WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.919 You're not gonna get me down. It's like fifty two 2 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:04.480 degrees in sunny outside. You can even play pitfull and 3 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:05.160 it doesn't matter. 4 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:08.279 I'm trying to bring you up. It's not working. Well, 5 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:09.279 you're not gonna bring me down. 6 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:14.640 NBA Daily Assist Zach Harper, Tuesday afternoon. I'm bragging about 7 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.679 fifty two degrees in sunny? What's it like where you're at? 8 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:20.920 I had to turn the air conditioner on because it's 9 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:21.719 like eighty all right? 10 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.079 Never mind? Uh? Are you in La proper? 11 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:25.239 Like? 12 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:26.079 Where's home for you? 13 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:28.719 I'm in I'm in Sherman Oaks. I'm in the valley. 14 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:30.800 Oh, hipster just over the hill? 15 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:33.799 Yeah, okay, right on, man, it's not hipster. I'm poor. 16 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:35.719 I'm the money to live out. 17 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.359 Where's the uh is it? Silver Lake? Where do all 18 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:40.079 the hipsters live? 19 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:44.079 Silver Lake? Eagle Rock Local believe like all that are? Yeah? Yeah, 20 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:46.000 I don't. I refuse to live east. 21 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:49.600 Okay, all right, fair enough, fair enough, all right, Zach. 22 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.960 There's a game in Los Angeles tonight. I don't know 23 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.520 if you've heard about it. I think where I'm at 24 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.600 with it is Lucas saves the whole, Like try to 25 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.000 drop fifty for when he's in Dallas. 26 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:01.719 What do you what do you think tonight looks like? 27 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.439 Yeah, he's only like really played one good game, right, 28 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.599 He's only I think played three games total, but he's 29 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:10.640 only played one good game. He's looked rough in the 30 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.319 in the other ones, and so like, I don't think 31 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.040 this is one for him. Like, I know he played 32 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:17.920 really well against Denver, but I don't know that you 33 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.840 expect a rhythm and a chemistry with his teammates that 34 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:24.840 kind of allows him to just go out there and 35 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:26.799 drop fifty. I do think it makes more sense. I 36 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:28.519 think when they when are they in Dallas, like April 37 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:30.640 ninth or something like that. I think that's when it 38 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.959 makes sense to like make your statement now if I think, 39 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:34.640 I think if he's got a cook and today, if 40 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.040 he's feeling good, if he's hitting shots early, yeah, his 41 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.040 teammates are gonna feed him. He's gonna light him up. 42 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.400 But I do think you're too early in the process 43 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.239 of getting back from the calf injury and too early 44 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.439 in the process of building what you need with your 45 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.200 Laker teammates. If you're Luca like you, you can't be 46 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.480 in this like I'm gonna absolutely dominate this game no 47 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:56.200 matter what. 48 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.959 What is your way too early takeaway on what you 49 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:01.920 think this thing can look like this season? I mean, 50 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.719 the interesting thing is the Jazz sam twice right away, 51 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.319 and it didn't look great in either game. I think 52 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:11.120 Luca dropped thirty two against Denver, and so we do 53 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.240 have one. We do have one good game from Luca. 54 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:18.840 I still believe their lack of just even decent big 55 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.759 men on paper, let alone in execution, is gonna cost them. 56 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.879 But you know, with these two, it's certainly gonna look 57 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.479 really really good at times. But so far, what do 58 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.520 you think and what are you expecting just the rest 59 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:31.599 of the way this year with Lebron and Luca together. 