Speaker 1: Welcome back to Unplugged. This week's episode is brought to
Speaker 1: you by Draft Kings. The Crown is yours. First up.
Speaker 1: Nicks lose to the Warriors on Saturday, and Draymond was
Speaker 1: on Towns's ass to further discuss this back and forth.
Speaker 1: Let me bring in someone who wanted to change his names.
Speaker 1: But the fans voted and they said, fuck that. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the show. The neighborhood hater. The fans are spoken, bro, No,
Speaker 1: they did, absolutely did not.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Man, First of all, I've never heard LA's finest, and
Speaker 1: I've been around you for more than half my life.
Speaker 1: I had to look back at the numbers. The fans said, No,
Speaker 1: neighborhood hater. Hate fits you. It is what your hater
Speaker 1: is with love sometimes I see that. So, yes, we
Speaker 1: got me here? Yeah, I guess so we're here now? Yes, indeed,
Speaker 1: did you get a chance to see the Knicks Warriors?
Speaker 1: And and and Draymond's antics with Cat?
Speaker 3: I did, and thoughts Cat fell for all that shit
Speaker 3: he did. Draymond did what he was supposed to do.
Speaker 3: He does it to everybody. He does, you know, And
Speaker 3: I've got a feeling he doesn't with.
Speaker 1: Cat like that.
Speaker 3: Uh huh, but you know who won that game.
Speaker 1: Let's trace this back a little bit because obviously, a
Speaker 1: week or two ago, Golden State goes into Madison Square
Speaker 1: Garden and Cat doesn't play. Draymond on his show with
Speaker 1: Bed says that Kat was running from the smoke. Comes
Speaker 1: to find out that his girls' family someone had passed,
Speaker 1: and obviously you want to send condolences out to everybody,
Speaker 1: and obviously death is a tough pill to swallow. But
Speaker 1: whether it was running from the smoke or legitimately you know,
Speaker 1: wanted to miss it, it gets people talking. And now
Speaker 1: fast forward, New York comes back to Golden State and
Speaker 1: Dre is on his ass. I love Cat. I think
Speaker 1: Cat is probably one of the most talented players in
Speaker 1: the league. But his issue is he's a cat. He's
Speaker 1: not a dog. Still skilled, still will be a Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer, still an All Star, but he's just not
Speaker 1: a dog. And I think Draymond can see that and
Speaker 1: sniff it out and he attacks.
Speaker 3: I mean, that's Draymond his job to do that. Absolutely,
Speaker 3: he's one of the greatest to ever do it. At
Speaker 3: that we sit here argue about his Drayma going to
Speaker 3: the Hall of He.
Speaker 1: Is first ballot.
Speaker 3: Is he first ballot?
Speaker 1: I think so.
Speaker 3: Under ten thousand points.
Speaker 1: I think so. Four time champion, two time Olympian All Star,
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year, one of the greatest teams
Speaker 1: of all time. I think first battle is stamped.
Speaker 3: Times have changed drastically, is all I'm saying. I mean,
Speaker 3: it's the truth, like times of change.
Speaker 1: I think if you just look at his statistical numbers,
Speaker 1: people would question that. But I think you look at
Speaker 1: the accolades and what he's meant for that organization, I
Speaker 1: think that puts him over the top.
Speaker 3: Dre, fuck with you. I don't want to hear no
Speaker 3: ship later on, you're my.
Speaker 1: Dog because he's someone will slap you too.
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm not trying to fight with Draymond, so you bet.
Speaker 1: You better go if you're talking about him. But also again, uh,
Speaker 1: and I don't know, now the cat take offense to
Speaker 1: this or people are trying to make it seem like
Speaker 1: he took offense to his team, to his team. Now
Speaker 1: his team's dapping out. No, his team dapping up Draymond
Speaker 1: after the game. So the fans stirred it up. Okay,
Speaker 1: so yes, so yeah, so that's an interesting thing. I mean,
Speaker 1: and we got to talking before the show, like obviously
Speaker 1: Draymond has smoke with Cat, New York loses, Cat heads
Speaker 1: to the locker room, and then you see a bunch
Speaker 1: of his teammates dapping up Draymond Me and an old
Speaker 1: school mentality such as yourself, what does that tell you
Speaker 1: if you see something like that?
Speaker 3: This league is soft and it's changed. And I got
Speaker 3: to see you in the locker room about it, Like
Speaker 3: you think pat Riley and all that is going for
Speaker 3: all of that shit from back in the day, No,
Speaker 3: no chance.
Speaker 1: Well, I mean I'm to the you know, I was
Speaker 1: someone who lost probably six hundred thousand dollars worth of
Speaker 1: shit for taking up for my teammates. You know, So
Speaker 1: someone has smoke with my teammate and there's real smoke.
