Speaker 1: Almost went to North Carolina, so I'm not really a
Speaker 1: dude type. Like I said after the game, coach offered, Yeah, coach,
Speaker 1: welcome back to what's burning. We got a special dish
Speaker 1: for y'all because Matt and stack out on the streets,
Speaker 1: so we got the heat for y'all. We're more like
Speaker 1: the relievers. We come in, you know, do our due
Speaker 1: diligence theater, get these strikes, keep it pushing coming in
Speaker 1: off the bench. We can get it. We can get
Speaker 1: a dub ye Joe Sigh Johnson, NBA Champion, Joannie McCoy here.
Speaker 1: We got a bunch of stuff to run down for
Speaker 1: you today. First and foremost, we gotta start with the NBA.
Speaker 1: This playoff picture, Man, it's getting a little wild. You know.
Speaker 1: We're big Lakers, lebron guys, and we'n get into that
Speaker 1: in the second. But we gotta start with the East first,
Speaker 1: and the East has some some situations going on, so
Speaker 1: you know, we look at the play in seventh through ten.
Speaker 1: We got the Calves, we got the Hawks, the Hornets,
Speaker 1: and I don't think anybody would have expected the Brooklyn
Speaker 1: Nets to be Tennessee right now holding off for deer
Speaker 1: in these postseason playoffs. When you look at this squad,
Speaker 1: who has the best opportunity are getting out of the plane,
Speaker 1: And do you think there's an actual chance or world
Speaker 1: where the Brooklyn Nets don't get out of the plane
Speaker 1: and in their season is they're on Chilgan's Island in
Speaker 1: the near future, the Chilligan's Island at the it's a
Speaker 1: mess in the east right now, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: It can it can go down a number of ways
Speaker 1: right now. We don't know who's gonna have tie breakers.
Speaker 1: You know, we spoke to that a minute ago. Who's
Speaker 1: gonna have tiebreakers? Called me? Called me, Call me what
Speaker 1: you want to call me. I just think the Nets
Speaker 1: are gonna make a runt. I think they went through
Speaker 1: a lot this whole season. I think Kyrie and Katie
Speaker 1: handing out double Nichols, you know what I mean, whenever
Speaker 1: he wants to. I just thinking of putting them in
Speaker 1: a situation, in a in a in a play in
Speaker 1: it's gonna get a little ghet up, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. I think, like I said, they've they've been
Speaker 1: through enough this year. Those other teams are just so
Speaker 1: young at the end of the day, even when they're talented,
Speaker 1: some of them are deep, some of them are playing
Speaker 1: well at the right time. But two veterans like Kyrie,
Speaker 1: two champions, Kyrie and Katie, I think they're gonna be
Speaker 1: able to do on to make some noise in that plan.
Speaker 1: Do you think any issue with rama don Kyrie? Now,
Speaker 1: obviously he's got a fast what's sunning up the sundown?
Speaker 1: We saw him eating on the bench last game. You
Speaker 1: know the cut, gotta get the get Yeah, yeah, I respected,
Speaker 1: But do you see the world if they have to
Speaker 1: go into Charlotte now face these hornets, MJ's in the crowd,
Speaker 1: you may or may not have LaVar Ball in the
Speaker 1: building as well, may be able to sway the balance,
Speaker 1: the mellow, you know, really playing in front of Pops
Speaker 1: may get Jello in there until you never know, you
Speaker 1: mean you never know he got time. Is it just
Speaker 1: a foregone conclusion that the next are gonna be able
Speaker 1: to beat this hornet squad? If LaVar Ball there's there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem issue, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: He's gonna he might bring in some extra energy. He's
Speaker 1: running in he's picking up on the A, T and
Speaker 1: T commercials, getting the bag with it with with with LaMelo.
Speaker 1: So I think LaVar bas LaVar ball shows up. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting television. Okay, tell them a little bit.
Speaker 1: But I'm just stuck on this Katie Kyrie things. I feel.
Speaker 1: I feel it. So when we look at that seven
Speaker 1: through ten, who can get out of the plane, get
Speaker 1: in the first round and actually make some noise? I
Speaker 1: was we talked about the nets. When we look at
Speaker 1: the calves of the Hawks, a squad like that, do
Speaker 1: you see anything realistically going on with them making some
Speaker 1: noise in the first round of the playoffs. The Calves
Speaker 1: are kind of limping in, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: They're kind of limping into the playoffs again. The younger team,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? The Hawks playing well? Tray
Speaker 1: Young is Trey Young just enough? Is you know, he's
Speaker 1: had some brilliant playoffs performances already, But I don't know
Speaker 1: if he's enough to get it by But if anybody,
Speaker 1: I say if, if, if the Hornets can figure it out.
Speaker 1: You know that with Miles Bridge is playing the way
Speaker 1: he's playing, I think that they might be able to
Speaker 1: do it. When I look at this Hawk squad, I
Speaker 1: look at what Trades been able to complish. They got
Speaker 1: that big win over the Nets. You know, this is
Speaker 1: a team if they can sneaking in that seven spot fast,
Speaker 1: these Celtics. Celtics have been you know since the All
Speaker 1: Star breaking. Before that, they've they've been on a crazy
Speaker 1: tear just running through the league. You know, squad is
Speaker 1: finally jailing together. I know early in the season there
Speaker 1: was talking about separating Jalen and you know I was,
Speaker 1: I was participating in that. You know, I think we
Speaker 1: are front. Yeah, yeah, that's how it goes, you know.
Speaker 1: You know, so I we're just keeping it we but
Speaker 1: we keep it real. We don't change up for ship.
Speaker 1: We will will, you know, we'll either when we're wrong.
Speaker 1: But this hawks coming if they can get the seventh
Speaker 1: spot face the Celtics team. Yeah, you know, I think
Speaker 1: you know, some of the producers on the show, they
Speaker 1: have to mention. Yeah, yeah, but I think Trey going
Speaker 1: into any hostile environment, it's something to worry about. The
Speaker 1: Nicks found out off the hardway last year. I have
Speaker 1: to you know, although he somebody might be getting mad,
Speaker 1: but I may have to agree with you, although I
Speaker 1: just don't know that well, the physicality of the Celtics
Speaker 1: the the defense, so they're gonna be out with Williams
Speaker 1: in the middle, you know what I mean. That don't
Speaker 1: hurt a little bit. But I think um Trey's got
Speaker 1: a good coach over there name McMillan. It's not like
Speaker 1: he got some young you know what I mean, new
Speaker 1: booty coach over there. So he got he got a
Speaker 1: name McMillan over there. I played for Nate. I know
Speaker 1: how he's he's gonna act and have them dial in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. They're playing well right now. The Celtics at
Speaker 1: least gotta take them seriously. They used to rock the
Speaker 1: military box back into sognic. It's modified over the years,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He had the military box
Speaker 1: and then went to a professional more more of a
Speaker 1: professional look, and now I think he got a laying down.
