Speaker 1: Can we get some more of stack Franklin sat impressions.
Speaker 1: Dry motherfucker. You know that's what really got when you
Speaker 1: did that ship. I didn't know what the funk he
Speaker 1: was talking about. That was a jaded Brown episode, I think.
Speaker 1: But I went back and watching he said Jackson dollars.
Speaker 1: I was dying and think, who's that saving Jackson. Another Monday,
Speaker 1: another episode was burning Jack. This is what's hot on
Speaker 1: the wire right now. Kyrie made a post this weekend.
Speaker 1: They went viral about Kobe being the new logo and
Speaker 1: the caption and I quote gotta happen. I don't care
Speaker 1: what anyone says. Black Kings built the league. Jack Should
Speaker 1: the NBA change to logo, no question, man, I mean,
Speaker 1: especially after Jared West said that should as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: everybody knows Jared West is somebody that we are a
Speaker 1: door and in my I told you about the story
Speaker 1: about how he knew who I was, and I was
Speaker 1: excited the fact that Jared West knew who I was
Speaker 1: and he watched me play. Jarry Wisch is somebody that
Speaker 1: will never forget. But in this day in time, and
Speaker 1: when we're talking about best players in the game, you're
Speaker 1: talking about Kobe Bryant. You're talking to this generation is
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan. Is Kobe Bryant, you know, and even to
Speaker 1: guys like us who played against him, We feel like
Speaker 1: he should get this honest. So you know, even even
Speaker 1: more that he's not hearing here no more, it makes
Speaker 1: more sense to do it. But just off his working
Speaker 1: as at office played by the players today saying that
Speaker 1: it needs to be done, I think you need to
Speaker 1: listen to the players. Yeah, I definitely think they should
Speaker 1: take a look at it. Um, that Jerry West logo
Speaker 1: came about. The first season was nineteen seventies, so it's
Speaker 1: been fifty years. You know, Jerry spoke on it. You'll
Speaker 1: get pushed back. Um, you know, because I posted it
Speaker 1: and people were going back and forth in the comments.
Speaker 1: I was looking at some of the comments. You know,
Speaker 1: you get a lot of pushback that it should be
Speaker 1: m J. And I mean, you can't argue that it
Speaker 1: could be MJ if they're gonna change it. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, you know, Jerry West wasn't
Speaker 1: the best player. He just happened to be the logo.
Speaker 1: He was a great player, don't get me wrong. So
Speaker 1: it doesn't necessarily have to go there. Well, MJ is
Speaker 1: the greatest player of all time. And you know, I'm
Speaker 1: not arguing with at. I think at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you know, kobly exemplified what the NBA is
Speaker 1: supposed to be twenty years on on the greatest team,
Speaker 1: you know, the greatest franchise in the history of the game.
Speaker 1: You know, good times, bad times in between. A consummate professional. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, someone who left it all on the court
Speaker 1: literally and it did everything he could and won five championships.
Speaker 1: But like I said, I think the fact that he
Speaker 1: was there one team the whole entire time and it
Speaker 1: just happened to be the Lakers. Um. I think Kobe
Speaker 1: speaks right to what the NBA is about and what
Speaker 1: it stands for. So I think it would be dope
Speaker 1: if they're gonna change it, um that it would be
Speaker 1: Kobe UM. And obviously with him, you know, a falling
Speaker 1: star too soon, it even adds more importance to it.
Speaker 1: So it's definitely something that the least should take a
Speaker 1: look at. I love the Kybry brought it up. I
Speaker 1: love that people are talking about it. Um, we'll have
Speaker 1: to see if it gets done. But on and on
Speaker 1: another note to Matt MoMA mentality having Kobe on that ball,
Speaker 1: all you players need to be approaching the game like that.
Speaker 1: Nobody approached the game with more passion, with more will,
Speaker 1: with more will to win and and and and love
Speaker 1: for the game than Kobe Bryant. And if you wake
Speaker 1: up and if you walk walking on the court and
Speaker 1: you see him on that basketball, you have to approach
Speaker 1: the game the same way he approached the game. But
Speaker 1: don't walk out there. Yeah, I mean, I think think
Speaker 1: at the at at the end of the day, you know,
Speaker 1: Jerry is is for it too. You know, Jerry is
Speaker 1: for the logo being changed, and he's good with that.
Speaker 1: So we will have to see what happens. Jack. Something
Speaker 1: else that came across the wire that I thought was
Speaker 1: very interesting was Jeremy Lynn, former Golden State Warrior. Um
Speaker 1: busted Our asked when I played for the Lakers during
Speaker 1: lynn sanity with the Knicks, came out and said in
Speaker 1: a G League game or he has been called the coronavirus.
Speaker 1: And when I initially thought about him, just like, you know,
Speaker 1: people are really crazy with the ship that comes out
Speaker 1: of their mouth. And he also goes on saying, you know,
Speaker 1: that Asian Americans have been discriminated Asian hate crimes or
Speaker 1: death lee on the rise. You see just random stuff
Speaker 1: across the country. People just doing dumb shit. Um. Maybe
Speaker 1: a handful of months ago they were doing it to
Speaker 1: the Mexican street vendors. Um. Out here in l A
Speaker 1: and around the way. It's just another dumb wave that
Speaker 1: ignorant people are on right now. But what were your thoughts,
Speaker 1: jack Um on this. You know, Jeremy was adamant about saying,
Speaker 1: you know, he he has experienced a lot of race Um,
Speaker 1: a lot of Asian Americans experienced racism. Um. It's just
Speaker 1: it's just crazy because we say minorities and we really
Speaker 1: do mean minorities, because you know, all of us face
Speaker 1: it some way or another. And I don't know if
Speaker 1: I see a real into it. Yeah, it's it's tough, Matt,
Speaker 1: because it's so you realize how much hate it is
Speaker 1: in this world, you know what I mean? And I
Speaker 1: guarantee those same people had his chance to just sit
Speaker 1: down and talk to him and get to hang with him,
Speaker 1: they probably wouldn't feel that way. Um. And then you know,
Speaker 1: the I blame this on them on the news outlets
Speaker 1: because the news outlets, and then when the president say
Speaker 1: stuff like with the ex president say stuff like that,
Speaker 1: and they play it all over the world. People think
Speaker 1: it's a joke. People think it's funny. They don't think
Speaker 1: they're insulting people, you know what I mean? And and
Speaker 1: like I said, man, you know how I stay in
Speaker 1: love fall? Who have love fall? I know that Jeremy
Speaker 1: Land from from being around him and playing against him.
