Speaker 1: Welcome to What's Burning for this week. Look, we're in
Speaker 1: a studio together. I'm feeling the love, feeling the love.
Speaker 1: Matt Barnes, Jelani McCoy, Good to see y'all. I want
Speaker 1: to talk about Russell Westbrook. Guys right out of the gate,
Speaker 1: because we have a situation brewing with one of who
Speaker 1: is still one of the biggest names in the game.
Speaker 1: Right So shipped out of the Lakers, a lot of
Speaker 1: reports of bad feelings kind of on both sides. In
Speaker 1: the final week or two, Right goes to Utah. He
Speaker 1: says he's taking a little bit of time to sort
Speaker 1: of sort out what he wants to do. The Jazz
Speaker 1: have said, hey, you can stay if you want, Please
Speaker 1: report if you want to. They'll pay him his full salary,
Speaker 1: but they've made it really clear they can't guarantee him
Speaker 1: any minutes or anything because they want to play the
Speaker 1: young players if they do do a buyout situation. Billy
Speaker 1: Donovan has sort of made it clear that he wants
Speaker 1: to reunite with him in Chicago, but also, um, we've
Speaker 1: got a Clippers situation here as well. I mean, it
Speaker 1: would be crazy if he just switched doors. You, I
Speaker 1: mean you've done that, want it before we get there.
Speaker 1: I just want to kind of address the slander. It's
Speaker 1: just I mean, I felt like we got this with
Speaker 1: Mellow when Melo was trying to make his way back
Speaker 1: in the first time. In all the disrespect Melo got,
Speaker 1: you know, considering everything he's done for this game and
Speaker 1: the caliber player he was, uh, and then just the
Speaker 1: slander that just just I don't know. The former player
Speaker 1: is frustrating just to hear and being in the media
Speaker 1: now and just how media take pride and like dogging
Speaker 1: people not realizing the bigger kind of ripple effect. And
Speaker 1: you saw his wife speak to it about how they
Speaker 1: have children and you know, kind of just a negative
Speaker 1: backlash they get from simple minded reporting. So I just
Speaker 1: wish that would It's weird because I think this is
Speaker 1: a phase we're in and I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: going anywhere where. It's just more about disrespect than reporting
Speaker 1: for some people, which is unfortunate. But to your point, um, yeah, yeah, look,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna stand up for reporters here. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take this please like it's the source that
Speaker 1: said it. I'm a little bit I'm over to blame
Speaker 1: the messenger stuff like someone from the Lakers said that
Speaker 1: check and that to me is no class because the
Speaker 1: guy is out the door. There's no reason to kick
Speaker 1: him when he's already out and gone. Team chemistry already
Speaker 1: no issue. And that's frankly pissed me off more than hey,
Speaker 1: this guy reported this or that guy reported that. And
Speaker 1: I agree. Look, media culture in general, it's like who's
Speaker 1: got the biggest clickbait and headline and that's just an
Speaker 1: overall issue. But in terms of this ship, like, if
Speaker 1: you're in that locker room, keep it to yourself, there's
Speaker 1: no reason not to. My question too. With you having
Speaker 1: such a long history and having really close context with
Speaker 1: the league, there has been times where you would hear
Speaker 1: something and you'd be like, Okay, that's going to be good.
Speaker 1: But that's probably not that that'll be people if people
Speaker 1: go crazy from this, but it's probably not something I
Speaker 1: need to share from that, So that that's kind of
Speaker 1: so I completely agree with you, because obviously the reporter
Speaker 1: didn't make it up, so one had to have told
Speaker 1: him that. But I've been in situations, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: where I'm talking to guys that are playing and they
Speaker 1: tell me something like, damn mother, Funer's go crazy if
Speaker 1: I said this, But I know I can't, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. So it's just un forty. I think
Speaker 1: it's a two way street. You're exactly right, but I
Speaker 1: just feel like the disrespect is crazy. I think it's
Speaker 1: the quality of the journalists or the person who has
Speaker 1: that information. At the end of the day, I think,
Speaker 1: you know, the person in the organization knew who they
Speaker 1: were talking to when they offered up that information and
Speaker 1: what could happen, you know what I mean. So I
Speaker 1: think it's up to the quality whatout what I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: Like you said, the person who said that he gets
Speaker 1: paid to report, you know what I mean. And that's
Speaker 1: the heavy, juicy, juicy piston information to sit on. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, this started with Ai. To me,
Speaker 1: when AI was transitioning away, you know, out of Denver
Speaker 1: and not being the guy. It was a lot of
Speaker 1: slander about him being selfish, how he wouldn't take the
Speaker 1: sixth man role, how he wouldn't put onto a team
Speaker 1: unless he was a I feel like it kind of
Speaker 1: started from there. Then it went to Mellow and now
Speaker 1: to Uss his turn. So I'm kind of over that.
Speaker 1: You know, if we can't use you as the thirty
Speaker 1: point score, then we got to diminish what you've done
Speaker 1: in this league, and and that's just not fair. At
Speaker 1: the end of the day. It killed me with the
Speaker 1: mellow stuff because I you know, I interviewed him in
Speaker 1: that time he had off, and if you've been around
Speaker 1: the league, you could tell what he still had left
Speaker 1: and what he could do. And that's a great point
Speaker 1: that like, Okay, you don't have to be the person
Speaker 1: you were before, like you can be something different. And
Speaker 1: by the way, we asked for us to be something
Speaker 1: different than everybody gave a hard time before he did it.
Speaker 1: He did it, and then to sit there and criticize
Speaker 1: him because he's not the old guy like it just
Speaker 1: it drives me, I think. I mean, Richel, you have
Speaker 1: made a great point for someone with his accolades to
Speaker 1: actually buy in being a six man and and being
Speaker 1: effective at um at that role. But I think, to
Speaker 1: get back to the point of your question, walking down
Speaker 1: the hallway would be crazy. A lot of guys have
Speaker 1: made the walk both ways, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I think that you know, you look at the
Speaker 1: Clippers and and they got rid of there too. They
Speaker 1: got you know, he got rid of John Wald, they
Speaker 1: got rid of Reggie Jackson. Uh, they're bringing the Bones Highland.
Speaker 1: Who's a young guy, but he's gonna be asked to
Speaker 1: play heavy important minutes. Is he ready for those type
Speaker 1: of minutes in the playoff atmosphere? You know, only time
Speaker 1: will tell, but I think it would be dope. And
Speaker 1: I love how Paul George is out there, you know,
Speaker 1: riding for his guy. You know, he's very instrumental about
Speaker 1: how important Russ was um in his Oklahoma City times,
Speaker 1: and and him having his best years alongside of Russ,
Speaker 1: so just as a person, and and him being a bruin.
Speaker 1: You know, I hope he gets an opportunity that he's
Speaker 1: happy to play in and he's able to produce, because
Speaker 1: you know, I just hate to see someone who's given
Speaker 1: so much to the NBA have this kind of kind
Speaker 1: of back end or or kind of finishing notes to
Speaker 1: his career. I like, what the are, what our peers
Speaker 1: are are doing for him, speaking up for and let
Speaker 1: him know what kind of teammate he is, let him
Speaker 1: know what he did with the bubble. The stories are
Speaker 1: coming down the bubble and how he left all the
Speaker 1: money for the house cleaning. What type of teammate he is?
