Speaker 1: Welcome back to what's burning. I got my you say, brethren,
Speaker 1: Jollanni McCoy filling in for Stack five, still sending our
Speaker 1: prayers and well wishes to him and his family. We
Speaker 1: hope to have him back soon, Gilanni. The West is
Speaker 1: as wild as they say it is. Through twenty games
Speaker 1: one through eight is only separated by three games. One
Speaker 1: through ten is only separated by three and a half games.
Speaker 1: A good week can have you at the top of
Speaker 1: the West. A bad week can have you in a
Speaker 1: playing or even worse. With the year coming to an end,
Speaker 1: who do you feel like there's gonna rise to the
Speaker 1: top in Well, I know the southern California fans expect
Speaker 1: to see the Lakers and the Clippers, you know, rise
Speaker 1: back to the top of that list. We've already seen
Speaker 1: Utah fall out of the top. We can we hope
Speaker 1: they keep lighting up the beam, you know, for our
Speaker 1: folks up in the north and come on, man, come
Speaker 1: on that. But you know what I mean. But let's
Speaker 1: see what happens with that. But you know, let's see
Speaker 1: what the California team do. Those just the California reagion
Speaker 1: alone could flip flop him. You hit it right on
Speaker 1: the head. It's about risk right now, and you gotta
Speaker 1: have you know, you gotta say, okay, your guns blazing
Speaker 1: right now now, I hear you. I think that's a
Speaker 1: great call. I mean, obviously the Lakers, I think, five
Speaker 1: and one in their last six games, but their competition
Speaker 1: hasn't been that good. They're gonna get tested in these
Speaker 1: upcoming weeks. I think the Clippers are starting to find
Speaker 1: their rhythm Golden State. I think their question mark is
Speaker 1: their bench, their starting unit the best in the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't want to say their plus twenty seven when
Speaker 1: that starting lineup is on the floor. And then Sacramento,
Speaker 1: to me, just coming off of seven game one streak,
Speaker 1: has lost two games in a row. I think they're
Speaker 1: going to kind of fall back into that lower seven
Speaker 1: through ten area, um, but they got to keep proving it.
Speaker 1: So I think that's a great point. I mean, the
Speaker 1: California team alone can slide, and I think that's really
Speaker 1: who I'm watching the most. Speaking of the Lakers, five
Speaker 1: and one in their last six, UH, schedule has been
Speaker 1: very beneficial. UH, but they're gonna start playing some tougher competition.
Speaker 1: They got poor lin Milwaukee, Cleveland Toronto, Philly all in
Speaker 1: the next two weeks. The other night, Zack Collins went
Speaker 1: upside Russ westbrooks Head had him leaking. Lebron not only
Speaker 1: had a great game, but played trainer for about thirty
Speaker 1: seconds there. What are you seeing from the Lakers and
Speaker 1: are you encouraged for them to kind of make a rise?
Speaker 1: You'll see some bonding together. I see some everybody binding
Speaker 1: into the roads. You know. Russ is one of the
Speaker 1: man people who brought into their roles, and he brought
Speaker 1: into his role as you know, be in the five
Speaker 1: Lebron's and returnal instincts came out when he saw the Brodie,
Speaker 1: you know. And then Zach Collins has a reputation for
Speaker 1: doing these type of nonsense. And I can see why
Speaker 1: the Brownie wasn't, you know, really putting up at that.
Speaker 1: But I see it coming together, and they're coming to
Speaker 1: come on a good East Coast road trip or some
Speaker 1: more bonding could come in. Not a lot of places
Speaker 1: to go on the East Coast right now with the
Speaker 1: blizzard and the weather, so they're gonna be tied together,
Speaker 1: eating at the hotel and chilling. So this is a
Speaker 1: good although the schedule of us friendly. This is a
Speaker 1: good opportunity to do some bonding on the road after
Speaker 1: the incident they just had and put together a nice
Speaker 1: run on the East Coast. I agree. I think I
Speaker 1: want to say I was watching the game and they
Speaker 1: said they have like seven games and like the next
Speaker 1: two weeks or three weeks, which is very favorable for
Speaker 1: that their team, and and you know, continuing to get
Speaker 1: Braun healthy. My question is, we saw a d s
Speaker 1: greatness on full display. Why Braun was doubt? Braun comes
Speaker 1: back and we see Bron's greatness on full display. Why
Speaker 1: a D is out? I think you made a great
Speaker 1: point of guys buying into their role. I want to
Speaker 1: see if these two guys can bring it together, Braun
Speaker 1: and a D. Because I feel like both of them
Speaker 1: every night need to be Superman for this team to
Speaker 1: really be considered UH first and foremost a playoff team,
Speaker 1: but but a team that can make noise UH in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I love how Rust has bought into his role.
