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Speaker 1: Later on we're gonna look at the most compelling Eastern

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Speaker 4: I wait to see the comments today.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that's right, that's right. But we're gonna get into

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Speaker 1: last night's games with a little watching up. But before that,

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Speaker 1: we got some weggies guys, and we had two of

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Speaker 1: two weggies on the same night of basketball.

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Speaker 4: Wow. Unintentional really, Usually.

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Speaker 1: They're shooting right in there on purpose.

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Speaker 4: I'm just Usually it's a shot that wasn't a shot

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, well yeah, Luca number twenty nine and then

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Speaker 1: Darren Fox got fouled. Actually, that's very rare. I checked

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Speaker 1: All your stats. When it comes to the leggie. So

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Speaker 1: It's a bit of a floater.

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Speaker 3: All the stats man, every stat you can think of.

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Speaker 3: Wedgies not included. But yeah, Jokic far far away, my guy.

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Speaker 3: I think his legs are saved a little bit. And

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Speaker 3: He's helping him get easier shots. But the fact that

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Speaker 3: I think that saves him and it saves both of them.

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Speaker 3: Because James Harden was sprinting upstairs after this game, that's

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Speaker 3: my question. Yeah, sure, MVP, but how many times did

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Speaker 3: I'm talking about standing around watching James Harden. But James

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Speaker 5: That to me was when your partner goes out of

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Speaker 5: They say they'll be home at six, so at five

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Speaker 1: Literally just did this. My wife just returned yesterday and

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Speaker 1: the actual MVP though, it's interesting you bring up in

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Speaker 1: Bead's defense, you know, last night and he's turned it

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Speaker 1: on and late. I think if you're going with these

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Speaker 1: the whole Ledger thing, like, okay, stat wise, you know,

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Speaker 1: offense offensively, well, that's probably a tick for Yokich. The

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Speaker 1: numbers are just more impressive. Record wise, it's basically a draw.

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Speaker 1: Although the pass brought up the other day. It's funny

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Speaker 1: because the Nuggets are so far down in the Western

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Speaker 1: But the record is basically, you know, narrative, Well, you

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Speaker 1: could pick a choose on that you know, and Bead

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Speaker 1: doesn't have Ben Simmons, but Yokic doesn't have Murray or

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Speaker 1: Muchlber Junior. But then the one thing where the tick

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Speaker 1: would probably go to Embiid is defensively, and I wonder

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Speaker 1: how much voters will go, Well, look at the numbers

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Speaker 1: are putting them offensively, The records are pretty close. They're

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Speaker 1: just they're juggernauts on that end. But do they sway

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Speaker 1: is a better defensive player than Yokich, who also holds

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Speaker 1: his own. Don't get me wrong, think.

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Speaker 4: He is friend VP, adding No, I don't think so. Okay,

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Speaker 4: I think you're looking more at what they do on

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Speaker 4: the other end of the floor. And I've probably been

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Speaker 4: more in Embiid's corner this season, but I have probably

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Speaker 4: switched right now. This is not my final lance. I'm

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Speaker 4: not playing who wants to be a Millionaire and I'm

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Speaker 4: not lucking it in, But I would say today I've

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Speaker 4: got Jokic still or Jokic now is my MVP. He's look,

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Speaker 4: I'm trying to find ways of splitting them up and

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Speaker 4: and all that, and Jokich has played more games. Their numbers.

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Speaker 4: In terms of they're shooting the ball, Yokich is nearly

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Speaker 4: at sixty percent. He shooting fifty seven percent three pointers

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Speaker 4: identical there rebounds Jokich has him and assists as well,

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Speaker 4: So you're just sort of looking like who has been

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Speaker 4: more important to him? I think this is by far

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Speaker 4: Embid's greatest season he's had. I think he's been looked

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Speaker 4: super dominant. I love that little mid ranger's got. I

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Speaker 4: love the way that he's impacted games, and especially last night,

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Speaker 4: no Vucci but Tristan Thompson and Tony Bradley was just like,

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Speaker 4: he's done that several times. That goes back to last

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Speaker 4: and they couldn't. So I just think Jokich has probably

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Speaker 4: it a little bit more efficiently. I think. I mean

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Speaker 4: it's very very close here. The record, Yes, one game

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Speaker 4: doesn't make any difference, so standings that shouldn't come into it.

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Speaker 4: And I think where the Nuggets are right now, I

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Speaker 4: think Jokich has just carried that team a little more

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Speaker 4: than what Joel and Beat has done. So my pick

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Speaker 4: is yo Kich. It is extremely close. This is one

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Speaker 4: of the closest races I think I can recall in

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Speaker 4: a long time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw Hollander right today with more than three

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Speaker 1: quarters of the season in the books. All three, so

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Speaker 1: he's including Ninas here in the mix with and Beat

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Speaker 1: all three of them because of the tape of campaigns

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Speaker 1: a dissenting vote and quote there on Holidry a great

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Speaker 5: But it is historic. It is race, no doubt to me.

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Speaker 5: It's the best race since at least twenty sixteen to seventeen,

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Speaker 5: which was Westbrook triple double season. James Harden finished second,

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Speaker 5: Kawhi Leonard finished third, and it was like, you could

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Speaker 5: what it is right now. You could pick any one

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Speaker 5: of Embiid, Jokisch or Jannis. It's also a little bit

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Speaker 5: like Shack versus David Robinson for the scoring title ninety

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Speaker 5: We need to steal we need somebody to whip a

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Speaker 1: So you think has actually helped Embiids It hasn't hurt

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Speaker 5: I already got one on you man, love it love

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Speaker 1: A forty ten in a big win. You know, flash

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Speaker 1: But he is right there. I don't think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: we're saying, I really do, yeah, unless the Bucks just

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Speaker 4: I think for Yannis it is hot up because he's

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Speaker 1: That's why I think Embiid is the favorite here to

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Speaker 4: I just wonder if we get a situation like in

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Speaker 5: What you got that's a tight one Five straight for

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Speaker 5: Star Donchers has an MVP run in him. He like

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Speaker 5: He granted the rebounds, they he did everything necessary to

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Speaker 5: ice the game. It's not what you're expecting from Doncic,

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Speaker 5: That was crazy. Follow Will was calling him go Beart.

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Speaker 5: me are the real deal.

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Speaker 3: That felt like a playoff game and how chippy it was.

429
00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,720
Speaker 3: The Luca was looking for every little foul. There's a

430
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,439
Speaker 3: lot of talk. It felt like, yeah, we're back in

431
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,320
Speaker 3: the playoffs. A lot of chatting with the referees, and

432
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,960
Speaker 3: also that Luca wanted some revenge ten days prior. Rudy Gobert,

433
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 3: you know, air quotes shut down Luca on plenty of hey,

434
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,960
Speaker 3: let's dance type occasions. He played him really, really well,

435
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,359
Speaker 3: and this was an adjustment game Game three of the series.

436
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 3: I'm just gonna go back at him.

437
00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:22,119
Speaker 4: It was.

438
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,400
Speaker 3: It was a lot of fun, for sure, So much

439
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,879
Speaker 3: he happened back and forth with these two teams a

440
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,119
Speaker 3: very enjoyable watch. The other one the Wolves where they

441
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,399
Speaker 3: went basically it was like a forty point win throughout

442
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,440
Speaker 3: the entire game because they're playing a G League team

443
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:39,199
Speaker 3: and the Blazers, unfortunately, was just hilarious. The wave was

444
00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:46,199
Speaker 3: happening in Minnesota. God, yeah, I couldn't tell if that

445
00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 3: was cool or very very very uncool. I definitely lean

446
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 3: on cool. Got wave at a basketball game? Come on,

447
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,000
Speaker 3: that's test rate And we'll get into some more Wolves

448
00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,400
Speaker 3: high jinks a little bit later in the show, because yeah,

449
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,399
Speaker 3: it was like a m from Q one yesterday. That

450
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,280
Speaker 3: was a ridiculous game, but.

451
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,040
Speaker 1: A sign that the Wolves are actually maybe a legit

452
00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,640
Speaker 1: good team. Like they played the Blazers, yes, whose sock

453
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 1: and are leaning into the tank, but they crushed them

454
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,719
Speaker 1: in the last two games here. That's good that all

455
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,359
Speaker 1: the old Wolves don't do that. They drop at least

456
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,200
Speaker 1: one of those and you're left going, oh my god,

457
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,640
Speaker 1: but they're you know, they beat the Thunder, they beat

458
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,239
Speaker 1: the crappy Warriors right now, the Calves they took care

459
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,680
Speaker 1: like those are the five wins in a row here,

460
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 1: Like when you include those two Blazers win like, that's

461
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:28,119
Speaker 1: something to me.

462
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,960
Speaker 4: Absolutely, it is kicking their rest. Every win for the

463
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,480
Speaker 4: Wolves right now is important because they've got to solidify

464
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,399
Speaker 4: their position. They're going to make the playoffs obviously, no

465
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,720
Speaker 4: question there, but they want to show that they can

466
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 4: be more than just hey, we just want to make

467
00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 4: the playoffs to make up the numbers here. And they

468
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,320
Speaker 4: can extend this. They've got the Thundernecks, then the Magic,

469
00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,560
Speaker 4: then they face Miami, then San Antonio and the Lakers.

