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Welcome in to the newest edition of the Justin Time Sports Podcast.

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I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson.

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In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the NBA as we are smack dab in the middle

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of the playoffs.

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We'll be discussing the WNBA as their new season is tipping off and we'll have our

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Jax Hot Take.

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This is just a time sports come and get your weekly change

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Oh, we have been apart for far too long.

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I've been doing a lot of stuff in my life.

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Ramping back up and playing football.

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Now getting involved with basketball.

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And the YouTube show.

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Sports media and stuff going down.

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Playoffs because it's so weird.

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None of that is an excuse guys.

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I should have been with you guys a lot more.

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My apologies.

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I know I go in every year saying I'm going to do 52-52.

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It never works out.

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I kind of told you guys I was going to build in a few weeks throughout with vacation.

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I don't know if you guys have seen it.

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I'm going to do 52-52.

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Obviously, smack dab in the middle of the NBA playoffs.

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Now that I had mine.

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However, it kind of did work out and gave us the opportunity to talk.

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And I promise, I guarantee it.

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It called a jack guarantee that I will not take multiple weeks off from now.

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Oh, through the NBA finals.

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Probably took a break before the Olympics get started.

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But that is the last.

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And then of course, we have the NBA finals.

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And then we have the NBA finals.

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And then we have the NBA finals.

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And then we have the NBA finals.

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And then we have the NBA finals.

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And then we have the NBA finals.

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And that is the last.

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And then of course, once we're back for the Olympics,

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football is ramping up.

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And then we'll be every week throughout the rest of the year.

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But anyway,

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enough of the behind the scenes stuff.

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Enough of the scheduling stuff.

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Much in advance, we will definitely make sure to be on every single week.

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Between now and the NBA finals.

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Between now and the NBA finals.

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Because you guys want to hear from me.

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I want to hear from you guys.

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I love your feedback.

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I love your interactions.

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that I realized I hadn't been on in a few weeks.

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Again, a lot of stuff's been going on in my life,

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nothing bad.

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I don't want you guys to worry about me,

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but it has been a lot.

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And so with the YouTube show,

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I kinda been getting on my opinions with the YouTube show.

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I definitely want you guys to subscribe

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to the Just In Time Sports YouTube,

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as always we'll link it.

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And then the JTS After Dark show is kind of where

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I've been getting my opinions out.

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Definitely watched the last video or the last episode

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featuring my guy Mike Bell,

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who's a fellow Patriots fan,

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so there was three Patriots fans on there,

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of course with Jai from Hey Jai.

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Show produced by IMS Productions.

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It is always a interesting time

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with a bunch of Patriots fans on.

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It was during the end of the Philly,

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next game five, I believe, was the end of the game,

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Mike Bell was watching.

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But of course subscribe to the YouTube channel.

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But again, enough of the behind the scenes stuff.

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Let's get into what you guys are here for.

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You guys are here for the NBA playoffs, right?

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You guys are here for that kind of talk.

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So of course you guys know what's going down

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so far in round one.

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Round one officially ended today.

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So I'm recording this Sunday night,

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about 10, 24 local time.

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So this is all of eight hours-ish,

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seven and a half hours-ish,

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following the conclusion officially of round one.

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Round two tipped off Saturday.

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We'll discuss that of course.

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But round one officially ended

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with game seven of the Cavs and Magic.

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And it's always weird these early rounds,

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whenever there's one series that goes seven,

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or two series that goes seven,

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they'll be finishing while the other series are starting.

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So that's always pretty weird to me.

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I don't know why the NBA does that overlap.

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They have stuff timed out with arenas and schedules

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and all kinds of other stuff.

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So they get really,

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they do the best they can with the schedule.

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It's always weird to me, like, you can't wait a day.

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Or you can't wait two days.

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You know, like, it's always weird.

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Like, for instance, we played the first game

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of the second round on Saturday,

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and played the last game of the first round on Sunday.

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Odd to me, very odd to me.

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But the NBA's been doing it for years.

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No one's really, I guess, complained enough to change it.

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But regardless, the Cavs and Magic close their series.

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Tonight's round one is officially over,

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which means I can come in and discuss

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a round one that is finished.

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Not a lot of prediction here, but a whole lot of recap

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until we get into our prediction, of course,

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a little bit later, we'll talk about round two.

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But starting off round one, of course,

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we're gonna go east to west.

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Celtics dominate.

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I'm not gonna spend much time on their series.

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They like the best team in the series.

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They like the best team in the league.

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One problem, though,

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presenting this is down with a calf injury.

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And it is very similar to the calf injury

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Giannis went through.

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As we know now, Giannis did never play in the playoffs.

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He got hurt about a week or so out

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from the end of regular season,

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even with the week of the regular season ending

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and the playing time and a week and a half

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playoff series, he said after the game,

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he wasn't even close.

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So, of course, the Indians experiencing the same thing.

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Let's say he's down a month.

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That puts him June 5th.

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That puts him in the NBA finals for his return.

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So his season could be overdue or a calf strain.

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I mean, like, if it's the same injury as Giannis,

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he could be, his season could be overdue or a calf strain.

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That is brutal for the Celtics.

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So we're not gonna spend much time on them.

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We're gonna spend more time on them

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and talk about their prediction

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in that second round series

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and who they're playing and who they're going against.

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The Knicks and Philly,

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we're gonna spend a lot of time

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on definitely probably three series.

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And this is one of them.

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This was one of those series.

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This is a classic series.

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It went six.

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I wish it would have gone seven,

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but it ended up going six.

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The Knicks won the series in six,

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but they won the series points total by one.

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That's to tell you,

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these games went down to the end every single time.

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There was a whole lot of stuff going on.

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That was the famous Tyrese Maxey mugging in the garden

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that ultimately the last human in the report comes back

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and say there were multiple missed calls

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at the end of the game.

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There was Joellen Bede hitting shots all crazy.

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There's the famous,

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there's Joellen Bede injuring Mr. Robinson.

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There's the infamous shot of zooming in

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on Joellen Bede's knee.

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And there's blood coming out of it.

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So it's like, it's already braced.

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I'm sure it's heavily bandaged

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and blood seeping through it.

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Like what's going on with them Bede?

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There's also the Belles-Palls incident in this series.

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There's the Nova Boys, Josh Hart hitting the game,

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winning, you're in the game series.

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You're the series winning three rather,

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after Nick Nurse very clearly strategy

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was to leave Josh Hart open, 30% shooter,

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from three this season.

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It wasn't a Joellen Bronson.

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It wasn't a Dottie DiVincenzo.

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You know, but the strategy clearly was to let Josh Hart

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shoot and burn them in the end.

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I mean, this series had everything.

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It had the New York media, it had the New York fans.

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It had, because the towns are pretty close,

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Philly and New York,

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a lot of New York fans were driving to Philly.

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Especially if you were a Knicks fan

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and you didn't want to play Madison Square Garden prices,

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it was cheaper to drive to Philly.

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And so even in this next series, you guys know who won.

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So Philly, New York is gonna play Indiana.

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As of right now, instead of getting a lower,

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instead of getting a mid-level,

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Madison Square Garden ticket,

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it would be cheaper to fly to Indiana,

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book a hotel room and sit in the lower bowl

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than it would be to simply go to the game of New York.

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So because of which, I mean, I've been in New York City,

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Madison Square Garden is beautiful.

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I've been on, I wanna sit outside,

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should be doing a facilities tour.

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Definitely gonna do it the next time.

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The tour dates, the tour times are weird.

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Definitely gonna do a facility tour the next time, right?

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It's gonna make a basketball, right?

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But Madison Square Garden knows a lot of celebrities

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gonna come to the game, it's the playoffs.

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It's New York City, it's the playoffs.

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A lot of celebrities gonna come to the games

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where the prices go through the roof.

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And so because of which, I'm gonna say, it came out that

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if you flew from New York to Indiana,

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got a hotel room and sat in the lower bowl,

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it's cheaper than sitting in the mid-level,

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in saying New York City, sitting in the mid-level.

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That's ridiculous.

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Baby, look at New Orleans,

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speaking of the playoff tickets,

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look at New Orleans playoff tickets,

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they're getting in prices like $30, $40,

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because they didn't out-price their market,

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regardless of who's coming in town.

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Now, if it was against the Lakers,

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the tickets probably would've went insane.

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But you know, because the Lakers playing game,

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they're getting in prices like 20.

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So definitely did not out-price their market,

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but New York has priced goused the series.

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But anyway, back to the Knicks and Philly itself,

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hold on, I'm changing about tickets.

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Back to the Knicks and Philly itself.

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It was a series where if you're Philadelphia,

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and we'll talk about Philadelphia later,

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this was a good series for you,

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because you proved your number two.

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Hear me out.

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The reason why Jalen Brunson is not in Dallas,

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and Kyrie Irving's in Dallas, and not with the Lakers,

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is because Rick Carlisle lost all faith

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in Jalen Brunson in the last series.

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All of it.

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Jalen Brunson was effectively benched,

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and that is why he was not really given the contract

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that he deserved.

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New York, Dallas really didn't step up

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for Brunson to New York.

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All but stolen was one of their eyes in broad daylight.

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That's when Dallas wanted to step up.

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By that point, the relationship severed.

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Brunson was joining his father in New York City.

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That's how we got here.

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That's how we arrived at this point.

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All the other dominant teams of the fall,

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Kyrie and Zuckerman.

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Things happened after that, right?

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So,

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but Philly,

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getting back to Philly,

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Philly here now has a second coach.

