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The Colin Coward Podcast 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: presented by the Fan Duel Sports Book. Hi, everybody, welcome 12 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: to an awesome Monday morning podcast with my buddy Nick. Right, 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: We're going to do a major deep dive on Kyrie, 14 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: the Nets, Kadi and the Celtics. But let me just 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: start with a few things, and I will start with 16 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: the imploding Nets. Listen. I was on this from the 17 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: very beginning. KD is in a mess because he chose 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving over Steph Curry. And this is something I 19 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: believe strongly in. As I've gotten older, I have pruned 20 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: my tree. What do I mean by that? I've got 21 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: six really close friends, close with my kids. I don't 22 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: waste time. I've become very time efficient to a point 23 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: where I'm almost obsessed by it. I don't ride with 24 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: many people. This is where I think Katie made a 25 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: massive mistake. He traded in Steve Kerr for Steve Nash, 26 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: he traded in Steph Curry for Kyrie Irving. Those are 27 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: massive downgrades, Like he chose the wrong guys to ride with, 28 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: and this is what you get he I mean, the 29 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Warriors arguably have a plus plus at owner, GM, head, coach, 30 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: and Star. And because he's non confrontational and couldn't handle 31 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: a spat with Draymond Greene, he goes to the second 32 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: most popular franchise in New York, a brand new coach 33 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: and Kyrie Irving. And it's not like Kyrie's issues were 34 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: not disclosed. I mean, it wasn't like you buy a 35 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: house and the inspector misses the leaky roof. We all 36 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: know Kyrie's baggage. So this is a great example of 37 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: you know who you go to Vegas with on the weekends, 38 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: like it matters who you travel with abroad, who you 39 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: choose to be in relationships with. Katie's a great player. 40 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: He made really awful, regrettable choices on who to ride 41 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: with and now his career. Let's be honest, he didn't 42 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: look nearly as effective as Jason Tatum. What is he now? 43 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: What is he? He is completely lost? It dings his legacy. 44 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: I mean three years in Brooklyn, two first round exits, 45 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: a second round exit, and they're trapped as a franchise 46 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: because they can't give Kyrie a long term contract. That's 47 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: just not a reasonable conclusion. So the Memphis Minnesota series, Listen, 48 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: Memphis is better, but something needs to be said. Their coach, 49 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: Taylor Jenkins ripped the officials, got a big fine. We'll 50 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: get a big fine. I mean, he really called them 51 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: out as aggressively as I've ever seen a coach call 52 00:03:55,480 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: them out. Listen. Because of Tim Donaghee, an outline, a 53 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: rebel who was caught not changing the outcomes of games. 54 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: He acknowledges that he called fouls. He tried to get 55 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: the over to betters Doneghie will tell you he didn't 56 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: try to change outcomes. He called early fouls, get teams 57 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: into the bonus, more free throws, they shoot more at 58 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: the line, and they hit the over. Because of that. Now, 59 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: anytime a series is poorly officiated, it's rigged, folks. There's 60 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: a big difference between rigged and crappy officials. The NBA's 61 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: got I think it's seventy full time officials. Well, if 62 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: an airline had seventy full time pilots, do you think 63 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: seventy or Sully Sullenburger landing on the Hudson. Now you're 64 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: gonna have about six great ones, twenty strong ones, twenty 65 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: mediocre ones, and thirty you wish were better. Think about 66 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: how often it happens that you go to a doctor 67 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: or you have a surgery and you're not satisfied with 68 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: the results, Folks. Not every doctor went to Harvard. Not 69 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: everybody's an A plus plus med student. In my adult life, 70 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: and we'll say that's thirty five to mid fifties, twenty years, 71 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,239 Speaker 1: I've gone to the hospital four times, maybe five six. 72 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: I've had great doctors, I've had pretty solid doctors, and 73 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: I had one bad experience. There are bad officials in 74 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: the NBA. They're bad pilots and bad surgeons. We have 75 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: hospitals that have amputated the wrong leg. My wife had 76 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: a surgery about six seven years ago, on her wrist. 77 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: It was feudal, it was poorly done. She needs another. 78 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: So you know, fans love to gravitate because it's much psychologically. 79 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: It's much easier for a fan. They can't blame their 80 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: players because you can't just change your roster. They don't 81 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: like to blame their coach, especially if it's a new 82 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: coach with a new contract, so it's easier to blame 83 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: the officials. Yes there's bad officials, and yes Tim Doneghie 84 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: did exist. This isn't okay, believe it or not. The 85 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: NBA has a group of people who monitor every call. 86 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: That's what they do. And if Vegas thought or fan 87 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: Duel thought games were being thrown, you do realize they 88 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: would notify the league. That's how the league found out 89 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: about Tim Donneghee. Vegas said, we're seeing something happen with 90 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Tim donneghee games and it's wildly suspicious. So, yes, the 91 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: officials can be awful. Think about college basketball, there's three 92 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty Division one programs on a Saturday night, 93 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy five are playing eid like nine 94 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: hundred officials four hundred or awful. So a buddy of mine, 95 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: comedian Jeff Cesario from Milwaukee said, Colin the Bucks offense 96 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: is almost better without Chris Middleton, who's injured for about 97 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: a month. How is it possible, Well, Dallas without Luca, 98 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: Sons without Chris Ball, Grizzlies without John Morant, and now 99 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: the Bucks without Middleton. You notice the ball movement gets better. 