1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Curious to know what it's like to be in Michael 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: Malone's huddles in Denver. This podcast can tell you exactly 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: what it's like. And we've also got pulse checks of 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns of the Boston Celtics, highlights from all 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: of Chris haynes travels this week through the Rocky Mountains, 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: and to review, regrettably of all the injuries that are 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: stacking up across the association. All that's next here on 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: this edition of This League Uncut. 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: Welcome to This. 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 3: League Uncut in rule of twenty four hour NBA news, 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 3: this news, you'll Chris Hans, it's so time, works time, 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: it's so time. This League Uncut is underway and on fire. 13 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 3: This should be a good one. 14 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Everyone, Welcome in to another edition of This League Uncut. 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes. I'm a little rattled. 16 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: I have to admit, did a radio interview earlier today. 17 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: We're taping this on a Friday, and they kept calling 18 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: the pod the League Uncut instead of this League Uncut. 19 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: So that has me shaken up. 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: Then you just stopped you just stopped them in that track. 21 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 4: Now, correct. 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: I was too polite, even though it was twice I 23 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: was too polite. And then you know, even though I'm 24 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: on the run and traveling and running around and. 25 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 4: It's been a crazy week, but then I see that. 26 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: What Chris Haynes reported on this pod days ago about 27 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: the Nuggets not being able to go to the White House, 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: but it's on TV and then it causes a national firestorm. 29 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 4: So I'm just I'm shaking by all this. 30 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: Man, the aggregators, they dropped the ball on that episode 31 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: last week. I don't know aggregators a day. Usually up 32 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: to the time, they're usually on point. Sometimes I want 33 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: them to tone it down sometimes but most times. 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: But in that case, you know what, it's actually my fault. 35 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe now that now that I think about it, 36 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: I probably should have put it. I probably should have 37 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: written it after the pod, which I do sometimes when 38 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: you when you drop some gems on here, and then 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: I'll put it in my next notebook and say, hey, 40 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: you should have listened to our episode. And Chris Haynes 41 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: said a b or C. I did not do that 42 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: this week, and so maybe that's my fault. 43 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: And we didn't. I don't think we tweeted that tweeted 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: out that we didn't tweet that tip bit out. Also, well, 45 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: you know why promoting the pod, So it's ultimately Ryan's uh, Ryan, 46 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: Ryan's not in charge of. 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: It's not Ryan's fault. I'm just I'm just trying to 48 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: go at him. I'm just trying to go at him 49 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: and get him rolled up since he blamed you for 50 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: the whole Aaron Haynes incident. 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. Well that's fine. Didn't go ahead. You 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 2: well within your right to do so. But yeah, Ryan. 53 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: The tweet tweeting the notes, Well, how are you man? 54 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 4: You had four days in Denver. 55 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 2: I'm tired. 56 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 3: Man. 57 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: You did two games, you had a one on one 58 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: with Kevin Durant, you did a live stream with KCP. 59 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: I'm sure there were multiple large breakfast consumed like tell 60 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: us about your Yeah, tell us about your trip to 61 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: the Rocky Mountain. 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: I'm exhausted. I just got home not too long ago. 63 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: But that KCP interview I had with the Bleacher, the 64 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: Bleacher Report live stream stein I had it scheduled to 65 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: do that at twelve pm Pacific time. So new and Denver, 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: Denver all week. I was there Monday through Friday. Denver 67 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: all week was great. The weather was excellent and you know. 68 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: That's one of the reasons why I don't like going 69 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: to Denver, because I don't like I don't like the 70 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 2: snow and all that stuff. I'm not a fan of it. 71 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: I lived in Cleveland for two years, been there, done that. 72 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: But the weather was good. But Friday morning, snow is 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: popping off. So I'm like, damn, all right, But my 74 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: flight was supposed to land back here in California at 75 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: ten thirty am, which I'm like, that's fine. It takes 76 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: me thirty minutes to get home. I'll have an hour 77 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: before I got to sit down with KCP. But you 78 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: know what, due to snow delays, another delay, another delay, 79 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: stein And not only that, my flight didn't have Wi Fi, 80 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: so my flight was scheduled to touch down at noon. 81 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 2: So I'm like, fuck, man, damn, like what I'm what 82 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,799 Speaker 2: I'm gonna do. So right before my flight took off, 83 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 2: I text my producer a tell KCP, you know, I'm 84 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,119 Speaker 2: gonna be about ten minutes behind. I don't want to cancel. 85 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be about ten minutes behind, and I'm going 86 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: to do it at the airport. I don't think she. 87 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: I don't think she told them I'm gonna do it 88 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 2: at the airport. I just told him justa be ten 89 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: minutes behind. My plan was to find a lounge in 90 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: the airport, a quiet lounge, but of course no such thing. 91 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 2: And so I'm in the food court area. I pick 92 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: a table way in the back and starn. There's just 93 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: people on the intercom. Hey gate, see six thirty seven, 94 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: your gate chains going to LA going all through. 95 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: You thought the airport should just stop functioning because you 96 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: had a live stream. 97 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 2: I thought, I don't know what I was thinking. I 98 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 2: thought I could find a quiet. 99 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 4: Attention all Southwest customers. 100 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 2: Chris B. 101 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 4: Haynes a Bleacher Report needs thirty minutes of quiet for 102 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 4: his live stream. We will delay all updates. 103 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: A further note, so if if you could go to 104 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: go to bleacher Report or even YouTube, believe that the interview, 105 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: the full interview is up on YouTube, bleacher Reports on 106 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: bleacher reports page. So you could see me interviewing KCP 107 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: TA say, people sitting right behind me talking, chatting, and 108 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: I'm just muting, unmuting, my my, my, Mike the whole time. Mutant, 109 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 2: I'm muting, mutant, I'm muting. It's just a whole bunch 110 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: of chaos going on. The back and I had to 111 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: apologize to the to the viewers for that, for that display. 