1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Best of the Week for What's Right 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: with Nick Right the best takes in moments from this 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: week on the show. Enjoy. I thought the conversation was 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: gonna be about Luca today because Luca looks unsettled. However 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: it's not because if people didn't stay up to watch 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: this game. Let me give you the quick recap. Lakers 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: were up twenty. They then slowly but surely blew the game. 8 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: They then late down four, well actually down two. Ruey 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: misses back to back free throws with thirty five seconds left, 10 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: just a killer, just a good free throw shooter, misses both. 11 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: They then find themselves down four after LaMelo kind of 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: cooks Luca out on the perimeter and they get a layup. 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: Lebron hits an impossible three to cut it to one 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: the Hornets. Then LaMelo hits a couple free throws, and 15 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: then Lebron has a really good but deep look and 16 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: misses it. They get the rebound, gets another decent look 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: and misses it, and they lose. And I'm like, man, 18 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: I was like, we're gonna have to talk about how 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: sad Luca looks. That to me is the actual story. 20 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: Little did I know and this is a bad job 21 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: by me, bad media, you know, kind of seeing the 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: tea leaves. I missed what the obvious story was gonna be. 23 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: Lebron missed another clutch shot, which, by the way, he 24 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: has been shockingly bad at those in the regular season 25 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: since he's been a Laker. Last five second shots to 26 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: tie or take the lead as a as a Laker 27 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: one of twenty nine, So like, really really bad at 28 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: those in the regular season. And that's a legitimate complaint, 29 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: I guess, like whatever, But I foolishly thought we were 30 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: done with and passed the Lebron clutch geen stuff. I 31 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: thought maybe, and you guys know, I, you know, I've 32 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: always been pretty respectful uh to my former colleagues Skip baylists, 33 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: but I did think that with Skip uh moving to 34 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: a different part of his career, maybe the Lebron clutch 35 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: gen stuff would you know, wander off into the sunset 36 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: as well, because not because it's unfair to talk about 37 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: whether or not guys can come through in the clutch, 38 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: but because it has always been an empire built on lies. 39 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: But you know, you made a mid February regular season 40 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: game against the Hornets missed threes. It's like man Kobe 41 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: would have made that. So now I have to I 42 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: don't want to do this, but now I have to 43 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: be the person. And by the way, this is something 44 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: that if we edit this properly and because I'm gonna 45 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: machine gun you with numbers and put this on the 46 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: the TikTok and the Instagram, folks are going to say 47 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: these are fake stats because there's such a Mandela effect 48 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: of Oh, I know what I remember and what is 49 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: true and what isn't. So again, I did this eighteen 50 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: months ago, I looked it up in our archives. I 51 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: will now do it again with the updated numbers. Thanks 52 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: to our friends at Statthead and Basketball Reference. The database 53 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: goes back to nineteen ninety seven to now here are 54 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: the clutch shooting numbers for Lebron and or all your 55 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: favorite players. We will go from the max to the men. 56 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: So the set, the setup is this shots to tie 57 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: or take the lead in the playoffs final minute Lebron 58 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: James twenty three of fifty forty six percent. That is 59 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: a better percentage than every player in the database from 60 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven to now except for Demonse's guy Ray Allen, 61 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: who was just an absolute killer. So it's not only 62 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: that Lebron has made the most and taken the most 63 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: forty six percent. You might be like well and ninety 64 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: seven to now that covers Kobe's entire career. Kobe was 65 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: assuredly better than Lebron at these again. Playoff games tie 66 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: take the lead final minute Lebron twenty three to fifty 67 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: forty six percent, Kobe Bryant twelve of forty four twenty 68 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: seven percent, Kevin Durant nine of thirty five twenty six percent, 69 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: Steph Curry six of twenty five, twenty four percent. You 70 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: want to go to We've heard forever, Uh, you know, 71 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: Lebron just put his head down, get to the basket. 72 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: It doesn't have the bag. What about threes? Lebron final 73 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: minute of playoff games to tie or take the lead 74 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: four of eleven from three, Kobe Bean Bryant three of seventeen, 75 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant three of sixteen, Steph Curry three of fourteen. 