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Speaker 1: you don't miss this announcement. Because we're excited, but that's
Speaker 1: not the only important thing. The regular season is over. Insane, man,
Speaker 1: my tenth NBA season. I remember walking into the NBA
Speaker 1: like a year ago or yesterday and not having a
Speaker 1: spot like and wondering like am I gonna make the
Speaker 1: team as a second round pick? And before training camp
Speaker 1: I signed my deal, so like, don't get it twisted,
Speaker 1: but and just getting drafted, I mean it was I
Speaker 1: was drafted in June two thousand and twelve, Like we're
Speaker 1: a month away from June two thousand twenty two. The
Speaker 1: fact that I finished ten years in the NBA and
Speaker 1: coming in against the death sentence of being a Twitter
Speaker 1: is absolutely insane to me, and I don't take that
Speaker 1: for granted. I am extremely excited about playing in the
Speaker 1: playoffs again after you know, Jordan Poole said to me
Speaker 1: last night, he said, man, big bro, it's been two years.
Speaker 1: How I said, I've been starving, man, Like, it's nothing
Speaker 1: like playoff basketball. By the way, it is nine am
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. We we had a good dinner last
Speaker 1: night and like a vibe me, you know so, and
Speaker 1: I'm excited. So I hope you understand, like I hope
Speaker 1: that gives you a clear picture of how I'm feeling
Speaker 1: about these playoffs. And so going into these playoffs, Golden
Speaker 1: State Warriors were matched up against against the Denver Nuggets,
Speaker 1: the three six seed, which we're gonna talk about something
Speaker 1: else that has to do with the three seeds a
Speaker 1: little later in the show. But we have the Denver Nuggets,
Speaker 1: which I'm extremely excited about number one, I think, and
Speaker 1: going into play Denver, I think it's a it's a
Speaker 1: it's a pretty good matchup for us. Obviously, they have Joker,
Speaker 1: one of the the leading candidates for the m v P Award,
Speaker 1: who I think will win the m v P. Not
Speaker 1: that that's my m VP choice, but I do think
Speaker 1: he will win the MVP. And also just because that's
Speaker 1: not my choice does not mean he's not deserving he's
Speaker 1: he's definitely the servan. We see what the guy does
Speaker 1: first two thousand, uh two thousand point one thousand rebound,
Speaker 1: five hundred assist season in NBA history. I mean, the
Speaker 1: things that Joker is able to do on the basketball
Speaker 1: courter absolutely the same. But you got the you got
Speaker 1: the Warriors versus Nuggets, and I'm really excited about this one.
Speaker 1: We also played, you know, hopefully only two games in Denver,
Speaker 1: and my brother Benny Fowler can attend the games, which
Speaker 1: that also means a lot, I think as for our
Speaker 1: for our listeners, that's not quite as old as me.
Speaker 1: I think as you get older, you know, you start
Speaker 1: to appreciate your friends being around, how often that you
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to see your friends On me, I'm
Speaker 1: extremely excited that Benny could come to the game. But also, um,
Speaker 1: I think when you when you look at the things
Speaker 1: that that plays a role in a in a playoff
Speaker 1: series number one and being in the Western Conference, there
Speaker 1: are some teams that you gotta travel far, whether it's
Speaker 1: a Texas team which is a for our flight Memphis
Speaker 1: which is a four hours, like I can, I do
Speaker 1: have a strong appreciation for only being an hour away
Speaker 1: hour and a half away from home, that that gives
Speaker 1: you a time to adjust. I think. Uh. I think
Speaker 1: one of the things and going into this matchup that
Speaker 1: people don't don't quite realize that plays the factors playing
Speaker 1: in Denver with the altitude. I mean, you get out
Speaker 1: there in Denver and you get the breathing and it's
Speaker 1: not quite any air there. That makes a difference. And
Speaker 1: I think that's also that's also played a role over
Speaker 1: the years of why Denver has had such an home
Speaker 1: court advantage. I think that's a very big deal. So
Speaker 1: that's something that we got to prepare for that I
Speaker 1: know our training staff or have us prepare for. But
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we know their offense begins and ends
Speaker 1: with Joker. Um. You know, he's he makes a bunch
Speaker 1: of plays, whether it's for himself, whether it's for the guys,
Speaker 1: and so obviously, um, I think and going into it
Speaker 1: and going into and NBA playoff game plan, you have
Speaker 1: to decide one of a couple of things. You have
Speaker 1: to decide what are you willing to lose against? Now
Speaker 1: follow me here. You have to pick and choose what
Speaker 1: you're willing to allow to beat you. And and most
Speaker 1: most more times than not, you're saying, I'm going to
Speaker 1: give up this, and I'm willing to give up this
Speaker 1: because I think if we can stop X, that's going
Speaker 1: to allow us to win the games and ultimately wins
Speaker 1: a series. And so I think one common thing with
Speaker 1: with Joker is people have to decide, like whether you're
Speaker 1: gonna make him a pass or whether you're gonna make
Speaker 1: him a score. What what are you trying to take away? Um?
