WEBVTT - Why Aren't The Bucks Considered Title Favorites? 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:07.680 After I have a party, I just like to go 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:11.719 around the house and just pour all the leftover liquids 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:17.600 together to one big drink. And then maybe, if I'm lucky, 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:20.360 I can get someone day to take a sip. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:30.480 Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to another No Dunk's 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.120 podcast on the Athletic Network. Today's episode brought to you 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.360 by Neutral Vodka Seltzer made with real vodka, real seltzer, 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.360 real juice, all of them, all of it is real. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.120 It's Neutral, the one with the umlaut. It's Tuesday, March fourteenth, 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.640 twenty twenty three. 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He is 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.080 the sixth player Kyle Lowry is this season to deliver 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.440 multiple weggies. Eric Gordon's still leading the way with three, 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.240 but uh five other guys now too, including Carl Lowry 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:04.560 and man that pace. 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:09.160 It just keeps going up, up, up coming for the record. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.680 Yeah on pace for fifty six, record of fifty eight 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:16.280 only a couple of years ago. Lowry shooting over Lowry 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:21.320 as well, and Eric Reid yelling he's done that before. 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.520 Just don't Oh yeah, that's his class, that's it's his 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.880 classic Weggie call forty five. We love it. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.800 You know we're gonna get I assume a couple wedgies 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.320 in the March Madness Tournament starting on Thursday or even tonight. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.040 In these first four games. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.080 It happened recently that there was a wedgie and they 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.560 had to get the cheerleaders into a pyramid to get 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:41.280 the ball down. 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:42.919 Right, That's what happened last year. 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.520 Guess yes, legendary Weggie moment. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.600 Yeah, you watch, it'll happen again. All right, let's recap 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:52.000 some of last night's NBA games and news with a 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:52.560 little tru. 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:53.160 Or false. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.360 True false questions. Again, off some of the games and 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.800 topics going around the association. We will start here. We 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.680 had Giannis playing against the King, scoring forty six points. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.520 He had twelve boards. He created a little scuffle at 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.240 the end as well. But the Bucks get the win 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.040 over the Kings one thirty three to one twenty four. 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:20.760 And then meanwhile, Jalen Green scored twenty eight, Tatum blew 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.240 a bunny at the rim that could have tied it up, 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.480 and the Rockets beat the Celtics one eleven one oh nine. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.280 I bring up those two games together because at last check, 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.560 according to our friends at bet MGM, the Celtics still 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:40.280 the favorites to win the championship this year at plus 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.080 three ten, Bucks in second at plus four hundred Suns 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.680 plus four fifty Nuggets plus seven hundred and then you 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.960 see the Sixers, Warriors, and Clippers rounding out our graphic here. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:55.480 So my tru or false question, Bucks should be the 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.240 favorites to win the titles trure false task, Melosi. 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:02.520 Of course they should, okay to how they're constantly overlooked. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.600 It doesn't matter what they do. They just won sixteen games. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.680 They're gonna have the best record in the NBA. Surprising 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:10.360 to me. I thought they'd sort of take it easy. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.800 But they've got three fewer losses in the Boston Celtics. 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.680 They're projected preseason with their over under total to be 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.440 close to fifty wins. Now they're going to be very 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:22.039 close to sixty wins. Why shouldn't they be the favorites. 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.080 It's just because they got Milwaukee on their chest. It's 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.120 a smaller city. That's why. There's no other reason. You 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.560 mentioned Yannis's forty plus they scored eighty points in the 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:32.200 second half of the Kings game. You might say Oh 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:37.400 it's the Kings. No, they were just dominant. Yanis hitting threes, spinning, winning, 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:41.080 Chris Middleton doing his spinning, brook Lopez stepping beyond the 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.080 three point line. I think, what's going to happen? You 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:48.000 mentioned that scuffle. Somebody's got to meme the finals odds 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.320 or championship odds on Trey Lyle's face, and brook Lopez 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.440 just got to punch it, you know, like that scene 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.000 at the end of that game where brook Lopez got 0:04:56.040 --> 0:05:00.480 into it with Trey Lyles. Why should they not be 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.000 the favorites? It's just because they're the Milwaukee Buck. 