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Speaker 1: edition of What's Burning. Jack were in the thick of

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Speaker 1: where does Philly go from here? As the great Skip

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Speaker 1: Who was able to outlast the Brooklyn Nets. Janice had

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Speaker 1: the Clippers plus eight hundred, the Hawks plus eleven hundred.

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Speaker 1: Before you get to who you feel like it is

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Speaker 1: the best pick. One thing I wanted to point out

429
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Speaker 1: is in this final four we have three black coaches,

430
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Speaker 1: which I think is a great thing. All we need

431
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,800
Speaker 1: is a chance we can hoop too, and we can coach.

432
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Speaker 1: So all we need is some more representation in the

433
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Speaker 1: front officers to give minority coaches some opportunities. Shout out

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Speaker 1: to all the coaches in the Final four, but and

435
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Speaker 1: particularly these these three black coaches that have kind of

436
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,720
Speaker 1: you know, made their way and and and hopefully making

437
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Speaker 1: it easier for other black coaches in the future. But

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Speaker 1: back to odds on winning, who you got, Jack, I'm

439
00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,720
Speaker 1: going with the only team that's fully healthy, the only

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Speaker 1: team that has a back to back m v P,

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Speaker 1: and the only team that second best players better than

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Speaker 1: m VP. I'm going in Milwaukee. St Man Again, I

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Speaker 1: said it, it's not gonna I think if anything, this

444
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Speaker 1: playoffs have shown it. It hasn't been easy in any

445
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Speaker 1: rounds that they've just been. They've been great playoffs, although

446
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,520
Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of stars missed time. The competitiveness

447
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,560
Speaker 1: is it has been off the charts, and you know,

448
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,280
Speaker 1: nothing has been easy. And I agree with you. You know,

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Speaker 1: I would love to see EP get to the finals

450
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Speaker 1: and win a ring. I would love to see my

451
00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,800
Speaker 1: Clippers get to the finals and win a ring. I

452
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Speaker 1: love what Trey Young is doing with this young Atlanta

453
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Speaker 1: Hawk team. But again, the Bucks are the most healthy,

454
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Speaker 1: have taken a lot of knocks on the way to

455
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Speaker 1: get to this position, and I just feel like it's

456
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Speaker 1: their time. So uh to me, again, it's the Bucks

457
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Speaker 1: finals to lose. But would love to see the Clippers

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Speaker 1: or sons knock them out man. This week we have

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Speaker 1: a great episode coming up on All the Smoke. Our

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Speaker 1: brother Whiz Khalifa drops this Thursday, June. We had a blast.

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Speaker 1: We got as high as you could possibly get. Enjoy

462
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Speaker 1: this teaser. See you again. A song that went unfortunately

463
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Speaker 1: right along with the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant. Talk

464
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Speaker 1: to us about that song, how it came about. Obviously

465
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Speaker 1: it had a meaning too with Paul Walkers arrested Peace

466
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Speaker 1: Paul Walker. But talk to us about how important that

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Speaker 1: song is in just the process of coming up with it, damn.

468
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Speaker 1: So we'll start with what you said, how important it

469
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,280
Speaker 1: is that song for sure, biggest song of my career,

470
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Speaker 1: one of your moments you're talking about, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,

471
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,720
Speaker 1: being in the airport in Korea and here motherfucker's singing

472
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Speaker 1: you know, the hook and the verse and ship like that.

473
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 1: They don't even speak English, you know what I'm saying,

474
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,679
Speaker 1: Like that that type of ship is crazy. You You

475
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,679
Speaker 1: can think that your song is gonna do that, but

476
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,399
Speaker 1: for it to actually happen, it's just like all right, wow.

477
00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,840
Speaker 1: And the process for making it was was cold because

478
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Speaker 1: they came to me, the people from Fast and Furious

479
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 1: and Mourner in Atlantic. Uh. They came to me and

480
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 1: they were like, you know, we're trying to put this

481
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 1: song together and your verses is going to be one

482
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: of probably like eight, you know what I mean. They're like,

483
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,560
Speaker 1: we want to make this like a compilation song, and

484
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,080
Speaker 1: Charlie's hook was just supposed to be just like this,

485
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,600
Speaker 1: like the reference. They were like, we're gonna get this

486
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Speaker 1: artist on the hook. We're gonna get this verse from

487
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Speaker 1: this person and that, and I was like, all right, cool.

488
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Speaker 1: So I just wrote my verse and just sent it

489
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Speaker 1: in you know, when thought about it or whatever. I'm like,

490
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Speaker 1: it's a soundtrack. It's a little bit of money, like cool.

