1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 Welcome in to the newest edition of the Justin Time Sports podcast 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,860 I am so excited to be back in with you for season five 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:14,680 Yes, I repeat season five of the Justin Time Sports podcast. We have a lot of different changes coming up this year 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,840 Oh, you're gonna see a lot more guests on the show this year 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,480 You're gonna see a lot more interaction on the show this year 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,840 You're gonna hear a brand new entry song by a personal friend of mine 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,160 an artist out of the Northeast named B Roy 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:33,160 Check out his music his album music. He has a recent EP that's on there as well 9 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:40,480 a lot of bars on that thing and so I will definitely put the link to his album in the description 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,120 but 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:48,040 Brand new entry song our new entry song for the show for the very foreseeable future 12 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:54,700 Undisputed in Lil Wayne like if I need a new song, I'm gonna ask B Roy to see if he can give me a new song 13 00:00:54,700 --> 00:01:00,260 Um, so it's very amazing song. I will play it. It would leave the show from here on out 14 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,260 But of course, I want to introduce it now 15 00:01:02,740 --> 00:01:09,580 So here is the new Justin Time Sports entry song by my friend my homeboy B Roy 16 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:18,580 JTS 17 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:27,580 Justin Time Sports 18 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:36,940 Look this is just a town sports come and get your weekly takes his opinion from the heart 19 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:41,140 He can never show you fake if you win it or you lose it. He won't tell it to you straight 20 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:46,740 I'm talking basketball without a Jordan Brown the base if you got the hottest takes you better come and make a case 21 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:51,380 If you win a couple games, he might even show you grace JCS on every platform 22 00:01:51,380 --> 00:01:57,420 We go to adaptation numbers going up the charts. We create the separation Louisiana till I die is where I'm from 23 00:01:57,420 --> 00:02:00,900 I can't replace it. So people miles are obtuse but I like to be adjacent 24 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:06,780 Give him my opinion like I'm Nick right around Jason ESPN better watch out cuz I'm coming for the spaceship 25 00:02:06,780 --> 00:02:12,100 We even tweet and on Twitter you can meet us in the spaces. I like to support snooze. Yeah, you got it 26 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:17,900 Brace it. We never had it easy. We just came from the pavement. I might be controversial, but I like to make my statement 27 00:02:18,420 --> 00:02:21,440 This is just a time sports come and get your weekly takes 28 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:26,340 His opinion from the heart he can never show you fake 29 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:31,940 If you win it or you lose it he gonna tell it to you straight 30 00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:54,940 He gonna tell it to you straight 31 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:05,740 Man that song gets me going every 32 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:12,940 Single time I hear it and it gets me excited to come to you for season 5 33 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,300 Like I spoke about in the intro before B Roy turned up the entire place 34 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:23,160 No, it is to be your own more guests. You're gonna hear a lot from my friends. Of course, you guys know 35 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,700 We had the video show we did an intro to the video show. I'm so like our pilot episode 36 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:33,340 We're gonna call that the pilot episode instead of the official first episode. I call it the pilot episode with me and 37 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:38,860 Jai from the hey Jai podcast with his production with his production company IMS productions 38 00:03:38,940 --> 00:03:44,260 Set down and did our first video show. We're gonna have those video shows coming to you weekly 39 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:50,340 We're gonna have the audio show, of course coming to you weekly season 5 is gonna be bigger and better than ever 40 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:52,020 Just in time sports gonna rise 41 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:58,420 So tell your friends like rate subscribe and share those just in time sports podcast on iTunes and Spotify 42 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:02,060 Amazon wherever you get your podcast, of course 43 00:04:02,060 --> 00:04:08,420 I will share the link description to be yours the album as promised in the in the intro 44 00:04:08,420 --> 00:04:10,680 And of course whenever we do get the video show 45 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:16,140 Rolling you will have the link to that as well will be in all the descriptions 46 00:04:16,940 --> 00:04:18,260 as well 47 00:04:18,260 --> 00:04:23,900 So I'm excited for you guys to be here. I'm excited to be here. It's been about a month 48 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:28,660 Since you heard from me right after the Super Bowl. I did a reaction show and then that was it for season 4 49 00:04:29,660 --> 00:04:33,780 It'll be where we're finishing the track. I wanted to give him a chance to finish it for we did season 5 50 00:04:34,580 --> 00:04:38,080 There's that period over the NBA's really starting to ramp up 51 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:43,000 Right after the Super Bowl really everybody's eyes turned to basketball 52 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:49,080 Of course women's college basketballs all over the place. You've got Caitlin Clark breaking Pete Maravich's record 53 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:55,800 I have a lot of a pin on that. I'll probably save it for the video show, but I have a lot of opinion on that 54 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,640 You've got LSU their planet a my own mother their planet a 55 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:09,040 In the first their first game or the SEC tournament, you got South Carolina Don say that what she's doing 56 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:14,800 Replacing her entire starting five and going and defeated anyway, you have to do Watkins out in the pack 12 57 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:20,760 So a lot going on women college basketball men's college basketball in my life is rather relevant 58 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:27,080 To me out of which you I still love North Carolina. Of course. I'm an LSU born and bred alumni 59 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,080 But for the most part, it's kind of boring 60 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,200 Ronnie's team is bad at USC 61 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,120 I mean, I'm a big fan of the NBA. I'm a big fan of the NBA 62 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,560 Duke without coach K lost a lot of its mustard 63 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,240 I mean Duke's biggest headline was a court storming incident, right? 64 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,920 Like it's not the usual level of what we're used to seeing that Duke 65 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:54,640 Syracuse is a bore like no one's jumping out to me and no one's really high on the draft 66 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,160 So that's amazing in college men's college basketball 67 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,960 The rest of the draft like okay, I'm gonna watch I see a call you 68 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:05,040 Just gonna be honest and then there's a great kid out of the NBA pathway for Europe or Africa 69 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:11,120 One of the two he's going to do now I do cuz like three five four or five stars coming to the campus next year 70 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,560 That's gonna be interesting people gonna watch them for that 71 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,480 I'm gonna watch Duke for Cooper flag and the rest of that crew like that's gonna be incredibly interesting 72 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,800 That's something to give people to a TV 73 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,320 There's no stars in college basketball. No, the biggest stars Ronnie James and he's probably the second-round NBA draft pick 74 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,960 But there's no stars in college basketball 75 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:38,360 No, I mean the players gonna win player of the year. I mean Dillingham, Kentucky's nice 76 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,400 But I mean the big kid from Purdue one player of the year 77 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:51,920 He's not a big player like you know, like it's just he's a really amazing European player because the way he plays big 78 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,420 He's tall. He's low to the floor. He's physically gonna be amazing European player 79 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:58,140 That's how they're working in the NBA right now 80 00:06:58,140 --> 00:07:04,100 Maybe swings back with yokich, but that's how doesn't work in the NBA right now and speaking of the NBA 81 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:08,140 We're gonna start with the Association. That's what my eyes have been for the past month 82 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:11,900 I started doing this really cool mind gym with all the legends 83 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:18,500 It's dope and it's got my eyes really back onto the NBA. Of course, you know, we start with the NBA 84 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:20,380 We're gonna start with them standings 85 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:25,900 And we're gonna give you the gap ready to the games back from first of each team after first so that way 86 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:32,340 You know you could hear third, you know, somebody's third somebody's seventh, but like in the West third and seventh 87 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:35,980 Fifth and 88 00:07:36,580 --> 00:07:38,580 Tenth is four games apart 89 00:07:38,780 --> 00:07:40,780 You know I'm saying so we're gonna really give those 90 00:07:40,820 --> 00:07:45,300 Numbers that you guys are aware of just how close some of these races are 91 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:49,420 In the East you've got Boston running away and hiding with the conference 92 00:07:49,420 --> 00:07:52,820 They're gonna have home club with the playoffs bar is something catastrophic 93 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:57,820 The Bucks sit number two seven and a half games back the Cavs are eight games back 94 00:07:57,820 --> 00:08:03,700 So they're only a half game back from the Bucks of the Magic with Paulo Bencare. I mean, he's a number one overall pick 95 00:08:04,220 --> 00:08:06,220 What two seasons ago and? 96 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:11,100 He is leading his team. He's averaging 23 7 and 5 remember correctly 97 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:16,100 He's leading his team right now to fourth seed in the East so we have home court in the first round 98 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:18,100 If the season ended right the second 99 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:22,620 The Knicks sit 12 back only a half game back from the Magic 100 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:28,100 The Heat round out the current plate off teams guaranteed and 13 back from Boston 101 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:32,420 Only one game back from fifth and one and a half back from fourth 102 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:39,420 The 76ers are our first play-in team despite the fact that Joe Lnb is not back from injury 103 00:08:39,420 --> 00:08:43,700 And they're dealing an issue with Tyrese Maxey the 13 backs actually tie with Miami 104 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:49,140 They themselves are only in their seventh. They're only one and a half back from fourth 105 00:08:49,660 --> 00:08:53,420 The Indiana Pacers is 14th. They sit two and a half back from fourth 106 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:59,140 Um, the Chicago Bulls at 17 and a half games back from first at ninth and Atlanta Hawks 107 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:04,620 Dismore Atlanta Hawks and we're trade young in and out the lineup with injuries had a concussion at one point 108 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,340 They're 23 and a half back from Boston 109 00:09:07,340 --> 00:09:12,340 Remember I told you I told you that 110 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:17,460 Fourth and the Orlando Magic is 11 and a half games back 111 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:20,260 remember I said that 112 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:20,700 I 113 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:26,260 Had going into tonight's games. I'm recording this on Friday late afternoon early evening 114 00:09:27,380 --> 00:09:29,380 It's 441 local time 115 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:31,900 In the time zone 116 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:38,460 Late afternoon early evening the Minnesota Timberwolves have the number one seed in the west the Thunder are half game back from them 117 00:09:38,460 --> 00:09:42,940 The Nuggets are half game back from them. The Clippers are only two games back 118 00:09:42,940 --> 00:09:48,300 They sit three games back from first and then there's a bit a bit of a gap then it jumps to 119 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:56,100 The Pelicans sit fifth at six and a half games back with Phoenix only a half game back from them as the last playoff team 120 00:09:56,100 --> 00:10:02,060 Sacramento as the first play-in team is only a half game back from them at number seven 121 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:07,300 The Dallas Mavericks sit nine games back from first two games out of the play-in to get out of the playoffs 122 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:10,460 The Warriors are ten and a half games back from first 123 00:10:10,820 --> 00:10:16,100 Three and a half back from the playoffs and the Lakers are tied with the Warriors. They just don't have the tiebreaker right now 124 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:20,420 Also ten and a half games back three games from sixth 125 00:10:21,660 --> 00:10:24,460 Remember the Lakers are tied with the Warriors 126 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:28,420 Remember the Lakers are closer to the Timberwolves 127 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:31,260 then 128 00:10:32,140 --> 00:10:34,780 The Lakers are close to the Timberwolves 129 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:42,500 At ten and a half back then the Magic are to the Celtics. The Lakers are tenth the Magic are fourth 130 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:46,660 Oh, so that's the level of competition that's in the West as opposed to these 131 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:50,700 23 and a half games back is like the Spurs and 132 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:57,340 The Hawks are gonna be in the play-in tournament. The Spurs won the East they're probably in the play-in tournament and Wimby might steal them again 133 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:03,900 Because what he's doing is absolutely ridiculous a little bit of breaking news into the show 134 00:11:04,060 --> 00:11:11,500 The Bronzans has officially been ruled out tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks due to ankle soreness now that game 135 00:11:12,020 --> 00:11:17,300 Is already expected to not have Giannis at the Kumpo as he dealing with an Achilles situation 136 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:23,020 So if you bought Lakers bucks tickets a couple of months ago, you were staring at Giannis AD LeBron Dane 137 00:11:23,020 --> 00:11:25,020 You gotta get AD and Dane 138 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:28,140 Not a bad consolation prize, but it ain't Giannis and LeBron 139 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:30,500 so 140 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:33,660 That is a little bit of breaking news into the show 141 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:40,260 But as we talked about in the intro one one one minor piece of housekeeping before we get into far too 142 00:11:40,260 --> 00:11:45,740 So just about in the intro like rate subscribe and share on all of your social medias 143 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:52,020 Whatever you have it X Instagram Facebook threads the stunt which is I was talking about before 144 00:11:52,340 --> 00:11:57,860 The break which is basically Twitter for sports. It's dope a little bit of running issues 145 00:11:57,860 --> 00:12:02,380 It's early in this development. They're still talking about their investors online like it's very early in this development 146 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:04,780 But it is a great app. It is all sports 147 00:12:05,340 --> 00:12:09,580 Nobody's on there posting about anything but sports. It is a sports app 148 00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:13,700 It is a lot of personal opinions not a lot of the big names like there's no outer chef there 149 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:18,740 There's no whatever but I'm on it. 