Speaker 1: I know that New York Knicks fans are having a
Speaker 1: hard time understanding what the funk is going on right now.
Speaker 1: Julius Randall has been struggling, and what trips me out
Speaker 1: is how much they've turned on him so fast. Shout
Speaker 1: out to Julia's random had a great year, but the
Speaker 1: banje I gotta be layal through the good and the bad.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of What's Burning. We're talking
Speaker 1: NBA playoffs Jack Lakers and Sounder in the best of
Speaker 1: three series. Um, we all saw CP get hurt in
Speaker 1: that first first game. I got a chance to talk
Speaker 1: to him. Shoulder hasn't been feeling well, but it looks
Speaker 1: like slowly but surely, it's kind of coming back to life.
Speaker 1: He's at only nine points, but leads a team with
Speaker 1: seven assist the game. Devin Booker is having a great
Speaker 1: first time playoff experience. After the five nearly six assists
Speaker 1: in five rebounds. DeAndre Ayton was it going to be
Speaker 1: the key to me? He's at nearly twenty points, almost
Speaker 1: fourteen rebounds, shooting eight percent from the field. A d
Speaker 1: went down with the growing injury. We're not sure about
Speaker 1: his likeliness to return. Obviously, not playing the Game five,
Speaker 1: But they have to be very cautious with that type
Speaker 1: of injury. Who needs to step up for the Lakers? Jack,
Speaker 1: And what have you thought about this series overall? Well,
Speaker 1: I think the Sons are doing great. Man. Obviously, when
Speaker 1: I won the championship and O three, we had a
Speaker 1: little help, you know, in the West Continence finals. Dirk
Speaker 1: was hurt the whole series and that and it helps
Speaker 1: us not having Dirk on the opposite and obviously bench.
Speaker 1: But and injuries are part of the playoffs. Injuries are
Speaker 1: part of the game. A lot of people don't understand that,
Speaker 1: and you need some luck sometimes. But this is a
Speaker 1: break for the Suns because they have a better chance
Speaker 1: of winning now without a d in the lineup. I
Speaker 1: think everybody on the Lakers team has to step up.
Speaker 1: I think it's kind of it's kind of it's kind
Speaker 1: of messed up because they came into the series with
Speaker 1: the idea of not playing Montres. Now they need him,
Speaker 1: So what's his mental where what? You know, I'm where
Speaker 1: is he had mentally? But everybody on their team has
Speaker 1: to step up, has to be a collective effort. I
Speaker 1: even text Lebron, I even text him and told him,
Speaker 1: I say, man, you've done it. You've done it impossible
Speaker 1: so many times. This is another challenge for you. Let's
Speaker 1: see what you're gonna do, you know. And I think
Speaker 1: he can do it. I think he can pull him
Speaker 1: out the series. But it's gonna be tough, and Phoenix
Speaker 1: has a great chance now to eighties down. I think
Speaker 1: you made an interesting point about where montrese Harold's mentals
Speaker 1: that obviously coming off you know, six Man of a
Speaker 1: Year going down the hallway to the Lakers. I'm sure
Speaker 1: he had a different vision of how this season would
Speaker 1: play out for him. Hasn't played much in this series actually,
Speaker 1: and let posted a tweet the other day said something
Speaker 1: like the worst thing in the world is wasted time.
Speaker 1: So obviously he's frustrated. But I feel like between him,
Speaker 1: Kyle Kuzman Dennis Schroeder, two of those guys have to
Speaker 1: be at least eighteen to twenty points with a D out.
Speaker 1: You can never replace a D one player. I think
Speaker 1: it's obviously by committee and that other guy needs to
Speaker 1: be in that ten to fifteen point range, and then
Speaker 1: you need other guys to step up. Um, this is
Speaker 1: a big opportunity for the Phoenix Suns because uh, you know,
Speaker 1: there's not gonna be any easy passes. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: with a d down. Not really sure the way he
Speaker 1: went down, it doesn't look like a couple of days
Speaker 1: is going to make that that injury. Okay, so he
Speaker 1: may miss a few games in this series and then
Speaker 1: and to me, like you said, Lebron has to be amazing,
Speaker 1: but he's gonna need some other guys to step up
Speaker 1: from his supporting cast and really do what they're supposed
Speaker 1: to do. So, um, I'm decided to watch Game five
Speaker 1: tonight and see what happens. So we'll have to keep
Speaker 1: a close eye on this series because obviously everyone predicted
Speaker 1: with the Lakers being healthy that they would represent the
Speaker 1: Western Conference, but as we see right now, they're not
Speaker 1: a healthy team. Next up, we have the Portland's Trail
Speaker 1: Blazers are dark course first, the Denver Nuggets are basically
Speaker 1: in the best of three series as well. The Blazers
Speaker 1: are starting to hit on all cylinders. Damian Lillards at
Speaker 1: thirty points nearly ten assists the game and five made
Speaker 1: three cjs at about twenty two points a game, six assists.
Speaker 1: Norman pal has been the X Factor at eighteen points,
Speaker 1: Mello at thirteen, and Nurkicic at thirteen and thirteen. Joker's
Speaker 1: numbers are Joker, He's at thirty and eleven. Michael Porter Jr.
Speaker 1: Who we thought needed to step up and have a
Speaker 1: big Playoffs numbers are down by about ten points and
Speaker 1: he's only taken about twelve shots of game. I feel
Speaker 1: like they're starting to feel that Murray uh expertise and
Speaker 1: specialty in the playoffs is definitely being missed right now.
Speaker 1: Thoughts on this series. We picked Portland. We're high in Portland.
Speaker 1: They've got a lot of experience, They've been through a
Speaker 1: lot of the last couple of years. And eventually you
Speaker 1: turn the corner. Eventually you get healthy and things start
Speaker 1: to go your way, and hopefully this is the series. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm still unbelieved Yoki's thirty points. Averaging thirty points in
Speaker 1: the playoffs like it's it's it's unbelievable. And Reporter, you
Speaker 1: know he's still young, you know, Um, he got to
Speaker 1: learn what this playoffs is about. And the Arenas not
Speaker 1: even full just magic. If the Arenas will fall, it's
Speaker 1: hard to you know, it's the playoffs is another level
Speaker 1: of the game from regular season and guys got to
Speaker 1: get adjusted to that, and they're definitely missing Murray, but
Speaker 1: I think they still have a good opportunity to win
Speaker 1: this series. Also, Austin Rivers has stepped up. He's playing well,
Speaker 1: so I think Gordon has to do more, you know,
Speaker 1: Gordon has to do way more than what he's doing.
Speaker 1: They have a chance, but I'm still I'm still going
Speaker 1: with them, I mean with Portlands because I I just
Speaker 1: rely on Dame and I think it's their time, you know.
