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Speaker 2: what they wanted going on. Everybody, welcome back to the
Speaker 2: VC Show. As I talked about, the NBA is steady going.
Speaker 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers are still doing their thing, and everybody,
Speaker 2: I think in the beginning of the year wonder how
Speaker 2: long can they sustain playing this way and how long
Speaker 2: would they be the number one team or I'm sorry,
Speaker 2: go undefeated And they're not undefeated, but yet there's still
Speaker 2: the number one team. They faced the Boston Celtics, who
Speaker 2: were the number two team in the East game with
Speaker 2: the Cavs pulling the victory out. Donovan Mitchell, first and
Speaker 2: foremost has been spectacular, outstanding, a leader, a go to guy,
Speaker 2: all the above. I think he's doing everything that needs
Speaker 2: to be done to still be one of the best players,
Speaker 2: but still empowering your other guys. I think Darius Garland
Speaker 2: is a huge piece to their success, allowing him to
Speaker 2: be the all Star guard that he is that is
Speaker 2: very capable of scoring, facilitating and making plays. And then
Speaker 2: we got to give a shout out to Evan Mobley.
Speaker 2: I think Evan Moldley. Evan Mobley has put the work
Speaker 2: in this summer, has gotten better shooting the ball from outside,
Speaker 2: shooting a three point shot. I mean he's only shooting
Speaker 2: thirty one percent, but his zero hesitation with his shot.
Speaker 2: And I enjoy watching this team playoffs pleasantly surprised. I mean,
Speaker 2: I don't think anybody saw the Cleveland Cavaliers coming out
Speaker 2: with the bang like that. I know they've lost out
Speaker 2: of the three losses, they've lost twice to the Hawks,
Speaker 2: but they've stayed the course and that's important. They've stayed
Speaker 2: the course and they're not bored. I think they want
Speaker 2: to show that they're very capable of saying. Donovan Mitchell
Speaker 2: has a lot to prove this year, and he's going
Speaker 2: about it the right way, getting guys involved early, allowing
Speaker 2: himself to be the start of the years in the
Speaker 2: second half, particularly in the fourth quarter. Then there's the
Speaker 2: Boston Celtics. Yes, they lost their second in the East.
Speaker 2: Right now, it's a great matchup. I think that matchup
Speaker 2: throughout the year is going to go back and forth.
Speaker 2: But I've said right now, the Boston Celtics are still
Speaker 2: the team to beat. I think their two superstars have
Speaker 2: a lot to prove. They want to prove to us
Speaker 2: the world that they are still the best in the league.
Speaker 2: And they want to get the bad taste, if you would,
Speaker 2: from the summer out of their miles and and prove
Speaker 2: to us that they were worthy of obviously minutes and
Speaker 2: being in the on the Olympic team. So their team
Speaker 2: is steady, Their team is solid. I mean, you you
Speaker 2: implement for zingis that just makes them even better, even stronger.
Speaker 2: I think that battle and we'll see them going back
Speaker 2: and forth throughout the season, maybe not wanting maybe one
Speaker 2: and two. I mean they're they're literally half a game.
Speaker 2: It's not a game in that game, game and a
Speaker 2: half if I'm not mistaken out away from each other.
Speaker 2: So and then there's the Orlando Magic creeping up. I
Speaker 2: want to talk about the Magic Real Quick, who are
Speaker 2: third in the East right now. Their superstar they're all
Speaker 2: star Powo ban Carro is out. But let me tell
Speaker 2: you something, six game winning streak, has won nine out
Speaker 2: of ten games without power. I think Jamal Mosley deserves
Speaker 2: a lot of credit for this team buying in. I've
Speaker 2: called some games a couple of years ag go, and
Speaker 2: I was thoroughly impressed on his approach to the team.
Speaker 2: And and they all, all these guys bought it. Yes,
Speaker 2: it's a young crew, so you know, when you're young,
Speaker 2: guys want to prove they're worse than where they stand
Speaker 2: in the league. But he's he's allowing them to do that.
Speaker 2: But at the same time, there's structure as guys buying in.
Speaker 2: Franz has been playing outstanding basketball right now for for them,
Speaker 2: taking over as the go to guy for this team.
Speaker 2: He's hit some game winners, he's hit some big shots,
Speaker 2: he's made big plays. And I mean not only he's
Speaker 2: just hitting shots. He's getting to the free throw line.
Speaker 2: They had a big winning against the Nets at at
Speaker 2: at Brooklyn fourteen free throw attempts. Like that's that's big time.
Speaker 2: That's that's superstar status, that's all star status. I'll say
Speaker 2: so implementing Polo back in the mix. Now you have
Speaker 2: two guys that can get the job done, plus all
Speaker 2: of the young talented guys that has been there. They
Speaker 2: have a core group of guys the magic that has
Speaker 2: been together, that understand their role. That is important to
Speaker 2: me that they understand their role. And if you talk
Speaker 2: and think about the teams that are let's talk about
Speaker 2: the top three that we just talked about. Everybody in
Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics, they understand their role. You've now seeing
Speaker 2: the Cleveland Cavaliers understand their role. The players understand their
Speaker 2: role on the team. And if you play your role
Speaker 2: to the best of your ability, you have success. And
Speaker 2: you understand your superstars can be superstars, but your role
Speaker 2: players can be superstar players in their role, and I
Speaker 2: think these three teams are getting that out of their players.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna jump to the West real quick. OKC Vers
Speaker 2: the Houston Rockets played each other one nineteen one to
Speaker 2: sixteen win. Rockets get that win at home versus a
Speaker 2: very good OKAC team who I think is another team
Speaker 2: that is playing or understanding their role. Houston Rockets, I
Speaker 2: think now understanding their role. Two very good coaches coaching
Speaker 2: their team with young guys. Well, I mean half the
Speaker 2: league now is young. So when I say that, I
Speaker 2: mean very young guy, not very young. But they have
Speaker 2: young guys that are all buying in. They know who
Speaker 2: their star players, they know who their go to guy is.
Speaker 2: You know, especially if you look at OKC, you look
Speaker 2: at SGA, you know he's the go to guy. But man,
Speaker 2: let me tell you they are buying in there defending,
Speaker 2: and that those guys are half a game away from
Speaker 2: each other. So that's going to be another battle in
Speaker 2: the West. SGA is doing SGA things. Jalen Williams I
Speaker 2: think is playing great basketball. Hartenstein. I'm gonna give props
Speaker 2: to Hartenstein. I think he had nineteen and fourteen in
Speaker 2: that loss to Houston, but he is so valuable. I
Speaker 2: personally think the Knicks are looking back, like, man, that's
Speaker 2: a guy nineteen at nineteen and thirteen. I think they
Speaker 2: looking back saying he's a guy that they am. They
Speaker 2: shouldn't have let go. I mean, obviously they have the reasons,
Speaker 2: but I feel like he would have been a great
Speaker 2: compliment to Cat with the Knicks because you don't have
Speaker 2: to run place for him. But that guy plays hard.
Speaker 2: He defends any big that you want. He's a decent
Speaker 2: defender against guards. He's decent in the pick and roll.
