Speaker 1: What are your thoughts as a GM with this situation. Well,
Speaker 1: the first thing I do is I put a strip
Speaker 1: club in the arena so I know he's there at
Speaker 1: all times. That might be the key. Monday December, Uh man,
Speaker 1: we just came out an opening weekend. A lot to
Speaker 1: get to. This is what's burning Jack. The Brooklyn Nets.
Speaker 1: How good are they? How good can they be? And
Speaker 1: how big is this then with the A c L
Speaker 1: injury gonna be to the team. Well, I had this
Speaker 1: team coming out the East. I love the way they're
Speaker 1: getting off to a good start. You know you have
Speaker 1: you haven't done what he go down is it's a
Speaker 1: let down early. But it's good it's happening early too
Speaker 1: because they can ask somebody, whether it's a VET, whether
Speaker 1: it's a young D League guy, somebody that can come
Speaker 1: in and help this team right now, and uh come
Speaker 1: in and fit into the system. They have a lot
Speaker 1: of time to to to fit him in. But this
Speaker 1: team is getting off to a great start. I love
Speaker 1: the way Katie's being athletic and trying to run blocks down.
Speaker 1: I love Kyrie and how they how they're being efficient. Man,
Speaker 1: I think they're getting up to a great start. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is the scary team. UM. This is both of
Speaker 1: our picks to come out of the East. UM, to me,
Speaker 1: the deepest team in the league. The Dinwoodie injury is
Speaker 1: gonna affect them, uh a little bit. I definitely feel
Speaker 1: he was someone who did it all for them. UM.
Speaker 1: But outside of that, like I said, I think the
Speaker 1: team is very deep. I think their chemistry is fine.
Speaker 1: I think early on there were some you know, they
Speaker 1: were trying to, you know, get on Kyrie, to separate
Speaker 1: and and divide the team. Team didn't buy into that.
Speaker 1: Everyone fox with each other. You could tell from the
Speaker 1: outside looking in if if you're a Hooper, you know
Speaker 1: what it is. This team is on a mission. Um.
Speaker 1: You know two superstars that are coming off injuries. UM.
Speaker 1: You know new coach, the energy of Brooklyn. Uh, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a fun season for them. And and
Speaker 1: like I said, I think we both agreed that they
Speaker 1: should be coming out of the East and uh meeting
Speaker 1: up with the Lakers in the finals. First impression. Next
Speaker 1: team up, Golden State Warriors. UM. Off to a slow start,
Speaker 1: We're blown out by Brooklyn, blown out by Milwaukee, hitting
Speaker 1: game winner the other nine in Chicago to get their
Speaker 1: first victory. Um, I think people have to understand is
Speaker 1: this team is searching for an identity right now. They
Speaker 1: were just one of the greatest dynasties we've seen, got
Speaker 1: a handful of championships. Katie leaves, Clay goes down, Draymond
Speaker 1: is not in yet. Steph is out there with a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of new guys and in a very talented rookie,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna take some time for this team to gel. Um,
Speaker 1: what are your feelings on the team out the gates
Speaker 1: so far? Where you can't put it no better than
Speaker 1: that match. They're looking for identity and they're not gonna
Speaker 1: win too many games on excuse me, too many games
Speaker 1: on the on the hell Mary Thorpe shot. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying at the buzzer you you don't want
Speaker 1: to win games like that. Uh, you're asking Wiggins and
Speaker 1: Ubray to come together and equate to what Clay was.
Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen. Man, this team needs Clay. It
Speaker 1: don't look right. Step can be awesome a lot of nights,
Speaker 1: but just not having Clay on his on the coret
Speaker 1: mat it don't look right to me. Now Clay is
Speaker 1: obviously a big part with spacing and obviously what he
Speaker 1: can do on the defensive end. I think Golden State
Speaker 1: is really asking Wiggins and and and obviously Ubrey to
Speaker 1: be themselves. And I think although they're off to a
Speaker 1: slow start, you know, ray was at eight teen points
Speaker 1: a game. You know, Wiggins is nearly a twenty point
Speaker 1: game average guy. So I think these guys will catch
Speaker 1: their rhythm. Um, they need Draymond back, that's definite. But
Speaker 1: I think you know, this team is you know, max
Speaker 1: seventh seed, but most likely I think in that play
Speaker 1: in space, um to make the playoffs. So hopefully they'll
Speaker 1: get their chemistry together, get get guys back in and
Speaker 1: see what they can do. First impression. Next team up,
Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks, off to a two and oh start. Jack,
Speaker 1: We had Rondo on the show a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know we discussed under under the radar.
