1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume. The Colin Cowherd Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. Whether you love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport. There is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win. All right, everybody, Welcome to 6 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: the Mornay Morning Podcast. First of all, I have a 7 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: soft spot for old golfers winning. Congratulations to Phil Mickelson. 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: Let me tell you a little story here. So my 9 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: earliest memories, Sunday night television has always meant a lot 10 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: to me. So I remember being a kid and I 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: had to take a bath on Sunday and there was 12 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: The Wide World of Disney was a very popular show 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: for about thirty years on ABC NBC than CBS. So 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: when I was a kid it was on NBC. It 15 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: had been on ABC, so I can remember the peacock 16 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: Wide World in the Disney. In the seventies, Sunday Night 17 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: TVs the only TV I remember then. In the eighties, 18 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: I started really watching sports in the late seventies eighties, 19 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: and I remember the Raiders playing those late West Coast 20 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: games with Kenny Stabler, often against the Steelers, often against 21 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: the Dolphins and Don Shula those games, so they're so 22 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: embedded in my mind. It was when I really became 23 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: a huge, huge NFL fan. Those the Raiders were they 24 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: were a power, The Steelers were a power, the Dolphins 25 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: were a power, all sorts of simultaneously. And I remember 26 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: those games, the late sun coming down in the seventies, 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: and you know, then in high school and in college, 28 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, Sunday Nights were about you know, probably homework. 29 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: But then I remember from about ninety six to two 30 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: thousand ten the Sopranos impact on Sunday Nights and Tiger Woods. 31 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: For about six or seven years with Sopranos, about twelve 32 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: years with Tiger Woods, that sort of special Sunday night 33 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: that just I gravitated to the television. And obviously over 34 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: the last ten years, the NFL Sundays have been a 35 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: gift that keeps on giving. But one of the things 36 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: that always pulls me back in is the aging golfer, 37 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: Tiger at the Masters a few years ago and Phil 38 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: Mickelson at fifty winning the PGA. There have been stretches 39 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: in my life where I'm just not that fascinated with golf. 40 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: I wasn't really a Jack Nicholas devote. I wasn't it 41 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: was generationally I missed him. I didn't pay attention to golf. 42 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: I grew up in a small town. We didn't have 43 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: a golf course that was a rich person's sport. Tiger 44 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: really pulled me in, to be honest with you, a 45 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: little Greg Norman before him, then Tiger, then Phil so 46 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: but golf always pulls me back in. There's just this 47 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: once in a decade guy. And it made me so 48 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: happy to watch Phil Mickelson. He kept the ball on 49 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: the greens, he didn't take as many big risks. It 50 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: was a well lubricated crowd, which made it even better 51 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: on a Sunday, So that for me was already special. 52 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: That was a really fun night last night watching all 53 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: of this take place. And with that we bring in 54 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: my friend Rick Buker, sort of an overview of the weekend. 55 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: Don't want to make too much of these games. We're 56 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: gonna touch a little on Saturday and on Sunday. By 57 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: the way, Rick Buker also has a podcast on the 58 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: Ball with Rick Buker. So, Bukes, are you a big 59 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: golf guy at all? I live on a golf course. 60 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't play as much as I'd like, But yeah, 61 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: I pay attention. I wouldn't say I'm a big golf guy. 62 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: I find I've just watched I was watching, obviously the 63 00:03:55,320 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: PGA Championship, and I just find golf where funny. I 64 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: find people who dressed like golfers. I think it's just 65 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: a funny look. It amuses me. And obviously, living on 66 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: the golf course, they see people parading by all the time. 67 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: But I also surf, and I've always said that if 68 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: I was going to add golf through the equation, either 69 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: my work, my family or surfing would have to go. 70 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: And I haven't decided which one of those I would 71 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: I would sacrifice. So golf is still in fourth place. 72 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: But by the way, is Michelson. Is Michelson not the 73 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: best bad lie golfer that we've ever seen? Oh, he's 74 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 1: the great In basketball, He's Kobe, He's the great tough 75 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: shot makes at best. Avers He's like Kobe Bryant was 76 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: the toughest bad shot maker in basketball history. Yes, I 77 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: think the distinction is like Phil gets himself into trouble 78 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: and then he gets himself out. Like I don't know 79 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: I who would say that Kobe got purposely got himself 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: in trouble. Not to say that Phil does, but like 81 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: he takes chance, dances, and then he gets in tough positions, 82 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: tough positions, and then he somehow finds his way out 83 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: of it. That's that's I credit that to his his 84 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: lefty creativity, his left handed creativity. But I was just 85 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: watching him sign his his scorecard and he writes right handed. 