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Speaker 1: straight Fire fan, it's your boy, Jason McIntyre Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: for Wednesday June, and boy, do we have a podcast

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Not only are we gonna talk about

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Speaker 1: the wild and wacky NBA playoffs, Janice the latest star

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Speaker 1: to get injured. Trey Young didn't play last night and

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Speaker 1: the Hawks rolled the Bucks, but Janice going down as

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Speaker 1: the bigger news. We'll talk about that. But you guys

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Speaker 1: are gonna love today's guest. His name is Cuffs, the legend.

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Speaker 1: He's been before. One of the most popular NBA guests

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Speaker 1: we've had. We've had almost everybody in the NBA orbit.

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Speaker 1: I still have not gotten Woes on the pod yet.

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Speaker 1: We do go back. We're texting this week. I'm working

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Speaker 1: on it, folks. Uh. It's ESPN started to crack down

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Speaker 1: on who they let come on the podcast. I will

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Speaker 1: just say that however we need to, but before we

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Speaker 1: get to the Hawks, I just need to pump up

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Speaker 1: my main man, Cuffs. First of all, we like on

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Speaker 1: this show and in life, I like to buy value stocks,

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Speaker 1: buy them low before they pop, right, you'd like to

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Speaker 1: buy low, sell high. I told you guys about Cuffs

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Speaker 1: the legend a while back. He's been out there, you know,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant in his Instagram mentions. Uh, he's friendly with

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Speaker 1: Lebron He he's gotten in with the NBA players. I'm

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Speaker 1: just telling you guys, you want to buy an early

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Speaker 1: NBA stock. This guy is funny, he's interesting, he's plugged in.

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Speaker 1: You've got to kind of read between the lines as

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Speaker 1: to what he's saying. On some stuff talk Brad Beal,

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Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, the Damian Lillard situation in Portland, Um Paul George, Luca,

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Speaker 1: but keep an eye on Donovan Mitchell in Utah while

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Speaker 1: he's in Utah. I'll just say that. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: all that later, but I need to start the pod today.

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Speaker 1: You know, oftentimes in sports, we need to seek clarity.

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Speaker 1: As to what the hell is happening, And in the

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Speaker 1: NBA playoffs usually it's pretty clear. The best teams with

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Speaker 1: the best stars usually cut through. Not a ton of

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Speaker 1: surprises in getting to the NBA finals. Occasionally, yeah, you'll

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Speaker 1: have a Portland's breakthrough to the Western Conference finals, and yes,

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Speaker 1: of schedule. And occasionally have wacky stuff in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but usually by the time of the finals, you've got

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Speaker 1: the best two teams standing or at least two of

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Speaker 1: the best three teams. Last year, you know, the Miami

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Speaker 1: Heat took down Jane in the Bucks were there's a

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Speaker 1: bit of a surprise entrant, although they were built for

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Speaker 1: the bubble Lakers. Obviously Lebron. I mean, Lebron went to

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Speaker 1: the finals eight years in a row. Okay, whether it

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Speaker 1: and they usually get to the finals. Folks. I wonder

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Speaker 1: if we need to stop expecting and just start appreciating.

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Speaker 1: That ain't happening this year. Let's just appreciate the guys

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Speaker 1: we've got, Like bug don Bugdanovich, Oh what I mean?

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Speaker 1: So Trey Young is ruled out yesterday? Okay, and everybody

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Speaker 1: says the Bucks are gonna win. I I had the Bucks,

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Speaker 1: I had the under the under hit the Bucks did not.

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Speaker 1: And what happens Mike Budenholzer pulling his patented Oh, I

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Speaker 1: Hawks are without their best player. They started Loo Chicken

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Speaker 1: big news is, of course, Yannie goes down and it

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Speaker 1: looked real scary, looked like he hyper extended it, maybe worse.

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Speaker 1: Dan Janice goes back to the dressing room, and now

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Speaker 1: the bottom line is the Bucks should not have been

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Speaker 1: to remind everybody we even talked about this yesterday. The

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Speaker 1: If it's just status crazy Bogdanovitch last night six of

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Speaker 1: fourteen on threes, unbelievable performance. Where has this been well?

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Speaker 1: He's been banged up last six games. He made five

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Speaker 1: just bashing the hell out of Buddenholzer. But Chris Middleton

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Speaker 1: another egg of a performance. I was so glad I

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Speaker 1: we gotta run through Middleton. Oh my gosh, she's so good.

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Speaker 1: The Hawks are better when they run through Middleton. Oh

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Speaker 1: for seven on threes, sixteen points, six and seventeen shooting,

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Speaker 1: the one Hawks player I bet on, I said, I

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Speaker 1: think John Collins. This was before Trey was ruled out.

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Speaker 1: I bet on John Collins over points. I said, listen,

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Speaker 1: don't want to call these defraudulent NBA playoffs, but let's

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Speaker 1: just let's reality sink in for a minute. The Suns

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Speaker 1: I'm hopeful your honest is able to return. I hope

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Speaker 1: I did not put the injury hex on the Bucks,

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Speaker 1: because I've been talking about how healthy the Bucks have been.

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Speaker 1: Can you trust anybody left in these NBA playoffs? But

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Speaker 1: the the answer is no. I'm sorry, you cannot trust

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Speaker 1: the Clippers. Anytime you expect the Clippers to show up,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm riding the Suns again. Sons will win tonight.

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Speaker 1: Everybody thought the Bucks had this and the Hawks just

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Speaker 1: I mean, really, I I don't know what is the

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Speaker 1: The Bucks are just not a very good team without Janice.

