Speaker 1: Still in my life never had heard a crowd or
Speaker 1: louder than those Oracle crowds during our playoff run. I
Speaker 1: definitely do feel like, uh, you know that home court
Speaker 1: game seven crowd is very important. You know, you guys
Speaker 1: can make shots at home, they can't make them on
Speaker 1: a role. You're starting to see that a lot of
Speaker 1: today's game. A lot of guys are big shot takers,
Speaker 1: but they're not big shot makers. Welcome back to another
Speaker 1: edition of What's Burning. Jack were in the thick of
Speaker 1: the conference finals. Atlanta wasn't able to advance yesterday With
Speaker 1: the big upset victory over the Philadelphia seventies sixers knock
Speaker 1: on the number one seed in the East out Kevin
Speaker 1: Herder led the Hawks with twenty seven points. Collins added
Speaker 1: a nice another double double fourteen points, sixteen rebounds. Trey
Speaker 1: Young was clutched down the end, didn't shoot the ball
Speaker 1: well during the game. But what I loved about what
Speaker 1: he did Jack, because he kept attacking, he kept putting
Speaker 1: pressure on it, and he figured, ship, if we're gonna lose,
Speaker 1: we're gonna lose on my shoulders. And I respect that
Speaker 1: from anybody, but especially a young superstar. Thoughts on the
Speaker 1: Hawks performance. Obviously shout out Nate McMillan with able to
Speaker 1: with their bill the advance of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Speaker 1: I love hi, man. I think this this is a
Speaker 1: tough minded team. I think the way they played, the
Speaker 1: way he approached the game. He's transferring that to his players.
Speaker 1: You know, they know that they were up against the
Speaker 1: number one seed, but they went out there and played
Speaker 1: like they was the number one seed. They played with
Speaker 1: confidence through the ups and downs of the series. They
Speaker 1: stayed focused and and and one thing he said about
Speaker 1: trade he didn't shoot well, but he kept confident. He
Speaker 1: still led the team, He still was a vocal leader,
Speaker 1: He still was passionate about the game. He didn't get
Speaker 1: down and hold his head down when he missed the shot.
Speaker 1: He kept going. And uh, and then that's what you
Speaker 1: have to do in the playoffs, man. It's all about
Speaker 1: being the best in this four times out of those
Speaker 1: seven games, and this team stayed focused enough to do it.
Speaker 1: They didn't worry about being um planning against the number
Speaker 1: one seed and who this team was. You know, they
Speaker 1: went out there and showed there was a better team.
Speaker 1: And we know how that feels. Yeah, I mean again,
Speaker 1: I can't say enough about what Trey Young has been
Speaker 1: able to do during these playoffs. Um, we owe them
Speaker 1: an apology, no one. I don't think anyone saw them
Speaker 1: doing what they did, but they shocked everyone, and that's
Speaker 1: what you gotta do. But again, I think at one
Speaker 1: point and during the game, he was like three for
Speaker 1: sixteen or three for twenty one of those two But
Speaker 1: again he kept shooting and hit some big threes and
Speaker 1: big floaters down the stretch, some big assists. So that's
Speaker 1: the kind of mentality you want with your star. The
Speaker 1: star like we're either gonna you know, slink or swim,
Speaker 1: you know. So he definitely led the team in other ways,
Speaker 1: but you know, the supporting cast stepped up in a
Speaker 1: big way. Another off to face the Milwaukee Bucks jack,
Speaker 1: where does Philly go from here? As the great Skip
Speaker 1: Bayliss said, Uh, you know, Philly has one injured star
Speaker 1: and one star that's psychologically injured. So where does Philly
Speaker 1: go from here? Well, as talented as Ben Seminars, I
Speaker 1: would never pay that much money for a player who
Speaker 1: can't shoot. A part of basketball is being able to shoot.
Speaker 1: I don't understand what what what what they're saying and
Speaker 1: that Brett Brown really handicapped him when he was there,
Speaker 1: didn't really make him work on his shot, didn't even
Speaker 1: try to give him confidence that he could shoot so
Speaker 1: to to be a basketball player, and you scared the shooting,
Speaker 1: you can't shoot. I don't know how you're gonna be effective,
Speaker 1: on how you're gonna help any team with a dominant
Speaker 1: big man. It's like in beat no team will win. Ever,
Speaker 1: when you have a dominant big man that draws so
Speaker 1: much attention and you kick it out to your point
Speaker 1: guard and he scared to shoot, it's just impossible to
Speaker 1: It's just possible to see anything going well. I think
Speaker 1: they gotta make changes, and even Doc Rivers is not
Speaker 1: confident we're going forward with being with Ben Simmons, and
Speaker 1: I understand totally why. To me, this is not even
Speaker 1: basketball for Ben Simmons. I think this is literally all
Speaker 1: psychological mental and you know, obviously you gotta be careful
Speaker 1: when speaking on mental health, but I really feel like
Speaker 1: he needs to see some kind of sports psychologists because
Speaker 1: I've seen him shoot in the summertime with confidence and
Speaker 1: knocked down mid range shots, knocked down threes, but when
Speaker 1: the big lights of the playoffs come on, or really
Speaker 1: even the season. I just think he's hesitant to shoot that.
Speaker 1: I think it was a big sign when you know,
Speaker 1: he beat Gallo on that baseline spin and instead of
Speaker 1: dunking on Trey Young, he passed the ball and they
Speaker 1: and I think it beat even Spoke on the two
Speaker 1: They hit one out of two three throws when he
Speaker 1: could normally just sit down and dunk that. So to me,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's about the hard work, because I
Speaker 1: know he does work hard. I know he puts those
Speaker 1: hours in. To me, it's up between his ears. So
Speaker 1: hopefully he's able to sit down with someone and just
Speaker 1: kind of clear his mental because we all know mental
Speaker 1: is the most important part of this game. It's nine
Speaker 1: of the game. So he's got all the physical attributes,
Speaker 1: I think the mental part has to start coming around
Speaker 1: because he's literally it looks like scared to shoot and
Speaker 1: and and like you said, you have to be able
Speaker 1: to shoot when you're playing with the dominant big players.
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see what happens um this summer.
Speaker 1: If he is on the trade market, what kind of
Speaker 1: value can you get for him? I think Stephen A.
Speaker 1: Smith said this morning you know, can you can you
Speaker 1: even get a c J. McCullum for for Ben Simmons.
Speaker 1: Now c J. McCullum and Philly would be a fucking monster.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see what happens this summer. But again,
Speaker 1: congrats to Atlanta for advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Speaker 1: Atlanta will be facing Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Speaker 1: Who was able to outlast the Brooklyn Nets. Janice had
Speaker 1: forty and thirteen in the clinching game. Middleton twenty three
Speaker 1: and ten played it all series would trip me out?
Speaker 1: Was just the minutes that these guys played. This was
Speaker 1: really old school Middleton in Janice and then Katie on
Speaker 1: the other side of paying back to back complete games,
Speaker 1: Katie didn't go down without a fight, dropped forty eight points.
Speaker 1: I just think he ran out of gas. Uh. James
Speaker 1: Harden was kind of a shell of itself. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: picked up offensively a little bit in the last few games. Uh,
Speaker 1: there's still an a p B on out on Joe Harris.
Speaker 1: They don't know where the funk he's at. But let's
Speaker 1: talk about this series and how Milwaukee was just able
Speaker 1: to outlast, you know, a shorthanded Brooklyn Nets team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: shouts out to Katie Man. I had a lot of
Speaker 1: respect for him, but the respect is even through the
Speaker 1: roof now for the way he performed, Uh, the way
Speaker 1: he went out there and put everything on the line too.
Speaker 1: Kids body to play the whole game the last two games.
