1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Hell, we are back. All Star Weekend came and went, 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. We're ready for the playoff push. 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: What should be a fundraise in both conferences, I'd say 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: we'll get into what to expect in the second half 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: of the State of the Utah Jazz with desiret news 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: beat writer and podcaster Sarah Todd on today's episode, I'm 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: Jack O'Brien and I'm Jabari Games and this is Miles. 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: I got my boosties and Jack, see you two as well. Man. 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: Sarah Todd, welcome back to the show. What a joy 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: it was to have you the first time, and what 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: a pleasure to have you returning, isn't it. Also the 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: co host of the Unsalvageables podcasts, formerly covered the Sixers 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: and Warriors. So you're you're in Utah. You were there 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: for the for All Star Weekend. I was there for 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: twelve hours of All Star Weekend because it is my 16 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: four now five year old's birthday on Sunday, So I 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: just came for a brief ten hours to do a 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: little panel shout out to Steve and the NBA folks. 19 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: But it was a blast. What a joy the NBA 20 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: All Star Game is. But what's it like when the 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: NBA All Star Game comes to you takes over your town. Yeah, 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: it was a lot, honestly, what they You know, there's 23 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: a lot about All Star that I love, and especially 24 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: when it's not in the city of which I cover 25 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: the team that's hosting. Yeah, but it's just I mean, 26 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: it's NonStop coverage basically all year and then weeks of 27 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: pretty intense coverage leading up to the All Star break, 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: and when they're setting up for the All Star break, 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: like in Utah, that means that the team has to 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: be on the road that week before. And so like, 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: I finished out a game in Memphis on the tail 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: end of a four game road trip, drop maybe an 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: hour and a half of sleep, got on a flight 34 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: back to Utah, landed, got some stuff together, and then 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: immediately went over to a T and T crew availability 36 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: and like did interviews and just immediately started as soon 37 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: as I got into town on Thursday. Yeah, And so 38 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: Thursday through Sunday night, it was just NonStop, and so 39 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: I honestly could not wait for it to just be 40 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: Monday and to sleep in. All that being said, though, 41 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: like once it gets to All Star Saturday night, it 42 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: does like you just remember, like why this is such 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: a fun event, you know, because the skills competition and 44 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: seeing Jordan Clarkson, who was just absolutely imbibing for most 45 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: of the weekend, and watching watching just like trying to 46 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: trying to slog through the skills to competition, and Walker 47 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: Kessler and Colin Sexton are hilarious and so just funny 48 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: to watch that whole thing. Three point contest. Damian Lillard 49 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: wins it. He's a former Weaber State star and so 50 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: he has roots in Utah, and so that was bad weekend. 51 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: Had no clue that Weber State was in Utah. Yeah, 52 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: I'm honestly most don't. When I moved to Utah took 53 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: this job, it took like four months before I learned 54 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: that Weber State was in Utah. So absolutely excused that 55 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: you didn't know. And then the dunk contest, I mean 56 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: that just got me so excited because I've had conversations 57 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: with like people within the League office leading up to 58 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: All Star and I was like Mac McClung, is your guys, 59 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: like that's who you're announcing is going to be we're 60 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: going with? And then I absolutely blew everyone's pants off. 61 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: And so that was just very fun. And then All 62 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: Star Night. I know I've see a lot of people 63 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: that are like, what are we going to do to 64 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: make this game more competitive? Like nothing, We're probably gonna 65 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: be doing nothing to make a game more competitive, But 66 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: please more of this I want. I think it's a 67 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 1: good a good time for people to be trying out 68 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: new new wrinkles, such as Damian Lillard pulling up from 69 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: half court, like behind half court, pulling up casually. We're 70 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: now seeing like Zapruder film analysis of like how his 71 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: shot works because he like has the ball in his palm. Yeah, 72 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: the the entire for the entirety of his shot, which 73 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: is very strange and like it doesn't make any sense. 74 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: But it does also like his shot and his range 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: doesn't make any sense, so I guess we should we 76 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: should accept that. But it's he needs to start doing 77 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: that in games. And thank you to the All Star 78 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: Game for making it possible. If you want to watch 79 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: a competitive game, like, there are what eighty two times 80 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: thirty mini games that you could go and watch to 81 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: watch something more competitive. Yeah, go watch those. This is 82 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: what the All Star Game is about. It's about watching 83 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard pull up from beyond half court, right, jeemie, 84 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: honest car a seven point lead at the half, just 85 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: a kid, do it seventy. He did not even cross 86 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: out for it any His facial expression did not change, 87 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: Like this is an expectation and we have to be 88 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: honest about this. I saw a lot of people complaining 89 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: about it on Twitter over the weekend, when the reality is, 90 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: if you're a forty something year old dude like myself, 91 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: the game's not necessarily you know, targeted at me, Like 92 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: I'm not the target audience while I may not be 93 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: first in line for a post Malone concert or whomever 94 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: you like. Did the halftime folks were it was good, 95 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: It was entertaining. It was it was, it was. It 96 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: was something that was very clear the NBA is trying 97 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: to make it a more inclusive experience. And you know, 98 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: I to me, most of the complaints just rang, you know, 99 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: kind of sounded like the old guy yelling at the clubs. Absolutely, 100 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: And I mean you're not in a regular game, Like 101 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: you're not going to get the chance to like not 102 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: only watch you know, weird lobs and weird dunks that 103 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: wouldn't happen in they other game. But then there's a 104 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: few minutes section where it kind of everyone just sort 105 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: of cleared out and it just became a Jason Tatum 106 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: versus Jalen Brown content one on one. Yeah, that's exciting. 