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Discover why 10 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: Park City, Utah, is Winter's favorite town. Learn how to 11 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: visit safely at visit park City dot com. Um, this 12 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hey, what's up everybody? 13 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: August thirty first Straight Fire. I am your host, Jason McIntyre, 14 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: entering week four on the podcast. So much fun. Can't 15 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: wait to start football here later this week. Actually, I 16 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: hope everybody did have a really solid weekend. Wrapping up 17 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: the month. I had my big money fantasy football draft, 18 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: you know, played some board games with the kids, very 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: low key action, watched a lot of basketball. Um, but 20 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: you know, I'm kind of excited that today is the 21 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: final day of August. I mean, geez, you know, the 22 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: year has been awful. August was pretty bad, and I 23 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: don't know about you guys. A quick word on the 24 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: passing of Black Panther. I mean, listen, this hit me hard. 25 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: On Friday. I talked about it on my Saturday Fox 26 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,919 Speaker 1: Sports radio show. Chadwick Boseman, the great actor who played 27 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: Black Panther just, I mean, he just died. I had 28 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: no idea he had colon cancer, been fighting it for 29 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: four years. Just an absolute shocker because I'm about the 30 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: same age as him, Kobe Bryant, and to see these 31 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: guys passing away just unbelievable. And I remember taking my 32 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: kids to see Black Panther in the theater and it's packed. 33 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: I think it was opening weekend. And when kill Monger 34 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: throws Black Panther off the waterfall, it's just your king 35 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: and he tosses it. My kids stood up next to me. 36 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: They were so shaken, and I'm sitting here kind of laughing, 37 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: but also like, guy's got you know, heroes survive, okay, 38 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: the the star of the movie is gonna be okay. 39 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: And they were just so shaken. I'll never forget it. 40 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: My kid drissed up as black Panther that Halloween and 41 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: it was just um, oh man, it was you know, 42 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: I just r I p Chadwick Boseman. Um. All right, 43 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: onto the biggest sports story here on Monday. It is 44 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: not the cluster injuries on the Philadelphia Eagles offense. I'm 45 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: sure you guys saw Carson Wentz a little dinged up. 46 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: It is not the injury to Derwin James, the Charger safety. 47 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: My gosh, if he'd better not be out that long. 48 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: He was hurt last year. It killed him. He's hurt again. 49 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: And it is not, although it was nearly the best 50 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: receiver in college football, Jamaar Chase leaving college football, opting 51 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: out due to COVID. He's not gonna play for l 52 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: s U. This guy is a potential top five pick. 53 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: He is a monster. He was a stud last year 54 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: for l s U. Go look up his YouTube real 55 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase opting out of college football. Listen, it's a 56 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: smart move. But the biggest story in sports here on Monday, 57 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: without a doubt, is the l A Clippers and their 58 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: bullyball in the bubble. And I'm gonna start here when 59 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: you're in college, Okay, you know you're supposed to party hard, 60 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: get it out of your system and kind of find 61 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: out who you are, or at least get on the 62 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: path to who you're gonna be. And when you get 63 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: out of college, you know, you get your first job. 64 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: You are starting to transition into adulthood. I don't think 65 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: you're an adult at twenty one. I know you could 66 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: drink it twenty one, you could certainly obviously vote, but 67 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: I just I wasn't an adult at twenty one. And 68 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: you start to form an identity after college. And I'll 69 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: tell you how this relates to the Clippers who now 70 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: have an identity. It's very clear and where they got it. 71 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: But like for me, we moved out here to l 72 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: A four years ago, and you know, I'm sports guy. 73 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: Oh he does Fox. He he, he talks sports for 74 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: Fox Radio TV. And um, I coach my kids in sports. 75 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: I coached them both in soccer and basketball. And I 76 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: go to the gym and then I play pick up basketball, 77 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: and pretty quickly my identity is, oh, yeah, that's sports 78 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: guy Jason. He's into exercise. And then the pandemic hits 79 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: and you kind of lose your identity. Can't coach any 80 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: kids sports, can't go to the gym, can't play any sports. 81 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: I have played golf in tennis. But and then you wonder, like, 82 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: what is my identity wrapped up in sports? I don't 83 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: want to be sports guy, Jason. I'm bigger than that. 84 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm more than that. We change, we grow, uh, we evolve, 85 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: We're humans. And what Doc Rivers has done with these Clippers, 86 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: I have to give him a lot of credit, folks. 87 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: The evolution of Lobs City two, bullyball, Clippers, goon action 88 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: is complete. This is the new Clippers identity and it 89 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: goes back to Doc Rivers as a player. Remember he 90 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: was on my favorite New York Knicks team ever, the 91 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: ninety three Knicks, the same team that led Jordan's in 92 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference finals two oh before caving and losing. 