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Episode 12 Continued: NBA Cup Final + Game Of The Week
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- NBA Cup Final Thoughts
- Liverpool vs. Tottenham
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Transcript
NBA Cup - Surprises and Concerns
00:00:02
Chino Onwuka
Hello again, everyone. Sorry about that. We ran into some technical difficulties. So we're just going to pick up right where we ended off. We were talking about the NBA Cup. We're talking about the surprise Milwaukee victory. We're talking about the seemingly concerns in regards to OKC and their size and possibly their shooting.
Giannis vs Jokic - Dominance Showdown
00:00:24
Chino Onwuka
Then, you know, that sort of straight into a discussion about Giannis' dominance.
00:00:29
Chino Onwuka
How does that look like in comparison to Yo Kitch? Who do we see you know being the the sort of the face of the NBA in the next couple of years? you know We're talking about you know how great Giannis is, you know especially in comparison to Yo Kitch. We can see Yo Kitch's game aging a little bit in a more graceful way compared to Giannis. So that might give Yo
Improving the NBA Cup - Impact on Teams
00:00:56
Chino Onwuka
Kitch the edge, as well as the fact that he He affects the game in so many different ways. you know He is the fulcrum in a certain way that differs from Giannis. So my catch of his thoughts, I've tried a little bit of my thoughts as well. also talking about you know maybe some little tweaks to continue to make the NBA Cup better. And so Chuku, do you have any thoughts on the NBA Cup in general, the the game specifically, Giannis?
00:01:29
Chino Onwuka
OK, see?
00:01:31
Chuku
So my thoughts were more so specifically with the cup, the game itself, not necessarily the format, just more so on the game. And I mean, I had a couple of takeaways from it.
Giannis Leading the Bucks - MVP Season?
00:01:46
Chuku
One, you know, the box are back in my opinion. when I want wanna say back, I mean, they're back to being who we thought they were gonna be which is a top contender in the East. I do really think that like this tournament is going to really help them and show them what they can accomplish. And I think this was is only going to help propel them to have strong second half of the season in my opinion. And and with Giannis leading the way, Giannis is having an MVP sort of season.
00:02:23
Chuku
You know, I think it's safe to say that the guy is, I'm pretty sure he's the leading scorer in the league, you know, gets the getting crazy amount of rebounds. He shows why he's so good. He's so aggressive.
00:02:35
Chuku
he's literally he He's playing the same way we used to feel about LeBron, where he's just like a freight train that nobody can can really, you know, stop really.
00:02:49
Chuku
And I mean, you know, he's even started to add to his game or has been out into his game when it comes to taking those mid range jumpers, which, you know, surprisingly enough, he's doing those one leg dirt jumpers and the shots are going in. Like you can, you can definitely tell that this is someone that has worked on, on their game. And I definitely think, you know, the bucks are going to be a team to reckon with the season.
OKC's Performance and Future Optimism
00:03:15
Chuku
this And, yeah.
00:03:19
Chuku
they're gonna the Bucks are going to go as far as Giannis goes. And what makes this wind even more impressive for me is, you know, people talk about OKC and not having Chet, but this is the same Milwaukee Bucks team that didn't have Chris Middleton in in the mix. And we all know know how how we feel about Middleton. You know, Middleton is definitely easily a top 75 player in the league right now. And, you know, adding a a guy like that, you know, to to this team,
00:03:49
Chuku
with sharpshooters with Damian Lillard and Torian Prince leading the league and three point shooting. Like I just think the Bucks are definitely a team to to to to be reckoned with and you know they're they're going to no
Single Elimination Excitement - Enhancing NBA Cup
00:04:07
Chuku
they're going to make some noise. They're going to make some noise this year.
