Speaker 1: Welcome back to What's Burning. I mean U c l
Speaker 1: a brother and here Julynni McCoy. Man, let's get right
Speaker 1: to it. You don't know how long it took me
Speaker 1: to set this ship up. So I'm going I'm gonna
Speaker 1: come on the road right now, coming to you from Sacramento.
Speaker 1: King's just lost to a tough Horners team. I was
Speaker 1: telling you guys last time in the group chat, I
Speaker 1: saw a Mellow play live for the first time. That
Speaker 1: motherfucker's cold boy. Oh man, he was in fault of
Speaker 1: the whole first half. You have three points, seven assists
Speaker 1: in the first half only played like eight minutes, and
Speaker 1: then the second he ended up with like twenty five
Speaker 1: and twelve and six. It was like he's one of
Speaker 1: those rare players. He could score two points that dominated game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was crazy, So man, let's get to it. Last week,
Speaker 1: great week on the Laker front, all the smoke. We
Speaker 1: got Jack to fly to CALLI and had Magic Johnson,
Speaker 1: who will be our first show of three live experience.
Speaker 1: Um DJ Quick for Our was the DJ and that
Speaker 1: night Grade five shoutout the Home h Wood Group, Beverly
Speaker 1: Hilton Legends, the whole Malcolm Showtime team thoughts on it.
Speaker 1: You were there legendary, remarkable, having Jack out, you know,
Speaker 1: getting surrounding him with some brotherly love, getting them back
Speaker 1: out of the house again, starting to get him back,
Speaker 1: you know, getting actimated to work. But the love and
Speaker 1: energy and like the surrounded the building I believe was
Speaker 1: medicine to him. I believe at some point at time
Speaker 1: during the interview, Magic started to realize, you know, we
Speaker 1: had black folks out there looking good at the top
Speaker 1: of the Beverly Hills Hotel, and I think he did
Speaker 1: say something about that, you know, addressed that to the crowd.
Speaker 1: Everything was first class. You shout out to the time
Speaker 1: of Malcolm team and everybody shout out to you. The
Speaker 1: speech was amazing. Your pregame speech was amazing, Very maximus, gladiators.
Speaker 1: I was proud. What was proud to see your speeches
Speaker 1: are involving Uh, I'd like to know how you thought
Speaker 1: going up there, that's your god A man thought it
Speaker 1: was dope. I mean for for us to be able
Speaker 1: to grab magiw Johnson, you know, someone I've looked up
Speaker 1: to since I was a kid. Uh, you know, to
Speaker 1: to call him a friend and a brother, and then
Speaker 1: to actually get him locked in on on all the smoke.
Speaker 1: It's been a sam similar to Will Smith. I've been
Speaker 1: trying to get him for years. Uh. You know, he
Speaker 1: blessed us with some time last week and again a
Speaker 1: live show on top of that. The vibe was incredible.
Speaker 1: The funny part, I hope that we edit and show
Speaker 1: when I had to take a quick pee break and
Speaker 1: Paul Pierce just jumped up as the collage with Jack
Speaker 1: and started ye, I hope we keep that in there.
Speaker 1: Actually was perfect, Unlike it was just so I wasn't
Speaker 1: playing it. He just hopped up and kept kept the
Speaker 1: show going. So I thought that was dope. But in
Speaker 1: other news, bad Laker news, obviously, Anthony Davis goes down
Speaker 1: with the foot injury. He's been playing absolutely unbelievable avenge
Speaker 1: about twenty seven and a half and twelve. Hurt himself
Speaker 1: against Denver. Didn't look too bad, but they say he'll
Speaker 1: be out for a handful of weeks. Um Again, I
Speaker 1: think this season, of all scenes I can remember outside
Speaker 1: of the bubble, like Anthony Davis kind of reminded the
Speaker 1: world who he is. He's been playing tremendous basketball. Um.
Speaker 1: But another injury. UM. An unfortunate, random injury. But Gilanni
Speaker 1: is this who Anthony Davis is when he's healthy, He's unincredible.
Speaker 1: But the hardest thing is to keep him healthy. We
Speaker 1: don't we don't like to play games with people injuries.
Speaker 1: You know, we're not in those locker rooms every day.
