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Speaker 1: The Doves take down the Sixers tonight, one nineteen to
Speaker 1: one seventeen. Jackson has a note on my rundown about
Speaker 1: my file on the jump ball number one. No one
Speaker 1: ever gets called for those files. Okay, I did not
Speaker 1: think that the tip was great. Jump it was. It
Speaker 1: wasn't great. And if the jump, if it was actually
Speaker 1: a better toss, I said, the tip to toss. If
Speaker 1: it was actually a better toss, the grap wouldn't have
Speaker 1: looked so egregious. But the toss was so bad. I
Speaker 1: was just holding on for a while for dear life.
Speaker 1: But there's guys that do that every game. I'm not
Speaker 1: really obviously one that jump balls every game is kind
Speaker 1: of this new thing. And I won one against ad
Speaker 1: like that, so I was like, why not, let's try
Speaker 1: it again, that's the only chance that I had, and
Speaker 1: I went for and Tony Brothers being who Tony Brothers
Speaker 1: is called the file because he spotted it. And yeah,
Speaker 1: that was my first file before the clock even started.
Speaker 3: And I was nervous as hell because to get.
Speaker 1: One file and the clock hasn't start and your matchup
Speaker 1: is Joe LMB that is torture.
Speaker 3: So and then I picked.
Speaker 1: Up a trash second file.
Speaker 3: And went to the bitch. For the rest of the quarter.
Speaker 1: However, guys held it down, and you know, we were
Speaker 1: in a pretty decent position when I came back into
Speaker 1: the game, and we you know, was able to build
Speaker 1: some momentum in that second quarter and we went into
Speaker 1: the to the halftime up to uh we struggled turning
Speaker 1: the ball over in the first half, in particular the
Speaker 1: first quarter.
Speaker 3: So we had some bone head turnovers.
Speaker 1: I think we had seven turnovers in the first quarter
Speaker 1: and also gave up maybe like eight offensive rebounds in
Speaker 1: the first quarter. And it was very frustrating because if
Speaker 1: you looked up at the if you looked up at
Speaker 1: the scorer board or the stat board, they were shooting
Speaker 1: like thirty seven percent, thirty eight percent, and we were
Speaker 1: doing great job defensively, but the turnovers and the office
Speaker 1: rebounds was crushing us, and so we needed to do
Speaker 1: a better job on both of those, and I think
Speaker 1: as the game went on, uh, we did a better
Speaker 1: job of cleaning those things. I think we still ended
Speaker 1: up with like eighteen turnovers or something like that, which
Speaker 1: could be better. But when you start off the first
Speaker 1: half of the first quarter with eight turnovers, it's tough,
Speaker 1: needless to say. I think the turnovers are you know,
Speaker 1: they were a couple of them. A few of them
Speaker 1: that we had were just bad. And you know, I
Speaker 1: think things something that we can take care of, but
Speaker 1: really encouraged with with how how the defense has been
Speaker 1: looking over the last couple of games, I think we're
Speaker 1: doing a lot better job on the defensive end. I
Speaker 1: also think our transition defense has been spotty, good at times,
Speaker 1: bad at time.
Speaker 3: I also think we've.
Speaker 1: Been doing a much better job at the Laker game.
Speaker 1: Call it what you want, to say what you want,
Speaker 1: but I think we're doing a better job of defending
Speaker 1: without following. For instance, Joe ellenb to have two free
Speaker 1: throw attempts tonight, like Joe Ellenbiid.
Speaker 3: If I'm not mistaken, lead the league and free throw.
Speaker 1: Attempts, and for obvious reasons, he's impossible to stop.
Speaker 3: And so however, it's not always on the guy that's guarding.
Speaker 1: Joelt their files, and sometimes on a lot of times
Speaker 1: on the guys who come to double team, because you
Speaker 1: come and you reach, and Joel is a master at that,
Speaker 1: and he's going to draw the file. And so I
Speaker 1: think we did a good job not just myself, but
Speaker 1: a good job overall as a team of swarming the ball,
Speaker 1: defending without filling, and trying to make them work for
Speaker 1: his buckets. And you know, overall, I think it ended
Speaker 1: up being, you know, job well done by our team
Speaker 1: and saying that, you know, you can play that same
Speaker 1: defense as Joel can go for seventy, but you know,
Speaker 1: as a defender, your only job and goal is to
Speaker 1: just make them take tough, contested shots and you live
Speaker 1: with the results. Great players are great players for a reason.
