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So without 17 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: further ado, I'm gonna bring in Rick Buker. I don't 18 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: even know what to make of Phoenix. They looked tight, 19 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: Chris Paul and effective. What do you even make of 20 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: what you saw? Well? I believe this game was lost 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: two games ago. I honestly believe that when Devin Booker 22 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: and Chris Paul it was a little bit like the 23 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: Lebron James Dwayne Wade mocking drk Navitsky. They were everything 24 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: was rolling for Phoenix and they were going at Dirk 25 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: one on one and they were laughing at him. This 26 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: is the Luca Dontchiz who was a European MVP who 27 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: has played in front of crowds with fireworks going off 28 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: in the stands, with people like taking their lighters and 29 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: heating coins and then throwing them at you while you're 30 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: playing with a absolute mushroom cloud of cigarette smoke covering 31 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: over the arena and crowds where I've experienced it like 32 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: you you start finding anything to put in your ears, 33 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: like paper or anything to try to dull the noise. 34 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: So you take that his experience that there's no there's 35 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: no there's no situations that's going to phase Luka Dontic 36 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: and then you basically clown him. You're asking for it, 37 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: and you're asking You're asking for it from a Luca 38 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: Dontich with a Jason Kidd who is also of the 39 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: same mentality. If you insult him, he's going to find 40 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: a way to make you pay, and he did with 41 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: Luca basically by saying, Okay, Luca, know what, every opportunity 42 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: to you get. We're having you go at Chris Paul, 43 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna have you go at Devin Booker, but you 44 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: have to bring us something to the defensive end. They 45 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: clowned you because they were going at you one on one, 46 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Right, You've got to give give me 47 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: something the entire way, and Luca responded. The Dallas Mavericks 48 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: collectively responded, and the Phoenix suns. The Phoenix suns. Basically, 49 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: we're the bully and they got punched. They got punched back, 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: and they didn't know what to do with it. Yeah. 51 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: I still can't get over the lack of offense. I 52 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: mean Booker. You know, it's interesting with Devin. I like 53 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: him a lot. He doesn't create a shot really very well. 54 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: I mean, Devin needs a screen. Devin needs help. You know, 55 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: people make these comparisons. Luca doesn't. Luca doesn't need help, 56 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't need anything. John Morant doesn't need help. Steph 57 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: Curry doesn't need help. Booker's not super twitchy quick. He 58 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: needs something. And it was really a parent in the 59 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: first half in Game seven, Devin just couldn't even get 60 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: good looks fall aways. It was I mean, he was 61 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: smiled as I said that. But he doesn't really create 62 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: his own shot. He's a great shooter. I don't know 63 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: that he's a well, I don't want to say he's 64 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: not a great scorer. But what they did is they 65 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: made him play in a crowd where he had to 66 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: make decisions. And ideally what he would have done is 67 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: drawn that crowd and created for others. He doesn't have 68 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: that at all, So and he's and and it was 69 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: uncomfortable for him. I mean you could literally see he was. 70 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: He started thinking and as soon as he's thinking, game over. 71 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: Chris Paul is the one that if you try to 72 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: double him, he's going to kill you because he's he 73 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: can distribute, he can fight, he can get other guys involved. 74 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: I thought it was brilliant on Jason Kidd's part to 75 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: say we're gonna make Devin Booker be a playmaker. We're 76 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: not going to let him be a scorer. We're gonna 77 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: make him be a playmaker. And Devin doesn't have that 78 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: in his game. I mean, face it, it's basically taking 79 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: the suns back to what they were before Chris Paul 80 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: showed up. Because Chris Paul is the one who became 81 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: the orchestrator of everything. And for whatever reason, Chris Paul, 82 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's fatigue, whether it's age whatever. He 83 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: also he just but with Chris's age, it feels like 84 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: Phoenix is athletic. But they need another score. You can't 85 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: bring this team back. It feels like they have to 86 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: add a piece offensively they have Do they have to 87 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: move somebody? Yeah? I don't. I don't want to overreact 88 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: because I also believe that this was just a really 89 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: bad matchup for them. Luca like they don't have like 90 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: this next series with Memphis, I mean, excuse me, with 91 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: Warriors and Dallas is going to be really interesting because 92 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: Draymond Green is the kind of defender you want to 93 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: put on. Luca dances right, you can play a bigger guy. 94 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: He's clever, he knows how to play angles. I'll be 95 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: very interested to see how that matchup, how that matchup goes. 96 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: The Suns just don't have that kind of guy. Mcal Bridges. 97 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: For as good a defender as he is, Lucas just 98 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: embody him down. Yeah. DeAndre Ayton is not quick enough 99 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: to stay in front of him. Chris Paul is not 100 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: big enough, right, It's just they didn't have that one guy, 101 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: and they lit the fire under Luca. I mean again, 102 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: I will go back to it, like they were going 103 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: along and Luca was playing at a certain level and 104 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: then they just said they mocked him, and he was like, 105 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: oh no, you're not doing that, and he just took 106 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: him part, you know, Luca has. I mean, when you 107 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: think of the greatest last twenty twenty five years, the 108 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: great scores, Michael Kobe, Kevin Durant, Lebron could be, but 109 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: I don't think him as you're He's a little atypical 110 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: for a score because he's such a great distributor. None 111 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: of them, none of them shoot like Luca and his 112 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: body he's so thick. He's not going to have Durant's 113 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: injury issues. I said this about a year ago. I 114 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: could see him being the all time leading scorer in 115 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: the NBA by the time he's like thirty three years old. 116 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: I mean, it's he. He is just the best score 117 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: on the planet. I'm not even sure there's nothing quite 118 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: like him. I mean, it's interesting. Here's my only concern. 119 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: He's not quick in his scoring, so he needs to 120 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: body you, and god, that would that can wear you 121 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: out over a career, because you know, he doesn't fly 122 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: past anybody. So Ever, every move Rick is a lot 123 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: of work, rooky, jerky banging. I yeah, well, there's a 124 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: tradeoff though, I mean, you're right, but he also he 125 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: scores efficient, like he can bang you to the mid 126 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: range and then step back and hit his shot. He can. 127 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: He can score in so many different ways. I don't, 128 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: so there's a trade off there. The problem that the 129 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: Mavericks had. The bigger problem, as I see, is your 130 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: point about he can't score fast like they don't. He 131 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: generally is not going to get up and down if 132 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: they're you know, they shot the three ball well, but 133 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: if they have to play beyond from behind, they're a 134 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: different team. They can't score bunches because that's not that's 135 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: not h that's not him at his best. And I 136 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: felt sort of the same one. By the way, I'm 137 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: in the same condition as you are. I took a 138 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: red eye to the East Coast um on on on Friday, 139 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: Friday night for Saturday, and I'm still recovering from that. 140 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: So I know I know the feeling, but no dogs. 141 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: It is again, so much of the playoffs is matchups, 142 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: and this was not ultimately ended up not being a 143 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: good matchup for the Phoenix Suns. I dare say that 144 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: if they had gotten somehow managed to get past Dallas 145 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: like I would have liked them against the Phoenix Suns, 146 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: I think it would have been I mean, to get 147 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors. We've been a completely different, different setup. Now. 148 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: I'm really curious to see whether the Dallas Mavericks can 149 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: replicate this. Yeah, I think the Warriors are a tough 150 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: matchup because Wiggins is now the league's best four Clay, 151 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean, they're really intriguing team on nights where Pools playing. 152 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: While it's Steph, it's Pool, it's Clay, it's Wiggins, you know. Um. 153 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: And they also they're they're so small, but the league's 154 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: getting small. I mean, let's be honest about it. The 155 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: league's getting really small. Dots is just playing five, Giannis 156 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: is playing five that you're you have point you have 157 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: point centers. Now, essentially, I think Golden State's a handful. 