Speaker 1: Our weekly look around of what's going on. We got
Speaker 1: a great show today for you. The women's National Championship game.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that. We'll talk about the star power
Speaker 1: in the women's college game. The NBA is wrapping up,
Speaker 1: only a week left. We'll talk about some awards and
Speaker 1: who we like heading into the playoffs. Also touch on
Speaker 1: Jack's birthday party this weekend and man, we're going to
Speaker 1: Colorado next week and a lot of stuff going on. Man,
Speaker 1: So it makes you tune in. Unplugged starts now. Jack,
Speaker 1: you're in a light. Man, You're here. Hell of a weekend.
Speaker 2: I don't want to leave here, tell you that, especially
Speaker 2: being here live with this view and it's beautiful weather
Speaker 2: on the West side.
Speaker 3: Man, getting close and closer than moving out here. Bro.
Speaker 1: So we had your birthday this weekend. We started over
Speaker 1: here with the birthday dinner Friday night and then Saturday,
Speaker 1: Stack Shelby was in the building. Can you tell us
Speaker 1: what with the theme of your party was and how
Speaker 1: it went?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Picky, blinding Steam.
Speaker 2: It was a beautiful everybody understood the Assimon shout out
Speaker 2: to you and your wife. I appreciate y'all for the
Speaker 2: Friday we started off with a beautiful dinner here. The
Speaker 2: chef had everything and every meat you can name, lobster, stay,
Speaker 2: everything we had.
Speaker 3: We had a great time.
Speaker 2: Then we had the party Saturday night, shout out and
Speaker 2: stand up and putting together at the Oldish Irish pub
Speaker 2: in la I didn't know that was yeah, yeah, shout
Speaker 2: out tom Bergen's. We had a great time and it was.
Speaker 2: It was great, man, the whole all the smoke staff
Speaker 2: was there, family and friends.
Speaker 3: Piky Blinded Sting was a movie.
Speaker 1: Well, man, I'm glad the birthday went well. Officially, Happy
Speaker 1: Birthday forty six. You did it in style. We all
Speaker 1: had a blast. Everybody, like you said, everybody was dressed.
Speaker 3: To the tea. Man, it was. It was good.
Speaker 1: Although I'm not gonna lie, I mean not that I
Speaker 1: almost didn't make it, but this was the first time
Speaker 1: in probably fifteen years, brother, I took a nap to
Speaker 1: go out, because every time I took a nap to
Speaker 1: go out, I don't end up going out. But I
Speaker 1: got my ass up and we came through and it
Speaker 1: was even. You got turn out too.
Speaker 3: That's crazy.
Speaker 1: Shout out turn call in a suit back to businessman.
Speaker 1: We're nominated for a webbye Best Sports Social. Yes, shout
Speaker 1: out the whole crew, the whole roster, everyone who made
Speaker 1: that possible, Rachel Boogie, KG, Paul Rondo, Me and you
Speaker 1: Bil and Jilani, everyone behind the scenes. Man, it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's good to be recognized. It feels good. Let's get
Speaker 1: it feels good. Morning Combat YouTube is officially up and
Speaker 1: running on their Mortal Morning Combat YouTube page, part of
Speaker 1: the DraftKings Network. But Jack, I mean, we got morning Combat,
Speaker 1: we got boxing coming, we got music coming, we got
Speaker 1: football coming. We got a lot of stuff coming down
Speaker 1: the lines for all the Smoke productions in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2: I'm excited for fight times and being back in the
Speaker 2: fight game. You know, we got some big things coming.
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely looking forward to that tour coming up to
Speaker 1: We got a summer tour. We're gonna hit a few cities.
Speaker 1: So man, make sure you guys go down in the comments,
Speaker 1: yeah and shout out what city wants to come to.
Speaker 3: We're gonna go.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hit three or four cities this summer. You know,
Speaker 1: like Jack said, it's gonna be a movie. We're gonna
Speaker 1: bring people with us, gonna be a blast, man. So
Speaker 1: in the comments. Make sure you tell us what city
Speaker 1: all the smoke should come smoke at.