Speaker 1: They make tough shots. They see every defensive scheme that
Speaker 1: you can throw out there at them. They've seen everyone
Speaker 1: knowing the man, and so it's just a matter of
Speaker 1: trying to make them take tough shots and live with
Speaker 1: the results. And our result was pretty good for us tonight.
Speaker 1: Joel eb left the game tonight with the injury Number one.
Speaker 3: Prayers up. I hope it's not bad.
Speaker 1: We know one of the stars and Bryce spots in
Speaker 1: this league MVP well on his way to a back
Speaker 1: to back MVP, which leads us to our next conversation,
Speaker 1: which is Joel playing tonight felt very much so because
Speaker 1: of the sixty five game limit that we actually talked
Speaker 1: about once before on the pod, and talking about that
Speaker 1: on the pod, I actually I don't remember what I
Speaker 1: said verbatim, but I remember the gist of what I said,
Speaker 1: which was something along the lines of everybody's happy with
Speaker 1: this sixty five game rule until you got a bomb
Speaker 1: on NBA All NBA team, you got somebody that's not
Speaker 1: totally deserving to be the MVP of the league because
Speaker 1: someone else didn't qualify before the game because of this
Speaker 1: game limit. Now, where I think is actually quite bullshit myself,
Speaker 1: is to to incorporate something at this point, a rule
Speaker 1: like sixty five games need to be played in order
Speaker 1: to win an MVP or defensive Player of the Your
Speaker 1: All NBA guys didn't face those rules before, but those
Speaker 1: same NBA All NBA teams, those same MVP Awards list
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year. Those saying those lists are
Speaker 1: the same, like when when the guys who make who
Speaker 1: win those awards this year pop up on the list
Speaker 1: that they all be added to or once again, it
Speaker 1: won't say and and by the way, they reached the
Speaker 1: sixty five game limit to make that like, it's bullshit,
Speaker 1: Like that hasn't been a rule, so he said, atally
Speaker 1: to make guys live up to a certain standard that
Speaker 1: wasn't the standard before to make these teams.
Speaker 3: But yet you only go on the same team.
Speaker 1: There's no added bonus, no added incentive for these things.
Speaker 3: So you end up on the same list as.
Speaker 1: The guys who back in the day played it may
Speaker 1: not have played sixty five games, but still made the list.
Speaker 1: I told you I once lost a Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year award to Kawhi Leonard, and.
Speaker 3: I think he played fifty one games.
Speaker 1: So whoever wins Defensive Player of the Year this year,
Speaker 1: it isn't going to say, but he played sixty five games.
Speaker 3: That's bullshit.
Speaker 1: And so in turn you get Joel who comes out
Speaker 1: there tonight because what he's three games away from not
Speaker 1: qualifying to win MVP and he forces it and Freak
Speaker 1: played with him and JK diving for the ball. But
Speaker 1: maybe it's not as bad if the knee isn't already
Speaker 1: banged up, right, And so now because yeah, like Joel,
Speaker 1: if I get it, like, yeah, you want to win MVP.
Speaker 1: You worked that hard to put the work in that
Speaker 1: he's put in to get better and continue to play
Speaker 1: at that level on a nightly basis. Of course you
Speaker 1: want to win MVP. So yeah, you force it, you
Speaker 1: get out there and you put yourself in harm's way.
Speaker 3: And then Joel.
Speaker 1: And beat is hurt now now again, prayers up for
Speaker 1: Joel as we hope it's not something too serious.
Speaker 3: But is that the goal is the goal putting people
Speaker 3: in harm's way just so they.
Speaker 1: Can qualify for an AWAR, Because I don't think that
Speaker 1: was the goal, right, This man is actually dealing with
Speaker 1: an injury. Like again, because you're dealing with injuries for
Speaker 1: stretches of the season, you don't qualify. So I don't know, man,
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think it's right. I think
Speaker 1: it's a tough rule to implement because like, we travel crazy,
Speaker 1: we play a bunch of games. The speed of the
Speaker 1: NBA game today is totally different than it ever was before.
