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Speaker 1: sports Book which team is one big trade away from
Speaker 1: being odds on favorite this season. Uh, I would have
Speaker 1: to say, Philadelphia, what do you think for what kind
Speaker 1: of piece you feel like they need? Though, honestly, matt Um,
Speaker 1: I just said that because I didn't even know he
Speaker 1: was answering me the question. I thought you would reading.
Speaker 1: How my far I ain't know you was asking me
Speaker 1: that Monday, February eight, And this is what's burning Jack.
Speaker 1: We had an instant classic the other night. Stephan Luca
Speaker 1: had to shootout for the ages. Step drop fifty seven,
Speaker 1: Luca dropped forty two. Dallas got to win. But how
Speaker 1: special moments like this? Uh, you know for the NBA fans, man,
Speaker 1: it was specially it was it was a joy for
Speaker 1: me to see. Uh. And I want to reinerrate on
Speaker 1: some things you said at the beginning the season. You
Speaker 1: said Steph need to play like this and have amazing
Speaker 1: games all season, and he's been doing that for go
Speaker 1: to State to have a chance. Luca has been doing
Speaker 1: the same thing. But just like you said at the
Speaker 1: beginning this season that he needed more help. It's it's
Speaker 1: excited to watch these two guys go at it and
Speaker 1: the game is a good hands But to him, yes, uh,
Speaker 1: you know this was you know, we we talked at
Speaker 1: the beginning of season this this was gonna be going
Speaker 1: in the States version of how Houston played with James
Speaker 1: last year, although I think there's more ball movement and
Speaker 1: people are involved every single night. Steps gonna have to
Speaker 1: put up amazing numbers for this team to win. He's
Speaker 1: been doing it. You know, they're floating right at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the playoffs standings. But this is just a
Speaker 1: beautiful game. Steph's confidence is obviously on another level, and
Speaker 1: Luca is just a silent killer. Doesn't goes out there,
Speaker 1: doesn't take no ship, plays hard and and stuff like
Speaker 1: this happened. So it was a fun game to watch
Speaker 1: for me personally. I just enjoyed the back and forth
Speaker 1: and in the ability to hit clutch shots for both
Speaker 1: those guys. And uh, imagine this and again a seven
Speaker 1: game series. You know, if these guys are able to
Speaker 1: maintain what they're doing and get a chance to play
Speaker 1: each other in the playoffs, seven games of Luca and
Speaker 1: step would be incredible. Next up raising their games. Uh,
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell has been on one Uh you know, we
Speaker 1: mentioned it. Uh, you know a few weeks ago when
Speaker 1: Shack Loki called him out or actually high key called
Speaker 1: the matter we both not, you know, instead of using
Speaker 1: that as a as like a damn, but as a
Speaker 1: disc used as motivation. It seems like Donovan has been
Speaker 1: used as a motivation thus far in februaries. Dropped to
Speaker 1: thirty point games, almost had a triple double last night,
Speaker 1: and his team is at the best record in the
Speaker 1: NBA nineteen and five. What are your thoughts on his play?
Speaker 1: First and foremost, and how how good the Jazz have
Speaker 1: been this season. He's doing exactly what he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1: He's been He's been growing every year as a player,
Speaker 1: growing every year as a leader. And what Shack said
Speaker 1: to him to do nothing but motivated him. A lot
Speaker 1: of people would have took that the wrong way. He
Speaker 1: knew the direction he was going, he knew the work
Speaker 1: he put in and the results are showing now. So salute,
Speaker 1: saluted Donovan Mitchell. But I also knew what Shack was saying. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's good to nineteen and five right now, but that
Speaker 1: doesn't matter until the end of the season. Where are
Speaker 1: you That's what matters. You know, you want to be
Speaker 1: a champion. And and and then, like I said, Donovan Mitchell
Speaker 1: is doing a great job of leading his team. I'm
Speaker 1: not taking anything away from Utah. If you want to
Speaker 1: get off to a great start, this is the way
Speaker 1: you do it. But it matters in the postseason. But
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell keep doing your thing. Yeah, Donovan Mitchell has
Speaker 1: definitely been elevating his game since he's been here. UM
Speaker 1: one of the best three point shooting teams in the
Speaker 1: league right now. Love with Quinn Snyder's doing. We've talked
Speaker 1: about him throughout this season, but I still feel like
Speaker 1: this is possibly a team that's going into this trade deadline, Like, look,
Speaker 1: we're at the top of the West during the regular season.
Speaker 1: Do we need to make a move to solidify ourselves
Speaker 1: going into the playoffs. Do we need to grab Zach Lavine.
Speaker 1: Do we need to grab a Bradley Beal? Do we
Speaker 1: need to grab that one more score that no one
Speaker 1: is even talking about the could possibly be on the
Speaker 1: trade trade uh, on the move during the trade deadline,
Speaker 1: because like I said, I think they need that one
Speaker 1: more guy. They're very consistent, um, but I still think
Speaker 1: they need that one more score that's in that that
Speaker 1: twenty point range consistently. I love what Jordan Clarkson is doing.
