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Speaker 3: Good mornings, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks

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Speaker 3: Podcast on the Athletic Network Tuesday, January twenty first, I'm

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Speaker 3: again later Tuesday afternoon, talking all things raps Homer. That

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Speaker 3: Here's what we're doing today, though. We're gonna go through

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Speaker 3: all fourteen games from the loaded schedule that was Martin

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Speaker 3: biggest takeaway from each game. We've divvied these up, and

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Speaker 3: let's start with Lee. We're gonna start with the Celtics

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Speaker 3: one thirty nine, one oh seven victory over the Lakers

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Speaker 3: on TNT. Lee, your biggest takeaway from the Beantown beat down.

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Speaker 4: The Celtics are an ELTISO team. They're very very good

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Speaker 4: at their best, very impressive. They played great basketball, but

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Speaker 4: they have a few snoozes in there as well. Before

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Speaker 4: the game against the Lakers yesterday. The last home game

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Speaker 4: lost to the Phoenix Suns at home. They shouldn't lose

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Speaker 4: This game yesterday, the first couple of minutes, the Lakers

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the injuries is the key thing the Celtics.

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Speaker 3: I didn't notice watching the game, but I saw Celtics

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Speaker 3: You know, he in the competitive minutes of the game,

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Speaker 4: Games and enter in the second quarter.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, you gotta love National TV cantor. Yeah, he

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Speaker 1: He'll show up for a big game against the Lakers.

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Speaker 3: And they treated it as such. I guess as the

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Speaker 3: They just absolutely hammered, hammered the Lakers and it was

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Speaker 4: You just expected the Lakers to make a strong push

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Speaker 4: Good on the being town boys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they had lost three in rows, so they're going

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Speaker 2: to come back. Good teams come back. The Lakers obviously

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Speaker 2: the biggest deficit or biggest margin deficit of the season

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Speaker 2: thirty two points. But that just shows their championship team.

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Speaker 2: Good teams get spanked. I mean, the Warriors got spanked

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Speaker 2: over and over again. They won a championship. It's totally fine.

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Speaker 2: It didn't they didn't allow a d to ease into

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Speaker 2: And because they had lost three in a row and

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Speaker 2: I think you know, that's a sign of a good team.

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Speaker 2: They are in that cluster behind the Bucks with everybody

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Speaker 2: five teams right there. They're all they're all family, the

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Speaker 3: All right, let's keep it moving here. Blazer's one twenty nine,

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Speaker 3: was the best. He really is the best. But Damian Lillard,

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Speaker 3: he was setting records literally left and right last night.

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Speaker 3: His sixty one points that eclipsed his own Blazers franchise record. Okay,

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Speaker 3: got it done at the line too. Leley sixteen for

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Speaker 3: plus three pointers in a game, which was funny timing, Trey,

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Speaker 3: you were talking about guys that got up twenty three

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Speaker 3: That's right, he went eleven four to twenty. He's just

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Speaker 3: a sixth player with multiple sixty point games in history.

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Speaker 3: And he also passed Kemba Walker's fifty two for the

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Speaker 3: entertaining game. And the Warriors, despite the loss, are playing

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Speaker 3: many guys were injured in both of it on both sides,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and what about the shot from little there to

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Speaker 4: tie it Alec Burks.

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Speaker 3: That was great defense.

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Speaker 4: It was unbelievable defense.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can't play in any better.

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Speaker 4: No, no, but that's kind of his area and that spot.

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Speaker 4: You know, it was obviously a little closer than the

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Speaker 4: They're another team that at times this season have looked great.

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Speaker 4: Other times they've really looked awful. But yesterday Simmons and

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Speaker 3: The attempts to begin with, and then yeah, knocking them

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Speaker 2: the number one guy or hates it, you know what

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Speaker 2: I mean. I think there's there's something there. And I

432
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Speaker 2: just wonder how long this thing goes uh with this

433
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,320
Speaker 2: this process because Hairs and Richardson, maybe if one was

434
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,960
Speaker 2: incredible with the ball in his hands, maybe that you

435
00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,199
Speaker 2: could overcome that spacing. But it's not happening right now.

436
00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,400
Speaker 2: And speaking of guys who are incredible with the ball

437
00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,040
Speaker 2: in their hands, Kyrie Irving not even on the bench

438
00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,959
Speaker 2: for the Brooklyn Nets. He wasn't in this game. Hamstring injury,

439
00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,080
Speaker 2: not not an all start. I know we're jumping to

440
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Speaker 2: conclusions after one game here a little bit, but I

441
00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,399
Speaker 2: don't think he gets at Yeah, he didn't. He hasn't

442
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,720
Speaker 2: played enough. But if let's say he went on a

443
00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,400
Speaker 2: little bit of a little bit of a run since

444
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,240
Speaker 2: coming back from him three and played in every game.

445
00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,639
Speaker 2: Fans what I'm in there's a chance he could make it,

446
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,399
Speaker 2: especially in that wishy washy Eastern Conference guard rotation. But

447
00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:13,920
Speaker 2: I don't know, why is he not on the bench,

448
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,680
Speaker 2: Durance on the bench. I don't know. I'm speculating question.

449
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm so happy we've given this next game to Leley.

450
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Speaker 3: Here Thunder one twelve A Rockets one oh seven, Houston meltdown,

451
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Speaker 3: Okac comes back. Lee, what's your biggest takeaway?

452
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Speaker 4: What did I talk about on yesterday's show.

453
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:32,520
Speaker 1: Giving it a break?

454
00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,840
Speaker 3: Break? You specifically said, Hey, when the three is not falling, Rockets,

455
00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,960
Speaker 3: maybe try something else, like just give it a good Yeah,

456
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:43,679
Speaker 3: give it a break.

457
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Speaker 4: James one for seventeen from three point range yesterday, the

458
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Speaker 4: Rockets were up by fifteen points with just about seven

459
00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,480
Speaker 4: minutes to go in the fourth. Yeah, a winnable game

460
00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,439
Speaker 4: from there for sure. And then ironically it was Danilla

461
00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:03,240
Speaker 4: Gallinari who buried in threes Houston and they Houston just

462
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:03,879
Speaker 4: lost again.

463
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Speaker 2: And where's it a run that Danilla going?

464
00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,600
Speaker 4: Because he was hitting threes and the US couldn't hit threes.

465
00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,760
Speaker 4: But it was it was Gilgas, Alexander as well and

466
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Speaker 4: Denis Shrewder. Chris Paul had a huge first half twenty

467
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Speaker 4: seven points, only finished with twenty eight. Yeah, but had

468
00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,760
Speaker 4: some juice in this game for sure that he just

469
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,720
Speaker 4: you know again, he wanted to win this game. He

470
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Speaker 4: had a couple of plays like classic Chris Paul plays,

471
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,600
Speaker 4: got the steal, hit a deep corner three. He was

472
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Speaker 4: talking a little smack to PJ. Tucker there look great.

473
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,960
Speaker 4: I mean, he was up for this game. And again

474
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Speaker 4: we have talked a lot about Chris Paul and I

475
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Speaker 4: think he's an absolute lock for the All Star Game

476
00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,040
Speaker 4: now because of the Thunder winning and he's been great.