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you see in hamstread a lot
Speaker 1: more hamstring injuries, calf injuries, soft tissue injuries, all these
Speaker 1: different things.
Speaker 3: Needs, and.
Speaker 1: You got guys forcing it to get back so they
Speaker 1: can qualify because guess what, these awards are very much
Speaker 1: so attached to the amount of money that you can make.
Speaker 1: They're very much so attached to that. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting. You got a lot of NBA owners making
Speaker 1: huge investments into players, and we're just throwing guys out
Speaker 1: there banged up just to meet these requirements. See Tyrese
Speaker 1: Holliburgen came back tonight, probably forced his way back a
Speaker 1: little bit earlier, not long ago.
Speaker 3: Because he's seen that those numbers start to creep up.
Speaker 1: And guess what he did, went out for what another
Speaker 1: four or five games before he came back tonight. So
Speaker 1: it's gonna get really interesting when you got these owners making,
Speaker 1: these owners of these teams, making these huge investments into players,
Speaker 1: and yet you gotta throw them at homes. Wait, just
Speaker 1: because there's a sixty five game limit. Like we all know,
Speaker 1: when somebody's egregiously just sitting and the difference when somebody's
Speaker 1: actually hurting. So if you don't have a core base
Speaker 1: of voters that can identify that, then maybe they shouldn't
Speaker 1: have a vote. Like, if you can't identify that man,
Speaker 1: this guy's just been taking games off and taking games.
Speaker 3: Off and not giving, then just simply don't vote for.
Speaker 1: Him, because it is in the hands of the voters, right,
Speaker 1: so they just simply don't vote.
Speaker 3: But to throw guys in harm's way, I don't really
Speaker 3: bang with it.
Speaker 1: And now we got one of our premier faces in
Speaker 1: this league, the MVP of our league, possibly hurt for
Speaker 1: an extended period of time because he's forcing it because yeah,
Speaker 1: of course he should be in the running for MVP.
Speaker 3: Damn right he should. And so I think it's whack.
Speaker 3: I get what people is trying to get at.
Speaker 1: But you got a lot of people making these rules
Speaker 1: that don't know how it feeled to play it back
Speaker 1: to back, that don't know how I feel to play
Speaker 1: a third game in Fortnites, that don't know how I
Speaker 1: feel to play five and seven. But aside from knowing
Speaker 1: how it feels to actually compete in that amount of games,
Speaker 1: because I know, people say, oh, that's your job. Number one,
Speaker 1: you take sick days and don't and didn't go to
Speaker 1: work the next day, so shut up. We don't want
Speaker 1: to hear it.
Speaker 3: But number two again, when guys are actually hurting, it's.
Speaker 1: A real thing. There was no debate that Joe LMB
Speaker 1: was hurting tonight. I don't think anybody that's up for
Speaker 1: debate for anyone. And then you have something like that
Speaker 1: happened right like I don't think it's right.
Speaker 3: I don't. I disagree with it.
Speaker 1: And it'll be interesting to see how far this thing
Speaker 1: goes because all of a sudden, one of our main
Speaker 1: guys in this league, one of the faces of our league,
Speaker 1: is out forcing it to try. And it ain't so
Speaker 1: great now, So we shall see. But as I said before,
Speaker 1: wishing the best of Joel, prayers up. I hope to
Speaker 1: see him back on the course so and hopefully it's
Speaker 1: nothing too serious. In other news, and Jonathan Kaminga is
Speaker 1: a star man.
Speaker 3: That young fella is a stud getting to the basket.
Speaker 1: I will finishing with the best of them, getting to
Speaker 1: his spots, nobody stopping him from getting to his spots,
Speaker 1: showing you the promise that we've all believed is there
Speaker 1: he's stepping into that now. He's playing a big role
Speaker 1: on this team now and that's not changing no time soon.
Speaker 3: He's been very dominant.
Speaker 1: I had twenty five and seven over the last seven
Speaker 1: I think he had twenty six tonight, and if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken, that's seventh straight games of over twenty points.
Speaker 3: And it's a dominant twenty.