470
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 4: So they can really stretch this out right now.

471
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 1: But but what the problem is for them. The Nuggets

472
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 1: because of your kitchen, keep winning, yeah, and the MAVs

473
00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,840
Speaker 1: because of Luca and everybody else contributing them course, keep

474
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,879
Speaker 1: winning too. Like otherwise I think the Wolves they wouldn't

475
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,800
Speaker 1: be talked about more because they was probably caught up

476
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: a little bit with the standings. But they're still unfortunately

477
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:04,399
Speaker 1: a couple of games back.

478
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,439
Speaker 4: Yeah they are. But this is all they can do

479
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,040
Speaker 4: right now is just keep on winning because they have

480
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,119
Speaker 4: not been a convincing team in years gone by. They

481
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,720
Speaker 4: just always like you say, you can see them losing

482
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,399
Speaker 4: to a Blazer team Anthony Simon's yes, he was not

483
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,440
Speaker 4: playing there last night. That's the sort of game where

484
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:20,959
Speaker 4: it's like, oh, the Wolves just blew that one. How

485
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 4: did they lose that? But don Chech right now, he

486
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 4: is just on fire. That step back he's got going

487
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 4: is incredible. And Spencer Din we want a pickup. He

488
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,160
Speaker 4: has been for them because no Jalen Brunton last night,

489
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 4: so that's been there, sort of secondary ball handle the

490
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,199
Speaker 4: distributed there, Spencer didn when he's perfect more shots for

491
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 4: me and that's great. So yeah, the Mavericks have I

492
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,639
Speaker 4: have not been super convinced on this team for a

493
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,640
Speaker 4: lot of the season. Right now changing my tune because

494
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,200
Speaker 4: they are looking really, really good and I love it.

495
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 4: You know, Tas mentioned the revenge factor. There's no question

496
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 4: in my mind they wanted to get one back there

497
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,439
Speaker 4: last night. They all that him and Rudy Gobert they

498
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,199
Speaker 4: don't like him. Rudy threw the ball at him like

499
00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 4: that he wanted to fight him afterwards.

500
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Speaker 1: I mean, but that's what we want.

501
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 4: We want that sort of drama intention because I definitely

502
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 4: think the Mavericks look at the Jazz and think we

503
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 4: just match up really well against his team Daikon Slawastan.

504
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,360
Speaker 4: That would be an awesome first round.

505
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 1: I like hearing Luke after this game to talk about

506
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,159
Speaker 1: like they really want the four seat, they want a

507
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 1: home home court that in a series, because he's never

508
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,159
Speaker 1: had that. Yeah, so they're of course gunning for that.

509
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: They want to try and get up the Western Conference standings.

510
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll talk about in detail on the brow.

511
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 5: And they lost the road court advantage series last year.

512
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, that's right. I forgot about that. It's

513
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,080
Speaker 1: a good point. But anyway, they're they're gutting for it.

514
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: And did you just do you still have the I

515
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,120
Speaker 1: saw you over your shoulder? The Dinwitty stats up that.

516
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, a tear he is on. Yes, it sure seemed

517
00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,679
Speaker 3: likely they traded Christops worzingis that their ceiling was a

518
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 3: little bit lower because they're trading for Spencer Dinwiddi and

519
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,360
Speaker 3: uh Davis Burton's But Spencer Dinwiddy feeling good in this role. Yeah,

520
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,959
Speaker 3: his last six games twenty two points, five assists on

521
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 3: fifty five percent from the floor and forty eight percent

522
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,760
Speaker 3: from three. They're seven and one when he plays, So

523
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 3: you know, it's a it's a that's good. Yeah, it's

524
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 3: a yin and a yang. They're playing well and Spencer's

525
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 3: also playing well. But he's yeah, he's come to the

526
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,640
Speaker 3: team when Luca has decided to turn on this MVP run.

527
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 3: I mean that's that's part of it. But Spencer dinbody's

528
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 3: also just feeling good. He wasn't a part of the

529
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,880
Speaker 3: future in Washington and he was told that basically, and

530
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,679
Speaker 3: now he's, uh, he's playing those capabilities. So he's you know,

531
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,640
Speaker 3: is he their second best player? I mean you can

532
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 3: call him that, I suppose. But everybody's just contributing. Everybody's

533
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 3: feeling good, and yeah, lots of Jocelyn in the Western

534
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,120
Speaker 3: Conference standings ain't done yet. That would be a fun one.

535
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 3: But also just a lot of talking with the refs,

536
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,399
Speaker 3: like Rudy Gobert. Yeah, he's slacked Kaliba right in the

537
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 3: chops in the first quarter, I think it was. And

538
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 3: so much yapping. I mean, I've got.

539
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,719
Speaker 1: There'd be some long playoffs, yees, those would be long. Well,

540
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,199
Speaker 1: let's get to some other games. Last night, Oladipo he

541
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 1: returned for the heat hero score thirty one. They beat

542
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,479
Speaker 1: the Rockets one twenty three, one oh six, and then

543
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 1: we had Julius Randall in a career best forty six points.

544
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 1: Is the Knicks rally passed the Kings one thirty one

545
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 1: to one fifteen. So I'm doing a bit of a

546
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: reach here and Jam Ley's together. But the question is

547
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: bigger surprise All a deepot and how he looked in

548
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,240
Speaker 1: his return or Randall popping off there for forty six

549
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,439
Speaker 1: in a big comeback over Sacramento. What's you got?

550
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 4: Well, despite the fact I was looking forward to a

551
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 4: Monday night ten thirty Eastern Nicks Kings tip off, I'm

552
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 4: going with Victor Ola Depot. I thought he looked actually

553
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,159
Speaker 4: really really smooth and comfortable out there. He drove inside,

554
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 4: had a nice dunk some threes, honestly for a guy

555
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 4: who hadn't played for eleven months. And one of those

556
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 4: ones like is he even still in the league, this guy,

557
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 4: you know, like because we just hadn't seen or heard

558
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,399
Speaker 4: from him and now and I talked about yesterday the

559
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,400
Speaker 4: show said, he's basically an insurance policy if they get

560
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 4: that sort of production out of him consistently. This is

561
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 4: one of those good problems to have here, Eric's Bostra

562
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 4: because they have got so many guys now who can

563
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,360
Speaker 4: sort of play in that backup role. You know, it's

564
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 4: a Vincent and Maxi strus Tyler heroes obviously getting a

565
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 4: lot of minutes off the bench there. But if you

566
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 4: can get all the depot out there for twelve fifteen

567
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 4: minutes a night. He's a good defensive player, he can

568
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 4: shoot the three. The Heat are just so deep and

569
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,639
Speaker 4: there are so many options there for Spolster. So I

570
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 4: thought he great. It was great. And again look against

571
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 4: the Rockets, his former team there, the team he turned

572
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 4: down the two year, forty five million dollar extension with,

573
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 4: so he got some revenge. But that's the kind of

574
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 4: game you want where it's like, wasn't really that close here.

575
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 4: The Heat were winning this game no matter what. Ladibo

576
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 4: got out there and got to really see how he

577
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,920
Speaker 4: could be used in that In that role, he could

578
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 4: be a backup point guard, he could be an off

579
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 4: ball guy. He provides a lot for them. But the

580
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 4: more that confidence of driving inside and throwing down a dunk,

581
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,919
Speaker 4: I thought that was really really good. So overall I

582
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 4: gave him a B plus for this game. I thought

583
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 4: it was fantastic.

584
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 1: Okay, well, what do you think tasks of all the

585
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,880
Speaker 1: Devil's return or rand all gone for forty.

586
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 3: Six Excited to see Victor Olidiba out there, all these

587
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 3: returns get haped a look. He did look really really good.

588
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: Very a long time. Yeah, said yesterday April twenty twenty one.

589
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 4: I guess what eleven months? Ye?

590
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, I don't really think of Victor

591
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 3: Oladipo as a passer. But if you're playing on the

592
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 3: Miami if he is going to play playoff minutes with

593
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 3: this team, he's got a zing that ball around. That's

594
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 3: what this team is. It's built on getting the most

595
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 3: out of a collective. UNI at four assists in this game.

596
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,360
Speaker 3: A beautiful zinger to Dwayne Denman under the hoop. Yeah,

597
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,359
Speaker 3: the dunk happened. He looked extremely spry. You forget Victor

598
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,679
Speaker 3: Oladipo is an all defensive player because you know, you

599
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 3: think of him as an offensive player. He looked good

600
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 3: on the defensive end. He took a charge, probably wasn't

601
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 3: a charge. But he's always going to be in the

602
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 3: right place. He can fit in with this Miami Heat team.

603
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 3: They are his legs going to be good night in

604
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,719
Speaker 3: and night out. Well, if you play him fifteen eighteen

605
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 3: twenty minutes a game, maybe maybe he's not in. I

606
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 3: guess he's not going to be a heavy minutes player

607
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 3: for the rest of his career. I don't know, but

608
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 3: definitely not on this team. And I mean, he filled

609
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,119
Speaker 3: the role really, really well, and so yeah, some of

610
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 3: those guys that Lee mentioned, their minutes will be reduced.