477
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,960
Speaker 4: I really, really hope his body holds up for the

478
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Speaker 4: second half of the season because so far it has

479
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Speaker 4: and there's there's been no low management with him. He's

480
00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,080
Speaker 4: out there playing. This guy's got had a history of

481
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Speaker 4: a ton of those in a muscle and hamstring strains

482
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Speaker 4: that usually cost you two or three weeks. I hope

483
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,640
Speaker 4: he can stay healthy because I also said a few

484
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Speaker 4: weeks ago, if these two teams were to meet in

485
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Speaker 4: the playoffs, I think the Thunder could beat them. Well,

486
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 4: they probably won't now because I think the Rockets are

487
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Speaker 4: going to drop to the lower half of the playoff

488
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Speaker 4: Bracken and I don't think the thunder will climb above that,

489
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Speaker 4: So I don't think it's likely we'll see them. But

490
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Speaker 4: I thought, considering Steven Adams went out in the first

491
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Speaker 4: couple of minutes and didn't return.

492
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Speaker 3: That was scary.

493
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Speaker 4: So the moose, the moose was protecting the paint. I mean,

494
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 4: James Harden should live at the free throw line. Then

495
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:26,400
Speaker 4: he didn't Russell Westbrook another triple double, another impressive performance,

496
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Speaker 4: but accounted for nothing because the Rockets again, they they

497
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Speaker 4: shoot themselves in the foot.

498
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Speaker 2: It's odd to see James are and he was eight

499
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Speaker 2: of twelve from two point land. Yeah, but yeah, the

500
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Speaker 2: three point I mean three point numbers. Well, the guys

501
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,440
Speaker 2: who've missed sixteen three pointers in their career. It's hard

502
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,639
Speaker 2: and hard, and Harden, Dennis Scott did it once, but

503
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,000
Speaker 2: the list is all James hard.

504
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Speaker 4: Even Bill Worrell, the Rockets play by play commentator, I

505
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,400
Speaker 4: think even he was getting a little bit like, come on, guys,

506
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 4: let's try something else here. Because Harden, the one three

507
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 4: that he hit, it was basically his time run out

508
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 4: at the end of the second quarter is a nice one.

509
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 4: You know, from the top of the paint. The little dribble, dribble,

510
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,200
Speaker 4: dribble step back switch knocked it in.

511
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Speaker 2: And you could say homer for Bill Warrell. Yeah, one

512
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 2: of the biggest homers around to do that.

513
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Speaker 3: I mentioned the Raptors and I get blast that guy's

514
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 3: they're the worst in the league.

515
00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, they are right there, he felt, because the Rockets

516
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,160
Speaker 4: now are on a bit of a rough patche they're

517
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 4: losing games and it's just the same way. It's what's

518
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 4: happening is they're not you know, the three is just

519
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 4: not falling and they're not trying anything else.

520
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is crazy now, Like okay, one to

521
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,719
Speaker 3: seventeen for Harden from three. He's also had basically similar

522
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Speaker 3: games this year. I mean he's had a two for sixteen,

523
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Speaker 3: he's had a two for eighteen. He's had a couple

524
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Speaker 3: four for twenties. I mean this is and then look

525
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,760
Speaker 3: and then there are the nine for nineteen's and you're like, wow,

526
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,400
Speaker 3: in the ten for fifteen, you had that one time

527
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,480
Speaker 3: this year. It's like, but that's what you're getting with

528
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 3: It's is wild. This is so weird, especially with Westbrook

529
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Speaker 3: playing well yeah and the Rockets losing. This is the

530
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Speaker 3: funniest part to me. It's like, could be one thing

531
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Speaker 3: of he couldn't hit a shot too, and everyone's like,

532
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on. It can't work together.

533
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 3: It's just it's just odd, hard AND's tired.

534
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Speaker 1: He has looked tired ever since he had to come

535
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 1: back in the fourth quarter against Atlanta, and he has

536
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,360
Speaker 1: had double digit makes in the game once since then.

537
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 1: He's wearing down a little bit. Manage that load. Let

538
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,399
Speaker 1: him chill, hit the brakes, take a break on it.

539
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:21,479
Speaker 4: What is that?

540
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: What's the level? You got to miss like nine threes

541
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Speaker 1: and then you got to give it a break? I think,

542
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: where do you cut it off?

543
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Speaker 4: I think so, I mean I think he was I

544
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 4: think he missed his first eight and so he hit

545
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Speaker 4: that ninth, which is like, that's the worst, Yeah, exactly.

546
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 4: So he's actually ahead of schedule. But Westbrook, you know, again,

547
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 4: sixteen to twenty four from the field, only one three

548
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,440
Speaker 4: point in ten. But he's playing smart basketball, smart basketball,

549
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 4: and he looks like he's trying to get the team

550
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,880
Speaker 4: over the edge. But he's just not getting any support.

551
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,239
Speaker 4: Which is which is crazy to think, but honestly, right

552
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 4: now you can take Harden's name out of the MVP

553
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 4: race too. He's off the table.

554
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's out right, which is even more reason they

555
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 3: should be resting him. If that was always a you know,

556
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,719
Speaker 3: in years prior, like gunning for that a little bit

557
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 3: wanted to get those numbers, you know. Okay, sure, but yeah,

558
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 3: I'm with you. It's not happening this year at all.

559
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 3: Probably was never gonna happen, even when he was scoring

560
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,879
Speaker 3: forty points per game, he wasn't even the MVP front runner.

561
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 3: Got the guy some rests. It's but look, Eric Gordon

562
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 3: is still am I a really you know, back from injury.

563
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 3: Capella is inconsistent. The rest of the team is not

564
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 3: all that amazing. Westbrook is the one playing well attacking,

565
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 3: and he is finishing better at the rim, and James

566
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 3: canander shot.

567
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think they're that far off. They

568
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,439
Speaker 2: have a double digit lead with Eric Gordon, who is

569
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 2: had a one for eight night and obviously will fly

570
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 2: under the radar because he had a one for seventeen

571
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 2: teammate and one for eight from three point Land. Specifically,

572
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,639
Speaker 2: the way they play, they need Eric Gordon to be

573
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Speaker 2: halfway decent. And he's shooting nine threes a game, which

574
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 2: is wild and four to two is a game that's

575
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 2: that's his game, but just needs to make a shot

576
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 2: or two. He's just not right. And what about the story.

577
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: I'm not sneezing. Here a man by the name of

578
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 2: Lougan's Dort. Oh, yeah, Lougen's Dort getting his first career started. Yeah, Canadian, Yeah,

579
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 2: Haitian parents born in Montreal, Canada, and making that key

580
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 2: played down the stretch. Lougen's Dort. What a name, and.

581
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 3: It is a great, great name.

582
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,879
Speaker 1: I saw Wob opened up his hair complain about your

583
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 1: team thread for the Rockets, and there was there's a

584
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 1: lot of you lost to Logan's Dort.

585
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 3: I think I saw a little bit of that too. Yeah,

586
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 3: Like it's sort of like the therapy session I put

587
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,399
Speaker 3: your team being crap. A lot of people get rid

588
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 3: of James Harden, say that they need to trade James Harden.

589
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 3: It's like, whoa. Things turned quickly when the team loses

590
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 3: four in a row. All right, let's keep a moving here.

591
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,640
Speaker 3: Heat one eighteen, Kings one thirteen. That's an overtime victory.

