Speaker 1: And wouldn't it be dope to have both these teams
Speaker 1: headed towards the playoffs. I think the city of New
Speaker 1: York needs this bad. What are your thoughts? Damn Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love tiber though I love some of the young playoffs.
Speaker 1: But another week gone, another week ahead. This is what's
Speaker 1: burning in the NBA. Jack. The NBA is facing the
Speaker 1: harsh reality of COVID nineteen. It's sweeping through the league.
Speaker 1: Just yesterday, the Celtics and Heat had to postpone their
Speaker 1: game due to not enough players eligible to play. Jayson
Speaker 1: Tatum has caught it, uh so contact tracing all throughout
Speaker 1: his team and people he's played against. Katie was a
Speaker 1: victim of contact tracing. Uh Michael Porter Jr. Who's off
Speaker 1: to a hot start, similar situation. The NBA did everything
Speaker 1: they could last year with the bubble situation and keeping
Speaker 1: people safe. Now the reality of guys being back home
Speaker 1: and still being on the honor system and going to work,
Speaker 1: it's starting to cause a little bit of trouble. What
Speaker 1: do you think the NBA is thinking right now that
Speaker 1: to stop this and have a healthy season. It is impossible.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got so many guys coming up with
Speaker 1: with tracing to COVID. You've got so many, so many
Speaker 1: guys in the organizations trying their best to to stay
Speaker 1: COVID free, to keep to keep away from all the symptoms,
Speaker 1: just so they can play and have a successful season.
Speaker 1: And a lot of guys don't want to have to
Speaker 1: miss meaningful games because of COVID. A lot of guys
Speaker 1: don't want to have to have have a season where
Speaker 1: they're giving their all and a key game coming where
Speaker 1: they can't have their key players because of COVID. So
Speaker 1: a lot of factors coming to play when you're talking
Speaker 1: about this. But this is a situation that I don't
Speaker 1: think the NBA will be able to get under control.
Speaker 1: And I think they're starting to feel that way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just think it's something they're gonna have to try
Speaker 1: to contain. You're not gonna be able to control it
Speaker 1: because it's not just the players, it's the staff, it's
Speaker 1: the weight coaches, the trainers, it's the people who work
Speaker 1: in the front office. All these people are responsible for
Speaker 1: staying safe. But it could be something as simple as
Speaker 1: your chef coming over. You don't know who your chef
Speaker 1: has been around. It could be as simful as you know,
Speaker 1: your housekeeper coming over. My housekeepers here right now. You
Speaker 1: don't know who they've been around. So there's a lot
Speaker 1: of factors that play into you know, the safety. Um,
Speaker 1: although we feel like the players are doing what they're
Speaker 1: supposed to do, it's almost an inevitable that this is
Speaker 1: gonna happen. But I also think this is the the
Speaker 1: NBA thinking ahead, you know, I think they realized this
Speaker 1: was coming. You know, we spoke on last week about
Speaker 1: the seven to ten playing situation due to injury with Memphis,
Speaker 1: but this is also was in mind as well with COVID,
Speaker 1: you know, with key guys missing missing missing time, and
Speaker 1: players having to miss in games having to be canceled.
Speaker 1: I think this is why the seven ten playing situation
Speaker 1: is gonna be so vital, because we are seeing that
Speaker 1: a lot of key guys throughout the season are gonna
Speaker 1: miss time, either to injury or COVID or both. Um
Speaker 1: and the NBA didn't want that to eliminate their team
Speaker 1: from the playoffs, So we're gonna have to see how
Speaker 1: this goes. Obviously they're gonna do their best, but like
Speaker 1: you said, this, this disease is has taken over the
Speaker 1: world and the NBA is doing its best just to
Speaker 1: contain it. Who's hot, who's not. Bradley beal right now
Speaker 1: is the hottest player in the world and the only
Speaker 1: thing to stop him was contact tracing. After dropping sixty
Speaker 1: in forty one, he had to sit out due to contact.
Speaker 1: Tracy guardian Jason Tatum in the game. But Bradley Bill
Speaker 1: is on fire, and they thought that bringing Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: was gonna help them get over the hump there. The
Speaker 1: team is off to a slow start. Is there anything
Speaker 1: Washington can do to salvage Bradley Bill's prime because he
Speaker 1: showed himself as one of the best two way players
Speaker 1: in the game. Yeah, it's just you know, they don't
Speaker 1: have all the pieces to the puzzle they need. You know,
Speaker 1: they've got a great coach. Russia is a great Bradley
Speaker 1: Bill is amazing. He's getting off to an amazing start.
Speaker 1: But it's it's a lot of holes in that team.
Speaker 1: You know, they don't have identity. Guys don't know their roles,
Speaker 1: Guys don't know That meant like, it's just a lot
Speaker 1: going on over there. You have two talented players that
Speaker 1: they're expecting to do everything for his team. You know
Speaker 1: Bradley Bill is carrying a lot of the load, but
Speaker 1: you need defensive players, you need knocked down shooters, need
Speaker 1: a lot to compliment these guys, and I don't think
Speaker 1: they have there yet. Brad Bill is leading the league
Speaker 1: and scoring at thirty five game Jack, If you're Bradley Bill,
Speaker 1: someone who's you know, preached on staying loyal, he his
Speaker 1: home is in d C, would you look to stay
Speaker 1: or is it time to go? Because I kind of
Speaker 1: feel like he's wasting his best years for a hopeless team. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, you you you could say it like that.