Speaker 1: So I like the fact that now the players with
Speaker 1: with with with their voices in social media are just
Speaker 1: bigger all around, uh, that they can't stick up for him,
Speaker 1: and they're not getting a lot of backlash forward because
Speaker 1: like the alternatives us thinking of Russ as some selfish
Speaker 1: guy who diminished it, didn't want to, you know, gracefully
Speaker 1: go off into the sunset. So I like what the
Speaker 1: what the players are doing? For second of for us,
Speaker 1: nobody's everything right. I mean maybe Grant Hill right, super
Speaker 1: talented and like the nicest guy on earth. But beyond that, right,
Speaker 1: guys have flaws. Guys have you know, strengths all of
Speaker 1: that stuff, Paul George you mentioned. I mean, he's not
Speaker 1: just he's not just saying I want him. He is
Speaker 1: hard lobbing, and I want to read you guys some
Speaker 1: of this quote he said. I'm a big believer in
Speaker 1: and a fan of what Russ's work is. He said,
Speaker 1: I've seen what he can do night in and night out.
Speaker 1: I still think he's got a lot of game, really
Speaker 1: think he can improve the team. We in particular We've
Speaker 1: got enough shooting to surround Russ where he can be Russ,
Speaker 1: and I think the floor will be open for him,
Speaker 1: spacing will be there for him. Now, Lawrence Frank, who
Speaker 1: has the front office, he hasn't come out and said
Speaker 1: I don't want Russ, but he has pretty pointedly come
Speaker 1: out and said I want X, Y and Z, and
Speaker 1: those are all things Russ doesn't do. So I guess
Speaker 1: part of the question too, the Lakers got Russ at
Speaker 1: least in a large part because Lebron went to that
Speaker 1: front office and said, I want to get this deal done.
Speaker 1: PG is basically doing the same thing. And we talked
Speaker 1: about player empowerment a little bit, right and like guys
Speaker 1: saying that they moved together, they want each other. This
Speaker 1: to me is like a really interesting inflection point in
Speaker 1: that right because the Clippers had to do what Kauai
Speaker 1: wanted to bring PG in just to sign him, so
Speaker 1: I had all the power there. This is a different
Speaker 1: situation right in that PG is already there. Lebron was
Speaker 1: already there, he already signed the extension. That front office
Speaker 1: could have said no, And it sounds like maybe this
Speaker 1: front office Clippers might say no, where do you think
Speaker 1: the power, like, what's what's the dynamic When Paul says
Speaker 1: I want this, well, I think, if I'm not mistaken, race,
Speaker 1: they have one roster spot left right, and I think
Speaker 1: this is a completely different roster from a talent standpoint
Speaker 1: than the Lakers was. They have pieces, they have shooting,
Speaker 1: they have guys, they can do multiple different things. We
Speaker 1: all know, with all due respect, you know, to the
Speaker 1: Lakers roster, it wasn't a good fit from the jump.
Speaker 1: And we can see that with this team, with the
Speaker 1: versatility of their two stars, their ability to stretch the floor, um,
Speaker 1: the shooting they have around them. I can see Rust
Speaker 1: coming in and having that chip of Okay, I wasn't
Speaker 1: good enough here, but I'm gonna show you what I
Speaker 1: still have left in the tank. So um, I always,
Speaker 1: you know, hold a special place in my heart for
Speaker 1: the Clippers because you know, we we we made a
Speaker 1: little bit of history for that team, and I just
Speaker 1: wanted to see them finally get it. It'll never be
Speaker 1: a Clipper town in our lifetime maybe ever, but I
Speaker 1: would just love to see them, you know, really have
Speaker 1: a chance with Kauai and PG and and and possibly
Speaker 1: bringing in Russe. So like you said, Rachel, it'll be
Speaker 1: interesting who really has the power dynamic And you know
Speaker 1: what Lawrence and and and the Clippers organization you're going
Speaker 1: to decide to do with that final spot. If you
Speaker 1: were running that front office and said to you, I
Speaker 1: really want this guy, but for some reason as a
Speaker 1: front office you decided not so much. How do you
Speaker 1: handle me? Know, it's the hallway situation. So with the Clippers,
Speaker 1: with not having a foothold in the city, maybe that's
Speaker 1: something they want, a petty game. They want to play
Speaker 1: the pool that locked room, right, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: To let him have success on the team, because if
Speaker 1: your superstar player is excited about a new piece of
Speaker 1: talent coming, they're gonna figure something out. Kauai. Those those
Speaker 1: new pieces they got, they got a good coach in TLU,
Speaker 1: they got a great owner who doesn't mind spending a
Speaker 1: little bit of extra bread. So I feel like if
Speaker 1: they're if they're campaigning for you know, a super a
Speaker 1: superstarter to Georgia, they're joining the team, they gotta figure
Speaker 1: something out, all right. Well, when you said it began
Speaker 1: with Ai slander, I just have to make clear that
Speaker 1: in this room once again, without question, our greatest living American.
Speaker 1: That's all I gotta say. All Right, rough news out
Speaker 1: of New Orleans the other day, guys, Zion Williamson was
Speaker 1: in the middle of rehabbing that hamstring aggravated it again
Speaker 1: doing three on three work. He's already missed what He's
Speaker 1: only played twenty nine games this entire season. Now he's
Speaker 1: going to be out at least a few weeks after
Speaker 1: the All Star break. And it sucks because this kid
Speaker 1: is a game changing talent. Like he's got great numbers,
Speaker 1: but was way beyond that to me, when he is
Speaker 1: on the court, everything changes. He has only played a
Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen games in four seasons. So Pelicans are
Speaker 1: kind of in this bad spot again their seventh in
Speaker 1: the West, but they have not had the greatest month
Speaker 1: this past month. But I still working his way back.
Speaker 1: What do you all think in terms of the playoff
Speaker 1: picture for them? I think they could be a dangerous
Speaker 1: team with him healthy. Okay, that's the key. Um. He
Speaker 1: hasn't been healthy. He you know, unfortunately in his NBA career,
Speaker 1: he hasn't necessarily been healthy. And obviously I feel I
Speaker 1: still feel like the best is yet to come. But
Speaker 1: what he what he has shown us when he's healthy
Speaker 1: has been incredible. I mean he's breaking records left and right.
Speaker 1: And Julyna can attest to this. You really don't understand
Speaker 1: the NBA game until you get a good three four
Speaker 1: real seasons under your belt. Right now, he's playing strength,
Speaker 1: athleticism and just instinct. But he will learn the NBA
Speaker 1: game as he gets more time. Um. But I really
Speaker 1: like I like a healthy New Orleans teams because I
Speaker 1: love brandon Ingram, I love the veteran leadership. Plus he's
Speaker 1: still got a lot to add and and uh CJ McCullum, Alvarado.
Speaker 1: They have a lot of solid pieces around shout out
Speaker 1: my guy, really green. Um. But this team goes as
Speaker 1: Zion's availability allows them to go. So with the uncertain
Speaker 1: um Zion, their season is uncertain. I mean people cannot
Speaker 1: hear you, people listening to car I mean he just
Speaker 1: he just hit it. I mean he said it right there.
Speaker 1: When Zion is when he's there, he's healthy, but it's
Speaker 1: almost kind of like the a D thing where you're
Speaker 1: kind of waiting if he falls to the ground. It's
Speaker 1: like or if he grabs something. So with a soft
Speaker 1: tissue injury as a as a herculean human being. You
Speaker 1: know what I mean, he was working. I guess he
Speaker 1: was doing three on three when he injured. That's never
Speaker 1: gonna go away at the end of the soft tissue injuries.
