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Speaker 1: Welcome to What's Burning for this week. Look, we're in

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Speaker 1: a studio together. I'm feeling the love, feeling the love.

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Speaker 1: Matt Barnes, Jelani McCoy, Good to see y'all. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk about Russell Westbrook. Guys right out of the gate,

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Speaker 1: because we have a situation brewing with one of who

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Speaker 1: is still one of the biggest names in the game.

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Speaker 1: Right So shipped out of the Lakers, a lot of

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Speaker 1: reports of bad feelings kind of on both sides. In

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Speaker 1: the final week or two, Right goes to Utah. He

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Speaker 1: says he's taking a little bit of time to sort

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Speaker 1: of sort out what he wants to do. The Jazz

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Speaker 1: have said, hey, you can stay if you want, Please

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Speaker 1: report if you want to. They'll pay him his full salary,

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Speaker 1: but they've made it really clear they can't guarantee him

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Speaker 1: any minutes or anything because they want to play the

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Speaker 1: young players if they do do a buyout situation. Billy

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Speaker 1: Donovan has sort of made it clear that he wants

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Speaker 1: to reunite with him in Chicago, but also, um, we've

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Speaker 1: got a Clippers situation here as well. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: would be crazy if he just switched doors. You, I

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Speaker 1: mean you've done that, want it before we get there.

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Speaker 1: I just want to kind of address the slander. It's

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Speaker 1: just I mean, I felt like we got this with

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Speaker 1: Mellow when Melo was trying to make his way back

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Speaker 1: in the first time. In all the disrespect Melo got,

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Speaker 1: you know, considering everything he's done for this game and

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Speaker 1: the caliber player he was, uh, and then just the

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Speaker 1: slander that just just I don't know. The former player

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Speaker 1: is frustrating just to hear and being in the media

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Speaker 1: now and just how media take pride and like dogging

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Speaker 1: people not realizing the bigger kind of ripple effect. And

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Speaker 1: you saw his wife speak to it about how they

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Speaker 1: backlash they get from simple minded reporting. So I just

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Speaker 1: wish that would It's weird because I think this is

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Speaker 1: going anywhere where. It's just more about disrespect than reporting

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Speaker 1: for some people, which is unfortunate. But to your point, um, yeah, yeah, look,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna stand up for reporters here. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna take this please like it's the source that

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Speaker 1: said it. I'm a little bit I'm over to blame

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Speaker 1: the messenger stuff like someone from the Lakers said that

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Speaker 1: guy is out the door. There's no reason to kick

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Speaker 1: him when he's already out and gone. Team chemistry already

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Speaker 1: no issue. And that's frankly pissed me off more than hey,

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Speaker 1: I agree. Look, media culture in general, it's like who's

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Speaker 1: got the biggest clickbait and headline and that's just an

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Speaker 1: overall issue. But in terms of this ship, like, if

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Speaker 1: you're in that locker room, keep it to yourself, there's

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Speaker 1: no reason not to. My question too. With you having

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Speaker 1: But that's probably not that that'll be people if people

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Speaker 1: so I completely agree with you, because obviously the reporter

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Speaker 1: him that. But I've been in situations, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: I said this, But I know I can't, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. So it's just un forty. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a two way street. You're exactly right, but I

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Speaker 1: the quality of the journalists or the person who has

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Speaker 1: think it's up to the quality whatout what I'm just saying,

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Speaker 1: Like you said, the person who said that he gets

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Speaker 1: the heavy, juicy, juicy piston information to sit on. But

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Speaker 1: at the same time, this started with Ai. To me,

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Speaker 1: and what he could do. And that's a great point

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Speaker 1: that like, Okay, you don't have to be the person

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Speaker 1: He did it, and then to sit there and criticize

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Speaker 1: it drives me, I think. I mean, Richel, you have

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Speaker 1: will tell, but I think it would be dope. And

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Speaker 1: I love how Paul George is out there, you know,

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Speaker 1: how important Russ was um in his Oklahoma City times,

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Speaker 1: So I like the fact that now the players with

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Speaker 1: nobody's everything right. I mean maybe Grant Hill right, super

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Speaker 1: that stuff, Paul George you mentioned. I mean, he's not

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Speaker 1: just he's not just saying I want him. He is

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Speaker 1: hard lobbing, and I want to read you guys some

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Speaker 1: of this quote he said. I'm a big believer in

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Speaker 1: and a fan of what Russ's work is. He said,

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Speaker 1: what Lawrence and and and the Clippers organization you're going

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Speaker 1: front office you decided not so much. How do you

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Speaker 1: something they want, a petty game. They want to play

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Speaker 1: To let him have success on the team, because if

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Speaker 1: talent coming, they're gonna figure something out. Kauai. Those those

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Speaker 1: new pieces they got, they got a good coach in TLU,

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Speaker 1: something out, all right. Well, when you said it began

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Speaker 1: with Ai slander, I just have to make clear that

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Speaker 1: in this room once again, without question, our greatest living American.

