1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,400 Welcome everyone, welcome everybody from wherever you joining us from. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:12,400 Welcome to a very special episode of all things basketball. 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:14,760 And I know you're wondering. 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:17,040 Who's this? 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,240 Yes, I'm not GD, your regular host, but today is a very special episode. 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,960 And we are at episode number 200. 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,960 Oh, I should have brought my drums or the horn. 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,120 I'm not used to being at 200 yet. 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:36,600 So walk with me. 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,680 So we got we got acting champagne right here. 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,400 So it's called acting champagne. 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,360 So yeah, drinks up drinks up to that. 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,160 So yeah, we got some people on, let's just say, all things time. 14 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:52,880 So they'll be here too. 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,480 But yeah, you know who you are. 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:04,640 And so I am the intro host, Raphael Harry, and I'm the host of White Label American 17 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,280 podcast for those who do not know. 18 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:14,320 And I'm honored to be the person introducing our esteemed host of all 19 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:15,800 things basketball. 20 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,600 And I just want to say congratulations to my brother and say how proud I am of 21 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:29,360 you getting this far. And when you get to 400 episodes, I'll be here again to 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,520 announce and do the intro and hand over the mic to you. 23 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,120 And then you introduce our other guests on the podcast on them. 24 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:42,680 When our extra guests who are on all teams time. 25 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,840 We will, yeah, I guess I might jump in again and introduce them. 26 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,400 You know, but they'll be here. 27 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,280 They'll be here. 28 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,000 And if they're flying, they're flying on a special flight, maybe it's not 29 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,880 Spirit Airlines, they're not sponsoring this podcast. 30 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,680 So that's Ocho's airline. 31 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:02,040 Okay. 32 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:02,480 Yeah, yeah. 33 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,520 He got the sponsor. 34 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:04,360 Well, he got money. 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:10,360 We will accept gold coins, gold bars, you know, we will take silver too. 36 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,040 But yeah, congratulations again. 37 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,760 And let's jump into it. 38 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,040 Congratulations, my brother. 39 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,240 So I hand over the mic to our official and esteemed host. 40 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Thank you, my brother. 41 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,240 And welcome, my peeps. 42 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,680 This is episode 200 for the All Things Basketball with GD Podcast. 43 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,800 I'm here in studio. 44 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,600 Shout out to Rafael Harry for allowing me to be here. 45 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,400 Definitely appreciate that, brother. 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:46,600 So, and also I got my buddy of, I don't even want to count the years, 47 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,400 but it's been over 40 years I've been running with this cat right here. 48 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:54,160 And that's my, and you hear me talk about him on the show all the time. 49 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,000 My boy D is here. 50 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,800 So thank you for having me. 51 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,000 Congratulations. 52 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,600 Thank you. 53 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,200 Thank you. 54 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:01,800 Thank you. 55 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,000 I appreciate that. 56 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:08,000 Anytime you hear me talk about me and my boy D was talking about this. 57 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,200 That's the person. 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,600 So yeah. 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:11,600 Yeah. 60 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,800 So let's get right into it. 61 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,200 Let's not delay. 62 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,200 Let's start with. 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,000 Oh, we'll do college basketball first. 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Here's a rundown. 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,000 We'll we'll recap the men's and the women's finals. 66 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,400 We'll recap that. 67 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,800 And then from there, I got a few more comments in terms of Caitlyn Clark. 68 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,000 I'll touch that. 69 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,600 I'll do the NBA draft right quick and then we'll talk about the NBA playoff 70 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,200 scenarios. 71 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,800 So that's the way it'll go down for today. 72 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,000 So let's get right into it. 73 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,800 You con on Monday. 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:56,000 They beat Purdue 75 to 60 and in doing that coach Dan Hurley in the Huskies. 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,200 Back to back championships. 76 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,000 The first time that has happened since 2006, 2007. 77 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,600 And that was done by the Florida Gators coach by Billy Donovan. 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Remember that team with Jo Kim Noah and those guys. 79 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:20,000 So it's it's, you know, it's we come up on that and they're the eighth school 80 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 to have back to back championships. 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,000 And oh, by the way, you con is six and no when it comes to final games. 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 So pretty impressive stuff. 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 So you don't want to face your coming in the final. 84 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 You don't want to. 85 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 That's automatic L. 86 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Definitely. 87 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:49,000 So in, in far as far as you con Tristan Newton, he had 20 points, seven assists, 88 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:56,000 five rebounds, Stefan Castle, 15 points, five rebounds, three assists. 89 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,000 And they're center and he has an interesting story guys when he wears his number 32, 90 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:08,000 it's an honor of his mom who played at his mom, Stacey, who played at Maine. 91 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:13,000 And they made the the NCAA tournament three times back in the day. 92 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:18,000 So definitely shout out to him for giving honor to his mom. 93 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,000 In that game, he had 11 points and five rebounds and their star player, 94 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Cam Spencer with 11 points and eight rebounds for Purdue. 95 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Of course, you have to talk about Zach Eadie 37 points for him. 96 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 10 rebounds in two blocks. 97 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:44,000 And when you talk about Zach Eadie, you know, a lot of people are talking about the draft 98 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,000 coming up and where he'll be picked and so forth. 99 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:55,000 And if this was the 80 in the 90s, I would say he would definitely be amongst the top three picks. 100 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 But this is a different NBA now. 101 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,000 They want the big men to be able to go out and shoot the three and he just doesn't have that. 102 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:08,000 And I don't know his game reminds me of when I was watching. 103 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Remember Brian Reeves for the Vancouver. 104 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Oh, you're talking about the legendary big country. 105 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Big country. 106 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Yes. 107 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:22,000 That's who his game reminds me of, you know, not nimble a foot, but effective. 108 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 And that's who he reminds me of. 109 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Oh, big country. 110 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 I used to give Shaq a problem. 111 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Shaq the business. 112 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,000 And anytime you hear Shaq talk about the tough sentence he faced, he'll mention Brian. 113 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Brian Reeves. 114 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 So he's kind of a throwback. 115 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Yeah. 116 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Then we see big country play at the garden. 117 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Yeah, we did see big country play at the garden. 118 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Sure, we did. 119 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Yeah, sure. 120 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 We did. 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Yeah. 122 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 He was actually big country. 