Speaker 2: And don't complain about us not coming to your city.
Speaker 2: If you don't put it in the comments, Come on now,
Speaker 2: talk to him, Jack.
Speaker 1: I would have to say women's basketball is as big
Speaker 1: as it's ever been or as hot as it's ever
Speaker 1: been right now, fresh off of national championship, Shout out
Speaker 1: your favorite coach of all time in person. Don Staley
Speaker 1: and her South Carolina Ladies talked to us about I
Speaker 1: only caught the light the last six minutes of the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter because we had practice yesterday, but I was
Speaker 1: trying to watch it on my phone. But what do
Speaker 1: you think about the game?
Speaker 3: Shout out to him for playing a great game.
Speaker 2: I think they did a great job of capitalizing on
Speaker 2: what they did wrong last year and semi finals to
Speaker 2: lose the game. But people was wondering why the game
Speaker 2: was so emotional for them, and me being a fan
Speaker 2: and being tuned in, I understand why. One that was
Speaker 2: a big letdown for Don slating them because they was
Speaker 2: undefeated at that point last year when they lost the hour,
Speaker 2: so that hurt and they She faced a lot of
Speaker 2: flak behind that saying they should have won this year
Speaker 2: even with Raven. Last year she was getting waved off
Speaker 2: by Kaitlyn saying she couldn't shoot. It was just disregarding
Speaker 2: her on the court. This year, she came out and
Speaker 2: guarded Kaitlyn didn't score in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 3: Raven.
Speaker 2: He got a lot of flak from getting waved off
Speaker 2: and not taking a shot and losing the game and
Speaker 2: sod it done. So the Witness game this year was
Speaker 2: special for them, especially for the whole team, and I'm
Speaker 2: glad they got it done. But shout out to Kaylyn
Speaker 2: clarok and shot out to Don stated too. I want
Speaker 2: to say this, to be at your highest moment, when
Speaker 2: people recognize you, at your highest moment, to address somebody
Speaker 2: else and give them their propacy the way she addressed
Speaker 2: Kaylyn while she was giving her trophy and saying what
Speaker 2: Kaylyn did for women's basketball. I think that was the
Speaker 2: ultimate thing and the ultimate ultimate thing to show the
Speaker 2: character of Don Staley. Bro It was a beautiful day
Speaker 2: all the way around. Even though Kaitlyn low lost, she
Speaker 2: got all her flowers. She just a very classy move.
Speaker 2: Shout out Don Staley, She's an elite company. One of
Speaker 2: a handful of men or women's coaches in the Division
Speaker 2: one era to have three national titles, Jack, I want
Speaker 2: to touch on something outside of that, and really what
Speaker 2: the star power of this tournament, from the Caitlin Clarks
Speaker 2: to the Angel Reeses to who am I missing?
Speaker 3: Ju Ju?
Speaker 1: The girl Page Becker's the big girl from Stanford. I like,
Speaker 1: what's her name?
Speaker 3: Remember her name?
Speaker 1: Brink. They really put women's basketball back on the map.
Speaker 1: So it was funny because during this run, I mean,
Speaker 1: I just felt there was so much negative energy by
Speaker 1: the outside world, by the media, some former athletes, not
Speaker 1: former athletes, but just having a real issue with the
Speaker 1: way these women got down. Whether it was shit talking,
Speaker 1: whether it was mannerisms, whether it was what they did
Speaker 1: off the court when they're not playing basketball. It was
Speaker 1: just a lot of negative energy and I didn't really
Speaker 1: like it. I think it took away from what these
Speaker 1: women are actually doing on the floor.
Speaker 2: Negativity and domaining people has become, has become attractive in
Speaker 2: his day and time, so unfortunate. And for me, I
Speaker 2: became a big fan and I applaud the women because
Speaker 2: I like the competition.
Speaker 3: I like to see the way the game have grown
Speaker 3: and if the people.
