Speaker 1: Me personally. I would love him to do it at
Speaker 1: a home game, uh, which probably gonna happen if it
Speaker 1: happened in front of you. Honest, I think that'd be
Speaker 1: great because that's not gonna do anything but motivated your
Speaker 1: honest and go out there and give who have a
Speaker 1: guarding him sixty and I think, welcome to what's burning.
Speaker 1: I'm here with Matt Barnes Stephen Jackson, and I'd like
Speaker 1: to announce this is the only time in my life
Speaker 1: that I'm taller than Stacks, So congratulations to me. I
Speaker 1: like this whole arrangement. Stephen. You just do to stay
Speaker 1: where you are work. We're all good guys. I want
Speaker 1: to cat right into it by dr and Blazers, since
Speaker 1: they've had an interesting week already. On Sunday they totally
Speaker 1: fell apart against the Lakers. They coughed up that twenty
Speaker 1: five point halftime lead. Then they beat the Spurs on Monday,
Speaker 1: but there's still a bottom four team in the West,
Speaker 1: and Dame has been asked whether the Blazers need to
Speaker 1: make a move with the deadline. I do want to
Speaker 1: note when he was in the presser for this, he
Speaker 1: answered politely twice he did answer the question. He basically said, hey,
Speaker 1: I'm in for whatever we have to do to get better.
Speaker 1: But the reporters did keep pressing him on whether they
Speaker 1: had to make a deal, and he got frustrated and
Speaker 1: he said this, take a listen. It's tough. You know.
Speaker 1: I don't know how else to describe it. It's definitely
Speaker 1: not how I saw things happening. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think the bright side of it is it seems like
Speaker 1: if you win three games in the row, you in
Speaker 1: the mix with everybody, you know. So, Um, the way
Speaker 1: I'm looking at it is it's a lot of teams
Speaker 1: that didn't see the season going this way. The problems,
Speaker 1: you know, the struggles that we've had are obvious. But
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think it's I don't think it's
Speaker 1: fair for y'all to be asking me these questions right now.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like, I don't. I think
Speaker 1: that's kind of a weak move. Um. You know, it's
Speaker 1: our team is struggling, you know, and I've been transparent
Speaker 1: about our struggles and stuff that we could do better.
Speaker 1: But y'all put y'all put us, y'all putting me in
Speaker 1: a position to to you know answer questions that I
Speaker 1: don't think it's cool, man, because I certainly get why
Speaker 1: Dames said that. I mean, he can't really say we
Speaker 1: gotta trade my teammates and then play with them the
Speaker 1: next day. But there is also the flip side that
Speaker 1: if the star doesn't publicly pressure the front office, sometimes
Speaker 1: nothing really happens. Matt. It's kind of like a damned
Speaker 1: if you do dam if you don't position. I mean,
Speaker 1: how should a player like Dame be answering that question
Speaker 1: right now? Will we know? Dame has stood on his
Speaker 1: loyalty from the beginning, through the good through the bad,
Speaker 1: and he's not someone who's gonna publicly do anything that's
Speaker 1: not necessarily the way Dame litar moves. Obviously, for the
Speaker 1: last three or four years, everyone's been saying, like, you know,
Speaker 1: Dame is getting older. I mean he's currently thirty two.
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily see any light at the end of
Speaker 1: the tunnel with this roster and this team, unfortunately, because
Speaker 1: you know, we all here love our brother Chauncey Billups
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know he was kind of dealt
Speaker 1: a tough hand. So um, I get the frustration to
Speaker 1: you know, if you if you're asked a question and
Speaker 1: you deliver the proper answer twice and they continue to ask.
Speaker 1: I mean, I would probably start accustom at the reporter.
Speaker 1: So you know, obviously Dame took took the high road,
Speaker 1: a little higher road than I would have took. But
Speaker 1: you know, this guy wants to win and and it
Speaker 1: sometimes you know, I kind of feel like his loyalty
Speaker 1: is gonna end up hurting him from a standpoint of
Speaker 1: I think he's really gonna ride the ship to the
Speaker 1: ship sinks, which is unfortunately because I feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: Dame getting an opportunity to play in the finals, I
Speaker 1: think is what the world wants to see. I mean, Stack,
Speaker 1: do you think that at some point that's right, He's
Speaker 1: just gotta say he hey, make it better. I'm getting out.