123 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 He was. 124 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 He definitely was. 125 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 So that's who he reminds me of. 126 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:58,000 And in this draft, I don't even know who's amongst the lottery picks as far as that 127 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,000 goes, but Zach Edie, I guess it'll be a lottery pick. 128 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 I don't even know. 129 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 So we'll see what happens with him. 130 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,000 And then another question I have, what's up with him not being able to get this NIL 131 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 money because he's Canadian. 132 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I think it's a gotta fix that. 133 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 It's only for American born players. 134 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 But really? 135 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Yeah. 136 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Yep. 137 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 I wasn't aware of that. 138 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Yeah. 139 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 I think he could get some money off the Jersey's sales. 140 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Yeah, that's when he made he make Jersey sales. 141 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,000 But beyond that, he doesn't get anything else like no sponsorships or anything like that. 142 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I learned something new. 143 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Yes. 144 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 And yeah, they got to fix that. 145 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 But yeah. 146 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,000 So Zach Edie, their star player there, balled out. 147 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Although some people say it was a quiet 37 points. 148 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 I don't know how you score 37 points quietly, but that's another story. 149 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:57,000 And then Brayton Smith, 12 points, eight assists, three rebounds, two steals. 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 So it was a good game. 151 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,000 But with Yukon with them, you know, they'll let them hang. 152 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,000 You'll they'll let a team hang with them. 153 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 And then once they go on those runs, forget about his game over. 154 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 And that's the way it shook out. 155 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,000 So shout out to Yukon Huskies for getting it done. 156 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Dan Hurley once again, doing his thing over there. 157 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,000 I think he's got this whole thing figured out as far as how to manage the transfer 158 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 portal and all the NIL stuff. 159 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I think he's really at the top of his game and when it comes to that. 160 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:36,000 So and then they were trying to get him to commit to saying. 161 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Should he consider Kentucky? 162 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 He said, Hey, I asked my wife. 163 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 So smart man, smart man from Jersey City. 164 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 He knows happy wife. 165 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Happy wife. 166 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 That's right. 167 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 He's not going over there. 168 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 He's the king. 169 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 He's the king of Connecticut. 170 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 So he's good to go. 171 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 So so basically that ties a bull on that. 172 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,000 And then Purdue being in the finals. 173 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 It was their first time since 1969. 174 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I was actually alive. 175 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Not to tell my age or anything. 176 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 I was alive for it. 177 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Just put it that way. 178 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:18,000 And that's when they faced the mighty UCLA with John Wooden and of course 179 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Louis Alcindor and that crew. 180 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 So shout out to Purdue for making it that far. 181 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 So all right, so we'll just tie a bow on that. 182 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 So that's the men's. 183 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Let's talk about the women. 184 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 The women was played Sunday afternoon. 185 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:39,000 And it was kind of what the NTA was hoping for. 186 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 South Carolina versus Iowa. 187 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Iowa Hawkeyes, of course, with Caitlin Clark. 188 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 I'll talk about her in a minute. 189 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 So we have the game there. 190 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I watched that as well as I watched the men. 191 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 And it was a good game. 192 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,000 It was competitive up until about the first quarter or so. 193 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:06,000 And the thing was Caitlin Clark after one quarter, 18 points. 194 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,000 So it was, it was like, you know what, I got to do something different here. 195 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:15,000 And Raven Johnson raised the hand and said, let me take the assignment. 196 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,000 And after that, it was kind of lights out for Caitlin after that. 197 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Yeah. Didn't she just finish with 12 points? 198 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Yeah. 12 points on five or 20 shooting. 199 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 That's defense when championships. 200 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,000 And that's a saying that the late Pat Summons always said, 201 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:38,000 offense gets you the people, but defense wins you the championships. 202 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:46,000 So, so South Carolina prevails 87 to 75. 203 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 They are the 10th team to go undefeated. 204 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:57,000 And the last one was Yukon Huskies, the Lady Huskies back in 2015 and 16. 205 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:02,000 That was a team led by, of course, Stewie Brianna Stewart. 206 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,000 She was actually that was actually her second time going undefeated along with Mariah. 207 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Jefferson was on that team. 208 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Morgan Tuck, a freshman named Nafisha Collier, who's balling out in the WMA. 209 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 So you had that crew there. 210 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,000 But Dawn Staley, three time champion. 211 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,000 She reaches the likes of the late Pat Summons. 212 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Of course, she has eight. 213 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Gino Ariama with 11 and then Kim Mulkey. 214 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Last year she got her fourth leading LSU to that championship. 215 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:45,000 And in that game, and Dawn Staley knows how to spread the wealth there. 216 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Nine players played 14 minutes or more for her. 217 00:11:50,000 --> 00:12:04,000 And that's kind of how you have to do it, you know, you have to have a deep bench because remember, you play the like the one game one day and then two days later, you got to come back. 218 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 So that's puts a lot of pressure on your starting five. 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 So you have to have a bench, guys. 220 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 But Dawn Staley had a bench like that all year. 221 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 And she that's the word. 222 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 That's one thing she recruits. 223 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Yes, tells people you're not going to get 35 minutes here. 224 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,000 You're not going to be the you you probably not going to be the superstar. 225 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 But we have a system here. 226 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 You're going to play. 227 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Yes, you're going to play and you're going to play defense. 228 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Yes. 229 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 And players want to come into that situation. 230 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:44,000 A player like Tiana Pao Pao, she came from Oregon and over to South Carolina and she was willing to sacrifice her game and plus they needed the outside shooting anyway. 231 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 And she was glad to do it. 232 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:56,000 So when you have players that buy in and also to she plays her freshman and I think that's what hurt Kim Mulkey. 233 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 She didn't play her freshman. 234 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,000 In fact, you got one of them going into the transfer portal now. 235 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Janaye Kent. 236 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:10,000 But yeah, you have to play these freshmen and then sometimes on the big stage, you never know. 237 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 And look at what Tesla Johnson did. 238 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:24,000 19 points on seven of one say was seven of 11 shooting and she was pretty good from three, very good from three and four rebounds. 239 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:32,000 And of course, their anchor Camilla Cardoza 15 points for her 17 rebounds three blocks. 240 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 She's going to be something else on the next level. 241 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,000 I'll talk about her when I talk about WNBA draft. 