1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back to what's burning. Before we get started, we 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: want to send our condolences and love out to our 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: brother Stephen Jackson, who unfortunately lost a younger brother UM 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: last week. UM, so we Donnie, We're in the love 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: out to the family, and UM we're here for you. 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Hope to see you soon, man, and rest in peace. 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Uh snap, Marley Man, we're gonna miss you. Bro dances 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: out to his kids and his wife. Um. I'm here 9 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: with my brewing brother Jolynnie McCoy filling in. I appreciate you. 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: Uh man, Let's get to it. Let's get to these 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves had very high expectations, um coming into this season. Uh. 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: Thus far sitting at two games under five hundred, the 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: energy is visibly off. Without even really knowing what's going 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: on over there. What have you seen from that team? 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: Exactly what you said, Uh, not a lot of energy. 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: I know they've got a couple of new pieces. I 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: don't know if they made a mistake moving cats to 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the four full time, but that as part of the plan. 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: Rudy can't play the four to three. I think Rudy 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: is doing what Rudy does, holding up to paint rebounded 21 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: defensively and offensively and scoring when he can. It's not 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: like he's averaging like eight. He's still averaging like thirteen, 23 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: So he's doing something when he catched the ball. But 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: I just don't like. I don't like where where the 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: space that Aunt man is in. I don't like the 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: weird canundrum between Cat and Aunt and I don't know, 27 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: Delo doesn't do well with a bunch of distractions. You know, 28 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: he's kind of like a katie guy who likes to hoop. 29 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: And I think I see this being a issue. I mean, 30 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: I know the trade happened. They seemed like they went 31 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: in on an all end wind now fashion, but can 32 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: we really consider them a win now team after that move? Yeah, 33 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: I mean it's obviously still early in the season, but 34 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: I mean what I see again without being in or 35 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: necessarily following them too much, as there's definitely friction between 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: and cat Um. You know we spoke about on other shows. 37 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: I thought it was kind of corny how Cat came 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: out was talking about what that man eats and all 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: and all this other ship. Uh that has nothing to 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: do with basketball. I feel like there's you know, Minnesota 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: has it's been Cats team for you know, however many 42 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: years he's been in the league, and he's you know, 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: he's been an All Star, but they just haven't got 44 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: over that hump um and I think the organization uh 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: feels like, you know, Aunt is that guy. Now. I 46 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: know Aunt feels like he's that guy. So I think 47 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: there's kind of a changing of the guards over there, 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: and that little you know, that sucker shit he said 49 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: about what he's eating and that kind of to me, 50 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: that was just kind of like like a sneaky jab. 51 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: He hasn't always been the most yeah, but I just 52 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: think it's just more of kind of changing the guards. 53 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, it was Cats team for however many long, 54 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: you know, however long it's been, and they didn't really 55 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: get over that hump. Now they're handing the keys to 56 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: you know, a very talented uh Aunt man, and I 57 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: think he is someone that can help really help, you know, 58 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: be a big part of leading this team in the 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: right direction. But until you figure that internal ship out, 60 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the product on the court isn't gonna be what it 61 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: should be. So whether they made the wrong trade or not, 62 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: I just think they all got to get on the 63 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: same page, uh and try to figure it out changes 64 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: when you start making movies on Netflix and your off court, 65 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's I got a personality, 66 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: he can hoop and he can make some money off 67 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: the court. Like he said, he's been the king on 68 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: the hill for a number of years now now, No, 69 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: not in the exactly, changing to the guard a surprise. 70 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: Golden State has started oh and seven on the road, 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: six and one at home. Gotta win last night against 72 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: the Spurs. No, Clay Thompson Pool had a big game, 73 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: biggest game of the season. What do you feel like 74 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: this is? Is this a championship hangover? Is this a 75 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: Draymond Pool residue still hanging on this team or is 76 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: it something else. I think that's interesting that it's on 77 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: the seven on the road, because that speaks to the 78 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: youth on the team. That's when you know when you 79 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: go on the road, especially on the championship team, when 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: you're playing deep into the playoffs, you know how much 81 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: the youth means on the road. When dudes aren't playing 82 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: back to ket Clay isn't playing back to back. What 83 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: it looks like for the whole year, that's what it's 84 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: sounding like. So they need to figure out their rotation 85 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: on the bench. Some of those young guys cominga wise 86 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: men even pool, you know what I mean, they gotta 87 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: figure out something. He's got to be almost a veteran now, 88 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: help those young guys figure out what they need to 89 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: do to be uh main cogs on the road, because 90 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: that's where they need them. Of course, there's