Speaker 1: And I think that's a very interesting thing. You see
Speaker 1: that all around the league. UM. As you get into
Speaker 1: the playoffs, I always tell guys your number one strength
Speaker 1: they take away, and as you get deeper into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: your number two strength is taken away. And that is
Speaker 1: one of the beautiful things about the playoffs. You have
Speaker 1: situations where where a team teams are able to study
Speaker 1: guys for seven games as opposed to two nights. Ago
Speaker 1: I was studying two nights ago I was studying for
Speaker 1: the Santonio Spurs, and then a night ago I was
Speaker 1: studying for the New Orleans Pelicans. That's not the case
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. You have seven games and to lock
Speaker 1: in on the scouting report, like like we we don't
Speaker 1: get that we don't have the opportunity to do simply
Speaker 1: due to the schedule, and so I think that always
Speaker 1: made the playoffs more interesting. You see teams make less mistakes.
Speaker 1: You have to be more precise. And that's one thing
Speaker 1: I've been I've been preaching to our guys. You know,
Speaker 1: we have we don't have a ton of playoffs experience
Speaker 1: on our team. We have some guys who's won championships, myself,
Speaker 1: uh Cavan Looney, Steph Curry, and Clay Thompson, guys who's
Speaker 1: won championships, but then you also have a bunch of
Speaker 1: guys that hasn't played a bunch of playoffs basketball, if
Speaker 1: any playoff basketball at all. And so and helping guys
Speaker 1: under then that you have to be ready to play
Speaker 1: mistake free basketball. The team that makes the least amount
Speaker 1: of mistakes that is the team that's going to win
Speaker 1: the game. And that's what it boils down to in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And so I think that's still something that
Speaker 1: our guys have to feel and and and figure out
Speaker 1: as we go. But then that's also on us to
Speaker 1: make sure guys understand and help guys along the way,
Speaker 1: because that's a very important lesson and doing in in
Speaker 1: the playoffs and and coming out with a win. And
Speaker 1: so I think that's for as a leader of this team,
Speaker 1: that's important and I'm looking forward to that because you know,
Speaker 1: guys just haven't had the opportunity. It's a fresh thing,
Speaker 1: and how do you help bring those guys alone because
Speaker 1: it takes some adjusting. It's not the same old NBA.
Speaker 1: It's not the same basketball. It won't be called the same.
Speaker 1: It's way more physical, um and and adjusting to all
Speaker 1: those things. You gotta feel it first. So I'm actually
Speaker 1: excited for our guys to feel that type of energy.
Speaker 1: I think we've had some games down the stretch where
Speaker 1: guys have the opportunity to feel it. But the reality
Speaker 1: is the playoffs is the playoffs, and there is no
Speaker 1: simulating that. You just gotta feel it in and as
Speaker 1: you go forward, you make the necessary adjustment. I don't
Speaker 1: doubt that our guys will make that adjustment at all.
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to that. UM. Last night, we
Speaker 1: or yesterday really, we figured out who the playing tournaments,
Speaker 1: who in the playing tournament, who those matchups will be.
Speaker 1: In the East, we have the number seven Brooklyn Nets,
Speaker 1: which none of us thought would be there, um, which
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't have been there without Kyrie being out, without
Speaker 1: Katie missing a bunch of games. Um, But that's what
Speaker 1: it is. The Lakers was in the playing as well
Speaker 1: last year. We were in the playing last year. The
Speaker 1: Grizzy was in the playing last year. And so I
Speaker 1: also want to talk about the playing tournament in the
Speaker 1: NBA as a whole. But the first game is the
Speaker 1: number seven Nets versus Number eight Calves, and I have
Speaker 1: to say I absolutely love what the Calves has been
Speaker 1: able to do. I think they had a little slippers
Speaker 1: there at the end of the season, but as a
Speaker 1: young team you kind of expect that because everybody ramped
Speaker 1: their stuff up and they're still adjusting to that. I
Speaker 1: think if anybody would have told the Calves you be
Speaker 1: in the A C with two chances to get in
Speaker 1: UH in the playing tournament at the beginning of the season,
Speaker 1: they would have signed right on the ditting line right away.
