1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: We're back, and Milwaukee continues to dominate. Cleveland is looking potent, 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: to say the least. Meanwhile, Dubs are suddenly looking to 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: turn things around in the West West, y'all, and we'll 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: discuss some of that and plentymore with the Warriors. Writer 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: for the San Francisco Chronicle C. J. Holmes on today's episode, 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm Miles Gray and I'm Jack O'Brien, and this is 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Miles Beaten. I don't know there was a delay. I 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: might have won that one. We'll have to go to 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: Jay Brian let us know if it was a photo 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: finished anyway. Welcome to the latest edition of Miles and 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: jackob boosts Uh. C J. Holmes from the San Francisco Chronicle. Welcome, 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: c J. Thank you so much for joining us now, Jack, Miles, 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Then anytime, anytime? Man, Well, I 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: would saying before we start recording, what's old is old? 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: Seems to be the theme of this early part of 16 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: the NBA season. I mean, we got we got the Lakers, 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, the lebron led Lakers. We got the k 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: d lead net, we got the Clippers with Kauai, we 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: got Chris Paul, you know the the sons have looked 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: pretty decent, but they've been Chris Paul is having a 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: rough one and Golden State also a little slow out 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: of the gates. Is it age is? It's making me 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: feel young. I'm like Paul, it could be is old 24 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: enough to be my father at this at this stage 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: making me feel young. But I don't know how you 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: feel in CJ. I mean with the Warriors struggles, I 27 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: think right now, eleven games into the season, all signs 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: are kind of pointing towards that bench. You know, heading 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: into the season, I think fans were expecting the loss 30 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: of a guy like Gary Payton, the second Auto quarter Jr. 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: Damien Lee, the man of the elites, A four veteran 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: rotational guys that are able to help them win the 33 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: championship last year. And although you know all four of 34 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: those guys left in free agency, the idea was that, oh, 35 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, incomes down, incomes in. Don t DiVincenzo Ja 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: Michael Green. You know two vets you can kind of 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: just plug and play Roses Mooney, Jonathan Comengga. You know 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna be you know, a year older and wiser. 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: They'll plug right in. And you know the Warriors will 40 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: able to keep up their winning ways. I mean, I'm 41 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: one who thought that myself, but I think it was 42 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: greatly underestimated the time it would take to get these 43 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: guys on the same page in terms of chemistry. And 44 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: you got to take the fact that guys like Moody 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: Comengga were basically at the end of the bench last year. 46 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: They didn't play much. They have some a BA experience, 47 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: but they I don't think they had they had enough 48 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: entering this season to you know, assume that they'd be 49 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: amazing rotational players that right off the bat. Another thing 50 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: is you gotta think guys like Danny dven Well, he's 51 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: been hurt for the last like what eight seven eight games, 52 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: um and ja Michael Green. These are guys playing in 53 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: that Warrior system for the first time. And that's you know, 54 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: if you ever played first Steve Kerr, you kind of 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: know that that's an assistant that's not necessarily easy to grasp. Yeah. 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: I have paid for him. Yeah. It so like all 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: those things kind of coupled together. It's it's it's it's 58 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: led to a slow start for that bench unit. And 59 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: if you look at the numbers and the Warriors have 60 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: one of the best started fives in the league, and 61 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: then as soon as those reserves start trickling in, whatever 62 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: lead they built slowly starts to evaporate. And that's kind 63 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: of been the theme through the first eleven games this season. 64 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: And you know, while the bench isn't completely to blame 65 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: in all this, they certainly do have a lot of 66 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: the blame. James Wiseman in particular, has been getting a 67 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: lot of that blame. It's the guy who now finds 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: himself on the outside looking in in terms of the rotation. 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: So the keys of the Warriors getting back on track 70 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: this season is the figure out this bench rotation. Um 71 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr experiment minute with more lineups and I could 72 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: even count last night and almost proved costly. Luckily Wardell 73 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: decide to go for four seven. Yeah, that was last 74 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: night's game against that was Golden State versus the Kings. 75 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: That the Warriors were able to pull it off snap 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: that streak last moment. Yeah, but you know one thing 77 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: Steve Kris staff for the game is playing like this 78 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: isn't sustainable, expecting Steph to you know, put on throwing 79 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: his superhero cape and drag us the victory that's not 80 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: gonna be sustainable over the course of the season. Eventually, 81 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: those young guys that bench, they're gonna have to figure 82 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: it out. They gonna have to match the have to 83 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: step up, and until they do, gold States when continue 84 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: to struggle. Speaking of young guys figuring it out, I 85 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: do just want to talk about the other side of 86 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: the coin that I opened up talking about with the 87 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: you know, the people that we're We're used to being like, well, 88 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: it's it's Lebron, it's k D. They're gonna cook, They're 89 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: gonna be near the top of the standings. I feel 90 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: like the young guys have come in this season and 91 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: just kicked in the door Janice. I mean, I I 92 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: guess we don't really think of Joannice as a young guy. 93 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: But he's twenty seven, which is while Donovan Mitchell twenty six, 94 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: Tatum twenty four, Luca twenty three, all of them are 95 00:04:54,279 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: averaging over thirty. Jah three is right at like even 96 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: Shay Giljis who's twenty four, is averaging close to thirty 97 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: where I think he's at thirty right now. So it's 98 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: like all the young guys are just I don't know, 99 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: they're they're playing out of their mind. We we talk 100 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: about a theory on here that like the NBA is 101 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: progressive and it gets better and better every season. The 102 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: players get better and better because they're just like building 103 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: their games on top of the games of the players 104 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: they've seen come before. And it feels like we're seeing 105 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: an especially big like ramp up in like how good 106 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: guys are. I mean, one of the most exciting players 107 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: in the world is still too young to play in 108 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: the NBA this season with one Biyama like it, it 109 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: really feels like there's a balance of power shift that 110 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: this is obviously very early, but we're seeing a balance 111 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: of power shift to the young guys in the league 112 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: in the early running is what I think could be happening. 