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NBA Playoffs Talk (Easter Edition)
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Introduction to Basketball & Playoffs
00:00:24
Speaker
We're talking basketball. I got KB in the studio with me. Um, yes, your host JT, but we got a stat man on the way to Bahamas Jersey. Yeah, he remote today. You know what I'm saying? He remote on his.
00:00:44
Speaker
The assignments trying to use in the field. Yeah, he out there eat way too much candy on this Easter Sunday But yeah man, what's good time of the year? Play all time you feel me? It's real. I'm hype. Yo, bro. Everybody's talking about this like it feels like it's the most
00:01:11
Speaker
highly anticipated intense playoffs that we have coming on. It's a lot of ifs and what's is gonna happen. What do you expect? It's always better when the Knicks are good. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? The Knicks on the playoffs. You know what I'm saying? The New York Knicks basketball. Any time a Knicks are doing good, it's good. We eating the playoffs now, it's great. It's good for the country. Our gross domestic product goes up. Bruh. War goes down. More kids get to eat. It's crazy. All over the world.
00:01:36
Speaker
And it's wonderful. It was a good time. It's changing the world, you feel me? Uh, I guess.
00:01:43
Speaker
world peace. You feel me? Yeah, it's crazy man.
Western Playoffs & Lakers' Challenges
00:01:47
Speaker
The West is going to be, I think the West is going to be like slaughterhouse, bro. Like the West is going to be slaughterhouse. It's very interesting. You know, West is always pretty dope and interesting, but this year with the playoffs, it's just like, it's really, really good. I like how Clay was talking his junk. He was like, yo, I don't think anybody can beat us if we're all healthy. Talking about Clay, you know, the splash bros, including Dre.
00:02:07
Speaker
And I believe that, too. They got to go. Oh, yeah. They're going to go. They're going to get the inexperienced Sacramento Kings in a sweet spot. They should win. They in a sweet spot. I think the OGs, the Lakers might. Where are the Lakers at? Who are they supposed to be playing against that? All right. I want to confirm everything. The Lakers are going to be in the play in. So the play in tournament starts April 11th. Although they got out to play in other. They were straight. Oh, guess what? They slipped in a slide and still in a robin.
00:02:37
Speaker
So in the playing tournament at nine and 10, it's Minnesota at OKC. At seven and eight, it is the Lakers versus the Pelicans, which I really do feel like they got easy because they should beat the Pelicans. And if they beat the Pelicans, they go into the seventh seed. Seventh seed, they're going to go against the Memphis Grizzlies, which when news and rumors
00:02:59
Speaker
Steven Adams most likely will be out for the playoffs because of the PLC injuries that he had in February, he's not responding. So again, Ron got lucky, I feel. As long as they do what they're supposed to do, be telekins in the playoffs, if they lose, then they gotta go into the losing playing part and they gotta go against the winner of OKC and Minnesota.
00:03:30
Speaker
And if they win, then they got to go get the juggernaut for the AC and they go play against Denver. Yeah, I'm laughing because it's like they can get lucky all they want. Like eventually to win a championship, they're going to have to play one of like seven East teams that should be blowing them out.
00:03:53
Speaker
First of all, they're not going through. They're not going through. That's what I'm saying. Even if they lucked all the way out, they're going to have to play one of them teams on the East. A.D. would have to be on this top ship game.
00:04:05
Speaker
Bronn going to do with Bronn, but I don't know. Well, even he's getting hurt. How come nobody uses the old school stuff that Sammy Sosa was on? Nobody uses that no more. You heard what they said about A.D. He got a bone.
00:04:28
Speaker
He got a bone bruise in his foot. So basically, they say he really should be playing back in that game. Yeah, that's going to be painful for bruh. I don't think his pain tolerance is all the way there. It ain't. I'm tired of seeing him hurt. Crying. He's synonymous with thinking like that. He caught a rebound, landed on his feet, and hurt his back. First game of the season, too. I stayed up to watch that.
Eastern Play-In Tournament & Nets
00:04:59
Speaker
Now, let's talk about the East, the play in. Okay. Nine and 10, Chicago. Seven and eight, Atlanta. Neither of them groups are going to do well because whoever gets the eighth seed is going to get beat up by the bug. And whoever wins to get the seventh seed is going to get tore up by Boston.
00:05:24
Speaker
Even though Boston just got bad news because, you know, Jaylen Brown. Oh, he cut his, yeah. Random and goofy. Why did you break something sharp and then try to pick it up with your hand? Yeah, I don't know. When I read that, I was like, hmm, yeah, that sounds. Our guy. Where the broom and the dust pan at? That's his plan. I think that's what Tatum want him traded.
00:05:48
Speaker
Because this guy just picks up glass randomly. He's not really smart outside of the court. He does a lot of really, really questionable, really goofy stuff. So that was stupid. It must not be true. It can't be true. We'll interview him after the season's over. Now Mr. JT, you and I have to talk again. You said this team wasn't going to make the playoffs. Brooklyn at six.
