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But the Danats 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.000 are not so light. If you can get on board 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.400 of this plot, it's gonna be really fun. They're holding 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.680 down them Dad's men cave. Well, Dan, it's preparing our 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.960 super Bowl shows in Miami. We have pickage. They're free. 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:09.359 You go online to Dan in m I a Capitol 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:14.360 Mia dot com for Dan Patrick. This is Chris Mannix 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.960 on that Dan Patrick show. A Welcome to the program, 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.000 Dan Patrick's Show. Chris Mannix Sports Illustrated SI dot com 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:27.240 sitting in for dpet Dan's off today getting down to Miami, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.760 getting ready for a full week of Super Bowl events 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.640 down on South Beach. The boys. You're headed there? What 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.799 tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon? Getting ready to roll out there. Fritzie, 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.240 you're very excited. I can tell I am. Normally I'm 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.000 very nervous about the whole guest list and guest showing 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.880 up on time and everything. But I'm pumped about in 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.560 Miami South Beach. It's gonna we got a next lineup already, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.480 gonna add a few things as the days to professor 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:49.920 would be good. I was gonna say this year, just 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.320 mailing it in, just get very excited about. Doesn't care 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.640 at all. It's not the guest however, you big Southbeach guy, Fritzie. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.440 I can you know, shirts off, guns out kind of 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.639 thing back in the day, maybe, but you know, things 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.239 have definite kind of falling apart since my late teens. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:05.920 When back of the day, what did that? I had 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.240 a little a little window about twenty five thirty years 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.120 ago now, butt or keep the shirt on and player 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.440 to stay in the hotel them with my Chinese group, 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.239 it was like eighty four for see where that is 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.160 beak back then. Yeah, Paul, you're mister Miami. You go 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.120 down there for the heat all the time. Your buddy Spoelstra. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.519 What's what any tips for us down there? Uh not really, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.920 mister Miami. Yeah you are. I'm not a big South 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.440 Beach guy really. I mean I'm from Boston. I'm more 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.600 of a you know, Irish dive bar type of guy. Shirts. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.360 I mean, give me like jeans and a T shirt, 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.560 you know, some kind of like I don't a retro 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:38.839 T shirt Hartford Whaler's T shirt that I can wear 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.520 around like that's pretty much it. Yeah, Brola, Yeah, I'm 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.520 a little worried about the South beacheon. I don't fit 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.240 in either, Like if there are there dive bars and 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.600 like normal things down there, or are we gonna have 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.920 to like kind of club it out by the airport. 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.120 Maybe you can go hang out if you can buy 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.440 the train station. I don't know, perhaps Seaton. Speaking of which, 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:57.760 if you want to come to see the show while 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.920 we're down there, you go to dan in mia dot 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.360 com to get tickets for it. He should come see it. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.080 Come check out the live show dan in mia dot com. 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.040 Thanks Chris, I was a tremendous transition there by seven conte. Now, 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.240 I just wove that in seamlessly, wove that, in effortless 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:16.760 woven I lot to get into today. Glad to be here. 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:18.960 You know, about a week or week to go to 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.440 the Super Bowls. We'll talk a little bit about that. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.520 Forty nine ers, Jimmy Garoppolo, that's some things to say 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.600 our other chiefs, Patrick Mahomes. I do want to talk 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.479 a lot of NBA today though, a lot of things 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.040 they discussed there. The trade deadline is just two weeks away, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.000 and expect that to be busy. Adrian ward Nowski, the 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.840 senior NBA insider over at ESPN, He's going to join 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:38.880 us in the second hour to talk about some of 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.400 the potential deals that could be on the table. I 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.760 think we'll see I think we'll see a flurry of activity. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.200 There are probably six teams right now that you can 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.360 say legitimately have a chance at winning a championship. We'll 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.159 talk to Wolds about that. Zion Williamson made his debut 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.880 on Wednesday, expected to play again Tonight's pretty pretty impressive debut. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:00.799 I know you guys talked a little bit about it yesterday, 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:04.240 but four three pointers for Zion Williamson in the fourth quarter. 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.960 I think if anything that's encouraging, what I want to 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.560 see as much as anything from Zion Williamson is can 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.960 he keep that up? Are we going to see Zion 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.800 as a stretch four type of player, because in today's 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.880 NBA you have to be. You can't exist in the 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.920 league today as a big man without being an effective 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.640 perimeter shooter. And certainly it's a plus you're going to 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.320 be an effective three points here. So we'll talk more 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.800 about that. Wild was down in New Orleans for that 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.520 debut on Wednesday night. Yeah, Paulie, how does it work 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.760 with players like Zion or any players in the league, 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.599 because I think a lot of people will plan to 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.960 watch him, especially these first few games, and there's been 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:38.520 a lot of talks he won't play back to backs, 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.239 they'll manage minutes. Would we know at like mid afternoon today, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.240 if Zion Williamson is starting or even active, not a 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.920 healthy scratch for the Pelicans, you'd have indications. I think 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.400 I'm not sure if it's tonight's or tomorrow morning when 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.080 official injury reports come out, but you would have some 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:59.160 kind of mention about being questionable, probable that type of 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.040 stuff comes out today. The Nuggets Pelicans eight o'clock tonight 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:06.680 on National TV at seven o'clock. You would know, yes, okay, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.719 it'd be on social media somewhere. It would be on 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.240 I think they tweeted out from their media account or 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.800 something like that. Nuggets a good game, a good test 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:16.560 for Zion, an up and down team playing like that. 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.880 I know people are you know, people were upset on 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:22.160 Wednesday that Alvin Gentry pulled Zion out of that game. 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.000 But come on, the guy's coming off a major knee injury. 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:30.640 He I mean, the Pelicans if they make the playoffs, great, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.120 but this season's all about getting Zion all the way 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:38.240 back and get him completely healthy and being ready to 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.360 go for next season. I mean, it's already a win 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:42.280 to get him out there on the floor. It's not 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.919 about this year. I know they had playoff aspirations to 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.159 start the season, but you already have Brandon Ingram playing 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:52.120 all star level basketball. You feel more comfortable now than 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.960 you did three months ago about the prospect of paying 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.760 brandon Ingram big time dollars, maybe max level dollars in 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:02.359 this offseason. So that's a win. Zion comes back, that's 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.960 a win. So even if you finish in the lottery 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.000 once again, you've got the building blocks in place for 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.200 a run next year. Yeah, Pauly, any chance. Unintentionally and unplanned, 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.400 Zion missing the first half of the season gave Brandon 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.200 Ingram a chance to kind of explode. Be the focal 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.679 point Lonzo ball. People not watching every movie makes because 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:21.720 Zion's not there, could have been a good thing long 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.760 term for the team. Absolutely, I mean long term, we'll see. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.920 You got to be concerned long term about the health 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.600 of Zion. We've just never seen a player that plays 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.880 above the rim like Zion with the type of upper 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.040 body weight he puts down on it. So when he 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.920 goes up it all is eventually going to come crashing down. 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.520 And I worry. I know a lot of people around 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.000 the league I talk you worry about the long term 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.720 effects of that. There's only so much you can do. 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:48.720 There's only so much padding and so much treatment you 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:52.480 can do that changes or alters the fact that you're 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.520 bringing two hundred and fifty pounds down on that knee. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.160 So that's something that there's watching, especially this offseason. If 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.840 you're Zion Williamson. I think one of the goals this 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.920 offseason is to slim down considerably. I saw some social 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.120 media stuff, but people surprised that he was the way 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.520 that he was when he came back. It's not like 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.560 you can do a lot of cardio when you have 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.200 a knee problem, so he's limited there. But when you 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.600 get into the offseason, I would imagine that a priority 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.320 for the Pelicans is going to have him slim down 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.440 a little bit and get down to a more managable 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.800 way so it takes away some of the pressure on 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.240 that knee. But Sim'm back in action tonight and if 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.560 the ratings on ESPN or any kind of indicator, he 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:35.840 is becoming must see TV right away. There's a reason ESPN, TNT, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.680 all the major outlets were putting him on that or 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.120 putting the Pelicans on national TV early. He is a 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.480 one man ratings machine, will probably continue to be throughout 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.839 the rest of this season and probably his career. NBA 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.160 All Star starters were announced last night. Not a lot 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.120 to quarrel with with the All Stars the Western Conference. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:57.200 I was completely fine with how that went. The Eastern Conference. 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:00.839 I'm a big Pascal Siakam guy, but because of the 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.480 number of games he played. I probably would have given 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.000 the nod that Jimmy Butler. I'm a media voter in 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.200 all this, and if you're unfamiliar with how NBA starters 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.960 are chosen, it's divided up. It's twenty five percent of 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.439 the media vote, twenty five percent of the player vote, 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.760 and the fan vote account for fifty percent of the voting. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.560 So I voted for Jimmy Butler because of all he's 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.680 done for the Heat this season, played terrific all year long. 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:30.480 The biggest problem I have Trey Young. Trey Young is 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.400 an All Star starter doesn't make a lot of sense 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.960 to me. He is a terrific scorer, no question about that, 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.800 averaging close to thirty points per game, but he is 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.080 a minus defender to say the least, and his team 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.720 is not good. They have the second worst record in 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.840 the NBA. They have eleven wins right now. It's not 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.840 to say Trey Young isn't an All Star, but you 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:56.760 have to stack that up against the other potential starters 0:09:56.760 --> 0:10:00.600 are out there. I voted for Kyle Lowry. Argument against 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.200 Kyle Lowry is only he's only played like thirty four games. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.240 Injuries derailed him early in the season, but he's averaging 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.079 like twenty points. He's a bulldog on both ends of 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.520 the floor. Does that sell? Does that sell in an 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.800 All Star game? It's the All Star Game? And Kyle 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.960 Lowry playing serviceable defense and hitting midrange jumpers, and he's 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.320 a very good player, and he gives you a better 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.840 chance to win. But Trey Young is the guy the 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.360 kids watch and model well they do. But is it 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:33.640 a celebrity game or a meritocracy? That's the question. Look, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.240 if you want to say it's just who the fans 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.880 want to play, play great, go back to the fan vote. 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.560 Make that one hundred percent of the voting. At that point, 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:42.480 Taco Hall might have a chance to get on the 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.679 team all twenty one minutes of games played he's played 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.160 the season. But if you're going to say that it 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.360 should be some form of meritocracy, I don't know how 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:55.520 you argue with Kyle Lowry being in that position. I 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.000 don't know how you argue Perloff with Ben Simmons being 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.199 in that position. For me, as a voter, I didn't 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.280 even consider Trey Young for that second guard spot. Kemba 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.719 Walker was a lock that was gonna happen. He was 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.559 an immortal lock to that first guard spot. Why why 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.000 do you say that? Because, by the way, I'll tell 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.160 you the Sixers fan like worth the real that Kemba 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.319 Walker's the Celtics star be he can't beat us. I 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.600 means he's definitely a better player than him, Like I 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.200 mean the Sixers. I was like, that's what. Finally we 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.280 have the Celtics number this year because Kemba's no problem. 