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Speaker 1: is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight

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Speaker 1: Fire for Monday May fifteenth, Ladies and gentlemen, this was

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Speaker 1: one of the most exhausting weekends I've had in a

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Speaker 1: long long time. We've got some clarity in the NBA

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Speaker 1: playoffs the Golden State Warriors. Can we say the Dynasty's over?

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Speaker 1: Rob g called it. I had faith in the Warriors.

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Speaker 1: it's official. It's done. Lakers route them Friday night. That

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Speaker 1: started the weekend, and Saturday was just chaos. Son had

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Speaker 1: had my dad's soccer tournament. If you follow me on

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Speaker 1: the gram, obviously you tracked everything. It was a glorious

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Speaker 1: you know, you start to lose it. We advanced to

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Speaker 1: Like I mean, he's like ten years younger than anybody

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And then to Cap Saturday. As

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Speaker 1: if you I wasn't tired enough, there's this nerf gun battle.

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Speaker 1: I think I talked about it last year. Some YouTube

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Speaker 1: you bring a nerf gun, and you wear like goggles

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Speaker 1: But you know, my daughter's Girl Scout Troop went and

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Speaker 1: But listen, NERF gun battles are fun. If you want

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Speaker 1: once again comes up short, and folks, Embiid was pretty

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Speaker 1: the series, and Rob even laughed, Oh, first quarter, he

422
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: can't get a bucket. I think was it three straight

423
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,639
Speaker 1: first quarter games he did not make basket? That is correct, Yeah,

424
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 1: so he went through it. I get it. But when

425
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,480
Speaker 1: the lights are brightest, who shows up with fifty one

426
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,960
Speaker 1: the most points ever scored in a game seven in

427
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 1: NBA history, eclipsing Curries fifty from like two weeks ago.

428
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,159
Speaker 1: And this, by the way, not to go off on

429
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:21,439
Speaker 1: too much of a tangent, totally bolsters my argument that

430
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,840
Speaker 1: this era of the NBA, this current one right now,

431
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,080
Speaker 1: is better than any we've ever seen. And by a

432
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:32,920
Speaker 1: mile a mile, it's not even close. Like we think

433
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: of Jason Tatum as like a really good player, I'm

434
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 1: calling him on one, folks, Jason Tatum would have been

435
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,680
Speaker 1: like and I know people are gonna say this is

436
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: sacrilegious just because of the history. But like, Jason Tatum

437
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: is a better offensive player than Larry Bird. And that's

438
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 1: not like some major hot take. Larry Bird was amazing,

439
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 1: top ten player all time. Larry Bird's intangibles made him great.

440
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 1: Larry Bird's work, ethic, determination, trash talk, rebounding, passing, like

441
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 1: he was an amazing overall player. Tatum's not there yet, obviously,

442
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,399
Speaker 1: But in terms of offensive skill set, I mean, Jason

443
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,119
Speaker 1: Tatum's got to be up there with some of the

444
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:10,399
Speaker 1: all time greats, like and he's ascending. Still, he is

445
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,720
Speaker 1: literally unstoppable as an offensive player. And I know he

446
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: went through it. Listen, everybody has tough games. It happens,

447
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,639
Speaker 1: but like, we need to appreciate Tatum for what he is.

448
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: And folks, Rob Mike, am I getting too gushy here.

449
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 1: It's fifty seven to fifty five in the third quarter

450
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: and Tatum goes. He hits a two on a layup,

451
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: a three, a three, two free throws. I think Jalen

452
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 1: Brown scores, and then Tatum hits another three, and all

453
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 1: of a sudden, a two point game is like fifteen,

454
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,360
Speaker 1: and it's game over and Tatum basically vanquished Harden Embiid

455
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,119
Speaker 1: Tobias hairs all of them, Tyrese Maxey, get the hell

456
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 1: out of here. Good don't you're not on my level?

457
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: Go go away. And I took Heath last week for

458
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: saying I take Tatum over and beat, and I stand

459
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,840
Speaker 1: by one hundred percent, rob Am, I going two overboard

460
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: on Tatum. I you know I like him. I do

461
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,119
Speaker 1: not personally know him. I did have his trainer on

462
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 1: the pod. I've followed Tatum's career very closely. I just

463
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 1: like everything about the guy. Man.

