WEBVTT - Darvin Ham Fired, Bucks/Clippers Future, Anthony Edwards is NOW | ATS UNPLUGGED 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.120 I ain't on nobody's side. You know, most people jump 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:03.960 on him and be like, oh he did. I ain't 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:05.760 jumping on nobody's side because I don't care who went. 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:07.680 I don't know neither one of these niggas. But what 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.000 I do know is I like I like the competition 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:11.320 of it. 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:26.360 Welcome Back, Unplugged, our weekly stroll around. What's going on, Jack, 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:31.120 There's a lot going on. You're coming straight from Virginia. 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.320 I'm happy to be in Miami, so I was in 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.239 classical before we get to that. Real quick tickets on 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.199 sales Chicago and Detroit, our live tour for all the 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:43.200 Smoke Productions dot com slash tour to get your tickets. 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:45.479 Be there or just keep being a square. Don't want 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.360 to miss it. But how was Virginia? Virginia was cool? Man. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:51.680 Shout out to Adam and Ibsen, the Classic, Bobby Ai 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.440 and everybody that was involved, Tim Darius Miles. 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:57.000 It was great with Yeah, Karee Reid, my. 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.240 Son got a chance to get a great experience being 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.360 with the top player. You know, learning a lot this 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:03.560 week and uh a lot of these kids that I 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:05.480 got a chance to grow with that I continue to 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.880 grow with this game, I'm gonna have some great careers 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:09.160 and a lot I'm gonna be pro. So it was a 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.640 great weekend. I was a yeah, I was good man, 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.720 he was. He was happy to be home. I think 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.200 that the city everybody came out to fill up the 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.880 Hampton Coliseum and uh, you know, you should do something 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:25.720 like that in your hometown, specially for guys like that. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.880 We did the dunk contest and three point contests at 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.479 Bethel and it was sold out. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:30.160 Yeah, it was. 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.200 It was like a Friday high school game, packed the 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.319 water wall. So it was a good weekend. Love it, 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:34.760 Love it man. 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.199 Shout out the classic shout out to you Patriots roast 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.880 Tom Brady, Craft, Belichick, Kim Kardashi and probably got the 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:43.440 coldest roast of the whole evening. 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.760 But uh, that was good. 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:47.480 What was the one guy's name that said the ship 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.040 about Craft and Brady went up there and said, don't 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.920 say that ship again. Jeff Ross, Jeff Jeff Ross were 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.040 talking big. He's the go that you wanted to go 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.800 to ros He said some ship about the massage things, 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.160 and everyone laughed for a second. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.760 Brady went up there, hot mic, don't do that ship again. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.240 Uh, Jack any of your former teams. You think he 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.200 could do a roast, It's not even close. That Warrior 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:08.839 team we had. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.000 I think that that team would do a hell of 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:17.600 a roast you Bead, monte Al, Petrice, Ja Rich. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.320 Yeah, it'll be pretty wo'd be pretty funny. 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.919 I think that Love City team too, could have could 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.000 definitely do a roast. Have some characters on that team, 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.799 Blake and dj alone, like dj CP with his little 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.360 sneak diss and Jamal his little funny ass JJ. 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:33.160 That would have been a good one. Stephen A. 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.840 Smith Shaw I went out there while you was busy 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:40.399 in Virginia to talk to him and check his temperature. 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.800 And he said, when he sees you on side, he's 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:48.320 smacking you. I cannot wait, I cannot wait. I'm looking 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:49.799 dead in this camera way. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.080 No, he just said he wanted to talk to you. 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:52.400 That's it. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.000 He said he was a little mad mad at you, 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:55.639 but he still got love for you. He's got love 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.640 for us, still wants to see do well. Obviously, I 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.040 went out there and kind of, you know, said what 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.320 our issues were, and he explained the side and you know, 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:07.080 I'm again I've been a big fan of him and 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:10.320 known it for a long time and obviously don't agree 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.200 with everything he says, but at the end of the day, 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.120 like I know him well enough to know that he 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.919 means well. You guys have kind of had a little 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.240 back and forth, which is which which makes it good, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:21.919 you know, because we are a duo on the team, 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.280 but we're also individual. So at some point if you 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:30.760 all decide to sit down, Nope, that'll be interesting. Since 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.400 we've last conversated, some teams have been eliminated. 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.400 The Clippers have gone. 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:39.320 Down, which was you know, my pick at the beginning 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.760 of the year to represent the Western Conference, and it 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.400 wouldn't banned that we all thought they would do. So 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.880 with that ross health health health has been the key. 