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Speaker 1: point guard that Danny? I don't know, we're gonna see here.

426
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Speaker 1: I mean, I thought that was big Danny Green. This

427
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,800
Speaker 1: surprised me a little bit um not that he was

428
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,119
Speaker 1: brought out, but that he signed with Cleveland for the

429
00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,879
Speaker 1: Celtics just because yeah, like he could have gone. I mean,

430
00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,000
Speaker 1: guess it was for playing time. And look, he's won

431
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 1: how many rings to three rings? Three? So like, at

432
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,639
Speaker 1: that point do you just want to play as opposed

433
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,160
Speaker 1: to give me the best shot to win a fourth?

434
00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,880
Speaker 1: But by the way, if we should all have such

435
00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,480
Speaker 1: high class problems. But I mean, if you were him,

436
00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,040
Speaker 1: would you have picked the playing time over the possible ring?

437
00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,280
Speaker 1: He hasn't played all year? Yeah, yeah, I gotta see

438
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,879
Speaker 1: what he has in his tank, because if I'm not mistaken,

439
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,000
Speaker 1: he came off in a c L, Right, isn't he

440
00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,040
Speaker 1: coming off in a c L? And I just hope

441
00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,760
Speaker 1: he can just get back out there and play in general.

442
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,480
Speaker 1: So we'll see, we'll see what the minutes come to.

443
00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:32,399
Speaker 1: It would um three rings, already got three playing time?

444
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,520
Speaker 1: Playing time, yeah, play time. See he has a ring.

445
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:43,520
Speaker 1: He can say that. I didn't officially get that guy

446
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,600
Speaker 1: to buy the name of two other guys you heard of,

447
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:50,399
Speaker 1: but I got one. See, I can't say that the

448
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:51,760
Speaker 1: way y'all can. And I could be like now, I

449
00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,880
Speaker 1: would take it. I would take a championship ring. I'm

450
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 1: just gonna say it right there. Um, other notable names

451
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Speaker 1: on the list. You've got Kevin Love, Kevin Knox, wanted

452
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,640
Speaker 1: to Kindo Anderson de Rose our guy, but Cousins still

453
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,239
Speaker 1: out there. Definitely could help another team. Yeah, this might

454
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,960
Speaker 1: be the last year people are saying his name, but

455
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,600
Speaker 1: there's some some guys out there to be interesting. Um,

456
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 1: you know, the Biot market. I just think this will

457
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,800
Speaker 1: makes the NBA so great. I mean they you know,

458
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 1: they stole the show with the super Bowl, with all

459
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 1: the movement. Lastly coming, Durant had the whole Western Conference

460
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 1: in a frenzy. But now they're still you know, very

461
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,680
Speaker 1: quality players. They could be picked up and really add

462
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,640
Speaker 1: some depth to these rosters going into All Star break

463
00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,360
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. So I don't

464
00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,760
Speaker 1: remember the bio market being like this, like a viable

465
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Speaker 1: way for you to change your teams and free ID

466
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: and see the last couple of years, well though there

467
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,720
Speaker 1: was a handful of guys. But you know, there seems

468
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,639
Speaker 1: to be like a like a significant more amount of

469
00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: people this year that are in the bio market. I

470
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,240
Speaker 1: mean in the past, like the front you tried to

471
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,440
Speaker 1: front office guys, they always say, like, if he could

472
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,359
Speaker 1: really help your team that much, he would have been

473
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,120
Speaker 1: bought out, right, So there's that kind of maxim But

474
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,840
Speaker 1: you're right, by the way, it's just sometimes it's that's

475
00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,520
Speaker 1: some teams, it's not a fit. And there was there

476
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: a stigmatism to the buyout Rachel Well, just the idea

477
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 1: of it is we are talking to Rachelcord. I mean

478
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: just that when when you talk to front offices and

479
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,200
Speaker 1: you're you're talking to guys saying, oh, well, this guy

480
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,719
Speaker 1: could really do something for you, what do you think

481
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: you guys looking to pick him up and and sort

482
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 1: of the answer is like, sure, we're looking, but don't

483
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 1: don't like sort of overstate the impact changer that if

484
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 1: you know, again, the idea would be, if he was

485
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Speaker 1: a game changer, if he was the guy that could

486
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Speaker 1: really get it done, he would have been traded or

487
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 1: he would have been, you know, the guy the team

488
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,159
Speaker 1: would have kept him. Now again, sometimes it's just that

489
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: the guy doesn't fit and you get him in a

490
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,919
Speaker 1: trade and the trade in lines passed, you can't move

491
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 1: him again, and you just buy him out. So you know,

492
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,640
Speaker 1: we'll see, I don't know, we'll we'll find out. Um.

