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I hope all of you guys are 36 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: having a great weekend. I am coming to you from 37 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: the studio today, finally, not from a cruise ship, not 38 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: from a lake in Washington, from the studio. I slept 39 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: in my own bed last night for the first time 40 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: since July, which I really appreciated as much as I 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: had fun on this vacation and it was great, and 42 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: I have a lot of stories from it. Um, it's 43 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: just a long time to be away, to get out 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: of my routines, so I'm very excited to be back. 45 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: I work out with a bunch of college athletes and 46 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: professional athletes that come back in town over the summer, 47 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: and I was training with some of them this morning 48 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: and it was rough. I'm very, very out of shape, 49 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: but that said, it's good to get act, to get 50 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: back in the routine. It feels good to be back 51 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: in this room and to be talking about basketball. Um. 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about Draymond's extension today, why I think 53 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: he deserves a MAX and why I disagree with a 54 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: lot of the discourse that's floating around him, particularly for 55 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: Warriors fans. We're gonna talk about Lebron James extension. Why 56 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: I don't think he wants to leave, but I do 57 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: believe he would if things went a certain way. We're 58 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Zion's contract clause having to do with 59 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: his weight in his body fat percentage, why I think 60 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: that's actually important, even though it's a little bit uncomfortable. 61 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: In the last but not least, I'm gonna tell you, guys, 62 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: which guy I think will be traded first, Kevin Durant 63 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: or Donovan Mitchell. At the very end, I'm going to 64 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: share some of my stories from vacation, just my thoughts 65 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: about the Pacific Northwest and about Alaska and some of 66 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: the geology stuff. I get nerdy about some of that 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: geology stuff, but I'm gonna say that for the very 68 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: very end of the show before we get started today, though, 69 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: I wanted to talk about Bill Russell for just a 70 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: quick second. Um. He obviously passed away today at eighty 71 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: eight years old. You know there he had such a 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: monumental impact on the world that goes so far beyond 73 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: the game of basketball. And to be quite frank, there's 74 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: just a lot of people that are far more qualified 75 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: to talk about that stuff than I am. I don't 76 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: have anything to offer their Bill's story tells itself, and 77 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: there will be people that can tell that story better 78 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: than I can. You guys know me, I'm all about 79 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: the basketball. But even if we just focus down in 80 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: on the basketball, he's one of the founding fathers of 81 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: this game. You know, I love this game so much, 82 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: and this game has given so much to me and 83 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: to my family, and I don't I look at it 84 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: in the sense that we wouldn't have these opportunities surrounding 85 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: the game of basketball without people like Bill and the 86 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: things they did to grow the game, the things they 87 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: did to help the game survive during its infant stages, 88 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: to allow it to get to the point where the 89 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: next person could grab the baton and carry it further 90 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: and further. All of you kids who are playing in 91 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: high school, all of you kids who are playing in 92 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: college and getting your school paid for, all of you 93 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: kids that are playing overseas, whatever it is that you're 94 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: doing with the game, if you're coaching, if you're covering, 95 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: even if you're just a fan, this game is where 96 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: it is today in large part because of people like Bill. 97 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: And he was around during a time when it wasn't 98 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: easy to be an NBA basketball player. There wasn't immense wealth, 99 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: there wasn't you know, this immense fame that came with it. 100 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: And obviously I don't need to get into it, but 101 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: for him, on the race side of things, it was 102 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: incredibly difficult and so from that standpoint, I'm just incredibly 103 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: thankful for everything that Bill Russell did for the game 104 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: of basketball, is so that all of us who are 105 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,559 Speaker 1: taking part in the game in some way, shape or form, 106 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: are able to do so the way that we do so. 107 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: Rest in peace to Bill Russell. UM condolences to his family, 108 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: and I hope we spend a good amount of time 109 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: this week just kind of reminiscing and telling his story 110 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: in more detail, because it's a story that is worth telling. UM, 111 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: don't forget to follow me on Twitter at Underscore Jason LT. 112 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: Don't forget to subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel, so 113 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,119 Speaker 1: you guys don't miss any more of our videos going forward. 114 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: And if for whatever reason, if you guys miss one 115 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: of these videos and you can't get back to YouTube 116 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: to finish it, we do release them in audio form 117 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: on our podcast feed under Hoops Tonight, which you can 118 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: find anywhere that you find your podcasts. All right, let's 119 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: get into this Draymond Green extension. So, you know, there 120 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: was very interesting kind of shift in ideals as we 121 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: went from this championship season to the following season. Right 122 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: we went from you know, Joe Lake of kind of 123 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: saying like, oh, all right, the biggest luxury tax bill ever. 124 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: I'll pay whatever I need to pay. We're gonna go, 125 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna make this work. We make more revenue than everybody. 