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:29.280 He's just gonna shoot outside. I mean if they beat 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.720 him three times, you know there are three and oh 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.559 this year. And because it's all things Kemba Walker and 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.120 he's a twenty two point a game score. Come on, Yeah, 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.000 I know you have the Celtic mindset. But I'm telling 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:41.160 you right now there are a lot of players in 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.320 the NBA is scared sickers, and Kemba Walker ain't one 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:47.440 of them. I'm trying to figure out what this. Yeah, 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.280 not against the grade. Look at the numbers. Ben Simmons 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:51.880 is one of the best. When Ben Simmons is ad, 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:53.520 he's clearly one of the best players in the NBA. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:55.720 Doesn't It doesn't matter if he's an All Star or not. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.679 He's He's a real factor. Here. Well, by definition, an 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:00.720 All Star is one of the best players NBA. Yeah, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.840 I'm just saying, like, I don't care if Ben Ben 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:04.920 Timmans just gotta win a title. The All Star Game 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.880 means nothing here. He's like that kind of player. Kemba 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.600 Walker has been a nice player too, had his career. 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.760 He's gonna be a four seed this year, go out 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.959 in the third round of the playoffs. Great enjoy He's 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.600 he's like a wonderful guy. I always hear that. But 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.280 it's not like he's like Lebron here, He's like, of course, 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.040 Kemba Walker is a no brainer. What did he scored 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.560 twenty two a game? Are you done? Just now? You 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.680 have scored thirty points a game? Isn't You're all? Start 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.600 of stub? Is this a bizarre world? Like painting Ben 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:35.480 Simmons as this perfect player when there is one glaring 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.680 spotlight of a flaw in his game. He does not 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.720 shoot from the outside, and that's a major problem for Philadelphia. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:45.760 Where are they sitting the standings parloff as we speak, 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:51.559 sixth at the moment of that injuries, Joel, He's played 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.760 thirty one games. It's not like he's missed you know 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.079 Kyrie Irving has been injured, Joel Embiid has not been 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.440 He's been banged up periodically. Let's have a bet right now. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.320 Who gets farther in the playoffs is seventy six series 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.200 over the self? Which is not the argument, like the 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.680 Sixers should because of all the money they spent this 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:09.760 off season, because they've got two guys that should be 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.160 considered elite at their respective positions. But if you're trying 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.200 to make an argument that Ben Simmons is more deserving 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:17.680 than Kemba Walker to be a start in the All 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.680 Star team, you want fund a single NBA person that 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.400 agrees with you about that. Maybe not the one deserving. Yeah, 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.160 but NBA guys all total group think here. You of 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:29.560 course you're gonna like a Kemba Walker like I'll tell you, 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.920 like Ben Kemba Walker is so popular amongst you and 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.880 all your NBA writer friends. I'm not even talking about 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:37.840 NBA writer friends. We don't have a click like I'm 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.720 talking about NBA scouts and executives and coaches. Kemba Walker, 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:44.880 easy choice right there. You were just talking in the 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.439 presome medium about how the Warriors should try and get Ben. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:49.760 We'll get to that. We'll get to that. That's a 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.680 different thing. Simmons is a fascinating player. He could be great. 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:56.520 Ben Simmons is averaging sixteen points, eight and a half assists, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.760 eight rebounds, leading the league, and steals and a block 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.480 a game. So he's doing everything but shooting from the outside. 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:07.520 Kemball Walker is averaging twenty two points, five assists, not 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.560 really doing anything else, and he shoots about thirty nine 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.360 percent from three pointer. Yes, he shoots a lot of 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.280 three that's a very good percentage. By the way, he 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.920 doesn't do much else. He's not a high volume passer 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.280 and assists. I'm a big playmaker. No, he's not a 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:25.080 steels guy. But you're saying like the only thing Simmons 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.120 can't do is shoot, Like that's like other than that, 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.880 Missus Lincoln, how is the play right? It's fair. It's 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.720 a pretty big issue. I'm generally anti Simmons. I'm just 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.520 trying to give some stand I'm not anti Simmons at all. 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.520 In fact, I think Simmons is great. I just at 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.800 the start of the season I assumed he would start 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.360 taking like one three pointer, two three pointers. He is 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.040 still the same player when it comes to perimeter shooting. 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.960 And this isn't me talking perloft about it being a problem. 