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And they know they have a coach called Ty.

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His name is Tyrese Maxley.

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So it wasn't a bad series of Philly,

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but it made for a classic series.

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It was a classic B series in physical.

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Big shots were made.

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New York and Philly don't like each other.

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We had F.J. Williams being chanced going,

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F.J. Williams and Brunson chanced going.

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You had two teams that just battled and competed

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in fan base that didn't like each other.

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Like, it was game seven again.

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You talk about how it's cheaper to go,

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if you leave New York,

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it would be cheaper of you to leave New York,

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fly to another city,

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stay there, get a little bowl ticket.

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Well, a lot of the Knicks fans,

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New York and Philadelphia,

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were relatively close.

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They were just driving to the Sixers game.

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They would get, it would spend a good chunk on tickets,

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tickets they could never get in the Mecca,

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and they simply just drove to Philly.

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So to prevent that,

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one of the Philadelphia 76 owners bought like 2,000 tickets

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to give out to local people in Philadelphia

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with proof that they're a Sixers fan,

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by the way,

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like on social media, I don't know.

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Proof that they're a Sixers fan

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to prevent people from New York from buying them.

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Because, you know,

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X amount of tickets go to the season holders,

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and if not college,

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who else would X amount of tickets go to the whole team?

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But you know, the rest goes to the general admission.

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So in order to stop all the Knicks fans

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from buying up the general admission tickets,

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one of the owners, I believe it was Josh Harris,

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bought like 2,000 of the tickets,

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and we're gonna give them to local people in Philadelphia

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under the instruction,

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under the stipulation that they were 76 fans.

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And so that's kind of what Series 11 are,

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except the total margin of victory by score was one point

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from the day with the Knicks.

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Insane series, physical series,

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they battled hard every game and they closed.

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Like it was a situation where they went to war,

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but again, it is early to seven.

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I will say that, and I will repeatedly say that,

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it deserved a seventh game.

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I think mainly we deserved a seventh game,

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because that game was ridiculous.

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But it doesn't matter to me to hear a little bit

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from your team, you're saying,

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so I'm not that mad.

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But continuing to move on, Indiana upset Milwaukee.

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And I spent a couple of minutes,

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one minute or so on this.

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Indiana got the win on Series 11.

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They're the first Series 11 since Reggie Melo-Brater.

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Congratulations, all right?

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Well, maybe it's not, but it felt like it, right?

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For all those people who are discussing

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Doc Rivers' job future, let's talk about it.

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Number one, he's not getting fired.

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Let's just go from that, he's not getting fired.

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He steps down, whatever, different composition.

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He's not getting fired.

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Number two, he took over a team in the middle of the season.

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Some people have said they were 30 and 11 when he took over.

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This is true.

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The finish below, they never got to 50 wins.

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This is true.

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What is also true is De Gea were one of the worst offense

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in the league, we know they were 29th in the league

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in offense.

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Doc Rivers is there, they're 14th and 15th.

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Also their schedule drastically improved

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from the beginning of the year.

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Also, he went into the playoffs without the odds.

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He was still fairly out of the cast, right?

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He also played two games without Dave winning one.

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Was it the master class of coaching that Doc Rivers,

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a man of his experience with those guys

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was supposed to do?

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The answer is no, it wasn't.

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Was it one of the hardest jobs in the NBA to do this year?

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Absolutely.

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He went one and one with Chris Middleton

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as his number one guy in the playoff series.

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Like, not just a regular old game,

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not like it was a couple games

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and Chris Middleton won one

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because one of them was a Tuesday night in Brooklyn.

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No, he won one of those games in a playoff series

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with Chris Middleton, Bobby Portis, Patrick Beverly

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and Brook Lopez.

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I get it, I get it, beating up on Doc Rivers is fun.

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I understand, but he does not deserve that slander.

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It actually to me takes away the viability

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and the likability and the notoriety of the Indiana Pacers.

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Those guys went to work.

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That was a great series by them.

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They lost a game they shouldn't have,

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but they won a game they shouldn't have.

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So, it's an eight and a six either way.

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That pace seems good.

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They're young.

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They play decent-ish defense.

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Ever since the movement of Buddy Hill,

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granted it's not like they're the 96 Bulls.

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They're still highly torchable.

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But they play good-ish defense.

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Rick Carlisle's always been really good

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at getting an offense going

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with Tyrese Halliburton and the rest of that crew,

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Miles Turner.

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And the rest of that crew, they look good.

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You know what I'm doing?

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I think they're gonna get their head kicked

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in the next round.

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Nah, probably.

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But they look good.

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So, that's gonna be a very interesting series in New York.

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Halliburton gets the mech on the big stage.

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I always thought that's a big thing for a younger,

406
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for any player really, is to get that New York playoff game.

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Now, even if you're not a Knick,

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especially if you're not a Knick,

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like Trey Young became one of the biggest villains

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in the NBA, because of what he did to the Knicks in New York.

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So, to get that space, to get that mountain,

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to get that eyeball attention is gonna be huge

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for the New York Knicks, Jalen Brunson,

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and the rest of that crew.

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And then of course, Cavs and Magic,

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as I said, finished today.

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A series that not many people, myself included, watched.

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I mean, I watched a good part of game seven,

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but for the most part, kind of from under the radar.

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They usually played in a odd time,

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played during a lot of the bigger matchups,

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played off TV.

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What I mean by off TV, I don't mean like literally off TV.

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They played on like NBA TV, true TV.

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They didn't even get, I think they got ESPN until game six.

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When they got ESPN, game six, and game seven.

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In which case, it's actually a pretty good series.

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Paolo Bancaro is real.

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He's gonna, he's congratulates Orlando

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for the next race of the franchise.

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He is going to carry them for a very long time.

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Donovan Mitchell, kind of exercising

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a little bit of those playoff demons.

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I thought it was gonna get dark for him in this game

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and the clear Cavs organization,

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and that he will be looking to elsewhere.

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He still might, but it's gonna be a lot harder

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to get him to move, just opposed to if they had lost

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in the first round to Orlando.

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Cleveland, you deserve all this comeuppance.

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You tampered with the standings to try and draw Orlando.

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Instead of just getting Milwaukee,

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oh man, you ended up in a seven game series.

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So you deserve the fact that you gonna have

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little to no rest, little to no game planning,

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and you get the boss to sell this in round two.

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You deserve that.

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You deserve everything that happens to you in that series.

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No, because again, they tampered with the record.

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We spoke about it in the last podcast.

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Like, that's so messed up.

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Like, we're talking, this isn't, and I don't like when,

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you weren't trying to get the number one pick, right?

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Where all of a sudden, you, oh, we're gonna

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purposely play terrible teams,

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and we're gonna purposely not have our best players play,

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and anybody with a pulse has an injury or a sickness.

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And all these G League guys that hadn't put all season,

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they're gonna get 35 minutes tonight.

460
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Like, that's sort of an affairs activity.

461
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Well, I don't like it.

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Tanking's been a part of the game for a long time.

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There's a generation prospect out there,

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and the team is bad, and they realize they have a chance

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at said generation of prospect.

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They begin to do things to maneuver for that prospect.

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Again, tanking has been a thing for a very long time.

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While I don't agree with it,

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it's almost one of the ancient arts.

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It's almost grandfathered in acceptance.

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Like, all right, it's just part of the game.

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Purposely maneuvering the standings in the playoffs

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is vile.

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It's absolutely vile.

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Like, it can't be allowed to stand.

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It can't one of those things

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that you try to grandfather in later,

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because it was so messed up.

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You purposely maneuvered the standings to avoid a team

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that ultimately you would have beaten easier.

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And so you'll come up and say,

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is you went in a dog fight, seven full games with the Cavs.

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At no point were you wrestling with your Lords.

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At no point did you have off time.

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You're gonna have a day off, which would be Monday.

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And then I think you're playing game one on Tuesday

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against Boston.

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Congratulations, you're gonna either get swept up,

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sent home in a very quick five,

490
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and all your maneuvering will come up

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into ultimately netted you one playoff series.

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Instead of, you could have went on the other side,

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played Philly, I'm sorry.

494
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Battle on indeed would have been a struggle.

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I agree.

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But then you would have not had Boston in the second round.

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You could have drew New York in the second round.

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I mean, you could have drew New York.

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Not New York, you could have drew, at that point,

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would have been, yeah, New York in the second round.

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Had to take that third round.

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But didn't have the world ball to the third round.

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But instead you get them in the round too.

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Say everything that happens to you Cleveland, you deserve.

505
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But hey, you got round one, right?

506
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But let's move on to the West.

507
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Now again, with the West,

508
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the number one seed are absolutely dominated.

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And the Thunder really didn't dominate the Pelicans,

510
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my Pelicans in the first two games.

511
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They didn't dominate us in game four.

512
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They got us in game three.

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We said to Charlie Barkley,

514
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getting into it with the city of Galveston

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and Beyonce's mother.

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Talking about driving Galveston down to that dirty water.

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But Pelicans are out.

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Hopefully, Daddy, oh, I don't have that in my notes.

519
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Hopefully that's the end of the Zion, Beyond,

520
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:26,900
Beyond, Zion, B-I, CJ era.

521
00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:29,060
Cool with Zion, one Zion in my franchise player.

522
00:22:29,060 --> 00:22:30,420
What I saw in the playing game

523
00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:31,900
was enough to convince me of that.

524
00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:34,660
Please hand the keys over to him.

