WEBVTT 1 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.399 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cats and dogs. Should boy busie 2 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.799 in the building. This is the ninety four feet podcast. Uh. I 3 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:03.560 think my brothers dre what's good? Everyone good to be back. Also, 4 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.400 I think my brother kiss what's good? Good? People good to be back 5 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:14.120 in the building. Yeah for coming on through. It's been a while. 6 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:18.400 This is one of our off season episodes, so we're gonna get right into 7 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:26.519 it. It's gonna get right into it to shoot around. Team USA lost 8 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.719 in the semifinals in third place game at the two thousand and twenty three Fever 9 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:38.480 World Cup. The roster includes Anthony Edwards, Austin Reids, Walker, Kelcer 10 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:49.640 h Pablo Jalen Bronson, Brandon Ingram Maligue, Bridges, Tyrese Hill, Helleberg, 11 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:56.200 Jared Jared Jackson Junior, Bobby Portage, Josh Hart, and Cameron Johnson. 12 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.480 Well. First of all, two part question, do y'all care? 13 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:07.599 And are you surprised the luck you h? Yes? I care because it's 14 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:15.919 Team USA and I think they just didn't send another vest enough vest then want 15 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:20.759 to go. This is a this has been i'm gonna say a problem, 16 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.879 but it's been sort of an issue for a couple of years anything at the 17 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:31.439 first go around. But do you care and are you surprised? M be 18 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:36.479 honest, I care a little bit, but I'm not surprised, thank you, 19 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:42.400 grect. I don't. I mean, I don't really watch a lot 20 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:47.159 of USA FIBA sports anyway, because it's either on when I'm knocked out or 21 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.800 at random times of the day, so I just kind of follow it on 22 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:54.960 ESPNS. It's very rare. I call it like a six am like the 23 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.560 game. Oh yeah. I think people have to remember a couple of things 24 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.639 about this, uh number one. It always seems like I'm sorry, I 25 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:07.879 don't interrupt you. Are you gonna answer the question? Answer around it? 26 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:13.280 It seems like the USA teams it's always adding players at the last minute, 27 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:15.960 right. It always seems like players are on it, they're dropping, they're 28 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:22.240 on it, they're dropping. As a loyal basketball fan, I didn't know 29 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.639 half the names you mentioned on here. You know they you know what it 30 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:30.919 is we are Poloo Banchero, never heard of him, Walker, Pablo Blianco. 31 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.039 Well, that's not what I say in the notes. Before you even 32 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.639 jump off this cliff. It's not a cliff. It's the number one draft 33 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:45.319 pick pick. Well, again I said what I said, Uh, do 34 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:50.120 we care? Yes? We care because you're fighting for pride. You're fighting 35 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:57.000 for pride, and but I think it's also shows that like politics, like 36 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.719 other parts of the world, the USA that used to be in everything not 37 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.400 so much anymore. But my understanding is the rules are somewhat different in these 38 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:10.120 leagues as well. A lot of the players talked about having to get used 39 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:14.319 to the different rules that are different from the NBA, So I'm not giving 40 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.800 them a pass. Do I care, Yes, because you're playing for the 41 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.399 pride of the nation, right. But am I surprised? No? Because 42 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:29.600 the roster most of these players that you named are either deep role players or 43 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:36.040 complementary players to their team. There is no flat out superstar with leadership ability 44 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:42.360 on this team. So no, it doesn't surprise me. I'm gonna go 45 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:44.839 I'm gonna say, no, league, did I not care. I'm gonna 46 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:50.879 say majority of people didn't care. And I'm also gonna say that nobody is 47 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.120 surprised. I've seen this roster when it was announced, to said, oh 48 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.439 this is horrible. Now they won a couple of games, I was like, 49 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.040 okay, all right, I'm I was more I would be more surprised 50 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.759 if they gotta go. This is like a summer pick up roster, like 51 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:09.399 on like on the outside, black Tark maybe. And my thing is about 52 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.240 this, like what you was saying before, Well, first of all, 53 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.759 I'm not gonna sit here and say nobody know who these players are. We 54 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.480 do know who these players are. But I think going to your point that 55 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:21.319 these are all I know is this Bobby. Bobby Porters made the team. 56 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:28.319 Bobby Porters is six sometimes a seventh man coming off the bench for the Milwaukee 57 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.439 Bucks. And I was like, oh, stay in trouble. So and 58 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:39.720 like they the big man is j Jalen I mean, yeah, not Jalen, 59 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.639 Jared Jackson, Jared Jackson, juniord He's the big man and I'll see 60 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:49.079 no other one. So like is a small forward, defensive player of the 61 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:53.120 Year, but exactly so, I mean I would say this is why I'll 62 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.759 say to this, Anthony Edwards stepped up and he carried this team for a 63 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:00.439 while as long as he could. He was probably best player in the tournament 64 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.120 to me for the US. I'll say for the US, not to say 65 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.920 the best player in the tournament, but for the US. So I'm not 66 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.480 surprised, and I don't care. I think majority of people don't care. 67 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:16.759 And I think a lot of a lot of comments on this was we don't 68 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.959 have enough. We have pride, but we don't have enough pride like other 69 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.639 countries sent their best are best. Like nah, I'm trying to relax this 70 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.000 summer and be honest with you. And I get it, like eighty two 71 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:32.439 games season is very grueling. But the fact if then you make the playoffs 72 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:38.040 and the finals. I mean I remember when uh, Chris Middleton and Drew 73 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:43.040 Holiday left the finals and went straight to this and I'm the parade next day. 74 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.600 Yeah, I'm like, man, that's a lot. So I understand 75 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.800 NBA players like, nah, I'm good. And what happened right after that, 76 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:51.360 Middleton got hurt. Middleton got hurt. But my thing is, like 77 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:56.000 I said before, I think a lot of people don't care. I want 78 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.920 to see here until I don't have no pride for my country. But I 79 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:00.120 don't know if I got a pride of the country, where was it? 80 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.040 Where was it played this year? What country was it played in this year? 81 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.639 I forgot because now you see, and I think it also has to 82 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:15.399 do with where it's being played. That draws players in. That's what I'm 83 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:19.079 saying. But now next year is played in Paris, and you see the 84 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:26.600 whole world is talking about going to Paris Paris Olympics. Right, But that's 85 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:30.199 what I'm saying. Different, it's different between the world because I get it. 86 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:34.079 Feeble world is just like it's like a summer league for for like, 87 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.439 right, I mean he usually seeing like a couple of counters. Right. 88 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.439 Well, while we're talking about it, we got to give a shout out 89 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:46.399 to the NBA because he was clowned for two years. What's my man's name? 90 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.040 Uh, he was the MVP of the League of the summer He turned 91 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:55.759 out eighty million dollars for the Lakers to get then the shrewder gotta give gotta 92 00:07:55.800 --> 00:08:00.439 give him credit. He bought out, He bought out all feebles series he 93 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:05.040 did, and he beat Canada. And so I'm not gonna shut him. 94 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.879 Did he play for Canada? You mean do it? No, he didn't 95 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.319 play for Germany. Played for Germany, right, right, right, right, 96 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:13.879 I'm saying he bought out against Canada. Yeah, yeah, he won 97 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.000 MVP of the league. So of the summer league, you gotta give it 98 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.040 to him. I think he got the finals, MVP finals MVP, but 99 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:24.680 he but he played hard whenever. And I'm like this, And we talked 100 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.959 about this. I remember when the bugs from the championship and we were very 101 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.559 critical of Holiday in Middleton going to play for this team because you're risking injury, 102 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.799 you're risking bodily harm. And it's like, what's to prove other than 103 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:43.440 some medals? Right? I know Carmelo considers his medal his medals like his 104 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:48.360 rings. He compares the championship rings. I don't know why, but you 105 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.600 got to look at it like this. Not everybody gets to go over with 106 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.440 him and do that and win an Olympic gold medal. It's a big deal. 107 00:08:54.879 --> 00:09:01.159 It's a it's up there. It's up there because name how many people, 108 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.159 name how many players in the NBA history got one what what medal? 109 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.080 Yeah, it's less people got a gold medal than it is player who got 110 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:13.360 NBA championship because everybody who owned everybody years, everybody who who's sitting on the 111 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.759 on the bench that might not even crack a sweat all season, got a 112 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.159 rink. Yeah. Not everybody on Team USA. They played four years though, 113 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.600 but they're play They don't have a full roster like that either. Man, 114 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.759 it's the best of the best of the band who was supposed to be 115 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.000 Well it will be again next year. You speaking of that, Lebron and 116 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:39.879 others have so interest in returning to USA basketball. What would be your give 117 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:46.519 me starting five? Starting five your USA squad? Shooting point guard? Uh? 118 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:54.840 Steph Curry of course, Uh, shooting guard, Dame Lillard shooting guard. 119 00:09:54.960 --> 00:10:00.200 Well, that's what you gonna play. Get traded to man, that's 120 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.840 what we're gonna play if he gets traded to Milwaukee. So but we'll save 121 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.000 that for the later on the docket. That's what he's gonna play. That's 122 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.559 what he's gonna play. But okay, fine, fine, fine, no, 123 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.440 no, I let that right. Because he's a U they gotta be 124 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.960 a USA citizen. That's it. That's it? Is it? Okay? 125 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:26.320 Uh? Lebron at a small forward, k D a power forward and for 126 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:35.279 center American centers hard to even think of one because your MB's not American. 127 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.440 Uh, but didn't they say somebody he bought on his way to being a 128 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.320 citizens. But you still play for your But he can play for Team USA. 129 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.279 He can, but he wouldn't he can, But it wouldn't yo, 130 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.120 you would play for your country. You have to play for the country in 131 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.799 which your original citizens ship is. For thinking of NBA centers that are American, 132 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.600 that I mean it would either have to be Bam or that. And 133 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.879 I don't even know if DeAndre eight is American, is he's bad? Is 134 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:09.360 not American? Neither of Aiden neither Wow no wow. So if you look 135 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:13.960 at NBA centers, I think he played, he played, and he played 136 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:20.799 for the USA. He played in Nigeria. So Anthony Davis, Anthony Davis, 137 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.320 Anthony Davis, that that's my center, Anthony Davis. Or you could 138 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:30.000 even go and dieg out Dwight Howard, so you could those are those would 139 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:37.159 be my five. So Steph Dame, lebron K d and I'm gonna even 140 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.919 do one better. So because he's got upset point guard Steph Curry, shooting 141 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:46.120 guard, James Harden, small forward Lebron James, power forward Kevin Durant, 142 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:52.360 center Anthony Davis, those would be my starting five. For two players to 143 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:58.240 bring off the bench, I am going with Kyrie Irvin, although I somehow 144 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.039 doubt that he would play for in USA, and I am probably going with 145 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:09.200 uh. Again, you need some defense because the world has shown us that 146 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:15.240 they play excuse me that they play defense. I would either go with Drew 147 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:22.679 Holiday or I would probably go with off the bench Miles Turner because you need 148 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:31.679 another big off the bench. I'm going to go I'm gonna I'm gonna go 149 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:39.120 uh Steph Curry at shooting, guard, Kyrie at point. No, I'm 150 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:46.960 gonna go uh Dame Lillard at shooting and go to Brown three KD four, 151 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:58.279 and then I'll go i'm'a step outside of the box. I'm gonna go I'm 152 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:03.759 gonna go Evan Mobley at center hmm. And then for to come off the 153 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:13.159 bench, I would go Harden and Kyrie. So just a point of clarity. 