1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fired for Tuesday, 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: April twelfth, And the best part about starting today's podcast 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: is just yesterday we put down an edict pounding my 5 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: fist on the table edict there will be no Lakers talk, 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: and we did slide in. You know, hey, Frank Vocal 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: could get fired at what happens around midday on Monday. 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: Frank Vogel is toast no surprise, Lakers fire Vogel and 9 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: he had a good run with the Lakers, right first year, 10 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: wins the title in the bubble. I know some people 11 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: want to put an asterix. I say no, um. Second 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: year with the Lakers, they lost in the first round 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: of the Suns, We'll call that the Anthony Davis injury series. 14 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: And then this year was a total train wreck. Thirty 15 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: three forty nine. He is officially was fired the day 16 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: after the season, but unofficially late Sunday night like as 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: the Lakers were in overtime against the Nuggets. The We'll 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: just call that the Austin Reeves game because Austin Reeves 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: had a triple double. First undrafted I think rookie with 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: a triple double in NBA history, something insane like that. 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: And Vogel, you know, coaches butt off against Denver. It 22 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: was all backups, but still Frank Vogel was fighting to 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: the bitter end and comes to the podium and they 24 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: asked him about getting fired. He goes, I haven't been 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: told shit, just like very unhappy. And listen, Frank Vogels 26 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: got it right to be unhappy. Did the Lakers do 27 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: him dirty? Kind of sort of? You listen, was he 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: great this year? No? But he got dealt with a 29 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: garbage hand. Frank Vogel. Let's say he's the chef, and 30 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: we said Rob shopping for all the items for the 31 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: chef to make a great meal. The chef looks at 32 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: the items that what what did you give? What is this? 33 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: What am I gonna do with this? He tries to 34 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: make lemonade out of lemons. It's tough. Now there is 35 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: there is someone in my ear saying what wait, did 36 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: Rob really bring those items to the chef or did 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: someone else in the organization say here are the items? 38 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: And and I'm taking my analogy far with Rob g 39 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: the great producer, and then Rob Pelinka and then of course, 40 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: Lebron determining, yes, we want Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis 41 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: giving the okay, and I guess Rob per Link at 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: that point just said, all right, good luck, Frank. And 43 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, the Lakers are a great defensive team for 44 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: Vogel's first two years. They were a terrible defensive team 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: this year, as could be expected when you put like 46 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: Kent Baysmore and Wayne Ellington, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony. Yeah, 47 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: that unit is not going to defend. I don't know, Robert, 48 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: I can't stand here and crushed. Frank Vogel, the man 49 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: brought a title to the Lakers, and I do want 50 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: to remind you, Rob before you go off on Vogel 51 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: or anyone else inc. Vogel and Lebron pulled the Lakers 52 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: out of the worst stretch the franchise has ever seen. 53 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: The years before Vogel got there, We're an absolute train wreck. 54 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not gonna kick dirt on Kobe 55 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: Bryant's grave, but Kobe asking for all the money and 56 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: then some really, really really poor roster decisions ended up 57 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: the Lakers were a drift, one of the worst teams 58 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: in the league. It hurt the league. The Lakers were 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: so bad with Mike Brown and Bernie Bickerstaff. d'An Tony 60 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: couldn't win there, he wins everywhere. Byron Scott was a joke. 61 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: Luke Walton couldn't do anything right, like right. Vogel brought 62 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: this team a chip. They could make the playoffs before him. Rob. 63 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna sit here and say Frank Vogels 64 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: the reason the Lakers stunk this year. He is absolutely 65 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: not the one to blame. No. I mean, if they're 66 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: going to do a Lakers blame pie, he he'll get 67 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: one of the smaller pieces. You know, he was he great? 68 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Was he perfect this year? No? You know, the DeAndre 69 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: Jordan's starting for games, that obviously a mistake. You know 70 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: camp Bay's Moore starting for twenty games, obviously a mistake. 71 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: But he was playing the hand that he was dealt. 72 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: Like to your point, it's like Frank Vogel is a 73 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: vegetarian and Rob Polinka is like, here, I got you 74 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: some skirt steak, go ahead and make me something out 75 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: of this, and it's like, okay, Like I'll try to 76 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: do the best I can. They thought that maybe if 77 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: they got guys who could shoot that Frank Vogel, with 78 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: his defensive coaching, could at least make them average defensively, 79 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: and that just was not the case. Um. At the 80 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: same time, what did you think was gonna happen? Like, 81 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: I know that we joked around on yesterday's podcast, you 82 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: know we saw the Woke Suite, but we promised not 83 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: to talk about Lakers. Always say it was, hey, he 84 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: could get fired today, you know, joking around, blah blah blah. 85 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: But do you really think Frank Vogel was shocked that 86 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: he got fired? Like he The riding has been on 87 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: the wall since like January when they had that back 88 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: and forth and Chris Hayes was reporting about it. While 89 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: the Lakers are are considering firing him on this road trip, 90 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: then it's he loses the game, Oh we're gonna reconsider 91 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: when they get back, and then the end of the 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: road