Speaker 1: You know, we look at like that. I mean I
Speaker 1: was in Charlotte, you know, a couple of years and
Speaker 1: uh I was bawling out. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: We won the first year, but we wouldn't win the
Speaker 1: next couple of years and I got moved. So I
Speaker 1: think it's different with him because you know, he writes
Speaker 1: his own ticket. He can need to stay there, could
Speaker 1: continue continue to give his all to organization that's been
Speaker 1: lost to him. All look for us another situation where
Speaker 1: you could possibly win. But a lot of times when
Speaker 1: you move to those different situations that that possibly winning
Speaker 1: stuff that never comes around. You get there in the
Speaker 1: new environment, you don't get along with the coaching. Things
Speaker 1: don't go as was there was going on your old team.
Speaker 1: At least you were giving your all use with an
Speaker 1: organization that respected you. You respected them, and y'all came
Speaker 1: to a common ground. But don't just look. Just don't
Speaker 1: think just because you're going to another spot that you're
Speaker 1: gonna automatically win. It don't work like that. The grass
Speaker 1: ain't always greener. Next up, who's hot? Who's not? Luca
Speaker 1: don Chech has caught fire every in the triple double
Speaker 1: over their last three games. Uh, he had a slow start,
Speaker 1: you know, I think with a lot of pressure. You know,
Speaker 1: odds on favor to win the m v P a
Speaker 1: nice playoff run last year. Uh. Porzingis is set to
Speaker 1: make his debut tonight. How good can this team be
Speaker 1: with the healthy Luca and the healthy Porzingis? Sky's a
Speaker 1: limit bro those two young stars. If KP can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: I think he'll be the robbing. I mean, he'll be
Speaker 1: the robin to a batman, which which is Luca. Lucas
Speaker 1: definitely looking forward to be an MVPD S year. Everybody
Speaker 1: saying he could be. He had a gray year last
Speaker 1: year and everybody looked for him to pick up where
Speaker 1: he left off last year. But not having your full
Speaker 1: team and teams can just concentrate on you and put
Speaker 1: all the focus on you. It's hard. You're in the NBA,
Speaker 1: it's not overseas, so he's gonna need a supporting cast. Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I think everyone's asking what are they missing. I'm someone
Speaker 1: who kind of feels like they still might be missing
Speaker 1: one piece. But then at the same time, we haven't
Speaker 1: seen these guys get a stretch of games healthy together
Speaker 1: with Luca and KP because obviously the Unicorn and KP
Speaker 1: on a seven foot or that and do absolutely everything,
Speaker 1: and Lucas shown us that he's on his way to
Speaker 1: being one of the greatest players ever. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting to see if these guys can stay healthy
Speaker 1: and put a string of games together to to really
Speaker 1: show how good this team is. Last, but not least,
Speaker 1: on who's hot who's not. Brandon Ingram and Zion Williams
Speaker 1: center on fire over their last four games. Zion is
Speaker 1: that from the field, brandon Ingram's at seven and six,
Speaker 1: but the team is only one and three over those
Speaker 1: last four games, Jack, what can they do to write
Speaker 1: this ship? Man? They got a great young team. I
Speaker 1: love the talent they have over there, you know. I
Speaker 1: just think they need a young star to step up
Speaker 1: and be the leader, you know, Like you said that
Speaker 1: they have J. J Riddick over there, who was a
Speaker 1: great guy who everybody lead respects. Somebody need to let
Speaker 1: some of what JJ has has been a professional and
Speaker 1: and being outspoken rub off on them, you know, and
Speaker 1: come and be a leader of his team. I think
Speaker 1: that's what they miss. And you know, they have a
Speaker 1: lot of talent, they just they just added um less.
Speaker 1: So I think they need to some kind of way
Speaker 1: have a leader that could be outspoken, bring this team together,
Speaker 1: talk to him. And they're not doing We're not playing well.
Speaker 1: They just needs somebody to stand up and be the
Speaker 1: two be the leader of his team. And I don't
Speaker 1: think they have that right now. Yeah. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: this is a good talented young team with stan Van
Speaker 1: Gundi at the helm, I think this is just young.
Speaker 1: This is just a young team that that is this
Speaker 1: stumbling over some roadblocks. But I think they'll be better
Speaker 1: for this at the end of the season. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to write this ship. You know,
Speaker 1: to me, j J is that leader, but he's not,
Speaker 1: to your point, someone who's out on the court all
Speaker 1: the time. You know, he's coming towards the end of
Speaker 1: his career. So I do agree that they need one
Speaker 1: of these younger guys to kind of step up in
Speaker 1: the leadership role, uh and figure that out. But I
Speaker 1: think this will serve them better in the long run
Speaker 1: because there's no one that's gonna come save this team.
Speaker 1: This is a young, talented team and they're gonna have
Speaker 1: to find their way, and I think this is just
Speaker 1: a part of that growing struggle. But they're still tenth
Speaker 1: right now, obviously early in the season, tenth in the West.
Speaker 1: But I see this team right in this ship and
Speaker 1: definitely being in that mix to make the playoffs this year.
Speaker 1: Week Ahead, Trey Young has his hands full this week. Jack,
Speaker 1: He's got CP and Phoenix and then he's got Dame
Speaker 1: in Portland's um. What can he learn while still doing
Speaker 1: him in these two matchups this week? Well, I know
Speaker 1: he loves to play against CP. I. I just think
Speaker 1: I know he entered these games more like the students
Speaker 1: time of the student to become the teacher. You know, CP.