60 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:33.680 Yeah, I mean, I think there's gonna be times where 61 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.000 it looks really good offensively, right, and there will be 62 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.639 times where the defense does look fine. But I think 63 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.520 it's gonna be more smoke and mirrors than actually something 64 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.000 that works in the playoffs, because I mean, when's the 65 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:49.800 last time you found out a team signed Alex lenn 66 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.439 and you're like, oh, that's really good for them, right, 67 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:56.360 because that's where they're big man situation, like Jackson Hayes 68 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.479 is terrible, right, I'd get it. He can go catch 69 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.159 a lob, he can run the floor, he's athlete like, 70 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.639 he's terrible defensively and someone that they can't even rely 71 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.400 to have out there twenty twenty five minutes a game. 72 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:10.159 And so they're still playing pretty small. You know, they 73 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:13.159 had an interesting scheme against against Jokic and trying to 74 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:15.159 make sure he didn't get any shots off, and it 75 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:17.680 worked that night. So I think random Knights in the 76 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.159 regular season, they're gonna look fine, But you get to 77 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:24.080 a playoff scenario, it's gonna be very matchup dependent, as 78 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.240 is the case with a decent amount of teams in 79 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:29.319 the West, but it's gonna be very matchup dependent. I 80 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.639 think like I could see a pathway where they get 81 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:36.719 the right matchups, they're healthy, they get into the conference finals. 82 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.199 I think like there is a chance of that, but 83 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.280 most likely this is at best a second round and 84 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:43.879 out team. 85 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:46.560 Yeah, that's kind of where I've landed. 86 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.360 And you know, matchups, injuries, you never know what can 87 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:52.240 happen come playoff time. But I mean, look, man, when 88 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:56.159 they were here, Walker Lowry and John Collins got whatever 89 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.840 they wanted, Like they had no pushback for the Jazz 90 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:01.319 front line. If they're struggling the Jazz frontline, they're gonna 91 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:02.520 struggle with other front lines. 92 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:06.639 Yeah, I mean it was like that was the thing. 93 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.360 Is the first game Luca didn't play well, and you're like, yeah, 94 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:11.560 but the Laker's one because it's the Jazz, right, And 95 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:15.000 then they went to Utah and I was like, oh no, 96 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:16.680 none of this looks good. It was to the point 97 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.839 where I didn't even start watching the game at first. 98 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:22.519 I turned it on because I looked at the score 99 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.040 and the Jazz were up a significant amount. I looked 100 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.600 at the score, Jazz are up, and then I was like, oh, well, 101 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.000 I guess Luca didn't play tonight, and it's like, nope, 102 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.000 he's playing, Lebron's playing. This is just bad. 103 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.079 Yeah, yeah, no, it was really bad. 104 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:38.560 Let me let me get one jazz topic in here, 105 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:44.079 because I do think there's one thing rotationally that Will's 106 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.639 done that actually is real. I mean, mostly this is 107 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.439 rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. 108 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:51.000 We all know that. 109 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.439 So like, ultimately, whether Kyle Philipowski is starting when Walker 110 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.000 is hurt is not okay, great, And Kyle actually played 111 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.120 pretty well against the Blazers, but we have seen Keyonte 112 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:03.360 now kind of embrace this role off the bench, and 113 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:06.720 we've seen Isaiah Collier as a starting point guard. He's 114 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.319 about to break John Stockton's record for SIS as a rookie. 115 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.000 Now John played behind Ricky Green, so it's not like 116 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:14.839 he was starting and getting you know, getting a bunch. 117 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:19.079 But this is something that I think could manifest itself 118 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.519 as meaningful as opposed to all the other meaningless conversations 119 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:23.639 we try to have about. 120 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:24.959 A team that's unserious about winning. 121 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.000 So Isaiah Collier as a starting point guards, he's shown 122 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:30.160 you and Keyante now that he's embraced this role coming 123 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.480 off the bench, looks a little bit more comfortable as 124 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.199 opposed to them relying on Kyante to be the main 125 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:36.680 initiator and decision maker. 