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Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What

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

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Speaker 1: for Monday, May first. Oh my gosh, summer's almost here.

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Speaker 1: Summer officially, I think, begins with Memorial Day weekend. Later

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Speaker 1: this month. The calendar turned to May first, and oh boy,

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Speaker 1: what a weekend of sports.

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Speaker 2: It was.

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Speaker 1: Holy cow. Listen, I'm geeked over the NFL Draft. I

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Speaker 1: have so many takes off the draft. My Jets had

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Speaker 1: an incredible draft. The arrow is pointing way up.

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Speaker 2: The air.

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Speaker 1: Rodgers stuff Air Rodgers, by the way. At a hockey

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Speaker 1: game over the weekend, and at the Knicks heat game,

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Speaker 1: Oh gosh, the excitement is palpable. So we got a

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Speaker 1: lot of draft stuff. I have some winners and losers.

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Speaker 1: I'll talk about why. That's kind of even difficult to

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Speaker 1: do because a lot of it has to do with well,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to it later. We'll get to it later. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: we have to start. You guys, listen. The new people

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Speaker 1: who have just got this pod just found it, and

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Speaker 1: we've seen the numbers have gone up in the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Happy to have you, but the people

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Speaker 1: who have been around for a while know that I

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Speaker 1: am a ride or die Steph Curry fan. The backstory

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Speaker 1: if you don't know it. Obviously, I loved his Davidson

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Speaker 1: course I had decided, you know, I'm trying to be

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Speaker 1: forward thinking. I was at the Big Lead, Let's start

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Speaker 1: a podcast, and I said, let me let me shoot

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Speaker 1: big let me go big game hunting. And I knew

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Speaker 1: a guy who kind of knew Steph Curry from Davidson

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Speaker 1: and Curry again, he was with the Warriors, but he

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Speaker 1: wasn't anything what he is now, and he was close

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Speaker 1: able to get Steph Curry on my first ever podcast,

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Speaker 1: and I've been a fan just because he came on

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Speaker 1: you know, I got them Curry jerseys. We went to

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Speaker 1: I'm just a Curry fan. And of course, you know,

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Speaker 1: right before COVID he came out here to rehab wrist surgery,

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Speaker 1: him one day, got a picture with him. I don't

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about it. He's just a nice guy.

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Speaker 1: for fifty the greatest Game seven performance in NBA history.

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Speaker 1: And that's not hyperbole, folks. Nobody's ever scored more points

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Speaker 1: someone said, players who haven't scored fifty in a Game

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Speaker 1: And listen, you guys don't obviously, I just laid later

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Speaker 1: I didn't want a twenty five point blow out in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. By the way, the underhit hello under

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Speaker 1: The third quarter was the stuff, the stuff like you

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Speaker 1: the point I'm getting at. He had thirty in Game one,

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Speaker 1: idiotic decision to remove Davion Mitchell from guarding Curry. If

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Speaker 1: I just forget his nickname? Off night? Off Night is

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Speaker 1: Davion Mitchell's nickname? Why? Because anytime he guards somebody, they

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Speaker 1: Davis had done some good things. He's a bit of

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Speaker 1: And then the worst thing happens for Davion Mitchell is

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Speaker 1: Terrence Davis has three threes I think in the first

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry roasted him. You could see Curry's eyes light up,

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Speaker 1: have needed the offense. If Steph Curry's held to thirty

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Speaker 1: he's the finals MVP, he's in the top ten. We're

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Speaker 1: And he has started the playoffs with a fifty burger

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Speaker 1: And that's not hyperbole because it's the first round. Next

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's blasphemous. Are we talking about a

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Speaker 1: top five player in the history of the sport bumping

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Speaker 1: We'll have to We're gonna spend some time on it.

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Speaker 1: But folks, how could you not be excited about this? I,

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Speaker 1: the Losory Nerd that I am. I went through every

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Speaker 1: Curry basket. Yes, Rob, this is a real thing that

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Speaker 1: I did. This is how I spent my Sunday evening.

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Speaker 1: It didn't take long. Here is how many baskets Curry

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Speaker 1: made or points via field goal against the defender in

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Speaker 1: Game seven. One three was against nobody. If you guys

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Speaker 1: remember the corner three in the fourth quarter, he inbounds

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Speaker 2: Steph Curry deserves all the credit that he's getting here

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Speaker 1: I just did the idiotic thing of looking it up.

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Speaker 1: This website. Land of Basketball is the best for comparisons.