Speaker 1: I love him. Mike Conley is doing um, Like I said,
Speaker 1: a lot of different shooters. But when it comes to
Speaker 1: the playoffs, are they gonna have enough? We'll have to
Speaker 1: wait and see next up. Joke, it's drop fifty damn
Speaker 1: near a fifty point triple double fifteen tw over an eight,
Speaker 1: but it came in a losing effort. Jack, talk to
Speaker 1: me about that. Well, you just talked about teams need
Speaker 1: to make moves. This the team they need to make
Speaker 1: a move. You can't have yokers do everything. He's doing
Speaker 1: fifty points and you and you lose the Sacramento nothing
Speaker 1: against Sacramento. They got some young stars, but you can't
Speaker 1: have your star player go for fifty eight and take
Speaker 1: an al. That's the team that need to make some moves.
Speaker 1: This is the best big man in the game right
Speaker 1: now with him and Beat and I just I just
Speaker 1: don't see him having games like this and having a
Speaker 1: career he's having and not have another star. I love
Speaker 1: the young guards they have, but I really think this
Speaker 1: team needs to make another move before the playoffs. Matt
Speaker 1: good point there. Um, you know he's out here doing
Speaker 1: I made a mistake last week or maybe two weeks
Speaker 1: ago when I said A D deserves to start in
Speaker 1: front of Jokings for the All Star I was mistaken.
Speaker 1: Although a D is a tremendous talent, Jokings has one
Speaker 1: another planet this year. The way he's playing a D
Speaker 1: has been up and down of late. So Jerkins definitely
Speaker 1: deserves to start as center. But he's one of these
Speaker 1: unique talents. You know, obviously he could he can use
Speaker 1: some help, but he's one of these unicorn guys that
Speaker 1: are you know, skill set. There's not really a hole
Speaker 1: in his game. His ability to pass the ball like
Speaker 1: a guard, shoot the ball like a guard, No one
Speaker 1: can stop him on the block, and just his have
Speaker 1: basketball que was off the chart. So it's beautiful to
Speaker 1: see him continue to develop. Um, whether the rest of
Speaker 1: the young town around him develops as well, it's something
Speaker 1: we'll have to see. But you know, just watching him
Speaker 1: night and night out has been a beautiful thing. Next
Speaker 1: up Gordon Hayward, who's having a career year. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: personally happy to see because I thought he was a
Speaker 1: motherfucker over there in Utah ended up getting hurt, didn't
Speaker 1: really work in Boston, he signed a big deal with
Speaker 1: the team took a lot of heat for him getting
Speaker 1: all that money. Be he's at a career high twenty
Speaker 1: three points a game, floating with the fifty um. Has
Speaker 1: that team, he's the number one option for that team,
Speaker 1: has that team playing well. He's been able to jail
Speaker 1: with their younger players. Obviously, LaMelo balls someone we all like,
Speaker 1: Terry Rosier Miles Bridges is a highlight highlight machine waiting
Speaker 1: to happen. What else do you feel Charlotte needs there
Speaker 1: seventh right now the East? What else do you feel
Speaker 1: they need Jack to continue to improve and possibly make
Speaker 1: some noise in the Eastern Conference. Yeah? Well, first of all,
Speaker 1: you you got to salute the man. You get what
Speaker 1: you negotiating. He negotiate that money, he got it. But
Speaker 1: in Charlotte. I played in Charlotte, I got that my
Speaker 1: first year. We got to the playoffs. They could care
Speaker 1: less about anything but getting to the playoffs. And that's
Speaker 1: all MJ cares about. And I think having this guy
Speaker 1: on on the team and the season he's having, I'm
Speaker 1: a fan of him. A lot of guys don't go
Speaker 1: through the injuries that he's went through, you know, at
Speaker 1: to bounce back to come back in the league, regardless
Speaker 1: what team you are, regardless what money, how much money
Speaker 1: you're making, and back to average in twent three points.
Speaker 1: I salute him, but he has to get this team
Speaker 1: to the playoffs in order to be respected. In Charlotte.
Speaker 1: I completely agree. Um, I think he got lost in
Speaker 1: the shuffle. I think there was some stuff going on
Speaker 1: because they had his former college coach over there, and
Speaker 1: he came back in after an injury. He went right
Speaker 1: to the starting lineup, and I think that rubbed a
Speaker 1: lot of the young Celtics the wrong way. So it's
Speaker 1: only a matter of time before that situation. You know,
Speaker 1: they had to make a move there. Um laying on
Speaker 1: his feet in Charlotte and hits the ground running, Like
Speaker 1: I said, playing like that Gore that that Gordon Hayward
Speaker 1: that you know, the Utah Jazz had. So I'm happy
Speaker 1: to see it fighting back through all these injuries. Um,
Speaker 1: this is a very young, talented team. To me, I
Speaker 1: don't really think you rushed this process. I think you
Speaker 1: continue to fill out what you have with Miles Bridges,
Speaker 1: which you have with LaMelo Ball. You know what you
Speaker 1: have a rosier uh Cody Zeller is playing hard every night.
Speaker 1: I like what this team is doing, and I like
Speaker 1: the path they're on. Uh, you know, I think within
Speaker 1: the next two three years, you know, they'll definitely be
Speaker 1: right in the middle of the Eastern Conference, you know,
Speaker 1: making some real noise. But like you said, none of
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Speaker 1: some nice matchups. Um one matchup will start with this
Speaker 1: Luca and Tray situation, though forever be linked, obviously being
Speaker 1: traded for each other on Draft Day. I mean, but
Speaker 1: to me, man, these the trade as great as we think.
Speaker 1: Luca is Trey has definitely been doing this thing with Atlanta.