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves is playing well, Lonnie Walker's playing well, But
Speaker 1: I think obviously it starts with a D and Lebron
Speaker 1: and their ability to be at their best together. Next
Speaker 1: the Mavericks have lost five out of six. Did the
Speaker 1: Mavericks make a huge mistake by not resigning Brunson. I
Speaker 1: think they just read that they just signed Kimba Walker
Speaker 1: uh this morning. I don't know if he's gonna do it,
Speaker 1: Christian would. I don't know if j Kidd has enough
Speaker 1: confidence in him. I know offensively he plays well, but
Speaker 1: on the defensive end, Uh, he's not given what you
Speaker 1: would need for him to give. Uh. It looks like
Speaker 1: they need another ball hand to learn playmaker to take
Speaker 1: some real pressure off Luca. Luke has been amazing every
Speaker 1: single game, but I think at this pace he's gonna
Speaker 1: wear out. Did they make a big mistake by not
Speaker 1: resigning Brunson. It's looking like it. It's looking like it.
Speaker 1: I know we we obviously we're happy for Jayden Brunson
Speaker 1: turn to the program, be very happy for his opportunity
Speaker 1: in New York. How could he turn that down? But
Speaker 1: it's starting to look like it. I don't even know
Speaker 1: if kim is the answer. You know, Kim is a
Speaker 1: more on the small, smaller side of the guards, kind
Speaker 1: of injury prone in the last couple of years. I
Speaker 1: don't know if Christian the wood Wood is Jay Kiss
Speaker 1: type of player at the end of the day. I know,
Speaker 1: like said, he's obviously bringing something to the offensive side,
Speaker 1: but I think like we need some more goons on
Speaker 1: the defensive side. We need some more two white players.
Speaker 1: I can't think it just can't be offensive or defensive.
Speaker 1: Luca needs some help on that offensive side. Hopefully Kimball
Speaker 1: can be that guy. You know, he's been known to,
Speaker 1: you know, get some buckets, and hopefully he can be
Speaker 1: that guy. But we have to wait and see if
Speaker 1: we have to wait and see. Hopefully Mark Cuban can
Speaker 1: make a move, but we still don't know what type
Speaker 1: of player needs to be around Luca because he's been
Speaker 1: so ball dominant. I don't know if Kimba is that
Speaker 1: guy anymore because I think if he was still being
Speaker 1: able to score, like we know Kimba to score, he
Speaker 1: wouldn't be being claimed off of waivers UM at this point.
Speaker 1: I think he would have been in camp UM. I
Speaker 1: think they made a huge mistake UM not resigning Brunson Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously I don't think anyone thought he was
Speaker 1: going to turn into the player he's continued to be.
Speaker 1: You know, he picked up where he left off in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. This guy is consistently scoring in the twenties
Speaker 1: running that team, and like you said, he's a bigger guard,
Speaker 1: you know, Kimba, someone smaller. I mean, Brunson was able
Speaker 1: to take down on the post and put work in.
Speaker 1: So I don't know who it is, because again, it's
Speaker 1: hard to bring in, uh, someone of star caliber to
Speaker 1: fit in with Luca, because Luca is so ball dominant.
Speaker 1: I think Brunson was perfect because he wasn't yet a
Speaker 1: star and he was playing his role to a t,
Speaker 1: and that's when they were at their most effective. But
Speaker 1: I I said this in the summertime. I don't think
Speaker 1: Dallas got better this offseason. Obviously they had some pickups,
Speaker 1: they had Tim Hardaway come back, but losing Brunson was
Speaker 1: a huge blow. And I don't know if they're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to recover from that this season, because like
Speaker 1: I said, you have to learn on the fly. Who
Speaker 1: can they bring in. It's gonna fit with Luca, and
Speaker 1: you already know that Brunson frick great with Luca. Heading
Speaker 1: out east, them young boys in Atlanta, UH, show boat showtime.
