1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Welcome in, What Drive with Think Right? Episode three point eighteen. 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: What a sports week man, What a night last night? 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: You know it's a big game with real emotions attached 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: when if you're watching the game, you didn't find out 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: until after the game was over with the postgame hugs. Wait. 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes was courtside the entire time, and they didn't 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: show him once because they had to show the crowd, 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: and they had to show Luca, and they had to 9 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: show the Lakers and they celebrating Luca. They had to 10 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: show Nico Harrison with his Mama mentality, hiding in the tunnel, 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: surrounded by security in his own home stadium. They had 12 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: to show Mark Cuban. What a night? And then it 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: got even crazier after that. Oh my Warriors lose to 14 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: Devin Castle, Draymond's defensive Player of the Year. Push takes 15 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: a big hit if people are watching play in picture, 16 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: messed up play off picture, weird. All that plus our 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: NFC over unders plus in what missed the cut? Demons, 18 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: Welcome in. And I don't know if you are even 19 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: that aware. Do you know I'm aware what starts today? 20 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:26,279 Speaker 2: I'm aware? 21 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, what starts today? My friend It's the Master's awful, 22 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: glorious sports on the pine straw and the patrons and 23 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: the dollar fifty egg salad sandwiches. I'm telling you right now. 24 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: You know, every once in a while, the sports gods 25 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: frown upon me because and I have to keep my 26 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: voice down on this because your mom, I think, is 27 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: twenty feet that way. But I'm in a bit of 28 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: a pickle, my friend. Here's the deal. Sunday, final day 29 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: of the NBA season, Clippers Warriors likely decides who the 30 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: Lakers Round one matchup is going to be. Who's in 31 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: the play in It is also Sunday at the Masters, 32 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: one of my favorite sports days of the year. It 33 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: is also my anniversary. 34 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 3: Yeah I was, Yeah, I was just the boy. Oh 35 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 3: boy you are. 36 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: We have found ourselves boxed in a bit, however that 37 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: we will deal with that when we get to that. 38 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: In the meantime, I'll tell you right now the best 39 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: app in sports, the Masters app open loaded on the phone, 40 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: watching holes four, five, and six, keeping updated. One of 41 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: my favorite just just an unbelievable weekend that got started 42 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: on a Wednesday night with some unbelievable basketball. The other 43 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: thing they missed the cut Aaron Rodgers did not make 44 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: his big announcement in Pat McAfee's thing Shoudroorg Sanders visiting 45 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Lebron's getting a Barbie. I don't totally get it. 46 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: He seems excited about it, seems dope. Whatever. Now, please like, rate, subscribe, review, 47 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: watch his live on YouTube, listen to the podcast feed. 48 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: This is what you should do right now. If you're 49 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: listening to this on audio, make sure you unsubscribe to 50 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: The low Post because that's gone. Subscribe to Zach's newpod, 51 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: The Zach Lowe Show, because I don't think he got 52 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: to carry over his subscribers. So subscribe to Zach Lowe's 53 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: new show. That's a different network, that's a different company. 54 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: But it's so great to have Zach low back for 55 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: the playoff push. And while you're doing that, go ahead 56 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: and subscribe to this show even if you watch it 57 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: on YouTube now demand's let's get to last night. 58 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, very emotional game last night. It was Luca's first 59 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: time returning to Dallas since being traded. Originally, the fans 60 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 3: would super hyped to see him. Really, it seems like 61 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 3: a lot of fans are wearing the thank you for 62 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 3: everything in Slovenian shirts. 63 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: They're cheering for him. 64 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 3: I basically after every bucket, you know, they still got 65 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: the love for Luca. And then he torched them score 66 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 3: forty five points. What did you think of this whole game, 67 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 3: this whole situation. 68 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: Right, I was amazed by what Luca did. And one 69 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: of my go to beliefs in sports is a very 70 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: simple phrase, but it explains a lot, and that is 71 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: legendary players do legendary things. And Luca watching what I 72 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: thought was almost a too well produced pregame video, I 73 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: thought that was almost too well done because it really 74 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: hit home, if it hadn't already, how outrageous the trade was, 75 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: and how blind sighted Luca was by it, and how 76 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: great he was. I was wondering how they would approach it, 77 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: how they would approach this video. Would they include the 78 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: step back three over Rudy Gobert in the conference finals 79 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: to give them a a stranglehold on making their first 80 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: NBA finals since Dirk was there, since their championship in 81 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: eleven And the answer was, yeah, we're gonna do a 82 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:56,559 Speaker 1: real tribute to Luca. As if this franchise didn't spend 83 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: the last six weeks calling him and out of shape 84 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: alcoholic that we couldn't trust with three hundred and fifty 85 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: million dollars. They did, and it really affected Luca. He's crying. 86 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: He so again. Up for those of us, I know, 87 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's some people listening or watching that cry 88 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: all the time, and there's some people listening or watching 89 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: who never cry. I think most of us are probably in, 90 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, the middle part of that bell curve where 91 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: we're not never ever criers, but we are incredibly rare criers. 92 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: Think back to the last time something affected you so 93 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: much that you were brought to tears in public, and 94 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: then think would you have been at your best professionally 95 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: ninety seconds later? I wouldn't have been. 96 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: He was. 97 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: He lit them on on fire from start to finish, 98 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: while dealing with the unbelievable and indescribable emotion that honestly, 99 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: almost no athlete in modern sports history has had to 100 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: deal with quite that. A guy that good, that young 101 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: in that sport, who didn't want to be traded, who 102 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: thought I'm going to be here forever, who gets the 103 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: rug pulled out from under him in the middle of 104 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: the night, and then has to deal with learning secondhand that, Oh, 105 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: evidently a lot of these people that I worked for 106 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: didn't believe in me, didn't like me, didn't trust me, 107 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: are totally fine with trashing me a nightonymously or on 108 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: the record, dealing with all of that. And then he 109 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: scores forty five, is the best player on the court, 110 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: thirty one in the first half, channels it all into 111 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: his individual greatness. That is as legendary as it as 112 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: you will ever see. And I saw the stat and 113 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: it's a great one that Luca becomes the first player 114 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: you'll like this demonse, the first player in more than 115 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: fifty years to score forty five plus points for a 116 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: team and then forty five plus points against that team 117 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: in the same season. And I'll tell you who the 118 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: guy was who did it before. But think about what 119 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: the needle you have to thread for that to happen. 