Speaker 1: Has Atlanta sitting at sixth in the East. He's at
Speaker 1: damn your twenty seven points a game and nine assists,
Speaker 1: getting to the line almost ten times a game, while
Speaker 1: Lucas at twenty eight and nine. They're still trying to
Speaker 1: find their footing in the West. But this is definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be must watch TV for two of the bright
Speaker 1: stars in our league. Yeah, man, this is a game
Speaker 1: I definitely have to watch. It's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of scoring, a lot of playmaking. You really don't see
Speaker 1: these guys guard each other too much because because Luca
Speaker 1: is a lot bigger, but just the matchup and on
Speaker 1: that you're having to to a future stars on the court.
Speaker 1: Both teams really, like you said, still trying to find
Speaker 1: a footing and trying to find identity for each other.
Speaker 1: I think Atlanta is kind of leading that with the
Speaker 1: identity trade is really leading this team, and and they
Speaker 1: really have their style to play. Lucas still fishing. But
Speaker 1: anytime these two guys can clash is always good TV. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, it's crazy. Like I said, I don't think Luca,
Speaker 1: excuse me, I don't think Trey gets enough credit for
Speaker 1: what he's been able to accomplish, the numbers he has
Speaker 1: been able to put up, and where he has his
Speaker 1: team right now. Obviously, Luca got a lot of the hype,
Speaker 1: and I think maybe too much hype from a standpoint of,
Speaker 1: you know, are they living up to expectations? Um, they
Speaker 1: haven't been able to do it this year. He personally
Speaker 1: has been playing well. But Trey has his team on
Speaker 1: the path, you know, and he was Atlanta was my
Speaker 1: surprise team this year. I love what they didn't free agency.
Speaker 1: I like to pick up stay May, but Trey continues
Speaker 1: to improve. One of the best ball handlers, shooters, skilled
Speaker 1: players in our game. And it's like I said, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a matchup that will be talked about
Speaker 1: throughout their careers because obviously they were traded for each other.
Speaker 1: But I must watch basketball this week. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a fun one. Our next matchup to watch. Um Kadie
Speaker 1: returning to the Bay. Um. The Nets got the best
Speaker 1: of the Warriors earlier in the season, beating him handily
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn. Um, Golden State is fighting their footing step
Speaker 1: is being steph Uh you bre and Wiggins are starting
Speaker 1: to raise their game. Draymond is showing that the numbers
Speaker 1: aren't everything. He's out here doing absolutely everything on the
Speaker 1: floor to keep this team, Uh, you know afloat. And
Speaker 1: then Brooklyn. You know, Brooklyn still is trying to fit
Speaker 1: their pieces together, but slowly but surely rising up in
Speaker 1: the East. What are your thoughts about Katie returning to
Speaker 1: the Bay and both these teams at their current point.
Speaker 1: You know, it would be so much better and we
Speaker 1: would be anticipating this game so much more if that
Speaker 1: arena was filled with fans. You know what I mean? Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna. I mean they already they didn't already played.
Speaker 1: So I think the seeing each other and the brotherly
Speaker 1: love and all that, I think that already happened. I
Speaker 1: think the only aspect of it was seeing him actually
Speaker 1: come back to that arena with fans. We're not gonna
Speaker 1: get a chance to see that. So I just, I
Speaker 1: just I see it being a high scoring game. You know,
Speaker 1: anytime any team play against Brooklyn, you're gonna get the
Speaker 1: best shot. And Stephen, Stephen, Steph has been playing well.
Speaker 1: And then when when when Steph comes with his best shot,
Speaker 1: As you see, it's gonna be a fifty point night.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a good game to watch. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like you said, you know, Steph has been playing great.
Speaker 1: But to think on the flip side, if Steph doesn't
Speaker 1: play great, the Warriors don't have a chance. The Nets
Speaker 1: have three different options, you know what I mean, And
Speaker 1: if one of those guys played great, they have a
Speaker 1: great chance. Of two of those guys played great, they
Speaker 1: have a really good chance. And if all three played great,
Speaker 1: the other team doesn't stand a chance. And that's having
Speaker 1: those three fucking stars on one side. But like you said,
Speaker 1: I think the key to this is if fans were there,
Speaker 1: this would have a lot more energy, a lot more excitement. Still,
Speaker 1: the game will be played. Um thoughts last week on
Speaker 1: Katie's protocol where he was supposed to not warm up,
Speaker 1: was able to warm up, doesn't start, plays a little bit,
Speaker 1: gets taken out of the game, and obviously he has
Speaker 1: an issue after the game, as he should. It's crazy,
Speaker 1: like I think the NBA is trying to figure out
Speaker 1: this contact tracing ship, but I think that was definitely
Speaker 1: a frustrating situation for him and his team. Man Free Snipe,
Speaker 1: Man Free k D. I feel his pain. Once I
Speaker 1: run up, once I run up and down that court
Speaker 1: and I bumping it down. We're sweating. I'm playing the game,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying out, Come on, man, let
Speaker 1: me play the game. Man. They actually was actually was
Speaker 1: doing too much. And I honestly feel katie frustration. You know,
Speaker 1: you putting them in out the game. It's a big
Speaker 1: game for him. They're trying to win, you know, and
Speaker 1: he don't know if he can play a night. You
Speaker 1: get warm up, lady, you gotta He's not started coming
Speaker 1: in the game cold like. It's a lot of aspects
Speaker 1: to that that that would frustrate me as well. So
Speaker 1: I get it, man, but they need to get ahold
Speaker 1: of it because once you're check in the game, ain't
Speaker 1: no reason to pull you back out, right, And like
Speaker 1: I said, it's either got to be all or nothing.
