Speaker 1: So the schedule just came out.
Speaker 2: Like I said, that was the day that Lebron James
Speaker 2: decided he was going to announce this contract and just randomly.
Speaker 1: And we talked about this last week.
Speaker 2: And because of the nine to one fiasco last year
Speaker 2: where I incorrectly forecasted what the Warriors would do, I
Speaker 2: was asked by Warriors Reddit and Warriors Twitter whether I
Speaker 2: would do that prediction again.
Speaker 1: So I did. So I was looking through the schedule.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna go ten, and oh, I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna go nine to one.
Speaker 2: Ten and oh, they played Miami, they played Denver, they
Speaker 2: played Phoenix, and of course they play Sacramento, which will
Speaker 2: probably be their toughest test.
Speaker 1: I know they've a lot of hype Sacramento, so I
Speaker 1: think that's the case.
Speaker 2: But then a lot of people are like, Okay, well,
Speaker 2: they lost Gary Payton the second, they lost Otto Porter,
Speaker 2: a huge role player there. They lost Bilicha to overseas.
Speaker 2: They are still getting Wiseman back into the fold. They
Speaker 2: still need more consistency for Kaminga. It doesn't seem like
Speaker 2: Kamingo really has his head on straight. But then it's
Speaker 2: moves like this that make me confident in the Warriors
Speaker 2: moving forward to their commitment to continue to find uncut
Speaker 2: jobs and turn them into certified dudes. Every year the
Speaker 2: warrior's fine value in the draft, and every year we
Speaker 2: dummies are shocked when they do so. The person that's
Speaker 2: going to shock us, my prediction is Patrick Baldwin Jor
Speaker 2: this year.
Speaker 1: If you don't know.
Speaker 2: His story, he's fascinating. At one point, Patrick Baldwin Junior
Speaker 2: was a lock for the lottery. He was supposed to
Speaker 2: be that guy. He had offers from every d one
Speaker 2: school under the sun. Everyone was salivating over him. He
Speaker 2: decides to turn down Duke and instead choose to play
Speaker 2: for his dad at UW Milwaukee to rebuild their program.
Speaker 2: He's a sixth I mean, stupid, very noble, but stupid,
Speaker 2: but in this case might actually work out, work out
Speaker 2: in the long term.
Speaker 1: For him, six', nine two thirty. Forward he HAS nba.
Speaker 2: Moves at seventeen years, old he had a train wreck
Speaker 2: OF i, mean he went TO Uw milwaukee and he
Speaker 2: was trying to rebuild this team for his father to
Speaker 2: keep his. Job so you knew it was going to
Speaker 2: be a, mess but it was even more of a.
Speaker 2: Mess he sprained his, ankle never really recovered from. That
Speaker 2: he GOT COVID covid and he performed below, expectations never
Speaker 2: really came back with any real. Force then he was
Speaker 2: sent into free fall and the pre draft process looked
Speaker 2: horrible and he sunk all the way to the bottom
Speaker 2: of the first round At Summer.
Speaker 1: LEAGUE i, said, oh it's. CRAZY i was.
Speaker 2: Talking TO i want to, say somebody from The warriors.
Speaker 2: ORGANIZATION i was, like, oh, Yeah Patrick Balwin, junior one
Speaker 2: hell of a. Pickup kind of sad that he didn't
Speaker 2: go to duke or one of THESE d one. PROGRAMS
Speaker 2: i think we could have seen, it how good he could.
Speaker 2: Be and they, go not sad for. Us he probably
Speaker 2: wouldn't have been there for us if he would have
Speaker 2: gone a, Duke so right into the soft hands Of
Speaker 2: Steve kerr and The Golden State. Warriors Patrick balwin goes
Speaker 2: INSERT dj collin another. One, yeah as it, Is i'm
Speaker 2: gonna call HIM pb AND. J that's what he's gonna
Speaker 2: be known. As just wait for The, welches grape, Juice
Speaker 2: WELCH'S pbj uncrustable.
Speaker 1: Ad but what we know is That Golden state is
Speaker 1: one of the few.
Speaker 2: Franchises who has them to invest in a player that
Speaker 2: they believe that they can contribute even though it's not right.
Speaker 1: Away like listen the best example of.
Speaker 2: That people are gonna hate me for, this but Like
Speaker 2: James wiseman played three games For, Memphis like we know
Speaker 2: he wasn't. Ready he was literally seven feet tall in high,
Speaker 2: school just dominating dudes based on his athleticism and his.
Speaker 1: Size he doesn't want to.
Speaker 2: Play, basketball this, guy he's going to The warrior, system
Speaker 2: one of the most complex offenses in defensive coverage type.
Speaker 2: Systems we knew he was gonna be a deer in.
Speaker 2: Headlights they knew IF i can see, it these smarties
Speaker 2: can see it.
Speaker 1: Too and they were, like we don't. Care his upside's too.
Speaker 2: Good we have to just take him at number two,
Speaker 2: overall even though he's played a total of three games
Speaker 2: For Penny hardaway and they're, like, yeah, project that's fine with.
Speaker 2: Us So Patrick Baldwin junior is even much less of
Speaker 2: a project Than James. Wiseman so how the hell does
Speaker 2: a team that wins a championship still manage to get
Speaker 2: a lottery quality.
Speaker 1: Pick that's What Golden state, does.