120 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: You have to be good enough to where you have 121 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: multiple forty five point games. You also have to be 122 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: traded during the year. The last guy that did that, 123 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: the only guy to do that was Wilt. But Wilt 124 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: was a bit of a no mad's too strong, but 125 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: he moved around. He also was similarly to Luca, I 126 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: think unfairly maligned or not fully appreciated for how great 127 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: he truly was. But Wilt didn't get traded against his will. 128 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: Wilt didn't get blindsided by it. And for Luca to 129 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: be able to do that, and for the Lakers to 130 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: embrace him the way they have Lebron is you know, 131 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: cheering on the crowd when they're chanting Luca. Luca the 132 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: embrace with his teammates right after the introductions, everybody kind 133 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: of taking a step back and saying, this is Luca's moment. 134 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: If you're a vibes reader, the Lakers vibes are absolutely 135 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: off the charts right now. And you now can tick 136 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: tick tick your way through the Western Conference potential playoff teams, 137 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: and you are going to find that nobody has an 138 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: answer to this question, what defense can deal with that, dude? 139 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: And the answer is none of them. The Thunder with 140 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: their ten awesome wing defenders, Nope. The MAVs with all 141 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: of their sinners healthy in that size, Nope, Nobody when 142 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: he is dialed. The only player in the league who 143 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:37,479 Speaker 1: has a similar offensive impact is Nikali Jokic, and Jokich's 144 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: second best player is dealing with a hamstring, and we 145 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: don't know if he's gonna come back, And Luca's second 146 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: best player is Lebron freaking James, And so I said 147 00:11:52,080 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: it last night, I will say it again. The Celtics 148 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: can beat the Lakers. I don't know that they will. 149 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: They can. I don't think anyone else can beat this 150 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: team as presently constituted four times in seven games, because 151 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: Luca going forty five, eight and six is not like, 152 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: oh man, when's he gonna do that again? Probably three 153 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: or four times in the playoffs. He already. And I'm 154 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: gonna risk messing up the internet here and I apologize, 155 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna look this up on the fly because 156 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: this is one of my favorite stats, which is Luca, 157 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: who's again has not played seven full seasons fine players. 158 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: I have to find the fine totals from all games, 159 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: most games of combined seasons. There it is career four 160 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: thirty point playoff games NBA history, and the top of 161 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: the list is what you would expect. But what's going 162 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: to shock you is where Luca already is on it. 163 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: So top of the list, Jordan, Lebron, Jerry West, those 164 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: are the only people with even twenty of them. Okay, 165 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: next highest is Elgind Baylor, and Kevin Durant with fourteen, 166 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: So again, fourteen is fourth most in NBA history. Wilt 167 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: had thirteen, Kobe had thirteen, Shack had twelve. Kareem, who 168 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: played for twenty plus years and was the all timing scorer, 169 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: had nine. Luca's got eight. Luca has more career forty 170 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: point playoff games already than he is, the same number 171 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: as Steph. He has more than Dirk, he has more 172 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: than Bird, he has more than Berkley. He is more 173 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: than Kawhi, he is more than Joker, he has more 174 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: than Magic. He The only players in league history with 175 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: more than him are Kareem, Iverson, Harden, dream Shaq, Kobe, 176 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: Will Durant, Elgin, West Bron, Jordan. That's it. So Luca 177 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: dropping forty on your head like he did last night, 178 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: That's gonna happen a few times in the playoffs Lebron 179 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: thanks to Luca being there, being able to do exactly 180 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: what he did last night, which is I'm gonna go 181 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: at about half speed for three quarters and then I'm 182 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: gonna be the best player on the damn planet in 183 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter on both ends of the court. That's 184 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: gonna be available to the Laker And what's going to 185 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: determine do the Lakers look like the best team in 186 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: the league or do they look like a team that 187 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: is slightly vulnerable. Is going to be do Dorian Finney, Smith, 188 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent Ruy, Hatchamora hit the wide open, spoon fed 189 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: threes that Luca is going to deliver to them, because 190 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: that's what they're going to live on. So the Lakers 191 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: are the most dangerous team in the NBA because of 192 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: that guy. And I think Demands might think I'm overstating 193 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: this a bit, and so I'm I'm I'm open to 194 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: the discussion on it before we get to the Anthony 195 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: Davis side of it, But go ahead. 196 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think the Celtics are the most 197 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: dangerous team in the league, and then the Lakers fall 198 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 3: like shortly after that. I mean, we just obviously have 199 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 3: the death and we definitely have the defenders. 200 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 2: Said deal with Luka Doncic. 201 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 3: I mean, obviously you're not gonna hold Luca at twenty fifteen, 202 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 3: fifteen whatever. 203 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 2: But you know, so here is the. 204 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: Thing about that. So this, listen, the Celtics are unbelievable, unbelievable, 205 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: and the argument is a pretty clean one, which is 206 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: the Celtics played Luca in the finals last year and 207 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: they won. My counterpoint to that would be a relatively 208 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: simple one. Luca in those finals was twenty nine nine 209 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: and six, despite in those finals not being able to 210 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: hit threes twenty four percent from three after forty three 211 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: percent the previous line the round. The number that to 212 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: me is the most noteworthy on that Lucas stat line 213 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: is not the twenty nine points, but it's the only 214 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: five and a half assists a game, and that was 215 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: a symptom of not shooters. Well he had the shooters, 216 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: they just didn't hit shots. And so what happened in 217 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: those finals is Kyrie eight of twenty nine from three. PJ. 218 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: Washington six of twenty two from three. Derek Jones Junior 219 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: is again you can't really rely on him big time 220 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: for threes three of twelve from three. The team as 221 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: a whole thirty one percent from three. So I don't 222 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: know that we saw the Celtics cut Luca's water off. 223 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: What they did was and with their great defenders, make 224 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: the role player really struggle. But Kyrie in those finals 225 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: was nineteen three and five, and as I mentioned, twenty 226 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 1: seven percent from three. Lebron ain't doing that if you 227 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: guys match up and so again, I am not acting 228 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: like the Lakers deserve to be some big favorite. I 229 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: am not acting like the Celtics are not a deserving champion. 230 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: What I am saying is Luca gave you a little 231 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: glimpse last night of what playoff Luca looks like. And that, 232 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: alongside what appears to be for one of the only 233 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: times in his Lakers tenure, fingers crossed, two games left 234 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: a Lebron James that is going to be rested and 235 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: healthy going into the playoffs. Look Out, Now, Lebron was 236 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: healthy going into the twenty twenty playoffs they won the title. 237 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: Lebron was healthy going into the twenty three playoffs they 238 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: made it the conference finals. 239 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 3: All right, we're saying he's healthy. Now, we'll hear nothing 240 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 3: about a groin later. You know things, well. 241 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: I mean if he again, if he right, No, he 242 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: is healthy now. Now, guys can get hurtous, obviously, but 243 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: I'm but no, you're right that if he doesn't suffer 244 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: an injury and then you know what I mean, plays poorly, 245 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: you can't put it on injury. But that's The thing 246 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: is this, It simply doesn't happen. So like we have 247 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: twenty years of evidence that healthy Lebron doesn't play poorly 248 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. All right, let's go to the other 249 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: side of this game. 250 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 2: For a moment. 