Speaker 1: For a guy who leaves the grounds as much as
Speaker 1: he does and how strong he does, I feel like
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the around all year. So if he
Speaker 1: is there, what's he gonna look like when he is there?
Speaker 1: Seventy percent zion is still good enough to make a playoff. Man,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, because at any given moment,
Speaker 1: to me, working yourself back into shape soft TiO TU injury,
Speaker 1: you might be you just one sprint away from being
Speaker 1: another two or three weeks. And the West just got
Speaker 1: so much stronger, dressed out, so much stronger. So it's
Speaker 1: it's you know, because when what they pick a one
Speaker 1: at some point this year, weren't they one in the
Speaker 1: Western or two? I know for sure they touched for sure.
Speaker 1: So you know, this team's really had an up and
Speaker 1: down season. But a healthy Pelicans team, it's a tough team.
Speaker 1: But again, we know last week the West got so
Speaker 1: much stronger. I mean, I believe I love that locker room.
Speaker 1: I believe in that locker room. And I remember last
Speaker 1: year Zion wasn't with them, they still made a playoff
Speaker 1: push at the end of the season. Uh, they were
Speaker 1: in the tent spot. I think going into the play
Speaker 1: in they want two games. They actually grabbed that eight
Speaker 1: spot from underneath. But that's the issue. You grabbed that
Speaker 1: eighth spot. This year you're facing the I gets see.
Speaker 1: That's I'm gonna keep saying it. I do not want
Speaker 1: to be number eight. I do not want to be
Speaker 1: number eight in the West because I don't know what
Speaker 1: the Nuggets are gonna do big picture in the West,
Speaker 1: in the title and whatever. I know for sure they're
Speaker 1: gonna be a fucking buzz saw with shipped to prove
Speaker 1: in the first round. I agree with you, but I
Speaker 1: would hate to be eight and get a healthy Lakers
Speaker 1: team at I would hate to be one with a
Speaker 1: healthy Lakers team at a new team. Yeah, with this
Speaker 1: new team, I mean, yeah, why not? Why not? I
Speaker 1: just feel like it's not only Denver, but I feel
Speaker 1: like the top three teams are all inexperience when it
Speaker 1: comes to playoffs. I mean, Denver has some playoff experience
Speaker 1: with Joker, but you look at Memphis. You look at Sacramento,
Speaker 1: imagine if it's Lakers Golden States. Have you seen He's incredible,
Speaker 1: He's coming back. I just have to see it again.
Speaker 1: I think it's similar to how we looked. Remember when
Speaker 1: you taw him a few years ago when they were
Speaker 1: running through the Western Conference and always had the best record,
Speaker 1: and then when you know they would sputter complay. So
Speaker 1: I just want I'm not saying Denver camp because on
Speaker 1: paper they look great, but ship first round and gets
Speaker 1: a healthy Lakers team, that's that's going to be a battle. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll be interested to see what the Pelicans can do.
Speaker 1: They're in seventh now, and they do have, according to
Speaker 1: like player opponent percentage, whatever whatever, they have the easiest
Speaker 1: schedule the rest of the way, So that makes a
Speaker 1: big difference to I don't know. We'll see, You're right,
Speaker 1: It just depends on design healthy or not sign healthy
Speaker 1: or not. We'll see. I want to go back over
Speaker 1: the East, though, guys, because Milwaukee has been like I'm
Speaker 1: the low ripping through the league. Ten game winning streak.
Speaker 1: They're only a game and a half behind the Celtics.
Speaker 1: They're going to play each other on Tuesday night, should
Speaker 1: be a great matchup. Janice has been ridiculous. I spent
Speaker 1: time with the Bucks last week. He's putting up thirty two,
Speaker 1: thirteen and five stat line this season and they just
Speaker 1: added Jay Crowder. So I wanna talking about that first.
Speaker 1: What do you think Jay is going to do for
Speaker 1: that team? It hasn't played all season? Love it. I
Speaker 1: think it'll take them a little while to get it.
Speaker 1: You know that those old bones. Uh, couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: get those old bones oiled up. But I mean he
Speaker 1: brings that toughness factor. I think him and Bobby Portis
Speaker 1: are a toughness factor that that team needed, similar to
Speaker 1: what p J. Tucker brought to that team. And it
Speaker 1: wasn't always obviously scoring for p J. Tucker. It was
Speaker 1: just that toughness in that mindset. And I think I
Speaker 1: read somewhere Jana said they almost took on p J.
Speaker 1: Tucker's identity. Uh he you wanna hear the quote. The
Speaker 1: quote is amazing, all right. He said, we needed someone
Speaker 1: who when you walk down the alley and you're going
Speaker 1: to face the bullies and they kind of run the
Speaker 1: other way. He said, you I was in the room
Speaker 1: when he said this. He goes, you think they're running
Speaker 1: the other way because of you, but it's really the
Speaker 1: guy behind you. And he said, that's what p J.
Speaker 1: Tucker did for us. He was the one. When you
Speaker 1: played with p J, you had that different kind of swag,
Speaker 1: he said, and he thought that J was going to
Speaker 1: do that. He goes, when I played with p J,
Speaker 1: you felt like you were a bully too. And he's like,
Speaker 1: Jay brings that toughness. I mean, that's phenomene. I love it.
Speaker 1: That's a great quote. I mean it's something that you know,
Speaker 1: you can see the Warriors in their heyday, they took
Speaker 1: on Draymond's personality, you know what I mean. So I
Speaker 1: think those kind of guys are important. Um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: a similar situation, you know, just kind of one of
Speaker 1: those guys that they led by example in toughness. Um.
Speaker 1: But I really like Milwaukee again, they're kind of flying
Speaker 1: under the radar, as you said, Rachel, with Boston having
Speaker 1: the season they had. And that's no disrespect to Boston,
Speaker 1: but I think they understand what it takes. Obviously they've
Speaker 1: been there. They wanted I think implementing you know, uh,
Speaker 1: Middleton has been coming off the bench, but you know,
Speaker 1: once he starts to get his with them back, he'll
Speaker 1: be a starter. I mean, and that's a tough team
Speaker 1: with that, you know that, And to me with what's
Speaker 1: key Rachels, they've been together for a while and and
Speaker 1: a lot a lot of teams can say that anymore.
Speaker 1: So I really like Milwaukee if they could be healthy.
Speaker 1: Drew was telling me he thinks like the second oldest
Speaker 1: team in the league. I don't know, we'll have to again, producer.
Speaker 1: They don't have to come in with the stad at
Speaker 1: some point. But solid. They've just been solid and adding
Speaker 1: another solid piece like Crowder. We haven't seen him this year.
Speaker 1: I'm with Matti's gonna take a couple of weeks from
Speaker 1: him to round himself in shape, but they got I
Speaker 1: feel like Middleton and him working themselves back in the
Speaker 1: shape is like a good player. Not that they're not.
Speaker 1: You need to of them to make one, but while
Speaker 1: they're working things out. Because Middleton was a what was
Speaker 1: a twenty point of game score, he's like like thirteen
Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, but he's got really even in minutes restriction. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's like, you know, I feel like still having another
Speaker 1: good win. You don't have to rush back into it,
Speaker 1: trying to be your You're a game back, so all right,
Speaker 1: so give me, give me a position for position, like
Speaker 1: it's starting court, starting court, Bucks Celtics matchup. So best
Speaker 1: player on the Bucks, best player on the Celtics, you
Speaker 1: picking Beanna Certatum, I'm taking, I'm taking Tatum taking, I'm
Speaker 1: taking Tatum. And I think the key to the Celtics
Speaker 1: is Robert Williams availability because he's so big for that team.