Speaker 1: That that showed a lot of of strength and and
Speaker 1: and confidence to be able to go out there and
Speaker 1: play those games, you know, for the eight minutes two
Speaker 1: games back to back and play well. Janice and Middleton,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just two headed monster. That that's something
Speaker 1: that Brooklyn didn't have. You know, both of these stars
Speaker 1: aim to play and to me, you know a lot
Speaker 1: of people might bask me for, but I think Middleton
Speaker 1: is the better player on their team because you can't
Speaker 1: take anything away from him. He can drive, he could
Speaker 1: post up, he could pull up, he can pass, he
Speaker 1: can drill, he can do it all. You know, you
Speaker 1: can file you honest, and he can shoot an a
Speaker 1: ball from the free throw line. And that's what I
Speaker 1: think they should have done. It should have filed him more.
Speaker 1: They didn't follow him enough. They just let him get
Speaker 1: to the bucket and and and play and do shoot
Speaker 1: the shots that he normally shoot, which is high percented
Speaker 1: shots for the most part. We gotta stop calling these guys,
Speaker 1: uh uh they're great shooters, because anybody can make a
Speaker 1: shot in regular season, but a lot of these guys
Speaker 1: that they deemed great shooters can't make a shot in
Speaker 1: the playoffs because the moment it's too big for him.
Speaker 1: Joe Harris was nowhere to be found. And when when
Speaker 1: you have guys down like Kyrie, when you have a
Speaker 1: wounded you can't have a wounded James Harden shooting and
Speaker 1: play better than you. Joe Harrison was definitely, uh, definitely
Speaker 1: let me down because I was pulling for Brooklyn and uh,
Speaker 1: even with Steve Nash, I think he had a problem
Speaker 1: with making adjustments. You know, you got D'Antoni on the sideline.
Speaker 1: He's not known to make the adjustments. Your your your
Speaker 1: your coaching staff did not help you make the right
Speaker 1: at just when when going through so many injuries and
Speaker 1: so many ups and downs, you want to protect the paint.
Speaker 1: You want to have somebody that can that can protect
Speaker 1: the paint and change shots. You didn't play DJ for
Speaker 1: what reasons, I don't know, but a lot of things
Speaker 1: that they did, they were they relied too much on
Speaker 1: k K D right dog, and we know, we know
Speaker 1: what DJ meeans to the team. We know his relationship
Speaker 1: with the players on that team, and that probably kind
Speaker 1: of killed the morale with him. I saw him sitting
Speaker 1: down a lot doing the games, and that's totally not DJ.
Speaker 1: He's normally upbeat into the game. So Steve had a
Speaker 1: rough first year. He didn't get a good grade from me.
Speaker 1: I think Katie really built their coach and staff out
Speaker 1: this year and it showed. But but hats off to
Speaker 1: Two Button Ohosa and Milwaukee. They came to play. They
Speaker 1: played hard on both fends. And one thing you you
Speaker 1: gotta do in the playoffs you gotta play harder than
Speaker 1: the than the team you're playing against. And Janice did
Speaker 1: that every night and that's why they that's why they're
Speaker 1: moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals. I think that
Speaker 1: this was definitely a welcome to the NBA moment for
Speaker 1: Steve Nash as far as coaching. UM. Obviously, to lose
Speaker 1: two of your stars going into the playoffs, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we never really got to see the three headed monster
Speaker 1: um like we all wanted to. And like you said,
Speaker 1: Katie kept that that that ship afloat. Some guys stepped up,
Speaker 1: some guys didn't. Brown played really well. You know, a
Speaker 1: role player who stepped up, wasn't scared of the moment,
Speaker 1: played his heart out. Very interesting. Why DeAndre Jordan didn't
Speaker 1: play one minute in the playoffs. Um, you know I
Speaker 1: was talking to him at the beginning, kind of keeping
Speaker 1: your head, stay ready, that kind of ship. But I
Speaker 1: just kind of sat back in while. So I'm just like,
Speaker 1: you're trying to tell them you can't use DJ at
Speaker 1: all right now. Like I was very confused with that.
Speaker 1: But you know, not to take anything away from Milwaukee,
Speaker 1: and I think you said it great. I mean you honest,
Speaker 1: maybe a two time m v P and get a
Speaker 1: lot of the accolades, But to me, Chris Middleton is
Speaker 1: the man on this team. But that's not to discredit you, honest,
Speaker 1: but Christian Middleton is the guy that steps up and
Speaker 1: clutch moments on both ends of the floor. Keep in mind,
Speaker 1: he was although you're not gonna slow down or you're
Speaker 1: not gonna stop someone like Katie, but you know, shout
Speaker 1: out to p J. Tucker. But Chris Middleton guarded Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant down the stretch really well, you know, as well
Speaker 1: as you can. So Chris Millicon was doing on both sides.
Speaker 1: Glad to see he stepped up. You know, they still
Speaker 1: got Drew Holiday over there. To me, the Bucks are
Speaker 1: possibly possibly possibly, and we want to say this lightly
Speaker 1: because Atlanta is tough, but to me, it's it's it's
Speaker 1: it's Milwaukee's Eastern Conference Finals to lose and possibly titled
Speaker 1: to lose. You know, they were my sleeper coming out
Speaker 1: of the East because I really felt that they just
Speaker 1: kind of floated under the radar all year. Different lineups,
Speaker 1: different looks, different rotations. That really showed um in this
Speaker 1: series at time, the way Bud was able to make
Speaker 1: adjustments and go with different lineups that we hadn't necessarily
Speaker 1: seen in previous playoff runs. But again, Atlanta Hawks Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Bucks in the Eastern Conference Final, that's going to be
Speaker 1: a beauty keeping the momentum going in this series. Jack,
Speaker 1: Game one of the Eastern Conference Finals is Wednesday. Let's
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about this series X factors and
Speaker 1: key matchups we like. Let's start with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1: You think the X factor or key matchup will be, well,
Speaker 1: the X factor to me is gonna be Drew Holiday.
Speaker 1: Philadelphia had seven foot his guarding Trey Young, and we
Speaker 1: know how great of a deep, deep defender that Drew
Speaker 1: Holiday is. I think he plays his role to a
Speaker 1: team and he knows what he has to do to
Speaker 1: keep this team going. And uh, he's gonna go out
Speaker 1: there and really try to lock up Tray and really
Speaker 1: make it difficult for him. I see him doing a
Speaker 1: great job offensive wise. It's Middleton, of course. Like I said,
Speaker 1: he's the best player on the team. He can do
Speaker 1: it all, and he's starting to come into his own
Speaker 1: in these playoffs. People are starting to see who he
Speaker 1: is and starting to really respect him. And if he
Speaker 1: can continue to have success on both ends of the
Speaker 1: floor and carry his team and the clutch moments, uh
Speaker 1: and make the big players like he's been doing, I
Speaker 1: see him being a big part of them getting out
Speaker 1: of this series. Yeah, a lot of interesting matchups across
Speaker 1: the board. I like that Drew Holiday, uh Trey Young matchup,
Speaker 1: But I wonder what it's gonna be like on the
Speaker 1: defensive end for Trey Young. Do you put him on Holiday?
Speaker 1: Can't put him on Middleton. Middleton is too big. If
Speaker 1: you try to hide him on p J Tucker. P
Speaker 1: J Tucker is gonna bully the ship out of him
Speaker 1: and stay on the offensive glass. So I really kind
Speaker 1: of this is kind of this Milwaukee team. Again, as
Speaker 1: you mentioned Atlanta did, this Milwaukee team plays a little
Speaker 1: bit of old school. Well, they'll look for the mismatches
Speaker 1: in the backdown. So you know, Drew Holiday is great
Speaker 1: in the post. You know Middleton is great in the post. Uh.
