WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:07.919 This is the baseline discussing the hot button topics of the NBA. Welcome everybody, 2 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:11.519 your tune to the baseline Calie Warrent, y'all discussing the hot button topics 3 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:16.199 of the NBA. And we're continuing to keep the ball rolling. Man, 4 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:20.000 We're almost around that time frame. We we're gonna get ready to start talking 5 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:26.960 about conference previews and you know preview awards. Uh, you know NBA preview 6 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:32.000 awards, preview and all kinds of crazy talking conversation. Man. So it's 7 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.920 really an exciting time and stuff. I mean, look, look, man, 8 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:37.759 if you're if you're catching this on YouTube, even our man Yoki is 9 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.359 just like shook, like he can't believe that we actually are are so close 10 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.920 to NBA season. You know, it wasn't just too long ago and we 11 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.399 were watching our man. You know what I'm saying, get his uh, 12 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.759 get his selly on. You know what I'm saying, We're winning that chip, 13 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.320 so obviously, man, it's it's a great time for us to be 14 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.280 talking about the NBA and got another great show on taps. Let me go 15 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:00.840 and roll out the red up to my right hand man. Www. Dot 16 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.359 shaw Sports dot net. Viga Huna Pi and see my man, mister Warren 17 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:07.000 Shaw ripping out of Fort Laida, Florida. What's good, mister Shaw? 18 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:10.799 Hey man, I love how you got all of these superstars lined up. 19 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:15.640 They all seem super excited that we're back on the fold, ready to start 20 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.680 dropping some gems and jewels for the Epps and the podcasts and everything like that. 21 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:23.079 Man, yeah, brother, you know we are here trying to step 22 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.519 it up. You know, our second actual full season on YouTube about to 23 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.560 kick off. So it's trying to do something a little with the graphics and 24 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.159 the backgrounds. If you you rocking with us on on the YouTube subscriptions if 25 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:34.200 you will, and even if you're not rocking us on YouTube, you know, 26 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.519 check us out if you're just checking on the audio side. Get to 27 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:41.319 get to see these two young brothers live and in person and getting these graphics 28 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:42.280 up and going. Man. So yeah, man, excited for this. 29 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.599 We are just a week away as we record from Media Day, so a 30 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:51.079 lot of great storylines to kind of tap into, and then we'll have a 31 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.799 Media Day recap, you know, once that kind of takes place. But 32 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.079 right now, it's all about the prequel. What's what's coming what's what's going 33 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.480 to happen? What's going to happen? Right? So episode this week of 34 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:06.159 the Baseline is, you know, we're gonna put on our journalistic hats a 35 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:09.719 little bit. What if we were there at the media day presser, right 36 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:15.280 and you know what kind of questions will we really be asking, you know, 37 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:20.400 as all of these teams get themselves ready, you know, for another 38 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.919 exciting NBA season. So Sean and I are going to put on our journalistic 39 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:30.879 hats, whip out our steno notebook notepads. You know, I don't have 40 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:36.400 my pencil and journalists hat on there and stuff like that, but you can 41 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.199 imagine it. It looks pretty fly. And we're gonna ask those tough questions 42 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:45.080 and hopefully we may be able to come up with those answers. That's just 43 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.360 the way that we do things right. 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These are kind of questions that I 60 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:57.639 would hope that even you the listener would think about posing to some of these 61 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.840 players. And you know, these exactives and coaches or whoever is made available 62 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:06.599 during media day for your favorite or if you're like someone who likes to troll 63 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:12.240 your most hated team, the questions that you would like to be throwing out 64 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.360 there to those dudes as well too, right Like, so this is the 65 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.319 media day press the episode of the baseline, and the first question that I 66 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:23.639 think if we were out in Portland Shaw right, Like, Let's say we 67 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:29.800 hopped into Hoopdi because you know, we were feeling like it's time for us 68 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:30.879 to do road trip, right, we don't want to be messing with the 69 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.600 frequent flying miles just yet. We hopped into Hoopdi, drove all the way 70 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:40.319 up to the northwest of the United States out there in Portland, Land, 71 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.959 and we decided to sit down in front of the Portland Trailblazer media. And 72 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:51.319 I guess the question that really should be asked is will Damian Lillard be anywhere 73 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:56.759 but where we are right now? In other words, we get there and 74 00:04:56.879 --> 00:05:00.279 his presence isn't there? Are we gonna be playing in the world? Is 75 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:06.720 Carmen Sandy Lillard right, we're Portland? That was a good strip. I 76 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.040 tried to stress that one nicely. Or is he gonna stay put? Man? 77 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:15.319 Are they gonna be steadfast and hold Damian Lillard down for as long as 78 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:19.040 necessary? Well, let's go ahead and date ourselves a minute. We're gonna 79 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:21.560 say, I'm gonna give this answer. Things are going to move and change, 80 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.879 But you know, I think, yeah, the question is, you 81 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.600 know, will Dame be in Portland for the for the beginning of media day 82 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:31.199 and then obviously throughout the course of the NBA season. You know, I 83 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:35.000 think the Blazers have made it clear that they are not enamored with what the 84 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.160 mind he'd have to offer, and you know, my guess is, you 85 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:42.160 know Dame will have to show up and play things out in Portland. We 86 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.319 touched on this over the course of the summer and as many people did. 87 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:48.240 But what I continue to maintain more than anything else is Lillard is not going 88 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:53.000 to let his reputation take any more of a hit per se. He's not 89 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:54.879 going to be the guys like, well, I asked for a trade, 90 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.920 they didn't trade me, and I'm gonna just kind of hot dog it out 91 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.279 here, show up out of shape or give my all. Like He's just 92 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.600 he's not really wired in that way and some of the way some of the 93 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.959 players are. And I think, you know, he'll kind of grin and 94 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.879 bear it, you know, and maybe something will ultimately bear fruit down the 95 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:14.240 line for the Portland Blazers. Portland trail Blazers. But I think we will 96 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.560 see Dame in Portland's come media day next week and you know, just maybe 97 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.240 with a little bit of a tute about it. But I think if he 98 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.959 makes it to the preseason and ultimately games, I think he's going to be, 99 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:26.879 you know, the good soldier that we know him to be. What 100 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:33.920 are your thoughts, Well, I think that the timing is so richly important 101 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:41.160 for us to understand that if the Portland Trailblazers were unable to figure out a 102 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:46.680 way to move him at this point, then they're going to be, you 103 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:53.199 know, pretty steadfast in holding him where he is, and even if it's 104 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:59.000 at the expense of Damian a little not suiting up to play. I think 105 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.680 that you know, were Portland fans, they have already resigned themselves to the 106 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:09.600 idea that Damian Lill no longer wants to be there. And I would if 107 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.560 it were me, I would probably not I wouldn't care, right. That's 108 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.680 not to say I would not want him out there on the basketball court. 109 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:21.079 But let's be realistic. This is when entertainment and the business of basketball tend 110 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:26.920 to kind of muddle things up a little bit. If you're an entertainer, 111 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.000 you want to be entertained and listen, there's no one better out there, 112 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.639 you know, in the Western Conference, entertaining folks and giving us Dame time 113 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:39.879 better than Damian Lillard. But if you're an avid, hardened Portland Trailblazer fan 114 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.079 and you just want to get on with the business of the Portland Trailblazers moving 115 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.800 forward, you don't need to see him out there on the basketball court because 116 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.000 I fail to see where he's going to benefit. He's going to be a 117 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:56.680 benefit to Scoot Henderson, a benefit to Anthony Simon's, a benefit to use 118 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:01.480 of Nurkics. Right. To me, I just gets a distraction. And 119 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:07.879 so ultimately I think that if the parties handle it properly, Damien doesn't get 120 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.879 all up in his fields about because this is that he drew the line anyway. 121 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.279 He doesn't want to play for the Portland Trailblazers any longer. He wants 122 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.560 to be moved. He should respect the fact that this process is going to 123 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.480 leak itself into arguably the beginning of the NBA season, probably almost up to 124 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.319 the NBA trade deadline, right and that would mean sit it out and wait 125 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:33.399 and see what a team wants to do right. I will say, though, 126 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.360 that the Portland Trailblazers will probably try to play hardball with Damien and say, 127 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.480 listen, man, you either because obviously the NBA is telling Damien, 128 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.799 Yo, you can't do this right like you can't be talking and throwing out 129 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:50.440 innuendos to other teams, dictating and demanding who you do who the Portland Trailblazers 130 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.559 should should not be speaking to. But Portland is like, Yo, you 131 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.240 better be accepted, be receptive to if the Philadelphia seventy six ers want to 132 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:05.360 offer us something, if the the you know, I'll go crazy if the 133 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.840 Boston Celtics were to offer something right, like, you better be receptive to 134 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:13.480 other teams if it's a matter of putting him on the move and him just 135 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:18.320 resisting to the idea of it. So I think he stays put because I 136 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:24.600 just don't see where they can make anything happen rushed. Portland has obviously tried 137 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:30.080 a few times already to make something work with the Miami Heat, but clearly 138 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.039 the intent here is that the Heat want to keep Bam and want to keep 139 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:39.240 Butler and somewhere in there to Portland, Trailblazers don't see any assets outside of 140 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.360 giving up one of those dudes if they're planning to give up Damian Lillard. 