Speaker 1: I mean, well, at this point, you know, you gotta
Speaker 1: stick with your guns. He's been lawyers to this point.
Speaker 1: You gotta stick with your guns. Uh. This team is
Speaker 1: has definitely taken care of you, giving you all the
Speaker 1: money that you possibly can uh make and deserve. Um,
Speaker 1: he's just in a tough spot. Him in a tough spot.
Speaker 1: I feel Dames stop asking me the same damn question
Speaker 1: over and over and over. You know, I want to win,
Speaker 1: but I'm not. I only get control so much of
Speaker 1: y'all know that, but y'all looking for clickbait. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna give it to y'all. Know what y'are doing. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna continue to do my job, continue to stand behind
Speaker 1: this organization because they have taken care of me. But
Speaker 1: they know we need to get better, just like I
Speaker 1: know and Coach Chaunson know we need to get better.
Speaker 1: So there, It's been the same think for years, Rachel,
Speaker 1: they need to make a big move. They just happened. Stack.
Speaker 1: We see some of that frustration on the court too
Speaker 1: with Dame. I mean, we got to talk about what
Speaker 1: happened with Pat ev at the end of that Laker game.
Speaker 1: You know how bad was like, mocking the whole Dame
Speaker 1: time celebration, putting the watch in his pocket. Afterward, Dame
Speaker 1: called Pat come and he said he was flipped from
Speaker 1: above the rim. I mean, what do you think of
Speaker 1: all that? I loved it. I loved it. I loved it.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know what Pat Beverley good at. He's
Speaker 1: good at trying to funk the game up, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, He's not that talented. So that's what
Speaker 1: some guys do. I mean, he's a great defender, and uh,
Speaker 1: he compete some defense, but he doesn't really stop anybody.
Speaker 1: I've been the defender for a long time and the
Speaker 1: NBA Rachel and you don't really stop none of these
Speaker 1: guys day that good. You just gotta try to make
Speaker 1: it difficult. And Pat Beverley is good at that some nights.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I'm with Dame.
Speaker 1: I'm not really paying attention to Pat Beverley. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: he called him flipped from a bottoroom, which I thought
Speaker 1: was hilarious, and uh, you know, it's good to see
Speaker 1: the competition like that, but you know past Pats a competitor,
Speaker 1: but we all know Dame's the better player, didn't didn't
Speaker 1: they on the Freethrow Line? Tell panel you know I
Speaker 1: love that. I mean remember like like it came back
Speaker 1: to Hot Russell Westbrook when they got into it like
Speaker 1: mid season and a couple of years ago, and then
Speaker 1: Dame hit that crazy shot and he waved bye bye
Speaker 1: to him. Is it going to come back in hot
Speaker 1: Pat Bev? I mean, we'll see, we'll see if anyone
Speaker 1: had anything to haunt for right. I mean that's the question, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, you're either of these teams going to be
Speaker 1: in it. We know the Lakers are trying to make moves.
Speaker 1: We're talking about the Blazers. The Lakers did make a trade.
Speaker 1: They sent the Wizards three second round picks and Kendrick
Speaker 1: Nunn for Grui Hachimura. And I mean he's a decent player, right,
Speaker 1: He's a decent scorer, career thirty six shooter from three
Speaker 1: medium defender, not gonna defend the lights out. I mean, Matt,
Speaker 1: does this actually get the Lakers closer to securing a
Speaker 1: playoff spot? Or when we talked about, oh, we'll see
Speaker 1: if they have any thing to do, I mean, are
Speaker 1: they gonna even get there? Uh not? In my opinion. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously, you know Rudy is a very solid
Speaker 1: young player. I think he's that about about thirteen points
Speaker 1: a game. But I don't I think the Lakers wanted more.