242 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:44,000 And then Raven Johnson, she only had the three points. Everybody will say, oh, she shot one of 11. 243 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 She did the most important thing that Dawn Staley could have wanted. 244 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:54,000 She put the clamps on Caitlyn Clark and that's all you can ask of her. 245 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 She added a redemption tour after last year. 246 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:02,000 After last year, she was basically embarrassed because Caitlyn turned the back on and said, tell her to shoot. 247 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 She didn't wave. 248 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Yes, she waved at us. 249 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 And Raven stepped up and was one of the true leaders of South Carolina. 250 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Yes, she did the three points, five rebounds, four steals, one in which she ripped Caitlyn Clark twice and then two blocks as well. 251 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,000 So she definitely did her thing in that regard. 252 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:32,000 And then on the Iowa side, we talked about Caitlyn Clark 30 points, 10 of 28 shooting. 253 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:41,000 And then, of course, I mentioned the five or 20 that she had from the second quarter on because of the tough defense that Raven Johnson played. 254 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:55,000 And then also Kate Martin, 16 points, five rebounds and Hannah Stokey, who had a monster game in the final four, only 11 points, three rebounds and two block shots. 255 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:01,000 And as I begin to talk about Caitlyn Clark, we have a guest up in here. 256 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:08,000 All right, we have the person who was on all time time. 257 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,000 He had to jump through a parachute. 258 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 The ladies of time. 259 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 You know, parachute landed right on top of the studio. 260 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Yeah, it's all good. 261 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 New York trains are, you know, they messed up right now. 262 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Yeah, I was on the phone with Eric Adams, like, let my boy in. 263 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Yo, no two trains going to Manhattan at all. 264 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Like, it's I had to take the Metro North over here and then take the portrait. 265 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Wow. 266 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Okay, we hear. 267 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Yes, yes. 268 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 For you. 269 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Let me introduce you in tied a pod guy. 270 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:46,000 He's part of my network black podcast association. 271 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 He has a podcast where he covers sports and wrestling. 272 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I did. 273 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 I did. 274 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 We pause it for a minute. 275 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Just get the rebranding on on foot. 276 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 But I'm not gonna lie. 277 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I do, mister. 278 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,000 I do miss covering the sports topics on a regular basis. 279 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I think just pausing it for a minute and still being in the. 280 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,000 I think more now being, you know, more into the news and to the narratives and everything. 281 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,000 I'm like, oh, I really I'm itching to bring it back. 282 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:28,000 So I'm looking at how I can do it in a very simple way, not putting too much on myself, 283 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 but I do. 284 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 I do, mister, the sports show. 285 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Okay. 286 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Okay. 287 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Glad to have you aboard. 288 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Glad to have you aboard. 289 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:42,000 And we was just talking about South Carolina beating Iowa on Sunday in the ladies finals. 290 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,000 And actually, I want to get to a topic now. 291 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,000 What is the fine line between critique and straight hating? 292 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,000 And I don't know if you guys heard Diana Terase. 293 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:01,000 She made comments to Scott fan Pelt and she was talking about, and this is the thing that 294 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,000 a lot of people they like to run run away with. 295 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 She was talking about all of the rookies, not just Caitlyn Clark. 296 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,000 She was talking about all of the rookies, how they're going to have this reality check that 297 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,000 coming into the league with grown ladies, you know, got mortgages. 298 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Some of them have kids, so, you know, you're going to be facing these ladies here who's 299 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 not going to just give up their spot. 300 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:33,000 So with that said, what is the fine line between critique and straight hating? 301 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I'm at a loss because and I was listening to a night cat with Shannon Sharp and Ocho 302 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Cinco Chad Johnson. 303 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:51,000 And they were talking about like somebody of Terase's caliber, you know, her resume, 304 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,000 she should be able to give honest critique. 305 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Absolutely. 306 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 You know, that's the way I see it. 307 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 But a lot of people call it hate. 308 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Oh, you know, they're not making enough money. 309 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Caitlyn's drawing all this crowd. 310 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Why not just welcome her in? 311 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 And I don't know if you guys remember, remember when LeBron came into the league? 312 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 That was going to be my example. 313 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 His own team face was hating on him. 314 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 So what are we doing here? 315 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 What's the coach hating on him to? 316 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Yes. 317 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Poor Dallas. 318 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 God rest his soul. 319 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 But he was hating on him. 320 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 He was hating on him. 321 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 He was giving them a hard time. 322 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,000 And even today, Victor Wimba Yama, when he was coming to the league, they were hating 323 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 on him. 324 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 So what are we even talking about here? 325 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 I was hating on him. 326 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,000 That was like a tall Frenchman. 327 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Like I'm supposed to be intimidated by him. 328 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Like, who did you play? 329 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Yeah, but the boy got skilled. 330 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 He got skills. 331 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 He proved he had skills. 332 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,000 I mean, it even goes beyond basketball. 333 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:02,000 I think in every sport, you see when there's a young prodigy that pops up on the scene 334 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,000 and they're coming into the professional league, veterans aren't just like, you know, 335 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:13,000 veterans aren't just supposed to, you know, there's a difference between veterans welcoming 336 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:19,000 them in and veterans are telling you, hey, we're going to still treat you like a pro. 337 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 You're coming to face the pros. 338 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000 We're going to welcome you as a pro now. 339 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,000 And it's going to be different from you dominating kids. 340 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:33,000 And some will use welcoming language. 341 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Some will use it's going to get real now. 342 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Yeah, right. 343 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 No, yeah. 344 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Some, the way they say it's going to get real is a language of I got bills to pay. 345 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,000 So I ain't looking at you like you're 16 or you're 17 or 18. 346 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,000 I got bills to pay. 347 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 So I'm going to take you down. 348 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 If I have to take you down. 349 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Yeah. 350 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 So I'm going to say, I don't give a damn about you. 351 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 So I'm going to be, I don't care if you're on my team. 352 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 We're going to fight for a spot. 353 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:04,000 I guess it's this age of social media. 354 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Yes, that's some just feel like everything is eating. 355 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 What's wrong with that me? 356 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 So you hate me. 357 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Not everything is hate. 358 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Yes. 359 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Some people just talk in for a better way of lack of a better way of saying it is just 360 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 real. 361 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Yeah. 362 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 That's it. 363 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 No filter to the way of talking. 