113 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: I feel like if you were born in the eighties, 114 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: mm hmm. You know, we had our time. I was 115 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: out our late nineties, but yeah, I can imagine that 116 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: this would be hard for you to uh yeah, I 117 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: mean it does feel like that though, like there's a 118 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: a disembarkation point or something. We're seeing the elders be like, Okay, 119 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: we're starting to really show it and at the same time, 120 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: we're really starting to actually begin to see what the 121 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: future of the league, like the future stars really are 122 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: as they cement themselves. Yeah, there's definitely a shifting of 123 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: the guard going on. You know, if you will, you know, 124 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: you still got your old heads out here balling, you know. 125 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: I guess Lebron is decent enough. Still he's not playing well. Uh, 126 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: Staff is still Steph, Katie is still Kadi. But you know, 127 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: like you said, there's such an influx of young, explosive 128 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: scoring talent right now in the league, and uh, they're 129 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: starting to kind of wean out the old guys. Yeah, 130 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: in a couple of years, all the names you mentioned, 131 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, those guys are going to be the face 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: of this league, you know, like you know, Lebron, Curry, Katie, 133 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: you know, four to five years from now, it's it's 134 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: it's gonna be, and it's gonna be a new era 135 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: in the NBA, you know, led by a I don't know, 136 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: it's Shade Gill, just Alexander or ryc and Tatum. You know, 137 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: Luca don Che is probably the best of the entire bunch, right, 138 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy is twenty three years old out 139 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: here putting up numbers hitherto undreamt of a right, So 140 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: definitely would definitely be interesting to follow going forward. He's 141 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: playing Uncle ball in the driveway on the whole league. 142 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: Because how I feel about Luca, like I was talking 143 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: earlier about, there's no like when you play Luca, you're 144 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: playing within the framework of playing him more so than like, 145 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: how can we effect change in his game? I don't 146 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: know if that's if we're quite there, because he looks 147 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: so dominant, so comfortable and how he how he's playing. 148 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: So when I see things like that, I'm like, Wow, 149 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: that's like a whole that's like a whole other edge 150 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: to that. Players are really starting to showcase. He looks comfortable. 151 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: That's a really good way of putting it. He looks 152 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: so comfortable and like he can do whatever he wants 153 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: at any moment when he's out there on offense. And 154 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: it's it's always been that way. I mean, Luca has 155 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: been like that from the moment he stepped into the league. 156 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: And it's crazy because he watched what he did his 157 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: rookie here and it's like, man, it's gonna be scary, Steven. 158 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: This guy is gonna be like and you know, once 159 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: you get some Amba experience on his belt, you know, 160 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: three or four years from now, and all of that 161 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: is starting to come to fruition. Yeah, I mean, do 162 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: you guys think Luca is like the m v P 163 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: front runner right now? Maybe? Honest I think Janice has 164 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: to be, because, like I mean, the we're we're ten 165 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: games in, right, but like that, that's what I was saying, like, yeah, 166 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: Lebron and Katie both look good, but they're looking good 167 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: in a way that is still not translating to wins. 168 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: The Bucks are nine and one and Chris Middleton still 169 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: hasn't played yet, and he's putting up thirty three points, 170 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: twelve boards, five assists, shooting fifty seven percent from the floor, 171 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: and and playing like, you know, defensive Player the Year 172 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: caliber defense. I feel like it's his to lose, and 173 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: it does seem like it's been long enough that people 174 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: are gonna be like, all right, we're not bored of 175 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: this anymore. We'll we'll let him have it. Donovan Mitchell 176 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: also just I think we're looking at people putting up 177 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: real wacky numbers. I mean, last week when we're talking, 178 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: he was just he was like he was only second 179 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: to like Will Chamberlain for like coming to a new 180 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: team and just like having the beverages he was. It 181 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: is a really just such an interesting time because like 182 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: to your point, I would always go to bed being 183 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: like we got Lebron in a D We'll be okay. 184 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: And then the more I look at him like we 185 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: got Lebron in a D times and there's that that 186 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: shift is something that I'm like, wow, that mean, that 187 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: just goes to show you how much better they're like, 188 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: there's so many people performing at a high level now 189 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: that it's just things aren't the same. And like you said, 190 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: jack Old, it's looking like it's old. Don't count us out, 191 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: you know, don't count the geriatric millennials out just yet. 192 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 1: I mean, Tatum has to be in the conversation, like 193 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: I do. I do think Tatum, Janice and Luca are 194 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 1: probably and then John are probably like the four people 195 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: who like just being passive and then maybe down event Yeah, 196 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: but it's all, it's all those young guys are are 197 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 1: the conversation for m v P right now. And I'm 198 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: guessing you guys have Steff out of that conversation right 199 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: now simply because his team is not winning. Yeah, I 200 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: guess that's right. I will I will admit to using 201 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: such brute uh inelegant logic, caveman logic, if you will 202 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: to determine that. But I mean, like to your point earlier. 