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Speaker 1: criteria for having to be a voter on these awards.
Speaker 1: I want to know the credentials for voting. The credentials
Speaker 1: are allowing some brown stuff to get on your nose.
Speaker 1: So it's safe to say we'll never see you as
Speaker 1: a voter. Jack Now, I was born his color. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to what's burning. The playoffs are here, man, this
Speaker 1: is the time of the year we've been waiting for
Speaker 1: all season. Jack, Let's get right to it and start
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference. Uh. The only games that are
Speaker 1: locked in as we stand are the number four Philadelphi
Speaker 1: your seventies sixers versus number five Toronto Raptors, and the
Speaker 1: defending chance Milwaukee Bucks at three faced the Chicago Bulls
Speaker 1: the number six seed. So we start this week with
Speaker 1: the Playing Tournament, the seventh seed Brooklyn Nets will face
Speaker 1: the a seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the ninth seed Atlanta
Speaker 1: Hawks will face the tenth seed Charlotte Hornets. Before we
Speaker 1: really get into this, Jack, let me know your thoughts
Speaker 1: on the playing Tournament. I'm not a fan, um, I
Speaker 1: really feel I'm an old school I like the top
Speaker 1: eight teams uh that took here. They business in regular
Speaker 1: seats and gets the chance to be in the playoffs
Speaker 1: because they deserve because they did what they were supposed
Speaker 1: to do the time. It gives other teams an opportunity,
Speaker 1: you know, even if you know they didn't have the
Speaker 1: season the season that they were supposed to have, even
Speaker 1: if you know what I mean, they dealt with injuries
Speaker 1: or whatever, you know, they they're giving them an opportunity
Speaker 1: anyway to get get a chance to get in the
Speaker 1: playoffs and win the championship. I like the old school way.
Speaker 1: That's just me. I'm not mad at that. But I
Speaker 1: do like the play because I just think it kind
Speaker 1: of started king kick starts the playoffs. I remember last year, Man,
Speaker 1: the playing tournaments were super exciting and kind of kicked off,
Speaker 1: you know, because of the players start the playoffs start
Speaker 1: this weekend, you know, kind of gotta kick start to
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But nevertheless, let's talk about this number seven
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cleveland had a hell
Speaker 1: of a season. From I think they may have peaked
Speaker 1: at the three position if I'm not lying, if if
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken hit with injury. Now they find themselves
Speaker 1: on the eight seed. Brooklyn, we all know how crazy
Speaker 1: their story has been this year. Uh with it, we're
Speaker 1: getting able to trade James Harden, Uh, Kyrie not being vaccinated, Uh,
Speaker 1: Katie's injury, uh, training for Ben Simmons. What is your
Speaker 1: outlook on this seven eight matchup to start the NBA
Speaker 1: play in playoffs. For the most part, from me, I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to coaching for Brooklyn. Kyrie's there,
Speaker 1: Katie's there. We know what they're gonna do and scoring wise,
Speaker 1: and what they're gonna be if they can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: and the coaching job is up to part. I don't
Speaker 1: see nobody being these guys, everybody playing that role. Cleveland
Speaker 1: is is a nice young team, but I don't think
Speaker 1: they have the experience. I think Brooklyn is just uh,
Speaker 1: it just depends on how the coaching is for me
Speaker 1: to just playoff season. I think Cleveland is a little
Speaker 1: head of schedule. I think they've kind of found their
Speaker 1: identity post Lebron James, I like all their young pieces
Speaker 1: also missed calling Sexton for the majority of the season.
Speaker 1: Jared Island and Garland first time All Stars. So shout
Speaker 1: out Bernie Bickerstaff over there and what he's been able
Speaker 1: to do. But you guys, this season is most likely
Speaker 1: gonna come to an end in the first round of
Speaker 1: the play in. Oh actually, no, you're gonna get a
Speaker 1: second chance. Excuse me, but I agree. I think Brooklyn.
Speaker 1: Brooklyn will win this. You know, anything can happen in
Speaker 1: one game. Um, but I'm gonna bet if you know,
Speaker 1: if I have Katie and Kyrie, I'm gonna ride with
Speaker 1: those two. What I'm much just interested in is obviously
Speaker 1: Steve Nash is gonna be have to be on this ship.
Speaker 1: But what are the role players gonna give me? Can
Speaker 1: Andre Dremmond give me a double double? Uh? Blake Griffin
Speaker 1: or LaMarcus all just give me anything. Bruce Brown is
Speaker 1: kind of a Swiss Army knife, almost playing that Draymond
Speaker 1: Green role that small power forward, undersized, being able to
Speaker 1: do a little bit of everything out there on both
Speaker 1: ends of the floor. Uh, Seth Curry is going to
Speaker 1: be important, Gored and Drogic is it going to be important?
Speaker 1: What are the outside guys gonna do for this team?
Speaker 1: Because you already know what Katie and Kyrie are gonna do.
