WEBVTT - The Draymond Green Show - Nuggets Sweep Lakers, Heat/Celtics Next? 0:00:01.320 --> 0:00:12.720 The volume. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to The Draymond 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:16.280 Green Show. We are live on Amazon App, but as always, 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:19.880 you can find all of our episodes wherever you get 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.799 your podcasts at. Also, you know, the videos will be 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.320 on the Volumes YouTube channel, so you can always check 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.720 it out there if you don't get it here on app. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:32.599 But we are live and I hope you tapped in. 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:37.000 The Nuggets just completed the sweep versus the Los Angeles Lakers. 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:40.320 On the Lakers floor headed to the NBA Finals for 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:44.560 the first time in NBA history, and on the other side, 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.839 we gotta sweep. Happening. What's going on? And it's happening 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:54.279 to Miami Heat are up three to zero on the 0:00:54.280 --> 0:01:01.760 Boston Celtics. Now something that I found very, very very interesting. 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.120 It's like, I think this is the third time in 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.440 four years the Miami Heat and the Celtics are playing 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:11.000 against each other, and that's really been back and forth. 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.440 So there's something to think about with that series. But 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.680 we'll get back to that. If you had either one 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.479 of these teams winning the series, which some people definitely 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:26.919 had Denver winning this series, I don't think anyone had 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:32.440 Miami winning the series and saying that if you did, 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.600 there's no way you had it this way, Like even 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.280 the smartest of the smartest didn't have it this way. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.600 Like there's just no way you had it this way. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:50.360 The Lakers getting swept in Miami, sweeping Boston, like you 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.440 just didn't. It didn't follow the script. How great have 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.240 the playoffs been so far? You've heard me talk about 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.840 all of these matchups, and it's only going to get better. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.400 If you're in a city that's still in it. You 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.360 have to experience this for yourself. 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I 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.600 definitely thought that there was a chance that the Nuggets 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.200 could win the series, Like they're the number one, number 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:19.360 one see all year, so you thought there was a chance. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.639 But I didn't think that they would sweep the Lakers. 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.880 I'll tell you what, though, I knew, I mean obviously 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.239 down three oh, but even before three oh two oh, 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.959 I knew it was some trouble brewing. When I start 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.880 seeing tweets like Mobamba will be back, like Mobama will 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:44.360 be clear soon, like what like Listen, Mobama is a 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:49.560 good basketball player, take nothing away from Obamba, but Mobamba 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:54.080 has missed like the last four or five weeks at least, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.880 and Mobamba has never played in the playoff game. Unless 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.760 I'm just crazy, I don't think Mobima has come near 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:05.000 the playoffs, and so like to think that Mobama was 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:06.640 going to come back and be the savor. When I 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:10.480 saw people's tweeting like Mobama expected that Mobama going to 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:16.600 be available, I'm sitting there looking like no way this result, 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.960 Like this is what this has come down to? Mobamba 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:23.000 coming back. I had zero playoff experience. He's about to 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:28.720 come back in the NBA Conference Finals and have an impact. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.719 Come on now. Who did have an impact was Trisian Thompson. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.159 Trician Thompson came in. He gave complete energy. When I 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.479 saw the Trician Thompson iceo with a minute of forty 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.240 seconds to go in the third quarter, it was like WHOA. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.360 I got a lot of love for double T. Draymond 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:53.640 Green Shaw alumnus NBA champion, works his ass off. Always 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.560 have got nothing but love and respect for double T. 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.160 But when I saw the ice saw but a minute 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:05.040 forty to go, and I'm like, yo, come on, like now. 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.400 From there, Double T went on to do what he does. 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:13.400 You know, he rebounded, He made energy plays and once 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:18.919 off drop off defended uh. The one possession really stuck 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:20.920 out to me where he stopped it and then got 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:24.760 back and forced the He forced the air bar from Joker. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.359 He had another play where Bron ended up getting a 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.840 foul on Jeff Green on the offense, Jeff Green was 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.080 office and rebounding where he played great defense, like he 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:38.719 brought great energy to the floor, and Tristan Thompson is 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:44.599 like like there's like he's a part of the much 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.000 bigger problem in the NBA, which is like you just 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.920 watched Triston Thompson for all the five six minutes maybe 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.800 eight to nine minutes in this game, and like, you 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.880 can't tell me that guy is not a serviceable NBA 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:04.920 player on twenty other team teams in the NBA, And yeah, 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:09.479 he spent the entire year not on a team when 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:15.400 you got teams struggling with leadership, struggling with veteran presence, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:21.080 struggling with people with winners' mentalities, and like you had 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.920 that guy sitting in the entire year. That is actually 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.080 a huge problem in the NBA. That's why we see 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.120 a lot of the things we see as far as 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.960 like off court issues because there's no veterans. There's no 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.719 veterans showing these dudes how to move, showing them the way. 