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Chris and Jarod talk the NBA Finals matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics, underrated players who would contribute to their teams success outside of the "superstars", will the Lakers hire Dan Hurley away from Connecticut and so much more!
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NBA Finals Match-up: Dallas Mavericks vs Boston Celtics
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You know they want standpoint, you know we straight to the point Ball Chris with the sis, fast breaks like a joint square in half Ball J with the J we throwing heat, no gas, that's a touchdown pass You know just how we coming so it's nothing left to say Now they hard leaking garmin' like Dirk fade away You know just how we coming so it's nothing left to say Yeah you know just how we coming so it's nothing left to say They want standpoint, you know we straight to the point They want standpoint, you know we straight to the point They want to pointing no straight to the point they want a standpoint, you know we straight to the The finals are here we gotta talk about Dallas and Boston Celtics Mavericks Luca Versus the super team.
Can Dallas Replicate Past Success?
00:00:50
Speaker
I mean, I mean are they are themselves? super Yes, they are All right um dad tell
00:00:57
Speaker
It's Dallas once again in the finals up against a super team where they're heavy dogs. Again, Jarek does this finals appearance end up like Dallas's last finals appearance where they win the NBA finals. Nah, I doubt for. doubtful. i want i want we we We said in the last episode we went with the Mavs and when we put our old predictions in and then I saw where ah Vegas had the Mavs and the vets that are going for the Mavs. It's already changed my mind. It's the game one.
00:01:30
Speaker
There's some series bets for Dallas. There's 86% of the Maz were in the series. That's where 86% of the bets are going. I can't swing that. I did see something. I think I saw something similar, but 86% of game one bets. No, no, no. Those are the series bets. Game one, I'm leaning toward Mad as well. Series though? 80% of the best? No, no, no, no, no, no. If it is game one, sure. I think the Mads wouldn't get one anyway. But the series, no, no, no. I don't think the Mads is going, you should be betting heavy on the Mads winning. Even though the odds right now are very good. If you bet right now on the odds of the Mads with the entire series, you're going to make a good bunch
Challenges for Boston Against Dallas
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of coin. Good bunch of coin. I think the people that are on Dallas game one has gotten me kind of reconsidering.
00:02:17
Speaker
Well, I don't know what their logic is. I know what mine's is. I think Dallas. I don't think Dallas wins game one. I don't think I'm confident that Dallas wins either one or two, to be honest. I think Dallas. I think Dallas is advantage is their home crowd. Obviously, if they're going to win a game. Like, obviously, if they're going to win any game in Boston, I would think it's going to be five. So they lose to win to lose to win to
00:02:47
Speaker
Went five in Boston, and then six at home. If I'm Dallas, that's if I'm an optimist for Dallas, that's obviously the series playing out. However, we've seen this Boston and team, and we've been talking about this Boston team all year, and I've been saying, all right, when are they going to get some real competition? When are they going to see, you know, when are they going to see a team that can can stay in total trouble with them? If any team is going to be able to stay in total trouble with them that they've seen this playoff run, is
Adapting Dallas's Defense to Boston's Strategy
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Dallas. like this Dallas is clearly hitting shows the best thing they've seen so far, probably in months, to be honest, months, like going back into the runner season. So how old i will Boston perform? like how Because we've seen Boston struggle, honestly, because Indiana. Like, yeah, they pulled it out at the end, but they were down double digits and and at times to Indiana.
00:03:45
Speaker
I don't think you want to get down double digits to this Dallas team and expect to try to rally and keep rallying back. Like I don't think that's a recipe for success. No. But I, the idea of the Celtics winning, right? Because it has to be talked about as much as I don't want to see it. If any team, I mean, if any Boston team was going to win, this is the, I think this Boston team is better than the Boston team that went to the finals a couple of years ago. I think this Mavericks team, for as much as they have, for as much as they can do, right? For as much as we talked about their defense and their ability to to defend the interior, they really have to be cognitive of who Kyrie is matched up on. I think that's where Boston wants to take their advantage and attack a Kyrie, whether it's whethers
00:04:45
Speaker
trying to get Brown on a switch, Tatum on a switch. I don't think Dallas would let that happen, but white holiday, like Boston has the ability to try to attack from the perimeter. Dallas has to, Dallas has to be very cognitive of their defense on the perimeter. If they want to be successful in the series, because that's what Boston wants to live.
Wing Player Comparison: Dallas vs Boston
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Jump shots. Boston wants to take jump shots.