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He had so much success early and Tatum's with arc without the MVP is very similar 174 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,960 But remember this is actually LeBron even winning the piece age-wise from the couple years 175 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,960 What's 176 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:33,800 Interesting in the arc of Tatum. It said he came in and his rookie year. He was in the Eastern Conference Finals 177 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,720 He ran to the Eastern Conference Finals. It was him. It was Brown 178 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:43,440 They were like rookies or second year players in the Eastern Conference Finals game seven against LeBron 179 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:49,480 Like that's how it started right? He's been to an NBA finals. He's been a couple of East Finals 180 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,040 But he hasn't gotten over the hump 181 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,040 What that does is that puts you on a different arc 182 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,040 I'll explain 183 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:06,040 Gilbert Arenas when he was a success in Kobe, he said what made Kobe interesting was his career was in reverse 184 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,040 And then it came back 185 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Right Tom Brady and Kobe kind of had similar career arcs 186 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,040 Also, they played about the same amount of time about 20 years 187 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,040 Their careers were in reverse and then it went back to normal 188 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,040 I'll explain 189 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:28,040 When you're a young player your first two years when he's going through a now 190 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,040 You're trying to figure out where you belong on the totem pole 191 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:38,040 Right then I figured out the leader whether it's some college at the NFL. There's been some great rookies CJ Stroud Wimby 192 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,040 LeBron was a great rookie Mello 193 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:49,040 But most rookies are like Chris Bosh you show flashes you show potential you put up you have some game 194 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,040 But you get swallowed up a lot by the league 195 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,040 Dwayne Wade has flashes at the game 196 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:02,040 Got swallowed up a lot by the league. Of course, we ought to look at Kobe with the air balls like Michael Jordan had some moments 197 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,040 He had some games 198 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,040 He was a little bit different, but he had moments where he just got overwhelmed 199 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,040 It happens to everybody, right? 200 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:17,040 The thing about Kobe was that Kobe gets drafted in 96 201 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,040 Right? 202 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,040 Brady gets drafted in 99 203 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:30,040 Two to three years later, they're both holding championships and not as like Darko Melliges for the Pistons 204 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,040 As Kobe was the second best player on that team in the finals 205 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:40,040 Tom Brady led a comeback drive in the two ball like these guys 206 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:45,040 Like these are two key like these are figures on the team 207 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:52,040 Three years after they hold the first title, they have three in their hands because 208 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:59,040 Kobe goes back to back to back Kobe three feet Brady goes three and four years 209 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,040 So now these two entities have titles 210 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,040 Then they don't win for a while Shaq breaks up with Kobe 211 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:16,040 Brady contract kicks in it's a salary cap and they both go through about a 10 year stretch where they don't win 212 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:22,040 Kobe from 2003 they went to the finals again from 2003 to 213 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:28,040 Boston wins in 08. So Kobe wins again in what? 09 and 2010 214 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:32,040 And of course, the Patriots famous to go through their 10 year drought 215 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,040 Right? 216 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:46,040 So then they win again Brady wins two in four years or three in five years. I'm right there with New England 217 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:53,040 Kobe goes back to back. It goes through straight. You know, those three straight finals wings the last two goes back to back 218 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Five champs and Brady gets a seven. We know the story 219 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:01,040 But what Gilbert Arenas explains so well was that most of the time your career goes like this 220 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:07,040 You try to figure out you belong like I started off with women that kind of sidetracked but with Wimby and Tatum 221 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,040 Not Wimby, not Tatum, Wimby 222 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:15,040 Check Young SGA you can kind of see it. Paulo that rookie year 223 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,040 You're trying to find out where you belong on a total point trying to figure out how to navigate your new schedule 224 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,040 Whether it's 16 games when you used to 12 in college football 225 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,040 Whether it's 82 games when you used to 35 226 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,040 40 from high school and college 227 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,040 You know, you're just trying to navigate your game trying to navigate your life, right? 228 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,040 Now there's money in your pocket. You get these fat checks every Tuesday 229 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:41,040 Practicals with three hours with class an hour and a half and you're free the rest of your day 230 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,040 You're just trying to figure it out 231 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,040 Then you get into your stats stage 232 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,040 Where you are in stats, monster 233 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:57,040 You do have you you're getting your numbers. You're at your peak Lucas in the stats stage 234 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,040 Where he is just blowing numbers 235 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,040 It's like he's setting records every day 236 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,040 Like he's just blowing through stats 237 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,040 Then you get to your winning phase 238 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,040 It's usually around year seven to ten 239 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,040 If you're one of these Pantheon greats right around seven to ten 240 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,040 You get to your winning stage 241 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,040 For most people it's about year seven 242 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:22,040 Sixteen, year 16, year, you know, right around year six 243 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,040 You get to your winning stage 244 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,040 This is when you start sacrificing a little bit of your personal game to win 245 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,040 After you win you go to your mogul stage 246 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Now the mogul stage looks different for everybody 247 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,040 Everybody has a different mogul stage 248 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:39,040 Only Magic off the top of my head never as a Pantheon 249 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,040 Never had a come down 250 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,040 Like never had that year or two or three where he was like, okay, he's still good 251 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,040 But he's not what he used to be and he's in it for the business 252 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,040 And he's in it for the glitz and he's in it for whatever 253 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,040 He's still trying his best to win 254 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,040 But now that's kind of taking a back burner to everything all the business side, right 255 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,040 Tatum suffers from what LeBron suffered from 256 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:08,040 Because LeBron came in the league as the top 30 player in the world 257 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,040 Top 20 player in the world 258 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,040 LeBron started in all-stars first year 259 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,040 Statistically no, but you can see it 260 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,040 Like he was one of the best 20 players on the planet 261 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,040 Tatum as a rookie was one of the best 20 players on the planet I would do 262 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,040 Like he didn't have the numbers to back it 263 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,040 But you can see it 264 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,040 WinB is one of the best 20 players on the planet 265 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,040 He didn't have the numbers to back it 266 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,040 But you can see it 267 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,040 Then like I said year two he's in fighting LeBron 268 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,040 Maybe he's a rookie but I'm not gonna say year two 269 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,040 He's fighting LeBron in game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals 270 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,040 With home court advantage 271 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,040 Then he's in the NBA Finals in like year five 272 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,040 LeBron's in the NBA Finals in year four 273 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,040 Both of them lost 274 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,040 And everything after that became 275 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,040 They shrunk from the moment 276 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,040 LeBron had no business getting that team to the NBA Finals in 07 277 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,040 Tatum was probably ahead of schedule for Boston 278 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,040 That was a good team 279 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,040 Right? 280 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,040 Both of them now were judged against the Finals 281 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,040 Because they were judged against and judged under the microscope 282 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,040 But you had an off-final 283 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,040 So now you look at it as an unclutched player 284 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,040 Tatum has to deal with the syndrome of an unclutched player 285 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,040 Remember Paul George in the bubble hitting the side of the backboard? 286 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,040 He still hadn't quite got over that on social media 287 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,040 Like 288 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,040 Tatum has to deal with the fact that he is labeled as an unclutched player 289 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,040 But we have a lot more proof of Tatum doing it 290 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,040 Than probably any other superstar in a long time 291 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,040 Last night's a prime example 292 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,040 You have Jokic who's diming up Aaron Gordon 293 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,040 Who's doing his little flip shots over Porzingis 294 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:45,040 Who's Sambos shuffling when he has to get a tough shot off 295 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:50,040 And you've got Jason Tatum with 13 shots in the game? 296 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:58,040 Like Jason Tatum has the third most shot attempts in the game 297 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,040 On the Celtics? 