Speaker 1: I just think this is an opportunity for Portland's I think,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously they were they ran into a Golden
Speaker 1: State dynasty, but then they've also had key members hurt
Speaker 1: during crucial times in the season during the playoffs, and
Speaker 1: now they got everyone healthy. Everyone's hitting on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: Dame is being Dame love with Norman. Power brings on
Speaker 1: both sides of the floor. So don't be surprised, you know,
Speaker 1: if this team is able to slide through here, then
Speaker 1: they're gonna face the winner of of l A and Phoenix,
Speaker 1: and that's not gonna be easy for anybody. So excited
Speaker 1: to see this Portland team kind of hit on all
Speaker 1: cylinders and looking forward to them finishing off this series.
Speaker 1: Next up Utah Jazz, the number one seed in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: First the Memphis Grizzlies. They have a three one lead,
Speaker 1: Mike Conley Bobdanovich both over twenty points a game. Looks
Speaker 1: like they've kind of found their groove. Obviously, getting Donovan
Speaker 1: Mitchell back was a huge, huge piece. Although the Grizzlies
Speaker 1: have showed flashes at times, John Moran has been incredible. Uh,
Speaker 1: the future is bright. To me, Dylan Brooks within the
Speaker 1: next two or three years is gonna be one of
Speaker 1: the top my best two way players in the game,
Speaker 1: mark my words. I love its toughness on both sides
Speaker 1: of the floor. What do you think about this Jazz team?
Speaker 1: Jack and Uh, the way they've been playing well. First,
Speaker 1: I want to just give down Donovan his props. They
Speaker 1: haven't lost the games as he came back. When you
Speaker 1: just started a team, this is what you want to bring.
Speaker 1: You want to bring, the confidence, you want to bring,
Speaker 1: the effort you want to bring, you know, the actual
Speaker 1: the actual leadership to your team to get these doubs
Speaker 1: and they have the losses he got back, So shout
Speaker 1: out Downvo Mitch for coming in and being the leader
Speaker 1: that he's supposed to be. I think with Memphis you
Speaker 1: have John Morant. We both love Dennon Brooks. He reminds
Speaker 1: us of us so much, play so hard on both
Speaker 1: ends of the court. And Jared Jackson, he hasn't played
Speaker 1: all yet, so he's still trying to figure it out.
Speaker 1: They got a lot of key pieces, but I don't
Speaker 1: think they really had jobs one of my favorite players
Speaker 1: in the whole league. If they could add some pieces,
Speaker 1: you know, to the core of the team, they'll be
Speaker 1: all right. But right now, you tall just a better team.
Speaker 1: They've been the best, one of the best teams in
Speaker 1: the league all year long. And uh, they're gonna They're
Speaker 1: gonna in this series next game. I agree, But again
Speaker 1: I think Memphis should be very excited about what's to come. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, like you said, there are three young stars
Speaker 1: in rant Brooks and Jackson are definitely gonna take this
Speaker 1: team places. Um, and this was a good showing. Like
Speaker 1: they said, they show flashes. Uh, they've been in pretty
Speaker 1: much all the games except one. I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: to to to see what this team can do in
Speaker 1: the future. But I definitely feel like the Utah will
Speaker 1: close this out in the next game or two. The
Speaker 1: Knicks verse the Hawks. I know the New York Knicks
Speaker 1: fans are having a hard time understanding what the funk
Speaker 1: is going on right now. Uh. Julius randall Off after
Speaker 1: winning Most Improved Player has been struggling, and what trips
Speaker 1: me out is how much they've turned on him so fast.
Speaker 1: Um because he shout shout out. Derek Rose average nearly
Speaker 1: twenty three points a game, UH put in the starting
Speaker 1: line up during the playoffs. But this Hawks team is deep,
Speaker 1: man and Trey Young is not scared and ship averaging
Speaker 1: about twenty eight and ten. I got four other players
Speaker 1: in double figures, three players at about nine points a game.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, Jack, the Hawks just
Speaker 1: have more talent. And I was someone who picked the Knicks,
Speaker 1: but quickly I had to think about my choice after
Speaker 1: watching the first couple of games. But what have you
Speaker 1: have been your impressions of this series overall this far? Well,
Speaker 1: just the confidence in the Hawks, you know they have it.
Speaker 1: They definitely have a deeper team. They have a great
Speaker 1: group of veterans with lou and Gallinari, and a great
Speaker 1: group of young guys with Tray and the rest of
Speaker 1: the gang. So um and a great coach, a tough
Speaker 1: minded coach that came in and got these kids playing
Speaker 1: with confidence and playing tough minded. I gotta reiterate on
Speaker 1: what you said earlier. Shout out to Julius Randall had
Speaker 1: a great year, but the fans, I gotta be loyal
Speaker 1: through the good and the bad. You know, he's doing
Speaker 1: all he can and and a lot of times you
Speaker 1: gotta understand this. You might do a lot of great
Speaker 1: things in the regular season as far as game wise,
Speaker 1: when the playoffs they take all that away and make
Speaker 1: other people do things that they weren't doing all season.
Speaker 1: And and that's what Nate McMillan the Hawks are doing,
Speaker 1: making other people beat them man. And and the team
Speaker 1: has as it's not used to that. They don't have
Speaker 1: enough experience and enough talent to have to figure that
Speaker 1: out on the fly right now. Um, I love quickly,
Speaker 1: I love with d roses On, But you gotta continue
Speaker 1: to to have Randall's back because he's doing all his can.
Speaker 1: He's got you out to his playoffs, But don't abandon
Speaker 1: him now because you're not winning the series. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: got a chance to talk to Julius last week, and
Speaker 1: I could just tell he's pressing. Obviously, it's a lot
Speaker 1: of weight, man. You gotta think the first time in
Speaker 1: the playoffs since two thousand and thirteen, most improved players,
Speaker 1: one of the biggest franchises in the history that I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot riding on the shows and I
Speaker 1: kind of just felt like he was pressing, man. So
Speaker 1: you know, we had a little bit of back and forth,
Speaker 1: and I think he's played a little bit better. But
Speaker 1: like you said, the Hawks team has a lot of
Speaker 1: talent um. If you take away Randall's you know, game,
Speaker 1: they don't really have much else outside of d Row
Speaker 1: so uh, you know, obviously, salute for the run they
Speaker 1: made this year, but I feel like the Hawks will
Speaker 1: close this out in another game or two as well.
Speaker 1: Last but not least, we have the Sixers versus the
Speaker 1: Wizards Game five coming up, and b took a hard
Speaker 1: falling Game four and the first quarter did not return.
Speaker 1: We'll have an m R i um for his knee.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons is almost at a triple double at fourteen
Speaker 1: ten and nine. Wizard drawn hacka bin obviously not shooting
Speaker 1: the ball well from the free throw line, Bill Westbrook,
Speaker 1: and Hashimura all delivered last game to get their first win.