Speaker 1: It looks like a D is trying to turn the
Speaker 1: corner and be you know, serviceable for us. Close to
Speaker 1: a D two games and he has he started the game,
Speaker 1: remember wins and through back injuries, you know, playing in
Speaker 1: the first couple of games of the season. So I
Speaker 1: think this is this you might have to just logically,
Speaker 1: as when you're assessing your talent in the front office,
Speaker 1: you might have to accept the a D may need somebody,
Speaker 1: you know, to run against him, an understudy. I think
Speaker 1: Thomas Brian is you know, before people Thomas Brian got injured,
Speaker 1: Thimes Brian was a health of a player. Solid. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was dellow double DeAndre DeAndre ish with Jumper. I
Speaker 1: look at guys like that, but I think a D
Speaker 1: is all was gonna need somebody on the side, so
Speaker 1: you know, here and there when these injuries or even
Speaker 1: just when he needs to take time off to step
Speaker 1: in and be able to be productive at this spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's just unfortunate. I mean it's he's so talented.
Speaker 1: And again, I think this last run of maybe six
Speaker 1: to eight weeks, like he's really imposed his dominance on
Speaker 1: the game. And and and shooting a high field goal
Speaker 1: percentage seem like the Lakers and Lebron they were running
Speaker 1: through a D and and the team had been playing
Speaker 1: a lot better. You know, Lebron was able to be
Speaker 1: himself by still running through a D. Russ has bought
Speaker 1: into his role. Shout out to d ham Um. The
Speaker 1: role players have been playing well. But obviously this is
Speaker 1: a huge hit. So they actually come to Sacramento tomorrow,
Speaker 1: so I'll be calling that game. So the interesting to
Speaker 1: see what kind of energy this team has. Knowing that
Speaker 1: you know, their go to guys gonna be down for
Speaker 1: about a month, it should be used to it. Unfortunately. Yeah,
Speaker 1: next up, Um, something weird man and and and and
Speaker 1: I hate it because it's coming from former players. Um,
Speaker 1: I'll start with my brother Eddie House. How he was
Speaker 1: disrespectful to the Orlando Magic when they played at home
Speaker 1: and home with the Celtics. Um, the Magic beat him
Speaker 1: the first time in Boston, Eddie says some some low
Speaker 1: key disrespectful ship and then you know, with this new
Speaker 1: schedules at home and home. So Orlando got him the
Speaker 1: next time they played, you know, the day after, two
Speaker 1: days after in Boston, and and uh, you know, some
Speaker 1: of the Orlando players trolled him with the ray for
Speaker 1: Austin slap during the playoffs and wait for slap Eddie
Speaker 1: and Eddie got into the back and forth and told me,
Speaker 1: you know, win one of these in Holler. But again,
Speaker 1: Eddie House being my brother. Um, I just don't like
Speaker 1: that kind of like I don't feel like, like, why
Speaker 1: do we feel like we have to disrespect these this
Speaker 1: this generation of players. Again, our job as former players
Speaker 1: is tough because we have to be critical and sometimes
Speaker 1: you know, for me, I'm you know, critique and former
Speaker 1: teammates or whatever it is. But I feel like you
Speaker 1: could still be critical without disrespect. And then this bum
Speaker 1: ask motherfucker while the zerbiak Uh, it's just completely disrespecting. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: Tyrese Halliburn, who's leading the league and assist calling him
Speaker 1: a fake All Star and fake this and fake that.
Speaker 1: I'm just like like, why, like, what's the point of that, like,
Speaker 1: what do you get out of that? You know, you
Speaker 1: know these people on these and I'm on a regional network,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not here insect doing NBC Bay Area.
Speaker 1: But it's just like, I don't see why former players
Speaker 1: feel like it's like it's their spotter that that doesn't
Speaker 1: make them feel better to disrespect these guys, Like, to me,
Speaker 1: this ship is super weak. I don't like it. Um,
Speaker 1: what do you think some of us have more G
Speaker 1: four team classified than others. I'm well aware of that.
Speaker 1: You know, we have all of us as former players.
Speaker 1: If you're gonna hop on these devices and get in
Speaker 1: front of people, we all have a responsibility to do
Speaker 1: it a little better. I feel like it's too easy
Speaker 1: for you know, former players to text shots and diggs,
Speaker 1: you know, while they got the camera in front of
Speaker 1: their facing. But I know it's a hard job because
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, that's how they're going
Speaker 1: to keep their job. You know, there's been a handful
Speaker 1: of players that have been able to, you know, get
Speaker 1: their sea legs and criticize you know, Uh, I don't
Speaker 1: know why while these aerbiac is talking about that last time,
Speaker 1: you know, I knew he was on the shoulders of
Speaker 1: a lot of other great players, you know, soaking up
Speaker 1: some minutes and shots, and then they were left around.