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.520 So you think you're just gonna go young, and you 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.160 think that's just gonna work. Like that shit don't work, 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:47.760 and so Trician is a part of a much larger 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:53.920 issue in the NBA. Like we're like, come on and 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:59.040 like let's after this season. Freehill starts July first. No 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.320 one will be calling Trician Thompson's phone, but you will 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.880 be employing these bombs. It goes back to the conversation 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:10.400 that Tomorrow PG was having on pg's podcast maybe this 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.720 week or last week, when they were discussing bronze tweet, 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.840 and I agree, like there's so many dudes in the 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.160 NBA that don't know how to hoop, that suck, that 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.280 don't love the game of basketball, all of that, and 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.960 like then you got like Attrician Thompson who's serviceable. You 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.320 know what you're gonna get, Gonna rebound on both ends, 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.800 gonna defend on the screen, gonna die, That's what you 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:42.480 get it. There's teams that can use that, and then 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.360 also you tackle on the veteran presence that teams that 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:56.239 need that. So that was my thoughts on that. Something 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.640 that happened when when Triscian got the n one, like 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.400 no one Triscian was hyped, like nobody else on the 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.000 Lakers was hyped, and like that's not some issue where 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:11.920 it's like, yo, they don't bang with Trician, like let's 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.040 not be messy. That was more of like they didn't 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:19.280 believe anymore, Like you could see they didn't. They didn't believe, 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:23.240 Like the spirit wasn't there. Uh, Bron came out man 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:30.720 forty I think eleven or ten boards non assists and 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.120 thirty one in the first half, and he was gassed. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.480 He left it all out there in the first half, 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.920 had nothing in the third quarter, and in turn that 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.320 was his point, Like they were fifteen. Right, Remember we 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.400 discussed they need a heavy dose of Bron pick and roll, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.839 Lebron on the ball of Bron making everything happen. But 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.200 let's face it, the reality is this guy's thirty eight 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.600 years old in his twentieth NBA season. How much of 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.000 that can he really give you? So then you need 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.480 Anthony Davis to take the game over, right, Like that's 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.920 like because Bron can only give you so much of 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:07.200 that at thirty eight and like ad didn't ad to me, 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:11.600 look gas, Bron looked gassed. That team has been on 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:15.760 a playoff run for three months since the trade deadline. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.400 They've been on a playoff run like chasing the playoffs, 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.360 trying to get there, climbing up hill. It was very 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.920 similar to us, like I think back to like January 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:26.720 where we're like, yo, we can really make a push 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.720 for the playoffs right now, and like every the whole 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:35.560 way from then, it's like playoffs like a let down 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.840 this game because we could have put ourselves in this position, 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.880 let down that game, and like so that team looked gasted, 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.880 they looked exhausted, They looked like they didn't believe anymore. 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:51.079 But they looked absolutely exhausted. Bron like I said, had 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:55.440 the incredible first half and it was just nothing else there. 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.480 I thought Shrewd did a great job in the second 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.520 quarter of once he picked up that file of continuing 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:03.839 to defend and not picking up another file. That was 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.320 a huge reason why they had the fifteen point lead. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.040 Shrewder was doing a really good job defensively. And no, 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.280 he wasn't going to lock your maum Murray down, like 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:16.720 you're not locking guys down, by the way, for all 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.280 of y'all out there, that was like, oh man, the 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.480 Lakers lost and Draymond won't to do a podcast like 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.000 I play for the Golden State Warriors. Some of you 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.000 people are so pathetic and like the beliefs you allow 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:30.200 yourself to believe. And I can absolutely understand while life 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.680 don't be so great because the beliefs that you allow, 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.960 like to enter your mind about someone else really is 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.480 a reflection of what you believe and think of yourself 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.080 and like how you operate and things. So I thought 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.160 that was a very interesting thing that people were like, 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.440 oh man, they lost and like Draymond don't want to talk. 