WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:17.600 This is a downbeat on ninety seven to one the freak internal not muslat socked 2 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:26.359 me, don't I bush so lushy, that's hot. I think it's National 3 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.879 Pancakes Day. It is Natural Pancake Day. So why didn't somebody bring us 4 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:36.880 all these flat jacks? Corner Bakery? Okay, the other iHeart Stations pancakes, 5 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:43.240 five trays of pancakes, one huge tray of bacon, bacon, audios. 6 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:49.439 Acon was good for me, bacon. Those pancakes are delicious, the 7 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:56.600 hardest I've had four pancakes so far. Go go to short stacks eight. 8 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.479 No, no, that's it, but thank you the cutoff. Yeah, 9 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.599 yeah, I'm good. You need to have twenty five pancakes for Lucas twenty 10 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:08.359 fifth birthday. Are there? Is there Hooty and Blowfish tickets at the end 11 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.439 of this Yeah, I'll give you a pair. End of this journey, 12 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.079 there's not before we do Luca than guys, say thank you to all the 13 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.400 listeners who came out and met me and Mikey and gave a We were giving 14 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.400 away these vote ninety seven to one the freak signs, and we only made 15 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.120 a hundred of them. And there's a whole contest. If you go to 16 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:30.560 the Freaks, it's at ninety seven to one in the Freak. On Facebook 17 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.680 and on Twitter and on Instagram, I posted the rules for all contest. 18 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.000 We'll do a drawing next week on that. But I just wanted to say 19 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:38.920 thanks to everyone who came. I met a lot of people. It wasn't 20 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.079 like, you know, you met some listeners that you kind of knew, 21 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.280 but there were some that I'd never met before. Yeah, and can we 22 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.920 got their signs and they were out posting and putting these at all the election 23 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:52.560 cycle, I mean all the election polling places because it's a primary week. 24 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:56.280 I was driving home and I was gonna I kept one in my car for 25 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.400 me, and I was going to put it at the Richardson Life Ibrary, 26 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:05.480 right near my house where there's a big pole polling location. And sure enough, 27 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.920 as I was getting into that turn lane there, I saw the big 28 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:10.360 Freak sign right there, and I was like, yes, is that it 29 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.479 take it somewhere over there? Yeah, already there, already marked. So 30 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.280 if you have them in obvious you can pull one in your front yard you 31 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:20.639 want to keep it or whatever. But thank y'all for doing that and continue 32 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.879 to doing that. Different polling places take the pics, post them. That's 33 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:25.759 great. Helps us out a little bit. I think I was surprised because 34 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.360 you know, this dates back even weekend showed up my previous sit. You 35 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:34.080 never know if anyone's I just hope people are listening and reacting to what you're 36 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.599 doing. And then we went down there and those things just flew, all 37 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.439 hundred of them. It's not like stand up comedy where you can see the 38 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:42.919 crowd. Yeah, that's there, you know. And we have some hot 39 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.840 listeners too. Yeah, how's that? You said? Have one guy, 40 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:52.400 dude, Paul perfect teeth. He must have gone seen doctor Troy. Incredible 41 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.560 that one guy. There's another guy too, his names Red, and he 42 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.960 goes, he goes, I'm gonna go to Andrews American Pizza Kitchen for long 43 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:05.240 munch. Yeah, double whammy. Good job he took off. So thank 44 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.759 you everyone. That was a lot of fun. And it's not over by 45 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.120 any means, obviously, those signs still stand. I can't wait to drive 46 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:15.479 by and see if it's still out there. Make sure no some nerd election 47 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.960 official, yeah, gitting passed out. No, can't have it. Not 48 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.280 a real candidate, hopefully, this kid's still in the car. Birthday shout 49 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:29.039 out seventeen year old Harrison Light in rock Wall. Hey, kiddo, you're 50 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:32.080 seventeen years old. Now you're a man. Maybe tomorrow or next year. 51 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.919 I don't know how it works, but you need to listen to the station 52 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.199 twenty four to seven. Okay, Harrison, Tell your man friends, Tell 53 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.879 all your man and woman friends. That's the most important thing for real. 54 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.800 Happy birthday, Happy seventeenth Harrison. Good name too, Harrison Light. That's 55 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:52.280 a presidential candidate in the future, right there, rock Wall's finest or the 56 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:54.680 name of a bad regional beer. Yeah, I don't know. I guess 57 