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.000 Do you think it's like almost San Antonio Spurs, like 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.560 in their dynasty run where they're always racking up you know, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:14.680 obviously great regular seasons, but you know, despite winning championships 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.679 and having great talent, we're a lot of the times 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.400 not the favorites or we're overlooked. Maybe the small market, 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.520 maybe just because we become accustomed to it, is there's 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.039 some similarities there with these these Bucks of the last 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:25.599 couple of years. 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.720 Definitely, they're probably not the sexiest title contender having actually 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:30.800 won a championship. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:31.840 Sometimes her too. 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.480 From a perspective standpoint, but I'm a task. It's kind 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.040 of hilarious that they're not actually the title favorites right now. 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.640 They've got the best team, they've got the best player, 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.440 they've won a title before. Since January first, second best 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:49.240 in defense, thirteenth in offense. That's not great, thirteenth in offense. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.680 Since February first, as Middleton's minutes have been taken up. 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:56.719 Second best defense, sixth in offense. They are such a 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.320 resilient team. They've got depth, they've got chemistry, but they've 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:01.800 also been one of the best teams in the league 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.760 for five straight seasons. So much like the Spurs, maybe 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.000 people want to see something new and maybe there are 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:08.760 more people in Massachusetts. 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.000 Who are gonna put down a wager upon their team. 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:15.080 Middleton season high thirty one last night against the Kings. 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.239 Nine as sists as well nine to fifteen from the floor, 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.479 hit five threes, made all of his free throws. I 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.800 bring that up because you said it. They have the 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.719 best player in the world, probably in gi Honest, they're 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.279 the best team record wise. They've won a title already. 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:28.080 There's that too, so there's no like, oh, can they 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.800 do it? When the Brights get lighter in the playoffs. Well, yeah, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.680 we know they can, but I think too with Middleton 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:38.360 coming around now obviously getting his reps in him, Johannis 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:42.000 Drew and Brook Lopez the level he's playing at right 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:43.680 now too, and he had another good game, you know, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.760 before getting into it with Trey Lyle's getting tossed. Is 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:49.240 there a team with a better four when they're playing 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.760 at their peak in the league than those four spread 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.080 across all the positions too, It's like every it's like 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.080 almost collect them all, like you're collecting cups from the 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.000 gas stations. You got the point guard, you've got obviously, 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:05.080 you know your three bigs in Middleton, Jiannis and Brook. 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.920 Is there another team with at that level when those 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:10.880 guys are playing like they are right now that can 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:11.280 match them? 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:11.840 I can't really. 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.320 You know, that used to be obviously the Warriors thing 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.280 when KD was with them. 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:16.760 Not any longer. 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.840 You're probably struggling to find the fourth in like you're 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:21.520 talking yourself into a pool or something like that. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:23.600 Now, Songs have a pretty good top four. One of 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:24.600 them is hurt right now though. 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.840 Yeah, yeah, so they should be the favorites. I had 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.640 the poll up on Twitter this morning. No, Dunk's Inc. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.520 Is our Twitter account, Nearly eighty two percent say yeah, 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.240 true Bucks should be the favorites. And I even think 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.120 to add to this because they're the number one seed. 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:41.280 IY mean, they should be the favorites to come out 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.400 of the East, because we said it all season long. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.920 The Celtics are gonna have to play the Sixers, not 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:48.840 that they can't beat them, not that the Celtics can't 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.760 beat the Bucks in the seven game series because they're really, 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.600 really good. They're struggling right now, of course after losing 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.760 last night too, but they got to go to war 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.840 against each other, so it's like there is just an 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:00.440 easier path too for a number one seed in Milwaukee. 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:01.760 So they should be the favorites. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.120 Oh yeah, they absolutely should be the favorites. And give 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.360 it a week and that will probably be the case. 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.560 But if you're the Celtics, you say, the Sixers can 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.040 never beat us oh and three this season and a 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.640 long history of taking it to EMBIID. They also won 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:16.040 a Game seven on the road last year beating the Heat. 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.440 So if you're the Celtics, you're saying, yeah, we can 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.360 also go on the road and win a Game seven. 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.960 Obviously you want to have the number one seed going forward. 