154 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:18.639 According to an article i'm reading now, Joel Embiid would be eligible for 155 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.840 the Dream Team roster in twenty four So I would put it in Joel now 156 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.200 that I see this, Yeah, so I would say this all. I'm 157 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.360 gonna correct myself all these guys that we said, like Joel Embiid, you 158 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:35.559 he has the option to play for the USA or he has the option to 159 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.120 play for his country. I think what's his name that the number one draft 160 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:45.919 pick, the Pablo guy. He was supposed to originally play for Italy, 161 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.240 but he decided not to and it was kind of mad at about that. 162 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:56.000 Who what's his name, Pablo? He was supposed to play Italy. Yeah, 163 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.200 he's supposed to play for Italy but decided not too. He decided to 164 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.240 play for USA. Also, Bam can also play for USA. Bamm out 165 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.679 of Bio. I'm looking at their proposed roster, but I would go with 166 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.759 him, beat him since he is eligible, so that's my I would set 167 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.159 up him out for a d you got, bro, because we need to 168 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:16.080 win. You can't go to Paris and not bring home. You can't. 169 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:30.120 You can't, you can't. I agree. I would go with Dame Lillard. 170 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:35.399 I would like Kyrie, but I know he won't play. No, 171 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.879 I don't know. There's not a dot. I don't. I don't see 172 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.559 nobody can convince him to go play with Team USA with his mentality. I 173 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.480 don't think even though I would love to see him play, I would I 174 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:54.000 would No, he wouldn't go. Maybe Lebron could convince him no, but 175 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.840 I don't see it. But go ahead, he's Dame Dame one, STEPH 176 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:13.159 two Lebron three, KD four and five. Either Anthony d Davis or I'll 177 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:20.120 take that back. I'm gonna change that. I would go with and B 178 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.879 No, I'm gonna change that up my lineup. I'm gonna go with. 179 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:39.200 I'm gonna go with Steph Tatum, Lebron, m K D Davis, Anthony 180 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:43.000 Davis and two people that I probably have coming off my bench that would probably 181 00:15:43.039 --> 00:16:02.159 I would really need. I really like uh, Carmelo Anthony even though he 182 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:10.399 ain't played, but FEVA basketball fits his style so so perfectly retired. He 183 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.919 can still play. He retired, he can still play. Let me and 184 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.080 he can't play. I would I would assume that's all basketball. No, 185 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.600 if Lebron called him, he will go, he will go. And then 186 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:33.000 my other option probably would be Devin Booker. Oh, I forgot about Devin 187 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.000 Booker. So it's interesting. Here. A couple of sports writers wrote on 188 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.200 a major thing that we are at sbnation dot com, their starting lineup would 189 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:48.600 be Steph Curry. They only picked one guard. They had Steph Curry, 190 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:56.039 Jason Tatum, Kevin Durant, Lebron James and Joe Ellenbi and their bitch had 191 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.879 Devin Booker, Jimmy Butler. Y'all, y'll gonna see just Fly die on 192 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:06.519 national TV. And I'm sorry, but it's it's it's yeah. Uh. 193 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:11.519 Anthony Davis off the bench, Bam out of Bio off the bench, Devin 194 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:17.079 Booker, Jimmy Butler, My cal Bridges, Tyrese Halliburton, and forever the 195 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:22.000 Zion Williams. That's who they had coming off the bench. So I think 196 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.200 the Dream team next year. To Z's point, because of the embarrassment that 197 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:30.160 this team gave us this year, they will stack that lineup next year. 198 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.640 And plus it's in France. Plus it's in France. NBA players would love 199 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:41.000 to spend their summer in France with their family free of cost, because everything 200 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:44.200 is free. Don't forget that when you go to play Team USA. Yep, 201 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:48.200 you and your family come and stay for free. Think about that. 202 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.240 Is this? That's cool? And I get that. But if you ain't 203 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:56.519 coming home with the goal, damn there, don't come home. Don't come. 204 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.799 I don't want to hear about this. Yeah, me and my wife 205 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.839 had a good time in France trying to get the goal. But this team 206 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:10.680 that we just all just names old, uh step Steph Curry is closing in 207 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:15.240 Old. He's gonna make sixty million dollars. He's thirty five. But that 208 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:19.519 shot don't change because of your age. Maybe the speed does, but the 209 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:23.880 shot is Look at his father, Dale Curry still has the shot. He 210 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.799 may not have. That's but that's why. But that's why. That's but 211 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:33.759 but that's why I switched Twist. Everybody, even me old, But that's 212 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.599 why. But that's why I switched my lineup up and I went with Tatum 213 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:42.519 because because at the end of the day, step all all you gotta do 214 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.640 it. Let's step run off screens. He's gonna he's gonna draw so much 215 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:52.839 attention off a run coming off screens. Tatum, Katie Bron. They don't 216 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:56.839 have easy buckets. You know. Lebron is he's old, but Lebron takes 217 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.440 care of his body. He might be old in age, but he can 218 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.039 still go out there and put up fifteen and teen in an Olympic game because 219 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.079 he won't play that much. James Harden can shoot with his eyes closed. 220 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.440 I don't want James James. I don't want James. No, he'll be 221 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.960 on the Gatewood. No Gatewood. When you said that roster, I didn't 222 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:19.160 hear his name. He said James James I said James on my Rose but 223 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:25.680 now sports Riders maybe because James is in is in battling controversy. James is 224 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.200 a villain. It's the Villa. He's a bill. It's a villain as 225 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:30.839 he should be. So it's Dame. Dame is on his way to be 226 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:36.240 coming to villain. Nah yeah nah yeah nah oh yeah. So a mystery 227 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:40.559 Speaking of day, a mystery Eastern Conference team is now involved in trade talks 228 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.960 with the Portland Trailblazers concerning Dame Lillard. You know what it is, do 229 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.640 you? I don't know who it is. I believe it's Philly. No, 230 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:48.720 it's the Milwaukee Bucks. I don't think so. Go to the ninety 231 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:53.079 four feet Instagram. It's the Milwaukee I've seen what. It's the Bucks. 232 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.680 It's the Milwaukee Bucks. I think it is. But finish your thought and 233 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.240 I'll tell you what I'm gonna say. Do you see Portland trade and Dane? 234 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:04.319 And where do you see Dane going? Uh? Let me answer both 235 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.759 of your questions. The mystery team is allegedly the Milwaukee Bucks. Do I 236 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:11.119 know that to be facts? No? But that is what the sports columnists 237 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.880 and writers are talking about, that it's the Bucks. I am very disappointed 238 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:23.119 in Dane's behavior simply because he signed that mega contract with Portland, get your 239 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:29.119 money, and then became disgrunted out of nowhere. I don't want to know 240 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:30.680 about disgrunted. I think he took ahead, I'm gonna let you finish, 241 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:37.160 sold his home in Portland, his right, his prerogative, and moved his 242 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:42.160 family to Miami. His right, his prerogative. And then he's leaking all 243 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:48.319 these things to his camp saying I'll only play for the Miami Heat. So 244 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.799 you've put You've put Portland in sort of a unique buy because now no one 245 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:56.759 wants to talk to you because he's also something else. This week came out 246 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:02.440 that said if he is in trade to Miami, he wouldn't show up the 247 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:07.000 training camp. Hold up, this would be quick. That came out, 248 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.200 And here's another thing of Dame refusing what he's going to do. Dane. 249 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:19.720 Other than being a high paid lucky shooter, come on, man, you 250 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:23.599 gotta be Can I finish? Can I finish? You can't say lucky? 251 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:30.839 Okay, other than Dame being a high paid, prolific scorer, I'm gonna 252 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:37.319 say scorer, prolific scorer. What does he bring to the table Portland, 253 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.240 and I don't want to hear this whole he at have nobody brod took a 254 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:47.839 bunch of scrubs and hold up and Kissy's words. He took a bunch of 255 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.519 scrubs to the finals. So this is what I'm gonna say about day. 256 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:55.119 I don't like the way it's going down. If I am Portland, I'm 257 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:59.720 playing horrorball. Miami wants to give up Dame for some no names. They 258 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:03.119 just want Dame Butler, Bam. They want him all on the team. 259 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.839 No, but the mystery team is the Bucks. I would take Dame here, 260 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:12.160 but I've said it multiple times. Not at the expensive Drew Holiday. 261 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:17.160 Not at the expensive holiday. Two other teams are at the table. The 262 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:21.640 Bulls have emerged, and Toronto. I don't see him going to Toronto. 263 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.960 I think before it's all said and done, because the league, we know, 264 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.960 the NBA, They okay, Dame would play for Miami, but I 265 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:34.240 wouldn't be surprised if Milwaukee's sneez sitting there agree disagree. I think I think 266 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:37.839 it's Toronto or Milwaukee. I don't know which one yet, but it's one 267 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:41.160 of them. I don't think Dame's gonna go out Toronto. That doesn't mean 268 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:45.759 that they won't trade him there. Because the Miami deal is out, he 269 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.880 has to sign off on his trade. He has to agree to it. 270 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:52.799 Remember he has that clause, right Zeke. He has to agree to wherever 271 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:55.680 he goes, doesn't he? Are you sure? I don't think he does. 272 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.960 You can check on that, but I don't think he does. My 273 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.279 thing is this, though, because the Miami trip, like the Miami is 274 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:07.279 done just because of of what Dame put out there or what is agent put 275 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.279 out there. And I kind of agree with some of the stuff you said 276 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:14.680 because I'm sorry. You're correct he does not have a trade clause. Okay, 277 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.720 that's how I figure. But my thing is, I don't like the 278 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.039 what he put out there. As far as I'm only want to go to 279 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:23.720 Miami, I only want to do this. Like nah na na na na. 280 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:29.160 You waited too long to have these demands, and that's what that's what 281 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:32.119 irritating by me. I was all for Dame getting out of there, especially 282 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.960 they draft this school, which they should have, but Dame, like he 283 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.039 waited to the last minute, and now if anybody do get you, they 284 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:44.960 should give away the kitchen sink. They should The Portlands should be like we 285 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.599 want the kitchen sink and were not bet because our team, our team would 286 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.920 be at will go from playoff contention to the bottom of the barrel. And 287 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.960 if I'm gonna get at the bottom of the barrel, at least to get 288 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:59.400 to have something to show for something. I think Miami and way pat Riley 289 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:02.759 do things. He played hardball, he ain't budget, so I think it's 290 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:07.160 done. I think at the beginning of training camp Portland or Dame Dollar will 291 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:10.839 be in Portland. Do I think he came to Milwaukee? No, well, 292 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:15.839 I accept him in Milwaukee. Depends him for Drew Holiday straight up. 293 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:19.880 No, I don't know if I like that him and another player depends on 294 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:26.359 who it is who him and another player like Dame and another player who for 295 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:30.880 Drew Holiday. It depends on who it is. I don't I just don't 296 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:36.599 like. I just don't like the way Dame is handling this and for him 297 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:38.880 to do what don't you like way a body handling What does it bother you? 298 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:45.279 I don't like when players try to dictate where they're going, Like if 299 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:47.160 you like I would like to go to Miami, all right? Dude, 300 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.039 say that I would like to go to Miami. Not no, I'm not 301 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:52.119 going nowhere except for Miami. Because when you put it out there like that, 302 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:56.960 it gives off an aura of the attitude you should have had a long 303 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.039 time ago, like you should have had an attitude a long time go. 304 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.920 And then I hate the fact that people say, I just want to be 305 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:07.440 at a team that's contending to that's gonna be a contender. Miami had a 306 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.759 good run last year. I don't think it's gonna be another good run next 307 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:18.480 year. So and I might be I may be wrong, but I just 308 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:33.519 know that exactly. So my my thing is, I just don't like the 309 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.039 fact that her Dame is going about it. And I never like any with 310 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:44.759 any player, any even with uh, what's his name James Harden, which 311 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.720 will to get into later. I don't like the way James hard handle stuff. 