Speaker 1: But you can always steal see the remnants of the body,
Speaker 1: you know, you still see that that that's that nature
Speaker 1: and grind. Actually, like when he was in the Sonics day,
Speaker 1: Just wonder who was cutting his hair in Seattle When
Speaker 1: he went and asked for it, it was one dude,
Speaker 1: you know, for sure, lifetime lifetime bar for sure. So
Speaker 1: I've got to ask you. Now, Nets get in and
Speaker 1: it's looking like you know they're gonna be fighting for
Speaker 1: that ape spot. We get a NETS heat first round.
Speaker 1: You know you've done all this, You've got the number
Speaker 1: one seed in the East, and you gotta face k
Speaker 1: D and Kyrie. You know, if you're spoke, if you
Speaker 1: if you're you're Jimmy Butler. Are you guys fighting in
Speaker 1: the locker room now? And gave me this is this
Speaker 1: is gonna lead to some fisticuffs that this is where
Speaker 1: the draw landed. You gotta now play k D and
Speaker 1: Kyrie in the first round. It could have led to that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: I think that heat culture over there. They're supposed to
Speaker 1: be built for all that, through thick and thin, they're
Speaker 1: supposed to be able to rally together and you know,
Speaker 1: put together a good performance. But I don't nobody want
Speaker 1: to see Katie and Kyrie in the playoffs. I know
Speaker 1: it's talk about it's only those two players. They gotta
Speaker 1: get some production for some other guys. But you know,
Speaker 1: all the Texas are you know, a third a third
Speaker 1: score somebody Patty Mills, Uh, somebody on that bench can
Speaker 1: step up, you know, or a combination of different players
Speaker 1: just to provide some some uh some type of support. So,
Speaker 1: but the Heat had played well all year. They got
Speaker 1: you know, bam Mo bio Defensive Player of the Year
Speaker 1: candidate Tyler Hero planning himself into a bad you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, the six Man of the Year kind
Speaker 1: of did. So they're supposed to be. They're supposed to
Speaker 1: handle anybody, including the Nets. But you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: this is what the playoffs here for. So we'll see.
Speaker 1: Would you call it an upset if the Nets beat
Speaker 1: the Heat in the first round? I would, Okay, I would,
Speaker 1: although I'm rolling with the Nets, I would call it that.
Speaker 1: I mean, Miami seem have been holding it down all
Speaker 1: the year. They had a little bit more stability than
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets have, so it would be an upset,
Speaker 1: would you I don't know, I mean I think you know,
Speaker 1: starting the season, Kyrie couldn't play home games. Now that's
Speaker 1: been lifted, obviously needed that back. They need the baseball back,
Speaker 1: so they go. We did. We did the baseball back
Speaker 1: to Kyrie could play without. But now seeing him be
Speaker 1: able to play, you know, a full seven game series
Speaker 1: hopefully kind of again, it's Ramadan Kyrie, but you never know,
Speaker 1: he might be giving man, or it could be you know,
Speaker 1: he might just not have enough sustenance at the end
Speaker 1: of the day. He could you know, you gotta have
Speaker 1: some calories. That's why you over there sneaking the peaches,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But Ramadon Kyrie could be
Speaker 1: the most brilliant thing we've ever seen in basketball in
Speaker 1: a in a long time. But it could be the same.
Speaker 1: Remember when dream used what was going through Ramadan and
Speaker 1: sometimes it's production with did a little bit, a little
Speaker 1: bit of different story is a bit you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. Kyrie has you know, he's kind of rested.
Speaker 1: We hasn't played a full Eddie two this year, so
Speaker 1: I mean, it's gonna be interesting basketball this year. And
Speaker 1: I would just say last thing. Ben Simmons obviously has
Speaker 1: not played all season and allegedly ramping up. I don't know,
Speaker 1: it's been a ramp like I mean, it's like in
Speaker 1: the longest round like Kendrick no multi mother ramp up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we need to get the man out here and see
Speaker 1: what he can do. John, You've hooped at the highest level,
Speaker 1: won the championship in the NBA, I'll be see regular
Speaker 1: season basketball playoff basketball, two completely different things. Ben simm
Speaker 1: Is coming back now, trying to get it going in
Speaker 1: the postseason, not gonna demand a much much from on
Speaker 1: the offensive side, but just having somebody like that, that
Speaker 1: presence on the defensive side. Is that gonna be enough
Speaker 1: now to shift the tide for the next if he
Speaker 1: does come back, Joey could it could now everybody's hurt.
Speaker 1: It's the playoffs. Nobody's at a hundred percent right now,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I'm pretty sure he's
Speaker 1: not being close to a hundred percent. Is he's had
Speaker 1: some time off. Like he said, he doesn't have to
Speaker 1: go out there and get it dub. He can go
Speaker 1: out there and facilitate, get some other people in the ball,
Speaker 1: bringing the ball up the court, tax some ball handing
Speaker 1: the responsibilities off. Both Katie and Kyrie play some deference,
Speaker 1: spare Kadi if from having to switch off on somebody.
Speaker 1: He really doesn't need to be switching off, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. So if they can get him on
Speaker 1: the floor in in in this postseason, I think it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna start again. It's gonna start moving things in
Speaker 1: the East again. So last question I got for you,
Speaker 1: looking at the East, who do you think is coming
Speaker 1: out going to the final? I was gonna ask you that. Uh,
Speaker 1: just because of how I get down, I can't roll
Speaker 1: with the Celtics. I'm proud of Yeah, I'm proud of
Speaker 1: m A and everything, but just because how I get down,
Speaker 1: I can't roll with the Celtics. So coming out of
Speaker 1: the East and I might change this ship in in
Speaker 1: five minutes from now or in the middle of you know,
Speaker 1: in the middle of recorded you know, they're gonna pull
Speaker 1: it back up. Yeah, yeah, they got they got the receipts. Uh,
Speaker 1: right now, I'm gonna go with the Bucks. Okay, That's
Speaker 1: where I was gonna go. Pander for pop, you know,
Speaker 1: pandering for pop. My dad works for Milwaukee Bucks. Markus
Speaker 1: Johnson one of the greatest players Mimwakee history, Jersey retired
Speaker 1: greatest basketball players in history. But the way Yannest is
Speaker 1: playing right now, Yannes has been on a tear and
Speaker 1: a mission. Obviously him and Joker have kind of moved
Speaker 1: to the forefront of the m v P race. But
Speaker 1: what Yannice has been doing. What he did the embad
Speaker 1: last week beat ups in a forty piece. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean, come on the mission, he's been on.