100 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: Why because players don't sit around staring at the star. 101 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: Now in the Warriors case, it's different because Steph Curry 102 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: moves more rapidly and more often than any star player 103 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: in the league. So the Warriors ball movement and spacing 104 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: gets worse when Curry gets hurt. That's the exception. In 105 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: most instances, a John Morant players sit around, he's got 106 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: the ball. They become spectators. Dallas Mavericks with Luca, they 107 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: become spectators. So when you see a team like Milwaukee 108 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: and there's better ball movement without Chris Middleton, this is commonplace. Now, 109 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: eventually you want all your shop makers to beat the 110 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: Celtics or the Sixers, and they'll need them. But this 111 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: is fairly common. The ball centric player leaves. Everybody elevates 112 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: and succeed for a short period of time. Warriors are 113 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: the exception because in all my years watching the NBA, 114 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: I've never seen a player move without the ball, a 115 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: star player quite like Steph Curry. A lot of spring 116 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: games in college football this weekend, let's talk USC. One 117 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: of the things that Oklahoma is going to have to 118 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: come to terms with is that once Texas A and 119 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: M went to the SEC, the SEC now has its 120 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: hands in Texas recruiting. Why does that matter for Oklahoma 121 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: Because the state of Oklahoma over the last ten to 122 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: fifteen years has been a much less dynamic state for 123 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: high school football stars. This year, Oklahoma doesn't have a 124 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: single five star recruit, four or five four star recruits 125 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: than just a bunch of guys. It's almost the equivalent 126 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: of Oregon. There's just not that much talent in Oklahoma, 127 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: so you have to leave the state. Well, when Lincoln 128 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: Riley took the USC job, it will shut the door 129 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma getting elite California kids. Their state no longer 130 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: provides ten to twelve elite high school players. The SEC 131 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: is now poaching Texas and Jimbo Fisher and Steve Sarkisian 132 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: at the two biggest programs in the state of Texas, 133 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: are excellent recruiters. Translation one of the things that's never 134 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: been discussed, but I do believe it's true, is that 135 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley looked up and thought, we're heading into the SEC. Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, 136 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: Alabama are all states where you don't have to leave 137 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: it and you can get sixty to seventy percent of 138 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: your recruiting class, maybe an Alabama's case thirty percent. Is 139 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: that Lincoln Riley looked through this and thought, listen, we're 140 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: going to be the fifth best program in terms of 141 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: personnel in the SEC. When he took the USC job, 142 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: people were shocked at it. But why did Brian Kelly 143 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: take the LSU job? Easier access to high end players. 144 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: Look at what USC has already done in twenty twenty 145 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: three recruiting and in the transfer portal. Lincoln Riley looked 146 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: at the future. It's called seeing around corners, and he's 147 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: seeing what a lot of people are Oklahoma recruiting. The 148 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: next five years, it's going to get harder and harder 149 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: to get California kids, Texas kids, and you're moving into 150 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: a conference with wildly dynamic in state recruiting Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, 151 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: and those SEC schools have been recruiting those states for 152 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: thirty and forty years. Minimum. USC is going to get 153 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: good fast. What you're going to see at Oklahoma is 154 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: going to be a very very gradual erosion over the 155 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: next ten years. They're gonna win nine ten games this year. 156 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: They're not going to be a bad program. But Lincoln 157 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:16,119 Speaker 1: Riley saw what was happening. The SEC now is shutting 158 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: the door to a lot of the best high school 159 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: football players, and the SEC, by the way, their nil 160 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: programs will pay more than Oklahoma's. I saw a story. 161 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's gonna pay forty thousand bucks per sooner forty thousand. 162 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: You understand, a quarterback is going to go for four million, 163 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: a top receiver, defensive end is going to go for 164 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: a million. Nobody wants to say it, Nobody wants to 165 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: push back. Mark my words. Ten years from now, Oklahoma 166 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: will not be the same program now. 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You were like, they 209 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: don't play defense, They're not well coached, and then the 210 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: last second you folded your beloved Clippers and now your 211 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: beloved Nets. They've all betrayed you. Over the last few 212 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: years of the NBA, these teams that don't play together, 213 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: of no history, no continuity, of no leadership, they flame out. Well. 214 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: I like Tylu and I loved how versatile they have, 215 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: like six wing defenders with the Clippers. I like their 216 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: roster a lot. Yeah, but then Paul George went belly 217 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: up on COVID and I'm like, okay, I give up 218 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: by out but to me, and I was really hard 219 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: on him the first day it happened. And I'll go 220 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: back to this. Who you decide to ride within life? 221 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: Marriage friends? You know, you go to Vegas with the 222 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: wrong guy, you can end up in the gray bar motel. Okay, 223 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: you go with the right guy that says, hey, Nick, 224 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: slow down, get off the table, let's go to bed. 225 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: So Kde traded in Steph for Kyrie. That's the foundation 226 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: of all this. And I said it at the time, No, no, no, no. 227 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: This was not like buying a car and somebody screwed 228 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: around with the odometer. You knew the issues when you 229 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: went into the relationship like, at some point Katie made 230 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: a horrible decision. Say what you want about Lebron, He's 231 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: made a career of really solid decisions. I'm gonna take 232 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: k Love over the kid, I'm gonna take Bosh and Wade. 233 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna he's made way for Lebron finally, you know, 234 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: made made a disastrous one this year and advocating for 235 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: Westbrook and in submarine the whole year. So here's the thing. 