gonna shut him down 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.719 and send them back home for test. Remember the Danny 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:24.719 h Veria trade last week. It's clear that the Marlins 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:27.440 are open for business. Okay, they are now apparently are 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.960 getting offers for relievers Aj Ramos and David Phelps. It 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.919 sounds like teams in the al least like the Yanks 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.960 in the Bosox might be looking at former Yank Maybe 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.640 could be again Martin Prado. It looks like the Marlins 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.360 are ready to sell whatever they can, as they do 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.840 not think they are contenders this year. The same may 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.359 be able to be said for former Cy Young Award 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:51.240 winner on Detroit Justin Verlander. He has been dangled for 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.919 a while now. I think he's gonna wind up in 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.120 the NL West if they do in fact move him. 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.360 I've been saying for a while that the Dodgers were 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:02.600 an option. What about the Rizona Diamondbacks as they continue 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.200 to really look good. If you had the top of 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.360 that rotation with Zach Granky, you put Justin Verlander there 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.440 as well, then you've got a guy like Godly in 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.279 your three hole. It could be worse for the diamond 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.640 Backs to try to sustain. And remember, we've been talking 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.560 a lot about the return of Freddie Freeman. He's now 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.680 put out a date there. He's targeting July nine to return. 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:25.880 Remember when he does, he'll come back as a third 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.960 baseman because they want to keep Matt Adams in the lineup. Now, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.200 last night, remember there was full fifteen games on the 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.200 nights late, and you had Max Scherzer out there, and 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.480 I told you about his streak of the last six 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.559 starts striking double digit guys. That streak was in fact broken. 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.640 He only had six kids and six six innings, only 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.360 game of one and still got the win, so he 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:46.400 probably did pretty good for you. I gave you guys 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.120 two guys that said Dan Strellie. He only gave up 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.840 two runs but did not have the k upside only 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.440 went five as well, and I said watch out for 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.839 James Paxton. I said, he hasn't been as good in 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.760 his return since his return from the d L, but 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.680 it was a pretty tasty matchup. He struck out nine 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.679 Philadelphia Phillies. He got the loss, but with seven innings, 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.919 nine strikeouts and only three runs, it was a quality starts. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:14.000 He still earned you some points. Tonight, listen they broke 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.400 it down on the DFS Lineup lock Show and listen, 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.640 you guys need to listen to the DFS Lineup Block Show, 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:25.080 Benny Richardi, Tony Sencada, Tony Sancada absolutely gets it done. 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.400 And I've been telling you for a while, Benny Richardi, 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.560 he's not the o G. He's the ten because when 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.520 you're listening to him, you're gonna be having to fill 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:38.160 out ten between them. They hit for almost ten thousand 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.400 dollars last night, and my man Benny Richardi is going 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.040 he won the Miami Qualifier. He's gonna enjoy All Star Weekend. 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.760 And my boy Aaron Judge in the Home Run Derby. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.840 That's why you gotta listen to them. That's why, honestly, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.120 just download the Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. This way 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:59.479 you get Lineup Lock, you get Fantasy Freestyle, you get 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.919 b FFS, you get Rhodo Experts in the morning, you 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.720 get the Fantasy Black Book, you get what I'm telling you, 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.080 and you get it all for free. These guys were 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.320 killing it last night. Gave you lineups that you could 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:17.480 have won that cash. I know they did, so listen. 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.680 If you want to listen to them over me, so 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.600 be it. But here's who I think you can take tonight. 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.600 If you want to zig when everybody else zags, I'm 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.760 the high end talent like Steven Straussburg and even you Darvish, 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.320 the guy I like tonight, I'm gonna give you two 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:35.160 first one at eight four hundred on fan duel Marcus 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:39.400 Stroman Stroman against Baltimore. He has had a quality start 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.520 in every home start he has had since the middle 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.880 of April. I think he's just a good picture. The 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.560 Blue Jays are minus two ten. Favorite tonight's I think 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.280 you get a win at a Marcus Stroman and the 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.480 Toronto Blue Jays if you want to go even cheaper. 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:54.840 I already mentioned him before at eight one. I like 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.080 Zack Godley against the Cardinals. Zak Godley has gotten thirty 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.120 or more FanDuel points than six of his last seven starts. 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.040 My man has a two fifty three y r, a 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.440 a one even whip, and and he's basically striking out 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.440 a guy per inning. So I think those are guys 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:10.840 if you want to try and save a little bit 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.240 of money. Stroman at eight four hundred, Godly at eight 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.960 one hundred. But I want to get into what happened 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:19.120 last night. So many things were going on last night. