Speaker 1: Moving on to the Pacific Division, Let's start with our Kanks.
Speaker 1: Sacramento buttoned up, put the suit and tie on Sacramento Kings. Now,
Speaker 1: what can I say about the Kings that hasn't already
Speaker 1: been said. Well, we know that they've been in a
Speaker 1: playoff drought longer than the city of Los Angeles has
Speaker 1: been in a drought for water. And just like over La,
Speaker 1: just like Sacramento, the watermark is high right now, they
Speaker 1: are overflowing with playoff hopes. It's been bleak for this
Speaker 1: fan base. We know that for so damn long, and
Speaker 1: now it feels like it's sort of over. You know,
Speaker 1: it feels done. Many McNair has done wonders. He needs
Speaker 1: to be extended. His decision making quality very high. What
Speaker 1: he's done in terms of drafting players that make sense.
Speaker 1: The Sabonis trade, Oh my god, the Sabonus trade was good.
Speaker 1: That's probably the Sabonus trades. Probably the definition if you
Speaker 1: look into a dictionary of what the NBA was hoping
Speaker 1: trades would look like, mutually beneficial for both sides, makes
Speaker 1: both players better, makes both teams better as a result
Speaker 1: of said trade, Right, my god, both teams, both players
Speaker 1: flourished because of this trade. They just beat the Lakers
Speaker 1: last night in Staples. You had people chanting like the
Speaker 1: beam in Staples louder than you could even imagine. I
Speaker 1: think they turned Staples purple for the Kings last night,
Speaker 1: and that win over the Lakers turns the Kings into
Speaker 1: the three seas in the West, the three seed. Let
Speaker 1: me say that again. The Sacramento Kings are currently the
Speaker 1: three seed halfway through the season. That's cute. Ten games in.
Speaker 1: We'ren't more than forty one games in right now, folks,
Speaker 1: and they are the three seed. They were sixty six
Speaker 1: to one at one point just to win the Pacific Division.
Speaker 1: They are now plus one twenty five to win said division. Wow,
Speaker 1: they're basically they are the leader in the clubhouse to
Speaker 1: win that division. Honestly incredible. Keithya Murray will talk about him.
Speaker 1: He's been okay. He's not somebody that has outperformed expectations.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a good piece for them.
Speaker 1: He's been up and down. He had ten rebounds against
Speaker 1: the Lakers, which is very important for his development. He
Speaker 1: looks like he's gonna be a fan favorite as well.
Speaker 1: He already is Malik Monk has been adding a lot
Speaker 1: in terms of bench scoring, like a little microwave. Obviously,
Speaker 1: his connection with the Aaron Fox down the stretch, with
Speaker 1: them going to Kentucky together being best friends, that's worked
Speaker 1: out like a charm. Harrison Barnes has turned back the clock,
Speaker 1: turning into warbrs Harrison Barnes. Kevin Herder has still been
Speaker 1: cave on, even though he's a little out of shape
Speaker 1: on back to backs. And Fox, of course, as we know,
Speaker 1: Fox is an all star, Sabonis is an all star.
Speaker 1: This team's really good. They can get a backup big
Speaker 1: at the deadline, someone who can help them in non
Speaker 1: Sabonis minutes, someone who can pass, someone who can rim
Speaker 1: protect man. What they have done though at twenty five
Speaker 1: and eighteen, there's seven games over five hundred seven games
Speaker 1: insanely good. I just can't believe it. Moving on to
Speaker 1: our Dubs, they get a C minus. About two weeks
Speaker 1: ago they probably would have gotten a D plus. They're
Speaker 1: gonna be okay. We know that the Dubs are fine,
Speaker 1: the Dubs are always fine, but at the halfway mark,
Speaker 1: we just cannot consider this a success in any real way.
Speaker 1: Let's be honest, Steph is missed time. Jordan Poole has
Speaker 1: been up and down. The role players they add Gary Payton,
Speaker 1: he's gone out a porter, he's gone Niamna Nia Biolicha.
Speaker 1: However you're saying it, you know what I'm saying. He's
Speaker 1: gone playing in Europe. Klay Thompson O bright spot. He's
Speaker 1: getting better, much more balanced scoring, much more balanced shooting
Speaker 1: in terms of his actual weight distribution. He's taking more
Speaker 1: set shots, moving off the ball, getting easy buckets. So
Speaker 1: he's been really good. He's been actually sort of a
Speaker 1: surprise in terms of this team Steph Cree's injury. I
Speaker 1: thought maybe they'd go to and eight while he was out.