525
00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:37,260
One of, if not both,

526
00:22:37,260 --> 00:22:39,900
a CJ McCollum and Brandon Ingram's time in New Orleans

527
00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,100
needs to be over.

528
00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,020
We've seen enough of it.

529
00:22:42,020 --> 00:22:44,140
David Griffin has agreed with me.

530
00:22:44,140 --> 00:22:45,300
He's seen enough of it.

531
00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:47,940
It's time to move on, right?

532
00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:50,060
You've got disgruntled guys all over the league,

533
00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:52,660
star players, Charlie Young,

534
00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:55,860
in different locations that I think,

535
00:22:55,860 --> 00:22:58,580
Donald and Mitchell, I think could be huge

536
00:22:58,580 --> 00:23:00,060
to partner with a Zion.

537
00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:02,500
I think he's a great point guard.

538
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,500
Trae Young, as I said, would be the ideal person in my mind.

539
00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:08,380
He can shoot, he can dance, he can pass.

540
00:23:08,380 --> 00:23:12,340
He's a 29 and 10 guy, 29 and 11 guy rolling out of bed.

541
00:23:12,340 --> 00:23:17,340
In my opinion, he'd be perfect to play with Zion.

542
00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:20,820
And then of course you would have Trae and Herb in Zion.

543
00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:22,180
Then of course you'd fill in your fifth,

544
00:23:22,180 --> 00:23:24,620
either with George and Zion Children's on a great contract

545
00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:27,980
or maybe another good center pops up in the trades

546
00:23:27,980 --> 00:23:31,140
with you're gonna see them a couple, who knows, right?

547
00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:34,860
But that iteration of the Pelicans is over.

548
00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:36,260
OKC into that.

549
00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:38,580
Kudos, OKC, they're rolling around too.

550
00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,900
Minnesota ended Phoenix.

551
00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,780
And we're gonna speak a lot more about Phoenix later.

552
00:23:45,780 --> 00:23:48,980
But Minnesota, Anthony Edwards has arrived.

553
00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:52,500
He, my guy, a lot of this thing has been

554
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:54,260
changing of the guard in the NBA.

555
00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:57,460
The old guard officially handing over the crown

556
00:23:57,460 --> 00:23:58,300
to the new guard.

557
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:01,220
We had Steph Curry, of course, not even making the playoffs

558
00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:03,740
and lost to a younger team, lost to Sacramento.

559
00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:08,220
You see in this series, Kevin Durant almost like nodding.

560
00:24:08,220 --> 00:24:10,380
See Anthony Edwards like, it's yours now.

561
00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:15,060
And Anthony Edwards, being Anthony Edwards,

562
00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:18,460
on the DX sign, yelling at Kevin Durant,

563
00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:21,500
a lot of verbal stuff back and forth.

564
00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:22,500
He was being himself.

565
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,060
Part of what makes Ant-Man, Ant-Man,

566
00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:26,700
he was absolutely enjoying his time.

567
00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:29,660
And he said, dethroning one of the legends in the game,

568
00:24:29,660 --> 00:24:31,100
one of the living statues.

569
00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:36,020
It was pretty spectacular, honestly, to watch.

570
00:24:36,020 --> 00:24:39,180
And you got Rudy Gobert every day showing

571
00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:41,900
why he is worth the money.

572
00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:44,300
He's not a regular season numbers guy.

573
00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,540
You gotta see eight, six, and three in the box score

574
00:24:46,540 --> 00:24:48,020
and go, disgusting.

575
00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:50,100
And then you're gonna see he was a plus 24

576
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:53,260
because his defense rating in the game was something insane.

577
00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:54,980
You know what I'm saying?

578
00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:56,220
And that's why he's there.

579
00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:57,620
And they show the Biden playoffs.

580
00:24:57,620 --> 00:24:59,780
He gave to Nerkus Fitz,

581
00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:01,460
because Nerkus couldn't do anything under the rim

582
00:25:01,460 --> 00:25:03,260
because everything had to come to him.

583
00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:07,060
That's kind of a blessing in the curse of Gobert,

584
00:25:07,060 --> 00:25:09,980
is the fact that if he ever under the rim center,

585
00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:13,300
he's gonna torture you because he's so tall,

586
00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:14,940
he's so long, he's like, it's amazing,

587
00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:16,220
he helps out the defender.

588
00:25:16,220 --> 00:25:18,180
He can now guard two people at one time.

589
00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:21,700
He can guard on every drive,

590
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,260
and he can get back to you

591
00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:25,460
because you have to get to the rim to score.

592
00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:27,580
That's why certain people torture him,

593
00:25:27,580 --> 00:25:30,540
torture him, because, torture Gobert, rather,

594
00:25:30,540 --> 00:25:33,380
because if he tries to help on that drive

595
00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:35,660
and leaves Anthony Davis,

596
00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:36,660
he could shoot a mid-range shot.

597
00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:37,780
Yokey could shoot a three,

598
00:25:37,780 --> 00:25:39,540
or Kat who could shoot a three,

599
00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:40,380
or Kat's on the team,

600
00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:42,340
but Kat back in the day could shoot a three.

601
00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:44,580
Trying to get some other,

602
00:25:44,580 --> 00:25:46,500
Embiid can shoot the middie,

603
00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:48,780
like he leaves that mid-range open,

604
00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:49,620
you kill him all day.

605
00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:52,140
It's like when the Clippers, a couple years ago,

606
00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:53,980
I believe, went small,

607
00:25:53,980 --> 00:25:56,980
and so they went small with five out around the perimeter,

608
00:25:56,980 --> 00:25:59,540
and Gobert was in a torture rack

609
00:25:59,540 --> 00:26:02,380
because his instinct was to two-nine the paint,

610
00:26:02,380 --> 00:26:03,740
and he'd kind of keep blocking the paint,

611
00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:05,220
watch for the drive, whatever,

612
00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:06,580
and he kept kicking the tennis man,

613
00:26:06,580 --> 00:26:07,700
he was just running in corner three.

614
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:11,340
It's not so bad that he played Gobert off the floor.

615
00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:12,460
It was insane.

616
00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:16,660
And so that's what Gobert wants to do,

617
00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:18,580
but the big three in Phoenix

618
00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:21,420
did not come through.

619
00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:22,700
Can I get a I told you so?

620
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:25,340
Can I get a, am I allowed,

621
00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:26,900
as a personal point of privilege,

622
00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:28,340
to say I told you so?

623
00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:30,100
I actually gave them too much credit.

624
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:33,300
Some people were responding under my old posts

625
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,660
about the big three.

626
00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:35,940
I actually gave them too much credit.

627
00:26:35,940 --> 00:26:37,620
I said they were second round and out,

628
00:26:37,620 --> 00:26:39,060
they were first round and out.

629
00:26:39,060 --> 00:26:41,020
They very well could have been swept in and out.

630
00:26:41,020 --> 00:26:42,420
Oh no, they were swept.

631
00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:44,700
Right?

632
00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:48,700
I don't recall Phoenix winning a game in that series.

633
00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:52,140
If they weren't swept, it was effectively a sweep.

634
00:26:53,580 --> 00:26:55,380
Let me look that up because,

635
00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:58,620
let me look that up.

636
00:26:58,620 --> 00:27:01,100
It's been a while to bracket.

637
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,820
I'm on the ESPN app, hope it doesn't take that long.

638
00:27:04,980 --> 00:27:06,100
Nope, first round.

639
00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:08,860
Nope, it was a sweep, yep.

640
00:27:08,860 --> 00:27:11,660
Yeah, no, so they got swept by Minnesota.

641
00:27:11,660 --> 00:27:14,660
Oh, it was a painful changing of the guard.

642
00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:16,060
Kind of reminds people,

643
00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:20,340
reminding me rather, of when Kevin Ramsey was in Brooklyn

644
00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:22,740
and they had that team and they got swept.

645
00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:25,060
And Minnesota swept them this time.

646
00:27:26,660 --> 00:27:30,940
I mean, absolutely brutal ending to this season for Phoenix.

647
00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:34,780
Shout out to all this hope and laughs and greatness

648
00:27:34,780 --> 00:27:36,940
and it ends in a sweep.

649
00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:38,420
It ends in pain.

650
00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:41,180
You fight to get to the sixth seed to get swept.

651
00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:42,220
It's like, at least it's in New Orleans,

652
00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:43,060
so I got the sixth seed.

653
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:44,380
Zion would have been healthy.

654
00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:45,620
He loves playing against Minnesota.

655
00:27:45,620 --> 00:27:47,140
We'll see what happens, but,

656
00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:50,220
Phoenix, when I was a whimper,

657
00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:51,700
and we'll talk about Phoenix a little more later

658
00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:54,220
when we start breaking down individual teams.

659
00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:57,380
The Nuggets, I have in my notes, escaped the Lakers.

660
00:27:57,380 --> 00:28:00,620
And yes, you're thinking four-one escaped?

661
00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:02,740
They won the series by a total of 12 points.

662
00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:04,260
And we spoke about how the Knicks

663
00:28:04,260 --> 00:28:07,060
in a battle of six games won the series by a total of one.

664
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:09,460
The Nuggets won the series by a total of 12.

665
00:28:09,460 --> 00:28:13,540
They lost the time in the lead by,

666
00:28:13,540 --> 00:28:14,820
like a hundred and something minutes,

667
00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:16,260
start that in the series.

668
00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:18,420
The Lakers had double-digit lead in every single game,

669
00:28:18,420 --> 00:28:20,580
including a 20-point lead and an 18-point lead

670
00:28:20,580 --> 00:28:22,740
in different games and lost them both.