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Speaker 1: capably guard Lebron. He did a good job against Tatum,

425
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:51,399
Speaker 1: but Lebron's a little stronger, just a different player, and

426
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: they're gonna let Lebron have threes. So my guess is

427
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,919
Speaker 1: the Warriors need to play two bigs. And then it

428
00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 1: comes down to, look what's the Jared Vin does he

429
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: guard Wiggins? And then you hide Lebron on Draymond. But

430
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,119
Speaker 1: then if that's the case, Lebron's gonna be on the

431
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,440
Speaker 1: perimeter while Draymond sets all these screens and then Lebron

432
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 1: all of a sudden is getting switched on to Steph

433
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,920
Speaker 1: Curry on the perimeter. Do you want that? So this

434
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: is gonna be an interesting chess game. I don't know

435
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 1: how much Vanderbilt plays. I think he matches up well

436
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 1: with Clay. I think obviously he would be the guy

437
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: on Wiggins. You don't want Lebron chasing Wiggins. And remember

438
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: Lebron didn't have to do much defensively last game. He

439
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 1: was helped defending swatting shots. Dylan Brooks is not an

440
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,760
Speaker 1: offensive guy. You can't put Lebron on Wiggins, and I

441
00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,520
Speaker 1: think you want to hide him on Draymond, it's probably

442
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,879
Speaker 1: the best pot. But then Draymond rob is gonna be

443
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 1: on the perimeter.

444
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 2: So this is.

445
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Speaker 1: It's a tough one. Obviously, off the game seven, you're like,

446
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 1: oh wow, who's gonna guard Curry? Probably Austin Reeves, maybe Vanderbilt,

447
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,639
Speaker 1: but Vanderbilt's better with his length for the drives. I

448
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,080
Speaker 1: just I come back to one huge edge for the Warriors,

449
00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: and that's Steve Kerr against Darvinham. And again, if Darvin

450
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,640
Speaker 1: Ham has these substitution issues he had against Memphis, which

451
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,159
Speaker 1: was without Steven Adams, Memphis, which was without Brandon Clark, Memphis,

452
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: which was without Luke Kennard. Like, I mean, John Morant

453
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 1: missed a game. Like, let's be real here, the Lakers

454
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 1: got a little fortunate with the draw. Warriors team man hurt.

455
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: They'd not missing anybody. And I know we could go

456
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 1: on about Jordan Poole is playing crazy and loose and

457
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 1: they don't really have a backup big and Kuminga hasn't

458
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,040
Speaker 1: played in Foreverku make I could play in the series.

459
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,760
Speaker 1: He will. It was just a bad matchup last round.

460
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 1: If I got a pick, I'll take the Warriors in seven.

461
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: But I can also see a world where this is

462
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:49,400
Speaker 1: Warriors in five. It just the Lakers. I just don't

463
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: think it's a great matchup.

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Speaker 2: Rob, ihemiately disagree. I already went on record on Sunday

465
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 2: afternoon I had Lakers in six. I think it's gonna

466
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 2: map out exactly the same way that the Memphis series,

467
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 2: where Lakers win Game one. And this is not even

468
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 2: me being a Laker fan, this is just I would

469
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Speaker 2: have said this if it was the Shoes on the

470
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,679
Speaker 2: other foot, if it was Memphis and the uh and

471
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 2: the Kings in front of that matter. The Lakers winning

472
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 2: on Friday night, getting the extra days off, so they're

473
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Speaker 2: gonna have four days in between their last game and

474
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Speaker 2: Game one. The Warriors are coming off of very emotional

475
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 2: Game seven. Everybody was tight, Everybody looked tired. Steph Curry,

476
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 2: it looked to me like he emptied the clip. I

477
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,120
Speaker 2: don't think he has. He's not gonna have a whole

478
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,880
Speaker 2: lot left in his legs, at least in Game one.

479
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 2: So in my eyes, the Lakers are already up one zero.

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Speaker 1: I would be giving an edge of giving them the game.

481
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 2: No, I would be stunned if the Lakers don't win

482
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 2: Game one, but I fully expect that the Warriors will

483
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 2: come back and win Game two because I think the

484
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 2: Warriors are a really good team, and I think once

485
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 2: they get back home, the Lakers defense is no joke.

486
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,239
Speaker 2: Like like, I know that the matchup worked out well

487
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,800
Speaker 2: with him with Memphis because Memphis doesn't have a ton

488
00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,400
Speaker 2: of shooting. They could pack the paint things like that.

489
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: But where they are in a better position, I don't know.

490
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 2: I don't know. Let me give you your You're correct

491
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 2: on this one. Neither team is prepared for the other one.

492
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 2: Based on Round one, Memphis was not a good preparation

493
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 2: for the Lakers for to face the Golden State Warriors.

494
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 2: The Sacramento Kings were a horrible preparation for Golden State

495
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 2: to face the Lakers. They are completely different teams, completely

496
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 2: different stiles. The only thing you can say is if

497
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,880
Speaker 2: you're the Lakers, you're like, hey, this Golden State team

498
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 2: does not defend anywhere near as well as Memphis does.

499
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 2: And if you're Golden State, you're saying, hey, this Lakers

500
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 2: team doesn't score nearly as well as Sacramento does. So

501
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: I think they're both gonna be feeling kind of optimistic

502
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 2: about those things. What I think it comes down to

503
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 2: is the Lakers, even if they don't have shooting or

504
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 2: scoring on the floor allah Jared Vanderbilt, they can defend

505
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,200
Speaker 2: still without it. The Warriors, I don't think they they're

506
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 2: gonna be able to play two non shooters at the

507
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 2: same time in this series against this Lakers defense.

508
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 1: So I don't think Loony and Draymond will be on

509
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: the court at the same time. I think if that's

510
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 1: the case, they're in trouble.