Speaker 1: Can the Wizards extend this series if e Beat has
Speaker 1: to miss more than one game, Jack, Uh, they can
Speaker 1: because I'm sure whatever game he comes back, they'll win
Speaker 1: that one because he is just that good. But you know,
Speaker 1: I hope he's healthy, hope he comes back soon. You
Speaker 1: don't want to see a series playoff because the best
Speaker 1: player got hurt. I hate when the series like that,
Speaker 1: but like I said, it's a part of the game.
Speaker 1: I think I think the Wizards can smell blood now
Speaker 1: because to me, without and Beat on the court, the
Speaker 1: Wizards have the best big man and Gaff he catches everything,
Speaker 1: he dunks everything, and he protects the room very well.
Speaker 1: Um Simmons, I love you to have one of my
Speaker 1: favorite players, but you gotta take it. You gotta knock
Speaker 1: these free throws down. Bro Um, they're gonna you don't
Speaker 1: want to be the player that they're filing during the
Speaker 1: end of the game or anywhere doing these playoffs to
Speaker 1: mess up your chances of getting the championship. Bro, you
Speaker 1: gotta knock these free throws down. And he can't, and
Speaker 1: he can't I think it's I think it's just more
Speaker 1: focused and more practice. But the Wizards definitely smell blood
Speaker 1: and uh I and b doesn't play maybe a game
Speaker 1: or two, I see the Wizards winning the next one.
Speaker 1: Mm hmmm. Shout out Russell westbrook Man nineteen points, twenty
Speaker 1: one rebounds, and I think fourteen assists of I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 1: It's still just fucking incredible, man. I love what he's doing. Also,
Speaker 1: shout out to Bias Harris. He's kind of been the
Speaker 1: question mark for that team. Will he step up and
Speaker 1: he uh, you know, for Philly, and he's definitely stepped
Speaker 1: up and done this part. This team has played well
Speaker 1: at times when in Bead hasn't played. Obviously, losing him
Speaker 1: during the game, you kind of have to completely change
Speaker 1: your mindset. But you know, I it's gonna be a tough,
Speaker 1: tough game five, but I have Philly pulling it out.
Speaker 1: It's always hard to go against russ and and the
Speaker 1: way Bill has been playing, But I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: pull this out just because they're a better team to me. So,
Speaker 1: you know, Dot got some other sleeves to Matt definitely definitely,
Speaker 1: so we'll play close attention to this uh as we
Speaker 1: watch and beads similar to an A D situation. You know,
Speaker 1: the Lakers in Philly have championship aspirations, and you know
Speaker 1: some of their best players are really are are naggin
Speaker 1: right now. So can they afford the luxury to sit
Speaker 1: them and win this series? You know, because obviously I
Speaker 1: don't think either of them are gonna be that healthy
Speaker 1: with just one game off. So this is gonna be
Speaker 1: interesting to watch for both these teams, the Lakers and
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Speaker 1: this is the best of three series. Is tied it
Speaker 1: to two. Dallas stole to in l A. Clippers returned
Speaker 1: the favor and took two in Dallas. Uh. Kauai is
Speaker 1: that thirty three points and nearly nine rebounds a game?
Speaker 1: Paul George at twenty five points and nearly nine rebounds
Speaker 1: a game? Luca is that thirty three, eight and eight. Uh.
Speaker 1: They made some adjustments and we're able to go into
Speaker 1: Dallas and handle business. I'm fully confident in the Clippers
Speaker 1: that they're gonna win this series now. I just think
Speaker 1: they have a different look in their eye, a different energy.
Speaker 1: They have their rotation down, they got the young boy
Speaker 1: in there playing um. Jack thoughts on first of all
Speaker 1: this series and then after that, do the Clippers really
Speaker 1: need to make this run to keep this team together? Well,
Speaker 1: I think I think for the most part, after they
Speaker 1: lost those games, I think Tyler win and told him that,
Speaker 1: you know, we need to be dogs, we need to
Speaker 1: be the physical team. We know we we got so
Speaker 1: many guys on this team they have they have pride,
Speaker 1: and there's tough guys and that come from tough backgrounds.
Speaker 1: And we played a game one weight, but they haven't
Speaker 1: been They wasn't playing the way their style of game,
Speaker 1: that physical style of game, you know, the first couple
Speaker 1: of games. Now they kind of figured it out. You know,
Speaker 1: Kauai is averaging thirty, you know, and I think everybody
Speaker 1: is coming up, coming in and playing more physical and
Speaker 1: more confident. Um, we all knew what Luca was gonna do.
Speaker 1: He's been a problem for them all year, you know.
Speaker 1: But making adjustments, that's what that's what tells that. That's
Speaker 1: what separations different between the coaches and the teams. What
Speaker 1: team can make can make the best adjustments in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and right now the Clippers are doing that. But Luca
Speaker 1: has been great. Luca needs way more help. I don't
Speaker 1: think Port Zingers is giving them the help he needs.
Speaker 1: And uh, Boban came in the game last game and
Speaker 1: gave them more more of a U A center presidents
Speaker 1: than Partsingis did this. This is this whole series. So um,
Speaker 1: they Luca definitely needs more help. But I see the
Speaker 1: Clippers pulling it out because I think they finded you
Speaker 1: they founded juice. Yes, obviously the Clippers are on the clock. Um,
Speaker 1: what people don't realize is this is only this team's
Speaker 1: second year together. But in l A, it's like dog years,
Speaker 1: you know what years almost you know, it's like a lifetime.
Speaker 1: And to think that you would blow this team up
Speaker 1: if they don't happen to make a run after two
Speaker 1: years is ridiculous. But that's just the new nbavor. And
Speaker 1: you know, there's some whispers that if they don't make
Speaker 1: a run, Kauai could walk, and you know, all that
Speaker 1: is just speculation right now. But like I said, I
Speaker 1: think they've kind of found what they needed to find.
Speaker 1: I see them coming through and finishing this series off.
Speaker 1: So it's it's still gonna be a battle, but I
Speaker 1: definitely have the Clippers advancing well. If Kauai is going
Speaker 1: to leave, bro, there's only one place I see him
Speaker 1: going as better in l A. Miami, Miami Golden State. Jimmy, Jimmy,
Speaker 1: real cool. That'd be tough. We had a great sit
Speaker 1: down conversation with our brothers, Van Lathan and Trayvon Free
Speaker 1: about their oscar when make sure you check us out
Speaker 1: this Thursday, June three. Enjoy this teaser. Kyrie Irvin is
Speaker 1: my favorite basketball player on the planet. He's my favorite
Speaker 1: basketball player because I think he's with something invaluable. He's
Speaker 1: giving context and perspective to this. He is playing basketball,
Speaker 1: and basketball has provided him a great life and a platform.