Speaker 1: I just think, you know, and you know they're one
Speaker 1: of the the first championship fifty years last year. But this squad, boonholder,
Speaker 1: they know what it takes to win the championship now.
Speaker 1: And like I said, I can't really root for the Celtics.
Speaker 1: That's just you know, Celtics fans you know, have at it.
Speaker 1: You know, more power to you if you do make it.
Speaker 1: And the heat for me, you know, number one team
Speaker 1: in the East, but always just kind of they look
Speaker 1: like they're prone to get a you know, eat this
Speaker 1: deal really quick. So I gotta gotta give it. Gotta
Speaker 1: give it to the Bucks as well. But let's move
Speaker 1: on to the Western conferences. As we look at the
Speaker 1: seatings seventh time. Right now we've got the Timberwolves, Clippers, Pelicans,
Speaker 1: and Spurs. There is a world where the Jazz could
Speaker 1: slip into that plane as well. And there's a world
Speaker 1: where obviously the Levin Sea Lakers now four games to go, uh,
Speaker 1: we're don't participate. Who do the Lakers have a legitimate chance?
Speaker 1: You know, four games left, they don't have tiebreakers with
Speaker 1: either the Pelicans or Spurs. They gotta win out and
Speaker 1: they need you know, we've been saying they had to
Speaker 1: win out for the last four or five games. They've
Speaker 1: lost sixth straight. Do the Lakers even make the playing game?
Speaker 1: And you know we might not make it, Joe, you know,
Speaker 1: and it pains it pains me to say I want
Speaker 1: to be optimistic. You know, we obviously have friends and
Speaker 1: colleagues involved, but it's just reality. We have to accept that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. We're in this situation now
Speaker 1: where we might not make it. So, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, My heart says yes, but I mean we
Speaker 1: get it's a lot, it's not just in our hands,
Speaker 1: and we gotta win out. You know, the Spires got
Speaker 1: to do something. The Spires, Spires got control of it.
Speaker 1: The Pelicans ironically can do something, you know, to affect
Speaker 1: the situation. So yes, we do make it. So if
Speaker 1: you're the Pelicans right now traded for a D you
Speaker 1: got the Lakers first round pick, and I'm protected. That's
Speaker 1: the thing. No matter in life of relationships, whatever, I
Speaker 1: always use protection. You need that protecting get burnt. The
Speaker 1: likelihood getting burnt is much higher in life, basketball, everything.
Speaker 1: So now, because not only are we gonna smack you
Speaker 1: out the playoffs. We're literally gonna take your pick. It's
Speaker 1: like a chance of it being a top four pick
Speaker 1: a draft. So if you're the Lakers right now, this
Speaker 1: is like, not only are you worried about this season,
Speaker 1: but obviously rust can be able to opt in next year,
Speaker 1: you know, try to trade that that made the Wall deal.
Speaker 1: They wanted a draft pick. It's kind of like, you're
Speaker 1: stuck with this squad and this is what a thirty
Speaker 1: one win team, this is ah, this is a this
Speaker 1: is this is this is a it's tough moment A
Speaker 1: signed for the moment side. But now it was look
Speaker 1: at these Timberwolves. Timberwolves obviously six games ahead of the Clippers.
Speaker 1: It's unfortunate to see what this squad has been able
Speaker 1: to do. Anthony Edwards, you know, the rest of the team,
Speaker 1: and they might not even make the playoffs with with
Speaker 1: this six game lead. Obviously, I like the playing because
Speaker 1: it gives more opportunity, It keeps that week before the
Speaker 1: playoffs starts exciting. But now you got Timberland Jazz and
Speaker 1: there's a potential world where even the Nuggets can now
Speaker 1: slip down with the most valuable player and not get
Speaker 1: to the postseason. When you look at this, to the
Speaker 1: Pelicans or Spurs have a legitimate chance of actually making
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Clippers got Paul George back. Now when you
Speaker 1: look at the seventh through chan, you know who's the
Speaker 1: lock to get in. I don't. I didn't. I didn't
Speaker 1: see this. I don't look the schedule like that. But
Speaker 1: I know they've got to start resting people. So if
Speaker 1: they got games against some of those top those top teams,
Speaker 1: you know, Phoenix, Memphis, Golden State, Dallast, they should they
Speaker 1: should be in, you know, in the move arresting people
Speaker 1: right now. So they're gonna have be holding a lot
Speaker 1: of starters back. So they got a chance at that
Speaker 1: whole four through five, six situations is gonna be interest.
Speaker 1: It's gonna come up to the last day, but they're
Speaker 1: gonna be watching a lot of scores at the last
Speaker 1: at the last moment. So the West is up for
Speaker 1: grabs right now, depending on if they're if they're gonna
Speaker 1: rest starters or if they're gonna let him plast seat
Speaker 1: and resting starters. So I think they're gonna have a
Speaker 1: chance to sneak in. I mean, you've gotta squad like
Speaker 1: the MAVs. Now who's in the fourth seat. They could
Speaker 1: jump the Lakers for third. It's a it's gonna get
Speaker 1: it's gonna get a little interesting. But I think when
Speaker 1: you look at these playing squads of Clippers now got
Speaker 1: Paul George back playing, playing some revitalized hoops. But I
Speaker 1: can't I can't root against these Pelicans. It just the
Speaker 1: way they've been playing the grid, their show and obviously
Speaker 1: coming back from twenty five point lead on the Lakers
Speaker 1: kind of had their number all season. This is a
Speaker 1: squad that looks hungry. You know. I was just out
Speaker 1: in New Orleans, drew out thirds well for final four,
Speaker 1: you know, eat some good gumbo, really, you know, in delivering.
Speaker 1: So I think this is a team and even the Spurs.
Speaker 1: You know, the Spurs have kind of potentially set themselves
Speaker 1: up by getting the Tennessee but just haven't looked like
Speaker 1: they had it all year. Kind of them in the Lakers.