Speaker 1: They were full of antics. Friday Night versus Houston you
Speaker 1: saw Gen make a shot and Jabari Smith on the head. Uh.
Speaker 1: There was a later game almost scuffle and they ended
Speaker 1: up losing the game, although Trey and uh de Gen
Speaker 1: combined for eighty three points. Uh. Then they just again
Speaker 1: lost on Sunday to the Heat. Do you like their
Speaker 1: confidence or has it gone too far? I like it,
Speaker 1: but you know what comes with it. If you're gonna
Speaker 1: go that route, you know, you gotta take all the smoke,
Speaker 1: no punitsenda. You gotta take all the smoke that comes
Speaker 1: that comes with it. If you're gonna be out there
Speaker 1: high capping and dancing around. We see the jont do
Speaker 1: this and the crossover with with just not even an
Speaker 1: NBA player, You know he was out there turned up.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's the freedom out of the San Antonio system.
Speaker 1: He's in Atlanta where the lights are big right now,
Speaker 1: you know it could be a lot of magic city.
Speaker 1: Is m in his in his blood coming up coming
Speaker 1: out on the court. You know, we love to see it.
Speaker 1: You'd love to see it's the new NBA con Memphis ish.
Speaker 1: But you gotta comfortable with the winds. You gotta come
Speaker 1: dough with the winds. If the if the older players,
Speaker 1: the fans like us and and you know in their forties,
Speaker 1: are gonna, you know, say we with it. It's the
Speaker 1: young new way. You gotta come through the winds or
Speaker 1: else we're gonna have the babies out there with the
Speaker 1: magic City isms out on the court, and we can't
Speaker 1: have that right now. I don't mind it at all,
Speaker 1: but they just have to be prepared for criticism when
Speaker 1: they don't win. I mean, both these guys are full
Speaker 1: of antics. Both these guys are very talented. I mean
Speaker 1: in that Houston game they combined for a three points.
Speaker 1: I don't know much more with you know how much
Speaker 1: more they could have done. And I think you hit
Speaker 1: it on the head. And I've been saying this, the
Speaker 1: Memphis style of play and antics is going to be
Speaker 1: the new NBA. So it looks like Atlanta as the
Speaker 1: next team to jump on that train. And I expect
Speaker 1: the rest of the leaks slowly but surely as we
Speaker 1: see and what I say this all due respect. We
Speaker 1: see the end of Lebron when we send it. You
Speaker 1: see the end of k D, when we see the
Speaker 1: end of this Golden State run. These new young boys
Speaker 1: are wild and they're having fun while they play, but
Speaker 1: They just have to be able to take the criticism
Speaker 1: when they lose, because I don't want them to change
Speaker 1: the style. I like the style. I like when they're
Speaker 1: on one. Uh, it makes the game more entertaining. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm all for you know, pushing and shoving too,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I think that's a great part
Speaker 1: of the game. So I like it. I just think
Speaker 1: they have to be prepared for the criticism that comes
Speaker 1: with it when they don't win. Celtics on cruise control
Speaker 1: right now, Tatum is the league lead I think in
Speaker 1: m v P odds right now at thirty and a
Speaker 1: half points, nearly eight rebounds and almost five assist Jalen
Speaker 1: Brown to me, is the most unsung star we have
Speaker 1: in this league. Gelynna, you know, it takes a lot
Speaker 1: of worth of self to be as good as he is,
Speaker 1: Okay with being Robin. You know, he's at twenty six
Speaker 1: a game, nearly seven rebounds and four assists. UH. Celtics
Speaker 1: have seven guys uh nearly averaging double digits. Best team
Speaker 1: in the league right now. Considering all the ship they
Speaker 1: went through in the off season with their coach, they
Speaker 1: got a new coach. They still don't have Robert Williams back,
Speaker 1: and I think when he comes back, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: trouble for the league. What are you liking right now
Speaker 1: about the Celtics? First of all, that was a bar
Speaker 1: that you said about you know, know what was that
Speaker 1: worth of self knowing what knowing? Whatever? That was? You
Speaker 1: said that powder line and you said, I don't know
Speaker 1: how you said whatever it was, but that was it.
