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Speaker 1: Sharks.

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Speaker 2: Sorry Sharks.

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Speaker 3: Nope, Sharks.

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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry, Shards.

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Speaker 3: I cannot get it. Hey sharks, damn it Sharks.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, sweet shorts, and welcome to the Nodungks podcast

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Speaker 2: on the Athletic Network. It's Tuesday, March twenty fifth, twenty five.

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Speaker 2: I'm Jay Skeets here in the Classic Factory and alongside me.

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Speaker 3: As always Tas mellice O cast listeners, this is for you.

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Speaker 2: Next to him, it's the Bearded one, a tap Sha,

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Speaker 2: hot boy trick Herbie, hey Yo, and over yonder making

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Speaker 2: the magic happen. Super producer JD.

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Speaker 3: Sharks.

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Speaker 2: There he is here.

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Speaker 1: We are.

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Speaker 2: Happy Greek Independence.

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Speaker 3: Day, thank you, thank you, Yes, well earned.

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Speaker 2: And happy thirty ninth birthday to Kyle Lowry the growth. Yes,

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Speaker 2: a lot of things today coming up in a few

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Speaker 2: days on Thursday here in Atlanta. We got a few

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Speaker 2: tickets remaining for our live show in Atlanta. It's the

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Speaker 2: No Dunks Live Podcast Pizza Party with Tabasco. There will

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Speaker 2: be pizza, there will be Tabasco's, there will be larfs,

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Speaker 2: lots of larms guaranteed. Oh yeah. Show starts at seven doors,

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Speaker 2: six thirty. That's at the seven Stages. Dinner in Atlanta,

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Speaker 2: so go get your ticket.

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Speaker 3: In the show notes, what are you laughing now, I'm

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Speaker 3: laughing at the sharks thought because actually I was at

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Speaker 3: a class this morning. My instructor had to leave because

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Speaker 3: he had something to take care of. Oh no, So

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Speaker 3: it's in the back of my brain. I have been

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Speaker 3: thinking that when you introduced me during our live show

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Speaker 3: that I was going to say to everybody that I've

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Speaker 3: been thinking about my belly after that instructor's class, and

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Speaker 3: that if I have to get up during this live show,

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Speaker 3: then that's what's happening. But now I just use it now,

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Speaker 3: So I got to use something.

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Speaker 2: You're preemptively telling us, so i'd be leaving the live

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Speaker 1: That was the joke.

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Speaker 3: That was the joke for everybody out there. Maybe I

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Speaker 3: had a bad tabasco a little.

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Speaker 2: Don't say that task.

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Speaker 1: What are you doing you.

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Speaker 2: First?

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Speaker 3: Come on?

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Speaker 2: We had a wedgie last night speaking of sharks and

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Speaker 2: underwear and all that stuff up your ass. I would

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Speaker 2: try a bazi for the raptors sticking it in DC

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Speaker 2: Legide number thirty seven. We had gone a while without one,

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Speaker 2: so it's nice to get one. The pace has slowed down.

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Speaker 2: Or only on Pace for forty six. We don't like

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Speaker 2: But good call by Devlin. Yeah, on the Raptors call.

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Speaker 2: He was with Alvin Williams, I guess last night, so

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Speaker 2: he was nice shout up from the social media team

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Speaker 2: on Twitter too, they tagged all four of us, thank you.

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Speaker 2: That made me laugh for some reason.

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Speaker 4: Really nice of that and nice of the players to

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Speaker 2: We on today's show are going to hear from Trey

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Speaker 2: eight from drey Herby to day three. So we'll do

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Speaker 2: The big story from the Celtics win over them was

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Speaker 2: He went down in some pain after Demonis Sabonis tried

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Speaker 2: I should say Simonis did apologize for the reckless slash

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Speaker 2: But the Kings lose this game.

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Speaker 1: That is of.

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Speaker 2: get to some of these other games, don't If you

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Speaker 4: I think they led the entire way as well. So

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Speaker 4: the Celtics really took care of business. They continue to

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Speaker 4: do sale once Tatum went down. But the Kings are

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Speaker 4: The offense isn't good. The defense is even worse. They're

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Speaker 4: Over their past ten games, I think they're twenty ninth

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Speaker 3: I would say, of all of the teams in the

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Speaker 2: Well, let's get to those other games involving those other

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Speaker 4: Props to the Suns. We tried to flush them down

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Speaker 4: that's probably not a coincidence. And since then they're thirteenth

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Speaker 4: They basically have cut out the negative players from their lineup.

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Speaker 4: They don't play bowl ball anymore. Beals not going and

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Speaker 2: In the arm. I think to the Phoenix Suns, they're.

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Speaker 4: Playing really hard. They're also getting great performances from Kevin Durant.

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Speaker 4: He had thirty eight in this one forty two in

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Speaker 4: lot more, twelve assists in this one, hit the big

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Speaker 4: think it's been smart from Mike Budenholzer to kind of

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Speaker 4: like we don't need beal around. The Bull Bowl experiment

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Speaker 4: got to find a way to not have to play

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Speaker 4: Nick Richards and they'll be all good. But I'm impressed

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Speaker 3: Well down the stretch. I was confused why Doc Rivers

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Speaker 3: Devin Booker's game winner. I just didn't understand it whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: I don't bet that fault goes to Gary Trent Junior too,

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Speaker 2: Two guys, and credit to boot Bodenholzer. The play before before,

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Speaker 3: Sure, but yeah, Booker. Booker just lost Brook Lopez though

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Speaker 2: He is always looking for credit, man.

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Speaker 3: I mean I bring that up because that just exudes stubbornness.

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Speaker 3: the Phoenix Sun side, I don't think they are guaranteed

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Speaker 2: Very tough. But you know what, I think that's better

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Speaker 3: The play I don't disagree. They definitely lay eggs against

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Speaker 2: But there's a couple of awesome, y honest defensive plays

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Speaker 2: I should say, you know, brook Lopez got a look.

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Speaker 2: Do you like their chances to at least get one

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're playing well right now.

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Speaker 4: They're playing the right guys right now, and they don't

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Speaker 4: It's only for ten games, and like you're saying, this schedule,

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Speaker 2: Why, Yeah, it would be sort of silly.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah it is. Well, they tend to be just

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Speaker 2: Oh two other things. Yannis got dunked. Dunk.

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Speaker 1: Yes, people were calling for it. They want to hear

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Speaker 2: Great dunk he is. This guy has had like three

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Speaker 4: I don't know why you fell out of the rotation,

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Speaker 4: Two nineteen left in the fourth quarter, got it in

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Speaker 4: Hacky Giannis, I forgot all about like the intentional fouling

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, yeah, it was the honest brow back. Yeah

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is gonna be tough. Yeah, the Phoenix Suns

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Speaker 3: So it was impossible for him to say, Nah, I

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Speaker 4: I think Anthony Davis, just like Kawhi Leonard, are so

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Speaker 4: he looked like Anthony Davis. I thought, getting possessions and

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Speaker 2: A nice dunk.

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Speaker 1: I just thought he looked good.

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Speaker 4: You know, only twenty six minutes for Anthony Davis since

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Speaker 4: he's on a restriction, But twelve points, six boards, three assists,

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Speaker 4: wasn't aiculous move by Nico Harrison. This ain't the year

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00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,960
Speaker 4: they win the title. But he wants to at least

436
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,240
Speaker 4: give a little optimism, I imagine to the Dallas Mavericks fans,

437
00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,960
Speaker 4: and the guy got a little bit optimism for his

438
00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:10,639
Speaker 4: Kai Jones.

439
00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,320
Speaker 1: He's been decent for the Mavericks.

440
00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,320
Speaker 4: Thirteen points, nine rebounds last night, went five for five

441
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,520
Speaker 4: from the field. He's only played like four games I

442
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,840
Speaker 4: think on a two way with Dallas. He probably won't

443
00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,320
Speaker 4: even be there for them next season, but fifteen points,

444
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,600
Speaker 4: nine boards so far. This was a guy that completely

445
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,679
Speaker 4: flamed out of the league. Yeah, had Instagram problems, if

446
00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,880
Speaker 4: we're being quite honest, had to go play somewhere else.

447
00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,960
Speaker 4: Didn't do much for the Clippers, but he's been looking

448
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,240
Speaker 4: good for Dallas and somebody will probably take a chance

449
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,080
Speaker 4: on him because he's an incredible.

450
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Speaker 1: After Oh my good, dude can fly. Last year, Yeah,

451
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,560
Speaker 1: it was crazy so good stuff.

452
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Speaker 4: But I mean, like long term, they'll have Gafford Lively

453
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,280
Speaker 4: is coming back and not too long. Obviously, Anthony Davis

454
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:46,960
Speaker 4: is a huge piece for them, but like he could

455
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,199
Speaker 4: be a backup big for somebody.