Speaker 1: CP has been one of the best point guards for
Speaker 1: a long time and still one of the best point
Speaker 1: guards in the league. But you know, traders are becoming
Speaker 1: trades a lot faster. You know, he could shoot from
Speaker 1: a little deeper, you know, and he probably learned the
Speaker 1: laugh from Chris Paul. But at the same time, trade
Speaker 1: coming in in this game, in these games to make
Speaker 1: his name known, and I love to see battles like this.
Speaker 1: Being a ex basketball player, absolutely, you know, Trey is
Speaker 1: someone who who respects everyone, with fears no one, although
Speaker 1: he'll learn he's letting these motherfucker's know, like I'm here too.
Speaker 1: It's it's my time to shine. So you know, obviously
Speaker 1: with CP, you get a great floor leader, someone who
Speaker 1: plays offense and defensive, someone who hits big shots. So
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Tray will be able to soak that
Speaker 1: game up. But at the same time, he's gonna have
Speaker 1: his hands full because I know CP as someone who
Speaker 1: takes that challenge of guarding the best player, and if
Speaker 1: it's the point guard, he's gonna guard him. So CP
Speaker 1: definitely has his hands full. At thirty five, his little
Speaker 1: old ass out, they're gonna be tracing Trades and then
Speaker 1: his next game, Trades. Next game is against Dame, someone
Speaker 1: who's one of the most dangerous scores in the game,
Speaker 1: probably if not the the most clutch player in the game.
Speaker 1: What do you think he can learn from Dame? Oh man,
Speaker 1: damnae just re landless. People don't know. You know the
Speaker 1: reason why a lot of two guards have the guard
Speaker 1: that because Damn to put on some side. Damonly got
Speaker 1: strong uptop. You know, That's why he shooting the bar,
Speaker 1: shooting the ball from half court and look shoot like
Speaker 1: he's shooting a tik tak. But but like I mean,
Speaker 1: he you know, I know Trey looks looks forward to
Speaker 1: games like this against Dame. You know, Dame gonna come
Speaker 1: at the mall game and Tray get to go back
Speaker 1: on him. You know a lot of times when Trade
Speaker 1: player against these big point guards, he wants doing the
Speaker 1: nutmeg and doing stuff to these big stars. So guys
Speaker 1: got to look out for Trade just as much as
Speaker 1: got to look out for those guys. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: Trey is definitely here. His team got up to a
Speaker 1: hot start. They hit a little skin of late. I
Speaker 1: think there may be eleventh in the East right now.
Speaker 1: But it's still early in the season. But it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a fun week for Tray and I mentioned to
Speaker 1: see how he handled itself. Continuing on in the week ahead,
Speaker 1: we got a nice match up on Friday, the Pelicans
Speaker 1: versus the Lakers. Obviously we all know the blockbuster trade
Speaker 1: that went down to get a D to l A Jack.
Speaker 1: As a player, how long does that chip on your
Speaker 1: shoulder last? If you're in Ingram Josh Hart and Lonzo Ball. Uh,
Speaker 1: just after that first year, after the first time you
Speaker 1: go back and play against him, you know, in your
Speaker 1: old arena. I think after you play there, so with
Speaker 1: whether you have a good or bad game, and so
Speaker 1: with your career goes on. You know, next year, the
Speaker 1: next season, you you got all that out of your system.
Speaker 1: I think these guys just warned about playing and I
Speaker 1: learned about having big games against the Lakers. Obviously, every
Speaker 1: game is a must win game. Guys want to win.
Speaker 1: But as far as is having your stomach twist and
Speaker 1: having those nerves or having a big game and a
Speaker 1: payback game, once you do it at the first time,
Speaker 1: it's over with. Yeah, I mean, I agree. Um. Also
Speaker 1: from a standpoint of we wouldn't see Brandon brandon Ingram
Speaker 1: the most improved player if he had stayed with the Lakers.
Speaker 1: I think he's been able to spread his wings, um
Speaker 1: and show the world how talented he is. I I
Speaker 1: called it a while ago. I think he's the next
Speaker 1: coming of Kevin Durant type player. Um Alonzo ball. I
Speaker 1: feel Alonzo still looking for his footing. You know, is
Speaker 1: this the right system for him? Is he gonna live
Speaker 1: up to that number to pick uh potential? And then
Speaker 1: Josh Hard is just a solid, pluging guy. And then
Speaker 1: we all know what you get with a d you know,
Speaker 1: a transitional talent, someone who was a key member of
Speaker 1: that team winning a championship this year, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a key force obviously locking in for a five
Speaker 1: year deal with the Lakers moving forward. So this is
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun game. But like I said, anytime
Speaker 1: you get a chance to play the Lakers and then
Speaker 1: you were traded and the trade went down kind of crazy,
Speaker 1: there's always gonna be a little extra gas. But you know,
Speaker 1: this is two years removed from that situation. I think
Speaker 1: now it's just another big game for him. UM. Also
Speaker 1: ahead this week, Warriors versus the Sons Steph Cray verse CP.
Speaker 1: This act up has been great ever since Steph came
Speaker 1: in the league, obviously with CP on the back end
Speaker 1: of his career. UM, I think it would be great
Speaker 1: to be able to see this matchup in the playoffs
Speaker 1: one more time. With the Clippers. We had some legendary
Speaker 1: battles with the Warriors, UM and CP and Steph went
Speaker 1: at each other. You know, Steph dropped him a couple
Speaker 1: of times. CP was able to drop him back and forth,
Speaker 1: and our Clipper team was kind of the last team
Speaker 1: to be able to have a handle on that Warrior team.
