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Speaker 1: Let's do that issue. Welcome back to what's burning? Jack?
Speaker 1: What's going on? My brother? How you I see your
Speaker 1: voice kind of shady today? You've been not just screaming
Speaker 1: at them boys, trying to get them dubs. Huh yeah, man,
Speaker 1: little raspy, But the boys came through this weekend, Man
Speaker 1: and Dallas had a great little run and won the championship.
Speaker 1: So I'm happy for him raining out here. But fuck,
Speaker 1: life is good. Ain't no complace man, status check. Coming
Speaker 1: down the home stretch, Let's take a look at the
Speaker 1: West in the East during this final home run for
Speaker 1: the playoffs. The Phoenix Suns to me along with the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. But the Phoenix Suns, Man, are the hottest
Speaker 1: team in the game. Uh surpassed the sixty win plateau.
Speaker 1: They're now fourteen, controlling home court advanced throughout the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Devin Booker has been incredible. Jack, are the sons of
Speaker 1: legitimate contended this season to win the championship, no question,
Speaker 1: because they was able to keep your stady, that was
Speaker 1: able to keep the majority of their team healthy, and
Speaker 1: they was able to also rest their stars during the meantime.
Speaker 1: So I think with with the collection of all those
Speaker 1: things and the way they're playing right now, this is
Speaker 1: the way that you want to have your team come
Speaker 1: together and be healthy going into the playoffs. Everything is
Speaker 1: clicking for them at the right time, and uh, they're
Speaker 1: definitely looking like the leading favory to win this championship.
Speaker 1: Are definitely coming out of West again. You know, it's
Speaker 1: it's about getting hot at the right time. Everyone was
Speaker 1: really worried when CP went down right before the All
Speaker 1: Star break, but the team kept the ship afloat. Uh.
Speaker 1: Devin Booker raised his play five and five, five and
Speaker 1: seven without CP, so he added a few more assists
Speaker 1: to his his repertoire. But this team is hitting on
Speaker 1: all cylinders. This is a complete team with a great coach.
Speaker 1: They play defense. Uh, CP is back had two nice
Speaker 1: double doubles. UH. So this team again is gearing up
Speaker 1: at the right time. And it's hard for me to
Speaker 1: say because I'm a Warrior fan, but it just looks
Speaker 1: so messy over there. I think it's Phoenix Championship to
Speaker 1: lose this season. That's how good. I feel like they're
Speaker 1: playing another team that's in the second slot right now.
Speaker 1: The Memphis Grizzlies hammered the Bucks without Jah. They're now
Speaker 1: sixteen and two without him. He'll be reevaluating in a
Speaker 1: few weeks. Dylan Brooks's return to the lineup, Bain remains
Speaker 1: very very solid. With the Grizzlies being ahead of schedule.
Speaker 1: What do you see them doing this season? Jack in
Speaker 1: the playoffs? I mean, for me, Man, at this point,
Speaker 1: I have to seeing them beat Brooklyn and the Bucks
Speaker 1: the way they did and the way that everybody's playing
Speaker 1: together inside of how they compete, this team is just
Speaker 1: a scary as the signs to me, because they can
Speaker 1: the way they're playing. They only have their start back
Speaker 1: and they're still playing like their stars on the court
Speaker 1: and being dominant without him. So the way they play
Speaker 1: on both ends of the court, the way everybody imprests
Speaker 1: their role, the way Steven Adams protects the paint and
Speaker 1: does his job. To a team with got us of
Speaker 1: jobs out there, not I think this team is just
Speaker 1: a scary is painting, So anybody they play, they gotta
Speaker 1: be worried. Yeah. I mean, this team is special, man,
Speaker 1: and they showed it that they're a deep team without Job.
Speaker 1: I mean, to have that kind of record with that
Speaker 1: your stars is very impressive. The one thing I just
Speaker 1: want to see in the playoffs is obviously, yeah, they
Speaker 1: beat the Bucks and they beat the Nets. How do
Speaker 1: you about in a seven game series where adjustments are
Speaker 1: going to be critical and normally young teams struggle a
Speaker 1: little bit to make those in game adjustments throughout the series.
Speaker 1: But agree, man, this team is scary and shift the
Speaker 1: skies a limit. With this team, they ain't no telling
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do out there. In Memphis, Warriors got
Speaker 1: some bad news. James Wiseman will not return this season.
Speaker 1: Uh swelling on his knee. They're gonna go ahead and
Speaker 1: shut him down for the reminder of the season. Draymond
Speaker 1: is very frustrated with his recent performances. Can the Warriors
Speaker 1: get back in this mix? Jack? There five and five
Speaker 1: in their last ten and they're currently sitting in the
Speaker 1: third seat in the Western Conference. Yeah, I think they'll
Speaker 1: be fine once they're get in the playoffs. Get stepped
Speaker 1: back I don't really think, um, they should be too
Speaker 1: frustrated about having Wiseman back. He adn't played it all year,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I think the frustration
Speaker 1: is it comes in when they could have traded him,
Speaker 1: you know, but but they had appending he's gonna come
Speaker 1: back and help this team. But now he's not coming
Speaker 1: back in this season. Now they're trying to figure out
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do. But Draymond is just frustrating just
Speaker 1: getting back from injury. I think when the playoff. By
Speaker 1: time the playoffs start, I think this team will be fine.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're gonna win the championship come out
Speaker 1: to West, but I think they'll they'll they'll They'll still
Speaker 1: be a team that that's going to compete and you
Speaker 1: still have to worry about. Yeah, I don't think the
Speaker 1: wise Man situation. I just think it's unfortunate. I think
Speaker 1: he would have just added some depth um to their lineup.