141 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.679 So the numbers are certainly working in Portland's favor to hold in steadfast. It's 142 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:52.000 just a question of the respect factor that they're actually giving Damian Lillard on how 143 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.559 he wants to approach this so he doesn't make himself look like, you know, 144 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.639 the bad guy nor the martyr. And I think Portland fans as well 145 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:03.120 too, should be ready to move on from this and not worry about whether 146 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.679 or not he's going to suit up and be on that basketball court come tip 147 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.639 off. All right, Well, I'm gonna just hobble really quickly because I 148 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.519 want to spend too much time. That's got a lot of questions. But 149 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:15.600 your thoughts on it being anywhere else but Miami, per se, So Toronto 150 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.440 is throwing their name into this hat. Now, Chicago, you mentioned Philadelphia 151 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:22.879 as a potential suitor. Do you think any one of those teams outside on 152 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.799 Miami end up with Damian Lillard if he were to leave Porland. Absolutely, 153 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.480 I think any of those other teams have just as good as chance, because 154 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.840 I think if you think if you think, like Damian Lillard will probably think, 155 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.240 this is probably not even more about money like it was for Kyrie Irving 156 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:41.919 as much as it is him realizing that he'll probably have to do a stop 157 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:46.279 gap, like you know, a stop gap another team before finally going to 158 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.840 where he wants to go. And it'll be interesting to see if a team 159 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.519 or any teams are willing to pony up the money for a temporary murk for 160 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:01.480 a possible run or deep run if they're in content tension or in position to 161 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.399 do so. So that's my take on it. I don't see where Damian 162 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.120 Lillard unless it's at the trade deadline and the Blazers and the Miami Heat do 163 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.799 figure something out. I don't think that's gonna wind up being his destination. 164 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.679 I think it's gonna be one of the other suitors out there that are really 165 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.399 gonna throw a much better package for Portland to consider. And I think Damien 166 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.519 has to take that in consideration that he's not immediately going to go to Miami, 167 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:26.480 but eventually we'll get there. The talk, the talk, the talk. 168 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:30.679 We'll see your brother can't wait, all right? Next up, Shaw 169 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.720 and I hop into HOOPTI and we make our way all the way back to 170 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.279 the east coast. Probably do need to get into plane and start to start 171 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.879 taking advantage of these frequent flyer miles. We're go on east coast, west 172 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.759 coast, bouncing back and forth. But anyway, we take our we take 173 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:50.159 our sights down to Philly Shaw and the situation out there for Philly is a 174 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:58.039 little tenuous at best. How uncomfortable is James Harden ready to get and will 175 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:03.320 he appear at media day? Certainly he won't be appearing arm arm around, 176 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:09.399 uh, you know, shoulder with Daryl Morey. But do you think he'll 177 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:15.799 appear a media day? Yeah, So I think he's actually going to show 178 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:20.279 up because in some ways there's the need to play good soldier for the aspect 179 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.799 of he's playing for a contract. So I think if he goes to the 180 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:28.000 old hard and Shenanigans, if you will, despite however he feels about Morey 181 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:33.799 at this particular juncture, it just plays into a more negative narrative for him, 182 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:37.080 you know, in terms of him potentially getting his next deal. So 183 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.759 it's in his best interest, like it is, like it ligally is in 184 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:46.240 his best interest to appear and to be his best self, no matter how 185 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.159 disgruntled he actually is. So that's my take on it. You know, 186 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.960 I think Harden is probably willing to you know, bet against me, you 187 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.639 know, like, yeah, brochure, hold my beer. But if I'm 188 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.720 his agents, I feel like you have to advise him in a way as 189 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.159 like, listen, you said what you said, you did what you did, 190 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.360 but understanding that you've finessed your way out of two situations over the last 191 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.600 you know, eighteen months or whatever it was, from Houston and Brooklyn and 192 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.399 now into Philadelphia. Now this would be the third team that you're trying to 193 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.360 move away from, and you're playing alongside the reigning MVP. It's just it's 194 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:24.240 just not good optics. So he doesn't have the same value that he once 195 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.799 had. And he's still a very good player and even an All Star level 196 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.799 player. But I think he's got to show up to Philadelphia, be at 197 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.799 media day. Similarly, probably won't be as disgruntled, well maybe more discruntled 198 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.960 than Dame will even be in terms of like how we answer this questions very 199 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.480 very short. But I think he's going to be there, and I think 200 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:41.840 he's going to go through the motions. Yeah, I think he's gonna be 201 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:46.840 there. But when have we ever believed that James Harden never gave a damn 202 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.200 about comfort James Harden. James Harden only needs to worry about James Harden, 203 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.679 Right, That's how he's operated, That's been his moo. And you know, 204 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:01.840 it's interesting that as a basketball player this fits him perfectly, right because 205 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:11.519 in a day of self marketing, nobody markets himself as the odd oddball, 206 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:16.240 so to speak, or you know what I'm saying, the precariously gifted. 207 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:24.000 You know, it's almost like it's almost like Harden has Kanye tendencies. There's 208 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:30.039 a genius to his game. Right, However, it only seems to translate 209 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:37.080 his greatness and doesn't seem to translate in a resume that reflects someone who could 210 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.519 be considered one of the greats of the game. He's definitely one of the 211 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.799 greatest offensive players, especially from the South Paw, to ever play this game. 212 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:50.720 But because he is always looking out for himself and look, that's a 213 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:56.039 decision that he makes. And unfortunately, he's dealing with an organization that struggles 214 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:03.639 so mightily with handling players that have to take care of themselves before they take 215 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.279 care of the team, And that's the biggest problem that that really exists, 216 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:13.080 because you can see how it's festered and has become kind of a cancer to 217 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.440 how players perceive what's been taking place, with the disappointing you know, exits 218 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:24.240 during playoff runs, with the craziness that's taken place, with some of the 219 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.200 trades that have that have happened. If nothing else, I mean, James 220 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:31.360 Harden is is kind of a truth sayer a little bit because he's exposing all 221 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.960 of them. That's you know what I'm saying. I don't know whether or 222 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.559 not he's infected them in that kind of way, but he's exposed to Ben 223 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.279 Simmons of the world. He's exposed you know, even Tobias Harris, who 224 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:46.799 probably was a nice, quiet guy until James Harden came aboard, and now 225 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.759 he's just they're all listen, all of them are catching it. Look, 226 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:56.679 Tyree's Maxie is catching is is collateral damage because of this, right, and 227 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.480 it's true, it's in all of it is because of James Harden. So 228 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.600 you know, with that being said, come media day, everyone is going 229 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.519 to be asking these questions to all of the players. And then when you 230 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.799 ask James Harden. James Harden's gonna answer how James Harden answers you know what 231 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:11.000 I'm saying, and he is not gonna think twice about it. You're not 232 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.799 gonna see him, you know, Quiver, You're not gonna see him second 233 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.480 guess his statements or nothing like that. You know what I'm saying, because 234 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:21.200 he don't care. You know, well, I think you know and you 235 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.080 know the second part of this too, that you know I didn't add even 236 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:26.120 to our show notes. But again not to spend too much time on this 237 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.240 topic, is what is Joel Embid going to say about this circle? Oh 238 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:34.519 Joel, I'm actually looking forward to what Joel Embiid is gonna say, because 239 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:37.080 you know, it only takes They're gonna be a part like they're gonna be 240 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.240 completely separate on the other sides of the court. Right, we can already 241 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.399 see this, and then somebody is gonna ask James Harden a question once James 242 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.000 Harden gives his sound bite, Guess who's scurrying his little ole ass over to 243 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:53.519 the other side to get a retort of sorts, right, which you definitely 244 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.879 come from James, up from Joel Embiid and let it and listen. We've 245 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:03.320 seen Joel Embiid not sugar cote anything he has to say about players that he 246 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.400 doesn't really care for, you know what I'm saying, And he may say 247 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:10.240 it jokingly, but you know he is dead serious. So I don't think 248 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:12.559 there'll be any jokes about this one. And I'm again all of what's happening 249 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:17.559 in Philadelphia's media day, new coach and Nick Nurse coming into the fold and 250 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:22.000 you know his previous equips against Joel Embiid and now having to manage a harder 251 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.519 situation. I think that's going to be one of the more spicier ones to 252 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.920 come to watch when we get to October. Second Family, absolutely your tuned 253 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:33.119 to the baseline. Calie Warrents Shaw discussing the hot button topics of the NBA 254 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:41.119 and this is our pressure media day birding questions that we are kind of listening 255 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:45.799 out. They were soliciting out there for you guys to take take take notice 256 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.599 on what we were expecting to hear, what we would expect to hear from 257 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:52.279 if we were at media day, you know, for a lot of these 258 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.000 teams, and what questions we would pose, you know, to the organizations. 