Speaker 1: When the cameras rolling. I like the danger in it.
Speaker 1: Hard pounds, it defies logic. It's thrilling to me. The
Speaker 1: James hardened watch has struck gold and this is what's burning.
Speaker 1: Blockbuster trade yesterday, Jack Uh James to Brooklyn and a
Speaker 1: lot of moving pieces. So Houston Rockets will receive Victor Oladipo,
Speaker 1: Dante Exum and eight picks. The Cleveland Cavaliers will take
Speaker 1: Jared Allen and Torry and Prince Indiana Pacers received Caras
Speaker 1: Lavert and second round pick in and the Brooklyn Nets
Speaker 1: obviously get James Harden. What are your thoughts on this
Speaker 1: finally going down? We all knew it was coming. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm glad it happened. So, you know, guys like
Speaker 1: Boogie and John walk and have a respectable season, have
Speaker 1: a respectable teammate. And also James can get some where
Speaker 1: he wanted he want to play, you know, I know
Speaker 1: he will Everybody saying he needs a championship to fulfill
Speaker 1: his career, you know, And I think going to Brooklyn
Speaker 1: gives him a great chance, and I like it. It's
Speaker 1: good for basketball. I'm happy for him, and I'm happy
Speaker 1: for Kadi and Kyrie because this is a good look
Speaker 1: for him, especially in the East. There's never been an
Speaker 1: issue with James playing. I think obviously this year took
Speaker 1: on a life of its own. H He had his
Speaker 1: mind made up in the summertime or maybe last year
Speaker 1: that he wasn't coming back, and I just kind of
Speaker 1: think the way he handled it possibly could have been different.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, when James wants
Speaker 1: to play and he's ready, he's one of the best
Speaker 1: players we've ever seen, so I think he'll be happy.
Speaker 1: Um in Brooklyn, Um, what does this do with the
Speaker 1: Kyrie factor? Now? To me, I kind of thought it
Speaker 1: was almost an insurance policy. Uh, kind of Kyrie still
Speaker 1: up in the air. We don't really know what's going
Speaker 1: on with him. We saw what Stephen A. Smith said yesterday,
Speaker 1: thinking that, you know, if Kyrie wants to step away,
Speaker 1: he should retire and do what he needs to do.
Speaker 1: You and I talked yesterday a little bit, and I
Speaker 1: kind of brought up the Maya Moore situation. You know,
Speaker 1: you know you you you've spoken to Kyrie. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: like I said, social justice is on his mind. There's
Speaker 1: a lot on his mind. And I completely understand that
Speaker 1: similar to what my Moore did, My more is arguably
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the w n B.
Speaker 1: A stepped away handled her business in the social justice field,
Speaker 1: and I think she'll be returning to basketball soon. What
Speaker 1: are your thoughts with first the dynamic of Kyrie returning
Speaker 1: and then if he does possibly return, how good could
Speaker 1: this big three be? I definitely think he would return soon.
Speaker 1: You know, Um, A lot of people think that what's
Speaker 1: going on in the world today as more important than anything,
Speaker 1: especially a sport, so at some at some sport, at
Speaker 1: some uh some farm. I get it. But me as
Speaker 1: being a guy who was known as the ultimate teammate,
Speaker 1: you never leave your teammates, you know, with with with
Speaker 1: where you are with him up in the air, And
Speaker 1: I don't think that's the situation, you know. I I
Speaker 1: know he communicates with this guys, but I think he'll
Speaker 1: be back in the dynamic I have and them three guys.
