Speaker 1: Who are you taking in a half court shooting contest
Speaker 1: between Dame Lillard and Steph Curry best of twenty shots.
Speaker 1: So that's a tough question. Stand and there shooting twenty
Speaker 1: from half court. I'm going with Dane. I think you
Speaker 1: had more legs for all twent At the end of
Speaker 1: the day, if I had to bet, I wouldn't because
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose either way. He's made more long distance
Speaker 1: shots than Steff than anyone of the NBA. But then Steff,
Speaker 1: but one day Steph can win, the next day Dame
Speaker 1: pullin and back and forth two of the best long
Speaker 1: distance than pere shooters we've ever seen in this game.
Speaker 1: We got a special What's Burning update. We're on set
Speaker 1: right now, but some key things happened um in the
Speaker 1: past few days that we had to address before we
Speaker 1: put our show out tonight. So first and foremost, Lebron
Speaker 1: James high ankle sprain word is without three to four
Speaker 1: weeks Jack, what does this? Due to the Lakers expectations
Speaker 1: and playoff Pushkasa put a them on a light on
Speaker 1: a little light that they had there um a d down,
Speaker 1: not having the King down. Who's having an m v
Speaker 1: P year? Uh, it kind of put it puts a
Speaker 1: damper on the team. You're still trying to make trades
Speaker 1: to figure it out. So I'm just expecting Lebron to
Speaker 1: go to his lab, take the shots and everything they
Speaker 1: do to get him back to being the king, and
Speaker 1: he'll be back in no time. But it definitely puts
Speaker 1: a darker light on the organization, considering eight has already
Speaker 1: been down. Jack, because if the Glasses you got to
Speaker 1: got you like real coming, like real gentleman is this
Speaker 1: morning because you're just getting with the sophistication today and
Speaker 1: your answers are nice and smooth and that kind of ship.
Speaker 1: Is that the Glasses home do a live man? I
Speaker 1: think it's I think just where I'm at, it where
Speaker 1: I'm met in my life right now. You know what,
Speaker 1: I'm just getting money. Come on, man, you know we're
Speaker 1: getting it for the Lakers. To me, obviously a major hit. Um,
Speaker 1: your two best players are down, But I think this
Speaker 1: is a talented enough team from a standpoint of once
Speaker 1: they get back, it doesn't really matter what their seed
Speaker 1: is right now, the third in the West, Um, I
Speaker 1: see them dropping maybe two three seeds. Um. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, the most important thing is to get
Speaker 1: Brown fully healthy and a d fully healthy for this
Speaker 1: playoff push with the trade deadline looming, I still obviously
Speaker 1: think they're actively in the market looking for a big
Speaker 1: I don't think that changes um, and to me, the
Speaker 1: most important thing is they get healthy with their two
Speaker 1: stars heading into the playoffs. Next up, another unfortunate situation,
Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball goes down last night with a fractured wrist um.
Speaker 1: They're saying he could be done for the season right now,
Speaker 1: Charlotte's in the A spot and he's the head candidate
Speaker 1: for Rookie the Year. Uh, first, do they make the playoffs?
Speaker 1: And does your Rookie of the Year sneak up and
Speaker 1: actually take Rookie the Year? Now that that that LaMelo's down,
Speaker 1: I don't think they make the playoffs without him. I
Speaker 1: think what he's established as being the leader of that team,
Speaker 1: the best player on the team, to get the guy
Speaker 1: that gets everybody going. He's established that as a rookie,
Speaker 1: and I think all of a sudden, with everything he's
Speaker 1: built for that organization this year, it kind of it
Speaker 1: kind of goes backwards with not having him on the
Speaker 1: line in the lineup. So I definitely don't see them
Speaker 1: making the playoffs, but it does give Edwards more room
Speaker 1: to win, a better chance to win the to win
Speaker 1: a Rookie of the Year. I think I having a
Speaker 1: Mellow in the game right now, but it's just having
Speaker 1: a great year. But not having Mellow in the game
Speaker 1: right now, not just to Charlotte, it just hurts the
Speaker 1: game of basketball. Yeah, I think the Melo is right
Speaker 1: near sixteen points a game, seven rebounds, seven assists, um.
Speaker 1: And I agree. I think his energy, um, his confidence,
Speaker 1: the way he plays. I think that team has kind
Speaker 1: of taken on his swag and to lose him is
Speaker 1: gonna be a huge hit. Obviously, they still got Heyward
Speaker 1: and Rosier and some guys, but like I said, I
Speaker 1: think Mellow is a heart and soul of that team,
Speaker 1: and they were sitting on the cusp at eight. UM.
