WEBVTT - What's Wright - Rockets-Warriors gets HEATED, Jaylen’s big night & Nick plays “NFL GM Consultant” before draft 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.200 Welcome in What'll Drive in the Great Episode three twenty 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:11.160 four on NFL Draft Day. Now, obviously we're in the 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:15.200 middle of an amazing first round of the NBA Playoffs. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:18.760 Every series in the West tied at one game a piece, 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:20.800 except for the series in the West that really doesn't 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:25.160 need to be happening in the Thunder and the Grizzlies 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:32.080 Eastern Conference series Nicks Pistons good. The other ones probably not, 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.559 but we can get to them as well. However, today 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:41.159 is really an NFL day, and I think the NBA 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.800 did as good of a job as it could have 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:50.000 with setting up tonight's schedule, acknowledging that, yeah, people are 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.839 going to be focused on the NFL by putting the 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.600 by choosing the games and the time of those games 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.000 that they did. I if you don't know the NBA 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:05.000 schedule tonight, Nick Pistons at seven o'clock, that's a good one, 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:08.000 you know. I maybe wish that was yesterday if it 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.399 could have been, but so be it. Thunder Grizzlies at 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:14.520 nine thirty, totally irrelevant, and then Nuggets Clippers at ten. 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.240 Now it's weird that Nuggets Clippers is an NBA TV 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.920 game and thunder Grizzlies is the T and T game, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:25.080 but set that aside. The what that will allow for 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.240 is the NFL Draft to end. And you if you're 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.720 a single screening and which you know, why would you 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.040 do that unless you're obligated to. But if you are, 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.000 you can then flip over to the end of what 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.600 has been an awesome series in Nuggets Clippers. Also, by 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:44.200 the way, a little self promotion here. We are doing 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:51.880 something incredibly ambitious and what should be hopefully fingers crossed 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:56.920 very cool on the TV show today, and so it is. 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.960 We've never done anything quite like it. It is going 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:06.120 to be potentially difficult to pull off. I don't want 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.520 to spoil what it is, but if you're a fan 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.799 of First Things First, or even just an occasional viewer, 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.640 this is one that I would ask you to watch 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.080 at three o'clock and see if you stick around for 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.839 the whole show, because it's not gonna be I don't 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:28.480 think consuming it in clip form is going to do justice. 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.600 What we're doing today in relation to the NFL Draft 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:35.840 seemed like I got Demand's interest pequed there. Demand's a 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.840 i'd say a pretty loyal First Things First viewer. 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:40.799 I'm watching throughout the week ye. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.000 And so yeah, so that should be good demonse. Great 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:48.239 to see you, ton to do today. Also, by the way, 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.840 this is a great time of year to subscribe to 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:57.040 the YouTube feed or iTunes or Spotify. Uh. And again, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:01.200 I don't really know why, but giving us ratings really helps. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.960 I really care more about subscriptions than ratings. But if 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.639 you're subscribed already and you haven't rated the show, that 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.959 the five stars does help. But here's why it's a 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.280 good time of year. We've done a pod every day 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.960 this week because we have been the way the NBA 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.400 playoffs been going, we've been reacting to it. We might 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:24.000 do the rare weekend pod depending on how Lakers, Timberwolves 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:30.880 and Warriors Rockets goes and so those should be good. 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.560 And so you'll get the update if we go live, 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.000 or you'll get the update when we're on the air 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.440 if you're subscribed. But let's get to the show. Here's 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.160 what missed the cut. Jalen Brunson wins Clutch Player of 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.320 the Year. Lebron should have Oh, I didn't know this. 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.280 The ufcason Kansas City this weekend. I had no idea 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.960 and the Cavs win Game two against the Heat in 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.960 a game that had moments of Oh wait, are the 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.640 Heat gonna pull this off? And then Donovan Mitchell a 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:02.000 little personal eight to ozero run at the end of 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:06.560 that game, a hilarious Kenny Atkinson challenge after Tyler hero 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.240 tried to flop his way into some free throws. So 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.120 that's what missed the cut Demons. Before we get to 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:17.600 the draft. Huge game in Houston last night in your 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:22.240 kind of adopted claimed hometown. The Rockets get the win, 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:22.960 go ahead. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.680 Rockets got the dub against a somewhat depleted Warriors team 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.360 last night. Jimmy Butler obviously went down. I think Pods 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.160 was dealing with a stomach flu thing. You called this 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.840 a must win, and you also picked the Rockets in 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.159 this series. Do you think the Rockets figured something out 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.320 or do you think this is more credit to the 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:44.080 Warriors having some injuries slash sicknesses over there? 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.080 So I think the Rockets, even if Jimmy Butler didn't 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:52.760 get hurt, we're gonna win that game. Now, Jimmy Butler's 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.360 health could go a long way in determining who's going 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.640 to win that series. Because the Rockets as evidenced by 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.120 last night, or not a deep team. They played a 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:07.200 guy last night who I will admit and I had 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:11.400 never seen play in the NBA. And the only reason 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.520 I knew who he was was because he's one of 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.880 the greatest lacrosse players of all time in Pat Spencer 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.640 so and I mean he, by the way, was really 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.440 good for them off the bench, gave him twelve decent minutes, 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.919 made five shots. I want to talk about the Jimmy 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.279 Butler injury to start with Demonse, did you think that 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.279 was a dirty play by Amen Thompson. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.880 I did not. I didn't think it was dirty. I 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:37.840 didn't think it was dirty. 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.320 Daniel said he might have gotten pushed a little bit 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:45.200 into in teaching me there, but. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.040 Uh, I didn't think it was dirty either. I think, listen, 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.800 I thought it was You could argue a little reckless, 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:57.200 but I think the recklessness started with Draymond. I think 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:01.320 Draymond gave him a little shove. He went maybe trying 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.960 to sell the shove flailing, and Jimmy was the victim 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.279 of it. But I did not at all think that 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:15.680 was Now, if you remember in our series preview, I said, 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.360 and Rockets fans got super pissed at me. I said, 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:22.919 you gotta watch out for Dylan Brooks. He might undercut you, 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.200 he might hurt somebody. And then this obviously wasn't Dylan Brooks, 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.760 this was Amon Thompson. But that to me was not 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:36.760 an intentional undercut. It was unfortunate undercut. And that was 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:41.520 a hard damn fall for Jimmy Butler. And obviously I 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:47.080 can't prove that even if Jimmy played, the Rockets were 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:51.800 going to win that game. But unless you think, and 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.159 maybe you would have, that Jimmy was gonna shut down 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.719 Jaialen Green, the reason the Rockets won that game was 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.360 because Jalen Green had one of the best games of 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.800 his life. In fact, to be honest, I understand he's 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.080 had bigger scoring nights in the regular season, given the stakes, 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:09.920 given it that it's his first playoffs, it was the 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.800 best game of his life. And Jalen Green, this is 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:16.800 a he's a unique player because he's number two pick 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.120 of the draft four years ago and in his second 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:26.280 year Demonse, he was twenty two points, four rebounds, four 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.280 assists on forty two percent from the field thirty four 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.280 percent from three. That was in year two, twenty two, 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:38.320 four and four on forty two thirty four. In year 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:44.120 four he is twenty two four and four on thirty 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:49.760 two thirty four. He is so the The Jalen Green 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.720 angst is why hasn't he gotten better? You know what 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.880 I mean? Like if he was that guy in year two, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.640 now you can argue he got better because he was 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.640 doing that for a bad team. Now he's doing that 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.680 for a good team. And where he deserves massive credit 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:09.440 is eighty two games played last year, eighty two games 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.840 played this year, So he's super available. I think, one 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.520 of only six guys to play all eighty two this year. 