126 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna do this. And then they let OUTO Porter Jr. 127 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: Go and they like Gary paid in the second go, 128 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: and I thought they would let one of those guys go, 129 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: but they ended up letting both of those guys go. 130 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: And then Joe like It basically came out and said 131 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: and like, hey, like, I can't realistically pay all of 132 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: this money. So and that's to be expected. With the 133 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: way that the luxury tax compounds on itself, with the 134 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: way that the penalties work, it's just really difficult to 135 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: consistently field the roster as expensive as the Warriors is. 136 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: So we knew that somebody was gonna get squeezed, you know, 137 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: And and it was always possible that Draymond might be 138 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: that guy. But as always is the case in these situations, 139 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, and I think this is a byproduct of 140 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: stand culture. We have, like these fan bases that aren't 141 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: only fans of the teams, they're fans of the players. 142 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: And then it turns into this like let him go. 143 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: He's not worth the max anymore, and now we're just 144 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: going to rewrite history and pretend like he wasn't massively 145 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: influential in this era of Warriors basketball. And I have 146 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: a problem with that. And it's not specifically with the Warriors. 147 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: Like I said, I've seen Lebron fans do this. I've 148 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: seen Katie fans do this, I've seen Steph fans do this. 149 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: They kind of drive down the value of their role 150 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,559 Speaker 1: players to try to elevate the success of their favorite player. 151 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: And it's it's a it's kind of a downside to 152 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: the way that we cover the game of basketball. I 153 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: think it's I don't think we do a good enough job. 154 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: Draymond Green has done a great job of kind of 155 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: conveying this point. But we as basketball media do a 156 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: good enough job of expressing the way that basketball games 157 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: are one. Because basketball games are one in a very 158 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: complicated manner, and often with things that are not celebrated enough, 159 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: we just focus, because of the entertainment value on what 160 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: the star does. And don't get me wrong, a star 161 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: impacts winning in basketball more than most sports. So there's 162 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: a good reason why we do put so much credit 163 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: on the stars. But I think we've gone too far 164 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: in that direction and now we've begin to undervalue this. 165 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: The reality is that Draymond Green contributes to winning more 166 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: than a lot of players that are currently on max contracts. 167 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton just signed a max contract to stay with 168 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns. Right, did you think DeAndre Ayton was 169 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: a better playoff player this year than Draymond Green was? Now, 170 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: I know that Deandreyton is a more polished offensive player, 171 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: but if you actually look at impact on winning, Draymond 172 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: Green did more who helped the Warriors win basketball games 173 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: in this playoff run. Then DeAndre Ayton did to help 174 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns win playoff games. And there was no 175 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: question that DeAndre Ayton deserved Max. But because of the 176 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: way that we look at the game, and because we 177 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: don't properly, you know, distribute credit for the way that 178 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: basketball games are one, a lot of the things that 179 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: Draymond Green does goes un celebrated. You know. I always 180 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: talk about how there's a list of responsibilities that have 181 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: to get accomplished on a basketball court. It's not as 182 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: simple as STEPH coming up, coming off of a ball 183 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: screen and knocking down a three point shot. There are 184 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: all these different things that are happening on the court 185 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor, between rebounding, defensive assignments. 186 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: You know, even within just rebounding, there's boxing out, there's 187 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: crashing from the perimeter right, there's there's there in general 188 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: just floor distribution and rebounding so that you don't give 189 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: up transition opportunities. That's just looking at rebounding. When we 190 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: look at the way that plays operate and the screening 191 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: actions that are required, that the things that are done 192 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: as decoys so that other people have opportunities. I mean 193 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: Steph Curry himself operates as a decoy a good percentage 194 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: of the game. Then we go to the defensive end 195 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: of the floor and you look at guys who are 196 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: lock and trail defenders that chase shooters off of screens. 197 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: We look at wing defenders that guard the bigger physical 198 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: wings in the league and try to prevent them from 199 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: getting to their spots. We have really, really intense you know, 200 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: we have so many good guards in the league that 201 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: can get dribble penetration. There are defenders that their sole 202 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: responsibilities to try to contain dribble penetration, and then we 203 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: have back line defenders, rim protectors, you know. There there's 204 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: just you know, guys who defend and screen and roll 205 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: in a bunch of different ways. There are just so 206 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: many things that need to be done on a basketball court, 207 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: and when you have a guy like Draymond who checks 208 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: so many of those boxes for you, it makes it 209 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: so that Steph Curry, who has some limitations in those areas, 210 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: can just be unbelievably great at the things he's unbelievably 211 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: great at, which is putting the ball in the basket, 212 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: moving without the basketball, and being a leader that he 213 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: doesn't have to worry about so many of those other things. 