511
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 2: I think that they're They're gonna have to is the problem.

512
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 2: They're gonna have to play those two to just to

513
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 2: match up physically because they don't have any size. So

514
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 2: if they're gonna keep shooting forty three's the game, which

515
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 2: is what they did in Round one, they're gonna have

516
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 2: to hit at least forty percent of those.

517
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: It's not crazy.

518
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 2: Last round they shot thirty two.

519
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: So the Lakers bench is ruy Haachi Moro was a revelation.

520
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: Uh tell me who he guards when he comes in.

521
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 2: Wiggins Draymond one of those two.

522
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: No, I don't Wiggins will eat his lunch.

523
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 2: But the thing is that they don't feature Wiggans like that.

524
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 1: Well, but I think they can feature Wiggins. Remember he's

525
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 1: kind of he's been out of the mist.

526
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 2: Why don't they do that against SEC?

527
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,479
Speaker 1: I didn't, I didn't. I kind of didn't use this

528
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: take last week. I thought Wiggins looked super fresh and

529
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: energized in this series. Yes, like keeping out for a

530
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 1: month or or whatever it was, you know, and just

531
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 1: the speed and quickness. I don't think that. My guess,

532
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: like Harrison Barnes couldn't stay with him, and Barnes is

533
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: I think quicker laterally than ruly how Chi Mora, I

534
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:12,640
Speaker 1: just work.

535
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,399
Speaker 2: With reguarding Draymond.

536
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: Well, so who was on Wiggins?

537
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 2: H Keegan Murray or they went super small?

538
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 1: Well, actually I like Kegan Murray's. I think Keegan Murray's quicker.

539
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: I mean, as I know, he's a young guy. I

540
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 1: think Keegan Murray's, but he's a good defense. He had

541
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: an up and down series. The guy's a rookie. But

542
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: like if they do do the lineup of death where

543
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: Draymond is at center and then they go what pool

544
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: Clay Curry Wiggins, I think the Lakers are in deep,

545
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: deep trouble. Tell me how they match up? The Lakers

546
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: do defensively against that group. You got ad on Draymond. Yes, okay,

547
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 1: where are you hiding Lebron?

548
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 2: You switch everything?

549
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,919
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Well, they're gonna put the thirty eight

550
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: year old Lebron into action as often as possible.

551
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 2: By the way, the Lakers are gonna put Jordan Poole

552
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 2: in action as much as possible.

553
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, Jordan Poole, he's been terrible. Listen, I like Pool.

554
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: He did not have a good series as bad. Okay,

555
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: Rob and I talked about this off before we started recording.

556
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: Ranked the four best guys on the Warriors last round.

557
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: We would both agree Currie's first yes, I had ever

558
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 1: so slightly Wiggins over Looney as two.

559
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,880
Speaker 2: Yes. So then Looney's three yes.

560
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: Clay or Draymond is four yes? Which one?

561
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 2: Oh? I mean, I guess it depends which game you watched.

562
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: But you have to get the raw numbers. Put up

563
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: twenty a game and he got forty two and thirty five.

564
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: Not awful.

565
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 2: But Draymond was so good defensively when he was.

566
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: Good, he also got ejected. There's moments where he just

567
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: cannot shoot at all. If it's a corner three, it's okay,

568
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: But anything else is like oof, I don't listen. They

569
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: got away in a series where Clay was their fourth

570
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 1: best player. Looney was not even top five. I mean,

571
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: you could make the case that Jordan Peyton, the Little

572
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: the Mitten, had like a better series than Jordan Poole.

573
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: Here's my thing, though, we just saw the worst of

574
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: Pool and they still won. What's gonna happen when Pool

575
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: plays well? Because you know Rob he's gonna have a

576
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: good game. There will be times where Jordan Poole is erupting.

577
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: He can be volcanic and just go off, and I

578
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: just don't know if the Lakers have someone like that. Now.

579
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: Some will argue, oh, let's let Jordan Poole do his thing.

580
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 1: He's out of control, he's driving, and you don't want

581
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: to let him get hot. If he guys a twenty

582
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: five point game, it's an automatic win. It feels like

583
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: because he didn't give them much against the Kings, he

584
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 1: had twenty two in the game four win, he had

585
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: seventeen and a loss. It was terrible. In Game two

586
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: she got thirty three percent from against the Kings. He's

587
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: probably trying to do too much. I mean, you match

588
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: him up and it's like Dennis Shruter or Daz That's.

589
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 2: The story of his career though ever since. Look I

590
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 2: say this with all due respect, you know what, someone

591
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 2: says something super direspectful, So prepare for prepare for the disrespect.

592
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 2: Jordan Poole is going to be the reason why the

593
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 2: Warriors dynasty crumbles. I'm not saying it's gonna happen this year.

594
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 2: I'm not like that, even if they beat the Lakers

595
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 2: in this series, even if they advanced past them, Jordan

596
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 2: Poole because of the punch and how it it's not

597
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 2: even his fault, but because of the punch and how

598
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 2: it impacted their team. You can tell. There's videos on Twitter.