Speaker 1: Like you you notice it ain't just like hes just
Speaker 1: coming up with twenty And you're like, oh, I didn't know,
Speaker 1: know you noticing him dominate? And you know JK had
Speaker 1: a comment where he's you know, a few comments earlier
Speaker 1: in the year we sat I don't know my role,
Speaker 1: I don't know this, I don't know.
Speaker 3: That, blah blah blah.
Speaker 1: And what I will say to the young fellas is
Speaker 1: if you're ever going to go out on the limb
Speaker 1: and say something, you gotta back it up the way
Speaker 1: JK doing it, the way he's playing.
Speaker 3: Has been amazing. I told him the other day, I
Speaker 3: was like, what you should enjoy your livest All.
Speaker 1: Star break everything from now on. You're gonna be at
Speaker 1: All Star Weekend. But I mean, he is, uh, JK
Speaker 1: is such a special talent, you know, getting down here
Speaker 1: to what the pressure that he puts on the rim,
Speaker 1: it's hard for any defense to guard. And it's been
Speaker 1: special to watch. Uh, it's been a joy to watch
Speaker 1: him over the last three years now continue to grow
Speaker 1: and grow and put the work in and grow in
Speaker 1: regardless of what is coming from them. Uh. Sometimes and
Speaker 1: it's not being consistent. That's all a part of it.
Speaker 1: That's a part of this league, especially when you come
Speaker 1: on a team like he came on. That is a
Speaker 1: part of it. But he stayed the course, he continued
Speaker 1: to put the work in. A lot of credit to
Speaker 1: that young fella. Him and av puts a lot of
Speaker 1: work in, a lot of work in, watch a lot
Speaker 1: of film and to see it paying off for him,
Speaker 1: that's what you hope, you know, you start to see
Speaker 1: guys in their third years.
Speaker 3: I was talking about it in my press conference earlier.
Speaker 1: I said to the guys one day, like, man, we
Speaker 1: had guys who were a little older than us. That
Speaker 1: was a part of the runs that we went on.
Speaker 1: You know, me, Steph and Clay pretty young, and they
Speaker 1: you know, they riding our legs. You know, they they
Speaker 1: using us like y'all got them young legs. Go. And
Speaker 1: now as those tables are flipping, you know, and now
Speaker 1: we're kind of the elder statesman. You hope that you
Speaker 1: get young guys that you can now use their legs
Speaker 1: some and JK, it's showing exactly what that maturation process
Speaker 1: should look like. Like, all right, you guys have held
Speaker 1: the torch like, not that we're not still doing it,
Speaker 1: but you can trust me to take some of that
Speaker 1: responsibility off, y'all backs, you can trust me in doing that.
Speaker 1: And he's playing great basketball and I love to see it,
Speaker 1: love to see it. Tell you, mabe, ain't nobody can
Speaker 1: stop you. I watched, I'm watching. I see it.
Speaker 3: There's nobody that can stop you. Go at him, go
Speaker 3: at everybody. Why not?
Speaker 1: It's incredible to watch. So keep going, young fella. I
Speaker 1: love to see it, love to see it, keep on going.
Speaker 1: Wigs is playing a lot better basketball, which has been
Speaker 1: great to see a lot of people doubt him. You
Speaker 1: should trade him, you should do this. Starting to look
Speaker 1: like two way Wigs again and we love it. And
Speaker 1: it's coming at a good time. You know, you want
Speaker 1: to roll into this soon to start a five game
Speaker 1: road trip, but you want to roll into that All
Speaker 1: Star break strong, so you roll into it and then
Speaker 1: you roll out of its.
Speaker 3: Strong, you know, and that's the goal for us obviously.
Speaker 1: Sitting here at twenty and twenty four, we don't have
Speaker 1: many games giveaway. We've lost a lot of close games,
Speaker 1: including one the other night against the Lakers, which was
Speaker 1: a great game, fun game to play in as always,
Speaker 1: you know, a game that I thought we should have
Speaker 1: won for sure, yet we let it get away. But
Speaker 1: you know, you know, the Lakers is one of those
Speaker 1: teams where I feel like us like on any given night,
Speaker 1: they can beat anybody in the league, can compete with anybody.
Speaker 3: No problem.
Speaker 1: And then sometimes you kind of have these letdowns and
Speaker 1: that's kind of been the story of our season as well.