112 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 4: Or was he just rolled? 113 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: He was? He was laughing. He was laughing at all. 114 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: He was he was laughing. He rolled, He rolled with it. Man, 115 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: I couldn't. 116 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: Well, he should be laughing because the Nuggets look fantastic. 117 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: They just took care of Boston in the supposed NBA 118 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,679 Speaker 1: Finals preview. That Jokic guy is a problem, breaking news. 119 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: He's a major problem. 120 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: He is. He is a problem. Stein. Let me tell 121 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: you this. I was gonna say this story since we're 122 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 2: talking about the Nuggets. You know, I get to listening 123 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 2: to I've listened in and heard almost every coach in 124 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 2: the NBA as far as how they conduct their timeouts 125 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: and their huddles. Mike alone, if he's not number one, 126 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: he's definitely one of the top two as far as 127 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: far as inspiring, motivating coaches in those timeout huddles. Coach 128 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: Malone is cussing people out in those huddles. He's like 129 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: he is just but he does it in a way. 130 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: It's a loving cussing out way. You know what I'm saying, 131 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: If that makes any sense, It's a loving cussing out 132 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: way that you're just motivated and you just like he 133 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: just he has the words to galvanize a team and 134 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: starting so the way the Nuggets in their break before 135 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: they go into you know, go back into the game, 136 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: they'll go one two three together, one two three together. 137 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: And so I'm listening, I'm in the back listening to 138 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: Malone and he's just going off, inspiring his guys, encouraging them, 139 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 2: going off of them again. And then he's like, all right, 140 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 2: let's go one two three. And I said, I said, 141 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: silently together. I thought I was part of teams. Don 142 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: I did? I said it. I said it silently. I 143 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: was together, like I was in it. He had me 144 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: transformed like I was about to get in there and 145 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 2: helped him doing this five minute stress side side. I 146 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: kid you not, I said together, I. 147 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: Said, I'm the guys are from what you see, their 148 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: guys are locked in. 149 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 4: They're not tuning him out. They're not rolling their eyes. 150 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: They oh no, no, no no. And he's one of 151 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: the rare as you know, he's one of the rare 152 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 2: few coaches who can be himself and do that. No 153 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: he does. They're not tuned out. They listen or another 154 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 2: thing too. So I asked him about his approach after 155 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: the game because I was just curious cause I'm telling 156 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 2: he had me ready to go to war. And he 157 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 2: was like, you know, he said, all I can do 158 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: is be myself. He said, it's definitely helped that I've 159 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: had success and I won a championship and I got 160 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: I have some tenure, So that definitely gives you confidence 161 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: that you could continue to be yourself, he said. But Chris, 162 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: another thing that I do. He says that when I'm 163 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 2: in those huddles, I touched the players. I may touch 164 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 2: them on the knee, pat him on the leg, pat 165 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 2: him on an arm, and the players will look up, 166 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: look up at you. And he told me who. My 167 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 2: mind is kind of gone now, but he told me 168 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 2: who he got that from. But he said, that's like 169 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 2: a personal that's a personal touch, a personal interaction they have. 170 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: And when the players look up, and he said, it 171 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: does something, just a tap on the leg when he's 172 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: in that time of huddle and Stile, I'm telling he's 173 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: one of the best motivating these guys, getting them ready. 174 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: I said together, I was with them for that two seconds. 175 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: He's really good. 176 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: Well, look, the Nuggets know exactly who they are. They 177 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: have ultimate belief at the toughest times, and that's something 178 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: that the Celtics frankly can't say they have. 179 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 4: The Celtics have been the most. 180 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: Dominant team in the league this season, but what are 181 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: they lost for thirteen games? Amid those fourteen losses, there 182 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: have been no shortage of games that crunch time. Didn't 183 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: just look bad, it looked ugly, and they are still 184 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: a team that generates a lot of skepticism and questions. 185 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: Whereas you know, that's why as stacked as the West is, 186 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: I just don't see how you can pick against Denver 187 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: because they have a level of belief now and that's 188 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: what winning a championship does. And I'm glad Mike Malone 189 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: admitted to you that the championship is a factor. Michael Malone, 190 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: let's say it properly, because I'm sure that gives him 191 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: the confidence to coach the team exactly the way he 192 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: wants to, which is doesn't happen in every city. Not 193 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: every coach in the NBA can coach his team exactly 194 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: the way he wants to with as much freedom as 195 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: Michael Malone surely has. So I mean, it's just yet 196 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: another element of what makes the defending champions from Denver dangerous. 197 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 4: But they've got a great duo. I mean, Jokic is 198 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 4: Jokic is the MVP. 199 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: To me, at this point, teams are basically down to 200 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: their last eighteen to twenty games. I think Jokic is 201 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: at the top of the MVP charts. I guess we 202 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: can argue about that if anybody wants to, and SGA 203 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: is up there, Yannis and Luca I think a little 204 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: bit further back, But the MVP award, to me, it's 205 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Jokic's to lose now Oklahoma City. If they win the 206 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: West or the number one seed, that's certainly going to 207 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: help SGA's case. But I mean, whether you know what, 208 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 1: it doesn't even matter whether Jokic wins the MVP Award 209 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: or not. He's the best player in the world. I 210 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: think if you polled the NBA, if you polled thirty 211 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,479 Speaker 1: front offices, and if you pulled players, and if everybody 212 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: was telling the absolute truth, they would say that Jokic 213 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: is the best player you're in the world. So they've 214 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: got a star at the peak of his powers, a 215 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: tag team partner in Jamal Murray who plays off him, 216 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: so well, they function so well as a duo. They've 217 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: got role players who know exactly what their their roles are. 218 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: With KCP and Aaron Gordon at the top of the list, 219 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 1: they've got a great home court advantage. 