00:05:11
Speaker
My issue is, this is only my issue, is just how do the Mavs match up wings, the wings that they have in Boston compared to the wings of the Dallas, right? Like that's the only thing I'm having. I think that's the the biggest disadvantage the Mavs have is the wings. Because obviously, Commerce Fund, MVP, Jillian Brown, and Tatum are both the two premier wings and NBA, two of the best wins in NBA. On the math side, you're looking at P.J. Washington and Derek Jones Jr. Yeah, it's not a great matchup, but defensive wise, I guess they might be able to hold their own. Well, then what happens if they don't, right? Because you said that this is the team that likes to jump shops in Boston. Yeah, but they also they also go to the panel. Joe Brown will take you to the rim. And if the foul trouble gets there, I don't I don't know how the mask can overcome that. I think I don't think that was I think Dallas has
00:05:59
Speaker
you I mean, you're not going to be able to go toe for toe, toe to toe. With Luke, ah with Tatum, and Brown, with White, I'm sorry, with Derek Jones, P.J. Washington. That's not going to... No. But you can throw bodies at them the way other teams throw bodies at Luke. No, I hope so. You know, see you no you don't keep one person. ah If Washington can't hold Tatum, you got to switch them with Derek Jones. If that, if that kid, you had to live it, like that's, you had to deal with that. I think i think I'd rather be me than Tatum beat me. Oh, a thousand percent. If I'm that was a thousand percent. And it's like, it's it's a weird thing. I've been, I've been, uh, I saw a podcast the other day that we're talking about Jill and Brown, very good basketball player, obviously, but he's one of the superstars that
00:06:51
Speaker
He can shoot, but I don't think he can shoot. If that makes sense. Like I've seen, when I watch him shoot the ball, I'm like, man, that shot goes in. But it's like the ugliest jumper I've seen. And it just, he just hits it. But I don't, I be thinking a lot of times I don't believe he's going to make it until he's very, he's very hitching. I was going to say streaky, but not, in but not, but not in a good way. Cause It's almost kind of like, you know how when Horford take a three and you know, you'll make them. So you got to respect it, but really deep down, don't respect it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? That's kind of what I feel about Joe Brown. I like, I know
Impact of Rest on Boston's Performance
00:07:29
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he, I think Joe Brown, I've seen him shoot the ball. I know he can hit jump shots. Obviously when I watch him shoot,
00:07:36
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I bet y'all that's in. I just think he can't shoot. So I don't know if this is a bad fallacy because of the fact that the way he shoots his jumper or the amount of shot he takes sometimes. But I think that's like, if I'm the Mavs, I'm keen on that first. Because I don't really want to say, oh yeah, yeah Tatum's not really shooting right now in this playoffs, when in reality, Tatum could just turn into things. He can just go from the mediocrity to greatness in this fight. We used to see him go from real cold to real hot, real fast. And and this fight was to be, though, he could get 30 this first game, right? No, easily, easily. So I wouldn't want that. I don't want to see that. Because Tatum 30 gets you a win. A Brown 30 can still get you a Celtics loss, right? like that's That's the way I would be phrasing that if I'm in the Mavs locker room.
00:08:15
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Let Joe Brown get this 38 cool. It's a lot of dribbling for him. Isos, whatever, whatever. Tatum's more fluid, right? Catch a shoot threes. He'll create for himself. He'll also dish it out. Like I don't know if I'm in and you just talk about you could see the mass losing both games. I need them to win game one because of the cells that rest legs. Restless, I think is one of the biggest factors of any sport. Yeah, but both teams have had a play in over a week. Yeah, no, no, no, no. South has had a play in two weeks. South has had a play, this hasn't been, enough it's probably been like 10 days. It's two weeks, dude. 10 days, lots of weeks.
00:08:48
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Tended is there they haven't played him in basketball since then played in two weeks two weeks of basketball for them They would practice a little bit. Yeah, it's cool. How does that? Maths is fresh. Mad man still gotta go. They got the little spark in them still they they they still have but But but okay, so what's the so that four days difference? Goes from rest to rust is what is that what you're saying? I think when you think about how when the Celtics got to they won their game They're already back home. They're just self explain self explain, Indiana Monday the last week of May going into June that was played on Thursday so that four days difference is my question is
00:09:27
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That's the tipping point between the rest for Dallas. For a game one, yeah. For a game one, yeah. For those four extra days, it's a little bit different.
Dallas's Strategy to Overpower Boston
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The four extra days means that your body's really starting to like get into that mindset of recovery, chill. Yeah, you night now they probably picked it back up with their practice and everything. But the math still got that. there The math, if you think about it in hindsight, still have a little bit more of the adrenaline going in, because they're like, OK, their bodies haven't gotten the, we're odd, and we're now going to a little rest mode before finals. like the So it's got that little extra bit of, ah that right there, that breath that you could just take, that sigh of relief before saying, oh yeah, we don't have to worry about a five, six, seven game series before the finals, right? Like they they get to take that sigh of relief. Mavs are gonna have that luxury all the way. So now the Mavs are just going to the finals like, oh, we're still in the same mindset, same mode. So it's got to kind of like click it a little bit differently. What do you think about this point? Cause I was thinking earlier about this series coming up and Porzingis hasn't played in a month and a half almost, you know,
00:10:26
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talking about rest versus rusty start. ru Do you think Dallas would feed with their feet? Gafford or lively on Porzingis? Yeah, no, as in feed them as in like in post or feed them in logs. Feed the mobs kind of yeah. Oh, they're taking mobs on it on any team. they That's their bread and butter post moves. Nah Not like not like here in the air. I mean back you down at the post Absolutely. I'm saying like I'm driving driving. I'm taking I'm taking him in horror Would you make that a would you make that an emphasis or if if it's an advantage that's there taking?