Speaker 1: I know the type of person he is, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? And uh, the solid, solid dude man
Speaker 1: very side and not a racist bone in his body.
Speaker 1: So I can feel I can feel way he's coming
Speaker 1: from because that's the same thing I'll be saying every
Speaker 1: day with half the stuff that I get on my
Speaker 1: phone from people and my d ms, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So I feel it, man, And there's more people.
Speaker 1: So I'm the type of person that I'm willing to
Speaker 1: say that I'm ready, I'm willing to stand on the
Speaker 1: side of Jeremy Land to knock this bullshit down and
Speaker 1: get it out the way. So I support him, man,
Speaker 1: and and and I can feel his pain and I
Speaker 1: know so can you. Absolutely No, I mean I completely
Speaker 1: understand where he's coming from. I feel that I think
Speaker 1: he brought up a great point about the former president
Speaker 1: because it was almost played up to be a joke,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean to the way he would
Speaker 1: blatantly shout out racist things and and and and it
Speaker 1: really kind of shows what kind of world we're in
Speaker 1: still because so many people still follow him, you know,
Speaker 1: he did he talked last night in Orlando, and it's
Speaker 1: the same old rhetoric, you know, and it's it's it's
Speaker 1: disheartening to see from a standpoint like if you mess
Speaker 1: with Trump at this point, it's just you really just
Speaker 1: have I don't even know what to say, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, like, is it hate in your heart
Speaker 1: or because to see the ship that he is condoned
Speaker 1: and said and it's happened around him and to still
Speaker 1: have this much support, it just shows like how far
Speaker 1: we are from having true unity and love across the country.
Speaker 1: And I'll take it. There's so many people dying inside,
Speaker 1: Matt that we don't even know. You know, they hate themselves,
Speaker 1: that's all that is. And like you said too, if
Speaker 1: you say down and had a conversation, most people that
Speaker 1: hate other people, most people that hate black people, Mexican Asians,
Speaker 1: you name it. They can't give you a real reason.
Speaker 1: They have no real reason. Like if you sat down
Speaker 1: and talk to the person, you would be fine with them.
Speaker 1: I guarantee that. But like I said, it's just something
Speaker 1: that's in bred, and it's taught at a young age,
Speaker 1: and sometimes some people think it's cool just to hate,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I'm not saying hate
Speaker 1: comes in all shapes, colors and forms. You know, there's
Speaker 1: racist there's racist black people. You know, there's races hate
Speaker 1: in every single ethnicity. So it's not like we're stereotyping
Speaker 1: white people or Mexican Asians, you name. It's just across
Speaker 1: the board. And it's unfortunate cause, like you said, it
Speaker 1: starts within and and and to hate, you have to
Speaker 1: be unhappy with something inside of you, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. Because hate is such a heavy burden to carry.
Speaker 1: So you know, pray for Jeremy Lynn Um, you know,
Speaker 1: but this happens all too often, you know. I mean,
Speaker 1: we've I've been dealing with this my entire life. You've
Speaker 1: been dealing with it, like I said, ever since you
Speaker 1: kind of took the front lines. I remember, you tell
Speaker 1: me how much how many death threats and nigga this
Speaker 1: and nigga that's in your thing and sane with me
Speaker 1: and so it's just it's just the world we live in,
Speaker 1: which is unfortunate. We've almost come a mute and become
Speaker 1: immune to it. But um, you know, we just gotta
Speaker 1: praise something. Someday something changes. Another interesting thing that happened
Speaker 1: recently was the Atlanta Dream were sold to an ownership
Speaker 1: group that had former player Reneeed Montgomery as a part
Speaker 1: of it. Jack, we both just did her podcast, Really
Speaker 1: Cool Down to Earth. Chick had a great time on
Speaker 1: the podcast. Um, as you know, Uh, Kelly Loffler had
Speaker 1: to sell I don't know if she had to sell Actually,
Speaker 1: I don't want to say had to sell. Um, they
Speaker 1: decided to have her sell it after all the ship
Speaker 1: she was doing leading up to the presidential race and
Speaker 1: and really showing her true colors. Her team, you know,
Speaker 1: stood against her, the whole w n b A stood
Speaker 1: against her. And I think it's a beautiful thing that
Speaker 1: they were able to get her out and not only
Speaker 1: able to sell the team, but have a former player,
Speaker 1: a former black player at that be a part of ownership.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on what happened of the Atlanta Dream.
Speaker 1: Rhnee is a female a version of us. She's gonna
Speaker 1: say what she means. She's gonna she's gonna stand on
Speaker 1: her morals and and everything that she was taught growing up.