220 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 2: Probably the best home court advantage. 221 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 4: Do you when you're walking the sidelines, do you feel 222 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 4: it at all? 223 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I lose I lose breath. 224 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, if you've got to hustle between the benches or 225 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: run after something. 226 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, run after it. And I know no, and I 227 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 2: know people may think you're exaggerating, and you might be exaggerating, but. 228 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: There are times as the sideline reporter that you have 229 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: to actually run and get somewhere. You could be on 230 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: the opposite side and the team at the far bench 231 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: there's an injury. You got to run over there. 232 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you lose you lose your breath. It is 233 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 2: definitely an adjustment, even walking up the stairs, you know, 234 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 2: walking up the stairs, if you if you're see there 235 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 2: is like when when I was when I was on 236 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 2: the beat, our immediate seats would be probably about twenty 237 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 2: seats up and you have to walk up the stairs 238 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,599 Speaker 2: to get to it in Denver, and now you feel it. 239 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 2: It's definitely a factor. That's why I said it might 240 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 2: be the best home court advantage. Although I will say Stein, 241 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 2: I've never experienced road fans that traveled like the Celtics 242 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 2: did last night. I don't know if you heard the 243 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 2: game or saw the game from I genuinely did not, Stein, 244 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 2: they had less go Celtics chance And if you close 245 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: your eyes and heard it with the sheer amount of 246 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: people there, you would have thought you were in a 247 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: Celtics arena like they they travel it was that loud. 248 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: But I still will argue that Denver, because of that 249 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 2: altitude factor, probably has the best home court advantage. 250 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: Well, look, the other big story of the week, and 251 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: you know, obviously we're going to focus I know we've 252 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: been talking about the Nuggets a lot on here lately. 253 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: But if you if if half of this podcast, if 254 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: this podcast franchise player spends the whole week in Denver, 255 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna obviously talk about the Nuggets. 256 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 4: So there's no way around that. 257 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: But I mean, the other big, really the big not 258 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: the other the big story in the week in the 259 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: NBA this week is just the injuries, injuries, the lore 260 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: and you know, let's I think because the West is 261 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: what we need to focus on, we should. 262 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: You know, Evan Mobley. 263 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: With a out and definitely with an ankle injury is 264 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: obviously a significant injury for the Cavaliers, who've had numerous 265 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: significant injuries to deal with this season. And then the 266 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: Nets announced that Ben Simmons would be shut down for 267 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the season because of the back issues 268 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: that have limited Simmons to fifteen games. But we're gonna 269 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: put those injuries aside and focus on the West because 270 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: Devin Booker was already playing with an injury he sustained 271 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: last week. This week, Karl Anthony Towns in Minnesota likely 272 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: out for the rest of the regular season with a 273 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: torn meniscus. Lebron James, shortly before you and I got 274 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: together to start recording this podcast, ruled out of the 275 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: Lakers game against Milwaukee because of this ankle injury that 276 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: has been bothering him since leading up to the All 277 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: Star Game. And then Stephan Curry sustains an ankle injury 278 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: Thursday night. The word is it's not necessarily serious, but 279 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: I would counter and say that any Stephan Curry injury, 280 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: even if it rules him out only a game or 281 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: two is a massive deal for the Warriors who are 282 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: fighting for their lives. And look, all these teams in 283 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: the West are fighting for their lives. I mean, not 284 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: playing zone is ridiculous. The Sons have gotten themselves into 285 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: the top six, but the fact that they have only 286 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: been able to have their star trio together for twenty 287 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: three games this season, I think is a major concern. 288 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: But I mean, Denver just has to be just feeling 289 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: so confident because of all this injury chaos happening around them. 290 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: And again just that there's no team in the league 291 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: that knows its identity better than the Nuggets. 292 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, and what I will tell you Stein about the 293 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: Nuggets again again, I know you don't want to spend 294 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: too much more time on them, but everybody's been talking 295 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: about their bench, their bench, and that's that definitely is 296 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 2: a concern. But Stein, Peyton Watson that if people don't 297 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 2: know who Peyton Watson is, if you've been watching these 298 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: the Kolakis commercials and you have that one kid that's 299 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 2: always with him in these commercials, that's Peyton Watson, that guy. 300 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: He was the one that jumped over the kola Hey 301 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 2: yesterday to block Jalen Brown's shot. Peyton Watts guys athletic, 302 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 2: He's long plays, he could defend multiple positions. He's going 303 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 2: to be a stud. He's going to be a stud. 304 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 2: Now will he be able to will he have the 305 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 2: maturity to really help them out in the playoffs? I 306 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: don't know, but they're they're banking on him and they're 307 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,719 Speaker 2: trying to give him a significant role to see if 308 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 2: he can to help help them out, because that, as 309 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 2: we know, the bitch is probably going to is probably 310 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: the weakness of the duggets. But if Peyton Watson could 311 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 2: come of age pretty pretty quickly and he's he's looking 312 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: really good in spurts, there'll be a problem. 313 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: When you look at Minnesota, the expectation is I think 314 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: that at least their hope is that they get Karl 315 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns back for the playoffs. I mean, they look, 316 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: they've got nas read there. In the short term, they 317 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: can probably survive this. I would still wouldn't I wouldn't 318 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: be shocked if the Wolves still. 319 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 4: Found a way. 320 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: To hang on to the number one seed in the West. 321 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: Is certainly not going to be easy, but they've got 322 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: three games against the Nuggets though, three games left, I believe. 