trip, you know what, they've decided not to fire 93 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: him right now. Well, the minute you consider firing somebody, 94 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: it's probably means he's gonna get fired. If not then 95 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: at the end of the season. So I'm not shocked 96 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: at all that he got fired. I'm more shocked by 97 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: some of the hot takes that I saw on Monday 98 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: about the Lakers. There were a few that really got 99 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: me excited. I mean here about the Lakers are vocal 100 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: about the Lakers and vocal and the coaching search. Okay, 101 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: so here's one. Let me throw it out to you. 102 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: We saw that sham Scrinia reporter that Nick Nurse was 103 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: one of the guys at the top of their list 104 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: who we both agree as a fantastic coach. Somebody tweeted 105 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: out a prominent name in sports the Lakers should consider 106 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: training Anthony Davis to get themselves a new coach. I 107 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: was like, whoa. I think people are just looking for, Hey, 108 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: give me some attention, i I e. Engagement. You know, like, 109 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: come on, you don't trade uh, top twelve player in 110 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: the NBA to get a coach. It doesn't work like that. 111 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: That made me laugh. Here this is the other one 112 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: I heard. I was driving around listening to the radio, 113 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: and somebody else says, you know what the Lakers should 114 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: do is don't trade anybody, like keep Lebron, keep a 115 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: d keep Westbrook and just let them suck again next 116 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: season and then start on fresh. And it's like, did 117 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: you forget they gave up all their draft picks, like like, 118 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: what are where are we going here? Like I know that, 119 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, it's fun to pile on the Lakers and 120 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: it's fun to have hot takes and stuff like that. 121 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I like having hot takes too, But it's 122 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: just like, there's gotta be a limit to the hot 123 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: takery that you're gonna put out there. That's that's just 124 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: like what do you start over? Like, first of all, 125 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: that's impossible because I think they had seven guys who 126 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: were on one year deals, so you've got to build 127 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: a roster and they got major work to do. I'm 128 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:58,119 Speaker 1: just it's funny. Rob They did trade all their picks, 129 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: but they didn't expect to be a third the three 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: win team. Nobody did. By the way, thirty three wins 131 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: fewer than the Knicks Portland was like vigorously tanking, vigorously tanking. 132 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: The Lakers barely had more wins than the Portland Trailblazers. 133 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: Like this, this was a really bad season. So that 134 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: Lakers pick goes to the Pells. Now New Orleans now 135 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: has the eighth pick in the draft. So this idea 136 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: that oh it, maybe Lakers get the top five pick, 137 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: Like no, they do not have a draft pick because 138 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: they gave him all away to get anything. Davis. They 139 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: didn't expect to be a train wreck like this, and folks, 140 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 1: there's no easy way out. We can we can pile 141 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: on Frank Vogel all we want. I'm not taking shots 142 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: at him. I believe this reflects extremely poorly on Lebron 143 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: going after Russell Westbrook when anyone with a pulse knew 144 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: this was not gonna work. The reason I was so 145 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: excited about it, Oh they're gonna crush, They're gonna win 146 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: fifty five games. I mean Vegas at the win total 147 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: that I think fifty four fifty five and a one 148 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: thirty three games. But the obvious move is, let's what 149 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: make Russell Westbrook run with the second unit. That's what 150 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: he did in Washington. He's a great second unit guy. 151 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: And then they couldn't put him in the second unit 152 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: because I guess he didn't want to be there or 153 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: it was disrespectful, and he ends up playing with Lebron. 154 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: They were terrible together. And then of course Lebron the 155 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: season ends and he's like, oh, well, you know, we 156 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: worked hard, we just were never on the floor enough 157 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: together because what like a d was hurt a little bit. 158 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: You played with Russ. It doesn't work. And there was 159 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: a funny item I forget who had it in a 160 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: column in a film session. The former Memphis coach what's 161 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: his name he was on the Lakers staff, David something 162 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: or other. David former Memphis coach. Yeah, the guy who 163 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: was kind of yoish. Take that for data. Oh, David Fizdale. Fizdale, Fizdale. Right, So, 164 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: David Fizdale in a film session calls out Russell Westbrook 165 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: for a bad shot selection, like, Russ, what are you doing? 166 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: And Russ did not have it because it was in 167 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: front of the team and like shot back, and it 168 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: got a little tense according to one of these one 169 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: of these columns. Now, how that happens in the middle 170 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: of the season but doesn't get out but gets out now, Like, 171 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: what are we trying to do? We're trying to run 172 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Russ out of town now that the season's over. That's 173 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: you don't have to work that hard, like, you know, 174 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: and if you can get it for anything, the only 175 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: thing you don't want to do is give up to 176 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: the two first round picks that they had that they 177 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: can unload, you know, everybody's gonna say, well, I'm not 178 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: taking Russ unless you give me both of them, and 179 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: Lakers will be foolish to do that. Maybe they you 180 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: can get away with getting John Wall for one, although 181 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: you know John Wall, I mean goodness, you can get 182 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: John Wall for free because he's gonna get bought out. 183 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: But by the Rockets, huh interesting. I mean, listen, there's 184 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: gonna be some taker for Russ because someone's gonna want 185 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: to get off of three years of bad salary and 186 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: say I'll trade three years of bad salary for one. 187 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: That's it's simply a numbers game and cap a cap deal. 188 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: What that means the Lakers are gonna have to take 189 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: on a bad deal. But at this point doesn't really matter. 