Speaker 1: I've said previously, you know, one of one of them
Speaker 1: is gonna lose their way into that tense spot. It's
Speaker 1: not gonna be you know, from the winning side of
Speaker 1: just hey, the other team lost more games, But can
Speaker 1: any of these seven through ten teams realistically make some
Speaker 1: noise in the actual playoffs. No, I think the Timberwolves.
Speaker 1: I was gonna those Grizzlies to seven. Yeah, Grizzlies for me,
Speaker 1: I mean, I wasn't sold on them initially, But even
Speaker 1: the way the team's performed without Job, who's been playing
Speaker 1: at the MVP level this season, I think they're like
Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen and two without him something like that. It's
Speaker 1: been It's been remarkable what they've done without Job. I
Speaker 1: do like to what the timber Whelves are doing this year. Uh,
Speaker 1: they might be able to like that. That would be
Speaker 1: the team on the on in that group that I
Speaker 1: think can actually makes some noise in the playoffs, unless
Speaker 1: Paul Georgia goes absolutely crazy. And you know, the Clipper
Speaker 1: has been doing well without him unless he plays plays
Speaker 1: at the m v P level caliber like he showed
Speaker 1: like clearly when he got back. I don't really see
Speaker 1: the Clippers are doing as the Pelicans are playing well,
Speaker 1: But I don't think they I don't. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: don't think they do it. So if it's anybody that's
Speaker 1: going to be take advantage of this whole log jam,
Speaker 1: it would be the Minnesota Timberwolves in my opinion, So
Speaker 1: that ask you who is coming out of the West. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the son has been the favorite all year long, honed
Speaker 1: it down top spot, only sixty one team this NBA
Speaker 1: season for Neix Phoenix. Can anybody get with them if
Speaker 1: they if they could, they would they would have buy
Speaker 1: now that when they've been in the first place for
Speaker 1: a minute now running away from this thing. They're looking
Speaker 1: good on the health side, they got a good they're
Speaker 1: playing well on both sides. The time off of from
Speaker 1: CP three help Devin Booker a lot. All the Memphis.
Speaker 1: The Memphis is gonna be interesting. They're gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough out. But I think I'm gonna have to put
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna get to have to give the advantage,
Speaker 1: you know, CP three on the mission trying to get
Speaker 1: a ring. You know, John is gonna have to be
Speaker 1: coming off of, you know, not playing, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, taking some time off. Um, I think CP
Speaker 1: three is gonna be dialing and giving them advantage. Golden State.
Speaker 1: We don't know what's going on with staff, Yeah, we
Speaker 1: don't know if yeah, but Jordan Pool, I think it's
Speaker 1: filled that role nicely, really elevating that staff level. I mean,
Speaker 1: the words got some tough decision to make in the
Speaker 1: near future. But I think this squid they get stepped back.
Speaker 1: For me, I don't I just don't see, you know,
Speaker 1: who can stop that team if they're playing at the
Speaker 1: level they can play with a staff for Clay and
Speaker 1: Jordan Pool in the Draymond Draymond rested that squad the
Speaker 1: way they go. You know, you know, I think everybody
Speaker 1: was kind of excited initially for like the Lakers NETS Finals,
Speaker 1: but now even the Warriors NETS Finals really worries anybody
Speaker 1: out The East Warriors Bucks, I think will be some
Speaker 1: enjoyable basketball, but we need some We need some big
Speaker 1: market teams in there. I know, no disrespect to the Suns,
Speaker 1: but that Suns Plucks Finals. It was a struggle. It
Speaker 1: was a struggle to watch. It was, but it was cool.
Speaker 1: It would have been bad to go to I Phoenix
Speaker 1: ain't turn. I was at I think Game three or
Speaker 1: for whatever it was, but you know, turned. But yeah,
Speaker 1: but still small market turns small. Now it's time for
Speaker 1: on the Radar presented by Draft Kings. Now we're gonna
Speaker 1: like the defensive Player of the year category. We got
Speaker 1: a lot of great guys in this situation. Marcus Smart
Speaker 1: from the Celtics obviously selfs got the best defense in
Speaker 1: the league plus one twenty, Bam at plus three hundred,
Speaker 1: Cal Bridges at plus three fifty, Rudy Gobert plus four fifty,
Speaker 1: Honest Trailing Deep at plus thirteen hundred, and Jaren Jackson Jr.
Speaker 1: At plus sixteen hundred. Smart could be the first guard
Speaker 1: to win since Gary Payton in nine six. This has
Speaker 1: been one of the most interesting races and years. But
Speaker 1: I want to know, obviously from your league perspective, having
Speaker 1: done at the highest level, because my opinion is irrelevant
Speaker 1: compared to yours. I just give it because they give
Speaker 1: me a back. Who deserves to be Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year this year? Who probably Marcus Smart. He's been
Speaker 1: locking people up for a long time. He's on the
Speaker 1: number one defensive team in the league. Like Bandom out
Speaker 1: of Bio does, he switches out on the perimeter, guards
Speaker 1: multiple positions, you know, but we obviously know he blocked
Speaker 1: shots at the rim. Rudy is rudy, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. He's gonna get donked on, but he's gonna
Speaker 1: get gonna paying a couple of them, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. Janice is always gonna be there. I feel
Speaker 1: like through effort and beating, the effort and the beating,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, always gonna have Jannice. I
Speaker 1: think Jaren is just too young. So Marcus is that
Speaker 1: is gonna be that Jude. And it's like it's been
Speaker 1: a minute I played with GP who was ridiculous on
Speaker 1: the defensive end. Um, so I hope, I hope Marcus
Speaker 1: gets it. Actually, you know those other judices you nat
Speaker 1: some other year that got more years to earn it.
Speaker 1: When you look at the Celtic just the way that
Speaker 1: they played at the highest level of the season. Obviously
Speaker 1: as a team, but Marcus smart Garden one through five,
Speaker 1: taking challenges, being up, locking up, not giving up buckets.
Speaker 1: You know, you've been some crazy stats in the past
Speaker 1: few games and him going against whole rosters and giving
Speaker 1: up like three or four points, which is you know, well,
Speaker 1: there's nobody there to call Marcus is buff right now either,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's tough, he's defensive minded,
Speaker 1: and I think in the league right now where you
Speaker 1: can't touch anybody, you know what I mean. The fact
Speaker 1: that he's still locking down people like whole Zeros. You know,
Speaker 1: when he ends up on you, I think is as
Speaker 1: as a big deal. And he's on the primarily on
Speaker 1: the best offensive player, you know what I mean, other
Speaker 1: the other guys on the list like Bam. Depending on
Speaker 1: the matchup that night, he might not be on the
Speaker 1: wing player that you know what I mean. It's a
Speaker 1: high Jackson Tatum, you know, those type of caliber players.