456
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, let's look at the West play and standings

457
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 2: here and we'll show you a couple of teams ahead

458
00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,240
Speaker 2: of them and behind them there when we're talking clips

459
00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,159
Speaker 2: Wolves and then Blazer Spurs because we have the King's

460
00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,800
Speaker 2: Sons and MAVs, they all have thirty five wins, one

461
00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,720
Speaker 2: more loss for the Suns and Maps because they played

462
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,000
Speaker 2: one more game than the Kings. I will say for

463
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,680
Speaker 2: Dallas to get in, they're gonna have to clear Phoenix

464
00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,000
Speaker 2: or Sacramento by one game due to tiebreakers, So they

465
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,880
Speaker 2: do have that disadvantage. So you know, that's that's always tough,

466
00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,200
Speaker 2: and it could come down to that they could have

467
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,320
Speaker 2: the exact same record but losing the tiebreaker and be

468
00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,800
Speaker 2: bumped down to the eleventh seed. But yeah, there's a

469
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,200
Speaker 2: look a couple of good races going on. Obviously, there's

470
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Speaker 2: a good race in the West. Just to remain out

471
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,480
Speaker 2: of the play in is happening as well, and everything

472
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Speaker 2: going on in the East. That's fun.

473
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wasn't excited about the Western Conference playing spots

474
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Speaker 3: for a while. I'm back, baby.

475
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

476
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Speaker 3: I mean these teams, these teams definitely feel like they

477
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 3: have something to play for. And when you say playing

478
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,919
Speaker 3: for the tenth seed, it's not all that exciting for

479
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,080
Speaker 3: a fan base. That being said, I'd rather watch a

480
00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,159
Speaker 3: couple of games that matter in April than not for

481
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 3: these teams.

482
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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, you can work for the balls man.

483
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Speaker 2: Well, I think, like Tray said, especially when you're the

484
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,280
Speaker 2: Phoenix Suns and you have the high payroll in the league,

485
00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,480
Speaker 2: you better at least be playing in a playing game

486
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,080
Speaker 2: and maybe get backdoor on your way into the playoffs.

487
00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,280
Speaker 2: Maybe missing it entirely is I mean, that's embarrassing.

488
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,600
Speaker 3: Make a few million in gate money. Ish Biel love

489
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,640
Speaker 3: it before he makes all those cuts next season. Probably.

490
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Speaker 2: Other takeaways from last night's NBA Action You want to

491
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,879
Speaker 2: start with your bulls who remain on fire? Trey Kirby.

492
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,960
Speaker 2: They beat the Nuggets one twenty nine to one nineteen.

493
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Speaker 2: Kobe White another thirty seven. Yeah exactly, Rady.

494
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 4: I had thirty five against the Kings, thirty six against

495
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,480
Speaker 4: the Lakers, thirty seven last night against the Nuggets. They

496
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,680
Speaker 4: played the Lakers again Thursday, so I'm thinking thirty eight

497
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 4: there we know, just.

498
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Speaker 1: Like that hottest team in the league right now.

499
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Speaker 4: I guess the thunder are nine to one in their

500
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 4: last ten, but the Bulls eight and two and their

501
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 4: last ten with the best fourth Quarternet rating and the

502
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 4: best defense. They're the ultimate spoiler right now because they

503
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 4: just beat the two teams contending for the three seed

504
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,440
Speaker 4: in the Western Conference and they're ruining their own draft

505
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,880
Speaker 4: pick at the same time. I don't know what's going

506
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 4: on here, but the are fun to watch right now.

507
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,560
Speaker 4: You hear about him on other podcasts, not just here,

508
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,879
Speaker 4: like I'm guaranteeing you through the month of February, No

509
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,880
Speaker 4: dunk is the only place you would hear anybody talk

510
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,320
Speaker 4: about the Bulls. But now that they're winning games when

511
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 4: they probably shouldn't be, people are talking about him.

512
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,360
Speaker 2: Also, no Jokic again in this one.

513
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,680
Speaker 4: Five straight games that he's missed with an ankle injury

514
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 4: gott to be the longest stretch of his career that

515
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 4: he's missed games.

516
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: The guy never misses.

517
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Speaker 2: Games, good point.

518
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 4: So yeah, they would like to have him back because

519
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 4: they're still in the mix for a.

520
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:29,960
Speaker 2: Top two seed.

521
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,000
Speaker 4: Though it's getting a little bit of getting a little

522
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 4: bit away from him with the Rockets playing pretty well lately.

523
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 2: And Kobe White did something when it comes to the

524
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,320
Speaker 2: Bulls organization that only Michael Jordan has ever done back

525
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 2: to back Player of the Week honors. Yeah, MG did

526
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 2: it of course, and now Kobe White only Bulls to

527
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:48,840
Speaker 2: ever do it.

528
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Speaker 4: Well, look, the banners aren't hanging right now, so there's

529
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Speaker 4: room to raise another jersey that zero up there.

530
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Speaker 2: Just watch out for the pyrotechnics and flames from Disturbed. Yeah.

531
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Speaker 3: Well, it's a little surprising that Derek Rows one player

532
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 3: of the month but not back to back player weeks,

533
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 3: So that's tough. Tough.

534
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 2: The most recent guy to do it, I want to say,

535
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 2: Joel Embiid did it a couple of years ago. Yeah,

536
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:16,680
Speaker 2: I've read that obviously.

537
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Speaker 3: That's yeah. I mean, just on the Lakers getting smashed

538
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,160
Speaker 3: by the Magical about it. Outplayed them Lakers now three

539
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 3: losses in a row. Franz was out playing everyone. They

540
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 3: were throwing every single guy out your bigs, whether it's

541
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 3: Jackson Hayes, even your Dory Finney Smith, even Jared Vanderbilt,

542
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 3: Rui Murray, I wonder how that knee is holding up

543
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 3: for him? He up played Lebron. You see when he

544
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 3: sealed him in the fourth lad there thirty two for him,

545
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 3: he's looking obviously entirely great. But the Lakers defensively, how

546
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 3: they've dropped off dramatically since that beautiful run. They were

547
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 3: just switching everything and then Paulo or Franz said, Okay,

548
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,800
Speaker 3: well I've got the matchup I wanted. So they're just

549
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 3: switching so freaking easily on that end. Scary, they don't

550
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 3: look like themselves. And then offensively Luca in the second half.

551
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 3: These never surprised me. The last five games and second halves,

552
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,879
Speaker 3: he's only scoring eight and a half points on twenty

553
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 3: seven point nine percent from the floor, twenty seven point

554
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 3: eight percent from three to four to two, basically assist

555
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 3: to turnover ratio. So that ain't good. And that's probably

556
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 3: him trying to get back from that calf jury and

557
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,199
Speaker 3: he ain't right. So there's a lot that ain't right,

558
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 3: and just Lebron goes out comes back. Yeah, they just

559
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 3: needed that, that that perfect run that they had going

560
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 3: for him to keep it up. Now now it's bad

561
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 3: and they got outscored everywhere. The bench got outscored thirty

562
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,360
Speaker 3: to fourteen. The whole thing. The whole thing was bad.

563
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,200
Speaker 2: Franz Wagner. He likes playing the Lakers. This guy's played

564
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,560
Speaker 2: like an all star in both games he played against La.

565
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 2: First game back in November, thirty seven points, eleven assists

566
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Speaker 2: in a win, easily a top three game from all season,

567
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,680
Speaker 2: probably top two. And then last night thirty two to

568
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 2: nine and five, shot fifty per from the floor, and

569
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,719
Speaker 2: you said it. He scored back to back buckets on Luca,

570
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 2: which was way too easy. Luca did not challenge that

571
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 2: shot all that hard. And then he scored on the bronze,

572
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 2: sort of sealed them and went baseline. That's like with

573
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 2: five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, and then

574
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 2: a minute later he nailed the three from up top.

575
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 2: When I thought during Finney Smith he sort of like

576
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,439
Speaker 2: handed him over to Ruy Hachimura and it was like

577
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 2: he just walked into it and he was on fire.

578
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 2: So bad loss. The Lakers are now three and seven

579
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 2: in their past ten games, and they've been destroyed. Average

580
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,399
Speaker 2: margin to defeat and those contests is almost sixteen points

581
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 2: per game. They're number four in the West, only three

582
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 2: games up on the number seven Clippers, So you know,

583
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 2: it's not huge. They're probably gonna be okay, they'll probably

584
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 2: be in the playoffs, but still it's not gigantic here

585
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 2: with a lot of teams what ten to eleven, maybe

586
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 2: sometimes twelve games left. It was just eerily reminiscent to

587
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 2: that game against the Bulls, that third quarter they got

588
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 2: crushed by Chicago with thirty nine to twenty seven. The

589
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 2: Lakers did in the third quarter, and Orlando did it

590
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 2: last night thirty four to eighteen. It was like almost

591
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 2: sort of the same game there where the third quarter

592
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 2: gets away.

593
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, they're playing it close through the first two quarters

594
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 4: and then after halftime have no juice left. Like you're saying,

595
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 4: Luca hasn't been scoring very well. He was talking postgame

596
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,440
Speaker 4: about he needs to be communicating more, which is something

597
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 4: we've heard prior from Luca and from JJ who was

598
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 4: saying we don't have enough intensity coming out of halftime.

599
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,679
Speaker 4: Maybe it's because you don't have all the time to

600
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 4: get limbered up before the game that you do get

601
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 4: the halfwork done. But the Lakers have just looked pretty

602
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,479
Speaker 4: bad in the fourth quarters, Like they gave up one

603
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 4: hundred and forty six to the balls. That's a crazy number.

604
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 4: The Bulls are an okay offensive team, at least they

605
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 4: can get hot. The Magic are a bad offensive team.

606
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 4: They scored one to eighteen and outshot the Lakers fifteen

607
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 4: to ten from three.