491
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Speaker 1: And then they were like, no, we want you to

492
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Speaker 1: do the whole song, and I'm like, all right, cool.

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Speaker 1: So I wrote another verse and they're like, well, we

494
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Speaker 1: like this part of this verse and we like that

495
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,959
Speaker 1: part of that verse, so can you flip this and

496
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 1: can you I'm like, oh, I know what's going on here, y'all.

497
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Speaker 1: Turn y'all turn this to a motherfucking production. So in

498
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Speaker 1: my head, I'm like, just be available, be ready for

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Speaker 1: every little step if these motherfuckers tell you that they

500
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,960
Speaker 1: don't like one bar, just be available, be ready to

501
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: change it. And it was kind of a process of

502
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,200
Speaker 1: like tweaking the song for a few months and then

503
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,919
Speaker 1: you know, we shot the video before we even released it,

504
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: and along with the release and just the song coming out,

505
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 1: it just took off. It did with it, it went crazy,

506
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,440
Speaker 1: and the message behind it it just really really like,

507
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Speaker 1: I don't know, I had no idea that they was

508
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: about to go that crazy with it. All the energy

509
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: that we put into it, it did everything that it

510
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,640
Speaker 1: was supposed to do, and the fans made it go crazy.

511
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 1: It was freaking number one for I think fourteen weeks

512
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,920
Speaker 1: as I don't know how many times platinum, and it's

513
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,639
Speaker 1: the only rap video at however many billion views that

514
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Speaker 1: it has. But I was the first rapper to ever

515
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: get a billion views on YouTube as well, so it

516
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: helped me make history, you know, in a lot of

517
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: different ways. And it touched so many people. Talking about

518
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Speaker 1: your tribute that you and Charlie did, Yeah, man, that

519
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 1: was big. I was actually in Miami the night before

520
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: because it was Super Bowl weekend and the super Bowl

521
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: was in Miami, so it was just a fucking craze fest.

522
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: I had a whole week book down there to just

523
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Speaker 1: to be in Miami to work and you know, work,

524
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Speaker 1: and I was like they hit me last minute, was

525
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Speaker 1: like yo, what we're doing because of course nobody fucking

526
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 1: expected that ship to happen. And then there was the

527
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Speaker 1: home game. It was like the first home game, and

528
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 1: they were like, you know, we want you to do it,

529
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Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm in Miami, of course I'm gonna

530
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Speaker 1: do it. I don't give a funk what I gotta do,

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Speaker 1: Like I'll jump on the jet blah blah blah. Charlie

532
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Speaker 1: just so happened to be in Miami too, so we

533
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Speaker 1: both got on the same jet the next day and

534
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: just flew out and knocked it out and like that

535
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Speaker 1: was just such a such an honor and such like

536
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Speaker 1: a I wouldn't have been at the crib, like yo,

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Speaker 1: I wish I could do the fucking tribute for you

538
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Like that was just a beautiful

539
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,920
Speaker 1: ass thing. It was a great opportunity and couldn't ask

540
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: for better stuff like that, you know what I'm saying.

541
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: Just to hold it down and the kind of put

542
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Speaker 1: people at ease about the situation was the energy like

543
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: in the arena that night. It was weird. It was

544
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Speaker 1: like quiet, like you know what I mean, Like, yeah,

545
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,919
Speaker 1: it was like it was like a hoop game, but

546
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: nobody was really there though, you know what I mean.

547
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: That's what it felt there. Yeah, it felt full, but

548
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: it didn't feel like nobody was there. Yeah. Man, you

549
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: ever met cob Ever seen him play? Yeah? I never

550
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:58,840
Speaker 1: seen him play, but I got to meet him a

551
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 1: couple of times. Always a cool ass dude, bro, Like

552
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: just great energy, smiling, very welcoming. I do a lot

553
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,119
Speaker 1: of charities and things like that, and I will always

554
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: see him at those events, things for single fathers and

555
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 1: things for families and things to help out, like real

556
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Speaker 1: ass situations like Kobe would be there and even like

557
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Speaker 1: the Sucking party and like seeing I've seen him at

558
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Speaker 1: like puff Daddy's house. You know what I'm saying, Just

559
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,400
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Speaker 1: to part ways with their head coaches. Let's start with

572
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Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks and Luca Jack. Anybody come to mind

573
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Speaker 1: when you're thinking about teaming them up with Luca for

574
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: a nice successful run. People like Terry Stotts have been

575
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Speaker 1: thrown in the mix since he's not with Portland anymore.