Speaker 1: This team did a lot of good things in free agency. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, able to get Gallinari, Uh, Bob Donovitch, Young,
Speaker 1: Cam Reddish, John Collins, um, you know doing this thing.
Speaker 1: Trey Young has been a monster thus far. Rondo has
Speaker 1: been able to play one of the games. But I
Speaker 1: like this team. Um, you know, they still got Clint Cappella,
Speaker 1: who who hasn't got a chance to play yet. They've
Speaker 1: got a lot of nice pieces. I expect them to
Speaker 1: be probably one of the surprised team, if not the
Speaker 1: surprise team uh in the East this year. Well what
Speaker 1: have you thought about them so far? What you said
Speaker 1: it and all those names you named, these are guys
Speaker 1: that this is the year for them to come into
Speaker 1: their own. All these guys have been bounced around, All
Speaker 1: these guys that have been had a lot of knocks
Speaker 1: on them, said they couldn't do this, they couldn't do that.
Speaker 1: You got a lot of hungry a lot of young
Speaker 1: guys that's hungry, that's that's ready to prove themselves. And uh,
Speaker 1: I think I think this team, you know would have
Speaker 1: been trade young run this team with having a young
Speaker 1: coach over there, I think they're gonna be kind of
Speaker 1: like the Warriors of the Eastern Conference. They're gonna play
Speaker 1: a high pace, high paced style of basketball and try
Speaker 1: to run the score up. And I think they have
Speaker 1: the guns and the shooters to do it. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know that this team is has built primarily through the draft,
Speaker 1: um able to get some nice free agency, uh free
Speaker 1: agent pickups this year, which I like Rondo dropping his
Speaker 1: game and knowledge on that team. Like I said, I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see what this young team can do because
Speaker 1: they have a lot of nice pieces and they should
Speaker 1: definitely make some noise in East. Take note is our
Speaker 1: next segment, and we have two teams for you to
Speaker 1: watch out for this season. The Portland Trail Blazers in
Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers with a quick turnaround from the bubble, not
Speaker 1: much in the preseason. Uh, two teams that we both
Speaker 1: like our Indiana and the Blazers. Um, how good can
Speaker 1: the Blazers be if they can stay healthy? Sky's the
Speaker 1: limit for the Blazers, Matt. We know, we know that
Speaker 1: somebody has always been injured on their team, the big man,
Speaker 1: one of the key guards, somebody has always been heard
Speaker 1: on this team. When this team is healthy, they're dangerous.
Speaker 1: I think that's why they' getting up to a good start.
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that all these guys had a good
Speaker 1: training camp. Everybody's coming back healthy. Melow is involved in
Speaker 1: training camp this year, so I'm excited. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see what this team goes because they stay healthy, Matt,
Speaker 1: they got a chance to win this West Conference. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is a deep team. You've obviously got Damon c J.
Speaker 1: You get picked up Covington, You've got a healthy Nurkic,
Speaker 1: you got Mellow in training camp, you got Cantor, Trent Hood,
Speaker 1: Derek Jones. I mean this team is definitely deep. Uh,
Speaker 1: Conde contend anytime you have Dame and c J. C
Speaker 1: J is probably one to right up there next to
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday. One of the most underrated players uh in
Speaker 1: the game. One of the most skilled two guards we've seen.
Speaker 1: There's nothing he can't do. Um. So I'm excited for
Speaker 1: Portland this year. Definitely, if they can stay healthy, they
Speaker 1: can really make some noise in the in the Western Conference.