Speaker 1: And before they went on that that that dynasty run
Speaker 1: they went on. So what are your thoughts with, you know,
Speaker 1: an older CP still being able to do what he
Speaker 1: does and Steph as hot as he is right now? Yeah,
Speaker 1: step is hot. I don't think nobody really wants to
Speaker 1: see Steff right now here on Friday and they squeezing
Speaker 1: our wins, you know, and and he's stepping up even
Speaker 1: when he getting double teams, still getting thirty and night.
Speaker 1: I think the best triple team. Yeah, he's been tripping
Speaker 1: the Clippers. Try to triple team is asked, and he
Speaker 1: was still getting off, still dropping them all. But we
Speaker 1: know what CP doing. Big games, CP shows up, you know,
Speaker 1: and he he got, he got, he got some some
Speaker 1: ammunition with him with Book and the young fellow down low.
Speaker 1: So I like CP chances. I just know big games
Speaker 1: like this, you know, he don't come to play. He
Speaker 1: showed up one thing. I mean, obviously we're mentioned to
Speaker 1: Stephan CP, but the Worriors have been reborn with Draymond
Speaker 1: coming back from injury, you know. And it's not even
Speaker 1: about his numbers. It's just he knows how to play basketball.
Speaker 1: He knows how to run that team, he knows the
Speaker 1: right position for defense, and I think it's such an
Speaker 1: overlooked aspect of his game. But since he's been back,
Speaker 1: and obviously Steph is caught fire. But I think that's
Speaker 1: partly to do with Draymond being back out there and
Speaker 1: Draymond doing what Draymond does. Rookie Radar, there's been some
Speaker 1: standout rookies this year, um Jack, and we'll start off
Speaker 1: with LaMelo Ball, who just became the youngest rookie in
Speaker 1: history to drop a triple double. He almost dropped one
Speaker 1: against his brother's team, missed it by note by one assist,
Speaker 1: but he notched his first one versus the Hawks. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's right now at twelve points, six rebounds, nearly six
Speaker 1: assists in twenty four minutes of the game, coming off
Speaker 1: the bench behind Rosier and Graham. He's gonna be a
Speaker 1: breakout start of me. What are your thoughts on LaMelo?
Speaker 1: And he did it off the bench, coming off the
Speaker 1: bench and started start that game. You know what, But
Speaker 1: we all knew that. We all knew that. You know.
Speaker 1: I remember sometimes you talked about him and I started
Speaker 1: checking him out, you know what I mean, because I
Speaker 1: just didn't know what to expect from him from the
Speaker 1: other brothers. But he is the truth, bro. I'm telling
Speaker 1: how he is the truth. I mean, he can really
Speaker 1: bring Charlotte uh to to to to win an organization.
Speaker 1: They put the right pieces around him, and I like,
Speaker 1: I like I like the tag team of him and Rosier.
Speaker 1: They look good together. Man. But this young kid is
Speaker 1: really getting off to a great start. He not scared,
Speaker 1: and he's shown he can do everything that you need
Speaker 1: him to do on that court. I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: him play. I love his energy and I love it
Speaker 1: looks just looks like he's having fun out there, you know.
Speaker 1: So he's he's a problem. He was my pick for
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, so well, I'm gonna standing by that,
Speaker 1: but I'm excited about him. Um next up, Anthony Edwards.
Speaker 1: There was some doubts about him going number one. I
Speaker 1: think he's quieting those doubters. He's that more team points
Speaker 1: a game, playing about twenty six minutes a game, playing
Speaker 1: behind Malik Beasley, but still someone who can get a
Speaker 1: bucket at anywhere you wanted. And he's a dog. So
Speaker 1: what do you think about him and what he's been
Speaker 1: able to do on a team that's not very good,
Speaker 1: But he's still doing this thing. They they they're gonna
Speaker 1: give him to They're gonna give him the keys to
Speaker 1: that team in a minute, you know, along with Big Cat.
Speaker 1: I think, uh, this kid is is who I had
Speaker 1: a Rookie of the Year. I think he's gonna only
Speaker 1: get better. He's making plays and he's making mistakes that
Speaker 1: you see the last game, he took a he made
Speaker 1: a pass when he took a should have took a
Speaker 1: shot when he got pass from Ruby. You at the
Speaker 1: end of the game and Rubyo puts him to the
Speaker 1: side and you see he embraced it the right way.
Speaker 1: He was like, Okay, now I'm learning this kid is
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem, Matt. Trust me. He's athletic, he's
Speaker 1: not scared at all. He and he's what he what
Speaker 1: we call a young dog. I think I think this
Speaker 1: kid is gonna be real good in this league. Man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love him because, you know, reading up on it before,
Speaker 1: he was a football player at heart. And you know,
Speaker 1: any time a football player is able to transition into
Speaker 1: the NBA, you know they're gonna be tough and be
Speaker 1: a dog. And he's got all the athletic and skill
Speaker 1: set to match that dog. And those two is a
Speaker 1: lethal combination. Next up James Wiseman, who started every game,
Speaker 1: playing twenty minutes. He's at about eleven points, six rebounds,
Speaker 1: and almost two blocks the game. Uh, someone that Draymond
Speaker 1: Green raves about and someone that I knew would be
Speaker 1: able to plug in and do well in this system.
Speaker 1: You know, although they're still trying to find their identity
Speaker 1: for a big thickul has a skill set is his.
Speaker 1: It's easy for him to fit in with this team,
Speaker 1: and he's fitting seamlessly. What are your thoughts on Wiseman
Speaker 1: so far, well, I mean just from just from the jump.