611
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 3: If Victor Oladipot is in. You know, you're Gabe Vincent's

612
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 3: maybe your struses, but all the people can He can

613
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: make a play if he if he is looking good.

614
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 3: So that was that was amazing. I think with the

615
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 3: Knickson and Julius Randall's forty six, not surprising that the

616
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 3: Kings are out of this freaking thing. They're four and

617
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 3: eight since they've made the trade for the Tyres Haliburt

618
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 3: and de Mata Sabonis deal, not surprising. But I think

619
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 3: Julius Randall is enjoying the lack of pressure that comes

620
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 3: with this. Next season is already dead. I mean, I

621
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 3: think at the beginning of last season, when he started

622
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 3: his run zero pressure in New York, he got hot,

623
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 3: it didn't stop. Then the pressure came in the playoffs,

624
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 3: Then the pressure came this season, and he's been a

625
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 3: bad mid range shooter. All of a sudden he's hot,

626
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 3: and I think that helps that they're out of it already.

627
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 3: So I don't know which one I'm more surprised by it,

628
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 3: but it's it's stinky there in New York, that's for sure.

629
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Speaker 1: Trey, how would you answer this one? Oladipot's return or

630
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: Randall forty six and that comeback win.

631
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 5: I guess I got to go with ola Depot because

632
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 5: I don't believe that the Julius Randall thing actually happened.

633
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 5: Nobody saw that happen. This is like Wilt Chamberlain's one

634
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 5: hundred point game.

635
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've heard the radio broadcast.

636
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 5: Lee gave Victor Oladipo a B plus, and I'll tell

637
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 5: you what, he can be a plus for the heat

638
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 5: if he keeps coming.

639
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 3: Off the bench.

640
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that they can.

641
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Speaker 5: He could possibly give the heat something in their guard

642
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 5: rotation that they don't have coming off the bench, which

643
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 5: is a guy who drives, which I think is gonna

644
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 5: be huge because Max Struz he wants to shoot threes.

645
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,959
Speaker 5: Gave Vincent he wants to shoot threes. So occasionally there

646
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 5: will be a time when you need somebody to get downhill.

647
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 5: That can be Victor Oladipo, like to ask to say,

648
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 5: and who knows if his legs will be there? Who

649
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 5: knows if it would be good every night, But there's

650
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 5: less of a requirement for that. If you're one of

651
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 5: three guards coming off the bench rather than if you're

652
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 5: a sixth man or if you're a spot starter. So

653
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 5: he might be able to help a little bit here.

654
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 5: It's nice to see a guy get a dunk in

655
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 5: their first game back.

656
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Speaker 1: I'm with Lee.

657
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 5: Clay Thompson did it as well. That's a way to

658
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 5: send a message. This guy's ready. He can still dunk, so.

659
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,959
Speaker 1: Do it again again. Oladipo was in a dunk contest,

660
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: wasn't it. Yes, I'm not singing, Yeah, that's right.

661
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, Classic Man? Who was Classic Man?

662
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, the same one.

663
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Speaker 5: I think it was the next year, must be fifteen

664
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Speaker 5: and sixteen. Those guys must have just been singing in

665
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Speaker 5: the Orlando Magic locker.

666
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Speaker 1: And Oladipo, well, he had the sign that said mister

667
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: five forty, right, that's right, Yeah, I think it said

668
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: mister three sixty.

669
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Speaker 5: Then he did a dunk, but he said everybody.

670
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Speaker 1: Said was a five forty.

671
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 5: Oh that's really a three sixty because I was just

672
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 5: rewatching it after this dunk contest and Kenny smith yelso,

673
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 5: oh he should be calling himself mister five forty.

674
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Speaker 1: You go, there you go.

675
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 3: But I could be wrong.

676
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Speaker 1: Okay, a couple of the games last night. Let's just

677
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: slip it in here for our first break. Kate Cunningham

678
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: scored twenty eight as the Pistons beat the Hawks one thirteen,

679
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: one ten in overtime. They're third straight victory I believe

680
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: fort Detroit here. And then the Spurs. Greg Popovich ti

681
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: Don Nelson for NBA career wins record as the Spurs

682
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: beat the Lakers. No lebron in this one. So here's

683
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: the question more promising young core between the Pistons or

684
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 1: the Spurs.

685
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 5: What you got, Trey, This to me kind of feels

686
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 5: like what you got top level talent or tons and

687
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,719
Speaker 5: tons of depth. Because the Pistons they got a stud

688
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 5: in Kaid Cunningham, and then they've got some good players

689
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 5: that I'm not convinced will be around actually that the

690
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 5: next time.

691
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Speaker 1: The Pistons are really good.

692
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 5: As for the Spurs, they got a bunch of players

693
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 5: who are guaranteed to be in various NBA teams rotations,

694
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 5: likely the Spurs because they keep their guys for the

695
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 5: most part, and they've got an All Star and Dejonte

696
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 5: Murray who probably is never going to get to MVP level,

697
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 5: which is ultimately why I'm going with the Pistons, because

698
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 5: I'm a caid cunning Stan at this point. Another solid

699
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 5: one for Kid last night, twenty eight points, six rebounds,

700
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,239
Speaker 5: ten assists. He plays at the same pace from the

701
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 5: opening tip until the last minute of the game, like

702
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 5: you can't hurry him, you can't speed him up, he

703
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 5: can't slow him down He just plays at like a

704
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 5: mid sort of pace the entire time. The Pistons have

705
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 5: won three straight games for the first time all season.

706
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 5: Is that a streak?

707
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 3: Yeah?

708
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 5: For them, that's an official streak. I think that has

709
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 5: bypassed the patch. He's averaging twenty three per game at

710
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 5: nine rebounds and six assists in those three wins. The

711
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 5: percentages have been all over the map this season.

712
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: That's how it is.

713
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 5: That's how it was for Luka Doncic his rookie year.

714
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 5: But he's got four straight twenty point games, five in

715
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 5: his last seven since the All Star Break. He only

716
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 5: did it twelve times in forty four games before the

717
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Speaker 5: All Star Break. I was listening to the Saturday Slam

718
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 5: and Jam. Subscribe to that podcast and others by going

719
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Speaker 5: to the Athletic dot Com Slash No Dunks dollar a month.

720
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Speaker 1: Great stuff.

721
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 5: They were talking about the pre leap that players make

722
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 5: in the end part of the season, where like, you know,

723
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 5: the Pistons really aren't playing for anything here, They're just

724
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 5: trying to get better, but you want to see some

725
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 5: sort of progress. I feel like Caig Cunningham has made

726
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 5: that pre leap to where he's looking at next season.

727
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 5: This guy's going to be an absolute stud. I kind

728
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 5: of think that Evan Mobley has already locked down Rookie

729
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 5: of the Year. You could make some cases here that

730
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 5: Caid has certainly closed the gap, and maybe he'll get

731
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Speaker 5: a few first place votes when it comes down to it,

732
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 5: because I saw this stat hilariously Terry Pickstatt in the

733
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 5: AP today effect Caid Cunningham played in his fiftieth game

734
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Speaker 5: on Friday.

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Speaker 1: Cool okay.

736
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 5: He scored eight hundred and fifteen points, two hundred and

737
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 5: eighty nine rebounds, and two hundred and fifty five assists,

738
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Speaker 5: joining Magic Johnson and Luka Doncic as the only two

739
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 5: other players who were twenty or younger in NBA history

740
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 5: to have that many points in their first fifty games.

741
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Speaker 1: You know, the eight.

742
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 5: Fifteen to two eighty nine, two fifty five in fifty

743
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 5: under twenty club.

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00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, classic.

745
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, you don't see that very often, but you can

746
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 5: see why he is compared to Luca being a big

747
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 5: time ball handler, a strong guy, and somebody who is

748
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 5: always playing at his own pace. So just the fact

749
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 5: that the Pistons have Caid Cunningham, I'm putting him a

750
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 5: little bit ahead of the Spurs just because I think

751
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 5: he's the best guy of anybody on those two teams.

752
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: What do you think?

753
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree for the same sort of reasons. I

754
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 4: think de Jontay Murray he's has already been in the

755
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 4: legal bit longer. He's having, you know, a better season.

756
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 4: But I think Kate Cunningham has a much higher ceiling.

757
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 4: I think Kate Cunningham is going to be very good.

758
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 4: Because this was a dumb ending to this game.

759
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 6: Oh my god, remembering Yeah, and then John Collins had

760
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 6: a chance to win it for the Hawks and break

761
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 6: the first free throw, knocked in the second one there,

762
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 6: and then in the overtime it was Cunningham hit a

763
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 6: big three and the Pistons closed this one out.

764
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,320
Speaker 4: So yeah, he you know, got off to a slow start.

765
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 4: You know, the injuries in Detroit, You're like, oh man,

766
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 4: if they've gotten this right, they absolutely have. Cunningham, I

767
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 4: have no question he is going to be a stud.

768
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 4: But de Jon Day Murray, I mean he's and I

769
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 4: think it's those are the two best players. He really

770
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 4: has taken big leaps this year by making the all

771
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 4: stay game, by showing what it can do on the

772
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 4: both ends of the floor. There So today, I think

773
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 4: Murray is better, but I think Cunningham will be in

774
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 4: the long run.