259 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.200 All right, Shaw so let's let's shift our folks us now to Milwaukee. 260 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:06.240 Right, this is probably the first time, like you know, we 261 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:11.839 we we've been spoiled. Right, Jannis at Ducoumpo is probably the most well 262 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:18.799 rounded individual as far as his ability to articulate, to show the passion that 263 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.799 he has for the game, that he loves playing the team that he plays 264 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:32.519 for. It's amazing to me Shaw that when we talk about Yannis, rarely 265 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:38.519 will we ever talk about Jannis saying something controversial. But it's interesting because this 266 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.519 past season he's he's said a couple of things it's kind of made you like, 267 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:45.640 is he really like in his fields right now? Like is there something 268 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:51.720 like not right about where what's going on over there in Milwaukee? Is he 269 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:53.680 you know what I'm saying, is he feeling some kind of way? And 270 00:18:53.759 --> 00:19:02.519 obviously with the pre agency question that was posed to him and now how his 271 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:08.960 response was, does it feel like Jannis is precluding a possible exit from Milwaukee? 272 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:12.559 So he's got to be asked about, right, you know, I 273 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:18.119 think he his comments came out in an article that had really nothing to do 274 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.519 with basketball. I think it was about his his business and stuff like that 275 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:25.319 too. And it just kind of meandered into the Milwaukee Bucks conversation, and 276 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.079 you know, he says what he says, and it's like, hey, 277 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.400 well, you know, I need to be committed and they need to be 278 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:32.319 committed to me. And I can't promise that I'll be here forever if I 279 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:37.599 don't feel like that commitment is you know, is duplicated, if you will, 280 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.880 and again paraphris paraphrasing to some degree, but Janni says, one of 281 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.759 the preminent, pre eminent grates that the Bucks have ever had brought that team, 282 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:49.079 you know, a championship. It's really interesting to kind of see how 283 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:55.680 he's maneuvering here now and leaving that door open for just doubt you know that 284 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:57.319 he would be back. And we understand, you know, financially, he's 285 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:00.680 not going to sign his ext mentions and all those things because he can make 286 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.359 more money as a TV money continues to rise than so larger percent of the 287 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:08.799 cap. That all makes sense, but the aspect of potentially leaving Milwaukee, 288 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.559 and people have been wanting him to go to other markets for a very very 289 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:15.640 long time, I think since the last time we had this rodeo. You 290 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:19.480 know, when when his free agency or sorry, his contract extension wasn't was 291 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:25.640 in question. I think he's going to downplay that. I think he's going 292 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:27.920 to walk it back a little bit to not be a distraction because I think 293 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:32.279 he sees what it's kind of cost here in the short term, you know. 294 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:33.799 But if he doesn't, if he doubles down, then it's going to 295 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.559 be a very, very wild and controversial season. I think in Milwaukee again 296 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:41.400 new coach and Adrian Griffin, they re uped and Brook Lopez re uped on 297 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.039 Chris Middleton. Drew Holiday is going to be up for an extension here pretty 298 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.319 soon as well too. It just puts so much pressure on that team to 299 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:52.480 feel like they have to win now, and they do. But I think 300 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.839 it's something different when he's putting the pressure on them, is like, Hey, 301 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:56.680 I'm gonna leave y'all, I'm gonna piece out on y'all if things don't 302 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:00.400 go go a certain way as opposed to play let's play the season now and 303 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:04.079 let's just try to focus on winning basketball. So here's where I think there's 304 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:11.440 a difference between how Jannie would probably handle this situation and how say Lebron would 305 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:17.480 handle this situation. Lebron James, knowing that any decision that he makes, 306 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:22.480 any thoughts that he gives, a perspective that he provides, all of that 307 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:29.960 is weighed so heavily right he has he has earned that equity right within any 308 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:36.039 organization that he plays for. And so his word is golden. And I 309 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:42.920 feel like what Janice alluded to and spoke of was something that allows him the 310 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:47.680 ability and maybe we see it. I don't know. I'm just saying from 311 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:51.160 my perspective. To me, it gives off this air that he believes he's 312 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:55.440 in a space is very similar to Lebron James, that he's commanded that level 313 00:21:55.480 --> 00:22:00.960 of respect from the Milwaukee Bucks organization. And so when you make those type 314 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:07.000 of pronouncements, whether it was intentional or accidental, right, and organizations act 315 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:12.960 upon that, you have to own what will be I guess the fallout should 316 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:18.920 you not succeed. Right now, we don't look at it in that perspective, 317 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.440 And if this is as a media day, I would be interested to 318 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:27.200 see if someone would would challenge him in that regard because of what now he 319 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:33.079 is in a way has initiated. Right like, even though he's made these 320 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:37.160 statements now Shaw Let's not act like he has not had a very heavy influence 321 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:42.000 on the decisions that the Milwaukee Bucks have made the last couple of seasons and 322 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:48.599 seen how quickly they have fallen short from getting more than one championship. And 323 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:53.720 you have to wonder if a person like Janis, who is arguably one of 324 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:57.119 the best players in basketball, if not the best player in basketball from a 325 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:03.599 talent perspective, if someone like Nicola Yoki's usurps him one chip over. You 326 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.839 know what I'm saying, what are we now talking about like for a guy 327 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.480 like Jannis, what is that going to say about him and how he handles 328 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.880 things? We're gonna say, awesome guy to play, to put on our 329 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:21.519 team and help win a championship, But under no circumstances should his voice lend 330 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:26.680 to how an organization should operate in a window of where winning needs to be 331 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:32.240 at a very high level simply because of how he comes off or how he 332 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:36.000 is he's dictating in the making these type of demands. And I find that 333 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:40.200 to be the interesting aspect of this with with Jannis is that I'm not discrediting 334 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:44.079 anything that he has done and accomplished up to this point, but these type 335 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:47.079 of statements kind of lend itself to say, We'll hold up a second, 336 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:53.720 what is the Milwaukee Bucks done since twenty twenty one? Right? And so 337 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:59.240 you're saying that now if they if they're if the organization isn't doing enough for 338 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:02.279 you to win, it means that you may have to go somewhere in which 339 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.880 they're they're gonna put their stand for winning. Well, look at what the 340 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:07.480 team had to commit to for what they thought is what you needed to win. 341 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:11.880 So now you're telling us differently. See, Lebron never put himself in 342 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:15.319 that type of situation. He may have said I want to play with these 343 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:18.119 guys because he trusted them, but he's never said, oh, you know, 344 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:22.640 the organization was never doing enough for me when he knew that they gave 345 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.039 him exactly what he wanted and it was up to him to deliver on those 346 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:30.440 goods. Yeah, I mean, I think it's all about framing, right. 