Speaker 1: Jasen Brunson is a nice piece to that puzzle. So
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens to him. And that's like me
Speaker 1: and me and you got a group and then somebody
Speaker 1: got solo. You know what I mean? Do you really
Speaker 1: want to go solo and do a solo album? You
Speaker 1: know what I mean with all the pressures of a
Speaker 1: solo artist, especially if you're in a duo group with
Speaker 1: the Michael Jackson. Yeah, I mean if you, if you,
Speaker 1: if you're in a group with Michael Jackson, that's a
Speaker 1: whole another world, bro, different group. You shout out, ray Jack.
Speaker 1: That's my job. Too many backwoods being smoked in the downtime.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to What's Burning. Season is coming to an end.
Speaker 1: I like to welcome my big bro, Gilanni McCoy. Jack
Speaker 1: got stuck in Chicago and Old Block last night, so
Speaker 1: he has some flight issues. So we have to catch
Speaker 1: Jack next week. Man. But let's get right into it,
Speaker 1: Jilanni draft this weekend. Twenty two players, when it's all
Speaker 1: said and done, from the Allen Iverson class sick were
Speaker 1: either drafted or signed two way deals free agent deals.
Speaker 1: I mean twenty two players. How many players were there total?
Speaker 1: I mean that seems like the whole everyone there got
Speaker 1: drafted or picked up. Okay, I think that's that's close
Speaker 1: close to it. Somebody was either on the way on
Speaker 1: the way to draft it or or the next upsode.
Speaker 1: That's a hats off to that class into the AI
Speaker 1: Classic and everybody involved. Bo j coaches, you know, they
Speaker 1: were there, d Miles, Bonds, and a lot of former
Speaker 1: players were there. So it says a lot about that
Speaker 1: coaching staff in that All American game too. You know,
Speaker 1: for a couple of months removing those guys are you know,
Speaker 1: top one and two in the draft and a couple
Speaker 1: of the filter out to the first round. So that's
Speaker 1: no joke, really, big man happy for a I saw
Speaker 1: he made a post yesterday. But I love that this
Speaker 1: game just continues to grow and grow. Hope to have
Speaker 1: no more next year. Any surprises, I was one of
Speaker 1: the rare people who went out on the limb and
Speaker 1: took Polo number one. Orlando did the same, Chet went
Speaker 1: number two, Jabari went number three. Was it a surprise
Speaker 1: to you or do you think anything kind of panned out?
Speaker 1: You know, you couldn't really go wrong with the number
Speaker 1: one pick this year. I think everything I think you
Speaker 1: could you could have went wrong, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: considering Polo is the SEXI get picked, considering you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, his measurable is and what he's gonna
Speaker 1: look like in the workout. I've seen Jabari in person,
Speaker 1: but I'm not surprised on how the how those picks
Speaker 1: checked up. Chat is a unicorn that probably got to
Speaker 1: figure out a position for him. But whether that be
Speaker 1: center or three, whatever it is, he can really move
Speaker 1: as a big player. And Jabari from you know, from
Speaker 1: from wear it out on the street, from everybody we
Speaker 1: know is you know, it's been a pro for a
Speaker 1: long time. It's gonna peek at the right time. So
Speaker 1: no surprises. But I will say that you know, it
Speaker 1: wasn't hand picked. The polo was gonna be number one,
Speaker 1: so it was good him to shake it up a
Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, shout out to Polo Man. The number
Speaker 1: four picked, the Sacramento Kings chose to go with Keegan Murray.
Speaker 1: They felt that obviously his size and shooting ability and
Speaker 1: scoring ability better fit their team, which left Jaden Ivy
Speaker 1: that produced stand out to get drafted number five by Detroit.
Speaker 1: As someone who's from Sacramento and works for the team,
Speaker 1: And I'm really hoping this Keegan Murray pick pans out.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously we all know what happened with Marvin
Speaker 1: Bagley and Luca. The one thing I said going into
Speaker 1: this draft is I hope the Kings don't look back
Speaker 1: in two years and be like, damn Jade and Ivy
Speaker 1: is terrorizing the NBA and we had a chance to
Speaker 1: take him, as we had a chance to take Luca
Speaker 1: and it didn't happen. So I'm really hoping that Keegan
Speaker 1: Murray pans out. Real big body, nice score on both end,
Speaker 1: are on the offensive end, um, So I'm really hoping
Speaker 1: that really pans out for the Kings. On a selfish note,
Speaker 1: you and fan base, I think they're like one picked
Speaker 1: away from, you know, the eventual NBA Messiah. They always
Speaker 1: missing my month pick or something like whatever that is.
