Speaker 1: What's the one purchase you made when you got the
Speaker 1: bag when you look back and think it probably wasn't
Speaker 1: the best idea. I think every decision I made was
Speaker 1: a great idea. It was just I just learned from him.
Speaker 1: You had the most changed the most cars. I gotta
Speaker 1: advanced for twenty five thousand, and I'm gonna picked up
Speaker 1: my Mike Bibby, my little brother in this sister, and
Speaker 1: we spent twenty three of it in the mall. I
Speaker 1: got eighty thousand dollar brand new BMW. And even know
Speaker 1: how much I had in the bank after that, the
Speaker 1: red light was on my bank accounty and every seven
Speaker 1: eight for the first checks to come. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: another edition of What's Burning. With the playoffs right around
Speaker 1: the corner. Everyone's in their final playoff push starting this
Speaker 1: Tuesday with the Phoenix Sells versus of Golden State Warriors.
Speaker 1: Phoenix has been a top five defense all season long
Speaker 1: and one of only four teams to be in the
Speaker 1: top ten on the defense and offensive end. Golden State
Speaker 1: is holding onto that a spot securely. Uh The Jazz
Speaker 1: are only one game ahead of Phoenix for the number
Speaker 1: one spot. So Jack, let's talk about this. This match
Speaker 1: on Tuesday and potentially seeing this as a first round
Speaker 1: matchup for both teams have done great this year. Nobody
Speaker 1: expected to go to the the States to be in a
Speaker 1: position they and nobody expected Phennis to be able to
Speaker 1: win the West. But the matchup is kind of scary
Speaker 1: because the tempo of the game really fits Golden State.
Speaker 1: Both teams can play this tempo, but the season Step
Speaker 1: has been having. Uh, it's gonna be it would be
Speaker 1: a tough series for things to get out of and
Speaker 1: Knock can promise they're gonna get out of it, but
Speaker 1: it would definitely be musty TV. You know, I agree
Speaker 1: with everything you said, plus the experience. This is a
Speaker 1: team with you know, Golden States coming to have a dynasty.
Speaker 1: Although they don't have Clay right now, they still have
Speaker 1: you know, Draymond and Steph and those two alone have
Speaker 1: been able to rally the Warriors UM this far. You know,
Speaker 1: STEP's been on fire, leading the league and scoring, and
Speaker 1: this is definitely a scary matchup for Phoenix. UM playoffs
Speaker 1: together head to head matchups between Stephen and Chris there
Speaker 1: nine and nine in the playoffs against each other. UM.
Speaker 1: I was in the front row for a lot of
Speaker 1: those matchups and and those two whenever they play off
Speaker 1: each other in the Plaoffs, it's always gonna be special.
Speaker 1: So definitely looking forward to this Tuesday's game and potentially
Speaker 1: it's being a first round matchup. Next up, we got
Speaker 1: the Knicks and Lakers. Although they have identical records, they're
Speaker 1: both heading in two different directions. The Lakers are the
Speaker 1: in the seventh seed right now, which is a playing
Speaker 1: spot one game behind the Blazers and six. The Knicks
Speaker 1: are securely holding onto that fourth seed. Um Jack word
Speaker 1: is Braun might play Tuesday. We're starting to see a
Speaker 1: D come into form. Thoughts on this matchup and the
Speaker 1: Lakers moving forward. If not healthy, well, you know, the
Speaker 1: Legas not going to be the team that we want
Speaker 1: them to be without Lebron on the court. As like
Speaker 1: you said, a D play well, he's trying to come
Speaker 1: back to the oh a D. But a healthy team,
Speaker 1: a healthy Leggers team, a healthy team that's on the
Speaker 1: same page, has been playing together. That's the team that
Speaker 1: you want to see right now. You don't know what
Speaker 1: Legas team you're gonna see and against the Knicks, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it'll be a good game for the Knicks to win.
Speaker 1: But we look, we're talking about the legas team that
Speaker 1: we want to see in the playoffs that's gonna be
Speaker 1: in the West Conference Finals, that possibly win the championship.
Speaker 1: That strowing the way I see the Lakers team. So
Speaker 1: any other way that the Lakers team is built, or
Speaker 1: any other lineup that they have without Lebron and a
Speaker 1: D and the full lineup, it's just not gonna be
Speaker 1: right to me. Yeah. Well, I think all season long
Speaker 1: we've been saying that, other people saying, as long as
Speaker 1: the Lakers are healthy, they could be odds on favor
Speaker 1: to come out of the West. But let's play devil's
Speaker 1: advocate and say they're not as healthy as they need
Speaker 1: to be, and and Lebron is still nagged by a
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain um and a D is not the
Speaker 1: normal a D. Who else do you see having a
Speaker 1: chance to come out of the West If that's the case. Ah, well,
Speaker 1: I definitely see the Clippers having the chance. And I
Speaker 1: see if if Phoenix can can find a way not
Speaker 1: to wrestle with Golden State, are deal with them in
Speaker 1: the first round and have an easy walk to the
Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals, they probably can get out of there,
Speaker 1: but I don't know. It's still up with grads with them,
Speaker 1: but I would have to go with I would have
Speaker 1: to go with the Clippers right now because they have
Speaker 1: guys that have proven that they can take their team
Speaker 1: to the top, and they have some key pieces that
Speaker 1: we that's gonna help doing in the playoffs with Rondo
Speaker 1: and Boogie Cousins. Absolutely, and I think the Clippers have
Speaker 1: I agree with Crib has been kind of flying under
Speaker 1: the radar. You know, the Lakers have been taken all
Speaker 1: the heat this year, good and bad. Clippers have been
Speaker 1: flying on the railbow. I think my dark horse team
Speaker 1: is because they've been in the mix for the last
Speaker 1: four or five years. It's Portland's. They're not playing their
Speaker 1: best basketball right now, but they're getting everybody healthy. And
Speaker 1: we know a healthy Portland team led by Damon c J.
Speaker 1: Mellow got the big fella back. Um, they could definitely
Speaker 1: be dangerous in the playoffs. So this is gonna be
Speaker 1: interesting to watch. Um, if the Lakers aren't fully healthy
Speaker 1: headed into the playoffs, big week a hand for both
Speaker 1: the Celtics and the Heat. Uh, the Heat we're able
Speaker 1: to knock the Celtics off yesterday they play again on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: and most likely if the heat went again, that's gonna
Speaker 1: bump the Celtics into the play in situation. But the
Speaker 1: Heat can also climb the clip. I think the Heat
Speaker 1: can climb as high as possibly four. Right now, they're
Speaker 1: at six. Uh. The remaining four games are against the Celtics,
Speaker 1: the seventies Sixers, the Bucks and the Piste and Jack.
