WEBVTT - Jimmy Patsos joins Heat Check 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:13.440 No, no, come home, Come home, Come home, Come home, Come. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:16.520 Home. 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.120 On this episode of the Heat Check, we are joined 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:27.560 by our favorite coach, coach Jimmy Patzos, former Coldgate coach 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.680 who is also our basketball insider, here to break down 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:33.839 the final playing games. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:35.720 And we've got some doozies here. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.000 Paul George apparently isn't playing he got COVID as well 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.599 as give us some insight into this year's crop of 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.839 rookies and how they played out this season. So do 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:50.440 me a favorite rock and drop that beat? 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:58.760 Perfect pray? 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:03.280 What are you going on? 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:03.600 All right? 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.959 First and foremost, welcome coach to the show. What are 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.479 you looking at? You got getting up out of your seat? 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:09.600 We loved you. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:13.080 We've muted yourself. What's happening? 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:13.840 I'm not muted? 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:14.080 Right? 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:14.600 Am? 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.039 I good? Yeah? All right, let's go. We're ready. I'm ready. 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.479 Hold on, all right? So where'd you go? You went 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:20.199 and got a book? 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.280 Look, I keep lists, I keep I use I'll use 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.400 Lindy's Sports for college and pro. I'll read the New 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.120 York Post. I do stuff online, but I also keep 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:31.840 my own lists. Like on draft night, so it was 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.679 running to get my folder. We're gonna talk about Draft night. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:37.479 Should we have taken Scottie Barnes ahead of sug It's 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:38.600 clearly a good decision. 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:41.479 Yeah, that's like, that's a main one. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.839 Let's first and foremost talk about these playing games, because 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:49.120 I have so many questions about last last draft class. 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:53.080 There's so many good like intriguing storylines. But first and 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:57.120 foremost Istlanta Hawk's played Cleveland. Uh, Cleveland is a two 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.960 and a half point dog. This is not a betting show. 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.480 This is but I just wanted to say what the 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:07.000 line was. And you know, here's the interesting thing. Cleveland 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.200 is going to give it a go. Apparently Jared Allen 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.560 is going to play right, and that's who knows how 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.200 he's gonna be. You got bogged on who's questionable with 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:21.240 an ankle sprain? Obviously no John Collins because he has 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.640 a finger issue as well. 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.840 What do you think happens? Like, how do you see this? 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:26.400 This game? 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.240 This you know, winner go home game playing playing out, 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.440 especially since Atlanta has only really played well in Atlanta. 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:37.400 You know, Atlanta has size though with Capella. Now, Bogdanovitch 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.760 is important because he's great out. He's a great, great 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:43.880 shooter off the bench, Gallinari gives him some experience. But 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.000 it's about Trey Young Herder and DeAndre Hunter. They're tall 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.720 and herd Her and Hunter big guards that can defend 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:52.960 by the way Herd her That's the steel that they 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:54.600 got in the twenties. A couple of years ago, was 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.240 at that combine when he played well. Day one shut 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.639 it down. Day two went to the Hawks because he 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:04.400 got a great move. DeAndre Hunter will always play defense 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.280 because he's a Tony Bennett guy. Another good pick took 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.680 him a year or two. Some guys like Scottie Barnes 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.960 play right away. You got Mobley on the other side. 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.040 Can he score enough? Can he step it up? It's 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.680 about Jared Allen. Jared Allen has to play. He's been 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.640 out six weeks with a broken finger. You have to try. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.400 I got three of the plans right, Trista and I 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:26.800 got the Hawks one wrong. I thought the guards. I 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.080 thought the Hornets might come up with Gordon Haywood doesn't 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.160 play what I don't understand. I guess I'm gonna go 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:35.880 with this. It's a one game survive in advance. A 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.560 couple of years ago, we were all kind of making 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.880 fun of the playing is it good enough. What's the deal? 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.400 You know where out of the summer league you hear 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.960 about it, and last year was a little quirky, although 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.920 the Wizards took advantage of it. I think it's brilliant. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.160 I actually think whoever thought of it was I was wrong. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:51.840 They were right. I thought it should be seven ten, 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.040 eight nine, a little play in that way, blah blah blah. Nope, 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.480 this is a good format. Cleveland gets to go home. 