214 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: This is why we always called Draymond Green a star 215 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: role player. Just because he doesn't do the superstar, high 216 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: end House of highlights types of things doesn't mean he's 217 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: not a star. His impact on the game, the way 218 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: he impacts winning, is the same as that of a star, 219 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: and so because of that, he very easily deserves him 220 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: MAX Golden State in this playoff run was plus one 221 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen and seven hundred and three minutes with 222 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: Draymond Green on the floor, they were minus six and 223 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty three minutes with him off during 224 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: the regular season, they were two point three points better 225 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: per one Hunter possessions with him on the floor versus 226 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: with him off. The only stat that has ever appropriately 227 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 1: measured Draymond's impact on winning is the scoreboard. It has 228 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: never been a thing that you could make a highlight 229 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: reel of it. You know, I was, I was talking 230 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: with Sam as Fondiari, who covers the Warriors with the 231 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: guys uh from Light Years, and they a great job. 232 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: If you're a Warriors fan looking for dedicated Warriors coverage, 233 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: that's another great place to go. You know, we were 234 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: we were talking about the difference between Wiseman and Draymond, 235 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: and Sam said something to me that really resonated with me. 236 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: He's like, he goes. Draymond gets off on bullying other 237 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: teams centers and other teams big guys, like mentally bullying them, 238 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: physically bullying them. He just loves that process and result. 239 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: That simple thing has such a massive impact on basketball games. 240 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: Do you guys remember how bad Kevin Love was in 241 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals every time they played the Warriors. Do 242 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: you remember how bad he was in two thousand sixteen 243 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: in particular. A huge part of that was Draymond Green 244 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: from the opening minutes of that series just took the 245 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: life out of him, just physically bullied him, talked a 246 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: bunch of shit, sucked away his confidence and it was 247 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: over for Kevin Love. And for the rest of the series, 248 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: he basically became a guy that occasionally would take a 249 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: spot up three and worked a lot on the glass 250 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: and played hard on defense. That was he did. The 251 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: the multifaceted post up offensive player that you remember was 252 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: erased from those series because of what Draymond Green does 253 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: as a bully on the defensive end of the floor. 254 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 1: It's it's so funny to me because over the years, 255 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: with the Steph Curry thing, and again this is about 256 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: the stand culture, Draymond Green's impact has constantly been undervalued. 257 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: And you know, again, like it someone might have to 258 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: get squeezed, and because of the way the contracts work out, 259 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: it might be Draymond, But you don't have to burn 260 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: him down on the way out and pretend like he 261 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: wasn't one of your very best players and pretend like 262 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: he wasn't a max impact player on your team. And 263 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: when he gets a max elsewhere, if he doesn't sign 264 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: one with the Warriors, you don't need to be like, 265 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: I can't believe they're playing him paying him a max 266 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: that's ridiculous. He doesn't deserve that. Yes he does. He 267 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: is a MAX player in the NBA with his impact 268 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: on winning. He just might not fit into your cap sheet, 269 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: and that's fine. I personally think it would be weird 270 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: to see Draymond Green and anything now of Warriors uniform. 271 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: So I hope he sticks around. But again, I just 272 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: wanted to share my two cents on on that whole 273 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: situation because it's it's it's it's a conversation that comes 274 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: about every couple of years. Came about again in the 275 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: finals when he had a couple of rough games, he 276 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: was down to one in the series, playing like shit, 277 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: and he promised they would come back to win and 278 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: played great doing it, and he was magnificent in Game 279 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: six in Boston. That was that was some a very 280 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: brave thing to do. And like we're we're obviously lucky, 281 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: lucky to have him here at the volume. You guys 282 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: know that when he plays poorly, I'm someone who's gonna 283 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: criticize him, and but I'm also going to defend him 284 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: when I feel like he deserves defending. At the end 285 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: of the day, basketball comes first here, Um and I 286 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: think we're lying to ourselves if we pretend like Draymond 287 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: Green is not worth a max hit a homer. With 288 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: five dollar Dinger Tuesdays on Fandel sports Book. Each Tuesday, 289 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: all customers will get five dollars for every home run 290 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: hit by both teams when you place a twenty to 291 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: hit a home run wager on MLB games. 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I would imagine that Zion's 308 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: agent would not allow something like that to get into 309 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: the contract unless it was a real point of contention 310 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: in an issue with leverage to where he kind of 311 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: felt like they had to. Now, a couple of things. 312 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: First of all, Zion was acted in June twenty of 313 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: two thousand and nineteen. There's more than three years ago, 314 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: and he has played a grand total of eight five 315 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: NBA games. And it's a problem when you really look 316 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: at the modern NBA and how difficult it is to 317 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: get players to stick around. And you're already three years 318 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: into that typical seven years of control or whatever that 319 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: a team has over a player that they draft, and 320 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: you've only got an eight five games out of him, 321 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: and you're a very good basketball team. You took the 322 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns to six games without Zion, So this is 323 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: probably something that's legitimately frustrating for the Pelicans. And then 324 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: you look at the stuff there were some reports that 325 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: Zion wasn't being super wasn't communicating very well with the franchise. 