Speaker 1: The Pacers on the flip side, I think that's someone
Speaker 1: that no one's really talking about. They also have a
Speaker 1: deep team and a player that I think is really
Speaker 1: might be the most slept on star in the game,
Speaker 1: which is Sabonus. Someone who's big, agile, doesn't inside out,
Speaker 1: he's mean, he's dirty, and he's a throwback player. You know,
Speaker 1: his dad was they say, one of the best big
Speaker 1: we've you know, ever played this game. We didn't get
Speaker 1: to see him in his prime. But you know, you
Speaker 1: hear stories about his father in the past. But I
Speaker 1: really like Indiana to Um. Obviously, Oladipo is key to
Speaker 1: that team, but they have a lot of nice pieces,
Speaker 1: um to go in that Eastern Conference, which is gonna
Speaker 1: be very competitive this year. Yeah, I think the Pacers
Speaker 1: are picking up that grist out of basketball. Oladipo is healthy.
Speaker 1: Like you said, Sabonis is starting getting off to a
Speaker 1: great start. Well, a lot of people are not gonna
Speaker 1: are not talking about his t Warren. He reminds me
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of myself. You know, he
Speaker 1: got off in the bubble last year. In the bubble. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we'll have a breakout a year too. But
Speaker 1: this team is is embracing that great style of basketball,
Speaker 1: and like you said, they can do anything coming out
Speaker 1: to the East, it's just all match if they could
Speaker 1: jail quick, yeah, Matt Malcolm Brogdon as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: they got a lot of lights pieces. So the Holiday
Speaker 1: brothers so excited to see what this team can do
Speaker 1: in the East. Um. But it's definitely gonna be a
Speaker 1: fun year in a in a solid year for both
Speaker 1: these teams. The Week Ahead gives us a bubble second
Speaker 1: round playoff rematch between the Bucks and the Heat. Jimmy
Speaker 1: is expected to play in one of the two games.
Speaker 1: Miami is off to a nice start while Milwaukee is
Speaker 1: trying to find their footing. Still, um Jack as a player, Uh,
Speaker 1: these early season playoff rematches, how serious? I know obviously
Speaker 1: every game is serious, but I think the media is
Speaker 1: gonna make this a huge deal. But to me, it's
Speaker 1: just still early in the season. How would you approach
Speaker 1: this game? Uh? If you're Milwaukee, well's the statement of game.
Speaker 1: We had to let down last year in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: We didn't play as well and we haven't started this
Speaker 1: season off on a great note. So this has to
Speaker 1: be a statement game. We have to look at this
Speaker 1: game the same way the Clippers looked at the first
Speaker 1: game against the Lakers. They didn't get a chance to
Speaker 1: play him in the Western Conference finals, so this is
Speaker 1: our Western Conmas final. Let's let us have us make
Speaker 1: a statement game against you right now at the beginning
Speaker 1: this season. Milwalken needs to have that same approach, whether
Speaker 1: Jimmy plays or not, and try to make this statement
Speaker 1: game and let them know that they're gonna be hanging
Speaker 1: around towards the end of the season. I like that.
Speaker 1: You know, Miami is Miami. They're gonna you know, they're
Speaker 1: a blue collar team. Uh, you know, they've been doing
Speaker 1: their thing. Off to a nice start. Jimmy's got these
Speaker 1: guys playing well. Um, obviously, you know with Brooklyn in
Speaker 1: the East, now it's it's not a clear cut. There's
Speaker 1: no real clear cut. We feel every Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: we feel Brooklyn, you know, upper has the upper hand.
Speaker 1: But I mean the East is deep man Miami, Uh, Boston, Philly,
Speaker 1: Who am I forgetting the Celtics. It's definitely gonna be fun.
