1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: Straight fire? Bam, It's me Jason McEntire. Straight Fire for Monday, 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: February sixth, What a weekend in the NBA. No football 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: for the first time in months, and boy did we 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: get a treat. Kyrie Irving demands a trade on Friday. 6 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: It broke a Friday morning late we were on the herd. 7 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: The final hour was dedicated to Kyrie Irving. A lot 8 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: of fun. Saturday Kyrie Irving Clippers talk starts up, and 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: then Sunday we get the deal. I think it was 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: mid morning out here in l A and it's the 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks. Kyrie Irving shipped to the Maths. I was 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: hoping for a little more drama super Bowl week. Maybe 13 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: this would play out a couple more days, but alas, 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: we got a lot to talk about with Kyrie Irving today, 15 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: and um, I guess we could start to speculate about 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. Will he be the next to go? Well, Brooklyn, 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: say you know what, let's just tear the whole damn 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: thing down. I don't know that they can move Ben Simmons, 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: but I think Brooklyn's for another day. Because as of 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: this morning, I got a lot to say on the 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: Kyrie iving deal. I want a quick one dad note 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: from coaching sports over the weekend, so I coached my 23 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: son's basketball team sixth rade. I think I've hyped them 24 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: a little bit. Were undefeated, so we have maybe the 25 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: best player in the league. He couldn't make the game 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: because he plays on a club team. And then our 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: other point guard, who also plays club, had a tournament 28 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: as well, so we had our two best ball handles out. 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: I had a great game plan. We're playing a team 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: we know, we know the players, the parents, a good, 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: good group of kids. They hadn't won a game. We're 32 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: up fourteen to two, just choking them out totally. It 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: was an awesome performance. And I coach a brand of 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: basketball guys where I play the same way. When I 35 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: played pick up on Saturday morning. You know, me and 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: four guys you know we uh text together, Hey, let's 37 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: all sign up, let's get there at the same time. 38 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: And we went six and destroying like year olds, and um, 39 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: four of us are over forty and then one guy 40 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: is a little younger, sorry three or over forty. Two 41 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: guys are like mid thirties, at any rate. My brand 42 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: of defense is we're gonna lock down. I'm gonna try 43 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: to get you full court and I'm i'm gonna play 44 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: tough defense. I'm gonna get up in you. A lot 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: of guys don't want to play defense, and the sixth 46 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: grade team that I have, we're playing full court defense. 47 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: Caused a turnovers, wreaking havoc. It was great four two, 48 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: So third quarter they start calling it a little ticky 49 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: tack and our guys start getting rattled because of foul 50 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: So the other team comes back and you know, we're 51 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: still in control. We got a guy who hit three threes. 52 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: Was really fun game. So they decide fourth quarter to 53 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: full court press us. Now nobody's done that before, and 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: again we're missing our two best ball handlers. So what happens. 55 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: We were not ready for it, and I made It's 56 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: a great coachable moment over the weekend and I was 57 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: talking about it with a couple of dads who are 58 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: on the team, and I was like, I screwed us 59 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: up when our guys started getting fouls and we only 60 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: had six guys. One guy ended up filing out our 61 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: point guard. Are you know third string point guard ends 62 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: up filing out. We had no ball handlers against oppressed. 63 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: What I should have done was dropped into a two 64 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: three zone so our guys could clog the lane because 65 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: all they were getting the opponent was layups. Because our 66 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: guys didn't want to foul, and our best room protective, 67 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: this big guy who's who's good, he didn't want to foul. 68 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: He had three fouls, were like, dude, and the third 69 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: quarter had to pull him for a minute, and I'm like, 70 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: we just can't foul. So our guys got a little 71 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: passive hands you on the perimeter, passive inside, and they 72 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: come back and finally on a free throw they take 73 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: the lead with like eighteen seconds left and we lost 74 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: by one. It's stunk. Our kids were really upset. We 75 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: do have, I think the best team in the league. 