Speaker 1: And uh, she's not been if anything. And that's what
Speaker 1: I love about her. And not only that she was
Speaker 1: she's a great basketball player as well, um, but but
Speaker 1: doing our show and just being able to comment sate
Speaker 1: well and no more about like I said, she's just
Speaker 1: like us, man, and she's somebody that I that I
Speaker 1: stand behind any day. Uh. She she's definitely a leader
Speaker 1: in our community and our culture man. And I think, um,
Speaker 1: she needs to get up for hours now because she's
Speaker 1: doing She's what she's doing this monumental and she's making
Speaker 1: a lot of way for a lot of young women
Speaker 1: to see different things and being different positions. So for
Speaker 1: her to have the courage to not only become one
Speaker 1: of the best w W NBA players, but now to
Speaker 1: be an owner, I think it speaks vibues of what
Speaker 1: she's doing and not salute the absolutely owner activists former
Speaker 1: player more than basketball. And that brings me to Lebron
Speaker 1: because she said, you know when she heard Lebron say
Speaker 1: he you know, a group needs to get together and
Speaker 1: buy the team. That kind of inspired her. So I'm
Speaker 1: not sure if if Lebron is a part of it.
Speaker 1: I don't think he is, because we probably would have
Speaker 1: heard it. But Lebron definitely inspire people to to to,
Speaker 1: you know, get the ball rolling with these ideas. And
Speaker 1: that's all we need is the idea and and and
Speaker 1: now more than ever, we're able to execute. So I
Speaker 1: think it's a huge man had off. Congratulations. Um, it's dope,
Speaker 1: and we're looking forward to more people being a part
Speaker 1: of processes like this for professional teams because you know,
Speaker 1: we complain across the board about opportunities for minorities, particular
Speaker 1: African Americans to be coaches. You know, normally we're just
Speaker 1: the talent, but to become coaches. But this is taken
Speaker 1: into another level because I feel you need representation at
Speaker 1: the top. You need representation and management and then all
Speaker 1: that will trickle down to head coaching and other positions
Speaker 1: on that bench. So great job and uh man, I
Speaker 1: canna definitely be tuning into the team this year. The
Speaker 1: Week ahead, Jack, let's get back to basketball. Wednesday, we
Speaker 1: got a big matchup you versus Philly. Both of them
Speaker 1: are leading their respective conferences. Uh, the Mbid and go
Speaker 1: Bear matchup is something I always look forward to and
Speaker 1: be was a late game scratch, but looking at the
Speaker 1: numbers and Beats numbers are significantly down against U talk,
Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a good matchup because those
Speaker 1: you know two, two of the best at what they
Speaker 1: do on both sides of the ball. Also another interesting
Speaker 1: UH matchup is Simmons and Mitchell. You know, they had
Speaker 1: a heated Rookie of the Year situation in two thousand
Speaker 1: and eighteen because I guess Ben was a red shirt
Speaker 1: rookie and Donovan Mitchell had the shirts that said this
Speaker 1: and said that. Uh. Last game Simmons was huge against Utah.
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts on, you know, the two
Speaker 1: teams that are leading the Eastern and Western conferences squaring
Speaker 1: up on Wednesday. I love it. I think right now
Speaker 1: embat is at the halfway of the season and beat
Speaker 1: his my mv m v P H with k D
Speaker 1: k D missing so many games, I had Kadi, but
Speaker 1: E beat his my m v P. The way he's
Speaker 1: been playing, He's been playing unstoppable on both ends. Of
Speaker 1: the floor and just some of the moves he's been making. Man,
Speaker 1: I see him the other day go between the legs
Speaker 1: and step back and he's seven ft to eight mad man.
Speaker 1: I was looking at that, like, come on, man, come on,
Speaker 1: I've never seen a big man do this stuff here
Speaker 1: doing you know, I've seen BOOKI I seen Boogie do
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff with the ball, but this is
Speaker 1: just different. Man. He's more fluid with the handle than
Speaker 1: Boogie was. Boogie probably is a better shooter overall than
Speaker 1: in Beat, I would think in this day. But and
Speaker 1: Beat is more fluid with the handle. He's really like
Speaker 1: a seven footer out there with the ball on the string.
Speaker 1: Is crazy. Everything is smooved you exactly right, Bro. But
Speaker 1: he's just I really see him dominating this game. I
Speaker 1: just think the way he's been playing, I really I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna go out there and make a statement.
Speaker 1: Utah is one of the best teams in the league
Speaker 1: right now. They're playing one of the playing like one
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league as well, And
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna go out and really make a
Speaker 1: statement this game. And I don't really think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be about Ben Simmons and Mitchells too much. I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be about to be dominating and really going
Speaker 1: to go bear this game. Jack. Think it's interesting you
Speaker 1: say you don't think it will be about Mitchell because
Speaker 1: I agree. I think you toss. Strength is in their numbers.
Speaker 1: They're deep, they're great three shooting, three point shooting team.
Speaker 1: But an interesting staff that came up, and sometimes these
Speaker 1: can be misleading, but there's a difference between two two
Speaker 1: and a half shots from when Metell shoots just under
Speaker 1: twenty shots a game the team is fifteen and one,
Speaker 1: and when when in their in their losses, he's shooting
Speaker 1: nearly three shots a game, you know. So, like I said,
Speaker 1: I think it's it speaks to your point. Their strength
Speaker 1: is in their numbers and the way they can move
Speaker 1: the ball and make you pay from several different people.
Speaker 1: One thing that I thought was interesting, Jack, is the
Speaker 1: lack of quality wins the Sixers have really had. There
Speaker 1: one in five verse Western Conference teams in the playoff race,
Speaker 1: and three and five overall against teams above five hundred.
Speaker 1: You know. Granted, it's tough to say because that East
Speaker 1: is crazy right now. Everyone's just barely over five hundred billion.
Speaker 1: There's some quality teams out there, but overall kind of
Speaker 1: looking at that, that's that that alarms me from a
Speaker 1: standpoint enough. You know, you're not really playing the best
Speaker 1: that the team has, you know the league has to offer.
Speaker 1: And when you are playing the best the league has
Speaker 1: to offer, you're one in five. So what are your
Speaker 1: thoughts about their lack of success over big teams? You know,
Speaker 1: I'm not really worried about that, you know, because I'm
Speaker 1: looking at Brooklyn and Brooklyn hasn't had their full team yet,
Speaker 1: and if you look at the landscape Philadelphia, they haven't either.