Speaker 1: So he's been doing it in the East against some
Speaker 1: high level wings. So I think Marcus, Marcus Smart should
Speaker 1: take it on giving that trophy. Go ahead, give it
Speaker 1: to him. That's been on the radar, presented by Draft Kings.
Speaker 1: Now that's move. We're both out in New Orleans Final four.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the women's tournament. First, Don Stanley came
Speaker 1: through two piece, her second national championship. Just obliterated you kin,
Speaker 1: It was pretty much over after the first quarter. You know,
Speaker 1: Leah Boston, most outstanding player in the tournament, player of
Speaker 1: the year, just doing things, mrs double double, MS double double. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: looking like a like AI out there killing them. You know.
Speaker 1: South Carolina wall to wall number one preseason finished with
Speaker 1: the championship. When you got you a chance to look
Speaker 1: at that game. Just what do you think about that
Speaker 1: squad with Don Stalley came through. Oh man, the the
Speaker 1: Louis de Louis de Louis in the four five four
Speaker 1: in the family number. My dad were fifty four. My brother,
Speaker 1: I'm looking like Jacks four. I don't know what's going
Speaker 1: on back then, but here we are now. Yeah, Um,
Speaker 1: she was, she was, She did in this style and
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, she's the first, like well,
Speaker 1: she's the first black coach Division one men's are women's
Speaker 1: to win multiple titles, held it down from some from
Speaker 1: from you know what I mean, from day one being
Speaker 1: number one to the national Championship's gonna get you to
Speaker 1: the league, you know what I mean. Um, she's an
Speaker 1: ex player. This is hats off to her and all
Speaker 1: the ex players, the uh ex players that become coaches,
Speaker 1: because that's one that's one for all the players, former
Speaker 1: players that want to become coaches, because that only shows
Speaker 1: you what you know, former players can bring to n
Speaker 1: C double a basketball, professional basketball, whatever that is. So
Speaker 1: Donna is a friend of the program. I know that.
Speaker 1: Matt and stack Hall I love her dearly. She's been
Speaker 1: on the show. So you know what I mean, great
Speaker 1: job South Carolina. Shout out to Raven Johnson, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, also a friend of the program. So
Speaker 1: I'm happy for South Carolina, happy for don Stay. Like
Speaker 1: you know, when I saw darn walk out with the jacket,
Speaker 1: it was like, ain't no way you can lose this game.
Speaker 1: If you're Jina RM and you look at that, it's
Speaker 1: like I'm getting I'm getting stunded on in off the
Speaker 1: course and she was gigging with the trophy, you know,
Speaker 1: getting it. Yeah, and Leo Boston out there obviously had
Speaker 1: the memes last year, her tears this year. All smiles
Speaker 1: as they hoist that banner up. But you shout out
Speaker 1: to South Carolina for getting it done. Joined out by
Speaker 1: a very special guest. She's a hooper, she's a rapper.
Speaker 1: She did a little bit of everything, all American baller
Speaker 1: and she's participating in the k Showcase at the Irish
Speaker 1: and Classic. We got fla j. Johnson in the building.
Speaker 1: Was cracking. So where are you at right now? Because
Speaker 1: you look super turkeed UF you got you going down.
Speaker 1: I saw my trip to do the interview. You know,
Speaker 1: we appreciate you. We appreciate you, queen. We appreciate you
Speaker 1: taking a break from the vacation to come chop it
Speaker 1: up with us a little bit. So you know, we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk touch on your whole career and everything you
Speaker 1: got going on. First But first of all, you're playing
Speaker 1: in the Irish and Classic showcase. You're the only woman
Speaker 1: participating in the event. What does it mean to you
Speaker 1: to be a part of this event and to be representing,
Speaker 1: Like you're gonna have to represent out there, Like that's hard,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like that's basically she can
Speaker 1: go into guys, but she can go boys. It's like
Speaker 1: hard a represent all the girls that look at at
Speaker 1: me and like, I want to play basketball. I want
Speaker 1: to do it on the highest level and be even
Speaker 1: honor you know what I'm saying, to be like the
Speaker 1: only girl, Like that's the honoring. That's so I'm just
Speaker 1: happy to be a part of that for show for sure.
Speaker 1: What are you most looking forward to at the obviously
Speaker 1: in Classics? Man, I want to be a man, really,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I don't know what you know,
Speaker 1: he tried a little bit as well, money bag. Yeah,
Speaker 1: have you heard any of his stuff. No, I heard no,
Speaker 1: but I watched the documentary and I've seen it on there.
Speaker 1: I don't know that's hard. You'll get to see Alan
Speaker 1: Irish is soon up about the Irish and Classic. If
Speaker 1: you could ask a I any question, what question would
Speaker 1: you ask him? I'm gonna ask about that crossover, like
Speaker 1: how he like, how it like, how he shipped with it?
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, because I've heard trying to
Speaker 1: mask the type of cross over, but I need that
Speaker 1: all the ship he did on Jordan's figure, how he
Speaker 1: did it? How he Yeah, that's probably the best question
Speaker 1: to ask. Talk us through. You just ended up signing
Speaker 1: the ended up signing with rock Nation. Talk us through that,
Speaker 1: and have you talked to her of it? Though? No, no,
Speaker 1: no you ain't not. But now I signed up. I
Speaker 1: signed a distriction distribution bill distribution deal through rock Nation
Speaker 1: through EQ. So it's a deal where you know, I
Speaker 1: have creative control, not all my masters, and you know
Speaker 1: they just give me that beat rock Nation push, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. And you know they're all about
Speaker 1: artists on what they do, and you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: having created control, So it was really important to me.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like I did. I was like, Mom,
Speaker 1: I own signed to you feel But Mom was like,
Speaker 1: if you think like a businesswoman and you own your
Speaker 1: masters and you got creative control, you you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like, it's a better difference. So I was
Speaker 1: just happy with that. I was looking out. So you
Speaker 1: got a mixtape coming out soon. Obviously your Pops was
Speaker 1: a world right now rapper, uh, and you're following in
Speaker 1: his footsteps? How do you you know when you look
Speaker 1: at look at wrap, which would you say if you
Speaker 1: had to pick one that you're better at, what would
Speaker 1: it be? Like? What day is it? And I do
Speaker 1: both soft feel like you know you're getting that mold
Speaker 1: like when you're in the game a real you know,
Speaker 1: you're getting that mode where you're like in the trance
Speaker 1: and your energy so high like you just walked in.