251 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw on the other side of it Anthony 252 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: Davis was playing his ex team as well. That doesn't 253 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 3: really seem to be making noise. 254 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: Well, so here's why I think, because it wasn't in 255 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: LA I think because nobody felt like I don't think 256 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: anybody felt like the Lakers betrayed Ad because it's just 257 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: a trade you have to make. I also think this 258 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: last night was a great example of why AD is 259 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: such a frustrating great player. And last night was also 260 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: a good example of the gap between all time great 261 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: and legend because Anthony Davis in that game, with the 262 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: Lakers not having a real sinner and him fully healthy, 263 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: you would have liked to see him be like, listen, 264 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: one way or another, I'm getting my thirty or at 265 00:20:55,359 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: least twenty five and putting my imprint on the game. Instead. Listen, 266 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: he was good defensively, and he had thirteen points. And 267 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: it's why AD is again as great as he is 268 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: a frustrating guy at times because he doesn't seem to 269 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: always have that extra gear that you would want and 270 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: the right He is not a guy that you can 271 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: just say, oh, the moment calls for it. Therefore, he's 272 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: going to be brilliant, at least on the offensive end. Now. Defensively, 273 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: everybody still brings up the Lakers free throw edge over 274 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: the last few years and all of these things. That's 275 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: an Anthony Davis stat not because he's drawing so many fouls, 276 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: but because he is and has been, and it's criminal. 277 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: This guy's gonna go his whole career without winning a 278 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year. But he has been the 279 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: best rim protector in the league for a half decade 280 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: plus now, and he can protect the rim without fouling, 281 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: which is what led to those free throw discrepancies. And 282 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: he was able to do a lot of that last night. 283 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: But thirteen points in that moment is just a bummer, 284 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: all right, But one other thing, Let's do one other 285 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: thing on Luca. 286 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 3: Luca's ejection on Tuesday. What are your what are your thoughts? 287 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 3: How do you feel about that? 288 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on it? 289 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 3: My thoughts on it are I do think that I 290 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 3: watched the show a little bit yesterday and something resonated 291 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 3: with me. I do think that Luka Doncic is he 292 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: needs to be available throughout games, and I think that 293 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 3: he should stop taking himself out with with the whole 294 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 3: winding and complaining about the call. I am not on 295 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 3: the ref side in that instant in that instance, but 296 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 3: I would like to see Luca stop yelling at the 297 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 3: refs and just get back on defense. 298 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 2: Occasionally it's like, come. 299 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: On, man, Okay, that's a fair critique. It's also never 300 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: gonna happen, and so it's just like it's just he 301 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 1: has to play aggrieved. It also was such an outrageous 302 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: ejection and so easily fixable when you realized what had 303 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: happened that I Bruin Wilde's got mad at me, but 304 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: I said that I don't think that jt Or, the 305 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: ref who did it, should be refing playoff games if 306 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: that's the type of ref he is. I then read 307 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: this morning, jt Or, in his thirteen year career, has 308 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: refed a grand total of one playoff game. So it 309 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: looks like the league maybe already recognized that. But he 310 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: made it was let's say it again. 311 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: He made it personal, and he made it personal. 312 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: From the very beginning. When you tell Jared vander both 313 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: texts he gave Luca were totally unreasonable. One Luca's running 314 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: up court arguing not on his behalf, but on Vanderbilt's 315 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: behalf because Vanderbilt got hit in the face. He's not 316 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: in the ref's face, he's fifteen feet from him. Gives 317 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: him a tech, then tells Vanderbilt, I'll talk to anyone 318 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: but Luca. And the next one. Here's why I found 319 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: it so outrageous. It was not a reasonable misunderstanding because 320 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: Luca didn't get there was There was no potential foul 321 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: on the play. It's Luca had made the shot, Luke, 322 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: So the context of it is really important. Luca had 323 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 1: just come in from off the bench, so it's not 324 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: like he and the ref had been going back and forth, 325 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 1: you know, over the last few minutes. He had just 326 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: come back in the game. There was no contact whatsoever 327 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: on the shot. So it wasn't one of those I 328 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: made the shot, but I should have gotten an and 329 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: one bleep you for not giving it to me, which 330 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: you do see all the time. 331 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 3: Or maybe it was like few I hit the shot 332 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 3: like that's what the ref perceived it as, like he's 333 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 3: talking he's talking trash after he hits the shot, like 334 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 3: fu ref. 335 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: Basically, yeah, you better be damn certain who he's talking 336 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: to and what he's saying. If it's the fourth quarter 337 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: of a huge game and a guy already has one 338 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: technical and part of being in a fit in very 339 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: very kind of simple terms mixed metaphors a bit being 340 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: in a fit kind of like being a cop. We 341 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: give you a ton of power and we trust that 342 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: even if you have pulled me over a dozen times 343 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: before and each time I've said f you hate you, 344 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: bleep you, that when you walk to my car on 345 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: the thirteenth time, you are going to act with the 346 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: professionalism and demeanor of someone who's first meeting me. And 347 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: you might be like, that's unreasonable. That's the job. That 348 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: is the job. And you, when you have a disproportionate 349 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: power over another person, because you are the enforcer of 350 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: the rules, you have an obligation to leave your baggage 351 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 1: court side, and not everybody can do it. And so 352 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: if you were going. 353 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 3: To go ahead, like how after Draymond gets a technical 354 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 3: and at how much leeway. 355 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 2: He gets the opposite. 356 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, like it takes a lot for him to get 357 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 3: that second technical and it was like a. 358 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: No, and so it was. But whatever, I mean, the 359 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: Lakers got the worst case scenario would have been. And 360 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: I actually think for the Thunder, here's the part of 361 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: that ejection that sucks for the Thunder. The Thunder don't 362 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: feel great about that win. Now the the the and 363 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: the Thunder could have won that game. I don't know. 364 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: I don't think they were going to because you were 365 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: just about to get rested Luca down the stretch. But maybe. 366 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: But now the Thunder, like, man, they beat us in 367 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: our building. Bad. We then emptied the clip on him 368 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: in the first half. They clawed back, they're up one 369 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: and then Luca gets thrown out like so it was 370 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: just bad all around. All right, Let's go to the 371 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: rest of the Western Gonbertz playoffs. 