Speaker 1: But if you think about it, man, this core hasn't
Speaker 1: played together and over two years. You know, the second
Speaker 1: that Clay came back, dray was hurt. The second that
Speaker 1: Drake came back, Steff is hurt. So these guys really
Speaker 1: haven't had their core together. Iguadaala is working his way back. Um.
Speaker 1: Young guys have been playing well, but it just hasn't
Speaker 1: been enough. I'm just interested to see how fast the
Speaker 1: core can get their chemistry back, because I feel like
Speaker 1: Draymond is the best when he has all his weapons
Speaker 1: out there. Um, and he doesn't have all his weapons.
Speaker 1: And again, he's coming back off a back injury. Man
Speaker 1: who he missed. He missed a lot, a lot of
Speaker 1: He lives a lot of time. So I agree with you. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a slow grind for them. They definitely
Speaker 1: need stepped back. Draymond continue to play his way into
Speaker 1: basketball shape. And again in a seven game series, you
Speaker 1: can have your work cut out, you know, knocking knocking
Speaker 1: the Warriors out. Yeah, Miami reliqu ship is the top
Speaker 1: spot in the East. After being blown out by the Nets.
Speaker 1: Miami has lost four in a role supposed to u D.
Speaker 1: Jimmy had a little tip tap that we'll talk about.
Speaker 1: Jimmy has probably been one of the most outspoken players
Speaker 1: in the last few years. Is this good or bad
Speaker 1: for Miami? Jack and do we spell the first round
Speaker 1: upset for the Heat? Are we reaching. Yeah. Well me personally,
Speaker 1: I don't see no first one upset. I like that
Speaker 1: type ship. I like it because all all the sopho
Speaker 1: motherfucker's on the team, you know, they get to see
Speaker 1: that ship and they were like, Okay, hold up, we've
Speaker 1: seen you didn't and sposed and Jimmy Kong beef and
Speaker 1: shouldn't go out of it. But watch watch you didn't
Speaker 1: and Jimmy become closer because they're the same type of player.
Speaker 1: They're the same type of pit bull. I know both
Speaker 1: of them, and I've got into it like that with
Speaker 1: my team is hell men be bet he got into
Speaker 1: it in practice. But there's nobody that I was closer
Speaker 1: to on our team. You know what I'm saying, that's
Speaker 1: my brother. So it may sometimes things like that brings
Speaker 1: you closer. I don't think it was that big of
Speaker 1: a deal. I just when you losing, ship happens, and
Speaker 1: ship and sometimes ship ship is said with somebody feel
Speaker 1: disrespected and ship happens. But the end of the day,
Speaker 1: for me, that brings the team closer. You did not
Speaker 1: on the court. You d is basically there to keep
Speaker 1: that team together, and he's supposed to step up, you know,
Speaker 1: when the coach get into it, like that's why I
Speaker 1: get it. But at the same time, if Jimmy felt
Speaker 1: disrespected about something the coaches said, well that's what that's
Speaker 1: what he told me, then you know that that that's
Speaker 1: what it is. You know what I'm saying, You've got
Speaker 1: to defend yourself as a man. But I know the
Speaker 1: respect that Jimmy has was supposed to supposed to it
Speaker 1: through the roof. I know the respect that that Jimmy
Speaker 1: has for um, for Udonis is through the roof. And Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna bring that team together. I see them. I
Speaker 1: definitely don't see them losing in the first round. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't think this is a big deal either. Obviously
Speaker 1: when it happened, I knew that the media would blow
Speaker 1: it out of proportion. Um. This kind of ship happens
Speaker 1: all the time, whether it be games, practices, Uh, locker room. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's normal. You know, men are gonna disagree it sometime.
Speaker 1: And again, Yeah, you're right, U d has an important
Speaker 1: role on this team, Jack, and We've talked about this.
Speaker 1: It's it's a venturing leadership that a lot of teams lack.
Speaker 1: Um that this is very important to kind of just
Speaker 1: keep all these personalities and egos um in line. I
Speaker 1: don't think this is going to pull them apart. I
Speaker 1: think they'll be fine. They're just in They're just in
Speaker 1: a bad They're in a rut right now. You know,
Speaker 1: losing four in a row, losing the underman seventy six
Speaker 1: is losing to the under man Warriors. It's just gonna
Speaker 1: bubble over man and and that's just what it is.
Speaker 1: As far as their playoff outlook, um, I kind of
Speaker 1: feel perfect that they were just holding down that that
Speaker 1: that first spot for someone who was gonna come and
Speaker 1: slide in at the right time. But again, very solid
Speaker 1: team two years removed from the finals. Uh, just all
Speaker 1: have to get back on the same page. But again,
Speaker 1: the playoffs are about who's hot at the right time,
Speaker 1: not not not where you're sitting at in the rank.
Speaker 1: And so we'll have to keep a close eye to
Speaker 1: see what mallum it does moving forward. Big news that
Speaker 1: the league was happy about, the world was happy about.
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving has returned full time basis for the for
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets. Played on Barclays on Sunday. First game
Speaker 1: versus the Hornets. Didn't shoot very well, but I'm sure
Speaker 1: everyone was just happy to have him back. The next place.