Speaker 1: P J. Tucker's as strong as they come. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to me to see where they put
Speaker 1: um Trey Young on the defensive end because it could
Speaker 1: be a long night. You know, that gets into his
Speaker 1: legs because he's gonna have to guard this series either
Speaker 1: one of those two guys or keep p J. Tucker's big,
Speaker 1: strong gass off the glass. So that would be interesting
Speaker 1: to watch. And I think another interesting matchup that I'm
Speaker 1: really gonna like is John Collins and Janice. John Collins
Speaker 1: is an undersized I don't know if you want to
Speaker 1: call him a four or five, but he definitely handled
Speaker 1: He's been handling his own all throughout the playoffs. The
Speaker 1: Donkey had it on on Embiid was monstrous, but he
Speaker 1: plays bigger than he is, someone that could somewhat match
Speaker 1: Janice's athleticism, um and strength. So I'm definitely looking forward
Speaker 1: to that matchup because you know, John Collins can also
Speaker 1: stretch out and hit the three ball. So that's gonna
Speaker 1: be a one matchup. But great series. As Atlanta has
Speaker 1: proven its ship shod ain't sweet over there, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys have battled their way to the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference finals where no one thought they would be,
Speaker 1: and have a chance to go to the finals now.
Speaker 1: So although I think the Bucks will be favored, this
Speaker 1: will definitely be another battle, uh to get to the
Speaker 1: finals for both of these teams. So it's gonna be
Speaker 1: fun to watch. Who you got in this series, Jack,
Speaker 1: I got Milwaukee manum more experienced coach, but but has
Speaker 1: been you know, through the fire. He's been the championship coach,
Speaker 1: been on championship sidelines. I just think with the with
Speaker 1: the dominant dynamic of the way Middleton is playing right now,
Speaker 1: the defense and the leadership with Drew Holiday, and how
Speaker 1: hard Janice plays. He plays harder than anybody in every arena,
Speaker 1: I just don't see them losing this series. I want
Speaker 1: to pick the upset of the playoffs and take Atlanta.
Speaker 1: But again, I just think Milwaukee has has a different
Speaker 1: focus this year. I think being the number one seed
Speaker 1: the past two years, expectation bright lights, they didn't do well.
Speaker 1: This season. They've been floating underwear, like I said, and
Speaker 1: kind of learning and mixing the matching, shipped up for
Speaker 1: different situations and different lineups, and it's paid off. So
Speaker 1: I too like Milwaukee in this series, but I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a hell of a shootout. The Rustern
Speaker 1: Conference Finals got off yesterday with Phoenix taking Game one
Speaker 1: over the Clippers. No CP three for Phoenix. Still no
Speaker 1: word on Kauai for the Clippers, but Devil Booker came
Speaker 1: and showed his ass first career triple double, a forty
Speaker 1: point triple double at one point at eight team points
Speaker 1: in in the in the third quarter. What I like
Speaker 1: about this Son's team is everyone else who's stepping up.
Speaker 1: You know, you know what you're normally gonna get from
Speaker 1: your stars and that CPN book, and they've delivered all playoffs.
Speaker 1: The question is what are you gonna get from your
Speaker 1: role players? And I don't mean to, you know, put
Speaker 1: eight in that role player role because I definitely think
Speaker 1: he's made a name for himself in these playoffs. But
Speaker 1: you know, your crowders who's been there, the bridges, the pains,
Speaker 1: all these young kids that haven't necessarily been on this
Speaker 1: stage have stepped up and act like they've been in
Speaker 1: these lights before. And that's what I love about this
Speaker 1: Phoenix team. Jack thoughts about this Phoenix team, man, they
Speaker 1: they they're real deep, and everybody's playing their role. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Booker knew what he had to do, you know, with
Speaker 1: CP out, he had to play, you know, um, be
Speaker 1: a score and make plays and lead this team. And
Speaker 1: he definitely did that to a team at a forty
Speaker 1: point triple double. All the role players came in. I
Speaker 1: think Cameron Paine was big, you know, CPS one of
Speaker 1: those guys that you can replace. But Cameron Paine came
Speaker 1: in and ran the team, made some big assist to
Speaker 1: Aid and then got Aiden going in the game when
Speaker 1: he needed to. Um. So this team is deep, man.
Speaker 1: I think coach money Willas got these kids confident and
Speaker 1: ready to play, and uh, they see the NBA Championship
Speaker 1: in their future man, and they're definitely starting to play
Speaker 1: like it. Talk to it I'm just so impressed with
Speaker 1: Devin Booker. I've always been a huge fan of his game.
Speaker 1: My former college teammate, Earl Watson was his first coach
Speaker 1: and just used to tell me what kind of monster
Speaker 1: this kid was, and then getting to see it, and
Speaker 1: then knowing how close he got with Code, I see
Speaker 1: a lot of Code. I'm not gonna say. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna go as far as saying, you know, stephen A.
Speaker 1: Smith said that he's the next Kobe. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: go as far as saying that, but I see a
Speaker 1: lot of Kobe and his mannerisms, his approach, his appetite
Speaker 1: to score, his well rounded nous on on the offensive end. Uh,
Speaker 1: he was incredible. Uh you know, he pretty much had
Speaker 1: to play point guard, although Cameron paying that eleven points
Speaker 1: not assist down the stretch, the ball was in books
Speaker 1: hand and he was able to hit big shots and
Speaker 1: keep the rest of the team going, which was beautiful
Speaker 1: to me. Um the Clippers, Paul George's is back to
Speaker 1: be in playoff p and I like that because he's
Speaker 1: such a talented guy that I think he took a
Speaker 1: lot of heat for not stepping up. But he's been
Speaker 1: playing well, he had thirty four hits, seven threes. Reggie Jackson.
Speaker 1: I credit ty lou Man because you know, he's he's
Speaker 1: had some they got so much talent he's got. He's
Speaker 1: had restrictions and some guys haven't been playing, but he's
Speaker 1: found out the guys that have. And I think once
Speaker 1: he took the handcuffs off Reggie Jackson, he's to me,
Speaker 1: he's the reason why this team is in the Western
Speaker 1: Conference Finals. I think he's had three straight twenty point games. Boog.
Speaker 1: He finally got to play man, shout out Boogie. Although
Speaker 1: he had what five six thousand, there's eleven minutes or
Speaker 1: in thirteen minutes, but he came with eleven points, some rebounds,
Speaker 1: a mean as dunk and just muff muffed the game
Speaker 1: up a little bit, which I love to see. And
Speaker 1: then Rondo hit big debt shots down the stretch, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously ran the team. So I think this is still
Speaker 1: a very interesting series. You know, with unfortunately, you know,
Speaker 1: anytime you have a sprained you know, a c L
Speaker 1: the likeliness of coming back is very low, and you
Speaker 1: always want to, you know, side on the side of caution,
Speaker 1: especially with the star like Kauai um so, who knows
Speaker 1: if we're gonna be able to see uh Kauai back.
Speaker 1: But what has been your thoughts on this Clipper team? Man,
Speaker 1: They've overcame adversity, they lost their star there in the
Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals and still in it because you know,
Speaker 1: they're the only team to come down from O two,
Speaker 1: So if they was the next game, you know they
Speaker 1: still have a chance to win this series. So thoughts
Speaker 1: on this Clipper team. I'm not worried. I'm not worried
Speaker 1: about the first game obviously Ifinis did what they were
Speaker 1: supposed to do. But like you said, this is the
Speaker 1: this team has been down who are already and came
Speaker 1: back in one series. I think that the fact that
Speaker 1: they see what Boogie, how bog, how dominant Boogie can be,
Speaker 1: and people are starting to see why. Men, you always
Speaker 1: speak highly of Boogie because we know what he can do,
Speaker 1: and he can and he can really take a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure off that team and even it out with eighton.