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Speaker 1: M A Doka, Becky Hammond's Jason Kidd, someone who I

577
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Speaker 1: think has a great shot at Jamal Moseley been on

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Speaker 1: the staff since two thousands of fourteen, that has a

579
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Speaker 1: great relationship with Luca. Um thoughts on this Dallas vacancy.

580
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: I think it's Jason Kidd. I think that would be

581
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 1: the best to pair with him. Jazon Kidd is one

582
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:42,919
Speaker 1: of the best point guards to have a touch of

583
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 1: basketball he's played in Dallas, had a lot of success

584
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Speaker 1: in Dallas, and he's respected by everybody in the basketball world.

585
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 1: We see how well teams go and how how how

586
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 1: confident players are when they have an ex player as

587
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: a coach. Um, And I think the position he plays

588
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: as a leader of the team and as dominant Luca

589
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: is having a coach like JK that he can talk

590
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 1: to about in game and off the course stuff. I

591
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 1: think it would benefit him most. I really don't see

592
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 1: anybody else being that guy. Um. He lucas more more

593
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,199
Speaker 1: solid and more urban than people think, So having a

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00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: coach like j K would win to benefit him in

595
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: my mind. So Jack, when you say urban, do you

596
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 1: mean he's got a little black in his blood? I

597
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: mean I mean that most most people that's not black

598
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: get invited to the barbecue. Lucas throwing his own barbecue

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00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 1: and he's viting us. Yeah, Luca might come in with

600
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: three bad black sisters too, so you never know what. Lucy.

601
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: Moving on to Portland's who is ideal to team up

602
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 1: with Dame? You know, Dame came out the gates and

603
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: said Jason Kidd, And then Jason Kidd removed himself from

604
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: the situation. We got Mike D'Antoni over a Booklyn Note

605
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:56,479
Speaker 1: backing Hammond again, Carlisle Brooks, Stan Van Gundi. But my

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00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: choice is Chauncey big shot build ups your thoughts, I agree.

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00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: I don't know how D'Antoni keep getting jobs, Bro, I

608
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: just I just don't get it, Bro, Why why why

609
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: why is he still getting jobs? No X amount of

610
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: every coaching job he no. I'm with you, Bro, chaunceon

611
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: buildup for sure, champs, to build up, deserve a shot.

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00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: He's a finals MVP, and he sent me to j Kid.

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00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: He's played the game, He's been on great teams, and

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00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: he knows what it takes to win. He knows what

615
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: he knows what a point guard needs around him, and

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00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,640
Speaker 1: he knows what it takes what it takes to win.

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00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: D'Antoni has never won a NBA championship. Chauncey has you

618
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: gotta go with guys who have more experience on the court,

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00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: because these guys were relying more and relate more to

620
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: guys who's played the game. It's just the facts. I

621
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: think we're we're we're we're embarking upon a new wave.

622
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 1: We're normally we're recycling the same coach as you get

623
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: fired from one spot and go to the next spot.

624
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: But I think there's a little bit more former player

625
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: getting some love and looks, which is important because these

626
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: players aren't too far removed from the game, so they

627
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: can really late to these younger players easier. You know,

628
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: I said early on that stan Van Gundy wasn't a

629
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: good fit for New Orleans because he's not not that

630
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: he's not a good coach, not that he's not a

631
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: good X and os, he's just too outdated in his styles,

632
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So to me, we continue

633
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: to recycle these same coaches that again aren't bad coaches,

634
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 1: just their systems haven't translated to this younger thing. So

635
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: I think it's good. I would love to see Billips

636
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Speaker 1: get a shot. I would love to see Becky Hammond's

637
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Speaker 1: possibly get a shot as as the first female. You know,

638
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Speaker 1: Sam Cosel's out there. We'll talk about him. Darvin ham

639
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: email udoka um, you know, mentioning those names that the

640
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: Celtics are interested heavily in former players taking that next

641
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,959
Speaker 1: head coaching spot in Boston, which is which is very

642
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: interesting to me and some people at the top of

643
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: their list are are are African American coaches? Considering um,

644
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: all the heat this, you know, this fan base has

645
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: taken for racist moments and actions. What are your thoughts

646
00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: on who could possibly be the next head coach of

647
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. Well, if if Chauncey and Sam don't

648
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: get a job anywhere else, I think they perfect. They

649
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: both played there, they both have experienced there, and like

650
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: I said, man, these are guys that's been around, that's

651
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: been around great coaches, but also we're leaders in their

652
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: own right, both NBA champions. So I just I just

653
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: see guys, you know, really really understanding players and getting

654
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: the game that they need today because the game has changed,