Speaker 1: What do you think about this Jimmy Butler led team.
Speaker 1: I mean, this was a team that came on late
Speaker 1: in the bubble last year and made a run to
Speaker 1: the finals. Um, Trevor Reads has been playing great, really
Speaker 1: happy he got picked up. He's in the starting line
Speaker 1: of them now playing really well. Thoughts on this team
Speaker 1: getting hot at the right time, But this is what
Speaker 1: it's all about. I mean, that's that's one thing about them.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be ready to play at any time. And uh,
Speaker 1: having a healthy team. Guy's been playing well all year.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not really worried about seating in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference with any team because you know it is
Speaker 1: you can throw any team up or put any team
Speaker 1: in the series matchup, and anybody can win. In the East.
Speaker 1: I think the only teams that really matters is that
Speaker 1: one in two spot, you know, with Philadelphia and in Brooklyn.
Speaker 1: I really don't I even I really don't see Milwaukee
Speaker 1: being much of a problem in the playoffs, even though
Speaker 1: they've been playing well towards the end. So but I
Speaker 1: just I know that Miami when they show up in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, with the attitude that that team comes with,
Speaker 1: you know, they can play against anybody any rounding, any eating.
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about them. It's just the other teams
Speaker 1: in there that that that possibly just gonna get thrown
Speaker 1: in the shuffle. Agreed. Um, you know, the Celtics haven't
Speaker 1: necessarily helped themselves. They've been mediocre at best, up and
Speaker 1: down all season. But the one thing I give them
Speaker 1: the nod for is the experience, you know, so just
Speaker 1: to be able to get in, Like you said, seating
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter because you have teams that have been
Speaker 1: to the Eastern Conference finals down at the bottom, now
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So it'll be interesting to see,
Speaker 1: um how this shakes out. But you know, agreed, I
Speaker 1: still think the head of the classes, the sixers and
Speaker 1: the nets. But um, you know, health is gonna be
Speaker 1: very important coming into these playoffs and getting hot at
Speaker 1: the right time, and I think the Sealth are excuse me,
Speaker 1: the heat or a perfect example of what can happen
Speaker 1: when you get hot at the right time. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be an interesting final four games for both these
Speaker 1: teams to see who secures the spot and who has
Speaker 1: to do the play in work. But it's definitely something
Speaker 1: we'll keep our eye on. Next up the team I
Speaker 1: just spoke on, uh a little bit earlier, the Blazers.
Speaker 1: Uh Man, they got hot one seven other last ten games. Uh.
Speaker 1: They face the Rockets, Jazz, Sons, and Nuggets to round
Speaker 1: out the season. They're currently one game above the Lakers
Speaker 1: for that sixth secure playoffs spot. Um Jack Dawson, this team,
Speaker 1: we're obviously big fans of Dame c J. Mellow thoughts
Speaker 1: on this this team being able to hold that sixth
Speaker 1: spot and what kind of damage they could do in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But we haven't seen this team, Matt and
Speaker 1: what three years the big fellas been out, you know,
Speaker 1: guys will been in and out. We haven't seen this
Speaker 1: full team. They even made trade so we don't even
Speaker 1: know what this whole team looked like. But we know
Speaker 1: the dynamic of the team. Mellow Dame c J and
Speaker 1: Nurkic said, we know and we know these guys can
Speaker 1: get the job done. So I'm excited to see this team. Man.
Speaker 1: I know that I know they can really do some
Speaker 1: work and be like we were in UH in oh
Speaker 1: seven when we when when we UH upset of Dallas.
Speaker 1: I think this team can really go far in the
Speaker 1: playoffs and uh probably the scariest team right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is my sleeper team, um coming into the playoffs?
Speaker 1: Is this team? And I think they're the sleeper only
Speaker 1: because of what you said. This team has a as
Speaker 1: a knack for being injured, but everyone getting healthy at
Speaker 1: the right time. I think that Norman pal acquisition is
Speaker 1: going to be big for them. Um, someone who could
Speaker 1: do it on both ends of the floor. But to me,
Speaker 1: it's is the clock ticking on Portland's because they've always
Speaker 1: been good but never good enough. You know, is this
Speaker 1: backcourt with Damon c J. Have they has it kind
Speaker 1: of ran there? That has it has it ran their term?
Speaker 1: Do they still have more in the tank? Like I said,
Speaker 1: obviously we're both big fans of them. We would love
Speaker 1: to see them do more, but they've kind of been
Speaker 1: stuck in that second round exit, you know, able to
Speaker 1: make it the Western Conference, files I think once, what
Speaker 1: do you think about, you know, kind of the clock
Speaker 1: ticking on this backcourt and this team in particular in Portland. Yeah, man, Um,
Speaker 1: we love to see it. We love we love the loyalty,
Speaker 1: you know, we we we we love the brotherhood and
Speaker 1: the camaraderie. But you know, it has to transition to winning,
Speaker 1: you know, and I know, and we both know they
Speaker 1: all want to win. But sometimes certain dynamics, as much
Speaker 1: as you wanted to work, it just don't work. And
Speaker 1: I you know, like I said, I like how they
Speaker 1: look now is the first time we're actually saying that
Speaker 1: full healthy team. But uh, if this continues to go
Speaker 1: on a year or two from now, you know, you
Speaker 1: definitely have to look at making some changes. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously we wish them the best of luck. I would
Speaker 1: like to. I think obviously, you know, they were at
Speaker 1: their best when the when the Warriors were at their best,
Speaker 1: I think the Warriors kept Houston in Portland from really
Speaker 1: shining um during their dynasty as far as the Western Conference.
Speaker 1: So now that the Warriors aren't his dominant anymore, we
Speaker 1: got to see if if Portland can get their ship
Speaker 1: together and get up in there and and it really
Speaker 1: makes some noise. But again, I think they're gonna be
Speaker 1: my sleeper team of the playoffs this year, and I'll
Speaker 1: be excited to see what they can do to round
Speaker 1: out the week. Last but not least, we got the
Speaker 1: Warriors versus the Grizzlies. Most likely the winner of this
Speaker 1: game will secure the A seed. And jack you know,
Speaker 1: if you secure the A seed, you have the pleasure
Speaker 1: of being able to lose that seven eight playing but
Speaker 1: still have an opportunity to make the playoffs when you
Speaker 1: play the nine ten winners. So this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a big game. Uh, Jaren Jackson, about all seasons since
Speaker 1: he was back, they've been to and six, struggling a
Speaker 1: little bit, but this team is loaded. Man. I think
Speaker 1: they've got seven guys averaging over ten points a game
Speaker 1: and two guys right at nine. Very young and up
Speaker 1: and coming Memphis Grizzlies team. Uh, we know what the
Speaker 1: Warriors are. You know, this is supposed to be the
Speaker 1: season and Steph was supposed to be exposed, but all
Speaker 1: he's done is lead the league in scoring and amazed
Speaker 1: us the entire season. So thoughts on this upcoming game
Speaker 1: and who you think will secure that a spot. I
Speaker 1: gotta go with Steph. I actually just seeing Josh shout
Speaker 1: out John. He told me to tell you what up
Speaker 1: to man. I saw him in Memphis. A good kid.
