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Speaker 1: back to another edition of What's Burning Jack? What's up
Speaker 1: with you? What's up? My brother? Happy holidays? What's going on? Yeah? Man,
Speaker 1: same to you, man, Just animal house over here. Ashton
Speaker 1: banging on the door trying to get in, said he
Speaker 1: wants to work kids, ready to start making some money.
Speaker 1: It can't be mad at that, man. Yeah, right, let's
Speaker 1: get to it man. Heading to two. It's it's a
Speaker 1: mess with the COVID protocol. Everyone's in and out. It's
Speaker 1: hard to keep track of who's what. But we got
Speaker 1: the top five in the Eastern Conference right now as
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee, Miami Heat, and the
Speaker 1: surprised team of the year thus far. I think besides
Speaker 1: Chicago would be Cleveland. I really like how hard they're
Speaker 1: playing with guys in and out. Um. You know, it's
Speaker 1: probably gonna be that way the whole year. You're hearing
Speaker 1: Kyrie is possibly coming back soon. What do you think
Speaker 1: about the Eastern Conference so far? Well, I think the
Speaker 1: longest Katie's in the Eastern Conference. We know who's the favorite. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Milwaukee is always gonna be around. With the way they're playing.
Speaker 1: I think they kind of lose. They lost the live
Speaker 1: when they got rid of Pza Tucker. They got rid
Speaker 1: of their toughness. Man, I don't think they did the
Speaker 1: same team. But you still gotta worry about them being
Speaker 1: at their defended champions and uh and and and then
Speaker 1: that's what That's kind of where I'm at with the East.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not really putting too many teams in. Yes,
Speaker 1: Cleveland is in the top five. They're definitely doing well.
Speaker 1: I'm playing hard. Coach got them playing hard, But I
Speaker 1: don't see them being there when they counts um from
Speaker 1: I really say, from four um down, it could really
Speaker 1: be a toss up because a lot of these teams
Speaker 1: are close. A lot of this kid is gonna come
Speaker 1: down to the end of the season. But not having
Speaker 1: all these teams healthy, think the East Conference would be
Speaker 1: different if we've seen four teams. Yeah, I think Milwaukee
Speaker 1: starting to turn their corner. Uh, you know, struggled early obviously,
Speaker 1: the loss of p J. Tucker was big. Janice was
Speaker 1: in and out. They're playing some good basketball late. You know,
Speaker 1: my surprise my team of the year to watch Chicago
Speaker 1: that at number two. They just played hard. I just
Speaker 1: like how hard they play on both of them and
Speaker 1: move the ball. Looked like they're having fun. And like
Speaker 1: you said, I mean, if you've got Katie, you know
Speaker 1: you're gonna be the favorite. You're hearing Kyrie is gonna
Speaker 1: come back part time, which is dope. Um. You know
Speaker 1: Harden played on Christmas. I still can't believe shorthanded what
Speaker 1: they did to the Lakers with just hard. But we'll
Speaker 1: talk about that ship later. The Western Conference, the head
Speaker 1: of the class go to State, followed by Phoenix, Utah,
Speaker 1: Memphis and the Clippers holding tied at five. We just
Speaker 1: found out Paul George will missed the next month with
Speaker 1: an elbow injury. John Moran is back in Memphis. What
Speaker 1: do you make of this Western Conference picture? Man, Listen,
Speaker 1: the Golden State Wars are coming to win the championship.
Speaker 1: That's all I'm gonna saying. Man, everybody's talking about they're
Speaker 1: they're really concerned to talking about what the Lakers are
Speaker 1: not doing. Let's talk about what Golden State and what
Speaker 1: Phoenix is doing. These two teams are showing that they're
Speaker 1: way better than every team in the West right now.
Speaker 1: They're playing like they keeping it. They're doing everything right,
Speaker 1: keeping the players healthy, all the things that lining up
Speaker 1: for both of these teams to be there at the end.
Speaker 1: And I love the way Golden State is rocking right now.
Speaker 1: I agree we I think I definitely owe a Phoenix
Speaker 1: and apology because I didn't think they were I thought,
Speaker 1: obviously it takes a lot to get to the to
Speaker 1: the finals, but I thought they had a lot of
Speaker 1: things line up in their favor with you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of the team's missing star players. But they came
Speaker 1: out this year. I think with that on their shoulder,
Speaker 1: they've been playing great basketball. And then again, Golden state.
Speaker 1: Both these teams are very deep, you know. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're not just starter or heavy. They get production from
Speaker 1: their bench, playing hard Um Utah's Utah. I still think
Speaker 1: they're one player away. I like how hard Memphis plays. Man,
Speaker 1: they got a bunch of dogs out there. They play
Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor, Um Clippers with Paul George.
Speaker 1: I mean that the West is so congested, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think there's a handful of games that separate like
Speaker 1: five from fourteen almost, So don't be surprised if they
Speaker 1: make a slide now with PG and Kauai out um.