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.800 I'll go for the Harrison Light. It was forty cents cheaper. Yeah, 58 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.039 sure, I'll take the Harrison line. Is that coming? Is that on 59 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:06.960 draft? No? I'd find can can me? Okay? So we're forward 60 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:12.639 celebrating Luca's birthday. Can I take you guys back to the year twenty eighteen 61 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:15.879 real quick? Because and Luca was born in ninety nine, right, he's 62 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:20.519 twenty five years old, but twenty eighteen, and the NBA Draft is happening, 63 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.439 and at the time I was doing we were all at different stations at 64 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:29.680 the time, me and Ben and Skin were doing a show in the American 65 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:35.680 Airline Center and Donny Nelson cut Pops on the show and he jokingly goes, 66 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:40.240 oh, we're gonna take DeAndre Ayton. Now, the Mavericks had at the 67 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:45.120 time the fifth pick in the draft, and the names that you were constantly 68 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:49.839 running into were DeAndre Ayton, Marvin Bagley, Jared Jackson, Junior Trey Young, 69 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:56.519 Mobamba, Wendell, Carter Luca, those are a few names. So 70 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.720 that happens, and he's kind of okay, eight, we're not getting eight, 71 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.319 and we needed a center, a big man, so good aiighting story 72 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:08.480 of our lives, Phoenix is number one, and we're like, wait, 73 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.199 are they going to trade for Aighton? Like what are they up something? 74 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.480 And then Skin kind of starts, you know, working his connections. Ben 75 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:20.439 starts working his connections. And then I see a tweet from an unverified guy 76 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:26.199 in Atlanta and it's a guy i'd never you know, some mass fan or 77 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.600 retweeted it into my timeline or whatever, and I get a hold of him, 78 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.800 get him on the air, and he starts laying out an hour before 79 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:38.240 it happens. Discussions that have been made why Atlanta really wants Trey Young in 80 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:43.920 this draft draft. Their new GM had a Golden State Warriors background, and 81 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.839 Steph Curry Tray Young. You can make the connection there if you want to. 82 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.240 And he starts laying out that Dallas is a team that they had talked 83 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.360 to and this is just a TV reporter. So you're sitting there going, 84 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.920 Okay, this guy really know any things. He's just starting stuff. When 85 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.600 we get him on, he lays it out and then the wheel start turning 86 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.560 and things start moving live on the air, and it was really exciting as 87 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:08.160 it's happening. Trade goes down. We just traded up to number three. 88 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.160 Okay, what are we trading up to number three? Four? Well, 89 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.480 this guy says, we're trading up for Luca. This guy in Atlanta, 90 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:17.160 the skin's kind of working his connection still, and it moves on. Sure 91 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.600 enough, the trade goes through. So eighton, Marvin Bagley goes to Sacramento 92 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:28.360 and with the number three pick, the Atlanta Hawks select Luka Doncic and the 93 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.279 Mavericks at five select Trey Young and they ended up making the trade. And 94 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.680 it was just like wild how that all happened, because that day, I 95 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:39.240 don't think any of us knew that day that it was happening. He was 96 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.279 very unknown what the Mavericks were gonna do. At number five, you're almost 97 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.639 waiting and hoping a team passed up on a player you liked in the top 98 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.000 four, and they ended up getting there because of a trade that they made 99 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.600 with Donnie Nelson, and he deserves a lot of credit for making this happen. 100 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:58.040 So they were targeting Luca hard. And I remember before this draft when 101 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:03.399 Jake Kemp and Mike Marshall too with my basketball basketball leaders were hot on Luca. 102 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.480 But there is still just an element of the unknown, you know. 103 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:11.800 I mean there have been very high drafted Europeans that are busted. It just 104 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.040 don't work out. And it is also weird that Luca was drafted by the 105 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.879 Hawks and Dirk was drafted by the Bucks, right, Yeah, that's just 106 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:24.000 kind of strange. I remember, I remember like that was it trailer? 107 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:28.040 Yeah, but they knew what they wanted. They made it work as in 108 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:31.079 peace and then you get this kid and it's like all right, here we 109 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.000 go. And we saw what was it on some documentary or something just not 110 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:39.759 too long ago about his first day with the with the team practicing at the 111 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.000 practice facility. You know, they're like shaking hands meeting you, and they're 112 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.480 like you could tell pretty quick that he wasn't intimidated by the whole thing. 