WEBVTT - Bubble Wrap | Suns Stay Hot, Lillard Locked & Simmons 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:15.760 Good evenings, sweet world, and welcome to bubble Wrap recapping Thursday, 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:19.240 August sixth from Disney World. Shout out to everyone joining 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.439 us live right now on YouTube and all of you 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:25.159 podcast listeners on the Athletic Network, Apple, Spotify wherever you 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.000 get your no Dubs classics. Thank you so much for 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:29.840 joining us. I'm Jag Skeiths and joining us as always, 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:30.640 We've got. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:35.360 Tas Mellus happy midpoint of the seating games fellas. 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.200 We also got the Bearded One, Trey Kirby, Hey out hey, 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.519 the international man of mystery taking it. 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.760 To the max, Lee Ellis Friends. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:50.560 And last but not least, making the magic happen. 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:50.800 GD. 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:54.600 Hello, there is and here we are. Thank you so 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:58.200 much for joining us tonight here late on Thursday. Hopefully 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:02.440 you guys already downloaded and listened to the Beach step 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.800 In podcast. We had a blast on that one. Lee 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.639 went for about fifteen minutes talking lace and for whatever reason, 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.440 it was entertaining. So go check that one out. I 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.720 haven't heard from Mattiol yet. I don't think Mattio has 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.600 listened to the podcast yet, hen't you know. 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:22.280 I can just imagine how much anxiety had when he 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.440 heard that last week, And I want to say, Matt, 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.920 you know, next time you travel on a plane, take 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.440 your own little headdress, because apparently that's also a breeding 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.000 ground for lots of they're a plane. 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:36.200 Yeah, yeah, right. 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:36.600 Off the top. 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:38.360 That'll freak him out, won't it. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:40.880 He's never going to fly again. 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.000 And I think he's going to point out he's going 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.000 he's going to really focus in on the fact that 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:51.920 you said little headrest. He's not well. 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.400 He actually has less of a chance then to contract 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.200 the lace. He has a smaller head. 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:59.440 Yeah, but you know, like listen, Matt. The other thing 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.640 is he goes to the barber every five minutes. They 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.800 would have discovered the lies if he had them as well, 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.880 because his hair is short enough, so they would have 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:08.600 they would have said, what's that your heir, you know, 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.000 but they never did, So he's clean. Yeah. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.720 I mean, I will say one thing after listening back 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.960 to Beached Up and today you talked about Lee, like, 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.600 I mean, the likelihood of me giving it to you, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.760 even if I did have it coming into the office, 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.120 Like we're just sitting in our chairs. We're not like 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:29.720 really shearing hats or anything like that. But but I 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.960 remember specifically task tray ged he backed me up. Maddie 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.680 all lying down on that weird couch we had in 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.280 our office, and Leel is also lying down on that 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:45.200 weird couch, So that's where it could have been. Transferently, Yeah, 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:46.000 it certainly could have. 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:50.120 It could have happened, no doubt, But I think I 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:52.840 think in that sense though, really what you needed was 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.920 like for me to have a big outbreak and to 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.519 leave them on the cushion and then he would have 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.480 had to lie there for a while to absorb them 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.200 up there, and that wouldn't happened. It would have been 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.840 more likely to you know, a close interaction when they 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:09.799 jump from here to hair. Oh, if I ever had it, you. 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.560 Don't think we did? Probably not. Oh okay, yeah, you 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.160 definitely gave lice to Maddio. I'm going with that. 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:15.640 Sure. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.960 All right, guys, tonight we're gonna play a game that 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.080 we have not done in a long time. We're firing 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:26.760 up an old segment called how Worried Are You? And 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.000 for those that remember, it's pretty straightforward. We determine just 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:36.120 how worried we all are about specific teams, players and games. Really, 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.080 after tonight Thursday, down from the bubble and to make 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.880 things easier, we actually have a brand new worried scale 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.440 and lice is in the mix here, complete with five 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:51.560 levels from little worry to extreme worry. Okay, guys, level 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:56.640 one on the worry scale. JD pro tools doesn't work. 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:01.000 The No Dunks podcast is going up late. That's level one. 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:02.880 Not the biggest deal whatever. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.000 Who cares, right, sure? I mean it's a big worry 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:06.280 for me. 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:09.880 That's a level five. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:10.800 Level five. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.240 You went straight to the top with that one. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:14.640 I don't know how you're gonna make it worse. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.719 It gets worse. Level two. You see a fan signed 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:23.560 immediately after stopping to walk up Heartbreak Hill during the 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.480 Boston Marathon. Okay, that's a bit of a concern. That's 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:27.920 a bit of a worry. Like you know, you think 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:29.520 you're a bit of a champion. Look at me, I'm 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.440 running the Boston Marathon. Oh god, I'm dying. I gotta 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:34.800 stop and walk up this hill. Oh no, there's a 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.360 starter spin or a no dug spin. That's not good. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:41.800 That's level two. Level three, you're sharing a hotel bed 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:46.640 with a young and possibly leaky Trey Kirby. 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:53.240 I'm a thirsty guy, like fuller and home alone easy 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:54.080 on the PEPSI. 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.360 It's getting a little more extreme here, Jasey. That's a 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.880 lot worse than pro tools. Trey Kurby might make your 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:06.360 bed a water bed. Okay. Level four, your coworker Lee 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.360 Ellis he's got an itchy head on a Sunday and 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:17.000 the nice ladies are closed. Level five it gets worse 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.120 than that because I think task took us to the 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.320 next level. You got a softball game to play. You've 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.719 been drinking nothing but cocainey beers for five days straight 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.240 at a bachelor party weekend week really, and there's a 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.839 strong possibility you're gonna break your femur rounding third base. Yeah, 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.960 your bones are brittle because of the cocine. That's level 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.919 five because you're gonna break your leg and yeah, you know, 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.560 be hung up all summer for six months in a 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.400 cast or not walking. Okay, those are the levels, guys, 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.520 and our first one is how worried are you if 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.560 you're the Lakers who lose tonight to the Rockets of 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.680 drawing the Blazers, who of course won in the first round. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:02.480 Task those levels tools going down? Uh oh, you stopped 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.160 running in a marathon you saw a fan sign, you're 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.480 sharing a hotel bed with Trey Lee has lice, or 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.479 you're gonna break your femur playing softball. How worried are 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.040 you if you're the Lakers right now? Of seeing the 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.560 Lakers and the Blazers, excuse me, in the first round. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.600 I'm gonna go number two. Never run a marathon. Don't 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.920 know how this feels, but I think this is the 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.360 right level, and I'm gonna combine it with the fact 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.440 that just the current state I guess of the Los 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.440 Angeles Lakers, because this is the worst it could have 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.440 gone for the Lakers coming into the bubble, you know, 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:38.719 without having actually had a big injury happen to them. Okay, 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.640 without an injury occurring. I think this is this is 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.800 basically as bad as it gets. Their best players thirty 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.760 five years old, has a nagging groin injury that took 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:49.719 him out of last season. It's been bothering him for 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.080 a couple of years. And they're not shooting the ball 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.520 all that well. And they've got the Blazers, the best 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.760 of all those teams, the most established, the most experienced 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.880 line to face them in the first round, and so 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.640 they're not shooting the ball all though. Well, they're not 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:07.880 feeling good, their best players not feeling good, and then 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.440 they're gonna get this team who's got an incredible backcourt. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.640 Avery Bradley would be the guy who would be put 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.120 on to Damian Lillard, but he's not in the bubble. 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.160 So they're missing a point guard to a point guard stopper, 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.600 the best guy that they have. And you know, those Blazers, 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.200 they're not a nice light first round snack. Just they're not. 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.520 But all that being said, it's only a two because 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.080 they are the Lakers, and it is Anthony Davis and 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.160 Lebron and none of those teams should be a problem 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.440 down there. But it may come back to bite them 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.400 in round two and three when they've had to scrap 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:45.560 out against a Blazers team, and you see Lebron has 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.760 a bit of an issue. I don't think they're making 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.680 this up. I think that he is thirty five. I 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:50.920 think we do have to remember that. 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.000 And you don't think this was purely rest and they 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.680 just threw on a groin injury. You don't think so 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:57.040 at all. 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.880 No, No, because he said something post game last game 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.320 and he hasn't played all that well he said there's 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.480 something off the court, and I guess he's referring to 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.960 his groin and Anthony Davis, you know, banged a hip tonight. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.080 They're not hitting shots, and I yeah, I don't think 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.240 Lebron is. I just I don't think he would he 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.760 would lie about that number one, number two. It has 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.840 been bothering him for a couple of years. This is 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:26.200 this is fairly chronic. I guess chronic is too strong word, 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.560 but it's around so right two two is still the 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.840 right level. Though, you know, no one's got lice at 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:31.240 this point. 