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.880 First of all, what the Yankees were doing in their bullpen, 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.880 Joe Girardi having confidence in Tyler Clippord. I was on 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.560 Twitter with a bunch of people. It was absolutely crazy. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.320 It was as though it really is shout out to 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.640 my man Howie Balaban. He was saying he was on 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.040 some like Major League remember Lou Brown, when he was like, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.560 I know he hasn't been good these days, but I 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.520 gotta hugs do. That's what Joe Girardi was doing with 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:48.400 Tyler Clippard last night. And you know, ultimately, I guess 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.080 it worked. My man Glorious Joe out there on Twitter 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.560 who said, ultimately, you know it was Dylan Betantis who 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.719 blew and maybe they should have left clippered in. That 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:58.000 was crazy in itself, But I want to get into 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.599 what was going on in Washington. In Washington, there was 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:05.880 a lot of things running, like I said, mainly Tray Turner. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.960 Tray Turner now leads the major leagues with thirty two 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:14.040 stolen bases, had four stolen bases last night, and he 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.559 did it in his first two at bats. He tied 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.040 his own Nationals team record for steals in the game. 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.120 He had four. He did it in his first two 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:27.920 at bats. He is also the first person in National's history. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.000 Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about also when 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.160 they were three expos I remember a guy named Rock 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.800 Raines who was going into the Hall of Fame this year. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.440 He is the first member of the Washington Nationals to 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:42.079 have two seasons with thirty stolen bases in its club's 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:46.000 history in Washington. Here's the catch. Tray Turner only played 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.920 in seventy three games last year, and he's only played 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.600 in sixty six games this year. He already has thirty 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:58.000 two stolen bases. But here's the thing the Nationals and Turner, 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:02.959 they were exploiting a matchup that really has no equal 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:07.040 in Major League Baseball, and it is Miguel Montero. This 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.439 is a very interesting story. Check this out. Miguel Montero 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:15.280 going into last night was oh for twenty four in 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:19.319 terms of throwing out runners attempting to steal against him. Okay, 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:24.160 the national stole Trade Turners four and three others. Last night. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.240 They stole seven basses against the combination of Jake Arietta 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:33.280 and Miguel Montero. But here's the thing. In Arietta's previous 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:39.080 fifteen starts, he'd only had eight stolen bases off him. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.920 You gave him a start with Montero, he had seven 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.920 basses stolen against him. Montero was O for twenty four 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.880 in terms of throwing base runners out. He is now 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.480 oh for thirty one in terms of throwing base runners out. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:58.920 So get what Montero says after the game, and I quote, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.920 it really sucks because the stolen bases go on me, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.680 And when you really look at it, the picture doesn't 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:09.480 give me any time. Now, if that's not him trying 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.800 to throw someone under the bus, I don't know what is. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.839 And like I said, I got the stats, and you know, 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.240 shout out to my man Al Melchio. Also here on 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:21.040 the Fantasy Sports Radio network, Yo, the National stole seven 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.640 bases off Arietta last night. In his previous fifteen starts, 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.840 he had had eight stolen bases off him. And yet 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.000 the catcher Montero is gonna say that it's really on 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.080 the picture, not on him. You know what else, One 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:39.880 of tray Turner stolen bases was a delayed steel and 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.000 the second time he stole third base, the third base 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.840 and didn't even try to cover. Maybe it's on Arietta, 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.360 but Montero is certainly now OH for thirty one and 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.360 after a quote like that again to Jake Arietta, he 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:59.880 was designated for assignment today. So there was a lot 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:04.640 going on in Washington. That's why Trade Turner is zooming up. 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:09.440 Player Raiders now leading the league with thirty two stolen bases, 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.120 So I definitely wanted to get into that. He's gonna 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.640 continue to run. Remember, Trade Turner has missed some time 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.800 even this year. He is a viable bet to finish 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:23.480 this season with seventy potentially eighties stolen bases. This guy 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.480 is so fast. He's pulling off delayed steals. He's stealing 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:31.480 third base in ways that like you know, the opposing 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.040 team is not even is kind of almost giving it 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.000 to him. He is going every time he's on base 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.600 the stadium and the opposing team knows it, and he 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.760 is going anyway. Shout out to Trade Turner hopefully, Uh, 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:46.520 I know a lot of people got trade offers for 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.280 him earlier in the season. I told you to hold 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:53.120 onto him. Hopefully you listened. When we come back, Uh, 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.240 Me and Donny Burns the Love Doctor, we're gonna get 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.400 into this Phil Jackson news. We're gonna get into the 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.960 CP three trade and I'm gonna talk about the Cleveland 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.280 rounds and also to other football leagues going on. Come 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:08.240 on right back, Fantasy Freestyle, speed, speedies, spitting statistician. Let's go. 