Speaker 1: Name floor players you're taking out to the blacktop with
Speaker 1: you in their prime. I don't really feel like playing basketball,
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna take a team they can fight. I'm
Speaker 1: taking back. Yeah, So I don't even care if we
Speaker 1: play basketball. We just go fighting then smoke atter. I'll
Speaker 1: play basketball no more. That's all they want to do, right.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to what's burning? Jack? What's going on out
Speaker 1: there in Atlanta? Man? Weather's nice match. Just took Louis
Speaker 1: and Dalf to get a babbitt at the count of
Speaker 1: the day at the vent today, Man, and you know
Speaker 1: it's just looking nice. I had a damage you on today. Yeah, Man,
Speaker 1: this is playoff with it? Man. Speaking of playoffs, they're
Speaker 1: right around the corner. And the second that the Golden
Speaker 1: State Warriors got Draymond Green back, they lost Steph Curry. Uh.
Speaker 1: Marcus Smart who do for a ball rolled up on
Speaker 1: Steph's ankle midfoot spring. Uh. They're saying wise man has
Speaker 1: a little bit of a setback with knee swelling. Jack.
Speaker 1: Are you concerned it all about the Warriors heading towards
Speaker 1: the playoffs currently in the third in the West, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I am, because at this point of the season, why
Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be back healthy. Jaymon is supposed to
Speaker 1: be back healthy and supposed to be playing well. He's
Speaker 1: really coming back not playing well and getting kicked out
Speaker 1: of game and stuff like that, not really coming back
Speaker 1: focused and and and step being out. That's that's a
Speaker 1: major setback. He's the main one that's been healthy the
Speaker 1: majority of this time, and now you get everybody else
Speaker 1: back and he goes down. Um. I know for a
Speaker 1: lot of balls in my career, but I never, I know,
Speaker 1: for balls when they were out in the open and
Speaker 1: me and the guy was both racingto it. I never
Speaker 1: dove at the ball under somebody's legs and I've never
Speaker 1: done that before. And I hustled a lot, so it
Speaker 1: looked kind of funny to me. And I think Steve
Speaker 1: Kerr had the right to be piste. Yeah. See, I
Speaker 1: I looked at it up. I didn't think, like, as
Speaker 1: much as I love Steph and and definitely don't want
Speaker 1: to see him hurt, I didn't think it was a
Speaker 1: dirty player. I just thought it was a reactional play
Speaker 1: and and it just happened to roll up on stuff.
Speaker 1: And it's funny you say that because I'm always Hellen
Speaker 1: you know, coaching the kids that if there's a loose
Speaker 1: ball on the ground, you gotta die for because someone
Speaker 1: else is gonna dive and they could take your ankles
Speaker 1: and knees. And I tell the kids every single game that, man,
Speaker 1: so Um, I don't necessarily think it was a dirty play,
Speaker 1: but I understand Steve Kurrs obviously frustration and anger. You mean,
Speaker 1: their best player goes down. But I did read yesterday
Speaker 1: that STEP's foot is progressing better than they thought it would,
Speaker 1: but they definitely don't want to rush him back, So
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously they're gonna need all hands on deck.
Speaker 1: You know, this Wiseman situation has been the whole season,
Speaker 1: but he's played well in the G League when he's played,
Speaker 1: so hopefully they can, you know, get that swelling down.
Speaker 1: But again, I agree with you, man, Steph is the
Speaker 1: key to this. Uh. You know, Draymond is gonna get
Speaker 1: his legs back under him in the next you know,
Speaker 1: ten eleven games before the playoffs. But obviously they're gonna
Speaker 1: need a Steph Curry on an m v P caliber
Speaker 1: type plane to to make a run in these playoffs.
Speaker 1: That will be interesting to see, um, if and when
Speaker 1: they get stepped back. Next up man timber Wolves one
Speaker 1: of the hottest teams in the NBA right now when
Speaker 1: there's a foreigner over the heat Bucks. I don't see
Speaker 1: why they put the Lakers in here, but the Lakers
Speaker 1: to UH rate number one points per game, number two
Speaker 1: and three pointers per game, number three in blocks, four
Speaker 1: and steals, also have the best records since the All
Speaker 1: Star Break. Can the Timberwolves play spoiler this year in
Speaker 1: the playoffs? I think so. I mean, because it all
Speaker 1: starts called Anthony Towns. The way he's playing, the way
Speaker 1: he's leading his team on both ends of the floor
Speaker 1: on defense out on the offense, I think they can.