Speaker 1: He's been playing great man. I think what he's done
Speaker 1: for that team in the organization definitely deserves a lot
Speaker 1: of praise. But what step is doing right now and
Speaker 1: this his experience and and the numbers right now, I
Speaker 1: just see them winning this game and getting into their playoffs.
Speaker 1: I don't I love I love. Like I said, I
Speaker 1: love Giz. It's hard to go against him the way
Speaker 1: he's been going. But Steff is just, uh, such a
Speaker 1: game changer. Like you said, we didn't expect too much
Speaker 1: from them this year. He's overseated all expectations with this team,
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna continue to do that. To
Speaker 1: to to to the firewarns out. But you want to
Speaker 1: have the best player on the court, uh, in all situations,
Speaker 1: but particularly in he's playing situations. That Steph will be
Speaker 1: the best player on the court in any playing game. UM.
Speaker 1: That comes to be honest with you, in my opinion
Speaker 1: and and and that's saying a lot. Um, I think
Speaker 1: this Memphis team is one or two years away. They
Speaker 1: got a good young core with Jackson and Morant and um,
Speaker 1: what's the kid's name from Oregon is the shooting guards
Speaker 1: Brooks like slow Mo, shout out U c l A.
Speaker 1: They got a really nice young core. So, like I said,
Speaker 1: I think this team is a season or two away. Um,
Speaker 1: in this particular setting, I'm I'm agree. I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Warriors because Steph is the best player on the court.
Speaker 1: He's playing well right now. Memphis isn't playing as well
Speaker 1: right now. So like I said, this is always gonna
Speaker 1: be a fun matchup when you get two great point guards.
Speaker 1: But I'm definitely taking Golden State in this in this
Speaker 1: in this game, and to lock up that AFE seed,
Speaker 1: you know, allowing them the opportunity if they happen to
Speaker 1: it was in that seven eight game, to have another
Speaker 1: chance to lock that a spot him Next up on
Speaker 1: the Radar, presented you by DraftKings, we got odds on
Speaker 1: who's most likely to take the title this year and
Speaker 1: where some of them started at in the preseason. So
Speaker 1: right now leading the charge, the Nets are plus two hundred.
Speaker 1: They started at a plus six hundred in the preseason.
Speaker 1: I think obviously adding James Harden and this team getting
Speaker 1: their chemistry together has kind of put them at the
Speaker 1: top of the chart, so they'll be interesting to watch.
Speaker 1: The Lakers are at a plus four hundred, dropping them
Speaker 1: down to beginning the season there are plus two seventy five. Obviously,
Speaker 1: injuries play a big key into what they're gonna do
Speaker 1: and if they're gonna be able to repeat the team
Speaker 1: I really like. The Clippers are at a plus five fifty.
Speaker 1: Have been consistent throughout the year. They've stayed out of
Speaker 1: the under the radar and just been playing and getting
Speaker 1: their shipped together. The Jazz, even though they're number one
Speaker 1: in the East, there at a plus seven hundred, but
Speaker 1: a drastic jump from the pre season they were at
Speaker 1: a plus four thousand, so that would be in trining
Speaker 1: to keep their eye on uh Bucks at a plus
Speaker 1: seven fifty. Um like the Clippers in the Eastern Conference,
Speaker 1: they've just been under the radar, steadily doing what they do,
Speaker 1: playing different rotations, hopefully being prepared the most they can
Speaker 1: be in the plaoffs. But we all know Yannis has
Speaker 1: to be that regular season player in the playoffs for
Speaker 1: them to make any noise. Sixers are at a plus
Speaker 1: a thousand, even though they leave the East Sons plus
Speaker 1: fourteen hundred, another drastic jump. There are a plus four
Speaker 1: thousand in the preseason, and last, but definitely not least,
Speaker 1: the Nuggets at a plus thirty five hundred. So Jack,
Speaker 1: you got the odds throwing all the odds out the window.
Speaker 1: What do you like about this list? And who do
Speaker 1: you like? Well, I mean, I just give you I
Speaker 1: can give you my two picks. I think the safe
Speaker 1: bet if anybody will be to go with the Nets. Uh,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be healthy. We know they've got some killers
Speaker 1: on their team. We know they're gonna be around somewhere
Speaker 1: around her to not that team gonna be somewhere in
Speaker 1: the rankings. So you ain't got worried about them. When
Speaker 1: I think if you want to take a chance and
Speaker 1: and want and want to you know, throw your bones
Speaker 1: out there, I think you should try with the Bucks
Speaker 1: because you know, we know they haven't showed Johnie hasn't
Speaker 1: showed to beat that player that we need to see
Speaker 1: in the postseason. But he's been shooting jumpers, he's been
Speaker 1: going crazy. In the last two times he played Brooklyn,
Speaker 1: he gave him fifty almost both nights. So, um, if
Speaker 1: if you want to gamble, I my gamble. I would
Speaker 1: gamble on on the Bucks and Johannis because you know,
Speaker 1: anything could happen. Agreed. I think I think the Nets
Speaker 1: are the safe money to me at plus four hundred,
Speaker 1: Lakers are still a little bit of a scary money
Speaker 1: because everything rides on their two players. My two sleepers
Speaker 1: again out of this list. Um, I like the Bucks,
Speaker 1: but I like the Clippers, and I wouldn't be surprised.
Speaker 1: I don't think the NBA would want it, but I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if it was a Bucks Clippers finals.
Speaker 1: Like I said, these two teams have stayed under the radar,
Speaker 1: got stars on both sides playing well. Um, so it's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting runs. So safe money is the Nets. Man.
Speaker 1: It's hard to go against Katie Kyrie in James. So
Speaker 1: if you're a better person and you like to play
Speaker 1: it safe, there you go. It's the Nets. Next up,
Speaker 1: our favorite segment, fan questions. Let's get right into it.