76 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: There is another good, really good team. But our guys 77 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: are upset, and I'm trying to tell him, guys, guys, guys, 78 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: we learned a lot. We were without our best player, 79 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: we're without our other point guard, and we all had 80 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: to step up. And you know what, we know what 81 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: we have to work on. I have to work on 82 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: stuff myself. I should have dropped into a two three 83 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: zone lesson learned. Okay, so that's my dad life coachable moment. 84 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: I won't talk about my daughter's game. Another body bad 85 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: game in fourth grade girls basketball. We got to win, 86 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: but cheez, two players injured, revs had to separate girls. 87 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: It's FEISTI out there. I love hoops at any rate. 88 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk Kyrie Irving. We're not gonna do any NFL 89 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: today because of the Kyrie deal. Sorry, I know it's 90 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: a week. I will be traveling to Arizona of the 91 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: Herd will be in Arizona for Thursday Friday. I'll still 92 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: do the podcast. I think I haven't totally talked it 93 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: over with Rob G but I think we'll be doing it. 94 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: It should be fun. A lot of football content coming 95 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: up and NBA trade deadlines Thursday. I don't know what 96 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: else we'll get, but we're gonna keep this to Kyrie Irving. 97 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna break this down into two two two, maybe three. Yeah. 98 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: Third layer will have to be Lebron the first layer 99 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: obviously Kyrie Irving. Second layer I think Dallas. I don't 100 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: love this for Dallas. I'll tell you why. Third layer Lakers. 101 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: I love it for the Lakers because they didn't get 102 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. All these Laker fans are dejected, Lebron subtweeting, 103 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: We'll get to all that, but first let's go to 104 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: the Kyrie Irving factor. Okay, I've told this story about 105 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: Kyrie a lot. Okay, I used to be a huge 106 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving fan. He I watched what was the movie 107 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: that he did, Uncle Drew. I enjoyed the movie, showed 108 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: my kids It's fun. Kyrie Irving's handle the trash talk. 109 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: It's a really fun basketball movie. Not a great movie. 110 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: And I liked Kyrie at that point so much. I 111 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: got a Kyrie jersey, a burnt orange throwback. Now here's 112 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: the funny thing. We were going to do a giveaway 113 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: here on the podcast of that Kyrie jersey. I somehow 114 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: totally forgot about it. Rob didn't remind me, and I 115 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: remembered after the trade. I took a picture of the 116 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: jersey posted are on social I said, I'm giving this 117 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: bad boy away funniest and best five star review of 118 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: my podcast in the next forty eight hours. We'll call 119 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: it tomorrow night, we'll call it at the end of 120 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: the night, and by Wednesday morning we'll make a decision 121 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: on iTunes. You leave the funniest and best five star review, 122 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: and I will mail the jersey to you. I'll pay 123 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: for the shipping. You know these jerseys. I don't want 124 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: hundred bucks, hundred twenty bucks, whatever the value is, it 125 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,119 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I don't care. I haven't worn the jersey 126 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: in years because I don't like Kyrie Irving anymore. Guys 127 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: say team killer, a coach killer. Folks. I know that 128 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: the NBA twitter crowd loves Kyrie. Oh, he's lay up packages, 129 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: elate his handles, ridiculous. And then you just start going 130 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: down the list, You're like, oh, how many First Team 131 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: All NBA's has he had? Never? So he's never been 132 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: one of the two best point guards in the NBA 133 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: or two best guards in the NBA never in his career. 134 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: How many MVP votes has he had for first place? Oh? None? Oh? Okay, 135 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: So what is Kyrie Irving? I'm gonna ask you that, 136 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honestly blunt. What is Kyrie Irving. He's 137 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: a really talented basketball player, and he's a massive malcontent 138 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: off the court, enormous. Now, maybe he's going through some 139 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: stuff the last five years. He doesn't know who he is, 140 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: he's trying to find himself, but it has been a 141 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: train wreck. The end of Cleveland was ugly, the end 142 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: of Boston was hideous. Then he recruits Key and Durant 143 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: to Brooklyn. Kevin Durant like a I don't want to 144 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: bask Kevin Duran. You know I have a soft spot 145 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: for him. Maybe he'll DM me when I tag him one. 146 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: I g after this. But he recruits k d to 147 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: Brooklyn and then demands a trade. This is the second 148 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: time he's now demanded a trade. Now hard and demanded 149 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: of trade and got it. Kevin Durant a manner a trade, 150 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: and then he rescinded it. It's just a total disaster. 