Speaker 1: But you know, I expect Miami to be fairly consistent
Speaker 1: throughout the season, and Milwaukee needs to find with their
Speaker 1: identity is similar to what the Warriors are looking for
Speaker 1: right now. Also this week, we got a nice Western
Speaker 1: Conference matchup between Phoenix and Utah. Devin Booker versus Donovan Mitchell, CP,
Speaker 1: Mike Conley, he saw Gobert just signed the biggest contract
Speaker 1: in history for a center. Congratulations Jack. What fan base
Speaker 1: should be more excited for their team's future? I think
Speaker 1: Utah has been pretty solid, consistent, haven't got over that
Speaker 1: hump Phoenix has been in the toilet. I think CP
Speaker 1: coming over there now is going to be great for
Speaker 1: Booker and Aiden. What teams should be more excited about
Speaker 1: their future Phoenix man is not even close having a
Speaker 1: player like Booker and a youngster like Aiden, adding the
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer like Chris Paul. A player like Chris
Speaker 1: Paul only comes around every blue moon. You know, one
Speaker 1: of the best leaders, one of the one of the
Speaker 1: best UH teammates, one of the best, one of the
Speaker 1: most dirtiest playing guys. I know, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: but what but what he's also But out of all that,
Speaker 1: he's the smartest point guard I've ever seen on the court.
Speaker 1: Man so always taking CP to war. Yeah, yeah, having
Speaker 1: him and Booking together, I'm excited about this, and famous
Speaker 1: fans should be excited. Well absolutely, I'm excited. You know.
Speaker 1: They were my my surprise team in the West this year.
Speaker 1: I think the CP is gonna take Devin Booker's game
Speaker 1: to another level. And you know, you already know what
Speaker 1: CP does with big so he's gonna get Aiden. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, really going to um Utah is always solid,
Speaker 1: you know, I like, you know Quinn Snyder and what
Speaker 1: they do over there. Um, do they have enough to
Speaker 1: get over the hump? Who knows, But I definitely think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be exciting matchup for years to come between
Speaker 1: Devin Booker and Donovan Mitchell, two of the bright young
Speaker 1: stars in our game. Harden watch first game back forty
Speaker 1: four and seventeen. Uh, there's been a lot of noise
Speaker 1: about what he hasn't hasn't been doing off the court,
Speaker 1: but when he's on the court, he's a killer. Uh.
Speaker 1: What are they gonna do in Houston? As a GM?
Speaker 1: Do you trade him? Do you try to make it work?
Speaker 1: Obviously he's still under contract for two more years. I
Speaker 1: personally would love to see him mix in with Wall
Speaker 1: and Boogie and Christian Wood has been playing really well. Uh.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts as a GM with this situation. Well,
Speaker 1: the first thing I do is I put a strip
Speaker 1: club in the arena so I know he's there at
Speaker 1: all times. That might be the key. I'm just telling you,
Speaker 1: Matt it you won't have to worry about missing him
Speaker 1: because you know he's there. Right. But now a player
Speaker 1: like James hard Man, he comes once in a lifetime.
Speaker 1: You gotta do everything you can to keep him I
Speaker 1: want to see him wall and Boogies. I want to
Speaker 1: see what they can do together in the Western Conference. Man,
Speaker 1: this team can make some noise. And everybody knows Steve
Speaker 1: Silas is my cousin, so I want to see him
Speaker 1: do good. But Houston has invested a lot of money,
Speaker 1: a lot of time, a lot of love in James Harden,
Speaker 1: and I'm a big fan fan of James Harden being
Speaker 1: from Texas, so I want to see him win to Houston. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, I'm four player in powerment. I think
Speaker 1: we both are. You know, when players want to take
Speaker 1: their future in their own hands, I'm all for it. Um.