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:02.160 They didn't look terrible against the Nets, but Marketing missed 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.960 too many shots. I saw the Calves this year against 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.920 the Whiz, I thought they were gonna win the whole 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.720 championship because it was one of those nights. Okoro Garland, 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:16.560 Ricky Rubio was still playing market and making threes. Jared 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.719 Allen defended the paint mobley free to Rome Kevin Love 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.120 making threes. They had seven guys with Rubio and Love 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.719 off the bench. Now they had injuries. They've hit a 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:29.559 wall and Marketing can't score anymore. They're going home, backs 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.560 against the wall. Chance to survive. Go play the Heat, 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.479 who we all know is a little vulnerable. Probably the 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.799 best team that doesn't have a star is the Heat. 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.280 So like all this comes into play back to we're 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.240 going to talk about the draft. You got Mobley and 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.839 you got Hrder, Trey Young and Hunter. The only person 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.240 the Hawks missed on the last three years was Reddish, 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:52.560 And you know, Reddish has some flaws. He doesn't really 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.960 like basketball that much in my opinion. Sorry, that's what 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.279 I think. I don't think he loves the game. But 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.919 you got Hurder, Hunter and Trey Young. You hit good. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:05.040 Coral is pretty good for the Calves. Solid armor guy, 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.200 but now they're hitting on Mobile. Who's gonna get Rookie 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.720 of the Year, So like it's gonna be a fascinating game. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.279 Who can take over? Like you said, the Hawks don't 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.120 play well at home, but they do play defense, and 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.320 Nate McMillan has always gotten guys to play d and 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.960 they played defense. The other night. They locked up the Hornets, 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.159 Rosier and and Ball couldn't score. You know, they just 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.160 didn't look good. But they didn't have going Haywood. If 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.880 Jared Allen plays tonight, I think the Calves can win. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.680 They're at home, they're tough. What do the Hawks have, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.120 Nate McMillan, They got experience from last year. They've kind 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.839 of been waiting around. They started slow, but they need 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.600 Bogdanovitch because that guy A he's a feisty defender, he 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:44.640 makes jumpers, and he's got experience. 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:50.000 Do you think that the injury to Jared Allen like 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.799 he should even be playing? Because the thing that's interesting 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.960 to me is like when Trey played against the Calves, 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.480 all these four games that they've played, he's gotten to 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:00.440 the line like a crazy amount of I want to say, 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.640 he's gotten to the line like eight to ten times 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.359 in each of those occurrences. He's scoring on average like 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.320 thirty two and a half points. Like Jared Allen obviously 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:13.200 helps them be able to defend without without fouling Trey, 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.560 Like I guess, do you think the X factor of 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.720 this is all about Jared Allen and how effective he is? 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:22.080 I do. I loved him. I liked him in Texas, 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:23.920 but I loved him on the nets. I saw him, 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:25.599 like I said, I do the Wizards pre and post 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.760 game and back in the day. You can go to 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.520 the games, you know before COVID we'll be back there too. 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.920 We've been in the studio the last two years. I 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.359 saw Jared Allen warming up. I saw how tall along 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.479 he was. I saw his attention to detail on defense. 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.200 He wants to be a I love his hair. He 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.440 got a great throw and all that. That guy wants 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.280 to play d He's super pride. He's taken the next step. Sure, 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.359 he broke his finger and the one game thing, I 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.159 think both him and Collins. If you can play, he 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.240 should play. If that's what they because they're missing a 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.400 little depth at the four. Yeah, Hawks and Jared Allen 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.840 if he can help. Look, it's just no replacing a 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.240 guy like Jared Allen back there. Trey Young when he 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.719 gets to the line, that's one thing. When he gets 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.000 to the paint period, good things happen for the Hawks. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.240 But Garland's quick enough to stay with him. I just 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.480 think Jared Allen back there marketing to tog Iban. He 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:16.160 doesn't block shots, will see mobiley. I like them. He's 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:20.679 a little raw. He's still he's just not like there yet. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.760 He had a great start. He got figured out a 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.600 little bit. He can play some defense. I love what 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.320 he did with usc and and the enfield. He got 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.240 him to the Elite eight. Those days are over. This 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.680 is the NBA A surviving advanced game against an Hawks 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:37.960 team that's very experienced, but so far the home team 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.640 has pretty much had their way. If Jared Alleen walks out, 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.480 I'm not saying it's Willis reed the Knicks, but he 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.240 remotivates that team. I'm bickerstaff. I say, hey, man, if 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.280 there's one game you can try to play, it's tonight. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.480 Now is it long term damage? I'm not a doctor, 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.640 but it's been six weeks. I hope he plays. 