Speaker 1: So but shout out the wigs, Shout out to JK
Speaker 1: them young boys playing well BP, Young fella BP number one.
Speaker 1: Congratulations to the young fella BP on being a rising
Speaker 1: star in this league. You know, it's beautiful to see.
Speaker 1: Job well done and well deserved. It's been playing this
Speaker 1: butt off of all year, doing all the stuff, all
Speaker 1: the little things, and it's been it's been a joy
Speaker 1: of watching. You love to see guys who are doing
Speaker 1: all the work, doing the little things. Putting the work
Speaker 1: in and get rewarded, and he rewarded. I think my
Speaker 1: only message to the young fella is, I've seen a
Speaker 1: lot of guys make that game and never make an
Speaker 1: All Star game. So make sure that that's a stepping
Speaker 1: stone and make sure that's make sure that that is
Speaker 1: a sign of what's to come and not a sign
Speaker 1: of what has been. You see so many guys I
Speaker 1: never made a Rising Stars game, didn't make it. But
Speaker 1: I know guys that was in both of the rosin
Speaker 1: Stars games and I couldn't make it. That's never been
Speaker 1: an All Star, hasn't come close. And so you make
Speaker 1: sure that that's a stepping stone and not a thing
Speaker 1: of the past. And I know the way that BP
Speaker 1: works it will be. But just make sure you continue
Speaker 1: to grow. But congratulations, young fella, not just to bep
Speaker 1: all the young fellas out there, because that messages to
Speaker 1: you too. I am one that support all the young guys.
Speaker 1: I want to see this league continue to grow and
Speaker 1: the growth is in the hands of the young fellas.
Speaker 1: And so as to all the young fellas out there, congratulations,
Speaker 1: keep going, keep getting better, keep putting the work.
Speaker 3: In, but don't look at that and think, oh I
Speaker 3: made it, that don't mean nothing.
Speaker 1: No, nobody in three years remember who was in the
Speaker 1: Rosin Stars Game. I know guys that was in the
Speaker 1: Rosin Star Game three years ago, that ain't in the NBA.
Speaker 1: No more so to all the young fellas out there,
Speaker 1: keep it pushing, congratulations, appreciate it, love it, enjoy it,
Speaker 1: embrace it. But no, when it's all set and down,
Speaker 1: that don't mean nothing. And nobody gonna put on your resume.
Speaker 1: Oh he was a two time rising Star. No, we're
Speaker 1: you an All Star or not. And so make sure
Speaker 1: that that's the next step. Young fellas. BP also called
Speaker 1: himself a young Draymond. I've been told that Steph Live.
Speaker 1: What are my thoughts on that? I get it, Like
Speaker 1: I understand exactly what he's saying. Somebody that's going to
Speaker 1: do the little thing, somebody that's going to do the
Speaker 1: dirty work. Somebody who reads and sees the game for
Speaker 1: what it is. You know, everybody can't read and see
Speaker 1: the game. So I get it. I can't say that
Speaker 1: we quite look like twins, can't quite say that, but.
Speaker 3: No, I get it, and honestly.
Speaker 1: I appreciate the compliment, you know, because that's saying that
Speaker 1: you think highly of me, and you can only hope
Speaker 1: that you're young guys that you're trying to show the
Speaker 1: way respect you and think highly of you and want
Speaker 1: to be some sort of you know, some version of you.
Speaker 3: And so that means a lot to me.
Speaker 1: And it just means also that I need to continue
Speaker 1: to be better and better, a better leader, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: continue to give him something to follow, something to aim for,
Speaker 1: uh and setting the example so he know exactly how
Speaker 1: to do it. So funny that Steph lie, but I
Speaker 1: can definitely appreciate it, and he.
Speaker 3: Does do a lot of those little things.
Speaker 1: As I said before, we are embarking on a far
Speaker 1: five five game road trip. We always talk about getting
Speaker 1: a getaway game. We obviously got that tonight and now
Speaker 1: this road trip is big for us. I think it's
Speaker 1: starting off in Memphis, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Philly, Indy. Never easy
Speaker 1: road trip when you're headed east for that amount of game.
Speaker 1: I think you always want to try to get off
Speaker 1: to a good start.
