1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume. The Colin Cowherd Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. Whether you love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport, there is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win. Hi, everybody, and welcome to 6 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: the Tuesday Morning Podcast. How nice is that? Marcus Thompson 7 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: Nick Wright talking hoops back to back. That'll be in 8 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: about five minutes with Nick Wright. You know people are 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: bagging on Ben Simmons, justifiably so, because he can't shoot. 10 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: That's sort of a problem. It is called basketball, not basketball. 11 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: You gotta put it in the hoop. It doesn't mean though, 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons can't still be a force in this league. Seriously. 13 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: You know, there's there's a word out there that if 14 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: you're about my age, you probably never even heard of 15 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: until the nineties or early two thousands. In fact, it 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: wasn't used until like the mid eighties. The word was repurpose, 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: and basically it means find a new purpose for something 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: that's different from its original use. And I like what 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: it implies, like nothing is ever useless. Just find another use, 20 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: sometimes a better use for it. I mean in sports, 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: Julian Edelman was a quarterback until Belichick made him a 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: wide receiver. He repurposed him. Dennis Sackersley remember him, burned 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: out done with the Cubs. Manager Tony LaRussa brought him 24 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: to the a's moved him to the bullpen. He's one 25 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: of the greatest examples he was repurposed. I mean, how 26 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: many times have you seen an old card tire as 27 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: a kid's tire swing. A lot of times we blame 28 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: the player for not succeeding, and sometimes it is the 29 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: player's fault. But every player needs a coach or a 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: GM and a direction, and for most guys, they come 31 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: in as raw prospects. I mean, Ben Simmons is only 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: twenty four, and even that's misleading because he barely played 33 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: any college basketball. I mean, more people have probably seen 34 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: Bigfoot than saw him play for LSU. He missed his 35 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: first entire season with an injury, so the guy's basically 36 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: three or four years into his career. Well, I mean, 37 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: Trey Young, many people thought DeAndre eight and Trey Young 38 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: a year in, we're just not gonna work. So Ben 39 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: Simmons isn't done at all. He needs to be repurposed 40 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: as a point forward or the Golden State Warriors. Big 41 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: who can run the floor. There's a lot he can do. 42 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: What he can't do is be relied on to hit jumpers. 43 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: But repurpose him do a Dennis Eckersley. Something else on 44 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: my mind. Tom Brady was on a show Uninterrupted with 45 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: Maverick Carter, Lebron James. It's the kind of Lebron produced show. 46 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: And Brady was one of the guests this week and 47 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: it made news because he took a shot. Many believe 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: it Jimmy Garoppolo. Brady was recounting when he left New 49 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: England one of the teams in the end that wasn't 50 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: interested in him. He didn't say who it was. Many 51 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: perceived it to be the Niners. He said, you know, 52 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: late in the process, one of the teams wasn't interested 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: in me, and I thought, you like that, mother effer. 54 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: And the perception again is Jimmy Garoppolo. The truth is 55 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: the market was really small for Tom. There was about 56 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: four teams that really wanted him. I was told the 57 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: Chargers really wanted him. I know they did. That has 58 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: been confirmed. And I know Tampa really wanted him, and 59 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: the Colts kicked the tires. But let's not do revisionist 60 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: history here. Tampa was the perfect spot for Tom, and 61 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: he really chose that because what they needed was a 62 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: right tackle and probably needed a little more of a 63 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: running game. But Brady wouldn't be nearly successful in a 64 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: lot of these other places when he signed with Tampa. 65 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: What was our first takeaway? God, all that's missing is 66 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: a quarterback. If you put them on Philadelphia right now, 67 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: if you put them on half this league's rosters, Tom 68 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 1: would not have had this success. Tom's smartest strength. Much 69 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: like Peyton Manning going to Denver, he saw himself as 70 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: a missing piece. I mean, we said when Tom went 71 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: to Tampa, shit, man, look at those wide receivers, look 72 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: at those tight ends. All they need to write tackle. 73 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: We knew their defense was good with Todd Bowles because 74 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: the previous year before Tom got there, if you remember 75 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: post Thanksgiving, the Buccaneers defense right number one in the NFL. 76 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: So the credit goes to Tom Brady scouting the Buccaneers 77 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: before he landed there. But Tom isn't the kind of 78 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: athlete at this point where you put him behind a 79 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: bad old line with average receivers. I mean, you really 80 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: think he's going to change the Titans significantly. No. So 81 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: it's almost like presidents never get credit for the crisis 82 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: they avoid, you know, And there's a lot of little details. 83 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: Presidents make end decisions and they avoid economic disasters. You 84 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: never get credit for the mistakes you avoid. You know. 85 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Brady gets credit for revitalizing his career, but his greatest 86 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: asset was his knowledge of football and going to the 87 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: right spot for him. You had an old Drew Breese 88 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: rebuilding Carolina up and down, hot and cold Atlanta. Tampa 89 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: had the best offensive talent in the division, and we 90 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: can argue now they had the best defensive talent in 91 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: the division as well. Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl 92 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: in Denver. He went to the place a winnable division, 93 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: Prima Homes. Philip Rivers was aging Raiders were the Raiders, 94 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: and he went to a really good defense and they 95 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: had a nice offensive line. So that's the strength of 96 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: Manning and Brady. The dudes no personnel, and they went 97 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: to spots that could protect them and elevate them as 98 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: they could no longer carry a football team already. My 99 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: buddy Nick, right host, First things first, FS one's joining us. 100 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: So you know, as I always think is funny, Nick, 101 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: is that. And I've watched a lot of people do 102 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: this to their careers in radio and television, like they 103 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: have they have, they have a flaw and they just 104 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: don't correct it. And I mean, there's no perfect broadcaster, 105 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: but they'll like some people just don't have a great 106 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: voice or they're you know whatever, there's a deficiency. But 107 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: there are people that are really talented, but they keep 108 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: making the same mistake over and over and over and over. 109 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: And I think we both know people like that. And 110 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: like with Ben Simmons, you're like, dude, this is not 111 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: this difficult. It's a free throw. It's free It's a 112 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 1: free throw. I'm always shocked when the solution is easy. 113 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: It's not like we're asking him to be quick or 114 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: add vertical. It's like, it's a free throw. It is unguarded. 115 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: What do you make of that? Well, I think it. 116 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: I listen. He I talked someone close to Ben after 117 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: game five when he's said whatever, whichever game he said, ah, yeah, 118 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: I was in my own head it's mental. And the 119 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: person said, yeah, he shouldn't have said that, because now 120 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: that's out there, now that's in the universe. Now people 121 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: are talking about it being mental, that the advice was no, 122 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: just say you had a bad shooting night. But the 123 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: thing is this, it was one hundred percent in his head. 124 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: It is one hundred percent and mental, and that has 125 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: to be at least to me, Colin a massive concern. 126 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: It's why it's not free, it's why it's not easy 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: because he is thinking so hard. And you saw it 128 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: on the play that Embiid said turned the game Colin, 129 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: where he said, well, what turned the game was we 130 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: could have gotten two points and we got one point 131 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: and they scored the next time down, he had a dunk, 132 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: but he was so afraid of going to the line 133 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: that he passed the ball. And then that's that. Compare 134 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: that to Jannis, who they're counting one, two, three, He's 135 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: airballing free throws and he just kept attacking and ended 136 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: up making seven in a row in the biggest game 137 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: of his life. Do you blame you know, Doc Rivers 138 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: has now lost like nine game sevens, and I do think. 139 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: You know, Doc is somebody I've always compared to Joe 140 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: Tory that his strength is really dealing with people. Usually 141 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: it's not an exes and O's thing. I thought Philadelphia 142 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: got a lot of into ISO ball. There wasn't a 143 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: lot of you know, plays drawn up. But I do 144 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: think your resume is ultimately truth. And I think Doc 145 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: is more personality driven and relationship driven than he is 146 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: schematically driven. Is that fair? Oh, I think that's totally fair. 147 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: And I think that you know, and I know I'm 148 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: bouncing around a bit. You're seeing something very different with 149 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: the Clippers, where Tylu appears to be one of the 150 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: greatest in series adjusters ever. Doc, It's like, we're gonna 151 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: do what we do and we dare you to stop us. 152 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: But the problem is, like, here's my problem for the Sixers. 153 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: And I know, listen, I picked them to make the 154 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: final before the year. I stuck with it before the playoffs. 155 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: So this is a little Monday morning quarterbacking from me. 156 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: But I said it to you, I said it on 157 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: my show. Some of these falls robbyous. They ended quarters terrible. 158 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: They had an odd pension for getting giant leads and 159 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: then letting teams make it close. They wouldn't lose the games, 160 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: but there were a lot of warning signs, and in 161 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs there are some truisms like one of them 162 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: is that a guy like Rudy Gobert, who is a 163 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: great defensive player in the regular season, can be played 164 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: off the court in the playoffs on the defensive end. 165 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: On the offensive end, what is true in the playoffs 166 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: is you need somebody who can go get a bucket. 167 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: So what was what's honestly, of the entire Sick of 168 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: Process era, what's probably the best team the one year 169 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: they had Jimmy Butler. That team lost in seven to 170 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: Kauai amazing shot because they had a guy who could 171 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: go get a bucket. Their best option for that was 172 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: Seth This Seth Curry was there, like, we have to 173 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: get a bucket guy, because it's tough to do that 174 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: with a center. So they were flawed. I thought their 175 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: defense could carry him. And by the way, by the way, Colin, 176 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: if they're a possession better against the Hawks, maybe two 177 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: possessions better, or they just don't blow a twenty six 178 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: point lead at home, they might be the finals, the 179 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: title favorites. Right now, it's like, oh, they're healthy, no 180 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: one can stop in bed. As flawed as they are. 181 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: Because of how it broke, they could have won the 182 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: title and instead they lose to Trey Young and friends. 183 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: It's a disaster. It is, you know, I do think Simmons, 184 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: I think you know. I talked about this on my 185 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: opening rant before I got to you. There was a 186 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: word that was first used in the early eighties called repurposing. 187 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: That's what the That's what Tony LaRussa did with Dennis Eckersley, 188 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: who was a shot starter for the Cubs. He repurposed them, 189 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: put him in the bullpen. Ben's only twenty four, didn't 190 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: play much college basketball, hurt his first year in the league. 191 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: Repurpose him, move him to Golden State or Portland and 192 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: make him a point forward. Is that he's fine if 193 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: you don't have a dominant scoring big in the middle 194 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: clogging it up because that's the only place he can score. 