Speaker 1: It's smoke, period, you know what I mean. And maybe
Speaker 1: we'll catch up after the game or in the summertime.
Speaker 1: So but what that tells me is like, are they
Speaker 1: really riding with Cat like that? Like if someone is
Speaker 1: dogging Cat and then after the game, the person that's
Speaker 1: dogging Cat, the team is lining up and showing bro love.
Speaker 1: If I'm Cat, I'm kind of looking at these niggas, like,
Speaker 1: what's the deal.
Speaker 3: But remember you said Cat is a cat.
Speaker 1: Cat is a cat.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I don't see Kat really steppingto nobody like that. Okay,
Speaker 3: I love you too, Cat, all right, so don't be
Speaker 3: like that. When I see you.
Speaker 1: Cat won't slap you at all. You'll be all right.
Speaker 1: They can't whip us. You might not. He might be
Speaker 1: able to whoop you, but he's not real quick man.
Speaker 3: Was there ever a time when someone was talking shit
Speaker 3: and a teammate had to stand up for you, or
Speaker 3: that you had to stand up for a teammate.
Speaker 1: Not No one had to stand up for me. I
Speaker 1: was always I mean, bro, I lost again probably eighty
Speaker 1: five percent of the money. I was fine was standing
Speaker 1: up for teammates.
Speaker 3: Did they ever pay your fine?
Speaker 1: Kobe was the only dude that bade my fine. Kobe
Speaker 1: was the only dude that pay I got in trouble
Speaker 1: for Blake, I got in trouble for Chris, I got
Speaker 1: in trouble for some other dudes. The only dude to
Speaker 1: pay my fine was Cold. But again, like I said earlier,
Speaker 1: like if his smoke is smoked, like my teammates and
Speaker 1: my family, and if you're talking shit to my teammates
Speaker 1: to me, and you were cool. I'm not giving you
Speaker 1: no love during that because I got to go to
Speaker 1: war with my teammate every day. I again, I'll catch
Speaker 1: you in the summertime or in the off season later
Speaker 1: that night. But if his smoke is smoked, so I
Speaker 1: just think outside looking in, We'll see what the New
Speaker 1: York next do. Obviously, it's one game. It's not a
Speaker 1: big deal. Brunson was out. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of if I'm cat, whether I say some
Speaker 1: or not, I'm looking at all these niggas it was
Speaker 1: dapping up to do that was dogging me for the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, like damn was that that's how y'all feel?
Speaker 1: We shall see. So I saw the Sparks are looking
Speaker 1: for some male players to get out there and and
Speaker 1: and uh give them a good look in practice, and
Speaker 1: you kind of came to mind. Actually, I saw Cameron
Speaker 1: Brink speak on it and how disgusted she was of
Speaker 1: just all the sexually driven energy that came from that post.
Speaker 1: But I'm not sure what they really expected. But could
Speaker 1: I see you out there with some real sparks out
Speaker 1: there and some being gay on your knees and people.
Speaker 3: I'm up, I'm up. Okay, I don't want to hear
Speaker 3: you up right now? Okay, no, I want to I
Speaker 3: can make a call.
Speaker 1: I mean, is there do you have any juice left
Speaker 1: in them kneecaps?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I went to get some shots up. Man, I'm
Speaker 3: ready to go. You can be a practice player. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Oh come on, man, who would you guard on that team?
Speaker 1: Rickieah, that's what you would guard. Yeah, one on one,
Speaker 1: full court.
Speaker 3: Oh, man, have her back you down the whole time. No,
Speaker 3: but you know they need some physical you know, they
Speaker 3: need some physicality.
Speaker 1: But people are laughing like this is. This happens a lot, though,
Speaker 1: Like women's teams get men wreck players and former players
Speaker 1: to come out there and give them a good look.
Speaker 1: But I just thought, you know, as soon as I
Speaker 1: saw the question, I didn't even go to the comments
Speaker 1: in this she I was like, Oh, these comments are
Speaker 1: going to be fucking wild because they put four beautiful
Speaker 1: women up there to represent the sparks in which you
Speaker 1: kind of like with the pervert mind that men have.
Speaker 1: I don't know what they expected from that post.
Speaker 3: No, they need to get tougher though, and I'm sure
Speaker 3: that's why they bring them in in, right, I'm sure, yeah.
Speaker 1: Sure, Moving right along the Warriors fourteen and one since
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler has been on the team, second rated defense
Speaker 1: overall during that stretch, fifth rated offense over that stretch.
Speaker 1: Jimmy's numbers are modest, but I've always you know, sixteen
Speaker 1: six and six, but I've always said his numbers don't
Speaker 1: reflect his impact, first of all, on the team he's on,
Speaker 1: but particularly that game. One thing that has stepped up
Speaker 1: during that time is stuff has gone from twenty two
Speaker 1: or twenty three a game to twenty nine, six and
Speaker 1: four shooting forty two percent from the three point line.