298 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:08,040 Like not third most in the game 299 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,040 Like O'Brown got a bunch up 300 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,040 And then Jokic and then him 301 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,040 No, no 302 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:20,040 Third most shots in the game 303 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,040 On the Celtics 304 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,040 And that is an issue 305 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,040 Because it was 13 and it was like Brown nearly had 30 shots 306 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,040 Porzingis has 23 shots 307 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Tatum has 14 shots, 13 shots 308 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,040 It's 5 for 13 309 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,040 There's many made shots as turnovers 310 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,040 There was a 2 on 1 fast break 311 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,040 Hoop Collector spoke about it 312 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,040 I'll speak about it too 313 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,040 There's a 2 on 1 fast break 314 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,040 Whereas Tatum on one side of the court 315 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:46,040 Drew on the other side of the court 316 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,040 Jamal Murray is in the middle 317 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,040 And Tatum throws a pretty odd bounce pass to Drew 318 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,040 And Drew fumbles and didn't even get a shot up clean 319 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,040 And it was like Tatum didn't want it 320 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,040 It was really like Jason Tatum did not want the moment 321 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,040 He didn't want the pressure 322 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,040 He didn't want to make that attack 323 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,040 Like he just didn't want it 324 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:12,040 Most guys who are great in that tier, one of that superstardom 325 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,040 That's a 1 on 1 326 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,040 Like yeah, Drew Hollins over there, that's great 327 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,040 That's a 1 on 1 opportunity 328 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,040 He's gonna go to the rim 329 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,040 Drew will get the rebound if I miss 330 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,040 Right 331 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,040 And it's just 332 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,040 That's the level of go 333 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,040 That Kevin Durant has 334 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,040 That LeBron has 335 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,040 That Jokic has 336 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,040 Embiid 337 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,040 Giannis 338 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,040 Steph 339 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,040 And one of those, Luca 340 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,040 One of those guys has that opportunity 341 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,040 A 2 on 1 342 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,040 They're either gonna torture past the person today 343 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,040 Which is just keep bouncing it back and forth 344 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,040 And all these get surrounded and it's an easy layup 345 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,040 Or they put their head down 346 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,040 And it's basically 1 v 1 347 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,040 Like I said, get the rebound if I miss 348 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,040 Right 349 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,040 That's the level of push 350 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,040 That Jason Tatum needs 351 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,040 And also there was a shot in the corner 352 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,040 He's just sitting there by himself 353 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,040 45 odd seconds left 354 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 And he didn't have enough time to go outside the building 355 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,040 And check to see the weather 356 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,040 Before shooting it 357 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,040 And he clanked it 358 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,040 And it's just like 359 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,040 It's one of those moments where it's like, man 360 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,040 He came up small 361 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,040 Again, this is the same man that 362 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,040 On the NBA Finals run 363 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,040 Had the most turnovers by a singular player 364 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,040 In the history of the NBA playoffs 365 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,040 It was over 100 turnovers in that time 366 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,040 And they were able to talent their way through 367 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,040 And talent their way through 368 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,040 And talent their way through 369 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,040 And then they played the Warriors 370 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,040 Who have been for years 371 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,040 The kings of capitalizing on turnovers 372 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Like you turn them all over against the Warriors 373 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,040 You're going to lose 374 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,040 It's been that way for years 375 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,040 They took advantage of it and won the trophy 376 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,040 You think about other moments in Tatum 377 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,040 Like yeah, he had the big dunk over LeBron 378 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,040 And whatever 379 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,040 But you think about multiple times in his career 380 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,040 Where he came up small 381 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,040 He was supposed to execute something 382 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,040 The defensive play 383 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,040 Where Gordon ultimately gets the put back dunk 384 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,040 Or the cut dunk 385 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,040 One of the two big dunks in the fourth quarter 386 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,040 Tatum was just standing there 387 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,040 Watching 388 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,040 This is coming on the tail end of when he watched Dean Wade 389 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,040 And at the end of the Cavs game 390 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,040 Sinked them 391 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,040 Blowing a 22 point lead with under 9 minutes 392 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,040 And you got Jalen Brown 393 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,040 You know, imploring his team 394 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,040 They can't do stuff like that 395 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,040 And struggling 396 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,040 And Tayson Tatum seems 397 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,040 I don't want to say lackadaisical about the situation 398 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,040 But to where he is not on the same number 399 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,040 Super stardom level of Jalen Brown 400 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,040 Jalen Brown was in that game and said 401 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,040 Okay, this is a game, let's go 402 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,040 This is a big game, let's go 403 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,040 Mike Malone was into it 404 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,040 Joe Masula was into it 405 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,040 Everybody was into it 406 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,040 And Tatum was into it as well 407 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,040 It was like he was scared at the moment at some point 408 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:59,040 That's very unlike a tier one superstar 409 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,040 So let's run through a little bit of business 410 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:09,040 Carl Anthony Towns will undergo surgery on the meniscus in his right knee 411 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,040 Or the meniscus in his knee 412 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,040 I won't say right or left, right or something 413 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,040 Because I can't think off the top of my head 414 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,040 But the meniscus in his knee 415 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:19,040 He is out for about, he will be reevaluated in about a month 416 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,040 Which places him right around the start of the playoffs 417 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:27,040 So big news for Minnesota is that they won't have him for the rest of the regular season 418 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:32,040 However, they will have him at the start of the playoffs 419 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,040 How much shape he will be in, that's a golden question 420 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:39,040 He may miss the first couple of games he is eligible to return 421 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,040 Because of his conditioning issues 422 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:47,040 So that would be interesting to see just how in shape Carl Anthony Towns is 423 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:53,040 Up on his return to the Minnesota Timberwolves lineup 424 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,040 The Clippers and the Phoenix Suns are also going through their own injuries 425 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:02,040 The big three of course, the Phoenix, never seems to have basketball to go 426 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Someone is always hurt, feels bad, you know, bookers situation 427 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,040 Kiddies are nagging, lower leg injuries, been that way, obviously pop the Achilles 428 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,040 So they need to get their life together 429 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:19,040 When you have an injury, it's not as simple as replacing the numbers 430 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,040 It's not as simple as replacing the numbers 431 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,040 Oh, breaking news into the show 432 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:33,040 Recently franchise tagged Justin Matabuque of the Baltimore Ravens 433 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,040 Has agreed to a long term deal with the Ravens 434 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:43,040 For 4 years, $98 million, $75.5 million in guaranteed language 435 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,040 With $53.5 million guaranteed at signing 436 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,040 Humongous payday, this follows Jalen Johnson of the Bears 437 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,040 Getting his massive payday from the Bears 438 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:59,040 4 years, about $75 million for the corner 439 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,040 He'll be in franchise again at 28 440 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,040 So he can double dip with two major contracts 441 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:11,040 Great job for Jalen Johnson and of course, Justin Matabuque 442 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:16,040 But yeah, so back to what I was saying about the Phoenix Suns 443 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,040 It's not as simple as replacing the numbers of what you gotta replace 444 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,040 In terms of, you know, let's say book is down 445 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:30,040 That's not just upper 20 level points and you know, 6-7 rebounds 446 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,040 And 5 or 6 assists, you know 447 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,040 It's also 35-36 minutes 448 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,040 And you're already on a team that's pushed against the cap 449 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,040 Pushed against your minutes 450 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,040 You're only playing 7-8 guys really and truly anyway 451 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,040 So now you've gotta find guys to play 36 minutes 452 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,040 The production bill could pick up as a couple of shots 453 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,040 KD could pick up as a couple of shots 454 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,040 Dump it on Nurt cause a couple of times 455 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,040 You can get the production 456 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,040 Grayson Allen gets a couple of 3 point plays called 457 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,040 You can get your shots 458 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,040 Eric Gordon, you can get your shots 459 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,040 It's the minutes 460 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,040 You know, you've gotta got 3 guys when they're healthy 461 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,040 Averaging 30 some odd minutes 462 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,040 North of 30 some odd minutes, right? 463 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,040 Nurt is in the 30s most of the time 464 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,040 So if one of those 30 guys are down 465 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,040 It's not like you have a deep bench 466 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,040 It's not like you're New Orleans for instance 467 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,040 We're gonna talk about the Pelicans in a couple of minutes 468 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,040 It's not like you're the Pelicans, right? 