347 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.160 So you know, if if if Yannis is gonna go down this path 348 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.960 knowing kind of the things that you alluded to, it's cost them multiple draft 349 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:40.440 picks. They did get a chip out of it, right, But it's 350 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.160 like you know, the old added, well, what have you done for 351 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:44.400 me lately? Right, Well, there's no but there's no more picks to 352 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:47.519 give away. You know, the cupboard is kind of bear there, and 353 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:51.279 so it's a matter of, you know, how can you continue to cultivate 354 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.519 the team in a way and bring them up to the level. But there 355 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.680 are they are getting older as well, and so I think, you know, 356 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:59.680 Yannis, and we'll not Yanna. Sorry, Chris Middleton and Drew Holiday 357 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:03.400 on the other side of thirty here, there's some real questions here about how 358 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.839 they're going to move forward. Brook Lopez, same thing on the other side 359 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:07.839 of the thirty. They're wrong side of thirty. So we'll see, you 360 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.759 know what, what ends up happening. But I am intrigued by the fact 361 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.079 that he did come out here and make these statements, and like I said, 362 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.880 I want to see he does he double down on media day and say, 363 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.319 yeah, I meant what I said, I'm gonna staying tentoes down on 364 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.799 this thing, or as like, let's just you know, let's put that 365 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:25.480 behind us here. I just want to focus on winning and ship. Yeah. 366 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.359 The only other thing I will say this as well too, is let's 367 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:32.200 not let's not also, you know, overlook the fact that Milwaukee I think 368 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:36.039 he's missed on some opportunities for them to And again, maybe part of it 369 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:41.039 is because of the pressure in inflicted by Yannis, whether it be you know, 370 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:45.759 accidental or intentional of his desire to keep the team, to keep the 371 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.400 core of the team as is. But you could clearly see that the Milwaukee 372 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.319 Bucks I think had a couple of opportunities where they could have made some type 373 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:57.799 of moves to be able to kind of make this a long a longer term, 374 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:02.880 open the window up for a longer term for the Milwaukee Bucks, even 375 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:07.960 if it may have been to the immediate pleasure of Janis's desire to keep the 376 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:11.039 team as is, if it's about them continuing to win and continuing to compete, 377 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.880 you know, you look at the dynamic of that team and you say 378 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:18.480 to yourself, can they can they? Can they you know, get over 379 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:22.440 the hump knowing that Father time is not on their side. You know for 380 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:25.599 some of these players as well too, like Middleton and you know, maybe 381 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.359 even brook Lopez. You know what I'm saying that they have to get better 382 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.839 at certain places, and I don't know if they left themselves room to be 383 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.039 able to do that. Your tuned to the baseline. Calie Warrenshaw discussing the 384 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.440 hot button topics of the NBA. Coming up, we'll get more into some 385 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.039 burning questions. Man. We got one out for the for the new or 386 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:45.440 least Pelicans and Zion. You know what I'm saying. You know, listen, 387 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:51.400 Zion is Zion is doing his thing? Chris Paul in Golden State they 388 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.440 doing? Are they gonna be? Is he gonna be doing his thing out 389 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:56.400 there in grizzly Land? John Morant, You know what I'm saying, He's 390 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.880 gonna be. He's gonna be missing the thing. But when he comes back, 391 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.440 will he be that thing? So there's like a lot of questions that 392 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.440 we want to get out there. We got a lot of places to travel 393 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:07.359 to in order to throw out those pressure questions to you. You don't want 394 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:10.039 to miss out. But first we got to do the plugs. Man, 395 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:14.480 are you ready to step up your style game without compromising the planet? Introducing 396 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:18.079 an exciting partnership with blue View Footwear and a nineteen media group network. 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So the next team that we 412 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.279 want to you know what I'm saying, make our way out too, is 413 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:42.480 out in New Orleans. Obviously, Zion has had quite the interesting offseason so 414 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:49.319 far. I don't know what to say about where we are with the New 415 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:53.839 Orleans Pelicans when this is all said and done. But if we were actually 416 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:57.680 their shaw, I think the question that we would want to ask him is 417 00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:06.839 are you ready to put the summer well beyond well behind you and really answer 418 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:15.079 the tough questions that need to be answered about one your availability and two if 419 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:21.640 whether or not this is your year, your year to take onus of this 420 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.000 basketball team and put him in places that a lot of people are hoping and 421 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:27.799 praying for, especially out of the NOLA. Yeah. I think a lot 422 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:30.519 of what you know, we're going to get the answer to parts of the 423 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:34.119 questions just by I think his overall physical appearance, right, you know, 424 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:38.039 does he look trim, you know, chiseled for for what he is, 425 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:44.079 and does he is he taking his diet and nutrition seriously? Right? We're 426 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.799 starting to see some of that in the court of the course of summer. 427 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:51.240 But all that drama drama that he had going on, you know, with 428 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.400 the you know, the stripper that he was courting, and however you want 429 00:29:53.440 --> 00:30:02.240 to phrase that, I'm just gonna take. So he was in, you 430 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.799 know, some sort of situation ship, you know, with the young lady, 431 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.839 and you know, the he was in something. I don't know if 432 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.200 it was a relationship, but he was in something, I said, a 433 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.960 situation ship. So he was in a situation ship with that young lady. 434 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:18.160 And yeah, that caused a lot of drama for him. So was he 435 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:23.000 able to put that to the side right focus on basketball where she accused him 436 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:27.279 blatantly of not ever really being able to do And then he started to see 437 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:30.440 that even some of his teammates like, listen, he seems like he quit 438 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:34.359 on them, and so there's some mending offenses that needs to happen there. 439 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.720 And I think, if you're in the media for the Nuance Pelicans media day 440 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:41.960 again, how does he look? And then the questions of like, how 441 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.079 are you now mentally ready as well as physically ready to kind of put a 442 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:49.519 dramatic summer, a bad season really behind you and contribute to a team that 443 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:53.680 had so much potential. You forget they were in first place right in mid 444 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:56.880 December, and we're like Yo, this team is coming out of nowhere, 445 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:00.799 and he was playing at a high level again and Ingram was still in and 446 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:03.440 out of the lineup, and he was really seeming like he was going to 447 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:07.559 be able to carry that roster and then it just like as it always seems 448 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:10.799 to do, it just goes away because of all the injuries that he continues 449 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:15.119 to suffer. This is a roster that really needs him to be a leader 450 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:18.079 on this team, and not necessarily in the locker room sense, but definitely 451 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.799 on the floor in terms of producing and giving up big numbers that he's very 452 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:25.920 much capable of. So what do we say? Shaw has been the you 453 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:30.000 know, the number one theme when it comes to a lot of these superstars 454 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.240 and the expectations of what they're supposed to bring an organization and a fan base. 455 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:37.960 Right, the best ability is availability, and that's just really what it 456 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.640 comes down to. But I'm going to flip this because you really, you 457 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:48.960 interestingly alluded to the one aspect that I think should actually be at the forefront. 458 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:55.359 I think this ability that he needs to really make sure is on point 459 00:31:55.400 --> 00:32:00.759 with lends to the physical ability, right, his mental ability, Like what 460 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:07.960 I'm saying is him being completely focused on playing basketball, right, all of 461 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.920 these other things that are going on. Listen, there's tons of players out 462 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:14.759 there that have all kinds of craziness. I mean, you just don't find 463 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:16.400 out about it because they do really do a good job of keeping that stuff 464 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:21.920 under wraps, you know what I'm saying. Or they're just so damn good 465 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:25.759 that even whatever the drama looks like, you can completely tell it does not 466 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.599 phase them. Right. One thing that I lend to what I think about 467 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:36.400 this Shaw Kobe Bryant. Think about the drama that Kobe Bryant really inflicted upon 468 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:40.480 himself, right, and part of that was just lack of maturity. But 469 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:44.839 when you listen to him talk, when you listen to him, you know, 470 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:47.400 answer questions, when you see how he acts when he goes on, 471 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:52.759 you can completely tell there's a jekylin Hide effect. He knows how to separate 472 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:58.000 Kobe that wants to play from Kobe the man about the business of playing and 473 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.920 winning championships for the Los Angeles Lake, right. And that's unfortunately something that 474 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:07.559 a lot of these young players just seem to either lack or don't really understand, 475 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.960 or have not taken the time to properly understand, and Zion falls right 476 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:16.839 into that fold. His mental focus needs to be about the game of basketball. 477 00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:22.480 If the if the New Orleans Pelicans believe that the expectations for them to 478 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:27.960 win a championship cannot be done without him him being on that basketball court. 