Speaker 2: But he's gonna hustle, he's gonna play hard. He's gonna
Speaker 2: get you extra possessions. Being that the game is like
Speaker 2: it is this nowadays, with you want to shoot threes well,
Speaker 2: being able to offensive rebound for kickout threes falls right
Speaker 2: in line with what you want. And he does that
Speaker 2: for the ok See Thunder just like he did for
Speaker 2: the Knicks. Man, I tell you he's valuable. I think
Speaker 2: he's a great pickup for Okay See. Then you have
Speaker 2: that guy called Fred van Vliet. He's kind of the
Speaker 2: old guy the group. He's the champion. He put up
Speaker 2: numbers man, he understands what Jalen Green who By the way,
Speaker 2: he's playing great basketball this year for those who've seen
Speaker 2: video and him putting the work in this summer making
Speaker 2: sure he's around talented guys and focusing on what he
Speaker 2: needs to focus on. You can see his growth and
Speaker 2: his improvement. He didn't have a great game, only six
Speaker 2: shot attempts, two for six, but that's just their team. Well,
Speaker 2: the next man steps up, well, usually it's Fred van Vliet,
Speaker 2: the veteran who understands when I need to be a
Speaker 2: facilitator and he understands when I need to go out
Speaker 2: and score, and he did that. Shangoun is very good
Speaker 2: basketball player. He had another big night, damn near a
Speaker 2: triple double, and shout out to Jabari Smith. He kind
Speaker 2: of falls in line with you know, I watched him
Speaker 2: play periodically and obviously when Jalen Green's not having a
Speaker 2: big night, Jabari kind of gets more touches and he
Speaker 2: takes advantage of it when he does. He had a
Speaker 2: big night of a double double fifteen to fourteen. So
Speaker 2: they're a solid team. And of course Dylan Brooks, in
Speaker 2: my opinion, is a wild part, but he's the he's
Speaker 2: the emotional leader. He's a guy that can can score
Speaker 2: a little bit, obviously can rebound, but he's going to
Speaker 2: defend the best player. He's going to try to frustrate them,
Speaker 2: take them out of their game. But and when he
Speaker 2: needs to, he can get them buckets. So obviously when
Speaker 2: he has big knights, that's kind of a next factor,
Speaker 2: that's kind of a plus in their corner. So the
Speaker 2: Houston Rockets are playing great basketball again. Their number two
Speaker 2: in the in the West behind Okay. See, but let's
Speaker 2: have some more in the West. I want to let's
Speaker 2: touch on Memphis. Not well Memphis. Let's talk about Memphis
Speaker 2: real quick. They're right there in the mix. They're third
Speaker 2: in the West. They're just solid. They're just solid. We've
Speaker 2: seen when joh goes out, they struggle a little bit,
Speaker 2: but they still hold on. And obviously when Job comes back,
Speaker 2: their dynamic Golden State worries. I think we can all
Speaker 2: be honest, we weren't sure what we what were we
Speaker 2: going to get from the the Warriors this year as
Speaker 2: far as where would they fall, how would they sit?
Speaker 2: At one point they were number one in the West. Uh.
Speaker 2: They lose a dynamic player, a guy who was a
Speaker 2: core core guy in in Klay Thompson. And I thought
Speaker 2: it was a great pickup. He was a he's a
Speaker 2: shooter like Clay Thompson. Hear me out a different player
Speaker 2: but he's a movement guy. He's he plays, he fits
Speaker 2: into the offense on how they play. He's just you
Speaker 2: just now, bring another movement guy who can shoot dynamic
Speaker 2: shooting a three off off the catch, off the move,
Speaker 2: or stand still and he can put the ball on
Speaker 2: the floor a little bit. And he defends, you know,
Speaker 2: he tries to go out there and defend. He does
Speaker 2: a pretty solid job. And I thought he had a splash.
Speaker 2: He meaning Buddy Hill, had a splash coming out for
Speaker 2: the Warriors early in the season and just giving them
Speaker 2: that weapon that we weren't sure they had or lost.
Speaker 2: And he comes in. He's played played well. Kaminga obviously
Speaker 2: has been great for them. Steph is doing Steph things.
Speaker 2: And I think also we should say Draymond has been
Speaker 2: playing very good basketball. I think he's been more offensive minded,
Speaker 2: shooting more threes. In my opinion, maybe it just looks
Speaker 2: like that, but he's been a little more offensive minded
Speaker 2: to He's taken to five threes their last game, so
Speaker 2: he's he's kind of getting getting involved in. It's just
Speaker 2: all hisnds on deck. Prazinski, Ah, Gary Payton. I think
Speaker 2: Moses Moody, who didn't play a lot of minutes he's
Speaker 2: I think his minutes are still up and down. It's
Speaker 2: a guy who they had high hopes for, so I
Speaker 2: think he's a hit or miss guy. Jackson Davis has
Speaker 2: been solid rebounding, So they have a core group of guys.
Speaker 2: But it falls in line of what I was saying earlier,
Speaker 2: guys understanding their role, and I think that's important in
Speaker 2: this league right now. Yes, sometimes you get a role
Speaker 2: that that you're not in love with because you feel
Speaker 2: that you can you can do more, or you even
Speaker 2: want to do more and to see the team sees
Speaker 2: different because of talent on the roster. But like if
Speaker 2: you can buy into just that man, good things happen
Speaker 2: to you as an individual and good things happen to
Speaker 2: you as a team. Well. Obviously, Warriors plays the Suns
Speaker 2: not too long ago and another solid team. I feel
Speaker 2: like they they're eighth right now, the Suns, I feel
Speaker 2: like their team that will they will work their way up.
Speaker 2: They'll work their way up. But I think nobody imagine
Speaker 2: the Clippers playing so well right now, who are seven
Speaker 2: behind the Lakers who are six, or just you know,
Speaker 2: up and down solid. Obviously AD's playing well, but Phoenix.
Speaker 2: I feel like they're middle of the pack right now.
Speaker 2: I feel like they can work their way up into
Speaker 2: a sixth seed. It depends on how healthy Memphis stays,
Speaker 2: what the Clippers do, and obviously the Lakers. If the
Speaker 2: Lakers remain solid throughout the year, because they've been up
Speaker 2: and down, I mean, Lebron is playing solid, ads playing
Speaker 2: at the MVP level. I just think they need Lakers
Speaker 2: need their core group to continue to play well. Now
Speaker 2: I said this to be consistent, Uh, the Lakers play,
Speaker 2: I mean, guys outside of the they're two superstars, they're
Speaker 2: they're there, They're bench and complimentary. Guys just have to
Speaker 2: be solid all season for them to uh, to to
Speaker 2: hang in there. Like I said, they're the sixth right now.
Speaker 2: Who knows what happens. I mean we're talking about sixth
Speaker 2: place when the Denver Nuggets are currently nine. Who's taking
Speaker 2: a step back right now? But this is the team
Speaker 2: that has championship pedigree, understands how to win. Will they
Speaker 2: make a move to get a guy in Also, they've
Speaker 2: been injured. Gordon Hurt I think is hurting them right now.
Speaker 2: So this is the team that potentially can move up.
