1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: The Volume. All right, welcome to hoops tonight here at 2 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: the Volume. Happy Thursday, everybody. I hope all of you 3 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: guys have had a great week so far. It feels 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: good to be back from vacation. I got out of 5 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: town for a couple of weeks, went to San Francisco 6 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: for about five days, and then to Japan for the 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: very first time in my life for a little over 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: a week. And the Portland Trailblazers held up there into 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: the bargain and did not trade Damian Lillard, which allowed 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: me to like really disconnect from work for a little bit, 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: which is the first time I've done that since I 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: started at the Volume a year and a half ago, 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: and it just it felt really nice to be honest. 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: That said, I'm excited to get back to talking basketball. 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: We have a jam packed show today. We have Jalen 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: Brown's contract extension, a lot of pushback on that. I 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: think he absolutely deserves it and that the Celtics made 18 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: the right decision and giving him that contract. We're gonna 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: talk about that a little bit. Austin Rivers had some 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: interesting and very critical comments about Damian Lillard's trade request 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: and about all the stars requesting trades with multiple years 22 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: left on their deal. I have some thoughts there. And 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: then our guy Carson from nerd Sesh had a just 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: an absolute flamethrower take on Carmelo Anthony calling him the 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: most overrated player in the history of the NBA. So 26 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: I have a little bit of pushback. I'm going to 27 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: offer there as well, and then I'll share some notes 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: on my vacation at the end of the day. I 29 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: am a little jet lagged today. I've had very little 30 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: sleep over the last couple of days, so bear with me. 31 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: But we're gonna make it work. You guys know the 32 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: drill before we get started. Subscribe to the volumes YouTube channels. 33 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: You don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me 34 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: on Twitter at underscore Jason lt so you guys don't 35 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: miss any show announcements. 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One last 63 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: note before we get started, I wanted to quickly tell 64 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: you guys are planning for the next nine weeks because 65 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: nine weeks from Monday is the start of NBA Training Camp, 66 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: and so then we're gonna be talking actual basketball games 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: and how the lineups look and how new players on 68 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: new rosters look, and it's gonna be all actual basketball 69 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: that were breaking down. So we have nine weeks to 70 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: fill until then, and we're gonna be doing three different 71 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: three week serieses during that stretch. First, starting on Monday, 72 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna do our annual top twenty five players in 73 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: the League list. A lot of people really enjoyed that 74 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: last year. It's one of my favorite ones to do. 75 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: We're even spacing it out further in doing a ton 76 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: of deep dives into the top twenty five players in 77 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: the league. That's the next three weeks after that, top 78 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: twenty five players in the last twenty five years, so 79 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: similar format, just looking at the accomplishments in the grand 80 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: scheme of things, and for players in their entire careers, 81 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: how they stack up against each other. With more of 82 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: a look at modern NBA history. And then last, for 83 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: the final three weeks heading into training camp, we're gonna 84 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: be doing our annual top fifteen power rankings, so again 85 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: it doubles as power rankings and a seasons. We're gonna 86 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: go from fifteen to one, and then we're gonna take 87 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: a deep dive into every team, who they added this offseason, 88 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: who they lost, what they're gonna look like offensively, what 89 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna look like defensively, projections for the regular season, 90 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,119 Speaker 1: and projections for the playoffs. So those are the three 91 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: series we're doing, and then after that it's all real 92 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: basketball as we head into one more gigantic marathon NBA season. 93 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: All right, so let's talk some Jalen Brown. So he 94 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: signs five year, three hundred and four million dollar contract. 95 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: This is the richest contract in NBA history, which inevitably 96 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: led to a lot of pushback from people who thought 97 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: he either didn't deserve it, that it was a poor 98 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: management decision from the Celtics, or that just you know, 99 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: freaking out about the large numbers. Right, So I want 100 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: to look at that specific question, did he deserve it 101 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: and did the Celtics make the right decision? By signing 102 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: him to that deal, and to me, the answer is 103 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: obviously yes to both questions. This is a textbook case 104 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: of recency bias. Jalen Brown had an awful series against 105 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat. I'm not saying anything dramatic there. I 106 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: bet you Jylen Brown will be the first person to 107 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: tell you that he did not play well in that series. 108 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,239 Speaker 1: He averaged nineteen points per game, shot forty two percent 109 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: from the field, sixteen percent from three, had more turnovers 110 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: than assists, really struggled handling the basketball, and kind of 111 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: looked like he lost his mojo, lost some confidence in 112 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: the process. But again, this is something that people forget, 113 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: like whenever we see a situation like this, we pretend 114 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: like this is the only player this has ever happened to. 115 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: The vast majority of NBA stars are prone to the 116 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: occasional bad playoff series. With lower level stars, it happens 117 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: all the time. Guys in that like fifteen to forty 118 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: range in the league, they constantly have bad playoff series. 