Speaker 1: Six of their last eight games at home, so he'll
Speaker 1: get a good feeling for back being on that home
Speaker 1: court currently battling Charlotte, who they lost to last night
Speaker 1: for that a spot. Can the combination of Kadi Kyrie
Speaker 1: push this team to the Eastern Conference with no Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons if that's the case, Yeah, I think. I think
Speaker 1: what it is, what it's gonna all boil down to,
Speaker 1: is we finally get to see how good of a
Speaker 1: coach I boy Steve Nash is, because is at the
Speaker 1: point now where they have the pieces. You know, guys,
Speaker 1: a couple of guys might be banged up, but at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, you still have Kyrie Irving
Speaker 1: and Kevin Durant and you have him full time. Now
Speaker 1: you have the pieces that you need. La Marcus All
Speaker 1: just hopefully he'll be able to play. Drummond is playing
Speaker 1: well um and a couple of guys off the bench
Speaker 1: player Well, I just think this is all this is
Speaker 1: gonna be all on Steve Nash, what line up he
Speaker 1: puts out there to get the job done. I think
Speaker 1: they have the piece to the puzzle. Everything is playing
Speaker 1: out for Kylee's back. Now let's see what what type
Speaker 1: of coaching job is done for the Brooklyn Nets. We
Speaker 1: know what the player is gonna do. Strategy, strategy, strategy.
Speaker 1: Huh yeah, it's gonna be interesting. Man. Obviously, no Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: that's gonna leave you know, a hole that that that
Speaker 1: they were hoping to have field. But against Seth Curry,
Speaker 1: I really like the way Bruce Brown is playing. He's like,
Speaker 1: here's he's there, switchblade man. He does all the dirty
Speaker 1: work on both ends of the court. And again, when
Speaker 1: we talk playoffs, we're talking about a seven game series
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be hard to beat a healthy Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant and a healthy Kyrie Irving four times, no matter
Speaker 1: who's around him. We're just gonna have to sit back
Speaker 1: and see man um. But that brings you to my
Speaker 1: next point in your mind. Who are the top three
Speaker 1: duos in the game right now? I'm not talking about
Speaker 1: all time, you know you can Ady and Lebron would
Speaker 1: probably you know, but I'm talking about currently right now,
Speaker 1: who's rocking, who's playing well. Definitely I would go with
Speaker 1: Kyrie and Katie. I think I would go with the
Speaker 1: young boys in Boston, Tatum and Brown. My last one
Speaker 1: I would would have to be CPN Devon book Damn,
Speaker 1: you got all the same ones, just a different order.
Speaker 1: I got the Boston duo, uh, my number one duo
Speaker 1: in the league right now playing incredible through on some
Speaker 1: crazy run like you want to miss quote, but like
Speaker 1: twenty seven and four something. Since since the turn of
Speaker 1: the year, just incredible have moved theirselfs into the number
Speaker 1: one slot. So they got my number one playing duo
Speaker 1: right now. Then I would put Katie and Kyrie still
Speaker 1: trying to figure things out but playing well. And then
Speaker 1: Chris is back and he came back with two straight
Speaker 1: double doubles. Devin Booker should be in the MVP conversation.
Speaker 1: Uh So those are my top three duos right now.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Tatum and Brown, the Celtics have taken over
Speaker 1: the number one spot in the Eastern Conference as they
Speaker 1: beat the Dogship out of the Wolves on Sunday twenty
Speaker 1: two and three in their last twenty five games. They
Speaker 1: were in the eleventh place just two months ago. Robin
Speaker 1: Williams has suffered a meniscus haere. I wonder how long
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to be out Jack thoughts on the
Speaker 1: seas and can they make a push, particularly without Williams
Speaker 1: because he's in the conversation for defensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be a big boyd if he can't play
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Yeah, I think I think
Speaker 1: that's gonna hurt them out a lot. And I don't know,
Speaker 1: I can't really put a finger on who can replace
Speaker 1: what he does, you know, similar to what Steven Adams
Speaker 1: does from men. Because you lose him, no no telling
Speaker 1: how how you're gonna defend the rebound like you do
Speaker 1: to get out and run. Not having this guy that,
Speaker 1: like I said, the inside, it's a it's a big
Speaker 1: hole for them. Maybe Hardford can step up and uh
Speaker 1: and increase his role on his team. Who knows the
Speaker 1: young guys that the young guys been playing great all year.
Speaker 1: They's got to step their game up. Tatum been getting
Speaker 1: party in fifty point games. I think it might have
Speaker 1: to go down like thirty and and and put more
Speaker 1: that up and on defense without having Williams. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think it's hard to replace a player like Williams
Speaker 1: who does so much, uh, you know, he puts pressure
Speaker 1: on the defense with you know, his rimor tips and
Speaker 1: then someone who protects the pain on the other end
Speaker 1: again you know in the conversation for Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year. So to me, this drastically reduces their chances
Speaker 1: to win it all. I mean they've been playing so good.
Speaker 1: Uh at disappointing you know for the young fella to
Speaker 1: have to go down like this, But love to see
Speaker 1: man email. Udokas got that pop system, got those guys
Speaker 1: over there believing. So normally in a pop system, it's
Speaker 1: it's a plug and play, you knows man up mentality.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see who that'll be for the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. So Jack, there's been a bunch of chatter
Speaker 1: about positional issues when coming to first team All NBA
Speaker 1: status is because we know guys get lots of money
Speaker 1: for making the first, second, or third team. Jason Tatum
Speaker 1: in particular, lost thirty two million and bonuses for not
Speaker 1: being named to one of those three teams. Um, let's
Speaker 1: break this down a little bit and beating Joker. Only
Speaker 1: one of them can be All NBA. Who are you
Speaker 1: picking both of them? Only one could make the first team? Bro?
