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We'll have 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: a pull question play of the day of the day 40 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: as well, but lets begin with the headlines. The number 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: one seeds in both conferences, the Lakers and Bucks did 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: not look good last night, and neither team looked good 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: in the eight regular season bubble games leading up to 44 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: the postseason. But I think everybody was under the impression, yeah, 45 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: become playoff time. That's when you flipped the switch. I've 46 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: never seen the switch. I've been in a lot of buildings, 47 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: a lot of rooms, and I look around. I don't 48 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: see that switch because it's not there. You keep thinking, oh, 49 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: you flipped the switch. The Lakers still struggle on offense, 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: and if you can't score on Portland, you can't score 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: on anybody, and the Bucks. You can't be reliant on 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: the Greek freak as much as you are. You can't 53 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: have that much of a separation between the Greek Freak 54 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: and your second best player, Chris Middleton. You can't do 55 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: it even against Orlando. And maybe this is the only 56 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: win that Orlando has, but Orlando at least should get 57 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: your attention, and certainly the Blazers they have the Lakers attention. 58 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: The top struggles, you know, that could speak to the 59 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: unusual circumstances. You don't have a home court advantage, but 60 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: you've got an opponent in the Blazers, who are really 61 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: are four or five seed. I think if everybody's healthy, 62 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: then there are four or five seed. But this is 63 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: going to be a tough out for the Lakers for 64 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: a variety of reasons. The Lakers have been banged up, 65 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: the Blazers have been playing in a playoff mode for 66 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. But you can't make excuses, 67 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: and people are going to make excuses today. Portland was 68 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: the better team last night, the better all around team 69 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: top to bottom. The Blazers were a better team. And 70 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: if the Lakers aren't going to shoot better from the 71 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: three point range, you're going down in flames five or 72 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: thirty two. And Anthony Davis, if you're not the best 73 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: player on the floor every single night, the Lakers are 74 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: not going to win a championship playing simple. You can't 75 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: go eight for twenty four and he waits for things 76 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: to come to him. He's got to be aggressive year. 77 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: You know these games mean everything. Kenny Smith mentioned this 78 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: at halftime. Anthony Davis almost waits for a double team. 79 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: You must be proactive. And for those of you who 80 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: are going to criticize Lebron for deferring, I'm going to 81 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: take you back to the game winning shot that Kyle 82 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: Kuzma had a couple of weeks ago or a week ago, 83 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: and I said, if this happened in the playoffs, we 84 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: would be critical of Lebron if Kuzma doesn't hit the shot. 85 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: It was a regular season game. They ran a design play. 86 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: Kuzma hit the shot, the three pointer, and everybody was like, Okay, 87 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: now they got their third option. You can spin it 88 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: however you want to. Lebron played great. The Lakers get 89 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: off to a slow start, as they have every single 90 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: game in the bubble, and then they come back and 91 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: they played pretty good defense, second, third, fourth quarter. But 92 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: Lebron had a wonderful night and he deferred a little bit. 93 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 1: You have sixteen assists. I'm sure somebody's going to be 94 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: critical of Lebron James today exactly not exactly breaking news. 95 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: I want to find somebody who's not critical of Lebron today, 96 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: because I'll be in the minority today. He played great, 97 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: he did defer, he got everybody involved, he did what 98 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: he's been doing during the regular season. I don't worry 99 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: about Lebron being the problem here. It's everybody else now. 100 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: Alex Caruso, what do you won for six? Anthony Davis 101 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: didn't play well. Kuzma like I gotta It just felt 102 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: like Portland was going, yeah, go ahead, take the shot, Yeah, 103 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: go ahead, take the shot in Portland. You know, maybe 104 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: it's adrenaline. I thought that they were going to be spent. 105 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: But give him credit. They played hard, played well, pulled 106 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: out the win in game two of those series had 107 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: become a lot more important and a lot more fun 108 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: for us to watch. But we'll talk to Jeff Van 109 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 1: about this. Because you saw the Bucks and it felt 110 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: like the Bucks were what we thought they were gonna do. Hey, 111 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: they're playing Orlando. We'll just get out there and run 112 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: up down floor a little bit and uh, you know, 113 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: spend the rest of the afternoon chilling by the pool, 114 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, orlandos like, um, hey guys, 115 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna make your work a little bit harder. I 116 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: watched a lot of the Rockets and the Thunder, and 117 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: I thought, the Thunder, if you're gonna come out and 118 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: make a lasting impression, get the Rockets attention without Russell Westbrook, 119 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: last night was the night to do it. And okay, 120 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: see did not look good. I give you know, the 121 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: Rockets a lot of credit. You know, played well, Charles 122 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: Barkley was trending last night. Number one story he was trending. 