76 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: Let's go smaller. Final thirty seconds playoff games, tie or 77 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: take the lead Lebron James fourteen of thirty five forty 78 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: percent from the field. Kobe mister clutch killer. Kobe Bryant 79 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: brono of thirty five forty percent, Kobe eight of thirty 80 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: one twenty six percent, Durant six of twenty four twenty 81 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: five percent, Steph four of nineteen twenty one percent. Let's 82 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: go smaller. Let's go to the stat that we're hearing 83 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,679 Speaker 1: about Lebron in the regular season as a Laker final 84 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: five seconds tie or take the lead. In the playoffs 85 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: Lebron eight of twenty forty percent, Kobe Bryant four of 86 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: eighteen twenty two percent, Kevin Durant two of eleven eighteen percent. 87 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: Let me, where is Steph on this? I know he's 88 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: on this somewhere. I can't even find him. Step maybe 89 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 1: hasn't taken in the final five seconds. Oh, there's Steph 90 00:06:55,279 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: one of six seventeen percent. So the reason the Lebron 91 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: clutch thing has always been so such an outrage in 92 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: an affront to kind of the way we consume basketball 93 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: at large, is it was literally not only was it 94 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: never true, the opposite was true. The guy hit a 95 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: game winner in the first playoff series of his career 96 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: at twenty one years old. And if we go for 97 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: again now, I'll just do percentages and show you the 98 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: full list of guys in the last thirty years in 99 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: the NBA, who have been more clutch in the postseason 100 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: final minute. Tire take the lead of every player to 101 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: take at least fifteen of those shots. There have been 102 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: twenty in twentieth place. This one's rough, So Westbrook three 103 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: of twenty four in nineteenth place, Steph Curry six of 104 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,559 Speaker 1: twenty five, second place, Lebron James twenty three of fifty 105 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: forty six percent. Ray Allen first place by a lot, 106 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: eleven of twenty one, fifty two percent. If you want 107 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: to do three point percentages, ray Allen sits alone ten 108 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: of sixteen, pretty remarkable, ten of sixteen sixty three percent, 109 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: Dame five of ten fifty percent, Reggie Miller fairs Fair 110 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: six of thirteen forty six percent, and then Lebron four 111 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: of eleven thirty six percent. You go down the Russell 112 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: Westbrook yikes again, one of fourteen, that's seven percent, Kobe 113 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: three of seventeen, that's seventeen percent, Steph three of fourteen again. 114 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: If you want to just go raw percentages final thirty 115 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: seconds of the playoffs, Tire take the lead. The only 116 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: guy ahead of Lebron is ray Allen nine of eighteen 117 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: fifty percent Lebron fourteen of thirty five forty percent, Ray 118 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: Allen by the way final thirty seconds on threes demons 119 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: eight of thirteen to Tire take the lead in the playoffs. 120 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Guy just unbelievable at those on those shots, gen He's 121 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: maybe the best ever. His statistically is the best ever. 122 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: Now if we expand that to where you don't have 123 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: to have taken fifteen of these shots, just to where 124 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 1: you only had to have taken ten, two more guys 125 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: jump ahead of Lebron. One is Chris Middleton six of 126 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: eleven in the playoffs to Tire take the lead in 127 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: the final thirty seconds, and Jimmy Butler six of thirteen 128 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: at forty six percent Lebron fourteen to thirty five. But 129 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: again the guy in your head that was the ultimate 130 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: clutch guy Kobe Bean Bryant on these shots final thirty 131 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: seconds Tire take the lead eight of thirty one from 132 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: the field and on threes one of twelve final thirty 133 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: seconds Tire take the lead in the playoffs and Steph 134 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: Curry four of nineteen overall, Again, these numbers are not 135 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: very kind to Russell Westbrook Russ one of fourteen from 136 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: the field, zero of nine from three and then last 137 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: but not least, final five seconds tire take the lead 138 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: playoffs if we just make it to where have you 139 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: taken five of these shots? Because Lebron's taken twenty. The 140 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: only guys with a better percentage Jimmy Butler's three of five, 141 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: Reggie's five of nine, Chris Middleton's four of eight. Lebron 142 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: Is eight of twenty forty percent, and on threes in 143 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: those spots Lebron's two for five forty percent. Kobe, who 144 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: everyone remembers as the ultimate clutch killer. Final five seconds 145 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: of playoff games to tire or take the lead four 146 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: of eighteen twenty two percent, one of seven from three, 147 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: Steph one for six, Durant two for eleven from the field. 148 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: So I, so the lesson on this is multifaceted. One 149 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: is nobody really, aside from Ray Allen shoots an amazing 150 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 1: percentage on these Nobody but shooting more than thirty percent 151 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: on him is remarkable, And across every five second, thirty 152 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: second minute playoff game, TI take the lead, Lebron's looking 153 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: up at one guy, Ray Allen, and again you might 154 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: be like, well, Jordan, I know Jordan was eighty percent. 155 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: The database only goes back to nine, so I can't 156 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: tell you what Jordan was. The NBA is very cagey 157 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: about play by play data early in Michael Jordan's career. 