592
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 3: For Miami. My biggest takeaway it is wins like these

593
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 3: that convinced me the Heat are for real. And this

594
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 3: is what I mean by this. No Jimmy Butler, Derek

595
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 3: Jones Junior, mister goodchunk of this game, we got poked

596
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 3: in the eyes. The Kings completely outplayed the Heat for

597
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 3: a majority this game, out hustled them own the glass

598
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 3: they just had. They just played better. They deserve really

599
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 3: to win. But still the Heat pull it out. And

600
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,440
Speaker 3: that final slob play, you know, sidelines out of bounds

601
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 3: play at the end of regulation after Beelitza had missed

602
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 3: and then got it back and scored, and it looks

603
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 3: like the Kings are gonna pull this off, and again

604
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 3: rightfully so, because they sort of outplayed them. Spolster calls,

605
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 3: you know, drugs to throw the perfect little pass right

606
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 3: at the rim. Bam gets away with a little bit

607
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 3: of a push on Corey Joseph, but the bigger man there,

608
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 3: perfect throw and he just finishes inside and they go

609
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,160
Speaker 3: into win in overtime and they were even down then.

610
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 2: Didn't they need a big underneath the Kings. They got

611
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,640
Speaker 2: Corey Joseph underneath. They got Bagley on the inbounder. Barnes

612
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 2: is the biggest guy and he switches out. They thought

613
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 2: a three point shot was coming and then just an

614
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,399
Speaker 2: alley up almost yeah, but you know, I think Bagley

615
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 2: was guarding the three point line as the inbounder, so

616
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 2: it was just a nice, easy pass.

617
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 3: You're you're right, But it was the heat. Know that

618
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 3: in that situation, most teams they almost switch everything, and

619
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Speaker 3: that is why they had. You know, first off, they

620
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 3: have all their shooters out there that you got to

621
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 3: sort of stick with, and they sprint them to the corners.

622
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 3: You know, a Hero to the one corner, none up there,

623
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 3: uh Duncan Robinson in the other corner, so you got

624
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 3: to stay on them. And then you're right, they had.

625
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 3: It was Barnes and Joseph having to switch on that

626
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 3: little sort of screen in the middle of the paint,

627
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 3: and they do because up most teams again do that,

628
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 3: and then it was easy. You're right. It was just

629
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 3: a beautiful I mean why it was a perfect pass

630
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 3: from had to be right at the rim and it

631
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 3: was a nice finish from Vam. But they're going to win.

632
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,199
Speaker 3: James Johnson hit huge shots of this. It's just like

633
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 3: that was my takeaway. They didn't really deserve to win

634
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 3: this game. It should have been another home loss, should

635
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 3: have been their second of the year they lost to

636
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 3: the Lakers at home, but instead they pulled it out.

637
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 3: And that's what really good teams do, and I think

638
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 3: they are one of them, especially without.

639
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 4: Jimmy Well in come playoff time, that home court advantage

640
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 4: could really come into play for them. I mean, they like,

641
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 4: say the Lakers the only team to beat them there,

642
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 4: that the Heat know how to win and protect home court,

643
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 4: and so many teams talk about that, but the Heat

644
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 4: are actually out there doing it. So yeah, I mean

645
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 4: with that Jimmy to get that win when that looked

646
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 4: like that, we're going to lose pretty pretty important for them,

647
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,880
Speaker 4: even though it's against the King.

648
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, but the I mean, I felt, I don't know

649
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 3: what was wrong with Iaron Fox last night. That man

650
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 3: was getting the look at his little floaters, he was

651
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 3: getting to his spots and he could not get it

652
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 3: to drop. And then he had the big turnover. He

653
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 3: just like took his eyes off the ball in the

654
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 3: overtime and it's just like boom, just out of bounce

655
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 3: like he was. He was out of sync there in Miami,

656
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 3: but a good win from the Miami Heat. Let's keep

657
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 3: it going here. Nuggets one oh seven, Wolves one hundred,

658
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 3: Denver win on the road task biggest takeaway.

659
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 2: Well, Denver out three starters again, Jamal Murray, their most

660
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 2: dynamic card, Gary Harris and Paul millsap. But they got

661
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 2: that depth on the season. They got six guys scoring

662
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 2: in double figures. Look up and down this roster they are.

663
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 2: They have so many players. Michael Porter Junior comes in,

664
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 2: has a beauty game, twenty and fourteen double figures in

665
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 2: five straight games. I think my biggest takeaway is that

666
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 2: they got to make a deal. They got to make

667
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 2: a two for one or a three for one and

668
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 2: let Michael Porter Junior get some minutes out there and

669
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 2: just just lose some of that depth, get an asset,

670
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 2: do something because, as I said, six guys in double

671
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 2: figures and then you know, you look down the bench,

672
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 2: Moont team more makes some plumbing. Milik Bleazy, Tory Craig PJ.

673
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 2: Bulldozer now is even playing, uh and Jan Hernan Gomez

674
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 2: is just chilling. He's not even playing at all. There's

675
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 2: there's too many guys on this team and Michael Porter

676
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 2: Junior just come out of nowhere to be an incredible, smooth,

677
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: buttery rookie that looks like he can play playoff minutes.

678
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 2: And I think it's time. Uh, I think it's time

679
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 2: to unleash Michael a little bit.

680
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 3: And in doing so, you would like to see the

681
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 3: move some of these guys maybe ahead of them a

682
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 3: little bit or right there in the pecking order.

683
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 2: I think you have to. I think it makes it

684
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 2: makes sense, and it's time. You know, we all worry

685
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 2: about the Nuggets and maybe they just maybe they're just good,

686
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 2: maybe they don't have a star. And maybe Michael Porter Junior.

687
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 2: I know it's early in his career, but I think

688
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 2: he raises their ceiling a little bit. Yeah, when when

689
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: you just let him rip and and there's good players

690
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 2: in front of him in solid Gary Harris and solid

691
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 2: Monte Morris, a bunch of solids. Let's see it. Let's yeah,

692
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 2: you can probably let Paul Mills up fly after his

693
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,719
Speaker 2: contract expires this off season, but maybe you get an

694
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 2: asset for him even though he's he's a very good player.

695
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 2: Let's see MP fly.

696
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 3: And the Wolves another loss?

697
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I just straight, Yeah, they're bad towns.

698
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 2: Is back.

699
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 4: Yeah.

700
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 3: Towns has not won a game playing in with the

701
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 3: Minnesota Timberwolves since before Thanksgiving. He has not won a

702
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 3: games in one that he's been playing. That's crazy, and

703
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 3: I know it's for a good chunk, but still, that's

704
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 3: it a long time.

705
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, And the Nuggets run back to back as well.

706
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 4: Last night, Yeah, that was it, that was their chance.

707
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,719
Speaker 4: But you know, we missed. Talked about it. The other

708
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 4: day of the weekend, Andrew Wigans had a triple double.

709
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 3: I believe that you take it a little quick flight

710
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 3: over to Wigans.

711
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 2: I'm still here.

712
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 3: Can you bring me some can you bring me some rations?

713
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 4: I'm starving. I don't worry, don't worry. He went back

714
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 4: to his usually last night.

715
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, in the triple double, Andrew Wiggins was getting those assists,

716
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 2: and I and asked him one how many assists is

717
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 2: Andrew Wiggins averaging? He put up one finger, as in

718
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 2: one finger, hold on, I'll tell you in a second.

719
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 2: I'm like one is the averaging one assist because I

720
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 2: would believe you. But it's more than that two. It's

721
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 2: three and a half. It's actually a career high three

722
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 2: and a half. Because he's had to be a bit

723
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 2: of a playmaker on this team. But the numbers keep

724
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 2: poring in. The numbers are fine, twenty two and five

725
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 2: and three and a half on the season.