608
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,040
Speaker 1: They hit five threes.

609
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:40,680
Speaker 4: In that third quarter. It just didn't look like the

610
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 4: Lakers knew what they were doing. They look completely disconnected.

611
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,919
Speaker 2: I thought you've brought this up before. Tests, but seven

612
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 2: of the Lakers' remaining games are on the road, and

613
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 2: they still have three back to back sets here on

614
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 2: the schedule, starting Wednesday night in Indiana and then followed

615
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,880
Speaker 2: by Thursday in Chicago. Those are's two of the hotter

616
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 2: teams in the league, sure, in the Pacers and the Bulls.

617
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 2: So it's not gonna be eas That's why I brought

618
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 2: up that. Like, they're in the four seed, and you know,

619
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 2: the Nuggets also lost last night, so that was good

620
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 2: for them, But the seven seeded Clippers are not all

621
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 2: that far behind. And then I think we should talk

622
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 2: a little bit about the Pacers destroying the Wolves on

623
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 2: fire one nineteen one oh three. Yeah, they are really

624
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 2: good right now. Helliburton obi Toppin leading a three point

625
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 2: flurry there as they beat the beat the Wolves handedly.

626
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 2: Like we were watching this one on playback, thinking, ah,

627
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 2: you know, there'll be a run in the Wolves here.

628
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 2: It never really came. It was a pretty comfortable Indiana win.

629
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, they finally didn't play a clutch game led wire

630
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 4: to wire I think in this one. And Obi Toppin

631
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 4: has been on fire in his past five games. He

632
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,439
Speaker 4: had six threes last night. The last five games, he's

633
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 4: shooting seventeen for twenty nine from the three point line.

634
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 4: That's fifty eight percent. Like, this is a huge reason

635
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 4: why they're able to pull out these crazy wins and

636
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 4: then a big one against the timber Wolves last night.

637
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 4: The Pacers, they've just figured out how they want to play,

638
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 4: and the guys that want to play.

639
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: I'm impressed.

640
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 3: It was only seven days before that that Obi Toppin

641
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 3: killed the Minnesota Timberwolves with those two huge threes. It's

642
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 3: seven of ten that night. It was surprising to see

643
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 3: the Timberwolves not come out and fight in this game.

644
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 3: There was there was bad body language. I was reading it.

645
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 3: It looked similar to the Lakers. The Timberwolves went on

646
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 3: a run and now they got back cold. They won

647
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 3: eight trade games and then they lost two consecutive games,

648
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 3: one to the Pacers and Obi Toppin, and then they

649
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 3: lost to the Pelicans, and then they had that nice

650
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 3: touching moment when they played for Joe Ingles and his

651
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 3: family and they beat the Pelicans. But then it flipped back.

652
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 3: You could see Anthony Edwards's body language out there was

653
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 3: not right. So they just don't seem to have the

654
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 3: fight to be able to deal with these adversity moments.

655
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 3: And that's the that's the odd part. Also seeing Tyres

656
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 3: Haliburton look like that Tyre's Aliburton from last year. The

657
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 3: step backs were it doesn't matter who's ombie, Rudy Gobert,

658
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 3: I don't care. So he looked like that guy last year.

659
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 2: Over his last eleven games, Haliburton is averaging twenty one

660
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 2: and a half points point one assists per game, two

661
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: and a half steals. His shooting splits over that stretch

662
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: fifty five from the floor, forty seven from deep, he's

663
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 2: nearly He's missed a handful of free throws, ninety four

664
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 2: at the line, and only twelve turnovers over that eleven

665
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 2: game span and all of assists. You're absolutely right that

666
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: he's looking like the All Star All NBA ish Halliburton

667
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,719
Speaker 2: from last year, earlier in the year. It looks awesome

668
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 2: right now, and they definitely have a flow going, like

669
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: that's a team that's like, let's start the playoffs now,

670
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 2: let's go.

671
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they are, let's go.

672
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 2: And Bucks lose last night, so that helps separate a

673
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 2: little distance between them with the fourth and fifth seed.

674
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 2: So danna looking pretty good. I think they're two games

675
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 2: up now. Anything else from last night, you want to

676
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 2: go deep on Raptors Wizards games, and battle was going

677
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 2: deep last night. We had some crazy lineups and.

678
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 3: Now yeah even with the mask, yeah that.

679
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 2: Mask, two mask guys on the Raptors, right, yeah, yeah,

680
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 2: mobile And.

681
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 4: We were counting masks and shirts last night playback a

682
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 4: lot more shirts than you would think in the NBA

683
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 4: these days.

684
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 2: We had one of the roughest nights on playbacks came

685
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 2: to actual basketball games because we weren't doing the later games,

686
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: which were a little more entertained. Nothing better obviously the

687
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: Bulls Nuggets game that that great Suns Bucks games that

688
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 2: we talked about, but the ones, oh my god, like

689
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 2: a lot of the time we were watching Raptors Wizards

690
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 2: because everything else was in commercial break. We saw a

691
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 2: lot of castles.

692
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 3: Yeah they didn't. They start, they start their big three

693
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 3: and quickly in Barnes and Barrett, and they're gonna win

694
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 3: games when those three guys are healthy. But then they

695
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 3: set them in the fourth quarter.

696
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 2: This is the new tanking.

697
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 3: It is, it is, it's the it's the it's.

698
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 2: The workaround to like not get penalized by the NBA

699
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 2: player guys.

700
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 3: Twenty minutes. Yeah, that's enough and that's enough for victory

701
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 3: for the trunt rappers. Would be nice to see if

702
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 3: Brandon Ingram plays a game. That'd be great. If he

703
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 3: played too. That's not happening, doesn't.

704
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 2: Doesn't look imagine he's been playing.

705
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 3: But yeah, less than three weeks last quarter. It's odd.

706
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 3: It was cool to see Dwight Howard join the Orlando

707
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 3: Magic Hall of Fame. That was cool. He really really

708
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 3: got emotional. Yet in front of his parents there dad

709
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 3: pulling out the chin strap beard. You don't see that

710
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 3: very often.

711
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: And uh now now this is this is not obviously

712
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 2: raising a jersey to the rafts. This is like a

713
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 2: not a plaque, but you know, the Hall of Fame,

714
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 2: Like you said, yeah, something I forget I saw.

715
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Ring of Honor. That's Shaq's there. Shaq wasn't

716
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 3: there for the for the ceremony for Dwight Howard. That's

717
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 3: not gonna happen. Shaq and Dwight the Superman, they butt heads.

718
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, it's it's that they have a very unique

719
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 3: the Ring of Honor as it's called. It's very unique

720
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 3: in the NBA work.

721
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 2: It's some teams do, but not many.

722
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

723
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm like, I know the Bulls have one. Yeah,

724
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: the Sons do too.

725
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is not a lot of them.

726
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, probably not.

727
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 2: But it's like Dennis Scott, Nick Anderson, obviously, Shaq Penny,

728
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 2: I assume Tracey McGrady, Dwight keep going yeah out law.

729
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 2: I don't know it's possible. Anyway, he was pumped, he

730
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 2: was super pumped.

731
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 4: He was terrible on the broadcast. Congratulations to him, but

732
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 4: he was a straight up snooze fest for nine minutes

733
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 4: of the second quarter when they added him to the Yeah,

734
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 4: and they were going JD mode where we have like

735
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 4: we have us here on the thing, but like the

736
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 4: pop up as well, so you're getting the game on

737
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 4: like two thirds of the screen while the most boring

738
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 4: guy of all time just is looking up at the JumboTron.

739
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 4: They should have thought that blown through.

740
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 2: Wow, it was bad.

741
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, they were talking too much about the game actually,

742
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 3: like just ask him questions, fire questions, you know it was.

743
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 3: It was a little abysmal. And you have that that

744
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 3: camera angle too, it's so low to very weird. Right,

745
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 3: it's like right on the scorer's table. You see him up.

746
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 3: I liked I liked the attire, but it just looked weird. Yeah,

747
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 3: he was. He looks seemed tired. I think it was

748
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: because the ceremony was pregame and he cried pregame. I

749
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 3: think during the game he was all tired. I just

750
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 3: wanted to question of what's going on with your house

751
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 3: in Atlanta? Just asking it's one question. I think that

752
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,959
Speaker 3: would have been the best answer. That would have been

753
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 3: the thing that went viral, because I don't think his

754
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 3: house is sold yet. That million bajillion house keeps going

755
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 3: on it. I think we need a little story on.

756
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 2: It right till the price comes down.

757
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 3: Chip in shit, it's like thirteen mil.

758
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 2: Oh. The other thing about Dwight Howard on the broadcast

759
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: We're calling a college park Skyhawks came on frod keeping

760
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 2: my mouth shut. It's not easy. But no, you're right.

761
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 2: He was flat. I think he was flat, very flat.

762
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 2: Maybe it was just tired. Maybe he was tired a

763
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 2: lot of shaking hand big kissing babies, posing for photos

764
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 2: with his plaque or whatever the hell they gave him

765
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 2: anything else from last night, or let's move on, let's

766
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 2: move on. Yeah, let's get to some of the playoff

767
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: X factors that you got to watch. Tk's got a list,

768
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 2: he promised. He called his shot babe Ruth style with

769
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 2: this one, and I thought, maybe we'll see it later

770
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 2: in the week. He got to work yesterday. That's right.