00:11:08
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No, I think the biggest advantage would be for Kyrie and Luka to take Porzingis on a one-on-one like they did Rudy Gobert in the same hour effort. That's their best bet. Which is then, for Luka's case, he's taking anybody that he feels is a weak link, but those two are going to be your biggest weak links ever. and it's It's probably not as bad as go bear when it comes to the perimeter even but right now for this is gonna be food if you think about how because you don't really know how his lateral movement is gonna be how well of Condition he is how much shape he's in I'm trying to tack that early right if it's a lob attacking So how daling your dad was going into game one as we record right now the game one has not tipped yet So if you guys going into game one, you're saying run
00:11:44
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You're saying make four Zingers run. Make four Zingers run. I'm getting him tired fast. I'm telling him, wait, you'll sneaker's up. It's going to be a long night for you. like That's the best of mentality I'm trying to go into. I'm not letting him get comfortable right away. Because if Prancing isn't comfortable, oh, that's the that the series is going to trend a little bit differently. So your prediction, has has it changed from the last episode? I still think it's Mavs in seven. I just don't know. I just can't say winning in six. And
Kyrie and Luka's Role in Dallas's Success
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then I can really see Boston. like If Prancing isn't comfortable and that team is striding, I can see them winning in five. I agree with you with the, if Porzingis comes back and he looks and hit the Brown running and seeing what's in that team is hitting all cylinders. The team that is, is very tough to beat. However, Dallas has, I mean, if anybody's going to go to a, you know, go toe to toe with Boston, as far as scoring goes, Dallas is a team that can, they can match that. And then I'm i'm hoping Kari comes in just like.
00:12:37
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Killer very aggressive no mis aggressive. Very aggressive. No, like none of the, you know, nonchalant. He gives you in the first quarter. It's not national, but it's like the passive in this day. It's a, it's a very, it's almost, I've heard it acknowledging like, uh, and I wanted, I wish I could remember who said it because they said it perfectly. It's almost like he's setting you up for the second half. He's going to make you think he's not going to be a aggressive. Yeah. And then he comes out in the third quarter. and We've seen it the last couple of games, especially with Minnesota. He comes out in the second half. He's very aggressive. He's very, you know, going to the basket, taking a close shot. He's not taking as many long range three. That doesn't mean he can't make it obviously, but he's in the perimeter. He's around. I'm sorry. He's, he's, he's inside the perimeter.
Importance of Bench Players in the Finals
00:13:20
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So he's inside the three point line around the key, taking elbow jumpers, floaters, whatever the case may be in the second half. I don't think he can wait until the second half. Like if Dallas Dallas needs to get,
00:13:33
Speaker
Way out in front. Yeah way out in front I mean you if it's not way out in front I needed to be back and forth you can't let something's going long runs, right? yeah You can't you can't like Boston just run on you So there's gotta be either a closed game or you blowing them out of the water, which is why I could be seen Because we but we've seen Boston and this playoffs come off come out of out and tip. Hi I they did in the end of 12 to run immediately. Yeah You know, there's going up double digits on, on teams and making teams fight back and call back. Doesn't mean that they haven't gotten back in it and they haven't had back and forth games, but they've usually gotten out to big leagues Dallas is the, I don't see Dallas. I don't see Dallas letting Boston come out so quickly on right out the gate. I could be wrong.
00:14:23
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I think part of your you put your your rest versus rust, I agree with the kind of core of it that Boston hasn't played in a while. It's practice is one thing, but live game action after an extended break, and especially in a ah very extended break for Porzingis, I'm just curious to see how they come out early. Yeah. I think so too. Jared, let me ask you this question. take out the starting five for both teams, right? Give me an X factor for each team that's gonna be able to impact this series that you could say comes off the bench, you know, gives this team a spark, a energy, a boost that that could lead them to being, you know, winners in this series. Al Horford and Josh Green.
00:15:17
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Josh Green. ro green i I agree. I agree with Horford. The rebounds, the A's, the streaky shoot a little bit, but the defense that he comes off with off the bench, the energy, you need that energy off the bench, because like everybody else off the bench for the Mavs are just real inconsistent streaky shooters, right? You need the Josh Green consistency when it comes to hustle, the corner three that he'll give you, and the defense that he plays, and he plays tremendous defense from the one through four. He can switch on anything, and he's going to try and lock up. You need that on any lineup that has a Luka sitting if he sits or a Kari sitting if he sits. You need that guy that's going to keep running pace. At the end of the day, you want to start out running certain teams too. And that's how they kept up pace with the Thunder. That's how they kept up pace with the Timberwolves. You need that guy that's going to run. That's going to take off and go and everything like that.