93 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: They had Anthony Mason, they had a rugged branch On 94 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: Starks with on that team. They had as my guy, 95 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: Chris we Suld like to say, they had dogs. That 96 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: was their identity. They could never get past Jordan's, but 97 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: that was the best chance. Remember the Pistons in the 98 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: eighties held Jordan off with the bad boys. Jordan's rules 99 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: Bill Ambert, Rick Morne and Doc Rivers brought that to 100 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: the Knicks when he was playing for them. And if 101 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: you look back, and I went and looked at Doc 102 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: Rivers his coaching career, and you can see why he's 103 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: turned these Clippers into goons and why the roster is 104 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: full of these guys who are playing a thuggish brand 105 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: of basketball, who are clabbering superstars because that's all they 106 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: can do. Marcus Morris tossed out of the game Sunday 107 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: for essentially like a clothesline karate chop w w E 108 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: wrestling move. And you know, finally people are starting to 109 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: see what we talked about last week. Rob G loves 110 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: to say we want to be early on stuff. We 111 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: were early on this last week. We told you this 112 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: is what the Clippers are, This is their identity, this 113 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: is what they want to do. They want to play 114 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: physical basketball and muck it up. And you know what, 115 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: Doc Rivers has only been successful one what's really successful 116 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: to win a championship one other time and take a 117 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: guess where it was the Boston Celtics, And Rob G 118 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: reminded me of this their roster when they took down 119 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: the Lakers Okay, they added Kevin Garnett, we know, and 120 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: they added Ray Allen, and they had a super team 121 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: because they needed a super team to push back against Lebron. 122 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: Lebron was ready to take over the East. Remember he 123 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: went to the finals as a twenty two year old, 124 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: took a junk Calvs roster to the finals. He was 125 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: ready to take over the East. The Celtics countered with, 126 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna make a super team. But it wasn't just 127 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: a super team. And this is what nobody's really talked about. 128 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: And this is gonna be a big story this week, 129 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: I promise you. Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge built a 130 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: roster full of physical guys who are gonna get in 131 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: your face, foul the hell out of you, send a 132 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: message in Guys like Kendrick Perkins, Guys like Tony Allen. 133 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: Remember why Allen went on to be, you know, one 134 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: of the lynch pins behind the grit and grind Memphis 135 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: Grizzlies teams. They made a Western Conference finals once. But 136 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: Tony Allen, I mean, he's just a bulldog in the 137 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: back court. But what the Celtics did with Doc Rivers's 138 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: coach the only time he was successful as a coach. 139 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: They had p J. Brown. You guys remember him. He 140 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: was on those Miami Heat teams. It really gruffed it 141 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: up with the New York Knicks. I'm almost certain p J. 142 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: Brown was in the middle of that huge fight Alonzo 143 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: Morning uh Heat Nicks, Jeff Van Gundy clinging to the ankle. Uh. 144 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: It's just that's what p J. Brown did. That was 145 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: his brand of basketball. He was gonna snarl at you 146 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: and folks, this is what that Clippers team is. Obviously, 147 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: they have a superstar who's above all that nonsense in 148 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard. And you know, Kuilon was phenomenal in this series. 149 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: He just took over um in the fourth quarter against 150 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: the Mats, Luca led a pretty amazing comeback, and all 151 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden, Doc Rivers quits Leonard in and it's 152 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: like boom boom boom, thank you, goodnight, We'll see you 153 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: next year, Dallas Mavericks. I mean, Kauai was unbelievable. But 154 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: the reason Doc has done this, you just go back 155 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: and look at the Clippers pre uh, Marcus Morris, Patrick Beverley, Um, 156 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: Montrez Harrold. Look at the team before that. They had 157 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: Chris Paul. They had Blake Griffin, they had DeAndre Jordan's. 158 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: I mean, they could score, they were exciting, they had 159 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: a lot of dunks. But that that was not a 160 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: defensive team. The Warriors ran a rough shot through them. 161 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: They were so mentally fragile. They choked away a three 162 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: one lead. You guys remember that in the playoffs. I 163 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: know they had some injuries, but Doc rivers he probably 164 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: would never admit this. And by the way, I like 165 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: Doc Versus as a player. I'm not crushing him here. 166 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: I hope it doesn't seem like that. But I liked 167 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: him on those Hawks teams with Dominique Wilkins, and I 168 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: liked him on that next team, my favorite Knicks team ever. 169 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: I was born in New York, and I love that 170 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: that New York, New York Knicks team in But it's 171 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: pretty clear Doc has made the identity of these Clippers. 172 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: It ain't Kawhi Leonard, it's not Paul George. It is basically, 173 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: we are gonna rough you up. You ain't getting anything 174 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: in the lane. We're gonna get in your face, and 175 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna flap our gums. We're gonna run our mount 176 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: the whole damn time and whoever they face, the Jazz 177 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: or the Nuggets, which it appears is gonna be going 178 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: to game seven. Can you believe that? I mean, the 179 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: Jazz looked like they had this thing in hand, and 180 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: the Nuggets have stormed back to force a game seven. 