Speaker 1: Either he can play that day or he can't. But
Speaker 1: don't give him the option to get a sweat, start
Speaker 1: playing and then pull him out. Like I said, either
Speaker 1: you're gonna not let him play that day, or once
Speaker 1: he's in, you're gonna let him rock the entire game.
Speaker 1: But I think the in and out is the bullshit.
Speaker 1: We definitely feel in Spain, and we hope the NBA
Speaker 1: is able to figure this out so it doesn't have
Speaker 1: to happen to anybody else. Breaking records and milestones. Uh,
Speaker 1: congrats Lebron James for passing Wilt Chamberlain on the third
Speaker 1: third all times career field goals made list, Um Jack,
Speaker 1: I think Doc Rivers put it perfectly. Whether or not
Speaker 1: you agree, Lebron is the greatest player of all time.
Speaker 1: When it's all said and done, he'll definitely have the
Speaker 1: greatest career. Um Thoughts on Braun and the level of
Speaker 1: plays continuing to play at in your e team. I'm
Speaker 1: just amazed, man, what what is? What is kids? What
Speaker 1: he's been able to do in such a long time.
Speaker 1: You know, we we all had high expectations that come
Speaker 1: him coming in the game, and he exceeded them all
Speaker 1: and he's continuing to I'm not surprised, man. We just
Speaker 1: gotta enjoy greatness and understand that we've seen something. We're
Speaker 1: watching something that we've never seen before. One of the
Speaker 1: greatest to ever touched the court man and I'm honored
Speaker 1: to say I had a chance to battle again some
Speaker 1: a couple of years and to be able to watch
Speaker 1: this magic especially, I'm enjoining it. Imagine, I think you
Speaker 1: made a great point. Who has ever lived up to
Speaker 1: all this hype? I mean, the hype from the beginning
Speaker 1: was was made for him to fail, all the Chosen One,
Speaker 1: every all the accolades, everything, all the pressure they put
Speaker 1: on this man's shoulder, and he's been able to live
Speaker 1: up to it and exceed expectations. He has a chance
Speaker 1: to pass Karl Malone to go to number two. That
Speaker 1: will probably take him about four more years of this
Speaker 1: consistency to get to Kareem. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you know, they're right in the hunt to
Speaker 1: win another championship possibly too. I mean, I don't see
Speaker 1: what you can say about Lebron negatively, you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's crazy what people want to talk about his
Speaker 1: n lost record in the final. The fact that he's
Speaker 1: consistently getting there is the key to me. Obviously, you
Speaker 1: want to win, but Ship, he's done everything you can
Speaker 1: do to win once you get there, so it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting. It's been beautiful to watch it. I just
Speaker 1: wish people appreciated him more Steph Moore, James more, Katie more,
Speaker 1: instead of always trying to critique, because you have to understand,
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, these guys are gone.
Speaker 1: You're you're you're gonna be missing some of the greatest
Speaker 1: players to ever touch this touch the ball, touch this floor.
Speaker 1: And I think too often people take more time critiquing
Speaker 1: and talking Ship instead of just enjoying their greatness. Next
Speaker 1: step Carmelo Anthony, passing Dominique Wilkins for thirteen on the
Speaker 1: all time score list. You know, we've both been big
Speaker 1: advocates for Melo to get back in the game after
Speaker 1: nearly four thousand people have played in the NBA to
Speaker 1: be thirteenth all time as a hell of an accomplishment. Uh.
Speaker 1: Jack talked to me about Melow, that's the testament to
Speaker 1: his career. Man. We all knew what how important Melo
Speaker 1: was to the game, We knew the dominant offensive player
Speaker 1: he was, and um, you know, this is just just
Speaker 1: another testament to all the work he's done. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: glad he's getting a shot. He's getting a bigger role
Speaker 1: in Portland now, you know, with with him dealing with
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries. But I'm happy for Mellow. Man,
Speaker 1: it's just a testament into career. It shows why he's
Speaker 1: gonna belonging to Hall of Fame. I definitely want to
Speaker 1: salute Mellow for being able to almost reinvent itself. Um,
Speaker 1: someone who's such a tremendous score. His whole career has
Speaker 1: always been to go to guys, always consistently got in
Speaker 1: that twenty to twenty five shots a game range to
Speaker 1: be able to reinvent itself. And I think for for
Speaker 1: a minute he was having a hard time, you know.
Speaker 1: And I think that's why, along with some other bullshit,
Speaker 1: I think what the NBA was doing, he wasn't able
Speaker 1: to get a job. But I think he kind of
Speaker 1: accepted his role and understood what teams are looking for
Speaker 1: now and he's still able to be himself. And like
Speaker 1: you said, with with Portland's UH down in numbers, obviously
Speaker 1: his role is gonna increase. That's something he's been doing
Speaker 1: his whole career, so it won't be a problem for him.
Speaker 1: But definitely glad he got a second chance. Um, I
Speaker 1: love what he's doing out there. And yeah, absolutely, First
Speaker 1: about Hall of Fame uh Karmelo Anthony can again congratulations. Last,
Speaker 1: but not least, Fred van Fleet, who has been on
Speaker 1: an absolute tear, dropped a career high in raptors record
Speaker 1: fifty four points, uh, knocking too Mars record by two points,
Speaker 1: setting also the record for undrafted player to be able
Speaker 1: to come and drop fifty signed that big eight five
Speaker 1: million dollar contract this year. Couldn't be happy for this
Speaker 1: guy one, obviously, because he's making his dreams come true.