00:16:04
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He's there, he's been there, he's been real reliable in this entire playoff, he's been real reliable. Horford, Horford's just gonna be Horford. Rebalance, he got you. Points, if you need him to shoot that three, he got you. Playmaking, he's still got it, right? He's still gonna make some good passes, still gonna throw down the court in transition, he could do all that. He's their most reliable factor off the bench, right? like Without him, that team probably just wouldn't even have like he's still the engine if you really think about he's he's the heart and soul of that team when it comes to like what he brings to the veteran leadership what he comes with off the bench how there are still games where he's he can still get you 10 and 4 if you needed to and I yeah like I said they like EA could do more if he wants well as a starter but off the bench is perfect for him right now at the A's that he's at and the level he's still playing at and it's just very still high level so yeah or first their base actually because I don't like the soldiers bench after that it's like
00:16:51
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Yeah, I mean, Prichard, Hauser, Cornett, like there's some guys on the Celtics bench, but I agree with you with Horford. If I had it to choose someone for that Dallas bench, I think it's Leibn. Like, for all the reasons that you mentioned about Horford, Leibn does that for Dallas's bench that gives them that extra big body that can defend for Zingus and Horford on the other end. That other teams, when Boston went that um sorry when boston was facing other teams, they didn't have multiple bigs that they could throw at Horford and at Porzingis, the way Dallas can. Yeah, I know Porzingis hadn't been there, so with the Indiana series, whatever, but Indiana doesn't really have another big outside of milestone, so it's watch. Dallas has two big bit two big two mobile bigs, first of all, the doubt ah that Boston hasn't seen in these playoffs, right? Two mobile bigs that can roam a little bit. I'm not saying you want to have Gafford or Lively on the perimeter guard of Porzingis, but
00:17:49
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You know, like someone who can match bodies, match paint intensity. Lively gives Dallas someone who can rim run. Lively gives someone in Dallas that they can, you know, protect the perimeter. I'm sorry, protect the paint. Get boards, shop shot You know, he can get shots a little bit around the rim. I think it brings another element that Boston hasn't seen this playoffs from any of these teams in the East. They have two bigs that can attack. If need be I'm not saying you want them to take a thousand shots by all means no But it's another thing that that Boston has to worry about So I think and I believe Orford I agree with you for all the reason via tangibles that he's been there a thousand years You know, he's 87 years old. He wants that ring out there I mean it it's gonna come eventually so at this point I
00:18:44
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No, it doesn't it doesn't have to it doesn't have to this is the this is the series to do. it This is it
X-Factors: Tim Hardaway Jr. and Derek White
00:18:49
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this way This is the last chance. This is the last chance presumably for Al Horford Dallas if you can hear me if you can hear me We need a miracle. We need to stop Gentlemen, we need multiple stuff. We can't let our for heaven, right? I can't do it. I didn't even think much about like why we I decided I forgot all about how important powerful he's been right i this's He's been coming in just playing because even look at the game, but yeah, I know McDonald's beat Minnesota without him But look how look how impactful he was when he wasn't there When they got Kleber and Dwight Powell Out there and like come on man, like like you said last week Them guys. Okay, they're decent, but lively is better than them Right now better than them for this team purposes of this team better than so
00:19:44
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I think those two would be, would be factors. Jared, is there someone that we're not talking about enough? That's going to make some noise in the series. Probably Tim Hardaway jr. Right? Like when do we really focus in on him actually contributing? I don't think he's, I don't think he's in the rotation anymore to be honest. I think it's just him. To be honest, I think it's just him. Cause you're getting, Jaden Hardy is getting more run now. Getting burned. Getting more run than Tim Hardaway. And I'm like, Tim I would you're like, he ain't play like the past three games. He ain't play. Does he play now? Because if you think about it, this is a team that doesn't match up well for him. Like the the Tim Wills, he can't guard a look of any of them guys. Sometimes I'll be honest, so he can't and they can guard him very well.
00:20:31
Speaker
Kyle Anderson killing Xander Walker, all of them, like they're gonna all very guard him, and if he's not hitting his threes, you can't really play him as much. So does bench doesn't have like much of a guys that can guard him, if you think about it, right? like The way the Thunder Bench, they have a lot of guys that can guard him. So now do you throw him back in the rotation? Do you let him kind of go crazy a little bit? Or are we just going to go back to the Hardy? Because, like, again, Hardy's been very exceptional as well. But that scoring prize that Tim Irajian could give you in the little bit of defense he does play, that's not a bad look if we think about how he can just come into the series and just give you 14 off the bench at any given time. 15 at the bench, if he says three. Yeah, but he's been giving you nothing. And Hardy's been giving you some energy like with Josh Green and been giving you production.