158 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: First of all, Spencer didn't what he was on fire 159 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: With Spencer, I feel like Spencer's the kind of guy 160 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: you get about two games like that a series, you 161 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: know what I mean, And that's not a knock on him, 162 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: but he's a B and the a's Luca gives you 163 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: that game six games. So I just I think Golden 164 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: State you know them better than I do, but I 165 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 1: think they're I also think you could throw a Draymond 166 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: at him. You could throw Coominga at him. You could 167 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: throw you know what I mean, like, you could just 168 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: throw more bodies than feet because cominga six, seven to twenty, 169 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: you wouldn't put him on for a long stretch. But 170 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: between A Draymond and him, it's a tough matchup. And 171 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: I think Luca could have off an off game or two. Yeah, yeah, 172 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 1: I don't have an answer because you're right COMINGA Andrew Wiggins, 173 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: Draymond Green. You could rotate those guys on to do 174 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: and you're going to give him a tougher challenge than 175 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns were able to do with Chris Paul 176 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: and Michale Bridges. And none of those guys were none 177 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: of them fit Jay Crowder. None of those guys can 178 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: can bother Donchs once he figures you out. But there's 179 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: also Jalen Brunson. You know, they have other playmakers, and 180 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: I really I have to kind of sit back and 181 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: think about who I like going into this series, because 182 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: the Warriors are not the Warriors of old. Clay Thompson 183 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: had a great Game six, but for the most part, 184 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: he's not Clay Thompson anymore. Yeah, Steph Curry, it was 185 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: I was watching that game with a couple of buddies 186 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: and they were like, what's wrong with Steph? And I 187 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: was like, he's lost like a quarter step and so 188 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't get the same airspace on his three and 189 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't get to the rim to be able to 190 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: finish in the same way. It's just he was always 191 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: working with a very small margin and maximizing it, and 192 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: now the margin has shrunky. Yes, so you have to 193 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: have Jordan Pool going, you have to have you have 194 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: to have Clay giving you some semblance. Draymond Green has 195 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: to be good like and and Wiggins has to be efficient. 196 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: And you're talking about guys in Wiggins and Pool who 197 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: just have never been on this on this they've never 198 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: been on the stage before, that's right, So they're kind 199 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: of figuring it out. So I don't have an answer 200 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: for you yet on exactly what kind of series we're 201 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: going to get. I just I hope we get a 202 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: long one because it's going to be intriguing. Yeah. I 203 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: don't think we have a great team in the West, 204 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: and I don't think we have one in the East 205 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: because we have Miami in Boston now and I think 206 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: I like Boston in seven, but I want to go 207 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: to Milwaukee. I've always kind of felt with Milwaukee. I 208 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: said this last year is um I think they could 209 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: win three titles in six years. They feel like the Spurs. 210 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: I was reading Jeff Perlman's book when I was in 211 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: Italy three Ring Circus, Kobe, Shack and Phil and the 212 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: amount of chaos, animosity, angst for all those years and 213 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: that they won three straight and if Karl Malone's healthy, 214 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: they maybe win four straight because they were so gifted. 215 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: Like the Warriors with Durant, they were so gifted. Look 216 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: at all the chaos with Jordan's Bulls, Jerry Krause, Phil Rodman. 217 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: The truly great teams know they're great. There's lots of egos, 218 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 1: but they just out talent. You. Milwaukee's like San Antonio. 219 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: They can't win three straight. They're not that gifted. They're 220 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: going to have all the guys healthy. They need a break. 221 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: And I looked at it, and as I watched that 222 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: Boston series, I thought, they're just not good enough without 223 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton to end up in the finals. I mean, 224 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: in the last six years, I could be wrong on this, 225 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: but I think they've been eliminated four times, neither the 226 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: first to the second round because things didn't work out. 227 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: They made a conference finals and lost, and then they 228 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: made the finals and one. But but I look at 229 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: Milwaukee and I'm like, listen, they're gonna win another championship 230 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: probably yea. But all of our champions are not equal. 