WEBVTT - The Drop | Steph Curry, Damian Lillard & The MVP Conversation / Table 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:05.279 I know I'm getting old. 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.320 There the things I'm getting excited about. 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:09.559 We're getting Labory lamer I. 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:11.119 Welcome to the Rosery Star. 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:19.880 And that's when I shout hooray. Let'st on sale today, 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:40.160 all rights on sale today. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:38.840 And good morning swimmerl and welcome to the No Dungs 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:43.440 Podcast on the Athletic Network. It's Friday, February twelfth. This 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:44.760 is the drop. 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:45.479 I'm j E. 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:47.960 Skeets, and alongside me we got mister what you need 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.600 to Know Pass Mellis. Hey everybody, Hey Tessie, we got 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:55.760 the bass Master, Rippin em Lips, Trey Kirby. 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He rolled through, he stood for the 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.959 entire time It took me back to the starter's days 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.840 where Trey was just staying for the entire show. But 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.039 we had a lot of fun. So if you haven't 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.399 watched that yet or listened to it, it's up on YouTube. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.120 Of course. We went about two hours hanging out last night. 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.160 Talked a lot about towels at the end and the 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.040 towel strategy that you have, the towel rotation. JD. Nora 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.840 was watching a little bit. She actually was like, I 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.600 feel so bad for what's going on in that house 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.440 with these towels and the animals that you're living with 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.320 and the way they treat a towel. She felt legit bad. 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:12.520 Yeah. Thanks, are those socks? Are those socks still sitting 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.160 on the living room floor? Six days now? 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:15.360 They're gone? 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:16.000 Oh? 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:17.720 Maybe someone was watching happy. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:20.360 I think so. I think they heard me. 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.280 Interesting. Yeah, so go check that out. A lot of 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:25.520 fun with the mirror, and we'll probably be doing that 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.119 next Thursday as well. We'll let you know for sure 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.160 though later on. Okay, keep your questions in your comments 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.000 coming for the next beach Step in podcast No dunks 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.560 at the Athletic dot Com. And you guys know this 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:41.200 immaculate items always available at No dunks dot com. Lots 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.040 of No Dunks merch hoodies and crew necks and T shirts, 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.720 some shorts, and we've of course got the coffee mug too, 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.520 so we'll grab that. Okay, fun drop. We got Worse 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:53.320 of the Week nominees. We've got maybe uh, we haven't 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.400 never really decided who was doing tweeted the nights. We'll 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.200 figure that out as the show goes on. We've got 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.639 some second returns in the fan voting that we can address, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.960 but just sort of quickly with the games last night, 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.440 there were some entertaining games. So some tekaways from these ones. 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.480 Steph Curry going off again, Ley ten threes, I mean, 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.239 this is stupid at this point. Ten threes, forty points, 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.639 Warriors hold off to Magic. What's the big takeaway, Lely. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:18.960 Well, we're going to talk about the game or do 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.000 we want to get to the juicy stuff about whether 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.720 or not Steph Curry has got himself a seat at 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.440 the MVP table? Is he in the conversation for MVP 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.560 because he's kind of been on the periphery there for 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.440 a while. But I think right now, as Keets the 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.560 other day, when you asked the question on the show 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.800 to myself and Trey, you said, you know, let's say 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.520 the season ended today, would Joel Embiid be the MVP? 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:40.119 Right? 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.960 But I think for this question, I'm going to project 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:44.720 out for the remainder of the season, because if the 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.160 season ended today, I don't think Steph Curry would or 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.360 could win MVP, but I think there is a path 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.320 for him to get there if things go a certain 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.360 way throughout the season. There's a few factors, a few 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:56.000 criteria there. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:56.440 Obviously. 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:58.120 The first one and the most important is that he 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.640 keeps playing at this high level and the Warrior keep winning, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.760 because Steph can't win the MVP in my opinion, if 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.400 he has a Russell Westbrook like MVP season where the 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.920 team only won forty five games, I think Steph has 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:10.440 to get. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:11.160 His Warrior, you know. 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.600 I mean, so it's a little bit short of course 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.560 this season with seventy two games only, but I think 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.440 Steph has to get the Warriors up to sort of 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.880 third or fourth in the Western Conference at best. 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.720 I think you don't think he can do what Westbrook did. 