123 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: He says, if the Blazers beat the Lakers last night, 124 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: he thinks they'll sweep the Lakers. And then the studio 125 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: guys Kenny Jack and Ernie were like, whoa what and 126 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: then Chuck at halftime of the Rockets and the Thunder said, 127 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: James Harden is the best offensive player he's ever seen, 128 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: one on one offensive player he's ever seen. Now, I'm 129 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: fascinated by James Harden, and I do think he is unique. 130 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: But I don't know how Jordan would play with today's rules. 131 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: I don't know how Kobe would play if he was 132 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: just starting his career with today's rules. I don't know 133 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: what some of the other great scores in the history 134 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: of the game would be like. I don't know that. 135 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: And it's dangerous when we do this because it's generational 136 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: when somebody plays and how they were guarded, how they played, 137 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: what you were allowed to do, not allowed to do. 138 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you saw two technicals in the Dallas game 139 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: that we would have not even stopped play fifteen twenty 140 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: years ago in the NBA. What Porzingis did by challenging 141 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: Morris that we wouldn't even have said anything about it. 142 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: The officials would have said play on. So it's a 143 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: different game. But Charles said that Harden can get his 144 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: shot against anybody almost at any time. He is in 145 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: the conversation of unstoppable. Now he stops himself, but he 146 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: is unstoppable at times. And there are very few in 147 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: the history of the game. Would I say he's the 148 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: greatest offensive one on one player, No, because Kareem is 149 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: the greatest offensive weapon the game has ever seen. Nobody 150 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: can stop the Skuyhood. Nobody, Nobody in the history of 151 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: the game. Nobody. I don't care who you are, you 152 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: couldn't have stopped that. And so if we're talking about 153 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: what is unstoppable, Kareem was unstoppable. You know, Michael had 154 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: Michael could be stopped, he could be contained. But if Kareem, 155 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: certainly early in his career, if you've got a chance 156 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: to watch him, it was it was unbelievable. He could 157 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: an average forty a game if he wanted to. But 158 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: he came from a team tradition with UCLA, and you know, 159 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: he was just not that kind of player. Yeah, I'm 160 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: the club, see all these guys hardened Luca and Jannis, 161 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: they dribble anywhere they want, because if you breathe on 162 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: a guy in the perimeter, it's a foul. That was 163 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: never like that. Jannis could never dribble all over the court, 164 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, twenty years ago. And I don't know about Harden. 165 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: How would he played in the Jordan era? Would he Well, 166 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: he's so physical. Do you think he would be strong 167 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: enough to do that? Oh my gosh, yes, like he is. 168 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: He's a big guy, big guard. You know, he looks 169 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: like he could play a lineman for the Cowboys. I 170 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: mean he's he's a physical guy, and he is so 171 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: good at angles. Scores are so good at angles. You 172 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: don't have to be the most athletic, but you have 173 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: to be really smart and how you attack. And Harden 174 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: is brilliant at how he puts you on his hip 175 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: gets by you. Do They blow the whistle far too 176 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: often nowadays? Absolutely they ruin the game at times, interrupt 177 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: the game. Let it go because you know, back when 178 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: Jordan played, you could put your hand. I could put 179 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: my hand on you, and guys would just put their 180 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: hand lean on you. You can't do anything now but 181 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: Rock you know, Harden takes advantage of the rules, and 182 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: I give him credit. The great ones understand what they 183 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: can and can't do. What can I get away with? 184 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: What are you going to call? But Harden is one 185 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: of the great one on one players in the history 186 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: of the game. Would I say that he's the most unstoppable? 187 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: I would not, But he's in the conversation because his 188 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: ability with a great handle, got great feet, and he's 189 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: able to do that step back jumper. The only way 190 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: he stops himself is when he misses those step back jumpers. 191 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: But if if he gets you on his hip, he's 192 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 1: getting to the hoop, they're going to make that call. 193 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: So Ben Gundi will join us. We'll talk to him 194 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: about who should be more nervous, the lakers of the Bucks. 