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I think these are a lot of 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: fun and nice opportunities to hit a bunch of the 60 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: topics we don't hit during the show. So, from Alberto, 61 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: how do you feel about Dame continuing to drop these 62 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Miami hints and not just coming out and saying that 63 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: he wants to be traded. So first of all, I 64 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: find this whole thing annoying on a bunch of different levels. 65 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: It feels there's a lot of posturing from Dame simply 66 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of he kind of put his foot 67 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: in his mouth because he talked a bunch of shit 68 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: when Paul George went to the Clippers, and he's kind 69 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: of been a person who's criticized the superteam mold, so 70 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: to speak, over the years, and now he's stuck in 71 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: this position where his roster can't contend. And I don't 72 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: think people realize just how far Portland was away. According 73 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: to Cleaning the Glass, which filters out garbage time, when 74 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard, Anthony Simon's and Jeremy Grant were all on 75 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: the floor together last year, they had a negative net rating. 76 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: So they're not even close to contending for an NBA championship. 77 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: And you know, as far as the superteam thing goes, 78 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: the league is so damn talented. Now you're not winning 79 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: unless you have multiple stars. It's just the reality. Like Denver, obviously, 80 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: Nicole Jokic was great, but Jamal Murray played like a 81 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: top fifteen player in the league, and we'll probably get 82 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: some consideration there when we do our player rankings in 83 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: the future. You need multiple good players to win a title. 84 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: It's just simply a fact. And so, you know, I 85 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 1: understand there's a loyalty element, and I'm sure Dame has 86 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: a a certain I'm sure Dame has a certain like 87 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: sense of obligation to return that loyalty, but I don't 88 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: really understand that because you know, I get it they 89 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: took a chance on you by drafting you, but they 90 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,559 Speaker 1: also have not been able to meet you at your level. 91 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: You at your craft as a basketball player, they at 92 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: their craft running a basketball team, have not been able 93 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: to do as well as they've needed to do. They 94 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: haven't held up their end of the bargain. You've been 95 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: consistently at a talent disadvantage in most of these situations. 96 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: And so, like I understand your loyalty to the fans, 97 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: and that doesn't mean you can't be a you know, 98 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: a really active citizen in the Portland community moving forward 99 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: or anything along those lines, or return the favor to 100 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: the organization down the line. But for the time being, 101 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: you're an aging small guard that needs to have an 102 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: opportunity to play at the highest levels of the NBA playoffs, 103 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: and you're just not getting there in Portland. And so 104 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: I understand your fear of getting painted as being a 105 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: guy who tries to run out to a super team, 106 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: but really all you're doing is just being a competitor 107 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: that wants a chance to compete, and Portland's not giving 108 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: you that chance. And so I wish that all of 109 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: the theatrics and all of the politics involved would kind 110 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: of go off to the wayside and Dame would just 111 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: come come forward and express his desire to go elsewhere. 112 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: And if you're Portland, it's the same thing. You don't 113 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: really have the ability to surround Dame with the requisite 114 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: amount of talent before he starts to decline, and so 115 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: you're better off building around Scoot and Anfornty Simon's and 116 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 1: Shaden Sharp at this point. So I think it makes 117 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: the most sense for both sides to move on my 118 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: three favorite Dame trade destinations Miami. Obviously, then you're not 119 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: at some massive talent advantage, but you're also you're also 120 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: a top tier competitor. When you combine that with like 121 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: what Jimmy and Bam do as a duo on both 122 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: ends of the floor obviously, or Expolsure being the best 123 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: coach in the league. I also really really like the 124 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: idea of Damian Lillard playing within that heat system, where 125 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: he's going to be in the best physical shape of 126 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: his life and be asked to do more defensively than 127 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: he ever has in his life. I want to see 128 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: what peak Dame looks like, and I think Miami gives 129 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: us our best chance to see that, and it's a 130 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: perfect basketball fit. They desperately need another high end shot creator. Basically, 131 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: an upgraded version of Gabe Vincent would go a long way, 132 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: and that's what Dame can bring to the table for them. 133 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: Number two the Boston Celtics. It addresses their biggest weakness, 134 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: which is that half court surgery. It allows them to 135 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: capitalize on this timeline that's the issues. Boston has this 136 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: ridiculously talented roster right but they lack the top bench 137 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: shot creation. Like Jason Tatum at his age just isn't 138 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: capable of going blow for blow with Steph Curry. Yet 139 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: he's not capable of going blow for blow with Jimmy 140 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: Butler yet, at least not not when their defense isn't 141 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: as good as it was last year. Right, and so 142 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: in this particular predicament there, it's like you're waiting for 143 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Jason and Jalen to develop into veteran superstars that are 144 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: more dependable in the late rounds of the playoffs. But 145 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: by the time they get there, you might have to 146 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: pay all these role players and end up with a 147 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: much less talented roster, and that can be counterproductive. You 148 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: happen to have the most talented roster in the league 149 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: right now, so you have a real chance to win 150 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: a championship right now. So that's why I would look 151 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: to flip someone like Jaylen Brown for Damian Lillard because 152 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: it gives you an opportunity to capitalize on this timeline. 