Speaker 1: He has a whole different rim dynamic and rim threat
Speaker 1: for that team. But I just really like, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think they've been paying their dues. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: he didn't have to his teammate up JT. You gotta
Speaker 1: buy your teammate a car for breaking car? Does that
Speaker 1: change anything for the Celtics being out the lineup? I mean,
Speaker 1: I just think it's going to give. First of all,
Speaker 1: I think Jame is probably gonna get a mask and
Speaker 1: come back sooner than we expect it. But it just
Speaker 1: you know this, at this point, it's gonna give guys
Speaker 1: that are gonna they're gonna need later on. They're gonna
Speaker 1: get some quality minutes while he's down, and then obviously
Speaker 1: he'll be able to rest during the break. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you probably won't play in the All Star Game. He
Speaker 1: might you never know. But I really, I really like
Speaker 1: the Celtics, and I think, you know, it definitely could
Speaker 1: have been their finals last year. It won't be easy going,
Speaker 1: you know, going up against Milwaukee. But I just really
Speaker 1: like what Jason Tatum and Brown as a duo do
Speaker 1: for that team. And then they added pieces like Brogg
Speaker 1: and then those other guys. What type of car? Yeah,
Speaker 1: what type of car you gotta buy? Jim, he's real rich,
Speaker 1: so yeah, or above above minimum s five? I'd say
Speaker 1: a minimum sixty three? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, obvioulsdly probably
Speaker 1: a sixty five is gonna run you about two thirty.
Speaker 1: That seems like yeah, like, I mean new new signature, shoe,
Speaker 1: ruffles money. Can we get the potato chip to pay
Speaker 1: for that? All? Right? Bucks? The oldest team in the league.
Speaker 1: That's crazy to think because but by the way, oldest
Speaker 1: team only means twenty nine and a half. It doesn't
Speaker 1: mean like but it's just changed so much. It's such
Speaker 1: a young game now to think that's the oldest when
Speaker 1: you know, normally the oldest on averages thirty two thirty
Speaker 1: three year old teams. But it's just the shift in
Speaker 1: the game. Teams aren't set yet. By the way, the
Speaker 1: buyout market is in full swing. We talked about rus
Speaker 1: Right possibly possibly being a buyout, and here are some
Speaker 1: guys that have already been bought out. Reggie Jackson right
Speaker 1: brought out by the Hornet, signs with Denver. That's a
Speaker 1: sneaky good signing that you just talked. Is he to
Speaker 1: point guard that Danny? I don't know, we're gonna see here.
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought that was big Danny Green. This
Speaker 1: surprised me a little bit um not that he was
Speaker 1: brought out, but that he signed with Cleveland for the
Speaker 1: Celtics just because yeah, like he could have gone. I mean,
Speaker 1: guess it was for playing time. And look, he's won
Speaker 1: how many rings to three rings? Three? So like, at
Speaker 1: that point do you just want to play as opposed
Speaker 1: to give me the best shot to win a fourth?
Speaker 1: But by the way, if we should all have such
Speaker 1: high class problems. But I mean, if you were him,
Speaker 1: would you have picked the playing time over the possible ring?
Speaker 1: He hasn't played all year? Yeah, yeah, I gotta see
Speaker 1: what he has in his tank, because if I'm not mistaken,
Speaker 1: he came off in a c L, Right, isn't he
Speaker 1: coming off in a c L? And I just hope
Speaker 1: he can just get back out there and play in general.
Speaker 1: So we'll see, we'll see what the minutes come to.
Speaker 1: It would um three rings, already got three playing time?
Speaker 1: Playing time, yeah, play time. See he has a ring.
Speaker 1: He can say that. I didn't officially get that guy
Speaker 1: to buy the name of two other guys you heard of,
Speaker 1: but I got one. See, I can't say that the
Speaker 1: way y'all can. And I could be like now, I
Speaker 1: would take it. I would take a championship ring. I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna say it right there. Um, other notable names
Speaker 1: on the list. You've got Kevin Love, Kevin Knox, wanted
Speaker 1: to Kindo Anderson de Rose our guy, but Cousins still
Speaker 1: out there. Definitely could help another team. Yeah, this might
Speaker 1: be the last year people are saying his name, but
Speaker 1: there's some some guys out there to be interesting. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the Biot market. I just think this will
Speaker 1: makes the NBA so great. I mean they you know,
Speaker 1: they stole the show with the super Bowl, with all
Speaker 1: the movement. Lastly coming, Durant had the whole Western Conference
Speaker 1: in a frenzy. But now they're still you know, very
Speaker 1: quality players. They could be picked up and really add
Speaker 1: some depth to these rosters going into All Star break
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. So I don't
Speaker 1: remember the bio market being like this, like a viable
Speaker 1: way for you to change your teams and free ID
Speaker 1: and see the last couple of years, well though there
Speaker 1: was a handful of guys. But you know, there seems
Speaker 1: to be like a like a significant more amount of
Speaker 1: people this year that are in the bio market. I
Speaker 1: mean in the past, like the front you tried to
Speaker 1: front office guys, they always say, like, if he could
Speaker 1: really help your team that much, he would have been
Speaker 1: bought out, right, So there's that kind of maxim But
Speaker 1: you're right, by the way, it's just sometimes it's that's
Speaker 1: some teams, it's not a fit. And there was there
Speaker 1: a stigmatism to the buyout Rachel Well, just the idea
Speaker 1: of it is we are talking to Rachelcord. I mean
Speaker 1: just that when when you talk to front offices and
Speaker 1: you're you're talking to guys saying, oh, well, this guy
Speaker 1: could really do something for you, what do you think
Speaker 1: you guys looking to pick him up and and sort
Speaker 1: of the answer is like, sure, we're looking, but don't
Speaker 1: don't like sort of overstate the impact changer that if
Speaker 1: you know, again, the idea would be, if he was
Speaker 1: a game changer, if he was the guy that could
Speaker 1: really get it done, he would have been traded or
Speaker 1: he would have been, you know, the guy the team
Speaker 1: would have kept him. Now again, sometimes it's just that
Speaker 1: the guy doesn't fit and you get him in a
Speaker 1: trade and the trade in lines passed, you can't move
Speaker 1: him again, and you just buy him out. So you know,
Speaker 1: we'll see, I don't know, we'll we'll find out. Um.
Speaker 1: Terence Rostos situation I thought was interesting because Dallas thought
Speaker 1: they were getting him, at least those were the reports
Speaker 1: out of Texas that they were like, they felt really
Speaker 1: good that they were getting him. And then the Sun's
Speaker 1: sneak in and they've been pursuing him too. But still
Speaker 1: Paradise Valley, Dallas, Paradise Valley, scotts Stille, because Paradise Valley
Speaker 1: has better houses in Scottsdale. But that's what I'm talking about. Oh,
Speaker 1: Paradise Valley does not have the um, we'll just call
Speaker 1: it the nightlife Kevin during I mean he made the
Speaker 1: right choice by going to Phoenix. I'm I'm really intrigued
Speaker 1: with this Phoenix team because I feel like, even though
Speaker 1: we're not talking about it right now, Kevin Durant is
Speaker 1: a superstar that you can just really pick up and
Speaker 1: put anywhere. You saw how seamlessly he fuldn't go to
Speaker 1: the State. You saw what he does every stop he makes.
