WEBVTT - "Our" Dubs Are Absolutely Toast 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:11.760 On this episode of The Heat Checked. Oh Baby, Oh no, 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:16.800 our dubs, we gotta talk about them. There is sad 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:21.240 news to report, ladies and gentlemen, about a murder, about 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.119 the death of a dynasty, and it falls on me, 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:27.120 Tristan Crick, to break the news. We also have the 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.120 Kimmy is a week and he's barely twenty. And then 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:34.440 we have a special interview with Sports Illustrated Robin Lumberg. 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.680 So let's get right into it. Anthony, drop that motherfucker 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:47.920 beat that should be be honored. I don't relish in 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:55.680 saying this exact it, don't I'm ready to finally make 0:00:55.720 --> 0:01:03.680 an announcement. Warriors just might be cooked. This might be 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:13.360 their funeral, march I said. I'll say this team is 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:18.959 absolutely washed. They are foo bar folks, fucked up beyond 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:23.840 all recognition. You may think this is me with my chopen. 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:30.280 He's being overly dramatic. Not are dougs life. I will 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:36.240 explain clinically easily why this dynasty officially, and like all 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:40.080 dead bodies, like a detective on Fargo with a better accent, 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.080 I have to find out who the real Coloor is. 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:47.880 What is that? Fortunately, the murderer in broad daylight with 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.960 the world wide. So who killed the Warriors? I hate 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:57.040 to say it, the world watched the dyning Eye on 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:01.760 a random Friday night. I don't want to say when 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:07.320 Yoki led the Nuggets back from eighteenth point deficit in 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.679 the fourth quarter and with two seconds left to go, 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:16.840 he hit a thirty nine foot contested three to done. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:22.720 Everyone eating seph three. Steph Curry was eating his damn 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:27.160 killing on his damn mouthpiece like he has stunned up 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:35.639 right in cold blood, a man who you would never think, man, 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.680 it doesn't look like he has it in a man 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:42.600 who looks went. But on Sunday night, the corpse of 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:47.679 the Warriors was resurrected, only to get murdered again by 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:51.960 the Toronto Raptors, blowing them out on their home court 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:57.760 again by fifteen. You don't say not the Toronto Raptors. No, No, 0:02:57.960 --> 0:02:59.400 not the kill shot r J. 0:02:59.680 --> 0:02:59.880 Bear. 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.320 He had thirty seven Golden State Camp play any damn defense. 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:09.799 Steph went two for fourteen. He went zero for nine 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:14.120 from three. Scotty Barnes was strapping that man, and no 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.640 one else can score. No one else gives Steph the 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:22.200 ability to operate, Not even a sliver of daylight on 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:33.840 the court. Damn, damn, damn, damn, it's over. Back to 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.800 the funeral march we go. Let's break it down some more. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.000 Let's start with Jonathan Kmingo Kamina, excuse me. He was 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.080 the first Domino. That's the Domino Kaminga. That's how we 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:48.920 got the comingo. He started by pretending he did his 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.160 best Lebron James impersonation, and he decided he was gonna 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:57.560 go leak his displeasure of his head coach. Excuse me, 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:02.360 what uh? Just to the media. Just Hey, I am 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.160 not happy with how I am being used. My role 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:09.920 fucking sucks, and I have no faith in this coach 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:14.080 to develop me to a reasonable level of where I 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.200 should be. That is horrible. I mean he went straight 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.640 to Athletic, went straight to Shamps Run and was like, hey, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:24.040 I got some things to say about Steve Kerr. Kerr 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.640 responded saying he's the most successible coach in the league. 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.400 Have you got a problem with me? You better come 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:33.320 and say it to my fucking faith say it. The 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.200 next domino happened before the first Domino, and that was 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:41.360 the diagnosis of Chris Paul breaking his goddamn hand. He's 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:45.040 been okay for the Warriors. He's been okay. He's a player, though, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.000 making thirty million dollars a year for them, and is 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.960 now going to be out four to six weeks. Woj 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.800 is reporting his injury won't stop other teams from taking 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.919 him on the trade. And guess what, baby, all the 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.560 folks that I know in our dub circle, they think 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.039 that Chris Ball has played his last game in the 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:06.359 Warriors uniform, so that right there is another domino, and 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.720 next up another domino is Moses Moody. He must have 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:14.760 heard of the leak news because the reps are saying 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.680 that they are also unhappy with what Moses Moody has 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.480 got going on with them. He's getting multiple DMPs, getting 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.880 next to no minutes when he does play. Here's what's 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.240 being reported. This came out right before Jonathan kaminga. But 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.279 there's these things are getting louder and louder as we go. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:34.839 Warriors GM Mike Dunlavy Junior has been asked directly about 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:39.120 the organization's plan for Moses Moody with the intention of 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.599 finding him a more consistent role. 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:46.120 Basically, hey, uh, are you guys gonna do anything with Moses, like, 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:51.840 is there any specific thought into what he has and 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:53.920 his role on this team. 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.560 And the answer is no, Like the answer is that 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.920 Moses Moody is being squeezed out. Really, anytime the player plays, well, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:05.480 we'll just give their minutes, give them Moses Moodie's minute. 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.160 At this point, it's important also to look long term 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.440 at the causation of this disaster. And that's a two timeline. 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.760 That's just the two timelines. Golden State drafted three young 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.560 guns who are supposed to develop along the core and 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.599 guess what they didn't it was it was just not 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:25.760 a possibility. Wise men coaminga and movie and now their 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:30.160 number two quote unquote generational pick was a generational whiff, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.559 while their other two lottery picks are as I've said, 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.120 very unhappy, very unhappy with their role, very unhappy with 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.200 the coaching, very unhappy with the rotations. And oh, by 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.320 the way, are going to be restricted free agents next year. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.400 Not much incentive to stay except for the fact that 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.920 the Bay is such a beautiful place, just great food, 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:54.080 great women, bad roles, bad rotations, and a toxic situation. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.960 Lots of teams are interested in them on their upside. Meanwhile, 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:03.479 I am currently watching Bob Myers on television talk about 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.360 all the players that he has passed on as a 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:09.200 GM of the Golden State Warriors. I heard him talk 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.480 about why he passed on Haliburton I talked to. I 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.400 heard him talk about why he passed on the mellow 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:18.640 ball Ron's born. SKU is getting ridiculous here. What is 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:22.000 this show? Is it just you talking about all your mistakes? 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:23.920 You have to a zone every time you do a 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:25.720 Warrior game because I don't want to hear all that, 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.080 and I don't think other longtime Dubs fans want to 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.880 hear all that. Eil And guess what. Also, suspension is 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:38.040 now over. He will need a week to get back 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:44.440 into shape. Imagine being out for so long via suspension 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:49.400 because you cannot keep your hands to your health that 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.320 you need a ramp up period to get back onto 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.120 You need a mini camp to get back onto the 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.120 court and be able to be informed. 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:03.080 And we know that. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.480 You know that, I've been knowing that the last thirty 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:15.760 games Draymond has played in, one of they fifteen five hundred. 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:21.440 When Draymond is you know what their you know what 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.720 their record is from the last twenty four games when 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.040 Draymond had missed. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:27.840 Twelve. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:33.960 So it doesn't matter morale for Steph, to be honest, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.320 it's just Steph that he's the morale for. He's just 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.680 not an impactful player right now. You've got two young 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:49.840 guns who are just Ramont Green, transcendent, small change the 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.080 way that you guys basketball. He's not impactful at all. 0:08:53.920 --> 0:09:00.960 Record Thompson is such a bad vibe wet blanket right now. Yeah, 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:07.360 walk him into his office and be like, yo, you 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.080 you get yourself into a right head space because you're 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:13.079 playing not just for yourself, you're playing for a team. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:16.280 And yeah, we know that your personal accolades right now 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.560 aren't where you want them to be. But guess what, Yeah, 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:24.119 you had two major injuries and you're still playing basketball 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.760 and you won four rings. So maybe you should just, 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.560 I don't know, like have an attitude adjustment because he's 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.000 visibly pouting during games on the court. Play has been 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:39.840 largely terrible. In his last seven games, he's averaged which 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:45.520 is below obviously his career. Despite being tonight or last night, 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.240 depending on when you're listening to this hot ass fuck 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:53.559 against Toronto, but he's been playing, he's been a cone. Absolutely, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.240 Andrew Wiggins, another starter, has been a disaster. He's got 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:03.960 one hundred and nineteen point six. It's that line is 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.960 twelve points per game. Hold on, let me just go back. 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.360 One hundred and nineteen point six. Defensive rating is like 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.440 Tree Young levels of bad. And this is the guy 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:17.680 that you have to strap other guys. That's his main role. Yeah, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.800 like he can score, but he's supposed to strap up 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.720 dudes and get rebounds. Twelve points per game, forty two 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.400 percent from the field, forty two percent from the field, 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:33.760 thirty percent for three and sixty nine percent nice from 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.920 the free throw line. Hit three points against the Rappers. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:42.400 He was a game high, really a game below negative 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:47.360 twenty nine and seventeen minutes play. And also, I think 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.840 it's really funny that Kaminga went out and said, like, 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.760 why can't me and Moody or why can't meet in 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.560 weekends play together? We can't wait. This is why, like, 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:02.720 you guys are absolutely together. And Steve Kerr Chestnut Checkers 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.920 was like, let me just show you. I'll just I'll 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:09.240 just show the world why I'm not coaching by committee 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:13.760 based off of what Jonathan. By the way, I just 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.640 never can get it out of my mind that he 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:19.480 took the trophy back to Africa when he was supposed 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:23.160 to be back at the Warriors facility. He literally left 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:29.240 Transcontinental with the trophy. That's the kind of guy that 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.560 Kaminga is. We don't want him making decisions about his 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.680 rotations at all. Let's go back to the starter Van Looney. 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.000 He was so good, and he was really good in 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.800 the of the playoffs last year against the Kings that 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:49.440 Washington dominate. Easy Shadow right now scoring his rebounding are 0:11:49.520 --> 0:12:06.600 both Brady has balloon to one and one nineteen. Let's 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:11.600 come in and provide palm boys. This demeanor, be able 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.800 to handle the rock and crunch time because why because 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.480 Jordan Poole could never do that. He was a fucking 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.360 brain wreck turnover. Why so you're like, oh, let's let's 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.520 flip the pendulum in another way. Let's get a guy 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.319 who's got the slowest pace to play in the end. 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:32.960 Kim making thirty million dollars a year, not just but 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:37.560 he's just fully he's fully been on the barbecue for 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:49.000 three years. He's currently averaging nine. Christ on this team 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:53.360 would just say for a second, how bad that decision 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:58.240 was made. No, you had the jettison Jordan's pool. By 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:13.960 the way, I don't cool, like like you need absolutely 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:21.720 have botch like it was he was not good when 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:27.600 I went viral for some that how that's like literally 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:33.640 one full contract in the middle of my The question 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:35.760 isn't just bad, how bad this team is right now? 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.440 It's like really, wow, these one of the options to 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:43.160 try to salvage this a marginal trade for a disgruntled star. 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.439 I don't like a guy who's probably want forty million 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.040 dollars a year and is thirty years old, and Pascal 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:52.280 siakam like no, and you're not gonna include Kaminga in 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.120 that trade anyway, So that means MESSI Usuri is gonna 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.160 say thank you, know, thank you, trade CP three for 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:01.680 a player like Zach Lavine. Clavine we know he's not 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:03.560 a winning player, but he can't get you some buckets, 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.240 So you're back to the Jordan's pool sort of like 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:11.079 model no shade to Jordan Ford that or comparing them, 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:12.840 but like that's the kind of ilk that he is 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:17.600 that probably is making them dangerous when maybe a like 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:22.120 last year, but neither trade is any fix. What's the 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:25.240 other option? To blow it up completely. Let's be real. 