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.000 Lebron doesn't have lice in his beard. That's a good thing. 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.480 But yeah, what do you think, Lee? I mean Lillard 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.880 going for eleven three pointers tonight, forty five points in 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.880 the big win over the Nuggets after struggling to shoot 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.840 the ball a little bit in Disney World and Lakers, Yeah, 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.040 I mean that was not an inspiring game. I would 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.880 say again versus the Rockets, But are you with tasks 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:59.079 like level two? You know, are you around that? Like? Okay, 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.599 if they drawed Blazers in the first round, that'll be 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.400 a bit of a fight, won't be easy, but you 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.400 think they could still beat them, or is there cars 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:05.920 for a concern. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.240 Oh, there's no real cause for concern because it's it's Lebron. 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.600 You know, he's probably just going to take his take 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.880 his time now coming up to the playoffs. They've taken 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.960 home the number one seat, they've locked that up, so 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.520 Lebron right now knows he doesn't have to exert too 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.679 much energy. And he took tonight off again, whether the 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.600 rest of caution precautionary, probably a little bit of both. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.280 And the Lakers haven't been playing all that well right now, 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.680 but again, it's Lebron. He doesn't need to be playing 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:31.880 all that well right now. He'll kick it up a 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.560 notch in that first round. And you can look at 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.120 it one of two ways. You can say the Blazers 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.640 are a great first up matchup for the Lakers because 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:39.960 it's going to be tough. It's not going to be 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.280 a sweep. You know, if if you've played the Grizzlies 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.400 or you know, let's say the Pelicans or the Suns, 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.439 I feel that's more of the Lakers are just gonna 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.040 they're going to blow by them. But with Lilid and McCollum, 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.280 that's a tough matchup and you look at Nurkic and 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.559 Hassan Whiteside, Zach Collins. Now those guys aren't great, but 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.640 they're big, long body, so at least they can sort 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.320 of help, you know, contest with Anthony Davis, you know, 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.280 and Dwight Howe. So they've got match up in terms 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:06.640 of like size of bodies and things that are going 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.559 to make the Lakers work. But ultimately, I think when 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:11.959 Lebron decides to flip that switch and he's going to 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.400 get now, you know, a week or ten days to 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.400 get himself right, how many times we're going to see 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.800 him in these in these final few games, probably not 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:20.400 all that much, to be honest. I mean, I think 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.120 we'll probably see maybe two more games, maybe not even 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.000 that if he's not feeling one hundred percent. But playoff 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.680 Lebron is something we've seen so many times over the 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.320 years that it's crazy to doubt it now unless the 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.360 injury is way more significant than they're letting on right now. 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:36.680 But I don't think they are. I think it's more 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.840 just he's probably get a little bit of conditioning because 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.360 he's been away playing those first couple of games, it's 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.199 maybe flared up and he's like, I'm just gonna sit 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.920 this one out. But the Lakers, I don't think we'll 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.840 sweep the Blazers at all, but. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:49.960 There's nowhere, no but there's any chance. 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.800 But I also don't see the Blazers taking it to 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.920 seven though either. I think I don't know. 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.240 These Blazers are looking toughly for the first time. It 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.560 feels like Demian Lillard does have to do every single thing, 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.319 like him and CJ don't have to play exceedingly well 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.240 every single night for them to have a chance to win. 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.160 And then when Dame has an incredible game, the Blazers 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.680 look even better. Their team is the most complete they've been. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.240 You know, Nurkic brings so much more to the table 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.440 having Mellow there as you know, a third sometimes a 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.560 fourth score and Gary Trent man another great game for 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.679 Gary Trent twenty seven seven threes, and you know he's 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:26.920 just playing with incredible confidence right now. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.199 I wouldn't take. 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.440 The Blazers over the Lakers, but I wouldn't be shocked 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.400 to see it go to seven games. I mean, if 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.520 Lillard catches a hot streak, if CJ catches a hot streak, 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.400 that team is going to be so tough to beat. 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.440 Yeah, because they're not. They're not an eighth seed. It's 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.760 only because of this weird situation that they're an eighth 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.520 seed or a possible eight seed. I mean they're a 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:50.640 ninth seed. I guess still technically, right, they they got 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.560 four months off to get their whole team back, is 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.800 my point? Like this is I mean, if they're fully 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.480 healthy the whole yearly, yeah, I think you expect the 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.400 Blazers to better than where they are. Yeah right, yeah, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.719 Well then that's that's a tough that's a tough drap 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:02.439 off for the Lakers. 