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Speaker 1: Uh in Middleton and holiday get you home. Sure as

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Speaker 1: ship could not do it in game four, so I

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Speaker 1: think the sun's closed it out tonight. But listen, hey ghastly. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: without further ado, let's get to our guests. You know

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Speaker 1: him as Cuffs the Legend. Now, I do want to

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Speaker 1: You know, we recorded this Tuesday, UM, and he was

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Speaker 1: I think you guys will like this, UM. So, without

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Speaker 1: which looks like, folks, it's going to be complete and

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Speaker 1: utter madness. Jason likes to think he knows everything when

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Speaker 1: it comes to sports. I know what sports fans want,

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Speaker 1: straight fire. I would say back by popular demand, because

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Speaker 1: Brandon what. We won't mention his last name now, but

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Speaker 1: Cuff is good to have you back, man, man, I'm

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Speaker 1: glad to be back. Jason glad to be back. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, we like to get in early and buy

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Speaker 1: stock Elian people, and obviously we we like the cut

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Speaker 1: you back. NBA playoffs in full swing. Let's start with

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Speaker 1: the Clippers if you don't mind, um, Paul George go, man.

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Speaker 1: Paul George is the most fascinating. It's like the Dose

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Speaker 1: Seki's commercial. He's the most interesting man in the world

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Speaker 1: right now. Like he really is the most interesting basketball player.

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Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like this, Like how he can

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Speaker 1: I mentioned on Twitter last night, the pressure is right

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Speaker 1: And I just feel like he kind of dug itself

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Speaker 1: know how plugged in you are ahead, I've heard about that.

423
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 1: But the NBA is also just like other industries in

424
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,000
Speaker 1: this world of music then as the NBA is no

425
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,080
Speaker 1: difference as far it's a country club aspect to every

426
00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: every conglomerate, Like the NBA is no dear for him. Man.

427
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,560
Speaker 1: So we see we see Flip Sounders. I think it

428
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 1: was a Flip Sounder's son that was the coach for

429
00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,440
Speaker 1: the Wolves. They gave him a job. But you see

430
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,679
Speaker 1: how quick that was over. Like then we see the

431
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: next we see Lloyd Pierce, who I consider it's one

432
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: of my good friends. Um, a guy look up to,

433
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 1: a mentor. But Lloyd Pierce, he wasn't really giving a

434
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 1: fair shake with the Hawks. I mean, they had injuries,

435
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,719
Speaker 1: they had all type of situations going on within that

436
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,160
Speaker 1: team that a lot of people don't know about. But

437
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,679
Speaker 1: can you speak about the Tray young stuff, because you know,

438
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,440
Speaker 1: if you don't get along with the star in the league,

439
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 1: we know you're in trouble. Yeah, It's like it's kind

440
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 1: of like going back to Doug Collins and Michael Jordan,

441
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,480
Speaker 1: like coach is gonna bump heads, but they start players sometimes.

442
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: But I feel like every situation is different and sometimes

443
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 1: depending on your race, you know, you might get a

444
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 1: shorter leach. I mean, just keep it real with you,

445
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,440
Speaker 1: Like some black coaches get a shorter leach. And we've

446
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,880
Speaker 1: seen that for a long time, just like we've seen

447
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: on Twitter for the last two years, where you know,

448
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: if a black coach gets fired, is they just say

449
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 1: he's fired most time. But if the white coach gets

450
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: fired as they mutually parted as that's that's a that's

451
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 1: a that's a crazy thing to me, and a lot

452
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: of people starting to notice that. But I mean, I

453
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:10,399
Speaker 1: think Tyler man like his resume is solidified, um I

454
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 1: just like he's he has more respect in the locker

455
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,600
Speaker 1: room than a lot of coaches that have a better

456
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: resume than him. To be honest, like, I feel like

457
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,719
Speaker 1: players respect tylu more than more than Doc Rivers, as

458
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 1: we can see by how the Clippers are are responding

459
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,160
Speaker 1: to them like that. It's the same, it's the same,

460
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 1: it's the same roster pretty much. I mean, he got

461
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: a couple of young guys Terence Man, Reggie Jackson, who

462
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,119
Speaker 1: was looking like like he want to max contract your guy, Yeah,

463
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,439
Speaker 1: franchise player Reggie who I want to I want to

464
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Speaker 1: stay on the coaches, but I have to because you

465
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: mentioned Reggie Jackson. If you are the Knicks or the

466
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: Heat and you need a point guard, are you going

467
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Speaker 1: after Lonzo Bawler? Reggie Jackson Man, Reggie Jackson has made

468
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 1: himself a lot of money and um, because I remember

469
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 1: back when Lebron's first year in Miami, I think it

470
00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 1: was two thousand and eleven when they had to draft

471
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,439
Speaker 1: and pat Riley really wanted uh Reddy Jackson coming out

472
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,159
Speaker 1: of Boston College, Like he was really high on Ready Jackson. Um.

473
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 1: I think Oklahoma City picked him twenty fourth that year,

474
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: a couple of picks ahead of Miami, so he didn't

475
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,960
Speaker 1: get the fall the to Miami. But I think pat

476
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,120
Speaker 1: Rowley is still enamored by Ready Jackson and that could

477
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: be a good quality fit because Dragon is getting older

478
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 1: and I don't think that Heat really have a lot

479
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 1: of confidence in Kendred nothing like they did a year ago.

480
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: So I think Reggie Jackson has a lot of leverage

481
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,440
Speaker 1: and free agency. Man like Reggie Jackson and Cameron Paine

482
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,639
Speaker 1: are two of the most beautiful stories I've seen in

483
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: this playoff. Like like it's like redemption story because Reggie

484
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: Jackson to listen, Jackson, you know, as I know you're

485
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Speaker 1: a basketball peers. Like two or three weeks ago, Reggie

486
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 1: Jackson was still getting slander like he's always been for years,

487
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: Like he's totally reridden his hols. Well, this is a

488
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: guy remember in Okay, See, Reggie Jackson basically was like

489
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 1: a butting heads with Westbrook, saying listen, I should be

490
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: playing over Westbrook. And eventually they got sick of it.