203 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 1: I don't know if you said it on Mike yet, 204 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: but it is hard to discount the Warriors, especially off 205 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: of the scene before. But I'm just I'm just to ask, like, 206 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: how do you see Clay fitting into all of that 207 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: right now? You know, because that's another one where I'm 208 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: looking and I'm like, Okay, he's he's going through something, 209 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: something happening. You know. I think we kind of like 210 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: overblow the whole Clay is Struggling narrative kind of look 211 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: at Clay see is in the season. Over the course 212 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: of his career, he's always historically been a guy who 213 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: takes a little while to get going. Um. But the 214 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: one thing that kind of, you know, through me entering 215 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: the season is, you know, Clay finally had a full well, 216 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: I guess as full as it could be, conspering the 217 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: fact that they didn't stop playing basketball until June. But 218 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: Clay had a full off season under his belt, no injuries, 219 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: and the idea is Clay was gonna come in, you know, 220 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: fully rested, healthy and just lighted up from Game one. 221 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: But it was strange this offseason because you know, Clay 222 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: kind of shared with us out in Vegas. You know, 223 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: we're not Vegas, roll in Japan, and you know, we 224 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: see that Clay is a scratch for the first preseason game. 225 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: It's like what's going on, and he shares with us 226 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: that kind of had a mental block from playing pick 227 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: up this summer, you know, because you know that's how 228 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: you hurt his achilles a couple of years ago, and 229 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: that preventim playing a lot of pickup ball this summer. 230 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: So we kind of entered the season not necessarily in 231 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: basketball shape in terms of getting up and down the 232 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 1: floor and like all the reps that come with that, 233 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: and that kind of just just had me pause because 234 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: just like, you know, this isn't the way you want 235 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: to start the season, you know, me in particular, I 236 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: think Clay had a strong finish to the year last year. 237 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: You know, he wasn't he wasn't overly efficient offensively in 238 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: the finals, but you know he had his moments. He 239 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: has his moments throughout the postseason and say what you 240 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,599 Speaker 1: want to buy his offense against the Celtics in that 241 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: six game series, but he played damn good defense. Um, 242 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: and I thought there would be more carry over into 243 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: this season. And you know, he had that one preseason 244 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: game thing was against like what Denver or something, or 245 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: he split it up. It's like like six or six 246 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: and three, and you just think like Clay would be 247 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: ready to hit the ground running. And then you know, 248 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: the first game the year gets here and now we're 249 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: leving games in and you know he's on pace to 250 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: have no career low efficiency. Is it gonna stay like 251 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: this all season long? You know, for the Warrior's sake, 252 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: I hope not, because Clay being play is obviously very 253 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: key in their championship. As for rations, right, Clay has 254 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: to be Clay. That's kind of the piece that most 255 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: assumed would fall into place this year. But it's it's 256 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: really early. Clay has faith that you know, Rick Celebrini, 257 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: you know, the Warriors had trainer, Um, he has faith 258 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: that you know Ricks, They've they kind of been limiting 259 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: his minutes early. Um, he's not gonna probably not gonna 260 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: play him back to backs for most of the year 261 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: because the goal is to keep Clay fresh and available 262 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: come play all the time. He's gonna be needed the most, 263 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: assuming they make the playoffs, maybe it's gonna happen at 264 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: this point before and seven. But yeah, yeah, Clay has 265 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: to be Clay for this team to be at their best, 266 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: and uh, right now he's not, and his struggles offensively 267 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: in terms of efficiency at times hurts the entire team. Yeah. 268 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: By the way, just like some stray stats on the 269 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: guys we were talking about, Luca is shooting seventy point 270 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: seven percent on drives this season, and that's that's well, 271 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, taking on the third most drives per game, 272 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: also leads the league and assist soft drives per game, 273 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure he still hasn't scored under thirty 274 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: in a game, which really like that, just looking at 275 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: that run of numbers of like just game by game, 276 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: thirty six reminds me of like when I was a 277 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: Jordans fan and I would just like, you know, I 278 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: couldn't catch every one of his games, but I would 279 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: just be like looking at his stats and just being like, 280 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: man on man, this guy. Have you guys heard about 281 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: this Jordan guy? Um, I think the number is supposed 282 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: to be this high normally. And then Jah still shooting 283 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: from three, which is something you know, he was shooting 284 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: like seventy through the first couple of games. But he's 285 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: still still putting up a lot of threes and shooting 286 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: at a pretty good clip. So pretty pretty interesting. So 287 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: should should we hit our underrated performers of the week? Yeah, 288 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: pretty quick. Let's see who are we looking at this 289 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: week's Matt Boost. He is underrated performers of the week. 290 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: Some of the people that may have flown under the 291 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: radar make your fantasy night. Oh yeah. Evan Mobley with 292 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: eleven points, eight rebounds, and eight blocks blocks the pistons. 