Speaker 1: But then he's showing the rest of the guys out
Speaker 1: here you can still make your regardless some guy that
Speaker 1: wasn't drafted. He's small. I'm sure there's a lot of
Speaker 1: different knocks on him, but this guy is definitely a
Speaker 1: prominent score in this game, dropping fifties and getting paid
Speaker 1: and like I said, I just love the fact that
Speaker 1: he's been able to do what he does, but also
Speaker 1: encourage the rest of the youngsters out there, letting him
Speaker 1: know that, hey, you don't have to go to a
Speaker 1: big name school, you nest, you don't even have to
Speaker 1: be drafted. You just have to believe in yourself and
Speaker 1: keep being a dog and you might get a shot.
Speaker 1: I'm happy for him. Fred is doing great, man. I
Speaker 1: think he came into that situation was not really knowing
Speaker 1: if he was gonna play Trey. He's happening to end
Speaker 1: up starting Now look at him, He's he's the best
Speaker 1: score on the team to me. You know, he's playing
Speaker 1: with a lot of confidence. And it's all about getting
Speaker 1: an opportunity. Man. A lot of people don't even got
Speaker 1: get an opportunity to get a chance to show what
Speaker 1: they can do. He got his opportunity, took advantage of it,
Speaker 1: and you see what's happening, big contract. He just showing
Speaker 1: he belongs in this league. And I don't think this
Speaker 1: the end of us talking about him this year. I
Speaker 1: think gonna have a great year. No, absolutely, definitely, one
Speaker 1: of the scores Uh, one of the best, you know,
Speaker 1: undrafted scores. We've seen his ability to to to answer
Speaker 1: when he got his chance. He did that, had a
Speaker 1: big finals um to help them win, and now he's
Speaker 1: being rewarded. Like I said, I think it's it's a
Speaker 1: beautiful thing for him, but also you know, encouraging to
Speaker 1: the people coming behind him. Jack, we got a new segment. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's not a new segment, but it's a new segment
Speaker 1: for What's Burning, and we're gonna start incorporating our fan
Speaker 1: questions into What's Burning. So let's get to it. First
Speaker 1: question from the Black Understore cal Underscore l which team
Speaker 1: is one big trade away from being odds on favorite
Speaker 1: this season? I would have to say Philadelphia. So you
Speaker 1: got Philly. Um, I think Utah is one trade away.
Speaker 1: Obviously they're sitting with the best record in the league,
Speaker 1: but I still feel like they're gonna need some more
Speaker 1: firepower come playoff time. Um. So I think, you know,
Speaker 1: like I said earlier, Bill of Levine, someone we're not
Speaker 1: even thinking enough to possibly be that that that that
Speaker 1: either that number two guy or ship number one guy
Speaker 1: that's gonna get you that twenty consistently every night, I
Speaker 1: think there definitely one trade away, but you know, both
Speaker 1: both the team's Philly and Utah are right there and
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun to see what they do coming
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Next question at slim Underscore Veil, why
Speaker 1: do you guys think the effort on defense has subsided
Speaker 1: so much in the past ten years? Um Man, good question.
Speaker 1: I think it's the changing of the game. Um you know,
Speaker 1: we hung our hat on defense. Um I'll be obviously
Speaker 1: able to do other things that they took pride in defense,
Speaker 1: And I don't think the game is there anymore, um one,
Speaker 1: because the league wants it more scoring and highlights, and
Speaker 1: I think that's where they're at right now. So they
Speaker 1: would definitely rather see, you know, a one thirty game
Speaker 1: than nine to nine defensive battle. So I mean, I
Speaker 1: think scoring is at a premium. Scoring is encouraged, so
Speaker 1: there's just not that much focus on defense anymore. In
Speaker 1: the fact that it's like fucking flag football act that
Speaker 1: you can't really play defense if you wanted to. All
Speaker 1: the touch fouls they're calling and all that soft ship
Speaker 1: they're calling really is a disadvantage to the defense. So
Speaker 1: I think the way the rules have changed and what
Speaker 1: the NBA wants. What you're scoring is the reason why
Speaker 1: we've seen defense non existent. Yeah, the game is definitely grown,
Speaker 1: but you gotta think all the guys that really played
Speaker 1: like we played, all the greedy guys, they kicked him
Speaker 1: out the league. So that's another reason defense is not
Speaker 1: the way it is no more. Let's be real, Yeah
Speaker 1: it is not scoring. The rules are different. But the
Speaker 1: motherfucker's who got down and cared about stopping motherfucker's dad
Speaker 1: at home doing what we're doing, especial man, shoutout Trevor
Speaker 1: reason Man, he's sitting at home right now, still getting paid,
Speaker 1: which is great, but he's one of those three and
Speaker 1: D guys. Someone will get in your face and and
Speaker 1: and he can't find a home right now. So I me,
Speaker 1: I think that perfectly goes to what you were saying.
Speaker 1: One next question from Kevin McCadney. What team has been
Speaker 1: the biggest disappointment this season and what team has been
Speaker 1: the biggest surprise, Jack, biggest disappointment to you this year?
Speaker 1: The biggest disappointment to me is the Dallas Mavericks. Um.