323 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 4: So that's that's going to be a huge deal for sure. 324 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that all that all goes back to Denver, 325 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 2: you know, skipping the White House for that that matchup 326 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 2: in Minnesota on March nineteenth. They're going for it. They're 327 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 2: going forward. And yeah, and I think stein Towns is 328 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 2: an All Star player, but you know Na's over there. 329 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 2: He's no joke that that guy probably the best backup 330 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: big in the league, stretch big. So they're definitely still 331 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 2: going to be a force. And Anthony Edwards probably just 332 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 2: going to even this is the opportunity for him to 333 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: even take his game to another level because I do 334 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 2: believe he has another level to go. He probably is 335 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: going to have to carry this team a little bit 336 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 2: more offensively, but I think he's up for the task, 337 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 2: you know. So, So March nineteenth, dismiss of Minnesota. 338 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: March nineteenth, Denver, Minnesota. That's the game where the Nuggets, 339 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: as first reported on the This League Uncut podcast and 340 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: subsequently reported on TNT, reported by the same guy, though 341 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: in both cases Chris the Nuggets the invite to the 342 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: White House was the seventeenth, Is that right? 343 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 4: And they felt like. 344 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 2: The eighteenth They know it was the eighteenth. 345 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 4: They play on the seventeenth. 346 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: They could have gone to the White House on the eighteenth, 347 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: but they felt like they needed to go straight to Minnesota. 348 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: That's it. 349 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 4: First March twenty ninth and April tenth, those two games 350 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 4: are in Denver. 351 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: So it's going to get really interested. But this is 352 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 2: this is why this part of the season is so 353 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 2: great because you you know, teams are going for it 354 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 2: right now. This is this is the coaches start shortening 355 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 2: up their rotations, getting their rotations ready for the playoffs. Uh, 356 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 2: there's not much experimentation during this junction of the season. 357 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 2: It's you playing your guys. Playoff is you know, just 358 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 2: like you know, these last couple of games last I'll 359 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 2: probably already say the last three games have been for 360 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: that I've covered have been playoff atmosphere type games. Sons 361 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 2: at the excuse me, Different Nuggets playing the heat, Denver 362 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 2: Nuggets playing the Suns. Nuggets and Celtics been really good atmosphere, 363 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 2: you know, playoff atmosphere type game. So I'm ready, stin, 364 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 2: I'm ready for the playoffs. 365 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: Are you doing two games a week basically from here 366 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: till the playoffs or no producer Ryan shaking his head. 367 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: He's memorizer. 368 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 4: Producer. Ryan has memorized schedule. 369 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: Producer Ryan is on top of it. 370 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: We should bring on Charlotte Haynes and we should quiz them. 371 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: Who knows your schedule better? Ryan Music. 372 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: All my money will be on Ryan. She has Charlotte's 373 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: beauty supply of stuff on her mind. She's not worried 374 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 2: about my schedule. No, I I have for the rest 375 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 2: of the rest of the calendar. I only had three 376 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 2: games left for the rest of the season, the regular season, 377 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,479 Speaker 2: that is three but a game each week, no, no, no, no, 378 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 2: two weeks. 379 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: Well, as tired as you are today, maybe that's good. 380 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: Maybe we maybe we got to dial you back to 381 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: one game a week. 382 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: I need that because it's going to get Last year, 383 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 2: I think I didn't come home really until, I want 384 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 2: to say, until the conference finals. 385 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: The producer Riots keeping it real in the group chat, 386 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: which I forgot. 387 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 4: March madness is coming, and that's. 388 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 2: Why that's why I'm on my Yeah, my high madness. 389 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 4: Is going to bump you down. 390 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, That's why I'm on my hiatus. 391 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: You had a little chat with Kevin Durant. Give us 392 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: the state of Durant at this point. 393 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 2: Caught up with k D very optimistic about what this 394 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: team can accomplish. You know, he was very reflective and 395 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 2: talking about his background because I asked him, like, you know, 396 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 2: how long can you keep going? What? What still what 397 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 2: motivates you at this age? And he was like, man, 398 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 2: I still feel like I'm great at this game. And 399 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 2: I love being great, you know, KD. I love the 400 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 2: way Kat talks about himself. He said, I love being 401 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: great and uh, he said, and I wake up enjoying 402 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 2: the process every day of being great and being town. 403 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: And they talked about like, you know how you know, 404 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 2: there were people in his neighborhood, in his community that 405 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 2: kept him away from the streets, that told me, you know, 406 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 2: focus on ball. And he said, as he gets older, 407 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: he appreciates still more and more because he loves his 408 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 2: life and love loves what he what he does. And 409 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 2: then he also, you know, you know what to talked 410 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 2: about the people who criticize or critique him, stating that 411 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 2: he's not a leader or he doesn't have a competitive drive. 412 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 2: And you know, he said, listen, I don't listen to them. 413 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 2: He said, everybody needs something to talk talk about. He said, 414 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 2: my focus is on his team, and my my concern 415 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: is what everybody within my organization think. He said, And 416 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 2: they see me, they know me, and so they know 417 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 2: how bad I want to win. And he said he 418 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 2: puts them. He said, if they're going they're going healthy. 419 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: He likes their chances against anybody and so, but he 420 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 2: did say there is an adjustment period, you know, trying 421 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 2: to blend, blend, blend all their games together with Bradley 422 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 2: Booker and dev A, Bradley Booker, Bradley Booker, Bradley Bill 423 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: and Devin Booker. So he says it's an adjustment, but he's 424 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 2: he's enjoying the process of learn and he said he 425 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 2: feels like the team is forming some cohesion, and you know, 426 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 2: he credit the coach staff. So this is a very 427 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 2: optimistic and positive KD with twenty games before we hit the. 428 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna read two of the quotes for your piece. 429 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: The first one was quote, I just love this game. 430 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: I love the challenges, the obstacles that come with it. 431 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: I enjoy the process. So that was pretty standard stuff. 