Speaker 1: So it's safe to say we both have Brooklyn securing
Speaker 1: that seventh seed, which takes us to the number ten
Speaker 1: seed Charlotte Hornets first the nine seed Atlanta Hawks. Jack,
Speaker 1: talk to me about this matchup. Uh, it's LaMelo time.
Speaker 1: I live in Atlanta. I'm alumni from both of these organizations.
Speaker 1: But I love LaMelo Tase that hasn't found his Robin
Speaker 1: John Cottins hasn't been that, and LaMelo is just taken
Speaker 1: over the league. Man, he's been He's really leading this team.
Speaker 1: So I got Charlotte winning this. Yeah, I mean this.
Speaker 1: This past week on TV, I had Atlanta. I think
Speaker 1: for the experience and in the way Trey Youngest played.
Speaker 1: He led the league in overall points and assist Uh
Speaker 1: definitely will be a first teamer in all n B
Speaker 1: A contributor this year. But I think I'm gonna jump
Speaker 1: ship and take this young Charlotte team. I love with
Speaker 1: the energy that LaMelo is brought to this team. These
Speaker 1: these guys are fun to watch and I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna knock and land out in that playing situation. If
Speaker 1: that's the case, we would both have Charlotte most likely
Speaker 1: playing Cleveland. Who do you have in that matchup? I'm
Speaker 1: going with Charlotte again. Like I said, LaMelo is on
Speaker 1: a different level. Obviously, we know Cleveland had a great year,
Speaker 1: and like I said, we love what the coach is doing,
Speaker 1: that big staff. But I just think, you know, what
Speaker 1: LaMelo is doing is bigger than what Cleveland has done
Speaker 1: this year. The way you got those guys playing and
Speaker 1: add Montrez, I think it's gave them a love, made
Speaker 1: them a little tougher team in the paint. So I'm
Speaker 1: going with Charlotte again. Love Charlotte. I think there must
Speaker 1: watch young team, but I'm gonna pick Cleveland. Um, I
Speaker 1: think Mobley is gonna be back playing, hopefully, Jared Allen
Speaker 1: is back from his finger. Um, Darius Garland again first
Speaker 1: time All Star. I'm gonna go with Cleveland. So you
Speaker 1: have we both have Brooklyn as the seventh seed, which
Speaker 1: they would play the Boston Celtics. And then you have
Speaker 1: Charlotte playing the number one seed Miami, and I have
Speaker 1: Cleveland playing the number one seed Miami. So we will
Speaker 1: see how this all shakes out heading into the real
Speaker 1: playoffs starting next weekend. Now, let's hop over to the
Speaker 1: West Coast, the best coast, and see how we shake
Speaker 1: out over here. So the Phoenix Suns are obviously the
Speaker 1: number one seed, uh waiting to see who they get
Speaker 1: to destroy in the first round. So the games that
Speaker 1: are locked in right now, we have the three seed,
Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors hoping to get Steph Curry back
Speaker 1: in this first round against the odds on favorite again
Speaker 1: m v P Yoki and the number six Denver Nutt
Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets, and the Dallas Mavericks had number four Luca
Speaker 1: had a small calf injury. Hopefully that won't hold them out.
Speaker 1: Verst of Utah Jazz, who I just don't believe in.
Speaker 1: I just don't believe in them. All right, let's take
Speaker 1: a look at the Western the rest of the playing
Speaker 1: situation for the Western Conference. Upstart Minnesota Temberwolves. Karl Anthony
Speaker 1: Town self proclaimed best big shooter in the history of
Speaker 1: the game. Uh verse this dangerous Clipper team who just
Speaker 1: got Paul George back, got normal power back. Both those
Speaker 1: guys are playing at a very high level considering how
Speaker 1: much time they missed. Uh, jack, who do you have
Speaker 1: in this first first round matchup in the playing You know,
Speaker 1: as much as I want to go with Minnesota and
Speaker 1: and believe in this young team, I just feel like
Speaker 1: the Clip is still a better, better team and have
Speaker 1: more experience, you know, get like you said, getting these
Speaker 1: guys back, Paul Gears and Pile back. You know, that's
Speaker 1: that's that's the explosive to to get back at the
Speaker 1: right time. And then, like you said, they're planning at
Speaker 1: a high level. Um Telu been there, he knows what
Speaker 1: it takes. He happy to have start getting his team
Speaker 1: back healthy. I just see the Clippers coming out of
Speaker 1: that one. I agree. You know, I think lou would
Speaker 1: be up for Coach of the Year if if he
Speaker 1: didn't have all these injuries. The fact that they would
Speaker 1: keep the this ship, you know, above water. Uh. Led
Speaker 1: by really Reggie Jackson the whole season, who's really one
Speaker 1: of the most unsung players in the league. He's had
Speaker 1: a great season. Uh. To get Paul George back and
Speaker 1: again him coming back like he hadn't missed no time
Speaker 1: at all, normal pals coming back. He's a great uh
Speaker 1: three and d guy Uh. This Minnesota team and they've
Speaker 1: continued to try to build all the obviously with Carl
Speaker 1: Anthony Towns, Uh, D'Angelo and the high Flag and Anthony Edwards. Uh.
