Speaker 1: We got to talk about Luca. Last time we checked
Speaker 1: in on Luca, he had top five regular season performance
Speaker 1: in NBA history. So it's sixty sixty, twenty one and
Speaker 1: ten snaps, absurd stat line. And then two games after that,
Speaker 1: what did he do? Did he did he fall off?
Speaker 1: Did he get tired? Did he need more recovery beers? Uh?
Speaker 1: Luca dropped fifty one, six and nine with four steals
Speaker 1: and a block. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Literally, Greg Popovich said,
Speaker 1: our entire goal tonight is to keep Luca from scoring fifty,
Speaker 1: and he scored fifty one. That is called a failure.
Speaker 1: Greg Popovich. One of the things though, that we're learning
Speaker 1: about Luca is that you know when they showed a
Speaker 1: little X ray, and then inside the X ray they
Speaker 1: showed little pitbull that's Luca. Like, that's Luke all over
Speaker 1: his body, like like MJ and Kobe. Luca's kind of
Speaker 1: kind of a hothead on the court during practice, during games,
Speaker 1: the competitive off switch does not turn off. He is
Speaker 1: a yeller. He he needs a whipping post. That's what
Speaker 1: he needs. That's a good teammate for Luca. Fortunately for Luca,
Speaker 1: he's found a teammate that can take his beatings and
Speaker 1: his frustrations out on with no worries. That is kind
Speaker 1: of funnily enough, Christian would get it whipping post wood
Speaker 1: made of wood. Luca was asked about his relationship with
Speaker 1: Wood and gave out this little beautiful nugget about probably
Speaker 1: why Christian Wood's gonna stay around. He doesn't get mad
Speaker 1: at me when I yell at him, and that's what
Speaker 1: I appreciate. Sometimes it's hard to be with me on
Speaker 1: the court. Probably I just want to win. He appreciates
Speaker 1: that he never gets mad. It's working great. It's working great.
Speaker 1: I bet it is. When you can yell at someone,
Speaker 1: cuss them, smooth the fuck out, tell them they're an idiot,
Speaker 1: tell them that they're late, whatever you want to say
Speaker 1: in the moment, just getting your frustrations out, and they're
Speaker 1: a little energy sponge for you. Yeah, I bet it
Speaker 1: is working out great. Luca. You're abusing him and he's
Speaker 1: taking your abuse. People are gonna say that this is
Speaker 1: a negative, but I think this is a positive because
Speaker 1: for Luca to be himself, it means he has to
Speaker 1: snap someone's head off. And if Christian Wood can take
Speaker 1: that beating I tell you what, that is a valuable thing.
Speaker 1: That may be more valuable than his rebounding, might be
Speaker 1: more valuable than his three point shooting. You can take
Speaker 1: a beating from your star player that they want to
Speaker 1: keep around forever. Now you stay away forever, just like
Speaker 1: MJ with murderous teammates on occasion. That's Luca. Now you
Speaker 1: know fine, I don't know who that was for the Bulls,
Speaker 1: but I know that there was one maybe with Steve Kerr.
Speaker 1: That goes a long, long way. Let's put it this way.
Speaker 1: He's weathered a ton of shit in Dallas. He said
Speaker 1: and done the right things. He's on the court with Luca.
Speaker 1: He's the plus minus. This is insane. Can take all
Speaker 1: the smoke, he can shake it off. Guys like that
Speaker 1: are invaluable. Christian was gonna get an extension. He's extension eligible.
Speaker 1: There is nowhere to trade him. Mark Cuban already fucked
Speaker 1: up with Jalen Brunson. So I tell you what, this
Speaker 1: is good news for Christian Wood. He has been criticized
Speaker 1: by the media. He has been criticized by Jason Kidd
Speaker 1: and Nico Harrison, but Luca loves him, and what Luca wants.
Speaker 1: Luca's gonna get, especially a guy who can take a
Speaker 1: lashing with a smile and a thank you. I'll have
Speaker 1: some more. Let's talk about Jaw. Jaw Jaw could be
Speaker 1: bad for the league. Jaw Jaw is someone that must
Speaker 1: be stopped. He is a menace. He he is making
Speaker 1: children cry, and he just keeps making them cry. Of course,
Speaker 1: I'm kidding. Everyone hates Jaw for no reason. There is
Speaker 1: no one nicer than Jaw, and for whatever reason, people
Speaker 1: spin it to a bad thing. Other fan bases I've
Speaker 1: been digging into, like Reddit, NBA Reddit, Sacramento Kings. They
Speaker 1: are villainizing him. It is bizarre. It makes no sense.
