Speaker 1: Ah, Yes, Happy Friday, everybody, the world famous been in
Speaker 1: Skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagle, thank you
Speaker 1: for rocking with us today. We got the big finish
Speaker 1: coming up here momentarily, but we should turn our attention
Speaker 1: to play in basketball. This is not officially the playoffs yet,
Speaker 1: right Nah, they call it the play in Tournament. The
Speaker 1: play in Tournament is still happening. The Mavericks have moved
Speaker 1: on to face the Grizzlies tonight, and man, the other night,
Speaker 1: I thought Mavericks are probably gonna show up at that
Speaker 1: game against Sacramento and they're gonna be emotionally drained. They're
Speaker 1: gonna have nothing in the tank. Dealing with Luca crying
Speaker 1: on their bench, their home crowd. I wouldn't call it
Speaker 1: turning on them, but just that environment was beyond weird. Yeah,
Speaker 1: for good reason. But it's been a wild ride and
Speaker 1: they've overcome so many injuries, so much emotional turmoil. I
Speaker 1: assumed they were completely on empty. I was wrong. They
Speaker 1: showed tremendous resolve. Now against Sacramento. Could they have gotten
Speaker 1: that result once they got into the game, and you know,
Speaker 1: Brandon Williams starts hitting shots. Thompson starts hitting shots or
Speaker 1: they're just you know, having ad out there at the four.
Speaker 1: It is just such an impactful thing with two bigs,
Speaker 1: like I don't know, but they came out with something,
Speaker 1: they had, something they had resolved. They were into it,
Speaker 1: and so they're not on empty yet. But I still
Speaker 1: think it's looming it. If they completely fall apart tonight,
Speaker 1: you could be like, Okay, well eventually that was going
Speaker 1: to happen. Yeah, And I think what they've done PJ.
Speaker 1: Washington Junior was talking about the team dinner they went on,
Speaker 1: and you know, I mean.
Speaker 2: It's like, all right, whatever, they hung out. But I
Speaker 2: think what they're doing is they're acknowledging that they're in
Speaker 2: a very unique situation that only they understand, and they're
Speaker 2: bonding together over it. Right now, that doesn't mean that
Speaker 2: you're going to go play well, but what it means
Speaker 2: is that and we've seen it. It means that they're
Speaker 2: pulling together and they're figuring out ways to energize themselves.
Speaker 2: And I don't think they're delusional. I think Clay said
Speaker 2: it was it in the Scott Van Pelt interview where
Speaker 2: he said, and man, can you imagine if we had
Speaker 2: Kyrie with us something to that fact, right, But they
Speaker 2: believe in themselves and they believe that nobody believes in them,
Speaker 2: and they believe that they have to get each other's
Speaker 2: backs and they're doing it and that can be a
Speaker 2: powerful thing. And I think it's also possible that Memphis
Speaker 2: is doing that. You know, the big storyline is gonna
Speaker 2: be does Jaw Morant play and if he does, how
Speaker 2: effective is he? He's listed as a game time decision
Speaker 2: and they do. You know, the NBA puts out probable starters,
Speaker 2: and he's listed still as a probable starter.
Speaker 1: But I mean, I was talking to.
Speaker 2: Various people, and I think a lot of us kind
Speaker 2: of feel like they probably would play better without Jaw, honestly,
Speaker 2: because other guys can influence the game in a different
Speaker 2: way and the ball moves. I'm not saying they're a
Speaker 2: better team without Jaw. I'm saying they're going through a
Speaker 2: wild ass situation too.
Speaker 1: They are.
Speaker 2: They're in a complete free fall, and then they fired
Speaker 2: their coach and they continued to fall and they got down.
Speaker 2: I'm big against Golden State and kudos to them for
Speaker 2: putting a fight back and getting back in the game.
Speaker 2: But dude, they fell apart in epic fashion and the
Speaker 2: final two minutes of that game, despite like getting every
Speaker 2: call possible that could go their way. So they're not
Speaker 2: in a winning frame of mind. I mean, honestly, I
Speaker 2: think Memphis and Dallas are kind of in similar boats,
Speaker 2: just with different circumstances.
Speaker 1: Oh, you mean like clinging clinging, uh to straws while drowning.
Speaker 2: Is that what you're saying, clinging to straws wall drowning.
Speaker 2: That sounds like a soul coughing song.
Speaker 1: It's not. No one wants to hear this, but don't
Speaker 1: say it.
Speaker 2: John Ran doesn't play, and maybe if he does play,
Speaker 2: the Mavericks still have the best player on the court
Speaker 2: by far. So wait, I want to make sure I
Speaker 2: followed your words. Did you say he's not playing If
Speaker 2: he's not, oh oh oh?
Speaker 1: Or if he is. That's a good point.
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis is the best player on the floor.
Speaker 1: I agree with that. Do you always to say that
Speaker 1: about Lucas? So let's say this him now. It's It's
Speaker 1: just so it takes me back to you know, I'm
Speaker 1: so used to their best players being the guys that
Speaker 1: have the ball in their hands all the time and
Speaker 1: so that's easier to watch. Yeah, And but Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: impacts the game in so many ways. Just I just
Speaker 1: love what he does on the defensive end. Having him
Speaker 1: at the power forward where you've got two incredible shot
Speaker 1: blockers and pj al in there, it makes it crowded
Speaker 1: in the lane. Man.
Speaker 2: So I'm not gonna make this too nerdy, and I'll
Speaker 2: make it quick. So Zach Edie, do you guys know
Speaker 2: who he is?
Speaker 1: Eight dude? He can play.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And when he was coming out of college, I
Speaker 2: was like, Okay, there's a big, slow footed boy. He's
Speaker 2: gonna get destroyed in the pro and picking roll coverage.
Speaker 2: He slimmed down and he impacts the game. But also
Speaker 2: he's got a defensive Player of the Year next to
Speaker 2: him in Jackson Junior. Jackson Junior is a very active
Speaker 2: shot blocker. So you have a big and they're clogging
Speaker 2: it up and then so you kind of have a
Speaker 2: similar thing to what the Mavericks have with Memphis. But
Speaker 2: I will say that I was and back and forth
Speaker 2: with our buddy Kirk Henderson over at Maps Moneyball, and
Speaker 2: he said, Hey, my Laker buddy says that Anthony Davis
Speaker 2: just feast on Jackson Junior. I don't know if that's
Speaker 2: true or not. What I don't want to see is
Speaker 2: I don't want to see Anthony Davis settle for outside
Speaker 2: shots because he hit three threes the other day. And
Speaker 2: Zach EDI's back there once he gets past Jackson Junior, right,
Speaker 2: So I think that's something to watch. And also, man
Speaker 2: Desmond Bane loves to play the mapih my god, because
Speaker 2: they spurned him and he's never let it go.
Speaker 1: He has got the shocking list shockingly smallest arms ever,
Speaker 1: but there's so got those little A to B the
Speaker 1: alligator arms.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so jacked up. He does not look like an
Speaker 2: NBA player. He looks like a res He looks like
Speaker 2: a yeah, but he's ripped.
Speaker 1: He is shredded. It's amazing. All right, Well, basketball happening
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