Speaker 3: Door.
Speaker 1: It's starting off on the back to back, but those
Speaker 1: are never easy. But if we can start this road
Speaker 1: trip off with a win, and men, if it's in
Speaker 1: the winning in Atlanta, it sets up this road trip
Speaker 1: nicely for us, and it's a huge road trip. I said,
Speaker 1: we're headed out on this road trip four games under
Speaker 1: five hundred. We came back and we can't come back
Speaker 1: more than four games under five hundred. So it's a
Speaker 1: big road trip for us at a crucial point in
Speaker 1: the season. We obviously all know that the trade deadline
Speaker 1: is about a week away, eight or nine days away
Speaker 1: the trade deadline, so started getting off to a good
Speaker 1: start on this road trip is very important for us,
Speaker 1: very important on how the team is going to look
Speaker 1: post February eight. And I think you know, for us
Speaker 1: that's motivation, and yet it's an opportunity to continue to
Speaker 1: grow and show growth and make sure that we're trending
Speaker 1: in the right direction when February eighth does roll around,
Speaker 1: because that trade deadline can get a little treasures. You
Speaker 1: either keep your phone on or turn it off. But
Speaker 1: whether you turn it off or keep it on, whatever's
Speaker 1: going to happen is going to happen. So for us,
Speaker 1: this is a big road trip and we got to
Speaker 1: make sure that we approach it the right way. Try
Speaker 1: to stream some wins together would be lovely to go
Speaker 1: fiving on this road trip always a tough thing to
Speaker 1: do with two back to backs, especially, but in saying that,
Speaker 1: we've let some games get away that we shouldn't have
Speaker 1: and weren't supposed to. So you gotta go win some
Speaker 1: games that you maybe shouldn't win or not supposed to.
Speaker 1: And that's just the nature of the league that we
Speaker 1: play in, and that is also the nature of the
Speaker 1: position that we're in.
Speaker 3: So looking forward to going on this road trip. It's
Speaker 3: a big one for us.
Speaker 1: As I said, hopefully the Dubs will come out the
Speaker 1: way we should come out and the way we want
Speaker 1: to come.
Speaker 3: Out Before we get out of here.
Speaker 1: A couple more topics, I'm gonna say this this best
Speaker 1: one for last, but I'm gonna just go into The
Speaker 1: All Star starters was announced East All Star Damian Lillard,
Speaker 1: Tyres Holliburton, j T, Jason Tatum, Jannis Anteto, Compo, and Big.
Speaker 3: Joe l M B M v P.
Speaker 1: For the West, you got Shake Gilgers, Alexander Luka, Duncis,
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, Lebron James, and Nikola Jokic. Something glaringly noticeable there,
Speaker 1: Steph Curry not starting in the All Star Game for
Speaker 1: the first time in nine healthy seasons, and the question
Speaker 1: is should the All Star Game be positionless.
Speaker 3: Or is it good to keep positions?
Speaker 1: Quite frankly, if I'm honest, the question comes up at
Speaker 1: an interesting time because where basketball for a great period
Speaker 1: of time went positionless. I actually think you're starting to
Speaker 1: get back to a space like I think some of
Speaker 1: the change of the NBA's you're actually starting to get
Speaker 1: back to a space off having positions.
Speaker 3: And so that's kind of one of the things that
Speaker 3: I've been noticed.
Speaker 1: You're starting to see more teams play two bigs again,
Speaker 1: like starting to see teams rely on bigs again, And
Speaker 1: so I think the game is changing and you're kind
Speaker 1: of getting back to position basketball as opposed to position
Speaker 1: less basketball. Quite frankly, that could be because most people
Speaker 1: couldn't win when it was positioning because we just dominated,
Speaker 1: and you know, I get it, uh, But also, you know,
Speaker 1: the season kind of goes in way.
Speaker 3: I mean, the NBA kind of goes in waves.
Speaker 1: The style of play, it goes in waves, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think that wave is starting to change.
Speaker 3: I think it's starting to take a turn.