86 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: I had no idea. I didn't know he was like 87 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: that struck me. You know, that's not a true lefty, 88 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: that's kind of lefty. Well it's funny because you know 89 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: when people on the tour said this, for years, Tiger 90 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: simply outworked Phil. I mean his body, his focus, his determination. 91 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: But there was always a little jealousy from Tiger. Is 92 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: how naturally gifted Phil Phil Mickelson is. And you know, 93 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: you know, all these sports, we've all seen great athletes 94 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,559 Speaker 1: where it just comes easy and and and like Michael Jordan, 95 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: it did not come easy. He wasn't a natural brilliant 96 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: long range shooter. He wasn't uman. He was talented, but 97 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: he you know, I look at some guys that come 98 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: into these sports and you're like, oh, I wish they 99 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: were more committed. I always felt Phil was pretty much committed, 100 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: but his career in his prime ran concurrent with Tiger, 101 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: who was the greatest golfer ever. And so it's like, 102 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you get a bad break. The Utah 103 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: Jazz got a really bad break. They were great when 104 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: the Jordan Bulls were great. And I look at Phil's 105 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: got what forty five career wins, two PGA's, three Masters. 106 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: He wasn't quite as committed as you know, maybe a 107 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods, but I still think he gave us. You 108 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: can't say he underachieved in his career like he that's 109 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: a great career, regardless of top seven eight career, for sure. 110 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: And I think the other part is, I mean, if 111 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, he's the oldest guy to ever win 112 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: a PGA championship, yamship, right yep, which which is the 113 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,559 Speaker 1: is the echo of Tiger because we may look at 114 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: Phil as being not, you know, in perfect shape. I 115 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: mean Tiger became an Adonis. He was he was, he 116 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: was a GNC commercial at fifty years old, still having 117 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: it together is a reflection I think of how the 118 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: athleticism across sports has changed in general, and the influence 119 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: of Tiger in particular on golf, all of these guys 120 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: are living better. And I say that as someone who 121 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: is who just got off the spin bike only because 122 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to have a cigar with some of my 123 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: buddies tonight, and I felt that I had to earn 124 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: the cigar. Sure, you know, Lebron has to win a 125 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: championship to have a cigar. I have to have a 126 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: good session on the spin bike. So my my standards 127 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: are a little bit lower. But I think in general, 128 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to when it comes to sports, like 129 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: the longevity of guys Lebron at thirty six, you know, 130 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: and still playing extremely well Phil at fifty, it's it is. 131 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: It's what we've learned about conditioning and then guys realizing 132 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: I can, I can extend my career. We're changing the 133 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: dynamics of careers as we as we go through this. Yeah, 134 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the best shape Phil Mickelson's ever 135 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: been in. When I looked at him today, I thought, God, 136 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: he's in pretty damn shape, not just for a not 137 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: for a fifty year old, but for a thirty five 138 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: year old golfer. And you know, it's funny. I can 139 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: remember remember back in the late eighties early nineties. I 140 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: thought pasta was a health food We just, you know, 141 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: a good thing. We didn't know. And it is funny 142 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: now because I live next to a juice place called Creation, 143 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: and I mean you can go. It's like the whole 144 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: food juice shops. Just hold on a second. You don't 145 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: live right next door to a juice place. I know 146 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: you were you. There may be one in your neighborhood. 147 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: There may be one in your neighborhood's down town. You 148 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: don't live next to you don't. You don't have a 149 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: walk up apartment that's next. Okay, okay, But the point is, 150 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: I walk into that store. It's my favorite place. It's 151 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: the favor It's the most um visited place on my 152 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 1: little circuit of places I go. And I go to it, 153 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: and I think to myself, it's like it's like a 154 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: health food store, but it doesn't taste like it tastes 155 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: like a health food store. It's like I always wanted 156 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: to be healthy, but until about fifteen years ago. Hell 157 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: if I knew what made you healthy. I just tried 158 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: to not eat a lot and not drink too much. 159 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: Yeah no, I mean I'm eating pizza now, that where 160 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: the bread is made out of cauliflower and I can't 161 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: taste the difference or the you know, the plant based 162 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: the impossible burgers like I've had those. I think I 163 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: think good. I think food and nutrition in general has 164 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: been elevated to a place, um that that simply didn't 165 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: exist ten fifteen years ago. 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We all do this, right. 201 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: That series feels so even to me, Yokichen Dame are 202 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: going to get their points. A lot of it's going 203 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: to be other players beyond Dame and Yokich. I mean, 204 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: they're both great players. Yeah. I just I watched Portland 205 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: Denver and my takeaway was, oh, that's a six or 206 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: seven game series. That's a really that was my interpretation. 