Speaker 1: Let's get into some NBA and some injury news that
Speaker 1: could affect the Western Conference playoff race. That's because Steph
Speaker 1: Curry went down with a pelvic contusion in Golden State
Speaker 1: T one seventeen one fourteen victory over the Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: last night. It's unclear how long Steph will be out,
Speaker 1: as the Warriors are currently holding on to the sixth
Speaker 1: seed in the West with twelve games remaining in their
Speaker 1: regular season schedule. Okay, look at it right there. The
Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors, sixth seed forty one twenty nine, got
Speaker 1: a game and a half lead over the Los Angeles Skippers,
Speaker 1: who they're zero and three against this year, by the way,
Speaker 1: and at two games behind the Memphis Grizzlies, who they've
Speaker 1: beaten a couple of times. All right, if the playoffs
Speaker 1: were to begin today, the Denver Nuggets would play the
Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors. Okay, but they were only a half
Speaker 1: game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers. Why does that matter?
Speaker 1: Do y'all know? This year? The Golden State Warriors for
Speaker 1: all this, particularly since Jimmy Butler's robed. They only lost
Speaker 1: one game since he's robbed. I think they're nineteen and
Speaker 1: three since the trading deadline, They've only lost one game
Speaker 1: with him in the lineup. Do y'all realize that the
Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors are oh and three against the Clippers,
Speaker 1: oh and three against the Lakers, and oh and two
Speaker 1: against the Denver Nuggets. Now, for some inexplicable reason, they've
Speaker 1: beaten Oklahoma City a couple of times. They've beaten the
Speaker 1: Houston Rockets. Okay, they've beaten the Memphis Grizzlies. So I'm
Speaker 1: looking at that and I'm saying, damn, this is kind
Speaker 1: of strange. But just some numbers that I wanted to
Speaker 1: make sure that I threw out because I want everybody
Speaker 1: to be aware of what's going on. Okay, if you
Speaker 1: look at Steph Curry, Golden State is seven and three
Speaker 1: this season in games without Steph Curry. They won last
Speaker 1: night without him in the fourth quarter and basically the
Speaker 1: last fifteen minutes of the game. They've got about a
Speaker 1: six game road trip coming up Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans,
Speaker 1: San Antonio, Memphis, and Los Angeles. I've got them beating
Speaker 1: Miami and New Orleans, which are both a mess right now.
Speaker 1: Golden State can lose to Atlanta but they can beat them.
Speaker 1: They can lose to San Antonio. They could beat them
Speaker 1: Memphis and LA. I don't know about that now with
Speaker 1: our Steph Curry, I don't know about that. Okay. Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butley had a triple double against Toronto last night. All right,
Speaker 1: listen to this quote that he said, because he's absolutely right,
Speaker 1: we can't afford to turn the ball over. Butler said,
Speaker 1: we can't afford the foul because we don't have the
Speaker 1: one individual who can automatically get us back into the game.
Speaker 1: He's absolutely right. Since the trading deadline, I said nineteen
Speaker 1: and three, they're actually sixteen and three since the trade deadline,
Speaker 1: with the second best record in the NBA behind OKC.
Speaker 1: Since Jimmy Butler made his debut, the Warriors ranked fifth
Speaker 1: in the league and offensive efficiency and second in defensive efficiency.
Speaker 1: I'm just looking at them right now, and this is
Speaker 1: their record. They're two and one against the thunder this year,
Speaker 1: three and one against the Rockets, oh and two against
Speaker 1: the Nuggets, oh and three against the Lakers, oh and
Speaker 1: three against the Clippers, two and one versus the Grizzlies,
Speaker 1: three and one versus the Timberwolves. So they've got victories
Speaker 1: over the thunder, the Rockets, the Grizzly, He's in the Timberwolves,
Speaker 1: but for some reason, both LA teams and the Duble
Speaker 1: the Nuggets have been there kryptonite this year. You need
Speaker 1: Steph Curry because the reality is the way Luka Doncics
Speaker 1: is looking right now, who's gonna pick Golden State to
Speaker 1: beat the Lakers. Chances are you ain't gonna pick Golden
Speaker 1: State to beat the Lakers. Once Lebron comes back, you're
Speaker 1: gonna be You're gonna You're gonna look at them, especially
Speaker 1: the way he's looked when he's been out on the court.
Speaker 1: Lebron James is gonna be ready. So you look at
Speaker 1: Lebron James, you look at the Los Angeles Lakers. You
Speaker 1: look at Lebron with Luka Doncic in a way he's
Speaker 1: been bailing. Albeit last night wasn't the greatest night for
Speaker 1: them against the Milwaukee Bucks who ran riot at them
Speaker 1: in the end. I'm just looking at this right now
Speaker 1: and I'm saying the Golden State Warriors, if you fall
Speaker 1: out of the top six seed, you're destined to play
Speaker 1: one of the top two seeds. Iron The irony is
Speaker 1: again they've beaten the thunder in the Rockets this year. So,
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, a simple quest. You're the If you're
Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors as presently constructed, who do you
Speaker 1: want to play in the first round? The Thunder, the
Speaker 1: Rockets or the Lakers. I know Denver still in the
Speaker 1: mixes the third seed at the moment, but let's hype hypothetically.