181 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray ads been going crazy. I don't know if 182 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: the Nuggets or Jazz can do any damage against the 183 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: Clippers next round. Um I'll tell you this, the Nuggets 184 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: have some guys who ain't gonna back down. Jamal Murray 185 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: is no punk. I know it's Rob G's favorite player 186 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: on on the on the Nuggets, but Jamal Murray ain't 187 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: gonna back down. And I'm fascinated to see how Remember 188 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: David Stern instituted a dress code in two thousand five 189 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: A quick history lesson, so that nineties era in the 190 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: NBA is fondly remembered. Everybody looks back on a great 191 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: but what they don't see is there was no magic, 192 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: There was no bird. It was the Michael Jordan's show. 193 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan beat up a water down NBA in the nineties. 194 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: I've said this plenty of times on Undisputed Cowherd show 195 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: all over when people refused to believe the facts. The 196 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: nineties was expansion Arab basketball and Jordan beat up on 197 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: a lot of tomato cans. Okay, what where it gets 198 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: interesting is when you remove Jordan after his second retirement. 199 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: The league was awful late nineties, physical basketball, low scoring. 200 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: I know the Lakers, Kobe and Chack had a good run, 201 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: but that obscured from the rest of the league, which 202 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: is pretty bad. David Stern instituted the dress code and 203 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: they tightened up all these nonsense fouls and letting people 204 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: just hammer one another to clean up the game. Because 205 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: it was going down a bad path. The NBA did 206 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: not have a great reputation. That's why David Stern changed 207 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: things for the better. Okay, the dress code worked, cleaning 208 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: up the rules worked. And I know some people can say, oh, Jason, 209 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: you're just so soft, you can't handle these hard fouls. 210 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: What are you talking about. No, it's smart to play. 211 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: A better brand of basketball is supposed to clopper people. Yeah, 212 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,359 Speaker 1: I know, I get it. I like the eighties basketball, 213 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: I like nineties basketball, but this brand right now is unacceptable. 214 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: From the Clippers, Marcus Morris clobbering a star in Luca 215 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: he's going after him three games they finally tossed him. Folks, 216 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: I'll say this just as a quick wrap up here. 217 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: They're not gonna let these guys go at Lebron and 218 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis like that. There's just no way that's happening. 219 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: I think the Lakers, you know, JaVale McGee, Dwight Howard, 220 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: they have a Morris Twin uh even Dion Waiters j R. 221 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: Smith They've got some guys who they're gonna push back 222 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: against the Clippers. That's for sure. That series, which almost 223 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: certainly will happen. I'm not looking past the Rockets. It's 224 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: not over yet. But I don't know. I just I 225 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: don't like what Doc Rivers is doing. I understand it. 226 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 1: I don't like it, all right. So that's my little 227 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: rant on the Clippers to start the week. I've got 228 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: a great interview coming up with Doug gottlie By talking 229 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: to him Sunday. The audio quality isn't as good as 230 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: we're used to on this podcast. It was a busy 231 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: Sunday morning, but it's a real good interview. We talk 232 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: a little bit about everything basketball wise, social media wise, 233 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: so you want to stick around for that. The best 234 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: bet will be at the end of the podcast. I 235 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: had a great Sunday one, three and one obviously didn't 236 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: give it out on this show. Um and remember subscribe 237 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: rate and review. By the way, guys, I just checked 238 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: um the the reviews. We are over under it the 239 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: way to go. Shout out to you guys. Uh that 240 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: And now we can get to the next phase of 241 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: the podcast. We have two more layers we want to 242 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: slowly work in. I'm having so much fun with this again. 243 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: I want to thank Scott Shapiro for the opportunity, Rob 244 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 1: G Gavin, It's a great team we got. And before 245 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: all the Gottlieb Fund begins a quick word on the 246 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: Boston Celtics dismember. The Raptors are the Raptors I love 247 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: to beat up on. They killed them on Sunday just 248 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: to evisceration. This is a crazy stat uh And Rob 249 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: g who picked the Raptors in this series, is gonna 250 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: love this. So Toronto in the Bubble is eleven and 251 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: oh against teams, not the Celtics. Against the Celtics, they're 252 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: owing to and have not led for one second in 253 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: the second half. They got destroyed twice by Boston folks. 254 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: You've been hearing me on this podcast. Pump up the Celtics. 255 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: They are a nightmare matchup for Toronto. The three things 256 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: Toronto does best right, great backcourt with Lowry and Van Vleet. Okay, 257 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: Celtics are better. They just they got a better backcourt. 258 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: They cant switched on everything. Number two is the coach, 259 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: Nick Nurse is phenomenal. Well, Brad Stevens is pretty damn good. 260 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: And number three, the bench of Toronto is excellent. One 261 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: are the you could argue the best bench in the league, folks, 262 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: other than Sergeonbaka. There bench did nothing and the problem 263 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: is you can't really use them a because you're always 264 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: behind and be because the Celtics don't really play a bench. 