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.000 They lost in six to Dallas, and we'll get to 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.920 them a little bit. But co I only played two games, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.880 average twelve points in those games. Both losses hard and 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:59.560 PG struggled. Russ struggled hard. As a free agent, Paul 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.680 George has a forty eight million dollar player option. 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:03.840 Russ has a smaller player option. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.280 Kawhi just extended three years one fifty so he's about 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.600 fifty million a year going into this new arena. Jack, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.200 what do you see also I think Tylu is a 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.960 free agent from the coaching side, because I'm here talks 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:20.520 to him possibly going down the hallway Clippers. Overall, pg's staying, 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.600 are going hard and staring tore going. Are we ever 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.039 going to see a healthy Kawhi again? 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.359 That's that's the big question. I mean, I think you 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:29.039 can't predict that. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.479 I mean, Tylu made a joke that he made a 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.240 joke that he going back to lower management because he 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.159 missed so many games. But I think it's it's a 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.520 perfect time with the situation, contract situations with everybody, it's 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.200 perfect time to break it up. It's a perfect time 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:45.920 you going into a new arena. You might as well 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.640 just try to start new. This ain't working, you know, 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:50.800 you might just try to get new and try to 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:55.200 try to offload Kawhi if you can. You know, James 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.880 Hard as a free agent, Paul's definitely gonna opt out 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.359 because this teams just want to throw him in the 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.520 bag right now. So this is the perfect time to 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.279 go into that new arena, new coach, new team, and 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:05.120 just try something new. 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.080 Change the team name while you're at it. No bullshit. 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.479 But I mean, I think the interesting person on the 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:15.200 roster to me is obviously Kawhi being healthy and if 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:16.720 we're gonna get a chance to see that, because I 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.760 think he played and I don't want to mistake he 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.120 played a lot of games this year. I know he 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.240 didn't sit out very much, but when they needed him 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.960 the most of the playoffs, he wasn't there. But Paul George, 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:29.920 you know, there's talks of Indiana, uh shit, the Nicks. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.240 You're hearing a lot of different things. Obviously this is 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.560 all speculation right now, but I think Paul George could 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.200 be the one guy if he decides to leave. You know, 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.760 teams are still gonna throw him good money, so it'd 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:40.840 be interesting to see where he lands if he. 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.279 Does decide to leave. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.880 But again, all three shit, all four of those guys 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:47.720 we mentioned are at home, you know what I mean, 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:49.480 So there ain't no telling them if they want to 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.040 try to see Hey, let's try one Moey. They just 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.320 haven't been healthy. We haven't seen both these they're both 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:55.680 their stars healthy at the right time. 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.760 So what if one of those guys go to the 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:59.440 other locker room? 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:00.920 Look at it goal with locker room. 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:02.680 Well, if you remember, if you were calling, we had 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:03.919 were I think we were talking about this in our 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:04.880 group chat the other day. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:09.120 Doc Rivers did not want to trade SGA. 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:12.040 For Paul George, and I think that would have if 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.000 it didn't happen, it would have killed the trade and 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:18.560 Kawhi allegedly would have went to the Lakers. But I 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.200 remember Doc was really adamant about everything they had to 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:22.640 give up first and foremost, but he. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.040 Knew Shay was going to be a star. 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:27.680 So it's been some you know, some some management moves 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.640 on both those LA teams, uh in the front office 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.520 that kind of have hindered teams in the past. Hand 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.320 for the years Milwaukee. Speaking of Doc Rivers losing six 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.400 no Yiannis, which is we knew they weren't going to 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.160 do anything without him and going into that. Those cast 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.760 strains are dangerous, and I think they saw what happened 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.280 with KD with KD trying to push through a calf 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.040 strain and he tore his achilles when he was with 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.159 Golden State, So I think they aired on the side 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.560 of caution, which was very smart. 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.920 I think they should have played the nasties more minutes. 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.680 I mean, it's the closest thing to be honest. 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:07.119 Like DNA wise, yes, okay, can't get the worse Thanname. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:07.880 Dame was hurt. 