WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:15.359 Oh yes, and we continue on this hour. Yes, and 2 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:17.839 we ah, we do have one more pair of tickets 3 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:19.160 to give away this hour as well. 4 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:21.719 Yeah, we do. Stay tuned. We're gonna give those away soon. 5 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.559 We're not fooling around Rodney, Not today, nobody, not on 6 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.160 a day where Tanner Scott was a stud the night 7 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:33.119 before he was. You know what I think? Honestly, I 8 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.119 think last night cemented his appearance in the All Star Game. 9 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:40.840 That's what I'm gonna comment on that, Freddie, what is 10 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:41.479 wrong with you? 11 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:46.679 But wait, there's even better news. Tanner Scott is on 12 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:50.159 Dan Wyke's fantasy team. We were going to talk some 13 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.039 basketball with Dan, but let's just start with this from 14 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:53.880 the La Times. 15 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:54.119 Dan. 16 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.560 Whykey, So last night was a big night for you. 17 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.320 Dan, Yeah, it was really good news for my fantasy team. 18 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:00.799 I feel like it's like one of the things I 19 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.000 think I heard someone once say that your fantasy team 20 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.879 and your dreams and what happened in your dreams are 21 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:08.840 two things no one else ever wants to talk about. 22 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.680 You tell people I had a crazy dream of ust 23 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:16.519 like guys also, but yeah, well I did have a 24 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:20.000 crazy Drebus and tennis. Scott got outs we did shut 25 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.280 it down on the tenth big win for my squad. 26 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.959 Well, let me ask that Dan, what did you think 27 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.359 and you had a good dream, what you think saw 28 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:31.079 him on the mound? 29 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:38.359 First off, I was actually sleeping, literally I was. 30 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:39.200 I was. 31 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.760 I had one of those nights you guys know when 32 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:43.480 you got young kids and stuff like that, and you 33 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.400 do the whole like bedtime routine, like we sat down, 34 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.120 we read a story, we laid down, did that whole thing, 35 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.439 and I crashed out. I woke up at like eleven 36 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:56.439 o'clock in my kid's bed, really so so I didn't 37 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:58.519 see I remember. I will say though, I. 38 00:01:58.400 --> 00:01:59.719 Will say I am. 39 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.680 I am as close as I've ever been as an 40 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.400 adult to becoming a Dodgers fan, like full on that, 41 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.919 Like I've been a White Sox fan my whole life. 42 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:17.000 It is a miserable life. It is not fun. They're 43 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:22.759 a terrible organization. I went to a Dodger in the other day. 44 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.919 But it's just like, why why am I not doing this? 45 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.360 They should just be what I do I for, if 46 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.319 not for me, for my kids. Yes, like let that 47 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.400 let them enjoy otany, Let them enjoy MOVI and Freddy 48 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:38.400 Freeman instead of making them get excited about some slant 49 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:42.479 hitting infield like two eighty guy that the White Sox 50 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:47.759 got for you know, the cy young Derrick Cruche Like, like, 51 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:51.280 what am I doing? So my fandom is close? And 52 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.159 you know what, Ronney, if the if the Bears can 53 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:56.000 figure out Taylor Williams, I may. 54 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.759 Have to find a new NFL team too, totally done. 55 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.120 Oh You're gonna leave Chicago permanent. 56 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:03.960 And I've got dreams and I've got dreams to talk 57 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.280 about ever ride else too, by the way, if the 58 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.719 real problem is my family, see my real favorite sports teams. 59 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:12.840 Danny, but Danny, don't do. 60 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.360 Don't Once said I had dream that my my pillow 61 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:15.719 eight me. 62 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:17.120 Yeah, that's great. 63 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.280 No, you didn't dream that, didn't. 64 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.439 I don't dream all right? 65 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:25.560 Fine? Yeah? Because do you remember your dreams? Are you 66 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:26.680 able to remember. 67 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:31.719 Your dreams periodically? Not that often though, it's mostly just 68 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:33.199 exhaustion and blink space. 69 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.719 Yeah, you remember your dreams? 70 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:39.680 Can you recall sometimes? 71 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:40.960 Yeah? 72 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:42.680 Do you do you have any reoccurrerent? Do you have 73 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:43.800 any reoccurring once. 74 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:48.000 Years ago? Yes? No longer I do. 75 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.439 I still get dropped out of a helicopter in the 76 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:55.319 middle of pitch black night in the middle of the 77 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:00.719 ocean where you cannot see land, so you don't you 78 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.360 don't know which way to swim. Yeah, like a navy seal, 79 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:04.960 you don't know which way to swim. You don't know 80 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.719 where the shore is. And I get kidnapped and dropped 81 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:10.879 out there and I have to find my way back. 82 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.680 Really yeah, and I'm just swimming and swimming and swimming 83 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:16.120 and swimming, and then. 84 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:21.720 I always have I'm always trying to still graduate college. 