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Yeah, travel 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:25.679 with several options clothing. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.440 Yeah, he brings it. He brings it. I know you'll 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.040 bring it, so no problem. 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.000 My best, all right. I can't wait for that. On 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:36.040 today's Drop podcast, we are gonna discuss Jalen Brown's future 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:39.160 with the Boston Celtics in a brand new segment. We 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:43.920 came up mere hours ago with call Read and React, 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.240 Read and Reacts. I guess sounds cooler, but it's just 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.240 read and react. Let's just read something and talk about it. 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.520 Task has Worst of the Week nominees. We got rapid fire, 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.960 fun but let's touch on last night's games quickly. I'm 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.400 gonna lump two of them together. Here. We had a 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.640 Coros three pointer to send the Cavs pass the Nets 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.919 once team one fourteen, and then Pello Bancaro and the 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.800 Magic turn back the Knicks one to eleven, one oh six. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.839 This is important, of course, Calves win, Nets lose, Nicks 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.279 lose because of where these teams are jockeying for playoff 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.080 position tasks. But I don't know if you have thoughts 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:15.839 specifically on either of those games. 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.839 Who needs March madness. We had a great ending in 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:23.200 Brooklyn there. It was a wild race on didn't seem 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.080 like the Cavs were going to pull this thing out. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.320 I'm not sure how it happened. They're down eight with 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:31.240 two minutes left, and they're still down two twenty four seconds 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.880 left to pull up the press. Somehow they got a 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.520 turnover on that press. Donovan Mitchell driving to the hoop 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.840 to try and tie the game fouled by Spencer Dinwiddie 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.159 intentionally and they were out of foul, so he goes 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:46.360 to the line. Donovan Mitchell wanted a continuation. The ref 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.520 said no, can we review that thankfully. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:48.760 No. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.280 So he goes to the line, hits one, misses the second, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.440 the best, the best misser in the world. I thought 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.440 for a second after he went after that second one 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:58.360 that maybe he missed because he's so good at missing, 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:02.080 but he maybe mispurpose. But he missed on accident. He 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:06.159 went after it, missed twice in trying to finish it 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:08.279 off there and it came out to Karroslovert. And this 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.560 is where the play started. What a play by carrislverta 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:16.080 seven seconds left, just calmly, calmly found Isaaca Carro in 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.720 the corner. Usually you'd think Carrosilvert's going to fire that thing. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.159 That's his reputation, He's going to shoot that ball with 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.520 seven seconds left, but he took his time. This is 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.119 the best version of Karislvert we've ever seen. He's grown 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:27.840 a lot as a player, even though his points per 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.440 game are way down then his earlier in his career 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.719 in Brooklyn. Find a Caro who buried that shot from three, 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.360 and he's got the confidence. He's got three straight months 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.520 of shooting forty percent over three. He does not shoot 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.040 a lot right, not by any means, but he'll hit 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:43.919 won a game he'll hit one and a half a 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.040 game in this one his first game winner and he 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.599 knew it. He said after the game, Oh yeah, that's 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.240 my first one. And he felt good shooting that ball, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.120 and he felt good having the confidence of his teammates. 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.599 But bad loss for the Nets, dropping them into the 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.000 play in tournament picture, because they should have won this thing. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.760 Yeah, they're now half a game behind the Miami Heat 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.800 for that conference's final guaranteed playoff spot. They're in seventh, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.520 and the Knicks, after losing three in a row, they're 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.200 only one and a half up. Awesome night for the Heat, Yes, 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.559 very good night. Fit. Nothing New York has seven games left, 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.960 Miami has eight. The winner that race is gonna get 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.840 Cleveland in the first round. Loser will get Boston or 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.960 Philly fairly likely. So yeah, any thoughts on the on 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.080 that Madness game In the NBA, there were some great 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.720 games and obviously the Sweet sixteen last night too, but 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:27.560 this was pretty. 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:28.480 Wild ending task nailed it. 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.400 That was March Madness because in eight pointly with two minutes, 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.600 you should probably win that game unless you turn the 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.440 ball over three times in the last couple of minutes, 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.480 which you see all the time in a March Madness game, 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.280 maybe not always in an NBA game, but that's what 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.040 happened for the Nets. It allowed Cleveland to start playing downhill, 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.960 get some easy baskets and semi transition, and then task 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:50.160 is totally right. Good poised by Carris Lavert to not 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.080 panic and just chuck up a three, cause you never 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:54.480 know how much time is actually gonna be left on 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.640 the clock. After two offensive rebounds, after Mitchell's miss, you 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.680 could just be scrambling thing. I got one second left 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.200 to chuck it up. Nah, he found a corro there 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.800 in the corner. Biggest shot of his career. I heard 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:08.760 on the Daily Ding this morning. They were saying maybe 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:14.360 the best pass of Karris Lavert's career. Great stuff regardless, 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.000 And man, Donovan Mitchell, this guy is just a clutch 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:17.840 lane violator. 