153 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: It addresses your biggest weakness, which is that half court surgery, 154 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: and it buys Jason Tatum the chance to grow because 155 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum still can develop into that bone and fide 156 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: two way superstar that can be the best player on 157 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: a championship team when he gets to his late twenties. 158 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: And at that point, maybe you get off a dame 159 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: and you rebuild around Jason Tatum at that point. But 160 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: I really like Boston. A lot of the other teams 161 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: don't really make a ton of sense to me as 162 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: a fan. Just for fun, I put the Lakers on here. 163 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: It's completely unrealistic. They don't have the assets. It would 164 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: require Portland basically accommodating Dame then basically being like, hey, 165 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: you were so good to us over the years, we'll 166 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: send you where we want. Okay, We'll take a couple 167 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: pick swaps and a first from the Lakers with salary 168 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: filler and go that way. But I'd love to see 169 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: Dame play with Lebron James and Anthony Davis, just as 170 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: a basketball fan, even if that's completely unrealistic. All right, 171 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: Next question, Samuel, If every NBA player is magically healthy 172 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: for the playoffs next year, how many teams are actually 173 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: stopping Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Clippers. We saw 174 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: how Kawhi played in Game one and two versus Phoenix. 175 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: Can anyone stop PG? Or can anybody stop that? If 176 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: PG is there too for the entire playoffs. I'm just 177 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: completely shooting this question down on arrival. We've been down 178 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: this road with the Clippers for years and years and 179 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: years now. Every single season it's like watch out for 180 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: the Clippers, and then one of two things happens, they 181 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: either get hurt or like they did in twenty twenty 182 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: in the bubble. It turns out that having two small 183 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 1: forwards that defend really well and shoot a lot of 184 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots isn't necessarily the best way to 185 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: win in the playoffs anyways. They lack rim protection, they 186 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: lack a shot variety, guys that can score from different 187 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: spots on the floor. They Kawhi and Paul George both 188 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: struggle to manage games on a possession by possession basis. 189 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan of Kawhi. I think he can 190 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: be the best player on a championship team. But this 191 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: particular iteration of the Clippers, I'm completely off them. I 192 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: will believe it when I see it. It's just they 193 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: never can stay healthy. Paul George missed this playoff run entirely, 194 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard missed last year entirely. Last time they were 195 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: both healthy was in twenty twenty one, and then Kawhi 196 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: Leonard got hurt again. It just doesn't work with this 197 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: particular group, and so I'm kind of off the Clippers 198 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: entirely at this point. From Marv, prediction wise, who do 199 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: you think has the best chance next year to challenge 200 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: the Nuggets East or West. I asked because I truly 201 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: think I can't truly think of anyone who can contend 202 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: with Denver's current roster. I think it's the Lakers. I've 203 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: been saying this for a while. I know they got swept, 204 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: but if you look at the games individually, it's Game one, 205 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,599 Speaker 1: Lebron James had a shot to tie it at the 206 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: end and he missed it. Game two, the Lakers had 207 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: a double digit second half lead, and Game three in 208 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: Game four both came down to clutch situations. Game four 209 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: was literally won by a Nicole Jokic game winner driving 210 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: on Anthony Davis on the baseline. It was a sweep, 211 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: but every game was close. They beat the shit out 212 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: of the Suns, the shit out of the Wolves, and 213 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: they pretty much manhandled Miami. If you look at the 214 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: net ratings, the Lakers had by far the best net 215 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: rating against the Denver Nuggets. They have the best combination 216 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: of size and diversity of shot creation to attack Denver. 217 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: They were by far the most successful offense against Denver 218 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: because of their ability to attack the rim. I think 219 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: there are a couple of prerequisites the Lakers have to 220 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: play better. So, for instance, Anthony Davis got his lunch 221 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: taken by Nicole Jokic, he has to at least compete 222 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: with him a little bit better. Lebron James has to 223 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: get back to where he was as a jump shooter. 224 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: I pulled up the numbers this morning. It was pretty crazy. 225 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: Last season, Lebron James was in the sixty first percentile 226 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: as a jump shooter, averaged well over a point per possession. 227 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: This year, he dropped down to zero point nine points 228 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: per possession on jump shots, which was in the twenty 229 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: fourth percentile. So Lebron has to get back to where 230 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: he was as a jump shooter. If Lebron and ad 231 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: are not where they need to be as jump shooters 232 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: by the deadline, they need to be more aggressive in 233 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: the trade market to bring in a legitimate shot creator. 234 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: But I do think the Lakers are going to run 235 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: it back, and I think we're gonna see a Lakers 236 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: Nuggets conference finals again next year. And I think the 237 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: Lakers do have the best chance to beat the Nuggets, 238 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: although at this point I would still pick the Nuggets. 239 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: They are the best team in the league. They are 240 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: the safest bet to win the title. Next year. I 241 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: can't think of anything that I'd see this summer that 242 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: would cause me to change my mind. I already saw 243 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: Bradley be able go to the Suns. Don't think that matters. 