Speaker 1: I mean, it has to scare everybody in the league
Speaker 1: because you know, if these guys come together, put the
Speaker 1: right guys on the bench to come in and do
Speaker 1: the dirty work. Man, these guys can definitely come out
Speaker 1: the East. But I know the NBA is looking is
Speaker 1: looking like, oh man, it's another three headed monster we
Speaker 1: gotta deal with. Well, this is trouble, and this I
Speaker 1: say this is respectfully as possible. I've never imagined Kyrie
Speaker 1: is a third option. Can you imagine your third option
Speaker 1: being that fucking good? Like? It's incredible the talent, the
Speaker 1: talent that team has. Now, do you think that Brooklyn
Speaker 1: gave up too much? Now, anytime you got a chance
Speaker 1: to put James Hard and Kevin Durant and Kyrie are
Speaker 1: being together, and and and all of them guys wanting
Speaker 1: to play together, you have to do it. I don't
Speaker 1: care who's on the bench. I don't care if you had,
Speaker 1: you know, some of some all stars from Hall of Famers,
Speaker 1: all those guys got to go to Patti's two together,
Speaker 1: got you Well, we were looking out for them. I
Speaker 1: still think their favorite in the East, obviously more than ever.
Speaker 1: Now we're all awaiting Kyrie's returned to see what this
Speaker 1: three headed monster look like. Um, next up, Houston Rockets. UM.
Speaker 1: I completely understand the frustration coming from that locker room. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously in the locker room, the goal should
Speaker 1: be winning, and anything that distracts that is obviously a distraction.
Speaker 1: We heard John Wall speak, we heard DeMarcus being as
Speaker 1: blunt as he possibly could. We heard Chris would speak,
Speaker 1: what do you feel like the attitude in Moody in
Speaker 1: that locker room is right now? Well, I mean, like
Speaker 1: I said, us being players, I see it from both sides.
Speaker 1: They have they have the right to be upset and
Speaker 1: they have they have a right to say the things
Speaker 1: they said. You know, like Bookie said, there was the
Speaker 1: disrespect started way before that interview. You know what I mean,
Speaker 1: not showing up, you know what I'm saying, looking like
Speaker 1: you not want to play. The disrespect had been started.
Speaker 1: So you know, they was waiting for a day where
Speaker 1: they have fifteen guys in the locker room that all
Speaker 1: want to be there and all the same page. And
Speaker 1: I understand it with James too. I mean once he
Speaker 1: said once he said on that contin news conference that
Speaker 1: it's a it's a relationship that can't be repaired. Then
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, I respected for going some
Speaker 1: what way he want to win the championship, because that's
Speaker 1: the only thing that's missing from his career. There's never
Speaker 1: been an issue with Harden going out there performing obviously
Speaker 1: his mind was made up and we and we didn't
Speaker 1: see the best James. We we saw a lot of
Speaker 1: shenanigans going into training camp. He comes into camp um
Speaker 1: the heavyweight champion of the world, looking like and just
Speaker 1: not performing. You know, at seventeen points a game. I
Speaker 1: think he was leading the league and assists at eleven though,
Speaker 1: but you can tell we've been amazed by him the
Speaker 1: last half full of years and we know when he
Speaker 1: wants to play and he doesn't want to play, And
Speaker 1: I think the energy was felt by his teammate. You know.
Speaker 1: It's like I said, everyone was well within their right
Speaker 1: to speak their mind, because at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: James is a superstar, but there's a whole other locker
Speaker 1: room that makes him go and makes that team go.
Speaker 1: So these guys retired of the bullshit, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: they're happy he's gone. And then on the flip side,
Speaker 1: you're receiving Victor Oludipo, someone who's on an expiring contract,
Speaker 1: but someone who plays his ass off, doesn't do much talking,
Speaker 1: just goes out there and hoops. I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: fit in great with wall and and and and would
Speaker 1: and DeMarcus coming back, p J Tucker, Eric Gordon. So
Speaker 1: now they kind of have, you know, what they're moving
Speaker 1: forward with. I wouldn't be surprised if they made some
Speaker 1: trades at the deadline. But along with who they picked
Speaker 1: up and they're a lot, they also got eight picks
Speaker 1: in the draft, you know what I mean. So I
Speaker 1: think Houston, Houston is gonna be sitting in good you know.
Speaker 1: I mean. It kind of reminds me of what the
Speaker 1: Nets did a handful of year ago with KG and
Speaker 1: Paul Pierce. They went all in with all their picks. Uh.