312 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.279 I mean, he handled it for a different reason, but when players 313 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:56.519 do that, I just don't like. It creates an issue of morales. 314 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:00.680 I think, I'm sorry you're not on the microtoft. I think I just 315 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:11.440 think it's time. I just think ownerships hold their powers against players sometime and 316 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:17.400 they use it and then When players have the opportunity to use their powers, 317 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:22.119 they use it. But Dame doesn't have any power here. Dan's refusing to 318 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:25.920 show up to work will not get him a paycheck. Do you think he's 319 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:29.559 worried about a paycheck? No? Not. If you refuse to show up 320 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:33.599 to training camp, you are not being paid. They only they only got 321 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:36.119 about four weeks left to make a deal before you got to show even four. 322 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:38.960 The first game is October twenty six. Training camp starts in a week 323 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:44.640 or two. I just don't like the way he handled it. I see 324 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.839 what you're saying, Kec. I don't think this is one of those cases, 325 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:49.720 though, because ain't like trail Blazes, ain't like Portland's flexing their power 326 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:52.640 here. It's like, we're not trying to walk away with nothing. They're 327 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.279 not trying to get Lebron or that too. I want to say Lebron. 328 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.039 The reason I say Lebron and that's not critical. Hold up before you snap 329 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:04.559 on me. It's not being critical of Lebron when I say get Lebron. 330 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:10.680 Milwaukee's gonna get Lebron if we don't get a handle on this Yannis situation. 331 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:14.240 But I'm sure that's coming up later. The reason I say that is when 332 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:21.400 Lebron left Cleveland, he didn't give them any Inkland that he was leaving there 333 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:26.200 was not. That's but here's the thing. If you care about a franchise 334 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:30.319 like Lebron obviously cared about Cleveland, he came back and made it right. 335 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:34.720 Dame all these years claimed he cared about Milwaukee. Jannis has giving you a 336 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:40.720 two year noticed and he cares about Milwauke Portland, right, you tell that 337 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.559 team you know what, things aren't going well? I want you to trade 338 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:48.480 me. Portland has Dame under contract for their three years. Okay, so 339 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.920 if they if he if they just gave him away for nothing, they won't 340 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:56.079 have nothing. That's I'm so I'm agreeing with you from a from a standpoint 341 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:03.680 that these these players need to stop dragging these franchises in the mud. Because 342 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.240 I was gonna say he dragging is strong. I think we looked at Dame 343 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:11.200 as loyal. I looked at Dam as loyal. He's very loyal to Portland, 344 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:17.559 but he was loyal how long we talked about He was loyal. But 345 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.279 he gave them options and they chose to go the way that they wanted to 346 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:22.759 go with the way he wanted them to go is that and that's what you 347 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:27.799 people not people not not. That's what people aren't realizing is Dame gave Portland 348 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.400 options. He was like, listen, I'm not I don't. I want 349 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.759 to win right now. I want to win in Portland and I want to 350 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:37.079 win here like you said, but I don't want to deal with this young, 351 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:41.480 young core and trying to train them up because I don't have enough years 352 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:45.440 left to train up a young core to get to a championship. But Kesey, 353 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:48.880 where were they supposed to do? They had a top draft pick for 354 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:52.680 that for a veteran. There was plenty of teams that wanted that pick. 355 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:57.680 So you're a gem. Y'all got me going first, even if they would 356 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:00.640 have went out there, Even if they would have, it's the simpler thing 357 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:04.640 you would have to Bradley Peel Okay, Kec. Just think Damon Bradley beal, 358 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.759 how how good of a combination that would He would have been happy with 359 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:12.960 that. He's been happy with it. You are a GM because would have 360 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:18.960 Washington get out the deal? Nothing draft picks, future draft No. When 361 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:21.839 Washington got out of the deal, it is Phoenix is keep prayer and a 362 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:26.200 hope they got out Phoenix's future. Pox doesn't have draft picks all. All 363 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:29.440 of those players are gonna book it from Phoenix as soon as they get an 364 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:34.359 opportunity to watch after this season. I'm guarantee you. So, if you're 365 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:41.480 a GM, you rather sacrifice your future for now? Yeah? Okay, 366 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.680 we this is like you are you big on draft picks and I get it. 367 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:52.160 I am you. I get it. It worked for letting me were 368 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:55.599 a Golden Stakes ago, it worked for okay, se No, it didn't, 369 00:29:55.680 --> 00:30:00.319 Yes, it did, did champion didn't get listen, it didn't. 370 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.200 But Portland hasn't had good years in years. Okay, so like the Green 371 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:07.720 let me use a football analogy, like the Green Bay Packers, Right, 372 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.400 the gold is to always win a Super Bowl, but the goal is also 373 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:17.599 to be what competitive, to have good winning seasons even if you don't win 374 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:21.000 the Super Bowl, you didn't win it, but you had winning season. 375 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:23.279 You win the North, you win the South, you win whatever. Same 376 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:30.240 with the NBA. Portland hasn't had winning seasons. Yeah, win because they 377 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:33.759 made the playoffs win almost every year last couple. The last couple of years, 378 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:36.920 they had not made the playoffs and because why they has been hurt Casey 379 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:40.640 wins the last time in Portland made the playoffs. Google it but without two 380 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.880 music two seasons ago. Can you google it please? Where they want it 381 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:45.039 done? Where they in and out, every one and done, every one 382 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.720 done. Was right before they tried to mccull him to New Orleans. Yes, 383 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:53.799 hear thinking about that. Like you said, Portland has been making the 384 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:56.359 playoffs and they've just been like, well we made the playoffs, you made 385 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.759 second round I think once. I think one time they made the conference finals. 386 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.599 Maybe one time I think they popped. Somebody went to the semifinals, 387 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:10.000 the semifinals and other finals. Okay, but my thing is Dame. That's 388 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.160 why I'm like for Danna say, I want to get about here, all 389 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:15.319 right? Cool? When you start talking about I want to go to Miami, 390 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:19.359 Miami, only that only part of the ones like whoa relaxed buddy? 391 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:23.000 What do you do? That's staying there? Tampering that's staying there? Is 392 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:27.319 damn there. But my thing is it's too late. Why are you seeing 393 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:32.119 it now? Don't get don't boss up now, it's too late. And 394 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.599 then on top of that, my thing is when you say I want to 395 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:37.039 go to a competitive team and I don't care about that, or I want 396 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.319 to go to a team who's not about the glips and glamor low key Dan, 397 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.640 Come on, Milwaukee, what are you doing? Come the Milwaukee what 398 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.200 what are you doing? So to to to be fair, Portland only missed 399 00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:53.839 the last two seasons. They've had playoff runs up until twenty thirteen, so 400 00:31:55.000 --> 00:32:00.480 they've had fairly good, okay seasons. So Day, if you want to 401 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.759 win a title, just say you want to win a title. But here's 402 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:07.319 the thing. No one's coming to Portland like that part. That part right 403 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:12.680 there is the thing that's like, I understand what Portland's like, Hey, 404 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:15.160 what she wants to do? We are here in free agency. All we 405 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:19.519 can get was was Horace Grandson. That's all we can get, and he 406 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:21.720 got sixty seven millions. I don't know what you want to do. Day 407 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.359 Now. As far as the draft pick go, I do believe they should 408 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:28.599 have traded that draft pick. But the good team who no, And that 409 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:30.440 goes a little bit of at too. But the good teams is not giving 410 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:36.440 you. I'm not giving you Jason Tatum for a draft pick. I'm not 411 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:42.240 giving you, Uh, maybe maybe Clay Thompson. Maybe Clay maybe, And 412 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.799 that's pushing it, but Clay type of person. He's like, I'll retire 413 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.720 before I leave a golden state. So you know we're gonna we're gonna test 414 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:52.480 his loyalty in about a year and a half. Yeah, no, no, 415 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:58.039 no, no no, because because he wants to get he wants to 416 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:04.240 get paid too. But I can totally see Dane coming to Milwaukee. I 417 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:07.400 don't think it necessarily means title. I don't know if it makes your honest 418 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:15.480 eventually stay loyal. But Dane, he could have handled it better. And 419 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:19.519 quite frankly, I think Dame is gonna end up right into Portland Trail Blazers 420 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:23.559 training cap. I honestly believe. And now he's created a problem. I 421 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.839 don't think you created a problem. I think he does. I think NBA 422 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:30.480 players understand where Dame's coming from. I don't think players, but teammates. 423 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:34.559 I think teammates too. I think teammates on this team was like, I 424 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:37.640 understand what you're coming from, Dane. The fact that you're showing up because 425 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:40.480 him not showing up for training, CAP ain't hitting his pockets like that. 426 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:45.440 Let's be honest it's what I'm saying, it's not hurting his pockets. So 427 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.240 he has the option to be like, you know what, I'll take the 428 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:50.759 l up to one hundred grand, and once you get to one hundred grand, 429 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:54.240 y'all, I'll probably come in hundred grand. He probably makes more than 430 00:33:54.279 --> 00:34:00.240 that. So my thinking, so my thing is that I've just feel like 431 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.000 it's just the way he went about it. And if he didn't go about 432 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:04.920 it like this, I wouldn't be really tripping. But it's the way he 433 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:09.559 went about it. Another player disgruntled is James Harden, who made it clear 434 00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:15.079 he wants out of Philadelphia. Recently, the Clippers, which the team they 435 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:20.440 are very considering, has concluded trade talks. How do you how do you 436 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:23.800 see this situation? And James hard is another player who he can miss a 437 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:27.960 couple of training camps and not really hurt his pocket, and he can miss 438 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:32.440 a couple of games. James Harder, James to James Lillard per game makes 439 00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:38.800 two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. James Harden played himself too. He 440 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:42.239 played himself. I don't think he played it so because he did the same 441 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:45.719 as Dame. He only wants to go to the Clippers. Well, he 442 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.480 only wants to go to the clip. This is the first time we've seen 443 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:52.840 it from James, though, James, it's not surprising. It's such let 444 00:34:52.880 --> 00:35:00.639 me rest. But he's better than day, right, James Harden is the 445 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:05.000 guy in the class. James Harden is the guy is the kid in the 446 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:08.679 class that's never happened. No, hey, James, you want student another 447 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:13.320 more? Well, I wanted it every more. I didn't. Right, 448 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.920 Hey, James, we have your favorite for lunch today. We have tacos. 449 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:20.840 It was a soft tacos. That's who James Harden is. This never 450 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:24.639 is tacos. I don't I won't chicken. I won't chicken. James Harden 451 00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:29.400 has played with at least eight elite players to help him win the title, 452 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.320 and he's done nothing. He's played with more super Team than Lebron James could 453 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:37.840 ever act. Whoa whoa what? Whoa? Whoa what whoa? Okay, 454 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:40.719 see he's super team. Okay, she should have got it done. They 455 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:44.920 were up three one, they're up three one, they're up three ones. 456 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.639 It was a draft. Nobody ever holds was a draft. I don't nobody 457 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:52.000 want to hold them accountable. Why don't I want to hold them accountable? 458 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:58.440 Everybody want to hold them accountable. No time. That's worse than that's worse, 459 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:02.639 that's worse than Golden State. Let Lebron and him come back down three 460 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:06.880 one. And here's my thing. The one time it worked for Oka sas 461 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:14.360 when I had James, when they drafted James, Harden Russell and KD Vodka. 