00:21:17
Speaker
I think you have to ride the hot hand. I don't think you were able to rely on trying to get some hard way back in momentum. Now, if he comes out and he's shot, like if he do what he'll, buddy he'll did in the next series and not play forever and then come out and just be hot, then that's cool. But if he come out and he's taking bad shots and he's chucking, I don't think he won't get much burn, to be honest. I mean, he hasn't played, he didn't play any Literally any of the games besides game one and game two where he got ten minutes in game one Didn't really do much beside a rebound in the steel And he had five minutes in game two and then after that he didn't see the court. Yeah, he He went even shots He went zero for zero in game one versus the temples at all for one in game two listen
00:22:12
Speaker
i'll see wish shot i'm sorry not the the tail end of the first of OKC. Yeah, he went two for four, two for six, one for two. But then again, like, that's not even bad feel. No, no, no, no. Not bad feelable percentage because the stats being deceiving. He took that he was like the chucking like the playoffs is not a time for you. for Tim Hardaway Jr. to be chucking. Luca chucking. All right, whatever. Like, there's levels. Like, you can't be out there taking bad shots. Leave that for yourself. A lot of his game is ISO, too. And i can't I can't have you slowing down the game for us. Like, he knew he needs to stand in the corner and shoot, but. Stand in the corner and shoot. No, I'm serious. No, it's today's NBA. Stand in the corner and shoot. Mm-hmm. Like, I get it. You want to cross people up? But like, oh, wait.
00:23:03
Speaker
Why are you taking mid-range jump shots? You know what I'm saying? Why, why, why? Now, this is not the team to come in and chuck off the bench. They they they they don't need to run that way. They got two top tier ball handling guards. Whatever. Lucas, the forward guard, whatever. But he has the ball in his hands. Kyrie has the ball in his hands. You don't need the ball. You don't need the ball in your hands. You get the ball, you shoot. But don't shoot. You shoot. What are you doing? You don't need to dribble. Shoot. I'm serious. It's hilarious to think about it's simple. It's a professional athlete. But, you know, this job. You think it's job, G? Shoot. I think that's number one on the job requirement.
00:23:59
Speaker
To be an NBA player, you gotta be able to put the ball through the hoop. I'm pretty sure that's in the job description. I'd hope so. Like, you know, I don't know what I mean. Hey, can't even say that anymore. We got some superstars that don't put the ball to hoop. Superstars. Listen, whatever you want to talk about, Rooney Gobert. That's not... I wasn't even talking about Rooney Gobert. That wasn't the Gobert-ness. No, no, no. Who is that a diss to? Well, you know exactly who that one diss was. Who? Superstar that came with the
Potential Coaching Choices for the Lakers
00:24:29
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ball and who? Who? You paid millions of dollars. All you do is play defense, pass the ball, or a rebound. I just said Go Bear. Who are you talking about? Nah, man. There's one more. Who? Nice Australian across the bay. Who? He lives in New York City. You know your favorite place to go, man. Superstar? That man is not a superstar anymore? Was Go Bear ever a superstar?
00:24:52
Speaker
More than... Okay, well... I mean, currently, more than you know who. Oh, you always say his name? That's your guy. You was right with him for the long. That's your guy. I told myself I wasn't gonna say that man's name after game six... I'm sorry, game five, where they blew a 26-point lead to Atlanta in 2021. I said I was not gonna say his man's name ever again. And his teammate that was on the floor at the time, Number 12, I will not say that main name again ever again. Even though the guy that doesn't put the ball in the basket scores zero in a closing game in the playoffs this season. Wasn't a superstar but damn sure got paid like one. Oh, sigh. Just sigh. But, point remains, gotta put the ball in the loop. Yeah. If there's an underrated guy and you took Dallas, I'll take Boston. If there's a guy that's underrated that's not getting enough play, I think it's Derek White.
00:25:51
Speaker
I don't like a Hallibur. No, he don't get, he don't even get talked about like Drew. you I think he passes Drew now when they talk about like the X Factor for this team. They don't even talk about Geronimo. After I've heard, I've seen nothing but Drew. Nothing but Drew from the media. I don't know. how drew I always talk about Derek White because the consistency is there for Derek White. Drew? No offense, but he had that 128-point game. And then after that, he's back to being you know inconsistent and streaky for the offensive-wise. Defensively locked in. Playmaking, he doesn't have to really do much for playmaking either because
00:26:27
Speaker
There goes Derek White or Jason Tatum. Like, I don't know. I don't know. Like consistency wise man. I watch Derek White play 47 minutes when they need him to. And they don't even need him to. I don't know. You really don't even need to play him 38. He's playing like 38 minutes. I don't know. I don't know. Derek White. Yeah. I don't know. I would have said Drew before I said, they're well, I drew out everything's getting talked about enough, how he could be like a real bonafide X factor for this. If he locks up Kyrie or even stops Curry's like, you know, at certain level slightly, yeah like slightly slows them down. They're not talking about that enough.