Speaker 1: You know, it takes It does take a lot for
Speaker 1: a player, a young bull to recognize that he's playing robbing.
Speaker 1: But he's playing robin to a code as batman. If
Speaker 1: he's doing in the team and rebounds, he's playmaking. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking to Tatum, he's got playing at the m v
Speaker 1: P level. So being robbing to an m v P
Speaker 1: level of player candidate could open only open up your
Speaker 1: opportunities in the league for awards for us. He's obviously
Speaker 1: gonna probably All Star. That whole team's winning habits are
Speaker 1: just ridiculous. Double digits, you know, seven players almost in
Speaker 1: double digits, the way they moved the ball. We already
Speaker 1: talked about their defensive videntity from from the starts with
Speaker 1: Marcus Smart, and I was leading down to Jakalen Brown
Speaker 1: and Jackson Tatum, and once they get big Fella back,
Speaker 1: they're gonna obviously, like you said, be another whole, another
Speaker 1: part of a problem. So right now I think they
Speaker 1: are the gold standard of the East. Everybody wants to
Speaker 1: bring up a couple of other teams, you know, our
Speaker 1: favorite teams that that and you know the Bucks, But
Speaker 1: right now the Celtics look like they're just on cruise
Speaker 1: control on the mission. I think the situation to have
Speaker 1: when the Udoka could have been an excuse and hindered
Speaker 1: this team, but I think they've used it to bring
Speaker 1: it together. And I think obviously that's a shout out
Speaker 1: to the players first and foremost Marcus Smart, Jason Tatum, Brown,
Speaker 1: the leaders um, but then also to their new coach.
Speaker 1: You know, he's stepping into a dicey situation, you know,
Speaker 1: on him for Beetle to come in and kind of
Speaker 1: just find who he is as a coach and continue
Speaker 1: and I'm sure to learn on the fly. But it
Speaker 1: helps when you have a team full of guys that,
Speaker 1: although this is some somewhat on still a young team,
Speaker 1: they've been to the top of the mountain and they
Speaker 1: gotta taste of what that finals was like last year,
Speaker 1: and I think they want more um obviously to pick
Speaker 1: up up Brogden has been huge for them. I'll Horford
Speaker 1: the consummate vet so again. I think when they get
Speaker 1: Robert William's back, that Eastern Conference is gonna be. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Boston and Boston and Milwalking when
Speaker 1: it's all said and done. So we will have to
Speaker 1: see next up. Money Talks presented to you by Moneyline,
Speaker 1: the only money app you'll ever need, Gilanni. There's something
Speaker 1: that's been brewing for the last year and some change.
Speaker 1: French superstar Victim women Yama. Hopefully I didn't pronounced his
Speaker 1: name wrong. It's possibly being the you know, the the
Speaker 1: biggest prospect we've ever seen, or or the biggest prospect
Speaker 1: next to Lebron James we've ever seen. B made a
Speaker 1: report that adding Victor to your franchise can possibly add
Speaker 1: five million dollars to your franchise evaluation. Uh. Do you
Speaker 1: think Victor's impact will translate to big dollars in the
Speaker 1: US once he comes over? Who all half a bill? Yeah?
Speaker 1: With the with they've already introduced him into the markets
Speaker 1: doing Summer League. There he's the only international player. I
Speaker 1: believe that the NBA TV is broadcasting his games on
Speaker 1: the NBA TV Act, so they're already putting money behind them.
Speaker 1: Seven four. It looks like he can do anything, considering
Speaker 1: the way the game is played now and the way
Speaker 1: the rules are set up for the offense to have
Speaker 1: freedom of movement. Um, Pairing him with some of these
Speaker 1: other young talentton guys that in the league is gonna
Speaker 1: be awesome in the financial game we've seen with Lebron
Speaker 1: did for Cleveland over the last couple of years. The
Speaker 1: NBA new TV money is coming in, He's gonna have
Speaker 1: so many off the court opportunities statewise and international. I
Speaker 1: think it's just gonna perfect balance of the international game
Speaker 1: mixed with the international advertising that's going on right now.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be a tremendous windfall for a city organization
Speaker 1: across the board. So a whole half of bill is
Speaker 1: a big deal. And you know there's gonna be somebody
Speaker 1: after him, Bin Yama, that's gonna be another bigger opportunity. Um.