158 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because the eighties were a different time, or 159 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: maybe they're, you know, protecting a legend. I don't know. 160 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: What I do know is this that if you asked 161 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: one hundred basketball fans what they thought Kobe or Lebron 162 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: or Durant or Lebron or Stephor Lebron's percentages were in 163 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: these circumstances, the vast majority would look at Kobe's numbers 164 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: and be like, those are Lebron's And look at Lebron's 165 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: numbers and say those are Kobe's. And even after I 166 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: present this data, you know what folks are gonna say, Ah, 167 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: I don't believe it. It didn't feel that way. And 168 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: the reason it didn't feel that way, and the reason 169 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: I'm doing this today is because no other player ever 170 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: could miss a twenty eight footer down three after hitting 171 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: the three to cut it to one in a regular 172 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: season game against the Hornets when he was the best 173 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: player on his team that night, and have that morning 174 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: sports television be an indictment on him. The reason you 175 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: don't remember the Kobe misses is because every single Kobe 176 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: game wasn't a referendum on his clutch or anti clutchness. 177 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: There's been one athlete ever that has been treated like this, 178 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: and it's the same guy who was criticized for not 179 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: playing in his twenty first straight All Star Game and 180 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: then was criticized for playing last night. Oh looked awful 181 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: healthy last night, didn't he? But he couldn't get it's 182 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: the regular You saw that, right, Yeah, he was having 183 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: a good time. Good thing. He got that rest on 184 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: Sunday for real, it might not have been able to 185 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: do it. So I do find these I find this 186 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: this stuff fascinating, if for no other reason than how 187 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: gas lit kind of sports media has been or sports 188 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: fans have been by sports media. Like Chauncey billups Mister 189 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: big Shot is his nickname, Chauncey billups On in the 190 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: final minute of the playoff games to tire or take 191 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: the lead is five of twenty. The exact same five 192 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: of twenty is James Harden. But that's it's just not 193 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: how we remember it because we remember the moments of it. 194 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: So also there's a couple funny names on like, if 195 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: you go through the in the last thirty years, the 196 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: twenty guys who have taken at least fIF teen shots 197 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: in the final minute of playoff games to tire take 198 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: the lead. The names it's all names of like Okay stars, 199 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: Hall of Famers, all time greats. And then also Haydu Turkalou, 200 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: who took sixteen of these, And I just imagine that 201 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: was because he was on deep playoff runs with Dwight 202 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: and you know, Dwight, you're not going to give the 203 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: ball to in the fire. He was the guy who 204 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: ended up having to take those shots. Yeah, but it's 205 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: it's Ray Allen, Lebron, Jimmy. This is in order of 206 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: field goal percentage, descending number one, Ray Allen, then Lebron, 207 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, Reggie Miller, Manu Ginobili, Chris Middleton, John Stockton, 208 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: Derk Noovitzky, Steve Nash, Damian Lillard, Haydu Turkalou, Tim Duncan, 209 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, Paul Piers, Kevin Durant, John t Billis, 210 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: James hard and Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook. So Okay seventeen 211 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: no doubt Hall of Famers, two borderline Hall of Famers, 212 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: and haydo so out to my guy? Heyu Turkle, I 213 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: don't know why he's my guy? Who knew? So many 214 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: people gave two shits about Norman Powell making the All 215 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: Star Game, and the answer is they didn't. The idea 216 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: the amount of people that were tweeting about Norman Powell, 217 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: because if Lebron had bowed out a week early, Powell 218 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: would have gotten the spot. Though the ven diagram of 219 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: people who two weeks ago demonse were like these Pro 220 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: Bowl alternates. It's such a joke. Drake May gets to 221 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: call himself a pro bowler when he didn't actually make 222 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: the team and then tweeting this week, why aren't people 223 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: thinking about Norman Powell? 224 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: The fans in San Francisco definitely wanted to see him play. 225 00:16:53,480 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: It's disingenuous nonsense, and the idea that there was any 226 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 2: way for Lebron to thread this needle and not end 227 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: up being criticized is just disingenuous and not true. So 228 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: if he would have a week ago said I'm not playing, 229 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 2: the media cycle would have been this is why nobody 230 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 2: takes the All Star Game Seriously, this is you know, 231 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: people are excited and the face of the league doesn't 232 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 2: do it. Lebron gave it to the last possible minute 233 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: to figure out can I play? 234 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: And it's not so much can I as much as 235 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: it is should I? Like if it were a playoff game, 236 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: would Lebron have played? Of course? Does that mean that 237 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: when he clearly believes this Lakers team has a real 238 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: chance to do something and this Lakers team, because of 239 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: the California Wildfires, has the shortest break of any team, 240 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: well them and the Hornet because they play Wednesday and 241 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the league plays Thursday, that he was like, 242 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,479 Speaker 1: you know what, not going to push it on this ankle? 