469 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,040 Okay, Brandon goes down 470 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,040 So now that clears up minutes 471 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,040 Now Tray Murphy's playing a little bit more 472 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,040 Herb Jones is playing a little bit more 473 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,040 Nadji Marshall gets some burn 474 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:43,040 Like you got guys who the New Orleans Pelicans could go into their bench 475 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,040 That's why they're fifth 476 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,040 It's not the fact that they have this amazing talent 477 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,040 They've got a great 3-0 478 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,040 We'll talk about them in a few minutes 479 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,040 But Phoenix is so star dependent 480 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,040 That when they don't have that star 481 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,040 It's not just the production 482 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,040 It's the attention for one 483 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,040 Because now instead of I was at the Pelicans game when the Suns came to town 484 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,040 They were healthy 485 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,040 There was nothing to do 486 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,040 Boke was going ballistic 487 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,040 And you couldn't even double because he doubled off 488 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,040 Kevin Durant or Bradley Beal 489 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,040 Like and then he Nurtridge under the paint 490 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,040 So and then they put a Gracie Allen in the corner 491 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,040 What are you gonna do? 492 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,040 You're gonna let Gracie Allen shoot wide open corner threes 493 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,040 Kevin Durant Bradley Beal be open 494 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,040 Or Nurtridge under the rim dunking 495 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,040 You just had to let Boke cook 496 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,040 So when one of those guys in there 497 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,040 Now that person comes Jocelyn Koji 498 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,040 That's the double off person 499 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,040 Whoever is getting hot 500 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,040 If it's KD or Beal 501 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,040 You're doubling off Jocelyn Koji all night 502 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,040 That's your double off person 503 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:46,040 And so you're talking about the attention 504 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,040 That is no longer there 505 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,040 And you're talking about the minutes 506 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,040 Somebody has to make those minutes up 507 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,040 And so that is 508 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,040 He was going on and Phoenix 509 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,040 And then the Clippers 510 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:00,040 Russell Westbrook is down with a fractured hand 511 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,040 Kind of a freak injury 512 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,040 But something I spoke about when the Clippers came together 513 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,040 I spoke about it as well when Phoenix came together 514 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:11,040 These are two teams who are asking for things to have never happened 515 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,040 To all happen at once 516 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,040 Like you're asking Russ to be a total scene play 517 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,040 That hasn't happened in years 518 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,040 You're asking James Harden to sacrifice 519 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,040 Fully 520 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,040 That happened a little bit in Philly and it didn't 521 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,040 You're asking Kawhi to be healthy 522 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,040 You're asking Paul Joyce to be healthy 523 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,040 You're asking Russell Westbrook to be healthy 524 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,040 You're asking James Harden to be healthy 525 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,040 Ty Lue is a great coach 526 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,040 He's the only one with a bra 527 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,040 People love Frank Vogel and Phoenix 528 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,040 He's the only one with a bra 529 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,040 I don't want to be that person 530 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,040 But it's true 531 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,040 Like 532 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,040 How great 533 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,040 Phil Jackson is amazing 534 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,040 Phil Jackson won with Michael 535 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,040 And then made another Michael 536 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,040 Kobe 537 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,040 Like I need to make Michael but it was very parallel 538 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,040 Right 539 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,040 Um 540 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:03,040 So you're asking when you put this team together in Clipper land 541 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,040 Kawhi went healthy has won two finals in the V's 542 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,040 Him not withstanding but he's injured 543 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,040 Paul Joyce has never been a clutch player 544 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:16,040 Paul Joyce actually has a high line of real people hitting clutch shots on him 545 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,040 Russell Westbrook is not a clutch player 546 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,040 Yes he has some amazing moments in the clutch 547 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,040 The video is going around now of him stealing the ball 548 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,040 A 3-1 against the Lakers and flipping it in and she's getting hit 549 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,040 And lay up and he's going crazy with the crowd 550 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,040 And you know like okay yeah 551 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,040 And then there was the 50 point triple double in Denver to secure the scoring title 552 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,040 Remember he hits the 40 footer off the glass 553 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,040 Like he's had some great shots in the clutch 554 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,040 But think about the last four years 555 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,040 You define Russell Westbrook as clutch? 556 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,040 Oh James Harden really with a clutch 557 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:57,040 Oh wait he's in Clippers because he was unclutch in the playoffs for Philly all of last season 558 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,040 And again Ty Lue good coach great coach 559 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:01,040 Only ever won big with LeBron 560 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:05,040 So you're asking a bunch of things to come together in Clipper land 561 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,040 Again another very high level cap team 562 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,040 A team that does about they have a pretty solid bench 563 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,040 They have an advantage Phoenix doesn't 564 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,040 They can kind of eat some of these minutes 565 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,040 Norman Powell Terrence Mann Bones Highland 566 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,040 They can eat these minutes up 567 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,040 But they're a team very dependent on their stars 568 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,040 Paul George Kawhi Harden Russick 569 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,040 They're dependent on their stars 570 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:32,040 If they go down the Clippers are in trouble 571 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:36,040 And history tells us especially recent history 572 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:41,040 One two if not three of the four are going to go down 573 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,040 I mean at one point the Clippers were in the playoffs staring at the Suns 574 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,040 I believe last season and they didn't have Kawhi or Paul George 575 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:53,040 Like the history is telling us two or three of them are going to go down 576 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,040 Russ cracked his hand that might actually save him for the playoffs 577 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,040 Which puts more stress on the other two injuries 578 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:04,040 The ones which is Kawhi and Paul George 579 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,040 It's going to be very interesting in Clipper land 580 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,040 Home of the ships ironically 581 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,040 I can't be the only person that found that out that day 582 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,040 I don't know if any of my friends did 583 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,040 But we're all friends 584 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,040 We all have the same sports background knowledge 585 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,040 I feel like someone told the other one 586 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,040 We can't be the only small group to have figured that out 587 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,040 That a Clipper was a ship like that day 588 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,040 Whatever the ones that I mean 589 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,040 Please at me comment whatever 590 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,040 If I'm dumb but like 591 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,040 We can't be the only ones that have figured that out 592 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,040 That a Clipper was a ship that day 593 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,040 We're not right 594 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,040 It's fine comment at me 595 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,040 If I'm dumb I'm dumb it is what it is 596 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,040 And then we're going to finish on with the Pelicans 597 00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:00,040 We're not going to mention Luka Dantic has an NBA record for straight 35 point triple doubles 598 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,040 And yet Tatum had 14 that Tatum Luka argument is interesting 599 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,040 But all that aside 600 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,040 The Pelicans are fifth 601 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,040 I think it's the latest they've been in the top five in years 602 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:16,040 Because last year they were number one and then the injuries started 603 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,040 They were actually in front of them like two and a half games on Denver 604 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,040 Or two games up on Denver when the injuries started 605 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,040 Ingham goes first 606 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,040 No Zion goes first and Ingham after that McCullum in the finishing the season injured 607 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,040 Right now the Pelicans are the team 608 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,040 If I'm in the West that's the team I don't want to play 609 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,040 Seriously 610 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,040 I'm so sad like that is the team the Pelicans 611 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,040 And yes I'm a Pelicans fan 612 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,040 I'm going to say I'm a Pelicans fan it can be a little biased 613 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,040 But I watch the Pelicans because I'm a Pelicans fan 614 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,040 I watch the Pelicans more than probably anybody else 615 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,040 Mostly outside the New Orleans region watches them 616 00:35:53,040 --> 00:36:00,040 You have Stephen A Smith and his self slandering the Pelicans for no reason 617 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,040 And then we responded and he responded on a 10 minute rant 618 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,040 It was a whole thing 619 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:11,040 But the Pelicans are a very dangerous team 620 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,040 Right? 621 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,040 Because of their bitch 622 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,040 Here's why 623 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,040 Yes they have Jordan's violent junglers who can bang with anybody in the league 624 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,040 He actually does decent against Jokic 625 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,040 Just because I'm on a fewer physicality standpoint 626 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,040 Both those foreign centers that both hit the bang in with each other 627 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,040 He does solid against Jokic 628 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:35,040 He loves seeing the temples and Zion loves seeing the temples as well 629 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,040 But then think about that bench 630 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,040 Think about that defensive wizard 631 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,040 Herb Jones held Tyrese Halliburton scoreless in the basketball game 632 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,040 Not a bad shooting night 633 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,040 Not off night 634 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,040 No no no 635 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,040 Zero points 636 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,040 Zero 637 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,040 He didn't make a field goal or a free throw 638 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,040 Zero 639 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:58,040 Herb Jones in 23 minutes held Tyrese Halliburton to zero points 640 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:03,040 Until Halliburton pulled out of the game and the pace is where the white flag 641 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,040 Herb Jones also since January 1st leading the NBA in 3.25% 642 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,040 He's the best 3-and-D player in the NBA 643 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:14,040 Argue with someone else because it isn't me 644 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,040 You've got Zion Williamson who is healthy 645 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,040 He's played his first game 646 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,040 How healthy is? 647 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:25,040 He played his first game in Toronto earlier this week 648 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,040 This is your five for him 649 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,040 This is his first time ever playing in Toronto 