Speaker 1: Who are you taking? I'm picking both of them? You can't.
Speaker 1: I'm not picking them now, you know what. You know what,
Speaker 1: maybe that's why they got these motherfucker's who do have
Speaker 1: votes that always in their feelings. Maybe they got them
Speaker 1: voting because in reality, if you're a basketball fan like
Speaker 1: me and know the game, both of these motherfuckers deserve it.
Speaker 1: But just like they didn't put the Dwight Howard and
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving on the top seventy five, they got the
Speaker 1: motherfucker's left ben a feelings and do ship off. They
Speaker 1: off how they feel about the person instead of doing
Speaker 1: all facts and reality and reality is both of these
Speaker 1: motherfucker's deserve it. So I can't pick one, so you
Speaker 1: can't pick one. So the new rule is three front
Speaker 1: court and two backcourts. So leaving the centers out the mix,
Speaker 1: I'm well put you on the spot. Who else comes
Speaker 1: to mind? Uh? For First Team this year? Devin Booker,
Speaker 1: good call. Devin Booker comes to mind. Tatum comes to mind.
Speaker 1: I would go Yokich and and beat if I had
Speaker 1: to pick, and if I had to pick a point
Speaker 1: guard that deserves it this year to be in the
Speaker 1: All NBA team, a guard that's tough, I would go
Speaker 1: with CP even though he missed games. I can't think
Speaker 1: of nobody else. My All NBA team would be John
Speaker 1: Moran at the point, de job job, Joe, Okay, you yeah,
Speaker 1: take CP and put in John. You right my back.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna put John at the point, Devin Booker
Speaker 1: at the two, Jason Tatum at the three, Yannis at
Speaker 1: the four, and then Beat at the five. Although they're
Speaker 1: just gonna Man, no, you can not do that. His
Speaker 1: numbers are better than his m VP season. But man
Speaker 1: in Beat has been that motherfucker this season, bro, And
Speaker 1: there's no way I can't you know, I just can't
Speaker 1: overlook him, and so I can't need a decision for
Speaker 1: the voters. Man. And that's a that's a pretty new,
Speaker 1: fresh looking team. We'd have to look back to see
Speaker 1: if any of those guys have made All NBA. I
Speaker 1: think Tatum has before. But um, that's a new, young,
Speaker 1: next wave team. I like it. Next up on the Radar,
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Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference in the key matchups this week, let's
Speaker 1: take a look at the few in the middle looking
Speaker 1: for this strong playoff push towards the end. Well, these
Speaker 1: teams make the playoffs in your opinion, Jack, Yes or
Speaker 1: no the Atlanta Hawks. No plus the Atlanta Hawks. The
Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks are yes at plus two sixty no minus
Speaker 1: three seventy. So the Atlanta Hawks are no for you, Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: that's I watched him, and I feel so I portray
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying that he needs some help. Man.
Speaker 1: John Collins wasn't a move. He's an athletic kid, but
Speaker 1: he wasn't a batman. I mean, he wasn't a robbing
Speaker 1: to a batman. So I feel so I portray so No.
Speaker 1: Next up a team that started off hot, hot hot,
Speaker 1: but it's cool way off to keep. The Cleveland Cavaliers
Speaker 1: are yes at minus three ten and no at plus
Speaker 1: two twenty. Yes Cleveland and cooled off a little bit,
Speaker 1: but still definitely a playoff team. Next step the young
Speaker 1: Charlotte Hornets at a yes to nine five and and
Speaker 1: no for four as Yeah, currently sitting in eight. As
Speaker 1: much as I want to see them mellow in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and I'm I'm I'm part of the Charlotte alumni. I
Speaker 1: want to see them in the playoffs, I just don't
Speaker 1: see it happening. Bro. I think Brooklyn's gonna take that
Speaker 1: a spot from him some way in the play in situation.
Speaker 1: Next up a team that was number one in the
Speaker 1: East for a good part of earlier in the season.
Speaker 1: The Chicago Bulls are yes at minus five thousand and no.
Speaker 1: At plus sixteen hundred season yard. Of course they're gonna
Speaker 1: be in the playoffs, Kidney. I think they've cooled off
Speaker 1: a little bit, but still getting everyone back is important,
Speaker 1: and I see them fucking around getting to the second round. Um,
Speaker 1: we have to see what happened from there. Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: will been playing a good basketball of late or yes
Speaker 1: and at minus four hundred and a no at plus
Speaker 1: seven fifty, I'm gonna go yes, Yes, where are they
Speaker 1: currently sitting there? Currently they're currently sitting in the six spots,
Speaker 1: So they're right about that that poverty line a game
Speaker 1: a game above the Calves. Last, but not least the
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets at a yes at this is the one
Speaker 1: time I might bet because I think the odds are
Speaker 1: pretty good. The Nets are at minus hundred for yes,
Speaker 1: and at no. Plus seven fifty does have a family man.