119 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: It's like every other series. This is not the first 120 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: guy this happens to. Even when we look at the 121 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: very best guys, the top tier stars in the league, 122 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: they are prone to bad series. Two years ago, Kevin Durant, 123 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,119 Speaker 1: one of the top fifteen players of all time, shot 124 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: thirty nine percent and had twenty one turnovers in a 125 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: four game sweep. Do you think everybody would have freaked 126 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: out if he signed a max contract after that series? 127 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: Joel Embiid has had back to back awful playoff runs. 128 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: Went from averaging thirty and thirty three points per game 129 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: in the regular season to twenty three points per game 130 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, with a dramatic drop and efficiency and 131 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: overall impact on the game. Bad playoff series happens. The 132 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: playoffs are extremely difficult, and we're talking about a Eastern 133 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: Conference final series against the best coach in the NBA 134 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: and an excellent defensive roster that played him into his 135 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: weaknesses and he struggled. But Jalen was awesome for a 136 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: really long time before that. And that's the reality of 137 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: the Jalen Brown experience. Two weeks does not define a 138 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: basketball player, said the same thing after Kevin Durant in 139 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: this sweek two years ago. In the first two rounds 140 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: this year against Atlanta and Philly, Jalen Brown twenty five 141 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: points per game, fifty four percent from the field and 142 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: forty seven percent from three in the playoffs for two rounds. 143 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: Those are outstanding numbers. This year in the regular season, 144 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: a career high twenty seven points per game, fifty eight 145 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: percent true shooting, and yeah, he did most of his 146 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: damage and transition and in spot up situations, but he 147 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: also was a slightly above average shot creator fifty third 148 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: percent tile and pick and roll including passes, fifty first 149 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: percentile in ISO including passes, all on decent value. So 150 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: he was really good this entire year up until he 151 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: was bad for two weeks. That should not color what 152 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: you do with him for the next five years when 153 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: he's twenty six years old. And last year in the playoffs, 154 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: he was awesome throughout twenty three seven and four fifty 155 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: eight percent true shooting for the entire playoff run. Obviously, 156 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: he's fallen off defensively since then, but he had a 157 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: really good defensive season last year, and he was the 158 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: second best player on a team that was two wins 159 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: away from the Larry O'Brien Trophy. He is a flawed player. 160 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: It can be a little predictable. Sometimes, he doesn't handle 161 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: a ball well enough, struggles to read defense. Is not 162 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: a great playmaker and obviously regressed defensively this year, but 163 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: he's still easily one of the twenty best basketball players 164 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: in the world. And I wanted to give you guys 165 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: a couple of stats to demonstrate that. This year, Jalen 166 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: Brown was one of only nine players in the playoffs 167 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 1: to average at at least twenty points on at least 168 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: forty five percent from the field and at least thirty 169 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: five percent from three. That's a really low baseline. Twenty points, 170 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: forty five from the field, thirty five from three. Nine 171 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: guys did that this year in the playoffs. Nine this 172 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: regular season, he was one of only twelve players in 173 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: the entire league to average at least twenty five points, 174 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: three rebounds, and three point five assists. That's not a low, 175 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: that's not some ridiculous standard. Twenty five points, five rebounds, 176 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: three and a half assists. Twelve dudes did that. This 177 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: is not common. It's not like Jalen Brown just signed 178 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: this maximum contract that's absurdly large, and there's like thirty 179 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: dudes in the league better than it. I had him 180 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: twelve last year. He's gonna drop a little bit from there, 181 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: but he's still assuredly a top twenty player in the NBA. 182 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: And again, like you guys gotta remember, in order to 183 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: win basketball games, you need good basketball players. You need 184 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: great basketball players. Great basketball players cost money like it's 185 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: it's inflation. Sure, the league is contracts are inflating as 186 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: a result of all the factors with the salary cap 187 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: and the way that supermax contract works. But that's just 188 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: what it costs. Let's just say, for the sake of argument, 189 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: Jayleen Brown's the sixteenth best player in the league. The 190 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: nineteenth best player in the league's gonna cost the same 191 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: amount of money. I mean, he made second team All 192 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: NBA this year. This is just the running rate. This 193 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: is this is market value, so intimation. Does he need 194 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: to polish polish up some things offensively, yeah. Does he 195 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: need to recommit to the defensive end of the four, Yeah, 196 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: so does the rest of his team. But he's clearly 197 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: one of the twenty best players in the world, and 198 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: he's just entering his prime. He's twenty six years old, 199 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: and he absolutely can be the second best player on 200 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: a championship team. Had Jason Tatum played better in the 201 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: NBA Finals last year, they would have won the trophy. 202 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: So again, When you pass on him, you pass on 203 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: a championship ceiling. You need him. He's a fundamental piece there. 204 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: So the Celtics had to do it, and that's what 205 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown was worth. He absolutely deserves it. It was 206 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: the smart move and then again really quickly at the 207 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: end here As for the contract number, don't forget about 208 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: that new TV deal. Sixty nine million in the fifty 209 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: year of Jalen Brown's deal. That's a really big number. 210 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: I get why that's scary, but the salary cap is 211 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: gonna be like two hundred billion in change at that point. 212 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: He's just gonna be another Max player making a third 213 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: of the cap. Pretty standard stuff there. Again, like I think, 214 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: I think, we see the big numbers and we freak out, 215 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: but if you really take a closer look at it, 216 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: it makes a ton of saeny. It's for both sides. 