195 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: We also have a story that's brewing in the Big 196 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: Ten and this is from Jeff Snook, who is considered 197 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 1: an Ohio State insider. He's written some books about his 198 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 1: alma mater, the football program, and he had this this 199 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: morning breaking news. Ohio States athletic director working on a 200 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: plan to get five other Big Ten teams to participate 201 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: in a ten game schedule coming up this fall. Let 202 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: me take you back to that Sunday night where the 203 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: presidents of the Big ten got together on a conference call. 204 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: And I know that people have pushed back on this 205 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: and said they did not have a vote that night, 206 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: because that next morning I told you that there was 207 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: a vote with the presidents. It was twelve to two 208 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: because it was Nebraska and Iowa their presidents wanted to 209 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: play football. The other presidents, led by the athletic director 210 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: of Ohio State Jean Smith, did not want to play football. 211 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: And nobody can refute that Iowa and Nebraska's presidents they 212 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: wanted to play I haven't heard any other presidents who 213 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: came out of that conference call who said, hey, we 214 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: wanted to play too. But now you have Jeane Smith, 215 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: the athletic director, who might be the most powerful athletic director, 216 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: certainly one of them in the country. He has full 217 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: support of Ohio States president, and they're working behind the scenes. 218 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: What they want to do is you would have Penn State, Nebraska, Iowa. 219 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: They're trying to flip Michigan and Wisconsin to join them. Now, 220 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: if you're trying to tell me they didn't have a vote, 221 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: then why do you have to flip Wisconsin and Michigan 222 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: because well they voted against playing. That's why Illinois and 223 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: Northwestern not involved in the conversation because if state guidelines 224 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: or restrictions on COVID untold. But you've got the athletic 225 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: directors involved in this right now and Gene Smith is 226 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: leading the charge. So what is happening is they want 227 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: to have a schedule where if you have ten games, 228 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: you play each other twice. Sources said Monday night, the 229 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: Big Ten presidents never voted on the issue before the 230 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: conference adjourned its meeting last week. Well, I disagree with that. 231 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: It wasn't a ballot box. I don't. It's semantics here, 232 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: but nobody can refute that Iowa Nebraska presidents wanted to play. 233 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: I did not have any other presidents on record saying 234 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: we wanted to play. So what is going to happen? Also, 235 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: keep in mind the governor of Ohio, Mike Dwine, on Tuesday, 236 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: approved high school football to be played this fall. That's 237 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: a big deal. But as far as how this is 238 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: being presented, and I'll go back to what a coach 239 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: from the Big Twelve told my source, this is a 240 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: huge advantage if the Big Twelve can play and the 241 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Big Ten can't because in their minds they had just 242 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: moved past the Big Ten, the sec ACC Big twelve. 243 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: If they pull it off this season and the Big 244 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: Ten doesn't, this will be there'll be long lasting ramifications 245 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: for the Big Ten. Jean Smith knows this. But what 246 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: changed in the last five days, six days, I'm not sure, 247 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: but something did because I was told Jeane Smith was 248 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: leading the charge to not play football in the Big Ten. 249 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: My source told me that this morning. Two sources told 250 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: him that Jane Smith didn't he was leading the charge, 251 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: not the presidents, the athletic director at Ohio State. But 252 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: something's changed and they're looking at a ten game schedule 253 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: coming up this fall. Yampo. One week ago, Jeane Smith, 254 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: the Ohio State athletic trader, tweeted this quote. Ohio State 255 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: has continued its communications with the Big Ten Conference office 256 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: regarding scenario to still play fall football. He said that 257 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: a week ago that he and his people were pushing 258 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: to still have a fall football schedule. That doesn't jibe 259 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: with the fact that he recommended not playing to his 260 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: president during that vote. Well, he could have said that, 261 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: but you changed after it, because now when you start 262 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: to look at I mean, you got to answer questions here, 263 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: how is it the Big twelve ACC and SEC or 264 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: getting away with this and we're not playing football at 265 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: least trying to play football. And I don't know what 266 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: happened with the athletic directors or the presidents or the 267 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: commissioner of the Big Ten, but I kept from what 268 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: my source said, there was very little dialogue that the 269 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: coaches and athletic directors were involved in with that decision 270 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: to not play football in the Big Ten. By the way, 271 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: you haven't heard a peep out of anybody in the 272 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: Pac twelve nothing. So Pac twelve is not playing football. 273 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: I was also told my source said this is a 274 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: long shot to happen in the Big Ten. But I 275 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: think because you got justin Fields, the Ohio State quarterback. 