265 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: And it's just the Raptors got crushed every fact of 266 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: the game. Rob g Daniel Feast whatever, thirteen points, fifteen rebounds, 267 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: Robert Williams off the bench, ten points. They really played 268 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: much better than Ibaka and Gassault And if that continues, 269 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: Raptors are in some real trouble. I don't I'm not 270 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: predicting a sweep here, because remember last year Boston crushed 271 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: the Bucks in the first game and then got destroyed 272 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: in the next four, so not predicting sweep. I did 273 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: pick Celtics in six in this series, and I feel 274 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: very confident. I don't know if you guys noticed this, 275 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: but um, Kemba Walker is such a better fit for 276 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: the Celtics team than Kyrie Irving. Um. I don't know, 277 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: rob G, you have the raptors in this series. Are 278 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: you're feeling a little down in the dumps just a 279 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: little bit? I will say, shame on you for dissing 280 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. He's just at home reading his Flat Earth book, 281 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: minding his own business, and you take a shot at him. 282 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: That's that's a bad job by you. Yeah. I was 283 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: surprised with what I saw in Game one. Fred van 284 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: Vleet future nick as you know, the only guy they 285 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: probably can sign in free agency. He had been money 286 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: in round one. He was like twenty one and eight 287 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: on fifty plus percent shooting. He looked like a guy 288 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: ready to cash in this offseason. And then he just 289 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: completely wets the bed in game one, three of sixteen, 290 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: two of eleven from three a team wors plus minus 291 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: of minus twenty Van Vleet. Rob G during the season, 292 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: just for whatever reason, can do nothing against the Celtics, 293 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: I don't and it's unclear who exactly guards him. They 294 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: do a lot of switching, but like he can't score 295 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: on Jayson Tatum, we know he's not gonna get to 296 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: work on Jalen Brown, so his best chances against like 297 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: Kemba walker but he's not getting Kemba Walkers too quick 298 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: for Fred VanVleet to get by, so he's not even 299 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: getting to the foul line. Uh. It's just I don't 300 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: see anything positive here at all for the Raptors. Again, 301 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna bury them. 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He's now 329 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: fourteen and no. In the first round in his career. Um, 330 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan didn't do that. Uh, Kobe Bryant didn't do that. 331 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: Lebron and another impressive notch in his belt. He will 332 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: go on to face probably the rockets. You know, we'll 333 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: find out here, uh in short order if they advanced 334 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: past the thunder. I'm still of the belief that Lebron 335 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: is going to kind of become once again. In that 336 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: discussion with Jordan's for the Greatest Ever, let's just say 337 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Lebron wins the title. What does that do to his legacy? 338 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: What helps? It clearly helps. I mean, that's not hurt 339 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: his legacy in any way. Um, you know, the last 340 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: dance really helped convert some of the uh what is 341 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: what is the term? I'm trying to think there's a 342 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: movie about British company that use their ads to help 343 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: in some people's minds, swayed the election for Donald Trump 344 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: right where they like the compromisables or something, you know, 345 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: like there's most people have dug into their trenches at 346 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: the Jordan or Lebron, and then there's yeah, and then 347 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: there's that. You know, there's the there's the percentage of 348 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: people the middle and it's not that and that's what 349 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: tips in election. Right. Well, that's where we are with 350 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Lebron. I think it'll you know, bring some people 351 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: over let's see how it happens, Let's see if it happens, 352 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 1: and then let's see what happens in the future. Um, 353 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: he's always going to be in that discussion. I'm of 354 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: the Jordan guy. I also think that like before, to 355 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: know in the first round of the playoffs is while 356 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: it's an actual stat like, okay, the comparison is in 357 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: Jordan's second year when they are first year when they 358 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: made the playoffs, right, or it was the second year 359 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: when he made the playoffs he had a broken foot. 360 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: He comes back, they play maybe the best Celtics team 361 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: ever in what was a five game series, and he 362 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: scores like sixty three in his first two games. Like 363 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: they weren't winning that series regardless, you know. So, whereas 364 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: Lebron has never been in that position where he's taken 365 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: on a one sees, taking on the best team in 366 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: the league. Um, he was great last night. He was 367 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: a little disappointing a couple of times. I the rest 368 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: of the time off probably helped him. Um, he was, 369 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: but he was really good in Game four. And Lebron 370 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: has had a remarkable season. There are some athletic limitations 371 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: on him for the first time, maybe in his career, 372 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: just some nights he doesn't have it. He has to 373 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: let Anthony Davis and other guys carry the team. But 374 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I mean, like, look, we're watching you know, 375 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: a guy who's gonna gonna set marks and do things 376 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: that whether anyone has ever done before or we'll do after, Um, 377 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: they'll be very hard, hard marks to catch up to. 378 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a chance that he becomes the all 379 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 1: time NBA scoring leaders a chance, and right, and and 380 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: for for a guy who scoring is not necessarily what 381 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: he does best, that's even more remarkable. Yeah. So, Doug, 382 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: you you brought up something interesting. There are people dug 383 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: into their camps on each side, and then there's a 384 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: group in the middle, um, from sports media to politics. 