493
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:50,360
Speaker 1: Terence Rostos situation I thought was interesting because Dallas thought

494
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: they were getting him, at least those were the reports

495
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: out of Texas that they were like, they felt really

496
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,679
Speaker 1: good that they were getting him. And then the Sun's

497
00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,320
Speaker 1: sneak in and they've been pursuing him too. But still

498
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 1: Paradise Valley, Dallas, Paradise Valley, scotts Stille, because Paradise Valley

499
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:14,320
Speaker 1: has better houses in Scottsdale. But that's what I'm talking about. Oh,

500
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,679
Speaker 1: Paradise Valley does not have the um, we'll just call

501
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,520
Speaker 1: it the nightlife Kevin during I mean he made the

502
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: right choice by going to Phoenix. I'm I'm really intrigued

503
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: with this Phoenix team because I feel like, even though

504
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: we're not talking about it right now, Kevin Durant is

505
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,639
Speaker 1: a superstar that you can just really pick up and

506
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 1: put anywhere. You saw how seamlessly he fuldn't go to

507
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,879
Speaker 1: the State. You saw what he does every stop he makes.

508
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,399
Speaker 1: It's seamless. So someone of his magnitude and his scorn

509
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: ability to just be able to plot right. And I

510
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 1: was with Chris Paul this weekend because he came back

511
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: and had some off days, and we were at uh

512
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 1: Mamba or Sports Sports Academy watching our kids play, and

513
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: he was, you know, explaining how tough it was obviously

514
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,160
Speaker 1: to lose mckel and Cam and the tough night they

515
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: had and in Atlanta, but just to understand that, like

516
00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: you're traded, if it wasn't for Kevin Durant, you'd still

517
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: be here, you know what I mean. So him kind

518
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,680
Speaker 1: of breaking that down to the younger guys. But then

519
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: on the flip side, after we got through with the

520
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: you know, the sad part of loose nose guys, He's like, Maddie,

521
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 1: we got fuck Kevin Durant. Yeah, you know what I mean.

522
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: So it's just like, you know, for for Katie to

523
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: come in, you know and be healthy. I've never seen

524
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,119
Speaker 1: a last day of the trade deadline go the way

525
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: it did because of what Kevin Durant did comeing to Phoenix.

526
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,440
Speaker 1: In fact, if you look back, we were trying to

527
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 1: time before the show. We were like trying to figure

528
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,920
Speaker 1: out when the last in season trade led to a title.

529
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 1: And I covered that Detroit Pistons team when she came in, right,

530
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 1: and obviously, to me, that was a game changer because

531
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 1: I was where you remember, I just remember that. It

532
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,200
Speaker 1: just like changed the whole locker room. I don't remember

533
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,120
Speaker 1: the record they were at or anything, but it made

534
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 1: it was just a huge, you know, sheet a sheet.

535
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: He was probably the most talented player on that squad.

536
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: Wasn't the best player in the playoffs, but he was

537
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 1: talent wise, and you know, you know how he is

538
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: changes changes the locker room. Talk about giving you that

539
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,560
Speaker 1: toughness of thinking you're the bully in the alley, right, Um,

540
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,800
Speaker 1: not that that team lacked toughness anyway, I've Ben Wallace,

541
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 1: but anyway, Clyde Drexler went to the Rockets back in

542
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,439
Speaker 1: five that was another in season trade that led to

543
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: a title, and um Marcocguire to the Pistons back in

544
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: the day. That's it. There's only three times in NBA

545
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 1: history has happened and this is the biggest one. Well,

546
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: it's definitely the biggest player to go on the radar

547
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,639
Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings Sports Book, we were looking at

548
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,720
Speaker 1: the odds to win the title now. A week ago

549
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: the Suns were twenty to one to win the NBA

550
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:29,159
Speaker 1: week ago, they had no chance. It should have been

551
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 1: listed as no chance and book are both of my guys,

552
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: but they knew they didn't have a chance. Right now,

553
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: DraftKings now has the Sons right behind the Celtics best

554
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 1: odds to win the NBA title at plus four fifty. So,

555
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, do you think that they're the favorite

556
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 1: out West? You were just talking about k D and

557
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: I agree with you. If you're going to have a

558
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: guy come in in the middle of the season who's

559
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: such a presence, it could be a thing to try

560
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: to mention too. The playing style, except if he's Kevin Durant,

561
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: because he can play anyway. What I look at Rachel

562
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,200
Speaker 1: is not obviously you know what Kil's gonna give you.

563
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: But I love the Ross pickup and then the T. J.

564
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 1: Warren pick up because they lost depth, you know what

565
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: I mean. So to lose those guys, they lost a

566
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: lot of depth right now. So to be able to

567
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 1: add two more guys that can shoot the ball and

568
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: score the ball, uh to that team, I think is important.

