1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: straight Fire fan? It's been eat Jason McEntire Straight Fire 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: for Wednesday, and we got a great podcast ahead for you. 4 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: A lot of good stories in sports, not just the NBA, 5 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: although it was a sweet, sweet Sweet for your boy. 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: Three and oh on bets last night up to a 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: robust fifteen and six gambling on the NBA. You guys know, 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: my trip to Cabo for spring break was paid for 9 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: eventually by the Kansas Jayhawks triumphantly capturing the title in 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: the Calcutta It was just an awesome win. I want 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: to pay for a vacation now. I don't even know 12 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: if we're gonna take another one in the summer, but 13 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: if we do take another one, I want the NBA 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: playoffs to pay for it because it's been a good one. 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: Jared Jackson coming through for me? Who else? Amami Heat? Minnesota? 16 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: Devin Booker went off last night. What a game. We're 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: not gonna spend too much time talking about blowouts and stuff, 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: but thank you guys for the commentary on the Dan 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: Patrick podcast. Sounds like we got a couple of new 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: listeners to the podcast. Welcome Dan Patrick. Fans. Always fun 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: hosting with Doug Gottlieb. We didn't get in too many arguments, 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: although we, you know, vehemently disagree on some things. That's 23 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: just fundamental disagreements. That's that's normal when you get two 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: sports sports hosts together. I want to open this podcast. 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: I know everybody's excited about tonight's Obviously, the Nets game 26 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: is paramount. I mean, listen, Nets Celtics was I think 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: and Rob can check me on this highest rated playoff 28 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: game in the first round in something like six years. 29 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: That's how big of a number they got. On Sunday tonight, 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: it is the Marquee matchup seven o'clock on the East Coast, 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: four o'clock Pacific, which is great early, early start. We've 32 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: also got Bulls Bucks Game two, not that spicy, and 33 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: then Philly Toronto that will be over at Philly wins tonight. 34 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: But I need to start because we had the uh 35 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: an author named Jeff Perlman on the show last month. 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: I Forget and he wrote a book about the Showtime 37 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: Lakers that ended up becoming I think he said, eight 38 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: or nine years later, this TV show on HBO called 39 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: Winning Time about the rise of the Showtime Lakers and 40 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: I am obsessed with the show. It is incredible. It 41 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: is awesome. If you have HBO, you're greatly enjoying it. 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: If you don't have HBO, you're really missing out. And 43 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: HBO Max is cheap. They don't pay me to sponsor 44 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: ads on this site, but I will tell you this 45 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: show is worth it. So maybe wait for the show 46 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: to end and then get like a three month of 47 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: HBO and then just devour the show in like a week. 48 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: It is great. That being said, the show made a 49 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: lot of news and it's gonna be talked about a 50 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: lot today. When Jerry West demanded a retraction and an 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: apology for what he called a baseless and malicious assault 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: on his character. This broke late last night. Jerry West 53 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: is complaining, and all of a sudden, a lot more 54 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: people that had never heard of the show are gonna 55 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: be like, wait a minute, what do they make Jerry 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: West do? Jerry West looks like, oh, he's a raging 57 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: alcoholic what and folks, I have to be honest. I 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: might have even said on this podcast. After the first 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: two episodes of the show, I had to google Jerry 60 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: West and be like, is this guy this freaking crazy. 61 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: Was he really liked this obviously, the answer is no. 62 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: It is a heavy dramatization. If you go back and 63 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: listen to the podcast with Perlman, he says, like, listen, 64 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: a lot of the stuff on the show didn't happen 65 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: in the book. Okay, and according to the book, Jerry 66 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: West was not a crazy lunatic. Now in the show, 67 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: Jerry West is really off the reservation. He is drinking 68 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: in the office. He throws his trophy through the window, 69 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: like and all these people who come out and said, 70 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 1: you know, in the Lakers organization, like this is not true, 71 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: that never happened. Hbos so far is mom, I don't 72 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: really know what you like, apology or attraction. I I 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: don't know what they can do to appease Jerry West. 74 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: But Rob, I you know, I I know we've talked 75 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: about the show plenty. Jerry West has like a good reputation. 76 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: I am surprised. It's almost like he comes off so 77 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: crazy that there's no way possible that it's true. You know, 78 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: one of those deals. Yeah, and look, if you have 79 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: an issue with the way you're portrayed on the show, 80 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: I get it. But as Jeff Perlman is noted as 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: anybody who knows anything about media has noted. These based 82 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: on true event movies TV shows are very loosely based 83 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: on a true story. You know, remember the Titans. Sorry 84 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: to break it to you, America, but that Denzel Championship 85 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: team did not exactly go down the way they talk about. Shocker. Okay, uh, 86 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: apologies America, little children out listening to this show. From 87 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: what I've been told, most people at Notre Dame hated 88 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: that guy Rudy. Okay, just letting you know that. So 89 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: I don't have an issue with Jerry West being upset 90 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: about the way he's portrayed, like, you know whatever. Do 91 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: you know? A good way to make sure that kind 92 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: of stuff doesn't happen, though, is to make sure that 93 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: you're involved in the process. Nobody wants to be involved 94 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: because they're not getting paid. No, And I'm glad you 95 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: brought up Jeff Promon because he did a long Twitter 96 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: rant on Monday talking about a Kareem adule Jabar blog 97 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: post about winning Time. Which is kind of funny that 98 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: this happened a few hours before the Jerry West demanding 99 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: an apology. So what Kareem says is. I'll start with 100 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: the bland characterization. The characters are crude stick figure representation 101 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: that resemble real people the way Lego Han Solo resembles 102 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: Harrison Ford. Each character is reduced to a single bolt trade, 103 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: as if the writers were afraid anything more complex with 104 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: tax the viewers comprehension. Kareem, like Jerry West, doesn't come 105 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: off too well and end the show. However, as Jeff 106 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: Perlman notes in his Twitter thread, Kareem had every opportunity 107 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: to be involved in at least the book portion of 108 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: the Showtime Lakers repeatedly said, no, I've I've worked with 109 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: Kareem a little bit in the past, trying to get 110 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: him on some shows. We've had him on a couple 111 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: of shows. I can tell you everything that Jeff Perlman 112 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: said into Twitter thread about the difficulties of working with 113 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: Kareem and his people is accurate. So if you have 114 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: that kind of an issue, Jerry West, crimp what your 115 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: bar with the way you're being portrayed a fictional TV show, 116 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: then you know what. Maybe you call of HBO, maybe 117 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: you call about a McKay and say, look, let me 118 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: consult on season two. And I understand that you want 119 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: to poke fun and have some uh liberties with what 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: happened back in the day. But I think that we 121 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: can go a long way if we add a little 122 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: bit more of realism to this situation or this character 123 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: what have you. But these guys who are both what 124 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: in their seventies eighties now come plaining about a fictional drama. Well, 125 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm wondering, rob if they think that the next generation 126 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: watching is gonna think of Kareem and Jerry West as 127 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, crazy people, which is kind of how they're portrayed. Meanwhile, 128 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's and uh, I've already forgotten the name of 129 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: whatever he put out during the pandemic um basically was 130 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the last Dance, right, Michael Jordan in the Last Dance 131 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: basically comes off as never missing a shot, the perfect 132 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: basketball player. He's like, it comes off like looking amazing. 133 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: He totally shout on Scottie Pippen, made him look awful 134 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: to the point that Pippen is like a train wreck 135 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: now as a human. I think he didn't he lose 136 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: his job at ESPN or is he still on their 137 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: their TV shows? He may have. I'm not under percent shore, 138 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: but I believe that he may. Yeah, I mean like it. 139 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Jordan's sent him into a spiral. I mean Jordan went 140 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: after people settling scores like twenty years later. You know, 141 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: that's when you do it yourself. If Karim Abdul Jabbar, 142 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: who was one of the most famous athletes at the 143 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: height in a mirror come right at the height of 144 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: his sports to Rob, we weren't even born. But I 145 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: know in the seventies, you know, my dad had like 146 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: just come to America and it's like, listen, this guy 147 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: cream Jabbar, what a story? You know, um, super famous. 148 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: You don't want to cooperate on anything. What do you 149 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: expect to happen? You know? And and I did read 150 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: the Jeff Brolman ran on Twitter. It's pretty damn good. 151 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: Jeff Brelman is words smith. He he and I had 152 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: an issue way way back, maybe a decade ago, and 153 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: I wondered if he wouldn't want to come on the 154 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: podcast because of that. But I guess he either forgot 155 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: or didn't matter. I only vividly remember it because I 156 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: remember the room I was in, and I was so 157 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: shocked at the request he was making. But again, Jeff 158 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: Brolman is a uh really good, does a good job 159 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: being an author and research. I don't think the book 160 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: makes Jabbar or West look bad. So their beef is 161 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: with HBO. I don't think they're gonna get any money. 162 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: But let's move on. Fox Sports Radio has the best 163 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our 164 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the 165 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio app search s R to listen live 166 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: before we get to NBA rob quickly. This is another 167 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: story I just want to touch on. We don't do 168 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: a lot of baseball here. Baseball fans have tweeted at me, 169 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: have Instagram DM me, how can you talk about this, 170 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: that or the other. It's just it doesn't have a 171 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: ton of juice. And I will confess I love college basketball. 