113 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.680 And you know, it's been spoken about ad nauseum, the whole experience of 114 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.199 being a pro in Europe. I mean, it made him very rude for 115 00:07:54.279 --> 00:08:00.600 this, and he just had it from like minute one special and the fact 116 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:05.800 that we are where we are now. I've credited Korby for this before where 117 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:11.279 he wants to one of the singing events saying Novitzky Numb to Comfortably Numb by 118 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.600 Pink Floyd, and I thought it was a great song, but a great 119 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.680 point, like we've become numb to what Dirk does every night. And I 120 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:22.040 was saying this to Kevin just yesterday. It's like whatever last night's game. 121 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.360 We can talk about more if we need to, but there'll be a game 122 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.600 and the MAVs win, and we'll be like, man, Kyrie was awesome, 123 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.559 Man Kyrie did great. You know, he had thirty two, you 124 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.200 know, and to Timmy was shooting the ball, well, you know, 125 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.919 he mad four threes and it's almost like you don't even mention that Luca went 126 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:43.440 for thirty five and eleven and eight. Yeah, it's like the talking point 127 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:50.799 starts after Luca absolutely dominates and annihilates everyone that we face, after what he 128 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.919 he does game in, game out, because what can you can you do 129 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:58.720 it every day? Just say the guys just unstoppable and amazing and apparently one 130 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:03.679 of the greatest basketball players to ever live, Like, at least on that 131 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.360 trajectory. Yeah, man, it is. I don't even want to say 132 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:13.759 it's incredible. Yeah, because in what we do, it's it's kind of 133 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.720 incumbent am on us to come up with unique, fresh ideas and opinions and 134 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:24.360 or something that kind of spikes. It's funny that he's so consistently incredible that 135 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:30.279 the bar is so high for him that it takes a sixty point game right 136 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:35.840 for us to really draw real attention to him. It's always about what the 137 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:39.639 other guys did, because that's what he averages. Dude, he averages thirty 138 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:46.240 five and eleven and nine. That's what he does consistently and has since what 139 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.679 Christmas. Yeah, I mean his pace is ridiculous and this was at the 140 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:56.240 end of January. I think the average thirty five points or something like that. 141 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:00.360 It's the type of thing that we ended up taking for granted with too. 142 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.639 Dirk was doing this a lot and we just went, okay, now 143 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.080 who are the other parts? And you focus so much on the other parts 144 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.279 and what's going to be able to take that because you have this consistent thing, 145 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.480 you know, anything in our life when something's very consistent, would probably 146 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.039 take it for granted, and then it goes away and you're like, oh 147 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:20.080 my god, what it was. Like That's why I've never been I've always 148 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:26.120 almost rolled my eyes at the any narrative of it's not fat Luca, but 149 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.759 out of shape Luca, and I'm like, okay, yeah. But also, 150 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.519 he hasn't had any time off. He plays international ball NonStop in the 151 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.120 summers. The the ref thing, yeah, that is annoying, Like that's 152 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.120 that's the thing. And I don't think Dirk ever had an annoying trait, 153 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:45.399 you know, except for maybe what we thought of him when he was a 154 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:50.240 rookie. You know, maybe a haircut, but like you never had one. 155 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:54.080 So yeah, that that thing is annoying, the ref thing. But 156 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.399 I think it's becoming easier to grasp and he's happier now that they've made some 157 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:03.720 big move of scout and they're winning. And I've never been hard on the 158 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.759 MAVs, and a lot of people are cool in the MAVs organization, like 159 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:09.559 they've always tried, like the Mavericks, outside of not running the title team 160 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.600 back and a strike here well whatever, but they've always tried. Porzingis was 161 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.320 a big try, and Porzinkus is a damn good player. They take big 162 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.559 swings, Kyrie try. Yeah, as much as people are willing to come 163 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.840 here, they take as big as swings as anybody. Yeah, And you 164 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.080 know, Donnie Nelson is the one who wanted the Greek Freaks, and Donny 165 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.240 Nelson should get credit, Nico should get credit, Mark Cuban, they should 166 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.080 all get credit for finding a way to do this. There're huge stars, 167 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:37.159 and now it's like getting past the finish line because we all always want more. 168 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.519 And I think also living in a cowboys city has taught us that it's 169 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.759 never good enough ever, you know, because you're still just at their punching 170 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.480 a mirror because the Cowboys can't get over the hump. But that should have 171 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:54.039 nothing to do with Luca and the Mavericks. So today's Luca's twenty fifth birthday. 