1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in What's Driving the Great Episode four 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: sixty four. This episode, as always, is brought to you 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: by Boost Mobile. This will be a quick episode. Going 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: to do a little World Cup preview thanks to our 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: great friends at hard Rock Bet, might play a little 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: bit of the eighty to an O game, and going 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: to get to a few of your listener questions. A 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: reminder to everyone to please like great, subscribe and review 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: the show. And let's jump right into it with a 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: little World Cup discussion. So here's the most important thing, 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: because I understand a lot of you guys are not 12 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: diehard international soccer fans. You know, there's only select few 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: of you listening that we're sweating Arsenal blowing the Champions 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: League final like I was over the weekend, scoring a 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: goal five minutes into the game and then having two 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: miss penalties, neither of which the opposing teams keeper even 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: had to stop just one dead left of the goal 18 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: and won right over the goal. But World Cup's the 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,559 Speaker 1: World Cup, and I imagine you are going to be 20 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: watching it. Some of you might be gambling on it, 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: some of you might be going to the games. And 22 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: this World Cup is different. So let me if you're 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: a big soccer fan, you know all this, but just 24 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: stick with me on this for a moment. Historically, this 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: is how the World Cup has worked. Thirty two teams 26 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: broken down into eight different four team groups. The top 27 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: two teams from each group advance to the knockout round. 28 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: You try to you know, and then once you get 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: to the knockout round, it's a single elimination, sixteen team tournament. 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: They've expanded the field from thirty two teams to forty 31 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,919 Speaker 1: eight teams, so now instead of there being eight fourteen groups, 32 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: there are twelve fourteen groups. It still is the top 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: two from every group move on. However, that would only 34 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: give you twenty four teams into the knockout round, and 35 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: then the eight best third place teams also move on, 36 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: which is to say it has never been easier to 37 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: get out of to get into the knockout round than 38 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: it is in this year's World Cup. However, previously, when 39 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: you get into the knockout round, you're in the round 40 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: of sixteen. Now you get to the knockout round, you're 41 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: in the round of thirty two. So a lot of 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, the ease of that has to do with 43 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: the difficulty of your group. So a couple thoughts on 44 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: that before we get to what it would take for 45 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: most teams to get through to the knockout round. Again, 46 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: just consider this a World Cup primer. As the tournament's 47 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: abouts to begin. We're gonna do it a lot on 48 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: the TV show, We're gonna be doing some on the podcast. 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: This is not because Fox has the well, I'll be honest. 50 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: Part of the reason we're going to be doing a 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: lot on the TV show is almost assuredly because Fox 52 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: has the games. But that thrills me because I love 53 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: the World Cup. I get super into the World Cup. 54 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: Four years ago I planned a full trip to Brazil 55 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: with my wife in anticipation that they would have won 56 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: the World Cup and I wanted to be there for 57 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: the celebration. Argentina then won the World Cup, went to Brazil. Anyway, 58 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: neither here nor there. The The way group play works 59 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: is very very simple. Four teams in your group. You 60 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: play each of them once, if you win and again. 61 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: This is very basic stuff of your big soccer fan, 62 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: so apologies. If you win you get three points, if 63 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: you draw you get one point, If you lose you 64 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: get zero points. The tie breakers are goal differential, not 65 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: head to head result. Overall goal differential are the tie breakers. 66 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: So again keep in mind, two thirds of the third 67 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: place teams this year will move on to the knockout round. 68 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: So what will it take for your team, whether it's 69 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: USA or somebody else, to move on out of the 70 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: group stage? Group phase? Group stage, I should say, pardon me. 71 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: So Marc O'Hare on Twitter ran one hundred thousand simulations 72 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: and this is what he found about the forty eight 73 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: team format. If in his one hundred thousand simulations, teams 74 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: that won two of their three games so they got 75 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: at least six or more points, one hundred percent of 76 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: the time moved on. So if you go, if you 77 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: win at least two games in the group stage, you're 78 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: going to move on. That of course makes sense because 79 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: if you're top two in your group, you move on. 80 