207 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: That's a really even series. Your thoughts, I think that's 208 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: I think it's fair. I mean, I could see it 209 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: going six games. I do think Portland has a distinct 210 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: advantage simply because you're now counting on Michael Porter Junior 211 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: to be your second best player, and as a talent 212 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: he is, as a disciplined guy who makes good decisions 213 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: in the postseason, that worries me and I just got 214 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: so much death. I think that the the the trade 215 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: of Gary Trent Junior with Toronto to get Norm Powell, 216 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: I think that was a really smart trade. But I 217 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: get the feeling like Denver has. And this is what 218 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: I was curious about seeing with the postseason, because the 219 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: three point shot was just so huge, bigger than ever 220 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: in meaning during the regular season, and I wanted to 221 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: see if it translated over and that in pace, and 222 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: I just feel like Denver has if they're playing through Yokis, 223 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: they're naturally going to play methodical and so they can't 224 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: fall behind. Like once they're down by eight or nine, 225 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: it's like now they got to play outside of their 226 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: norm and it's not comfort. That's that's that's Milwaukee to me. 227 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: Milwaukee's game is we're gonna make this game ugly and 228 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: it'll be close, and in the end, you know, Miami 229 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: Butler and Bam, everything was a struggle. I do think 230 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: Denver and Milwaukee are not pretty watches. They need games 231 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: to sort of go a certain west. Yes, yes, exactly, 232 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: they have to. They have to be able to establish 233 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: the tempo of the game, they have to control the 234 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: pace of the game. If it's not their tempo or 235 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: their pace, they can't adjust as well as some of 236 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: the other teams. I think you also saw when you 237 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: mentioned the Bucks, like the difference. Everybody's like, what's what's 238 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: the difference that it Drew Holiday makes on that team. Well, 239 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: at the end of the game, you had Drew Holiday, 240 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: you had Chris Middleton and you had Janni Santa Tecumpo 241 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: Bam Auto Bio was on Janis, Jimmy Butler was on 242 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: Drew and that left Duncan Robinson to guard Chris Middleton. 243 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: That's what adding one key player that can you can 244 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: go to at the end of a game, how it 245 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: changes the dynamic and that's where not to go all 246 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: over the board. But with Philadelphia, that's that's the great 247 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: loss or miss in Ben Simmons not becoming a true 248 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: scorer because if you had Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and 249 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: Tobias Harris as you're as as any one of those, 250 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: let's let's let's match up hunt in terms of find 251 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: the matchup and that's where we're going to go to 252 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: at the end of the game. They would be really dangerous. 253 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: And not to say that they're going to have any 254 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: problems with the Wizard, but as they go deeper, that's 255 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: where they become predictable because it's gonna be either Embiid 256 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: or it's Harris, and it's probably gonna be Harris because 257 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: it just takes you too long to get the ball 258 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: to a big man I want to touch. In another 259 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: game yesterday that includes a story about Michael Porter, and 260 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: I talked to Doug Gottlieb about this. The danger, of course, 261 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: is always on your first weekend of NBA playoff action 262 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: overreacting to anything. We're going to get the Suns Lakers 263 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: in a second, yeah, I mean just I mean, the 264 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: Sons had a week to get ready for the Lakers, 265 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: so it's like, just hold on, we'll get to that 266 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: in a second. But I think this is noteworthy, and 267 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: I talked to Doug Gottlieb about this. It's been well chronicled. 268 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: Bill Simmons. Ryan Rousillo talked about that Steve Balmer from 269 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest wanted the Clippers to draft Michael Porter, 270 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: and the Clippers medical staffs like, nope, he's not draftable. 271 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: Well because of his back, which he dealt with for years. 272 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: Well now he's a He's a big time scorer, whether 273 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: you love him or not. He scores the ball very effectively, 274 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: and he will as long as he's healthy for the 275 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: next ten years. So you know, the story goes that 276 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: Balmer was furious as he succeeds in Denver. He's furious 277 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: and does not trust the Clippers kind of executives in 278 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: front office who were all very well compensated. It's the 279 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: biggest front office in the NBA. They're well compensated. So 280 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: that let's transition pivot to the Clippers lost to the MAVs. 281 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: I still think the Clippers match up well with the MAVs. 282 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: But I will say this, and I said this on 283 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: the Herd last week, We've all had a boss in 284 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: our careers. Our shoulders are tight. When you're in the 285 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: room with them, you can sense it's it's and I 286 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: feel Bomber. There's a layer with Bomber's explosiveness, his personality 287 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: where everybody's a little tense in clipper Land. And I 288 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: thought I saw it in Game one. I thought they'd 289 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: the last six seven minutes. Everybody looked around like, hey, 290 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: we weren't good at the end of games this year. 291 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: Rondo's here now. I mean, just I watched the Clippers. 