1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,240 Who fans, you know what time it is. 2 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,200 It is FRPC hoot. 3 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,400 It is Saturday, day late. 4 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,680 We had some technical difficulties yesterday. 5 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:42,800 Our Wi-Fi went out and it was just horrific all day. 6 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,560 So now we're back. 7 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,840 We're up and running and we have hoops for you. 8 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,000 Unfortunately, the Canadian bomber. 9 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,920 The Canadian Shaman. 10 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,240 The Canadian Bill Simmons. 11 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,120 And for this podcast, the Canadian Zach Lowe will not be in attendance. 12 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:12,640 Unfortunately, our schedules because of what has happened yesterday, 13 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:19,200 we're not able to link up today, so it is me and we are going to get through all 14 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,160 of this and we got a pretty good show for you today and I'm excited about it. 15 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,120 Now, 16 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:34,680 what is going on in March Madness is really interesting to me on a lot of levels. 17 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:40,160 And the reason why I want to start here is because this has specific draft 18 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,640 implications that I kind of want to talk about right now. 19 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,040 Did you know that there is not one 20 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,840 suggested lottery pick left? 21 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,480 And this was out of the sweet 16. 22 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,960 I know we're now in the final in the elite eight. 23 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:07,520 But there's not one lottery pick amongst the teams that are left in the elite eight. 24 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,520 I'm going to say that nine times out of ten, this is bad. 25 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:16,640 And the reason why is because some of the kids like Scoot Henderson, 26 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:23,000 Alman Thompson, or Soor Thompson are not going to college. 27 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:29,040 Scoot Henderson in the G League probably has a better window into what the NBA 28 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,320 looks like with his couple of years there. 29 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,960 Now, as far as a sore and Alman and Thompson, they're playing against high 30 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,280 school kids and things of that nature now, they can be elite high school kids. 31 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,640 I've seen some of the games, their skill level. 32 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,960 I wouldn't even put it with like like college basketball, like even mid mid 33 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,720 major. 34 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:59,640 Is the NCAA in trouble is the first question. 35 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:07,440 Do the lack of stars and the lack of prospects last couple of weekends of 36 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:12,120 college basketball, does it enhance your your fandom? 37 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,400 Does it take away from your fandom? 38 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:21,520 Does it make the madness less or is it still the same old madness to you? 39 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:27,040 Hit us up on front runner PC on Twitter and also 40 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:34,000 at Nico F.R.P.C. on Twitter and let us know about that. 41 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,240 Congrats to Yukon's freshman. 42 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:45,840 Jordan Hawkins, who is probably the highest rated prospect that is still in the 43 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:51,040 tournament, you can swing man Jordan Hawkins is a flamethrower. 44 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,840 OK, this guy is a competent marksman. 45 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,760 He shoots it from deep. 46 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,720 He has a very, very quick release. 47 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,240 He's a movement guy. 48 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,000 The ball doesn't stick to him. 49 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,840 He plays very good defense for somebody who doesn't have like all the quick twitch 50 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,560 skills that you look for in a defender. 51 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,560 He knows how to slide his feet. 52 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:19,560 He seems to do a lot of scouting on his own on tendencies and things of that 53 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,440 nature, he picks up things pretty quickly. 54 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,040 But the one thing that he can do is shoot. 55 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,200 Now, he's not just a shooter. 56 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,240 He does have I wouldn't call him an on-law initiator. 57 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:36,520 What I would call him is he's able to take a couple of dribbles and be able to 58 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:43,560 location his shot or relocate, you know, sidestep and hit a shot. 59 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,720 But if you're asking him to be like a 60 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,640 secondary initiator, it's really not his gig. 61 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:57,400 But he's a guy that you can sit there and just know for for a fact that he's going 62 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,800 to hit threes for you at a pretty consistent level. 63 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,880 He's a he's just he's incredible. 64 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,560 I like this kid a lot about six foot five, about one ninety five right now. 65 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,440 Those are a those are the measurements that we have. 66 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,200 Obviously, as we get closer to the NBA 67 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,920 combine, we will probably have better, more realistic numbers for you on that. 68 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,120 But at right now, he is listed at six foot five and about one ninety five. 69 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,000 So if you're looking for a guy to kind 70 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,280 of hone in on and one of your favorite teams can get on this kid, 71 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,360 Jordan Hawkins out of Yukon is a guy that you want to look at. 72 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,480 Now, getting back to the madness, there's not a number. 73 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,320 There's not a number one seat left in this tournament. 74 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:54,120 OK, we have the likes of Florida, Atlantic, Creighton, San Diego State. 75 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,520 Then you mix in your Texas and your Yukon's and and what have you. 76 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,840 And you Gonzaga's of the world shots out to Gonzaga, who has now broken my heart 77 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:11,480 twice, as you know, I'm a UCLA fan and yes, Thursday was not a great day 78 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,720 for the mighty Bruins, but you know what? 79 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,440 If that's what's going to beat us in the in a tournament, 80 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,880 you know what you all you have to do is tip your cap and keep it moving. 81 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,920 I'm proud of the guys effort. 82 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,720 I'm proud of Jaime High test, Junior 83 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Tiger Campbell, David Singleton. 84 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,200 Dylan Andrews, Will McClendon. 85 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,640 A damn boner who did not play 86 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:41,200 Jalen Clark, who did not play. 87 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,400 I'm proud of the UCLA Bruins this year. 88 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,080 They play very well, they play tough and honestly. 89 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:52,080 You know, with the injuries in that shot, I mean, that's it. 90 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,600 You know, it's a one and done tournament. 91 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,240 So you win, you survive, you move on. 92 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,560 You lose and that's it. 93 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,760 You go home, you wait till next year. 94 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:07,080 So with that being said, I can't be upset at UCLA at all. 95 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,600 I'm really just excited for the future with them. 96 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,720 And Mick Cronin in his recruiting prowess has picked it up a notch. 97 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,560 He is the cover is not there just because 98 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,440 how many Hawkins Jr. might be going pro to the NBA. 99 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:29,960 David Singleton played his last game as a UCLA Bruin and Tiger Campbell also as 100 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,040 well, but they got kids that played this year. 101 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,440 They got vital experience and they have more kids coming in next year. 102 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:38,640 And who knows? 103 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,840 We don't know what we're going to get out of the transfer portal. 104 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:47,400 So fours up, eight clap all day, still stands, still applies. 105 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,480 We don't lose. 106 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,960 We don't leave our team just because they get bounced from the tournament. 107 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,200 And if they didn't play well, I would let you know. 108 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:02,520 But on the effort that they gave and that game was just great all the way through. 