464
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 2: I love me a future Laker, Jason Tatum. I think

465
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 2: he's great and look putting him in the same conversation

466
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,879
Speaker 2: in with Larry Bird, even though I understand exactly what

467
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 2: you mean, and I think you're probably right in terms

468
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,160
Speaker 2: of an offensive player, just because guys get bigger, stronger, faster,

469
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 2: more skilled as gears go on. I'm with you. I

470
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 2: just think that because of his career being so early

471
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 2: and Larry Bird being arguably like a top seven player

472
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 2: of all time, that might ruffle some feathers a little bit,

473
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 2: but looks sure. But with Jason Tatum, it's not just

474
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 2: that he performs well, right, It's not just that he's

475
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 2: a great a talent. His bag is deep.

476
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 1: You know.

477
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:55,879
Speaker 2: It's that his best games in his career have come

478
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 2: at the biggest moments, and not a lot of guys

479
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 2: can say that, like Lebron can say it. You know,

480
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 2: maybe KD can say it. And that's about it. Like

481
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 2: Jason Tatum's Game six last year against the Bucks on

482
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 2: the road against elimination, drops forty six right Game six

483
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 2: this year, he plays terribly for three quarters and then

484
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 2: he becomes the second coming of Michael Jordan there in

485
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 2: the fourth this one Game seven against it, and he

486
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,160
Speaker 2: hasn't really been great in the series, you know, I mean,

487
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 2: like outside of the fourth quarter of Game six, like

488
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 2: he's been kind of roller coaster. That's kind of been

489
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 2: who he's been in this series. The counting stats look good,

490
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 2: but if you watched the games, he hasn't really looked

491
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 2: like an All NBA First team player, which is why

492
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,640
Speaker 2: I said Jalen Brown has been more consistent than him

493
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: in these posts in this postseason. But Game seven to

494
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 2: drop a fifty burger at when the game was close

495
00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: at halftime, Like it's not like they came out and

496
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 2: he just blew him out of the water from the

497
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 2: beginning and he just you know, patted his stas there

498
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 2: at the end. No, they needed all of those points.

499
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 2: They He was awesome, And there's something to be said

500
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 2: when the talent is already there, but the ability to

501
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 2: rise to the moment matches that talent, Like that's special

502
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,679
Speaker 2: and he is a special, special player. I can't wait

503
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 2: for him to sign with the Lakers in like three years.

504
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,120
Speaker 1: So we have a rematch the Bubble Finals, which were

505
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: so widely mocked. Oh the Bubble, what does it matter?

506
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: Come on, anybody could make it to the Bubble finals.

507
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,400
Speaker 1: Boston and Miami same as the Bubble, Denver Lakers, same

508
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: as the Bubble. Boston, Miami starts Wednesday. We'll get into that.

509
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: Denver Lakers starts Tuesday. We'll get into that as we

510
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: get closer. However, there was some big, huge seismic NBA

511
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 1: news Sunday morning. Now, after the soccer tournament and the

512
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: NERF gun battle at Sofi, I did not have time, unfortunately,

513
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 1: to wake up and really check my phone to see

514
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: what was going on. It was like, you know, right

515
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: to church Mother's Day and we went to brunch. I

516
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 1: was like totally out of it. So I was late

517
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,439
Speaker 1: on this. But I kept getting all these text jamrant

518
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 1: my smh Ja Morant shrug. People are like, I was like, oh,

519
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: wonder what happened to Moran. You go online and you

520
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 1: see that he is hanging out in a car with

521
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: one of his homies and they're listening to a song.

522
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 1: And I'll get to the song in a second, because

523
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: I heard it on the radio driving my son Sunday

524
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: and I was like, wait a minute, this is the

525
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 1: Ja Morant song. So I had to uh, I shazamed

526
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: it well. I had my son do it for me

527
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: while I was driving. I was like, this song is fire,

528
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: and I of course turn it up with my kids

529
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,440
Speaker 1: in the car with me, and he's like trying to

530
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 1: turn it down because you know, he doesn't want people

531
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: to see like anybody knows who he is. Anyways, the

532
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 1: song is ain't gonna answer n Eli Choppa. I don't

533
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: know what that is. And Lil Wayne, I think I

534
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 1: told you guys about my Lil Wayne sent me up

535
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: message on ig about something I had said on Cowherd

536
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: and he was like, he was like, that's funny or something.