172 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.279 And I think the thing that's most interesting is that he just keeps getting 173 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:03.120 better. Yeah, better, a lot better. Here's dorkout on numbers for 174 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.559 one second, but I kind of looked AT's a bunch of stats. So 175 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.960 this year, minutes, field goal attempts, field goal percentage, three point 176 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.600 attempts, three point percent, free throw percent, assist, block, steals, 177 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.519 and more. Most importantly, points are all at career highs or really 178 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:22.159 really close. But most of those are career highs this season, and some 179 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.919 of those numbers that are really impactful are up very big. I mean, 180 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.279 three point it's kind of the biggest one is three pointers. That's why the 181 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.360 scoring numbers are through the roof. He averaged eight point two last year. 182 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.799 Attempts he's at ten point two this year. Two more per game is a 183 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.879 lot, and he's making them thirty four percent last year, thirty eight percent 184 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:46.159 this year. That's insane. It's a massive leap, especially when you're shooting 185 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:50.320 two more per game, and that obviously explains why the points go up. 186 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.279 And the other thing is free throws. We kind of bitched about seventy four 187 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.799 last year, seventy eight this year. I mean, that's that's enough to 188 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:01.240 make it not bother The average I believe is around seventy eight. He's a 189 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.279 little higher than the league seventy seven something like that. You might be right, 190 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.399 but the improvement, you know, as he's now twenty five. Look 191 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:15.320 at the steels numbers. Yeah, no steals, he's absolutely The defensive effort 192 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:22.279 on place five per game is showing, and he was in the first half 193 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.440 the season. I've seen he's still banged up a little bit, right, 194 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:26.960 quad soreness. I mean even tonight on a back to back. I'm sure 195 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:30.360 he'll be questionable on the injury, but I don't know. Maybe maybe they've 196 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.279 already got that out and he'll be probable. But back to back when he 197 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.559 was carrying the entire load and Jason Kids making comments, we can't run him 198 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:41.360 into the ground playing forty minutes. Once you get Kyrie healthy, you don't 199 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.200 have to do that as much. And you're seeing now spots in the rotation 200 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.720 where Luka gets a couple of minutes here, and he gets a couple extra 201 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:50.159 minutes here, and it's in a big, big game. He's gonna play 202 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:54.720 as many as can. But that's something too. The defensive effort is there 203 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.480 he's moving his feet and he's moving his body and using his body. He's 204 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:01.240 a very good post defender. If a guards were trying to get mess with 205 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.240 him in the post, No, And like the whole thing about Luca being 206 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.600 they want to be more conditioned, his size, his bulk. Did he 207 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.360 uses that to his advantage. You're a problem with any of that. And 208 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:18.120 he s got a different body type. He's never going to have David Robinson's 209 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.840 shoulders and arms. Yeah, it's just not going to happen for him. 210 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.559 But to kind of slam that point home. Can I play something for you 211 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.159 as it's twenty five seconds. It's Mark Keith Morris and this is in the 212 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:33.879 middle of December when the Mavericks were Things were bad, players were hurt and 213 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.480 markif Morris known as a villain for what he did to Luca years ago, 214 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.840 right, And he's talking about Luca after getting to know him a little bit. 215 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.799 And I just thought this was so good, And I just remember this. 216 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:48.799 I played with some great players. But when I tell you, the 217 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.879 game is just so easy to him, like I've never seen nobody like damn 218 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:54.840 near walk through the game. He plays the same way in practice. This 219 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:01.440 is skill yeah, man, he's I don't see why he's not in the 220 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.120 number one in the running for MVP. I just don't. I don't get 221 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.639 it because he's doing it. He's carrying our team, you know, scoring 