Speaker 1: This is a very tough team. But I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: the nod to t Lou for coaching and the Clippers
Speaker 1: then for experience. So I have the Clippers beating Minnesota
Speaker 1: in the first round same as you. Let's jump over
Speaker 1: to this nine ten matchup. The Pelicans who had no
Speaker 1: Zion Williamson all year. We're able to pick up c
Speaker 1: J McCullum, which was a big boost for them. Take
Speaker 1: on this San Antonio Spurs with the first time All
Speaker 1: star de Jont Murray and Gregg Popovitch, Jack, who are
Speaker 1: you have in this matchup? I'm going with San Antonio
Speaker 1: is I mean it's not even close to me. The
Speaker 1: coaching experience these teams are basically even. Both have young stars,
Speaker 1: and UM, I just think um for for experience wise
Speaker 1: on that side of San Antonio. Win that and like
Speaker 1: I said, Murray's had a great year, proply gonna have
Speaker 1: those those guys ready to get out this Uh get
Speaker 1: out this game. But Jack, the only experience of San
Speaker 1: Antonio has is their coach. None of the players have
Speaker 1: got no experience. So you're taking Okay now, it definitely matters.
Speaker 1: I'm taking New Orleans. I think Brandon Eagram is ready
Speaker 1: to jump on this stage. I think C. J. McCullum,
Speaker 1: as much as he probably misses playing with Dame in Portland,
Speaker 1: has finally realized like I really get to show my
Speaker 1: ship now. And he's always been one of the best
Speaker 1: two guards in the league, just kind of overshadowed by
Speaker 1: Dame's greatness. Um, Jackson over there is playing well. These
Speaker 1: boys play hard. Willie Green has got has turned this
Speaker 1: team around. So I want to see New Orleans knockout
Speaker 1: San Antonio. So you we both have the Clippers winning,
Speaker 1: So that means Minnesota verse San Antonio. For you, who
Speaker 1: do you have in that matchup? I'm going with Minnesota. Um,
Speaker 1: I just I like this young team. I think if
Speaker 1: you know that first game gets losing that game to
Speaker 1: the Clippers, uh, will would give them a second breath
Speaker 1: of a and give make them refocused and come in
Speaker 1: and take care of business against San Antonio. I got
Speaker 1: Minnesota or New Orleans, and I agree, I think Minnesota
Speaker 1: will sneak in or not sneaking, they will secure that
Speaker 1: a spot after they beat either one of these nine
Speaker 1: ten teams. So we both agree that the Clippers will
Speaker 1: slide in at number seven and play a young, hungry
Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzlies, and we'll have Minnesota in the eighth seed
Speaker 1: playing the Phoenix Suns. Yeah, I think that. I think
Speaker 1: they've both going home after playing Man that that's safe
Speaker 1: to say. I think the Clippers got a better chance. Uh,
Speaker 1: we'll have Apologize and those guys, But I don't think
Speaker 1: nobody has a chance against Phoenix Suns. Yeah, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be surprised if the Clippers were able to get two
Speaker 1: games uh in this series. And I will say, with
Speaker 1: the healthy Clipper team, I think they're a top five
Speaker 1: team in the league next year, um, when Kawhi Leonard
Speaker 1: comes back with this this cord and what they've been
Speaker 1: able to build around. But yeah, I see Memphis beating
Speaker 1: the Clippers, not in the suite. I think it'll be
Speaker 1: you know, a four too. And yeah, Phoenix is probably
Speaker 1: gonna beat the ship out of whoever they play. So hey,
Speaker 1: you know, oh no, Matt, No, we're the Clippers gonna
Speaker 1: beat Memphis. Okay, Okay, that's what you're coming with upset
Speaker 1: in the first round, upset alert, no barn injury, and
Speaker 1: with the guys they got. Now the Clippers gonna beat
Speaker 1: Memphis obviously. My whole thing. Yeah, I've been on TV
Speaker 1: my can this young, this young talented team, we've had
Speaker 1: a success in the regular season. Is that success gonna
Speaker 1: translate into the playoffs when these lights get extra bright? Jack?
Speaker 1: And that's been my whole question. Like everyone is high
Speaker 1: on Memphis, and I'm high on in Memphis. Think they're
Speaker 1: a good young team, but it's a whole different game
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. And I'm not even mad at that
Speaker 1: upset pick. I mean, I think that's a long shot, Jack,
Speaker 1: but it could definitely happen because, again, like you said,
Speaker 1: the experience of this team, the coaching experience, Um, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun round. It's gonna be a fun
Speaker 1: I don't know if I have an upset, but I
Speaker 1: definitely think it's gonna be a good series. Next up
Speaker 1: on the Radar presented to you by Draft Kings. Let's
Speaker 1: discuss the hottest topic in the league right now. Who
Speaker 1: is the m v P. Before we get into that,
Speaker 1: let's get the Draft Kings odds on favor Nicole Yokich
Speaker 1: is minus three eight, so he's odds on favorite and
Speaker 1: Bead is right behind him at plus two sixty five.