Speaker 1: Cominga's back. Now, how serious you are you looking at
Speaker 1: the Warriors right now? Real serious?
Speaker 3: I mean, Jimmy is a beast, and plus we've never
Speaker 3: seen him when he's happy, and he's happy, No, they
Speaker 3: getting w's and this is what happens with him. I
Speaker 3: remember telling you guys, I wanted Jimmy with us, Yeah,
Speaker 3: when they're good when we first were trading for guys.
Speaker 3: And I feel like he's taking so much pressure off
Speaker 3: of Dre and Bordell. They just playing at peace now
Speaker 3: and we're seeing it right.
Speaker 1: Now, I've never been a fan of Jimmy's antics some
Speaker 1: sometimes how he forces his way out of situations or
Speaker 1: dogs certain people. But I've always been a fan of
Speaker 1: his blue caller work ethic. When he's out there and
Speaker 1: he plays, he's giving you everything and he's happy. He's
Speaker 1: giving you everything he's got. And to see a playoff
Speaker 1: Jimmy with the playoff Steph with the Draymond, with the
Speaker 1: young Kaminga and that supporting cast, it is going to
Speaker 1: be interesting these last game We got fifteen sixteen games left,
Speaker 1: this last stretch because obviously we see Okay see at
Speaker 1: the top. And I've said this before, This very well
Speaker 1: could be the year that Okac says, fuck the Western Conference.
Speaker 1: We've taken our lumps and we're gonna represent the Western Conference.
Speaker 1: This can also be a year that one of these
Speaker 1: more experienced teams, your Lakers, Denver or Golden State possibly
Speaker 1: comes out the West. So I think this, this this
Speaker 1: stretch run of these last fifteen is going to be fun.
Speaker 3: Well, I'm sure the top three teams don't want to
Speaker 3: see us, the Lakers. I'm sure they don't want to
Speaker 3: see Golden State. Is there a big problem right now?
Speaker 3: But I see them winning the championship too, though who
Speaker 3: the Golden State? You can see Golden State one only
Speaker 3: I don't see. I'm not sure about okay. See. So
Speaker 3: to that question Markusov why I couldn't go to state
Speaker 3: winning championship this year.
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't necessarily disagree. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: think they have the size necessarily, but they've never really
Speaker 1: had the type of size that you would expect from
Speaker 1: a championship team. With Looney down there, and and and
Speaker 1: Davis and obviously what Draymond brings you, Steph's if Steph
Speaker 1: is out of his mind, if Jimmy is out of
Speaker 1: his mind, if Kaminga is locked in Porzinski, I mean,
Speaker 1: they have the pieces to compete. So I think this
Speaker 1: is going to be a great last fifteen and really
Speaker 1: excited for what the playoffs are going to bring. On
Speaker 1: the flip side, bron went down in Boston, your team
Speaker 1: lost four straight on the road. Turned the switch on Sunday,
Speaker 1: Luca and them boys really got in the Sun's asses.
Speaker 1: And before we talk about what your Lakers were able
Speaker 1: to do, KD seems like he's fucking miserable man. His
Speaker 1: body languages A and he's been getting into little beasts
Speaker 1: with motherfuckers, and Katie has always been someone that always
Speaker 1: risen above everything. If there's issues, Katie has always risen
Speaker 1: above everything. But I really think that owner trying to
Speaker 1: throw him in the trade because Bradley Beal clogged up
Speaker 1: the pipeline. I think it fucked Katie's mental enough, and
Speaker 1: it really I think he really felt disrespected. I saw
Speaker 1: him talk I think Andre Mon Show where obviously he
Speaker 1: didn't want to move things during that time, but he
Speaker 1: kind of to me left it open to like, Okay,
Speaker 1: this offseason, I could be out of there. What are
Speaker 1: your thoughts with that just team overall? I mean, the
Speaker 1: experiment has failed, There's no question about it. There's been
Speaker 1: word that Devin Booker has verbally committed to that team
Speaker 1: for the rest of his career. You know, you got
Speaker 1: three stars on that team, and it's just a nasty team.
Speaker 1: They still have a chance to make the playoffs because
Speaker 1: Dallas is down and out, but again, I feel like
Speaker 1: they're a top heavy team. They're a team and I
Speaker 1: said this last year, they're a team that lifts only
Speaker 1: upper body and their legs are super skinny. With the
Speaker 1: big old buff my fucking body up top. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: this Phoenix team and do they make the playoffs and
Speaker 1: if they don't, do you see any of their stars moving?