372 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, so next time we have our next episode, 373 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 3: the regular season will be wrapped up and the top 374 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 3: seeds all the way down to the plane will be decided. 375 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 3: The funny little wrinkle is the Warriors just blew that 376 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 3: game to the Spurs last night. So are we potentially 377 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 3: looking at Lakers in Golden State playing in the first round. 378 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: So I know this. The standings make it seem like 379 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: that because of last night is less likely. In reality, 380 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: because of last night, it's more likely. I'll explain that 381 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: in a moment, But first, let me talk about that 382 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: Warriors game. That's a terrible loss, and it had a 383 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: lot of the a lot of the warning signs of 384 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: bad Warriors losses from the past, most notably horrific turnovers 385 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: down the stretch. So if you weren't watching that game, 386 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: I want to just give you the play by pardon me, 387 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: the play by play of the last few minutes because 388 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: the war Let me actually back up a little bit more. 389 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:33,959 Speaker 1: The Warriors were up big, up double digits early. The 390 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: Spurs then have a monster second quarter to take a 391 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: lead going into halftime, but that doesn't matter because the 392 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: Warriors beat the Spurs in the third quarter thirty seven 393 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: to twenty one, and they go into the final period 394 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: up a dozen. So it's a game you've got to have. 395 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: You're up a dozen on a Spurs team that you 396 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: know does not necessarily want to win, and despite that, 397 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: they find themselves in a dog fight tie game after 398 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: a castle three with five minutes remaining. And then this 399 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: is where you get to, in my opinion, the concern 400 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: points for the Warriors. Okay, so I'm pulling up the 401 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: play by play here. Once we get to all right, 402 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: two and a half minutes left, Spurs turn the ball over. 403 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: Warriors up one, Draymond Green bad pass turnover. They then 404 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: exchange buckets. Minute left Draymond Green, bad pass turnover, thirty 405 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: seconds left Steph Curry bad pass turnover. Sandwiched in the 406 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: middle of that, after a really good Draymond Green defensive 407 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: play and transition, Keldon Johnson goes right at Draymond, gets 408 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: a layup. Keldon Johnson then goes right at Draymond and 409 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: gets another layup for a guy who's doing a full 410 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: blown media blitz about how he's defensive Player of the Year. 411 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: That was a rough sequence, and all of a sudden, 412 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: they're down two, and then the Spurs screw up. The 413 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: Spurs are up too with five seconds left, and Harrison 414 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: Barnes panics and basically hugs Draymond. They've gotten the ball 415 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: out of Steph's hands. He fouls Draymond as if he 416 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: thought they had a foul to give. They didn't. You're 417 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: up to five seconds off, Draymond has the ball, you 418 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: foul him. He makes both. Credit Den for that. I 419 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: thought he was gonna miss one. He makes both, and 420 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: now you're staring at overtime. And then Harrison Barnes, former 421 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: Warrior champion, bangs home the three, and all of a sudden, 422 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: the Warriors now and now we can show the Western 423 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: Conference standings. Here's where we're at. The Lakers are forty 424 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: nine and thirty one with games against Houston and Portland remaining. 425 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: Win one and they lock in the three seed. So 426 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers are going to be the three seed. Maybe 427 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: they beat Houston. If they don't beat Houston, they will 428 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: beat Portland in game eighty two that Portland doesn't want, 429 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: so they're locked. We now have very tricky setups. Denver 430 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: and the Clippers both forty eight and thirty two. Memphis 431 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: has three games left their forty seven and thirty two, 432 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: the Warriors forty seven and thirty three, and Minnesota forty 433 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: six and thirty three. So here's what the nut nut 434 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:09,719 Speaker 1: of this really is. On the Warriors side of things, 435 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: Let's assume they're beating Portland. That gets them to forty 436 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: eight wins. If they beat the Clippers, I would then 437 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: expect the Warriors to end up the sixth seed and 438 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: playing the Lakers in Round one. The schedules for the 439 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: following teams are for the teams are as follows. Denver 440 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: has Memphis and then Houston. The Clippers have Sacramento and 441 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: then the Warriors. Memphis has Minnesota, then Denver, then Dallas, 442 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: Golden State, Portland and the Clippers and Minnesota at Memphis 443 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: and then Brooklyn in Utah. So Minnesota right now is 444 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: the eight, but they have two auto wins to end 445 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,879 Speaker 1: the year. So if Minnesota wins tonight at Memphis, they 446 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 1: are going to finish forty nine and thirty three. It 447 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 1: is very, very difficult to handicap exactly what's going to happen. 448 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: What you can handicap is this, Denver has one super 449 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: meaningful game left against Memphis, the game at Houston. I 450 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: just wonder if Houston's gonna be sitting guys. My guess 451 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:44,919 Speaker 1: is they will. The Clippers have won super meaningful game 452 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:54,800 Speaker 1: left at the Warriors memph Memphis has two super meaningful 453 00:34:54,840 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 1: games left home for Minnesota at Denver and then obviously 454 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: the game that will likely determine, not likely definitively will 455 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 1: determine a huge amount in the Western Conference. Is Clippers 456 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: Warriors game eighty two, three point thirty Sunday afternoon, probably 457 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: on ABC. The loser of that game probably goes to 458 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: the play in. The winner of that game is going 459 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: to be either the I think well not is going 460 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: to be the four to the five or the six. 461 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: Here is the part that might surprise the audience. If 462 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: I'm the Lakers, I would rather play right now Golden 463 00:35:54,000 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: State then play the Clippers. I think that the Clippers, 464 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: with Kawhi having a week off between the playoffs because 465 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 1: of the play in and them playing so well right 466 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaker 1: now and Zubots being a real force when the Lakers 467 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: don't have a center, I think that is a tougher 468 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 1: matchup than a Golden State team that reminded you last night. Yeah, 469 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: we can beat anybody, but we can lose to anybody 470 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: in big spots, and so I it's almost impossible to 471 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: handicap how it's going to fall exactly. I know that 472 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: Minnesota right now is sick because Minnesota, if they didn't 473 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:55,919 Speaker 1: blow that twenty six point lead to the Bucks night 474 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 1: before last, they're sitting there at forty seven and thirty 475 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 1: two with games against Brooklyn and Utah remaining, and they 476 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: are in great shape to get up to the four 477 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: five line. I'll tell you something else. The Warriors being 478 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:18,960 Speaker 1: in the play in is devastating for them. You can 479 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,840 Speaker 1: be like, oh, well, you know, as long as you 480 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: win your play in game, you get Houston, Houston fully rested. 481 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: That defense is not go ahead. 482 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 2: Demanse, young and energetic. 483 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not gonna be fun. 484 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: You lose your play in game and all of a 485 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:47,240 Speaker 1: sudden you find you find yourself in a one and done. 486 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,440 Speaker 1: You'd win it, I would imagine, But now you're going 487 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: to Oklahoma City. And this is also where I remind 488 00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: you the Warriors history in the play in is not great. 