Speaker 2: So Suns being solid. Lakers bench being solid is important
Speaker 2: because some of these other teams later on in the
Speaker 2: year can move up in the East. Well, I also
Speaker 2: want to mention two more teams since we're in the West,
Speaker 2: Timberwolves in Sacramento Kings. I go with the Timberwolves first,
Speaker 2: who are in the eleventh place right now, out of
Speaker 2: the play in as of now. Yes, it's early in
Speaker 2: the season. I know you guys are saying, oh, it's
Speaker 2: early in the season. Yes, just for context, there are
Speaker 2: eleventh which is surprising to me, I think. But at
Speaker 2: the same time, this is still that honeymoon phase that
Speaker 2: I think. They've played nineteen twenty games Minnesota that is,
Speaker 2: and they're still getting accustomed and used to a new
Speaker 2: addition to their team and Julius Randall and how they
Speaker 2: want to play, and they're right there. They're right there.
Speaker 2: I just I thought they would be better. But there again,
Speaker 2: it's early in the season and good things can happen.
Speaker 2: Sacramento Kings are another team that I felt because of
Speaker 2: the season they had last year, they kept their core
Speaker 2: group of guys with a great, great pickup in my opinion,
Speaker 2: in the rosan guy who can get you a bucket late. Obviously,
Speaker 2: darreon Fox is playing outstanding right now. But I thought
Speaker 2: DeRozan is a guy and he still think he is
Speaker 2: a guy who you can get the ball to one,
Speaker 2: can get you in the penalty because he can draw fouls,
Speaker 2: and the guy who can just get you a bucket period.
Speaker 2: And he takes some pressure off of Fox having to
Speaker 2: be that score or even some bonus. So yeah, and
Speaker 2: then Malik Monk has had a slow start. I know,
Speaker 2: he was injured coming back, so they have a nucleus
Speaker 2: of guys. Kevin Herder hasn't really played well so far,
Speaker 2: but there again, they're nineteen twenty games into the season.
Speaker 2: It's early. It's just the early critique on and what
Speaker 2: these tams are doing. And hell, obviously the second half,
Speaker 2: the middle portion to the second half of the season
Speaker 2: is when you want to to get better and all
Speaker 2: of course, after all Star you want to hit your peak.
Speaker 2: So these teams have betteran guys who understand how this
Speaker 2: works throughout the season. This is just it's not panic
Speaker 2: time yet for these teams. Now when we talk about
Speaker 2: panic time, we're gonna go to the East and we're
Speaker 2: talking about the seventy six ers, as far as far
Speaker 2: as panic time, and I know seventy Sixers fans. The
Speaker 2: first thing said, oh, we've been injured, Yes you have,
Speaker 2: and you haven't had your your your your your group,
Speaker 2: your core group of guys, your superstar, your three headed
Speaker 2: monster on the floor that bit in and out. I
Speaker 2: think they've only played a few games together. It's just
Speaker 2: it's just guys who are always bit by the injury. Boggin.
Speaker 2: It's unfortunate because they're superstar players, some of the best
Speaker 2: in the league. But when you're you're you're sitting in
Speaker 2: fourteenth place with only four five wins. Man, when you
Speaker 2: look at that team like you read them on paper
Speaker 2: and you're just like, there's no way we should be
Speaker 2: that bad right now. In the East, it's kind of
Speaker 2: unfortunate when you have a Joe llenb when you have
Speaker 2: a Paul George and I was Tyres Maxie, who I'm
Speaker 2: a huge fan of. So I'm interested to see how it's.
Speaker 2: Like I said, there are eighteen to twenty games into
Speaker 2: the season, so I'm interested to see how they can
Speaker 2: turn this around. Can they at least get themselves into
Speaker 2: a play in It's plenty of time, But can they
Speaker 2: play themselves into a play in tournament. Remains to be
Speaker 2: seen as you move work your way up the East.
Speaker 2: The Detroit Pistons right now are in tenth place who
Speaker 2: are playing solid basketball. They're not that team that we've
Speaker 2: typically seen at the bottom. It's just you still have
Speaker 2: some core young guys and I think JB. Bickerstaff, who
Speaker 2: I think is a very good coach. His time was
Speaker 2: up in Cleveland, but he's now taken that strategy, his
Speaker 2: style of coaching to Detroit and you're seeing a change
Speaker 2: a turn. You're seeing a change in their culture and
Speaker 2: how they're playing. Guys are buying in, and you still
Speaker 2: have to go in there and go beat that team
Speaker 2: if you're gonna win. Miami Heat are going to be
Speaker 2: the Miami Heat. They're they're they're currently set where they
Speaker 2: six right now, and they're just a solidid team. They're
Speaker 2: not really talked about. They're just kind of just cruising along.
Speaker 2: Those are the teams that scared me. Obviously. They have
Speaker 2: playoff pedigree, you know, know how to win into the playoffs,
Speaker 2: so they're just kind of coasting along. Those are those
Speaker 2: teams are talking about veteran teams that understand middle to
Speaker 2: the back end of the season is where they make
Speaker 2: their push. So they're just kind of creeping around. Which
Speaker 2: brings me to the Milwaukee Bucks. I'm still trying to
Speaker 2: figure that team out. I mean, Giannis is playing h
Speaker 2: lights out this year. He's doing his thing. It's just
Speaker 2: it's just it's just the weird season seeing them play.
Speaker 2: I mean, they're still above five hundred. I just don't know.
Speaker 2: But there's a team that's that's I don't want to
Speaker 2: say coasting, but like they're right in the hunt, fifth, sixth,
Speaker 2: somewhere in there. Understand they hit their stride at the
Speaker 2: back end of the season. Do they have enough? Are
Speaker 2: they healthy? We shall see the Knicks the same. Uh.
Speaker 2: I mean I was concerned with the Knicks. I thought offensively,
Speaker 2: Carl Anthony, uh, it is a great pickup. I didn't
Speaker 2: like the I didn't like to see him at the five.
Speaker 2: That's why I thought Hartenstein. Obviously there are other bigs
Speaker 2: right now are are injured, but I just thought Hartenstein,
Speaker 2: what is a great pickup for him? Energy guy you
Speaker 2: don't have to on places for because of his ability
Speaker 2: to just defend and get you extra possessions. Metchell Robinson, right,
Speaker 2: now still injured. He's a guy that's another defender, shot blocker,
Speaker 2: so obviously when he when he gets back, they get
Speaker 2: him implemented. They've changed. Like I said, they're still in
Speaker 2: fourth right now. It's you know, these are just critiques
Speaker 2: and just where they are. But I think they're obviously
Speaker 2: very capable of doing making some noise in I should say,
Speaker 2: making some noise in the East, sitting that fourth and
Speaker 2: we don't even don't even have Obviously they're anchored defensively,
Speaker 2: but they're getting it done that they're they're well above
Speaker 2: five hundred. Like I said, fourth right now, they're probably
Speaker 2: two and a half games out of third, which which
Speaker 2: is the magic. So it's been it's been great. I
Speaker 2: just wanted to kind of take a brief runt down
Speaker 2: down the East and the West. I didn't mention the
Speaker 2: Dallas Mavericks, who's been playing solid basketball. Kyrie has been great,
Speaker 2: and they they are sitting at fifth and they didn't
Speaker 2: even have Luca. Then Luca comes back and he puts
Speaker 2: on the show. So I think the Dallas Mavericks are
Speaker 2: another team that's gonna creep up uh in the in
Speaker 2: the West, the sitting fifth, Memphis is at third, Golden
Speaker 2: State at fourth, So some great basketball being played right now.