231 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: There's the Dirk Mavericks, and I kind of feel like 232 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: this is a poor man's Spurs where you've got a 233 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: dominant big, a strong culture, um a couple other really 234 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: nice players, you know, Man NEWTONI it's Drew, it's Middleton. 235 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: Nice players, but they're not special without middle You take 236 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: one of them out and they're they're a team that 237 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: they're just a team. Well it's the challenge too. And 238 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, fans hate to hear this, but you're in 239 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: Milwaukee or in San Antonio. That's like it's it's you know, 240 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get Gary Payton and kar Malone and 241 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: guys who will will join the Lakers to make a run. 242 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: Horace Grant like there, that's not happening for the most part. 243 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: In Milwaukee or San Antonio. You're just going to get 244 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: good guys who are at the end of their career 245 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: that the David Wests are going to go there and say, Hey, 246 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: I don't have a ring yet and I can spend 247 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: a year in Milwaukee or San Antonio trying to win one. 248 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: I do. Look, I think jannest is going to win 249 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: a couple more same championships and it's going and I 250 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: think he can be better. What we saw against the 251 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: Celtics is that he reverted a little bit as soon 252 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: as the mid range jumper wasn't working and he couldn't 253 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: score efficiently in the in the in the mid uh, 254 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: in the mid postum at a slower pace, and he 255 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: desperately they desperately needed that without Chris Middleton. That's ultimately 256 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: what they meant that they missed is that Chris Middleton 257 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: would would give you some of that and so and 258 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: then they need to get more athletic like Pat Connotson, 259 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: Grayson Allen, like all those guys got exposed. Grayson Allen 260 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: was terrified on the court, Yes he was. He's Duncan 261 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: Robinson basically like great regular season, We're gonna get you threes, 262 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: you can hit them. And now we get it where 263 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: oh they're targeting you at the defensive end and they're 264 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: not gonna let you have a wide open three. You're 265 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: gonna have to put the ball on the floor. Now, 266 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: what can you do? And that just a guy unravels. 267 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: So they they definitely have some work to do, have 268 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: to do on this roster. And and now I'm just 269 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: I'll be interested to see where this Boston Celtics team 270 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: goes because I think there is such a value in 271 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: winning a championship and understanding what it takes. That's what 272 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: kind of surprised me with how Milwaukee unraveled as this 273 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: series went on. Yeah, like a lot of their they 274 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: were self inflicted wounds, like they were getting behind early 275 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: and turning the ball all over and missing open threes 276 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: when they needed one. 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Now, my Sonics won 317 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: a championship, the Blazers did so. As a kid from 318 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest, it was a great time. I think 319 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: the Sixers one one. Uh Warriors may have won one. 320 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: The Berry uh talking about like mid seventies, mid to 321 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: late seventies, Yeah, with the Adoles, Rick Berry, Jeff Kevin 322 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: Greevy and the Bullets and Elvin Hayes and Weston. Yeah. 323 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: So and in that time, Um, there were a lot 324 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: of memorable players, um, but no great teams. And I 325 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: kind of I kind of felt um watching yesterday, I'm like, 326 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: these are these are really good teams. Boston's a great 327 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: example of really well coached, know what they are, UM, 328 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: a certain way they've got to play. They can go, 329 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: they can discombobulate a little bit. If Tatum's not hitting, 330 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: it can get really ugly, really fast. I do think 331 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: I just I've been saying this all year on Miami. 332 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: I don't get it. They don't have a closer and 333 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 1: then you know, Butler played, you know they got they 334 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: played some dysfunctional sixer team here that kind of unraveled. 