Speaker 1: Is NBA basketball as important as what's going on in
Speaker 1: the Middle East? Now? It's just not. You have to
Speaker 1: be a moron to think that when kids, when kids
Speaker 1: are dying, right, So when he when you put a
Speaker 1: mic in his face and he goes, hey, yeah, basketball
Speaker 1: is cool, but I want to talk about what's going
Speaker 1: on in Kenosha, Wisconsin. We we gotta have that. And
Speaker 1: the rub is that we can't have that if they're
Speaker 1: not playing, you know what I mean. But then if
Speaker 1: they don't play, that would be a huge, huge, huge,
Speaker 1: big thing too, because that'd be working on people's pockets
Speaker 1: so bad. So I think both people are right. But
Speaker 1: I think one thing that we have to do to
Speaker 1: Trayvon's point is we just have to know what we're saying.
Speaker 1: I see so many people and I see Stephen A.
Speaker 1: Smith and I love stephen A. Smith. I see seven
Speaker 1: A Smith being critical of Kyrie and being critical of
Speaker 1: like what he's doing and how he's comporting himself. I
Speaker 1: think that balance is needed. I think that, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you, if athletes would have been like this
Speaker 1: in the nineties or in the eighties, we might be
Speaker 1: better off right now. And I'm not coming at those guys.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, yeah, it's ship going on. I know
Speaker 1: the dude can put the ball in the hole, but
Speaker 1: what else you got for us? I personally like like
Speaker 1: making white people uncomfortable. I think they actually I think
Speaker 1: they think better and on their feet. I think we're
Speaker 1: doing a disservice to white people by keeping them comfortable
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Speaker 1: gonna have to come at them. The best thing we
Speaker 1: can do for white america's continuously made them uncomfortable, and
Speaker 1: then we'll all get to a place where maybe we
Speaker 1: could all be a little bit more. I mean, it's crazy.
Speaker 1: Brought up Kyrie because I was someone who was opinionated
Speaker 1: on his thing, because it didn't seem like when he
Speaker 1: first came with the idea that he had a plan.
Speaker 1: To me, I wanted to have a plan. This is
Speaker 1: another thing. He and I went out talk every day,
Speaker 1: and it was it was because it was just like,
Speaker 1: you know, you have that platform, like what you're pok,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna play. What's the plan? Not playing is
Speaker 1: not solving anything, Like he said, you're just you're making
Speaker 1: people mad because games are But like what you're plan?
Speaker 1: And then once I kind of figured out what his
Speaker 1: plan or hearing what his plan and seeing that he
Speaker 1: really had a plan, I had to take a step
Speaker 1: back in the mid and I was wrong because like
Speaker 1: to me, I think, like I said, our strength is
Speaker 1: our platform, Our strength is our voice. Our strength is
Speaker 1: our ability to connect dots, our strength of our ability
Speaker 1: to get our voice around the world. So okay, if
Speaker 1: you're just gonna set out, that's you're wasting all. But
Speaker 1: he was doing more than just this. What if he
Speaker 1: didn't have a plan. What if he just said a
Speaker 1: black man got shot today, I don't feel like shooting
Speaker 1: the basketball. I would understand that. But to me, it's
Speaker 1: it's not like that's your that's your individual choice and
Speaker 1: that's what you want to do, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But to criticize other people that want to go move
Speaker 1: forward and go ahead and play, I'm not with But
Speaker 1: if you do like I said and find out that
Speaker 1: he did have a plan, like I had to take
Speaker 1: a step back and it, admit I was wrong and
Speaker 1: have extended a hand and sitting down and having a conversation,
Speaker 1: but I completely agree. Like the way he handles stuff
Speaker 1: now and to me, Re is the best player right
Speaker 1: now he's ever been because he's so clear on who
Speaker 1: he is as a player on and off the court,
Speaker 1: supercarm and he's so at peace with who he is
Speaker 1: on and off the court, and not a motherfucker can't
Speaker 1: disturb that. And then usually when you're at peace, that's
Speaker 1: when you're at your best. So I love what he's doing.
Speaker 1: I definitely love that. Look at this season he had
Speaker 1: the sixth player, seventh player. Yeah, so it's and fast
Speaker 1: after fast in the month. M. I don't understand his game.
Speaker 1: It's incredible. He just got told so much in his bag.
Speaker 1: You can't you don't know what it's not even a
Speaker 1: but it's not a bag. I think it's disrespectful the call.
Speaker 1: What kie ever has he got, like you know, like
Speaker 1: them a little infinity symbols forever whatever he wants. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so my man, Yeah, Roland, right, he works with Kyrie.
Speaker 1: He told me one time, because like I'm trying to
Speaker 1: get my game back right for the adult men's leads
Speaker 1: he went through. He not too long ago. If y'all
Speaker 1: don't know, he went back to some old footage. It
Speaker 1: was a little heavier and he showed itself. Duncan, that
Speaker 1: was a while back then. I don't know if you're
Speaker 1: gonna get back to that. Let's say. Here's the thing, though,
Speaker 1: it's not about Duncan anymore. A player in the NBA
Speaker 1: that has set me free, Luca, I can do that, Bro,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, Bro, I can I can do that,
Speaker 1: like the six I'm in the men's league. Though, in
Speaker 1: the men's league, I'm yoking. Okay, alright, I'm saying. So
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. Like I look at Yokis and
Speaker 1: I'm like, sometimes, Bro, yokis just crazy, Bro, like this
Speaker 1: Nick is not fast. Like and I'm looking at Yokas,
Speaker 1: I'm like, Yo, I can do that. And I hear her.
Speaker 1: I hear herv and be like, Bro, I just sent
Speaker 1: him Yoki clips and stuff like this, and be like
Speaker 1: Van stop, I'm actually working with a real NBA player.
Speaker 1: I can do But he told me, he said, Kyrie,
Speaker 1: he's not even setting you up. He's just reacting to
Speaker 1: whatever about the whole game. Whatever, it is you do.
Speaker 1: He's going at full speed, just reacting and you don't
Speaker 1: even look right. I can't think of anybody that's been that.
Speaker 1: Maybe Steph has been that skilled. Steff is pretty like
Speaker 1: I can't think of anybody that's skilled with him and
Speaker 1: one thing with them their basketball i Q was through
Speaker 1: the rules. So it's mine like like, hey, this time
Speaker 1: name is the most drop show no I can play.
Speaker 1: We brought term on turn got some left person not
Speaker 1: a celebrity. Next step on the radar presented you by
Speaker 1: DraftKings highly anticipated second round matchup between the Next and
Speaker 1: the Bucks. The Bucks were able to sweep Miami in
Speaker 1: four games. Boston stole one versus Nets. But I think
Speaker 1: we all feel like, with all due respect, that the
Speaker 1: Nets will finish this series out shortly, either next game
Speaker 1: or the game after odds on to win the East.