491
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 1: They got him out of town. They're like, go to Detroit.

492
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 1: And then he goes to Detroit, He's like, this should

493
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Speaker 1: be my team. They give him all the money and

494
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,919
Speaker 1: then next thing you know, they buy him out a

495
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: couple of years later, Like and I'm with you, Like

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Speaker 1: I did a podcast on the redemption of Reggie Jackson

497
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: simply because in life, a lot of people got to

498
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: go through this, like there are gonna be tough times.

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Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson came out, like you said, first round pick,

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Speaker 1: He's supposed to be the guy, and maybe now he's

501
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: all grown up at what years old? So do you

502
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Speaker 1: think the Clippers are going to give Reggie Jackson that

503
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: bag and bring them back to l A and then

504
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,479
Speaker 1: they can just like they can afford him. But what

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00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,199
Speaker 1: Leonard walks and goes to Portland though, oh all right,

506
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 1: wait wait, wait time you need to back Portland. Okay, Portland,

507
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: you're backed up? Kawhi Leonard walking going to Portland. Yeah,

508
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna go to Portland, I'm sure and we got listen,

509
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 1: we got Ben Simmons to get to um, Dave Lillard,

510
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 1: Bradley Beal, but okay, let's go to Portland. This whole

511
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,160
Speaker 1: Chauncey Billups hiring thing is mind blowing to me. And

512
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 1: you know, the Portland fans are outraged because of some

513
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 1: alleged sexual assault that might have happened twenty three years ago. Um,

514
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: and now they're pinning it on Damian Lillard and they're

515
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: angry at him and Dame it's like throwing his hands

516
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: up like I'm done with you people. I can't handle this.

517
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 1: You know, Chauncey Billups is supposed to be that TAILU

518
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 1: type guy right where he gets along with the players.

519
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: What what do you see happening with Dame Lillard in Portland.

520
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: I mean, if I if I had one wish, it

521
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: would be Damian literally go to the Lakers and play

522
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: with Lebron and a d like I would probably sacrifice

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00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 1: from my members. I'll trade in one of my family

524
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: members right now to get Dame on the Lakers. But

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00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: I know that's a long shot. But Dame, man, I

526
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: think he's He's very loyal. That's one thing I can

527
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: say about Dame. Like I've had a few conversations with Dame.

528
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: You following me on Twitter for a long time. Damian

529
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: Lillard is very loyal. But my only fear with Damian

530
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 1: literally is I hope he doesn't become too loyal like

531
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: Kevin Garnett did with Minnesota photos years. That's that's the

532
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 1: best way I can describe it, Like, I hope his

533
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: loyalty doesn't override the reality out and the press because

534
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna start to feel that pressure because

535
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: we know how talented he is, and it just feels

536
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: like he belongs in these moments, Like he just feels

537
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: like like that moment that Paul George has last night,

538
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: We've seen Damon little to have those moments like in

539
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: the first round, in the first round series, or even

540
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: the second round series. But I want to see Dame

541
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,640
Speaker 1: on the highest stage, in the conference finals, in the finals,

542
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: and just like Chris Paul, Like I'm probably gonna cry

543
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,439
Speaker 1: Chris Paul make it to the final, Broke. I know

544
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: what he's been through. I know, Yeah, you are a

545
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 1: Chris Paul guy. Yeah, I know what he's been through. Man.

546
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: And it's like the Dame, Like I don't want to

547
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: see Dame waste a lot of his golden years in Portland,

548
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: and like they've done a decent job of putting certain

549
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: guys around him, c J. Him and c J have

550
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: the best chemistry any backcourt. To me, uh nurk. It

551
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 1: is pretty good on the inside. But I just feel

552
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,479
Speaker 1: like it's like the Portland Trailbladers have always been that

553
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,119
Speaker 1: dish that you bring the Thanksgiving there's always missing, like

554
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: an ingredient, like it's missing something like they always missing

555
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 1: something like every season. So, um, John, I think he's

556
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 1: gonna be the right guy for that job. I just

557
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 1: don't know how long Dame is going to remain patient

558
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: because he's starting to hear the rumblings. Man, When you

559
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: start to hear those whispers from their fans. See, the

560
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: pressure always comes from the fans, bro, because those guys

561
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: those they read a time, why more than anybody. But

562
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 1: but but that's the thing, cuffs should they like? I

563
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: what's the value in that? Who cares what some of

564
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: these fans think? Who really gives a rip some of

565
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 1: these uneducated buffoons. You know, these guys have like you know,

566
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 1: Schilly uh avatars and you know, dogs and all this stuff. Like,

567
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: who cares what these people think? I know Kevin Durant does.

568
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: But if you brought up Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant does. Yes,

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00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but he does. So Kevin Garnett Minnesota.

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00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: I just looked us up. He was a ten time

571
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: All Star and the league MVP. Okay, I don't know

572
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: if Dame has been a ten time All Star and

573
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: he is not one a m VP. Kevin Garnett was

574
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: treated for Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo, Ratliff,

575
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: Bassie Telfair and a first round pick. How are you

576
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: kidding me? Why why couldn't Dame go to the Lakers

577
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: for Kuzma, Shrewder and assigning trade th h t and

578
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: any other picks that the Lakers are able to give up.

579
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: That's a good question. Man. Was that that much different

580
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: than than the Kevin Garnett It's not different at all.