537
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: I was like, is this really little? You know? I

538
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 1: had to check you triple check and it was Little

539
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: Wayne apparently watching some coward after he watches Undisputed. At

540
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: any rate, this song is pretty fire. Ain't gonna answer,

541
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: but what John Morant did. They're rolling around and his

542
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: buddy decides, I'm gonna go live on Instagram because i

543
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: wanna be cool. I need to get my followers up.

544
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 1: I'm rolling with Jahn Morant. It's lit as a kids say.

545
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,919
Speaker 1: And you know, I guess John Morant, for whatever reason,

546
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 1: is in the passenger seat of a It looked like

547
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: it was a jeep or something with like a sun roof.

548
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: I don't know, crop not crop top, but pop top.

549
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: But I don't know if it was I don't think

550
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: it was a convertible rob Do you know what vehicle

551
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 1: it was?

552
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,040
Speaker 2: I do not know.

553
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: Okay, anyways, John Morant's got a gun in his hand,

554
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 1: just waving it around while rapping to Ain't gonna answer,

555
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: And I'm like, the season's been over for two weeks

556
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: for Memphis. John was suspended two months ago, remember his

557
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: big apology tour. I mean, he's a mess. John Moran

558
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: is a total disaster right now. I mean the Memphis

559
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: suspended him instantly. But from what there's no offseason program

560
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: from Memphis, Like what, they're just putting this out there

561
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: like it matters. I mean, I think ultimately the question is,

562
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: like what does John Morant want to be? Does he

563
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: want to be like an NBA player and have a

564
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 1: great career, and you know, I know he doesn't want

565
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: to be a role model. Nobody signs up for this.

566
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: Charles Barkley famously I'm not a role model back in

567
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: the day, which was classic, and I kind of agreed

568
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: with him. John Moran didn't sign up to be a

569
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: role model. But thing is, people love him, kids love him.

570
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: He flies through the air, he dunks, he's acrobatic, he

571
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: is unrepentant with his trash talk. A lot of kids

572
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: like him and he didn't ask for that, but they

573
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: do anyway. And does he on some level need to

574
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: show the kids that, like, yeah, I should be waving

575
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: a gun around while I'm driving or while my buddy's

576
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: driving and I'm listening to music. And does he want

577
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: to be a gang banger? I don't know the answer.

578
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: I'm not even saying his friends in a gang, but

579
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: he's trying to give off that like I'm in nineties

580
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: in a rap group and I'm rocking guns like. That's

581
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: the vibe he's trying to get off. And if he

582
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: wants to do that, that's fine. Hey man, jeopardize your

583
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: career whatever you want to do, Bro. I will say this.

584
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: I saw multiple versions of this quote. I'm sure you've

585
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: heard it. Rob, show me your five closest friends and

586
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 1: I'll show you who you are. And the other version

587
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: of it is show me your friends and I'll show

588
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: you your future. Either one of those applies here. Okay.

589
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's got to be a choir boy.

590
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's got to be like Devin Booker

591
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: and date Kendall Jenner or you know, like he's got

592
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: to be like Lebron and hang out with Maverick Carter

593
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: and started to kill. I'm not saying he has to

594
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: do any path. He's gonna do his own path. I

595
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: get that. But who he's hanging out with is clearly

596
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: getting him in some trouble and if somebody doesn't step

597
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: up and stop him, this could end very badly for

598
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: John Moran. We've seen some of these ugly cases before.

599
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: I think there was some chatter that Steven Adams had

600
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: like called a team meeting during the season and was like, hey, guys,

601
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: we need to dial it back. Let's chill, let's not

602
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: be going out. Let's you know, we've got something special here.

603
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 1: And like that night, John Moran went out and was like,

604
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: you know, living it up. And I get that. It's

605
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,479
Speaker 1: twenty three, You're twenty three years old. You got all

606
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: the money in the world. You know, you could do

607
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: whatever you want. But I'm just saying, Rob, like, I

608
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: don't feel good about where Jah Moran is right now.