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.320 No, because the Steph's already won two MVPs, he's a 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.360 three time chap He's already done those accomplishments. Russell Westbrook 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.080 hadn't done those at the time, and it was like 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.680 that triple double, thirty point season that sort of like 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.680 Durance gone, oh my god, Westbrook's done something we've never 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.520 seen before. I think Steph Curry has to have the 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.960 Warriors winning. Then you have to look at a couple 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.440 of other guys who is competing against. And the first 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.160 one of the biggest one I think is Joel Embiid 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.760 who's having by far his best season. But can he 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.400 maintain it, can he stay on the floor, and can 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.000 the Sixers keep winning? Because Embiid is a guy who 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.240 has had significant injuries in the past, and hopefully he 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.440 stays healthy, but let's say he doesn't, then that could 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.520 seriously affect his CA and which I think he's ahead 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.040 of Steph Curry right now, and he's kind to kind 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.279 of get the narrative vote, the storyline voted, like, you know, 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.960 he's really living up to his potential if he stays 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.680 healthy and the Warriors at the Sixers keep winning, and 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.640 then you've course got Lebron out there as well. 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:14.880 Now. 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.880 Lebron I think is the early season favorite. I picked 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:19.640 him as the early season favorite. A lot of booking, 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.120 betting websites, and even media votes sort of have Lebron 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.800 as the leader right now. But well, this may be 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.560 almost count against Lebron at some point if he just 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.520 sort of stays at this incredibly consistent level. But if 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.040 the Lakers cruise a little bit and maybe don't have 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.359 that best record in the Western Conference, let's say they 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.000 drop back to second or third, well that may be 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.560 count against Lebron. Where it's like, well, you've got a 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.400 better team, we expected like great results from you, Whereas 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:46.920 the Warriors came into the season without Klay Thompson, and 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.240 I think a lot of people immediately said, well, the 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.200 Warriors can't win it now without Clay because he's such 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.599 an important player for their team. So, you know, will 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:55.040 those sorts of things, And then you've got the other 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.440 guys like Yannis Nikolae, Jokich, Luka, Doncic, those sort of 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.680 guys like where well their seasons end up. Yarnis, we've 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.320 kind of just dismissed him from contention this season. I 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.080 think a lot of people it's almost like it doesn't 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.400 matter what numbers he puts up because he's won the 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.440 last two but the Bucks haven't done so well in 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.240 the playoffs. And then you've got someone like Jokich who's 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.400 playing fantastic basketball, but the Nuggets aren't playing great basketball 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.120 right now. So I think that affects him and Doncic. 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.000 Everything about what the Mavericks does comes down to Doncic 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:23.760 and can the Mavericks get up high enough in the 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:25.880 Western Conference. I don't think they can right now, but 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.839 if they could, Doncic is going to get all the credits. 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.159 So I think there's a lot of factors in play. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:35.920 But I think if Steph Curry continues this incredible hot streak, scoring, shooting, 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.560 doing just amazing things, really taking his back to that 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.400 second MVP season where he led the league in scoring 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.880 when the seventy three and nine Warriors were unbelievable, you know, 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.080 then Steph's going to force himself into contention. But as 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:49.800 we sit here today, I don't think he can. But 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.120 if all those things happen throughout the course of the season, 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.479 then there's no reason why he can't be a third 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.159 a three time MVP winner. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.920 Yeah, tass. If he keeps averaging thirty five point three 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.320 points per game and you know, shooting basically fifty percent 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.920 from distance, like eight nine, ten threes a game, and 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:07.800 they win, Like Lee saying, this is what he's been 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.640 doing basically over his last eight game. Steph Curry, Yeah, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.920 he's in the conversation right, He's at the table. And maybe, maybe, 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.960 like Lee saying, if he continues this rampant pace, he 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:19.760 could pull this off and win a third. I think 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.920 it's still unlikely because I agree with Lee on the wins, 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.880 Like I think the Warriors have to have a shocking 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.200 amount of wins, especially in comparison to what we thought 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.120 they might sort of follow when we came into the 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:29.840 season with no Clay. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.400 But what do you think, Well, I don't know how 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.360 high that win total has to be. I think the 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:38.760 expectations have dropped after the way the Warriors started this season, 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.680 and so everybody understands that it's Steph and not much 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.120 else offensively as far as scoring the ball. So he 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:46.760 has to do a ton. So I don't think he 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:50.040 has to win. They have to win really, you know, 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.200 forty five games out of their seventy two. I don't 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:53.720 think it has to be that high. I think it's 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.360 all about the narrative you want to choose with the 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.240 MVP vote, and I know that's kind of what happens 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.000 every year, but there's so many good candidates this year 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.320 and it's such a weird season. I think it's just 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.960 which path do you want to pick with your winner? 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.400 And I think Lebron is sort of the default winner 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.400 because there are too many freaking storylines right now, like 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.760 Joel Embiid, Yeah, he's playing his best, Yeah, Nicole Okic, 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.880 Steph obviously, there's so many sort of on a very 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.440 high level. And then I think people will just say, 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.000 when they get their ballot, you know, why not give 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.680 it to a guy who's doing something at thirty six 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.439 that no one has ever done. He's won four MVPs, 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:36.560 he's kind of got close to the last couple of seasons, 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.920 especially last season. Why don't we just give it to him? 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.080 So I think he could be the default winner. But 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:45.280 I think Steph is totally legitimate, and you know, there's 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.559 the storyline there like where would the team be without him? 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.480 So that's that's obviously strong. There's obviously going to be 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:54.720 some nice headlines with that lead. But I think also 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.440 part of it is just the numbers man. That's why 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.559 Steph I think is kind of overlooks sometimes we talk 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.560 about the best in NBA history because it's about numbers 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:06.000 and it's not about taking over, you know, physically being dominant. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.480 But yeah, he had ten threes last night. Hohum. He's 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.280 done it seventeen times in his career. The next highest 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.600 player to do that is Clay with five. Like it's 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.840 just stuff that, you know, the points go and they 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.600 keep ticking up on the board because he's a freaking master, 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.000 but it's not you know, it's not done like previous MVP. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.160 So I think it's kind of overlooked still, even though 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.000 we talk about him a lot. But he's he's tucked 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.360 in at that table. You know, he's got he's on 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.720 that chair and he's he's ready, knife fork up, ready 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.400 to go until the end of the season. I don't 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.839 see how he's gone from the table at any point. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.440 But there's just so many dudes at that table. I 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.920 think the King is just going to be flick the 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.640 MVP at the end of the season because they all 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.440 have real, real cases, and I think they're all going 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.600 to be there till the end because everybody's really resting 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.800 and chilling out, like Joel Embiid they've gotten smart and 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.720 they rest him. And it's totally accepted in this year's 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.280 NBA that everybody rests. Angel Russell rests every five games. 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.280 It seems like there's an injury, but he rests like 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:07.280 everybody's resting. And I think Lebron's sketch of the season. No, yeah, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.520 that's true, that's true. He'll find some rest. 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.240 Though he may. Well, where do you have Curry? Is 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.400 he's at the table for you, Trey? I assume a 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.240 small or big table. He's at this conversation. Yeah, we 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:16.800 need to. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:20.760 Officially figure out how many people are allowed at this table, 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.480 because I mean four is a nice double date dinner reservation. 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.720 No doubt about it. Is Curry in the top four. 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.480 I think he's getting close at the very least, Embiid 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:33.320 Lebron for sure are there. Jokic and Durant probably are 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.040 in the mix. And then Curry, I think, is really 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.160 knocking on the door with those guys because the Nuggets 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.479 have started to struggle, and you know, Kevin Durant. 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.079 Has missed a few games for the Nets. 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.840 So certainly Curry is right there, especially when you consider 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.839 that people are excited to put Damian Lillard into the 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.480 MVP conversation as well. And what Steph Curry is doing 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:52.920 is what Damian Lillard is doing with the Blazers. Their 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.800 team that's been kind of their depth has been taken 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.559 away by injuries, similar to the Warriors have, but Curry 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.040 has just in Right now he's looking like the unanimous 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.360 MVP Curry of old. It's pretty funny to think that 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.199 at the start of the season people were saying, can 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.120 this guy carry a team by himself anymore? 