Speaker 1: And I know he might have some moments, but I
Speaker 1: don't think he has the G four team classified to
Speaker 1: be speaking up like he's shot or KG or anybody
Speaker 1: else for that matter. So I think it's on them.
Speaker 1: They gotta go do better, and they gotta go look
Speaker 1: in the mirror and figure out how they want to
Speaker 1: be leaders. Yeah, I mean, I think you hit it.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously there's been talking, you know, Shock and Kenny,
Speaker 1: and those guys are G fourteen classified, So I mean,
Speaker 1: if they're gonna talk to ship, they're gonna talk their ship.
Speaker 1: But I just you know, outside of those two guys
Speaker 1: in particular, it's just like there's been five thousand players
Speaker 1: in the history of the NBA. So that's why it
Speaker 1: bothers me a former players feel like they have to
Speaker 1: shoot on the younger players because of the history of
Speaker 1: the game. Only five thousand people ever played this game,
Speaker 1: and everybody in the world wants to be in the game,
Speaker 1: so these guys can respect and understand how hard it
Speaker 1: is for these young boys to kind of make their way,
Speaker 1: but I just see it so often. Man, It's just like, man,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a tough position, but if you know
Speaker 1: the game well enough, you can talk about plenty of
Speaker 1: other ship. And again, we have to critique, that's it's
Speaker 1: part of our job. But to me, you can critique
Speaker 1: without disrespecting. I thought would while the serb A deal
Speaker 1: was some bitch ass ship and I didn't even like
Speaker 1: with Eddie Houston and that's my homeboy. So it's just like, man,
Speaker 1: we gotta do better. Um as former players, like you said,
Speaker 1: they have this camera in our face and and and
Speaker 1: it's our obligation to report back to the fans. So anyway,
Speaker 1: come on, man, that's how you get that, That's how
Speaker 1: you get that disconnect. That's how you get that disconnect.
Speaker 1: And that's why younger players don't funk with older players
Speaker 1: because it's stupid ship like that. So anyway, moving on,
Speaker 1: the nets are creeping up the Eastern Conference ladder over
Speaker 1: the last ten games, Kevin Durant is at thirty three,
Speaker 1: seven and five. Um, I've always said, and we haven't
Speaker 1: really got a chance to see this line with this
Speaker 1: whole team since they've been to Brooklyn has always been
Speaker 1: so much outside noise. You know, it's you know, Katie
Speaker 1: was hurt when he first came, uh, you know, then
Speaker 1: they're able to get James, and then Kyrie kind of
Speaker 1: goes on his hiatus and you know, his you know,
Speaker 1: not vaccinated, and then all the stuff that was going
Speaker 1: on this year, and it seems like all this stuff
Speaker 1: is behind him. And when these two guys, in particular
Speaker 1: Kevin and Kyrie just get a chance to play straight basketball.
Speaker 1: There's not too many people in the history of the
Speaker 1: game that are better than these two guys. So it's
Speaker 1: it's beautiful to see that, you know, Jack Bond has
Speaker 1: these guys heading in the right direction, um three and
Speaker 1: a half back from the number one seed, and you
Speaker 1: know that they were terrible, you know, just not too
Speaker 1: long ago. So what are your thoughts on on the
Speaker 1: next kind of climbing the ladder now that the outside
Speaker 1: know it's the silence and basketball is to the forefront.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we hinted to this a couple
Speaker 1: of w b s ago on my feelings about how
Speaker 1: Jack ma Jack Von might have been that guy for
Speaker 1: this team, and it seems like he is. He's keep
Speaker 1: the this team close together and just who and you
Speaker 1: know in northern outside nonsense that's going on, you know,
Speaker 1: but whether it's you know, ownership or you know, media,
Speaker 1: it seems like k D. Katie has G fourteen G
Speaker 1: fourteen classified, so it seems like his comment might to
Speaker 1: put fire. And so some people's asks, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, included himself and Kyrie. So we talked about,
Speaker 1: you know, the nets for a reason because at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, I think we said, nobody, if
Speaker 1: they ever get this ship together, don't don't nobody want
Speaker 1: to see the nets in the east exeparate hand for
Speaker 1: the teams, and that could flip flop with injuries and
Speaker 1: you know, the the NBA, the storylines are just awesome.