109 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,960 You knew Gonzaga was going to make a run. 110 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,360 You knew that they had they'd been tested, 111 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,360 battle tested in some of these tournaments earlier in the season, 112 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,960 even though they don't play in probably the highest stakes of conferences. 113 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,920 But Mark Few, really good coach, 114 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,280 settled his team down, drew team to me. 115 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,520 His leadership was also a determining factor. 116 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,000 And Strother just hit the shot. 117 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,000 Julian Strother just hit a shot. 118 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,000 So shots out to Julian Strother in his. 119 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,720 What? 35 footer? 120 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,800 I mean, this thing was he had a logo shot. 121 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,360 What are you going to do with that? 122 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,480 There's nothing you can do. 123 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:49,800 So that is the end of me crying about UCLA. 124 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,160 I know people are like, damn, 125 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,320 students crying about UCLA again. 126 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,160 The other thing that I want to get to is 127 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,560 the other guy that you want to kind of look at, he's late first rounder, 128 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,680 early second rounder, it's Creighton's Kogi Jones. 129 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,840 He's a six foot six guard. 130 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,960 He looks like his play style looks a lot like Andre Miller. 131 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,080 If you remember Andre Miller, he played on Utah, 132 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,800 Cleveland, he played for a lot of teams, but Andre Miller kicked around the NBA 133 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,560 probably for about 16, 18 years, somewhere in there. 134 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,400 He was like a six foot, two, six foot, three point guard, not really fast, 135 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,000 but he was a floor general. 136 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,120 And he got it done. 137 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,520 And Kogi Jones kind of reminds me of a taller version. 138 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,720 Of Andre Miller, a lot of people have him 139 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:49,280 looking like Malcolm Brogdon of the Celtics. 140 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,160 Malcolm Brogdon, you can shoot. 141 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:57,000 So Kogi Jones is a OK shooter, not a great shooter. 142 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,360 He definitely has some work to do on that end. 143 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:03,600 But at six foot six, as far as a bar 144 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,360 distributor, a offense initiator, he can handle that. 145 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:13,040 He probes the pain at his own speed. 146 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,600 You know, nothing speeds him up. 147 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:16,640 You can't. 148 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:21,240 He doesn't pick up his dribble just because there is traffic. 149 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,640 He's a heavy, relentless defender. 150 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,320 He uses his angles in his body, 151 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:33,040 his body type to help him defend off quicker guards and what have you. 152 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,280 And he is a 50, 50 ball monster. 153 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,320 He is. 154 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,160 College version of Dylan Brooks. 155 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,160 Without. 156 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,480 Some of the just the combustion that you get with Dylan, 157 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:54,840 but he's not afraid to stick his nose in there and he will challenge. 158 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,640 Your good. 159 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,880 On ball initiator or your wing that's getting hot, 160 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,680 he will take the defensive challenge and go get that dude. 161 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,320 And that guy will probably be sick of him 162 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,280 playing by the end of the game because he will. 163 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,080 He will fight over screens. 164 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,640 He will make sure that he stays with his man. 165 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,280 He also can play off ball a little bit 166 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:24,240 in the sense of an off ball defense where he can anticipate the passing lanes. 167 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,160 He knows angles, he gets a lot of deflections. 168 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,440 He's really good on that end of the court. 169 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,960 On the other end of the court, as far as getting you a bucket 170 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:41,800 or getting your open, getting your shooter open because he can probe the lane. 171 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,600 And because of the fact that he has the ability to not pick up his journal 172 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,240 when it looks like he's in tight quarters. 173 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,880 He's going to look and find the open man. 174 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,600 So if you start to converge on him, he'll just kick it out to the three. 175 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,840 And, you know, you're looking at. 176 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,280 You know, you kind of looking at knockdown shooters, 177 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,560 so that's what you cons game is. 178 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,320 And that's what Kogi Jones of not you, a Creighton. 179 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:14,440 Sorry, that's what Creighton does. 180 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,200 And. 181 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:23,800 Kobe Jones is going to be a intriguing prospect because if he can shoot it a 182 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,280 little bit better is a chance of being a real. 183 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:33,960 Like rotation piece for a for a playoff team, I think he has that in him. 184 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,840 Defense can get him on the court. 185 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:41,880 His ability to handle the ball in his ability not to turn the ball over will 186 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,400 keep him on the court. 187 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:50,200 And then as far as his his long standing career is concerned, 188 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,440 his shooting will just have to elevate. 189 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,240 But those are two guys that you can look 190 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,440 at as you look at some of these games or go back and look at some of these games. 191 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,000 So Creighton's Kogi Jones. 192 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,920 And you cause Jordan Hawkins are the two guys that you want to kind of look at. 193 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,160 We lost everybody, man. 194 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,200 So just just Walker, the Duke kids. 195 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:21,240 So Filipowski, Lively, White side. 196 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:26,400 You know, we lost all we lost the Dukes. 197 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,480 UCLA is gone, so you don't have to worry 198 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:36,600 about Amari Bailey anymore, you know, have to look at that type of situation. 199 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,440 Alabama's out, so we don't have to worry about Brandon Miller anymore. 200 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,200 All the guys that were at the top of the 201 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,680 draft board that were outside that are not outside the United States and who not 202 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:54,400 playing for G League in night or overtime elite, they're all gone, man. 203 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,720 And it just goes to show you that teams 204 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:05,880 that are who have maybe like a nine or a 12 in front of their 205 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,480 as far as their seeding sign, you got to understand these teams 206 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:13,480 have been together for two, three, four years. 207 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,600 You know, some of these guys are 23 years of age, you know, they're going up against 208 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:24,160 grown men and you saw as games got tight. 209 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:31,360 You saw the familiarity of teams who had been through the wars together over the 210 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,920 years. 211 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,000 Not panic and get the job done and move on. 212 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,760 So that's one of the reasons why we do not 213 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:46,040 have any number one seeds left in this March Madness. 214 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,800 So what else can we talk about? 215 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,480 Well, in a longstanding tradition here at 216 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:58,400 FRPC, because Nico is not here and he cannot talk about his beloved Houston 217 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:05,240 Rockets, I will take this time to talk about my beloved Los Angeles Lakers. 218 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,240 The Lakers are now at five hundred for the first time this year. 219 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,640 Anthony Davis scored thirty seven points 220 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,680 and fifteen rebounds last night to help his team for the first time. 221 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,720 Get to five hundred now 222 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:26,800 as Laker fans, we are actually pretty excited about being at five hundred. 