217 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: You are in this race, get out the fight. What 218 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna do, what we're gonna do. Shut up, I'm 219 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: not missing my race. Yes, we're not going to jail. 220 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: Oh listen, So you think you're gonna play a stupid 221 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: video game by cars and you're gonna become a race 222 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: car driver? All I ever wanted to do is be 223 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: a racer. I'm doing it. The ten of you are 224 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: the best Ranturismo players in the world. Now it's your 225 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: jobs race real cars. It's not gonna work. The guys 226 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: who race are elite athletes. Your kids are scrawny little 227 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: gamer kids. That's where you're coming. So you think you 228 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: can do the impossible. I'm here to prove that you can't. 229 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: You get tired, get sloppy, sloppy and get hurt. You 230 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: get hooked on my lawn. I know what I'm doing, 231 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: not a face. I've raised this track a thousand times 232 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: in the game. Let me drop it by way. That 233 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: was actually pretty great. We have a newcoming this year. 234 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: His presence is shaking the foundation of the sports system, 235 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: major leagues, the other drivers, your pit crew are going 236 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: to hate you. But Jesus with a joystick? Is it? 237 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: I can't see anything. I'm not sure if I can 238 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: do this. Most people can't. I got a feeling you're 239 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: not most people. If I lose, I lose more than 240 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: just stop. So I'm not gonna quit. You couldna proved 241 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: to everyone. He raced it what like a thousand times. 242 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: Now I just got to do it in real life 243 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 1: grant to Resa based on a true story. I won't 244 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 1: stop now. That Grand Reso trailer was actually really cool. 245 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: I had seen some promos for it, but I hadn't 246 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: seen the trailer yet, and that was the first time 247 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: I found out that it was actually based on a 248 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: true story. And it kind of makes sense to me 249 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: because I've played video games growing up like everyone else did, 250 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: and I played Grand Turismo, but I also played the 251 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: other games I played, like Meat for Speed and the 252 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: arcade style racing games, and you would just like hold 253 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: down the accelerator the entire time and then just make 254 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: the turns and it was completely unrealistic. And then you'd 255 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: play Grand Turismo and you'd really have to watch how 256 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: you break into turns, like your position in the lane 257 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: as you try to wide and out the turn in 258 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: feathering the accelerator in certain situations. It actually makes sense 259 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: to me that if as a video gamer you had 260 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: nailed down that concept, that some of it, if not 261 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: most of it would translate to the operation of the 262 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: actual vehicle, at least with the level of effort that 263 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: Grand Tarisma always made trying to make it super realistic. 264 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: So I'm super excited to see that movie. The new 265 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: movie Grand Tarismo is based on the true story of 266 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: one teenager's journey from video game player to real life racer. 267 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: The movie follows Jan Martin Borough, a construction worker from 268 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: Wales who, through his skill at the Grand Tarisma video game, 269 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: broke into the elite world of professional motorsports. Jan receives 270 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: the chance of a lifetime when Nissan and Sony host 271 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: a competition to identify the best Grandarisma players and give 272 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: them a shot at racing in real life. Doubted by 273 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: his family, his fellow race car drivers, and even his coach, 274 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: Jan is an unlikely outsider trying to change the game 275 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: and break into an exclusive and incredibly dangerous sport. If 276 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: you can find a way to win, it'll change the 277 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: game forever. This state of the art movie you recreate 278 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: some of the most famous and dynamic racing competitions in 279 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: the world in breathtaking sequences that need to be seen 280 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: on the big screen. Directed by Neil Blumcamp, the visceral action, 281 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: sounds and thrills of the racetrack were brought to life 282 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: using actual Nissan GTS drones and practical effects. Those little 283 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: camera angles directly behind the car were really cool, all 284 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: shot through the most sophisticated technology and advanced cameras Grant Turismo. 285 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: It's exclusively in movie theaters on August eleventh. Get your 286 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: tickets today, rated PG thirteen. All Right, Austin Rivers and 287 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: his comments about Dame's trade request. I was reading this 288 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: one while I was in Japan. I thought it was 289 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: super interesting. So Rivers said, quote, if you were a 290 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: free agent, then you could choose where you want to go. 291 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: That's the business. But when you're not and you sign 292 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: a deal, man, that's part of the business. Bro. If 293 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: you get traded somewhere, you've got to go play man, 294 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like this just started with 295 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: James and Ben and all these guys doing this shit. 296 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: It's bad for the league. End quote. So that's that. 297 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: The whole Basketball NBA Twitter world on fire the other day, 298 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: and again, I simply do not understand why the onus 299 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: is on the players to behave a certain way under 300 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: a contract when that same onus is not on the owners. 