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: If you're top three, you might Teams that got four 81 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: or more points. So all that means is at least 82 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: one win and one draw, ninety nine point eight percent 83 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: of them moved on to the knockout round. Okay, So 84 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: if you're a team USA fan, if they win their 85 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: first match against Paraguay, almost assuredly all they will need 86 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: in their final two matches against Australia and Turkey, A 87 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: is just one draw where it gets Dicey in his 88 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: simulation was with at three points, which the way you 89 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: can get three points is three draws or one victory 90 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: and two losses, sixty seven percent qualify and at less 91 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: than three points five percent, well, it's two points five 92 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: percent qualify, and I think it's zero and one it's 93 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:57,119 Speaker 1: zero percent. So if you're trying to determine will your team, 94 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: or any team, if you're trying to bet it at 95 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: advance past the group stage, what you need to ask yourself, 96 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: very simply is do I expect them to win at 97 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: least one game in the group. If so, they have 98 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: a good shot. If you expect them to win at 99 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: least one game and then also get at least one 100 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: more draw, they're almost assuredly through to the next to 101 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: the knockout round. Now, let me add one other thing here. 102 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: Who you get in the knockout round is going to 103 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: be determined by how well you do in your group. 104 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: So the first place teams of certain groups will play 105 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: the third place teams of other groups, so you are 106 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: incentivized to do well. But there is a little bit 107 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: of randomness where you win your group and a team 108 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: that's awesome struggles in theirs but gets through all of 109 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: a sudden they're the third place team in their group. 110 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: They could be an excellent team. So that's the randomness 111 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: of it. Whatever. So we will get to the teams 112 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: that I think can actually win this tournament. Because the 113 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: other thing about the World Cup, very few countries have 114 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: ever actually won it. I'm gonna pull up the list 115 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: of all the winners right now, but it's in the 116 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: history of the tournament. Here's who's won the World Cup. 117 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: Brazil five times, but not in the last twenty four years. 118 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: Germany slash West Germany four times, with four more times 119 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: they lost in the final. Italy, which missed the tournament 120 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: for the third straight year four times, Argentina three times, 121 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: with three additional runner up finishes. So those four countries 122 00:07:53,800 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: have won it sixteen times and come in second two 123 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: six eleven times. France has won it twice, Uruguay won 124 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: it twice a lifetime ago, England once in the sixties, 125 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Spain in twenty ten, and that's it. Sorry, this is 126 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: not a tournament of upsets. This is not a tournament 127 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: of underdogs, not historically. With that said, before I go 128 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: to the potential winners, I do, I'm pulling up the 129 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: hard rock bed app now to qualify from the different groups, 130 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: okay or sorry, to win the different groups. Mexico is 131 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: the significant favorite to win Group A. They are with Korea, 132 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: Checchia and South Africa. I think the good money they're 133 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: like if you're looking for a Group A, I'm not 134 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: sure what it would what this would pay, but Mexico 135 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: to advance and South Africa not to advance, I think 136 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:16,239 Speaker 1: it's pretty safe bet Group B, Switzerland is the favorite. 137 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: This is, without a doubt, without a doubt, the softest 138 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: group in the tournament, Switzerland, which is I don't know, 139 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: are they in the world top twenty right now? They're nineteenth. Canada, 140 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: which got the benefit of being a host nation so 141 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: they get a fortuitous draw. Bosnia, Hertzkovina and Cutter are 142 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: the four teams in this group. I would put I 143 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: would feel very confident that Canada and Switzerland will advance. Again. 144 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: I'm I'm not gonna pick probably any group to have 145 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: three teams advanced because there is some randomness to it 146 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: of as far as how the group falls where if 147 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: your group's gonna be good enough for a third place 148 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: team to advance. Group C is very tough in my opinion, Brazil, Morocco, 149 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: the six and seven FEEFA world ranked teams are in 150 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: that group, Scotland, which not that good, and Haiti, who's 151 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: drawn close to dead. But having Brazil and Morocco two teams, 152 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 1: I don't know if Morocco can win the tournament. Maybe 153 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: they could become the first African national win the tournament. 