771
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 2: So what is in my mind? These are your top

772
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 2: eight playoff X factors?

773
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: Y eight?

774
00:33:58,920 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 3: Why not.

775
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: I got over five?

776
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 4: I was like, I ain't getting to ten four from

777
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 4: each conference, and honestly I should have stopped at seven.

778
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 4: But our number one X factor in the playoffs, And

779
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 4: look this is these are gonna be bigger names than

780
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 4: you would think for these factors, because when I think

781
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 4: X factor, I think we're talking about a series breaking

782
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 4: down the matchups. Who's like the random dude is going

783
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 4: to show up? These are more general playoff X factors.

784
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 4: So some biggish names. For instance, Jamal Murray is my

785
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 4: number one playoff X factor. I think he is the

786
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 4: non All star that changes the title picture the most.

787
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 4: In wins for the Nuggets this season, Jamal Murray is

788
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 4: averaging twenty four points per game, sixty one percent true shooting.

789
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 4: All of these stats are before the games last night,

790
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 4: so things could have changed a little bit in their losses.

791
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 4: Nineteen points per game, fifty five true shooting. This one

792
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 4: is accurate when Murray scores twenty or more points. The

793
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 4: Nuggets are twenty four and eleven. When he's under twenty

794
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 4: points fourteen and fifteen. Simple as that he has to

795
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 4: play like a second star for their team to be good.

796
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 4: And you think back like the Nuggets playoff history recently,

797
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 4: twenty one to twenty two season, Jamal Murray is gone.

798
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 4: Nuggets are not a championship contender twenty three. He's healthy,

799
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 4: plays incredibly in the playoffs. They win the championship pretty

800
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 4: easily once they got down into the finals last year,

801
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,439
Speaker 4: banged up, they lost it in Game seven. Maybe got

802
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,920
Speaker 4: exhausted as the series went on after a long, long season.

803
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 4: So the fact that he's playing well right now, I

804
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 4: think is encouraging for the Denver Nuggets, and to me,

805
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 4: he is like the biggest question mark. If he plays

806
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 4: like Jamal Murray playoff riser we've seen before, they're still alive,

807
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 4: I think as a championship contender.

808
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great point because it really comes down

809
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 3: to him when it comes to the Denver Nuggets, because

810
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 3: we know Nicol Yogic is going to be awesome. And

811
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 3: you can look back at that twenty twenty three team

812
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 3: and think, well, maybe it was KCP who really was

813
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 3: the X factor, but Jamal Murray was the guy leading

814
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 3: the NBA in the playoffs at fifty nine threes in

815
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 3: twenty games, so he's scored. He hit three games, three

816
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 3: threes per game. It's a big frickin' number. And he

817
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 3: just was the guy in that whole entire playoffs. And

818
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 3: I wandered after the Max contract coming into this season

819
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 3: whether or not it was just a little premature giving

820
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 3: him that deal after watching what he did in last

821
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 3: year's playoffs. Just wasn't up to it. And then the

822
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 3: Olympics did not play well whatsoever. But yeah, I gotta

823
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 3: apologize to the front office there. I called it out,

824
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,320
Speaker 3: maybe because we're in this era where it just seems

825
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,240
Speaker 3: like we forget about things, you know, last year, everything

826
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 3: is just so quick and then you just look at you, mum,

827
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 3: where he's always the second half guy and he started

828
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 3: the season slow and then bang, I mean he has

829
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 3: been really, really good. So yeah, they are the challenger

830
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 3: to Okay, see he's playing like that.

831
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, and when he's rolling the Jokich Murray won two

832
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 2: game is like one of the most unstoppable one twos

833
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 2: in the league's right, we have seen it like in

834
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: playoff series. So yeah, he is so important. But when

835
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,879
Speaker 2: he has that falloff or he goes nice cold, it's

836
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 2: they're a different team and they drop a tier. I

837
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 2: think you're right, despite this guy never being an All

838
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 2: star incredibly but yeah, he's I mean, you're going to

839
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 2: go through a lot of names here. When he's at

840
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 2: his best, his ceiling is probably you know, it's almost

841
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 2: peak of all these guys that you're going to go through.

842
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 2: So it's wild.

843
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 3: And I think what is different than the run in

844
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 3: twenty twenty three is Jamal Murray learns sometimes he doesn't

845
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,439
Speaker 3: even need Nikola Jokic to be handling the ball or

846
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 3: the pick and roll with him, he's he's shown other

847
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 3: things with other guys on the team where he's just

848
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 3: leading the team. So DBD, we'll see how he does.

849
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 2: Also, the harriest guy on this list.

850
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 4: Yes, I'm glad you mentioned it was the last part

851
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 4: of my notes once you mentioned it, Like, I can't

852
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 4: stop looking at how Harry.

853
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 2: He's y. Yeah, extremely hairy. He's got some Egyptian in him,

854
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 2: so I think that's where it's coming from.

855
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, Jamal Murray, what are the harriest guys in the league.

856
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 4: Maybe that'll be the next list. Top of thirty three

857
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 4: harrius guys in the league. Andre Drummond probably making the list.

858
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 4: Still our next biggest playoff X factor in the Eastern Conference,

859
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 4: it's Mikhale Bridges of the New York Knicks.

860
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 2: Originally I was thinking of as.

861
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 4: Karl Anthony Towns, but he'll at least produce. I think

862
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 4: in the playoffs there will be the frustrating moments with

863
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 4: Karl Anthony Towns where he's picking up two fouls thirty

864
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 4: feet from the hoop in the first quarter.

865
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,280
Speaker 1: That's going to be a bummer.

866
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 2: Brunson certified playoff riser.

867
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:15,800
Speaker 1: The guy got better with the Mavericks.

868
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 4: He got better when he was playing with the Knicks

869
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 4: as well, so as long as he's healthy, I'm good

870
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 4: on those guys. Bridges, though, has been playing awesome without

871
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 4: Jalen Brunson, twenty two points per game, sixty seven percent

872
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 4: true shooting, on a higher usage rate when he scores

873
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 4: twenty or more points. The Knicks are eighteen and seven.

874
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 4: You even look at their last five games. In the

875
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 4: games he had twenty seven and twenty eight points, they

876
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 4: won their three losses under twenty. He's also a huge

877
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 4: factor for them from point of attack defense, like if

878
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 4: they were to run into the Calves in the conference finals,

879
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 4: if they meet up with the Celtics in the second round,

880
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 4: I think he's going to play a really big role

881
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 4: guarding guys. I think og Ananobe is kind of in

882
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 4: this X factor vote as well, but I expect more

883
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 4: offensively from Michale Bridges. We just haven't quite seen it

884
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 4: from og to be the guy you give the ball

885
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 4: he can go out and get you bucket. Bridges has

886
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 4: done that, and I think that the Knicks are gonna

887
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 4: need that from him in the playoffs if they want

888
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 4: to make any sort of serious noise.

889
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 2: I love this one. I was gonna ask you, did

890
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 2: you go back and forth between yeah, not cap but

891
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 2: like og, yeah, Nkale Bridges, but I like going with

892
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 2: McHale here and I just looked it up too. It

893
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 2: feels like there's a line for him. If he hits

894
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 2: four or more threes in a game for the Knicks,

895
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 2: it's like they're basically winning that game. And it sort

896
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 2: of holds true. He's got fourteen games where he's hit

897
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 2: four more threes and it's like an eleven and three record,

898
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 2: like they almost always win. And you know he's gonna

899
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 2: get looks and you like when he's shooting it with confidence.

900
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 2: So that's a good one. Bridges. I mean, I don't

901
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 2: know how you feel about the Knicks. I know we

902
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 2: had them on the second tier when it came to

903
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 2: their chances to win a title. Maybe that's fallen off

904
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 2: a bit part of that with the Brunson injury. Maybe

905
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 2: maybe not.

906
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 3: As far as the Brunson injury goes, I think he

907
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 3: can just chill as much as possible, because I do

908
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 3: think this is a bit of a blessing in disguise.

909
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 3: I think Brunson can relax, but also in the standings.

910
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 3: I think if Milwaukee drops to fourth, excuse me, if

911
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 3: the Knicks drop to fourth, they get Milwaukee, which I think, well,

912
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 3: that is a great matchup for them. They have destroyed.

913
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 2: I think the Knicks would rather play the Bucks than

914
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 2: the Pistons.

915
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they would. I think they they They

916
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 3: are so good at making Milwaukee look solow as molasses.

917
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 3: And there are two games that they've played them this year.

918
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 3: They beat him by thirty four the last time they

919
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 3: played him, and twenty two haven't been close whatsoever. They

920
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: play Brooklyn up as off the floor. I think they

921
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 3: do make them look extremely slow, So I think that

922
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 3: that also helps mcal Bridges just play more in the

923
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 3: that number one role that we all saw in Brooklyn

924
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 3: where it really worked. I shouldn't say the number one role.

925
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 3: It's not a number one role, but the more prominent

926
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 3: role where he is more of a you know, one

927
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 3: or two guy. I think it does help him and

928
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 3: Brentson will be back doing his thing.

929
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 4: He'll be good two and a half game lead for

930
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 4: the Knicks over the Pacers right now. But the Pacers

931
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 4: are playing better than the Knicks, so definitely possibility. Yeah,

932
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 4: we're switching back to the Western it's our next playoff

933
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,879
Speaker 4: X factor. Jaden McDaniels of the Minnesota Timberwolves a lot

934
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 4: of Randall as a candidate as well, but you got

935
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 4: to prove.