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.040 Who do you think has the best chance of beating 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:57.600 the Heat? 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.840 If they win tonight, that's. 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.760 A great see you ask good questions. This is why 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:04.200 you're a world famous journalist. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.440 Haha, you're a world famous fluffer. Is what you are 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:09.960 coaching at Oregon. 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.120 You got the dog, you got Emma, you got the 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.120 em of the dog. You got You, you got Quinn, 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.520 and you got Ryan. You're all over the place, barstool, 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.920 back to DC, up to New York. There's a reason 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.800 you're on the fan because New York City needs you. 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.520 Let me tell you this. If John Collins plays, and look, 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.640 I'm going on what the Hawks did last year, I 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.880 mean they beat the Heat. I mean they beat the 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.120 Sixers in Game seven. They dismantled the next four to one. 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.840 No problem. All Right, that wasn't the best next team 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.319 in the world, but they were still They still went 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.800 me in there and won, and they meet the Sixers. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:41.960 I mean, I don't care what Ben Zimmons did. They 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.440 still had to meet Zeth Curry and Tobias Harris Day. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:49.480 Mcmellan's got guts. That guy can coach. Now gotta play defense, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.439 and I don't think they wanted to play defense in 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.160 November and December. But just like you did the year before, 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.400 he brought him in and said it's January. They were hot. 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.120 They had a really good February. They had tough. I 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.040 haint the Hawks seven better chance. But if Jared Allen 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.840 was to be healthy with I sik, I said Garland. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.280 Of course, they have the biggest lineup. When it win 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.400 Achorrol marketing. 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.160 We'll get four to seven footers. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.520 It's just but the Heat's resiliency and the way that 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.680 Heat play, I think the Hawks have a better chance. Actually, 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:24.080 if I had upon reflection after watching ten minutes of 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.319 the Hawks won its game, I couldn't believe I took 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.280 the Hornets, And I don't want to be saying the 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.080 same thing tonight. So even though it's not a gambling show. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.000 I think the Hawks go in there and find a 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.040 way to win, and then they give the Heat all 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.640 they want. How about that the Heat are gonna get 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.040 the Hawks who went to the finals last year, and 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.920 the Celtics are gonna get the Nets. This is gonna 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.520 be too compelling. First round series one in two seeds. Meanwhile, 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.080 the Bucks are going to cruise from the three seed 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.920 against the sleeping Bulls that took they ripped van winkled 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:53.400 it from. 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.320 February on, Yeah, they did. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:59.080 So let's talk Clippers now versus the Pelicans. Pelicans went 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.160 one to twelve to start the year. We were just 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.880 throwing massive amounts of shade on them that looked like 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.440 a tanking team. Zion of course hasn't played all year, 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.880 despite him doing windmills in practice and pre game all 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:15.480 that stuff. And then of course they trade for my guy, CJ. McCollum, 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.240 Love them love him. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:18.320 Isn't it true too? 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.280 It appears right looks like he's more of a point 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.720 guard in this system, especially with big long wings next 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.120 to him, with b I Herb Jones, Jackson Hayes and 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:29.400 of course JV. 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:29.760 Right. 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.640 So, and then the biggest news is like five minutes ago, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.360 we find out that Paul George contracted COVID, so he's 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.280 not gonna play tonight. 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.240 Oh yeah, this is news to you. This is brand 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:39.000 new news to you too. 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:41.200 Wow. I didn't know he was not gonna play. I 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:42.960 was out getting my little lock in with my dog 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:43.959 and get a piece of chicken. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:47.760 Come home, George Pg. Thirteen is not playing tonight, So 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.240 it's Norm Powell and the others. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:52.200 Away. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.640 So now the line is probably let me look and 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:56.280 see what it is now. I think it's a pick 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.319 them one and a half. Yeah, so one and a 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.080 half Clippers are at home. The line is still two 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:06.000 fifteen and a half as the total. Just a fascinating, 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.600 fascinating matchup. Just give me how you see this going 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.479 in terms of like matchups. 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.839 Yes, let's review, let's review. Yes, love you and your trailblazers. 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.720 You're trying so hard to fail. After what I'm seeing 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.959 from a column. You might have traded the wrong guy. 