655
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: and and and and the willingness to give you all

656
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: the plan with passion, and and and and going out

657
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: there to to die and die for your brother to

658
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: win the game. That game. It's kind of faded away

659
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,239
Speaker 1: from the NBA, and I think these guys came in

660
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: that era where you had to be passionate every night,

661
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: you have to be passionate for your teammate, You had

662
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 1: to lead by example, and these guys can can teach

663
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: that to these to these young guys that's coming in

664
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: the game now. So Sam and Johnson are definitely at

665
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: the top of my list. You know what I like

666
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: right now? Jack, One thing that I already mentioned, there's

667
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 1: a lot of black candidates and and female candidates available

668
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: for their possible first time being head coaches. But they're

669
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: also good teams that they're going to get a chance

670
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: to coach. A lot of times, these minority coaches get

671
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: these weak as teams that have been at the bottom

672
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: of the league and don't have a chance to really

673
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 1: do anything with and they get a year or two

674
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: when they're gone. So what I like is, although there

675
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: are gonna be some bad teams looking for coaches, there's

676
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: also some really good teams that need head coaches. And

677
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: there's a lot of black candidates and again women um

678
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: getting an opportunity and getting a look there. So that's

679
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: always good because to me is it's like fools go

680
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: when you give a black coach a bad team, it's

681
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: a ticking time bomb. It's only a matter of time

682
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: and he's gonna take the heat, you know. So we'll

683
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: have to see how this goes. To me, there's gonna

684
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: be a lot more coaching vacancies opening up. You know,

685
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: the season isn't even over yet, so look too. There's

686
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: gonna look to obviously a lot of free agent movement,

687
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: as always in trades, but look to you know, the

688
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 1: the coaching carousel is going to be wide open this

689
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: summer and fun to watch. Onto our next segment, Our

690
00:31:54,600 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: favorite segment, fan questions. Let's get started the underscore Action.

691
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: Underscore Hank, what is the most impressive and most disappointing

692
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: difference you've seen in younger players now versus younger players

693
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: in the early two thousands. Well, I think today's game,

694
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: all you gotta do is have to have to have

695
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: a high Instagram following and and have somebody follow you

696
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 1: around and put all your highlights on Instagram to be

697
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: noticed and be good. We didn't have that. We had

698
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: to actually work. We have to actually show that we

699
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: cared about the game. We have to actually play with

700
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: passion and show it. We didn't have social media to

701
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: to to make us look good. We have to look

702
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: good in real time. And I think that's the difference.

703
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not saying that these kids don't work,

704
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: but it's easier for him and and and a lot

705
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: more is given to them than what we were giving.

706
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: We know we have to work harder, and that's the

707
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: big difference. People might not understand it because they're on

708
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: the outside looking in, but me as a player, I

709
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: see how easy it is now then how then how

710
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: hard it was when we played And it's just the truth. Uh,

711
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: to me, the difference is and this is not all

712
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 1: the young players, because I don't never want a group bowl,

713
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: but to me, I see a higher skill level when

714
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: I talk about individual skill, ball handling and all that

715
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: kind of stuff, but a lower basketball i Q. I

716
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: think that players now it's all about the way to

717
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: prodividual workouts. And you know, back when we're coming up,

718
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: it was less. I mean, people worked out, but it

719
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: was more about playing. You mean, all we did was play.

720
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: So like your basketball i Q had to raise because

721
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: you're playing against you know, the best during the season,

722
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: and you're playing against the best in the world during

723
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: the summer. So it's just a lot of basketball. And

724
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: there was more basketball i Q. Now it's the league

725
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: is younger, and i'd say is skilled as the league

726
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: has ever been, as lead as athletic as the league

727
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: has ever been. But I think the basketball i Q

728
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 1: still hasn't caught up to some of these guys. In Again,

729
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: that's not everyone, because there's some very smart young players

730
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: out here that are doing it both ways. But that

731
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: would be my one thing is just like I said,

732
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: I think the basketball I q UH will eventually catch up.

733
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: And you know, as younger players in the early two thousands,

734
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: we sat behind some of these vets and kind of

735
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: learned the ropes and learned the game. Now there's no vets,

736
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: so now these young kids are just coming in playing um.

737
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: So to me, that was my take, that was Jack's take.

738
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: Hoping we answer your question, my brother, next fan question

739
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: at j KYLA twenty three. With all the coach movement

740
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: going on, do you think someone like Chance we get

741
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,240
Speaker 1: a great opportunity to turn the franchise or get someone

742
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: over the hump? I do you know, as we touched

743
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: in our last segment, there's a lot of high profile

744
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 1: jobs up for grabs, and and mark my words, Chelsea

745
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: Bills will be a head coach in the NBA next year.