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:10.680 Yes, obviously he can. 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.680 He's still money from three, like Task was saying, seventeen 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.360 times with ten or more threes, incredible stuff. Feels like 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.040 it's going to happen a few more times this year. 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.040 He could make a run at leading the league in scoring, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.840 I would imagine as well. And if that's the case, 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.040 he's for sure going to be a top five, top four, 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.720 maybe a top three candidate, depending on how many people 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.480 are at the table. He's definitely coming to dinner. But 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.160 it does feel like Lebron is going to be the 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:33.679 one picking up the check at the end of the year, 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.240 considering his coach is saying, yeah, don't worry, Lebron's got 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:37.319 this order what you want. 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.400 Yeah, we'll see. I mean last night's shots too. I 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.120 know this is nothing new with Curry, but it's always 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.000 nice to be reminded. And Steve Curra after the game, 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.840 Lee was like, Steph hits these threes there where there's 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:51.280 nothing happened happening offensively, and then he just uses his 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.120 dribble because he's got some of the best handles in 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.720 the game to free himself up, gets that little bit 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.120 of space just some inches there, right, and then rises 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.200 up and you expect them to go in and when 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.200 he's feeling it, and that's what was happening against this 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.320 magic team. By the way, the Warriors needed all forty 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.600 of these points. They needed all of these threes to 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:09.440 win the game. And I think that helps, you know, 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.920 the the MVP case for a guy like Curry when 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:14.920 he's on the floor Warriors or plus sixty seven when 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.079 he's off their minus twelve. And I saw, you know, 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:18.880 Nick Fridella tweeting that one out. I think it was 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.640 Tom Haberstrow actually, so like, yeah, we know, you know, 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.480 we get into the what's the what's its stand for 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.680 MVP Most valuable? Well, is there anyone more valuable to 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.640 their team than then curry. That's what people are going 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.280 to start saying here if they haven't already. 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.200 Right, Yeah, he's knocking on the door to have a 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.000 seat at the table, to get join the conversation. 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:39.240 Okay, let's just let's just let's just clarify this. I 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:43.440 thought we've done this before. I think we're going more 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.240 than four at the table. Though I agree one hundred 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.400 percent with you, Trey. I'm thinking it's a round table though. 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:48.800 That's a nut. You go out for you get the 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:50.440 round table on a nice restaurant. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:50.960 That's great. 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.160 You know, the conversation is flowing, you're not just stuck 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.480 talking to the person next to you. Yeah, I think 0:12:55.520 --> 0:13:00.400 it's I feel comfortable with six or seven even I'll 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.960 go six. Seven man reservation, yell, I'll go six. Well, 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.320 you know, you go a couple, You've got a couple 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.000 of couples, and then you got the one friend maybe 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.920 in town you come out. I'll go six. Does anyone 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:12.520 have any objection against that? Six are at the MVP 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.240 table conversation, the six sharing me. 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.400 Six Six are at the table and someone says, well, 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.200 if someone else turns up, we can just squeeze another one. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.240 Yeah, yeah, right, right, it's easy. 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.000 I think it's easier to do that on a round 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:24.800 table than a square. 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.959 Now, sometimes you're gonna like your your leg's gonna hit 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.760 like a table leg, right, you have to pick a side. 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.240 We have to straddle it. That can be uncomfortable, but 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:35.840 you're I'm with you, Lee, It's a little easier to 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:39.160 squeeze it. Okay, six is the reservation, but you can 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.440 always slip in a seventh. All right, That's where we're at. 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:43.280 So Curry is one hundred percent there. 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.360 Yeah, yeah, yeah, Just one thing though, talking about the 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.839 way that they execute those plays, Like, because I'm scouring 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.560 now every game for very solid plays, I get to 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.880 watch tons of the Warriors because Draymond Green is an 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.240 incredible pass of the ball, And the way that some 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.800 of those other players for the Warriors, like Wigans and 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.480 like Ubre, a good couple of dams setting really good 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.920 screens for Steph is really helping him as well, because 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.400 he only needs a split second to get that ball 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.440 and he gets off with such a clean look. So 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.240 you know, the Warriors are sort of making that offense. 