Speaker 1: Name of Basketball Hall of Fame member you want to
Speaker 1: burn one with. I'd like to put some of that
Speaker 1: that seven leaves in the air with m J. I'm
Speaker 1: a historical smoker, argue. Yeah, I would like to smoke
Speaker 1: with the Chief Robert Parrish. You know he was a
Speaker 1: big chief for two Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I want to smoke with my kind. I wouldn't want
Speaker 1: to smoke with Charls walking. We ain't got nothing in coming.
Speaker 1: I want to smoke with somebody like me, like cheap
Speaker 1: at seven feats in Indian style and the TP burning
Speaker 1: a couple woof sign I ain't mad at it. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to What's burning Jack. Playoffs are right around the corner,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna take a look at the week ahead
Speaker 1: and this playoff push Tuesday, Mas versus Warriors. MAVs slumping
Speaker 1: a little bit, only a game and a half out
Speaker 1: of the seventh spot currently the Blazers hold, while the
Speaker 1: Warriors are in that tesh spot but only one game
Speaker 1: back of the eighth seed. UH thoughts on this matchup,
Speaker 1: but then also thoughts on how dope it would be
Speaker 1: to get a one game playing between Luca and Steph
Speaker 1: anytime you got a a game where you got Stephan
Speaker 1: and Luke on the court is always musty TV. But
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, having a playoff matchup, I think that
Speaker 1: would be awesome. Man. We know they're not gonna guard
Speaker 1: each other, but just the excitement, the way they played
Speaker 1: and how they carrying their teams right now, it'll be
Speaker 1: good for the game. It's definitely musty TV. I agree.
Speaker 1: You know, two of the best shot makers in the game,
Speaker 1: two of the most creative players in the game. UM.
Speaker 1: Steph is coming off a historical month of April. UH.
Speaker 1: You know Luke has been pretty consistent throughout the season. UM.
Speaker 1: So this will definitely be an exciting matchup this Tuesday.
Speaker 1: But be amazing to get that that playing game between
Speaker 1: Golden State in Dallas. Next up Wednesday, we got the
Speaker 1: Blazers and the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies just beat the Blazers
Speaker 1: two times last week. Blazers are really struggling in their
Speaker 1: last eleven their two and nine uh, currently holding the
Speaker 1: seventh seed. Lillard during this stretch is not playing his
Speaker 1: best basketball. Grizzlies, on the other hand, are pretty hot,
Speaker 1: nine in five in the month of April. UH. They
Speaker 1: got uh, what's the young boy's name back? Jaren Jackson back.
Speaker 1: He's always a big piece for them. I really think
Speaker 1: they're starting to turn the corner and they're gonna be
Speaker 1: a scary team. Thoughts on this matchup and then, who
Speaker 1: do you feel is more prepared to upset someone? Um
Speaker 1: as a lower seat playing a higher season. Well, even
Speaker 1: though Portland's not playing well, I think they're they're better
Speaker 1: built for other playoffs and that playing well right now
Speaker 1: is obviously I think losing Trent and the way he's
Speaker 1: playing right now has definitely been a big loss for Portland. Um. Also,
Speaker 1: like you said, Memphis is getting healthy. That turned in
Speaker 1: the corner. Jis got jobs been playing unbelievable and he's
Speaker 1: leading his team and he's playing so confident right now.
Speaker 1: I think that's why he's at his best. But if
Speaker 1: I had to go with the series, it's more experienced
Speaker 1: important and uh and they're more built for the playoffs,
Speaker 1: So I gotta go to Portland. I agree. I think
Speaker 1: obviously Portland's struggling right now, but they got everyone healthy. Finally,
Speaker 1: they got Nurkic's back, and they got some other key
Speaker 1: pieces back. Um, you know, Mello has been playing well,
Speaker 1: although for some reason, Mellow has been playing a lot
Speaker 1: down the stretch, which is kind of mind boggling to
Speaker 1: me because you know, I like they're a better team
Speaker 1: with him on the court. But if we're gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: talk about playoffs seven game series experience, I think both
Speaker 1: these teams are gonna be a scary um playoffs teams.
Speaker 1: But I would have picked Portland's to most likely upset
Speaker 1: a higher seed, uh than than uh the Grizzlies. But
Speaker 1: I really think the Grizzlies, man are right here. I
Speaker 1: think Grizzlies fans would really be excited. I think they've
Speaker 1: got a great young core, they got all played together,
Speaker 1: they play hard. Uh, they're playing well for this coach.
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, these next up, up and
Speaker 1: coming years are gonna be exciting basketball from Mrs Grizzlies fans.
Speaker 1: Next up Friday, we have Jazz versus Phoenix for the
Speaker 1: race for the number one seed in the West. Jack
Speaker 1: in a seven game series between these two, Who are
Speaker 1: you taking? I'm taking the signs man, the the experience
Speaker 1: of Chris Paul, the ability to finish games and and
Speaker 1: and carry your team uh in Devon and Devin book
Speaker 1: I always said Utah was from runners the whole season,
Speaker 1: you know, I said there was gonna be a great
Speaker 1: regular season team, But when it comes down to winning
Speaker 1: the champ ship and winning big games in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: I just don't think they have the guys for uh.