222 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.600 rebound assists on a nightly basis. That's a dad that didn't know him well 223 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:16.559 until he got here. Reset For me and maybe others, that why he 224 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.440 was the villain. Remember when he stepped on Luca's ankle when he played for 225 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:24.039 the Clippers. Okay, unless that was Marcus, I think it was Mark 226 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:28.440 Keith Morris, remember in the bubble. I don't remember which one it was. 227 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.440 I think it's I think it's him. Okay, I just didn't remember 228 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:35.559 that. But he should be number one in the MVP. I don't understand 229 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.039 why he's not. What he's doing, carrying the team up and down the 230 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.240 court every single night, and now you're here and he doesn't have to do 231 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.879 that. He seems happier that he doesn't have to do that. He did 232 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.679 it last night. If it weren't for him, they are blown out by 233 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:52.879 maybe twenty five points, I'm not kidding. They were down by fifteen, 234 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.840 and he went on a very Luca, give me the ball I got this. 235 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.000 I'm gonna get you guys back in this thing and give us a chance 236 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.960 to win it. And they have the lead by one with two point whatever 237 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:08.240 seconds was left on the clock. It's game over, dude, it's game 238 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:15.279 over. And it took a fifty nine foot wild running three point shot to 239 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.279 win that game. It's a good team with no time against a very good 240 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.399 team, the second best in the East. I'm sure they were disappointed, 241 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:27.080 but it probably didn't take them long to realize, what are you gonna do? 242 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.320 I mean, throw your hands up in the air and go all right, 243 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.399 good job, guys. You made a lucky one at the end. 244 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.200 But we were right there and we probably odds would tell us we win that 245 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.639 game night out of ten times with the exact same scenario playing itself out. 246 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:45.600 It was Marcus. Sorry, Marcus. The stats are all amazing, but 247 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.639 what's really hard to quantify is that he's just like a super nova that draws 248 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:53.440 the attention of defenses. They all crash down into him, they're sucked to 249 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:57.879 him, and then he takes all that beating and either still scores it himself 250 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:04.000 in traffic or find someone always and sets them up for a far easier shot, 251 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:08.960 making their percentages go up, their numbers go up, their paycheck go 252 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.440 on. Yes, Dorian Phinney Smith is the number one example of that. 253 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.599 I think Maxi is another good example of that too. Yeah, guys, 254 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.720 wide up and looks helps you in your three point percents. Jalen Bronson probably 255 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.599 benefited from that a little bit. I think you're gonna see PJ. Washington 256 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.000 benefit from that. He's gonna start knocking down open threes. I would think 257 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.599 that one of the most frustrating things about playing with Luca has nothing to do 258 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:37.359 with anything Luca's frustrating you with. It's the frustration within yourself because how many 259 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.880 times, and it seems like it's happening more frequently this season than I've seen 260 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:44.359 in the past. How many times you guys see Luca pass up on what 261 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:49.079 appear for him open looks, especially in drives to the basket to where he 262 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:52.920 out of the corner of his eye sees a dude open beyond the arc and 263 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.880 just laser passes it to him through traffic and it gets there, and the 264 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:03.319 guy just seeing that seeing him pass on open looks to share with his teammates, 265 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.000 and then the guy's got the ball going, I have to make this, 266 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.319 right, I have to make this shot for him. Yeah, because 267 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:15.480 if I make this shot, it's gonna make him look like an effing genius. 268 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.680 The crowd's gonna go bananas, or the crowd's gonna get silenced if they're 269 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.440 on the road. But it just completes the entire uh, the high the 270 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.119 entire play, you know, the series or whatever. There's a good chance 271 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.359 he's gonna be the first Maverick ever to win the scoring title, which even 272 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.759 if he doesn't win MVP, I think is pretty awesome. I did look 273 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.880 this up, and not that it matters all that much, but do you 274 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.079 guys have a guess on who the last white dude to be the leading scorer 275 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.519 in the NBA was? Okay, Larry Bird will come, what's gonna mind? 276 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.440 Dirk would be there, but probably I don't think it was ever was 277 