385 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: Use seeing that increasingly now you've got to pick a side. 386 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: Does I don't know, man, I I seem to still 387 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: go by you want to be in the middle, especially 388 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: on really divisive topics of college football right now they 389 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: demand that you pick aside. Well, which is it? Well, 390 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: I think there's some nuance there. I don't know, Doug. 391 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: I seem like it feels like you sometimes skew middle, 392 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: but other times you skew to the extremes. I don't know. 393 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: In life, are you an extreme guy? Are you a 394 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: balance and moderate? I mean, well, I'm pretty much a 395 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: s well on sports topics, I'm actually generally more of 396 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: a I just have my own opinion. I don't know. 397 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: I think most of the world is actually in the middle. 398 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: You know, It's like we're really getting down to it, 399 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: Like do you want abortion to be legal? Yes, because 400 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 1: you don't want back alley abortions that we're not going 401 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: to be country that doesn't allow that. But do you 402 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: want late term abortions? No, No, that's not you know, 403 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: unless you know it's gonna compromise a woman, right, Like 404 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: there's do you want no guy? As well, it's not 405 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: really realistic. But do we think people should have a 406 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: R fifteen? Well, I don't think people should have air 407 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: fritig Right, That's where most human beings operates in the middle, 408 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: which is honestly like it's it's sports. Television has done this, 409 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: and it's it's brilliant because oftentimes that's the key to 410 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: any sort of harbershop part. One guy's six one thing. 411 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: The other guys says the opposite. We argue, But the 412 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: truth is that I think most people, Um, you have 413 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: your opinion, but you're like, man, Bron is awesome, He's 414 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: really really good. I just think Jordan was better, like 415 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: X y Z which Ordan was better. So I don't 416 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: know if I'm answering your question, but I do think 417 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: like in politics, I'm very much a centrist um and 418 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: in sports, I mean, look, I believe our job has 419 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: become a little bit complicated because because of the way 420 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: sports television is gone, it's you're, it's you're you're You're 421 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: doing one thing, which is giving your opinion, but you're 422 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: not always doing the thing you're supposed to do, which 423 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: is given to your perspective. And now that I'm old 424 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: enough to have lived through for Jordan's magic, um, I 425 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: should be not just saying how great Lebron is, but like, hey, 426 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,479 Speaker 1: let me explain to you what was so awesome about 427 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: Jordan's and magic and bird and why they belong in 428 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: the conversation and how it compares to Jordan's. That's that's 429 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: I believe the two jobs we have, and I think 430 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: oftentimes we don't do that job. Some people are not 431 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: capable of it, right, But if they don't have a 432 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: good enough memory or they can't truly analyze things. They're 433 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: just you know, they go by raw data or whatever. Um. 434 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: But I do think that those of us who are 435 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: capful of it, those of us who lived through things 436 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: to kind of explain the nuance that gets missed when 437 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: you just look at fox spores. But how much has 438 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: social media hurt that for us? Because like, listen, there 439 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: is a nuanced discussion around the NBA boycott that happened 440 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: this week, but you could not have that on social media. 441 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: I was not in favor initially of the boycott, and 442 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: I let that be known and I got you know, 443 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: people got angry, people got very fired up. But then 444 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: I said, what wait a sec, why am I putting 445 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: this on social media? Let me save it first, straight fire, 446 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: I say it on the podcast and Doug, I haven't 447 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: received more. Wow, that was pretty illuminating. There is a 448 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: nuanced discussion here. Reaction then I then I have for 449 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: any other podcast like media heard it. Well, it's only 450 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: heard it because of our reaction to it. You know, 451 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: somebody has a bad tweet and a company chooses to 452 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: fire somebody, you know, like it's it's if you overreact 453 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: because of social media, you know, and we shame people, 454 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: and we also act like people who are reacting on 455 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: Twitter or whatever or whatever device, it is like that 456 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 1: they're real human beings at their opinions matter, that they 457 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: don't actually matter. Okay. We have these shows like the 458 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: What All the entertainment shows where they will use people's 459 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: tweets about celebrities and said you know and say, well, 460 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: this person was shamed for the clothes they were wearing 461 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: in an Instagram post, Like who cares with that? Personally? 