Speaker 1: Even Donovan Mitchell been kind of beat up, so you
Speaker 1: don't want to be herd going into the playoffs. Specially
Speaker 1: was the end of the season. They're dealing with a
Speaker 1: lot of that. But I got Phoenix's bottom right now.
Speaker 1: I got Phoenix, Yeah, but I gotta take my hat
Speaker 1: off the Phoenix. They were the team I picked at
Speaker 1: the beginning the season. Never did I think they'd be
Speaker 1: fighting for the number one seed UM in the West.
Speaker 1: But obviously that's a lot to do with Chris Paul
Speaker 1: uh Devin Booker. Obviously, coach Money Williams has these guys
Speaker 1: playing defense andre A and is kind of coming into
Speaker 1: his own And I agree. I've been a big fan
Speaker 1: of you talk, particularly boy. They shared the ball and
Speaker 1: shoot the ball, but I thought there were still one
Speaker 1: key score away from really being a threat in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So I could be wrong, but I agree with you.
Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna take Phoenix because of Chris's experience and
Speaker 1: how well Devin Booker is playing right now. Next up,
Speaker 1: Hawks and Sixers played twice this week Wednesday and Friday.
Speaker 1: Both teams have been riddled with a little bit of
Speaker 1: injury trouble. Trey is looking to return this week after
Speaker 1: a spraying ankle and be miss Saturday's game with a
Speaker 1: soldier injury. Uh Ben Simmons has been out with illness,
Speaker 1: but Jack with both teams at full strength, Um, do
Speaker 1: the Hawks have a chance to slow down and beat
Speaker 1: Obviously they got Compella in the middle, and then on
Speaker 1: the flip side, what do you think Philly needs to
Speaker 1: do to try to slow down Tray Well, I think
Speaker 1: it'll be an easy series personally for Philly. You know,
Speaker 1: they don't have anything to stop and be down that
Speaker 1: Capella's don't weigh enough and b B would dominate they
Speaker 1: played in the playoffs series. I think, uh Simmons, you know,
Speaker 1: I think he Um, he's long enough, athletic enough to
Speaker 1: uh give trade some problems. You know, nobody can really
Speaker 1: stop trade trades unstoppable, but do you want to give
Speaker 1: him problems to make him have a tough shooting night,
Speaker 1: and I think Simmons is capable of that. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, the reason why the Sexes
Speaker 1: are playing aren't aren't playing all their guys right now.
Speaker 1: They're resting. They're in a good spot. They know they're
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Any little injury, any anything now and
Speaker 1: we're gonna rest our guys so we can be a
Speaker 1: hundred percent in the playoffs. And that's what they're doing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree. I just think right now it's fine tuning
Speaker 1: for them. You see Brooklyn's tooking over the number one
Speaker 1: seed in the East, but I really don't think seeding matters. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, Philly is locked into that two spot right now.
Speaker 1: And to me, agreed, the most important thing for them
Speaker 1: is health, um and beat to show that he is
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the game. Uh. In
Speaker 1: the m v P conversation, Ben Simmons is up for
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year. Um. I love what Shake
Speaker 1: Milton has been doing. I think people haven't spoke on
Speaker 1: what he's been doing coming off the bench all season,
Speaker 1: being really consistent. Uh, Seth Curry starting a round back
Speaker 1: and form Um. I think Philly is going to be
Speaker 1: one of those teams you really need to watch Um
Speaker 1: come playoff time. Obviously in the second seed again Hawks
Speaker 1: similar to to the Grizzlies. Uh, you know, a really
Speaker 1: good young team that had a great core and you know,
Speaker 1: play really well for Nate McMillan, and I think, you
Speaker 1: know they're best basketball is ahead of them. Um. But
Speaker 1: you know I looked the Sixers too. You know, I
Speaker 1: don't really know what will happen these games depending on
Speaker 1: who it plays, but you know, I think obviously in
Speaker 1: the series, we know who the much better team is
Speaker 1: in this situation. Next up on the Radar, presented to
Speaker 1: you by DraftKings, big matchup on Wednesday, Clippers verse Sons,
Speaker 1: both currently tied for second place, battling for that home
Speaker 1: court advantage, likely a potential second round matchup if things
Speaker 1: go as well. Clippers are a plus to sixty to
Speaker 1: win the West, Jack even though the Suns have been
Speaker 1: up there all year. There are a plus nine hundred
Speaker 1: to win the West. Thoughts on this match up Wednesday,
Speaker 1: And if you had to pick one of these two
Speaker 1: teams to win the West, who would have picked? I'm
Speaker 1: going with the Clippers, man. You know, I know Photas
Speaker 1: is playing well and Chris pauls leading their team. But
Speaker 1: the Clippers really got something to prove they finally healthy.
Speaker 1: Paul George told us he was gonna have this type
Speaker 1: of season and he's having it. And with the addition
Speaker 1: to Rondo, they've been playing well well. Man, I think
Speaker 1: if they get all this stuff together, all them piece together,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a problem. I definitely see the Clippers
Speaker 1: win in the West, and uh winning this game as well.