Speaker 1: I'm not comparing him, but his body and the way
Speaker 1: he's playing the game that he's super talented, but his
Speaker 1: he hasn't grown into a full man yet. He's still
Speaker 1: a kid. I think when his body, when his body
Speaker 1: start to form, he's gonna go through some of the
Speaker 1: same ups and downs a d went through. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. He's just on a better team and
Speaker 1: he has better guys around him. So but I think
Speaker 1: as far as body and him getting his his foot
Speaker 1: and in the game, it's gonna take a year or two,
Speaker 1: but this kid belongs. He's gonna be an all star.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be one that dominate the big man in
Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, I see a little bit of Chris
Speaker 1: Bob and him obviously the lefty the inside out game.
Speaker 1: But I think he's bigger and and and more athletic
Speaker 1: than Bosh was. But Bosch, you remember young Bosh in
Speaker 1: Toronto was unguardable, unstoppable. So I see obviously being able
Speaker 1: to learn from Draymond and being in this system with
Speaker 1: Steph is gonna serve him right. But he's definitely gonna
Speaker 1: be a star in this league. Um, one rookie that
Speaker 1: kind of was off to a slow star. But now
Speaker 1: it's gonna have every chance in the world. Is Cole Anthony.
Speaker 1: You know. Unfortunately with Marquet folks tearing his a c
Speaker 1: l um, everyone was happy for that. Marquelle was really
Speaker 1: starting to trying to find his footing in this league.
Speaker 1: But he tears his knee. But you know, this league
Speaker 1: is the next man up opportunity. Now Cole Anthony is
Speaker 1: ready to step to the plate. Someone who's averaging nine points,
Speaker 1: four rebounds, and three assists so far in this young season.
Speaker 1: But I like this kid, young athletic um, and I'm
Speaker 1: interested to see how his game really translate to the NBA.
Speaker 1: And can't he run an NBA team? Yeah? Okay, graduate
Speaker 1: this this this, this is my young boy. Man, He's
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem. Matt. He works. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: he got the NBA d d NA, you know in
Speaker 1: his blood already from his pops. You know. So, uh,
Speaker 1: this kid is an NBA player. Man. You know, I
Speaker 1: hate folks have forks had to go down, but this
Speaker 1: is what happens in the league. When somebody goes down,
Speaker 1: you have to be able to come and step up
Speaker 1: and take advantage of your opportunity. And I know this
Speaker 1: kid is gonna do that definitely, and he and he's
Speaker 1: a dog to super athletic, very skill. So I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be able to see him spread his wings because
Speaker 1: you know, Orlando's right in the thick of things up
Speaker 1: at the top of the Eastern Conference, the NFL playoffs. Man,
Speaker 1: it was just an exciting week. Wild Card weekend was
Speaker 1: everything get cracked up to be a few upsets. But
Speaker 1: we're on to next week's matchups. Um, some exciting matchups.
Speaker 1: First off, the Rams, who upset Seattle? Go into green Bay?
Speaker 1: You got there, I got Green Bay. It's gonna be cold.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, I think this Aaron Rodgers, you together the
Speaker 1: super Bowl. They're not. They don't have the best Green
Speaker 1: Bay team he's ever had, but they're playing hard and
Speaker 1: they're all on the same page. I think Aaron Rodgers focused.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Rams have a shot. I think
Speaker 1: they blew their wide this week. Get Seattle. Uh uh.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is on the m v P type season,
Speaker 1: and as much as I would love to see l
Speaker 1: A pull off the trifector with championships, with obviously the Lakers, Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and Rams. Um. I don't know if the Rams got
Speaker 1: it this this year. I agree with you, Um, I
Speaker 1: think it was a big upset to beat Seattle. But
Speaker 1: green Bay is on a mission right now, so I'm
Speaker 1: definitely picking green Bay as well. Uh. Next up, Tom
Speaker 1: Brady goes into New Orleans to face, possibly for the
Speaker 1: last time, Drew Brees. Who you got. I would never
Speaker 1: go against Tom Brady, definitely not in the playoffs. I
Speaker 1: don't care if he playing with the bad News Bass.
Speaker 1: If Tom Brady on that team, I'm going with tom Brady.
Speaker 1: I loved you, I loved Drew, and you know I
Speaker 1: like New Orleans. I'm a who That fan, But I
Speaker 1: can't not go against Tom Brady. Yeah. Man, tom Brady
Speaker 1: has been crazy at forty three years old, throwing forty touchdowns,
Speaker 1: getting this team on track, and you know, coming towards
Speaker 1: the playoffs season, the most dangerous man in the world.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna have to agree with you. I got
Speaker 1: Tom Brady over the Saints this weekend. Next up, Cleveland
Speaker 1: travels to Kansas City. Cleveland got their first playoff wins
Speaker 1: since nine. You gotta show Baker May feel some respect.
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of ship talking about him, but
Speaker 1: he's able to get his team over the hump finally
Speaker 1: off to the second round of the playoffs, but they're
Speaker 1: facing a tough Kansas City Chiefs team. Who you got,
Speaker 1: jack Man? The Browns. What a season they had. O'Dell
Speaker 1: went down and get another big win, blow out Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: But this is where it stops. Okay, you had a
Speaker 1: great year, Man, ain't no where in hell y'all be
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I'm sorry. I know you're gonna show up
Speaker 1: and play hard, but there's too many weapons over there,
Speaker 1: too much experience, great coaching, everything over there. Uh, Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Che's gonna win his game again. Definitely, I completely agree
Speaker 1: with you on all aspects. But I definitely want to
Speaker 1: show the brown some love, man, And not that you
Speaker 1: know anything can happen in the game, but I wanted
Speaker 1: to because there's someone Baker Mayfield's taking a lot of heat.