462 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:17.000 All three were young. All three were young. They were a young 463 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:21.880 super team. They were a young good team. They were super team. 464 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:27.679 Is a stretch. They were up these guys, weren't these guys became these 465 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:32.760 guys after the fall, Kady came in the number one p Yes, it 466 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:37.960 was a number two. He went behind Greg Oden. Sorry again Portland. 467 00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:45.079 Remember so this could have been the Dame Kate the beauty and what sucks about 468 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:51.000 the MP the MPs, wow, NBA is a lot of what ifs because 469 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:57.159 they could have drafted Katie would have been something would have had Kady was a 470 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:02.519 fifth We all be drunk, crazy guy because the Bucks to the draft to 471 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:06.599 Julius Irvin. But look, it didn't never fall to dirt. But no 472 00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.360 one knew Dirk was gonna be Dirk. But anyway, to ask your question, 473 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:12.880 man, James Harden is another headache, and I think players are starting 474 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:17.079 to notice that, which is why I think he's gonna pull a Kyrie. 475 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:20.760 I think he's gonna hold out and not show up to training camp. Either 476 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:24.639 they'll buy him out or they'll either they'll buy him out and let him be 477 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:30.840 a free agent and make minimum pay he'll go wherever he wants, or they'll 478 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:32.840 be forced to work with the Clippers. Because here's the thing about James Harden. 479 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:36.559 Either you don't care, or you'll let him want because he has a 480 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:39.519 one year deal. One year deal, but Mari won't he like, Hey, 481 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:44.039 if I'm gonna give James Harden, who is a very still he's still 482 00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:49.880 a capable player to putting up, I won't one of the one of the 483 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.760 big one of your big boy. He won't though he can't because James Harden 484 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.480 has a one year deal. And here's James Harden, like Dane. If 485 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:59.679 he's not traded to the Clippers, he's already indicated he is not signing any 486 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.760 extent. So you just put your You just put Philly in a trick bad 487 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:07.079 So either we deal with you for a year and not let you play or 488 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:10.960 suspend you so we don't have to pay you, or we let you go 489 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.840 to the Clippers. But here's the thing. The Clippers without a commitment from 490 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:21.280 James Harden. I'm talking a multiple year commitment, they won't trade because who 491 00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.320 can you give up other than Paul. You're gonna you don't give up Paul. 492 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:31.119 George wha makes that deal? Who for Harden? Noo for Middleton? 493 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:35.119 How would you feel Henry yann Is together? I don't think it would work 494 00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.800 each other. That would be the worst idea ever. And Jans would probably 495 00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:42.199 Yeah, you think you would. Can't stand James Harden. They can't stand 496 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:44.440 each other. I will say they can't stand each other. They don't. 497 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:49.880 They don't compliment each other. James Harden was play together. They don't compliment 498 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.400 each other. James Harden was critical of janna Is winning the MVP. He 499 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.280 critical, he thought he was supposed to win. Jakdo couldn't stand Yannas either. 500 00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:00.400 But guess where he ended up. He's back right, Yeah, he's 501 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:02.480 back one of the year. Ye got a time to reprove itself. That 502 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:09.320 was my thing about James. My thing about James hardn is uh. This 503 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:13.880 usually he's the villain, he's the worst ever such as such this time, 504 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:17.559 I don't blame him. I don't blame him now, was he uh naive 505 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:22.400 to the fact that owner, a white owner, was like, yeah, 506 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:27.480 we're gonna trade. You just said right here. So yeah, he he 507 00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:31.119 definitely felt for the oak. We know if that really happened, that happened 508 00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:35.800 for real, because he's my thing about that, because he's not the first 509 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:43.440 player to accuse morally up that type of behavior. And either you know what 510 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.960 I'm saying, ain't like he like, ain't like he's sitting there like what 511 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.760 he's said. But he ain't never dended. I mean, look at Mike 512 00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:52.400 about it. Look at Mike Dunlevy. Jordan Pool is a great party. 513 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:57.559 These gms didn't not. Your friend is a business deal. These are business 514 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:01.800 deals. You are collateral. Everybody knew. Everybodybody knew it. And man, 515 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:07.840 I don't understand what no and even Whool knew he was out of there. 516 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:12.199 Everybody knew. I don't think he know, he know those are the 517 00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:15.440 doubt in his mind. Who thought they were gonna trade get rid of great 518 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:21.679 because he's a young fool. Because he's a young fool, you young fool, 519 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.119 A young fool, he goes crazy. I just hope he watches up 520 00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:29.199 because he can be a great player. Man. But what Andrew Andre egu 521 00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:32.400 Dalla said about Pool, He said he had the potential to be the leading 522 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:36.800 scorer in the NPA. He said, don't let a find chick show up 523 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.599 to the game pool dropping forty. This is very true. When you said 524 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:45.280 out said, that's not funny. But okay, oh KIZI James Harden typical 525 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.960 Milwaukee mentality. James Harden, what you think about the situation? Do you 526 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.480 think the situation is gonna end up? He'll be traded somewhere he don't really 527 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:54.320 want to go. I don't think he would. I think he'll been in 528 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:58.119 the fast suit. I think he put on the fast suit and he's gonna 529 00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:02.599 play horrible. But like work fourteen twenty games and they're gonna trade them now. 530 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:06.559 He wouldn't make sense. Though. Is he gonna get traded to the 531 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:10.000 Clippers? Probably not, But I feel like he's gonna get traded somewhere else 532 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:15.320 or a thirteen. He might do something low key. He might mess on 533 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.360 to get trades some more like Charlotte new I can see him really going back 534 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:23.559 to Brooklyn. I can see him but one back to Brooklyn. But Brooklyn, 535 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:30.119 Brooklyn not giving up nobody right now. They liked their young Corey. 536 00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.280 They did. I don't think they don't say I don't think they don't like 537 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.519 them. I just think James Harden and they got money coming up next summer 538 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:40.360 to sign a max. Now they say that James Harden is not reporting the 539 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:44.920 camp. I definitely know he's not reporting the camp. He had a veteran 540 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:52.840 and he got money to blow. Anyways, the NBA has announced new rules 541 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:59.400 to reduce low management. They're calling the new rule PPP Player Participation Policy. 542 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:04.840 A team is unable to rest two star two star players in the same game. 543 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:08.599 Moving forward, what's the star player? I'm glad you asked. A 544 00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:14.400 star player is defined as someone who has made an All Star or All NBA 545 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.840 team in the past three seasons. Not that it was gonna pause right there. 546 00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:22.400 I thought that was very intriguing as far as like, what's the definition 547 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:24.599 of a of a star player? We talk, we talk a lot about 548 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:30.880 star players around here. Do you know who's not a star player? According 549 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:37.519 to this Jamal Murray, but he's also that was before three hundred million dollars 550 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:43.760 contracts. But he's not a star player. According to this someone All Star 551 00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.199 or All NBA team in the bat never made either one. Well, he 552 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.679 was hurt. He didn't make an All NBA team. That year's hurt. 553 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:52.960 He didn't make none of the All NBA teams. That he's hurt. This 554 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:55.880 year he played, He played the player, but he didn't play a whole 555 00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:59.800 season. He did not, Yes, he did. He started off slow, 556 00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:01.559 he started off real slow. He's got the season before that, sure, 557 00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:05.360 the season before that. Sure. I'm not gonna argue with you. 558 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:08.239 But my question to the NBA is, because we've seen it done, what 559 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:13.559 are they defining as playing? Because we've seen Cowhig go win for sixty seconds 560 00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:15.719 to go on the bench. We've seen Yannis go win for sixty seconds that 561 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:20.039 go on the bitch. You know what? You know? I never thought 562 00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:24.800 about that. What justifies it? They suit up the sub thats what needs 563 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:28.679 to do. The shock They would come in and file shock and go right 564 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.719 to the bench. Come on, man, so I need to see, 565 00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:34.159 I need to see. It's not on. Come on, tone, we 566 00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:42.079 need on sound bar. Sorry, no, it's all good. Sorry tone. 567 00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:47.039 We still love no I we're talking about who's gonna hold them accountable for 568 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:51.280 that? Like, what does they even mean that? Commissioner? Now here's 569 00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:52.920 the thing? Now here's the thing? Byes are pretty steep. I see, 570 00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:57.400 I was just gonna get to that. The penalty for defining these rules 571 00:43:57.400 --> 00:44:01.760 starts at one hundred k for the team of the player team Who cares if 572 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:06.199 you're gonna keep now here's the thing it goes. It starts off at one 573 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:07.880 hundred grand. Then I think it goes like two fifty. It can be 574 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:10.960 up to like a million dollars. Do you know how many times Mark Cuban 575 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:14.360 has been fined and paid? No, no, but not like that, 576 00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:19.159 like fifty seventy five, twenty five. That's chump changed, especially when you 577 00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:21.280 already have high pay rolls, I guess. But yeah, when you get 578 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:22.480 one hundred grand, you know, straight to the owner, he's like, 579 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:27.599 who is this in voice for? Now? This is the thing that kind 580 00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:30.480 of threw me for a little bit, irritating me. But you got a 581 00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:32.880 lebron fan of the building, so he said that goes. However, there 582 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:38.840 is an exemption to the rule. Players who are thirty five years thirty five 583 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:45.840 years old by opening night or a mass thirty five thousand regular season minutes or 584 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:52.360 combined one hundred a thousand regular season and playoff games. Besides Lebron, do 585 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:58.039 you know who physics category? It's not a lot Lebron? Is he thirty 586 00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:05.079 five? Bun forty? Okay? Kadi Kad fits it fits Chris Paul fits 587 00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:12.679 it. Chris Paul fits it. Uh, I'm thinking about just stars. 588 00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:16.519 Drew Holiday fits it is not He's not thirty five. He's not thirty five. 589 00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:20.599 I think he's had thirty three. Okay, So we had Lebron, 590 00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:25.559 k d Chris Paul and this is a thousand regular season minutes or a thousand 591 00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:30.880 regular season games or in playoff games I combined. Kawai fits it. Kawhi 592 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:36.440 does not. Kawhi doesn't have He's not thirty five, he does He just 593 00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:38.480 plays like because he don't players played just be doing it. Okay, Well, 594 00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:42.480 I name three that I know for sure? Who else? Uh, 595 00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:47.159 James Harten, Da Marta Rosen and your boys Steph steps thirty five. Step 596 00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:52.400 is thirty five. So you want him to run your him running across some 597 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:54.039 screens. That's what's going on here. To do it in fever because you 598 00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:57.119 won't need to used to put him in a corner in his lumb shoe. 599 00:45:57.199 --> 00:46:02.239 He can't help it. What what are your guy's thoughts on this rule, 600 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:09.960 on the penalties and the Lebron James exception, because that's what it is. 601 00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:13.000 Let's just call it with it. That's the That's what it is. It's 602 00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:15.920 a Lebron James exception. And when I've seen the rule, I was like, 603 00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:20.800 yeah, Lebron, we're talking to do about that. I don't like 604 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:23.639 it. And Lebron can sit down after Davis Kane. Now after Davis Kane. 605 00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:27.880 But let's cut the crap here. He might break his ankle from the 606 00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:30.440 first game and then be sitting out for six weeks. Anyway, I think 607 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:37.719 the difference with this rule is some players like Kauai are rested because of injury 608 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:43.079 scares. I totally get it. Kauai has not gotten over the Jaja Petulia 609 00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:47.760 injury and he's ever since then. I'm tired of hearing that. I get 610 00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.320 it. But think about ATSD is a real thing. Think about anxiety, 611 00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:55.039 right, I think about anxiety. Think about the young man who was drafted 612 00:46:55.079 --> 00:47:00.199 by Houston, had a promising career and he never could take airplanes, so 613 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.559 he gave away his whole basketball career. I think I don't think the NBA 614 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:07.440 rest a lot of starters. I just think towards the end of the season 615 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.679 they tend to do that for what why not. I remember going to the 616 00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:15.119 Bucks game and the Bucks rested all of our starters and we still be the 617 00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:17.320 team by forty. Yeah that's cool. But are you a season dick holder? 