195 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: To me, if you can figure out the free throw thing, 196 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: I don't need you to shoot. Stephen Clay on both sides, 197 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: Dame Lillard is excellent but small and poor defense, poor defensively. Well, 198 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: Ben's the opposite of that. He can't shoot, but he's 199 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 1: great defensively and large. I think there's I think we 200 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: give up too often on people in society, like there's eight. 201 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: To me, there's room right for Ben Simmon somewhere oh 202 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: a thousand percent, like listen, so there's a lot here. 203 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: One is to be fair to Ben. If you took 204 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: the fifteen best players in basketball, the two guys the 205 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: only two guys that Ben doesn't fit with or Jannis him, yeah, 206 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: the other thirteen, he would be all great number two four. 207 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: The embied thing is tough. It's just he wouldn't work 208 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: with you, honest, he doesn't really work with Himbed. So 209 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: that's like with Dame, he'd be perfect. With Steph, he'd 210 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: be perfect. That's definitely true. The other thing that's tough 211 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: for the Sixers though, is this they were this close 212 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: to trading him for James Harden and now you have 213 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: to trade him for CJ. McCullum. That's tough, Colin. Like 214 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: you're a business guy, I'm sure like you you ever 215 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: had an asset where a stock where it's like, hey, 216 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 1: if you sell it now, you make I don't know, 217 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: all make up a number one hundred grand and you don't, 218 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: and then they come back to you they're like, wow, 219 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: you can sell it now for forty and it's like, 220 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: oh my god. Even even though CJ. McCullum sounds good. 221 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: You could have had James Hart that deal was going 222 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: to happen. I've been told by a person who would 223 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: know that all that happened was the Houston owner stepped 224 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: in at the end and said, no, what's not going 225 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: to happen is James Harden and Darryl Morrie are both 226 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: going to leave me and won a championship together. He's 227 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: going somewhere else. So they end up taking the inferior 228 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: deal from Brooklyn. So it's just tough if you're Philly 229 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: and it's like, we almost got an MVP candidate for 230 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: Ben and now it's like CJ who's good but flawed, 231 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: Zach Levine who's good but flawed. 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With the Action App, you can want 259 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: see the latest picks and articles from the Action Network 260 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: gambling experts too, compare odds from different sports books, and 261 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: three track every bet you make so you always know 262 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: how your picks are doing. So if the game means 263 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: more to you, download the free Action Network app and 264 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: start betting smarter. You know, Nick, what I've been saying 265 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: over and over to people is that you know the 266 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: Hollywood couple. They look the part, and everybody thinks their 267 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: careers are going great. So you just talk yourself into it, 268 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: even though there's rumors out there they don't get along. 269 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: You need that big blow up between that couple, you know, 270 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: throwing houseplants at each other at a Christmas party, so 271 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: everybody goes, oh, that doesn't work. Yeah, that officially doesn't work. 272 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Philadelphia needed this ending. They needed to lose to a 273 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: team without an all star. They needed to lose at home, 274 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: They needed to lose multiple leads. So now Daryl Morey's like, Okay, 275 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: I can't run that back. I think this is actually 276 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: in the long run better for Philly. Yes it is, 277 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: unless they were gonna win the title. And when you 278 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: all of a sudden if I'd have told Darryl you 279 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: are going to be in the second round of the playoffs, 280 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna be playing the Atlanta Hawks, and by the way, 281 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: already eliminated to be Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, 282 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Nicola Yoki, Kwi Leonard's gonna be hurt, and 283 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: Kadie Harden and Kyrie are about to go out and 284 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: you have home court, and you know what, I'll give 285 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: you a bonus. You're up to one, and you're up 286 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: eighteen points in the second half of Game four, and 287 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: somehow you blow it. So now you're up twenty six 288 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: points in the second half of Game five. You somehow 289 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: you're selling up in a game seven. But don't worry. 290 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: In that game seven, Trey Young is gonna go five 291 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: of twenty three and Bog Down Bogdanovich is gonna look 292 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: like a shell of himself, and embed is gonna be awesome. 293 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: In every game of the series, but one you might 294 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: have won the title. Like that's the thing is we're saying, 295 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: you're talking about how that this is the huge blow 296 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: up for Brooklyn to say, tear it all down. Milwaukee 297 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: is a a tiptoe away from having the exact same conversation, 298 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: which is, all right, guys, we can't beat Brooklyn in 299 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: this shape, how are we going to beat them when 300 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: they're fully formed? So like, I just feel like it 301 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: was so wide open that even though I agree with 302 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: you that they do need to make a major change, 303 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: it's almost like they could have. I don't know what 304 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: the example is. The NFL example might be the last 305 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: Patriot Super Bowl that was not a great team. I 306 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: know they went to Arrowhead and beat my Chiefs and 307 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: it still kills me, but they won the super Bowl 308 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: thirteen to three. Brady didn't have great weapons, but it's like, hey, 309 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: somebody's got to win it this year, so yes, it'll 310 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: be us. I really feel like that could have been 311 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: Philly and now instead they lose to Trey Young and 312 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: the red haired kid hurt Her. Oh my god, hurt Her. 313 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: Can you imagine being an NBA player and you're like, 314 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: this guy ended my season, Kevin Hurder in my season, 315 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: he was the he was the New York State basketball 316 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: player of the year. So oh, I'm sure he's awesome. 