650 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:30,040 Now in his defense 651 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,040 One of the years of Kobe 652 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,040 So four years he can go to Toronto four times 653 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:39,040 This is the first time going last week 654 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,040 Brandon Ingram is absolutely hotter than Fitz Grease 655 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,040 CJ McCullum is getting his rhythm back 656 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,040 Jordan's out in two minutes being physical 657 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:47,040 He deserves some more foul calls 658 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,040 But he's out there being physical 659 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,040 Jose Alvarado is running around causing havoc on defense 660 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,040 You've got Trey Murphy who's learning to put the ball on the ground 661 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,040 Duncan on people playing defense 662 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,040 You've got Jordan Hawkins backing down threes 663 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,040 Matt Ryan is a sharpshooter they're barely using right now 664 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,040 Dyson Daniels is the backup point guard 665 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,040 They're barely using him right now 666 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:10,040 There's so much growth and versatility with that Pelicans roster 667 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,040 Right now they're fifth 668 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,040 If I'm the Clippers 669 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,040 I'm nervous 670 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,040 I don't want to play the Pelicans 671 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,040 If I'm the Clippers I'd rather Phoenix 672 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,040 I match up better 673 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,040 I've got three, you've got three 674 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,040 It's like, come on 675 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:26,040 It's 3-3 basically 676 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,040 The ancillary 677 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,040 Think about it, it's almost perfect 678 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:37,040 Harden, George and Kawhi against Durant, Book, and Beal 679 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,040 You have, one side has Nerkic 680 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,040 One other side has Zubac 681 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:49,040 One side I think probably starts either Grayson Allen or probably Grayson Allen 682 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,040 The other side starts Luke Canard 683 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040 No, Canard is in Memphis 684 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,040 Oh, I can't think of who the Clippers first started 685 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,040 He's mostly a shooter person 686 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,040 So you've got the teams pretty much matched up 687 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,040 You go to the Pelicans series 688 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,040 Yes, it's 3-3 689 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,040 And there's a fifth in the, you know 690 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,040 The team is up almost down to the tee 691 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:15,040 But then when you get into a situation where Zion's barreling 692 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,040 He's going to come down the lane 693 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,040 Who's going to keep him out? 694 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:22,040 You're going to have Paul George get beaten in the chess ball series 695 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,040 Like, you know what I'm saying 696 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,040 It's fine, I don't want to play the Pelicans 697 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,040 I want a lot of people 698 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,040 They're probably, the Timboolz are probably safe from them 699 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,040 They love the Timboolz 700 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,040 The Thunder, man, like they're one spot out of seven 701 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,040 They're half game out of seven 702 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,040 If you're the Thunder and you end up drawing the Pelicans 703 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,040 You may be home in five or six 704 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,040 It's a bad matchup for Oklahoma City 705 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,040 They're so skinny 706 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,040 So the Pelicans are a very dangerous team 707 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:53,040 But we're going to definitely keep our eye on the NBA a lot more 708 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,040 But up next, we're going to shift to the NFL 709 00:39:56,040 --> 00:40:18,040 Talk about what's going down with the Shield 710 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:22,040 Welcome back into the show 711 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,040 Sorry about the long-winded first segment 712 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,040 It's been a month 713 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,040 I haven't heard from you guys in a while 714 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,040 You guys haven't heard my voice in a while 715 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,040 You haven't heard these takes in a while 716 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,040 I've been on fire like since season five 717 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,040 I was going to have a lot of heat in it 718 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,040 It was kind of nice the first four seasons 719 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,040 A lot of analytical stuff 720 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,040 We're going to get more into the opinion space 721 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,040 A lot of analytical, a lot of fact 722 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,040 We're going to get more into the opinion space 723 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,040 Whenever possible 724 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,040 So we're going to get our facts 725 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,040 Of course, you guys have to come here to learn stuff 726 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,040 And to hear fresh, unbiased takes 727 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,040 However, there will be a lot more opinion in the show as well 728 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,040 So again, my apologies for the first segment 729 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,040 But let's just get right into the second segment 730 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,040 Into the NFL 731 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,040 Of course, the big hoopla over the past couple of weeks 732 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:10,040 Or the past week or so 733 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,040 This was Russell Wilson being released from the Denver Broncos 734 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,040 They cannot find a trade partner 735 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,040 No shocking at all 736 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,040 With what he was dealing with contractually 737 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:26,040 And they released him and take the biggest cap hit 738 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,040 Dead cap hit in the history of the NFL 739 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,040 He is released as a post-June 1 designation 740 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,040 And they can take his 741 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,040 Clear my throat here 742 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,040 $85 million dead cap hit 743 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,040 And spread it over two years 744 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,040 The Denver Broncos are effectively paying a penalty 745 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,040 Of about $40 million a year for a player 746 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,040 That's not on their roster 747 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,040 I have never heard of that in my life 748 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,040 It's such a blatant like, we're gonna do this 749 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,040 So now they're having to make corresponding moves 750 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,040 Like releasing Justin Simmons to get under the cap 751 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,040 And still not have a quarterback 752 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,040 Like this is insane 753 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,040 Whoever the guy is in Denver, better hit 754 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,040 Or George Patton is gone 755 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,040 Sean Payton has a little runaway 756 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,040 Even though he's the reason Wilson is the ex-Bronco 757 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,040 He has a little runaway because financially 758 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,040 Well, they're the Walters, they'll pay whoever they want 759 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,040 So never mind 760 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,040 If this next quarterback didn't hit pretty well 761 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,040 Payton and Patton are gone 762 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,040 The GM, George Patton, and the head coach Sean Payton 763 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,040 They're out of there 764 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,040 Because they had to convince the owners 765 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,040 To take an $85 million cap hit 766 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:43,040 And in order, and still 767 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,040 Russell Wilson, $39 million in cash this season 768 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,040 It's just he has offset language 769 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,040 So if he goes to a new location 770 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,040 And they pay him 20 771 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:57,040 For instance, he only, the Denver Broncos only have to pay him 19 772 00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:01,040 From Russell Wilson, I'm full of the Sean Watson 773 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,040 I go somewhere 774 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,040 And he's worked, he's looked at 775 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,040 And spoken to, met with, and or visited 776 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,040 The Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants 777 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,040 If I'm him, I go to them 778 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,040 And if I get the deal done and we say let's do it 779 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,040 We decide to be partners, we decide to come together 780 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:23,040 I say, okay, I wanted to Sean Watson 781 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:27,040 Sean Watson, when he knew he was going to face the suspension 782 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,040 From the NFL 783 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:34,040 He changed his cash flow 784 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,040 To $1 785 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,040 Reportedly 786 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:41,040 For the first year of the contract 787 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,040 So when the NFL suspended him 788 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,040 He only lost $1 789 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,040 It was no big deal 790 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,040 The rest of the $240-odd million 791 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,040 $250-odd million 792 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,040 Was perfectly his and perfectly safe and unkept 793 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,040 Now, if it was the cap, he counted for $40-something or whatever it was 794 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,040 But to the count book 795 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,040 And the checks and the bank account 796 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,040 He was like $1 797 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:10,040 If I'm Russell Wilson, I do that exact thing 798 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:14,040 I go to Pittsburgh and they say let's do a two-year 799 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,040 $50-million deal 800 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,040 You'll count $25 million out and $25 million out 801 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,040 However they work the cap 802 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,040 $30 million guaranteed, $35 million guaranteed 803 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,040 I say, okay, that's great 804 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,040 My cash flow for year one is $1 805 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,040 Think about it 806 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,040 You get paid either way 807 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,040 You get $39.00 Russell Wilson can make a maximum 808 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,040 $39.00-odd-million either way 809 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,040 Because of the offset language of his contract 810 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,040 So I would stick it to Denver 811 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,040 And make Denver pay as much as about $39.00-odd-million 812 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,040 A human can 813 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:51,040 He could do a one-year vet minimum deal with a player option 814 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,040 If the NFL comes in and jumps down the throat about for $1 815 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:59,040 He can sign a veteran minimum contract 816 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:04,040 With a player with a team option of like $30 million next season 817 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,040 Again, he's getting his money from Denver either way 818 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:11,040 So it's a matter of how much of $30 million Denver has to pay 819 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,040 I would do a veteran minimum contract with a team option the second year 820 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,040 The first year is vet men, whatever it is 821 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,040 And the second year is $30 million 822 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,040 You know what I'm saying? So if Russell Wilson is the answer 823 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,040 