85 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:23.199 Is that? 86 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.680 It's that and like like there's been a discovery that 87 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.160 I didn't take, like some specific class and I have 88 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:32.800 to redo it. Is the one is the reoccurring one. 89 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.360 That I have? Do you wake up in a sweat? 90 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.680 It's always just like very odd. It's just like a 91 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:42.560 very odd like like you know, wondering like where your 92 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:43.959 oceanography homework is. 93 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:45.160 It's a strange show. 94 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.839 Is it the same course that you didn't you forgot 95 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:48.279 to take. 96 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.519 That you No, it's it's usually it's usually. 97 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.680 Something very bizarre. But no, that's my recurring trip. 98 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:56.920 All right. But here's the thing. So you have these 99 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.279 reoccurring dreams. Do you ever go to the Book of 100 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:00.920 Dreams and what they mean. 101 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:02.040 No, do you know what that? 102 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:03.600 You don't know what yours means? Dan Rodnie, do you 103 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:04.360 know what yours means? 104 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:06.959 No? I don't want to get that deep into it. 105 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:08.279 I really do you want me to look it up 106 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:08.680 right now? 107 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.279 No? I don't. 108 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.399 I'm good. 109 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.759 I want to know. I don't want to if it's 110 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:15.360 a good thing. 111 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:15.720 It is. 112 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:17.839 It is the type of thing Fred people say, like 113 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.399 the best exercise you can do right, And I've spent 114 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.240 a lot of time actually thinking about this, but thet 115 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.240 as someone who travels a lot, the best exercise you 116 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:26.319 can do on the road is swim. You can swim 117 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.240 laps right because you only have to bring one piece 118 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.759 of workout clothing the swim trunks, provided you're not going 119 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.079 to like European pools or something like that, but like 120 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:38.639 one piece of clothing and you can do it anywhere 121 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.199 and it drives. You can do it the next day, right, 122 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.040 and it's it's a full body workouts, great. 123 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:42.600 At in your joints. 124 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.959 I have no desire to spend ten to twenty minutes 125 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.279 up with my own thoughts like that swimming laps. That's 126 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.279 like it's too quiet, too much time. I don't need 127 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.120 to know what's going out in my head. I'm best distracted. 128 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:57.600 I don't want to know. 129 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.199 I don't want to know. I don't I don't want 130 00:05:59.199 --> 00:05:59.519 to know what. 131 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.800 I farborate either. Look at Fred, stop looking it up, Fred, 132 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:02.720 nobody wants to know. 133 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:04.639 I'm not going to read it. I don't care. I 134 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:06.240 just want to see. Maybe it's a really good thing. 135 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:07.639 If it is, i'll tell you. If not, I won't 136 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.360 say it. Are you really anything with the NBA Finals? Dan? 137 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:11.279 Besides watching? 138 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:13.120 No? 139 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:14.720 I mean, I'm just going to kind of take it 140 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.839 in and I think, like it's it's sort of you know, 141 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:21.319 from my my perspective and from the job perspective. Right, 142 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:24.439 as always, it's usually pretty reactionary. Teams are pretty reactionary 143 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.560 to what plays out in front of them. What can 144 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:32.160 be sort of learned behavior from the teams that made it, Like, 145 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.199 what can be copied different things like that. I think, 146 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:40.439 you know, really really interesting contrasts and styles. I believe 147 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.680 this is sort of the new NBA, Like, like I 148 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.800 think it's I mean, it's not shocking to say that 149 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:49.240 we're in a we're in a time of parody in 150 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:51.399 the league. It felt like a couple of years ago 151 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.160 that Denver would be there every year. They had the 152 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:59.360 best player, they had the perfect team around him. They 153 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.720 have been back, you know, and I think it was 154 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.480 Dallas last year. It felt like, oh my god, Dallas, 155 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:09.720 you know, like that team is totally different now. And 156 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.959 while the Thunder feels sort of inevitable for a stretch 157 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.319 and they are in a better position than most to 158 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.600 like turn this into a multi year thing, there's some 159 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.600 all over the league, like we know so many chances 160 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:23.480 these guys are going to get, and I think it's 161 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.680 going to be a really exciting series that in terms 162 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.480 of style teams that we don't normally see on this 163 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:34.040 stage and my hunches that we will learn that the 164 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.439 Thunder as their record has showed us all Yurope and 165 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:39.879 their point differential have showed us that they are the 166 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.759 best team in the NBA and will be a worthy champion. 