six and 91 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: one at home. They're at the crib, you know what 92 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: I mean, they're slipping in their own bed. You know 93 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: what I mean, it's comfortable, like you said, they're eating good. 94 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: But you know, on the road the dog days in 95 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: the season, especially as a championship team just started off 96 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, you really need your 97 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: young guys dialed in. So it's on that staff and 98 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: some of the players on that team to you know, 99 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: really figure out what's gonna happen with that rotation. As 100 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: far as the young guy goes, I don't think this 101 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: is any reason for panic. I think, um, you know, 102 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: I got a chance to talk to stuff before the 103 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: King's go the State game. Me of the night. I mean, 104 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: he said it just trying to figure it out, and 105 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: I think it's to everything you said. I think they're 106 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: trying to see what these young guys have and what 107 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: they are and how they can fit in situations and 108 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: these rotations, because obviously, with Clay not playing back to backs, 109 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: all those steps, playing on a whole another planet right 110 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: now that he's getting older, Draymond is getting older. You 111 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: can't ride these guys like you've ridden them in the past. 112 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: So you have to see what this youth um can bring. 113 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: And plus guys like Jamachael Green and uh, you know 114 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: de Vincenzo, they got some older I like who they 115 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: picked up. I just think it's gonna take time for 116 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: all these guys to jail mixed with the younger players, 117 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: and that's always what's made Golden State, you know, so good, 118 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: is their strength, you know, coming from the bench. So 119 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: I don't really see this being a huge issue, to 120 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: be honest with you. Obviously, the numbers are, you know, 121 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: eye opening right now. But I think this will definitely 122 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: balance itself out at some point. And I still feel 123 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: like the road through the West will go through Golden State. 124 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: I can't disagree with you. Moving east. Joel Embiid Historical 125 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: Game Sunday fifty nine eleven rebounds, eight assists, seven blocks, 126 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: have forty two on Saturday. All this would know James Harden, 127 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: this is another team that's kind of underachievment right now. Uh. 128 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: They were one of my probably top three or four 129 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: teams in the East coming out hardness been down for 130 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: a while. Who adapts or how is this gonna? Because 131 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: I mean, to me, what makes James Harden great is 132 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: his ability to play with the ball, Play at the ball, 133 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: play at the ball. You make a mistake and either 134 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: he hits a step back or he gets downhill and 135 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: finds his teammates. Uh, and be just shows he needs 136 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: to be fed no matter how you get it to him. 137 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: Get that man the ball. And I think he showed 138 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: that the other night. He's been showing that. So is 139 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: this a fit that can be fixed with more time 140 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: or is it kind of this is James Harden game 141 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: and we already know what in b the game is 142 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: and maybe it's just it's oil and water. If that's 143 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: what it is, then James gotta go, you know what 144 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: I mean? At this point in career, I don't think 145 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: James is a guy that's gonna be putting up herculean 146 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: efforts like we've seen from n be back to back nights. 147 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: You know, He's only continued to get better. He's posting up, 148 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: shooting three. He's backing people down front the three point line, 149 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: catching it in the shooting corner, doing screening roles and 150 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: like as you saw it, like he's making some playmaking 151 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: from the post too. So this is a pacing space game. 152 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: You know, we always talk about a couple of players, 153 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: r Us. We talk about Russ has to change this game. 154 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: Since he's not the most athletic player. He needs to 155 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: go demote itself to the bench, or become a better shooter, 156 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: or do this. In the third I think the Jay 157 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: the days of us watching James and I used to 158 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: love this ship too when he massage to ship out 159 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: that thing and hit a step back on you, you 160 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: know what I mean with two people and the best 161 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: to do it. But you know, the weather game is 162 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: being played now pacing space so much. You know, it's 163 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: all pacing space. There's just situations now. It's not even 164 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: really picking role based anymore, you know what I mean, 165 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: It's just more backcuts. He hit a guy in here, 166 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: so where does that leave They have everything? The Sixers 167 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: have had everything at their disposal. Coaching right owner willing 168 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: to pay some Bread, you know what I mean, makes 169 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: some moves, So they got to figure that out. But 170 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: I do think it's time that we start looking at 171 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: James and because Joe, that team is Joel and Beats team. 172 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: It's not going to be a James hard team. I 173 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Joe's team. Yeah, I mean, obviously 174 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: it's it's in Beats team with Harden, their second slowest 175 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: team pace wise, only behind Dallas. With Harden, they're still 176 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: I think the lower twenties as far as assists per game. 177 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: So I just think the lack of ball movement, obviously 178 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: the game needs to go through James and young fellow 179 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: in Maxie. Come on, I really like Maxie's really like 180 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: Maxi's game, and I feel like James can be that 181 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,119 Speaker 1: perfect facilitator. I mean, I just think he's so accustomed 182 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: to get in a handful of dribbles before he does 183 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: anything that's gonna, you know, naturally throw off. You know, 184 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: at the time, you know Pop said, you know, a 185 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: second and a half, get off that motherfucker. You know, 186 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: if you don't have nothing second a half, pass it. 187 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: That's not necessarily James hardness never really been in strength 188 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: at the same time. He still is a great playmaker, 189 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: so I definitely think it's gonna take you know, him 190 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: understanding what his new role is in in his older 191 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: age and and and adapting to that. I'm also hearing 192 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: some rumors about Doc Rivers. Man. What I'm here from 193 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: was about Dr Rivers, you know what I mean. So 194 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: DoD been getting to get away. I don't want call it, 195 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: I want to call it getting away, but he does 196 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: get to He does get some exceptions throwing his way 197 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: that a couple of other coaches don't seem to be games. 198 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: I'm also hearing some stuff about Doc Rivers, so this 199 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: will be interesting to see. Obviously, don't want to take 200 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: anything away from you know in beach performance, but this 201 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: team is a five hundred team with and it has 202 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: much better talent than a five hundred record UM should be. 203 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see and look what they 204 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: did to be in what happened over there with being 205 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: that he can't play basketball no more, you know what 206 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: I mean. That was on Doc in the six years watch, 207 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: So you're interested. Since another interesting guy out east. UM 208 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: Staying in the East, The Hawks are now nine and 209 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: five currently with two wins over the Bucks, the Jon 210 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: Murray Trey Young seemed to be working well. Um, have 211 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: you been impressed with this team in more particular this 212 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: back court? Uh this far in this young season. Yeah, 213 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: you're not going front? What I what? I real quick? Yeah. 214 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: I saw the to this summer and the crossover. I 215 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: saw the dynamic that they had. I thought they were 216 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: going to have trouble because they're two they're not real 217 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: big guys, but the the speed and those two dudes 218 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: play hard. Trey Young plays hard. I saw that in 219 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: the cross all right. I've never seen him play in person, 220 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: but that dude plays like hard hard. He getting that 221 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: shipped off like he's doing that with like speed and 222 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: it's not just like on some cool ship. And de 223 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: Jon Jay is just an animal his energy and skill set. Um, 224 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: I know the I know the young fellow who was 225 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: out there with him, John Collins. I think he's been 226 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: a big part of their development because he seems an unfelt, 227 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: unselfish and willing to be the cool big man and 228 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: let them go up and shoot up all the balls 229 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: and calls off better energy. But I like what they're doing. 230 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: They got old school name McMillan as a coach that 231 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: Loki got some type of playoff experience through the bottle 232 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: of bubbles in the last couple of years. So I 233 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: like this team. I like where they're at right now, 234 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: but we know more Boston and Milwaukee said, But I 235 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: like where Atlantic is currently said, and considering the problems 236 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: in the middle and the end of these Yeah, they 237 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: be a scary a scary team because of those two guards. 238 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: And obviously I've always been a fan of Collins. He's 239 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: continued to expand his game, y had trangers out. I 240 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: just wanted to see I had to see it work, 241 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. We saw in the Summer League. Um, 242 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: we've seen them individually, but just to see them mash 243 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: and come together, which I think is important, and it 244 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: looks like again on the outside look and it looks 245 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: like they have a cool friendship and they really mess 246 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: with each other, because you can tell it's hard to 247 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: get chemistry that fast with somebody. Um, So to be 248 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: able to see what they've done, I really like it. 249 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're a real contender. I don't 250 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 1: know if there possibly a player away from being a 251 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: real contender, but this team is a scary team, a 252 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: team that I could easily see making it to the 253 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: second round. So although very early, I definitely like with 254 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: those two bring to the table together and John Collins 255 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: and and you know, Naked Miller's got these guys playing 256 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: the right way to double double thing and block a 257 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: couple of sis, one more veteran, one person away from 258 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: really making a good you know, being like okay, like 259 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: this is a championship or Eastern Conference contender for real. 260 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Boys are scoring like that. We haven't seen scoring in 261 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: a long time. We got eight guys averaging at least 262 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: thirty points a game, Luca and be Tatum, Mitchell, one 263 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: of my favorite young players, s g A out there 264 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma City, the Ageless One, Stephen Light, Skinned Curry, Janice, 265 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: and KD. The nineteen two season, last time there were 266 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: six players averaging at least thirty Uh. It hasn't been 267 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: more than three since then. So what is up with 268 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: the uptick and guys getting buckets? It's a bad defense? 