126 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:38.959 Yeah. I mean kind of what we were talking about 127 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:40.879 with Kiante for a little bit is the same. I 128 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:44.319 feel about Collier and like the shots mostly look good, 129 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.240 don't really go in right, but I like his size. 130 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.360 I do think it's important to note that this was 131 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.079 like one of the top prospects in his class in 132 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:57.000 high school and then he went to USC where apparently 133 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:01.360 they're just trying to destroy anyone prospects the last couple 134 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.800 of years because it just doesn't look good, and so 135 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.439 I do think he I don't think he had the 136 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:09.519 proper development last year. Getting into the mix, getting comfortable, 137 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.600 getting up to speed has taken a little bit of time. 138 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:13.560 But I like what he's what he's shown for the 139 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.920 most part. I think his decision making for the positions 140 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.759 he's put in pretty good, and his skill set is 141 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.879 pretty good. I love I mean, look it was it 142 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.600 was a little flurry last night. I love the way 143 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.000 they were just like, you know, trying to extend the game, 144 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.639 and Kiante was just fearless taking those shots at the 145 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.120 end of the game, right, I mean, I think that 146 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.120 was I think that's kind of the role I like 147 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.800 for Kiante. I just don't think about it, like if 148 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.800 you're gonna come off the bench and be, you know, 149 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:43.000 kind of that super sub I do want him just 150 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:44.560 kind of letting it fly. I do want him just 151 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.560 pushing the temple. I do want him being a little chaotic, 152 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.319 because that's that's kind of what you need in your 153 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:53.199 guards off the bench of when when you're a bad team, 154 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:55.399 like you just need someone to change the energy and 155 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.160 make something happen. 156 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:58.720 I am going to reach and stretch to try to 157 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.759 make a topic. Got it out of the nothing. But 158 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.879 I have seen kJ Martin play well in NBA games before, 159 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.600 and he is he got a start for the Jazz 160 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.319 and he's kind of the one tangible piece the Jazz 161 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.680 received when they were the condu. It's all these deals 162 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.800 going down and he's still young and he can yeah, 163 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:16.480 I mean he can fly. 164 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:18.279 Man, He's a really good athlete. You've seen him play. 165 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.120 Do you think there's a chance did they bring kJ 166 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:22.279 Martin in with the opportunity to look at him and 167 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:23.920 he might be around for more than a minute? 168 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.759 Absolutely? Like he's I think for years A mean al 169 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.680 has and I have been like, why isn't Justin holiday 170 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:34.800 rich right, Like why isn't he getting like these big 171 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.199 deals because we've watched him. He's like, he's this really 172 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:40.160 nice three and D guy, shoots the ball well, doesn't 173 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.839 really make mistakes, but he's never like really had you know, 174 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.040 or been given that extended opportunity to be a role 175 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.240 player consistently on a good team. And I've just been 176 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.199 amazed that he hasn't found his way into that and 177 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.360 then found his way into a big contract Because of it, 178 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:56.399 I'm starting to wonder if kJ Martin's going to be 179 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.639 that next Justin Holiday for me, And not that he's 180 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:03.560 a the shooter that Holiday is, but I just think 181 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:08.319 like he's got so much defensive impact potentially with his 182 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:11.160 athleticism and how he plays. I think he's such a 183 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.480 threat running the floor, obviously getting up and down at 184 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.680 the rim. If he can just be a consistent corner 185 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.759 three point shooter, I think that's a super valuable role player. 186 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.240 Like I'm a big kJ Martin fan. I was a 187 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.680 little surprised that he didn't get a chance with Philly 188 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:27.240 as much, although they're you know, they've been a mess, 189 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.879 I know, but I just thought that everywhere he's gone, 190 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.759 where it's been the Clippers, was it in Philly, doesn't matter, 191 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.879 Like I just think that that's a guy you can 192 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.759 mold into a really good role player. 193 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:41.200 So after the news broke about women Yama, my first 194 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.679 thought was Bosh, Right, My first thought was Chris Bosh 195 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.200 And you know, all the information we receive and we 196 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.720 talked to Habershaw about this yesterday, seems to indicate the 197 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.360 Spurs are confident that this is just a little bit 198 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:55.360 of a blip, and you know, with stuff like this, 199 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:57.679 I'm not going to be the media guy that looked 200 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.720 at WebMD and he's gonna break down with a blood 201 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.559 cloud means, but you gotta shut him down and make 202 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.440 sure he's on blood dinners and then ultimately a full recovery. 