Speaker 1: I think they'll still mess around to be in the
Speaker 1: playoffs seven through ten playing games, but I don't see them,
Speaker 1: uh making the playoffs unfortunately either. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: with Lamello being my pick for Rookie of the Year,
Speaker 1: UM going down right now, with you know a handful
Speaker 1: of games left, UM, I definitely think that's gonna hurt
Speaker 1: him and and look for Edwards to probably come in
Speaker 1: and winnipp I don't even think it's gonna be given
Speaker 1: to him, because I could definitely say Edwards has been
Speaker 1: balling of late. You know, he dropped a forty ball,
Speaker 1: really starting to come into his own. So I loved
Speaker 1: with the Rookie of the Year race was heading to
Speaker 1: towards the end of the season. But you know, injuries
Speaker 1: are a part of the season. So this will be
Speaker 1: you know, minor setback for a major comeback next year.
Speaker 1: And man Lamello lived up to all expectations. I think
Speaker 1: exceeded them this year in his rookie years, So I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see what the future holds. Well, that's it,
Speaker 1: you guys, make sure you enjoy What's Burning today and
Speaker 1: we'll see y'all next week. Welcome back to What's Burning
Speaker 1: Busy week ahead, Jack. We start off with Miami and
Speaker 1: Phoenix to the hottest teams UH in the league. Miami
Speaker 1: has struggled mightily without Jimmy Butler. H He's been back.
Speaker 1: He's been on in terror, got them back in the
Speaker 1: playoff hunt. Phoenix has been just as hot. Thoughts on
Speaker 1: this matchup. You got a team that was just in
Speaker 1: the finals. They're finally getting healthy. They're starting the role
Speaker 1: playing good. They got their start back. Phoenix has been
Speaker 1: playing well. Man. They're trying to make a big step
Speaker 1: in the Western carpas and uh put themselves in a
Speaker 1: good playoff position. So I'm excited to see this game
Speaker 1: and to see our pans out. I think it's definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be a big game. Like I said, Miami just
Speaker 1: need to get hot at the right time. You said
Speaker 1: they're getting healthy. They go as Jimmy goes. If we
Speaker 1: said all season, shoutout CP and book what they've been
Speaker 1: doing over there in Phoenix. Um, the way Jimmy has
Speaker 1: been playing, He's at nearly twenty seven or twenty six
Speaker 1: points a game, seven rebounds, and eight assist during this
Speaker 1: hot streak. Has he moved himself into m v P conversation.
Speaker 1: I love Jimmy, but for m v P, you gotta
Speaker 1: do it all season. Guys like Kyrie, guys like Lebron
Speaker 1: been doing it all season, so he gotta get in
Speaker 1: that category. Next up, Celtics and Bucks. Boston got them
Speaker 1: on Opening night. Boston has been striving a little bit,
Speaker 1: but I think they're gonna turn the corner. Post All Star,
Speaker 1: Janice has been on a tear thoughts on this game.
Speaker 1: Both teams are starting to get in the playoff for him,
Speaker 1: both teams are playing better than they did before All
Speaker 1: Start Break. I think Greek Freak is on another level
Speaker 1: right now. Like you said, he is the Chatter and
Speaker 1: he is playing another level. He's tired of being a
Speaker 1: regular season m VP. He wants to be a postseason
Speaker 1: m VP, and we'll see how he plays, but right
Speaker 1: now he's on another Level's gonna be an interesting game.
Speaker 1: He's been putting up video game numbers for the last
Speaker 1: halfful of years, two time m v P. But as
Speaker 1: you said, the Chatter wants to see it in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see if he's ready to take
Speaker 1: his game to the next level. He definitely looks like it,
Speaker 1: and I feel, like I said earlier, I feel like
Speaker 1: Boston's turned in the corner. They got the young kid
Speaker 1: Williams playing in the middlemore Marcus smartest back, Kimba has
Speaker 1: been a little more consistent, and you already know what
Speaker 1: you're gonna get with Brown and Tatum. So I'm looking
Speaker 1: for Boston to to UH to get this one, but
Speaker 1: they also played twice this week, so I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a nice little UH two games series and
Speaker 1: excited to watch next up. UH Sixers head out West.
Speaker 1: They got the Lakers and then they got the Clippers.
Speaker 1: UH too tough matchups. What do you expect from this game?