190 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: I mean, Lebron seems like he's locked in. Davis a 191 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: pretty committed like to your point, as soon as they 192 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: made the Anthony Davis trade where they don't have control 193 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: of their own picks for like, what is it, four 194 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: or five years, because either they're giving up a pick 195 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: or there's the pick swap. There's no incentive for you 196 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: to not continue to push all in because either you 197 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: delay the tear down, you know, five years or you 198 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: delay it seven years, like it does it really make 199 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: a difference at that point? Yeah, Like if you if 200 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: you if you don't go all in now and you 201 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: just say we're gonna take pennies on the dollar for 202 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: us and you know, will be a forty plus win 203 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: team and that's assuming health or whatever. But you're not 204 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: winning a championship? What does it? What did that do 205 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: for you? Nothing? Because you're not going to be so 206 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: bad where you're gonna get a number one pick because 207 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: you won't have the pick anyways. So like what's the 208 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: difference between the pick and the sixteenth pick? Like, does 209 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: it really make that much of a difference. I mean, 210 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: I guess it's just simply the fact that you have Lebron. 211 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: You want to get in the playoffs, and you think 212 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: you've got a shot, right. I mean, I hate to 213 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: harp on the Sun Series, but they Lakers. I think 214 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: we're the seventh seed. They want they won to play 215 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: in game against Golden State and then they face Phoenix 216 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: and again you get it, Lebron and Anthy Davis, you've 217 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: got a shot. And I know it sounds like a 218 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: broken record, but we're gonna hear that a lot with 219 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: Kevin Duran, Kyrie Irving, You've got a shot. Well, I 220 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: guess what the nets are gonna be in that same boat. Guys, 221 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: if somehow, you know, injuries happen, they get bounced early, 222 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: then they're not being able to draft anytime soon. And 223 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: you know this Steve Nash stuff and um the James 224 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Harden deal and Ben Simmons, like it is weird these guys, 225 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: These stars are starting to break down, right Rob, I 226 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: mean Steph Curry. I didn't even realize Steph Curry is 227 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: getting up there in age. He's the baby faced assassin. 228 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: But you know, Curry is no longer like a young 229 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: guy and all of the older stars and I'm gonna 230 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: call Curry older even though he's only thirty four just 231 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: turned to DY four Like that's on the older side. 232 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: I will just remind people like Isaiah Thomas had been 233 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: retired by the age of thirty four, Larry Bird was 234 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: reduced to I think nothing. Let me just quickly check 235 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: the stats, like this is all magic had retired obviously 236 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: due to HIV. Yeah, Larry Bird would tried a thirty 237 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: five retired at thirty five, but by thirty four he 238 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: was a shell of his former self thirty four. Larry 239 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: Bird was in nineteen eight and seven a game, which 240 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: are just I mean nothing for him what he was, 241 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: and that's a thirty four. So you look at this season, 242 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: Rob Curry gets hurt, Lebron gets hurt, kd gets hurt. 243 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: Those are like basically the three guys who carried the 244 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: league in the last decade, would you agree, and they 245 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: all get hurt. So the teams that have committed a 246 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: ton of money to those guys can't pay their supporting cast. 247 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: When you're giving Curry forty eight million and Lebron, I mean, 248 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: they've earned it. But now Rob, you start to look 249 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: around and you're like, oh, well, some of these young 250 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: teams are gonna pop. There's gonna be an opportunity from Memphis, 251 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: an opportunity for a Phoenix. Some of these teams that 252 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: have younger supporting casts, Dallas, the Boston Celtics, like they've 253 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: got their shot now with Lebron, Durant and Curry. I 254 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: don't want to say on their last legs because obviously 255 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: they're not. Lebron is all NBA player, Curry's all and 256 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: they're all NBA players. But when they're all getting hurt, 257 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: and it impacting the potential playoffs, Like, I just don't 258 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: know that it's great for the league. Rob, Did you 259 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: get a sense of vibe that people are very excited 260 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 1: for these playoffs are kind of sort of or it's 261 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: just a tough sell when you know Lebron's not playing 262 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: Steph Curry as of now a playing to me. And 263 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: and the ratings back it up, Rob. If you look 264 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: at the TV ratings for this past season, the highest 265 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: rated games and you texted me about this were the 266 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: ones with Curry in them and with Lebron and the 267 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 268 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 269 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I heart ratio of 270 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: app search f s R to listen live. This obviously 271 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: leads to the discussion like and all seriousness, does the 272 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: NBA need to consider like shrinking the season, like chopping 273 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: off ten games? The owners will hate that because that's 274 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: five home games, right that they will not get to 275 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: pocket thousands of dollars and revenue gets cut considerably. And 276 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: I would counter, will wait a minute, the playing game 277 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: is it seems to be working right, Rob, Like teams 278 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: were fighting well in the West at least yeah. I 279 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: mean now, I'll tell you right now, Spurs Pells. I 280 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: ain't get a drawn number, but Clippers Timberwolves will be 281 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: interesting tonight. And I'm moderately fired up for Kevin duran 282 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: Verse seven Mobli no um. But in all seriousness, like 283 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: you're adding to the postseason, why not just chop off 284 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: ten games, shrink the season a little bit? Give. I 285 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: would actually add more time in between games, less than 286 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: to travel. I want my guys healthy, right, Chris Paul's 287 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: turning thirty thirt oven in May. There's you know, you'd 288 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: be an idiot to bet the Sons at plus two 289 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: eighty five or whatever to win the title. Now they 290 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: were I think plus four hundred before the season, and 291 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: it's almost a guarantee. Chris Paul gets hurt every playoffs. 292 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: By the way, he was hurt last postseason. I remember 293 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: he didn't start. Was it one game or two? It 294 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: was at least one. Yeah, campaign came in and started 295 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: like he gets injured. That's what happens. So NBA's got 296 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: a lot of issues. I'll just quickly circle back to 297 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: the Lakers coaching job. The other names we saw, Nick Nurse, 298 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: I think that's Pine the sky stuff, and they would 299 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: have to trade for him Rob because he has gears 300 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: left on his contract. Now, you're just getting dumb, right 301 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: forget Nick Nurse would be great, but I don't think 302 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: he's coming. I saw a mention Juwan Howard apparently it 303 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: interviewed for the job three years ago. I guess because 304 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: of the Miami heat connection, African American coach Lebron and 305 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: the heat and a lot of respect for Spolstra. I 306 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: can't see jr One Howard like I cannot envision the 307 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: Lakers trying to bring in Jowan Howard who was in 308 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: the NBA like six years ago, right, seven years ago. 309 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: But I don't think that makes sense. I still think 310 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: the guy I want is Quinn Snyder. After they get 311 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: dusted by the MAVs, I think you make a run 312 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: at Snyder. He knows that Donovan Gobet things over. I 313 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: think Snyder is probably the name you want to go. Now, 314 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: I'll mention this guy. They're they're not gonna get him. 315 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: But Malone, I think you have to call him Michael. 316 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: You can't call him Mike right upset. I remember he 317 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: went off on a reporter for not calling him Michael. 318 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: He's an excellent coach when you start looking at that 319 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Nuggets roster, Rob, and how the hell they got to 320 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs and the sixth seed? Nonetheless, like we always say, 321 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: well lakers for Mr Anthony Davis. The Denver Nuggets got 322 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: a total of zero games from Jamal Murray, their second 323 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: best player. Maybe I could make a case that he's 324 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: the first, but nobody else, Nobody would believe that they 325 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: got nine games from Michael Porter Jr. Who want to 326 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: say he's a max player, but he might be a 327 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: max player. They won game with Will Barton, Monte Morris, 328 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: Bones Highland, who was a great fine at a VCU. 329 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: I don't know how they did. I mean Austin Rivers 330 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: is in their rotation and they won forty eight games. 331 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: Michael Malone is good. Now, I don't think you can 332 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: get him. You're gonna have to get a coach. It 333 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: was fired. You're not gonna be able to steal someone, 334 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: like really is it an enviable job? Rob, Hey, you're 335 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: gonna come and coach Lebron and Anthony Davis? What's your counter? 336 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: Who's gonna who's gonna be the coach? Am? I gonna 337 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: have Carte blanche to put in and pull people and 338 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,239 Speaker 1: all this stuff. I can't see. I just don't think 339 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: the Lakers job is a great one at this point. 340 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: So Michael Malone, Nick Nurse, I don't think they're gonna 341 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: get it. Quinn Snyder may want to live out here 342 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: in l A. Maybe that's a draw for him. Uh, 343 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: he kind of has that surfer vibe about him. I don't. 344 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: I don't know too much about it other than he 345 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: played at Duke. He was one of those like undersized 346 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: point guards who was always like easy to root for. 347 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: Um gritty, what else are those? Uh, small white guy 348 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: as he's a heady player, had high Yeah, he's always 349 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: a West Coast guy. You know. He was a Clippers 350 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: assistant back in the day, Lakers assistant for a minute, 351 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: and um, yeah, I think it would be a great get. 352 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: What do you think about a college guy? Do you 353 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: think that makes any sense? No, not for this team. 354 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: Not not when you have Lebron and Anthony Davis, you know, 355 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: on your team. And that that's one issue with bringing 356 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: in a guy, like saying Michael Malono, like, for example, 357 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: is you cannot run those same kind of system and 358 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: that those same kind of sets with Lebron in a 359 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: d because these guys I like to do things a 360 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: certain way. Like as much as you know, Lebron wanted, uh, 361 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: somebody to take the pressure of from bringing the ball 362 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: up with Russell was that was part of the reason 363 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: we're bringing him in. And you know Lebron wanted to 364 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: do some stuff off ball more as he got later 365 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: in his career. When push comes to shove, Lebron James 366 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: wants the ball in his hands. He wants a high 367 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: pick and roll. There's not a lot of action. It's him, 368 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: a screener and three outers. So what would be the reason. 