335 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: I think I like Boston over Miami because of Tatum. 336 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,959 Speaker 1: But I say it was so little conviction. I mean, 337 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: what do you make of Miami good bench, great coach, 338 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 1: athletic deep. I think I think they get the most 339 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: out of what they have on a nightly basis, more 340 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: so than anybody else, which is why they have the 341 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: regular season record. They had the regular season record that 342 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: they did, and then they played a Philadelphia team that, honestly, 343 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: the seventy sixers would have been better if James harden 344 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: Us didn't go to the defensive end of the floor, 345 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: because you assumed that he's going to guard somebody, or 346 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: he's going to rotate, or he's going to do something. 347 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: He assumed like he's there, he's going to do something, 348 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: and he wouldn't. And so you combine that with the 349 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: fact that he wasn't scoring. And so now if you 350 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: have him on the floor, you're thinking, oh, hey, he's 351 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: going to score, but he's not going to defend. So 352 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 1: we need to have Batiste Thible out there. We need 353 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: to have defensive players out there. They can't score, and 354 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: if Harden's not scoring, now it's just it's an avalanche 355 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: an Miami was able to look I wasn't impressed with 356 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: Miami and the way they beat them. They just outlasted them. Yes, 357 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: in a lot of those games, not not like took 358 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: control of the game and it was for three quarters. 359 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: You're like, if Philly could just hang in, they might 360 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: they could win, and they just didn't couldn't sustain it. 361 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: You know, Rick, I was thinking about this. In fact, 362 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: I was thinking about this in Italy when I because 363 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: I was watching highlights and I thought, you know, Darryl 364 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: Morey probably made a promise to James Harden on a 365 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: contract extension, right, But I don't believe you can find 366 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: any of the last five champions, and I could be wrong. 367 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: I'm just going off memory that had a terrible contract. 368 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: It's almost a deal killer. Champions rarely have an absolutely, 369 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: egregiously bad contract. There's a lot of things champions don't have. 370 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: Not all are great defensively, not all have three reliable scores. 371 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: Not all have a great coaches. Budenholz are a great coach. 372 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: None have a just a time bomb contract. And if 373 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: you give Harden that it's over. You just limited. And 374 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, because of the way he laid 375 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: an egg, the media and fans if you break that promise, 376 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: have no problem at all all with it. They don't. 377 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: And the owner could step in and go, we're not 378 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: signing him, and Maury's off the hook. They could. That 379 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: was my takeaway. I thought to myself, it was so 380 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: bad that Morey will curry favor with the fans and 381 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: the media in Philly, and you know, a sports radio 382 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia carry his weight, and it was so bad. 383 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: The owner can step in and say we're not doing it. 384 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: More He can just go, hey, what can I do? 385 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: I tried he could. He could. However, the agent and 386 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: the players, superstar players will know that Harden was promised 387 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: and that they backed out of it, and how that 388 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: plays going forward with other star players. They don't look 389 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: at it as Harden didn't live up to his contract. 390 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: They will look at it strictly as no, he came over, 391 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: you promised him a deal and you broke it. But 392 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: but players are also savvy. They know Harden's a dog. Secondly, 393 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: because of the emergence of Maxie and the talent of Mbid, 394 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: you don't really need another star for the next three 395 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: or four years. And people forget I mean Maxie, Tobias 396 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: Mbid and you get another good player, you don't need 397 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: a scar for three years. Okay, but here's the question. 398 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: And I haven't looked closely enough at their books, but 399 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna have it. You're gonna have Harden for at 400 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: least one more year, the very least. He's going to 401 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: opt into his forty seven. Where I think the promise was, 402 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: which almost makes it worse, promise was you opt into 403 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: the forty seven and we'll take care of you afterward. 