775
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: Anything to add to either that Pistons winning overtime, you know,

776
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: pop tying Don Nelson or these young course here to

777
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: answer to the watch.

778
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 3: Well, there is interesting with the Detroit Pistons because watching

779
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 3: them last few games, this three games streaker looks like

780
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 3: there's It was kind of a hard team to play.

781
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 3: Trey Young was five of twenty yesterday against them because

782
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 3: they were so smart in how they played him, got

783
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 3: in his space, used length against him, but did not

784
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 3: foul and it was just a hard work for Trade

785
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 3: to get those five buckets. So it was a tough

786
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 3: night for the Hawks. This yeah Pistons team. If they

787
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 3: believe in their core, are they going to trade Jeremy

788
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 3: Grant this offseason? I think that's sort of my pondering

789
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 3: question for them going into this offseason, because the Portland

790
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 3: treib Blazers believe they can get Jeremy Grant to make

791
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 3: Damian Miller Damian Lillard stick around there to be his,

792
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 3: you know, number two type guy. But if the Pistons

793
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 3: are going to continue to play like this, why not

794
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 3: have a guy in Jeremy Grant who is a solid player.

795
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 3: And there isn't really a reason to trade for another

796
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 3: draft pick if you believe in your core. They just

797
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 3: look like a tough team to play right now. And

798
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 3: Kate obviously is the head of that. He looks, yeah,

799
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 3: he looks like the number one pick.

800
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: And how about our guy, mar Been Badley, the third

801
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: We have always stayed in his corner because he wore

802
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: an eye patch on our show. We've pulled it out

803
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: a million times. But he's playing really well here in

804
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: his new opportunity with Detroit, where, of course, expectations are

805
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 1: very very low, and everybody's like, Okay, oh my god,

806
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,240
Speaker 1: you couldn't even play for a Sacramento. Your dad's talking about,

807
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: you know, not playing, and they're like, we don't even

808
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: want you to play. But nine to sixteen last night.

809
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 1: You know, nineteen and ten, he was a plus eleven

810
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: with start leaving this game, he's been really really solid.

811
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: I mean he's got some nice chemistry with Key too

812
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: already in terms of like just rolls of the rim Man.

813
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: I'll throw it up there. Yeah, threw down a couple

814
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: of ops.

815
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 4: He's playing well, No he is, and it's like the

816
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 4: King's curse is lifted. You go anywhere else and it's like, oh,

817
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 4: I'm actually really good. But like he was a number

818
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 4: two picking what twenty eighteen, So if you can, if

819
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 4: he can blossom into that sort of talent, the number

820
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 4: two potential, then this is a great steal here for

821
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,479
Speaker 4: the Pistons because he's got all his career still ahead

822
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 4: of him here, and the chemistry is already there with

823
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 4: him and Kate. They don't overlap, they work together. This

824
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 4: could work out really well. I can't remember what the

825
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 4: Pistons even gave up for him in the end, but

826
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 4: what was boy? Not a lot draft pick? Maybe I

827
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 4: can't remember. It doesn't matter anyway, because the Pistons.

828
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 3: Prey Lyles was part of that.

829
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 4: Pistons have got a player who has really got something

830
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 4: to prove, and if he can work in this situation.

831
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Speaker 4: This is awesome.

832
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: Got a question when it comes to Popovich. Somebody tweeted

833
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 1: at me this morning, are you going to make Greg

834
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: Popovich the thumbnail of the YouTube show when he surpasses

835
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: Don Nelson? And I said, look, hey, they play the

836
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: Raptors on Wednesday night. If the Spurs can win, we'll

837
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: find out. But what do you guys think should he

838
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: guaranteed be the thumbnail? Yes, pop Yeah, when he gets

839
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: the record, his.

840
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,919
Speaker 4: Record probably won't get broken. So you know, all right, yeah,

841
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 4: I'm not against it.

842
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: It's want to get your opinion on it, you know,

843
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: especially you. You know, you got to get the clicks.

844
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: So people clicking on what it is a hell of

845
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 1: a record.

846
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you'd agree with that. People aren't clicking on coaches.

847
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 3: I would say that's a general rule for thumbing.

848
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: I think the response has to be sort of depends

849
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: what else happens on that Wednesday night. You know, you

850
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: got some guy, one of these m VP guys going

851
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: for sixty or something Thursday night.

852
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 3: Let's look forward, Let's be excited about the Ben Simmons

853
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 3: return to the bench in Philadelphia.

854
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 1: No, this is their their meant to the Thursday thumbnail.

855
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 3: I know, but Ben, Wow, yeah, because I threw up

856
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 3: this pole here on our live stream here. Well, Ben

857
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 3: Simmons get a tribute video Thursday when he returns to

858
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 3: Philadelphia and is on the bench A resounding sixty nine

859
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 3: percent say.

860
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 4: No, nice, yeah, nice?

861
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 3: I think you will No, I don't think Doc Rivers

862
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 3: said he should.

863
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 4: I can't.

864
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 5: I cannot.

865
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: Too little, too.

866
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 4: Late can That will be the most booed tribute video

867
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 4: of old talking Philadelphia.

868
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 5: He's going to stand up there, let him ring the bell.

869
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 5: I think, yeah, all right, Skates. I don't know, man,

870
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 5: I'm looking at the schedule. Wednesday night. We got Phoenix

871
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 5: at Miami. That's a big time game. What else I mean,

872
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 5: that's that's probably the biggest game. Atlanta at Milwaukee. Something

873
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 5: interesting could happen. Happened there, Denver at Sacramento. Jokic guaranteed

874
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 5: big game playing against the Sacramento Kings. I would love

875
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 5: to see a young Greg. Oh, maybe I'll do.

876
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: Young Greg transforming into old Greg hell Greg old Greg.

877
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:29,720
Speaker 3: Yeah.

878
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 5: I love that because like a little short crew cut

879
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 5: when he was a young coach, and then you know,

880
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 5: eventually just started looking like Donald Sutherland throw Donald Sutherland

881
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 5: on there, so it sounds like we might be I mean,

882
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 5: but I guess Phoenix Miami that's gonna be tough.

883
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: Hopefully that's a blowout. Also, like what do we just

884
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: what are we going to say? Are gonna be like

885
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: he did it? We knew he was going to do

886
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: it the last couple of years was your face just

887
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: remained coaching? So I will say, I guess we were

888
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: debating whether he was going to do it this season

889
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: at the start of the season. Ye will talking about that, right, Okay,

890
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: things to talk about. Yeah, So congrats to Pop on

891
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: tying don Nelson. One more to go they're at They're

892
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: a huge home stretch here, so it's gonna happen from

893
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,959
Speaker 1: their San Antonio crowd Yess, just a matter of when

894
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: I'm fearful that he doesn't beat the Raptors beat the Spur.

895
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 1: Raptor has been horrible though, But the Raptors beat the

896
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: Spurs on Wednesday, and then he does it on the

897
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: weekend emergency podcast.

898
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 4: Sure why not?

899
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,760
Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's hear for everybody in the stream

900
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,399
Speaker 1: team listening and watching later, all those what you got,

901
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,959
Speaker 1: So let's hear your answers. To all four of those questions.

902
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 1: Are gonna take our first break when we come back.

903
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna do a detailed breakdown of the Eastern Conference

904
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:40,919
Speaker 1: playoff races to watch, all right, spike ball, Yeah, I've

905
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 1: never played spike ball with you.

906
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 4: I've never played.

907
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: I'd like to see you out there, a big old

908
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: strong farmer, hands, big quads, move around on the grass.

909
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:52,439
Speaker 1: How your feet?

910
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 4: How are your feet a little heavy of these days?

911
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: Your dogs?

912
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:57,720
Speaker 3: Dogs?

913
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's get a spike fall set.

914
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 4: Why not?

915
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 1: It's a lot of fun. It's the hell of workout too,

916
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: all right, So something different here. I said, there are

917
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: five weeks left in the regular season. Five that's it.

918
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: So we start looking at some of these compelling races

919
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: in both conferences. Today, we'll start with the Eastern Conference

920
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: playoff races that I want you to really zero in on.

921
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: I might be asking you guys for some predictions when

922
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: it comes to these. Shout out to our guy Tom

923
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: Ziller for sort of inspiring this idea. We're basically talking

924
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,439
Speaker 1: about who's in the mix in a particular race, why

925
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: does it matter who has the advantage? And then maybe,

926
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 1: like I said, a prediction. So let's start with the

927
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 1: most compelling races, maybe the number one seed in the

928
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference. We'll just tackle this sort of in order.

929
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: Oh JD doing some work here for everybody in the

930
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: stream team. So who's in the mix? Okay, the Heat

931
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: a forty four and twenty two. They hold a three

932
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: game lead over the Sixers, and then a three and

933
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 1: a half game lead over the Milwaukee Bucks. What's really

934
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: these three teams that we're looking at. Why does it matter? Well,

935
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: you know, might want the number one seed and home

936
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: court advantage, specially in a postseason that looks wide open.

