Speaker 1: I mean, you hear about that Lebron You know he's
Speaker 1: frugal too. I mean, guys with a ton of money.
Speaker 1: That's I mean, I respect it. I mean that's the
Speaker 1: way you hold on to me on the other hand.
Speaker 1: Me on the other hand, what I say, let it burn.
Speaker 1: We'll have a poor water bit sitting outside while you
Speaker 1: get the keys. Welcome into what's burning, Matt and stack
Speaker 1: in the building and look at the building. Guys. We
Speaker 1: made it nice for you, little smoky nice. Right, we
Speaker 1: just have to christen it off air. I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of surprised that it hasn't happened already. Always
Speaker 1: always good. When we get Stephen Jackson in the state
Speaker 1: of California, it must be playoff time. So let's get
Speaker 1: to it all right. Playoff series are locked, at least
Speaker 1: some of them. I don't want to start out west
Speaker 1: because Matt Barnes Kings are facing Matt Barnes and Stephen
Speaker 1: Jackson's Warriors. So what do we think about the Matt
Speaker 1: Barnes Bowl. First of all, atmosphere and Sack. You've been
Speaker 1: up there a lot this season. Yeah, I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be incredible. I mean, We've all seen what
Speaker 1: Arc Arena used to be in the early two thousands
Speaker 1: and the Kings heyday. I think the city has desperately
Speaker 1: been waiting for this sixteen year drought. The one team
Speaker 1: I didn't want to play was I come speaking like
Speaker 1: I'm a King, But the one team I didn't want
Speaker 1: them to play was the Warriors. And it's not that
Speaker 1: I don't think they can beat them. I just think
Speaker 1: that experience plays so heavy in the playoffs and that's
Speaker 1: the one thing that Kings lack. So I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun series. It's going to be an
Speaker 1: explosive series, you know, two high octane offenses. What scares
Speaker 1: me a little bit though, again is is King's inexperience
Speaker 1: and their bottom of the bottom of the standing in
Speaker 1: defensive rating. I think the Warriors are in the middle.
Speaker 1: I think the Warriors are ten in offense and like
Speaker 1: fourteen in defense, and you know their offense is going
Speaker 1: to turn the celf on come playoff time. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be fun. Two great home court advantages. Kings are
Speaker 1: great on the road, Warriors are bad on the road.
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, obviously the Kings get a
Speaker 1: little nod on that side. But then the Warriors are
Speaker 1: great at home. So Rachel, I'm really torn. I'll be
Speaker 1: up there, work in every single game and praying for
Speaker 1: the best. It's no road games in this series. Oh
Speaker 1: you think so it's no road games? You think there's
Speaker 1: gonna be Warriors. It's too close. It's too close. When
Speaker 1: I played and we played Sacramento, we drove home after game.
Speaker 1: So that's how close to doing what? Blowing it down? Hey?
Speaker 1: But uh, you say they're not good a defense, and
Speaker 1: that's that's crazy because Mike Brown comes from a defensive background.
Speaker 1: He's known as a defensive coach. But I'm with you.
Speaker 1: I just think the Warriors, they always turn it on
Speaker 1: around as time. It's gonna be good for Sacramento going forward, though,
Speaker 1: to get this, get this experience. You know, they made
Speaker 1: it here. It's the first step to get to the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Now they're gonna I think they're gonna learn a lot
Speaker 1: in this first round, but don't think they're gonna make
Speaker 1: it out past the Warriors. When the Warriors made it
Speaker 1: like to the halfway point of the season, and they
Speaker 1: were so much worse on the road than they were
Speaker 1: at home, I was like, yeah, that's fine. They're not
Speaker 1: going yet. And even in the last few months they
Speaker 1: haven't had Wiggins, you know, and he's coming back. But like,
Speaker 1: I still don't quite understand the disparity. Can you guys
Speaker 1: explain to me? Because the Warriors are going in I
Speaker 1: think they're what twenty eighth in defense when they're on
Speaker 1: the road. That's crazy. And you put that up against
Speaker 1: the King's high powered offense. You look at those games
Speaker 1: in Sacramento. That's not a matchup I would want. How
Speaker 1: is it so different for a veteran team. They shouldn't
Speaker 1: be that affected by who's in the stands. No, the
Speaker 1: game slows down. I tell everybody that it's different levels
Speaker 1: from round one too. It's different levels of basketball. And
Speaker 1: to have that experience, I really didn't understand it. I
Speaker 1: got San Antonio, okay, you know what I mean when
Speaker 1: they say, well, the experience matters. And when I got
Speaker 1: there and seeing in my first couple years when I
Speaker 1: didn't play, I understood what you know round Steve, Steve
Speaker 1: Kerr and Steve Smith them learning from them. I seen
Speaker 1: the experience because I thought I was good. But those
Speaker 1: guys have been in league for a while and they
Speaker 1: knew the game. So that's what's gonna happen with Golden State.
Speaker 1: They have championship experience, they have all these guys have
Speaker 1: been together for so long. It's gonna be a learning
Speaker 1: less for Sacramento. I think to your point, Rich, I
Speaker 1: think the Words cove up ten more points on the
Speaker 1: road than they do at home, which is crazy. And
Speaker 1: obviously you never think teams can turn a switch on,
Speaker 1: but I think this team can turn a switch. My
Speaker 1: question is can the younger guys and the newer guys
Speaker 1: turn that switch? And you know the Vets can do it.
Speaker 1: I mean their core. You know, their their core has
Speaker 1: had a dynasty run, so you know those guys will
Speaker 1: be ready when the time comes. But again, Rachel, obviously
Speaker 1: outside looking in, you know this is still the defending champs.
Speaker 1: And I don't think you know, too many people are
Speaker 1: giving the Kings a chance, But I definitely think they
Speaker 1: do have a chance from a standpoint if they just
Speaker 1: have such a high power offense. But I pose this
Speaker 1: question when I was on air when the Warriors played
Speaker 1: the Kings. Can the Kings beat the Warriors at their
Speaker 1: own game? So obviously the Kings are the number one offense.