172 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm really not allowed to do a ton of college 173 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: basketball in here because nobody clicks on this podcast. A 174 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: lot of times people look at the headline. If it's NFL, 175 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: they're clicking. If it's NBA, they're probably clicking. If it's Lebron, 176 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: they'll hate click. If it's college basketball, they better be 177 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: a good ass topic, you know, Like that's the deal. 178 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: If it's baseball, it's a lot of passes. If it's NHL. 179 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: It's like, do I unsubscribe from this podcast? Like that's 180 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: where we are in podcasts. So there's a million NBA pods. 181 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: I don't even know if there is a hockey but 182 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure there is one. Anyway. Major League Baseball isn't 183 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: the focus of this story. But I read this somewhere 184 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: and I was stunned because I had not heard it 185 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: anywhere else. I do subscribe to a couple um newsletters, 186 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: and this one that I heard about was it even 187 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: sports where I heard about this guy. This guy's name 188 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: is Rocky or Roki Sasaki. He's a twenty year old 189 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: pitcher in Japan's top league. Okay, he pitched the first 190 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: perfect game in the league in twenty eight years, and 191 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: while doing so, struck out nineteen guys, including thirteen in 192 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: a row. He's twenty years old, and he regularly touched 193 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: a hundred miles an hour. So let's just put this together. 194 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: Twenty years old, perfect game, nineteen strikeouts, hundred miles an 195 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: hour on the gun. My first thing when I read 196 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: that was, oh, when does he come to the Major's 197 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: So who's gonna Yankee's gonna bid four him? The Dodgers 198 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: tell me he's not a Red Sox guy Otani famously, 199 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, anaheim Otani's crushing it obviously. And then I 200 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: read the news that is just mind bogglingly stupid. This superstar. 201 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: How do you say his name? Rob? Is it Rocky Sasaki? 202 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: I believe it's Rokey Rokey Okay, Rocky has a good 203 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: sting sting. It does sound cool. And I had a 204 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: buddy in college. Actually the last physical fight I got 205 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: in with his name was Rocky. Um, if you want 206 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: a funny story, and I don't want to go off 207 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: on too much of a tangent. So he was like 208 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: kind of like the black sheep of our crew. You know, 209 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: when you're in college you get four roommates together, one 210 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: guy is always like the you know, he gets the 211 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: smallest room. And that was this guy. He just kind 212 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: of I don't know, I shouldn't crap on him because 213 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: he went a little crazy. And I do mean he 214 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: ended up in the looney bin for a little bit. Um, 215 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: that's how crazy he went. So my mom regularly I 216 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: lived a couple of hours away from college. My mom 217 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: would like, you know, I go home some weekends and 218 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: my mom would make my favorite dish, her chicken curry, 219 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: and I would bring it back to college, and of 220 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: course I'd eat that for like four days straight, like 221 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: every meal, a lunch, dinner, for like four days. One night, 222 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: I come home and the dudes just sitting there, you know, 223 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: hammered from a night of drinking, and he's eating my 224 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: mom's chicken curry. Didn't ask or nothing. And you know, listen, 225 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: you messed with a guy a Mommy's boys dinner and 226 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna have words. And so I went off on him. 227 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: I just absolutely went off. And you know, he's been 228 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: drunk and I was not as drunk, and he like 229 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: ultimately pushed me. And you know, you have that cheap 230 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: furniture rob uh in college it's all wooden because it's crappy, 231 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: and you're in college is off campus. I was so angry, yes, 232 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: that he ate my mom's chicken career. And I know 233 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: people are gonna hit me on social media with this. 234 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: I don't really care, guys, I tell the full story. 235 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: You want to laugh laugh. I physically picked him up 236 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: and like body slid, like took him by the shirt 237 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: and put him down on the table. And it was 238 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: like kind of physical. I was really heated at this 239 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: and I don't get in a lot of fights. And 240 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: the rest of the roommates were kind of laughing and 241 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: then stepped in, whoa, whoa, what the hell going on? Day? 242 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: You got a calm down? I was so heated. We 243 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: he was also the guy, and I really shouldn't say 244 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: this because um gosh, this is bad. Um, so Rob 245 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: your buddies at class, you go mess around in their room. Right, 246 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: So what we would do is Jesus, I should not 247 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: admit this. We would go on his computer and you know, 248 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: the screensaver comes on, right, so when you put in 249 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: the password for the screensaver, it shows your your home 250 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: screen or whatever it's called, your your screen, and we 251 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: would put like grotesque um pictures of nude women, like 252 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: really like six pound women like buck naked. Right, So 253 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: he would come home and if he had like his 254 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: girlfriend or a friend or whatever, he would like put 255 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: in his password and on the computer screen you get 256 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: this like grossly obeed, like just disgusting naked woman. And 257 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: we did it repeatedly, and he was so angry, but 258 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: it was like a funny prank. Rob you're not really laughing, 259 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: but did you guys never do that. I can't say 260 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: that I never did that. I had a block on 261 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: my door so he could never get in. Uh, he 262 00:13:57,920 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: just didn't lock his door at any rate. His name 263 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: was Rocky. This guy's name is Roki Sasaki. This incredible picture. 