Speaker 1: These teams are still trying to, you know, figure out
Speaker 1: and how and figure out what players are they gonna
Speaker 1: have coming at the end of the season. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a game of survival. But these type of
Speaker 1: games when you miss the star players, I like them
Speaker 1: because you you see other guys get a chance to
Speaker 1: step up, and both teams are easily matched. Yeah, speaking
Speaker 1: of stepping up, Tobias Harrison and and Ben Simmons have
Speaker 1: both been stepping up in the absence of Ebid. Obviously
Speaker 1: you definitely need Inbeid, who's has been playing well UM
Speaker 1: over this stretch since a d has been UM. But
Speaker 1: obviously both teams need their bigs to be UM at
Speaker 1: their best level, and this could possibly be if something
Speaker 1: happens with Brooklyn a finals matchup. Then on Thursday, Doc
Speaker 1: returns to play against the Clippers for the first time.
Speaker 1: Clippers are really struggling right now. Obviously, I think they
Speaker 1: need to address their point guard situation. UM, defenses struggled,
Speaker 1: shooting is struggled. Kauai has dressed concerns on being consistent.
Speaker 1: UM thoughts on the Clippers and also this match up,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good matchup. UM. Like you said,
Speaker 1: the Clippers trying to address their point guard concerns. I
Speaker 1: think when they do that, and if they do get
Speaker 1: a chance to get a guy like lonsgo Ball, they're
Speaker 1: really gonna be off and running. UM. But it's this
Speaker 1: is one of those games, you know what what both teams,
Speaker 1: you know, really hate each other, and both teams want
Speaker 1: to win in that building. I think the advantage that
Speaker 1: the Clippers have that they have both of their stars
Speaker 1: and uh, there's no reason Nation Pullers went out. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, like I said, these both teams
Speaker 1: still trying to figure it out. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: teams and is in this situation where they're trying to
Speaker 1: outs why the end of the season and they run
Speaker 1: out of time. I like how you snuck that Alonzo
Speaker 1: ball to the Clippers in there? That would be interesting,
Speaker 1: That would be definitely interesting. I mean, they just need
Speaker 1: a playmaker. Like they said, we both love Pat Beverley,
Speaker 1: you know the way he plays. But to me, your
Speaker 1: your point guard has to be a playmaker and a
Speaker 1: score or at least one or the other. And that's
Speaker 1: just not his strengths as a starting point guard. So
Speaker 1: coming down the stretch with the trade deadline looming, we'll
Speaker 1: see what happens next. Up Hawks and Warriors trade versus
Speaker 1: steph Uh Teacher Verse student Hawkstar Hot. Since Nate McMillan
Speaker 1: is taking over, playing really well, Trey has been doing
Speaker 1: his thing, but he's got he's woken up. Gallinari. Gallinari?
Speaker 1: Is that nearly twenty points a game since Nate McMillan
Speaker 1: is taken over, and we know what STEP's been doing
Speaker 1: all season? Uh, twenty nine points a game. Draymond is
Speaker 1: starting to find his rhythm at about nine eight and
Speaker 1: nine over this last stretch playing solid defense, rebounded well.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this two superstar point guards we'll see in
Speaker 1: this matchup, as these the matchups I look forward to seeing,
Speaker 1: you know, Big Steff against Baby Steff ice trade. You
Speaker 1: know they play, They got both similar games. Um, they're
Speaker 1: they're they're both exciting to watch. Both teams are are
Speaker 1: fighting to being a playoff position. But I love what
Speaker 1: Nick mac millan is doing with these young guys, teaching them,
Speaker 1: giving him some veteran leadership from experience from on the
Speaker 1: court and off the court, and just got him going
Speaker 1: in the right direction. It's gonna be good to see. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I think this Warrior team, Obviously Steph
Speaker 1: is the star, but I think this team goes as
Speaker 1: Draymond goes, and he's starting to pick up his play
Speaker 1: and you're seeing, you know result, you know, if the
Speaker 1: team kind of picking their confidence up in play as well.
Speaker 1: So this will definitely be a nice matchup seeing those
Speaker 1: two point guards. Next up, MAVs Pelicans. MAVs have been
Speaker 1: hot climbing their way up the Western Conference playoff race.
Speaker 1: UM Pelicans seventh raked offensive season. I really like this
Speaker 1: young Pelicans team. Man. I mean, Zion is a monster,
Speaker 1: Brandon Eagram as a dog. When Zoe gets loose, they're dangerous.
Speaker 1: This is a really fun young team UM to watch.