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:19.480 I know to get ahead. 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.880 Yeah, they ain't watching the shooter. They were watching for 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.560 fouls underneath, so get in early. It worked out for him. Man, 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.040 He was focused though, trying to shoot that free throw, 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.000 calming hisself down, and he missed three shots. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.559 You weren't the only one like confused, if you want 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.360 to call it that, whether or not he actually meant 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.440 to miss it on purpose. I think House of Highlights 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.000 had the YouTube short and they labeled it as like 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.560 intentionally miss his free throw to set up game winner. 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.440 It's like, no, he didn't. I'm pretty sure he wanted 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:48.960 to hit the second and tie the game up, but 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.040 it came up short and he timed it perfectly again 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.000 helped out by the lane violation. Missed sort of the 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.319 easy bunny at first, somehow goes back to him again, 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.120 and then he sort of botched the second one within 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.920 the traffic and then nets player there was like two 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.360 or three of them around the ball and it just 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.880 like squirt it out to LeVert, who made a million 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:08.960 great plays down the stretch. Like you said, they were 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.440 down eight, he got it going right. He scored in 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.679 transition to cut it to six. Well, actually he was fouled, 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.000 went to the line, hit both free throws. Then he 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.559 got one of those steals off of bridges that went 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.640 the other way where he set up another basket, and 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.160 then he had that one where yeah, great trap from 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.719 Mitchell and Garland on DINWITTI I believe it was in 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:30.719 the back court, kicked ahead to Dorian Phinney Smith, but 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.839 he's sort of like falling out of bounds on the 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.120 sideline and he sort of trucks it behind him. And 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:36.640 that was LeVert and he's just got a nose for 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.240 knows for the ball in these situations and he was 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.880 a big reason why they won this game. But rough 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:43.960 loss from the nets here, especially as they fall into 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:44.480 the plane. 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.200 Yeah, and they've really been struggling basically. I mean their 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.600 season turned when Kevin Durant went down and they're I 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.480 think twelve and twenty two or something along those lines. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.920 Since then, obviously the team has completely changed over. But 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.440 they had this win. I will say I loved all 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:01.960 the sea foam green accessories. Yeah, but they were wearing 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:05.160 last night. Apparently it was for Women's Impact Night, a 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.000 nod to the New York Liberty, who also play in 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:11.480 the Barclay Center. It looks sweet black and white all 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:11.840 the time. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:12.800 It looked really really cool. 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.000 It's not pop of color there. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.480 And anything from the next game there. Losing there to 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.400 the Magic and like I said, took you through the 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.559 sort of standings. It's a tough loss. They're still in 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.079 the driver's seat, but not good here to the Rotlanto Magic. 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.079 Yeah, the Knicks seems like they peaked at the wrong time, 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.840 getting their winning streak a couple of weeks ago, ending 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.200 at nine, and then Jalen Brunson went out and he 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.840 wasn't in this game, so you could easily just attribute 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:40.120 it to that. You could just say Julius Randall sort 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.080 of sped up and Manual quickly sort of sped up. 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.160 You put in that rock in Jalen Brunson. That slows 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.200 things down, and maybe all is right in the world. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.719 But at the same time, they haven't been shooting well 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.880 for a long time. They haven't shot well the last 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.400 nine games. They're shooting about thirty three percent from three, 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.440 and I wonder if the Jalen Brunson injury is serious 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.079 or not. They have seven games to really find their 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.480 flow with Jalen Brunson. A news Day is Steve Popper 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.680 said he had a hard plastic brace on his right wrist, 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.560 which is sprained. Does that mean it's bad, I don't know, 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.439 But hard, I guess, is worse than soft, so so 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.640 I would think that it's It's slightly worrisome that they 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.360 had that role a few weeks ago when they won 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:26.280 nine in a row, and they haven't found that groove whatsoever. 