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.880 He's hurt, Like what, But actually I'm on vacation and 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.920 having a margarita, So cheers to all of you. Margarita 0:10:54.320 --> 0:11:03.040 made with Lobo Tequila. Absolutely incredible. But like I said, anyway, 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:08.680 toast to all of you that that was your whatever. However, 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.200 a lot of people better be lucky. I took the 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.600 weekend off. It was actually my first weekend to have 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:20.360 an off, like first weekend having like completely off since September, 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.080 like no work, like I know you all know, like 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.880 I do like a basketball like that's my day job, 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.240 but like podcasting, this is a job too, and so 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:33.559 like I have not had a weekend off since September. 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:35.760 So we took this weekend off and Jackson kind of 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:37.400 forced me to take the weekend off, which I was 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.400 kind of pissed off about, but I let it ride, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.400 So y'all can blame this on Jackson, who probably didn't 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.080 want me talking because he knew I had some things 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:49.720 to say about them Boston Celtics, and boy, we're still 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.880 gonna get to that. But anyway, back to the Laker game. 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.400 Down the stretch, I was shocked that the Denver Nuggets 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:04.160 didn't go back to that Jamal Murray Joker pick and 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.559 roll that they diced the Lakers up with and at 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.920 the end of Game three, Uh, they didn't really go 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:10.760 to that. They went to more of a set where 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.720 uh Murray was popping up top off. He was setting 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.400 like a a U c l A screen for those 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:19.880 of you who don't know. U c l A was 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.120 famous for setting the screen up the lane like, so 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.520 the guy goes up the lane line, he sets a 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.680 backscreen for the guy to come off on the lane line. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.719 And so they were setting that and Joker was going 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.000 to the post. Jeff Green was on the wing and 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:37.080 or Aaron Gordon was on the wing and uh Jamal 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:38.880 was popping up top and that's the play they went 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.600 to down the stretch that caused all kind of trouble 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.280 for the Lakers, and when the Lakers needed most a stop, 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.720 a D had a very tough time with Joker this 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:51.920 entire series, and when they needed to stop the most 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:56.120 he had ad iceholder. He score, but he had a very, very, 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.920 very tough time with Joker this series. And I spoke 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.080 about that at the big get into this series, just 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.880 talking about how moving Ad away from the rim Joker 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.720 would be able to cause a D some issues, and 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.800 when he did, he definitely cost eighty some issues. I 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.920 thought Ad came alive later in the games, a couple 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.040 of big blocks, a couple of big office rebounds, drop 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:21.720 off shots, floaters, dunks, getting to the free throw line. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.679 I thought he really gave a push, a great push 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.360 there towards the end, but a little too late, because 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.520 if he had that same force as Bron was rolling, 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.520 they could have really extended that lead. They were up 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.720 at fifteen a halftime, got outscored by twenty one points 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.720 in the third quarter, and a bulk of that was 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.400 just Bron off the ball and watching everybody else work, 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:47.680 because again, to do that for forty eight minutes, it's 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.000 hard for someone of average agent NBA is definitely hard 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:56.079 for someone at thirty eight and so at the time 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.800 they needed that the most. When the game started getting away, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.440 they just there was nowhere to pull from. 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.160 So when something like that happens, obviously they need run 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.640 on the floor, but they but Bron would have been 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.400 better off getting like a minute rest here, two minutes 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.000 rest there. What's the calculus as a coach and you're 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:15.680 obviously not a coach, but what do you if you're 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.600 going into this game thinking about can you get Braun 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.760 some rest here and there? Like is he is he 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:22.720 that much more effective with the rest? Is it worth 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:23.960 it to get in the rest? Or is it worth 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:25.840 it to be primed to be a little bit more tired, 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.240 but at least on the floor doing his sort of 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:29.440 micro managing of the game. 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.000 So so what so what you end up going up 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.480 against is like you also have players who are competitive 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.280 as shit and like Bron may be telling you I'm 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.120 not coming out of the game, and what you're gonna do? 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.360 You're gonna sit them? Like that could create some like 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:48.040 bumping of heads and if Lebron James Sam's standing in 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.160 the game, like you gotta leave him in the game. 