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.640 That's happened, but let's go through it. You trade Clay, 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:33.800 you trade Draymond, you trade Wigan trade, and which means 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.520 if you're a rational person, that means crazy gonna be 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.280 like dipset. I'm out of here. I'm not fucking waiting 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:42.120 around for this shell of a place to turn. You 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:47.200 ripped out the entire garden, and you want me to 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:51.520 stick around him. That means he's he's gone. You can't 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:51.960 do that. 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:53.080 So walk. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.880 Our dubs fans. As we know, we've had it good. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.920 We've had a good but at some point the piper 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.720 must be paid. And if you look at the current 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.320 contract status of this roster, I don't know how you 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:11.640 can be confident in an He has three more years 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.880 and a player option at eighty five. Dream On three 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:20.920 more years, two years, one hundred and sixteen million, Garry 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.560 Peyton one year. Niamel Kaming is on a one year deal. 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.440 He's a restricted free agent. Moody one more year, left 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.240 five point eight million, Kevon Looney one year, eight million, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:35.120 plays on an expiring deal. He's an unrestricted free agent. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:39.480 He's probably dousing Chris Paul. He's getting traded at the deadline. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.680 So the only players you really have under contract more 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:46.280 than one year are Draymond Wiggins and stuff Ooh not good. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:52.000 Not great, mister Dunlovy. Not great. And I said this 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:56.240 back when Bob Myers pulled the report in a sta state, like, hey, 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.480 we should probably look into this. We should probably make 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:04.760 some sort of meaning out of that decision, because it's 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:09.600 usually the architect of the disaster who jumps into a 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.680 life vote first. They know when it's coming, how it's 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:17.320 gonna they designed it, and it's pretty killing. To another analogy, 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:22.600 when a CEO of a seemingly successful company, I may 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.760 just decides I'm gonna cash you my option. I'm gonna 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.640 just spend time thinking and working with family, and like 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.680 Bob Myers was like, oh yeah, I just want to 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:33.960 spend more time with my family. But then all of 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:37.640 a sudden he's on ESPN like NBA counts down every night. 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:42.080 So what does Bob Myers know that we don't know? 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.120 He saw that the building was about to collapse, and 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:50.120 he was like, I am bucking out first. Myers probably 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:54.080 now Steve Kerr very unlikely moving back. I would imagine 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.520 he may not survive to hear the way that things 0:16:56.520 --> 0:17:01.280 are going, and it is trying you. They've got their 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:07.000 Charlotte's power and they haven't had those since the Trump administration. 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.800 Who might be next to jump off the Titanic into 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:16.800 a life? Who? Who? I wonder why it's an I 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.879 tell you what you can really truly now, there are 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:30.679 not any right back of course, into that. I say days, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.240 you know what's time, and it's time for the hemming 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:37.639 of the week. He is I and I am him. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.720 He's him. This man is not them. This man is 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:45.959 a fucking unit. Pause. This week there were a players 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:51.680 taken Anthony Davis for. I know that Anthony Davids was 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:53.320 playing well and the rest of the team is the 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:57.399 scheming pile, but it's not Anthony Davis. It's not blaming them. 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.320 This is the only time, probably in Laker history, Anthony 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:04.240 Davis has been on the team that thirty twelve and 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:11.119 five from the field, nearly five stock Stocks stops, that 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.520 steals and blocks five of them per game in the 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:19.080 last week. Incredible stats. The problem though, the Lakers are 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:22.320 one and five and that so no himmy for Anthony Davis. 