479 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:31.680 So it's as simple as this. If he's still addressing nonsense that's off the 480 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:37.079 court and not the stuff that's really on the court, it doesn't matter how 481 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:40.480 physically chiseled he is. It doesn't matter if he dropped one hundred and fifty 482 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:45.599 pounds or if he's like looking like you know, Ronnie Coleman, you know 483 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:49.599 what I'm saying. On the basketball it doesn't matter because it will mean nothing 484 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.839 because for him to get through the season, he has to be mentally locked 485 00:33:53.880 --> 00:34:00.519 in in order for the New Orleans Pelicans to have a serious shot at making 486 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:04.920 a deep run into playoffs, let alone this idea about them being a possible 487 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:08.480 contender for some type of championship. I mean, that's what it all stems 488 00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:13.239 down to you. So ironically, there's another person in you know, his 489 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.559 drift class that you know we are going to be worried about, well, 490 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:17.119 you know how his mental state is going to be coming in and when he 491 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:21.079 gets back as well too. So a Zion has a lot to figure out, 492 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.440 as do the Pelicans in terms of how they want to bring him back 493 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:29.039 into the process of their team and what maturation has been able to show again 494 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.079 after what was a very very strange and odd season and they only got worse 495 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.119 and exacerbated by you know, some of the summer drama that he experienced. 496 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.639 And I got to say this as well too, Shaw. One thing that 497 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:42.639 I'm I would probably expect Zaia not to you know, this media day, 498 00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:45.400 So of course you got to be out there through out the smiles, kiss 499 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.360 the babies and all the other good stuff. But I would expect him to 500 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.719 say less, right, I want him to say less. I think the 501 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:57.480 less you say, the more focused I think you are. Because some of 502 00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:00.039 these guys love to eat them loves love them else being in that camera, 503 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:05.480 love themselves, getting that seeing that digital flash, love getting those clicks. 504 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:08.480 If you are are someone who's like yes and I'm about the business of the 505 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:12.960 business, and you leave it at that, I think most of the guys 506 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.920 in the media realize that they need to give you your space and give you 507 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:21.239 the requisite time necessary for you to really get comfortable being the guy that everybody 508 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:23.800 is hoping that you'll be. And I say that even from your teammates perspective. 509 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:28.159 So it'll be interesting to see what version of Zion Williamson comes out there, 510 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.800 because when he when he smiles and cheeses all this stuff, all I 511 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:36.000 keep thinking of myself is Yep, another injury. Yep. You know what 512 00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:38.400 I'm saying, not gonna make it through the season, association, I'm gonna 513 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:42.840 let you ride with me, let me ride with it. I'm just cordible, 514 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:46.519 and it's quotable doesn't mean right. No, What I'm just basically saying 515 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:51.760 is is that sometimes we get consumed with the obligations of being that guy, 516 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.000 being that personality, and we don't take care of the necessary. Sometimes you 517 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:58.880 gotta be an a hole in order for you to make sure that you get 518 00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:00.840 what needs to be a common and then you can go back to being nice 519 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.719 to people. But everybody wants you to stay nice because they're getting what they 520 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:09.599 need from you, which is more questions about who you are and what you're 521 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:13.679 It just gives him reason to hang around you. But I think the less 522 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:16.280 that you give him that look at look at Kobe Bryant and the way he 523 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:22.760 got after that situation in Denver. Right, he made sure that he like 524 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:29.599 basically inoculated himself from trying to be the Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers showtime personality, 525 00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:32.800 front face type of guy and suddenly became the black Mamba, as they 526 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:36.679 say, you know what I'm saying, Like, he became the black Mamba 527 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.920 because he shut all of that stuff down and he made everyone see first the 528 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:44.320 business of him winning for the Los Angeles Lakers, and I think a lot 529 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:46.920 of people respected him for that, even though that that part of his life 530 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:51.199 still hung over him until he started showing him that he was a family man 531 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.199 and he was about being a girl, a girl dad and all the other 532 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:58.000 kind of stuff. So all right, let's move forward because we got another 533 00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.719 dude we gotta call out on this craziness was too But first we got to 534 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.079 go to Golden State. And obviously the big move of Chris Paul going to 535 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:07.840 Golden State, and we thought it was a prank. We thought, all 536 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:09.719 right, so where's the next destination Chris Paul's going to? Because you know 537 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:15.760 this can't be actually the last, the last stop or the final destination for 538 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.800 him. But low and behold, as we sit here, Shaw, no 539 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:22.039 movements have been made. So Golden State is dug all in on CP three 540 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:27.559 being a part of this run, possible last run that the Golden State Warriors 541 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:30.519 are gonna make. Is Chris Paul prepared to come off the bench in Golden 542 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:35.159 State or is Golden State prepared for Chris Paul to come off the bench? 543 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:38.440 Yeah? A great question. I think that you know, he has been 544 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:44.400 asked. I think formally it's been litigated in the media almost that nauseum over 545 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.280 the course of the over the summer, and you know, there's a lot 546 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:49.679 of Warrior faithful feel like, listen, yeah, bro, just just go 547 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.239 ahead and do that. You don't need to be in this starting lineup. 548 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:55.159 You can reserve your body as well to play with that second unit on a 549 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:59.719 team that may not need what he can offer in that first unit, and 550 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:04.079 he might be better serve getting the commingas of the world and getting them shots, 551 00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:07.039 you know, by virtue of his potentially a play creation there. So 552 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:10.239 I think it's gonna be a interesting question. We've seen him in the summer 553 00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:14.360 here now working with Draymond and some others as well to trying to build some 554 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.239 report and chemistry. There was some engling that needs to be done from when 555 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:21.000 they were, you know, opponents on opposite teams. But I'm very interested 556 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.880 to see what's going to happen there and how he handles that. And I 557 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:27.000 think he's not going to give us the carmelo whom. I think he's going 558 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:30.159 to be like, whatever the team needs us to do, needs me to 559 00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:32.360 do, I'm willing to do that. So I'm going to take a positive 560 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:36.079 light on this here as Chris Paul joins a team that has obviously won four 561 00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:42.599 championships. Look, man, at first, I wasn't really understanding the logic 562 00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:45.880 of this move by the Golden State Warriors. And then, you know, 563 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:51.840 after seeing you know, and rewatching some of Chris Paul play, I can 564 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.480 understand why this move had to be done. You know what I'm saying, 565 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:57.840 I really genuinely understand why this had to be done. I don't know if 566 00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:00.119 whether or not this was overall the best move for Golden State, but if 567 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:04.199 you're gonna make a move, certainly make sure that you make a move that 568 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:07.039 I think shakes the dynamic up a little bit and really kind of changes the 569 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:12.719 mentality, you know, of what this team needs to be comprised of, 570 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:15.840 if there isn't a real expectation that they're gonna make or run. Like you 571 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:19.760 could see, the last couple of years of Golden State have been making experimental 572 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:23.519 moves, experimental trades, and they've not panned out this one. You really 573 00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:29.280 can't. You can't fail at this one because the player himself will refuse to 574 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:32.599 fail. The player himself can morph into whatever it is you ask of him 575 00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:37.000 because he just wants to win. And as much as people dislike Chris Paul 576 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:40.159 for that, it's the very same reason a lot of people respect him for 577 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:45.119 that as well too. And if you're gonna have two bulldogs in the pit, 578 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:49.920 I probably would rather have those bulldogs on my side of the pit than 579 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:54.280 at each other. So with Draymond and CP three, you know, Curry 580 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:58.360 and Tom sending a CP three, Yeo, man, that's a lot of 581 00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:00.719 pit bulls, you know what I'm saying. They all got a lot of 582 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.639 grievances, they all got a lot of attitude, so to speak. With 583 00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:07.400 the way that the Young Movement has operated in space, I want to see 584 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:09.360 if whether or not Chris Paul can exactly you know, can exude that, 585 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:14.320 you know, against his former team in Phoenix. I want to see if 586 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:15.840 whether or not he can exude that against you know, some of the other 587 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:22.000 teams that the Golden State Warriors have some issues with, like against the Memphis 588 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:24.679 Grizzlies, you know what I'm saying, or maybe the Sacramento Kings. So 589 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:28.639 it'll be interesting to see where Chris Paul fits himself. But listen, let 590 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.320 it not be said, it don't take much for Chris Paul to be a 591 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:34.199 part of the you know what I'm saying, all of the Shenanikans that go 592 00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:37.760 on, because he himself is full of those things. Right, So this 593 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:40.400 might actually play itself out well for Golden State. Whether or not that translates 594 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:44.920 to them being a top three, top four team in the Western Conference, 595 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:47.760 who knows. But I like the idea that he can do he can he 596 