223 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,920 And actually, it's been four hundred and twenty four days 224 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,760 since the Lakers have been at five hundred. 225 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:45,360 Think about that, four hundred and twenty four days since the Lakers has seen five 226 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,960 hundred. 227 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,800 You know, it just baffles the mind 228 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,080 that they are there, they're there in this situation. 229 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,280 Well, here they are. 230 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:04,000 We've talked about some of the moves in a nauseam. 231 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,400 We have a 232 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,240 a trade deadline show that's two parter. 233 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,080 So if you want to go back and hear our 234 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,680 thoughts on what we thought of some of the moves at the time. 235 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:21,600 Now that we have a couple of weeks to kind of reflect and see. 236 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:28,040 And this trade is trade that brought them D'Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, 237 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,800 Jan Vandeville. 238 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:40,040 This trade was phenomenal for so many reasons, and also the addition of Ruri 239 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:45,200 Patra more earlier, previous before the trade deadline. 240 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,400 Even though D'Angelo Russell did not play last night, 241 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:55,600 the one thing that you are seeing is you're seeing the best version. 242 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,240 Of D'Angelo Russell at this point. 243 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,480 He seems to be playing within inside himself. 244 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,520 He seems to. 245 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,960 Down some peace on the floor a little bit. 246 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,920 Now, I'm sure he's still gunning for his contract, because you know what? 247 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:20,760 You got to secure the bag first and foremost, right? 248 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,080 But I like the energy that Vanderbilt has given. 249 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,000 Malik Beasley is all of what he is. 250 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,880 He is a streaky shooter. 251 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,360 He'll get incredibly cold. 252 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,600 Or he'll get hot. 253 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,120 Now, his. 254 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:48,000 Importance to the team is that he continues to take those three point shots. 255 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,240 But he's been in a terrible slump for a while now. 256 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:58,160 He had a couple of good games early on after the trade deadline, after he got 257 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:02,520 to the Lakers, but lately it's not been great. 258 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,360 Last night he was two of six, and actually we were really kind of pumped up as Laker 259 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:14,040 Nation that he was to six because we had some bad ones. 260 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:17,880 But the emergence of Austin Reeves has kind 261 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:26,000 of helped that situation where it hasn't been as glaring of a war as it could be. 262 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:34,160 Austin Reeves seems to has elevated his game over like the last, I say, last seven. 263 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,880 He seems to be being able to initiate 264 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,120 contacting and draw fouls at a better clip. 265 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,320 His handle is actually a little bit better than what I thought it was. 266 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,000 And I've been watching him. 267 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,720 He's been working. 268 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:51,760 You can tell. 269 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:57,680 The only thing that I ask of Austin Reeves is to be a little bit more aggressive or 270 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:04,240 hunt his shot more, and you've seen that over the last two weeks, 271 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,120 maybe a little bit more, maybe two and a half, three weeks. 272 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,840 But it hasn't been long. 273 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,480 That was my only gripe with Austin Reeves. 274 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,800 Is it the one thing I do know is that he's going to play the game right. 275 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,120 He's going to find open shooters, 276 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,480 but I was hoping for his aggressiveness to kind of pick up a notch. 277 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,720 And it has can't be mad at what Austin 278 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,320 Reeves has been doing even last night on an off game. 279 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,400 Look how he looked at the look at what he did with the stat sheet. 280 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,200 Filled it up pretty good at six rebounds and nine assists. 281 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,560 Played defense. 282 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,280 And it was important. 283 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,440 All of it was important last night because of the fact that the Lakers do not have 284 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:55,560 a margin for error, they just don't at this point, they have to continue to win. 285 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:03,400 Steph Curry in the Golden State Warriors at 39, 36, they are now the 60. 286 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,840 They're chasing, they're trying to chase down the Phoenix Suns. 287 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,960 And Phoenix is trying to chase down the Clippers. 288 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:17,680 But Minnesota and the Lakers are tied at 37 to 37. 289 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,560 And right now, Minnesota has the tiebreaker. 290 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,880 They are sitting in the seventh seed as the Lakers sit in the eighth seed. 291 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,160 So everything ends today. 292 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,280 The Lakers are in and then they would go to Minnesota and play that game. 293 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:36,920 So the Lakers have eight more games left to go. 294 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:43,760 And it is time to put the foot to the pedal and see if you can get beyond 295 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:52,120 the Minnesota Timberwolves and see if you can maybe creep yourself up to that sixth spot. 296 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,120 That's where everybody's trying to get to. 297 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,480 The reason why they're trying to get there is because. 298 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,240 The Sacramento Kings are going to make the playoff latest in the season. 299 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,600 The Kings are going to make the playoff latest in German. 300 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,880 And the great thing about that is shout out to the Kings. 301 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,080 Shout out to 302 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:19,760 coach Mike Brown, who obviously former Laker coach, but also 303 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:24,320 I'm just glad that he was able to get another chance and really be able to put 304 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,440 his imprint on this team, as you can see. 305 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,880 This is a this is phenomenal. 306 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:37,680 This is a phenomenal situation, you're talking about 16 years. 307 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,840 Of non winning basketball. 308 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,560 Do you know this time last year? 309 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,560 That. 310 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,720 The Sacramento Kings were. 311 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,720 Like their record was basically flipped, 312 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,840 I think it was twenty four and forty eight at this time last year. 313 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,240 And now they're forty four and twenty nine. 314 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,080 Kudos to them. 315 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,480 The one guy that I want to kind of highlight 316 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,240 is he doesn't get a lot of love, but it was the acquisition that they made 317 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:21,400 from Atlanta in the offseason, Kevin Herder. 318 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:28,000 Kevin Herder, her his per thirty six, he's averaging eighteen point five points. 319 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:34,440 He's shooting forty eight point eight percent from the field on 14 attempts. 320 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:39,280 He's also shooting forty one point one percent from three on eight point two 321 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,240 attempts. 322 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:46,360 He has a net rating of a plus four point nine, so almost five. 323 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:55,760 His effective field goal shooting is sixty one percent in his true shooting is sixty 324 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,600 two point three percent. 325 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:06,200 On usage, on a usage of 19 percent, just just so you know, so. 326 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,960 He's improved. 327 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:14,040 All his vital numbers over last year. 328 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:19,160 And you wonder if this was a. 329 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:25,280 Change of scenery or was it more the play style fits him better? 330 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:30,080 I'm going to go with the play style fits him better. 331 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,600 Memo to ATL. 332 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,400 Fans and also the Atlanta Hawks. 