Speaker 1: They have the Nets at minus they have the Bucks
Speaker 1: at plus two fifty jack, what have you seen from
Speaker 1: both these teams that excite you? Uh? If we do
Speaker 1: get this? And how they anticipate the second round matchup? Well,
Speaker 1: the best thing I can say about Milwalker's experience is
Speaker 1: the best teacher, and they had all experience they needed
Speaker 1: last year in the bubble to come out this year
Speaker 1: with a different focus, with a different team, with you holiday,
Speaker 1: and with a championship mentality. I don't think they came
Speaker 1: in this year just to make it through the person's
Speaker 1: second round. They're going they're looking to win it. They
Speaker 1: think they're the best team, and they're playing like and
Speaker 1: I think everything they've been through the last couple of
Speaker 1: years it's giving them the confidence and to finally break through.
Speaker 1: We know what the Net's gonna do. We know what
Speaker 1: with that cabable love. Uh, they have to get better
Speaker 1: on defense. Uh, Jason Tatum is one of the best
Speaker 1: scores in the league. But you can't give up fifty
Speaker 1: points in the playoffs. It just don't happen. You know.
Speaker 1: I've never been on the team where we gave a
Speaker 1: fifth in the playoffs. You can't give up fifth in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And I think for the most part, once
Speaker 1: they become a better defensive team, which they need to,
Speaker 1: but because the next round is gonna be hard and
Speaker 1: Milwaukee is gonna be tough, Um, they gotta finish this
Speaker 1: series on a on the right note. And I honestly
Speaker 1: think they got to stop playing DJ to have inside presidence.
Speaker 1: I agree you can't give up fifty during the playoffs,
Speaker 1: but I also realized how special Jason Tatum is. Not
Speaker 1: only did he drop fifty, he came back and dropped
Speaker 1: forty the next game. Jason Tatum is a cold motherfucker boy,
Speaker 1: and I think with Jaalen Brown, this would have been
Speaker 1: definitely a more interesting series. UM shout out Kevin Durant. Man.
Speaker 1: This man came out and dropped forty two and made
Speaker 1: it look so effort insane. Man, the most precise score,
Speaker 1: uh efficient score we've ever seen in the history of
Speaker 1: the game. I really like Milwaukee too. I I think,
Speaker 1: like you said, they've had experience being the one seed
Speaker 1: and learning what those hard knocks are like. This year,
Speaker 1: they flew under the radar the whole time in that
Speaker 1: third seed and continue to play good basketball. They played
Speaker 1: different kind of lineups, They've had different guys step up. Obviously,
Speaker 1: adding Drew Holiday is going to be big, and we're
Speaker 1: seeing that in the playoffs. Brent Forb stepped up in
Speaker 1: the last few games for them with his shooting. They
Speaker 1: have all hands on deck and they are definitely gonna
Speaker 1: be ready for Brooklyn. If I'm not mistaken. Janice had
Speaker 1: a field day with Brooklyn the last two times they
Speaker 1: played them in the regular season, So this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a definitely a great second round showdown. And you know,
Speaker 1: although I do have the nets, it's not gonna be sweet.
Speaker 1: It's definitely gonna be uh an old school battle. I
Speaker 1: love what the East looks like this year in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: so this is gonna be something we have to play
Speaker 1: a close attention to obviously. You know, with all due
Speaker 1: respect to Boston, we kind of feel like the nets
Speaker 1: are gonna finish them off. So definitely looking forward to
Speaker 1: this second round matchup between Jannis and KD. Now we're
Speaker 1: onto your guys favorite segment, fan questions, and we got
Speaker 1: some good ones today. Jack, start us off a good
Speaker 1: vision photography. What do you think about the disrespect of
Speaker 1: the fans from the stands? This ship is unbelievable, man,
Speaker 1: And we're gonna get in more depth um to this
Speaker 1: later in the show. But we just have to hold
Speaker 1: these fans accountable. You know, the NBA is very harsh
Speaker 1: on players going in the stands. Uh, you know that
Speaker 1: all too well. They're very harsh on players even speaking
Speaker 1: to the fans. I gotta find so much motherfucking money
Speaker 1: for just responding back to fans. So it's time for
Speaker 1: the NBA to step up and really start protecting their
Speaker 1: players before this shake is ugly alright. Next up Orang
Speaker 1: and Jay. Everyone is sleeping on the Trailblazers. If they
Speaker 1: beat Denver, do you see them making the finals? It's
Speaker 1: a possibility, or anything's possible. We beat the one seed.
Speaker 1: Nobody count everybody counted this out, so anything's possible, you know.
Speaker 1: Like I said, injuries happen, Things happen, somebody can get hot.
Speaker 1: Anything can happen in the playoffs right now. So they
Speaker 1: definitely have an opportunity. Will they I don't think so.
Speaker 1: I think they make some noise and do better than
Speaker 1: they did last year, but I don't see them win
Speaker 1: in the finals. I definitely think they have a chance.
Speaker 1: From a standpoint, there's no clear cut favorite right now.
Speaker 1: Obviously Utah is the one seed. They're playing well, um,
Speaker 1: but the Lakers are unhealthy, um and they were everyone's
Speaker 1: favorite coming out of the West. Clippers have been inconsistent.
Speaker 1: You know, they're in the two two battle right now
Speaker 1: with Dallas. Uh. To me, the West is wide open
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised. Um if the Trailblazers made
Speaker 1: the finals. You know they've been are our courses. Obviously
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be easy. I think the Clippers are
Speaker 1: gonna have something to say with that. Utah is gonna
Speaker 1: have something to say, and you know the winner of
Speaker 1: that Phoenix Lakers series gonna have something to say. But
Speaker 1: um man, to me, it's wide open still in the West.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, the East is a battle, but
Speaker 1: it's really wide open in the West. Next fan question
Speaker 1: at Nezilla, which teams need to blow it up and
Speaker 1: start over and which teams are a piece away? Damn,
Speaker 1: that's a tough question. Uh, blow up and start over?
Speaker 1: I think the Houston Rockets, which is unfortunate because normally
Speaker 1: a casualty of war when you blow up is going
Speaker 1: to be the coach. You know, our brother Steve Silas
Speaker 1: first year on the job over there, and it was
Speaker 1: a ship show. So you know, hopefully they give him
Speaker 1: a chance and able to build, Uh, you know, a
Speaker 1: quality team around them. They do have some quality pieces
Speaker 1: over there, a team I think is one piece away.