151 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: All things Kyrie Irving historically in the NBA have ended 152 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: up a disaster. That's a fact. That's an unassailable fact. 153 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: Did he hit a great shot with the calves to 154 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: win the title? You know it? Massive shot? Was it 155 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: an iconic shot? I don't even know if it was 156 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: iconic as Lebron's block in transition. That was incredible. The 157 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: shot was massive. There was still a lot of time 158 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: on the clock. Club for final minute forty something seconds, 159 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Love played lockdown defense yes he did on Steph 160 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: Curry on the final possession and the Calves win an 161 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: incredible title that vaulted Lebron. I thought too, even with Jordan, 162 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: and then Lebron was a chip with the Lakers in 163 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: past Jordan. But we're not making it out about Lebron 164 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: Jordan's This is about Kyrie Irving again, great talent, but 165 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: off the court matters. And I ask you guys this 166 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,559 Speaker 1: last week, as if I knew this was gonna happen, 167 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: Is Kyrie Irving a winning player? That's it? Is he 168 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: a winning basketball player? And then if you want to, 169 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: if you think that he's a winning player, ask yourself 170 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: what is a winning player? Is he unselfish? Demanded two 171 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: trades from Brooklyn after kind of building this team, getting 172 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: coach fired, two coaches fired? Like? Is he selfish or unselfish? 173 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a really good ball handler. He's 174 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: a very good basketball player. But everything else is bad. 175 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: We don't need to rehash it here, but what I 176 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: do need to rehash, and I'm telling them this, Mavericks fans, 177 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: listen closely. The scorpion and the frog. I've mentioned it before. 178 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: It should be automatic. Now the score being needs a 179 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: ride across the river he can't cross. He sees a 180 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: frog and says, hey, frog, can you give me a 181 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: ride across the river? And the frog says no, why 182 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: would I give you a ride? You're gonna sting me 183 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: and kill me. And scorpion says, no, no, no, that's 184 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: not me anymore. I I need a ride. Why would 185 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: I kill you? Then we'll both die. That's stupid. I 186 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't do that. And the frog says, you know what, okay, 187 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: I'll give you a ride. So the frog says, come 188 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: on my back. The scorpion goes on his back. Everything's 189 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: going swimmingly. Halfway across the river. Out of nowhere, the 190 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: scorpion bing and the frog said, oh my gosh, what 191 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: are you doing. You stop? People're gonna die. And he's 192 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: like he looked at him. He kind of shrugged his shoulders, 193 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: and the corpia says that that's what I do. I'm 194 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: a scorpion, and they both drowned in the river. Tell me, 195 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving is not a scorpion. Fox Sports Radio has 196 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 197 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports radio dot com and 198 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: within the I heart radio app search f s R 199 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,599 Speaker 1: to listen live. Let's be real. Since the disaster that 200 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: he had on social media with that whole promoting the 201 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: anti Semitic stuff, since he came back bounced back from 202 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: that disaster, he has been a model citizen in Brooklyn. 203 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: I think, and I tried to look this up. I 204 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: think they want eighteen and three. I believe it was 205 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: eighteen and three in January. I don't. I have a 206 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: lot of notes on Kyrie Irving. Let's year em sorry, 207 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: eighteen and three in December and they start to surge. 208 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Everything's looking good, and all of a sudden, Kyrie says, okay, hey, 209 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: I've been a model citizen. Um, nets, can I get 210 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: that new deal? And the nets were like, no, it's 211 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: got to be tied to a championship. Kyrie Irving's step mom, 212 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: I guess, is his agent. And it blew up and 213 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving walks out of the meeting and says, I 214 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: demand a trade. Now. At this point, Kyrie Irving has 215 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: no leverage at all. The Brooklyn Nets can point out 216 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: to him and say, so what are you gonna do? 217 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: Are you not going to play? Because if you want 218 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: to contract and you're not going to play like, who's 219 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: signing you after this? Kyrie has