00:27:00
Speaker
Because like Drew got asked about it, but they're not really, they're they're undervaluing how much Drew Holliday is very good on defense. And then otherwise, they have defense as well, but they'll be having a hard time with the blitzes on. Drew, Drew, Drew defensively is- I can- Why have they brought him in? Yeah, I can believe Drew Holliday, I can let Drew discard Khari, for certain, this is what I want, and I can go double hookah, because I'm like, oh, Drew's over there, right? That's my mindset. you Back of my head, Drew's over there. He got that. Let's go double hookah. I don't have, I wouldn't have that same logic if I'm like, okay, they're whites on Kyrie. No Drew Holliday. Let's go double hookah. I wouldn't, I'm like, oh, now I'm back. I'm gonna be like, okay, let me, let me break my neck real quick. Let's see where Kyrie's at. Cause it's the ball. I think, I think you got it. You always gotta pay attention to Kyrie. So I think it's going to be a good series. I honestly think it's going to be a very tip off real soon. So we'll see. I'm pissed. I'm heated. Y'all know, y'all know my motto. Anyone.
00:27:57
Speaker
But Boston, we are down to Dallas. We are down to Dallas. I mean, we knew the sets were going to the finals, though. We knew that. But it was still anyone but Boston. It's still anyone but Boston. It'll forever be. But you didn't win the ring. Anyone but Boston. You didn't win the ring. I'm just like, ah. If they win the ring, I will not acknowledge it. I will, but it won't be good. I will be like, whoop-de-do.
00:28:27
Speaker
So what? It took y'all how long? Hey. I will find any way to hate. Is this the time where we say speaking of champions? this Is this the time where we do that? To talk about the latest breaking news in the NBA? Or potential breaking news? Well, go ahead. Since you've already done the rule. Speaking of champions, two-time champion. growthss i is fine Gross. finest. Gross. UConn's greatest, I'll accept that. Dan Hurley might have a job with the Los Angeles Lakers, stealing it away from JJ Redick, who was the front-runner for the team for the past like month and a half? I'll be audacity. The goal.
00:29:05
Speaker
The smartest play the Lakers could have made by keeping this hush hush. Because honestly, Dan Hoey would be a great coach to have if you're the Lakers. Especially if you're going to soft rebuild. What he's done, how he developed these young guys. I wouldn't be mad at that at all. And it's a fresh start. It's so fresh. Like JJ would have been fresh too. But this is the freshest you could do because you're doing a college hire.
LeBron's Influence on Lakers' Decisions
00:29:24
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There's nothing attached to him. There's no former coach here, coach there. There's no and NBA tie when it comes to like, oh yeah, he's either worked with this. He comes in with a Queensley. but queen state ever at one of the greatest organizations to ever come into what Queensley with, right? Okay. So, but there's, there's a giant elephant that now is cast. If you hire Dan Hurley, is that is, like you said, is this a rebuild? And if it is, I don't think Brian's going to be there. No, no, I think so. Unless, unless they drive Bronnie, then he stays. I don't think even if they drive, if they, I don't think Brian wants to be in a rebuild.
00:30:03
Speaker
Well, it's not, I mean, again, 80s still there or bronze still there. You're not really in, that's why I said soft rebuild. You're in a soft rebuild because then you're getting, you still have your young core. If you bring in brawny too, you still have 80s now, what, 31, 32. Ruachimer, Austin Reeves, are your three, or the two core young guys bringing brawny third, if you want to say that. and you can't I don't think Bronnie going to get run on the Lakers. He would probably get some burn. That bench is trash right now. I think they're going to get rid of a lot of that death that they brought in. They're going to get rid of a lot of it. Like, Tory and Prince, I don't see staying. Cameron actually signed a one-year deal. Gabe Vincent might get moved. ah You know, if they keep them, they keep them. If they don't, they're going to move them off.
00:30:44
Speaker
deal is the biggest question mark. Like you've heard rumors that Anthony Davidson also reads one like we're begging or begging or telling the Lakers please keep dating Russell, but it's a business one and two. Like his game just is not all that great. Like it doesn't fit well. If if you get what I'm saying, like I don't need deal as much as I'd rather get somebody else and then you just package deal with something, right? I can get more out of it than keeping do duo and then having it be the same as this season. And now, dio couldn't he was kind of held back a little bit with how you beefing with your head coach and darwin ham and everything, but if you're the Lakers, you got to do what's best for your team if you're still trying to keep LeBron happy, which is the biggest priority right now. Yeah, keeping AD happy is cool, but... I'd much rather still want to keep LeBron when it comes to putting asses and seats and still winning some games than it is to getting Dan Hurley in there. And you guys just stick it up because I've seen what a team with just Andy Davis looks like. It's could be good, but it also could just be straight tank. It is just how it is. And he's not not saying Andy Davis is a bad player. It's just he's one person and he's not enough, especially in the West. He's not enough. I don't think any I mean, I don't think any coach puts this team over the top if the roster is how it is.