937
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: I mean, any any possibility or any chance you can

938
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: have a Game seven at home, You're you're probably gonna

939
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: want that. Though, I will say to counter that the

940
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: number one seed hasn't won the Eastern Conference since who

941
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: well trivia for you guys. I think that's right leron

942
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen. Yeah, that's sort of just weird when you

943
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,959
Speaker 1: think about it. I'm not saying win the championship, which

944
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: they did, but win the conference. The number one seed

945
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 1: in the East hasn't. But I think the Heat are

946
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: going to want to hold onto that, and I think

947
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 1: they're going to because they have the advantage they're playing

948
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: nine of their next ten games at home, where they're

949
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: twenty three and seven in their barn? What's there? What's

950
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:46,479
Speaker 1: their gym called?

951
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 4: Now?

952
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: Thank you? That's right. So they have also the easiest

953
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 1: remaining strength of schedule. Would you agree, Lee that they

954
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: are probably going to lock up the number one seed

955
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: because of the schedule, because of the way they're playing

956
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: Oladipo back, Lowry back, and these and these two teams

957
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: that I mentioned here a couple of games behind them.

958
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 1: What do you think?

959
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, I think three games is quite a big

960
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 4: margin against these two teams, especially what we've seen from

961
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 4: Miami at full strength. They are very very good team. Now,

962
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 4: I'm not sure if they play either of those teams.

963
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,439
Speaker 4: I don't know. If you've got that they're handy.

964
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: I don't go in front of me.

965
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:24,879
Speaker 5: The Bucks play the Sixers, The Heat play the Sixers,

966
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 5: but not the and I guess that means that the

967
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 5: Sixers plays both of them.

968
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, there you go. Yeah, No, I think Miami is

969
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,479
Speaker 4: one of the most sort of under the radar best

970
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 4: teams we've seen in a long time in either conference. Yeah,

971
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 4: so I think they do lock up that number one

972
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 4: seed in the East.

973
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,359
Speaker 1: Would you agree with that? Do we have our two

974
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: number one seeds, probably with Phoenix of course in the

975
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: West and Miami looking like they're going.

976
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 3: To take a test, Yeah, no question. Yeah. The Heat

977
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 3: have played the most road games in the NBA, so

978
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 3: they're going to chill at home. And I think they

979
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 3: definitely want their number one seed and Kyle Lowry will

980
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 3: be back as well. And yet, oh yes, that's right,

981
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 3: that's right. And I think the Sixers are very aware

982
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 3: that the Heat, oh you know, is the path goes

983
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 3: through the heat, and I think that's why part of

984
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 3: the reason why James Harden sat on Friday, And I

985
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 3: wonder if he sits again when they do play again,

986
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 3: because you said they're playing again, aren't they?

987
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: So oh yeah? According to tankathon dot com, Okay, yeah, okay, Well,

988
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: let's go to the next compelling race here in the

989
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference. I think it's the race for the third seed. Yes,

990
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: the third seed. Hear me out on this one. Okay,

991
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: So who's in the mix? We're showing it to you

992
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: here on the stream team a bunch of teams seventy

993
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: six Ers, Bocks, Bulls, Celtic's Calves. Three games separate these

994
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 1: five teams currently, you know, seed it's two through six.

995
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 1: But why does it matter that third seed that I'm

996
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: zeroing in on, because I think the Calves are going

997
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: to be the sixth seed. You know, this Jared Allen

998
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,399
Speaker 1: injury gonna miss some time. You know, you know there's

999
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: a snake bitten team. It feels like, despite being one

1000
00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: of the feel good stories of the year, I think

1001
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 1: they're gon to be the sixth seed. So I think

1002
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: that is going to be the most favorable matchup for

1003
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: any of the other remaining teams. I think they're gonna

1004
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: be like ooh, and what I mean by that is

1005
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,720
Speaker 1: even more than the second seed, who will be playing

1006
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: the seventh seed, which we'll get to in a second,

1007
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: and the whole play and stuff like that. That could

1008
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,560
Speaker 1: be Brooklyn, that could be a raps team, could be

1009
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 1: stuff like that. Again, I don't mean to diss the

1010
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: Calves here, but I think they're the one where you're like, oh, yeah, well,

1011
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 1: I like our chances. So I really have my eye

1012
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 1: on this third seed here. And I could see the

1013
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 1: Sixers getting a little sneaky with possibly you know, punting

1014
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,439
Speaker 1: on a second seed, even especially if they're nets. Yeah,

1015
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: well to avoid that. But but but you know who

1016
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: has the advantage here. I think the Celtics have the

1017
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,240
Speaker 1: easiest remaining schedule, or at least easier than the Bucks

1018
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: and the Bulls. And you know, you know, they're playing well,

1019
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 1: we talked about yesterday. They're playing some of the best

1020
00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: basketball in the league. Them in the heat for sure,

1021
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference. It's not a cake walk like

1022
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: the teams they got to play, but they're just playing

1023
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: so well. I know the Celtics play Chicago in early April,

1024
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,279
Speaker 1: I believe, and so the tiebreakers are going to come

1025
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: into play here. But again, the Sixers fascinating to watch

1026
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: with them and what they do with the second or

1027
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: third seed here. I think, if I'm a betting man,

1028
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have the Celtics taking the third seed. And

1029
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: I know that sounds crazy, but these are there are

1030
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,399
Speaker 1: not a lot of games these teams play each other,

1031
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 1: and it's like a whole game can be flipped in

1032
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: the standing. So anyway, that's where I'd be going right now.

1033
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: That's very tough to figure out.

1034
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 4: Boston Milwaukee. Boston's won two of the three games, so

1035
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 4: they got one more So if they would to win that,

1036
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 4: then yes, that could tilt it in there if either.

1037
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,399
Speaker 1: Okay, the question Trey is, sorry, I snuck it in there.

1038
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 1: Do you think the Sixers would get funky here trying

1039
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: to avoid a second seed because it could mean, you know,

1040
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 1: playing let's say a Nets in a two seven or

1041
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 1: something like that.

1042
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 5: No, I think they would want to have home court

1043
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 5: advantage against the Bucks in round two. They're gonna You're right,

1044
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 5: I mean, everybody's gonna want to avoid Brooklyn in round one,

1045
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 5: but we're not even sure that Brooklyn's going to be

1046
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 5: in round one, so.

1047
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: I would not really worry about that.

1048
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 5: And honestly, if you're the Sixers, you look at the

1049
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 5: centers for the Brooklyn Nets and say, we ain't that

1050
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,880
Speaker 5: worried about it. So I kind of think that the

1051
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:21,280
Speaker 5: Philadelphia should finish in second. They've got the easiest schedule

1052
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 5: remaining of all of these teams as well, so I

1053
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 5: kind of think they'll finish second.

1054
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: The Bucks do not care about their seed.

1055
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 5: They won the Eastern Conference man cough guy over here,

1056
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 5: but they had great first seed seasons, never made it

1057
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 5: to the title. They were looked at as a disappointment.

1058
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 5: Then they finally finished in the third seed went to

1059
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 5: the championship. They can win on the road. They do

1060
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,960
Speaker 5: not care about that. I think the Bulls will drop

1061
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 5: to number five probably, So I think you're kind of right.

1062
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 5: It'll go Philly, Milwaukee, Boston, and Chicago.

1063
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: Cleve Cleveland. It seems most likely to me. What do

1064
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: you think tasks of this race here for second third seed?

1065
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: Really home court a vantait?

1066
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 3: I guess yeah. I don't see anybody punting. You don't

1067
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:01,640
Speaker 3: know what's coming out of that plantern. And although I

1068
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:03,839
Speaker 3: think you'd rather face the Brooklyn Nets in the first

1069
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 3: round before they get things going, I think it'll just

1070
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,239
Speaker 3: help them to get more reps getting into the second round.

1071
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 3: You don't really know what's going on down there, So yeah,

1072
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,839
Speaker 3: you just you shuffle up there and try and get

1073
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 3: home court as much as possible.

1074
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,839
Speaker 1: It's for sure, all right, the final most compelling race

1075
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:20,359
Speaker 1: in the East. It's the one we're sort of talking

1076
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,280
Speaker 1: about here, but I'm gonna specifically make it the eighth seed.

1077
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: So who's in the mix here? Well, heading into last

1078
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,280
Speaker 1: night's action, we had essentially a three way tie between

1079
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: the Hornets, Nets and Hawks, but Atl loss to the

1080
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: Pistons in overtime, which is a brutal loss. So they

1081
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: are currently in the tenth spot, a half game back

1082
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 1: of Charlotte and Brooklyn. And yes, incredibly the Wizards are

1083
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: only a game and a half out of the ten

1084
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: seed behind Atlanta. Like they're there, But why does the

1085
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: eighth seed matter more? You get two bites lee at

1086
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: that play in Apple, right, you know, Let's say let's

1087
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 1: say you're the eighth seed and the Raptors main and

1088
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: seventh because they do have a little bit of a

1089
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,440
Speaker 1: buffer there. Well, you beat the Raps, you're in, so

1090
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 1: you're the seventh seed. Yeah, you're you're loving that. But

1091
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: if you'll lose to them, you'll lose to the Dinos.

1092
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: You still get one more crack at being the eighth

1093
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:15,399
Speaker 1: seed taking on the winner of that ninth tenth game,

1094
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: so you definitely want to again, Hey, we can lose

1095
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:22,240
Speaker 1: one and still get in. Okay, sure, So this is huge, huge, huge, huge.