599
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 2: Go look it up where he's like shoving Jerymond's arm

600
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 2: down when Jerymond tries to tap him up on the sidelines,

601
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 2: and then Steph Curry has to walk by him and

602
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 2: dap up Draymond because Steph has let it known that

603
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 2: Draymond's is guy, right, So that's one number two. It's

604
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 2: the contract. There's a reason why Klay Thompson wants a mac.

605
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 2: He's like, look, if you're gonna give it to that

606
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: freaking guy or who we can't even play more than

607
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 2: twenty minutes in a playoff game. Because he's so inconsistent.

608
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 2: He's as a turnstile defensively, and he's so erratic, then

609
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 2: I deserve a max contract. So that's that's number two.

610
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 2: And last, but not least, he's so inconsistent, like he

611
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 2: had that pool party last last playoffs, whereas with round

612
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 2: one when Steph was down, they're like, well, look how

613
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 2: good this guy is. And then as they got deeper

614
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 2: and deeper into the into the playoffs, he became unplayable

615
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: at times.

616
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: Well, let's not go overboard. So the Denver series was

617
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: where he played a lot, right, Yes, okay, yeah, he

618
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: shot fifty four percent.

619
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 2: From the field forty, He was awest three.

620
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: He was awesome. Then against Memphis, I guess Curry came back,

621
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: but he still he started strong. Uh you know, seventeen

622
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: a game against Dallas, shot forty percent from three, His

623
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: minutes were down sixty three percent for the field sixteen

624
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: a game. He was good. And then the finals, you know, listen,

625
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: it's his first finals. It's a big spot. He shot

626
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: forty three to thirty eight percent from three to thirteen

627
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: a game, like he could give you off fence off

628
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: the bench. I'm not much.

629
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 2: I'm not saying that he can't get. What I'm saying

630
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 2: is because of that contract, because of what he's done

631
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 2: to Draymond, you know, with their personal issues. Klay Thompson

632
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 2: feeling like he deserve that he's a better player.

633
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: Get out of your feeling, Klay Thompson.

634
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 2: You don't think Clay Tom, you don't think it's fair

635
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 2: of Klay Thompson demand more money than than Jordan Poole,

636
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 2: saying Jordan Poole is going to be the reason why

637
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 2: all of this falls apart, whether it's this offseason or

638
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 2: next offseason.

639
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a Jordan Poole guy, So I I I

640
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: don't want to make any I'm not going to go

641
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: out on a limit defend him through through and through.

642
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: But like they're gonna need him. There's gonna be a

643
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: game where they're.

644
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 2: Going to need him. You know they will, Yes, they will.

645
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: You know he's got to deliver for them. So you

646
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: got Lakers in six, I say, I'll say Warriors and seven.

647
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: It's tough to pick against Lebron and seven. All right,

648
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: you want you want to just do NBA quick and

649
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: bang it out and then get to an let's do it.

650
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: Extremely disappointed in my knicks on Sunday. It just like

651
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: you you're awesome. First half, incredible, and then Miami just said, oh,

652
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: you guys want to dominate in the paint. They had

653
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: like forty points in the paint in the first half.

654
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: We're just gonna pack the paint, nothing more for Jalen Brunson,

655
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: and you can have all the threes you want. And

656
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: Tom Thibodeau like foolishly fell into that. They can't throw

657
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: it in the ocean. They shoot twenty percent from deep

658
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: and they lose. But I don't even think this game

659
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: means that much. You know why, Rob because the Jimmy

660
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: Butler news Jimmy Butler turns an ankle late. He stayed

661
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 1: on the court, staying in the corner like not even

662
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: a threat, but they still had to kind of guard

663
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: him because it's Jimmy friggin' Butler. And then after the

664
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: game in the locker room, one report says his ankle

665
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: was the size of a baseball swollen. That's from a

666
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: New York Daily News reporter. Listen, your ankle swells up

667
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: like that, You're gonna miss a game or two. So

668
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: I'll say, Jimmy Butler out for games two and three,

669
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: and they are already down Tyler Hero, They're down Victor Oladipo.

670
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: They are perilously thin. I think the Knicks get right

671
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: back in this series, and I think they'll be fine.

672
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: I'll just say though, like somebody's got to get to RJ.

673
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: Barrett and be like bro chill like he just thought

674
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: he was like Michael Jordan, did you see that? Like

675
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 1: the end of the game, it's just turnover, turnover, turn,

676
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: Like what are you doing? Yeah, he got frustrated so

677
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: that he does his dumb offensive foul. I need and

678
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: now Radle did not play. Obviously they'll need him, but

679
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: I would like to see Listen. I know people Knicks

680
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: fans are gonna be like, oh, come on, Jay, time

681
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: to dust off Evan forty a time to dust him off.

682
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,800
Speaker 1: I don't know when the last time he played was.

683
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: But if Miami does this strategy, you need shooters out there.

684
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: And I'm sorry, but Brunson over seven from Deep Heart,

685
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 1: oh for four, Barrett one for five. When those three

686
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:50,760
Speaker 1: starters are one for sixteen from Deep it's gonna be rough. Uh. Evan,

687
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: Let's see if he even played last round. Computers working slow? Apologies? Yeah,

688
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: four has not played since April ninth? Does he hurt?