276 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: You have a defensive back at Ohio State, his last 277 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: name is Wade. His parents or his dad is going 278 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: to go to the NCAA or Big Ten headquarters in 279 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: Illinois Friday. So you have all of this ground swell 280 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: in Columbus and then where is your athletic director on 281 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: the same page. And that's what's happening right now. The 282 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: athletic director Jean Smith is on the same page with 283 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: the players and Ryan Day, their coach. Yeah, po Dan, 284 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: you grew up there. You're still an Ohio State person, 285 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: deep deep down in your history. If I told you 286 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: a month ago that Ohio State high school football we're 287 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: playing the pro teams, the Browns and the Bengals, we're 288 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: playing in Ohio State football would not be playing with 289 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: the hierarchy of football importance in that state. Well, I 290 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: just don't know why they didn't go kicking and screaming. 291 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: That's the one thing that surprises me, even if you 292 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: do it for show, and maybe this is just for show, 293 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: but that's where you have to be out in front 294 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: of this and say, look, we want to play. But 295 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: I think in compliance with the Big Ten, Ohio State 296 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: was going to be a good team member. There, a 297 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: good school partnership there, and say we're either all in 298 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: or we're not. But I'll go back to what I 299 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: told you on Monday morning two weeks ago. Iowa and 300 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: Nebraska wanted to play, and I did not hear any 301 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: other president who said, and that's why there was a 302 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: twelve to two vote that they weren't going to play. 303 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: So they overruled Iowa Nebraska, and then Nebraska goes we're 304 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 1: gonna go rogue. Maybe we can join the Big twelve. 305 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: I didn't hear any other schools say that Iowa was 306 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: planning on doing something. But I didn't hear any of 307 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: these other schools. So if people want to have semantics 308 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: here on the vote go ahead. 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Sir Charles had this 345 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: to say, if the Portland Trail players were tonight, They're 346 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 1: going to sweep dot Lakers. Uh. They all had a 347 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: good chuckle with that, and then the Blazers go out 348 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 1: and pick up the victory. Jeff Van Gundy on the 349 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: call for ESPN ABC, and what was your reaction when 350 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: you heard that, Charles said, if the Blazers win last night, 351 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: they'll sweep the Lakers. Well, interestingly, I had said just 352 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: the opposite the day before on a show. I said 353 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: that I thought that the Lakers had a better opportunity 354 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: of sweeping the Blazers, and the Blazers had of winning 355 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: the series. And last night, you know, Portland shot under 356 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: from the floor and they still won, and so I 357 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: got to give them a lot of credit. I think 358 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: they were hardened, you know, you know, because they had 359 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: to win so many games, and just like Milwaukee, you know, 360 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 1: at the end of one, the Lakers were down double 361 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: digit and so they were playing from behind the whole night. Yeah, 362 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: and they've been doing that every single game in the 363 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: bubble if I didn't watch the game last night, how 364 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: would you sum up why the Lakers lost? Awful shooting, 365 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: you know, five for thirty two from three, terrible from 366 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: the free throw line. Lebron and Anthony Davis were a 367 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: combined sixteen for twenty four. And then Lebron and Anthony Davis, 368 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: who have to absolutely carry them offensively. Davis was eight 369 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,479 Speaker 1: for twenty four, Lebron was nine for twenty So you know, 370 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: it was a substandard night offensively all the way around. 371 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: They didn't turn it over. They played really hard, they 372 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: were up on the backboard, but their offensive skill is 373 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: very limited. James and Davis have to be great. Yeah, 374 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: I think Anthony Davis night in a night out though. 375 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: Coach has got to be the best player on the floor. 376 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: And these are the first real important games of his career. 377 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: And I don't know if he e's into the playoffs. 378 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: It felt like he lets the action sometimes come to him. 379 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: He needs to be more aggressive, and I don't know 380 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: how Lebron can facilitate that. You know, can you change 381 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: somebody's personality because it might just be Anthony Davis's personality, Well, 382 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: I don't think you ever change somebody's personality, but you 383 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: can help them to reach whatever maximum level of intensity 384 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: they can. You know, LA all year has been dynamic 385 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: in transition and Davis got a couple in transition last night, 386 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: but they've struggled in half court. They just don't have 387 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: a lot of weapons. When you think about it, who 388 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: else is going to be able to create a shot 389 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: other than James or Davis Without Rondo Avery Bradley, I 390 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 1: think they missed his defense and off the ball cutting 391 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: and movement. I'm interested to see do they put in 392 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 1: somebody like Waiters to try to have another guy who 393 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: can go off the dribble. He only played a minute 394 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: last night, so I'm just interested their starting unit. It 395 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: just doesn't They didn't play well, and they haven't played 396 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: well offensively in the half court. Talking to Jeff Van Gundy, ESPN, 397 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: ABC analyst, he'll be on the call on Thursday Oklahoma 398 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: City and the Rockets, and then it'll be the Lakers 399 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: and Blazers. If I'm Portland, what do I want the Lakers? 