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you, Um, which brings me to
Speaker 1: my next question. Healthy team, a healthy Clippers team, do
Speaker 1: you how do you think they stacked up against the Lakers?
Speaker 1: You know, obviously the Lakers have sliddle little bit with
Speaker 1: injury problems, but we both agree a healthy Lakers team
Speaker 1: is one of the best teams in the West. But
Speaker 1: the Clippers are playing really well. With the addition to Rondo,
Speaker 1: that's exactly what they needed. Uh. Who do you see
Speaker 1: if you were a fortune teller? Uh? In the playoffs
Speaker 1: Lakers versus Clippers? You know what, Matt, I see the Clippers.
Speaker 1: We've been talking to all year about the Lakers and
Speaker 1: Brooklyn matchup. But the Clippers team has gotten better and
Speaker 1: they got something to prove they had they they got
Speaker 1: to show these Lakers team that last year was a
Speaker 1: fluke and they really and they really got it on
Speaker 1: their minds. Like I said, we've been talking about Brooklyn
Speaker 1: all year, but the Clippers, they might they might prove
Speaker 1: us to be wrong, you know, Like I said all year,
Speaker 1: I think last year the Clippers had too much hype.
Speaker 1: They're not accustomed to hearing them win the conference and
Speaker 1: go to the finals. This year, they've been playing underneath
Speaker 1: the radar, playing really well. Tyler has these guys all
Speaker 1: on the same page getting along. Paul George has had
Speaker 1: an amazing season. Kawuai is gonna be Kauai. But I
Speaker 1: think that edition of Rondo is gonna be huge. But
Speaker 1: I'm not yeah, book, I'm not gonna pick nothing because
Speaker 1: I don't want to jink the Clippers. I just think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a hell of a matchup if it happens,
Speaker 1: and I can't wait to see it. Next up, our
Speaker 1: favorite segment, Fan Questions, Ahmad underscore Moosa eight. I'm about
Speaker 1: to read this paragraph for you. A lot of great
Speaker 1: players had their NBA careers and legacies discredited after they
Speaker 1: retire if they don't win a chip and this might
Speaker 1: be why so many players try to chase rings towards
Speaker 1: the end of their careers. So as fans, how do
Speaker 1: we balance that and what what's the right way to
Speaker 1: look at it? Much love from South Africa, shout out
Speaker 1: South Africa. That's a good question, Jack, what are your
Speaker 1: thoughts on this? Shout out to South Africa. But I
Speaker 1: just look at like this. You played the game to
Speaker 1: be the best, to to one to hold that tromp
Speaker 1: up to say well, at least have one year win
Speaker 1: the game. I was the best, I was on the
Speaker 1: best team, I was the best in the world, and
Speaker 1: you played the game for that. But if you don't
Speaker 1: get it, that doesn't validate your career. You you could
Speaker 1: have gave you all, you could have played hurt, you
Speaker 1: could have did a lot of things that are respected
Speaker 1: by the best players, by the Hall of Famous, so
Speaker 1: you can be validated that way. But not having a championship, Hey,
Speaker 1: I don't know how that feels. So Matt don't need it.
Speaker 1: So we've got to bring somebody on action that question.
Speaker 1: I mean, I just think the game has changed so much.
Speaker 1: You know, there's so much movement now, particularly with superstars
Speaker 1: and and building teams where you know, back in the day,
Speaker 1: people like you know, Barkley, one of the greatest power
Speaker 1: forwards I ever played, Carl Malone, one of the greatest
Speaker 1: power forms ever play, never got a ring, but they
Speaker 1: you know, Carl went to the Lakers to try to
Speaker 1: get one. You know, Chuck had a good run with
Speaker 1: Phoenix trying to get one, but they came up short.
Speaker 1: But I don't think that discredits how great they were.
Speaker 1: But then when you talk about greatest players, you don't
Speaker 1: really hear them that much because they didn't rings win
Speaker 1: a ring. So I think it's a double edged sword. Um.
Speaker 1: I definitely don't think a ring validate your greatness, but
Speaker 1: you know in the air where all people talk about
Speaker 1: his rings, it definitely helps. Man, if you're good, you win.
Speaker 1: That's just what it is. Next a novel by t
Speaker 1: Underscore Miller Underscore. Since Paul George admitted that he mentally
Speaker 1: broke down in the bubble, a lot of NBA players
Speaker 1: win at Paul George calling him on the court. Previously,
Speaker 1: Kevin Love and DeMar have come out talking about their
Speaker 1: mental health. Why do you guys think the situation is different? Mmmm, Well,
Speaker 1: I want to say one of the people they call
Speaker 1: him a bitch with Seth Curry and we know he
Speaker 1: can't fight, so you just discredit whatever he said. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, I think it was courageous. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, this mental health thing is something that has
Speaker 1: always been kind of something we don't talk about for
Speaker 1: maybe for possibly situations like this. Now. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: these guys called him that because of him emitting his breakdown,
Speaker 1: but you know, I mean, to me, that was a
Speaker 1: real man. And and shout out to Kevin Love and
Speaker 1: DeMar de Rosen and all the other players that have
Speaker 1: brought mental health to light, because I think it's it's
Speaker 1: very real, it's very important, and uh, it's needed. It
Speaker 1: needs to be in the discussion. So people talk to
Speaker 1: it all the time. Most people that talk to it
Speaker 1: really can't fight, so I wouldn't really worry about that.