689
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 1: Mike rob I don't know why I said, Mike.

690
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 2: It's the second time in the last like week and

691
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 2: half your call.

692
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: Did I call you Mike the last well?

693
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 2: You called me Mike on last Friday's pot Yeah?

694
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: What hell?

695
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 2: We were talking about Mike Williams and the Quentin Jefferson. Right,

696
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 2: that's a receiver's name.

697
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: Wow, what a memory you have. So Evan forty eight,

698
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: maybe he's hurt and that's why he's not playing, but

699
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: hasn't played since April ninth, Like they're gonna have to

700
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: get him out there because you know, I like quickly.

701
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,240
Speaker 1: I don't know you could trust crimes in this spot,

702
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: and I love Josh Hart, but if Butler's not out there,

703
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: you know, maybe we don't need Josh Hart as much.

704
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 1: We need a shooter that Those are my only takeaways.

705
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: But again, with Butler's injury, I'm not going to read

706
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: too much into it.

707
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, everything you say completely fair. I will say that

708
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 2: in this case, the schedule actually helps them a lot

709
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 2: in all the ways that they're not doing. The Lakers

710
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,439
Speaker 2: and the words any favors by playing every other day.

711
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 2: Looking at the schedule for Heat Nicks, and they play

712
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 2: game two on Tuesday, but then they don't play against Saturday. Oh,

713
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 2: I would not be surprised if they like, Hey, we

714
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 2: stole the one on the road. Jimmy, rest your ankle

715
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 2: for game two. We're gonna give you basically a full

716
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 2: week to recover, and you're back for game three. So

717
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 2: this series is gonna start all fresh over again game three.

718
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: Oh, make sure that's right. I'm seeing it too. That

719
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 1: can't be right.

720
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 2: Tuesday, May second at New York, Saturday, May sixth at

721
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 2: home in Miami, and then May eighth, then May eighth,

722
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 2: ten twelve, and then it's ten twelve fifteen. So, for

723
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 2: whatever reason, between two and three is a huge gap.

724
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 2: But however, there's also a chance Julie Randall comes back

725
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 2: for game three. Yeah, no, that would be so it

726
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 2: could have bounced itself out. But I think either way,

727
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 2: this is going back to Miami tied one one.

728
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: All right, real quick, I don't know if you saw

729
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: any of Denver Phoenix Saturday night.

730
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 2: Watch the whole thing.

731
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: Yep, Oh, okay, Lockdow Denver's a problem and we listen.

732
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,839
Speaker 1: I told you, guys, I like Denver in the series people. Oh,

733
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,320
Speaker 1: come on, Phoenix. They don't play a lick of defense

734
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: at all. Denver got whatever they wanted whenever, any spot.

735
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray cooked. I'm on, I'm doing this player points

736
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: pool and I'm in great shape. The leader just lost

737
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: the bonus and Fox obviously, so he's crestfallen. I'm the

738
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: I'm I think i'm I have four guys moving on,

739
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: but I'm I'm like a great shape, so it'd be

740
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: a nice little windfall not and I don't even think

741
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: it's five figure, It's less than that. But I just

742
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: I really love this Nuggets matchup with Murray and Booker

743
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: because I'm telling you guys, Devin Booker gets all the love.

744
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 1: Oh it's first team all NBA. He dated Kendall Jenner.

745
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 1: Look at him, drop fifty. He's doing this. Do you

746
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: remember him in the finals? All this stuff, I get it.

747
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: I get Devin Booker's cool. He drives his throwback cars.

748
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's like a model. Like. Devin Booker's got

749
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: a lot going on. He's a guy that everybody likes.

750
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: And Jamal Murray's getting no respect at all. None, Nobody

751
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: talks about him. Oh it's bubble Jamal Murray? Oh really,

752
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: really did you see him freaking destroy the Suns? Did you?

753
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: I don't rob you were watching, so you know, but

754
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: I listen Saturday night. I'm sure not a lot of

755
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: people were watching. I was at home and I watched

756
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: it all. And I'm, you know, with my son playing chess.

757
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: By the way, he smoked me twice this weekend, and chess,

758
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 1: I got I got some.

759
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 2: Work to do.

760
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: And Joal Murray just he was unstoppable, like, I don't

761
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 1: care who you put on him, Chris Paul, no chance,

762
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: like get out of here. You get no shot of

763
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: stopping him. And Yokich is good. Michael Porter junior, Bruce Brown.

764
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: Did you see Bruce Brown grand theft? Larsen? He just

765
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: picking Durant clean and then throwing it down. At that

766
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: point you're like, oh shucks. And Monty Williams instantly said,

767
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: that's a rap. We're pulling our guy. He just pulled

768
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: his guys. With five minutes left. Now, I don't know

769
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,479
Speaker 1: if it was the altitude, but fourth quarter Denver went off.

770
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: Game two is a big one. Denver needs this game,

771
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: you know, Phoenix is gonna come kitchen sync game. I

772
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,399
Speaker 1: need to see the line. We still got a day.