00:06:18
Speaker
Did I say that or did I just debate on who that is? You said Brooklyn is gonna make the playoffs. Brooklyn made the playoffs and now they gotta go against the Sixers. And that's where we can see who actually, you know, who is the better trade-off. If the Sixers win, I obviously win. If you, if the Nets win, then you win the little bet. That's cool. All right. But then we have to all get nervous and at four and five,
00:06:46
Speaker
The Knicks are going against Donovan Mitchell. I ain't nervous. I don't even care. Like, honestly, we need playoffs. Someone's nervous. Who? Someone's nervous. LeBron, can you please play that clip for me, please? I knew it was going to be this guy. Man, we should be happy we're just in the playoffs. Like, why do we need it, bro? Nah, I want to win one series first. One series would be nice, but the point is that that's why it's important to point out
00:07:14
Speaker
This, because we've seen him have a direct negative impact in other situations.
Mavericks' Leadership & Strategy Issues
00:07:22
Speaker
That's not the case here. You're looking at Luca. Luca's giving press conferences, man. He's looking depressed all season long. He just looks like it's stuff going on off the court that's affecting him. Now, it doesn't affect his numbers, but it affects his ability to galvanize and lead. And that's why when the Kyrie Irving trade took place, you had everybody saying, we're going to find out about Luca.
00:07:44
Speaker
The reason why they were saying we're going to find out about Luca is because Luca was the one clamoring for an additional offensive weapon to play alongside him because when he'd leave a game they'd fall apart and he needed somebody that could put the ball in the hole. So the pressure wasn't all on him.
00:07:59
Speaker
Well, they went and got a guy in Kyrie Irving that's giving you 26-27 a night on better than 45%, better than 50% shooting for the Dallas Mavericks, and clearly scoring for you in the fourth quarter. But what happened is you had to give up something to get him. And you gave up individuals that could produce for you defensively. But the biggest thing also was that you wouldn't have had to do any of that. What's wrong with knocking on the door to the conference finals? Luca like 24 years old.
00:08:27
Speaker
Jalen Brunson ain't some senior citizen. You were in the Western Conference Finals last year. Why mess with that at all? Why not try to tweak it just a little bit? Why did you lose Jalen Brunson? If you didn't lose Jalen Brunson, and you gotta remember, without Jalen Brunson, they were still a top five seed. Okay, so our producer was giving Easter cheer. So this guy, Mr. Stephen A. Smith,
00:08:54
Speaker
has an issue with Dallas, which we're gonna talk about a little bit as well. But I need that other clip, Mr. Producer, about my vid on this. It is set and ready to rumble. Cleveland, New York, Donovan Mitchell, Jaylen Brunson, Stephen A. What do you think? Let me tell y'all something.
00:09:22
Speaker
I'm going to roll with my Knicks. It's a completely emotional decision. I'm going to reiterate and regurgitate the same comments that I have said for weeks. If the New York Knicks get sent home by Donovan Mitchell, the season is a failure. I know everybody's looking at me and thinking it's extreme. I don't care. You cannot lose.
00:09:42
Speaker
to Donovan Mitchell. You can lose to anybody else. You can't lose to the player that had his bags packed, that wanted to be in New York, that was expecting to be in New York, that was salivating to play at the Garden, okay? Who should have been Jalen Brunson's teammate? It's the New York Knicks. Stellar season, Coach of the Year candidate in Thibodeau, Randall, Jalen Brunson. I'm proud of y'all.
00:10:03
Speaker
But you cannot get sent home by Donovan Mitchell. If they do, I'm going to ask the bosses for the day off because I'm going to be scared of what I'm going to say on national television. I'll tell y'all that right now.
00:10:18
Speaker
Okay, those two clips go hand in hand. Yeah, but I'm not pressed about being scared if we lose the Dollar Mitchell. That's a cool story. That's a cool story. Yeah, but it's a failure, but we really don't know where we would be at because we would have had to give up everything to get bruh. So nah, I'm cool with what we got. I'm cool with taking the L.
00:10:41
Speaker
You were willing to give a- I was! I was willing to! But at the same point in time, we might not be where we at right now. We really don't know. So, I'm cool. We take the L. I don't think we gonna lose, but we'll see. Those two clips go hand in hand because, again, Dallas owes us a draft pick. And it would've been real nice to get a lottery pick because we traded our
00:11:10
Speaker
2023 first round pit for Josh Hart. Because of what just happened, the NBA is doing an investigation against Dallas. Dallas, that, Kyrie, Tim Hardery Jr., Max Keebler, Christian Wood, Josh Green, against the Bulls, pushing them to lose, which then, if Dallas had won, they would have probably gotten the 10th seed and at least been the 11th
00:11:38
Speaker
11th worst record and we probably would have gotten that draft pick. Now the way it's looking, Dallas is not going to have to convey that 2023 first round pick, which now next year means it's lottery protected one through 10 again. So if they suck again, we don't get that first round pick. That first round pick was part of the percentage trade years ago.