317 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 1: He was awesome, and he was I think he went 318 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: to Maryland he was really good in college. I don't 319 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: I don't begrudge him. I just and it's a little 320 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: unfair by me. But it's like this guy who just 321 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: seemed to be like getting more and more freckles as 322 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: the playoffs went on. It's just ending your life, Like 323 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: that's what's happening. Oh my god, it's a disaster, you know. 324 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: I was saying, so Marcus Thompson, who's just great, was 325 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: on yesterday and I said, there are certain things that 326 00:18:55,560 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: get hot, like positionless basketball, which is the liberal arts 327 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: degree of the academic world. It's like, Okay, what specific 328 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: skill can you bring to my company? Well, I read Chaucer, 329 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: I know, can you bring a specific skill? Positionless basketball? 330 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: Sounds great, except that MJ's Bulls all had defined roles, 331 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: and so did Magic's Lakers, and Kobe and checks Lakers 332 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: and mostly the Warriors. The truth is because Lebron's the 333 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: greatest Swiss army knife and durant to a large degree, 334 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: the same we think, oh, all Big should shoot. No, 335 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: not really, Jannis probably shouldn't shoot. I look at Phoenix 336 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what I love about them? They're old school, 337 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: built through the draft, added just one great piece, no 338 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: load management, guys play every night. They have a true 339 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: point and tuer, a true shooting guard SG shooting two 340 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: wings old young, and then a center who likes to 341 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: hang around the iron. It's like they even have a 342 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: backup point who can spell Chris Paul so on. The 343 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: only place thirty minutes, not forty like if you went 344 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: and looked at the Lakers with magic, magic was the distributor. 345 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: Byron Scott's the shooter, Michael Cooper's the defender. Specific roles. 346 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: And I guess my point is there's something I know. 347 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: Everybody loves positionless basketball. But the two teams that are 348 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: bad late in games, Sixers and the Clippers great great rosters. 349 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: The Clippers don't really have a true point guard they 350 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: trust and so they kind of make it up. And 351 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: the Sixers have a point guard who's afraid to shoot. 352 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: The Suns really shouldn't be here. They're too young to 353 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: be good, They're not terribly big. They become very booker 354 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: reliant with scoring. But god, Nick, everybody knows they're so 355 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: great late in games because they know exactly what they are. Well, 356 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: that's that's a really interesting key to like almost any 357 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: successful enterprise, right, is you don't necessarily have to have 358 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: the best people. It helps obviously have great people, but 359 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: what you need is people. What's the cliche be a 360 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: star in your role. The only way you can do 361 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: that is if you know what your role is. Like 362 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: if when you bring people on to your show, like, 363 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: they need to know exactly what their job is. For 364 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: those how long are I gonna be your twelve minutes 365 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: or forty minutes? You know, are we gonna be just 366 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: gonna be ask me questions or I'm gonna be asking 367 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: you questions? If it just hey, roll the ball out there, 368 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: see what happens, and be entertaining. That's different the Sons. 369 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: Everybody knows what their job is. Every single guy knows 370 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: what their job isn't By the way, that was the 371 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: same as last year's Lakers. Like while Lebron maybe controlled everything, 372 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: every but Carusoe knew when I get in there, I 373 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: better guard my ass off. Die for loose balls, you 374 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean? I need to do this. KCP 375 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: knew I gotta shoot. Anytime I get an open shot, 376 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: I need to take it. That's what they're trust me for. 377 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: Rondo understood what his job was. Dwight Hell the best 378 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: we've ever We've seen from Dryton Out ever, of course 379 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: seen from dry Out in this part of his career, 380 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: you know exactly what his role was. I'm gonna get rebounds, 381 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give out some hard fouls, I'm gonna be 382 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: a little intimidating and go like everybody knew their role. 383 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: So I do think for Phoenix that is a huge asset. 384 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: The other thing I thought you were gonna say with 385 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: Phoenix that is a throwback. Is this a man? Chris 386 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: Paul's midrang shot is super valuable, and by the way, 387 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: so was Kauai's when they won the title a couple 388 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: of years ago. Like now, the Warriors didn't have a 389 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: lot of guys taking midrang shots. You have two of 390 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: the greatest shooters ever. Right, The Cavs teams don't because 391 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: Lebron is the greatest at getting to the basket, slashing 392 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: too the basket ever and then he finds guys for 393 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: ropen shots. But you also you watch the teams that 394 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: are left like they can go get a tough bucket 395 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: in that intermediate and that is a bit of a 396 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: market inefficiency column that they're reacting to, which is because 397 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: typically the mid range shot is an inefficient shot. Teams 398 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: have started to give it to you. Well, eventually, if 399 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: they give it to you enough, it starts to become 400 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: an efficient shot. There's like in the NFL, if everybody 401 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: is only putting corners out there to defend the pass 402 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: because the pass is such a better option than the run. Well, 403 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: eventually the numbers make it to wear. Well. Now I 404 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: can run the ball if I've got a good running back, right, 405 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: because you have all tiny people, So I do think. Listen, 406 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: I think the Sons are going. I think it's suns 407 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: Bucks and the Bucks haven more talent. But don't you 408 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: trust Chris Paul down the stretch more than you trust 409 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: everyone on Milwaukee. I think the Sons a go win 410 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: the whole thing. I can't believe it. By the way, 411 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: my best most boring prediction in my career I said this. 412 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: I said, I'll take Milwaukee. Number one, we've dismissed them, 413 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: no pressure. Number two is they're best players, never get hurt. 414 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: They'll be the healthiest team left. That's almost what it's become. 