726
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 3: You want to start, you want to start in Andrew

727
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 3: Wiggins for All Star case real quick to get the

728
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 3: coaches to pick them as reserved. How many points you

729
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 3: think Andrew Wiggins is averaging during the month of January?

730
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 3: Is that twenty five a game for the season?

731
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 2: Twenty two? Twenty two a game for this it's seventeen.

732
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 3: Fifteen points a game? Yeah, shooting, Well, here we go.

733
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 3: Here COEs the Wigan scapegoat, as we talked about.

734
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 4: But is it a scapegoat?

735
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 3: No? No, no, I mean a lot of it is deserving. Yeah,

736
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 3: especially when you if you just get teased, do you

737
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 3: get teased for a good couple of weeks, you're like, damn,

738
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 3: everybody reflects to the island and then it's like this

739
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 3: place sucks when it comes to like this play sucks,

740
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 3: Like the bro sure looks so nice and you fooled me.

741
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 3: It's he is, like, uh, he's basically the fire festival

742
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 3: is what he is. Yeah, yeah, that's all.

743
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: The Wolves are grifters. You know, they'll they will fool you.

744
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: I know I botched the word for teaso in finish,

745
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: So how do you say tiso in Canadian?

746
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 2: Oh?

747
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: Okay, then we got it good.

748
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 4: He's a teaser.

749
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 3: Raptors one twenty two, Hawks Cocker one seventeen down at

750
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 3: the Fortress Little Day game had a lot of us here,

751
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 3: uh from the now dunk studio down at the game,

752
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,719
Speaker 3: a lot of fun. Trey was the biggest takeaway though

753
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 3: from the Raptor's five point win.

754
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: It's fun to sit in the worst seats in the house.

755
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 3: What do you mean?

756
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: I called in, had to get eleven tickets. I took

757
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: my two kids and then the nine other mystery shelters

758
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: and I never Onetchell. But it's tough to get eleven

759
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: tickets like a week before the game. So they're like, oh, yeah,

760
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: you'll be sitting up there. I was like, okay, ro V,

761
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: that sounds far. It ends at w we yeh w two.

762
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: But it was honestly perfect. Like I said, we actually

763
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: did have five kids there, all ages five to three,

764
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: so they just stood up and raged the whole time.

765
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 3: It doesn't matter exactly, and.

766
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: You know, they're literally just dancing standing there for the

767
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: dance camp, good times, and we got a fun game

768
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: out of it too. The Raptors got out to a

769
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: huge lead, and then because they're the Raptors this year,

770
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: they gave it all back. Yep made it entertaining, Rende

771
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: Hallas Jefferson got us all free. Chick fil A missed

772
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: the two free throws. I'll be hitting that up for lunch.

773
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: But I gotta get a major shout out to Norm

774
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: Powell looking like Ben Gordon out there, six of nine

775
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: from three to seventeen points in the fourth quarter. Norm

776
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: Powell has been good this year.

777
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 3: He basically won that game.

778
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, for the Raps. He has been very good, really

779
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 4: quietly good too, because I think a lot of people

780
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 4: thought Norm isn't that good, and then he got injured.

781
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 4: But he has been really really and he was good

782
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 4: before the injury. But he is so important for them

783
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 4: because he became to me in the playoffs last year

784
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 4: like unplayable. At times him and Fred were unpliable. Fred

785
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 4: turned it around right, but then Norm since, I mean

786
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 4: since the out of this season, has really become a

787
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 4: lot more reliable. He's been in the starting lineup when needed,

788
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 4: He's come off the bench when needed, and played both

789
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 4: roles well. So that's huge for him and the Raptors.

790
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 3: Well, I'm sure we'll be talking about Norm with the

791
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 3: Athletics Eric Crean again a little bit later when we

792
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 3: do our Raptors podcast here on Tuesday afternoon. The guy

793
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 3: I was sitting beside at the game. I did have

794
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 3: a little bit better seats than the noseblades you had,

795
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,479
Speaker 3: But he was like, he just kept going talking about

796
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 3: the Raptors. He was the Hawks, and he's like, who

797
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 3: are these guys? Because like Norm couldn't miss a three.

798
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 3: He's like, who's this guy? Like telling him all about

799
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,240
Speaker 3: Norm Norm like that? And Terence Davis the second who's

800
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 3: that guy? Oh he's undrafted. Yeah, he's playing really well.

801
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 3: But it was it was the Raptors bench won the

802
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 3: Raps the game and then also gave it all back

803
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 3: when the Hawks started pressing, and that was fun and

804
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 3: it made for a while. It was so insane at

805
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 3: that moment because at that time when the press was

806
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,280
Speaker 3: on and they were making their comeback and the crowd

807
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 3: was still sort of going going nuts and getting into it.

808
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 3: Harry the Hawk was right in our section and there

809
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 3: were like so many people because I think it was

810
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 3: a day game. There's so many kids there too, Like

811
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 3: everybody wanted a photo with Harry, and it was like

812
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,720
Speaker 3: pandemonium in my section, like but also like grown women.

813
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 3: This woman had like three wines that she was so

814
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 3: drunk and she wanted a photo with them and she's

815
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 3: screaming like it was like so much was going on.

816
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 3: I could barely concentrate on like this sort of comeback,

817
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 3: and I was like freaking out that Harry was gonna

818
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 3: get tackled by all these kids. There was a lot

819
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 3: going on there. But uh yeah, it was an entertaining game.

820
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 3: It was perfect for me, you know, raps win close

821
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 3: game the Chick.

822
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: Fil A and somehow we saw a forty two point

823
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: fifteen assist night from Prey Young felt like he had

824
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 1: about twenty and five.

825
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 4: What a bet that almost play yeah where he.

826
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 3: Nutmegged Fred the Yeah, that would have been up there

827
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 3: as one of the best players, maybe full time at

828
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 3: least with the dribble and then a three. Yeah. I

829
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 3: also saw heading to this game a guy in a

830
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 3: Terrence Davis the second jersey. It has to be family, right,

831
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 3: I mean I really I went up to an amass

832
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 3: and like you know, like, why do you have how

833
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:03,800
Speaker 3: do you how do you have that?

834
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 2: Yeah?

835
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,240
Speaker 3: Why do you have that? I mean I love the Raps,

836
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 3: but Terrence Davis is the second jersey. That's crazy. He's

837
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 3: pretty deep. Yeah, he must be family. But fun night.

838
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 3: For how long did you last there? You missed a comeback?

839
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: Ye? And the Chick fil A Yeah, and the dance

840
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: cam yeah, tragic.

841
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 3: And sky Squad, the trampoline guys, man, you missed it

842
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 3: all well man.

843
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: The post game performance by Lacree, he was there at halftime,

844
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 1: he was there a post game as well.

845
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 3: I missed that one.

846
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 4: Yeah. I was just with one seven year old and

847
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 4: he was into it at times, but you know, there's

848
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 4: there's some breaks in play and he was usually he

849
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 4: was your seven year old, yeah, my seven year old. Yeah,

850
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 4: And usually during those breaks in play there's some sort

851
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 4: of entertainment. Just didn't quite pull him in there. Yesterday

852
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 4: he was distracted and then yeah, we got to three

853
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 4: quarters through and he said, don't want to go home now.

854
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 4: It's like not that it was I fair enough, it's

855
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 4: fair enough, you know.