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.160 A he's taking a leadership bro. If you read I 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.880 do this show with Bobby Aber, remember the quarterback Bobby 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.240 who that good guy. I do this New Orleans show 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.040 with him and Christians really good and they talk a 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.200 lot about the Pelicans. He had to do some LSU 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.720 and some other stuff, but it's about Pelicans. Really interesting team. 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.680 David Griffin's been absent because he doesn't want to take design. 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.000 He Ingram's hurt. They're doing the tanking thing. Whatever you say. 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:52.400 Valancenis keeps it together. Ingram is good. Herb Jones is 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:56.000 why Alabama one. He is why Alabama one. They whooped 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.120 Maryland to go to Sweet sixteen. It wasn't the young guys. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.520 It just wasn't okay. I like Josh Primo. I liked 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.760 those other guys. Herb Jones was the leader in that 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.080 locker room. He was a tough guy, plays defense. All 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:11.240 of a sudden, he picks up Alvarado, who led Georgia 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.760 Tech to the ACC title. They came in last this 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.880 year without him last. Josh pass is a friend of mine. 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.720 It's not his fault, but Alvarado New York tough. Will's 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.240 Will's Georgia Tech to the NCAA. Well, he's playing well. 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:28.079 Jackson Hayes has grown up. I love Valentiunis, but it's 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.120 all about McCollum. I guess he went to lunch and 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.880 dinner with all these different guys. He's spending a lot 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.160 of time with Willie Green. He's like, I can help more. 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.080 Remember he went to Lee High, so he's really smart guy. 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.120 It's basically an Ivy League school Patriot Leaguers. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.320 Also NBPA president CJ. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.280 McCollough and right, see, like this is a bright guy 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.440 who's like, we're not that far off. Instead of everybody 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.520 making ben ye jokes and fat jokes and all this 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.199 about Zion, let's get him involved because he shoots sixty 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.680 percent from the field. I'm a big Zion guy. You know, 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.520 he's got to grow up. Sure, maybe his boys are 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.480 down there and they're hanging out, or it's his first 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.360 year in New Orleans. Hey, I was just there. I 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:03.880 didn't do well there either. It's hard. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:06.720 I had a lot of talents. 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.920 They got food, Begnet's with Chris, drinking at night. I've 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:14.080 been there, beads, beads, they had everything. Hurricanes. Here's the thing, 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.760 what does CJ. McCollum do gets the Scion Now Zion's 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.440 back on the bench, Like c J. McCollum has brought 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.880 them together. But I think Trey Murphy was a really 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.680 good pick. I thought Corey Kisper was a little better 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.199 than him. He went to Rice, who's smart, Trey Murphy 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:33.040 than Virginia. So Murphy Alvarado Jones. There's your young guys, McCollums, 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.960 your leader. Valance Unis is just a really good, big ingram, 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.800 super talented. And Jackson Hayes, we know it's grown up he. 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:41.800 Had and of course JV has that Toronto blood in him, 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:43.760 right because he played for the Raptors for a long 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.480 period of time and he ended up well. He was 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.400 like one of the leaders when they were trying to 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.200 build things. Lowry and and DeRozan people. 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.960 They won it. And by the way, I just I 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.840 might take them in the futures back next year to 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.200 like go to the conference finals. This team is like 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:00.560 right there and they're gonna get a. 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.960 Decent They feel kind of like Memphis a little bit 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:04.280 to you was last year. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.440 Very trista, very good. Yes they do. Who has Desmond Maine, 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.120 who's tougher than you think, who took you know, John 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.839 Morian has been fantastic, there's no there's no question there. 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.280 But all of a sudden they got Dylan Brooks and 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.600 Desmond Maine and all these other guys that are better 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.520 than you think. And they got a little family atmosphere too. Yeah, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.760 they throw in Steven Adams, So it's a mix. You 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.440 gotta have salary cap that works, but you gotta have 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:32.120 some young guys because they're cheaper on the tax. But 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.200 really you got to have a guy that could lead, 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.280 and it's McCollum. McCollum has got a fantastic job. And 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.360 I've been hearing Dame. He has been voicing his support, 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.960 following them and saying how much they already miss them. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.520 Yeah, I heard Dame is gonna come up to it 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.520 the CJ mccollingers, And just like Patrick Beverly did for 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.360 Eva Zubah at a joke, I don't think so. But like, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.440 we couldn't have had them both. They were making too 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.360 much money. Dame's gonna get an extension. CJ's making thirty 0:14:57.720 --> 0:14:59.600 you know, Nirk wants his. And then you're in a 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.600 bad CA situation. So sometimes you have to just let 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:03.360 the birds that. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.040 You love dirt. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.320 Can't we playing dirt by the game? How many games 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:07.840 he plays? 