936
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 2: It to me.

937
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 4: I think though, that Jade McDaniels has been a huge

938
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 4: part of the Timberwolves resurgence. Before the All Star Break

939
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 4: twelve points per game, two assists on fifty six true shooting.

940
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 4: After the All Star Break, seventeen points per game, three assists,

941
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 4: sixty two percent true shooting, and most importantly, his shot

942
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 4: attempts went from nine point six field goals per game

943
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 4: to twelve point eight. The guy's looking way more aggressive,

944
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 4: way more confident, actually looking for his shot. Making three

945
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 4: pointers is huge. In that same time, friend, the Timberwolves

946
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 4: offense has gone from fourteenth on the year to fourth

947
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,280
Speaker 4: just because Jaden McDaniels is playing a little bit better

948
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 4: and not being a fifth option out there like he's

949
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 4: looking to score, and I think that's huge for the

950
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,280
Speaker 4: Timberwolves to have somebody that wants to take the shots.

951
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 2: Confidence is a big thing for McDaniels.

952
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 4: I think he's also going to have to have a

953
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 4: better defensive series than he had against Luka Doncic last year.

954
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 4: Depending on who the Timberwolves match up with, they're going

955
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 4: to have a tough road of things coming from likely

956
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 4: the play in tournament they're able to pass the Warriors,

957
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 4: but we'll see. But Jane McDaniels has played pretty well

958
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:05,760
Speaker 4: here in the second half of the season.

959
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 3: He looks like a different player. You can see it.

960
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 3: Start a first court, start a third quarter. That's when

961
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 3: he gets called on and it's like you're playing my

962
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 3: man and Edwards has been looking for him there when

963
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 3: you start talking about with Himberwolves, they have so many

964
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 3: X factors, it feels like you mentioned Randall and it

965
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 3: goes down the line. I mean if Rudy Gobert ain't

966
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 3: that same guy. I mean don die Juvincenzo comes off

967
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 3: the bench and has helped out. But they just they

968
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 3: don't look right all the time. But Jane McDaniels is important,

969
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 3: and he's played in every game this season. Not a

970
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 3: lot of guys do that, but he does. He is

971
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 3: out there playing hard and he will get the other

972
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 3: team's best player. He's he's asked. There's a lot asked

973
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 3: of him. And since that All Star Game, yeah, he's

974
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 3: been providing everything he's been asked of.

975
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 2: He might be playing Kawhi Leonard in a seven eight matchup. Yeah,

976
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 2: try and slow down to the terminator there, So good

977
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 2: luck with that. But you're right, the offensive part is

978
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 2: the huge part, because he just has games where he's

979
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 2: disappearing act too, where he still has like you look

980
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 2: at the box where he's like, this guy's got five

981
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,399
Speaker 2: points and he's played like nearly thirty minutes.

982
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 4: Did he actually fall asleep? It looks like he was

983
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 4: going to.

984
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 2: So but you know, he's played way better, like you said,

985
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 2: since a break. So that's a good one. I like

986
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 2: that one a lot. You know, again, the Wolves are

987
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 2: gonna have a hell of a run to get back

988
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 2: to the Western Conference finals. Are obviously even hopes to

989
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 2: get to the finals, like that's you got to get

990
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 2: in first, let alone then beat some of these elite teams.

991
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,479
Speaker 2: So gonna be very difficult, but he have to play

992
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,720
Speaker 2: at a super high level for them to have any chance.

993
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 2: In addition to and in addition to randall And and

994
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 2: Gobert and stuff.

995
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 4: Another team with a lot of potential X factors, the

996
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 4: Cleveland Cavaliers definitely got my eyes on Darius Garland hasn't

997
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 4: had a great run in the playoffs yet. I think

998
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 4: there's a lot of pressure on DeAndre Hunter if they're

999
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 4: gonna take down the Celtics, like he's going to be

1000
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 4: a major part of them trying to pull that off

1001
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 4: as a defender, likely on Tatum and then having to

1002
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 4: play offensively. But I'm ultimately going with Jared Allen as

1003
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 4: my ex factor for the Cleveland Cavaliers because I haven't

1004
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,080
Speaker 4: been impressed his last two outings for the Cats. They

1005
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 4: had the lights or two bright series versus the Knicks,

1006
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 4: an ultimate quote graphic that you don't necessarily want associated

1007
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 4: with your name. And then last year he got hurt

1008
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,280
Speaker 4: after Game four against Orlando. And there are two wins

1009
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 4: that series that Jared Allen played with and he had

1010
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 4: sixteen points and eighteen rebounds in Game one, sixteen points

1011
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 4: and twenty rebounds.

1012
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:18,919
Speaker 1: That's a lot of roast beef.

1013
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 4: In Game two he was awesome, and their two wins,

1014
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 4: he was not awesome in their two losses. They got

1015
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,320
Speaker 4: blown out in Game three and maybe in Game four

1016
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 4: as well. But when he plays well, when he's able

1017
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 4: to stay on the court, the Cavs defense is going

1018
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 4: to be even better, and I think he's a good player,

1019
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,360
Speaker 4: but there are matchups which aren't perfect to be playing

1020
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 4: Allen and Mobley, So I think that it's important for

1021
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,879
Speaker 4: the Cavs that Allen makes it so the other team

1022
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,280
Speaker 4: is having to adjust to them rather than the flip flop.

1023
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you can play Allen at the five if

1024
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 3: things are going well and Mobley sits or vice versa

1025
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 3: because Mobley is playing so well. Yeah, there's lots of

1026
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 3: question marks. As you mentioned, Garland Mobili two to have

1027
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 3: an even better playoffs, but Jared Allen is definitely focused

1028
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 3: on this whostseason to write it. As you said, that

1029
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 3: quote that he never wants, although he claims that he

1030
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 3: liked that quote and when he said it, he's not

1031
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 3: a shave, No, he's not a share. He calls up

1032
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 3: for it, and you know, his time to have his

1033
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 3: best playoffs because we haven't. We haven't had a great

1034
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 3: one and last year he was injured for a bunch

1035
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 3: of that that two round playoff run.

1036
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 2: For them, and you are right, the magic pumped them

1037
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 2: in game three one twenty one to eighty three and

1038
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,240
Speaker 2: then one twelve to eighty nine. We four very weird

1039
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 2: series where Cleveland ultimately got it done in seven, but

1040
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,880
Speaker 2: you know, it's even sort of close there for a second.

1041
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 2: In Game seven, I remember they sort of pulled away

1042
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 2: in the end. One was six pointy four, but yeah,

1043
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 2: it was an odd one. Yeah, and like he didn't

1044
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 2: like instill a lot of confidence. I remember in the Cavs,

1045
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 2: you know, the Magic were scrappy. Yeah, I think I

1046
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 2: took the Magic to win that series. I thought the

1047
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 2: defense might get it done, but Cleveland got through. But

1048
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 2: Jared Allen, Okay, lots of guys to pick from, though

1049
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 2: I love the Garland one too. I think like for him,

1050
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 2: Garland to me is like when you're getting into the

1051
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 2: later rounds. For sure. He has to be big and

1052
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 2: be clutched, and he can be.

1053
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 3: He's been great this season. Yeah, his clutch stats are

1054
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 3: like nearly sixty percent, but he's not gonna win clutch

1055
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 3: player the er, I guess because that's Jalen Brunson's. But

1056
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 3: maybe the injury hurts. I don't know.

1057
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 2: I know.

1058
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 4: Okay, we shall see, we shall see. We are in

1059
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 4: starry range, grab the green ball skeets.

1060
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 2: Okay.

1061
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 4: John Morant is my biggest playoff X factor for the

1062
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 4: Memphis Grizzlies. He has not played like a star this season.

1063
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 4: Twenty two points, seven assists very good, but those are

1064
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 4: not all star stats. Those are Ja Morant's stats from

1065
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 4: before he won Most Improved Players. Still one of the

1066
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 4: weirdest awards we've seen. How many three thirty point games

1067
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 4: do you think John Morant has this season?

1068
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 2: Thirty point games? Wow?

1069
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 3: Four?

1070
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's probably high. Four, three or four, I guess.

1071
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would have said four as well. Five. It

1072
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 3: is okay.

1073
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 4: He had that one forty four point game and then

1074
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,879
Speaker 4: he had I think maybe back to back thirties when

1075
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:50,800
Speaker 4: Jared Jackson Junior went out, and it kind of was

1076
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 4: the only time we've seen Jaw be the guy for

1077
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 4: the Grizzlies this season. They definitely have a more equal

1078
00:46:55,880 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 4: opportunity ball movement based offense. Jared Jackson Junior's game grown

1079
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 4: a lot in the two years that Jahn Morant was

1080
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 4: injured or suspended, same with Desmond Baine. Like, those guys

1081
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,400
Speaker 4: take up a bigger portion of the possessions for Memphis

1082
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 4: than when Jaw was the undisputed number one guy. But

1083
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 4: I think for the Grizzlies to reach their ceiling, he's

1084
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 4: got to be able to be a thirty point ten

1085
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 4: assist guy pretty regularly in the playoffs.

1086
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: He's had some massive moments.

1087
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 4: He's had forty five plus I think in every playoff

1088
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 4: run he's had when he's been healthy.