292 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: I do think they'll get past Dallas, But boy, this 293 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: organization feels like it's kind of walking on eggshells a 294 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: little bit. Rick. Look. I like the theory. It fits 295 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: with what I saw, which is I think what you're 296 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: saying is that they were tentative at the end of 297 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: the game. Yes, and for six minutes. Yeah, they were 298 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: just they played too slow. And I looked at it 299 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: and I was thinking, you know what, they think that 300 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: they can win any matchup, Like I don't think they 301 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: really back the Dallas Mavericks. They look at it and 302 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: they go, we have they have doantage and that's it. 303 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: Like who else are we gonna worry about? And so 304 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: let's just we can just massage our way to a win. 305 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: And they played too slow. But it was too they 306 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: became and it's when they I've seen it going back 307 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: to last year. Kauai gets the ball and he's like 308 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: trying to make it. This is why I'm gonna make 309 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: a decision. Am I gonna make a decision? And it's 310 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: just everything stops and the entire defense rests, and you're 311 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: going against the set defense. When they move the ball, 312 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: they're a completely different offense. But but I mean, I 313 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: not I haven't heard that specifically that ballmer is create 314 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: putting pressure on them. Then again, he doesn't have to. 315 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: Some guys are just so well known and so demanding. 316 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: I mean, not to Larry Bird when he was coaching 317 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: of the Pacers, it was he was named the coach 318 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: during the lockout the first lockout in ninety eight, Beggie 319 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: Miller and the team started practicing on their own during 320 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: the lockout, having full blown doing wind sprints, practicing because 321 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: they feared Larry letting him down, not being ready, like 322 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: and and so it's this kind of the same thing. 323 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: It's like, man, we want to we want so badly 324 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: to please this guy because we know what he represents. 325 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: That you go, you go out above and beyond, but 326 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: sometimes it can paralyze you too. You're trying, You're afraid 327 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 1: to disappoint um. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot 328 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: of that stuff's unspoken. It's the dad and the family 329 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: where nobody wants to disappoint Dad doesn't. We've seen daddy. Yeah, 330 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: doesn't say anything, but he's he explodes about twice a year, 331 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: and you just make sure you don't f up because 332 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: dad look short vis Yeah. All right, So you know, listen, 333 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: there's certain things that don't need great discussion. Brooklyn's going 334 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: to beat Boston without Jaylen Brown. That series is there's 335 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: just not enough juice. Philadelphia is going to beat Washington. 336 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: I watched that game this morning. I thought Washington gave 337 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 1: a great effort, but again, they just don't have enough juice, 338 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: and I think Utah's going to eventually breeze through their series. 339 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: But the Lakers' sons is interesting for two reasons. One, 340 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: Phoenix is a handful. They're best four players this year, 341 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: all played on average sixty nine seventy games. They have 342 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: really established chemistry. They play very well together with Ayton. 343 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: They've got size, They've got an elite scorer and booker. 344 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: They've got a Hall of Fame point guard. They've got 345 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: a veteran coach. They've got a nice little rotation of 346 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 1: players they trust. And I watched Game one and Phoenix 347 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: had a week to prepare, so it does matter. There's 348 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: no question they were just sitting there waiting and the 349 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: Lakers just moved right into a hornet nest. But I 350 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: will tell you as I watched it, they're athletic. There's 351 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: a real chemistry here developed over the season. Rick in 352 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,719 Speaker 1: a year in which a lot of players missed a 353 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: lot of games and Chris Paul didn't. This this is 354 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: a tough hour. This is tough. This is a tough 355 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: matchup in my opinion. I agree. I agree, it's it's 356 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: it goes back to what I've been saying most of 357 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: the year, which is when the Lakers made some of 358 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: the roster changes that they did last summer, going from 359 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: Danny Green to West Matthews, going from Surge, going from 360 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: Dwight Howard to Marc Gasol, adding Montres Harold. I guess 361 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 1: instead of Jamal Jamal McGee. We all looked at it, 362 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: and then getting Dennis Struder, we all looked at it 363 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: and said, oh, they got better. And what we've seen 364 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: is I don't think they're better. I think and and 365 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: you guys, you have guys that don't have the same 366 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: motivation like Dwight Howard was trying to redeem himself last year, 367 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: Javal McGee was trying to show that he could be 368 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: part of a championship team outside of Golden State that 369 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: he wasn't just you know, the beneficiary of being part 370 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: of the Warriors. And so I don't