167 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.240 But it'll be fun to see these markets that that 168 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:46.839 don't normally get the shan get the shine. 169 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:49.079 Yeahs W, I think it's good. 170 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.279 And you mentioned it, you know, it's a copycat league 171 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:56.439 and pretty much all the sports, it's just what we're 172 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.120 going to start seeing, uh, And it was very evident 173 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:02.519 you know, the two teams did it right. They have depth, right, 174 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.279 and they actually play defense what they're known for. And 175 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.040 and we saw the flip of that with with the 176 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.319 Lakers having no depth, no big man, and not playing 177 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.399 a whole lot of defense. Are we going to see 178 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.800 that be more of an emphasis going forward from the 179 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:19.759 other teams? 180 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:22.639 I mean, I think I think with both of these teams, like, 181 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.199 I think that's a little reduction, Runny. I mean, I think, 182 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:27.120 you know, I think what both of these teams are 183 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:31.279 is like they play to their strengths right, And that's 184 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:34.960 what with the second apron and the CBA rules and 185 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.200 the limitations you have on spending, you're you're not going 186 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.600 to be able to build a perfect team. So what 187 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.759 you have to do is you have to build the 188 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.720 right The type of team that can hide its weakness 189 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:49.080 is best, and I think and find ways to do 190 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:53.360 it right. And in Indiana a team that that is okay, 191 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.600 I would say defensively, not a great, great defensive team, 192 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.240 but good enough. Like what they do is they have 193 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:03.759 a player and Marys Halliburton who initiates offense and does 194 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:06.080 it without turning the ball over, and they do it 195 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.039 at a time in the league when you know, I 196 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:12.399 was talking to some executives about this yesterday. It is 197 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.080 like basketball can be complicated, but sometimes it's just about 198 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.279 creating more opportunities to score. 199 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.399 Than the other team. 200 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.000 You know, that was one of the things J. J. 201 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.639 Reddick said about the Lakers, and it was true. They 202 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.399 didn't get enough rebounds. They turned the ball over too 203 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:29.360 much against Minnesota, but Timberls had more chances to score 204 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:32.480 than they did well. Tyres Tylerburton never turns the ball over, 205 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.600 and I think that is a huge factor in this series. 206 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.600 And if they're able to continue to generate offensive opportunities 207 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:43.200 and do it at the speed at which they do, 208 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.120 because that's they don't let the playoffs slow them down. 209 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.639 The Thunder maybe the ones that's been able to do it, 210 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.919 but the Knicks couldn't do it, Cleveland couldn't do it. 211 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:55.759 They play fast like that is their advantage, and they 212 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:59.960 are built around their advantages. The Thunder's advantages are you know, 213 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.279 they're able to create They're able to create mismatches off 214 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:06.440 the dribbles, shake gills with Alexander uh they have incredible 215 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.720 defensive tenacity and they make open shops. I think you 216 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.360 just got to kind of be who you are. Like 217 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.440 the Lakers aren't gonna be able to build a pacers 218 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.759 out roster right like they have luka Ocic, they Lebron James, 219 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.399 they have Austin Reeves like like that that is their core. 220 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.480 They have to find the right players around those three 221 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.840 to maximize their strengths right, which are primarily offensively, and 222 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.159 hide their deficiencies which show up on the defensive end. 223 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.960 And I think that it's like that's not some you know, 224 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:42.960 aha moment lesson, but that that's that's the NBA. Now, 225 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:44.519 that's what you have to do it and you can't 226 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.399 be wrong, Like you just can't be you can't you 227 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.039 can't sign a player like gave Vincent to the mid 228 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:53.279 level exception and Gave Vincent is a good BASKETBLL player. 229 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.840 He's not played well for the Lakers. He's a good 230 00:10:55.879 --> 00:11:00.240 basketball player. His strengths don't fit like offensively, he needs 231 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:02.679 the ball more like that is he's in. He's more 232 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.399 of a rhythm point guard, you know, not really a 233 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.879 point guard, but like he's a he's more of a creator. 234 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:08.240 With the basketball. 