1096
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: Now who has the advantage? I mean, it's tough to

1097
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: figure out. The Hawks have the easiest remaining SOS strength

1098
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: of schedule, and they were I guess you could argue

1099
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: playing the best basketball of like eight, nine, ten, and

1100
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: then eleven. If you're including the Wizards, but you know

1101
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,719
Speaker 1: they dropped a stinker there last night, so I'm not

1102
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 1: sure that's true. Charlotte's won two in a row, they

1103
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: hold the tiebreaker over Brooklyn, but they've only played oncely.

1104
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: So Game two in their series is tonight in the

1105
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: Queen City, Big One. You know, if Charlotte wins, then

1106
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna hold that tie breaker regardless because there'd only

1107
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 1: be one more game left. But if Brooklyn wins to

1108
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: Night Tak you know that March twenty seventh game in

1109
00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:01,879
Speaker 1: Brooklyn between and Brooklyn could be big.

1110
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 3: But should we go to it?

1111
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 4: Pass on that one.

1112
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: But if you're making predictions here when it comes to

1113
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 1: playing tasks, you know, do you have the raps comfortably

1114
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 1: in seventh and winning? Because just because you're in some

1115
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: you still got to beat that, you know, Team the eighth.

1116
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: If you had to pick here with five weeks to go,

1117
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: how's this going to shake out? What's gonna go on?

1118
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 4: Well?

1119
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 3: I think the Brooklyn Nets, because I've got the hots

1120
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 3: for the Nets, are going to go into Toronto. It's

1121
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 3: a seven to eight matchup and they're comfortable playing on

1122
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 3: the road. Kyri Irving, I believe will be allowed to

1123
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 3: play in that game and they'll have a good matchup.

1124
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 3: Who am I picking? Yeah, I'll take the Raps, but

1125
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:41,360
Speaker 3: in my heart probably the Nets with Kevin Durant on

1126
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,480
Speaker 3: the floor. But yeah, it's five weeks away, it's it's

1127
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:44,959
Speaker 3: that's a ways away.

1128
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 1: What do you got?

1129
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 5: I think that the Nets are going to beat the

1130
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 5: Hornets tonight and never relinquish the eighth seed.

1131
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 1: Interesting, So I.

1132
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 5: Think the Raps seven, Brooklyn eight, and then nine and

1133
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,439
Speaker 5: ten would be what Charlotte and.

1134
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,320
Speaker 1: Atlanta polin maybe and Atlanta?

1135
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 5: Come on, they got the easiest schedule left, which is

1136
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 5: maybe a curse for them. Yes, I agree, if they

1137
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,799
Speaker 5: had the hardest schedule in the league, I've got well,

1138
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 5: the Hawks might finish in the seventh scenes. Yeah, they

1139
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:11,399
Speaker 5: play a lot better when they play against the team

1140
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 5: that actually is competitive as well. But Hornets have been

1141
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,240
Speaker 5: falling off big time. Meanwhile, the Nets are adding players.

1142
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 5: Kyrie will theoretically be able to play more as the

1143
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 5: season ends. Kevin duran is back, Ben Simmons is going

1144
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 5: to be on the court at some point. So you're

1145
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 5: adding three all stars to a team that's completely underwhelmed

1146
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,840
Speaker 5: this year. But there's still three All Stars with something

1147
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,359
Speaker 5: to actually play for at this point, so I think

1148
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,680
Speaker 5: they move up into the eighth spot.

1149
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: Do you agree with these guys that we're going to

1150
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: have in the play in tournament? Seven to eighth matchup

1151
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 1: will be the Raps versus the Nets, and then ninth

1152
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: and tenth will you know, probably be let's say, the

1153
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,319
Speaker 1: Hornets or Hawks. I guess the Wizards are still in it.

1154
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: You know, Zis made his debut for them. He looked good.

1155
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,000
Speaker 1: Or do you think it could go another way? Here?

1156
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,239
Speaker 1: Could Charlotte? You know, take this from Brooklyn.

1157
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,360
Speaker 4: Honestly, all four of those teams could make it, but

1158
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:01,000
Speaker 4: they could also just get blown away. They've all been

1159
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 4: just at different times this season look terrible and other

1160
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 4: times like, oh this Thame would do some damage here.

1161
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,759
Speaker 4: So I would say, if you've got Kevin Durant on

1162
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,279
Speaker 4: your team, you'd feel pretty comfortable no matter where you're

1163
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 4: finishing that planes, especially in a one game exactly exactly,

1164
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 4: I would take him. So then it's basically which of

1165
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 4: the other three teams can survive, And I think with

1166
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 4: the Raptors getting back, Og and Freddy would probably be

1167
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:28,279
Speaker 4: good enough. So I would have the Raptors seventh, Nets eighth,

1168
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:29,440
Speaker 4: I think, But.

1169
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: Then it sounds like you probably have Brooklyn beating the

1170
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,319
Speaker 1: Raptors in that game. They would take seventh and the

1171
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,879
Speaker 1: Raps would have to beat one of these other.

1172
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,919
Speaker 4: Yeah, they would have home court though, so I would take. Yes,

1173
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 4: I would take the Raptors and the Nets.

1174
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: There are four teams out of it. I guess what

1175
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 1: we're getting at the next even though they're trying to

1176
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: hold on for dear life, they're out of it. Yep.

1177
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: And the Pacers, the Pistons, and the Magic are your

1178
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,920
Speaker 1: other teams. But let's go from everybody out there who's

1179
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: taking this plan. Hey, this play in turn though it's

1180
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,240
Speaker 1: not Ben Dolliver rating about it from the Washing Puss.

1181
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 4: It's working.

1182
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,400
Speaker 1: It's they nailed it. Yeah, I mean it absolutely is working.

1183
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: Like we care about these games. We care about obviously

1184
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,800
Speaker 1: the seating as we just went through, and it gives

1185
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:15,799
Speaker 1: some of these teams that had slow start, especially when

1186
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: we do if we do the West tomorrow, like the Pelicans,

1187
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 1: like a chance to salvage their season.

1188
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 4: Absolutely. I mean in soccer, it's the relegation battle and

1189
00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:26,720
Speaker 4: because you're avoiding going down where it's like a completely

1190
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:29,160
Speaker 4: different division. This is like we've got to get in

1191
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,319
Speaker 4: there to get into the big playoffs, you know, the

1192
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 4: big boy playoffs, And it's just creating excitement down at

1193
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,279
Speaker 4: the other end of the table, where in years gone

1194
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 4: by we'd just be like, it doesn't matter who makes

1195
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 4: that last spot, you know. Now we've got teams that

1196
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 4: could legit get in there and potentially at least make

1197
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,839
Speaker 4: it interesting in that first round.

1198
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like if there was no play in tournament, what

1199
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 1: would we be doing with the East right now? We

1200
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: would really just be saying, can then that's make the playoffs? Yeah,

1201
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 1: that's it. Could we be like, well, can they be

1202
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: the eight seed? Can they Can the Hornets bump them out?

1203
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: Or can the locks bump them out? Or something like that?

1204
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 1: And then of course you get into like home court

1205
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: advantage like we just went through. There's always a little

1206
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,800
Speaker 1: bit of that, but really got a little more excitement

1207
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: here when we get the because you know, I always

1208
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:13,800
Speaker 1: forget it's the seven verses eight, nine versus ten. Yeah, yeah,

1209
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:15,800
Speaker 1: the loser of seven eight taking on the winner in

1210
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: nine ten. In my head, I always want to go, well,

1211
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,400
Speaker 1: seven versus ten, Yeah, And it's eight verse nine. But

1212
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: it's not that it's.

1213
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 4: Not and I like it this way.

1214
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 1: I like it that way.

1215
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, because it should give you. You should have a

1216
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,840
Speaker 4: chance to lose if you'll seven or right right and

1217
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 4: stye in it.

1218
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, even as basketball nerds forget that it's a seven, eight, nine,

1219
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:32,960
Speaker 3: ten bracket.

1220
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,280
Speaker 1: That's somewhat new still, I guess, yeah.

1221
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 3: But we talk about it all the time. Why not

1222
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 3: throw a little bracket on there on the standing. It's

1223
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,400
Speaker 3: a little visual bracket.

1224
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 1: Dot com they start to do that. I don't know

1225
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:45,480
Speaker 1: if they've done it yet.

1226
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:47,200
Speaker 3: Well, there's a time life.

1227
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:49,280
Speaker 4: If the playoffs started today, think yeah.

1228
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 1: They start showing it to you visually. You're right, let's

1229
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:52,359
Speaker 1: roll a little bit.

1230
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,840
Speaker 3: Let's get it going, baby, I want to see it.

1231
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 3: You know who I feel bad for looking at these standings,

1232
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,759
Speaker 3: Guys who aren't bought out that could have joined one

1233
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 3: of these his teams, As Trace said, Joel Embiid is

1234
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,319
Speaker 3: going to be licking his chops if he sees the

1235
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 3: Brooklyn Nets Andre Drummond. I'm sure he'll be very excited

1236
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:09,680
Speaker 3: about that. You know, a big body from one of

1237
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:12,320
Speaker 3: these teams, like Robin Lopez, didn't get cut. Why didn't

1238
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:16,399
Speaker 3: Why did the Magic sign him number one? No idea Tanney, Yeah,

1239
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,279
Speaker 3: because he wanted to be near Disney. You get pay

1240
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 3: four million dollars to go attend Disney for free every day.