400 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: What am I forcing or trying to get the Lakers 401 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: to do well? I think what you want to do 402 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: is make sure you do a better job of keeping 403 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: Anthony David's off the line, and then I would double 404 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: him on every low post or midpost catch and make 405 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: that ball go to the other Lakers and see if 406 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: they have enough offense on the week side. And I 407 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: think if the Lakers are able to get through this series, 408 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: I have no doubts that they are to every team 409 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 1: that plays them is going to try to test the 410 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: Lakers to see if they have enough offense in the 411 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: half court. And if you don't give the Lakers transition, 412 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 1: if you're Terry Studs right. We turned the ball over 413 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: sixteen times and that led to some breakouts. But if 414 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: we can just keep them in the half court, make 415 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: them shoot it up over the top. They won't shoot 416 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: five for thirty two from three, but do they have 417 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: enough shooting? And then Portland, I didn't know. I thought 418 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: they might be on fumes, you know that adrenaline, And 419 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: you've coached against teams with teams that they just seem 420 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: to be relying on something internally, and Portland still has 421 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: that last night. And I also thought the big men 422 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: proved to be a pretty big difference for that team. 423 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 1: When I didn't think Whiteside, you know, it doesn't play 424 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: that much. But then they relied on him last night. 425 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: You just got a nice team contribution. And that's a 426 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: team that's a better all around, overall, top to bottom 427 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: team than the Lakers are. Well, I thought the you know, 428 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: winning the play in game on the first night, gave 429 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: them that extra day off so that they had two 430 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: days off in between games to plan and to recharge. 431 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: And the thing I think Terry Stotts's team, you know, 432 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: none of those guys had a big night last night, 433 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: none of them. They no one shot well. They won 434 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: shooting under, but they got to the free throw line, 435 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: and like you said, they got some timely contributions. Whiteside 436 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: Nurkis shouldn't have a particularly big night, but I thought, 437 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: you know, he did some good things. Lillard's bottom obviously 438 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: was an incredible shot, but they can. If I'm Terry 439 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: stots I'm saying we can play a lot better, and 440 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna need to play better because certainly the Lakers 441 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: aren't going to shoot like that. I just thought they 442 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: were more ready. And when you know, Doug Collins used 443 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: to always say the NBA is not a fourth quarter league, 444 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: it's a first quarter league. And the team that's ready 445 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: can play with a cushion the entire night, and that's 446 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: exactly what happened. You know for Portland. They were up 447 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: double digits at the end of one and that cushion 448 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: allowed them to play free and with great confidence. Barkley, 449 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: at one point last night halftime, I think Rockets and 450 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: the Thunder said that James Harden is I think the 451 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: most unstoppable one on one player that he's ever seen. 452 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: What do you make of that? Well, I think certainly 453 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: in this era with these rules, the spacing is so 454 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: much greater. Now the rules are tilted entirely to the 455 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: offensive player his skill level, and this era of NBA 456 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,959 Speaker 1: basketball of one on one and the team he's on 457 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: and how they structured their team gives him maximum room. 458 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: He's unguardable, and so if you are unguardable, to me, 459 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is going to look back in that first 460 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: game with regret that they allowed him. Other than Shrewder, 461 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: they didn't really play him with great discipline. They fouled 462 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: him on jump shots. I just think that Houston, when 463 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: you look at Harden and all that he is required 464 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: to do for that team, he and Don jag I 465 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: don't think any two guys and maybe James two, maybe 466 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: those three. They have such a burden to create every 467 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: good shot that you're going to get offensively. To have 468 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: the stamina to do that, it requires true, true greatness. 