326 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: He was handling his rehab in private. And when you 327 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: hear that kind of stuff, that adds to the level 328 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: of concern with the franchise that would allow them the 329 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: leverage to add something like that into their contract. Now, 330 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: I get that it's uncomfortable, but you know, I I 331 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: joke with my wife. My wife works in a small 332 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: business here in Tucson that's retail, and so she's got employees, right, 333 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: And one of the things is like, you have to 334 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: have difficult conversations with people. But the problem is if 335 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: you avoid difficult conversations, then problems go unchecked, problems go unsolved. 336 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: And so you have to be willing to sit down 337 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: with somebody even though it's awkward, even though it's uncomfortable, 338 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: and have a tough conversation to get to the bottom 339 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: of an issue so that you can fix it and 340 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: make it. Believe it or not, this issue with Zion 341 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: with his weight could literally make or break his career. 342 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: The difference between whether or not Zion is a perennial 343 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: All NBA player or someone who drifts out of the 344 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: league quickly with an injury riddled career. Is this issue 345 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: the issue of him taking care of his body? And 346 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: so I don't have a problem with the Pelicans advocating 347 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: for something like this. They do have Zion's best interests 348 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: at heart. They want him to meet these markers so 349 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: that he can be the best basketball player that he 350 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: can be, which is mutually beneficial. It will help the 351 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: Pelicans to win basketball games. It will help Zion to 352 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: earn a ton of money and give him a ton 353 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: of leveraging leeway moving forward in contract negotiations so that 354 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: he doesn't have to have something like this in his 355 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: contract in the future. You know, Zion is a very 356 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 1: interesting basketball player because we don't see a lot of 357 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: players like him around the league. You see Blake Griffin 358 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: comparisons because he's dunking all over people. You see Zach 359 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: Randolph comparisons because he's just this ridiculously strong power post 360 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: player who goes to his left. But the truth of 361 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: the matter is it can be even greater than any 362 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: of that. There is a version of Zion because of 363 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: his ability to handle a basketball already and because of 364 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: his unique body type with his low center of gravity 365 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: that could be significantly better than either of those players 366 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: ever were. You know, obviously, we've seen the post ups 367 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: and the power moves with his left hand, and the 368 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: ability to finish around the rim better than just about 369 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: anybody in the league. We've seen some of the slashing, 370 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: but he hasn't even really been realized as a player 371 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: that can run high, pick and roll and pass and 372 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: make reads and get downhill and slash to the rim. 373 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: He hasn't really flashed his ability to shoot the basketball yet, 374 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: which right now he's not a good shooter, but that's 375 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: something that he could build towards. And right now he's 376 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: a bad defensive player. And this is where it gets 377 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: interesting because his him being able to take care of 378 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: his body and him being able to have elite conditioning 379 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 1: is something that he needs to be able to defend 380 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: at an extremely high level. And the ability to defend 381 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: an extremely high level is the difference between him being 382 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: a top fifteen player in the NBA or a top 383 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: five player in the NBA. Now he'll never be Draymond Green. 384 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: Draymond Green is a unique Every time we see an 385 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: undersized post player, that's the first name that we throw out, 386 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: right like oh, he could be Draymond Green, but that 387 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: doesn't properly give credit to the things that Draymond Green does. 388 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: Like we talked about earlier in the show, he's kind 389 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: of a crazy person when it comes to bullying and 390 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: shutting down opposing post players. He thrives in the physicality. 391 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: He loves it, and he pours his heart and soul 392 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: into that side of the floor. You know, Zion is 393 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: a much better offensive players, so he may never devote 394 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: resources like that, but there's no reason in the world 395 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: why he shouldn't be able to be a much better 396 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: defensive player than he is, And in order to unlock that, 397 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: he will need to take care of his body in 398 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: a way that he hasn't the idealized version of his. 399 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: Ion is a pantheon type of player, but he may 400 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: not be able to stay on the floor if he 401 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: doesn't take care of these things. And if he doesn't 402 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: take care of these things, he'll never become the shooter 403 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: that he needs to be. He'll never become the defender 404 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: that he needs to be to reach his ceilings. So again, 405 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: it's uncomfortable, it's awkward to get all of that, but 406 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: this is just an important step in Zion's development. Understanding 407 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: the importance of taking care of your body. You don't 408 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: get to do this forever. When you're young, you think so, 409 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: but you don't get to do this forever. Like I 410 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: I stepped away from the game for fourteen days at 411 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: thirty years old to go on a vacation with my wife, 412 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: and I put on twelve pounds like like that, just 413 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: quickly put on twelve pounds. So hopefully I can drop 414 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: it all I get back into shape. But it's it 415 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: gets even harder as you get older to maintain your 416 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: conditioning and to maintain your level of athleticism. Now is 417 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: a great time for him to figure some of these 418 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: lessons out, even if it's uncomfortable, even if it's awkward. 