Speaker 1: I think I think t Lou continues to rely on Boogie,
Speaker 1: continue to give Reggie Jackson and um Rondo's confidence to
Speaker 1: go out there and play. I think they'll be fine.
Speaker 1: Paul Jorde know his role has to step up, and
Speaker 1: he's playing well. He's definitely been playoff pete. But if
Speaker 1: Boogie can can stay out of fire trouble and play
Speaker 1: like he can play like he played in those third
Speaker 1: team minutes he played, I think they'll be fine. But uh,
Speaker 1: salute to Tyler. He's doing a great job with with
Speaker 1: all the talent he has. Hopefully mars knee injury is
Speaker 1: not that serious, he'll be back. But the guys that
Speaker 1: he has playing, and and and the guys that stepped
Speaker 1: up in the previous series, I can see them stepping
Speaker 1: up again. I think this game, I think the series
Speaker 1: definitely going seven. Yeah, definitely looking forward to Terence Man,
Speaker 1: you know, getting his footing in this series. But you
Speaker 1: mentioned uh Morrise going down with a knee issue. He
Speaker 1: would be a huge law. He's someone who's hit big shots, um,
Speaker 1: you know throughout these playoffs, uh seven seven, uh threes
Speaker 1: in the in in the in the clinching game seven
Speaker 1: to get to the uh you know, to get to
Speaker 1: where we're at right now. So he would be a
Speaker 1: huge loss for hoping that his knee injury is not
Speaker 1: too serious. But this is gonna be fun. Now there's
Speaker 1: still no CPS still in health protocol, so they're hoping
Speaker 1: to get some good good news soon, but they may
Speaker 1: have to go in Game two without CP. But the
Speaker 1: good thing is, you know, they bought themselves more time
Speaker 1: by winning Game one, so again they did what they're
Speaker 1: supposed to do. We'll see what happens in Game two
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and hopefully we'll get some good news on
Speaker 1: you know, each team's respective stars and in their return.
Speaker 1: Now we have on the radar, presented to you by DraftKings,
Speaker 1: the Final four is here. The NBA odds have the
Speaker 1: Bucks plus a hundred has the Phoenix Suns plus one forty,
Speaker 1: the Clippers plus eight hundred, the Hawks plus eleven hundred.
Speaker 1: Before you get to who you feel like it is
Speaker 1: the best pick. One thing I wanted to point out
Speaker 1: is in this final four we have three black coaches,
Speaker 1: which I think is a great thing. All we need
Speaker 1: is a chance we can hoop too, and we can coach.
Speaker 1: So all we need is some more representation in the
Speaker 1: front officers to give minority coaches some opportunities. Shout out
Speaker 1: to all the coaches in the Final four, but and
Speaker 1: particularly these these three black coaches that have kind of
Speaker 1: you know, made their way and and and hopefully making
Speaker 1: it easier for other black coaches in the future. But
Speaker 1: back to odds on winning, who you got, Jack, I'm
Speaker 1: going with the only team that's fully healthy, the only
Speaker 1: team that has a back to back m v P,
Speaker 1: and the only team that second best players better than
Speaker 1: m VP. I'm going in Milwaukee. St Man Again, I
Speaker 1: said it, it's not gonna I think if anything, this
Speaker 1: playoffs have shown it. It hasn't been easy in any
Speaker 1: rounds that they've just been. They've been great playoffs, although
Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of stars missed time. The competitiveness
Speaker 1: is it has been off the charts, and you know,
Speaker 1: nothing has been easy. And I agree with you. You know,
Speaker 1: I would love to see EP get to the finals
Speaker 1: and win a ring. I would love to see my
Speaker 1: Clippers get to the finals and win a ring. I
Speaker 1: love what Trey Young is doing with this young Atlanta
Speaker 1: Hawk team. But again, the Bucks are the most healthy,
Speaker 1: have taken a lot of knocks on the way to
Speaker 1: get to this position, and I just feel like it's
Speaker 1: their time. So uh to me, again, it's the Bucks
Speaker 1: finals to lose. But would love to see the Clippers
Speaker 1: or sons knock them out man. This week we have
Speaker 1: a great episode coming up on All the Smoke. Our
Speaker 1: brother Whiz Khalifa drops this Thursday, June. We had a blast.
Speaker 1: We got as high as you could possibly get. Enjoy
Speaker 1: this teaser. See you again. A song that went unfortunately
Speaker 1: right along with the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant. Talk
Speaker 1: to us about that song, how it came about. Obviously
Speaker 1: it had a meaning too with Paul Walkers arrested Peace
Speaker 1: Paul Walker. But talk to us about how important that
Speaker 1: song is in just the process of coming up with it, damn.
Speaker 1: So we'll start with what you said, how important it
Speaker 1: is that song for sure, biggest song of my career,
Speaker 1: one of your moments you're talking about, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: being in the airport in Korea and here motherfucker's singing
Speaker 1: you know, the hook and the verse and ship like that.
Speaker 1: They don't even speak English, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: Like that that type of ship is crazy. You You
Speaker 1: can think that your song is gonna do that, but
Speaker 1: for it to actually happen, it's just like all right, wow.
Speaker 1: And the process for making it was was cold because
Speaker 1: they came to me, the people from Fast and Furious
Speaker 1: and Mourner in Atlantic. Uh. They came to me and
Speaker 1: they were like, you know, we're trying to put this
Speaker 1: song together and your verses is going to be one
Speaker 1: of probably like eight, you know what I mean. They're like,
Speaker 1: we want to make this like a compilation song, and
Speaker 1: Charlie's hook was just supposed to be just like this,
Speaker 1: like the reference. They were like, we're gonna get this
Speaker 1: artist on the hook. We're gonna get this verse from
Speaker 1: this person and that, and I was like, all right, cool.
Speaker 1: So I just wrote my verse and just sent it
Speaker 1: in you know, when thought about it or whatever. I'm like,
Speaker 1: it's a soundtrack. It's a little bit of money, like cool.
Speaker 1: And then they were like, no, we want you to
Speaker 1: do the whole song, and I'm like, all right, cool.
Speaker 1: So I wrote another verse and they're like, well, we
Speaker 1: like this part of this verse and we like that
Speaker 1: part of that verse, so can you flip this and
Speaker 1: can you I'm like, oh, I know what's going on here, y'all.
Speaker 1: Turn y'all turn this to a motherfucking production. So in
Speaker 1: my head, I'm like, just be available, be ready for
Speaker 1: every little step if these motherfuckers tell you that they
Speaker 1: don't like one bar, just be available, be ready to
Speaker 1: change it. And it was kind of a process of
Speaker 1: like tweaking the song for a few months and then
Speaker 1: you know, we shot the video before we even released it,
Speaker 1: and along with the release and just the song coming out,
Speaker 1: it just took off. It did with it, it went crazy,
Speaker 1: and the message behind it it just really really like,
Speaker 1: I don't know, I had no idea that they was
Speaker 1: about to go that crazy with it. All the energy
Speaker 1: that we put into it, it did everything that it
Speaker 1: was supposed to do, and the fans made it go crazy.
Speaker 1: It was freaking number one for I think fourteen weeks
Speaker 1: as I don't know how many times platinum, and it's
Speaker 1: the only rap video at however many billion views that
Speaker 1: it has. But I was the first rapper to ever
Speaker 1: get a billion views on YouTube as well, so it
Speaker 1: helped me make history, you know, in a lot of
Speaker 1: different ways. And it touched so many people. Talking about
Speaker 1: your tribute that you and Charlie did, Yeah, man, that
Speaker 1: was big. I was actually in Miami the night before
Speaker 1: because it was Super Bowl weekend and the super Bowl
Speaker 1: was in Miami, so it was just a fucking craze fest.