00:12:01
Speaker
Yeah, but if we don't get it and if we don't get that one, then we get a twenty twenty five second. I don't think. But when he investigate, don't you think they're going to be like, yo, these are players just suck? They just want to play like you say Kyrie was out there, right? No, he wasn't. No, they pulled Kyrie to Monterey Junior. Max Kevlar, Christian Wood, Josh. Oh, they pulled all them. Yeah. And then Luca didn't look at when he played at the second quarter. So we would have gotten that.
00:12:30
Speaker
first round pick. But oh yeah Dallas wanted Dallas. He tanked it Cuban messed up on that one Cuban Cuban messed about the draft.
00:12:41
Speaker
Yeah, I mean yeah, he was more worried about doing us dirty too. He was just like nah Since we left we lost out on Brunson. I got to do somebody dirty like he tried it Nah, but he yeah he did he was like nah like his dad was involved It's like yo, they were not gonna cut him that check. I don't think they were trying to really cut him that check They were like
00:13:06
Speaker
If they were realin' to do, they woulda did it earlier, cause he was progressing, and in the heat of the moment of the playoffs, he was droppin' buckets, bro. They shoulda been like, yo, this is guaranteed. We gotta give him a check. Like, I think Luca was hurt last year, too, or something, where he didn't play. And even besides that, every time Luca was sittin' down, Brunson stepped up and did his thing. Like, he did his job. Like, you know what I'm sayin'? I'm like, yo.
00:13:28
Speaker
I didn't think we were going to. I didn't think we were going to see him on a different team at all. Look, not even the Knicks, but because I thought they were going to come and check out the way he was putting up numbers in the playoffs. And they still didn't give him that. Like, that's that's their fault. The highest they want to give him was 56. And Rick Brunson, his dad knew he was worth one of 56 million dollars for four or five year deal. Yep. And again, they would have had to do a lot of trading of players to get more capacity.
00:13:58
Speaker
Again, Mark was mad because the way the rumor was, as soon as we were allowed to talk previously with him, literally he signed his contract. Like Dallas came to his door and he told him that Dallas was like, yo, I'm going to New York. So Cuban was like, yo, we didn't even get a contract. Yeah, he was like, we didn't even get the opportunity to match it or counter. So he's been mad at the Knicks for the long. But here's something to think about. Like Steven A. Smith was talking about.
00:14:27
Speaker
Luca. He's been all in his feelings. You traded for a star in Kyrie. By the way, everyone needs to give Kyrie a round of applause. My man was a stand-up citizen, did not say a word, cooped, and had no problem. Luca, on the other hand, was just all emotional. And they're already saying, yo, this all-season 2024 coming up next season, he might demand a trade-out. Oh, Luca? Yeah.
00:14:56
Speaker
if the progression of that team does not grow. He gonna be in Detroit. This is gonna be cold, boring. There was someone who said some dumb stuff that said, yo, what if Luca went to the Lakers? Do people even think his stuff would actually work? Have we not learned this lesson?
00:15:18
Speaker
Like I don't think they really thought that Kyrie and Luca could work. They can work. Like I would
Durant vs LeBron: Team Impact
00:15:24
Speaker
say this, they can work together because you got two dynamic players. Well, one people, one reason why they don't think is because it's two ball dominant players. I think Luca could play a little bit without the ball, but no, he probably can.
00:15:35
Speaker
I think Kyrie can, but at the same point in time, once you got them starting, they going off, it's like hand in hand. It's like, all right, you drop your buckets and you come off and you do your thing. Or when someone sits on the bench, you handle it. But Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been doing that for...
00:16:12
Speaker
He a little bit lack on the defense. He picking chooses. Yeah, he picking chooses. So you need the other role players to play in, right? You know what I'm saying? So like, you can have the offensive star power, but you need something else. You know what I'm saying? Like we saw with the Brooklyn Nets. They had the offensive star power. All they needed was at least two dominant defensive players. They would have been straight. But, you know, we saw how that happened.
00:16:16
Speaker
since they've been in the league.
00:16:35
Speaker
I believe it or not, here's a trade. I got to work it on the numbers, but I actually think, yo, said Jaylen Green. I mean, Jaylen Brown. He loves saying Jaylen Green, yo. He did that last episode. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jaylen Brown. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't want Houston. They're already talking to James Hart on that. But nah, I would send Jaylen Brown to Dallas for Luca or Kyrie. One of them would go.
00:17:05
Speaker
Oh, one of them and then compliment each other? Okay. That'd be interesting. Mark Cuban said he's definitely trying to resign Kyrie this summer. They're going to at least have to give him four years max dollars. Do you think Kyrie deserves four years? You know, everyone don't think he deserves it. I think he does. I think, honestly, he does. He's strictly on basketball. And then that's funny because people are going to want to bring up his emotionality, but it's Luca acting like that right now. Yup. Exactly.