301 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: For starters, just again framing the whole topic. I get it, 302 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: star trade suck for the local fan base. Nobody wants 303 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: to lose their guy. I'm not debating that, but it's 304 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: never going away, asking out and having one team as 305 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: your destination and then doing all this stuff behind the 306 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: scenes to manipulate things. Yeah, it's not a good look, 307 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: but it's kind of a fake problem because no one's 308 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: ever been traded to a team and then at least 309 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: not in recent NBA history. There hasn't been a guy, 310 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: a star who got traded to a team and then 311 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: just didn't play. Why Leonard said all the same shit 312 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, not going there, not even gonna report 313 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: to training camp. You know what, He reported to training 314 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: camp and he won a damn NBA championship at a 315 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: finals MVP. So like, until that actually starts happening, I 316 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 1: don't really see that as anything more than just Adrian 317 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: Morgenowski tweets, right, and then again James Harden showing up 318 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: to camp way out of shape and deliberately bullshitting through games. Yeah, 319 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: that's a big problem. There can be criticism that we 320 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: offer here on a case by case basis when it 321 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: comes to the way some of this is executed, But 322 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: fundamentally I have no problem with players signing a long 323 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: term deal and then asking out with multiple years left 324 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: Austin Rivers said, quote, if you were a free agent, 325 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: you could choose where you want to go end quote. 326 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: In theory, that sounds great, but you have to do 327 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: what's best for your family because the team is going 328 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: to do what's best for the team. And I want 329 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: to give you guys an example of this that I 330 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: think kind of demonstrates that demonstrates the conundrum that this presents. 331 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: Do you guys remember when Dangel Russell became a free agent. 332 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: So Dilo gets traded to Brooklyn. I believe he is 333 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: in the brook Lopez deal, and he has a really 334 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: good season his final year there, averages twenty one points 335 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: and seven assists a game. Looks pretty solid enters free agency, 336 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: and he's kind of one of those guys that's worth 337 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: either close to the max or like either the like 338 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: a rookie max extension or close to it. Right, But 339 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 1: the Warriors are losing KD to the Nets, and so 340 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: Golden states he's an opportunity to salvage the KD asset 341 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: because if it Kdi goes to the Nets and they 342 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: don't work something like this out, they lose him for nothing. Right, 343 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: So they see an opportunity they work out a deal. 344 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: They do a sign in trade, right, D'Angelo Russell comes 345 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: over to Golden State on a four year deal in 346 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: that trade. Do you guys think Golden State had any 347 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: intention of keeping D'anngela Russell for all four years of 348 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: that deal? Do you think he was the player they 349 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: actually wanted, Like, if they had cap space, do you 350 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: think they signed d' angela Russell. No, they Katie was 351 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: going to the nets. They functionally saw an opportunity to 352 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: bring back a young player on a reasonable contract number 353 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: that they knew they would be able to trade in 354 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: the future. So guess what, D'Angelo Russell gets to be 355 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: a Warrior now, super high pressure situation. Not only does 356 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: it not go well, they burned him to the ground 357 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: on the way out. They basically call him unprofessional or 358 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: not a good fit in the unprofessionals the wrong word. 359 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: They say he's not a great fit there, and they 360 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: offer a lot of subliminal criticism or you know, reported 361 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: criticism of what is time there was like And in 362 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: the process they bring back Andrew Wiggins and two draft picks. 363 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: So it was a really smart move from Golden State. 364 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: They should have done that. Great asset management they did 365 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: what was best for the team and it worked out. Now, 366 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: dangel Russell ended up going to a good situation for him, right, 367 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,959 Speaker 1: he went to go play with his buddy in Minnesota 368 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: in Karl Anthony Towns. But that was just coincidence. Had 369 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: Wiggins been playing for the Pistons, they would have shipped 370 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: his ass to Detroit. Now let's reverse that situation. Let's 371 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: pretend the Warriors actually wanted to keep D'Angelo Russell and 372 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: instead D'Angelo Russell after thirty three games goes, I want 373 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: to trade, get me out of here. Would everyone have 374 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: freaked out? Then? Is that a violation of the contract 375 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: that he signed. Would we look at D'Angelo Russell as 376 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: disloyal and say that what he's doing is bad for 377 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: the league, because that's literally just the reverse situation of 378 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: what the Warriors did to him. It's a problematic double 379 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: standard in my opinion. The contract goes both ways. Technically, yeah, 380 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: it's a commitment from that player to play for that 381 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: team for a set number of years, but it's also 382 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: a commitment from that team to pay that player for 383 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: a certain number of years on that roster. Ideally, they'd 384 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: be like, hey, I can buy a house here, I'm 385 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: gonna be here four years. But that's just not how 386 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: it works. For some reason, the players are morally obligated 387 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: to fulfill that contract, but the owners are not in return. So, 388 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: in my opinion, of you're a free agent and you're 389 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: in the running for some sort of lucrative deal, you 390 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: gotta take as many years and as much money as possible, 391 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: because again, there is absolutely no guarantee that the team 392 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: is going to fulfill their end of whatever you know 393 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 1: agreement you think there is. Okay, let's say I'm a 394 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: free agent and I'm like, I know I want to 395 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: play here another year or two, but I'm not certain 396 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: if it's four or five. If I sign for one 397 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: or two, I'm only just putting my money at risk. 398 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: What if I tear my acl Hell, James Harden left 399 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: money on the table to help Philly sign guys, and 400 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: then he became a free agent, and then they didn't 401 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: give him the number he wanted. You don't think he's like, 402 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: why the hell did I give them that money back? Again, like, 403 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: they will do it to you. So you have to 404 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: look out for yourself, as much money, as much years 405 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: as possible. Protect your family first, and then yeah, BA professionally, 406 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: don't do the antics behind the scenes, don't show up 407 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: to camp fat and not caring and not trying. There's 408 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: ugly sides to this too. It's not perfect. I'm not 409 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: saying it's perfect. I'm just saying I'm sick and tired 410 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: of the players, for some reason, having the responsibility of 411 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: behaving with honor in these contract situations. Chris Paul just 412 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: got traded to a team of players and they all 413 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: hate each other, like the Warriors hate Chris. Chris hates, 414 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: the Warriors hate Steve kerr Hey Draymond Green. Draymond Green's 415 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: openly said I'm not gonna sit here in line and 416 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: say you know that Chris Paul and I don't have issues. 