773
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: But uh, I was impressed with Denver.

774
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: Rubb, Yeah, that's an understatement. They looked fantastic. And you

775
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 2: know what's funny is you you mentioned how Phoenix couldn't

776
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 2: stop Denver. Well, Denver couldn't stop Phoenix either. The difference

777
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 2: was well, I mean, I think throughout the game, I

778
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 2: think they shot over fifty percent, So it's not like

779
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 2: you know, they really yep. But the difference was Denver

780
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 2: plays modern NBA basketball. They shot thirty seven three pointers.

781
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 2: They had forty three percent of them. I don't know

782
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 2: if they can count on shooting forty three percent every game,

783
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 2: but they can shoot in the high thirties. Yeah, Phoenix

784
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 2: does not shoot three pointers. They love to get to

785
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 2: the mid range. So even though they shot it better

786
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 2: from the field than Denver, even though the turnovers up

787
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 2: until late in that fourth quarter when they got away

788
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 2: from him was pretty close, it was rebounding because Jokic

789
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 2: was just bullying DeAndre Ayden and the three pointers. That

790
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 2: was the big difference. So, unless Phoenix is going to

791
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 2: suddenly start shooting threes or more likely defend the three

792
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 2: point line at all. Denver is gonna run away in

793
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 2: this series because neither team is gonna be able to

794
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 2: stop each other in my opinion.

795
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'm sure you saw the clip that went

796
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: viral over the weekend. There was a Yo Kich, by

797
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: the way, had eight offensive rebounds, the Suns had eight.

798
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: Jokich was just bully balling inside and the ball was

799
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: pinging around eight and kind of gets shoved out of

800
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: bounds and he just stands there under the hoop watching

801
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,959
Speaker 1: the ball be battered around. Waits like at least two

802
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: bats like, the ball goes off the backboard and then

803
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: it tipped up. He just stands there watching and then

804
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: finally jumps back in. It still does nothing. And I'm

805
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: just telling you right now, if Chris Paul saw that highlight,

806
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna just totally shred DeAndre because he looks like

807
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: he's soft and he don't want it. And Yo Kitch

808
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: is in there. Yokich twenty four, nineteen and five, eight,

809
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: and he had fourteen and seven, but he was like

810
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: a non factor. Shot one free throw, I hot take.

811
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: I just I think the Nuggets are better now. We'll

812
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: see obviously, Kevin Durant was having a good game booker

813
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: at a solid game booker winds a lot Rob you

814
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 1: notice that I did notice that the Chris Paul shit's

815
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: rubbing off on him. I don't like it all right.

816
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: Final Series actually will do it real quick because game

817
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: one is tonight, the only game tonight, and that would

818
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 1: be what we expect to be the Joel and Beadless

819
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: sixers in Boston against the Celtics. A lot of people

820
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: are are like kind of out on Boston after they lost.

821
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: They lost that one to Atlanta at home and then

822
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: they struggled in game six to put them away, and

823
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,879
Speaker 1: people are like, I don't know about Boston, Like, guys,

824
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 1: don't overreact. It's one game, you don't do you think

825
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: that they didn't see the Uh you think they didn't

826
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,720
Speaker 1: witness the Bucks losing And we're like, oh my gosh,

827
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: we have home court of image. You don't think they

828
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: saw that. Of course, it definitely played into it, and

829
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: they just they didn't look as aggressive. Celtics are ten

830
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 1: point favorites. Oh, by the way, I did screw up.

831
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: Nuggets suns are tonight too, damn it. That's gonna be

832
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: a late night Nuggets four and a half point favorites.

833
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 1: Rob I can'tunder any circumstances bet the Celtics at ten.

834
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,399
Speaker 1: But I don't know that I could take the sixers either,

835
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: the problem being maybe Boston's like, oh no, no, indeed,

836
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: we got this, you know, and you know what happens,

837
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 1: MAXI has like twenty five and Harden goes off and

838
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 1: it's a close game, but Celtics will win. But I don't.

839
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: This is not a game I want to bet.

840
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would not touch this game, even though, like you,

841
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 2: I could absolutely sing this game being a Boston twenty

842
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 2: nine point victory where it's not even that close to

843
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 2: most of the game. But I could also see, you know,

844
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,439
Speaker 2: Boston playing with their food a little bit. They did

845
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 2: that against Atlanta and that was the reason why that

846
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 2: series went six. Game winning really probably should have been

847
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 2: a suite. So I would stay away from the ten points.

848
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 1: If I'm Nuggets are four and a half, but at

849
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: one shop in the desert, it's down to four. It's

850
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: a tough one. I like Denver to win. I just

851
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,959
Speaker 1: don't four points is a lot. You think Kevin Durant

852
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,359
Speaker 1: and Brook are rolling over again in Game two, They're

853
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: not due. They're not doing it all right, Let's get

854
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: to the NFL draft. Gosh, I loved it, I've got

855
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: I don't. So I'm writing a piece for Fox on

856
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: three teams to buy after the draft and three to

857
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: kind of sell. And I know this is not gonna

858
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: be popular because what I usually say is not that

859
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: popular when it's like a non mainstream opinion. But I'm

860
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: telling you right now, I will be betting a little

861
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: bit on the Pittsburgh Steelers to win the AFC North.