469 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: And I agree with Charles that you know, Harden has 470 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: done it for a long period of time in Houston, 471 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 1: and he's done it exceptionally. Well. Yeah, I mean, he's 472 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: a powerful guy, gets you on his hip. He can 473 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: he can shoot the three, He's got great feet and 474 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: he can get to the there. But I always go 475 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: back to the most unstoppable player of all time is 476 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: Kareem Does nobody ever stopped that sky hook? Now, granted 477 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: he couldn't create his own shot unless you know, Magic 478 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: threw it in there, But I always go Kareem would 479 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: be the one guy that that shot was never stopped. Well, 480 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: that sty And then you know Wilt in a different time, 481 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: you know, era of basketball. You know, I don't know 482 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: why Wilt's numbers get overlooked. The discrepancy between when he 483 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: won a sporting title and next best right was like 484 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: it was always like these staggering differences, and you know, 485 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: like I don't know why, maybe because the lane was different, 486 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: and you know, we don't have as much video, But 487 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: it's Jeff I brought this up about Babe Ruth. Why 488 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: is it we celebrate Babe Ruth and what he did 489 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: and we don't have any video of that, but we 490 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: look at him. Is the greatest player of all time? 491 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: Will tis Babe Ruth? You know obviously without the titles, 492 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: but the stats, he dwarfs everybody, and we don't we 493 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: don't recognize those. I agree well, And also you know 494 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: what's funny about that, like without the titles he won 495 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: two titles, like we talk about it like this guy 496 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: didn't win. He did, He just didn't win as much 497 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: as Russell, right, and Russell played with you know, in 498 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: this incredible time, and you think about the stats that 499 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: Will put up and those guys put up. There were 500 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: only eight teams. They were playing the eight the seven 501 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: other best centers in the world all the time. They 502 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: didn't get to pick on center number twenty eight and 503 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: twenty nine like in today's NBA, like like what Will did, 504 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: like and like you said about Kareem too, like Kareem 505 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: like because it looks so easy, people don't really the 506 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: amount of coal contact that was allowed on perimeter players, 507 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: post players and still today post players, but there's just 508 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: not that many of them. But the amount of contact 509 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: and how different the rules were. The rules back then 510 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: were all tilted for the defense. You know, there wasn't 511 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: freed of a movement. There wasn't there was hand checking, 512 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: there was body blows, there was no flagrant foul. I 513 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: mean it's like to score in that era the way 514 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: Kareem did and so effortlessly. You're right, the skyhook is 515 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: absolutely the most indefensible shot that I've ever seen in 516 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: the NBA. Well, and you go back to the Mavericks 517 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: and the Clippers. You know, when you had Porzingis getting 518 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: involved with mores twenty years ago, they wouldn't have stopped 519 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: play like you would have just said play on, like 520 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: there there. That would have been nothing. But you know, 521 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: that is a prime example of you know, the way 522 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: the NBA is now, and you know what they're trying 523 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: to protect or enforce. But you know, when you were coaching, 524 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: you probably had a few of those dust up every 525 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: single night. Nobody's getting teed up. Yeah, I think common 526 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: sense has to prevail. You know, the Porzingis ejection. I 527 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: had as much problem with the first technical as I 528 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: did with the second, and to me, both things were 529 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: not overtly disrespectful that it could lead you to an ejection. 530 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: Now I'm not saying that officials were wrong, Dan, but 531 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: the policies are wrong. I've read so many times that 532 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: we're trying to take the decision making out of officiating. 533 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: That's nonsense. Officiating is about being able to make decisions 534 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: advantage disadvantage. It's the same with players. The difference with 535 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: players who can make better decisions, it's not just who 536 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: has better skills, it's how to use a skill when 537 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: to use a skill. So I think sometimes we take 538 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: perverse pleasure in the NBA in being couplon crime and 539 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: like we're going to show them you know, there's no 540 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: air punches. Does anybody even care? Like, truly, there's a 541 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: difference between an air punch directed at somebody you're walking to, 542 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: some official versus a natural reaction. And I just feel like, 543 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: you know, long ago, I think it was Bill Simmons 544 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: who first said it, but maybe I'm wrong that every 545 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: organization needs a vice president of common sense. And I 546 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: think when we're talking about NBA officiating, common sense is 547 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: so important. Decision making is so important. Policies that try 548 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: to keep our best players on the floor versus figure 549 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: out ways to get him off the floor. I just 550 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,479 Speaker 1: think make for a better game. If I had you 551 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: and your brother have a pre throw shooting contest where 552 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: you shot twenty five each, who would win. Well, he's 553 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: a better shooter, but I think his conditioning would his 554 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: lack of conditioning, he may really fatigue after fifteen straight 555 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: free throw and if it's outside in the heat, I've 556 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 1: got it he would absolutely wilt. Yes, And I'll leave 557 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: you with this. I was watching the Clippers play against 558 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: the MAVs and Kawhi Leonard struck me as if I 559 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: was going to attach a soundtrack to players, his would 560 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: be like Miles Davis. There's a there's a jazz feel 561 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,640 Speaker 1: to Kawhi Leonard And I don't know why I thought that, 562 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: but it just felt like he moves at a different 563 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: speed and a different grace about him. I don't know, 564 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: but I'm curious if we started attaching soundtracks to certain 565 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: players by the way they played, that might be interesting. 