Speaker 1: You know, Denver hasn't been healthy. The Lakers are a mess, Dallaside,
Speaker 1: Luca in and out. Minnesota is a tough team. But
Speaker 1: it's still early, you know what I mean. We're going
Speaker 1: into two. We just passed Christmas, so kind of the
Speaker 1: first third of this season somewhat as under wraps. But again,
Speaker 1: like you said, Jack, I think everyone's talking about what
Speaker 1: the Lakers aren't doing, and I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: I was someone who said early on that I thought
Speaker 1: post All Star would be to see the best team,
Speaker 1: and I still think we'll see the best Lakers post
Speaker 1: because they're they're just an older team. But you know,
Speaker 1: I'm starting looking and see like they just don't have
Speaker 1: Their team isn't constructed very well. They just released Isaiah Thomas.
Speaker 1: They picked up Darren Collison and UM Stanley Johnson. I
Speaker 1: liked the way Stanley Johnson played the other night UM
Speaker 1: against against Brooklyn. You know it's a big, strong, six
Speaker 1: five six six wing defender who's not afraid to play
Speaker 1: some defense. But this team is gonna need some help. Man. Now,
Speaker 1: the mileston't pass for Lebron. James passes Kobe Bryant and
Speaker 1: Kareem in the record books, being the all time leadings
Speaker 1: score on Christmas Day. I think what Jeff Van Gunny said,
Speaker 1: when you play a lot, you have a chance to
Speaker 1: get a lot of records. I think Lebron's played sixteen
Speaker 1: times on Christmas UM and has been able to pass
Speaker 1: two historic Lakers UM thoughts on that accomplishment. I think,
Speaker 1: when this guy's done, I mean he's gonna have every
Speaker 1: a majority of every fucking record that ever was set
Speaker 1: in this game. Man, who cares? But he scored the
Speaker 1: most points on Christmas Day when you played every Christmas Day, like,
Speaker 1: come on, you every day and your career. Every year
Speaker 1: your career, you play on Christmas bro Like, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: it's cool, but you know, I mean I could have
Speaker 1: done without that one. You know. The fan of that
Speaker 1: stat a fun crazier status. Lakers on a five game skid,
Speaker 1: uh eighties been out for a little bit. I want
Speaker 1: to say they're two games under five hundred. Obviously their
Speaker 1: window is closing. You know, Lebron has been great, but
Speaker 1: there's no mystery. He's getting older and older. He has
Speaker 1: to miss you know, time here and there just to
Speaker 1: kind of maintain his body. Again, this that this roster
Speaker 1: is is a little bit crazy. Going into the trade deadline.
Speaker 1: What type of moves you think that the Lakers front
Speaker 1: officer should be looking for? Well, it's it's it's hard
Speaker 1: to say, because you had some key piece that you
Speaker 1: let go, Like I really liked Isaiah, because if you
Speaker 1: kept Isaiah that I gave, you didn't sensor to probably
Speaker 1: move Westbrook if you need to. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I honestly think that that this team can get it
Speaker 1: done together. And I'm gonna go back to what I
Speaker 1: said before they won the championship. I don't like the coach.
Speaker 1: I don't like the coach and and and as you
Speaker 1: see now, he got all these different stars, these different personalities,
Speaker 1: and he can't make them come together. He can't make
Speaker 1: them buy in and be on one the car, and
Speaker 1: that's why they're losing. But this team has a lot
Speaker 1: of talent, Matt, I don't care if they're old or not.
Speaker 1: Um Anthony David's got to take care of his body. Man.
Speaker 1: You know I'm not calling him baby to him, duncan
Speaker 1: no more because he's too fragile. He weighed too fragile,
Speaker 1: He missed too many games. Uh to be somebody that
Speaker 1: this team is counting on all the money they're paying
Speaker 1: the dog. So I think this this team is a
Speaker 1: disaster right now, from the coach on down. And you
Speaker 1: can't just blame it on one person. I don't know
Speaker 1: who they're gonna trade for to make this right, But
Speaker 1: I can't even see nobody want to come in there
Speaker 1: and step into that mess. Right? Do you see Westbrook
Speaker 1: being traded before they trade their line? In your opinion
Speaker 1: or or let me ask this. I don't want to
Speaker 1: put you on the spot and you don't actually want
Speaker 1: would you trade if you're the GM, would you trade
Speaker 1: Westbrook going into this trade the line me personally, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't because you know, west one of my favorite players
Speaker 1: in the league. But the way he's playing right now,
Speaker 1: I can see it happen. I can see, you know,
Speaker 1: I can see him being on the trading blocks because
Speaker 1: he he is one guy that that they can't trade
Speaker 1: and the other teams would want you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: even even though you know they might want to get
Speaker 1: rid of some money, They might want to get rid
Speaker 1: of Ben Simmons, who knows, But it's there's certain situations
Speaker 1: that I think Russ can fall in man, But I
Speaker 1: don't think a D and Bron gonna nowhere. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I definitely don't think a D and Lebron are going
Speaker 1: to hire. But again, obviously some of a D injuries
Speaker 1: are bad luck. But you know, when you look at
Speaker 1: a D as far as the skill set, because you know,
Speaker 1: I think, and I've always been a huge fan, a
Speaker 1: D still him. I think Janice has obviously past him
Speaker 1: now and to me, a D is still more skilled.