1089
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 2: So we know Jahn Morant can show up.

1090
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,800
Speaker 4: But Memphis is twelve and twenty one this season versus

1091
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 4: teams that are over five hundred. They're beating up on

1092
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 4: the bad teams and then they're scraping by sometimes against

1093
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 4: the good teams. They're going to be all good teams

1094
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 4: in the playoffs, and that's why they need John Morant

1095
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,880
Speaker 4: to play like the Ja Morant that everybody fell in

1096
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 4: love with, because that's not the guy we've seen this season.

1097
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just wondering if Taylor Jenkins is saving more

1098
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,879
Speaker 3: minutes for John Morant in the postseason. I guess it's

1099
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 3: possible because he is only playing thirty minutes a game,

1100
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 3: which would be his career low. Just to go out

1101
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,359
Speaker 3: and see him do what he has done in the playoffs.

1102
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 3: As he said, there have been some magical moments and

1103
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,399
Speaker 3: he was awesome when they beat Minnesota two years ago

1104
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 3: and they played Golden State. I guess it's three seasons ago,

1105
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 3: now it was twenty twenty two. But he plays a

1106
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 3: ton when those moments are great. The three playoffs that

1107
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 3: he's played in forty minutes played per game, thirty seven

1108
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 3: and thirty seven in the other one. So yeah, I

1109
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,399
Speaker 3: wonder if he's just a tick up and we'll see

1110
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 3: the job moments again. It's great. It's a very high

1111
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:29,799
Speaker 3: X factor here you have.

1112
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 2: Here, Yeah, very an X factor.

1113
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 3: He's a star.

1114
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the issue, and I find problem. I find

1115
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies very difficult to figure out, and like I

1116
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 2: wouldn't be shocked obviously with them losing in a first

1117
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 2: round series, maybe even handedly. And I wouldn't be shocked

1118
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 2: in them like you know, upsetting or going far because

1119
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 2: they're sort of like jeckling Hyde a little bit. They

1120
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 2: have like one of the best net ratings in the league.

1121
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:51,840
Speaker 2: But I think you're right, A big part of that

1122
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 2: is like they take care of those crap teams and

1123
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 2: that sort of inflates that a little bit and then

1124
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 2: maybe a little more subpar against the elite competition in

1125
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 2: the league. But they are good, is my point. They

1126
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 2: are really really good. But John needs to be special

1127
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 2: and that needs to thirty minutes. Yeah, that's got to

1128
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:09,800
Speaker 2: be like at least thirty eight minutes. Yeah, in a postseason,

1129
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 2: in a playoff game, and it probably will be. And

1130
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 2: hopefully we get some magical moments from John Moran because

1131
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 2: he has been like a forgotten player this season big time.

1132
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,840
Speaker 4: It definitely feels like they are managing his body like

1133
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,359
Speaker 4: he you know, he'll play three games and sit out

1134
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 4: two games. Like you're saying, the minutes are a lot lower.

1135
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,960
Speaker 4: They're asking less of him. Hopefully it's so that he

1136
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:30,760
Speaker 4: can be ramped up and ready to go for the playoffs.

1137
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,359
Speaker 4: But that's kind of flipping things on its head from

1138
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:33,760
Speaker 4: the entire way you've played all season.

1139
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: So I don't know.

1140
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,240
Speaker 4: I was in on the Grizzlies halfway through the season

1141
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 4: and then the last like month and a half they've

1142
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 4: been pretty disappointing.

1143
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:43,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, fifteen and twenty against teams five hundred or better. Yeah,

1144
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,880
Speaker 3: I ain't good. No, I apologize if you said that's that?

1145
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,360
Speaker 3: Did you say that's matter different?

1146
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 2: I thought I set twelve and twenty one versus teams

1147
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 2: over five hundreds? Did you read that on a postcard?

1148
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 2: By chance?

1149
00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 3: You're getting me reading postcard.

1150
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 2: Jamal mash stat we're still trying to figure out.

1151
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 3: We all figured it out. That was the Pelicans, the

1152
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 3: New Orleans Pelicans. Yeah, according to NBA dot Com, it's

1153
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 3: fifteen to twenty against five hundred plus.

1154
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 2: And if we can't trust NBA dot com, who can

1155
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 2: we trust?

1156
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 4: Well, you can't trust the ESPN because right now it

1157
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 4: says they're eleven in nineteen against teams?

1158
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 2: What the hell you going with? Sure? Are you going

1159
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 2: with Pelton?

1160
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 3: So this says I'm geeking I'm geeking it out here

1161
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 3: because this common NBA dot Com says opp dots opponent

1162
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,280
Speaker 3: five hundred plus. So does that mean it's over five hundred? Yes, okay,

1163
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 3: but so yours says could mean five hundred and over,

1164
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:35,399
Speaker 3: So there's fine.

1165
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:36,800
Speaker 1: This says five hundred and above.

1166
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:38,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe there's more games.

1167
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, what was it?

1168
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 3: You had eleven and.

1169
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 2: I got eleven in nineteen, but this says more games?

1170
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:44,799
Speaker 2: This three That makes sense.

1171
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's thirty five.

1172
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,399
Speaker 1: Exactly, five hundred teams. I don't know what, but I know.

1173
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 2: We're five hundred.

1174
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,280
Speaker 3: Yeah anyway, Okay, I'll ask chief.

1175
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:59,799
Speaker 2: You know not Jeeves, we have chief. We also know

1176
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 2: I website. We only correspond with some postcards. We'll get

1177
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 2: back today.

1178
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 3: Where's Shuman. Shuman is the guy, right.

1179
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll left that Schuman does all the stats.

1180
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 3: Anyways, they're not good against good teams.

1181
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,319
Speaker 1: That's right. They're not good against good teams no matter.

1182
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 2: Like Dylan does say it could be five hundred when

1183
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 2: they played them versus currently five hundred. Is that a

1184
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 2: that could be a difference. That'd be weird.

1185
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1186
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 4: The fact that it changed so much from when I

1187
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 4: looked at it yesterday to today they didn't play gives

1188
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 4: me reason to think something like they Like I said,

1189
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 4: they're eleven and nineteen on on Tuesday, but when I

1190
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 4: looked at it on Monday, they were twelve and twenty one.

1191
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: So they lost three games somehow, Right, three games just disappeared.

1192
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 2: From that record.

1193
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:44,320
Speaker 1: Who went over five hundred exactly?

1194
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:47,919
Speaker 2: People are calling us a stat fight, straight up staff fight.

1195
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 2: There's no teams that are on the verge of being

1196
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 2: over five hundred. I don't know who did it.

1197
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:55,800
Speaker 4: Well, you're going deep, okay, the Kings. The King's lost

1198
00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:58,040
Speaker 4: to go under five hundred. They were thirty five and

1199
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 4: thirty five at the end of the season. I wonder

1200
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 4: what the record for the Grizzlies.

1201
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:05,280
Speaker 1: Is against the Kings. There we go. We found a Schuman.

1202
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 4: Our next biggest playoff X Factory's tall. It's Kristaps Porzingis

1203
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,239
Speaker 4: of the Boston Celtics. He played seven total playoff games

1204
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 4: last year, and the Celtics went six and one. When

1205
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,360
Speaker 4: he played, they were unebeatable. When he didn't play, they

1206
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 4: were also basically unbeatable. But I think they need him

1207
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 4: this year. Their biggest competition when you're looking lead wide

1208
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 4: league wide, at the teams they're hopefully going up against

1209
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:29,360
Speaker 4: in the conference finals or the finals, are the thunder

1210
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:32,360
Speaker 4: who have Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein and switch on

1211
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 4: defense a ton.

1212
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,480
Speaker 1: You need Porzingis there.

1213
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,320
Speaker 4: Or the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals Evan Mobley,

1214
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,879
Speaker 4: Jared Allen. Gotta be able to have a big guy

1215
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 4: in that series outside of Al Horford. If the Nuggets

1216
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 4: somehow make it to the finals, it'll be Nicola Jokic.

1217
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 4: They're gonna need Kristaps Porzingis last year.

1218
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,800
Speaker 2: They didn't need him last year. Yep, we're on record

1219
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,879
Speaker 2: as saying as much here on the show. We've said

1220
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 2: it for a couple of weeks now, I believe if

1221
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 2: they're gonna repeat, Porzingis is going to be a monster.

1222
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:58,880
Speaker 2: I agree, and like I think he could like flirt

1223
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 2: with a Eastern Conference Finals MVP or potentially even a

1224
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 2: finals MVP. I know as Greate as Tatum is greatest

1225
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 2: Jellen brown Is. I think he's that important, and I

1226
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 2: think the numbers can be that big in a you know,

1227
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 2: a potential four wins out of seven. So I'm on

1228
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,319
Speaker 2: board with this. KP's got to be awesome for them

1229
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:16,919
Speaker 2: to repeat, because it's gonna be more.

1230
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:21,799
Speaker 3: Difficult, Yes, definitely as the series go on, and you

1231
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 3: may face an okay see for sure, But I do

1232
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 3: think it is tougher even at the beginning. And we'll

1233
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 3: see if Chris Apps is just healthy. I think that's

1234
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:31,319
Speaker 3: when it comes down to. He has and they have

1235
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 3: somehow mastered the getting him back healthy because he when

1236
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 3: he comes back, he looks fricking awesome. They play it slow,

1237
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 3: I guess, and he has looked good recently.