Speaker 2: Who are who are feeling like like these people want
Speaker 2: to succeed are what they're doing is not great in
Speaker 2: their eyes. I don't think it's not important to them
Speaker 2: because it's all about those women succeeding and what they
Speaker 2: want to do. They're succeeding in basketball, they're succeeding off
Speaker 2: the court when they should get to college. Bro making money,
Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. So I love it, Bro.
Speaker 2: I got daughters and to see women to thrive and
Speaker 2: what was a men's sport for so long, I love
Speaker 2: to see it.
Speaker 3: Bro.
Speaker 1: The Iowa Yukon semi final game broke records fourteen point
Speaker 1: two on average viewers throughout that game. That's more than
Speaker 1: the World Series last year, more than the NBA Finals
Speaker 1: last year, more than the Daytona five hundred since twenty thirteen,
Speaker 1: every Masters since twenty thirteen. I mean, it's just it's
Speaker 1: a beautiful thing for women's basketball. My question, does this
Speaker 1: energy translate over to the wnbas.
Speaker 3: And this year? I hope, I mean I definitely hope.
Speaker 2: So I think you know the biggest thing about what's
Speaker 2: what's coming out is even if she don't take it serious,
Speaker 2: just the fact that somebody's offering Kitten with the Big
Speaker 2: Three five million dollars, it's a lot of parlay and
Speaker 2: a lot of things she could do from that when
Speaker 2: she's getting offered that, and she won't make that in
Speaker 2: the WNBA. So other players, other women are gonna start
Speaker 2: looking at that, and there's gonna be other companies and
Speaker 2: other opportunities. That's giving these players, even overseas, better opportunities
Speaker 2: to make more money, you know, because he's gonna have
Speaker 2: some players Matt that don't want that, wasn't coming to
Speaker 2: play basketball and make the money, don't want to be famous,
Speaker 2: don't care about the w BNBA. They care about their families.
Speaker 2: That's how we was coming up. We was worried about
Speaker 2: getting the dollar first. So if it's an opportunity for
Speaker 2: a lady that's playing in college basketball and she can
Speaker 2: go overseas and make five to ten million, we might
Speaker 2: not see him in the NBA.
Speaker 3: So I hope this is waking the NBA up.
Speaker 2: NBA, Yeah, like I mean WNBWNBA up to see how
Speaker 2: importland girls women like Kaitlyn is for basketball.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean. You got to give them
Speaker 3: what they work now and stop making them.
Speaker 1: Wake star power in college this year, and obviously the
Speaker 1: WNBA has been, you know, steadily increasing its viewership and
Speaker 1: awareness around sports. So hopefully I'm hoping these young group
Speaker 1: of stars can can continue to translate into the w
Speaker 1: NBA continue to grow that game. Something hot that came
Speaker 1: across the ticker last night was coach cal officially the
Speaker 1: new head coach of Arkansas. He can getting five year
Speaker 1: deal ending a fifteen year roma Kentucky where he kind
Speaker 1: of the face of the one and done era.
Speaker 3: Jack.
Speaker 1: There's a ton of guy, you know, Boogie, somewhat friend
Speaker 1: of the program, John Wall, the ads, you know, a
Speaker 1: handful of guys that are leaving this year. Unfortunately won
Speaker 1: only one championship, but really did a lot for college basketball.
Speaker 1: And obviously, you know, one of the main faces of
Speaker 1: Kentucky basketball.
Speaker 2: I think I respect the most about him was how
Speaker 2: many kids that he got to the NBA. You know,
Speaker 2: he told those kids, look, I can't promise you multiple
Speaker 2: championships of four or five years in school, but I
Speaker 2: can promise you can get to the NBA. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: put you on that platform and all the pros. And
Speaker 2: he got big name pros. You know, I commend him
Speaker 2: for that. He may not have that many championships, but
Speaker 2: as a coach getting guys to their dream I think
Speaker 2: he's one of the best at it.