Speaker 1: But the way Janice continues to develop, and I just
Speaker 1: think the motor he plays with sets him apart like
Speaker 1: he had just he just his effort is unbelievable on
Speaker 1: both ends. And can you imagine if a D had
Speaker 1: Joannice's battery when we saw that at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season when they played in Milwaukee. A D didn't
Speaker 1: want that smoke. A D did not want the smoke.
Speaker 1: Greek Creek was looking forward the whole game, looking for him,
Speaker 1: running on them, dunking on just just looking forward. And
Speaker 1: that's the difference. And I have to say that too,
Speaker 1: because I was high on after the days. Right now,
Speaker 1: it's not even close with Greek Fik is way ahead
Speaker 1: of him. Now. I agree, you agree, you to agree,
Speaker 1: and again, and it's not even talent, I mean because
Speaker 1: to me, a D is obviously still more skilled than Yannice.
Speaker 1: Janice just got more dog, more heart, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: And I hope that a D kind of sees, you know,
Speaker 1: when you sit out for a long time, you kind
Speaker 1: of see where your team needs you the most. Especially
Speaker 1: with the player like him, they could do everything. But
Speaker 1: I just hope he's more assertive when he comes back.
Speaker 1: Obviously we want him to stay healthy, but he needs
Speaker 1: to be more assertive on both ends, man, because he
Speaker 1: could do it on both ends. It just doesn't seem
Speaker 1: like sometimes he wants to that will to win that
Speaker 1: Janis has, that's something you can't teach man. That's why
Speaker 1: he's so specially everybody don't have that will. You know,
Speaker 1: he might not be the best shoot and all that,
Speaker 1: but he has the will to win and you need
Speaker 1: that in your store. Yeah. Absolutely, that hunger, that dog
Speaker 1: that desire. Next up on the Radar, presented you by DraftKings.
Speaker 1: Closing out the year, we get a chance to see
Speaker 1: last year's MVP Joker versus Steph Curry, who's leading odds
Speaker 1: on to win m v P this year. They get
Speaker 1: a chance to play two times this week Tuesday and Thursday.
Speaker 1: Um Curry currently is odds on to win m v
Speaker 1: P this year at one point three to one, followed
Speaker 1: by Katie two point five to one. Obviously Golden State
Speaker 1: number one team in the West, the number one team
Speaker 1: in the league, followed by the top seed in the
Speaker 1: East Brooklyn and Katie also leads a league in scoring,
Speaker 1: followed by Janice nine to one. Odds. Joker has been
Speaker 1: doing a lot this year. Man numbers are crazy. Shorthanded
Speaker 1: Denver team, He's twelve to one and then in bed
Speaker 1: someone who I said, he needs to go to the
Speaker 1: front offense, tell him they need to make a motherfucking
Speaker 1: move or trade me because they're wasting man. This dude
Speaker 1: is out here killing, playing as many games as possible
Speaker 1: and putting in work. Jack got Bet. I just get
Speaker 1: so impressed on how he's taking guards off the perimeter
Speaker 1: and shooting step backs and and shot fake jumpers and
Speaker 1: all this kind of like I haven't seen that since
Speaker 1: Boogie and I really like him. Like I said, I
Speaker 1: just think he's wasting his time right now with this
Speaker 1: team being so stubborn and not trading, trading away Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: But that's neither here there Uh, In this talented group,
Speaker 1: who are the two guys you like the most? Of
Speaker 1: course Curt Man Curry's leading for me what he's done
Speaker 1: this year, just picking up from last year. Way he
Speaker 1: could have been m VP last year. I think he's
Speaker 1: just showing how special was he breaking records as well
Speaker 1: at the top of the Western Conference. That says a lot, uh,
Speaker 1: considering Clare is not there and his play still coming back,
Speaker 1: and this team is gaining more and more confidence, the
Speaker 1: young players are gaining more and more confidence. I just
Speaker 1: love what stuff is doing and and the leader he's
Speaker 1: become not only the best shooter or one of the
Speaker 1: best players league, but the leader he has become has
Speaker 1: been special. With Katie too, Uh, not having Kyrie, everything
Speaker 1: that's going on with Kyrie, James being in and out
Speaker 1: and still trying to plug this team together the way
Speaker 1: he's been carrying his team, leading the league and scoring.
Speaker 1: Those two guys, man are definitely my leaders for m VP.
Speaker 1: I could I'll be happy with either one of them
Speaker 1: winning it, but it would be good to see both
Speaker 1: of these teams. I'll plaguing each other for strim Agreed, Agreed,
Speaker 1: I couldn't. I mean, I couldn't say more. You know,
Speaker 1: Steff has been doing this thing, Katie has been doing
Speaker 1: this thing. And when you look take a deeper look
Speaker 1: at Brooklyn outside obviously they're big three, they don't have
Speaker 1: a very good roster and that's what, all due respect,
Speaker 1: they just don't get the same thing with l A.