269 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: Is that the three ball? Is it just the new 270 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: skill level? Like what do you see all of it? 271 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: You can't touch guys on defense. Guys don't know how 272 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: to play defense anymore. So you can go score in 273 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: the mid range because people just don't even have mentally 274 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: thinking like the mid ranges of things. So we got 275 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: years of kids growing up ignoring the mid range. You 276 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: can go in the mid range and get a couple 277 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: of buckets that have pushed you, you know, beyond thirty 278 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: without relying on shooting twelve threes. Again, we talked about 279 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,599 Speaker 1: pace in space. Uh, the three point is obviously a 280 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: premium on the three point basketball field goal. And yeah, 281 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,719 Speaker 1: you gotta nobody's calling anybody's bluff on defense like that, 282 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: No doubt. There's there's like what Marcus Smart, Jimmy Butler. 283 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: There's only a hand full of guys who we really 284 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: considered Pat Bev and he's having a different start to 285 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: his year than when he traditionally has. So it's just 286 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: not a premium on defense. You can make a lot 287 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: of money in this league if somebody want to be 288 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: a defensive stopper and just concentrate on that, you're gonna 289 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: stand out. But I only see the points going up 290 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: because yeah, because there there's only gonna dues are better 291 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: free throw shooters, highly skilled. They're getting fat to places 292 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: one step earlier than they should or you know, they 293 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,599 Speaker 1: don't have to do a bunch of the stuff that 294 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: even the new moves that we were used. So these 295 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: dudes are super talented. They've come up with some that 296 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: prays the premium all scoring. It's au generation, so that 297 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna be probably seeing some of the best scoring 298 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: we've ever seen. Yes, I mean this is what the 299 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: NBA wanted. You have more points, more highlights. Uh, guys 300 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 1: are out there getting buckets. I mean to add on 301 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: obviously the mid range being a spot, but also the paint. 302 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: The paint's not closed no more, you know. I mean 303 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: back when we play there was big guys that it 304 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: stepped out looking or jaw got cooking there that you know, 305 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: there was a no layup zone. Again, it's a different game. 306 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: Not complaining about it. It just is what it is. 307 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: So I agree. I liked the scoring. I think it's 308 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: only going to increase. And again it's just a new 309 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: direction of the NBA. So shout out to everybody scoring. 310 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: You know, these all eight guys averaging thirty I mean 311 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: each and their own didividual ways have been very impressive 312 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: this year. So shout out to the league for letting 313 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: the bigs get skilled and get take a part of 314 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: the scoring. Because it used to just your ass was 315 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: stuck down on the pick and run shooting jump hucks. 316 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: Now you can go out there and express yourself a 317 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: little bit. And it's leading to the bigs not being 318 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: Remember everybody's like the big is about to disappear the anymore, 319 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: and now we got to beating jokers. They're pretty much 320 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: out on the floor. So shout out to the revolution 321 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: of the league. Yeah, well, I mean the revolution of 322 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: the bigs. You got to you gotta be able to be. 323 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: You can't be up back to the just a back 324 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: to the basket type guy. It's weird. You can't be 325 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: a back to it, like, you can be more of 326 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: a go bear than just a back to the basket 327 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: like they would rather just you rebound, block shots and better. Yeah, 328 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: instead of being someone they just throw the ball down 329 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: there too. So but that's why I love when I'm 330 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: beating joker do it because no one can guard them 331 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: down there, not a chance. You honest to Johanna shows 332 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: glimpses of it too, like the way your honest plays 333 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: around the basket. Next up, Money Talk presented you by 334 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: money Line, the only money app you'll ever need. Line. 335 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk shoe deals right now, pretty much there's 336 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's and then there's everybody else. But everyone else 337 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: is still making good money. I think MJ is making 338 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: about north of two hundred million a year uh from 339 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: his his shoe brand. Uh. Then we have lebron K 340 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: d Steph Kyrie who possibly lost his deal and and 341 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: and being someone who is around AU hissue game is 342 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: heavy in rotation, the color ways and everything. Kids really 343 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: love that, so hopefully this guy didn't lose his deal, 344 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: but we're not sure where that stands. But also Zion, 345 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: we got Zion, we got James Harden, we got Janice Dame, 346 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson, Jimmy and Mellow. Um we're scaling anyone from 347 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: these top guys are making twenty million per year, the 348 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: middle group of guys anywhere from eight to fourteen million 349 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: dollars a year, and then the lower third are making 350 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: anywhere from six to namillion dollars a year. So these 351 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: guys are making real money. UM on the shoe deals. Uh, 352 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about? I think there there there's 353 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: never been more of an emphasis on just shoes at 354 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: this time, and again I see it with the AU wave. 355 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: But thoughts on this. I mean, we're here in the 356 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: shoe wave. You know, you you you stepped up your 357 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: shoe game. We were traditionally vans, whereas I'm in some 358 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: vans right now, but now now you're in Travis Scotts 359 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: and Jordan's like we're in the shoe world. That money 360 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: off the court means a lot to these these fellas. 