Speaker 1: Miguel the Pueblo, I guess excuse me for butchering your
Speaker 1: name what do you miss most from your NBA lives
Speaker 1: as a player? Oh, man, Um, I don't miss the
Speaker 1: game too much playing wise, I think my body that
Speaker 1: ran out of energy for the game. I think I
Speaker 1: just missed you know, the brotherhood. Man. We're traveling and
Speaker 1: going out to eat. Um, you know, a good times,
Speaker 1: the best memories. Yeah, yeah, I don't. It's not too
Speaker 1: much of playing because you know, everybody, time runs out,
Speaker 1: and I think I got the most of the game,
Speaker 1: you know, from playing basketball out of me in my life.
Speaker 1: I just think just things I missed most now as
Speaker 1: being around my brothers, to traveling and all the good time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I completely agree. The locker rooms, the busses, the planes,
Speaker 1: going out to eat. You know, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: fun ship that happens during that time. Man, So that
Speaker 1: I would agree that that that's the one thing I
Speaker 1: definitely miss is just kicking it. I mean kicking it.
Speaker 1: Like I said that, the games are fun, but it
Speaker 1: became a job at the end in the real business.
Speaker 1: But you know, the thing that always remained constant and
Speaker 1: fun was just spending time with your brothers, you know,
Speaker 1: on the on the downtime outside of the game. So
Speaker 1: like that we definitely both agree on that one. Next
Speaker 1: fan question, Mia underscore point dex to seventy six. Why
Speaker 1: didn't Hall of Fame players like Shaq and Kobe win
Speaker 1: more m vps? Great question. I don't know, I've always
Speaker 1: kind of wondered this, and and because there was times
Speaker 1: where you think, you know, Kobe could have ran off
Speaker 1: a handful of them, Shot could have ran off a
Speaker 1: handful of them. Lebron could have ran off a handful
Speaker 1: of them. But I think you know, when when you
Speaker 1: leave it to these writers in these columnists that that
Speaker 1: sometimes carry a jaded point of view about someone that
Speaker 1: can hurt them or some of them didn't do give
Speaker 1: them a right interview that I mean, there's always personal
Speaker 1: feelings when it comes to voting, especially when it comes
Speaker 1: to people who who didn't get a chance to play,
Speaker 1: you know, so um and they like stuff different, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. So tough question, great question. I
Speaker 1: don't really know the answer. They were definitely they definitely
Speaker 1: should have won. Both those guys should have won more
Speaker 1: than they have. Lebron should won more than he has.
Speaker 1: But I just kind of think that's what it is.
Speaker 1: It is what it is you thought what do you think, Oh,
Speaker 1: I know exactly what it is. You have people who
Speaker 1: never played a game of basketball in their life voting
Speaker 1: on who is the best player in the game. And
Speaker 1: it's just that's just what it is. You You you
Speaker 1: got people involved in that decision that don't know what
Speaker 1: it's like to take a charge, don't know what it's
Speaker 1: like to shoot a three point them, don't even know
Speaker 1: what it's like to snap the backboard on the layup.
Speaker 1: Matt so and and and and and it's that and
Speaker 1: it's that drastic. It's that drastic, you know what I mean. UM,
Speaker 1: I love Steve Nash, but it's nowhere in hell. If
Speaker 1: you had basketball players who actually played the game, they
Speaker 1: would have voted for him to win back to back MVP.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, especially the way cob was playing at that time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. There's no reason that Koben
Speaker 1: Shack shouldn't have more MVPs. Now, I completely agree, it's
Speaker 1: a it's a weird system. I don't know all the
Speaker 1: intricacies about it, but I agree. I think they set
Speaker 1: somehow need to get more people who have actually played
Speaker 1: UM voting on this, because when you leave it in
Speaker 1: the hands of people who haven't played all that they
Speaker 1: do their homework and they're studying. This is no knock
Speaker 1: on the people who haven't played. But I just think,
Speaker 1: like when you're voting on something like like you said,
Speaker 1: with all due respect to Steve mask the way Kobe
Speaker 1: was playing at that time, it feels up to the
Speaker 1: players or more people who had played. There's no way
Speaker 1: Steve would have won those m vps over code. But
Speaker 1: you know, obviously shout out to Steve for getting getting
Speaker 1: two m vps. But that's a good question, and who
Speaker 1: knows what the ever fix. And I also think to
Speaker 1: add on to that that it needs to be over
Speaker 1: an entire season, you know, because you saw Janice went
Speaker 1: two m vps and then get bounced in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean early in the playoffs saying
Speaker 1: to me, how do you have an m v P
Speaker 1: player that you can't go to down the stretch. M
Speaker 1: v P means when the game's on the line, you're
Speaker 1: gonna go to the m v P to get the
Speaker 1: job done. So I definitely think it should open up
Speaker 1: to the season, excuse me, the full season, including the playoffs,
Speaker 1: because like I said, if your MVP should be able
Speaker 1: to lead you at least to the conference finals. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Steve wouldn't. Steve wouldn't. Steve wouldn't give those m
Speaker 1: vps back. But he know he wouldn't better than Kobe.
Speaker 1: He wouldn't say it, but he know he wasn't better
Speaker 1: than Steve was a motherfucker though, but definitely not. He
Speaker 1: was good. Steve was great, better than me and you,
Speaker 1: but he wasn't better than Kobe the way Kobe was
Speaker 1: playing at that time, absolutely right. Next up David Helm's
Speaker 1: underscore fifteen best piece of trash talk you said or heard? Oh, man,
Speaker 1: I think, well, I I didn't say it so much.
Speaker 1: I'm not. I don't know what's the best thing. I
Speaker 1: didn't say it because I just said everything in the book.
Speaker 1: But heard. And I remember shooting a three point in
Speaker 1: the corner of in Utah, and I heard a fan
Speaker 1: just say something that I've never heard when I'm shooting.
Speaker 1: He said, oh hell no, I'm like, and I like
Speaker 1: he was writing my year And for somebody to say that,
Speaker 1: like I just always missed it threw me all the way.
Speaker 1: All all I heard it was oh hell no. And
Speaker 1: I hit all the side of the backboard I turned
Speaker 1: around like that that it threw me all the way off.