Speaker 1: They're gonna around and do something special this year. So
Speaker 1: we'll just have to wait and see ye jack All
Speaker 1: Final four preview. We got Duke Villa Nova Kansas. North
Speaker 1: Carolina could coach k right off in the sunset and
Speaker 1: get this last ring before he retires. Who do you
Speaker 1: like in the Final four? I got kids on Duke
Speaker 1: UM and on North Carolina. Um, excuse me, Duke, and uh,
Speaker 1: I think it's Duke of villing Ova School. And I'm saying,
Speaker 1: but I wanted to I wanted North Carolina to win.
Speaker 1: I've always been a fan of North Carolina. I just
Speaker 1: liked the school. But Duke has a couple of guys
Speaker 1: that I coached, three guys that start with two guys
Speaker 1: started Polo Griffith and number one that comes off the bench.
Speaker 1: Excuse me for the four of the starting five was
Speaker 1: in the Alan Hobinson game. So I got a chance
Speaker 1: to coach these kids. So I'm I'm I'm really rooting
Speaker 1: for them too. But if I had to make a
Speaker 1: choice's Carolina. Yeah, I'm not mad at the choice. Carolina
Speaker 1: knocked us off then ran through man shout out Saheim
Speaker 1: Holloway and uh his boys over there say same St
Speaker 1: Peter's man. They definitely uh first fifteen seed to make
Speaker 1: the Elite eight, even though he stole the MVP from you,
Speaker 1: we're gonna forgiven. Yeah, you know what meant though all
Speaker 1: bullshit aside. Let me get my brother shout out. You
Speaker 1: know that that was big. I think, um, there was
Speaker 1: perfect time for him. You know, we're getting those guys
Speaker 1: coach for me knowing him, they definitely played with his attitude.
Speaker 1: That was confident because he's always been confident, and I
Speaker 1: think it happened at the right time with Seton Hall
Speaker 1: coach stepping down because he belongs to He belongs that
Speaker 1: scene hall Way, he played basketball way, he took him
Speaker 1: to the tournament where he was one of the best
Speaker 1: players seeing Hall history. So that coaching job is open.
Speaker 1: I hope to my boy get that job, and he deserved. Congratulations. Bro.
Speaker 1: It's kind of a bittersweet situation because you build such
Speaker 1: a special environment with St. Pete's and then if he
Speaker 1: has to and that's what happens though, when you're at
Speaker 1: a smaller program, the door start opening an other programs,
Speaker 1: and then to me, it's a no brainer for him
Speaker 1: to be able to go back to seating the Hall Man.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see what happens and shoutout, she
Speaker 1: we need, we need to get him. On the show,
Speaker 1: many discuss the McDonald's game in this run and what's
Speaker 1: it for him? This Thursday, our next episode featuring our
Speaker 1: brother Dame dash Man dropped a lot of game on us. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna get Jack in some of his movies. You
Speaker 1: guys enjoyed this teaser. Jay has shouted you out in
Speaker 1: a speech at this Rocket Roll Hall of Fame. Thank you,
Speaker 1: after all you guys have been through. Years later, How
Speaker 1: did that make you feel? It was cool, it was
Speaker 1: good for the culture. I was happy for the culture.
Speaker 1: I was happy about how happy it made so many people.
Speaker 1: How did it make you feel? It made me happy
Speaker 1: that everyone was so happy. You know, I'm usually worried
Speaker 1: about my culture. So I was like, again, I think
Speaker 1: that because number one, J and I never had a beef.
Speaker 1: Number one, it never it just got made up, or
Speaker 1: maybe it was just leveraged. Certain things can happen, And
Speaker 1: I was always confused about that. I do like, why
Speaker 1: did he keep saying we beefing? But I guess you
Speaker 1: know it was a move. It was a chess move.
Speaker 1: It was always a business thing for Jay. He just said,
Speaker 1: why pay to other people when I could just pay
Speaker 1: one and he went with that, and you know, on
Speaker 1: the business level, could have been the right move, but
Speaker 1: on the friendship level, I didn't appreciate. And I don't
Speaker 1: really care so much about this as the friendship always
Speaker 1: meant more than me than anything. It was our bondest friends.
Speaker 1: So it was hurtful. You gotta remember something. It was
Speaker 1: my choice, and that's what people don't understand. They asked
Speaker 1: me not to leave, they begged me not to leave
Speaker 1: any of those things. The thing that happened with Jay
Speaker 1: was that he didn't want Biggs to be a part
Speaker 1: of it anymore. And I wouldn't rock with that. That's it.
Speaker 1: You could ask Bigs and you can ask JA. May
Speaker 1: not get an answer, but that that was what happened.
Speaker 1: Just was like, Yo, I can't do that the bigs,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Period, And I was like, yo,
Speaker 1: we could do something different, but Rocket Fellow is always
Speaker 1: supposed to be us three no matter what. Closing thoughts.
Speaker 1: Something that needed to happen. Uh. That was crazy that
Speaker 1: it even got funked up or derail from the beginning.
Speaker 1: But oh, last week Vanessa brant I saw her Instagram
Speaker 1: announced that Nike and Kobe are announcing a long term partnership.
Speaker 1: You know, they parted ways for a while, but I'm
Speaker 1: glad they found their way back. I thought, I think
Speaker 1: we thought that Kobe should have had one of them
Speaker 1: godfather deals that that Lebron got, that m J got
Speaker 1: to me, it was a no brainer. Is that a
Speaker 1: Kobe switch that you're wearing right there? There's viola When
Speaker 1: I first glance that ship is hard? G G? Kobe,
Speaker 1: did you get that? Where'd you get that? Somebody's sunny?