489 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: The Warriors in twenty twenty one lost two play in 490 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 1: games and missed the playoffs. And the Warriors last year 491 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: again in things that we just memory hole, we just 492 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 1: vacillate between the Warriors, are you know Steph is in 493 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: the goat conversation and disregarding the fact that last year 494 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: the Warriors in the play in lost to Sacramento. The 495 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 1: season was just over, lost to the Kings in a 496 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 1: one and done season over good night, good luck. So 497 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 1: the Warriors historically have played three play in games. Lebron 498 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,719 Speaker 1: hit the three rim three over steph to beat him 499 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:07,800 Speaker 1: in their first. The young upstart Grizzlies back when the 500 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: Grizzlies were fun beat them in the second one in 501 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: Golden State to knock them out of the playoffs. And 502 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: last year the Sacramento Kings beat them to knock him 503 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. And so again, like since Durant left, 504 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:37,000 Speaker 1: the Warriors seasons have gone, missed the playoffs, missed the playoffs, 505 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:43,240 Speaker 1: won the damn title, lost in round two to Lebron, 506 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: missed the playoffs, and now this year, if you froze 507 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 1: the standings right now, they're in the play in again. 508 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: And by the way, there is no team in the 509 00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 1: league that wishes you could freeze the standings right now, 510 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: like the Lakers where they get Memphis in round one, 511 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 1: which is the dream. Denver and the Clippers and the 512 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: Thunder are all on the other side of the bracket, 513 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,399 Speaker 1: and the Warriors have to play play in games. That 514 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: is the dream bracket. It almost It's not gonna stay 515 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 1: like this though, because these too many of these teams 516 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:34,040 Speaker 1: play each other. But that is the standings as we 517 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,960 Speaker 1: sit here today. By the way, for people watching live, 518 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:46,240 Speaker 1: couple things. One is we appreciate you. Second is please like, rate, subscribe, review, 519 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 1: do all those things. It really does help us, and it, 520 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,279 Speaker 1: you know, leads to us, you know, being doing more 521 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 1: of the kind of surprise shows or instant reaction shows. 522 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,839 Speaker 1: They asked me yesterday, Paul texts me, He's like, hey, 523 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: you want to do a snap reaction right after the 524 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: game quick? And I was like, you know, I would, 525 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,759 Speaker 1: but tonight was a bottle of wine night while I'm 526 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: watching the NBA, and I just don't. I just don't 527 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,760 Speaker 1: think it's a good idea. But also, people watching live, 528 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 1: you can throw questions in the chat and we'll get 529 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,399 Speaker 1: to him, get to him later. So there was gosh 530 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: darn it, oh there was something. Oh Edwin. Edwin in 531 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: the chat says, don't sleep on playoff Jimmy. So again, 532 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,520 Speaker 1: this is where the producers are gonna get mad at me, 533 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: because this is where I do open up a bunch 534 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: of basketball reference pages and it might mess up my 535 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:47,439 Speaker 1: internet a touch. Here is my only pushback. Anybody that's 536 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: watched the TV show over the last few years has 537 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: known no one has prayed at the altar of playoff 538 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,920 Speaker 1: Jimmy more than me that I've said he's a different guy. 539 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 1: When they made the fine against the Nuggets, I did 540 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,040 Speaker 1: a whole thing about how if he wins the title, 541 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: his resume versus James Harden's resume is one of the 542 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: more fun NBA Roars Shark tests of all time, all 543 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:24,440 Speaker 1: of it. But I do think there is reasonable reason 544 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: for concern that the playoff Jimmy we are used to 545 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: might not be around this year. So here's what I mean. 546 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:44,480 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, Jimmy Butler was twenty one six 547 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: and six in the regular season and then bumped that 548 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:54,880 Speaker 1: in the playoffs to twenty seven, seven and five. So 549 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,000 Speaker 1: he was a twenty two point a game guy who 550 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,120 Speaker 1: bumped it up to twenty seven in the playoffs. The 551 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:07,799 Speaker 1: next year, in the regular season he was twenty three 552 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:14,279 Speaker 1: a game and an All NBA second teamer, and then 553 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs he bumped it to twenty seven a game. 554 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:24,040 Speaker 1: Here's the point I'm making. Historically, playoff Jimmy means bump 555 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 1: my scoring average by about four points. This year, he's 556 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:35,200 Speaker 1: a seventeen point a game guy, and he's with the 557 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:38,680 Speaker 1: Warriors forty six percent from the field and twenty eight 558 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:44,360 Speaker 1: percent from three. So even if you get the playoff, 559 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: Jimmy bump, he does not appear to be quite the 560 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:56,279 Speaker 1: player he was when he would What Jimmy would do 561 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,040 Speaker 1: is go from being a B plus guy to an 562 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,680 Speaker 1: A guy. What if now that means he goes from 563 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,520 Speaker 1: a B B B minus guy to a B plus guy. 564 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 1: That's a concern. So that that's my only pushback on that. 565 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the other big news of 566 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 1: the week before we do our NFL over unders for 567 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,120 Speaker 1: the NFC go ahead. 568 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,280 Speaker 3: So right after our show on Tuesday, Denver they fired 569 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,800 Speaker 3: their head coach, Mike or Michael Malone and Calvin Booth, 570 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,120 Speaker 3: which is just really weird. They're they're in the playoffs. 571 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,239 Speaker 3: It's a funny time. And then last night they got 572 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,280 Speaker 3: the win. They took care of business against the Kings, 573 00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 3: and Jokic had this to say post game. People said, 574 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 3: we are vulnerable, but I think the Beast is always 575 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,480 Speaker 3: the strongest of the most dangerous when they are vulnerable. 576 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:47,600 Speaker 3: So maybe Josh Kronk woke up the beast. 577 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:49,880 Speaker 1: Josh Crony, the owner of the team. 578 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,160 Speaker 2: But yeah, that's that's what's going on. In Denver right. 579 00:44:55,040 --> 00:45:00,719 Speaker 1: Now, So listen. I I don't think it's a good 580 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,360 Speaker 1: sign when you fire your coach. 581 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:04,040 Speaker 4: Now. 582 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:12,400 Speaker 1: It Also there's other reporting shocker that the GM and 583 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:17,520 Speaker 1: some players were frustrated that Michael Malone kept playing Russell 584 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:23,600 Speaker 1: Westbrook in big spots like man in a Tough Spot. 585 00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:29,239 Speaker 1: But I've seen that movie before. Because they won last night, 586 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:34,280 Speaker 1: people I think are trying to convince themselves, oh, well, 587 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:40,000 Speaker 1: maybe this was what the team needed. I don't buy 588 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,719 Speaker 1: that at all. I'm not saying this was a disaster. 589 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's crazy to fire Michael Malone. What 590 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,759 Speaker 1: I am saying is that they have and last night, 591 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:55,440 Speaker 1: Daniel points out, is the first game since December fifth 592 00:45:55,560 --> 00:46:00,759 Speaker 1: that Westbrook played fewer than twenty minutes. Got it. But 593 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:05,480 Speaker 1: what the Nuggets need, obviously is Jamal Murray to come 594 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:10,440 Speaker 1: back from his injury. But what the Nuggets also need 595 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,640 Speaker 1: that Jamal Murray coming back from his injury is not 596 00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:18,440 Speaker 1: going to have an impact on is to have a 597 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: passable defense, and they don't. So as great as Joe, 598 00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:27,160 Speaker 1: I watched that game last night because I had a 599 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:36,200 Speaker 1: nice little Lakers Thunder Clippers Kings five and a half 600 00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:39,839 Speaker 1: to one parlay and the Lakers won. That is all 601 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:45,080 Speaker 1: money line. The Clippers won against the Rockets backups the 602 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,880 Speaker 1: thunder one despite playing their own backups because the Suns 603 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,560 Speaker 1: have quit. And then I was like, all right, we'll 604 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,880 Speaker 1: see how the Nuggets react to the firing. And the 605 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,080 Speaker 1: Nuggets did react well to the firing, but they still 606 00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:04,880 Speaker 1: just can't guard anybody, and so I don't I don't 607 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: think I think they're scary because they have the best 608 00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,719 Speaker 1: player in the world. I don't think they're dangerous when 609 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:17,360 Speaker 1: it comes to a deep playoff run. As far as Deman' 610 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:23,040 Speaker 1: say what it means for Joker, they don't have a 611 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,920 Speaker 1: ton of flexibility they can try to trade for Durant. 