Speaker 1: You know, he's he's giving uh the the young guys
Speaker 1: and other guys on the team from some confidence and
Speaker 1: taking a lot of pressure of of guys, you know,
Speaker 1: by by having big games and and and and really
Speaker 1: making a statement on both ends of the course. So
Speaker 1: I think they can spoil some teams, but longest called
Speaker 1: Anthony Towns is playing to the level he's playing that,
Speaker 1: you know, I think it's possible. I'm a big fan
Speaker 1: of car Anthony Tails, and I think this year is
Speaker 1: the year that he needs to make a step with
Speaker 1: his team. And when I say that, it's not his
Speaker 1: individual play, because like you said, he's been playing great
Speaker 1: on both ends of the ball. It's with his team.
Speaker 1: I think they need to get to the second round
Speaker 1: this year. You know they they haven't been and good
Speaker 1: in a long time. Uh. He's playing the best basketball's career.
Speaker 1: When in the three point shootout, Uh, you know you've
Speaker 1: got D'Angelo over there, You've got Anthony Edwards, You've got
Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley over there. I like this team and I
Speaker 1: definitely think they could they could steal the series in
Speaker 1: the first round. So excited to just get these playoffs started. Man,
Speaker 1: Next up the Phoenix Suns, who are clearly the best
Speaker 1: team in the NBA, despite CP three being out Uh
Speaker 1: since the Y'all Star break, they won their last five
Speaker 1: in a row. Uh, eleven games better than the next
Speaker 1: team in the league. What do you contribute this to? Jack?
Speaker 1: Obviously CPS down he's their leader, but they haven't missed
Speaker 1: a beat. Uh. As a coaching is it is it leadership?
Speaker 1: Is it culture? What is it over there to cast
Speaker 1: these guys playing so well? Well? I think it's a
Speaker 1: little bit of everything. I mean, you got a team
Speaker 1: that's basically been together from training camp to now for
Speaker 1: two years. They know each other what better than anybody. Um.
Speaker 1: I think the fact that Chris Paul is out, this
Speaker 1: team has played without Chris Paul war so they know
Speaker 1: how to step up. Uh, they all know they roles.
Speaker 1: I think we talked about the coaching. You know, mine
Speaker 1: is one of the best coaches in the league and
Speaker 1: be able to being able to relate to guys and
Speaker 1: let them know they roles. With having Chris Paul out
Speaker 1: and keep in mind of what the goal is at
Speaker 1: the end of the seeds and still be able to
Speaker 1: reach that, you know, with having Chris Paul, that says
Speaker 1: a lot about this team. And of course Devin Book
Speaker 1: he come back. He just coming fair right in and
Speaker 1: leading the team and he's averaging more assists now, you
Speaker 1: know since since Chris Paul went out. So I think
Speaker 1: that I think this team is just is just focused
Speaker 1: on his goal of getting back to the to the
Speaker 1: championship and not having a let down. And they're not
Speaker 1: having any any mishaps along the way. They they're covering
Speaker 1: all their boxes and wait for Chris Paul to get
Speaker 1: back so they can just ride off in the susset. Yeah. Man,
Speaker 1: I really like this team and I think they still
Speaker 1: had a chip on their shoulder coming in this season
Speaker 1: because everyone said what they did last year was lucky. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, for CP to go down in this team
Speaker 1: to seamlessly continue to keep it moves as if he
Speaker 1: was playing. I like the point you made about Devin
Speaker 1: Booker Um definitely becoming more of a playmaker, and me
Speaker 1: that's the evolution of his game. He's been in Elite
Speaker 1: score since he's gotten the game, but now he's taken
Speaker 1: on more of a leadership slash playmaking role, which is
Speaker 1: only going to help this team once CP comes back. So, man,
Speaker 1: this is a tight knit group that plays hard on
Speaker 1: both ends and I'm really happy for Monty Williams again.