00:31:51
Speaker
Mr. Roster was how it was at the end of last year. I don't think any team, any coach is, I mean, Dan Hurley's good, very good. But Dan Hurley hasn't coached in the NBA as an NBA head coach. This is a hell of a job. Like we said about JJ, this is a hell of a job for anyone. At least Dan Hurley has had success at the collegiate level and has had major success recently. yeah That being said, I mean, the buy-in has to be from AD. The buy-in has to be from LeBron. the buy-in has to be from Rob Polinka, the actual GM. So if Dan Hurley is the choice, and if Dan Hurley takes this Lakers job, I don't think he's taking it with the but the impression that he's gonna be losing A.D. But Braun... I would always walk in thinking I'm losing with Braun. Remember, Braun was only signing basically one year at this point. He's only signing big one years. So I would always be on the impression I'm losing with Braun. But will Braun...
00:32:52
Speaker
Will Bronn, so like the whole debate of LeBron don't like being coached and LeBron's a coach killer or whatever the case may be. I think he would have ran through, I think JJ would have, I don't think JJ would have lasted for Bronn. I don't think. I think so, because Bronn would have only probably retired after the year and then JJ just gets the team themselves. I don't think he wanted, like I don't think, I don't think Bronn, okay, by lasted with Bronn meaning, I think Bronn, I Not this year, the next year I think he's done. I think LeBron's done after him one more year. Because he only wants to be in the league one more year when his son's in the league. That's it. He's done. I mean, yeah he doesn't know. I said it. The conspiracy theory that I believed in the most was LeBron James and Jay Riddick made that podcast.
00:33:38
Speaker
to help JJ showcase his basketball mind and at a greater and further pace than he was doing on ESPN First Take or in his own podcast. Because now you're doing it with what some arguably call in the GO to the NBA. Yeah, I'll save myself. Bro, I was a GO. And now you're talking X's and O's more than you're talking analytical numbers, right? Now you're breaking down the game at a higher pace with the guy that breaks down the game at the best because look at what Barack can still do at the age of 40, right? So going into that, Martin said, yeah, JJ Reddick is in a prime position to maybe be the Lakers head coach because he, him, now you're seeing their chemistry. I'm going to talk to talking about breaking down the Exynos. You get to see how their minds are. And this is what Brian does at Prairie View too. Yeah, but no let me yeah buy let me ask you this let me ask you this. If the Lakers struggle, who's taking the blame?
00:34:23
Speaker
JJ and JJ but JJ's the type of guy he owns that if they take him in and then also but we Will you don't bring in a guy Richard Jefferson to your podcast if you weren't planning to be a coach somewhere assistant coach head coach somewhere? You're not arguing that um desla are my argument is this if they hire JJ to coach the Lakers It's going to end the same way Brooklyn did with Katie Parton and Kyrie something's going some Whatever is going to go wrong won't go wrong And the fingers won't give the fingers won't get pointed. And I don't know if I don't know Jay that a tight person just take all the blame and not not divvy divvy this blame up. Yeah, I think he'd address it. Yeah, but with Brian respected we'd have to see see that's that's the problem in my issue. My other thing is like I think again LeBron I think I got a year left a year left and that had Brian he's coming in.
00:35:20
Speaker
You're not you're not staying much longer than that because he only wants to do the one year with his son Now, you you know his son's being we coming out saying I don't really want to play my dad that much but bronze force No, he no, I get it. Well bronze forcing his hand. They'll have a good time regardless. Like whatever we have a good time regardless but And then I think a bronze out brother and I think that's why I say later because I know never be out the show never do no You Carmelo Anthony son will be out of his shadow wave. Carmelo Anthony son not Carmelo Jr. That's fine though. It's Keyon Anthony. He's still a junior though, ain't he? No. Or is it Keyon Anthony? It's Keyon Anthony. Keyon Anthony. So, I mean, that's fine. Yeah, we know he brought... Okay, yeah, he brought in James. You're not going to... A brought in James Jr. You're not getting nobody of these three names we just named, which is like the biggest three names right now when it comes to old...
00:36:12
Speaker
they're Hall of Fame style basketball players, they're not, you're not getting out of their shadows. It's just this unfortunate, but their dads were too, were too good. yeah but your guys wasn the there what did the What's the difference between Keon Anthony, Zaira Wade, and LeBron, and Bronnie James? What's the difference? Bronz still playing. Yeah, the business is with Bronz still playing. Bronz still playing. And that's fine. And that's fine. I wouldn't. OK, that's fine. But you all got to be legit and force your hand and get me on the roster. I do, though. As a as a daddy, I do, though, because I want to play with you. I want to play one year with you. wanna to I want to show you the ropes of the NBA, something that I never got as an NBA player. Cut that bill, of course, Bronz. That may have grown.