612 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:29,680 Speaker 1: I think the only way that would happen would be 613 00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,759 Speaker 1: if Durant demanded to go there. Because they're not going 614 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,200 Speaker 1: to have the best package they could go ahead. 615 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know what Jamal Murray's like contract situation is. Well, 616 00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,480 Speaker 3: shouldn't they just try and shop him get some assets 617 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,200 Speaker 3: for Jamal Murray if that's possible. 618 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if his I mean, the contract situation 619 00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:52,239 Speaker 1: is a MAX deal that has not gone into effect yet, right, 620 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,600 Speaker 1: And I think that they probably feel like the Jokich 621 00:47:56,760 --> 00:48:00,759 Speaker 1: Murray combo they want to keep together. It's Michael Porter 622 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:07,880 Speaker 1: Junior that they would betray him and listen, I am 623 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:12,719 Speaker 1: pretty confident that if they wanted to, they could get 624 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:19,319 Speaker 1: Paul George. But that contract seems to be underwater. Yeah. Well, 625 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:23,400 Speaker 1: but they just don't have a ton of flexibility. Like Daniels, 626 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,840 Speaker 1: a resident Nuggets fan, hates the idea of Paul George. 627 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:31,760 Speaker 1: I would call New Orleans over the summer about zion 628 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:40,960 Speaker 1: I still you're It feels to me we have these 629 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:46,440 Speaker 1: two multi time MVP, one time champion, one playoff appearance, 630 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:52,680 Speaker 1: generational international superstar, top twenty all time guys, and Giannis 631 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:59,040 Speaker 1: and Jokic and they've now both dealt with the coach firings. 632 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:05,120 Speaker 1: The Nuggets are yet to make the panic trade. But 633 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,799 Speaker 1: you do it because you don't want the guy to 634 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 1: ask out, and Jokic doesn't seem like he would ask out, 635 00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:14,680 Speaker 1: but it would be reasonable. 636 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,520 Speaker 3: Well from that, well, he said on the firing, he 637 00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:23,480 Speaker 3: knew a little bit before everybody, and he told me 638 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:25,960 Speaker 3: we made a decision, so it was not a discussion. 639 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,560 Speaker 3: It was a decision, and they told me why, so 640 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,759 Speaker 3: I listened and I accepted it. So it's not like 641 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:36,520 Speaker 3: them firing Michael Malone would have determined like it didn't 642 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,520 Speaker 3: seem like he was tired of Michael Malone. 643 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:42,400 Speaker 1: So well, So listen, I don't I I think that 644 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,640 Speaker 1: Jokic probably if he desperately wanted them to keep Malone, 645 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,480 Speaker 1: think that kept him for the rest of the year. 646 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:51,439 Speaker 1: But I don't blame Listen, he was there for ten years. 647 00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:53,799 Speaker 1: If they thought the message was stale or whatever, it's fine. 648 00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:57,440 Speaker 1: I have no issue with that piece of it. My 649 00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,840 Speaker 1: point is whether or not Jokic feels like this is 650 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,120 Speaker 1: the best place for they're gonna give me the best 651 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,279 Speaker 1: chance to win a championship, and whether or not the 652 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:11,040 Speaker 1: cronkeys thriftiness in not keeping KCP costs us a chance 653 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:17,360 Speaker 1: at winning this championship. Uh yeah, I mean death asks 654 00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,160 Speaker 1: in the chat, do you think the Nuggets fired him 655 00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,319 Speaker 1: alone because they were worried they might go on a 656 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,319 Speaker 1: run which would make firing him harder. Later listen, the 657 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,080 Speaker 1: owners said something along the lines of, sometimes you know 658 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:32,160 Speaker 1: there's real issues and wins cover up those issues. I 659 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,080 Speaker 1: I think that's silly, Like, what are we saying here 660 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:40,319 Speaker 1: that the Nuggets were like worried they were gonna win 661 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,440 Speaker 1: the championship and therefore not be able to fire the coach. 662 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,839 Speaker 1: If they win the championship, you don't want to fire 663 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:49,279 Speaker 1: the coach. They're saying they were worried that they were 664 00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,000 Speaker 1: gonna win a couple of rounds in the playoffs and 665 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,040 Speaker 1: then not be able to fire the coach. Sure you can't. 666 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,080 Speaker 1: The damn four seeding fired him three days for the 667 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,719 Speaker 1: play three answer for the playoffs, Like, so, I don't 668 00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:03,160 Speaker 1: really buy that rationale. I do think that this is 669 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:07,640 Speaker 1: a very interesting summer for Joker, and just is what 670 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:12,160 Speaker 1: it is. It's a really interesting summer for Joker before 671 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:16,400 Speaker 1: we get to the Jos stuff, and we might we 672 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,319 Speaker 1: might do the NFC stuff next week. I know that 673 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,920 Speaker 1: we said we're gonna do it today, but we might 674 00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:23,960 Speaker 1: have to do the NFC stuff next week, which kind 675 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,799 Speaker 1: of might make more sense because next week during the 676 00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:30,040 Speaker 1: play INDs, there's not gonna be as much action to discuss. 677 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:33,000 Speaker 1: But speaking of action, who's scoring big in the NBA 678 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,400 Speaker 1: this season? 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Do we think the 723 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:28,120 Speaker 2: league should deal with that? 724 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,080 Speaker 1: How do you feel about it? 725 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,040 Speaker 2: I hate feeling the way that I feel about it, honestly, 726 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,560 Speaker 2: But uh, what do you mean? 727 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,560 Speaker 3: I just don't I don't like being exactly Yeah, I 728 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,359 Speaker 3: don't like being a killer of fun and and all 729 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:48,200 Speaker 3: that stuff. But it's just job Morant specifically and his history, 730 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 3: and it's like, uh, and like they're finding him. He's like, 731 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,560 Speaker 3: all right, so now I'll throw a grenade. It's like, dude, 732 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:54,800 Speaker 3: why are you being such a child. 733 00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,839 Speaker 2: Dude. It's like, come on, dude, It's like, all right, 734 00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:58,399 Speaker 2: maybe I can get away with this like. 735 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:03,799 Speaker 1: A So so we feel almost the exact same way. 736 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,120 Speaker 1: I think it's a sign of your own maturity that 737 00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:12,680 Speaker 1: you are not playing the false equivalence game other people 738 00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:18,080 Speaker 1: are doing. Hey, here's a compilation of folks doing gun celebrations. 739 00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:20,319 Speaker 1: Why is it different for joh I don't know. Man, 740 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:25,040 Speaker 1: Let's pretend this happened, okay, because you know guys like 741 00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:29,920 Speaker 1: doing the ice in the vein this thing, well, that 742 00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:33,880 Speaker 1: is an illusion for being honest to shooting heroin. 743 00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:35,040 Speaker 2: Okay. 744 00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:38,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if everybody knows that, but like you 745 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:42,279 Speaker 1: tap the vein. Okay, So let's say you have a 746 00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:46,759 Speaker 1: bunch of players that do that. But then old birdman 747 00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:52,120 Speaker 1: Chris Anderson. People remember him, Maybe they do, maybe they don't. 748 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,200 Speaker 1: He got kicked out of the league for a year 749 00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: because he was doing heroin. He was doing hard drugs. 