417 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: They shipped him there because it was an achievable roster 418 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: upgrade for the Warriors. Chris Paul had no voice in 419 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: that situation. You think, if Jordan Poole was a free agent, 420 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: he's signing with Washington, if he had the pick of 421 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: the litter. They decided he's going to Washington, So he 422 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: gets to go to Washington. Again. You have to look 423 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: out for yourself as much as possible because the owners 424 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: are gonna ship you wherever it's best for them. Dame 425 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: wants to go to Miami, Portland's looking for the best 426 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: deal for them. You've got to look out for yourself. 427 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: So again, that's why I don't have any problem with 428 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: Stars signing a long term deal and then after year one, 429 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: or after year two, or with a couple of years 430 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: left on the dealting a trade. You're not obligated to 431 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: sign for exactly how many years you're loyal when the 432 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: team won't do the same for you. And then one 433 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: last note on the Dame to Miami stuff. I've seen 434 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: a lot of Heat fans get annoyed with me because 435 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: I've been talking about other destinations. I want Dame to 436 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: go to Miami. I think it's great for the league. 437 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: I love the Heat, I love Eric Spolshra, I love 438 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, I love bam Anebayo. I want to see 439 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: Dame there. I think that's a great fit. I think 440 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: it adds a lot of parody in the Eastern Conference 441 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: rooting for that deal. But it's just almost certainly going 442 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: to happen. So we've already talked it to death. We'll 443 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: do an even bigger breakdown when the trade goes down, 444 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: but it's just more fun to talk about other options 445 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: right now. And that's just more interesting, and it gives 446 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: us something to do to kill the time until Portland 447 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: inevitably sends him to Miami. That's why I was bringing 448 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: up destinations like Oklahoma City and saying that other teams 449 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: should get involved. It's just what is most interesting about 450 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: that situation. Dame is there for the taking, but if 451 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: he goes to Miami, I'm gonna be perfectly happy with that. Alright, 452 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: one last topic before we get to vacation stuff. Carson. 453 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: You guys know it is Carson Breber from Nerd sash As. 454 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 1: A video that goes out the other day calls Carmelo 455 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: Anthony the most overrated NBA player ever. Quote quote unquote, 456 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: he said again quote people elevate mellow into conversations. He 457 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: has no business being in end quote very spicy stuff 458 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: from Carson. Twitter goes absolutely crazy. It got viewed one 459 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: point three million times. All the hoop purists were losing 460 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 1: their minds and attacking Carson. It was a whole thing. 461 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: So I think this is a super fun offseason topic, 462 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: So we're gonna hit The question was Carmelo Anthony overrated. Now, 463 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: to be clear, I gotta defend Carson to start with, 464 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: because everyone's just calling him a nerd who only reads 465 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: spreadsheets and doesn't watch the game. There are a lot 466 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: of people in this business who don't watch a lot 467 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: of basketball and then talk about it a lot. Carson's 468 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: not one of those guys. Carson puts in a ton 469 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: of work. He uses a lot of the same tools 470 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: that I use in terms of film software, and that 471 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: dude watches as much basketball as anybody I know. I 472 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: respect his basketball opinion a great deal. You guys know 473 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: that because I had him on my show a bunch 474 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: long before him and Logan ended up getting their show 475 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: picked up by the volume. I'm a huge fan of Carson. 476 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: I think he's great at his job, and he certainly 477 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: puts in the work. So if you disagree with his take, 478 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: that's one thing. But let's not sit here and pretend 479 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: like Carson hasn't earned the right to speak confidently with 480 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: his basketball opinions. On that note, I very much disagree 481 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: with Carson and his take on this one. Now, this 482 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: was Carson's actual take, so he accurately pointed out that 483 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: mellow has had some pretty rough field goal percentages over 484 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: the years. He accurately pointed out that Mellow was not 485 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: a good defensive player. He accurately pointed out that Mellow 486 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: was not a very good playmaker, And he accurately pointed 487 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: out that his teams were only slightly better with him 488 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: on the floor or versus off the floor over the 489 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: majority of his career. So that was kind of like 490 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: his breakdown, his nuts and bolts, his bread, his actual 491 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: substance to his argument. But there are two main points 492 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: that I want to push back on. First of all, 493 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: Mellow's efficiency was actually a lot better than it looks 494 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: on the surface. Yes, he was below fifty percent an 495 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: effective field goal percentage in the Denver and New York seasons. 