1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were consulted on the James 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: Harden trade the Rockets. Christian Wood goes at a legend 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: and Steph Curry chases another. I'm tasmelus and this is 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: what you need to know in the NBA. For Friday, 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: January fifteenth, Brooklyn Nets GM Shawn Marks held the press 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: conference to announce the trade had been finalized. James Harden 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: and his Beard are joining Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: is part of a big three in Brooklyn. Marx also 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: made it clear that he talked to KD and Kyrie 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: got there okay before trading for James Harden. They both 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: bought in. They said they were both willing to sacrifice 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: to have James Harden come in. He also said that 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: Harden told him quote, I want to win. I am 14 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: all about winning. Now. Did that happen before he made 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: the trade, because that would be tampering. I'm sure it 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: happened after. I'm not trying to get anyone fined here 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: on what you need to know. He also said that 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: Kyrie and KD talked to Nets owner Joe Sai about 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: the trade. How often do players talk to the owner. 20 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: This is serious business. These guys are all serious, so 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: serious that they're not done. Sean Marks also made it 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: clear as far as roster construction goes, without a doubt, 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: it is not finalized. He will be making more moves 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: as far as Kyrie Irving not being with the team goes, 25 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: Marx has been talking to him, but it wasn't clear 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: why Kyrie has been gone. Mark said, quote, you hope 27 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: there's an adequate, more than adequate excuse as to why 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: he needs personal time, and that Kyrie is excited to 29 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: get back, and Kyrie will address it, putting the onus 30 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: on Kyrie Irving to explain why he was gone from 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: the team when he finally does return. I do think 32 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: Sean Marx was saying that he will address his own 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: team his own locker room when he returns. I'm not 34 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: sure we will ever find out why Kyrie was gone 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: from the team, although Seawan Marx finally did express some 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: disappointment from the organization's perspective that Kyrie hasn't been in 37 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: the trenches, as he said, for a long period of time. 38 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: Here speaking of disappointment, I'll probably be disappointed when James 39 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: Harden has his press conference at one o'clock Eastern, mere 40 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: hours from when I'm recording right now. But I'm tuning in. Baby, 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: James Harden is in Brooklyn. This is wild. One of 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: the other big names that was traded for James Harden, 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: Victor Oladipo, was not suited up for the Houston Rockets 44 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: when they took on the Spurs on Thursday. Rockets beat 45 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: San Antonio with a crazy fifteen to two run to 46 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: end the game. Look like the Spurs had it. This 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: was their first game without James Harden, and they didn't 48 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: have John Wall either, who had left knee sorenis Unfortunately, 49 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: Christian Wood was the man for Houston twenty seven and fifteen, 50 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: and he was the guy who got the interview on 51 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: TNT after the game when Shack said, I didn't know 52 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 1: your game really coming into this season. Would jumped in 53 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: and said, oh, you're a casual, You're a casual fan. 54 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: That was great stuff from Christian with very funny's having 55 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: a great year. The Spurs. They keep doing it, keep 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: churning out these young guys. Twenty one year old Keldon 57 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: Johnson had a career high twenty nine points. The young 58 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: wing doing things, another guard doing things for them. Twenty 59 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: two year old Lonnie Walker a career high four threes. 60 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: He's taking five a game this season. I didn't realize 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 1: how well he's been shooting here in his third year 62 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: in the NBA, shooting forty percent from three for his career. 63 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: Speaking of threes, Steph Curry had thirty five points in 64 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: a loss to the Denver Nuggets. He had five threes. 65 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: As he nears Reggie Miller for second on the all 66 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: time list, He's chasing Redge fifteen back of him, then 67 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: about four hundred back of Ray Allen for first. So 68 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: that's going to take a couple of years. No sarcasm there, 69 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: It's going to take a couple of years. Nikole Jokic, 70 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: he had a big second half forty six career triple double, 71 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: twenty three points, fourteen boards, ten assists. The big man, 72 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: that seven footer leads the league in assists at ten 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: point four per game. Kenny average ten for a season. 74 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: Westbrook actually has more this year, but he doesn't qualify. 75 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: He had a reverse slam in this game. Bull Bull 76 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: had a slam, A great one to keep me up late. 77 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: The Toronto Raptors got a w They beat a Charlotte 78 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: Hornets team that didn't have Gordon Hayward, who is out 79 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: with a hips train. Raptors now sit at three and eight. 80 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: Late bloomer Chris Bouche had twenty five points and ten 81 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: boards for the Raps. He's a late bloomer, I know, 82 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: but do you have to start him in only in 83 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: second halves? Nick Nurse? I get it, but just give 84 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: him the keys. Aaron Bains hasn't been great as a starter. 85 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: It's time. He's foul prom but who cares? He's Canadian. 86 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: His name is Bouche, Saint Lucian born twenty eight year 87 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: old didn't start playing ball until his late teens, but 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: it's time to see him in the starting lineup. Love 89 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: watching Chris Bouche and his confidence the heat. They only 90 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: had eight players because of contact tracing, and they got 91 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: bumbled by the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Guess the Sixers 92 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: team camaraderie is alright. Despite Ben Simmons being in those 93 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 1: James Hardened trade rumors. The Indiana Pacers continued their great 94 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: start to the season on the road. They're four and 95 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: one now after beating the Portland Trail Blazers handily in Portland. 96 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: They dominated as new acquisition kro Slovert still hasn't joined 97 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: the team quite yet. Unfortunately for the Blazers center use 98 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: of Nurkic. He broke his wrist during the game. His 99 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: timeline is unknown. It was wild to see it happen 100 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: as well. He swiped at a ball, looked at his wrist. 101 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: Play went on. Miles Turner, big seven footer, drove use off. 102 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: Nurkic didn't back away. He went tried to stop Miles 103 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: Turner jumped into him, played a little defense while his 104 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: wrist was injured, and then he said, yeah, this is 105 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: this is hurt. I better walk off a broken wrist. 106 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: Very unfortunate. Twenty six year old was just out for 107 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: sixteen months with a broken leg in twenty nineteen and 108 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. That was tough to come back from. This 109 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: is really unfortunate news for the Blazers and for Nurkic. 110 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: Speaking of the Pacers, they won't play on Saturday. Their 111 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: game is canceled, the tenth game which has been postponed 112 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: this season. They're supposed to play the Phoenix Suns. The 113 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: Suns have now had three consecutive games canceled because of 114 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: contact tracing throughout their locker room, and it's unfortunate for 115 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: the LEAUE because they are supposed to play on Monday, 116 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: Martin Luther King Day as part of a tripleheader on TNT. 117 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: So I'm sure as far as optics goes, the league 118 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: wants the Phoenix Suns to be ready to suit up 119 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: and not have a game canceled on such a big 120 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: day for the league. Speaking of Monday, that's when I 121 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: will return here on what you need to know. Make 122 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: sure you check out the drop the full No Dunks 123 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: episode here on Friday. Thanks for joining me, I'll see 124 00:06:42,680 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: you Monday.