Speaker 1: I think obviously there was just a lot of outside
Speaker 1: noise of the way he was handling that. But it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see if there's anything they can do
Speaker 1: to to to keep him or change his mind. Has
Speaker 1: there ever been a situation in your career where you
Speaker 1: just really wanted out and you were fed up so
Speaker 1: you said funk it? Yeah? Man, when Charlotte traded me
Speaker 1: to Milwaukee, um, I wasn't in that stage where I
Speaker 1: was ready to go to a team that was just
Speaker 1: cool with losing. I got there and men Scott Skyles
Speaker 1: never hit it off. We are two different types of people,
Speaker 1: and I just I just stayed at home too. They
Speaker 1: traded me to San Antonio. I was doing mix tapes
Speaker 1: and doing rap shows. Even when you came down with
Speaker 1: the Lakers, I was suspended because I got into it
Speaker 1: with coach. I did not want to be there. So
Speaker 1: you know, I had a lot of game left. As
Speaker 1: soon as I got to San Antonio, we made to
Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals. So you know you're worth know
Speaker 1: You're know you're worth. Quick hitters. Happy early Birthday, Lebron
Speaker 1: will be thirty six on Wednesday. I mean this guy,
Speaker 1: what what? What? What can you say about this guy?
Speaker 1: I mean they got a chance to go back to back,
Speaker 1: possibly three pet with this team. Uh, one of the
Speaker 1: greatest to ever do it. It's been a pleasure watching
Speaker 1: him do what he's doing for so long. Happy early
Speaker 1: birthday to the game. I'm glad I've been alive to
Speaker 1: witness greatness. That's all I can Sabsolutely, Steph Curry hit
Speaker 1: over a hundred straight threes from the corner shot for
Speaker 1: five straight minutes, didn't miss. Unbelievable, not surprising at all.
Speaker 1: With with with Steph and his shooting the fastest ever
Speaker 1: reached threes and only took him seven hundred two games.
Speaker 1: The next closest is Reggie Miller with one thousand, twenty
Speaker 1: one games and Ray Allen win one thousand, two hundred games.
Speaker 1: This guy did it in seven hundred two games. Obviously
Speaker 1: one of the greatest shooters, the greatest shooter we've ever seen.
Speaker 1: I'm glad I was there with the short time when
Speaker 1: he got drafted. But bro, how you make how you
Speaker 1: shoot for five minutes and nothing cramped up? Glad you
Speaker 1: glad you underestimated him asking for a trade to Anyway,
Speaker 1: moving on, there's a little tray Young Grayson Allen Twitter
Speaker 1: beef going on right now. Uh. The other night Grayson
Speaker 1: stepped and tried to trip him. Grayson as a history
Speaker 1: of being dirty in college. Um, I love for someone
Speaker 1: to play hard, but the dirty ship. Uh, some of
Speaker 1: might have to check that chin one of these days
Speaker 1: for that. Yeah, this said his first time. Like you said,
Speaker 1: he has a history of college a number of times
Speaker 1: and doing stuff like this, And Trey Young just letting
Speaker 1: them know, Hey, man, Rondo not out here to knock
Speaker 1: you out for me. But what I'm gonna do is
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you know I'm an nip in the
Speaker 1: bud right now. We don't take this, and we don't
Speaker 1: take that in this league. You fail. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm all for playing hard, but the dirty ship that's
Speaker 1: gotta go. You never want to intentionally hurt players in closing.
Speaker 1: One thing you want to see in the NBA in
Speaker 1: I want to see the fight for equality and social
Speaker 1: just to continue. They're still killing us. It's a lot
Speaker 1: still going on, and I think the fight for equality
Speaker 1: is we far from it, So I think we should
Speaker 1: still be fight for that, and they still should be
Speaker 1: pushing it in the NBA. I agree, continuing to push
Speaker 1: the message. And I just hope everyone stays healthy this season, man,
Speaker 1: and and and you know, with a quick turnaround, I
Speaker 1: want to see everyone stay healthy so we can have
Speaker 1: the best possible playoffs and crowning champs. So good luck
Speaker 1: to everybody. Like Jack said, man, keep pushing that message,
Speaker 1: um Man. We gotta wish our fans were closing out
Speaker 1: the year, big year for us. Man. What we want
Speaker 1: to thank our fans man for all the love and support.
Speaker 1: Without y'all, we wouldn't be here. We went in awards,
Speaker 1: we can't wait to tell you about. Like we said,
Speaker 1: we came over. We said we's gonna take to change
Speaker 1: the game in this space, and I think we continue
Speaker 1: to do that. So shout out my brother, Appreciate you,
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