Speaker 1: I felt they could they could have did something that
Speaker 1: someone that helped this guy Lucas just a stub man,
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the league, and I'm
Speaker 1: just disappointed with the start they're getting off too. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, KP is in and out and they just
Speaker 1: didn't make the moves. Hopefully they'll mak them before the trade.
Speaker 1: That trade trade their line, but Dallas is definitely a
Speaker 1: team that hasn't been living up to what I expected.
Speaker 1: I completely agree m after what they did in the
Speaker 1: playoffs last year, the way Luca played, the expectations this
Speaker 1: year with through the roof that may have been too high,
Speaker 1: but I agree they didn't really make any moves to
Speaker 1: strengthen this roster that are really going to be impactful. Um,
Speaker 1: KP has been in and out. When he's played, he's
Speaker 1: been outstanding, but getting him to play every night has
Speaker 1: been the key. So, like I said, those two consistently
Speaker 1: playing together plus one more trade piece of the deadline
Speaker 1: possibly can help them. They've definitely been the most disappointing
Speaker 1: team to me, UH this season? UH, to you biggest
Speaker 1: surprise this season? My biggest surprise, I would have to
Speaker 1: say as Houston, UM, nobody knew how they would jail.
Speaker 1: Nobody knew how this team would come together with everything
Speaker 1: the way they started with James and I want to
Speaker 1: be there. But now you see this thing starting to
Speaker 1: rolling all the deeper, settling in. John is kind of
Speaker 1: leading his team, and Boogie and the young kid Chris Wood,
Speaker 1: they're really holding things down in the paint. So shout
Speaker 1: out to Steve Silence for for for dealing with the
Speaker 1: rough start of the ship. But now he got him
Speaker 1: smooth sailing. I'm happy with the way um Houston is rolling.
Speaker 1: I agree that's a good call. I think probably my
Speaker 1: surprise is the Utah Jazz um always a solid regular
Speaker 1: season team, so I kind of say this with a
Speaker 1: little hesitation because the regular season only means so much.
Speaker 1: But you know, they definitely put together a great start
Speaker 1: to the season, best record in the league, shooting the
Speaker 1: three point ball, and an amazing clip and they're just
Speaker 1: a fun team to watch. Like I said, we compared
Speaker 1: them to the San Antonio Spurs earlier, where you can
Speaker 1: just plug and play guys that they have a great system,
Speaker 1: great coach. You just plug guys in and they know
Speaker 1: what they have to do. So they've definitely been a
Speaker 1: fun team for me to watch this year and looking
Speaker 1: forward to see what they do down the stretch. Next
Speaker 1: fan question and why I underscore Kid fifteen. If you
Speaker 1: had a third host, who would it be and why? Oh?
Speaker 1: Good question, good question. I got two people here. I
Speaker 1: would go with either Kendrick motherfucking Perkins, motherfucker for KG.
Speaker 1: I think obviously Kg's energy is electric. I think he
Speaker 1: would being a crazy dynamic to the show. And then Perk.
Speaker 1: You know, Park cusses more than me and you put together,
Speaker 1: we can get him off that perk just don't passing
Speaker 1: the wet blunt. And I think, yeah, so either one
Speaker 1: of those two dudes would be good with me. Uh me.
Speaker 1: I would say a real motherfucker like Carrie Champion or
Speaker 1: Jamal Hill. I think a woman would be great on
Speaker 1: our show to add to add another ship, talking dynamic,
Speaker 1: some another woman that ain't two cents and if they
Speaker 1: can take our ship talking but also no sports and
Speaker 1: there's a lot of females out there that no sports
Speaker 1: like we do. I think that would be a dope asset. Well,
Speaker 1: that'd be huge to have a female co host. That
Speaker 1: would be dope. I mean all that we're doing our thing,
Speaker 1: that would be dope. Close in the show with Quick hitters. Uh.
Speaker 1: First topic, Julius Randall twenty two point six, almost eleven
Speaker 1: rebounds of game, nearly six assists. Jack. Is he worthy
Speaker 1: of his first All Star nod this year? I think so, man,
Speaker 1: I mean, hold up before you answer, before you answer,
Speaker 1: he's got the knicks in playoff contention right now on
Speaker 1: top of it. Yeah, and it's you know me, I
Speaker 1: gotta be real. This is every day. Always want to
Speaker 1: Nick in the All Star Game for some reason. But
Speaker 1: he deserves it. You know, he deserves it. I'm just
Speaker 1: saying he deserved he playing well, bro with you know,
Speaker 1: in a playoff picture and in the playoffs, there's two
Speaker 1: different things, bro, you know what I'm saying. A lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of times, a lot of times you
Speaker 1: get overshadowed. I wasn't shot at and we made the
Speaker 1: playoffs and I didn't make the All Star Game. But
Speaker 1: he definitely deserves it. And I just wanted them to
Speaker 1: make it because making an All Star Game and not
Speaker 1: making the playoffs that's asinine. Uh No, I agree, he's
Speaker 1: definitely playing the part um. Glad he's found his spot,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? In l A. You saw
Speaker 1: his potential in New Orleans you saw more potential, and
Speaker 1: then in New York you've seen what kind of player
Speaker 1: we all thought he could be. You know, he's a
Speaker 1: he's a bullout bull in the China shop out there.
Speaker 1: They just picked up Derek Rose yesterday in the trade,
Speaker 1: so hopefully that'll help them, uh strengthen their playoff picture. Um,
Speaker 1: But as far as just individual accolades and and being
Speaker 1: ready for an All Star, definitely think he deserves that
Speaker 1: nod this year. Next up, John Moran nearly nineteen points
Speaker 1: of game seven assists. Memphis is in the playoff mix.