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:02.880 Yeah. 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.320 But the only thing is how deep is their bench really? 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:07.600 Because Trent has been playing well, no doubt about it, 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.400 and then Anthony Simon's played a handful of minutes and whiteside, 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.480 but that's really all the Terry starts use. Now in 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.240 the playoffs, you know, coaches tend to go, you know, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.760 with a shorter rotation, but lil had played forty one 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:19.520 minutes to night McCollum played forty. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.240 Like, oh, he'll do that every night in the playoffs. 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.319 Yeah, I know. But it's that That's where I'm a 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.360 little bit worried though, whether or not someone like Gary 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.839 Trent can give them that same production in the playoffs, 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.160 you know, maybe he can, maybe can't. I mean, he's 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.000 definitely been shooting the ball really really well. But it's 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.560 like it's a whole different story when it's playoffs, even 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.000 though this environment is different. But the other question is 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:42.040 how long does the starter's bump last for? Because Gary 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.240 Trent Junior was I think the best player of that 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.959 game we did in Vegas in sumer League. Remember he 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.720 hit the four threes and interviewed him after the game, 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:50.840 so I. 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:55.720 After the game, yeah, yeah. 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:01.640 That yeah, Well yeah, call the ladies. 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.360 Uh, the Blazer's got to get in first. Let's yeah, 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.760 they do have some tough games come up. They got 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.000 a back to back with the Clippers and Sixers this weekend. 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.200 I do like the thing that Charles Barkley brought up 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.040 on the broadcast. He said, the Clippers is gonna sick 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.560 guys on Saturday, so the Lakers have a tougher matchup. 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.520 Portland wins. Makes a lot of sense. The Clippers are already 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.319 starting to sick guys. Denver sitting guys. You're going to 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:27.920 see this back half of the seating games. A lot 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.360 of teams sitting guys. But you know, I like the 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.440 matchup for the Lakers is the guards are a problem, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.200 but the big I think it actually helps them because 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.840 outside of Lebron and Ad, we've talked about Danny Green 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.640 and Kyle Kuzman, who they're gonna play at least with Nurkic, 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.880 you know that you're gonna have to play McGee or Dwight, 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.880 and that's they've got those bodies, and now you don't 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:51.880 have a questionable guy like Deon Waiters or j R. 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.240 Smith coming off the bench and potentially screwing things up 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.040 for you. So that's like a nice little weird thing. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.360 And even though their best lineup is going to be 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.880 end of Game A D at the five, but it's 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:07.200 freakin interesting. It's totally right. They're not this ninth seed. 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.120 Undoubtedly they're a better team, and that they may have 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.000 ended up the eight seed anyway because they're a slow 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.720 starting team and there's a big gap between seven and 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.280 eight right now. But yeah, Pump pumped that they have 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.880 put this thing together. They are absolutely on a run 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:25.240 at the exact right time. So yeah, this is this 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:29.040 is a drama, This is this is scintillating stuff. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.520 Isn't it hilarious too? Aren't they the only team that 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.880 voted against this whole idea? 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:34.480 That's right? 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.480 Which is awesome. Yeah, I mean, I you were saying this, 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:41.280 and I agree with you because I've said it multiple times. 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.000 I actually, if I'm a Lakers fan, I love the 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.400 idea of being challenged really on. I think a guy, 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.800 a team excuse me that is like has title aspirations. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.880 I think it's generally better to be sort of punched 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:54.320 in the face early on. It's a bit of a 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.840 wake up call. Now. This whole bubble thing is completely 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.520 different than of course years past. But I like, if 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.120 you get test sitting in a couple of games early 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.800 in the first round, maybe it goes to six, and 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.400 maybe the Blazers put up what should be a great fight. 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.240 I think they take a game or two, no problem 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.360 with the way they're playing right now against Lakers. That's 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.800 good though. I think that's actually good for your eventual 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:17.160 run to maybe a championship. So maybe it's a blessing 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.040 in disguise. But man, I think I don't know. If 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.920 it started tomorrow, let's say, and it was the Blazers 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.760 in the eight seed and the Lakers won. I think 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.200 you would see a lot of people picking the Blazers. 