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.600 But you'd like to see him become a better shooter. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.400 You'd like to see him, you know, the game evolve 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:26.559 a bit. But when he goes off, this Rockets team 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:35.000 can beat anybody because defensively, they're just monsters. And Amon 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.520 Thompson got in foul trouble again, Dylan Brooks got in 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:43.200 foul trouble and Steph still struggled mightily. Because if Jimmy's 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.440 not out there, and this is where his loss was 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.360 really felt, the defense can just be like, all right, 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.720 we are top locking Steph, we are following Steph, we 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.920 are just not gonna let Steph kill us and who 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:01.160 else can score? Draymond Green with his second consecutive triple 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.040 single with five turnovers to go along with it, and 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.400 didn't have great defense to and didn't take it. This 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.920 was another noteworthy thing for Draymond. Didn't take a single 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.520 shot inside the three point line. 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.360 I think he had his first points in the third 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:18.600 quarter or something like that. 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.480 I'll trust you on that. I mean, listen, he only 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.640 had six points, I mean, or eight points because he 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:28.480 made free throw a couple free throws. But Draymond's impact 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.840 was not really felt all of a sudden. You know 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.360 they're playing. I mean, the Warriors played, even if you 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.440 remove the garbage time minutes of Key Knox and Tray 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:44.080 Jackson Davis. They played twelve guys. They played fifteen guys 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:44.880 in the game when. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.440 You included guys and took in there. They put well 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.079 Through Kaminga in there. It was probably because of the 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.400 Jimmy Butler thing. I was curious if they were gonna 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.280 try throwing him in the mix if they got sour 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:55.720 on him. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.880 Yeah, they they did put Kaminga in there. It was listen, 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:04.040 Kaminga lost his spot to Jimmy Butler essentially like that. 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.559 They just want so that's why when Jimmy went out, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.720 they put him in almost immediately, And Kaminga kind of 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.920 reminded you why Steve Kurt doesn't really want to play him. 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:17.800 Jonathan Kaminga in twenty six minutes, took twelve shots. Jonathan 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.640 Kaminga was very active and looking for his offense, inefficient 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.560 and not that great anywhere else. And now listen, you 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.320 feel for him because he's rusty, so I'm not gonna 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:33.480 kill him on not being super efficient offensively. But when 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.080 you get put on ice because they want you to 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.760 rebound and defend, and you get twenty six minutes for 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.559 an undersized team and you come away with three rebounds 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:47.320 and you make kind of some boneheaded plays, you just 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.920 kind of got the feeling. This is the frustration Pods 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:55.000 being what was they said, food poisoning. I mean, Pods 0:10:55.080 --> 0:11:00.800 played fourteen minutes demons zero points, zero rebound, zero assists, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:05.200 zero steel, zero block, zero turnover, zero fouls, five miss threes. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.880 All Right'm sorry, five miss shots, two miss threes. That 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.360 so POD's was not really available and the team's just 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:17.480 too thin to deal with those types of losses. So 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:22.320 what does this mean for the series. I thought the 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.600 Warriors could be in trouble to begin with. I think 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:30.480 they are in significant trouble if Jimmy has to miss 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.440 even just a game or two, because let's just say 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:42.640 Jimmy misses both games in Golden State. Now, you're probably 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:47.080 best case scenario coming back to Houston tied to two, 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.440 staring at We're gonna have to win a game seven 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.839 and on the road, and I'm not listening. We saw 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.760 Steph win a game seven on the road in Sacramento 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.040 a couple of years ago with a fifty point game. Now, 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:02.920 that was a very different team. That was a team 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.520 that was relied on its offense and at shooting. This 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:12.120 team relies on its physicality. But I would I think 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.200 the Warriors are going to be fighting a major uphill 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:19.520 battle against either the Timberwolves or more likely the Lakers 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.920 in round two. And if this series is a seven 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:27.520 game physical war, I just don't think you're gonna end 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.440 up seeing the best of the Warriors in round two 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:35.480 if they get there. Here's the other concerning point. I 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:40.880 think for Golden State. Fred van Vliet can't be worse. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.880 Fred van Vliet in this series is six for twenty 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:52.000 seven from the field, three for twenty from three and 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:57.000 they got the split. And so if Fred van Vliet, 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.400 who has been historically not like dominant but a good 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:06.800 postseason performer, is fi you know, in his final two 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:11.640 years in Toronto, he's sixteen a game, thirty six percent 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:16.720 from three, seven assists. Like, if Fred van Vliet just 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:22.160 stops being terrible, that's another offensive option for the Rockets. 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.880 And now Jalen Green. Yesterday was such a huge game 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:30.000 for Jalen Green, because when you've never played in the playoffs, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.800 when you're that young, and you're bad in game one, 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:35.960 if you're bad in game two, all of a sudden, 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:37.599 you just might be in your head the rest of 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.360 the series might be like, oh man, I'm not coming there. 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.560 But now he was not only was he not bad 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.600 in game two, he was great in Game two, and 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.640 so he's gonna be feeling good. And I just don't 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:55.760 love the ice. You watch the Warriors and it's like, man, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.480 Buddy Healds prominently involved. He couldn't get on the court 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.600 for the Sixers in the playoffs last year. Gary Payton's 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:07.839 prominently involved. He really hasn't been the exact same since 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:11.320 sadly Dylan Brooks broke his elbow a few years ago. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:16.599 He doesn't want to shoot, they don't. KURR is grasping 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:21.120 its straws a bit. And without Jimmy, I think you 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:27.200 are in real, real trouble. And so I think that 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.800 the Rockets were likely going to win last night even 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.560 if Jimmy didn't get hurt. But I think that if 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:41.480 Jimmy misses time. I don't know what this, I don't 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.840 know what answers, the Warriors can have go ahead. 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.840 They could yeah, I mean that was without Jimmy. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:54.040 What Now, here's the bright side, because I know there 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.320 are some people that are Warriors fans, and then there's 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.680 some people that are just Steph Curry fans. We all 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.680 know the rules as they've always been with Steph Curry. 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:09.040 When he's awesome and or when they win, we start 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.840 talking about him being better than Magic Johnson. Is this 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.400 the Steph Curry or does he belong in the goat conversation? 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.840 And when they lose in round one or miss the 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:23.200 playoffs or anything like that, we just move along to 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.080 the next thing. So Steph is not going to be 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:31.000 under massive scrutiny about why he couldn't carry them past 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.840 round one against a Rockets team that had no all 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:38.000 stars and no you know, no guys that was considered 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.920 an overrated tu or an overseeded team at two. Like, 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:46.920 don't don't worry, folks, The sports media apparatus will have 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.360 his back and there will not be any referendums on 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.160 what Steph Curry what you said? 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:54.440 Do you think he's supposed to be able to do 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:58.080 that right now? Lead that team and you know, just 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.720 evil without Jim's power that eye. 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:07.720 Do I think he should? No, But I don't think 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:13.320 he belongs within a country mile of the goat conversation either. 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:18.080 I do. I think he should know, But I don't 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:22.800 think he's you know, firmly in the top ten all time. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.680 I think he's right on the outside. I think, and listen, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:30.040 Steph is an unbelievable player and is having one of 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:34.440 the three greatest old guy seasons ever right now this moment. 