Speaker 1: They actually played pretty well. They weathered that storm in
Speaker 1: a way that I think was very surprising. But we
Speaker 1: are worrying about this team in a way where you say, okay,
Speaker 1: knowing that I think they're gonna be fine. Can I
Speaker 1: also simultaneously say that there's some fundamental issues here? And
Speaker 1: I think the answer is yes. But we have to
Speaker 1: continue to have blind trust, in blind faith in our dubs,
Speaker 1: because what we know is when the lights get bright,
Speaker 1: as long as Steph is healthy, as long as Clay
Speaker 1: is healthy. As long as Draymond's healthy, as long as
Speaker 1: Cavon Loney is healthy, They're gonna be able to turn
Speaker 1: up the volume, turn up the heat when the lights
Speaker 1: get bright. That's just the way it is. You saw
Speaker 1: it multiple games in a row. They go down twenty five,
Speaker 1: they go down thirty, and then in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: they turn up the heat. They play the stifling defense.
Speaker 1: They turn you over, they make you nervous, they get
Speaker 1: you flustered. They get into transition. Then steph hits you
Speaker 1: know some of those thirty foot daggers that he hits.
Speaker 1: He does the little poo poo motion, he does the
Speaker 1: little night night sleep mask, and all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: the thirty point lead has disappeared, and now you are
Speaker 1: down for That's the Warriors, That's what they do. They
Speaker 1: always make it dramatic. They always want to do that.
Speaker 1: But we know that they're still capable of that. So
Speaker 1: with that being said, they get a C minus. However,
Speaker 1: I'm not worried Clippers eight seed right now, they get
Speaker 1: a C plus. Don't know what to make of them.
Speaker 1: I don't know what to make of them. On one hand,
Speaker 1: there their rosters very deep. Bucke getters everywhere. On the
Speaker 1: other hand, they've all been injured. They've all been out
Speaker 1: significant minute, significant time. Kawhi, it's like a celebration when
Speaker 1: he plays five games in a row. It's only happened
Speaker 1: one time this season. He plays three games, takes one
Speaker 1: or two off, plays another three, takes one or two off.
Speaker 1: That's his cycle. And that's like a good thing. That's
Speaker 1: like about as good as it's gonna get for Kauhi
Speaker 1: right now. Paul George hasn't been healthy, John Wall has
Speaker 1: had signs of brilliance, and then he's on the bench.
Speaker 1: They are old as fuck right now. Like that's what
Speaker 1: that's what you get when you have guys who are
Speaker 1: in the latter stages of their career, where like oh
Speaker 1: my knees, ooh my back, ooh I gotta take some
Speaker 1: time put this icy hot on me, and you're like,
Speaker 1: oh god, dude, Like, are you guys gonna be able
Speaker 1: to turn it on during the playoffs or nah? A
Speaker 1: guy can't tell. Are we gonna get Kawhi the version
Speaker 1: of him when he made that shot against Philly? Are
Speaker 1: we gonna get Kawhi the version when he wouldn't drive
Speaker 1: with his fucking team to go play the Phoenix Suns
Speaker 1: when he had a ACL tear, didn't even want to
Speaker 1: support them. Are we gonna get the PG version of
Speaker 1: him when he played in Indiana? Are we gonna get
Speaker 1: the version of PG when he turtled in the bubble
Speaker 1: and everybody started calling him pandemic P? Are we getting
Speaker 1: PG thirteen? Are we getting pandemic P? Are we getting
Speaker 1: Norman Powell when he want a chip? Are we getting
Speaker 1: Norm Powell from Portland Trailblazers when he's doing absolutely dog shit?
Speaker 1: See what I just did there? Are we gonna get
Speaker 1: Roco from his time in the Philadelphia seventy six ers
Speaker 1: when he was locking guys down? Are we getting Roco
Speaker 1: getting fucking rim checked in a playoff game losing the
Speaker 1: Portland Trailblazer series to the Denver Nuggets throwing the ball
Speaker 1: at a bounce? What are we getting? Are we getting
Speaker 1: Luke Canard when he takes this team out of the
Speaker 1: door drums when they're down twenty six, helps them win
Speaker 1: a game just based on bucket after bucket after bucket
Speaker 1: Or are we getting Detroit Pistons Luke Canard where he's
Speaker 1: just getting waved? What version of speaking of guys getting waved,
Speaker 1: what version of Reggie Jackson will we get in the playoffs?