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.919 Another guy that I was looking at closely. I'll be 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:28.200 grudging for him. He is Luca. In his last six games, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.840 he's averaged thirty eight, eight and ten on fifty forty 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:39.560 one and eighty two eight it with two point nine stocks. 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:42.520 Great defensive numbers for a guy who is usually a 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.440 time style and the issue though he's already missed the 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:49.800 time period, including the one against Portland. We will wait 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:54.119 he's healthy. Give him a hmmy this week. The hemmy 0:18:54.200 --> 0:19:01.560 goes Paolo, then sattle. It is last five games Hollow 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.520 has average. You will not believe is second year. I 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:10.399 can't believe it in seeing thirty two nine and seven 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:18.040 on forty six forty two, seventy eight shooting. This man 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.040 Pala Ban Carrol cannot jump any higher than the Death 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:27.040 of Cards and he is averaging forty two percent. It's happened, folks. 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:30.680 Pallo was heading shoulders better than any rookie last year, 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.720 but he's now broken through the skilling. This is a superstar. 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:36.120 I said it when I saw him in real life. 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:41.520 This guy is unlike any human being I've ever seen 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:45.240 with my own two uys, and he is now shooting 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.320 threes for the first time in his NBA career, which 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.639 I could feel might come pause at the When he 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:56.200 played for Duke the previous twelve game, he was shot 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:00.320 three crazy game. And now he's shooting seven threes game, 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:05.000 making them at a paltry thirty percent. He's nearly shooting 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.879 twenty percent more shots per game, and he is shooting 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:12.280 forty two percent from three. That confidence from deep. You 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:15.960 can't stop him. Now he's shooting from three at a 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:19.040 high clip. I don't know what you do with that. 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.680 The best part though, is that the Magic are really good. 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:26.920 They are came behind me lin Miami heap and the 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:29.439 rumor is they want to bring in a veteran presence 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.560 mount wrong as if they need more card they do 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:38.240 not to help baby, We're absolutely gay. They've got matches 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:40.480 and they are going to send things on fire. That's 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:43.800 how dangerous they are. Also in their ot wind over 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:47.880 the Hawks on Sunday, Pilip Houston, who's been I don't 0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:52.320 know nowhere. He had some nice little threasons league. He 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:54.679 is now getting a part of the career. What did 0:20:54.720 --> 0:21:03.320 he do? Actual Magic they are and Pallo is the 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:07.520 unquestioned leader. Love this for Pallo, love this for the league, 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:09.159 and he is just only showing what he can do. 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:11.560 So he his eye and eye am him slim with 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:16.200 the tilted brim. He's him. We in the show a 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:20.200 special interview with sports illustrators Robin Lumberg. Robin joined my 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:26.000 show Better than Night. There's seven to eleven standard time 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:29.359 Monday through Friday. I was joined by my co host 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:35.320 Nick Ashle and my friend PJ. Glasser. I'm listening. Very 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:38.240 few people in the league see it like Robin. 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:42.639 When you see this, when you hear these stories, do 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:44.200 you look at this and say, Okay, it's a team 0:21:44.240 --> 0:21:46.199 that's struggling a little bit and this is what's coming out, 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:48.520 or does it feel like it's maybe something bigger like 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:52.360 the Darvin ham eras crazy enough already unraveling in La. 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:54.600 Well, I mean, look, they won the D season Tournament 0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:55.919 and everything. 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:00.800 You know, I said it at the time, and I 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:04.199 was only half joking that Lebron and the Lakers need 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:06.520 to go as hard as they possibly can for the 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:10.560 ND season tournament because you know they are their roster 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.119 is not that talented from top to bottom. When you 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:15.600 look at it, they really don't have shooting. They've got 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.880 Tory and Prince playing minutes. Guys like that out there 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:21.920 playing minutes. Lebron is the oldest player in the league. 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:24.800 Anthony Davis, you know, as the street closed. 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:25.560 Meme going on for him. 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:28.600 So counting on those guys to not only be healthy 0:22:28.680 --> 0:22:32.159 in the playoffs is enough, but also counting on the 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:35.320 rest of that talent around them being enough is too much. 