Speaker 1: The Tyson Chicken family, longtime friends are kind of what
Speaker 1: we're hearing are the people that are back in this
Speaker 1: salary and also throwing five million dollars towards NIL. So
Speaker 1: that's obviously going to put Arkansas right in the mix.
Speaker 1: Like you said, kids, whether it's going to the pros
Speaker 1: or going into college, kids are looking for money now
Speaker 1: and you know, with the Tyson family throwing that much
Speaker 1: money at NIL, should be real interesting to see what
Speaker 1: kind of recruits he's able to get. Book congratulations. I
Speaker 1: think it's a good good time. I mean, Kentucky gets
Speaker 1: a fresh start, cal gets a fresh start, and looking
Speaker 1: forward to see what both schools do coming up next year.
Speaker 1: The a's baseball news are going up I eighty to
Speaker 1: my hometown of Sacramento and we'll be playing there for
Speaker 1: the next three years as they finalize the deal. In
Speaker 1: Las Vegas, that's kind of the last stop right there, Jack,
Speaker 1: that that parking lot we used to go to that
Speaker 1: held the oracle and in the Oakland Coliseum. There's no
Speaker 1: more professional sports in Oakland.
Speaker 2: Yes, it sucks, man, I know, I just feel for
Speaker 2: the city. The city been dedicated to those teams for
Speaker 2: so long. It meant so much, brought so much revenue
Speaker 2: to those people that was working there.
Speaker 3: You know, the rent is every day.
Speaker 2: So hopefully they can find a way to kind of
Speaker 2: supplement that and give those people more jobs.
Speaker 3: But you know, I just feel sorry for the city open.
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's ever been a city to
Speaker 1: lose three professional teams within what five six years. It's crazy,
Speaker 1: Like you said, the organic energy from that fan base
Speaker 1: even when the teams were shitty, because all those teams
Speaker 1: went through shitty phases, but there was still a lot
Speaker 1: of love out there. So we'll be back with the
Speaker 1: Big Three this year. First game they're going out there, Yeah,
Speaker 1: first game dilections.
Speaker 3: That's dope.
Speaker 1: So you know, send it our love out to the
Speaker 1: Bay obviously our second home. One week left in the
Speaker 1: NBA season, seemed like the season is flown by. Let's
Speaker 1: touch on a few awards. The Big Ones. MVP Jokich's
Speaker 1: odds on Huge favor minus four thousand as the favorite
Speaker 1: to win. He's on a typical Yokis line. Twenty six,
Speaker 1: twelve and nine. Denver's tied for first with Minnesota in
Speaker 1: the Western Conference SGA thirty point six, rebounds, five assists.
Speaker 1: Okac was under five hundred last year. Now they're techley
Speaker 1: second in the West. We'll touch on that a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Luca Lucas getting hot at the right time.
Speaker 1: Thirty four to ten and nine, quer high in points,
Speaker 1: rebounds of three point shooting season high seventy three league
Speaker 1: high excuse me, seventy three over this last month, the
Speaker 1: Maps are the hottest, one of the hottest teams in
Speaker 1: the game at fourteen and two. Kyrie, he just had
Speaker 1: a big game last night. And last but not least, Minnesota,
Speaker 1: who both the number one defense in the NBA, tied
Speaker 1: for first in the West, and man is on his
Speaker 1: way to being a superstar. Twenty six, five and five,
Speaker 1: first fifty win season since ticket in four. So four
Speaker 1: great candidates right there. You know, you could probably obviously
Speaker 1: throw Jason Tatum in there and what he's been able
Speaker 1: to do this year with the Celtics, but it's really
Speaker 1: looking like that the MVP is gonna come out of
Speaker 1: the Western Conference. Out of those four guys right there.
Speaker 1: Who are you looking at it? Who youking? It's so close?
Speaker 2: I'm going with you know, I think Minnesota and Denver
Speaker 2: would be one of the two teams that end up
Speaker 2: number one. So if Denver wins, and Yogas definitely deserves it.