Speaker 1: It's seamless. So someone of his magnitude and his scorn
Speaker 1: ability to just be able to plot right. And I
Speaker 1: was with Chris Paul this weekend because he came back
Speaker 1: and had some off days, and we were at uh
Speaker 1: Mamba or Sports Sports Academy watching our kids play, and
Speaker 1: he was, you know, explaining how tough it was obviously
Speaker 1: to lose mckel and Cam and the tough night they
Speaker 1: had and in Atlanta, but just to understand that, like
Speaker 1: you're traded, if it wasn't for Kevin Durant, you'd still
Speaker 1: be here, you know what I mean. So him kind
Speaker 1: of breaking that down to the younger guys. But then
Speaker 1: on the flip side, after we got through with the
Speaker 1: you know, the sad part of loose nose guys, He's like, Maddie,
Speaker 1: we got fuck Kevin Durant. Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So it's just like, you know, for for Katie to
Speaker 1: come in, you know and be healthy. I've never seen
Speaker 1: a last day of the trade deadline go the way
Speaker 1: it did because of what Kevin Durant did comeing to Phoenix.
Speaker 1: In fact, if you look back, we were trying to
Speaker 1: time before the show. We were like trying to figure
Speaker 1: out when the last in season trade led to a title.
Speaker 1: And I covered that Detroit Pistons team when she came in, right,
Speaker 1: and obviously, to me, that was a game changer because
Speaker 1: I was where you remember, I just remember that. It
Speaker 1: just like changed the whole locker room. I don't remember
Speaker 1: the record they were at or anything, but it made
Speaker 1: it was just a huge, you know, sheet a sheet.
Speaker 1: He was probably the most talented player on that squad.
Speaker 1: Wasn't the best player in the playoffs, but he was
Speaker 1: talent wise, and you know, you know how he is
Speaker 1: changes changes the locker room. Talk about giving you that
Speaker 1: toughness of thinking you're the bully in the alley, right, Um,
Speaker 1: not that that team lacked toughness anyway, I've Ben Wallace,
Speaker 1: but anyway, Clyde Drexler went to the Rockets back in
Speaker 1: five that was another in season trade that led to
Speaker 1: a title, and um Marcocguire to the Pistons back in
Speaker 1: the day. That's it. There's only three times in NBA
Speaker 1: history has happened and this is the biggest one. Well,
Speaker 1: it's definitely the biggest player to go on the radar
Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings Sports Book, we were looking at
Speaker 1: the odds to win the title now. A week ago
Speaker 1: the Suns were twenty to one to win the NBA
Speaker 1: week ago, they had no chance. It should have been
Speaker 1: listed as no chance and book are both of my guys,
Speaker 1: but they knew they didn't have a chance. Right now,
Speaker 1: DraftKings now has the Sons right behind the Celtics best
Speaker 1: odds to win the NBA title at plus four fifty. So,
Speaker 1: I don't know, do you think that they're the favorite
Speaker 1: out West? You were just talking about k D and
Speaker 1: I agree with you. If you're going to have a
Speaker 1: guy come in in the middle of the season who's
Speaker 1: such a presence, it could be a thing to try
Speaker 1: to mention too. The playing style, except if he's Kevin Durant,
Speaker 1: because he can play anyway. What I look at Rachel
Speaker 1: is not obviously you know what Kil's gonna give you.
Speaker 1: But I love the Ross pickup and then the T. J.
Speaker 1: Warren pick up because they lost depth, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So to lose those guys, they lost a
Speaker 1: lot of depth right now. So to be able to
Speaker 1: add two more guys that can shoot the ball and
Speaker 1: score the ball, uh to that team, I think is important.
Speaker 1: And I always think that Katie is an underestimated defender
Speaker 1: UM as well. So you know, I don't want to
Speaker 1: jump on the boat and say this is and that,
Speaker 1: but I might have to jump on the boat and
Speaker 1: say this, this and that, like I'm still okay. So
Speaker 1: you've got a little doubt about Denver, you just said
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, So I just say in Denver
Speaker 1: has to show me, like I said, I think they
Speaker 1: have all the pieces, and the Phoenix does not have
Speaker 1: to show you this. Now, I know what book does,
Speaker 1: I know what? Uh. And with Katie, it's gonna make
Speaker 1: CPS job easier because now you've got to think, even
Speaker 1: though he's a little older, he's going to have the
Speaker 1: third or fourth best defender on him, so he's going
Speaker 1: to be able to manipulate the game with the way
Speaker 1: he does. So. Um, I really like Phoenix as chances
Speaker 1: if they can be healthy to come out the West.
Speaker 1: I like that. I like the fact that Katie has
Speaker 1: a more stout five man, you know, that he's in
Speaker 1: the that he's in, the that heca he gets to
Speaker 1: play with you know, DeAndre and is more of on
Speaker 1: the bigger side. Uh yeah, slim reaper. I think Claxton
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn more of the think he had a good year,
Speaker 1: but more of a thing guy. I'm interested to seeing
Speaker 1: him with a big guy who can take some of
Speaker 1: the rand protection and rebounding responsibilities away from k D
Speaker 1: let him help on the perimeter and be a secondary defender. Um.
Speaker 1: I think they added some good pieces, although they lost
Speaker 1: some lost some depth, and I was happy to see
Speaker 1: those guys immediately able to contribute to their Well, they're
Speaker 1: just good. There's good quality guys. Yeah, first and foremost
Speaker 1: people good people. I mean, they're just good guys. So
Speaker 1: they were going to go in there with a good attitude,
Speaker 1: and they're like a should I got created for Kevin Durant,
Speaker 1: What are you gonna do? I mean, at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, it is a business, you know, and
Speaker 1: if you're realizing that you're a part of the pieces
Speaker 1: that that equalled up to the Kevin Durant trade. You
Speaker 1: should be you should wake up. You canna able to
Speaker 1: tell your grandkids about that. Like I was by myself
Speaker 1: right when the story gets down, it was just it
Speaker 1: was and him straight up, what do you do? It's fine.
Speaker 1: I like that Katie is a multiplier on Chris Paul
Speaker 1: first and foremost for the reason you just said, in
Speaker 1: terms of what defender who's got to defend? But also, look,
Speaker 1: you and I met go way back with Chris, and
Speaker 1: we know when his mood and overall sort of sense
Speaker 1: of being is locked in and when he can really
Speaker 1: do his best and when things are going on off
Speaker 1: the court. And it has been very clear to me
Speaker 1: talking to him and watching him this season that just
Speaker 1: being away from his family has really it's been hard.
Speaker 1: He's been really hard on him. And you can do
Speaker 1: it for a year or two, but once you're really
Speaker 1: That's what I asked him this week, and right, it's
Speaker 1: not to catch off. What are you doing this coming home? Bro?
Speaker 1: Be your b B in l A. So I mean
Speaker 1: you hit it on the head. I mean it's tough.
Speaker 1: This business this grind when you have family that has established,
Speaker 1: like you know, they live right around the corner from
Speaker 1: us UM in the valley, and I know for sure
Speaker 1: that's way on him. And it was funny. He was like, oh,
Speaker 1: what do you know one of your rare All Star
Speaker 1: breaks wouldn't gonna be only He's like, I'm coming on
Speaker 1: with that light, bro. So I think that's a great point.