154 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: But for Brazil and Morocco, they both better win their 155 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: game against Haiti or else their game against each other 156 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: becomes incredibly nerve wracking. The US is group. It's the US, 157 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: Turkey A, Paraguay and Australia, and people have asked me 158 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: why am I pronouncing Turkey to country changed its name. 159 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: It's no longer called Turkey, it's now called Turkey A. 160 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: The US and Turkey A should advance, and it would 161 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: be stunner if Australia did Group E. Germany a huge favorite. 162 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: I have no idea if Ecuador or the Ivory Coast 163 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: are more likely to come out of that group and 164 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: then Kirasau, it would be stunning If Kirasau gets a 165 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: single point in this tournament. I don't know what that 166 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: bet would be, but it would be stunning if they did. 167 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: Group F Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia again. Netherlands huge favorites, 168 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: and they should be. Group G Belgium, Egypt, Iran and 169 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: New Zealand Again. Belgium a huge favorite. Egypt in Iran, 170 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: you would expect to be fighting for second place in 171 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: that group. H Spain I think the biggest favorite of 172 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: any individual team in any group. Uruguay, South Saudi Arabia 173 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: and caybyl Verde. This this is in line maybe with 174 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: Canada's group as far as the easiest group. If you 175 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: remove Spain, Uruguay is fine but not great, Saudi Arabia 176 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: is drawing close to dead, and cabbyl Verde is drawing dead. 177 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: I would think Group I maybe the toughest group. Norway, France, 178 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Senegal and Iraq. Iraq has got no shot, but France 179 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: is the number one team in the world. Senegal is 180 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: the number fourteen team in the world. Norway where is 181 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: is weird because they're right outside the top thirty, but 182 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: they Some people think Holland is the best player in 183 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: the world. Group J Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Algeria and Jordan. 184 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: Argentina obviously the huge favorite. Group K, Portugal, Columbia, Congo, 185 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,719 Speaker 1: and Uzbekistan. Portugal obviously a significant favorite, but Colombia. I 186 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: think Columbia could win that. I think Group L England, Croatia, Ghana, 187 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: Panama another brutally difficult group. Ghana historically one of the 188 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: best African nations. Croatia back to back semifinals in this tournament. 189 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: And England nothing but heartbreak at the World Cup the 190 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: last sixty years, but one of the best teams in 191 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: the world. So that's the group piece of it. As 192 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: far as where I think it makes sense to potentially 193 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: put money on a winner, I said, I'm picking Brazil 194 00:13:55,520 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: Brazil seven to one on hard rock bet. It doesn't 195 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: seem like anybody has a lot of faith in Brazil 196 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: other than me, And part of that is it's just 197 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: I always have rooted for Brazil since I was a 198 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: little kid. They are the team that makes me, reminds 199 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: me the most of soccer. I want them to be good. 200 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: They had dominated this tournament until the last you know, 201 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: four times it was held, in which case they have 202 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: had pretty disastrous and embarrassing finishes, and the one year 203 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: they got deep made the semifinals when they were hosting, 204 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: they lost seven to one to Germany. Smart money is 205 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: probably on France, and if you're looking for a long shot, 206 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: I think there is something to be said for what 207 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: if this becomes Earling Holland's tournament and Norway at twenty 208 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: five to one, goes on a run. Do I really? 209 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: It would be the biggest upset in the history of 210 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: the tournament if they won it again. This is not 211 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: a tournament where underdogs win. However, Croatia it's been a 212 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: huge dog each of the last two World Cups and 213 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: in one they made the final and one they made 214 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: the semifinal. So maybe it's changing a little bit. I 215 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: don't think the United States. If you want to bet 216 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: them fifty to one, you know to root for him. 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You can just reply 272 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: there all right now to NBA some NBA questions, Dustin asks, 273 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: do you think that if you swapped Luca and Shay 274 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: in the Western Mfends Finals, the Thunder would have won? 275 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: Here's what I think, and this is where I strugg 276 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: I understand Shay has far more accolades than Luke at 277 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: this point. I I think if Luca were on the Thunder, 278 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: they would have also won the title last year like 279 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: they did with Shae. I don't want to say if 280 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: Luca were on the I do I think Luca would 281 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: have played better than the Conference finals against Wimby. Maybe. 282 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not gonna act like the Thunder 283 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: would be better with Luca than they are with Shae. 284 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: I do think, but I don't think they would be worse. 