Speaker 1: Curry has been out, Harris has been out, and beat
Speaker 1: has been out. They're still trying to find there then,
Speaker 1: and they look they stare at the top of the
Speaker 1: East right now. So you gotta take your hats off
Speaker 1: the doc rivers from keeping this puzzle together with having
Speaker 1: guys in and out and still but they to be
Speaker 1: at the top of the East right now. But I
Speaker 1: think when it all said and done, when everybody's health
Speaker 1: and come together, this team gonna be a team to
Speaker 1: look out for. Who do you if you were to
Speaker 1: look ahead, who would be your Eastern Conference matchup up?
Speaker 1: To this point right now, will be fine Eastern Conference
Speaker 1: Finals right now. I'll be Philly in Brooklyn. M hmm.
Speaker 1: Do you think do you think Brooklyn has enough to
Speaker 1: stop in be because you know he'll be a key
Speaker 1: factor in that's series. Yeah, I mean, I mean and
Speaker 1: that that would be that would be the interesting side
Speaker 1: of it. They won't be able to stop Harden, uh,
Speaker 1: Kyrie and Durant, but you know Will will will they
Speaker 1: be able to stop and beat and his dominance in
Speaker 1: the paint, That's gonna be the question. Yeah. So as
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to, I mean, we're obviously looking ahead
Speaker 1: or almost at the halfway point. But you know, there's
Speaker 1: two teams to me that are at the top of
Speaker 1: the East right now with Boston struggles of late Toronto
Speaker 1: is kind of getting hot, Miami is getting hot. But
Speaker 1: I definitely think those two teams are the best teams
Speaker 1: in the East. Boys Red Cup and there early in
Speaker 1: the day, Hunt you said this happy hour somewhere in
Speaker 1: this motherfucker. Oh no, you know, I don't drink. There's
Speaker 1: just juice only wine only. Continuing the week ahead, we
Speaker 1: got the Celtics Raptors playoff rematch from last year teams
Speaker 1: go in two different directions. Uh. Of late, the Raptors
Speaker 1: are hot after their two and eight start, they turned
Speaker 1: it around. Uh since the end of January, they're ten
Speaker 1: in five defense rating, picked up offenses, picked up Celtics.
Speaker 1: On the other hand, you know, they got a good
Speaker 1: win last night, but they've been struggling of eight. Both
Speaker 1: these teams are seventeen and seventeen along with Miami Jack.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about these two teams in the
Speaker 1: direction they are heading in man, basically in the same spot.
Speaker 1: Both these teams need to get it together. I mean,
Speaker 1: you can't really make excuses of guys not being in
Speaker 1: there and you know, having mixed up lineups and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. Having guys have to stub us tut in.
Speaker 1: You gotta be ready to play. And I think both
Speaker 1: of these teams need to use this game against each
Speaker 1: other to turn this season around, to get going in
Speaker 1: the right direction. Both these teams with championship teams last year.
Speaker 1: Not these teams both look like they could possibly miss
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So the somebody got to turn it around.
Speaker 1: And when you have, when you don't have, when you
Speaker 1: have your leader out, all your all, your vocal guy out,
Speaker 1: somebody has to step up. I also think they underestimate
Speaker 1: smart importance to this team um not only his leadership,
Speaker 1: but his ability to take pressure off Tatum and Brown
Speaker 1: by guarding the best wing score most of the time.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna read some numbers before why Marcus is on
Speaker 1: the court and while he's injured. H Tatum while Marcus
Speaker 1: smartest playing is that nearly twenty seven points a game,
Speaker 1: nearly from the three point line. During his injury, he's
Speaker 1: at twenty four points a game and only from the
Speaker 1: three point line. Jayden Brown while Marcus Smart is on
Speaker 1: the court at twenty seven points a game and from
Speaker 1: the three, and while he's injured, twenty two points a
Speaker 1: game and from the three. So, like I said, it's
Speaker 1: little numbers and things like that that people don't realize
Speaker 1: of the importance of Marcus Smart. Like I said, his leadership.
Speaker 1: He's the leader of that team and everyone has said it.
Speaker 1: But it's the stuff he does that doesn't get the
Speaker 1: statistics that really helps. Like similar to what Clay does
Speaker 1: when he's healthy for Steph. You know, Clay has always
Speaker 1: taken that that that big time matchup, allowing Steph to
Speaker 1: really save his legs, So I think they'll be fine
Speaker 1: post All Star break once Marcus Smart returns. Um. But
Speaker 1: it's to me it's gonna be a fun race because
Speaker 1: the East is literally wide open only a handful of
Speaker 1: If any team goes on a five game winning streak
Speaker 1: and there anywhere near the bottom, that they can end
Speaker 1: up at the top of the Eastern Conference. So this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a fun run down the stretch. Fan
Speaker 1: questions are here. We appreciate the questions every week from
Speaker 1: you guys, Jack, I'm gonna get it started from sincerely
Speaker 1: twenty Do you believe the Lakers need to make a
Speaker 1: move before the deadline or is this team good enough
Speaker 1: to defend the title? Uh, they're good enough to defend
Speaker 1: the title. They're just need a D back they put.
Speaker 1: They put all those pieces to the puzzle with that
Speaker 1: with a D and Braun on the court in mind,
Speaker 1: you know, not with a D out. So without a
Speaker 1: D none of his works. So they plan on having
Speaker 1: a healthy team, you know, um Born more injury cause
Speaker 1: coming towards the end of the season, towards the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So I don't think they need to make any moves.
Speaker 1: I think they're fine. They just gotta get healthy. See.
Speaker 1: I think they're good enough to win the title, but
Speaker 1: I think it'll be much easier if they're able to
Speaker 1: pick up an athletic big, whether it be like a
Speaker 1: JaVale McGee or an Andre Drummond, someone that can really
Speaker 1: move around, because I think those are two guys from
Speaker 1: last year they missed and Dwight Howard and Javel Miga.