293 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: I don't know how that didn't How that wasn't anytime 294 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: anyone is getting up into the duck towards double digits 295 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: and blocks or steals, like I don't know, man, that's 296 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: that's wild. That'll make your whole week and like, yeah, 297 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: annual fantasy. That's that's pretty good. Oh yeah, yeah, And 298 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: I remember like that. I think Jabari's shared that like 299 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: stat with us, and I was my eyes were watering 300 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: because I think it was like right before the Lakers 301 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: were about to play the Calves, and I was like, 302 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna look at this kind of stuff 303 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: right now. I gotta say, man, Russ coming off the bench, 304 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: the sixth man of the year. We talked about it 305 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: preseason jokingly, we're calling him six man of the year. 306 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: Through five games, we were like, they gotta try the 307 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: six man thing, Like I really think that makes sense 308 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: as a strategy of like Russ as a off speed 309 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: it coming at the second unit, and it's they've looked 310 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: much better, which isn't saying that much, but they now 311 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: have a couple of wins under their belt. I could 312 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: see them tearing off a little run of games, probably 313 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: leaning more towards Golden State tearing off like ten in 314 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: a row than the Lakers tearing off ten in a row. 315 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: But I'd say that it's still It's definitely made them 316 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: a lot more exciting to watch, and it's made them 317 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: it seems like they've like come together as a unit 318 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: and he's embracing it and as a cool story, yeah, 319 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: I have Look, let's let's let's get some more wins first. 320 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: Before started excealing, I'll say that I'm always like wow, 321 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: I mean I'm even watching games or like the Lakers 322 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: are losing and just because Russ is playing well, like 323 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: suddenly like I'm becoming like yep, here we go, we're 324 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna win, but we're not actually ignoring the important part, 325 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: which is a score where we're down fourteen. Uh, and 326 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: then we arellizing to Okay, Well that's that's not how 327 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: that works all the time, but it is hard for sure. 328 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: Dennis Smith Jr. Just one other line from there. This week, 329 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: Smith Jr. Brought fifteen points, eight assists, seven boards, and 330 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: six steals off the bench for a second. Now that 331 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: it was a great story and my man was about 332 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: to go play in the NFL. Yeah, a lot of 333 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: people I feel like weren't talking about him other than 334 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: whatever happened. And he's had some pretty amazing performances. I 335 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: just always felt like he got such a raw deal. Um. 336 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: I was working at the Dallas Burne News Dennis Dennis's 337 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: rookie year when he first got drafted by the Mavericks, 338 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: and I always seem like a good kid, hard worker. Um. 339 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: He's definitely showed a lot of flashes during that rookie year. 340 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: And you know, the Luca came to town and obviously 341 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: they couldn't play together. It's all dominic guards. And he's 342 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: kind of just been bouncing around the league ever since. 343 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: And uh, I'm just glad to see him. You know, 344 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: he he played really well when when we were down 345 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: in Charlotte and the Warriors were down in Charlotte last week, 346 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: got that game winning stop on Steph at the end 347 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: of regulation, send it overtime. So it's just, uh, you know, 348 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: d s J is uh want to feel good stories 349 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: of the year. I'm glad to see him finally find 350 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: a home in Charlotte managing to see, uh, what's gonna 351 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: go on with his next usage and playing time. And 352 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, but i mean again, like a ball 353 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: dominant player who's probably not enough two be the like 354 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: marquee player in the starting unit, but if you bring 355 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: him in as like an off speed pitch who's like 356 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: just way more athletic and fast than anyone in your 357 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: second unit, Like that's that's pretty good. Like you, that's 358 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: a good weapon to be bringing off the bench. Yeah, alright, 359 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: let's take a quick break. Huh Yeah, we'll be right back. 360 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: And we're back, and this is the section where we 361 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: kind of look at different plays performances that blew us away. 362 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's kind of just what we do the 363 00:18:54,760 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: whole trying away by basketball. Yeah, I mean do we 364 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: just start like, like you said, the most exciting player 365 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: in the NBA that's not in the NBA too young, 366 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: too young to be We were talking before, and we're 367 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,959 Speaker 1: trying to figure out you know, at first, a lot 368 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: of the talk was like, can you believe this guy 369 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: is doing all this stuff at seven? Like we've never 370 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: seen a guy this tall do all this stuff, but 371 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: is the conversation would be like, we're not really seeing 372 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: somebody play like this, And then on top of that, 373 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: he's a seven plus footer. Because it's just I'm I'm 374 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: having trouble processing what I'm seeing all the time with him, 375 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: Like again, i feel like I'm watching like my creative 376 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: player go off into catch and like looks like he's 377 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: having fun. Like again, one of my favorite things about 378 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: watching him and watching his highlights is that he looks 379 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: like he just woke up from a body switching comedy 380 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: or something, and it's just like, oh my god, this 381 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: is so fun. Look at this. I'm gonna shoot a 382 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: three off one ft and I have just like perfect touch. 