think that their 371 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: changes last summer made them better. And in watching Phoenix, 372 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: like when they had to rely when Lebron was off 373 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: the floor and they had to rely on those other pieces, 374 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: that's when they dug a hole. Every time they not 375 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: only couldn't hold serve, they kept creating deficits and the difference, 376 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: you know, what I was watching is like, where is 377 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: lebron Now. There's there's an old saying it's actually borrowed 378 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: it from bj Armstrong's the first one who told me 379 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: about it, which is like with great players, there's a 380 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: margin that you know that they can make up if 381 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: you give them a you know, if they have if 382 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: they have three minutes and you're down by eight, you're 383 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: gonna win the game. They can they can cover that 384 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: that span. And there was a time where lebron had that. 385 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: I mean Jordan had it, Kobe had it, Uh, a 386 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: lot a lot of top players have have had that. 387 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: I don't know what Lebronze is now, but it's it's 388 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: it's definitely single digits. If you're going into the to 389 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: the last three minutes of a game up by ten, 390 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: he can't get you there. He's just he doesn't have 391 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: the energy and the level of aggression necessary to make 392 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: that happen. And so that's where they're in danger. With 393 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 1: this this versatility and depth that the Phoenix Suns have, 394 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: they also have just an incredible hunger, like these guys 395 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: have never been here before. I mean they've never been 396 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 1: here before, and they're the second seed, and what has 397 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: everybody and saying, oh, they're the softest second seed going, 398 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: like the Warriors and the Lakers. The reason the Warriors 399 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: were so abjectly disappointed when they lost that game was 400 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: because even if they won against Memphis, now they have 401 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: to face Utah. The grand prize for the play ins 402 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: was you get to face Phoenix. And I think they're 403 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: aware that they're not looked at as being all that tough. 404 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: And what I saw with DeAndre Ayton and Devin Booker 405 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: in this game were guys who played tough. They played 406 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: like guys who had something to prove. And this is 407 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: also the beauty of finally seeing your young players in 408 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: the postseason, because now you really get to find out 409 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: who they are. Ideally you find out before you have 410 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: to pay them first glance. Devin Booker and DeAndre Aton 411 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: look like to me guys that not only can win 412 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: for you in the regular season. I can have expectations 413 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: for the postseason. Cam Johnson, Cam Johnson mckel bridges, maybe 414 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: not so much like you just see the under the 415 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: bright lights of the postseason when you have to be 416 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,719 Speaker 1: a little more exact and suddenly they're not making the 417 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: same plays they did in the regular season. That's valuable 418 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 1: information from a from a franchise standpoint. You know, it's 419 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,360 Speaker 1: why New Orleans, like, what do they really know about 420 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: all those guys in terms of who you want to 421 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: pay and who you want to build around because you've 422 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: never seen them in the postseason? Like, you can have 423 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: an expectation based on what they average and what they 424 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: do during the regular season, but that doesn't mean they 425 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: can take the leap to the next level. And so 426 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see this this series. You know, we've 427 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: seen the Lakers drop game ones before, so I don't 428 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: want to get ahead of ourselves, but I you know, 429 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: and it's not even maybe not that they that they 430 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: have the potential of losing to Phoenix, but it feels 431 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: like their vulnerability is greater than year. You know, it's 432 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: no question Nicks. You know, what are they going to 433 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: look like against Portland or or Denver? You know, it's 434 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: it'll be It's going to be interesting. Um, I'm I'm 435 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: looking forward to that series as much as any of them. 436 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: It must have been ten fifteen years ago there was 437 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: a movie made called My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It 438 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: had a bunch of people that you really didn't know. 439 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: I think John Corbett may have been kind of known, 440 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: but it was sort of this starless movie. It was 441 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: a massive hit, and you immediately fell in love with 442 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: the family. The Knicks have a little bit of this 443 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: with them. I'm rooting for Alec Brooks and an old 444 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: Derrick Rose cast off Julius Randall from the Lakers who 445 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: didn't play well. But the Knicks are wildly entertaining because 446 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: they've bought in to Tom Thibodeaux, and they're not a 447 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: great team. These are not championship teams. This game, this 448 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: series is going to be back and forth. But I 449 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: find myself and I'm not from New York. I lived 450 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: in and around New York for ten to eleven years. 