244 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: I think I think the Nuggets beat them, maybe even 245 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: easier than they did last year, because again, Devin Booker 246 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: made like seventy five percent of his pull up jump 247 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: shots for two games, which is incredibly unrealistic. So I 248 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: don't think it's the Suns. There is no team out 249 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: there right now that could do anything that would make 250 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: me favor them over the Nuggets at this point. The 251 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: only one that I'd consider potentially would be a Jalen 252 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: Brown for Damian Lillard trade that put the Celtics with 253 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard, Jason Tatum and all that talent. But even then, 254 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: gone to my head, I'm probably still picking the Nuggets. 255 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: Next question, this is from G Do you think the 256 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: Lakers should find a way to effectively swap D'Angelo Russell 257 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: for a solid defensive big. Think Max Christy can provide 258 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: thirteen to sixteen a night and do so with good 259 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: decision making process, by the way, and moving back to 260 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: Tucson in two weeks after a decade plus away. Shout 261 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: out to g You're coming back at a rough time. 262 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: This is the time when the weather is particularly shitty, 263 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: but it does get pretty great outside of that, as 264 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: you know, because he used to live here. Also, shout 265 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: out to Ben. Ran into a really good young player 266 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: named Ben playing at an Elle Fitness up on the 267 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: northwest side of town. I ventured to a different gym 268 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: than I usually go to recently, and I was watching 269 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: this kid who was playing really well, really good footwork, 270 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: really good at leveraging his body, was dominating pickup games 271 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: out of the post. And Ben came up and told 272 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: me that he's a listener to the show, and it 273 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: was really really great to meet you. Ben. I appreciate 274 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 1: you coming up and saying hi, and I hope we 275 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: get to play together a lot in the future. That 276 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. On the note, with the Lakers, 277 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: for D'Angelo Russell, I would run things back to start. 278 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: It's funny because it's he's the act opposite over the 279 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: way I felt last season. I thought it was completely 280 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: insane that the Lakers brought back that entire cores with 281 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrok going into next season, especially with how rough 282 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: their initial schedule was and they got kicked in the ass. 283 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: As a result, they started to and ten and it 284 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: caused a problem that they were trying to dig out 285 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: of the entire season. They did eventually make a trade, 286 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: but it was too little, too late this particular season. 287 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: I have the exact opposite point of view. I do 288 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: think the Lakers will probably eventually need to make a 289 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: trade unless Lebron James and Anthony Davis get it get 290 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: their shot creation back. But I don't think they need 291 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: a trade for the regular season. I think this team 292 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: as currently constructed with D'Angelo Russell, Austin Reeves, Ruyacha Muri, 293 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: Lebron James, Anthony Davis, that Core is gonna win a 294 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: shit ton of regular season games. I really believe that, 295 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: and so especially with Jared Vanderbilt and his motor and 296 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: having a decent backup center with Mobamba to used for 297 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: regular season games. Do I think Mobamba can be the 298 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: guy in a playoff series? Absolutely not. They're gonna have 299 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: to do something before the deadline at the backup center position, 300 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: but that's for it. That's a Jokis problem. Like the 301 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: Jokis problem doesn't need to be solved until February. You're 302 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: gonna have leeway in the standings by bringing everybody back. 303 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: I was talking to Anthony Irwin from Lakers Lounge earlier today. 304 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: We did a full episode together for like forty minutes. 305 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: You can find that on his Twitter feed. But we 306 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: were talking about the Lakers, and it's interesting because the 307 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: only trade that I would approve this summer would be 308 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: for Damian Lillard. Other than that, I would wait until 309 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: the deadline. If it was a Kyrie trade, i'd wait 310 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: to the deadline. I wouldn't sign a trade for him. 311 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: I'd flip him in February when his contract becomes tradable, 312 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: and I just piece together assets to make that happen. 313 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: Miles Turner is a guy keep an eye on. I 314 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: really really want the Lakers to go after Myles Turner 315 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: because he makes a ton of sense as another body 316 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: to throw at Yokich. Gives you a legitimate big look. 317 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: So you could play Anthony Davis and Miles Turner at 318 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: the same time because Miles Turner is such a good shooter. 319 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: And then lastly, it buys you leeway when Anthony Davis 320 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: is a miss game with injuries, you can actually load 321 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: manage Anthony Davis. Never make him play back to backs 322 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: because Miles Turner can be an anchor for your defense. 