Speaker 1: But whose offense do they run? Yeah, they run the
Speaker 1: Warriors offense. Spacing, shooting, cutting, screening. That's the Warrior's offense.
Speaker 1: So to me, it's going to be hard to beat
Speaker 1: the Originators at their game. But with that being said,
Speaker 1: I think it could be anyone's game. You know. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a blast. Two great basketball
Speaker 1: environments the first time ever, you know, the Highway eighty battles,
Speaker 1: so to speak. So I'm excited just to be involved.
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously, you know, my heart is with
Speaker 1: the Kings right now because it's new to them. But
Speaker 1: you know, we're also you know, we're we're sworn in
Speaker 1: Warriors until we die. So what is what is Wiggins
Speaker 1: and Pagan gonna bring that They just today said Wiggins
Speaker 1: will be back for Game one, So two big pickups?
Speaker 1: Uh that you mentioned, Jack, So it's gonna be uphill
Speaker 1: sledding for the the Kings. But uh, great test and
Speaker 1: this is where you're in your stripes. Yep. Look a
Speaker 1: team like the Warriors, that is the defending champs, and
Speaker 1: the Warriors until they're out. To me, they have a
Speaker 1: good chance to win the title. That's just how I
Speaker 1: feel about it. I will say, just to get into
Speaker 1: the building for Game one in Sacramento, the lowest price
Speaker 1: ticket is four hundred thirty bucks. Matt, I think your
Speaker 1: seat is free more expensive than it is that at Sancisco.
Speaker 1: How many playoff games have they been to push Shaw? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll be in the building for free now. I asked
Speaker 1: for tickets because obviously we're going up there for all
Speaker 1: the smoke, and they're like, well, what's your price rans,
Speaker 1: I'm like, what's a good lower level ticket? Off? Five
Speaker 1: to six hundred on average? I'm like, that's the average
Speaker 1: lower level, you know, and that's not even close. That's
Speaker 1: in the middle, right, So ticket again. I'm happy for
Speaker 1: the city. I mean, if it's been sixteen years, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm from there, so just happy to see the energy
Speaker 1: around the Like the beams. I got plenty of him
Speaker 1: in my backpack, so we're gonna see what I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be lighting the beings. Regardless of Rache. I've seen you
Speaker 1: on social with those personal beams. It's all good. I
Speaker 1: want to get to the four or five matchup to
Speaker 1: the Sun's Taken on the Clippers No. Pg. Thirteen for
Speaker 1: at least the start of the series, and to me,
Speaker 1: that's kind of the beginning and end the sentence until
Speaker 1: he's back in if he comes back, I don't know
Speaker 1: who defends all of the Sun's players and all that firepower.
Speaker 1: What do you guys think We always talk about stay ready,
Speaker 1: Norman Paul, Let's see what you got. You know, they
Speaker 1: got him for a reason. He's been a great score,
Speaker 1: he's been a solid guy. Let's see if you can
Speaker 1: step up and hold it down to PG gets back.
Speaker 1: And that's what guys have to do. Everybody's making a
Speaker 1: lot of money in this league, Rachel. Everybody plays a
Speaker 1: certain role, but at certain times, certain guys have to
Speaker 1: step up when guys go down. And then this is
Speaker 1: a big moment for him. But let's see Kenny. Kenny
Speaker 1: handled that moment because it's gonna be guys like him
Speaker 1: that they gonna need to step up to win this series.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, to TLU and the Clippers credit,
Speaker 1: they have one of the deepest rosters and this is
Speaker 1: the reason why. And then any team can play without
Speaker 1: a star. They know how to do it. You know,
Speaker 1: they lost Kawhi and PG was still able to take
Speaker 1: him to the Western Finals. A few years ago, but
Speaker 1: it's different now. This Phoenix team is having lost since
Speaker 1: Kevin got on, the team took in so much pressure
Speaker 1: off CP three, and I think a lot of people
Speaker 1: forgetting about Aiden, who is a solid double double guy.
Speaker 1: You know what book's gonna do. You know, you know
Speaker 1: we've talked about before the show. What Kevin Durant splits
Speaker 1: are the first player ever to go fifty forty fifty
Speaker 1: five forty ninety two from the free throw line. So
Speaker 1: I mean, he's just one of those rare superstars that
Speaker 1: you can pluck and put in anywhere and it just
Speaker 1: seems to move seamlessly. So I want to say I
Speaker 1: wish the Clippers were fully healthy, but I also want
Speaker 1: to say that I feel like Russ has something to prove,
Speaker 1: and I think he's been playing a lot better with
Speaker 1: the Clippers, a team that's encouraging him and you know,
Speaker 1: giving him all that positive energy. You saw him take
Speaker 1: that on on the Lakers a week or so ago,
Speaker 1: So you know, I definitely still think the Clippers have
Speaker 1: a chance, but I think without a healthy PG, I
Speaker 1: would give the nod to Phoenix. Well look, there's no
Speaker 1: coming out party for a guy with multiple rings jingling
Speaker 1: in his pocket. But I do think this is going
Speaker 1: to be one of those Kevin Durant playoffs if he
Speaker 1: is healthy, where we are just going to be reminded
Speaker 1: how just fucking good he is. I mean, they're eight
Speaker 1: no since he got there, and it's not just what
Speaker 1: he does on the court. You mentioned the pressure he
Speaker 1: takes off Chris. We've been talking about that for the
Speaker 1: last couple months. I was with them on Friday night
Speaker 1: and DeAndre Ayton could not stop talking about sort of
Speaker 1: that multiplier effect that Kevin has had on him. I
Speaker 1: was talking to Monny and he said, oh, you should
Speaker 1: see the example Kevin setting to DeAndre about how hard
Speaker 1: he works. So I went over to Eton and I
Speaker 1: was like, oh, I heard you've been working out with Kevin.