361 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: We watched k lebron kde Like you said, staff get 362 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: lifetime deals like billion dollars duals off the sneakers. Those 363 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: dudes can park their NBA checks in the bank and 364 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: not even really have to touch them. So you know, 365 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: shoe game is is a big part of off court money. Um, 366 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: I see a lot of the great thing about the 367 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: shoes to me right now is that like like Kyrie 368 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: and they they're doing numbers without tech. Like when we 369 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: came up, there was the air Max bubble, there was 370 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,959 Speaker 1: the zoom and all the different units in the bottom 371 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: of the ship. But now everything is less like simplified 372 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: color was killed, make it faster so that you know 373 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: what I mean, you can have forty different color ways. 374 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 1: I know some of these guys that do more numbers 375 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: in for instance, Clay Um probably even k D. They 376 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: probably do more numbers in China than they do in 377 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: the United States of America. And I'm I'm around the 378 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: a U programs a lot, so I see a lot 379 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: of Kyrie. He's just starting to see, you know, Jannice 380 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: as you still him wearing Dane. Well, I think Lebron's 381 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: twenties he kind of was he got to the low 382 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: cut and color way way, yeah, you know, because Lebronze 383 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: shoes have always been structured for his for his big, 384 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: strong ass, fast body, you know what I mean. But 385 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: now he's kind of cut, you know, some of the 386 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 1: bulkiness office shoe and made it like everyone else's shoe, 387 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like to me without it's 388 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: it's crazy. But Kyrie and even Paul George, like, those 389 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: are probably the two shoes I see most in the 390 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: in the AUTH circuit, you know what I mean. And 391 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: then who are some guys you feel like, uh coming 392 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: down the pipe? John Morant a LaMelo ball. You know, 393 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: we talked about this last year that you know, I 394 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: think John Morant's time is coming for a signature shoe, 395 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: and I think it's spots up in Yeah, I mean, well, 396 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: it sounds like, but I mean he's someone that they're 397 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: gonna run with his stuff, because I mean we're just 398 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: talking about this the other day on TV, Like this 399 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:17,479 Speaker 1: new Memphis Grizzlies is where the NBA is going with dancing, energy, 400 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: fun selfies, interviews look like a big old rap group 401 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: get an interview, like they just have fun out. Yeah. So, 402 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: and it's just like you know, obviously some of them, 403 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: I don't like that, but I love it. I love 404 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: their arrogance. I love just this new wave because again, 405 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: I'm still in touch with the younger kids. I'm going 406 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: to tell you, like this new Memphis team is going 407 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: to be the prototypical type of how franchise and how 408 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: we see the NBA moving forward, you know, growing. So 409 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: I think you had it. Jaw is gonna be that guy, 410 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: you know. But but a lot of what a lot 411 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: of the younger guys are going to have to realize, 412 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: you know, Luca Jah, you know what I mean some 413 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: of these younger guys is the dirt that those dudes 414 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: put in, like overseas, like you gotta go do the 415 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: China to you you can be over there for a 416 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 1: couple of weeks on the road, you know, promoting your shoes. 417 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: You know, that's the way to expand your back. You 418 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: can't just think, you know what I mean, you're gonna 419 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: get the deal and not you know, fulfill all your obligations. 420 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: Because if you do, if you do numbers, like if 421 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: you're sell in China now, you don't have to be 422 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: worried about monastic well I mean, I mean the shoe 423 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: brands know that too, so they're not letting these guys 424 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: get I mean, all these guys are going on their 425 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: summertime shoe tours. So it's interesting though, like someone like 426 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball, Like you know, who would have thought that, 427 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: you know, Puma would make a dent, uh, you know 428 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: back in the brand and LaMelo balls. We see a 429 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: bunch of these crazy color LaMelo balls at these tournaments. 430 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: So shoes are it right now, and the kids are 431 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: kind of setting the trend for him, you know what 432 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: I mean. Like it's that a uth circuit that is 433 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: kind of that next wave of kids that are, you know, 434 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: being a majority of the money being spent. Some businessman, 435 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: you got aftermarket dudes redesigning shoes you can send you 436 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: know already your two hundred four hundred pair of dollars ships, 437 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: send him to another dude, pay him another stack, and 438 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: have him chaining it around for you. Nuts. Well, that's 439 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: Kick Talks with money Line, the only money app you'll 440 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: ever need. Next step on the radar, presented you by 441 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: Draft Kings, we're gonna check odds on favor as we 442 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: speak to the NBA sixth Man of the Year, and 443 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 1: lo and behold the man that everyone was dogging. Everybody 444 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: was dogging this man. But I came out and said, 445 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: and people even gave me ship on my post that 446 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: I feel like, if Russell Westbrook bries into that sixth 447 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: man row, he can be six man a year. Whynot? 