Speaker 1: And so I think it's great what J. B. Bigger
Speaker 1: Staff has done with that young squad, what Darius Garden
Speaker 1: has Garland has done leading um that team, what Kevin
Speaker 1: Love has done as an o G for that young team,
Speaker 1: as a as a champion, and and showing those guys
Speaker 1: what it takes and being that big brother along the way,
Speaker 1: because that always matters. So I think what those guys
Speaker 1: has done has been incredible. But I have to say,
Speaker 1: you got a one game against Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant for that
Speaker 1: one game just about every single time against most teams
Speaker 1: and against the Calves, I'm gonna take those two guys.
Speaker 1: They got the experience, they know where they feel like.
Speaker 1: You know, Kyrie, I tweeted the other and Kyrie is
Speaker 1: like a he's a he's a big man in the
Speaker 1: guard body with a crazy handle in the torch. And
Speaker 1: I said, don't let that go over your head. And
Speaker 1: what I was saying is more so we all know
Speaker 1: Kyrie is a point guard. We know Kyrie can handle
Speaker 1: the ball like crazy, we know you can shoot. But
Speaker 1: one one part of his game that I think it
Speaker 1: doesn't get enough respect is how Kyrie and his mind
Speaker 1: he thinks differently of of of what you see in
Speaker 1: Kyrie the person, and that is Kyrie think he's a
Speaker 1: big man. Kyrie gonna take a guard to the rim.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get a guard in the middle of the pain,
Speaker 1: throw jump hooks, he post guard. His post game is
Speaker 1: absolutely insane, and so my tweet was more so, um,
Speaker 1: just a nod to something that I don't think he
Speaker 1: gets credit for, which is absolutely crazy, because I think
Speaker 1: that's a big part of Kyrie's game. Now, He's so
Speaker 1: skilled in other areas to where you can miss that
Speaker 1: you don't quite know what you're watching. But I think
Speaker 1: it's absolutely insane. So I'm definitely picking Kyrie. Who's gonna
Speaker 1: feel like I have to eat the calves. I left
Speaker 1: the calves like you got that whole mental thing that
Speaker 1: go in it that you'all don't realize people think about.
Speaker 1: You got Kyrie like I can't lose to them. I
Speaker 1: left here and he was probably gonna go for forty,
Speaker 1: So enjoy. That is how this thing works, That's how
Speaker 1: guys think about things. You got the number nine Atlanta
Speaker 1: Hawks versus the number ten Charlotte Hornets, two good young
Speaker 1: point guards and Trey Young and LaMelo ball Uh two young,
Speaker 1: up and coming teams in the Eastern Conference. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: Hawks had some slippage, and you know they were in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference Finals last year. They're not seen the playoffs,
Speaker 1: but anybody can get hot at this time. But I'm
Speaker 1: taking the Hawks. I'm taking the Hawks in that game.
Speaker 1: I think, uh, the Atlanta Hawks will have the best
Speaker 1: player on the floor in Trayon, and when you have
Speaker 1: the best player on the floor, you always have a
Speaker 1: chance to win the game. And I think Atlanta's experience, um,
Speaker 1: I think that gets them over the hump. And I
Speaker 1: think Trades just gonna come out and betray and when again,
Speaker 1: you gotta win one game, you need Trade to come
Speaker 1: out and be tray So I think the Atlanta Hawks
Speaker 1: will take that game. And then you'll have a matchup
Speaker 1: between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cars and again Trade
Speaker 1: what we'll see when we get there. But you got
Speaker 1: the best player on the floor, you give yourself a
Speaker 1: great chance of winning that game. So that's the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference and moving into the Western Conference, we got the
Speaker 1: number seven timber Wars versus Number eight Clippers. You do
Speaker 1: not want to play against Tyler in one game. Tyler
Speaker 1: game plans are crazy. I think ty louis one of
Speaker 1: the better coaches, the one of the best coaches in
Speaker 1: the NBA, and he does not get the credit for that.