107 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: That's done. Just let them work it out. It's like 108 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: wait when like somebody holds people back and it's just 109 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: like now they need they don't hold anyone back. Um. Yeah. 110 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: Like the other moment that really stands out to me 111 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: is the lebron lob off the backboard where it like 112 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: hits the corner and is flying in the wrong direction. 113 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: He still catches it and dunks it. It was one 114 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: of the cooler things, one of one of my favorite 115 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: dunks in All Star Game history. In the books, people 116 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,239 Speaker 1: are just, I don't know, bored by it. I feel 117 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: like the All Star Game is underrated at this point 118 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: because all the hoops heads are like there's no defense 119 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: and I'm just like I don't care, like in the 120 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: whole different thing. Yeah. My co host for my podcast, 121 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: Greg who Jubari knows and loves. Greg made a great 122 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: analogy because he was able to go to the All 123 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: Star Game. He got tickets from a friend who got 124 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: tickets and didn't have to pay for him so excellent 125 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: stuff because it's incredibly expensive and stupid that regular people 126 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: can't go. But that's a different conversation. Anyways, Greg made 127 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: a great analogy. He was like, I don't go watch 128 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: a action like a dumb action movie, because I think 129 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: there's gonna be great acting and it's gonna win, it's 130 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: gonna win Academy Awards. I go because, like I want 131 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: to sit back and like watch stuff blow up and 132 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: like have some fun. And that's the All Star Game. 133 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: You're not going because you think you're gonna see one 134 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: of the greatest performances ever. You go because it's fun. 135 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: Like that's why you watch it, right, It's fun. Also, 136 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: the picks, like the team picks on the court pregame, 137 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: that's that's fun. That was a blast. It was hilarious 138 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: to see Janis forget that John Morant was a starter. Yes, 139 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: just like open mic literally literally getting like primary process 140 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: of like Jannis and Lebron's brains working in like live 141 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,559 Speaker 1: and you know, getting the dead jokes from Lebron, getting 142 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: to see who the real MVP is of of the 143 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: NBA with who went first out of the starters? Was 144 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: that who went first? I forgot that's right. Was wait, 145 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: who was it them first? Who who embi It was 146 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: mbad right, that's right, it was Joel Embiid And so 147 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: that's who Lebron thinks is the best player. But you 148 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: probably know more about basketball than Lebron uh NBA writer anyways, 149 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: So that was cool to see. I don't it's not 150 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: like I enjoyed that for selfish reasons or anything. It's 151 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 1: a blast, though, it's like a long party. I wish 152 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: that they would have been like a little bit more 153 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: like feisty about the picks. You know, like as soon 154 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: as Janice let out that John Morant was going to 155 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: be like his starter pick. Yeah, so then when him first, yeah, 156 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: it got his starters and that was not who Yannis picked, 157 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: and so it was like, oh, Lebron, you gotta take job. 158 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: That's who he wants, right and didn't he should have 159 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: done it? Yeah, but yeah, it is it's like being 160 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: in a fantasy draft with people who like are playing 161 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: fantasy for the first time, just like had no strategy. 162 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: We're just like picking the wrong people. Uh. It was. 163 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: It was a mess, but it was it was fun 164 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: to see, and like, I don't know, real heartbreak as 165 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: Yokich gets picked second to last and then has to 166 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: like select himself, like walk up to make sure Lebron 167 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: doesn't pick market In. Well he what happened was? I mean, 168 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: if you were to believe this, and I actually do, 169 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: because Yogi was a apologizing to market In after the game. Wow, 170 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: Yoga was kind of like Caddy corner like diagonal sitting 171 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: in front of marketing In and didn't know marketing In 172 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: hadn't been pick. He didn't know. He thought he was 173 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: the last one on stage, and so when that's why 174 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: he just walked to Lebron and and like he was 175 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: cut down because he thought he was last. And then uh, 176 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: and so we we will never know. Probably if if 177 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: Lebron was actually going to pick Lowry, I mean, that 178 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: would have been a statement. That would have been a 179 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: huge statement, if he was like, yeah, we don't think 180 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: you should be the MVP for a third year in 181 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: a row and therefore, um, but anyways, we'll never know. Yeah, 182 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: we'll never know, Sarah. I know, I know it was 183 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: in your backyard. I know there were all types of asks, 184 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: but where did anything go on beyond the you know, 185 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: behind the scenes that the cameras might not have been 186 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: privy to any any interesting stories or funny stories. There 187 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: was a lot of stuff that was very funny, just 188 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: seeing sort of the Jazz people that I that I 189 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: know that we're working behind the scenes, and how like 190 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: strapped for time and how crazy everything was with it. 191 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: So like Walker Kessler, the Jazz is rookie, he was 192 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: on the Rising Stars team. He was kind of giving 193 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: shoutouts after the Rising Stars game to everybody who had 194 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: helped make the whole thing go and