Speaker 1: They don't have a very good roster. You know. You
Speaker 1: people see names on paper and think they fit, but
Speaker 1: then come when it comes to mystery and actually getting
Speaker 1: down there and doing it, it's been a different thing.
Speaker 1: You know what, I mean, so the particularly l A
Speaker 1: and and and the Nets have been trying to build
Speaker 1: you know, grab you know, uh, you know, free agents
Speaker 1: at the low level um. But what I like about
Speaker 1: Gold State in the showing and the Phoenix Touba Gold
Speaker 1: State in particular, is they've been able to keep their
Speaker 1: core together and they've just been adding pieces, you know,
Speaker 1: over the last few years. You know, obviously fiends getting
Speaker 1: CP and been able to add pieces, but they've been
Speaker 1: able to keep their core. These other teams, uh, you
Speaker 1: know who who people talk about Lakers, and that's in particular.
Speaker 1: You know, every year they're starting with you know, their
Speaker 1: stars and they're trying to build a whole team around
Speaker 1: them in one offseason. So I always say chemistry plays
Speaker 1: a big part in team success, and you're really starting
Speaker 1: to see that. But you know, as good as Katie is,
Speaker 1: he's been able to keep this team above float, you know,
Speaker 1: pretty much, not single handedly, but pretty goddamn close single handedly.
Speaker 1: All right, next up, secure the bag my money line.
Speaker 1: We're gonna give you three players that we feel like
Speaker 1: are out performing their contracts, starting with Bobby Poor. Just
Speaker 1: in Milwaukee, he signed a two year, nearly nine million
Speaker 1: dollar deal took a discount to stay with this team.
Speaker 1: But he's at nearly sixteen points nine rebounds in twenty
Speaker 1: eight minutes of game, shooting from the free throw from
Speaker 1: the three point line, and the Bucks are seventeen and
Speaker 1: nine with him in the lineup. Another guy on there
Speaker 1: out there in Milwaukee and our brother. I'm so happy
Speaker 1: to see this. DeMarcus Cousins signed. You know, they just
Speaker 1: picked him up about a month ago. Uh, he signed
Speaker 1: a one year, two million dollars non guaranteed. The last
Speaker 1: five games, he's at fourteen points, nearly nine rebounds in
Speaker 1: twenty three minutes, and I know he's gonna add that
Speaker 1: depth and toughness. Obviously not a wing defendant that p J.
Speaker 1: Tucker was, but definitely brings that same mentality and toughness
Speaker 1: and and that's both in imports and into Marcus and
Speaker 1: last but not least, Patty Mills. Man, he's been killing
Speaker 1: the way he's been playing. You know, everyone always thought
Speaker 1: he was just a system guy in San Antonio, and
Speaker 1: he did that great. But he did his thing in
Speaker 1: the Olympics last year and him and Kadi are are
Speaker 1: Are are definitely carrying this Brooklyn team. Um thoughts on
Speaker 1: those three guys, and and you know, you and I
Speaker 1: were guys that often were underpaid. But you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: these guys will get what they're worth. Um this season.
Speaker 1: My thoughts on those three guys, well, I'm gonna start
Speaker 1: at the bottom with Patty mills Man, with Brooklyn Man.
Speaker 1: One thing about that you can't teach championship experience. You
Speaker 1: can't teach knowing your role, knowing how to buy in
Speaker 1: and being able to fit in any system. And Patty
Speaker 1: mills that guy, tough minded. It's proven in the in
Speaker 1: the World Olympic Games, was scoring big buckets. He's went
Speaker 1: on the championship teams. He's been in a great organization
Speaker 1: where you know how to be a professional every all
Speaker 1: all across the board. Patty, Patty mills Field checks all
Speaker 1: those boxes. Man, He's something. He should have been one
Speaker 1: of the highest free agents this summer, you know, considering
Speaker 1: what he brings to the table every night and on
Speaker 1: the deepest event, he's he's a tough nos defender, so
Speaker 1: he definitely deserves he definitely deserves a lot more money.
Speaker 1: But I'm glad, I know, Katie, glad he got Patty
Speaker 1: Meal in the back card with him Boogey. Of course
Speaker 1: I'm happy for Booget. May you know that's how guy.
Speaker 1: We've been fighting for booking for a while, and Uh,
Speaker 1: we talked about the toughness we're losing p Ja Tucker
Speaker 1: where they add that a lot of toughings with Boogie.
Speaker 1: I didn't know if there's gonna let him play and
Speaker 1: be the Boogie that week that we all know he
Speaker 1: could be. But as you see, Budd's letting him rock.
Speaker 1: But it's familiar to a lot of people. Don't know
Speaker 1: what Bud's familiar with coaching to Big Man with David
Speaker 1: Robinson and Tim Dunkan. He did it for a couple
Speaker 1: of years when I was there as well we won
Speaker 1: the championship, So he knows how to give both guys
Speaker 1: that shine and give the guys both from to beat
Speaker 1: themselves because they're totally different. I like to look for
Speaker 1: him in Milwaukee and uh hopefully can ride this out
Speaker 1: and have a good year and get another contract because
Speaker 1: he still can play Bobby Porter's of course, I think
Speaker 1: he deserved more money for the year he had and
Speaker 1: the contribution to the championship team. You know what I mean,
Speaker 1: We all know he deserved more money. But I see
Speaker 1: what he's thinking. He's in a great position. He's a
Speaker 1: fan favorite, you know what I mean. Uh, he's a champion.