569
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: And I always think that Katie is an underestimated defender

570
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: UM as well. So you know, I don't want to

571
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: jump on the boat and say this is and that,

572
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 1: but I might have to jump on the boat and

573
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,919
Speaker 1: say this, this and that, like I'm still okay. So

574
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 1: you've got a little doubt about Denver, you just said

575
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, So I just say in Denver

576
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: has to show me, like I said, I think they

577
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: have all the pieces, and the Phoenix does not have

578
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: to show you this. Now, I know what book does,

579
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,959
Speaker 1: I know what? Uh. And with Katie, it's gonna make

580
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: CPS job easier because now you've got to think, even

581
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 1: though he's a little older, he's going to have the

582
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: third or fourth best defender on him, so he's going

583
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 1: to be able to manipulate the game with the way

584
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: he does. So. Um, I really like Phoenix as chances

585
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: if they can be healthy to come out the West.

586
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: I like that. I like the fact that Katie has

587
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 1: a more stout five man, you know, that he's in

588
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: the that he's in, the that heca he gets to

589
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: play with you know, DeAndre and is more of on

590
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: the bigger side. Uh yeah, slim reaper. I think Claxton

591
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn more of the think he had a good year,

592
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,880
Speaker 1: but more of a thing guy. I'm interested to seeing

593
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: him with a big guy who can take some of

594
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: the rand protection and rebounding responsibilities away from k D

595
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: let him help on the perimeter and be a secondary defender. Um.

596
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: I think they added some good pieces, although they lost

597
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: some lost some depth, and I was happy to see

598
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 1: those guys immediately able to contribute to their Well, they're

599
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 1: just good. There's good quality guys. Yeah, first and foremost

600
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: people good people. I mean, they're just good guys. So

601
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 1: they were going to go in there with a good attitude,

602
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: and they're like a should I got created for Kevin Durant,

603
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: What are you gonna do? I mean, at the end

604
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: of the day, it is a business, you know, and

605
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: if you're realizing that you're a part of the pieces

606
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: that that equalled up to the Kevin Durant trade. You

607
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: should be you should wake up. You canna able to

608
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 1: tell your grandkids about that. Like I was by myself

609
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: right when the story gets down, it was just it

610
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: was and him straight up, what do you do? It's fine.

611
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: I like that Katie is a multiplier on Chris Paul

612
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: first and foremost for the reason you just said, in

613
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: terms of what defender who's got to defend? But also, look,

614
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: you and I met go way back with Chris, and

615
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 1: we know when his mood and overall sort of sense

616
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 1: of being is locked in and when he can really

617
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: do his best and when things are going on off

618
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: the court. And it has been very clear to me

619
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,919
Speaker 1: talking to him and watching him this season that just

620
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: being away from his family has really it's been hard.

621
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: He's been really hard on him. And you can do

622
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: it for a year or two, but once you're really

623
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: That's what I asked him this week, and right, it's

624
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: not to catch off. What are you doing this coming home? Bro?

625
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: Be your b B in l A. So I mean

626
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: you hit it on the head. I mean it's tough.

627
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: This business this grind when you have family that has established,

628
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: like you know, they live right around the corner from

629
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: us UM in the valley, and I know for sure

630
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: that's way on him. And it was funny. He was like, oh,

631
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: what do you know one of your rare All Star

632
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: breaks wouldn't gonna be only He's like, I'm coming on

633
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: with that light, bro. So I think that's a great point.

634
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: So if you are away from your family, if you

635
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: are kind of going through it a little bit, when

636
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: you go to work and you see Kevin Durant there

637
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh shame, we could win a title,

638
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: you're then it all feels a little more work. Kevin

639
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: Durant might make his Chris's family come to Phoenix, just

640
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: I know a little CEP's gonna when he already told

641
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 1: the twins they're going, They're going to all the games

642
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,479
Speaker 1: and all this kind of stuff that might get Chris's

643
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: family on Phoenix. I know, I know. I mean, he

644
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: moved them a couple of times, and I think it

645
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: just felt like false promises from some of the teams

646
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: he was with, and he didn't want to move him

647
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: again and all of that. But yeah, this could be

648
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: this could be a long haul lot, but this is,

649
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: you know, I mean with all, this is Chris's last run.

650
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: You know, Chris is getting older. I think he has

651
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: one more year after this year. He's thirty seven. Yeah,

652
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: he's getting older. I mean time is catching up to him.

653
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: And you know, Rage, like he said, we go way

654
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: back with Chris and and in line you know him too.

655
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: I mean I want to see Chris deserves a ring

656
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: the work he's put in this game, and hate him

657
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: or love him. This guy, I'll take him ten out

658
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: of ten times going to war, and I think this

659
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: is his best opportunity outside those Lob City teams and

660
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: maybe maybe that maybe that Houston team he got hurt with.

661
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: You know, this is this is his last run right here,

662
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: and you know I always want to see you know,

663
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: friends do well guys before we move on with the

664
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: rest of the NBA. You guys earlier had a special

665
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: guest here in the studio before I got here, and

666
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: I gotta say it was quite a scene because I

667
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: walked y'all had already set up and now well you

668
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: go you set up? Yeah, I mean Mercy Miller, you know,

669
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,959
Speaker 1: shout out to MRP is a friend of the family.