285 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: And I do think the Thunder, because of their versatile 286 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: defenders and the shooters, are basically the perfect team to 287 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: cover up some of Luca's awards. And so I know 288 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: Shae has risen to this extra and that's what He's 289 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: won two MVP's, Lucas won none. He's won title, Luca 290 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: has not. I don't. I don't personally believe Shay's better 291 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: than Luca. I'm not gonna say Luca is so much 292 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: better than Shae the Thunder would be better off flipping them. 293 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: I think everything about the team would change, But they 294 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: in the last three years, they've won one title with Shay. 295 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: I think if you're asking me if the last three 296 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: years Luca was on that team, would they have won 297 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: at least one title? My answers yes, uh, Nick or 298 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: this is from KG. Do you think that because the 299 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: NBA Cup matchup is happening in the finals, does that 300 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: give the NBA Cup more credibility or importance. I mean, 301 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: maybe at least a little bit. The thing with the 302 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: NBA Cup is any new, anything you're trying to turn 303 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: into a tradition it The only thing that can help 304 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: it is time. So anything new doesn't matter historically until 305 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: it's been around for a long time. So you just 306 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: have to be patient with it. But I do think 307 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 1: that you don't have like bizarre like Lebron winning the 308 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: first one, this NBA Cup being between the Spurs and 309 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: the next and that being the actual finals does give 310 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: it more at least credibility going into next year. The 311 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: goat says, what move do you think puts my Timberrels 312 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 1: closer to the NBA Finals? Trading for Giannis to try 313 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: to beat okay See in San Antonio or moving to 314 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference after expansion. I I do think moving 315 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: to the East would be great for the temberwls, but 316 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: that's years away, and so I don't think you can 317 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: just be like, all right, we're just gonna be in 318 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: neutral until then. I if I'm trying to get through 319 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: wimby Giannis is really interesting to me, and so I 320 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: think my answer to that is trading for Gianni's again, 321 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: you got to see what the trade would be. And 322 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: I don't think Yanas wants to go to Minnesota, but 323 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: that would be my answer there, Chris writes with Club 324 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: Superstar Reopen says it's his favorite segment. Thank you. I 325 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: mentioned during First Things First that it almost resembles an 326 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: all decade team as we're halfway through the decade. Who 327 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: would be your all decade team and who could be 328 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: out by end of the decade? The all decade team 329 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: as of this moment, he writes, Shay, Luca, Tatum, Yanni's Joker, 330 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: and I'm here to tell you, Chris, you got that 331 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: exactly right. That would be the all decade team for 332 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: the twenty twenties. Bron and Steph won titles this decade, 333 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: but they don't have so did Yannas, Shay and Joker. 334 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: Luke has been first Team All and Tatum as well. 335 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: Pardon me, Luca's been First Team All NBA every year 336 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: this decade, So Bron and Steph's one title doesn't get 337 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: him on there, not for first team, but yeah, first 338 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: team All NBA of the twenty twenties up to this 339 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: point would be Shay, Luca, Tatum, Yannis, Joker. And if 340 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: we're saying who of those five guys is most likely 341 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: to age out of it and have a spot snatched, 342 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,239 Speaker 1: the answer to that would probably be honest because his 343 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 1: MVPs were nineteen and twenty and so one of them 344 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: wouldn't count for this. His title was twenty one. But 345 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: and the obvious answer of who would take a spot 346 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: as Wimby, But that would take some time, and Yannis's 347 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: accolades right now for this decade far out strip Wimby's. 348 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: But that's the that's the right five. You nailed that exactly, 349 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: Shae Luca, Tatum, Yani's Joker. Good job. Chris uh mister disagreeable. 350 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: Why is Shack consistently being ranked outside of most people's 351 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: top ten if his peak was so high. He goes 352 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: on to say it can't because of lack of longevity. 