zero leverage, none, none 220 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: at all. And it's just it got uglier because once 221 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving decided he wanted to trade, you start looking 222 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: at well the Lakers, and then lebron does the tweet 223 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: with the eyes emoji a couple of hours later, like, 224 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,719 Speaker 1: oh could we get him in good l a And 225 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 1: all these Lakers fans, all these Lakers jabronies ready to 226 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: sell blood to get Kyrie Irving here. Guys are like, 227 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: I'll give my pinky to get Kyrie here. We need 228 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: a title. Not thinking about the long term, short term, 229 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: long term not a thing that a lot of people 230 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: focus on. It's really important. I got to applaud rob Polinka. 231 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: He he did not do it. Olinka held firm, did 232 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: not do anything. Stupid. Lakers are not get a vould Now. 233 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: I thought the Clippers could have made sense because they 234 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: are actually I know, people don't want amit it. They're 235 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: kind of desperate. They have no point card play. They 236 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: don't have a leader on the court. I'm not saying 237 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: Kyrie is a leader, but I'm saying he's at least 238 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 1: an alpha. People follow him Now, there's a difference between 239 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: being a leader and an alpha. I don't necessarily want 240 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving Lee eating my team because again he's he's 241 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: an alpha and they're there's some sketchy territory when it 242 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: comes to Kyrie being the man and the voice in 243 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: the locker room. This is a guy, I need to 244 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: remind you who tried to sink the entire NBA bubble. 245 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: Why are we going to play? There's so much going 246 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: on in this country we shouldn't go. And that's when 247 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: him and Lebron really got into it. They had like 248 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: a private phone call. You guys can go read about this. 249 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: I'm not making it up. I'm not saying I'm the source. 250 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: Go read about it. Kyrie tried to scuttle the bubble, 251 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: did not want them to go. Of course, Lebron end 252 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: isn't getting the title. I think Kyrie was ticked off 253 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: because Lebron, as you guys know, hadn't got a title 254 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: since that Cavs one. At any rate, I do believe 255 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: in some weird, wacky way, Brooklyn instead of calling his 256 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: bluff and saying you can sit if you want, We're 257 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: not gonna pay you, blah blah, blah. They just said 258 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: we need to cut bait. Now. I'm assuming and we 259 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: don't have it confirmed that the Nets negotiated with Kevin 260 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: duran and said, k D, we can here's our options 261 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: with I mean, you gotta go to Katie on this. 262 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: Here are options with Kyrie, who Kevin Durant, like a fool, 263 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: has defended and and and Durant is too proud to 264 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: admit it. But Kevin Durant needs to look himself in 265 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: the mirror and say, man, I made a dumbass decision 266 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: following this goofball. We have all made dumb decisions. It happens, 267 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: you know. I I made some stupid ones in my life, 268 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: made some really dumb decisions. You just gotta own it 269 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 1: and move on, put it behind you. Hopefully Kevin Durant 270 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,599 Speaker 1: can do that here now. Whether or not ka d 271 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: asks for a trade demand this week, we'll see. I mean, 272 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: if I'm the Lakers, I'd much rather give up whatever 273 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: they want for Kevin Durant. If I'm the Warriors who 274 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: now have Steph Curry out again, sounds like multiple weeks, 275 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: I would put it at least ten to fifteen games. 276 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: Steph Curry is gonna miss Warriors should make the playoffs, 277 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: but I don't know. We'll see. We'll see without with 278 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: Curry injured. So I think Katie could have a market now. 279 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: It just depends how much the Nets want to tear 280 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: it down. I think the Nets need to be realistic. 