415 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: That And by the way, I don't know if we're 416 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: gonna wait, I'm I don't know if we're gonna talk 417 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,719 Speaker 1: about this or I'm jumping the gun, but I am 418 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: incredibly irritated. I tried to be nice today because listen, 419 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: nobody likes coming someone coming on TV and being like, ah, 420 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: you know, remember last year everybody loved the Clippers except 421 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: for me. I said to go out in the second round. 422 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: Everyone's called me an asshole. Then I was right, and 423 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: then this year it all happened again with the Nets. 424 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: I said the all year long, they got on second round. 425 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to be that guy today. But then 426 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: I had to deal with folks being like, well, listen, 427 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: regret to Milwaukee. It's good, but we all know if 428 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: Brooklyn was healthy, it'd be different. And that's like, that's 429 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: like saying, of course it would have been different. But 430 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: one of the reasons some of us didn't believe in 431 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: them was they were never healthy all year, right. Be like, 432 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: if the guy who's lost three jobs because he showed 433 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: up drunk, he is like losing fourth, it's like, well, 434 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: he just sobered up, he'd be awesome. Like yeah, but 435 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: you knew this was the problem. You knew it was 436 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: the problem, and some of us understood that because you 437 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: could get an unlucky injury or a guy could get hurt. 438 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: You should prioritize that one seed because even what we 439 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: saw from this series with respect to Atlanta, I know 440 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: they just beat Billy, but if Brooklyn had been one 441 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: game better, they're the one seed. And I believe even 442 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: with all the injuries they suffered, with Kevin Durant playing 443 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: at this level, they beat Atlanta like Atlanta was And then, 444 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: by the way, if they had beaten Atlanta, Harry would 445 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: be back in two weeks. Harden is already back. They 446 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: still could have won the title, but they didn't prioritize 447 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 1: the regular season. I don't think Nash did a good job. 448 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,479 Speaker 1: And everyone's like, oh, they only played eight games together. Well, 449 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: it's not because they had different work cycles. It's because 450 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: people were always hurt, right, They're always got and so 451 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: they got hurt. That yeah, that's one of the reasons 452 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: they lost. It's also one of the reasons I didn't 453 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: think they could. Why would a team that wasn't healthy 454 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: ever be healthy for two straight months of super physical basketball? 455 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: Why would that happen? I just I didn't see it. So, 456 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: you know, the series are just going to start here, 457 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: so I want to go to some meteor stuff. The 458 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: Zion situation, I mean, listen, Luca's going to sign an extension. 459 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: We know it. They just have to find a number two. 460 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 1: I mean, Donnie Nelson Porzingis is a bad contract. And 461 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: they butchered the Dennis Smith draft because right after that 462 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: was Donovan Mitchell, and if you had Donovan Mitchell and Luca, 463 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: you'd be set for ten years. So the GM's gotta go. 464 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: It happens. Carlyle's old generationally doesn't work with Luca, who's 465 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: a little bit Let's be honest, he's twenty two, he's 466 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: feeling himself. He argues that every with everybody, it was 467 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: bound to happen. Yeah. The Zion thing, though, is interesting because, 468 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: and this is something where I always give professional athletes credit. 469 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: If my career was only going to be fourteen years, 470 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: and and I was tied financially, tied to my first 471 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: job for four years, and I didn't even grow up poor. 472 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: I didn't grow up rich, but I didn't grow up poor. 473 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,959 Speaker 1: Many professional athletes don't grow up with a ton of money, right, 474 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: And I got fourteen years to make it, and I 475 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: get drafted by a mess of a franchise that couldn't 476 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: get Chris Paul or Anthony Davis. Right, Zion's going to 477 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: be on his third coach in three years. This is 478 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: where I always sided with pro athletes. I would be 479 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: fucking impossible to deal with one of the reasons. Even 480 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: if I signed a contract and don't love it, you know, 481 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: I'll be out in two and a half three years. 482 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: I can go somewhere else if I was ever unhappy. 483 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,400 Speaker 1: I don't blame Zion. The Pelicans are a mess. They're 484 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: owned by a football owner who, by the way, they 485 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: run a hell of a football operation. They run a 486 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: real bad basketball operation. There was a story by Tom 487 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: haberstro or somebody that they're probably the most likely relocation franchise. 488 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: Like I sighed with him, Like, what I hope is 489 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: this Nick players of always had two revenue streams the stars, 490 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: shoes and basketball. They now have a third, social media. 491 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: I think if he goes to a Nix or a Lakers, 492 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,719 Speaker 1: he can make the money up in shoes and social 493 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: media and it's really not that big of a loss. Yeah, 494 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: well yeah, I think financially he couldn't make it. Even 495 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,479 Speaker 1: The thing is this what they've got the rookies by 496 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: financially is the risks he would have to basically take 497 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: a massive risk for a year and assuming nothing traumatic 498 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: injury wise happens, then by the end of his career 499 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: he does probably make the money up. But it is 500 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: And Marcus Thompson, who you talked to, I actually heard 501 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: him make this point, I think or he was on 502 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: a podcast for somebody who made this point. I think 503 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: it's a good one, which is part you mentioned. These 504 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: guys don't grow a lot of guys don't grow a 505 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: ton of money, right, And he made the point there 506 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: is some social pressure from your peer group of friends 507 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: at home if it comes out in the public, like 508 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: really you turned you turned down a hundred and fifty 509 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: million dollars. You said no to that, like signed the contract, 510 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: just go ahead, and maybe you just signed to take 511 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: the money. So I understand