Speaker 1: So I think you and the King's fan base are
Speaker 1: are really counting on this kid being good, and I
Speaker 1: hope that he is for the fan base and the kids. Well,
Speaker 1: I say absolutely, I asolutely. Man free agency starts next
Speaker 1: week June, a lot of big names can possibly be
Speaker 1: on the move, obviously, starting with Kyrie Irving. He was
Speaker 1: at the BT s ward yesterday and and and one
Speaker 1: of the questions was do you want to remain in Brooklyn?
Speaker 1: And he passed the question too. I think his publicists,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure who the lady was standing next to him.
Speaker 1: Let's touch on him first. Uh, he's asked for permission
Speaker 1: to find a sign and trade. He's made a list
Speaker 1: of teams that he's interested in, which are the Lakers, MAVs, Knicks, Heats,
Speaker 1: and Clippers. Before we get there, what are you just
Speaker 1: your thoughts on how loyal Kevin Durant has been to
Speaker 1: him and held him down and now it it really
Speaker 1: looks like Kyrie is is up and on the move.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about that kind of loyalty that k
Speaker 1: D gave him and now it looks to be that
Speaker 1: Kyrie could possibly be on the move. Man, I haven't
Speaker 1: seen this type of loyalty in the league in a
Speaker 1: long time. And to that coupled with the type of
Speaker 1: leverage that the players have now todays, I mean they
Speaker 1: might to really have a bond together, you know, Unlike
Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe you and Jack will probably try
Speaker 1: to get something like this often the league. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean if you had the leverage nowadays. But
Speaker 1: I haven't seen any loyalty betweens, brothers, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, like this in a long time. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, where does that loyalty get k D
Speaker 1: you know nowhere at the end of the day. That's
Speaker 1: a tough situation. He's been the face of you know,
Speaker 1: vaccines or to not vaccine, you know, to play or
Speaker 1: not to play. He's typically said that he isn't gonna
Speaker 1: force anybody to do anything. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I believe if that was me or you, you're Jack
Speaker 1: me or Jack whatever two brothers are. If we're coming
Speaker 1: there at one location with the with the anticipation of
Speaker 1: winning the title and you know, bringing that franchise back
Speaker 1: to uh To, to relevance, and you just kind of
Speaker 1: did you know what I mean, And you're not really
Speaker 1: playing You're playing twenty games here, thirty games here, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, all types of other stuff going
Speaker 1: off the court. As talented as he is, that's gotta
Speaker 1: where on your brother I know sometimes you were on
Speaker 1: our brothers, you know. Yeah, the loyalty and friendship. So
Speaker 1: I just you know, Katie can only take so much
Speaker 1: at the end of the day. From what we're seeing,
Speaker 1: you know, there's only so much of hum, drum and
Speaker 1: bullshit that he puts up with off the court. You know,
Speaker 1: he really just want to hoop. So I think it's
Speaker 1: I feel like it's getting away from hoop and the
Speaker 1: more it's off court stuff, which really isn't his bag.
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see just how loyal, you know,
Speaker 1: how tight the friendship is. I mean to me, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting situation. We all know when Kyrie wants
Speaker 1: to play, he's one of the best in the business. Um,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of things, even outside of the
Speaker 1: vaccine that's kind of helped him off the court, and
Speaker 1: and and kind of being that sidekick that we all
Speaker 1: thought when this team initially came together. Man, Katie and
Speaker 1: Kyrie two are the best to ever do it. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a problem. And the fact that three
Speaker 1: years later we're looking at nothing, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: that they really didn't get a chance to accomplish nothing. Katie,
Speaker 1: you know, did everything he could do to get his
Speaker 1: teams where they needed to be. He just didn't have
Speaker 1: enough help, you know. So for Katie to be that
Speaker 1: loyal and that down. I just really wonder what he's
Speaker 1: thinking at this time, because you know, all signs are pointed.
Speaker 1: You know, Kyrie wants to move on to Green their pastors,
Speaker 1: and I'm not even mad at I mean, that's it's
Speaker 1: your career, bro, do what you want to do. And
Speaker 1: we know if he's locked in, he's going to make
Speaker 1: any of those teams I think outside of the Knicks
Speaker 1: um a possible NBA contender. They put a lot on
Speaker 1: the line too. That's a c l S coming back quit,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean from PCLS M c L.