Speaker 1: Health is gonna be a player, big part, and it
Speaker 1: seemed like they're you know, they're getting a couple of
Speaker 1: pieces back and staying healthy and I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: still I think the nets are gonna be just fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it'll be interesting to me. You know. You
Speaker 1: see that they're looking to actively trade Joe Harris, but
Speaker 1: they got him back, they got Curry back, t J. Warren,
Speaker 1: someone who's very underrated. Why, I like a lot got
Speaker 1: him back in the mix. Um, so be interesting to
Speaker 1: see if they make any moves before the All Star break.
Speaker 1: But know, anytime you have Kyrie and and and KD
Speaker 1: healthy and just playing basketball, it's the hell of a
Speaker 1: two man game. Man, So wish them the best of
Speaker 1: luck and happy for them just to be able to
Speaker 1: play basketball break. He knews here on what's burning. The
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns have been sold to a gentleman named Matt
Speaker 1: ish b. Excuse me if I mispronounced his last name, uh,
Speaker 1: Michigan State grad. If I'm not mistaken, I think he
Speaker 1: was a walk on basketball player there who's in the
Speaker 1: mortgage space now. But the Sons have been sold. Um,
Speaker 1: I think it's good. You know, the Robert Sarver situation,
Speaker 1: to me, he didn't get enough heat because so much
Speaker 1: ship came right after him that he made Doka stuff
Speaker 1: and then the Kyrie stuff, so no one really got
Speaker 1: to focus on what kind of piece of ship Robert
Speaker 1: Sarver is. But glad that this transaction has happened for
Speaker 1: the sake of the NBA. UM. Again, there's no room
Speaker 1: for racism or sexism or just being a bad person.
Speaker 1: And yeah it is MS and and That's what Robert
Speaker 1: Sarver was, So congratulations, gone, congratulations. The Sons have been
Speaker 1: sold to a to a to a guy with some
Speaker 1: morals and integrity, and you know, I hope he continues
Speaker 1: to help this team playing the latter. Phoenix is a
Speaker 1: great city, great fan base. Um, you know, so I
Speaker 1: wish CP and Book and those guys the best. Now
Speaker 1: back to your regular scheduled program. Donovan Mitchell Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: Player of the Week. Uh, four straight wins, best home
Speaker 1: record in the East, or excuse me, best home record
Speaker 1: in the NBA, third in the East currently, Lana is
Speaker 1: this legitimate contender? You feel like in the Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: or let alone the league? I do. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna start rather than in Cleveland right now,
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell seems that, you know, there's the the articles
Speaker 1: and or the links to you know what, because his
Speaker 1: time has been like in Utah and when you know
Speaker 1: how he's feeling a little bit more comfortable in Cleveland,
Speaker 1: you know. Uh, And I can I can imagine why.
Speaker 1: But I like this team. There's youth, there's experience, there's
Speaker 1: championships experience. They got an excellent coach, Um, they got
Speaker 1: some pieces, they can move around there, they have links,
Speaker 1: they have speed, they have shooting, they have defense. Uh,
Speaker 1: I could think they're the top defensive team in the league.
Speaker 1: So I think they're holding down the number one record
Speaker 1: at home and they're number one record on defense for
Speaker 1: a reason. That's because they're pretty They might be pretty good,
Speaker 1: you know. So I'm happy for these young dudes, you know,
Speaker 1: I help they continue to stay healthy. Like if we said,
Speaker 1: we all know that's a big part of it. Happy
Speaker 1: for don event, and I think they're gonna remain up there,
Speaker 1: you know, top three, top four store spots in the
Speaker 1: East and nobody, nobody might not be there to call
Speaker 1: their bluff at the end of the day. Sometimes that's
Speaker 1: what this ship comes down to. You can get you know,
Speaker 1: I mean galvanized and going on a good road. When
Speaker 1: it's seven out of ten games every ten, six out
Speaker 1: of four, you know, if you're looking up, you're still
Speaker 1: in that top three spot. You produced some winning habits
Speaker 1: for you know, three season. Everything every season is different.