Speaker 1: Are we getting mister October or whatever they call him,
Speaker 1: mister September, or are we getting mister sends your ass home?
Speaker 1: They could use something. They're gonna probably make a move.
Speaker 1: Steve Bomber's got unlimited money, so I imagine something's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: Probably a trade with one of the bottom feeders and
Speaker 1: they just get automatically better. Boy On Bogdanovich would help
Speaker 1: them quite a bit. Detroit Pistons are doing absolutely nothing,
Speaker 1: as you guys are ready. No, let's move on to
Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns. They get a D minus, They get
Speaker 1: somewhere between a D minus and then like sort of
Speaker 1: a bee because they've all been fucking hurt. Things could
Speaker 1: not be going worse. When the Sacramento Kings are curb
Speaker 1: stomping you to win your division. Curb stomping they are.
Speaker 1: They are just not a good team right now, they're
Speaker 1: twenty one and twenty four, but culturally they're even worse
Speaker 1: than that, right like they are. It started when, let's
Speaker 1: be honest, Robert Sarvar was just spitting out racial slurs
Speaker 1: faster than his name was Twista. You know, you're just
Speaker 1: giving it to you fast, like like he was on
Speaker 1: a Kanye West track, like that was what Robert Sarvar
Speaker 1: was doing. It all blew up when DeAndre Ayton wanted
Speaker 1: to get paid and they were like, no, you're from
Speaker 1: the Caribbean, you're too soft. Try to get another deal
Speaker 1: and we'll see if we have to match it. And
Speaker 1: then he goes out and get a deal and they
Speaker 1: begrudgingly match it. Right, it becomes top. Then when Jay
Speaker 1: Crowder's like, hey, I'd also like to get paid, and
Speaker 1: they're like, still, no, we don't want to pay anyone.
Speaker 1: He goes on strike. Then Cam Johnson goes out for
Speaker 1: an indefinite period of time. He's gonna be back, but
Speaker 1: how's he gonna look. Then you get CP three on
Speaker 1: his vegan nast diet, breaking down, busting down like it's
Speaker 1: the playoffs. When it's still week four. You got Cam
Speaker 1: Johnson or campaign excuse me, he's been hurt, Devin Booker,
Speaker 1: where's he been on a milk carton? He's been out
Speaker 1: six sixteen games since December eleventh. Probably won't see him
Speaker 1: for a while. But the most troubling thing to me
Speaker 1: about the Suns is since December first, they've lost since
Speaker 1: just December first, This is very critical. They've lost ten
Speaker 1: games by ten or more points, which is more then
Speaker 1: they had all of last year. And this is just
Speaker 1: since December first. Three of those games are at home,
Speaker 1: which is the same amount of ten point losses at
Speaker 1: the Crib then they had all last year too. So
Speaker 1: I mean they're getting taken to poundtown, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, and not a great way, in a bad way,
Speaker 1: sad way. And the Sun's they gotta do something. They
Speaker 1: gotta move Drake j Crowder gotta do that. I don't
Speaker 1: even know if anyone's gonna do that because they know
Speaker 1: that the Suns are so down bad. He's probably gonna
Speaker 1: have to wave him or get him for nothing, like
Speaker 1: just lose him for nothing. They're blowing leads in the
Speaker 1: second half. Can you tell? I'm not optimistic? Can you tell?
Speaker 1: And for the love of the valley, they gotta get
Speaker 1: Devin Booker back healthy. Can we get Kendall to go
Speaker 1: on the road with d book Can we give her
Speaker 1: some sort of magic potion in her watermelon to feed
Speaker 1: to d book This season's toast if we don't figure
Speaker 1: that shit out fast, Lakers. Lakers are interesting team too.
Speaker 1: Set I would say D plus D plus for the Lakers,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe a C minus. It's actually like kind of
Speaker 1: a positive grade because it should be an fait based
Speaker 1: on what they did and what they've done and what
Speaker 1: they continue to do. We know they're not gonna move anybody.