746
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: I think it's it's just gonna be on who he

747
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: feels UH is the best fit for him, because you

748
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: look at all these teams and he's you know, top

749
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: one or two name on every list. Um, well deserved.

750
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 1: Uh always you know, got a chance to play with

751
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: chaunce play with them and against them, great basketball mind.

752
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: And to me, you always got to think that. You know,

753
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: point guards were always coaches on the floor during their careers,

754
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: you know, so that transition to that first seat is

755
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,399
Speaker 1: not the biggest transition as people want to make it seen,

756
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like Chris Paul I wouldn't

757
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: although he's probably not gonna be a coach when he's done,

758
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,439
Speaker 1: great basketball mind, I could see him transitioning those spots.

759
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: Chauncey Billups the same thing. So I definitely do feel

760
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: like Chahncey would get a shot this year. Um, I'm

761
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: almost willing to bet one of my kids on it.

762
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,959
Speaker 1: Next question the house on Saturn. What's the illest piece

763
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: of clothing? You dropped an ask from a blunt on

764
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: and burned a hole in? Oh man, that's easy for me.

765
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 1: I don't smoke them more, Matt, and I'm smoking them more.

766
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: But I do remember I had this brand new uh

767
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,479
Speaker 1: Nike Test Tech Flee Swiss suit Man. It was fresh

768
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: out of the box. I was, you know, I was,

769
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: I think I was in the car getting ready to

770
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: go somewhere, and I was smoking in the car on

771
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: my way to somewhere, and I had a brand new

772
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: Nike Tech Flee Swiss with old man. I'm telling my

773
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: I burned a big old hole right in the crouch area.

774
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: And I was sick because I couldn't turn back around,

775
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: and and I knew cameras and stuff was gonna be

776
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: on me, so I had to kind of like fold

777
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: it well when I'm sitting down and kind of pot

778
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: from my hand on top of it, just so they

779
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: won't see the hole. But I burned the big hole

780
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: in the bro I was sick. Man. Anytime you burn

781
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: your not can take pleash. I know your day is ruined.

782
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: That's funny. I mean smoking and driving is definitely dangerous.

783
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: If that, if that, if that cherry falls off, because

784
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: you could funk around, burn your seat, burn yourself, crash.

785
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: I mean obviously none of that has really happened, but

786
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: it's I remember, uh the we believe team Yo. We

787
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: were driving back. I don't I don't. I don't even

788
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,359
Speaker 1: think no one was with me, but I know I

789
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: was smoking on the way back to your place. We

790
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: had just landed and uh, the cherry fell off one

791
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: of my blunts, and I curbed my fucking rim like

792
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: I was trying to swipe the ship off the seat

793
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:41,879
Speaker 1: and curb the funk out of one of my rooms.

794
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: I had just got some new too. I was mad

795
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: as a motherfucker. But back to the question. Um, we

796
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: used to play this game when I first got legal

797
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: with my home boys back at home, where I'd have

798
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: this man cave, but we would just smoke. I would

799
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: work out in the morning and then the rest of

800
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: the day was smoking and video games. So we would

801
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 1: toss the blood to someone when they weren't look in

802
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: and hopefully landed on their shorts. And if they're super high,

803
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: they're just not paying attention to that motherfucking blunt will

804
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: burn through their shorts, through their drawers, and burn the

805
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: funk out of their legs. So we used to play

806
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: that game a lot. But I was always quick on

807
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: my toes because obviously I have big lungs, so I

808
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: would never really get too blowed and non focus. So

809
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: I was probably the best at like tossing that bit

810
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: across the room having a land And you gotta think

811
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: this is the early two thousands, so we all had

812
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: big baggy shorts, so you didn't really feel when something

813
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: would fall on your lap like you do tonight with

814
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: them like these days with the nut huggers. But I

815
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: tossed that blood like that blunt across the room and

816
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 1: the land on someone shorts perfect and next thing, you know,

817
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: burn the funk out of him. Ship the good old

818
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: smoking days. Next fan question ed d Dot Lidel do

819
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: away teams really have an advantage when the fan base

820
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: shows up more than the home team inexperienced the personally

821
00:37:54,600 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: absolutely um that that still in my life never hadn't

822
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,479
Speaker 1: heard a crowd or louder than those Oracle crowds during

823
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: our playoff run. Um with with the you know, the

824
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: opportunity to go back during the two thousand seventeen UH

825
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 1: playoff and final run, crowd was good, but it wasn't

826
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: like the Oracle crowd. So I definitely do feel like, uh,

827
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: you know that home court game seven crowd is very important.