364 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 I rather take that. 365 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Then somebody coming in and give you a hug and then you hate you stabbing me in the back. 366 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Which you prefer. 367 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 So we, you know, I'm a big soccer fan. 368 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 We had Freddie. 369 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I do how many years ago he was supposed to be America's biggest star at 16 got the largest 370 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 contract. 371 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 American player ever had at one at that point in time. 372 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 That guy never matured to anything. 373 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,000 And many people, I think it was that on history praise. 374 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 He was lifted above everybody. 375 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,000 And I bet you if you go back and look a lot of his teammates hated him. 376 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Main put didn't want him to excel, but everybody was just trying to bruise that he's going to 377 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 be the next big thing. 378 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000 And as soon as he stepped to Europe, I was like, what the hell is this? 379 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,000 You don't respect Americans in Europe. 380 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,000 You have the Africans who have to walk 10 times harder. 381 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,000 They're going to look at you like, uh, you know what I have to do to get here. 382 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 And then you just came from America. 383 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 You're a big green page, more than me. 384 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 I will kick you once I see you. 385 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 And he never made it. 386 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Yeah. 387 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Never made it. 388 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 And he was so sad to see. 389 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:37,000 But now I think many people learn from that and you see more Americans doing better. 390 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 But he's now a story nobody talks about. 391 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 It's like a failure. 392 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 So you see it in different spots and. 393 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 In sports. 394 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Caitlyn, I'm a fan of Caitlyn because she's good for the women's basketball. 395 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,000 To be honest, but I've seen the girl she takes on the challenges. 396 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:58,000 She's doing it, but as she wins or loses, she's dropping buckets and I'm like, you know what? 397 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 This is good actually because now I'm paying attention. 398 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Right. 399 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 So we need more like this. 400 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 And I think now I'm going to be flowing the BNBA. 401 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Yes. 402 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Yeah. 403 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 We'll be at the draft come Monday. 404 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Oh yeah. 405 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 Yeah. 406 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 So, but yeah. 407 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,000 So I just think there's an indoctrination that has to happen with the rookies. 408 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 And it's just a natural process. 409 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:25,000 So for everybody's just talking about, hey, calm down, calm down. 410 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 All right. 411 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:36,000 So with that, we'll just leave that right there and talk briefly about the WNBA draft coming up, which is on Monday. 412 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,000 And we'll talk about the first five picks. 413 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Of course, Indiana will be first and they'll take Caitlyn Clark, obviously so. 414 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:50,000 So it'll be a nice dynamic there with her and Aliyah Boston there, a nice inside-outside game. 415 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 So that'll be nice. 416 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Number two, the LA Sparks. 417 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000 I think they're going to throw a curveball here. 418 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 And this is who I think they should take. 419 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Rikkiah Jackson from Tennessee. 420 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,000 She's a player with a complete offense. 421 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 She can play both ways. 422 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 I think that would be the pick. 423 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,000 This way you kind of lay back and see, I know everybody says Cameron Brink, 424 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,000 but I think even Chicago will bypass Cameron Brink. 425 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Overrated. 426 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Yeah. 427 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 They'll take. 428 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 She's overrated. 429 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I saw about five games to Stanford this year and she's like, okay, what makes her so great? 430 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 What makes her top five? 431 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Yeah, because I went out, I saw the game at NCAA. 432 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:39,000 I'm just like, okay, she's not the best player on this team, but she's the All-American. 433 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,000 And I saw in other games in the early in the season, she played better, 434 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 but this is the biggest stage. 435 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 You got to step up. 436 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Right. 437 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:51,000 And she did not step up because I was telling him, I was like, yo, she's overrated. 438 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Yeah. 439 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,000 So that's why I say take Rikkiah Jackson this way you have, because remember, 440 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 you're now don't have Necker-Womacky. 441 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 So that was a player that who could ball. 442 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Right. 443 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 You know, she could put up the points from the post position. 444 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,000 So you need somebody to come in and step in like that. 445 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 So I say take Rikkiah Jackson this way, Chicago. 446 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Again, I don't think Chicago's taking Cameron Brink. 447 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,000 I think their eyes are on Carmilla Cardoza and rightfully so. 448 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,000 And this way the Sparks come back. 449 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Okay, we'll take, we'll take Cameron Brink. 450 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 She's the, you know, California girl. 451 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 We'll take her. 452 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,000 I hear some people saying that they'll take Cameron Brink and Angel Reese. 453 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,000 I don't know about that. 454 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,000 But I think that's pie in the sky. 455 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 You said Chicago was? 456 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 No, the LA Sparks. 457 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:43,000 That has been talked about when it comes to Angel Reese and the Sparks now. 458 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Yeah. 459 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Yeah. 460 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 It has been talked about because, you know, she, she should be in a big market. 461 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 But I tell you where I think she's going to go. 462 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 I think she's going to go back home. 463 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Washington Mystics at six. 464 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 I wouldn't be mad at that. 465 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Washington Mystics at six. 466 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 That would be a great, I wouldn't, that. 467 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 I would not be mad at that. 468 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Yeah. 469 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 I think that's the spot. 470 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:10,000 I think, I think Washington is kind of playing it down to see what happens. 471 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:16,000 But I think their eyes are on Angel Reese because you got to bring people into that stadium. 472 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Yeah. 473 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Remember Alina's Galladon, she's going to sit out this year. 474 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 So you're going to need some star power. 475 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 So she would be perfect. 476 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Her and Shakira Austin, I think that'd be a nice front court over there. 477 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 So that's my theory there. 478 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 There'll be people in the seats. 479 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 You got to get people in the seats. 480 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,000 You do. 481 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:42,000 And then I'll skip down to New York Liberty because that's a team I root for and care about. 482 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 I think they'll throw a curveball here. 483 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:52,000 I think they should go with Elizabeth Keatley for the Vytec, Virginia Tech. 484 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,000 She's going to be out for the year, but she's a 22 and eight girl. 485 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 She puts up 22 points, eight rebounds. 