Speaker 1: He don't have every cl in the world left left
Speaker 1: Golden State where who knows how many rings that that
Speaker 1: that team? You know, they possibly could have two more
Speaker 1: rings on their hands. So it's just that, Yeah, Katie
Speaker 1: gave up a lot to make this work. So it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see, obviously, if Kybrie moves on what
Speaker 1: Katie decides to do. You saw Dame Lillard tweeted something
Speaker 1: the other day with Katie uh in the Blazer's uniform,
Speaker 1: so that'll be another frenzy. I'm sure the league is
Speaker 1: really pushing towards Kyrie leaving because some teams really feel
Speaker 1: like they have a chance to possibly scoop Kyrie. So
Speaker 1: this will be interesting to follow, you know, ship it's
Speaker 1: going to be that that that that reality show through
Speaker 1: the summer to me would continue to b A B global.
Speaker 1: Is that their storylines like this throughout the summer where
Speaker 1: these superstars are gonna land. So next up Bradley Beale,
Speaker 1: someone who's been a Wizard his entire career, where it
Speaker 1: is that he's gonna opt out of his final year
Speaker 1: and possibly signed a max two hundred fifty million dollar deal.
Speaker 1: Is this to secure the bag and then try to
Speaker 1: get a trade down the line, or do you really
Speaker 1: think he wants to be in d c um you know,
Speaker 1: possibly the remainder of his career. I kind of feel
Speaker 1: like if he wanted to shake, he would have should
Speaker 1: He's had it, you know, he's had them by the
Speaker 1: cohonists for a couple of for for a couple of years. Now.
Speaker 1: That's where you know, player movement and what he wants
Speaker 1: to do. I hope he does to care the bag,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, and get as much money
Speaker 1: as he can and then face the trade, get a trade.
Speaker 1: I think the Wizards owe him that for their loyalty.
Speaker 1: I don't think they send him out the door without
Speaker 1: you know, paying that mind his money, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, as as he deserves. I don't think they
Speaker 1: surrounded him with enough. They've done some pretty cool moves,
Speaker 1: you know, long term. But Bradley Bill, although a young player,
Speaker 1: I feel like he feel like he's been playing in
Speaker 1: the league like fifteen years already, like you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, deep into the playoffs and had any memory playoffs,
Speaker 1: but it reels eight years old, so he had I mean,
Speaker 1: he's been in here for a minute. It's been a minute,
Speaker 1: but I feel like he's like thirty three almost because
Speaker 1: of because of the meaningless basketball, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: deep running the playoffs. I understand the bag, but he
Speaker 1: probably get a bag somewhere else off the court to
Speaker 1: maybe make up the ten and twelve that he's making
Speaker 1: that say, just don't put it in crypto. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean that he should be strict. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean he's tough. I mean, to me, he's one of
Speaker 1: the best two way players in the game. Can definitely
Speaker 1: get the money anywhere he decides to go. Respect and
Speaker 1: understand the loyalty, but you know, then you put him
Speaker 1: in you know, you look at him Dame in similar
Speaker 1: situations where you know, how far does loyalty get you?
Speaker 1: These days? You know, how far does it? You know?
Speaker 1: And and if if these guys are content on being
Speaker 1: great players who just never really had enough around them, um,
Speaker 1: you know that that will be their narrative. But I
Speaker 1: also feel like, you know, these two great players could
Speaker 1: have a chance to go somewhere and really you know,
Speaker 1: get what they deserve, you know, all the hard work
Speaker 1: they put in their entire career, UH to have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to play for something meaningful. So we'll keep an
Speaker 1: eye on Bradley Beale excited that he's gonna get as
Speaker 1: much money as he possibly can, and we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens after that. You know. Some of we got a
Speaker 1: chance to work with in the pre draft situation, UH
Speaker 1: and really came out and made a name for himself
Speaker 1: this year was Jalen Brunson, probably one of the most
Speaker 1: solid young player old souls there is in this game.
Speaker 1: Really was the sidekick to Luca, and I think surpassed
Speaker 1: all expectations as a team and as an individual UM
Speaker 1: for what they were able to do UH this year.
Speaker 1: First of all, Dallas had a chance to sign him
Speaker 1: to fifty million dollar extension last summer and passed on that.