856
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 3: And the Raps were gonna win. You were confident about that.

857
00:36:59,480 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 4: Yep?

858
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 3: Good, all right, Next one here Pelicans won twenty six.

859
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 3: Grizzlies at home won sixteen. Pelicans get the get the win.

860
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: I scoring affair here at Ley Biggs takeaway.

861
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 4: Drew Holliday is not interested in being on the in

862
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 4: the wrong end of Jam Moran highlights. He basically he

863
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 4: was his first game back in seven and he looked incredible.

864
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 4: Hit seven three thirty six points. The Pelicans hit a

865
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 4: franchise record twenty one. They put this game out of reach.

866
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 4: Grizzlies made a comeback, but the Pelicans had done all

867
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 4: the hard work and we're able to survive. And Brandon

868
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 4: ingram are again fantastic for New Orleans. He's going to

869
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 4: the All Star Game, no question about that, are yeah?

870
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 4: And I just thought, you know, with Zion coming back

871
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 4: tomorrow night, he's expected to play his very first game

872
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 4: for the Pelicans. Considering where this team was a month

873
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 4: or so ago, or even a bit longer, things have

874
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 4: really turned around and the Pelicans probably still won't make

875
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 4: the playoffs, but you're starting to see some really really

876
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 4: good things out of this team. And Drew Holiday. What

877
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 4: do they do with Drew? Do they cash in on

878
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 4: him now and try to get an ass thinking you

879
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 4: know he's not really going to be a part of

880
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 4: their long term plan. I wouldn't think or do they

881
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 4: keep him around, because having a veteran like that is very,

882
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 4: very handy on games like yesterday where early on he

883
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 4: posted up Moran turned around a dunked on em and

884
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 4: it was like, that's just a veteran move, you know

885
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 4: what I mean, Like you're not going to see Alonso

886
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 4: Ball do something like That's not really in his game anyway.

887
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,280
Speaker 4: But the fact was, the Grizzlies have been the hottest

888
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 4: team in the league. Pelicans went in there and took

889
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 4: this game away from them early on, and again I

890
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,320
Speaker 4: think a leadership, a leader and a quality player like

891
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,399
Speaker 4: Drew Holiday can send that message and teach the younger

892
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 4: guys how to play.

893
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 2: So bit of a.

894
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 4: Question there for David Griffin to decide what to do because,

895
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 4: as I say, best case scenario, they go out in

896
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 4: the first round of the playoffs for the Pelicans, or

897
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 4: do they say there's an asset here, maybe we exchanged

898
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 4: Drew here for someone or JJ Reddick's another one. I mean,

899
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,320
Speaker 4: there's no point in really keeping an older guy like

900
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 4: that on your roster if someone else is prepared to

901
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,959
Speaker 4: give up something decent for him. So we'll see, we'll see.

902
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 4: But yeah, good win from New Orleans.

903
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is good too, with the Zion coming back

904
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 3: that they're playing. Well, you know you're not asking Zion

905
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 3: Williamson to come back right away and say, hey man,

906
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 3: go get us twenty five, like you're not really having

907
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 3: to ask him that. You know. They beat the Pistons

908
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 3: in overtime. They beat the Jazz in overtime. All right,

909
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 3: he botched the butch. That guy had a rough thirty

910
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,800
Speaker 3: seconds there. He pounded the mic, moving it. Then he

911
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 3: had a sip of kombucha and he's coughing up at

912
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 3: one right.

913
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 2: I heard it. I thought, I didn't know if that

914
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 2: was the gas from the booch or the gas from

915
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 2: from the yellows. Oh my god, it was the alice man.

916
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:38,839
Speaker 3: But they you definitely watched the boot. Your faces are.

917
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 5: Red, yeah, yeah, get a little that mother in your throat, yeah, bacterial.

918
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 3: Anyway, the finish, my thought, they meet the Pistons and

919
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 3: Jazz and overtime. They had that really really close game

920
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 3: against the Clippers and Kawhi had to go nuts to

921
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 3: get that win. That was a three point loss. And

922
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 3: then they get the one going into Memphis, one of

923
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 3: the oddest teams in the lead to get that done.

924
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 3: So here you go. Now you just get to add

925
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 3: Zion Williamson into the mix. And I don't think a

926
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 3: guy like Drew or a guy like Derek Favors or

927
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 3: anything like that. I don't think he's gonna be moved

928
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 3: before the deadline. I think Griff would like to see

929
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 3: if they could make a playoff push. I mean, you

930
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 3: say they may not make it. What are they out,

931
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 3: like two games in the win column or something like that,

932
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 3: maybe three from the eighth spot. Tons of time. Here,

933
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 3: give it a go. You see what you got going

934
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 3: here with your vets and your young talent.

935
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, they're they're three and a half back of Memphis

936
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 4: right now. But also I should mention no Derek Favus

937
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,440
Speaker 4: yesterday I did so. Yeah, another there was Jackson Hayes,

938
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 4: was the big man, the ganglely Jackson Hayes. He's like

939
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 4: a young juvol at there. He's athletic, he's fast, he's long.

940
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's raw'sw that's all right given time.

941
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 2: True is one of those guys that's unheralded as we

942
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 2: talk about every single season, but he's fun to watch.

943
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 2: In the playoffs, he'll perform and he may not play

944
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 2: eighty games for you, but he's ready to take it.

945
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 2: The rest away, I think after missing those seven games,

946
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 2: comes in he was balling and it's to think like

947
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 2: this is his eleventh season and Lee has been a

948
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 2: lot around a long time, but he's only twenty nine.

949
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 2: You know, I think there's a difference between him and

950
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 2: JJ Reddick on that roster's thirty five. True Holiday can

951
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 2: play for several years at a pretty high clip with

952
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: Zion or whoever. Yeah, but yeah, JJ could I could

953
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,879
Speaker 2: see him being moved. But Holidays he's great and he'll

954
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 2: be shutting down defenders and if he makes the playoffs,

955
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,919
Speaker 2: West is tough. Though West is tough.

956
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 3: Bucks one to eleven, Bulls ninety eight, Milwaukee another win.

957
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,240
Speaker 3: They are now thirty nine and six. My biggest takeaway

958
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 3: from this one is only Paris can screw up the Bucks.

959
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 3: Damn near perfect regular season. Here they traveled to France

960
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 3: to face Charlotte here on Friday. You know, this is

961
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 3: the only thing that could rail the season. Maybe Giannis

962
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 3: falls in love with the city of Love, never comes back,

963
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 3: just loves what he has in Paris. There the Lopez twins.

964
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 3: Maybe they go to Disneyland Paris, they get lost.

965
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: A Paris Disneyland.

966
00:41:58,880 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 4: Yes, that's right.

967
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 3: Eric Bledsoe could just fall in love with baguettes French cheese,

968
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 3: gained forty pounds. I don't know. Paris is the only

969
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 3: thing that could screw them up.

970
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 2: Maybe Nicola Batouma, the Charlotte Hornets, Punchers, Giannis and the Cajones.

971
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 3: Yes, that's right, in the Maclaroons. But they're they're rolling

972
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 3: here still. Bulls kept it close and then the box

973
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,319
Speaker 3: pulled away. Middleton he is an all star lock. If

974
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 3: you're putting Simmons as a lock, I think we're also

975
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 3: going Middleton twenty four in this one, ten to thirteen

976
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 3: and yeah, the thirty nine to six, one seventh straight,

977
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 3: they're the box. I will say this from the on

978
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,839
Speaker 3: the other side of things, Lowry Markinen. It put him

979
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,839
Speaker 3: down as one of the most disappointing players this season. Yep, right,

980
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 3: I mean was this his third year he was garbageing this.