Speaker 1: I think the Memphis Grizzlies are one piece away, which
Speaker 1: is gonna be hard because there are a small markets
Speaker 1: that they're gonna they have to do some great drafting
Speaker 1: or or a trade. And as crazy as it sounds,
Speaker 1: because they are the one seed, I still feel like
Speaker 1: the Utah Jazz are one piece away. And I could
Speaker 1: be wrong. I always take a lot of heat when
Speaker 1: I talk about the Jazz because they have been one
Speaker 1: Uh you know, they have been the one seed and
Speaker 1: probably the best team in basketball. But I still feel like, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna kind of see see what they're
Speaker 1: about in the next round and if they possibly make
Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals. So as crazy as it sounds
Speaker 1: for a one seed to still be one piece away,
Speaker 1: I kind of feel like Utah still one piece away. Um,
Speaker 1: but yeah, those are my three teams. You have anybody
Speaker 1: that you thought of? Uh, the only thing I can
Speaker 1: think is one piece away? Uh. For me, it would
Speaker 1: have to be Miami. Miami's they needed they need another start.
Speaker 1: They have everything else in their team to have the
Speaker 1: shooters and have the big man, have the toughness, have
Speaker 1: the coaching, have the leadership with Pat Roley, but they
Speaker 1: need one more person to get them back to where
Speaker 1: they need to be. Like a Kawai landad or something
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, Aaron Briscoe thirty three, What is the
Speaker 1: most surprisingly difficult aspect mentally, physically, financially are retiring from
Speaker 1: the game or adjusting to retirement? Good question? Uh for me,
Speaker 1: I just I just think it's life after basketball. You
Speaker 1: know what you're gonna do, you know what you what
Speaker 1: what what what you're gonna pick up to replace that time?
Speaker 1: You know that that that you did while you're playing basketball,
Speaker 1: all the work and out and stuff. Obviously things change,
Speaker 1: people grow and your life changing and you can't play further.
Speaker 1: Father part the time is that defeated. So uh, for
Speaker 1: the most part, just find something that you love to do. Obviously. Uh,
Speaker 1: we've been blessed to be able to be in this space.
Speaker 1: Uh shout out to Reckon break your Nichols for starting
Speaker 1: my career, you know with the jump, when the season,
Speaker 1: when the season first, when I first retired from basketball,
Speaker 1: and I've been I've been putting a lot of great positions.
Speaker 1: So it's all about what happens after basketball and what
Speaker 1: positions you put in. I respected everybody in my whole
Speaker 1: career and I'm reaping the benefits of it now. So UM,
Speaker 1: I think the best part to keep your mental straight
Speaker 1: is to find something you love to do after basketball
Speaker 1: that keep the same love, enjoying your life and keep
Speaker 1: you busy. Absolutely obviously we we we see our brother
Speaker 1: LaMarcus Audress shout him out, hopefully sending him well wishes. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, going struggling right now, Um, after retirement, UM,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of having been forced in retirement with uh,
Speaker 1: with hard issues. I think it's important to have a plan.
Speaker 1: And you know, we were both lucky to land on
Speaker 1: our feet after basketball. You know, I did a lot
Speaker 1: of investing in my early thirties and things started kind
Speaker 1: of turning. Finally at thirty seven when ever Sided decided
Speaker 1: to retire. Um, this whole media space was you know,
Speaker 1: not even a plan you and I had, and you
Speaker 1: know we both ended up in it. And and now
Speaker 1: we're really making a name for ourselves in this space.
Speaker 1: So I definitely think, like you said, Jet, you know,
Speaker 1: we've been fortunate enough to make it to the highest level,
Speaker 1: but we've been athletes our entire life, you know, so
Speaker 1: when that comes to an end, what's next? And a
Speaker 1: lot of guys can't handle that, um, you know, and
Speaker 1: a lot of guys aren't ready for that to come
Speaker 1: to an end. They're not ready for the lights to
Speaker 1: turn off. They're not ready for the fans to stop
Speaker 1: calling their name, and that could really be devastating to people. Um,
Speaker 1: you know. So you know, we wish everyone the best
Speaker 1: to who who has because this is a real topic,
Speaker 1: you know, guys going to depression. Guys, some people you know,
Speaker 1: commit suicide, some people pick up drug habits, some people
Speaker 1: lose all their money because like you said, we've been
Speaker 1: athletes since we can remember, and now we still have
Speaker 1: more than half our lives to live. But what's next.
Speaker 1: So I always say it's very important to have a
Speaker 1: plan and start that playing early because you never know
Speaker 1: when your time is up in this league. So again,
Speaker 1: sending out love to everyone who was struggling with this problem.
Speaker 1: You know, like I said, our brother LaMarcus all just
Speaker 1: to someone who's going through this right now with depression,
Speaker 1: So sending him a lot of love and uh man,
Speaker 1: just be there for people, you know, if your family
Speaker 1: or friends of professional athletes, although they may be smiling,
Speaker 1: they could be hurt inside because like I said, it's
Speaker 1: been our life, our whole entire life, and now we
Speaker 1: have more than half our lives to live and some
Speaker 1: people don't know what's next. So again, man sending love.
Speaker 1: Next fan question at Marikka too, what are your views
Speaker 1: of the ISO heavy books and offense. Is it sustainable
Speaker 1: when push comes to self deep in the playoffs? This
Speaker 1: is a great question because I thought this game one
Speaker 1: and I knew that they would watch film and kind
Speaker 1: of understand how much they depended on you go, I go,
Speaker 1: you go, I go. But when you fucking got Katie,
Speaker 1: James and Kyrie, you can do that. Um. I think
Speaker 1: as they advanced further in the playoffs, they're gonna need
Speaker 1: to pick that ball movement up and pick and choose
Speaker 1: their spots. You know, it's such a luxury for Steve
Speaker 1: Nash to have three of the best one on one
Speaker 1: players in the game at any time can call their number.
Speaker 1: But I think it's always important to keep the guys
Speaker 1: like Joe Harrison and Brown and your other players that
Speaker 1: are around your stars involved in the game. Even if
Speaker 1: they're not getting shots. They still need to touch that motherfucker,
Speaker 1: remember what it feels like. And I think they really
Speaker 1: relied on ice basketball a lot in the first two games.
Speaker 1: I think they're starting to understand although they may they're
Speaker 1: gonna be able to win this series on it. Moving
Speaker 1: forward against Milwaukee, they're gonna definitely need some ball movement
Speaker 1: and you know, get the defense, get the ball from
Speaker 1: one side the floor to another and then attacks. So
Speaker 1: this is a great question. This is something we're gonna
Speaker 1: have to watch because they do rely heavily on slation basketball.
Speaker 1: Although we've never seen a threesomeing like this. Uh, it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see if this can work throughout the playoffs.
Speaker 1: When what's interesting is what a lot of people are
Speaker 1: saying is the fact that you have two of the
Speaker 1: greatest players in the league coming in accepting their roles.