Speaker 1: So I like this Cleveland team and I'm gonna start
Speaker 1: rolling with him. Plus they have switch over there, you know,
Speaker 1: they host the Swish and His Cleveland Weekend from the
Speaker 1: Browns doing the course side of at the Cavalier game.
Speaker 1: So I'm happy today, you know, acknowledge one of their
Speaker 1: former players, and I think I'm an start rolling with
Speaker 1: the Cavaliers. Yeah, definitely shout out JR. Um. I like
Speaker 1: this team again, young team, uh, young coach, playing the
Speaker 1: right way. Um. This Eastern Conference is just the motherfucker though. Man,
Speaker 1: the Celtics, the Bucks. I think this is a second
Speaker 1: round team. And and like you said, if no one
Speaker 1: calls their bluff, I could see them making the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference finals. I don't know if they're ready to represent
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference in the finals, but I definitely think
Speaker 1: this team has headed the right way for all the
Speaker 1: reasons you said. I really like this team. Uh. You
Speaker 1: touched on the Jonovan Mitchell situation. Are you get a
Speaker 1: chance to read the article? Uh that Marcus Spears just
Speaker 1: did an interview with him, but it was it caught
Speaker 1: my instantly because he was talking about kind of the
Speaker 1: energy in Utah and Jack and I have been talking
Speaker 1: about this ship since oh six, oh seven are excuse
Speaker 1: me the oh seven season when we said there's just
Speaker 1: racism and he talked about being pulled over and how
Speaker 1: he was getting harassed until he showed his idea and
Speaker 1: who he was, and it made him think, like what
Speaker 1: about the other black people here? Uh, you know that
Speaker 1: I don't have my position and power, Like how are
Speaker 1: they treated and and how people can cheer for him
Speaker 1: one second and then the next second. Uh, just the
Speaker 1: negative racial tension energy. And he spoke to obviously playing
Speaker 1: in Cleveland where he sees more people that look like
Speaker 1: him and he feels that a lot more comfortable. And
Speaker 1: it was crazy because obviously I didn't know this interview
Speaker 1: was comparable when Cleveland came to Sacramento. I went down
Speaker 1: the court and talked to him, and I'm just like, man,
Speaker 1: I have a great season, Like, how would like what's
Speaker 1: going was changed? He's like, bro, I'm happy, Like damn,
Speaker 1: that's all it takes is to be happy. And and
Speaker 1: obviously hearing the backstory now, and it's crazy because how
Speaker 1: do you treat your like that, your franchise player. I mean,
Speaker 1: it just shows how much hate is really out there
Speaker 1: and the fact that and like I said, I haven't
Speaker 1: read the article yet. I look forward to reading the article.
Speaker 1: You know, Market Spears is a friend of the program.
Speaker 1: Great Guys, looking forward to reading the article, but again,
Speaker 1: just the kind of the cliff notes I read on
Speaker 1: it, it it just made me shake my head because, you know,
Speaker 1: this is something that's been pointed out. People want to
Speaker 1: continue to deny it, but there's just a lot of
Speaker 1: bullshit that goes on out there, Unta, and I'm glad
Speaker 1: it sounds like he respectfully kind of explained it. It
Speaker 1: kind of makes you think, what was Carl Malone going
Speaker 1: through that? What was that doing the car? But it's
Speaker 1: because Carl was six seventy. They didn't want to smoke,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's you know, Carl really
Speaker 1: has never spoken up about these issues. John Stockton, it's
Speaker 1: thorough Bailey. It's been a lot of brothers that played
Speaker 1: over there with the jazz that are very not so
Speaker 1: it's outspoken as we like to hear. I'd like to
Speaker 1: hear like how they were treated during their times. You know,
Speaker 1: are you putting a car Malone over? Is that the
Speaker 1: Is it the youth movement of the you know, the
Speaker 1: hair and the cars and the change, you know, the
Speaker 1: irritates it? Is it because Carl Malone was riding on
Speaker 1: motorcycles and driving trucks and ships, I'm just saying, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, I'd like that. I'm like, I
Speaker 1: can imagine why he's happy back being in the one
Speaker 1: nine nine nine in Cleveland as opposed to you know,
Speaker 1: step up there and sut like, So I'm happy he's happy.
Speaker 1: And you know what happens when you when you're happy. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, shout out to Donovan Mitchellman, we're happy for you,
Speaker 1: happy that you're in a better place and you're more
Speaker 1: comfortable and carrying your team. Man, So shout out to
Speaker 1: the Calves and best of luck the rest of the way.