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:40.760 But what I am saying is folks that want to 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:46.480 foist him into those conversations that I think are just 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:52.200 a touch rich for his blood. You don't have to 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:58.520 worry about those folks being intellectually consistent and holding him 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:04.480 to those type tapes of standards. You don't You don't 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.560 have to worry that thirty seven year old Steph Curry 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:14.720 is going to get the same flack that thirty eight 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:19.800 year old Lebron James got when his co star got 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.600 hurt and round one and they lost to a young, 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:29.119 upstart Phoenix Suns team, when the Lebron's team was a 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.480 couple years removed from the title. You don't have to 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:36.679 worry about that, And that's nice. It's a nice, peaceful 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:38.880 way to be able to be a fan of an 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:44.119 athlete that you don't have to worry that any type 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:48.640 of bad luck or ad just didn't quite have enough 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:54.000 is going to end up being a retroactive referendum on 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:59.639 their place in history. It's a constant, you know, only 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:05.080 when can't lose situation, and I imagine it's it's delightful 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:09.280 and so that's all I'm saying. I I won't be 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.560 because I thought the Rockets, even if Jimmy Butler were healthy, 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.680 were the better team, and so it won't be coming 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.040 for me. I'm just saying, it's nice to know it's 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:21.679 not gonna be coming from anybody. 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:22.199 Uh. 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:23.880 We won't talk about Draymond for a minute. 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:24.520 Yeah, I was. 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:26.879 I was about to say, especially with if Jimmian's are 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.080 being out, But even if Jimmian's are coming back, do 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.000 you think that Draymond's gonna be even more unhinged throughout 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:33.040 the rest of this series? 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:41.399 So Draymond Yesterday was Draymond yesterday was like bordering on 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:46.879 losing it and Steve Kerr and I I love Steve Kerr. 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:51.919 Steve Kerr did a whole Woe is Draymond because the 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:58.880 fans were chanting f you Draymond, and like, I wish 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.560 they wouldn't do that. Maybe I'm old school. What about 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:06.879 the kids that would resonate more with me if A 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:12.720 Draymond wasn't asking them to do it louder and if 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:19.440 Draymond hadn't two days ago taken credit for Carl Anthony 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.280 Towns is good game one I knew that would make 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:27.600 you mad. Demonse like terrible, the lack of shame when 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:32.840 it comes to him and Carl Anthony Towns, juxtaposed with 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.280 Carl Anthony Towns being very open and honest and vulnerable 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:40.040 about all the losses he suffered in his life, and 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.760 us then finding out that the latest game that Towns 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:47.080 missed that Draymond said he was afraid of playing Jimmy 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.159 or whatever he said on here I think was Jimmy. 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.280 It was because he was at another funeral. And then 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.120 Draymond's saying, you know, I lit a fire under him 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:58.879 or whatever it was, Like Draymond asks for this, he 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:02.760 wants to be the villain. That's fine, But then crime 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.520 a river about the fans in Houston not liking him 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.920 and using a little profanity. But I thought Draymond listen, 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:16.480 Draymond was flailing about Draymond is going to try to 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:20.200 get in it, get in in it with the Rockets. 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:24.480 But here's the difference. There's like four guys on the 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:28.800 Rockets that could get into a real scuffle or altercation 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:34.240 with Draymond Green. Dylan Brooks could, Amon Thompson could, Steven 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:38.199 Adams could, Tarry Easton could. I don't think Jalen Green's 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:44.280 I don't think that's his flavor. Any of those guys 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:46.880 the Rockets would be like, Okay, throw them both out, 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.160 throw out Draymond and dealer's choice on our guy. Shngoon's 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:56.800 not gonna Shingoon's not gonna take the bait, and Draymond's 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.200 gonna target Shingoon because the other thing we know about 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:03.200 Draymond is he likes you know, he has a type 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:08.680 of center that he thinks he can intimidate. And in 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:15.480 my experience, it is Rudy Gobert from France. Uh, demontes 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:19.280 Sabonis from? Where's Sabonis from? Is it serb is somebody? Right? 