419 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: Um let's move on to Lebron's extension. So there was 420 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,479 Speaker 1: some debate eight early on as to whether or not 421 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: Lebron would weaponize the threat of his lack of extension 422 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: to try to put pressure on the Lakers front office 423 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 1: to make a deal for Kyrie Irving or to do 424 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: things that will make massive improvements to the roster. But 425 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: then we heard from Jake Fisher that he's extremely happy 426 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: in l a and that sounds right to me. I 427 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: remember when all this was going down last year. Last season, 428 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: right about the time that I started with the volume, 429 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: there was some concern around the All Star break as 430 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: to whether or not Lebron would ever leave the Lakers. 431 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: I don't think he would unless he had a really 432 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: good reason. The the idea, I think Jake Fisher phrased 433 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: it as his family is becoming increasingly entrenched in the 434 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: Los Angeles area. That's just a really fancy way of 435 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,959 Speaker 1: saying they love it here there, they love it in 436 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: l A. And so they would not leave unless they 437 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: had a damn good reason. But here's the problem. Lebron 438 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: is still very very good at basketball, and this could 439 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: be his last great chance. This next couple of years 440 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: could be his last chance to try to add to 441 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: his resume. And when he sees those two things and 442 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: he sees a front office that is botching that, it's 443 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: going to add concern. Now. I think part of the 444 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: reason why Lebron still has a little bit of leeway 445 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: is he shares some blame here. You know, Lebron was 446 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: the one, him and Anthony Davis, who pushed hard for 447 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: the Russell Westbrook trade, and so he can't blame Robin 448 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: Genie for that, even though I personally think that it's 449 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: Rob's job to look Lebron in the face and say, 450 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: I've watched a ton of film on Russell in the 451 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: last couple of years. He's not a good fit. This 452 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: isn't a bad idea. Where this is a bad idea, 453 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: We're not going to do that. That's Rob's job. That's 454 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: the way I see it. Lebron shares some blame, so 455 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: does Rob. But Lebron understands his culpability in this situation. 456 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: So Lebron understanding his culpability in this situation is what's 457 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: going to give him the patience to give Rob and 458 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: Genie one more chance. But make no mistake, if they 459 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: get to the season and they haven't made monumental changes 460 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: to add talent to this roster, and Lebron's looking around 461 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: and he doesn't see it feel like he has the 462 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: horses to even compete in the NBA at this point, 463 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: I do believe he would leave because I think he 464 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: would see it as a waste of his last good 465 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: years as a basketball player to spend it with a 466 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: front office and ownership group that's not capable of surrounding 467 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: him with enough chance, with enough talent. So I do 468 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: think that there is some threat there but making a mistake. 469 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: If they do execute a trade, if they get you know, 470 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: Miles Turner and Buddy Healed, if they get Kyrie Irving, 471 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: Lebron is gonna feel, especially with how much his family 472 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: loves it in l A, He's gonna feel like he 473 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: has enough in l A to not justify him leaving. 474 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: You know, there comes a point in every season, and 475 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: it happened again last year as the Lakers missed the 476 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: playoffs where you want to say, you know, Lebron's done, 477 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Lebron's washed, Lebron's on the tail end, the end is 478 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: near whatever. But every time I feel like people have 479 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: become so you know, like jaded on how good Lebron 480 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: is that they don't acknowledge how good he still is. 481 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: You know, I send out a tweet earlier I asked everybody, 482 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: I said, how many people? If I asked you, how 483 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: many people do you think in the NBA this season 484 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: averaged at least twenty five points, five rebounds, five assists 485 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: on at least from the field and from three Those 486 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: are pretty base level markers. Five rebounds, five assists, points 487 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: from the field from three doesn't seem like that crazy 488 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: of a list of parameters. I asked people, how many 489 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: players do you think met those those hallmarks? And I 490 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: had a lot of huge numbers, throwing out thirteen, six, four, 491 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah. The answers three. There were three 492 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: players who did that last year, Kevin Durant, Luca don 493 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: Cheich and Lebron James and five at least forty percent 494 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: from the field and from three. That's how rare it 495 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: is to be as consistently productive and efficient as an offense, 496 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: as an offensive engine as Lebron is. That's how rare 497 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: it is. And we've taken that for granted for way 498 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: too long. That player is playing for the Lakers next year. 499 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: So is Anthony Davis. There's a reason why Lebron feels urgency, 500 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: and it's time for Rob and Genie to feel that 501 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: same urgency. Last note, I wanted on this to hit 502 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: on this. Lebron will age well in this league as well. 503 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: Let's say he tries to play twenty three years okay, 504 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: which who knows it will probably end up being whether 505 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: or not he suffers a major injury that makes that decision. 