243 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: That makes total sense to me and the number of 244 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: people who failed to acknowledge the following truths. Okay, first 245 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: of all, is this Has anyone given more time, effort, 246 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,479 Speaker 1: sweat energy to All Star Games in the history of 247 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: basketball than Lebron James? The answer is, of course not. 248 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: He's played in twenty of them. Kareem played in eighteen, 249 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: the next closest or Kobe and Duncan at fifteen. Has 250 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: Lebron consistently shown up to this event more than any 251 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: player in the history of the league. Yes, by a 252 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: massive margin. This broke his streak. And but the other 253 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: reason that people are just so out of their damn 254 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: minds about this is one criticism of Lebron that I 255 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: don't even look at it as a criticism, but is 256 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 1: true is the guy cares about streaks and records and accolades. 257 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: He does, and he would have liked to keep this 258 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: thing going twenty one straight All Star appearances because the 259 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: record prior to Lebron playing in twenty in a row. Again, 260 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:30,239 Speaker 1: twenty in a row was held by John Havlicek and 261 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: Bob Coosey, who both played in thirteen in a row. 262 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 1: That was the record. So Lebron set the record for 263 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: consecutive All Star Game appearances back let me do them 264 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: before he was a Laker, when he was with the Calves, 265 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: midway through his second sit with the Calves and has 266 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: just been spreading it out. Of all the active players 267 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: other than Lebron, Durant is the only one who has 268 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: played in ten of these in a row. He did 269 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: that pre Achilles. The new active streak for consecutive All 270 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: Star Games played is Joker at seven. So this is 271 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: the guy that we're gonna say, owed it to everyone 272 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 1: to play, to play. The guy who's played in twenty 273 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: straight of these, the oldest player in the league, a 274 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: guy who has literally played more professional basketball than any 275 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: human being ever to live. We're like, give us more, 276 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: and if you don't, you're selfish. It's just so ludicrous. 277 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: And then there's this piece of it. And I'll get 278 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: to the picture stuff later. There is so Nick Fredell, 279 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: who I really like. I really like him. He was 280 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: with the ESPN. I think I don't want to speak 281 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: for him, but the way I understand it, I think 282 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: he was absolutely foolishly a part of their layoffs months back. 283 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: He is a great NBA reporter opinionist. Chicago Guy loved 284 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: Nick Nick quote tweeted it and said, there is just 285 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: absolutely no way mj would do this. He always understood 286 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: what his presence to the game meant. Guys, Michael Jordan, 287 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: at this point in his career, had quit the game 288 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: three times. It meant that his presence to the game 289 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: meant so much that he quit the game. He went 290 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: and played minor league baseball, then he came back, then 291 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: he quit again, then he came back, then he quit again. 292 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: Do you know, the most consecutive years that Michael Jordan 293 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: played in an All Star Game seven seven years. The 294 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: longest streak of consecutive All Star appearances Michael Jordan had 295 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: was seven. Well, there's no way mj would do So 296 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: this is where the criticism. People just lose their minds. 297 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: So if Lebron had just retired four years ago, believed, 298 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: no problem, no problem, you win your championship with the Lakers. 299 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: You've played at that point eighteen years. You know what, 300 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: You've given a lot to the league. But because he 301 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: keeps playing, because he's good enough to be a deserving, 302 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: top tier All Star, he then to these and I'm 303 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Nick here, talking about the folks at large, 304 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: folks that have just become entitled that no, you owe 305 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: us this. He he's not allowed to be cautious with 306 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: an angle ankle injury? Uh Nick, where did this injury 307 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: come from? From Solomon Hill three and a half years ago, 308 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: the only real injury he's ever suffered his entire career. 309 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: That ankle and foot have been messed up since then. 310 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: He's and if you watch the Lakers, Lebron all the 311 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: time pops up on a morning of injury report because 312 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: the ankle tightened up on it. And do I imagine that 313 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: in the days leading up to the All Star Game 314 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: he actually took some time, maybe didn't do his regular 315 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: every day cryogenic chamber treatment that he would do if 316 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: they had actual games coming up, so it was more 317 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 1: likely to tighten up. Of course, of course, this being 318 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: such a universally criticized thing that even Shannon and Kendrick 319 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: and guys who are normally you know, onlawe Lebron's side 320 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: on suffers like, ah, this was this is a bridge 321 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: too far from me. What are we talking about? 