353 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: He had more longevity than magic Bird Wilton Russell. Again, 354 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: I'm just reading his words. He had a good twelve 355 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: to fourteen year prime was the unquestioned best player in 356 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: the world for at least a couple of years, the 357 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: best player on five finalists and three championships, essentially took 358 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: three of franchises to the finals, beat Michael Jordan the 359 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: playoff series in the midst of Jordan's sixth titles, and 360 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: was the only player other than Jordan to be the 361 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: best player on a three peat. So I agree with 362 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: a lot of that. I disagree that you with you 363 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: that he had a twelve to fourteen year prime. Shaq's 364 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: prime was really only three years now. It speaks to 365 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: how great he was that pre prime. He got the 366 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: Magic to the finals. Post prime, he was the second 367 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: the best player in the regular season, the second best 368 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: player in the playoffs on a champion Heat team. But 369 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: absolute apex, Shack was really just two thousand to two 370 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: thousand and three that window. That's really the only apex. 371 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: And that is so he didn't have a longer prime 372 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: than Russell. I don't he had longer careers than Magic 373 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: and Bird. I don't agree with you that a longer 374 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: prime than them Wilt, I guess could be argued. And 375 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: I don't think he's far outside people's top tens. He 376 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: is for me, I think I have him. I had 377 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: him eleventh, so like him and a Keem a Keem ten, 378 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 1: Shack eleven. Uh, I think people I also think there 379 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: is an element of for Shack. People penalize him for 380 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: not and this this is a compliment because of how 381 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: great are you was reaching his full potential. But I 382 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: have said before and I'll say again, if the contest 383 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: is for one game, you can have any player in 384 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: league history, and you are guaranteed to get them at 385 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: their absolute apex for one game. Shack might be the 386 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: first pick in that draft, because Shaq is absolute apex. 387 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: It's just forty points, twenty rebounds, five blocks, and just 388 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: an overwhelming force. Barnett writes, if Wimby wins the Chip, 389 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: would he already be a top fifteen player? Ever? That's true. No, 390 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: if Wimby wins the Chip, he wouldn't already be a 391 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: top thirty player. Ever, he would be in He would 392 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: be on pace to being a top if he wins 393 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: the Chip this year at age twenty two, to being 394 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: a top five player ever. But if he were to 395 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: win the title and then retire to be a monk, 396 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: he's not. You cannot even make an argument he's top 397 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: thirty all time player, much less top fifteen and then 398 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: last one before we get to the eighty two to 399 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: zero game, and we have some other really good non 400 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: NBA questions, but I want to hold them for when 401 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: Demonds gets back. Why do you hold Steve Nash in 402 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: such low esteem? He was just unlucky to play in 403 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 1: the West with the Spurs and the Lakers, But for 404 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: almost a decade they answered to who had the best 405 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: offensive league was whichever team Steve Nash is on. I 406 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: don't feel like I hold Steve Nash in crazy low esteem. 407 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm checking right now. I have him on my 408 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: fifty Greatest Players of the line fifty years list. I 409 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: had him fortieth, one spot behind Bill Walton and one 410 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: spot ahead of Anthony Davis. The point guards that I 411 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: had ahead of Nash when I did that list were Westbrook, 412 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: which you could argue, scroll Iversince on a point guard, 413 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: Walt Frazier again point guard, shooting guard, Jason Kidd, John Stockton, 414 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: Chris Paul, and then the legendary guys. I think that's 415 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: fairdo Nash and I listen? He won two MVPs, never 416 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: made a finals, defensive liability, doesn't have quite the eye 417 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: popping numbers you would think, uh like, and he's a 418 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: point guard and his unbelievable passer and five years led 419 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,479 Speaker 1: the league and assists, but also never once to average 420 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: twenty points a game. Uh, you know, Had I think 421 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: probably does his career all over again. He shoots way 422 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: more threes, and I think he's a little more effective. 423 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: But I so if you think that's low esteem, I understand. 424 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: I think it's fair. But I of course I think 425 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: it's fair. It's where I have him ranked. All right, 426 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: So the eighty two and zero game, if people didn't 427 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,719 Speaker 1: see it take the Internet by storm yesterday, let me 428 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: explain it to you. But before I do that, let 429 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: me remind you, guys about my friends at boost Mobile. 430 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: You notice how everything keeps going up. Rints going up, 431 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: streaming services going up. Your favorite Brito Spot suddenly thinks 432 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: solves it should cost extra. Not with boost Moo. With 433 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: boost mo, will you and your phone bill don't have 434 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: to play the will this go up soon? Game? 