828
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: What do you think? Well, I think on the road

829
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: if you if your fans can come, but the home

830
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: teams crowd is still gonna overshadow the road teams crowd.

831
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: I don't care how many comes, they're still gonna get overshadow.

832
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: But it's just this. It's just this with me. You

833
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: have some players that can play on the road and

834
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 1: some camp you know, you guys can make shots at home,

835
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: they can't make them on the road. And then that happened.

836
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 1: You're starting to see that a lot in today's game.

837
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,919
Speaker 1: You know, I mean, a lot of guys are big

838
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: shot takers, but they're not big shot makers. A lot

839
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: of guys can shoot well at home, but they can't

840
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 1: hit a shot on the road. And uh, that's just

841
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: the way it is. Man. Last question the King Jose

842
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: twenty three. What is the realistic trader for you designing

843
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: that can happened this off season? That can change the

844
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: landscape of the NBA. Oh, change the landscape of the NBA.

845
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: If Dame, If Dame goes to l A, If Damn

846
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: Dame gets moved, Dame goes to another team anywhere in

847
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: the league. I think that would be that would be

848
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: a big shift for the NBA. I think everybody else

849
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,720
Speaker 1: is gonna stay put. But if Dame Lillard is leaving Portland,

850
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 1: I moved to anywhere, you know, it's gonna have everybody talking.

851
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: There's always movement in the summertime, and I think that's

852
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: what's continued to grow the game even in the off season.

853
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: If someone like Dame moves, it would steal the headlines

854
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: from baseball, football, anything else going on. So there's always

855
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: gonna be some movement. I'm gonna go out on a

856
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: rope and say one of those two stars in Portland's

857
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: won't be there next year. I think that team has

858
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: probably ran their course with that backcourt, both great players

859
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 1: to me. You know, Dame has obviously had the nod

860
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: over cig A c J, a great player in his

861
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 1: own right. Um. I think one of those guys who moved,

862
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: most likely Ben Simmons, is going to be on the move. Um.

863
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: And there's always other people that end up on the

864
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: move that that that no one expected. So I don't

865
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: really know who is going to make a move. Obviously,

866
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: if you name the best player out there and he's

867
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: thinking about moving, uh, possibly would be Dame Lillard. But

868
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: some people are gonna move. But it's definitely gonna change

869
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: the landscape and put you know, teams in position to

870
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: make a real tidle run next year. Don't let the

871
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: Lakers get day. That's gonna be trouble, trouble trouble. Right

872
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: next up quick hitters. The Celtics trade Kimball Walker to

873
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: Okay See for Al Horford. Uh in return obviously takes

874
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: a lot of money off the Celtics salary cap and

875
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: gives them flexibility. But Jack, the person in this trade

876
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: that no one's talking about, but to me is the

877
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: steal of the trade is my young U c l

878
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: A brother, Moses Brown, who was seven ft tall and

879
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: limited time average nine and nine and twenty twenty minutes

880
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: for okay See. Um, he's someone that could really help Boston. Uh.

881
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: He's long, he's big, he's had those games, um already.

882
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: So he's someone Tephany because we feel both feel you know,

883
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,760
Speaker 1: outside of fighting, probably a distributing point guard for Boston.

884
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: They need help in that center position. So this kid,

885
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: Moses Brown, mark my words, some of you already know

886
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: about him. This kid is going to be a really

887
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: good center and a really big pickup, uh for Boston. Yeah.

888
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: I coached him in the Island ivers the game. Man,

889
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 1: I'm big high, I'm high on him. I just I

890
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 1: just want him to get more physical, and uh, I

891
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: wanted to get more physical and really pay with more passion.

892
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: The kid has all the tools. He can put the

893
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: ball on the floor. He could do all those things

894
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 1: that that people haven't seen him do. And I'm not

895
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: I don't even want to talk about Kimball going. Okay

896
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: see Harpor coming yeah right? Uh? This kid is you right? Man?

897
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: You pick the right kid to talk about, because this

898
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: kid can really change that out look at the Boston

899
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: Celtics team. So I think with Horford, I'm thinking is

900
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: obviously leadership because I think, you know, Horford has had

901
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: a great career, but I think he's at the end

902
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: of his run. And okay, see, could be a similar

903
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 1: situation how it was for uh for CP three. You know,

904
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: let it be a springboard for him to bounce out

905
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: and spread his wings. But someone over there that I

906
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 1: really liked that handles the ball a lot already is

907
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: Shay gil just and to me, he's an up and

908
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: coming star. So it'll be interesting to see how him

909
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: and him and Kimba can work together. Next up, din Woody.