Speaker 1: Let's say the Lakers secure the third seed. Who you
Speaker 1: want the Thunder, the Rockets or the Lakers if you're
Speaker 1: Golden State. I'm telling you right now, if I'm now,
Speaker 1: I want the Rockets. I want a young team, devoid
Speaker 1: of a bona fide, sure fire number one option. I mean,
Speaker 1: these brothers are special. I'm in Thompson is going to
Speaker 1: be special. I'm telling you all that right now. The
Speaker 1: brothers are rough. Friday he's special. And I love this kid,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, I just look at him right now.
Speaker 1: He's just special. Chagoon can't be ignored. I get Green.
Speaker 1: Ain't no joke. I get it. And e may U
Speaker 1: Dook is one of the best coaches in basketball. I
Speaker 1: love what's happening for him. But Houston's a piece away.
Speaker 1: They too young. I know you got Dylan Brooks, Fred
Speaker 1: Van Vliet, I get that, but you're still too young.
Speaker 1: They're just a piece away. They's just a piece away.
Speaker 1: I don't want to face Houston. I don't want to
Speaker 1: face the Lakers with Lebron and Luca and Luca if
Speaker 1: I'm the Golden State Warriors and I don't care how
Speaker 1: successful they won a regular season against Okay See, I
Speaker 1: can't see that translating to the postseason, the way Oklahoma
Speaker 1: City's capable playing defense. Now, let me get to Bronnie James,
Speaker 1: cause y'all know this was a subject I was gonna
Speaker 1: have to tackle on light of all of those I've
Speaker 1: been in involving him over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: But did y'all see what he did last night for
Speaker 1: the Lakers. Broni scored a career high seventeen points in
Speaker 1: the Lakers won eighteen eighty nine loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1: To be fair, the Lakers was shorthanded with Lebron, Luca,
Speaker 1: and Austin Reeves out of the lineup, not to mention
Speaker 1: Ruey hot Chimora, but Bronnie stepped stup, putting up those
Speaker 1: seventeen points of seven to ten shooting from the field,
Speaker 1: including two or four from deep ladies and gentlemen. Same energy,
Speaker 1: same energy, this young brother right here. I might have
Speaker 1: been wrong. I thought that he should have been in
Speaker 1: the G League for the year. I still say he
Speaker 1: had potential, but I thought he might have been in
Speaker 1: the G League for the year. But if the brother
Speaker 1: gonna look this way, I got to give love where
Speaker 1: it's due and say that Bronnie James showed some promise.
Speaker 1: Looked composed out there, completely unfazed, had some nice ball
Speaker 1: handling skills, pulled up jump shot, hit a three pointer,
Speaker 1: got to the basket, hit a floater, the whole nine.
Speaker 1: Let me tell y'all something the nights past there too,
Speaker 1: Bronnie James in the G League, coming up practicing with
Speaker 1: the Lakers, being around his dad, who's a basketball savant.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna hate. I'm a call her like I
Speaker 1: see it. Lebron is a basketball savont. He has forgotten
Speaker 1: more basketball than most people know. We ain't got to
Speaker 1: like each other or talk to each other in life
Speaker 1: for me to admit that. Gotta give respect where his due.
Speaker 1: But I want to use it as a reminder that
Speaker 1: the same dude that is Daddy approached courtside. Is the
Speaker 1: same dude that said I thought that he had this potential.
Speaker 1: I just didn't think it would be this season. See,
Speaker 1: I was never of the mindset that Bronnie James would
Speaker 1: never make the NBA. Go back and look at the clips.
Speaker 1: I said, he got a chance. He just needs the
Speaker 1: right to the ligen whatever you Evidently he's getting it.
Speaker 1: JJ Reddick can teach his coaching staff, Nate McMillan, Scott
Speaker 1: Brooks and others can teach being in the G League.
Speaker 1: Whatever staff the Lakers got out there in the G League,
Speaker 1: they can teach, and lebron James certainly can't teach Bronnie James.
Speaker 1: I watched him last night. What bad? What better? Look
Speaker 1: he belonged, Look like he belonged. We gonna keep the
Speaker 1: same energy when he plays well. We're gonna give it
Speaker 1: to him when he does it. When not, you see
Speaker 1: how that works. That's what covering the league is. It's merit.
Speaker 1: What you see is what you see. Brodnie James looked
Speaker 1: good last night. Can't deny it. Got to get a brother.
Speaker 1: Love wish him nothing but the best. Ain't nobody rooting
Speaker 1: against him? Kid got potential. By the way that some
Speaker 1: article on him in The Athletic. The Athletic interview them.
Speaker 1: Go check it out, y'all. I haven't read it yet,
Speaker 1: but go check it out. Kid looked like he got
Speaker 1: potential now at this point, don't matter how you got there,
Speaker 1: it's what you do with the opportunity. Last night, I
Speaker 1: was impressed. I was impressed.