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Wizards, Russell Westbrook is 450 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: way overvalued, and this game does not give a shit 451 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: about team chemistry. Would this actually fit glue? Guys? It 452 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: is just points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, Throw it in 453 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: the robot calculator. With that said, all play along. I 454 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: played it a bit yesterday. One added note you have 455 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: to put the player at a position he is listed 456 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: on Basketball Reference, which is another reason Lebron's so valuable 457 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: because he's the only player in the history of the 458 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: NBA to be listed on Basketball Reference at all five positions, 459 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: so you can play different positions. I fooled with this 460 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: for a little bit yesterday before I learned a few things, 461 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: So maybe You guys haven't learned it either. If a 462 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: player's listed to multiple positions, you can put him at one. 463 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: But then if you get another player that you would 464 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: rather have at that position, you can switch a guy 465 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: to a different position that he's listed at. And you 466 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: are allowed one time a game to respind the decade 467 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: or respind the team. You're allowed to do both one time. 468 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: All right, spin it, let's see how closed we can get. 469 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: And oh, spend a few minutes on this. It is 470 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: quite addicting. The first one. We get Memphis in the 471 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: twenty tens. I am here to tell you right now, 472 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: drawing Memphis is the absolute nut low for this game. 473 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: Respend Memphis. Memphis is not a team you want to 474 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: draw here Philadelphia in the twenty tens. So again, remember 475 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: you're getting that player's peak for that decade with the team. So, boy, 476 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: oh boy, this isn't a great one. You know what, 477 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do something, No, I'm not all right, Just 478 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: give me Ai. This wasn't AI's peak, by the way, 479 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: I don't love it. I'd ret you want two thousands Ai, 480 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: not twenty tens. Ai. Put Ai at shooting guard for now. 481 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: We might move him to point guard. All right, spend 482 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: the next one. This already team is gonna be Phoenix 483 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenties. All right, So, oh, do you 484 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: guys have this listed right now? Is it just listed? Oh? 485 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: I didn't realize. Okay, so this is just listed alphabetically, 486 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: so I should Okay, so I can the So that 487 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: might have been impulsive with my Philly pick Ai for 488 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: the twenty tens. But what are you going to do? 489 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: All right, Phoenix in the twenties, give me Booker uh 490 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: and put him at point guard? Spin it. Oh, let 491 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: me add one other thing for this that everybody should understand. 492 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: You get you can do it two different ways. You 493 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: can do it one where they show you the numbers, 494 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: and then you can do another way where they don't 495 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: show you that guy's numbers. We're doing it the heart 496 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: where you don't show me the numbers. Orlando for the 497 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: twenty tens. All right, I am going to have you 498 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: respind the era. And here's why, because just don't give 499 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: me twenties. Oh christ, that was about explain why that's 500 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: a disaster. I just ruined myself because the reason I 501 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: respawn there was Orlando hasn't been around that long so 502 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: if you give me the nineties or two thousands, I 503 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: either get young Shack or peak Dwight. Twenty tens DWIGHTE 504 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: with Orlando not quite as good, but it is not 505 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: as bad as getting twenty twenties. I don't know. Scroll 506 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 1: these names for me. Who do you want for twenty 507 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: twenty Orlando? This is a disaster. This team's gonna be bad. 508 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 1: I I guess, yes, I'm gonna have to take Powlo, 509 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: but I don't love. This is gonna be the worst 510 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: team I've ever created. And he can only play power forward. 511 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to play this one more time. But 512 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: next go ahead, this will probably be the time I 513 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 1: waste it and get sixties Will Dallas. Okay, that's easy, Maverick. 514 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: Mavericks in the twenty twenties, give me Luca. He'd better 515 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: be allowed to play small forward. He is okay, thank god, 516 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: So Mavericks in the twenty twenties, give me Luca. And 517 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,480 Speaker 1: now we have a cent we're looking for a center. 518 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 1: Go ahead and spin it. Sacramento in the nineties, boy 519 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: oh boy, yeah, clicks available centers. Oh wow, Weber listed 520 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: as an available center. Give him to me. I was 521 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,439 Speaker 1: worried about that, and then so I was gonna say, 522 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,760 Speaker 1: this team's gonna be in the low sixties, sixty five wins. 523 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: All right, let's do another one quickly. I don't. Yeah, 524 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: go ahead, we'll do it this. I don't know if 525 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: this is good podcasting or not, but I'm enjoying it. 526 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: I say one more. We might do two more. Then 527 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: we got to get out of here. Dallas in the eighties. 528 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: I want Mark Aguire, so yeah, Mark, Well, hold on, 529 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: don't put him in yet, type in Dantley. I just 530 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: want to see how many positions? All right, the same position. 