451 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: But there's something about teams that buy into playing hard, 452 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: even if they have an incredibly low ceiling. And Atlanta 453 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: outplays him in the first half. RJ. Barrett, big dunk, 454 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: big left handed sweeping dunk sort of change the temperature 455 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: in the garden. I find the Knicks. They don't have stars. 456 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: Julius Randall's not a top twenty five player in the league, 457 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: despite the year he's not. But I find that I 458 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: find the Knicks to be a team. They know they 459 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: need each other, they know their limitations. And I mean 460 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: listen when Alec Burke's you know again, when he's leading 461 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: you and Derek Rose and old Derek Rose off the bench. 462 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: By the way, the Knicks bench was great. You know 463 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: that's kind of it's giving you pretty obvious signs of 464 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: their ceiling. So don't get too low on the loss. 465 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: We know this is not going to end with Tom 466 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: Thibodeau hoisting a trophy. We know it's not going to 467 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: end that way. But your team has a soul. You 468 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: may be down oh one, but your team as a soul, 469 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: and if you come back and win this series, and 470 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: I think you can, the key is don't overreact. They 471 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 1: could overspend on Julius Randall. That's a date. That's a mistake. 472 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: I mean, that's not a date. That's no question. Okay. 473 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: Second thing though, is when you look at TIB's history 474 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: and your thoughts on this, he grinds the shit out 475 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: of his players. They play hard in the regular season 476 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: and players by end. But I have watched so many 477 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: I know what he is in the postseason. Teams get tired, 478 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: teams wear out, and there's this joyfulness with Nick fans 479 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: like we're back, We're here, and I feel like, no, no, no, 480 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: you are here. There's going to be so much pain 481 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: over the next two to three years on the Randall 482 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: contract and the TIBs ceiling. And I do think you 483 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: can kind of sense it when you'll watch this Atlanta 484 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: series and you'll be like, what do we do with Randall? Yeah? 485 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: What what is TIBs? The classic Kirk Cousins can win 486 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: a division and that's it. Yeah. He I mean, he's 487 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,719 Speaker 1: a culture changer. They needed to change their culture. They 488 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: needed to get back to attention to detail and being 489 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: tough and and I you know, honestly, Scott Perry, who 490 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: was kind of moved down the latter Ron Rose, came in. 491 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: Scott Perry gave them a team perfect for tips. He comes. 492 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he took the Detroit model what they built. 493 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: H he built as an assistant GM with Joe Dumars, 494 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: with Chauncey Billups and Rip and Tayshawn Prince and Rashid 495 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: and Ben Wallace and um and he basically said, you know, 496 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: I want to have a team that's going to be 497 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: tough and it's going to have depth and uh, and 498 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: that's what he gave Tips, and that's perfect for Tips 499 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: because he is going to grind guys. He wants guys 500 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: who are tough, he wants veteran guys, he wants smart guys, 501 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: and so this is a good team for him. But 502 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: TIBs is going to maximize what you are. Every game 503 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: when he played, they were three and two and what 504 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: they were playing the Lakers, I believe, and they'd rather 505 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: than going home three and three on the on the 506 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: road trip, Tibbs wanted to go home four and two 507 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: in the worst way and say, you know, we finished 508 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: it off and we beat the Lakers. So we played 509 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: Derek Rose almost twenty two minutes straight, yes, five minutes 510 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: of overtime. I mean it was insane. I'm like, do 511 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: you know what you were around for Derek Rose when 512 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: he broke down? Like what are you doing? But that's Tips. 513 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: You can't help himself. Like every game he's an NFL coach. 514 00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: Every game it means everything, and so he's he can 515 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: he can change your culture. He builds your foundation. But 516 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: when you want to go to the next level, you 517 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: have to get somebody who knows how to coach talent. 518 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: And he knows how to how to pull, push and pull. 519 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: No one to go hard, no one to pull back. 520 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: Tims doesn't know how to do that. And so, um, yes, 521 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: you're you're you're one hundred percent right. I've been saying 522 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: this with the Knicks. Knicks fans easy easy. When they 523 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: got you know, they became the fourth seat, it was like, oh, 524 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: hey we could win a series. Hey we might be contenders, 525 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: you know, like Julius Randall's MVP. I'm like, no, no, 526 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: no, no no, no, no, no, no, no. You're a great 527 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: regular season team. Enjoy that you're in the playoffs. Enjoy 528 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: Let you get to see R. J. Barrett and some 529 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: of you YOURNG players and see what they're made of 530 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: again in the postseason. But there's a lot of work 531 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: to be done here. Now. Your thing about because I 532 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: knew where you were leading. You didn't actually say it, 533 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: but I think what you were leading to was the 534 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: Knicks have to find a way to get on Williamson. 