Speaker 1: I get that same energy for when I wrap it.
Speaker 1: It was like, I can't put it on the same scale.
Speaker 1: I don't know why, I just can't. I think it's
Speaker 1: coming at a good time right now though, because there's
Speaker 1: also obviously been a history of professional athletes, but you've
Speaker 1: got something that's doing that at a high level. Right now,
Speaker 1: So you might as well try to feel like you
Speaker 1: can do both at the same time well on any
Speaker 1: given day, because a lot of people paved the way
Speaker 1: for you to do that, and you definitely got that
Speaker 1: energy about yourself. It looks like you'll be able to
Speaker 1: handle yourself, whether that be on the court or in
Speaker 1: the booth. So hats off to you, and keep pushing
Speaker 1: and keep pushing the boundaries. Don't be putting up. And
Speaker 1: this is what I'm all about. What I'm saying, like
Speaker 1: you got you gotta dream, you gotta chase it, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And some people they only blessed,
Speaker 1: be blessed, like one dream I was blessed with too,
Speaker 1: So it's like I'm definitely gonna take it all away.
Speaker 1: We kind of have been to we kind of have
Speaker 1: been to play basketball then move on to another dream
Speaker 1: of something. So we definitely feel you on that one.
Speaker 1: So for those that don't know your Boosty's niece, what
Speaker 1: advice is he giving you about making that move to
Speaker 1: the rap guy, he really just said, like just stay
Speaker 1: focused on everything he got going on, feeling you just
Speaker 1: gotta handy over in it all the way through. You
Speaker 1: know what, I'm saying, don't take no shortcuts like like Boosty.
Speaker 1: A lot of people don't know like he on the
Speaker 1: internet blah blah, but he really a real stand up guy,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And he don't gave me
Speaker 1: so much support that he didn't have to give. And
Speaker 1: it was so gene man, my uncle Bussy. He really
Speaker 1: like got me and my uncle mon when that street
Speaker 1: is the real center for sure. Recently a major hooper
Speaker 1: is like page Backer is Hayley van Lit and as
Speaker 1: the food have fut, I'm sorry for us, pronouncer, I've
Speaker 1: signed major n IL deals. Have you spoken to them
Speaker 1: or any other college athletes about the state of n
Speaker 1: r L s and if so, what kind of advice
Speaker 1: have they been given you? Um, I haven't spoken to him,
Speaker 1: not not little college athletes about it. But you know,
Speaker 1: like it's kind of it's I feel like it's like
Speaker 1: the rat game, feel like people want you to represent
Speaker 1: their brain and stuff like that. I've been doing that
Speaker 1: for a long time already, So it's like on a
Speaker 1: bigger scale though it's on a major scale, and so
Speaker 1: like its whole INNL suituestion, it's a blessing, like I'm
Speaker 1: so excited. Like that's one of the reasons that I
Speaker 1: really wanted to Like I picked the school that I
Speaker 1: picked and everything, because you know, the brand is important.
Speaker 1: So you know, brand or any other brand, it's a
Speaker 1: big one. It's a big situation. So you had it
Speaker 1: to l s U next year to get your hoop on.
Speaker 1: What do you expect from yourself and from the squad
Speaker 1: next season? Now, I just expect me to do it.
Speaker 1: I know what I know to do, and that's ball out.
Speaker 1: But I really want to learn family, I want to
Speaker 1: learn and I want to grow as a player. I
Speaker 1: just want to be coached hard, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So we're my thinking. When I was being recruited, I'm like, well,
Speaker 1: I want to be coached by the best in coach Moke.
Speaker 1: She obviously is the best. She didn't wanted to Coach
Speaker 1: of the Year, National Coach of the Year this year,
Speaker 1: so I said, I want to be coached by the best.
Speaker 1: So you know, I made it happy. I met coach
Speaker 1: MOKEI and she really believed in what I believed in
Speaker 1: in my music and my vision and my basketball. But
Speaker 1: she's like, you gotta give me a hundred ten percent
Speaker 1: on the court or whatever else you do. I'm supporting
Speaker 1: it and I couldn't do that, Mert. That goes into
Speaker 1: my next question. What can the LSU fans expect from
Speaker 1: you on the court next year? Man? Just expecting me
Speaker 1: to do my thing. I'm a sharpshooter. I get to
Speaker 1: the basket and get a bucket, get my teammates in golf,
Speaker 1: just do whatever I gotta do to you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, help us win. That's all I want to
Speaker 1: do whatever I gotta do on the floor. Flies that.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you pulling up. I definitely checked out some
Speaker 1: of your YouTube, some of your your stuff you got
Speaker 1: going on, so you you got a very very lucative
Speaker 1: You're on both sides coming up and for everybody who
Speaker 1: don't know, you know, get ready to see you make
Speaker 1: us some noise on the court and in the booth.
Speaker 1: So we'll see you over at the iverson Classic later
Speaker 1: this month. But we appreciate you pulling up towards Bernard Man.
Speaker 1: I appreciate this interview. Man. Yeah, the albums and Classic
Speaker 1: is gonna be like Hobby at the l A Fitness.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping against the guys you know, I'm really excited.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. How did the guys before
Speaker 1: before we let you go? How did the guys Well,
Speaker 1: I just saw some I know you saw it on
Speaker 1: social media the other the other day with everybody get out,
Speaker 1: the w NBA player getting into it at the l
Speaker 1: A Fitness. How did the guys? How are the fellers
Speaker 1: treat you when you come into gym respect that come
Speaker 1: at you with smoke? How how does that turn out? Usually,
Speaker 1: let's say l A Fitness my show family, I've been
Speaker 1: playing with the guy they can't play in the nurses
Speaker 1: all the seven grades. So all the old heads they
Speaker 1: know me. But the new cats, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: they're running. They be like no messy family and the
Speaker 1: new cats they just gotta they gotta get top. But
Speaker 1: now they talked to come like, oh I know who
Speaker 1: he is. I know he was and ain't having fund
Speaker 1: all that real heard that. We're gonna see you get
Speaker 1: some buckets out there. Last two K showcase for short
Speaker 1: for sure, definitely looking forward to see you. See you
Speaker 1: in Memphis. Appreciate you, Like Jos said, appreciate you taking
Speaker 1: some time out on your vacation. Out there in the
Speaker 1: m I a be safe out there and we look
Speaker 1: forward to seeing you in Memphis. Thank you, thank you
Speaker 1: so much. So I don't know if you knew this.