Speaker 1: I think he knows his time won't come with the money,
Speaker 1: and maybe it wasn't this year, you know, considered when
Speaker 1: all the money they already spent there. So I like
Speaker 1: his training thought, I like I like the way he's thinking.
Speaker 1: And nothing but the best to all those guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm not mistaken, body, Bobby Porters was
Speaker 1: out the league before last year. I think he was.
Speaker 1: He was out for a minute, you know, So you
Speaker 1: don't come in and play a big part on the
Speaker 1: championship team, get a ring and then again to get
Speaker 1: you know, ship only nine million, ain't you know? Obviously
Speaker 1: that's some good money. But agreed. I think hopefully he
Speaker 1: keeps this numbers up after next year, he'll be able
Speaker 1: to get himself a nice deal. But you know, best
Speaker 1: to luck to obviously the boogie, uh, you know, to
Speaker 1: be able to hang in there after all the injury
Speaker 1: ship we said, and that was one thing when when
Speaker 1: when when they signed him, we both said, you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully they give him a chance to actually play and
Speaker 1: they'll just bring him to sit on the bench, and
Speaker 1: they've been able to do that, so he definitely still
Speaker 1: has some game left and he's gonna help them in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I guarantee that. Yeah. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: obviously the way everything you said about Patty Mills about
Speaker 1: his you know, the way he cares himself as a professional, um,
Speaker 1: you know, being brought up in that San Antonio organization,
Speaker 1: and he's kind of a plug and play guy, whether
Speaker 1: you need him to start or come off the bench. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's been huge for this team, especially considering the way
Speaker 1: James and James has been in and out, and then
Speaker 1: Kyrie hasn't been there at all, and and and Patty
Speaker 1: Mills has been someone who's been able to step up
Speaker 1: as a starter and come off the bench and bring
Speaker 1: you firepower. So you know, when this team gets healthy,
Speaker 1: if they get healthy and get Kyrie back, those four guys,
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a better four score is
Speaker 1: in the game that play on the same team as
Speaker 1: those four. So it's gonna be fun to see if
Speaker 1: they can get everyone back. Make sure you check out
Speaker 1: our episode with Seth Curry at the top of the
Speaker 1: New Year, January six. Don't miss it. Here's the teaser
Speaker 1: January seven, nearly a year ago. Uh game versus the
Speaker 1: nets you tested positive after spending the first quarter of
Speaker 1: the bench were placed in isolation at Barclays in the
Speaker 1: in In response to that, you guys had to quarantine. Um,
Speaker 1: this all, all, this quarantine and COVID is not new
Speaker 1: but fairly new. How has that kind of affected you? Uh?
Speaker 1: Personally being obviously you know a family man, father first
Speaker 1: and husband first and foremost. But then also you know,
Speaker 1: attending to your job. It's tough. It's tough as a balance.
Speaker 1: I mean, is you got a job where you gotta
Speaker 1: go out there and do your job, provide for your family,
Speaker 1: played the game that you love. But at the same
Speaker 1: time you gott you try to be careful, take care
Speaker 1: of your family. Uh. You know, that's what you sign
Speaker 1: up for if you if you sign up to play
Speaker 1: in the league this year, you sign up for a
Speaker 1: little bit of risk going out there and possibly get
Speaker 1: getting the virus bringing it back home. But hopefully everybody
Speaker 1: year around is doing their part and the many good
Speaker 1: party if you get it right now, nobody's getting seriously
Speaker 1: sick around the league right now. So, Um, that's that's
Speaker 1: the positive part of it, outside of kind of having
Speaker 1: a somewhat steady yourself off the quarters. Anything else that
Speaker 1: you do different um from your day to day during
Speaker 1: the season, that you didn't do since we've been in
Speaker 1: product and since we've been in since we've had this
Speaker 1: pandimen Uh. Last year it was crazy, you can really
Speaker 1: the hotel. But this year, um, kind of getting back
Speaker 1: to the normal, normal routine and stuff you like to
Speaker 1: do on the role. Me personally, I'm in the hotel,
Speaker 1: go out to eat with a few people every once
Speaker 1: in a while on a row. Um, So my routine
Speaker 1: don't change too much. Um. It's more the guy that
Speaker 1: I had to get out in the streets a little
Speaker 1: bit more of that laughter. The Taylor was back a
Speaker 1: little bit. Jackie might have been a trouble bro. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would. I wouldn't have made it. I wouldn't have
Speaker 1: made it, man. Yeah, it's it's a struggle for them
Speaker 1: building team chemistry. How has the business for a lot
Speaker 1: going on over there? You know, Doc Rills is a
Speaker 1: great coach somebody me in mad respect, you know, but
Speaker 1: how how has it been this year with everything going on?