910
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people forgot about it, but

911
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: he was a key contributor to the nets before he

912
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: tore his a. C L decides to opt out of

913
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: his final year of his deal. I think it's around

914
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars and would be an unrestricted free agent.

915
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: Good move or bad move coming off in a c

916
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: L Jack. I think it's a bad move. They needed him,

917
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: and after after seeing Joe Harris let egg, you know,

918
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: I think he should have He should have came back

919
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: and and and got that twelve min improved this sself again.

920
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: You know, we get we're getting some money. Uh being

921
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 1: shocked right now after injury like that, nobody really knows

922
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: what he's gonna bring to the table, what type of

923
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 1: player is going to be. So I think that's a

924
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 1: bad move by but hey, eight is he is your

925
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: heir charge his own career. Hopefully make the made the

926
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 1: right decision. Normally I would say this is a is

927
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,360
Speaker 1: a bad move, but I don't necessarily think it is

928
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: a bad move anymore because guys are coming back off

929
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: injuries like they never missed a beat, and before they didn't.

930
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: I mean, in case and point his fucking teammate. You know,

931
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: Katie comes off an Achilles injury and to me is

932
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 1: the best player in the game coming off that injury,

933
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: which is crazy, you know, So guys are coming back stronger. UM,

934
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: he would have been huge if they had Dn Witty

935
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: with all the injuries they had, they would have been

936
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: fine because he was someone who wasn't scared of the moment,

937
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: got buckets big, non winning counted. So it'll be interesting

938
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: to see if Brooklyn tries to resign him or he

939
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: hits the market, because I think it's gonna come back

940
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: strong and he's a you know, eighteen to two point

941
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,280
Speaker 1: of night game guy anyway, So we'll see what happens

942
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: with him in free agency. Man, wish him the best

943
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: of luck, definitely coming off an injury. Next up, the

944
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: guy we've been showing love to throughout the season, James

945
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: Jones wins Executive of the of the Year. UM went

946
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: to that Phoenix Suns front office and has put a

947
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: lot of great pieces together that has this team three

948
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:11,439
Speaker 1: wins away from the NBA Finals. So shout out James Jones, Man, Jack,

949
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts again? Someone we've been hyping up

950
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: all season and glad to see his Uh, he's getting

951
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 1: recognized for his hard work. Yeah, former teammate. Uh, great guy.

952
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 1: He's just a winner every team he's been on. He's

953
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: just brought to luck to it to win. You know,

954
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 1: every he's he's he's a multi champion. Uh, he has

955
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of rings. And I'm not surprised. This

956
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: guy has always been a winner, always been a great guy.

957
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: Always somebody that's gonna give it to you, give you

958
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: the real at all times. And he understands the game.

959
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: He's played with a lot of great players. So I'm

960
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: happy for my boy. Nobody deserving more than JJ. See.

961
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: This is great with to me, and this is what

962
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: I touched back onto with black coaching. When this kind

963
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,280
Speaker 1: of ship happens, it opens doors and opportunities and possibly

964
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: raises eyebrows for other teams to give former players chances

965
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: like the Phoenix Suns gave James Jones. I sit on

966
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,359
Speaker 1: Robert Salvert All the owner of the son, shout out

967
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:04,879
Speaker 1: our brother, executive the Year and you know, Phoenix three

968
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: three games away from the finals. Next up, LaMelo Ball

969
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: wins Rookie the Year, although going down second half of

970
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: the season, when the broken risk came back, you know,

971
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: fought did this thing. I'm very impressed with this young

972
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,359
Speaker 1: kid man. This this you know, there's lots have been

973
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: made of you know him and his brother, but he's

974
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 1: came out and showed that he is a star, someone

975
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 1: that can change a franchise, not just with his play

976
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: on the court, but just his energy and his his usefulness.