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:09.600 Dame was in and now, but played well while he 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:11.720 was in there. A tough first season for Dame in 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.400 Milwaukee for the first time. You know, we hear him 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.960 mention the off the court stuff, and Dame has always 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:19.760 been so locked in in one of the blessed players 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.559 this league has seen since he's came in the league. 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.120 But divorce ain't easy, you know, and then moving across 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.040 the country away from your kids on top of it, 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.680 so I can only imagine. 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:29.480 You know, what he was going through. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.800 Hopefully he comes back well, arrested mentally and physically and 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:37.400 stronger next year. Doc Rivers got this big deal. This 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:42.960 team was thirty and thirteen when Doc took over. Under Doc, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:49.360 they were nineteen and twenty three. So obviously Doc gets 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.440 a pass now without their best player being there. But 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.800 for some reason, he keeps getting these opportunities with a 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.600 lot of these teams with a lot of talent and 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.160 hasn't necessarily produced. I mean, when Giannis was there, they 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.280 still were hovering around five hundred. 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.000 So what do you think the outlook for this team is? 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.920 I mean, Lopez is getting older, Porters is getting older, 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.120 Middleton look is getting older. All these guys looked a 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.960 little old during this run. That young Indiana team came 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.080 in there and up the pace and played their game. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.440 Is it time for this team to blow up as well? 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.160 Let me makes you a serious question. 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:26.520 How long did we think just running downhill full speed 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:30.040 dominating was gonna last? You know what I'm saying? Like 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.960 his game never evolved. Gianna's game has been the same. 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.240 He's gotten stronger and bigger since he came into the league. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:36.720 As far as this game wise, it's. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.160 Evolved, I definitely think it's evolved, but I think his 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.319 main thing has been his main thing and going downhill, 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:41.760 I would say. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.600 I would say if he starts shooting threes like he 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.319 always been the guy that attack downhill one two dunk 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.559 and he's just been getting stronger and more smarter over 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.400 the years. But this game is like the skill wise 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.160 has not went nowhere. So that's only gonna take you 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.520 so far. So when he when he started to get 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.200 hurt like this, the way he plays, it's gonna continue 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.720 to happen, bro because he's getting older. So what do 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.400 y'all think? Y'all gonna go from here. You know what 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.280 I'm saying, Bring it doc in That ain't gonna change nothing. 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.839 Yan is getting older. You see Damee being hurt more. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.040 Now you got Poortis, you got Lopez. All these guys 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.120 are up the tage. You know what I'm saying. But 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:14.839 Middleton is not a guy that you that you can 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.560 just win with byicef. He's not a guy you can 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.319 plug two guys, you know what I mean. Like so 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.800 it's it's it's a big decision making time for them, Matt, 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:25.040 because they can this This can keep them in a 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.880 in a stagnan place for three four years or you 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.360 know what I'm saying. They can try to make some 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.440 changes now you know what I mean, just to stay 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:32.760 in the winning in the winning percentage. 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.200 It just showed you how fast your window can close. Right, 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.680 You thought one player they won a championship, and you 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.560 thought they'd have a window to make a little run. 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.240 And that ship shut before it before before you. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.679 Knew it, it was shut. Not a ton of assets. 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.480 That trade for Holiday for for for Dame was a 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.199 very interesting trade that you know, sometimes they don't work out, 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.200 and obviously you can't judge something off the first year. 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.280 You know you're gonna be You're gonna take dang though, 0:09:58.400 --> 0:09:59.959 but you are gonna take them. But you I think 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.400 they also or misunderstood how much Drew meant to that team. 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.400 You know, first team on defense, someone that took the 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.760 best guard every time, someone who hit big shots in 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:13.440 the clutch when Middleton or Jiannis wasn't there working. Holliday 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.480 was someone who stepped up. So I definitely think that 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.760 trade on the defensive end slowed that team down. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.240 So we'll see. 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:25.320 Moving on though, to Dallas and what Kyrie Irving has 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.640 been doing, only averaging twenty seven points on fifty two 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.440 to forty five eighty five splits. First, the Clippers in 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.240 the first round looked like a man on a mission. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:36.959 Let's compare. First of all, let's just talk about the 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:41.000 way he played in this first round, So just super confident. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:41.680 I think. 