203 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.840 My question is do San Antonio lose the final twenty 204 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:10.440 five games and draft Cooper Flag? 205 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:12.080 They should? 206 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:12.720 They will? 207 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.519 I mean they might. We're be in a race of Philadelphia, 208 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.519 but yeah, like they should. I mean, this is you 209 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:23.720 know this, it's not exactly nineteen ninety seven all over again, 210 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:26.200 but you know, you can see see some similarities there. 211 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.240 You know, you're like it's a different timeline and everything. 212 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:33.639 But you know there's once Wendy went down, like I 213 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.600 was kind of wit you, I was, I'm like, all right, 214 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:38.840 as long as he's okay, great, it doesn't seem like 215 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:42.240 his you know, long term career is going to be affected. Amazing, 216 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:46.200 all right, So go get one of these guys, like 217 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.960 that's the whole thing. Like Steph Castle looks like a player. 218 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.159 They've got, you know, good wings with Va Cell and 219 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.639 Kelvin Johnson. Obviously picking up Darren Fox is big like, 220 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.600 all right, go get another one of those guys. And 221 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.639 if you have Cooper Flat or Ace Bailey or one 222 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.600 of these dudes next to Wemby, that's super enticing. And 223 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.960 then you know the terrible thing is you know the 224 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:12.480 report at about pop and you know it never and 225 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.159 once we found out as a mild stroke, Like I 226 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.360 don't care if the word mild is in there. He's 227 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.200 seventy six, Like it just never never was like, yeah, 228 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.240 he definitely should come back to coaching. To me, I 229 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:23.799 was like, just go take care of yourself and live 230 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:25.879 the great rest of your life and be with your 231 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.759 family and everything, and maybe be a consultant in the organization. 232 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.120 But I mean, if you have it's already going to 233 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.759 be the most enticing coaching position in sports. If you 234 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.039 added another piece to that, I mean, my god, Like 235 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:39.320 you'd have everyone coming for that. 236 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:40.840 Yeah. Not to be insensitive. 237 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.159 If they draft Cooper flag Populy, like just wheel me 238 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.919 out there, Okay, I'm coaching the team, right, Yeah, people 239 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.360 will be in line to coach that team if they're 240 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:52.200 able to grab him. Can you imagine the reaction from 241 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:55.360 the league and the Salt Lake City Because look, man, 242 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.080 I feel like it's our time. 243 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.000 Okay, I'm gonna go goonies on you. I feel like 244 00:10:59.039 --> 00:10:59.720 we earned it. 245 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.799 Every time we've been in the lottery, We've never moved up, 246 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.240 never won a championship, haven't had a championship contending. 247 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.080 Team here since ninety eight up. 248 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.519 For honest, if there's one team that's earned the number 249 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.039 one pick Zach a White power forward, it's the Utah Jazz. 250 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:17.519 Absolutely. I mean, like I've been in these you know, 251 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:19.639 group chats with people are like, where, you know, where 252 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.039 should Cooper go? Where should the NBA want Cooper to go? 253 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.759 And I get it, like, you could want him to 254 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.320 go to San Antonio. You could want him to go 255 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:29.000 to you know, New Orleans. I guess so that seems 256 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.519 like a disaster. You could want him to save one 257 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.759 of these bad franchises who's just kind of meandering all 258 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:38.279 the time, like a Charlotte or a Washington or whatever. 259 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.600 Get him to Brooklyn to help bump up the rest 260 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.519 of that New York market. All those things are great, 261 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:46.919 it's not gonna it's not gonna be a better story 262 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.120 than putting on him on the Utah Jazz. It's not 263 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.320 like we can call it what it is like a 264 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.960 star white power Forward on the jazz that is going 265 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.679 to move ratings and numbers and jerseys and tickets and 266 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:00.440 all that stuff. 