Speaker 1: Although Marcosol is a great position defensive player, he clogged
Speaker 1: up to paint. He's just not athletic and he's not
Speaker 1: out here grabbing rebounds like those guys were able to
Speaker 1: grab rebounds and keep plays of lives and catch lives.
Speaker 1: So I agree. I still think they have enough to
Speaker 1: defend for the title, but I think their job would
Speaker 1: be a lot easier if they were able to pick
Speaker 1: up an active big at McFly underscored the guy Levin
Speaker 1: barring injuries, will player has a better career Grand Hill
Speaker 1: or Brandon Roy first and foremost. Although I think Brandon
Speaker 1: Roy would have been great, Grant Hill would have been
Speaker 1: one of the greatest players of all time if he
Speaker 1: didn't get hurt. I think people don't understand how good
Speaker 1: Grant Hill was at a early on in his career
Speaker 1: Detroit Pistons, Grand Hill. Um, if you go back and
Speaker 1: look at old footage, no one could do nothing with him.
Speaker 1: He was busting pips asked, he was busting Jordan's ass,
Speaker 1: He was busting anyone who stood in front of us
Speaker 1: ass from from a from a points standpoint, but also
Speaker 1: triple doubles. He was knocking down triple doubles. I mean,
Speaker 1: to me, he was a more athletic I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: say the same level pastor, but just a more athletic
Speaker 1: matgic Johnson as far as he can get numbers across
Speaker 1: the board, but he was much more athletic. Brandon Roy
Speaker 1: was a fucking monster though. You know, I wish we
Speaker 1: could have got a chance to see how good he
Speaker 1: could have been because he had the whole package completely
Speaker 1: played under control. You could never rush him. He was
Speaker 1: strong on the block, can shoot the ball with clutch um. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: we didn't really get to see any of these guys
Speaker 1: really really really tap into their full potential bar doing
Speaker 1: it because of injury. Yeah. I love playing against Brandon
Speaker 1: war He was one of my favorite guys to play against.
Speaker 1: But Grant Hill, we'll definitely been top five, top ten
Speaker 1: if he would have got hurt, and he's somebody I
Speaker 1: padded my game after somebody that I idolized him. It's
Speaker 1: got a pip on the two guys. I tried to
Speaker 1: pat him my game after, but Graham was unbelievable. And
Speaker 1: if you guys don't understand what I'm saying, go look
Speaker 1: back at take Graham. Hill could definitely because if he
Speaker 1: if he didn't get hurt, he was gonna be top
Speaker 1: ten best player of all time, no question, no question,
Speaker 1: no questions. And he's a great do on top of that,
Speaker 1: rarely that my brother, it is so cold out there,
Speaker 1: but Grant is a great He's a as J J.
Speaker 1: Reddi would say, he's a hell of a human being too.
Speaker 1: So shout out to Grant. Definitely shout out. We gotta
Speaker 1: get both of them on the podcast one day. Next
Speaker 1: question from ms J Underscore s should the NBA take
Speaker 1: out fan voting in All Star or should fans only
Speaker 1: be allowed to vote for players who meet All Star criteria?
Speaker 1: That's a great question. Yeah, I mean me, I was
Speaker 1: always one of those guys who felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: you've got people voting for that for the best players
Speaker 1: are they are, they are their favorite player to make
Speaker 1: the All Star Game, and they don't even know nothing
Speaker 1: about basketball. They're just somebody they like. That guy might
Speaker 1: not even be that good. I deserve to start, So
Speaker 1: those type of things used to bother me. I think
Speaker 1: the players you have a lot of input, but involving
Speaker 1: the fans some kind of way too. I think the
Speaker 1: fans should be involved, but they shouldn't have that much
Speaker 1: of a vote, because a lot of times guys like
Speaker 1: myself get exed out by somebody who just a fan favorite,
Speaker 1: ain't really ain't they good? I think what she said
Speaker 1: it could be the key, you know what I mean. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we want to keep fan participation going, but the fans
Speaker 1: should only be able to vote for people who are
Speaker 1: in an All Star like the All Star Circle. Maybe
Speaker 1: the NBA picks, Hey, they're the These thirty guys or
Speaker 1: forty guys are the guys you can pick from, because
Speaker 1: you know you'll get a lot of guys like you
Speaker 1: said that are just popular. Um sometimes foreign players that
Speaker 1: will get a ton of votes, but they're not all stars.
Speaker 1: They know they're not All stars, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: So I think ja uh miss j might be onto something.
Speaker 1: You know, if the NBA is able to just have
Speaker 1: a pot of players that the fans can vote, because
Speaker 1: I definitely think the fan vote keeps them engaged and
Speaker 1: they do appreciate because some of the fans take it
Speaker 1: very seriously. Um, but it should be a certain amount
Speaker 1: of pot. You know, there should be certain players in
Speaker 1: the pot you can vote for, so guys that aren't
Speaker 1: All Stars don't take away from guys votes from guys
Speaker 1: that are possibly be able to make the All Star team.
Speaker 1: Next fan question, Andy foy one saw you who went
Speaker 1: today's NBA or sports in general? Do you think has
Speaker 1: the potential to change our impact culture? Like Alan Ibinson,
Speaker 1: hash slash did M what player young player? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's anyone, because Ai was obviously
Speaker 1: one of a kind, cut from a different cloth, and
Speaker 1: I don't really see And I think because of Ai
Speaker 1: it'll be it's gonna be hard to really shift and
Speaker 1: change culture like the way he did, because you gotta
Speaker 1: think Ai was first with the tato, really first to
Speaker 1: really rock a bunch of tattoos. Uh. The dress code
Speaker 1: changed because of Ai. So many different things happened because
Speaker 1: of Ai. So now all those walls are broken down.