670
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: We've been knowing him since we are on college. Um,

671
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: you know his son, Mercy Miller, who was a junior

672
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame right now having a really solid campaign

673
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we had him in and talked about,

674
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: you know, the legacy his father's left, the footsteps he's

675
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: following in college in I l there in the midst

676
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: of the Open Division playoffs right now, uh, and just

677
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: what life is like. You know, being having a father

678
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: is a legend. So great, little quick sit down and

679
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone to enjoy it. Welcome to the show.

680
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: Mercy Miller, junior guard at Notre Dame and welcome to

681
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: the show. How are you doing. I appreciate it. You

682
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,479
Speaker 1: guys are in the midst of the playoffs right now,

683
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: right so, you guys got a big matchup tomorrow against Centennial.

684
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: Talk to us about that team and your team and

685
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: kind of what your role on the team is. Yeah,

686
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: you know Corona, they've they've been one of the top

687
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: teams in the country. Our team, Notre Dame, we've been

688
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: doing good this year. Up and coming program and we

689
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: got some guys like KYLEB. Foster, Dusty Stromer. You know,

690
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: we was Kyle not to cut you off. He was

691
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: at McDonald's snub, right, yeah, he definitely. Yeah, I can't

692
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: even watch your guys gave me U c l A

693
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: uh And I remember it was right after the McDonald's

694
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: team got announced and everyone's saying he was the snub

695
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: but dust White Boys nice though. Yeah, Yeah it's our team.

696
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: We're pretty good. Uh got Corona tomorrow, so we should

697
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: go who's their point guard or their Jared McCain because

698
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: they just beat Sara Kenya, right, they just played this Friday,

699
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: so you're gonna get something. Jared McCain there, Yeah, for sure,

700
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: talked to you. Had a viral moment last week, if

701
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, when you went down the lane and

702
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: dumped on someone made him fall and everything he talked

703
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 1: to us about that. I mean I just had the lane,

704
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: you know, uh clear for takeoff, and I just went up.

705
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 1: He jumped with me, so I just dunked it. So

706
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: did you noticed? Did you know immediately you had him?

707
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: When he kept backing up and you had the lane?

708
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,239
Speaker 1: Like when you when? When do when do you know

709
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,959
Speaker 1: that you're about to get a banged out? I mean

710
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: I just know I was gonna jump and then he

711
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: jumped with me. So I just you know, I had

712
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: to dunk it. Let the best man win. Um. For

713
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: those who haven't seen your game, explain your game in

714
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: one word. Let's say I'm a dog. So you started

715
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 1: at Okhill Academy in transferred to Notre Dame. What was

716
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: your experience like and did you leave because the coach

717
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: left or what was your reason for? So I actually

718
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: actually started mini ha ha went out of SUP like

719
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: in freshman year, I went to ok Hill o'kill. You know,

720
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: you had the coach retire, c Smith. He was a

721
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: good guy. He recruited me over there. So when he retired,

722
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: and you know, I just felt the best for me

723
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: to come back home. Man, come to calt the time

724
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: to come out west. Coming back to Calfornia way different.

725
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: How did you choose what school you were gonna go to?

726
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: As far as high school? Uh so pretty much. You know,

727
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: I kind of heard about Notre Dame a little bit.

728
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: I'll drive by Sherman Knows and stuff, just see it.

729
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: Then I knew a couple of people who went there,

730
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: and then and I just decide this is where I

731
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: want to go. I want to play the best teams.

732
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: You know, they're in the Mission League. They played all

733
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: the top teams, and I just felt the best for me.

734
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: I love it. So Houston Cougars, huh number two teams

735
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: in the country right now, How did that decision come about?

736
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: And who else was in your top five as far

737
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,719
Speaker 1: as colleges. So Houston, you know there was like one

738
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: of the first teams to believe in me. Uh So

739
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: that made you know, it made sense for me. I

740
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: loved them since I was young. It's been a school

741
00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: I liked. Uh So my dad, my dad actually he

742
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: went there. So he went there and we went to

743
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: a couple of games when I was young, like we

744
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: would go, uh watch games and stuff. I just kind

745
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: of fell in love with it. So that's just somewhere

746
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: I liked. And then, uh when I went to Houston,

747
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: I played for Houston AU team and then coach Sampson

748
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: he actually he wasn't there. He seen me on the

749
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: court after the game. He watched and I think I

750
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: had like forty five that game and then he seen me,

751
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: so then he called me. He was like, yeah, I

752
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: want to give you an offer, and not this new

753
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: in that moment, that's where I wanted to go. He

754
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: felt it else. Uh did you have any other colleges

755
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: in mind? Or was it just kind of one track

756
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: because you grew up likeing that team? Uh? I don't know,

757
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: Like everybody likes the blue bloods like Duk and stuff

758
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: and they're young. But you know, Houston, I felt once

759
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 1: they once they called me, that was definitely. Well. You

760
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: talked about your pops. I'm sure he'd be trying to

761
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:57,280
Speaker 1: tell you old stories about how you can hoop. Yeah,

762
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 1: does he still trying to get out there and play

763
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: with your He just tell you stories of about how

764
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: good he was. Na, I mean recently, you know, he's

765
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: been working with his business and stuff. So I'm gonna try.