Speaker 1: He's like Rachel. He goes so hard in everything. He's like,
Speaker 1: we were hurt at the same time, so we were
Speaker 1: rehabbing together and he was like going crazy on that.
Speaker 1: And then he's like they spent a night staying up
Speaker 1: all night talking on a back to back. He said,
Speaker 1: we were up till five in the morning and he
Speaker 1: was just telling me these stories about how he did this,
Speaker 1: and he's like that's Kevin Durant. He looked at me.
Speaker 1: He was like, Kevin Durant's putting in that work, so
Speaker 1: then I've got to be giving that. And then's something
Speaker 1: I think every young player knows appear, but you see
Speaker 1: it and feel it such a different thing. To your point, Rachel,
Speaker 1: no one's been able to from what I've heard, it
Speaker 1: is turn on the light in Aiden, right, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean there's been such a rift over there between
Speaker 1: him and Monny and then him arguing with his teammates sometimes.
Speaker 1: And I'm encouraged to hear that Kde has been able
Speaker 1: to turn on that light because Aiden is very good.
Speaker 1: I've always really liked him. I think he's a good kid.
Speaker 1: I think that he sometimes hasn't always been in this
Speaker 1: situation to make him flourish. And here's a time and
Speaker 1: place where it seems like all of the pieces are there.
Speaker 1: He said that Kevin told him that he's one of
Speaker 1: the best, most talented centers he's ever played with, and
Speaker 1: he goes, he thinks that about me, and he was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I told all my friends about that, I told my
Speaker 1: mom about that. I mean, that's great, right. That tells
Speaker 1: you if Kevin Durant says something like, to you, how
Speaker 1: do you feel well? I mean, a lot of guys
Speaker 1: been looking at the especially the last two years with
Speaker 1: the Suns, that it should have been Booker eight and two.
Speaker 1: But it's always been a Booker Paul eight. It should
Speaker 1: have been another ball around. I think it should have
Speaker 1: slid him into that second role. But I think Katie
Speaker 1: has giving him the compidence he needs now to make
Speaker 1: him feel like he belonged, to make him feel like
Speaker 1: he's a championship player, to make him feel like he's
Speaker 1: an All star even you know, just just just hearing
Speaker 1: it and having a guy like that on the team,
Speaker 1: and it could give a lot of compidence to a
Speaker 1: young guy. Same thing with Tim Duncan did to me.
Speaker 1: So I get it. That's what I was thinking of,
Speaker 1: Like you've talked about that, how your relationship with Tim,
Speaker 1: it just takes your game to a whole new level.
Speaker 1: If he believes in you, Yep, that tells you. And
Speaker 1: Dandrew said that he told Kadi, he goes, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: tell you this, this team is going to appreciate you
Speaker 1: the way no other team has ever appreciated you. So
Speaker 1: we'll see if that turns out to be the case,
Speaker 1: but I think that we can see a lot from
Speaker 1: them those playoffs. I do want to touch in the
Speaker 1: playing games as well, especially the Pelicans still being without
Speaker 1: Zion Williamson as they host the Thunder. The Athletic reported
Speaker 1: earlier in the week because I am was quote not
Speaker 1: even close to getting back on the floor, in part
Speaker 1: because his conditioning was so far off. Then the next day,
Speaker 1: Zion spoke to reporters himself. He said he feels good physically,
Speaker 1: but it's more about quote, when I feel like Zion again.
Speaker 1: He said, when I go to make certain moves, there's
Speaker 1: that hesitation. Sometimes there's not, but sometimes there is. And
Speaker 1: I understand the magnitude of these games coming up, and
Speaker 1: I don't want to be out there hesitating or doing
Speaker 1: something that may affect my team in a bad way.
Speaker 1: That's a lot. What do you think, father, trusting your
Speaker 1: injury and that he's not new to think, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think anyone can tell you that's come back from an
Speaker 1: injury is you know. I had to trust my knee
Speaker 1: when I came back, and that's the hardest thing. When
Speaker 1: they say, Okay, you're healthy, but mentally you're you baby.
Speaker 1: It or you hesitating, and I hear him in the
Speaker 1: playoffs at the place or even the playing is a
Speaker 1: place you can't be hesitating. I just think it's so unfortunately.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously Willie Green be and my guy, and
Speaker 1: the way this team started. This team was number one
Speaker 1: on the West early in the seasons, you know, kicking
Speaker 1: ass and taking names, and all of it resides around Zion.
Speaker 1: I mean, I love the pieces around him. I love
Speaker 1: brandon Ingram, love with CJ. McCombs brought to this team
Speaker 1: on the floor and in the locker room again, love
Speaker 1: Willy Green. I love the pieces they have. But this
Speaker 1: team goes as far as Zion, and if he's not
Speaker 1: out there, even if they happen to beat Okay, see,
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll beat Minnesota, because I think the
Speaker 1: Lakers will beat Minnesota. I don't know if they'll beat Minnesota.
Speaker 1: So it's unfortunate because I mean, he's just scratching the surface.
Speaker 1: I mean he's been. Zion is out there. He's playing
Speaker 1: off pure athleticism, strength and talent. He hasn't even really
Speaker 1: start to figure out how to play the NBA game,
Speaker 1: and he's doing all these amazing things. So once he
Speaker 1: figures out the game, if he can get his get
Speaker 1: himself out there, he's gonna be a problem. So help
Speaker 1: me out. What exactly is his injury? Hamstring? Right, thinks him? Okay, right, okay,
Speaker 1: this is my thing. Okay, He's missed a lot of games, Bro,
Speaker 1: a lot of games. Got his money, right, missed a
Speaker 1: lot of games. At this point, Bro, game one, just
Speaker 1: see what you've got. This's why I'm at with it,
Speaker 1: because you you know, like, let's just see what you got.