581
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: So I'm actually hoping it happens, man, so I can

582
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: enjoy this Lakers championship in the middle of the ocean

583
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: next summer. I really hope what you just said, what

584
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: you just said happened. Uh. And I got a love

585
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: for Kuzman, Man, I got love for th h Like

586
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: I love those guys, but they're the only trade asset

587
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: that the Lakers have at this moment. So I feel

588
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: like it's going We've reached We've reached across roads this summer, Man,

589
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: with the Lakers, we reached across roads as far as

590
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: I think, we're gonna see some some explosive moves from

591
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: Robert Lincoln. Man, Lord, would you so Dame is pie

592
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: in the sky but of a pipe drink? CJ. McCollum

593
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: could be had for much less. I don't know how

594
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: many times c J. McCollum has been an All Star,

595
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 1: but let's be real. He is a good player. He

596
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 1: fits with Lebron and a d because he can shoot.

597
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: But I don't know, I mean c J. McCollum a

598
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: thirty billion dollar guy. I mean this marketplace, he definitely

599
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 1: is because he's guaranteed twenty one, twenty two points a game,

600
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: twenty three a game, I think. So, I mean he's

601
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 1: he's on that second tier of star players, like he's

602
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: never made an All Star game, second or third, second,

603
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: third one. It's second or third tier like Jamal Murray is. Probably.

604
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: I feel like I feel like c J. McCullum is

605
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: right there on that on that on that tier of

606
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: players with Jamal Murray because I mean some nice see

607
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: they can give you thirty five or forty so um,

608
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: I think he would mess pretty well with Lebron and

609
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: a D with his space and he can create his

610
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: own shot. I mean, he can get to any spot.

611
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: I mean he doesn't play any defense now, he doesn't

612
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: play any defense. And that's one thing that would concern

613
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: me if he came to the Lakers. I just think

614
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: that Lakers need a goal in man, and they just

615
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: need a goal in and it's really yeah, I don't

616
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: think it's really I don't think it's really a situation

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00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: where the Lakers need they don't necessarily need a third

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00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: start man. I don't think any reliable shooters and reliable

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00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: road players. Yeah, and and they were unreliable. You know,

620
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: a big fan, but the dudes unreliable. Fox Sports Radio

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625
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: Bradley Beale, and I will come back to Ben Simmons

626
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: because I think there's a chance of that. I don't

627
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: know if it's a fit, but Bradley Beale has not

628
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 1: committed to the to the Wizards, they don't have a

629
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: coach as of now. They might be going to Bradley

630
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: bald and saying who can we get to make you

631
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: to stay? Answer is probably nobody. But if Bradley Beale

632
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Speaker 1: says I want out and I want to go to

633
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Speaker 1: the Lakers, he's got one year left before he hits

634
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: free agency. Who can stop him from saying I want

635
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: to go to the Lakers and don't don't trade for

636
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: me Boston or whoever because not signing there. Because Anthony

637
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: Davis did the same damn thing. Why can't Bradley Bill

638
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: do that? And can Lebron get him to do that. Yeah. Yeah,

639
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,959
Speaker 1: A lot of that comes down to your agency and

640
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: what type of agent you have as well, and what

641
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: type of personality the player has, because you know when

642
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: you do that, when you make that demand, you're gonna

643
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,239
Speaker 1: deal with the bad lass. And some players are not

644
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: accustomed to that back lass because they've always been seen

645
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: as like Bradley Bill has always had a pristine image

646
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: in the media as far as everything, like, you've never

647
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: really been viewed as a bad guy or been viewed

648
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: as a villain by any means. Um So if he

649
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: were to come out like tomorrow and say we saw

650
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: a headline tomorrow on our notifications that said Bradley Bill

651
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: has repressed a trade from the Wisness, we would be like, oh, man, Like,

652
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 1: we didn't really see that coming. Because that guy is

653
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: always being loyal, just like Dame in Portland. He's being loyal.

654
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: But there is another guy that I probably would uh

655
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: sacrifice one of my family members for to be on

656
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: the lake because I'll tell Bradley Bill, I mean, he's

657
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 1: how on my list if you had to give me

658
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: a top three, he's definitely on the top three of

659
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,719
Speaker 1: he's perfect he's perfect for Lebron. Now, now you just

660
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: mentioned the interesting thing about the agent. We've seen some

661
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: guys say I want to demand a trade, I want

662
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: to do this, and they get hated by the idiots

663
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: on social media and some of the newspaper guys and

664
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: those ink stain wretches who cover the league go in

665
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: on the players. But guess what six months later when

666
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: they got a title. How does it feel, Anthony Davis,

667
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: how does it feel? Well? James Harden doesn't know the title,

668
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: but he's happy as a clam in Brooklyn. You know. Um,

669
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: some of these guys, when they get what they want,

670
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: it ends up fine. So if you can deal with

671
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: the short term pain, the long term gain is great.

672
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant going to Golden State then going to Brooklyn, Right, Yeah,

673
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: you're right. So, like I said, I would I think

674
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: that guy is more likely to be a Laker. Out

675
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: of all these superstars that we were mentioneding, like Bradley

676
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: bill Uh Damian Lillard, the guy that I think has

677
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: a I would say a decent chance of being a Laker. Now,

678
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: I'm not saying this summer, but I'm staying in the

679
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: next year or so, will be Russell west Room. Oh coughs.

680
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:08,280
Speaker 1: Come on, you wanta take Russell Westbrook over Ben Simmons?

681
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: Are you joking? What I'm saying this is not like

682
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,919
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I want him on the Lakers. I'm

683
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: just saying that's that's that's a possibility. I think with

684
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: his connection to l a like his relationship with Lebron

685
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: a d uh. Those guys are pretty solid. They're pretty cool, man. Um,

686
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Rob Lincoln had a tough job.