Speaker 1: The West is loaded with guards. Jack Is Morant ready
Speaker 1: for the All Star spotlight? Or will he get his
Speaker 1: opportunity this year? I mean, is he ready? Yeah, he's ready,
Speaker 1: His game is ready. But will it happened? No, it
Speaker 1: won't happen. I mean he's he's a guy that we're
Speaker 1: hiring on, we love, I'm a fan of. But you
Speaker 1: gotta look at this competition right now in the West.
Speaker 1: There's too many guards that that that they're gonna throw
Speaker 1: ahead of him that's gonna make that team. But it
Speaker 1: does he deserve it? I think he does. But you've
Speaker 1: got too many guards with bigger names. That that teams
Speaker 1: is at the top of the Western Conference that he
Speaker 1: got to go up against and that and that's always
Speaker 1: the case. Yeah, And what kind of scares me about
Speaker 1: this situation, Jack, is it might be this way for
Speaker 1: a long time. You know, he's in that Memphis market.
Speaker 1: There's the West is load of the guards, Damon, C. J.
Speaker 1: Clay and steph Uh. You know Booker hasn't really got
Speaker 1: is his nod yet. There's a lot of strong guards
Speaker 1: in the West. Is Marans a game at All Star level? Definitely,
Speaker 1: when he get that nod, it's gonna take out. I
Speaker 1: don't know what it's gonna take. I think his team
Speaker 1: is gonna have to probably be like a top three
Speaker 1: or four team for people to realize his importance. Um,
Speaker 1: but just as far as being an All Star, definitely
Speaker 1: think he has the talent, but it's gonna it might
Speaker 1: be a while before he actually gets an All Star
Speaker 1: nod for the reasons we just mentioned. Christian would out
Speaker 1: several weeks with an ankle injury. Obviously it's better than
Speaker 1: they thought, but he'll be down for a while. Jack,
Speaker 1: how does this affect the Rockets? Injuries are a part
Speaker 1: of the game, as we know, but and and any
Speaker 1: time one of your guys go down, you have to
Speaker 1: look at the good side of it. And the flip
Speaker 1: side is Boogie gets to go in. He should be
Speaker 1: starting to anyway in my mind. But he gets to
Speaker 1: go and get more reps and get back in shape,
Speaker 1: and it gives Chris Wood it's a chance to get stronger.
Speaker 1: He still doesn't have that NBA body. This is the
Speaker 1: time for him to get stronger, kind of put a
Speaker 1: little musc along so he can come back and deal
Speaker 1: with the pushing and banging down there in the paint.
Speaker 1: But I I just look at the flip side of him.
Speaker 1: It's the good side is Christian wouldn't get stronger, and
Speaker 1: Bookie gets a chance to get back in the swing
Speaker 1: of things. Yes, and always the next guy up in
Speaker 1: this league, and I agree that should be the starting
Speaker 1: four and five for the Rockets. But just really happy
Speaker 1: for Christian Wood and what he's been able to accomplish
Speaker 1: and really find a home. And then again happy for
Speaker 1: Boogie to kind of get his funding back, get more
Speaker 1: minutes in that rotation and work his way back to
Speaker 1: the level of play we all know and love Boogie
Speaker 1: for Yesterday, Derek Rose was traded back to the New
Speaker 1: York Knicks, reunited up with coach Tibbs, where he's played
Speaker 1: the best basketball of his career. Um Jack thoughts on
Speaker 1: Derek reunited with this coach but then going to the Knicks.
Speaker 1: I mean I like it. I mean I think he
Speaker 1: was just you know, existing in uh in Detroit. I
Speaker 1: think he can go there and kind of get a
Speaker 1: new life back with the new coach. They got some
Speaker 1: great young guards that quickly has been playing well, you know.
Speaker 1: And uh they still have the young kid from Duke
Speaker 1: what's his name, Matt Timber reminder pick all right, j
Speaker 1: r J. They still have him, Yeah, r J. Barrett
Speaker 1: So but these uh, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna do great. Like I said, it's
Speaker 1: anytime you get a change like that and going back
Speaker 1: and playing in the garden, it gives you, It gives
Speaker 1: you a new life. And I think that would be
Speaker 1: a good fit for d Ros. Yeah. Happy for d
Speaker 1: Ros reunited with TIBs. Um you know, want him to
Speaker 1: find his form and his footing. Still thirty two, you know,
Speaker 1: I still think he has a handful of years. But
Speaker 1: I also wanted to touch on the flip side of
Speaker 1: this trade and Dennis Smith and salute him. Man. He
Speaker 1: was someone who was at the end of the bench
Speaker 1: into to his rotation. He wasn't complaining, asked to go
Speaker 1: to the D League just to keep his game fresh,
Speaker 1: and then it gets an opportunity to get traded and
Speaker 1: hopefully he'll get some time with Detroit. But definitely hats
Speaker 1: off to him because guys have been in that situation
Speaker 1: and kind of been floated and they become fucked up
Speaker 1: teammates and and and divided the locker room. But that
Speaker 1: kid went about his business, Uh, you know, asked to
Speaker 1: go down to the G League and now gets traded.