Speaker 1: And if you just can't go and it's looking that bad,
Speaker 1: yeah we'll shut you down, but we just let me
Speaker 1: see what you got. At this point, it ain't it
Speaker 1: ain't it ain't. I don't think being off and rehabbing,
Speaker 1: whatever you've been doing hasn't done anything. Boy, you because
Speaker 1: you've been out for so long, you've been hurt again.
Speaker 1: You've been hurt again. Like I think at this point,
Speaker 1: if you somewhere healthy where you think about playing and
Speaker 1: you're not and you're not confident mentally, you got to
Speaker 1: go out there play and get your confidence by playing
Speaker 1: and see what you can do sitting there thinking about
Speaker 1: it where I'm not confident. Men, you don't know go
Speaker 1: ahead and give it a shot. Then if you hurt
Speaker 1: and you can't go, then that's one thing. But I
Speaker 1: think your teammates that will respect you more if you
Speaker 1: try to give it a shot. This is the playoffs,
Speaker 1: this is not preseason, you know what I mean. We have,
Speaker 1: we have a shot to do something great. I think
Speaker 1: you should just give a shot and see what he got. Man.
Speaker 1: I don't think just sitting out as the downs. I'm
Speaker 1: definitely not matter that anything. If you happen as a
Speaker 1: tweak it you got the whole summer to heal. The tweek.
Speaker 1: It's a hamstring. It's not an achilles. You know it's
Speaker 1: a hamstring, right, it's a hamstring. As I'm sure that
Speaker 1: there's fans in New Orleans who hear the word of
Speaker 1: hesitation and they're like, fine, go hesitate on the court,
Speaker 1: Like we're okay with that, right, I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: know if that then lead some more injury. You know.
Speaker 1: I can't put myself on those shoes, but I do
Speaker 1: know that to the fans, there's some frustration among the fan.
Speaker 1: I mean also too and not to come remember how
Speaker 1: you know, how slow and obviously different injuries, but Embiid
Speaker 1: was out the gates. Remember Embiid was hampered by foot
Speaker 1: injuries and issues coming out the gate, and we all wanted,
Speaker 1: you know, because we saw flashes. Man, we can't wait
Speaker 1: to see if this guy's got Yeah, so, you know,
Speaker 1: being able to be in and out early on, I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just I'm sure it's tough for him. Um, it's
Speaker 1: tough for the fans, it's tough for the team. And
Speaker 1: you do kind of wonder, like, how how however his
Speaker 1: teammates looking at him at this point too, so that
Speaker 1: that's kind of a good point, Jack, So I played
Speaker 1: with guys that had matter of fact, Baron Davis, it's documented.
Speaker 1: You remember that he had a hamstring basically pull and
Speaker 1: bad knee all in one leg in the playoffs that
Speaker 1: year would be Dallas, and he found a way to
Speaker 1: get through it. And not even not even being the top, Baron,
Speaker 1: but just having him on the court was what we needed,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So sometimes just him being
Speaker 1: out there to put uplift the team. Exactly your point, Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: no one, no one's inside his body but him. But
Speaker 1: you just do, like as a fan, you want to
Speaker 1: see you want to see him play so talented you
Speaker 1: want to se him play? All right, let's get over
Speaker 1: to the East four or five match Knicks Cavs. Let's
Speaker 1: get some Jews. Baby Julius Randall status uncertain. That's the
Speaker 1: only bummer. I mean, they do think he'll play, but
Speaker 1: it will be on a bad ankle. Jalen Brunson versus
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell, all right, they faced off last year in
Speaker 1: the West Dallas, Utah. But this is a very different circumstance,
Speaker 1: the Donovan Mitchell Bowl stack. What do you what do
Speaker 1: you think here? I think Donovan Mitchell gonna go crazy.
Speaker 1: I think he just got a point to prove. I
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a big moment for the
Speaker 1: coach too in Cleveland. Uh, this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: step up for him to coach these guys out of
Speaker 1: the first round. Um. I love the fact that New
Speaker 1: York the Knicks are back in the playoffs, So I
Speaker 1: mean it's good. I'm not really you know, a Knick fan,
Speaker 1: you know much I hate on the Knicks, but um,
Speaker 1: theytually know it, and he's yeah, yeah, I definitely know it.
Speaker 1: I got I got the Knicks and a giant. I'm
Speaker 1: a cowboy. So you know, I hate everything over there,
Speaker 1: but it's good to see him back in the playoffs, Rach.
Speaker 1: And you know, basketball is always good when when playoff
Speaker 1: basketball is being played at the Guarden. Ain't no question
Speaker 1: about that, you know. And but they they got there,
Speaker 1: but this where it stops. I think the storyline of
Speaker 1: what could have been with Mentell possible possibly could have
Speaker 1: been a knick um. It's great. I hate that Julius
Speaker 1: random won't be a hundred percent because he was playing
Speaker 1: so well before he got so well before he got hurt.
Speaker 1: And I think Javin Brunch's addition took so much pressure
Speaker 1: off him. And you know, I think at the beginning
Speaker 1: of last year, one was thinking, like, how why would
Speaker 1: they pay Jenna brunts on one hundred one hundred. I
Speaker 1: think he's underpaid. Jenna Bruntz has had an incredible year,
Speaker 1: changed the energy around that franchise, and I think they
Speaker 1: would have had a shot verse Cleveland if Julius was
Speaker 1: one hundred percent healthy. But with that being said, and
Speaker 1: things are what they are, I agree. I think Mittell's
Speaker 1: gonna go crazy. Uh. He's got a great supporting cast,
Speaker 1: but I think that's going to be a really probably
Speaker 1: one of the best Round one matchups. Quickly, you might
Speaker 1: have a big series. Oh, I think he will for sure.