work. And Adam Cloukey, 195 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: who is the equipment manager for the Jazz, he was 196 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: like the equipment manager for All Star and so that 197 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: entails like moving people's stuff from one locker to the 198 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: other when the All Star teams were picked, because no 199 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: one knew which locker room they were going to be in, 200 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: and so like just and then at one point, because 201 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: Cloukey was down on the floor most of the time 202 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: and he's running around taking care and stuff. Jason Terry, 203 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: who's an assistant coach for the Jazz, he walks into 204 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: the arena, but he comes in from the concourse. So 205 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: he's walking down the stairs of the stadium during the 206 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: All Star Game and he gets down to security and 207 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: security holds him up and it's like, you can't be 208 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: down here, Oh no, And I'm watching this happen and 209 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, this is very funny because this is Jason 210 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: Terry and the security card clearly does not know the 211 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: situation right, And Jason Terry had to yell over too 212 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: Cloukey the equipment manager to get him permission to go 213 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,599 Speaker 1: down onto the floor. Thanks. So that's it's just a 214 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: it's a funny mess what All Star ends up being. Yeah, 215 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: all right, the dunk contest did sees the zeitgeist. You know, 216 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: everybody on Twitter was talking about Mac McClung. I went 217 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: to Georgetown, so I was a Mac McClung nowhere prior 218 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: to this. I'm also a Sixers fan, so we go 219 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: way back with him seventy two hours. So it was 220 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: it was exciting, like this is somebody who is a 221 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: like YouTube viral dunker already, so I had a feeling 222 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:13,359 Speaker 1: something was coming. I loved the immediate attempt of erasure 223 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: for everyone who didn't know who Mac McClung was. Like 224 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: immediately on Twitter, everyone was like, uh, we all knew 225 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: who he was. He was a famous high school dunker. 226 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: It's like okay, yeah, Like if you're in the niche 227 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: community of people who like were on the receiving end 228 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: of that viral YouTube moment whenever that happened, sure you 229 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: knew who he was, but like most people did not, 230 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: right gay subscribe to ball his life, but he came 231 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: with I mean every dunk, like no missed dunks very 232 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: well selected. It's the dunk Countess is weird because like 233 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,479 Speaker 1: I think Trey Murphy the Third did a pretty good reenactment, 234 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: if not an exact reenactment of my favorite dunk of 235 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: all time, the one that like Vince Harder opens his 236 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: dunk contest win with like the reverse three sixty windmill, 237 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: and everyone was just like, yeah, okay, that was like 238 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: those cool. So you have to like do something like 239 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: you're still working with the same ingredients, but you have 240 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: to like combine them in new ways that people feel 241 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: like they haven't seen before. Like so you have to 242 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: be like building on top of like not every dunk, 243 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: because not every dunk like etches itself into the cultural consciousness, 244 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: but like you have to be like, all right, so 245 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: everybody knows Vinca's dunks. Everybody knows like these handful of 246 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: dunks from these dunk contests, and he seemed to do that. 247 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: He seemed to do a pretty good job that. Yeah, 248 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the problem for Trey Murphy was that, 249 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, he did a pretty good dunk to start out, 250 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: but then mc McClung's first dunk was the best dunk 251 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: of the whole dunk contest. Like he jumped over somebody 252 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: on top of somebody else's shoulders. Yeah, and like not 253 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: only did that at but then kissed the ball off 254 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: the backboard before dunking it. And mc McClung is small, 255 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: and so he's a tiny, tiny man, and so the 256 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: fact that he was able to clear those people and 257 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: it wasn't even like they like really ducked a lot 258 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: to get him the night or that he pushed off 259 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: of them a lot. Yeah, cleared them. He just jumped 260 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: over to humans on top of Yeah. Yeah, that was wild. 261 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: That first dunk would like won it for me. After 262 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: that first one, I was like he could just do 263 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: mid junks from here on out, Like he just won 264 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: the dunk contest, but he didn't. Everyone was really really 265 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: good and like noticeable, not in slow motion, it was 266 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: like noticeably like cool everything. Yeah, that first dunk was 267 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: so cool because because the other ones were incredible in 268 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: real time, the first one was so good because I 269 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: don't think anybody saw him like touch the back the 270 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: basketball off the backboard until they slow it down, and 271 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: then everyone lost their minds because he'd done more than 272 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: he even thought he did. It's like a magic trick. 273 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: Slam Dun Doggian. He was signed this week by the 274 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: seventy six ers to a two week contracts. Congratulations. I'm 275 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: worried about the guy. Hold the other guy at some point, 276 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: I gotta see if he hit the ball. That's any 277 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: rough night in the name on the back. This is 278 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: what are you? This is what you guys need to know. 279 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: Look at the NBA follers, the All Staller, all falls, 280 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: how they are reacting to it, how they know I'm 281 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: not saying it. Jack. I think that's an excellent point. 282 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: It's kind of it's kind of related to both of 283 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: you guys point about the All Star Game in that 284 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: it we I honestly think it's more indicative of us 285 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: being spoiled as consumers, as basketball fans. The fact that 286 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: we can look at what what Trey Murphy did and 287 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: just go like, oh, okay, when in reality it's all incredible. 