Speaker 1: So if you are away from your family, if you
Speaker 1: are kind of going through it a little bit, when
Speaker 1: you go to work and you see Kevin Durant there
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh shame, we could win a title,
Speaker 1: you're then it all feels a little more work. Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant might make his Chris's family come to Phoenix, just
Speaker 1: I know a little CEP's gonna when he already told
Speaker 1: the twins they're going, They're going to all the games
Speaker 1: and all this kind of stuff that might get Chris's
Speaker 1: family on Phoenix. I know, I know. I mean, he
Speaker 1: moved them a couple of times, and I think it
Speaker 1: just felt like false promises from some of the teams
Speaker 1: he was with, and he didn't want to move him
Speaker 1: again and all of that. But yeah, this could be
Speaker 1: this could be a long haul lot, but this is,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean with all, this is Chris's last run.
Speaker 1: You know, Chris is getting older. I think he has
Speaker 1: one more year after this year. He's thirty seven. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's getting older. I mean time is catching up to him.
Speaker 1: And you know, Rage, like he said, we go way
Speaker 1: back with Chris and and in line you know him too.
Speaker 1: I mean I want to see Chris deserves a ring
Speaker 1: the work he's put in this game, and hate him
Speaker 1: or love him. This guy, I'll take him ten out
Speaker 1: of ten times going to war, and I think this
Speaker 1: is his best opportunity outside those Lob City teams and
Speaker 1: maybe maybe that maybe that Houston team he got hurt with.
Speaker 1: You know, this is this is his last run right here,
Speaker 1: and you know I always want to see you know,
Speaker 1: friends do well guys before we move on with the
Speaker 1: rest of the NBA. You guys earlier had a special
Speaker 1: guest here in the studio before I got here, and
Speaker 1: I gotta say it was quite a scene because I
Speaker 1: walked y'all had already set up and now well you
Speaker 1: go you set up? Yeah, I mean Mercy Miller, you know,
Speaker 1: shout out to MRP is a friend of the family.
Speaker 1: We've been knowing him since we are on college. Um,
Speaker 1: you know his son, Mercy Miller, who was a junior
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame right now having a really solid campaign
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we had him in and talked about,
Speaker 1: you know, the legacy his father's left, the footsteps he's
Speaker 1: following in college in I l there in the midst
Speaker 1: of the Open Division playoffs right now, uh, and just
Speaker 1: what life is like. You know, being having a father
Speaker 1: is a legend. So great, little quick sit down and
Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone to enjoy it. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: Mercy Miller, junior guard at Notre Dame and welcome to
Speaker 1: the show. How are you doing. I appreciate it. You
Speaker 1: guys are in the midst of the playoffs right now,
Speaker 1: right so, you guys got a big matchup tomorrow against Centennial.
Speaker 1: Talk to us about that team and your team and
Speaker 1: kind of what your role on the team is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know Corona, they've they've been one of the top
Speaker 1: teams in the country. Our team, Notre Dame, we've been
Speaker 1: doing good this year. Up and coming program and we
Speaker 1: got some guys like KYLEB. Foster, Dusty Stromer. You know,
Speaker 1: we was Kyle not to cut you off. He was
Speaker 1: at McDonald's snub, right, yeah, he definitely. Yeah, I can't
Speaker 1: even watch your guys gave me U c l A
Speaker 1: uh And I remember it was right after the McDonald's
Speaker 1: team got announced and everyone's saying he was the snub
Speaker 1: but dust White Boys nice though. Yeah, Yeah it's our team.
Speaker 1: We're pretty good. Uh got Corona tomorrow, so we should
Speaker 1: go who's their point guard or their Jared McCain because
Speaker 1: they just beat Sara Kenya, right, they just played this Friday,
Speaker 1: so you're gonna get something. Jared McCain there, Yeah, for sure,
Speaker 1: talked to you. Had a viral moment last week, if
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, when you went down the lane and
Speaker 1: dumped on someone made him fall and everything he talked
Speaker 1: to us about that. I mean I just had the lane,
Speaker 1: you know, uh clear for takeoff, and I just went up.
Speaker 1: He jumped with me, so I just dunked it. So
Speaker 1: did you noticed? Did you know immediately you had him?
Speaker 1: When he kept backing up and you had the lane?
Speaker 1: Like when you when? When do when do you know
Speaker 1: that you're about to get a banged out? I mean
Speaker 1: I just know I was gonna jump and then he
Speaker 1: jumped with me. So I just you know, I had
Speaker 1: to dunk it. Let the best man win. Um. For
Speaker 1: those who haven't seen your game, explain your game in
Speaker 1: one word. Let's say I'm a dog. So you started
Speaker 1: at Okhill Academy in transferred to Notre Dame. What was
Speaker 1: your experience like and did you leave because the coach
Speaker 1: left or what was your reason for? So I actually
Speaker 1: actually started mini ha ha went out of SUP like
Speaker 1: in freshman year, I went to ok Hill o'kill. You know,
Speaker 1: you had the coach retire, c Smith. He was a
Speaker 1: good guy. He recruited me over there. So when he retired,
Speaker 1: and you know, I just felt the best for me
Speaker 1: to come back home. Man, come to calt the time
Speaker 1: to come out west. Coming back to Calfornia way different.
Speaker 1: How did you choose what school you were gonna go to?
Speaker 1: As far as high school? Uh so pretty much. You know,
Speaker 1: I kind of heard about Notre Dame a little bit.
Speaker 1: I'll drive by Sherman Knows and stuff, just see it.
Speaker 1: Then I knew a couple of people who went there,
Speaker 1: and then and I just decide this is where I
Speaker 1: want to go. I want to play the best teams.
Speaker 1: You know, they're in the Mission League. They played all
Speaker 1: the top teams, and I just felt the best for me.
Speaker 1: I love it. So Houston Cougars, huh number two teams
Speaker 1: in the country right now, How did that decision come about?
Speaker 1: And who else was in your top five as far
Speaker 1: as colleges. So Houston, you know there was like one
Speaker 1: of the first teams to believe in me. Uh So
Speaker 1: that made you know, it made sense for me. I
Speaker 1: loved them since I was young. It's been a school
Speaker 1: I liked. Uh So my dad, my dad actually he
Speaker 1: went there. So he went there and we went to
Speaker 1: a couple of games when I was young, like we
Speaker 1: would go, uh watch games and stuff. I just kind
Speaker 1: of fell in love with it. So that's just somewhere
Speaker 1: I liked. And then, uh when I went to Houston,
Speaker 1: I played for Houston AU team and then coach Sampson
Speaker 1: he actually he wasn't there. He seen me on the
Speaker 1: court after the game. He watched and I think I
Speaker 1: had like forty five that game and then he seen me,
Speaker 1: so then he called me. He was like, yeah, I
Speaker 1: want to give you an offer, and not this new
Speaker 1: in that moment, that's where I wanted to go. He
Speaker 1: felt it else. Uh did you have any other colleges
Speaker 1: in mind? Or was it just kind of one track
Speaker 1: because you grew up likeing that team? Uh? I don't know,
Speaker 1: Like everybody likes the blue bloods like Duk and stuff
Speaker 1: and they're young. But you know, Houston, I felt once
Speaker 1: they once they called me, that was definitely. Well. You
Speaker 1: talked about your pops. I'm sure he'd be trying to
Speaker 1: tell you old stories about how you can hoop. Yeah,
Speaker 1: does he still trying to get out there and play
Speaker 1: with your He just tell you stories of about how
Speaker 1: good he was. Na, I mean recently, you know, he's
Speaker 1: been working with his business and stuff. So I'm gonna try.
Speaker 1: I'mnna definitely try getting the car him soon. Who's gonna
Speaker 1: end up being the best. I'm the best. I'm the best.