You pick up his option and then you work on a new contract 824 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:28,040 Denver gets to have to hold the back for $38 million-ish 825 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:31,040 And then if he's not the guy 826 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,040 You only paid him $1 million 827 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,040 He still got paid by Denver 828 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,040 And you can let him walk for free and tell him 829 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,040 Yeah, it's been nice, but move along 830 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,040 So that is what I would do if I'm Russell Wilson 831 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:46,040 I go to Pittsburgh, I don't want to deal with the 832 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:49,040 I don't want to deal with the Giants 833 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,040 However 834 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,040 However 835 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,040 He's been in the AFC his whole career 836 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,040 If he goes in the AFC North 837 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,040 It's the greatest quarterback division in the history of football 838 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:09,040 It's Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, and Russell Wilson 839 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:15,040 Like there's no foursome of quarterback you can find in the history of pro football 840 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:18,040 To have those four quarterbacks in the world 841 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,040 That's, it's insane 842 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,040 So maybe he decides 843 00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:29,040 Okay, I don't want to necessarily deal with Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Lamar 844 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,040 Oh, I'm sorry, I messed up 845 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,040 It's Russell Wilson if he goes to Pittsburgh 846 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,040 No, he's in the AFC North 847 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:42,040 Yeah, it's Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, and Deshaun Watson 848 00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,040 It's not a life you necessarily want to run into, right? 849 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:48,040 Not to mention you still have Josh Allen 850 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,040 Potentially Jamie Daniels 851 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,040 Tua with Mike McDaniel 852 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:55,040 Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, CJ Stroud in the AFC 853 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:57,040 They're all in the AFC 854 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,040 The NFC, the best quarterback in the AFC is either Jayden Hertz or Dak Prescott 855 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,040 Now they can conveniently lead them both in their division 856 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:08,040 But outside of them two 857 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:13,040 Who played that much better than Russell Wilson last year? 858 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:16,040 Don't worry, I'll wait 859 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,040 Like, so 860 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:22,040 Ease of competition? 861 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,040 Then it's ease with the New York Giants 862 00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:27,040 However, they're not planning on bringing Saquon Barkley back 863 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,040 If they give you a lot of money inside of their cap 864 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,040 You have a number one weapon in Darren Waller 865 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:34,040 But you don't have a big running back 866 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:37,040 Now if they sign you, they don't have to draft a quarterback 867 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,040 They can die off the top receiver 868 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,040 Now you can live with my league neighbors and it gets interesting 869 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,040 You see what I'm saying? So if there was a good plan in New York 870 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,040 I could see New York 871 00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:50,040 However, I know from a head coach, an organization, a stability, a support 872 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,040 You got Mike Tomlin 873 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,040 Mike Tomlin was a horrible quarterback player 874 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,040 And still never had a lose of these 875 00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:00,040 At one point he had Mason Rudolph start legitimate games 876 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,040 And still was like 9-7, 8-9 877 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,040 So if Russell Wilson could play like he played in Denver 878 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,040 That would be a 10 or 11 win team in Pittsburgh 879 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:12,040 Again, you have Baltimore and Cleveland and Cincinnati to worry about 880 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,040 Split the division 3 and 3? 881 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:17,040 You got with the fourth place schedule? 882 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,040 No, Cleveland had the fourth place schedule 883 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:20,040 Third place schedule? 884 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:25,040 You may end up 10-7 885 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,040 It was a wild card opportunity 886 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,040 You know what I'm saying? You're playing with 17-17, wild card 887 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,040 Fast was in front of you in Pittsburgh 888 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,040 New York is easy, you're a quarterback competition 889 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,040 But everything else in New York is harder 890 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,040 Media attention is harder 891 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:40,040 Your head coach is worse 892 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,040 Your division has Philly and the Cowboys in it 893 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,040 Not great 894 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,040 Who else? 895 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,040 And the commanders are going to have a brand spanking new quarterback 896 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:52,040 Probably Drake May 897 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,040 Hopefully Drake May as a Patriots fan 898 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,040 You know, potentially Drake May 899 00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,040 J.D. McCarthy, somebody not named Jaden Daniels 900 00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,040 That's in your division as well 901 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:07,040 So from Russell Wilson, I get a two year deal done with Pittsburgh 902 00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,040 And I go to Pittsburgh 903 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,040 And I go be the best quarterback there since 904 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:16,040 The last year A.D. was in Pittsburgh 905 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,040 Maybe the first year he was gone 906 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:21,040 Because Big Ben in the last couple of years wasn't that good 907 00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:25,040 And he hasn't had a good QB since 908 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:28,040 Mike Evans, he signs in Tampa Bay 909 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,040 He gets his big payday from the team that drafted him 910 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:35,040 He was going to be the guy that to me was going to set the receiver market 911 00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:39,040 Everybody was going to treat Mike Evans as the benchmark 912 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:44,040 And then how you fall under there is how you fall under there 913 00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:50,040 If Mike Evans went for $18 million a year 914 00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:54,040 You weren't going to go to your team and be like, oh I'm worth $20 million 915 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,040 Well, you're not better than Mike Evans 916 00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:01,040 So that kind of changes 917 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:05,040 Mike Evans went for two years, $52 million with 35 guaranteed 918 00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:07,040 $26 million a year 919 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:11,040 It's hard for a T-Higgins to go to his team and go for $30 million 920 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:16,040 Mike Williams, Mike Evans is going to set the market in the free agency 921 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,040 Resigned deals get used as a benchmark 922 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,040 But they're often time treated with a grain of salt by agencies and GMs 923 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,040 Because it was a resigned 924 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,040 Mike Evans was drafted by Tampa, he's never known anyone else but Tampa 925 00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:29,040 He's probably going to finish his career in Tampa 926 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:33,040 But what it does do, it does get Tampa Bay a leg up in a Baker Mayfield division 927 00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:36,040 Because if Mike Evans was totally free 928 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,040 And Baker was totally free 929 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:43,040 Why would I commit to Tampa first if there's a good chance Mike's not there? 930 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:49,040 So now that Mike has resigned, he's already been recruiting Baker back 931 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:59,040 And so there's a good chance in my opinion Baker Mayfield returns back to Tampa 932 00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,040 Probably on a three year deal 933 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:04,040 That's really a two year deal that you can get out of for one really 934 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:12,040 To be with Mike Evans and the organization that gave him a shot after he was flailing out of the league 935 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:19,040 Speaking of free agency, the running back class is absurd 936 00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,040 People talk about the safety class recently and it's deep 937 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,040 The running back class is absurd 938 00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:30,040 Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, Deandre Swift, Antonio Gibson 939 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:36,040 Tony Pollard, Ezekiel Elliott, all of these guys are completely free 940 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:42,040 Like we're talking a situation where people can get their franchise changed 941 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:47,040 Houston? I think Pierce is the running back? Solid, not great 942 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:50,040 They have a lot of money and a lot of rookie talent 943 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,040 New rookie level pay talent 944 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:58,040 They can go, if I'm them, I go get one of these five running backs 945 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,040 I go get Derrick Henry 946 00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:05,040 If I'm Houston, it's a very down here running school 947 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,040 They're running a lot of power, a lot of duo 948 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:11,040 Stuff with Derrick Henry can just go forward 949 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,040 Not a lot of cutting, we have to cut again 950 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,040 He can just go forward 951 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,040 And then with Tank Del, Houston I paid for a receiver 952 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:24,040 But you know, with Tank Del, CJ Stroud, then Ariel Attack, Hollis, no it went Brown 953 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:28,040 It was space to, Nico Collins, that's what it was 954 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:32,040 They were to space the field without a star running back 955 00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:35,040 Imagine if Derrick Henry's there, you gotta make a choice 956 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,040 You want to go light boxing, like Derrick Henry said that all the time 957 00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:41,040 Or you want to go heavier boxing, and now Stroud has more windows to pick the pass off 958 00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,040 Through the passing lanes 959 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:47,040 Like this is, reportedly it's going to be Saquon 960 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:51,040 Who has the highest interest from Houston, I go Derrick Henry 961 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:56,040 From Saquon, I try to get to Miami 962 00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:00,040 You saw what they did for Christian McCaffrey, a very similar scheme 963 00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,040 With a limited quarterback 964 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:07,040 All that speed in the world with Rado and Tirek 965 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:11,040 If you get a Saquon Barkley in the backfield, I know Moshe scored a lot 966 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:16,040 Jamal Williams scored a lot for Detroit, I mean everything 967 00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:21,040 If you get Saquon Barkley, you change the dynamics of the AFC East 968 00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,040 Period 969 00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:28,040 Um, Josh Jay, oh Austin Eckler's also free 970 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:32,040 I think Harbaugh goes and gets a running back that's not named Austin Eckler 971 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:37,040 I really do, Eckler's contracts really pretty high, the others would be too 972 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:42,040 But, Harbaugh made it a point to tell certain guys 973 00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:47,040 That they were in the futures plans, that like, no I want you here 974 00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:50,040 You're going to be here, Ken Allen got that assurance 975 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:54,040 Of course Justin Harbaugh got that assurance, and a couple of guys from defense got that assurance as well 976 00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:58,040 Who's the new GM of the Chargers? It's Tom Tolesco 977 00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:05,040 Where did Tom, no Tom Tolesco was the GM of the Chargers, he's not a GM of the Raiders 978 