1238
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:42,240
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, he's played four out of the last five

1239
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 2: and he scored twenty four or more and three of

1240
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 2: those and like they sort of waxed the Kings there

1241
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,280
Speaker 2: last night, So you know, you didn't have to play.

1242
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 2: He played thirty minutes, I guess, but didn't have his

1243
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 2: monster of game. But right, they've won all these games

1244
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 2: at the other point, and a lot of these games

1245
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 2: are missing other guys, star guys. He's like taking on

1246
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 2: that role easily. He can slot into that and he

1247
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 2: can give you twenty five and he can you know,

1248
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 2: give you some rebounds as well. I know that's a

1249
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,720
Speaker 2: strong suit. But the guy's a monster and he obviously

1250
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,800
Speaker 2: can protect the rim. He's so important and he couldn't

1251
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 2: be a you know, could be a matchup nightmare for

1252
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 2: some potential series. So I'm with you on that one. Now,

1253
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 2: that's the next factor to win the title, yes to me.

1254
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, And Al Horford is getting older. He obviously has

1255
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 3: a great season. He's had an incredible season. But I mean,

1256
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 3: you know, you need somebody else.

1257
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 4: But that's you gotta get two sometimes, like you're gonna

1258
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,359
Speaker 4: have to get twos in the playoffs. That's why they

1259
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:34,680
Speaker 4: can't just have Horford. He's not the guy that's beaten

1260
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 4: switches like Porzingis is. When the Celtics had their biggest struggles,

1261
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 4: it was like trying to reintegrate Porzingis as a player

1262
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,440
Speaker 4: and not necessarily being used to the way that he

1263
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 4: was getting his shots, or Porzingis was out of the

1264
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 4: lineup and they were a little bit two three happy.

1265
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 2: So him coming back solves all those problems. Yeah, and

1266
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:55,479
Speaker 2: he's still a good three point shooter. Is crazy shooter

1267
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 2: this year. So yeah.

1268
00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 4: And just to confirm, the Grizzlies are one and two

1269
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:03,960
Speaker 4: against the sacer Meno Kings. So so the ESPN standings

1270
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 4: are telling us a record against teams that are five

1271
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,640
Speaker 4: hundred currently. And my guess is that the NBA dot

1272
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:10,240
Speaker 4: com ones.

1273
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,359
Speaker 2: Are saying at the time of the game where they

1274
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 2: five damned, which one do you prefer?

1275
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:20,840
Speaker 4: I think I prefer not checking it until the end

1276
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:22,760
Speaker 4: of the season when it's locked in. But I think

1277
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:26,000
Speaker 4: based on the full season is smarter actually than at

1278
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:26,399
Speaker 4: the time.

1279
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:27,960
Speaker 2: I think you're right. Yeah.

1280
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 4: Biggest playoff X factor number seven Jalen Williams of the

1281
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:35,040
Speaker 4: Oklahoma City Thunder j L j al Ean. I am

1282
00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:38,400
Speaker 4: talking about wing Jalen Williams. He was currently hurt JDub

1283
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 4: even though j y L I n J will is

1284
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 4: straight up hooping right now, So maybe he's an X

1285
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 4: factor as well. But you look at Jalen Williams last season,

1286
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 4: great against the Pelicans in the playoffs, twenty one per

1287
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 4: game on fifty three percent shooting thirty nine from three,

1288
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 4: just middling against the MAVs seventeen per game, forty two

1289
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 4: from the field, thirty eight from three. We know what

1290
00:55:57,719 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 4: the recipe is going to be against the thunder get

1291
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:01,759
Speaker 4: the ball out to shake Gill, just Alexander's hands. So

1292
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 4: definitely pressure on thundershooters like Lou Dort, Isaiah Joe. Those

1293
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:09,279
Speaker 4: would be the main guys I would say. I think

1294
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,600
Speaker 4: pressure on chet Holme Grin as well. But Jalen Williams,

1295
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 4: you're an All star. This is your time to step

1296
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 4: up as the second score. There are gonna be moments

1297
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 4: when you got to lead the second unit when Shay

1298
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 4: is getting a tiny bit of rest during the playoffs.

1299
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:23,359
Speaker 4: So I would like to see him step up. He's

1300
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,800
Speaker 4: been really consistent this season, do it again in the playoffs.

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00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:29,240
Speaker 2: Yep, you're gonna want Jalen Williams to be Jalen Brown two.

1302
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,279
Speaker 2: Obviously you know SGA's Tatum, you know, in that sort

1303
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:34,560
Speaker 2: of comparison, and that's what you're looking for. And if

1304
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 2: he is, then they're unbeatable. Yeah, they are damn good.

1305
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 2: But the pressure is going to be there. He's going

1306
00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:41,839
Speaker 2: to be once the ball's forced out of SGA's hand.

1307
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:45,279
Speaker 2: Especially we're getting into like fourth quarters and clutch situations.

1308
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 2: It's like you got to make the play and now

1309
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,359
Speaker 2: you have Hertenstein to make a play at the free

1310
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,400
Speaker 2: throw line and play four on three, but you also

1311
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,720
Speaker 2: have him as the guy's going to operate and whether

1312
00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 2: he can do it for four series, we know we

1313
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:00,040
Speaker 2: can do it. He has done it, but it's a

1314
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 2: you know, a different beast in the postseason. But if

1315
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 2: I hope for him, I love this guy.

1316
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, looking forward to watching him in bigger moments. Yeah,

1317
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:09,399
Speaker 3: OK so he can rely on other guys if he

1318
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,439
Speaker 3: isn't being incredible, But there will be times when Shay

1319
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:14,880
Speaker 3: is not having an excellent game, Who's going to do

1320
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:18,080
Speaker 3: it and it's gonna be called upon for Jalen to

1321
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:18,439
Speaker 3: do it.

1322
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 2: And he is like it's sort of like not as

1323
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 2: much this year. Maybe it's because they're blowing a lot

1324
00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:23,480
Speaker 2: of teams out, but like, was it last year? He

1325
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 2: had a lot of like great moments in the clutch,

1326
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,480
Speaker 2: like he would take over games. So Jay would do

1327
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:29,200
Speaker 2: the heavy carrying for a majority of the game and

1328
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 2: then he would take over as sort of an extra boost.

1329
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 2: So he'll probably have that opportunity in the playoffs.

1330
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,120
Speaker 4: Love that one final playoff X factor. The biggest reach

1331
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 4: arou Benedict Mathren of the Indiana Pacers.

1332
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:41,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one call me by surprise.

1333
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:43,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I wanted eight and I wanted it to

1334
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:48,160
Speaker 4: be four and four, And honestly, I love what Mathren

1335
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 4: has brought to the Pacers lately. Obviously they didn't play

1336
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 4: a clutch game last night, but they had four clutch

1337
00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 4: wins prior to that. And in those fourth four games,

1338
00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 4: Ben Mathrin sixth and fourth quarter, scoring nine and a

1339
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,480
Speaker 4: half per game, sixty eight from the field. He went

1340
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 4: to the free throw line four times per fourth quarter

1341
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 4: in those four wins. In those four wins, thirty one

1342
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:10,720
Speaker 4: clutch points on sixty nine percent shooting.

1343
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: That's great.

1344
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,960
Speaker 4: Hasn't played in the playoffs yet either, so maybe he

1345
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 4: raises the ceiling a little bit for the Indiana Pacers,

1346
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 4: or maybe he's kind of got the game where you're

1347
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 4: not getting the free throw calls in the playoffs and

1348
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 4: you just become a guy who drives into traffic, which

1349
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 4: is not helping the Pacers. But I'd like to see

1350
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,800
Speaker 4: what he's got, and it's choosing him over like Kyle Kuzma.

1351
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:37,320
Speaker 4: He yah, his mom, Alik Beasley, Like those guys are

1352
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,040
Speaker 4: Series X factors. Yeah, sure, we get down into it,

1353
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:41,920
Speaker 4: but I think if math Rin can play well, it

1354
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:43,800
Speaker 4: gives the Pacers a little bit of extra juice.

1355
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, and his scoring in the fourth quarter, as he said,

1356
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 3: those clutch that happens a lot more than it does

1357
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:53,959
Speaker 3: for Kyle Kuzma or or somebody else. These points matter,

1358
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,600
Speaker 3: who do they go to in the fourth quarter. It's

1359
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 3: always this guy recently. It's just over and over and

1360
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:02,720
Speaker 3: over again. So as I go back to NBA dot

1361
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 3: comference stats because that will be careful.

1362
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 2: Be careful there. Yeah, I've heard they're all wrong.

1363
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 3: I haven't troud yet. It's points by quarter have to

1364
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 3: increase as the game goes on. Oh, you know, it's

1365
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 3: always I.

1366
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:16,840
Speaker 2: Don't even know if they have a straight up split

1367
00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 2: for that, but you can so yeah, you gotta go. Yeah,

1368
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:24,680
Speaker 2: I'm not upset with another Canadian being on this at all.