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.160 either one of those Steve Nash Nope, you know, I look up Steve 278 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:59.440 Nash stuff the other day. He didn't even average nineteen points per game and 279 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:03.839 either of and MVP seasons. Because I was thinking of like the white guard 280 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.079 that just fills it up and scores anyway they want. That's also what makes 281 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.960 him this weird ass unicorn. But the last white dude NBA scoring leader Jerry 282 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.400 West, it's Pete Maravich. Okay, I was about to go that far 283 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:19.680 back in the seventy six seventy seven season, forty seven years, and not 284 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.319 that that matters all that much, but I did find it interesting, and 285 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.759 I think it's cool that he might be the first mav ever win the scoring 286 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:30.039 Title'll be very cool. Oh yeah, man, he's already sixth on the 287 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.240 MAVs all time scoring list. Yeah. Today Luca's twenty fifth birthday. He's 288 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.400 ahead of Jason Terry, ahead of Brad Davis, and Jet played eight full 289 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:41.960 seasons for the Maps. Lucas played five and three quarters, and he's ahead 290 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:47.720 of him. I mean, he'll be second behind Dirk in about three years. 291 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.079 Three years. Yeah, it's all gonna happen. And then, honestly, 292 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.559 you can't do this, but he's at ten eight hundred or so points 293 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:02.720 in his career. You can even quit for a little bit of uh that 294 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:07.279 a little yeah, and add in some regression and basically in ten years, 295 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.599 you know he's going to be a give or take fifth, you know, 296 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:14.839 at these at this pace on the all time scoring list, ahead of two 297 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.079 guys right behind him, Michael Jordan and Drkinovitch. Health is the only thing, 298 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:21.000 no, and we're not no, no, no, But you can't 299 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:25.640 help but think look at pace and whatnot. I mean, he's that good 300 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.079 and we got it. He also seems he's a very cerebral player. I 301 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.720 think uh, And I think once he matures a little bit more, is 302 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:40.960 able to check his emotions or be able to manage his emotions a little bit 303 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:47.680 better. I think he's contrary to the amount of technical technicals that he gets, 304 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:51.039 I think he's actually pretty good about managing his emotions through play. And 305 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:55.720 you never see one single event in a game get him down to where he's 306 00:20:55.759 --> 00:21:00.759 so frustrated he can't play. He uses a lot of that as fuel and 307 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:06.400 will elevate his play because of his emotions. But I think he's also that 308 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:12.160 mental mentally, that type of player that as his body gets older and breaks 309 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:15.960 down, I think he's still going to be able to put up really good 310 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:21.160 numbers just being a crafty, clever veteran player. We said, the three 311 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:23.839 point attempts and percentage have gone up, and that's what's making the numbers through 312 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.759 the damn roof, and there's no accounting for height. But what I just 313 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:33.240 can't get over is how he finishes, usually somewhere in the painter around there. 314 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:38.559 He just he's forty nine percent field goal percentage from a guard who handles 315 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.440 the ball as much as he does. He just always seems to have finish 316 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:48.119 and getting hit. I mean, it's basketball. Put the ball in the 317 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:52.559 hoop, that's the entire game. He's really good at that. He's putting 318 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:59.559 the ball in myriad ways, in many many different ways, hands in traffic. 319 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.319 I've said this a lot of savants a lot since he first got here, 320 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:06.279 and I know a lot of people may may have as well. But 321 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:11.039 there's something about his pace. Where do you ever get the feeling that he's 322 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.680 kind of playing ropodope with the other team, where he almost lulls the defense 323 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:19.519 into this false sense of I'm slow. Yeah, he lulls them to sleep. 324 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:23.279 Well, he almost his defenders weight against them, right, And I 325 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:27.519 don't know if he doesn't think about this stuff. He's just it's a subconscious 326 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.359 mind of physics that he's got a great grasp on. He just knows it, 327 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.759 we can do it forever. It's Luca's twenty fifth birthday, We wanted 328 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:41.160 to just stop down and do a little hand clap and an applaud for a 329 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.200 sweet boy twenty five years old today. Happy birthday to you and the people 330 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:52.480 of your home planet, Luca Dontes and Audio Luca Birthday HJ right here on 331 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:56.799 the morning show The Downbeach. Oh yeah, More birthdays, talkbacks and more next