486 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000 You don't need her because you already got Breanna Stewart. 487 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 You already got John Quo Jones. 488 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:10,000 So you let her sit out the year, rehab, and then you bring her back the following year. 489 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 That's the way I would do it. 490 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 But hey, who am I to say? 491 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:21,000 So you were just saying that you just rehab the player for the year and make sure she's ready for next year. 492 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Yes. 493 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 And that young lady can ball. 494 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,000 She definitely can ball. 495 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Yeah, 22 and eight is a walking bucket. 496 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,000 Yeah, she definitely can ball. 497 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Right, right, right. 498 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:36,000 And because everybody's saying she probably won't go first round, but I think the Liberty are, they're loaded. 499 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000 So they can afford to have a player sit out for the year. 500 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 So why not be one of the best players in the country? 501 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 You know, yes. 502 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Championship ready, Lord. 503 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Oh, yeah. 504 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000 Yeah. 505 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:52,000 And then my like kind of sleeper pick for them is Nika Mall for Yukon. 506 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Yukon, yeah. 507 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 The one who initially shut down K-Ridgall. 508 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Yeah. 509 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Yeah. 510 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Yeah. 511 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 That's like my sleeper pick for them. 512 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,000 But maybe, hey, she might be there in the second round. 513 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:08,000 We'll see because their guards, the guards got killed by the aces in that finals. 514 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Oh, you talking about the old lady game? 515 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Yes. 516 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Well, Sabrina's not old, but she just for defense isn't there. 517 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,000 No. 518 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Sabrina is she couldn't play with those two ladies. 519 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,000 She could not play. 520 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000 She could not guard them. 521 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:30,000 And when you talk about plum, when you talk about plum, you talk about Chelsea Gray. 522 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,000 The old lady game. 523 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Is Candice Parker coming back this year? 524 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Yes. 525 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 She says she's home in Mac. 526 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Oh no. 527 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,000 I'm sorry, not Oh No. 528 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000 I love KP. 529 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000 I love CP man. 530 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:46,000 I hope it's her last. 531 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,000 I hope it's her last too. 532 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,000 I really do. 533 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 I don't want to see no more serious injuries. 534 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Yeah. 535 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:57,280 like that. She is a phenomenal talent has been. Oh yeah. I've been following her since 536 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:03,120 her days with Tennessee. Yeah. She she she's a walking bucket. Yes. Still a walking. I 537 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:07,680 just don't want her to get injured too. You know, I know, I know. That's that's just my 538 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,920 fear. I know. So that's that's it. Love you CP. Yep. So we'll see what happens with the 539 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:19,160 draft. So let's leave that right there. Let's talk NBA playoff scenario right quick while 540 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:28,240 we have some time left. And right now, here's what we know. Boston's the number one overall. 541 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:39,000 We know that. Yes. But they can play one of 17s. Eva Cleveland, Orlando, Indiana, Philly, 542 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,520 Miami, Chicago, Atlanta. So we don't even know who they're gonna put it like that. 543 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:53,480 Well, yeah, right. Right. Well, you put it like that. But nobody wants to face Boston. 544 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:59,720 Yeah, that's the thing. They just set a record of being the first team. I agree without free 545 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,080 throws. Yeah. That game of the night. The first one. Yeah. They didn't have a free throw. 546 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:10,160 Wow. Wow. Because they're shooting on those threes. But that's a story for a number. And 547 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:16,000 then we know that Chicago will face Atlanta in that nine, 10 game in the play in. So we 548 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:22,320 know that Chicago's in the play. Chicago's in the play. Yeah. Which actually, I'll talk 549 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:27,720 about that in a minute because that affects my nicks. And then we know for certain in 550 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:34,040 the West that Dallas will play the Clippers in that four or five. The only thing is home 551 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:39,760 court. That's still up for grabs and that can be decided on Sunday tomorrow. If the Clippers 552 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:46,880 get home court, I'm going with the Clippers and seven. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. But it's going 553 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,920 to be a close. It's not going to be a it's not going to be a skate type seven. It's going 554 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:59,200 to be a close down to the wire seven because I can still ball. Yeah. Yeah. That is they 555 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:04,840 figured it out. Yes. And he's like 20 games. These last 20 games, they figure something 556 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:11,640 out and it's in its mission and that's scary. Yeah, that is a scary. That's where I'm coming 557 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,280 from. Two of them playing together. Did y'all see him hit the three with the layup? The 558 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:23,800 layup three? Who is this man? What are we talking about? Oh my God. They're scary. That's 559 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:30,880 scary. That's the key to the whole series is card. Hawaii. Hawaii coming back in place. 560 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:35,680 Yes, sir. Yeah. And that's why I said Clippers and seven because that part is Kawaii comes 561 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:45,720 back. You need Kawaii. You need him. He's in need of glass. I don't do that. Basically, 562 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:52,000 this was the most games you played. Yeah. Right. Since he was with San Antonio. In a 563 00:30:52,000 --> 00:31:02,560 while. Yes. That's true. That's my point. He's not reliable. You can't really bank 564 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:08,920 on him. Well, in the play. Yes. It's still in fact. The person you can't bank on is James 565 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:21,920 Harding. I agree with you. Now, see, after you said that, now my pick is coming like, 566 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:31,400 okay, maybe I should go with the fabric. Because James Harding has not showed. This year, there 567 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:40,680 are too many out of court factors in this playoff. Yes. Between these two teams. But 568 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:46,200 right now, Dallas looks more reliable because Kyrie has stayed focusing on basketball. I'm 569 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,280 saying James Harding. Yeah. I'm sticking out. Was the one that said, okay, wait, because 570 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,080 I got to pause that pick. Yeah. Hold on. But then you think about James Harding to step 571 00:31:54,080 --> 00:32:01,720 his game up since he had issues with Kyrie. See, you got that. Now, I'll see that. Are 572 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:13,240 you working for Vegas? No, but he's making sense though. You didn't get it done in Phil. 573 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:18,760 You couldn't get it done here in Brooklyn. Right. You couldn't get you. You barely got 574 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:23,280 it done in Houston. Yeah. Barely. Even with CP, you all went to the Western Conference 575 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,720 finals. Y'all had a moment where y'all could have took it, literally won it and took it 576 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:33,160 to the finals. You did not do that. You were James Harding in Houston. He was all right 577 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:39,400 here in Brooklyn. Now you're over in Philly. You didn't do. Yeah. Yeah. Show up. You had 578 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:44,920 your mom. Now you're here again in the playoffs. As y'all all said eloquent, he's going to 579 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:50,520 have to show up or there is no more big contracts, my dog. Yeah. There's no more big contracts. 580 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:57,800 Don't ask for no more Super Maxes. Don't ask for no more. I need, you know, 220 mp. Nope. 581 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:02,680 Those are done. If you do not show up, if the Clippers do not go to at least the Western 582 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:10,200 Conference at somewhat your expense, you coming out with 20, 25, something, something to that 583 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,560 nature. Don't ask for no more money. Yeah. Yeah. Don't ask for no more money. Well, it's 584 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:27,240 dry. Let me leave room for my nits who are one game from 50 wins. Who would have thunk 585 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:33,200 that? Hey, man. Nick and Easter Conference finals, bro. Hey, hey, hey. 586 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:38,760 Nick said Easter Conference finals. Hey, hey, hey. I'm ready to jump off that bridge, man. 587 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:45,520 I'm ready to. Jalen Brunson, I have been a believer, but I'm a true believer, brother. 