Speaker 1: I think the Lakers possibly wanted cuz you know, Kuzma
Speaker 1: wants to get up out of there. I think the
Speaker 1: Lakers probably wanted, but I think the asking price was
Speaker 1: probably too high, so I think they settled for Rudy
Speaker 1: with all due respect, but you know, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: I don't think Rudy is gonna move that needle um
Speaker 1: and get them the extra games they need to to
Speaker 1: to leave frog some of these teams. But that's not
Speaker 1: to say with Anthony Davis coming back and you just
Speaker 1: you know, this whole unit healthy, that they're not gonna
Speaker 1: be able to do that. But I think Rudy, as
Speaker 1: you know, uh, he could be a small piece to
Speaker 1: obviously a D coming back in this team getting better.
Speaker 1: Though well I don't know if stack you want them
Speaker 1: to do more. Do you think that with a D
Speaker 1: coming back they're good? Well, I mean, the only move
Speaker 1: that could make they couldn't make sense with Rachel was
Speaker 1: who was the Kyle Carver of the league right now?
Speaker 1: They need a Kyle Corver type guy that can knock
Speaker 1: down shots, and nobody didn't know who that guy is?
Speaker 1: Is it is? It? Is it one in the league
Speaker 1: right now? Who knows? I think that was. I think
Speaker 1: he's the GM right now over in Atlanta. Jack there,
Speaker 1: I know what you're saying, what, Yeah, it ain't it
Speaker 1: ain't no more like him in the league at all,
Speaker 1: And and that's what they definitely need. Mat and I
Speaker 1: just feel like anything else don't make sense, right, They
Speaker 1: just need to get the guys. They got healthy build
Speaker 1: around that team. They got a great coach, you know
Speaker 1: that They've they've shown a lot of signs of being
Speaker 1: that team that can dominate, but they need that one
Speaker 1: shooter and any other move they made just didn't make
Speaker 1: sense to me. Yeah, I mean, Ruey had Tomore is
Speaker 1: not a spacer, right, I mean it's shooting thirty four
Speaker 1: or thirty six percent from three at a great shot
Speaker 1: from three season last year, but he hasn't been repeating that.
Speaker 1: He's not getting you that stack. You're completely right, all right, guys.
Speaker 1: If we want to switch gears and talk about teams
Speaker 1: that are winning, I don't know, let's do that for
Speaker 1: a change. UM sixers red hot out East. They've won
Speaker 1: five in a row, sixteen and fourteen in the last
Speaker 1: twenty and it's interesting. And Beat is tied for the
Speaker 1: school wrongly, he's playing incredible, but Philly doesn't blow you
Speaker 1: away statistically. I mean, they're not top five in the
Speaker 1: major categories. Stack, what do you think is the reason
Speaker 1: they're playing so well? Well? They always have spurts, you know,
Speaker 1: especially when this team is right and high, and everybody
Speaker 1: is healthy. They have these spurs, Rachels. But when somebody
Speaker 1: goes down, when somebody's in the phone, when somebody not
Speaker 1: happy with the coach, that's one of the things always
Speaker 1: go wrong with this team. Everybody has been expecting this
Speaker 1: team to be at the top of the East, to
Speaker 1: be one of the best teams in the league, for
Speaker 1: James and and B to be just this just this
Speaker 1: start studded duo, and that's what we've been waiting on.
Speaker 1: But they show signs. But do they do? They have
Speaker 1: this duo, this batman, the Robbert type attitude and the playoffs, Rachel,
Speaker 1: to be the Eastern Conference champions, to make it to
Speaker 1: the finals. That's what we want to see. All this
Speaker 1: other stuff doesn't matter with them because that's expected. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think on paper, you know, everyone thought
Speaker 1: this was at least the top three team in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference coming into the season. They started off slow. Uh,
Speaker 1: they're started just to play better basketball. And you're right, Rachel,
Speaker 1: they don't blow you away with anything in particular. You know,
Speaker 1: James is not the guy he used to be, but
Speaker 1: at the same time, he's still a twenty and ten
Speaker 1: guy Tyrese Maxie is at nearly twenty one points a
Speaker 1: game and Beat is what at thirty three points a game? Um,
Speaker 1: I think this is you know, this is on Doc
Speaker 1: river I think Doc Rivers is coaching for his job
Speaker 1: right now. I think this team is underachieved the last
Speaker 1: handful of years, and um, you know something is going
Speaker 1: to have to change if they don't get over the hump.