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.520 Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.959 Sports Radio Network. In case you didn't get that right, 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.079 I am speeds and spitting statistician. Donnie Burns is the 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:32.560 love doctor on the ones and twos, making it so 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.679 hot that we sweat steam. And like I said at 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.600 the top of the show, Donnie ding dong, the triangle 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:43.760 is dead. Isaceles acute, It don't matter up to bring 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.920 it all, bring your Pythagorean theorem, it does not matter anymore. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.840 At Madison Square Garden and we are at Studio Dirty 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.200 four here Rock and Riley, directly across the street from 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:58.840 the garden, which will no longer be operated by Phil Jackson. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:00.280 I got a lot of stuff to get it out 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.680 real quick. But then I want to hear from you, 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:07.800 Donnie Burns. Uh, you know I'm happy about this. I 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.160 think it's finally time I tweeted, Uh, we finally got 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:16.040 rid of one delusional septagenarian. Maybe, uh, you never know, No, 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.280 maybe we'll get rid of another one by the time 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.520 this year is out. Um. Okay, I give it to 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:25.040 you that he drafted Kris stops porzingis right. Sure, I'm 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:28.720 gonna give you that. Absolutely everything else has been completely 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.280 horrible and has been through triangle shaped lenses. This is 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:36.400 an antiquated system. This is not the way like back 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.440 in the nineties when he had the double post the triangle. 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.160 It was smart. But if you listen to the Fantasy freestyle, 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.440 you know that I have been saying for a while 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.080 now that the Golden State Warriors, part of what they're 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.160 doing is changing the math and the spacing and the 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:55.760 geometry of basketball. Well that includes the triangle. When you 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.960 know the three point shot has changes, it does not 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.240 work many offenses. I would say every offense in the 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:07.320 NBA probably has some kind of like triangle principles, like 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.880 when you have your shooters go to the corners and stuff. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.040 I understand that, but it is not to do exclusively. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.560 Then you have the Melo drama with Carmelo Anthony. Yes, 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.280 Carmelo is a flawed player, but I gotta tell you this, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.120 he really showed class and being a professional in this 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:29.000 drama with Phil Jackson. Phil Jackson was trying to push 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:33.040 Mellow out for about two years, and Mellow just you know, 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.800 did his job, had multiple opportunities, but he really never 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.720 fired back at Phil. Phil. Also, I mean, Penny's on 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.120 the dollar for guys like Tyson Channel. When we got 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.520 back if On Calderone, are you kidding me? When we 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:51.680 traded then j R. Smith and Imon Schumpert who proved 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:56.240 to be pieces on a championship winning team, and we 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.880 got back Lance Thomas. Remember the three way trade. We 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.480 traded away Tim hardaway Jr. And we got back Jerry 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.520 and Grant of all things. Remember thinking that Derrick Rose, 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.440 who was gonna be a good idea? And during football 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:14.200 season I talked about the brock Offswiler contract as a 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:19.160 four year, seventy two million dollar noose around the franchise. 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:24.080 You know where Joakim Noah's contract is four years, seventy 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:28.160 two million dollars and he had surgery again and everybody 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.240 in the league knew he was done. Who's taken his 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:35.560 three year fifties some odd million now? Probably no one. 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.800 He also was off putting to any high end free 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.880 agents because they knew they weren't gonna play there for 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:45.320 an antiquated system. He decided to hire Derek Fisher, who 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.600 still is in a love triangle with Matt Barnes. He 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.600 wouldn't go on road trips, and we expect him to 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.840 believe that he scouted a kid from France because he 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.760 has a long wingspan and would be good for the 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:03.640 Isosceles tri angle? Are you kidding me? Ding Dong? Phil 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:08.679 Jackson is gone? What say you, Donny Burns? Yeah, well, 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.639 I'm glad James Dolan finally, you know, stuck up for 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.720 himself and that you mentioned that Tim Hardaway junior trade. 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.399 That one hurt me a lot. I thought he was 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.080 one of the better young players at that time and 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.320 he's been playing. I mean, I was a big fan 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.240 of him. So I'm glad they finally got rid of him. 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.159 I think they kind of unloaded him when he was 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.960 starting to talk crazy about trading Chris stops because he 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.040 was missing meetings and what have you. So, you know, 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:36.520 good riddence, and also, honestly, everybody, you know how, and 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:38.399 we're gonna get into another team trying to build a 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.480 big three in a second, but you know how, everybody 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:42.440 wants to build a big three. Everybody wants to build 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:46.240 a big three. He also this kid and and listen, 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:51.359 I don't know this kid, Frank Nick Nickelina don until 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:55.080 there you go. He may turn out to be just fine, Okay, 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.720 but everyone says he's a prospect. He's a project. It's 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.600 gonna take some time. Everybody wants to build the Big 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:06.119 three done. If you had Carmelo, Anthony, Chris stops Porzingis 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:10.080 and oh, I don't know Malik Monk, might that be 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.720 enough to try to try to attract a high end 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.280 free agent and go to war in the Eastern Conference. 