369 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: Let's say, if you can get like a Steve Kerr, 370 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: Lebron's not gonna run the Steve Curse system like it's 371 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: gonna be Lebron system and then we'll figure out the 372 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: rest around it. So who are they? Who are they 373 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: running elevators for Malik Bunk? By the way, guys will 374 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: not be in a Lakers jersey. I'm sorry he played 375 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: his way out of what are they going to give them? 376 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: The mid level? You'll get the six million or whatever 377 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: it is. You don't think someone's gonna pay Malik Bunk, 378 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: Big Bunny, No, what because look, he he did executed 379 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: it in Charlotte where he put up numbers on a 380 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: bad team. So if he didn't get more than the 381 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: minimum last year, there's no way he's getting Let me 382 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: quickly look up most most NBA cap room and there's 383 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: got to be a team that is close that's willing 384 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: to pay him. So the Spurs have the most cap room, 385 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: the Pistons, the Knicks, the thunder Rockets, oh my gosh, 386 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies have a ton of cap room. I 387 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: don't know how he fits it into the rotation there. Charlotte, Charlotte. 388 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: I'm telling Charlotte's getting close. Probably Charlotte and Memphis and 389 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: those those teams would make sense. Well, Charlotte, they just 390 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: lost him, so they're not gonna bring him back. They're 391 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: not gonna bring Memphis and Charlotte both both of them together. 392 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: Is they're trying to hoard money for having to resign 393 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: all these young guys that they have. That's the problem 394 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: when you build, you know organically, is suddenly John Morttan 395 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: he's that Max extension. You know, Dylan Brooks's gonna be 396 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: another extension. LaMelo Balls can get a mac extension. Bridges 397 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: is going to get an extension, and it's like suddenly, 398 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: these guys are making four million, five million. Now they're 399 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: making twenty five million, and there goes. So, you know, 400 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Calves are interesting. Obviously, they are in the 401 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: playing game tonight. I'll give you the best bet later. 402 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: But if you look at their money, they really need 403 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: shooting and they've spent. Kevin Love is in his final 404 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: year coming up. He's kind of an attractive trade piece, 405 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: right he was one of the best six men in 406 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: the league. He was kind of rejuvenated. You know, does 407 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: he make sense on Like I know the's gonna sound 408 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: in saying like the Golden State Warriors. Do you make 409 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: a run at a guy like Kevin Love who can 410 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: be pick and pop with Curry and and spot up 411 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: shoot like Kevin Love kind of makes sense on good teams, 412 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: not on a bad team. But if you are the 413 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: Calves and you've got you know, Jared Allen, you've got Mobili, 414 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: you want to surround them with shooters. I mean, I 415 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: think Malik Monk's gonna have a market. I'll be stunned 416 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: if the Lakers getting that would be an awesome coup 417 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: for Rob Oblinka. I'm sure that there will be a really, 418 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: really robust market. But again, at the end of the day, 419 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: it's like, hey, Malike, did you enjoy your time out 420 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: here in l A? Did you enjoy Malibu and Hollywood? 421 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: And how are the clubs? Did you get fun? Ladies 422 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: treating a well like? That's it's do I want to 423 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: be in l A or Cleveland? That's a And ultimately 424 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: that could make a difference. But his agent will probably 425 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: pipe in and be like, Yo, you can make twelve 426 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: million in Cleveland for a year. You're there for eight 427 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: months and then you spend the other four months in 428 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: l A or whatever. Um, But whoever the coaches, Rob Man, 429 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: it is a really tough go with Lebron and a 430 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: d and we'll see what happens with Westbrook. I find 431 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: it hard to believe a college guy becomes super attractive. 432 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: Now there are some of the younger college guys who 433 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, have kind of proven themselves and they would 434 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: love him. Get and be a money and be around 435 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: Lebron and soak it up even if you don't really win. 436 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: I like the kid um and he's super young. Drew 437 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: Valentine and loyala Chicago. He's gonna be a big time 438 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: coach soon. But again, it's such a quantum leap to 439 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: go from Loyola Chicago to the NBA and Lebron James. 440 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: You know, yeah, whoever they get is going to be 441 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: a seasoned NBA coach. It's not going to be a 442 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: first time head coach because and and people can laugh 443 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: if they want to listen to this podcast. The Lakers 444 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: think they can win a championship next season, like I 445 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: know that they were terrible. I know, well, we're not 446 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: laughing because we understand how it works. But you know, 447 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: they were terrible this season. Most of it was because 448 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: of the Russell Westbrook tobaccle and you know health as well. 449 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,479 Speaker 1: The formula for them to become good again is not 450 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: that complicated. If they can even get to league average starters. 