that part of it. And 512 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: I also understand why we've never seen a guy on 513 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: his rookie contract turned down the max extension, but somebody 514 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: eventually will. And your point on New Orleans, it would 515 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: really bother me if I knew my team owner that 516 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: we are the second most important team they own, Like 517 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: what like that? That would bother me, Like I don't 518 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: think I'd love that as a pro athlete, and I 519 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: also wouldn't love the history. I think New Orleans an 520 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: awesome city. I also, you know, previously Up said I 521 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: think David Griffin's a good GM. I don't think he's done. 522 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: I don't think the same Van gundy Hire was a 523 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: great one. We'll see how the moves work. But I 524 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: here's where I think it's going to thread the needle Colin, 525 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: And this is where I think NBA guys, the true superstars, 526 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: really have the leverage. I think guys can sign the 527 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: contract to lock in the money and then still lead 528 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: like we've never seen an NBA team willing to be like, no, 529 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: you're under James Harden was under contract for two more years. 530 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: He had one press conference like I gotta get out 531 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: of here. They traded him in four days to the 532 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: exact place he wanted to go to. So like, I 533 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: think Zion and Luca can sign the deals and the 534 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: team still know it's year to year because the moment 535 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: they really want out, we're gonna have to get him out. 536 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: So I think that's what happens. I think Zion, he's 537 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: played two years for the Pelicans, I would say I 538 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: think he will play at least five years for the Pelicans. 539 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis played seven, you know, Lebron played seven. I 540 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: think he'll play at least five and evaluate then. But 541 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: they got a lot of work to do, man, They 542 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: got a lot of work to do just to be 543 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: a second round playoff team, much less a championship contender. 544 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: One of the things that drives me crazy with both 545 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: the far right and the far left is they sell 546 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: fear and a lot of people you know, it's it's 547 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: fear mongering. And one of the things I'm hoping for 548 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: is a Phoenix Milwaukee final because you'll have two relatively 549 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: small markets who built through the draft. Is that, you know, 550 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: I always love college football. Guy who bitches about the 551 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: NBA to same old teams every year, are you kidding me? Like, 552 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: look at what we've had in recent years. The Toronto Raptors, 553 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks, beat Lebron, We're probably going to get 554 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: like a Clippers, a Phoenix or a Milwaukee and I mean, 555 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: I mean La and by the way, and by the way, 556 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: the two dynastic runs were teams that had historically been horrific. 557 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: Golden State came out of I mean they were maybe 558 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: the worst franchise for thirty years in Cleveland was the 559 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: worst for fifty and you know what I mean, they 560 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: have these dynastic runs and we've also had other teams 561 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: jump in there. So yeah, I actually think there is 562 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: more team and city parody in the NBA than it gets, 563 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: certainly more than in college football. Like that's not even 564 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: a debate. College basketball a college sports are built for 565 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: dynasty's best teams. Get I mean Gonzaga now, which has 566 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: always been good, they now get the number one, two 567 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: or three player in the country. So like, who in 568 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: their conference is it even going to compete with? I mean, 569 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: you can lock them into the Elite eight for the 570 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: next six years. And in the NBA, it feels like 571 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: it's the same teams because it's a lot of the 572 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: same players, but the players move, the players move around, 573 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: so it's like it's it is it is. And we 574 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: did to have an odd the Golden State happening at 575 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: the exact same time that Lebron like a dynasty in 576 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: one conference happening at the exact same time as a 577 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: as a man in the other conference just making the 578 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: finals every year for ten years. That doesn't typically happen 579 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: in the eighties. It did, but like the league's changed 580 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: a bit, and so yeah, I also think so you think, 581 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: but yeah, I don't know if we finished the thought. 582 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: You think, if it's Milwaukee Phoenix, it'll be good or 583 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: bad for the NBA. Oh, I think it's good. I all. 584 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: I think. I said this the other day. We thought 585 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: Jordan Utah was going to be a lowly ranked series 586 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: in baseball. We thought the Mets Yankees was going to 587 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: get huge ratings, and the opposite happened. Jordan Utah was 588 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: a great story. I think Milwaukee Phoenix. Chris Paul's a 589 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: really interesting story. Well he's on every other commercial. We 590 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: know who he is, and you know the idea that 591 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean, one of the greatest college football games I've 592 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: ever seen was Oklahoma and Boise State with that goofy 593 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: trick play and it got a number. It got a 594 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: really good number. Is what we like in America. We 595 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: like stories like Connor McGregor. Mayweather was kind of fascinating, 596 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: like the best here in the best there. It wasn't 597 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't the greatest fight ever, but the story, my 598 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: wife was fascinated. So I think Phoenix Milwaukee is interesting. Well, 599 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: I listen, I think it'd be interesting. I wasn't think 600 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: it'd be two. It's two awesome teams. It's two teams 601 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: that you could argue were throughout the regular season. It's 602 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: two teams that you could argue that, throughout the regular 603 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: season were the two most consistent in their conference as 604 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: believable contenders. So like Utah was the most consistent in 605 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: the West, but nobody actually believed in Utah as a contender. 