Speaker 1: That was a good defense. Yeah, like you said, man,
Speaker 1: we didn't play the game so long. I heard a
Speaker 1: lot of crazy ship. I remember one thing that actually
Speaker 1: happened off the cot because I've been fine for talking
Speaker 1: to fans and all that kind of ship. Um, but
Speaker 1: I think one thing I heard, and I won't reveal
Speaker 1: the SuperStar's name, but I remember when I played in Philly,
Speaker 1: when he goes a little more cheeks story. One person
Speaker 1: told more cheeks just because you wear motherfucking suit doesn't
Speaker 1: make you the coach. And I'm thinking, like, yo, this
Speaker 1: is how motherfucker they're talking to coaches these days. And
Speaker 1: then another situation was between when I played for the Clippers,
Speaker 1: me and Floyd Mayweather got into it because he was
Speaker 1: a Clipper fan the whole season, and then Lebron came
Speaker 1: to the Cavs and this nigger had his pom pomps
Speaker 1: out for the Calves. I'm like, bro, you're at every
Speaker 1: one of our games cheering for us, and now you
Speaker 1: just dick riding the castle. Me and him went back
Speaker 1: and forth on some some crazy X rated can't be
Speaker 1: said type ship, but that was fun. But I think
Speaker 1: trash talking is what makes the game dope, and I think, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: I think we kind of caught the last of being
Speaker 1: able to at least say a little bit because we
Speaker 1: couldn't even say much. But back in the day they
Speaker 1: used to really draw and go back and forth. And
Speaker 1: now the game is so soft and the rest are
Speaker 1: so fucking weak that you can't really say or do
Speaker 1: anything without getting the tea or getting fine. So I
Speaker 1: think the days of trash talking behind us, unfortunately. But
Speaker 1: they I understand, they won't let you trash talk, but
Speaker 1: somebody get dunked on you let the whole bitch run
Speaker 1: on the court in front of the referees and all that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like this, they'd be contradicting
Speaker 1: themselves so much. I think Jimmy and uh, Jimmy and
Speaker 1: and and Cat got into it just the other day,
Speaker 1: I think, and Jimmy says some slick ship to him.
Speaker 1: So it's still there every once in a while, But
Speaker 1: I just think, as far as on a consistent note,
Speaker 1: you know, trash talking is kind of a thing of
Speaker 1: the past. Crazy KG was one of the great trash
Speaker 1: talkers in the history of the game. The motherfucker would
Speaker 1: say anything anytime anywhere. Yeah, I loved it. Next fan question,
Speaker 1: it came two times. Which team in the playing spot
Speaker 1: do you think can still the player playoff spot? Golden State.
Speaker 1: I think we talked about them earlier. Anytime you have
Speaker 1: probably the person is gonna lead the league in scoring,
Speaker 1: and Steph Curry, um Draymond's expertise on both ends of
Speaker 1: the floor and just their experience. Not saying that they're
Speaker 1: gonna go crazy and and make some unpresidented run. But
Speaker 1: I could definitely see them messing around and securing the
Speaker 1: spot and winning a first round matchup, whether it be
Speaker 1: against Utah or Phoenix. Maybe we could be dead off
Speaker 1: in Utah Phoenix into beating the ship out of them.
Speaker 1: But I just don't see it. Like I said, I
Speaker 1: think the way Steph plays you said earlier alone and
Speaker 1: Steph can get you a couple of games all by himself.
Speaker 1: So they get Ubrey and Wiggins back, everybody healthy, everyone
Speaker 1: on the same page. The Warriors are gonna be This
Speaker 1: is the one year that you know an eight beating
Speaker 1: a one or seven beating a two. Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 1: I definitely agree, you said, man you said everything that
Speaker 1: I would say, you got to go and go to State.
Speaker 1: I would never go again stuff again like I wanted
Speaker 1: to when he got drafted. So yeah, I'm going with Steff.
Speaker 1: The next question coming from Jordan's Griffin, Oh seven, what's
Speaker 1: the one purchase you made when you got the bag
Speaker 1: when you look back and think it probably wasn't the
Speaker 1: best idea? Yea, Oh man, Let's see, Well, I think
Speaker 1: every decision I made was a great idea. It was
Speaker 1: just I just learned from him. Uh, you had the most,
Speaker 1: you had them, you had the most changed, you had
Speaker 1: the most. I'm gonna tell you. I'm gonna tell you
Speaker 1: though my first Uh, when I first got drafted, Phoenix
Speaker 1: drafted me and guaranteed me two hundred fifty thousand, and
Speaker 1: I gotta check. I gotta advance for twenty five thousand,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna picked up Mike, Mike Bibby, my little
Speaker 1: brother and his sister, and we spent twenty three of
Speaker 1: it in the mall Clo all new Arab Max. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I asked Mike Arab Max all the new bowls polo.
Speaker 1: He bought everything in the mall and I my mom
Speaker 1: was like, what do you think I'm like I got
Speaker 1: more money coming in? I got two thousand left. You know,
Speaker 1: I thought I was good, but I had all the
Speaker 1: clothes in the world that I think mine was. I
Speaker 1: got called up to play for the Clippers and got
Speaker 1: to ten days, ended up making the team, and I
Speaker 1: got like my first to paychecks and went and bought
Speaker 1: like an eighty thousand dollar brand new BMW And I
Speaker 1: don't even know how much I had in the bank
Speaker 1: after that ship. It is probably just to be able
Speaker 1: to pay for gas after that. But you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, when you when you don't have ship and
Speaker 1: that first money comes, like you said, you always think
Speaker 1: you got more coming, when who knows if you really
Speaker 1: got more coming. So yeah, I mean I probably say
Speaker 1: really because like I said, I can't really get no
Speaker 1: money until I got into the game. So I probably say,
Speaker 1: like my first three four or five seasons, my bank
Speaker 1: account was on red at the end of it something. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the end of every summer banking coun the red light
Speaker 1: was on my bank account into every summer bros. I
Speaker 1: couldn't we wait for the first check to come. But
Speaker 1: you gotta think, like that's back then, like we didn't
Speaker 1: talk about financial literacy back then, like that wasn't that
Speaker 1: wasn't something that was a common conversation like it is now.
Speaker 1: And they weren't really checking for our money, and really
Speaker 1: that kind of attention on saving and investing and planning
Speaker 1: that ship was we were trying to live like the
Speaker 1: rappers at that time, cars, jewelry, this, this, and that.
Speaker 1: It wasn't really no talking about saving at that time.
Speaker 1: So at least we made it out with some money, right.
Speaker 1: Next fan question one take doc. Are titles as important
Speaker 1: as the media and the majority of the fans make
Speaker 1: it seen? Are does sustained Greatness slash Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: Trump titles? Um? I think the later, I think sustained
Speaker 1: Greatness um Trump's titles. But I think we live in
Speaker 1: the era of a ring and if you don't win
Speaker 1: a ring, you ain't shipped for some reason. Um. And
Speaker 1: I think the titles count more now is because superstars
Speaker 1: are it around. Before, if you were a superstar, you
Speaker 1: just had a good team, you stayed on the team,
Speaker 1: and if you didn't win, you didn't win. UM. I
Speaker 1: think with more now, the star players moving around, I
Speaker 1: think they're starting to count rings more because guys are
Speaker 1: building super teams, but then at the same time they
Speaker 1: want to discredit you when you win with the super team. So, um,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of great players who didn't n rings,
Speaker 1: and I don't think that should obviously tarnished. To me,
Speaker 1: I don't think he should turn as a body of work.