323 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: So that's another guy. But I think you can make 324 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: that trade at the deadline because of the fact that 325 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: at that point, I think you can get him at 326 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: a better discount, like potentially with just Mobamba and Malik 327 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: Beasley and maybe like a second round pick or something 328 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: like that. So I would like to see them target 329 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: him as well. But no matter what, I'd wait to 330 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: the deadline, run it back, bring back all the salaries, 331 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: resign d'anngel Russell, pick up the option on Jared Vanderbilt, 332 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: which they just did, pick up the option on Mobamba, 333 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: pick up the option on the leak Beasley, have all 334 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: of that tradable salary. Go into the season, just rack 335 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: up regular season wins, knowing you need to address a 336 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: postseason weakness, and address that weakness at the deadline. All right, 337 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: This next question is from Matt Who in the NBA 338 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: would you compare your game to the most or who 339 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: you model some of your game after. So, first of all, obligatory, 340 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm not an NBA play I have no delusions thinking 341 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm an NBA player. That's that I am a good 342 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: basketball player, and I've worked really, really hard, especially over 343 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: the course of my late twenties, to develop all the 344 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: things that I didn't develop when I was a kid. 345 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: I was a late bloomer. And this is kind of 346 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: one of my most complicated parts of my relationship with 347 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: the game of basketball is I absolutely love this game 348 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: so much, but I didn't get exposed to it until 349 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: I was like fifteen years old, and so as a 350 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: result of that, I didn't develop as a kid. I 351 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: developed as a player in my twenties, and so when 352 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: I started playing in college, Basically what happened was is 353 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: I was the worst player on my high school team, 354 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: and so bad that on senior night I sat out. 355 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: Like the senior night, all the seniors play, right, We 356 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: had six seniors on the team. My coach started all 357 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: five seniors and I didn't play a single minute. That's 358 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: how bad. And it wasn't his fault. I was that 359 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: bad when I was a senior in high school. And 360 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: then I started playing like every single day. I grew 361 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: a lot, obviously, and became a I have like a 362 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: six to eleven wing span in about six foot six 363 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: and a half. With basketball shoes on, like six five 364 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: and a half without basketball shoes on. So I had 365 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: good tools. I could run and jump really really well, 366 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: but not in high school. I didn't really. I was 367 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: just kind of a lanky. I looked like Bambi, Like 368 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: I could barely move, super super skinny, and I just 369 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: wasn't very good. First two years in college, I just 370 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: played a ton of pick up basketball. I grew into 371 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: my body, put on a little bit of muscle, became 372 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: kind of a freaky athlete. I could get my elbow 373 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,239 Speaker 1: above the rim when I was in junior college. But 374 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: that third that third season in college, I walked on 375 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: at the local junior college, and I was just a 376 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: freaky athlete. That's all I could do. I could knock 377 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: down threes and I was a freaky athlete, and so 378 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: I played center and I banged with the bigger athletes, 379 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: and I rebounded really well. I averaged like sixteen points 380 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: and ten rebounds a game my first season, but our 381 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: team was terrible, and then I ended up transferring to 382 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: another JUCO. And over the course of my college career, 383 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: like I made light improve improvements, Like by the time 384 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: I got to Arizona Christian in my third season, I 385 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: was like a little bit better at putting the ball 386 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: on the floor and making plays, but for the most part, 387 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: I was just an athlete that could knock down an 388 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: open shot, and so I always was a defender, guard 389 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: the other team's best player, and a guy who would 390 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: grab a lot of rebounds. I did some scoring in Juco, 391 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: but once I ran into real players at the Naia level, 392 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: which again a lot of people don't realize this, but 393 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: Division one basketball obviously has the best players in the country. 394 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: But Naia and Division two basketball has a ton of 395 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: super skilled players. They usually aren't great athletes, and so 396 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: I was an asset at that level as a defender, 397 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: and I would always guard the other team's best player. 398 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: But people always are I think a little bit surprised 399 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: to know that there's a ton of talent in the 400 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,239 Speaker 1: country and a lot of really really good players that 401 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: play at those levels. We actually beat a Division one 402 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: team when I was at Anaia. They scheduled us for 403 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: a tune up game and we went to their arena 404 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: and we beat them. Like ANAI teams had a lot 405 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: of talent, but I didn't really start to develop into 406 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: the player I am now until after college. That was 407 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: when I because I was obsessed with the game, right, 408 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: Like I loved basketball so much and I wanted to 409 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 1: get better. But like my clock was run out, right 410 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: because I'd already finished playing in college. I immediately went 411 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: to work, and I immediately met my wife and just 412 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 1: kind of like settled down into a regular life. But 413 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: I still loved the game and I wanted to get better, 414 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: and so I like obsessively work on my game even 415 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: to this day, as though I'm trying to go pro, 416 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: even though I'm not trying to go pro, just because 417 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: I love the game and I want to see what 418 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: I'm capable of. And so when you see videos like 419 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: the video that I have on my Twitter feed and 420 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: the pinned tweet, that's kind of a more accurate representation 421 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: of the player I am. Now. I wasn't doing any 422 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: of that shit in college. Most of the college clips 423 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: you see on there are dunks because I was just 424 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: an athlete back then. But the actual like, like if 425 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: someone asked me what type of player I am, I'm 426 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: a scoring forward. That's what I am. When I break 427 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: down the archetypes of players, you've heard me say, scoring forward, 428 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 1: play making forward, hype athletic guard, star center, and unicorn. 