Speaker 2: Keep keep watching, man, It's just it's just it's easy
Speaker 2: to talk right now that we can date this. Then
Speaker 2: go back in two three weeks, a month, maybe two months,
Speaker 2: and look back and see if where teams are sitting,
Speaker 2: who has made the move or not all because of
Speaker 2: injury or just now hitting their stride, Because once we
Speaker 2: get pasted. To me, I feel like the twenty five
Speaker 2: game mark is when we start to see what these
Speaker 2: teams are because the honeymoon phase of my opinion is
Speaker 2: over with. Now you've passed. You know you passed well.
Speaker 2: The twenty twenty five games you can get You've seen
Speaker 2: a lot. You now know how teams are gonna play.
Speaker 2: You have a general idea how teams are gonna play.
Speaker 2: You with your your your your squad. Now you hit
Speaker 2: your stride. So I feel like after the twenty five
Speaker 2: game mark is when we'll see what some of these
Speaker 2: teams are looking like, like a Minnesota, like a Knicks,
Speaker 2: like a seventy six ers, I mean, those teams that
Speaker 2: made big moves. We'll see We'll get to see what
Speaker 2: Cleveland still looks like. In the East of where they stand,
Speaker 2: so we have to stay tuned. Now. Now I wanted
Speaker 2: to transition over to MVP. We talked about teams that
Speaker 2: are playing extremely well, but let's talk about some teams
Speaker 2: or player excuse me, that are in the MVP hunt
Speaker 2: or front runners for the MVP race currently. I'll say
Speaker 2: Tatum first of all, who's playing extremely great basketball, well deserving.
Speaker 2: I've been a fan and I've vouched for for Tatum
Speaker 2: many many years of possibly possibly winning the m v P.
Speaker 2: Obviously Jokic and h m b ended up winning him.
Speaker 2: But I think he's very capable. I think he's motivated
Speaker 2: this year, so he's right there in the hunt. You
Speaker 2: have to kind of you know, I know some people
Speaker 2: will have pushed back, and that's fine, but the best
Speaker 2: team in the in the league and the best team
Speaker 2: in the East and Donovan Mitchell UH deserves a nod
Speaker 2: right now. As far as talked about UH in the
Speaker 2: East as the MVP candidate. Obviously, Giannis, I think who
Speaker 2: is playing lights out his teams in the middle of
Speaker 2: the pacso you know they're they're fit, so they're right there.
Speaker 2: But I think he's playing at the m v P level.
Speaker 2: I think their teams could be it should be better,
Speaker 2: but he is doing what he needs to do. And
Speaker 2: let's go into the East, I mean sorry, going to
Speaker 2: the West. And then I'm gonna say SGA obviously best
Speaker 2: team in the West, playing lights out right now, solid
Speaker 2: as usual. He was right there for the race last
Speaker 2: year and his name has been thrown in the last
Speaker 2: couple of years. But this year, I think he's getting
Speaker 2: it done. And then A d I know we talked
Speaker 2: about eighty their six right now he's playing lights out.
Speaker 2: Luca has been hurt, another guy who I think name
Speaker 2: should be thrown into the MVP race as front runners
Speaker 2: right now. So I think there's some talented guys will
Speaker 2: will there be more coming along down the way. Possibly
Speaker 2: I think a guy like Anthony Edwards is one guy
Speaker 2: that I still keeping my eye out for who can
Speaker 2: make a push. Jolkis is always very capable of making
Speaker 2: a push. KD and possibly Booker is another guy making
Speaker 2: a push that goes back to those teams in the
Speaker 2: middle of the pack looking to rise late. I think
Speaker 2: those guys are important to their teams so where they
Speaker 2: can have an MVP look for moving up into the
Speaker 2: race and their names being talked about as well. So
Speaker 2: that's all I have for that. So what do you
Speaker 2: think about that? And art should there be some more names?
Speaker 2: Let me know. Let's chat a little bit about the
Speaker 2: All Star Game and the changes that's being made in
Speaker 2: the All Star Game. And the changes are, obviously is
Speaker 2: the format on how the game will be played. Three
Speaker 2: teams of eight All Stars and then there will be
Speaker 2: one team of Rising Stars playing to playing to forty
Speaker 2: in the semi finals and obviously the finals. I think
Speaker 2: it's twenty to twenty five. So the motivation, I don't
Speaker 2: know what the money is, but the motivation I think
Speaker 2: more than anything for the Rising Stars to obviously get
Speaker 2: a chance to get to the finals, to beat an
Speaker 2: All Star team, to obviously give themselves a chance, but
Speaker 2: for the All Stars to not lose to the Rising Stars,
Speaker 2: and just making sure you don't give these young guys
Speaker 2: confidence and whatnot, because a lot will be said. So
Speaker 2: I think the NBA is just looking for better competition
Speaker 2: in the All Star Game, for viewership, getting everybody to watch.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys saw the video where
Speaker 2: former President Barack Obama said to Hallen Burton about can
Speaker 2: y'all just play harder, and I think that is a
Speaker 2: consensus around the world as far as just wanting to
Speaker 2: see a competition, and obviously for the viewership and having
Speaker 2: the eyeballs in the game because it's a it's a
Speaker 2: it's a fun time. All Star weekend. It's supposed to
Speaker 2: be a time where you highlight the best players, the
Speaker 2: big names or the players that are playing great throughout
Speaker 2: the year, whether they're older guys or younger guys. Obviously
Speaker 2: highlighting skills and athleticism and all of these different things.
Speaker 2: So the NBA is trying different ways to motivate players
Speaker 2: to play harder, motivate ways to get guys to to
Speaker 2: join in, uh to the festivities. If you know, you
Speaker 2: listen to me, you can kind of see or feel
Speaker 2: where I'm trying to go with that, and that's the
Speaker 2: Dunk contest. So for me, I think now that the
Speaker 2: NBA is kind of going to this kind of pick
Speaker 2: up basketball style of play, and I pick my eight,
Speaker 2: you pick your eight, y'all pick your eight. Once we
Speaker 2: beat y'all, its next team up type of basketball, fast paced,
Speaker 2: a lot going on, keeping guys engaged. I think that's
Speaker 2: a cool format trying to bring that back. I think
Speaker 2: it's been done a couple of times. I know how
Speaker 2: they said Hockey has done it. So it'd be cool
Speaker 2: to see how that works. And I feel like, if
Speaker 2: you're going to do that, you're the NBA, You're going
Speaker 2: to do that format. We have to find a cool
Speaker 2: way to kind of implement that in maybe the dump contest.