383 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: This like a layup you can play, and his teammates 384 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: seem to be having fun. One of the players that 385 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: got us excited was his teammate just like threw the 386 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: ball in the general direction of the hoop and it 387 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: like went way over and he just like goes up 388 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: and gracefully like grabs it and like puts in a 389 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: it's like an alley you jump shot, but he's like 390 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: falling down and still just makes it look super easy 391 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: with his touch, right, Like it was funny at that 392 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: point he made of like him being on the comedy show. 393 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: It's like he like goes to bed one night, it's like, man, 394 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: if only over, you know, I want to be big, no, 395 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: but like really really big before Yeah, next thing, you know, 396 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: he's like, wait, give me, give that kid the ball 397 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: real quick shooting Victor, it's wetty. It's wetty, coach. What 398 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: happened to me overnight? But yeah, it's it's I can't 399 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: I'm so excited to see him play. But again, I'm 400 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: always gonna just be a little weary because when you 401 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: have people with such unique bodies like him, you never 402 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: quite know. But my goodness, I'm I'm definitely I'm rooting 403 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: for him. But while the pictures are the one of 404 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 1: the ones of him like standing next to Rudy Gobert, 405 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: that's the ones like yeah, seven one, right, like that 406 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: was the pictures always just blow me away. Yeah, it's insane. Yeah, 407 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: It's like it was like as if Gobert came to 408 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: like Wemby's like basketball camp. Yeah, and he's like at 409 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: the end, I take pictures with all the kids that 410 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 1: are in the kids and a fan of his. Yeah, hey, 411 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: what's your name, young man, Rudy Gobert. Okay, ready, nice 412 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: to meet you man. Alright, cool. It's so wild, like 413 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: Warriors Twitter as will like after they're a loss down 414 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: in New Orleans, you see you on Twitter. It's like, 415 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, like the scouting, scouting, the graphics like a 416 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: Warrior's logo on over shut him down, blow it up. 417 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: So the shot that was I think got a lot 418 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: of people's attention was he like kind of did a 419 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: testing drive to his left. The guy kind of got 420 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: in front of him. He went behind his legs like 421 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: four times, then made a move to his left and 422 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 1: just like shot a three, like it was a layup 423 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: off one foot and just wet, just he shot it 424 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: as if it wasn't even in doubt that it was 425 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: going in. I mean, James harden As yet to master 426 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 1: the running three, like he's like, what seventeen? Yeah, that 427 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: was like that was wild when Dirk was doing that 428 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: from mid range when he would do like the kind 429 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: of one ft just rising up so quickly that you're 430 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: not even able to like think about contesting it, and 431 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: he's releasing it like higher up than you've ever seen 432 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: a shot released. But yeah, Miles dear point like the 433 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: size of his body and like we were watching a 434 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: clip of did you see the clip where Kadi made 435 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: his defender to like just straight up do the split 436 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: was on Gafford? Yeah, oh wait where is it? That 437 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: picture was wild, like like the actual picture from that crossover. 438 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: So my man was all on the ground like rethinking 439 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: was some time. Yeah, he had that face down moment 440 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: where he's like, I've been fully flamed. I don't know 441 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: what to do. The first move he does a single 442 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: stride from the NBA three point line all the way 443 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: inside the like close to the free throw line, and 444 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: it's just such a wild stride. Like that stride is 445 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 1: one of the wildest things, and it's just we're like, man, 446 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: do you remember when he came into the league and 447 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: everyone was like his body is not going to hold 448 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: up to the rigors of the NBA and it's like, 449 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: actually he had like his body is one of the 450 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: most miraculous, like but you didn't know that coming in, 451 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: And like that's the question around when Via is like 452 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: is he just going to have like the strangest superhuman 453 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: body like like Kevin Durant happened to have, um, that's 454 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: going to be able to like hold up and just 455 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: bend in the wildest directions because like when you just 456 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: like freeze frame on that stride from Kevin Durant's like, wait, 457 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: the human body is not supposed to be able to 458 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: do that. That's that's just special. Well for our measily 459 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: little six foot people legs of course we can't go 460 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: over that kind of ground. But I mean, yeah, it's 461 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 1: it's a it's so you you don't I don't envy 462 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: him in that situation when Gafford just goes face down, 463 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: there's just like I love when somebody knows they're like okay, 464 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: I got cooked right there, Like there's just no point 465 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: like where he just had to be like, I gotta 466 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: think about my life decisions real quick, because he knew 467 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: Katie was just going to sink that in front of 468 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: him and he did, and you know what, thoughts and prayers, 469 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: obviously thoughts and prayers. I'm just glad Katie knocked it down. 470 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of like million dollar moves of 471 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: two cent finishes this season. Yeah, I mean, I think 472 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: maybe that's why we're celebrating this one so much like 473 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: he did and he did it, and maybe that's my 474 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: confirmation bias out there being like, come on, geriatric millennials, 475 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: put someone to board. It can't be all Al Horford 476 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: for us. He's also balling like he's still like putting 477 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: up great numbers. I saw somebody like complaining that, well, 478 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: he's got his worst plus minus. I think it's like, yeah, 479 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: his team is bad, like his starting five is still 480 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: figuring things out and isn't playing well. That's can't just 481 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: be like, well, this is Kevin Durant's worst plus minus 482 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: of all time without acknowledging that they are in a 483 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: uniquely like kind of rough situation at the moment. How 484 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: do you guys feel about plus minus? Just like generally, 485 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: like I have a stat I think over long periods 486 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: it can be useful, but it's so misleading, like in 487 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: a game to game situation, it's like you can't really 488 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: say how like if Harden is playing with them bead 489 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: or if they're staggering them, you know, and suddenly hardens 490 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: like fading back to like playing with cork Mas like that. 491 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: That's a big difference, you know. It feels like very 492 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: dependent and there's probably better like statistical regressions they can 493 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: run that do a better job than just the very 494 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: like it feels very blunt instrument right because it's it's 495 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: purely off of just boxed score metrics. Right, there's no yeah, 496 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: I mean I think it is. It is a bit 497 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: limiting for sure. Palo also having one of the better 498 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: kind of runs of a rookie at the beginning of 499 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: their rookie season that we've seen. They're just fun to watch. 