618 00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:22.440 I am so No, that's not that's not throwing you know what. 619 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:29.719 No, you have to go people, I'm your season tickets are expensive. 620 00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:31.880 I went to the Laker game, I don't know what year it was, 621 00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:36.400 and Lebron didn't play, and I was paid off. Thank you. That's 622 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:43.239 my that's my point. But I was really upset because you paid that kind 623 00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:46.360 of money to see that guy. The year that Steph Curry was injured, 624 00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:50.920 I sold that game. I didn't even care. You're up because you're upset 625 00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:54.199 about it. But again, it goes back to the Kobe mentality. Kobe 626 00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:59.679 used to always say, I'm gonna always play because the person has spent their 627 00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:01.880 money to watch me play. How do they feel if I don't play this 628 00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:05.599 game? It's very true. Somebody's players don't care less like I could care 629 00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:08.000 less of Kawai didn't play, but less Paul George didn't play. But your 630 00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:13.920 big name stars, like your Lebron's, even your Luca, your Joker. 631 00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:17.679 You want these guys playing. Every team has a player you want to see. 632 00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:27.639 Every twain. Ever, I'm not saying what mean by that is mean 633 00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:29.679 by that, though you know what I'm saying. This is what I mean 634 00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:32.320 by that when I say every player has a team heavy team as a player 635 00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:35.679 you want to see. It may not be your favorite player, it may 636 00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:38.639 not be somebody that's on the top of your top five. But if you're 637 00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:43.920 if you have a Charlotte Hornets game and Lamello don't play, you like, 638 00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:47.079 why why do I come to this game? I thought Lamello was playing and 639 00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:51.239 Kawai, first of all, he's when to set the standard for this, 640 00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:55.920 so when he was doing this on a consistent basis, it's obviously getting out 641 00:48:55.960 --> 00:49:00.760 of hand. And I think this is more about This is a money graph 642 00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:04.159 if I've never seen one. But I can't feel bad for these players because 643 00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:07.880 y'all demand so much money when it comes to contract times. So when it 644 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:09.360 comes to contract time, you demand all his money, but you want to 645 00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:13.480 want to play forty five percent of the season. It's like, nah, 646 00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:15.360 I don't work like that. Like I'm gonna gett my money worth as an 647 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:19.199 owner, and I need to get my money's worth as a ticket holder. 648 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:22.400 Or if let's say I bought tickets just for that one night and I bought 649 00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:28.000 a man My son is a real Kawhi Leonard fan for some odd reason, 650 00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:30.239 so I'm not I didn't come to see him play, but I when my 651 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.280 son come to see him playing, He's like, no, he's sitting out 652 00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:36.679 this game, Like dude, what the heck? Or you know, even 653 00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:38.920 the Bucks play the Clippers and we and they beat the Clippers. We beat 654 00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.840 him out twenty. We we beat him out twenty because Paul George's Kawhi Leonard 655 00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:45.920 didn't play. Do you know how many tickets I've given away as a ticket 656 00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:51.159 holder when I found out ye wasn't playing. What I'm saying, And I 657 00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:53.320 like Drew and I get it, I'm a big Drew fan. But when 658 00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:57.119 it was just Drew and Middleton, there was a lot of games I didn't 659 00:49:57.199 --> 00:50:00.199 go to and tickets were cheap. R It's like, if you weren't if 660 00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:02.679 you didn't have a season package and you went and bought a single ticket. 661 00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:06.000 Oh yeah, oh you can get this for this. You can get this 662 00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:08.679 for that, even the playoff tickets when when when Yannie didn't play, we're 663 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:12.960 cheaper. So I get it. It's a it's a money thing because you 664 00:50:13.000 --> 00:50:15.440 think about the big the big screen TV. Who's gonna watch a game on 665 00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:21.840 prime time against Dallas and Milwaukee if Luca and Jannis not playing, especially when 666 00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:24.320 you got maybe, I mean Kawa was sitting in Christmas and Martin Luther king, 667 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:28.480 You're sitting on these days, we like literally had nothing else to do 668 00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:34.480 but watch the NBA. He said, who KAUI? Oh yeah, so, 669 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:38.639 I mean the good thing. My son likes Brook Lopez. But remember 670 00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:46.880 remember press what's upset he was play? He was like, why why don't 671 00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:51.280 they just fix his back so he can hurt you up and play like that 672 00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:54.199 easy? DC. Do you like the rule? What do you think about 673 00:50:54.239 --> 00:51:00.599 the rule? Bro? I mean it's gonna it's gonna teams players are going 674 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:05.400 to find their way around this rule. That's like they do anything else and 675 00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:10.480 Dre hit it on the head like for one minute and act like you heard 676 00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:15.199 again and sit down for a while. Tight this in the bat type, 677 00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:17.760 this in my big tail nail and the NBA. That's real. Let me 678 00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:22.559 just say, well, that is real. Shut up, man, No, 679 00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:29.719 it's true. I want to leave it, leave a long hello, 680 00:51:30.159 --> 00:51:38.760 live it alone, to move, but were at peace today. In the 681 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:44.199 future, I'll be in very intrigued to see what happens with that situation, 682 00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:46.599 because if players are literally getting around this rule, I'm gonna be a little 683 00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:50.840 disgusted with the NBA as a whole. It's really as a whole. I'm 684 00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:55.159 really it's really a referendum on the Angeles because they're notrious for it. I 685 00:51:55.239 --> 00:52:00.039 wouldn't say a referendum on the Lakers, but it's not because he's exempt. 686 00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:06.320 So it's a referendum really, But you can because he's not really sitting out 687 00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:08.480 because he's thirty five, so he is examt I'm known, But I'm saying 688 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:13.079 like, even though he exampts, he's not the type of person who wants 689 00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:15.000 to sit out like that if he can play, I don't know about that. 690 00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:22.480 I like Lebron just like when this mean hold on, tell me a 691 00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:25.280 situation where he sat out. He wasn't really hurt. I'm gonna tell you 692 00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:32.000 Lebron is against Lebron is thirty five years old. So Lebron say I'm tired, 693 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:36.679 you mean that. I mean I'm sorry forty. Lebron is forty. 694 00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:38.960 So when he say I'm tired, you mean that, Hey, I'm tired. 695 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:45.400 But when has he sat out and he wasn't actually hurt where they were 696 00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:50.960 just when I don't know when. I don't know that his sched like you 697 00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:53.679 do. Did you call him? I'm just saying, tell me a time 698 00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:58.199 where you where you felt he was healthy and he set out. I don't 699 00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:00.639 remember a time right off the top of my head exactly. So you can't 700 00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:05.880 tie it to the Lakers, and you can tie it to Kawai Most and 701 00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:09.960 Paul George. There's multiple cages we went to the game and we'd be like, 702 00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:14.119 well, I've been doing this in San Antonio. I thought it was 703 00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:17.280 a punishment for San Antonio. That's Greg Pop quiet. Let's stop blaming Pop. 704 00:53:17.639 --> 00:53:22.039 That is the Greg. Let's stop blame Leonard. That is how Greg 705 00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:24.239 Pop did it, though, because he did it for Tim duncan remember. 706 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:29.280 He got fine, he did, but but that was at the end of 707 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:35.239 the season at the doing it all season? QUI doing all five of the 708 00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:38.880 season, sitting on time? What this game five of the season. What 709 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.199 you're doing all summer? You know how I had to nurse my knee, 710 00:53:43.440 --> 00:53:50.880 nurse show knee. But remember Pop was notorious for that was doing doing it. 711 00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:54.000 He was doing it strategically. He was the season, save his players 712 00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:59.239 for the playoffs. He wasn't doing it all season like game team. You 713 00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:01.840 know, nineteen of the season, I'm sitting out of time. How you 714 00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:06.360 even made the game twenty yet the season don't even starting to you get this 715 00:54:06.440 --> 00:54:08.880 game twenty. Everybody just filling it out right now for the first twenty games. 716 00:54:09.199 --> 00:54:14.320 When you get to twenty to twenty five or twenty to thirty, that's 717 00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:15.800 when you start filling it in the season. So we'll just say this, 718 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:24.400 since twenty eighteen, since twenty eighteen twenty nineteen, it says Lebron has missed 719 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:32.000 seventy one games due to injury or rest throughout his whole career. So that's 720 00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:38.119 not terrible. Eighteen seasons, right, twenty seasons one, season twenty one 721 00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:43.079 is not terrible. So I'll say this, I don't think Lebron is one 722 00:54:43.119 --> 00:54:45.199 of those players that get up, I ain't playing a day. I don't 723 00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:50.719 think that that's Lebron. Even though he had his flaws or whatever y'all say. 724 00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:52.840 In the playoffs, Lebron loved the game too much. He loves the 725 00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:59.800 game. And he's a thousand points away from being in for being all time 726 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:05.480 eating score in basketballs. He already has the NBA, but he's a thousand 727 00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:08.440 points away from me in the all time leading score in basketball. He's still 728 00:55:08.440 --> 00:55:15.679 gonna be number two on my impress hm. Anyways, anyways, Rushmore, 729 00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:20.480 he's up there. Rushmore is the top four. So let's stop looking on 730 00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:24.039 two other people as long as he's number two. But think about the times 731 00:55:24.119 --> 00:55:28.840 have around the d he's number two. But think about this, I don't 732 00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:31.519 care if he gets two at the end of at the end of the day, 733 00:55:31.679 --> 00:55:37.320 goes at the end of the day. M hm. He's a once 734 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:40.440 in a lifetime player. That's good, Jordan, And there's not many people 735 00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:45.599 who can say that Dan hes gonna leave the game on that note. The 736 00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:50.199 game will miss him, the game, the game will miss him, but 737 00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:52.519 the show goes on. I mean, yeah, show goes on. We 738 00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:54.880 gonna miss him. We're gonna miss the show they're supposed to go on. 739 00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:00.400 What it is, It's gonna be wrong. Right. We might talk about 740 00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:04.039 that next episode, but it's a it's a very slippery slow. We might 741 00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:08.079 get into its next generation coming. I don't see that type of player there 742 00:56:08.159 --> 00:56:12.440 yet. Oh nobody does. I don't think. I don't think anybody can 743 00:56:12.719 --> 00:56:15.480 can just sit here and say, hey, he's that guy. By the 744 00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:19.119 time year three came, when Lebron was in the league, we knew he 745 00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:22.039 was gonna be By the time Kobe got to year three or four, we 746 00:56:22.199 --> 00:56:25.360 knew he was gonna beat that dude. By the time Jordan got the year 747 00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:29.840 three or four, we knew he was gonna beat that dude. Jordan year 748 00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:32.079 one, year two, Kobe, we got Kobe took some years. No, 749 00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:37.719 Kobe started three or four. No, No, three or four, 750 00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:40.880 three or four. You know the finalist for six man one year three or 751 00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:44.280 four. You know who that next star is coming along? Yeah, I'll 752 00:56:44.320 --> 00:56:47.440 give you that d Between three and four we knew he was that dude. 753 00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:52.599 All right, we don't have another player after that coming up next, so 754 00:56:52.840 --> 00:56:57.480 you know. Besides, but I'll tell you who it is. But but 755 00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:00.360 he might not even stick around the league team be that dude, Luca, 756 00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:08.119 No Jah, Nah, that dude doesn't give me John. I don't trust 757 00:57:08.239 --> 00:57:10.719 him anymore. Bro. And that's what I'm That's what I'm saying. He 758 00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:15.920 might not make it there, but Jah is the next generational player that I 759 00:57:16.039 --> 00:57:20.639 can take away. Take away the NBA young boy behavior. I still don't 760 00:57:20.639 --> 00:57:22.840 see. I see a little. I see a lot of dis because I 761 00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:25.559 see a lot of think he's too explosive. I see a lot of players 762 00:57:25.599 --> 00:57:28.760 better than I think he's too explosive. I see a lot of players better 763 00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:30.519 than So if I see a lot of players better than you, like low 764 00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:36.480 key, might me Jason Tatum, Ja Tatum is better than John I don't 765 00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:40.360 know who you're calling better than Jo better than Johnny? Three give me three 766 00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:49.079 Jason Tatum, Luca. Those are all arguable, and use are all arguable. 767 00:57:49.320 --> 00:57:51.880 I want to say, I want to say this guy, but I'm 768 00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:55.840 kind of iffy on Devin Booker. Devin Booker might think I'm only if he 769 00:57:55.880 --> 00:57:59.400 because he used to at the moment, No, you don't. You your 770 00:57:59.440 --> 00:58:01.559 life skinned it and you have a light skin attitude, and let's sleep at 771 00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:05.719 that life skinned attitude. Let's just leave it at that, if you know, 772 00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:09.960 you know, let's just let's have a light skinned attitude. Who we 773 00:58:10.440 --> 00:58:15.960 y'all doubling on pickup games? Yes, we doubling a pickup game. What's 774 00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:20.079 you're talking about? I don't do that light skin? So how are you 775 00:58:20.119 --> 00:58:22.840 supposed to know what? I know? What? Bring it out? Now? 776 00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:25.760 I'm talking about him like, I don't understand how the lif skin attitude. 