Speaker 2: Maybe let's go back to an old school style pickup format,
Speaker 2: if you would, where you know, you're playing pickup and
Speaker 2: guys get to talking about who has more hops and
Speaker 2: who can you know, who can do this and who
Speaker 2: can do that, and like, all right, showed me. So
Speaker 2: everybody if you have five six guys, everybody has a ball,
Speaker 2: everybody's on the court, and first man up. If I
Speaker 2: go up there and dump, and it's just back and
Speaker 2: forth and back and forth. And I'm thinking this all
Speaker 2: right now, So I'm still not quite I don't have
Speaker 2: it all kind of laid out, but it's kind of
Speaker 2: like a you go, I go mentality and bringing up
Speaker 2: you know, giving you the pickup basketball all mentality where
Speaker 2: it's kind of the spur of moment you see a
Speaker 2: guy go and he goes dunk, and then the next
Speaker 2: man dunks and either you do it where it's time
Speaker 2: where you guys go back and forth for a couple
Speaker 2: of minutes, all five six guys in a minute. Maybe
Speaker 2: minutes not enough, maybe it's five minutes. I don't know.
Speaker 2: Whatever that whatever makes sense format or after each dunk,
Speaker 2: it's a quick judge. After the guy dunks, you you
Speaker 2: judge it, you get your score, you go to the
Speaker 2: back lines. The next man up you go, and then
Speaker 2: you kind of get a cumulative of three four dunks
Speaker 2: and you kind of get your a cumulative score to
Speaker 2: move on until the finals. Maybe that's something that kind
Speaker 2: of keeps it fast paced and it kind of gives
Speaker 2: you the same energy of what you're gonna see on Sunday.
Speaker 2: Maybe that's a way to kind of get guys. I mean,
Speaker 2: that's just the format more than anything. You have to
Speaker 2: come up with a way to get guys involved. And
Speaker 2: I just hope guys can put the pride aside, put
Speaker 2: the brand aside, because I feel like your brand will
Speaker 2: be taken care of if you go out there and
Speaker 2: put on the show. Just put on the show. Like, yes,
Speaker 2: we all want to win. Like my purpose for being
Speaker 2: in a DUC contest was to win, but at the
Speaker 2: same time, that was my purpose. So that's why I
Speaker 2: enjoyed seeing Steve Francis and t Mack and Stackhouse and
Speaker 2: guys with this type of athletic system to motivate me
Speaker 2: and to push you know, that's how I pushed my brand.
Speaker 2: I pushed my brand by going out there. Obviously winning helps,
Speaker 2: but to push my brand and to put the best
Speaker 2: product on the floor. And these guys, to me, have
Speaker 2: the ability if you don't win, but you you create
Speaker 2: a buzz and then you take that buzz that you
Speaker 2: created and now you put that into the second part
Speaker 2: of the season, and that you ride that way. That way,
Speaker 2: I feel like that gives you that buzz. Yes, your
Speaker 2: play always can speak for yourself, and winning helps. But
Speaker 2: there's guys, if you look back Dominique Wilkins, his brand
Speaker 2: wasn't hurt when he lost to MJ. Aaron Gordon brand
Speaker 2: wasn't hurt when he lost to Levine. And there's other
Speaker 2: guys who went up there to put on the show
Speaker 2: to where you created an argument. Oh, we felt like
Speaker 2: Aaron Gordon possibly should have won one. Nate Robinson going
Speaker 2: out there putting on the show. Yeah, we talked about
Speaker 2: the amount of ducks he did, but at the same time,
Speaker 2: he created buzz because of what he talked about. So
Speaker 2: I just hope guys can take a step back and
Speaker 2: look at it that way. You also, you know, you're
Speaker 2: worried about hurting your brand, but you can also help
Speaker 2: your brand. Let's say, if you're not having a great season, well,
Speaker 2: this is an opportunity to create your buzz and create
Speaker 2: this brand that you're trying to establish. You know, we're
Speaker 2: all looking for ways to get our brand started, whether
Speaker 2: it's through social media or whatnot. Well, this is a
Speaker 2: great opportunity for these young guys or guys in general,
Speaker 2: and to create the buzz and show case who you
Speaker 2: are and what you had have to offer athletically. You know,
Speaker 2: I've told guys before. You know that, you know the
Speaker 2: All Star Game that platform me doing what I did.
Speaker 2: I mean, it just it changed my life. I mean
Speaker 2: it just you know, being in Toronto at the time
Speaker 2: where we didn't get a lot of buzz or a
Speaker 2: lot of eyeballs on us, Mack and I were able
Speaker 2: to go out there and do what we did. That
Speaker 2: gave Team Mac an opportunity to be seen. There's a
Speaker 2: guy who took advantage of his brand and he could
Speaker 2: continue to ascend. We've had a darn good second half
Speaker 2: of the season. He obviously he moves on and goes
Speaker 2: to Orlando, and in the rest is history he became
Speaker 2: you know, the All Star Superstar now Hall of Famers.
Speaker 2: So the guys who has not won the dumb contest
Speaker 2: but took advantage of that and piggybacked off that to
Speaker 2: move on to become legendary. Everybody doesn't win the three
Speaker 2: point contest, but if you go and put on the show,
Speaker 2: it's always talked about, which you could piggyback off of
Speaker 2: your brand. So I just want young guys to think
Speaker 2: about that opportunity and just go out there and put
Speaker 2: on the show. I know we as fans want to
Speaker 2: see the big names. We want to see the big
Speaker 2: names and the super athletes going out there, but I
Speaker 2: also say, you know, for that to happen, I would
Speaker 2: like to see guys that want to and I feel
Speaker 2: like we get disappointed because of the name, but at
Speaker 2: the same time you get wild in my opinion, by
Speaker 2: guys that want to go out there and do it
Speaker 2: and going to go out there and give it their
Speaker 2: own and put that product on the court because I
Speaker 2: feel like if once it goes there, it creates a buzz,
Speaker 2: it becomes contagious after that because you'll see a guy
Speaker 2: like a Mack McClung who not many people. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: say a lot of people did not know him. Some
Speaker 2: people who obviously knew him through YouTube, like I knew
Speaker 2: him through YouTube, but a lot of NBA folks did
Speaker 2: not know who Mac McClung was. But he created his
Speaker 2: buzz because he wanted to be in a dunk contest
Speaker 2: and he went out there and put on a show
Speaker 2: to where I'm not saying he's a household name, but
Speaker 2: he's a household name in that arena. Maybe not as
Speaker 2: far as basketball playing, but when you talk about dunk contests,
Speaker 2: some may forget about it, but when you see it's like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 2: that's that kid I didn't know about. Who put on
Speaker 2: the show, Who did this? Who did that. He's taking
Speaker 2: advantage of that opportunity and hopefully he can continue to ascend,
Speaker 2: and I think that could be for some guys who
Speaker 2: are actually playing in the league now, who who are trying,
Speaker 2: like I said, trying to kind of advance their opportunity.
Speaker 2: So I just hope guys kind of hear this or
Speaker 2: think about this, or you know, whatever the case may be,
Speaker 2: and consider consider the dunk contests and go out there
Speaker 2: and put yourself out there. Obviously, I'm passionate about the
Speaker 2: Dunk Contest. I critique it, sit and watch it and whatnot.