Speaker 1: So I don't know if anyone else it would have
Speaker 1: to be a wild motherfucker to come in and really
Speaker 1: change culture the way AI did. You can't really compare
Speaker 1: him to AI. But if I had to say one
Speaker 1: person who's changed the culture and our culture like AI,
Speaker 1: the closest person I can say Stephan Curry. He changed
Speaker 1: the game. He changed the way these kids play the game.
Speaker 1: He changed the way they dressed playing the game. He changed,
Speaker 1: he changed a lot of stuff. If anybody changed anything
Speaker 1: in our culture or even close to what a I did,
Speaker 1: is Steph occur. Yeah. I think the culture of basketball absolutely,
Speaker 1: There's no question step But I think my stuff was
Speaker 1: as far as changing the culture was off the court,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, as far as how many
Speaker 1: walls and and things he broke down, But as far
Speaker 1: as changing the basketball game, I don't I think Steph
Speaker 1: changing more than AI. To be honest with you, You
Speaker 1: mean Steph, and I could tell you like it trickles
Speaker 1: all the way down, Like I'm you know, I coach
Speaker 1: my kids now when I go to these tournaments, kids
Speaker 1: don't warm up in the paint no more. These kids
Speaker 1: warm up shooting thirty ft threes where they're throwing their
Speaker 1: whole body into it. And ship. I'm like, how about
Speaker 1: I even told Isaiah that ship? Yesterday we had an
Speaker 1: early game in Arizona. Isaiah. Isaiah is shooting from like
Speaker 1: the out of bounce line. I'm like, I said, bring
Speaker 1: you a little ass in here and start with some
Speaker 1: form shooting and get you know what I mean. But
Speaker 1: that's the influence that Steph and Clay have had on
Speaker 1: basketball as a whole. So I completely agree basketball Steph
Speaker 1: hands down, but culture overall, I don't think there will
Speaker 1: be another person that effect culture the way I did.
Speaker 1: J Win three. Can we get some more of Stack
Speaker 1: Franklin sat impressions? Oh man, man, it's it's a new season, Matt.
Speaker 1: So I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta give. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I gotta, I gotta go. I gotta go on my bag.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think I have nothing yet because
Speaker 1: the season is still new. From the new season, man,
Speaker 1: I can't really think of a uh. And it was
Speaker 1: good too. It had me on the edge of my seat.
Speaker 1: But so you owe us you you gonna do this,
Speaker 1: but you just gotta study, study the tape a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Yeah, yeah, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta
Speaker 1: study the tape from them from the new one. But
Speaker 1: uh but yeah, yeah, yeah, I have something for oh
Speaker 1: yeah one. See. I'm the kind of person like it
Speaker 1: kills me every week not to watch this and All
Speaker 1: American because I love both those shows, but I like
Speaker 1: to binge watch, so I want to wait until they're
Speaker 1: either on Netflix or Hulu. Like me, A couple of
Speaker 1: joints and just binge watched the whole day, So I'm
Speaker 1: totally out of loop. I try not to listen, not
Speaker 1: try not to hear whenever people are talking about Snowfall
Speaker 1: or All Americans. So you got that, j Win, Jack
Speaker 1: has you on a Saint a Saint impersonation. He just
Speaker 1: has to study tape a little bit better, a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Drive, motherfucker. Zach Levine drops March fourth. We
Speaker 1: had a nice little conversation with him the other day.
Speaker 1: Jack first time all Star, my light Skin and U
Speaker 1: c l a brother. Good, good little conversation we had. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I was happy to have him on the show. Everybody
Speaker 1: had been asking for him. It was good to get
Speaker 1: on the show and pick his brain. Man. I'm happy
Speaker 1: all start now. No doubt you guys enjoyed this little clip.
Speaker 1: First time All Star, long overdue, but first time All Star,
Speaker 1: Zach Lavine, Man, welcome to the show, My dogs. What
Speaker 1: up with y'all? Man? I appreciate it, man, I've been
Speaker 1: wanting to come on here. You're notorious for how hard
Speaker 1: you work, gratifying to finally make your first All Star game.
Speaker 1: You've been the All Star Weekend, you've won to Dunk contest,
Speaker 1: but to go to the actually play in the game,
Speaker 1: how does that make you feel? It feels good, man,
Speaker 1: You know to get the recognition, especially you put in
Speaker 1: the work over the last couple of years. You know,
Speaker 1: when you when you finally break through, it feels good.
Speaker 1: So you know, I'm happy, I most likely you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm happy for my family, the reaction I
Speaker 1: got from them. And you know obviously how you know
Speaker 1: you guys and you know your peers interact and let
Speaker 1: you know, you know that that you broke through it
Speaker 1: feels good. Obviously we felt it. You felt it. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, you've been playing at this level for you know,
Speaker 1: at least you know two or three years now. What
Speaker 1: do you think changed this season and got you over
Speaker 1: the hump. You know, I always credit everything the hard work,
Speaker 1: and you know, obviously over the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: I feel like I've been playing at this level, but
Speaker 1: you know, to finally breakthrough were in the playoff picture,
Speaker 1: and you know, to see the growth I've had over
Speaker 1: these last couple of years have been big man. So
Speaker 1: it's it's gratifying. The main thing was my mentality, you know,
Speaker 1: going out there and try and do whatever it took to,
Speaker 1: you know, just to get the wins. You know, if
Speaker 1: that was you know, assist one night going out there,
Speaker 1: try and bust my ass on defense, or if I
Speaker 1: gotta take over and try to go get thirty forty,
Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is, just you know, try to
Speaker 1: get try and get that team and a win. Calling in,
Speaker 1: you know, I feel like did a good job of,
Speaker 1: you know, locking in each game for that closing out
Speaker 1: the show. We're gonna do our quick hitters, real fast jack.