267 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.799 I want to cater to the audience here for a second. 268 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:06.279 Let's put our let's put our thinking caps on. Let's 269 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:09.440 get into our imagination space and picture an opening lineup 270 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.960 next year of Walker Kessler at Center, Lowry Marketing at 271 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.600 power Forward, Cooper Flag at small Forward. Then they make 272 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.799 a deal for Grady Dick at the two and TJ. 273 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.559 McConnell at the one. 274 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.960 I mean, come on, box office, we we have just 275 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.120 fixed the Utah Jazz. 276 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.519 Look. Everyone made fun of David Khan when it was 277 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.600 like Kevin Love and Pakovich and Luke ridden now Or 278 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:33.879 and Alexei spid and andre Kiiralinko. Everyone made fun of 279 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.840 David Kahan. But I bet they'll love Danny Inge and 280 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.919 love Justin Zanik if they figure this out. 281 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:39.360 No doubt. 282 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.600 Jimmerferdett out of retirement, coming off the bench, and we 283 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.799 are dialed in, man, do you think. 284 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.360 Do you think? Do you think he can he can 285 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:48.879 get away from from nothing right now to get a 286 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:49.720 job with NBA. 287 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.159 Isn't he doing three on three? 288 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:55.240 Does that is that year round. I don't think that 289 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:57.559 was once every four years. There the half court over there, 290 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.559 go go represent US. 291 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:00.600 I don't know what Jimmers doing in these days. I 292 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.200 know he lives in Colorado. I mean, he made enough money, 293 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:04.639 and maybe he's just showing he's. 294 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:06.320 Not in the Big Three right and he's not playing 295 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.159 in China anymore. 296 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.000 I don't think so. By the way, have you watched 297 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.440 What's that? 298 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.720 I just saw it on the DVR because my DVR 299 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:13.480 is like every time I turn it on, and it's like, 300 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.360 you seem to like sports or here's a sport for you. 301 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.440 It's like one on one. It's a one on one tournament. 302 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.360 Have you watched any of this? 303 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.600 No? No, I'm at a point in my life I 304 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.879 watch NBA or WNBA basketball. That's what I watch. I 305 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:28.399 don't even have time for college anymore. 306 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.559 All right, you're not watching any shows, but you gotta 307 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.279 watch movies for the pod, right, Well. 308 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.919 Yeah, I watched movies. I mean, look, I've almost binged 309 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.759 whatever episodes of Love Is Blind or here like. Look, 310 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.440 I'm doing other things. I just I can't like that 311 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.039 stuff where I can turn my brain off right right, 312 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:46.039 This is like if I'm gonna have to pay attention 313 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:47.639 to another basketball league. I can't do that. 314 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:49.639 No, I'm with you. I'm with you there. 315 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.559 But we are fixing the Utah Jazz one good white 316 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.039 player at a time. So we'll have to see if 317 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:56.480 it goes down, all right. Do you take anything from 318 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.159 Minnesota's come back last night? I mean, okay, see rested 319 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:01.440 chet and they lost Tart and Steining in the second quarter. 320 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.039 But Minnesota was able to come back from twenty four down, 321 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:06.600 which does not happen very often. 322 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.759 Did that do anything for you? 323 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.039 Either tell you about OKAC at all or maybe Minnesota 324 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:11.799 playing a bit better. 325 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:16.759 I mean, I think we're seeing a lot recently of Minnesota, 326 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.919 just like, hey, when Julius Randall's not out there, it 327 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:22.240 looks a lot better, right, Like, it looks a lot better. 