Speaker 1: Building the chemistry with you got it's been solid outside
Speaker 1: of being everybody came back was on the team last
Speaker 1: year for the most part, so we know we know
Speaker 1: each other. Chemistry been solid. Ben had been around the
Speaker 1: team too much, um, so it's not like he's coming
Speaker 1: in and out of practice, in and out of games
Speaker 1: messing up the chemistry. We kind of know who we got.
Speaker 1: Obviously be missing a big peace from last year, but
Speaker 1: we know who we got and we're trying to make
Speaker 1: it work um with it with the talent we have,
Speaker 1: and it's just up and down season. Were obviously guys
Speaker 1: at out the line with Covid that's the biggest thing
Speaker 1: in chemistry wise. I kind of find like, obviously being
Speaker 1: four players, I kind of think I know the answer.
Speaker 1: But when all that Ben ship was going on at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, was that it kind of
Speaker 1: feels like that you guys will probably be a lot
Speaker 1: You guys were still locked in the locker room. It
Speaker 1: was just really outside noise doing all the talking, or
Speaker 1: was it there a little bit of rumbling inside the
Speaker 1: locker room as well? It was solid in the locker room.
Speaker 1: One time we talked about it was obviously Doc addressed
Speaker 1: it earlier in the season. Um, first day of trained
Speaker 1: to camp in and then one time we talked about
Speaker 1: it and when the media come in, that Philly media,
Speaker 1: that's all you want to talk about, is is drama
Speaker 1: when we get in front of them obviously doing their jobs,
Speaker 1: but when we step on the floor, Like I said,
Speaker 1: we knew who we had in the locker room. We
Speaker 1: knew it was gonna show up to play every day
Speaker 1: and we're trying to make it work. So um we honestly,
Speaker 1: like I said, we tried. We kind of cheated like
Speaker 1: a long term energy injury. We knew Ben was gonna
Speaker 1: be there for the for the start of season. You
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta address fan questions, Bibbins, who was the
Speaker 1: best teammate besides each other that you played with? Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: I have I mean sorry, it's hard question. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: my the majard of my teammates who I consider my
Speaker 1: close friends and still my brothers to this day, they
Speaker 1: all was in Golden State. I talked to you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, I really um and don't know when
Speaker 1: that wasn't was Jermaine O'Neil, but all my other brothers.
Speaker 1: I basically I was in Golden State with him. That
Speaker 1: was my closest friends that go to state team. Yeah, um,
Speaker 1: outside that going Marke's Dames too, I got kid Leak's
Speaker 1: a good call. Outside that going state team, I would say,
Speaker 1: uh code CP, DeAndre and then Draymond Green. I think
Speaker 1: those are all I mean. Obviously, it's funny because you
Speaker 1: kind of have it in it's naturally kind of have
Speaker 1: preconceived notions about people before you play, or they have
Speaker 1: them about you. But when you play, there's not too
Speaker 1: many bad people in the league, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Like you may think think a certain thing of someone,
Speaker 1: but you get a chance to meet him or play
Speaker 1: with him. Everybody is pretty cool in the league, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. I I haven't had really I
Speaker 1: didn't really have no like asshole asshole teammates, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you. But Wad was my guy too, Yeah
Speaker 1: yeah crash. Next fan question at eight sixty Wolf, if
Speaker 1: either of y'all could change up a part of your
Speaker 1: game for someone else's who was in the league right now?
Speaker 1: Who and what would it be. I was a good shooter,
Speaker 1: I was. I was a nice size, I was, you know,
Speaker 1: I had a lot of hard But if I could
Speaker 1: add anything to my game and take someone with somebody
Speaker 1: else game. I would take Kyrie Irvan's handles my size.
Speaker 1: With those handles, I was damned unstoppable already, but if
Speaker 1: I had those handles, it was a real problem that
Speaker 1: be trouble. I think I would take uh, Kevin Durant's
Speaker 1: guard skills who because I mean I was I was
Speaker 1: just I was just actually just talking about it with
Speaker 1: Nick this morning when he was cutting my hair. He
Speaker 1: was talking about it is it's safe to say that
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant could be the greatest score of all time.
Speaker 1: And I think, obviously that's a loaded question, but like
Speaker 1: one of the main things I said, just this motherfucker's
Speaker 1: seven ft two guard, you know, I mean, so it's
Speaker 1: just like come home, and so that would be mine.
Speaker 1: Jamaican prints oh three. Huge fan of the show, but
Speaker 1: watching you guys who since we believe My question is
Speaker 1: with all the COVID happening around the league, which fictional
Speaker 1: basketball movie character would you like to see filling on
Speaker 1: which team fictional I would go with probably um right now,
Speaker 1: this league being so soft, I gotta go my boy
Speaker 1: would hairs as on butterm Mota I got moved. I
Speaker 1: would like to see him in the league right now,
Speaker 1: punking people, dunking on boards. I would take the white boy,
Speaker 1: what the dude there was rolling this dubis in Nellie's house.