Speaker 1: And now the bag has doubled. As you know, the
Speaker 1: New York Knicks signed his dad to be an assistant coach,
Speaker 1: and there's numbers out there floating around right now that
Speaker 1: they may be interested in giving him a four year,
Speaker 1: one hundred million dollar deal. Does he take that or
Speaker 1: does he see what Luca and the Matticks are gonna offer.
Speaker 1: This is gonna be interesting because how much of what
Speaker 1: Jay Lou Bronson has done this year it's been predicated
Speaker 1: off playing with Luca or having Luca on the court
Speaker 1: at the same time. You know, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: one on month matchups to kid, a lot of mismatches
Speaker 1: on the wing. You know, Lucas on the post, He's
Speaker 1: kicking it from the post to the wing. He's done
Speaker 1: a lot with this game. But going to the Knicks,
Speaker 1: you know that comes with you know you're gonna get
Speaker 1: that hunting, that hunting, but you know that comes with
Speaker 1: a lot. Has eregged the Knick with Pops over there
Speaker 1: on the sideline, you know what I mean, Mark Shades
Speaker 1: and Mark Jackson is everybody I mean That's one thing
Speaker 1: you talked about during the pre draft of how his
Speaker 1: game reminded us of Mark Jackson at the time because
Speaker 1: of the ability to play out of the post and
Speaker 1: to post up. He's been posting up bigger dudes too,
Speaker 1: So you can't even say smaller guards because that's why
Speaker 1: I post up and get some shipped off. So, um,
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if, you know, I don't
Speaker 1: like if maybe look, I don't want them to leave.
Speaker 1: Maybe Luca makes a call and tell them to go
Speaker 1: deep into the luxury back because he needs that security
Speaker 1: blanker that is jack Lyn Bronson. I don't think this
Speaker 1: story is over yet. That four years a hundred sounds
Speaker 1: very good and very teasing. But like I said, you know,
Speaker 1: with that four years one hundred million, that means in
Speaker 1: New York, you know what I mean, you can go
Speaker 1: into New York to you know Bury, like steff On,
Speaker 1: a lot of point guards went out there to get
Speaker 1: buried Kimba most recently to Farm Marbury's Francis our homeboy
Speaker 1: b d. You know what I mean. How do you
Speaker 1: know although he had a horrific injury, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, he was kind of a tough spot for
Speaker 1: point guards, especially when you're coming there asking for the coins.
Speaker 1: So you gotta you know, he really gotta way the
Speaker 1: scales out to pros and cons. Now, I think you
Speaker 1: hit it perfectly. That's a graveyard for point guards. You
Speaker 1: just listed a whole lot of guys that had a
Speaker 1: whole lot of game that went there. And again, the
Speaker 1: money is beautiful, but the expectation, the media, everything surrounding basketball,
Speaker 1: the actual you know, product that you put on the court.
Speaker 1: And I think you also made another good point is
Speaker 1: I kind of compared to receivers, you know when that
Speaker 1: that you know, when you're the number two receiver and
Speaker 1: you have those big years with a bunch of yards
Speaker 1: and make the Pro Bowl and then you know, the
Speaker 1: number one guy gets traded and then you slide into
Speaker 1: that number one spot. You know, that's kind of like
Speaker 1: Jayden Bruns. His name is gonna be a lot higher
Speaker 1: on the scatting report now, he's probably gonna have the
Speaker 1: best wing defender on him, and like you said, with
Speaker 1: that Luca next to him, you know, that's gonna have
Speaker 1: a lot of added pressure. So I would love to
Speaker 1: see him possibly stick it out. You know, I think
Speaker 1: teams aren't necessarily afraid to go in the luxury taxing more.
Speaker 1: You saw what Golden State did and they were able
Speaker 1: to win a championship by doing it. So I think
Speaker 1: he was very definitely a key piece to to the
Speaker 1: mass success. And I still feel like they're a piece away,
Speaker 1: but Jalen Brunson is a nice piece to that puzzle.
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens to him, all right. But
Speaker 1: that's like being part of the duo. That's like me
Speaker 1: and me and you got a group and then somebody
Speaker 1: got solo. You know what I I mean? Do you really
Speaker 1: want to go solo and do a solo album? You
Speaker 1: know what I mean, with all the pressures of a
Speaker 1: solo artist, although you got to split the bag up
Speaker 1: of the duo exclaiming with the due you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, that's so old that solo album, it's a
Speaker 1: whole another yeal. That's basically what he would be doing.