00:17:35
Speaker
I don't believe Kyrie. I think Kyrie knew he had to be a stainless citizen. And even still, this is what still kills me about everyone in the media. We got people all over the world, presidents. We got movie stars saying whatever they're going to say. As soon as Kyrie says something, it's like all systems shut down. Exactly. It's annoying. It's also because of what he's saying.
00:18:00
Speaker
Yeah, but if he can't say it, if he can't say it, but other people can say topics, what's the problem? Let my man say what you want to say, everyone else can say that. Whoever he's disagreeing with. You know how that go. I'm good, but who should really be concerned with their playoff position out the way?
00:18:31
Speaker
play in position in the West? Yeah, you got Denver at 1. You got Memphis at 2. You got Sacramento at 3. You got Phoenix at 4. You got Clippers at 5. You got Gonna State at 6. 8 and 7 if you can determine. Whose seed are you really concerned with the most out of the West?
00:18:56
Speaker
at the seeds that are solid, already set in place. I would say the Kings, the Kings, if anything. Kings and maybe Memphis. Well, Memphis, I feel like they got something to prove, so they're going to play hard. I think Jah is going to be phenomenal in the playoffs, like his play. I'm not saying the whole team because they're missing a big piece in Adams because him or they need him. Yeah, it does. Big time.
00:19:20
Speaker
I think Jar is going to play a huge part and everybody's going to turn face. So his stuff is going to be turned back on to him, you know, in good grace for the end in the league and NBA and even in the world. But I think the Kings need to be. They need to watch out because like I think we said it before, like nobody really afraid of them. They're like, all right, cool. Yeah. Do all your beam stuff. We'll come in there and trash you. So I don't think anybody's really afraid of them. I think the Clippers should be afraid, too.
00:19:47
Speaker
The Clippers are going to get Phoenix. Yeah. My, my, my. Hey, it was nice. They beat the Lakers. They swept the Lakers, right? So that's fine. Oh, Phoenix. Yeah. And everyone should put respect on Russell.
00:20:04
Speaker
Russell's actually finally doing a band of jobs. You know what? We did say from the start, it's not so much Russell, it's just why do you have him on that team? Makes no sense. When he was with the Lakers, it was like, why do the Lakers want Russell Westbrook? What are they going to do with this dude?
00:20:24
Speaker
Someone actually said they wanted him to be a 3 and D. And Russell was like, I'm not a 3 and D type of person. Oh, what? No. Wrong number. You said 3. Stop. No. Well, he's done right now with the Clippers. It's great. He's doing a good job. He's doing a good job. He's there. They had PG-13. I'd be like, they solid in the playoffs right now. So. Do you think? And that's an interesting series that I really do want to see and pay attention to more. I do want to see how that goes. You got KD.
00:20:54
Speaker
You got Chris Paul, like I always say, he's always going to get hurt in the playoffs, either now or he's in the playoffs. That sucks. And you got DeAndre 8 versus you got the Claw. You got Paul George. You can get in my book.
00:21:16
Speaker
He had a hamstring injury last season he played two games hurt him couldn't come back He gonna turn up. I think he gonna turn up Do you think this is gonna be a sweep? Do you think it's gonna be a long series? Oh
00:21:36
Speaker
Man, if they hitting on all cylinders, it's a little different out there, but it may not be as sweet, but KD going to different teams is like a cheat code. He just gels, he flows. It's nothing they have to do, work on chemistry like that on a court. He just does what he has to do, so it seems kind of easy. They might lose one game.
00:21:58
Speaker
I got something for y'all after this. What's up? No, just remember KD. We're going to talk about KD. You just said something really interesting. And I'm going to talk about something else. Kyle's going to get mad. I don't like the fact that Phoenix can always get hurt quicker than the Clippers. Load management has done a good job for the Clippers. But you just said something key. KD, wherever he goes, which by the way, KD said,
00:22:27
Speaker
He doesn't care about legacy anymore. He said, I just want to hoop. He finally, after getting traded, he said, I don't care about legacy. Legacy to him doesn't mean anything then. But JT said this really interesting thing. Wherever KD goes, he can flow in his pool. But think about this. Wherever LeBron has gone, they have to change the team up for his style. Who would you rather have? Who would you rather have?
00:22:55
Speaker
with a building box or a team, would you rather have KD or would you rather have a box? Now KD, because now with LeBron, five years ago LeBron would at least be healthy the whole time. So if you're gonna do this whole overhaul of your team and everything, it might be worth it. Now he's not even gonna see the entire makeover. Everybody's caught up for, like if it's like a four year project,
00:23:24
Speaker
He's not gonna be there part of the time. Then what if your other, like, we've never seen one of his other pieces melt down the way it does. Like, when AD was there for the season, championship. When he's always hurt, they're weird and they have problems. And then they were cycling through. Pat Bev ended up over there. Pat Bev.