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.680 Who played well last night for them, Quentin Grimes. But 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:34.480 that's right. Other than that, Julius Randall extremely peeved again, 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.920 Ban Carrol getting under his skin, Magic getting under his skin, 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.080 and they were poised down the stretch, the Magic super 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.960 poised down the stretch and you had Wendell Carter being 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.480 the calm one, you had Gary Harris being the calm 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.320 one in the fourth quarter. Well, the Knicks didn't have that, 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.400 So let's it is worry time. I think for the 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.240 nixt seven games is not a lot. And yeah, they 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:55.920 need Brunson back, yes, clearly. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.239 Any thoughts on the Knicks in the Magic. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.599 Game, I totally agree about Brunson and Randall because I 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:05.160 just feel like when Randall plays in these games without Brunson, 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.600 and he is the unquestioned number one guy, the pressure 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.839 like overloads him sometimes. I think like he was on 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.160 tilt after he got a technical thing in the first half, right, 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:19.200 and then he was just completely completely fired up, and 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.160 you know, they screaming on his own teammates exactly. And 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.439 I feel like when Brunson plays, the vibes are just 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.040 a little more chill and a little more steady for 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.520 the entire team. But I also thought that this was 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.360 kind of the schedule catching up to the Knicks. They 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.600 likely overlooked the Magic to begin with. It was also 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.199 the third game in four nights, and you could tell 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.000 it in the fourth quarter the Magic looked a lot fresher. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.440 They hit seven threes in the fourth quarter, which is 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.760 tough stuff. And like tas said, when Dell Carter Junior 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.440 completely outplayed Mitchell Robinson last night, it was all effort 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.920 and just being in the right place. Nicks looked a 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.560 step slow, so they're probably hoping the playoffs start soon. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.360 And they did this thing where they got down a 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.360 ton the Knicks did, got it all back in the 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.280 third quarter, and then still a quarter to play. Magic 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.360 took care of business down the stretch. And markol Foltz 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.480 I like to see him getting a lot of love recently. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.760 It feels like from some of the Sicko bloggers out there. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.400 He didn't have an amazing game shooting the ball in 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.319 this one, but he is playing really well for Orlando, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.720 and he had an incredible sort of dropping it over 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.160 his shoulder dime in traffic right at the net. I 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:19.440 don't know if you guys saw that it was a 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.840 Beauty assist and he's just playing really well. So it's 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.199 nice to see him like finding his footing here in 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.959 the league. Going over to the Western Conference, wins just 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:32.000 quickly here, brandon ingram first career triple double for Bi 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.760 lifted the Pelicans past to Hornets, and Kawhi scored thirty 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.400 two as the Clippers beat the Thunder without Paul George. 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.240 It was close for about three quarters as well, and 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.559 then the Clippers just hammered them in the fourth. Any 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:45.840 thoughts on either of those two games, Yeah. 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:47.640 Trey said yesterday, it's tough to beat a team twice 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.360 in a row, especially a good team. So a Thunder 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:53.000 took him on Tuesday night. And then Kawhi was angry 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.080 at the way that game ended, that long possession. So 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.120 we had Robot Kawhi. That was a sequel, Kawhi. I 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:03.840 was RoboCop too. I was eye Robot to look like Megan. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:04.480 Out maybe Terminator. 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.840 I'll go with Meghan. I mean we went to two 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:12.520 old ones. Let's stick somewhat modern. Megan technically a robot. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:16.040 No, no, just Meghan, Well, they give it time. 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:20.320 Meghan is Chucky too, Let's be honest. Chucky eight. Yes, 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.480 there was a lot of checks, but he was thirteen 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.680 to fifteen. He was a robot out there. He just 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.200 rolled over them. And that's why I think every series 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.200 that the Clippers are going to play in the postseason, 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.560 it's gonna be a seven game series. However many they play, 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.440 I don't think. I don't think they're going to be 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.200 good enough to rop teams, but they ain't losing either. 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:40.680 You see teams guys like Batoom yesterday with four threes. 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.600 Those type of guys maybe not great night in and 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.360 night out, but great every second night. So I think 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.800 we're gonna have some long ones with with the Clippers. 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.560 Two weeks remain in the regular season. Basically just over 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:56.520 two weeks, six teams in the Western Conference are tied 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.600 with thirty seven losses. Six teams with the the exact 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:04.160 same amount of losses at this point, with less than 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.800 ten games to go for a lot of these squads, 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:07.640 or all these squads at this point, j D, I 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.600 think you got the playoff picture. We can show everyone 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.360 here on YouTube, at least Pelicans now in there in 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.680 the tenth seed. You see the movement there in the 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.000 Eastern Conference. Anything jump out at you, TK. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:21.960 I mean That was a huge win for New Orleans, 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.320 taking on a team like the Hornets that they need 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.160 to beat. Go it because they're heading out on a 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:30.240 four game road trip starting tomorrow and it's basically against 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.360 good teams. They got the Blazers thrown in there. That's 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.000 kind of their only gimme for the rest of the season. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.200 So I thought, pretty good stuff for Brandon Ingram to 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.560 actually put the team on his back. Yeah, coming out 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.360 really strong in the first half. And then I thought 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.040 Yonis valen Jun has had a massive impact in the 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.160 fourth quarter. They're just posting them up every single time. 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.280 It looked like nineteen ninety eight all over again. But 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:50.960 the ball was moving, it was going into the post, 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.800 it was coming back out, it was finding guys for shots. 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.440 And then like the tast take, Kwie was so good 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.000 last night, seven for seven in the first half. But 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.720 I was almost more impressed with his player. He was 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.320 passing the ball so well, very contagious. I thought they 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:04.520 finished with thirty four assists. 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:05.040 They look great. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.720 All right, let's get to our brand new segment here 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.880 on the No Dunks Drop podcast. It's called Read and Reacts. 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:25.080 Yeah, read it reacts. 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.120 Shared some articles we read them, we react to them. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.200 It's as simple as that, but you had to have 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.240 read it on a kindle like that. Guy. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:39.040 Okay, all right, I gotta go home quick. I'll be 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:40.320 back in thirty eight minutes. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:44.680 Okay. First one, it's from ESPN's Dave Mcmanhamon and woj 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:49.000 Lebron James could play final week of the regular season. Now, 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.400 they wrote, Lebron is progressing toward a comeback from his 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.800 right foot injury, and there is increasing optimism that the 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.600 Lakers star could return to play a few games in 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.000 the final week of the regular season. Now here's the 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.840 interesting part. Lebron tweeted soon after this article he read 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.920 and reacted. This is what Lebron said, quote, there wasn't 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.760 an evaluation today and there hasn't been any target date 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.320 for my return. I'm just working around the clock every day, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.040 three times a day, to give myself the best chance 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.480 of coming back full strength whenever that is God bless 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:23.320 y'all sources. Face palm emoji. I speak for myself. That 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:27.720 was Lebron countering two of the most plugged in guys 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.399 when it comes specially to the Lakers, mcmannimon and whoach 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.680 so react. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.400 We said he's working out three times a day. All 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.920 I know is when we're leading up to the play 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.520 in tournament or the playoffs wherever they may land, start 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.360 releasing some footage from those workouts. That's what I think. 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:52.480 Start intimidating your opponent. This guy, the best of this era, 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:56.679 working out hard three times a day, shirt off, I'm sure, yelling, 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.000 screaming tight bands on the arms and making them look 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.320 uh super jacked. Let's do it. You just want to 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:07.520 see some footage advantage Lebron. I mean that part of 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.880 the game is intimidation. That's all I'm thinking. When he's 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:11.919 saying he's working out three times a day, I believe 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:15.000 him puts a lot of money into his bod, and 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:16.960 especially this time of year, I think he is this 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:20.040 is his I don't know if it's his, you know, 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.000 plast run as a number one guy, whatever it is, 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.920 it's he's taking it seriously. Why did he tweet this though? 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.280 Like this was this is strange, this part of it, 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.720 All these guys saying looks like he's probably gonna come 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.240 back in the final week of the regular season, and 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.640 he's like, I speak for myself, Well, tell me when 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.240 I'm coming back, there's no evaluation. 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.679 Sources practicing so hard that I might be back. I 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.040 will be back eventually. Oh yeah, very weird. 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:47.960 I guess we were just kind of expecting a Lebron 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:51.160 update at about this time we got a Lebron update. 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.800 But he says that's not completely the right update. But 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:55.359 then you look at their schedule and you see that 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.440 they've got the Clippers, Sons, and Jazz their last three games. Yea, 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:00.800 all of them are in LA because the last two 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.080 are home games, the other ones in away game in 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:04.360 Crypto dot Com Arena. 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:05.720 So I look at that. 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:08.640 And think, yeah, Lebron could play in the final week 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:10.560 of the regular season. Those games are going to be 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:13.840 super important. They'll have a chance perhaps at being to 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:16.800 the number six seed, depending on how things shake out 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.480 in this next week here. So I think, if it matters, 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.760 I wouldn't be surprised to see Lebron out there, because 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:24.520 ain't nobody want to go into the play in tournament, 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:25.320