766
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: I'mnna definitely try getting the car him soon. Who's gonna

767
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,399
Speaker 1: end up being the best. I'm the best. I'm the best.

768
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: It's already, it's already. I mean, POSSI made the league

769
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: and I know I gotta go. Yeah. I used to

770
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: be up to U. C l A bully and all

771
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: the light skinned people. I gotta do it now, I

772
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: gotta do it. That's the what's speaking of? I mean

773
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: how I mean your father is a rapper business mogul

774
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: made the NBA. A man of many hats? Um, what

775
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: is it like growing up? Um? Watching him? And it

776
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: is obviously we have to see it to believe it,

777
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: and he pretty much has done everything. So what kind

778
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: of inspiration that your dad meant to you? You know

779
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: what I mean? It's it's crazy to see somebody like that,

780
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: you know, having at your own dad. It just every

781
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 1: day pushing me to want to do something, you know,

782
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: like to have a dad like him, a man of many,

783
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: many talents. Uh, He's always coming up with something new.

784
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: Just inspired me every day. I just want to go

785
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: pursue my dream. Is there any pressure? I mean he's

786
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: got to he's got two kids. Yeah, is there any

787
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: pressure living up? You know, I know his kids. I

788
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: feel like our parents did they do a good job

789
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: and not you know, forcing us to I wanted to

790
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: like do this, like this is what we wanted to do, right,

791
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: So I feel it's no pressure. If you really love this,

792
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: you really want to do this, then you should. You

793
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 1: know that you find again I love it. Yeah. You

794
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: got a chance to play Lebrownie? Right? Yeah? How was

795
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 1: that so? Played? Played against him? Uh? You know he's

796
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: a good player. He's a dog we grew up together

797
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 1: kind of when he came out here in l A.

798
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: So you know, we've just been friends. Uh. He's a

799
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: good player, you know what I'm saying. But y'all took

800
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 1: him down what twice this year? Then we played him twice,

801
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: we played him again. It's up and coming Friday, Okay, Uh,

802
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: then it should be a good game. So how does

803
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: this Open Division work? Is like a round robin tournament?

804
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: Because I think they lost the Centennial, right, so you

805
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: guys beat Centenna, you guys have a chance to play

806
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: West Ranch. Uh so pretty much is pool play. So uh,

807
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: we're in a pool a Corona, Bishop Montgomery and Sierra

808
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: and then that's us thunder Day. So whoeveryone's out the pool,

809
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: then you play the other side. Uh so yeah, so

810
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: if we win, we beat Corona tomorrow, then we beat Sierra,

811
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: then we'll go to the championship soccer. Yeah. Uh, the

812
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: game has changed so much. I mean when we were

813
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: in college and we got stuff, I'm not saying we did,

814
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: but it would be considered illegal now with n Ils

815
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: coming up, Um, you have a few n Il deals, right,

816
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,479
Speaker 1: talk to us about those and how those came about. Yeah,

817
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: So one of my most recent n ILS is uh

818
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: with Reboke. You know, they just they reached out to me.

819
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: They wanted to do something, and then I was interested too.

820
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: You know. Uh, my my siblings they love a I

821
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: when there is growing up and stuff. So you know, Rebok,

822
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: it was definitely something I was interested then. And then uh,

823
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: back in Houston, I'm with this charity program called be

824
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: a Champion. Uh and then I just you know, it's

825
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: giving back to the kids. Um. Then uh yeah, that's

826
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: that's some of the stuff I'm working on right now.

827
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: And then I'm also with Simply True. You know they're

828
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: doing in NILS with them too. So you've got some

829
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: stuff talk just about. Obviously, hope is in your blood,

830
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: but business is your blood heavier than So talk to

831
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: about the stuff you've learned just kind of being around

832
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: your dad and kind of always being in the business stuff.

833
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: My dad, you know, he always teaches. Uh. You know,

834
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: money is worth so much, but also having good credit

835
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 1: is worth a lot too. So you gotta have good credit. Um,

836
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: you gotta have knowledge to you can't just be a

837
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: dumb athlete. Knowledge you know, put school and god a

838
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: bud sports, you know everything else to take care of yourself.

839
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's some stuff my dad teaches. I love it.

840
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: So obviously the NBA is the goal. You've already marked

841
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: yourself as the best miller outside of basketball because there's

842
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: so much more to sports now than just actually playing.