606 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: I don't believe. I think some people said they did, 607 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,439 Speaker 1: but I throughout the regular season it felt like we've 608 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: seen this story before, Like it's twenty fifteen Hawks, Like 609 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: we know that you could with Phoenix, it's like, well, 610 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: they've got come crunch time, one of the best players 611 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: in the league in Chris Paul, they've got a really 612 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: good coach. They're like eight deep, and if their young 613 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 1: star can take the next leap, well, then there they 614 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: can be as good as anybody. And in the East 615 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 1: it was Milwaukee. It's like, okay, they went all in. 616 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: They upgraded their biggest weakness at point guardy you know 617 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: what I mean. They have continuity. Their number two knows 618 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: exactly what he is and what he's supposed to do. 619 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 1: If Jannis can conquer some of those postseason demons and 620 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 1: have a monster series when you need it, well, then 621 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: they could be dangerous. And both the ifs happened. Hooker 622 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: is turning into a true superstar and Jannis, for all 623 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: his flaws. Jannis not only had forty thirteen and five 624 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: in a game seven, but in overtime when his team 625 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,360 Speaker 1: had not scored in four minutes, got the ball on 626 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 1: the block, the exact spot he got it against Hard 627 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: two games prior, and took a stupid fade away and 628 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: they lost with Kevin Durant on it. And he took 629 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 1: one dribble, two dribbles, three dribbles, bodied him up, little 630 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,320 Speaker 1: baby hook shot, tied the game, the biggest possession of 631 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: his life against Kevin Durant, and he won it. He 632 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: won the possession. And and I'm not criticizing Durant at all. 633 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: I'm not going to do the thing to Durant that 634 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: everyone did Lebron, which is over six and overtime airballd 635 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 1: the game winner. Don't care what you did for anyone 636 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: with eyes knows how great Durant was. But Durant's coach 637 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: decided never to let him sit down. Yeah, and Yannis 638 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: got three, just three, but three valuable minutes of rest. 639 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,359 Speaker 1: Jannis had a little bit more left in the tent. 640 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: You know, Jannie's shout wasn't getting blocked in overtime. Jannis 641 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 1: had a little bit more left when they absolutely had 642 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: to have it. And so yeah, I think I think 643 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 1: it'd be a basketball wise, a great finals, a great funals. Listen, 644 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 1: the reality with these super teams. I talked about this 645 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: on the Herd on FS one is that you have 646 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: no bench. I mean the Golden State Warriors were depending 647 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,800 Speaker 1: on Quinn Cook and Alfonso McKinney to make plays. I 648 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: mean that's what happens with super teams. You can have 649 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: no bench. I mean Blake Griffin, if he can help 650 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: you once a series, that's wonderful. But when you go 651 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 1: to a third big contract you have no bench. What 652 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: does that mean? You have to ask more of your starters. 653 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: What does that mean if they're older, they break down. 654 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,360 Speaker 1: Kadi and Steph broke down in Golden State, Kyrie and 655 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: Harden broke down. Like this is the reality. I would 656 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,520 Speaker 1: say this. You would think in football dynasties wouldn't last 657 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: as long because of the violence and the injuries. But 658 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,919 Speaker 1: the truth is they don't last as long in basketball 659 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: because you ask your stars to play massive minutes because 660 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: you have no bench. The Warriors had no bench. The 661 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 1: greatness of the mind the Heatles was that all these 662 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: smart veterans at the end, like Ray Allen and Battier 663 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: and Mike Mill were like, oh shit, I'll go play 664 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: for two years. And they all kind of was a 665 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: revolving door musical chairs. Okay, the next guy comes in 666 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 1: and the next guy comes in, but that's the only way. 667 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: They still couldn't win a title. Once d Wade broke down. 668 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: They had all that going on, but once d Wade 669 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: truly fully broke down, it was like, oh, we're gonna 670 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: get dusted by the Spurs in five. Like they had 671 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: all that it was so hard. And that's by the way, Listen, 672 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,879 Speaker 1: the Brooklyn thing's interesting. I know nobody wants to hear 673 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: it because Durant was so great. And Durant was great. 674 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: He was as good as you can play the sport. 675 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: There's no argument there. And I didn't know he could 676 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: play forty eight minutes, Like that's that's not a he 677 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 1: was crazy. More he was it was. He was unbelievable, 678 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: so there's no shade to him. Well, it's also true, 679 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: is this Kevin Rant Kyrie Irving now have been under 680 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: contract there for two years, They've won one playoffs siters, 681 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,480 Speaker 1: and you can say, oh, they knew, Yeah, they knew 682 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: Durant wasn't going to play last year. They didn't know 683 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 1: Kyrie was going to miss the playoffs last year. They did, 684 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: and then they went further all in this year by 685 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: trading Jared Allen, carros Burt and all their first round picks. 686 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: I don't care about the first round picks because of 687 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: the players they're gonna be. I care about the first 688 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,440 Speaker 1: round picks because that is how you add valuable guys 689 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: at that. You know, how did the Milwaukee Bucks add PJ. Tucker? Right, 690 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,839 Speaker 1: that's a pretty damn valuable piece that you could add 691 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: in season because you had the draft capital to go 692 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: do it. They traded all that to get James Hard 693 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,759 Speaker 1: to win the title right now, and they got a 694 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: little unlucky injury wise. They ran into a really good 695 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,560 Speaker 1: team that they didn't have to face. Like, I'm not 696 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: gonna let people forget this. In April, the Nets head 697 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: a back to back Minnesota Philly back to back. Third 698 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: game against Philly, it was gonna determine the tiebreaker. They 699 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,640 Speaker 1: had just lost the Lakers. Durant wasn't playing back to back. 700 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: Steve Nash played Durant against Minnesota, not against Philly. He 701 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,360 Speaker 1: said it was because I thought our team emotionally needed 702 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: to move fast. The lost the Lakers. They had a 703 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: dusted Minnesota. No matter what. They play Philly without Durant 704 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: with Kyrie, they're down twenty two and the fourth they 705 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: bench everybody. The game's over. They cut it to three 706 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,759 Speaker 1: with two and a half minutes left. Kyrie's on the bench. 