462 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Why why are we Why 463 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: are we giving them the time of day? Because they 464 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: because they have Instagram on the phone, they can they 465 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: can control somebody, Like I don't. I don't get it. 466 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: They're there absolutely is room for discussion. I totally agree 467 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: with you that social media doesn't want there to be 468 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: a discussion. They want. They want what people want an 469 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: affirmation that their opinion is the right opinion. That's what 470 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: they want. And I have you seen the movie Bombshell 471 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: about Megan Kelly Fox News, Uh, Roger Alta, It's amazing. 472 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: I watched it. I had seen it and my wife 473 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: hadn't seen it, so we watched it last night. And 474 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: there's a line in the movie where roder Al says 475 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: to I think Gretchen Carlson, they have a Twitter account, 476 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: you have a TV show? Why do you care what 477 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: they're saying? And that applies to a lot of people 478 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: in sports media. Hey, you got a radio show, you 479 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: got a podcast? Who are why do you care what 480 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: these people are saying about you? But I feel like 481 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: we don't go there enough and we probably should go 482 00:26:55,160 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: there more. Um Yeah, I mean I it's like we 483 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: we want to we want people to you know, we 484 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: want people to interact and engage. But then we get 485 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: people to interact and engage, you know what I mean? 486 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: It's not what you don't tell me, what I don't 487 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: want to hear. I think we're all guilty of this, right, 488 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: Like you have a take, you say something you think 489 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: is really interesting, and we want people there are people 490 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: out there, um, real people out there who we want 491 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: to kind of know their opinion and um. But but 492 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: you know, when you take it as kind of the 493 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 1: law and as super super important, when you allow it 494 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: to dictate how you feel emotionally, that's when you get 495 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: yourself in a bad place. I would you know it's 496 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: hard because I have you know, the you can lose 497 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: friends over Twitter. I would you treat that. I would say, 498 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: those aren't your real friends because they know it. You 499 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: may have an opinion encounter to theirs anyway. Um, But 500 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: but I here's the most fascinating part about the device 501 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: and about how people react to things as well, Um, 502 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: is that you can say something that somebody would say 503 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: is mildly offensive or upsets them whatever, and they will 504 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: tweet back at you the most vile thing ever. Hell 505 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. And like, wait 506 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: a second, you went from something that you were offended 507 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 1: by to using completely offensive language. Somehow you're okay, Like 508 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: that doesn't make any sense. The second thing is their 509 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: handle probably is fake. But and then the the second 510 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: thing to me, and this is probably the most important thing, 511 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: And I thought I thought Jason Wentlock kind of nailed 512 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: at one of his columns this week, which is like, hey, 513 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: everything is not racist? Can we stop with that? Like 514 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: we've we've we've gotten to this default to where everything 515 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: said by a white person is not racist. Now there 516 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: are racist things that are said, there's no question about it. 517 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: But generally, when you have counterthought to whatever the super 518 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: progressive thought is it's just like, hey, I'm thinking about 519 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: this and think but that, like, we can't default to 520 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: everything being racist. Now, sometimes the underlying issue could be race. 521 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, we've gotten into this cycle where 522 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: everything said, everything done, We've our first question is racism involved? 523 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: And I'm not sitting here denying that racism exists. Whether 524 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: there are people that are racially insensitive, um, but I 525 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: do believe that two thousand twenties, like my daughters, she 526 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: I just dropped her off at the beach, She's fourteen 527 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: years old. She's like that, my generation, it doesn't matter 528 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: what we don't care. And I was like, hey, guess 529 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: what my generation. That's how I opperated to. But apparently 530 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: there's some people out there that are trying to convince 531 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: us otherwise, and there are people that think otherwise. They're 532 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: just not the majority of the people. It's those, as 533 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: you point out, those kind of extreme views that are 534 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: made more mainstream because social media makes you think that 535 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: those things that are said on social media are what 536 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: real people think, and they're just extremely so Doug, let 537 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: me fast forward to let's just say two weeks from now. Okay, 538 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: and some police officer shoot somebody who's unarmed and he's black. 