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.160 It is. But the thing with that was Malik Monk 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:22.119 was on the Knicks radar for about a few weeks, 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.040 like he almost up until a draft time. The thing 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:28.040 with him was his defensive efficiency was extremely low. And 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:30.280 the Knicks that's something they struggled with. They're not the 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:34.440 best defensive team in the world. You know, they've had, uh, 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.240 you know, electric scores. Malik Monk is an electric score. 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.040 They've had the likes of j. R. Smith. Sometimes that 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:43.080 doesn't work. So and he's an undersized two guard at 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:46.280 that so, uh, they kind of went with a different approach, 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.359 and I personally like it. I think that was the 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.160 best option at that point in time. But um yeah, 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.840 I mean Malik Monk wouldn't have been a great fit 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.240 in my opinion. A right, But anybody give me Dennis 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.280 Smith Jr. You know he likes his and you know 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:01.920 what I'm talking about. You know he's slicking that would 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:05.320 that's his special skill as a fourteen year old. Maybe uh, 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.399 maybe Lovey Smith will give him a D one offer 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.040 because he was, you know, at age fourteen. But I digress, 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.320 I digress about that. Let's get into this other big 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:15.720 move here in the NBA that happened today. Donnie Burns, 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:17.359 I know you said you wanted to talk about it, 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:21.480 and I have questions for you about it. Um CP three, 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:26.040 Chris Paul traded to the Rockets for Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:29.280 Sam Decker, and the top three protected pick first of all, 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.840 Jerry West doing it again in in Los Angeles with 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:36.000 the Clippers. They knew, uh that Chris Paul they were 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:38.720 not going to resign him, so they get they get 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:42.720 look some legitimate assets back. Donnie from a Clippers standpoint, 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.240 if you know you're not gonna have Chris Paul moving forward, 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.320 if you know you weren't gonna give him fifty million 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:49.720 dollars as a thirty five year old point guard. This 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.040 is about the best haul you can get. No from 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:54.359 the Clippers side, you know, absolutely, I was gonna say 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:56.000 if you kind of asked me who got the better 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.520 part of this trade, I would probably say the Clippers. 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:00.719 And you know, I'm a big fan of Hastrick Beverly 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.680 all team defense. Pretty much every year he Williams could 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:08.560 heat and they have the potential in that first round pick. 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:10.480 So I like where they're going with that. On the 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:14.040 other side of that, the Rockets now have two point cards. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:17.959 Where do you you spent the whole season, you know, 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:24.119 James than one guard, and now he's going backwards and 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.640 that will hurt his chances at m v P because 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.399 the big talk about m VP was, oh, James hardens 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:34.040 his team and a different you know position. So it's 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.080 so that's what I was gonna ask you, because you know, 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.160 you're coaching the kids, right, You're coaching the kids, and 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.480 so that was me. That was my thought. Also, here 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:45.960 wasn't didn't James Harden just have his best season ever 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:49.359 because he was in that dan Toni system and the 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.480 ball was in his hands. That's why he You know, 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:54.639 we all said, yes, Russell Westbrook deserved the m v 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:58.119 P Award triple double blah blah blah. James Harden like 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:01.160 almost had a triple double. So you know what I'm saying, 0:21:01.320 --> 0:21:04.960 had a great season, and we were talking all season 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.760 long that it was because of the way this was structured. 0:21:08.080 --> 0:21:11.800 Now you have Chris Paul, who granted is you know, 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.720 likely a Hall of Famer right and still and still 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:18.600 has it. But how does that work? How does that 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:21.080 work now with them trying to share the ball and 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:24.560 Jacob shots, um and and and what else do you 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:26.840 think they still need if they're actually gonna be a 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:29.840 big three out west On? It really ruins their dynamic 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:34.240 now because Chris Paul, like you said, will eventually probably 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:36.240 be a Hall of Famer. He will demand the ball. 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:39.120 He's not a two guards, He's a point guard. So 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:42.240 it's not a matter of will they be putting James 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.120 hard into the two guards because they will be doing that. Um, 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:48.280 I feel like they got the I get not the worst. 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:49.960 I don't want to say worst because Chris Paul's a 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:52.639 fantastic player, but they lost a lot of pieces you 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:56.159 need pieces for a championship team and they lost that 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:58.639 in the you know, the potential of their young guys 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.600