Speaker 3: I mean I was talking about them from the beginning,
Speaker 3: like when they first came together, like volume shooters for
Speaker 3: that team for the price surprise. Oh yeah, too many
Speaker 3: volume shooters on that team for it to work. People
Speaker 3: haven't picked to win the championship, like right right away
Speaker 3: as soon as they got together. But I think their
Speaker 3: run is over. I mean, it's time to move on
Speaker 3: from those three guys and they're almost well, especially Katie,
Speaker 3: Like it's sad to see him go out like this
Speaker 3: with this mantilla.
Speaker 1: He's such a great Yeah, if Kad were to move,
Speaker 1: do you see any particular landing space, And don't say
Speaker 1: the Lakers, nigga, Like, let's be real, do.
Speaker 3: You see any landing The only real landing spot for him,
Speaker 3: I think is the Rockets. The Rockets, sorry about ok
Speaker 3: I guess, but what are they going to give up
Speaker 3: to get him back?
Speaker 1: If you're okayc management and understanding the great career start
Speaker 1: he had there and he left on kind of sour
Speaker 1: terms but obviously one of the greatest players, would you
Speaker 1: shake up that lineup to bring up or shake up
Speaker 1: that roster to bring kat in for maybe a two
Speaker 1: or three year championship run.
Speaker 3: I'm not giving up Chat or one of our top
Speaker 3: three guys to get him, though, So if they can
Speaker 3: get him with some picks or whatever else magic they
Speaker 3: can use to get him there, then yeah, but I'm
Speaker 3: not giving up our main guys right now.
Speaker 1: So no Ju, no Chet, and obviously SGA is untradable,
Speaker 1: right so none of those three. But outside of that,
Speaker 1: anyone else can go absolutely, and you guys can have
Speaker 1: all our picks. I wouldn't say all of them, because
Speaker 1: you guys have a lot. I mean, okay see has
Speaker 1: a lot of but Kti is worth a lot of Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, if Bridges his five picks and and motherfucking
Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert is what eighteen first round picks like, Katie
Speaker 1: is definitely still at this age going to demand that respect.
Speaker 1: And but it'll be interesting, you know, obviously, Houston's a
Speaker 1: young team with udak Over one of the best coaches
Speaker 1: in the league, and they got a great young core,
Speaker 1: and it'll be interesting to see what those two teams
Speaker 1: do in this playoff run because obviously Houston's still young,
Speaker 1: so they're still rolling in the dice. But okay, being
Speaker 1: at the top, Okay, so he's been at the top
Speaker 1: of the division the last two years, and we'll see
Speaker 1: if they're be ready to take that job.
Speaker 3: Why can't we get them? Why can't the Lakers get Kdi?
Speaker 3: What would you have to give up for that? You'd
Speaker 3: have to give up AAR and before you didn't want to.
Speaker 3: Before you want to give up AAR. But I think
Speaker 3: he's shown you his that white boy magic on that
Speaker 3: Laker team.
Speaker 1: Is strong, going hard. Now that you throw Luca in
Speaker 1: that category, he's got a little uh, he's got a
Speaker 1: little pigment in him.
Speaker 3: Connect actually is balling too, man like.
Speaker 1: He still got that chip on his shoulder, bro. And
Speaker 1: Connect is one of those rare four years if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken, college guys that came in was ready to
Speaker 1: play right away, you know what I mean. So I
Speaker 1: don't see him going to the Lakers. I don't think
Speaker 1: you really do either, but you can be hopeful.
Speaker 3: And he's not going anywhere east, right, I don't know. No,
Speaker 3: you never know what KD Man, You never know. I mean,
Speaker 3: he may not go anywhere. He may end up staying
Speaker 3: in Phoenix. I don't see it, but it's possible.
Speaker 1: Brown. During his time down, he got a chance to
Speaker 1: go see Bryce up in Sacramento win the state championships.
Speaker 1: Credit congratulations, Sierra Canyon Mission League, Mission League in the house.
Speaker 1: Uh s got the championship out there and uh and Sacramento.
Speaker 1: Bron was able to catch that, And they say he's
Speaker 1: supposed to be back and possibly another week. The Lakers
Speaker 1: have four home games this week. Do you think this
Speaker 1: team is trying to kind of find something without Braun?
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm all for broun resting going into the
Speaker 1: playoffs because they're definitely going to need him. You guys
Speaker 1: have a legitimate shot to represent the Western Conference right now.
Speaker 1: What have you kind of seen from this team with
Speaker 1: Braun out?
Speaker 3: I mean, guys are finding their place. I'm sure I
Speaker 3: watched Bron last night. Just sit back and watch. She
Speaker 3: wasn't clapping anything, just saying who the guys will be
Speaker 3: when he gets back. But to be honest with you,
Speaker 3: is the first time I realized how bad we needed
Speaker 3: Bron in games, especially at the end of games, like
Speaker 3: you know, we get him help all through the through
Speaker 3: the game, but at the end.