Speaker 1: And he was also able to score secure his first
Speaker 1: scoring title the last time a big secure the scoring
Speaker 1: title with Shaquille O'Neal, and he also won m v
Speaker 1: P that season, So we'll see what happens within Bead.
Speaker 1: Next in line Janice the Greek freak at plus eight hundred,
Speaker 1: Devin Booker in the fourth slot at plus seventy hundred,
Speaker 1: and the long shot Luca at fifteen plus fifteen thousand. Jack,
Speaker 1: who's your MVP so far? So far? Who's your MVP
Speaker 1: this season? Well, my m v P this season, it's
Speaker 1: definitely m B because even though you could just have
Speaker 1: another great year, stats are better. I just felt like
Speaker 1: your team doesn't have a chance to win the championship.
Speaker 1: I feel like Philadelphia has a chance to win the championship.
Speaker 1: And my second who should have been winning VP is
Speaker 1: y honest, because they have a great chance to win
Speaker 1: the championship. I know it's a regular season award and
Speaker 1: that's what we always talk about, Matt. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, if you can dominate all season and your
Speaker 1: chance and your team has a chance to win the
Speaker 1: championship or legit chance, then you are m VP. To me, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not mad at either of those choices, and I
Speaker 1: agree and beats my pick um. But but what confuses
Speaker 1: me in this situation is obviously they still have Joker
Speaker 1: odds on favorite, and he had a tremendous year and
Speaker 1: he's been shorthanded. But that's not everyone. That's not in
Speaker 1: Bead's fault, that's not Janice's fault, and that's not Booker's fault.
Speaker 1: So I don't see how that is kind of held
Speaker 1: against them, and I agree, I don't. I don't feel
Speaker 1: like unhealthy Denver team is not a shot to win,
Speaker 1: doesn't have a shot to win a championship. Um, I
Speaker 1: don't really know what and I agree with him, be like,
Speaker 1: what does he have to do to get the respect
Speaker 1: he deserves. I think the fact that he was able
Speaker 1: to play all season with all the noise flying around
Speaker 1: that organization without a really without a second star until
Speaker 1: they were able to change James Harden, but his play
Speaker 1: has been dominant the entire season. However you want it,
Speaker 1: he gives it to you. So I agree. I think
Speaker 1: my pick would be InVID InVID if I was a
Speaker 1: voter um. And then again, Yannice Is had a great season, obviously,
Speaker 1: book everyone on that list has been a great has
Speaker 1: had a great season. But I think this is the
Speaker 1: year that NB should get it. But I guess we're
Speaker 1: just gonna have to wait and see. Hey, remember that
Speaker 1: this is the same voders that didn't vote to White,
Speaker 1: Howard and Kyrie even in the top seventy five, So
Speaker 1: don't get your hopes up. Yeah, it's weird. I wish
Speaker 1: there was a real criteria for having to be a
Speaker 1: voter on these awards and you find out who we're
Speaker 1: the voting and who's being picked. The criteria as long
Speaker 1: as you've been watching basketball for twenty years, you ain't
Speaker 1: have to play trial and nothing. You just had to
Speaker 1: be watching it for twenty years. Yeah, it's like a
Speaker 1: secret society, man, And I want to know, like, w
Speaker 1: how do you become one of these voters? And who
Speaker 1: is actually voting, and what are your credentials? I want
Speaker 1: to know the credentials for voting, for allowing the credentials
Speaker 1: are allowing some brown stuff to get on your nose.
Speaker 1: So it's safe to say we'll never see you as
Speaker 1: a voter. Jack Now, I was born his color all
Speaker 1: the smoke. This week we have a young and talented
Speaker 1: power forward from the Memphis Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson. Enjoy this teaser.
Speaker 1: You guys are coming down the home stretch heading into
Speaker 1: the playoffs. What's the environment like around your team right now?
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys got a taste of the playoffs. Now,
Speaker 1: you guys have moved yourself up to the two seed
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference. What's the vibe and energy like
Speaker 1: around the team right now? We don't take it for granted.
Speaker 1: I'm glad we're in this comfortable position because last year
Speaker 1: we're fighting for playing Like having a target on your
Speaker 1: back is new. You're not you're not happy for one
Speaker 1: or two seed. You're not, you don't care, You're just
Speaker 1: trying to knock them off. The practices we have now
Speaker 1: we actually practice pretty hard today. They're important, Like every
Speaker 1: practice important. We're learning and every rep is important just
Speaker 1: to get our chemistry up. You're one of these new
Speaker 1: stretch forwards that can shoot threes and get to the
Speaker 1: basket finished do it all. But you're also someone who
Speaker 1: leads across a majority of the defensive categories all season.