Speaker 1: So is it, you know, do you trade James or
Speaker 1: or do you get rid of the coach? You know?
Speaker 1: And Beat is going to be the constant that will
Speaker 1: always be there in Philly. So I just think they're
Speaker 1: playing better basketball right now. They got a very talented
Speaker 1: roster on paper, and they've been able to you know,
Speaker 1: translate that to wins on the court. Has what is
Speaker 1: what they've done lately. So I mean, when when you
Speaker 1: look at it all though James is not the James
Speaker 1: he used to be, He's still a very solid, solid
Speaker 1: NBA point guard. And Beat is one of the best
Speaker 1: big man, if not the best big man in the game.
Speaker 1: So they're gonna have a chance. But like Jack said,
Speaker 1: they're go in spurts. You know, they're gonna need to
Speaker 1: be more consistent, particularly on the defensive event, and we'll
Speaker 1: see what happens. You know, I'm looking for to seeing
Speaker 1: a healthy Brooklyn with Kevin Durant coming back, a healthy Philly,
Speaker 1: and then Boston and in Milwaukee, and obviously Milwaukee getting
Speaker 1: healthy too with Middleton, and really see who the best
Speaker 1: team in the Eastern Conferences right now? I think it's Boston,
Speaker 1: but any of those four teams I mentioned have the
Speaker 1: talent to represent the Eastern Conference? All right, So what's
Speaker 1: over the hump for you? You say they got to
Speaker 1: get over the hump? Does that mean they gotta get
Speaker 1: to the Eastern Conference Final? Yeah? I think they have
Speaker 1: to make a serious run this year. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: a first or second round exit for the for the
Speaker 1: roster they have, for the names and the money they're
Speaker 1: paying these players, isn't going to be acceptable. You know.
Speaker 1: Like Jack said a second ago, like we've we've all
Speaker 1: been waiting, and I'm sure their fan base and their
Speaker 1: organization has been waiting too. So I think, you know,
Speaker 1: this has to be one of those real runs, uh,
Speaker 1: at least to the Eastern Conference finals, or I think
Speaker 1: they're going to be some shakeups over there. See, I
Speaker 1: don't know if you're talking about that. If you look
Speaker 1: at their perimeter defense, Like, to me, they're playing lights
Speaker 1: out in so many ways. I watched them when they
Speaker 1: played here in l A the other night. I mean
Speaker 1: the impressive I mean, Joel Ebid is just he is
Speaker 1: really having a season. It's really only because Nikolaoka is
Speaker 1: doing all the crazy magic ship that he does that
Speaker 1: Joel is still kind of he still can't be the
Speaker 1: best center in the league with what's going on in Denver,
Speaker 1: but I mean he is just lights out. How Webver
Speaker 1: you got to defend in the playoffs, right, and you
Speaker 1: look at the perimeter defense that this team has. They've
Speaker 1: moved Maxie to the bench, they played without a little
Speaker 1: bit because he's not a stronger defender. But still, even
Speaker 1: if you start melting there next to James, you're looking
Speaker 1: the playoff matchups with what Boston, You've got Smart and
Speaker 1: Brown trying to score on you. You've got Cleveland, You've
Speaker 1: got Carland and Mitchell scoring and trying to score on
Speaker 1: those guys, Trey Young and Dijon Day Kyrie. I mean,
Speaker 1: how do you feel if any of those backcourts are
Speaker 1: coming at hardened, melting or Harden and Maxi or whatever
Speaker 1: they got right now, that's always that, that's always the
Speaker 1: knock against them with especially with Hard. You know, he
Speaker 1: don't take those challenges and no big games. You remember
Speaker 1: the whole thing with Kyrie and Hard and uh In
Speaker 1: uh In Brooklyn Carby went at him and challenged him
Speaker 1: and and and he backed down from Kyrie when he
Speaker 1: when they when it's time to take those challenges and
Speaker 1: when they played when when James Harden got to Philly
Speaker 1: for the first time, Kyle took the challenge and really
Speaker 1: put it to him in so I think, you know,
Speaker 1: a lot of people know James don't take the challenge
Speaker 1: like he should on defense, and people have been exploiting
Speaker 1: that a lot lately. And the only way they're gonna
Speaker 1: get out that rut rachel is if they start playing
Speaker 1: then taking pride all five guys, not just four out
Speaker 1: of five. And I think too uh, you know, it's
Speaker 1: not so much. I mean, I mean, I think the
Speaker 1: lockdown defenders in this league you can probably count on
Speaker 1: one hand. So it's not necessarily that one guy that's
Speaker 1: gonna take the challenge. It's just team defense. Uh, it's communication,
Speaker 1: it's the second and third effort. It's being on the string,
Speaker 1: it's being on help side, it's doing all the little
Speaker 1: things to make you a good team defense, because again
Speaker 1: there's not very many individual lockdown defenders in today's basketball.