Speaker 1: Of games you really need him.
Speaker 3: And Luca's Luca triple double guy, right, all he is
Speaker 3: is triple double all of a sudden to.
Speaker 1: Me, not all of a sudden, He's been this guy.
Speaker 3: You just didn't want to admit it. We first got him.
Speaker 3: True that, true that, But really now that I have
Speaker 3: to buy into our team, well just.
Speaker 1: Now that you watch him, see you play, see him
Speaker 1: play every day like it's crazy. And then this idiot
Speaker 1: DeMont is still out here talking shit about Luca. He's
Speaker 1: You're the biggest fucking clown in the whole NBA. You
Speaker 1: are the biggest clown. Just shut up. Just stop talking
Speaker 1: about it, like you fucked up. Take that fuck up.
Speaker 1: But shut the fuck up. Bro. You keep talking about
Speaker 1: Luca as he's continuing to obviously move on and do
Speaker 1: his thing, and you're like the X that continues to
Speaker 1: talk about like, man, shut the fuck up, but go ahead.
Speaker 3: Luca's my guy now, okay, so lucas your guy. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I'm with you all the way seventy seven. I'm buying
Speaker 3: your shoes and everything. Yeah, boy, but we're looking good.
Speaker 3: I think when Lebron gets back and all of our
Speaker 3: guys come back. It's time to jail and get together.
Speaker 3: Like I think we're the team to beat in the West.
Speaker 1: I'm not even mad at that statement. I'm really not.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I saw Stephen A. Smith talk about
Speaker 1: something this morning on ESPN that he feels like Boston
Speaker 1: would probably run the Lakers out of the gym in
Speaker 1: the finals. And I think I kind of agree with
Speaker 1: that because they do have the youth and the experience.
Speaker 1: But he was talking about what an amazing finals would
Speaker 1: be with Lebron versus Cleveland. I'd be crazy.
Speaker 3: I mean imagine, okay, see versus Cleveland. No one wants
Speaker 3: to see that, I don't think, with all due respect.
Speaker 3: And that's two great young teams with Mitchell and Shade,
Speaker 3: but I don't think the ratings are going to be
Speaker 3: what they're expecting with those two teams. But Adam silver
Speaker 3: Man do the shit man button? Yeah, come on, man,
Speaker 3: let's go.
Speaker 1: So you want to see Lakers Boston or Lakers Cleveland or.
Speaker 3: They both have storylines, don't they great? So Cleveland trying
Speaker 3: to get it against Lebron? Pause you that would be
Speaker 3: huge for a television game.
Speaker 1: You can throw golden and state in there the storylines
Speaker 1: with greatness absolutely question this is not even all script.
Speaker 1: But if Steph gets another ring during Lebron's watch, what
Speaker 1: does that do to the hierarchy of the game.
Speaker 3: Well, I don't care how many rings he gets. This
Speaker 3: man has fifty k. It's a lot of so regardless
Speaker 3: of however many rings Steph gets above him, they're building
Speaker 3: a whole news like section of the Hall of Fame
Speaker 3: for Lebron.
Speaker 1: So do I think it'll wreck his I don't. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't say I think wreck You can't take away with
Speaker 1: Bron diminish. But I remember, like the talk has always
Speaker 1: been like who got it on your watch? Right? Who
Speaker 1: got it on M's watch? Who got it on COVID
Speaker 1: Shack's watch? Now who's getting it on Lebron's watch? And
Speaker 1: if someone that came in is played similar I mean
Speaker 1: Bron's he played four more years than stuff off, I think.
Speaker 1: But if Steph somehow walks away with five rings and
Speaker 1: Lebron walks away with four, does that strengthen anyone's argument
Speaker 1: to Lebron's greatness?
Speaker 3: Yes? And I only say that because how could you
Speaker 3: let someone get more rings than you?
Speaker 1: Your watching guy? Yeah? And the guy that stayed in
Speaker 1: the same spot, yeah the whole time.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, But I don't think they'll ever let Steph
Speaker 3: move around Lebron, even though they say that he's been
Speaker 3: the guy to change the game so much. But I
Speaker 3: don't think he'll ever be able to. I don't care
Speaker 3: how many rings he gets.
Speaker 1: Sobron is top three and if you put them one,
Speaker 1: two or three, that's respectable. As Steph cracked the top ten.
Speaker 3: No, yes, I'm sorry, yes, yeah, absolutely has he cracked
Speaker 3: the top ten? Com on one thousand threes?
Speaker 1: I'm asking some people probably say.