707 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: They don't put him back in. So you don't play Durant. 708 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: You don't put Kyrie back in. If you win that game, 709 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: you're the one seed. Like it's you're the one seed. 710 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: They chose not to. So that's a coaching era. Just 711 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,200 Speaker 1: like in the final possession of overtime, it's one thing 712 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,880 Speaker 1: to be like, oh, transition go. Transition ended. When Katie 713 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: passed the ball to the one leg at Hardened and 714 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: Harden just stood there and gave it back to him 715 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,479 Speaker 1: right in front of Nash. You had a time out left. 716 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,280 Speaker 1: You have five seconds the whole world knew Kevin Durant 717 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: was dead tired. Maybe called time out just so he 718 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 1: can sit down for two minutes, just so he can 719 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,280 Speaker 1: sit down and have a chance to have his legs. 720 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,840 Speaker 1: But point I'm making is this, they went really, really 721 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,919 Speaker 1: all in on winning right now, and it turns out 722 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: they would have been able to win the title without 723 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: ever having to go through any of the centers in 724 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,359 Speaker 1: the league, which is their weakness. Indeed, wouldn't have had 725 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,080 Speaker 1: to beat him. Jokis wouldn't had to beat him, Anthony 726 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,359 Speaker 1: Davis wouldn't had to beat him. So now you can 727 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: bring it back next year. Blake Griffin is not I 728 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna be there. I don't think he's 729 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,799 Speaker 1: gonna play for a minimum. I think Blake Griffin's earned 730 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:20,640 Speaker 1: more money. Bruce Brown, I don't know if he'll be there. 731 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: Valuable guys, and you're going to be relying on, you know, 732 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 1: Kyrie to stay healthy when he was injured at the 733 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,840 Speaker 1: end of the year at due then he came to 734 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 1: the NBA didn't make the playoffs for the first few years, 735 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: so we don't know. Twenty fifteen injured for the postseason. 736 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: Twenty eighteen injured for the postseason, twenty twenty injured for 737 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 1: the postseason, twenty twenty one injured for the postseason, and 738 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,359 Speaker 1: were relying on James Harden, who prior to these years 739 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,200 Speaker 1: has never been hurt, but also has not been a 740 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 1: super reliable postseason performer. And then Katie, who's brilliant and amazing. 741 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,359 Speaker 1: I just I think he's a big miss for the Nets. 742 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,359 Speaker 1: And I don't think next year is guaranteed. I think 743 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 1: people assume, oh, it'll be fine, we get it next year. Okay, 744 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:05,920 Speaker 1: maybe I don't know. All right, Nick, I'm gonna let 745 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 1: you go. It's uh, we're taping this on Monday night, 746 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,360 Speaker 1: so you got to grab something to eat. Well, you 747 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,400 Speaker 1: probably already ate, but you got stuff to do. You 748 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 1: got shit to do, man, you can I tell you 749 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,279 Speaker 1: one thing I want to break news. It's not actually news, 750 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: but it's about my life and I'm sharing it with 751 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,840 Speaker 1: you that you will be proud of me for. And 752 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 1: then I'll leave. You said, I haven't I've probably I 753 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: haven't eaten yet. Um do you know what I do 754 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: almost every day now and have become not exaggerating like 755 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:41,480 Speaker 1: legitimately one of the best in the world at Peloton Colin, 756 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna scroll through you don't believe me thirty minutes 757 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,479 Speaker 1: every day, and I'm gonna tell you what I've done 758 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. I have a caud I 759 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,279 Speaker 1: take a screenshot and I send it to my wife 760 00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:02,359 Speaker 1: and kids. Every day. I got today sixteenth place out 761 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,280 Speaker 1: of six thousand, nine hundred and forty two, sixteenth place. 762 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: Last Thursday, I got what thirteenth place out of twelve 763 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: thousand and some the other my person, I went thirteen 764 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 1: miles in thirty minutes. That's twenty six miles per hour, 765 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,600 Speaker 1: non stop on the peloton. I am just crushing the 766 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 1: peloton every day. After the television show. How about that? 767 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:36,280 Speaker 1: You don't see that smoker? How's that possible? Oh? Well, 768 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,759 Speaker 1: you know? Do I do? The little after I do? Is? 769 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 1: This is this part of my motivation to try to 770 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,640 Speaker 1: pair off the black and miles. It is, but because 771 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 1: every day, because those my lungs burn and my legs burned. 772 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,799 Speaker 1: But I am the peloton with smart is. They put 773 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,759 Speaker 1: your person, they put the leaderboard, but they also put 774 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,560 Speaker 1: your personal best on like what it would be. And 775 00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: I just chased myself every day and every single day, 776 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, I gotta go like point one miles further. 777 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:09,600 Speaker 1: I started in December and was going like ten miles 778 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,480 Speaker 1: and thirty minutes and so like round twenty miles an hour, 779 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 1: and now I'm up to thirteen miles. I just broke 780 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,840 Speaker 1: twenty six miles per hour, top point one percent of 781 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,840 Speaker 1: the world last week. Now is the world mostly soccer 782 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: moms and you know retired dads? Yeah it is, am 783 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,800 Speaker 1: I am. I kind of gaming the system and that 784 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 1: regards sure, but I'm kicking ass on Pelotonton. If you'd 785 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,759 Speaker 1: have told me you now work for Cirque to so Lay, 786 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,800 Speaker 1: I would not have been as surprised. Is what you 787 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: just told me. No one don't believe it. After I 788 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,360 Speaker 1: was so excited to tell you, no one don't believe it. 789 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,640 Speaker 1: Like Nick, you smoke black Moms and drink the killings, 790 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,480 Speaker 1: stay up all night. I do, and then I get 791 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: on the peloton and sweat it all out. It all happens. 792 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:54,960 Speaker 1: Goode Anyboddy good to see him up, friend, Great peloton 793 00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:57,480 Speaker 1: story by Nick Wright. To close it at the Volume Sports, 794 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:32,640 Speaker 1: Twitter and Instagram, rate review, Subscribe to soon the volume