288 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: Every single every single one of every single one of 289 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: the dunks throughout the contest were pretty incredible. Yeah, I mean, 290 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: I will say except for the one who's the guy 291 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: that it was a Jericho Sims that put his arm 292 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: into the net. He lifted himself up with the net. Oh, 293 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: his his off hand raised himself up with the net. 294 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: And I but I'm absolutely guilty of what you're talking about, 295 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: Jabari Like as it was going, I'm like live tweety, 296 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: I'm like Trey Murphy mid like, and I famously could 297 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: get net when I was at my peak athletically, so 298 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: I probably could have done that dunk. So that was 299 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: probably that that probably gotten the way of my enjoyment 300 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: of it. But you have the course pull yourself up 301 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: with what Yeah, of course the next question what strike that? 302 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: From the rick? Um? So a fun All Star weekend. 303 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: We're heading into it. Let's take a quick break, we'll 304 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: come back. We'll talk about where we're at at, where 305 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: we're headed, some exciting new team members, and just who's 306 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: hot who's not. Um it sounds like a burn book 307 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: or something, but well, we'll talk about it all. We'll 308 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: betternot dot Com after the break and we're back, and 309 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: I mean, Dame, let's just real quick. I mean, because 310 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: the real reason I want to talk about it is 311 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: just continuing to be impressed by Like I think, you know, 312 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: they're in twelfth in the Western Conference. Doesn't seem like 313 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: it's happening for the team. Maybe they start letting damn 314 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,719 Speaker 1: pull up from backcourt. I'm just saying it's it's a thought. Um. 315 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: But so they're five and five over the last ten, 316 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: but his numbers over the last eleven are sixty point, 317 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: thirty points, forty two, forty two, twenty nine, twenty eight, 318 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: thirty three, thirty eight, forty thirty nine. Like, it's insane, man, 319 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: that's not fair. It's just like my favorite human to 320 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: watch when he's locked in, like just yeah, it's he 321 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: knows what's about to happen before. One of the things 322 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: that I said to Jabari when he was on my 323 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: most recent podcast episode is that the Trailblazers like they 324 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 1: tried to like up their defense. They got motist tyble 325 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: at the trade deadline, a couple other teams in the West, 326 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: like the Lakers, were making moves to trying to improve 327 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: and get some depth, and there's all these teams in 328 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: the West, they're like trying to do stuff. And then 329 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant goes to the Suns, and if you're any 330 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: Western Conference team, you gotta be like, just stop, just stop, right, 331 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: why would you do that? And so if I'm Dame, 332 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: I'm absolutely pulling up from half course at this point, 333 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: you can do it every Yeah, yeah, I mean the 334 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: Nuggets currently have a four game lead in the lost column, 335 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: one game off the pace for top record. Overall, it 336 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: feels like they're ending up in first, right if Hils 337 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: like Denver is probably going to be the team that 338 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: any other team faces in the Western Conference finals, Like 339 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: they're the team to beat at this point. But the 340 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: West is so weird and the Suns have Kevin Durant now, 341 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: so like, who knows what can happen. I don't know 342 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: if Tyree and Luca are gonna go crazy and the 343 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: Mavericks are gonna like shoot up the standings. I don't 344 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what's going to happen in the West. 345 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: It's very strange. Yeah, I didn't hear you mentioned about 346 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 1: the Lakers shooting up, But that's okay, I know, I 347 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: did not. I know you were thinking, it's no, I'm 348 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: just looking at the dock here. So we have in 349 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: the in the section, so like top of the Western Conference, 350 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: top of the Eastern Conference, and like all the other 351 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: teams that are mentioned have a justification. Milwaukee one, twelfth straight, 352 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: Philly second hottest team, Cleveland fourth, Nuggets, four game lead 353 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: in the last Calm Grizzlies. You know they're struggling a 354 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: little bit, but Clippers currently occupy the fourth spot. Lakers. 355 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: That's it. It's just like, remind me to talk about 356 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: the Lakers. That's what people need to hear is they 357 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: are the team that I'm watching because I care about 358 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: my good friends Miles and Jabari. I care about the 359 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: health the happiness of the town that I live in, 360 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: and I'm always rooting for Lebron first after the Sixers. 361 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: But I don't know that it's happening this year for them, 362 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: and it feels like people are like, yeah, they're gonna 363 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: make up the ground. They'll be there, they'll be there, 364 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: and I just don't know. Sarah already burst my bubble 365 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: on her show Why not do it? Here your assessment 366 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: of your assessment of the new Lakers players Sarah. I'm 367 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: well documented at this point of not being a believer 368 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: in either Jared Vanderbilt or Malik Beasley, but but especially 369 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt, because I think that you know, when you're 370 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: selling that bill of goods to a fan base, what 371 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: you're selling is like high energy. He's a rebad wounder. 