Speaker 1: O'Dell took a lot of heat before he went down.
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landy has stepped up and showing that he's in
Speaker 1: you know, a one aid receiver. Uh Chubbs the running game.
Speaker 1: Tough team, but I think they're obviously running into the
Speaker 1: best team in the NFL right now. So I got
Speaker 1: Kansas City as well. Last, but not least, Baltimore goes
Speaker 1: to Buffalo. Buffalo nearly escaped uh A victory against the Colts.
Speaker 1: H Josh Allen that has a great season, but Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson is that man. UH through for a hundred, through
Speaker 1: for over a hundred, ran for over a hundred. The
Speaker 1: team is hot at the right time. Who do you
Speaker 1: got in this game? Well, you know they started the
Speaker 1: bill struggle against Okay coach defense, that Ravens defense. They
Speaker 1: had a whole bunch of seven. They held Big Boy.
Speaker 1: They they held Henry that I think under sixty yards
Speaker 1: and that that's saying a lot for the best running
Speaker 1: back in the game. That's impressive. And the DV has
Speaker 1: been showing up. The dvs made them game winning play.
Speaker 1: So and with the offense, Lamar Lamar Jackson has something
Speaker 1: to prove. You know, he had he had a left
Speaker 1: down last year, we win the MVP. This year he's
Speaker 1: in for a championship and they're playing like it. You know,
Speaker 1: I think these guys, I think these guys win this
Speaker 1: game at least by Oh that's a big blow. I
Speaker 1: mean Stefan Dixon, Josh Allen are having a hell of
Speaker 1: a season. That's that's one of the best combos in
Speaker 1: the game. But I agree that front seven of Baltimore
Speaker 1: and then the way that Lamar Jackson is hot right now,
Speaker 1: you know, you it's hardy game plan for someone like him.
Speaker 1: You know, throw back to a Mike Vic type player
Speaker 1: where he can beat you with his with his arm
Speaker 1: or his legs. So he's playing well, he's not turning
Speaker 1: the ball over and that's what you need to do
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Winding down the show, here goes are
Speaker 1: what's burning? Quick hitters want to welcome back Karl Anthony
Speaker 1: towns Man. This guy jack we both know he's been
Speaker 1: going through a lot. Lost his mom last season. Um,
Speaker 1: I had a chance to actually sit down and talk
Speaker 1: with him in Miami when we're both out there for
Speaker 1: the Biden campaign, talk to him and as his dad
Speaker 1: and just heard how everything went down. You know, he
Speaker 1: luckily his dad survived, His dad was in the hospital
Speaker 1: with his mom while his mom was dying. But on
Speaker 1: top of that loss, I think six other family members,
Speaker 1: maybe seven if I'm not mistaken, But for this guy
Speaker 1: to be able to, you know, put all this aside
Speaker 1: and come out here and hoop really shows what kind
Speaker 1: of word he is. And I just want to send
Speaker 1: my love out to him and his family, uh through
Speaker 1: this tough time. Yeah, I I definitely want to send
Speaker 1: my love about him and his family. I think, uh,
Speaker 1: he he deserved to take as much time as he wanted,
Speaker 1: you know, even when even when everything happened with my
Speaker 1: brother George Floyd. It's a lot of NBA players that
Speaker 1: I know, Matt, It's a lot of NBA players. Everything
Speaker 1: Cat been through. He came to the press conference, stood
Speaker 1: right behind me. Bro. I'm I'm forever indebted to him,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I just pray for him and
Speaker 1: his family and play for continue strength for him because
Speaker 1: he's a great kid man. Absolutely come back with the
Speaker 1: splash and thirteen last game. So hats off to our
Speaker 1: brother Cat. We're here with you, Bro, were sending love
Speaker 1: and prayers out to you and your family. Um. Next up,
Speaker 1: Jeremy Grant. This fucking dude is on fire. Turned down
Speaker 1: a three year, sixty million dollar deal with Denver to
Speaker 1: take the same deal in Detroit because I think he
Speaker 1: wanted an expanded ole and he's definitely taking advantage of that.
Speaker 1: This guy's averaging nearly twenty five points a game. Although
Speaker 1: the team is struggling, this guy is doing this thing, man,
Speaker 1: and I'm happy for him. Yeah, I'm happy for him too.
Speaker 1: I think I think okay, Se didn't use him how
Speaker 1: they should have used when he was there. This kid,
Speaker 1: this kid is an athlete, man, And I'm glad he
Speaker 1: getting his jetz. Dude, I'm glad he made a better decision.
Speaker 1: We're going to Detroit so he can actually play and
Speaker 1: and get the best of his game, and and and
Speaker 1: and and and just go out there and and know
Speaker 1: and do what he knows he can do. You know,
Speaker 1: a lot of times you come off the bench, your
Speaker 1: role is limited, you can't really give you full potential.
Speaker 1: So I'm glad he's getting his money and glad he's
Speaker 1: going out there and make a difference in Detroit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's definitely spreading his ring, showing the world what he's about.
Speaker 1: But he's some guy to play. He plays both sides
Speaker 1: of the ball too, you know, So this guy can
Speaker 1: sneak around and end up being an All Star this
Speaker 1: season by the way he's playing. All I said, although
Speaker 1: his team is struggling. Blake Griffin has been in and out. Um,
Speaker 1: I love the way he's been playing. Uh, next up Hardened.