404 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 1: Don't make us load up on you. Now, I'd rather 405 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: load up for one and move him. Yeah, well that's 406 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: not I mean, okay, so well, however that goes. But 407 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: here's the problem. So you sign him for one for 408 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: you know, he opts in, right, you have him for 409 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: a year, Yeah right, How are you gonna move him? 410 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: Like you're gonna have to trade him? You're going to 411 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: do a sign and trade if you just let him walk, 412 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna they're gonna have cap room 413 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: to just go and sign somebody. So that's where when 414 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: you say because I don't think Tyrese, Matisse, Tobias and 415 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: m bad makes you a title contender, I maybe maybe 416 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: you have more faith. I don't know, I don't know 417 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: how much better Tyrese Maxi's going to get. I think 418 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: he's very good. I don't think he reaches like is 419 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: he twenty three a game? Good? Oh so, because Mbad's 420 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: twenty nine, he's twenty three, But it's not it's when 421 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: you get your twenty three. Because I need him to 422 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: be I need him to be the guy at the end, 423 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: because I can't always count that I can in a 424 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: last second situation. I can't count that I can get 425 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: the ball into and beats hands fast enough in a 426 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: place where he could operate. I just think I think 427 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: the time bomb contract is a deal breaker for championships. Well, 428 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: i'm I'm, I don't I agree with you there. I 429 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: believe that if you are the Philadelphia seventy six ers, 430 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: while you would never say it, you're not looking at 431 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: this strictly to the prism of winning a championship is 432 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: the definition of success. If I'm a team that is 433 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: always in the mix for the next three, four or 434 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: five years, that's successful. That's the reality. But it's the 435 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: reality because of it's it's also the reality of with 436 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: MBID because of his health, because of because here's the 437 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: other thing, like he stayed healthy, and I give him 438 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: all the credit in the world for playing with an 439 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: orbit refracture and tearing his you know, a ligament in 440 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: his thumb and all that. But this happens every year, 441 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: and he's in the prime of his of his career. 442 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: So even when he's in shape and he doesn't have 443 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: a major injury that causes it costs him a season. 444 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: He breaks down physically somehow, some way. And I just 445 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: feel like, you know, if somebody asked me the other day, like, 446 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: do you do you blow it up? Do you just 447 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: like you need to start over? I mean, the other 448 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: part is you're gonna have Doc there for he's got 449 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: three more years on his deal. I don't know that 450 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: Doc is taking you to another championship. So well, I 451 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: would never advertise it. I look at this Philadelphia team 452 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: as I just want to be competitive and if somebody 453 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: falls down, if somebody has an injury, maybe we sneak through. 454 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: That's a hard sell in Philadelphia. But I don't feel 455 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: like they're one piece away. I really don't feel like 456 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: they're one piece away. It's there's so many flaws to them, 457 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: whether it is coaching or your star player being fragile 458 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: or the James Harden question, Like it's just I don't know, 459 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: and I don't know that that mbad as my star 460 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: player and his demeanor and the way he MoMA when 461 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: he didn't win MVP, like that can't be my emotional leader. 462 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: Jannis can be my emotional leader. Step Age can be 463 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: my emotional leader. Chris Baul can be my emotional leader. 464 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: A guy who says, you know, I just they what 465 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: you guys just spoke to who you want to vote for, 466 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: and I don't you know, I don't know if I'll 467 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: ever win, Like, dude, move on. You didn't win MVP, okay, 468 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: but you took a nice step forward. You got plenty 469 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: of people saying that you should have won MVP, and 470 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: you should be looking at how do I win a championship? Anyway? 471 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: So what are we doing here? All right? I'm gonna 472 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: go Warriors in six over Dallas Boston and seven over Miami. 