Speaker 1: How do you feel about the cashing in on the
Speaker 1: Frenchman Steer stakes? I mean, I know the NBA is
Speaker 1: drooling right now, because they love to add international talent.
Speaker 1: Such international talent like this, it's only going to continue
Speaker 1: to grow the audience worldwide. I mean his appeal, Like
Speaker 1: you said, I mean, name another player they've ever shown
Speaker 1: his games, you know, on NBA TV. And keep in mind,
Speaker 1: this guy is a true eighteen year old, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Twins played against a sixteen year old
Speaker 1: eighth grader the other day in a fucking au tournament.
Speaker 1: So this guy is eighteen and really putting in this
Speaker 1: kind of work, you know what he means. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see what he does. I hope that he
Speaker 1: doesn't go to a small market team, but most likely
Speaker 1: he probably will. But if he even ends up on
Speaker 1: a bad team, it's in a in a decent market.
Speaker 1: That's only gonna make his money go up. But I mean,
Speaker 1: just think in terms of, you know, by the time
Speaker 1: he's got his footing and this next uh TV deal
Speaker 1: comes through, what his rookie extension is gonna look like
Speaker 1: it's gonna be astronomical. So I hope he has a
Speaker 1: solid team around him to help him navigate all this
Speaker 1: goddamn money he's gonna be getting. But I'm excited, you know.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I just think it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1: The game has grown so much now and obviously this
Speaker 1: is going to be the biggest you know, European UH player.
Speaker 1: And that's saying a lot, you know, because obviously we
Speaker 1: have we have Luca right now, we've had Dirk, but
Speaker 1: no one's ever had the hype UH this kid has,
Speaker 1: and I hope that he's able to stay healthy. UH
Speaker 1: in love up to it. And that is Money Talks
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Speaker 1: you'll ever need. Next up on the Radar, presented you
Speaker 1: by DraftKings Glani, We're gonna take a look at Western
Speaker 1: Conference favorites, and this ship is gonna blow your mind
Speaker 1: because odds on favorite right now at a plus three
Speaker 1: twenty are the Golden State Warriors, and technically they're not
Speaker 1: even in the playoffs right now, they're in the ninth position.
Speaker 1: But I think that just goes to show how tight
Speaker 1: this Western Conference is. Followed by another team who is
Speaker 1: I want to say middle of the pack right now,
Speaker 1: but the Los Angeles Clippers is a plus four hundred,
Speaker 1: Phoenix is the plus five hundred, The Nuggets are plus
Speaker 1: seven fifty and the Memphis Grizzlies are plus seven fifty
Speaker 1: as well. It also mentions Dallas, the Pelicans, Portland's Minnesota,
Speaker 1: the Lakers. If you bet on them and they win,
Speaker 1: you're gonna get some bread. But let's focus on those
Speaker 1: five we talked about because I think you know, I
Speaker 1: was here. You know, obviously I've been talking on TV
Speaker 1: a lot, and I really felt like the cream would
Speaker 1: rise to the top. You know, coming into this season,
Speaker 1: we I think the world felt like the two best
Speaker 1: teams possibly in the league, but for sure the Western
Speaker 1: Conference where the Golden State Wars and the Clippers, and
Speaker 1: they both got off to really slow starts. Other teams
Speaker 1: like the Utah Jazz, even the Sacramento Kings, some of
Speaker 1: these teams got hot out the gates, but I think
Speaker 1: they're coming back down to earth. And the Warriors and
Speaker 1: the Clippers odds on favor to win the Western Conference. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, by DraftKings are really kind of starting to
Speaker 1: find their rhythm and and working their way back to
Speaker 1: the top. Uh what who do you seem? Obviously still
Speaker 1: very early, but who do you see really I would
Speaker 1: say probably being the final two teams in the Western Conference. Although,
Speaker 1: and we're late November, you know, things will change and
Speaker 1: we'll check back in on this later. But who are
Speaker 1: two of two teams that you see possibly representing the
Speaker 1: Western Conference this year? We knew this was gonna happen,
Speaker 1: you know, after the long playoff run last year, championship
Speaker 1: around last year. The Clippers are intriguing, but we don't
Speaker 1: know what the deal is. Well, you know, PG and Quiet.