333 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,120 You got to find a way. 334 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,320 With Quinn Snyder in the building now. 335 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,880 You have to find a way to get Trey Young off the ball. 336 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:53,560 For a decent amount of time during the game. 337 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,720 I think it will help the offense tremendously. 338 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,600 I think guys touching the ball helps. 339 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:06,600 You know, Ryan Wasillo says something in his podcast and he says there's nothing 340 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:12,560 fun watching a dude dribble basketball for 22 seconds and then at the last second 341 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:18,960 he throw it to you and go, OK, take a shot. 342 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,360 There's no there's no fun in that. 343 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,800 Where's the fluidity? 344 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,560 Where's the movement? 345 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:32,160 And it's really going to be up to Trey Young to augment his game. 346 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:38,720 To allow his his teammates to have a chance to touch in the basketball and 347 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,560 actually maybe make his shots a lot easier for him. 348 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,480 And maybe he becomes a more efficient scorer because of it. 349 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:53,320 Very young is a brilliant point guard, excellent shooter range out. 350 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,440 Well, I was going to say something, but 351 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,280 he is a ton of range. 352 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,800 But I will tell you that his shot selection is terrible. 353 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:12,840 His unwillingness to give up the ball, even with DeJante Murray in the building, 354 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,000 it's kind of alarming. 355 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:20,160 They've had to stagger those guys because they are finding it hard to play with one 356 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,640 another. 357 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,640 I hope this is a real wake up call for 358 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:30,600 Trey Young, but I wanted to spotlight Pevenherter for two reasons. 359 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,000 One, 360 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,000 we talk about here on FRPC hoops holistically. 361 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,760 We talk about what can you do as a front office to make your team better? 362 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:45,720 What can you do to get your team to that next level? 363 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,880 And these are the type of things that the Sacramento Kings did. 364 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:54,000 OK, we go back to the trade deadline 365 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,080 a season ago. 366 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,640 And the much 367 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,960 the much talked about the much discussed 368 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,400 Tyrese Halliburton to Indiana for a DeMontes Sabonis. 369 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,400 Here's the thing. 370 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,840 I did not like to trade at the time. 371 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,240 I'm a huge Halliburton fan. 372 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,640 If I thought there was a guard to get rid of, I thought it was going to be Dearon 373 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:25,880 Fox. I will I will humbly humbly eat that 374 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,760 those words. 375 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:32,440 Dearon Fox has been a absolute animal this year. 376 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,720 His crunch time numbers is 377 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,800 are just so unfathomable right now. 378 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:46,880 He's doing just brilliant things and he is an absolute closer in the fourth quarter. 379 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,200 He's got the most four quarter points 380 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:58,280 in the NBA this year, and he has the most crunch time points in the NBA this year. 381 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,960 But you also look at the percentages and you look at the shooting. 382 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,720 They're also up there as well. 383 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,040 But the reason why I want to talk about 384 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,720 the Sacramento Kings, because we are we were supposed to have a long discussion 385 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,840 about the Kings and what they're doing and whatever, and we might say that till 386 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,080 next week, I just want to hit on them a little bit. 387 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:27,040 Now, I wanted to highlight Kevin Herter for this specific reason. 388 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,120 One, when he left Atlanta, it was literally a salary dump. 389 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,400 It's not like they really want to get rid of them. 390 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:41,320 But these are the type of guys that can. 391 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,520 Even though they're not the superstar, 392 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:49,360 they can make subtle changes within their in your team and make you a whole lot 393 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,760 better very quickly. 394 00:27:53,040 --> 00:28:00,760 Because Kevin Herter does the one thing that we need in the NBA, he can shoot. 395 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,000 And he has socks. 396 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,000 And he's a willing defender. 397 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:11,600 So if you put all those three things together and also here's the other thing, 398 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,880 his second side creation is not bad. 399 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,960 He will not just follow the ball off his knee all the time. 400 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,080 He's a capable, capable handler of the basketball. 401 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,640 He can get you into pick and roll action. 402 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,640 He's a good all around player. 403 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,360 And for teams that are now 404 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,200 starting to reassess where they are, you know, we're getting to the close 405 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:43,880 to the end of the year, so your teams that are on the bubble or, 406 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,840 you know, maybe they had a bad injury and, you know, they're kind of floating 407 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,600 around the 11th, 12th seed, things of that nature. 408 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,040 You know, these are the type of guys that you don't have to spend crazy amounts of 409 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:07,600 money on. You don't have to give up tons and tons of draft equity to get. 410 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:12,160 But if you can pinpoint and be right about these type of guys, 411 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:17,880 it can elevate your team to a point where, like I said, Sacramento hasn't been 412 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,600 in the playoffs for 16 years, it's been since 2006, and they're going to end this 413 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,880 drought this year. So light, the freaking beam 414 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,800 shouts out to Sacramento Kings and sacra 415 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,880 shouts out to Kevin Herder in his tremendous season. 416 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:43,200 And I look for nothing but better things for my guy, Kevon. 417 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,200 You know what I'm saying? We love Kevon. 418 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,440 Here's a stat. 419 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,760 From. 420 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,840 At DM Grubb on Twitter. 421 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,240 I wanted to give him a shout out because when I saw this note, I couldn't believe 422 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,320 it. 423 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:13,200 You know, it's been 146 days since the Pelicans won a road game against a team 424 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,200 that had a winning. 425 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:16,920 Record. 426 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:25,840 A hundred and forty six days since the New Orleans Pelicans won a game on the road 427 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,840 against a team that has a winning record. 428 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,640 It almost seems impossible to believe. 429 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:41,240 Now, we are also watching Golden State have one of the worst road records for 430 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,360 defending reigning champion. 431 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:54,080 So it shouldn't be too crazy to see New Orleans go one hundred and forty six days, 432 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,800 which is. 433 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:04,040 Darn near half a year or almost there one more month and we'll be at a half a year. 434 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:09,440 Injury update on Zion. 435 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,080 He has resumed. 436 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:25,880 On court activities, but still will be reevaluated into the three weeks. 437 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:35,480 The Pelicans are a prime candidate for a lead guard, either through the draft 438 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:41,160 or through agency or through create an offseason. 439 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,200 Yeah, the problem is, is where they are in the draft. 440 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:50,560 I do not think they would be able to get the caliber or lead guard without making 441 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,280 a move up, get it. 442 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,720 And their plans of having the Lakers. 443 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:03,680 Be have a worse record than them has kind of fallen to the wayside at this point. 