451 00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: You know, we talked about on the Pope, whether it 452 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: was the the Indiana trade, the Charlotte trade, the New 453 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 1: York trade, whatever, you get two reasonable average NBA starting 454 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: players out of it, Suddenly you have the makings of 455 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: a championship team. Because how many other rosters can say 456 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: we got two high end superstars and role players for 457 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: the rest of our roster that isn't a championship contender. 458 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: There isn't one everything. Every every single roster that has 459 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: at least two guys and decent role players even gonna 460 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 1: be great role players. Are are consider themselves a contender. 461 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: So whoever the Lakers get to lead the team, I 462 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: I I personally like the Quinn Snyder one to your 463 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: probably think that's the most realistic, best option available. But 464 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: whoever they get the the goal is the same and 465 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: that's to win the championship next season. We'll wrap up 466 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: with this idea. The Memphis Quzzlies coach and I'm not 467 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: calling you out, Rob, but do you even know who 468 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: it is? Tyler Jenkins? Close? Taylor Jenks. I am not 469 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: familiar with his work. He is younger than I am, 470 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: which is slightly embarrassing. He was on the Atlanta Hawks staff. 471 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: He was one of the uh Boodoo Buddenholzer. Jeez, I'm 472 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: struggling with coach, but he was he coach, He was 473 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: one of coach buds. Guys. He gets a Memphis job. 474 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: You know, if he was your uber driver, you would 475 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: not recognize him if if I were in Memphis in 476 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies social media team. I would say, hey, 477 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: let's do something fun where Taylor Jenkins is an uber driver. 478 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: Let's see YOUO notices him, and I bet Taylor Jenks 479 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: is like, dude, nobody's gonna notice me. I walk in 480 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: and pick up my own sushi, like nobody knows who 481 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: I am. That's the kind of coach you want, anonymous 482 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: but smart at hell, doing all pushing all the right buttons, 483 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: handling the young guys, handling the egos, and and trust me, 484 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson and John Moran have colossal egos and they're 485 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: only getting bigger with the day. Like it's a lot 486 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: of It's like managing egos is half the job. And 487 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: then of course you gotta in the in the heat 488 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: of the moment, draw up a play with five seconds 489 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: left in a tie game. So you know, Taylor Jenkins 490 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: and the Memphis squares a third in the West, Like, 491 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: oh no, wait, there their second second. I'm sorry, their 492 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: second in the West. He went from being a guy 493 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: nobody knows to second fifteen games, second in the West, 494 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: Like that's a pretty impressive leap. By the way, don't 495 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: ask me who the coach of the Celtics is. Brad 496 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: Stevens left and the only reason I know who the 497 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: guy is is he's married to a famous actress who's 498 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 1: extremely attractive, and like, you know, you know who that is. 499 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: This guy did a tremendous job. So this idea, you've 500 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: got to go get a big let's go higher, Nick 501 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: Nurse and let's dumb do your job, brought Polinka. Go 502 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: out there and find the smartest, sharpest young guy who's 503 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: hungry and is willing to push back against Lebron a 504 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: little bit the way Spolster did in the early days, 505 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: and have the coaches back and let's go from there. Right. Yeah, 506 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: I don't know if you can do that with le 507 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 1: Bron James though. That's the problem. The Taylor Jenkins and 508 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: em Doka, what they had going for him was the 509 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzly has had one nothing and they were super young, 510 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: so you can kind of get whoever. And he just 511 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: coach him up Boston and they were already, you know, 512 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: staging a mutiny against Brad Stevens like they were. They 513 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: were ready to break up that whole roster, and they said, well, 514 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: let's get somebody who can relate to younger players, because 515 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: obviously Brad Stevens can't. And even the ema Udoka era 516 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: got off to a terrible start. There were people in 517 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: Boston who wanted him to be fired before the All 518 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: Star break. And then they turn it on, things start clicking. 519 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: They put the time lord in as a power forward. 520 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: It is wreaking defense or offenses with the way he 521 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: plays defense, and you know, things change. I just don't 522 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: think you can get away with something like that with 523 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: Lebron James that it doesn't fly well, it should be 524 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: at the least, it will be a very spirited search 525 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: and I'm sure there'll be lots of follies because it's 526 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: the Lakers and that's what they do. All right. Let's 527 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: move on to the best bet for tonight's playing games. 528 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 529 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 530 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 531 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. The only thing 532 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: better than sitting on your watching the game, He's making 533 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: money while you do it. Here's your best bet. I 534 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: don't know about you, guys, but I'm irrationally excited for 535 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: tonight's playing games, and not just to watch, but to 536 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: gamble because I think there's a couple of opportunities here. 537 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: So let's start with Nets Calves from Brooklyn Barclay's four 538 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: pm Pacific tip off, which I love, You just love 539 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: to see that. It's like late afternoon, You've got plenty 540 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: of time, you don't have to worry about dinner. You 541 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: could just take in the game. And I do think 542 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: this will be something of a game for at least 543 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: three quarters. I really really want to bet