Speaker 1: Hopefully CP comes back with no hiccups, and man, this
Speaker 1: team can make a run for the championship. Headed out
Speaker 1: to the East, a team I saw play live last week.
Speaker 1: That is a cold, motherfucking team. Man. The Boston Celtics
Speaker 1: moved up to the fourth seed, but only one game
Speaker 1: out of the second seed with eleven games remaining, You
Speaker 1: think Boston can make a run for that number one
Speaker 1: seed in the East. In your opinion. I think this
Speaker 1: is the Boston team that everybody has been waiting on.
Speaker 1: They got they know, they have their identity. They playing
Speaker 1: like it. They're confident, they're finally healthy, believing in the
Speaker 1: new young coach and the young new young coaches giving
Speaker 1: them the confidence and getting giving everybody the roles they
Speaker 1: need to put them to be successful, and they're doing
Speaker 1: it to a t. I think Tay was definitely understood
Speaker 1: that he is the start the team, and Brown is
Speaker 1: understanding he's the second star, and they're playing like it.
Speaker 1: But the last couple of games they've been even thirty
Speaker 1: and thirty twenty nine, they understand that they have to
Speaker 1: take over this team and if they can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: these guys really gonna make some noise in the East
Speaker 1: for sure. Number one defense in the NBA. Talked to
Speaker 1: email Udoka and obviously coming from the San Antonio system,
Speaker 1: and I finally think, you know his imprint is on
Speaker 1: this team and in particularly the defensive and talk to
Speaker 1: me a little bit about that. Yeah, it's it's definitely
Speaker 1: a lot of the Spurs system. You know, don't don't
Speaker 1: let anybody go middle, and I think it's it's it's
Speaker 1: It's an easy it's easiest way to play defense because
Speaker 1: everybody knows where their help is. You know, they're sending
Speaker 1: everybody baseline and the big man comes over and help.
Speaker 1: And obviously the big man goes over and help, you
Speaker 1: have to drop down to take his man. Simple defense,
Speaker 1: but they do it well and everybody's on the string.
Speaker 1: And he got all that from San Antonio Pop. And
Speaker 1: I think the fact that these young guys are buying
Speaker 1: into that. Understand that emay comes from a championship organization
Speaker 1: and where and those what it takes to get to
Speaker 1: the top. I think these young guys are buying in
Speaker 1: and that's why they went at the top of the
Speaker 1: league on both categories. Yeah, I mean rarely do you
Speaker 1: see one, two and three Marcus Smart, Jalen Brown, and
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum all playing defense. I mean Brown and Tatum
Speaker 1: Obviously their stars are offensively, but they're definitely two way players.
Speaker 1: You got Robert Robert Williams holding down the middle. Um
Speaker 1: this Boston team making said, I think you hit it perfectly.
Speaker 1: This is the team everyone's been waiting on. There's been
Speaker 1: such a mystery because they've had Tatum and Brown and
Speaker 1: people have argued that this team done with this duo.
Speaker 1: You know, how come they're underachieving. I think this Boston team,
Speaker 1: and you know as well as anyone, Jack, you gotta
Speaker 1: get hot at the right time, and that's what this
Speaker 1: team is doing. I think they've won twenty out of
Speaker 1: twenty four games, um, and they're really rolling. Man. So
Speaker 1: excited for Tatum and Brown, uh to see where they
Speaker 1: could take their team. Next up, the Ben Simmons saga
Speaker 1: sideline irritation to the L four disc. A lot of
Speaker 1: people want to say, he's this, he's that. This dude
Speaker 1: took an epidural, and the epidural is one of the
Speaker 1: most dangerous and painful shots you can take. It's what
Speaker 1: they give women, you know, when they're giving birth. So
Speaker 1: obviously there's really some something really going on in his back.
Speaker 1: He can't really participate in any basketball activities. Jack. If
Speaker 1: they're unable to get Ben Simmons on the court, are
Speaker 1: you awake over there? We're talking about Ben Simmons still.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. If they're unable to get Ben Simmons do
Speaker 1: the next standard chance without him? In your opinion? Man,
Speaker 1: First of all, let me say this, I'm so tired
Speaker 1: of talking about this guy. Man, I just want to
Speaker 1: sit him play basketball. I'm just fed up with the saga. Two.