00:23:47
Speaker
Pat Bev was there for that small amount of time and he was on a different team to the point where he's taunting them for beating him like and they lost key team Team key players to actually make a back-to-back like type season a Kuzma left people be sleeping on Kuzma was a yo, they had a great game in that bubble series long Hope KCP. Yeah, so it's like
00:24:13
Speaker
Yeah, Dwight Howard. Come on now. Like they they just shipped this. Yeah, see, they messed up. They messed up. Well, now I believe it. Believe it or not, I actually would. If I had a job, I don't care if they could be 18 year old Brian, 19 year old Katie, I would want to have a team starting with Katie. Yeah, all he want to do is who you can just tell like he's just like, all right, cool. Let's make it work. Even when he had his riff raff with
00:24:41
Speaker
Well, Russ, back in the day, it was just like, you know, he's like, yo, we just trying to who we trying to make it work. Like, of course, he was trying to actually, you know, get them rings and doing everything. But he was just like, yo, can we just let's try this out, like, and make it work. He wasn't trying to leave at first. Now he's like, I got to go. I got to leave, bro. Like, let's just let's just switch it up. I just feel like and we already know Bron is one of the girls. I just feel like now looking back at history,
00:25:10
Speaker
Granted, Brian has more championships than KD. I just feel like it just messes up the team before and after Brian is gone. Believe it or not, as much as we laugh at Brooklyn, Brooklyn has set up for the next five years with the picks and also with the assets that they got with Chris Johnson, who's a restricted free agent. Melkell Bridges, who's gonna be there for a long time.
00:25:38
Speaker
and all those other picks that they got. I feel like they got a cornerstone ready to go after done with KD. I feel like when LeBron leaves LA, because wherever LeBron goes, we already know that's where LeBron is from. I feel like the Lakers are going to go back to being the Knicks of the past 10 years. And I feel like that's not a good business for the player and also good business for the team.
00:26:03
Speaker
So no late for that. It's coming. Whatever is to come is on the way. I'm going to swing it back to the E. One Milwaukee, two Boston, three to sixers, four Cleveland, five Goodall Knicks, six Brooklyn, seven and eight. We are in the playoffs. We're not worried about that.
Knicks' Playoff Prospects
00:26:27
Speaker
What team should be concerned with their seeding at that? Sixers.
00:26:34
Speaker
They got they gotta be worried throughout the whole goddamn playoffs, bro They might just shoot you instead of me They might get dismantled if they don't pull through any progress at passes first round or second round Honestly, they got a they got to pull through they got to go to the finals. They got to go to East Acropolis finals at least and I feel like
00:26:57
Speaker
I feel like MV who should get MVP. He better get MVP. No offense or buzz. They say he should get it over the joker. He better. But there is a dark horse. There is a dark horse. Giannis. That's the dark horse. We gotta talk about these awards real quick too.
00:27:16
Speaker
but who you feel? Kyle, who you feel? You should be a little nervous or scared of their seating right now. I'm a Knicks guy, y'all know that. I mean, I just want them to win one series real quick. Oh, you shouldn't get in your boots too, like Steven A? Nah, it's just one of those things where the matchup is there, but the Knicks,
00:27:46
Speaker
are not solid all the way through the ranks. Like you can see where the chink, like chinks in the armor are. And I just, I'm really hoping to see us win at least one series because after that, what's the field looking like?
00:28:02
Speaker
I think we'll be all right next season. If anything, then it should be okay. I mean, like right now, as far as the seeding is. Oh, okay. We get through them. Hopefully we don't run right into Boston or something like that. Boston, I'm not scared with because remember we did that without Bronson and we beat them up and double overtime. We didn't do it in the playoffs.
00:28:27
Speaker
No, you're right. Remember what happened with number 30 in the playoffs last year? Number 30 might not be playing in the playoffs. We won't know until the 15th if he's going to be able to suit up with his ankle spray.
00:28:44
Speaker
We should, what they should do, they should be like, they should go out. Maybe if it's not the home game, if we, I don't think we have home court events, I'm 100% sure. So maybe the first game, do it without them, then I mean, no, I don't know. Honestly, cause I don't like that. I was going to say maybe get him the rest of one game and then come back. I don't care about Miami. Like I want the Knicks to win something.
00:29:07
Speaker
We're going again. I want to win a series. I won't stop playing around. It would be dope if we could actually play the Sixers at some point and beat them.
00:29:17
Speaker
I said that. I told you that's what I really want. I wish we could have just got to succeed. Want the easy route. No, I wanted. I wanted. I want to be silly. You're trying to struggle. You're trying to go through nothing. You're trying to go through nothing, brother. He's going to games for 40. I know. When we go, when it goes to the garden, all his people going to be there. It's another home game for him. It's another home game for him. Yeah, he's going to drop it.