Speaker 1: Next up, Money Talks, presented you by Moneyline, the only
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Speaker 1: started a coffee company, was charging his boys twenty bucks
Speaker 1: a cup. But he has transitioned that into a profitable
Speaker 1: venture and uh, you know, he's selling cups of coffee
Speaker 1: now along with merch and and other stuff. So thoughts
Speaker 1: on obviously the creativity and the bubble to create that
Speaker 1: first and foremost, and then you know, two and a
Speaker 1: half years removed the bubble. Uh, he's turned this into
Speaker 1: an actual business. That's off to Jimmy twenty dollars a
Speaker 1: cup sound right for me, you know what I mean
Speaker 1: for an NBA ballplayer and staying at these hotels, you
Speaker 1: go down and get your tea coffee at the lobby,
Speaker 1: it's twenty dollars. He did some good market research, so
Speaker 1: I was like he was on his ship, you know,
Speaker 1: e commerce and him were unable to wear his own
Speaker 1: ship on planes and then photos and you know, reach
Speaker 1: his fan base because at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: these are probably Jimmy Butler fans, and he's got Chicago,
Speaker 1: you know, Miami. You know, there's Jimmy Butler fans and
Speaker 1: every market that he's playing in. So I'm just having
Speaker 1: that people are able to take what they do in
Speaker 1: their daily lives and things that they actually like and
Speaker 1: then profit from them, as opposed to making an informercial
Speaker 1: for somebody else's product. So at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I'm liking what's going on.
Speaker 1: You've had some opportunities to invest in some things, Legends
Speaker 1: being one of them, and other things that you've invested
Speaker 1: in your space cannabis um, How how has it been
Speaker 1: for you using this to transition after basketball, even before
Speaker 1: you got to you know, a TV personality you were
Speaker 1: as serial entrepreneurs. We had a couple of years. I mean,
Speaker 1: before we get to that, shout out Jimmy Butler and
Speaker 1: Big Face Coffee. Make sure you guys check that out.
Speaker 1: I think it's great, you know. I think it's more
Speaker 1: it's normalized now people being able to transition into business
Speaker 1: and you know me and one thing I want players
Speaker 1: to understand too, is there's a lot of times you
Speaker 1: can get equity and businesses for you like you don't
Speaker 1: have to put a dollar in. And that's where I've
Speaker 1: been lucky at being able to be someone who comes
Speaker 1: in the room every time is me and come to
Speaker 1: creativity and ideas and facts and a great Dot connector.
Speaker 1: So I've been able to acquire equity and companies just
Speaker 1: from being me. And I hope that's what some of
Speaker 1: these younger players understand. Sometimes there are times you need
Speaker 1: to invest in, you know, to help you know, pull that,
Speaker 1: and I've done that with a few companies. But I
Speaker 1: just think it's a great time, you know. Obviously, financial
Speaker 1: literacy is something cool now and never used to be
Speaker 1: talked about in the locker rooms when we were coming up,
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about women cars, January's houses. Yet
Speaker 1: we ever talked about, you know, investing and that kind
Speaker 1: of ship. So I think it's dope that this is
Speaker 1: a normalized conversation now and hopefully they'll help athletes, you know,
Speaker 1: not make the mistakes that athletes in the past home.
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Speaker 1: I need some more garrassing you guys sending people organ
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Speaker 1: say over Matt, Yeah, I'm about to say I'm gonna
Speaker 1: keep that positivity, positivity train running to love with Jason
Speaker 1: Brunson's has just brought to that team. You know, just
Speaker 1: just a blue collar grinder and I think his mentality
Speaker 1: fit perfect with coach Thibodeaux and Randall and and the
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Speaker 1: Uh fan questions, fan questions, Uh, the end of the year, man,
Speaker 1: it's been a hell of a year looking back, Um,
Speaker 1: obviously looking forward to getting Jack back in the mixed line.
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Speaker 1: So favorite Yeah, that Jamaican Prince. Oh. Three favorite Christmas
Speaker 1: gift you've given or received? Mm hmm, that's tough, man.