264 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: So Rob, I get all excited. Okay, Otani's here, he's 265 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: crushing it. When is Rookie? When is he gonna arrive? Apparently, 266 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: according to Major League Baseball rules, he's unable to come 267 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: here until he's twenty five years old. Like what this is? 268 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: I'm blown away. This is the height of stupidity. And 269 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: it's like, what on earth is this about. So apparently 270 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: there's a current agreement says players younger than twenty five 271 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: or who have fewer than six years of professional experience 272 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: are subject to the International Bonus Pool system and all 273 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: this nonsense. I gotta say, Rob, super disappointing. Like, how 274 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: does baseball has such a dumb rule in place? Oh? 275 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: I have news for you, Jason. That is not the 276 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: only dumb rule that baseball has in place. Okay, there 277 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: there's a reason why they're demographic or excuse me, they're 278 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: there fans who watch baseball on television excuse older and 279 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: older every year. Okay, you brought up the age rule 280 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: that you know, there's some people who think that has 281 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: some some legitimacy. I don't. I'm like you. I think 282 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: that that's not smart, that's not forward thinking if your 283 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: baseball to get as many stars in as quickly as possible. 284 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: Here's a few other ones. Major League Baseball still has 285 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: a rule that prohibits highlights from being shared on the 286 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: radio until after the game is over. Major League Baseball 287 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: prohibits the sharing of video highlights by fans or networks 288 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: on social media until after the game is complete, unless 289 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: it is provided specifically by MLB Network or MLB dot 290 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: Com and they distribute it to those teams, to those 291 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: networks and say hey you can use this highlight. Unbelievable, Baseball. 292 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: You gotta get your act together. You know, they have 293 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: no interest. It feels like in growing the games with 294 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: your audience. I mean, and and you watch an NFL 295 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: game anytime Justin Jefferson scores and hits a gritty on 296 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: a sick touchdown, it's instantly all over social media. Is Stagram, Twitter, 297 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: stat Chat, you name it, and it's like this is 298 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: enhancing Justin Jefferson enhancing the league as my dog Buddy 299 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: freaks out. But he's been silent for a little while. 300 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: If you guys have noticed, um, he's been quiet for 301 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: a few weeks. I remember when he was the star 302 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: of a podcast one day, and we've been doing a 303 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: good job keeping Buddy under wraps, and now he's freaking 304 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: out because there's a bunch of dogs in the neighborhood 305 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: and when they walk by, Buddy freaks out. That big 306 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: set Rob, it's time to pivot to the association. I 307 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: don't think there's a lot to say about the Grizzlies 308 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: curb stomping the Minnesota Timberwolves. That was a blow Anybody 309 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: could see that. Stevie Wonder could see that coming. The 310 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: lone negative on this was John Morantz. What is that 311 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: thigh injury? It looked like, I don't want to say, 312 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: a dirty screen from Karl Anthony Towns. I mean, you 313 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: know it's in. It looked like a knee hit the thigh. 314 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: Morant limped off. They didn't need him. It was a 315 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: blowout Series one one. I'll tell you this Game three. 316 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: It's not often you say Minnesota memphisis must see TV, 317 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: but that game is gonna be heated, especially if John 318 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: Moran's injured and Karl Anthony Towns could be a target. 319 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: He was pretty bad once again. Anthony Edwards was good, 320 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: but Carlita town is not good. Rob. I still don't 321 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: have a read on who wins the series. I'd still 322 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: think I'm going with the initial gut was was Memphis. 323 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: They had seven guys scoring double figures, were finally saw 324 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: their offense kind of unleashed. I will go with Memphis 325 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: still to win the series. Yeah, And before the series, 326 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: I had a Memphis in six, and I remember I 327 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: was getting a little bit of push up, not a lot, 328 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: but a little bit of pushback on social media saying, um, 329 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: you know, wow, you're overbelieving in the Minnesota Timberwolves. You 330 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: know you're you're buying into the hype after that one 331 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: uh play in victory over the Clippers, and and you know, 332 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: I was high on the Clippers before the plan started. 333 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: And I said, no, it's less to do with the 334 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: Timberwolves and more to do with Memphis. Has this core 335 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: group of guys has never won a playoff series, So 336 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: them losing in Game one was not shocking to me. 337 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: Them bouncing back in Game two and beating the breaks 338 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 1: off of the Timberwolves was not shocking to me because 339 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: they're learning as they go how to win, how to 340 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: get up, how to prepare for playoff games. And I 341 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a learning curve for them, 342 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: which is why I don't expect this to be a 343 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: fast series. But again, I think that they are the 344 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: better team, so I think eventually they'll pull it out. Elsewhere, 345 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: last night, Jimmy Buckets dropped a forty five burger on 346 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Hawks, but Jimmy Butler was in his bag, 347 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: just a tremendous game, put the team on his back. 348 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: I'll say this, they got nothing from Kyle Lowry, they 349 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: got nothing from Bam out of bio. Duncan Robinson was 350 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: the hero in Game one. Would he hit eight threes? 