Speaker 1: We're still on hard and watch it seems like the
Speaker 1: rumbles have settled down. He's leading the league and assists
Speaker 1: at eleven point three a game. Uh. The team is
Speaker 1: a little up and down, but starting to find something consistency.
Speaker 1: They fucked Boogie last night. Did you see the ship
Speaker 1: with Boogie last night? Where? Uh? Yeah, they Boogie did
Speaker 1: everything he did, control himself with the more situation, walked
Speaker 1: away knowing deep down that Morris didn't want no smoke
Speaker 1: with him, so he walked away. And then Lebron sells
Speaker 1: the ship out of a foul and ends up getting
Speaker 1: Boogie kicked out. But I feel bad. But back to
Speaker 1: harden Um playing well. Teams, like I said, finding their footing,
Speaker 1: but it doesn't. It kind of just seems like he's
Speaker 1: locked in right now, and I think as as the Rockets,
Speaker 1: that's what they want to see. Well, I mean, the
Speaker 1: best thing I like about it, You know, he's being professional.
Speaker 1: He's going out there, he's playing, he's playing the game.
Speaker 1: He's he's being the leader of his team and continuing
Speaker 1: to be one of the best players in this league,
Speaker 1: regardless what's going on upstairs in the offices with contract Wise,
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna play with the different teams. So
Speaker 1: I love the fact that he's making the best of
Speaker 1: the situation. I love the fact he's going out there
Speaker 1: and lead, and I think he's starting to feel that
Speaker 1: he can go somewhere with this team. You know, I
Speaker 1: just I just hope guys continue to stay healthy and
Speaker 1: continue to do the right things. Absolute movie, um Battle
Speaker 1: of New York. This is gonna end up being an
Speaker 1: interesting situation. Man, Tom Thibodeau has these these Knicks playing hard.
Speaker 1: I know it's early. Julius Randall's playing his ass off.
Speaker 1: He's got everyone else playing. The Nets are still trying
Speaker 1: to find their footing. Obviously, Katie just returned last night.
Speaker 1: You might need to call Kyrie and see when he
Speaker 1: feels like playing. But hey when it wouldn't it be
Speaker 1: dope to have both these teams headed towards the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I think the city of New York needs this bad.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts? Man? Fuck? No, I ain't in
Speaker 1: the gas. No, I ain't in the gas. Nothing with
Speaker 1: the Knicks. Fuck the Knicks. I'm gonna contellue to say
Speaker 1: that I'm not riding them to that on the gone,
Speaker 1: No damn that I'm going with Brooklyn and the Kicks
Speaker 1: ain't getting no love for me. Yeah, and then you know,
Speaker 1: I don't like Austin Rivers either, so uh. I like
Speaker 1: the young kid from Duke, I like him, but my
Speaker 1: funk the Knicks man Dolan gone. Then I started speaking
Speaker 1: good about the Knicks, but the till then it's all
Speaker 1: about Brooklyn. I mean, man, fuck the Knicks, damn to
Speaker 1: you know, but I don't like I don't like Dolan.
Speaker 1: I do not like Nah. Dolan ain't ship, just like
Speaker 1: Sarvaig ain't shit. But I roote for players. And like
Speaker 1: I said, I like Thibodeaus and acquired taste, and I
Speaker 1: guess that they're acquiring his taste. And I'm really happy
Speaker 1: for Julius Randolphs. Similar to Ingram, he was able to
Speaker 1: get away from the Lakers, not that the Lakers were
Speaker 1: a bad situation, but he was able to get away
Speaker 1: from these teams and really show how talented he is.
Speaker 1: And this guy is absolutely killing. So we'll have to
Speaker 1: see how it goes, how hot they can stay if
Speaker 1: they can stay consistent. But you know, don't look for
Speaker 1: Brooklyn to be down in the cellar of the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference for long. Ones Katie and and Kyrie get back
Speaker 1: on track, they'll start pushing their team back to the
Speaker 1: top of the Eastern Conference. Yeah. I love Tibo, though
Speaker 1: I love some of the young players, but Dolan, but
Speaker 1: Jack on a on a serious note about Kyrie, um,
Speaker 1: I've heard mixed reasons. I've you know, there was a
Speaker 1: port that he said he didn't want to play it,
Speaker 1: but then also heard that everything that went on this
Speaker 1: past week at the Capitol in d C has also
Speaker 1: affected his decision. Have you heard anything of late of
Speaker 1: of of his status or or why he's out, just
Speaker 1: just me knowing Kyrie. You know, he didn't go to
Speaker 1: the bubble for a reason because he wanted to keep attention,
Speaker 1: you know, on what's more much more important in basketball,
Speaker 1: and that's the quality that's us stop getting killed. And
Speaker 1: that's still on his mind. Yeah. Then in the bubble, yes,
Speaker 1: a new season, but these things are still going on
Speaker 1: and he wanted to keep that. His mind is still
Speaker 1: on that. Like Kyrie cares about he has a big
Speaker 1: heart and he understands that once he leaves that basketball game,
Speaker 1: he's dealing with real life. It's real life issues that
Speaker 1: go on, and these things still affect him. So at times,
Speaker 1: you know, basketball is not that important to him when
Speaker 1: people are still like here getting killed. So I understand it,
Speaker 1: and you know what I'm saying. I know it's communication
Speaker 1: with with with with Katie has been good. You know,
Speaker 1: I just hope people on the outside looking in don't
Speaker 1: just judge him because there's a lot of times, a
Speaker 1: lot of people need to understand that there's a lot
Speaker 1: of things in life that's going on outside of sports
Speaker 1: that when way more than a game. To me, I
Speaker 1: think what's most important, and you hit it on the head,
Speaker 1: is he's able to communicate with obviously Katie and his team,
Speaker 1: and they have his back, so it doesn't really matter
Speaker 1: what no one else, fucking things like those guys in
Speaker 1: your locker room have your back. That's the most important thing.