432 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: But then this is the I think this is the quote. 433 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 4: You're referring to. 434 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: I just enjoy getting up every day to do this shit. 435 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: Durant said, there are going to be days where it 436 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: to struggle, and there have been great days. I could 437 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: be doing a lot of other shit with my life. 438 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm talented at this shit, and I enjoy being talented. 439 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: I enjoy the camaraderie and the brotherhood that comes with 440 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: this game. 441 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 4: It's that simple. 442 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 2: I enjoyed being talented. I love KD. Man, I love 443 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 2: that guy. Love KD. Did I tell you my KD story? Stein, 444 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 2: I'm not sure? Okay, I'll explain it. Me and KD. 445 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 2: We we you know. That's my guy. I will always 446 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 2: I will always have him in high regard because of 447 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 2: what he did for me six seven years ago something 448 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 2: almost probably about six years ago. And no matter if 449 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: we have semi rifts in between, because we've had we had, 450 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 2: we had semi rifts in between, that I will always 451 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: hold him in high regard for this six years ago. 452 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 2: So it is he's with the Warriors at this time, 453 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 2: and this was I was at Yahoo. I had just 454 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: signed with Yahoo, and Yahoo gave me my my podcast. 455 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 2: It was the post it up for Chris Haines's podcast. 456 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: First time I ever had my own podcasts. They gave 457 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 2: me a podcast, and so I asked KD, would you 458 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: be my first guest on my podcast? And he was like, yeah, 459 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 2: I got you. Cool. I'm like great, great, So I 460 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 2: tell Yahoo, I tell my production crew and everything, and 461 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: that's when we were traveling. When I had my podcast, 462 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 2: we would travel camera crews to go like we did 463 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 2: it really legit, legitimate, So everybody knows. Everybody's pumped up. 464 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 2: I'm pumped up. Kdi's about to be my first guest. 465 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: Like great, great. So two days later, the incident happens 466 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: where Draymond goes off on him in LA It says, 467 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 2: we don't need you. We can we won before you, 468 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 2: we don't, we don't need and you know, like when 469 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 2: kd's mad, when KDE gets into his mode, like he'll 470 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 2: just shut you out, he'll cut everybody off. And so 471 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 2: that happened, and KD didn't speak to media for that 472 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 2: whole week after that Dremond incident. Katie refused to talk. 473 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: He did not speak that whole week. Meanwhile, our podcast 474 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 2: episode was supposed to record probably like in another four 475 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: or five days. So I'm like, oh shit, damn, he 476 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 2: is not speaking to media and not just not speaking 477 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: to media. You know how KD is sometimes Like even 478 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 2: when you see him walk into the locker room, he 479 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 2: ain't gonna look. He's not gonna look at you. You 480 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 2: will clearly tell he doesn't want to be bothered. So 481 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 2: I'm like, damn man, So my podcast is on a Monday. 482 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 2: Now it's Thursday. He hasn't spoken all week, and I'm 483 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 2: trying to be sensitive. I don't want to be texting 484 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 2: him like hey, you're still doing it. I'm trying to 485 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 2: be Since then, so the Warriors are on the road 486 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 2: trip and they ended up in Houston over the weekend. 487 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 2: I wasn't going to attend that game, like this will 488 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: be the last time I get to see him before Monday, 489 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 2: when we're supposed to do this pod. So I go 490 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 2: to Houston, fly to Houston and before the game, pre game, 491 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 2: he's over there in the corner. Nobody is talking to him. 492 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 2: He's at his locker stall. You can tell he doesn't 493 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 2: want to be bothered, has his earphones on. But I'm like, 494 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 2: I gotta go say something, and not just go say something, 495 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 2: I have to bring it, bring up that we got 496 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 2: this pod scheduled in two days. So I go over there, 497 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 2: tap on the shoulder, which forces him to take his 498 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 2: headphones off his ear ears. He just looks up to me, 499 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 2: looks up at me. I'm like, how you doing, bro, 500 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 2: I'm all right, what's up? I'm like, eh, nothing much. Uh. 501 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 2: I just want to know if you're still gonna be 502 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 2: able to do the pod in a couple of days. 503 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: He said, Man, what the fuck? Man? I got a game. 504 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 2: I ain't worried about that shit. Man, I got a 505 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 2: fucking game to play. Man, leave me alone. Chris. I'm like, okay, well, 506 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 2: you know, good to see you too. So I walked. 507 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 2: I walked away in So I walked away not knowing anything. 508 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 2: He didn't give me any confirmation or clarification nothing. That 509 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 2: was it. So I'm like, fuck man. So I told 510 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: the company, I said, well listen. KD hasn't responded. He 511 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't I don't think it's happening. 512 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 2: So Monday comes around, and it was supposed to we 513 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 2: were supposed to record Monday after go to State Wars. 514 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 2: Practice was probably around noon. He's still and to this 515 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: point he's still hasn't spoken to media. I'm talking about 516 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 2: basic media, like answer a question after a game. He 517 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 2: did none of that the whole week, and so I 518 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 2: hit him up Monday morning, just the last ditch text 519 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 2: because also my camera crew was already at the They 520 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: rented a hotel suite so we can do the recording. 521 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 2: So they just went anyways, and so here I'll make 522 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 2: a last ditch effort Monday morning before practice cinema text 523 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 2: Katie Man, I'm sorry to bout you, bro, but I 524 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 2: just got to ask. Man, we got the crew there, 525 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: just got to ask, if you know you're gonna be 526 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 2: able to do it, text you back right away. I'll 527 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 2: be there. He came and delivered one of the spiciest 528 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 2: interviews that he's ever delivered before and just revealing everything, 529 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 2: you know, the Draymond stuff, everything, and you know, he 530 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 2: was talking about retiring. That's a golden state war. He 531 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 2: could tell his his mindset went another place later, but yeah, 532 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 2: he was. He just it was just great. He gave 533 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 2: me an hour or so and it was the first 534 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 2: time he talked about the incident, first time he talked, 535 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: and he was my first I was able to start 536 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 2: my podcast with a bang first episode. So I'm forever 537 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 2: grateful for him, regardless of whatever we get into to 538 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 2: get into it about the future now whatever. Him doing 539 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 2: that meant so much to me, man, So uh yeah, 540 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 2: that's my KDE story. 