429 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: Right well, like, if I had to put myself into 430 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: one of those groups, I'm a scoring forward. I'm a 431 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: guy that can score from the perimeter, score from the post, 432 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 1: score from the basket. I As far as specific players, 433 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: like Matt's question, who in the NBA would you compare 434 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 1: your game to the most, there's not really one player 435 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: because and I'm sure most of you young basketball players 436 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: can I can kind of understand this, but you pick 437 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: and choose little bits and pieces from everybody's games. Like 438 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: I became obsessed with post fadeaways randomly during the during 439 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: the pandemic. Could not do anything out of the post 440 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: pre pandemic, and then I just worked on it because 441 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: all before the pandemic, teams would constantly put small guards 442 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: on me and ball pressure me because I was alway 443 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: shooting a ton of threes. Right well, I needed something 444 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: to counter that, and so I wanted to build out 445 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: a back to the basket game. Got it all from Kobe. 446 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: Just watched a ton of footage of Kobe and the 447 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: way his footwork worked, the way he would square up 448 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: in midair when he would shoot fadeaways over his left shoulder, 449 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: by swinging his right foot around. I became obsessed with 450 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: that particular footwork. So, like most of my post up fadeaways, 451 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: I took from Kobe a little bit from Kawhi Leonard 452 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: in there as well. I always liked how Kawhi Leonard 453 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: was initiating contact before the fadeaways. It wasn't an athleticism 454 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: fade away. It was a strength fade away. And I've 455 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: got a big strength advantage. I weighed like two hundred 456 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: and twenty five pounds, and so that's one of the 457 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: best ways that i can bump people off spots and 458 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: get to where I need to go. My pull up shooting, 459 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: it's almost entirely from Paul George. I'm like a big, 460 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: lanky wing So for me, pull up jump shooting is 461 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: less about, you know, elevating over the top of people 462 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: like a lot of small guards need to do, and 463 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: it's more about fluidity, energy transfer, going from different dribble 464 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: combinations into a pull up jump shot without losing control 465 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: of the basketball and without you know, one of the 466 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: biggest ways that pull up jump shooters got messed up 467 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: get messed up is the energy transfer the ball from 468 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: the handle into the gather up to the top of 469 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: the shot. If there's a hitch anywhere in there, you 470 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: lose energy and you don't get the ball to the 471 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: rim the way that you need to. But I stole 472 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: a lot of that stuff from Paul George. I have 473 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: a huge arsenal of step back threes, all footwork that 474 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: I stole from James Harden, mostly that extra side step 475 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 1: going either way. And then my face up game. I 476 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: wore number fifteen in college because I copied most of 477 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: my face up game from Carmelo Anthony and just the 478 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: combination of jab steps and like rip through fake crossovers 479 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 1: and things like that, pull up jump shots out of 480 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: those face up situations. Got all of that from Carmelo Anthony. 481 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: And so I always think that a basketball player should 482 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: not try to emulate one player, but identify what your 483 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: strengths are and then look around and see different players 484 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: in the NBA that are doing things that you think 485 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: you can do, and then copy that. Just find footage 486 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: of the move that you want to add to your arsenal. 487 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: And then there's three steps to adding a move to 488 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: your arsenal. Do it in the gym by yourself, do 489 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,719 Speaker 1: it against the defender. One on one and then do 490 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: it in a game five on five. That's kind of 491 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: the progression that you go with. So if you're in 492 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: high school and you really want to take pull up 493 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: threes and pick and roll, what you need to do 494 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: is you need to get in the gym by yourself 495 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: and just work on shooting pull up threes off the dribble, 496 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: just every single day until you think you can knock 497 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: them down consistently and I'm talking like sixty seventy percent 498 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: of the time. Once you're there, then you start working 499 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: on it against a defender, whether that's having a guy 500 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: in the gym with you practicing, or running two on two, 501 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: or you've got a screener or whatever it is. One 502 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: on one defender is more like post up work, isolation 503 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: work right, and pick and roll. You need extra bodies. 504 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: And then once you feel comfortable hitting it in a 505 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: live situation against a defender, then you can start trying 506 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: to implement it in a game. You can demonstrate to 507 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: your coach. Your coach watches you work, demonstrate to your 508 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: coach that you've been practicing every single day on that 509 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: particular move. Then when you try it in a practice 510 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: in an actual live setting, with defenders. Your coach isn't 511 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: going to be upset because he's seen you work on it. 512 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: That's the progression that you got to go with. But again, 513 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to tell you guys, I'm some NBA 514 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: player or anything like that. I just I love the game. 515 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with becoming the best basketball player that I 516 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: can be for my own reasons. And I think that 517 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: every single player has a different reason, a different thing 518 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: that makes them tick. But for me, it's just I 519 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: want to. I want to. I want to see what 520 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: the best basketball player version of Jason is and I 521 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: still plan on seeing that. I'm only thirty one years old. 522 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: I'd like to push for another five years or so, 523 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: and so I'm gonna keep going and and and try 524 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: to challenge myself in new ways, like try to find 525 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: ways to find new competition. That's the hard part is 526 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 1: I live in Tucson now and there's just not a 527 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: lot of good The basketball talent here in the city 528 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: is not the same as it is in some other 529 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: places that I've lived. But you just you find ways 530 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: to stay in love with the game of basketball. And 531 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm starting to experience some physical breakdown like I'm feeling 532 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: a lot of lower back pain lately, like pretty bad 533 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: lower back pain. So guess what, like there might be 534 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: a point where I have to pull the plug I'm 535 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: playing and devote my competitive energy towards coaching and just 536 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: find a different way to love the game of basketball. 537 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: Your love of the game is always evolving as you 538 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: get older. All right, Next question from Logan, Hey, Jason, 539 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: love your content. My question is for you. My question 540 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: for you is how many players currently in the NBA 541 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: do you think can realistically be the best player on 542 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: a championship team next season? And who are those players? 543 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: I put just seven. I put Nicole Jokich obviously, Steph Curry, obviously, 544 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: Jannis obviously. Those three just did it. I still put 545 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: Lebron James, and I know people are gonna think I'm crazy, 546 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: But when Lebron James was the best player on the 547 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Lakers, they won the title. When Anthony Davis 548 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: was the best player on the twenty twenty three Lakers, 549 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: they weren't good enough. I do think Lebron we talked 550 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: about it earlier in the show, but his jump shooting 551 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: is down. I think it's gonna get back to where 552 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: it was going into next season, and I think more 553 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: or less the Lebron James we saw in the playoffs 554 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: with a reliable jump shot is still good enough to 555 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: be the best player on a championship team as long 556 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 1: as he's got everything else. Lebron last year was not 557 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: good enough, but I think it was an how Wire's 558 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: shooting season. I think he's going to be good enough 559 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: this season to do it. Luka Doncic, I think it 560 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: requires the right type of roster, but he's that big, versatile, 561 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: playmaking forward that I always think can win a championship. 562 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and the last, but not least, Jimmy Butler, 563 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: although obviously he requires a more talented roster than he's 564 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: been rocking with as of late. Next question, Mohe, what 565 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: is your favorite individual matchup in the league. Mine has 566 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: been Kadie versus Kawhi for years, followed by Kyrie versus Steph. 567 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: So I thought really long and hard about this. In 568 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: the game that I had the most fun watching this 569 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: year over the last two years actually was two games 570 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: in Philly, A game where Nicole Jokic went in and 571 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: beat the Sixers in Philly last year, and then in 572 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: the most recent season, Joel Embiid out playing Jokic at home. 573 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: What makes the matchup so interesting to me is their 574 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: styles are so different. Like when Jokic beat Philly last 575 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: year in Philly, he did it with all these little things. 576 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: He didn't do it, you know, dominating out of the 577 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: post and doing all this stuff. It was like controlling transition, 578 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: beating Philly by getting defensive rebounds and throwing kick ahead 579 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 1: passes and then making all the big important plays at 580 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: the end of the game. And then when Joel Embiid 581 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 1: beat Nikole Jokic this year, it was like sheer force 582 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: of isolation, scoring over the top of Nikola Jokicic, just 583 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: giving him buckets right in his face. Right. So there 584 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: are very different players. They play the same position. It's 585 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: the subject of a great deal of debate. A lot 586 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: of em beat fans still think he's better than Nikola Jokic. 587 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: So that, to me is my favorite individual matchup in 588 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: the league. This next one's really fun. So this was 589 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: from Liam. Shout out to Liam. This is a great question. 590 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: If you could create the most perfect fitting starting five 591 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: in the league from scratch, who you got? So this 592 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: was a tough one. Because it's all about complimentary players. 593 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: These are not players that I think are the five 594 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: best players in the league. These are just the five 595 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: players that I think would make the best basketball team. 596 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: So I have Steph Curry at point guard. Is the 597 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,239 Speaker 1: definitely the best point guard in the league. It can 598 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: play on and off the ball, and not a defensive liability. 599 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: This is a surprise. I put Drew Holliday as the two. 600 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: I don't think it really make sense in a five 601 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: man group to have another Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, James Harden, 602 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: you know, some sort of two guard score Shake Gildes, Alexander. 603 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense to have that type of guy 604 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: there because so much scoring talent is in this lineup. 605 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: That needs to be a guy who can play a role. 606 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: And when I thought about the best combination, because Steph 607 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: Curry can't take point of attack assignments, it's not a 608 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: strength of his So you need an outstanding point of 609 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: attack defender that can succeed off the ball offensively, I 610 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 1: put Drew Holliday. He averaged one point zero five points 611 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: per possession and spot up situations last year, which is awesome. 