WEBVTT - 06/04/21 DPS Hour 1 Jalen Rose 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.480 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.800 Sports Radio. Made it to a Friday, Come on in. 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:09.360 It's going to be a busy show. Hope you can 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:13.200 stay as well as long as possible, because Jalen Rose 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:16.440 from the Mothership will join us, Mike Shashevski will join us, 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:20.560 Kevin Garnett stop Spy, and Dan Lebattard will join us 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:24.279 as well. Tonight Clippers MAVs Game six Saturday will be 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:27.880 the Bucks in the Nets. Congratulations to the Phoenix Suns 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.960 they bounced the Lakers. Congrats to the Nuggets as they 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:35.440 put the Blazers out of their misery and they advance 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:40.680 as well. Nice stories, But the interesting story is the Lakers. 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.519 In all of sports, we make wins or losses or 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:47.120 referendum on star players, and we know that's particularly true 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.880 when it comes to Lebron James, especially late in his career, 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.440 because you know, we're thinking about his legacy. But when 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:55.720 it comes to this year's Lakers, it's hard to pin 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.120 this down. And can I pin it on Lebron James 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.720 with the first round at it? Well, some of it, 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.800 but I think we went into the first round with 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:09.040 some trepidation to say Hey, That's why if I'm the Clippers, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.280 I would want the Lakers early because I didn't think 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:14.160 they were going to be healthy enough. I don't think 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.880 there's a question of if they were going to lose, 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.560 but when, because even if Anthony Davis played well last night, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:24.039 forcing a game seven, at some point, these injuries don't 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:29.720 go away. An ankle injury, hamstring, groin. They linger, and 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.720 that would have stayed with Anthony Davis. It's not a 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:36.000 question of if, but when. But you know, I'm going 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.480 to give credit to the Phoenix Suns because they won 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.400 this game in the first quarter last night. They look 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.280 great in the bubble. Last year when undefeated, they added 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:48.720 Chris Paul and that was the magic ingredient and they 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.840 took it to the Lakers. And I don't know why 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:56.040 Anthony Davis was cleared. I love when an athlete at 0:01:56.120 --> 0:02:00.520 least tries to play, but I could tell from the 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.720 beginning I thought this had to do with all the criticism. 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.080 I thought this had something to do with Charles Barkley 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.480 nicknaming Anthony Davis street clothes. He did not want to 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.680 be in street close. He did not want to have 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.359 a picture of him in street clothes and he went 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.000 out there. And as soon as he went out there, 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.760 and you could tell the Suns new, they started attacking him. 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.480 And Devin Booker is, you know, taking people off the dribble, 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:28.760 and he's not afraid of Anthony Davis. We will always 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.840 as a sports community give you credit for trying. You 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.680 got out there, you tried, but you could tell he 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.520 was laboring, he was in pain. He tried and played 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:46.040 about five minutes. Phoenix Suns may have won that game 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:51.880 no matter what. Devin Booker, that's the real deal. You 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.400 if you ever want to go, you know, I'd like 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.119 to work on my jump shot. You can just look 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:01.480 at Devin Booker's jump shot. But he's more than that. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:07.040 Like he attacks and it's great, you know. He when 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.280 you're a good player, to become a great player, what 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.000 do you add to your game? And Devin Booker, I 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.120 always thought of him as a shooter, almost like a 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:18.120 Bradley Beale type shooter. And that's a great compliment because 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.480 I think Bradley Beale is a wonderful shooter. But Booker 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.360 is now you can see the confidence and he was 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.040 taking it. He was taking it to the Lakers last night. 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.720 You go back this season. Early in this season, I 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.920 thought Lebron was on a mission to let every younger 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.600 player know I don't need to have my minutes managed. 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.520 I don't need load management here. I want to win 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.760 the MV pick. I want to be the oldest MV pick. 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:48.320 He got healthy, he played well, then went out with 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:53.240 the injury. Anthony Davis went in another direction. The supporting 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.280 cast was so good in the bubble last year. They 0:03:56.400 --> 0:04:00.360 were not good this year. Everybody's gonna make this about Lebron. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.920 I understand it. He's out of the playoffs. I don't 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:06.680 know what people are going to talk about now. I 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.960 mean they might actually have to talk about other teams, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:14.120 because really it's about Lebron. It's a referendum on Lebron 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.680 and the Lakers do become really interesting here in the offseason. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.080 So what do you do? You got Anthony Davis, you 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:24.600 got Lebron. Who you bring it in? Who you saying 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:29.480 goodbye to? NBA? Offseason is pretty short, So Lebron and 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:31.760 the Lakers are going to be back in the headlines 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.760 before you know it. Say good morning to Peacock. That's 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.800 our streaming service, Great partners. 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I heard it on the radio. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.320 I know who it is, okay, and I was shocked. Now, 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.640 San Antonio Spurs in twenty fifteen. They were still pretty 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:34.240 good then too, aren't they? Yeah? Yeah, but that was 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.320 seven games by the Clippers. That's last time a defending 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.719 champ lost in the opening round back in twenty fifteen. 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:42.599 All right, mclovin, what kind of poll question do we 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.360 have today? So we have to milk Lebron for all 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:50.560 we can, Right, will Lebron James win another title? Ooh, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.040 that's saucy, But you were mentioning, you know, what do 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.400 they do, Like do they have any flexibility to bring 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.960 in another another real impact player? Well, Dennis Shrewder play 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.080 better last night, but still I couldn't count on him, 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.039 like he had to play better than the previous game 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:11.320 when he didn't score. I think everybody looks better when 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:15.240 Lebron and Anthony Davis are playing and playing well. The 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:19.159 supporting cast somehow looks a lot better. I don't know 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:22.720 what Andre Drummond's future is. I know Marcus Sol's got 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.640 another year. If I'm Kyle Kou's mom a little nervous, 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:32.000 if I'm Dennis Shrewder a little nervous. Crusoe is a 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.120 free agent? Can you get a point guard in here? Like? 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.400 What do you get? What can you get? What do 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:41.760 you need? And I think that that's something that the 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.120 Lakers are probably going to be starting to work on 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.880 today as they move forward. Yeah, mclub, Do you think 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.840 Lebron has enough juice himself to do it if they 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.640 have the right pieces around him. Oh, he's gotta have 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:55.000 Anthony Davis, Like he didn't have any room last night 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.760 to do the Lebron things. It felt like he had 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.240 a double team on him all night long. Yes, he 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.800 has to at the age, he can't put up the 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.560 numbers he did ten years ago. We know that. But 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.320 he also has to have a he has to have 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.640 a supporting cast. And Anthony Davis is really the key 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.920 ingredient because when he's great, the Lakers are great. Lebron 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:17.960 can be great, that doesn't mean the Lakers are great. 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:22.000 Anthony Davis is the key. And this was a best 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:26.280 defensive team in the NBA, and it just didn't matter 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.320 without Anthony Davis in there. By the way, Father's Day 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.360 Gifts you can shop at dan patrick dot com. Shirts, hats, 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:37.280 we got some special coffee mugs all for sale. You 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.160 can go to dan Patrick dot com. This program is 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.880 brought to you by great folks at Dollar Shave Club. 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.560 How about Father's Day something for Dad? You can go 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:49.000 to a Dollar Shaveclub dot com Slashpatrick. That's Dollar Shaveclub 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.760 dot com slash Patrick. What else do you have? Okay, 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.560 another Kenny win a title? Can Damian Lillard win a 0:07:54.600 --> 0:08:03.600 title in Portland? No? Yeah, And I don't know what 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.000 he wants to do because he's done everything he can do. 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:13.000 If I'm CJ. McCollum. I'm probably nervous here. They got it. 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.080 Somebody has to move, you know, is Carmelo coming back? 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.320 But what do you do? Or you know, can Terry 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.400 Stotts keep his job? Like there's a lot of questions there, 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.840 but you have this unbelievable talent and he was gassed 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.400 last night, I mean after the double overtime game in 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:34.800 the loss, and then you could tell where he was 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:41.160 spent and and and Lillard just turned thirty, so he 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.800 has to be thinking I can't go through this the 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.120 next couple of years, like I want to win a championship. 