00:29:46
Speaker
And I'm gonna look at you. I'm gonna look at you on be like Well, I mean brussell drop 40 somebody else got dropped 40 Yeah, 33 a half we could do that to a girls he stepped up I'll give him that yeah, yeah, look at obi Obie going no Obie with the minute hey, we need to get somebody he somebody got to go But look he get the minutes he putting in work Amari Stuttermeyer
00:30:16
Speaker
I don't think we can but I don't want him. He's a friday baby. He's not a fat man. He's not the robin man. He's he's he's uh, what's his name in the way? Harley Quinn. Harley Quinn. Oh, that's wild. That's why we gotta
00:30:37
Speaker
We got Kyle on the information report. I ain't got no information. But, yo, let's let's talk about these awards. Yo, six man, six man. Who do you think is going to get it? They talking about it's quick. It's what's a broad name from from the Celtics and then Bobby Cordes. Yeah. Oh, out of the love for the next hour quickly.
00:31:06
Speaker
Bobby Ford is, I feel like he probably will get it, but quickly, quickly changed his game. His rookie season, he was great. Sophomore season, he slumped. Third year, he actually was doing his thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think quickly can do that. Then there's already talk things like, yo, with all the guards that we have, we might have to trade him. I don't want that, but
00:31:32
Speaker
And he showed out. He's put his value up there. His value is skyrocketing. What do you think? I think... I'm trying to get Broz's name. I always pronounce Broz's name from the Celtics wrong. Kyle probably can say it better. He's about to be 6-man for Rogenes. I forgot. I don't pronounce his name right. But talking about Bobby Portis. Bobby Portis and Quick to me are next in there to get that joint. Bobby Portis.
00:31:58
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is
00:32:15
Speaker
that main factor, that main enforcer, and he's putting up buckets. So he's a main factor for that team. So I think they're really neck to neck to getting it. Looking at the stats, I think Quick, really? I mean, you know, we're going to be biased because it's Quickly, but still, I think Quick should get it because Kim coming off the bench, putting up numbers, him starting, putting up crazy numbers.
00:32:39
Speaker
Yeah, I think he should get it. The last time we had that was JR, I believe, is even the last one, yeah. And we still had a great season that year too. So it's like, the universe is speaking to the Knicks, man. It's repeating itself, you feel me? Maybe we can do something. When dudes were trying to involve him in them trade packages and all that, I pounded the table for quick, yo.
00:33:02
Speaker
And that's why me and Quik are partnering. Now I'm joking. And me and Quik's energy drink. Yo, we're tagging him in there. That should be a short. We're going to do that. Part of it is our new energy drink. You're talking about Malcolm. That's funny. I don't know him at all. Yeah, I'm talking about Malcolm from the Celtics, bruh. He always been nice. Malcolm, Malcolm Brogdon. I like him. Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia boy.
00:33:31
Speaker
Yeah, national championship or no He's going low I don't know You're right. I'm gonna say 2016 when he got drafted. I might have to
NBA Awards Predictions
00:33:43
Speaker
look that up. I don't think he was on that championship We've got to check that out right now But yeah, that's gonna be interesting just to see how he doesn't win a championship, you know, he did well, here's a fun fact He did get his number 15 retired
00:33:59
Speaker
Oh, really? I do say he did get his degree. He did get his degree for what? Yeah. No, no, no, no. He just got it. Number 15. Do you think kids deserve close to the year? No. Yeah. No. No. It goes to my brother in Sacramento. Brown Brown. Yeah. It got to go to him, bro. Like it's that's that's handed to him like
00:34:27
Speaker
Joelle's getting MVP. That's obvious. You better hold. You better hold. I'm be real pissed off. I'm be real pissed off if he don't get MVP. Like, that don't make no sense. We pulled phone last year. I didn't think that was going to happen last year until he missed time.
00:34:42
Speaker
Also think about this he did miss time in the beginning of the season remember he was hurt no matter what Joker was So there's already people trying to compare and say well he was hurt and Joker wasn't so is all of this fair and
00:35:02
Speaker
portion or we shouldn't look at the fact that he's a third. It's fair and beat. It's fair and beat. And he's putting up more numbers. It's close. I say it's neck to neck. I didn't know Yannis was a dark horse. I know he was in like, you know, I know Yannis was the third candidate to be there, but
00:35:20
Speaker
Nah, like it's Joelle. Joelle showed out, bro. Like, uh, nah, he gotta get that joint. Three big men up there, Joelle get that joint. Back to back big man, Kitten the championship. You know, the MVP, I'm sorry. So, you know what I'm saying? Giannis will get one in the next two years I think. Yeah, he'll get another one. Oh yeah, he's always gonna be in conversation. He stomped me. Yeah, he's gonna be in there. He stomped me.
00:35:46
Speaker
That's the only thing he'll ever get. He's never getting a championship.
00:35:53
Speaker
You and I all know that he's never going to change the show. I don't see it in Philly. I don't even see it. I can't even map. Technically, I can't imagine a different jersey like that. But yeah, I don't see it in Philly. No, the only time I would have seen them actually getting that is when they had Jimmy and JJ and Ben Simmons was there. That's funny. But yeah, but that was the best time. That was the best. That was to me, the best section's team we've seen in a while. That could have when Averston went to the park.