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:52.559 can morph himself into being a valuable asset to the Golden State Warriors, rather 597 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:57.840 than the Warriors investing so much of trying to morph these young guys that they 598 00:40:57.880 --> 00:41:00.400 thought could do that and they just never pan. Now, yeah, let 599 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:02.639 me just say this really quickly. I think a lot of it is like 600 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:06.559 coming off the tenor of how they started last year. If he comes in 601 00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:08.239 here with a negative attitude. Now, again, it's not going to derail 602 00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:12.159 their season in the way that a punches, you know, to another teammate, 603 00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:15.679 but again, they just don't want to have another beginning to their season 604 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:19.639 where there's drama involved. So if he's like, Hey, whatever they need 605 00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:22.119 me to do, whether that's come off the bench or I'm going to start 606 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:25.559 whatever that is, and I think Kurd's gonna have to define that role pretty 607 00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:29.159 quickly. So the question really should be two parts, you know, to 608 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:32.159 Steve Kerr and Chris Paul kind of about what that role definement ultimately is going 609 00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:35.960 to because they just need to get off to a good start after their whole 610 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.800 season being derailed by that punch with Draymond and Jordan Pool last year. All 611 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:40.239 Right, man, I listen, I might throw a little foreshadowing out there 612 00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:45.719 to you because you know, we may we may wind up doing our awards 613 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.400 previews, be on the lookout for Chris Paul being a six Man of the 614 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:53.239 Year. But I mean it's a that's a real possibility, a real possibility 615 00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:58.719 to accept the role there's a real possibility there. All right, your tune 616 00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:01.639 to the baseline. Callie Warren's y'all discussing the hot button topics of the NBA, 617 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:06.960 continuing our episode of the Media Day Burning Questions. So Shaw out in 618 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:14.719 Memphis? Yeah, uh, sometimes I wish he did, you know what 619 00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:19.000 I'm saying. He leaned on Hailey silas Sei for some pure guidance, you 620 00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:22.280 know, for some of the foolishness that he didn't put himself through. But 621 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:27.320 listen, it is what it is. He's had to, you know what 622 00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:30.440 I'm saying, swallowed a bitter pill. You know, obviously the Memphis Grizzlies 623 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:35.320 are gonna have to, you know, play essentially a quarter of a season, 624 00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:38.679 more than a quarter of a season without him. So what do we 625 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:43.480 make of this Shaw? If you're the Memphis Grizzlies, how do you allow 626 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:46.840 John Morant back into the facility? And you know, Kenny men Bridges and 627 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:52.039 let me throw this out there. You know as well too, we've already 628 00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:59.320 seen out in baseball, right with Fernando Tatis Junior with the nonsense that he 629 00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:02.559 pulled and in leaving his team, you know, hanging when they had an 630 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:07.199 opportunity you know, to make a World Series run last year and how it 631 00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:12.760 impacted, you know, the dynamic of this baseball team to such an extent 632 00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.320 that even though when he came back, you know, this Padre's team still 633 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:20.719 wasn't in sync. There's always talent, you know what I'm saying. Talent 634 00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:24.280 is everywhere, but what you do with that talent and what that talent translates 635 00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:29.119 to to the other guys that you have to play with and four and I 636 00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:30.960 think makes all the difference in the world or whether or not people really buy 637 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:36.440 into the sincerity of you coming back and really being about this organization and being 638 00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:40.159 about the team, whether or not you just bullshocking and jiving. Yeah, 639 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:43.920 now real talk. And I think what's going to happen here is like I 640 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:46.920 would be mildly surprised if we see Ja in any capacity at me to day 641 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:51.920 and even understanding the terms of the suspension right because I believe it's the NBA 642 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:55.079 who was spending them and not the team. So is he can he even 643 00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:59.760 be in the facility and media day? I don't think that's a possibility. 644 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:04.039 But when does he have the ability and rights who start ramping back up coming 645 00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:07.119 around as teammates, you know, men in those bridges in person in the 646 00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:08.960 facility, because I'm sure you can see them off the quarter and whatever the 647 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:13.679 various spaces, restaurants where the case may be, you know, but can 648 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:15.400 he come back there? And I think we probably won't see Jaw in the 649 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:19.559 actual facility until about a month before he's due back, right, So if 650 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:22.280 he's due back sometime in December, sometime in Novembers, when he's probably start 651 00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:27.320 ramping back up and even practicing with the team to some degree preparing for his 652 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:30.400 return, assuming he's done everything that he's needed to do from the NBA standpoint 653 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:35.519 and even the team standpoint. But I would be maybe even more than mildly 654 00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:38.800 surprised if we see him on October two in the facility in any capacity, 655 00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:42.400 because I am sure that he's going to stay away from the media and asking 656 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:44.639 questions. But I think just even being there to work out, I don't 657 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:47.360 think they're gonna allow him back in just yet. Yeah. So look, 658 00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:52.079 they're gonna the Memphis, the Remphiss Grizzlies are going to pull out you know, 659 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:59.199 how to Shield our Star Player playbook, and they're gonna follow it to 660 00:44:59.239 --> 00:45:04.440 a t and I just think it's such an it's not a good thing for 661 00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:09.679 the Memphis Grizzlies. I just, I genuinely think that sometimes quality players need 662 00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:14.960 to learn the hard way about how quickly they need to mature and how they 663 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:16.880 need to own the situation for what it is, for what it's worth. 664 00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:21.199 You know, if John Morrand wants to come back to that facility, if 665 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:24.159 you are the Memphis Grizzlies, I think the Memphis Grizzlies should be like, 666 00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:29.159 you need to earn the right to come back to this facility, right, 667 00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:31.960 if you really think about it, John Morant did two things that were really, 668 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:36.000 really foul. The first thing that he did is he did all of 669 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:40.800 this nonsense and then in public on public television, basically lied to everybody that 670 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:45.880 he, you know, has mental problems and took a you know, went 671 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:49.519 on a sabbatical and did all of these things. He was bsen, Right, 672 00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:52.400 do you lie to do You lied to the to the quote unquote the 673 00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:58.119 NBA faithful, which can be a bitter pill to swallow, because if you 674 00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:00.719 don't live up to the hype, if you don't live up to the standards 675 00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:05.360 that you said, everybody's gonna call you out all the time. But the 676 00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:07.039 other big thing that he did is he lied to the organization, the very 677 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:12.320 organization that put Jenkins out there. The ownership is out there, all of 678 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:15.599 these media people, PR people are out there speaking on your behalf, and 679 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:20.079 you're running around doing some nonsense that's is contrary to what it is that they're 680 00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:23.880 speaking to. I just believe if you're the Memphis Grizzlies, and look, 681 00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:28.880 I understand if your team is down, if you're so many games, you 682 00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:32.840 know, out of playoff contention, or you know, you realize that you 683 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:37.000 know this run may actually be a real run, and you obviously feel like 684 00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.480 John Morans a person to get you over the top, You're gonna basically suck 685 00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:44.679 it up. You're gonna compromise, and you're gonna allow him to come back 686 00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:47.840 into the facility. And in essence, you know, it's gonna act as 687 00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:52.840 if you know nothing ever occurred. Me. I just lent myself to the 688 00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:57.480 idea that you lie to my this organization, like this organization is giving you 689 00:46:57.559 --> 00:47:00.239 everything at this point, right, we gave you everything you needed, we 690 00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:04.079 give you everything you wanted, and even then still we're still trying to protect 691 00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:07.440 you. You need to do right by us for a change, you know 692 00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:09.760 what I'm saying. And so I want to see if whether or not the 693 00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:14.639 Memphis Grizzlies really do do that, because I think that's the only way a 694 00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:20.239 person like John Morant will properly understand the magnitude of his actions. It can't 695 00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:23.159 happen, you know, just because we're following the NBA protocol of how we 696 00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:27.400 allow superstar athletes to get in trouble, to come back in and just act 697 00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:30.920 as if everything is good and everything is on the norm. It's really the 698 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:35.679 organizations and the way that they lay this out and make sure that they hold 699 00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:37.960 that player's feet to the fire. And I think a lot of it as 700 00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:40.559 well too is whether the players are on board with that as well too, 701 00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:44.559 Like that should be a question should be posed, like do you want John 702 00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:47.079 Morant just walking up in here like everything is all good and he can just 703 00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:52.760 assimilate himself again, like like nothing ever happened. Or do you make him 704 00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:57.360 earn that respect, like he needs to earn that respect in the locker room, 705 00:47:57.400 --> 00:48:00.320 earn that respect on during practices, earn that respect or in the team 706 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:05.239 dinners and on the team flights and things of that nature. I would love 707 00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:07.800 to see if whether or not an organization holds a guy like John or Rant 708 00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:12.719 to that kind of high account. Well, again, not to believe it. 709 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:16.320 I would just you know, only maybe not even challenge, maybe somewhat 710 00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:19.840 you know, kind of just you know, we have to quit quit him 711 00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:22.320 into some degree. I don't know that we can say that he he lied 712 00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:25.920 about whatever his mental issues may have been and what his state was. We 713 00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:30.760 can't say that he lied about that, and I think there's some evidence that 714 00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:34.320 would lend to that, you know, to maybe make us not believe that. 715 00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:37.159 Well, let me, I'm sorry, unequivocally, let me correct that 716 00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:40.920 part. Shaw. I didn't mean to say it as saying he lied about 717 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:46.199 his mental state. I meant to say he lied about addressing his mental state. 