750 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:00,520 Speaker 1: I think it was heroin. I don't no, he had 751 00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:06,560 Speaker 1: the heroin tats. But the regardless if he you might 752 00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:11,080 Speaker 1: you gave me a funny like heroin tats. The weird 753 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,000 Speaker 1: thing there's like. 754 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,600 Speaker 2: I knew Bourban was coming up as soon as this 755 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:18,399 Speaker 2: whole thing. I knew Bourban was coming out. 756 00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:21,680 Speaker 1: I didn't even know you knew who he was. He 757 00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:22,880 Speaker 1: was before your era. 758 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I probably I knew he played for 759 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,080 Speaker 3: the Nuggets. I feel like I've seen him with the Nuggets, 760 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:28,799 Speaker 3: I mean. 761 00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:34,839 Speaker 1: As well with Lebron. But okay, regardless, So if the 762 00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:39,040 Speaker 1: only guy in the league who's been suspended for hardcore 763 00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:43,840 Speaker 1: drugs comes out and starts doing this celebration all the time, 764 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:48,759 Speaker 1: and the league is like a man chill. So then 765 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:52,160 Speaker 1: he comes out and does a new one where he 766 00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:57,279 Speaker 1: ties off the vein and does like a fake injection. 767 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:04,239 Speaker 1: We're like, oh, what's the problem, I'm getting vaccinated? What 768 00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:10,880 Speaker 1: guys like something? Not everything is the same for everyone. 769 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,120 Speaker 2: And you made your bed with that man. 770 00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:17,720 Speaker 1: So here's so this is where So I think the 771 00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:20,520 Speaker 1: reason Demons said I hate feeling the way I feel 772 00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:27,480 Speaker 1: about this is because objectively, the video of Job doing 773 00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:34,840 Speaker 1: this is hilarious. We can all acknowledge that Ja that 774 00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:39,800 Speaker 1: the fact of the matter, that the timeline being this, 775 00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:46,160 Speaker 1: Jah does the gun celebration, the league says, don't do that. 776 00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:54,080 Speaker 1: He then does it three more times, so the league 777 00:57:54,200 --> 00:58:06,200 Speaker 1: finds him. He then hears Gilbert Renus and say he 778 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:13,240 Speaker 1: should pretend to throw a grenade. Gilbertorenus, who by the way, 779 00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:19,120 Speaker 1: once brought a gun into a locker room, got in trouble, 780 00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:23,360 Speaker 1: but not huge trouble. And when he came back from 781 00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:29,120 Speaker 1: his suspension in the intros, did the Yosemite sam guns 782 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:34,360 Speaker 1: in the air, and that is what got him in 783 00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:40,320 Speaker 1: huge trouble. That guy says, pretend to throw a grenade 784 00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:44,680 Speaker 1: and he does it. That's the timeline. But here's the 785 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,320 Speaker 1: more important timeline. And by the way, Birdman did test 786 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,320 Speaker 1: positive for drug use, but we don't know what drugs 787 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:50,960 Speaker 1: it was. I guess in my head. I just always 788 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,600 Speaker 1: thought it was heroin, but it could have been anything. 789 00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:56,160 Speaker 1: Don't sue us, Birdman, I also love him. Uh So 790 00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:07,320 Speaker 1: here's the timeline. Jahn Morant. He is the only NBA 791 00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:11,800 Speaker 1: player who has gotten in trouble for showing up on 792 00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:19,120 Speaker 1: Instagram live in a club with a gun. He is 793 00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:22,880 Speaker 1: the only NBA player who has gotten in trouble in 794 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:26,520 Speaker 1: the NBA for showing up on a different Instagram live 795 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,120 Speaker 1: in a car with what appeared to be a gun. 796 00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:39,480 Speaker 1: He is the only NBA player who, in the last 797 00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:43,800 Speaker 1: few years has had to go to court because a 798 00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:49,240 Speaker 1: high schooler who lives on his block says, we got 799 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:52,760 Speaker 1: into a fight and he came out of his house 800 00:59:53,480 --> 00:59:59,919 Speaker 1: with a gun. He is the only NBA player who 801 01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:04,440 Speaker 1: got into it with another team and then after the 802 01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:09,880 Speaker 1: game got in a fringe car and that team says, 803 01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:16,360 Speaker 1: from that car pointed at our bus was a red 804 01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:21,800 Speaker 1: laser site, the likes of which are typically attached to 805 01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:30,240 Speaker 1: a gun, so yes, he might be the only NBA 806 01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:37,280 Speaker 1: player that Adam Silver says, let's tamp down on the 807 01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:47,440 Speaker 1: munition's related celebrations, even if we all think it would 808 01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:53,200 Speaker 1: be kind of hilarious in the moment. If in tonight's 809 01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:59,360 Speaker 1: game against Minnesota, Jah hits a three and then all 810 01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,200 Speaker 1: of a sudden d Desmond Bane is like on a 811 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:06,960 Speaker 1: knee holding what looks to be an artillery shell and 812 01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:12,960 Speaker 1: he's loading it. We all like doing this if all 813 01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:16,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden he like road Runner in Coyote, dunks 814 01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:19,360 Speaker 1: on somebody and then runs the other end of the 815 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:23,880 Speaker 1: court and does the old TNT cabo. Yes, I get it, 816 01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,600 Speaker 1: but here's the other piece of it. And this is 817 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:34,520 Speaker 1: why I was again, sorry to be corny and sorry 818 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:39,000 Speaker 1: to be the old man, but proud of Demandse as 819 01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,840 Speaker 1: a father and Demanse's jaw's ah, you're a few months 820 01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:52,320 Speaker 1: older than him. Proud of your answer because everyone just 821 01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:58,360 Speaker 1: knows in their gut this shit could end really badly. 822 01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:04,640 Speaker 1: And it's not because we think John Morant is all 823 01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:07,800 Speaker 1: of a sudden going to actually have a great aid. 824 01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:15,560 Speaker 1: We don't think that, but we do know that if 825 01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:17,080 Speaker 1: you are acting a. 826 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:23,640 Speaker 4: Fool, get called out for acting a fool, get consequenced 827 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:31,720 Speaker 4: for acting a fool, and then increase the acting of fullness. 828 01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:38,800 Speaker 1: That very often you end up fucking up. That's what 829 01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:46,240 Speaker 1: it is. And it would appear to me that job 830 01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:57,760 Speaker 1: every once in a while, and anybody that used to 831 01:02:57,920 --> 01:02:59,840 Speaker 1: go or you know, if you're in your too, if 832 01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:04,720 Speaker 1: you still go out to clubs. And I was actually 833 01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:09,240 Speaker 1: just in a club in Memphis the night after the 834 01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:12,720 Speaker 1: Lakers game, so that I'm forty years old, I was 835 01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:15,960 Speaker 1: the old guy in the club. What a bummer. But uh, 836 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:22,200 Speaker 1: the but think back to your heyday college days, post 837 01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:30,439 Speaker 1: college twenties. You can always tell if a guy in 838 01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:38,600 Speaker 1: there is acting a certain way to impress the women there, 839 01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:43,320 Speaker 1: or if he is acting a certain way to impress 840 01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:50,760 Speaker 1: his buddies. And those are two very different types of guys, 841 01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:59,120 Speaker 1: and those are two very different risk profiles. The guy 842 01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:04,080 Speaker 1: that actually wants to impress women or pick up a 843 01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:09,800 Speaker 1: girl one of the safest guys to be around. It's like, na, 844 01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:13,840 Speaker 1: like he's gonna, you know, he's gonna tamp down on situations. 845 01:04:13,960 --> 01:04:16,959 Speaker 1: He's gonna you know, all that. He's that's why he's out. 846 01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:21,360 Speaker 1: He's out there trying to meet a girl. The guy 847 01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:26,520 Speaker 1: who said he went out to go pick up a girl, 848 01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:31,600 Speaker 1: but is actually going out to try to be the 849 01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:37,880 Speaker 1: biggest baller in the room or to try to impress 850 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:42,360 Speaker 1: his buddies. That guy you gotta be careful about, because 851 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:47,600 Speaker 1: that guy will escalate situations and that guy will the 852 01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:53,400 Speaker 1: ego and the testosterone and all is dangerous. And I, 853 01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:59,280 Speaker 1: by the way, for a lot of us, probably both 854 01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:04,200 Speaker 1: people on this show right now, at various points, we've 855 01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:08,240 Speaker 1: been both of those guys depending on like for real, 856 01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:11,400 Speaker 1: like they're the I'm not trying to speak for you, 857 01:05:11,480 --> 01:05:14,400 Speaker 1: but I but I mean, I think I can. At 858 01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:18,760 Speaker 1: both points, we have been the man, I'm trying to 859 01:05:18,760 --> 01:05:21,400 Speaker 1: have a good time. I'm trying to meet somebody. And 860 01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:27,800 Speaker 1: we've been the man I'm a you know, excuse me, 861 01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:36,000 Speaker 1: excuse me, excuse me, stepped on my shoe. The and 862 01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:43,160 Speaker 1: so I the reason I tell that anecdote is it 863 01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:46,720 Speaker 1: feels to me like Jos's doing this stuff to impress 864 01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:49,880 Speaker 1: his buddies. They ain't gonna tell me what to do. 865 01:05:50,960 --> 01:06:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna show and that that is you're in the NBA. 866 01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:02,560 Speaker 2: You're you're in the NBA. 867 01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:07,080 Speaker 1: That's the thing. Guess what, man, your buddies are impressed. 