236 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: I think it's you. You focused rightly on trading in 237 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: Kyrie or a step for Kyrie, but then also as 238 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: a part of it, he was trading in Steve Nash. 239 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:52,119 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Steve Kerr for Steve Nash. They had Kenny Atkinson, 240 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: Katie and Kyrie didn't play, or Katie didn't play that 241 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: first year. Kyrie barely plays. And then if you listen 242 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: to any of the reporting, Kenny Atkinson, who was well respected, 243 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: well liked, he gets pushed out because they want Steve Nash. 244 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: If you remember then, Kyrie was like, well we don't 245 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: really have a coach. I can be the coach. Katie 246 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: can be coach like and Steve Nash has been in 247 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: so far over his head. So he went from culture, depth, organization, 248 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: amazing teammate to Kyrie in a first time head coach 249 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: who has no idea what he's doing, who the only 250 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: thing Steve Nash knows how to do is play Katie 251 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: forty five minutes as the only buttony president is just 252 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: don't take Katie out because it almost one of the 253 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: Bucks series last year and Katie kept Colin, have you 254 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: seen a superstar? Look this Not we've seen superstars play poorly, 255 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: but look this unrecognizable to what he normally looks like 256 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: since Lebron in twenty eleven. Well, here's the thing. In 257 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: the history of Dynasty's College and Pro there's never been 258 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: one without a Hall of Fame coach Wooden Saban, Pete 259 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: Carroll at USC, Chuck Noll, Wa Popovich. There are no exceptions. 260 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: So two things working here. Boston is tremendous defensively, like 261 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: like next level intensity. Secondly tayed them over the last 262 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: couple of years, it's become a much better defender. He 263 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: has like like all guys that come into the league 264 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: at eighteen, like leaving Lebron's first couple of years, they're overwhelmed, right. 265 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: But the other thing is he gets no easy baskets. 266 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: The only thing that worries me about Tyree Hill leaving 267 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. He gave them easy touchdowns, like easy ones, right, 268 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: easy fifty yard games. You don't have to have twelve 269 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: play drives. Kevin Durant has not had an easy basket 270 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: in this series. Can you can you draw up one 271 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: fucking out of bounce play and just get him an 272 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: easy lay up? Can you do it? Like I the 273 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: game two, where's over ten the second half? But we 274 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: looked at his shot chart, he and Kyrie shot chart 275 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: for the second half when they were one for seventeen Colin, 276 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: there's one shot inside the restricted area. One. Meanwhile, every 277 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: time the Celtics come out of the time out, they 278 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: get an open look. They don't always hit it, but 279 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: they get an open look. These guys are taking the 280 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: hardest shots in basketball, the contested mid range shots, and 281 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: so it's they're not getting any easy looks. But Katie also, 282 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: I don't know if you watched it. I stayed up 283 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: to watch his postgame Presserchestery and I give him a 284 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: lot of credit, you know, I mean, he answered all 285 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: the questions. He's very honest, but he seems puzzled he's 286 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: like and he seems vulnerable. He's like, I don't know, 287 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: I man, I'm thinking too much. Maybe I just need 288 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: to go faster, like I was trying not to be 289 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: too aggressive. And then like he stops and he's like, yeah, man, 290 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking too damn much. And he I mean, 291 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: he is flummixed by what is happening. Nobody when he 292 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: was nine for twenty four in game one and we 293 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: all like, I picked the Celtics win the series. And 294 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: I said, after we all on our show, and I'm 295 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: sure you said something similar as well, Katie won't be 296 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: that bad again. He was n that might be his 297 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: best game of the series. He said, he won't be 298 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: that bad again. I think one of the reasons if 299 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: you picked the Nets after Game one you felt good 300 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: was that was the bad Katie game and they almost 301 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: won it through three games. That's the best Katie game. 302 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: It's bizarre and Kyrie for all of his you know, 303 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: I like to remind people because Kyrie is, as Chris 304 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: Brussard says, your favorite player's favorite player, and you know 305 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: he's the most skilled biz and the most gifted bat 306 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: in all of it. Kyrie Irving has played eleven years 307 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: in this league. He has never received a single first, second, third, fourth, 308 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 1: or fifth place MVP vote, never shown up on a ballot. 309 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 1: He has been first team NBA zero times. He has 310 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: been second Team NBA one time. Why isn't it Because 311 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 1: despite all of his individual brilliance at times, there's no 312 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: consistency to it. And it's just a fact that Kyrie 313 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: Irving has not had a single relevant postseason moment after 314 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: Round one since twenty seventeen, this last year with Lebron James. 