00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:08,040 The Raiders have a running back hole 979 00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:13,040 He discovered and paid and endorsed Austin Eckler 980 00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:17,040 I think Austin Eckler ends up in Vegas with Tom Tolesco 981 00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:22,040 Which, they might have to swap, I think Jacobs ends up in 982 00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:28,040 Jacobs ends up in the Chargers, and the Chargers do use a near on pick on Blake Corbin 983 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,040 And that's the kind of double running back situation the Chargers do 984 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:36,040 You know, they have Harbaugh, they get back Ken Allen 985 00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:39,040 They have their own first round pick, a relatively high first round pick 986 00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:44,040 They just swung and missed on Quentin Johnson, however that wasn't that regime 987 00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:47,040 I think in Malik Neighbors sitting there, the Chargers do it 988 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:52,040 And so as Mike rules in Malik Neighbors with Josh Jacobs and they drive Blake Corbin in the third round 989 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:56,040 Or the second round, and then that's their offense with Justin Harbaugh 990 00:54:56,040 --> 00:55:00,040 But this running back phrase is a class man, they are going to be able to hit the market now 991 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:04,040 This class was also supposed to have Jonathan Taylor 992 00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:10,040 He kind of broke the picket line and went and signed early with Indianapolis 993 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:16,040 So I wonder how many teams try to use Jonathan Taylor's deal with Indianapolis 994 00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:22,040 In order to kind of set the market cap for the guys who are free 995 00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:26,040 But usually guys who are free get paid a little bit more than guys who we signed 996 00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:31,040 Just because you have to convince that guy to come here and say, it's like NIL now with players 997 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:37,040 You know, you re-up your NIL deal with your school is usually going to be a little bit less than you would have got on open market 998 00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:40,040 Just because there's no competition in a way 999 00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:45,040 The Bills, speaking of cap and incentive and money 1000 00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:51,040 They have been reworking their roster in order to get under the salary cap 1001 00:55:51,040 --> 00:56:00,040 They have released several players, including Trudevius White, both starting safeties, Taylor Rapp and Micah Hyde 1002 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:09,040 They also have reworked the contract of Von Miller in order to get under the salary cap and be ready for the next season 1003 00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:15,040 As Josh Allen's extension goes even higher, Fondue's got his balloon payment coming up 1004 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:17,040 And so you got that going on 1005 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,040 They went all in, they went win-now mode 1006 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:21,040 They don't even have Gabe Davis on the team, he's a free agent 1007 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,040 They went win-now mode 1008 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,040 Right? 1009 00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:32,040 And the problem is in their win-now window, about three years, they ran into Mahomes and Burrow 1010 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:37,040 You know, they only ran into the AFC representative for the Super Bowl three years in a row, like no biggie 1011 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:42,040 You know what I'm saying? They ran into almost three Super Bowl winners 1012 00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:46,040 I mean, Burrow is Aaron Donald away from not being the Super Bowl champion 1013 00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:51,040 If he gets that ball off, Jumaan Chase had abused Jalen Ramsey 1014 00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:58,040 Jumaan Chase runs to the end though, and the Bengals are champions and who knows the perception on the Rams situation 1015 00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:00,040 They wouldn't have went all in for nothing 1016 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:05,040 Who knows the butterfly effect that I have on Burrow's career, so on and so forth 1017 00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:11,040 But the Bills went all in on the table, they put all their chips in the middle, they went forward 1018 00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:14,040 And they again, Mahomes, Mahomes-Burrow 1019 00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:24,040 Ran into the AFC champion three years in a row, and brutal way to have your win-now era slam shut 1020 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:34,040 And, um, so I was reading a little update where they said that Henry's unlikely to return to the Titans 1021 00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:38,040 Duh, he likes Tennessee, but he's gotten paid, he's gotten paid before 1022 00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:40,040 He wants to win and get paid now 1023 00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:45,040 And with a little bit of a side-up cap jumping the way he did, he has an opportunity, Houston 1024 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:52,040 Um, but, he, that's what I was saying about the Bills 1025 00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:57,040 They went all in though with a super roster on the controllable money and all this stuff 1026 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:05,040 Got slammed shut by the Chiefs, and so now they're having to retool their entire roster 1027 00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:11,040 Looks like they're gonna pick their secondary to do it with, their entire roster in a no longer win-now window 1028 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:16,040 In terms of when you have a contractually advantageous quarterback 1029 00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,040 Um, that's gone now, right? 1030 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:24,040 So, you're gonna have to rob Peter to pay Paul, you're gonna have to cut some losses, you're gonna have to hit in the draft 1031 00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,040 In order to continue to be at the upper level 1032 00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:29,040 Now, is Josh Allen good enough to make you in the discussion every year? Yes 1033 00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:37,040 Is he good enough, like my home, where I give him a football and one weapon and go to war and he probably wins it? No 1034 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:44,040 Um, so that's gonna be the struggle there is that young Chiefs receive the court gets better, Jogger Barrel comes back healthier 1035 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:50,040 Um, Lamar Jackson gets one year older, Deshaun Watson is a little bit healthier 1036 00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:54,040 Um, Justin Herbert has a new coach, you know, an actual NFL level coach 1037 00:58:54,040 --> 00:59:01,040 Um, you know, so on and so forth, in the AFC, it's gonna be a war, right? 1038 00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:05,040 Like, you got Miami still, New England has a lot of money, a new coach, a new energy 1039 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:10,040 Like, more than like, a new quarterback, I just praise Jay Daniels, right? 1040 00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:17,040 But, there's so much going against the Bills now 1041 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:23,040 That they had their window and they feel like they missed it 1042 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:28,040 Um, and so I hope they have a couple of good runs in them 1043 00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:34,040 I know a Bills fan, it hurts him, but I think they had their shot and missed 1044 00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:40,040 Um, which would be awful for the Buffalo Bills franchise 1045 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:44,040 Speaking of the New England Patriots, they're starting to have a little spending spree 1046 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:50,040 My Pats came in with the most money of anybody, over a hundred million dollars in cash space 1047 00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:55,040 And they've started to spend it a little bit, not a whole lot, but a little bit 1048 00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:58,040 Resigning Hunter Henry, three years, twenty-seven million dollars 1049 00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:05,040 They also agree with a Steelers offensive tackle to come for the tackle spot 1050 01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:08,040 Because of course, Trent Brown has an organizational issue 1051 01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:15,040 And then Michael Wenu is in free agency due to the Patriots placing the transition tag on Kyle Dugger 1052 01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:20,040 So Wenu was able to walk into free agency, hopefully we get a Wenu back 1053 01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:23,040 I don't see Trent Brown coming back, but hopefully we can get a Wenu back 1054 01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:28,040 And get us some of the offensive linemen in the draft after we draft Jaden Daniels 1055 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:33,040 So, that is what's going on in the NFL 1056 01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:45,040 But up next, I'd like to shift to the reignited hot debate of Michael Jordan versus LeBron James 1057 01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:09,040 Welcome back into the show 1058 01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:18,040 And now I'm going to talk about the newly reignited debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James 1059 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:24,040 It reignited because of LeBron James crossing 40,000 points in his career 1060 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:30,040 First player to ever do it, of course he was the only player to ever go 39,000 because the record before him, Kareem, was just over 38,000 1061 01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:37,040 He broke Kareem's record last season, he crossed 39,000 last season, now he's the first player to ever score 40,000 points 1062 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:43,040 He also has 11,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists, the man literally has a career triple-double 1063 01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:45,040 But whatever, right? 1064 01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:57,040 So, the debate got started and immediately those who I consider Jordan stans in the media or personally began to deflect it 1065 01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:05,040 I mean, people were even doing it before it happened, like, oh, it's a longevity stat, oh, it doesn't matter, oh, it doesn't make sense, the debate 1066 01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:10,040 Oh, because he played longer than anybody else, oh, it's because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? 1067 01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:19,040 Even dumb stuff like his medical history is better than anybody else and, you know, he's got better doctors and it's nonsense, right? 1068 01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:28,040 That led people, and you know the internet's petty and they love a good joke, they love a good comeback 1069 01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:38,040 That led people to decide to now go look into the history of Michael Jordan's career 1070 01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:48,040 Because all the Jordan stans go 6-4-6, they point to the 2011 finals and they go 6-4-6 versus 4-4-6, 2011 finals never happened to Michael Jordan 1071 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:55,040 And that's pretty much what they sit their thing on, they'll go with the defense player of the year that everybody knows belongs to LeBron 1072 01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,040 Or they'll say the peak was higher for Jordan, right? 1073 01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:03,040 But that took people to go look into Michael Jordan's career 1074 01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:14,040 Did you know that when Michael Jordan became the fourth player to score 30,000 points while in a Wizards jersey, mind you, not during his Bulls day, not during 98 1075 01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:23,040 No, no, no, no, in the 2000s after his second retirement in the Wizards jersey, when he was there effectively stat padding and trying to get ownership in the Wizards 1076 01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:28,040 He made a deal with the Wizards owners, play a couple of years for me and then move here in the ownership 1077 01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:38,040 Which was nicks because Jordan was a bad person and I hated it so bad he begged Gilberto Arenas to get him out of the Jordan situation 1078 01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:41,040 Yeah, that happened 1079 01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:50,040 But anyway, when he was the fourth player, not the first, the fourth, didn't have the record, the fourth player to score 30,000 points 1080 01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:55,040 There were signs in the arena streamed across multiple seats 1081 01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,040 Congratulations Michael Jordan on 30,000 points 1082 01:03:58,040 --> 01:04:08,040 There was an on court trophy presentation with the trophy that is about the size of the Larry O'Brien, a little bit smaller 1083 01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:17,040 Larry O'Brien trophy that you know, you win for the NBA finals, they gave that trophy to Michael Jordan on the court 1084 01:04:17,040 --> 01:04:24,040 They didn't even so much stop the game for LeBron getting 40,000 1085 01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:28,040 It's not like we'll ever see 40,000 again, ever 1086 01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:33,040 But they didn't even stop the game, I think LeBron was asked before the game 1087 01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:38,040 If he wanted to stop it, he politely said no, I said he should have stopped it either way 1088 01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:43,040 Although during the time out they did give a video montage and the ball was taken out of the game 1089 01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:49,040 Michael Jordan got a trophy presentation for being the fourth person to ever get 30,000 1090 01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:54,040 Interesting, so 40,000 means nothing 1091 01:04:54,040 --> 01:05:01,040 But 30,000 is a trophy presentation, banners and such? 1092 01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:08,040 So some people have been going back and getting videoed 1093 01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:19,040 To say it's not flattering on the era that so many people lied and told us about being this rough and tough and physical and amazing basketball 1094 01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:28,040 Well, there's videos of people bagging off Michael Jordan into the paintbase, like he's Russell Westbrook last season 1095 01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:31,040 And him shooting it and breaking it 1096 01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:35,040 There's videos of Michael Jordan in three point contest scoring five 1097 01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:40,040 May I remind you that in the various hanging three point contests, Kevin Hart scored 13 1098 01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:44,040 There's videos of Michael Jordan not going left 1099 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:48,040 There's videos of Michael Jordan missing a whole bunch of layups continuously 1100 01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:52,040 There's videos of everybody else on the court being horrible 1101 01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:59,040 It's like walking shacked and a fool on Twitter as far as people just killing the 80s and the 90s 1102 01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:03,040 And what this amazing era of basketball allegedly was 1103 01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:10,040 And oh my god this was so perfect and Michael Jordan would have scored 50 in today's era 1104 01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,040 And he couldn't shoot 1105 01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:16,040 So he was going to have to drive and dunk his way to 50? 