671
00:28:22,740 --> 00:28:25,700
Now, if the Lakers simply were able to close out a game,

672
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:27,860
so if they play a good third quarter,

673
00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:30,420
they have a chance of sweeping the Nuggets,

674
00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:32,380
if not beating the Nuggets by four-one.

675
00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:35,860
But they said they could do neither of those things,

676
00:28:35,860 --> 00:28:36,940
so now they're at home,

677
00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:39,820
watching the Nuggets play the Timberwolves in round two.

678
00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:43,700
Because that is the breaks, that's the breaks.

679
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:49,780
Different stuff that happened in the series

680
00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:52,420
kind of tilted its way to the Nuggets.

681
00:28:52,420 --> 00:28:54,500
They took advantage of it when they had to.

682
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,140
If the game was close to five minutes left,

683
00:28:56,140 --> 00:28:58,020
you know it's gonna be the Yokes, Murray, Pick and Roll,

684
00:28:58,020 --> 00:28:59,700
and go in the dunk spot,

685
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:02,540
look out for Michael Porter Jr. and KCP on the wings

686
00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:03,380
for shooting threes.

687
00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:05,140
I mean, that is the offense.

688
00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:09,100
And so the Lakers couldn't do anything about it.

689
00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,100
Kind of ran out of gas, LeBron and AD were playing

690
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:12,900
so many minutes to keep them in it.

691
00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:15,540
Kugdianzler Russell was useless for most of it.

692
00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:18,100
Austin Reeves was useless for most of it.

693
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,060
Rear Hasewer was useless for most of it.

694
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:22,340
So you got LeBron and AD,

695
00:29:22,340 --> 00:29:24,380
who should not be doing that at this stage of his career,

696
00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:26,060
specifically LeBron,

697
00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:29,580
playing so many heavy minutes just to keep the Lakers in it.

698
00:29:29,580 --> 00:29:31,620
And then of course, we needed them to do that sort of thing,

699
00:29:31,620 --> 00:29:32,580
they were out of gas.

700
00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:34,180
And of course, none of the others were hitting,

701
00:29:34,180 --> 00:29:37,820
so yeah, it was a cluster mess.

702
00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:40,860
But now Denver gets absolutely to go play the minutes

703
00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:42,260
with the Timberwolves,

704
00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:44,260
should be a really, really, really great series.

705
00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:45,460
I expect that to go seven.

706
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,860
And then the Mavericks.

707
00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:52,980
Oh, the Mavericks, the Kyrie and Luca led Mavericks.

708
00:29:52,980 --> 00:29:55,300
Finally, and I do mean this,

709
00:29:55,300 --> 00:30:00,300
finally expunged or got the Clippers monkey off their back.

710
00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:04,100
That felt like, it almost felt therapeutic

711
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,380
when the game was over.

712
00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:08,100
Like, the Dallas organization breathed.

713
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,380
Cause the Clippers were like the grim reaper

714
00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:12,140
to their success over the past couple years.

715
00:30:12,140 --> 00:30:16,780
Like, oh, Dallas had this amazing run, this amazing season.

716
00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:17,940
Clippers in five.

717
00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,660
Like, oh, Dallas is finally gonna make a move

718
00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:23,340
and Luca's gonna enter that upper echelon of winners.

719
00:30:23,340 --> 00:30:24,420
Clippers in six.

720
00:30:24,420 --> 00:30:27,780
Like, and it just kept feeling like the Clippers were,

721
00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:30,860
like I said, the grim reaper of the Mavericks organization.

722
00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:31,860
Like, they're gonna, like,

723
00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:33,540
if anybody's gonna beat the Mavericks,

724
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:34,540
it's gonna be the Clippers.

725
00:30:34,540 --> 00:30:37,700
And Kyrie amazing shots, step backs from Luca

726
00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:40,380
and Derrick Lively playing great center minutes

727
00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:44,180
and Cole Island, of course, being hurt again.

728
00:30:44,180 --> 00:30:46,540
And Paul George, not playing with,

729
00:30:46,540 --> 00:30:47,620
he had like one foot out,

730
00:30:47,620 --> 00:30:51,700
but definitely not his most engaged series.

731
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:53,340
Pena Tucker was useless.

732
00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:55,220
Evita Zubats would've felt like

733
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,820
he ran out of gas every game.

734
00:30:58,380 --> 00:31:02,380
And ultimately the Clippers get the series win

735
00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:03,660
and they move on.

736
00:31:04,660 --> 00:31:08,340
Now, we're gonna talk about round two for the second time.

737
00:31:08,340 --> 00:31:11,260
Not nearly as many in-depth analysis

738
00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:13,060
as we have been going by round one.

739
00:31:14,180 --> 00:31:16,780
But in round two, we have Sultry versus Cavs.

740
00:31:16,780 --> 00:31:19,220
Spoke about it, spoke about the Cavs segment.

741
00:31:19,220 --> 00:31:20,940
Congratulations Cavs, your victory's getting

742
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,820
punched in the face by the Celtics.

743
00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:25,420
I heard the Sultry's in the series in five games.

744
00:31:25,420 --> 00:31:27,380
The best player in the series is on the Celtics.

745
00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:29,140
The second best series playing the series

746
00:31:29,140 --> 00:31:31,580
also arguably on the Celtics.

747
00:31:31,580 --> 00:31:34,700
And the fourth best player in the series is on the Celtics.

748
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,260
The Celtics are gonna run away and hide with this series.

749
00:31:37,260 --> 00:31:38,900
It'll be five.

750
00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:40,740
The Closers in Boston.

751
00:31:40,740 --> 00:31:42,700
Cavs will win game three out of pride

752
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,700
and then get smoked in game four and five.

753
00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:47,740
Celtics are gonna absolutely dominate this series.

754
00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:48,940
Congratulations to them on being

755
00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:51,100
in the Eastern Conference Finals.

756
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:54,780
And then they will play the New York Knicks.

757
00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:57,620
The Knicks are gonna play the Indiana Pacers.

758
00:31:57,620 --> 00:31:58,620
The Knicks are a better team.

759
00:31:58,620 --> 00:32:01,620
Jalen Brunson's a better than Tyrus Halliburton.

760
00:32:02,940 --> 00:32:04,460
Miles Turner won't be as big an issue

761
00:32:04,460 --> 00:32:06,260
for Hardenstein and Mitch Robinson

762
00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:09,980
as he was as Joel Edd was, obviously.

763
00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:12,980
So that being said, that being the advantage,

764
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,460
the Knicks are to me the better team.

765
00:32:16,460 --> 00:32:17,660
They have the better coach.

766
00:32:17,660 --> 00:32:19,340
They have the better home court advantage.

767
00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:21,900
If Knicks fans are willing to drive to Philly

768
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,900
and they find out how cheap they can get tickets in Indiana,

769
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,940
they might fly to Indiana.

770
00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,740
So I don't expect the Knicks to be,

771
00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:30,820
I expect it to be a good series.

772
00:32:30,820 --> 00:32:32,500
Sixth Gamer, I didn't expect the Knicks

773
00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,060
to be in control for most of it.

774
00:32:34,060 --> 00:32:35,420
Indiana has great shooting.

775
00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:36,860
They can get hot when they get out.

776
00:32:36,860 --> 00:32:38,100
Tyrus Halliburton can win the game.

777
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:39,300
You know when I always do series,

778
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:42,700
I would think about how many ways you can win a game.

779
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,820
Pace to get hot from three

780
00:32:44,820 --> 00:32:47,940
and Tyrus Halliburton just flat out winning you a game

781
00:32:47,940 --> 00:32:51,460
are the two ways that I thought about were even possible.

782
00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:54,180
And then of course, an awful Knicks shooting night.

783
00:32:54,180 --> 00:32:57,460
But the two main ways were two main ways about,

784
00:32:57,460 --> 00:33:00,780
you know, those are the ways they can win a game.

785
00:33:00,780 --> 00:33:04,020
And so that being said,

786
00:33:04,020 --> 00:33:07,300
I've got the Knicks winning in six games.

787
00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:11,340
Minnesota, destroying Denver.

788
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:14,300
This is a series I had been in one game

789
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:16,580
Anthony Edwards went ballistic in it.

790
00:33:16,580 --> 00:33:20,540
38 points I believe, absolutely insane

791
00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,860
what he was able to do in game one.

792
00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:25,540
And they defeated the Nuggets in Denver in the ball arena.

793
00:33:25,540 --> 00:33:28,500
So now they have flipped home court into Minnesota.

794
00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,860
Of course they're gonna try and go 2-0 in Denver

795
00:33:30,860 --> 00:33:33,780
and really put the Nuggets behind the eight ball.

796
00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:35,300
A lot of the Nuggets,

797
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:38,020
the game looked so similar to a Laker game.

798
00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:39,860
The Nuggets started off really, really slow

799
00:33:39,860 --> 00:33:42,100
and slowly but surely they called their way back.

800
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,300
And in the end, Anthony Edwards was just too much.

801
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:46,980
He was able to overcome the Nuggets

802
00:33:46,980 --> 00:33:49,100
even though they fought and fought and fought

803
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:49,940
late in that game.

804
00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:52,780
Anthony Edwards was just too much.

805
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,220
Of course Michael Jordan comparisons are out everywhere.

806
00:33:57,220 --> 00:34:00,020
A lot of the moves, they look very similar.

807
00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:01,220
I admit that.

808
00:34:01,220 --> 00:34:02,780
They do look very similar.