Speaker 2: And I would love to see the Dunk contests continue
Speaker 2: to be what it's supposed to be. The All Star
Speaker 2: Game is an All Star game. It's never a knock
Speaker 2: at that because I was thankful to play in the
Speaker 2: All Star Game on Sundays, but it was all about
Speaker 2: Saturday night period. That's just what it is. It's like,
Speaker 2: it's all about All Star Saturday Night, the Dunk Contest,
Speaker 2: and I want to bring that back. Obviously. I'm hoping
Speaker 2: that that the NBA and all of us together, we
Speaker 2: kind of we put it out there, we throw it
Speaker 2: out there, and we kind of find a way to
Speaker 2: getting it back like it used to be. Man Like,
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know, I know, I know everybody say, yeah,
Speaker 2: such such such such has to do it, but you know,
Speaker 2: and I hope they do. But if not, we just
Speaker 2: got to get guys who are very capable and you know,
Speaker 2: find some guys that we've never heard of. You know,
Speaker 2: we just discover a new a new young man like
Speaker 2: a mac mcclum who gets that opportunity and they can
Speaker 2: battle it out with some of the talents of today.
Speaker 2: So because I think there's a lot of talented dunkers
Speaker 2: athletes in the game that I just hope that they're
Speaker 2: not worried about their their brand, more something going out
Speaker 2: there and making a name for themselves because this is
Speaker 2: a great opportunity. I was able to take advantage of it,
Speaker 2: and I hope they can too. I mean, I don't
Speaker 2: want to put too much pressure on guys, but I'm
Speaker 2: going to put pressure on guys because I would love
Speaker 2: to see a couple of the names that I've quickly
Speaker 2: thought of to set the tone at this point. You know,
Speaker 2: I know the NBA is looking for for guys, you know,
Speaker 2: six guys or whatever they can get. But like I was,
Speaker 2: there's a couple of guys out there that I would
Speaker 2: like for them to set the tone. And I think
Speaker 2: when if they set the tone and I view them
Speaker 2: as talented dunkers that I have have ability. Hopefully there's
Speaker 2: others and even something that you people can name down
Speaker 2: below for other names for the for the league to consider.
Speaker 2: And I would definitely love to throw their name out there,
Speaker 2: and I'm let's take it off the top of my head. Obviously,
Speaker 2: Mac McClung. He's a guy who I think wants to
Speaker 2: We all know John Morant. We throw his name out there,
Speaker 2: so John, I hope you would consider it, you know,
Speaker 2: dare I say Zion, I think he needs to get
Speaker 2: healthy first. If he's healthy, come All Star time. I
Speaker 2: would love to see him participate. We don't know what
Speaker 2: that one. Jalen green Uh from Houston is another guy
Speaker 2: that I think is very capable. Yes, he's a high jumper.
Speaker 2: Listen to what I'm saying. When people are gonna name
Speaker 2: people that jump really high, and then there's people who
Speaker 2: has like who has some stuff to him, who has
Speaker 2: like some tricks and stuff that These are a couple
Speaker 2: of guys I feel like, not only jump high, that
Speaker 2: has you know, some some tricks that that I think
Speaker 2: translates in the dunk contest and that will wow us.
Speaker 2: Shade Sharp is for sure a guy that I definitely
Speaker 2: would love to see. I think he's very capable. I
Speaker 2: think he will put on a good show and challenge
Speaker 2: some of those guys. Uh, mister Edwards. Edwards, I think
Speaker 2: you're another super athlete that has a lot of stuff
Speaker 2: in your game, not just a high jumper. There's a
Speaker 2: lot of guys we see, like you know that jump high,
Speaker 2: but like has that stuff with him. Ant Edwards is
Speaker 2: another one. And lastly, I'm gonna I'm gonna name Jalen
Speaker 2: Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks another guy that has easy,
Speaker 2: easy hops and watch some dude the windmill on the
Speaker 2: breakaway in the last game. I can't remember who they
Speaker 2: were playing, but it's just easy, easy, hot. So I
Speaker 2: think he's a guy that has some tricks up his
Speaker 2: sleeve that can wow us in the Duck Contest. So
Speaker 2: there's what I think six guys right there who that
Speaker 2: say shade and sharp, John Moran, Jalen Green, obviously, Matt mcclun,
Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson, and Edwards. So there's six guys right there
Speaker 2: that I think could set the tone. And if there's
Speaker 2: a couple more, a group of eight guys, it would
Speaker 2: be like the old days, eight guys going out there
Speaker 2: showing their athleticism, bringing the Duck Contest back to what
Speaker 2: it used to be being the feature for All Star
Speaker 2: seven night. Well, I hope everyone had a very very pleasant,
Speaker 2: fun eventful Thanksgiving. I know I jumped right into basketball.
Speaker 2: I wanted to get in some of those cool topics,
Speaker 2: but I wanted to take a step back and talk
Speaker 2: about what has happened at other news and in sports,
Speaker 2: and you know, everybody in there. Thanksgiving. I had a
Speaker 2: great Thanksgiving with family and seeing seeing family and getting
Speaker 2: the chance to watch a lot of football. There was
Speaker 2: a lot going on, not just football, but there's a
Speaker 2: lot of sports going on. But we sat and watched football. Obviously,
Speaker 2: Bears Lions, and and for as much as we thought
Speaker 2: I thought for short, Detroit blows them out. The Bears
Speaker 2: put on a great show. Obviously we saw what happened
Speaker 2: in the end. Giants Dallas was a very good one.
Speaker 2: And then Packers handled their business. And then the next
Speaker 2: day the Chiefs Raiders. How about that game? Crazy crazy,
Speaker 2: So a lot of good, good, good football, good times
Speaker 2: with the family. So I hope you guys ate good.
Speaker 2: It's crazy hearing people talk about dressing and stuffing and
Speaker 2: if you eat ham turkey and here some people say
Speaker 2: they don't do the turkey and chicken that you chicken
Speaker 2: instead and all this stuff. It's just crazy hearing that
Speaker 2: because obviously I grew up in the family. We had
Speaker 2: a little bit of everything, because all of our family
Speaker 2: get it all, from turkey to ham, potato salad to dressing,
Speaker 2: cranberry sauce. The whole night we had a spread. Uh
Speaker 2: and and shout out to my cousin for and my
Speaker 2: aunt's for for knocking it for for knocking it down
Speaker 2: getting it done for us. We had a good time,
Speaker 2: went home full. Had the iteis for sure, but a
Speaker 2: lot of good football. NFL has been amazing right now. Obviously,
Speaker 2: what the Chiefs are doing is just unbelievable. I mean,
Speaker 2: playing in the sport, it's like when you're a team that, yes,
Speaker 2: I mean I feel like you're you're playing with death.
Speaker 2: But when you're a team like the Chiefs that can
Speaker 2: obviously has won like they have, that knows that knows
Speaker 2: how to win in the end. I mean you just
Speaker 2: think about obviously the Patriots back in the day when
Speaker 2: Brady was there. But it's some interesting football out there
Speaker 2: right now what we're seeing this think the AFC Pittsburgh,
Speaker 2: I mean, Mike Tomlin, Man, you are legendary eighteen years
Speaker 2: and you continue to do what you've done a winning season,
Speaker 2: find ways to win. I like a lot of people
Speaker 2: question why rock the boat when you have something good
Speaker 2: with Justin Fields, who was playing, you know, pretty good football.