Speaker 2: But if Minnesota wins, I think I think a man
Speaker 2: deserves the MVP. If something crazy happens, well, okay, see
Speaker 2: he ends up in number one spot.
Speaker 3: I think Shot deserves it. So whoever wins up in
Speaker 3: the number one spot.
Speaker 2: With those three guys being so dominant this year and
Speaker 2: being such important players on their teams, I think whoever
Speaker 2: wins up in number one spot.
Speaker 3: They get the MVP.
Speaker 1: I love both those guys you mentioned, but I'm also
Speaker 1: looking at SGA and and how young that team is.
Speaker 1: There's no other star on that team. I mean there's
Speaker 1: young up and comings, but there's no other official star.
Speaker 1: This team was under five hundred last year, and this
Speaker 1: dude's been absolutely amazing and and doing it without saying
Speaker 1: a word, just his his clever uh Instagram handle. So
Speaker 1: I think it's a great run this year. And then
Speaker 1: obviously Luca hot his teams are you know, around that
Speaker 1: four five six space in the Western Conference right now.
Speaker 1: But guys are really playing good basketball and I'm definitely
Speaker 1: uh looking forward to the playoffs this year.
Speaker 3: Dallas.
Speaker 1: Dallas is gonna be scary Jack again hot at the
Speaker 1: right time. Luke and Kyrie really seemed like they're jelling.
Speaker 1: Kyrie's playing all the games, uh, performing like we know
Speaker 1: he could perform. He had a crazy game winner uh
Speaker 1: not too long ago with the left hand for the
Speaker 1: free throw line. This end of the season is going
Speaker 1: to be good, and I'm definitely looking for the playoffs.
Speaker 1: You gotta think that the play in situation is the Lakers,
Speaker 1: the Kings, the Warriors, and the Pelicans all solid, yeah,
Speaker 1: or you know, the Kings and Pelicans younger. But then
Speaker 1: you know kind of the changing of the guard with
Speaker 1: if Golden State ends up playing, you know, the Lakers
Speaker 1: in that playing situation. So a lot of excitement coming
Speaker 1: up over the next month in the NBA. We're definitely
Speaker 1: looking forward to it.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: Moving on to the Defensive Player of the Year, Wemby
Speaker 1: and go Bear the Battle of the Frenchman. Go Beart's
Speaker 1: favored minus three thousand, Wemby is plus one thousand. Let's
Speaker 1: take a look at their stats, Wemby at three and
Speaker 1: a half blocks a game. Over the last month, he's
Speaker 1: been averaging four blocks a game to go with the
Speaker 1: one point three steals and eleven rebounds per game. Go
Speaker 1: Bear two and a half blocks a game, point six
Speaker 1: steals and twelve rebounds a game, and he's the anchor
Speaker 1: of the number one defense. Last week, Draymond Green said
Speaker 1: he changes his stance. He says Wemby should win the
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year with what he's doing defensively.
Speaker 1: I don't know what lab they created him in. He's
Speaker 1: been absolutely incredible, Jack, and you're big on that. You know,
Speaker 1: you feel like, you know, obviously he's been doing his job.
Speaker 1: They're just a young team. It's not very good. But
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the defensive battle for those
Speaker 1: two guys right there?
Speaker 2: I honestly feel like if Wemby was on a better
Speaker 2: team man, like you said, I think he'll be up
Speaker 2: for the m v P.
Speaker 3: And Defensive Player the Year. You know what I mean,
Speaker 3: He's defensive played a year.
Speaker 2: For the way he's playing, carrying the team offensively and
Speaker 2: being able to do that defensively. Go Where's is solely
Speaker 2: respected to play defensive block shot. He's not expected to
Speaker 2: do anything on the offensive end, so and it is
Speaker 2: a defensive player.
Speaker 3: With year Wald Gobert does. Gobart does his job to
Speaker 3: a t.