235 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.080 He's not gonna get the basketball a lot on the 236 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.480 team with le Bron, James Austin, he's certainly not on 237 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.919 one with with Luca Agit Stu. So it's like, you know, 238 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.759 when you have a player who you use one of 239 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:23.919 your few weapons to go a a player and he 240 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.799 doesn't fit your version of the roster, like that's that's 241 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.240 hard to overcome. And I think, you know, the Lakers 242 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.559 in this summer, it's gonna be a real challenge. But 243 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:38.159 the task is, you know, to find with limited with 244 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:41.120 limited means and free agency, to find the right players, 245 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.879 that's it, and then to also use you know, the 246 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:48.639 assets they do have a first round pick, some swaps 247 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:53.600 don't connect, whatever it may be, some expiring contracts to 248 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.720 now like go get the right kinds of players that 249 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:00.559 can make your core even stronger. And you know, I 250 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.360 think I think you've got to be the best version 251 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.080 of yourself. And I don't think the Lakers were necessarily 252 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.879 even that far off from that part of it. So 253 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.440 I don't think you have to do it exactly like 254 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:12.679 the PACER's exactly. It's the thunder. You just have to 255 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.120 do it the way that that that suits your roster best. 256 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.519 Dan Wykey is whethers all right? You hear Tom Thibodeau 257 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:20.879 has fired, and you thought. 258 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:26.000 Yeah, I was surprised at you know, I was surprised 259 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.360 at the timing, not surprised as the result. There have 260 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:33.080 been kind of rumblings in you know, NBA circles for 261 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.960 a few weeks you know, uh, at the end of 262 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.039 the regular season that it was like, you know, they 263 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.039 need to have a good playoff run from to keep 264 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.240 your job. Well, they had a good playoff run, and 265 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.120 so that part of it is surprising. It's just a 266 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.080 reminder that, like a lot of this stuff, sometimes it's 267 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.519 like these. 268 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.840 Jobs are like they kind of come with term moments. 269 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:55.360 They just sort of do. When you hear an organization 270 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:58.559 say like we need a new voice, and what they're 271 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:02.320 really saying is that, you know, we've heard enough, We've 272 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.919 done things in the same way for too long. 273 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.960 And like we just have to try something different. 274 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:09.360 I don't think it's smart in this case, again, a 275 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.879 team that I don't think was that far off from 276 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:14.399 being where it needed to be, a team that really 277 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:18.200 would have benefited from another year, I think together trying 278 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:21.080 to maximize the talented pieces and a team that could 279 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.399 that could you know, quite frankly like develop a little 280 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:27.159 better now. Look, the criticisms with TIBs today are the 281 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:30.399 same that they've always been. Plays guys too much, runs 282 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:32.440 them into the ground, they're not ready for the playoffs, 283 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.159 or or they burn out eventually in the playoffs they 284 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:38.840 get broken down. That's been true for a long time. 285 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.799 But no team that's fired Tibbs has been immediately better. 286 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.159 It just hasn't happened yet. Didn't happen in Chicago, didn't 287 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.360 have in Minnesota. You know, we'll see here in New 288 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.519 York because their timeline, like a lot of these teams, 289 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:55.120 particularly in the Eastern Conference next year with no Jason Tatum, 290 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.840 is now the timeline is now. Like like so, whoever 291 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.879 you're going to hire New York has to be ready 292 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:05.039 to go win now. And that that's not that's not 293 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.000 these tasks. 294 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.120 No. 295 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:14.519 Anything with h them. You know you said it was 296 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:18.759 bound to happen. You're not overly surprised about Tips. Is 297 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.840 that the talk of maybe Michael Malone going to New 298 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.919 York is it could be a reason why they did 299 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.759 it till soon like. 300 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.279 This, I think you you know, I was, I was 301 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.320 with some NBA types yesterday and that was sort of 302 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:37.039 the logic, was that you don't do this unless you know, 303 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.879 unless you know that you're is like who you're replating, 304 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:44.200 You're you're not doing this to open up a coaching search, 305 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.200 is the general idea, right? Is that? So you know 306 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.879 you should whether it's Michael Malone, whether it's Johnny Bryant 307 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.960 who was a finalist in Phoenix for you know, Jordan 308 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:59.360 not got that job former Lakers assistant guys. Uh, it's 309 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:05.200 you know, Frank Vogel. I mean, like if you if 310 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.759 you're talking like championship pedigree coaches, right, there's only so 311 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.200 many who have done it. We're available. If that's kind 312 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.360 of the road you're going, like, you better get on 313 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:17.039 it quickly, especially if you had an offseason. So I wouldn't. 314 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.279 I would not anticipate some long out, sort of dramatic 315 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.279 mixed coaching search. 316 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.440 Dan Adam Silver made the comment All Star Game this 317 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:29.639 year USA against the World. He doesn't really know what 318 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.919 that means, but he knows that's what's going to happen. 319 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:33.120 What do you think. 