612 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: He shot forty five percent on catch and shoot jump shots, 613 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 1: which is awesome, and he can take point of attack assignments. 614 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: So I thought, in a star studded lineup, it made 615 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: the most sense to have Drew Holliday and at that two. 616 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: At the three, I was torn between Lebron James and 617 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. I actually think Lebron James is a better 618 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: player than KD right now and has been basically a 619 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: better player than KD throughout his entire career. But I 620 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: think in a team on a roster that already has 621 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, on a roster that already is gonna have 622 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: some other players that will mention here in a second, 623 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: you want a guy who can really thrive off the 624 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: ball and help and help defense situations, contest your rebound. 625 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: So I thought Kevin Durant made the most sense at 626 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: the small forward ganis Antenna Kumpo at the four. A 627 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: guy that can run a lot of action offensively as 628 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: a ball screener, a guy that can be a transition weapon, 629 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: and a guy that can take rim protection assignments. For 630 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: our five in this lineup, who would be Nicole Jokic, 631 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: the best player in the league, the most unstoppable offensive player, 632 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: in the league, and by having Kadi and Giannis to 633 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: help and help situations behind Jokic as you bring him 634 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: up high and pick and roll. I think that combination 635 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: of on ball scoring, off ball scoring, in threat and 636 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: defensive talent Steph Curry, Drew Holliday, Kevin Durant, Janisontena Kumpo, 637 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: Nicole Jokich, that would be my perfect fitting starting five 638 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,959 Speaker 1: in the NBA, which is not the same as the 639 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: best five players in the NBA. All Right, a couple 640 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: more in this episode. Frankie, please give your guitar collection 641 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: a run through, and what is your grail guitar? So 642 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: these I've been on display back here, but they get 643 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: used almost every single day. As a matter of fact, 644 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: this one I just broke a string on the other day. 645 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: But I'll give you guys a quick rundown. So this one, 646 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: this is my grail guitar for Frankie. This is here 647 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: around the mic. So this is a Paul Reid Smith 648 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: hollow body to Piezo. This is what they call it. 649 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: This is my pride and joy. It was a present 650 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: for myself when I got my new contract, something I 651 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: worked really hard for and something that I use every 652 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: single day. Paul Reid Smith makes their guitars by hand 653 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: in Maryland, and I think they make the best guitars 654 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: in the country. The two brands that everyone thinks of 655 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: our Fender and Gibson, and I love Fenders and Gibson's, 656 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: and I plan I have a Fender Strata Caster that 657 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: I won't be able to show you guys today because 658 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: my brother has it. My brother is a diehard Stevie 659 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: Ray Van Vaughan Stevie Ray Vaughn fan and uh, and 660 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: I've been letting him borrow my my stratocaster because I've 661 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: been using this one almost every single day. So I 662 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: have like a kind of like a mint colored Strata caster. 663 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: Some of you guys that have been following the show 664 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: for a while have seen that one on the wall before. 665 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: So I do love Fender and Gibson, but PRS I 666 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: think makes the best guitars. They have the best attention 667 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: to detail. This one has got this like gorgeous curly 668 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: maple on the top. It's mahogany around the back. It's 669 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: fully hollow, It's got a big panel of the curly 670 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: maple on the back. It's got the PRS vintage pickups 671 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: and the big thing with the pazo that's such a feature. 672 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: See this little switch right here. When it's in the 673 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: down position, When that switches in the down position, it 674 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: works the pickups. But when it's in the up position, 675 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: it works this bridge pickup. And this bridge is actually 676 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: a proprietary technology that PRS has. It picks up the 677 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: vibrations and the strings and translates them into a sound 678 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: that is identical to that of an acoustic guitar. So 679 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: and if you don't I obviously don't have it plugged in, 680 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: but go on YouTube and just google pazo and then 681 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: watch a video and you'll kind of hear what I'm 682 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: talking about. So what I love about this guitars it's 683 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: got like that Bbking vintage warm sound that I get 684 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: from the pickups. But then it's got this bridge pickup 685 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: that I can quickly switch into playing acoustic guitar. So 686 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: this is also my nicest acoustic guitar. This is my 687 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: pride joy. I love this thing. I've been playing it 688 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: almost every single day for a while. The reason why 689 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't share videos of me playing guitar on Twitter 690 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: is I'm not good. I don't think i'm very good. 691 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: I would like to be someday. I'm practicing at it, 692 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: but I'm not. I share basketball videos because at least 693 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: I can say confidently that I'm at least an okay 694 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: basketball player. This is my second PRS guitar. This is 695 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: one with the broken string that I broke recently. This 696 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: is the CE twenty four semi hollow, also made in America. 