687
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 1: He got the toughest job of any executive. It's offseason

688
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: because that championship window is small for the Lakers right now,

689
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: and they have really got to match the gas and

690
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: rectify the mistakes they made in free agency the last

691
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: couple of years. Not just for you, did they make

692
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: mistakes because up to one of the Suns, everybody and

693
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 1: their mom thought that series was over. If a d

694
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 1: doesn't go down, Lakers roll the Sun's right. Maybe for

695
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: one This is what I'll tell people a lot of times. Man,

696
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: you can win an NBA title with a flawed roster,

697
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: like you don't have to have this perfect rocks like

698
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 1: the Lakers one last year in the bubble, and if

699
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 1: you really look at the Lakers roster there. Roster had

700
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: a lot of weaknesses on a lot of KCP was

701
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: like their third Yeah, like they had a lot of

702
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: It was a flawed roster and they still pulled it off.

703
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: So just like you're watching this year, I agree, if

704
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: the Lakers were healthy and Anthony David in the top shape,

705
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: I don't I wouldn't. I don't think any series would

706
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: have went longer than six games against anybody, that's including Brooklyn.

707
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: If the Lakers Denver, Yeah, the Lakers would have been

708
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: fully healthy off season and just had the season that

709
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: they thought they were gonna have as far as having

710
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: everybody available, I think they would have just they would

711
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: have just blown right through this playoffs. But man, it's

712
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: it's just it's the war of attrition, like what they

713
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: all say. And if we look at this championship we're

714
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: about to have, I think we're more likely gonna get

715
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: the Bucks in the suns, but nobody predicted that. And

716
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: I think that neither one of those teams are the

717
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: best team in the NBA this year. They're the healthiest team.

718
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: So that's that's how it all plays out. This Every

719
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: single season is different, man, and I think this season

720
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: is like the wildest we've ever seen as far as

721
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: God's getting injured, stars the stars. Let me know, I

722
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: need to know your thoughts on Ben Simmons. Who I mean,

723
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: I've I'm team Ben Simmons. I'm a fan. I think

724
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: this is a great BILO opportunity for somebody. Where are

725
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: you on Ben Simmons? Ben Simmons, I'm actually rooting for

726
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. He's another guy. It's getting a lot of

727
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: a lot of scrutiny on social media. It's bad. I

728
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: mean it's bad right now for being but I think

729
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: you know he has he has to really get in

730
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: the gym. I don't know if he got to call

731
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: lethal shooter or whoever, but like, like you're killing that girl.

732
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: And this is my thing about it. Like if you're

733
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,399
Speaker 1: if you're on social media every day, man, and you're

734
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: seeing you're the best basketball Like you're the best shooting

735
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: coach in the world. Who needs a shooting coach more

736
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: than Ben Simmons right now? I mean, he doesn't need

737
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: anything else. Like Ben Simmons was born to play defense, bro.

738
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: Like if you just look at his physical attributes, like

739
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: he's a defensive Dynamo like I would put him on.

740
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: You can put him on anybody in the league other

741
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: than Trade Young probably, and he didn't do a good job.

742
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: Probably Stepp for giving trouble too. But man being Simmons

743
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: is such an enigma man because I honestly feel like

744
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 1: he was thrust into being a point guard because his

745
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: court vision was so great in high school and his

746
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: and and he was able to have the ball in

747
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: high school and just come down and just do what

748
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: he wanted to do, and a lot of that, A

749
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,919
Speaker 1: lot of his court vision is based on the fact

750
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: that he scared to shoot though, if you get what

751
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like some guys, some guys have court vision

752
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: where it's like I can really break down the defense

753
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: like a Trade Young boy example, Trey Young is a

754
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 1: great passer. Everybody eats. Everybody eats on the hawk when

755
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: Tray youngs is out there like he gonna give you

756
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: forty and he might have fifteen and sins as well.

757
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: But he's looking for guys because that's a part of

758
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: his game. He has a i Q to really feel

759
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: where guys are in certain spots. But I feel like

760
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, he plays what I call like hot potato basketball,

761
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: where it's like I don't want any if you know,

762
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: the certain parts of the game, he doesn't even look

763
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: at the realm when he has the ball. That's a

764
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: problem for me and Rondo. You think the fouling, the

765
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 1: hacking got to him, Yeah, it's definitely an his subconscious man.

766
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: I feel like he's starting to really think about those

767
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: free throws and he doesn't look forward to go into

768
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: the foul line. And that's that's That's one way you

769
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 1: can assess any player, whether they're young or NBA player, man,

770
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: like you gotta want to go to the foul line.

771
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: Like I coach kids at all types of age groups,

772
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: and you got certain kids on your team that when

773
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: your team is in the double bonus and there's thirty

774
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 1: seconds left in the game and we're trying to seal

775
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: this win, You've got certain players on your team who

776
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: are trying to get the inbounds pass because they want

777
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: to shoot those free throws because they know, you know,

778
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,879
Speaker 1: I practice these shots all the time. I just feel

779
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,399
Speaker 1: like being and just not confident in his skill set.

780
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: And he does have time to rectify that. So I

781
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: feel like he's just in a situation man, to keep

782
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: it real with you, Jason. The pressure from the Philly fans.