Speaker 1: Despite how bad the Washington Wizards started, there only three
Speaker 1: games out of the eight and two games out of
Speaker 1: the tenth UH spot for the playing tournament UH seven
Speaker 1: and two in their last nine, Brad Beal is that
Speaker 1: thirty three points a game from the field, Russ's avenue
Speaker 1: the triple double, Burton's a shooting fift from the three
Speaker 1: point line. Um, are they a playoff team? I think so.
Speaker 1: I think, um the bad News Bass playoff team in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference. Uh but right, But I mean, finally
Speaker 1: Russ are starting to settle down and everybody is starting
Speaker 1: to pick the level of play to meet Bill's play.
Speaker 1: Bill started off on fire, He's still on fire, and
Speaker 1: everybody else is just catching up to him. Even even
Speaker 1: even even Burdens is starting to knock down shots and
Speaker 1: step up and play well. Should know what with eight
Speaker 1: shots a game? So a three eight three point attempts
Speaker 1: a game. So I'm uh, I like them. I mean
Speaker 1: I think they can do a Locus Bill contaters down
Speaker 1: fire Rustu telling to get them triple doubles. They definitely
Speaker 1: can make the playoffs in the East. This team has
Speaker 1: taken a lot of heat. Um. You know, I've talked
Speaker 1: about it, um, you know, and I think we forgot
Speaker 1: that that that Russ is new and Russ is someone
Speaker 1: that you definitely have to get used to Russ. And
Speaker 1: then on the flip side, Russ had to get used
Speaker 1: to brad Um. So you know, they've been hot of late.
Speaker 1: It's good to see playoff team. I definitely think they're
Speaker 1: a playoff team, but I don't really think they're a
Speaker 1: team that's gonna make noise in the playoffs. But I
Speaker 1: think their goal, probably on this first year, is to
Speaker 1: get there. But you know what with with with the
Speaker 1: dog like russ and and someone like Bradley Beale, it
Speaker 1: definitely won't be an easy out. Um. Like I said,
Speaker 1: we we're not saying they're gonna make a lot of noise,
Speaker 1: but you know they're gonna they're gonna fight, and um,
Speaker 1: you know that's one thing. Scott Brooks has this team
Speaker 1: doing his fighting right now, and you know, you love
Speaker 1: to see it because you know, you hate to see
Speaker 1: you know, Rust has been great for so long you
Speaker 1: hate to kind of see the back side of his
Speaker 1: career start happening. Like this, Bradley Bill is really coming
Speaker 1: into his own as one of the best two way,
Speaker 1: if not you know, one of the best two way
Speaker 1: players in the game. Um, so you want to see
Speaker 1: him do well. And there's always a lot of talks
Speaker 1: about where he's going, but he's remained loyal, staying he's
Speaker 1: good to where he's at he wants to continue to
Speaker 1: build and things are starting to turn around. So I'm
Speaker 1: happy for those guys. Also, the three point contest would
Speaker 1: be taking place, um thus far to to my knowledge,
Speaker 1: Dame is the only one that has put his hat
Speaker 1: in the bowl uh to shoot. We're here in Jason Tatum, Jack.
Speaker 1: Who would be your ideal six shooters to shoot in
Speaker 1: the three point contests? I'll go Steph Curry, I'll go
Speaker 1: Dame Liltt, I'll go to Kevin Durant, I go Devin Booker. Oh,
Speaker 1: I go Clay Thompson. Well, Clay's hurt. Oh Clay, Okay,
Speaker 1: Devin Booker and actually Katie's hurt. So let me, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take two off your list. So so Deav, Steph
Speaker 1: and Dame. So far Dav, Steph and Dame. I'll go
Speaker 1: Seth Curry to Seth JJ Reddy JJ Reddy And I
Speaker 1: need one more, right, I'm gonna throw one in there
Speaker 1: for you. Joe Ingalls, Nah, he wouldn't make. He would
Speaker 1: not make. He would not make. My motherfucker shoot the ball,
Speaker 1: bro man, I can shoot just my ship just as
Speaker 1: slow as his. That it's all. Hey. You know what though,
Speaker 1: na Hey, you know what, I ain't gonna lie. I
Speaker 1: ad PG the way he's shooting at three ball. I
Speaker 1: apologies to shoot out that. I'm not mad at that,
Speaker 1: Jack said. The NBA expand the All Star roster right
Speaker 1: now currently sits at twelve. No, No, they didn't expand
Speaker 1: it when I had a chance to get in and
Speaker 1: leave that motherfucker away. It is every year, I feel like,
Speaker 1: and every year I feel like there's gonna be snubs
Speaker 1: because there's only twenty four spots and there's obviously many
Speaker 1: much more than you know, twenty four All Stars in
Speaker 1: this league. So every year people are gonna be getting snubbed.
Speaker 1: But to me, I don't think you expand the roster
Speaker 1: because what is the point of making the All Star
Speaker 1: team and not playing you know what I mean? I
Speaker 1: think that would kind of be embarrassing because how then
Speaker 1: can the coach play four team players that it is tough,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So I think you know,
Speaker 1: twelve is a good number. Um, there's always gonna be snubs.
Speaker 1: It's unfortunate. Some guys like Mike Conley may never get
Speaker 1: that nod where he's played at an All Star level before.
Speaker 1: You never got that nod. I think that has a
Speaker 1: lot to do with the trouble you got in with
Speaker 1: with the with the malice at the palace, but you
Speaker 1: never got that nod. So there's always gonna be guys
Speaker 1: you know that played at a high level. Of Jamal Crawford,
Speaker 1: you know, never got the node and he had some
Speaker 1: story years. So it's always gonna be guys. Uh, they
Speaker 1: get snubbed. That's just unfortunate. But there's definitely a lot
Speaker 1: more than only twenty four All Stars in league. It's
Speaker 1: just you gotta be in that top slot. I guess last,
Speaker 1: but not least closing out quick hitter or something I
Speaker 1: found interesting Jack Buddy healed fastest in NBA history to
Speaker 1: reach a thousand three pointers only took him three hundred
Speaker 1: fifty games. Took Step three sixty nine games in second place.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on that accomplishment. That's a big accomplishment for him.