Speaker 1: We're talking about epidural shots. I had one in twelve
Speaker 1: in my back. My before them, when I got traded
Speaker 1: to Milwaukee, I couldn't play because my back was hurting.
Speaker 1: And when I had an X ray, they told me
Speaker 1: that my bottom dis and my back was completely gone.
Speaker 1: And on the way I can continue to play was
Speaker 1: taking a shot. I took the shot, Matt, and I
Speaker 1: played two or three more years, so maybe don't. I
Speaker 1: don't know how how serious his is, but I took
Speaker 1: the shot and it was it was painful. I need
Speaker 1: one right now because that was twelve four, two years ago,
Speaker 1: and my back starting heard again. I need it again.
Speaker 1: But he can play with it. He can play once
Speaker 1: you get the shot, though, you know he should be
Speaker 1: able to play. That's what the shot is for. And
Speaker 1: I'm just tired of talking about him, and I want
Speaker 1: to see him on the court. No, I agree. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean, anytime you got Kevin Durant, I think you're
Speaker 1: gonna be all right. Hopefully, uh Kyrie will be clear
Speaker 1: to play all games um soon. But to me, Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons is just you know, icing on the cake. So
Speaker 1: I definitely think he'll help. But without him, if something
Speaker 1: crazy happened that he can't play, I mean, he's still
Speaker 1: got Katie and Kyrie, So we'll have to see what's
Speaker 1: up with the Nets. I mean, it's crazy. Ever since
Speaker 1: this whole formulation of this NETS team, we've rarely got
Speaker 1: to see all the stars playing in two years, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. So it's been shambles over there.
Speaker 1: I know Steve Nash is going gray over there, so
Speaker 1: be interesting to see, man if they can get all
Speaker 1: their collective ship together and get on the court together.
Speaker 1: Next up, Toronto Raptors are sneaking into the conversation winners
Speaker 1: of six straight road games, big win over the seventies sixers,
Speaker 1: who are third in the East Jack and they stink
Speaker 1: into that top five. Hell yeah, you got a lot
Speaker 1: of championship experience over there, and you got a lot
Speaker 1: of young talent. You know, you're bledding that together. Anything
Speaker 1: can happen, and you've got experience coaching over there. I think,
Speaker 1: I think, if if you look at these guys, is
Speaker 1: just starting to get health and come back Van Bleek,
Speaker 1: you know he's leading that team and you know he
Speaker 1: can have a big night any night. So, like I said,
Speaker 1: with the with the combination of championship experience and also
Speaker 1: having young guys that's hungry, that that can play this game,
Speaker 1: I think they got a shot to upset anybody. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: I agree. My more question is after this because maybe
Speaker 1: they have a shot to sneak in and upset, but
Speaker 1: realistic on on getting back to the championship. Probably not.
Speaker 1: But I like Scotty Barnes, I like O. G. Jack
Speaker 1: In your opinion, With Scottie Barnes playing so well, does
Speaker 1: that make Siakam and his contract tradeable this summer for
Speaker 1: some more assets or draft picks. Definitely? Definitely. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: what I was thinking. All the radar presented to you
Speaker 1: by Draft Kings with march mansis in full swing. Let's
Speaker 1: take a look at what players most likely to go
Speaker 1: number one in the upcoming draft this season. Jabari Smith
Speaker 1: at Auburn six ten for UH he's minus a hundred
Speaker 1: and fifteen. Chet home Gren the seven ft from the
Speaker 1: number one Gainzaga Bulldogs is plus one. Paolo Banchetto six
Speaker 1: ten from Duke plus eight hundred and Jade and Ivy
Speaker 1: the six four guard from Purdue is a long shot
Speaker 1: at plus hundred jack. Out of those four, do any
Speaker 1: of those guys really catch your attention for you know,
Speaker 1: the next level star. Yeah. I was able to coach
Speaker 1: most of these guys and Adan Abson game and I
Speaker 1: know a lot about him. I love Chet, but Chet
Speaker 1: has to his body is still growing, he has to
Speaker 1: fill out. He has a great upside when when his
Speaker 1: body can continue to get filled out. But I think, uh,
Speaker 1: between Jabari and Polo, I think Jabari is ready right now.