Speaker 1: I know you, Dick had you've been in the Showtime
Speaker 1: Basketball family for a minute. J R. Smith first ever
Speaker 1: guest on All the Smoke. Yes, he was now j R.
Speaker 1: Smith a member of the Showtime Basketball Family in addition
Speaker 1: to the NC State golf team. And he came back
Speaker 1: to All the Smoke with Matt Stack to just you know,
Speaker 1: show him where he's at now in life and give
Speaker 1: him a little bit more of that is um, So
Speaker 1: let's go and take a look. You recently got a
Speaker 1: chance to play thirty six with m J. First of all,
Speaker 1: how did that happen? And then how did the day go?
Speaker 1: One of my guys, uh, you know, black Man and
Speaker 1: so from Jersey. He ended up hooking me up with
Speaker 1: a guy named David Storch out of He's from Chicago,
Speaker 1: just moved down here to North Palm Beach and him,
Speaker 1: MJ is real tight. They went back, you know, back
Speaker 1: in the Chicago days right close. I ended up playing
Speaker 1: and we played thirty six with Mike and it was
Speaker 1: like it was everything that you thought was gonna be.
Speaker 1: But like to him actually being around Mike and he
Speaker 1: talking ship like that ship was like damn, like he
Speaker 1: really be going in and he want to tell you
Speaker 1: he was talking ship and didn't talk ship bro. And
Speaker 1: he nice though, Yeah, I want is he is? He nice? Nice?
Speaker 1: He nice? Nice? That's what I want to know. He
Speaker 1: nice though. This short game is like one of the pros.
Speaker 1: He I'm watching this, I'm watching ship he doing. I'm like, hey, yo,
Speaker 1: lucky for me, we kept our bad light. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So people he bet with in our group,
Speaker 1: they like these these like some some Boo ray Potts. Yo.
Speaker 1: If I not golf bro, uh nah, I say that.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I just see a global Mike man
Speaker 1: like he he's seeing what he is elemental, being competitive
Speaker 1: and anything. And he when I first seen him, I
Speaker 1: thought about the h I thought about something, and I said, like,
Speaker 1: you know, he really got on joys like what else
Speaker 1: He's going ahead like it's as well. Bro. Everybody knows
Speaker 1: that I'm a big lebron fan, and I say, used
Speaker 1: to go, but I say he's a girl. Prefacing them
Speaker 1: with Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the real go. So Kareem
Speaker 1: last week presenting Carmelo Anthony with the Social Justice Award
Speaker 1: named after him. Afterwards, did a little bit of media availability,
Speaker 1: had some some choice words to say about Lebron. Definitely
Speaker 1: praised him for doing things like opening schools and things
Speaker 1: like that, but Kareem also said that he had a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff he could be embarrassed about then real
Speaker 1: to what But you know, Kareem has been very vocal
Speaker 1: about the COVID situation. Obviously, Lebron posted the Spider Man
Speaker 1: meme and tried to kind of, you know, do some
Speaker 1: damage control afterward with the media, jam them up about it.
Speaker 1: But when when you see situations like that. Obviously, Cap,
Speaker 1: you know, about to be seventy five soon, his social
Speaker 1: and in basketball career and everything, you know, unquestioned. But
Speaker 1: see him coming out Lebron. It seems like it's become
Speaker 1: a recurring theme this season. What are your thoughts on that, man,
Speaker 1: Cap got a chill man, just gotta chill. Like you said,
Speaker 1: he's seventy five now, so I know he's seen multiple
Speaker 1: iterations of the of the world, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: particularly the NBA and the United States of America. But
Speaker 1: you know, his position is solidified. He holds the same
Speaker 1: responsibility that he's saying the lebronos everybody, So he's got
Speaker 1: to be careful with his words and what that means.
Speaker 1: I know, he's you know, one of the biggest is
Speaker 1: not the arguably one of the best Lakers of all time,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And we all know Lebron
Speaker 1: James and since it ive of being of his O
Speaker 1: G s and the history of basketball. So you know,
Speaker 1: nobody want to hear that from cat, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. At the end of the day, I know
Speaker 1: I don't. I love both players. We're both Laker, Lebron
Speaker 1: and Kareem, you know what I mean, advocates, So um,
Speaker 1: they just need they just got a chill. They just
Speaker 1: need to get that over with. But hopefully that's the
Speaker 1: last one. How do you feel about it? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I think you know, Kareem, I think anybody in life,
Speaker 1: I mean, us sitting here, we have things we've done
Speaker 1: are life that we're embarrassed uff right, nobody lives life
Speaker 1: perfectly flawlessly. Lebron has done a lot of great stuff
Speaker 1: for community. There be some stuff Lebron obviously my favorite
Speaker 1: player ever, but I haven't agreed with but also I
Speaker 1: respect him as a man, and when he explains himself
Speaker 1: and his abilities, you know, like you know, I think
Speaker 1: we look at Lebron and no athlete, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: has had to face more scrutiny or criticism, especially in
Speaker 1: the social media era where literally everything he does, Lebron
Speaker 1: coupposed to tweet about how he's opening up another school,
Speaker 1: and it's just his mentions are flooded with your fraud
Speaker 1: and the bubbery doesn't count. I hate you chasing Kareem
Speaker 1: all that type of stuff. And I think even just
Speaker 1: seeing this year, year nineteen, uh, you know, put a
Speaker 1: lot on his shoulders, huge expectations. But he's come out
Speaker 1: play with you know, we saw that ankle injury. You know,
Speaker 1: Ad suffered the same injury back in February and just
Speaker 1: came back, you know, just came back from into March.
Speaker 1: Lebron rubbed some testing on it and came back in
Speaker 1: drop thirty nine. So it's been a tough situation across
Speaker 1: the board. And when we look at the Lakers right now,
Speaker 1: Lakers are eleven seed. This team has so much hype,
Speaker 1: so much fanfare coming into it was ordained by the
Speaker 1: Square media as the chief. You know, I did it
Speaker 1: for me say I'm gonna run numbers up, but you know,
Speaker 1: like you still need to see this tape play. But
Speaker 1: after they got Westbrook, you have the Westbrook Melo, Lebron
Speaker 1: a d photos. So I want to know, what's the
Speaker 1: most disappointing team in NBA history? Is this Laker squad
Speaker 1: in the mix for that that award? You're putting me
Speaker 1: in the best spot right now, Jim Man, I got
Speaker 1: some family over there, coach, Yeah, play this right, Gilanni. Please. Um.