Speaker 1: When did that defensive mindset clicking. I work on a
Speaker 1: lot of the things guards work on, so I start
Speaker 1: to remember how I would want to shoot a shot
Speaker 1: against me, and it's a whole game. It's like a
Speaker 1: chess match. And I think I really picked it up
Speaker 1: this year. Like being able to play against Gobert in
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year as a five more really kind
Speaker 1: of gave me a test on how to be like
Speaker 1: an anchor. And you gotta talk. It's a lot of talk.
Speaker 1: It's direction and at the end of the day, like
Speaker 1: your gifts are cool, but like you shouldn't just think
Speaker 1: about blocking the shot because then it takes you out
Speaker 1: of everything else. The block is like the last piece.
Speaker 1: Like if you block it cool, but you're supposed to
Speaker 1: make it tough on everybody. You mentioned earlier, your teammate
Speaker 1: has been very outspoken as far as he thinks you
Speaker 1: should be Defensive Player of the Year. Do you think
Speaker 1: you're defensive Player of the Year. Of course I do. Yes, Okay,
Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking about. The things I have to
Speaker 1: do besides blocking shots always separates me from people who
Speaker 1: be blocking shots. I'm able to switch on the guards contain,
Speaker 1: you know, and all the analytics and all that stuff.
Speaker 1: That's cool, but that's for everybody else. I'm just out
Speaker 1: there too, do whatever I can to win, and we've
Speaker 1: won games. What I've done is impact that has impacted winning.
Speaker 1: So that's another difference. We want to welcome in now
Speaker 1: one of the top point high school point guards in
Speaker 1: the country, or Johnson who has committed to Oregon. Uh
Speaker 1: Man born and raised on the East Coast, but you've
Speaker 1: been playing a lot of high school basketball here on
Speaker 1: the West coast. Um and most importantly, Man, you're one
Speaker 1: of the participants in the Irish and Classic. Talk to
Speaker 1: us about how inside you are about that experience and
Speaker 1: uh what led you to Oregon. Well, I'm really excited
Speaker 1: to be a part of the Iris and Classic. Ellen
Speaker 1: Iris is icon to the world and to me since
Speaker 1: I've been a little for sure, definitely admired him on
Speaker 1: and off the court for his impact beyond the game
Speaker 1: I'm excited to meet everybody else involved with the camp
Speaker 1: because I look up to those guys too. A lot
Speaker 1: of those guys I haven't met either, like guys like yourselves. Um,
Speaker 1: I think my coach my coach's name, I forgot his
Speaker 1: name on Sorry, I don't want to. I don't want to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I watched the Netflix show on Darius Miles. I'm thinking
Speaker 1: like eighth grade of his high school journey moving to
Speaker 1: the NBA. So I know something about him him. I
Speaker 1: can't wait to meet him learn game from him. I
Speaker 1: just excited about the whole event. So so what led you? Obviously? Uh,
Speaker 1: you could have pretty much picked where you wanted to
Speaker 1: go to school if school was even the route. What
Speaker 1: what what made you lean towards Oregon and commit there. Well,
Speaker 1: I like the college route over any other routes. I
Speaker 1: thought it was best for me because it gives me
Speaker 1: the best opportunity to play in front of America, in
Speaker 1: front of everybody's eyes, and show everybody what I can
Speaker 1: do on a daily basis. Um, Oregon just felt like
Speaker 1: a good fit for me because of the play style. Um,
Speaker 1: the head coach, me and him have a good relationship. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's very coachable, as in, when I say coachable, it's
Speaker 1: calling my coach coach Bill. He's able to work with us. Um.
Speaker 1: I really like how he handled me as a as
Speaker 1: a person except the basketball player. I like how he
Speaker 1: went about it. He got to know me, um, and
Speaker 1: he made a real relationship instead of just going through
Speaker 1: what he's heard or anything like that. And I really
Speaker 1: appreciated that because most people, especially coaches, don't do that.
Speaker 1: You know, we live in the world where everybody just
Speaker 1: goes off what they think or assume, you know, m m,
Speaker 1: you know that. I also like the Oregon because I
Speaker 1: thought it was a good like little college town for
Speaker 1: me to you know, lock in be focused. Um. And
Speaker 1: it's a great culture of guys. The guys they recruit
Speaker 1: are certain culture type of guys, and that's what I
Speaker 1: like to just to be a part of something that's
Speaker 1: a family and um, that's moving the right way. That's
Speaker 1: a tough place to play. I went to u C.
Speaker 1: L A. And every time we went up there, man,
Speaker 1: that was a really tough arena. Man, crazy fans. You're
Speaker 1: gonna love that part of it. They go nuts out there.
Speaker 1: The new gym Uh yes, man, you definitely have some
Speaker 1: fun out there and they all right going back to
Speaker 1: the Office and Classic. I've been coaching the Office and
Speaker 1: Classic since year one, and uh i've been I didn't
Speaker 1: grow a lot of relationships with a lot of young guys. Men.