322 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 3: And I've seen fans go as far as say is 323 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 3: like Lebron's ruined the game? 324 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: Well, oh yeah, well that's the other piece of it. 325 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: The other piece of it is the fall of the 326 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: All Star Game is late at the feet of Lebron James. 327 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just again, the All Star Game in 328 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: twenty twenty was awesome. The All Star Game in twenty 329 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: twenty two was awesome. And this is just it is 330 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: just an entitlement from fans and media that a guy. 331 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: Can you imagine any of these conversations existing around Tom Brady? Honestly, 332 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 1: could you that if Tom Brady is second to last 333 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: year with Tampa was like, guys, which he did do. 334 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: By the way, I know I was named a PROB. 335 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna play, and it's not because I'm hurt, 336 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: it's just because not interested. It's exactly what happened. Was 337 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 1: there a Could you imagine how stupid folks would look 338 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: if they went on TV and they were like, Tom Brady, 339 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: this is why it's a flag football game. Now see 340 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: this guy, Hey, look at the direct line of the 341 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl's popularity with when Tom entered the league and 342 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: where it is now. Blood's on his hands. And then 343 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: we get to the photo stuff. Guys, there's like, this 344 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: is all documented. Injured players still are in the photo. Oh, 345 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,959 Speaker 1: they don't have to be at the middle. You guys. 346 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: Go look at the picture of Yao when he was hurt, 347 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: and obviously the middle of that picture has to be Lebron, Steph, 348 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: KD just has to be. Those are the guys you 349 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: and people are like, oh, they'd have criticism if off 350 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: to what'd you say, Demonse? First of all, First of all, 351 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: the injured players. When Kobe was injured, he didn't suit up. 352 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: When other guys were injured, they don't suit up. But 353 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: everyone is lying if they are acting like if Lebron 354 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: had suited up for the picture, there wouldn't be this 355 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: exact criticism. It would just be the exact opposite suited up. 356 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: Why he wants people to think he played. This guy's 357 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: ankle is so hurt, you don't think he again, none 358 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: of this ship is logical. It's just it's Lebron. I'm 359 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: going to attack it. If he'd have suited up, he'd 360 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: have gotten roasted for it. Jan has suited up, and 361 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: again Anthony Edwards, who in the mean time he didn't 362 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: play either. He gave less notice than Lebron. We found 363 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: out during the game. Anybody crying for Norman Powell with 364 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards? No, Anthony Edwards allowed to be injured? Why 365 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: why is he? He's because he's twenty three at the 366 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: peak of his powers, young athletic. No, it's so dumb. 367 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: This whole thing is so stupid and it is. I 368 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: don't understand how people call this selfish. I don't get that. 369 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 3: I know, dude, I doesn't really have to be playing 370 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 3: right now. 371 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: It is. 372 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 3: It is crazy to differ him to get criticized on 373 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 3: anything that he doesn't do because any extra time. At 374 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 3: this point, he's in. 375 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: Year twenty two. He has now played more minutes in 376 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: years twenty one and twenty two than every other player 377 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: in history of the league who made it to year 378 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 1: twenty one and twenty two combined. So let me say 379 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: that again, as of two years ago, if you said, 380 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: give me all of the minutes, all of the points, 381 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: all of the assists from every player ever in year 382 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,239 Speaker 1: twenty one and twenty two and put it in a bucket, 383 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: that bucket is now doubled just from what Lebron's done 384 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: the last two years. And for it's just folks say, oh, 385 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: he's the face of load management. The guy is going 386 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: to play more games in more minutes than any player 387 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: in the history of the league. And he's the face 388 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: of not playing. I mean, give me a fucking break, 389 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: this suffs. If people are out of their mind. And 390 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: I again, I mean Kendrick saying put your damn uniform on. 391 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: He messed up the whole picture. Again. Where was this 392 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: for Kobe or for Yow, for Schef? 