Speaker 1: That's what I respect and that what I appreciate. So
Speaker 1: you know, whenever he feels like, you know, his mind
Speaker 1: is right to come back, obviously they'll be ready for him.
Speaker 1: But I think that brings up a bigger point. You know,
Speaker 1: this past Wednesday, we saw the capital stormed and taken over,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I've spoken a lot about a
Speaker 1: lot on my I g um. As ugly as it was,
Speaker 1: I still think Jack, it was something that needed to happen. Um.
Speaker 1: After they killed after they killed your brother this summer,
Speaker 1: there was still a lot of bullshit, excuses of you know,
Speaker 1: why it happened, or excuses for it happening, And still
Speaker 1: the cops really haven't been charged yet, so there's still
Speaker 1: a lot of bullshit up in the air with that. Um,
Speaker 1: this happening this past Wednesday really shows as African Americans
Speaker 1: what we've been talking about, the double standard. You know everyone,
Speaker 1: and I love that even other races have said if
Speaker 1: that was blacks, it would have been a blood bath,
Speaker 1: and we all know that. And and the fact that
Speaker 1: we saw police officers opening gates allowing these people to
Speaker 1: ransack the capital, showing these fucking terrorists where certain Congress
Speaker 1: members built rooms are. It was absolutely sickening. But like
Speaker 1: I said, I think it's still needed to happen because
Speaker 1: there's not enough people that understand that there is a
Speaker 1: double standard in this country based on the color of
Speaker 1: your skin. And that was set on display on Wednesday. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: it was sad to see um. Like you said, and
Speaker 1: I said the same thing. If it was me and
Speaker 1: you even a hundred feet from that from that building,
Speaker 1: we would have we would have been shot a dead man.
Speaker 1: And and it just sucks. But once again, I'm not surprised, Matt.
Speaker 1: The country was built off that type of Hey, this
Speaker 1: country was built off that type that that that type
Speaker 1: of that type of hate, and that's in that type
Speaker 1: of belief of of you have to do those type
Speaker 1: of things to get your point across. So, like you said,
Speaker 1: it had to happen. But I'm glad it wasn't our fight.
Speaker 1: I'm glad we stood to the side and watch the
Speaker 1: KKK fight the other racist people because that's all that was.
Speaker 1: So I think hopefully this has uh awoken enough people
Speaker 1: to realize first and foremost President Trump is just a
Speaker 1: horrible person who is one of those motherfucking clowns that
Speaker 1: when he loses the game, you want to take his
Speaker 1: ball home. So he's got a bunch of people, he's
Speaker 1: got a bunch of he's got a bunch of people
Speaker 1: out here mad that he literally lost the election. And
Speaker 1: I'll excuse me, and I'll say one thing he did
Speaker 1: throughout this four years, and I'll even say his presidency
Speaker 1: was needed for the fact that he's brought everyone together.
Speaker 1: You know, you've always you've always priested, you know, love,
Speaker 1: love those who love you know, that's been I don't
Speaker 1: want to steal your line, but that's been your line.
Speaker 1: But to me now, it's not necessarily about color division.
Speaker 1: It's about right and wrong, right and wrong, and love
Speaker 1: and hate at the end of the day. And I
Speaker 1: think he has brought black people together, Brown people together,
Speaker 1: and then all of our other allies. We all understand
Speaker 1: what kind of monster he was and when he tried
Speaker 1: to turn this country into. And although there's still seventy
Speaker 1: five million people that believe in Trump, there's more of
Speaker 1: us that don't believe in him and believe in the
Speaker 1: right way. And we're not the minority anymore. They've tried
Speaker 1: to label us the minority to keep us in our place,
Speaker 1: but we're the majority. We have the power now and
Speaker 1: we got to hold onto that. So, like I said,
Speaker 1: hopefully through this unfortunate situation this past Wednesday at the
Speaker 1: Capitol will start heading in the right direction. So peace
Speaker 1: and love to everyone out there. Man. Uh condolences to
Speaker 1: those who lost their lives during this situation, and I
Speaker 1: hope every motherfucker then went to that situation and showed
Speaker 1: their ass ends up paying for the weather. That's jail,
Speaker 1: losing your job. Maybe get your ass beat in the future.
Speaker 1: You've got some ship coming for you. Yeah, Hot off
Speaker 1: the press right now. There's been a postponement tonight between
Speaker 1: the Pelicans and Mavericks due to COVID nineteen regulations, and
Speaker 1: then also tomorrow night it'll be the Celtics verse the
Speaker 1: Bulls will also be postponed. UM. Important to note that
Speaker 1: the NBA as a conference call today to discuss further
Speaker 1: scheduling and kind of understanding how they can try to
Speaker 1: get um contain uh this COVID outbreak, UM, which is unfortunate,
Speaker 1: but I know they'll do what's right. Jack. Before we
Speaker 1: get out of your National championship game tonight, Alabama Ohio State?
Speaker 1: Who you got? I got twenty five cushups Onbama beat.
Speaker 1: I got Ohio State. I wanted Clemson to make it,
Speaker 1: but ohiuse Steak came and whipped that ass. So I'm
Speaker 1: with ohal Stak and we got twenty five cushups on
Speaker 1: the line, well that's a rap. Hope you enjoyed this
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