496 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: That's kind of what I'm looking at, is like real 497 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: Mellow before he kind of reinvented himself as a role player, 498 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: but during those years he got to the foul line 499 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: a ton. So he actually had a true shooting percentage 500 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: in New York and Denver of fifty four point four percent. 501 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: Now again, today you want to be like fifty eight 502 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: percent or better. But this is a different era, which 503 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: brings me to my second piece of pushback. All scores 504 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: were inefficient in that era because of the way the 505 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: game was played, so it does not make sense to 506 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: use efficiency as a barrama of how successful a scorer 507 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: was during that era there in the late two thousands. 508 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: First of all, every team had a slow footed center 509 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: and a big power forward on the floor. Most of 510 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: them couldn't shoot, like think about like Pau Gasol and 511 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: Andrew Bynum. You know, with Carmelo Anthony was nine and 512 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: Kenyon Martin or with the Cavs like Olgauskis and good 513 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: and yeah, they could knock down the occasional jump shot, 514 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: but the floor was absolutely packed around the paint. In general, 515 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: teams had way less shooting on the floor. It was 516 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: super clogged up. Guys were constantly facing multiple defenders, and 517 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: everyone's percentage is suffered as a result. Go look at 518 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: offensive offensive ratings from that era in the late two thousands. 519 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: It was the same type of points per possession that 520 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: you saw in the mid nineties. Nobody was scoring easily, 521 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: so having a guy that could take and make tough 522 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots over the top of congested defenses 523 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: was actually super valuable back then, even when even when 524 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: guys were missing two thirds of them, it was still 525 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: really valuable. That was how you ended a lot of possessions, 526 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: rescue possessions and it became extremely valuable at the end 527 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: of games. The example I want to use to make 528 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: this that to make this point is Kobe. Kobe also 529 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: shot over fifty percent in effective field goal percentage just 530 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: four seasons. In his entire career, he missed a ton 531 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: of shots. As we look at his primary stretch, like Melo, 532 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: I look Denver, New York. For Kobe, it's basically with 533 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers until he tore his achilles. He had a 534 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: fifty five point five percent true shooting percentage with the 535 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,719 Speaker 1: Lakers before he tore his achilles. That's one percent better 536 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: than mellow one percent. So like same type of issues 537 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: applied to Kobe. Now he faced the same type of 538 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: issues terrible spacing, ugly offense, had to take a ton 539 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: of bailout shots. His percentage is suffered as a result. 540 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: We are spoiled on efficiency these days. You might have 541 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: one non shooter on the floor. A lot of times 542 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: you have no non shooters on the floor. We run 543 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: super modern offensive concepts with spread pick and roll, with 544 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: shooters perfectly spaced in the corner on the weak side wing. 545 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: We know how to space the floor. Offenses were super 546 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,479 Speaker 1: chaotic or archaic. Back then, they just NonStop fed the post. 547 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: There was no pick and roll. Give you this is 548 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: a great example. Kobe in two thousand and nine ran 549 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: eight pick and rolls a game with terrible spacing. Devin Booker, 550 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: who's like the same type of archetype of player as Kobe, 551 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: literally tries to copy Kobe. He ran more than eighteen 552 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: pick and rolls a game this year with a perfectly 553 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: spaced floor completely surrounded by shooting, and so of course 554 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: the percentages are better now. Devin Booker sixty percent through 555 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: shooting this year. Do you think he's five percent better 556 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: than Kobe or do you think it's a different era. 557 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: That's why I don't actually think it makes a lot 558 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,479 Speaker 1: of sense to use efficiency across eras you can use 559 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: it within the era. Like that was kind of the 560 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: cool thing with Lebron is like his ability to pressure 561 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: the rim allowed him to be really efficient relative to 562 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: his peers in that era. As we look today, like 563 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: comparing Steph Curry to all the guys that are around 564 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: fifty eight percent through shooting, he's in the mid sixties. Like, yeah, 565 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: that goes to show you in this era, how Steph 566 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: is so much more efficient than most of his peers. 567 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: But it just doesn't make sense to use that when 568 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: we're evaluating across eras so, like Mellow really was nearly 569 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: as efficient, only slightly less efficient and slightly less volume 570 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: scoring than Kobe Bryant. He was unquestionably a top tier 571 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: scorer in his era. Now, in fairness, I am a 572 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: huge Mellow fan, a war his number in college, number fifteen, 573 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: did a lot of stuff to kind of copy his game, 574 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: especially in face up situations. But like so, I'm a 575 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: little biased, not gonna lie, but I do think, especially 576 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: when we're staring at scoring, I think that Mello is 577 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: is every bit worth the reputation that he has in 578 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: NBA history. Now here's where I agree with Carson. Yes, 579 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: Mellow was close to Kobe's level as a scorer, but 580 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: Kobe was a much much better and he much much 581 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: more successful basketball player in the NBA. Why is that? 582 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: This is where Carson's legitimate criticisms of his defense and 583 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: his playmaking come to the surface. Carmelo Anthony was a 584 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: bad defensive player who consistently cut corners on that end 585 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: of the floor. Kobe Bryant made the All Defense team 586 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: twelve times, including nine times First Team All Defense, and 587 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: he was consistently one of his team's best defenders. It 588 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: trickled down the roster and he led some of the 589 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: great defensive teams of that decade, which is why he 590 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: won championships. Carmelo Anthony averaged two point seven assists per 591 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: game in his career and really struggled to impact games 592 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: when a shot wasn't falling. Kobe Bryant averaged double that 593 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: with roughly the same amount of turnovers, and despite his 594 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: reputation of being a ballhog, he actually was a really 595 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,479 Speaker 1: good playmaker when his team needed him to be, and 596 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: he consistently impacted games even when his shot wasn't falling. 