Speaker 1: If you say a betting man, if you can make
Speaker 1: it bet for the Lakers to be in that top two,
Speaker 1: you obviously gonna make some bread. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: easy way of Barnes instead, go to stay and in
Speaker 1: Phoenix just because of the battle tested and the battle
Speaker 1: testedness of everything. You know that they have some winning ways.
Speaker 1: They got some veterans, they've got some young guys they
Speaker 1: can lean on, some young pieces they can lean on
Speaker 1: and get in there. But I'm gonna take the easiest
Speaker 1: right to say I would have to say those two
Speaker 1: coming out of the West. I'm not mad at that.
Speaker 1: Phoenix is obviously the top of the West right now.
Speaker 1: But just what concerns me is, obviously this team is
Speaker 1: playing good basketball right now. They've got a good young Core,
Speaker 1: Devin Bookers, everything advertised and more. The head of the
Speaker 1: Snake is Chris Paul. He makes this team go. CP
Speaker 1: is getting a little older now, someone who's been injury prone,
Speaker 1: So that's the only thing that scares me. I feel
Speaker 1: like this is their last run only because Chris is
Speaker 1: getting older. And without Chris, this team wasn't even it
Speaker 1: wasn't even a playoff team. The pieces around him have improved,
Speaker 1: But I don't know. I'm hoping because like I said,
Speaker 1: there was no one in the league I would love
Speaker 1: to see to get his ring more than my brother
Speaker 1: Chris Paul. But I'm gonna go with Golden State and
Speaker 1: the Clippers. You saw Zoo Box had a monster game
Speaker 1: the other night. The question is what is Kauai MPG?
Speaker 1: And it's less PG, it's more Kauai. What is he
Speaker 1: gonna be able to give this team? I love what
Speaker 1: John Wall has been able to give this team um
Speaker 1: off the bench, just that spark on both ends of
Speaker 1: the floor. So I'm gonna ride with the two odds
Speaker 1: on favor right now and say that my final four
Speaker 1: will be Golden State and the Clippers in the West,
Speaker 1: and Boston and Milwaukee in the East, so let's remember
Speaker 1: that when it comes April, and that's on the radar
Speaker 1: presented to you by DraftKings. Next up, it's been a minute, man,
Speaker 1: but we got fan questions, so this is a good one.
Speaker 1: First one at Ben Ferrato. What are your thoughts on
Speaker 1: Check's comments about Dwight in Taiwan. I don't like it.
Speaker 1: You know, I love Big Fella. You know that's obviously
Speaker 1: the big homie, you know what I mean, big homie,
Speaker 1: big bro. But you know, I'm I'm getting tired of
Speaker 1: the whole you know, head against Dwaite. You know, at
Speaker 1: this point, Big Fella stands nothing again from the you know,
Speaker 1: from throwing shade at Dwight as a person who played overseas,
Speaker 1: you know, like he's getting the opportunity to get back
Speaker 1: and go in his bag. He probably hasn't played this
Speaker 1: way since high school then, like shooting around and practices.
Speaker 1: So it's good to see. I know how I've had
Speaker 1: an experience in playing in China, going out there competing,
Speaker 1: you know, forget remember who you are and just being
Speaker 1: you know, celebrated. For Dwight Howard, you know, his NBA
Speaker 1: experience as he's getting a chance to go back in
Speaker 1: his bag and have a good time. And who doesn't
Speaker 1: want to have a good time at this part of
Speaker 1: point of their career, especially a guy like Shaq who's
Speaker 1: known for having a good time. He's seeing to embrace
Speaker 1: the culture and in the basketball over there. So uh,
Speaker 1: it's about time for Big Feller to dad dad and
Speaker 1: led the White go ahead and do his name. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just think it's unfortunate. You know. Obviously we both
Speaker 1: and I've got a chance to play with Shack. We
Speaker 1: both love Shack, but I really feel like Shock, like
Speaker 1: you can keihi ha ha, Shock doesn't like Dwhite, and
Speaker 1: I think his hate shine through enough to make that official.