Speaker 1: I've played against Tyler and NBA Finals. That's gonna be
Speaker 1: a tough game I played, and I mean that's gonna
Speaker 1: be a very, very very tough game for the timber
Speaker 1: was Was Was. You also got the Clippers getting healthy at
Speaker 1: the right time. They just brought normal pile back, They
Speaker 1: just got Paul George back, and that team has been
Speaker 1: playing pretty good all year without i mean, missing significant
Speaker 1: pieces all year, and I think a large part of
Speaker 1: that isn't due to Tyler's coaching ability. I think ty
Speaker 1: lewis an absolutely incredible coach. Paul George. We all know
Speaker 1: who Paul Georgia's Reggie Jackson lives for the big moment.
Speaker 1: Say what you wanted about Reggie, feel how you want
Speaker 1: about his game. That guy shows up in a big moment.
Speaker 1: Marcus Morris shows up in a big moment. So I
Speaker 1: have I have the Clippers going into Minnesota and upsetting,
Speaker 1: if you will, the number seven Minnesota timber Was. I
Speaker 1: just think it's gonna happen. We'll see. I mean, you
Speaker 1: tell me what you think, but I personally don't think
Speaker 1: the timber Wood is just going to beat the Clippers
Speaker 1: now and saying that you have the number nine Pelicans
Speaker 1: versus the number ten Spurs and the last and the
Speaker 1: second matchup of the Western Conference Playing Tournament, and and
Speaker 1: that match up, I have the Pelicans winning. I think
Speaker 1: C James McCullum playoffs experience is going to help. You.
Speaker 1: Got Jonas Valutunas guys who's had some significant playoff experience.
Speaker 1: Brandon ingram Um, who who's just a young stud not
Speaker 1: much playoff experience, but a young if any playoff experience
Speaker 1: at all, but a young stud who I think is
Speaker 1: going to show up on this stage. And so I'm
Speaker 1: taking I'm taking the Pelicans in that game. And then
Speaker 1: in my opinion, you're gonna have the Pelicans versus the Timberwolves,
Speaker 1: and I think the Timberwolves will take that game and
Speaker 1: ultimately getting as the A C. So that's my thoughts
Speaker 1: on the playing tournament. I'm excited it to see how
Speaker 1: those matchups turn up turned out. I think one thing
Speaker 1: you can watch in the Nets and Calves series is
Speaker 1: you want to watch Kyrie. Kyrie is the guy to
Speaker 1: watch in the match up with Darius Garland, Kyrie versus
Speaker 1: one of the young guys, the young guy want to
Speaker 1: win Kyrie kind of that big brother got to hold
Speaker 1: it down. So I think that's the matchup to watch
Speaker 1: in that game, and the Hawks and Horness. I mean,
Speaker 1: who else you watching? Um? Probably Trey Young and LaMelo.
Speaker 1: That's the matchup to watch. And man, I I don't
Speaker 1: know if y'all watch that Knick series last year between
Speaker 1: the land Hawks and the Knicks, but you got Trey Young,
Speaker 1: and in those types of environments, Trey Young got that
Speaker 1: little man syndrome. He got that like he's he going
Speaker 1: after guys. And so I enjoy watching Trey in these situations,
Speaker 1: and I think Trey comes out on top. So I
Speaker 1: think that's the matchup to watch there. Um, at some
Speaker 1: point throughout the game, you're going to see Patrick Beverly
Speaker 1: on Paul George, and I think that's a that's an
Speaker 1: important matchup to watch. You got Patrick Beverly, piste off
Speaker 1: at the Clippers trade to him. Now you you're going
Speaker 1: into their house. Patrick Beverley, I mean he started yesterday.
Speaker 1: I don't know if y'all if y'all saw Patrick Beverley
Speaker 1: telling now the official that he's terrible, uh last night
Speaker 1: he he he was already a character last last last night.
Speaker 1: So that's that's gonna be something to watch as the
Speaker 1: game go on. I'm not sure Patrick Beverley with guard
Speaker 1: Paul George the entire game, but I think that's a
Speaker 1: matchup to watch. And then you got Carl Town's verse
Speaker 1: Zoo Box. Now think about Carl Towns and Zoo Baches.
Speaker 1: Carl Towns is a star player. Zoo Batches not the
Speaker 1: star player, gonna get plenty opportunities to score the basketball.