351 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: Rob I don't know if he got hurt and I 352 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: missed it. Duncan Robinson played seven minutes and did not 353 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: take one shot. He went from twenty seven points to zero, 354 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: and basically Jimmy Butler carried him to victory. I know 355 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: people love Trey Young. Trey Young has now hit under 356 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: on both of his games. He is shooting woful from 357 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: deep I think he's three for his last eight teen 358 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: or something, and he had ten turnovers, forcing the issue 359 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: big time. Bogdanovitch is the only reason this was close. 360 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: He had twenty nine. He was great. I'm telling you 361 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: Hawks are down oh two. I can see them getting 362 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: swept here and the front office being real ticked off. 363 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,719 Speaker 1: Now I know they don't have Cappella and and Gallinardi 364 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: was terrible. John Collins hasn't really delivered a Kung Wu scene, 365 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: like he's not quite ready for that moment. I like 366 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: him a lot in his future, but they're a thin bench, 367 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: your road tray young hard. He was a turnover machine. 368 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 1: I said, heating four and a bunch of guys on 369 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: I g got all angry at me, and I'm sticking 370 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: with Heat pulling to sweep folks. Just remember they've gotten 371 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: no games yet from out of Bio and Lowry. Okay, 372 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: this team is deep. I like them to get to 373 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals out of the East. I'm I'm impressed 374 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: with the Heat so far. It's almost Jason like they're 375 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. Like, I 376 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: don't know why people are so shocked and surprised that 377 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: Miami is putting it on Atlanta the way that they 378 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: have been. Atlanta should not have been in the playoffs. Okay, 379 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: they were not one of the top eight scenes before 380 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: the playing tournament. They got lucky with the draw because 381 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: Cleveland has banged up beyond Rick and Mission, the team 382 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: that we saw in mid season doesn't exist anymore. Miami 383 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: is a damn good team, you know. And not only 384 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: are they deep, they played tremendous defense and Eric Spoelscher 385 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: is the top five coach in the league. So this 386 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: what they're doing to the Hawks should not come as 387 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: a shock to anyone other than those jabronies that are 388 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: trolling you on the Instagram. Nice usage of jabronium. I 389 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: know that your word. I'll give them some shine here. 390 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: The Pelicans are really hanging tough man with the Phoenix suns. 391 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: I'm impressed with how the Pelicans are playing. And I 392 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: gotta admit I was wrong. I wanted an undisputed back 393 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: in August and took a colossal dump on this organization. 394 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: David Griffins, how the way they handled Zion the owner, 395 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: and then Griffin pulled the rabbit out of the hat, 396 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: saving it with C. J. McCollum and c J. McCollum 397 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: and Ingram are getting it done. That's what Rob says 398 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: former Laker Brandon right Um. They Willie Green pushing all 399 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: the right buttons. Like the Pelicans are feisty. Now listen Zion, 400 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: you know, like, let's say Rob that you return Zion 401 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: to this team. They're not winning the series obviously, short 402 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: of a Chris Paul like going down and not returning, 403 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: or Devon book are not returning, they're not winning the series. 404 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: But is there a case that the Pelicans could I 405 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: don't know, you add Zion? Can they be a top 406 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: four team in the West? I mean, listen, the Lakers 407 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: got a lot of ground to cover, Phoenix, Like, are 408 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: they gonna keep this going? I Phoenix should keep it going. There. 409 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: Chris Paul is going to be thirty eight next year, 410 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: but you know, every year somebody kind of surprises everyone. 411 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: This year was memphisible. I don't see why the Pells 412 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: can't add Zion, who I think is the top twenty 413 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: player in the league, and and and maybe make a 414 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: major run next year. Uh, I don't know about top four. 415 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean the West is pretty good, you know. I 416 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: think the Lakers are gonna retool. Um. I think the 417 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna be even better. You know, we'll get 418 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: into the emergence of Jordan Pool here in a second. Um, 419 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: but I think they can make a leap where they're 420 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: at insistent playoff team. That. The only thing I disagree 421 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: with you about, though, is I don't think Zion Williamson 422 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: is long for New Orleans. I think this is I 423 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,479 Speaker 1: think that you're gonna see this summer. Maybe you know, 424 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: around July when Free agencies really picking up leaked reports, 425 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: Zion Williamson is disgruntled, unhappy, considering requesting a trade. Not 426 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: that he's actually requesting a trade, but he's thinking about 427 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: doing it because from everything we've read, he thinks he 428 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: should be playing in this series. He's putting out these 429 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: Instagram videos of him dunking three sixty, you know, making 430 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: the floor cave in. I don't know if he saw 431 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: that video where he leapt off the ground and the 432 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: wood caved for a second, it buckled, and he wants 433 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: to play. But from all the reports we're reading, it's 434 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: the Pelicans and David Griffin again the same thing he 435 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: did in the Bubble, who is deciding that he is 436 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: not ready to play and if you already have a 437 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: contentious relationship with the front office as it is, this 438 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: kind of stuff is not helping. I'm sure he's gonna 439 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: think if and when this series gets wrapped up that 440 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: he could have helped him. So I don't see the 441 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: Pelicans making that big of a jump because some of 442 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: it depends on Zion Williams and I just don't think 443 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: he's long for New Orleans. And I know that's gonna 444 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: be a lot of people coming and saying, Jay, here's 445 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 1: just so the prisoner of the moment, New Orleans they 446 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: gonna run again. They're in position. Guys, when you add 447 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: a top twenty player like Zion to reconfigure on the fly. 448 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: They they're doing it without a point guard, which is 449 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. McCollum is not a natural point guard. 450 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram I don't. I mean, he did need the 451 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 1: ball in l A. But to me, he's not one 452 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: of these guys who is desperate to have the ball 453 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: to be effective, you know, coming off screens, he can 454 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: make some things happen. I just wonder how you play 455 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 1: Zion and Valentunis use Zion and Hayes like they've got options. 456 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: I like Larry Nance coming off the bench. Everybody loves 457 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: grand theft Aldo Alvarado that they're better with Trey Murphy playing, 458 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: So they're gonna be a spicy team next year. 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Even if 468 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: they win, it's really tough to make a case that 469 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: that they can make a run and and win this 470 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: series as good as Philly has been. But is this 471 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 1: a game you would consider backing the Raptors at home? Still? 472 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: No word, no official word on Scotty Barnes. Um, is 473 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: this is this a play for you? No? And it's 474 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: the Scotty Barnes thing is a big is a big deal. Now. 475 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: I'm looking really stu bit right now, and I think 476 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: you are a little too, maybe less so because you 477 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: were No, we're both looking stupid. You're gonna mp you 478 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: in with me, Jason. We both thought that the Raptors 479 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: were gonna win, and unfortunately the Scottie Barnes injury is huge. 480 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: Gary Trent Jr. Is banged up and he was sick 481 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: and to a point where Nick nur said he shouldn't 482 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: have even played. I think he had more fouls. Uh, 483 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: Like he had four fouls, like in ten minutes something 484 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: like that. Something stupid um And unfortunately that's what happens. 485 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: You know. I think that the Dallas Mavericks, had they 486 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: had Luca Donte, would be up to Oh. That's just 487 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: the way the cards are dealt, you know, in this postseason. 488 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: And so unfortunately for me and you, who felt really 489 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: good about Toronto coming into this series and the Nick 490 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: Nurse factor, they already didn't have the top end talent 491 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: to keep up with Joel Embiide. But when you start 492 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: wiping away at the depth, which is the only thing 493 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: they had going in their favor, then it's just a 494 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: complete mismatch. And unfortunately for them. I don't think that 495 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: minus Scottie Barnes, I'm assuming Trent will will play, but 496 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be very effective. Uh. 497 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: Fred van Vlee has been banged up. Why we did 498 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: that was kind of underreported leading into the playoffs. How 499 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: hurt and and limited he would be. Uh. I don't 500 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: feel comfortable at all picking the Raptors to win. I 501 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: think they might get swept. Doesn't necessarily mean I think 502 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: that the Sixers are that great. It's just you know, 503 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: your only advantage was the coaching and the depth, and 504 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: and now you're missing three of your top no question 505 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: about it. Bad read by me. I got the same, 506 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: like seven guys asking me, what about the Sixers? If 507 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: you change your boy guys, It's okay. People have bad reads, 508 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: you know. Honestly, it was a bad read by me. 509 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: I did not anticipate Tyrese Maxi. Tyrese Maxy, who was 510 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: never has he played in the playoff game before last year? Yeah, 511 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: he was later last year, but he was nothing like this. 512 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie this year has been incredible, off the charts, 513 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: better than James Harden. I know you have a spicy 514 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: Harden take. We'll let you fire that tomorrow, hopefully after 515 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: hopefully after the Raptors win uh before they again. But honestly, guys, 516 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 1: this is keeping it a hundred. I don't think anybody 517 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: who follows the NBA could have anticipated Tyrese Maxie in 518 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: two games would be this good. He's been the second 519 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,239 Speaker 1: best player. He's allowed Tobias Harris the freedom to have 520 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: zero pressure. Like there's no pressure on Tobias Harris none. 521 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, Tyrese Maxie, he's gonna give you threes, 522 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: and he's gonna give you drives, and he's gonna give 523 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: you free like he gives you everything offensively you need. 524 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: The guy's got sixty one points in two games. He's 525 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: eight of fourteen from three, nine of ten from the 526 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: foul line. He's got I think more assistant James Harden 527 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: in the series. Tyrese Maxie has been incredible. Nobody saw 528 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: this coming. This is this changes the trajectory of the Sixers. Now, 529 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: how much can you rely on our twenty one year 530 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: old to deliver next round against Miami? Yes, I'm they'll 531 