328 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.559 And so like you know, Nazrita is headed for a 329 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.879 big payday, and I think, you know, I think Minnesota 330 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.279 is in a pretty good place, especially considering them and 331 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:34.000 had really much recently. Like, I think they're in a 332 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.480 pretty good place. But for OKC, look, I have concerns 333 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:40.639 about a team that never is tested, right, Like they're 334 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.559 zero to four in games decided by one possession, which 335 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.519 is whatever. They blow out almost every I want to say, 336 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:52.399 like thirty seven of their forty six wins are double 337 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.600 digit wins, Like they're not in close games. And as 338 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.360 good as they are and they are historic and they're 339 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:04.559 historically dominant, this is still a very young, playoff inexperienced team, 340 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.919 and they didn't play in a way against Dallas in 341 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:09.759 the second round last year they made me think like, oh, 342 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.279 they're right on the cusp, like they kind of choked 343 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.639 that series away. And so when they get into those 344 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.519 type moments, they're still very unproven and I don't think 345 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.279 it's just a lock that they make it to the 346 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.919 conference finals. So this is still a team that has 347 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.720 to prove themselves in the postseason, and little moments like 348 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:26.799 last night you can just brush them off as like, hey, 349 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.840 it's a back to back for both teams and it 350 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.600 was fluky, and yeah, sure, all that stuff can be 351 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.320 and probably is true, but we got to see them 352 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.919 win some tight games here, Like it feels a little 353 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:40.919 bit like the Milwaukee Bucks before they got Drew Holliday, 354 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:42.639 where they were just blowing teams out all the time. 355 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:44.120 Then they got to the postseason, it was like, oh, 356 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.279 they don't really know what to do here. 357 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.759 If you are putting a sizeable amount of money on 358 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.039 who comes out of the West, like for me, I 359 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.639 think I bet on Denver right now. Even though Okay, see, 360 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.559 by every metric is the best team in the conference. 361 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.360 Playoffs are different, and every time I hone in on Jokich, 362 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.519 I'm like, yep, he's still the dude. And if they 363 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:03.879 can knock down shots because he provides good looks at 364 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.960 almost every possession, I still think that you have to 365 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:09.720 look at them as even though the Vegas favorite is 366 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.519 not Denver, it is, okay, seeing the metrics favorite Oklahoma 367 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:14.360 City in a seven game series, I might roll with 368 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.080 Jokis where are you at? 369 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.000 Yeah, I would also put my money on Denver. And look, 370 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.320 I get like, during that what was it, eight or 371 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.240 nine game win streak whatever it was, people were like, oh, 372 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.080 it's a soft schedule for sure, but this has gone 373 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.639 beyond that win streak, Like, this is a team that 374 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:34.159 has been pretty dominant since I think it was I 375 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.559 think on my date right, I think it was December seventh, 376 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:39.600 was when Yokids dropped a career high fifty six and 377 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.320 they lost to the Wizards and they dropped to like 378 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:44.120 eleven and ten. Since then, they've been the third best 379 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.960 team in the NBA in terms of record. I think 380 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.799 they've been the third or fourth best team in terms 381 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.399 of net rating. Like this Nuggets team has figured it out. 382 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.360 They've got to be healthy. They don't have a margin 383 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:56.519 of air for if their health isn't you know, close 384 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.159 to one hundred percent when they get to the postseason. 385 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:01.240 But if they're healthy, like, I'll take them over anybody 386 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.679 in the list. 387 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:05.519 I didn't anticipate doing any Pistons talk today, but they've 388 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.559 won seven straight. And what I try to do here 389 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:11.720 with the Jazz for our listeners is look at teams 390 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.240 that not too long ago were in the spot, and 391 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.839 Detroit is kind of one of them. Orlando's another one. 392 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.079 But you know, Caid Pollo, they've got stars that we 393 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:22.640 don't have here. But what do you make of what 394 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.599 has been a pretty impressive turnaround. They've won seven straight, 395 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.279 eight of their last ten. As far as what they're 396 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:30.079 doing in Detroit that might be working. 397 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.799 Yeah, I mean, look, they were one of the worst 398 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.240 teams I've ever seen last year. Yep, and I during 399 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.920 pretty much the entirety of that season. But once we 400 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:44.160 got through halfway through that, you know, twenty eight game 401 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.200