Speaker 2: They're winning football. And then you see the bigger picture
Speaker 2: in what Russell Wilson could do and brings to the table,
Speaker 2: and you still find a package for Fields and the play.
Speaker 2: It's just it's just been unbelieva because we all sit like, man,
Speaker 2: Mike tomlind crazy, but at the same time he say,
Speaker 2: it's Mike Tomlin and you got to trust what he
Speaker 2: says because he's proven. And it's just it's just it's
Speaker 2: pretty cool to see what teams are doing. You seeing
Speaker 2: the Texans, who were playing so great last year still
Speaker 2: holding on to a position, the Ravens playing well early
Speaker 2: kind of just falling down, down down. Look at the
Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills what they're doing. Did you see the game
Speaker 2: in the snow which was crazy against the forty nine ers.
Speaker 2: A lot of a lot of young kids and people
Speaker 2: who have aspirations of playing football, particularly if you end
Speaker 2: up in the AFC, you could possibly have to play
Speaker 2: in that, which is crazy, but it was. It was
Speaker 2: a fun watch. Josh Allen is up there for the
Speaker 2: m v P. I'm gonna get into that as well.
Speaker 2: But and then you think about the NFC. What the
Speaker 2: Detroit Lions are doing are just solid solid. I definitely
Speaker 2: think they're super Bowl worthy. They have a chance to
Speaker 2: being of being in the Super Bowl the Eagles. Like
Speaker 2: imagine a NFC Finals maybe Lions and Eagles and then
Speaker 2: AFC possibly Chiefs Bills maybe like that. That's that would
Speaker 2: be crazy to watch. My Bucks are still holding on,
Speaker 2: still have a chance to get there. The Falcons are
Speaker 2: in there right now. Commanders, who's winning Rookie of the
Speaker 2: Year and your thoughts, you know, put it down below
Speaker 2: in your comments, But the Commanders, I think what that
Speaker 2: young fellaw's doing Jayson Daniels over there has been spectacular
Speaker 2: yet he he hit his rookie wall if you want,
Speaker 2: had his thing, but he's still kind of bounced back.
Speaker 2: Bow Nicks is playing great football right now. Who I
Speaker 2: think is another a young fellaw who has an opportunity
Speaker 2: to win offensive rookie year. And Caleb Williams is still
Speaker 2: playing great football as well. So I love what we're
Speaker 2: seeing in football, it's no runaway. I think obviously we
Speaker 2: think playoffs, you think the Chiefs, and the Chiefs still
Speaker 2: can get it dumb regardless of what we're seeing. They
Speaker 2: still have the pedigree and they still just are solid
Speaker 2: and find ways to win. So I'm tuned in. But
Speaker 2: I mentioned MVP and who's in the MVP race right now.
Speaker 2: I still think Josh Allen is the front runner. Saquon
Speaker 2: back Barkley. I think their neck and neck, honestly, Saquon
Speaker 2: and Josh Allen, who are playing great, then la Mark
Speaker 2: Jackson is doing his thing. I think, you know, Derrick Henry,
Speaker 2: who was doing what he was doing early in the year,
Speaker 2: still is right there. He's probably not top four, but
Speaker 2: if you five, he's probably right there in top five.
Speaker 2: I mean, Jared Golf deserves something to talk about out there. So,
Speaker 2: I mean, there's there's a lot of guys, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of quarterbacks out there playing well. But I mean
Speaker 2: it's it's also great to see nine quarterbacks two running
Speaker 2: backs in my opinion, Saquon in Derrick Henry in the
Speaker 2: mix as well for obviously offensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 2: So uh, it was it was It's been great to
Speaker 2: watch football. It's been very entertaining, especially being a basketball guy,
Speaker 2: and I love my basketball, but I love some up
Speaker 2: football as well, which leads me to college football, which
Speaker 2: has just been a roller coaster. I mean, the twelve
Speaker 2: team playoffs has drawn us all in watching more teams.
Speaker 2: And typically we're looking at the top six to eight
Speaker 2: teams being in the playoffs, and that's what we're thinking
Speaker 2: to get into that four. Now we're looking at twelve,
Speaker 2: so we're looking at more teams getting the opportunity to
Speaker 2: get in. Shout out to what coach Prime Deon Sanders
Speaker 2: has done with Colorado, giving them a chance. You're seeing
Speaker 2: teams who stepped up to the play BYU stepped up
Speaker 2: and got it done. Arizona State stepped up and got
Speaker 2: it done, which knocked them out. But I mean we're
Speaker 2: seeing great football. Ohio State big loss, Clemson big loss.
Speaker 2: Who else? I mean, there was some big loss to
Speaker 2: some teams that needed to solidify themselves to get in
Speaker 2: to the playoffs in my opinion, or or get into
Speaker 2: the the conference championship first of all, which in essence
Speaker 2: knocks him out of the UH the playoffs race as well. Man,
Speaker 2: what what are we talking about here? What is look
Speaker 2: at Texas. I mean there's a lot of teams that
Speaker 2: are still in it. Alabama, did they give themselves a chance?
Speaker 2: I don't know. But which leads to Rivalry Week, which
Speaker 2: I want to talk about more than anything. That the
Speaker 2: games were insane. Obviously my Tar Hills fall to uh
Speaker 2: NC State, I'm gonna start there. You know, uh well,
Speaker 2: there was a lot of fights. There's a lot of fights.
Speaker 2: There was a lot going on, a lot of testos
Speaker 2: around around amongst the college football ranks during Rivalry Week,
Speaker 2: and that's what it's all about. I mean, you know,
Speaker 2: rivals going back and forth. There was a heartbreaking loss
Speaker 2: for US thirty five thirty to NC State blah blah blah.
Speaker 2: Obviously they plant their flag in the middle of the
Speaker 2: field and that became a brawl. We all saw Florida
Speaker 2: Florida State. I'm from Florida, so that is a big deal.
Speaker 2: Florida Florida State. I grew up a Florida State football fan,
Speaker 2: so see seeing them this year, you know, my family
Speaker 2: split up, split up in Florida. Have some Florida fans
Speaker 2: that have Hurricane fans, and then obviously a few of
Speaker 2: us and my friends as well, who are Hurricane Florida
Speaker 2: Florida State fans has just been that's been a great
Speaker 2: rivalry for a long time. Who was the King of Florida?
Speaker 2: You can now, I think, you know, slowly put UCF
Speaker 2: in there. I think they're very worthy of being in
Speaker 2: that mix. But Florida State takes a beating to Florida.
Speaker 2: They plant the flag that became a fight we all
Speaker 2: got to see live Michigan, Ohio State, which was an
Speaker 2: all out brawl, which leads me to ask the question,
Speaker 2: and what you guys think about the flag planting and
Speaker 2: all that. I think the NCAA is going to do
Speaker 2: something about it, gonna mix it for for what it did,
Speaker 2: because it's on TV, and you know, I mean viewership.