809
00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:08,540
And Anthony Edwards is just an absolute treasure.

810
00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:11,460
But I expect Denver to come back, go to war.

811
00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:13,580
That they're defending chance for a reason.

812
00:34:13,580 --> 00:34:15,140
I saw they bounced back Mr. Lakers.

813
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,140
They didn't have the sole start.

814
00:34:17,140 --> 00:34:19,780
And Michael Malone spoke repeatedly to his team

815
00:34:19,780 --> 00:34:21,220
about the slow starts.

816
00:34:21,220 --> 00:34:24,100
Like, you're not gonna always be able to come back.

817
00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:25,700
Minnesota's better than Lakers.

818
00:34:25,700 --> 00:34:29,300
So the odds of Denver just deciding midway third quarter,

819
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,980
all right, let's start playing now.

820
00:34:30,980 --> 00:34:34,700
And charging back from 18, charging back from 20,

821
00:34:34,700 --> 00:34:37,180
it is not something that I expect them

822
00:34:37,180 --> 00:34:39,340
to be able to do on Minnesota.

823
00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,820
And so the Nuggets are to compete for a title.

824
00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:44,260
They're gonna have to beat Minnesota

825
00:34:44,260 --> 00:34:47,060
and have to sign away the slow down Anthony Edwards.

826
00:34:47,060 --> 00:34:48,500
Especially the way he's playing right now.

827
00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,140
He's playing like a man possessed.

828
00:34:50,140 --> 00:34:52,420
So they're gonna beat Minnesota.

829
00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:54,660
But they're gonna have to find a way to slow him down.

830
00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:56,100
I don't know who's gonna guard him.

831
00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:59,460
KCP, honestly, isn't strong enough.

832
00:34:59,460 --> 00:35:02,700
Gordon has to worry about the two bigs.

833
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:05,460
Cause there's Caroline Hintz-Haus and there's Rudy Gobert.

834
00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:07,220
So that leaves Michael Porter Jr., KCP,

835
00:35:07,220 --> 00:35:09,420
or Jamal Murray to guard Anthony Edwards.

836
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:11,260
I haven't heard a good solution yet.

837
00:35:11,260 --> 00:35:14,020
This would, Bruce Brown would have been huge for them.

838
00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:15,460
If Bruce Brown would have still been a Nugget,

839
00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:18,780
he would have been absolutely massive for them right now.

840
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:20,900
Guarding Anthony Edwards.

841
00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,900
But he's not there, obviously.

842
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:26,980
There are four that are gonna have to, I guess, go with KCP.

843
00:35:26,980 --> 00:35:29,540
And it was a lot of help defense.

844
00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:32,660
Michael, my mom's gonna have to protect KCP at any and all

845
00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:34,180
cost.

846
00:35:34,180 --> 00:35:37,980
And Yoki's gonna have to be aggressive scoring the ball.

847
00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:39,900
He put his career high up in order to go bare.

848
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:42,140
When he was just decided I'm gonna be aggressive

849
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,580
and I'm better than you and I'm gonna drag him

850
00:35:43,580 --> 00:35:45,100
up to these waters.

851
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:46,260
He's gonna have to do it again.

852
00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:47,500
Can't play point guards.

853
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:51,860
You have to be a dominant scorer going to try and win

854
00:35:51,860 --> 00:35:53,220
off his scoring ability.

855
00:35:55,460 --> 00:35:57,660
And then lastly, OKC versus Dallas.

856
00:35:57,660 --> 00:36:00,220
A series that has taken a bit of a turn

857
00:36:00,220 --> 00:36:02,220
with the injury of Maxie Kliebler.

858
00:36:02,220 --> 00:36:04,900
I still think Dallas pulls it off.

859
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,580
SGA, Igeluka kinda cancel.

860
00:36:07,580 --> 00:36:09,140
Kyrie's the next best player.

861
00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:12,180
Jason Kidd and Mike Dagonal.

862
00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:13,700
Slight edge to Dagonal.

863
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:17,180
But I have the Dallas Mavericks winning.

864
00:36:17,180 --> 00:36:19,900
I think Kyrie Irvin and Luke are gonna average combined

865
00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:22,100
75 and night in this series.

866
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,420
Who's gonna come with 70 and night in this series?

867
00:36:25,420 --> 00:36:28,980
Who's gonna come with SGA to be that next great scorer?

868
00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:30,940
They really didn't score the ball well

869
00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,460
against New Orleans.

870
00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:34,100
New Orleans are a pretty good defensive team.

871
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:37,580
Dallas has been increasingly good on the defensive end.

872
00:36:37,580 --> 00:36:39,940
But OKC really did not shoot the ball well

873
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:41,580
against New Orleans at all.

874
00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:43,060
So they do that against the Mavericks.

875
00:36:43,060 --> 00:36:45,300
The Mavericks are going to absolutely annihilate them

876
00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:47,980
because just like New Orleans, unlike New Orleans,

877
00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:51,340
they can actually shoot the ball consistently off the dribble.

878
00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:54,580
Lou Dort's gonna be massively important to this series.

879
00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:55,420
But who does Dort get?

880
00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:56,740
I guess he guards Luca.

881
00:36:56,740 --> 00:37:00,020
But in that case, are you making SGA or Giddy guard Kyrie?

882
00:37:01,860 --> 00:37:03,860
Decisions on J-Dub maybe against Kyrie.

883
00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:05,700
Interesting decisions all the way around.

884
00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:07,980
We're definitely gonna keep our eye on that series.

885
00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:12,980
Again, I have the Dallas Mavericks winning the series.

886
00:37:13,580 --> 00:37:15,940
All right, so some quick hitters.

887
00:37:15,940 --> 00:37:18,260
The Philadelphia 76ers control the offseason.

888
00:37:18,260 --> 00:37:19,100
Why?

889
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:21,380
Because they have $55 million in cap space.

890
00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:23,700
The only person they have to bring back truly

891
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:24,700
is Tyrese Maxey.

892
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,060
Everybody else of importance is on the contract.

893
00:37:28,060 --> 00:37:30,580
Why is Tyrese Maxey gonna get a max contract?

894
00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:32,580
Why are you not counting that in?

895
00:37:32,580 --> 00:37:33,900
Because they don't have to.

896
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:38,380
They can sign a full max free agent,

897
00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:42,300
plus use the full MLE, mid-level exception,

898
00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:44,420
plus sign Tyrese Maxey,

899
00:37:44,420 --> 00:37:47,140
because Maxey can sign last and use his bird rights.

900
00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:50,620
He has little to no effect on the $55 million

901
00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:53,740
they have available to spend to them this offseason.

902
00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:58,260
Huge offseason for Darrell Moore in the 60s.

903
00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:00,140
LeBron James could be on the move again.

904
00:38:00,140 --> 00:38:03,300
He is widely expected to opt out of his contract

905
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:04,980
and may explore his options.

906
00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:06,220
Some people have stated he's gonna wait

907
00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:08,500
till after the draft to see where LeBronny goes,

908
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:11,300
and if LeBronny goes in his favorable location,

909
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,500
he may move to said location.

910
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,340
If he opts out,

911
00:38:15,340 --> 00:38:18,060
I'm sure the 76ers are gonna want a meeting with him.

912
00:38:18,060 --> 00:38:20,020
I'm sure he'll be on the phone with them,

913
00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:22,220
because LeBron and Maxey win a title.

914
00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:28,020
LeBron passed, I believe in 2016 or 2018,

915
00:38:28,020 --> 00:38:29,540
before he was going to the Lakers,

916
00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:31,780
he ran a lot of then semis and open runs

917
00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:35,820
and passed ultimately on going to Philly.

918
00:38:35,820 --> 00:38:39,500
Maybe he changed his mind this time with him beating Maxey,

919
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:42,380
but we'll definitely keep our eye on that.

920
00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:45,460
Speaking of the Philly, Philly on the 66ers,

921
00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:46,780
the Clippers era is over.

922
00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:51,300
It's painfully over, thankfully over, really.

923
00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:53,820
Paul George is expected to be moved this offseason.

924
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:55,700
Koala Luthor's knees are a joke.

925
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,780
And like I said, Philly has some mass contract spot.

926
00:38:57,780 --> 00:39:00,340
You heard it here first, Paul George to Philly.

927
00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:02,540
It would fit perfectly.

928
00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:06,980
Remember when the Warriors became the Warriors, right?

929
00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:08,420
What happened?

930
00:39:08,420 --> 00:39:11,180
They presto-chain-jolted Harrison Barnes

931
00:39:11,180 --> 00:39:13,460
and the Kevin Durant, and nobody else even wins.

932
00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:15,140
Like the whole team was back,

933
00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:17,500
and they just took the weakness

934
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:18,900
and made it the biggest strength,

935
00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:21,500
because in that calf epic three-one,

936
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:25,100
Harrison Barnes had a lot of open three he missed.

937
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:30,100
And so again, they presto-chain-jolted Harrison Barnes

938
00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:31,620
and the Kevin Durant.

939
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:36,940
I think the 66ers are going to attempt to presto-chain-jolt

940
00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:40,340
to bias Harris into Paul George.

941
00:39:40,340 --> 00:39:43,820
If that is the case, and I truly believe it's gonna happen,

942
00:39:43,820 --> 00:39:45,340
if that is the case,

943
00:39:45,340 --> 00:39:47,940
the 66ers are gonna win the title, Barnes-Kelf.

944
00:39:47,940 --> 00:39:51,980
Maxey's a star, and B's an MVP candidate.