372 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: He's like Dennis Rodman light out there. He's all over 373 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: the place. He knows the angle and he just doesn't 374 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: that's not true. I think I'm pretty sure that if 375 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: you go back and look like defensive rebounding percentage for 376 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: every team that he's been on has been worse. When 377 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: he's on the floor, he's the kind of offensive rebounder 378 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: where he kind of crashes in Troy Palamalo style from 379 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: beyond the three point line for an offensive rebound that 380 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: he doesn't have a chance at getting, and then he 381 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: ends up on the floor and then the rest of 382 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: the team is running back, and then he's not playing defense, 383 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: and so then you're just playing five on four at 384 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: that point. Like he's very good at doing that one 385 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: and he dies on every screen. He's really bad at 386 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: making contact when he's setting a screen, and so if 387 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: they're hoping to get This is je Vader about the 388 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: one that everybody was like, we got some defensive toughness 389 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: coming from all of us. We're excited about this is 390 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: her saying, not just the wet blanket. You know, I 391 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: want to hurt your childhood memories too. She didn't John 392 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: just want us said in the future. She wants us 393 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: to be retroacting, said, I feel like anytime someone is 394 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: described as selling a bill of goods, it's not usually 395 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: a good thing for them. No, that's because he's a 396 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: fraudulent out player, like a competence man. Just Yeah, the 397 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: evidence that you need is that three teams who were like, 398 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: we need to think about getting better for the future 399 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: have now traded Jared Vanderbilt and Milik Beasley together. Rice 400 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets were like, oh, we're building something good here. 401 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: We need to get better. Let's get rid of Jared 402 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt and Milik Beasley. The Timberwolves were like, we're going 403 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: all in. We got to do something. We gotta go 404 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: with Aunt and Rudy go back. We need good pieces. Yeah, 405 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: who cares Jared Vanderbilt Mileek Beasley send them on their way. 406 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: The Jazz are like, oh, We've got a really good 407 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,239 Speaker 1: foundation here, our rebuild might be a lot shorter. We 408 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: need to start making room for better players. Well, let's 409 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: get rid of Jared Vanderbilt and Mileik Beasley. H Jabari 410 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: is currently doing the blinking white guy meme. No, I'll stay, 411 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: I'll stay. Drew scan I believe is the person Drew 412 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: Scanlin reaction is another name for it don't know your meme, 413 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: but colloquially known as blinking white guy. I mean, I 414 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: have a legitimate answer to this. My honest answer is 415 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: much like sometimes a matter I am always you know, 416 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: it sounds like you got it locked and loaded, man, really, 417 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: because I'm because I'm measuring my words, because I'm measuring 418 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: my words here, but I'm always in the I can 419 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: save I can save them. So my my opinion is, 420 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 1: while you know, cinnamon and sugar may not be the 421 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: best option in a chicken dish, they're gonna go well 422 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: in the cake that we're baking over. They're really good 423 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: at oatmeal. The ingredients may not have worked well in 424 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: the previous respots, but here in Los Angeles, at least 425 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: so far through like what two games worth of action? Okay, 426 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be that's statistically significant, so I 427 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: think we can count it as a win. I think 428 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: it's a great point that, you know, if you have 429 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 1: something as bland and sad as oatmeal, then adding cinnamon 430 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: and sugar probably seems really exciting. Smari. You saw the 431 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 1: first half of the later season, right, Yeah, I mean everybody, 432 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 1: Wiggins really gave us all hope that like, you just 433 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: bring somebody in who's been like a man for other 434 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: teams and fan bases and then suddenly, yeah, suddenly he's 435 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: an All Star and you're winning a title. So let's 436 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: see it. Can't wait to eat my words with cinnamon 437 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: and sugar. Yeah. So Milwaukee one twelve in a row 438 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: heading into the break, tied with the Celtics, and the 439 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: lost column tiebreaker head to head is March thirtieth in Milwaukee, 440 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: Philly second highest team heading into the break, oh and 441 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: two versus the Celtics this season, I'm still feeling second 442 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: round ish for them, but I would love for that 443 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: not to be true. Um. I feel like Cleveland could 444 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: make noise. I really do. For some reason. I'm just 445 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: like they they have that like under the radar end 446 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: up in the Eastern Conference because I feel like it's 447 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: not going to be Milwaukee Boston because just these past 448 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: few years, it's never like the two teams that everybody's 449 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: expecting heading into the playoffs. And I I could really 450 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: see Cleveland matching up with either a Boston or a Milwaukee. 451 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: We'll see. Yeah, it feels like Cleveland is kind of 452 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies of this season, where the last couple 453 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 1: of years that everyone was really excited, like, oh, it's 454 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: a fun young team. They're all happy and like they're 455 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: playing fun. It's it's great to watch. That feels like 456 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: Cleveland because now with the Grizzlies, it's like everyone's kind 457 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: of over Dylan Brooks and and like the shine has 458 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: worn off on John Morant kind of being like the 459 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: young upcoming guy. I think I think everyone just expects 460 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: him to be great at this point. Yeah, and so 461 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: now it's like, oh, well, what's Jared Allen gonna do? 462 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: And like Donovan Mitchell with Darius Garland, like that's fun. 463 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: And so I think that there's a lot more fun 464 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: expectations for Cleveland. They could they could make noise. You 465 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: always they're just shutdown defenders. They're shutdown, like they're they 466 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: have five of the top eleven defensive players in the league, 467 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: which is wild. So they're gonna be They're gonna be dangerous. 468 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: They don't have Kevin Love anymore, So all right, Brian, 469 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: can we go back and just cut out the whole 470 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: Cleveland thing? So Miami's coming out is what she's saying. Yeah, 471 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: but we did talk at the beginning of the season. 