Speaker 1: But you know, like I said, I commend anyone who
Speaker 1: brings these kind of issues to the light. Your players
Speaker 1: go through a lot doing the course of the season,
Speaker 1: ups and downs. You don't know what they go through.
Speaker 1: But I don't have some bitch as teammates, so you know, hey,
Speaker 1: if it happens in the game, you know you argue
Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff happening on the court, but
Speaker 1: you know, hey, it is what it is, man and
Speaker 1: a person is all in the game. But there's both sides.
Speaker 1: Like Matt said, players go through ups and downs. But
Speaker 1: the stuff that's been saying on the court that you're
Speaker 1: supposed to know, that's gonna happen. And had been a
Speaker 1: basketball player growing up all my life playing basketball, I
Speaker 1: know what's said on the court and not have heard
Speaker 1: a lot of things, but it never leaves the court
Speaker 1: as the basketball player. So that's just what it is
Speaker 1: and that's how it goes. But you have to be
Speaker 1: a basketball player growing up in a U circule, growing
Speaker 1: up on the blacktop plan and really loving this game
Speaker 1: to know how that goes. Musty underscore sheet, I think
Speaker 1: that is. Do you guys think the condensed season is
Speaker 1: to blame for the spike and injuries this year? Um?
Speaker 1: According to the NBA, jack injuries are actually down. Um.
Speaker 1: But I think if you look at the whole package,
Speaker 1: it's a condensed season, short offseason. The bubble situation happened. Uh,
Speaker 1: They're trying to get a bunch of games in a
Speaker 1: small amount of time so that next season can start
Speaker 1: on time and the NBA and get back to their
Speaker 1: regular u the regular schedule. There has been injuries, um,
Speaker 1: but I mean I think that's a part of the game.
Speaker 1: There was a nasty injury with a young kid from
Speaker 1: Orlando yesterday. Prayers out to him. He had a compound
Speaker 1: ankle fracture. Um. But this is the downside of the game.
Speaker 1: There's so many ups from this game, but one of
Speaker 1: the downsides are injuries. Um, they are coming, and you know,
Speaker 1: I just like I said, I don't think there's more.
Speaker 1: I just think because everything is so condensed, they're magnified
Speaker 1: more so. Teams are being very cautious with their stars.
Speaker 1: That's why you see guys like James taking his time,
Speaker 1: Katie taking his time, Braun and a d taking their
Speaker 1: time because this is a condend tighter schedule. But still
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the show must go on.
Speaker 1: And then you gotta understand there's nobody playing for regular season.
Speaker 1: They're playing for championships. Teams are getting ready for the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So the spring finger can come out sometimes in the
Speaker 1: media as a sprained ankle, just so guys can rest
Speaker 1: and be ready to play when the game's count so uh.
Speaker 1: Sometimes guys don't really be hurt sometimes to be maintenance,
Speaker 1: and you gotta understand that. Like Matt said with the
Speaker 1: condensed schedule. Next question, Zander's dad name a Basketball Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame member. You want to burn one with Oho?
Speaker 1: I want to burn with the Great. I want to
Speaker 1: burn with m j His his eyes are always looking
Speaker 1: glass hegeld. I just think that's from cigars and whiskey.
Speaker 1: But I'd like to put some of that that seven
Speaker 1: leaves in the air with m j Uh with me, man,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a I'm a historical smoker. I'm you know, argue. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would like to smoke with the Chief Robert Parrish.
Speaker 1: You know he was a big chief for two Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I want to smoke with
Speaker 1: my kind. I wouldn't want to smoke with Charles Barkley.
Speaker 1: We ain't got nothing in common. I want to smoke
Speaker 1: with somebody like me, like cheap. I want to go
Speaker 1: with the Chief and laid back, and I want to
Speaker 1: hear some of his stories while we blaze one. You
Speaker 1: did see. I think I could picture the Chief at
Speaker 1: seven feats in Indian style and the TPU with some
Speaker 1: I'm down that with with with with the headband with
Speaker 1: some feathers sticking out of it, and you guys are
Speaker 1: just sitting Indian style, uh burning a couple who signed.
Speaker 1: I ain't mad at it. The next up, leven fifty seven.
Speaker 1: What do the Knicks need to become a genuine championship contender? Oh,
Speaker 1: this is the right person to ask about the Knicks
Speaker 1: because he was not a fan of a met the
Speaker 1: beginning to season. Let's hear what he got. What they need,
Speaker 1: what they need to keep the coach, keep my two
Speaker 1: three players, get rid of the whole roster, and get
Speaker 1: rid of the owner, and y'all be right there where
Speaker 1: y'all need to be. Don't don't start acting like y'all
Speaker 1: play away. Motherfucker's cut it out now. I love it.
Speaker 1: I love what they've been able to do this year.
Speaker 1: Hats off the Thibodeaux. I think he's kind of changed
Speaker 1: his old school ways to to really be more relatable
Speaker 1: to these players, still holding them accountable on the defensive end.