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.680 We need to get rid of him, Coach, he's got 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.400 to go. We got now. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:14.960 I remember when he was picked in the first round. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:19.160 I didn't know who he was. Comes around, he's always injured, he. 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.280 Is, he is well. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.120 We shut him down this year because we didn't want 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:23.640 him winning any games for us. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.920 So that was that was Simon's is coming around for 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.920 your Trailblazers. Now there is an interesting draft pick out 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.360 of IMG. I wish that he went to college. I 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.000 wish they all went to college for a year. I 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.440 think he had helped him, helps them marketing, it helps 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.120 him grow up. And what Simon's showed what he can 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:40.320 do this year. But can't you do it on a 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.240 winning team? Is what you have to ask yourself. 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.120 Let's pivot now, because so your pick is, your pick 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:49.880 is Pelicans, Pelicans. Let's pivot. Let's hard pivot now. Let's 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.800 talk about this draft, this last year's draft. A lot 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.480 of people coach telling telling me the twenty twenty one 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.640 draft class might be the best since nineteen ninety six. 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:03.480 Twenty eighteen obviously is elite. This court class, of course, 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:04.360 is deeper than that. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:06.640 For you. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.600 I mean, we've got just it's just stacked. You literally 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.320 can just go through the list and we'll go through 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:15.400 some of them. I'm very curious. The first thing that 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:20.320 I want to where the where the mock separated was 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:27.120 the Jalen Sug Scottie Barnes pick. Everybody thought, Jalen Sugg's kid, 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:31.040 who's like multi sport athlete from the you know, the 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.800 Minneapolis area, best friends with Paige Becker's. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.760 Blah blah blah, A born. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.760 Winner, goes to Gonzaga, stands up on the table when 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.800 he beats UCLA in that game winner, that he should 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.040 have been the one to go to Toronto. A lot 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.040 of people thought that was like the very easy, safe 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.720 pick because he's a proven winner and they needed a guard. 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:54.200 They end up going with Scotty Barnes instead, and I 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.640 think a lot of people thought that was like pretty befuddling. 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.760 What did you think about the pick then? And then 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.159 you know, what do you think went wrong with Suggs 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:06.680 when he ended up going to Orlando? 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.840 Was it just like a depth issue with all the 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.880 guards that they had. Could they have passed on him 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.159 and gone with someone else? So much going on with 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:13.960 those two picks. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.399 I've known Suggs since he was fifteen because he was 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.000 on the under Armoured Circuit competitor Hits Game Winners. I 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:22.160 talked to Mark Few about when he hit the game winner. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.680 He does that in practice all the time. Big fan 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:29.199 of Sugs. Feisty, but he's only six y three. Barnes 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.560 is tall. This guy Messi knows what he's doing in Toronto, 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:36.399 whether it's Van Fleet, Siakam, all the players that picked 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.000 picking up Kawhi for a year knowing that was probably 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:40.399 all you're going to get out of him. He was 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:43.680 right about that too. This guy Messi is like he's 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.080 got It's like he's got a little crystal ball. Scottie 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.639 Barnes played for Leonard Hamilton. He basically came off the bench, 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.120 you know, and waited his turn and stuff like that. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.919 Devin Vass was doing well this year. He did the 0:17:55.960 --> 0:18:00.159 same thing. I like Leonard Hamilton's guys. Scottie Barnes has 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.560 always wanted to win. It's always been about the shot 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:04.840 and it actually goes in. It doesn't look great, but 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:10.280 it goes in. But his intangibles with Siakam, Van Fleet, guys, 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.719 they have there. Now you may not have needed Suggs 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.919 as much as we thought. We did brilliant play and 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.439 now he's in purgatory because I think the magic's going 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.320 to be a while. Even though they have fans. I'm 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.240 not a huge fan of because when you lose by thirty, 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.879 someone's got to score. The Magic are a long way away. 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:34.000 Bonds goes to a winning situation like Florida State, fills 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:36.879 In doesn't have to be the guy shows has worked 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:40.879 on defense, rebounding, understanding how to play, happy to pass, 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.840 happy to be a role player, and quietly, he really 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:46.879 probably should have been the MVP MOBILEI, as we know 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.960 in our society, got off to such a quick start. 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:52.159 Caid came along too, But it's just hard when you 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:55.480 lose every game. Okay, I like what cunning him does. 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.960 He's got to shoot the ball better. Suggs broke and 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:01.359 hurt his wrist. He's down there in the Magic which 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.359