00:36:56
Speaker
Well, hey, that man's a great day. He's better than what most dads we know. So hey, now what? Now he's going to hate him for being a good father. No, I ain't hating on him. He's not hating. He's not hating. Let it go where it's going, though. We got to influence it. Look at this, man. We can't even praise a black man, black father. I'm not disrespecting him. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Nepotism in the NBA: LeBron and His Son
00:37:17
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What I'm saying is I'm saying let that drunk man be a grown man and forge his path. You don't got to do a four. You don't got to be spoon fed. That's my point. He was already going. Nepotism is real regardless. He was going to get he's going to get nepotized. You don't got to supersize the nepotism. Can we use that word, and nepotize? I don't care. I'm going to use as it as an adjective like that. I'm not an English major. He going to get nepotized anyway because he's LeBron James' son, just like his his baby brother. It's going to happen. So now I think, I i think, person, I love nepotism. You should pull up in each other. Listen, I'm not. i'm not
00:37:53
Speaker
knocking nepotism in this case, okay? Yeah, is he gonna become? Of course he's gonna be. I'm saying, I'm saying Bron don't gotta, I'm saying Bron don't gotta make sure they drafted him at 17. He gonna be there. I think I said around picks. He gonna be there. I just know like me, you know, I already told you what I would personally do. I don't like any other team that isn't like, that's the head of the Lakers that just hasn't picked it just like basically. Another difference though,
00:38:22
Speaker
You know, you've been on teams before. Like, how is that going to be when you got your son there? Like, yeah, I guess he grown, but like, that's still kind of weird. um um treat You treat him like any rookie. Bro, I'm probably going to treat him still like the rookie duties. They're going to yell at him even probably harsher. I'm not saying I'm saying. OK, I think it's I think the. I think LeBron would get on him a little bit harsher than any coach would. And it'd probably be potentially, potentially, you're hoping, you're hoping. It'd be the opposite of what Doc did for Austin Rivers when Doc was doing way too much to coddle his son. He was. Doc was bringing Austin Rivers and then just doing way too much, baby, and then like trying to get this guy burned when he didn't, like it was too much. All right, all right. Well, point being, Lakers better off with Dan Hurley than J.J. Rhett would come out. Would you agree? Yeah, that's fair. I think, I think anybody, no offense to J.J., but I think anybody's better than J.J. Rhett.
00:39:15
Speaker
because you just never never coach. You have never been an assistant coach. You never been on a team doing anything in general, right? Like I'm if I'm throwing out there, I'd hate for your first team to be the Lakers because dude, that's a setup for your career as failure and your career is going to fail regardless. Steve Nash literally like look at Steve Nash and they had a winning record. two winning records. And then think about that. They got they lost the playoffs first year to the, uh, to the bucks with a foot on the line, but essentially like that, that series could have been different. If Katie hit that shot, it wasn't the two as there were three and you get swept the next year swept did a boss.
00:39:49
Speaker
You're see that she can't return as a coach now. He essentially he's just not returning He's really bringing him in and and that would that would be what happens to JJ. Ready? That'll be a garbage team Charlotte not um but I'm bringing JJ and before I bring a Steve Nash because I've seen Steve Nash um at least these national game are ran over by the star players. That's one game Like did he name the player wing game like as that is it former star said you said like you said JJ aint did it before anybody's burden JJ just said former stars. There's no There's no coaching. You say anybody burns a good Not Steve Nash Steve Nazan have one coat sts it's the same situation from code do what's the difference I heard birthdayling on on television to the media. There was no head coach for that team. So what's the what's the difference? Whoa
00:40:40
Speaker
Right before there was like the Jake Jason just hired JJ is JJ the head coach or the figurehead Exactly the bronze coach in that team. There's no coach in the Lakers the bronze coach local bri's Also the GM frame over was a head coach name on that chip. Thank y'all for listening to another episode strengthen of please wait please they got for on that episode of straight to the point where Jared is blatantly wrong and Spreading miss absolutely first off use the bubble as is the Bible was the greatest basketball we see who ever seen great basketball since then I know delicious
00:41:11
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depo of ba thank you mouse liy much As usual biggest hater I've ever met in my life, it's crazy. No, but it works. Let's get Bayless. No, but you got a mirror right behind you You might hate worse to skip you might hate worse a chance shot you might hate worse No, no, he's the third biggest hater ever met you Mad dog you might you might you might be as equal as mad dog And that's a that's a level hatred. I've never seen before That's you. Hey, kudos. We'll issue you up there with the greats. Thank you. You're welcome. So thank you all for listening to another episode of Straight to the Point. If you liked what you hear, make sure you tell a friend and tell a friend to tune in. If I was straight to the point on all of your favorite sources at SDTV Podcast, make sure you follow me at underscore Chris Cross. Follow me at underscore JW Hughes. Make sure you at Chris and say hater. Just DM him. Tweet him. Just let him know hater at all times. Go Mavs.
00:42:08
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pointing we straight all right anybody but boss want you know we straight to the straight to
00:42:34
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Anybody but boss?