Speaker 1: Kyrie didn't mind pushing to the two and letting James
Speaker 1: James hample because he's a better playmaker. When you have
Speaker 1: stars like that, that's buying in. It's gonna work. But
Speaker 1: going into the second round, speaking ahead, Milwaukee didn't see
Speaker 1: the dynamic of Kyrie and James. They've seen Kyrie and
Speaker 1: k D. So it's gonna be a different dynamic when
Speaker 1: the playoffs come because Drew, how do they can guard
Speaker 1: both of them? Mm hmm, Yeah, definitely. I really feel
Speaker 1: like I said, we've we've never seen you know, three
Speaker 1: one on one players like this. Uh, And they all
Speaker 1: have sacrifice, But I still think you know, they're gonna
Speaker 1: need to be able to move that ball, uh to
Speaker 1: further the Evans in the playoffs. Christian zero nine one
Speaker 1: six zero four. Do the Lakers need a third star
Speaker 1: as Lebron agents? Great question? Uh No, I don't think so. Um,
Speaker 1: when you spend a million dollars on your body a year,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be all right. You're gonna be better than
Speaker 1: half the players in the league. The way he approached
Speaker 1: the game, the confidence, the personally is the way he's built. Um,
Speaker 1: I think Lebron will be all right. I don't think
Speaker 1: they need to add a start. They just won the
Speaker 1: championship without another star, with two stars, so I just
Speaker 1: think they gotta have more confident in their role players
Speaker 1: they got. They got a nice group of guys over
Speaker 1: on that sideline, Matt. I just think they need to
Speaker 1: continue to give them the confidence and let them know
Speaker 1: how important they They're just important as Lebroun and they
Speaker 1: need to the team. I don't think they need a
Speaker 1: third star. I think they have what they need. I
Speaker 1: just think they need to give them more confidence and
Speaker 1: rely on them a little bit more. You know, I
Speaker 1: think the third star situation kind of played itself out.
Speaker 1: Although Brooklyn has three stars, most teams don't have three
Speaker 1: stars anymore. And I agree Jack, the role players need
Speaker 1: to step up. But again, Lebron will be going into
Speaker 1: what you're eighteen or nineteen next year. And I don't
Speaker 1: give a fun how much money spend on your body
Speaker 1: father time to undefeated? You know, Kobe, Kobe spent a
Speaker 1: lot of money on this and his body just gave up.
Speaker 1: You know, you know when Kobe said, you know, my
Speaker 1: mind is still there, my body's not, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. And he was someone who's stuck to the
Speaker 1: code as Lebron does. I think this guy has been
Speaker 1: in his prime his entire career. Uh, he's asked to
Speaker 1: do a lot this playoffs now that a D is down,
Speaker 1: So we have to start keeping an eye on Lebron
Speaker 1: um as far as what they're asking him as a
Speaker 1: team to do or what fans are expecting them to do.
Speaker 1: Understanding that this man has dominated this league for so long,
Speaker 1: and and like you said, I mean, there's only so
Speaker 1: much basketball. You know, a body has. There's only so
Speaker 1: many miles on a body you can run, no matter
Speaker 1: what kind of maintenance or upkeep you keep on that.
Speaker 1: So this is something we're gonna be watching closely from
Speaker 1: here on out, you know. Uh, you know, with all
Speaker 1: due respect, I think the Lakers window is this year.
Speaker 1: Next year, Um, you know, after that, I think it
Speaker 1: opens right back up uh to the rest of the league.
Speaker 1: So you know, with a d being nicked up and
Speaker 1: dinged up a lot, and and Lebron getting older, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a question that we're probably gonna revisit
Speaker 1: at some point, uh possibly next year, um and asking, hey,
Speaker 1: do they really need another guy to step up? Because
Speaker 1: you know, I don't being able to see Lebron to play,
Speaker 1: you know, up until he got hurt, uh this this
Speaker 1: season with the high ankle spring, he had played every
Speaker 1: game and was on pace to win m v P,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So we we want that,
Speaker 1: We love to see that. But how much more can
Speaker 1: he do that? We'll have to wait and see. But
Speaker 1: you know, you never want to bet against Lebron. But
Speaker 1: the one thing that's always undefeated about athletes is father
Speaker 1: time and our closing thoughts. Uh, something that's growing more
Speaker 1: and more alarming. UM our fans behavior UM at these games,
Speaker 1: it's getting fucking ridiculous. Uh if you ask me, from
Speaker 1: Trey Young being spit on to rust Book, getting popcorn
Speaker 1: poured on him in Philly, tow uh T Morant, who's
Speaker 1: a good friend of ours, getting disrespected and racial slurs
Speaker 1: thrown at him and his wife in Utah. And I
Speaker 1: want to say, a fan ran on the court, um
Speaker 1: just last night in the in in the Philadelphia game.
Speaker 1: So you know, Jack, this is something we know all
Speaker 1: too well. Uh. You know you were part of the
Speaker 1: you know, the malice and the palace. You know, I've
Speaker 1: had several run ins with fans and you know we
Speaker 1: both spoke on how racist Utah is um back in
Speaker 1: oh seven, pre social media. So maybe the world didn't travel, um,
Speaker 1: you know, is this racially driven? Is this crazy fans?
Speaker 1: I think it's hard to really eliminate either one. They
Speaker 1: both can be true. But what are your thoughts, UM
Speaker 1: of fan behavior of late? Well, you kind of you
Speaker 1: kind of gotta blame the NBA because they know you
Speaker 1: just abandoned from coming to games. That's nothing A player
Speaker 1: says something I'm going to stands just millions of dollars loss.
Speaker 1: So it's it's not an even playing field. You allow
Speaker 1: them to come in there and say these things. You know,
Speaker 1: just like I told you about when we play in Utah.
Speaker 1: You know this, they had a life size cut out
Speaker 1: of me in the jail suit right under the goal.
Speaker 1: My mom saw that. It was in tears, like my my,
Speaker 1: my my kids saw that like so. But the NBA
Speaker 1: didn't say nothing about they didn't stop it. So it's
Speaker 1: not an even playing field. They let they let the
Speaker 1: fans get away with murder. They let the fans say
Speaker 1: anything they want. And it's kind of like the the same
Speaker 1: thing Mike Tyson said. Too many people are comfortable with
Speaker 1: open especially like on social media where I get punched
Speaker 1: in the mouth, you know what I mean, And that's
Speaker 1: what happened. You know, I think we can with the brawl.
Speaker 1: They threw a beer at Ron. That's a sault, that's
Speaker 1: assault in any state. But we defend ourselves because we
Speaker 1: all know that's not out of ten time. The security
Speaker 1: that's in the NBA are all elders. It's a lot
Speaker 1: of older people that really can't move. And it's just
Speaker 1: been the truth. If you look at the brawl everything.