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: dispatch Toronto. I think on principle you kind of have 532 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: to bet the Raptors getting the points at home. Remember when, 533 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: like Matisseta, I will not playing in Toronto was that 534 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: was a factor in the series. You know, just file 535 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: it away, guys. When everybody and their mom is saying 536 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: like Matistible barely was in the rotation in game two. 537 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: I think he played like twelve minutes. So I think, 538 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: on principle, I have to take Toronto. But I'm looking 539 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: at the line movement and it went from Philly favored 540 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: by two to Philly favor by one and a half. 541 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: So there is some money coming in on Toronto. Um, 542 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: we'll go to Chicago quickly. Milwaukee game too. I can't 543 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: make a case for the Bulls, but I don't think 544 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm butting betting the Bucks again. They just went to 545 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: sleep after getting a fifteen point lead. I don't think 546 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: the series is particularly interesting. Maybe Zach levinoill go for 547 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: forty seven points and make a close rob I don't know. 548 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: I like Bucks. Oh and this game in the in 549 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: the series, I like the Bucks in a sweep. But 550 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: in this game, I'm looking at the lines right now, 551 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: and again it could change as of game time, but 552 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: the one we're looking at as Bucks minus tent I'm 553 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: not sure if that's what you have. I like Chicago 554 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: in the point. There is no way there is no 555 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: way that Zach Levine, the mar De Rosen and and 556 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: Voos are gonna shoot as poorly as they did in 557 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: Game one, Like it is physically impossible to have three 558 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: of your best players combined to shoot, like like, it's 559 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: not gonna happen. So give me the Bulls plus the 560 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: double digits, give me Chicago, and then the big one 561 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: is Brooklyn. Boston. Obviously, all eyes gonna be on Kyrie Irving. 562 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: Now listen, Kyrie Irving has been instigating Boston fans for 563 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: about a year now, dating back to stomping on Lucky 564 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: the logo, telling Boston fans they're like, score next girlfriends, 565 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: you know, encouraging the fans with the middle fingers like 566 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: he's bringing all this on. I don't know, Rob. If 567 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: he doesn't deliver in this game and they go down 568 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: O two, it seems like a long shot that they'll 569 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: fall down out too. I think everybody and their mom 570 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: is gonna be betting on Brooklyn. I'm gonna wait a 571 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: little bit. It looks like there is early money on Brooklyn. 572 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: I think Boston favorite by four is a lot. Remember 573 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: Brooklyn covered the first game. Now it's it's weird because 574 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: Brooklyn was dominant in the fourth quarter, still lost. Boston 575 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: lead I think by fifteen in the third. Boston outplayed them. 576 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: And you know, I know you're gonna say, hey, is 577 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: Kevin DURINGKT gonna play shoot nine for twenty four again? 578 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: Say fine, I'll see that and raise you. This is 579 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: the Nets bench gonna give you thirty points again, because 580 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: that's what Dragic, uh and Claxton and whoever else they 581 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: had in the game, thirty points. That's not happening. That 582 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 1: the bench is a joke. Now. I know Boston played 583 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: their guys hard, they got the win, They were in 584 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: control of that game. This is a tough one. I 585 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: think it's probably a Brooklyn money line play that they're 586 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,959 Speaker 1: just gonna win the game. But I can see them 587 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: losing this, Rob, I can. And I could see Kyrie 588 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: getting in his head. It's almost like he's trying to 589 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: do too much. This has been meritating now since Sunday, 590 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: three days, people getting looped up and fired up to yell. 591 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: And I mean, probably gonna be extra security at the 592 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: game tonight. I don't know, Rob, All I know is 593 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie better in I don't care if Kyrie goes four 594 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: and they win as long as they win the game, 595 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: that's all the matters here. Kyrie he cannot make it 596 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: personal with the Boston crowd and the Celtics because he 597 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: tried to do that on the final possession. Rob and 598 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: Horford was like, we're double teaming the ship out of 599 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: this guy, and he had to unload the pass late 600 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: to Durant, bad shot, lose the game. I think Kyrie's 601 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: gotta play winning basketball, not Kyrie Irving basketball. Yeah, I agree, 602 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: And I don't have a side on this wagering wise. 603 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: I don't know about the spread. Feels like it's too 604 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: uh mercurial for me. The way it's moving up, I 605 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: don't I don't know if I like that. I like 606 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: Boston the money line. Yeah. I like Boston on the 607 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: money line. And it is because, like you said, can 608 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: we count on Kevin Durant to shooting for twenty four? No? 609 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: Can you count on Kyrie Irving scoring eighteen points in 610 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: the fourth florter? Again? Probably not, But there are some 611 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: things that you can count on. And I think Boston's 612 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: defense this season is legitimate. The six seen turnovers by Brooklyn, 613 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: I think that's do. I think they can do that again, 614 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: I think that Boston can force them into bad passes turnovers. 