777 00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:29.480 Why you thought that was a problem to be w in the pickup game. 778 00:58:30.199 --> 00:58:31.480 I don't understand it either. You shouldn't take it that serious. I 779 00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:36.239 think that's what they're saying. It's a bigger game saying that. But I 780 00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:37.559 don't wait for the game, but situation. But I think that what you 781 00:58:37.639 --> 00:58:42.840 do for game situations, you practice now when you're a millionaire and the last 782 00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:47.079 game. That's why we don't have another generational player coming up now here will 783 00:58:47.159 --> 00:58:51.800 be one. They come out about every ten fifteen years. Jordan left the 784 00:58:51.880 --> 00:58:55.320 game of basketball, Kobe comes. Jordan left the game of basket. Kobe 785 00:58:55.599 --> 00:59:00.400 Lebron comes in around two thousand and one. Three, Yeah, he comes 786 00:59:00.440 --> 00:59:02.559 around two thousand and three. Jordan had just left the game of basketball as 787 00:59:02.639 --> 00:59:07.280 the Bulls he had left the game of basketball and ninety eight, so about 788 00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:15.800 five years Lebron and Sir Lebron, Lebron played in Sir KD KD play in 789 00:59:15.960 --> 00:59:22.480 search steps Kobe. So here's why I can't call Kobe a generational player. 790 00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:30.440 Because Kobe mimicked Mike first number. Mike changed the game of basketball. Kobe 791 00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:37.159 did not change the game. Lebron changed the game of basketball. Kobe did 792 00:59:37.400 --> 00:59:43.079 not. Kobe Bryant's mentality and respect for the game is why people hold him 793 00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:46.360 in high regard, not because he changed the game. There are a lot 794 00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:52.639 of players out there who played like Kobe but didn't have his mentality. Right. 795 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:57.920 Kobe could go out and give you twenty and ten right, but so 796 00:59:58.079 --> 01:00:04.760 could a lot of other players. It was Obie's mentality and how he probably 797 01:00:04.800 --> 01:00:08.880 could go out there and get you forty fifty good on the average night. 798 01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:13.039 He was a score. He was a score. But what I'm saying is 799 01:00:13.440 --> 01:00:16.119 no one ever looked at Kobe Bryant said he changed the game of basketball. 800 01:00:16.440 --> 01:00:21.440 No one. I've never heard anyone say that, Right, you are changing. 801 01:00:21.559 --> 01:00:24.880 It's mentality help advanced the game of basket. So I don't think it 802 01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:29.559 changed it, So I don't think it changed it. When you say generational 803 01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:34.119 players, those are big words. Lebron was generational. Lebron could go to 804 01:00:34.280 --> 01:00:38.079 China right now and folks will go crazy. Jannis is a generational player. 805 01:00:38.239 --> 01:00:43.559 Think about what he's done for Greece and when he goes to New York right 806 01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:49.119 and all these things. I think about that. No, no, no 807 01:00:49.239 --> 01:00:52.480 doubt about it. He changed the way. People are blaming Steph right now 808 01:00:52.639 --> 01:00:57.679 for these kids in the gym pulling up from half course. People are blaming 809 01:00:57.719 --> 01:01:00.519 the Warriors. That question is this when you talk about because you brought up 810 01:01:00.599 --> 01:01:04.400 kids? Yeah, are you brought up? I didn't. And I hate 811 01:01:04.440 --> 01:01:06.920 to beat this guy is a lot. I hate to beat this guy. 812 01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:10.880 It's not here we go. You know what I'm gonna say, James Harden, 813 01:01:14.239 --> 01:01:17.239 James, So I don't. I don't know that James Harden changed the 814 01:01:17.400 --> 01:01:22.440 game because James Harden is around the era of Steph Curry where the pull up 815 01:01:22.519 --> 01:01:25.199 threes became popular. So he's a part of the James Harden was not a 816 01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:30.760 pull up. His is what step back and is almost it's almost a travel, 817 01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:35.239 but every high it is a travel. It's an ankle breaker. He 818 01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:37.159 might break his ankle if somebody come in and act didn't leave. Yeah, 819 01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:42.440 if youre trying to in somebody, Yeah, if you playing. He's not 820 01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:45.320 a generational player, however he is. Are you sure he's one of the 821 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:49.199 best? Are you sure love him? Had? He's one of the best 822 01:01:49.280 --> 01:01:53.880 to ever do it? How many people doing a step back? You watch 823 01:01:53.920 --> 01:01:58.199 a lot of high school basketball? How many people is doing a step bell. 824 01:01:58.320 --> 01:02:05.480 He's influential, He's influence and he changed the game. But you also 825 01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:07.320 got a sick thing about this. Kobe also changed the game too, as 826 01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:14.119 far as being a defensive guard because Kobe was forty. But you ain't gonna 827 01:02:14.159 --> 01:02:19.760 kill me either away. I look at it, and Dwayne Wade picked up 828 01:02:19.800 --> 01:02:22.320 that same mentality. I'm gonna give you thirty, but you ain't gonna get 829 01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:30.079 thirty two. What is your problem with? Dwayne got a problem with? 830 01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:36.239 What do you have a problem with? Problem? I'm not I'm just saying. 831 01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:38.440 I'm just saying James aren't impact with this game a lot more than we 832 01:02:38.519 --> 01:02:43.239 give him consideration for it. Like how I just told you how if you 833 01:02:43.360 --> 01:02:46.360 have them step step to the side jumper, that's a travel If hold on 834 01:02:46.440 --> 01:02:50.480 first of all, step pulling up from half and hitting it. But it 835 01:02:50.559 --> 01:02:53.280 ain't no travel, It's not travel, and it's it's here. I want 836 01:02:53.280 --> 01:02:58.880 to say travel maybe a carry. Whatever the point is when you got these 837 01:02:59.039 --> 01:03:01.039 kids doing the move, your signature move, because that's his signature move. 838 01:03:01.119 --> 01:03:05.280 Now if you're doing if you got these kids doing your signature move, I 839 01:03:05.360 --> 01:03:07.880 think you have some say and I changed the game of basketball. No, 840 01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:14.239 because there's Alan I was yes, yes, general players, yes, no, 841 01:03:14.639 --> 01:03:17.800 yes, we are, we were all, we all, we all, 842 01:03:17.960 --> 01:03:22.360 but you all were carrying. You mean you all were carrying when you 843 01:03:22.840 --> 01:03:25.079 were cross When he crossed up Jordan, it took up to another level. 844 01:03:28.840 --> 01:03:34.159 Yes, no, yes, Why because when you have a generation of people 845 01:03:34.519 --> 01:03:37.119 talking about I want to be like Alan Iris said, I want to get 846 01:03:37.159 --> 01:03:40.000 my braids like Ali Iris, I want to get my uh. I want 847 01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:45.280 to wear baggy shorts to practice practice were talking about practice when you talk about 848 01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:51.599 that pop culture? Did it was pop culture that's affecting the culture of basketball? 849 01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:52.960 Yes, and no it is, but for the game basketball. I 850 01:03:53.000 --> 01:03:55.320 don't know that I can call him because my thing is this is my thing 851 01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:59.559 about that every light with even when you talk about step Curry, when you 852 01:03:59.639 --> 01:04:02.400 talking about Michael Jordan, when you talk about Lebron, James used about these 853 01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:05.719 guys changed the way. I think, I think you have to we have 854 01:04:05.800 --> 01:04:14.400 to talk about this because Lebron changed the game of basketball from a tatistical and 855 01:04:14.760 --> 01:04:19.840 a pop culture and like he just like Jordan did, he elevated it to 856 01:04:19.880 --> 01:04:24.440 a whole other level. When you talk about these other guys, Steph Curry 857 01:04:24.519 --> 01:04:27.039 on, men, these guys are doing his moves, and he's winning these 858 01:04:27.119 --> 01:04:30.559 championships, and he came out of nowhere such and such and such. So 859 01:04:30.719 --> 01:04:36.400 every time a basketball player implements a move or something that changes generation that generational 860 01:04:36.480 --> 01:04:40.440 players are doing. These kids in high school, grade school, like these 861 01:04:40.559 --> 01:04:44.199 keys are literally pulling up from the corner and turning around and not looking at 862 01:04:44.199 --> 01:04:45.599 it and follow through. Now as it annoying, of course it is, 863 01:04:45.960 --> 01:04:49.559 especially for us oldheads, but the point is step that came I know where 864 01:04:49.599 --> 01:04:56.440 that came from. So when I so if if I know where it came 865 01:04:56.559 --> 01:04:59.840 from, I think you have to put the people in the category of generational. 866 01:05:00.239 --> 01:05:05.840 They're smacking the ground and you know, and so I think you have 867 01:05:05.960 --> 01:05:11.559 to say these these people change the game of basketball. Again, I think 868 01:05:11.719 --> 01:05:15.239 when you when we define a generational player, it is debatable, but I 869 01:05:15.360 --> 01:05:19.199 think about a player, I think it's more people in that category than we 870 01:05:19.320 --> 01:05:26.000 got to give. I agree, but I think maybe generational isn't the right 871 01:05:26.039 --> 01:05:29.480 word. Let's just say once in the lifetop players. Jordan is a once 872 01:05:29.559 --> 01:05:33.039 in a lifetop player. Lebron is a once in a lifetime player. Okay, 873 01:05:33.119 --> 01:05:39.000 they took thirty plus years, that's what general. Well, that's a 874 01:05:39.039 --> 01:05:43.400 little different. It's not it's not that it's different. It's slightly different when 875 01:05:43.400 --> 01:05:46.719 you talk about because to me, when you take generational player, you think 876 01:05:46.719 --> 01:05:51.360 about Michael. Michael was a generational player of his error, right, Lebron 877 01:05:51.480 --> 01:05:56.880 and Kobe arguably had the same error. Arguably they shared it like Lebron was 878 01:05:57.039 --> 01:05:59.320 Lebron was coming in, was leaving, you know what I'm saying. And 879 01:05:59.840 --> 01:06:02.320 for years later, you know, before his death, Kobe had just retired 880 01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:08.239 what one year? Yeah, what, Kobe died in what twenty twenty, 881 01:06:08.280 --> 01:06:14.840 twenty nineteen. I think it was before the COVID. It was before COVID, 882 01:06:14.960 --> 01:06:17.239 so it was in the nineteen twenty and when Kobe passed away, he 883 01:06:17.360 --> 01:06:21.719 had just retired. Yeah, yeah, he was game. Yeah, you 884 01:06:21.800 --> 01:06:25.840 know, and so you know not nevertheless, because we can go on a 885 01:06:25.920 --> 01:06:29.480 lot of rents like this, it is really and I really want to know 886 01:06:29.559 --> 01:06:33.440 what other people think generational players, because you think about this missing it's missing 887 01:06:33.480 --> 01:06:39.079 players that's come along that's changed parts of the game that you probably wouldn't even 888 01:06:39.079 --> 01:06:43.920 consider a generational player as a person as a personal preference. Yeah, but 889 01:06:44.159 --> 01:06:48.639 me press personally, I think it's more generational players than we actually believe. 890 01:06:48.760 --> 01:06:53.719 Yeah, and I think it is more more people in the in the category 891 01:06:53.800 --> 01:07:00.920 that Joker is a generational player because he's doing things centers. He can be 892 01:07:00.000 --> 01:07:04.840 a generational player. He can be. He's not there yet, but he 893 01:07:04.920 --> 01:07:09.760 can't be. I don't think he will be pulling up from three he pulling, 894 01:07:09.880 --> 01:07:11.960 you know, I don't think. I don't think. I don't think 895 01:07:12.000 --> 01:07:15.000 he can be averaging Daniel a triple double. I don't think he can be. 896 01:07:15.960 --> 01:07:20.119 I think generational player and superstars are two different things, and Joker, 897 01:07:20.519 --> 01:07:26.159 Joker don't want to be neither one of those things. So before we get 898 01:07:26.239 --> 01:07:29.280 up out of here, we're gonna have a little bucks talk. Recently, 899 01:07:30.159 --> 01:07:36.639 Jannis was in the news talking about his free agency, which is coming up 900 01:07:36.920 --> 01:07:45.639 really really, really really soon, and Janice was talking about They asked him, 901 01:07:45.719 --> 01:07:47.920 I think it was the New York Times. Yeah, I think it 902 01:07:48.000 --> 01:07:51.159 was the New York Times. And in the New York Times who was talking 903 01:07:51.159 --> 01:07:57.039 about free agency, he was quoted as saying, but next year, next 904 01:07:57.039 --> 01:08:00.480 summer will make more sense for both parties. Even then, I don't know, 905 01:08:00.199 --> 01:08:03.239 I would not be I would not be the best version of myself if 906 01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:06.880 I don't know that, I know that everybody's on the same page. Everybody's 907 01:08:06.920 --> 01:08:12.320 going for a championship, everybody's going to sacrifice time away from their families like 908 01:08:12.440 --> 01:08:15.000 I do. And if I don't feel that, I'm not signing now. 909 01:08:16.039 --> 01:08:19.840 When Drey brought this up to me, I was like, it's satire. 910 01:08:20.000 --> 01:08:24.199 I don't think it's a real thing. I honestly don't believe it's a real 911 01:08:24.279 --> 01:08:27.319 thing. I think Jannis likes he here. I think his family likes it 912 01:08:27.439 --> 01:08:31.199 here. I think this is more to his aesthetic, and going anywhere else 913 01:08:31.279 --> 01:08:34.920 would change that very rapidly, especially if he's talking about teams he's connected to, 914 01:08:35.039 --> 01:08:40.880 like Golden Stay or the New York Nicks. Like those teams, it 915 01:08:40.920 --> 01:08:45.439 would change very rapidly, very dramatically. So I've never really paid attention to 916 01:08:45.560 --> 01:08:48.520 this, but it's what's going on in the NBA right now. So, 917 01:08:48.760 --> 01:08:53.159 Dre, you're very you feel very strongly about this. Do you feel like 918 01:08:53.319 --> 01:08:57.399 Yiannis is gonna dip out on us? So I want to correct you on 919 01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:01.520 something you said you thought this was a satire. Think you didn't read his 920 01:09:01.640 --> 01:09:06.239 You didn't you didn't watch the video with his own comments. Okay, I'm 921 01:09:06.239 --> 01:09:15.079 gonna say so it was fun while it lasted. It's over. How you 922 01:09:15.159 --> 01:09:19.319 serious? It's over. I will always be a honest fan. But remember 923 01:09:19.399 --> 01:09:24.000 I'm the one that sat at the table for years and called it, I'm 924 01:09:24.119 --> 01:09:33.119 burning his jersey. Well, I will says if let me here, season 925 01:09:33.199 --> 01:09:40.840 tickets will be really cheap. Season tickets will be really cheap, because right 926 01:09:40.920 --> 01:09:45.119 now you know it was it's funny, man, and I'm going the long 927 01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:47.680 runt. But I posted this, I think on our Instagram. Uh, 928 01:09:47.840 --> 01:09:53.319 Sports Nation did the best teams did not win the title the past ten years? 929 01:09:53.720 --> 01:09:58.359 The Bucks were in four of the ten. Yeah, they're in four 930 01:09:58.520 --> 01:10:02.640 of the ten and they were four four of the ten of the best team 931 01:10:02.720 --> 01:10:11.359 that should have won the title, but didn't nineteen twenty, last season and 932 01:10:11.520 --> 01:10:15.760 the season before last. Bucks should have a little dynasty right now, arguably 933 01:10:15.960 --> 01:10:18.439 five finals appearances. We won't say titles because it's hard to win the title. 934 01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:20.960 But I think the reason we didn't get our titles because we were out 935 01:10:21.039 --> 01:10:26.039 coach. So I'm gonna get this question. I'm a pass it to you, 936 01:10:26.159 --> 01:10:31.479 man. It's over. It was far Wila lasted. Coach Griffin is 937 01:10:31.520 --> 01:10:34.319 gonna be the fall guy. One it done. I said that at the 938 01:10:34.359 --> 01:10:41.000 beginning. Apparently Yan is weighed in on this decision. However, however, 939 01:10:41.640 --> 01:10:46.800 if we can get Dame and make some noise and go to the finals, 940 01:10:47.720 --> 01:10:50.680 so to me, one to me, if you go to the conference finals, 941 01:10:50.720 --> 01:10:55.840 you're in a winning situation. Losing in the first round obviously not that 942 01:10:56.039 --> 01:10:59.960 was that burnt my biscuit in your work. Losing in the second round. 943 01:11:00.000 --> 01:11:03.279 Don't burnt my biscuit. I'm no, no, no, you know what 944 01:11:03.600 --> 01:11:08.800 going with going with said at this table, as Bucks fans, it's either 945 01:11:08.960 --> 01:11:13.399 conference finals or bus or bus or bus. That's it. Shut it down, 946 01:11:13.600 --> 01:11:17.760 that's it. And while I love the Bucks, there are a lot 947 01:11:17.840 --> 01:11:21.560 of good teams in the NBA. Now you saying that this is it, 948 01:11:23.000 --> 01:11:27.079 this is it, And if the Bucks don't go to the conference finals, 949 01:11:27.119 --> 01:11:30.279 if the Bucks won't go to the NBA Finals, NBA Finals, it's done. 950 01:11:30.399 --> 01:11:32.520 Jannis has gone, it's done. You believe that too. I believe 951 01:11:32.560 --> 01:11:34.880 it. It's over. If the Bucks don't go to the NBA finals, 952 01:11:34.960 --> 01:11:39.279 Jannae leaves us, it's over. I'm gonna I'm not gonna tap dances. 