444 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:12,640 But right now, as they stand, I think they're like 13th, like 13, 12, 13 place 445 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:18,800 somewhere in there for like if the lottery shook out exactly. 446 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,360 The way it's supposed to. 447 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,600 They're looking at like 13th with their pick. 448 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:29,240 That is definitely not in the situation to get Scoot Henderson, because you want 449 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:34,600 to be at like you have to be top three at least get that guy. 450 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:41,360 The other thing is, is that when they do go look for a lead guard. 451 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,720 Because I do believe a lead guard could 452 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:49,440 help this team even without Zion right now. 453 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,160 A lead guard would just be able to get them into the set, get them comfortable. 454 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,160 But the other thing that you're going to need from this lead guard, if you're 455 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:03,120 keeping CJ McCollum, is that lead guard is going to have to provide you with some 456 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,760 height and also he's going to be able to he's going to have to be able to play 457 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,640 defense. 458 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,120 If CJ CJ. 459 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:19,320 Cries on defense, he's just not really good at it. 460 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,960 A name to keep in mind for Pelican 461 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:30,080 fans, because it might be in your range, is Nick Smith Jr. 462 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,200 Now, personally, I will tell you. 463 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,360 He's been hurt this year. 464 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,680 He hasn't played a lot. 465 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,160 I haven't seen enough from him to make a decision on, oh, yeah, this is definitely 466 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,600 the guy you got to get, but if you're looking at just the draft models 467 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,720 and you're looking at some of the scouting reports on him, 468 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,520 he looks like a guy that would kind of fit the bill. 469 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,680 The only thing is, is that. 470 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:01,120 The Pelicans need a lead guard that they know can do it. 471 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,000 This guy has crates. 472 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,680 Nick Smith Jr. has treats. 473 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,880 We don't know if he can necessarily do these things in NBA. 474 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:15,480 Focus still out. We have to wait and see and watch. 475 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,440 But if I'm the Pelicans, I got to make sure 476 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,600 that that's something that I get cleared up or we're waiting on Zion to get back, 477 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:29,240 get healthy and we get point Zion back. 478 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,360 A low point, Zion. 479 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,200 It was one of my favorite things to see, 480 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:40,120 see somebody darn near 300 pounds, six, six, just doing just getting into the paint 481 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,080 whenever he wanted to and kicking it out to shooters. 482 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,560 We'll see what the Pelicans do. 483 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:55,960 But I thought that 146 days since they beat a team on the road that had a winning 484 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:00,440 record was eye opening, to say the least, with all the talent that they have on this 485 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:09,200 team, even with Al's I look at a situation when you have Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum. 486 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:14,400 Jonas Baluchinis, Trey Murphy, the third. 487 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,720 They got enough guys that they should be able to eat out wins. 488 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,840 Listen, you play Houston every once in a while. 489 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,880 You play Charlotte every once in a while. 490 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,920 You play these teams. 491 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,160 You should be able to come up with a victory. 492 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,720 And for me, well, that's not a win. 493 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:39,440 I'm saying, but I would think that this team is good enough to be, you know, 494 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:44,480 every once in a while, sneak up on one of these teams that even a lower level 500 495 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:49,480 team, like if you got one of the East teams that were just about, you know, 496 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:54,600 like one, two games over 500, almost it's almost impossible for the 497 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,680 Pelicans to not win a game against a team that is over 500. 498 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,520 But this is the year that we live in. 499 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaking of the Dallas Mavericks, Maverick fans, I'm not going to talk about your 500 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,600 boy Cuban going off on the rest and the bad cause and whatever occasion be. 501 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,640 I don't even want to get into that. 502 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,080 The one thing I do want to get into is how 503 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,960 discounted Luka looked after that loss. 504 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,800 He said the game. 505 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,480 Wasn't fun. 506 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:36,440 It's been a very difficult year for him. 507 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:42,320 Yeah, because you don't have Jenning Bronson. 508 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,520 Now, everybody's talked about it. 509 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:46,560 We're not going to kill it. 510 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,920 We're not going to kill Dallas. 511 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,160 It's over. 512 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,920 And now we've got to just do better. 513 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,320 But this offseason looks to be critical 514 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:03,360 in the future of what the Dallas Mavericks are going to look like in three years. 515 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,520 Do you keep Kyrie? 516 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,800 What other pieces that you could put 517 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:14,960 around Luka to give him a better shot at winning? 518 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,080 Do you need a big? 519 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,240 You definitely need a wing defender 520 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,640 that can shoot. 521 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:34,480 Maybe even two wing defenders that can shoot. 522 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,000 But just to look on his face, 523 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:43,200 just his his whole demeanor during that press conference. 524 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,440 If I am Maverick fan. 525 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:50,000 I might start be I might start getting worried a little bit. 526 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,080 Like, is this dude here for the long haul? 527 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:59,080 It's just or is he just tired of carrying this team? 528 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:03,920 Only time will tell. 529 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:10,040 Usually the foreign guys don't leave just because. 530 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,280 But I wonder if. 531 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,120 We get through next season. 532 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:25,040 That's a long way off, so there is there isn't a lot of let's get Luka out of Dallas. 533 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,280 Talk here. OK, I want Luka to stay in Dallas, 534 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:33,360 but you have to be certain if you're a Maverick fan. 535 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,160 After seeing that press conference, 536 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,720 just a little bit, you have to be a little bit nervous. 537 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,280 Speaking of nervous. 538 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:48,880 I have just a quick question from my from my partners in the Bay Area. 539 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,680 Do the defending champs have a run in them? 540 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,640 That road record is abysmal. 541 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,760 And the thing about it is, it's not just a record. 542 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:13,120 If you look at the numbers, if you look at the just the stats, it's terrible. 543 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:18,040 There are plus seven point seven at home net rating. 544 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:23,320 They are negative point six point seven. 545 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,400 On the road. 546 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,280 Net rating. 547 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:32,920 Well, people ask, well, why is that? 548 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,920 Why are they so drastically different? 549 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,080 It's part of the problem. 550 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:45,080 Steph Carey has played 49 of the possible 75 games. 551 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:50,200 Now, I know all those games weren't on the road and all those games, 552 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:55,960 you know, you didn't just sit out row games, but. 553 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,320 You have a guy who is. 554 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:06,240 Basically 50 percent from the field, 43 percent from three and 90 percent 555 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,920 from the free throw line. Now, this is not unusual. 556 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,880 This is something that step does. 557 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:19,200 But to be doing it at age 34, going to age 35. 