Speaker 1: I think he's more polished as far as mentally wise. Um.
Speaker 1: When you watch him play, he plays his role to
Speaker 1: a team, doesn't really get rattled. Uh. He slid on
Speaker 1: both ends of the floor. He just and he just
Speaker 1: looked like a pro already. And I think that's why
Speaker 1: a lot of people got him already to shooting at
Speaker 1: number one. You know, I played against his dad. His
Speaker 1: dad went to l s U. Um, He's definitely got
Speaker 1: a lot of game. I like Polo for some reason.
Speaker 1: I think a litterally radical with this shot selection. But
Speaker 1: you know you can get away with that in college.
Speaker 1: Jade and Ivy is a monster over at per Due,
Speaker 1: and I agree Chet hunger in the seven foot but
Speaker 1: doesn't even wait two d a pounds. So it'll be
Speaker 1: interesting to see what kind of you know program he
Speaker 1: gets on you. Maybe add ten or fifteen pounds of muscle.
Speaker 1: But you know, all four of these guys are very
Speaker 1: talented and looking forward to, uh you know what they
Speaker 1: could do at the next level. Next up. Fan questions
Speaker 1: Jason Cannon, seventeen, name floor players you're taking out to
Speaker 1: the black Top with you in their prime? Four players
Speaker 1: I'm taking to the black Top with me in in
Speaker 1: their prime, in their prime. I'm going, Yeah, I'm a
Speaker 1: funck y'all with mine, I'm going prime, Okay for my
Speaker 1: big man and the prime, I'm going Shack from my
Speaker 1: power forward, I'm going Tim Duncan. It's black Top now,
Speaker 1: i know what I'm doing As my small forward. I'm
Speaker 1: going run our tests and at my point guard, I'm
Speaker 1: going stuff on my very very nice black Top team.
Speaker 1: I don't really feel like playing basketball, so I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take a team they can fight. I'm taking I'm taking Charles.
Speaker 1: I'm taking Charles Oakley, I'm taking Derek Coleman, I'm taking
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Ron too, and then give me my
Speaker 1: point guard, give me Vernon Maxwell. Oh wow, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: ain't gonna finish the game. Yeah, So I don't even
Speaker 1: care if we play basketball. We're just gonna fight and
Speaker 1: then smoke after because I'll play basketball no more. That's
Speaker 1: all they want to do anyway, right, Next fan question
Speaker 1: at un Heritage five years from now, who will be
Speaker 1: the face of the league? Good question? Five years from now.
Speaker 1: I think Janice will be the face. Um still, you know,
Speaker 1: I think Janice is what mid the late twenties, so
Speaker 1: five years will be in his early thirties. I think
Speaker 1: he'll be the face. Uh. You know, John Rant will
Speaker 1: be in that conversation. I think it'll be a handful
Speaker 1: of guys. Luca will be in that conversation. Um. I
Speaker 1: can't say if there's gonna be a clear cut face
Speaker 1: um of the league, because I don't know if they're
Speaker 1: you know, there's always so much talent. So I would
Speaker 1: say those three are probably gonna be the face. You've
Speaker 1: got anybody else out of those three? Yeah, I'll just
Speaker 1: at m beat. I mm be to that. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: love the way he's playing. Jacobe underscore Atwood most underrated
Speaker 1: player y'all played with? Oh, the most underrated player I've
Speaker 1: played with, it's probably Gerald Wallace. Oh good call. I
Speaker 1: think two guys, and I think I've said this before,
Speaker 1: but two guys I play with that if they were
Speaker 1: a lot and there's just such good guys. But they're
Speaker 1: so talented, like if they were dogs or mean or assholes,
Speaker 1: I think their story with it took a different trajectory
Speaker 1: in a good way. But Rudy Gay and Jeff green
Speaker 1: Man super talented but just nice guys. But dudes that
Speaker 1: I've played with that I think they could literally do
Speaker 1: anything on the court, three level scores, but they're just
Speaker 1: nice guys. I wish like I wanted to make both
Speaker 1: of them assholes when I played with them, because I
Speaker 1: figured if there was assholes, they would have went to
Speaker 1: a whole another level. But super skilled, but just super
Speaker 1: nice guys. Man. So both have very long careers still
Speaker 1: playing to this day. But two very talented players that
Speaker 1: I particularly play with. It I thought that that that
Speaker 1: I thought were very underrated. Yeah, it's Shack ninety two.