Speaker 1: I had a whole week book down there to just
Speaker 1: to be in Miami to work and you know, work,
Speaker 1: and I was like they hit me last minute, was
Speaker 1: like yo, what we're doing because of course nobody fucking
Speaker 1: expected that ship to happen. And then there was the
Speaker 1: home game. It was like the first home game, and
Speaker 1: they were like, you know, we want you to do it,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm in Miami, of course I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do it. I don't give a funk what I gotta do,
Speaker 1: Like I'll jump on the jet blah blah blah. Charlie
Speaker 1: just so happened to be in Miami too, so we
Speaker 1: both got on the same jet the next day and
Speaker 1: just flew out and knocked it out and like that
Speaker 1: was just such a such an honor and such like
Speaker 1: a I wouldn't have been at the crib, like yo,
Speaker 1: I wish I could do the fucking tribute for you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Like that was just a beautiful
Speaker 1: ass thing. It was a great opportunity and couldn't ask
Speaker 1: for better stuff like that, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Just to hold it down and the kind of put
Speaker 1: people at ease about the situation was the energy like
Speaker 1: in the arena that night. It was weird. It was
Speaker 1: like quiet, like you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was like it was like a hoop game, but
Speaker 1: nobody was really there though, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: That's what it felt there. Yeah, it felt full, but
Speaker 1: it didn't feel like nobody was there. Yeah. Man, you
Speaker 1: ever met cob Ever seen him play? Yeah? I never
Speaker 1: seen him play, but I got to meet him a
Speaker 1: couple of times. Always a cool ass dude, bro, Like
Speaker 1: just great energy, smiling, very welcoming. I do a lot
Speaker 1: of charities and things like that, and I will always
Speaker 1: see him at those events, things for single fathers and
Speaker 1: things for families and things to help out, like real
Speaker 1: ass situations like Kobe would be there and even like
Speaker 1: the Sucking party and like seeing I've seen him at
Speaker 1: like puff Daddy's house. You know what I'm saying, Just
Speaker 1: kicking it. Yeah, it's a cool dude. Yeah. Alright, for Shore,
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Speaker 1: by Italian Twine. A lot of teams have made decisions
Speaker 1: to part ways with their head coaches. Let's start with
Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks and Luca Jack. Anybody come to mind
Speaker 1: when you're thinking about teaming them up with Luca for
Speaker 1: a nice successful run. People like Terry Stotts have been
Speaker 1: thrown in the mix since he's not with Portland anymore.
Speaker 1: M A Doka, Becky Hammond's Jason Kidd, someone who I
Speaker 1: think has a great shot at Jamal Moseley been on
Speaker 1: the staff since two thousands of fourteen, that has a
Speaker 1: great relationship with Luca. Um thoughts on this Dallas vacancy.
Speaker 1: I think it's Jason Kidd. I think that would be
Speaker 1: the best to pair with him. Jazon Kidd is one
Speaker 1: of the best point guards to have a touch of
Speaker 1: basketball he's played in Dallas, had a lot of success
Speaker 1: in Dallas, and he's respected by everybody in the basketball world.
Speaker 1: We see how well teams go and how how how
Speaker 1: confident players are when they have an ex player as
Speaker 1: a coach. Um, And I think the position he plays
Speaker 1: as a leader of the team and as dominant Luca
Speaker 1: is having a coach like JK that he can talk
Speaker 1: to about in game and off the course stuff. I
Speaker 1: think it would benefit him most. I really don't see
Speaker 1: anybody else being that guy. Um. He lucas more more
Speaker 1: solid and more urban than people think, So having a
Speaker 1: coach like j K would win to benefit him in
Speaker 1: my mind. So Jack, when you say urban, do you
Speaker 1: mean he's got a little black in his blood? I
Speaker 1: mean I mean that most most people that's not black
Speaker 1: get invited to the barbecue. Lucas throwing his own barbecue
Speaker 1: and he's viting us. Yeah, Luca might come in with
Speaker 1: three bad black sisters too, so you never know what. Lucy.
Speaker 1: Moving on to Portland's who is ideal to team up
Speaker 1: with Dame? You know, Dame came out the gates and
Speaker 1: said Jason Kidd, And then Jason Kidd removed himself from
Speaker 1: the situation. We got Mike D'Antoni over a Booklyn Note
Speaker 1: backing Hammond again, Carlisle Brooks, Stan Van Gundi. But my
Speaker 1: choice is Chauncey big shot build ups your thoughts, I agree.
Speaker 1: I don't know how D'Antoni keep getting jobs, Bro, I
Speaker 1: just I just don't get it, Bro, Why why why
Speaker 1: why is he still getting jobs? No X amount of
Speaker 1: every coaching job he no. I'm with you, Bro, chaunceon
Speaker 1: buildup for sure, champs, to build up, deserve a shot.
Speaker 1: He's a finals MVP, and he sent me to j Kid.
Speaker 1: He's played the game, He's been on great teams, and
Speaker 1: he knows what it takes to win. He knows what
Speaker 1: he knows what a point guard needs around him, and
Speaker 1: he knows what it takes what it takes to win.
Speaker 1: D'Antoni has never won a NBA championship. Chauncey has you
Speaker 1: gotta go with guys who have more experience on the court,
Speaker 1: because these guys were relying more and relate more to
Speaker 1: guys who's played the game. It's just the facts. I
Speaker 1: think we're we're we're we're embarking upon a new wave.
Speaker 1: We're normally we're recycling the same coach as you get
Speaker 1: fired from one spot and go to the next spot.
Speaker 1: But I think there's a little bit more former player
Speaker 1: getting some love and looks, which is important because these
Speaker 1: players aren't too far removed from the game, so they
Speaker 1: can really late to these younger players easier. You know,
Speaker 1: I said early on that stan Van Gundy wasn't a
Speaker 1: good fit for New Orleans because he's not not that
Speaker 1: he's not a good coach, not that he's not a
Speaker 1: good X and os, he's just too outdated in his styles,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So to me, we continue
Speaker 1: to recycle these same coaches that again aren't bad coaches,
Speaker 1: just their systems haven't translated to this younger thing. So
Speaker 1: I think it's good. I would love to see Billips
Speaker 1: get a shot. I would love to see Becky Hammond's
Speaker 1: possibly get a shot as as the first female. You know,
Speaker 1: Sam Cosel's out there. We'll talk about him. Darvin ham
Speaker 1: email udoka um, you know, mentioning those names that the
Speaker 1: Celtics are interested heavily in former players taking that next
Speaker 1: head coaching spot in Boston, which is which is very
Speaker 1: interesting to me and some people at the top of
Speaker 1: their list are are are African American coaches? Considering um,
Speaker 1: all the heat this, you know, this fan base has
Speaker 1: taken for racist moments and actions. What are your thoughts
Speaker 1: on who could possibly be the next head coach of
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. Well, if if Chauncey and Sam don't
Speaker 1: get a job anywhere else, I think they perfect. They
Speaker 1: both played there, they both have experienced there, and like
Speaker 1: I said, man, these are guys that's been around, that's
Speaker 1: been around great coaches, but also we're leaders in their
Speaker 1: own right, both NBA champions. So I just I just
Speaker 1: see guys, you know, really really understanding players and getting
Speaker 1: the game that they need today because the game has changed,
Speaker 1: and and and and the willingness to give you all
Speaker 1: the plan with passion, and and and and going out
Speaker 1: there to to die and die for your brother to
Speaker 1: win the game. That game. It's kind of faded away
Speaker 1: from the NBA, and I think these guys came in
Speaker 1: that era where you had to be passionate every night,
Speaker 1: you have to be passionate for your teammate, You had
Speaker 1: to lead by example, and these guys can can teach
Speaker 1: that to these to these young guys that's coming in
Speaker 1: the game now. So Sam and Johnson are definitely at
Speaker 1: the top of my list. You know what I like
Speaker 1: right now? Jack, One thing that I already mentioned, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of black candidates and and female candidates available
Speaker 1: for their possible first time being head coaches. But they're
Speaker 1: also good teams that they're going to get a chance
Speaker 1: to coach. A lot of times, these minority coaches get
Speaker 1: these weak as teams that have been at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the league and don't have a chance to really
Speaker 1: do anything with and they get a year or two
Speaker 1: when they're gone. So what I like is, although there
Speaker 1: are gonna be some bad teams looking for coaches, there's
Speaker 1: also some really good teams that need head coaches. And
Speaker 1: there's a lot of black candidates and again women um
Speaker 1: getting an opportunity and getting a look there. So that's
Speaker 1: always good because to me is it's like fools go
Speaker 1: when you give a black coach a bad team, it's
Speaker 1: a ticking time bomb. It's only a matter of time
Speaker 1: and he's gonna take the heat, you know. So we'll
Speaker 1: have to see how this goes. To me, there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot more coaching vacancies opening up. You know,
Speaker 1: the season isn't even over yet, so look too. There's
Speaker 1: gonna look to obviously a lot of free agent movement,
Speaker 1: as always in trades, but look to you know, the
Speaker 1: the coaching carousel is going to be wide open this
Speaker 1: summer and fun to watch. Onto our next segment, Our
Speaker 1: favorite segment, fan questions. Let's get started the underscore Action.