541 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: And I gotta go back and find that episode because 542 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: I I sort of remember, but I don't. 543 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 4: I don't remember all that backstory. Did ESPN credit you 544 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 4: when they used the quotes? 545 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? Everybody, Yeah, everybody had to Yeah, that was he. 546 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 2: That was the first time he addressed it. He did 547 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 2: not talk to anybody the whole week. And he came 548 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 2: and he sat there and we were We're in a 549 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 2: hotel suite, me and him sitting down and what was 550 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 2: cool too? Starve the day before that, The day before that, 551 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 2: that episode, he had did something to a reff I'm 552 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 2: not a cuss the reff out during the game or 553 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 2: something like that, and I was able to break I 554 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 2: got a clip of it and it's in the it's 555 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 2: in that podcast too, But I gotta I was able 556 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 2: to break that. He was being fine a certain amount 557 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 2: of money. He was like seventy five thousand and something 558 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 2: like that right there on the spot before you know. 559 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 2: So I broke it before it got announced, and everything 560 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 2: right on the spot to him. And it was funny 561 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: because people were commenting about it, it was like, dang, look 562 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 2: how Katie didn't even flinch when he found out he 563 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 2: just lost seventy five thousand dollars, Like that must be nice. 564 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 2: He's like, yeah, yeah, right, please please, but yeah, that's 565 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 2: my Katie's story. And so he's always you know, I 566 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 2: always hold him a high regard for doing that and 567 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 2: keeping his word. Man. 568 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: So when you were around the Suns, I mean, look, 569 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: the Suns, to me, there are multiple issues. 570 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 4: I mean, and you. 571 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: Know, as great as Durant remains at thirty five, ridiculous, 572 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: just ridiculously good. But again, the main three guys there 573 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: are they gonna get third games in as teammates before 574 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean, I think thirty is is a 575 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: pretty safe over under, considering it's only at twenty three 576 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: and there's less than twenty games in the season to go. 577 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: So let's see if they can get over thirty. But 578 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: then the other thing is, you know, they're in the 579 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: best case scenario. They're gonna be the five seed and 580 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to win. They're gonna have to win 581 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: on the road in three straight rounds, and I just 582 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: you know, just to get to the finals on the 583 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: road three straight. 584 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 4: Rounds without continuity. 585 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: Questions about their depth, their bench, the reliability. 586 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 4: I guess we'll see. 587 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 2: I still maintain that they should have gotten a point guard. 588 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 2: I will say this. I did report during the Sun's 589 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 2: game and that they are looking to feel their last 590 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 2: roster spot, that fifteenth roster spot. They're looking to feel 591 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 2: fill that with a veteran player who has playoff experience. 592 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 2: They're not they're not. They're not looking for a point 593 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 2: guard or a wing or whatever. They want the best 594 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 2: player available with some postseason experience, not somebody that's going 595 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,240 Speaker 2: to play a lot, but it's more of a locker 596 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 2: room presence. So that's something to look out for as 597 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 2: it pertains to the Suns. 598 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 4: Well, Marcus Morris is out there, Isaiah Thomas is in 599 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,959 Speaker 4: the G League trying to get a look. Yeah, there's 600 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:41,919 Speaker 4: veterans out there. 601 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 2: Isaiah makes a lot of sense. Sean Isaiah. I think 602 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 2: he just scored like thirty something in his G League 603 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 2: debut yesterday. Isaiah makes a lot of sense. He's a 604 00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 2: point guard, has playoff experience. Somebody who's going to come 605 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 2: in and be a good locker room guy like Isaiah 606 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 2: makes a lot of sense. 607 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: So I kind of said we were going to stay 608 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: away from the East, but now I'm going back on 609 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: that because you just saw this epic battle that so 610 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: many of us were treating as a potential finals preview. 611 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 1: And look, I mean, to me, if the Celtics don't 612 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: make the final, I mean, the Celtics have to win 613 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: at all to really validate their season. But you know, 614 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: I would say, at a minimum, they've got to make 615 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,760 Speaker 1: the finals and win the East. 616 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 4: What was their temperature after this game? What was it? 617 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 4: You know, they blew that huge lead against Cleveland. Okay, fine, 618 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 4: that happens. 619 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: I mean they were forty eight and twelve and lost 620 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,479 Speaker 1: a big lead against Cleveland. Whatever, But to go into 621 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: Denver after the Nuggets had gone to Boston and won there. 622 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: And you know, Tatum went under the microscope this week 623 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: and has not been a fun experience for him. Everybody's 624 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: now questioning his ability in the clutch. And look, I 625 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 1: never really saw Tatum as an MVP a huge MVP 626 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,320 Speaker 1: threat anyway. Even if Boston would have gone to Denver 627 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: and won, and even if Tatum had played an amazing game, 628 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: I just I And the reason why is just I 629 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,240 Speaker 1: just think again, I'm trying to step inside the head 630 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: of voters. I just think Boston is so good and 631 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: has so much high level talent around him, not just 632 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown, but you got former All Stars, Drew Holliday, 633 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: Christoph porzingis Al Horford, They've all been All Stars, Derek White. 634 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: They have so much high level talent around him. I 635 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,840 Speaker 1: think that's the kind of thing that really hurts Tatum's 636 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: case more than anything, more than his clutch numbers, more 637 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: than a game. 638 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 4: Like last night. 