609
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: It's pretty clear that that apology tour he went on

610
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: was just just smoking mirrors, doing it for the media

611
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: to keep the sponsorships. Let's see what happens to all

612
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: those millions that he's supposed to be getting in endorsements.

613
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: Let's see what happens with those in the coming days

614
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: and weeks.

615
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really clear it doesn't get it. Like, and

616
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 2: you don't even have to look at this specific incident

617
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 2: to know that he doesn't get it right. When he

618
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 2: first came back from suspension, his dad was wearing a

619
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 2: sweatshirt with Jamaran's picture on it that said Redemption. It's like, Bro,

620
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 2: redemption for like, you're the one who did this, this

621
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 2: is not a league issue. This is not Oh, he's

622
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 2: like the victim of circumstance. Like, no, your son is

623
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 2: acting like an asshole and all of the things that

624
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 2: have come his way have been self inflicted wounds. And

625
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: so you had people like, you know, Shannon Shark was

626
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 2: one of the most vocal guys, like, hey, you're not

627
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 2: about that life, why are you trying to glorify it?

628
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 2: And someone other people were saying, well, it's up to

629
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 2: the ogs and sports and sports media to like look

630
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 2: after him, and it's like, no, it's up to your dad,

631
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 2: who's right there on the sidelines with a drink in

632
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: his hand, to put the drink down, take that sweatshirt off,

633
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: and say you are screwing this up for yourself. And

634
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 2: Jahn Morant is so in love with the the Gram

635
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 2: and he can't put down, you know, his cell phone,

636
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 2: and he's just continuing to show you that he is immature,

637
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 2: that he is not cut out to be the face

638
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 2: of an NBA franchise, the face of the NBA, the

639
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 2: face of Nike, pick whatever multi billion dollar brand you want.

640
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 2: He doesn't get it. And you know when he went

641
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 2: to that therapy, right he went to some you know, uh,

642
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 2: check in therapist, whatever it was, rehab facility.

643
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: You know, he was there.

644
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 2: He was there for two days. What kind like I

645
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 2: know people who have been in rehab. I know people

646
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 2: who have gone to you know, therapy sessions. You do

647
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 2: not solve the kind of issues that he has in

648
00:33:53,440 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 2: two days. Jahn Morant unfortunately looks like he is going

649
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 2: to crash and burn and flame out of the NBA

650
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 2: sooner rather than later.

651
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: And I'll be real, Rob, He's only twenty three. And

652
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: I remember I was very dumb and did a lot

653
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: of stupid things at twenty three. I obviously didn't have

654
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 1: millions of my pocket. I basically had pennies in my pocket.

655
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: And I was trying to be cool and have fun

656
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: and date girls and enjoy life right outside New York

657
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: City and in New York City, and like, yeah, I

658
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: had some very very forgettable, idiotic moments that helped me grow. Luckily,

659
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: there was no spotlight. I mean, nobody cared in terms

660
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,320
Speaker 1: of the media or team or anything to be like, dude,

661
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: clean up your act. But to act. I just want

662
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: to remind folks out there, like, yeah, John Marian's really talented.

663
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: He's just we're talking about a two time All start here.

664
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: That's it. He's a two time All Star. He's not MVP,

665
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: he hasn't been to the conference finals. He's not first

666
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 1: team ball NBA. He did make second last year. He's

667
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: a really good play. But we're talking about a two

668
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: time All Star. The league choose these guys up and

669
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: spits the bout. If he doesn't get his act cleaned

670
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: up soon, he's just gonna be He's gonna be a

671
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: cautionary tail, honestly, And I feel bad for the guy

672
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 1: because he's getting some pretty friggin bad advice. I don't

673
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 1: even know if we should do it quickly. But this

674
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: this Monty William situation in Phoenix. So he gets fired

675
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 1: on Sunday, I guess not a total surprise. I started

676
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: to read up on The Sun's owner, matt is Ishbia, Rob,

677
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: have you read a lot about him only recently? Yeah?

678
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: Interesting guy? So this company that he's got this hold up,

679
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: I have it in my notes. I had to sit

680
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: in a car for two hours await for my kid,

681
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: and I did a lot of reading on Ishbia. Okay,

682
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: so I got some name fun names in the Sun's search. Rob,

683
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: I'll bounce them off in a sec. So essentially, Ishbia's

684
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: dad started a mortgage business, lending, and you know, twenty

685
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: years in Ishbia grows up and he gets the CEO gate.