Speaker 1: Luca has been Luca showing why he will probably be
Speaker 1: the face of the league at some point during his career.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this matchup, It's an ex sighted matchup two
Speaker 1: young stars, Luca and Zion. I think the level of
Speaker 1: Lucas on right now, I think Zion is still trying
Speaker 1: to get that. As far as a team, I think
Speaker 1: Lucas gonna Willis, willis team to a good position where
Speaker 1: they could be in the playoffs and and try to
Speaker 1: make an upset or do something big. I think Zion
Speaker 1: is still trying to figure it out. Yeah, he's the
Speaker 1: leader of his team, but it's more than be a leader,
Speaker 1: than just being the star player, of being the player
Speaker 1: with the big name. He's playing well. He has to
Speaker 1: get more vocal, he has to do more things as
Speaker 1: far as being the leader. And I think Lucas inherited
Speaker 1: that easily from playing overseas since he's been a kid,
Speaker 1: a young teenager and he's showing on the court. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would think with the leadership, Zion definitely has some
Speaker 1: growing to do, still young, but that may not even
Speaker 1: be his role on this team. You know, they've got
Speaker 1: guys like Aaron Blood, so you know they Brandon brandon
Speaker 1: ingram Um, you know probably some other guys that we
Speaker 1: don't know how they are in the locker room. But
Speaker 1: this is definitely gonna be a fun match up. I
Speaker 1: love what Zion has been able to do. He's breaking
Speaker 1: records left and right for field goal percentage and and
Speaker 1: just how dominant he is. And people say, you know,
Speaker 1: they don't understand that he give him another two, three,
Speaker 1: four years, when I think when he comes down maybe
Speaker 1: ten or fifteen pounds and really learns the game. Right now,
Speaker 1: he's just playing off pure strength, athleticism and speed and
Speaker 1: he can't be stopped. Like I've seen him run over,
Speaker 1: you know, chest to chest with some of the biggest
Speaker 1: dudes in the league and he comes out on top.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see his development and growth. Obviously, Luca,
Speaker 1: we know what Luca is about, but I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see what Zion's development is going to be about. And
Speaker 1: I love the way stan Van Gundy's using them to um,
Speaker 1: you know, in the pick and rolls and and and
Speaker 1: initiating offense too. So I think the sky's the limit
Speaker 1: for his on I'm excited to see what his next
Speaker 1: few years are like. But this will definitely be a
Speaker 1: great matchup. Next up on the Radar, presented to you
Speaker 1: by DraftKings Wednesday night, we have a matchup of the
Speaker 1: Eastern and Western Conference leaders. That's Utah versus Brooklyn. Uh
Speaker 1: Nets are a plus three hundred to win the championship
Speaker 1: this year, as are plus eight hundred to win the title.
Speaker 1: Who's a better bet in your opinion, Jack, I'm going
Speaker 1: with the next man. I like to secure bets. Man,
Speaker 1: you know they got a solid team, Katie, just resting
Speaker 1: all year. I'm going with I'm going with the next man.
Speaker 1: I just I just like the side of best. If
Speaker 1: you're gonna gamble, take the solid ones now. I definitely
Speaker 1: feel that. Obviously, the odds are you know you're gonna
Speaker 1: win more money with Utah, but I just don't trust
Speaker 1: Utah yet to make these steps. I gotta see what
Speaker 1: they can do in the finals. Obviously, great regular season
Speaker 1: team ball, moving, three point shooting, everyone playing the role.
Speaker 1: I love what they're doing, but I need to see
Speaker 1: it in the playoffs. Um, all these guys have done
Speaker 1: it in the playoffs. And and also but one of
Speaker 1: the main guys who's really been killing of late James Hardened.
Speaker 1: This is gonna be a big opportunity for him in
Speaker 1: the playoffs too, because his playoff reputation has not lived
Speaker 1: up to people's expectations. He's a killer. Yeah, he's a
Speaker 1: killer in the regular season, and yes, I wanted to
Speaker 1: touch on that. To me, he's closest to Lebron in
Speaker 1: in in the m v P race. You know, some
Speaker 1: people may I think Dame Lillard has stepped up in
Speaker 1: that space two, but I want to put James right there,
Speaker 1: neck and neck with what Lebron has been doing because
Speaker 1: the way he's come over and completely transformed this team
Speaker 1: with two other superstars. Although Katie has been down a lot,
Speaker 1: James has been absolutely amazing. Man. So this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a great matchup. Who you got in this matchup?