783
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: We know they were one of the most fickle Philip

784
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: the fil sports fans. I mean, I don't want to

785
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: take any backlash, but I gotta keep it real. There

786
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: are some of the most fickle fans on Earth in

787
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: any sport. So if being Simmons was in Minnesota or

788
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: maybe even Utah right now going through these same struggles,

789
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: I feel like certain fans and that fan base would

790
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: be more patient. But when you're in Philadelphia, we saw

791
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: how they did Carson Wentz, We've seen how they've done

792
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: like pretty much every start in feeling herself for Alanson,

793
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,240
Speaker 1: Alan Iverson could do no wrong. But man, being since

794
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: bro like, I just like it's time for a new

795
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: I changed the scenery, Jacson. Just to answer your question completely,

796
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: I think it's time it's time for a change of scenery,

797
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: and we might see being in Minnesota. Man, Yeah, somebody

798
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: mentioned to me that he doesn't feel safe right now

799
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: in Philly and he's getting some threats, So yeah, I

800
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna end well there for him. I

801
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: just want to point out, though, this guy who at

802
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 1: a triple double in the closeout game against Washington, and

803
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: you're right, the confidence is not there against Atlanta. It

804
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: was an awful series. Is it a stretch? And again,

805
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons has never won an m v P or

806
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: been to the finals. But Lebron's series against the MAVs

807
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: in the finals, when he was with the heat all

808
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: of us, something happened. He just wasn't Lebron wasn't being aggressive. Um,

809
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: I felt like there was a little a hint of

810
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 1: that from Ben Simmons against the Hawks. I don't know,

811
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: you want to laugh at that, agree a little bit,

812
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: I don't. Yeah, we're just gunshot. Like in the basketball world,

813
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: like people like hands on with players, we call that

814
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: being gunshot like Ben Simmons did. It's not that he

815
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: didn't trust his jump shocker. We all know he don't

816
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 1: really trust his three ball more than anything. But if

817
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: you go back and watch those I know it's summer league,

818
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 1: I know it's pick up ball, but we've seen those

819
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 1: videos floating around the last couple of weeks with Ben

820
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: Simmons and the like last couple of summers playing pick

821
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: up ball and shooting from everywhere. So that shows you

822
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: that he can actually shoot a basketball, So that's not

823
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: in question. The partner. The same question is upstairs, like

824
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: the mental aspect of shooting the basketball and saying, okay,

825
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: I've missed three shots in the row, because there everybody

826
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: can shoot when they hit a couple, like they make

827
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: every other shot. But when you started missing two or

828
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: three in a row, then you find out who's really

829
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: a who's really a mentally tough player, Who's who has

830
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: that you know, who has that mindset that j R.

831
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: Smith's mindsets I call it where it's like I'm like,

832
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: I'm feel like I'm gonna make every shot. And that's

833
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,399
Speaker 1: the That's the only thing that separating Ben Simmons from

834
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 1: other guys right now is that has his same same

835
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: body style, his same characteristics physically, he just does not

836
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: trust hisself and the Philly fans that pressure. Imagine not

837
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,800
Speaker 1: trusting yourself and second and second guessing and doubt on

838
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: yourself and then living in that fan base around that

839
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: fan base is tough man, not healthy? All right, Well,

840
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: we can wrap up on two guys. I'm enamored with

841
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 1: the Zion Williamson idea that maybe he does not sign

842
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: the rookie extension because he's so unhappy. We're starting to

843
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: cure rumblings right that his family doesn't like the situation there,

844
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: staying than Gundy's gone. We don't know what happens with

845
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: a lonzo with heart. Um what do you and any

846
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 1: read on Zion? I think it would be awesome for

847
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: him to play the villain and just say I'm out,

848
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: thanks guys, I'm done here, I'm gonna I'm gonna go elsewhere.

849
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: Nobody's ever done it, No like high drafted rookie's ever

850
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: done it. Do you think there's any chance he does that? Yeah,

851
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's a good chance that

852
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: we will see Zion Williamson. This is me, This is

853
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 1: my random going out on a limb. You probably can

854
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: play this back in a couple of years, but I

855
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: think Zion Williamson will be a New York niked some

856
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,279
Speaker 1: m hm, we are j Barrett like they have a

857
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 1: great friendship, uh from that time at Duke and I

858
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: just think that New York Knicks are building something far

859
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: as like for young players if you noticed, like most

860
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: of their good players this year with younger guys other

861
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: than Darry Rose and TODs Gibson and a couple other Vets.

862
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: But the Knicks are building something, but they have a

863
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: certain energy about them, and I think guys like Zion

864
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: Williams are not taking notice. I even think Damon Little

865
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: has taken notice to what it needs are doing because

866
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: we saw high electric masson Square Garden was in that

867
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: first round series with the Hawks. Man, like a lot

868
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: of players around the league is starting to look at

869
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 1: New York like that's real, that's a premium free agent

870
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: destination and it wasn't that like even a year or

871
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: two ago. Because I still feel like, I still feel

872
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: like in my heart Kevin Durant and Kyle Reacher who

873
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,879
Speaker 1: went to the Knicks instead of Brooklyn as far as

874
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: like the way they will the way they would be

875
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: loved in the city. Because if you look at the

876
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: ticket sales for the playoffs, for example, you can see

877
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: at lower level at the Brooklyn Nets in the first round,

878
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 1: second round series for a couple of hundreds, those same

879
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: exact seats, those same exact seats for the first round

880
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: match up with the Hawks were the lowest ticket was

881
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: like lower, like like hundred for the lowest nos Lees.

882
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 1: So the New York Knicks always will always run the city.

883
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: So I think even if the Brooklyn Nets win a

884
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: title or two, it would never be looked at the

885
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: same way as bringing a title to the Knicks. Get

886
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So yeah, no, no, definitely. I'm wondering, though,

887
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: how much of this has to do with the Leon

888
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 1: Rose move. What do you know about him? Man? Leon

889
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 1: Rose is a basketball mine And that's why I think

890
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: that Nick has had this resurgence because they got basketball

891
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: people in the building. Leon Rose worldwide, west Uh coach Tibbs.