Speaker 1: Julius Randalls and all NBA seasons should be in the
Speaker 1: m v P conversation. Um sitting nice fourth in the East,
Speaker 1: but I still think there's some some some key pieces away,
Speaker 1: maybe two pieces away. Ump, that's a setup. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: they're gonna get beat up that. Yeah, it's it's uh
Speaker 1: that four or five matches gona be tough. But like
Speaker 1: I said, I think it's babysitts for them. They haven't
Speaker 1: had no love in so long. It's beautiful just to
Speaker 1: see them back in the mix. I think it's better
Speaker 1: for basketball, but I still think they're, you know, a
Speaker 1: few pieces away from really being a contenter. But shout
Speaker 1: out the rows, Shout out everyone who's been moving for them. Man,
Speaker 1: they've been playing real weather this year. Time might let
Speaker 1: Homie Matt you quickly had him, man, Yo, even playing
Speaker 1: real well, you get big shot, taker and maker. Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: the best thing happened for them, The best thing happened
Speaker 1: to them. They got rid of Austin Rivers and they've
Speaker 1: been winning ever since. He's stupid. Facts. Next question, Daddy
Speaker 1: shocked five or four? What is the best play that
Speaker 1: you have seen that the rest of the world didn't.
Speaker 1: Maybe it happened in practice our pickup game. Mm hmm.
Speaker 1: It's tough, you know. To be honest, I don't even
Speaker 1: know how NBA practices are. But I remember back in
Speaker 1: the day when when I first came to the league,
Speaker 1: like practices were harder than games, Like the second Union
Speaker 1: would always be trying to go at the First Uni.
Speaker 1: So I just saw some really good basketball, um, when
Speaker 1: I was in Sacramento on the second unit paying against Webb, Uh, Mike, Bibbie, Peja,
Speaker 1: those guys. Our second unit really came with it. Um,
Speaker 1: So some good basketball there. Saw some good basketball at
Speaker 1: the beginning of that. We believe, you know, we would
Speaker 1: go first Union against second un. We have some good
Speaker 1: battles there until Nellie only had us going thirty minute practices,
Speaker 1: which I loved. Uh, you know, a lot of good
Speaker 1: stuff happens in practice. I don't know I know how
Speaker 1: much it happens anymore because I don't think they practiced
Speaker 1: the same way anymore. It's more about the games. But um,
Speaker 1: practice used to be the ship. Yeah, I think when me,
Speaker 1: it was something my brother did. It was a time
Speaker 1: he used to play in the Lake Charles, Louisiana every summer,
Speaker 1: and it was a big game, was a big robbery game.
Speaker 1: And uh, we was playing and I shot, I was
Speaker 1: really going to work and I shot at three and
Speaker 1: I actually missed one. You know you missed it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean I had like probably a million
Speaker 1: in a row and not finally missed one. I mean
Speaker 1: I'm hearing, but I missed it and it rolled out
Speaker 1: and uh with the you know, the the tents at
Speaker 1: the game, everybody was watching. The bar came out to
Speaker 1: my brother. This is a true story, man, hand was
Speaker 1: the buck. He put his left hand on the squad
Speaker 1: where basically probably like almost at the top of the squad,
Speaker 1: grabbed it with his right hand, why dude under him
Speaker 1: and threw it in boom when that was one of
Speaker 1: those dunks where the freeze ran out the gym, the
Speaker 1: fans ran all over the things. So that was one
Speaker 1: of the best amazing dunce I've ever seen in my life.
Speaker 1: And my little brother shout out, Snappy, shut up, Snap Marley.
Speaker 1: I didn't know Snap Marley was ducking like that. Yeah yeah,
Speaker 1: white bounce, serious bounce swish my ish thirteen. If you
Speaker 1: had to pick one guests from the quarantine to come
Speaker 1: back for a second show in person, who would be
Speaker 1: your first choice? Great question? Mine would be Dion Sounders.
Speaker 1: Of course, it would be good to having the studio
Speaker 1: prime time it looked wet, but it's dry. But it
Speaker 1: was dry. Shout out to Prime. We gotta try to
Speaker 1: get out there and get to a game. I probably
Speaker 1: gonna have to be next season, obviously, but you gotta
Speaker 1: come funk with the My choice would be I would
Speaker 1: go with too short and eat forty. We got sucked
Speaker 1: up that we got sucked up that day. I was drinking, Yeah, virtually.
Speaker 1: Forty had problems with his earpiece. He sounded like he
Speaker 1: was on the collect call this. Your partner may think
Speaker 1: that would be uh. I think that would have been
Speaker 1: a dope show in person to have shortened forty. Maybe
Speaker 1: we can get the whole of Mount Westmore to come
Speaker 1: back and do a round table. That would be dope.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Mount Westmore. Yes, sir. This Thursday, April
Speaker 1: twenty nine, we dropped the one and only Big Homie,
Speaker 1: Shaquille O'Neill. Enjoy this teaser. You said Steph Curry changed
Speaker 1: the face of basketball itself and how the game has
Speaker 1: played him. Before we even got on air, you were
Speaker 1: talking about a situation with your older son. We had
Speaker 1: a chance. He's standing in the corner when he should
Speaker 1: have dove back in the day, but now that's what
Speaker 1: the game is, and that's kind of a Steph Curry effect.