Speaker 3: No, four thousand threes is crazy. Absolutely, Oh are you
Speaker 3: asking me if he's going over magic? Don't ask me
Speaker 3: that because I'm from a La baby and nobody's going
Speaker 3: over magic for me like that.
Speaker 1: So no, And you gotta think what magic only played
Speaker 1: eleven years, went to the finals nine times, got five rings,
Speaker 1: three finals MVPs. If I'm not mistaken, I'm just going
Speaker 1: off the top of my head. But that's a hell
Speaker 1: up of feet. That's herve though. Man, you gotta stop
Speaker 1: playing with his name the magic.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you gotta stop playing.
Speaker 1: This next segment is brought to you by Rose Sparks.
Speaker 1: Is it Sparks or five? Did you see this video
Speaker 1: of scal this weekend? This dude at the park? I did,
Speaker 1: What do you think about that? I loved it. I
Speaker 1: fucked with Scout like we used to go at it
Speaker 1: in college. I used to think he was an asshole.
Speaker 1: He probably thought I was an asshole. But he's always
Speaker 1: had game. And for me, he's always been one of
Speaker 1: the most disrespected dudes. But he had super game, has
Speaker 1: always had game. This dude, Messiah is an older dude.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you want to call him a
Speaker 1: park legend, I want to disrespect him. He may be
Speaker 1: a park legend out there, but when he plays these dudes,
Speaker 1: all he does is fallim and talk shit. And Scout
Speaker 1: wasn't having none of that. Skout was ready to scrap.
Speaker 1: Have big fella throwing the ball over the fence. Skout
Speaker 1: was throwing him on the ground, gave him my elbow
Speaker 1: to the chest, and I personally fucking loved it. I
Speaker 1: loved it. And I made a comment like you guys
Speaker 1: think shit is sweet with pro players, like we were
Speaker 1: pros for a fucking reason, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: And actually, the Messiah dude hit me and asked me
Speaker 1: if I'm next, and I said, play, motherfucker's your level.
Speaker 1: Bro quit talking to me, because if you found me
Speaker 1: like that, I'm gonna fight you on the spot. You
Speaker 1: didn't found me. Cut it out. But the way this
Speaker 1: dude was fouling scal but I loved withal. Shout out, Bro.
Speaker 1: I know we're not really close or type by any means,
Speaker 1: but I fucked with what you did this past weekend.
Speaker 1: Broa it down for us overtired motherfuckers and people who
Speaker 1: man just stop thinking shit is sweet. You mean we're
Speaker 1: getting older so we may not be able to move
Speaker 1: as much, but like we played in the pros for
Speaker 1: a reason fifteen years in this shit he asked me
Speaker 1: for Like, No, motherfucker, I'm not next. You want to fight? No,
Speaker 1: I'm playing. I ain't trying to fight you. You weren't paying.
Speaker 1: I ain't trying to fight you now. But I was
Speaker 1: happy for it because I think people get the misconception
Speaker 1: of guys that may be on the end of the
Speaker 1: bench or or or don't play a ton like can't
Speaker 1: play like No, they're a pro for a reason. You
Speaker 1: give them an opportunity to get out in another setting
Speaker 1: and they will dominate. So I think the same is Messiah,
Speaker 1: George the Messiah stick to playing dudes that didn't play
Speaker 1: real basketball and bullying them because Scout gave you everything
Speaker 1: you look for. Had you out there crying, boohooing, throwing
Speaker 1: the ball over the fence, pout and talking about fouls
Speaker 1: when all you do is foul Scout, wait to bust
Speaker 1: his ass, bro. So what we just watched is it
Speaker 1: Sparks the fire. That's motherfucking fire. Yes, a great period,
Speaker 1: great fire. He was Massai might have been on Sparks,
Speaker 1: but Scout was on Skal was on real fire, and
Speaker 1: I loved it. Well, Gino man, I appreciate your time. Man.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Bron will be back this week or by the
Speaker 1: end of next week, so we'll be talking about his
Speaker 1: comeback in the team's final ten games headed into the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Shout out Row indeed, So March Madness is officially here
Speaker 1: and all the Smoke is. Partnering with Jimmy Johns for
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Speaker 1: k in prizes up for grabs. Obviously, March madness is here.