Speaker 1: Now we don't know the reason why, and he may
Speaker 1: not even admit it, but to me, there's just too
Speaker 1: many times whether it's just the unwanted hate, and unhawanted
Speaker 1: hate just means you really don't funk with somebody at
Speaker 1: the end of the day. So I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: like his comments. I understand his comments, but like you said,
Speaker 1: for every reason, you know, he's out here having fun,
Speaker 1: Dwight and you know, hoping for a shot back in
Speaker 1: the league, and he's having so much fun. He has
Speaker 1: Dwhite or he has boogie cousins thinking about going over
Speaker 1: to Taiwan and playing right now. I just saw that
Speaker 1: the other day. So it is what it is. You know,
Speaker 1: Shack obviously doesn't like him. Uh, you know. Dwight added
Speaker 1: his two cents, saying he's too old and too big
Speaker 1: and just too much to be hating on him like this.
Speaker 1: But this is I think this is just a real situation.
Speaker 1: Whether Shack om it or not, he just doesn't sunk
Speaker 1: with Dwight, and I think Dwight just has to say
Speaker 1: fuck it, fuck you if you don't funk with me,
Speaker 1: and just let it be that at the end of
Speaker 1: the day. Just let it mean. But we don't have
Speaker 1: to Yeah, yeah, we don't have to like each other,
Speaker 1: you know, in this brotherhood that in this NBA thing
Speaker 1: they called brotherhood. So it is what it is. Pol
Speaker 1: the official Haliburton in hindsight and win win trade or
Speaker 1: too early to judge. That's a great call because Haliburton
Speaker 1: is league in the league and assists and Sabonus is
Speaker 1: the only player to average over fifteen ten and six
Speaker 1: in the NBA, So they're both doing things that are
Speaker 1: beneficial for their teams. Being close to that Sacramento situation,
Speaker 1: It was a tough trade for that fan base and
Speaker 1: even for that team. For Haliburton too, I know, you
Speaker 1: know that should hit him hard, but he's found a
Speaker 1: new home and he's playing the best basketball career. I
Speaker 1: think he's nearly a twenty and ten plus guy a night,
Speaker 1: and against the bonuses, I think is right or at
Speaker 1: like eighteen eleven and like six a night. So they're
Speaker 1: both doing what they're capable of doing with different teams.
Speaker 1: So I would I would say this is a win
Speaker 1: win for both teams because I feel like, what what
Speaker 1: what what makes it even better for the Kings is
Speaker 1: Daron Fox has really been able to spread his wings
Speaker 1: and come into his own And to me, although they're
Speaker 1: different players, their production is the same, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, Like they're both you know, twenty point scores.
Speaker 1: Halibert is maybe a little bit better distributor um. But
Speaker 1: they weren't being able to there weren't gonna be able
Speaker 1: to get that off together. So although it's a tough trade,
Speaker 1: you know, shout out money McNair for for for making
Speaker 1: them pulling the trade off. And I would definitely say
Speaker 1: this has been a win win for both. Have to
Speaker 1: agree with you, both young players and balling. They've been
Speaker 1: playing with a lot of joy shoutouts and like we
Speaker 1: talked about, I believe on the last what's burning by
Speaker 1: how exciting it's been for Deer and Fox to you know,
Speaker 1: get to get the keys to the ferraris so to speak.
Speaker 1: And Haliburton is over there, like he said, he's a
Speaker 1: better distributor. He fits a little bit more of that
Speaker 1: Indian the point guard mode. I'm thinking from Mark Jackson
Speaker 1: to Travis Best and you know, more of those guys
Speaker 1: who can get the wings off. So uh no freakye,
Speaker 1: I just like to fit. Like you said, win win
Speaker 1: for both teams. Were just happy with both fan backs
Speaker 1: has got something to look forward to. Last question at
Speaker 1: jam rock oh two, who is your best end game
Speaker 1: dunker of all time? This is the easy one for me.