615 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant's got a really loose handle. For all the 616 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: skills that he has, handling the basketball is not one 617 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: of them. Um well, it's not as supreme as his 618 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: other skills are used. To put it that way. You know, 619 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: Boston dominating on the boards, they were plus fourteen. I 620 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: can see them doing that again. So the things that 621 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: I saw from Boston, I think that the they did 622 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: well are more duplicable. Is that a right word. I 623 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: think that's the word. I think that's a word. I 624 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: think I can see them doing those things again against 625 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: Brooklyn and having them come out and get the win. 626 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: That's what a vocabulary bag. Early on a way, some 627 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: stuff this is. This is a take I had marinating. 628 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: So I did Dan Patrick Tuesday, and I'm at the 629 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: computer trying to cook up some stuff. I'm reading and 630 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: looking at some numbers, and then i went on YouTube 631 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: and I just watched the condensed highlights and I'm saving this, 632 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: burying it in the thirty five minute mark in the podcast. 633 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: I love Kevin Durant. You guys know that, Okay, um, 634 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: I I think Jayson Tatum looked like a better player 635 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: right now than Kevin Durant did in Game one. I 636 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: don't know if Durant is still not a PC off 637 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: the injuries, or he's just starting to look his age. Obviously, 638 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant is incredible, one of the best players in 639 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: the world. It was you know, you just watch it 640 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: again and you're like, well, Tatum's faster, Tatum blocked his shot. 641 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: Tatum is better on the block, uh, Tatur, Tatum shot better. 642 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: Durant is thirty three. I'm not saying Jayson Tatum is 643 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: better than Kevin Durant. I'm just saying in Game one, 644 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum looked like a better player than Kevin Durant, 645 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: and I don't know rob if that. I don't want 646 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: that to be the headline. I don't want people coming 647 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: after me just the observation. I don't want to say 648 00:33:55,920 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: Durant looked old and creaky. But this wasn't to say dominant, 649 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: utterly dominant Durant I saw in that Buck series last 650 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: year where he was averaging like forty points a game 651 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: or whatever. This is not close to the same Durant 652 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: I saw in the Golden State Warrior series when they 653 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: won back to back titles and he was the m 654 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: v P Listen. Kevin Durant is great. He was very 655 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: very good this season. He's gonna be all NBA probably. 656 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,879 Speaker 1: I just something seemed off in Game one. I don't 657 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: know if it was like the play in and then 658 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: Game one and he's still not a percent healthy. Now 659 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: they did get an extra day, Rob, I don't know. 660 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 1: Are you seeing any of the same thing that I 661 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: saw with Durant? Yeah? I did. I thought that Jayson 662 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: Tatum was the best player on the floor for all 663 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: of Kyrie Irving's heroics there in the second half. I 664 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 1: think Kevin Durant overall is the best player in this series, 665 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: but in Game one alone, Jayson Tatum I thought was 666 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 1: easily the best player, not just the thirty one point 667 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 1: or the eight assists. He was playing tremendous defense out 668 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: there a lot of times, like Kevin Durant and k 669 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: D just because because his age and his injury history, 670 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: it's not real listic to expect him to have to 671 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: check Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum every time down the floor. 672 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: But unfortunately he's there only above average wing defender like 673 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: Bruce Brown. I know he tries, but he's at his 674 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 1: best playing as like a small ballpower forward, he's not 675 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 1: really defending wings like Boston has. So Kevin Durant, unfortunately, 676 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be asked to not only set the table 677 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: for everybody on offense in Brooklyn because Kyrie, that's not 678 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: really what he does. He's got a score most of 679 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: the points because he's their best shooter. He's the best scorer, 680 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: and now he's also got to be their best defender 681 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: on the wings, on the perimeter against two of the 682 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,880 Speaker 1: best what under twenty five wings and all of basketball. 683 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 1: So it's not, you know, unreasonable to expect him to 684 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 1: kind of wear down throughout a game against the team 685 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: like Boston. So I agree with you. Again, this is 686 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: just the box score numbers. Durant twenty three points on 687 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty four shots, Jayson Tatum thirty one on eighteen shots, 688 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 1: k D five free throw attempts, Tatum twelve, Tatum eight assists, 689 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: k D three turnovers, Kevin Durant six, Tatum five. Like again, 690 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: I know, it's just stats in a box score, but again, 691 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: go go watch the condensed version on YouTube and maybe 692 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 1: you'll see some of the same stuff I saw. But 693 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 1: I didn't see the dominant Kevin Durant. I'm used to 694 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 1: William Abet will see him though tonight at games. I 695 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: I would lean Kevin Durant overs is what I would 696 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: look at. I've got it in front of me. Kevin 697 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: Durant twenty nine and a half is the total um. 698 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: Jason Jason Tatum is thirty and a half. Kyrie is 699 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: twenty eight and a half. And it looks like money's 700 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: coming in on the under because I think this is 701 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: gonna be a Durant game, I would agree with that. Alright, guys, 702 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: that's a long one. We'll be back tomorrow. Talk to 703 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: you then.