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.680 I would say the only concern really for the Bucks 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.040 is that they don't really have the most athletic team 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.000 out there, and that could be a problem if they 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.480 get into maybe a small ball sort of deal against 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.760 a Celtics team who can play pretty fast when they 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:36.080 want to. 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.280 But they go by the their leader, and obviously their 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.040 leader is stepping up here as the Celtics can turn 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:44.560 it on here at the end of the season. Obviously 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.120 they're not doing the little things like they didn't do 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.760 against the Rockets last night, But with Yannis leading your way, 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.000 you just have no choice but to come along for 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.679 the ride. I mean, they are playing harder, strong, and 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.200 they get better as games go on. I mentioned that 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:00.200 eighty points second half yesterday because Janis didn't start up 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.600 the entire game. That was freaking impressive. How they all 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.959 took turns. Now it's your turn, Chris Middleton, Now it's 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.000 your turn, Brook Lopez, and they're all stepping up there. 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.800 They're looking for their fifth guy for sure. They're they're 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.200 they're looking Can it be Joe Ingles, Can it be 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:16.559 Jay Crowder? Can it be Grayson Allen? Has he had 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.640 a nice little cherry pick at the end of that game. There. Uh, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.480 they they're just so stacked and yeah, they just they 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:27.040 just continue to fight through. And last year brook Lopez 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:30.079 came on after playing only eleven games in the regular season. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.520 They're doing that perfectly with Chris Middleton. I mean, he 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.880 looks like Chris Middleton and he looks like a freaking 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.079 All Star out there. So he's their number two guy. Yeah, 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.400 they should be. They're just overlooked. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:42.360 What do you think about the scuffle at the end 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.959 here where I guess according to the Kings, they didn't 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.559 like how Yannis was dribbling out the clock. 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:52.600 Right, Several Kings set after the game that they took 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:57.280 exception to Giannis's slow and angled dribbling. Yes, so that 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.040 they were mad they blew the game in the second 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.760 Yeah what I And then I thought the refs were 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.520 mad that Trey Lyles did that because the game should 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.200 have been over. So they're like, get out of here, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.360 brook Lopez, get out of here. You've never been kicked 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.560 out of a game before this season. Now it's happened twice. 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.280 He's pointing like crazy, there's just. 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:14.120 Some frustration there. 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.200 Nothing really happened, well, right, and Brooke is saying, like, 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.400 I mean, you can read his lips like he's sticking 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.439 up for his superstar, not just because Trey Lyles is 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.080 taking offense, to be honest, the way he's trimpling, and 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.360 you know, there's pushing and shoving and then Brook coming 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.280 to his defense and a lot of throat grabbing going 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:30.040 on right now. 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.480 Brook Trey got a little he got a little personal. 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.440 Trey Lyles got a little too close. He Brooke would 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.280 have just gone nose to nose, but Lyles raised his 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:44.360 hands and so then Brooke grabbed a throat. That's all 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.199 that happened. Trey Trey got a little too aggressive, I think. 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:49.280 But you know, you know why these Bucks are sort 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.120 of like the Warriors of the last few years, and 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.960 even the Spurs basketball is secondary to them in a way. 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:56.760 Like they have they've got a great locker room and 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:01.360 they've just they they're they're they've got their priorities straight. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.360 Brook Lopez saw a clip of him yesterday. He was 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:13.760 on Fanasamo's podcast. Everyone's got a podcasts a podcast, Yeah, Fanalytics, Yeah, yeah, 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.800 it's got great, great guests. Great, all right. Ben Baker 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:21.200 came on there, talked about his alcohol abuse. Very good, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.800 guess Brook Lopez went on there. Yeah, he said the 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.319 best movie of all time is Star Wars the Wizard 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.400 of Oz Oh. Oh yeah, great pick. He said every 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.520 movie can be great, it can be built on that movie. 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.760 And he went into it. He just he explained it 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:39.160 how he's frightened by it, but he also absolutely loves it. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:43.440 Anyways, I think the priorities are right because they're focusing 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:44.440 on the classic movie. 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:45.240 Yeah. Not. 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.840 The basketball court. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.040 Got their priorities straight man. 