Speaker 1: To your point, especially if you're in a duo group
Speaker 1: with the Michael Jackson. Yeah, I mean if you, if you,
Speaker 1: if you're in a group with Michael Jackson and then
Speaker 1: you want to go on a solo that's a whole
Speaker 1: another world, bro. So We'll have to see the group.
Speaker 1: You know, you shout out Rady Jack, that's my job,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. R and B took they
Speaker 1: took a lump, take a tough one. Too many backwoods
Speaker 1: being smoked in the downtime. Some other guys could possibly
Speaker 1: be on the move. Malcolm Brogden could possibly be out
Speaker 1: of Indiana, and I think he would be a quality pick.
Speaker 1: I'd love to see him, and I don't know if
Speaker 1: the numbers would ever work out, but I'd love to
Speaker 1: see him in Boston. I think he would be a
Speaker 1: great pick up for Boston. Rudy Gobert unhappiness over there,
Speaker 1: and you could probably put Donovan Mitchell in that group
Speaker 1: as well. The Spurs are not shy about saying they're
Speaker 1: shopping Johnte Murray, who's coming off his first All Star appearance.
Speaker 1: Man lives right around a triple double, so he'll be
Speaker 1: very sought after. And then John Collins, although he didn't
Speaker 1: get traded, he said he's done with the rumors in
Speaker 1: the bullshit. He is not playing in Atlanta anymore. So
Speaker 1: a lot of young talented players will be on the
Speaker 1: move this offseason, looking to make their next stop. Their
Speaker 1: best stop. Next up on the radar, presented you by
Speaker 1: Draft Kings, you know, this gambling ship. They already got
Speaker 1: odds on favor to win Rookie of the Year. So
Speaker 1: let's take a look. First up, Polo the number one
Speaker 1: pick at a plus three hundred to win Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year. Second is Jabari Smith at a plus three fifty.
Speaker 1: Jade and Ivy slides into that third spot at a
Speaker 1: plus four seventy five, tied with d Homegrint at four
Speaker 1: seventy five, and the round out the top five Keegan
Speaker 1: Murray at a plus nine hundred. So obviously this is
Speaker 1: all guesswork. You can never really tell who is what
Speaker 1: until they actually get out there and play. But again,
Speaker 1: this is a very talented top five and and definitely
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing what these young players can do
Speaker 1: this upcoming season. Yeah, very talented top five. Looking to
Speaker 1: see what they're gonna do, you know, as their career
Speaker 1: moves on. But I heard a lot of people say
Speaker 1: there's no this person, there's no Zion, there's no there's
Speaker 1: no Janice, there's no generational talent, you know, in this group.
Speaker 1: But I think this is an interesting group because the
Speaker 1: way the game is set up now that with all
Speaker 1: the feet of movement in the space and in the pace,
Speaker 1: I think this group has has a lot of group unique,
Speaker 1: big skill sets, a lot of big guys with talent
Speaker 1: that are gonna be playing out on the floor, a
Speaker 1: lot of wings that are physical and they're gonna be banging,
Speaker 1: you know, playing inside, you know, whether that mean driving
Speaker 1: to the basket or being able to post out. I
Speaker 1: see a lot of versatility in his draft and how
Speaker 1: the way the game is played now. I'm interested to
Speaker 1: see a way a lot of these young players paying
Speaker 1: out a lot of lineage in this draft as well,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Griffin. You know, somebody's dad
Speaker 1: is not too removed from either playing overseas or in
Speaker 1: the NBA. So I'm seeing a lot more of that happening.
Speaker 1: So it'll it'll be good to see the way this
Speaker 1: pans out. Yeah, I mean, this new wave of basketball
Speaker 1: is completely too me geared upon skill set and and
Speaker 1: these guys are very skilled. It's not necessarily that's why
Speaker 1: people some people hesitated on chat. I was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: this is twenty years ago. You might look at his
Speaker 1: frame and be like, I don't know, but this is
Speaker 1: a completely different game. That and his skill set you know,
Speaker 1: for his size is we we there's been very few
Speaker 1: players that have you know, attained that kind of skill set.