Speaker 1: I think the fact that the first two games are
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, like we knew for a while those teams
Speaker 1: were probably gonna face each other in the first round,
Speaker 1: but it was sort of who's gonna be the four,
Speaker 1: who's gonna be the five. I do think that with
Speaker 1: the Cavs, kind of having that home court advantage first
Speaker 1: is going to put them on good footing in the series.
Speaker 1: If you're the Knicks, if you're a Knicks fan, and
Speaker 1: you if you're Brian Daily sitting there, I thought he
Speaker 1: was over in the corner. I guess not all right, sorry, no,
Speaker 1: no, no no, I just saw the corner of my eye
Speaker 1: over here. But it's mister Dillon. Um that uh that uh.
Speaker 1: If you're a Knicks fan and you look back and
Speaker 1: you see Donovan Mitchell drop seventy one over the course
Speaker 1: of the season, he's had this spate coming into the
Speaker 1: playoffs of forty point plus games, do you still wish
Speaker 1: he was a Nick or are you very happy with
Speaker 1: the way things turned out they I think you wish
Speaker 1: he's a Nick. I mean, that's fans, dreams are always
Speaker 1: who you know on what kind of stars we can get.
Speaker 1: But I think reality is what it is. But what
Speaker 1: you said, Rachel, I mean if the Knicks can go
Speaker 1: in there and steal a game in Cleveland, well then yes,
Speaker 1: the whole thing changes. Who you know who knows as
Speaker 1: a Nick As a Knick fan, they don't feel nothing.
Speaker 1: You know how many players they supposed to get and
Speaker 1: didn't get over the last five to ten years. You
Speaker 1: know they all did not even FDA. They numb to everything.
Speaker 1: Now they don't feel nothing over there in New York.
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering. I've heard Knicks fans, you know, I
Speaker 1: lived in New York for a long time, so i'lled
Speaker 1: a Knicks fan friends, and it felt like we don't
Speaker 1: even the way things worked out, we wouldn't even wanted
Speaker 1: him because we would have been given away too much.
Speaker 1: That kind of thing. I don't know. I think you
Speaker 1: always wanted him. This is my opinion, guys. I want
Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about postseason awards, since we
Speaker 1: have now reached the cutoff. I turned in my ballot yesterday.
Speaker 1: I want to hear who you think your winners are,
Speaker 1: and let's start with Defensive Player of the Year, very
Speaker 1: close race Jared Jackson, Junior, Brook Lopez, and mobile in
Speaker 1: the mix. Who you got stack? Now I sit back
Speaker 1: and think about it, Um, he's been dominant for the
Speaker 1: last couple of years, win this category. I'm going with
Speaker 1: jack Jackson. Okay, yeah, just just the way he's he's
Speaker 1: helped change the culch over there Memphis. Having a shot
Speaker 1: blocker definitely helps the team. So I gotta go with
Speaker 1: jar I'm gonna go with Brook Lopez, and I think
Speaker 1: the way he's been able to reinvent itself at his
Speaker 1: older age and still you know, be a stretch five,
Speaker 1: but be someone who is a shot changer, a shot blocker,
Speaker 1: and a key rebounder for that team. But Rachel, what's
Speaker 1: weird to me is he's not even the best defensive
Speaker 1: player on that team, right, and somehow he's in the
Speaker 1: top And that's no all, that's I mean, that's that's
Speaker 1: a great side for the buckle. Oh wait, let me
Speaker 1: ask you a questions. So we're talking about Rue Holiday,
Speaker 1: by the way, who I think is the best perimeter
Speaker 1: defender in the league. But would you say that Drew
Speaker 1: Holliday is a better defender overall than brook Lover. I
Speaker 1: think so. Yeah, I think so because I mean he
Speaker 1: always takes the toughest player and always slows him down.
Speaker 1: I mean, good offense is always going to be a
Speaker 1: good defense. But Drew Holidays, I mean, I don't think
Speaker 1: he's underrated anymore because we were saying that when we
Speaker 1: first started. Man he's the most underrated. I think people
Speaker 1: understand his talent now and he's been able to win
Speaker 1: a championship, But I still think he's I think he's underappreciated.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's the word and then the thing too. Jannis
Speaker 1: plays defense too, so Bucks are going to be scary.
Speaker 1: But yeah, my pick is I'm gonna give brook Lopez
Speaker 1: because I know Jaren Jackson is gonna win probably three
Speaker 1: or four these defensive players of years throughout his career.
Speaker 1: Oh well, I voted for Jaren Jackson's junior. I'm with you,
Speaker 1: Stack for sure. I do know that I want to
Speaker 1: go to Brook Lopez's doctor though, because whatever he did
Speaker 1: over these past couple of years, I want to do
Speaker 1: most improved flare. A lot of guys really stepped up
Speaker 1: and rose to the occasion. You go and learn marketing.
Speaker 1: Are you going Shay gild Alexander or who I liked
Speaker 1: the jump marketing his mate, but I like shay Man.
Speaker 1: Shay is a killer. What he's been able to do
Speaker 1: for this team that everyone in the world wrote off
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, I think even the
Speaker 1: team management wrote that team off. And how he's been
Speaker 1: able to rally these young guys together, and obviously again
Speaker 1: shout out to management because they always do such a
Speaker 1: great job of acquiring young pieces and picks, and you
Speaker 1: really saw flashes of what's what's to come in this
Speaker 1: next two or three years from Oklahoma City. So he's
Speaker 1: going to be scary. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with SGA all my most improved. He's going to me too, SGA.
Speaker 1: No question about this idea what most improved. And people
Speaker 1: think it's got to be sort of a more kind
Speaker 1: of my marginal player. Yeah, more marginal player, that kind
Speaker 1: of thing. I think. I don't know. I vote over
Speaker 1: the years. I vote for all kinds of guys who
Speaker 1: when they make that leap to being a genuine star.