Speaker 1: So what happened case in point last night against the
Speaker 1: Sacramento King. Jaw currently launching his own line of shoes, right,
Speaker 1: Jaw Jaw one. He's finally wearing the Jaw Ones. They
Speaker 1: haven't come out yet. He's putting up ridiculous numbers and
Speaker 1: he had thirty four last night and like a million
Speaker 1: assists and a million rebounds. So he's like, Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give these shoes to some kids. A kid in
Speaker 1: the stands, my favorite fan. I'm gonna find them I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give him my shoes. Seems like a pretty nice
Speaker 1: thing to do, right, he says. I can tell during
Speaker 1: warmups how big of a fan this kid was. He
Speaker 1: was screaming my name, he was cheering for me to
Speaker 1: make shots and warm ups. I knew he was a
Speaker 1: big fan. I'm doing this thing. I'm giving out my shoes. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people want my shoes right now.
Speaker 1: It's not release yet in stores or online. I read
Speaker 1: the sign. I know from then on, I knew who
Speaker 1: was gonna get the shoes. His name is Xander Carr,
Speaker 1: his nine year old. He gets the shoes, both shoes.
Speaker 1: Cries his eyes out right, Jaw had thirty five, eight
Speaker 1: and five. Nothing to cry, and there's nothing to scream
Speaker 1: about there, right, nothing to criticize, nothing really nothing, no
Speaker 1: except for if you're a fan of another team and
Speaker 1: you just like to hate Jaw for no reason because
Speaker 1: you don't have a jaw, right, you don't have one.
Speaker 1: Deeron Fox, he's a great player. He is not Jaw
Speaker 1: love Darren Fox, as you guys know the Kangs, but
Speaker 1: he's not Jaw. Chirps start early, and they start often.
Speaker 1: Jaw only gave the shoes to promote his shoe. Jaw
Speaker 1: is a piece of shit because he gets every call,
Speaker 1: he travels every every play, he can't shoot threes and
Speaker 1: and uh, Jaw makes kids cry. Jaw only gives shoes
Speaker 1: out to kids who are sitting court sight can't give
Speaker 1: him out to the upper bowl kids. These are real criticisms.
Speaker 1: I don't understand it. Words Jaw was called on the
Speaker 1: internet last night because he gave the shoes out an asshole,
Speaker 1: a whining bitch. See you next Tuesday. Can we just
Speaker 1: shut the fuck up about Ja Morant? Why is he hated? Why? Fortunately,
Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzlies Reddit decided to have some fun with this.
Speaker 1: They put out an entire thread. They posted a tongue
Speaker 1: in cheek thread called jah Morant fails to be humbled.
Speaker 1: Force's child after game to watch him sign his own shoes,
Speaker 1: then demands the young man takes his used shoes. Child
Speaker 1: is inconsolable. Here are my favorite satirical responses. Jah Morant
Speaker 1: out there making kids cry. The sheer look of disgust
Speaker 1: on that kid's face is hard to watch. His mom
Speaker 1: asking for so many photos, probably for evidence in the
Speaker 1: inevitable lawsuit coming the best one, well second to best one.
Speaker 1: There's children in Africa without even one Jaw sneaker, and
Speaker 1: he gives this kid two sneakers. My personal favorite, Ugh Jaw.
Speaker 1: We should have drafted RJ. Barrett instead. Here's a fun message.
Speaker 1: If you want to hate on Jaw for this, you'll
Speaker 1: never like Jaw. You just won't like he is. I
Speaker 1: don't know what to say. He's flashy, he's fun, he's brash.
Speaker 1: Live with it. Find your own Jaw. He's gonna be
Speaker 1: one of the faces of the league. Get over it.
Speaker 1: Stop finding reasons to criticize Jaw. Let him continue to
Speaker 1: make kids. He's gonna have his own signature shoe. Now
Speaker 1: do you know how many Jaw commercials you're gonna see
Speaker 1: from Nike? Get fucking used to it. He's gonna make
Speaker 1: your fan basis cry. He's gonna make his fan basis
Speaker 1: cry because what he's pretty much the best thing, most dynamic,
Speaker 1: most flashy, and he does things that defy logic, physics,
Speaker 1: and all those good things. So get used to it.
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