WEBVTT - What's Wright - NBA Playoff Predictions: Lakers-Timberwolves, Playoff Jimmy ERUPTS in Warriors win 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.360 Welcome. In What's Drive with Nick Wright Episode three to twenty, 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:09.760 as the NBA Playoffs are almost finally upon us, have 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:14.960 the first realization, or the first conversation with the wife 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:17.479 where she had the realization when she asked me, She's like, so, 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.920 what are your plans Saturday? I'm like, oh boy, she 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.440 hasn't really clocked where we're out on the calendar yet. 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:27.800 I'm like, well, my plans this Saturday and this Sunday 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.560 and the following Saturday and the following Sunday and really 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:35.120 the next ten Saturdays and Sundays are actually pretty simple 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.239 to figure out. I'll be sitting on this fancy new 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.120 couch you just bought watching playoff basketball for about twelve 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.000 straight hours both days, and so sadly, I guess that 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.879 means I won't be going to the Kendrick Lamar concerts 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.280 Saturday night in New York. You know who might be going? Demonse, 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.680 Welcome in, Demanse, You're gonna love this? 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.000 What'd you say, Diora? 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.280 No, Deora is in Santa Cruz this. 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:02.160 Week, but you're of the ones in the kitchen concert. 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.840 I think so, I think with your mom. I think 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.720 your mom and your eleven year old sister are going 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.240 to the Kendrick Lamar concert. I'll be watching Lakers Timberwolves. 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.039 So yeah, as much as I like Kendrick, I like 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.480 my side of that equation. Here's what missed the cut 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:21.440 for today's show. Jalen Hurts named one of Time Magazine's 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:25.720 one hundred Most Influential People. A handful of other sports 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:29.479 people made it, and I'm not gonna do too much 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.840 on this, but I did find it because so I 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.880 checked last year's list as well. Mahomes made it last year, 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.000 Hurts made it this year. So maybe it's just Super 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.040 Bowl champion quarterback tends to make it. But now, in 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:45.080 the last two years of Time Magazine's one hundred Most 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:52.440 Influential People list, three women's basketball players have made it. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.400 None of them are named Caitlin Clark. That seems like 0:01:56.440 --> 0:02:00.000 a maybe a bit of a miss for influential people. 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.800 It's not like the one hundred best athletes. Asia Wilson 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.560 made it two years ago. Nafisa Collier and Brianna Stewart 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.639 made it this year. That was because of their partnership 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:14.640 with unrivaled I don't know, man, I'm no expert on influence. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:16.919 I think Caitlin Clark at some point the last couple 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.040 of years been pretty influential. Well, I'm not gonna freak 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.880 out about it. Travis Hunter says, if you're not gonna 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.639 let me play both ways, I'll never play football again. 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.080 I don't think he's serious. Why not playing football again? 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.639 I do think he's serious about Hey, Cleveland Browns, if 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:34.880 you're going to draft me, I want to play on 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.560 both sides of the ball. And the Yankee sweep the Royals, 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.720 that was a bummer, really not how I wanted to 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:44.760 spend my nights at Yankee Stadium watching the Royals get swept. 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.720 But such as life also double missed the cut listen. 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.480 Evidently one hundred and twenty four light years away or 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:56.480 something crazy. There's probably life on another planet. 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But saying, I think any team has a 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.800 chance to win when I'm on the team, But I 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.120 know any team that has Steph on the team has 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.680 a chance to win. And Golden State is minus two 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.120 hundred against the Rockets in this series. Do you think 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:50.680 that they've deserved to be favored there? 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.479 Certainly not big favorites. And listen, I'll just lead with 0:04:55.560 --> 0:05:00.920 the lead. I think the Rockets are gonna win. I 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:05.480 I do not know how anyone could have watched Warriors 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:11.320 Grizzlies and come away more confident in the Golden State Warriors. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.680 He can be more confident in playoff Jimmy and playoff 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.560 Jimmy's ability to generate fouls and get to the free 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:23.159 throw line, and that is even more valuable Jimmy's ail 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:28.640 ability that a decade plus into his career, no one 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.080 has figured out, guys, he's gonna pump fake guys, He's 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.760 not actually gonna go up on the first attempt. He 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.800 just wants to get you in the air and then 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.920 he just wants to jump directly into your chest and 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.400 get to the free throw line. That is doubly valuable 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:48.159 on the Warriors Demons because he gets the Warriors in 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:52.159 the bonus, and by getting them in the bonus, then 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.360 if you clutch or grab Steph off the ball, it's 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.400 a free two points. When you have the greatest free 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:03.040 throw shooter NBA history on your team, if your team 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.839 gets in the bonus, that is super valuable. He was 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:11.560 great Steph. It's so interesting with Steph because I talked 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.040 about this on the TV show. I maybe mentioned it here. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.360 A couple things on Steph, and then we'll get to 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:21.000 why I'm not as confident in the Warriors. People were 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.360 mad that Buddy Healed got the potential game tying shot 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:29.520 against the Clippers and not Steph. And Steph's career he's 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:33.719 not been good at you know, final seconds to tire 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:38.200 when the game shots. He's like twenty two percent on 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:43.240 threes in his career playoffs in regular season in that spot. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:49.320 He is, however, the best ever by a mile at 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:54.960 dagger threes at up one late up to late and 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.240 hit the three that just absolutely lights the arena on 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.960 fire and rips the opponent's heard out. And he had 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:05.040 a couple of those in this game. Also. I did 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.960 find it interesting and credit to him. On Tuesday show, 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:13.760 I talked about how he gets subbed out offense defense 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.800 late in games, and with fifty seven seconds left in 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:22.440 that game, they did sub him out for defense. I mean, 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.720 in a part really a part of a Reggie Miller 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:31.040 master class of broadcasting. They said Steph is resting. He 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:35.120 was not resting. He was taken out for defensive purposes, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:40.680 but then with five seconds left in a defensive possession, 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.840 they put him back in. He guarded the inbounder and 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.600 generated a five second call. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.960 Wait, God, did you want Reggie Miller to be like, yes, 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.080 Stephen Curry's not great at defense, he's liability, so he's 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:54.000 sitting down right now. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.160 No, no, he doesn't have to add his opinion. But 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:03.360 they could have just said, what the actual facts It 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:07.960 was not that he was resting, it was offense defense substitutions. 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.440 I would have yes, I would have expected the the 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.800 an accurate portrayal, however, like we got. I mean, that 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.520 was a that was a Reggie Tour to force on 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.920 that call, joh turns his ankle. He's like, did he 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.760 actually step on someone's foot? No way to tell, rub 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:28.080 some dirt on it? Is he taken advil? What's going 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.280 It's just a I mean, it was so bad that 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.240 Kevin Wilds, who is the nicest person in the world 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:41.080 and never says anything bad about anyone, sent out the 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:46.200 following tweet the suggestions I'm hearing for healing, healing jaw's ankle, 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.520 go to his happy place, take an advilla and hop 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:53.160 on the bike. Walk it off. Tie his sneakers very tight. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:57.720 That's as close to cutting commentary about another broadcaster as 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.440 you'll ever get from old kW on t But that's 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:06.520 neither here nor there. Warriors got the win, but that 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.680 was ugly. Man. You're up twenty against a Grizzlies team 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.640 that has beaten in the last two and a half 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:20.360 months to Monsey, the Grizzlies have beaten one above five 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:26.160 hundred team, the Detroit Pistons, and and John gets hurt 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.440 and has to miss time and it's still your trailing 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:33.560 in the fourth quarter. And there were a lot to 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:40.360 me of just really flashing red lights about the Warriors, 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:44.040 and about being concerned about the Warriors in this matchup 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:48.000 against Houston. Here's the first one. They didn't play Edie 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.200 off the court, which means Houston's gonna be able to 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:56.000 play Steven Adams if you can't, Zach Edy. Listen, Edie 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.120 had some really good moments and some really bad moments. 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.280 He's got to and I don't want to sound like 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:07.520 your seventh grade junior high gym teacher, but keep the 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.640 ball above your head, kid, get the rebound, keep it up, 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.640 don't bring it down. Your seventy four of the Warriors 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.640 aren't playing anybody over six'. Eight keep the ball up 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.960 and then you're not gonna get stripped and getting those. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:25.080 Problems but he was a, force obviously on the glass 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:29.839 and again demons against The, rockets who are the best 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:34.800 offensive rebounding team in the. League that now showed, me, 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:40.000 oh if they want to Play shoon And Steven adams 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.120 at the same, time they're gonna be able to get 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.320 away with. It, yeah and just Crush Golden state on the. 