320 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.919 It's sort of like the only song that's left left 321 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.840 to try to play, like we're running out of you know, 322 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:43.919 we're sort of running out of options. My hunch is 323 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.720 that it'll be good for a short amount of time, 324 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.200 like the first year of it could be really fun. 325 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.480 That game will be in Los Angeles, like, you know, 326 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.799 it could be really exciting to see. You know, you've 327 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.720 got teammates that are going to match up against you, 328 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.159 like Lebron, James and Luca. You'll be on different teams 329 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.360 and stuff like that. Uh, you know, like any of 330 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.960 these things though, whether it's money, whether it's school yard 331 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.279 draft picks, right like, ultimately, but the league has to 332 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:14.039 the league kind of has to to figure out what 333 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:17.679 it wants from its players, right, Like on one hand, 334 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:22.039 you say, we need you to try and I believe 335 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.240 this to actually be true that like you have to 336 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:28.440 try Hotter in our Offstar game that you know, this 337 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:31.440 is one of the few showcase products we have where 338 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.639 casuals watch, like we don't want to see, you know, 339 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.480 eighty three is jacked up, nobody playing any defense by 340 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.600 like the middle of the first quarter, nobody trying, no excitement, 341 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.600 Like that's not that's not what we want. So you 342 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:47.399 introduce this as a way to like try to like 343 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.159 you get, give it a joke jolt and it will. 344 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.759 But at the same time too, like the league also 345 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.320 tells players like, we need you to be available in 346 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.200 the regular season. We need you to play every game. 347 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:57.679 If you don't play x amount of games, you're not 348 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.159 can make all NBA. Your roster bonuses are tied. This 349 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.399 type of stuff. You know, in the Lakers case last year, 350 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.640 for instance, like you're playing games on the Wednesday after 351 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.359 the Alscar game, you know, or the Thursday right after that. 352 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:15.119 There's not much of a real break if the players 353 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.160 need one. So I do think there's mixed messaging in 354 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:19.759 the players end of the day. I think the players 355 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.000 should go play harder. Is sort of where it is 356 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.279 that it's you know, is this gonna is this? Have 357 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.519 they solved anything with this? 358 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:27.720 No? 359 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.359 I mean I was in Chicago the first year they 360 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.279 did the target score and it was really really exciting. 361 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.160 Remember like the Alcar game, is we played in Kobe 362 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.039 Bryant's memory and for his legacy because Kobe tried hard 363 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:41.839 in the Alcer game and everybody was gonna be inspired 364 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.680 by like that spirit. I mean that lasted for a 365 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:50.440 year and then nobody cared again. So my hunch is 366 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.319 that there will be more of this, But sure, you know, 367 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:56.319 bring Lee Green with out to say, God bless. 368 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.079 The usaid before the game, I guess right to get 369 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.079 those fans all excited. 370 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.799 I got I don't know, I mean like like we 371 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:04.160 like we might have a thin. It might be a moment. 372 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.279 And look, produced is a good game, that's great, you know, 373 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.200 but uh, you know, the format is what it is. 374 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.400 It's it's it's a it's a tough one to totally 375 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:14.319 you totally figure out. 376 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:19.640 What about the real quick Dan, the word Jared Allen 377 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.200 might be a possibility for the Lakers. 378 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.480 What do you hear? And is that even a possibility? 379 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.200 I mean, I think he is. I I don't think 380 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:31.119 they would trade Austin Reeves to get Jared Allen. So 381 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.720 the question becomes, how do you get him? 382 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.279 Uh? 383 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:36.440 But I think he does a lot of the stuff 384 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.119 that that you would like. It's a name that's made 385 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.039 a lot of sense for them. 386 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.079 Uh. 387 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:43.920 Cleveland's willingness to move off of him has always been 388 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.799 a little suspect. He's on a great contract. Guys had 389 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:54.559 an all star type season, had a horrible playoff, you know, 390 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:58.000 but does sort of the rim running, rim protection stuff 391 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.839 you want from that job. And and look, I can 392 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.119 tell you like I mean they have high aspirations for 393 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:05.000 for this for whoever is going to play this position. 394 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:07.880 Whether or not they're able to get there, we don't know, 395 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.039 but it's like, you know, they're not They're not waiting 396 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.079 for the season to end to go race out and 397 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:19.279 sign you know, the backup center on the you know, 398 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:23.160 the Utah Jazz to go fill that job. Like that's 399 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:25.359 not where their mindset is. Like they're they're gonna they're 400 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.920 gonna be aggressive. I'm a little skeptical that they'll be 401 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.359