472 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: I forget Jabar. You probably remember which guests brought it 473 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: up that we haven't had the same four teams, haven't 474 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: had a single team repeat in the conference finals of 475 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: the past like a few years. I could see that 476 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: happening again this year. I could see, you know, Nuggets 477 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprising then, you know, because it's probably not 478 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: gonna be Golden State and it's probably not gonna be 479 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: the MAVs at West or it could be, but I 480 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: think it would be surprising, and for different reasons than 481 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: it was last year. I'm absolutely pulling for the Sacramento 482 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: Kings to just be really real weird. Yeah, light the 483 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: beam in the playoffs, get them to a Western Conference finals, 484 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 1: just make it fun for them, and then the Nuggets 485 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: can shut them down from there. All right, So I 486 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: got you guys both covered Nuggets, Kings out West Philly 487 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: Cleveland in the East. I'm not done. I'm not claiming Philly, 488 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: but you're not confident. My weird superstition is the like 489 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: I just go in pre disappointed and then everything's gonna 490 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: be okay. Yeah, it's been great for getting them to 491 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: the second round every year. But there was a hat 492 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: that I was wearing up until last year that it 493 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: seemed to coincide with them losing in the second round. 494 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: So I've stopped wearing that hat. I now have a 495 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers hat, and they lost in disappointing fashion the playoffs, 496 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: so I think the jinx might be off them. We'll see. 497 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: But this is the sort of in depth basketball analysis 498 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: you get on Miles and Jack cut mad Boosties. In 499 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: my preseason prediction, I'm just looking back here, which it 500 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: always makes me laugh because inevitably I am just incredibly 501 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: wrong on so many things. So I'm fine with laughing 502 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: at myself about this. But I've got Sixers over Bucks 503 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: in seven. Oh wow, So you didn't know about the 504 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: hat yet at that point. Yeah, I'm sorry to say, unfortunately, 505 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: which Boston like. When the Sixers play the Celtics, it 506 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: like just doesn't appear to be very close, Like they 507 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: just don't. Yeah, the two teams like that that it's 508 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: just such a bad matchup. So if you're assuming they 509 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: have to go through the Celtics at some point, I 510 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: just I don't love it for them. Now, if Milwaukee 511 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: goes ahead and kindly knocks them off, then I do 512 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: think we have a better chance. But we shall see. 513 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: They're just so quick and I think they give a 514 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: lot of teams trouble. The Celtics, I think they're a 515 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: good young ball club that has a bright future. I 516 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: don't know. If you saw a couple of their players 517 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: in the All Star Game that was wild, that's I mean, 518 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: it's cool. I guess it's not cool, all right, I'm 519 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: gonna say it. It's not cool to score fifty five 520 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: in an All Star game. Run it up. I am 521 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: that person where if someone gets to like even if 522 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: it's against my team, like the other like last week 523 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: before the break with Dame had thirty in the first half, 524 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm of the you know it gets six, 525 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: go ahead if you're you know, they had the option 526 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: to go out there and stop them kind of Yeah, 527 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: I mean that's a record, right, nobody's ever put up 528 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: more than fifty five in an All Star Game. I mean, 529 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: that's what the NBA was saying. It feels weird that 530 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: that's actually the case, considering the scores that are at 531 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: All Star games. But yeah, that he is the single 532 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: game All Star record holder because back when he played, 533 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: Wilt Chamberlain just played with his feet during the All 534 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: Star Game and they don't count those points exactly feet. Yea, man, 535 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: I got the Wilt poster behind me. There it is 536 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: Nate McMillan was let go by the Atlanta Hawks. Bad 537 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: news there, I don't know. Oh, also, we we do 538 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: just we we have to recognize Lebron. The photograph of 539 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: Lebron's business decision in the All Star Game. I think 540 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: it is it who's dunking and Lebron is just has 541 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: his whole body oriented in a different direction like it is. 542 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: I think Lebron is a boost. He's listener, first of all. 543 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: I mean that's I probably don't need to say. I 544 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: think that he's clearly a boost. He's listener, and he 545 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: recognized that we've been talking about business decisions. But we 546 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: didn't have the photograph that was the perfect illustration of 547 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: the business decision. And he he did it for a 548 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: It's his body is oriented like he's saying, hey, look 549 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: over there, as somebody's dugging on him because he's just 550 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: like gone completely out of his way. Yeah, it's Tatum 551 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: one of his fifty five points. Um, let's take a 552 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: quick break. We'll come back. It is time for the 553 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: fastest segment in podcasting. We'll be right back, and we're back, 554 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: and Sarah Todd, it is time for the rapid fire 555 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: round of questioning. Just the first answer that comes to 556 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: mind on these especially if it's wrong, you know, go 557 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: wrong and strong. We we love just speed and we 558 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: just love to have the pace just too. You know, 559 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: I love being wrong. So this is great. Jabari, you 560 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: want to go first, you want me to go first. 561 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: We'll be questions. You'll be responding, okay unless okay, no, no, 562 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: I don't care. Got to be little. That was weird 563 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: like you guys. That was quick about something before. Okay, 564 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: that was a test. That was a test. Okay, okay, 565 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm ready. Um, all right. So the Jazz, the Utah Jazz, 566 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: the Jazz of Utah have eight first round picks over 567 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: the next four drafts. So we're going to give you 568 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: the option between the guarantee of getting Wemby as the 569 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: top pick this year and then forfeiting all of those picks, 570 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: or you don't get Wemby and you get to essentially 571 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: build out an entire roster with all eight. It seems 572 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: like a pretty straightforward I'm taking yeah, like that's the 573 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: right answer. But I am wondering, like if there is 574 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: a like mathematical or like statistical thing where people are like, actually, 575 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: you could use all those eight picks. But yeah, no, 576 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: that's the right that's the right answer, right. I mean, 577 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: they've got fifteen picks over the next seven years, so 578 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: you give away eight, you still got seven to work 579 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: within deals. Taken with it, answer is yeah, they answer 580 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: is Wemby. This was a dumb question that I wrote 581 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: into the dock. So you're welcome keeping it going, Sarah. 