981
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 3: He had eight points thirty one minutes, two eleven from

982
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,280
Speaker 3: the floor. One of those was a tip back offensive rebound.

983
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 3: So oh was seven from three, and he has scored

984
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 3: over twenty points just once since the start of the

985
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 3: new year.

986
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 4: I would like to say him on a new team, though,

987
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 4: I think they excuse me. I think there's some talent

988
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 4: there and some potential they think in that system, whatever

989
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 4: that system is in in Chicago's just not the best

990
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 4: environed for it.

991
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: So you'd rather ship him out and keep the system around.

992
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: They got marking and just standing and waiting. He's just

993
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: standing and waiting the entire time he's out there. He

994
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: can move his body, moves like he can make a

995
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 1: playoff the dribble, but he'll never get a chance. He

996
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: just waits for zach Lavine to pass it to him,

997
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 1: and if he's open enough, he jacks at three and

998
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: if he's a little bit scared, he's just gonna swing

999
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: it around. So yeah, they are not using him the

1000
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: right way. But super disappointing, Yeah, for sure.

1001
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 3: Yeah it is.

1002
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 2: It was fun to watch Jannis in the post at

1003
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,720
Speaker 2: the at the end of the game. Yeah, his fade away,

1004
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 2: that one step fade away is the longest step I

1005
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 2: think in the history of the NBA. The way he's

1006
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 2: on the low block, but he ends up at the

1007
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,320
Speaker 2: free throw line with his fad and Jim Boyle is

1008
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 2: kind of being in smart putting a center on him.

1009
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 2: That's how team sort of shut Yiannis down. But they

1010
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 2: had to double him. They had to. He's killing Daniel

1011
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 2: Gafford the rook. Anyways, it was fun just to watch

1012
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 2: the the physics block to hide block or low block,

1013
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 2: to mid block, to the elbow. It was odd. It

1014
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 2: was crazy to.

1015
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 3: Set right before that too. I was thinking of Trey Krby.

1016
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 3: He hit the hook shot you see that go. It

1017
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 3: wasn't like Kareem you know that that dramatic, but it

1018
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 3: was a little hook shot there and then yet then

1019
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 3: Tess said you had that not long after you had

1020
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 3: that sort of step back there in the paint. Yeah,

1021
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 3: he had another Monster game and barely played. He's running

1022
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 3: away with MVP because they're thirty nine and six. They're

1023
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 3: about to be forty wins here. How many wins are

1024
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 3: they gonna have you for the All Star break? Got

1025
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 3: still like a couple of weeks. Yeah, like they're gonna

1026
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 3: come possibly could be at like forty four or something

1027
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 3: like that. All right, Wizards one oh six, Pistons one hundred.

1028
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,359
Speaker 3: We're getting into the nitty gritty here, Hey the task

1029
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 3: biggest takeaway from the Wizard six point went at home.

1030
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 2: Well, Derek Rose is for real. He scored twenty plus

1031
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 2: points in nine straight games, not just a little Derek

1032
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 2: Rose flash in the pan. He had twenty one in

1033
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 2: this game. And he's standing at the front of that Titanic.

1034
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 2: Roses at the front looking for a taker. Come save

1035
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,839
Speaker 2: me from this thing. He's starting, but ideally be coming

1036
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 2: off the bench as a spark on a better team.

1037
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 2: He's taken too many shots or he had twenty one

1038
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 2: shots in this game, and somebody's gonna buy, someone will buy.

1039
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 2: He has turned himself into a player for a contender.

1040
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 2: And there's rumors out there. I'm sure we'll get to

1041
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 2: this week about the Lakers, hmmm, about the Sixers. Someone

1042
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 2: will be shopping and will pluck Rose off that Titanic.

1043
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: You'll be all right, Rose, You'll be one of the survivors.

1044
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 2: And also, somebody who didn't survive in this game was

1045
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 2: Andre Drummond destroyed by that Bradley Beal crossover. And it's

1046
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 2: getting a little embarrassing, I think for Andre Drummond just ye,

1047
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 2: he knew it as soon as it happened. He made

1048
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 2: that face, like the bitter coffee face some were calling it.

1049
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 2: He just got destroyed and it might be uh, it

1050
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:47,799
Speaker 2: might be time for him to get saved off that

1051
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 2: boat too. Things are things are not looking good in Detroit,

1052
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 2: and he's not helping himself. I think, like lowry marketing

1053
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 2: guys can help themselves, but the situation like Chicago is

1054
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 2: a not so good.

1055
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 3: Yeah this, I mean, look, the piss have two more

1056
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 3: wins than the Wizards. Yeah, that's that's wild to me.

1057
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 3: I mean, the Wizards have been they've been playing like

1058
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 3: G League guys like half the year at least. Any

1059
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,399
Speaker 3: you know, bells back and he had a decent game.

1060
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,359
Speaker 3: I get all that. At Mahimi hit a three. That's cool.

1061
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 3: But it's like as bad as the Pisons are. And

1062
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 3: I've always believed that too, But come on, you're not

1063
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 3: that bad and yet they're sixteen and twenty eight. The

1064
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 3: Wizards of fourteen and twenty eight garbage. It's garbage.

1065
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, more I what to say about those two teams?

1066
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 4: Not all that fun to watch. I mean, I still

1067
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 4: obviously like watching Beale, but that's about it. And the

1068
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 4: Pistons are just a tough, tough watch.

1069
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I'll be almost furious at this point if

1070
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 3: Drummond doesn't get traded, or at least Derrek Crows doesn't

1071
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 3: get traded like something. Just switch it up. Jazz one

1072
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 3: to eighteen, Pacers eighty eight tray biggest takeaway.

1073
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,760
Speaker 1: People were right about the Denver to Utah overnight trip

1074
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,720
Speaker 1: being the hardest trip in the league because the Pacers

1075
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: basically just didn't stand a chance against the Jazz last night.

1076
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 1: You got to play perfect to beat the Jazz right

1077
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: now in general, because they're going to make things so

1078
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,919
Speaker 1: tough defensively, and when you're a step slow, when you're

1079
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: not executing to the level you need to be, it

1080
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: can end up as a blowout. And that's exactly what

1081
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: happened with the Pacers. It was their fourth game in

1082
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: six days, third and four nights, two and two nights,

1083
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: whatever way you want to slice it. They lost by

1084
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:22,240
Speaker 1: thirty to the Jazz and it wasn't even really close

1085
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: for the entirety of the game. Man, this is how

1086
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: the Jazz pile up wins year after year after year.

1087
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: The season gets longer and longer, you have to play

1088
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 1: more and more games, and the defense just keeps showing

1089
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 1: up and showing up, and next thing you know, they're

1090
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 1: over fifty wins. It's gonna happen again.

1091
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 4: Rudy Gober got credited with one block in last night's game.

1092
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 4: It felt like he had way more, but just the

1093
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 4: amount of shots that he challenged or contested all that.

1094
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 4: The pace is put up on the rim, but Rudy

1095
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:48,800
Speaker 4: was there or someone else was there for the jazz.

1096
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 4: It felt like almost every time they went inside. Sobonus.