281 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,599 Speaker 1: Are we beating Boston or Milwaukee? I would say, absolutely not. 282 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: Are they beating Cleveland? I don't. I don't know. I 283 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: don't totally see that happening. So if I'm the Nets, 284 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: I would I would look into trading Kadi. But again, 285 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: we'll do more on that tomorrow. I think we need 286 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: to wrap up some stuff on on Kyrie Irving. So 287 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: he gets his wish and goes to Dallas. And now, 288 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: from the Dallas standpoint, why I didn't love the deal 289 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: is the MAVs had Jalen Brunson. He was homegrown second 290 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: round pick. They drafted him. He was good man. They 291 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: get to the conference finals last year with Jalen Brunson 292 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: is their second best player. The problem is they screwed 293 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: up negotiating. Now again, I don't need to revisit all 294 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: this crap, but the bottom line is a couple of 295 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: years ago, Cuban didn't think Brunson was worth big money, 296 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: did not want to negotiate. Kick the can down the road. 297 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: What happens The Knicks get in position by hiring all 298 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: of Brunson's guys, well his dad's guys, and next thing, 299 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: you know, as soon as it comes time for free agency, 300 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: Brunson says, peace out, Dallas, I'm gone. And you lose 301 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: a homegrown talent who is a borderline All Star. And 302 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: you guys can scoff at Brunson. Brunson being an Austar, 303 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: he's pretty damn good. You basically lose him for nothing. 304 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: That hurt. So Brunson walks out the door and lo 305 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: and behold, Mark Cuban replaces Bronson with Kyrie Irving. Now 306 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a bitter, bitter pill to swallow. 307 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: Do you think Jalen Brunson is a better contract deal 308 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: than Kyrie Irving? And I ask you this, Kyrie, this 309 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: is the part for Dallas that I don't like. Kyrie Irving. 310 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: Folks is gonna try to be a model citizen for 311 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: the next games. He is gonna do his best to 312 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: be on the straight and narrow, and every all these 313 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: Mas fans are gonna get geeked and they're gonna buy in. 314 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: Look at Kyra. Oh my gosh, this team is finally 315 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: getting together. Dishes it up great where we got better? 316 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: Who cares about Dorry and Phinney Smith and and uh 317 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: Spencer didn't we we got Kyrie. People are gonna buy 318 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: his jersey. They're gonna lap it up because of the 319 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: scorpion in the frog for a little while, the scorpion 320 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: can get his act together, and I think games Kyrie 321 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: can you can be on a straight and narrow for 322 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: a little bit. Right. So let's say, best case scenario, 323 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: they go to the playoffs and make a run to 324 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals. With the finals, Kyrie is on 325 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: his best behavior and he doesn't mind being the number 326 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: two to Luca. We'll see. Brunson was okay with it, 327 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: but he was the second round pick. Kyrie was the 328 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: number one overall pick. It didn't want to be second 329 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: fiddle to Lebron, so he bounced in Cleveland, couldn't work 330 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: with Tatum and Brown in Boston and Brad Stevens and 331 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: now can't work with the Nets because he wants to 332 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: get paid. But all of a sudden, we're just gonna 333 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: let's just work with me here. Kyrie Irving is a 334 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: model citizen and everything goes outstanding. They let's just say 335 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: they get to the finals and if you think that's 336 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: a bridge too far, fine Western Conference Finals and they 337 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: lose to whoever then and the fun really begins for 338 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: Dallas because what do you do do you say, boy, 339 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, man, great player, we got to the conference finals. 340 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: I mean, he model citizen. He loves it here Dallas. 341 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: He wants to be here. Well you know what he's 342 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: asking for, and it's out there from a couple of 343 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: people at ESPN. Kyrie Irving is seeking a four year, 344 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: two h a million dollar deal. That's what he wants. 345 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: That's why when he was asking the nets he could 346 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: get that from the nets they were like absolutely not 347 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 1: so Kyrie, straight and narrow, and then you're gonna give 348 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: him four years and two and a million. You're gonna 349 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: hit your wagon to that because if you don't, Kyrie 350 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: Irving is hoping that some other idiots sucker out there says, 351 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: oh yeah, let's bring on Kyrie. Looks like he's cleaned 352 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: up his act. He's grown up, he's matured. Who's going 353 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: to be the sucker? What do they say, if you 354 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 1: sit down at the poker table and you look around 355 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: and you don't know who the mark is, it's probably you. Well, 356 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: eventually this offseason and when Kyrie is looking for his deal, 357 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: some idiot's gonna step up and offer him a lot. 358 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: And is that going to be Mark Cuban? I don't know. 359 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: So now, if you're Cuban, you just lost story in 360 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: Phinney Smith and you guys can scoff. The casuals don't know. 361 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: DFS is like an ideal player. He's a perfect wing 362 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: on a good salary. Three and d like they're gonna 363 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: miss him. Spencer Dinwoody shooting. I think, what is it? 364 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: Forty hold on? I have the number here somewhere, but 365 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: spencerwood forty one on threes this year? Perfect six man, 366 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: Luca come in, get a breather. Didn't what he carry 367 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 1: the offense? He could do that for stretches. That's two 368 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: big losses. Then you tossed in a later first round 369 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: pick in two seconds whatever. I just I don't know. 370 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: I mean, Mark Cuban has taken a risk, and listen, 371 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: that's what you do as a businessman, right, He's Mr 372 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: Shark Tank. He is Mr risk Taker, no risk It, 373 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: no biscuit. This is a big swing from Mark Cuban, 374 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: and I would almost guarantee to you in the short 375 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: term it works great. What's gonna happen in June? I 376 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: have no idea. Now here's the worst part. If it 377 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: goes sour and they don't even make the conference finals, 378 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: it's like, Holy cal what a disaster this was? Now 379 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: I'll say this, I do like the makeup of Dallas 380 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: is top seven. Obviously have Luca Kyrie and Christian Wood 381 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: is a big three. Not a lot of defense in 382 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: that trio. I would almost say nothing, definitely not from 383 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: Christian Wood, although he can he can be a room protector, 384 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: but he is he can't defend. You lose your best 385 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: wing defender. You have Hardaway and Bullock is good, but 386 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: you're putting a lot of pressure on the three guys 387 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: off the bench. Josh Green, who's been pretty good. I 388 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 1: would call him emerging twenty two year old. He's got 389 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: a lot of talent, big six five wing guy in 390 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: the Desmond Bayne mold, but he ain't Desmond Bayne yet 391 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: or even close to it. We've got Dwight Powell, who's 392 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: a pretty good rim runner. I like him. Stanford kids smart. 393 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: And then the last guy, you have a Maxie Cleiber 394 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: who has been hurt since she's December. I like him 395 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: a lot. So you've got those eight you can rotate. 396 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: I don't know that bert Ton's can play in a 397 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: big spot in the playoffs. Um He's just just catch 398 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: and shoot guy spot up here, gonna defend anybody. I 399 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: think this is the top three or four team in 400 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: the West. But again, I'm not just looking at Hey, 401 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: what are the next three months gonna bring. I'm you 402 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: guys know, because I owned two teams in uh basketball 403 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: and um well minority owner basketball and soccer. I'm into 404 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: team building. I had a meeting last week, a really 405 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: productive lunch with I gotta say who but someone who 406 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: um is important on the soccer side, and we just 407 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: talked team building for basically ninety minutes and how you 408 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: go about that and what matters, and you know, the 409 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: philosophy of what you want to be is super interesting. 410 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: The thing is you have to have buy in from 411 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: the ownership to the front office to the coach. If 412 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: you don't have a philosophy, which you ultimately have is 413 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: cycling through coaches cycling through front office guys and low 414 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: and behold, what do you have a bunch of players 415 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: who maybe don't fit what the next coach wants to do. 416 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: That's a major problem. Then you're spending a lot of money, 417 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: bad contracts, and there's no top down philosophy. The best 418 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: organizations know what their philosophy is. Dallas is seems to 419 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: be Luca don Che. How do you think Kyrie Irving 420 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: is gonna like that philosophy? The world operates around Luca. 421 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: He's got the highest usage rate of his career, is 422 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: playing the most minutes, and oh, by the way, when 423 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: he has to sit there, oh in seven without him again, 424 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 1: I think Dallas is upside. I think they can make 425 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: the finals. Are they gonna win it? I don't think so, 426 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: but I'm not doubting Luca. You guys know that Fox 427 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 428 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot 429 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app search f 430 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. The third leg of this is, 431 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: of course Lebron and the Lakers, because they're always his 432 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: involvement from Lebron and the Lakers. So the interesting thing 433 00:21:53,920 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: is Sunday afternoon, after it had been reported that Kyrie 434 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: was heading to the MAVs, Lebron just tweeted, because he's 435 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: so good at this, maybe it's me, that's it. No context, 436 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: no nothing. He could have been talking about a game 437 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: of monopoly with his family. He could have been talking 438 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: about anything, and damn I should have I should have 439 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: had something ready. Lebron basically could have been talking about anything, 440 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: his stamp collection, his basketball cards. I have no idea. 441 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: It almost certainly was all about the Lakers not getting Kyrie. Now, 442 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: what does maybe it's me mean? What does that like? 443 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: The Lakers don't want to give Lebron what he wants. 