582 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: And again, you gotta keep us in line. You know, 583 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: as soon as you answer that question, you should be 584 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: asking for the next one. I'm not trying to chastise you, 585 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: but it is your fault, all right, keeping it going. 586 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: Jalen Rose recently said that men should be spending a 587 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: minimum of one hundred dollars on a haircut, and look 588 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna that's a little bit out of you know, 589 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: that's a little bit too steep for my taste. But 590 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: what is the one single item for routine maintenance that 591 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: you're willing to pay top dot? I spend like three 592 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: hundred dollars on my hair every time it gets done, 593 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: and so I completely understand. At the same token, dudes 594 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,919 Speaker 1: can get their haircut for thirty five bucks. I don't care. 595 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: It's so easy. Go to sports clips, no one cares. 596 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: Not Nextari can't get three ninety nine for a big raise? Yeah, 597 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: and is Jalen Rose's hair too good to be true? 598 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 1: Don't care? All right? Jobari back to you. You heard that, 599 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,280 Speaker 1: she said. Yes. I would also like to say paying 600 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: for my hair is making me broke constantly, so I 601 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: wait a very long time to do it, all right. Uh. 602 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: You can go back in time and watch any single 603 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: NBA game from throughout history. Which game you choose, Oh, 604 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: I've got this one. Uh, when Larry Bird takes the 605 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: floor the day after Magic Johnson announces that he's HIV positive, 606 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: that's the one that I'm watching because that's the one 607 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: that makes me most emotional every single time I think 608 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: about it. Wow, what what? I actually don't know the 609 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: story of that game. So the story is that I 610 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: know the story of right. But Larry finds out and 611 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: he talked to Magic and he just, you know, they'd 612 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: become friends over the years, even though they're like a 613 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: friend of me is basically you know. And he he 614 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: said that every morning he used to wake up and 615 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: like look at the scores and see what the night before, 616 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: Like what did Magic have? What do what do I 617 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 1: have to go against? Like he was always comparing himself 618 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: and trying like that was the competition, even if they 619 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: weren't playing a game against each other. And so the 620 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: next day he goes out into the court and like 621 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,759 Speaker 1: every time that he is in a time out or 622 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,320 Speaker 1: there's like a moment of stoppage, like Larry basically starts 623 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,839 Speaker 1: crying because he's realizing that like the person that who 624 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 1: has motivated him the most is just no longer a 625 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,399 Speaker 1: part of basketball, and he like doesn't see the point 626 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 1: of being out there. Wow, that's beautiful. Look I can 627 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: tell you where I was no giber seven nineteen Yeah, 628 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: I can too. Um wild, that's a great answer, all right, 629 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: and you know what, I'm not even going to complain 630 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: that it was a little bit slow. All right, boy, 631 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: I have to play the Miles role in honor of 632 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: all right. What is your boldest postseason or even play 633 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 1: in prediction for this year? Uh? My boldest play in 634 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: prediction is that the Warriors are in the play in 635 00:36:55,360 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: and they get knocked out? Oh wow? Are they like 636 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: putting anything together right now? I don't know if I 637 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,839 Speaker 1: believe that this is supposed to be fast? Why are 638 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 1: we talking right now? Oh? Wows right, I'm something. I'm sorry, man. 639 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: What do you get better on any fan base making 640 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:18,959 Speaker 1: arena challenge? If you Sarah Ca bet on any fan 641 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: base to make the inn arena challenge, shots, lay up, 642 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: free throw, three point or a half court? Which fan 643 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:29,240 Speaker 1: base would you bet on? Oh? My god? Detroit? Oh wow, 644 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: I bet you. I bet you. There's more ballers Detroit 645 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 1: or Atlanta. There's more ballers down there than than there 646 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,320 Speaker 1: are in some of these other like small markets. Now 647 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to come in and add the jazz to 648 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: the mix. I got to travel to the All Star 649 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: Game briefly to do a panel. I had to get 650 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 1: back for my son's birthday. As I mentioned, but so 651 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: I missed like the main events, but I did get 652 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: to witness like the shooting booths at the crossover events, 653 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: and there was a lot of wetness on display. And 654 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: I don't know if it is the Jazz fans or 655 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 1: if that was people traveling there for the All Star Game. 656 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: I also noticed it would have been easy for me 657 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: to say Jazz fans because there there's this phenomena church ball, 658 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: and a lot of the Mormon churches out here, like 659 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: almost all of them have basketball courts, and so like 660 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: kids really do grow up, Like there are pickup games. 