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:24.240 I forget where Sabonis is from. His dad is Yugoslavian, 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:27.719 but that's not a country anymore. My apologies. I mean 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:31.880 Sabonis technically is from America, but his because his dad 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:35.600 was playing here. Uh who am I forgetting Steven Adams 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:41.960 from New Zealand and Shingoon from Turkey like he likes 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:47.800 to Lithuania. Maybe I was wrong about this Yugoslavia thing. 0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:53.760 No vlades from Yugoslavia. Bad job by me? So I yeah, 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.439 I mean I think Draymond's on a knife's edge. And 0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:59.480 it was noteworthy to me that after the scuffle last night, 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.119 Kurr didn't wave the white flag. Kerr was still playing 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:06.240 Steph Curry, but he took Draymond out, So it wasn't 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:09.560 like we're taking the starters out. It was no We 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:14.720 just don't want Draymond to get thrown out, to get 0:22:14.840 --> 0:22:18.400 thrown out of the game. All right, So let's move 0:22:18.440 --> 0:22:22.280 on to the Celtics, and remember everybody like rate, subscribe review. 0:22:22.560 --> 0:22:25.359 We'll answer some of your listener questions from the chat 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:27.239 later in the show. If you're watching live, we can 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:28.320 go on to your Celtics. 0:22:28.560 --> 0:22:28.760 Uh. 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:32.520 Yes, not Tatum, no problem. Took care of business last night. 0:22:32.600 --> 0:22:36.000 Beat throw Orlando Magic in Game two thanks to Jalen Brown. 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:41.399 Porzingis actually got a forehead contusion whatever you want to call. 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:43.760 He got an elbowed in the head, gush and blood. 0:22:43.840 --> 0:22:46.560 Missoula came out and said, I like watching him bleed 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:47.080 on the court. 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:48.639 I think that's important. 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:51.240 Ula is such a nutcase. 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:55.040 Yes, what was your biggest takeaway from the Celtics going 0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:55.359 up too? 0:22:55.400 --> 0:22:59.119 Oh, Jalen Brown's knee looked healthy. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:01.000 Ne looked healthy. 0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:03.920 And you need to Tatum get that hand on ice 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:05.160 man game. 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:06.600 Yeah, it was pretty close. 0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:09.320 It's the Magic, right. 0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:13.399 That's the well hold on. What do you mean you 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:15.720 mean the game was too close for comfort for you? 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:19.399 I think that it's just if that's what because I 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:21.400 feel like Jason Tatum gets a lot of disrespect. 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:22.600 You saw what they looked. 0:23:22.400 --> 0:23:25.399 Like against Orlando Magic last night without Jason Tatum. If 0:23:25.400 --> 0:23:27.240 they're looking like that against the Magic, what's it going 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:29.399 to look like round two whenever we started. 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:33.439 Yeah, so that's I So I agree with that that 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:37.199 I think that I don't think they need Tatum to 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:40.400 beat the Magic. No, I do think they need Tatum. 0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:43.640 I think they need Tatum in round two against the Knicks. 0:23:44.080 --> 0:23:45.800 And I know they need Tatum. 0:23:46.359 --> 0:23:48.840 No Tatum and we can have anybody else gone, it 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:51.480 just cannot be Tatum in rest two. 0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:57.600 So I so I agree with you. So my so 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:01.840 with that said, I would sit Tatum and we'll get 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:04.120 Jalen Brown a second. I would sit Tatum game three, 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:08.680 even if he's like I'm Fine're like, no, we'll sit 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:11.640 you game three. If we go up three to zero, 0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:15.600 we the you know what I mean, they're gonna quit 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:20.080 Orlando then it's over. So then you can make, you know, 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:22.639 do what you want. Now. If you lose game three 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:26.320 and you've sat Tatum precautionary wise, then get him back 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.000 in for game four. Uh, but I would I don't 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:31.760 think Tatum should play the next game either. I thought 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:37.159 the Jalen Brown game was important because Jalen Brown since 0:24:37.240 --> 0:24:42.679 getting banged up. He he hurt his knee I think 0:24:43.600 --> 0:24:49.400 in the Sun's game back on April fourth. Since then, 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:52.800 he played twenty minutes against the Wizards, scored sixteen points, 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:57.600 played twenty minutes against the Knicks, scored six points, didn't 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:01.480 play in the remainder of their reg season games, and 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:05.160 then played thirty minutes in Game one and scored sixteen points. 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:07.760 It was like, Oh, how big of an issue is 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:11.200 this knee gonna be? Seeing him play forty two minutes 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:15.000 every time the Magic made a run. He kind of answered, 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:20.040 having thirty six points, ten rebounds, five assists. That to 0:25:20.080 --> 0:25:26.560