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.680 I mean, he's tucked away in the Pacific Northwest. You 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:53.360 really have to go out of your way to find 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.200 his games. Normally, what you do is you'll see a 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.520 box score, you'll see highlights. You go, oh my god, 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.839 he did it again. But he's given you what eight 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:07.199 or nine years now, and I can understand the frustration. 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:12.120 You know, he talked about how much more dedicated should 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:16.120 I be? And I think there's some and I haven't 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.560 heard anything, read anything, seen anything where Lillard is going 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.839 to force his way out. I mean, I love when 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:25.440 a player is loyal to a franchise. You just want 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:29.880 the reciprocation there. Can they build a team? Do you 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.360 still have time there to be able to because the 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.280 Lakers are going to reload. The Sons are young except 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:42.920 for Chris Paul. Utah is sneaky great. It just feels 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.319 like and we don't know what the Clippers are going 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.400 to be. Clippers don't know what they're going to be. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.040 Is Dallas going to continue to get better? Like, you 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.560 have your moment, you've got to take advantage of your moment. 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.960 And I don't know what Portland does, but watching Lillard, 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.839 who's one of my favorite players, you can see where 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.880 like the frustration has to set in because you've done 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.200 everything you can possibly do, and here you do, here 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.280 you go, you know, bounce out of the first round. Yeah, Paul, 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.160 he got a Super Max less than a year ago. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.440 He's under contract to Portland through the twenty four twenty 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.880 five season. He'll make about forty four million dollars a 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:23.240 year the next four seasons. Chris Paul turned down an 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.640 option that was going to pay him about forty two 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:29.120 million dollars. Now doesn't mean he's gonna leave Phoenix, but 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.160 probably means that he's gonna try to do a three 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:39.439 year deal I saw for a one hundred million dollars. 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.600 Is Chris Paul going to be the highest paid player 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.440 career wise in NBA history? Yeah, PAULI, that's a good 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:51.400 call by you. Right now, he's at oh Man time 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.160 to play careers salary with those Phoenix Son's Chris Paul. 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.000 Here's your host, Paulie. I gotta stretch out for this one, right. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:04.360 I got Chris Paul at three hundred and four million 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.600 after this season when this because he's an end just 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:10.560 basically now, okay, he's got forty four million if he 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.719 wants it next year, it appears he's gonna bow out 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.240 of that and probably sign a nice three year deal. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.560 Let's say these signs. What do you think he would 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:23.320 get for three years? Three years for a hundred Yeah, yeah, 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.680 he'll we have four hundred five million dollars, four hundred 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.679 million dollars. Guy, I think he'd be the first four 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.440 in a million guy, because KG I think was the 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:34.160 first three hundred million dollars guy. Yeah, him and Kid 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.160 and Shack and a Rod and guys like that are 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.920 at the three hundred plus mark. Yeah, where's Lebron surprisingly 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.400 not as much. Hold on? Oh okay, what else do 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.200 you have? McLevin? By the way, I can drop it 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.160 on you anytime you want. I have the perfect Damian 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:54.040 Lillard trade. Oh okay, do you need a big, big 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:57.640 production here? I okay, I have no idea if the 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.719 dollars make sense, which is tough with NBA trades. Do 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.960 you know have that NBA trade machine on ESPN? How 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.520 about laymen? Hold on? Yeah, I just got something very 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.720 important that was sent to me. Todd has a limerick 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.040 on the Lakers and the Suns, so we should get 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.680 to that before we get to your Damian Lillard possibility. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.400 Are we doing a one and done limerick today? Ton? 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.959 I have a Laker sons and I did a Blazer's nuggets, right, okay, 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:24.920 all right, well let's let's get to the Suns and 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.719 Lakers because it's really important. And here's Todd's Yeah, this 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.480 should make Lakers fans feel better. Yes, this will, by way, 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.400 I'm excited. This is like I don't want to you know, 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.120 you don't want to follow Richard Pryor, but this will 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:38.920 be great day to follow. You do want to follows 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.760 like comedians would be? Hey, can I follow Todd, can 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:47.839 I follow that Fritzie guy wow to here's your here's 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.920 your chance? Your Laker fans are feeling bereft after a 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:55.680 Phoenix Staples Center theft? What's next for Purple and Gold? 