977
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 1: I think it's really been a shot in the r

978
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: for that whole city. So shout out LaMelo, Uh, NBA

979
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, congrat congrats to Melo. But I

980
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 1: had it was winning it. Uh. We don't reward guys

981
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: for playing the whole season. We don't, you know, we

982
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: we don't reward guys for what they've doing and be

983
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: able to stay healthy and play all these games. Uh,

984
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 1: it was the missing beat this year. He had some

985
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 1: of the biggest highlights of the NBA season, had some

986
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: forty point games. This kid really balled out. And and

987
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: I hate the hip and the people that never played

988
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: the game are so caught up on the hike, you know,

989
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: not saying LaMelo is not good. But Edward showed a

990
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 1: lot all season long. And I think a lot of

991
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: players looked at this war are different. I agree one

992
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: and I was saying earlier to me, this is a

993
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:17,359
Speaker 1: co Rookie of the Year opportunity, similar to how they

994
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,799
Speaker 1: gave Grant Hill and Jason kidd. I don't know if

995
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: anyone else has won the co Rookie of the Year,

996
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: but to me, for everything you said, Edwards didn't miss

997
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,480
Speaker 1: a beat. Although it was a bad team, he nearly,

998
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: you know, average twenty points a game, did what he

999
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: can do and just show that there's the sky is

1000
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 1: the limit for this kid. So definitely shout out LaMelo.

1001
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: I know I've actually just seen Edwards somewhere too, but

1002
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,759
Speaker 1: knowing him, he's gonna use this ship his motivation and

1003
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,360
Speaker 1: come out and have a great season next year. So

1004
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: congrats to both those young players. Man, the future is

1005
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:50,280
Speaker 1: very bright for both those young stars. Jack and Closing,

1006
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: you were front and center this weekend for the Jamal

1007
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: Charlo fight. First, Bartell, Man, that dude has a hell

1008
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: of a chin. When all twelve rounds Charlot had him

1009
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: wobbled a couple of times us, but man, he kept

1010
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:04,800
Speaker 1: walking through and ended up getting you in the managers

1011
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 1: decision for Charlo. What was that fighting energy like in

1012
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,879
Speaker 1: age Town this past weekend? Man, shout out to Age Time,

1013
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: shout to Showtime boxing. Man. It was a great event

1014
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: like usual, Man, a great fight. I think um U

1015
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 1: Jamal needed that fight. He needed to be tested. He

1016
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: needed to go into deep waters for a fight. Montilla

1017
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: was awesome, man. I think he did. He deserve another

1018
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: big fight too, because that kid kept coming the whole fight.

1019
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: He didn't back down, but Jamal with Jamal was just

1020
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: hit him with so many punches that Jamal won by

1021
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: last slide. I think it was a couple of rounds

1022
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: where Mantel threw by four or five punches. You know,

1023
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: he didn't he wasn't even throwing punches, but he still

1024
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: was walking and coming forward the whole fight. It was

1025
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,359
Speaker 1: great entertainment, great for the city of Houston. The whole

1026
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: city city of Houston came out to support Jamal and uh,

1027
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: it was another big win for him. Yeah, we saw

1028
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: Errol Spence, who was obviously friends with the Twins, UH

1029
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 1: coming show support. He's fighting Packia this year. What's next

1030
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: for Jamal and your point? In your point of view,

1031
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: Jamal wants Triple G, Triple G or Carnello. You know,

1032
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: I think he understands how this fight went and this

1033
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: was a good fight for him. He understands if we

1034
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: fight either one of these guys, he could possibly get

1035
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: knocked out and it's definitely gonna be a twelve round fight.

1036
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 1: So he's excited about the lesson he learned this fight

1037
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: and he's looking forward the trip of Carnello next fight.

1038
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: Stay tuned is will be in Atlanta this week for

1039
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,799
Speaker 1: another great bout on Showtime pay per view between Javonte

1040
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: Tank Davis and all the Smoke alumni and Mario Barrios.

1041
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,360
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this uh this weekend? Come on, man, you

1042
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: know we big Javonte Davis fans. Man, I think I've

1043
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:36,960
Speaker 1: been to his last two or three fights. The kid

1044
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,320
Speaker 1: is exciting. Man. I think what's more exciting about me

1045
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: is we've never seen him take training camp and in

1046
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: preparations so serious like he's done the last two fights.

1047
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: And I think that's what making him so scary. Um.

1048
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: I want to see him continue to go. He's a

1049
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,440
Speaker 1: knockout artist, and one thing about boxing fans, we love

1050
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: to see knockout. So the guy Mario Barrios, the guy

1051
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: he's fighting, has been in wars and this guy has

1052
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,399
Speaker 1: a chin and the guy can fight as well. So, um,

1053
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 1: I think when anytime, anytime you fight a Mexican fighter,

1054
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 1: you know what time it is. They come and they

1055
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: come in and really scrap. So I'm excited that I'm

1056
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: excited to see this fighting, and I'm excited to be there. Well,

1057
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: hope you guys enjoyed this episode of What's Burning. You

1058
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,480
Speaker 1: can catch us every week on Showtime Basketball YouTube, and

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00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: on Twitter and Instagram at show Basketball p