Speaker 1: To me, that's huge. That's the improvement we're all looking for, right,
Speaker 1: and Pulias Randall could be on that list, I mean
Speaker 1: the jump he's made. But to think that Shay is
Speaker 1: going to be possibly the most improved and I think
Speaker 1: he's all NBA rates. I don't know how you feel,
Speaker 1: but I think all NBA. He was a player as
Speaker 1: well too, so big big offseason for him, big offseason
Speaker 1: awards coming up for cha. I feel like when you
Speaker 1: think about that trade, by the way, and look, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to criticize the Clippers because it was made
Speaker 1: clear to them they couldn't get Kauai without making that
Speaker 1: deal for Paul George, so they were really trading for
Speaker 1: both players. However, when you look at what will go
Speaker 1: in the NBA record of what that trade was, I mean,
Speaker 1: think about the draft picks that went in Oklahoma City's direction.
Speaker 1: If you just had Paul George versus Gilder's Alexander straight up,
Speaker 1: a lot of people would have picked Shake in that trade.
Speaker 1: So with the way things have turned out, can you
Speaker 1: remember Doc, the trade almost didn't happen because Doc didn't
Speaker 1: want to trade Shack. Nope, Nope. It's almost like Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers knows what he's doing. Lastly, the MVP three person
Speaker 1: raised Joel Embiid by the Way has been talking about this,
Speaker 1: especially with us. I've got a new show up here
Speaker 1: on Showtime called Headliner. Yea Headliner, say, take a listen.
Speaker 1: What would it mean to you to finally win the
Speaker 1: MVP after two times as a runner up? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think one thing I says that, you know, if
Speaker 1: people don't people tell you that I don't care about
Speaker 1: it a lot, you know, as a best award you
Speaker 1: can get as a basketball player means a lot, you know.
Speaker 1: But if I were to win it, and it will
Speaker 1: be you know, it will validate all the walk that
Speaker 1: I put in. That's why I cared. That's why I
Speaker 1: cared about it, because you put in so much walk,
Speaker 1: you know, and if you get that what condition and
Speaker 1: you valued the stack? You didn't wish your time. But
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, if someone tells you that
Speaker 1: I don't care, so I bullshit. I think he's the
Speaker 1: MVP this year, not only for what he's done offensively
Speaker 1: and led the league in scoring. I mean the three
Speaker 1: level score, one of the most complete scores we've ever seen.
Speaker 1: Despite how big he is, he could do it all
Speaker 1: and on the defensive end too. I think he doesn't
Speaker 1: get appreciated enough on the defensive end for his ability
Speaker 1: to block and change shots and rebound. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, I also agree with what Yanna said last
Speaker 1: week that he feels like he should be the MVP
Speaker 1: the last five years, and I'm not. I can't argue that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like, there are certain guys
Speaker 1: that are in the mix constantly, and Yannis is one
Speaker 1: of them. When you look at his numbers, what he's
Speaker 1: been able to do for his team without Middleton this year,
Speaker 1: particularly that you know, they lead the league and wins Um,
Speaker 1: I agree with him, but at the same time, it's
Speaker 1: it's definitely in Beat's turn because I think he possibly
Speaker 1: could have got one. You know in the last two
Speaker 1: years that that both went to Yogurts. With all due respect,
Speaker 1: I'll go and B two. And he's right. Everybody cares
Speaker 1: because nine or ten times those guys that's about to
Speaker 1: win the MVP Award or have a chance to, they
Speaker 1: got incentives in their contracts if they win anyp they
Speaker 1: get the extra million dollars, So all those guys care. Um,
Speaker 1: But I think he deserved it. You know, he's been
Speaker 1: dominant for a while now. Rage Um. That was talking
Speaker 1: about his health playing all the games now, he just
Speaker 1: deserves it. I just think just the way he plays
Speaker 1: the game and all the things he does at that size,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just special. He got a lot of
Speaker 1: things you can't teach, so he I think if any
Speaker 1: year he deserves it is this year. It's interesting what
Speaker 1: you say about janis not only does he think he
Speaker 1: should be the MVP, and should have been for the
Speaker 1: last five years. If you talk to voters, and there's
Speaker 1: guys who have come out and said who they're voting for,
Speaker 1: they've these straw polls that Tim Bontoms does does over
Speaker 1: at ESPN. They're putting Yan a second, Yan a second,
Speaker 1: Yan a second, second to Yogic, second to embeat, and
Speaker 1: then the other guy's third. You could have a scenario
Speaker 1: this year where Jannis ends up second on a lot
Speaker 1: of people's ballots but still ends up winning MVP. First
Speaker 1: place vote gets you ten points. So if I fill
Speaker 1: out my ballot, the first place guy is ten points,
Speaker 1: the guy put second gets seven points from me, and
Speaker 1: the guy who gets third gets five points from me. Well,
Speaker 1: you could end up with someone who doesn't have many
Speaker 1: first place but because they have consistent seconds. What would
Speaker 1: you think if we an MVP because of someone's second
Speaker 1: place votes. Well, if it's Janis, I won't be mad.
Speaker 1: But if you know what I'm saying, I'll be cool
Speaker 1: with it. But if it's somebody else, yeah, I probably
Speaker 1: think they need to redo it over this kind of
Speaker 1: crazy right. Yeah, essentially I never knew the point system.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I think it's it's it's all
Speaker 1: all but sealed and done. I think it'll be honest
Speaker 1: is this excuse me? It'll be in Beads MVP this year.