892
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna be hard notes. So that's why

893
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: I said a guy like Zion Wimson in New Orleans,

894
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,879
Speaker 1: those guys are looking at other teams man like, hold on, man,

895
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: I like the energy there because players want to be

896
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:30,399
Speaker 1: around that vibe. They want to be around a certain vibe,

897
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 1: a certain locker room, a certain the fan base, the

898
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: energy of the fan base. And when you watch the

899
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 1: Pelicans games, man like, I don't even I just cannot

900
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 1: get with the Pelicans for some reason. It's I don't

901
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: know if it's the mascot. I don't know, if it's

902
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,320
Speaker 1: the uniforms, Like, I can't get it the Pelican Yeah,

903
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Anthony Davis left there and Zion is

904
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: gonna live. I mean, you just wonder if they turned

905
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: into the Seattle Sonics in a couple of years. I

906
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: read some crazy stat that they've never paid the luxury

907
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: tax and now they've got Josh Harden Alonso this summer,

908
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: and it's like, I mean, if you lose those two guys,

909
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: I know you're going super young, but you're not making

910
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 1: the playoffs next year. No, And I don't see I

911
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 1: just don't see them building. I just don't see them

912
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 1: building a franchise that is like able to depete for

913
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: a championship. And I could tell Zion wants to win,

914
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: like he's a young kid, but you can tell he

915
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 1: wants to win, just like LaMelo Ball in Charlotte LaMelo Ball.

916
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: You could tell he plays winning basketball, but he's not

917
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: just there for the highlights. And like some guys in

918
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 1: the league who wanted to, you know, get a nice

919
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: highlight packets so they can get paid, like Zion Wimpson

920
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,800
Speaker 1: really wants to win. Man um, let's wrap up on

921
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: Luca Donte too. You know, for my mind, if I'm

922
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: starting a team tomorrow in the NBA and I get

923
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: first overall pick age, matters, I'm taking Luca Donte. I mean,

924
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,799
Speaker 1: I know you might go k D Harden and I

925
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: get that, that's fine. I think Luca elevates the play

926
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 1: of everyone. I know. He hasn't gotten out of the

927
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 1: first round. Although I'm sure listen cuffs to supporting cast

928
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: is rivals what Lebron had in OH seven when he

929
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: went to the finals. You know, with the cast I

930
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 1: find maybe not that bad. But on that level, who's

931
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: going to Dallas? Can Luca get anybody? There? Can? This

932
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: Nike guy, I don't. I don't know much about him.

933
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 1: What maybe you know some stuff? Can Jason Kidd, Like,

934
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen in Dallas this offseason? I agree with

935
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: you on Luca. Man. If I had to pick a

936
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: player to be my franchise player, it would definitely be

937
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: him because that was my pick, uh, my preseason picked

938
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: for m v P. I thought Luca was gonna have

939
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: to when I have an MVP year, and I think

940
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna win multiple, multiple m vps before it. Saull

941
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: said it done, man. But to answer your question, man, uh,

942
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: for that's tough. I don't think Dallas will have a

943
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: hard time attracting free agents because Mark Cuban, I mean,

944
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 1: you've seen what he's done with the organization, all the

945
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 1: way down to the locker rooms to the team playing

946
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 1: like he makes the accommodations very sweet and the amenities

947
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:58,319
Speaker 1: very sweet for players. Um. I just think, honestly, I

948
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: think the perfect running mate for Luca would have been

949
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: honest if he wouldn't have signed that extension with that

950
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: would have been a really good because Luca has to

951
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 1: play with a guy who doesn't really need the ball

952
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,800
Speaker 1: in his hands. Because we all know that Luca Donnas

953
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: has one of the highest UTIs rates in the n Yeah,

954
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: he has the ball in his hands the majority of

955
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: the time. And that's why I feel like, uh, port Zingis,

956
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: we we we've seen the stories in the last couple days.

957
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:26,360
Speaker 1: I mean honestly, we've been hearing the romans for a while.

958
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: But they said, those two guys do not like each

959
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: other at all. They do not like each other, and

960
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 1: you can kind of see it on the court man like,

961
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: there's no there's no real rapport with those two guys.

962
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,800
Speaker 1: So I feel like, for one, Dallas has to find

963
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: a nice trade package for port Zingis. Because I tweeted

964
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: this and probably when I want to say, the first

965
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: year put Zingis came to Dallas and I started to

966
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: see it, and I was like, they gotta find a

967
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 1: way to move Portzingis before the jig is up, like

968
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: before before his value diminishes, because we're started to see

969
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,919
Speaker 1: port Zingis value diminished her to what it was when

970
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: he was in New York. So that's why I said,

971
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,439
Speaker 1: a lot of these front office guys, some of them

972
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 1: make the move a little too late, like a year

973
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: or two too late. So they got they got a

974
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,240
Speaker 1: hammer down a nice trade package for Porzingis this summer

975
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: because it's obvious those to those two guys are not

976
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 1: going to be able to mesh well together and win

977
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: a championship together. So I don't know, you might, you

978
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 1: might might. We might see dame. I mean, because damn

979
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,959
Speaker 1: can play off the ball. Damn yep, yep. Bradley Bill

980
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,919
Speaker 1: could be there, Yeah, Bradley Bill. Anybody that can, Yeah,

981
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,280
Speaker 1: anybody that can play off the ball will really flourish

982
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: with with Luca Darin's because he's gonna happen. Nobody wants.

983
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: Nobody's gonna want Porzingis, man, I know, man, it's try

984
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: It's like trying to give away. It's like trying to

985
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: give away a couch on the yard still, bro, like

986
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: like the neighborhood yard. Still I got free, just take

987
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: it away. I'll load it under your truck. Bro, my

988
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,799
Speaker 1: next door neighbor. Nice lady, you got a beautiful couch

989
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: set right now her driveway. And it's like nobody wants in.