Speaker 1: Um that was Hall of Fame worthy. Uh. To me,
Speaker 1: I just think, you know, the greatest players, the best
Speaker 1: players are winners. That's just how I look at it.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. When when you when you're
Speaker 1: the best player, when you're the greatest, when you dominate
Speaker 1: your whole career, you win Shock one, Kobe one, Tim
Speaker 1: Duncan won, Jordan one, Lebron one, Magic one, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. Then you got your superstars like Yal
Speaker 1: and the guys who had to go to teams to
Speaker 1: get championships. You know what I'm saying. I'm saying. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying Ray wasn't great, but he wasn't Kobe, he
Speaker 1: wasn't Shock, he wasn't Jordan, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But he still was a superstar in this time. So
Speaker 1: that's a separation to me. Man, you got guys that
Speaker 1: carry guys the championships and that and that that are
Speaker 1: that just damn good. You know what I mean that
Speaker 1: they're bringing their team to win and they win it.
Speaker 1: But if you've got people that's good at basketball, they
Speaker 1: just not win us. So what would you say to
Speaker 1: like Barkley never getting one or Carl is not a
Speaker 1: Bak is not a winner. He's a great basketball player,
Speaker 1: he's just not a winner. He's a Hall of famer,
Speaker 1: he's one of the best we've ever seen play the game.
Speaker 1: He's just not a winner. And I mean that's not
Speaker 1: a knock on him, it's just that's what it says.
Speaker 1: On his career here, he hasn't won, so he's not
Speaker 1: a winner. And I mean I I that's how I
Speaker 1: look at the great players, the ones that's supposed to
Speaker 1: be talked about as the top ten players. They took
Speaker 1: the organization their team to multiple championships, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean? And and that's just what it is with me.
Speaker 1: You ain't mad at it. Next up, Divine Underscore on
Speaker 1: one player you would like to see win a ring
Speaker 1: this year? Good question. I would like to see James
Speaker 1: Harden win a ring. Um perfect example, because I had
Speaker 1: him as my m and Carrie is in my m
Speaker 1: VP votes, the way James was playing before his hamstring injury,
Speaker 1: what he how he just popped up in Brooklyn with
Speaker 1: Kevin durand the carrier and it's still average in the
Speaker 1: triple double with twenty points. It just blew my mind,
Speaker 1: and um, if I want to see anybody win the championship.
Speaker 1: You know, even though I had setain things to sail
Speaker 1: by James beginning, it wasn't personal about his basketball plan.
Speaker 1: I just felt, you know, I wanted I want to
Speaker 1: see sides to look good, and I knew James can
Speaker 1: make him look good with with with the way he
Speaker 1: played basketball has as good as he is. But if
Speaker 1: I want to see anybody within the ring right now,
Speaker 1: would definitely be James hard that's good car and I
Speaker 1: think he has the best odds on a superstar that
Speaker 1: hasn't won to get one. Uh My two would be
Speaker 1: Chris Paula Russell Westbrook And obviously I think Russell is
Speaker 1: a lot further away from than Chris, but just the
Speaker 1: way Russ plays, uh day in day out, robviously gonna
Speaker 1: touch on him at the end of the show. His
Speaker 1: greatness to what he's been able to accomplish and then CP,
Speaker 1: you know, one of the greatest floor leaders we've ever
Speaker 1: seen play this game, a guy that goes and ends everywhere,
Speaker 1: but just hasn't been able to get over the hump um.
Speaker 1: You know, has his team right in the mix this year.
Speaker 1: So those will probably be my two. But I think
Speaker 1: James was a great call to this Thursday May one
Speaker 1: of the interviews you guys have all been asking for
Speaker 1: for a long time. Gilbert Arena's agent Zero enjoyed the
Speaker 1: teaser in your prime in in d C. You've got
Speaker 1: a lot of memorable matchups young Lebron Ai co j Kid,
Speaker 1: to name a few. One out of those that stand
Speaker 1: out to the most or individually, my hardest. My hardest
Speaker 1: matchup was Jake Kid, because you gotta remember he's six
Speaker 1: four all of two twenty, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I couldn't I couldn't bully through him, and I
Speaker 1: my speed he neutralized it because he was just as fast.
Speaker 1: But he was quick so when I got to take off,
Speaker 1: he can get to that spot before I I gained.
Speaker 1: So when I played against Jay Kid, it had to
Speaker 1: I had to really actually think. I mean I I
Speaker 1: scored thirty, but it was one of those ten for
Speaker 1: twenty one type games. It was never I never just dominated,
Speaker 1: you know Jay kid Um, it was it was he
Speaker 1: gave me a run from my money all the time.
Speaker 1: AI lucky me. I never actually had to really guard
Speaker 1: him like that because he was he was sitting at
Speaker 1: the two. So for those years it was either Larry
Speaker 1: who was guarding him, or the sean I'm on this
Speaker 1: highlight take us yep. I mean I was on the
Speaker 1: sidelight table. But I was a dude that like threw
Speaker 1: my hand and then like I was fake helping and
Speaker 1: like dropped drop you know what I mean. It was.
Speaker 1: It was one of It was one of those. It
Speaker 1: was one of those because for some reason, if you
Speaker 1: had on that number three um, like I was, I
Speaker 1: was in games where I'm guarding him and he just
Speaker 1: and chill mode soup and he looked at threes on
Speaker 1: that jersey. He took offense. He took forty forty and
Speaker 1: and that that that thirty that these seconds if you could,
Speaker 1: you know, but that was one of the hardest work
Speaker 1: hardest playing you know, players that I've went against. Steve
Speaker 1: Nash was hard to because he did a hunting picking
Speaker 1: rolls and he's coming on speed. Tony Parker was a
Speaker 1: good one, Um, just because you know that system that
Speaker 1: that that system was, you know it was. It was
Speaker 1: one of those like I gotta go to sleep earlier
Speaker 1: tonight because it's you're thinking, you know, defensively they all wait,
Speaker 1: they don't make mistakes. Offensively, they're gonna they're gonna get
Speaker 1: the best shots. So you know you're going against Antonio
Speaker 1: like you're playing a perfect game. And what I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's it's a perfect game. You
Speaker 1: you don't got room for, you know, failure against them,
Speaker 1: because they're gonna, they're gonna, they're gonna they don't cut
Speaker 1: your legs off every time you do something. December, oh
Speaker 1: six Staples Center, you against Kope, you dropped sixteen the
Speaker 1: overtime game. Talk to us about that. Oh that was that?