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.840 Now personally, a couple of minutes of rest may help, 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.520 but it can go all the way wrong as well. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.600 And once you see a star go going wrong, you 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.160 can't then say once they on the run, well, actually 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:08.080 we're going to take Brian out now because he looks 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:09.680 like he needs a little rest. But they're starting to 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:11.800 run now. The only chance we have to stop that 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:17.160 run is Bron eventually taking the game back over. And 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:21.240 like I said, there was just nothing there to draw from. 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.640 I think another issue that they had is Aaron Gordon 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:31.080 was active as hell, so whereas Bron was sometimes Aaron Gordon, Garden, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:36.040 Joker Garden, Michael Porter Junior at times, Garden, Jamaal Murray 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:45.160 at times. Aaron Gordon had a huge game after having 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.400 some terrible games this series, A very tough game, a 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.880 few terrible, a few tough games for him. The biggest game, 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.920 he stepped up, like the close out game, that's the 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.040 hardest game to win, and he stepped up. He hit 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.880 three threes where they're playing off of them, total disrespect, 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.440 and he knocked three of them down down the stretch. 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:08.880 He puts so much pressure on their defense with his 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.880 dives to the rim. Because you had to have ad 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.280 and bron in the action with Jamal and Joker, and 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.520 then on the backside you got Schroeder, you got Reeves. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.360 I think you had Rui at one point, but my 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.080 point is you didn't have your size on the backside. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.720 So then on the backside, Aaron Gordon's dive in to 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.400 the paint and he's ended up. Like one time he 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:39.120 started diving to the paint, shrewder kind of came off 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:40.880 his body because he knew he was dead, so he 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:45.040 was anticipating the switch. But it's one thing if that's 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.600 Brian or a d he's switching with his Austin Reeves. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.440 So Austin Reeves switching there against Aaron Gordon, he's dead, 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:55.080 and so that really hurt them, and his pressure on 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.240 the rim put a lot of pressure on their defense 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.720 because there are two guys that can detect the round 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.679 were in the action, so there's no backside help and 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.600 Aaron Gordon took total advantage of that. I had a 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:13.320 very big game and those guys were able to put 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:19.439 the Lakers away. When I do these, I have this 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.160 rundown for all of you who's checking this amb out, 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.480 And Jackson sometimes has these questions on here and one 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.040 of the questions that Jackson has on here is what 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:32.280 do the Lakers do now? It's interesting because you have 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:39.600 Ruie's a free agent. You got Austin Reeves is a 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:44.440 free agent. I know for Sureta and Austin Reeves is restricted. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:49.560 I Thinkrui may be restricted to both restricted. Yeah, I'm 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:53.120 pretty sure he is as well. And so you got that, 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:59.320 you got Dlo who's a free agent. Obviously short is 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.800 a free agent because he didn't he was signed a 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.960 one year deal. And as I said some episodes ago, 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.840 maybe during at the end of our series, like Dennis 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.200 Schroeder going to deserve to get some money, and it'll 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.879 be interesting to see, like if people would just follow 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.560 that narrative of when he didn't take the contract with it, 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.760 because once you end up on a minimum, it's hard 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.520 to get off, like in this league, it's hard to 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:24.760 get off a minimum once you're on that. And the 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:29.879 reality is he outplayed it severely, like dramatically outplayed it, 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.159 but it's hard to get off. So another team just like, 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.960 oh we can, we can wait around and probably get 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:36.760 him on a minimum, and you're waiting on one team 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.600 to jump. Quite frankly, I think he's very good for 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:43.800 the Lakers, and Darvin Ham really really really trusts him, 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:47.160 really trust him, and so, as you can see by 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:52.200 the start tonight, so they got some decisions to make. 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:57.159 Where do they go from here? I think they're definitely 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.920 being bringing Ruie back unless he gets some crazy off 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.920 sheet that makes it tough to match. I think they'll 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.280 bring Austin Reeves back, but I think they'll want to 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.119 low ball Austin Reeves. And I think if he gets 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.160 a crazy offer sheet, like can you then bring him back? 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.040 If you don't bring those guys back, how much cast 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.159 space does it open for you? And does it allow 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:20.200 you to go out and get someone ie Kyrie irvinsitting 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:27.719 on the sidelines again, can you get Kyrie? If so, 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.520 at what number, at what amount of years? Because those 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.320 are some of the issues that Kyrie's going to be 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:39.320 up against. As we all know, Kyrie is super Max player. 