Speaker 2: And they rarely Miss they apparently Love Patrick Baldwin, junior
Speaker 2: and from what he's already learning about The Golden State,
Speaker 2: way he might actually end up being The steel of the.
Speaker 1: Draft that is my.
Speaker 2: Prediction people are going to be talking about, him not this,
Speaker 2: year this, season maybe the following season as a breakout
Speaker 2: player of the. Year there was a recent article from
Speaker 2: AN Nbc Bay area writer Where Dalton johnson goes in
Speaker 2: deep dive into What baldwin has already learned From Golden
Speaker 2: state in his short time. There first of, all The
Speaker 2: warriors in the pre draft meeting were floored by how
Speaker 2: much Film Patrick Baldwin junior. Watches and if you're a casual,
Speaker 2: fan what you may or may not know is college
Speaker 2: players they don't watch.
Speaker 1: Film they don't watch any.
Speaker 2: Film they don't that's not even what they really do
Speaker 2: in terms of their responsibilities as a player for A
Speaker 2: d one. Team just doesn't really. Happen so he says, This,
Speaker 2: baldwin as you, know.
Speaker 1: The game has changed a.
Speaker 2: Lot SO i like to Watch Kevin, DURANT i like
Speaker 2: to Watch Chris, MIDDLETON i like to Watch Jason, tatum
Speaker 2: But i'm also Watching Otto, Porter Michael Porter. Junior guys
Speaker 2: THAT i think have roles THAT i could fill, someday
Speaker 2: and it's just important for me to be multifaceted and
Speaker 2: learned from. Everyone you can just almost Feel Steve kerr
Speaker 2: going from six to twelve on this, quote right like
Speaker 2: you're just, LIKE i love this guy willingness to just
Speaker 2: be a role, player two way, guy be able to
Speaker 2: just like get dirty and, gritty like these are The
Speaker 2: Golden state players that they. Find the fact they Found Auto,
Speaker 2: porter who by the, way was a max player who
Speaker 2: took a veteran minimum to play for a championship team
Speaker 2: and then head back To.
Speaker 1: Toronto this is what they.
Speaker 2: Do they find guys that fit the, system fit the,
Speaker 2: mentality fit the body, type and then they just. Win
Speaker 2: they just plug them and play them In Like Otto,
Speaker 2: porter who was A Swiss army knife helped them win this.
Speaker 2: Chip that is the guy that Probably baldwin is going
Speaker 2: to be. Replacing DID i also mention he's nineteen years
Speaker 2: old only might not even be done.
Speaker 1: Growing he's already almost six' ten seven to. Two wingspan and.
Speaker 2: Although his shot is people are shady about, a shot but.
Speaker 1: People are Shady About jordan poole, shot too AND his
Speaker 1: kd like release point might, be.
Speaker 2: Unguardable unblockable so if anyone could fix, his shot who
Speaker 2: you think?
Speaker 1: It Is?
Speaker 2: Steph curry maybe people who's Trained With Steph, golden state
Speaker 2: you don't think they could like.
Speaker 1: Solve, that.
Speaker 2: Remember Just Like Baldwin, looney pool both late first round
Speaker 2: picks also. Considered projects now they are, elite starters cornerstones
Speaker 2: Of the warriors Future and baldwin's own. World onwards this
Speaker 2: is how little concern they Were with baldwin's subpar twenty
Speaker 2: seven percent three pointing shooting PERCENTAGE At.
Speaker 1: Uw milwaukee he.
Speaker 2: Was, like yeah they're just trying to tap back into
Speaker 2: that movement SHOOTING that i wasn't required to Do. At
Speaker 2: milwaukee you talk about zero point five, decision making getting
Speaker 2: off the, ball quick making a, quick decision Whether.
Speaker 1: That's, steph curry whether. That's me you just have to make.
Speaker 2: Quick decisions just knowing who to, look locate how to set,
Speaker 2: good screens just being a complete offensive. Team player this,
Speaker 2: kid's smart he's ready. To Go, good lord we.
Speaker 1: Want to Talk About. Golden, state ooh you're.
Speaker 2: So lucky you steal Players Like, andrew wiggins but they
Speaker 2: just keep finding these little, uncut jobs these little needles in,
Speaker 2: the haystacks and and like.
Speaker 1: At a, certain point you're, Not lucky you're.
Speaker 2: Just good That's Why joe lacub's annoying ass keeps saying
Speaker 2: that they're light years ahead of. Everyone else IT'S like
Speaker 2: i can't really shade him because they just continue to
Speaker 2: do the same thing over and, over again and other
Speaker 2: teams continue to pass on guys that they have no ability.
Speaker 1: To develop that is.
Speaker 2: A Skill jerry, west said finding value in the late
Speaker 2: first round is what separates good teams from. Great teams
Speaker 2: so Let's Let Patrick baldwin junior some out how his
Speaker 2: rookie year.
Speaker 1: Might go. He SAID once i figure out the.
Speaker 2: Speed of, the game the pace of, the game, defensive concepts,
Speaker 2: OFFENSIVE concepts i think That's when i'm gonna start.
Speaker 1: To take off.
Speaker 2: THE quicker i can study in the film room and
Speaker 2: learn from some of the Great players i'm gonna be.
Speaker 1: PLAYING with i think The better i'm gonna be off in.
Speaker 2: The future that's why you gotta put money, on them
Speaker 2: because at least if, they win.
Speaker 1: You get richer as.
Speaker 2: A result always playing chess while the rest of the
Speaker 2: league is, playing checkers