Speaker 1: So again, like you said, the space, the pace, the
Speaker 1: freedom of movement. Um, I'm looking forward to this draft
Speaker 1: class coming out here and showing the ass. Yeah, for sure,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be here to play chadis center either. No,
Speaker 1: not at all, but I mean, like you mean, just
Speaker 1: it's to me he can play anywhere on the floor.
Speaker 1: In closing, two Hall of Famers had their sons picked
Speaker 1: up by the Lakers, Shrief O'Neill and Scottie Pippen Jr.
Speaker 1: Scotti Pippen was signed to a two way deal. Shariff
Speaker 1: was invited to summer league thoughts on you know, these
Speaker 1: are these are big shoes to feel, you know, arguably
Speaker 1: one of the greatest wing defenders we've ever seen and
Speaker 1: be most dominant big man we've ever seen in it
Speaker 1: and and it's it's been you know publicly said. You know,
Speaker 1: Shaq wasn't too high on his son going into the draft.
Speaker 1: He thought he should have went back to school. Sharif
Speaker 1: said he's old enough to make his own decisions. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: didn't get drafted, but now has an opportunity to you know,
Speaker 1: playing this laquer summer league and kind of show the
Speaker 1: league what he has thoughts on both these players and
Speaker 1: that there their chances moving forward different roads. But you
Speaker 1: never know. I spoke about the lineage the gene Pool earlier,
Speaker 1: and that's I mean, these are two Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: players that we're talking about, but these kids have been
Speaker 1: dealing with this pretty much since they picked up a basketball.
Speaker 1: You know. I'm like, I'm sitting at the camp right now,
Speaker 1: my my old high school, which my son is nervous
Speaker 1: to go to just because it's my old high school,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I know you got
Speaker 1: the Twins, you know, I think you talked about vacations
Speaker 1: about when it happened to the twins when they experienced pressure,
Speaker 1: But these kids have been dealing with that for a
Speaker 1: long time. Sierra Canyon, they got Sieric Canyon. There's been
Speaker 1: no stranger to top of matched high school California basketball. Um,
Speaker 1: I think it's something that I think it's hats off
Speaker 1: to the Lakers, you know what I mean that the
Speaker 1: lineage seems to be working. The gene Pool thing seems
Speaker 1: to be working. I like Sharif you know, being a
Speaker 1: vanguard to go standing out on his own too. Despite
Speaker 1: what dad, thanks and I appreciate the Lakers as the
Speaker 1: family organization on trying to make sure that dream could
Speaker 1: come to you know, uh, it's come to fruition. But
Speaker 1: Scottie Pippen Jr. Is you're probably looking at two proud
Speaker 1: das man you know what I mean. Scotti Junior, Shaquille O'Neil,
Speaker 1: both championship players, championship pedigree. These kids are probably no
Speaker 1: stranger to hard work. Si spend through a lot after
Speaker 1: his open heart surgery. They didn't you want to play?
Speaker 1: I know he hasn't got a chance to play and
Speaker 1: catch his footing in college because of injuries. But we've
Speaker 1: seen guys average three five points in college, you know,
Speaker 1: get drafted in the second round and average like ten
Speaker 1: in the league. You know what I mean. So again,
Speaker 1: spacing a lot of a lot of room for player
Speaker 1: movement on the court right now, extra possessions, premium all
Speaker 1: highly skilled players. These kids have been highly skilled for
Speaker 1: a long time. As a as a guy who's bringing
Speaker 1: up to young highly skilled youngsters, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: How do you feel about this situation. Well, one day,
Speaker 1: you know, Carter, and I said, I'm I make a
Speaker 1: decision that you might not like, or they might have
Speaker 1: to take a different road to get to the league.
Speaker 1: How does it? How does this make well? I mean,
Speaker 1: first of all, for these two players, and I wish
Speaker 1: them nothing but the best. I couldn't imagine what it
Speaker 1: would be like, you know, playing up under Shack and
Speaker 1: playing up under pit, and for Brawny playing up under Braun.
Speaker 1: I mean that ship has got to be tough. As
Speaker 1: a father of two kids, and hopefully I get put
Speaker 1: in this position, you know, I just want to make
Speaker 1: sure they were aligned and on the same page, and
Speaker 1: and and it leads me to what I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: is so many and I'm not even talking about these
Speaker 1: two kids have would take it. I'm just talking about
Speaker 1: in general, so many kids are giving bad information. If
Speaker 1: you think about it, there's only sixty draft spots. And
Speaker 1: every year there's over three d fifty kids that enter
Speaker 1: the draft, give or take sometimes even more, you know,
Speaker 1: so so you've got to think there's three fifty kids
Speaker 1: fighting for sixty spots. And then that's not even taken
Speaker 1: into account. The European flavor that is, you know that
Speaker 1: that has kind of had a wave over the NBA.