990
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: And I feel like a lot of teams gonna do

991
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 1: the porzingis because it's bad. You drop man like big time.

992
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: I'll give you my final Ben Simmons um wacky trade.

993
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: I can see Ben Simmons landing in Toronto. I don't

994
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: know if they're gonna keep MESSI. I don't know if

995
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,800
Speaker 1: you've heard anything on him. But if I'm a team,

996
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 1: I just I trade for Ben Simmons. I jam him

997
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 1: at the five and I try something radical. I know

998
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 1: he's not don't want to play the five. But how

999
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 1: many good centers are in the league? Seriously, Uh, there's

1000
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: like maybe five. We just saw Rudy Gobert in Utah.

1001
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,399
Speaker 1: They won the regular season, big whooping, big big deal.

1002
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,399
Speaker 1: What do they do in the playoffs? And Rudy Gobert like, yeah,

1003
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: it doesn't sound crazy at all. But you saying you

1004
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:38,839
Speaker 1: would put you I mean, I'm not honest. You're saying

1005
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 1: you would put Ben Simmons at the five in Toronto.

1006
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,720
Speaker 1: That's not crazy at all because that's the problem these

1007
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 1: players coming to the NBA, and whether it's the scouts,

1008
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 1: the college scouts, the NBA scouts, different scouts, they are

1009
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: giving these kids positions when they're in AU, when they're

1010
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: in middle school, they're in high school. Like I said

1011
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: early about being Simmons having the ball in his hands

1012
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 1: at AU, just because he played point guard in high

1013
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: school does not mean he's the point guard even that

1014
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 1: one year at l s U. You can do that

1015
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: in the SEC and college basketball because you're a physical freak.

1016
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: But when you get to the NBA, bro like you're

1017
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: gonna get exposed when you're playing out of position. That's

1018
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: all that's happening with Ben. If you, like you said,

1019
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: if you're sticking at the four, and he maybe can

1020
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: play some point forward like a Anthony Mason type guy

1021
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: with Anthony Mason played before, but he had the ball

1022
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 1: in his hand specilitating. Sometimes you have to put him

1023
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: in that role, but you can't make him your primary ball.

1024
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 1: Haidling he can't be your Luka Donne's your Lebron. And

1025
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 1: I think when Being Simmons first came in, everybody saw

1026
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: his physical dimensions. He's six nine, he's kids though, he's muscular,

1027
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: he's athletic. So a lot of a lot of cornball

1028
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: scouts immediately did what, he's the next Lebron James. He's

1029
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: the next Lebron James. Like, we gotta stop that. Like

1030
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: you saw the remarks the last couple of weeks they've made.

1031
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 1: I forgot who said I think with stephen A. Stephen

1032
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: A came out National TV and said Devin Booker is

1033
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: the next Kobe Bryant. Oh gosh, We've gotta We've got

1034
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:10,560
Speaker 1: to stop doing that because you're putting pressure on who

1035
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,879
Speaker 1: he's not. He's not Kobe Bryant. And just like Being

1036
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 1: Simmons is not Lebron James, we gotta respect his skill

1037
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:19,839
Speaker 1: set for what it is and try to find Like

1038
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 1: you said, a situation go to State Warriors might be

1039
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:26,080
Speaker 1: a possibility. You never I still think that's in play. Yeah,

1040
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 1: I mean, if if you make Ben I don't want

1041
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: to say you turn him into Clint Capella, right, but

1042
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: if you've got Ben Simmons as your five, and all

1043
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: he's doing is setting screens. And I know you want

1044
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: to sag off him because he can't shoot. Well, guess

1045
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: what if you If he's setting screens for a great shooter,

1046
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: then that guy's gonna get tons of open looks because

1047
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 1: you're not hugging up Ben Simmons. I mean, someone's gotta

1048
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: get creative because I mean cuffs. You know this. If

1049
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 1: you don't have a major star in this league, you're

1050
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:53,240
Speaker 1: not winning um And yeah, I would try something outside

1051
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: the box, something radical. And guess what. The Warriors did

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Speaker 1: that with the small ball and it brought them greatness. Uh,

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Speaker 1: everybody else copied it, and now you gotta try something new, right.

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Speaker 1: I could see Simmons on the Raptors, I could see

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Speaker 1: him on I definitely can see him on Go to

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Speaker 1: State because they would be the one team that's on

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Speaker 1: orthodox and think outside the box that will put him

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Speaker 1: at the four and the five and like a Draymond

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Speaker 1: Green roll. Yeah, and we can see him flourish in

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Speaker 1: that situation. But at the end of the day, man,

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Speaker 1: I am rooting for being Simmons man because he is

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Speaker 1: so young and he got a lot more time and

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Speaker 1: I hate when we write guys off because guess what

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Speaker 1: we did. We saw that. We saw everybody do that

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Speaker 1: at Ready Jackson, Jason, we saw it. Yeah, they wrote

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Speaker 1: Ready Jackson off man and Ready Jackson looking like he's

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Speaker 1: gonna get a hundred million this summer. Man. Yeah, people forget,

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Speaker 1: we're not paying for what the guy was. We're paying

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Speaker 1: for what we think they can be. And I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think you gotta pay Reggie Jackson given what he

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Speaker 1: can be now as as a better player. But anyways, Cuffs,

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Speaker 1: we've gone a long started you up so much of

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Speaker 1: your time. Great stuff as always on the NBA. Uh,

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Speaker 1: enjoy your conversations with k D, Dame and Lebron and

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Speaker 1: congrats on your rise in media. Man, I appreciate it. Man,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me on. Man, it's always a good time.