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.320 Glass now you might, say how are those guys gonna 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:53.080 defend in? Space here's the other sneaky thing about The 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:59.000 warriors with these. Lineups they're now rolling out. There they 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:02.400 have a lot of guys that you do not have 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:05.760 to guard at the three point. Line draymond's been hitting. 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:10.240 Threes they will Let draymond. Shoot Jimmy butler will make 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.280 one clutch three a, game and other than that just 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:17.679 turn them. Down Gary payton is not trying to shoot. 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:25.920 Threes there's a lot of guys in pods will, shoot 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.000 and so it's weird to say about A warriors team 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.560 that is the greatest shooter of all, time but they're 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:37.120 not an unbelievable shooting team because of the people they 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.960 have out. There that's why they're playing the kid that 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.599 was drafted three picks ahead A, Brownie Quinton post the 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:50.320 seven footer to go shoot. Threes and SO i JUST 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:56.480 i think if you're this is HOW i would handicap the. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:03.880 Series as far as WHO i think, is The warriors 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.360 obviously have the best. Player they have the best player 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:13.479 by a considerable. Margin So steph's the best, Player shingoon's 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.800 the second best, Player Jimmy butler's the third best, player 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:25.319 and Then Jalen, Green Amon, thompson Then Draymond, green and 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:32.120 then five. Rockets fred Van vliet even THOUGH, i you, 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.480 know not a huge fan of. His, Uh Dylan, brooks 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:40.280 the Entire Rocket. Spence you'd take all those guys Over 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:47.400 moody Or Gary payton Or looney or, Whomever quenton Post, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:52.840 Gee santos. Guys The warriors are, Playing kaminga's now just 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.800 done out of the rotation. 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:59.200 Entirely AND i was gonna, say if The warriors see 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.120 themselves go, down, like do you think there's a Chance 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:02.679 kminga like pops out in this? 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.360 Series he gets a Little. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.280 OKAY i think that. They So i'm gonna read you 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.079 a quote THAT i read in an article last. 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.839 Night he don't want to pass the ball To steph 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:14.800 as much as they want him. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.679 To. OH i left out on A healed by the, 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.640 way WHEN i was talking. Shooters, Obviously heal's a great, 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:26.199 shooter But healed was. Not healed was considered unplayable by 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:30.600 The sixers in their playoff lineups last, year and The 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:35.680 kaminga thing's. Weird so from The San Jose Mercury news, 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:41.480 Yesterday kaminga skipped pregame introductions and arrived late to the 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:45.480 bench before Both sunday And TUESDAY'S dmp coach decision. Games 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.520 After sunday's, game he took to the court and put 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:54.720 up shots instead of using one of The warriors mani practice, 0:13:54.720 --> 0:14:00.760 courts which are mostly hidden from cameras and. Reporters did 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.080 he fulfill his role as modest as it might have, 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.640 been or did he try to do his own? Thing 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.280 was the question that they ended the article. On and 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:13.160 SO i say all that to say, THIS i like 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:17.600 The rockets in this, series AND i certainly think The 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:22.320 warriors being bigger favorites against The rockets than The lakers 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.880 are against The timberwolves is crazy to. Me LIKE i 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:32.760 DON'T i don't look at this as a. Series i'd 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.640 be shocked if The warriors, won, obviously BUT i do 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:42.000 think this is going to be a hard fought seven 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:47.280 games and the game sevens In, Houston and what an 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:54.680 amazing moment for The rockets fans when every year standing 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:59.120 between them and a finals, appearance when they had a 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.320 real champ and chip caliber. Team were These Golden State 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:08.080 Warriors and now you, have in my, opinion the better, 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:12.480 team certainly the more rested, team maybe the healthier. Team 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.040 steph's playing amazing despite the fact that he has a 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:20.200 soft cast on his shooting. Hand it's, remarkable but that concerns. 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:24.640 Me you have multiple guys that are excited to mix 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.240 it up With jimmy And steph And Dylan brooks And Amen, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:32.280 thompson and you can potentially knock them out of the. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:39.680 Playoffs and either, way whoever wins this series is going 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.720 to be beat to hell getting Into round two with 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:49.200 The lakers waiting for. Him and so that, yes obviously 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.480 for The, lakers they would have rather The grizzlies won 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.800 The Warriors grizzlies, game and then there's their rope route 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.280 to the conference. Finals road to The conference finals means 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.360 round two you're either playing a super Young rockets team 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:08.240 or this incredibly Foolish grizzly. Team BUT i just don't 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:13.880 look at The warriors as the juggernaut that they appeared 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:17.560 to be two weeks. Ago since then The rockets shut him. 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.800 Down they blew a game to The, spurs they lost 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.120 to The clippers in a game they treated like A game, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.640 seven and they damn near blew a game to A 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.000 grizzly team that hasn't beaten a good team in two. 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:28.240 And a half. 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:34.760 Months and SO i NOW i will say, this and 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:40.120 this is a concern if we expect these games to 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.680 be close To, monse who do you trust on the 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:49.920 rockets to go get a bucket late THAT i guess 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:50.880 the answer Is Jalen. 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:52.160 Green, Oh. 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.040 Joyce, well Obviously santguon's not taking the ball, up But 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.040 i'd say gets Sant guone the ball on the. PAINT i, 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:58.880 mean if you need a, three then one Hundred Jalen. 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:03.160 Green it's a championship. Experience whos? 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:08.159 Championship oh Van Vleet that is. True, no, no, No Van vliet. 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:11.800 Does he's had big shots and in some big spots, 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:12.440 Too SO i, mean. 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.840 Oh, Yeah Van vliet had some huge shots in THE 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:18.919 Nba finals Against. Steph that's the other, Thing, like you 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:20.880 just have a lot of guys with a lot of 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:27.119 belief that they can at least hamper or Annoy. Steph 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.399 steph's gonna be. Great and here's the other thing About. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:34.400 JIMMY i, Mean jimmy scored thirty eight and was. Brilliant 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:38.560 jimmy was brilliant against The. Clippers and it maybe seems 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:43.919 LIKE i was a little too pessimistic about Playoff jimmy 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:44.639 existing this. 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.080 Year but. 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.120 He's not gonna be putting up these thirty plus point 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.120 games with, regularity even prime. Playoff jimmy was not doing. 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.879 That he would pop off for these big games and 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.719 then he would have somewhat more quiet. Games and SO 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.560 i did not think it was a positive that they 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:11.040 needed thirty eight from, him thirty seven From steph and 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:14.040 that they still it still came down to the final. 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:16.400 Moments, yes, okay, bye AND i still AND i think 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.320 there was a lot of times in that game where 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:20.639 they Took curry like completely out of it and Like 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.080 scotti pipmant that Was Scotty pipman. Junr and you have 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.960 The Houston, rockets who are a better defensive team all, 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:27.800 around SO i think they'll. 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:28.720 Be able to mitigate. That. 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:31.880 Really, well, yep you can go ahead with your follow 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:33.120 up questions for we move. 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:37.360 On oh, gosh the things just extra don't mean yeah. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:40.960 Soon draymond And, Steven oh my, gosh this is so. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.720 Bad draymond And Steven adams have a history of a 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.120 couple of growing shots and body. Slams set a fake 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:49.240 line On draymond incidents this. 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:54.800 Series, well, LISTEN i think that is a real. STORYLINE 0:18:55.480 --> 0:19:01.080 i think that's a real. Storyline Is Draymond Dylan brooks 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:05.239 both trying to bait the other? Guy here is WHAT 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:09.800 i would say is the. Difference draymond is so much 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:15.719 more important to The warriors Than Dylan brooks is to The. 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:21.240 Rockets so there will be a bunch of you, know double, 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:27.639 technicals stare. Downs AND I i am historically not at 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.000 all a fan Of Dylan. Brooks and one of the 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:32.560 Reasons i'm not a fan Of Dylan brooks IS i 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:39.520 think he's a, dirty dangerous. Player but that's also a 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:44.000 huge bummer for The warriors Because Dylan brooks will like 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:48.719 try to undercut. Somebody Dylan brooks will do things that 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:52.520 put other guys in, jeopardy And draymond is just going 0:19:52.600 --> 0:20:00.000 to play incredibly physical and tough and might occasionally like, now, 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.600 WELL i guess you, Know draymond does have a soft 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:09.800 spot for Hitting european. Centers this is kind of his favorite, 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:12.679 thing or you know WHAT i, mean whether It's Steven, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:18.000 adams he's Not European Rudy, Gobert Demontes. Sabonis so Maybe 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:21.159 shingoon needs to keep his head on a. Swivel but, 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:24.000 YEAH i, mean this is gonna be a real fight 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:28.040 and Ima udoka is going to encourage the. Fight, yeah 