843
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 1: What are some other stuff you want to be into

844
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: once you get to that level, because you see guys

845
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: that are doing in the league now whatever lead they're in,

846
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: but they're also doing so much business stuff. What are

847
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: some kind of business stuff that interest you? Yeah, I

848
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: definitely when I get to the league and stuff I

849
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: want to do, no business. I want to run businesses,

850
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: have other stuff going besides just playing basketball. You know,

851
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: basketball it doesn't it doesn't last forever. You know you

852
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: wanted to, but it can't. So I'm gonna having some

853
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: businesses for sure. Uh. Just worked on a lot of

854
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,439
Speaker 1: different stuff, you know, whatever, you know, whatever I find

855
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: my niche got you or merchanty. Man, we appreciate your time.

856
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: We know you gotta get to school. You got us

857
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: on the clock. Best of luck Tom all against Centennial

858
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: and moving forward in the playoffs, and uh, we definitely

859
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: have to come check you out. Man, your lucky That

860
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: was fabulous. And my favorite part is that it wasn't

861
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: like a driver who brought him in. It wasn't a

862
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: babysitter who drove that young man here this morning and

863
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: then drove him to school after work. Ice cream man,

864
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: I used ice cream and dropped him all master p

865
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: And he was a well rounded kid. You would have

866
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: thought he had media training. I mean, his dad was

867
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: sitting right across from him, and then like that we

868
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: were on the time Clode because he had to go back,

869
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: you know, to get to school. So just saying that

870
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: was amazing. The kids well around it. He's thinking about

871
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 1: business and basketball and it looks like, you know, Pops

872
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 1: is staying on top of him. So he looked I'm

873
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: excited about his future, and I'm glad we get to

874
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 1: get kids before they get to the NBA and they

875
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: become all stars. I think that's important for what we're doing,

876
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: tapping in getting in with kids before they become you know,

877
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: a multimillionaire. So just a little part of the what's

878
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 1: burning habit Ashtreem I like it. Then we're gonna ask

879
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: to borrow some money since we're in good now once

880
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: before that, you know, before they come super something shoe

881
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 1: he was a rebot. We could use a couple of chucks.

882
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 1: We also need a car. I just love that he

883
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 1: had the most expensive, richest show for chauffeur. And like

884
00:40:54,400 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: all of Los Angeles lengendary moments presented by top Shot,

885
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: last week, Lebron further cemented his legacy. Right guys, passing

886
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: Kareem on the all time scoring list. That was that

887
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: fadeaway jumper he hit. Tom Shot is going to have

888
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: that moment coming soon, so you can check that out

889
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: on the NBA top shot dot com. But man, I

890
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: wanted to ask of all of Lebron's accomplishments. He said,

891
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: so many signature moments, what would be the one that

892
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:24,720
Speaker 1: you would want top shot moment? Unfair? A fair question, Um, Rachel,

893
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I just think his his brongevity,

894
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 1: his longevity. You cannot put that on the top Shot.

895
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 1: I would just want a card of him just flexing,

896
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: the top shot of him just flexing like this. That's

897
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: all I want for him to be able to do

898
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: what he's done. I mean, we all know he has

899
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: were if we named ten moments, we leave ten probably

900
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: greater moments out right. Um, so obviously hats off to

901
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: him for passing Kareem, and I'm glad that Kareem was

902
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,879
Speaker 1: there to kind of pass the throne, so to speak. Twice.

903
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,439
Speaker 1: I could give him credit for that. I would say

904
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: probably his first championship in Cleveland. You could take a

905
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: moment from there. Maybe that Iguadala blocks that's fine, all right,

906
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: so we're all in agreement. So that's the answer, right

907
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: that block, which, by the way, says something. This guy

908
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 1: just became the greatest scorer in all time and and

909
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,280
Speaker 1: his signature moment is a defensive play. And by the way,

910
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 1: the entire time he's been in the league, he's been

911
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 1: a past first guy. So he didn't go out when

912
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: he said that night, he's like, oh, I didn't go

913
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: out to set the scoring rec He did not go

914
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: out to I mean, we know gunners. He was not

915
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: not a gunner. So I just it's super impressive. And

916
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: the fact that is all of our top Shop moment

917
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: like really underscores that. A right, you can all you

918
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 1: out there. You can start your NBA Top Shot collection

919
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Speaker 1: today and be a top shot dot com get closer

920
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 1: than ever to the game and the players you love. Guys.

921
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: Super Bowl this weekend. I know I've got NFC forty

922
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: Niners fan over there who just wanted to see the

923
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: Eagles fall off a cliff. You didn't care what happened, Matt, No,

924
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: I want to see a good game. I didn't. I'm

925
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,879
Speaker 1: a Mahomes fan and I like good football. I feel

926
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: like the Eagles went and kicked our asses, forty Niners.