Speaker 1: We know they're not trading those two draft picks. Genie
Speaker 1: Bus has already gone on record. There's already whispers about, well,
Speaker 1: we're not trading those twenty five and twenty seven first
Speaker 1: round picks just to make the play in. Ask Braun
Speaker 1: if he wants to make the play or not at all. Hey,
Speaker 1: we can move these two pieces and these two draft
Speaker 1: picks and then we'll give you a shot in the plan,
Speaker 1: or you guys can be the fifteenth seed. How you feel.
Speaker 1: I think Braun would say, yeah, let's try. Let's try.
Speaker 1: But she's not doing that. They've been in a bunch
Speaker 1: of games competitively, they have not been able to close
Speaker 1: many out. They have eight games where they lost by
Speaker 1: six or less. But the thing that makes us all
Speaker 1: quite troubling is how good Lebron's been throughout it all
Speaker 1: he's been insane. I have never seen anything quite like
Speaker 1: Lebron James in year thirty eight of his natural life.
Speaker 1: He is about to break what we thought was an
Speaker 1: unbreakable record. He is three hundred points short of Kareem
Speaker 1: Abdul Jabar's all time scoring number, which, let's be honest,
Speaker 1: is the only reason Lebron James is still a Laker
Speaker 1: because he wants to break it. In purple and gold.
Speaker 1: Let's be real, He's averaging more points per game right
Speaker 1: now and last year than in any two year stretch
Speaker 1: in his twenty year career. Think about that. He's averaging
Speaker 1: more right now and last year than in any two
Speaker 1: year stretch ever in his entire career, in his peak
Speaker 1: of the best goaded Miami Heat years, those peak Cleveland
Speaker 1: years where he's putting the team on his back. No, no,
Speaker 1: what he's doing now better than that. He's averaged twenty
Speaker 1: nine point four per game from two thousand and five
Speaker 1: to two thousand and seven, and he's averaging thirty point
Speaker 1: one between twenty and twenty one and twenty and twenty three.
Speaker 1: You know those like commercials we've seen where it's like
Speaker 1: Bron versus Father Time People are making fun of him
Speaker 1: because they're corny, but they are true. Lebron James is
Speaker 1: undefeated right now against father Time. He's getting better, which
Speaker 1: is not what's supposed to happen. We've only seen this
Speaker 1: from Tom Brady and that was like a Swan song.
Speaker 1: And maybe Roger Clemens. But let's be honest, do I
Speaker 1: really need to say anything more about Roger Clemens that
Speaker 1: maybe discredits the Fountain of Youth? Ad was playing an
Speaker 1: MVP level ball before he got hurt. I have to
Speaker 1: mention because I think it's very important for you to
Speaker 1: know in case you forgot. He did twist his ankle
Speaker 1: mid air. In the air. He sprained his ankle, not
Speaker 1: on the ground. I've never heard of that before. So
Speaker 1: the things that happened to Ad continue to literally break
Speaker 1: the rules of physics. So we'll say that. If you
Speaker 1: want to call that a mystery, if you want to
Speaker 1: call that a coincidence, if you want to call that
Speaker 1: just him being brittle, whatever you want to say, it's
Speaker 1: all true. And of course Russell Westbrook has been really
Speaker 1: good off the bench as a sixth Man of the Year,
Speaker 1: Kennedy's probably gonna win it. There's no more consistent prop
Speaker 1: bets to take than Russell Westbrook over fourteen and a
Speaker 1: half points. He just does it. He's a triple double machine.
Speaker 1: Off the fucking bench. Austin reeves he's getting small star
Speaker 1: votes even though he doesn't deserve him. And even Dennis
Speaker 1: Shrewder has had some good games on a veteran minimum contract.
Speaker 1: They're doing what they can. It's sad of over there.
Speaker 1: They're poor. They're poor. Jeanie Bus doesn't have anybody else.
Speaker 1: She's getting her decision making advice from Linda Rambis. It's bad.
Speaker 1: It's bad right now, and they have Lebron James. They'll
Speaker 1: only be okay and be able to salvage if that
Speaker 1: they make the play in tournament and maybe make a
Speaker 1: little run do with the like their upside is what
Speaker 1: the Pelicans did last year. Then think about how bad
Speaker 1: that is. So they're three games under five hundred, but
Speaker 1: yet so are the Suns. So not all bad grades
Speaker 1: are bad grades.