393 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 3: His greatness at the end of the day, though, is 394 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 3: really what it is. I feel, what do you mean 395 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 3: people want to see him play people are our age. 396 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 3: It's like, I don't think it's I think people just 397 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 3: want to see Bron. 398 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: Oh. I agree with that piece of it, But the 399 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: criticism about the picture and about again, I Lebron cares 400 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: about these records, and also he likes the accolades of winning, 401 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: and he knew I have the best team by a mile, 402 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: like they won it without it, right, So, and it's 403 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: two games to forty. He could have like he he 404 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: going into Saturday night, I truly believe, did not know 405 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,959 Speaker 1: if he was gonna play or not, and woke up 406 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: Sunday mornings like I'm not doing it. And so I 407 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: just find so much much of this to be, uh 408 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: just insane. Now let's talk about the luc apiece of it. Demonse. 409 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: I think he's legit sad, and I think he is 410 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: really unsettled by this. He looks so unsure of himself. 411 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: Go ahead, yeah, yeah, ok, Yes, I think that he 412 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: is still in a state of shock that this happened. 413 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: And I don't think it's about wanting or not wanting 414 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: to be a Laker. I think it's more about this 415 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: team that he looked at himself as the leader of 416 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: obviously the best player this franchise, that I think he 417 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: truly believed he might be able to do what Dirk 418 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: did and play with one team forever. That they traded 419 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: him under the dark of night, and then have done 420 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: everything they can to just tell the world we don't 421 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: believe in you. We thought you were a bad leader, 422 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: a mediocre teammate, out of shape, all of it. He 423 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 1: seems less confident on the court than at any moment 424 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: of his career. And Luca is at his best when 425 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: he's like a snarling, angry monster. But he also has 426 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,239 Speaker 1: to have that kind of swagger and confidence and I 427 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: just haven't seen it. And I don't know what how 428 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: long this is gonna this is gonna take. But he 429 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: looks he looks relieved when he makes a shot. He 430 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: looks unsure of what he wants to do with the ball. 431 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: And it's not again. I'm not sure how many people 432 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: stayed up late to watch the entirety of Lakers hornets. 433 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: I oddly did. Late in the game, he like, there 434 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: was I forget I think maybe Bron shot it. I'm 435 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: not sure. There's a misshot and Luca is down fighting 436 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: on the offensive, Glass gets a rebound and gets a 437 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: putback is to tie the game. It's a huge play, 438 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: and you saw a shot of him after that, and 439 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: it was it wasn't even like it didn't. Again, I'm 440 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: not a body language expert, but just from watching this 441 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,719 Speaker 1: guy every step of his career, it wasn't excitement as 442 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: much as it was relief, like I finally made a 443 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: play and I don't know how long this is gonna last. 444 00:32:53,200 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: My hope would be the MAVs game next week snaps 445 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: him out of it. That there is that seeing like that, 446 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: that is I'm because the Lakers host the MAVs on Tuesday, 447 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: so they have the Blazers tonight day a couple in 448 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: between that Nuggets Saturday. Yeah, correct, right, and I would 449 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: imagine Lebron's not playing tonight, so maybe tonight like with 450 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: Luca just running the full show. But so I'm not 451 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: I'm not as worried about what these losses mean for 452 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: the Lakers in the standings, because I know we talked 453 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: about could could they catch Denver climb to the three 454 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: and you know, put Denver and Okac on the same 455 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: side of the bracket. Losing to Utah and Charlotte probably 456 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: made that. I don't want to say, unrealistic because they 457 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: could beat Denver on Saturday and then just be a 458 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: game back. But I now look at it more like, 459 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: just stay the four five, don't fall to the six 460 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: where you might have to play Denver in round one. 461 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: That sounds awful. Stay in the four five and then 462 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: theoretically get Houston or the Clippers in round one and 463 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,959 Speaker 1: then take your chances with Oka See And again, okay 464 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: See is a great team, great team, But I think 465 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,799 Speaker 1: for the team that young, I think they're you know, 466 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: playing Luca who beat him last year in the playoffs, 467 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: and Lebron could be tough, and then you know, see 468 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: what happens with Denver. But Luca is out of sorts, 469 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: like really truly out of sorts, and he seems like 470 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: he is not yet fully dealt with or is consistently 471 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: still dealing with the trade. There's also evidently some breaking 472 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: news to him on say you want to share it 473 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: with the audience. 