00:04:10
Chuku
know I definitely definitely feel like that and Giannis might just be heading into another and MVP year if this continues to roll in terms of what he's doing. But I also want to also, I guess, look at the other side and yeah, this was a poor performance by OKC in terms of, you know, not not a great time to to to be, you know,
00:04:35
Chuku
shooting your worst when it comes to, you know, the tournament and the display that they showed in the finals. But for me... I think if you're OKC, I feel really good about the chances coming out of the West, even though they got, you know, basically blown out yesterday by the Bucks. I just think looking watching them play, that edition of Isaiah Harrenstein, man, it really impressed me in terms of what I saw from him the other day. His defense, his ability to to create for others,
00:05:12
Chuku
his ability to to shoot and make those floaters. I just think, you know, you add Chet into the mix and, you know, obviously SGA and Jillian Williams are not going to just have that table for fours that they had, you know, ah ah on ah on an everyday basis. They're going to go get back to themselves. And we've all seen Jillian Smith sorry, Jalen Williams, take that leap, that next step this year. And I just think, you know, him taking that step or that leap next to a guy like SGA, and then you now add pieces like Isaiah Harenstein, and you still have Chet in the wings coming up. Like, I just think OKC are easily going to be one of the teams to be reckoned with in the West. And although
00:06:01
Chuku
You know, they got old man's, they got, you know, our physicals, they got basically, you know, to be, I mean, there's no better way to say it, but they got my hand out the other day by the books. I just think, you know.
00:06:19
Chuku
OKC still can come away holding their head high in the sense that I just think that addition of Isaiah Harris is going to make a difference for them in the long run and is going to help propel them in my opinion to where they want to be or what they need to be when you' when you get everyone healthy and not just healthy but also keep everyone back to shooting what they could or can't shoot because as much as, you know, the, maybe they're not the greatest shooting team, they definitely are not as bad as what they showed the other day that you can't tell me that because again, Azia Joe, ah SGA, Jalen Williams, you know, and he had Chet who's also a pretty good shooter.
00:07:08
Chuku
Lulu Dort has worked on this game. He's a priest he's a decent shooter.
00:07:11
Chino Onwuka
don door to flo is shooting almost forty percent
00:07:14
Chuku
Exactly. So I'm just saying they're not going to have a shooting performance as they did the other day. It's not going to happen on as a regular day by day or day to day performance.
00:07:21
Chino Onwuka
park You know earlier I think that is sort of the beauty of No single elimination game because if this was a seven game series, okay
00:07:26
Chuku
I just think, you know, that's just a one off.
00:07:29
Chuku
Unfortunately it happened in the finals.
00:07:30
Chino Onwuka
if you know earlier i think that is sort of the beauty of no single illumination key because if this was a seven game series okay We see this happen all the time.
00:07:40
Chino Onwuka
The playoffs, one team has, you know, a bad night and it's okay because, you know, you got, uh, we got the next.
00:07:46
Chuku
dog you yeah
00:07:47
Chino Onwuka
well and And this, this is why I think it can be really exciting.
00:07:47
Chuku
yeah
00:07:50
Chino Onwuka
This is why people love March Madness, which I was talking about, you know, if you just condense it and make NBA cup, just its own thing, you know, it' some mini break for the players. If you get eliminated and then you move on, if they just.
00:08:04
Chino Onwuka
All right, this two weeks or three weeks, whatever, is just NBA Cup games and that's what everyone's focused on. And then it's more of an event versus it being sort of intersped between all the games.
00:08:11
Chuku
Otherwise, you can hear.
Legacy of NBA Cup Winners
00:08:17
Chino Onwuka
So yeah, those are really good points, Chuku. You know, I think it really shows a lot that, you know, the two winners of the end of the first season of the NBA Cup have been LeBron and Giannis and just shows that, you know, the great players want to win.
00:08:34
Chino Onwuka
And they have won it. And I hope this keeps establishing the legacy you know of the NBA Cup going forward. So you know that's really, really good to see. So with that, we're just going to end the episode here. Before we do, we're going to do what we always do. We're going to highlight the game of the week, which is Liverpool versus Tottenham.
00:08:58
Chino Onwuka
And so what we're going to do is we're going to give our predictions or thoughts on the game and we will wrap it up after that.
Liverpool vs Tottenham Predictions
00:09:04
Chino Onwuka
So Liverpool versus Tottenham.
00:09:09
Emeka
Real quick, I feel like we talked around it, but today was the you my my new favorite trophy, the Carly Cupps quarterfinals. And tomorrow is a big week for Tottenham.
00:09:23
Emeka
So I feel like it's worthwhile doing it two for two prediction wise. So on a weekend, you know Sunday, Can Spurs do something for us?
00:09:33
Emeka
I really would hope so, but I'm not going to i'm gonna be real here and say,
00:09:37
Chino Onwuka
At this point, let's be real. It's it's Can they do something for Chelsea?