Speaker 1: Underscore Hank, what is the most impressive and most disappointing
Speaker 1: difference you've seen in younger players now versus younger players
Speaker 1: in the early two thousands. Well, I think today's game,
Speaker 1: all you gotta do is have to have to have
Speaker 1: a high Instagram following and and have somebody follow you
Speaker 1: around and put all your highlights on Instagram to be
Speaker 1: noticed and be good. We didn't have that. We had
Speaker 1: to actually work. We have to actually show that we
Speaker 1: cared about the game. We have to actually play with
Speaker 1: passion and show it. We didn't have social media to
Speaker 1: to to make us look good. We have to look
Speaker 1: good in real time. And I think that's the difference.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not saying that these kids don't work,
Speaker 1: but it's easier for him and and and a lot
Speaker 1: more is given to them than what we were giving.
Speaker 1: We know we have to work harder, and that's the
Speaker 1: big difference. People might not understand it because they're on
Speaker 1: the outside looking in, but me as a player, I
Speaker 1: see how easy it is now then how then how
Speaker 1: hard it was when we played And it's just the truth. Uh,
Speaker 1: to me, the difference is and this is not all
Speaker 1: the young players, because I don't never want a group bowl,
Speaker 1: but to me, I see a higher skill level when
Speaker 1: I talk about individual skill, ball handling and all that
Speaker 1: kind of stuff, but a lower basketball i Q. I
Speaker 1: think that players now it's all about the way to
Speaker 1: prodividual workouts. And you know, back when we're coming up,
Speaker 1: it was less. I mean, people worked out, but it
Speaker 1: was more about playing. You mean, all we did was play.
Speaker 1: So like your basketball i Q had to raise because
Speaker 1: you're playing against you know, the best during the season,
Speaker 1: and you're playing against the best in the world during
Speaker 1: the summer. So it's just a lot of basketball. And
Speaker 1: there was more basketball i Q. Now it's the league
Speaker 1: is younger, and i'd say is skilled as the league
Speaker 1: has ever been, as lead as athletic as the league
Speaker 1: has ever been. But I think the basketball i Q
Speaker 1: still hasn't caught up to some of these guys. In Again,
Speaker 1: that's not everyone, because there's some very smart young players
Speaker 1: out here that are doing it both ways. But that
Speaker 1: would be my one thing is just like I said,
Speaker 1: I think the basketball I q UH will eventually catch up.
Speaker 1: And you know, as younger players in the early two thousands,
Speaker 1: we sat behind some of these vets and kind of
Speaker 1: learned the ropes and learned the game. Now there's no vets,
Speaker 1: so now these young kids are just coming in playing um.
Speaker 1: So to me, that was my take, that was Jack's take.
Speaker 1: Hoping we answer your question, my brother, next fan question
Speaker 1: at j KYLA twenty three. With all the coach movement
Speaker 1: going on, do you think someone like Chance we get
Speaker 1: a great opportunity to turn the franchise or get someone
Speaker 1: over the hump? I do you know, as we touched
Speaker 1: in our last segment, there's a lot of high profile
Speaker 1: jobs up for grabs, and and mark my words, Chelsea
Speaker 1: Bills will be a head coach in the NBA next year.
Speaker 1: I think it's it's just gonna be on who he
Speaker 1: feels UH is the best fit for him, because you
Speaker 1: look at all these teams and he's you know, top
Speaker 1: one or two name on every list. Um, well deserved.
Speaker 1: Uh always you know, got a chance to play with
Speaker 1: chaunce play with them and against them, great basketball mind.
Speaker 1: And to me, you always got to think that. You know,
Speaker 1: point guards were always coaches on the floor during their careers,
Speaker 1: you know, so that transition to that first seat is
Speaker 1: not the biggest transition as people want to make it seen,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like Chris Paul I wouldn't
Speaker 1: although he's probably not gonna be a coach when he's done,
Speaker 1: great basketball mind, I could see him transitioning those spots.
Speaker 1: Chauncey Billups the same thing. So I definitely do feel
Speaker 1: like Chahncey would get a shot this year. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: almost willing to bet one of my kids on it.
Speaker 1: Next question the house on Saturn. What's the illest piece
Speaker 1: of clothing? You dropped an ask from a blunt on
Speaker 1: and burned a hole in? Oh man, that's easy for me.
Speaker 1: I don't smoke them more, Matt, and I'm smoking them more.
Speaker 1: But I do remember I had this brand new uh
Speaker 1: Nike Test Tech Flee Swiss suit Man. It was fresh
Speaker 1: out of the box. I was, you know, I was,
Speaker 1: I think I was in the car getting ready to
Speaker 1: go somewhere, and I was smoking in the car on
Speaker 1: my way to somewhere, and I had a brand new
Speaker 1: Nike Tech Flee Swiss with old man. I'm telling my
Speaker 1: I burned a big old hole right in the crouch area.
Speaker 1: And I was sick because I couldn't turn back around,
Speaker 1: and and I knew cameras and stuff was gonna be
Speaker 1: on me, so I had to kind of like fold
Speaker 1: it well when I'm sitting down and kind of pot
Speaker 1: from my hand on top of it, just so they
Speaker 1: won't see the hole. But I burned the big hole
Speaker 1: in the bro I was sick. Man. Anytime you burn
Speaker 1: your not can take pleash. I know your day is ruined.
Speaker 1: That's funny. I mean smoking and driving is definitely dangerous.
Speaker 1: If that, if that, if that cherry falls off, because
Speaker 1: you could funk around, burn your seat, burn yourself, crash.
Speaker 1: I mean obviously none of that has really happened, but
Speaker 1: it's I remember, uh the we believe team Yo. We
Speaker 1: were driving back. I don't I don't. I don't even
Speaker 1: think no one was with me, but I know I
Speaker 1: was smoking on the way back to your place. We
Speaker 1: had just landed and uh, the cherry fell off one
Speaker 1: of my blunts, and I curbed my fucking rim like
Speaker 1: I was trying to swipe the ship off the seat
Speaker 1: and curb the funk out of one of my rooms.