474 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, Bobby Portis has been suspended twenty five games 475 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:05,439 Speaker 3: for a performance enhancing drugs. Yes, it's the last four 476 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 3: games of the season, so. 477 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there's only twenty nine games left and 478 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: the box need him. Let me, I just saw someone 479 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: tweeted that his agent. So what his agent is saying 480 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: that Bobby unintentionally took a pain medication called tramadoll, thinking 481 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: was taking a pain medication called tour it All. Tour 482 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: it All's approved, Tramadoll is not approved, was recently out 483 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: of the band substance list. Tramadoll. I feel like I've 484 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: taken tramad all. 485 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've heard of tramad all before. 486 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think tram it all. Uh so it's a painkiller. 487 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: Maybe I was wrong. I thought tramad all was like 488 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: an anxiety thing, So maybe I haven't taken it. Tour 489 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: it All. We all know tour it all. A lot 490 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: of football players take tram it All. Oh yeah, trama 491 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: All is in a super strong painkiller. It's an opioid. 492 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 1: So everybody always takes steroids by accident. We all know this. 493 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: Like nobody's ever actually intentionally violated the performance Answing drug policy. 494 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know. So people can decide whether 495 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: or not they want to believe Bobby Portis's agent. That's fine. 496 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: What does matter is this bad for the Bucks is 497 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,280 Speaker 1: bad for a Bucks team that is trying to climb 498 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,919 Speaker 1: the Eastern conference standings now, they I think it's more 499 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: important for them to just stay where they're at in 500 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: the four or five line rather than move They're not 501 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: gonna move up. There's six games behind the Knicks, so 502 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,720 Speaker 1: they're not going to catch the Knicks for the three. 503 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 1: But what they don't want to do is fall to 504 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: the six and then end up having to play the 505 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 1: Knicks in round one. Like, there's clearly three teams in 506 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: the East in Boston, Cleveland, and New York that seem 507 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,280 Speaker 1: that are considerably better than everyone else, with Milwaukee lurking 508 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 1: because of Giannis. Milwaukee doesn't want to have to face 509 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,800 Speaker 1: one of those three in round one. And you traded Middleton. 510 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: Uh you, I know you have Kuzma now Kuzma though, 511 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 1: shout out Kyle Kuzma. Good for him, buddy, congrats engaged 512 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:21,279 Speaker 1: Winnie Harlowe. Unbelievable. I know they've been together for a 513 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: long time, but the listen, I Kyle. Kyle was once 514 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,919 Speaker 1: upon a time a real pro for that Lakers team. 515 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: He was a real pro as the year they won 516 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 1: the championship, did the dirty work, rebounded, defended, did all 517 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: that stuff. Then went to the Wizards and just played 518 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: nonsense basketball for three years. But maybe now he's with 519 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: the Bucks, he'll be a real pro again. But Milwaukee 520 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: needs to stay where they are in the in the bracket. 521 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: They can't drop down to the six self appointed All 522 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: Stars are Draymond Green, who had I mean just a 523 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 1: treasure trove of quotes this weekend. 524 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 3: Go ahead, So do you do you want me to 525 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 3: just go through all of them? 526 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: And I want you to go through all of them 527 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: and then all and then all. 528 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 3: So so Draymond uh, you know, was talking to him 529 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 3: getting a head coaching gig. He said, I've already been 530 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 3: offered the Golden State Warriors head coaching job when I'm done. 531 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 3: He also said they were gonna win a title. He said, quote, 532 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,400 Speaker 3: I said, I think we're gonna win a championship, but 533 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 3: I lied, we are going to win the championship. That's 534 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 3: what's gonna happen. And he caught off the Rising Stars 535 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 3: game and he said that there's some team that no 536 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,799 Speaker 3: one wants to see. And his thoughts on the new 537 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 3: format one through ten was a zero. It sucks this 538 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 3: same basketball. 539 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: Okay, So Draymond Green being the head coach in waiting 540 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: for the Golden State Warriors is news, and it would 541 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: be treated as news if I think people took that seriously. 542 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: The Warriors winning the championship. It once again Draymond is 543 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: writing checks that Steph is gonna have to cash. I 544 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: don't I like Jimmy and but Draymond is nowhere close 545 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 1: to the player he was at the peak of their dynasty, 546 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: and Steph is not quite the same player he now. 547 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: He came on strong at the end of the before 548 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: the break, but I would be they are far far 549 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:37,320 Speaker 1: more likely to lose in round one than they are 550 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 1: to reach the finals. And now let's get to the 551 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: other stuff. He's right about the Rising Stars shouldn't be 552 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: playing Sunday Night. I actually think that is correct, and 553 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: that is a tweak they should make. I get why 554 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: they did it to make it to where there was 555 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 1: a real pressure on the Stars, like we can't let 556 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,719 Speaker 1: these kids beat us, but it should be a privilege. 