444 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: They didn't think Kyrie woe be a good fit with Lebron. 445 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: The bottom line is the Lakers do not. They're not 446 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: desperate enough to get in bed with Kyrie Irving, absolutely 447 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: not and give up whatever bargaining chips you do. Listen, 448 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers could have could still get him if they 449 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: really so desire in the off season. I think it 450 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: would be a train wreck, good for content, But in reality, 451 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: I think it's a terrible idea. They can go after 452 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: him and give up nothing, right, they could give up 453 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: nothing now they would have had to give up all 454 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: their chips to make a move. Let's see what the 455 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: Lakers do with the deadline. I don't think they stand 456 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: pat You guys know I am very very very pro. 457 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: We need to go and get Zach Levine. I think 458 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: he's perfect. I looked this up on catch and shoot 459 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: threes this year, guys catches two three? Are you kidding me? 460 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: Kyrie's down a catch at you? Guys, like, give me 461 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: the ball, let me go to work. Zach Levine will know, Oh, 462 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: you need a third you need a third banana? I got. 463 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: I'm I'm your guy. You need to defend great. I 464 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: don't have to carry the scoring load. The office doesn't 465 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: have to go through me. None of that chucks. Where 466 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: do I sign up, guys? I know Laker fans don't 467 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: want to hear it. Oh the contract, guys, he's twenty eight. 468 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: He's barely got any tread on the playoff tires. I 469 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,959 Speaker 1: know he's had some injuries. I get that. That stinks. 470 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: Who hasn't had injuries Kyrie? Kyrie is always hurt. Don't 471 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: give me, don't get me, Zack Lavine. Injuries Kyrie sort 472 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: every freaking year. Look at the playoffs. He's hurt every year, 473 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: so you know, you can play the injuries card all 474 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: you want. A lot of guys get hurt. Lebron is 475 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: the bionic man, you know, so Buddy agrees with me, 476 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: you know, Buddy the dog. At any rate, I think 477 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: the Lakers dodged a bullet. I think the Mavericks are 478 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: willing to eat one, which is super risky. One report 479 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: claims that Mark Cuban did talk to Luca about this 480 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: before the trade, and then of course the Positive expect 481 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fluff like this today. Well, when Kyrie 482 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: was growing up, his favorite point guard was Jason Kidd, 483 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: who's the new coach of the of the Maths and 484 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: the new GM or. One of the front office guys 485 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: in Dallas used to work at Nike and had a 486 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 1: relationship with Kyrie. This is all gonna go so great, Okay, 487 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful that it goes well for Dallas. 488 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: As for Brooklyn, I don't really have much of a 489 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 1: take on what they do unless we hear Kevin Durant 490 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: wants out. Now. Kevin Durants injured, so it's kind of 491 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: difficult to trade an injury got injured. Injured player. I 492 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: don't think the Nets are doing anything in the East 493 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: this year. Um, and and you know we'll see. It's 494 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating the Kevin Durant saga. Can the Nets 495 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: build around it or do they just say this isn't 496 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: worth it? Can the Nets move Ben Simmons, We're looking 497 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: at some interesting potential. I think we say this every 498 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: year at the NBA trade deadline. Now, whether or not 499 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: anything happens, we shall see. I'm not going to talk 500 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: about the Memphis Grizzlies and John Morant's crew. I don't 501 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: want to use the word posse before people get upset. Um, 502 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna talk about that story. You guys can 503 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: go look it up. They they're just dumb. They run 504 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: their mouths at every game. Now it's in Indiana, Like stop, 505 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,239 Speaker 1: just stop being d bags. I don't know what's going 506 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: on in Memphis. Um. Obviously, we'll do plenty of NFL 507 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Week. Very excited folks. Talk to you tomorrow.