1241
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:25,439
Speaker 3: And then he chose that. Yeah, he chose them right,

1242
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 3: and then he should have asked to get cut, just

1243
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:31,400
Speaker 3: to be opposed from Joel Embiid take some hits for

1244
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 3: the Brooklyn Nets and the playoffs, but anyways, Yeah, the

1245
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,319
Speaker 3: Nets have holes, even though I think, you know, they

1246
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 3: can win a series and and and play. Yeah, it's

1247
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,319
Speaker 3: funny because, yeah, the Reps you know, are gonna be

1248
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 3: a tough team. And I'm going through all these playing teams.

1249
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:48,720
Speaker 3: The Nets star power, the Hawks were an Eastern Conference finalists,

1250
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 3: so even those teams they can do something. So the

1251
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,520
Speaker 3: play term and it does mean something. It does feel

1252
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,759
Speaker 3: like it's it's for a couple worthy opponents joining the

1253
00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:00,359
Speaker 3: Big Boy Club. Did you call it? Big question?

1254
00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 4: BBP?

1255
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 1: Well, here's the real question. Was any of that worth it?

1256
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:09,160
Speaker 1: It wasn't informative? Did you like it? Let us know

1257
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: in the stream team, let us know if you're listening later,

1258
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:14,760
Speaker 1: and we might do it tomorrow for the Western Conference,

1259
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: which has its own compelling races for sure in seedings.

1260
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 1: So a couple of them are a little more clear,

1261
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: I would say, but that's not true. I guess when

1262
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,680
Speaker 1: you get into the Jazz and the the MAVs and

1263
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:27,439
Speaker 1: the Nuggets are right there and the Wolves are trying

1264
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:29,720
Speaker 1: to hold on them, there are some some interesting ones.

1265
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,359
Speaker 1: All right, let's take our final break when we come back, though,

1266
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:35,319
Speaker 1: Tweet the night and pick them results Ley, all right,

1267
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:36,399
Speaker 1: Jad tweet the night.

1268
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 4: He's getting tomorrow's adrade ready.

1269
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 3: Tweet over night.

1270
00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:51,360
Speaker 1: Wow, yeah, fat thumb that one? Or what happened over there?

1271
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 3: I ask you why you ask? Like I don't even

1272
00:56:58,600 --> 00:56:59,000
Speaker 3: have a k.

1273
00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:03,359
Speaker 1: Just to just get to the fucking well. We got

1274
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:08,520
Speaker 1: some great tweets here from at Dane Moore NBA, who's

1275
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 1: made a couple of these tweet of the nights, and

1276
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: I saw people suggesting this one, so thank you. I

1277
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 1: think graphic Mark specifically. So two tweets from Dane Moore.

1278
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,440
Speaker 1: First one, Patrick Beverley is shooting the T shirt cannon

1279
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: right now We're not even halfway through the fourth quarter,

1280
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: and he was serious and there was video going around.

1281
00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't grab it. JD's already got enumb

1282
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 1: on his plate, and hey, just picture Patrick Beverley firing

1283
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: a T shirt Cans exactly what he was doing. It's

1284
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 1: exactly like it was a very short clip and he

1285
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:41,160
Speaker 1: was doing it. And then another great one here from

1286
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 1: again at Danemore NBA. Patrick Beverley now just took the

1287
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 1: ball they are using in the actual game and threw

1288
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:50,520
Speaker 1: it into the stands so the fans could smack it

1289
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 1: around like one of those inflatable beach balls. This one

1290
00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:57,040
Speaker 1: a little more perplexing, And this is one I did

1291
00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: not see video of, but you know, I I the

1292
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:05,520
Speaker 1: the smacking it around like an inflatable To me, that's

1293
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: when you know you got a concert and the ball's

1294
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 1: being you know, kicked around. But in my mind, it's

1295
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: like if I'm a fan, like, hey, let me just

1296
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,240
Speaker 1: touch the ball. Yeah, you're you're a notorious for if

1297
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:16,960
Speaker 1: there's a basketball anywhere, you gotta dribble it.

1298
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:18,400
Speaker 1: Stuff.

1300
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,960
Speaker 4: I wonder if the Blazes will take a fence at

1301
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,800
Speaker 4: any of that being disrespectful. Perhaps, you know, I'll play

1302
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 4: a shooting the Cans.

1303
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:28,800
Speaker 5: Should Patrick Beverly would, Yeah, anybody as if somebody did

1304
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 5: that against his team.

1305
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:32,480
Speaker 3: That's the worst part. Beverly will do that kind of

1306
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 3: thing mid season. Here, you're up forty a little too soon,

1307
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,680
Speaker 3: i'd say, pe bev. They also had the wave going.

1308
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:42,160
Speaker 1: Yeah that's fine.

1309
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 4: White's fine.

1310
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. But Patrick Beverly and Karl Anthony Towns were

1311
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:48,320
Speaker 3: literally up on the bench. This is during play and

1312
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:49,280
Speaker 3: they're up in the crowd.

1313
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, three two one.

1314
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 3: Who And it's like when around they were back up

1315
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:56,959
Speaker 3: doing it. I mean, they're rubbing it in their face.

1316
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,320
Speaker 3: I just think Patrick Beverley, he's he seemed like he

1317
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 3: was the instigator of all this and uh, it's just

1318
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 3: that we haven't won anything. I just think it's one

1319
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 3: of those things that, you know, keep it, keep it.

1320
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 1: A Minnesota had the Wolves bands have had next to

1321
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:17,520
Speaker 1: nothing to cheer about for almost a decade. Longer than

1322
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 1: a decade. I let them. Let them have some fun.

1323
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 3: They're having fun, they have T shirts.

1324
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:22,520
Speaker 1: It's a crowd there now, which is nice.

1325
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:28,160
Speaker 3: Games winning it's great. I just don't think that Patrick

1326
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 3: Beverly has to be the one shooting the T shirt cannon.

1327
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,560
Speaker 3: They'll still be excited for whoever shooting the cannon. I

1328
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 3: don't think.

1329
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 5: But Anthony Edwards shoot the cannon anybody else it's cool.

1330
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:38,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's partly true.

1331
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:40,880
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns. In the clip that I did see,

1332
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:43,760
Speaker 1: you can see him in the background. He is loving

1333
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,280
Speaker 1: him as well. Yeah, he is dying laughing at Patrick

1334
00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: Beverley h fireing those T shirts.

1335
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, but that's the thing, Beverly man, It's like the

1336
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:52,920
Speaker 5: Timberwolves got beat by thirty, and he went out and

1337
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 5: talked trash, you know, he talked trash when it looked

1338
00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 5: like they had Damian Lillard beat and then he got

1339
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 5: beat by Damian Lillard. Good thing for him is that

1340
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:03,640
Speaker 5: the season series with the Trailblazers is over this year,

1341
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:06,080
Speaker 5: and the Timberwolves won all four of them, and they

1342
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:09,000
Speaker 5: won the last two by fourteen points and then forty three,

1343
01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:09,520
Speaker 5: So I.

1344
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,960
Speaker 1: Mean they earned it. They earned it.

1345
01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:16,520
Speaker 5: If you don't want somebody shooting cannons hit him on

1346
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 5: the floor. But I guess Nurkic is not playing right now.

1347
01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 5: So next year, Patrick Beverley watcher back guaranteed Nurkic is

1348
01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:23,439
Speaker 5: going to take.

1349
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:26,560
Speaker 1: Its cheap shot. Fired that T shirt cannon out. Dare

1350
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:29,040
Speaker 1: you what was the last time you caught a T

1351
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:29,800
Speaker 1: shirt at a game.

1352
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:33,440
Speaker 4: Never you never never caught one? No, no, wow. I

1353
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,640
Speaker 4: had a friend over once from Australia. First game ever,

1354
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:38,680
Speaker 4: and well it's a T shirt. You know the parachutes

1355
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:40,920
Speaker 4: that come down to the fortress there and went straight

1356
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:42,160
Speaker 4: into his like lap.

1357
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:44,440
Speaker 1: It's like you're gonna say, I went straight onto him.

1358
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 4: He was. But another friend old eight toes, his brother Dan,

1359
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,280
Speaker 4: went to one baseball game in his life caught a

1360
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 4: foul ball. Unbelievable.

1361
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:57,320
Speaker 1: What are the chances of that, slim?

1362
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:00,280
Speaker 4: I want the foul ball, that'd be right?

1363
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 1: No you did, Yeah, you want to catch it, but

1364
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 1: then you just give it to someone, right, You do

1365
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,680
Speaker 1: not keep it? What are you going to have a ball?

1366
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 3: Excellent, but you can throw it. You could be lying

1367
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 3: in the hammers just throwing it to yourself.

1368
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:16,760
Speaker 1: You're a grown man at a baseball game and you

1369
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 1: catch a foul ball, Good on you, great catch. You

1370
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:21,440
Speaker 1: immediately find a kid to give it to you.

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01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:23,600
Speaker 5: No, you don't keep it, like I got two kids,

1372
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:25,200
Speaker 5: got two kids to give it to a home.