Speaker 1: What you want to watch in that matchup is not
Speaker 1: if Carl Towns ends up with twenty five points. You
Speaker 1: want to watch if Carl Towns dominates his matchup or not,
Speaker 1: because that's what Carl town should do. That's what Carl
Speaker 1: Town's probably we will do. We'll see, but that I
Speaker 1: think that's an important one to watch as well. It's
Speaker 1: can Zoo Box have a good game and contain times
Speaker 1: do they have to go small? You see Surgeon Baka
Speaker 1: got traded during the year. This will probably been a
Speaker 1: good a good matchup for Sergey Bacca, who can guard,
Speaker 1: who can step out and guard the three. That's a
Speaker 1: tough matchup for Zuba. So I think that's something that
Speaker 1: you want to check out. Uh and thinking of and
Speaker 1: and then uh, how what type of X factor can
Speaker 1: Norman Pobaby. I think he's only been back for two games,
Speaker 1: but that's a big deal for the Clippers. So that's
Speaker 1: some things to watch in that game. And then Repelicans
Speaker 1: versus Spurs. We got Dejon Murray versus c J McCullum.
Speaker 1: C J with the experience de Gen coming into his
Speaker 1: own Dejon been out as a late you know, so
Speaker 1: seeing if he can get that group back. I know
Speaker 1: he struggled last night a little bit against Dallas, so
Speaker 1: seeing if he can find that rhythm, Um, that's that's
Speaker 1: a big deal. And so you got c J Dejon
Speaker 1: going into c j's new home. Uh, CJ is looking
Speaker 1: to make that market and really win this fan base over.
Speaker 1: So that's the matchup you gotta see. I think the
Speaker 1: first round matchup that I am most excited about when
Speaker 1: I looked throughout the playoffs. It's one that's not even
Speaker 1: official yet, but it's one that I think it's going
Speaker 1: to happen, and that is the Los Angeles Clippers versus
Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies. That is a very, very very exciting
Speaker 1: first round matchup. And again I think the Clippers will
Speaker 1: win their first their first playing game and get in.
Speaker 1: And that's the matchup that I'm most excited about. Now.
Speaker 1: If it don't come to fruition, you check out my
Speaker 1: Twitter and I will let y'all know what matchup almost
Speaker 1: excited about if that one doesn't happen. But that's the
Speaker 1: one I'm most excited about because it's a good matchup. Again,
Speaker 1: you got tylu the mastermind coming in and putting his
Speaker 1: game plans together. You got a young u um, a
Speaker 1: young Memphis team. You got a real scrappy, tough Clippers team.
Speaker 1: How does memphips suggested that this is a new situation
Speaker 1: for them, And so that's one that I'm really excited
Speaker 1: about if it come of fruition. If it don't, if
Speaker 1: the Clippers lose this first game, check my Twitter and
Speaker 1: I'll let you guys know who I am most excited
Speaker 1: about to watch in the first round, because I don't
Speaker 1: give it to you here, I'm giving you who the
Speaker 1: matchup I am excited to see if it happens. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's kind of my thoughts on the
Speaker 1: way the playoffs shook out. One last thought, uh, the
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks UH decided to compete or play their guys
Speaker 1: UH in hopes that we were losing they will get
Speaker 1: the number three seed. Luca Dantris goes down with an injury.
Speaker 1: That's always the risk that you take. I hope and
Speaker 1: I pray that lucas ready for the playoffs. You never
Speaker 1: want to see a guy go down. We worked so
Speaker 1: hard for this moment, Like you worked so hard just
Speaker 1: to get to this moment. To see a guy go
Speaker 1: down the night it ends for the New beginning, it's brutal.
Speaker 1: So I hope he's okay. But that's something to watch.
Speaker 1: And then you ask yourself the question, like was worth it? Um?
Speaker 1: They needed us to lose to a Pelicans team that
Speaker 1: wasn't playing anyone. So then you go checking you like,
Speaker 1: whate is the likelihood of that happening? So you start
Speaker 1: to run all those things back in your head and
Speaker 1: the reality is no one and playing basketball, you just
Speaker 1: can't beat yourself up like that because you're gonna walk
Speaker 1: outside and turn your ank on the rock. And so like,
Speaker 1: no one thinks like that, but stuff, And we know
Speaker 1: what Luca means to the league, but more importantly to
Speaker 1: his team, and so that's interesting. We'll see how that
Speaker 1: develops as the week going. But that's something to keep
Speaker 1: your eye on because obviously, as we know, that's a
Speaker 1: very big deal. Does he miss game one? Does he
Speaker 1: miss the first two games? He find uh? Is he
Speaker 1: a little hobble? What happens there? I think that's very interesting.
Speaker 1: And again you have to ask yourself, wasn't worth it? Uh?