00:36:23
Speaker
Yeah, that couldn't win it. Jimmy was a dog for them. JJ was there. Ben was there. Joel was healthy. I believe Tobias Harris was still there, too. He was there. Yeah. So it's like. And what's his name? Jimmy was a free agent at the end of the season. They took Tobias over Jimmy. Yeah, I think that was. Yeah, that was the best team to have. But I don't know.
00:36:47
Speaker
Like I said, I had them being like, they should be nervous because if the Nets beat them, I do lose that bet, obviously, and be pissed off about that. I don't like losing the stats. It's kind of annoying because he talks a lot. But that team, they're dismantling. Like, I know you don't like Doc Rivers, but you wanted him out. So I think if this happens, if they lose against the Nets. I don't just like them. I just feel like we got to play them for the playoffs. I don't know.
00:37:17
Speaker
I'd say I just say his system don't work. He's using the same system that he was using when he was with the Clippers. And the Clippers should have went to the finals many times with Chris Paul, Blake, and Diage Jordan. That's what my beef was. You should have changed it up. They had squad. They had players, bro. They had a good squad.
00:37:39
Speaker
And they played together too. That was tough. They had too many bodies on there. Their bench was crazy too. Oh my. They had it. I don't know why. They just... Buffalo Bills. Oh, he said the... Well, at least they got to the championship though and lost. I mean, is that worse?
00:38:02
Speaker
Nah, nah, nah, nah. No, they went three or four times. It was three. I was three. Those went four times and lost every single one of them, too. Well, you know. The Super Bowl, four times, though. That sucks. Four times. I don't even. No wonder they be burning jerseys and busting people through chairs and tables at Buffalo. They got a cool fan base. They couldn't be the Raiders or something. They couldn't even be. If they did that in Philly,
00:38:33
Speaker
Well Philly is just known for like you know you not stepping in there with a different jersey on like you cannot like that was a death yeah I mean I want to go over there too but I wouldn't wear my stealer stuff I don't think
00:38:48
Speaker
Nah, nah, I'm good. I tuck my chain in. I'm referee Jersey. I'm good, like, nah, I'm good. Hey, nah, but that's probably kind of cool how Philly is like that, like, your fan base, like, that you come to the MetLife? You can wear anything you want at MetLife. Talk about the Giants Stadium, like, you can wear whatever you want, just come in. When Cleveland came to Pittsburgh and I went up there, they were nice to them.
00:39:13
Speaker
See? There was a couple Cleveland fans who were being stupid because they scored a touchdown and everything. And everybody kind of just was like, oh, that's cute. You can go to a MetLife. We smashed them up, though. And it's like the Giants versus the Steelers. You can pull up in a Dallas jersey. I'm like, what are you doing here? They're just like, oh, come on. Like, that's how corny they are. Like, honestly. Yeah. Philly cannot go to four straight Super Bowls and lose, y'all. All right, Stav, you got anything else for us?
00:39:41
Speaker
Here's two fun facts. First of all, I was right, and who else was right about LSU winning that championship? I was. I was. I said LSU. No, you was on Clark's tip. Nah, I was right about that. You guys was right about Yukon though. Yeah, who's going to the White House?
00:40:07
Speaker
So I was right. So fun fact, you know, everyone talks about no one really like on the winning game. Do you know for tickets, like the lowest price ticket to go see the women's finals was five hundred and forty four dollars? Who? The cheapest men's ticket for the finals was 60 bucks. That's crazy. That tells you something.
00:40:37
Speaker
But another fun fact, big shout out to Mr. Curry. Mr. Curry is a businessman. I think just as business savvy as Ron, he got the back and receiving a 75 million and under under Armour shares as part of a long term extension with an arm. Yeah, he is vested from going to be vested in twenty nine and two thousand thirty four. He also gets to be the president of under Armour's Curry brand as part of the deal. Now, if everything goes great,
00:41:07
Speaker
with Revenue Target, he gets a partnership that turns into a lifetime contract. Hey, hey. That's the bag right there, yo. Like, for real, for real. Stephen Curry, let's give it up for Stephen Curry.
Stephen Curry & Under Armour Deal
00:41:20
Speaker
I want to read his audio book one day about business and life or something.
00:41:25
Speaker
I don't think I don't think more players gonna get that type of love but it's getting there like, you know, they're getting paid now I mean he could do that. Hey, he was what he's done, but he he is starting the path for Generating you got to be star power to get that you got to have like the credentials to get that joint He had the perfect storm. He had the
00:41:43
Speaker
Coming from a small school. Small school? Who are you? Then he had a major brand, like, not fulfilled. You know, I'm like, nah, they didn't really want him. Then he went to a small brand. Well, an upcoming brand. Under Armour's not small. Upcoming brand. But in basketball, he made them pop. In basketball, yeah, he made it pop. Under Armour, if you remember, growing up was way more of a football thing.