597 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: Everyone talks about the six for twenty four game. In 598 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: Game seven of the twenty ten NBA Finals, Kobe played 599 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: his ass off that game and made a lot of plays. 600 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 1: It's not all about the shooting percentages as long as 601 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: you have stuff that supports your game around that. So 602 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: as much as I love and respect Carmelo Anthony as 603 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: a player, and I've view him as one of the 604 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: best scorers of all time. His weaknesses are a big 605 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: part of why he didn't achieve as much as you 606 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,239 Speaker 1: might have thought he should have given how good he 607 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: was as a scorer, And those are fair criticisms to 608 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: bring up when we talk about him. I just think 609 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: his reputation as a score is well deserved, and using 610 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: shooting percentages to undercut that is something I disagree with 611 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,359 Speaker 1: Carson about. As for the overrated piece, I think he's 612 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: pretty properly rated. I mean, everybody that I talk to 613 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: seems to think that there's kind of a gap between 614 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: Lebron and Wade, and then from that draft class, and 615 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: then kind of a gap between Wade and Mellow, like 616 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: he's clearly on the third tier from that draft. I 617 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: don't hear Mello's name being brought up in all time 618 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: conversations anywhere near the top guys. So, yeah, there's that 619 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: baldon stop type of crew that kind of romanticizes him 620 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: because of his skill set. But like so, I guess 621 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: you could say slightly overrated. But I do disagree with 622 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 1: Carson's take that he's the most overrated NBA player ever. 623 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: I think that that's overstating it more than a little 624 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: bit so love Carson, but had to push back a 625 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: little bit on that particular take and check out the 626 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: nerds sests show. Those guys are awesome. They do really 627 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: good work and they hit a lot more stuff in 628 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: the weeds than I do. All Right, before we get 629 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,959 Speaker 1: out of here, some quick notes on my vacation, so again, 630 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: we went to San Francisco for five days and then 631 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: we went to Japan for like a week. I went 632 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 1: to wine country, mainly in the Sonoma area. It was 633 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: really cool. It's hot, but it was dry so it 634 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: was more palatable, easy to handle. The wine was really good. 635 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: It was super expensive. I can't, like, I don't know 636 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: how people regularly drink wine from those areas. We did 637 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,439 Speaker 1: a tasting at one place that was like ninety two 638 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: bucks a person, and I was like, Ah, this is 639 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 1: this is this is ridiculous. I probably wouldn't pay that 640 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: much for wine ever again. But it was. It was 641 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: a cool experience. It was kind of a bucket listening right, 642 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: especially for my wife. And that whole area is very 643 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 1: pretty and I see why a lot of people lived there. 644 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: San Francisco was a blast. The food was incredible. I 645 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: went to Chinatown. I had a restaurant called House of Nanking, 646 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: which was the best Chinese food I ever had, so 647 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: highly recommend that while you're down there. I had a 648 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: sushi place called a Swasabi, which was really really good 649 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: sushi that was kind of in the northern part of 650 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,879 Speaker 1: the peninsula there. And then I got to see two 651 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: great concerts on a whim. We had a Saturday night 652 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: free and I happened to see an Instagram or Buddy 653 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: Sean happened to see an Instagram post about about Charles 654 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: Wesley Godwin playing there, and he's actually my favorite country 655 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,439 Speaker 1: singer right now. I'm actually going to see him next 656 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: month with Zack Bryan, who's another one of my favorites 657 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,360 Speaker 1: up in Phoenix. But like we just saw, We're like, 658 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: it's at this really cool theater in the city. It 659 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: was a pretty late showtime, so it wasn't gonn affect 660 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: o our plans the rest of the trip. So we 661 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: went to see Charles Westy Godwin and there's a guy 662 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 1: there opening for him named Whyitet Flores who's actually an 663 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: up and coming guy who actually I really enjoyed as well. 664 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: And then on Sunday night, I went to the final 665 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: show of the final tour for Dead End Company at 666 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: Oracle Park, sat up in the bleachers, was overlooking the bay. 667 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: They did a drone show. They played most of my 668 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: favorite songs. I heard althea is my favorite song, the 669 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: Dead Play, I heard my favorite rendition of that. They've 670 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: ever played. Franklin's Tower kind of stole the show. It was. 671 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: It was just an incredible show. That was a great experience. 672 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: That was kind of what the whole trip was built around. 673 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm so glad I did that. And then lastly I 674 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: drove down to Palo Alto and got a tour of 675 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: the Stanford campus. A buddy of mine, Sam Beskin, who 676 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 1: used to play there, hooked us up, gave us an 677 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: incredible tour, got a good basketball workout in with him 678 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: as well, got to see the facilities. That campus is beautiful. 679 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: That was kind of a bucket listening for me as well. 680 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: So I got to see Stanford. That was fun. Then 681 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: we literally flew home on Monday, got into about noon, 682 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: had to turn all of our stuff over, and we 683 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,040 Speaker 1: left at six am the next morning to go to Japan. 