566 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know that's actually good. I don't 567 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: know too much about music, but he does play at 568 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: his own pace and rhythm. He's not easy to speed 569 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: up because of his strength and his size. So you 570 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: know you were talking earlier about somebody getting somebody on 571 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,479 Speaker 1: their hip like Harden and then you can go at 572 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: your own pace. I feel is the same way. He 573 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,720 Speaker 1: looks like a middle linebacker, like at the point guard position, 574 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: and he's not fleet of foot, but when he gets 575 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: a half a step on you, it's hard to recover 576 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: and get back in front. And these guys with this skill, 577 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: at their size and their strength and the vision they have, 578 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,320 Speaker 1: it's really hard to guard. Now you know, you combine 579 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: everything rules, spacing, amount of shooting around, it's like video 580 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: game type numbers. These guys are putting up and Leonard 581 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: con seemingly get a good shot anytime he wants to. 582 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: And I did bring this up the other day, so 583 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: full disclosure where I said, you know, Luca is better 584 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: than Larry Bird right now at the same age, because 585 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,399 Speaker 1: Larry was still in college and Done has been playing 586 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: against grown men since he was fifteen. And the way 587 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: he plays what was Larry when he got into the 588 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: league twenty three maybe twenty four because he sat out 589 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,879 Speaker 1: a year when he quit Indiana, like Luca where he 590 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,799 Speaker 1: is now, it's not unheard of to say he's going 591 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: to be a better basketball player than Larry Bird. Yeah, 592 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: I think, like for me, comparison is the thief of 593 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:25,959 Speaker 1: joy because someone feels diminished. I know when you start 594 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: saying things, and I think sometimes we jump ahead of 595 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: ourselves when we say a young player is like an 596 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: all time great because the true measuring stick of the 597 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: all time greats is the consistency. Right, So Bird had 598 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: this everyday consistency over a long period of time. You know, 599 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: why is Jabbar one of the you know, you know 600 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: could be the greatest or Jordan? Right, they did it 601 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: for for a long period of time. Why is Lebron 602 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 1: James considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest. 603 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: It's then distancy over time. And really I don't see 604 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: anything being able to get in Luca's way to achieving 605 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: that type of status. U if his health holds up, 606 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 1: because the guy has skill, he has passion, he has vision. 607 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 1: Like if you have all of that, that's what Larry Bird, 608 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: that's that's what he had, and that's what Donta chas 609 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: and I you know, whether he's going to have the 610 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: same team success that Bird had remains to be seen 611 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: and it's so dependent on who they can surround him with. 612 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,879 Speaker 1: But certainly Donta just heading to be an all time 613 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: great if it's health. And that's why I you know, 614 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 1: Zion makes me nervous. You know, he he's must see 615 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: TV and he's explosive, but you know, when you're in 616 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: a race with your body, you know, to stay in 617 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: shape and be able to perform like that. Luca is 618 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: going to be able to play the same way he's 619 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,879 Speaker 1: playing now probably in ten years from now, because it's 620 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: not predicated on Hey, he's so explosive or he's so 621 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: quick or whatever. It just feels like he plays like 622 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 1: an old guy does when you go to a playground 623 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: and some guy who's fifty who played, you know, in 624 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: the IVY League, and you're going, well, that guy's unstoppable. 