Speaker 1: Tell me, man, we ever signed some shout out to you? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I need one sent that shipped to me too. The
Speaker 1: new partnership includes products not only with Kobe but g
Speaker 1: G as well. Of the net proceeds will go to
Speaker 1: the mom to see the foundation, Jack, How important is
Speaker 1: this to the Bryant family, How important it is for
Speaker 1: the Nike and culture overall? You know from talking to you,
Speaker 1: you know, because I know you're closed with Vanessa and
Speaker 1: just hearing things that was going on. You know, it
Speaker 1: was depressing because now only the Kobe is like a
Speaker 1: brother to me. But you know I'm a fan too.
Speaker 1: I wear shoes, you know, I still play you know
Speaker 1: and and and to see how the youth had embraced
Speaker 1: his shoes, To see that with every a U camp,
Speaker 1: even in the NBA, everybody's wearing his shoes. To see
Speaker 1: that they were trying to discondict, discontinue that. And that
Speaker 1: was even an idea, you know, not to come back.
Speaker 1: I would and was it was just just harden in
Speaker 1: the here. But to see that they got it right.
Speaker 1: To see van Necesa stood on her ground and demanded
Speaker 1: what she needed but a respect of her family and
Speaker 1: her son. I'm glad she got what she wanted. I'm
Speaker 1: glad the post proceeds, which for g G shoes up
Speaker 1: going to the mom but academy. Everything is being done
Speaker 1: right and and as well deserved. So shout out to
Speaker 1: Vaness and the family. I'm glad Nike got it right. Yeah, definitely,
Speaker 1: First and foremost, I'm glad Nike got it right because
Speaker 1: they were on some bullshit before he passed. Um. I
Speaker 1: had heard some of the stuff that was going on
Speaker 1: and I couldn't be blomem just like this is how
Speaker 1: you guys are gonna do colde uh. So it was
Speaker 1: it was unfortunately glad that they were able to get
Speaker 1: back on the same track and actually talked up and
Speaker 1: that's a man, A couple of a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 1: and she said they have some big stuff cooking with Nike.
Speaker 1: Uh to get back into the youth side of sports.
Speaker 1: So excited to see when she announces that. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: for the rest of the world to know what they
Speaker 1: have going on. Make sure when she saying your packages
Speaker 1: that I get one too. Now I'll pass the word
Speaker 1: for sure. Man. Last night, Jack, let's talk about this. Uh.
Speaker 1: It took the world by storm. Will Smith went up
Speaker 1: on the stage and slapped the ship out of Chris
Speaker 1: Rock for making a joke about Jada. Before we get
Speaker 1: really get into the breakdown, I just wanted to say
Speaker 1: this unfortunate that it was Chris Rock, because I think
Speaker 1: we all love Chris Rock and he's he's great at
Speaker 1: what he does. But he does have a history of
Speaker 1: somewhat trolling this couple. Um, and I know that's what
Speaker 1: what what comment comics are supposed to do. But he
Speaker 1: said did some stuff back in two thousand sixteen, and
Speaker 1: I think what really hit a nerve this time around him.
Speaker 1: This is what we can discuss is, you know, Jada
Speaker 1: came out and says she has alopecia and that's why
Speaker 1: she shaved her head, and the hair joke across the line.
Speaker 1: I think will try to laugh it off at the beginning,
Speaker 1: but then saw you know how hurt Jada was and
Speaker 1: he went up on the stage. Man. So let's break
Speaker 1: this down a little. But what were your immediate thoughts
Speaker 1: when you saw the situation. Well, one fora me, man Um,
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised, to be honest, Matt, because a man
Speaker 1: can only take so much, especially when he did it
Speaker 1: with his family. You can't. You can't. You can't tell
Speaker 1: a man what's disrespectful to him and what's not disrespect
Speaker 1: for him. You can't tell a man how to act
Speaker 1: when he gets disrespected. I don't care if it's on TV,
Speaker 1: to oscar Us, wherever you see that. That's the thing
Speaker 1: people expect, especially a black man. They expect when you
Speaker 1: reach a certain level of success, that you're supposed to
Speaker 1: take everything and act a certain way to keep your
Speaker 1: success and to keep your money. And I fucked that
Speaker 1: family is bigger than everything. See one thing, one thing
Speaker 1: about it. You ain't gonna dive in none of that money.
Speaker 1: But you your family is very important that for him
Speaker 1: to stand up for us wife, knowing that all the
Speaker 1: things that's been said. You know what I'm saying, in
Speaker 1: a position that he was put in on TV to
Speaker 1: be embarrassed and all this stuff was going on, Enough
Speaker 1: is enough. You know what I'm saying, Enough is enough.
Speaker 1: And I'm not mad at uh at Will for Higher
Speaker 1: Active you know, everybody in the artist saying he shouldn't
Speaker 1: have react like that because he's at the Oscars. Man,
Speaker 1: fun the Oscars. Chris Rock should have swung back. And
Speaker 1: if you and and and you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: and and and one thing about it. If you want,
Speaker 1: if you wanted to say ship as a joke, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, wouldn't have said. You got to
Speaker 1: take the consequences from it. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: It's like I said, it's a lot going on. Man,
Speaker 1: I'm not mad at Will. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Everybody just I'm not. I'm just not. I'm upset with
Speaker 1: the people that's saying because of who he is and
Speaker 1: that success he had, he should have had it in
Speaker 1: a different way. Look, bro, you said this ship on TV.