945
00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:54,700
Paul George's gotta be the best number two in the league,

946
00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:58,060
probably the best number two in the last 15 or so years.

947
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:01,980
True number two, not like a number one being a number two.

948
00:40:01,980 --> 00:40:03,780
Not like Dwayne Wade was number two to LeBron.

949
00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:07,060
Like no, no, no, like a true, like he's not a one.

950
00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:09,260
He's a two.

951
00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:10,900
Paul George was probably the best two

952
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:12,620
in the last 15 or so years.

953
00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:19,580
And so that being said, the Clippers area's over.

954
00:40:19,580 --> 00:40:23,580
It was kinda fun,

955
00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:26,660
sorta, like it had its moments.

956
00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:28,620
But now going into this big, beautiful arena,

957
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:30,980
you have no superstars.

958
00:40:30,980 --> 00:40:33,260
Kawhi, like I said, his knee's a mess.

959
00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:35,620
I think Paul George is gonna get out of that deal

960
00:40:35,620 --> 00:40:37,460
or get traded to Philly.

961
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:41,940
Because to me, that's a great line-up for him.

962
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,660
He can just do everything to buy his hair done,

963
00:40:44,660 --> 00:40:46,540
but you know, actually a composite.

964
00:40:46,540 --> 00:40:50,580
And oh, that is the situation with the Clippers.

965
00:40:50,580 --> 00:40:52,380
And then Phoenix is screwed.

966
00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:54,020
Planting some old chopping screws,

967
00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:58,620
somebody called T-Pain, they are in dire trouble.

968
00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:00,300
Like to the point of,

969
00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:01,900
cause they're in on second tax April,

970
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:03,580
and they didn't win a playoff game.

971
00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:06,340
So in order for you to maneuver this roster,

972
00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:08,980
you gotta go playoff player dollar for dollar.

973
00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:09,980
They can't do that.

974
00:41:09,980 --> 00:41:13,580
They don't control their own pick for like six years.

975
00:41:13,580 --> 00:41:15,620
They can't even use second round picks on the trade

976
00:41:15,620 --> 00:41:17,140
or the buyout market.

977
00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:19,220
All I'm saying, trade Bradley Bill, you can't,

978
00:41:19,220 --> 00:41:20,940
because he's old 50 something,

979
00:41:20,940 --> 00:41:22,500
he's got a million dollar thing, Shane.

980
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:24,740
You gotta go player for player, dollar for dollar.

981
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:25,780
So you can't even say,

982
00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:27,100
oh, we're gonna get four or five players

983
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,700
cause we're gonna make 50.

984
00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:29,540
Doesn't work.

985
00:41:31,180 --> 00:41:32,460
You have to get four people.

986
00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:35,460
Like the bigger trades are gonna be very impossible

987
00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:36,380
if you're in the second apron.

988
00:41:36,380 --> 00:41:38,740
Cause again, you gotta go player for player dollar for dollar.

989
00:41:38,740 --> 00:41:42,580
So there's hardly anybody that can maneuver

990
00:41:42,580 --> 00:41:44,540
that many stipulations

991
00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:47,900
and that many rules all at one time.

992
00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:52,900
But Phoenix is screwed, no draft control till I believe 2030.

993
00:41:54,060 --> 00:41:56,500
Way, way, way into the second apron.

994
00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:58,740
So you can't really maneuver your roster.

995
00:41:58,740 --> 00:42:03,060
It's brutal in Phoenix right now.

996
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:06,420
But up next, we're gonna transition to the WNBA

997
00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:07,980
and talk about what's going down there.

998
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:17,980
What's going on in the WNBA?

999
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:29,660
Welcome in back into the show.

1000
00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:34,420
Pretty long winded NBA segment.

1001
00:42:34,420 --> 00:42:36,540
Kind of realize I had a lot to talk about.

1002
00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:39,220
When I looked up, I thought we had 30 minutes in block A.

1003
00:42:39,220 --> 00:42:41,420
Promise your block will be gonna be that long.

1004
00:42:41,420 --> 00:42:44,420
The goal again is to keep these shows about an hour.

1005
00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:47,460
Kind of when the average attention span kind of phases out,

1006
00:42:47,460 --> 00:42:49,900
especially from hearing one voice.

1007
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,540
But we're gonna jump into the WNBA

1008
00:42:52,540 --> 00:42:54,340
and just kind of touch quickly on what's going on.

1009
00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:56,900
So the WNBA preseason is opening up.

1010
00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,140
We're getting our first look at a lot of the rookies.

1011
00:42:59,140 --> 00:43:02,300
Caitlin Clark, Kimena Cardoza, Rekia Jackson,

1012
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:06,860
Cameron Prink, Angel Reese, Jalen Brown.

1013
00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:11,860
We're getting our first look at that 2024 rookie class,

1014
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:13,340
the draft class.

1015
00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:15,980
Not necessarily, I'm gonna speak about Jalen Brown in a second,

1016
00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:17,380
but not necessarily her.

1017
00:43:17,380 --> 00:43:20,620
But again, your Caitlin Clarks, your Cameron Brinks,

1018
00:43:20,620 --> 00:43:23,140
your Camila Cardoza, your Rekia Jackson,

1019
00:43:23,140 --> 00:43:25,540
your Angel Reese, your Nick Emuels.

1020
00:43:25,540 --> 00:43:27,460
We're getting that group.

1021
00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:29,700
We're finally seeing them on the WNBA court.

1022
00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:33,340
They all look really weird in the WNBA uniforms.

1023
00:43:33,340 --> 00:43:35,700
Like, Caitlin looks like she belongs in Indiana.

1024
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:39,300
Cameron, like she belongs in a Sparks jersey.

1025
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:42,140
But like, seeing Angel Reese in like,

1026
00:43:42,140 --> 00:43:44,260
Sky Gid was a little weird.

1027
00:43:44,260 --> 00:43:46,420
Cause I watched her so heavily at LSU,

1028
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:49,740
seeing her in different jerseys, it was like, odd.

1029
00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:50,580
Right?

1030
00:43:50,580 --> 00:43:54,620
But all in all, the game translates to the end of the games.

1031
00:43:54,620 --> 00:43:57,060
So, speaking of Caitlin versus Angel,

1032
00:43:57,060 --> 00:44:01,740
first off, we know that's gonna be the rivalry.

1033
00:44:01,740 --> 00:44:04,860
Like, the NBA had Magic versus Bird.

1034
00:44:05,820 --> 00:44:10,460
And it kinda saved the NBA, and then it propelled the NBA.

1035
00:44:10,460 --> 00:44:11,740
For a lot of reasons.

1036
00:44:11,740 --> 00:44:14,380
Number one, white versus black.

1037
00:44:14,380 --> 00:44:15,820
Then it was the 80s.

1038
00:44:15,820 --> 00:44:19,180
Then both sides of the argument had a star.

1039
00:44:19,180 --> 00:44:21,140
You had black guys that loved Lady Bird,

1040
00:44:21,140 --> 00:44:23,020
you had white guys that loved Magic.

1041
00:44:23,020 --> 00:44:24,940
But both guys had a star.

1042
00:44:24,940 --> 00:44:27,260
It was East Coast versus West Coast.

1043
00:44:27,260 --> 00:44:30,580
You know, it was like everything that was, it was perfect.

1044
00:44:32,740 --> 00:44:36,260
You had rough, tough, physical Boston.

1045
00:44:36,260 --> 00:44:37,780
You had Showtime Lakers.

1046
00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:41,940
I mean, it was like, it was a perfect rivalry, right?

1047
00:44:43,660 --> 00:44:47,540
And in college basketball, you had something similar

1048
00:44:47,540 --> 00:44:50,300
with Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark.

1049
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:53,740
A lot of the same lines that were drawn in the sand

1050
00:44:53,740 --> 00:44:56,580
were drawn again in that rivalry.

1051
00:44:56,580 --> 00:45:00,620
Again, black people from black people loved Caitlin Clark.

1052
00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:02,340
Some people were team manager Reese.

1053
00:45:02,340 --> 00:45:06,220
But regardless, a lot of the same lines were drawn.

1054
00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:13,500
Though, so similar to what the NBA wanted to happen

1055
00:45:16,660 --> 00:45:19,100
and then as they were coming into the league

1056
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:21,980
and then that championship game, the NBA entered the league,

1057
00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:23,980
the NBA wanted Larry Bird to be the face.

1058
00:45:26,020 --> 00:45:27,140
Magic had to earn it, right?

1059
00:45:27,140 --> 00:45:31,100
Like the NBA wanted Larry Bird to be the face.

1060
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:34,100
The NBA wants Caitlin Clark to be the face.

1061
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:39,540
Who wouldn't be in the face of the NBA in the 80s?

1062
00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:40,380
Magic.

1063
00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:43,940
Yeah, Larry, like Larry had a great success.

1064
00:45:43,940 --> 00:45:46,620
It was Magic that was the face of the NBA.

1065
00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:48,540
Magic and Larry, Magic and Larry.

1066
00:45:48,540 --> 00:45:49,860
Magic's name was always first.

1067
00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:52,020
Magic was the face, Magic was the A side.

1068
00:45:52,020 --> 00:45:52,860
You know how you talk about a fight?

1069
00:45:52,860 --> 00:45:54,420
There's an A side, there's a B side.

1070
00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:55,540
Magic was the A side.

1071
00:45:56,620 --> 00:45:57,980
You need both for the fight.

1072
00:45:57,980 --> 00:45:59,460
You need both to have the purse.

1073
00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:01,180
You need both to, whatever.