315 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: That's a half decade. Man, That that since before Jason 316 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: Datum came into the league. Like that ain't great? Yeah, 317 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: I worked with somebody my first job in college. I 318 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: got a job in Vegas and I worked with an 319 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: anchor person and she was a huge talent, as good 320 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: as any anchor I ever worked with. She showed up 321 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: about three days a week. And one of the things 322 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: I learned about that was that I ended up liking 323 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: and I was better with her. She was so funny. 324 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,959 Speaker 1: She eventually left the industry and did well for herself. 325 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: But it was something I learned, a lesson that I learned. 326 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: I'd take a B plus that's there every day that 327 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: an a that's there twice a week. And not only 328 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: is Kyrie not there physically, he's not always there emotionally. 329 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: Like a lot of those stories in Boston that came 330 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: out after he left. He was blown up practice, he 331 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: was blown up locker rooms. And so you know, I 332 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: go back to Steph Curry is willing to come off 333 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: the bench, off the bench, I mean, Russell Westbrook was 334 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: deeply offended when that was suggested. Iverson was offended by that. 335 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: So there's a there's a self awareness thing, like we 336 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: fall in love with talent in life. But Lebron and 337 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: a D right now are a mess. Katie Kyrie are 338 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: officially a mess. And Paul George and Kauhi I'm sorry, 339 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: one's nonverbal, one's not available. I mean, Paul George Covid 340 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: hide yourself for a month, be an Olympic athlete. So 341 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's I think sometimes in the NBA we 342 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: just fall in love with talent. When Tyreek Hill got 343 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: traded from the Chiefs, I had a GM, say five 344 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: draft picks. Yeah, I would trade him too. He goes. 345 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: You know, Brett Fats knows what he's doing. They'll they'll 346 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: spend money and get production out of that. So as 347 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: much as you and I love talent, we all realize 348 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: the ten best quarterbacks of all time, maybe two Marino 349 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: and Elway qualify as the best talent. There's a lot 350 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: of EQ and IQ in consistency. I am out on Kyrie. 351 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't why listen, and so let me ask you this. 352 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: If you're the GM of the Nets, now keep in mind, 353 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: you don't really have a lot of picks. Now you 354 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: have some of Philly's picks, but most of your picks 355 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: are gone because they hardened to bacle. You don't know. 356 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: The Ben Simmons thing is now officially one of the 357 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: most puzzling events in my sports life. He missed the season. 358 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: He never got hurt. I know, I'm not saying he 359 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: didn't have a back injury, but my point is the 360 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: last basketball game he played, he was healthy, he never 361 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: had a full practice, and he missed the season with 362 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: an injury. It's one of the wildest things ever. Kyrie 363 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: Irving as a player option Colin. If Kyrie Irving opts out, okay, yeah, 364 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: of course I want the five year, full max, five year, 365 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty million dollars. Can you. I don't 366 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: know what you do if you're the Nets. I don't 367 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: think you can just let him walk. You let him walk? 368 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: And it's just Kevin Durant and this Blake Grayman who's 369 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: a thousand. I don't know what the hell you do there? 370 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: But am I interested in giving Kyrie Irving five year 371 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: max money? I don't know what I do? So what 372 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: do you do? Honestly, what do you do if you're 373 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: the Nets? Well, here's the thing, Steve, let me just 374 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: see this real quick stephen A said on at half time. 375 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: He was like, oh, I give him the fifty million, 376 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: but one year at a time. And I love Steven 377 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: a master, respect for him. Yeah, that's great, but he's 378 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a one year deal. Offer you all. 379 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: You're gonna offer to pay him in in in subway 380 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: coupons too. He ain't gonna take that either. Like, he's 381 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: not taking a one year deal. So, like that's not 382 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: a tenable option. If he says full max or I'm leaving, 383 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: what do you do? Let him go? I'll give an example. Okay, 384 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: I'll give you an example. I don't think he and 385 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: Katie are a great fit. So here here's an example. 386 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: People think about three years ago, before the nagging injuries, 387 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: a D was the brittle one and Lebron was the 388 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: bull the seventy five games. Yeah, of course a D 389 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: now is a terrible fit for Lebron. So is Kawhi 390 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: Leonard the two worst fits in the league with him? 391 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: Because he needs Now, Yeah, sure he needs. He needs 392 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: seventy three games and seriously, and a guy that can 393 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: shoot an he needs guys off the ball for seventy 394 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: games now. Three years ago, ady Lebron worked so Simmons 395 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: and KD is actually perfect. You'd have to add other 396 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: elements because he doesn't shoot, he creates shots. He'll defend 397 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: the best defensive non center. He's a perfect fit. Kyrie's 398 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: not so as Kevin now is increasingly brittle. Let's say 399 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: you get sixty eight games a year. Well, Kyrie is 400 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: unpredictable and brittle and emotionally brittle, and he takes shots. 401 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: And he's never been a he's never been a catalyst. 402 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: He's a finisher. So I think we look at him 403 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: and go, oh, it's just perfect. No, it's two movie stars. 