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.160 Is that far fetch tray? I know, I mean, of 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.480 course there's a lot of Lakers fans, but I mean 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.200 I feel like a lot of abundance could talk to 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:38.240 themselves and taking picking them, picking them. Okay, you're saying seven, Okay, 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:38.880 you would. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.800 See a whole bunch of Lakers in seven. Yes, Okay, 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.880 ultimate hedge. It could go either way, but I'm ultimately 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.040 going with the Lakers, no doubt. That's where I would be. 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.880 Gotta look smart when it all comes down to the graphics. 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.600 The ultimate hedge. It's a good way to put it. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.520 Okay, it be a hell of a series and they 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.040 are playing well, and you're right, I mean, it's just 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.000 a different beast when Gary Trent Junior is hitting all 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.840 these threes. And I heard Brian Winhors say this on 0:15:59.880 --> 0:16:03.760 his podcast today, we could have which is pretty wild 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:08.200 to think a Mellow versus Lebron series here and Mellow 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:11.560 might be mashed up on Lebron decent amount of time 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:13.760 in a potential series. I mean, they played once when 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.720 it was the Knicks in the Heat. I think the 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.560 Heat won that in five, right if I if I read, yeah, 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.760 that was a pretty funny little little anecdote there that 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:26.960 they could play again in the Western Conference. 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.240 And yeah, I did forget I was going to bring 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.680 up that point. Yeah, that's why the Lakers are going 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.840 to smash I mean, that's said. That is a problem. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.480 Melo's going to try and cart. They don't really have 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:41.120 anybody else. Yeah, it's a big problem. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.960 It could be. All right, let's keep it going here, Trey, 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.440 you get a start. How worried are you on again 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.640 our scale of one to five. I won't go through 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:54.400 it again. But of the Grizzlies or the Pelicans losing 0:16:54.440 --> 0:17:00.720 their Megabowl spot to the undefeated Phoenix Sun. Yes, the 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.280 Suns beat the Pacers day. It's only the Suns and 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.800 the Raptors the only undefeated teams left in the bubble. 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:07.359 How worried are you if you're the Grizzlies of the 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.400 Pelicans of losing that ultimate spot. 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:13.399 I got a lot of hair and it's really itchy, 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.960 really itchy. I'm licening this one up for sure. But 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.320 before oh, no doubt about it. The Suns are balling 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:24.119 right now. Four and oh I saw on Twitter decided 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.080 not to fact check it, but I'm gonna roll with 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.719 it anyways. Is this the first time Devin Booker has 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.320 won four straight games in his career? 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:30.959 Oh? 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.960 Yeah, wow, it seems so legit that it had that 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:35.000 it had to be true. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:36.400 But yeah, they look I. 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.120 Think they did a couple of years ago. I think 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.280 since like twenty eighteen, or maybe not, maybe, who knows. 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:46.600 They look incredible. Go on, I'll check the fact check exactly. 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.560 They look so good, I would say, I mean, it 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.320 almost seems perfunctory at this point. But like, sorry to 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.920 the Grizzlies, it seems like they're done right now. They're 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:58.119 playing so poorly. They've sustained this injury, and it just 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.520 seems like it's gonna be very tough for them to 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:01.920 get their own him back. Who knows what the Pelicans, 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.040 they've been very up and down so far, But to me, 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.240 it's all about how well the Sun's been playing. Booker 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.840 looks like Lee has been saying, like a superstar, like 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:12.520 a franchise leading kind of player. DeAndre Ayton seems to 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.600 be growing by the game, contributing on both ends, running four, 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:19.040 looking like an incredible big man, and Mikhale Bridges is 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.320 a lockdown kind of defender. He actually put the clamps 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.040 on TJ. Warren to the point where now people are saying, 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.719 Devin Booker is the bubble boy, just taking it from 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:28.720 TJ Warren like that. You know, you hit a game 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.200 winner and then you beat him in the next game, 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:32.400 people are putting you on top of those bubble rankings. 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.199 I don't know, Lee, we might have to give him 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:34.480 the sea. 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.399 Yeah, it was another very impressive performance from the Suns today. 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:45.120 Paces Well, that was a pretty ordinary performance. I gave 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.280 up a seventeen I run and a twenty one I run, 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:48.840 So if you're gonna do that, it's gonna be tough. 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.160 But yeah, Devin Booker again because he was in foul 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:54.040 trouble in that third quarter, he sat down and it 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:57.280 was actually incredible. That bench for Phoenix was fantastic. Campaign 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.480 was great. But again, Cameron, excuse me, Booker when he 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.400 came out, it just did those things again that he's 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:08.080 been doing so very very very very impressive. But they 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.840