Speaker 1: Talked to that Steph Curry is messing the game up.
Speaker 1: I'm on the internet announced a bunch of little kids
Speaker 1: dribbling shooting a hundred for us to start the game.
Speaker 1: He's doing something for them, is giving them a chance.
Speaker 1: So what I mean by giving him a chance? The
Speaker 1: other day I talked about Rudy Gobert making two dred.
Speaker 1: People thought I was hating, but it's given big guys
Speaker 1: that aren't David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Dirk Andry is giving
Speaker 1: them a chance. If you work hard, this is the
Speaker 1: bridge you can make. And that's the point I was
Speaker 1: trying to make. Oh you met No, I mean I
Speaker 1: said this is I was showing. I said, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm about to say, he ain't worth it. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say that, but you you get what you negotiate,
Speaker 1: and that's what it is. Well, I'm not gonna say
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't like talking about people. Breade. I'm
Speaker 1: glad he got it, But the same thing happened to
Speaker 1: me in high school because my my dream was to
Speaker 1: make eight millions for ten years. That's my dream going
Speaker 1: up in San Antonio's. One day, my father came in
Speaker 1: the house with the paper and he hit me in
Speaker 1: the face. Get your hands up, we're going to the game.
Speaker 1: So we go to the Spurs game. Were at the top.
Speaker 1: You should see him. He just signed fifteen for three
Speaker 1: John contact and he wasn't good. And I'm like, that's
Speaker 1: when I just I said he. I said, okay, you know,
Speaker 1: I learned to school about inflation and economic I was like,
Speaker 1: ship by the time I come out, I can probably
Speaker 1: at least get twenty. So I end up getting forty.
Speaker 1: But so you know, it's all about it's about watching
Speaker 1: these guys and you know, learning from But you know, Steph,
Speaker 1: it probably is the most influential player when it comes
Speaker 1: to little people because I see a lot of I
Speaker 1: see a lot of little guards, like a little kids.
Speaker 1: I'm going to this tournent day. They're doing stuff I
Speaker 1: can't even do. And it's good and bad. Nobody running
Speaker 1: the lane. Everybody is stopping at three point line. I mean,
Speaker 1: I coach you like I coached the Twins, You know
Speaker 1: what I mean. And like I said, it's from the
Speaker 1: time they warm up there shooting and from like the
Speaker 1: out of bounds line instead of like hitting layups and everything,
Speaker 1: and that's literally the effect, and the whole team shoots threes,
Speaker 1: now you know what I mean. So that's kind of
Speaker 1: just the way the game has moved. So I understand,
Speaker 1: like you said, giving little people a chance, it's what's
Speaker 1: that's doing and giving them hope. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: like you said, there's a reason why stuff is so
Speaker 1: great because he makes a lot of their motherfucking shots
Speaker 1: team a lot. You mean to let other people don't
Speaker 1: make as many. And I used to hate on him
Speaker 1: early on in his career, but he ain't gonna make that.
Speaker 1: But he kept proving me wrong. That's why my play.
Speaker 1: I like being proved wrong. Yeah, so my mention to
Speaker 1: these young cats and I say something proved me wrong. Yeah,
Speaker 1: take it wrong because and was doing all that talking.
Speaker 1: That's okay, you're right, Mr Abdu, I'm not winning. I understand.
Speaker 1: I appreciate what I will. And I called my father
Speaker 1: and he was like, my fucking he right, Yeah, you
Speaker 1: ain't doing ship. He said, You've been in l A
Speaker 1: four years and got swept four times. Now you're they're
Speaker 1: doing videos and rap songs and ship you ain't doing nothing.
Speaker 1: Sounds like all right, you're right search And then that's
Speaker 1: when you know Phil came along and you know we
Speaker 1: started turning around. So well, remember that, I mean, the
Speaker 1: same needs to be lived by the three, you die
Speaker 1: by three. Like no teams are winning shooting a large
Speaker 1: amount of shot at three point attempts like they are
Speaker 1: now obviously, and they've as the dynamics. So it makes sense, Jack,
Speaker 1: we got the Iverson Classic Runner Around the Corner May
Speaker 1: six through eighth in Memphis, Tennessee. Uh, we'll be coaching.
Speaker 1: I'll be your assistant pimp slash assistant coach versus Rashid
Speaker 1: and Bondsi very star studded high school field. Uh. Thoughts
Speaker 1: about the weekend in the game Now, I'm excited, man,
Speaker 1: every every chance we get to get down with the
Speaker 1: kids to give them the game, you know that we have,
Speaker 1: and also to to watch these kids growing. So the
Speaker 1: kids are so talented, you know, they're way better than
Speaker 1: we were at that age. But just to Bill Rounding
Speaker 1: to give him the game. And we got more good news.