500 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 1: He again, this is why I'm he's another guy who 501 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: is playing I don't want to say disrespectfully, but it's 502 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: like he's not playing like a rookie. It just feels 503 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: like he's sort of like, Okay, thank you, are you 504 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: all ready for me to play now? I thank you? 505 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: Let me. I I'm really enjoying myself out here, and 506 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: I will play with the confidence of one thousand sons. Uh. 507 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: The stars, not the team. I mean consistently watching him play. 508 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, this is somebody who's not making it hard 509 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: to debate whether or not he's you know, he earned 510 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: that that top spot, whether or not you can continue on. 511 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm an Auburn guy, and to be honest, 512 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: I was completely salty on draft day and Paula went 513 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: over my guy, Jabari Smith. But I think it's pretty clear, 514 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: Like you said, right, I think I think it's pretty clear. Now. 515 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: The better prospect is it's a it's a it's a marathon, right, 516 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,400 Speaker 1: not a race. They're both pretty young, hopefully they both 517 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: have long career ahead of themselves. But you know, Paula 518 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: was without a doubt, you know, gotten out to an 519 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: early lead, Like yeah, that's ridiculous. Yeah, And at the 520 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: very least, like just from the eye test, you're like, well, 521 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: the Magic have a a talent there, Okay. At the 522 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: if I'm even like, that's the worst thing you could 523 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: say if even wanted to like not give him all 524 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: the praise that you could, which like, I mean, that's 525 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: he's he's looking every day more and more like the 526 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: genuine article for sure. And then also I do I 527 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: do want to talk about Matt Ryan of the Lakers, 528 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: not not of the not. No, how do we now 529 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: have two people in professional sports with a combination of 530 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: the two like most boring guy names, like the two 531 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: most boring boy names, Matt and Ryan. Like when I 532 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 1: was growing up, everybody I knew was named either Matt 533 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: or Ryan. And they just combined those two and it 534 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: immediately bounces off my brain every time I hear it. 535 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, big game winner. This game. This game was 536 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: absolutely wild, to the point that I went to sleep 537 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: being like, man, the Lakers just really can't catch a 538 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: break as they were about to catch an amazing break. 539 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: I mean this that was in an amazing game, tying 540 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: three pointer. I look, I had to watch because I 541 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: was like, come on, can you give me a reason 542 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: to keep going? Please? And they did fantastically. There's this 543 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: breakdown where Ray Allen's watching it, and I just love 544 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: Ray Allen really just giving his analysis as just like 545 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: a sharpshooter on just how wonderful at this moment was 546 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: and just how much like you know, it's clear like 547 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, he's he's been practicing that. It's got to 548 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: get it in. It's three point country it's to Ryan. 549 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: But what's fascinating about that is because we all dream 550 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: of hitting the game winner. You do the countdown, and 551 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: what happens is kids don't get to that lift like 552 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: they would get in this situation. And you're always trying 553 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: to get that lift in your training because that's what happens. 554 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: Like you see that he looks comfortable doing it because 555 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: he's been there before. He had to look down to 556 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: see see where he was on the on the line 557 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: on the court. Uh. But that's everything with his shot 558 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: is he was able to get left in your separation. 559 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: He had a slight fade away to it, but he 560 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: still had a great lift on it. You know, every 561 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: time you want the gym, that's how you want to shoot. Yeah, 562 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: it was said, well said to think like previously right, 563 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: he was like he was delivering door Dash. That's why 564 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: I said he delivers man. Oh, they need to they 565 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: need to work that in. He needs to be sponsored 566 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: by door Dash. The NBA needs to be doing a 567 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: partnership with DoorDash. He needs to like they need to 568 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: have courtside seats where you can get your cheese fries 569 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: delivered by Matt Ryan. Like during the game, I would 570 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: let him focus. Could you imagine there's just like, all right, man, 571 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: so you're a delivery driver again. You're like, no, I've 572 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: been working really hard to get in the leak. No, no, man, 573 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: we we love they used to do DoorDash. Now we're 574 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: gonna have you deliver pizzas and all kinds of stuff 575 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: And people might not recognize you from that one clip, 576 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: but we will know and it'll be hilarious. Darren Fox's 577 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: game winner versus Orlando was a lot of fun. Josh 578 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: Hart had a game winner. I don't know, man, this 579 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: this has been a really fun season. Just a lot 580 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: of young people taking things to the next level. Scottie 581 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: Barnes uh looking really good. Um Zion that has been like, 582 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: you know, finding his place in the offense. But he'll 583 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: find it. He'll find it. And then every week I 584 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: feel like Jaw has Like last season, every week there 585 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: was an amazing offensive finish. But now it seems like 586 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: that block the blew armand last year where he just 587 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: like went up and caught it and kept flying up 588 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: towards the rafters, like he he has like incorporated that 589 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: as a part of his game that he's now like 590 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: one of the best shot blockers, just coming from the 591 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: weak side. And and again he's Spider Man. That's like, 592 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: that's what it's like. He's just so agile. He's covering 593 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: the flour war and I love when right when he 594 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: realized he's like, oh wait, I could block this. When 595 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: he steps in the key and he gathers his momentum 596 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: to jump up. As a former high jumper, I was like, 597 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: look at how he's gathering getting really getting your arms 598 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: to drive those arms up. I just want to watch 599 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: that again because here it's it's it's job where they 600 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: have gotten it's a downship. But then, gosh is hard. 601 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: Peter Dark can like Spider like it's a it's a miracle. 