1097
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 4: You know, he's a big, strong guy. He's been using

1098
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 4: that body well this year. He looked last night like

1099
00:47:56,719 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 4: almost like a boy going up against Rudy Gober. So yeah, yeah.

1100
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:04,799
Speaker 3: The Jets didn't even play that well thirty Yeah, so

1101
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 3: a bit of a schedule lost there, for sure.

1102
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 2: It's cool to see Mike Conley gett into his flow

1103
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 2: a little bit. He's six of six of eight. Look

1104
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 2: a little bouncy, a little hoppy Conley coming off the bench.

1105
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,239
Speaker 2: And do they change it.

1106
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 4: I don't think they do.

1107
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,200
Speaker 2: I think they keep that thirty million dollar man in

1108
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 2: that perfect role. And it's not like he can't finish

1109
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 2: games and he makes I think he makes them a

1110
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 2: little bit more lethal when it comes to your your

1111
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,720
Speaker 2: closing lineup. If you have Mitchell beside a bouncy Conley

1112
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,839
Speaker 2: and boy and Bogdanovich firing away getting into his flow,

1113
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 2: Joe Angle's getting into his slow because he can handle

1114
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 2: the ball at the beginning of games, and Rudy. I mean,

1115
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:40,680
Speaker 2: they all have to be playing well I think for

1116
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 2: them to be a real, real contender, But I want

1117
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:46,360
Speaker 2: to put them in their cap I do.

1118
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 3: I love the comparison you made the other day about

1119
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 3: could Conley be a grenobili like and yeah, come off

1120
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,439
Speaker 3: the bench, be a spark plug and then finish games. Yeah. Sure,

1121
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 3: if that's happening for the Utah.

1122
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: Jazz cheering for him like he's uh favorite victory cigar

1123
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 1: right now. Anytime that guy makes a shot, it's like

1124
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,920
Speaker 1: the entire bench is going crazy, the entire crowd is

1125
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: going crazy. So maybe Lee's right. Maybe the fact that

1126
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: it's not actually the Jazz's contract that they signed them to,

1127
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 1: that's an easy way to say, Hey, you're just a

1128
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,960
Speaker 1: team made up. It doesn't matter that you're one of

1129
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,240
Speaker 1: the highest paid players on the team. Come help us out.

1130
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,760
Speaker 3: Two more games left, Lely Magic one oh six Hornets

1131
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,440
Speaker 3: eighty three. Sorry to give this one too. Yeah, what's

1132
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 3: your big takeaway from the Magic killing the Hornets?

1133
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 4: Good news for the Hornets is they are also going

1134
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 4: to Paris and so they won't get killed in America

1135
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 4: this time. Yeah. We should never ever get excited about

1136
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,760
Speaker 4: the Hornets when they have one of those galvanizing wins,

1137
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 4: you know, over someone like they beat the Mavericks in Dallas.

1138
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 4: I think that was maybe even their last victory because

1139
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 4: you see Davonte Graham hitting three in the All Star

1140
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 4: you know, there's a buzz about Davonte Griame being an

1141
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 4: All Star. That's not going to happen. Yeah, fifteen to thirty.

1142
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 4: The Hornets are right now, They're just bad. They're bad,

1143
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 4: and they're getting worse, and I don't know what to

1144
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 4: Orlando actually finished this six game road trip three and three.

1145
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 4: They're a reasonable team.

1146
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 3: They're getting closer for five hundred.

1147
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, but they're also you know, that was the last

1148
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,320
Speaker 4: game of road trip to be in Charlotte's a pretty

1149
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 4: good one to play on because I mean, what's the

1150
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 4: what's the upside right now of the Hornets? I really

1151
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:26,839
Speaker 4: don't see it. I Mean, I'm just a flabby gas

1152
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 4: that they can be so bad for so long.

1153
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: You know, well, I guess here here's a here's some

1154
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: silver linings. Nicolebotom. Maybe he'll turn down his player option

1155
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: next year. Not likely, but I gotta leave him in Paris.

1156
00:50:40,719 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: It's Bizmack beyond, but his contract is up. Marvin Williams

1157
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: his contract is up. Michael gil Chris his contract is up.

1158
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,840
Speaker 1: So at least you've got a guy and DeVante Graham

1159
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 1: who you can have as a starter. Terry Rozier seems

1160
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 1: like at least a starter quality guy.

1161
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 3: PJ.

1162
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:55,319
Speaker 1: Washington as well.

1163
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 3: There's a big three. Throw a bunch of money out.

1164
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,680
Speaker 3: Andre Drummond. Come on, you know it's going to happen.

1165
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: You're nacking on thirty five wins. Rut there that might

1166
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: be playoffs.

1167
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the thing is, I think someone like

1168
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 4: Graham is okay, but there's just no one on that

1169
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,400
Speaker 4: team that's a franchise altering player. And that's what Charlotte

1170
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 4: hasn't had. I mean, when was the last time they

1171
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:15,760
Speaker 4: had a franchise altering player.

1172
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,919
Speaker 3: You're not going to even consider Camper Well not into

1173
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 3: the point where you know, I mean, what was that?

1174
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,839
Speaker 4: What was their high ceiling? Mark with Kember. I think

1175
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 4: they won three playoff games. I believe, you know, and

1176
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 4: again not to disrespect Kember. He was good and we're

1177
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 4: seeing now on a better team. He's he's thriving a

1178
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 4: lot better. But Charlotte's recruitment and drafting has been bad

1179
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 4: and then their development hasn't really been I mean, kid

1180
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 4: Gilchrist is still on the roster. They drafted him before Beale.

1181
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,439
Speaker 4: I'm surprised how he could even still be in the league.

1182
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: Really, I mean, yeah, that is like you go back

1183
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:54,239
Speaker 1: to the Bobcats era with that and how close they

1184
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,359
Speaker 1: came to actually getting Anthony Davis and how things could

1185
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: have been completely different and they ended up with Michael K. Gilchrist.

1186
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:00,799
Speaker 1: They were able to keep their draft pick from that

1187
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,840
Speaker 1: year longer than the Pelicans were, but hasn't really mattered.

1188
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I got to get the number one in

1189
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 3: a good year Final one Nicks one oh six, Cavs

1190
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:14,000
Speaker 3: eighty six. Yes, New York huge win. My biggest takeaway

1191
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:17,280
Speaker 3: from this Knicks coach Mike Miller should be a model

1192
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 3: on the price is right because he is showcasing these

1193
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 3: Nicks veterans. Hard i haad of the trade deadline for

1194
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 3: the second consecutive game he started Morris, Randall, Peyton Bullock,

1195
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 3: and TODJ. Gibson. He is leaning into showing off these

1196
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 3: guys who wants them? Make me a deal. Look at

1197
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:39,400
Speaker 3: these guys Randall nineteen, Morris nineteen, who wants them, but

1198
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 3: look like Derrick Rose tast I think Marcus Morris would

1199
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 3: be an excellent trade, trade deadline sort of addition for

1200
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 3: a lot of teams, especially a contending team. You know,

1201
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,839
Speaker 3: he tweaked his ankle in last night's game. You hope

1202
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 3: he's okay. It was like one of those four point plays.

1203
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:55,520
Speaker 3: Kevin Love sort of slid under him, the got the

1204
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 3: tech the flagrant fowl for being under him. He hit

1205
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 3: the three, but he crumpled to the to the floor.

1206
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,359
Speaker 3: Hopefully it's nothing too serious, because oh my god, they

1207
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 3: could probably get something from Marcus Morris, and they should

1208
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,280
Speaker 3: probably move on from Marcus Morris if you the Knicks.