718 00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:50.199 In other words, he said that he went and did what he did, 719 00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:53.360 and everybody knows that that's not what really happened. Right. He just 720 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:58.760 basically said what was necessary to get himself back on the basketball court and to 721 00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:02.920 not basically look bad in front of the people who obviously hurt or you know, 722 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:06.800 created this level of distrust from and that's all that it was. He 723 00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:09.079 didn't want to get in trouble. He already lied to Adam Silver, Right, 724 00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:13.320 I think you're lying to Adam Silver is one thing. Yeah, he's 725 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:15.840 gonna do what he does. But you lye into Jenkins, you lie into 726 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:20.599 the organization. You essentially lied to your teammates faces. You know what I'm 727 00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:23.360 saying, Like they're they're hoping more so for your well being, that you're 728 00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:27.039 taking care of what you need to take care of, and you're not even 729 00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:30.480 doing that. So what is that saying to you to your teammates, Right, 730 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:34.760 That's what I'm saying, Like you're giving them undue stress and things to 731 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.519 focus on. It they shouldn't have to focus on because they were relying on 732 00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:39.119 the fact that when you said that you were gonna go handle it, you 733 00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:43.039 didn't go handle it, you know. And so that's what I mean when 734 00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:45.639 I was trying to explain that part of it, right, brother, Fair 735 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:47.920 enough? 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Coming up more NBA Media Day Burning Questions here on the Baseline. 751 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:52.599 All right, we are bat Callie Warrenshaw Baseline NBA Podcasts and this week's 752 00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:59.159 episode Media Day Burning Questions. We've been traveling all over the US. Shaw 753 00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:01.320 Man. We've been making it work man, throwing out all of these these 754 00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:07.760 interesting questions that we would want to ask the organizations or teams or players for 755 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:12.400 that matter, during NBA Media Day. And so let's go ahead and set 756 00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:15.400 our sights out in Phoenix. Shaw Obviously the big move of the Phoenix Suns 757 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:21.239 getting Bradley Beale adding them, you know, adding to the roster. Will 758 00:51:21.320 --> 00:51:28.599 Bradley Beale be a primary playmaker for the Phoenix Suns? Now? I would 759 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:30.679 not ask that question to Bradley Beal. I would ask that question to Kevin 760 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:34.719 Durant because I want to see how smart you know, how how smart? 761 00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:37.719 Asked of an answer, he would like to like to throw a response back 762 00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:42.360 at me for even posing that question. I mean, but but that's that's 763 00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:44.719 what they're saying, right, He's going to be the guy. And he 764 00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:49.360 did spend some time at Point in Washington like some seasons ago, primary playmaker 765 00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:52.639 and shot creator for himself as well. But now with Booker and kd you 766 00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:55.679 know on the wings, hey, is he going to be the one who's 767 00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:00.440 going to distribute on a regular basis. And it could be argued that both 768 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:05.960 Booker and Durant actually have better or more natural playmaking skills. So I think 769 00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:08.280 that the fact that this has come out somewhat a little bit is really the 770 00:52:08.280 --> 00:52:12.679 reason why we want to even question this aspect. It's all right, is 771 00:52:12.719 --> 00:52:15.400 it really going to be Beal who can play create, so to speak, 772 00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:19.480 but is probably still better, you know, coming off the ball and pain 773 00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:22.320 downs and spoting up to some degree, but he is he does have a 774 00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:27.159 little ability to create for himself. I think it's over amplified or the way 775 00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:30.360 it was in Washington when he had to kind of be the play creator for 776 00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:32.480 others as well. And I obviously know Booker and Durant or elite, but 777 00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:36.119 I think they're more natural at it. But at the end of the day, 778 00:52:36.199 --> 00:52:37.920 they're also better scores than he is too, so I guess, you 779 00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:42.360 know, by default he kind of has to take a lesser role and he 780 00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:45.960 won't be a twenty five pin point per game guy, but maybe he's a 781 00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:50.039 twenty two twenty one point per game guy and getting six seven eight assists a 782 00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:52.280 night. But it's interesting because I think Booker and Durant can also do some 783 00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:55.239 of those things, So how will they share the load when it comes to 784 00:52:55.239 --> 00:52:59.960 playmaking duties in Phoenix. Yeah, I think this is going to be a 785 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:05.000 very interesting question through the course of the year. And it's funny shall because 786 00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:08.320 I think people are going to look at that question and think translate wins in 787 00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:13.079 order to determine that answer, when I think what you really should want to 788 00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:20.519 look at is who should be the person you know with the rock in crunch 789 00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:24.400 time? You know who is the person that you want to make the initial 790 00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:30.920 run so that the Suns are separating themselves from whoever they're playing against. And 791 00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:36.960 I think it all still comes back to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. While 792 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:42.280 Bradley Beale, I think is a great player. I wonder if whether or 793 00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:46.840 not this version and what version that comes out playing next to both of these 794 00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:52.480 guys, what version of Bradley Beale is going to emerge, and so whether 795 00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:57.480 it's be someone that you're saying should be a primary playmaker or maybe he tests 796 00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:01.639 to turn himself into a primary primary play crea yater. My question has always 797 00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:07.280 going to be is for Bradley Beale, will he be at the maximum level 798 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:14.840 of whatever version the Son's need of him in order for them to have this 799 00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:21.199 trifecta that they formed. And it'll be interesting to see if that happens, 800 00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:25.079 because I personally believe when you look at Bradley Beale's career, and I think 801 00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:30.320 he's had an extraordinary career given the circumstances, I don't think he's ever really 802 00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:36.119 done anything so like extremely well, you know what I'm saying, Like he 803 00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:43.280 does things great right when he had opportunity to really, you know, elevate 804 00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:46.360 himself to such a level, well beyond that of John wall for example, 805 00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:51.840 he really only elevated himself to so much, and partly because of the fact 806 00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:54.280 he couldn't stay healthy, but mainly because of the fact that, like his 807 00:54:55.239 --> 00:55:00.800 ascension for shooting the basketball was more gradual, like he shoots the basketball well, 808 00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:04.840 but for someone like who he was, and when he came out of 809 00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:08.400 the University of Florida, we were expecting him to be something shooting the basketball, 810 00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:12.639 very Klay Thompson esque, you know what I'm saying, Not Curry, 811 00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:15.320 but Clay Thompson, Dame lillardesque, right, And I don't think that he 812 00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:19.840 does that even on that level. I think he's the next tier below that, 813 00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:24.480 And so it'll be interesting to see what the Sons are gonna do in 814 00:55:24.639 --> 00:55:29.440 order to put him in a position where he could be that kind of shooter 815 00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:31.800 where he could be that kind of score, because I think that's what the 816 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:38.440 Sons are gonna ultimately need. So I'm very interested to see how long they're 817 00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:43.280 gonna stick to this idea that they want to make him the primary playmaker. 818 00:55:43.559 --> 00:55:47.719 But if they suddenly realize that his shooting isn't as quite on point as what 819 00:55:47.880 --> 00:55:52.840 they're hoping that should be, well, guess who's gonna wind up taking those 820 00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:57.079 shots again, Devin? And then what are you gonna do with Bradley Beale? 821 00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:59.679 He ain't coming off the bench. He's gonna have to learn how to 822 00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:02.480 facil to take that basketball to the guys who can go out there and get 823 00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:08.039 those buckets a lot easier than Bradley Beal. Will Wow, you are doomsday 824 00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:10.800 to hear my guy. I mean, think about it from this standpoint. 