Speaker 1: I put Woody Harrelson from White Man, Can't Jump on
Speaker 1: on Golden State. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He was nice.
Speaker 1: He was nice. It was nice with them behind the back,
Speaker 1: but the behind the head jumper, he was nice. He
Speaker 1: had no hops, but he was nice. Next fan question
Speaker 1: at nahannan dot Underscore, what was your reaction when Kobe
Speaker 1: dropped eighty one oh Man Ship. I remember two. I
Speaker 1: was sitting with I was in Philly, not playing smoking
Speaker 1: watching it one one of my home girls. It was
Speaker 1: over and just in in in in this man. It
Speaker 1: was just to see it, to see how HoTT he got. Obviously,
Speaker 1: everyone always saw I would have did this. I would
Speaker 1: have did that. That motherfucker was in such a zone
Speaker 1: that it was just a beautiful thing to watch. Man.
Speaker 1: So I was. I was happy. Two things I thought of.
Speaker 1: One after I scored, I had a forty point triple
Speaker 1: double dog, and I thought I was gonna were gonna
Speaker 1: be able to play two weeks after. For about two weeks,
Speaker 1: I was so tired. How do you have the stamina
Speaker 1: to score eighty one in the NBA second Hi half?
Speaker 1: The team ain't filed out. It's no way that men,
Speaker 1: you can be on the same team. Man and I
Speaker 1: don't care who is playing that me and you don't
Speaker 1: both filet before somebody get eighty one points from us.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry you've never seen it. Yeah, I mean, like
Speaker 1: I said, that goes what I was saying. We all
Speaker 1: said we we would did this is but we definitely
Speaker 1: would have fouled And Cob knew that about the stuff,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, Cob knew there was never gonna
Speaker 1: be an easy night whenever, you know, he played against us.
Speaker 1: It was always had to earn everything. But like I said,
Speaker 1: he was in such his own But yeah, I definitely
Speaker 1: would have fouled out. He would have some horror fouls,
Speaker 1: but it probably would have made it matter, so right
Speaker 1: it was. It was a beautiful thing. White nose. One
Speaker 1: thousand thoughts on experience or talent being the biggest factor
Speaker 1: on crafting a championship team. I think for me, you know,
Speaker 1: my championship year, I was I was blessed because I
Speaker 1: was coming into something that was already structured, you know.
Speaker 1: So I was I was coming into be a piece,
Speaker 1: uh uh, not not even a big piece, but a
Speaker 1: piece that mattered. And um, having Tim, Tim Duncan and
Speaker 1: David Robinson. You know, I just had to be a
Speaker 1: star on my role like you always say, Matt, and
Speaker 1: I went and did that, you know, I was, I was,
Speaker 1: I was willing to learn. You know. Pop told me
Speaker 1: if I played defense, I'll play on this team. He
Speaker 1: didn't say I would be a start, And I ended
Speaker 1: up being a start on the championship team and hitting
Speaker 1: big shot first round, West Conference finals and finals to
Speaker 1: have the team wins. So I think for me it
Speaker 1: was it was a situation that I was blessed to
Speaker 1: be in to be able to come play with David Robins, Tima.
Speaker 1: But also I didn't go there trying to be the star,
Speaker 1: because I knew that wasn't my role. I went there
Speaker 1: being a tough nosed kid that can make big shots,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And it worked out. So
Speaker 1: just just be you and if it fit you know what,
Speaker 1: if it worked for you, do if it don't, something
Speaker 1: else will. I mean, I feel like both of those
Speaker 1: go hand in hand. Obviously, you need talent to get there,
Speaker 1: but once you get there, you need experience, you know.
Speaker 1: That's why you can never really trust any young team. Um.
Speaker 1: Golden State was a fairly young team when they made
Speaker 1: their first championship run the fifteen, but normally it's an
Speaker 1: experienced veteran team, you know. So that's why wherever ever,
Speaker 1: everyone is holding out hope for the Lakers because they're
Speaker 1: that their experienced veteran team. All that they haven't been
Speaker 1: to get along. They just got a lot of miles
Speaker 1: and a lot of experience. So talent gets you there,
Speaker 1: but you need experience once you get there. So to me,
Speaker 1: they go hand in hand. New Year's resolution ships. I
Speaker 1: was actually thinking about this the other day in the shower, Jack,
Speaker 1: what are some of your New Year's resolutions? I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I just wanna continue to be great. I
Speaker 1: want to continue to uh push my family to continue
Speaker 1: to get more and more healthy, eat right, live right.
Speaker 1: But but but for the show wise, as for us
Speaker 1: to show, I want to get out on the road.
Speaker 1: I want to, you know, even though with all this
Speaker 1: stuff going on, I want to be able to touch
Speaker 1: our all these audiences and our fans and in a
Speaker 1: safe environment and and and and enjoy being around people. Man.
Speaker 1: I want to you know, I want to I want
Speaker 1: to entertain, I want to laugh, I want to dance.