588 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:52,960 I know that. Okay. Yes. But with a win against Chicago, then remember what I just said about 589 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,920 Chicago, they locked up everything so they're good. They can lay back in that last game. 590 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:06,320 So this helps the nicks. So Nick's get that win one o'clock tomorrow and then Milwaukee, 591 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:11,920 who has they have to go to Orlando, Orlando, a very improved team this year. Shout out 592 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:17,400 to Jamal, mostly over there. Where's Orlando seating right now? Right now they are, I 593 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:25,920 want to say fifth. Wow. Shout out to Orlando. Yeah. So right now a lot. See a lot can be 594 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:33,200 had tomorrow, but if Orlando beats Milwaukee right now, remember, no, you're honest because 595 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:39,560 of the past screen. And then, Dane, he just sat out. So who knows if they keep him out 596 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:49,000 of that last game. That is for grass for the next number two spot. So you know, what you're 597 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:55,320 saying is simply terms. Milwaukee is like, Milwaukee will be playing Indiana for the 598 00:34:55,320 --> 00:35:03,320 three and six spot. Yeah. Yeah. I said, okay, and said potentially Nixon, Philly, which 599 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:09,440 is a possibility. Right. Right. Right. Right. But again, all that. 600 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:16,680 Let's say the next even lose. Okay. The lowest they can fall is five right now, which you 601 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:23,160 don't want to do anyway. So, but I like their chances because of that Chicago game. Chicago, 602 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:30,920 nothing to lose. So they can play it. Lucy, goosey. Take a term from my guy, Clyde Frazier. 603 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:39,040 Play it. Lucy, goosey. And next get that win. 50 wins, which I love to see them get 604 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:46,960 50 wins, but get that two spot. That's huge because remember, you avoid Boston until that 605 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:53,480 conference finals. So there's that. But you know, shout out to my next man. They're getting 606 00:35:53,480 --> 00:36:02,640 it done this year. And you know, coach of the year, there's a lot of candidates. Why not 607 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:10,280 Tom Tibberdorf for what he's going through. Randall. I don't disagree, but we got to pump 608 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:18,520 the brakes on it. I know. I got three guys that I got ahead of him. Right. The coach 609 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:25,120 with the Thunder. Yep. They know. Oh, yeah. Chris Finch with Minnesota. And it's the one 610 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:31,720 I just mentioned. Jamal Mosley with Orlando. You have a oh yeah. Oh yeah. You have a better 611 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:36,080 chance to coach the O.K.C. coach. Yeah, I think the O.K.C. coach will probably because 612 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:41,680 I think the whole lineup is everybody's under 27. Yes. He's doing it with strictly young. 613 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:48,920 Well, look at Mosley to his lineup is pretty young. Yeah, but O.K.C. is in a better car. 614 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:53,480 They're in a better conference and then a better spot. I agree. And then on the low 615 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:58,560 Willie Green, what he's doing with the pelicans is flying under the radar. Because Zion's 616 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:05,240 been so far. How long have we been asking him? Come on now, y'all. How long we been 617 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:11,320 asking my man to do that? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So just take a few. I know. No, I know. 618 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:20,280 He's been healthy. He seemed like he's watching. I know they're feeding you well. Let's not 619 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:28,360 pull a Steven A. Fat Chain. Yeah. Yeah. I love me some Zion as a as a as a. Name is 620 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:32,520 called his parents named him Zion. And then you put him in New Orleans. Yeah, y'all set 621 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:38,200 him up. Come on. Y'all set him up as a former big boy and still big boy of heart. I understand 622 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,960 you don't set me up a failure like that. You set me up to win. That's right. You got to 623 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,920 set me up to win. That's right. It took a minute. Now you're gonna set me up to win. 624 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:53,360 You guys need representation. Oh man. That's all for D.I. Eatin' town. Yeah. Got every 625 00:37:53,360 --> 00:38:01,400 town. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The only solution is to take that team out of New Orleans and 626 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:09,640 put it somewhere else. But honestly, the pelicans to me could be a sleeper. They could be a 627 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,280 sneaker. You know, like you said, nobody's really, you know, talking about them. They 628 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:19,760 fly under the radar right now. Yes. And they make the playoffs. They will be a team that 629 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:26,800 you got to just kind of raise your rock eyebrow to like you. For sure. And then of course, 630 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:31,960 Willie Green, man, he's getting it done. He's getting it done with what he has. So you got 631 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,840 to give them credit over there. But the man can coach the man can coach and that's that's 632 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:45,680 the bottom line there. Quickly before we wrap up. And think about this. Phoenix, Golden 633 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:52,080 State and the Lakers. One of those three teams might not even make the playoffs. God damn. 634 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:58,360 Oh my God. I'll do that to my King James. He might not. He might not. And let's just 635 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:07,440 keep this a being. If there was no play in tournament even discuss. Yes. Like come on 636 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:15,000 now. Yeah, we have the. Come on. Talk about it. They would be a factor. No, none of these 637 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:20,280 nine or 10 teams will be a factor until the playing happened. Yeah. So if we think about 638 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:25,720 it from, I guess you can say a quote unquote old school basketball perspective, and it's 639 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:34,360 not even old school. We just we just came into the playing not even two years ago. 640 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:39,440 The top eight teams. Yeah. Period point blank. Top eight teams. Yes. Nine and 10. Go home, 641 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:46,160 sit down with your kids, have fun, go to Disneyland. You know, that's it. Right. Yeah, I got 642 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,360 with your boys and that's cool. Come back for the season next season. We'll see you 643 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:56,240 next season. Top eight teams. Now we're here. Yeah. So it's just like we have to understand 644 00:39:56,240 --> 00:40:03,000 like what this plan is doing. Like it's added a lot of juice. Yeah. Yes. Yes. So maybe last 645 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,040 day of the season exciting. It's exciting right now. You got so many scenarios out there 646 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:13,640 that can take place. It's also the West is you've seen the changing of the guard. Yeah. 647 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:18,960 Yeah. Yeah. It's starting to change now. Because remember, you know, LeBron is no spring chicken. 648 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:25,640 Curry's getting up there as well. Yep. And Durant, you know, he's got the two knee surgeries. 649 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:33,240 So he's on a wing in a prayer. So Achilles. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm gonna punch somebody. 650 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:40,680 Oh, God. That's funny. I talked about this. He when he got ejected four minutes into the 651 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:48,000 game, I'm like, come on, Dream on, come on. You you got to have more self awareness of 652 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:54,240 your team. I mean, you've seen it on Curry's face. You've seen it written on the man was 653 00:40:54,240 --> 00:41:00,400 in tears like catch when after the game, it was going into the tunnel. First guy there 654 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:10,240 with like, like, yeah, like, you still want like, bro, I can only imagine what was what 655 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:15,720 was going through Christmine like, bro, I'm getting you this. I don't love because there's 656 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:23,160 so many cameras around me. Yeah. In the locker room. I'm gonna fry you up. Like it's not 657 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:28,560 even a game. Yes. What is your what is your you know, we need you. We need you at this 658 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:34,800 crucial time. But that's the problem. That guy should have been dealt with. Yes. You're 659 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:41,840 right. You're right. You know, you know, he's responsible for Jordan pool. Yes. Well, I've 660 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:48,920 said allegedly, but I got him recovered from that sucker punch. That guy never been the 661 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:54,720 same since I suck upon you right. No, he's right. You're right. I agree with that. But 662 00:41:54,720 --> 00:42:01,280 it's also called don't run your mouth if you can't fight. That's a thing. That wasn't 663 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:08,400 a fight. That wasn't because that punch came from nowhere. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 664 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,880 wait, wait, wait, wait. Before you do that, let me say all things basketball with GD does 665 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:22,120 not advocate violence. Yeah. Views of GD. These are the views of mine. But it's worse 666 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,840 when you knock out somebody and they catch the person for the person falls. So that's 667 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:32,160 not a fight. And that brought up woke up a different person after that. Never been able 668 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:36,680 to play basketball the same again. And I was like, what's going on in Washington? They should 669 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:44,040 have let them go and just keep encouraging him. You know, don't change. You can't teach 670 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:49,560 your grandmother how to eat boiled eggs. That's like that's what they've been trying to do. 671 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:56,760 That's an African proverb. Definitely. We'll take that one. You can't teach your grandmother 672 00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:02,520 how to eat boiled eggs. Let me write that down. Yeah, too late. I agree with you. And 673 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:12,520 okay. No, Jordan Pools should not have probably been running his mouth because more than likely 674 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:17,360 that is what you're doing. You're young. You just won a championship. You just got paid. 675 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:22,840 You just got paid. Yes. Because Dreymond didn't get his contract. Yeah. Right at the time. 676 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:30,880 So you just got paid this what two year 100 mil. So you spend and you owe. And I help 677 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:37,720 my team. I'm killing it. Yeah. All right. New season, new everything. You're feeling 678 00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:42,160 yourself a little too much. That's what it was. Right? That's what I'm not taking away 679 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:50,560 from what Jordan Pools did or didn't do. He probably aggravated the situation. However, 680 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:58,640 Dreymond in every situation, in every situation escalates the situation to a degree where it 681 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:05,280 does not need to be. Bro, he pushed you and he didn't even push your heart. He did a light 682 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:12,800 show. You Mollie Woptis man and then you caught him. Like, oh, I didn't mean to do it, bro. 683 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:17,720 I'm sorry. It's too late. It's okay, bro. But that's where the team, that was the time 684 00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:21,760 you should have disciplined him, the organization. The organization rewarded him. But gee, the 685 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:26,160 organization is not going to do that. The organization is not going to do it. Because 686 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:33,520 you're making the organization a lot of money. You have been for the last what, eight years, 687 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:40,280 almost decade now. Yeah, I get you're cemented in in in Golden State Warriors history. Now, 688 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,440 that doesn't I don't agree with you on it. They wouldn't have changed anything if they 689 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:49,520 let if they give him the proper punishment then because he's already part of the legacy. 690 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:55,400 Okay. Yeah. Take example for your young players, right? That you're gonna behavior is not condone. 691 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,680 Yeah. You also said example. Don't piss off somebody. You can't beat up. 692 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:07,600 Well, team teammate, that will not change. Now, team is gonna fight. Oh, yeah. But he's 693 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:12,160 the veteran because he got his own show. He talking about respect and all that stuff. 694 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:16,200 Like this you the you the vet, you are supposed to show that respect then and you knocked the 695 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:23,320 kid out. It's and now it's too late. Yes. But not the guy will never I don't know if that 696 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:28,400 we got to call the ghost bus to find his ghost and put it back. Now, because they can find 697 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:33,960 the guys goes wherever I went. Can I ask this question when it comes to the plan and it 698 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:39,560 comes to those three teams you said Phoenix LA and Golden State. Yes. Out of those three 699 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:47,440 teams, who do you think has the best chances to possibly make it to the Western Conference 700 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:53,760 right? Possibly. I don't give them the chance to go to the finals because it going over 701 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:58,080 Denver. It just it's not that's gonna be hard. That's gonna be a very tall task right 702 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:04,880 now. Period. I'm a sadist and I'm a sadist just because I have no choice. It's the Lakers. 703 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:10,720 Yeah. I was gonna buy us. But yeah, as much as I don't like the Lakers. It's the Lakers. 704 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:15,120 Yeah. Brown guys. Yeah. I gotta go. Yes. And it's not I don't like LeBron. I just don't 705 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:21,440 like the Lakers. Right. I know I used to like Lakers onto LeBron. My only fear is with 706 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:30,840 a D in that I. That's that's my fear is has that ended him so that he can play his game. 707 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:35,000 Did he get hit now? Yeah, he got hit. Oh, he got in. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's 708 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,800 another thing you should wear goggles because of fun. Wear goggles. That's the third or 709 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:44,440 fourth time he got hit now. Oh, Jesus Christ. You're right there. Yeah. We don't have the 710 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:49,640 technology. Yeah. We they definitely and they came a long way from Korean goggles in the 711 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:56,440 90s. We have. Yeah. So I mean, we in 2024 is not like right. Oh, they need to hire me 712 00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:02,440 man. So this week. I am expensive. Do you think Miami is going to make a run like they 713 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:08,400 did last year? I think they're a different team than they were last year. I mean, sure 714 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:15,080 they got Tyler hero back, which is a help. They have rose here now, which is a help. 715 00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:20,040 Everything rests with Jimmy Butler. You're gonna get playoff Jimmy. Right. That's where 716 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:25,600 and that's that and that's what you don't want to see if you top seed. You don't want 717 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:32,400 to see Jimmy Butler decide like, okay, I really didn't play well all year. Yeah. That's exactly 718 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:41,040 what he do. Yeah. I know I know Jimmy Butler's secret. What's the secret? Shakira man. 719 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:50,600 Yeah. Jesus Christ. I have a playoff comes. She whisper something. You know, them Columbia 720 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:55,520 Lebanese secret. Yeah, that guy just I don't know. Just as long as he don't come out in 721 00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:03,840 the emu. That's it. Like them. I don't know. They always get me during this time. They 722 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:11,680 are they're scary. And then remember if Nick's get that two spot in Miami has to play whoever's 723 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:18,800 in the eight spot provided they don't jump up six, then you know, they would love to 724 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:25,480 get that seven spot and play the next. I took a heat for that. I'm on the location. 725 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:30,840 And I'm on the cruise ship and watching the basketball game and Miami fans was giving 726 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:36,120 me the business. It's me and the other Nick. Another Nick fan walked away from me and it's 727 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:43,240 like Nick fans and about 50 Miami fans. They give me the business. My wife walked past 728 00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:49,320 me and so I feel for you and walked away. Yeah. Yeah. They give me the business out. 729 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,320 And I was hoping the internet connection on the ship was like, come on, just mess up. 730 00:48:53,320 --> 00:49:01,400 At least your team made it to the playoffs. Detroit is Detroit. Wow. Okay. You got some 731 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:09,800 time right? Your GM Troy Weaver. Yes. Do you think he's gone after this season? Yes. 732 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:17,640 Yes. Monty William stays. Has to. I think he stays by I think the GM is gone has to 733 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:23,200 stay. You don't pay him that much money with that with that contract not to after one season. 734 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:30,200 Even though it was in a business season as a Detroit. That was terrible. Yeah. That was 735 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:37,640 tragic. Yeah. To have a wonderful football season to have a wonderful turnaround football 736 00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:48,040 season of the Lions. Yeah. And on one hand to have one sports team going on an incline. 737 00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:54,000 And then the other one is just I mean it went it was past decline. It was just I expected 738 00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:00,160 to be that bad. I did. I knew there'd be not a playoff team when we had Andre drumming 739 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:08,480 and I love Andre when we had him. We weren't terrible. Yeah. We made it to the playoffs 740 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:14,600 every year. Now we were exactly we were decent. We had the seventh a spot every year top eight 741 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,600 we in the playoffs. OK. OK. We ain't getting out the first round. Cool. No problem. But 742 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:28,040 at least we making it to the playoffs. At least we went in 40 plus games. We couldn't 743 00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:33,240 even win 20 games. I think they didn't win 20. We did we win 20. 20. I think they're 744 00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:41,840 close to it. I don't know. Last time I said we couldn't even crack 20 20. We couldn't 745 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:46,040 even crack that. We got K. Cunningham. We have all of these young stars. We got a bunch 746 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:50,360 of and that's that's the problem. Yeah. I have to figure out that back. That's the 747 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:54,560 right. That's the problem. We have all these young stars. It's like a bunch of no veterans. 