825 00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:14.360 So Bal has been averaging, you know, over five assistant game for the 826 00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:16.480 last you know, four or five seasons. So even so he had two 827 00:56:16.519 --> 00:56:20.320 seasons in a row he was over thirty. Then he dropped down into twenty 828 00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:22.000 three and twenty three the last couple of years or whatever the case, but 829 00:56:22.079 --> 00:56:25.639 still five six assists. So that's where I understand why they're trying to potentially 830 00:56:25.679 --> 00:56:29.599 do it, but also think about the teammates he played with. While you 831 00:56:29.639 --> 00:56:32.239 know, last year Kuzma and Porzingez, you know, we're probably some of 832 00:56:32.239 --> 00:56:36.159 the better teammates that he's had in terms of running mates, and in recent 833 00:56:36.280 --> 00:56:40.000 years now you have Vin Kevin Duranta and Devin Booker. So shots for him 834 00:56:40.039 --> 00:56:44.920 are going to be easier because the gravitass of those two guys are immense, 835 00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:49.840 So he'll get better looks and obviously shouldn't improve his efficiency. So I think 836 00:56:50.239 --> 00:56:53.440 we may say similar numbers even from even last year at Washington twenty three and 837 00:56:53.440 --> 00:56:57.840 six, twenty three and five, whatever it is, but with like very 838 00:56:57.920 --> 00:57:00.960 very high efficiency that would probably speak to what you are talking about here now. 839 00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:02.679 So if you can get back into and he shot fifty percent last year, 840 00:57:02.760 --> 00:57:06.599 so you know, if you can get back into that fifty two percent, 841 00:57:06.719 --> 00:57:07.480 you know, as a guard, as a lead guard, if you 842 00:57:07.480 --> 00:57:12.360 will hand in the basketball, that will make PHENI is extremely dangerous because again 843 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:15.039 the gravity of Duran and Booker are so immense that I think Booker is poised 844 00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:19.920 to have a very very great statistical and even more importantly efficient year for the 845 00:57:19.920 --> 00:57:25.400 Phoenix Suns if you said if okay, I did. Sorry, I was 846 00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:30.599 leaning a lot more into my doomsday mentality. All right, sew which youth 847 00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:35.639 movement is ready to make a leap? Bancero's Magic or Kade's Pistons. We're 848 00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:37.280 trying to, you know, meet the teams in the middle here. You 849 00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:39.960 know, we obviously can't be in Orlando and Detroit at the same time. 850 00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:45.360 So yeah, so this is this is a baseline media day question because if 851 00:57:45.360 --> 00:57:46.719 we can't ask Paula or you're gonna be better than Kade? And Kad? 852 00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:52.440 Are you gonna be better than Polo? We just we just we'll just we'll 853 00:57:52.559 --> 00:58:00.559 use what is it must? What is that X must? You know, 854 00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:04.480 I think it's a great question. Both of these teams I think are young, 855 00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:07.519 A lot of young talent on their roster. I'd say only by virtue 856 00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:10.800 of what we saw last year because they were healthier. Is Orlando is probably 857 00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:15.760 a slightly ahead of where the Pistons are, But you know, I think 858 00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:19.440 it's it's a question that if you were to ask you to one of them, 859 00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:21.920 they both got to feel like they're worth their sault, especially with Detroit 860 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:27.519 having new coach in tow bogdanovinch in here for a second year, obviously Kid 861 00:58:27.599 --> 00:58:30.800 coming back, Jade and Ivy only to potentially get better. But I think 862 00:58:30.840 --> 00:58:32.519 on the Magic side, you know, their draft picks and then obviously getting 863 00:58:32.559 --> 00:58:36.239 Jonathan Isaac back if he's you know, even really gonna play wind, they'll 864 00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:38.840 Carter and obviously By and Carrol. These are two really really great basketball teams, 865 00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:44.679 young basketball teams that are are really really ready to come from the bottom 866 00:58:44.679 --> 00:58:46.960 of the Eastern Conference here and try to fight their way into the at least 867 00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:51.199 in playing game. I think both of these teams have that level of talent 868 00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:53.199 if they can be healthy throughout the course of the season. But I don't 869 00:58:53.199 --> 00:58:55.320 even know which one to pick because I think, you know that they are 870 00:58:55.320 --> 00:58:58.760 probably equal to me, and I'd be interested to see kind of what the 871 00:58:58.800 --> 00:59:02.079 Vegas Oz are in terms of they're over unders. I think Paul Paul Bancio 872 00:59:02.199 --> 00:59:06.599 would be very confident in believing that the Magic are ready to take that next 873 00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:09.639 step, and I think Kade will believe that you know, both you know, 874 00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:14.719 you know, with his let him leading the Pistons, that they're gonna 875 00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:19.039 you know, take you know, tremendous trides. You know, to quote 876 00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:22.599 unquote upset the Apple card a little bit right now. So I like it. 877 00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:28.239 I like the idea of the confidence that both of these teams are going 878 00:59:28.280 --> 00:59:30.559 to have with these players, given what they've been doing, you know, 879 00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:35.559 especially in the off season and the work that they put in to really put 880 00:59:35.559 --> 00:59:38.239 people on notice that you know, they are going to be the next They're 881 00:59:38.239 --> 00:59:42.840 going to be the future, the next generation. You know of the hybrid 882 00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:46.199 score from the wing position. Again, you know, it kind of fell 883 00:59:46.239 --> 00:59:51.719 off, but now you're seeing a resurgence with Boncero and with Kade Cunningham and 884 00:59:51.760 --> 00:59:55.159 what they can bring to the table. So I'm liking the idea of what 885 00:59:55.199 --> 01:00:00.000 that means. And I think ultimately I like the the the pistons. I 886 01:00:00.039 --> 01:00:05.360 think that there's more able bodies that have more definitive roles that Monty can work 887 01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:09.679 with. And I think as long as Kade is healthy, Monty is gonna's 888 01:00:09.719 --> 01:00:14.760 gonna hone in on what he've already he's already seen from Kade, who I 889 01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:17.480 think, by leaps and bounds, is like in a really great position to 890 01:00:17.519 --> 01:00:22.039 make his team overall better. I think Bonchero is going to be shouldering a 891 01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:25.800 lot of the burden of, you know, putting the ball in the basket 892 01:00:25.840 --> 01:00:29.679 and doing a lot of other things, and I think the rest of the 893 01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:31.000 team is going to have to catch up with him in order to be on 894 01:00:31.039 --> 01:00:35.920 that level that he's on already. But they do have a really good team, 895 01:00:35.960 --> 01:00:38.079 and it just I hope that they the players don't get lost in that 896 01:00:38.280 --> 01:00:44.360 fabric of playing under Banchero or the game going through Bonchero, because they really 897 01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:46.840 do have some quality players that I really think they can elevate and possibly create 898 01:00:46.880 --> 01:00:52.840 their own trifecta sort of speak, or even a deep team with the type 899 01:00:52.840 --> 01:00:55.199 of talent that the Magic has kind of had, you know, roaming around 900 01:00:55.199 --> 01:00:58.920 over the last couple of seasons. But whether or not it all comes together, 901 01:00:58.960 --> 01:01:00.840 I think really is going to depend on the leadership skills for both of 902 01:01:00.840 --> 01:01:07.239 those players. Final question Shaw for our for our listeners, and also for 903 01:01:07.280 --> 01:01:12.719 our version of Burning Questions of Media Day. Is this the year of MPJ 904 01:01:13.119 --> 01:01:16.719 or are the Nuggets true Big three? Yokich, Murray and Aaron Gordon. 905 01:01:20.320 --> 01:01:22.400 This is definitely a you question. I'm gonna go ahead and throw it to 906 01:01:22.400 --> 01:01:25.880 you first man, what are your thoughts on MPJ because you seem to be 907 01:01:25.880 --> 01:01:30.719 a little fixated on my guy here, and you know what he's abable or 908 01:01:30.760 --> 01:01:32.719 what he's capable of doing, and what he's not capable of doing within that 909 01:01:32.760 --> 01:01:36.440 system. You're ask me this when we did their autopsy as well, and 910 01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:38.760 I was just like, well, they want a chip, So I think 911 01:01:38.800 --> 01:01:43.679 he's got to just continue to do what he does. You know, even 912 01:01:43.719 --> 01:01:45.960 with Bruce Brown out, I just don't really see why he has to try 913 01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:49.760 to do too much. Well, I don't think it's a question of doing 914 01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:52.320 too much, but I do think it's a question of the team relying on 915 01:01:52.639 --> 01:02:00.039 MPJ, you know, to take his game and you're really to to to 916 01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:07.079 make it, you know, full front center. You know, another dimension 917 01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:14.280 that makes arguably the best basketball team because they won the championship again coming into 918 01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:17.960 this year, to be the best basketball team, right. The one interesting 919 01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:21.840 part of this show, and the reason why I threw the question out more 920 01:02:21.920 --> 01:02:24.320 so, was because if you look at the way that the Nuggets are set 921 01:02:24.440 --> 01:02:30.400 up, you've got really two offensively explosive players and this one dude who suddenly 922 01:02:30.639 --> 01:02:35.840 has become such a sound, defensive, versatile player in Aaron Gordon. And 923 01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:39.039 look, Mike Malone was a defensive mind, the type of guy, right, 924 01:02:39.559 --> 01:02:44.960 but he understands the kind of tools that he has in his toolbox to 925 01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:47.960 work with. So I think it's allowed him to be patient with MPJ, 926 01:02:49.199 --> 01:02:52.840 especially over the last couple of seasons. And I just wonder if now we've 927 01:02:52.880 --> 01:02:58.039 seen MPG win a chip, Yokich win that chip, Murray win that chip. 928 01:02:58.760 --> 01:03:00.840 Does he rely on the fact that, you know, for this team 929 01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:06.000 dynamically to still be at the top of the food chain, are you going 930 01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:08.559 to lean a lot more into what MPJ is going to bring to the table 931 01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:14.440 to compliment Yokich and Murray Or do you like the idea that he can still 932 01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:17.760 be in the shadows right and just mainly be about what Yokis, Murray and 933 01:03:17.840 --> 01:03:22.559 Gordon were able to show people in their run to winning that championship, And 934 01:03:22.599 --> 01:03:28.800 so I like the idea of Gordon, But I do think that this could 935 01:03:28.800 --> 01:03:34.039 be the year of MPJ where people really start taking note as to what this 936 01:03:34.039 --> 01:03:38.599 guy can be as a mismatch problem, as an added problem already that the 937 01:03:38.719 --> 01:03:44.320 Nuggets pose from a lineup standpoint, you can't mess with Yokis like that. 938 01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:46.440 Murray, he you know, he's a guard. So you know, he'll 939 01:03:46.559 --> 01:03:51.280 he'll have his moments, he'll be streaky, but he's dynamic. But MPJ 940 01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:57.159 is a mismatch problem if he plays up to that level and Mike Malone buys 941 01:03:57.280 --> 01:04:00.840 into using that as as as a means to compliment what the Nuggets do. 942 01:04:01.920 --> 01:04:04.280 All right, I'm gonna say, Michael Porter Junior, is your is your 943 01:04:04.320 --> 01:04:09.119 guilty pleasure? Man? Like you? You you want? That's right? 944 01:04:09.400 --> 01:04:13.559 My, my, my, fifty shades of MPJ. There you go? 945 01:04:13.639 --> 01:04:15.440 Who there? Whoa there? All right? Well, I think that's that's 946 01:04:15.440 --> 01:04:20.079 all the time we have for today. List the show was going off the 947 01:04:20.159 --> 01:04:24.960 rails, off the rails, completely off the rails. A good show altogether, 948 01:04:25.039 --> 01:04:28.360 Shaw, you know, great stuff. I'm sure we could have traveled 949 01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:30.400 all around man and found some you know, other places that we would have 950 01:04:30.440 --> 01:04:35.440 loved to have been to Boston, you know, out there in uh Clipperland, 951 01:04:35.760 --> 01:04:39.000 you know, laker Land. You know, we may have to do 952 01:04:39.039 --> 01:04:42.519 another part, you know, do like part two of these burning Questions and 953 01:04:43.320 --> 01:04:45.239 and see what those other organizations and teams would have been thrown out there. 954 01:04:45.880 --> 01:04:49.039 Well, I'm sure we're going to get some answers from those from those teams 955 01:04:49.039 --> 01:04:54.480 and organizations asked me today unfold itself to some when we're back next week or 956 01:04:54.519 --> 01:04:58.519 private tap in on that see the status of Kawai and PG. What do 957 01:04:58.599 --> 01:05:00.159 they give us anything to kind of work off of, you know, to 958 01:05:00.159 --> 01:05:03.360 get our fans and listeners going here. So but yeah, great one to 959 01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:06.360 kind of get back into the rhythm of the NBA season. We are literally 960 01:05:06.400 --> 01:05:10.719 a week away from media Day, so excited. Time's here for the baseline? 961 01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:13.039 Man, what is the season? Eleven? Man? Man, we 962 01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:15.400 rolling roll the wee boling were rolling. Man. We ain't going nowhere. 963 01:05:15.880 --> 01:05:18.599 Once again, we like to thank you and yours popping off board with us 964 01:05:18.639 --> 01:05:23.199 this week for the baseline. Kylie Warren't y'all. We appreciate you guys, 965 01:05:23.239 --> 01:05:26.400 you know we do, and we'll catch up with you next time.