Speaker 1: You've been following each other for a while, but we
Speaker 1: never actually met, you know what I mean. We even
Speaker 1: talked on on DM before. But one thing about it
Speaker 1: for me is the development of the game and see
Speaker 1: how the young guys come in and really want to
Speaker 1: learn and like you just said, really to come in
Speaker 1: and learn more about the game. Um, that's what I appreciate.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you being a part of this game, you know,
Speaker 1: me speaking from from Bobby and John, you know all
Speaker 1: the young players. We're trying to make this game just
Speaker 1: as big as the McDonald's game. So one, we appreciate
Speaker 1: you being a part of it. But what's another thing
Speaker 1: that you look forward to besides, you know, meeting guys
Speaker 1: and and learning more about the game. Um, I look
Speaker 1: forward to come and making a stamp, coming to compete
Speaker 1: every play, every possession, every drill, Just coming to be
Speaker 1: a leader and showing what that's about, just by going
Speaker 1: out there and showing them I like that born and
Speaker 1: raised in New York again, played most of your high
Speaker 1: school basketball career out here on the West Coast. What
Speaker 1: have you taken from New York in California that you
Speaker 1: feel as you ready for this next level of basketball. Well,
Speaker 1: this is gonna sound funny, but I feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: the West Coast is more you're developing to become a pro,
Speaker 1: you know, and on the East Coast you're kind of
Speaker 1: developing to become unbreakable. So like for me to have
Speaker 1: really learned both aspects have helped me because some guys
Speaker 1: they grow up in New York and it actually hurts
Speaker 1: them because it's a certain culture that you're taught over there.
Speaker 1: So over here in the West Coast, it's a different
Speaker 1: kind of culture. But guys are still great at the game,
Speaker 1: but they have more success because of how they go
Speaker 1: about the game in their minds. Now, East Coast guys
Speaker 1: are still really talented, but it's just they think of
Speaker 1: it different. So I think being around being on both
Speaker 1: coasts and coming across a bunch of people just teaching
Speaker 1: me the game and soaking everything, and I have I've
Speaker 1: loved the time. It helped me find better. Hey, I
Speaker 1: think that's dope. I never heard of that, but it
Speaker 1: makes sense. He said, New York taught me how not
Speaker 1: to break, and the West Coast taught me. It's teaching
Speaker 1: me how to become a pro. I think that's hard.
Speaker 1: Best of both worlds. Mm hmm. What M and eight
Speaker 1: players do you watch? And it's any NBA player that
Speaker 1: you compare yourself to? Yeah, well, um, I watch a
Speaker 1: lot of I watched, of course, players that I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, I could be. I could uh will not
Speaker 1: beat them, of course that everybody's their own guy, but
Speaker 1: be close to their games or my game is a
Speaker 1: similar to them. So I watched a lot of Dame
Speaker 1: Lillard to see his moves that he creates space off
Speaker 1: from deep to get into his three ball. You know
Speaker 1: those high those hard pound dribble side steps and hard
Speaker 1: behind the back stutter something stutter, hard side step. That's
Speaker 1: all like ridiculous stuff. I watch a lot of Kyrie
Speaker 1: Irvin just because I'm a I'm a reactional type of player. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm great that creates space. I don't have much size
Speaker 1: from six three, so that's one thing I have to
Speaker 1: be good at. I create a lot of space off
Speaker 1: of just creating contact and getting away or just creating
Speaker 1: space with my dribbles, getting a little tricky, you know,
Speaker 1: but not trying to over dribble. So that's where watching
Speaker 1: Dame comes in, because Kyrie and Dame are both really
Speaker 1: good guards, but they have similar play style. So if
Speaker 1: I had to pick two guys, I watched them the most.
Speaker 1: I want to know. Uh, in an era of deep
Speaker 1: three ball shooting, what you're obviously capable of doing, you
Speaker 1: have a really defined mid range game for someone your age.
Speaker 1: Where did that come from? I'm not gonna lie I
Speaker 1: I watched. It's gonna sound crazy. I watched all Kobe's
Speaker 1: mid range Now six three, Kobe six seven or whatever,
Speaker 1: he is and plays very different than me, but I
Speaker 1: took what I could from it. So whether that be
Speaker 1: you start at the left elbow and you take two
Speaker 1: dribbles to right in front of the right elbow and
Speaker 1: pull up, I can do that at six three. So
Speaker 1: I just took what I couldn't take from Kobe's uh
Speaker 1: middy back to the basket and footwork, and just could
Speaker 1: could kind of put it into my game, like I said,
Speaker 1: and do what I can do with it at six
Speaker 1: three of course I can't play exactly like him, being
Speaker 1: six six, but I can use some of those things
Speaker 1: you know Kyrie does. That's what Kyrie does. He he
Speaker 1: uses what he can and he even still plays like
Speaker 1: Kobe sometime in situations with his back to the basket.