404 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's really two guys that need the 405 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: ball and don't really elevate others. So to me, I 406 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: would let him walk, you know. And I know a 407 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: lot of dudes want to play with Kevin Durant. He's 408 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: a good dude. Oh sure, So I would not think 409 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: you have to find by the way you have your 410 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: big Drummond, You'll find bench guys. Simmons will be a 411 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: good fit. You'll get what you get out of him. 412 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: You have draft picks, Go find a couple of guy 413 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: Bradley Beale, find somebody, do something. But I don't think 414 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: Kadi and Kyrie running work. I really don't. It's well, 415 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: it clearly they clearly. I mean from basketball perspective, it 416 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: clearly hasn't been what everyone said it was going to be. 417 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:18,239 Speaker 1: And I also think the Katie thing is there's just 418 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: so many interesting levels to it, as far as set 419 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: the Kyrie part aside, like why did he take one 420 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,479 Speaker 1: shot in the fourth quarter? Yes, on Saturday and it 421 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: was a dunk with twenty seconds in? Like why is he? Why? 422 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: What is happening here? And I you know, I posted 423 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: a stat on Twitter that's true. It's I guess somewhat unfair, 424 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: but attack you, right, I'm just gonna say it till 425 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: you get your reaction. To it. Kevin Durant's career playoff 426 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: record thirty eight and ten, thirty eight and ten with 427 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: Golden State, fifty seven and forty nine everywhere else. So 428 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: with Golden State he wins four out of five games. 429 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: Everywhere else he wins three out of five, like and 430 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: you know a little more than one out of two. 431 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: So it is at because Katie, Here's what I do know. 432 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: I think that the folks, because there are folks, a 433 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: lot of folks that will argue, not only is Kevin 434 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: Durrant the best player in the league, but he has 435 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: been the best player in the league for like five 436 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: years and people just don't want to give him the respect. Well, 437 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: this series hurts that, man, it really really hurts that. 438 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: It's the Nets were the co favorites to win the 439 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: conference and third favorites to win the title not before 440 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: the season ten days ago. Ten days ago, Vegas was like, yeah, 441 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: their right neck and neck with Milwaukee and they're behind 442 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: Phoenix to win the title. They are this close to 443 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: getting swept by a Boston team that is listen, I 444 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: think this Boston is very, very good. But the reason 445 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: people liked Brooklyn in this series was well, they'll have 446 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: the best player on the court. They have not Jason 447 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: Timmons and the best player on the court. And I 448 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: you must give me the chance to say something here, 449 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: because you and your social media team really screwed me 450 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: a couple of podcasts ago. And you know what you 451 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: guys did, because I said, because everyone was like Jason 452 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: Tatum's top five guys, top ten guy, and I'm like, listen, 453 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: he's the you know, he's the seventeenth best player in 454 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: the league, and you were like, all right, name the 455 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: sixteen guys better than him. So I named the guys, 456 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: the twelve guys that were up to that point clearly 457 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: better than him, and then the guys that he was 458 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: close with, like Booker and Donovan and Trey I don't 459 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 1: even know exactly name. And then you guys made a 460 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: whole goddamn production out of it. You did a lace, 461 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: you did a graphic, he did everything, and now it 462 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: gets sent to me every time he has a big game. 463 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: So let me say this. I am very choosy and 464 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: very conservative with who I will call an NBA superstar, 465 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: because I think at any given time you cannot have 466 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: more than ten of them. Jason Tatum is beating that 467 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: door down right now. Jason Tatum is like about ninety 468 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: six hours away. I don't know who he's kicking out 469 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: a club superstar. Maybe it's a Dame Lillard because he's 470 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: been injured. Maybe I'm not Anthony Davis already got kicked 471 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: out to let John Ranton. I'm not sure who he's 472 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: kicking out. But what Tatum is doing on both ends, 473 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: this is how you become a superstar. So I am 474 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: giving him his due respect. What he's doing to Durant 475 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: defensively and what he's doing offensively, it's spectacle. You know, 476 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: there's a million things we could talk about, but I 477 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: will say this. You're out East, I'm out West. So 478 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: I do want to talk about the Sixers. So when 479 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: they made this move, I said, Darryl Morey, slam duck. 480 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: He's just adding a facilitator slash playmaker to a really 481 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: good team, good chemistry, draft picks, who cares. Can have 482 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: Drummond on the floor late. Ben Simmons is an enigma. Curry, 483 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: you know, I like, but you can't have too many 484 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: small guys on the floor at once. And if I 485 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: have Maxi on the floor, and I'm not gonna have Curry. 486 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: There's just too many small guys, and you're seeing that 487 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: in the NBA. The Warriors can pull it off, almost 488 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: nobody else can. So I look at what they did, 489 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: and let's be honest, Daryl Morey, it's looking like a 490 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: slam dunk, I mean a home run, and Harden hasn't 491 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: even been great, and it's looking like it. I couldn't believe. Now. 492 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: I'm a little biased, and I'm aware of that because 493 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm friends with Darryl, like Daryl. You know, Darryl doesn't 494 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: feed me somef He's not a source of mind, but 495 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: like Darryl and I like, I go to dinner with him. 496 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: I've known Darryl since I lived in Houston, so I 497 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: know I'm biased there, but I couldn't believe how many 498 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: people when the trade happened, we're like, oh my god, 499 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: what a win for Brooklyn. It's like, well, Ben Simmons 500 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: was not playing for Philadelphia. They kept Maxie, they kept Tible, 501 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: they got James Harden, who has shown you that at 502 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: times is at worst a top fifteen player in the league. 