Speaker 1: You know that was a build up. Um before that game,
Speaker 1: I was averaging like thirty three against the Lakers. You
Speaker 1: know you grew up why watching them that you know
Speaker 1: that you know that game that's just that's your team, young,
Speaker 1: what they do, that team you own and mentally, like
Speaker 1: even my rookie year I played them, I had fourteen
Speaker 1: and five minutes. It was just one of those teams
Speaker 1: that I just got up for. It's just watching you know,
Speaker 1: Kobe's training, you know, um four games how he trained
Speaker 1: him watching me there every single time we played them.
Speaker 1: Three o'clock, I'm near, you know, waiting for you to finish,
Speaker 1: and then I'm you know, I'm going. So we already
Speaker 1: had our shooting. I remember, I remember sitting there and like,
Speaker 1: man that I'm I'm giving him all the kudos. It
Speaker 1: was funny before the game, we're sitting there. He's going
Speaker 1: because it's a second time working out before the game,
Speaker 1: so he already worked out once. This is second time
Speaker 1: working out, and I was like, man, that man just unstoppable. Man,
Speaker 1: Like I'm seeing his coaching hacking on him. He still
Speaker 1: putting them shots up. And then you know, he said it.
Speaker 1: He said it. So this jump ball started. Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna shutdown Gil yea, I'm gonna sut down Guil. Smush
Speaker 1: you go there. We're gonna go one for flat if
Speaker 1: he guards me, I'm going one for flat. That's how
Speaker 1: we go through this one for Flat we go. We're
Speaker 1: just gonna shut this ship down right now. So that
Speaker 1: was already the mode of the game, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So I'm already so I'm in attack mode.
Speaker 1: So I'm in attack mode. I'm like, we get it,
Speaker 1: smush comes. I'm just going like just okay. So when
Speaker 1: Kobe tried to get me, I'm already on some fire.
Speaker 1: And that's you know, That's how it it was. It
Speaker 1: was just that's to Once you got going, it was over.
Speaker 1: Once I got going, it was it was really nothing
Speaker 1: he was gonna do, you know, because I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: studying a defensive player, I knew I couldn't do the
Speaker 1: same thing twice against him, you know, So if I
Speaker 1: hit him with a crossover, I knew I couldn't hear
Speaker 1: with the same crossover coming down. So I always had
Speaker 1: to be you know, quick, pull up. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna play around with you. You know you're a
Speaker 1: great defense place. I'm not playing around with you. Like
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna just get to the ams. I'm just
Speaker 1: go just straight line, straight line, shoot it up. I
Speaker 1: don't you know, I'm not gonna sit there and bait
Speaker 1: because that that just feeds into you know, good defensive
Speaker 1: guys gonna play to the rhythm. He's gonna he's gonna
Speaker 1: pick that ship up, and I'm sitting here like I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna go, quick shot three, Let's go, let's you know,
Speaker 1: And that's that's one of them NICs. Winding down the
Speaker 1: show with quick hitters. First Step Jack shout out. Russell Westbrook,
Speaker 1: who tied Oscar Robinson with a hundred and eighty one
Speaker 1: triple doubles, has four games to go this season, starting tonight,
Speaker 1: to become the old time triple double King. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: this accomplishment. I'm not surprised the way you get triple doubles.
Speaker 1: It's just like opening the bag of grapes and picking
Speaker 1: the grape out of the bucket. I mean, that's that easy.
Speaker 1: He get triple doubles so easy, man. I knew he's
Speaker 1: gonna break the record. I knew this day was coming.
Speaker 1: I'm just so proud of him because nobody has dealt
Speaker 1: with more slammed, than more judgment than than basketball than
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. You know, people say all types of stuff
Speaker 1: about them, but they couldn't walk a day in isshoes.
Speaker 1: They couldn't even muster or couldn't even buy the energy
Speaker 1: and and the passion that he plays with night by Night.
Speaker 1: So I salute Rushman and I'm proud of him, and
Speaker 1: he's definitely going down as probably the well, I can't say,
Speaker 1: the best best point guard of all time, but probably
Speaker 1: the most athletic point guard and the most all around
Speaker 1: dominant point guard. Explosive. Yeah. One, you know, russ is
Speaker 1: someone who's been knocked you One thing, you know, I
Speaker 1: consisted here is a great teammate. But another thing too
Speaker 1: is I think that he has made the triple double
Speaker 1: looks so easy that people don't appreciate it no more.
Speaker 1: And triple doubles are easy to get if you look
Speaker 1: at the history of the game, how many people have played.
Speaker 1: Triple doubles are hard, very hard to get, and he
Speaker 1: makes it look easy, and I think that's how it's
Speaker 1: kind of almost watered down the accomplishment. But man, tremendous accomplishment. UM.
Speaker 1: I just love russ Man, someone I would take the
Speaker 1: war ten out of ten times. Um, someone who leaves
Speaker 1: it out there every single night. Um. So it's obviously
Speaker 1: a tremendous honor for him. So salute russ I think
Speaker 1: it's a it's a no brainer there. Within the next
Speaker 1: four games, he'll probably get shipped two or three, if
Speaker 1: not four, triple doubles to become the all time leading
Speaker 1: triple double kings. So again, man shout out Russ on
Speaker 1: this great run, great career, and we know you still
Speaker 1: got more left though, bro also keep pushing. Next up,
Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony passes Elvin Hayes for ten on the all
Speaker 1: time scoring list, and there's only seventy two points behind
Speaker 1: the great Moses Malone rest in peace. So I don't
Speaker 1: know if Melot will get it this year. He needs
Speaker 1: to average eighteen in the next four uh to possibly
Speaker 1: get that. With Mellow that's definitely not out of the question.
Speaker 1: But if he doesn't get it this year, he'll for
Speaker 1: sure get it next year. To think this dude was
Speaker 1: sitting out with the league thinking he wasn't. I don't
Speaker 1: know what the funk the league was thinking. To be
Speaker 1: honest for you, we were big advocates for him. We
Speaker 1: still need to get him on the show. But the
Speaker 1: fact that he's been able to reinvent himself in his
Speaker 1: second act um and do what he's done in Portland's
Speaker 1: helping that team on and off the court, and now
Speaker 1: the top ten score of all time and we'll most
Speaker 1: likely finish between top nine, our top eight or nine
Speaker 1: score of all time. Talk to us about this accomplishment
Speaker 1: and Mellow's greatness. Well, I'm not surprised. He's been one
Speaker 1: of the best scores since he's step foot in the league.