Speaker 1: All right, well that comes back to Doc then again,
Speaker 1: so I guess Doc Rivers Matt Barnes has you on
Speaker 1: the hot seat. So we'll have to check and goes.
Speaker 1: We gotta talk top shots, So legendary moments. This season,
Speaker 1: NBA Top Shot has partnered with the Players Association Guys
Speaker 1: to identify the fifty players that have defined the season
Speaker 1: and the moments that define their greatness. So the first
Speaker 1: wave of ten players was selected based on their performance
Speaker 1: up until now. Here's the list. Anthony Davis, Devon Booker,
Speaker 1: John Morant, Stop me if you've heard of good any
Speaker 1: of these guys before, Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, Katie and
Speaker 1: the Luca s g A Steph. So once the list
Speaker 1: is said, the fans will get to vote on which
Speaker 1: moments most defined the season. But do you already have one, Matt,
Speaker 1: which moment would you like to see as one of
Speaker 1: them to that moment? I mean, obviously a great list
Speaker 1: of of who's who in this league. But I think
Speaker 1: that the show's stopper in the league this day these
Speaker 1: days is John Morant, And I think he had a
Speaker 1: dunk about a week or two ago on someone from
Speaker 1: the Pacers that was ship made, made the players mom cry.
Speaker 1: Probably he dunked that thing so hard. So you know,
Speaker 1: we're picking the top shot moment. I would definitely pick
Speaker 1: a job, but there's a lot of the great candidates
Speaker 1: on that list. Yeah, I said that was the best
Speaker 1: dunk of the year, and I gotta argue with that.
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon's dunk a couple of weeks earlier was better.
Speaker 1: That was tough too, but the job. But I mean
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon is only nearly you know, six and eleven
Speaker 1: jaws a point guard going down the middle of the
Speaker 1: paint and dunking on centers and power forward. So but
Speaker 1: although you know a g s dunk was special, m
Speaker 1: uh Jazz always gonna be the leader of highlights because
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's the only high flyer really right now,
Speaker 1: especially this side, making those plays and doing them on
Speaker 1: a consistent basis. Um, you know, how can you go
Speaker 1: against that? I Mean, I don't really see nobody making
Speaker 1: plays like that. As frequent as he is, and if
Speaker 1: if I had to make my bed, I'll go with
Speaker 1: jow too. Rage dude, the freeze frame. I know, the
Speaker 1: highlights are always you know, the highlights are amazing, especially
Speaker 1: a big dunk, But I feel like the actual posters,
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't put up actual posters anymore, but
Speaker 1: if you look at that jaw dunk and you do
Speaker 1: the freeze frame, his body on the cock back is
Speaker 1: like it's like it's like this. I mean I even
Speaker 1: know he could bend backward that much. All right, No,
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a he's a freak of nature.
Speaker 1: You know, he's some special in his athleticism along with
Speaker 1: his skill set makes him, you know, such a unique
Speaker 1: player to to to be able to, you know, work
Speaker 1: on the holes in this game where people said he
Speaker 1: couldn't shoot, Now he's got the shot down. There's nothing
Speaker 1: this guy really can't do. And you know, he's leading
Speaker 1: one of the best young teams in the NBA right now. So,
Speaker 1: as Jack said, you can never go wrong with John.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, Matt Stack, you guys have made your pick.