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.680 You listen to Elton Brand, who I sat in front 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.520 of on Christmas Day and said Ben. He said Ben 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.280 Simmons needs to shoot. Brett Brown, the coach of the team, 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.440 has effectively said Ben Simmons needs to shoot. Joel Embiide, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.400 the others star and the team, has said passive aggressively. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.520 Some guys need to be I'm paraphrasing here outside their 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.640 comfort zone, which is code for Ben Simmons needs to shoot. 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.200 That's a flaw, a major one in his game. And 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.320 as I'm assessing the All Star roster and who should 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.200 be a starter at that spot, Kyle Lowry has done 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.240 a lot more than not a lot more, done more 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.560 than Ben Simmons, and I think a lot more, frankly 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.320 than Trey Young. Trey Young is a great scorer, but 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.760 I've watched him defensively. There are times when it seems 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.080 like he's indifferent out there on the defensive end. And 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.240 that team, I know they've been banged up by injuries 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.040 the suspension to John Collins, but they have eleven wins. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.520 So I also factor in the ability to impact winning, 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.560 which Trey Young hasn't done for Atlanta team that overall 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:47.960 has underachieved this year. Yeah, but then have him in 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.000 the Skills Challenge in the in the thief point, I'm 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.120 not saying he's done an All Star. He is an 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.160 All Star. Ben Simmons an All Star. You're talking about 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.520 the top ten players in this league. I don't look 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:00.680 at Trey Young as being a top ten player in 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:02.880 this league. Is the entertainment factor part of this, by 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:04.640 the way, like Trey Yeah, we all want to see 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:06.280 Trey Young on this type of glass. I don't know 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.840 how exactly that matters. No, you know what, where it 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.600 matters and why? What? I wonder if it was a 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.840 factor as people were voting, not necessarily the fan votes, 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.960 because Trey Young was an incredibly entertaining player. He is 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:20.120 Steph Curry light playing in Atlanta. But narratives matter, right, 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.040 So one of the narratives you're gonna get an All 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.800 Star weekend is oh, look, on one side of the 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.400 ledger is Luca Donchet. On the other side, it's Trey Young. 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.560 The two guys that were swapped for each other undraft night, 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.760 the two guys that are inextricably linked in their careers. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.640 You're gonna get that. Maybe that narrative impacted some of 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.160 the media voting. I'd like to think not, and I'll 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.520 be honest, like I was so torn between Simmons and 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.080 Kyle Lowry Matt Crowdshores. Did I put it out there 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.160 to about six or seven NBA types, coaches, scouts, whatever, 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.520 All but one came back with Kyle Lowry. They all 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:56.600 said Lory impacts winning more is more. It just does 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:58.480 more for his team right now, on a better team 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.200 right now than Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons, If you're doing 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.000 the which player would I draft or which guy would 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.280 I take the next ten years? Ben Simmons far and 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.560 away great player, But Kyle Lowry for this half season, 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:13.159 which what it should matter is is what it is. 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.840 So yeah, one last question, would you mix up East 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.879 and West if you could just like just do like 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.440 an all Star team regardless of conference, because it sounded 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.040 like the West has better, something better. Well that's what 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.680 they do, Like they know what I'm saying, Like in 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.360 the voting, like you, Oh yeah, I think you need 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.439 to have a balance in terms of where the players 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.000 come from. Okay, but I like the fact that you 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.800 can mix and match Team Lebron, team Jannis. All that 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:36.480 good stuff, all right, eight seven seven three d P 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.200 Show is the phone number email address DP at dan 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.600 Patrick dot com. If you have any problem with Trey 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.080 Young making the All Star Team or any of the 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:45.439 players on the NBA All Star Team, give us a call. 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.479 Eight seven seven three d P Show, Twitter accunts at 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:50.560 DPS show as well. 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