Speaker 1: I had just got some new too. I was mad
Speaker 1: as a motherfucker. But back to the question. Um, we
Speaker 1: used to play this game when I first got legal
Speaker 1: with my home boys back at home, where I'd have
Speaker 1: this man cave, but we would just smoke. I would
Speaker 1: work out in the morning and then the rest of
Speaker 1: the day was smoking and video games. So we would
Speaker 1: toss the blood to someone when they weren't look in
Speaker 1: and hopefully landed on their shorts. And if they're super high,
Speaker 1: they're just not paying attention to that motherfucking blunt will
Speaker 1: burn through their shorts, through their drawers, and burn the
Speaker 1: funk out of their legs. So we used to play
Speaker 1: that game a lot. But I was always quick on
Speaker 1: my toes because obviously I have big lungs, so I
Speaker 1: would never really get too blowed and non focus. So
Speaker 1: I was probably the best at like tossing that bit
Speaker 1: across the room having a land And you gotta think
Speaker 1: this is the early two thousands, so we all had
Speaker 1: big baggy shorts, so you didn't really feel when something
Speaker 1: would fall on your lap like you do tonight with
Speaker 1: them like these days with the nut huggers. But I
Speaker 1: tossed that blood like that blunt across the room and
Speaker 1: the land on someone shorts perfect and next thing, you know,
Speaker 1: burn the funk out of him. Ship the good old
Speaker 1: smoking days. Next fan question ed d Dot Lidel do
Speaker 1: away teams really have an advantage when the fan base
Speaker 1: shows up more than the home team inexperienced the personally
Speaker 1: absolutely um that that still in my life never hadn't
Speaker 1: heard a crowd or louder than those Oracle crowds during
Speaker 1: our playoff run. Um with with the you know, the
Speaker 1: opportunity to go back during the two thousand seventeen UH
Speaker 1: playoff and final run, crowd was good, but it wasn't
Speaker 1: like the Oracle crowd. So I definitely do feel like, uh,
Speaker 1: you know that home court game seven crowd is very important.
Speaker 1: What do you think? Well, I think on the road
Speaker 1: if you if your fans can come, but the home
Speaker 1: teams crowd is still gonna overshadow the road teams crowd.
Speaker 1: I don't care how many comes, they're still gonna get overshadow.
Speaker 1: But it's just this. It's just this with me. You
Speaker 1: have some players that can play on the road and
Speaker 1: some camp you know, you guys can make shots at home,
Speaker 1: they can't make them on the road. And then that happened.
Speaker 1: You're starting to see that a lot in today's game.
Speaker 1: You know, I mean, a lot of guys are big
Speaker 1: shot takers, but they're not big shot makers. A lot
Speaker 1: of guys can shoot well at home, but they can't
Speaker 1: hit a shot on the road. And uh, that's just
Speaker 1: the way it is. Man. Last question the King Jose
Speaker 1: twenty three. What is the realistic trader for you designing
Speaker 1: that can happened this off season? That can change the
Speaker 1: landscape of the NBA. Oh, change the landscape of the NBA.
Speaker 1: If Dame, If Dame goes to l A, If Damn
Speaker 1: Dame gets moved, Dame goes to another team anywhere in
Speaker 1: the league. I think that would be that would be
Speaker 1: a big shift for the NBA. I think everybody else
Speaker 1: is gonna stay put. But if Dame Lillard is leaving Portland,
Speaker 1: I moved to anywhere, you know, it's gonna have everybody talking.
Speaker 1: There's always movement in the summertime, and I think that's
Speaker 1: what's continued to grow the game even in the off season.
Speaker 1: If someone like Dame moves, it would steal the headlines
Speaker 1: from baseball, football, anything else going on. So there's always
Speaker 1: gonna be some movement. I'm gonna go out on a
Speaker 1: rope and say one of those two stars in Portland's
Speaker 1: won't be there next year. I think that team has
Speaker 1: probably ran their course with that backcourt, both great players
Speaker 1: to me. You know, Dame has obviously had the nod
Speaker 1: over cig A c J, a great player in his
Speaker 1: own right. Um. I think one of those guys who moved,
Speaker 1: most likely Ben Simmons, is going to be on the move. Um.
Speaker 1: And there's always other people that end up on the
Speaker 1: move that that that no one expected. So I don't
Speaker 1: really know who is going to make a move. Obviously,
Speaker 1: if you name the best player out there and he's
Speaker 1: thinking about moving, uh, possibly would be Dame Lillard. But
Speaker 1: some people are gonna move. But it's definitely gonna change
Speaker 1: the landscape and put you know, teams in position to
Speaker 1: make a real tidle run next year. Don't let the
Speaker 1: Lakers get day. That's gonna be trouble, trouble trouble. Right
Speaker 1: next up quick hitters. The Celtics trade Kimball Walker to
Speaker 1: Okay See for Al Horford. Uh in return obviously takes
Speaker 1: a lot of money off the Celtics salary cap and
Speaker 1: gives them flexibility. But Jack, the person in this trade
Speaker 1: that no one's talking about, but to me is the
Speaker 1: steal of the trade is my young U c l
Speaker 1: A brother, Moses Brown, who was seven ft tall and
Speaker 1: limited time average nine and nine and twenty twenty minutes
Speaker 1: for okay See. Um, he's someone that could really help Boston. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's long, he's big, he's had those games, um already.
Speaker 1: So he's someone Tephany because we feel both feel you know,
Speaker 1: outside of fighting, probably a distributing point guard for Boston.
Speaker 1: They need help in that center position. So this kid,
Speaker 1: Moses Brown, mark my words, some of you already know
Speaker 1: about him. This kid is going to be a really
Speaker 1: good center and a really big pickup, uh for Boston. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I coached him in the Island ivers the game. Man,
Speaker 1: I'm big high, I'm high on him. I just I
Speaker 1: just want him to get more physical, and uh, I
Speaker 1: wanted to get more physical and really pay with more passion.
Speaker 1: The kid has all the tools. He can put the
Speaker 1: ball on the floor. He could do all those things
Speaker 1: that that people haven't seen him do. And I'm not
Speaker 1: I don't even want to talk about Kimball going. Okay
Speaker 1: see Harpor coming yeah right? Uh? This kid is you right? Man?
Speaker 1: You pick the right kid to talk about, because this
Speaker 1: kid can really change that out look at the Boston
Speaker 1: Celtics team. So I think with Horford, I'm thinking is
Speaker 1: obviously leadership because I think, you know, Horford has had
Speaker 1: a great career, but I think he's at the end
Speaker 1: of his run. And okay, see, could be a similar
Speaker 1: situation how it was for uh for CP three. You know,
Speaker 1: let it be a springboard for him to bounce out
Speaker 1: and spread his wings. But someone over there that I
Speaker 1: really liked that handles the ball a lot already is
Speaker 1: Shay gil just and to me, he's an up and
Speaker 1: coming star. So it'll be interesting to see how him
Speaker 1: and him and Kimba can work together. Next up, din Woody.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people forgot about it, but
Speaker 1: he was a key contributor to the nets before he
Speaker 1: tore his a. C L decides to opt out of
Speaker 1: his final year of his deal. I think it's around
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars and would be an unrestricted free agent.
Speaker 1: Good move or bad move coming off in a c
Speaker 1: L Jack. I think it's a bad move. They needed him,
Speaker 1: and after after seeing Joe Harris let egg, you know,
Speaker 1: I think he should have He should have came back
Speaker 1: and and and got that twelve min improved this sself again.
Speaker 1: You know, we get we're getting some money. Uh being
Speaker 1: shocked right now after injury like that, nobody really knows
Speaker 1: what he's gonna bring to the table, what type of
Speaker 1: player is going to be. So I think that's a
Speaker 1: bad move by but hey, eight is he is your
Speaker 1: heir charge his own career. Hopefully make the made the
Speaker 1: right decision. Normally I would say this is a is
Speaker 1: a bad move, but I don't necessarily think it is
Speaker 1: a bad move anymore because guys are coming back off
Speaker 1: injuries like they never missed a beat, and before they didn't.