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.079 J Kid has given him the confidence just go out 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.440 there and be Kyrie. I think's big that people not 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.079 talking about is how he's competing on the defensive end. 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.319 He shut James down, you know what I'm saying. You know, 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.120 people try to talk about how they had beef and 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.360 all that, but he spoke on it in the press conference. 0:10:58.400 --> 0:10:59.959 I they have respect for each other, but they love 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.120 to compete, and Kyrie played his ass off on defense, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.400 and so that kind of oh, you know, I mean, 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.679 I'm a defensive guy, so I know he can score. 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.480 I know he's probably the most skilled person we've ever 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.240 seen with the basketball, But defensively wise, I think that's 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.480 why they were able to win that series in such 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.200 a decisive manner, because they took the challenge on the 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:16.920 defensive side. 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.720 I don't think I've seen Kyrie play this well, and 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.280 it's for the reason you said his his he stepped 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.960 up on the defensive end. He's really put that work 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.760 in on the defensive end, and it showed this series. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.000 And as you said, one of the most skilled guys 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.720 we've ever seen with the ball, which brings me to 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.160 this this comparison. You know, obviously he worked well with 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.360 Braun in Cleveland, and you know, some lips say Lucas 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.439 in the mold of bron and their chemistry and understanding 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.959 of each other's game and this small amount of time 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:49.000 they've been together, they they're the scariest duo in basketball 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.320 that's left in the playoffs right now. I would say 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:56.840 so it's gonna be interesting against the young OKC team. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.800 What do you think about them as a duo and 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.960 and them going into this second round against okay see. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.040 This first round has helped them because I think, to me, 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.640 okay see, he's a better team. But offensively, the Clippers 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:09.760 are a better team. As far as harder to guard, 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:11.920 Clippers were the Clippers were harder to guard in the 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:13.839 first round, and it will be the guard okay seeing 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.199 this in the second round. And even though they got SGA, 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.319 So I think I think this that first series is 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.000 gonna help them be better in this series. I just 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.480 think as far as the core guys that get mad, 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.319 it always come down to the core guys. With the 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.520 Dallas Mavericks, we know what you're gonna give from Kyrie 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.840 and Luca and and Luke, and Luca might do some 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:31.559 crazy shit. Well he'll win your two games on the 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.400 road or something like that. But what are these core 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.160 guys gonna do? Because as as as the playoffs, as 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.280 you go to the next round, each possession gets more tighter, 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.760 the nerves, you know, people can't make those shots because 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:45.280 of the each each possession count. So it's gonna be 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:46.440 the core guys to see what they do. 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.559 I think, you know, this is just a perfect example 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:49.760 of just getting hot at the right time. And I 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.000 feel like they're playing with great chemistry right now. So 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:55.960 those role players, the hardaway juniors, the Lively, the PJ Washington, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.880 these guys are all stepping up and maybe playing a 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.840 little bit above who they naturally are because the team 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:03.720 is rolling so well, and Kyrie and Luco are rolling 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.160 so well. So I think it's definitely gonna be an 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.360 interesting series. Okay see, I mean a young team that 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.240 that's ready to take that leap, you know, and something 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:12.720 we both says, we just had to see it, not 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.120 that we didn't believe in him, We just had to 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.240 see how these young players perform. 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:17.560 Under these big lights. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.000 And okay see, did a great job in the first 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.439 round and they're really going to get tested this next round. 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:22.760 So definitely looking forward to this series. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.840 Well, these are great opportunities for you know, the others 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.920 or the Cords you'd like to say, or to really 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.200 make a name for themselves and come out here and 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.360 make a splash. And you were someone who came out 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.360 in the playoffs and made a splash and got yourself 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.200 a nice deal and made yourself a household name. So 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:39.839 Dallas has a few guys on the team that have 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.560 that opportunity this year in the playoffs, and it'll be 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:47.640 interesting to see if they make that jump. Lakers Lakers, Lakers, Lakers. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:53.480 Darvin Ham canned obviously the fall guy. A lot of 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.280 people have been saying, in particularly JR. 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:55.959 J R. 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:01.800 Smith said, he tweeted, but have you seen this team? 