625 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: He just he knows how to play the game. And 626 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,239 Speaker 1: I think that what you see now is probably what 627 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: we'll see in ten years from now. And I can't 628 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: make that same claim with Zion. Hey, Dan, there's no 629 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 1: one that played like Dodge at Harvard Yale. Okay, no, 630 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: but you're right, as far as you know, he's not 631 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:43,959 Speaker 1: relying on straight and true athleticism and he has two 632 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: areas he can improve on, like which will make him 633 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: again unguardable in today's game. He's a blow adversary point shooter, 634 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: and he's a sub eighty percent free throw shooter for 635 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,279 Speaker 1: a guy who lives at the line. You just have 636 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,760 Speaker 1: you know, slow incremental progress in both of those areas 637 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: over the next five years. I mean, now you're dealing 638 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 1: with let's just say he gets to be an average 639 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: or slightly above average three point shooter, and there's no 640 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 1: reason he shouldn't be an eighty plus free throw shooter, 641 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: you know, and maybe he reduces his turnovers you know, 642 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,800 Speaker 1: by you know, maybe half or one a game. Those 643 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 1: things at the margins make him significantly better. I mean, 644 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 1: I think he has still potential to grow. I think 645 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: he's going to be a multiple time MVP Award winner 646 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:42,800 Speaker 1: because of the opportunity as in Dallas and his greatness. 647 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: Great to talk to you. Jeff has always Thanks. We 648 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: appreciate your time. All right, take care. That's Jeff Van Gundy. 649 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,759 Speaker 1: He'll be on the call on Thursday at three thirty 650 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,399 Speaker 1: Eastern Oklahoma City taking on the Rockets, and then at 651 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: nine Blazers Lakers back with our play of the day 652 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,719 Speaker 1: after this. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick's Show podcast. 653 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine 654 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 655 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,760 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 656 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live every day at YouTube dot 657 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: com slash The Dan Patrick Show. Did we settle on 658 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,280 Speaker 1: a pull question? McLevin? Yeah, I put up who should 659 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 1: be more worried the Bucks for the Lakers? Seventy two 660 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,879 Speaker 1: percent of the Lakers. Yeah, I agree with that better potent? Yes. Yes. 661 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,840 Speaker 1: Kyle in California joins us. Hi, Kyle a DP morning, boys. 662 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: You know everybody's panicking after last night, understandably, But how 663 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: I look at it, the Blazers didn't shoot well. Can 664 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: the Lakers play great? Dude? They have all your top 665 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 1: five duo cents? Lakers didn't shoot well because they're not 666 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,320 Speaker 1: great at shooting. Team they'll shoot better. Blazers don't play great, dude. 667 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: Fear not Lakers. Twitter will bully everybody else into shooting well. 668 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: Seventeen to fifty three besides ad or Lebron. You know, 669 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: just can't help you. But Kyle, I get nervous looking 670 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,399 Speaker 1: at that roster that I just don't think you can say, boy, 671 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:07,440 Speaker 1: I can really trust Pope Kuzma Caruso to come up big. 672 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I think when it happens, you know, it's 673 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: a it's something you're not expecting and you know, you 674 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,760 Speaker 1: know where it's like a pleasant surprise. And that's the problem. 675 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't know who I can count on every single 676 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 1: night if I'm Lebron and I go out there, I 677 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: don't know. And even Anthony Davis eight for twenty four 678 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 1: Kirk and san Diego high Kirk, Hey, what's up? Dan? 679 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: How are you budd hey Man? Yeah, you were talking 680 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,120 Speaker 1: about players and how they you know, they made like 681 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: how they would be a mute music artist or whatever. 682 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,839 Speaker 1: Paul George, how about Marvin Gay for Paul Jarge that's 683 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: kind of slick kind of guy, right, what do you 684 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,200 Speaker 1: think about that? And then uh, one thing too. You know, 685 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a huge Laker fan and I'm feeling 686 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of trouble and I think with Damian 687 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,759 Speaker 1: miller Man, we got to get to his hotel room 688 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,600 Speaker 1: and put a hand in his face. Then I don't 689 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: don't so don't let him get to the gym because 690 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: when he gets in there, he's going to make that shot. 691 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,280 Speaker 1: But you know what, and thank you for the phone call, Kurt, 692 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: But Portland didn't play that well. They didn't play as 693 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 1: well as you thought they would have to play. And 694 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,680 Speaker 1: you know, the Lakers got to somehow find a way 695 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,839 Speaker 1: to score. Obviously, they're going to shoot better. They can't 696 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,879 Speaker 1: shoot much worse than they did from three point range. 697 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 1: But Portland's philosophy is going to be go ahead and 698 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,960 Speaker 1: take those threes, and they'll probably live and die by that. 699 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: And we might look at these numbers when it's all 700 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: said and done and just look at how many threes 701 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,759 Speaker 1: the Lakers took and missed. It might come down to that. 702 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,319 Speaker 1: I mean, they could go and take the next four 703 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,239 Speaker 1: out of Portland. They could, but their road is going 704 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: to be bumpy even if they get by Portland because 705 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: they're not going to be able to play this way 706 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: and beat the Clippers. We know that. And if the 707 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: Rockets are winning and then you get Westbrook back, so 708 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 1: a lot of uncertainty. Nick Saban's going to join us 709 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: a little bit later. The actor Brian Cranston and Mac 710 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,080 Speaker 1: Brown North Carolina had football coach one hour in the books, 711 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,840 Speaker 1: two more to go. On this Wednesday, Dan and The 712 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:10,719 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show