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.640 Just a fun stat from Stattudes the Bucks trio there 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.000 of Jannis, Middleton and Brook, they combined for one hundred 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.319 points last night. The only other starting front court over 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:01.160 the last twenty five seasons to score at least one 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.480 hundred points in the game. You guys want to take 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:07.280 I guess that it happened in December twenty twenty two, December. 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:08.800 Season. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.720 Yes, the only front court to score hundred points. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:13.840 Yeah, in the last twenty five seasons. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:17.880 Uh, Jazz, No, no, crazy one. 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:19.920 Calves It's it. 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.120 It's tough because the third player that was in on 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:26.720 the mix with these two superstars Lakers Lakers, Lakers, Anthony Davis, 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.000 Lebron James and Lonnie Walker the fourth. 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:31.640 Yeah, that's a weird one. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:32.559 Yeah. 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.040 So they're three four five there combiding for. 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:35.439 Over one hundred. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.160 They did one hundred and four in that December game. 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.920 But Bucks Trio did it last night just to slip 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:41.880 in the Warriors here a little bit because they were 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.120 on that graphic. Nice graphic by the way, JD. I 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.440 really like the work he did their little animation on that. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.000 Nobody's angry with that. But they beat the Suns one 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.280 twenty three, one twelve, and they got their eighth straight 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:57.040 victory at home. Klay Thompson was lights out thirty three 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.720 of US thirty eight in the first half, bomb and threes. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.120 Steph Currey at at twenty three, seven and five, And 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.240 I keep bringing this up, Tasks, because I got to 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:07.800 give you credit. Looney once again really good in this 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.000 nine points, ten boards, five assists. You know, Eaton got 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.920 his numbers two. But Curry does seem to be like 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.480 playing him a little bit more and has figured out 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.240 that he is important to this team. He knows that, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.920 I mean, Steve Curry knows his team. But any thoughts 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:22.480 from the Warriors beating the Suns there last. 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.320 Night, Yeah, it's a winning time, so Kevon Looney's got 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.040 to get into the starting lineup. They need to win games. 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:28.920 Is there's no more waiting around for Wiggins to see 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.600 if he comes back. When he comes back, so they 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.000 throw Looney into the starting lineup. What a wild ride 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.600 for Klay Thompson scorching hot and then in the third 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:39.560 quarter couldn't hit a free throw. Strange, strange game for him. 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:43.480 But yeah, they continue this streak at home, and yeah, 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.680 the Sun's now got to go play the Bucks, so 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.640 a lot. Yeah, some chatter about whether the Suns will 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.520 will dip in the standings. Yeah, both these two teams 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.560 are teams that teams at the top are extremely frightened about. 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.000 Sure and sure and should and should be one hundred percent. 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.840 But it's nice to see the old Clay game, you know, 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.079 once a playoff series, if he can do that, can 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:05.680 turn a series. 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.600 He might save it till a game six, game six 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:09.880 to Clay. Any thoughts on this. 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.120 One, Well, I would be a little nervous if I'm 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:16.160 the Suns, because the Warriors own Chris Paul historically for 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.520 about a decade at this point. They did last night, 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.160 and right now they're in the four or five. Yeah, 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.120 the Sun or the Warriors haven't been great on the road. 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:27.520 But I'm not necessarily convinced that a Son's team led 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.920 by Chris Paul will keep it together down the stretch. 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.880 So that's a little extra intrigue added here. I will 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.280 say though, that in Game six of the Finals last year, 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.720 Kavon Looney came off the bench. That's the great thing 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.080 about Looney. He is very flexible. Yeah, if he needs 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:41.640 to start, he starts. If he needs to come off 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.280 the bench, no problem. He's going to do his thing regardless. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.600 Yeah, it was pretty cool to see Curry back down 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:50.680 Chris Paul and then clearly say this is in twenty 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.880 fourteen anymore, when they lost to the Clippers in a 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.360 first round series. Things have changed. She ain't twenty five anymore. 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:58.040 He's thirty five. 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:00.600 I can't believe it's still all right. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:04.120 Next one, one quick thing about the Celtics versus the Rockets. 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.520 Does Joe Mizzoula have a second end of the game play? 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.840 Uh No, it's it's Tatum time, baby. 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:14.680 Well it's one. It's one play play smart or to White. 