Speaker 1: And I think one of the hottest topics of late
Speaker 1: has been the NCAA, the nil and these old ass
Speaker 1: men playing college basketball. And I want to make this
Speaker 1: very clear, By no way do I fault the players
Speaker 1: that are taking advantage of a situation that are the
Speaker 1: nc DOLA has no control over. But if you look
Speaker 1: at a team like Auburn who has an average age
Speaker 1: older than the Oklahoma City Thunder, you look at Rick Patino,
Speaker 1: who's team, who's is a two seed, congratulations, But he's
Speaker 1: talking about I'm not recruiting high school players. Dan Hurley
Speaker 1: talking about half his team will jump in the portal
Speaker 1: after winning back to back championships. Like, I think there's
Speaker 1: a real issue in the NCAA, whether it be money,
Speaker 1: and we've always screamed for money, so we can't really
Speaker 1: be complaining about the money. But I just think there
Speaker 1: needs to be some sort of regulation and age limit
Speaker 1: in college because college used to be for amateurs. College
Speaker 1: used to be for eighteen year old kids coming out
Speaker 1: of high school and looking to get to that next level,
Speaker 1: and now you're seeing twenty three, twenty four, twenty five,
Speaker 1: twenty six year olds playing college sports and it's to me,
Speaker 1: it's ridiculous. And again by no means of my faulting
Speaker 1: the athletes, because the money's there and there's no regulations
Speaker 1: on it. Get all the motherfucking money and experience you can.
Speaker 1: But I just think that shit is wait. I think
Speaker 1: college is supposed to be for kids coming out of
Speaker 1: high school trying to get to that next level, and
Speaker 1: they're being washed out, looked over having to go to
Speaker 1: jc's because there's fucking twenty six year old men with
Speaker 1: two kids that are playing in front of them. So
Speaker 1: I don't agree with that. I think it's stupid. I
Speaker 1: think the NCAA needs to do something. The nc LOBDA
Speaker 1: was always behind the curve always, They've always been behind
Speaker 1: the curve. They've never been ahead of anything. It's always
Speaker 1: been a mess. You guys need to let Jay Billis
Speaker 1: run that shit. Jay Billis is always talking real shit.
Speaker 1: You guys need to get the fuck out the way. Jay.
Speaker 1: You need to retire from your analyst job and go
Speaker 1: run the NCAA because I think you make the most
Speaker 1: sense every time you talk about it. But that's neither
Speaker 1: here nor there. Another thing that's been talked about a
Speaker 1: lot Shaka Smart and what he's doing over at Marquette,
Speaker 1: not allowing agents in the mix to get cuts of
Speaker 1: his players in il money or collective money, and some
Speaker 1: of his top players are using him as a representative.
Speaker 1: He's not taking no bread and these guys are getting
Speaker 1: their full money. So it'll be interesting to see. Obviously,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of what ifs and that kind of
Speaker 1: situation that do you have that kind of trust in
Speaker 1: other programs? Who knows? But I love what Shaka is doing.
Speaker 1: He's allowing these kids to kind of really eat in
Speaker 1: a safe environment without predators praying over the top of
Speaker 1: these youngsters. We've been in recent conversations with colleges about
Speaker 1: doing some nil stuff and creating content around it, because
Speaker 1: we know that content is king, and these kids really
Speaker 1: want to learn how to grow their brand. So there's
Speaker 1: definitely a laying there and I'm excited that we're going
Speaker 1: to be able to start helping some of these college
Speaker 1: kids develop their brand off the court. But let's get
Speaker 1: to what it is right now. Man March Madness one
Speaker 1: of the best times of the year. Myself and the
Speaker 1: team got a chance to go to u c LA
Speaker 1: this past weekend and host a panel for the women's team.
Speaker 1: Shout out coach Corey, who has always been amazing and
Speaker 1: goes out of her way to reach out to the
Speaker 1: men alumni to be a part and seeing the bigger
Speaker 1: picture and understanding it was a really awkward situation because
Speaker 1: I went in there on Sunday and the men's selection
Speaker 1: show was just ending and I saw my guy, Doug Erickson.
Speaker 1: He was kind of surprised, like what are you doing here?
Speaker 1: And I was like, you know, Coach Corey wanted me
Speaker 1: to come do a panel for the women's team, And
Speaker 1: it was just kind of a weird feeling that the
Speaker 1: UCLA men's team and coach Cronin and you know, whether
Speaker 1: you like him or not, it's really not ever leading
Speaker 1: up to me. I don't really care, but how he
Speaker 1: just doesn't give a fuck about the guys that came
Speaker 1: before at all. No conversation, no effort, no nothing. And
Speaker 1: on the flip side, Coach Corey, who's been there for
Speaker 1: nearly fourteen years, goes out of her way to reach
Speaker 1: out to us, send us gear, send us shoes, check
Speaker 1: on the family. I'm like, I never played for her,
Speaker 1: never knew her before this opportunity, but she's just amazing
Speaker 1: and really wanted to give her a shout out for
Speaker 1: just the way she goes about it. But anyway, I
Speaker 1: went up there and hosted a panel where I got
Speaker 1: a chance to talk to coach Corey, talk to Lauren
Speaker 1: Bett's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Kicky Rice
Speaker 1: all Big Ten, and Gabrielle hakez Hi MAI's little sister
Speaker 1: who was out there doing her things, so it was
Speaker 1: really cool. Got a chance to sit down talk to them,
Speaker 1: talked about their experience at u c l A, their
Speaker 1: upcoming battle, and and and their seed in the tournament,
Speaker 1: and it was a great time. They got the number
Speaker 1: one seed and we'll be playing at home their first
Speaker 1: two games, which is amazing. They're down the road cross
Speaker 1: rivals Juju and the USC Trojans got the fourth number
Speaker 1: one seed and their coach came out and felt a
Speaker 1: little disrespected about that seed. But nevertheless, I know SC
Speaker 1: will be ready to rock. You know. The crazy part,
Speaker 1: I would say, I will say that the men's there
Speaker 1: there's more hype around the men's bracket this year. But
Speaker 1: I would also say is there's a lot of hype
Speaker 1: around the women's tournament. Uh this uh, this upcoming March,
Speaker 1: so really excited to see both. I know the men
Speaker 1: are the men, the men are the seventh seed. I
Speaker 1: think the play Utahs State in the first round, which
Speaker 1: will be a solid matchup, and if they're able to
Speaker 1: get by them, they'll play the winner of the Tennessee game.