Speaker 1: And so that whole question stems from should Steph Curry
Speaker 1: be starting now. Of course, I think Steph Curry should
Speaker 1: be starting. Absolutely. Question is who do you remove? Do
Speaker 1: you remove Luca? Do you remove Shay? Both of those
Speaker 1: guys are having MVP type seasons. The question you also asked,
Speaker 1: is the fan vote still a way? Because I think
Speaker 1: that at times can get a little skew.
Speaker 3: But it's never a perfect answer, right, Like.
Speaker 1: The media has to say, sometimes we don't think they
Speaker 1: know what the hell they're talking about.
Speaker 3: Either.
Speaker 1: Players have a say, love the NASAs, but three people
Speaker 1: voted for the NASAs to be a starter new and
Speaker 1: so I don't know what the right answer is. I
Speaker 1: honestly don't you know. You're trying these different things. But
Speaker 1: Steph Curry is an All Star starter. Not saying Lucas
Speaker 1: should be removed. I'm not saying Shay should be removed.
Speaker 1: But Steph Curry is an All Star star. Sucks that
Speaker 1: he's not saying that no chance he misses the All
Speaker 1: Star Game as a whole. I've been an All Star
Speaker 1: player All Star four times. One time I wasn't healthy,
Speaker 1: I didn't start any and I don't care. Being an
Speaker 1: All Star is being an All Star. I'll take it.
Speaker 1: I'm sure Steph will take it. Although Steph is great
Speaker 1: and he probably is pissed off that he's not starting.
Speaker 1: It's just a weird thing, right, like when you started
Speaker 1: for so long, that's a weird thing to see. But
Speaker 1: in saying that, brother is still going to be an
Speaker 1: All Star. But congratulations to those guys that are starters.
Speaker 1: You know, we Jaylen Brunson could have been an All
Speaker 1: Star star. Tyrese Maxie could have been an All Star starter.
Speaker 1: And yeah, you know, there's only two guard spots, and
Speaker 1: so I know a lot of people were shocked that
Speaker 1: Dame was the starter over those two guys.
Speaker 3: Damian Lillard is Damian Lillard.
Speaker 1: And the reality is, when you're voting, you see the
Speaker 1: name Damian Lillard or Jaylen Brunson, You're probably going to
Speaker 1: lean more towards Damian Lillard just because of the history,
Speaker 1: Like like if he's right there, it's like if one
Speaker 1: is right here and one is right here, the person
Speaker 1: who gets that Noah's usually the guy who's done it
Speaker 1: over and over and over again. Very seldomly you do
Speaker 1: you to get the benefit of the doubt the first time.
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure if Jaylen Brunson has been an
Speaker 1: All Star yet maybe he was an All Star last year, Jackson,
Speaker 1: what we got on that.
Speaker 3: I kind of think he might have missed it last year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think he made I don't think Jayleen
Speaker 1: Brunston has ever been an All Star.
Speaker 3: So to think I don't think he has. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So to think that Jaylen Bronson is going to get
Speaker 1: the nod over Damian Lillard, it's just not a realistic
Speaker 1: thing because he's not an All Star in the minds
Speaker 1: of people until you are an All Star, and so.
Speaker 3: Sucks. But that's just the way it goes. That's how
Speaker 3: the cookie crumbles.
Speaker 1: I know Jaylen Bronson will get in his first All
Speaker 1: Star Game this year and then you can have a
Speaker 1: different conversation next year. But to just think he's going
Speaker 1: to get that nod over Damian Lillard, who's number one
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference for the first time in his
Speaker 1: twelve year career just not going to happen. I wish
Speaker 1: for thinking, No, the Knicks fans wanted it, but next
Speaker 1: year maybe, But to get to think you're going to
Speaker 1: get that nod the first time, that's just not how
Speaker 1: it works. And before we get out of here speaking
Speaker 1: of Damian Lillard. UH. The Milwaukee Bucks has hired Glenn
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers legend DOT. I saw Doc. I thought Doc
Speaker 1: was loving that. Uh that that job on with ESPN
Speaker 1: on the sideline doing some reporting, some analysts work.
Speaker 3: I thought Doc was loving that. That schedules.