868 01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:12,320 Speaker 1: You pay for everything, you go everywhere you want, You 869 01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,600 Speaker 1: have access to everything you want have access to. You 870 01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:18,320 Speaker 1: have your own shoe and your own commercials, and for 871 01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:23,520 Speaker 1: all intent and purposes, your own city. And so it 872 01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:27,560 Speaker 1: does worry me. I'm not I'm not trying to be 873 01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:36,120 Speaker 1: a scold. It does actually worry me. And so that's 874 01:06:36,920 --> 01:06:42,600 Speaker 1: that's why as objectively now, speaking of celebrations that I 875 01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:49,680 Speaker 1: wish had happened, I was talking with Wild about this yesterday. 876 01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:53,960 Speaker 1: How great would it have been if after Luca's first 877 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:59,920 Speaker 1: three he had done like cracked a beer and then 878 01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:00,680 Speaker 1: chugged it. 879 01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:02,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, hell, and like. 880 01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:06,480 Speaker 1: After his second three, like pantomimes hitting a. 881 01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:10,360 Speaker 5: Hookah, like lighting it hell, Like a whole thing where 882 01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:16,640 Speaker 5: if Luca's entire celebrations were related to you guys called 883 01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:19,840 Speaker 5: me a fat alcoholic and he was just throughout the 884 01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:25,320 Speaker 5: night like pretending to shotgun beers, did a stand like Austin. 885 01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:27,800 Speaker 1: Reeves come over, they help him do a fake keg stand. 886 01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:31,400 Speaker 1: He just leans into the whole thing. Now, Luca's too 887 01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:34,320 Speaker 1: mature for that, I guess, But that would have been 888 01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:36,520 Speaker 1: the dream for Luca to be like you guys say 889 01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:41,560 Speaker 1: I'm an alcoholic. And also the other thing that definitely 890 01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:46,640 Speaker 1: should have happened is at that press conference, he should 891 01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,520 Speaker 1: have been drinking the exact type of beer that Michael 892 01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:53,720 Speaker 1: Finley took out of his hand after the conference finals 893 01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:57,240 Speaker 1: last year. He he, I wish he would have leaned 894 01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:00,480 Speaker 1: into that more. Now, the Gatorade ad. You saw the 895 01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:01,680 Speaker 1: Gatorade ad. 896 01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:03,000 Speaker 2: Gatorade ad. 897 01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:07,040 Speaker 1: This is a little fifteen second Gatorade commercial. Luca is 898 01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:11,160 Speaker 1: sitting there dribbling the basketball and then gets up and 899 01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:16,600 Speaker 1: walks away. But the way they have positioned the Gatorade 900 01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:21,960 Speaker 1: towel around his shoulders, it looks like it spells out 901 01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:28,960 Speaker 1: Trader and it's wow, it's awesome. But Luca took the 902 01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:29,479 Speaker 1: high road. 903 01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:34,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, he Dido. He's like still really really hurt about it. 904 01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:36,559 Speaker 1: I don't think he's really hurt. Did you hear him 905 01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:40,240 Speaker 1: after the game when he said when he said I 906 01:08:40,280 --> 01:08:44,479 Speaker 1: get to sleep in my own bed. Yeah, he's like, 907 01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:47,040 Speaker 1: I can sleep in my bed, like he No, he 908 01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:52,880 Speaker 1: is really hurt, and I it's why what he did 909 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,200 Speaker 1: last night was so impressive. All right, let's do a 910 01:08:55,240 --> 01:08:56,880 Speaker 1: few listener questions. 911 01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,400 Speaker 3: Noah asked Nick do you think that lay because we'll 912 01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:02,400 Speaker 3: be better right now if Mark Williams. If the Mark 913 01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:07,040 Speaker 3: Williams train I went through, I jesus good, yes. 914 01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:10,640 Speaker 1: You okay, buddy, Sorry turned Demondi's mic off for a bit. 915 01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:16,960 Speaker 1: These guys choking. I Mark Williams has been awesome since 916 01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:21,560 Speaker 1: the trade didn't go through. Really, what that question is, 917 01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:25,560 Speaker 1: do I think Mark Williams would add more value to 918 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:30,479 Speaker 1: them this season than Dalton Connect because that was the 919 01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,599 Speaker 1: player in the trade, And the answer that's probably yes. 920 01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:38,160 Speaker 1: But saving those first round picks for a bigger move 921 01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:42,280 Speaker 1: might be better for them long term. But we'll see. 922 01:09:42,400 --> 01:09:44,920 Speaker 1: And we'll also again, Mark Williams never played playoff basketball, 923 01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:49,599 Speaker 1: neither's Dalton Connect. They're telling me there was a ton 924 01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:52,599 Speaker 1: of Orlando Magic talk in the chat, so they wanted 925 01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:55,280 Speaker 1: me to say something about the Magic. Great job by 926 01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:59,000 Speaker 1: the Magic last night beating the backup Celtics, And I 927 01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:05,040 Speaker 1: say that sincere I and in what maybe is a 928 01:10:05,320 --> 01:10:08,840 Speaker 1: playoff preview, except it won't be backup Celtics. Here's what 929 01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:12,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you. The Magic offense is terrible, but the 930 01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,960 Speaker 1: defense is just enough of a pain in the ass 931 01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:21,160 Speaker 1: that if you're Boston you would prefer prefer Orlando lose 932 01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:26,960 Speaker 1: their first playing game, so you get Atlanta or the 933 01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,639 Speaker 1: Bulls or the Heat in that round one matchup? 934 01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:35,400 Speaker 2: Uh what else, dude, Andrew says. 935 01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:37,760 Speaker 3: Everyone says Luca needs to play mad, But do you 936 01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:41,000 Speaker 3: think it's not solely anger but also other emotions he 937 01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:42,000 Speaker 3: can use his fuel? 938 01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:45,600 Speaker 1: Maybe? I don't know. You probably have to ask a psychologist. 939 01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:47,240 Speaker 1: I ain't anger does it for him? 940 01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:47,439 Speaker 2: Though? 941 01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,800 Speaker 1: I think he and that's why the ejection made me 942 01:10:50,920 --> 01:10:52,600 Speaker 1: so mad. And this is we'll leave it on this 943 01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:03,880 Speaker 1: the If you need to channel your anger and your 944 01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:14,439 Speaker 1: vitriol at somebody, you you have. The safest bet in 945 01:11:14,560 --> 01:11:20,880 Speaker 1: the arena is find an annoying, famous heckler and do 946 01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:24,320 Speaker 1: it to him. I channeled another player. I can get 947 01:11:24,360 --> 01:11:27,000 Speaker 1: in trouble. I channeled another coach. I can get in trouble. 948 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:29,080 Speaker 1: Channel it at the ref, I can get in trouble, 949 01:11:29,320 --> 01:11:32,440 Speaker 1: channel it at my teammates. Those is off. The absolute 950 01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:36,599 Speaker 1: not high of what you should go after is, Oh, 951 01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:40,200 Speaker 1: this clown who talks about the game within the game 952 01:11:40,600 --> 01:11:43,360 Speaker 1: and heckled me during the playoffs last year. He and 953 01:11:43,400 --> 01:11:45,120 Speaker 1: I are going to go back and forth and he 954 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:49,120 Speaker 1: got thrown out for it all right, Eric, question for you. 955 01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:51,240 Speaker 2: I know. 956 01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:56,320 Speaker 1: Before we go, Eric has a question for you. Eric, 957 01:11:57,240 --> 01:11:57,840 Speaker 1: I want to ask it. 958 01:11:57,920 --> 01:11:58,479 Speaker 2: I want to ask you. 959 01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:05,919 Speaker 1: Celtics are in the finals. It's Game seven, Western Conference Finals, 960 01:12:06,520 --> 01:12:12,599 Speaker 1: thunder Lakers. Who you would rather play the thunder? 961 01:12:12,880 --> 01:12:13,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? 962 01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:19,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's And by the way, Eric, thank 963 01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:21,840 Speaker 1: you for that. I'm gonna put Wilde to that same 964 01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:24,720 Speaker 1: question today on the TV show. Speaking of the TV show, 965 01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:29,960 Speaker 1: I gotta go. Great job everybody. We should will have 966 01:12:30,080 --> 01:12:33,120 Speaker 1: the regular schedule next week, but also we will have 967 01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:36,799 Speaker 1: if the Warriors are in the play in we'll probably 968 01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:40,439 Speaker 1: do a you know, reaction pot of those games. Other 969 01:12:40,479 --> 01:12:43,120 Speaker 1: than that, we might do some play in reaction stuff. 970 01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:48,560 Speaker 1: I've got an anniversary this weekend, We've got TV. We 971 01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:50,400 Speaker 1: got a lot going on. But we will see you 972 01:12:50,479 --> 01:12:53,519 Speaker 1: guys at the latest Tuesday at ten thirty am Eastern 973 01:12:53,960 --> 01:12:57,280 Speaker 1: back here, if not earlier. Great job. Demand's a great job. 974 01:12:57,320 --> 01:13:00,160 Speaker 1: Everyone at Blue Duck. Great job. Everyone at Volume Drafts 975 01:13:00,160 --> 01:13:00,960 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys. 976 01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:01,400 Speaker 2: What's right