686
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: So I'm not saying he was born on third base,

687
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: but his dad started a company and made a lot

688
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: of money and he becomes a CEO. Now he did

689
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 1: coming out of college. Remember he was on the Michigan

690
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: State basketball team. Is like, you know, end of the

691
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 1: bench guy, but in the program, a gritty guard, you know, tough,

692
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: slap the floor kind of guy in high school who

693
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 1: was I'm sure a really really good player at any rate.

694
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 1: Coming out of college, he was so highly thought of,

695
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: like smart kid, knows basketball, fiery passionate. He had offers

696
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: to be an assistant coach in college. You're like, oh,

697
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,919
Speaker 1: come on, you can make this, and he's like, dude,

698
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: come on, I got a CEO gig of my dad's

699
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: company coming around the corner. So he gets this, and

700
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: now when the company went public, I guess a couple

701
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: of years ago, he becomes a billionaire, him and his brother.

702
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: His first order of business once he buys his sons

703
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: is to just go get Kevin Duran and According to

704
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: some reports, Rob he didn't like cozy up to the

705
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: GM and be like, hey, what are you think? Okay Jones, Hey,

706
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 1: let's go get Kevin Durant. It sounds like it wasn't

707
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: anything like that. It was like, I'm gonna go get

708
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and the GM was not involved in it

709
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: at all. Now listen, I applaud that that's cool. Hey

710
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: you wanna go in make a splash, But then what

711
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: happens when you guys flame out? And now the coach.

712
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: You know, Monty Williams didn't have a great series, but

713
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: he's well liked around the league, highly thought of. People

714
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: like him, respect him. I don't know you think the

715
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: GM fired Monty Williams. I think it was the owner.

716
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: Take a guess. The billionaire born on third base is

717
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: gonna get what he wants, which is the title, and

718
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: Manti Williams, they could be the guy. So now you

719
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: got I'm doing this as the owner. I'm doing that,

720
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: and he's gonna be ticked off. The next question down

721
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: the pike, Rob, is what is he trading DeAndre Aighten for?

722
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: Because I said, I'm sure some of you guys saw

723
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: this clip. I saw it on the Graham and I

724
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: posted it on my account, but there is a video

725
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: behind the Sun's bench at game four, DeAndre Ayton is

726
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: sitting on the bench like just like frustrated, I don't know,

727
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: and Devin Booker's like not talking trash to him, but

728
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 1: being like, dude, you got like this is what Joker does.

729
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: You gotta be ready and like showing him in. Deandretan

730
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: clearly just doesn't want to be told what to do.

731
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: And ultimately I don't know if Deandretan rolls his eyes

732
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: or whatever, but Booker starts to get upset. Chris Paul

733
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: comes in and like pulls him away, and you're like, yee.

734
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: Aidan's like not even listening, doesn't want to hear it

735
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,240
Speaker 1: from Booker, and Chris Paul is the voice of reason,

736
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: which is very strang. Chris Paul's usually one yelling and

737
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: that was in game four. Again they won. Two games later.

738
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: Deandretan is a no show, did not play with the

739
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 1: rib injury. Devin Booker has ducked the media. We know

740
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: that's a cowardly act. Ducked the media after game six

741
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: is like, oh, I gotta do my exit interview. He

742
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: has not talked to the media since they gagged at home,

743
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 1: losing again in a close out game by thirty. Coaches fired,

744
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 1: and I don't know that the GM's gonna get canned,

745
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: but I'll say this, and you know, the answer to

746
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 1: is Rob who was sitting next to Matt Ishbia during

747
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: that Yokich incident where he flopped? You know who was

748
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: sitting next.

749
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 2: To I believe that's none other than New York Knicks

750
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 2: legend Isaiah Thomas.

751
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: Well say Detroit Piston's legend, but yes, Isaiah Thomas, who

752
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: memoribly very very bad in the New York front office.

753
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: So I started reading a little more and Rob, I

754
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: was unaware. But Isaiah Thomas was not just at home

755
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: games with Ishbia. He was at road games with Ishbia.