Speaker 1: You know what, it's whatever my kids giving me. It's
Speaker 1: whether it's the random cup holders, I got a dunk,
Speaker 1: a couple of coffee mags, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: And I still I only used us when I drink
Speaker 1: coffee or you know whatever they make me. Those tend
Speaker 1: to be my favorite gifts out of the Christmas on
Speaker 1: the mount the little way they were rapid. I've seen
Speaker 1: a lot of dope Christmas gifts over here that the
Speaker 1: pretty charming charm, right, we both can say that, but
Speaker 1: I would have to say whatever comes from my kids
Speaker 1: usually ends up being my favorite gifts. Yeah, the sentimental gifts. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know's it comes. It's random that it just
Speaker 1: comes to mind. But I remember I talked about this
Speaker 1: the other day. I don't remember why, but I remember
Speaker 1: when I was younger, my first basketball. I remember my
Speaker 1: Mattie Johnson Larry Bird both had their own Spaulding ball,
Speaker 1: and my mom knew I love Mattice Johnson, but she
Speaker 1: went and she said that all the Mattie Johnson balls
Speaker 1: were sold out, so I had to get a Larry
Speaker 1: Bird ball. And I was mad as motherfucker, but also
Speaker 1: happy to have my first basketball. So this is man.
Speaker 1: This is probably like nineteen eight seven, nineteen eighty eight,
Speaker 1: but I remember that because I was looking forward to
Speaker 1: the signature of being I have got a Mattete Johnson basketball,
Speaker 1: but I ended up being Larry Bird. Uh. And I
Speaker 1: was disappointed at the same time and I was super
Speaker 1: happy to have my first basketball, so that she shout
Speaker 1: out to Larry Bird man now that she said that
Speaker 1: when I was a kid and I got this sugar
Speaker 1: right then, and I wanted to sugar. Then your boxing gloves,
Speaker 1: remember the sugar rend the boxing gloves, and they got
Speaker 1: you ship and they got they got you sugar smacks
Speaker 1: boxing gloves. How didn't get knocked out but one of
Speaker 1: the older him? But to fight another day. I'm here
Speaker 1: on what's burning? There you go, we got we got
Speaker 1: a friend of the program in the building getting entirely
Speaker 1: too much love to edit. Man, I don't know how
Speaker 1: how does this happening at Genomatic at the moment? Who
Speaker 1: do you think is the top player? That's a good questions,
Speaker 1: such a question in the moment. In the moment, I mean,
Speaker 1: three guys come to mind right now to me, and
Speaker 1: it's Jason Tatum, Janice and Steph to me, you know
Speaker 1: you can throw Katie in there as well. Um, but
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and take you Jason Tatum, like
Speaker 1: I said, I mean, I think he's got his team
Speaker 1: playing great basketball. He personally is playing great basketball. I
Speaker 1: think he's odds on favor right now, him and Janice
Speaker 1: Uh to win m VP. I know Luca could be
Speaker 1: in that mix too, um, but I really like what
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum has been able to do with his team. Um,
Speaker 1: and individually, I like what Jason Tatum is doing right now.
Speaker 1: I'm obviously and you're always gonna be up there with
Speaker 1: your honest but the ship that Luca is doing, what
Speaker 1: you know, with the lines and you know, the lineup
Speaker 1: that he has down there and like not there's not
Speaker 1: a lot of help, and the way he's scoring and
Speaker 1: the different creative ship that he's doing right now, he's
Speaker 1: almost musty. You know, he's up there with jobs as
Speaker 1: far as you know, they're different watches. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: get the super dunk and all the crazy ship, but
Speaker 1: the level of basketball that he plays in the trifling
Speaker 1: rollo ship. Did he get off when he plays? All
Speaker 1: the uncle ship that he does, you know, and and
Speaker 1: all this weird ship, you know what I mean, off
Speaker 1: balance wrong hand ship is just amazing to watch, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. I know he's he's uses rate
Speaker 1: this high, but just to see somebody go out there
Speaker 1: at night and night and do that ship over and
Speaker 1: over and over again, he's my top pick for the
Speaker 1: best player. I might switch next week, but we say
Speaker 1: it right here and now, yeah, go with Luca. I
Speaker 1: think I don't think you can go wrong obviously with
Speaker 1: Luca and and and his his workload and what he
Speaker 1: has to do for that team every single night just
Speaker 1: to have them in the game. Uh, you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think they got better in
Speaker 1: this offseason. With all due respect, you know, they made
Speaker 1: a beautiful run last season. Obviously, losing Brunson was huge,
Speaker 1: but I don't feel like they replaced him. And the
Speaker 1: fact that we're even talking about Dallas just shows how
Speaker 1: good Luca is. It's funny too, because you know the
Speaker 1: oh the ra ship you say you pulled out. This
Speaker 1: dude is still super young. He's playing like a bat.