Speaker 1: But again, you know, I think everyone in this room
Speaker 1: feels that you honest is a year in, year out
Speaker 1: can be that guy. But I mean there's been guys
Speaker 1: like Kobe year in ye could be Braun five years
Speaker 1: in a row that could have been year in, year out.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm gonna keep going back. We get one
Speaker 1: empty bullshit. Yeah, come on, So, Rachel, I heard you've
Speaker 1: been on the road shaking and Bacon uh getting back
Speaker 1: in the mix. Tell us a little bit, a bit
Speaker 1: more about headline as I heard you're coming out the
Speaker 1: dates with some heavy Yeah, we got Joel Embiad on
Speaker 1: the first episode. So that's gonna be fun. It's been
Speaker 1: great sitting and talking to guys. It's what you guys
Speaker 1: do on all the smoke, getting back into the deep
Speaker 1: background on stuff. One of the things that was fun
Speaker 1: for me with Joel was even just back in his
Speaker 1: days in Cameroon, he used to have to sneak out
Speaker 1: of the house just to play sports. His parents were
Speaker 1: heavy cardhore that he should just be on the school books,
Speaker 1: and so he detailed his whole plan of how he
Speaker 1: would sneak out the window. His mom would lock the
Speaker 1: door sometimes to try to catch him. I could he
Speaker 1: sneak right exactly? He said that they played him fair
Speaker 1: feet a lot back in Cameroon, so that she would
Speaker 1: check the bottoms of his feet. I love that. You know.
Speaker 1: We talked about some of more emotional moments. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if you guys remember, but his brother died when
Speaker 1: he was a rookie. And kid was thirteen years old
Speaker 1: walking home from school, hit by a truck and it
Speaker 1: just wrecked him and he went home for the funeral
Speaker 1: and did not want to get back on the plane
Speaker 1: to come back. He was, of course hurt, had broken
Speaker 1: his foot, wasn't playing anyway. He thought he was just
Speaker 1: going to give up right there. So to have experiences
Speaker 1: like that and to come back and at this point
Speaker 1: be the lead favorite for MVP, it was really inspiring
Speaker 1: to talk to him about some of that stuff. He's
Speaker 1: also cheap as hell, I found out and doing research
Speaker 1: for the art for the interview. He wouldn't buy himself
Speaker 1: a couch when he first started playing. He's when millions
Speaker 1: of dollars with his first rookie contract, number third pick overall.
Speaker 1: He just had two chairs pushed together like this because
Speaker 1: he said he want to spend money in couch. Somebody
Speaker 1: had to give me a couch for free. But you
Speaker 1: gotta probably think what he was used to back at
Speaker 1: the crib. So two chairs is the upgrade. But it's
Speaker 1: weird because you kind of I mean, you hear about
Speaker 1: that Lebron. You know he's frugal too. I mean, guys
Speaker 1: with a ton of money. That's I mean, I respect it.
Speaker 1: I mean that's the way you hold on to me
Speaker 1: on the other hand. Me on the other hand, what
Speaker 1: I say, let it burn. We'll have me a poor
Speaker 1: water bed sitting outside while you get the keys. He
Speaker 1: said he's still never bought a piece of jewelry or
Speaker 1: does he own one? Do you think he's the only
Speaker 1: NBA player without a single piece of jewelry? Not even
Speaker 1: watch you don't want to watch. No, not even a
Speaker 1: nice one. That's gonna change. You can get one when
Speaker 1: you get the MVP. Yeah, he's gonna get them. So
Speaker 1: we got some great shows coming up. I'm really excited
Speaker 1: about it. Hall of Fame guests, It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. I'm grow grateful for the opportunity. We're
Speaker 1: gonna lean on you to get some steal some guests
Speaker 1: from you too. We need, we need to get some
Speaker 1: of your guests to do it. Give you so much,
Speaker 1: you know, my grand plan is to do it all together.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna still work on as well. All right, guys,
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Speaker 1: since he's picking the Warriors, I'm gonna stay out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay out. I want my brother Cep to
Speaker 1: get a ring. I want, so I'm picking the Suns
Speaker 1: to win it. It's a safe bet. Yeah, that's safe.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's gonna be so good. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think Milwaukee is tough, Boston gets hot, they're tough.
Speaker 1: And then you look in the Western Conference. I think
Speaker 1: Phoenix in Golden State of the two best teams in
Speaker 1: the Western Conference as we stand. So I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be fun. It's gonna be good. You know. I
Speaker 1: meant to say when we're talking about headliners. One of
Speaker 1: the guests we have is Dirk Nabiski, and he had
Speaker 1: quite a lot to say about that two seven two
Speaker 1: thousand and seven series. The thing that maybe smile the
Speaker 1: most was him talking about how after you guys thumped
Speaker 1: him out of the playoffs that we believe Warriors, he
Speaker 1: wanted to go home. I want to go back to
Speaker 1: Germany and he couldn't because they were gonna give him
Speaker 1: the MVP, so he had to stick around say very
Speaker 1: very interesting stuff. He had a lot to say about
Speaker 1: you guys. All right, there you go, a legend. Closing
Speaker 1: thoughts here, Houston has decided not to pick up the
Speaker 1: option on Steven Silas after three seasons. His record there
Speaker 1: was fifty nine, one hundred and seventy seven. Detroit's twin Casey, meanwhile,
Speaker 1: has coached his last game with the Pistons. He's going
Speaker 1: to move upstairs to the front office. So we've already heard.
Speaker 1: Kenny Atkinson has been given permission from the Golden State Warriors,
Speaker 1: where he's an assistant, to go interview in Houston. Is
Speaker 1: he someone you'd like to see get one of those jobs?
Speaker 1: Is or anyone else you'd like to see get one
Speaker 1: of those jobs? First of all, shot of Steve Siders.