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:37.680 So I really did think going for the n season 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:39.640 tournament was a really good idea for them. But yeah, 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:42.520 I mean I think once you start seeing stuff like 0:22:42.600 --> 0:22:45.760 this from Shams and the like, there is smoke to 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:47.720 that fire that they've been in a bit of a 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:50.280 tail spin. And we all know the coach is always 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:53.440 the easy scapegoat, you know, Rob Low I mean, Rob 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:54.480 Plinka ain't. 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:56.119 Gonna get canned, you know, in the middle of the 0:22:56.160 --> 0:22:56.840 season right now. 0:22:57.000 --> 0:23:03.040 So it's it clearly there's some disconnect, some discontent going 0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:05.560 on with that team. I mean goes back to Austin 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:09.000 Reeves and even reports of him having friction with Darvin 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:11.320 Hamm and he's probably the third best player on that team. 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:14.760 So yeah, I think the Lakers do have legitimate issues, 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:18.879 and roster construction, aside from rotation, is one of them. 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:21.359 Yeah, I think Genie is a big part of that too, 0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:24.840 unfortunately hiring a lot of her friends. I know Linda 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:27.520 Rambis is like making calls and I think she was 0:23:27.600 --> 0:23:30.680 a Laker girl back in like the Showtime era, and 0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:33.720 then her and Kurt just kind of hung around. Emanuel 0:23:33.840 --> 0:23:36.359 quickly though near and dear to my heart. Six Man 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:38.159 of the Year Canadate. He probably should have won it 0:23:38.280 --> 0:23:41.320 last year. He goes to Toronto, probably going to get 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:44.600 the absolute bag. He goes crazy in his starting role 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:48.040 twenty six points. How do you think he and RJ 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:50.240 affect Toronto moving forward? 0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:53.720 We quickly needed that sort of changing scenery. I think 0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:56.800 because of the conflict with Brunson. I mean, through no 0:23:56.920 --> 0:23:58.720 fault of his own, those two guys just played the 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:03.960 same position is really good. You know Brunson, aside from 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:07.960 his height, it doesn't really get enough credit for what 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:10.600 he's actually done with the Knicks in the league at 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:13.600 this point, so quickly was never going to get all 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:15.879 the way off the leash with the Knicks just because 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:17.600 of that position fit and the fact that you couldn't 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:18.720 play those two guys together. 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:22.440 So I like that look for Toronto there. RJ. 0:24:22.600 --> 0:24:24.960 Barrett was never that much of an impact player for 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:28.199 the Knicks, but maybe back home and Kennedy played well 0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:30.480 for the national team as well. You know, it's just 0:24:30.560 --> 0:24:34.360 the kind of thing. Perhaps a change of scenery, less expectations. 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:37.760 Will help him out. So Toronto was going really nowhere. 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:40.520 There was no reason for them not to take a 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.560 swing at something that could stick. 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:45.399 And it looks so far like the move has been 0:24:45.440 --> 0:24:45.840 a good fit. 0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:47.920 And then on the other side, Robin, I mean, from 0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:50.760 the Knicks perspective, did you like them trading for Og 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:53.480 And then do you think like the Knicks finally have 0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:56.240 enough now for them to go out in the offseason 0:24:56.280 --> 0:24:58.080 and attract one of these big free agents. 0:24:58.280 --> 0:24:59.879 You know, I think I like the move quite a 0:24:59.880 --> 0:25:02.320 bit bit actually, because like I just said that they 0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:06.440 needed that wing position they had quickly giving them a 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:09.000 glut at that guard spot. Now maybe they need a 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:10.959 backup there. I think they could use an upgrade at 0:25:11.000 --> 0:25:14.879 shooting guard. But they had Brunson, they had Randall oj 0:25:15.720 --> 0:25:18.600 Og goes in between, and that's a good fit for them. 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:23.040 As far as a big star, I mean, we're so caught. 0:25:23.080 --> 0:25:26.520 We're almost like trained with muscle memory to do the 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:28.639 same exercises in the NBA. 0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:31.320 They need to get the guy. They're gotta go get 0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:33.680 the gotta make the move. I don't know if that's 0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:35.399 the way that the league is constructed anymore. 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:38.560 Every super team that's put together fails now, yes, you know, 0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:41.160 everyone falls apart at the seams. We're already like talking 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:43.440 about the devise of the Phoenix Suns. They were just 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.439 put together. So I don't think we're in that era anymore. 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:48.960 In fact, I think one thing. Look at the odds 0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:51.879