558 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,880 And also, if you look at like the true 559 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,920 shooting numbers and the effective field goal percentage. 560 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,480 Sixty two percent effective field goal 561 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:36,600 percentage and sixty six point three true shooting percentage. 562 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,440 This is one of the great Steph Curry years that he's ever had. 563 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,200 And. 564 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,880 I don't want to say that they are wasting it. 565 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,440 But if there is championship DNA still 566 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:58,280 left, if Kerr has been saving a vial of championship DNA. 567 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:04,920 Or whatever, for this time, it is time to go get that bad boy from the safe. 568 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:11,720 If you have a retina scan to open up that safe, go ahead and use that. 569 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,680 If there's some sort of biometric 570 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,360 tech to get it out the safe, you would need to go ahead and do that. 571 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:28,600 And you need to go ahead and get that vial of championship DNA out as quickly 572 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,560 as possible, because we are running out of time 573 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:38,480 and they are trying to chase down the Phoenix Suns for the fifth spot. 574 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,960 I don't know if they get there even without Durant. 575 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:48,600 Report is that Durant might be back. 576 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,680 Towards the end of the year, well, hell, we're there. 577 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,400 We're at the end of the year. 578 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:55,680 We got eight games left. 579 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,800 I understand there's a couple of weeks left, but I don't see. 580 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,560 I think the early if you're going to see 581 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:10,040 Durant, maybe he plays the last two games of the year, maybe. 582 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,160 Or he might just come to the playoffs. 583 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,920 I think that's what we're going to see from LeBron James. 584 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,440 I don't think LeBron is going to play. 585 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,600 I could be wrong. 586 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,360 We're seeing a lot of, hey, we we evaluated him. 587 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,960 We need to reevaluate him in two or three weeks with all of them. 588 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,440 Durant, LeBron. 589 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,640 Everybody has an ankle injury. 590 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,560 I'm saying. 591 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,760 Our guy, Anthony Edwards in Minnesota, 592 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:48,640 coming back soon, so so excited to see that team fully together. 593 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,600 And see what they can do. 594 00:42:53,000 --> 00:43:00,440 Minnesota is 7th, 7th right now in the standings, and they are looking to try to 595 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,800 get out of that plan. 596 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:10,960 I don't know if they have enough time, but we'll see. 597 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,840 Question for the nation, do you really believe that there is a switch that they 598 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:28,200 can turn on from what you've seen this year? 599 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:33,120 From Clay Thompson, Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Jordan Poole. 600 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:38,160 We have no idea when Andrew Wiggins is getting back, if he's getting back. 601 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:43,040 The reports of supposedly he's. 602 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:50,560 Taking care of someone else's kid or whatever is such an erroneous rumor. 603 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:55,960 Checked in on that. 604 00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:01,480 Couldn't find any validity to those statements, so we're going to say 605 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:08,120 allegedly, but he seems to have something going on that is not allowing him to play. 606 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,000 And it's severe enough to keep him away from the team, so we just hope that he 607 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:16,240 gets back, we hope that he gets back and he's he's fully him. 608 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,240 And we don't know if it's going to be this year. 609 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,600 We have no idea. 610 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:27,640 But the dove needle, Golden State needs him desperately if they have any chance 611 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:33,720 of making a real legitimate run to the Western Conference Finals. 612 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:39,400 And then the the last piece of news that we're going to talk about today 613 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:43,040 is the Jalen Brown situation. 614 00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:46,000 And if you're not up on this, 615 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,200 I don't know how you're going to get to the bottom of this. 616 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,080 I don't know how you couldn't. 617 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:54,640 If you're listening to this podcast, you probably listen to Zach Lowe. 618 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,960 You probably listen to when horse, you probably listen to other people. 619 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,840 But we do appreciate you listening to us. 620 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,520 So I have a little different spin than those gentlemen. 621 00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:07,360 But we're going to go over the particular first. 622 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,840 Jalen Brown is. 623 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,360 In a point of his contractual 624 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,800 situation where we kind of need to talk about this. 625 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,360 The reason why is he's coming off his he's 626 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,800 getting close to the end of his working extension. 627 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:28,440 OK. 628 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:37,440 Where it was four years and I believe it was one hundred and six million. 629 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:42,760 And that ends in twenty, twenty four years, the problem. 630 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,400 The way the contract is structured. 631 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:51,480 If he doesn't hit like all NBA team or wins 632 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:55,800 a league MVP or whatever case would be. 633 00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:01,120 It will lose him just to opt out of his contract. 634 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,160 And not sign extension. 635 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,400 Because the Celtics could give him a little bit more money, 636 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:14,080 but if he opts out, he can get way more money. 637 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:16,280 Now. 638 00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,080 I don't know anybody who can sneeze it, 639 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:25,000 an extra thirty two mil, but that's what we're looking at over the years. 640 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,560 If he opts out, he can make approximately forty four million. 641 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:36,600 If he decides an extension, he can make about thirty six a year annually. 642 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,880 So if you sign a four year deal. 643 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,680 And you're eight off, so eight times four, thirty two. 644 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,480 That's where we come up with the thirty two. 645 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,440 So basically how this works is that. 646 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:59,680 The Celtics are hoping for Jaden Brown to make a all NBA team. 647 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,640 Here's the problem. 648 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:06,560 Jason Tatum is definitely going to make an all NBA team. 649 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:12,040 Now, it depends on whether you look at Jalen Brown as a forward or guard, 650 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:15,680 because if he's looked at as a guard. 651 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:24,560 There is little to no shot that he has any chance of getting into all NBA. 652 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:29,960 Even with some of the injuries that have happened over the years, 653 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:35,600 injuries that have happened over the season to step currying people like that. 654 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:41,200 Because new new guards have emerged. 655 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,280 Tyrese Halliburton is one. 656 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,560 Jim Bronson is another. 657 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,000 Along with your other cast of characters, 658 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:55,040 your Devin Booker, your Donovan Mitchell and everybody else that's usually in 659 00:47:55,040 --> 00:48:02,560 these talks, if Jalen Brown is considered a guard, he's not going to make all NBA. 660 00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,000 And he doesn't make all NBA. 661 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:10,880 The Celtics have a real issue on their hands. 