862
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 1: I like their draft. I don't know the Broderick Jones

863
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: who they stole from the Jets on Thursday. I don't

864
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: know that he starts initially, but he's gonna play this

865
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: season for sure. I love to pick up of Darnell

866
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:44,439
Speaker 1: Washington from Georgia. Great blocking tight end, that's the thing there.

867
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: Great blocking left tackle, great blocking tight end. Expect some

868
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: dual tight end sets. Najie Harris is gonna be thrilled.

869
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, they added receivers. Candy Pickett

870
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: has options on the outside. They add an interior lineman.

871
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: They add an Edgdress from Wisconsin, a guy who was

872
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: a three year starter. Total value pick. Like I'm just

873
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: telling you right now. I know Lamar's back. Everybody likes

874
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: the Bengals every year. What's not to love? Day of

875
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I, Alan Robinson, Deontay Johnson, Pickens on the outside,

876
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: Friarmouth and Washington. I will be betting a little Steelers

877
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: over and to win the division. It's it's not gonna

878
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: be easy. It definitely will not be easy. I'm also

879
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: betting on Kenny Pickett making a second year jump. I

880
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 1: like what the Steelers did the next one. And listen,

881
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: a lot of you Detroit Lions fans are really pissed

882
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: at me for going after them in the for their

883
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,319
Speaker 1: first round picks. And I get it. I understand that.

884
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: And then hey, hey look we traded DeAndre Swift. You

885
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 1: were wrong they needed a running back. No, no, no,

886
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: that's not team building. Look at how the smart teams

887
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: have been built. This is not rocket science, guys, this

888
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,280
Speaker 1: is not me. I don't work in an NFL front office.

889
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: Look at the good smart front offices. They build through

890
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 1: the trenches. They draft offensive line, they draft defensive line.

891
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: You protect the quarterback, you get after the quarterback. It's

892
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: why the Niners are always there. It's why the Eagles

893
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: are always there, like you. That's why the coach people

894
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: are poaching their coaches. Look at the staffs they're getting gutted.

895
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 1: Philly O C, Philly DC both got jobs. Now should

896
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 1: they have I don't know, but people were like, they

897
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: know what they're doing at Philly. They know what they're

898
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:28,359
Speaker 1: doing in San Fran Like if you just look at

899
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: the trenches, a lot of good things are happening. And

900
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,479
Speaker 1: I'll say this, I think the Detroit Lions rebounded from

901
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: an early draft that I didn't like. A linebacker and

902
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: a running back. They trade swift, which I'm fine with.

903
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: You know, obviously the Jameis and Williams suspension ain't great,

904
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: but this offensive line is great in Detroit, arguably top

905
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: three in the league, maybe number one. And the defense,

906
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 1: you know, they added guys in the secondary. It seems

907
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: like the linebacker might start. They added depth on the

908
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 1: defensive line. I'm reluctant to say I think the Lions

909
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: are winning that division. And I know I've been bullish

910
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: on them, and I bashed him after day one of

911
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:12,760
Speaker 1: the draft. Listen, both things give me true. I'm bullish

912
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: and I bashed him after day one, so I thought

913
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: the Lions actually had a really good weekend. So remember

914
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: they didn't want to pay Hawkins in the tight end.

915
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: They trade him I think the Minnesota and then they

916
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: drafted another tight end from Iowa. And now they got

917
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 1: Hendon Hooker's replacement. And you know, I was bullish on

918
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: Hooker going into the draft. I liked what he did

919
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 1: at Tennessee. I know he's coming off the injury, he's

920
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: a little older. You just have Hooker sit behind golf

921
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 1: one year and if you want, you reset the quarterback

922
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: clock and then you go big game hunting in the

923
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: off season next year and the Lions can make a

924
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: runner to Super Bowl. I'm not kidding. You could laugh

925
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: super Bowl. They can't win a playoff game. I get it.

926
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: Obviously everybody likes the Seahawks. Jeez. They they got Rob

927
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: G's guy, Zach is it Sharboney, that's right, Charboney and

928
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:06,360
Speaker 1: Keneth Walker, And I'm on board predicting Gino Smith will regress.

929
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: There's no way he's going to duplicate last season. They

930
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: went out and got him Jackson Smith the JIGBA to

931
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,760
Speaker 1: help potentially not regress. So now you have Metcalf Smith's

932
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:21,799
Speaker 1: Jigba and Locket and you had a running back like

933
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: they got the guy weapon. This is you know, I

934
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 1: had to shave the friggin logo in the side of

935
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:30,760
Speaker 1: my head like an as clown last year. I I

936
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,319
Speaker 1: don't know. I kind of like the see if you're

937
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:36,280
Speaker 1: ranking the NFC team rob coming out of the draft,

938
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: and again, schedule matters, so maybe we can readjust. But

939
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: I think Eagles clearly number one. You don't like Niners

940
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 1: because they don't have a quarterback. I'm still gonna take

941
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: the Niners.