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.120 Like listen, I'm not sure how much you can rely 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.040 on those other guys. Although Wiggins was a good again 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.000 for them last night in the fourth quarter, but it's 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.640 a little bit less predictable, whereas with Steph, it's like, 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.440 just get him the ball, set some good screens, and 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.560 we'll take our chances that he's most likely going to 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.560 knock down those shots. And that's what he's been doing. 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.440 And then you saw the magic, like, all right, someone 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.400 else has got to beat to see you guys, someone else, 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.960 anyone else, So they put a little bit more defensive 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.200 pressure on him, but then other guys do step up. 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.440 So that's kind of what the Warriors need, is like, 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.840 we know Steph can take us home, but let's see 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.680 Wiggins and let's see Ubre come up and hit some 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:48.760 big shots for themselves because they're getting paid big bucks 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.280 as well. Ubra's on eighty two million this year, Isn't 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.160 it exactly? 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:59.000 Sure? Would you bet tass on Curry having another sixty 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.360 plus game in them season? And I was even going 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:02.800 to go as far to say, because I know Tray 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.560 threw it out there, I think a couple of shows ago, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.080 like is seventy in play with him the way he's 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.760 shooting right now? Obviously the three ball, like what is it? 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.800 That far fetch to think like you could do that. 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:17.240 The booker like number, what's on bet? MGM, I imagine 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:22.080 sixty plus. You know the smart defenses are taking him 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.960 away a lot of the time, like the Spurs two 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.080 games in a row they allowed thirty two points with 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.920 four to six eyeballs on him at all times. Right, 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.120 but you know you're going to play some bad defenses 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.400 in the NBA. So I could see sixty. I could. 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.000 If there's a line out there, you know, it's probably 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.160 like a plus one thousand or something for a sixty 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:43.680 point game. 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.000 Oh no, not that high. I wouldn't think. I mean 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.480 it's almost like sixties a lot. Yeah, yeah, sixties a lot. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.600 I don't be about seven seventy. Yeah, we're definite. 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:51.800 Sixty is likely. 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.720 Well I'm saying it's not plus one thousand, Yeah, yes, 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.160 I mean it's Leah, would you bet on it? 0:15:58.280 --> 0:15:58.840 Take that bet? 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.560 If he's getting out the spot game this season? For sure, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:02.480 I feel. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:05.320 Like, yeah, will he beat his own record of threes 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:10.200 made in a game? Yeah, he's right, fourteen, that's Clay. 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:11.240 Oh will he get it back? 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:11.800 Is what I think? 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:16.120 Steph is thirteen? I think yeah, But I think he's 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:17.680 got another sixteen name for sure. 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:19.960 All right, let's hear from the stream team tweet at 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:21.560 us at no dunk sink. If you were a betting 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.040 man or woman, would you be putting some coin down 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.200 on Steph going for sixty plus again in the season 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.920 because he is on fire right now, fifty three for 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:30.720 a one hundred and one from beyond the arc in 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.760 his last eight games. One hundred and one threes he's 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.120 taken in his last eat games. And it's like, okay, 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.200 you don't even blink at it. Really incredible. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.880 It's like fifteen minutes before an episode of the Starters 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:41.680 for Leellis though. 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.200 One hundred and one threes, No problem, no problem, that 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.360 is true. Our next game, you know, he was his 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.880 name got thrown around there. I couldn't really determine whether 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.520 he's at the table or maybe he is squeezing in. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.440 But it's Damian Lillard, guys, uh not Mellow, But Damian 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.960 Lillard scored thirty. Mellow caught fire and the Blazers beat 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.160 seventy six ers, really really entertaining late game. I stayed 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.600 up for this one one eighteen one fourteen. Mellow is 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.960 the story from it. It was fun. It was vintage Mellow. 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.560 I think Scotts called him twenty four points off the bench, 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:15.239 including sixteen in the fourth. But the the back and 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.400 forth a fair late in this one was really really entertaining. 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.080 You had Gary Trent Junior breaking the tie at one 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.399 oh nine, so he put the Blazers up three. Lillard 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.720 then added a basket, they're up five. They look like 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.560 they're in the driver's seat. Well, here come the Sixers. Embiid, 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.639 we'll pull up, We'll pull up around the free throw line. 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.879 Splash it goes. Then Ben Simmons, who had an unbelievable game. 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.879 He played really good defense on Lillard, got them in transition, 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.800 pushed the ball. Ben found Seth Curry, Yeah, the other Curry. 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.240 He hit a three to tie it at one fourteen, 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.400