927
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 1: They bullied us. That's what I did, Bro, and just

928
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: give good credit. Yeah, I know we had our fifteen

929
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 1: string quarterback in there, but it just shows how good

930
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 1: we were. I wasn't. I want to see a good game,

931
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: and we definitely got a good game. Brianna, Rihanna was

932
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: it was amazing. Um. The first of all, it was

933
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: good to see re read back on the stage and this, uh,

934
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 1: you know, Hove took a lot of flight for being

935
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: the rock Nation being involved and you know the Super

936
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: Bowl and what they did with the NFL. But I

937
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: feel like we got two great performance too, great in

938
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 1: a row, Two great performances in a row. The fact

939
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: that she did that pregnant suspended. I mean, I'm not

940
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: trying to stand on this table with with not with

941
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, as a grown ass man,

942
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, just to see her and

943
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: just how calm she was and the artistry and the

944
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: dancing was it was amazing. Uh. I wouldn't say it

945
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 1: was the one, you know what I mean, but it

946
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: was good. It was not Prince, It was not Prince,

947
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: it wasn't Whitney, but it might have been better than

948
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: Beyonce could have watched the Bee Hive and follow his

949
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: I think she. I think she took the the you

950
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: can't the pregnant can't be excused no more for her

951
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: to go out there in front of the world, Hey

952
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 1: I'm pregnant. She took that up. I just thought it

953
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: was great, you know. I mean, obviously her fans have

954
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: missed her for her to come out and do that,

955
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 1: um great again. Jay Z. You know, he took a

956
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,360
Speaker 1: lot of heat for teaming up with the NFL, but

957
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,360
Speaker 1: he's given, you know, giving us too great uh performances.

958
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 1: It was funny though, because I had my whole a

959
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 1: U teav like maybe thirty or forty people over and

960
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: some I would you know, some people are watching the game.

961
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: When I tell you everybody was watching halftime, I'm like,

962
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: this is the Super Bowl. But when I tell you,

963
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: all the moms, and even that the younger kids wanted to.

964
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: I mean just to see. I mean, she's just such

965
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 1: a she crosses every dem right, She's just such an icon.

966
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: So all my I didn't see that. I was like,

967
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: by the way, we will see that in ad. That

968
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: was just so she could then run an ad later

969
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: about that. Here's what I thought coming out of that.

970
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: What a damn flex to do that with no guests,

971
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: because think about the past few years, think about last season,

972
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: last season, last super Bowl, all the guys that came out,

973
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 1: both not just announcement, un announced, all the guests. We've

974
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:27,760
Speaker 1: had so many people bring someone out that we bring

975
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: some and so out. She was like, Oh, no, it's

976
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 1: just me. And by the way, jay Z's here, he's

977
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: in the audience. But but I'm good enough and you're

978
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 1: just getting me. I was so hyped for that. I

979
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: was like, uh huh, you could probably count on one

980
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: hand how many people can hold just a Super Bowl

981
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: show by themselves. I have a question because a friend

982
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: of mine got in trouble before it came out that

983
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: Rihanna was pregnant for saying what A friend of mine

984
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 1: got in trouble for saying I think Rihanna is pregnant,

985
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: and the whole like death stairs turned right away, like,

986
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,400
Speaker 1: how dare you you know what I mean? She just

987
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: she did. She did just maybe like three or four

988
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: months ago or it was that she got she said

989
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: she got pregnant three or four months after the bit.

990
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm getting it wrong, but yeah, yeah, but

991
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: he got fried you know, and I and I was

992
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: going to join it. I was going to join the answer.

993
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 1: So you saw before, you saw the frying before I

994
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,879
Speaker 1: was like, you gotta get fried by. I don't care

995
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 1: that she was actually pregnant. The answer is yes, you

996
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 1: do not say that about a woman. Okay, period does

997
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: not matter. I don't care if she's actually pregnant or

998
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: not pregnant. It is not your place to comment on

999
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,759
Speaker 1: and it is not your place to make judgments on

1000
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: her body about oh is she like, oh she she

1001
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: get a little fat or she pregnant? No, so it

1002
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,239
Speaker 1: does not matter. It does not matter if she's actually

1003
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: pregnant or not. That is a off the board. That

1004
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 1: one was for free. Keep those comments in your head.

1005
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 1: That was for free, thank you, Rachel. But you know what,

1006
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 1: I like that score and obviously it was. I'm sure

1007
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: it's because she was pregnant, but also, like Brianna comes,

1008
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: sometimes she comes out and kind of scanty clothes. Sometimes

1009
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: she doesn't, though. And I have two young daughters. They're

1010
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: eleven years old, and they watched all the Super Bowl

1011
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: halftime shows and look, we all loved it when j

1012
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: Loo and Shakira came out. That show was awesome, But

1013
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: those girls were mostly naked, Like it is nice sometimes

1014
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: for young girls to see that that's not what you

1015
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,279
Speaker 1: have to do to be popular on stage. So I was.

1016
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: I was really into her outfit visual look, with the

1017
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: levels and the contrast between her and the dancers, the

1018
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 1: red and the white and all that ship. So just again,

1019
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: I'm sure it was because she was pregnant or that

1020
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: was an element of it, but I was psyched to

1021
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: see her look like that because she is so gorgeous

1022
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: and she is so talented, and to just sort of

1023
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:48,399
Speaker 1: send that message every once in a while, you don't

1024
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:49,799
Speaker 1: have to be naked, just every once in a while,

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