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:43.359 Kyrie's incredible. But you know, the things have been to things, 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.840 and I'm sure people will answer those questions, ask those 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.240 questions when deciding on a deal. So it'll be interesting 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:53.720 to see what they do. I think I know they'd 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:55.560 love to have both of those guys back. But then 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:57.040 if it's out the cost of like oh we can 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:59.480 get Kyrie Irving and not then you got to fill 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:01.840 out the ross are still you still got Vendo coming 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:10.560 back obviously a D and Brown. So we'll see. It's 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.360 interesting for them as it is interesting for a lot 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:16.479 of teams. Uh, it's gonna be a very I think 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.439 every time we say we're going to see a summer 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.520 of a bunch of movement in the NBA, like no 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:23.879 one moves. But I think this is gonna be like 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.240 a crazy active summer. Like it's just so many decisions 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:30.560 to be made, and with these like salary cap spikes 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:35.119 coming up and like you know, new TV deals and 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:39.560 super max is being reached, I can see a lot 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:43.000 of movement this summer. I would not be shocked. I 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:44.919 would be shocked if it's not a lot of movement, 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:48.560 But like I said, it always happens that way anyway. 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:50.639 I think it's more exciting with the movement for the 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:52.960 for the summer because there's gonna be a lot of 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:54.520 movement and it's gonna be a lot of the big 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:58.040 teams worst decisions to make. Lakers have a lot of 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:00.760 decisions to make, Celtics seem like now they have some 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:03.000 decisions to make. Two of those four teams are in 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:06.040 the conference finals. It's not just like, oh, who are 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:07.399 the big free that's going to sign to you on 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:11.080 these medium tier teams. Not to cast any dispersions, but 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:15.399 it's like the big players in the NBA had huge decisions. 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:17.199 To make, well for sure, and then you got teams 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.840 like a Dallas that have like superstar talent on their 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:23.120 team that maybe weren't as good of a team or whatnot, 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.520 but I got superstar talent and always feel like you're 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:30.600 one right piece away when you got superstars. And so 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:32.919 there's a lot of decisions to be made and I 0:21:32.920 --> 0:21:34.800 think because of that there will be a lot of 0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:42.760 movement and it'll get interesting. We'll see what happens. But anyway, 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:48.399 that is it for the Lakers on their season. And yeah, 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:54.120 man Denver punished them. Boys, God get your brooms out. 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:57.840 That's a wrap on that one. Now let's get into 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:02.320 this heat Celtics thing, because as you all know, I'm 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:06.000 always watching the game within the game, Like the game 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:08.199 is cool, like and it's fun and it is what 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:11.040 it is, But the game within the game, like that's 0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:14.639 the fun part. And there has been some games within 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:27.160 the game. In this Boston Miami Series number one, Grant Williams, 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:35.320 Grant Williams started talking crazy to Jimmy Butler. Grant Williams 0:22:35.359 --> 0:22:38.640 didn't got destroyed by Jimmy Butler, not only in game 0:22:38.720 --> 0:22:42.240 two where he starts talking crazy, but then Jimmy Butler 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:46.960 is at you every time you end up on him, 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:53.840 and it's not ending well for Grant. And you know, 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:56.880 you know when you know it's not going well for something. 0:22:57.080 --> 0:22:59.480 After the game, Grant started talking about man, my mom 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:03.359 and my dad. He taught me to do this and 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:05.600 and I can't go back home with my mom and 0:23:06.320 --> 0:23:09.520 I'm like my man started talking about the Morrows and 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:12.600 values that he grew up on. Like, bro, you just 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:15.760 got dropped off by Jimmy Butler, like we didn't question 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:20.120 how you was raised, my dog. And when I saw that, 0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:24.119 I said, WHOA, this man is talking about what his 0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:28.679 parents taught him like that that like wow, And I 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:33.400 respected the way he stood up right like they were 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:37.280 losing the league. Energy was gone, like he hit the 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:42.199 tray and started talking crazy. As much as we all 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:44.840 want to blame grand Williams, that ain't Grant Williams fault 0:23:44.920 --> 0:23:49.720 like Grant Williams supposed to do that, like your dog's 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:54.760 gotta come, like, hey, feed off that, let's go. So 0:23:55.480 --> 0:23:58.360 as much as we want to blame grand Williams, like yeah, bro, 0:23:58.440 --> 0:24:00.919 you're an NBA player, like you was game and you 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:04.320 be talking big shit Grant, so like when you do that, yeah, 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:06.080 you do gotta stand on that. And of course you're 0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:11.719 gonna hear it like ain't no passes. But but you 0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:15.480 didn't need JT and jbter like come on now, like 0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:18.600 turn it into gear and cover your man. And when 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:21.119 I saw JB after the game, they asked, say, be 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:25.480