697 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: This to me, is the best guitar for the money 698 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: that you can buy anywhere. So if you're looking to 699 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: upgrade to a top of the line guitar but you 700 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: don't want to spend a ton of money, this is 701 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: the route to go. This guitar has it's one of 702 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: their discounted models, but it has their top of the 703 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: line pickups. So these are the PRS top of the 704 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: line modern pickups. They are the eighty five to fifteens 705 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: I think is what they call him. And it's got 706 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: a bolt on maple neck, mahogany back, curly maple top. 707 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: Just a really versatile guitar. Also, you could pop the 708 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: tone knob and it turns them into single coils, which 709 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: sounds a little bit more like a shrauducaster. So that 710 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: was fun. This was I had my grandmother bought me 711 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: an SG when I was a kid, and that was 712 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: my first guitar. But I put the guitar down for 713 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: about ten years when I was playing in college because 714 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: I just didn't have time to play. And a couple 715 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: of years ago, I think it was during COVID, I 716 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: finally got back into it. I wanted to start playing again. 717 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: This was the guitar I bought to get started. This 718 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: is just an epiphone Les Paul Studio, pretty affordable guitar 719 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: that does a lot of things that you need from 720 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: a guitar, so one that i'd recommend if you're on 721 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: more of a budget. And then, last, but not least, 722 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: I have an acoustic guitar where there's just a cheap 723 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: Fender Acoustic, but I almost never use it because I 724 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: use the call of body Paso. This is just a 725 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: really cool epiphone SG that I found at a guitar 726 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: center that was on sale for like two hundred bucks. 727 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: I love it because the dude who used it before 728 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: me clearly got some mileage out of it. You could 729 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: see like how oily the neck is. That means this 730 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: dude was playing this thing constantly. You could see it 731 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: in the fret board as well, but this is just 732 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: an instrument that someone really loved, and sg's are just 733 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 1: a favorite guitar of mine. My next guitar will probably 734 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: be a Gibson SG. That's the one I'd like to 735 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:26,760 Speaker 1: get at some point. But yeah, playing guitar is probably 736 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: my third favorite thing to do in the world, but 737 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: the second thing I do most frequently because I love 738 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: to ski. Skiing is my second favorite thing in the world. 739 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: But obviously that seasonal requires travel and is super expensive, 740 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: so we don't do it all that much. But I 741 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: play a lot of guitar play almost every single day. 742 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: It's a passion of mine. I primarily play blues, but 743 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm kind of open to trying new things. I've been 744 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: trying to play a little bit more acoustic. It's just 745 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: what I was raised on. My dad raised me on 746 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: the Almond Brother's band and Dead and Company. That's why 747 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: you guys see the Dead and Company posters and stuff 748 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: back here. John Mayer is my favorite guitarist. I think 749 00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: he's the best player to ever pick up a guitar 750 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: are and I highly recommend you guys check him out 751 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: with Debt and Company. But I appreciate that Frankie. I 752 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: am a big guitar fan, and it's exciting that I 753 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: got to talk about it on the show for a minute. Alrighty, 754 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: what we'll do one more question in this episode. Thoughts 755 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: on the Zion situation both on and off the court. 756 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: Is he worth the risk of keeping him even though 757 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: he is almost never available, and should the situation happening 758 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: off the court be enough reason for New Orleans to 759 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: trade him. I'm completely off the Zion bandwagon. It's clear 760 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: that he's not motivated to take care of his body 761 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: at all whatsoever. The problem is is he's excuse me, 762 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: he's already signed his deal, so you're not gonna be 763 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: able to get him to uh to suddenly find some 764 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,240 Speaker 1: new spark of motivation, Like he's got the money already 765 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: come in, Like the Zion Williamson is going to be 766 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,319 Speaker 1: generationally wealthy no matter what happens. And I don't know 767 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: if you'll mature later on. He's already done a lot 768 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 1: of damage to his body, as is to his joints. Obviously, 769 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: we've heard from JJ Reddick and many others reporting on 770 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: the situation that he's not a very good teammate. He's 771 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: not he doesn't spend time in the locker room. He 772 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: kind of keeps to himself and keeps to his own 773 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: support system. I do not think it's David Griffin's fault. 774 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: He was such an obvious number one overall pick, but 775 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like he's the guy 776 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,320 Speaker 1: you got to trade. Brandon Ingram's just a better basketball 777 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: player than him. He's a foundational piece for any franchise. 778 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: I would be looking to move Zion it, and I again, 779 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: I think it's really unlikely because Dane probably wouldn't want it, 780 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 1: and he'd probably pushed back. But like, that's another team 781 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: that I'd be calling Portland and being like, hey, we'll 782 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,759 Speaker 1: take Damian Lillard. Here's Ion Williamson. You know what I mean. 783 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 1: But I'm kind of I'm off the Zion Williamson trade. 784 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: I'm really disappointed. Haven't even seen him look remotely like 785 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: the player he was at Duke since he came into 786 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 1: the league. And look, if you can't take care of 787 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,479 Speaker 1: your body, you're not going to succeed in this league. 788 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: It's just that it's too much of a grind. Eighty 789 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: two games is too much. The players are too good. 790 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: The style he plays that requires him to be in 791 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 1: the peak physical condition and he's just not that guy, 792 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: it seems like. So I'm off that train. Alright, guys, 793 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: That's all I have for this episode of our mail Bag. 794 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: Will be hitting the rest of the questions that you 795 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:29,840 Speaker 1: guys will see tomorrow. The volume