Speaker 1: As players get closer, who was the one player each
Speaker 1: of you played with that always turned up in the playoffs?
Speaker 1: Some of you could always count on in big moments. Man,
Speaker 1: I got to play with a lot of greats. But
Speaker 1: you know, co uh CP should you? You always play
Speaker 1: big in the playoffs? Um A, I U K D,
Speaker 1: Steph to name a few, bed Yeah, I was, I
Speaker 1: was gonna say for me, B D and and fucking
Speaker 1: Mino Genovla. Genovoli was a monster in the playoffs. Play good,
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Speaker 1: want the NBA Championship, you got all kind of NBA accolades,
Speaker 1: What does getting the four point oh measure up to
Speaker 1: for me? Again? I've always had the talent to do
Speaker 1: pretty much any and everything, so even like you know,
Speaker 1: people I've played on you know, on teams with them,
Speaker 1: tell you probably you know more than anybody, you can
Speaker 1: see me doing something like this, going into too another
Speaker 1: field and doing and being, um, you know, someone successful
Speaker 1: at it or not as uh, it's not being as
Speaker 1: hard as you know, compared to everybody else, because I've
Speaker 1: been naturally good at you know, athletically everything. But for
Speaker 1: the four point oh and that that that's like, uh,
Speaker 1: I tell anybody you know, I wouldn't change my championships
Speaker 1: in it, but I get my six man for for sure,
Speaker 1: because I never like real for real Because for me,
Speaker 1: like you know, getting a four point out. When I
Speaker 1: used to walk around the school, I see the kids
Speaker 1: getting four point dollars. It was just like and I
Speaker 1: know me, I was just not even on that level
Speaker 1: over here trying to read a page and the words
Speaker 1: scattered in my head looking that math alphabet. Now I
Speaker 1: I should lost me. So school is definitely not my thing.
Speaker 1: But now as you know, as you mature, you understand
Speaker 1: what your goals are and why you do certain things
Speaker 1: and what you're doing it for. Um, it gives you
Speaker 1: a more perspective and better insight. When I was in school.
Speaker 1: Back in the day, I just wanted to go to
Speaker 1: the gym. I just wanted to get out of there
Speaker 1: and go talk to the homies or whatever. I had
Speaker 1: so many other things going on Now that I make
Speaker 1: it a priority, and I know why I'm doing it. Like, man,
Speaker 1: my like my daughters be sending to me. They tested
Speaker 1: and we'll be sending it back and forth and like
Speaker 1: literally competing with my kids, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And it's like, it's great because I can see how
Speaker 1: engaged my kids are now when I hear the uh
Speaker 1: you know, when their mothers go to the meetings and stuff,
Speaker 1: they tell them that they see the change in my in,
Speaker 1: my in my even and my kids. Because I could
Speaker 1: be an inspiration in a level, I'd be more of
Speaker 1: a level of plan for they can relate to me
Speaker 1: now opposed to me just being their dad or being
Speaker 1: a professional basketball player. There's somebody everybody else treats so
Speaker 1: holy or Gali or think of whatever. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, having that much movement, uh perspective of somebody
Speaker 1: than just a random person, you know, walking down the streets.
Speaker 1: So when they hear me talk about school, and I
Speaker 1: can understand and relate the problems that they go through
Speaker 1: at times, and you know, um and and just being
Speaker 1: so school, being so time consuming. I can relate to
Speaker 1: them and they can relate to me. So it gives
Speaker 1: us more of, you know, other things to talk about
Speaker 1: opposed just just being that adult parent. Closing thoughts, Lebron
Speaker 1: James moves past Carl Malone to become number two and scoring. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: his team lost and they continue to fall. But funk it,
Speaker 1: we're not talking about the Lakers. We're talking about Lebron
Speaker 1: James jack the number two score but also top ten
Speaker 1: and assists. Could you imagine if he was a selfish player,
Speaker 1: he probably would have passed Kareem to three seasons ago. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and if he was that, he wouldn't be the best
Speaker 1: all around player we've that was saying, you know, that's
Speaker 1: just what he was here, that's just what he was
Speaker 1: meant to be. Passing carm Alone is is amazing accomplishment.