Speaker 1: The NBA is just gave us approval to a lot
Speaker 1: of teams to come to the game. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be exciting for the kids, and they're really gonna put
Speaker 1: on So no, I'm excited about that. That was news
Speaker 1: to me as well. I'm excited I got my one
Speaker 1: little U c l at home Boy. I'm excited for
Speaker 1: Peyton Watson. They have been projected the top ten pick
Speaker 1: after his first year at u c l A, So,
Speaker 1: you know, he's been someone I've been following for you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of years out here in l A. Um,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna dope. We got the first female
Speaker 1: playing in a male All Star game, which I think
Speaker 1: is gonna be fun and amazing. And also man, shout out, yeah,
Speaker 1: shout out our brother Alan Iverson. Man, I think this
Speaker 1: is important. Uh, he's got one of the biggest games now.
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, this is the only game that's
Speaker 1: being played All Star games being played this summer. High
Speaker 1: School Classic. Yeah, so definitely looking forward to that. Here's
Speaker 1: a little intro video, so some of the talent that
Speaker 1: will be on on display, uh that weekend in Memphis.
Speaker 1: Enjoy h m hm m h. Coming down the stretch,
Speaker 1: we got quick hitters now Lakers playing Turney. They're only
Speaker 1: a game and a half of ahead of the sixth
Speaker 1: seed and three games ahead of the seventh seed with
Speaker 1: a D returning, um, Jack, do you think they played
Speaker 1: the long game and and don't really care where they're
Speaker 1: seated as long as they're healthy, or do you think
Speaker 1: they're obviously gonna try to keep fighting in and stay
Speaker 1: out of that playing situation. Yeah, with the team they have,
Speaker 1: they could finish an eighth and still win the championship.
Speaker 1: They got, they got, they have everything they need. That's
Speaker 1: one of it's still top three team in the league. Uh,
Speaker 1: they're just trying to get healthy. They know what they
Speaker 1: can do. They're defending champions and they're coming back to
Speaker 1: defend it and that's their only mind. Everything else doesn't matter. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a marathon, not a spread. Obviously a D was
Speaker 1: back this week. I'm sure Lebron's gonna be back in
Speaker 1: the next week or so. And Um to me, I've
Speaker 1: been saying this, no matter where they slide, you don't
Speaker 1: want to see the Lakers period. If they happen to
Speaker 1: slide into a play in situation, obviously anything can happen
Speaker 1: in that playing situation. But I'll take the Lakers versus anybody.
Speaker 1: But think if they mess around and get the seventh
Speaker 1: or a C like Utah or Phoenix are in trouble
Speaker 1: in that first round. So uh, to me, it's about health.
Speaker 1: The rest of the regular season doesn't really matter, to
Speaker 1: be honest with you. It's just about continuing to stay healthy,
Speaker 1: trying to find some chemistry and getting Lebron back. Next up, book,
Speaker 1: he's trying to find his role with the Clippers with
Speaker 1: Surge being out since mid March. Book He's played not
Speaker 1: crazy impressive numbers obviously, but I definitely think in the
Speaker 1: playoffs someone like him is going to be able to
Speaker 1: help this team down the stretch. Thoughts of Boogie and
Speaker 1: the Clippers picking him up, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 1: I Mean, we talk about, you know, the dynamic of
Speaker 1: the Clippers and Lakers, but we don't talk about sergeion
Speaker 1: Back and Boogie against a D and Drummond. That's that's
Speaker 1: the hell of a matchup. That's that's must the TV
Speaker 1: as well. So uh, if if both of those teams
Speaker 1: can can do what they need to do to meet
Speaker 1: up in the Western Conference, man, I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see that. I think it's a beautiful thing. I'm just
Speaker 1: happy for Boogie. Man. And I really hope he gets
Speaker 1: he gets an opportunity to kind of refine his greatness. Um.
Speaker 1: I think obviously, I don't think he'll ever be able
Speaker 1: to get back to where he was with with with
Speaker 1: with the you know, the laundry list of injuries, but
Speaker 1: he can still help to help add a solid player
Speaker 1: on the team. And I think this is a great
Speaker 1: opportunity for him with the Clippers. I hope he's able
Speaker 1: to really seize this moment and not only play this
Speaker 1: year with them, but you know, sign a couple of
Speaker 1: year deal with them. I think that'd be dope. The
Speaker 1: Wizards have been hot of late when he ate in
Speaker 1: the row entering the play in situ wation. The last
Speaker 1: time this team won eight and road Jack, someone named
Speaker 1: by the name of Michael Jeffrey Jordan's was their starting
Speaker 1: to guard. Uh. What's the Westbrook? Over this span has
Speaker 1: been thirteen and twelve, Bradley Beale has been a thirty
Speaker 1: two points a game. One thing to note, Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: is only seven triple doubles away from Oscar Robinson's triple
Speaker 1: double record. Man, so I underappreciated under too much disrespect,
Speaker 1: goes Russell Westbrooks White Man, this is one of the
Speaker 1: best players this game's ever seen, the most athletic point
Speaker 1: guard we've ever seen. And for those who say he
Speaker 1: pads his stats, his team's record when he records a
Speaker 1: triple double is a hundred thirty one and forty three.