1106 01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:19,040 Seriously, he was going to have to drive his way to 50? Okay, that makes sense 1107 01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:23,040 But let's get back to the debate, right? 1108 01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:29,040 Nick Wright broke it down about as beautifully as I've ever seen it broken down 1109 01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:35,040 One of the arguments, because the counting numbers are over 1110 01:06:35,040 --> 01:06:41,040 Two arguments, three arguments Jordan fans have left is 6 for 6 1111 01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:45,040 The 88 season, 89 season 1112 01:06:45,040 --> 01:06:48,040 And the scoring titles 1113 01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:55,040 That's pretty much what a lot of people that argue with this just argue with it 1114 01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:59,040 As far as for Jordan, not even as a hellebron, but for Jordan 1115 01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:03,040 The 88 season, 89 season was Michael Jordan's best year individually 1116 01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:10,040 He won every award he won for MVP, if he can't score a title, defensive player of the year, first team on the NBA 1117 01:07:10,040 --> 01:07:13,040 First team on defense I believe, I believe 1118 01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:15,040 He won everything 1119 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:18,040 Except the title, because he was beating 1120 01:07:18,040 --> 01:07:23,040 I've put that year to 2012 LeBron 1121 01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:26,040 27 straight wins in a regular season 1122 01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:29,040 MVP, finals MVP 1123 01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:31,040 Title, first team on defense 1124 01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:33,040 First team on the NBA 1125 01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:35,040 I think he wins the All-Star Game MVP that year 1126 01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:38,040 Literally wins everything, but defensive player of the year 1127 01:07:38,040 --> 01:07:43,040 And he lost it by three votes to a guy who didn't make the all-NBA defensive team 1128 01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:46,040 It's the biggest robbery in sports history 1129 01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:50,040 But I digress 1130 01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:55,040 Then people say, okay, it was a peak over a five-year stretch 1131 01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:58,040 Jordan was higher 1132 01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,040 Was he? 1133 01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:03,040 What five-year stretch is that? 1134 01:08:03,040 --> 01:08:06,040 Is the five-year stretch with the two years nobody counts? 1135 01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:08,040 Is it three feet? 1136 01:08:08,040 --> 01:08:09,040 Wait, hang on, if it's three years you got me 1137 01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:10,040 Let me write it down 1138 01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:12,040 If it's three years you got me 1139 01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:14,040 Michael Jordan won three straight titles 1140 01:08:14,040 --> 01:08:16,040 Two of the years he was MVP 1141 01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:17,040 Three straight finals MVP 1142 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:18,040 Scoring titles 1143 01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:19,040 All four, you got me 1144 01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:21,040 Three years stretch 1145 01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:23,040 If you pick three years you got me 1146 01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,040 One year 88 doesn't compare to 2012 1147 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,040 Two years, you can make a debate 1148 01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:32,040 Three years of Jordan is what it is 1149 01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:35,040 What years of peak 1150 01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:40,040 Of any length of time after three is Michael Jordan better? 1151 01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:42,040 Is it four years? 1152 01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:45,040 Because if you do championship, championship, championship 1153 01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:49,040 If you do 90, 91, 92 1154 01:08:49,040 --> 01:08:52,040 Okay, victory, you got that 1155 01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:57,040 93, he doesn't play in the NBA 1156 01:08:57,040 --> 01:09:00,040 So that doesn't work, okay 1157 01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:04,040 Fine, 96, 97, 98 1158 01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:09,040 99, he's not playing in the NBA 1159 01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:11,040 That doesn't work 1160 01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:15,040 Oh, you want to erase the two years in the middle? 1161 01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,040 You want to erase 94, 95 1162 01:09:18,040 --> 01:09:22,040 You want to go 91, 92, 93 1163 01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:24,040 91, 92, 93 1164 01:09:24,040 --> 01:09:26,040 96, 97, 98 1165 01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:29,040 You don't want to talk about 94, 95 1166 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:31,040 That doesn't work like that because those didn't exist 1167 01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:33,040 Well, I know they existed 1168 01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:35,040 Michael Jordan came back 1169 01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:36,040 You find this out in The Last Dance 1170 01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:40,040 I know a lot from my age found this out in The Last Dance 1171 01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:45,040 Michael Jordan came back in November, wearing a 45 1172 01:09:45,040 --> 01:09:47,040 In 95 1173 01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,040 He missed all 94 1174 01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:52,040 The Bulls are bad, game seven call away from being in the finals 1175 01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:55,040 He's a bad, he misses 94 1176 01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:59,040 He comes back in 95 with about 20 some odd games to play 1177 01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:01,040 Right around this time of year, a little bit early 1178 01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:02,040 Right around this time of year 1179 01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:04,040 He comes back 1180 01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:08,040 The reason it was such a great PR 1181 01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:15,040 Is because the Double Nickel game in the Garden happens in 95 1182 01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:17,040 The famous Michael Jordan, look at his seventh game back 1183 01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:20,040 He scores 55 in the Garden 1184 01:10:20,040 --> 01:10:23,040 That happened in 95 1185 01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:28,040 Mind you, this is the year they go and play the Magic in the second round 1186 01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:31,040 And Shaq, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott knock them out of there 1187 01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:33,040 I believe in five or six 1188 01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:35,040 Gets rid of them 1189 01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:43,040 This is the same time period that Jordan fans mythically say he would have won eight straight 1190 01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:47,040 It's okay, outside of it never being done 1191 01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:50,040 He played in 95 and lost 1192 01:10:50,040 --> 01:10:55,040 And didn't even lose to the team that won the Shaq and them gospel bout game 1193 01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:59,040 But whatever, didn't happen, doesn't exist 1194 01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:00,040 Cool 1195 01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:03,040 Let me double the feeling to the count 1196 01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:11,040 Michael Jordan played two years for the Wizards, a 40 year old man, averaging 19 points a game 1197 01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:14,040 But yet LeBronz the Shaq battered 1198 01:11:14,040 --> 01:11:17,040 It doesn't work, people 1199 01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:24,040 And after all these arguments and videos are coming out, you know what the Michael Jordan argument has dissolved into? 1200 01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:30,040 And Monty Jones, one of the bigger Jordan guys in the world, but especially on social media, said 1201 01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:35,040 We just saw it, we had to be there 1202 01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:41,040 Doesn't that sound like when older people talked about Dr. J 1203 01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:45,040 That we summarily dismissed 1204 01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:48,040 We spanked Dr. J, but summarily dismissed it 1205 01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:52,040 Or when old people started talking about Wilk 1206 01:11:52,040 --> 01:11:55,040 He was just so amazing 1207 01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:59,040 And got summarily dismissed 1208 01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:04,040 Look, all credit to Michael Jordan, I think he's the third best player of all time 1209 01:12:04,040 --> 01:12:07,040 Behind Kareem and LeBron 1210 01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:10,040 But we're gonna have to stop with the narratives 1211 01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:14,040 The myths, they're becoming both Jackson level 1212 01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:17,040 Twitter is dismissing them left and right 1213 01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:21,040 Every NBA finals game ever is on the NBA app 1214 01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:26,040 And I'm going back and watching these games and going, where is this magical, amazing defense 1215 01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:29,040 Or even amazing basketball, everybody within eight feet of each other 1216 01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:34,040 You've got Carmelo missing, Airball midrangers, you know the only shot he would get on the court 1217 01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:39,040 Like, all these magical, mythical, amazing moments 1218 01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:46,040 That was played up so high on people's mental 1219 01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:48,040 Played so high on people's emotions 1220 01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:50,040 Played up so high in the last dance 1221 01:12:50,040 --> 01:12:56,040 We're seeing proof that it wasn't what they said it was 1222 01:12:56,040 --> 01:13:00,040 But I'll leave you with this 1223 01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:04,040 One of the bigger reasons why a lot of people look Jordan Campbell 1224 01:13:04,040 --> 01:13:06,040 And the anti-LeBron camp 1225 01:13:06,040 --> 01:13:08,040 Is the fact that they say Jordan's fans 1226 01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:09,040 And they say LeBron's fans 1227 01:13:09,040 --> 01:13:18,040 And what the media has done and his fans have done by just plastering him all over everything 1228 01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:27,040 There was a video before the NBA finals advertising the finals 1229 01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:31,040 And it was a Michael Jordan video 1230 01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:33,040 Not a Chicago Bulls video 1231 01:13:33,040 --> 01:13:35,040 Not a Bulls versus whoever they were playing 1232 01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:39,040 Because I don't know, watching the video I have no idea 1233 01:13:39,040 --> 01:13:43,040 It was a Michael Jordan compilation video 1234 01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:46,040 It was Michael's face, he was doing moves behind himself 1235 01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:49,040 It was a really well done video 1236 01:13:49,040 --> 01:13:55,040 And then the game of the NBA finals broadcast came on 1237 01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:58,040 It's not your fault people who are in this camp 1238 01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:01,040 People who just can't see logic when it comes to this case 1239 01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:04,040 It's not your fault you didn't do this 1240 01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:06,040 You were programmed this way 1241 01:14:06,040 --> 01:14:11,040 Before you watched an NBA finals game they showed you a clip of Michael Jordan montage before the game 1242 01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:13,040 It's not your fault 1243 01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:17,040 You were, you were, you defend your era 1244 01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,040 You stand on it 1245 01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:22,040 Ah, defend your guy 1246 01:14:22,040 --> 01:14:26,040 But ultimately you were given a case that you can't win 1247 01:14:26,040 --> 01:14:31,040 And at this point there's no way to win it 1248 01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:34,040 It's okay, it's fine 1249 01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:38,040 Michael Jordan still 6 for 6 1250 01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:42,040 Kareem 6 for 9 and no one cares 1251 01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:46,040 Russell's 11 for 13 and no one cares 1252 01:14:46,040 --> 01:14:48,040 11 for 12 1253 01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:50,040 It's okay 1254 01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:52,040 It's alright 1255 01:14:54,040 --> 01:14:58,040 That is all I have for today 1256 01:14:58,040 --> 01:15:00,040 A great way to be back 1257 01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:03,040 Glad you guys spent a little over an hour and 15 minutes with me 1258 01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:06,040 Again, shout out to my boy B-Roy for the new intro song 1259 01:15:06,040 --> 01:15:16,040 Definitely place the album description in the album link on Apple Music in the description of the podcast 1260 01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:19,040 Hope you guys have a great rest of your day 1261 01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:37,040 This is your host Justin Jackson signing out 1262 01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:52,040 Thanks for watching