506 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: If he tears an a c L or t tears 507 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: an achilles like Kobe did, then I think he'll be done. 508 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: But if he stays healthy, I could see him playing 509 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: twenty four seasons. So what does the aging Lebron look like? 510 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: Because you're nineteen Lebron was one of three players in 511 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: the NBA to average at least twenty five and five 512 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: from the field and from three, So you're not a 513 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: Team Lebron top five player in the NBA. Your twenty 514 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,959 Speaker 1: Lebron probably top ten, right, but you three? What does 515 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: Lebron look like? His game is set up and built 516 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: in a way that will age well. He passes the 517 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: ball extremely well. He reli is on size and strength 518 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: at this point, almost as much as his athleticism, which 519 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: is what allows him to play bullyball and to be 520 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 1: so successful in the post. He's incredibly smart, and he 521 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: knows how to play different types of roles on a 522 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: basketball court, especially as he gives responsibilities and seeds responsibilities 523 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: to better players. So I think that even year twenty two, 524 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: Lebron is going to be a top fifteen player, a 525 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 1: top twenty player in this league, worthy of a MAX 526 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: contract and capable of contributing massively to winning, especially if 527 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: he's around other players that can handle some of those 528 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: top tier responsibilities. So I don't think there's a ton 529 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: of risk in the Lakers extending Lebron two years, which 530 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: I believe is the limit with the way the CBA 531 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: works when you're extending players who are at least thirty 532 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: eight years old at the beginning of the extension. So 533 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: it would be only two years. But I think there's 534 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: a really good chance that Lebron would more than perform 535 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: up to the expectations of that contract value. So I 536 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: think the Lakers shouldn't have any reservations about it, and 537 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: Lebron is smart to apply some some pressure on the 538 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: Lakers just because he feels urgency about his situation. Alright, So, 539 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: last basketball topic of the day. Who will get traded first? 540 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: Kevin Durand or Donovan Mitchell. Now, the reason in particular 541 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: why this Kevin Durant trade is is dragging on, and 542 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: really the Mittell trade as well, is the Rudy Gobert 543 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: trade completely screwed up the market. I said all last 544 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: year that I thought Rudy Gobert might be considered a 545 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: negative asset because he's gonna make like forty seven million 546 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: dollars in six as a player who cannot score the 547 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: basketball against switches down low in the post and really 548 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: is just Capella on the offensive end of the floor. Now, 549 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: I think Rudy Gobert is one of the best defensive 550 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: players in the league, and I think that he is 551 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: wrongfully maligned on that end of the floor, But he 552 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,479 Speaker 1: doesn't do enough on offense to justify his contract value. 553 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: Like he's even worse on offense, even more useless on 554 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: offense than Draymond Green gets accused of being from time 555 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: to time. Right, So, the way I look at it, 556 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: Minnesota with a new owner and a new GM throwing 557 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: four first round picks in a swap and three quality 558 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: NBA starters from a playoff team for a guy like 559 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert completely screwed up everyone's belief about what value 560 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: should be with with stars in the league. So a 561 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: lot of these offers that are getting thrown out by teams, 562 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: like I bet you the offer that the Miami Heat 563 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: made or the offer that the Phoenix Suns made for 564 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant was worse than the Rudy Gobert offer, and 565 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: so that's completely screwed up Brooklyn's whole view of all 566 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: of this. The only offer that I've seen thrown out 567 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 1: that's a legitimately better offer than that is the Jalen 568 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: Brown one with the Phoenix Suns or maybe some of 569 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: the offers that Toronto is thrown together with like a 570 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: surrounding O g And and and Nobi. Right, Like, I just 571 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: that that that just completely screwed up the market. So 572 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: I believe Donovan Mitchell. Now, these these are just guesses. 573 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: I have no idea what's gonna happen. I don't have 574 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: any specific reporting on this, but I believe Donovan Mitchell 575 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: will get traded first. I think that Utah is a 576 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: little bit more blow it up then Brooklyn has accepted 577 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: at this point, so I think that he'll end up 578 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: get getting traded first, and it will be for a 579 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: package significantly less than what the Utah Jazz. Excuse me 580 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: that then what the Utah Jazz got for Rudy Gobert 581 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: when that happens, because they happened to catch the Minnesota 582 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: Timberwolves desperate under new leadership, right, the rest of the 583 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: fields not in that situation, So they will get less 584 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: for Donovan. When they do, that will reset the market, 585 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: re establish the norms, which will then allow some of 586 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: these Kevin Durant offers to make more sense for Brooklyn. 587 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: And then so I think the Katie trade will follow 588 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: shortly thereafter. That's just a guess. I have no earthly idea, 589 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: but I think the market got screwed up by Gobert. 