684 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: So it was a ridiculous turnaround. It just kind of 685 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: was the way it worked. Out where the way the 686 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: Japan trip was booked, and then having to go to 687 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 1: that concert on that Sunday and building the trip backwards. 688 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: It was just kind of the way it turned out. 689 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: But Japan was cool. I really liked the food. I 690 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 1: struggled with the traditional Japanese stuff, and I had more 691 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: of that than I probably should have a lot of 692 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,360 Speaker 1: like really bizarre fish and like tofu and stuff that 693 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 1: I really struggled with. But I had a Japanese barbecue 694 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: place that was to die for. They put the grill 695 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 1: right in the middle of the table and they just 696 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,719 Speaker 1: bring you raw meat and you like just straight up 697 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: grill it on the table in front of you. So 698 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: that was really cool. Was great food, great experience. And 699 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: then I had a conveyor belt sushi place, which was unbelievable. 700 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: So they had like these two conveyor belts, you know, 701 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: like a touch screen, and you like walk in and 702 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 1: sit and like you pick your sushi rolls and you 703 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,520 Speaker 1: place your order, and like really quick, in a matter 704 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: of two or three minutes, it just appears in front 705 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,919 Speaker 1: of you on the conveyor belt. Grab the fish off, 706 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: hit the end button, and then the belt continues. So 707 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 1: they can load the next meal on there. But I 708 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,800 Speaker 1: had like thirteen plates of sushimi or salmon and tuna 709 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,960 Speaker 1: nigiri there. Tuna was like the best I've ever had. 710 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: Super inexpensive there too, Like having a two piece tuna 711 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: nigiy was like a dollar after you converted it from yend, 712 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: which in the States that's like six or seven bucks 713 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,880 Speaker 1: at a reasonable place, and like ten twelve bucks at 714 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,800 Speaker 1: an expensive sushi play. So that was a really cool experience. 715 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 1: I got to see a Japanese baseball game is unbelievable. 716 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: It's game eighty two of a one and forty three 717 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: game season, and the stadium was completely packed. They had 718 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: all these chants and stuff going out. I saw the 719 00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: Hanson Tigers play against Tokyo. I think they were called 720 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: the Swallows, and I think the Tigers were actually the 721 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: team to show hey, a ton of o Tani played for, 722 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: so they had a huge fan base. They had these 723 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: crazy chants that they did. I actually tweeted a video 724 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:12,960 Speaker 1: of it out on my feed. You can see that 725 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: they're really good game too. It was just a shockingly 726 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,800 Speaker 1: awesome experience for what was, you know, kind of similar 727 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,399 Speaker 1: to the types of games you'd see in Major League 728 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,719 Speaker 1: Baseball and have two thirds of the stadium empty, you 729 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,720 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I got on the Tokyo Skytree, 730 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,839 Speaker 1: which is the third tallest building in the world, and 731 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: I got to take some pictures and see the city 732 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,680 Speaker 1: from up there. I took the bullet train for the 733 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 1: first time ever. That was a really cool experience. Just 734 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,319 Speaker 1: in general, I'm so impressed by how efficient Japan is. 735 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: Like they have about a third of the population or 736 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: a third of the population of the United States, but 737 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: they're about one twenty fifth the size, and so in 738 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: order to make all that work, you have to be 739 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 1: remarkably efficient, and just the way that they get around 740 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: is just incredibly impressive. And then they also keep the 741 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: country super clean during the process. Super super impressed by that. 742 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,680 Speaker 1: Barhopping was really cool down there. It's all these like 743 00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: little tiny bars that are like the size of this studio, 744 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,279 Speaker 1: and it'll just be like one bartender and like four 745 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,320 Speaker 1: chairs and maybe one cocktail table, and there's just rows 746 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: of them, just hundreds of them all over the place. 747 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: That was a cool experience. I got to see the 748 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,359 Speaker 1: Fender flagship store. They just built it. It opened on 749 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 1: like June thirtieth. That was a really cool experience because 750 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,840 Speaker 1: they have a bunch of guitars that they actually only 751 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: make and sell in Tokyo. Came this close to buying one, 752 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: but ended up passing on it at the last second. 753 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 1: The only thing I'd say is that was the wrong 754 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: time of year ago. It was hot as hell. It 755 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: was like ninety seven degrees every single day, super superhumid. 756 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,880 Speaker 1: I definitely swept my ass off, so I probably wouldn't 757 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: go back at this time of year again. And then 758 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 1: also as a result of that like heat humidity, Mount 759 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: Fuji was just constantly covered in clouds. And I'm a 760 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,919 Speaker 1: big volcano guy, so like I really wanted to see 761 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: Mount Fuji, had like six opportunities to see it, and 762 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,279 Speaker 1: it was just constantly hidden. So that was kind of 763 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 1: a bummer. But Japam was cool. It's kind of a 764 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,680 Speaker 1: once in a lifetime type of experience. Recommend everybody tried 765 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,120 Speaker 1: at least once a really cool country to visit. But 766 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: that was way too long to be out of town. 767 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm exhausted, I'm jet lagged. I missed my dogs, I 768 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,439 Speaker 1: missed my routine. I played basketball once in sixteen days. 769 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: You know how that affects my mental health, so I 770 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: gotta be better. This is back to back years where 771 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 1: I did two week trips. I gotta be better about 772 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 1: spacing my trips out a little bit. But I'm glad. 773 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm glad to be back, guys. I'm glad to be 774 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,839 Speaker 1: talking basketball again. Tomorrow, we're gonna be doing our top 775 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,920 Speaker 1: five offseasons, and then we'll get into our player rankings 776 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: next week. The volume