448 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: And has anyone ever been an m v P and 449 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: a six man? We won't have to stat boy then, 450 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: but I don't think. But let's get to it, man, 451 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Odds on favor Russell Westbrook because the plus 452 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: one fifty, followed by Jordan Pool at a plus two 453 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: eighty in third place. We have Christian Wood out there 454 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: in Dallas at a plus seven hundred, love Bobby Portis's 455 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: resurgence at a plus hundred, and then we have Colin Sexton, 456 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 1: Ben Mathrain, Malcolm Brogning and Bones Highland to round out 457 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 1: the field. So let's talk about Russ right now. Obviously, 458 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: Lakers struggling as a team, but he's bought into his 459 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: role and has been very effective at it, and what 460 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: we're seeing happy Russell Westbrook thoughts on Russell Westbrook, I'm 461 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 1: with it. I'm with it. I'm still I'm team rest West. 462 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: But I didn't play that. I'm tolerant that Rest West. 463 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: But you know I'm a brilliant Russell Westbeck has nothing 464 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: been kind and nice to me when I spoke to him. 465 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: He makes itself available to play basketball every game. He 466 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: doesn't take I think that's one thing, July, I don't 467 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: not to cut you off. That's so overlooking man and 468 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: age where dudes will take Todd Russ and fingernail. Russ 469 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: is fourteen season, playing upwards of seventy five games a season, man, 470 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: if not more, I think that gets lost in translation. Yeah, 471 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: I think I'm big on Russell, but I like that. 472 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: I like the grace the city of Sean know he's 473 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: from here right to you know, to take a step 474 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: back and come off the bench, you know what I mean. 475 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: I'm glad you Darving put that. You know, manifested that 476 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: and put out a live because that's something that can 477 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: really make sure that Rust gets his flowers. And I 478 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: see people auto correcting now because players pushing back on 479 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: the breast. Had you got two men, you got to again. 480 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a big fan of Rust over here 481 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: to you know, Brewing family, you know, close with his 482 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: little brod workout with his little brother every morning. Again. 483 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: I'm just happy to see him happy again because it 484 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: was it was tough out here, and like you said, 485 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: being from here, that's what made even tougher. I'm sure 486 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Was people really on uh 487 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: you know, Russ's head. But for him to be able 488 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: to turn around and embrace this, um, I think it's 489 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: been a beautiful thing. Obviously, you know there's still question 490 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: marks around that team as a whole, but I think 491 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: he's definitely embraced his role and I would love to 492 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: see you know, they said, you know, James Harden had 493 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: won a six man and then an m VP, so 494 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: you can tell on this come up. But I've never 495 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: seen anyone. No one's ever won an m v P 496 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: and then adjusted their mindset to win a six man 497 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: of a year. That's a hard thing to do. A 498 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: lot of great players couldn't make that adjustment. This is 499 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a dope six Man of the year, right 500 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: because nobody on here is really like on the Killer team. 501 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: So it's gonna flip flop. You guys are gonna go 502 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: on good runs and I feel like this might be 503 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: the most interesting on the radar we have this year. 504 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to keep eye on this because Malcolm 505 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: Bragen is going to be interesting, you know what I mean? 506 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: Um Bones Highland can potentially be a real problem. Bobby 507 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: Porter is always a great pick for six man in 508 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: a year, and now he's getting healthy and getting his 509 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: minutes back. Of course, Jordan pulls out this is what 510 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna big. I'm gonna keep an eye on this 511 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: when it's gonna be interesting. Next up one of our 512 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 1: favorite segments we haven't had in a while, but uh 513 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: fan questions, Real Trotter twelve. What's the biggest heat check 514 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: you've seen as an opponent, or have against a or 515 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: have against you? M hm, heat check. I've seen some 516 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: pretty narly Coby heat checks against Alice when he had 517 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: that whatever forty some points or thirty in a quarter, 518 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: like I've seen him like I feel, like literally past 519 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: Kobe and he had like literally dribbled in front of 520 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: field on like shot like one of them Steph Curry 521 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: logo three pointers, and he did that like the next 522 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: couple of times down the course. So I'm gonna probably 523 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: go with being Yeah, it's well documented. If if the 524 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: field was holding cold back on a couple of historical 525 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: pace scoring nights, uh, then you look over it. You 526 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: know Steve Kerve with Clay you know, with some of 527 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: plays sixty three quarters and all this kind of crazy numbers. 