1373
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:29,680
Speaker 1: Okay, fair, allow that, but you have to show me

1374
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: photos of your kids. You show your kid enjoying baseball.

1375
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:37,240
Speaker 5: This kid likes baseball.

1376
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:37,600
Speaker 4: Too.

1377
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,680
Speaker 1: They're just not here today. They're enjoying it at home. Right, right,

1378
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:44,720
Speaker 1: explain why your child is not with you at all?

1379
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:44,920
Speaker 4: Right?

1380
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 1: Pick them results? Last night we had the Jazz MAVs game.

1381
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:49,120
Speaker 1: Dallas was favored by one and a half at home.

1382
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 1: This brought to you by Bett MGM, and Dallas took

1383
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,479
Speaker 1: care of business, got the win there, got the cover

1384
01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 1: casts on fire four and one here, So he does

1385
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,400
Speaker 1: all a bunch of pick and pan. We have not forgot.

1386
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 3: Don't you worry again next season. I'll get him in

1387
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:03,880
Speaker 3: next season.

1388
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 1: And Trey, uh, you know backed task last night you

1389
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: were debating do I start going shoot the moon, go

1390
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 1: for the over? We told you no, You're only you

1391
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,320
Speaker 1: were only two games back and now you only won,

1392
01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:16,440
Speaker 1: so you got the win. You'rerunning four Lee and I

1393
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: took the Jazz so we lost for two and three.

1394
01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:21,000
Speaker 1: But uh, what's tonight's game task here in.

1395
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,680
Speaker 3: The pick them six game night in the Association?

1396
01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 5: Uh?

1397
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:28,240
Speaker 3: Some small market love My two favorite small markets in

1398
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 3: the NBA heading for a game in Memphis. Pelicans are

1399
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 3: visiting five and a half points dogs in Memphis, and uh,

1400
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:40,439
Speaker 3: you know Splitsville makes sense. Hot teams Skeets and Trey

1401
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:43,320
Speaker 3: on the Grizzlies to cover six points or more at home,

1402
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:46,720
Speaker 3: myself and Lee taking those five and a half points

1403
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:50,160
Speaker 3: on the roads for the hot hat Pelicans. Yeah, the Grizzlies,

1404
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:52,280
Speaker 3: you know, they cooled a little bit cool cool.

1405
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: It's a TNT game. Yeah, don't know. I believe so

1406
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:58,680
Speaker 1: Tuesday night, baby, I think we have Pelicans, Grizzlies, clips,

1407
01:02:58,720 --> 01:02:59,760
Speaker 1: Warriors ten back.

1408
01:03:01,080 --> 01:03:01,280
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1409
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:03,240
Speaker 1: Maybe they got flexed in. I could have been a

1410
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:06,560
Speaker 1: possible or not. But anyway, that's nice one. I especially

1411
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:08,400
Speaker 1: when you look at the rest and Net's Hornet's like

1412
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:12,760
Speaker 1: we talked about Calves, piecers, Son's magic and Bucks Thunder.

1413
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:15,600
Speaker 1: In addition to Clipper's Warriors podcast, what are you gonna

1414
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 1: se about?

1415
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,240
Speaker 4: I can't remember, but whether I got flexed in or not?

1416
01:03:19,240 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, the Warriors because they played last night, they

1417
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 4: had to go home and then they go back out

1418
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:25,560
Speaker 4: to Denver. Steph Curry didn't play last night, and if

1419
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:27,120
Speaker 4: you know what he went, I know, I know if

1420
01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:28,520
Speaker 4: you guys saw it, there was a little girl there.

1421
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 4: She had a stein and ever bawling her eyes out.

1422
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 4: The Warriors have come through. They're gonna give her tickets

1423
01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:36,480
Speaker 4: to her and her family for Thursday Nights rematch. Oh,

1424
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:41,040
Speaker 4: poor little kid there. She was just bawling her eyes out.

1425
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:43,600
Speaker 4: Saved up all her pennies to see Steph and he

1426
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:44,000
Speaker 4: did done.

1427
01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:44,600
Speaker 1: That's why.

1428
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 4: That's why, you know, I mean, the fans are the

1429
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:47,880
Speaker 4: life blood of the league.

1430
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:52,120
Speaker 3: She'll give her a baseball too.

1431
01:03:53,160 --> 01:03:57,160
Speaker 1: I guess it's a size triple XL. Hey she's gone

1432
01:03:57,160 --> 01:04:02,760
Speaker 1: to two games. Yeah, got that worked out, worked out?

1433
01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:06,560
Speaker 1: All right, let's call it there, guys. Email in your

1434
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:08,560
Speaker 1: NBA questions too. No Dunks at the Athletic dot Com

1435
01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 1: follows on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok Shazam as well at

1436
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:15,240
Speaker 1: No Dunks. Hey, I put up a pole. Just got

1437
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,200
Speaker 1: out of curious because we were talking about Jesam.

1438
01:04:17,840 --> 01:04:17,960
Speaker 4: Uh.

1439
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:20,120
Speaker 1: You know the app that helps you figure out what

1440
01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:23,959
Speaker 1: song you're listening to. I said, you know. The poll

1441
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:25,480
Speaker 1: was do you still use Shazam?

1442
01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:25,840
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1443
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:29,840
Speaker 1: A mat Over two thousand people have voted, and it

1444
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:33,960
Speaker 1: was nearly splitsville. It was fifty one percent no, forty

1445
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:35,760
Speaker 1: nine percent yes. But I think that's a win for

1446
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:36,800
Speaker 1: us Shazam heads.

1447
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1448
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:41,479
Speaker 1: I thought it would be way lower. I thought people

1449
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:43,560
Speaker 1: are like no, I deleted this long they.

1450
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 4: Can still dislike it.

1451
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:47,200
Speaker 1: Sure, it's great.

1452
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:48,919
Speaker 4: We got to test it out. If you can sing

1453
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,240
Speaker 4: into it and if you can pick it, yea.

1454
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,560
Speaker 5: If only you can get your hands on the phone.

1455
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:56,320
Speaker 1: You definitely can't. You can hum. So that's crazy, man,

1456
01:04:56,440 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 1: you want to do a whole podcast on's try stump chase. Wow,

1457
01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:03,160
Speaker 1: that's not bad.

1458
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:06,840
Speaker 5: It's kind of like guests that name that tune.

1459
01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:08,160
Speaker 4: But for a fatah.

1460
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:10,960
Speaker 1: The phone is the game, the robot. It's like when

1461
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: Watson showed up on Jeopardy. He won though right I

1462
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:14,880
Speaker 1: kicked ass, didn't he?

1463
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 3: Damn she?

1464
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:17,360
Speaker 1: I guess I was Watson girl.

1465
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:20,880
Speaker 5: I don't earl Watson for Emma Watson.

1466
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:25,520
Speaker 1: I don't know who interesting? Interesting? Like does do Shazam

1467
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,919
Speaker 1: know John Farnham? You know, man, it's on it there?

1468
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:37,080
Speaker 4: You want to sing John fo Yeah? Here we go?

1469
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:37,960
Speaker 3: Alright?

1470
01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 1: Here is Lee humming or singing John Farnham? Which way?

1471
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:42,240
Speaker 1: What are you gonna go with?

1472
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 4: You're the voice trying understand it?

1473
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:52,280
Speaker 7: Make a noise and make it whoa.

1474
01:05:54,480 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 4: Hang tied expanding search This is to last try no result.

1475
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:08,640
Speaker 1: Because you can't sing. That's fun.

1476
01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:16,320
Speaker 4: That's a great guy.

1477
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:16,080
Speaker 1: In the UK.

1478
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:20,240
Speaker 7: Everybody going to say you k reluctantly because most of

1479
01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:24,080
Speaker 7: this pressed don't funk with me. St one said to me, cool, damn, damn,

1480
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:26,680
Speaker 7: don't act the fool now now Al it's like a

1481
01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 7: fool our out.

1482
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:34,400
Speaker 4: Ain't nothing new, Wow wow, no results crazy.

1483
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:36,760
Speaker 8: I know what you're thinking, right being, I know what

1484
01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:41,400
Speaker 8: you're drinking. Jane playing a hollow the next check as

1485
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:46,440
Speaker 8: soon as you're blinking, watch your persona about this Americana rama.

1486
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:49,720
Speaker 3: Am Oh that's it.

1487
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:51,440
Speaker 4: I didn't get it.

1488
01:06:53,640 --> 01:06:58,640
Speaker 1: Was going to delete himself. Oh show grab yourself and

1489
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:00,960
Speaker 1: that's some trips. You complash No Ducks and get your

1490
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:03,520
Speaker 1: No Ducks merch over at no ducks dot com. We

1491
01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:06,520
Speaker 1: will be back tomorrow live at ten am Eastern here

1492
01:07:06,520 --> 01:07:08,560
Speaker 1: in the Classic Factory. Until that in Clipper Bros.

1493
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:17,240
Speaker 3: Yeah a day. Thanks for joining us. And remember I

1494
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:19,120
Speaker 3: just put up a poll. The question was do you

1495
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:22,400
Speaker 3: like polls? Eighty eight percent? What do you think?

1496
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:27,400
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, Embrace the day, people,