Speaker 1: It's already, it's already. I mean, POSSI made the league
Speaker 1: and I know I gotta go. Yeah. I used to
Speaker 1: be up to U. C l A bully and all
Speaker 1: the light skinned people. I gotta do it now, I
Speaker 1: gotta do it. That's the what's speaking of? I mean
Speaker 1: how I mean your father is a rapper business mogul
Speaker 1: made the NBA. A man of many hats? Um, what
Speaker 1: is it like growing up? Um? Watching him? And it
Speaker 1: is obviously we have to see it to believe it,
Speaker 1: and he pretty much has done everything. So what kind
Speaker 1: of inspiration that your dad meant to you? You know
Speaker 1: what I mean? It's it's crazy to see somebody like that,
Speaker 1: you know, having at your own dad. It just every
Speaker 1: day pushing me to want to do something, you know,
Speaker 1: like to have a dad like him, a man of many,
Speaker 1: many talents. Uh, He's always coming up with something new.
Speaker 1: Just inspired me every day. I just want to go
Speaker 1: pursue my dream. Is there any pressure? I mean he's
Speaker 1: got to he's got two kids. Yeah, is there any
Speaker 1: pressure living up? You know, I know his kids. I
Speaker 1: feel like our parents did they do a good job
Speaker 1: and not you know, forcing us to I wanted to
Speaker 1: like do this, like this is what we wanted to do, right,
Speaker 1: So I feel it's no pressure. If you really love this,
Speaker 1: you really want to do this, then you should. You
Speaker 1: know that you find again I love it. Yeah. You
Speaker 1: got a chance to play Lebrownie? Right? Yeah? How was
Speaker 1: that so? Played? Played against him? Uh? You know he's
Speaker 1: a good player. He's a dog we grew up together
Speaker 1: kind of when he came out here in l A.
Speaker 1: So you know, we've just been friends. Uh. He's a
Speaker 1: good player, you know what I'm saying. But y'all took
Speaker 1: him down what twice this year? Then we played him twice,
Speaker 1: we played him again. It's up and coming Friday, Okay, Uh,
Speaker 1: then it should be a good game. So how does
Speaker 1: this Open Division work? Is like a round robin tournament?
Speaker 1: Because I think they lost the Centennial, right, so you
Speaker 1: guys beat Centenna, you guys have a chance to play
Speaker 1: West Ranch. Uh so pretty much is pool play. So uh,
Speaker 1: we're in a pool a Corona, Bishop Montgomery and Sierra
Speaker 1: and then that's us thunder Day. So whoeveryone's out the pool,
Speaker 1: then you play the other side. Uh so yeah, so
Speaker 1: if we win, we beat Corona tomorrow, then we beat Sierra,
Speaker 1: then we'll go to the championship soccer. Yeah. Uh, the
Speaker 1: game has changed so much. I mean when we were
Speaker 1: in college and we got stuff, I'm not saying we did,
Speaker 1: but it would be considered illegal now with n Ils
Speaker 1: coming up, Um, you have a few n Il deals, right,
Speaker 1: talk to us about those and how those came about. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So one of my most recent n ILS is uh
Speaker 1: with Reboke. You know, they just they reached out to me.
Speaker 1: They wanted to do something, and then I was interested too.
Speaker 1: You know. Uh, my my siblings they love a I
Speaker 1: when there is growing up and stuff. So you know, Rebok,
Speaker 1: it was definitely something I was interested then. And then uh,
Speaker 1: back in Houston, I'm with this charity program called be
Speaker 1: a Champion. Uh and then I just you know, it's
Speaker 1: giving back to the kids. Um. Then uh yeah, that's
Speaker 1: that's some of the stuff I'm working on right now.
Speaker 1: And then I'm also with Simply True. You know they're
Speaker 1: doing in NILS with them too. So you've got some
Speaker 1: stuff talk just about. Obviously, hope is in your blood,
Speaker 1: but business is your blood heavier than So talk to
Speaker 1: about the stuff you've learned just kind of being around
Speaker 1: your dad and kind of always being in the business stuff.
Speaker 1: My dad, you know, he always teaches. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: money is worth so much, but also having good credit
Speaker 1: is worth a lot too. So you gotta have good credit. Um,
Speaker 1: you gotta have knowledge to you can't just be a
Speaker 1: dumb athlete. Knowledge you know, put school and god a
Speaker 1: bud sports, you know everything else to take care of yourself.
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's some stuff my dad teaches. I love it.
Speaker 1: So obviously the NBA is the goal. You've already marked
Speaker 1: yourself as the best miller outside of basketball because there's
Speaker 1: so much more to sports now than just actually playing.
Speaker 1: What are some other stuff you want to be into
Speaker 1: once you get to that level, because you see guys
Speaker 1: that are doing in the league now whatever lead they're in,
Speaker 1: but they're also doing so much business stuff. What are
Speaker 1: some kind of business stuff that interest you? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: definitely when I get to the league and stuff I
Speaker 1: want to do, no business. I want to run businesses,
Speaker 1: have other stuff going besides just playing basketball. You know,
Speaker 1: basketball it doesn't it doesn't last forever. You know you
Speaker 1: wanted to, but it can't. So I'm gonna having some
Speaker 1: businesses for sure. Uh. Just worked on a lot of
Speaker 1: different stuff, you know, whatever, you know, whatever I find
Speaker 1: my niche got you or merchanty. Man, we appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: We know you gotta get to school. You got us
Speaker 1: on the clock. Best of luck Tom all against Centennial
Speaker 1: and moving forward in the playoffs, and uh, we definitely
Speaker 1: have to come check you out. Man, your lucky That
Speaker 1: was fabulous. And my favorite part is that it wasn't
Speaker 1: like a driver who brought him in. It wasn't a
Speaker 1: babysitter who drove that young man here this morning and
Speaker 1: then drove him to school after work. Ice cream man,
Speaker 1: I used ice cream and dropped him all master p
Speaker 1: And he was a well rounded kid. You would have
Speaker 1: thought he had media training. I mean, his dad was
Speaker 1: sitting right across from him, and then like that we
Speaker 1: were on the time Clode because he had to go back,
Speaker 1: you know, to get to school. So just saying that
Speaker 1: was amazing. The kids well around it. He's thinking about
Speaker 1: business and basketball and it looks like, you know, Pops
Speaker 1: is staying on top of him. So he looked I'm
Speaker 1: excited about his future, and I'm glad we get to
Speaker 1: get kids before they get to the NBA and they
Speaker 1: become all stars. I think that's important for what we're doing,
Speaker 1: tapping in getting in with kids before they become you know,
Speaker 1: a multimillionaire. So just a little part of the what's
Speaker 1: burning habit Ashtreem I like it. Then we're gonna ask
Speaker 1: to borrow some money since we're in good now once
Speaker 1: before that, you know, before they come super something shoe
Speaker 1: he was a rebot. We could use a couple of chucks.
Speaker 1: We also need a car. I just love that he
Speaker 1: had the most expensive, richest show for chauffeur. And like
Speaker 1: all of Los Angeles lengendary moments presented by top Shot,
Speaker 1: last week, Lebron further cemented his legacy. Right guys, passing
Speaker 1: Kareem on the all time scoring list. That was that
Speaker 1: fadeaway jumper he hit. Tom Shot is going to have
Speaker 1: that moment coming soon, so you can check that out
Speaker 1: on the NBA top shot dot com. But man, I
Speaker 1: wanted to ask of all of Lebron's accomplishments. He said,
Speaker 1: so many signature moments, what would be the one that
Speaker 1: you would want top shot moment? Unfair? A fair question, Um, Rachel,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I just think his his brongevity,
Speaker 1: his longevity. You cannot put that on the top Shot.