Speaker 1: We then hot right back in the grind Doc, Welcome back,
Speaker 1: Welcome back, Champ. Adrian Griffin out UH forty games into
Speaker 1: his first season as a head coach. I thought it
Speaker 1: would be tough for Adrian Griffin at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season. The first couple of games I saw he
Speaker 1: subbed someone in for Gianna Joanna sent the person back
Speaker 1: to the bench like, get out of here, man, I'm
Speaker 1: not subbing out yet.
Speaker 3: That's just not a good tone to set.
Speaker 2: UH.
Speaker 1: Says a lot about the respect of your star player
Speaker 1: and the head coach, and so you can kind of
Speaker 1: see like, ah, that's not good, and then the defense
Speaker 1: isn't good. And I think I think it's tough to
Speaker 1: blame Adrian Griffin for their defense not being good because
Speaker 1: I think it's more of a personnel thing. The reality
Speaker 1: is you traded away your best perimtered defenders.
Speaker 3: You traded away Drew Holliday.
Speaker 1: You traded away Grayson Allen, and I'm sure I could
Speaker 1: be missing someone else that you traded away. But those
Speaker 1: two guys in particular are really good defenders, and Drew
Speaker 1: is great, So.
Speaker 3: To kind of blame.
Speaker 1: Him when I say him, I mean Asian Griffin for
Speaker 1: the lack of defense, I think that's a tough thing
Speaker 1: to do.
Speaker 3: I think that's very tough to do.
Speaker 1: Because there are certain challenges that's presented, Like they play
Speaker 1: a lot of drops with with Brooke and Giannis. When
Speaker 1: you got Drew chasing over, Drew's not screenable. So when
Speaker 1: you got Drew chasing over, then it's easier to be
Speaker 1: in a drop. But when you don't have Drew chasing over,
Speaker 1: then that drop looks totally different. And all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: guys coming out dot in you eye, and that's a
Speaker 1: totally different thing. And so I think it's tough to
Speaker 1: blame that on Adrian Griffin. I also think that's a
Speaker 1: tough position for Doc to come in under also.
Speaker 3: Because if.
Speaker 1: If that comes from a lack of or from personnel,
Speaker 1: if that's a personnel thing, what's Doc supposed to do
Speaker 1: that's a personnel thing? And so then you're coming in
Speaker 1: and expected to be the savior and essentially of the
Speaker 1: defensive unit. I've never known Doc to be the greatest
Speaker 1: defensive coach in the world. What I have known Doc
Speaker 1: is to have some offensive says that how you scratching
Speaker 1: your head? Like, where was I supposed to be in
Speaker 1: help on that one? Coming out of time? I was
Speaker 1: dolling plays up crazier than anyone we've ever seen. That's
Speaker 1: what I've known Doc for, and so tough circumstance, I think,
Speaker 1: to come in under and then you're also coming in
Speaker 1: on the championship and bus. Quite frankly, Doc has been
Speaker 1: under that since for the last ten to fifteen years
Speaker 1: of his career, championship or bus, so it's not necessarily unfamiliar.
Speaker 3: Territory for him.
Speaker 1: But you're also coming in midseason and you're expected to
Speaker 1: turn that thing around like that.
Speaker 3: I think that's going to be interesting.
Speaker 1: I also think it's very interesting Milwaukee Bucks are paying
Speaker 1: three coaches at once right now, But get your money, Fellas.
Speaker 3: And Doc got that bag. Doc got paid and man
Speaker 3: Howard is Doc.
Speaker 1: Doc got to be pushing seventy maybe early sixties.
Speaker 3: I don't want to age Doc too fast.
Speaker 1: By the way, he's okay, early sixty to get the
Speaker 1: money doctors God had sixty two.
Speaker 3: Kelly Jeremiah Austin.
Speaker 1: Your trust funds just got better because Doc just got
Speaker 1: broke off something crazy. And I'm happy for you, my brother,
Speaker 1: get to that money. And I'm looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: how the rest of this year plays out. Looking forward
Speaker 1: to it. I think that's gonna be something that everybody
Speaker 1: will be watching for. And when you're expected to come
Speaker 1: in and be to say, that's a tough spot. But
Speaker 1: if anybody hand can handle it, I think Dot, can
Speaker 1: you cut out for a champ? We shall see what happens,
Speaker 1: but until next time. That's a wrap from this episode
Speaker 1: of The Draymond Green Show.
Speaker 3: Peace