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.720 It's worked twice, did not work this time. Pretty good 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.120 defense by Jabari Smith. I thought on Tatum though he 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.120 still did get to the rim. Robert Williams, though, five 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.200 straight miss games with a hamstring. Hamstrings obviously are a 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.000 lingering injury, and that is going to be the problem 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.080 for the Celtics. They got out rebounded last night by 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.040 the Rockets forty eight to thirty eight. They're going to 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.960 be coming up against a couple of really big teams 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.600 in the playoffs, assuming they meet up either with the 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:43.800 Bucks or with the Sixers. So Robert Williams get healthy 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.400 and stay healthy, which is a big ass. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.640 Yeah, big big ass for him. Unfortunately, all right, next 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:47.920 one here. 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.920 According to WOJH, Grizzly star John Morant has entered a 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:55.120 counseling program in Florida. This broke on Monday yesterday. Moran 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:56.640 has been away from the team for the past ten 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:01.000 days and there's still no timetable for his return. This 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.360 is very difficult for you to answer. I get that, 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.520 But after last night's win in Dallas, which was a 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.480 nice solid win from the grizz they only have fifteen 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.440 regular season games left. That's it, and then the playoffs 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.840 will be here for them. So true or false again, 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.520 just go with your gut, John Morant won't play another 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:18.640 game this season, trueor false? 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.640 Trade you get started. I guess my gut says false. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.200 I think he'll play again, but I think it's definitely 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.600 possible that we don't see Jaw again this season. Just 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.440 the fact that he's going to a treatment program that's 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.960 out of state kind of suggests that the Grizzlies and 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.600 Jaw are addressing something that's more than just partying in 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.960 a nightclub. There's only three weeks left of the season, 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.120 which I suppose is enough time to complete whatever steps 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.160 the Grizzlies have set fourth for Jaw. 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:47.960 Recondition and get back to playing. 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.240 But I mean, this feels like a big deal that 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.680 Jaw is going far away from the team to address 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:58.280 something off the court. So there is time, I suppose 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.520 for him to get back, but it wouldn't be a 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:01.080 surprise if. 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:01.640 He's done this year. 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.960 I do think he plays again. Obviously, this yeah, just 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.800 a total guess. But it's all about the NBA conducting 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:12.480 its own investigation. So, as you said, Skeets, the NBA 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.640 is definitely involved here. I don't think there's any doubt 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.920 about that they're conducting an investigation. The Grizzlies have said 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:21.640 initially he's away for two games, he's away for another 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.080 four games. He's at five of those six games missed 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.879 right now, and so they haven't put a timeline on it. 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:31.800 But the NBA may in coordination here with the Memphis Grizzlies. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.040 They may say after conducting its own investigation about bringing 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:39.720 either a gun into their locker room, which the NBA 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.440 does not allow, into the visitors' locker room, or onto 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.240 the airplane right which the NBA does not allow. Although 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:50.240 Colorado's an open carry state, but businesses have freedoms. We're 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:53.040 a country of laws. We're a country of freedoms. But 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:57.480 the NBA says no. So here we are five games missed, 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.680 and I think the league can say he's ended for 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:05.240 ten games and the five will be retroactively accounted for. 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:08.080 So they may be a suspension, but I think the 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:12.200 five games will play into it. Again, who knows. As 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:17.280 Trait said, it's bigger than maybe just a clubbing situation, 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:19.400 and it's a good thing that they're dealing with it. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.080 And you know, further reporting from the athletic says that 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.000 he has been talking to his teammates YEP via video 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.719 via phone. So I don't think he's not like gone 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:30.240 from the situation. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:31.200 Yeah. 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.400 Coach Jenkins had a little bit to say about this too, 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.600 Grizzlies coach. He said, quote, there is a lot of 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:39.280 internal dialogue going on, and obviously there are still things 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.800 going on at the league level as well that we're 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.360 in communication about. I think that was a I think 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.760 that speaks to, of course, the league is involved with 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:53.000 the Grizzlies and John Moran and his team somehow. I 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:56.320 guess my gut says, unfortunately true that maybe we don't 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:57.920 see him, and that's totally fine as long as he's 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.719 like getting his shit together. We also don't know what 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:05.040