Speaker 1: But you're a tricky guy, and guys are already afraid
Speaker 1: of or nervous or what you're gonna do. You can
Speaker 1: you can kind of switch it up, you know. So hopefully,
Speaker 1: like with my career, I'll be able to play with
Speaker 1: my back to the basket too. Yeah. I mean that's
Speaker 1: I mean, between Dame Kyrie and Cove, I mean that's that.
Speaker 1: That was a hell of people to look up to. Man.
Speaker 1: So man, we don't want to keep you. We want
Speaker 1: to thank you for joining us in the middle of class.
Speaker 1: I never seen someone jack joined us in the middle
Speaker 1: of class. That's that's right, Yeah, school, right now, y'all. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Hey man, Hey, well, good luck on your journey and
Speaker 1: Oregon and and and before that, we have the Iverston
Speaker 1: class and coming up April thirtie in Memphis, Steven Jackson,
Speaker 1: Darius Miles, the head coaches, Dior Johnson will be on
Speaker 1: the floor and like he said, coming to make his mark.
Speaker 1: So best of luck, Broth. We'll catch up with you soon. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I appreciate, look forward to me and yet the game,
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, sir. All right here we are closing thoughts, Jack.
Speaker 1: The playoffs are here, the season, regular season is officially over.
Speaker 1: Any moments that that stood out to you, things you like,
Speaker 1: didn't like, things you like, to change players, teams. What's
Speaker 1: gonna stand out to you moston? We talk about when
Speaker 1: we look back on this season, two things in the
Speaker 1: Western Conference and one of the East, a D being
Speaker 1: hurt and the Lakers not being the team that we
Speaker 1: expected them to be having Lebron and a D and
Speaker 1: added Russ and Camello. We thought this team was definitely
Speaker 1: a shooting for the championship and not even making the
Speaker 1: playoffs is definitely let down. But what John Moran and
Speaker 1: Memphis has done, you know, back to the team that
Speaker 1: you know, the grind city team that played hard to
Speaker 1: all the highlights he's made this year. And on the
Speaker 1: East side, I gotta go with how everything has been
Speaker 1: going on with Kyrie for them to still be a
Speaker 1: team that everybody is afraid of, been going through everything
Speaker 1: with not having them all seasons and now having them
Speaker 1: for home games and away games, and finishing off on
Speaker 1: a good note. And Mkati has been putting up crazy
Speaker 1: number so those moments and and definitely to see how
Speaker 1: I finish it up, finishes up. Uh. Uh. My thing
Speaker 1: is injuries, particular in the Western Conference, with a d
Speaker 1: missing time and and and this kind of team, the
Speaker 1: Lakers really being exposed from a standpoint of they weren't
Speaker 1: built very well on paper. They had everyone excited, but
Speaker 1: it would have took everyone being healthy and on the
Speaker 1: same page the entire season for this team to really
Speaker 1: make a move. And even if they weren't healthy, I
Speaker 1: don't think they're on the same page. Uh. And I
Speaker 1: think for the Lakers, uh, next year, they're most likely
Speaker 1: they have to run this back. You know Russ's do
Speaker 1: I think forty forty four to forty six million next year. Uh.
Speaker 1: Not sure if they're going to be able to move
Speaker 1: him or want to move him. We saw Frank Vogel
Speaker 1: will most likely be a casualty of war and relieved
Speaker 1: of his duties. Um. But I think in order for
Speaker 1: this team to work, if they are if their core
Speaker 1: is brought back, I think it's gonna be more sacrifice
Speaker 1: on lebron James side. Uh. He's someone who was a
Speaker 1: ball dominant player, arguably the greatest player of all time
Speaker 1: if not number two, is gonna be the all time
Speaker 1: leading score next season, uh, top ten and assists. So
Speaker 1: you want the ball in Lebronze hands obviously, And normally
Speaker 1: when you transition and play with superstars, usually that everyone
Speaker 1: else has to, you know, kind of adjust their game.