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:32.879 that's the other piece of. It AND i, thought before 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.960 we move on To Lakers, WOLVES i thought the officiating 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:40.120 In Warriors grizzlies was an utter. Abomination AND i thought 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:44.720 it was an abomination in the worst, way which is 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:53.119 the refs seem to be almost intentionally controlling the flow 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:55.959 of the. Game and by THAT i mean, This the 0:20:56.000 --> 0:21:02.040 first forty five minutes of that game were so unfairly 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:08.399 officiated in the warriors. Favor it Was jimmy had eighteen free, 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:13.480 throws it was every single close call went The warrior's, 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:17.439 way and then and, then despite, that The grizzlies were in, 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:19.800 it and then it felt like the refs were, like, 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:23.679 okay time to switch. Sides and then there were three 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:31.720 just phantom awful calls against The warriors that made it to, Where, 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:35.480 okay this game's gonna come down to the final, minute final, 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:38.520 seconds and then there and then it felt to me 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:41.880 like the refs, like, okay let's get even. Again five 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:46.200 seconds on The grizzlies game. Over and SO i thought 0:21:46.200 --> 0:21:49.439 it was one of the most poorly officiated games of the. 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:56.159 Year AND i just hope that the refs do a 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:59.680 better job when the actual playoffs, begin because what you 0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:07.399 see too often is one team gets a hugely beneficial 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:12.560 whistle the. Refs then it feels like catch a glimpse 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:16.919 of the scoreboard and see the free throw differential and they're, like, 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:20.119 okay time to get it about even don't want anyone 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:22.680 to say, that you, know we were being unfair, here 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:26.600 and SO i absolutely hate that AND i hope in 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:29.320 the postseason the refs are. Better all, Right let's get 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:29.760 To Lakers. 0:22:29.800 --> 0:22:33.320 Timberwolves lakers have the second best odds of The west 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:35.960 to win the title right now at minus one ninety. 0:22:36.000 --> 0:22:39.840 Five Anthony edwards says he loves the position that the. 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:43.639 Real quick hold on, there the second mess odds to 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:46.680 win in The west to win the title minus. 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:47.639 Won ninety five in round. 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:51.280 One i'm, sorry you're, fine go, ahead and uh. 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:53.560 Yeah So Anthony edwards says he loves where. 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:55.560 The timberwolves are at right now and, SAYING i love 0:22:55.600 --> 0:22:58.000 the fact that everybody wants The lakers to. Win that's 0:22:58.000 --> 0:22:59.920 how it's supposed to. Be they don't want the Tim 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:02.800 wolves to, win AND i get. That what is the 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:03.520 key to this? 0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:05.760 Series, well. 0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:13.879 The only chance The timberwolves have is If Julius, randall 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:16.800 for the first time in his career plays well in the, 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:22.280 playoffs and we've never seen that. Happen So i'm Gonna 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:24.080 i'm gonna pull it. Up i'm looking down if you're 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.560 watching on, YouTube Because i'm pulling up on my. Phone 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:34.280 Julius randall's playoff career is truly. Disastrous and it's not. 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:39.119 Overstated it's not being. Unfair it is what it. Is it. 0:23:39.240 --> 0:23:46.439 Is in twenty twenty, one in the first round against The, 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:51.600 hawks that's the Famous Trey young. Series you, See, oh 0:23:51.840 --> 0:23:55.680 he was eighteen eleven and. Four that that's actually good 0:23:56.920 --> 0:24:01.159 on twenty nine percent from the. Field so his first 0:24:01.160 --> 0:24:06.239 playoff series, ever he was twenty nine percent from the. 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:11.920 Field then two years later Against cleveland In round, one 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:15.680 he was fourteen and six a game that was after 0:24:15.760 --> 0:24:20.520 an ALL nba season on thirty three percent from the. 0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:25.920 Field and then and they won that. Series and then 0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:31.840 the next round Against miami he was eighteen and, ten 0:24:31.960 --> 0:24:35.919 which is much better on forty one percent from the, 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:42.080 field which is. Okay in his playoff career is twenty 0:24:42.080 --> 0:24:46.800 eight percent from three and then last year obviously he 0:24:47.000 --> 0:24:50.720 was hurt for the, playoffs and it didn't really seem 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:53.960 Like knicks fans were all that bummed about. It and 0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:59.720 so he is yet to have a single great playoff, 0:24:59.760 --> 0:25:05.959 season and even if you go to individual playoff, games 0:25:07.000 --> 0:25:14.080 you are hard pressed to find more than one good 0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:18.879 one game one last or two years ago Against, miami 0:25:19.400 --> 0:25:20.080 he was really. 0:25:20.080 --> 0:25:21.480 Good he was. 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:25.800 Twenty, five twelve and eight on forty four percent from the, 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:28.120 field which is about as good as you can hope 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:31.960 for from. Him but in his playoff, career and he 0:25:32.000 --> 0:25:35.679 has one other game Against miami where he was twenty 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:40.480 and nine on sixty one. Percent but what's that joke 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:44.760 everybody likes to. Make he is, Shooting he's shooting tour 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:52.000 dates or. Whatever, yeah that. Thing. Yeah so in his, 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:59.120 career in ascending, order he is in the playoffs from 0:25:59.119 --> 0:26:03.720