1209
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 3: But I think that's exactly what Mike Miller and you know,

1210
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 3: the Knixt organization is doing here. They're like, check out

1211
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 3: these guys, who do you make us an offer? What

1212
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:16,920
Speaker 3: do you want to give us for some of these

1213
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,640
Speaker 3: guys that could maybe help you in your playoff push,

1214
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,800
Speaker 3: specifically Marcus Morris, who I think really could help a

1215
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:24,880
Speaker 3: number of teams as like a guy that can hit

1216
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 3: a three, give you a little scrappiness on the defensive end,

1217
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:29,920
Speaker 3: you know, played in big games before and start some

1218
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 3: playoff games. Yeah, exactly. I always need a crazy guy

1219
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 3: in here, exactly.

1220
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:34,839
Speaker 1: Get them on the rockets. Seems like they get us

1221
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,360
Speaker 1: somebody who wants to mix it up with people, and

1222
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: I always like that. Marcus Morris is in on a

1223
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 1: bit like he like he's like, yeah, we're gonna wear

1224
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 1: all black. We're all gonna dress like a funeral for

1225
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:44,720
Speaker 1: this playoff series.

1226
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 3: I'll do that.

1227
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: That's no big deal. We lost by twenty five to

1228
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: the Suns. I'll say we're still the better team. I

1229
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:50,759
Speaker 1: shouldn't be traded. I'll say that I want to stay

1230
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,759
Speaker 1: at Nick forever. The guy doesn't care what he says,

1231
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 1: so put him somewhere where they need a little spunk.

1232
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,319
Speaker 3: So nice Knicks win there. Right, that's all fourteen games. Guys,

1233
00:53:58,320 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 3: we did it. JD tweet of the night.

1234
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 2: Treed out the Night. Wow.

1235
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,280
Speaker 6: Well, I went back and forth on this one because

1236
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 6: it's it's a bummer not gonna lie. Yesterday, there were

1237
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 6: a couple of disturbing videos going around of former player

1238
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 6: Delonte West. The first was of him getting beaten up

1239
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:26,440
Speaker 6: by a guy in the middle of the road. The

1240
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 6: next was presumably bodycam footage of a cop questioning him

1241
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:35,720
Speaker 6: about the altercation, and it's heartbreaking to watch. It's pretty

1242
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 6: well known that Delante has suffered from mental illness, specifically

1243
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 6: bipolar disorder, pretty much all of his life, and it

1244
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 6: just sucks to see a guy suffering like this. So

1245
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 6: on Twitter, a lot of people were calling out the

1246
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 6: NBA and get and saying, hey, they should step in

1247
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:56,440
Speaker 6: and help him, And I get that they have deep pockets.

1248
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 6: He did play in the league for what nine years? Yes,

1249
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:06,440
Speaker 6: but that doesn't sit well with me. The NBA does

1250
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,479
Speaker 6: a great job with mental health, mandating that each team

1251
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,600
Speaker 6: have a full time mental health professional on staff. That's

1252
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 6: just one example. But once a player is no longer

1253
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,800
Speaker 6: in the league, I don't think the league should be

1254
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:21,760
Speaker 6: responsible for them. So who should be responsible for Delonte West?

1255
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,280
Speaker 6: Who should be responsible for Delonte West and the forty

1256
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 6: five million other Americans suffering from mental illness? Well, it's us.

1257
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 6: The answer is us it's our responsibility. Delonte has made

1258
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 6: millions of dollars playing in the NBA. He's got a

1259
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 6: lot of support coming out on Twitter, and if he

1260
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:45,799
Speaker 6: wants the help, I think he's gonna have access to

1261
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:50,640
Speaker 6: the help. But even he slipped through the cracks. Next Wednesday,

1262
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:54,600
Speaker 6: January twenty ninth is Bell Lett's Talk Day. If you're

1263
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 6: in Canada, I encourage you to participate, but if you're

1264
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 6: not in Canada, you can still go to Let's Talk

1265
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 6: dot Bell dot Ca to find out how you can

1266
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,760
Speaker 6: make a difference. Also, universal healthcare.

1267
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 4: That's it. H Yeah, it was.

1268
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 3: I'm sure like a lot of people, I saw that

1269
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:13,480
Speaker 3: video around. I sent it to you guys like is

1270
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 3: this Delante West? I was like, it looks like him,

1271
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 3: but I don't know if it's like And then I'm

1272
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 3: like quickly looking at his tattoos and Stockholm tatos, Oh

1273
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 3: my god, it is Delante. Yeah, let's you're right. I

1274
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,080
Speaker 3: mean I know a lot of former players and stuff

1275
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 3: like that. Jamie Nelson has talked about, you know, being

1276
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,080
Speaker 3: in contact with them before you know, I assume they

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Speaker 6: Too, exactly, I think, and that was That's sort of

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Speaker 6: the underlying thing that I read in Jamier's statement was

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Speaker 6: just you know, this kind of thing is so hard

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Speaker 6: So it's it's so hard to treat, and it's can

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Speaker 3: A depressing, but it is much needed. Tweet of the

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Speaker 3: Last night's game Monday Night from those fourteen games was

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Speaker 3: the Pacers in Utah to take on the Jazz. Jazz

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Speaker 3: bit here, made off of your very hot start. You

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Speaker 3: leads us here. In January, you're eight and five. Myself

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Speaker 3: and Trey are seven and six. I'm tasked right there

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Speaker 3: now at six and seven. Well, we know what tonight's

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Speaker 3: game is. Task, but what is the line. There's only

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Speaker 3: one game on it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Clippers and the Mavericks, the only two lazy

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Speaker 2: teams that didn't play on MLK Day they'll be playing

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Speaker 2: Tonight's the only game Dallas favored by one and a

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Speaker 2: half points at home. So basically at coin Flipper, it's

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Speaker 2: a second meeting between these two teams this season. They

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Speaker 2: played just before American Thanksgiving in November. The Clippers won

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Speaker 2: that by fifteen, and it was in Dallas, just like

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Speaker 2: this one. Luca led them as with twenty two, but

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Speaker 2: shot only four or fourteen against that vaunted Clippers d

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Speaker 2: He hit fourteen free throws, So I'm going with Clippers.

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Speaker 3: You're going to the Clippers. Wow, task jumping right into it. Well,

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Speaker 3: Porzingis is expected to be back, yep, Paul George, I

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Speaker 3: do not fins playing for the Clips, so yes, uh Lee.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm sticking with the Clip as I think Kawhi defense,

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Speaker 4: and Kawhi has been ball and lightly he has.

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Speaker 3: He has been on a tear. This is a massive

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Speaker 3: road trip here for the Clippers too, so our second

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Speaker 3: one of six. But they beat the Pelicans on Saturday

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Speaker 3: in a close one though, Oh trade, where are you going? Well?

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Speaker 1: I see that the Dallas Mavericks have a record over

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Speaker 1: five hundred, which means the Clippers will play hard and

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Speaker 1: they're the underdogs. So give me the Clippers.

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Speaker 3: I'm swerving. I'm swerving today, guys, give me the MAVs.

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Speaker 3: It's a weird line. I don't I can't really figure

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Speaker 3: it out. I guess the porzingis bump helps. But all right,

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Speaker 3: give me a KP in the mass Luca a monster game.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully I'm the only one taking Dallas to win by

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