602 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: He's always able to land on his feet, you know. Yeah, 603 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: And look, with great power comes great responsibility. So far 604 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: I think he's wielding that correctly. All right, should we 605 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: do one more break? Come back and do the most 606 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: famous segment in podcast basketball podcasting, rapid Fire. Should we 607 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: do that? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, we're ready. All right, let's 608 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: jump out and we're back. Oh showed up right at 609 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 1: the right time. Well, not to say that we wouldn't 610 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: do this every episode, but thanks for showing up today 611 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: because it's time for the fourth quarter rapid fire round 612 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: of questioning. Now, this is the asked a segment in 613 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: sports podcasting. We're gonna ask you a question and you 614 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: just give us the first answer that comes off the 615 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,479 Speaker 1: top of your mind, reflectively, don't think about it, just answer. 616 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: Keep it short, and if we start talking and meandering, 617 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: it's up to you to stop us. Keep this segment going, 618 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: c J. For the good of the show. Okay, let's 619 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: go start the clock. Don't don't, don't, don't you go first? 620 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: You want? Do you want? I don't know? I mean 621 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: real quick, um, c J. Hi Jack, one of the 622 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: hosts of this show. Quick question for your biggest surprise 623 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: of the early season? Is it the Pelicans? Is it 624 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: the Jazz? Is that the Wolves? Which direction? Which team 625 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: or fourth option? It's you saw Jazz by far. These 626 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: guys are ninety three. It's at the top of the 627 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: Western Conference. Three three. There's something in three three. Yeah, 628 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: they're sitting on the top of the Western Conference standings 629 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: and their best player is LA Marketed. And then if 630 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: that is not surprising as hell, I don't know what 631 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: it is. Yeah, I mean, I like how he's like 632 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: He's like, Oh, that tank talk just motivates us that 633 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: the hell this is the health wimby. Yeah, seriously, we're 634 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: not impressed. Yeah, like we got Lori alright showing what 635 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: you could do with Laurie and he's doing it. Yeah. 636 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: I like I like it because it sets up a 637 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: scenario where Danny Age is the mean owner's wife from 638 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: Major League and they have like a cutout of Danny 639 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: Ainge in the locker room where they're trying to like 640 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: prove I prove that he's a fool, probably you know, 641 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: in a bikini of some sort. I don't know, this 642 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: is just all stuff that I'm they just windmill on 643 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: a cutout of him'll know what, y'all know what's going 644 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 1: on here, right? Utah clearly made a deal with the 645 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 1: basketball gods. In order to still be good post Donovan 646 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: Mitchell and Rudy Gobert trade, they had to exchange for 647 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: ugly jerseys. That's right, So in exchange for ugly uniforms, 648 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: they were allowed to stay good posts trading two superstars. Hey, 649 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: I'll take that deal, guy, Or maybe that's part of 650 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: the part of like what the what Danny and just 651 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: trying to do to get them to lose, like the 652 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: way that the Major League owner like took took away 653 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: their playing He's like, I'm gonna make them play in 654 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: the worst looking uniforms in the history of the n 655 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: b A. They very well mind, dude. Yeah, alright, guys, 656 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 1: let's stay on Okay, okay, all right, thank you, thank you. 657 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: C J. Okay, right right right, that's on me. That's 658 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: on me. Uh, c J. What I was I gonna say, 659 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you something good? Um what else? Okay? 660 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: This give us an under the radar storyline that you 661 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: don't think people are paying enough attention to this year, 662 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think that's something that's not being talked 663 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: about enough, is the resurgence of the Portland Trailblazers. I 664 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 1: don't think anyone, you know, Dame's coming back this year healthy. 665 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,120 Speaker 1: But if anyone thought that they beat this, UM not 666 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: sure where fux is that right now, But I believe 667 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: as of a couple of days ago, they had two 668 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: losses this year, and both of those losses came to 669 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: the Portland Trailblazers. And you know, over the years, it's 670 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,800 Speaker 1: been a damon. Isn't having up help construction of that 671 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 1: team isn't good enough to win at a high level. 672 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,959 Speaker 1: Yet here they are. We're to top of the Western 673 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: Conference standings, thriving, and Anfrey Simons enjoy IMG Academy is 674 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: looking like a future star in the making. So I 675 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 1: don't know, it's just it's hard to tell. It's kind 676 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 1: of like the same thing as Utah. Right, is this sustainable? 