the Calves 544 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 1: getting eight and a half. So this opened at seven 545 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: and a half. Brooklyn favor bet up to eight and 546 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: a half. There's money coming in on the under No 547 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: Jared Allen, the inside presence for the Cavaliers, finger he's out. 548 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: It sounds like he practiced hard, and I think my 549 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,199 Speaker 1: guess is they're saving him, thinking, Okay, we're big underdogs 550 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: against Brooklyn. Let's at least get in the playoffs. Let's 551 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: save Jared Allen. You know, we don't want to risk 552 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: further injury to a guy who's really instrumental to everything 553 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: we do. Because you can play Mobile and Allen on 554 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,719 Speaker 1: the interior and you can mess some teams up, especially 555 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: in Miami. Although the Heat are a pretty darn good 556 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 1: three point shooting team. That could be a problem. That 557 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: being said, if you're the Cats, you just want to 558 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. That's the success, right You host 559 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: two playoff games, a little extra revenue, you get moving 560 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: in a positive direction. I do believe this is the 561 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: first time they will be in the playoffs without Lebron 562 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: in at least the last twenty years. I mean, I 563 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: know Kyrie never took them to the playoffs. It says 564 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: something that Darius Garland and Evan Mobile are taking them 565 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, but not Kyrie Irving. But that's another 566 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: story for another day. Uh you know where I'm going 567 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: with that. At any rate, casts kind of limping into 568 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: this playing game. They've lost eight of their last eleven. 569 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: That being said, you know, no Alan on the inside, 570 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: Andre Drummond will eat and they faced off. I toss 571 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: out the first three meetings. Here's why. First meeting, no Mobile, 572 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: no market in. James Harden played like come on, no Kyrie. 573 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: Every second meeting again James Harden played still no Evan Mobile, 574 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: like who cares that the Nets win? Third meeting a 575 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: little interesting, No Katie, Kyrie did play, but also hardened 576 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: Calves win. And that's when Garland really proved like, hey, guys, 577 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: I can play with Kyrie. I'm not afraid of it. 578 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Mine go out him. He can't stop me. Garland was 579 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: unstoppable in that game, and Darius Garland can go in 580 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: the fourth meeting. And this is the one recently that 581 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: helped propel This was within the last ten days that 582 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: helped propel the Nets to set hosting this game. The 583 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: Calves led by five entering the fourth quarter, and then 584 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: of course Kevin Durant takes over. Durant had thirty six 585 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: points and the Nets pull out the victory. But I'm 586 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: telling you, guys, Garland had thirty one. Now I haven't 587 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: seen player prop totals yet for this game. Whatever Garland's at, 588 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: give me the over. I think Darius Garland puts up 589 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: at least twenty five shots tonight. He's their best chance 590 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: to keep it close. Mobile We'll put up some good 591 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: numbers with Alan out. But I think if you're looking 592 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: at player prop, Darius Scarland over points for sure. And 593 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna shy off taking the eight and a half. 594 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: I really really want to, but I can totally see 595 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: the Nets kind of pulling away in the fourth and 596 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: the calf saying, you know what, We're gonna have to 597 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: play again in two days. Let's shut it down. Let's 598 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: save our guys. Were down twenty. Let's not sweat it. 599 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: So I will pass on the total all I got 600 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: for you, Darius Scarland over points. Now, in in the 601 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: event that Brooklyn wins that, I'm just telling this is 602 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: gonna be weird because the numbers will be put up quickly. 603 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics will be favored against the Nets. Now, 604 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: I know that's gonna shock you guys, and said, oh, 605 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: how is that? Well, if you look at the numbers 606 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: this season, the analytics, the models all love the Boston Celtics. 607 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: Go look at five thirty eight, and again you can say, 608 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: Jason White, who cares about the numbers? They don't know, 609 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: they don't watch basketball. I get that fine. The numbers 610 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: say the Celtics are overwhelming favorites in the series. The 611 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: numbers and the models are gonna be broken by Kevin 612 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: Durant and Kyrie Irving probably. Now, if Robert Williams doesn't 613 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: play for Boston, I think the Nets win this series. 614 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: We talked about it earlier. I'm just saying, when this 615 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: number of goes up. Celtics favored. Y'all are gonna be surprised, 616 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: don't be. The numbers for this season say Boston is 617 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: by far the better team. The numbers for the Nets 618 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: do not look kindly obviously. You know James Harden was there. 619 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving played very few games, Kevin Durant mims a 620 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: million games. It's gonna be wonky. The only guy to 621 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: watch is Robert Williams. And I know, Jason, you're telling me, no, 622 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: Robert Williams Nets win. But Robert Williams plays and the 623 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: Celtics win. Well, I he is so instrumental to what 624 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: they do defensively. Kyrie Irving is not gonna be able 625 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: to eat at the rim is easily not with Robert 626 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: Williams on the back door. He is that good of 627 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: a defender. And Marcus Smart is gonna give Um, is 628 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: gonna give Kevin Durant all sorts of fits. They can 629 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: throw Smart at him, Brown Tatum, so you don't have 630 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: to wear down Tatum guarding Kadi all the all night. 