Speaker 2: I mean obviously some people are gonna say they love it,
Speaker 2: they love the competitiveness, but like you know, you don't
Speaker 2: want you don't want to see guys obviously getting maced,
Speaker 2: getting hurt by any means. It's like it is what
Speaker 2: it is. It's rivalary week. So it's it's different for
Speaker 2: for us. I mean, obviously we couldn't stand in Duke
Speaker 2: and you know, we wanted to beat duke, and it's
Speaker 2: kind of leading up to it and so on and
Speaker 2: so forth, and and that's the consistence. Like and on
Speaker 2: the basketball side, but we don't really have plant flag planting,
Speaker 2: so I guess more for us, it was kind of
Speaker 2: a if you went on the opposing team floor, we
Speaker 2: go and we start stomping and dancing and carroll on
Speaker 2: on the court in the court, and you know, but
Speaker 2: like the flag planning, I know it was done. It's
Speaker 2: been done for a while. But I feel like the
Speaker 2: n c a A is gonna Probably it was because
Speaker 2: there were so many many fights from that. It's just
Speaker 2: it's it's gonna be banned. Uh. You know, I know
Speaker 2: a lot of coaches have their comments about it, and
Speaker 2: you know social media fans are are on it. I watched,
Speaker 2: like you see the interviews of some coaches saying or
Speaker 2: giving their comments. You saw the player from Michigan give
Speaker 2: his comments and immediately after you guys bring up receipts. Man,
Speaker 2: it's kind of funny, but like you're just making people aware.
Speaker 2: You can't say this without you guys being a culprit
Speaker 2: of it as well. So you know, I love I
Speaker 2: love what social media brings to the to the point
Speaker 2: because they brought up a point of you know, a
Speaker 2: Michigan player not with a flag, but he's taking his
Speaker 2: cleats and I guess it was at Michigan State, you know,
Speaker 2: stopping off out on their logo and how can you
Speaker 2: say this, you know a couple of weeks later, so
Speaker 2: I get it. I get it. So it's just it's
Speaker 2: just the thing. It's just like when you lose, and
Speaker 2: I know a lot of people say, oh, you know,
Speaker 2: you can avoid it by going out there and just
Speaker 2: win the game. You know, you win the game. They
Speaker 2: can't do it, get it. But I just think of
Speaker 2: the bigger picture, like we just kind of gotta get
Speaker 2: a hold of it. I mean it was cool to
Speaker 2: see obviously, when your team's not winning. You hate to
Speaker 2: see it on your field playing and simple and I
Speaker 2: know you're a kid and your cart in the moment,
Speaker 2: it's a rivalry, so you know, I just feel like,
Speaker 2: if anything, I'm okay, if you lose and your team
Speaker 2: goes on our field, y'all start dancing and car know
Speaker 2: in the middle of our thing. I mean, yeah, we're
Speaker 2: gonna be pissed, probably want to fight. But I just
Speaker 2: think the flag, the flag of planning is you know,
Speaker 2: can get dangerous that they Ohio State player takes the flag,
Speaker 2: the Michigan flag, and then if flang comes off and
Speaker 2: then the pole, the poles kind of can swing it.
Speaker 2: They're already fighting. A lot of bad things can happen,
Speaker 2: is what I'm saying. So that's all I think. But
Speaker 2: it was like it may it made for interesting TV.
Speaker 2: I was in the store somewhere watching that thing, and
Speaker 2: everybody kind of gathered on the TV to watch the
Speaker 2: highlights of the of the of the fighting and obviously Michigan,
Speaker 2: obviously the Michigan Ohio State and I'm watching this take
Speaker 2: place with my team, and I watched Alabama art Auburn
Speaker 2: get into it. So it was a lot. It was
Speaker 2: a lot going on, but it was cool to watch,
Speaker 2: you know, to Rivalry week, Rivalry Week is is like
Speaker 2: no other than any sport. I'm thankful to be a
Speaker 2: part of it. Professional ranks. I mean, there's a few
Speaker 2: you know that that are are like that. I know
Speaker 2: Bears Green Bay is kind of a big thing, but
Speaker 2: it's nothing like it. But I just think then I'm sorry,
Speaker 2: the n c a A is gonna kind of get a
Speaker 2: hold of it. I'm okay, Like I said, with teams
Speaker 2: having their moment because you go win, especially if you
Speaker 2: go win on the road, you deserve to kind of
Speaker 2: the stomp and do what you gotta do. But like
Speaker 2: the flag thing, it just it becomes dangerous later on.
Speaker 2: That's all I have to say. And that's my opinion
Speaker 2: about that more than anything else. Lastly, college basketball is here.
Speaker 2: It's just kind of reving up. I mean, we're seeing
Speaker 2: some of the best of the best going down, like
Speaker 2: Yukon my tar heels going down. But man, it's it's uh,
Speaker 2: it's here. I love like I love the parody. Man,
Speaker 2: it's if you we're getting to see other teams that
Speaker 2: we don't we don't really get to see or know about,
Speaker 2: you know, do their thing and like shout out to date.
Speaker 2: Man what they did, uh you know they put up
Speaker 2: They put my tar heels to the brink beat Yukon
Speaker 2: Memphis looks good. I mean, I love the competitive nature.
Speaker 2: I love like what we got to see out of that.
Speaker 2: So I'm just interested to see down the line. I
Speaker 2: know this the sec sec ACC Challenge coming up. There's
Speaker 2: a lot of great matchups and now we're seeing the
Speaker 2: best teams matching up with the best teams early, and
Speaker 2: in the college basketball, I mean that means something. It
Speaker 2: prepares you for the back end, particularly when you have
Speaker 2: a lot of freshmen and young guys that you're playing
Speaker 2: big minutes now who've never been a part of a
Speaker 2: rivalry or or big games like that. You get them
Speaker 2: that experience early, whether they're one and done or not.
Speaker 2: You're preparing them for what the end of the season
Speaker 2: is like, so at least they get that experience. I
Speaker 2: look at the playing tournament in the NBA somewhat like
Speaker 2: playing in some of these big games, these big challenges
Speaker 2: and the Maui Invitational, or just playing in big games
Speaker 2: outside of your Obviously your conference you're gonna play in
Speaker 2: the team's very good in your conference, but some of
Speaker 2: these out of conference schedules, you're playing some of the
Speaker 2: best players, I mean, some of the best teams, and yeah,
Speaker 2: somebody's gotta lose, but you get the experience of what
Speaker 2: you can possibly see down the line come tournament time.
Speaker 2: You're young guys who maybe are one and done or
Speaker 2: just need that experience, get the experience early to be
Speaker 2: prepared late in the season. So I'm loving it. It's
Speaker 2: just been unbelievable sports a couple of weeks right now
Speaker 2: with headlines, upsets, fights, the whole nine, breaking news, the
Speaker 2: whole nine. So it's just been cool. So man, I
Speaker 2: appreciate you always, as always listening to the VC Show,
Speaker 2: rocking with me, kicking your feet up and enjoying the show. So,
Speaker 2: as always, the VC Show is out and I will
Speaker 2: see you guys next week. Let's go