590 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: I think a Mitchell trade will kind of reset the 591 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: market a little bit, and then Katie will follow. I 592 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: do believe that both players will get traded before training camp, 593 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: because I do think that the whole will bring him. 594 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: The camp thing is just an aimless threat to try 595 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: to change leverage, and I think that most well meaning 596 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: basketball organizations understand that you want to fresh start when 597 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: you start training camp. When you gotta coach sitting down 598 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: with the players, going over team princip polls and rules 599 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: and and things, and trying to get buy in from 600 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: a group to an ultimate goal. You don't need a 601 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: guy who's half in half out the door. You don't 602 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: need a player who's publicly, you know, requested a trade, 603 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: and you know there's I I don't even know if 604 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: there's any legitimacy to this, but I wouldn't be completely 605 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: shocked if Kevin Durant refused to show up, which is 606 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: a whole other type of drama. So I do think 607 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: they both get traded. My guess is as Mitchell's first, 608 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: and my guess that the delay is caused by the 609 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert trade and how it's screwed up the market. 610 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: All Right, Before we get out of here for today, 611 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: I just wanted to tell a couple of stories from 612 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: my vacation. Um, Like I told you guys earlier, I 613 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: get kind of nerdy about some of this geology stuff. 614 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: And the Pacific Northwest is so incredibly different than where 615 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: I grew up. I grew up in Tucson, Arizona. The 616 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: only other places I've lived are Utah, which is completely 617 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: different vibe than Arizona, and Charlotte, which is in the 618 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: south and once again completely different vibe from Arizona. But 619 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: I've never even been to the Pacific Northwest. When I 620 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: was in college, we played at North Idaho College UH 621 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: three times while I was there. So I drove up 622 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: to court a Lane, which is in northern Northern Idaho, 623 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: which is close to Spokane, therefore close to the Pacific Northwest, 624 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: but it's once you get on the other side of 625 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: the Cascade Range, it's a completely different climate out there. 626 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: It's more like high desert at that point. But we 627 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: went up and we spent like, I think five or 628 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: six days on Lake Shellan in Washington, and then we 629 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: went to Seattle, boardered a cruise ship and spent a 630 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: week up in Alaska. And you know, I I learned 631 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: a little bit about glaciers growing up in school and stuff, 632 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: but it's just not something you talk about a lot 633 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: in the desert of Arizona. I mean, it's been like 634 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: a hundred and five degrees every single day for the 635 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: last like two months. It's just not a topic of 636 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: conversation down here. And I was so incredibly fascinated by 637 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: all of the geology up in that area. I guess 638 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: during the last ice Age, all of these glaciers were 639 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: basically down over the entire state of Washington, and as 640 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: they were seated, they just dug out all of these 641 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: you know, fiords or lakes or passages or sounds or 642 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,239 Speaker 1: things along all the waterways in the area. And it's 643 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: super fascinating to me because I had never really understood 644 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: what the glacier was. I just thought it was like 645 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: a big piece of ice that shedded other small pieces 646 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: of ice and one of them sunk the Titanic. That 647 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: that that's just about it all. I knew about glaciers 648 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: before I went up there, and so obviously, like I 649 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: usually do, I just dove headlong into researching it. And 650 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: it's crazy. They're actually like flowing rivers of ice. They 651 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: actually move under their own weight, which is super really interesting, 652 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: super interesting, and that's what actually causes them to dig 653 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: out the surrounding terrain. When I was on the cruise 654 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: one of the mornings, they're like, we have the scenic 655 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: drive that we're gonna go on. It starts at six 656 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: am and it's gonna go to ten am. And so 657 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: I wake up and I look out my window and 658 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: I see like little icebergs floating alongside the ship. The 659 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: water is this like beautiful like green aqua color. There's 660 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: like this mist hanging over the mountains. It's almost like 661 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: you're on another planet. And I got up, and I 662 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: got my wife up, and we walked up to the 663 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: top of the ship and we pulled up on the 664 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: DAWs Glacier, which is on the Endicott arm which is 665 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: one of the fjords in Alaska, and it was one 666 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: of the most incredibly beautiful things I've ever seen. I 667 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: put some pictures of it on my Twitter feed so 668 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: you guys can see it there. Um. But just in general, 669 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: like this whole other element of geology that I had 670 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: never experienced before was so interesting to me. I'm obsessed 671 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: with glaciers now. I was watching YouTube videos about them, uh, 672 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: two nights ago, and I really really enjoyed seeing Alaska, 673 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: seeing the Pacific Northwest. My last note on the Pacific Northwest. 674 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: You know, we have mountains in Arizona, but they're like 675 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: chains of mountains, right, and they kind of dominate the skyline, 676 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: particularly in Tucson. Phoenix has really short mountains. Uh. Tucson 677 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: is surrounded by three particularly large mountains, Mount Lemon, mount Rightston, 678 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: and then there's a range of mountains to the east 679 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: of us. And so we kind of are just used 680 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: to seeing mountains on our skyline all the time. But 681 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: when we were in Seattle, we came over this kind 682 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: of ridge and I knew Mount Rainier was near Seattle, 683 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: but I wasn't aware of the dynamic and we came 684 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: around this corner. Look over to my left, and I 685 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: see this beheamoth of a mountain that's like almost perfectly symmetrical, 686 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: that's just staring down at the city in this super 687 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: ominous way. And I've always had a thing for high mountains. 