Speaker 1: So obviously shout out Russ's thoughts on this wizard team man,
Speaker 1: because they really dug themselves out of a grave to
Speaker 1: get themselves in a position to being a plan. See,
Speaker 1: this is why we don't listen to nobody when they
Speaker 1: talk to anyone when they talk about Russ. We don't
Speaker 1: pay no to enter to it. We know what he
Speaker 1: is to the game. We know how special he is,
Speaker 1: and we know how rare Russell rest Brook is. His
Speaker 1: status speak for herself, his statspeak for herself. Man. So
Speaker 1: big ups to rust Man, keep doing your thing, and
Speaker 1: he's the only reason that they win in these games. Yes,
Speaker 1: Bill has been playing well. Bill has been playing well
Speaker 1: last year and the year before that and this year.
Speaker 1: But having that dynamic of a point guard like Russell
Speaker 1: west Brook will come in and get a triple double
Speaker 1: and get a dub every night, like that's something special
Speaker 1: to have, and that's something that everything majority of the
Speaker 1: teams and then they don't have. So Bill has that
Speaker 1: luxury with Russell Westbrook Man. And you know, I'm happy
Speaker 1: to see him coming to his own and having success
Speaker 1: that because he always dealing with so much hate. But
Speaker 1: as he deals with it, he still rise to the
Speaker 1: occasion to play well. I agree, And uh, Burtons are
Speaker 1: shooting from the three nearly nine attempts a game. This
Speaker 1: team could kuld give someone some problems. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: the playing situation is gonna be fun if they happen
Speaker 1: to actually sneak into the playoffs. Obviously they'll be playing
Speaker 1: one of these higher seeds. But again, and hats off
Speaker 1: to this team. They dug themselves up out of the grave,
Speaker 1: and a lot of that has to do with Russell
Speaker 1: Westbrook Last, but not least, LaMelo Ball is on his
Speaker 1: way back after breaking his wrist and having surgery. We
Speaker 1: thought he was done for the season, but he got
Speaker 1: his cast off and they said seven to them days
Speaker 1: after that he should be back. So he should be
Speaker 1: back in the next week or so. Uh. This team's
Speaker 1: offense while he was out was ranked three. When he's
Speaker 1: in there, one of the best offenses in the game. Um,
Speaker 1: could the Hornets scare somebody in that first round? Fully healthy?
Speaker 1: They're they're scary team. They're definitely scary team. I think
Speaker 1: they kind of remind us, remind me of us when
Speaker 1: Golden State. You know, they have a lot of dynamic
Speaker 1: pieces and a lot of kids that play hard, you know,
Speaker 1: and they really go out there and scrap. But you
Speaker 1: gotta think about this though. This is your this is
Speaker 1: your franchise player, this is your future. You want to
Speaker 1: bring him back to jar and rushing back and force
Speaker 1: another injury or possibly hurting themselthing else. You know what
Speaker 1: I say. You gotta be careful with this because this
Speaker 1: kid is your franchise, this is your future, and you
Speaker 1: don't want him to come out there trying to rushing
Speaker 1: back for a playoff shot when you need him for
Speaker 1: the few for the long time. I agree, Um, but
Speaker 1: luckily this is not a lower extremity injury. This is
Speaker 1: a risk, so obviously the only thing I kind of
Speaker 1: fears him falling down with which happens in the game.
Speaker 1: But I agree, Um, but I think they realized that,
Speaker 1: you know, I think they understand how special this kid
Speaker 1: is and what he's going to mean to this franchise
Speaker 1: for a long time, so I don't expect him to
Speaker 1: be back out there unless they really feel he can play.
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes as players we have to be protected
Speaker 1: against ourselves, because I'm sure he felt like he could
Speaker 1: have played while he had his cast on, so UM
Speaker 1: definitely looking forward to him coming back. I think he
Speaker 1: had the all the Rookie the Year all but wrapped
Speaker 1: up before he got hurt, But he got hurt as
Speaker 1: a part of the game, and Anthony Edwards is coming
Speaker 1: on hot towards the end, so I think, uh, Anthony
Speaker 1: Edward is probably gonna most likely end up winning Rookie
Speaker 1: the Year. But LaMelo has had a great first year
Speaker 1: and just excited to see him back and see what
Speaker 1: he does in his first playoff action. Before we close,
Speaker 1: you want to send a special shout out to our
Speaker 1: brother Kevin Durant and Mike Conley for winning an oscar
Speaker 1: um for two US and strangers. Amazing uh those two
Speaker 1: plus uh Kobe Bryant are the only ones to win
Speaker 1: Oscars as far as uh NBA players, So hats off, salute,
Speaker 1: and then on a sad note, rest in peace to
Speaker 1: the young brother Terrence Clark who lost his life tragically
Speaker 1: in l A last week. Uh tremendous talent, man. This
Speaker 1: kid used to come up to a mom. But when legends,
Speaker 1: we hold our taco Tuesday runs man, and this kid
Speaker 1: was a pro. You could tell he was going to
Speaker 1: be a pro. Um unfortunately lost his life last week.
Speaker 1: So condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. Um
Speaker 1: Man life of short. Kid was only nineteen years old, man,
Speaker 1: So rest in peace to their young brother. And again,
Speaker 1: congratulations to Kevin Durant, Mike Conley, my Man Van Lathan,
Speaker 1: Nick may salute fellas. What to do your thing? What's Burning?
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