639 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: But this has not been a fun week for the 640 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. So, like, what was the vibe you took 641 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: from your time around them? 642 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,479 Speaker 2: Jason Tatum told me that even though they haven't lost 643 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 2: much this season, he said, this is the first time 644 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:13,320 Speaker 2: where each loss really hurts. He said, because they're they're 645 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 2: far and few. And he said that you know, he 646 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,280 Speaker 2: hasn't he said, he hasn't felt that way about losses 647 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 2: in other seasons, which I think speaks to the fact 648 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,760 Speaker 2: that this is a dominant team and they have high 649 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 2: hopes and they've been there before and they believe this. 650 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,839 Speaker 2: You know, this is the best team that they've ever 651 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 2: assembled since he's been there. But he also told me this. 652 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 2: This group is great at getting over losses quickly and 653 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 2: move it on to the next next game, and so 654 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 2: they still feel good. Coach Missoula told me this. He said, 655 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 2: who are we supposed to lose to? Like, you know, 656 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 2: when you go through? He said, when you? When you? 657 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 2: He said, how they say it? He said, when you 658 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 2: look at the schedule, when the schedule first comes out. 659 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 2: He said, we're not going undefeated. He said, so we're 660 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 2: gonna lose some games. He said, who do you want 661 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 2: to lose to? He said, we've lost the good teams? 662 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 2: He said, what would it be better if we lost 663 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 2: the bad teams? He said, you know what, what what 664 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 2: would you expect? And so, yeah, we expect. I guess 665 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 2: that's reasonable. Yeah, that's a reasonable TA. 666 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 4: But you know what, you know what, you know what. 667 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: The lesson out of this podcast is I like when 668 00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: you do two games a week, because now I'm just 669 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: I've been I've asked you about the Nuggets, the Suns, 670 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: the Celtics, and you just saw these teams. 671 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 4: It's beautiful. I think you should. I think you should 672 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:46,800 Speaker 4: do two games every week. 673 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I would like to get to another city. 674 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 2: I don't want to be well cases Miami. I'll stay 675 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 2: in Miami for a week. Why don't you pitch that 676 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 2: they took me off of my Miami assignment that I 677 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 2: had April fourth. They switched it to a Atlanta at Dallas. 678 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 2: Can you believe that's tun Atlanta at Dallas. But I 679 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:20,360 Speaker 2: was able to contact a hierarchy at TNT, and I 680 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,359 Speaker 2: found out that that game could possibly could possibly be 681 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 2: moved as well because they assigned they reassigned me to 682 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 2: that game, not just me, the whole broadcast crew. They 683 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 2: reassigned us to that game. Thinking Trey Young, you know, 684 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 2: before Trey Young went out with the injury, so I 685 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,799 Speaker 2: can get off. Most likely I might be off. 686 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,799 Speaker 1: Why are you rooting to get off a game that 687 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 1: would send you to my city? 688 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 2: Yes, Tine, you know Stein Listen, Dallas is nice, but 689 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 2: Miami would that would have been my only time being 690 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 2: in Mif. 691 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 4: You're already off Miami. So why well, well, let me 692 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 4: tell you're not gonna touch back in Miami. 693 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 2: Hold on, hold on, hold on, now, hold on. Remember 694 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 2: this game is April fourth, Miami. It was Philly at Miami. 695 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,720 Speaker 2: There's a chance Joel and Bed could be back by then. 696 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,480 Speaker 2: Why wouldn't they switch it back? And so I again, 697 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,439 Speaker 2: I contacted some hierarchies and they are I just want 698 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 2: to let them know, Hey, let's not rule out. 699 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,360 Speaker 1: Are you saying you think there's a chance Joel Embid 700 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 1: could be back in early April? 701 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:36,320 Speaker 2: Slight? Very slight, very slight. But listen, I'm telling you, 702 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 2: I'm telling the hierarchy come on now, let's not you know, 703 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 2: let's come on, let's give us time. Be patient. You 704 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 2: know I don't just leave. Be patient. That could be 705 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 2: a big game. Joelan Bid back with Philly. Miami is 706 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 2: playing well, let's not get too hasty now. 707 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: So are you basically telling me that you're you're not 708 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,319 Speaker 1: going to be in Dallas that night. 709 00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,160 Speaker 2: I'm telling you I don't want to be in Dallas 710 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:03,160 Speaker 2: that night. I don't know what I will be. That's 711 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 2: what I'm telling you. 712 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: The last time came to Dallas, I sent him to 713 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 1: an A plus steakhouse. Now he won't even come to 714 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: my city. He's asking to be reassigned to avoid coming 715 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:16,400 Speaker 1: to the two one four. 716 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 2: Stei Miami April fourth, that's around spring break in Miami. Stei. 717 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,800 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there's just no there's no competing 718 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 2: against that man. Come on, now, you should You should understand, 719 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 2: goodness sakes, you understand everybody else know where I'm coming from. 720 00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: All right, Chris Hanes, Before you say anything else, I 721 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,680 Speaker 1: think we're going to put a bow on this one. 722 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,399 Speaker 4: But we covered some good ground here. 723 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,719 Speaker 1: Unless I just want to am I my cutting this 724 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,479 Speaker 1: off too soon? Is there anything else that. 725 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 4: You need to say or discuss before we go? 726 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 2: M my team in my Filipino league, we made it 727 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,280 Speaker 2: to the final four. I actually set you my stats 728 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 2: from the last game. I was Player of the week 729 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,279 Speaker 2: in the last the last weekend's game. 730 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 1: Wait a second, Wait a second, wait a second. First 731 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 1: of all, I misread what you said. I didn't realize 732 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: that the twenty five next to your name was your 733 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:23,279 Speaker 1: point total and not your jersey. As our eagle eyed 734 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:29,240 Speaker 1: producer producer Ryan Music spotted a teammate of yours, Liam Mecdo. 735 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 4: Is that his name? Yes, he had thirty four? So 736 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 4: how did you win player of the week? Who's voting 737 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 4: on this? 738 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 2: Let me explain stot I mean, Lember reaching my stat 739 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:46,480 Speaker 2: line again? Twenty five points, eleven rebounds, eight assists, aight 740 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 2: assists somebody's going to score off of those eight assists. 741 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,320 Speaker 4: And it was Liam Leon. 742 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,839 Speaker 2: Not yes, all those I can't say. 743 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,840 Speaker 4: It's well, the rebounds that assists were not in the 744 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,800 Speaker 4: box score that we saw. We only saw points. 745 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,719 Speaker 2: Yes, no, no, see Stein, that's why you don't be 746 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 2: opening the message. Ryan, loose, Ryan, get on here, set 747 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 2: them straight. 