528 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: So I don't haven't necessarily seen like on the court 529 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: with players. I think it's more coaches to heat checking 530 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: these the players messing up the heat Awesome underscore AI 531 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: B or awesome underscore A. Does it make sense to 532 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: trade a D Mr Barnes tough question, Yes it is. 533 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: You know what three yars ago we were talking about, 534 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: you know, him being one of the best players in 535 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: the world. Obviously injuries have you know, kept him from 536 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: you know, reaching that potential. But then you see the 537 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: other night where you know he had you throw out 538 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: of thirties seven and eighteen on a on a Tuesday, 539 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: looking like moving like yeah, but that's the thing, like 540 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: you see him go up and reach for rebounds and 541 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: his back issues, So I don't know. Obviously, in that 542 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: bubble run he was incredible with That's the a D 543 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: everyone thought he would be, but injuries has kept kept 544 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: him from being that consistently, you know what I mean. 545 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: I think a lack of kind of want on his side, 546 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Be could you see sometimes 547 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: him mad that he's not like you're Anthony Davis, one 548 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: of the best power for it, like you have to 549 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: get the ball. And everyone's been saying like, and this 550 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: is my thing because we're not there. They've been saying 551 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: they're ready to hand the keys to a D. But 552 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 1: are they really you know what I mean, that's that's 553 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: what everyone you know that they're saying, that's what it is. 554 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: But you know, we've been on teams where you hear 555 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: something like that's not how it is over here. It's 556 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: still SO and SOS team. So it'll be just interesting 557 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: to see how this works. Again. Rust's bought into a 558 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: six man row. He's excelling them that Braun is your 559 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: twenty you know, I'm right right now, he's hampered by 560 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: a growing injury. Hopefully he gets better and he's not 561 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: out too much time, and then a D is just 562 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: he's the one player I feel like because I'm such 563 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: a huge fan of but like every time he hits 564 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: the ground and kind of hold my breath like that 565 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: is he gonna be okay? I mean, so they say 566 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 1: that's just not a good way to live. So um, 567 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: I hope that he can pull it together and they 568 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: can pull it together. I would hate to see this 569 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: Laker team kind of go down how Kobe's run ended. 570 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: Kobe was, you know, so proud and you know, rowed 571 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: the ship till it sunk. Um. You know, I would 572 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: hate to see that for Lebron because, like I said, 573 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: we already saw one great half, one great do it. Um. 574 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: The Lakers shouldn't be the place with the legends kind 575 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: of No, that's not that's not the brand. Brand. Don't 576 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: worry you have the brand don't work like that. So 577 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: to answer your question, should they trade him? No, I 578 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: just think they gotta figure out what this is. I mean, 579 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: the roster is pretty poorly constructed, but you gotta make 580 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: do what you got. So interesting see if they trade 581 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 1: those two draft picks to try to get something now. 582 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: Like I said, you can't look, this is your twenty. 583 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: You can't bank on next year being the year um 584 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: so or a guy making a big jump from second 585 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: to third year the first or the first to second year. 586 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: Not the way that roster is constructed. Like you said 587 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: in a D I mean maybe yo, l A is intoxicating, bro, 588 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: you know, riding around in Bugatti and Rose Royces and 589 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: ship with you know, six six cuban links on. You 590 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: know what I mean, ain't for everybody. At the end 591 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: of the day, you know what I mean, you can 592 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: easily put up a quick tile up in l A 593 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: and put your feet up, because at the end of 594 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: the day, you know, he kind of did what he 595 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: came for a kind of early, both him and Lebron. 596 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: And it's real easy to put on that purple and gold, 597 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: and you know what, all the off court opportunities. You know, 598 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: you got the spread out in Brentwood and some of 599 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: these places. You know, That's why one thing I respect 600 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: is about the Miami Guns and since they live well 601 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: out there, but they still, you know, Barrile still put 602 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: them to put them through some ship at the end 603 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: of the day when they get back in the gym, 604 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: so I know how hard that is to stay focused, 605 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: immensely talented player. I hate the fact that I wish 606 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: he would just ignore the ship. Sometimes when he falls 607 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: and ship hurts, he always grabs it something or grabs 608 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: him back. The world hold their breathfeast, you know what 609 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,719 Speaker 1: I mean. I wish like somebody would talk to him 610 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: and like tell him like ignored the ship. We watched 611 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: being walked off the Lakers court with Achilles blown up, 612 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: not even crying or doing nothing, you know what I mean, 613 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: going down and knock into free throughs. I think part 614 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: of his thing is mental. He gotta start ignoring this ship. 615 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: But hell now he shouldn't try that day. It's too late. 616 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: If we was gonna do that, we should have did 617 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: it a long time ago. And the way hell were 618 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: training him and getting something, I don't see nobody out 619 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: there that's gonna fix this team. So let's get him 620 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: right and finish this year out. Superior underscores, Say, seventy 621 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: three opponent you hated going against the most fucking ticket. 