00:42:07
Speaker
And it was made more of actual accessories and appeal stuff. Yeah, definitely. So yeah, remember they had to clean stuff. Click clack. Exactly. Garbage. He stepped it up. Now, for a fact, he let his kid pick it when I think his daughter's name is Marley, I think. Riley. Riley. No, his first job. He put, I think Nike, Under Armour, Adidas and I think Puma.
00:42:35
Speaker
And he put his kid down and he said, whatever, whatever shoes that kid picked, that's what I'm going with. Because they had all different brands picked on armor. I didn't. I thought it went when he pulled up, they had someone else's presentation up there. They had the facts wrong at Nike and they went in with the under armor. It gave him like the red carpet feel and it had him there. You can create this. I thought that was the story. That that that too. But he lined up, he sat down, lined up all the stuff.
00:43:03
Speaker
And then he just before he put, he put on Riley, Riley with the underarm. Oh, he gave him a second chance too. I would've been like, oh, so he just made this entire thing of April fools. You know, it's better that he's with underarm right now, right? It's better that he's with under. Of course. He was with Nike. That would be like, cause that, that kind of even added a little bit to him in the bronze rivalry.
00:43:31
Speaker
I wouldn't have liked that he need to be with Under Armour but think about it like how everybody's going you know other players that go like Paulo Oh who should get rookie of the year my boy Duke stand up
00:43:44
Speaker
What are you doing? No, I'm talking about sneaks. So he wants to the Jordan brand. But, you know, you get all the Jordans you want. But then it's just like, are you going to like change the face of that company? You know what I'm saying? Is Paolo going to change it? Has he got a personality like that? No, I'm just saying you can't know it. You can't change the face of Jordan brand. It's Michael Jordan. Like that doesn't happen. Somebody else is Jordan brand, too. And a lot of people are part of Jordan. I mean, like somebody somebody knew up and coming. John Moran.
00:44:14
Speaker
Really? I don't think so. No. No, I just know he's from Nike. Yeah, I'm about to say that. Not true. I was joking, I was joking. Yeah, his Nike sneakers are wack. Yeah, I saw that. Nike... He's trying to say that's not the real one. Nike is starting to rely a lot on...
00:44:30
Speaker
just older silhouettes and older classics. They rely more on the name to sell it and making the shoe look different. The last ones, the last things that looked dope were the Kyrie's. Yeah. To me. I saw something unreleased. It was like... Just know it was tough. Something unreleased that was supposed to be for either the playoffs or shit, but they didn't call it playoffs. And most of it was kind of like a pink
00:44:57
Speaker
a portrait and the tongue was like a burnt orange portrait with white laces, it was hard. I'm like, yo, they can do Kyrie's, they can do KD's, like when you see on my feet. Yes, the KD's was fire. For the kids and everything. Yeah, yeah. But beyond that, most of it, like when they come out with sneakers now, it's Air Jordans. And just how many different colorways can they do? It's Dunks, which is a shoe from like 1980,
00:45:27
Speaker
two, 85, something like that. Even exterminators, LeBron was out wearing green exterminator highs, but they're relying on past silhouettes to push their stuff. Even them Barclays come out, that's from the 90s, it's 94. So, you know, even, look, you look at basketball sneakers now, and I follow so many accounts.
Kyrie Irving's Sneaker Partnership Speculation
00:45:51
Speaker
even like Li Ning. Some of them Chinese brands are way too, like that. I'd wear that. Anta, I'm wearing that. Brand black. I wonder where Kyrie gonna go. His new sneak. Hopefully not if he is. I can't do the deals. Nah, nah, nah. I don't even think he should do some. I never hooped in the new sneaks. I don't think that he should go anywhere with that large market appeal to where he has to watch what he says and where it's gonna become an issue.
00:46:21
Speaker
Oh, you think Skull overseas or something? There's so many dope brands. Yeah, there are. Something new and upcoming. Even Brand Black, when he was thinking about going with Sia, that would have been OK as long as they don't do too much. Like, some of their sneakers be too much. I've been following them since their creation. Some of their stuff is hard. Some of their stuff is like, what is going on? I really just hope that he goes somewhere that
00:46:47
Speaker
Doesn't put pressure on him to have to watch what he says and not offend certain people, but it's okay when they say stuff about or disagree with what he says. Yeah. I think that's a part of the game that I miss a little bit where, you know, you say something that people don't like and then Reebok comes out of nowhere like, well, we don't like that he said, shut up. You know what I mean? Messing up with your money big time. Yeah, come on, bro.
00:47:13
Speaker
Yeah, they be tearing, man, you know. The go-to baller brand. No baller brand. Did he just say that? That's not a real brand. He said go-to baller, go-baller brand. I haven't heard about them sneakers. His own son is Puma. Yeah. And them sneakers are tearing up. You look at any kid from seven all the way up to high school is wearing mellows. Yeah.
00:47:44
Speaker
All right, bruh. That's all we got. Stat. That's all. Easter. We outta here, man. Happy Easter, y'all. It's friends versus friends. Peace.