Speaker 1: I'm excited to every time they're on TV. Man, I'm
Speaker 1: in front of with my popcorn. Oh you said Blake
Speaker 1: Griffin too. I'm excited. I really hope, you know, as
Speaker 1: a former teammate and a friend of Blake, that he's healthy,
Speaker 1: because I mean, he doesn't have to be lob City
Speaker 1: Blake by any means, but if he can be Blake,
Speaker 1: it's about fifteen sixteen points a game, seven rebounds, four
Speaker 1: or five assists. You're gonna see them in the finals,
Speaker 1: I think, so definitely excited. Think it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: good game, and I also got the nets for the
Speaker 1: two reasons you said. I mean, there's they're two superstars
Speaker 1: are playing on another level right now, and you know,
Speaker 1: looking forward to this game. Top of fan questions, y'all,
Speaker 1: first question the Cato Show. Can you tell everyone high
Speaker 1: unstoppable Shack was in his prime? Oh oh, unbelievable, the
Speaker 1: most dominant force this game has ever seen, bar none,
Speaker 1: with all due respect to rest in peace to Wor Chamberlain.
Speaker 1: The most dominant figure we have seen and may ever
Speaker 1: see um. The things he can do with the ball
Speaker 1: at his size, his strength, his speed. I mean we
Speaker 1: don't see Jack, We don't see no one let a
Speaker 1: little breaking backboards, but pulling whole stanchions down anymore. And
Speaker 1: he used to do that ship on the regular, you know.
Speaker 1: So Shaq is one of the greatest players we've ever
Speaker 1: seen and the most dominant force in the game by
Speaker 1: far man, I've never seen the guy that size dribble
Speaker 1: the ball up to call full speed and dunk and
Speaker 1: everybody get out the way like Shaq was different. The
Speaker 1: most dominant player in the game. I know people talk
Speaker 1: about Will like you said, rest in peace to him,
Speaker 1: but from my eyes from being actually on that court
Speaker 1: and seeing there's never been a person that as dominant
Speaker 1: a shack And the one thing I loved about Shaq too.
Speaker 1: He was so big and strong, but he didn't give
Speaker 1: a fuck like he would I wouldn't call it dirty.
Speaker 1: It was just old school mentality. I remember him telling,
Speaker 1: you know, like if a guard was cooking, he would
Speaker 1: tell the the guy who's garden him, let him come
Speaker 1: to the pain. I'm gonna put him down. I mean
Speaker 1: to do that. And that's a big motherfucker man. So
Speaker 1: shout out Shock. He's coming on the show soon. Uh
Speaker 1: A great, great question. Next up, DeAndre Shysty. Would Lebron
Speaker 1: have been a top three player in the nineties, Oh
Speaker 1: tough question. I mean, if Lebron is built the same way,
Speaker 1: with the same mind frame and the same attitude, he'll
Speaker 1: be a top three player any time. Obviously, the physicality
Speaker 1: was different, so I think he'll have to adapt to that.
Speaker 1: He'll probably have to get in a couple of fights
Speaker 1: in the nineties and make sure people don't mess with him.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're gonna have guys on the standard protect him.
Speaker 1: But as talented as he is, as gifted as Lebron
Speaker 1: is as smart and as intelligent as he is, as
Speaker 1: much as a leader as he is any era, he
Speaker 1: would be top three in my mind. I will agree
Speaker 1: with you. I would like to see Lebron actually in
Speaker 1: that late eighties early nineties era because I've always thought
Speaker 1: and as big, as as strong as Lebron, he doesn't
Speaker 1: really use it as much as he can, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. I think if he played in the
Speaker 1: air where he had to use his physical strength as well,
Speaker 1: holy ship, because he's finessed. I mean he's strong, don't
Speaker 1: get me wrong, he's a freight train. But if he
Speaker 1: had to play in that other that other those other
Speaker 1: generations where he had to be physical look out. But
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. Any air Lebron played in,
Speaker 1: he's top three. Who would be the other two? Though?
Speaker 1: So you would have what I mean, Jordan's up there,
Speaker 1: Magic bird Um or Baby Shock. There's so there's some
Speaker 1: there's some people in that nineties early early nineties are
Speaker 1: at least uh that would have been interesting. Next question,
Speaker 1: Young King KP who has the brightest future in the
Speaker 1: NBA right now? I still think kV is gonna take
Speaker 1: a run um at being the face of the league.
Speaker 1: But if I had to pick one player with the
Speaker 1: brightest future, I say Luca, considering his age, considering what
Speaker 1: he's already done, and considering, you know, just every game
Speaker 1: getting better her, I would Uh, I would pick Luca.