662 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,000 The other thing is that. 663 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:26,120 As Logan Murdoch from the ringer recorded and shots out to my guy, 664 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,840 Logan Murdoch, from the real ones. 665 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:36,120 He had an interview with Jalen Brown and he did a story on him and he interviewed 666 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,160 a ton of people, and the one thing that he kept on saying in some of the podcasts 667 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:49,520 that I listened to about his actual story is that he he intimated that Jalen Brown 668 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,720 it's not like he has an issue with the Celtics at all, 669 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,320 but he has an issue with some of the dealings that they've had. 670 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,760 OK, you got to understand it from his point of view. 671 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,480 Dylan Brown is 26 years of age. 672 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,200 OK. 673 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:08,320 He's probably one of the best 674 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,320 handums in basketball was. 675 00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:14,760 Brown and Tatum together. 676 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:22,200 The Celtics made the NBA finals last year and really were a. 677 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:26,160 One less nuclear game from Steph Curry, 678 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:30,600 probably from winning that game from winning that series. 679 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:39,880 So my question is, why is Jalen Brown's name coming up in every trade rumor? 680 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:44,440 And here's the thing, it's not every trade rumor, it's every significant trade 681 00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,920 rumor. He was in the 80. 682 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:52,680 He was in the KD talks, the Kevin Durant talks this this last offseason. 683 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:58,640 You were also in the Anthony Davis talks when he was up. 684 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:02,680 So his name has been floated out there 685 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:09,640 many a time, and I don't think that Jalen Brown really appreciates it. 686 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,080 Jalen Brown is one of these guys who 687 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,400 does a lot of activism in his community. 688 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:22,320 He doesn't in Boston as well as his hometown of Atlanta. 689 00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:30,680 That little dust out with Kanye and Jalen 690 00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:35,800 have more to do with the school aspect than it did with Kanye. 691 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:40,320 He was trying to see if by keeping his name 692 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:45,960 involved with Kanye, could he save the school as he was more he was more worried 693 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:51,720 and concerned with those kids, those inner city kids, you know, getting the education. 694 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:58,640 And the Donda was also a school that was kind of like a prep school, 695 00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:03,880 kind of like your IMG Academy, the Sierra Canyons of the world. 696 00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:05,600 So 697 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:10,000 he was concerned with the with the athletics and he was concerned with these 698 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,000 students just not being left out in the lurch. 699 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:20,520 That's why he wasn't just, oh, I'm out on Kanye because he is a loyal dude. 700 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:23,880 And his work means a lot to him. 701 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:27,640 He's not just going to go with the crowd and just go, OK, because you said so. 702 00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,560 I'm going to just go ahead and kick this dude to the curb. 703 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:32,760 No, he wanted to read up on it. 704 00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:36,200 He wanted to make sure that these things were being said. 705 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:43,360 He wanted to make sure that these inflammatory comments were really coming 706 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:50,120 from Kanye and also desperately trying to see how he could still help those kids 707 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:55,440 and help those those those students to reach their goals. 708 00:51:55,640 --> 00:52:02,040 Because the one thing that Jaylen Brown does stand for is. 709 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,840 Basically, getting education to those 710 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:14,800 and resources to those who usually have an issue with ascertaining those resources. 711 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,720 Poor communities, you know, I'll say it like that. 712 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:25,080 People who aren't as affluent as some of the other people out here in the world. 713 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:32,000 So that's why Jaylen Brown didn't just cut Kanye off right away. 714 00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:36,200 Because he was trying to do something right for the kids. 715 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:40,240 With that being said, 716 00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:47,240 Boston has a good character guy, is a good, great player, great defender. 717 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:52,600 And doesn't feel necessarily 718 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:57,800 offended or somehow wrong by being the number two guy in Boston. 719 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:03,400 But the one thing he does care about is he cares about being respected. 720 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,800 He doesn't feel like he has a partnership 721 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:14,400 with the front office and the the leadership of the Celtics. 722 00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:18,960 This is all basically from Logan Murdoch's piece on the ringer. 723 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:20,320 I suggest that you read it. 724 00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:22,040 It's very enthralling. 725 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:26,680 I read it and then I listened to Logan on 726 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:30,960 some of the podcasts that he was going on about this particular story. 727 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:32,760 But these are the things that are important. 728 00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,320 So Boston fans, how do you feel about your guy? 729 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,880 Is he going to make one of these NBA teams? 730 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,600 You kind of really need him to make one of these teams. 731 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:48,160 You want to make sure that he's a forward and not designated as a guard. 732 00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:51,080 So then he can make one of these teams, 733 00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:54,760 because, like I said, if he's a guard, there's no way he's going to make it. 734 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:59,640 And it's just going to set up for a really interesting offseason. 735 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:01,880 If it couldn't get more spicy, 736 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:06,920 what all the other things that I think might be going on this offseason? 737 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:15,600 But for the teams out there, you know, I'm saying, like. 738 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,760 Is this the next guy? 739 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:21,400 Is this the guy that makes pull the trigger on? 740 00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,960 Nor New York City, where you at? 741 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,520 Where you at, New York? 742 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:30,160 Is this the guy that you pull the trigger on? 743 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,920 6667 combo wing. 744 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:42,000 We know that Cleveland doesn't have the money to get them. 745 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,920 Does he go home to Atlanta? 746 00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:47,200 What's that look like? 747 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:53,720 I know one thing he's not going to be putting up with any BS from Trey Young. 748 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:57,840 I'll tell you that they would have to work some out. 749 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:01,920 If the word something out on that. 750 00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:07,760 Be interested to see where Jalen Brown ends up, you know, 751 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:12,400 if for some reason he doesn't make it all in the 18, I'm really 752 00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:15,440 excited to see what happens in the offseason. 753 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,600 But Boston fans, how do you feel about your guy? 754 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,000 How do you feel about this rule? 755 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:26,440 Does the new collective bargaining agreement kind of. 756 00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,600 Fix this little court that's in the. 757 00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:33,960 In the bylaws. 758 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:38,560 Because that's another thing that could save the Celtics if for some reason, 759 00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:43,360 the CBA kind of fix this so they can sign their own guy. 760 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,440 It's all going to be very, very interesting. 761 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:52,360 So with that being said, we're going to get up out of here because this game's 762 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,640 for us to watch, we will be back Monday. 763 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,920 Hopefully Internet stays open. 764 00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,040 We're going to be back on the same day. 765 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:04,760 We will be back Monday, hopefully Internet stays up. 766 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:09,200 And I believe also on that situation, you can. 767 00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,360 You can put in 10 that Nico Miotello, 768 00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:18,440 the Canadian bomber, the Canadian shaman, the Canadian Bill Simmons. 769 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,400 And for this podcast, the Canadians, 770 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:25,120 that will be attendance on Monday. 771 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:29,680 So for myself and Nico, we wish you a good weekend. 772 00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:32,360 And we'll see you back on this feed on Monday. 773 00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:39,320 And I hope that this Hoops Talk solo mission was good for you again. 