Speaker 1: I want to do all those things that that that
Speaker 1: comes with our show man. But I want to incorporate
Speaker 1: our fans and this year coming and uh and just
Speaker 1: be the best we can be. Man. I agreed, I said,
Speaker 1: I went to got a chance to go watch Gilly
Speaker 1: and Waller's Million Dollars about the Game Live show and
Speaker 1: it was dope. And then also shout out Wallow Man,
Speaker 1: you sent that. Obviously Instagram has been working with me.
Speaker 1: Something been on Instagram, but you sent that thing. And
Speaker 1: how you know we're not against each other, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean we all together into and together we're creating
Speaker 1: something special. Man, make sure go to he posts so
Speaker 1: goddamn much, but go check out his post. It was
Speaker 1: a dope post. My other resolutions definitely eat healthy. I
Speaker 1: want to read more and then stop procrastinating. I gets
Speaker 1: so busy, I procrastinate and push it off and I
Speaker 1: want to stop doing that. So those are probably my
Speaker 1: three things. Closing thoughts. Joe Johnson shout out Joe Johnson
Speaker 1: in the Big Three ice cube Um getting a bucket
Speaker 1: for the Celtics after starting there twenty years ago. Jack,
Speaker 1: Right now, there's gonna be a lot of guys getting
Speaker 1: a chance, And if we weren't so far removed, I
Speaker 1: would tell us to get on a little workout plan
Speaker 1: and get back out there. But we've seen guys like
Speaker 1: Darren Collinson, Lance Stevenson, Stanley Johnson, C J. Miles, Brandon, Knight, Lankston, Galloway,
Speaker 1: Moody a UM. Hopefully Isaiah Thomas lands on his feet somewhere.
Speaker 1: He just was let go after his first ten day
Speaker 1: with the Lakers. I told Jamal Crawford, man dustin knees,
Speaker 1: dust the shoes off and warming them knees up, because
Speaker 1: he definitely still has some game in it. But it's
Speaker 1: an interesting time right now with the way COVID has
Speaker 1: hit this league and giving guys that are getting another shot.
Speaker 1: But I guarantee some of these guys are gonna end
Speaker 1: up sticking and getting another three or four years out
Speaker 1: of this. Yeah. I don't want to hear nothing about
Speaker 1: these names of Jamal Crawford and Jerald Smith name in it.
Speaker 1: These guys have been Both of these guys work on
Speaker 1: their game all year around. They love the game. I
Speaker 1: teach you still be in the league. Um, it's just crazy, man.
Speaker 1: And then you know, like you just said though, and
Speaker 1: if a motherfucker gave me a good two months, I
Speaker 1: go out there and take one of them chump's job.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm because a lot of you can
Speaker 1: tell my love for the game. Some of these guys
Speaker 1: just happy being around, you know what I'm saying. We
Speaker 1: we we want to make sure that our presses with
Speaker 1: felt so um good guys like Gerald Smith in the game.
Speaker 1: Get you guys like Jamal Crawford in the game, and
Speaker 1: stop getting these guys just throw them in the league
Speaker 1: because you feel like they're gonna come and just be
Speaker 1: a yes man. No, you want guys that's gonna come
Speaker 1: in there and compete and play. And um, I think
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys in the league that's not
Speaker 1: in the league right now that can feel those roles
Speaker 1: definitely and and also feel those roles and playing, but
Speaker 1: also that mentorship. And I think we talked about that,
Speaker 1: like there's nothing not many O g s left in
Speaker 1: the game because the game is so young now, and
Speaker 1: I definitely think he could use it. It could definitely
Speaker 1: use that kind of ship. That ship isn't valuable um
Speaker 1: moving forward. One thing you want to see in the
Speaker 1: NBA in two Kyrie Irving re Irving. That's what I
Speaker 1: want to see in the NBA for twenty two. Man. However,
Speaker 1: they gotta do it, when they're gonna do it. I'm
Speaker 1: ready to see the kid back on the court. Man.
Speaker 1: I know everybody else sees too, agreed, one thousand per cent.
Speaker 1: And I want to see everyone healthy and safe and
Speaker 1: and and just getting back to basketball because I want
Speaker 1: it's just been so weird. I don't remember Jack maybe
Speaker 1: and we're just old, but I don't remember health being
Speaker 1: such a big issue when we played in the league.
Speaker 1: Like now, it's almost like you gotta worry about every
Speaker 1: team star being hurt. And I'm not even take covid
Speaker 1: away from the equation. I'm just talking about health as
Speaker 1: far as physical health, you know what I mean. Like
Speaker 1: when we played again, we played, we try to play
Speaker 1: eighty two games every season, and it wasn't really that
Speaker 1: big of a deal because you knew guys are gonna
Speaker 1: be there, and you knew guys for the most part,
Speaker 1: are gonna be healthier. As a healthier they can be
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Nowadays, Man, these stars are missing so
Speaker 1: much playoff action and it's shaping the road to the championships.
Speaker 1: So with all that said, I just want to see
Speaker 1: guys obviously physically healthy and then you know, with the
Speaker 1: COVID ship healthy out there so we can get some
Speaker 1: good basketball, uh, going towards the playoffs. Well that's a wrap.
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