Speaker 1: Your ass can get slapped on TV point blank. You
Speaker 1: got to be accountable for your words. Again, I think
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate because again I think we all are friends
Speaker 1: and Chris Rock and I don't think he initially met
Speaker 1: what he said in a in a malice way or
Speaker 1: a disrespectful way, because he makes jokes for a living.
Speaker 1: But you know, with the alopecia situation and uh, you
Speaker 1: know the hair joke across the line. But also think
Speaker 1: this was a build up from facts all the ship
Speaker 1: that's been going on and said about this family in
Speaker 1: the last you know, two or three four years. And
Speaker 1: although they opened the doors, you know with sloppy pimping
Speaker 1: from the young singer kid, they've had to deal with
Speaker 1: this ship every single day. Jack and I kind of
Speaker 1: resonated to this situation because although the situations are completely different,
Speaker 1: you know, my situation with Glory and Derek and still
Speaker 1: to this day that has been almost seven years, and
Speaker 1: every single day, at some point I'll see a comment
Speaker 1: somewhere about it. So only imagine being on Will Smith
Speaker 1: and Jada's level, because I'm not even close to that level.
Speaker 1: So every single day you're hearing disrespectful ship about your girl,
Speaker 1: your family, yourself and we'll talked about it after. I
Speaker 1: was like, you know, we're put in this position and
Speaker 1: we're just supposed to take all this ship, Like you said,
Speaker 1: We're just supposed to take it and smile and key
Speaker 1: key and laugh at often. Will Will have had enough.
Speaker 1: What kind of hurts hurts too, is you know this
Speaker 1: was supposed to be his night because we all knew
Speaker 1: he was gonna run for for King Richard. You know,
Speaker 1: he was able to capture his first Oscar well deserved.
Speaker 1: But again, man, there's only so much a man that's
Speaker 1: gonna take about his family. Um, you know, imagine if
Speaker 1: he didn't stand up for her the way Jada was feeling, Uh,
Speaker 1: that could have been more beef at the crib, you
Speaker 1: know what I means. So I'm happy if Will and
Speaker 1: Jada are happy. I think they were happy enough to
Speaker 1: possibly and I say this is all due respect, maybe
Speaker 1: gonna make a baby last night because they were popping
Speaker 1: and really feeling each other. Man. So again, unfortunate situation.
Speaker 1: Stephen A. Smith went deep, I know you want to say,
Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead, Jack, Yeah, let let let me.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you ask me that. But I want
Speaker 1: to touch on two things. I want to and I
Speaker 1: want to correct two things to Will Smith said, Steve
Speaker 1: Denzell told him, when you get to your highest, that's
Speaker 1: when the devil comes. And Dezell wasn't calling Chris Rock
Speaker 1: the devil. He was just telling him that when you
Speaker 1: at your highest, it's gonna be certain situations to temp you.
Speaker 1: To know what I'm said, that devil gonna tempt you
Speaker 1: in certain situations. He wasn't talking about Chris walking. A
Speaker 1: lot of people took that the wrong way, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, And and and and to my second
Speaker 1: point was, um, Chris al right, it Chris Rock gets slapped.
Speaker 1: We're making a hat joke when he made a movie
Speaker 1: talking about black people have ain't it? Man? Yeah? No,
Speaker 1: I think I think he made a great point. I
Speaker 1: mean everyone loves Chris Rock period, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: He's been, you know, a historical comedian for our generation.
Speaker 1: So again there's a lot of love there. But again, unfortunate.
Speaker 1: What was your take? Because I saw this morning when
Speaker 1: I woke up, I was scrolling on Instagram, and and
Speaker 1: obviously you know Stephen Day Smith is known for his
Speaker 1: loud takes and the energy He brings kind of makes
Speaker 1: him think like he's right. I didn't think everything he said.
Speaker 1: Actually I thought a lot of the ship he said
Speaker 1: was wrong. To keep g with you, you made a comment.
Speaker 1: Talk to us about what you thought about his take
Speaker 1: on the situation. Yeah, he a walking contradiction, bro. You
Speaker 1: know he talking about Will Smith and what he did
Speaker 1: to another black man on on the on the on
Speaker 1: the on the stage like the Oscar is going to
Speaker 1: slap is not right. He might have ruined his whole
Speaker 1: legacy and all of the stuff. Be trying to say,
Speaker 1: you do it every day. Yeah, if possible, Stephen Smith,
Speaker 1: you do it every day. You made it personal with Kyrie.
Speaker 1: You went out your way to continue to say on
Speaker 1: TV that this man is not a hero when he's
Speaker 1: a hero to many people. Stephen A. Smith, You're a
Speaker 1: hero to some people. Everybody is a hero to someone.