539 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: Do you anticipate another NBA shutdown? And let me ask 540 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: about the NFL. Do you anticipate the NFL saying, oh, 541 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna stop and this is unacceptable. Do you see 542 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: this happening? Because it feels to me like the lesson 543 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: learned from the Bucks and Jacob Blake is Hey, it's 544 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: okay to be upset and outrage. Let's step back, Let's 545 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: think things over, have some internal discussions among the league 546 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: as opposed to just our team, and let's figure out 547 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: a course of action as opposed to an impetuous done 548 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: we're out by because this could happen easily here in 549 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: the next two weeks or two months or three months 550 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: or whatever. I don't know easily, but I do think 551 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: it could happen. I think we get on that kind 552 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: of slippery slope if we did it once we want. 553 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,239 Speaker 1: Doesn't this person's lives matter? Um? I still you know, 554 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: I will sit here and tell you that I don't 555 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: agree with the Black Lives Matter BLM movement, but I 556 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: do agree with the statement of black lives do matter. 557 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: That's an okay state. I mean, I think a lot 558 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: of people would agree with that. I do. I but 559 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: we have we have trouble separating that. People have troubles 560 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: separating well on social media, they do yes in real life, 561 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know, but what But but my 562 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: point is this, You know, if you want me to 563 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: take your movement seriously, what you need to do is 564 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: anytime a Black Lives is taken, you know, obviously you 565 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: don't want you shouldn't be shot in the back seven times. 566 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: Anyone who watched that video is disturbed by it and 567 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: wants answers and wants an investigation. Um, I don't. I 568 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: don't think you're a human being if you don't, if 569 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: you don't feel awful what happened. And more and more 570 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: information comes out and you start to learn about Jacob 571 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: Blake start you know, but that still doesn't necessarily explain 572 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: seven shots in the fact, Like that doesn't. I don't 573 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: get it. I need any more And I would guess 574 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: at some point there will be an investigation charge, etcetera. 575 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: But um, anytime a Black live is taking as a 576 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: child in Chicago shop by a straight bullet like that 577 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: person matters, a human being matters. We need to fix 578 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: our society to where honestly, our our biggest societal issue 579 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: is our value of human life and that these human 580 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: beings do matter. And I would like to have the 581 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: same outrage the same names of people who are very 582 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: are innocent walking down the street a stray bullet because 583 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: some idiot fires off a gun. Like, those people matter 584 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: to me, and that's something that personally bothers me. What 585 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: do I think happens in the NBA. I don't know. 586 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: I mean, we've gotten to this point where you know, 587 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: you know the numbers, the raw data tells you this 588 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: happens very very seldom. UM, you to hope it happens never. 589 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: That would be like my my supreme desire was that 590 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: that it never happens again. Um, if it happens, I 591 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: would guess that they're gonna have to go through a 592 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: process of coming down and chilling out and figuring out exactly, 593 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: you know, how to proceed. I think, you know, one 594 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: of the things, this goes back to social media, like 595 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: it comes out, the video comes out and it's alarming, 596 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: it's disturbing. There's been there's another video that comes out 597 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: like it doesn't really make it better. It give us 598 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: a little explanation so I don't know, Jason. I guess 599 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: we'll just have to take it as it comes. It's 600 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: like anything else, two thousands twenties a year that we 601 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: never It's like a bunch of things that no one 602 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: ever saw coming or we hadn't seen before. We just 603 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: have to react to it as it goes. How will 604 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: we react when the Miami Heat defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 605 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference semifinals? Because I'm on board and 606 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: saying that will happen. I've got my money backing up 607 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: the Heat. I don't think the Bucks are straight take nice, 608 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: not that incendiary, Doug. I mean, come on, this is 609 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: a great Miami Heat team there. Miami's Heat are great, 610 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: shooting the three ball, best three point percentage of the league. 611 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: The Bucks don't defend the three. The Bucks in the 612 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: bubble just they don't look like the regular season pre 613 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: COVID Bucks. I wouldn't agree. What's interesting was when you 614 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: talk to people out the scrimmage, You're like, man, the 615 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: Bucks are really really good. I think one of the 616 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 1: things that's happened in the bubble and this is a 617 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: good thing. Like I'm coaching the basketball tournament. We play 618 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:30,240 Speaker 1: four games today, all right, we played six for four yesterday. 619 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm exhausted, man, I didn't play any games, and I'm 620 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: exhausted from coaching so um. But but like, this is 621 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: what it used to be like, not just in terms 622 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 1: of playing basketball day, but you're watching everybody, all the 623 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 1: guys you like play basketball day right that you're watching 624 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 1: your contemporaries. You like, we used to go to Vegas 625 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: and play. There's a big John Farrell had the national championship, 626 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 1: and you'd see guys play you've never seen play before before. 