Speaker 1: Could you? You didn't control your own destiny. So I
Speaker 1: think also when you look at, uh, the season that
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Lakers had, and when you know a
Speaker 1: lot of people, by the way, a lot of people,
Speaker 1: I mean, there were people that said the Los Angeles
Speaker 1: Lakors was gonna win a championship. If this is what
Speaker 1: you do, you say you're great and you're expert analysts,
Speaker 1: and you paid the Los Angeles Lakers who winning championship,
Speaker 1: you kind of gotta be fired. And if somebody got
Speaker 1: to start holding people accountable because you like, you're so
Speaker 1: far off from being right, and you gotta think about it.
Speaker 1: There's ten teams that's currently still alive in each conference,
Speaker 1: twenty teams total. There's thirty teams in the NBA. You
Speaker 1: picked that they'd be the number one team, they're not
Speaker 1: even twenty one or twenty. You're like, you're so far
Speaker 1: off in any other job. If you're that far off,
Speaker 1: could you imagine being an analyst for a venture firm
Speaker 1: or an analyst like on and on Wall Street or something,
Speaker 1: and you're that far off, Like you lose your job,
Speaker 1: Like somebody got a start start holding people accountable for
Speaker 1: these hot takes uh that that they expert lee if
Speaker 1: you will analyze, I think that's utterly ridiculous. And those
Speaker 1: people that did that you have to answer um, because
Speaker 1: you just can't be that far off. That's ridiculous. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: as a basketball fan or as a basketball player, if
Speaker 1: you're looking at the situation with the Los Angeles Lakers,
Speaker 1: you end up with so many questions, like I think
Speaker 1: the way that it's turned out now, it's like you
Speaker 1: see all these stories coming out about what's the rest brook,
Speaker 1: You see like all these stories coming out about Frank vocal.
Speaker 1: Frank vocal in the press conference yesterday, I have not
Speaker 1: heard ship excuse my language. Um, I haven't been told
Speaker 1: ship or something of that nature that he said. And
Speaker 1: I mean as a player or coach, you see that
Speaker 1: it's it's a bit frightening because you do, you then
Speaker 1: put yourself in those shoes and you're like, would I'd
Speaker 1: be treated like that? And it's not just the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers, Like, I think that happens all over the
Speaker 1: course of sports, uh especially I mean it happens in
Speaker 1: the NBA obviously, but it happens all through sports, and
Speaker 1: you have to begin, like you have to stop and think, like,
Speaker 1: would I'd be treated like that? Is something to go
Speaker 1: don't go wrong right for me in a situation like that,
Speaker 1: And that's a tough thing to get over because ultimately
Speaker 1: you're coaching to get fired, you're planning to get traded,
Speaker 1: you're planning to get way that or like at some
Speaker 1: point throughout your career, these are things that happened in
Speaker 1: this sport, and so for as long as you can
Speaker 1: protect against that, you try to. And that's one of
Speaker 1: those things that you you just you look at and
Speaker 1: as a player or a coach, you cringe, like because
Speaker 1: your biggest fear and worry is to be to be
Speaker 1: that guy in that situation that it's like catching all
Speaker 1: of that blame and catching all of that heat. So
Speaker 1: I think that's something like you really have to question
Speaker 1: or even think about from our perspective, because ultimately you're
Speaker 1: looking for security, you're looking for like acceptance to be
Speaker 1: who you are and and and do the job. And
Speaker 1: so that's an interesting one one that makes me cringe
Speaker 1: for myself because I just you just hoping, pray that
Speaker 1: you're never in that situation. Yet the inevitable is most
Speaker 1: of us end up in that situation at some point
Speaker 1: or another. Russell Westbrook because in the MVP, he's ending
Speaker 1: up in the situation. Russell Westbrook in the m VP,
Speaker 1: and he's end up in this situation, most of us
Speaker 1: end up in it. So I think that's that's a
Speaker 1: tough one and it's one that we all try to
Speaker 1: protect against with Ultimately, leg she usually inevitable. We'll see
Speaker 1: how that plays out. But that's my thoughts on the
Speaker 1: playing tournament. That's my thoughts on the matchups of the
Speaker 1: NBA playoffs. I hope you all enjoyed the regular season.
Speaker 1: I think it's been a great one. Um A lot
Speaker 1: of changes happened over the season, and now it's time
Speaker 1: it's time for Draymond and start shooting from three because
Speaker 1: that's what I do. So playoff Draymond we're here. That's it.
Speaker 1: That's a rap. Talk to y'all soon again. Make sure
Speaker 1: you check out on social media who this guess is
Speaker 1: this week, because it's going to be a great one.
Speaker 1: Until then, that's a wrap. Draymond Green show them out
Speaker 1: piece