Speaker 1: I can't remember a team more disappointing. And that's just
Speaker 1: because of the timing thinking. You know, um that that
Speaker 1: team coming back not too far removed from a championship,
Speaker 1: the way Lebron is playing, I'm I'm a factor into it,
Speaker 1: the way Lebron is played this year, or you know,
Speaker 1: I'm with year nineteen. I just feel bad for the
Speaker 1: coaching staff that the players in the locker room. I
Speaker 1: feel blad for for Lebron. Um. I don't know if
Speaker 1: he had any decisions, you know, they always talked about
Speaker 1: if he has some decisions over the roster and you
Speaker 1: know that's above our pay grade. But if it is so,
Speaker 1: then he got to deal with that. Are you're gonna
Speaker 1: own with that? The GM got to own up to that.
Speaker 1: Jennie gotta owe up to that. You know this is
Speaker 1: you know, this is what happens when you come over
Speaker 1: to the to the Left show, just because of the timing,
Speaker 1: the roster, how everything was laid out. I mean maybe
Speaker 1: because maybe and maybe it's our fault for looking for
Speaker 1: seeing this team and being naive. Yeah, we got danker
Speaker 1: fans to be like, oh, it's gonna work out, don't
Speaker 1: worry about it, you know what I mean. We got
Speaker 1: three or four Hall of Famers, But um, it is
Speaker 1: what it is. At this point, I know everybody's probably
Speaker 1: thinking it, you know what I mean, we might as
Speaker 1: well come out and said, just because, like I said
Speaker 1: at the time, how much we invested into the Lakers.
Speaker 1: We know time is running out on Lebron, we know
Speaker 1: A d was supposed to take over the range for Lebron.
Speaker 1: There's a multitude of reasons to make this one quite
Speaker 1: possibly the most depended. I just said that quite possibly
Speaker 1: could be the most disappointed teament. So when we look
Speaker 1: at the squad. Obviously a D injuries, the missing link,
Speaker 1: the real big three, Kendrick Nunne play game all season
Speaker 1: as a D alluded to uh after their last loss.
Speaker 1: But Lebron and a D, I think played with two
Speaker 1: games together season when I say the Lakers were eleven
Speaker 1: and eleven, so by that metric, there would have been
Speaker 1: one which you put them right around the seed. Right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a little tough, and when the West Brig trade happened,
Speaker 1: everybody was getting the memes out. You know. Definitely I'm
Speaker 1: included in that and definitely expected more from the squad.
Speaker 1: But I was say that they are the second most
Speaker 1: came in NBA history, behind going to State Warriors unanimous
Speaker 1: m v P Steph Curry seventy three wins, broke the
Speaker 1: Bulls record three one lead in the NBA Finals on
Speaker 1: the verge of history, and then what they do pp
Speaker 1: down their leg. Brian came in one three straight. I
Speaker 1: don't think they lost back to back games all season.
Speaker 1: The Lean came through with the three piece beat them
Speaker 1: on their home court was more disappointing than that. Nothing.
Speaker 1: Now that you said that, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that back to the frontal lobe,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, so I can get my
Speaker 1: ship together. But uh you, you're right, you're right, the
Speaker 1: Brothers senior citizen right now, you're nineteen Lebron expectations through
Speaker 1: the roof and that yeah, reframing and when you want
Speaker 1: to talk about a goat to Jordan. Jordan in the
Speaker 1: latter part of his career where we're not making the playoffs,
Speaker 1: Mike was averaging a dub in his forties and major
Speaker 1: love for that. I think a lot of people knock
Speaker 1: those wizard years. For me, it's like dude with forty
Speaker 1: putting up a dub wing off of cigars and you know,
Speaker 1: hit into whatever you're drinking turning up. But Lebron, you're
Speaker 1: nineteen to be able to do this, potentially leading the
Speaker 1: league and scoring. It's just sad, obviously the lifelong Lebron
Speaker 1: fan to see this year wasted. And for me, I
Speaker 1: don't really care about all that stuff. I was hoping that,
Speaker 1: you know, going in this season, Lebron, we do only
Speaker 1: need to play fifty six games and the squad would
Speaker 1: be good, like a d and Rusk ready for the playoffs,
Speaker 1: exactly a D kind of step at the forefront now,
Speaker 1: which I think Lebron had kind of brought him here for.
Speaker 1: Is I look, you know, I'm gonna ahead snatch his
Speaker 1: last finals MVP in the Bubble, the hardest championship in
Speaker 1: NBA history, and after that, I'm gonna be fatigued having
Speaker 1: to go to a pandemic laden Disney World, not even
Speaker 1: really turn up disney World more like Disney World. Prison
Speaker 1: win a championship a D. I need to go ahead
Speaker 1: and take over a D obviously suffered injuries. You never
Speaker 1: knock a guy for that. The injury bug happens that.
Speaker 1: But you know, so looking at this squad, I definitely
Speaker 1: can't elevate this as a more disappointing than like I said,
Speaker 1: Warriors squad is disappointing though you know obviously l A,
Speaker 1: we blow up everything, We make everything larger than life.
Speaker 1: This team, you know, we had the memes, all this
Speaker 1: stuff ready to go, so extremely disappointing. But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, they battle injuries, and when you
Speaker 1: go back and look at it, you know this team
Speaker 1: should at least been fifth or six seed in the West.
Speaker 1: It is what it is now. I think we win
Speaker 1: four more games. Sneaking into this playing game and we're cracking.
Speaker 1: It'll make up for a lot too. For for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: even if we make this is if we can get
Speaker 1: into the playoff game, it'll be a big time thing
Speaker 1: for the city. That's how you reframe that ship man
Speaker 1: to keep us get they're positive. That's why they put
Speaker 1: that boy on T N T. Now I get it.
Speaker 1: Y'all should have seen him before the show. He goes
Speaker 1: into a whole thing was as beautiful. Jack Nicholson deserves better.
Speaker 1: Flee Yeah, go go listen the whole Red Hot Chili
Speaker 1: Peppers Chili Peppers catalog, just you know, soothe your mind.
Speaker 1: But it's just sad to see. I remember back in
Speaker 1: the Polo that Don would be there. Andy Garcia and
Speaker 1: my personal favorite Lecter fan of all time, living legend.
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