661 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: If you ever ever want to find a pickup game, 662 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,920 Speaker 1: there is one every single day of the week in 663 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: Utah to find. Yes, and so they they they do 664 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: be putting up shots. Are those courts carpeted? And the 665 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,640 Speaker 1: reason why I ask is because I played, I played 666 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,200 Speaker 1: against I played in some Mormon establishments and non Mormons 667 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,239 Speaker 1: establishments that have carpeted basketball courts. I'm sure that some 668 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,880 Speaker 1: of them are. I mean, the two that I have 669 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: seen have not been carpeted, but I'm absolutely certain that 670 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: some of them are. Yeah. Also, do people in Utah 671 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: not have cold receptors? On their skin, because I did 672 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 1: witness a lot of people just walking around in shorts, 673 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: and it was in the twenties. Was that you were 674 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: you were just watching dumb people. It's fine, okay, yeah, alright, 675 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 1: fair enough, all right, coming up to it and shout 676 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: out to our listener at Blunt Doctor, he actually responded 677 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,000 Speaker 1: to its rapid fire questions from last week, and he 678 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: says he would go with the Knicks because he thinks 679 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,879 Speaker 1: they're all knowledgeable, but the problem is they all wear 680 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,160 Speaker 1: suits and he can't trust someone in right. I think 681 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: that's the like, that's the point you were making about Lakers, 682 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,160 Speaker 1: is that like when you get like, if you're picking 683 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 1: from courtside, you're going to get a lot of people 684 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: who are like venture capitalists, that's like warriors new fans, Like, 685 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: you can't go and make a half court shot if 686 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,359 Speaker 1: you're trying to take a picture with an iPad from 687 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 1: the stands. Yeah, So, I mean you definitely have to 688 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: be pulling from the upper part of the arena, but 689 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 1: that that's still inbounds. So I think that applies to 690 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: all all teams, all fan bases you got, you gotta 691 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: just not be pulling from Although Masson square gardens got 692 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,960 Speaker 1: good seats everywhere, So maybe maybe it is all suits 693 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,319 Speaker 1: never knew. All right, Sarah, the last one. You're down 694 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: to the last one. This is the biggest question in 695 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 1: the biggest topic that we've we will have discussed throughout 696 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: this out. Jack or Jabari m oh no, that's real, 697 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: this is real. Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. Uh, I've just 698 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,280 Speaker 1: known Jabari longer. What is we have? We have reclaimed 699 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,399 Speaker 1: Black History Month? With this result, we are back. Yeah. 700 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: Time time equals blood and blood is thicker than water. 701 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:41,880 Speaker 1: Yeah that's great, makes sense. Take that. Sorry, I'm just 702 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:50,720 Speaker 1: have mad boosts Sarah and Jabari got mad boost Mac. 703 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: Take that Mac like Joe Biden would say if you 704 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,720 Speaker 1: just owned someone. Uh, just call me black Mac McClung 705 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 1: right now, because I just don't joint you. Oh take 706 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:06,400 Speaker 1: that black klunk all right now? I got you. I 707 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: thought I thought it was like a Joe Biden style. 708 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:15,640 Speaker 1: Take that back, No, I get it. Yeah, So reclaiming glad, 709 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: glad to take the l if if that's what's required 710 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 1: to Yeah, all right, Sarah, as always, what a pleasure 711 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,959 Speaker 1: having you on the show. Where can people find you? 712 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: Follow you? All that good stuff? They can find me 713 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 1: on all the socials at NBA Sarah, and you can 714 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 1: read all of my stuff at desiret dot com. There 715 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 1: it is. And do we think that was a they 716 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: didn't like misspelled desert and just kind of stick with 717 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 1: it there. Yeah, I know that's what we actually meant. 718 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 1: We meant desiret. Yeah. If you want some fun facts, uh, 719 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 1: desiret um. I guess And I'm probably getting this totally wrong, 720 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 1: so apologies to the LDS community, but I think that 721 00:41:56,239 --> 00:42:00,760 Speaker 1: that word has some roots in LDS scripture, and before 722 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:06,200 Speaker 1: the state was named Utah, it was actually named desiret. Wow. 723 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: Sounds like a smaller desert, like a cigar cigarette type 724 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: of thing. But I like it. It's the it's the 725 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: sorbet of deserts. There it is. And if she got 726 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,359 Speaker 1: that back wrong, she's canceled. Guys. That's right. I've been 727 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,320 Speaker 1: canceled so many times it doesn't matter, all right. Tweets 728 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,919 Speaker 1: of the week from within the NBA, somebody pointed out, 729 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: you know, Michael Jordan funding the Make a Wish Foundation 730 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: at a record breaking was it? How much was it? 731 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,440 Speaker 1: It was the most anyone's ever donated to Make a 732 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,040 Speaker 1: Wish Foundation? And the tweet was a picture of him 733 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: and it said fund them kids, Fund them kids. But 734 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: no clue what that's in reference to, no idea. And 735 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,879 Speaker 1: then you know, for our Boosty's listeners of the week, 736 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: we asked them specifically for their favorite all star dunk contests, 737 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:04,680 Speaker 1: and the Twitter pool results were fifty four for Levine 738 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 1: versus Aaron Gordon, thirty two for Vinsanity, voted for Nik 739 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,439 Speaker 1: versus MJ in nineteen eighty eight. Yeah, all right, I'll 740 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,279 Speaker 1: allow it. I mean, if we if we're going to 741 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,080 Speaker 1: say that the dunk contest is progressive, and you know, 742 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: the vinsanity thing was a moment, but maybe maybe it's 743 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 1: one of those moments he kind of had to be 744 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,600 Speaker 1: there for. But that that was the one that blew 745 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: my mind when it happened. But yeah, if you if 746 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 1: you independently take the Levine Gordon dunks, they're probably a 747 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,799 Speaker 1: little bit more impressive built on top. I do independently 748 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,920 Speaker 1: take them, you do independently take them as individual dunks. 749 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: That's probably fair. Then and Arbusi's listener of the week 750 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: was at Big Swinging Dial, who quote tweeted and responded 751 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,280 Speaker 1: with nineteen eighty six spud Web versus MJ, which was 752 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,520 Speaker 1: was also a whole vibe. One spud explode on the 753 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,400 Speaker 1: scene a little bit like one Mac McClung, but the 754 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,080 Speaker 1: spot was still pretty wild. Shout out to Bake, Swing 755 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,680 Speaker 1: and Dill for just a's a heck of a name. 756 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 1: That's right, so make sure you give us a follow 757 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,080 Speaker 1: on Twitter at mad boost fees. That is going to 758 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,399 Speaker 1: do it for us this week. We are back next 759 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:26,879 Speaker 1: week with more NBA action by