535 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: Zion Williamson needs to be in New York for the 536 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: good of the league and himself. And in one respect, 537 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: this is what I agree with you. The dynamic game 538 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: and the personality. I just and he's well spoken. I 539 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: mean he's got this yeah, this just this everything. Yeah. 540 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: I really like the magnitude. Yes, there's this, this, this 541 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: personableness about him, maxed with the just the amazing athleticism 542 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: that he has in control. He's such a talking about 543 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: unicorns like Porzingis is a unicorn and that you can't 544 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: find him, Zion is a true unicorn, and that we 545 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: have not seen anything. I think. I think people make 546 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 1: the comparison of Charles Barkley is probably the closest thing, 547 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: but Zion's another step up in terms of just dynamic 548 00:32:54,680 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: moves with the ball. Oh yeah. The problem is the 549 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: problem is that if you're going to build a if 550 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: you're going to build a team around him, he's going 551 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: to be your point forward. He had the ball has 552 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,239 Speaker 1: to be in his hands. He's going to be your 553 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: playmaker essentially, which means that he has to become a 554 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: much better passer and reader of offenses. And then I'm 555 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: just going to surround him with three point shooters. Now 556 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: I also need a three point shooter at the other 557 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: big spot because he's a terrible defender. He has to 558 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: get better as a defenders. He's so dynamic and so 559 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: good at one thing, which is getting to the rim. 560 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: But he really there's nothing else about his game that 561 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: is extraordinary. He's not a good rebounder, he's not a 562 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: good defender. I think he's a great handle and he's 563 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: a good passer, but his like I would love to 564 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: see him evolve and then build a team around him. 565 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: But if it depends on when he gets to New York, 566 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: because if he gets to New York before he evolves, 567 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: New York's a tough market, like well, I don't even 568 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't even think he has to. I think New 569 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: York has to be very cautious about Julius randallin over 570 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: paying him. And I wasn't really linked. I mean, I 571 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,479 Speaker 1: love to see Zion in New York, but I would 572 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: love to see it, but I don't, you know, he's 573 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: not the Only thing I would say is because of 574 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: his shoe deal, he may be the first player who 575 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: doesn't and the first player in league history does not. Also, 576 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: he also doesn't need to sign his second contract with 577 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: the Pelicans. Yes, he doesn't need to. That was built 578 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,959 Speaker 1: so that players wouldn't leave. You know, the bottom line 579 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: is he had a bigger shoe deal out of the 580 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: gate than lebron so he doesn't need that money. He 581 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: can make it. If he remains healthy, he can make it. 582 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: Make up that market, make up that money. But but 583 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: I do think it's interesting because the Knicks are gonna, 584 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 1: you know again, Knicks in Atlanta this weekend doesn't mean 585 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: a ton, It really doesn't. But I think going forward, 586 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 1: New York has to be very cautious here to not 587 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: overexaggerate what Randall is and not overlook what TIBs can 588 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: be as well. Except that's what New York does with 589 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: every team in every star. If in New York they 590 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: go crazy at the the least bit of success, it means, oh, 591 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,439 Speaker 1: a championship is just around the corner. There's no there's 592 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: no temperance in New York. It's it's it's and the 593 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,760 Speaker 1: expectation is as soon as they get a little bit good, 594 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: now we're going to be great. And that's not how 595 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,719 Speaker 1: they are built. The other thing is we're you know, 596 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: we're talking about Zion and we're talking about the Pelicans, 597 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: and I just you know that dynamics of sports. You 598 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 1: know the business of sports as well as anyone and 599 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: I and I understand it too. But there's a part 600 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: of me that the fact that we talk about Zion 601 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: and the Pelicans and we don't talk about John Morant 602 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:17,399 Speaker 1: and the Grizzlies at all. And yeah, like, for me, 603 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: if you're asking me which guy I would build around, 604 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: and I said it when I said, you know, nobody's 605 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: gonna take John Morant number one, but they should because 606 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: you're not worried about the injury history. He plays the 607 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: most important position. Yeah, I mean all of it. It's 608 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: it's and and now seeing that he's for real, I mean, 609 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: led a team to the eighth seed last year and 610 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: then the bubble kind of took them under um, got 611 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 1: them in and got them past the Warriors. I like 612 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: the they have. They've built the right kind of players 613 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: around him. Guys who don't need the ball um, guy 614 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 1: who are physically tough. I mean, Dylan Brooks next to 615 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: John Morant is as close to Clay Thompson next to 616 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: Steph Curry as you're going to find right now in 617 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: the league. So I love what they've I love what 618 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: they've built. The problem is they're in Memphis, so nobody cares. 