Speaker 1: You know what, man, It's it's kind of hard to
Speaker 1: go against LUKEA Like you said, you got Katie, you
Speaker 1: got Kyrie, you got you got a lot of players
Speaker 1: that's gonna hold it down when Lebron steps away. But
Speaker 1: the brightest feature is definitely Luca by far. Next up,
Speaker 1: Dollo Harris, best thing you've experienced as a result of
Speaker 1: becoming a professional athlete during our post career? I think
Speaker 1: the best thing I've experienced during my career. You know,
Speaker 1: I was able to take care of my family and
Speaker 1: change my life being a better situation. Uh and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, just really just make our lives better. Post career,
Speaker 1: I was I've been able to show people and do
Speaker 1: things that people said I couldn't. You know, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: in a position now and doing things that nobody expected
Speaker 1: me to do. And I have a lot we have
Speaker 1: a lot of things in stores. So I think post
Speaker 1: career is bigger for me because I'm doing a lot
Speaker 1: of things that people didn't expect and and and I'm
Speaker 1: finding I'm finding myself. You know, I never put myself
Speaker 1: in the box, and I never knew I could do
Speaker 1: so many things. But you know what I'm saying, after
Speaker 1: basketball was showing me that I was putting myself in
Speaker 1: the box doing basketball. That's what's up, bro. You gotta
Speaker 1: you got an award winning podcast you're a host of.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. That best experience. I think obviously
Speaker 1: you touched on it. You know, the ability to be
Speaker 1: able to provide for our families and our close friends
Speaker 1: travel the world, and then the opportunities that indoors that
Speaker 1: opened from playing now in the post career, and obviously
Speaker 1: I think you touched on that too. You know, just
Speaker 1: the opportunities have been insane um, not only from this show,
Speaker 1: but just other projects I've been working on and opportunities
Speaker 1: I've been working on. And I think this show has
Speaker 1: a lot to do with it because I think people
Speaker 1: get a chance to see who we really are, how
Speaker 1: out there and how real we are, and doors continue
Speaker 1: to open um from this experience. So um, I've been
Speaker 1: living a dream And think, man, I played you know
Speaker 1: fifteen years got to play a game and make a
Speaker 1: bunch of money off it. And now I'm talking ship,
Speaker 1: talking ship and getting paid and smoking weed and getting
Speaker 1: paid like you gave me. I can't beat it. Can't
Speaker 1: beat it, man, Absolute blessing. Next question, W. T. Locklear.
Speaker 1: I've seen both of you with your kids as a
Speaker 1: new dad. What's the piece of advice you would want
Speaker 1: to know? Starting out? Sleep when your kids sleep, if
Speaker 1: you're able to um, that was something I tried to learn.
Speaker 1: Take naps, when they take naps, because kids are draining, man,
Speaker 1: kids are draining. And you know, I started over after
Speaker 1: having the twins who are twelve. Now I got a
Speaker 1: two year old that runs the house, runs the house,
Speaker 1: naked your quick story. I was shooting a documentary over
Speaker 1: here the other day and Ashes eating breakfast, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, when when the dudes knocked on the
Speaker 1: door started bringing the ship, and Ashes went on this
Speaker 1: ship terror like. He just kept saying ship. He said
Speaker 1: ship like twenty times, and his brothers and sisters started laughing,
Speaker 1: so he kept going. So they're walking in setting up everything.
Speaker 1: You hear two year old just saying shit, shit ship.
Speaker 1: I'm like, yo, what the fuck? But yeah, that might
Speaker 1: be my thing. Man, enjoy it because it goes fast,
Speaker 1: and sleep when the baby sleep. My advice to you, uh,
Speaker 1: if you're with the mom, always be the bigger person.
Speaker 1: If you're not with the mom, remember for the kids.
Speaker 1: Do whatever you can for the kid. Don't ever let
Speaker 1: anybody come between your relationship with her. Always been a
Speaker 1: bigger person. And remember it's about the child. There's not
Speaker 1: nothing is about nothing else but the child. And if
Speaker 1: you continue to keep in your heart and your focus
Speaker 1: and your passion and your love about the child and
Speaker 1: not the nonsense. Hey, bro, you in get hands. Hey
Speaker 1: you're a professional baby mama speaking expert, and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: professional baby dad. I'm right behind you. The black underscore
Speaker 1: cow underscore. L Who are you taking in a half
Speaker 1: court shooting contest between Dame Lillard and Steph Curry best
Speaker 1: of twenty shots? Oh that's a tough question. I think
Speaker 1: just shooting standing there shooting twenty uh from half court.
Speaker 1: I'm going with Dane. I think not. I'm not saying
Speaker 1: step can't make him. I just feel Dames a little stronger.
Speaker 1: The way he's built, He'll have a little more stabbing
Speaker 1: than those twenty shots, I think I think he had
Speaker 1: more legs for for all two and out, step will
Speaker 1: kind of fade away a little bit. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Dame a little stronger. But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, if I had to bet, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: because you're gonna lose. Yeah. First of all, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that was really my answer. First of all, I'm not
Speaker 1: betting this because whenever it's really a flip of a coin.