756
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: He was at every playoff game with the owner. They're

757
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: fast friends apparently. So let me see if I can

758
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: connect this Isaiah Thomas, who's probably craving to get back

759
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: in the league. You could see him on NBA TV

760
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: like two nights a week. That's like what he does,

761
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: and then he gets in some media squabbles. That's what

762
00:39:56,120 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 1: he's doing. He's not a fossil. You know, you think

763
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 1: Isaiah Thomas wants to get back in the league. You

764
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: think the GM's feeling good about his chances right there? Now,

765
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: I got some other names for you if you don't

766
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: like Isaiah Thomas maybe coming into the front off. Maybe

767
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 1: it'll be a consultant role. And then you know those

768
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,919
Speaker 1: shove out James Jones when he can't get something done,

769
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: Isaiah Thomas won won. I'm gonna toss a couple other

770
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 1: names that you ready for this. I'm not gonna say

771
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: tom Izzo. I don't think tom Izzo's He's not. I

772
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: don't think he's going to the NBA now, right, would

773
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: you agree? Yeah?

774
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:30,799
Speaker 2: No? Not.

775
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: Budenholzer pushed out in Milwaukee any interest? If you saw

776
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: by the way Budenholzer lives, has like a place in Arizona,

777
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: and I guess is around there a lot Budenholzer to

778
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: the Suns. Does that do anything for you?

779
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:52,240
Speaker 2: Not? Really?

780
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not a huge bootonholder guy. Uh. Nick Nurse

781
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: still unemployed. I believe the Raptors guy. He's highly thought of,

782
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: thanks Kawhi Leonard. Other than that, I don't know. Does

783
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: Nick Nurse do anything for you?

784
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 2: A little bit?

785
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:12,280
Speaker 1: Okay? So this would be the interesting one. Tyleru highly

786
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: thought of with the Clippers who are dealing with the

787
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 1: uh Kawhi Leonard. What's his health status again, Paul George?

788
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: You know we've we've seen his playoff Flaymounts. Sun's owner

789
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: with billions of dollars. Remember born on third base, He's

790
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: got all the money in the world. You think he

791
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: makes a hail Mary and says, gimme Isaiah Thomas as

792
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,359
Speaker 1: my GM and Tylu as my head coach. Let's rock

793
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: and roll. Now if I'm ty Lou, I coached Lebron

794
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: and Kyrie Irving. Now I get Kawhi and Paul George,

795
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 1: and I could get Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. It's

796
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 1: not it's not a bad living. Huh not bad? Right?

797
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 2: Rock d Well, you know what's funny is everything that

798
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 2: you've said it. You know, people they ave tinfoil cap on.

799
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 2: They forget this is the NBA. Well you people forget that.

800
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 2: When Ishbie was first brought in as the owner, Chris

801
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 2: Haynes from TNT, who hardly ever gets things wrong, oh

802
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 2: reported that Isaiah Thomas was going to accept the prominent

803
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: role in their front office, and he quickly had to

804
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 2: back off of that. I don't think Chris Haynes got

805
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 2: it wrong. And to me, in my opinion, I think

806
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 2: that when that news got floated out, the blowback on

807
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 2: social media was so fierce because of Isaiah Thomas's history

808
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 2: and the Robert Sarverus situation, and there's like the timing

809
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,280
Speaker 2: of it would would have been horrible.

810
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, here it is February seventh.

811
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 2: You're right, So I think that that was put on

812
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 2: the back burner. So as far as him coming into Phoenix,

813
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 2: I absolutely one that happening in this offseason. The Tylu

814
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 2: situation trip out on this one. I saw this one

815
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 2: right before we started recording. Multiple outlets had reported that

816
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 2: Russell Westbrook was scene with Rich Cleiman in Los Angeles

817
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 2: over the weekend. Rich Cleman, of course, is the manager

818
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 2: slash agent for Kevin Durant. So is it possible that

819
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 2: Tylu comes aboard with some kind of compensation attached. They

820
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 2: trade Chris Paul and his massive contract for two or

821
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 2: three role players that fit better when a cheaper contract,

822
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 2: and then you bring in Russell Westbrook as like a

823
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 2: mid level exception to be your starting point guard and

824
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 2: your third star on that team.

825
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: Hmm.