Speaker 1: Oh half man, half amazing Vince Carter. He is the
Speaker 1: only person to jump over a whole person. Come on, man,
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of other guys. I mean,
Speaker 1: you can think about Dominique, think about m J, you
Speaker 1: think about some some lesser named guys, but still add
Speaker 1: Rockets up there. Ask Gerald Green James White, who comes
Speaker 1: to mind for you vcs up there, Man T Mac
Speaker 1: has some crazy dunks when team last vibe you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, through the lane and the whole thing started.
Speaker 1: That was a whole vibe. But you know, the whole team,
Speaker 1: on the whole team, that was all Mac. He was
Speaker 1: throwing on the whole team. Bro Come on, man, it
Speaker 1: was insulting at first. Remember to look some people's faces
Speaker 1: on the court. There was like, no, he didn't like
Speaker 1: four team. Yeah, so a team man comes to mind
Speaker 1: those two right there. But Vince just I don't remember
Speaker 1: a person doing dunking over another seven for the like
Speaker 1: that Olympic setting or not. I don't care who out
Speaker 1: there was in the game. It was other pros out there,
Speaker 1: and he leaped over the whole man. So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go at half man closely with a close followed by
Speaker 1: a team Mac off the glass. Before we get out
Speaker 1: of here, we wanted to mention man, we had the
Speaker 1: one and only icon Will Smith joined all the smoke.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I can't even say another addition to all
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Speaker 1: not this is not that. Man. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: Will Smid you very happy to be here. Did you
Speaker 1: know what she was doing for the culture doing the
Speaker 1: fresh friends When you were showing up with the Fresh
Speaker 1: Jay's I was literally calling Jordan's Mike please. He was like, man,
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Speaker 1: Emancipation top three of your films. Thank you for those
Speaker 1: who say, why another slave movie? What do you say
Speaker 1: to that. It's not a black story, It's it's an
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Speaker 1: see one guest on our show, who would it be?
Speaker 1: Have you had things all shut the front door. We
Speaker 1: appreciate your time and just really want to tell you man,
Speaker 1: we love you when we appreciate you like I would
Speaker 1: important you are to our culture. I would important you
Speaker 1: are to the movement here and be just finished talking
Speaker 1: to a legend. I know a guy that you probably
Speaker 1: thought of when you first came up with the idea
Speaker 1: of this show. Um, just the whole experience. Give me.
Speaker 1: I was one of your lines but walk walk me
Speaker 1: through the Will Smith interview. I mean that was that
Speaker 1: was a hell of a thing to to watch to produce. Uh,
Speaker 1: you guys, probably I have to say it's one of
Speaker 1: you guys best Probably you guys best interview. But just
Speaker 1: take us from your perspective. How was the Will Smith experience?
Speaker 1: You know when I thought of this show, he was
Speaker 1: the north star, Uh, not knowing for we to be
Speaker 1: able to get him. We were able to get him,
Speaker 1: you know, shout out to our team, everyone who helped
Speaker 1: Melissa Ellen, everyone who was behind the scenes. Uh that
Speaker 1: that helped us be able to get him. But I
Speaker 1: mean he was everything and more, you know, transparent honest. Uh.
Speaker 1: He laughed, he cried, he joked, he talked ship and
Speaker 1: what was dope too? Because you and I got there
Speaker 1: first when he white that was the first time I've
Speaker 1: ever met him. He showed love and energy like he
Speaker 1: had known us, like he is the homie, like we
Speaker 1: went to college with the dude or something. And I
Speaker 1: knew right there that it was gonna be a dope interview.
Speaker 1: And obviously thank him for this because he is such
Speaker 1: a star that you know, you only see you know,
Speaker 1: he only does you know the a list type quote
Speaker 1: unquote most of the time just kind of that a
Speaker 1: list media. And for him to give us a chance
Speaker 1: and sit down and talk to his core fan base,
Speaker 1: people who grew up on the people who love him. Um,
Speaker 1: I think that was big for us, and I think
Speaker 1: it's going to be beneficial for him to be honest,
Speaker 1: because it's gonna be nothing but positive feedback and love
Speaker 1: and support for someone who you know, who needs it.
Speaker 1: So I say all that to say, man, don't miss
Speaker 1: this episode. It could argue to be be our best.
Speaker 1: Shout out to his team for coming through for sure.
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