503 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 1: He's going to farewell, pair well with Embiid and by 504 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: the way, it is now a Grand slam home run. 505 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: Because the guy they traded, Ben Simmons, played zero games 506 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: this year. How much did he up the nets? Not much? 507 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: He never played for him. Here's the other thing, And 508 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: my wife taught me this about design. A lot of 509 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: times you walk into a house and it's too clutter. 510 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: Just get shit out of the house, take pictures down 511 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: if you want to sell the house, right, Like, yeah, 512 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: by getting rid of all that stuff. Maxie, since the 513 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: trade deadline, is an ascending player because hissole thing was, 514 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: well do you have Maxie on the floor. They had 515 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: to get curree minutes and it's like there was this 516 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: weird thing where once you get to the playoffs, Drummonds 517 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: minutes are totally limited. You couldn't ever have Simmons on 518 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: the court if you would have played, because he can't 519 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: shoot late. You foul him. And it's almost like when 520 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: Maxie is like, Okay, I'm not the star mbat is 521 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: Harden's always been a better facilitator than people want to 522 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: give him for He's a better facilitator than like a 523 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: Kobe or an MJ. He really can facilitate. And so 524 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: it's like Maxie's now flourishing in this thing, and it 525 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: doesn't seem to deeply bother Harden. Harden maybe one of 526 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: these guys nick. He gets his money, He has a nightlife. 527 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: He likes to score. This you've nailed, so that JA 528 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: may not be like like MJ. That's not his vibe. 529 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: So I just want to let people give people a 530 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: perspective on this. So James Harden, in his career on 531 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: the court has made two hundred, two hundred and seventy 532 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: million dollars. He has a three hundred million dollars deal 533 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: with Adidas. So now we're at five hundred and seventy 534 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: million dollars just from NBA and Adidas. Forget anything else. 535 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: He's about to get another Max deal or maybe he 536 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: signs for less. More of the story is from his 537 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: shoe deal and the NBA. He's going to clear three 538 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: quarters of a billion dollars. He has all only ever 539 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: lived after the Oklahoma City stuff, in cities he's loved, 540 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: in cool cities to live in. He has only played 541 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: with in Houston. They let him pick his teammates. In 542 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: Brooklyn needed pickest teammates. When he didn't like it, he 543 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: forced the way to Philadelphia. He's gotten his way every 544 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: step of the way. The point is this, James Harden, 545 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: his ego is not tied up in I have to 546 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: be the leading scorer. James Harden's pretty content for good 547 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: or for bad. And so if Maxie can take another 548 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: step offensively, if Harden just has to be like your 549 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: third offensive options scoring but he's your number one distributor, 550 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: well that's a hell of a recipe. Like we learned, 551 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: he couldn't be the best player on a titleist, but 552 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: if he's like second slash third, that's interesting. Go ahead. 553 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: I mean, look at Steph Curry is saying, I'll come 554 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: off the bench. I've got my titles, I've got my money, 555 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: and frankly, i'll play against some backup. This is good 556 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: Harden saying, listen, I got a scoring title, I've been 557 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: all NBA, I got my money. I want to win. 558 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,360 Speaker 1: I can faciltate. I don't have to take the last shot, 559 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: so it's like when I want. I talked about this 560 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 1: with somebody the other day. I don't know if it 561 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: was Chandler Parsons or somebody. I said, you know the 562 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: idea that a guy scores thirty and now he's down 563 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: to eighteen. Everybody's like, oh, he's not the same player. 564 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, that's kind of good because the thirty 565 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: point of game guy was so ball centric he evaporated 566 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: latent playoff games. It's like, maybe James is like, I'm 567 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: gonna take a step back. I can give you eighteen 568 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: and nine assists and it's better for the team. Like, 569 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: maybe we deserve to give him a little bit of 570 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: credit the kind of self awareness Westbrook's never had. No No, 571 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: that part's fair. The part, though, the flip side of 572 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: that is one of the reasons I think he is 573 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: stepping back offensively is he doesn't seem to be able 574 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: to get past people anymore. Like he doesn't he's not 575 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: as explosive as he once was. He does that little 576 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: dribble dribble dribble, fake step back go, and he just 577 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 1: not getting past people. So I think that's a bit 578 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: of a concern. But if we're staying east, there's just 579 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: one other thing I want to say. Because they won 580 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: by a hundred again today, Milwaukee slept walked through most 581 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 1: of the regular season, slept walked through the first couple 582 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 1: of the games against the Bulls won the first one 583 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,879 Speaker 1: when they shouldn't have. Then they thought they were gonna 584 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,720 Speaker 1: win the second one, they didn't, and then Chris Milton 585 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: got hurt and it's like, oh no, like is Milwaukee vulnerable? 586 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: And since then they beat the Bulls by approximately one 587 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: hundred points, like they are they are without Middleton. Now, 588 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: without Middleton, Boston's going to be trouble. But Jannis is 589 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 1: has truly unlocked the final level of this ship, which 590 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: is I am. I am always playing hard, but I 591 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: am not always in top gear, and I'm even in 592 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 1: big games. I'm saving the top gear for the biggest moments. 