942
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 2: Two. Still on that Sam Darnold train.

943
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 1: Huh, I'm on the hole Shanahan train. Okay, I think

944
00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: three Seattle Seahawks. No wait, wait, oh Dallas, Dallas and

945
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: Seattle a toss up for three. I think Detroit would

946
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: be five and then six and seven. Oh my god,

947
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: I guess the Saints with your guy Derek Carr. I

948
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 1: think the Bears could be in the mix. I don't

949
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 1: know about the Rams. I'm certain that the uh Falcons

950
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: sorry Cardinals, will not be there. I don't like the

951
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 1: Falcons what the Falcons did at all. Although people will say, well, Jay,

952
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: you just said you'd like they got Gino Smith weapons

953
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 1: what about the Falcons They got b Jean Robinson. Well, no,

954
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,919
Speaker 1: that's not how it works. Is their offensive line good?

955
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 1: I don't know they drafted I think a sixth rounder.

956
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:45,360
Speaker 1: I do like the kid. I think they drafted a

957
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: sixth rounder on the offensive line, and like I just

958
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: I don't see it in the trenches from these guys

959
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 1: like Kalaiis. Campbell's not your solution on the defensive line.

960
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: I think they're building a team the wrong way. Three

961
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: straight years. Skill position guys, I'm not feeling in Atlanta.

962
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: Would you agree with that assessment? Though?

963
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 2: In the NFC, Rub, I think you're forgetting about the Giants.

964
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 2: I think that they are really really you know, I

965
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 2: think that you know, they upgraded their weapons in such

966
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,879
Speaker 2: a way that I think it's hard not to take

967
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 2: notice of them. I could see them maybe even battling

968
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 2: it out with Seattle as being, you know, one of

969
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:23,240
Speaker 2: the top wildcard teams.

970
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: The Giants after Daniel Jones got paid.

971
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 2: Yes, because the addition of Darren Waller is huge. Their

972
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,319
Speaker 2: receivers were dreadful last season.

973
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,359
Speaker 1: So now they have well Hyatt, it's kind of good,

974
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell, Jamison Crowder.

975
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 2: Look, they're not lighting up. You know, you're not going

976
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 2: to your fantasy like, hey, look at who the Giants have,

977
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,839
Speaker 2: but just compare those names to what they had last year.

978
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,880
Speaker 2: That's fair, right, Like, So it's a huge upgrade. Darren

979
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,759
Speaker 2: Waller obviously is a huge upgrade. So I think that

980
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,960
Speaker 2: they're going to do really well. I'm a little disappointed,

981
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 2: not in you, but and that you got to talk first,

982
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 2: because I really like the Detroit Lions coming out of

983
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 2: this draft, and and we talked about it on Friday.

984
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,359
Speaker 2: The Jamiir Gibbs I think is gonna fit well with them.

985
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 2: We mentioned that DeAndre Ship was probably gonna get moved

986
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 2: on just based by the comments by their GM where

987
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 2: he's like, oh, he's still on the roster. So that's probably,

988
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,959
Speaker 2: you know, not not a good endorsement. But that tight

989
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 2: end was, is it Laporta? I think it?

990
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:25,280
Speaker 1: Yeah.

991
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:29,200
Speaker 2: I think he is going to do wonders for Jared Goff.

992
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 2: And even if they I believe they drafted him before

993
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 2: the Raiders took your guy Michael Mayer from Notre Dame,

994
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 2: who I think is probably a more complete tight end.

995
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 2: But what Laporter can do is he is so much

996
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 2: more explosive than Mayor. And when you have an offensive

997
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 2: line that's that good, which they do in Detroit, you

998
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 2: don't need your tight end to be this big mauling

999
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 2: blocker that some of these other teams need. Am and

1000
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 2: Rossaint Brown is great. Jamior Gibbs, I think they get

1001
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:59,280
Speaker 2: flexed out a lot in space. David Montgomery is Maybe

1002
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,320
Speaker 2: he's overpaid, but he can absolutely do what Jamar Williams

1003
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 2: did for them last season. I expect only are they

1004
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 2: going to win that division, but I think because I

1005
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,840
Speaker 2: think that they are comfortably the best team in that division,

1006
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:15,320
Speaker 2: they're gonna make a challenge for the number two overall

1007
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,760
Speaker 2: seed in the NFC next season, the number two.

1008
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's a lengthy Monday pod. Yes, I

1009
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:26,840
Speaker 1: will be having a twenty twenty four way too early

1010
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 1: mock draft on Fox Sports, but it was just too

1011
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 1: busy of a weekend, so I will not have it

1012
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:37,320
Speaker 1: early this week. Patience, grasshoppers, all right, enjoy the NBA tonight.

1013
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: I have no idea what we're doing this week. Guest wise,

1014
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 1: Robb Gi is leaving us on a I think he's

1015
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: traveling around the world. Where where in the world is

1016
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 1: Carmen San Diego. Anybody remember that video game? Or in

1017
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:51,719
Speaker 1: the world is rob G Yeah, I know, from like

1018
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,720
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty six. All right, we'll talk to you tomorrow.