Speaker 1: And Tennessee's playing some good ball right now. So wishing
Speaker 1: the men's team well in their journey, and definitely wishing
Speaker 1: the women's side well. You know, they got a nice
Speaker 1: draw and if it all comes down to it, I
Speaker 1: think they would play sc in the final four, which
Speaker 1: I was hoping to have that on them on the
Speaker 1: other side, and possibly play them in the National Championship.
Speaker 1: We're obviously not looking ahead, but if we are looking ahead,
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a crazy final four.
Speaker 1: But good luck to all the teams in this bracket,
Speaker 1: in this madness. I remember personally, March madness was the
Speaker 1: funnest time, one of the funnest times of my life.
Speaker 1: So enjoy it, embrace it, play every game like at
Speaker 1: your last, because it can be Our brothers Ac and
Speaker 1: Barack sat down with the one and only Ryan Garcia
Speaker 1: on ring champs, take a look this at it.
Speaker 2: But again, at that time, nothing was gonna get to me.
Speaker 3: Bro.
Speaker 2: I swear, I swear I was in a whole different universe.
Speaker 2: To be honest, did you think you would never come
Speaker 2: back one hundred?
Speaker 1: I didn't think.
Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm surprised I'm here right now.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 2: I was drinking every day, every single day, even the
Speaker 2: day of the fight. Day of the fight, I just
Speaker 2: got so involved in just trying to cope whatever was
Speaker 2: going on inside. And like I said, I've been struggling
Speaker 2: mentally for for years and it just it just wouldn't
Speaker 2: stop for me. So, like I said, that's how I coped.
Speaker 1: What was the turning point.
Speaker 2: Turning point is to realize, like, damn, Bro, I'm slucking
Speaker 2: my life up, you know, and getting arrested was a
Speaker 2: big part of it. Almost losing my kids was a
Speaker 2: huge part of it.
Speaker 1: Can you talk about what happened that day? Uh?
Speaker 2: I decided to take a bunch of shrooms and something
Speaker 2: I was doing already, but this time I took too many.
Speaker 1: And I kind of just lost it. Bro.
Speaker 2: I can't really say anything else.
Speaker 1: I mean, they were saying that you trashed the room.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, I mean I end up breaking everything
Speaker 2: in the room. I don't I really don't remember brow
Speaker 2: I was drunk and fucked up to the.
Speaker 1: But to his point, who were you with that day?
Speaker 2: The same people?
Speaker 3: And see, this is the thing though, I'm sure those
Speaker 3: people love you.
Speaker 4: I'm sure you know some of them love you or whatever,
Speaker 4: but that doesn't mean that they know what's good for
Speaker 4: you in your career and your life and your.
Speaker 3: Spirit, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: That's all.
Speaker 3: I'm sure that people love you. I ain't trying to
Speaker 3: knock them.
Speaker 4: I'm just trying to say, do you think you should
Speaker 4: have been around that kind of people that's comfortable when
Speaker 4: you getting drunk and being an athlete?
Speaker 1: That's all I was trying to say.
Speaker 2: No, no, I respect that, and now man, I feel
Speaker 2: I just didn't have those type of people.
Speaker 1: You can catch that episode this Wednesday with some of
Speaker 1: our newest members of the All the Smoke Fight family,
Speaker 1: ring champs, our brother Acken barack Man. Congratulations fellas, welcome
Speaker 1: to the family and definitely looking forward to seeing this
Speaker 1: Ryan interview. That's a wrap for this week. I'm unplugged.
Speaker 1: You can catch us on All the Smoke productions YouTube
Speaker 1: and the DraftKings Network. We'll see y'all next week.