Speaker 1: They couldn't keep us out the stands and they couldn't
Speaker 1: control nothing because all the people that were working at
Speaker 1: what elders. So it's it's not an even playing field.
Speaker 1: They expect more from the players than the actual fans,
Speaker 1: and I think it should be the respect should be mutual,
Speaker 1: and that's what that's clearly not the point the situation
Speaker 1: right now. They they're able to respect the players and
Speaker 1: do whatever they want, but the players got to take
Speaker 1: the high road, and that's definitely not cool. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: also forgot you know, Kyrie Irvin almost kind head with
Speaker 1: the water ball. I think it's bullshit. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously lookin the Utah ship with the jail, but I'd
Speaker 1: have never heard nigger with an e er so many
Speaker 1: times during the series. It's just like, what the funk?
Speaker 1: These people are really just clearly saying this and smiling
Speaker 1: and giggling and laughing about it. And like I said,
Speaker 1: we said this ship in oh seven, what do we
Speaker 1: in in in twenty one now? And we said this
Speaker 1: ship for fourteen years ago, we said this same ship
Speaker 1: in Boston. Racist asked fans, So um, I think people
Speaker 1: think because they purchased a ticket, they can come and
Speaker 1: say and do what they want. Um, but that's not
Speaker 1: the case. You know, the NBA has been great at
Speaker 1: you know, making the game fund for fans and making
Speaker 1: the fans feel safe. Uh. Players are suspended and heavily
Speaker 1: fined if they stepped foot in the crowd. Players are
Speaker 1: heavily find if they respond to people who are talking ship.
Speaker 1: So it's always been crazy to me, like we're the product.
Speaker 1: We're the reason why this motherfucking ship goes, but we're
Speaker 1: the only ones held accountable. Getting kicked out of game
Speaker 1: is not enough. Being banned is not enough. You need
Speaker 1: to be banned from all professional sporting events. However, the
Speaker 1: funk they got the technology to do that. Ship Now
Speaker 1: all professional sport events you need to be banned for.
Speaker 1: You need to be hit with the felony. Hit with
Speaker 1: the felony if you throw something, spit on someone, because
Speaker 1: in real life that's what it would be, would be felting.
Speaker 1: You know, you're you're assaulting. We got feloniest, we got
Speaker 1: feeling this, We got arrested in all. I had to
Speaker 1: do time in jail for the brawl. Yeah you know so.
Speaker 1: And then on top of that. I mean, they got
Speaker 1: to sit down, you know, make them sit in jail
Speaker 1: for a week, you know, make embarrass the funk out
Speaker 1: of them, you know what I mean. But something has
Speaker 1: to happen, because something bad is gonna happen. If it doesn't,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, You're gonna hit the wrong
Speaker 1: motherfucker and someone is gonna get their ass beat straight
Speaker 1: up and down. And then and then the players are
Speaker 1: gonna be the bad guys, you know, similar to your
Speaker 1: guy's situation. Like you said, someone hit wrong with the
Speaker 1: whole entire beer in his face. That that ship would
Speaker 1: have never happened if the fans were under control, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Go ahead, but I don't mean
Speaker 1: to cut you out. But then when nothing they they
Speaker 1: don't even talk about it was more than one person
Speaker 1: that hit wrong. Yeah it was two. It was two
Speaker 1: or three people, you know what I mean. So maybe
Speaker 1: if that happened today, it would totally be different with
Speaker 1: everything going on in the world, would have more room
Speaker 1: to fight and and and and and to get the
Speaker 1: more attention on what happened. But if that, if the
Speaker 1: Madison the Palace happened today, oh, the NBA be a trouble.
Speaker 1: M hmm. Well, like I said, I just think again,
Speaker 1: the fans of or the the NBA has always done
Speaker 1: a great job of making the games enjoyable for the
Speaker 1: fans and making the fans feel safe. Never had the
Speaker 1: players been at the forefront of safety, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. Like I got cussed out by Robert sav
Speaker 1: the bitch ass owner of the Suns, and I responded
Speaker 1: and got fined either or fifty thousand. When I responded,
Speaker 1: they didn't do nothing to him. We told the league
Speaker 1: that they was calling his niggers in Utah. Nothing happened.
Speaker 1: We got called, we got called niggers in Boston. Nothing happened,
Speaker 1: you know. And so it's only time now that they're
Speaker 1: finally catching the ship and seeing it. But the ship
Speaker 1: has been happening. I mean, obviously, you take this all
Speaker 1: the way back to you know, Bill Russell back in
Speaker 1: the day with his own fans. They used to you know,
Speaker 1: degrade him and throw racial slurs at him. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: And I think, uh, what was it, Tristan Thompson or
Speaker 1: or somewhere from the you know, for I think it
Speaker 1: was Tristan Thompson. Someone from Boston said, you know, as
Speaker 1: a visiting fan, I used to hear a busy payer
Speaker 1: of herd all the time, as you know, playing there.
Speaker 1: I don't hear it anymore, but it doesn't change it.
Speaker 1: You know. At the beginning of this, I said, you know,
Speaker 1: is it is it just crazy fans or is it
Speaker 1: maasically racially motivated? And we can't answer either one, you know,
Speaker 1: but I definitely know when they're throwing them niggas around
Speaker 1: in in Utah and Boston that was racial again. So
Speaker 1: this is a big problem that the NBA has to
Speaker 1: fix and needs to fix. Be fixed a sap um
Speaker 1: or it's gonna get ugly. And you know, obviously we
Speaker 1: don't want it to get ugly. You know, you guys
Speaker 1: come to games to be fans, be fans, be respectful,
Speaker 1: because you don't God damn left you saw us in
Speaker 1: the street, you wouldn't spit in our face, you wouldn't
Speaker 1: throw water ball on our face, and you wouldn't even
Speaker 1: to say nothing crazy because you know, you get your
Speaker 1: ass beat on site, So why do it? You know,
Speaker 1: at the event, so and everybody ain't fighting, so be
Speaker 1: careful straight up, especially everybody. A lot of motherfucker's got
Speaker 1: that shipped on them or in their backpack, so you
Speaker 1: do some crazy ship. In real life, you know, people
Speaker 1: get people get killed for spitting on people at the
Speaker 1: end of the day. People get killed for throwing stuff
Speaker 1: at people. Hit him in the face at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, you know what I mean. So, you know,
Speaker 1: don't let this ship just think because you're at a
Speaker 1: basketball arena that that that anything flies. So these fans
Speaker 1: definitely need to be held accountable. Or some of these
Speaker 1: fans just need their ask web straight up and down
Speaker 1: and and maybe that will solve it. But you guys
Speaker 1: whip some ask in Detroit and that didn't really change nothing.
Speaker 1: So who knows. That's a rap for this week's What's Burning.
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