Speaker 1: And that's one thing he does well is put up buckets,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean he's he's a walking bucket. I mean,
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier about guys we'd like to see
Speaker 1: with a ring with Mellow is one of those guys too.
Speaker 1: You know, I would love to get a championship man.
Speaker 1: I know it's kind of far fetched with the way
Speaker 1: they've been playing and how they've been playing. But um,
Speaker 1: I think for the most part, Man, him scoring and
Speaker 1: him being at the top, in the top ten is
Speaker 1: something that he envisioned, is something that we we saw
Speaker 1: that was that possibly could happen, you know, some of
Speaker 1: the steps in the league. Like I said, he's a
Speaker 1: walking bucket. So, uh, congrats to Mellow man and keep
Speaker 1: going bro. Yeah, definitely shout out Mellow. Uh still need
Speaker 1: you on the show. We're gonna definitely lock you down
Speaker 1: in this off season. But tremendous accomplishment Man and I'm
Speaker 1: glad you've been able to reinvent your second act to
Speaker 1: be successful at it. Next up Steph Curry and Bradley
Speaker 1: Bill going back and forth for this year's score title.
Speaker 1: Steph is currently sitting at thirty one point nine. Brad
Speaker 1: Beale is certainly sitting at thirty one point four. Brad
Speaker 1: dropped fifty the other night. Steph said he knew that
Speaker 1: and came and dropped a forty nine piece and only
Speaker 1: three quarters uh to keep his lead. This has been
Speaker 1: one of the you know, one of what one of
Speaker 1: the better scoring bouts. Obviously has been some historic runs.
Speaker 1: I think David Robinson had to drop a seventy two
Speaker 1: one time to win the scoring title. But I think
Speaker 1: this will definitely go down to the wire between Steph
Speaker 1: and Brad. And again, happy for both these guys, but
Speaker 1: particularly Steph because there's been a lot of Slanders greatest
Speaker 1: he's been throughout his careers. Oh, he's had this team,
Speaker 1: he's had that team. He can't do this, he can't
Speaker 1: do that. Well, this is the one year he showed
Speaker 1: and I remember I said this the beginning season. We're
Speaker 1: gonna see Steph Curry's version of James Harden this year
Speaker 1: and Steph definitely hasn't disappointed. Shot the ship out of
Speaker 1: the ball. Brad's been played great too. But thought on
Speaker 1: thoughts on this uh scoring title coming down to the end, Man,
Speaker 1: it's hard, man, it's hard because these are two walking buckets. Uh.
Speaker 1: Step has been steps carrying his team. I think coming
Speaker 1: down the end he might get more shot at him
Speaker 1: than Bradley Bill. But you never know because Bradley, you know, um,
Speaker 1: him and Rustban playing well together. You know, even though
Speaker 1: Rustban average and triple doubles, He's been making sure that
Speaker 1: Bradley Bill gets his attempts to win this thing too. So, UM,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay out of this one. I'm gonna stay
Speaker 1: out of this from man, I think I think both
Speaker 1: both of my little bros have a chance to win it,
Speaker 1: and I wish him both the best. Yeah. Absolutely, It's
Speaker 1: just it's entertaining, uh and just beautiful, say, I mean,
Speaker 1: just the way how pure of score these guys are
Speaker 1: a special then last, but not least twenty years ago
Speaker 1: this week we had a legendary battle between two former guests,
Speaker 1: Vince Carter and Alan Iverson. Both dropped fifty in the
Speaker 1: series A I ended up averaging thirty four. Vince average
Speaker 1: thirty seventy six is going to beat him. I think
Speaker 1: that's the I think this is the the series where
Speaker 1: Vince graduated and came ac and all that whole bullshit
Speaker 1: that people said he shouldn't have left and should have
Speaker 1: stayed focused. But you know, like Ben said, it was
Speaker 1: one shot away from making it in him being a hero.
Speaker 1: They graduated and took his team to the next round
Speaker 1: and instead they wanted to he missed a shot and
Speaker 1: they talked ship. But anyway, man, too great Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame players. I remember that that that series like it
Speaker 1: was yesterday and man, twenty years ago this week so crazy. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: it was. It was. It was something that we always remember,
Speaker 1: something that we would mind going back and watching. I mean,
Speaker 1: anytime you get a do it like that too? Great
Speaker 1: like that, Man, it's definitely musty TV. But you know,
Speaker 1: I was. I was always glued when a I was
Speaker 1: on TV anyway, just to see what he was gonna do,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, the passion he was gonna play,
Speaker 1: what Obscar he was gonna overcome this time and seeing
Speaker 1: ving him and Vince battle, you know, Vince making all
Speaker 1: these amazing plays and being half man half amazing. I
Speaker 1: think everybody in the world was watching that game, but
Speaker 1: it was you know, that's that's the history into making man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think a lot of people want to
Speaker 1: talk about Lebron took teams the finals that had no
Speaker 1: business being in the finals. With all due respect to
Speaker 1: his teammates. You look at the roster Allen Iverson had
Speaker 1: this season, and he took them to the finals and
Speaker 1: had the only blemish on the Raker the Lakers record
Speaker 1: because they stole Game one in l a or the
Speaker 1: Lakers would have won sixteen to know in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Alan Iverson's team had no business being in the finals
Speaker 1: this year, and I say that respectfully, but it was
Speaker 1: just the herder Ai that got them all the way
Speaker 1: through into the finals and was able to get them
Speaker 1: game one to stole Game one. So after plenty of delays,
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame class will finally be inducted this Saturday.
Speaker 1: Headliners Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, and our brother Kobe Bryant Um.
Speaker 1: Some are saying this is the greatest Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: class in the history of basketball. We want to wish
Speaker 1: all of the people the best of luck, congratulate them
Speaker 1: and UH again. Obviously we spoke about it. Will be
Speaker 1: sad because I was really looking forward to hearing UH
Speaker 1: Kobe speech because I'm sure it would have been well
Speaker 1: thought of and and and articulated and it would have
Speaker 1: been a speech that we always remember. So um anyway, man,
Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoy it. Congrats to all the
Speaker 1: UH inductees. We've had a few of them on the Show. Jack.
Speaker 1: We need to get Tim Ducan on the Show Man.
Speaker 1: You need to make that homeboy, call that o G.
Speaker 1: Call your paintballing or you're paintballing, buddy. I'll try it.
Speaker 1: I'll try it. Well, that's a wrap. You can find
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