Speaker 1: I think, just depending on the day, who wins. But
Speaker 1: people don't know. I think Dame has the most long
Speaker 1: distance shot. I don't want to give the exact stacks
Speaker 1: I remember, but I remember I was watching the game
Speaker 1: of the night. He's made more long distance shots than
Speaker 1: anyone than then Steff, than anyone in the NBA. But
Speaker 1: then Steff, But you made a great point about stamina
Speaker 1: and being a little stronger. I think in a game
Speaker 1: setting from just pulling, I might take Step but it's
Speaker 1: just a straight shooting contest from just pull up jumpers,
Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna take Dame. But I wouldn't bet this because,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's one day Steph can win, the
Speaker 1: next day Dame can win, and back and forth. Two
Speaker 1: of the best long distance and pure shooters we've ever
Speaker 1: seen in this game. The next guests coming up Thursday,
Speaker 1: March is our brother You done this, Hassler Man, great dude,
Speaker 1: uh Man, I think eighteenth or nineteen year in the league,
Speaker 1: deep in the game, but shout out here for surviving
Speaker 1: and doing what he has to do. Here's a quick teaser,
Speaker 1: hope you enjoy. What was Jimmy like? Whats he got
Speaker 1: to the team? We had the Weight on our show
Speaker 1: and d Way said that Man was a perfect marriage
Speaker 1: for Jimmy. Perfect perfect. I had got a chance to
Speaker 1: meet Jimmy and go out to dinner with Jimmy one
Speaker 1: time with d Wade Man and just getting a chance
Speaker 1: to understand Jimmy. Man. The first thing people think about
Speaker 1: Jimmy is that, oh he listened to countrybut he might
Speaker 1: he must be weird. Ain't nothing weird. Ain't nothing weird
Speaker 1: about Jimmy. Jimmy and I listen to it too. I
Speaker 1: know I'm too. I'm happy to be weird. I do too.
Speaker 1: And Jimmy want us more as any more anybody. He
Speaker 1: want us. You know what I'm saying. If you get
Speaker 1: a chance to sit down and you get a chance
Speaker 1: to shop it up with Jimmy. And you understand, Jimmy,
Speaker 1: you know where you're coming from. Jimmy, just keep everything
Speaker 1: coach to him. He ain't wide open with his ain't
Speaker 1: or wide open with his friendship. He ain't got a
Speaker 1: lot of friends. He ain't running his mouth out head
Speaker 1: telling all his business. My respect that and I appreciate
Speaker 1: that man. And what like I tell people all the time,
Speaker 1: if you put a dog I side, he's gonna go
Speaker 1: around and go on your trash can and tell your
Speaker 1: yard up, and you're gonna come out in the morning
Speaker 1: and ship gonna be in shambles. You put him in
Speaker 1: the candle with when you put him in the kenna
Speaker 1: with other dogs, he's gonna make a pet. And that's
Speaker 1: what he did. He came down here with us and
Speaker 1: he made a pet. Just how it looked too when
Speaker 1: he first came and you guys, the team got going.
Speaker 1: You know you hear people spoke to his work ethic
Speaker 1: and he was going in and two or three in
Speaker 1: the morning getting working. How refreshing for you someone who
Speaker 1: works hard to this day to see another star come
Speaker 1: in new to the team, but have that kind of
Speaker 1: work ethic and and and passion for the game man
Speaker 1: that gave me a new life because it gave me.
Speaker 1: It gave me more opportunities and more reason to work.
Speaker 1: You know, people don't understand like me and Jimmy got
Speaker 1: a routine that we go through, you know, before the games.
Speaker 1: Now you know, it wasn't something we did in the
Speaker 1: bubble because of the circumstances. But you know, it's something
Speaker 1: we were able to do a couple of times before
Speaker 1: the bubble, and it's something that we're able to engage
Speaker 1: in now, you know what I'm saying. So once again
Speaker 1: I've been rein I needed and and just reinvent myself.
Speaker 1: You know with these new guys that's coming in, and
Speaker 1: you know the routine and me and Jimmy got it
Speaker 1: also helps me stay in shaping. It also helps me
Speaker 1: stay sharp, so you know, his work ethic and people
Speaker 1: think that I'm always pushing these guys and these guys
Speaker 1: are leaving me. But you know, sometimes it's good to
Speaker 1: be a soldier and sometimes good to be a general,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So you know I've got
Speaker 1: situations where I'm right, I'm following Jimmy. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying that he leaves me and it's helping me.