Speaker 1: So I look forward to his game maturing and him
Speaker 1: getting a little older, because you know, the only more
Speaker 1: isms come at that time. So lucas a cold, cold
Speaker 1: cold boy. Luca Tatum, Joannice, Steph k D. I don't
Speaker 1: think you can go wrong with even one of those
Speaker 1: five as far as who you feel the best player
Speaker 1: in the NBA is right now, last, but not least,
Speaker 1: at Nate dot Burling game. Should the Blazers make any
Speaker 1: moves before the trade deadline, I want to say the
Speaker 1: Blazers are currently like in the sixth slot. Um is
Speaker 1: that correct? Um? Dame is starting to find this footing. Uh.
Speaker 1: Up and coming young superstar Anthony Simons. I saw him
Speaker 1: playing person It was super impressed with his game. He's
Speaker 1: I mean to to louse c J was tough, but
Speaker 1: if you had to lose c J, I don't think
Speaker 1: you could have replaced him with a better young player
Speaker 1: with possibly more of an upside. And I said that
Speaker 1: without the respected c J comes a hell of a
Speaker 1: player in this league. But Anthony Simmons is it is different.
Speaker 1: And you know Shaden Sharp is gotta rocket up his ask.
Speaker 1: That's dude's flying all over the gym. Jeremy Grant has
Speaker 1: been having a great season. Um, But I I feel
Speaker 1: like they need one more piece, you know, with the
Speaker 1: guys I named, and you know Nurkics is over there,
Speaker 1: but I feel like they need one more piece. I
Speaker 1: don't really watch them enough to know what it is,
Speaker 1: but I feel like they're a piece away. And I'm
Speaker 1: not sure what it is. But I mean, obviously the
Speaker 1: guys I just name are all having, you know, playing
Speaker 1: their hearts out in and again. I love to see
Speaker 1: obviously for Dame's commitment. I just want to see Dame win.
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts with them? What's dope is
Speaker 1: all the players that Chauncey talks about this summer and
Speaker 1: the off season that he was looking forward to saying
Speaker 1: during this upcomm they're all doing their thing, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. So hats off to Chauncey for you know,
Speaker 1: having the foresight and you know, putting the confidence in
Speaker 1: the young players to let him know, Hey, I'm about
Speaker 1: to let you rock. And it seems like, you know,
Speaker 1: they're up to the up to the responsibility. I don't
Speaker 1: watch them enough, you know, uh, the same same way
Speaker 1: as you. But I know they Mike, you know, they
Speaker 1: could use another piece, but we're not on to just
Speaker 1: get a piece, just to get a piece and try
Speaker 1: as it has to be the right piece. But you know,
Speaker 1: shout out to Chauncey. They got new ownership over there too, right,
Speaker 1: you know, the Blazers look like uh about to do
Speaker 1: but they're ready to do their things. So I'm just
Speaker 1: happy that, like you said, Dane gets to get back
Speaker 1: and you know what I mean. You mentioned that, you know,
Speaker 1: not be playing well below in the toilet he's actually
Speaker 1: applied for a playoffs spot. So happy for Dame, of course,
Speaker 1: happy you know, shout out to the Blazers before we
Speaker 1: get out of here. Also, Dame became the Portland's trail
Speaker 1: Blazers all time Ladies score, passing the great Clyde to
Speaker 1: Glide Drexler, So even more reason to teach your motherfucking horn, bro. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I think the reason why Dame doesn't get his just
Speaker 1: do is because of the team he's on and the
Speaker 1: fact that they're best teams in my opinion, coincided with
Speaker 1: the Warriors dynasty run because Dame had some good Portland
Speaker 1: teams that would have always run into the Warriors. But uh,
Speaker 1: you know, similar similar to Quick again, like it hasn't
Speaker 1: he hasn't been as mainstream, uh in the market and
Speaker 1: as far as team performance to kind of get the
Speaker 1: recognition he deserves. But Dame will go down definitely as
Speaker 1: one of the coldest and greatest shooters to ever do it.
Speaker 1: So congratulations on passing Clyde and keep climbing, Bro. That's
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