1369
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:27,560
Speaker 2: Ben the Baker, Let's go. Yeah, I'm starting to get

1370
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:29,840
Speaker 2: really excited. About the Pacers again here the way they're

1371
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:31,960
Speaker 2: playing recently, because it's like just nice to see them

1372
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 2: playing like they were last year. And we already talked

1373
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:36,840
Speaker 2: about like I wouldn't be upset with the four or

1374
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:39,840
Speaker 2: five run it back between the Pacers and Bucks, fully

1375
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:43,200
Speaker 2: loaded squads, and you know, Pacers fans will like they'll

1376
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 2: have a chip on their shoulder because they was like, oh,

1377
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:46,160
Speaker 2: you only got by them because there was no Yn

1378
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 2: as well, They're gonna be like, all right, bring you honest,

1379
00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 2: let's see it. Let's it'll be great first round series,

1380
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 2: I think four or five, but he'll be important. So

1381
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 2: there it is. Hit me with those eight guys again,

1382
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 2: Who you got?

1383
00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: Who do I got? Scrolling?

1384
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 2: Scrolling all right?

1385
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:06,840
Speaker 4: Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets, Michale Bridges of the

1386
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:09,959
Speaker 4: New York Knicks, Jaden McDaniels of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jared

1387
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:13,440
Speaker 4: Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers, John Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies,

1388
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 4: Christaps Porzingis of the Boston Celtics, Jalen Williams of the

1389
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 4: Oklahoma City Thunder and Benedict Mathrin of the Indiana Pacers.

1390
01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 2: Five guys whose names start with a J. The J factor,

1391
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 2: the J factor, that's what it's called. Now.

1392
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,640
Speaker 4: I think that a J initial is the most popular

1393
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,400
Speaker 4: initial in the NBA. I don't know if it's true,

1394
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:35,920
Speaker 4: but I think.

1395
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:38,760
Speaker 2: It is JA two for sure. Yeah, Jalen is the

1396
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:41,240
Speaker 2: most common name in the NBA. I believe that.

1397
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, we need a website for it. Benedict mathematician. That

1398
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:47,040
Speaker 3: can be the website.

1399
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 4: Here's the math for you. Task first quarter, Benedict Mathrine.

1400
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 4: Three point four points per game, second quarter three point eight,

1401
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 4: third quarter four point zero, fourth quarter five point two.

1402
01:00:55,640 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 3: There we goba dot com to break that down. All right,

1403
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,800
Speaker 3: great stuff, Tee three points per game? That sucks.

1404
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure's actually I take that back.

1405
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:08,560
Speaker 3: I take that back.

1406
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, on those overtime numbers. All right, great stuff.

1407
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:15,520
Speaker 1: TK.

1408
01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,600
Speaker 2: Let's hear from you guys in the stream team and

1409
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:19,680
Speaker 2: in the YouTube comments. You can tweet on us as well.

1410
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,920
Speaker 2: Other NBA playoff X factors that you would add to

1411
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:27,160
Speaker 2: that list. Tonight's game task Jimmy Butler returning to Miami

1412
01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 2: for the first time after forcing his way out at

1413
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,560
Speaker 2: the trade deadline. Curious how the home crowd will react

1414
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 2: to Jimmy. I think this is on TNT, so this

1415
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:37,600
Speaker 2: will be a fun one and this is our game.

1416
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:40,560
Speaker 3: In the pick up, yeah, Jimmy said, it's just another game.

1417
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 3: Of course he's going to say that, although Kevin Love said,

1418
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 3: I think he's going to be pretty emotional when he

1419
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 3: comes back. Really, So that's why I was comfortable taking

1420
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:53,240
Speaker 3: Golden State minus four and a half. They got to

1421
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:56,880
Speaker 3: cover five points and and I assume that's why Trey

1422
01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:00,560
Speaker 3: and Esh also followed it. Why isn't Old stake and

1423
01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:03,360
Speaker 3: win by five points? I am surprised Skeats that you

1424
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 3: took Miami's plus four and a half at home?

1425
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:09,800
Speaker 2: Is he culture real or not? This is their championship tonight.

1426
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:13,120
Speaker 2: They ain't doing anything in the postseason. This is their game.

1427
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:15,840
Speaker 2: This is there, Like, Okay, screw this guy, and like

1428
01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:17,840
Speaker 2: for Wiggans to like get back at his old team

1429
01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:20,400
Speaker 2: and like this is a big, big game in front

1430
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,160
Speaker 2: of their home crowd. They got to get this one.

1431
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,080
Speaker 2: This is a money line win here tonight.

1432
01:02:24,280 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: You're thinking they're gonna I'm going overboard.

1433
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 2: I'm going overboard, but I like them keeping it close

1434
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:30,400
Speaker 2: at the very least, so that that's why I'm taking them.

1435
01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 4: A man they staffed the streak, they'd lost ten straight

1436
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:34,240
Speaker 4: and they get healthy against the Hornets.

1437
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 3: That's good stuff.

1438
01:02:35,120 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, you wouldn't want to come into this game on

1439
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:41,360
Speaker 2: a eleven game Street. They're not good and doing You're wrong.

1440
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:43,080
Speaker 2: I'm just saying it's a very important game for them,

1441
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:45,280
Speaker 2: and and again you gotta do it for you do

1442
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 2: it for Pat and Eric.

1443
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:55,280
Speaker 3: Tonight playing on the and if we were able to

1444
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 3: bet by quarters here, this is going back to the quarters.

1445
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:01,560
Speaker 3: What you can do? Think? Yeah, you definitely bet Halves

1446
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:06,840
Speaker 3: Miami heat first half, take him? I like that. Wow, Yes, solid,

1447
01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:09,400
Speaker 3: and the Warriors tend to come out in the third

1448
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:11,760
Speaker 3: quarter and take care of business.

1449
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:13,560
Speaker 2: What's Steph Curry status? He's questionable.

1450
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,760
Speaker 3: Yes, Steph Curry had a long I do believe it's

1451
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,360
Speaker 3: technically questionable. But he did practice for a long time yesterday,

1452
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:24,200
Speaker 3: so it seems like emotionally he wants to play for Jimmy.

1453
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:26,040
Speaker 3: I'm guessing it feels like that.

1454
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 2: Did you guys see the clip the other night speaking

1455
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 2: of Steph Curry where it appeared that he hit like

1456
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:34,440
Speaker 2: a I don't know, one hundred foot shot because he

1457
01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:36,440
Speaker 2: like chucked it from the tunnel all the way to

1458
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 2: the other end, and there were people filming it and

1459
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 2: it looked like it's swished. But have you seen the

1460
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:43,440
Speaker 2: footage since uh uh oh, we have new footage from

1461
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:46,080
Speaker 2: underneath the camera on the other end. It just hits

1462
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:49,720
Speaker 2: the mesh, like perfectly hits the mesh, where if you're

1463
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 2: a hundred feet away it looks like you swished it. Yeah,

1464
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:53,240
Speaker 2: but when you're right there, it's like no, it just

1465
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 2: hits the mesh. It's a real second angle.

1466
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:00,400
Speaker 3: I was searching Steph to see a status for tonight

1467
01:04:00,440 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 3: and I did see those videos come up, and I said, nah,

1468
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:04,400
Speaker 3: it's Saint Real's is.

1469
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 2: A grow Oh you didn't even believe it?

1470
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:08,080
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, no, I didn't really want to read about it.

1471
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 3: So I was just like, okay, what about Steff. I

1472
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:12,720
Speaker 3: don't care if you say the show from the other tunnel.

1473
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:14,800
Speaker 3: He can do that. I believe it.

1474
01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 2: That's true. You could. All right, So that's the big

1475
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:20,000
Speaker 2: game tonight. We'll be here tomorrow to break that one down,

1476
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:22,160
Speaker 2: I assume in great detail. Talk about all the other

1477
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,520
Speaker 2: games tonight, maybe at the beach, so get your questions in. No,

1478
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,560
Speaker 2: Dunk's at the Athletic dot Com. Uh so, looking forward

1479
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:29,520
Speaker 2: to that game and the others will see you here. Then,

1480
01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:31,280
Speaker 2: Clipper bros, you.

1481
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,680
Speaker 1: Heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up.

1482
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:35,080
Speaker 2: Love you guys awesome.

1483
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:39,040
Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us. And remember the AI on X

1484
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:45,040
Speaker 3: is called Grock. I wonder if Rob Gronkowski my Gronk

1485
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:46,200
Speaker 3: cares about that.

1486
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:46,960
Speaker 1: I don't know.

1487
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:50,320
Speaker 3: I just thought of that. It probably has nothing to

1488
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:52,840
Speaker 3: do with each other, because Gronk is Gronk with an N.

1489
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:55,680
Speaker 3: Gronk is Grock without an end.

1490
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 2: Have you ever used grok by accident? Oh?

1491
01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 3: Sometimes I fat thumbed it. You know, at the bottom

1492
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:05,520
Speaker 3: of Twitter. It's gotten all these you know, all these

1493
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:15,480
Speaker 3: tabs exactly exactly what happened. I can't reveal it. I wash.

1494
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:18,200
Speaker 3: You know how they write those corrections? Yeah, they wrote

1495
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:20,439
Speaker 3: a correction right away. I guess. I guess I lied.

1496
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:22,919
Speaker 2: I know j D has been dabbling with the chat

1497
01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:30,600
Speaker 2: GPT a lot more rocking it. I can't even I

1498
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:32,520
Speaker 2: don't even know if I'm what I'm looking at right

1499
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:37,200
Speaker 2: now is actually JD. I'm not think of all right now, Amatar,

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Speaker 2: Embrace the day, people,