826
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 2: I think I think that the tea leaves are starting

827
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,280
Speaker 2: to reveal themselves a little bit in this situation.

828
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: It's interesting because I think I'm not one hundred percent sure,

829
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: but I think I asked which former KD teammate is

830
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: more likely to join forces with him in Phoenix, Kyrie

831
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: Irving or Russell Westbrook, and I don't. I can't. I

832
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,799
Speaker 1: sure as hell hope that the Mads don't bring DeAndre

833
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: Ayton to help Luka Doncic because that is that's that's

834
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: not good. Backfire badly. If Devin Booker and Chris Paul

835
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: can't deal with Aden, what do you think Luka Doncic

836
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: is gonna do? So I'm ruling out Kyrie. I think

837
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, who is a free agent, right yep, yes,

838
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: deals up like Kevin Durant or appreciates how hard he plays.

839
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,959
Speaker 1: They're watching DeAndre Ayden not play hard. That video clip

840
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: that we talked about, I think it was game one,

841
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: maybe game two, where Ayton just like kind of got

842
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: during a rebound, was like kind of shoved out of

843
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Speaker 1: bounds a little bit, and he just watched the play unfold.

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Speaker 1: It's like ball's batting around he's just watching it. He's

845
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: not trying to go get it. It's like, geez, he done,

846
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Speaker 1: does he want? Well? Russell Westbrook, I'll tell you right now,

847
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Speaker 1: would have gone after it. He is like a dog

848
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Speaker 1: on at least he's going after everything.

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Speaker 2: And they just saw at firsthand in that series Russell Westbrook,

850
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 2: without two stars was going balls to the wall. And

851
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Speaker 2: even whether it was inefficiently, I understand that, but he

852
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Speaker 2: was the Clipper's best player in that series.

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Speaker 1: Man. Yeah, people people probably think like Isaiah Thomas and

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Speaker 1: ty lew as a package. And now you're talking Russell

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Speaker 1: Westbrook NBA. I think we're headed to a to a

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Speaker 1: wild off season, are robb g? All Right? So tomorrow

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Speaker 1: obviously will be a big day. We will preview Lakers

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Speaker 1: Nugs game one. Let me see if I can call

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Speaker 1: up the line real quick. I haven't actually looked. I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming Denver is a favorite. I don't think. I don't

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Speaker 1: want to guess who wrong here, but I would assume

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Speaker 1: they're like in the minus one eighty range in this series.

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Speaker 1: Have you looked, Robert.

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Speaker 2: Now, I believe last night looked they were minus one fifty.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's not that significant, huh. Let's see here. Game one,

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Speaker 1: the Nugs are oh minus five and a half. Wow,

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Speaker 1: Lakers have won the last two game ones in the postseason.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Denver will Uh well, it's the Warriors

869
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Speaker 1: are coming off a Game seven, so that was kind

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Speaker 1: of understand it. Yeah, I don't. I don't see Denver

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Speaker 1: getting caught sleeping here, do you? Uh?

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Speaker 2: With the five and a half? I love the five

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Speaker 2: and a half.

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Speaker 1: You would take it for the Lakers?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we'll dive deeper into this tomorrow. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: if the Lakers are gonna win this series, I think

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Speaker 2: they almost have to win game one because of all

878
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Speaker 2: the rest they're gonna have every The game is now

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Speaker 2: every other day moving forward after that, so there's not

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Speaker 2: a lot of rest. No, So if they're going to

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Speaker 2: steal home court, which is what they're gonna need to

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Speaker 2: to win this series, I think they have to win

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Speaker 2: game one.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, here's the schedule. Okay, so they played Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday. Oh,

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Speaker 1: you had no extra days baked in there. Okay, not

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00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: looking good for Lakers. But does your gut tell you

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Speaker 1: Lakers win the series?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: I think for my bank account, I have two Lakers

890
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Speaker 1: futures tickets, which is crazy. I have posted them, I've

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00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: mentioned them on the pod. So this is not like

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Speaker 1: me coming out of the woodwork. This is from like

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Speaker 1: February and for content. Obviously, Lakers over the Nuggets, but

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Lakers can beat these guys. But

895
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Speaker 1: then again, I thought the Warriors would happen too. All Right,

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Speaker 1: much more to dive into. Talk to you tomorrow.