688 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: I I I love to ski, we spend we go 689 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: to Colorado a couple of times a year, we hang 690 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: out on the mountains and two son. It's always been 691 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: something I've been fascinated by. But I had never seen 692 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: a mountain like that before. So then once again I 693 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: dove into it and did a bunch of research, and 694 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: there's basically this connection of all these of volcanoes in 695 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: that area that they call the Pacific Ring of Fire, 696 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,240 Speaker 1: and they're essentially they're the surrounding terrain is relatively flat, 697 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: and they just kind of rise out of the terrain. 698 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: And you know, on the flight out of Seattle, it 699 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: was a perfectly clear day and I got to literally 700 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: see one after the after the other, Mount St. Helens 701 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,959 Speaker 1: in Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson. I'll share a picture 702 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: of it on my Twitter feed later today because it 703 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: was really cool. But they almost looked like pimples on 704 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: the earth because the earth is like flat, and then 705 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: there's just like this big mountain that comes to a 706 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: point at the top, and it's such an interesting thing 707 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: to see, so different than anything I had seen growing up. Obviously, 708 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: I went to the Pacific Northwest during some good weather 709 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: because it is July. But I've heard I've talked to 710 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: some of the people that lived there and they're like, yeah, 711 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: for nine months a year, it's just glue me every day, 712 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: and you're probably gonna want to spend a couple of 713 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: weeks during that stretch to get out and get into 714 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: some sunlight, just so that you don't go crazy. And 715 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that I could ever live in a 716 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 1: place like that. Who knows what will happen is the 717 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: years go by, But it was really cool to get 718 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,720 Speaker 1: to see it for the first time. I loved getting 719 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,760 Speaker 1: to see the mountains. I loved getting to see Alaska. 720 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: Last note, cruises are not for me. Uh. The swaying 721 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: back and forth made it so that it was really 722 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: difficult for me to get into my routine, particularly working out, 723 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: like doing the ap ply metric workouts that I do, 724 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: doing the basketball workouts that I do. With the ship 725 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 1: moving beneath beneath your feet was really really tough for me. 726 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: The small spaces, uh, you know, like just trying to 727 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: take a shower and that tiny little coffin of a 728 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: shower hour in your room is is kind of ridiculous. 729 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: I enjoyed certain elements of it, like obviously they the 730 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: operation is amazing to me. There were eleven hundred people 731 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: on that ship that were in service that we're taking 732 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,399 Speaker 1: care of about two thousand passengers, so there's almost one 733 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: service person for every two passengers, which is ridiculous. And 734 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,760 Speaker 1: they do they're so incredibly well run, they're like a machine. 735 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: It was incredibly fascinating to me. But it's just not 736 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: and I the other thing too is I don't I'm 737 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 1: not really a huge drinker. I'll have the occasional drink 738 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,560 Speaker 1: with my wife and we're not opposed to it or 739 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 1: you know, conscientious objectors or anything, but we're just not 740 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: We just don't partake that often. If you are into 741 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 1: that in particular, you'll love the cruise ship because you 742 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,800 Speaker 1: could get so many drinks so many different places that 743 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 1: usually packages that make it affordable and you can just 744 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 1: kind of drink your way around the ship. But I 745 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,959 Speaker 1: think if I did Alaska. Again, what I would do 746 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: is I'd fly to Juno and from there I get 747 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 1: an Airbnb crashed for like four nights, and then I 748 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,879 Speaker 1: book excursions, like I'd get a boat excursion that would 749 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: go see at Glacier and then I would, you know, 750 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: go hiking in the surrounding area. If I wanted to 751 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: go see wildlife, I'd go on a wildlife tour or 752 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: something like that. But like, you can kind of capture 753 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,799 Speaker 1: a lot of the elements of the cruise without the 754 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,080 Speaker 1: boat by doing something like that. And then obviously when 755 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,359 Speaker 1: you're sailing up to Alaska from Seattle, there are two 756 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: stretches where you're just at c for two days. So 757 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,240 Speaker 1: for basically three and a half of the seven days 758 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: we were just and on the ocean on a cruise ship. 759 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 1: So it kind of gets a little claustrophobic and you 760 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: kind of feel like you're trapped in in in a 761 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: in one place. But again that's just my experience. I'm 762 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: sure many of you guys have been on cruises and 763 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: loved him. Again, with any of this stuff, it's either 764 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,359 Speaker 1: for you or it's not. I was blessed to get 765 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: to do this particular cruise for free as a reward 766 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: for the company that my wife works for. UM. So 767 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 1: I obviously enjoyed it and was thankful for it, just 768 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 1: not necessarily for me, and I would do it differently 769 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 1: if I went back to Alaska, which I hope to 770 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,399 Speaker 1: go back one day. UM, but very good trip. I'm 771 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 1: glad to be home, Glad to be back in the routine. 772 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,720 Speaker 1: That is all I have for today. I sincerely appreciate 773 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: all of you guys and all of your support for 774 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: the show. UM. This next week we're gonna get started 775 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 1: on our player rankings and our all time rankings, so 776 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: we have lots of fun stuff in August surrounding ranking 777 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,799 Speaker 1: players in the league currently and all time. We have 778 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: some special stuff planning for you guys there. All right, 779 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: that's all I have all. See you guys in a 780 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker 1: couple of days. The volume