Speaker 1: I mean, in case and point his fucking teammate. You know,
Speaker 1: Katie comes off an Achilles injury and to me is
Speaker 1: the best player in the game coming off that injury,
Speaker 1: which is crazy, you know, So guys are coming back stronger. UM,
Speaker 1: he would have been huge if they had Dn Witty
Speaker 1: with all the injuries they had, they would have been
Speaker 1: fine because he was someone who wasn't scared of the moment,
Speaker 1: got buckets big, non winning counted. So it'll be interesting
Speaker 1: to see if Brooklyn tries to resign him or he
Speaker 1: hits the market, because I think it's gonna come back
Speaker 1: strong and he's a you know, eighteen to two point
Speaker 1: of night game guy anyway, So we'll see what happens
Speaker 1: with him in free agency. Man, wish him the best
Speaker 1: of luck, definitely coming off an injury. Next up, the
Speaker 1: guy we've been showing love to throughout the season, James
Speaker 1: Jones wins Executive of the of the Year. UM went
Speaker 1: to that Phoenix Suns front office and has put a
Speaker 1: lot of great pieces together that has this team three
Speaker 1: wins away from the NBA Finals. So shout out James Jones, Man, Jack,
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts again? Someone we've been hyping up
Speaker 1: all season and glad to see his Uh, he's getting
Speaker 1: recognized for his hard work. Yeah, former teammate. Uh, great guy.
Speaker 1: He's just a winner every team he's been on. He's
Speaker 1: just brought to luck to it to win. You know,
Speaker 1: every he's he's he's a multi champion. Uh, he has
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of rings. And I'm not surprised. This
Speaker 1: guy has always been a winner, always been a great guy.
Speaker 1: Always somebody that's gonna give it to you, give you
Speaker 1: the real at all times. And he understands the game.
Speaker 1: He's played with a lot of great players. So I'm
Speaker 1: happy for my boy. Nobody deserving more than JJ. See.
Speaker 1: This is great with to me, and this is what
Speaker 1: I touched back onto with black coaching. When this kind
Speaker 1: of ship happens, it opens doors and opportunities and possibly
Speaker 1: raises eyebrows for other teams to give former players chances
Speaker 1: like the Phoenix Suns gave James Jones. I sit on
Speaker 1: Robert Salvert All the owner of the son, shout out
Speaker 1: our brother, executive the Year and you know, Phoenix three
Speaker 1: three games away from the finals. Next up, LaMelo Ball
Speaker 1: wins Rookie the Year, although going down second half of
Speaker 1: the season, when the broken risk came back, you know,
Speaker 1: fought did this thing. I'm very impressed with this young
Speaker 1: kid man. This this you know, there's lots have been
Speaker 1: made of you know him and his brother, but he's
Speaker 1: came out and showed that he is a star, someone
Speaker 1: that can change a franchise, not just with his play
Speaker 1: on the court, but just his energy and his his usefulness.
Speaker 1: I think it's really been a shot in the r
Speaker 1: for that whole city. So shout out LaMelo, Uh, NBA
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, congrat congrats to Melo. But I
Speaker 1: had it was winning it. Uh. We don't reward guys
Speaker 1: for playing the whole season. We don't, you know, we
Speaker 1: we don't reward guys for what they've doing and be
Speaker 1: able to stay healthy and play all these games. Uh,
Speaker 1: it was the missing beat this year. He had some
Speaker 1: of the biggest highlights of the NBA season, had some
Speaker 1: forty point games. This kid really balled out. And and
Speaker 1: I hate the hip and the people that never played
Speaker 1: the game are so caught up on the hike, you know,
Speaker 1: not saying LaMelo is not good. But Edward showed a
Speaker 1: lot all season long. And I think a lot of
Speaker 1: players looked at this war are different. I agree one
Speaker 1: and I was saying earlier to me, this is a
Speaker 1: co Rookie of the Year opportunity, similar to how they
Speaker 1: gave Grant Hill and Jason kidd. I don't know if
Speaker 1: anyone else has won the co Rookie of the Year,
Speaker 1: but to me, for everything you said, Edwards didn't miss
Speaker 1: a beat. Although it was a bad team, he nearly,
Speaker 1: you know, average twenty points a game, did what he
Speaker 1: can do and just show that there's the sky is
Speaker 1: the limit for this kid. So definitely shout out LaMelo.
Speaker 1: I know I've actually just seen Edwards somewhere too, but
Speaker 1: knowing him, he's gonna use this ship his motivation and
Speaker 1: come out and have a great season next year. So
Speaker 1: congrats to both those young players. Man, the future is
Speaker 1: very bright for both those young stars. Jack and Closing,
Speaker 1: you were front and center this weekend for the Jamal
Speaker 1: Charlo fight. First, Bartell, Man, that dude has a hell
Speaker 1: of a chin. When all twelve rounds Charlot had him
Speaker 1: wobbled a couple of times us, but man, he kept
Speaker 1: walking through and ended up getting you in the managers
Speaker 1: decision for Charlo. What was that fighting energy like in
Speaker 1: age Town this past weekend? Man, shout out to Age Time,
Speaker 1: shout to Showtime boxing. Man. It was a great event
Speaker 1: like usual, Man, a great fight. I think um U
Speaker 1: Jamal needed that fight. He needed to be tested. He
Speaker 1: needed to go into deep waters for a fight. Montilla
Speaker 1: was awesome, man. I think he did. He deserve another
Speaker 1: big fight too, because that kid kept coming the whole fight.
Speaker 1: He didn't back down, but Jamal with Jamal was just
Speaker 1: hit him with so many punches that Jamal won by
Speaker 1: last slide. I think it was a couple of rounds
Speaker 1: where Mantel threw by four or five punches. You know,
Speaker 1: he didn't he wasn't even throwing punches, but he still
Speaker 1: was walking and coming forward the whole fight. It was
Speaker 1: great entertainment, great for the city of Houston. The whole
Speaker 1: city city of Houston came out to support Jamal and uh,
Speaker 1: it was another big win for him. Yeah, we saw
Speaker 1: Errol Spence, who was obviously friends with the Twins, UH
Speaker 1: coming show support. He's fighting Packia this year. What's next
Speaker 1: for Jamal and your point? In your point of view,
Speaker 1: Jamal wants Triple G, Triple G or Carnello. You know,
Speaker 1: I think he understands how this fight went and this
Speaker 1: was a good fight for him. He understands if we
Speaker 1: fight either one of these guys, he could possibly get
Speaker 1: knocked out and it's definitely gonna be a twelve round fight.
Speaker 1: So he's excited about the lesson he learned this fight
Speaker 1: and he's looking forward the trip of Carnello next fight.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned is will be in Atlanta this week for
Speaker 1: another great bout on Showtime pay per view between Javonte
Speaker 1: Tank Davis and all the Smoke alumni and Mario Barrios.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this uh this weekend? Come on, man, you
Speaker 1: know we big Javonte Davis fans. Man, I think I've
Speaker 1: been to his last two or three fights. The kid
Speaker 1: is exciting. Man. I think what's more exciting about me
Speaker 1: is we've never seen him take training camp and in
Speaker 1: preparations so serious like he's done the last two fights.
Speaker 1: And I think that's what making him so scary. Um.
Speaker 1: I want to see him continue to go. He's a
Speaker 1: knockout artist, and one thing about boxing fans, we love
Speaker 1: to see knockout. So the guy Mario Barrios, the guy
Speaker 1: he's fighting, has been in wars and this guy has
Speaker 1: a chin and the guy can fight as well. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think when anytime, anytime you fight a Mexican fighter,
Speaker 1: you know what time it is. They come and they
Speaker 1: come in and really scrap. So I'm excited that I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see this fighting, and I'm excited to be there. Well,
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