Speaker 1: Carm Alone put up buckets, crazy buckets in the league.
Speaker 1: And and to be you know, a couple of thousands
Speaker 1: away from passing Kareem is amazing. Man. I think he
Speaker 1: can do it. Yeah, next year he'll have the opportunity
Speaker 1: to pass Kareem, and we just hope he's able to
Speaker 1: stay healthy and get there, because if he's healthy, he'll
Speaker 1: definitely be able to come the all time leading score.
Speaker 1: In your opinion, Jack, does he need to win if
Speaker 1: all said and done, he passes Kareem? Does he need
Speaker 1: to win one more championship two be the best player
Speaker 1: all time? Or is that something that no one could
Speaker 1: eclipse and that's always gonna be Michael Jordan's seat. In
Speaker 1: your opinion, well, I think, I mean, really, at this point, really,
Speaker 1: at this point, man ain't ain't nothing he can do
Speaker 1: about that, you know what I'm saying. His career is
Speaker 1: where it is, and he's still putting on putting up stats.
Speaker 1: But it's just certain things that Mike did that's just amazing,
Speaker 1: and in the timeframe he did it in everybody respects
Speaker 1: as you see even at the seven, at the at
Speaker 1: the top seventy five, how everybody, not just us and
Speaker 1: not just certain people, but all the top seventy five
Speaker 1: was treating Mike like he was the best. So, you know,
Speaker 1: some people was just something Mike was just born to be.
Speaker 1: Mike Braun was just born to be the best player
Speaker 1: that basketball player all around that we've ever seen. And
Speaker 1: uh and and I hold both of them up highing
Speaker 1: at the same level. So but Mike's just going to
Speaker 1: be Mike and Brown just going to be Brown. No,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's it's a conversation. I think that
Speaker 1: will always be a conversation. Is it's it's whoever you
Speaker 1: like more. But when it's all setting down, Lebron is
Speaker 1: gonna have pretty much every playoff record. He'll be the
Speaker 1: number one scorer in the league, he'll be top seven,
Speaker 1: top five and assists and to me, if he wins
Speaker 1: another championship, he's definitely in the conversation as greatest of
Speaker 1: all time. Our brother teammate and friend of the program,
Speaker 1: Jamal Crawford, announced that he is retiring from basketball. What
Speaker 1: do you remember most about fail Man? Showtime Man? Mr
Speaker 1: Showtime Man, say say stay prime Prime smell at popcorn popping?
Speaker 1: You smell at popcorn popping? That's all him, my boys
Speaker 1: telling man before the game. Man, I hate because it's
Speaker 1: not ten people that I can tell you that I
Speaker 1: know basketball I love more than him and that can
Speaker 1: still play the game at a high level. Man, it's
Speaker 1: so many great players that the NBA pushed out and
Speaker 1: and and just stop giving him my opportunity. That it sucks,
Speaker 1: But Jamal brother from me, you had a hell of
Speaker 1: a career. You're Hall of Fame in my mind. And
Speaker 1: uh you did it Joe Way Bro. Great career. Bro.
Speaker 1: I hate your retiring because I still want to see
Speaker 1: you play. Three things. First, of a happy birthday. Fam
Speaker 1: birthday was the other day. Happy birthday. Uh, he wasn't
Speaker 1: too far away from twenty thousand, which is crazy. I
Speaker 1: wanted to get twenty thousand and last, but not least.
Speaker 1: I feel like the NBA six Man of the Year
Speaker 1: Award should be named the Jamal Crawford Award moving forward.
Speaker 1: So we gotta do a little all the smoke campaign,
Speaker 1: uh to get that, to get those engines. You heard
Speaker 1: it here. First, we signed a petition, We started a petition.
Speaker 1: The sixth Man of the Year Award is now the
Speaker 1: Jamal crawf for the ward. Let's go facts, facts, facts, facts.
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