1074
00:46:01,180 --> 00:46:02,660
Magic's the A side.

1075
00:46:02,660 --> 00:46:06,740
In the 80s, Barry won three, Magic won five.

1076
00:46:06,740 --> 00:46:09,580
I'm sorry, between 79 and 90.

1077
00:46:11,340 --> 00:46:14,020
Barry won three and Magic won five.

1078
00:46:15,580 --> 00:46:17,900
Out of the 11 years span, Isaiah Thomas Sprinkle

1079
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:20,740
won, Dr. J gets one in the 80s.

1080
00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:24,860
But, I'm sorry, two, I'm sorry.

1081
00:46:24,860 --> 00:46:27,420
Magic gets one in the 80s, regardless.

1082
00:46:29,060 --> 00:46:30,380
Dr. J gets one in the 80s, I'm sorry.

1083
00:46:30,380 --> 00:46:35,380
Regardless, you needed both people to be successful,

1084
00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:39,940
but it became clear who the A side was.

1085
00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:47,460
The NBA is in football infancy.

1086
00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:49,580
Or, not football infancy, Jesus.

1087
00:46:49,580 --> 00:46:52,260
They're in sports league infancy.

1088
00:46:52,260 --> 00:46:53,100
The thing about that is,

1089
00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,540
they've only been in business 27 years, right?

1090
00:46:55,540 --> 00:46:59,380
Like, they haven't even gone anywhere near

1091
00:46:59,380 --> 00:47:00,740
they're gonna go, right?

1092
00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:05,660
But the WNBA needs a superstar.

1093
00:47:05,660 --> 00:47:08,820
The WNBA hadn't had a transcendent star in a while.

1094
00:47:08,820 --> 00:47:11,500
And I think that transcendent is that crosses

1095
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:14,740
into non-sports, into different communities,

1096
00:47:14,740 --> 00:47:18,100
into different cultures, into different platforms.

1097
00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:19,700
They haven't had that in a while, right?

1098
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:23,140
And so, Kayla Clark became the poster child, became the face.

1099
00:47:24,460 --> 00:47:26,500
Because of which, they are protecting her.

1100
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:29,740
She had 21 points to her WNBA debut.

1101
00:47:29,740 --> 00:47:31,500
Not bad at all, pretty impressive.

1102
00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:33,300
I believe the leading scorer last year

1103
00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:35,020
was in the low 20s.

1104
00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:40,300
As this is not the NBA, the NBA has 40 minutes out of 48.

1105
00:47:40,300 --> 00:47:43,700
The game is naturally slower, not out of bomb three.

1106
00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:45,780
It's a slower paced game, right?

1107
00:47:47,620 --> 00:47:50,500
And so, Kayla Clark had 21 points.

1108
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:54,180
And all the pages were going crazy about her.

1109
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:55,820
Oh my gosh, she's amazing.

1110
00:47:55,820 --> 00:47:59,060
And who says she's gonna struggle in the WNBA?

1111
00:47:59,060 --> 00:48:00,420
Blase, blase, blase.

1112
00:48:02,340 --> 00:48:03,540
Bing a deep dive.

1113
00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:08,540
She shot six to 15, including four for 13 for three.

1114
00:48:10,660 --> 00:48:12,380
Not great, not great.

1115
00:48:12,380 --> 00:48:14,820
And she, and what makes it worse is

1116
00:48:14,820 --> 00:48:16,300
she made her first four shots.

1117
00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:20,740
So her last 11 shots, she only made two of them.

1118
00:48:23,380 --> 00:48:26,660
Again, not great.

1119
00:48:27,580 --> 00:48:29,900
Look, I get it.

1120
00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:31,060
I understand.

1121
00:48:31,060 --> 00:48:32,940
Kayla Clark's what you need to sell.

1122
00:48:32,940 --> 00:48:34,140
I understand.

1123
00:48:34,140 --> 00:48:35,660
I'm not against it.

1124
00:48:35,660 --> 00:48:37,700
It actually is gonna help.

1125
00:48:37,700 --> 00:48:40,220
But also, elevate your other stars as well.

1126
00:48:40,220 --> 00:48:42,620
There's another rookie in the game,

1127
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:44,660
Jalen Brown, who scored 21 points on the wings.

1128
00:48:44,660 --> 00:48:46,500
And the wings actually won the game.

1129
00:48:49,740 --> 00:48:50,900
Blase, say this is not safe,

1130
00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:52,980
stop promoting your other stars as well.

1131
00:48:52,980 --> 00:48:54,460
For instance, Lycan Angel Reese.

1132
00:48:54,460 --> 00:48:57,580
And I saw this online, broken down,

1133
00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:02,780
with the WNBA had Kayla Clark's game

1134
00:49:02,780 --> 00:49:05,260
in as many places as possible, right?

1135
00:49:05,260 --> 00:49:07,540
They didn't even have the league pass access

1136
00:49:07,540 --> 00:49:10,180
to the WNBA game with the Chicago Scouts.

1137
00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:11,900
That was Angel Reese.

1138
00:49:11,900 --> 00:49:13,540
However, the ticket counter would tell you

1139
00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:15,900
that Dallas sold 6,200 tickets

1140
00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:18,380
for the debut of Kayla Clark.

1141
00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:23,380
Meanwhile, the Chicago Sky game had 7,000 people in it.

1142
00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:30,060
A random Twitter account who decided to stream the game

1143
00:49:30,180 --> 00:49:33,260
hit like two million views,

1144
00:49:33,260 --> 00:49:35,540
or something insane like that,

1145
00:49:35,540 --> 00:49:38,340
behind the game, behind the Angel Reese game.

1146
00:49:38,340 --> 00:49:40,260
Kayla Clark's number didn't do that.

1147
00:49:40,260 --> 00:49:45,260
So, it's kind of where the WNBA has to see and see quickly.

1148
00:49:47,140 --> 00:49:48,100
Look, we get it.

1149
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:49,140
Kayla Clark's gonna appeal

1150
00:49:49,140 --> 00:49:52,540
to a certain part of the country, very strongly.

1151
00:49:52,540 --> 00:49:54,500
However, the rest of the country

1152
00:49:55,780 --> 00:49:59,060
is huge fans of the game, but Angel Reese.

1153
00:50:00,260 --> 00:50:02,780
Don't be like the NBA.

1154
00:50:02,780 --> 00:50:07,340
When they realized that they had a A side,

1155
00:50:07,340 --> 00:50:10,980
that wasn't the A side they planned, they pivoted.

1156
00:50:10,980 --> 00:50:12,500
And he became the A side.

1157
00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,180
He became the star attraction.

1158
00:50:14,180 --> 00:50:16,060
He became the main piece.

1159
00:50:18,460 --> 00:50:19,820
So, the WNBA's watching.

1160
00:50:20,860 --> 00:50:23,180
Kayla Clark needs to be on the CD,

1161
00:50:24,660 --> 00:50:28,460
but she ain't gotta be the A side all the time.

1162
00:50:28,460 --> 00:50:30,260
Because to be honest, she's not yet.

1163
00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:32,940
She started off great.

1164
00:50:32,940 --> 00:50:35,180
She started sixth of 15,

1165
00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:39,340
and a vast majority of her shots still going left.

1166
00:50:39,340 --> 00:50:40,980
Yeah, the one time she went right and made it,

1167
00:50:40,980 --> 00:50:43,820
she came to a complete dead stop

1168
00:50:44,980 --> 00:50:49,300
at the mid-range levering before shooting a jumper.

1169
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:52,060
She's the queen of fading and falling and twisting.

1170
00:50:52,060 --> 00:50:55,020
She came to a complete stop, like a stop sign.

1171
00:50:55,020 --> 00:50:59,340
She just froze and then calmly shot a jumper.

1172
00:50:59,340 --> 00:51:05,340
I mean, incredible, absolutely incredible coverage

1173
00:51:08,460 --> 00:51:13,460
by the WNBA media, not the WNBA itself, LeapHack sucks.

1174
00:51:13,460 --> 00:51:17,100
But there were 17,000 fans sold out again

1175
00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:19,060
in the Canada game, which is why I think Toronto

1176
00:51:19,060 --> 00:51:20,740
has a good WNBA team.

1177
00:51:20,740 --> 00:51:23,660
They show out every single time the WNBA's up there,

1178
00:51:23,660 --> 00:51:27,020
sold out, I mean, 17,000 strong

1179
00:51:27,020 --> 00:51:31,020
for the debut of Cameron Brink with the Sparks,

1180
00:51:31,020 --> 00:51:33,500
Cameron and Rekia Jackson with the Sparks

1181
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,340
against the return of Scott O'Diaghan Smith

1182
00:51:36,340 --> 00:51:40,140
for the Seattle storm, along with several others.

1183
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:46,060
Including Jewel Lloyd and Nneka Gumake

1184
00:51:46,060 --> 00:51:47,340
is now on the storm as well.

1185
00:51:47,340 --> 00:51:51,220
So huge, huge moment for them in Canada,

1186
00:51:51,220 --> 00:51:53,620
again, with the 17,000 fans.

1187
00:51:53,620 --> 00:51:56,140
Candice Parker's retiring.

1188
00:51:56,140 --> 00:51:59,500
She retired a few, a couple weeks back.

1189
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:03,500
The Aces had this funeral for her at her locker.

1190
00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:07,100
She's the reason I started watching girls basketball,

1191
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:07,940
you know?

1192
00:52:09,620 --> 00:52:11,220
She really got into it.