473 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: Any problem with either. But you know, Colin, I always 474 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: say this when somebody says I'm gonna take him in seven, 475 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: You're really not saying anything like take him in six. 476 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: If you think Boston is a better team, take him 477 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: in six, nobody's gonna fault nobody's gonna fault you if 478 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: they win in seven, that's true. I'll take both. I'll 479 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: take the Celtics Warriors in six. By the way, you've 480 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: been to Italy because you've traveled. You're a soccer Gulf 481 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: so you've traveled abroad a great deal. Yeah, I could, 482 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: honestly I did. I usually do a ten minute opening 483 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: rant before I do these, but I'm dealing on you know. 484 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: I'm literally it's three in the molding right now. I 485 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: could live in Italy for long stretches. Oh yeah, where 486 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: did you go? I went to Florence, Sienna, Kiante, Rome. 487 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: I can do without Rome, Tuscany, Tuscany, Florence. Now you're 488 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: talking to my life. Yeah. My wife didn't like Rome 489 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: as much either. She liked Florence and Sienna, and she 490 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: likes Tuscan any she could, And I'm like, I need 491 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: some juice. Rome's got a lot of juice. Oh I 492 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: like Rome a lot. Yeah, I can already see it. 493 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a cowherd cowherd villa in Tuscany. It's coming. 494 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: I will say this. Herdburgers. Herdburgers are not gonna make 495 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: it in Tuscany, though, I'll tell you right now, the 496 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,479 Speaker 1: cost of living. We had lunch one day, both had 497 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: a glass of wine, water, bottle of water, nice lunches espressos, 498 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: twenty four bucks. They don't tip over there, twenty four bucks, 499 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: you don't tip. I was just like people, everybody wants 500 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: to move, you know, to Americans are moving to Costa Rica, 501 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, i'd get sick of the surf. 502 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: I know you like to surf. I'm like, if we 503 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: paid sixty dollars for dinner every night and we were 504 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: just gorging ourselves and it is, oh fabulous food. Man. Yeah, 505 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: my son, my son's graduated from high school. He and 506 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: two buddies are going to Italy, flying to Milan, going 507 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: to Florence. Now do you like Milan? I haven't been there. Uh, 508 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: it's it is. It's a fashion it's the fashion capital. 509 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: I haven't been there since. It's not. I don't give 510 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: me Tuscany. Give me the Isle of Capri, Like give 511 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: me this, give me the south, uh, southern southern Italy. Um. 512 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: But no, no, you you picked it. You did it right. 513 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: And by the way, we went in May so there's no, 514 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: there's no the tourism. You know, the Russians aren't visiting 515 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: because of their situation, so yea, and for whatever reason, 516 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: like uh, I think it's the regulation still on COVID. 517 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: Perhaps they said Russians and Asians were not ramped up 518 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: for tourism and so may it is not a heavy 519 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: month for Americans. So there was Basically it wasn't crowded. 520 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,719 Speaker 1: It was fantastic. So what you're saying is that there 521 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: was a place to park the Cowherd yacht. I'll tell 522 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: you this. Parking in Rome is so inept. They make 523 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: fun of it. Oh yeah, um, but did you drive? 524 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: Did you drive? No? We we basically know. We had 525 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: tours basically just hired individual tours were we did a 526 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: Vespa tour, a food tour, a castle tour we did. 527 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: Did you do a Florence food tour? We did a 528 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: three hour Florence walking tour. We did a Rome food tour. 529 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: Food in both was amazing. I strongly recommend man to 530 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: food tours. We went. So in Florence we went on 531 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: a tour where the every place that we went had 532 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: to be in the family for at least three generations 533 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: and it was like gelato, the bakery, seafood. It was unbelievable, greatest, 534 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: one of the greatest experiences I took my kids, and 535 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: one of the greatest experiences they've ever had. All right, 536 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: let's shut it down. Go thirty five minutes, Rick Celtic six, 537 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: Warrior six. We're both exhausted. We'll talk soon, Buddy. The Volume. 538 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: Make sure to check out The Draymond Green Show. I 539 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: brought Draymond Green into the Volume because one of the 540 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: more entertaining voices in sports. Unique perspective understands behind the rope. 541 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: Also chops up with guests like Gary Peyton, Zach Levine, 542 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: Tracy McGrady. 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