Speaker 1: The players associations done their part, so now it's up
Speaker 1: to the fans. They got to decide your moment of
Speaker 1: the year. You all can go to NBA top shot
Speaker 1: dot com top Shot fifty vote for your favorite moment,
Speaker 1: and you can also enterf for a chance to win
Speaker 1: one of a hundred jerseys from this wave of inductees.
Speaker 1: So that's worth it right there. DraftKings also taking a
Speaker 1: look at what's going on right now in the league.
Speaker 1: They're looking Lebron going forward because as of Tuesday morning, gentlemen,
Speaker 1: Lebron two points away from passion kareem scoring mark. We're
Speaker 1: getting close. The you know, when you do out the averages,
Speaker 1: they say, maybe at a home game against Oklahoma City
Speaker 1: at the beginning of February, maybe a home game against Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: How great would it be if he did it in
Speaker 1: front of the honest right, that would be pretty good.
Speaker 1: Um d K also has the odds of how he's
Speaker 1: going to break it, best odds with just a two
Speaker 1: point field goal against the Bucks on February nine, because
Speaker 1: you know, two point field goal, that's the most likely shot.
Speaker 1: Stack do you think that is in fact how he's
Speaker 1: going to break it? And then I also got to
Speaker 1: ask you, ideally, if you could just do it like
Speaker 1: on a video game. How would you like him to
Speaker 1: break it? Um? Me, personally, I would love him to
Speaker 1: do it at a home game, uh, which probably won't
Speaker 1: happen if it happened in front of you, honest, I
Speaker 1: think that'd be great because that's not gonna do anything
Speaker 1: but motivated your honest and go out there and give
Speaker 1: whoever guarding him sixty And I think I think that
Speaker 1: had happened that way. But for me, Um, I think
Speaker 1: it would have been awesome if they played um Boston
Speaker 1: or somebody like that Ottawarrior, somebody like that in l
Speaker 1: A and he was at it got filed and he
Speaker 1: had to make two free throws to to take the lead,
Speaker 1: where everything had passed, everything had passed for a minute,
Speaker 1: where everybody can really give him miss Flowers. Uh. I
Speaker 1: like that set up, you know. I'm I'm someone who
Speaker 1: who firmly believes that, you know, everything is strategically done
Speaker 1: with Lebron and he's writing his storybook ending this way
Speaker 1: same way Jordan did, the same way Kobe did. So
Speaker 1: I'm always thinking that obviously he has more years, but
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a huge step obviously in his career.
Speaker 1: So I'm thinking along the lines of a big game
Speaker 1: against Milwaukee at home, UM, ideally or possibly in Golden State.
Speaker 1: I mean, although the Lakers in Golden State. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Lakers in Golden State haven't had that, I wouldad but
Speaker 1: Cleveland in Golden State have. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of rival between the players,
Speaker 1: um in that game. But I would love to see
Speaker 1: a breakaway signature Lebron early dunk, like one of his
Speaker 1: got back to this or or or his reverse or
Speaker 1: just something that is really a signature moment or a
Speaker 1: signature type move to break the record. Um. But you know,
Speaker 1: it really just hats off to Lebron to think that
Speaker 1: this guy is gonna finish most likely top five and
Speaker 1: assist and the number one score of all time. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's hard to keep him from that that throne of
Speaker 1: you know who debates of who is number one. So,
Speaker 1: you know, just a tremendous career. It's obviously not over yet,
Speaker 1: and I think we're all looking forward to seeing in
Speaker 1: what fashion does he break this record. Yeah. I want
Speaker 1: to dunk too, just because if that was kind of
Speaker 1: how he came into the league, right, and he's shown
Speaker 1: this year he can do it. Right, it's not like
Speaker 1: he's passed it, like he's been putting some crazy stuff down.
Speaker 1: But I also, I don't know we're focusing so much
Speaker 1: on how is he gonna break a record? What day
Speaker 1: is he going to break the record. He's not done, Matt,
Speaker 1: Like you said, I mean, he's still gonna put a
Speaker 1: lot of years of padding and scoring on top of this.