593 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: Like Lebron was at that point for a long time 594 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: where it was like he was always controlling things, but 595 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: you could tell was this a big spot, a big game. 596 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: Yannis is there now, and they have, you know, kind 597 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: of been under the radar to a degree. I think 598 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 1: they to me, assuming Middleton is back by game five 599 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: of round two, I think they're the big favorites to 600 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: win the whole thing again. I just think I think 601 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: that the path is falling right for him, and Jannis 602 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: is just on another level of everybody. Well, I said 603 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:33,920 Speaker 1: this in the preamble, John Morant, Luca Middleton often stars 604 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,760 Speaker 1: leave teams the ball movement gets better. Because you stop 605 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: looking at the star player. The Warriors are the exception 606 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 1: when he is so fluid, he's liquid on the floor. 607 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 1: When Steph leaves, the Warrior's ball movement gets worse. Of course, 608 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 1: so gets worse. Yeah, yeah, their spacing gets worse. But 609 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: with Luca Middleton, Chris Paul John Morant, the star leaves 610 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 1: not as much kind of waiting for that player to 611 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: engineer everything, and everybody kind of steps up. It's almost 612 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: like the innerim football coach in the NFL, Like for 613 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: three weeks the team plays its best football and then 614 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: eventually you face it, Andy Reid, and it's like, yeah, 615 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 1: our guy's a he's a backups, he's a coordinator. So 616 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,400 Speaker 1: I think it. I think they'll be fine with Middleton, 617 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: but they're gonna need shot makers to beat Philly, or 618 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: they're gonna need shot makers to beat bought Boston in 619 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,800 Speaker 1: the next round. And you said Philly or Boston. Listen, 620 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: nobody talks about him. This is why the East is 621 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 1: the next six weeks gonna be so much fun. Is 622 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: Miami is the one seed and Miami is just handling 623 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: their business. And I picked Philly over My bracket was 624 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 1: Milwaukee over Philly in the Conference finals. Um, but I 625 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: think listen, Miami's gonna make you work for it, and 626 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,480 Speaker 1: if Philly has a few moments of weakness, Miami will 627 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 1: take advantage of it. I just don't think they have 628 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: the horses. If Embed, I know he has the torn 629 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 1: ligaments in his thumb, but assuming he's mostly right, I 630 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: just don't think they have the horses. Did Miami to 631 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 1: deal with Embed in Philly? Make sure to check out 632 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: The Draymond Green Show. I brought Draymond Green into the 633 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 1: Volume because one of the more entertaining voices in sports. 634 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: Unique perspective understands behind the rope, also chops up with 635 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,439 Speaker 1: guests like Gary Peyton, Zach Levine, Tracy McGrady. Make sure 636 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:25,840 Speaker 1: download The Draymond Green Show wherever you get your podcasts, 637 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 1: only on the Volume podcast Network. Okay, so I like 638 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,720 Speaker 1: to keep you for about twenty five thirty minutes because 639 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,879 Speaker 1: I never want this to be too heavy. We can 640 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,480 Speaker 1: end it here. Is there anything you want to talk about? 641 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: You want to get out there? Anything non sports? Yeah, 642 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: you're slander about my height? You want to talk about 643 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,560 Speaker 1: that son of a bit? You know what? You know? 644 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: It's funny though, because I always thought of you as 645 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: sort of tall. You're tall and lanky. So yeah, I 646 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: don't know why you would have I don't know security issues. 647 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: I don't have insecurity about that. There is something I 648 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 1: wanted to talk to about, though, I have to check 649 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 1: your Twitter because it made me think of it. I 650 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:09,879 Speaker 1: didn't have insecurity about it until for some reason the 651 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: Internet started calling me five to seven and then I 652 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: and then I got self conscious about it and I 653 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: realized that, oh I was worried about that. All right, 654 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,359 Speaker 1: hold on, you tweeted something that I wanted to ask 655 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: you about, So give me a moment because I marked 656 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:28,879 Speaker 1: it down. Yeah, I don't get real quick while I 657 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: look for its real quick question? Are you a trustee 658 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,440 Speaker 1: at USC? Like? What you got to tell me? What? 659 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 1: What's the deal is there? Okay? No, okay. So here's 660 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:43,279 Speaker 1: the thing is that I've always loved college football. But 661 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 1: the one thing, nick is most of my teams were 662 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 1: below average as a kid. The Sonics one early in 663 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,720 Speaker 1: my life. The Mariners always stunk. The Seahawks are mostly average. 664 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 1: When I lived there, the Huskies were really really good. 665 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,360 Speaker 1: But I'm not somebody because I've been so transitional in 666 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: my life in terms of moving, I don't have a 667 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,440 Speaker 1: hometown and I don't really have a home team. When 668 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: I was in people say, oh, you're a Tom Brady lover. 669 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: I live for eleven years in Connecticut. I watched their 670 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,920 Speaker 1: preseason games, I saw camp, I had friends who covered them. 671 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 1: It's like no. When I was in Tampa, I loved 672 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 1: the box and so when I moved to ESPN, it 673 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,360 Speaker 1: was basically it might as well have been called the 674 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 1: Eastern Sports Programming Network, like they had no West Coast voices. 