Speaker 1: But I think for the Lakers in Russell Westbrook to work,
Speaker 1: if he is still there, I think it's gonna take
Speaker 1: a lot of sacrificing from Lebron to really empower Russ
Speaker 1: because for them to make any noise, they're gonna need
Speaker 1: Russ to be that guy. You know, he may not
Speaker 1: be Oklahoma City Russ, but he still has something left
Speaker 1: in the tank. And this is the team they built,
Speaker 1: you know, whether that's Rob Polinka who built this team
Speaker 1: or Lebron and his clutch side of Rich Paul who
Speaker 1: built this team, the team is the team. Um, and
Speaker 1: I don't see anything drastically happening in in l A
Speaker 1: when it comes to Lakers this offseason. Uh. Golden State. Also,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously the return of play Thompson was big
Speaker 1: for US fans. Everyone miss Clay, but then them just
Speaker 1: being able to get on this court at the same
Speaker 1: time Clay comes back, Draymond gets hurt, Draymond comes back,
Speaker 1: Steph gets hurt. There's a lot of questions around this
Speaker 1: team if they can you know, if Steph is able
Speaker 1: to come back and pick up where he left off,
Speaker 1: and and Drey is ready and Clay is ready. I
Speaker 1: still think this is a championship caliber type team, so
Speaker 1: to be interesting to see this playoff run if if
Speaker 1: those things are able to happen. UH in the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 1: What that stands out to me is the way that
Speaker 1: James Harden has bullied his way out of two situations
Speaker 1: he didn't want to be in. Now he's in a
Speaker 1: situation where he wants to be and now you gotta
Speaker 1: show improved bro straight up. I mean, he's bullied hisself
Speaker 1: out of Houston. Um. Again, I'm all four player empowerment,
Speaker 1: but I just think there's ways people should go about it. Um,
Speaker 1: if you don't want to be somewhere, continue to give
Speaker 1: your best and hopefully works something out. But when he
Speaker 1: doesn't want to be somewhere, he just gives up and
Speaker 1: as a fan of basketball and as a fan of him,
Speaker 1: knowing how talented he is, it's just a horrible look.
Speaker 1: So he did to get up to get out of Houston,
Speaker 1: and then he started his ship in Brooke. And when
Speaker 1: they're able to get out of Brooklyn, um, so now
Speaker 1: you're where you want to be, bro And you know,
Speaker 1: now now is his time to really do uh what
Speaker 1: we know he's capable of doing it, but actually which
Speaker 1: out which we all want to see him do, because
Speaker 1: when it comes to just straight basketball, he's a bad motherfucker.
Speaker 1: And then my last thing is the same situation as
Speaker 1: you jack with Kyrie. Uh you know, whether you liked
Speaker 1: it or not, he stood his guns and and and
Speaker 1: did that. And I think what will make everyone forget
Speaker 1: this whole crazy season of his as if he comes
Speaker 1: out and bes the killer what he knows he can be,
Speaker 1: we know he can be, and this team makes a run,
Speaker 1: and everyone will forget about all the ship that's happened
Speaker 1: this year, because there's so much stuff that's happened off
Speaker 1: the court, particularly with James and particularly with Kyrie. They
Speaker 1: can all be washed away if both these guys come
Speaker 1: to playing their teams advancing the playoffs. So next year,
Speaker 1: a healthy Clipper team is a top five team in
Speaker 1: the NBA market. Down. Oh yeah, hell yeah, special birthday present.
Speaker 1: I open some weed. Yeah, Jack week, we couldn't ship weed,
Speaker 1: but I'll have plenty of weed for you when you
Speaker 1: get here next week. You could just get you could
Speaker 1: you just didn't. I'm not taking penitentiary chances no more. Bro. See,
Speaker 1: let's let's see, man. These are some custom joints, super
Speaker 1: hard to find, but I know you're gonna love him. Oh,
Speaker 1: lift it up a little higher so we could all look,
Speaker 1: so we can all enjoy. Once you get it out
Speaker 1: of the big box. Open up the box in front
Speaker 1: of us. How was Mexico? Y'all have a good time.
Speaker 1: You know how I feel about shoes. Now, sir, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna let you'll see first holds in the box. What's
Speaker 1: the box? Yeah, let us see your first Yeah, open
Speaker 1: it towards us, open it. Yeah. Happy birthday, Stephen Jackson.
Speaker 1: This year we want you to have all the smoke
Speaker 1: number forty four Malcimedia and all the smoke family. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna let you hard to find these motherfucker's. Bro. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I see him. I can't see him. Hold on, Oh oh,
Speaker 1: these weren't the one we got some these are dots,
Speaker 1: So we got another pair for you when you get here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we got those are the custom joints. Yeah, look at
Speaker 1: the yeah, look at the detail on these boys. M
Speaker 1: And we got another pair for you. So good, okay, good.
Speaker 1: I'm glad they sent you those ones and not the
Speaker 1: other ones. I want to see you your reaction in person,
Speaker 1: because it was so hard to find this other pair
Speaker 1: we got for you. Bro. Oh yeah, we had to
Speaker 1: do some digging. Shout out Nate. They handled it, but
Speaker 1: then it took it took us like it took us
Speaker 1: like three weeks to find these motherfucker's. Man, thank you, man,
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Y'all. Know what that y'all. It's doing
Speaker 1: the two things you can get me, shooes and weed.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have both in that life. Don't hate me
Speaker 1: and I will. Hey, I will have these on because
Speaker 1: I got a Swiss that I just got that's this color.
Speaker 1: There you go. Do you see the little edit that
Speaker 1: the twins did for you talking about swimming a happy birthday?
Speaker 1: Hey man, I I'll reposted and left the car. Hey, hey,
Speaker 1: they're definitely your son's God David. It's crazy, all right, man, Well,
Speaker 1: happy birthday. We love you. Can catch What's Burning available
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