Speaker 1: He said he still wants to play until his sons
Speaker 1: in the league. Like, I just think that we're talking
Speaker 1: about Luca already being on track to break what Lebron
Speaker 1: is doing. If you look at Luca's first three seasons,
Speaker 1: I think Lebron here's all that stuff. He knows everything
Speaker 1: that's going on the league. He wants to add some
Speaker 1: numbers to that. So it'll be a big deal next
Speaker 1: month when he breaks it. But then I think it's
Speaker 1: still gonna be a while until we see what his
Speaker 1: total is because he wants to add to that number too. Agreed.
Speaker 1: Y'all watch football this weekend? Right, Yes we did? You
Speaker 1: were there, right, Matt, weren't you in that Caboys Niners game?
Speaker 1: I was at the game. I don't know who they played,
Speaker 1: but they I was definitely at the game. You don't
Speaker 1: know who, you don't know who they played. Wow, Stephen,
Speaker 1: you know I'm talking like that. I'm I'm gonna let
Speaker 1: him make race because I know, I know it was
Speaker 1: a type of game and they thought it was going
Speaker 1: be Um. I know a couple of things. One with me,
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott is a good quarterback, but he's not a
Speaker 1: championship quarterback. Um Digs is a great, great defensive back,
Speaker 1: but he's not willing to put his body on the
Speaker 1: line and when the in the big moments, and he
Speaker 1: also dropped the big interception and to be considered one
Speaker 1: of the greats, you gotta make those plays. But all
Speaker 1: in all, I give more credit to the part of
Speaker 1: Ninage for their their young quarterback. There for rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: the show poison to be able to win these big games,
Speaker 1: make the plays, not turn the ball over, not give
Speaker 1: a rattle, and being able to stand in there and
Speaker 1: do what needs to be done along with a great defense.
Speaker 1: So I got mixed emotions. Rachel, I buried my little
Speaker 1: brother recently. My little brother was a die hard, farty
Speaker 1: n A fan, and I told myself coming into this
Speaker 1: game that I didn't care who won. You know, I
Speaker 1: felt good because the part of nine has played on
Speaker 1: my brothers. There my brothers funeral and they haven't lost
Speaker 1: sin so levin the roads and my brother's been dead.
Speaker 1: So I'm happy for the point of that point of
Speaker 1: downage just as well. I think that's Jack's way of
Speaker 1: just saying that he's gonna become a forty Niner fan
Speaker 1: and we will welcome you. Now. I will take you
Speaker 1: to some games and you can meet the team and
Speaker 1: send the owner's box with me and hang out and
Speaker 1: be a not a fan bro. Just if you want
Speaker 1: to come over for accepting applications now before the NFC Championship,
Speaker 1: you gotta stake your claim. But no very solid gang.
Speaker 1: Uh you know it was it was really really a
Speaker 1: defensive battle and um, you know, Dac through some crucial interceptions.
Speaker 1: Um as Jack said, Purty played well. I mean in
Speaker 1: that system, you know, the quarterback's job is to just
Speaker 1: you know, hit the passage you need to hit. You
Speaker 1: don't need to be a superhero, you know, with McCaffrey
Speaker 1: and Deebo being able to do a lot of different things.
Speaker 1: But I really I think but when it was was
Speaker 1: with San Francisco's defense, Uh, the ability to put pressure
Speaker 1: on Doc and and that just not to come through.
Speaker 1: You know, this guy has been, you know, a very
Speaker 1: solid regular season quarterback, and I think all Cowboy fans
Speaker 1: have been waiting for him to get over that hump.
Speaker 1: You know, we spoked about the hump for Philly earlier
Speaker 1: in the show, but for that to be able to
Speaker 1: get over the humping and do it when the bright
Speaker 1: lights are on, when it means the most, and he
Speaker 1: hasn't been able to do it. So, you know, you
Speaker 1: hear a lot of talk about what's next for Dallas.
Speaker 1: You hear, you know, if they're serious, they need to
Speaker 1: go get someone like Aaron Rodgers or do some other things.