774 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:43,320 Please download us, please subscribe to us. 775 00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:47,560 Please tell a friend to listen to us. 776 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:51,200 I hope this has been, you know. 777 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,760 Kind of a journey for you guys, as it's been for me, 778 00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,880 if you listen to any of the pods over the last couple of weeks, 779 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:01,520 you know that my mother has been in the hospital. 780 00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:03,960 She has returned home. 781 00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:09,040 We are going to have. 782 00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:11,720 Some sort of. 783 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:15,200 Nurse come into the home to have her 784 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:19,920 checked out, probably a couple of times a week, we'll be looking in on that. 785 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:22,680 Possibly Tuesday, that's what it looks like. 786 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,720 That's the earliest we can get. 787 00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:30,440 But I want to thank everybody who sent their will, well, which is in the text, 788 00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:37,760 things of that nature, it's meant a lot if you DM me and things that if you DM me, 789 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:39,120 I really appreciate it. 790 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,040 Thank you for your your thoughts and your concerns. 791 00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:45,440 And for all the people who have checked in on my mom, 792 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:50,160 I just want to let you guys know, rest assured she is all resting comfortably. 793 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,400 And we are taking it day by day. 794 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,400 So with that being said, we can go ahead and sign off now. 795 00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,240 But I want to hit you with that little good news before I did. 796 00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,920 And we'll be back on this feed on Monday. 797 00:58:02,120 --> 00:58:04,880 So again, you guys have a great weekend. 798 00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:07,280 Enjoy the Elite eight. 799 00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:15,720 Enjoy the the the last games of the regular season in the NBA calendar, 800 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:20,960 because I'm going to tell you right now, if you have not had not kind of capped 801 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,600 in yet, you're waiting for the playoffs. 802 00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,800 Don't wait for the playoffs because the playoffs are here now. 803 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,240 You're seeing playoff basketball right now. 804 00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:32,440 The intensity level is at an all time high. 805 00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:34,760 Some of these dudes don't like the other dudes. 806 00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:39,560 You can tell it's getting testy and you can tell like these teams are starting 807 00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:43,440 to see some desperation and they're getting after it. 808 00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:48,880 So do not wait until the plan or playoff basketball. 809 00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:50,600 Get in on it now. 810 00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:53,600 Start checking out these storylines that are going on. 811 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,920 Who's going to win the MVP race? 812 00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:57,200 Is it going to be Jokic? 813 00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:00,320 Is it going to be Janice? Is it going to be indeed? 814 00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:04,360 Who's going to be who's going to win the defensive player a year? 815 00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:06,360 Is it going to be Jaren Jackson Jr.? 816 00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:07,600 Shout out to Memphis. 817 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:09,160 Shout out to job, Morant. 818 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:14,000 And by the way, shout out to John Morant. 819 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,880 And I say that with a lot of reverence, 820 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,680 but I hope I hope this young man has found himself. 821 00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:25,680 I hope that there is a clarity to his thinking now. 822 00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,280 I hope that the redemption story is real. 823 00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:33,960 I hope that we look back on this and we just go. 824 00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:38,160 We chalk it up to youthful. 825 00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:40,440 Behavior. 826 00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:43,280 Without a lot of discernment. 827 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:45,840 I hope that's what we chalk this up to. 828 00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:49,720 I hope that we are not talking about this again in six or seven months. 829 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:56,560 I hope that John can stay out of the news for derogatory reasons. 830 00:59:56,760 --> 01:00:02,600 I hope that he can just be him, be the electrifying player that he is. 831 01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:04,800 And also 832 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:09,040 the kid that came out of Murray State, I don't think he's too far gone. 833 01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:14,080 And I just I'm I'm hoping for that city. 834 01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:20,440 You know, because, you know, they don't get a bunch of free agents that go to Memphis. 835 01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:21,440 They just don't. 836 01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:26,920 And when you have a guy that is literally lurking 837 01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:33,880 as one of the few difference makers in this league, because. 838 01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:37,120 Albeit I respect Nico in his opinion, 839 01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:40,720 I do not believe there are 15, 16 guys that move the needle. 840 01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:45,440 Like if they change the franchise, if they change from one franchise to another, 841 01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:51,080 it automatically makes them, you know, a conference. 842 01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:58,400 Finalist believe that there's a handful of guys, but I do believe that John Moran 843 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,480 is on the outskirts looking in. 844 01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:07,920 He's making a beeline for one of those spots. 845 01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,200 So my hope is that. 846 01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:12,000 There were. 847 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:19,960 Some talks, there were good, strong discussions about what he needs to do. 848 01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:26,080 I hope he did go to counseling, get some counseling for whatever LL. 849 01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:31,480 And I hope that we just see job for the next 10 to 12 years doing what he does, 850 01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,040 doing what he loves and entertaining us. 851 01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:37,320 So sorry, we I'm sorry. 852 01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:40,200 I had to get that in before we got off the air. 853 01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:43,120 But again, I thank everybody for listening. 854 01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:47,800 And again, tell a friend, tell a male person, tell gas attendant, 855 01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,880 tell cousins you haven't talked to in five years. 856 01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:54,480 And also, again, 857 01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:57,880 I think we talked about this last time. 858 01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:00,080 If you haven't. 859 01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:01,600 Like. 860 01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:05,120 Talk to one of your main people in a while, 861 01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:08,440 you know, one of your inner circle. 862 01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:12,080 Shoot that person a phone call and just say, hey, I'm thinking about you. 863 01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:13,560 You never know. 864 01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:18,040 You never know when your time gets called. 865 01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:20,160 You just do not know. 866 01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:23,200 And this is more for. 867 01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:29,400 You know, everybody who's lost somebody, you know, 868 01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:32,120 I lost my sister. 869 01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:36,160 Well, wow, what is the five years now? 870 01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:42,160 Yeah, January 3rd, 2018, I lost my sister. 871 01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:47,200 And her birthday actually just passed a couple of days ago on the 22nd. 872 01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:49,480 And, you know, 873 01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:54,440 we're thinking about her from time to time and 874 01:02:54,640 --> 01:02:58,800 we said that things could have worked out differently for her. 875 01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:04,120 But, yeah, if you have a person that you haven't spoken to in a minute and you 876 01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,200 always say, hey, you know what, I need to give him or her a call. 877 01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:10,480 Go ahead and do so. Break that phone call off now. 878 01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:12,520 Or if you're in the if you have the 879 01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:15,920 capability of seeing that person, you know, they don't live too far away or 880 01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:20,280 whatever, you know, jumping your car, they'll see that person, have a chat, 881 01:03:20,480 --> 01:03:22,760 you know, love, know that you care. 882 01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:25,880 So with that being said, we're going to sign off again. 883 01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:27,320 My name is Vince Carter. 884 01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:30,800 And for Nico Miotelo, we'll see you on the seat on Monday. 885 01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,280 And you guys have a great rest of your weekend. 886 01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:57,600 And I am out.