Speaker 1: We have the trade deadline looming. I think there's a
Speaker 1: few teams, are a handful of teams that can make
Speaker 1: some moves to can really be impactful heading towards the playoffs. Jack,
Speaker 1: who's your team or your a couple of teams you
Speaker 1: feel like you need to make a move heading into
Speaker 1: this trade that life well, I would say, Philly, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean with with with them being being
Speaker 1: uh down right now, you might want to get a
Speaker 1: security blanket. Bringing with the markets cousins in for cheap,
Speaker 1: bring somebody else in for cheap. But I'm really going
Speaker 1: towards the Clippers. They need a point guard. They need
Speaker 1: to win the championship, they need to get to the finals,
Speaker 1: and they need a point guard. Alzo Ball That's that's
Speaker 1: l a kid. He belongs in l A. Hey, everybody
Speaker 1: said belong to l A but it's two to ames
Speaker 1: in l a. It might didn't work with the Lakers.
Speaker 1: I think what the Clippers have there a point guard
Speaker 1: that can come make plays, the Jason kidds type guy.
Speaker 1: It'll be similar to Jason Kidd when he was in
Speaker 1: New Jersey when he had Richard Jefferson and Ky Martin's
Speaker 1: and Vince Carter. This would be fun to see. So
Speaker 1: I'll getting to the Clippers. I think that'd be a
Speaker 1: good move for them and answer all the questions not
Speaker 1: and here all the problems. Ball to the Clippers, Yes, yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I mean the ball to the Clippers that Kyle Lowry
Speaker 1: could definitely help the Clippers. I think there's two teams,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, actually three. I don't think Utah is
Speaker 1: gonna make a move. I think they're pretty set on
Speaker 1: their team and think But to me, I think that's
Speaker 1: what's that's I think that's gonna be my knocking. People
Speaker 1: are gonna say, why are you talking they're topping the West.
Speaker 1: I feel you I got to see it in the
Speaker 1: playoffs and we got to see if the rest of
Speaker 1: that team can handle what the playoffs bring. Um. But
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Lakers one. I think the
Speaker 1: Lakers need an athletic big I think drumming to the
Speaker 1: Lakers would be crazy. But I'm also hearing they're the
Speaker 1: chance of drumming could go to the Clippers, so that
Speaker 1: would be crazy. Um. And then Brooklyn, I think Brooklyn
Speaker 1: needs to give DeAndre some help. I think Deandre's playing
Speaker 1: been playing great since James has come along. He looks
Speaker 1: like the old DJ, kind of finding his spots to
Speaker 1: affect the game and holding down the middle of the paint.
Speaker 1: But I feel like they need another big you know,
Speaker 1: there's guys that that young King that yeah he's been
Speaker 1: playing well, yeah he's balling. Like I said, do you
Speaker 1: can you trust him for a long period of time
Speaker 1: in the playoffs? You know? Like I said that, But actually, Jack,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, the playoffs are so different now,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's not like he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to go into uh Milwaukee in a sold out arena,
Speaker 1: or go to Toronto or Miami. What I sold out,
Speaker 1: There's gonna be motherfucking two hundred people in the stands.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be like a you game, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So, like I said, I think we might
Speaker 1: kind of have to just at least during this pandemic.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe the playoffs are are ship the same
Speaker 1: as the regular season, you know what I mean, Because
Speaker 1: like I said, the only thing that made this ship
Speaker 1: different for us was we're playing in front of pack stadiums.
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, you're not playing in front of
Speaker 1: a home packs adium or a road pack stadium, so
Speaker 1: really that ship is between your head, so you fire
Speaker 1: up real quick and get your mind right for the game.
Speaker 1: You could be straight. Don't do that. That's just what
Speaker 1: we did. I'm just saying, I think the trade deadline looming. Uh,
Speaker 1: look for teams to make moves. Uh, look for maybe
Speaker 1: a big name or two to make a move. Uh.
Speaker 1: There's a list of guys who are kind of out there.
Speaker 1: I'll go through them real quick because they can definitely
Speaker 1: add value. Kyra Lowry, Andre Drummond, Harrison Barnes, Victor Olwediepo,
Speaker 1: John Collins, Aaron Gordon, Evan Fourgner, Hassan Whiteside. There's some
Speaker 1: quality players out there, and I'm sure there's a handful
Speaker 1: of guys we didn't list that can really help a team.
Speaker 1: So I love this part of the season because if
Speaker 1: team thinks they have a chance, they're gonna give a
Speaker 1: lot up to get one of these stars. So stay tuned. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we got freed. You got a lot of guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Gorgy Jane, he could be someone that could really help
Speaker 1: the Nets. Spot up solid big dude, so we will
Speaker 1: see I hope you guys enjoyed the show this week.
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