557 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: But as often happens with Draymond, heat while being correct, 558 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: his delivery of the information is so poorly done that 559 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:27,360 Speaker 1: it's lost. And being on the pregame show for an event, 560 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: I felt so terribly for my dear friend Adam Lefko, 561 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: who is the one who asked him the one to 562 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: ten question, and then Draymond says, a zero, this sucks 563 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: that buddy, Your job in that moment is to create 564 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: excitement for the event. Like that's people like, oh, I 565 00:40:53,080 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: applaud the honesty. I do not do not that gig. 566 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: If that's how you feel, I mean this sincerely. Like, 567 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:15,319 Speaker 1: let's say I thought pickleball was the dumbest sport ever, 568 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: and then someone comes to me, They're like, hey, crazy thing. Man, 569 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: They're asking you to be a part of the Pickleball 570 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:28,239 Speaker 1: World Championship broadcast. It would be my job to be like, 571 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,400 Speaker 1: you know what, probably not the place for me not 572 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: to be like, yep, I'll take it so I can 573 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,399 Speaker 1: tell all these people who are tuning in to watch 574 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:41,280 Speaker 1: it how much this sucks. It's just that's just rude, 575 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,880 Speaker 1: and it's it's profession. 576 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,919 Speaker 3: They probably like they reached out to Draymond like, hey, 577 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,799 Speaker 3: do you want to do this? How would like if 578 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 3: Draymond has those thoughts in his mind, he knows that's 579 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 3: how he's gonna talk. You're saying he should just not 580 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 3: do it. 581 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,040 Speaker 1: He should be like, no, I think that if when 582 00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,759 Speaker 1: listen he works for TNT he does stuff for him. 583 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:05,080 Speaker 1: I think that when they're like, hey, just like the 584 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:09,480 Speaker 1: vast majority of years in your career, you did not 585 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: make the All Star team, so you're available this weekend. 586 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,359 Speaker 1: Would you like to do this? I think that if 587 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: you had been like well, I think that if he 588 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,319 Speaker 1: had been like sure, But just so you know, I'm 589 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:28,839 Speaker 1: gonna tell the audience how much the game sucks, they 590 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 1: might be like, ooh, all right, maybe we'll find something else. 591 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,319 Speaker 1: And this is the other piece of it that I 592 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: find really galling. Why is he the the grand PERSONA? Yeah? 593 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 1: Like I Why so? Of NBA history, Draymond Green, there 594 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: are one one hundred and forty seven people who have 595 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:09,319 Speaker 1: played in more All Star Games than Draymond Green. One 596 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 1: hundred and forty seven. Like was Chris Webber on that panel? 597 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 1: I can't remember. I don't think he was. Maybe I'm 598 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,680 Speaker 1: not sure, because Chris Webber is one of them. Karl 599 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,279 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns, who was in the game, is one of them. 600 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: Kevin Love, who seems available, is one of them. Like 601 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:34,319 Speaker 1: the Vince was on the stage, Vince has played in 602 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: double the All Star Games? Is Draymond Green like who 603 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: he is? Not the the the arbiter or the czar 604 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:53,440 Speaker 1: of All Star history. He he just isn't and the 605 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:59,399 Speaker 1: idea that he I just found it really I'm gonna 606 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:05,719 Speaker 1: use a nerd word, uncouth. It would you would not 607 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:12,440 Speaker 1: have before. I mean, Stephen Durant are there and playing 608 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 1: in it. They are taking it seriously and for you 609 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: to be like this sucks, it's not basketball. I would 610 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,960 Speaker 1: he be feeling that way if he had been selected. 611 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know. 612 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 3: I just know that his jersey off and running off 613 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 3: the field, it's just a little. 614 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,920 Speaker 1: Well, no, no, no, it's it's It's not that, but it 615 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,080 Speaker 1: would be I'm trying to think of a good comp 616 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:49,640 Speaker 1: for it. It would be as if who is a 617 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:55,240 Speaker 1: like a really good but not all time great NFL player, 618 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:02,759 Speaker 1: If Brandon Graham before this year's Pro Bowl was like 619 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:07,800 Speaker 1: holding court about the way football must be played with 620 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,759 Speaker 1: in a game that had all time legends playing in it, 621 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:19,120 Speaker 1: Like Buddy, you you have less experience with the All 622 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: Star Game than Demarta Rosen, Like I'm not the you 623 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:30,759 Speaker 1: need to make one more for your career total of 624 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,200 Speaker 1: All Star appearances to be the same as Al Horford 625 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:39,879 Speaker 1: or like like what I'm just saying those are five. 626 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:47,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just I'm not taking my All Star 627 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:52,399 Speaker 1: history lesson from a guy who has the same number 628 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,640 Speaker 1: of appearances as Otis bird Song. I'm just not. And 629 00:45:56,719 --> 00:46:01,399 Speaker 1: so like you can go somewhere with that, and if 630 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,960 Speaker 1: you want to do it, that's what the pot is for. Like, 631 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,440 Speaker 1: that's what the pot is for, not for the game broadcast.