Speaker 1: Nothing turned up that time, what will turn up this time? So,
Speaker 1: like I said, I think the Nets are happy. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're obviously waiting Kyrie's decision or situation to
Speaker 1: get him back in the fold. I know Houston is
Speaker 1: happy just to move forward and it's gonna be some
Speaker 1: fun basketball. But I also think what these moves did
Speaker 1: is they put pressure on the Eastern Conference. They put
Speaker 1: pressure on that Eastern Conference going into the trade deadline.
Speaker 1: That guy's gotta make moves. You know. If I'm Philly,
Speaker 1: if I'm uh Milwaukee, if I'm Miami and from Toronto,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get Bradley Beale. I think Bradley Bill
Speaker 1: is someone who's been playing as hard out hottest player
Speaker 1: in the world and he's not doing nothing with Washington.
Speaker 1: I kind of just think he's wasting all his best
Speaker 1: years there. So Bradley Bill is a great two way
Speaker 1: player that really by the move the Nets may kind
Speaker 1: of push the Anti up in the Eastern Conference to
Speaker 1: kind of make some other moves. So it'll be interesting
Speaker 1: to see what happens with that. Let's not forget Carris
Speaker 1: Lavert moves to the Pacers, a blue collar team that
Speaker 1: I think is right in the mix right now in
Speaker 1: that fourth position in the East. Someone who just dropped
Speaker 1: forward the other day. A very solid, no nonsense type player.
Speaker 1: I think that's a nice pick up for Indiana. Jack Yeah,
Speaker 1: real solid. You can drop party with Katie on the court.
Speaker 1: Now you got your own team. Indiana's a solid team.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't have them being in the in
Speaker 1: the top five or six teams at the end of
Speaker 1: the season. They're gonna squeeze and they might have a
Speaker 1: chance squeezing in the playoffs. But having them going to
Speaker 1: Indiana and just being able to rock and bell officers
Speaker 1: school offensive player like he can be. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a good look for him. Absolutely gonna get plenty of
Speaker 1: shots over there the Calves. So the Calves picked up
Speaker 1: Jared Allen to add to their ever list of centers.
Speaker 1: They got five people on as centers right now, JaVale McGee,
Speaker 1: Kevin Love, Drummond Alan, and Larry Nance Jr. But I
Speaker 1: think this move does is allows them to trade Kevin Love. Now.
Speaker 1: I think Kevin Love will probably be gone before the deadline.
Speaker 1: He's tired of being in a dead end team. His
Speaker 1: career is, you know, he's on the back side of
Speaker 1: his career. But I still think a healthy Kevin Love
Speaker 1: can help any contender. So I think what that move
Speaker 1: does is definitely frees up Kevin Love. But who really
Speaker 1: knows what they're trying to do with all those centers
Speaker 1: over there right now? At the end of the day, Jack,
Speaker 1: who do you feel won this trade? Man? Brooklyn won
Speaker 1: his trade by far. You're talking about Kevin lost, like
Speaker 1: Kevin loved the Brooklyn for a little change. Hey, but
Speaker 1: now Brooklyn definitely want this trade. Man. Anytime you can
Speaker 1: get James Harden one of the best scores of all time,
Speaker 1: I mean, you you win this trade. I don't get
Speaker 1: I don't care what you have to give up. You
Speaker 1: win hands down. Yeah. Absolutely. Like I said, I think
Speaker 1: the world is excited about the possibility of this new
Speaker 1: Big three. Um. Arguably, we've never seen a scoring come
Speaker 1: I mean, we saw it in Golden State, but this
Speaker 1: may be another level of that. You know, we've never
Speaker 1: seen a scoring trio of this caliber. So I'm definitely
Speaker 1: excited to see what Brooklyn does. And it just makes
Speaker 1: you know our it strengthens our position. At the beginning
Speaker 1: of season, we both had Brooklyn coming out of the East,
Speaker 1: and it's definitely strengthened their position.