677 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: I think I would like to believe that with Portland 678 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: showing is a little bit more sustainable than what Utah 679 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 1: is doing because I believe in Damian Lillard. But it's 680 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: a surprise. Nonetheless, I don't think anyone thought Portland would 681 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: come out the gates um this good. And it's a 682 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: majoring to see if they can keep this thing up 683 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: as the year goes on. They were they were telling 684 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 1: us Anthony Simons was going to be great for a 685 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: long time, and they just we didn't listen. And now 686 00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: look at us, looks on our face, looking around saying, hey, 687 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 1: what happened? You know, that's all of us. What is 688 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: a new rule C J that you'd like to see 689 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: implemented or altered effective immediately, and it can be as 690 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: wild as you want. It's not a new rule I 691 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: would like to see. I would like to see less 692 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: of an emphasis. Basically, long story short, those three carry 693 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,320 Speaker 1: calls court called against Jordan Pool in Miami was the 694 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: most disgusting thing I've I've ever seen in my life. 695 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: Not one carry, not to this man got called for 696 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: three carries in the same basketball a game. I have 697 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,360 Speaker 1: never seen that before in my life. You have guards 698 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: across this league, Kyrie Irving, James Hardened, John Law, all 699 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,280 Speaker 1: these guys they're carrying on a nightly basis. Yet Jordan 700 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: Pool was singled out for free. I think it hasn't 701 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: been as wild, you know, since then. But if you 702 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 1: want to crack down on carrying or cracking down on 703 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:54,839 Speaker 1: entertaining basketball, because every guard in the high level guard 704 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: in the league does it, um so, I would like 705 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: to see referees kind of chill out on that going forward. 706 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: I would say the last time someone was called for 707 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: that many carries in the game was me, right after 708 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: I was watching Allen Iverson for the first time. Uh 709 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 1: and like junior high the last time that happen, Like, son, 710 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 1: what are you doing? I'm like, hey, I was doing. Please, 711 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: They're like, you have to learn how to dribble a ball? 712 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: First son, and I was like, he's doing something for me. 713 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna say, get them to My 714 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 1: suggestion would be to cut down on all the celebrating 715 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 1: on the bench. No wait, they're already doing that. Okay, good, 716 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: because that was that was way too entertaining. Good good. 717 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: That's that rule. Is like you're gonna actually be like, hey, 718 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: stop being so joyous and joyful over there. That's like 719 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: that's like having like you know, having like living in 720 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,800 Speaker 1: a neighborhood. And the h O is like, man, you 721 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: got too many Christmas lights just celebrating like that. It's 722 00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 1: just come on, now, let them celebrate anyway. I'm sorry, CJ. 723 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: You've gotta keep this going, man, rough you're adding our 724 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,400 Speaker 1: own rules and things like that. Um, CJ. Is a 725 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 1: cal zone a taco? Absolutely not. It's more closely associated 726 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 1: pizza than taco. Taco is hard show. Cal Zona is baked, breaded, 727 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: and you can have a saft she right there. Taco. 728 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I guess, but like, okay, is 729 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: a cal zone and empanada? I think it's closer to 730 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 1: the empanada family than is what I was taco. That's 731 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 1: the right answer. Is it cal zona Danish. It is 732 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:43,320 Speaker 1: not a Danish. What similar concept is it? Because a 733 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,279 Speaker 1: Danish has like those like air holes on top, and 734 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 1: a cow zone doesn't have it like it's got to be. 735 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:56,879 Speaker 1: Is a pistachio, a calza, pistachio, a cal zone where 736 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,520 Speaker 1: we ask the tough questions, you know what I mean? 737 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: And this is the final to question, maybe the toughest 738 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: of all, uh c J, Jack or Miles. You know, 739 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: I've been contemplating this throughout the entire episode, and uh 740 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: it pains me to say this, it really does. But 741 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:24,799 Speaker 1: you guys are both whack. Oh my god, as long 742 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 1: as as long as it's not a win for I 743 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: just want to keep mine. I want to keep mine. 744 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: Uh c J came through the goat answer, willing to 745 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,880 Speaker 1: go where no guests has gone before. Of course, if 746 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 1: you guys are great, man, it's true, and you can't 747 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: you can't say something that's true and then just come 748 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,480 Speaker 1: back and be like I just kidding j K j K. 749 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: This is one of the more entertating pods I've had 750 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,759 Speaker 1: the pleasure to be appreciate. J. I don't know, we 751 00:40:55,880 --> 00:41:00,040 Speaker 1: appreciate that answer. Hey, that is officials. That was the 752 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: best turn on an answer I think we've had in 753 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 1: the entire selves. We've got to give that up to 754 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 1: c J. Man. C J. Holmes, thank you so much 755 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 1: for coming again from Miles and Jack got mad boost 756 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 1: these really appreciated man. Where can people find you? Follow you, 757 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: listen to you, or read you all that stuff? You 758 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,399 Speaker 1: guys can read me on s F concle dot com 759 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: or if you're in the by area, you know support print, 760 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 1: you'll pick up a copy of your local paper. Um, 761 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 1: you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at c 762 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: J Holmes two. When it comes to Twitter, I need retweets, 763 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,920 Speaker 1: not likes. There you go exactly amplify amplify I mean 764 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,319 Speaker 1: until Elon messes with algorithm again you know what I mean, 765 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,920 Speaker 1: In which case you can follow my account, which will 766 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: be a c J. Holmes impersonator account. Check us out 767 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 1: at mad boost These b O O S T I 768 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 1: E s on Twitter. Uh And also this week's listener 769 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,680 Speaker 1: of the week, we said, what's the biggest surprise of 770 00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 1: the early season? And at Tyler McDowell at g I 771 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,839 Speaker 1: nineteen pot says the Sun's in particularly how great Devin 772 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:07,120 Speaker 1: Booker has looked just looks wise. Yeah, and then at 773 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:13,120 Speaker 1: tshan Rau tweeted most toly surprising Jazz Blazers, Nets Calves Lakers. 774 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:18,920 Speaker 1: Yeah and I feel about right. That's cruelty and that'll 775 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,040 Speaker 1: do it for this week's lovely edition of Matt boost 776 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: These thanks against C. J. Holmes for joining us. We 777 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 1: will see y'all next week with more entertaining coverage of 778 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,799 Speaker 1: the NBA and hopefully maybe my Lakers will turn a corner. 779 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,759 Speaker 1: We shall see. We just don't know, all right, We'll 780 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:35,000 Speaker 1: talk to you that we don't know.