748 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: Or maybe or maybe I just maybe I cannot read 749 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 1: is the real the real message here? 750 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,920 Speaker 5: I was with you, Stein when I first looked at 751 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,279 Speaker 5: this graphic that he sent us. I only saw the 752 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,279 Speaker 5: twenty five points and the final score, and then it's 753 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 5: at the very very bottom, twenty five points, eleven rebounds, 754 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 5: eight assists, Player of the Week, Week six. 755 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,879 Speaker 1: Christy, Look up and look at the pride with which 756 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,120 Speaker 1: he is beaming right now. 757 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,439 Speaker 4: Just look at this man. Look at this man. Look 758 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,800 Speaker 4: at this man. The number he told a story about getting. 759 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,400 Speaker 1: He told a story about getting KD on his podcast, 760 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: his first podcast ever, so good and so explosive that 761 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: every other outlet that covers the NBA had to credit him. 762 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,320 Speaker 4: He wasn't smiling that big, not even close. 763 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,359 Speaker 1: When we were talking about close, We're talking about twenty 764 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: twenty five eleven in ate in a rec League game, 765 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,400 Speaker 1: and he looks like he looks like the proudest papa 766 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,800 Speaker 1: in the world, like he just became a father or something. 767 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:13,440 Speaker 2: Stein people lie, numbers, don't That's all I'm showing you, right, 768 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, That's all I'm showing you. So we 769 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 2: made we made it due to my performance player of 770 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,359 Speaker 2: the Week. We made it to the final four and 771 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,799 Speaker 2: we play at nine to twenty. We win that game. 772 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,799 Speaker 2: We playing the championship game at noon. So I'm I've 773 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,200 Speaker 2: got here back home today. I'm gonna take a nap 774 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 2: after this pod. I'm tired. I'm gonna go to the gym, 775 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,399 Speaker 2: get some shots up, may run a few games here, 776 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:40,760 Speaker 2: but I'm gonna get ready. 777 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,680 Speaker 4: For you can't tonight. But if you get hurt, I'm. 778 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,319 Speaker 2: Not gonna play. I'm not gonna play hard. It's just 779 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,200 Speaker 2: like shoot around, you know, shoot around, shoot around. 780 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,799 Speaker 4: That's all shoot around. The shoot around shoot around is 781 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:51,320 Speaker 4: not playing. 782 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's you know, just mo I'll just roam around 783 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,560 Speaker 2: the floor. You know, I won't be a big factors. 784 00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,840 Speaker 2: Just get some shots up, get a little cardio. 785 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,320 Speaker 4: So you got to play at nine in the morning 786 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:04,440 Speaker 4: the morning. 787 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 2: And so by the time we do our next pot. 788 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,960 Speaker 2: I will either be a champion or I will be 789 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:12,480 Speaker 2: a chump. 790 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,720 Speaker 4: You guys have made the final four before in this league. 791 00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,120 Speaker 2: No, this the first time we did this. You're talking 792 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,400 Speaker 2: about the Sacramento Rec League, not the Filipino League. The 793 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:27,560 Speaker 2: Philipino League. No a, Stein, we have a chance to 794 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,760 Speaker 2: make history because we had a really bad regular season. 795 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,960 Speaker 2: I missed like two or three games because of travel schedule. 796 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,799 Speaker 2: So we're the lowest seed. We're the sixth seed. So 797 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,200 Speaker 2: the sixth seed made it all the way to the 798 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,080 Speaker 2: final four. And the team that we're playing at nine 799 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,720 Speaker 2: to twenty Stein, we beat them during the regular season 800 00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:46,640 Speaker 2: by twenty. 801 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,799 Speaker 4: So you're basically in the title game. 802 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,880 Speaker 2: I'm not see. That's what you don't do, Stein. You 803 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,960 Speaker 2: do not disrespect the opponent. You don't do that. 804 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,480 Speaker 4: That's what we do on this pod. We try to 805 00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,080 Speaker 4: get you in trouble, lead. 806 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:03,000 Speaker 2: You, and you don't do that. You don't disrespect the opponent. Man, 807 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,279 Speaker 2: you'll know what can happen. The basketball guys will come 808 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,560 Speaker 2: for you. But no, we're feeling very confident about what 809 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,840 Speaker 2: we can accomplish if we all come together for the 810 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 2: common goal. And I'm gonna deliver before the game a 811 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:21,279 Speaker 2: Mike Michael Malone type pregame speech to get us riled up, 812 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,520 Speaker 2: which means I'm cussing everybody out before the game because 813 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:26,680 Speaker 2: we got we gotta get as. 814 00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:29,319 Speaker 4: Long as you end with one, two, three together whatever you. 815 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:34,840 Speaker 2: Say, Oh yeah, okay, wait. 816 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,239 Speaker 4: Well, Producer Ryan, I think we can truly say we 817 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:42,440 Speaker 4: covered many many bases today. Everyone. As always, please remember 818 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,839 Speaker 4: follow us, rate the show, review the show. 819 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,360 Speaker 1: We'd love a five star review from you on Apple 820 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:54,520 Speaker 1: podcasts or Spotify wherever you get your podcasts. Chris and 821 00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:58,520 Speaker 1: I am producer Ryan will be back together again as 822 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,160 Speaker 1: soon as possible after. 823 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,359 Speaker 4: The playoffs. Do you even know the name of your team? 824 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:05,960 Speaker 4: I was gonna say, I don't know the name of 825 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:09,319 Speaker 4: your team. What's the name of your team? He's looking it. 826 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:16,239 Speaker 2: Up for why you ratting me out? Star? The name 827 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,480 Speaker 2: of my team is Genebra. I don't know what that means. 828 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:24,640 Speaker 2: And and uh. 829 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,600 Speaker 4: You're not curious. You didn't ask anybody like, hey, what's 830 00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:27,319 Speaker 4: our team name? 831 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,160 Speaker 2: All I want to know is who's on my team? 832 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,160 Speaker 2: That's all. And then I'll take it from there. 833 00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 1: All right, Well, try to remember the speech because we 834 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,759 Speaker 1: might ask you to. If you guys win it all, 835 00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,200 Speaker 1: we might ask you to like redeliver it to Ryan 836 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:41,440 Speaker 1: and I. 837 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,960 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, I can't wait. I had to be 838 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,640 Speaker 2: a championship next part. 839 00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:51,719 Speaker 1: All right, everyone, thanks for joining us, and again we 840 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,160 Speaker 1: will be back very very soon with yet another edition 841 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,120 Speaker 1: of This League Uncut. 842 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,759 Speaker 4: As we draw ever closer to the NBA. Thanks for 843 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:02,160 Speaker 4: being with. 844 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:08,120 Speaker 3: Us, and that'll do it for us. See you next time. 845 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:14,439 Speaker 3: This League uncutt is an iHeartRadio production Put a Suck 846 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:18,560 Speaker 3: a Locket Chris Hanes and Mark Stein