Speaker 1: But I don't know. It looks like, you know, the
Speaker 1: patients is running out for Cowboy fans and Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: to perform on the biggest stage. I'm supposed to ask
Speaker 1: you who's gonna win the NFC Championship Game, But I
Speaker 1: have a feeling, Matt, what you'll say, Yes, it's bang
Speaker 1: bang here Jack? Who Jack? Who's gonna win it? Jack? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I told you I gotta jacket for you to Jack
Speaker 1: that has you write your name on and with marker
Speaker 1: and everything on the inside of it. It could be
Speaker 1: yours both wagon's got a seat, sir, No, sir, long
Speaker 1: Live Leadough, I'm just riding because long Live lead. Guilty
Speaker 1: by association. Okay, Bengals Chiefs coming up this weekend. To
Speaker 1: Burrow has a three and oh record against Mahomes was
Speaker 1: just crazy when you say that out loud. Mahomes has
Speaker 1: that little injury, he's dealing with two draftings. As the
Speaker 1: Bengals a slight favorites over the Chiefs despite the fact
Speaker 1: that Cincinnati's on the road, What do you think who
Speaker 1: takes the FC? I mean, I'm I'm I'm I'm a
Speaker 1: big Chiefs fan. I really like Patrick Mahomes, but I
Speaker 1: think that ankle sprain uh is gonna linger him. I'm
Speaker 1: sure he's gonna get obviously here around the clock treatment
Speaker 1: up until the game. But Burrow is just Mr Cool
Speaker 1: and has two of the best receivers in the game,
Speaker 1: a very good defense, and you know, this is the
Speaker 1: same matchup we had last year for the a f
Speaker 1: C Championships. So as much as I like my Homes
Speaker 1: and and Kelsey is a friend of the program, I
Speaker 1: think I'm going with Joe Burrow and Chase and and
Speaker 1: then young Bengals. Yeah, the Bangers. The Bankers had just
Speaker 1: had their number the last couple of years, and you
Speaker 1: know their young team that's been that's gotten better over
Speaker 1: the years. Like he talked about the quarterback, he just
Speaker 1: he just paused and know what he's doing. And he's
Speaker 1: been one of those guys that that always thrive in
Speaker 1: those moments regardless of the weather. Rachel, he always shined.
Speaker 1: He could be colder hot, you know, Joe Barrel, go
Speaker 1: out there, go out there and get the job done.
Speaker 1: So the Bengals that don't matter if there on the road.
Speaker 1: As you've seen, they know how to go on the
Speaker 1: road to get big winds. They've done that. Um, I
Speaker 1: gotta go with the Bankers too, because the Chase is
Speaker 1: definitely one of my favorite players in the league right now.
Speaker 1: And uh him and burrowers have a connection in the
Speaker 1: in the playoffs that's been almost at the top of
Speaker 1: the charts. I mean we've seen quarterbacks like you know,
Speaker 1: Joe Cool all the way back to Joe Montana all
Speaker 1: that stuff, but Joe Burrow has fucking ice in his veins, right,
Speaker 1: I Mean, there's nothing that rattles is kid yeah, no,
Speaker 1: and and and I don't even think he gets the
Speaker 1: recognition and the credit that he deserves. And you know,
Speaker 1: I was, I was thinking to myself, I'm just like
Speaker 1: I've I've always known he's solid, but I just didn't
Speaker 1: realize how good this guy is. And and and he
Speaker 1: consistently gets the job done. So again, I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a great a f C championship along with it.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, let's not sell the Eagle short.
Speaker 1: They've had a great season and you know their young
Speaker 1: quarterback is playing really good football too. So I mean,
Speaker 1: both these championship games are gonna be cold as ship
Speaker 1: before the best teams in the NFL. Man, and it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a great you know, it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: great championship weekend. Do you see that clip that's floating
Speaker 1: around now of Joe Burrow like introducing himself to the
Speaker 1: defensive opponents during the Super Bowl last year? He was like, Hi,
Speaker 1: it's nice to meet you. I'm a big fan, the
Speaker 1: modest He's modest, the modest star. What's burning y'all? Available
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