953 01:11:39.359 --> 01:11:42.359 I'm gonna gonna get into the second part of this. It's over. Y're 954 01:11:42.439 --> 01:11:47.720 crazy? Are y'all crazy? No, y'all said it, Janniss, let's 955 01:11:47.720 --> 01:11:50.520 break this down. Hold hold a second. He's saying. This is what 956 01:11:50.600 --> 01:11:57.560 he's saying. Everybody's hold on before you finish reading it. They're even saying 957 01:11:58.159 --> 01:12:02.680 that Dame's trade is halted because of what Jannis is doing. There are people 958 01:12:02.760 --> 01:12:08.000 that believe I don't believe this. There are people that believe that the Bucks 959 01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:13.159 are privately negotiating Yannis's trade now to get him out of here before the season 960 01:12:13.199 --> 01:12:17.239 even starts. I don't believe that, but there are insiders that believe the 961 01:12:17.399 --> 01:12:23.920 Bucks are privately entertaining trade talks for ya. Still Woad says it. I 962 01:12:24.079 --> 01:12:29.199 don't believe. Did you watch Wold's latest video? Se Lates video almost let 963 01:12:29.279 --> 01:12:33.159 through the screen. The point is, I cannot believe. And when Drey 964 01:12:33.279 --> 01:12:38.199 told me that, I was like, man from an economic perspective, it's 965 01:12:38.239 --> 01:12:43.359 the Milwaukee Bucks. Let Yanni's walk out that door. Not only will I'll 966 01:12:43.399 --> 01:12:48.199 be buying Chief tickets, but I've never boomed a man. When Lebron left 967 01:12:48.239 --> 01:12:51.279 him and went to Miami, I was like, that's crazy. But I 968 01:12:51.279 --> 01:12:55.479 don't live in Cleveland. No, here's why you can't do that. Because 969 01:12:55.560 --> 01:12:58.239 Jann has brought us a championship. No, Yann has brought the city of 970 01:12:58.319 --> 01:13:01.520 championship. No, No, I'm Burning's jersey. You're hurt it here for 971 01:13:01.880 --> 01:13:05.159 I'm burning jersey. I'm put it on our page. I'm putting in a 972 01:13:05.199 --> 01:13:11.039 trash can. I'm stepping on it. I can't Hey, I can't handle 973 01:13:11.119 --> 01:13:13.439 that. I'll be honest with handle that. I'll be honest with handle. 974 01:13:14.359 --> 01:13:18.119 A lot of my friends in my circle of season ticket holders, we've already 975 01:13:18.119 --> 01:13:23.800 said it. No, yannists, that's seventy five percent of the city, 976 01:13:24.800 --> 01:13:28.560 and I'll go back to buying game by game. I wouldn't blame y'all I 977 01:13:28.560 --> 01:13:30.359 wouldn't blame you, like if you dropped like these tickets, I wouldn't. 978 01:13:30.359 --> 01:13:33.119 That's what I'm saying. Just be honest, just from a money perspective, 979 01:13:33.319 --> 01:13:39.199 Yannie is bringing this city. Mean why we've been going to the Bucks game 980 01:13:39.279 --> 01:13:44.359 since? Oh I know we to be ticket holders together. But when we 981 01:13:44.600 --> 01:13:48.039 bought our tickets five, six, seven years ago, we paid for twenty 982 01:13:48.439 --> 01:13:54.520 quny games apiece. We paid maybe six hundred dollars apiece. We were in 983 01:13:54.640 --> 01:13:59.760 the fourth row. Nice, we had hundred dollars gift cards. We're looking 984 01:13:59.760 --> 01:14:03.560 at the opposite team like we have parking vouchers. It was worth it. 985 01:14:04.279 --> 01:14:09.239 Now, we won't get into what we're what we're doing now, but we 986 01:14:09.439 --> 01:14:14.159 bought finals tickets at Fate's value and spend almost one thousand dollars apiece. We 987 01:14:14.279 --> 01:14:17.800 have seats together for the season. Remember how much they work? Yeah, 988 01:14:19.399 --> 01:14:24.000 thirteen fourteen a piece I think. And that was then when the Bucks, 989 01:14:24.039 --> 01:14:26.760 when the stagment had just opened. We're not gonna get into what we're doing 990 01:14:26.840 --> 01:14:31.840 now. I don't even do that. But the bottom line is Jannis black 991 01:14:31.960 --> 01:14:41.000 Lebron is generational player economic development. Okay, all that stuff around fights are 992 01:14:41.479 --> 01:14:44.920 ain't because of Brandon Jennings. It ain't because of Drew, as much as 993 01:14:44.960 --> 01:14:47.239 I love them, it ain't because of Chris. It's the Jannis off. 994 01:14:47.520 --> 01:14:49.680 Let me ask this question. Here's a real quick question. Let's say we 995 01:14:49.760 --> 01:14:53.600 don't get damned. Just take them out there taking about the thing. Here's 996 01:14:53.680 --> 01:14:58.520 more of a realistic trade. Here's more of a realistic trade we got if 997 01:14:58.600 --> 01:15:00.359 y'all. I don't know if y'all know this. A but Bobby, he'll 998 01:15:00.720 --> 01:15:06.800 Bobby Hill here, Bertie, Buddy Hill whatever. He's on the trading blocks 999 01:15:08.920 --> 01:15:13.840 like three seasons. But Milwaukee is in the talks. We get him trade 1000 01:15:15.399 --> 01:15:21.560 con Nope, Grace Allen, yep, no, both they can have both 1001 01:15:21.560 --> 01:15:25.800 of them things. They can have both of them. I like Grayson because 1002 01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:34.880 he's defensive minded. He's small. That's why Buddy's six seven no six six 1003 01:15:35.319 --> 01:15:41.640 six four no, no, no, look it up. But I can't 1004 01:15:41.680 --> 01:15:45.159 believe both of y'all sitting there and thinking, yeah, it's gonna leave here. 1005 01:15:45.199 --> 01:15:47.600 Bro. If we don't win the time, I'm saying, if we 1006 01:15:47.640 --> 01:15:51.079 don't go to the finals, Kesey said, if we don't know Kesey, 1007 01:15:51.119 --> 01:15:55.800 you're saying, if we don't go to the finals. I'm saying conference finals 1008 01:15:55.880 --> 01:15:59.800 because to me, conference finals is how is he six four but he has 1009 01:15:59.840 --> 01:16:03.399 a six nine winningspan? Yeah, but Buddy is awesome. That nothing to 1010 01:16:03.439 --> 01:16:10.479 me. He's very inconsistent shooting. No, look at it stats, he 1011 01:16:13.359 --> 01:16:17.079 look what we're playing. You want career stats or you won't. Okay, 1012 01:16:17.239 --> 01:16:20.600 So let me just go back and for all the fans, don't get mad 1013 01:16:20.640 --> 01:16:24.359 at me getting mad at Yannis. He said it. You know what's really 1014 01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:27.640 you know what's really upset. Let me get a little stake on that. 1015 01:16:28.319 --> 01:16:31.880 I just feel like Yanni said that, and I'm going Chris once Chris said 1016 01:16:31.920 --> 01:16:36.560 this is like facts, Chris, he was like business business usual. I 1017 01:16:36.640 --> 01:16:41.079 don't think nothing of it. We do have the mentality. Now what we 1018 01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:45.399 get there, that's another thing. But I think Jannis knows, and I 1019 01:16:45.479 --> 01:16:48.439 think other players know how hard it is to get there. Before it was 1020 01:16:48.560 --> 01:16:50.319 like, oh, we get there, we can get there every year. 1021 01:16:50.840 --> 01:16:56.159 No, no, no, no. For glow passes thirty five is Chris 1022 01:16:56.279 --> 01:17:00.319 Middletons are the ugly person in the room, thereto, the ridos. Okay, 1023 01:17:00.520 --> 01:17:03.800 well, let me not say ugly person because they're the has beauty inside 1024 01:17:03.880 --> 01:17:08.239 out. I hate playing hots. They're the flaming hots in the room. 1025 01:17:08.640 --> 01:17:13.359 Okay, that mean, what is that nasty? No one wants no, 1026 01:17:13.680 --> 01:17:16.039 No, they're the freedo. They're the freedo to the chip box. Wow, 1027 01:17:16.239 --> 01:17:20.520 no one wants the freedom freedo. I'm playing freed out that. Drew 1028 01:17:20.600 --> 01:17:26.359 Holliday has already declared that he's retired, and Jannis has said he didn't. 1029 01:17:26.399 --> 01:17:28.960 He said retired at the end of his contract, which is like two three 1030 01:17:29.039 --> 01:17:31.560 years, two years end of twenty four, okay, in twenty five. 1031 01:17:31.800 --> 01:17:38.199 So and want you to weigh in. I say, I always say championship 1032 01:17:38.279 --> 01:17:40.960 or bus for the Bucks, and it has been that. It's been. 1033 01:17:41.079 --> 01:17:45.000 It's been a bus. If we don't go to the conference finals, if 1034 01:17:45.039 --> 01:17:48.039 we don't go to the NBA finals, that's a lot. Zeke, I'll 1035 01:17:48.039 --> 01:17:50.239 go with that. Zeke, What do you say? What do you think? 1036 01:17:50.319 --> 01:17:54.199 Because we could? You gotta remember, but to see your phone. 1037 01:17:54.439 --> 01:17:57.840 September twenty four, we come back twenty thousand and three. What are you 1038 01:17:57.920 --> 01:18:00.079 saying about Jannis. I'm saying Yannis doesn't leave. He said he stopped. 1039 01:18:00.279 --> 01:18:03.520 You're saying he signs an extension. I say he signs an extension because he's 1040 01:18:03.520 --> 01:18:08.319 over before a super Max. Yeah, he signs an extension. I say 1041 01:18:08.359 --> 01:18:11.439 he's signed an extension. We get, but we get Buddy. Buddy is 1042 01:18:11.479 --> 01:18:15.760 forty two percent career from three point range. So you you want what you 1043 01:18:15.880 --> 01:18:19.680 take, Buddy or Dane, Buddy, he fits our system better. Why 1044 01:18:20.239 --> 01:18:25.960 he's a shooter. So Janni Jannie. If you notice all Yannest people, 1045 01:18:26.680 --> 01:18:30.560 Alan Pat Connington, those guys, they get these shots because of the honest. 1046 01:18:31.079 --> 01:18:33.720 So with Buddy, he's a shooter. That's what we need. We 1047 01:18:33.800 --> 01:18:39.880 need young shooters. He's thirty. We need young shooters. Name is is 1048 01:18:40.560 --> 01:18:43.800 is a shooter, but he low key counted as Steph Curry. No, 1049 01:18:43.960 --> 01:18:46.880 not step Curry. He can get his own shot. He is I hate 1050 01:18:46.880 --> 01:18:50.479 to say injury prone, but because he's older. If this is a younger 1051 01:18:50.600 --> 01:18:54.159 day, I'm all four. But this is an older Dame. So like 1052 01:18:54.239 --> 01:18:58.640 you said before, I don't want to trade him for somebody like Drew Holliday. 1053 01:18:58.640 --> 01:19:01.279 W I can get a guy works both sides of the court. So 1054 01:19:01.560 --> 01:19:06.159 Dame is only valuable in one side of the court. And I think that's 1055 01:19:06.159 --> 01:19:10.359 why a horrible defender, though he's got a horrible defender. But I can't 1056 01:19:10.439 --> 01:19:13.159 count on him for a defensive stop. I can kind of him for a 1057 01:19:13.199 --> 01:19:16.319 budget. How much heat pressure he takes off another star because how much President 1058 01:19:16.359 --> 01:19:20.279 can be taking off him because of attention he draws. Yeah, he draws 1059 01:19:20.359 --> 01:19:25.159 way more attention than Buddy Hide though exactly. But Yannis draws us. Buddy 1060 01:19:25.680 --> 01:19:30.000 Hell, y'all call it Buddy healed? Right, Casey said, Buddy Hide, 1061 01:19:30.319 --> 01:19:33.760 I know it ain't hide like Micah Hide, isn't it? Buddy held 1062 01:19:34.079 --> 01:19:45.359 Field healed? He'll yield hell little so little buddy, nobody so real quick, 1063 01:19:45.439 --> 01:19:47.119 that's what we're gon be saying in this time, buddy, But what's 1064 01:19:47.199 --> 01:19:50.880 that? I don't know, buddy real quick. So just to weigh in 1065 01:19:51.159 --> 01:19:57.600 on our comment from earlier and said what he said about Yannis. But generational 1066 01:19:57.680 --> 01:20:02.359 players here can Audi from Arizona listening to us from Arizona, said Magic Johnson, 1067 01:20:02.840 --> 01:20:11.239 Michael Jordan, Lebron, Steph Curry, Uh, Terrence Slaughter says Will 1068 01:20:11.359 --> 01:20:17.359 Chamberlain changed the game. Jamal Foster from Milwaukee said, Dirk m J, 1069 01:20:18.000 --> 01:20:23.880 Steph Curry, and Shack we're generational players. Over on the ninety four feet 1070 01:20:23.960 --> 01:20:29.039 podcast page, my boy Keith hazel Wood. What's up? Bro? He 1071 01:20:29.159 --> 01:20:35.720 said? Jordans, Alan, Iverson, Steph and Shack were all generational players 1072 01:20:35.760 --> 01:20:40.399 that changed the game of basketball. So so far, I have about eight 1073 01:20:40.520 --> 01:20:45.520 or nine comments and not one, uh Kobe Bryant comments. Somebodies are on 1074 01:20:45.640 --> 01:20:49.520 my Facebook page and somebody they are on the ninety four Feet Podcast Facebook page. 1075 01:20:50.159 --> 01:20:56.600 So so let me ask you this, back to the Jannis thing, 1076 01:20:57.640 --> 01:21:00.479 what happens to the Milwaukee Bucks? Of on his sleeves? Hold up, 1077 01:21:00.560 --> 01:21:05.039 Lett, let me go ahead. You what we are a bottom five team 1078 01:21:05.199 --> 01:21:09.760 and we are hoping for the I don't know. I know two things. 1079 01:21:09.800 --> 01:21:11.960 If you honest leave, we just opened up a roster spoke. Well, 1080 01:21:12.000 --> 01:21:14.840 remember we don't have something we got. We've gaven up some draft We gave 1081 01:21:14.960 --> 01:21:19.720 up draft picks for Drew, we gave up draft picks for Crowder, So 1082 01:21:19.880 --> 01:21:24.479 we don't We're not sitting on a draft picks mountain either. We are winning 1083 01:21:24.560 --> 01:21:27.760 now. This is a now win team. So we're like the Lakers. 1084 01:21:28.199 --> 01:21:32.960 When now at all costs? Yeah? When? Now? Okay, kis 1085 01:21:33.800 --> 01:21:40.239 f h honest left the Bucks? What happens to this franchise? Can we 1086 01:21:40.479 --> 01:21:44.920 still be competitive without Nis? It's like, can Drew in Middleton do it? 1087 01:21:45.159 --> 01:21:48.319 It's like it's kind of like, uh, did he's making a band. 1088 01:21:49.199 --> 01:21:56.399 They're gonna be dismantled, see y'all, but change bands, a babe, 1089 01:21:56.439 --> 01:22:05.239 the band. Nobody listen. If Yannest leaves, the Bucks's sober unless 1090 01:22:05.359 --> 01:22:09.960 we find another player that comes along and be as a generational player like him, 1091 01:22:11.000 --> 01:22:15.199 like like just to say bow Champ decides to be that next dude. 1092 01:22:15.359 --> 01:22:20.279 People say he has a future, Marja people says he has a really good 1093 01:22:20.359 --> 01:22:26.079 future. Yeah. Yeah, I think he's a solid player. I think 1094 01:22:26.159 --> 01:22:30.399 if I think if he I think he should get a lot more playing time 1095 01:22:30.439 --> 01:22:32.159 than he did last year. And so I'm very intrigued to see how he 1096 01:22:32.479 --> 01:22:38.159 turns out. But if you, honestly, if Yannest leave, this goes 1097 01:22:38.279 --> 01:22:44.079 from a basketball town to a packer slash brewer town. Shout out to the 1098 01:22:44.159 --> 01:22:47.439 Brewers man they lost today, but shout out to the make the playoffs. 1099 01:22:48.039 --> 01:22:51.640 They claimed that they don't know if they win a division, if they don't 1100 01:22:51.640 --> 01:22:55.359 win a division yet, but they clinched the PF. But my thing, 1101 01:22:55.520 --> 01:23:00.680 and this is gonna be a brew I remember going to Bucks games being like 1102 01:23:00.920 --> 01:23:02.680 where all y'all coming from, like when the bus is making it run in 1103 01:23:02.680 --> 01:23:05.840 twenty twenty one, Where did all y'all come from? Damn wagon? Where 1104 01:23:05.840 --> 01:23:14.239 did y'all come from? Because I would see like Brewer games regardless, Hey 1105 01:23:14.359 --> 01:23:16.159 hey, milwau Gild, you like the drink. Hey hey you pass us 1106 01:23:16.199 --> 01:23:19.119 a beer, We'll get you too. So I get that you gave me 1107 01:23:19.199 --> 01:23:25.199 a laughing taco. I never got to go exactly. Packer game, Packers, 1108 01:23:25.399 --> 01:23:28.760 Packers, super Bowl of bus every year, even with Jordan Love. 1109 01:23:29.119 --> 01:23:31.079 Every year, alright, we're going super Bowl. I said that where I 1110 01:23:31.520 --> 01:23:35.880 acknowledge where we're building. I acknowledge the point it sounds of Jordan Love, 1111 01:23:36.520 --> 01:23:42.279 black black quarterback, first black quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, the first 1112 01:23:42.560 --> 01:23:46.640 starting quarterback. The Green Bay Packers have only had three starting quarterbacks is nineteen 1113 01:23:46.720 --> 01:23:51.279 ninety two, Brett far A twelve and Jordan. I can't wait till the 1114 01:23:51.279 --> 01:23:57.359 guy replaces him. Anyways, The point is that this turns, It turns 1115 01:23:57.399 --> 01:24:00.880 the whole city around. So I refuse to believe the Wwaukee Buck would just 1116 01:24:00.960 --> 01:24:03.840 let this man walk out of here. Key, I think Yann's be like, 1117 01:24:03.920 --> 01:24:06.920 hey, y'all, y'all not build a team around me. So I'm 1118 01:24:06.920 --> 01:24:10.279 gonna get up out of here and they would be like, Okay, cool, 1119 01:24:10.319 --> 01:24:14.000 we'll trade you. And so I think it would be if if that's 1120 01:24:14.000 --> 01:24:16.880 the case, But I still don't believe that he would leave us like that 1121 01:24:17.640 --> 01:24:23.680 because I'm burning New Jersey. I'm burning the jersey. So like what, 1122 01:24:23.840 --> 01:24:28.640 I will give Yann's credit for. At least he's not doing us like Dane 1123 01:24:28.920 --> 01:24:33.239 and telling us before the seat. He's let putting us on notice. He 1124 01:24:33.399 --> 01:24:40.560 is putting us on notice. I am telling you now get it together where 1125 01:24:40.600 --> 01:24:43.960 I'm out of here. Dane waiting until a month before the season started that 1126 01:24:43.960 --> 01:24:45.840 he didn't want to come to camp. Well, Dame is saying it for 1127 01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:47.279 the last two years, and they was like, hey, yann Is ready, 1128 01:24:47.359 --> 01:24:50.560 could y'all get me right? He congratulations to Yanni's on the birth of 1129 01:24:50.640 --> 01:24:56.159 his third child, his first daughter, and also congratulations to Yanni's for opening 1130 01:24:56.239 --> 01:24:59.159 up a Greek restaurant. Yeah, I'm gonna try that out. Yeah, 1131 01:24:59.159 --> 01:25:03.319 I'm gonna try that out. Yanni a great restaurant, did he? Yeah? 1132 01:25:04.479 --> 01:25:13.199 So the NBA season kicks off on October twenty four, so that's coming 1133 01:25:13.279 --> 01:25:16.800 up soon. I don't know that we'll have another one off episode before then. 1134 01:25:17.600 --> 01:25:24.560 So what are you looking forward to, Zeke? What are you looking 1135 01:25:24.600 --> 01:25:30.880 forward to this season in the NBA? I was looking forward to, you 1136 01:25:30.960 --> 01:25:33.960 know what. I'm looking forward to a couple of things. Number One, 1137 01:25:34.840 --> 01:25:41.439 if Victor winks Bang gonna be trash or not. I'm looking forward to the 1138 01:25:41.640 --> 01:25:45.279 new team's constructed team. I want to see how Phoeniss gonna paying out. 1139 01:25:45.159 --> 01:25:50.600 I'm very intrigued to see how the Golden State Warriors paying out. I am 1140 01:25:50.720 --> 01:25:57.520 interested to see what happens with Jordan Pool. I don't know about him averaging 1141 01:25:57.600 --> 01:26:00.159 the league, but I see him leading his team, maybe like thirty five, 1142 01:26:00.640 --> 01:26:03.399 maybe like twenty six, twenty eight, but I don't think he's got 1143 01:26:03.520 --> 01:26:08.760 over that thirty mark. I'm intrigued to see what's gonna happen with the Lakers 1144 01:26:10.720 --> 01:26:15.199 and how these these new rules are going to affect the game. That's what 1145 01:26:15.279 --> 01:26:18.239 I'm probably intrigued by. I'm not gonna put the Bucks on that list, 1146 01:26:18.319 --> 01:26:21.760 just because, like I said before, we expect finals of bus around here. 1147 01:26:21.920 --> 01:26:25.920 Yeah, and that's why I don't believe yann is gonna leave us out 1148 01:26:25.920 --> 01:26:30.119 here still not Yeah, Yeah, because I just don't believe. I don't 1149 01:26:30.159 --> 01:26:33.760 believe that Yannis would. I'm just gonna be in his personality. He's never 1150 01:26:33.840 --> 01:26:36.439 showed the type of personality where he's just leave us thing. Now. I 1151 01:26:36.600 --> 01:26:40.800 do believe that Yannis is like, Hey, I want to win, make 1152 01:26:40.880 --> 01:26:43.359 it happen. And the fact that he said at the beginning of the season 1153 01:26:43.439 --> 01:26:47.359 says a lot about him. Yeah, so what do you But that's what 1154 01:26:47.439 --> 01:26:50.720 am I looking most forward to this season. We're a month away, literally 1155 01:26:51.039 --> 01:26:56.439 thirty days away from the start of the season Denver versus the Los Angeles Lakers. 