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.840 Now a little less bold the champ's early exit stage left? 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:04.120 All righty, thank you, Todd. I appreciate that. I'm sure 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:09.120 the Laker fans feel a whole lot better after hearing that. McLevin. Okay, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:11.439 I don't know if I could top that in terms 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:15.240 of sheer, excitement and sizzled No, you can. Okay, My 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:20.240 Sixers trade Ben Simmons and Tyrese Maxie to Portland for 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:24.000 Damian Lillard. Both sides happy, although the Sixers might not 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.360 give up Maxie, but why not. Potland's gotta start over, 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.440 like you just said, and the money. Simmons gets paid 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.560 a ton and Lillard gets paid a ton. All right. 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:39.160 I'm not gonna say that it's bad or crazy, but 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:43.560 if I'm Portland, do I want Ben Simmons? Yeah, he's 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.240 the week links all of the Yeah. Like you're getting 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:50.760 Ben Simmons, Okay, he's younger. I'm losing one of the 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:54.760 more electric players in the NBA. Somebody that you come 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.600 out to see. So you're gonna go, Hey, we're gonna 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.520 get rid of one of the great shooters in history 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:04.240 and bring in one of the worst shooters in history. Hey, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.320 but he plays a great all around game and he 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:10.760 can play defense. I don't know. He's got some sizzle though. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.560 He's Ben Simmons. Oh, he had sizzle when he went 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.880 out with a Kardashian. That was it. Are they not 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.120 dating anymore? I don't think I know Devin Bookish with 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:24.440 a Kardashian. Yeah, we've all been with a Kardashian. Come on, okay, 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:26.480 bed Sip, I can't believe you're so down on bed 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:30.680 sim It's tyres Maxie people. I'm I'm down on Portland 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.360 giving up Damian Lillard. So CJ. McCollum would be the 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:42.040 shooter then, no, no, no, you're probably right. It's not outlandish, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.920 but I think it's out of the realm of possibilities 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.560 here because if I'm Portland man, I that'd be a 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:56.760 tough sell. Hey, we're bringing in Ben Simmons and Tyrese Maxie. Okay, 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.160 I need to bring in some a little better than that. 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.680 But I don't know what you're gonna get for a 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.760 Lillard because you have to match up some other big 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:06.840 contract that no one's gonna I didn't know he was 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.760 thirty by the way. Yeah, I would want to keep 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.480 him and then try to bring in some pieces there. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.600 How about a Jaylon Brown still to say not quiet? Yeah, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.880 I don't know if you're gonna get him. Oh, I 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.600 think the Celtics might look maybe would do that. No, 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.480 but they have Kemba. Well they're trying to get rid 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.640 of Kemba and they can't. What else do you have? Oh? Okay, 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.640 what would be the weirdest team to come out of 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.520 the West. If you're looking at who's in there, the Jazz, 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:39.640 the Suns, the Nuggets, and if the Mavericks beat the Clippers, 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.000 which is a team that people are they all equally weird, Like, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.240 do you realize one of those teams is going to 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:49.640 be in the NBA Finals? Yep, yep. I would say, Utah, 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.920 they shoot the three, they played good team defense, got 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:58.880 a rim protector Mitchell. I think having Mike Conley, having 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.240 him healthy, making sure that he's healthy. I mean, this 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.320 is going to be a war of attrition if you 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.600 win the title this year, it's going to be that 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:10.480 you were healthier, because can the nets stay healthy? And 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.120 doesn't it feel like the nets in the box feels 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.080 like an NBA Finals and that's the next series coming up. Yeah, 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.360 mcluv I'd be curious. Can you make a case for 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.000 all four of those West teams if the Clippers bout? 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.720 Like do you do you see the Nuggets and the 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.680 MAVs and the Suns having a path as well? I 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.680 don't see the MAVs because that that's just one person 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.920 and you're you're really relying on everybody else. Can can 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.640 you have two other people step up each night? And 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:41.840 plus can Luca continue to be Hey, I'm going to 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.520 get a forty points every single night. I know he's young, 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.440 but that's that's a big ask there. Um, Yeah, I 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:53.479 could see if Chris Paul's healthy. For the Phoenix Suns, Um, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:17:01.160 you know their supporting cast is really good Utah, Yes, Denver, Yeah, 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:05.680 if they if they had, you know, a healthy lineup, 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.280 then you would look at them and you might look 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.080 at them as the favorites here. The Joker had another 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.760 great game last night. I'm sure mclovin was yawning watching 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.480 his highlights. But the Joker had another wonderful night Lags. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.600 I saw him hit an eight foot little hook shot. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.000 He didn't leave his feet, you know. I mean, he's 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:26.320 the opposite of Vince Carter. He averaged thirty three points 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.600 per game in the six games against the Blazers. He 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.399 went for thirty six last night. The Nuggets were actually 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.000 down by seven at halftime. I like to call him 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:38.520 the yoker. You know, I don't call him joker. I 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.560 call him the yoker. And he doesn't really dumped that 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:47.960 much too. Ironically, I'm anti yoker. Yeah, but what's not 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:49.760 have to do with oh yoke to dunk? You know 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.600 the verb yoke yoker? I thought that's where you meant 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:54.960 he yoked on him. Isn't that a word? Do the 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:59.560 kids say that? I don't think so, And I never 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.680 used that word yoke. Yoke got big in the late eighties. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.520 Checking my notes, I just remember people being yoked like 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.800 they were muscular jacked. Yeah. Yeah, I never heard like 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.080 I'm gonna yoke on you. I think yolk is a 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.480 synonym for dunk in certain circles. Yeah, I heard that 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.639 back in the eighties early ninety Yeah, I'll double check that. 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:19.879 I haven't heard it used in at least sixteen years. 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.840 They got yoked on. Yeah, he got yoked on. I 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:27.440 never heard I like the yes, I think I meant 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.320 here we got no I know, go ahead, go ahead. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.600 I was gonna say, that's the way he plays. He's 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:36.399 cholestero all in. That's that's what I thought you were getting. 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:38.400 I was a big wind up. We got a great guest, 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.280 an egg joke. There was like an egg yolk joke 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.600 tip or swinging him though. Wow, he just rung me up. 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:52.240 Ye see you cholestero all in yolk smoked Texas Spicy 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:57.520 drumsticks today, Crispy baked chicken thighs with Buffalo sauce, and 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:02.240 Tragger smoked whole Law. Yeah, you guys are welcome. That 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:06.919 sounds like we went manly after what happened, the tragedy 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.879 that happened last Friday with Tofu with mclovin, Are you 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:15.240 still getting hate mail? I mean it's like I'm like 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:17.439 one of the bad guys in America. Last week, the 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:21.119 tweets and the note tweet got it was so funny. 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.560 Mclovin goes, I'm getting all these emails and tweets and 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.120 they're so mean, And like I said, what'd you say? 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Yo used to be strong, 0:21:53.000 --> 0:22:01.240 diesel um, having a great pussy, physically imposing. Did you 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:04.720 ever hear it used for a dunk like he got 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:08.960 yoked one? I did, like when I was really young. 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:14.640 That's when like, yeah, I was like seventies early terminology. 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:17.879 But you know what else is funny to hear in 0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:20.439 modern day slang? And I love Rashi Wallace. That's my 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:23.080 brother won a championship with the Pistons. By the way, 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.360 my guy. But it's funny to me when I hear 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:29.000 people believe that he created ball. Don't lie Like people 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:33.200 weren't saying that in the early seventies. I never heard 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.080 the expression, you know, getting yoked done. I just thought 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:38.560 it meant that you had like you were muscle bound. 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:42.760 Any time somebody gets dunked on as an expression for it, 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:45.879 that's been used at least once, you know, especially some 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:49.679 bad puns. Also, I'm sure, what's the worst dunk that 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:53.359 you ever got posturized on? I've never been dunked on 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:58.160 because I didn't play defense, and I understood the geometry 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:00.320 of the floor, and I was a student of game 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.679 and played attention to the players launch points and stuff 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:06.320 like that. You know, it's just a right hand player 0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:08.400 jumping off his left leg. Can he go off two feet? 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:11.000 Can he go out? Like you gotta calculate all of 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:12.960 that stuff. Well, you gotta whack that arm or whack 0:23:13.040 --> 0:23:15.800 that shoulder. You know, there's a lot of footage of 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:19.239 me getting scored on them, but the ain't no footage 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:21.080