Speaker 1: But you do it every day. You do it every
Speaker 1: day on TV to to to to a black man
Speaker 1: or somebody, you know what I mean. So for him
Speaker 1: to get up there to post that and say Will
Speaker 1: shouldn't have did this, or he might end up ruining
Speaker 1: this and it's just uncalled for because one thing you
Speaker 1: don't see no white people posting and staying he ruining
Speaker 1: his legacy, his legacy. You don't see no white people
Speaker 1: posting that he might have did this and he might
Speaker 1: have did that. No, you didn't. So you're on the
Speaker 1: outside looking at just like everybody else. But it's funny
Speaker 1: every time something like this, when a black man in
Speaker 1: his position, you always stand on the other side against
Speaker 1: them and proof and history tells that. And that's why
Speaker 1: I said, Stephen A. Smith, you do this every day
Speaker 1: on TV. Please don't make remind you, bro. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I don't think you can't cancel Will Smith. First
Speaker 1: and foremost, you know, he's one of the biggest stars
Speaker 1: in the world. Again, you know, we're not the one
Speaker 1: to decide whether this is a black eye on the
Speaker 1: Oscars or this isn't that. I just know his legacy
Speaker 1: is intact. They'll always remember the slap. They'll also remember
Speaker 1: his first Oscar and this is the most the Oscars
Speaker 1: they've ever been watched. Thank you Will Smith, Oscars. Thank
Speaker 1: you Will Smith. Y'all better thank him for that slape.
Speaker 1: And I have a feeling to at some point Will
Speaker 1: and Chris are gonna sit down and this will be
Speaker 1: water under the bridge. Um. But again, I think in
Speaker 1: the moment everyone had a lot of different feelings and
Speaker 1: emotions and hopefully this will be resolved. Congratulations again because
Speaker 1: it was his first Oscar. That's that That's what I
Speaker 1: think is going to get missed in translation. Man, is
Speaker 1: this his first Oscar? So salute he did a great
Speaker 1: job in king Richard and uh man, I'm riding with
Speaker 1: Will and Jada for show. Hey, hold on and the
Speaker 1: pre game for all you people out there, comedian's kids children,
Speaker 1: you say something about somebody and they started walking towards
Speaker 1: you without say and nothing. Put your hands your hands
Speaker 1: uh oh yeah again ready, bront just standing hands uh
Speaker 1: now more than every man, there's repercussions for your words,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, whether it's a key key
Speaker 1: or some raciot ship or whatever situation. Maybe be ready
Speaker 1: to back up what you're talking about. Stand on, motherfucker's
Speaker 1: is not having it no more. Jack. We got some
Speaker 1: bloopers coming up for our fans. Man. We had a
Speaker 1: great run uh at the start of the year. So
Speaker 1: you guys get to see all the behind the scenes,
Speaker 1: all the funk ups, all the all the laughs. Uh.
Speaker 1: You guys enjoyed this blooper real and we will see
Speaker 1: you guys next week. What's Birdie is available every week
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Speaker 1: at Show Basketball Welcome Back Season three. I can't do it.
Speaker 1: I don't give a what Birdie says. I would bury
Speaker 1: the both of you. Motherfucker. I'm burden starting on what's
Speaker 1: that little colored board for? I know what color? Jack is?
Speaker 1: The one on the far left. When did you come
Speaker 1: up with the name Mazzi? With that derived from Masiu
Speaker 1: Mazzarella ma Volado. I was just in a super creative
Speaker 1: time again, Yeah, Mazarella varo. So you got that march
Speaker 1: Where can they find that march at? I forgot the
Speaker 1: last enforcer in stores? February four, first excuse February Sabrina.
Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna let you announce your own last
Speaker 1: name because I think it's the most mispronounced name in sports.
Speaker 1: You still funked it up your school? That school? Yeah,
Speaker 1: everyone out there, stop sucking up some respect on it? Jack?
Speaker 1: What's good? What's something? My brother? How you or not?
Speaker 1: Can you hear me? Am? I? That delayed to you.
Speaker 1: I'll control bro like, but I love him I want
Speaker 1: you put me on. He put me on a narrow
Speaker 1: bread too. Yeah, yeah, it's crazy. I used to play basketball, Okay,
Speaker 1: so I knew that in New York right away. I
Speaker 1: used to play ball. Everybody I watched our show. No,
Speaker 1: like every episode he gonna throw mind. It's like a
Speaker 1: hooper that guy out the fine to cush up? Where
Speaker 1: you do tim push up every time you go down?
Speaker 1: You inhale, exhale. Yeah, I'm already out of mine. I
Speaker 1: love to push up and welcome to the show, Jamal Murray, appreciate,
Speaker 1: appreciate your broth with whooping Jack's ass earlier in college. Dude,
Speaker 1: I'm still trying to I'm still putting bandages on right
Speaker 1: now for all the knives he threw at my face.
Speaker 1: This is just hit me from long rage from Tom Brady. Rage.
Speaker 1: He's stuck on the island. Three shows or movies you
Speaker 1: have one, and I'm by myself. I don't watching Get
Speaker 1: that hub on. I'm what made you get back in
Speaker 1: the ring before you start out, g let me just
Speaker 1: let me say this. I was worried I will to
Speaker 1: this one. Maybe you remember him, bro after I'm talking
Speaker 1: all the ship so he ain't paying no ties to him,
Speaker 1: and I'll get ready to trying to start a fight.
Speaker 1: It's a time out, and I see him walking through
Speaker 1: with his teammates and he looked at him like, is
Speaker 1: he serious? I bust out. I wish I had these variables.
Speaker 1: I don't. I do, but I don't have show time
Speaker 1: past the plug. We talked about this and yet saw
Speaker 1: the past it because it's our personal talk. Anything I do,
Speaker 1: blame it on the weed, not my heart. Paramount Mountain,
Speaker 1: place for entertainments, Home, the bumble beats, pounds, bird ship,
Speaker 1: the giant hippos and find jackasses letter riptater chip Yep,
Speaker 1: this mountain full of surprises. In fact, I'm not even
Speaker 1: till my girl say dude later. We chat us