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.080 Thoughts on d Ham getting fired? Obviously, this roster was 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.720 poorly constructed. It was something we said a while ago. 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.920 But also, I really want to say before we get 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.000 to dissecting this roster, they just ran into a really 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.000 good Denver team, you know what I mean. If they 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.840 would have drawn someone else, they might not have had 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:20.200 the dishes. I don't think they would have went to 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.000 the finals, but I think they possibly could have got 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.360 out of the first round. But they just played a 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.720 really good different team. But nevertheless, you know that Lakers 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.280 seat is a hot seat. Our brother, Darvin Ham is gone. 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:31.920 You know, the front office, I think we talked on 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.760 our last time we spoke with the front office did 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:37.360 with that Russ move and getting rid of Coups and 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.720 Caruso and Dreb Val McGee and Dwight Howard, the core, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.120 some of those core others from those championship teams, So 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.840 I really look at more. Darvin Ham has some work 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.760 to do as a head coach, but the roster and 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.160 the moves that managed and made in the last three 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.440 or four years that got him a ring, but has 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:57.320 also hindered them. 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.720 Dam got to take the blank for this man, because 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:03.040 you know, history tells us your star players got to 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:04.000 deal with the buckle the blame. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:05.760 They gotta take that heat, you know what I'm saying. 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.120 I mean when when San Antonio wasn't winning, they was 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.280 blaming Tima Gino. But they getting older, they getting older, 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.360 then they'll come back and win one. You know what I'm saying. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.440 It's all your star players normally get the bull of 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.080 the heat, but for some reason, when it's dealing with 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.760 Lebron the Lakers, he gets no blame. And you can't 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.280 and you can't take you can't take ad out of it. Ad, 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.240 even though you played well in crunch minutes, you was 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.480 not there. So you have to put the guys that 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:28.360 make the most money have to get the bull of 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:30.880 the blame. You can't blame the young guys that was 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.280 on the team. They're only getting so many limited shots, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.000 and half the time you don't know when your shots 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.080 are even coming, you know what I'm saying. So I 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.200 can't put the blame on the others. I just I 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.440 just can't, Bro, you know what I'm saying. If you 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:43.960 want to put some of the others in that, throw 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.040 some of the stars in there, you know what I'm saying. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.240 But for the most part, you can't blame these young guys, bro, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.000 because all when when when when they do win and 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.000 all the glories going up, they giving it to the stars. 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:54.720 They're not giving the glory to the young guys when 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.240 all the glories talked about with the Lakers. So when y'all, 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.040 y'all want to give the glory to the to the 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.240 stars when they doing all well and they wanted, you 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.160 give the same yeah, yeah to the criticism to those 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:06.440 guys and blame it on them. 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:07.960 When you lose, don't blame it on the coach. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.960 It's always the coach's faults now it's never the player's 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.800 faults anymore, which is crazy because the responsibility has gone 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.440 up for the players because the money's gone up, So 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.920 you're responsibly should go up. But at the end of 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.120 the day, we're seeing a ton of coaches be the 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.240 fall guys for talented teams that first of all weren't 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.600 put well together. And then you know some stars didn't 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.960 play well. So it'll be intering to see, you know, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:29.080 moving forward. 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.000 Let me ask you a question, No, how would you 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:31.640 handle this situation like that if he was a coach. 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.080 Bron just calls the time out and comes to the 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.840 sideline and uh as as he's coming to line nine 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.720 sid you was drawing up a play, He's just yelling. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:43.840 At you give me the board, give me the board, 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.360 give me the board, like that's mad, disrespectful. As the coach, 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:48.800 he wouldn't do that, the great Papovich. 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.440 I've seen it done before. I've seen Kobe do it though, 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.920 I've seen Baron do it. Though I've seen a lot 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.320 of people do it in those you know, in those minutes. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.600 I've seen andre iguad to do it with the Warriors. 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.159 So the context sometimes you have to have the full context. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.600 And I saw the edit just this morning on social media. 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:08.040 How Bron. 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.120 You know, Bron wanted to draw something up as d hand, 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.120 But I don't say, look at that mean, you could 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:13.920 be right, some people could look at that, but I've 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.800