Speaker 1: So they're gonna take you know anywhere from ten to
Speaker 1: fifteen to maybe even twenty players. Yeah, you know from
Speaker 1: that that from overseas, you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: that's cutting it down to forty or forty five spots
Speaker 1: for three d plus people. So I just wish these kids,
Speaker 1: you know, had more people in their ear that really
Speaker 1: knew what the fuss was going on, and not just
Speaker 1: people that see possibly dollar signs or opportunities, but really
Speaker 1: cared about these kids future because to me, everything it's
Speaker 1: the same thing, and it will never stop. Every single
Speaker 1: year there's gonna be over three hundred people in the
Speaker 1: draft fighting for sixty positions, knowing that your odds aren't
Speaker 1: very good. So I don't know, uh, As a father,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm looking forward to this journey, and you know,
Speaker 1: if the twins are fortunate enough to be put in
Speaker 1: that position, you know, hopefully we can make a family
Speaker 1: decision on what is best for them. But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, if they're old enough
Speaker 1: and they feel like they know more than me, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have to step back because it again it is there,
Speaker 1: you know, careers, so again, I you know, I definitely,
Speaker 1: you know, salute sharif. You know, even though he didn't
Speaker 1: listen to his dad. And you know, sometimes dad knows
Speaker 1: the best. Sometimes dad doesn't know best. But you know,
Speaker 1: he took a leap of a and now he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to prove itself. But with an organization that has
Speaker 1: a lot of love and a lot of lineage in
Speaker 1: history with the family. So you know, best to luck
Speaker 1: to these two youngsters. And you know, I hope, I
Speaker 1: hope to see if they can, you know, wear that
Speaker 1: real uniform one day. I think they're gonna make it. Man,
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be all right. Remember you're not just auditioning.
Speaker 1: I would say one thing as a word to advice
Speaker 1: for these two youngsters. Remember you're not just auditioning for
Speaker 1: the Lakers. You know, be in summer league. There's other
Speaker 1: roster spots. You can have a good showing with the Lakers,
Speaker 1: end up on somebody else's training camp. Set yourself for
Speaker 1: a bag up in Barcelona the drid A drift. Make
Speaker 1: you a couple hundred thousand, come back and play in
Speaker 1: the G League. You know, whatever it is. So there's
Speaker 1: different routes, and I think these kids are well a
Speaker 1: quick because of their fathers to go within those success
Speaker 1: you know, and whatever success looks like, whatever success looks
Speaker 1: like that for now, I think you made a great point.
Speaker 1: It's not just your team, You're you're auditioning for the
Speaker 1: whole entire league every time you step on that court,
Speaker 1: whether it be summer league, preseason, or fucking even regular season.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. Yeah, I got open round
Speaker 1: us and then yeah, my first handful of years in
Speaker 1: the league, I was on one year deal. So not
Speaker 1: only was I playing for my team, but I was playing,
Speaker 1: you know, audition for the rest of the league. So
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully they just keep and understand this is
Speaker 1: a grind, you know what I mean, It's a marathon,
Speaker 1: not a sprint. And you know, the ultimate goal is
Speaker 1: right in front of him. So I wish everybody, and
Speaker 1: only these two, but all these young players moving on
Speaker 1: to that next step of you know, fulfilling their dreams.
Speaker 1: The best of luck, man. There's nothing like nothing like
Speaker 1: playing in the NBA, man, So best of luck to
Speaker 1: all these youngsters and we'll see you guys out in
Speaker 1: the Summer League. That's it, man. I think we only
Speaker 1: got one more of these shows for the season. Hopefully
Speaker 1: Jack will be back from Old Block next week. Take
Speaker 1: care of Jack, oh blah many, Yeah, I'll hold our
Speaker 1: boy down. Yeah, we've seen he was out there, jewelry
Speaker 1: out too. I was like, oh, I've seen it on
Speaker 1: the on Instagram this morning, was like, what the fund
Speaker 1: is Jack doing? Do you know how you actually? Yeah,
Speaker 1: people got to the soil. You gotta touch down with
Speaker 1: the soyer. Yes, well, man, you catch what's burning every
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