531 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: Give me Mark Aguire, So Mark Aguire, small forward. I 532 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: don't love when a guy can only play one position, 533 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: but it's fine. Spin it. So we have Mark Aguire's 534 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: small forward, Philly in the two thousands. So that's where 535 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: we want Iverson two thousands. Iverson, way, better put him 536 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: at shooting guard. We got a lot of scoring. We're 537 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:58,240 Speaker 1: gonna need some defense from our bigs, Max Spinet. We've 538 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: got Miami in the two thousands, So give me. Do 539 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: I want Wade or Shack? Give me d Wade. I'll 540 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: take two thousands, Miami, d Wade, Yeah, Shacked Miami shape. 541 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna roll the dice. We're gonna get an awesome 542 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: center from an older era Toronto twenty tens. That's a disaster. 543 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: Spin us on the team we don't want. Yeah, that's 544 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: that's we don't want that Minnesota in the twenty tens. 545 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: Click forward. Let me scroll through what my forward and 546 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: center options are. So here is you know what? Screw that? 547 00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: We keep going click center. I want to see but 548 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: Garnett in with Oh never mind, I forgot. This is 549 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 1: an easy one. My rebounding problem is solved. Kevin Love, 550 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 1: come on down, buddy. I totally I totally forgot Kevin 551 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: Love be my power forward at least for now. We 552 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 1: might move him. Now, give us some team in the sixties, 553 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: please Philly, and then gosh darn it, but they're click center. 554 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: But I think what we're gonna have to do here 555 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 1: is roll the dice on era for Philly. So we're 556 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 1: gonna keep Philly. We're rolling the dice on era. Go ahead. 557 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: Eighties would be good. Oh click center. Oh wait, hold 558 00:38:55,160 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 1: on a second, here we have sixties wilt to don't 559 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: click it. Don't put him in yet. Dwayne Wade iverson 560 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,360 Speaker 1: Mark uguire, Kevin Love and sixties. Will I'm here to 561 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 1: tell you we might have a seventy eight win team. 562 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: Put him on there. Seventy seven wins. Wow, pretty good? 563 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,840 Speaker 1: Does it scroll up? Does it give us like a rating? 564 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: One hundred and four point five? Okay, all right, we'll 565 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:30,880 Speaker 1: do one more and then I gotta go. This is 566 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,319 Speaker 1: quite addicting. That's my first time ever getting Wilton. This 567 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,719 Speaker 1: game kind of it, But I'm glad you kind of 568 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 1: want to leave your center position. Portland seventies, Bill Walton, 569 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,799 Speaker 1: All right, we're on it. You know what I'm really 570 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 1: liking how we're starting, Bill Walton. Go ahead, spin it 571 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: Bill Walton's starting center. Don't mind at all. Atlanta in 572 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:58,960 Speaker 1: the twenty tens. I don't like that one bit. Let's 573 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: and there's no one from it. I want to spend 574 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 1: that team, get rid of that team. We don't like 575 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:09,719 Speaker 1: that at all. Toronto in the twenty tens. Oh my god, 576 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: I don't like that either, but I can't I DeRozan. 577 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 1: I guess I don't love it, but I'm taking to 578 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: Marta Rosan. Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, 579 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,600 Speaker 1: I take it all back because he doesn't have to 580 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:38,479 Speaker 1: be there that long type in Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, buddy, yeah, 581 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: I forget I get one year peak Kawhi. Yeah, I'll 582 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,720 Speaker 1: take that. Give me Kawhi Leonard. Throw him a small forward. 583 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,359 Speaker 1: We can move him around if we need to. Well, 584 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: I almost blew that with Demartin Rosen. Next Clippers. What 585 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 1: a disaster, and I've already spun on the team. Oh no, 586 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: And the problem with the Clippers is there's no Era 587 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: that's good. I guess that's not true spin Era and 588 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna hope we get twenty ten's point God. Oh yes, 589 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,799 Speaker 1: we got lucky because now it's before they were the 590 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:25,280 Speaker 1: Clippers click Sinners, and I think we're gonna go Bob McAdoo. Yeah, 591 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:29,320 Speaker 1: we're going Bob mcadow, throw them at power forward, Bob mcadow, 592 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,880 Speaker 1: Bill Walton, front line. Let's go, come on, let's just 593 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:40,200 Speaker 1: Denver twenty twenties. Oh no, I've wasted the opportunity to 594 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: get Joker. Oh Daniel's never gonna forgive me twenty twenty Denver. 595 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,280 Speaker 1: And we don't even get like the cool fake bonus 596 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: you get with Russell Westbrook. All right, my team's ruined. Now, 597 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: what a Jamal Murray I don't like it at all. 598 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,560 Speaker 1: I don't like this at all. Put him at shooting guard. 599 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:14,040 Speaker 1: I had such high hopes for this team. OK, see 600 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:19,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenties. Give me Shay. Don't type it in yet, 601 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,560 Speaker 1: don't don't, don't put it there yet. I just want to. 602 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: I think this is a sixty four win team. Put 603 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 1: him at point seventy two. Wow. Wow. All right, Jamal 604 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,680 Speaker 1: Murray killed me. Otherwise we were really building something. All right. 605 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna go play this game more by myself. 606 00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: Talk to you guys later. What's right,