Speaker 2: But I'm going with a young fella man able to
Speaker 2: do that at a young age, his first year man,
Speaker 2: I think it hands down, he should get it.
Speaker 1: Wenby's numbers across the border better. It's just a different
Speaker 1: styles of teams. You know, if go Beart does this,
Speaker 1: when it does win this, he puts him in elite
Speaker 1: elite defensive Stanleys will be his fourth defensive player of
Speaker 1: the year. You know, only person in that category is
Speaker 1: Ben Wallace and to Kim Bavin Tumbo. You know, so
Speaker 1: you got to put him if he wins one more
Speaker 1: in his career. I mean, you got to talk about
Speaker 1: him as one of the greatest defensive centers of all time.
Speaker 1: And there's some people that are standing around us that
Speaker 1: don't really like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean the numbers don't lie, right. I mean,
Speaker 2: you can you can not like him as a person.
Speaker 2: You can not like his game or how that he's
Speaker 2: not an aggressive type of player, but he gets the
Speaker 2: job done and what he's paid to do.
Speaker 3: And like I said numbers don't lie.
Speaker 1: Coach of the Year Mark Dinnegel, excuse me if I
Speaker 1: mispronounced his last name over there, okay see Chris Finch Minnesota,
Speaker 1: Jamal Mosley in Orlando. They've had a huge turnaround. And
Speaker 1: then obviously Missoula. Missoula was someone that you know, took
Speaker 1: a lot of flak last year during the playoff because
Speaker 1: a lot of people said he was out coached. Boston's
Speaker 1: done absolutely everything they can do this year, a best
Speaker 1: record in the league, playing great basketball, and probably I
Speaker 1: wonder who odds on favorite, but I'd probably say that,
Speaker 1: you know, they're right there with Denver as a odds
Speaker 1: on favor to win a championship. But out of those
Speaker 1: four or five coaches, Jack, who do you like the most?
Speaker 2: I would go Minnesota coach, considering that, you know, another
Speaker 2: fifty one season that they had since two thousand and
Speaker 2: four and the way they playing, man, that one of
Speaker 2: the best teams in the league. And uh, I don't
Speaker 2: think they've been at the top of the West like
Speaker 2: this in a while, so, you know, consistently, So I
Speaker 2: like him. But what okay see coach is doing with
Speaker 2: those young guys. You know, he has to be in
Speaker 2: a conversation.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean obviously to Jamal Mosley, you know, someone
Speaker 1: who's kind of helped return around, you know, with that
Speaker 1: young core, the Orlando Magic. And then you know Missoula
Speaker 1: has his team with the best record in the league.
Speaker 1: But I'd probably go with the Okay se coach again
Speaker 1: just you know, obviously one superstar and a bunch of
Speaker 1: young talent that is you know, bought in and shuck
Speaker 1: playing together and it's fun to watch and they're definitely
Speaker 1: they definitely have next uh next up. Most improved Player.
Speaker 1: Maxi is the favorite, followed by Kobe White and Jalen Williams,
Speaker 1: one of those young stars up and coming stars over
Speaker 1: at Okay, see out of those three guys, Jack, who
Speaker 1: you relevant?
Speaker 2: I ain't gonna lie, it's hard. Maxi has been doing
Speaker 2: this for a couple of years now. That Jaden Williams
Speaker 2: kid Okay, see nice. He even came out of nowhere
Speaker 2: bro for just considering that he should have been won
Speaker 2: award or something by now you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2: I'm going with Maxie, Maxi, Maxican the last couple.
Speaker 1: Of years, agreed, I think you know it was it
Speaker 1: was it was a blessing in disguise for Okay or
Speaker 1: for Philly to lose Harden because they gave Maxi a
Speaker 1: real chance to kind of blossom.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Maxi's been that one consistent for Philly, you know, averaging
Speaker 1: nearly twenty six points a game, six assists for rebounds.