Speaker 1: Shouts out to Buddy Hill for shooting that things, shooting
Speaker 1: the light side. He came in the game shooting it.
Speaker 1: But I guarantee it wouldn't have been that quick if
Speaker 1: he had Clay on this team as well. Sho you
Speaker 1: gotta forget and then k D think about the three
Speaker 1: year round with Ka. Actually no, that was earlier. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was earlier, so that didn account But Noah, Clay
Speaker 1: we was someone that could shoot it just as good
Speaker 1: on this side. That's a great point, great point, but yeah, no,
Speaker 1: definitely shout out buddy. Heals holds that record three fifty
Speaker 1: games thousand threes, but I think that's going to be
Speaker 1: broken too because of what we said earlier. Steph has
Speaker 1: changed this game. So every young kid from here on
Speaker 1: out coming in is gonna come in with the ultra
Speaker 1: green light. And if you're one of these special players
Speaker 1: that can really shoot, you're definitely gonna be able to
Speaker 1: get your attempts up. So grass the buddy. But I
Speaker 1: don't know how long this record will stand. Let it
Speaker 1: right in closing, Uh, something happened last week that that
Speaker 1: that really pissed me off. Jack. I saw you commented
Speaker 1: on social media the stack or Star Latan I won't
Speaker 1: even attempt to butcher his last name, said that Lebron
Speaker 1: needs to stick to what he's good at and leave
Speaker 1: everything else alone. And it's just crazy to me that
Speaker 1: although this guy is a great soccer player, he's still
Speaker 1: this fucking ignorant two issues that go on in our community,
Speaker 1: and how important Lebron has been on opening up not
Speaker 1: only his platform but his way of looking at it
Speaker 1: and speaking makes it easier easier for people like you
Speaker 1: and I to speak, although we never really gave funk.
Speaker 1: We us gonna speak regardless. But what I mean like,
Speaker 1: when you're not a superstar, you can still speak because
Speaker 1: the superstars opening that door for you, you know. Braun
Speaker 1: responded with, you know he'll he'll never shut up about things.
Speaker 1: And he also preached on how educated he is on stuff,
Speaker 1: because he definitely does educate. But you know a few
Speaker 1: things he's done more than a vote which helped organize
Speaker 1: you know, voters, the Promised School, which is changing generational opportunity.
Speaker 1: And again, like I said, for this guy to come
Speaker 1: over and say some crazy ship like this, I know
Speaker 1: how you were acted. I saw your your comment, but
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on this? First off, man, there's
Speaker 1: too many people that are trying to be guard to
Speaker 1: tell people what to do, tell them what they can't say.
Speaker 1: You're like, like, you're not God, there's only one guard
Speaker 1: and this second, you're not messy. Kings don't argue with peasants. Okay,
Speaker 1: if MESSI was talking, well, be listening to them. But
Speaker 1: kings don't argue with peasants. Bro, I think I think
Speaker 1: it's best for him to just stay in his lane
Speaker 1: and let Lebron do what he do. You're not in
Speaker 1: this fight. You're you. You probably don't even understand the
Speaker 1: plight of what we're talking about, what we're standing up for.
Speaker 1: So it's best that you do what you do. And
Speaker 1: if you decide not to speak on these things, then
Speaker 1: that's what you choose to do. But you're not guarding.
Speaker 1: You have no right to tell the next man what
Speaker 1: to say or what not to say. If you want
Speaker 1: to be a coward, uh and not utilize your huge platform,
Speaker 1: because this dude is a big deal. But if you
Speaker 1: want to be a coward or not utilize that your platform,
Speaker 1: that's that's on you. But for another person who's not
Speaker 1: black to tell a black superstar he shouldn't do this,
Speaker 1: he do that for his people, it's fucking insane to me,
Speaker 1: because if you're not black, you'll never understand the things
Speaker 1: that this that our culture has gone through from the beginning,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, and they'll and you'll never understand.
Speaker 1: But I think now more than ever, that's what we're
Speaker 1: asking others to do, is is try to put yourself
Speaker 1: in in the shoes of an African American person sometimes
Speaker 1: and kind of understand and to see still daily people
Speaker 1: being killed by cops and and and and and black
Speaker 1: people killing other black it's just rough. You know, on
Speaker 1: every single level, there's an obstacle um for the African
Speaker 1: American community. Um. So again for for for a non
Speaker 1: African American to tell Lebron James what he should be doing,
Speaker 1: he needs to get the ship slapped out of him.
Speaker 1: But that's another story. But but I heard, I heard,
Speaker 1: I heard that he's an m M A fight as well.
Speaker 1: If you look at for some ready to pick on,
Speaker 1: try bones Jones, Lebron along, yeah you fight, say yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: go get some of the bones Jones to take care
Speaker 1: of that for you now. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, like I said, I think I think you know,
Speaker 1: to be honest, Jack, hopefully we can learn from this,
Speaker 1: you know, because at the end of the day, I
Speaker 1: so we want, we want to be able to learn
Speaker 1: from situations like this. I hope he kind of realized
Speaker 1: what he said and kind of backtracked and thought about
Speaker 1: it because, like I said, you know, Lebron is a
Speaker 1: great basketball player. Yes, but we're so much more than
Speaker 1: athletes out here, and and and it it sounds redundant,
Speaker 1: but I mean, we're pillars of our community where fathers
Speaker 1: were business owners. You know, this guy's opening up schools,
Speaker 1: giving people opportunities to vote, Like, how can he not
Speaker 1: use his platform for the greater good? And he's been
Speaker 1: doing that, so for another star to knock him, and
Speaker 1: it's an international star on top of it, ridiculous to me.
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