675 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,080 Speaker 1: And USC, after I got there, got big, and I 676 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 1: love college football. I started talking about them and making inroads, 677 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,880 Speaker 1: and then people in the university. I had good sources, 678 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 1: and our numbers in LA were good on radio, and 679 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,839 Speaker 1: I became sort of associated with USC. And they were 680 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,399 Speaker 1: the only Pac twelve team in this five or six 681 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: seven year period that could compete with anybody like Ohio 682 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 1: State or the SEC or Texas Oklahoma, and so I 683 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: became a huge fan, even though I grew up kind 684 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,319 Speaker 1: of a Washington Husky fan. But and so I've just 685 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,719 Speaker 1: become I've had a lot of connections there, a lot 686 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 1: of friends, and uh, I don't know what it is 687 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of anything in sports. I have 688 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 1: always been like the judge, yep, but I like it. 689 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,920 Speaker 1: I think it's good for you. But USC is my 690 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs to you. Every sportscaster gets one team. I have 691 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 1: one team and one player. I have the Chiefs and 692 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: I have Lebron. So I don't know who you're You 693 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: have USC and Tom Brady. So listen, there is a 694 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: reason that I'm asking you this. I am actually coming 695 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles in one week. The biggest reason I'm 696 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: coming there is because I'm bringing my older daughter, who's 697 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:49,160 Speaker 1: a junior on college visits, and you know where her 698 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:53,760 Speaker 1: number one choice is. It's USC. So I'm expecting Uncle 699 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,000 Speaker 1: Colin to get Lincoln Riley and others to write some 700 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,879 Speaker 1: recommendation or something, because I figure you're on the board 701 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 1: trustees there. You gotta have a lot of pull. You 702 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,440 Speaker 1: You basically delivered him Lincoln Riley. You've done all these things. 703 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,560 Speaker 1: You got to be able to you know what I mean, 704 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: within bounds. I understand it's now very difficult for people 705 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,440 Speaker 1: that you can't pull any lovers to get people into 706 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,520 Speaker 1: schools these days. But you can write an ice letter 707 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,279 Speaker 1: recommendation for old door right, help her out, get her in. Oh, 708 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,560 Speaker 1: I get her on camp. Absolutely. Well. You know, I 709 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,479 Speaker 1: know a couple of trustees and my son who's into 710 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:32,120 Speaker 1: cyber security. About three months ago, I said, I said, 711 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 1: where do you want to go to college? By the way, 712 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: he's a you know, a sophomore. We talked about it. 713 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,880 Speaker 1: He goes dad. USC has got a really good cyber 714 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: security program. I'm like, because my kids go to college 715 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,879 Speaker 1: where they want to go to college. I don't want 716 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,240 Speaker 1: to of course, And I was just like, oh my god, 717 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: my daughter lives in West Hollywood. My son's going to 718 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,319 Speaker 1: go to USC. That's the dream, that's the dream. He's 719 00:42:53,360 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: a sophomore though, he's a sophomore um in high schools tech. 720 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,160 Speaker 1: So you so you helped grease this kids. Get my 721 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,400 Speaker 1: daughter in there, and then she'll help show him the 722 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,040 Speaker 1: social life. So this is what this is the plan. 723 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:13,120 Speaker 1: Have you ever been to USC? I have, like, in passing, 724 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,200 Speaker 1: I've gone to a couple of sporting events there going 725 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: to be called basketball games there. Um, but that's yeah, 726 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 1: I mean I'm going again. I'm going to be in 727 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,359 Speaker 1: LA I'll be on the lot on the first week 728 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,080 Speaker 1: of May. Yeah, go ahead, do you know, think of something. Now, 729 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,720 Speaker 1: the worst brag in sports when somebody brags about something, 730 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 1: but it's really an indictment on you. I'll give you mine. 731 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 1: When like Oklahoma or Alabama or Auburn or a small 732 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 1: college town brags that eighty thousand people went to the 733 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,399 Speaker 1: spring game, it's like you have nothing else to do, 734 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:52,920 Speaker 1: Like if you're going to a practice on a Saturday afternoon, 735 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:57,799 Speaker 1: that's that's not a brag. That's sad. People were like 736 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,560 Speaker 1: USC only had like thirty thousand at their spring game. 737 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,279 Speaker 1: It's fucking Los Angeles. It was seventy seven. We have 738 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,120 Speaker 1: a beach, we have played eight pro teams. They're shit 739 00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 1: to do here, like Oklahoma the year talking about how 740 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,760 Speaker 1: how many things they are to do in Los Angeles, 741 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 1: how amazing life is. You did spend your Saturday watching 742 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,800 Speaker 1: that spring game on television, though, I saw you tweeting 743 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 1: about it. So, by the way, yeah go ahead. The 744 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,600 Speaker 1: minute it was over, I was at a restaurant with 745 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,240 Speaker 1: my beautiful wife ten minutes later. All right, that's fair, 746 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,840 Speaker 1: that's a fair. That's fair enough. Also, he's one of 747 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,399 Speaker 1: the bedrooms in Lincoln Riley's eighty million dollar house. Yours 748 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,520 Speaker 1: like how's it work. I just don't know. If you 749 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: get convintion on the deal out works all right. Hey, 750 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in LA, so we'll get together. I 751 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,759 Speaker 1: love you and I miss you, my friend. By the way, 752 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,680 Speaker 1: the best part, Yeah, they have three silent commits right 753 00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,920 Speaker 1: now and I can't go public with them. Oh my god, 754 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:02,560 Speaker 1: look at you, good secret keeper. I'm a good secret keeper. Yeah, 755 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 1: you're a good or keeper. You're also, by the way, 756 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,480 Speaker 1: two of those siling commits I here are gonna have 757 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:10,480 Speaker 1: nlies with the volume because all of a sudden, all 758 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:14,759 Speaker 1: of a sudden getting sponsored by the volume. It's like, oh, 759 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,000 Speaker 1: how they end up at unscr. Uncle Colline. The volumes 760 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:33,680 Speaker 1: got deep pockets. Talk talk to your buddy, all right, buddy, 761 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:36,800 Speaker 1: the volume