1156 01:26:56.720 --> 01:27:02.600 Oh, that's opening game, opening game. Yep. Seriously, I'm 1157 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:09.359 looking to see. I'm looking forward to seeing how in Phoenix versus Golden State. 1158 01:27:09.520 --> 01:27:12.279 Sorry, how open the NBA is going to be this year? What 1159 01:27:12.319 --> 01:27:16.039 do you mean as far as who can be the best? Sure, so 1160 01:27:16.159 --> 01:27:19.119 you think it's you think it's everything. You think the title's up for graphs. 1161 01:27:19.199 --> 01:27:23.760 The title is up for graphs. What the number one? H be? 1162 01:27:23.920 --> 01:27:29.279 Number one? He's a the NBA championship. The season was no guarantee 1163 01:27:29.359 --> 01:27:32.479 that's gonna win it again. It's no guarantee because everybody's gotten better. No 1164 01:27:32.680 --> 01:27:36.359 team has really gotten worse. Well, at least you would hope they got 1165 01:27:36.399 --> 01:27:42.359 better off of the trades they made and the deals they made. But most 1166 01:27:42.399 --> 01:27:46.000 of the especially in the Western Conference, most of the the Western Conference picked 1167 01:27:46.079 --> 01:27:50.560 up somebody else and got a little better. Yeah, the West is tough. 1168 01:27:51.279 --> 01:27:55.600 East, we pretty much know who's in the East and what's gonna We 1169 01:27:55.720 --> 01:27:58.119 know who the top four or five is every year. Every year. Hey 1170 01:27:58.279 --> 01:28:03.479 that James Harden Philly. Yeah, because because and Be's gonna do what honest 1171 01:28:03.520 --> 01:28:06.880 is doing next season. So I think he's gonna bounce. Yeah, yeah 1172 01:28:08.600 --> 01:28:11.640 for me, Look for for me, I'm looking forward to. I want 1173 01:28:11.680 --> 01:28:15.720 to see the Detroit Piston storyline. I want to see. Remember they cashed 1174 01:28:15.720 --> 01:28:19.720 out on the coach. I want to see if I want to see the 1175 01:28:19.760 --> 01:28:24.720 coaching, it truly matters. I'll save you a lot of greed. They 1176 01:28:24.760 --> 01:28:32.920 won't. They'll still be obviously. As a Bucks fan, there is no 1177 01:28:33.199 --> 01:28:39.399 disappointment in your team getting bounced in the first round by the eight seedhead. 1178 01:28:39.600 --> 01:28:43.520 I want to see the Bucks. I want to see these new look Lakers 1179 01:28:43.600 --> 01:28:46.279 that everybody thinks gonna win the title they won. Uh, And I want 1180 01:28:46.319 --> 01:28:51.199 to see if Kyrie can play a full season because he resigned with Dallas like 1181 01:28:51.319 --> 01:28:59.720 he expects to be there, nobody else wants. So there's a lot of 1182 01:29:00.119 --> 01:29:02.640 different storylines coming out, and and and and I'm maybe the only one here, 1183 01:29:02.960 --> 01:29:05.600 but I want to I'm insuring to play in tournament because I want to 1184 01:29:05.680 --> 01:29:11.119 see how that impacts the rest of the season. Because you're giving a You're 1185 01:29:11.159 --> 01:29:15.399 giving them a championship cup. How embarrassed are you going to be if you 1186 01:29:15.520 --> 01:29:20.000 win that cup it don't make the playoffs? You know what's funny, I'm 1187 01:29:20.079 --> 01:29:24.439 embarrassed are you gonna be if you win that cup and lose the NBA champions 1188 01:29:24.439 --> 01:29:28.760 You know it's funny about that. This. I think they implemented this new 1189 01:29:29.079 --> 01:29:35.199 PPP loan. But this PPP policies, I did not have one. We 1190 01:29:35.279 --> 01:29:41.000 get it, but I wish anyways, But no, I think they implemented 1191 01:29:41.039 --> 01:29:44.600 that rule because people are gonna be sitting at the tournament. I don't think 1192 01:29:44.600 --> 01:29:48.840 people are gonna sit the tournament. I believe with the bottom heart, they 1193 01:29:48.920 --> 01:29:53.279 was gonna people was gonna be sitting out that tournament. Like, why would 1194 01:29:53.359 --> 01:29:56.319 I give him off of tournament? I ain't trying to play for a championship, 1195 01:29:56.560 --> 01:29:59.760 But the tournament. You gotta remember the play in tournament. It's still 1196 01:30:00.039 --> 01:30:03.119 goes against your schedule in your games. It's just a turnout, so it 1197 01:30:03.199 --> 01:30:08.039 goes against your I'm not saying hole, but I'm saying, like, let's 1198 01:30:08.039 --> 01:30:12.199 say, for instance, you don't want to go to name. I didn't 1199 01:30:12.199 --> 01:30:14.520 say that. I'm just saying like, I don't know. I just didn't 1200 01:30:14.760 --> 01:30:17.159 I thought people would be sitting out the tournament because nobody was like I'm excited 1201 01:30:17.159 --> 01:30:19.880 about the tournament. Anybody said that. It's like, all right, I 1202 01:30:19.920 --> 01:30:23.600 guess this is what it is. Yeah, And so they're trying to make 1203 01:30:23.640 --> 01:30:27.159 it. They go to make people play. Who is the NBA. They're 1204 01:30:27.159 --> 01:30:29.439 trying to make people play in the tournament. I did it is what it 1205 01:30:29.600 --> 01:30:38.640 is. We got got a few more responses here. Uh, Heather Pole 1206 01:30:38.880 --> 01:30:44.680 said, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan's shack and Lebron. This is a lot 1207 01:30:44.720 --> 01:30:45.520 of women in the NBA. Wow. I'm sorry. I don't mean that. 1208 01:30:45.560 --> 01:30:51.239 I'm sorry. Camille from what's that podcast? Uh? Technical File? 1209 01:30:51.520 --> 01:30:55.640 Camille, what's up? Camille? Shout out the Technical File team? She 1210 01:30:55.800 --> 01:31:02.079 said, Steph Jordan, Lebron, Magic Jick. Uh we I told him 1211 01:31:02.119 --> 01:31:05.479 limited to four. I said limited to four, because you can even think 1212 01:31:05.479 --> 01:31:09.479 about it. You could go on on this subject. I don't think it's 1213 01:31:09.600 --> 01:31:15.359 ours. I don't think you can. And then aj from California's said, 1214 01:31:15.560 --> 01:31:24.279 Jordans, Curry, Magic and bron could you only read the ones from ninety 1215 01:31:24.319 --> 01:31:30.199 four feet please? Man, I'm part of that nation. Respect the money. 1216 01:31:30.279 --> 01:31:38.079 You don't even know how popular you are, uh, episode before we 1217 01:31:38.199 --> 01:31:43.760 go, Before we go, everyone knows that KEC and I are proud Packer 1218 01:31:43.840 --> 01:31:46.239 fans. Okay, shout out to Jordan's love and the Packers two in one, 1219 01:31:46.600 --> 01:31:50.079 and we all know that Zeke is a Cowboy fan. And they lost 1220 01:31:50.119 --> 01:31:54.880 to the old don't you say, are you taking the game or something? 1221 01:31:54.960 --> 01:31:58.159 I'm not taking the game. I know what happened. So the Cowboys lost 1222 01:31:58.279 --> 01:32:01.079 the zero and two Cardinals, so both of our teams are to win one. 1223 01:32:01.560 --> 01:32:06.960 So we're even and we have a clearly a rebuilding team. Clearly a 1224 01:32:08.039 --> 01:32:11.039 rebuilding team. I wasn't gonna bring this up. We got to it's the 1225 01:32:11.119 --> 01:32:13.199 last episode before we kick off the seat. I just want to say that 1226 01:32:13.600 --> 01:32:16.159 the Cowboys just had a major injury loss. Did you hear what you said 1227 01:32:16.159 --> 01:32:20.159 about it? On the first aake, Dude, that was so trash. 1228 01:32:20.880 --> 01:32:27.079 Micah Parsons, I think said, well, just like Stephen, they said 1229 01:32:27.600 --> 01:32:30.840 something always bad happened to the cowboys. He was talking about his injury. 1230 01:32:30.920 --> 01:32:32.880 Man, that's fine, man, that's fine. But let me as show 1231 01:32:32.920 --> 01:32:36.319 this since we got a little bit of time. Were you thinking of ucleche 1232 01:32:36.600 --> 01:32:41.079 on first take? Man? I think it's very I think it's good. 1233 01:32:41.199 --> 01:32:44.640 I think Shay was good. I think I think what's it called? What's 1234 01:32:44.640 --> 01:32:48.039 the other one? Pat McAfee, No, what's where was he at? 1235 01:32:48.600 --> 01:32:53.800 Undisputed? Right? Undisputed? I think they messed up. I think they 1236 01:32:53.840 --> 01:32:57.520 know they messed up. The trash and all these people they got, this 1237 01:32:57.720 --> 01:33:00.439 rotation of people, including little Wayne is crazy. Skip Skip can't even get 1238 01:33:00.479 --> 01:33:02.680 a word in. He can barely get a word. And I'm like, 1239 01:33:03.359 --> 01:33:06.600 besides, I'm barely getting word in like you just all you have to do 1240 01:33:06.760 --> 01:33:10.159 is just I don't know, I don't I don't know, but I do 1241 01:33:10.319 --> 01:33:13.199 know this, y'all know y'all missed up. Yeah, I'll say this. 1242 01:33:13.560 --> 01:33:15.920 I don't think you can bring him back. No, I'll say this. 1243 01:33:15.079 --> 01:33:18.920 Shannon Sharp has a really dope podcast. Listen to the one he did with 1244 01:33:19.000 --> 01:33:23.600 Steve Yeah, what he did with Stephen A. Smith talking about the Skip 1245 01:33:23.640 --> 01:33:27.279 Bayless fallout. But also he had a really good one with Dwayne Wade. 1246 01:33:27.319 --> 01:33:30.880 I encourage y'all to watch both keys. What you think about Shay on first 1247 01:33:30.920 --> 01:33:33.600 take? Man? What you with your head of me? Uncle doing good 1248 01:33:33.680 --> 01:33:42.159 man? They even though Stephen akt on my novel sometime he's good at what 1249 01:33:42.239 --> 01:33:45.159 he do. Yeah, at the same time, but many always brothers. 1250 01:33:45.680 --> 01:33:50.319 Yeah, so do we do predictions now on the first episode, We'll do 1251 01:33:50.439 --> 01:33:57.880 that first. I'm talking about the first episode for next season. NBA season 1252 01:33:58.000 --> 01:34:03.359 is upon us Kickoffice tip off is October twenty four, The Dallas I'm sorry, 1253 01:34:03.439 --> 01:34:09.800 the Los Angeles Lakers against the defended Chips Denver Nuggets. That's very intriguing 1254 01:34:09.840 --> 01:34:11.800 what you said. I don't think it's up in there. I think Diver 1255 01:34:11.880 --> 01:34:14.840 gonna running back. Yeah, I think so too, and the Phoenix Suns 1256 01:34:14.840 --> 01:34:17.199 will take on my favorite. But also I'm going to say the only reason 1257 01:34:17.600 --> 01:34:23.239 say the only reason I say that, whoa, The only reason I say 1258 01:34:23.319 --> 01:34:28.279 Denver is not going to run it back and that's a good possibility, is 1259 01:34:28.319 --> 01:34:30.920 because they lost Bruce Brown. Bruce Brown, he was the horse in the 1260 01:34:31.000 --> 01:34:34.319 playoffs. He was he was, he was. He was a dog in 1261 01:34:34.359 --> 01:34:41.039 the playoff. And when you lose your dog to Indiana, if you got 1262 01:34:42.159 --> 01:34:45.920 but did Buddy's on the block? Now, yeah, but Denver didn't even 1263 01:34:45.920 --> 01:34:51.600 offer them. Nothing didn't kill him. Nothing didn't could they could They had 1264 01:34:51.680 --> 01:34:55.920 nowhere near what Indiana. What I'm saying, if you don't make an offer, 1265 01:34:56.079 --> 01:34:59.199 and then they'd be like, because you might go back if they if 1266 01:34:59.239 --> 01:35:02.039 you don't have enough money real quick. I'm but but if you don't know, 1267 01:35:02.199 --> 01:35:04.800 if you if you make an offer, he might take lace money because 1268 01:35:04.800 --> 01:35:08.079 I se y'all running back. But if you don't see y'all running back. 1269 01:35:09.920 --> 01:35:14.000 If you think about Bruce Brown, he shouldn't. Let's not act like let's 1270 01:35:14.359 --> 01:35:16.800 let's not act like he's a key member. Sir, you can be replied. 1271 01:35:16.880 --> 01:35:19.800 Let's not forget this though, And we got to remember this about NBA 1272 01:35:19.920 --> 01:35:25.600 players. Ninety percent of them worth that dude before they came in the league. 1273 01:35:26.199 --> 01:35:31.000 Coming to the keep coming into the NBA, you have to find a 1274 01:35:31.960 --> 01:35:36.800 Brown. Brown was a forty point a game player before he made it to 1275 01:35:36.840 --> 01:35:41.479 the league. He had to figure out he had to figure out what to 1276 01:35:41.479 --> 01:35:44.399 stick around. Everybody was no, men, he ain't that dude. Well 1277 01:35:44.439 --> 01:35:47.279 you think he ain't. PJ. Tucker was once upon a time that dude 1278 01:35:47.319 --> 01:35:50.039 too. So it was up Pat Beverley. I'm not saying that. What 1279 01:35:50.119 --> 01:35:57.279 I'm saying is you can be replaced, and you can be replaced. So 1280 01:36:00.960 --> 01:36:05.079 let's vote right now. Where's uh? Vote him off the island? Where 1281 01:36:05.640 --> 01:36:13.319 where's uh? So the vote has been taken, has been taken ahead. 1282 01:36:14.880 --> 01:36:16.960 I was just gonna say, where's Patrick Patrick Beverley? I don't I think 1283 01:36:17.000 --> 01:36:21.399 he's unsigned? No, he signed Bulls but the Bulls. No, No, 1284 01:36:21.720 --> 01:36:26.479 somebody else. It's somebody I canna say crazy, But it's somewhere you 1285 01:36:26.520 --> 01:36:30.479 wouldn't expect him to be at let me see her. But I'm just proving 1286 01:36:30.560 --> 01:36:33.600 your point. Then, once you become a I'm not gonna say it has 1287 01:36:33.720 --> 01:36:39.920 been but kind of all over the place, you are a trading Oh he's 1288 01:36:40.239 --> 01:36:43.720 he's with Philly. He's okay, That's what I thought, because oh yeah, 1289 01:36:44.159 --> 01:36:45.600 on his podcast he was talking about how he got into a cab with 1290 01:36:45.680 --> 01:36:48.920 a phillydudon went all wrong. I don't know what happened when I wrong. 1291 01:36:49.600 --> 01:36:55.720 Real quick, This is a real quick question. Fifty million for your whole 1292 01:36:55.760 --> 01:37:00.359 career. You've made fifty million for your whole career or ten million, and 1293 01:37:00.399 --> 01:37:06.079 you gotta ring? Give me fifty taking the money? What? Give me 1294 01:37:06.199 --> 01:37:11.920 that paper, Give me that money, give that I get this ring? 1295 01:37:12.479 --> 01:37:15.760 How long am I in the league before I get this ring? No, 1296 01:37:16.000 --> 01:37:18.960 keep my paper, give the money, my money, giving me the money. 1297 01:37:19.319 --> 01:37:26.520 Ryan Isabelle from Atlanta says, hole time, Oh, y'all picking the 1298 01:37:26.760 --> 01:37:29.520 all? Y'all picking the money? Man? What? Because it isn't the 1299 01:37:29.560 --> 01:37:33.159 day you gotta live when it's a whole you're NBA champion. It's a whole 1300 01:37:33.199 --> 01:37:39.680 lot of NBA champions. It's broke money. Okay, it's a whole lot 1301 01:37:39.680 --> 01:37:44.239 of champions. It's broke. Antoine Walker was broke. You had to go 1302 01:37:44.319 --> 01:37:45.840 back to the G League to make money. And I'm not making light of 1303 01:37:45.920 --> 01:37:49.039 that because to me, going homeless and losing your money is a very serious 1304 01:37:49.119 --> 01:37:51.960 thing. So I'm not making light of that. But it's a whole lot 1305 01:37:53.000 --> 01:37:56.439 of champions that didn't make a lot of money or enough money. And balance 1306 01:37:56.520 --> 01:37:59.439 it, well, give me my paper now, hear my thing? Listen. 1307 01:38:00.960 --> 01:38:02.520 I had a student asked me the other day, I go up. 1308 01:38:02.680 --> 01:38:05.000 I have a student that asked me the other day, and y'all know I'm 1309 01:38:05.039 --> 01:38:09.960 an education college guy. And they said hypothetically, and they're a really good 1310 01:38:10.000 --> 01:38:13.680 athlete. I won't use their names. They said, hypothetically, if I 1311 01:38:13.800 --> 01:38:17.000 get an offer to go to college, or if I can go pro after 1312 01:38:17.119 --> 01:38:20.880 one year, what do you think? I said, you go pro because 1313 01:38:20.920 --> 01:38:27.079 you can always come back and get that degree worth going to college? Wild 1314 01:38:27.119 --> 01:38:30.000 still because now but the flip side, I did tell them, but you 1315 01:38:30.079 --> 01:38:33.760 can if you're the good you can make that money in college. Now through 1316 01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:40.960 nil shador or should should shador? His nil deal is ten million dollars. 1317 01:38:41.039 --> 01:38:45.800 It's worth ten his ten million dollars right now? Got a fanom so that 1318 01:38:45.039 --> 01:38:49.199 that surpassed it was Brian Brianie was worth six point one and ain't played the 1319 01:38:49.279 --> 01:38:56.439 game. So it is get your money. I can't see get your money. 1320 01:38:56.479 --> 01:38:59.920 I get it. I get drunk. I get it. You shot 1321 01:39:00.399 --> 01:39:05.079 to college and your possibility ever making it to the league. What you mean? 1322 01:39:05.239 --> 01:39:09.399 He ain't got hing to do it? Hustle about his paper ring, 1323 01:39:10.199 --> 01:39:12.960 No, go get that paper, get that. I'm about my cash. 1324 01:39:13.520 --> 01:39:15.880 At the end of the day, I'm about my cash. You get me. 1325 01:39:15.920 --> 01:39:17.039 I ain't got you you can gall me. I ain't got a ring 1326 01:39:17.159 --> 01:39:21.439 all you won't. But I got that paper James Harden has made. You 1327 01:39:21.560 --> 01:39:27.000 said fifty million. James Harden made about three hundred million. Any the question 1328 01:39:27.159 --> 01:39:30.880 was three hundred million or rings? Because they did a what's the dude that 1329 01:39:30.920 --> 01:39:34.279 got kicked off for guns? Are so give it? Arenus shit on his 1330 01:39:35.359 --> 01:39:41.800 that on his podcast he said, James Harden three hundred million or Robert Ory's 1331 01:39:42.319 --> 01:39:46.800 six seven rings? And what was it? Thirty million? Thirty million? 1332 01:39:47.840 --> 01:39:55.760 Right righty? Jenny said, they give me that. Of course he's a 1333 01:39:56.000 --> 01:40:03.920 loser about John six made money? Yes, I did. That's why I 1334 01:40:05.399 --> 01:40:10.920 never he paid. Look, I got a ring. I got the Bucks 1335 01:40:11.039 --> 01:40:15.319 replica ring from Championship night. I can see we got a ring, right, 1336 01:40:15.720 --> 01:40:24.600 we gotta ring. Anyway you can buy this is another ninety. This 1337 01:40:24.760 --> 01:40:28.399 is another ninety. You know many players you can buy reads. It's selling 1338 01:40:28.479 --> 01:40:33.600 their reads because they go broke a good one too. How you rocking a 1339 01:40:34.600 --> 01:40:39.399 how you rocking the game? Ali jan Ring like, yeah, what is 1340 01:40:39.520 --> 01:40:42.000 going? You know what? I'm good about it? Here y'all stressing me 1341 01:40:42.039 --> 01:40:45.399 out. This has been another. This is been another episode. Follow the 1342 01:40:45.560 --> 01:40:50.920 Cash, Follow the Cash Tied, Give just some charity at your money Man. 1343 01:40:51.359 --> 01:40:55.279 This is another episode. Ninety four b podcast. You can get you 1344 01:40:55.439 --> 01:41:00.920 on social media platform Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and eventually TikTok and you can 1345 01:41:00.960 --> 01:41:04.560 also listen to us on all streaming platforms Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, 1346 01:41:04.640 --> 01:41:09.279 breakers SoundCloud. Agree with us, probably not. This is the ninety 1347 01:41:09.279 --> 01:41:10.760 four feet podcast base