622 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: Ticket used to get on the nerves. He's talking ship, 623 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: He's getting the ball every time and ship. They're running 624 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: at four fifty to twitch ship and he getting all 625 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: them screens and ship and then't at the tide of 626 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: that when he catched it. He turned up and he 627 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: in a full ladder with his eyes. But you know 628 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: what I mean, and you know, I just have I've 629 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: had the opportunities to start against them. Then I had 630 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: the opportunities to come off the bench when this motherfucker's 631 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: already going. And that's you know how that is when 632 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: you come in off the bench and you're like, this 633 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: motherfucker's in a full ladder and already cuting. He didn't 634 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: already ran off eight on him. You know what I mean. 635 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: Now he's gonna run the boy, you know, by proxy, 636 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: because you're gonna come in. You're gonna try to get 637 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: a little bit more physical. You're gonna follow him here, 638 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: don't go to the line. You know that ship is 639 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: but ultimate competitor. I would say, between him and Antonio mcdiyce, 640 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: mcdiyce was annoying. He's just annoying. He's just six time 641 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: forty inch run. You got a weather over the right shoulder, 642 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: and you in Denver with the altitude and your lips 643 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: is turning white by the minute, catching up with so 644 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: between knows to do this. From my position, I would say, like, 645 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: I didn't hate it. I didn't hate it because I 646 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: love competition. But it was like this ship was gonna 647 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,719 Speaker 1: be annoyed. You know. That was my thing. I mean 648 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: every single night that was my job was to guard 649 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: the best players. So I definitely didn't hate it. I 650 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: ran to it um. But obviously there was motherfucker's out there, 651 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. There's there's Code, there's Team Mac. 652 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: There's Paul, there's Tracy McGrady, there's Lebron, There's Kevin Durant, 653 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: there's d Wade, there's Genobli. Come on, man, you know, 654 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm trump you having to play one through three. 655 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: There's Ray Allen. There's just guys that That's what it was. So, 656 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: I mean, to me, we I wouldn't say hate it. 657 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: I would say love it. I mean that's why I played. 658 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: I embraced that. But every night it was so many 659 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: different styles too, going to doing the same thing, like 660 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: a thirty you have to thirty point scores, way different games, 661 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: way different game one. Then I forgot to say mellow. 662 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just everyone had their own like it 663 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: wasn't not that this is a copycat league by any meaning. 664 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: But like I said, all different styles, everyone got their 665 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: buckets different ways, So the league is a ship. Don't 666 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: get it twisted. Even if six teams did on the 667 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: benches called ho, Sem there you go. That wasn't bad, man, 668 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: that sounded good. I've seen I've seen My got you, Doug, 669 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: I've seen Brown. Why isn't anyone mentioning Dear and Fox 670 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: killer start to the year. You know, you've seen me 671 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: all over ESPN. I've been promoting the ship out the Kings. 672 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: The King has actually been getting love on ESPN. Dear 673 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: and Fox came on NBA today. We talked about them 674 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: yesterday on the segment. So he's taking a big lead 675 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: and I'm happy for him. You know, this kid came 676 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: in the game. Game score quickly established that. But to me, 677 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: I was looking for that with that next step in 678 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: this game, and I think he's starting to take that 679 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: this year. From a leadership role a defensive role for sure, 680 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: I think he could be an all NBA defender. His 681 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: ability to get guys the ball where they need it, 682 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: especially with this the roster they have. They have such 683 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: a good shooting team now that are only opened up 684 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: the court for him. So man, shout out Dear and 685 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: Fox and the Kings, Mike Brown. These guys have bought in. Uh, 686 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: this team is definitely heading in the right direction. Man. 687 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: So really happy for him. I think he could be 688 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: a first time All Star if his team can keep 689 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: pace um somewhat. So really happy for him. The light. 690 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: What's so you can see that from outer space? You 691 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: did when you're playing out of me, playing out of 692 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: his mind at belt. He's got a big game tonight. Uh, 693 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: verse Kdi in the nets, so we shall see us 694 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: on t n T two. I can tell you that 695 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: like the Web era. Yeah, they had a TNT game 696 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: since Geno had hair, So it's it's a we backsack 697 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: down on t n T. But you know hair ain't 698 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: coming back, man, now it's gone for life. Well that's 699 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: a wrap, man, what's burning against? Sending love to our 700 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: brother Stephen Jackson when we love you, We miss you. 701 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: Condolences to the family. We will be seeing you soon. 702 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: But you can catch this on Showtime Basketball YouTube and 703 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: on Twitter, Instagram at TikTok at show Basketball. We'll see 704 00:33:58,640 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 1: you all next week.