Speaker 1: So hopefully you get a new life in Detroit and
Speaker 1: get a chance to play. But happy for d Rods
Speaker 1: again to be back with TIBs and hopefully you can
Speaker 1: find some of that all star form he had with
Speaker 1: him in Chicago. Jack, we both did something that we
Speaker 1: said we shouldn't do. What was bet against the goat,
Speaker 1: and he proved us wrong. Congratulations on the Bucks for
Speaker 1: their second Super Bowl and Tom Brady for number seven.
Speaker 1: UM incredible they dominated from start to finish. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: the game yesterday, Uh, we said we shouldn't go against him,
Speaker 1: but we gotta I gotta reinyrate with Tom said. He said,
Speaker 1: they haven't played good football all year. They haven't played
Speaker 1: their best game, and they wait to play their best
Speaker 1: game of the year in the Super Bowl at home.
Speaker 1: Shouts side to them, shout out, Shouts out to all
Speaker 1: the black coaches in the head positions, man, and shout
Speaker 1: out to that defense. I don't think the defense is
Speaker 1: getting enough credit to shut Kansas City defense down. This
Speaker 1: is the first my homes quarterback control team that didn't
Speaker 1: get a touchdown. So shout out to the defense. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, being able to shut Kansasy's offense down. That
Speaker 1: can completely agree, Um, what they were able to do.
Speaker 1: You know, you touched them. They had kept saying they
Speaker 1: hadn't played their best football. They obviously saved there for last,
Speaker 1: but at one point they were seven and five and
Speaker 1: then the Real Office seven straight wins going into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: beating Washington, ending Drew Brees his career in New Orleans,
Speaker 1: beating the m v P Aaron Rodgers, and then being
Speaker 1: able to beat the next man that's supposed to be
Speaker 1: replaced Brady, which was the Loans, and they completely shut
Speaker 1: him down. Um, it was just a beautiful game. One
Speaker 1: thing I love though. Two outside of Tampa based coaching
Speaker 1: staff and and in the diversity within their coaching staff,
Speaker 1: the people that Tom brought with him. Gronk showed up
Speaker 1: big in this game. Two touchdowns, a b showed up
Speaker 1: big in this game, big touchdown. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: he was able to bring his guys with him and
Speaker 1: to get a ring. So you know, there was a
Speaker 1: lot of talk about was it a Belichick team, whether
Speaker 1: it a Brady team. What Brady was able to do
Speaker 1: to come over to the NFC and do what he's
Speaker 1: been doing the a FC. His whole career was very
Speaker 1: impressive and if it's not the most impressive feet of
Speaker 1: his career is definitely up there at the top. Man again,
Speaker 1: salute to the Goat and his seven rings. Coaches, directly
Speaker 1: to the championship players, win championships. Jack. Before we forget,
Speaker 1: we definitely want to shout out to former guests of
Speaker 1: the program Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson on being selected
Speaker 1: to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year. Man,
Speaker 1: salute two of those guys. Happy for him and definitely
Speaker 1: deserved it. Congrats Bros. Last, but not least Jack Um.
Speaker 1: All Star is set in Atlanta, and I think, you know,
Speaker 1: I've been doing a lot of talking on ESPN, and
Speaker 1: everyone's been doing a lot of talking, but I don't
Speaker 1: think we really listened to the players and in in
Speaker 1: the In the last week, you've heard Lebron come out,
Speaker 1: You've heard Dear and Fox come out. You've heard a
Speaker 1: few other guys come out and say they really don't
Speaker 1: want to play. And I think, you know me personally,
Speaker 1: I think we obviously made a mistake on not listening
Speaker 1: to the guys that have to actually do it. You know,
Speaker 1: I was all for the All Star Game because I
Speaker 1: think it's been great competition, the procedure, going to a
Speaker 1: great cause, but at the same time, understanding the position
Speaker 1: there in you know, with the crazy schedule last season
Speaker 1: in the Bubble and then coming back to an abbreviated season,
Speaker 1: but everything crammed on top of each other. I know
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys were looking forward to just
Speaker 1: getting five days off and spending with their family, and
Speaker 1: now the NBA is pretty much forced them to do
Speaker 1: the All Star Game. So you know, Um, on my behalf,
Speaker 1: I kind of want to apologize because being a former player,
Speaker 1: I think we should have thought more on what the
Speaker 1: players really wanted to do instead of what the league
Speaker 1: wanted to do. Yeah, and in the past, met it
Speaker 1: made sense because the All Star weekend was beneficial for everybody.
Speaker 1: If you do an All Star weekend, now it's just
Speaker 1: beneficial for the league. The families can't come, the players
Speaker 1: don't really want to be there, They can't really enjoy
Speaker 1: the festivities of All Star weekend do to COVID and
Speaker 1: everybody social distance. So no, this is this is a
Speaker 1: selfish move by the NBA. And just like Caua I said,
Speaker 1: it's only a business move. It has nothing to do
Speaker 1: with the players. And you have to think about your
Speaker 1: players because they don't want carrying your league. Absolutely, Like
Speaker 1: I said, it was brought to my intention first with
Speaker 1: Dear and Foxton and Lebron stamp to Kauai spoke on
Speaker 1: and a couple other guys spoken, and we really gotta
Speaker 1: listen to our players, especially in a season like this
Speaker 1: with all the craziness that's been going on. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: so I'm always gonna side with players, So unfortunately kind
Speaker 1: of is what it is. Hopefully everyone stays injury free
Speaker 1: and healthy and uh we and consume the second half
Speaker 1: of the season once this is over. That's a wrap
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