627 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,320 Speaker 1: You know, the New York Gauchos, Stefan marbur and and 628 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: and the god shamn God who sham god Wells back then. 629 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,840 Speaker 1: You know, you go watch him play, and you you 630 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: know the really smart guys Whould I'd pick up on 631 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: their games, and you know, if I ever play against him, 632 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 1: I know what he likes to do. Well, that's what's 633 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: happened in the bubble. Like these dudes, they have nothing 634 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: else to do, nothing, they're all bored out of their 635 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: mind and all they're doing is watching hoop, and so 636 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: they're starting to Everyone knows a little bit about what 637 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: Janice does, but all of his tells, all of his tricks, 638 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 1: how Milwaukee plays like that stuff. That's it's really hard 639 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: to not get exposed in terms of your scatting report. 640 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: And I also think that Erik Spoels was an excellent coach, 641 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: not that Buddinoles was a bad coach. I do think 642 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: that of the story of the heat when it is 643 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: ultimately told, UM, having this young coach who had approved 644 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: himself to Lebron, there was the pushback early on. One 645 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: of the things that's come out of it is he's 646 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: a marvelous coach, really really good. Um. What will the 647 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: reaction be. I think the reaction will be by many 648 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: honest has got to get out of Milwaukee, Yes, okay, 649 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: but the truth will The truth is in NBA League 650 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: circles is Janice can't shoot, and Janice is his own 651 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: and of worst enemy. And sure do they have the 652 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: greatest supporting task in the world, Like no, but it's 653 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: actually built around his around his skill set and how 654 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: he has to play in order to be at his best. 655 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: And if he if he was able to carry a 656 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: team with the jump shot at times, UM, I think 657 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: the outcome would be different if they lose. I believe 658 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: the narrative will be honest has got to leave Milwaukee 659 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: when the truth is that Janice just doesn't shoot it 660 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 1: well enough right now. There's just things that he is 661 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: missing in his game. There's there's doesn't have the calm 662 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: it takes having been there before to win big. Let me, 663 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,439 Speaker 1: I'll get you out of here with this one, Doug. 664 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: So for whatever reason, social media loves Carmelo Anthony. This 665 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: is it's I mean, he wanted Syracuse. He was a 666 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,240 Speaker 1: legendary young player with the Nuggets going to the Western 667 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,720 Speaker 1: Conference finals. The Nicks love to He's never been a winner, 668 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: never made other players better. In my eyes, He's now 669 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: thirty six years old. Is Carmelo Anthony in the league 670 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: next year? We know his contract with the Blazers is 671 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: up and they're cast strapped. I mean the way over 672 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: the cap, highest salary cap number this year. Is he 673 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,760 Speaker 1: in the league next year? Where do you think he fits? 674 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: If anywhere? Um? I mean, like, look, how did it 675 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 1: work in Portland? They had injuries, they had a need 676 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,319 Speaker 1: um and you had superstars that were accepting of his 677 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,720 Speaker 1: skill set. He accepted a role, a tertiary role at best. 678 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: I looked to be a superstar. You have to make 679 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: people better he's he was never a superstar because it 680 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: didn't make feel better. It's a great score, great three 681 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: level score, um, But he struggled, as anybody would, with 682 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: the with the kind of the evolution of going from 683 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: go to guy to third or fourth option, and you know, 684 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: he just that's not his thing. Um. I think you 685 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: really struggle with the game that's changed, where you know, 686 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: when you're a superstar you get away with not being 687 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,879 Speaker 1: great for not being engaged defensively. You can't when you're 688 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: a role player. I also think that, you know, the 689 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 1: best thing about his game is mid range and post 690 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: up and that's no longer really a part of the NBA. 691 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,399 Speaker 1: Although although there are times in the playoffs where I'll 692 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: give you an example, I thought, you know, Joe Johnson 693 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,240 Speaker 1: was on the rockets when they missed all those threes, 694 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: and I thought, I give it to I. Let everybody 695 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: catch their breast, let him go to work. It's not 696 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: analytically efficient, but there is a purpose to it, you know, 697 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,480 Speaker 1: getting the ball to a guy at the elbow and 698 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: let him go to work. Everybody else can kind of 699 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: breathe can space, can catch and shoot, and it does 700 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: slow the game down a little bit. Yeah. Well, let's 701 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: Doug Gottlieb Fox Sports Radio. He's on FS one. He 702 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: has an all ball podcast. It's very good. Check that out, Doug, Hey, 703 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,920 Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time and enjoy the rest of 704 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Anytime to look for your children's eyes to 705 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: see the true magic of a forest. It's a storybook 706 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,359 Speaker 1: world for them. You look and see a tree. They 707 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: see the wrinkled face of a wizard with arms outstretched 708 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: to the sky. 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