Speaker 1: You know, Embiid has been out a lot of the season,
Speaker 1: So I definitely think it's time for Maxi to step
Speaker 1: up and get that most improved six man. Uh tight
Speaker 1: race between Malik Monk and Nas Reed per DraftKings, they
Speaker 1: say those guys are odds on favorite, but I also
Speaker 1: like Norman Powell with the Clippers and what Bobby Ports
Speaker 1: has been able to do out there with the Bucks.
Speaker 1: Out of those four guys right there, Jack, who you like?
Speaker 2: I will go with Monk, but he's hurt and uh
Speaker 2: nas Red coach him at the oposer game. He had
Speaker 2: a tough start to his career and now he's with
Speaker 2: Minnesota at the top of the West and he's playing
Speaker 2: solid minutes off the bench.
Speaker 3: I gotta go with na I'm not mad.
Speaker 1: Nazrie was my favorite free agent coming into this season,
Speaker 1: and so they did a great job by resigning him.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna be a homer here. Even though you know,
Speaker 1: Milik Monk just went down last week. I think he's
Speaker 1: had a hell of a season. Man, He's raised his number,
Speaker 1: he raises play, he's a he's a difference maker. The
Speaker 1: whole game shifts when Malik Monk comes on the floor.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with Malik Monk in hopes for
Speaker 1: his first six Man.
Speaker 3: Of the Year award.
Speaker 1: Now, fan questions, Jack, I'll let you start it off.
Speaker 3: I fuego three six nine.
Speaker 2: If Adam Silva asks you for advice on the direction
Speaker 2: of the NBA over the next five years, what would
Speaker 2: you say.
Speaker 1: Man, we got to bring some defense back in the game.
Speaker 1: I think we have to find a way to, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously keep scoring, but allow these guys to play defense,
Speaker 1: because I think it's it's getting to the point where
Speaker 1: it's you know, I mean, the playoffs they obviously picked
Speaker 1: the defense up, but during the season it's just a
Speaker 1: it's it's.
Speaker 3: Brother in law.
Speaker 1: They call brother in law defense.
Speaker 3: You score, I score.
Speaker 1: How they used to call this, So I think that
Speaker 1: would be my only thing is is work defense back
Speaker 1: in the game, Because I think the games as big
Speaker 1: as it's ever been, is continuing to grow. These young
Speaker 1: superstars are very talented, and I would just like to
Speaker 1: see defense in a little bit more, you know, competitiveness,
Speaker 1: and I think that comes from the defensive side. Majo Zato,
Speaker 1: name one moment you can go back to and relive
Speaker 1: in your career. Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 2: I would love to go back and relived the Golden
Speaker 2: State days. That was the best days of my career.
Speaker 2: We played well, we had a great time, and I
Speaker 2: got bonds for that may forever during that time. So
Speaker 2: I would go back to Golden State days.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back there with you. Then, Jack, we
Speaker 1: travel back again, and I'm go ahead and going back
Speaker 1: there with you. I mean, just the way we moved, man,
Speaker 1: we moved. We moved as one on and off the court.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: We got you at the end of January, and it
Speaker 1: didn't click on the court instantly, but off the court
Speaker 1: it clicks. I knew it was only a matter of
Speaker 1: time before on the court it clicked, and we got
Speaker 1: on a crazy run to even make the player us.
Speaker 1: But again, I think the friendships in the brotherhood we developed,
Speaker 1: you know, over that time was was was second to
Speaker 1: none man, So, yeah, definitely, we believe. And the city
Speaker 1: is so dope. Man, they was really fucking with us
Speaker 1: back then.
Speaker 2: We gotta hold them down even more announced. We gotta
Speaker 2: go back more often for real. At Brookside Bird, At
Speaker 2: this hotel you stayed at as a NBA player, Matt.
Speaker 1: I'd probably say the hotel in okac because they say
Speaker 1: it's haunted. I never had no issues there, But they
Speaker 1: say the hotel at okay See is haunted. So I
Speaker 1: mean outside of that, I mean we were blessed. I
Speaker 1: mean we're five stars.
Speaker 3: I got one for you.