1193
00:52:11,220 --> 00:52:13,900
I won't dive too far into it, but I used to try

1194
00:52:13,900 --> 00:52:15,660
to spell out her moves and I learned.

1195
00:52:15,660 --> 00:52:17,500
I taught myself how to shoot like her.

1196
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:22,740
So kind of a sad day for me, it's kind of a sad day

1197
00:52:22,740 --> 00:52:24,260
for me, it's kind of one of those men

1198
00:52:24,260 --> 00:52:26,300
you're getting old moments.

1199
00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:27,300
I don't think I'm getting old.

1200
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:28,820
I'm turning 27 on Wednesday.

1201
00:52:28,820 --> 00:52:30,500
Like I don't think I'm getting old,

1202
00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:35,060
but it is one of those man you're getting up there moments.

1203
00:52:35,060 --> 00:52:38,940
Like somebody you remember clearly at Tennessee in college,

1204
00:52:38,940 --> 00:52:41,620
played an entire 16 year career and then retired

1205
00:52:41,620 --> 00:52:44,780
and you're like, yeah, I remember that, like all of it.

1206
00:52:44,780 --> 00:52:47,100
I remember the Rekia of the year and the MVP.

1207
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:49,180
Like I remember the dunks.

1208
00:52:49,180 --> 00:52:53,340
I remember finally getting through with the LA

1209
00:52:53,340 --> 00:52:54,300
with Nekka Gumake.

1210
00:52:54,300 --> 00:52:57,100
I remember the epic finals run with Chicago.

1211
00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:59,300
Like I remember all that, right?

1212
00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:01,380
I remember one of the daughters being born.

1213
00:53:01,380 --> 00:53:02,580
Like, you know what I'm saying?

1214
00:53:02,580 --> 00:53:05,180
I remember all that and it's just kind of like,

1215
00:53:05,180 --> 00:53:07,420
now it's over, right?

1216
00:53:09,580 --> 00:53:13,500
So pretty sad, but congratulations on a hell of a career.

1217
00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:21,580
No doubt first ballot, Naismith Hall of Famer.

1218
00:53:21,580 --> 00:53:26,020
She's going to do great on TNT, wherever she decides to be.

1219
00:53:26,020 --> 00:53:29,740
I can see her in the front office of a team one day,

1220
00:53:29,740 --> 00:53:30,980
Chicago specifically.

1221
00:53:30,980 --> 00:53:33,540
I can see the way we bring her in the ownership group

1222
00:53:33,540 --> 00:53:36,220
of Chicago Sky.

1223
00:53:36,220 --> 00:53:43,700
But again, tremendous, absolutely tremendous career

1224
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:44,820
to Candace Parker.

1225
00:53:44,820 --> 00:53:47,100
Kudos to you.

1226
00:53:47,100 --> 00:53:50,100
I wonder if it's slanted how badly it has been so far

1227
00:53:50,100 --> 00:53:53,780
in this segment because Candace deserves more than that.

1228
00:53:53,780 --> 00:53:57,100
So kudos to Candace Parker again on a spectacular career.

1229
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:58,220
You did it your way.

1230
00:53:58,220 --> 00:54:00,580
You're now it's at your way.

1231
00:54:00,580 --> 00:54:01,820
You didn't want some pump tour.

1232
00:54:01,820 --> 00:54:04,860
You just put out an Instagram and that was it.

1233
00:54:04,860 --> 00:54:10,220
So again, kudos to Candace Parker on an amazing career.

1234
00:54:10,220 --> 00:54:12,780
But up next, we're going to jump into Jack's high take.

1235
00:54:12,780 --> 00:54:14,700
It's going to be a chat about Dion Sanders.

1236
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:43,300
Welcome

1237
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,300
back into the show.

1238
00:54:47,300 --> 00:54:49,660
And now we're going to talk about Dion Sanders

1239
00:54:49,660 --> 00:54:53,380
and his recent social media activity.

1240
00:54:53,380 --> 00:54:55,980
So apparently in his words, he had time one day

1241
00:54:55,980 --> 00:54:59,140
and a former player came out, former transfer came out

1242
00:54:59,140 --> 00:55:01,780
and spoke about how basically Dion,

1243
00:55:01,780 --> 00:55:05,940
if you're not one of his kids or one of his chosen ones,

1244
00:55:05,940 --> 00:55:08,580
basically, he doesn't even know your name.

1245
00:55:08,580 --> 00:55:10,020
He didn't know my name.

1246
00:55:10,020 --> 00:55:15,220
And at one point, he took off the social media handle

1247
00:55:15,220 --> 00:55:18,740
because Dion allows the practice jerseys for the Buffaloes

1248
00:55:18,740 --> 00:55:22,780
to have their social media handle going across the back.

1249
00:55:22,780 --> 00:55:25,220
NIL stuff, marketing stuff, whatever.

1250
00:55:25,220 --> 00:55:26,820
But it allows it to go across the back.

1251
00:55:26,820 --> 00:55:31,940
So your player was saying that one point after it was mentioned

1252
00:55:31,940 --> 00:55:34,500
he could enter the portal, he planned into the portal,

1253
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:36,820
he was there practicing.

1254
00:55:36,820 --> 00:55:39,540
Dion took off the social media and put the transfer

1255
00:55:39,540 --> 00:55:45,300
portals, social media on in the nameplate instead.

1256
00:55:48,660 --> 00:55:50,460
You know, and the person that did it,

1257
00:55:50,460 --> 00:55:53,060
somebody put the stats on him, was like, yikes.

1258
00:55:53,060 --> 00:55:56,540
And then he, the guy who they were talking about,

1259
00:55:56,540 --> 00:56:00,820
who was the whistleblower, ended up putting on,

1260
00:56:00,820 --> 00:56:04,900
putting the stats up of Shador.

1261
00:56:04,900 --> 00:56:07,620
And so he had more past deflections.

1262
00:56:07,620 --> 00:56:09,220
Somebody then went in and kind of started.

1263
00:56:09,220 --> 00:56:12,500
But anyway, so it ultimately ends up at Dion on Twitter

1264
00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:15,340
saying that, hey, son's going to be a top five pick.

1265
00:56:15,340 --> 00:56:16,740
Where will your son be?

1266
00:56:16,740 --> 00:56:18,820
And then saying, so go online, I got time today.

1267
00:56:22,580 --> 00:56:27,020
Dion's standards are so good for college football.

1268
00:56:27,020 --> 00:56:28,220
Ridiculous.

1269
00:56:28,220 --> 00:56:29,020
At every level.

1270
00:56:29,020 --> 00:56:38,860
For one, for one, he is a guy that you can tell has a reserve

1271
00:56:38,860 --> 00:56:41,740
amount of confidence, right?

1272
00:56:41,740 --> 00:56:47,500
He truly believes if you show it to me, I can do it.

1273
00:56:47,500 --> 00:56:50,900
And so I need to be shown the path.

1274
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:53,580
And so he's so great for college football

1275
00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:55,980
because that kind of attitude doesn't exist often

1276
00:56:55,980 --> 00:56:57,420
in a college game.

1277
00:56:57,420 --> 00:57:00,620
And a lot of it wants to be handed to him or whatever.

1278
00:57:00,620 --> 00:57:03,140
But Dion wants to work for everything he's got.

1279
00:57:03,140 --> 00:57:05,380
He ended up going back and forth with a couple fans,

1280
00:57:05,380 --> 00:57:07,740
didn't necessarily love that, but that kind of interaction,

1281
00:57:07,740 --> 00:57:10,500
that kind of closeness, that kind of I'm able to reach out

1282
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and talk to the Colorado head coach on Twitter

1283
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is the kind of thing that is so good for college football

1284
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in this new era.

1285
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He's embraced NIO.

1286
00:57:18,860 --> 00:57:20,700
He's embraced the transfer portal.

1287
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:24,340
He has been very openly about how

1288
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he likes this era of college football.

1289
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I think it's huge.

1290
00:57:27,740 --> 00:57:31,540
I think it's going to help usher a lot of the old guard out.

1291
00:57:31,540 --> 00:57:34,420
He's going to be seen as a real OG of the newer

1292
00:57:34,420 --> 00:57:37,700
generation of coaches coming in college football that, OK,

1293
00:57:37,700 --> 00:57:40,620
that's how the portal's high works now.

1294
00:57:40,620 --> 00:57:41,120
Cool.

1295
00:57:44,140 --> 00:57:46,260
NIO's the name of the game?

1296
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Great.

1297
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You know, like, they're able to just maneuver and come with it.

1298
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And I think that's going to help usher out

1299
00:57:54,500 --> 00:58:01,780
a lot of the old guard that still don't really

1300
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embrace any of the other stuff.

1301
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:05,140
Nick Saban got out because he didn't embrace it, right?

1302
00:58:05,140 --> 00:58:06,740
Brian Kelly talks about the fact that he

1303
00:58:06,740 --> 00:58:10,180
has to kind of alter how he does business because of NIO

1304
00:58:10,180 --> 00:58:11,220
and the transfer portal.

1305
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So that is definitely something that has changed every day.

1306
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Deion Sanders is great for college football.

1307
00:58:15,980 --> 00:58:16,940
He's about to show otherwise.

1308
00:58:16,940 --> 00:58:18,980
Can't kiss a butt.

1309
00:58:18,980 --> 00:58:21,980
He is doing absolutely spectacular things in Colorado.

1310
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And I can't wait to see them this season.

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But that's all I have for today.

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This is your host, Justin Jackson, signing out.

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And I'll see you guys next time.