748 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:59,440 Yeah. A bunch of people are not. Monty wins is a good coach. He is. Monty wins is a good 749 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:05,440 coach. You have a bunch of young players but you can't have six of your seven years six 750 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:09,400 or your seven of roster people are young players. Yeah. You need a veteran. Somebody to say 751 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:14,080 like oh we somebody a veteran got to know how to do something with these kids. Yeah. 752 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:22,640 That right. Balance. And I think going out on a limb here but I think the Ivy kid J. 753 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:29,320 Nivey I think he gets dealt. I think he gets dealt in the offseason. Yeah. I see some reason 754 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:34,520 Monty and him didn't. I didn't match. Yeah. And that's the problem. Once you don't mess 755 00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:39,520 with somebody in the NBA seems like these players be you being your six year on you be the six 756 00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,280 year if you're still in the NBA and you're on your seventh team already. Yeah. And then 757 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:50,080 remember to that was supposed to be Ivy coming in that deal and not Alec Berks. Yep. That 758 00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:56,480 was supposed to be Ivy coming. So that's how you know they don't even want them there. 759 00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:02,840 He almost ended up being a Nick. They say. Yeah. I love you persons but it's sick. Yes. 760 00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:11,080 Yes. Yes. Help my man. It is man. And then they are they going to have a top draft this 761 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:15,840 year coming up and this is and you might you might go over the hundred. 762 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:22,880 Oh. It's like every year thing. Like I said ever since Andre drama got you know left 763 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:30,960 and got traded. I think our kind of just we're in the bottom tier of the pack but we make 764 00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:36,800 the playoffs type of energy is just it's it's it's done. It's been done for a long time. 765 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:43,480 What I believed was I thought Monty Williams was at least going to come in and try to help 766 00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:48,000 mold these young players because I know we had a lot of young ones on the team. Right. 767 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:54,720 And then we had a lot coming in. Right. So you have to have kind of a young minded coach 768 00:52:54,720 --> 00:53:00,680 like him to kind of understand these players. I get that but to not even win 30 games. Y'all 769 00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:06,720 come on bro. Like that that is a bit more. That's it is a bit more but some of these 770 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:12,800 young players if you can't it's some of these young players is like you play the year in 771 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:18,280 Kyle's ball. You play the year and a bunch of these players is like for a couple of years 772 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:22,640 a couple of years and it's like you sit there and it's like OK can these people really play 773 00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,680 and they play and that's the and you got to and as a coach you have to bring that out 774 00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:31,600 there and a bunch of them don't like being coach hard and that's the problem. Yeah. Because 775 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:40,000 if you can coach what's the center name for them. Oh wise man. Oh wise man. It's like 776 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,760 it's like Golden State gave up on his kid and it's like saying what and then it's like 777 00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:51,920 was he that bad. No. And it's like was he that bad. Is he that bad. It's like I don't 778 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,480 want to give up on it. The kid is what 23. Yes. You don't want to give up on somebody 779 00:53:55,480 --> 00:54:00,920 but it was like is he that bad. Yeah. That's a great point. Right. Right. And the problem 780 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,520 with these like these one and done so you don't you don't go to college at all. Some 781 00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:09,200 of these people you can play but some of these coaches be sitting there's like OK can this 782 00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:13,120 kid really play. Right. Can he play defense. You got to find your niche with some of these 783 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:17,520 coaches for you can be around for the next one over 10 years. Right. Yeah. Well you know 784 00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:23,240 the guy could give you two examples right out of the nicks of course Cam Reddish he's 785 00:54:23,240 --> 00:54:28,320 bouncing around now and then Kevin Knox he's bouncing around now. Both of them should have 786 00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:33,880 stayed in school. Oh yeah. Kevin Knox I'm the fishy person to select why are you leaving. 787 00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:37,960 Well I think that was more of a Kalapari thing. But that's that's a whole different story 788 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:42,920 talking about you don't go to it. You don't go it's just like it's great if you can go 789 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:48,680 someplace and develop but he his motto is like oh you play well you get NBA contract. 790 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:53,200 Right. The problem is that it's like do you want the second NBA contract. The first contract 791 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:57,560 is basically is decent. Right. More money than we're making was decent but the next 792 00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:02,600 contract is real money. Yeah. But a bunch of these people not getting the second contract 793 00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:06,720 because that's what they should do with Calabari. How many of his players is one and done's got 794 00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:14,560 second contracts. Yeah. That's a good that's a good that's a good study look into. Yes 795 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:18,120 for sure because some of these people are leaving it's like you at you be sitting this 796 00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:22,520 like oh this guy was great in college or he was a great high school player. Now what happened 797 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:26,960 in 10 years is like you don't see him. It's like he's playing in the Philippines. Yeah. 798 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:31,840 Damn. You're right. And then that's the thing you're kicking the can down the road saying 799 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:36,680 all the next coach he'll develop them. And then once that coach get him like where's 800 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:42,960 the skills at. Right. You know where's his fundamentals. So that's story for another 801 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:47,560 day. And there's also the same thing with that is what is your desire. Do you realize 802 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:53,480 OK. I got two million dollars three million dollars. What is my desire. What do I want 803 00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:58,480 to do. Do I want to get better. Yeah. And then in the another part of one you have a 804 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,600 agent a bunch of these agents you be sitting there's like OK you want to you want to keep 805 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:06,400 making money off this kid. Right. Are you going to get him the people he need for he 806 00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:11,120 can develop to right because if you're not an agent that's going to help this kid develop 807 00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:15,400 it's like OK I got him this contract. But what about the next contract. Perfect example 808 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:20,760 Yonis is agent. He got him to bulk up. He got him. If you look at Yonis when he was 809 00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:26,000 drafted man and you and because I think people don't they don't remember that they don't 810 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,720 they don't take they don't take the time to think about Yonis when he first came in. 811 00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:36,160 Yeah. He was skinny and you look at him. Yeah. And you look at him. He's sitting this 812 00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:41,360 like can you look at us like how did he get. How did he because he worked hard work hard 813 00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:46,960 work and this agent helped him. And that's what the real agent is. Yeah. So many people 814 00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:52,080 talked to him and said like oh he what he's not going to know it's not going to turn out 815 00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:56,640 to be he can't defend this he can't defend it all of a sudden we've seen this man just 816 00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:02,240 transform. Yeah. Yes. Before our very eyes like we was like yo wait that's oh that's 817 00:57:02,240 --> 00:57:08,160 Yonis. Oh yeah. Oh OK. Especially the people that picked on him when he was a rookie. Yes 818 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:14,200 man. He just dunked me into the third row and it doesn't look good. Yeah. For sure. 819 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:20,840 Yeah. Well do I have time or I thought you were keeping your time. 820 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:31,400 Oh man. So we can wrap. Yeah. OK. We can start wrapping. 821 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:38,320 All right guys. So thank you for tuning in to this special two hundredth episode guys. 822 00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:46,040 So just to go around the room. How could people follow you. You follow me on Instagram 823 00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:51,880 epic echo productions on almost all platforms except for TicToc because we're not there 824 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:56,640 anymore because I know they're going to get pulled too. 825 00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:04,480 And then Rafael White Label American of course. Yes. Yes. White LabelAmerican.com is the easiest 826 00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:12,920 place to find me. All my socials are there. TicToc is something different. There is Africa 827 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:18,160 podcast something I tried during the African Cup of Nations. So yeah. Don't be surprised 828 00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:23,960 for you always see me talking about African soccer over there. But I'm on all socials. 829 00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:31,680 I don't really do stuff on X but the X or Twitter. I can be a leader. Yeah. Mostly on 830 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:37,200 Instagram I'm active and sportable and trade. Yes. 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