Speaker 2: Memphis, the Old Peabody, it was the old hotel. It's
Speaker 2: actually the hotel where they shot the movie Bernie MC
Speaker 2: and Samuel Jackson sol Men. So men, they actually shot
Speaker 2: a lot of that in that hotel. But the duck
Speaker 2: remember they have the ducks. Yeah, the ducks walk out
Speaker 2: in this old hotel. But it's super haunted.
Speaker 1: Now outside, there's a maybe two or three four places
Speaker 1: that had hotels that are, but most of the time
Speaker 1: it's five star soft pedal service.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: N k Iroff, If you're going to add a current
Speaker 1: or former NBA player to the show, who would it be?
Speaker 2: Something like a Hall of Famer, somebody you know who's
Speaker 2: won awards, who's way more credible than us, you know,
Speaker 2: who has multiple rings, you know, somebody like you know,
Speaker 2: I don't know, somebody likes Jordan and somebody.
Speaker 3: They gotta be somebody like.
Speaker 2: That, because anybody else that come up here it ain't
Speaker 2: gonna work. You gotta be somebody bigger than us, the biggest.
Speaker 1: I would say Iverson, Oh, that would be dope. I
Speaker 1: would say, bring Chuck on. You know, he ain't got
Speaker 1: a ring, but you know everything he did and he's
Speaker 1: one of us.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's big, bro.
Speaker 1: So I probably say at Alan Iverson to.
Speaker 3: Ir the tank, how does it feel to be finally understood?
Speaker 1: It's kind of a loaded question. I think for both
Speaker 1: of us, there's been huge misconceptions about who we are
Speaker 1: as as as people, as men, as teammates. You know,
Speaker 1: both of us are very well respected by our teammates
Speaker 1: and our peers, but the media may have a certain
Speaker 1: taste in their mouth or ideal of who they think
Speaker 1: we are. But I think obviously post career, we both
Speaker 1: you know, started doing media, which was unexpected for both
Speaker 1: of us, and then ended up building this show and
Speaker 1: really got a chance to show I think who we
Speaker 1: are as people, and you know what kind of levels
Speaker 1: and vibes we're coming with. So but to be honest
Speaker 1: with you, man, it's never really it's never really mattered
Speaker 1: to me whether I was understood or not, because I
Speaker 1: feel like the people that don't take the time to
Speaker 1: get to know me, I don't really give a fuck
Speaker 1: what they say. You know, I care about my circle
Speaker 1: and my friends and family that are really close to
Speaker 1: me and what they care. And I know there's a
Speaker 1: lot of love there. So it's cool to be understood,
Speaker 1: I guess, but it's never really mattered to me.
Speaker 3: Ditto.
Speaker 1: Well, Jack man, I'm glad you're out here in sunny La. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're taking in this weather. We got a big one
Speaker 1: coming up this week our brother Buster Rhymes Bust the Bus,
Speaker 1: so you see, if you're working out good, make sure
Speaker 1: you check that out. That drops Thursday one ATSP YouTube
Speaker 1: and the DraftKings Network. Also, we're headed to Colorado next
Speaker 1: week prime time. We go see Dion and then also
Speaker 1: go to Jake Plumber, former NFL quarterback, has an amazing
Speaker 1: mushroom farm out there, So me and Jack are gonna
Speaker 1: go get dedicated elevated shroomy.
Speaker 2: A lot of health benefits behind the mushroom game, so
Speaker 2: we want to learn a lot about it.
Speaker 1: Christina said, they're cooking us what kind of mushroom lion
Speaker 1: Main's Taco brain food. So we will be elevated mentally
Speaker 1: and physically next week in Colorado. Man, So appreciate you
Speaker 1: guys tuning in. Make sure you stay tuned for all
Speaker 1: the great ship that all the Smoke Productions is doing. Man,
Speaker 1: we're coming boxing, MMA, football, music, culture, oh nine.
Speaker 3: See y'all next week from Cash at That Pedro