631 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: You You can throw Brown at him for a quarter, 632 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: Marcus Smart, save him for the fourth, and you still 633 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: get Tatum. And I'm telling you Nets defense takes like 634 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: the Celtics can't win that series. I just don't think 635 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: they do it without Robert Williams. But anyways, getting back 636 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: to the other playing game, and this also may surprise you. 637 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: So the big boss at Fox Sports Radio, big Minnesota 638 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: Timberwolves fan. I text him, I'm like, yo, I haven't 639 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: looked at the line, but I like the Timberwolves. I 640 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: think they might win this out right. I'm think I'm 641 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: gonna take the points. And he's like, the Timberwolves are favorite. 642 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: That's what scares me. And I'm like, oh my god, 643 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves are favorite, Well, you gotta take them. They 644 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: opened his two and a half point favorites. It's up 645 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: to three. Minnesota obviously a juggernaut offensively with Towns, Russell 646 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: aunt Man, Anthony Edwards. Folks, I'm telling you right now, 647 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: I'm laying the lumber Minnesota favored by three. Give me 648 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves. I like another money lines up to minus 649 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: one hundred fifty six bucks to win a hundred, and 650 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: we know obviously the Clippers have it. Coaching edge Tyler 651 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: Paul George is very, very good and a tough matchup 652 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: for Minnesota. The problem is I don't know how the 653 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: paper clips slow Karl Anthony Towns. If he's hitting, they 654 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: don't have a matchup for him. He's a matchup nightmare. 655 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: And again, looking at the season series, Clippers kind of 656 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: dominated one the first three meetings, but again, three of 657 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: them were in the first three weeks of the season 658 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: when Paul George was actually playing right. The most recent meeting, 659 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: Timberwolves roll them. No Paul George, but also no Carl 660 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns. I'm just telling you this Minnesota team at home, 661 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: playing with confidence. No indication that Patrick Beverley will be 662 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: suspended like I thought he should be. I'll be quiet 663 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: on that. I like Minnesota to win this game. I don't. 664 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: I don't hate the Clippers. I know Rob g like 665 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: thinks this Clippers team is very dangerous. There's zero indication 666 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: that Kawhi Leonard is gonna play in the postseason. I 667 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,719 Speaker 1: just I think Minnesota surprises some people here. The fans 668 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: in Minnesota are gonna be lubricated. They have not seen 669 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: a play off game in several years. They did make 670 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: it I think five years ago, maybe six with Jimmy Butler, uh, 671 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: and they got smoked. I believe if you're looking at 672 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 1: the money. They remember Minnesota bet from two and a 673 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: half up to three. Total has been bent down a 674 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: little bit, from two thirty one to two thirty and 675 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: a two thirty one to two thirty and a half. 676 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: It's interesting because I don't think Minnesota can really get stopped. 677 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley is gonna just be a continue to be 678 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: one of the biggest pests in the league. Beverly. Reggie 679 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 1: Jackson will be fun. Reggie Jackson's a baller, talks a 680 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 1: lot of trash. I'm I'm very warm on Reggie Jackson. 681 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: That guy can go. They killed the Lakers this year, 682 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: but we're not talking about the Lakers anymore. So give 683 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: me the Timberwolves. If you're looking into a player prop, 684 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: I don't have much here, only because it's so difficult 685 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,720 Speaker 1: to gauge who goes off from Minnesota. Like Anthony Edwards. Listen, 686 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: that guy is probably gonna be a massive factor. What 687 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: are they gonna what's his point total gonna be? When 688 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: you have Karlinton Towns. Maybe it's a Dangelo Russell game. 689 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: Uh there. There's been games in this series eas where 690 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: Malik Beasley went off for the Timberwolves, like I think 691 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: he's capable of coming out and bang in six threes. 692 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: This is just an interesting team to watch. The Minnesota 693 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 1: Timberwolves a gonna they're gonna be Oh. People are gonna 694 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: look at them be like wow, guys are kind of exciting. 695 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 1: Like they've got some players. Aunt Man Edwards is definitely 696 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 1: one of my favorite players in the league. I have 697 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: already said it on social media, but I'm telling you 698 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: right now, Jalen Green of the Rockets was so nasty 699 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,760 Speaker 1: in the last like three weeks. He will be Anthony 700 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: Edwards next season. He will be putting up those numbers 701 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: to go. Look at the Jalen Green highlight package. This 702 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: Instagram account that I follow called Swiss. I think it's 703 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,919 Speaker 1: Swiss Cultures. They have this incredible breakdown of Jalen Green. 704 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: I mean his package. The guy's like twenty years old 705 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: and he is destroying people. Anyways, I've rambled long enough, 706 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: So those are the bets for tonight. Will be doing 707 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: this every single night NBA Playoffs. Strap in if you 708 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: want money on Kansas futures, the account is flush. I 709 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: wish I could. I wish Kansas minus four would have 710 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: cashed for you guys as well, obviously the Calcutta. I 711 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 1: didn't get the basket and the glow too much other 712 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:12,280 Speaker 1: than last week's UM Short Tuesday podcast, but the Kansas 713 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: win was a nice one. The check is on its way. 714 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: I'm very excited. It was my biggest gambling win of 715 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty two for sure, Kansas Calcutta. If 716 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: you guys missed those UM podcasts talking about it, go 717 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: back and listen. They're They're fun and exciting. So that's 718 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: what I got tonight. We'll be back tomorrow. Talk to 719 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: you then,