Speaker 1: I would just want a card of him just flexing,
Speaker 1: the top shot of him just flexing like this. That's
Speaker 1: all I want for him to be able to do
Speaker 1: what he's done. I mean, we all know he has
Speaker 1: were if we named ten moments, we leave ten probably
Speaker 1: greater moments out right. Um, so obviously hats off to
Speaker 1: him for passing Kareem, and I'm glad that Kareem was
Speaker 1: there to kind of pass the throne, so to speak. Twice.
Speaker 1: I could give him credit for that. I would say
Speaker 1: probably his first championship in Cleveland. You could take a
Speaker 1: moment from there. Maybe that Iguadala blocks that's fine, all right,
Speaker 1: so we're all in agreement. So that's the answer, right
Speaker 1: that block, which, by the way, says something. This guy
Speaker 1: just became the greatest scorer in all time and and
Speaker 1: his signature moment is a defensive play. And by the way,
Speaker 1: the entire time he's been in the league, he's been
Speaker 1: a past first guy. So he didn't go out when
Speaker 1: he said that night, he's like, oh, I didn't go
Speaker 1: out to set the scoring rec He did not go
Speaker 1: out to I mean, we know gunners. He was not
Speaker 1: not a gunner. So I just it's super impressive. And
Speaker 1: the fact that is all of our top Shop moment
Speaker 1: like really underscores that. A right, you can all you
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl this weekend. I know I've got NFC forty
Speaker 1: Niners fan over there who just wanted to see the
Speaker 1: Eagles fall off a cliff. You didn't care what happened, Matt, No,
Speaker 1: I want to see a good game. I didn't. I'm
Speaker 1: a Mahomes fan and I like good football. I feel
Speaker 1: like the Eagles went and kicked our asses, forty Niners.
Speaker 1: They bullied us. That's what I did, Bro, and just
Speaker 1: give good credit. Yeah, I know we had our fifteen
Speaker 1: string quarterback in there, but it just shows how good
Speaker 1: we were. I wasn't. I want to see a good game,
Speaker 1: and we definitely got a good game. Brianna, Rihanna was
Speaker 1: it was amazing. Um. The first of all, it was
Speaker 1: good to see re read back on the stage and this, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Hove took a lot of flight for being
Speaker 1: the rock Nation being involved and you know the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl and what they did with the NFL. But I
Speaker 1: feel like we got two great performance too, great in
Speaker 1: a row, Two great performances in a row. The fact
Speaker 1: that she did that pregnant suspended. I mean, I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to stand on this table with with not with
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, as a grown ass man,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, just to see her and
Speaker 1: just how calm she was and the artistry and the
Speaker 1: dancing was it was amazing. Uh. I wouldn't say it
Speaker 1: was the one, you know what I mean, but it
Speaker 1: was good. It was not Prince, It was not Prince,
Speaker 1: it wasn't Whitney, but it might have been better than
Speaker 1: Beyonce could have watched the Bee Hive and follow his
Speaker 1: I think she. I think she took the the you
Speaker 1: can't the pregnant can't be excused no more for her
Speaker 1: to go out there in front of the world, Hey
Speaker 1: I'm pregnant. She took that up. I just thought it
Speaker 1: was great, you know. I mean, obviously her fans have
Speaker 1: missed her for her to come out and do that,
Speaker 1: um great again. Jay Z. You know, he took a
Speaker 1: lot of heat for teaming up with the NFL, but
Speaker 1: he's given, you know, giving us too great uh performances.
Speaker 1: It was funny though, because I had my whole a
Speaker 1: U teav like maybe thirty or forty people over and
Speaker 1: some I would you know, some people are watching the game.
Speaker 1: When I tell you everybody was watching halftime, I'm like,
Speaker 1: this is the Super Bowl. But when I tell you,
Speaker 1: all the moms, and even that the younger kids wanted to.
Speaker 1: I mean just to see. I mean, she's just such
Speaker 1: a she crosses every dem right, She's just such an icon.
Speaker 1: So all my I didn't see that. I was like,
Speaker 1: by the way, we will see that in ad. That
Speaker 1: was just so she could then run an ad later
Speaker 1: about that. Here's what I thought coming out of that.
Speaker 1: What a damn flex to do that with no guests,
Speaker 1: because think about the past few years, think about last season,
Speaker 1: last season, last super Bowl, all the guys that came out,
Speaker 1: both not just announcement, un announced, all the guests. We've
Speaker 1: had so many people bring someone out that we bring
Speaker 1: some and so out. She was like, Oh, no, it's
Speaker 1: just me. And by the way, jay Z's here, he's
Speaker 1: in the audience. But but I'm good enough and you're
Speaker 1: just getting me. I was so hyped for that. I
Speaker 1: was like, uh huh, you could probably count on one
Speaker 1: hand how many people can hold just a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: show by themselves. I have a question because a friend
Speaker 1: of mine got in trouble before it came out that
Speaker 1: Rihanna was pregnant for saying what A friend of mine
Speaker 1: got in trouble for saying I think Rihanna is pregnant,
Speaker 1: and the whole like death stairs turned right away, like,
Speaker 1: how dare you you know what I mean? She just
Speaker 1: she did. She did just maybe like three or four
Speaker 1: months ago or it was that she got she said
Speaker 1: she got pregnant three or four months after the bit.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm getting it wrong, but yeah, yeah, but
Speaker 1: he got fried you know, and I and I was
Speaker 1: going to join it. I was going to join the answer.
Speaker 1: So you saw before, you saw the frying before I
Speaker 1: was like, you gotta get fried by. I don't care
Speaker 1: that she was actually pregnant. The answer is yes, you
Speaker 1: do not say that about a woman. Okay, period does
Speaker 1: not matter. I don't care if she's actually pregnant or
Speaker 1: not pregnant. It is not your place to comment on
Speaker 1: and it is not your place to make judgments on
Speaker 1: her body about oh is she like, oh she she
Speaker 1: get a little fat or she pregnant? No, so it
Speaker 1: does not matter. It does not matter if she's actually
Speaker 1: pregnant or not. That is a off the board. That
Speaker 1: one was for free. Keep those comments in your head.
Speaker 1: That was for free, thank you, Rachel. But you know what,
Speaker 1: I like that score and obviously it was. I'm sure
Speaker 1: it's because she was pregnant, but also, like Brianna comes,
Speaker 1: sometimes she comes out and kind of scanty clothes. Sometimes
Speaker 1: she doesn't, though. And I have two young daughters. They're
Speaker 1: eleven years old, and they watched all the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: halftime shows and look, we all loved it when j
Speaker 1: Loo and Shakira came out. That show was awesome, But
Speaker 1: those girls were mostly naked, Like it is nice sometimes
Speaker 1: for young girls to see that that's not what you
Speaker 1: have to do to be popular on stage. So I was.
Speaker 1: I was really into her outfit visual look, with the
Speaker 1: levels and the contrast between her and the dancers, the
Speaker 1: red and the white and all that ship. So just again,
Speaker 1: I'm sure it was because she was pregnant or that
Speaker 1: was an element of it, but I was psyched to
Speaker 1: see her look like that because she is so gorgeous
Speaker 1: and she is so talented, and to just sort of
Speaker 1: send that message every once in a while, you don't
Speaker 1: have to be naked, just every once in a while,
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