619 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: Like nobody's going to get behind the Grizzlies. But I 620 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 1: just think they've done such a better job than the Pelicans. 621 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: It's a they're a mess. Like I am. I playing 622 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: Steven Adams next to Zion Williamson, I now means I 623 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 1: have two players who can't shoot the three in a 624 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: three dominant league, and I yeah, it like that team. 625 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 1: And then I draft Jackson Hayes, who like is a 626 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: rim runner. It just doesn't It doesn't make any sense. 627 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: And so but we like, you know, in general, because 628 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: Zion is there, because he is so electric, we spend 629 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,799 Speaker 1: a lot of time looking at the Pelicans when I 630 00:37:55,840 --> 00:38:00,120 Speaker 1: feel like, you know what, Grizzlies are in much better shape. 631 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: They have a star that I would trust on evolving 632 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 1: more than the Pelican star, and they deserve more of 633 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: our attention if only they weren't in Memphis. Let's get picture, yeah, 634 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,480 Speaker 1: big picture. Over the weekend, I worry a little about 635 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,879 Speaker 1: the Clippers, but I do think they match up well 636 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: over time. I worry a little about the Lakers, but 637 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 1: I think you have to be careful that Phoenix was 638 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: very well rested. They've got real chemistry. They were they 639 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: were at home. I don't nothing this weekend moved me 640 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:39,520 Speaker 1: to fear or predictions. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there was nothing 641 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: where I went, oh, whoa, they're way better than I thought, 642 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: or they're way worse than I thought. Um. Some of 643 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 1: that I think is having a little bit of you know, 644 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: reserve about judging too much off of game ones. So 645 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:01,880 Speaker 1: so there's that. Um. But by the way, you saw 646 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: why Chris Paul was on my MVP ballot because when 647 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: his when he tweaked his shoulder and he was out, 648 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,640 Speaker 1: Oh my god, did they How fast did they come apart? 649 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: Now they kind And by the way, even even when 650 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: he came back and didn't score, he was still giving 651 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: you assists in minutes. It didn't matter he was on 652 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: the floor. Just his presence that there's just a confidence factor. 653 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,799 Speaker 1: Even though he I mean he airballed what four of 654 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: his last five shots? He was he was throwing it 655 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: like sideways. Yeah, he could not control anything with his 656 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,720 Speaker 1: right hand. The ball kept moving out of his hand. 657 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: So that's what scares me about the Suns. That's why 658 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: I'm also reluctant to jump on the Sun's bandwagon, because 659 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:53,439 Speaker 1: I still think that so much of what they are 660 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: and who they are is Chris Paul. And he is 661 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: what thirty six years thirty five, thirty six years old 662 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,200 Speaker 1: and just has a history of breaking down this time 663 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: of year, So I just it's hard for me to 664 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,879 Speaker 1: trust that because I don't think they're ready. I think 665 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,759 Speaker 1: he still plays a huge role and he's and he's very, 666 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:16,160 Speaker 1: very vulnerable. But that's why what you saw, I feel 667 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: in the playoffs so far is why I did not 668 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 1: have Steph Curry on my MVP ballot and I had 669 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:36,800 Speaker 1: Yokich Embiid, Chris Paul, Janisanta Tecumpo and who am I 670 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: forgetting Luca Dan Because I just the one outlier was 671 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: Chris Paul versus Steph Curry. That was kind of really 672 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,319 Speaker 1: the decision that I had to make. And I just 673 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: think Chris Paul has had such a profound effect on 674 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: the culture of the Suns. And if you look at 675 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 1: his efficiency is scoring okay, but he's like the average 676 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: is like four four and a half assists to a turnover. 677 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he just he changed the whole dynamic of 678 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: that team, and I just felt that that deserved to 679 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,839 Speaker 1: be recognized. Not that Steph didn't have a great year, 680 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,400 Speaker 1: but who is there who is their primary playmaker was 681 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: Draymond Green, Like Steph was the scorer and a phenomenal scorer. 682 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:28,200 Speaker 1: But they defensively, he wasn't their leader playmaking, he wasn't 683 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,359 Speaker 1: their leader. He was there, you know, I mean he 684 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 1: was their leader in every other respect, just because they 685 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,319 Speaker 1: trusted him so much to do what he needed to do. 686 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,160 Speaker 1: But that to me, and I don't know why. Maybe 687 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: this is this is true confessions here with Colin. That's 688 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,200 Speaker 1: what I feel vindicated to a certain extent in terms 689 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,360 Speaker 1: of how we had to vote the day after the 690 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,359 Speaker 1: regular season ended. But where we are right now with 691 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,279 Speaker 1: Steph and the Warriors out and what we saw from 692 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,239 Speaker 1: the guys that are on my ballot, I feel is 693 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,280 Speaker 1: a reflection of what I saw on the regular season. 694 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: All right, Bukes, great stuff. By the way, folks, you 695 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: got little Mickelson, you got a little NBA Playoffs stuff 696 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: on our Monday morning podcast. Check us out at The 697 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: Volume Sports on Twitter and Instagram, Rate review, subscribe. Bukes 698 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: is always great talking to Youboddy, same Colin. You got 699 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:49,480 Speaker 1: it The Volume