Speaker 1: They put him in a position. You know, that's my cousin,
Speaker 1: and he's been going through a lot with it with
Speaker 1: his father passed and then and he held it together
Speaker 1: the whole season, So kudos to him. Man. I don't
Speaker 1: think he had got a fair shot. But it has
Speaker 1: to be somebody, Rachel that understands the culture. They have
Speaker 1: a lot of young kids there and have a lot
Speaker 1: of young guys that that's still learning. They were in
Speaker 1: the NBA, they're still learning how to be professionals. That
Speaker 1: need somebody with some type of experience there that you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. They need somebody with experience and
Speaker 1: that that has a little of culture. I don't know
Speaker 1: who it is because I haven't really been looking, but
Speaker 1: it's gonna have some have to be somebody to have
Speaker 1: the best of both worlds. Well, I mean, I think
Speaker 1: that's interesting, Jack, particularly with that team because well, I
Speaker 1: mean we'll call it with as a young African Americans. Yes,
Speaker 1: so you have a you know, you never want to
Speaker 1: play the race car. But like you said, Jack, they
Speaker 1: have to fit that culture. And this new culture is
Speaker 1: a lot different than when we played, and that's a
Speaker 1: good thing. You know, in their way, they're a lot different.
Speaker 1: So have someone come in that they're gonna respect first
Speaker 1: and foremost. It's going to be huge. And I don't
Speaker 1: know Kenny Atkinson enough to say they wouldn't respect them.
Speaker 1: But from the outside looking in, I don't know if
Speaker 1: that is a fit. And I could be wrong. I'm
Speaker 1: wrong a lot, but I think you made a huge point.
Speaker 1: Whoever coaches that team, and they have to understand the culture,
Speaker 1: respect the culture, and be able to wiggle within that
Speaker 1: culture because that is a very young team that is
Speaker 1: is out there. And then like the excuse me, raised
Speaker 1: to the Houston coature. Like James, he understood the Houston culture.
Speaker 1: He did his job on the court, but he understood
Speaker 1: and that's why they loved him so much. And that's
Speaker 1: why he had a lot of success there because he
Speaker 1: understood that would be dope. They can't wait to have
Speaker 1: him back. I've seen someone of a new distant contract
Speaker 1: the other night that told me that. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: there's some local businesses in Houston that would be happy
Speaker 1: if he came back his own as well. So well,
Speaker 1: I don't know. Here's my question to you, if you're Houston,
Speaker 1: do you try to hire a new coach now or
Speaker 1: do you wait until the draft lottery to see if
Speaker 1: a certain young man from France is going to be
Speaker 1: in your future. I think you played out see what
Speaker 1: happens first, and that job could become extremely attractive and
Speaker 1: I'm sure he could entice some coaches. The coach pool
Speaker 1: can get deeper if they get woman Yama. Is that
Speaker 1: he say his name, and and and there's some great
Speaker 1: NBA players that had a lot of success in the
Speaker 1: tournament this year coaching, and to look at some of
Speaker 1: those guys, Jerry Stackhouse and a lot of those guys,
Speaker 1: I think he'll be a good fit in Houston for
Speaker 1: his first job. We will see, all right, let me
Speaker 1: see Detroit too. I just want to hit on the
Speaker 1: Dallas before we leave Mavericks GM. Nico Harrison met with
Speaker 1: the media clarified a couple of things. First of all,
Speaker 1: he made it clear that wal Kyrie did not do
Speaker 1: any sort of exit interview with the media after this season.
Speaker 1: He did do one with the team, so that's important.
Speaker 1: He didn't skip out on that. Nico said it went
Speaker 1: well on all sides, and he expressed quote optimism that
Speaker 1: Kyrie will resign there this summer. So stack you are
Speaker 1: close to Kai, what do you expect. Well, Kay didn't
Speaker 1: known Niko for a long time. So if Nico said
Speaker 1: he's he has a good feeling that he can go
Speaker 1: either way, you know, I'll rock with that and I
Speaker 1: stick with that. I haven't talked to Kyrie because he's
Speaker 1: been going through a lot rage and I know a
Speaker 1: lot of people have been pulling at him, so I
Speaker 1: kind of kind of not been reaching out to him
Speaker 1: as much because I know he's been playing and getting
Speaker 1: traded during the season. I know how tough all that
Speaker 1: stuff is. So I did respect in the space. But
Speaker 1: but one thing I can't see is and I know
Speaker 1: about Kyrie, he would love to continue his relationship with
Speaker 1: Luke and Jay Kidd, both point guards. You know, they
Speaker 1: all see the game the same way, and he look
Speaker 1: up to guys like Jay Kidd. So if it works, um,
Speaker 1: it'll be good. But if not, I see him in
Speaker 1: the like. Plus say, when the Lakers want someone, they
Speaker 1: get no matter what the cap is, no matter what
Speaker 1: they have to do, When the Lakers want someone, they
Speaker 1: get him. So it'll be very it'll it'll definitely be
Speaker 1: a Kyrie watch. Um this season much money though, That's
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But when when they want someone, they
Speaker 1: make it happen. So you expect to see him in
Speaker 1: the purple and goal. I don't expect to see him
Speaker 1: back in Dallas. To be honest with you, I just
Speaker 1: don't know if that was a very good fit. Although
Speaker 1: they didn't have a ton of time to play together,
Speaker 1: so I could you know, it may need some time
Speaker 1: to brew, but I just don't think that's where he
Speaker 1: lands this summer. Yeah, well, here's what I do know.
Speaker 1: I know that Kyrie is going to actually look around
Speaker 1: and as a thoughtful choice as opposed to just sort
Speaker 1: of signing there or because he got traded there. He
Speaker 1: can't go through that no more what he's been through.
Speaker 1: It has to be he got wherever he's gonna rate.
Speaker 1: This is where he's gonna finish his career. Well. In
Speaker 1: the last big choice he made Brooklyn didn't work out right,
Speaker 1: So I think he knows that he's kind of more
Speaker 1: more in the spotlight to make this one work. And
Speaker 1: then he also shows man when he's focused on basketball. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's not too in the world. Better. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a good summer. It's gonna be a good playoffs. Before that,
Speaker 1: we will be with you every step of the way.
Speaker 1: You guys out here shooting some all the smokes as well,
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