00:09:40
Emeka
Yeah.
00:09:44
Emeka
Man, I don't want to hear that.
00:09:47
Chino Onwuka
so
00:09:47
Emeka
Can't speak to us. Can't speak to us, but Chelsea answers the same. No. 3-1 Liverpool. That's my prediction.
00:09:56
Chino Onwuka
Yeah, I guess in regard to tomorrow's game I I can't even predict it it's Tottenham or or Jekyll and Hyde and United under a new manager and marine where I mean, yeah, they got the they'll do the W against city, but that was that was that was some terrorism but prefer to get but Those and so I was gonna happen tomorrow what I would love is if it went into penalties, which Okay two to to goes into penalties and
00:10:15
Emeka
That was fraudulent. Y'all count to six. I'll make a prediction. Make a prediction.
00:10:35
Chino Onwuka
I guess Rashford didn't even make the trip. I was going to say he comes in to support the winning pen.
00:10:39
Emeka
You challenged Rashmi.
00:10:42
Chuku
That's the only thing we need to talk about.
00:10:42
Chino Onwuka
But yeah,
00:10:43
Chuku
Why are we not talking about? Anyways, it's okay.
00:10:45
Emeka
ra for its above that's what i fucking of
00:10:46
Chino Onwuka
that next up is our next episode but yeah it's going to go to pens and one of the teams is going to win it in pens.
00:10:49
Chuku
Man,
00:10:54
Chino Onwuka
That's my prediction. There you go. On the weekend, the weekend went 3-2 Liverpool.
00:10:58
Chuku
allergy. Oh, you have good.
00:11:05
Chuku
Yeah, I just think this is some easy stuff here. I mean, whenever you need Tottenham to do something, they don't do it. That's just what it is. And, uh, with that being said, I think Tottenham are going to be in for a Ruda Rican in. They're going to catch back to back else. United is going to win the first one tomorrow. I'll just say 2-1 and Liverpool are going to beat them comfortably.
00:11:31
Chuku
I want to say 3-0. So I just don't think sp i don't think Spurs got anything for for for those two teams.
00:11:33
Emeka
Three and zero I'll
00:11:38
Chuku
And yeah, that'll be my prediction.
00:11:40
Emeka
never be the only one to to back the lily whites. Hey Thought I'm gonna be man you tomorrow. Let's be real here. I yellow post back him up man You come on man.
00:11:50
Emeka
Y'all tripping Tottenham Tottenham Tottenham two man.
00:11:51
Chuku
You think so? OK.
00:11:54
Emeka
You won
00:11:55
Chino Onwuka
Depends.
00:11:56
Emeka
Fair enough. Fair. You said pens. I'll be there. Taught them two, man. You won and two for one prediction. North London Derby semi final.
00:12:06
Chino Onwuka
That's that's you know, that's the one thing, you know, it's it's going to be all that semifinal trophy, regardless of how it shakes out for for exciting team.
00:12:12
Emeka
Oh, big boys.
00:12:15
Chino Onwuka
If I was to ask which team I would want in the semis, it would be Newcastle.
00:12:22
Chuku
I want Newcastle too.
00:12:23
Chino Onwuka
We owe Newcastle something.
00:12:26
Chuku
We need revenge bro.
00:12:28
Emeka
We do have its terrorist football, those two games.
00:12:28
Chuku
Especially what it was.
00:12:29
Chino Onwuka
you but with I don't care.
00:12:31
Emeka
I don't want to see that.
00:12:33
Chino Onwuka
We owe them. i I need to get some. There's two teams.
00:12:37
Chuku
and got look back for
00:12:39
Chino Onwuka
There's Newcastle and Fulham. Fulham, we'll see you again. Those are the two teams I need my lick back on right now.
00:12:45
Emeka
Hey,
Football Rivalries and Final Thoughts
00:12:45
Emeka
fair enough.
00:12:46
Chuku
but I bite into that list man.
00:12:48
Chuku
I need my lick back on Brighton.
00:12:50
Emeka
No big old cheats.
00:12:52
Chuku
but
00:12:52
Emeka
I hope party get relegated.
00:12:55
Chuku
You know, for real, man, I never hear about it as much as I did this but this just after our most recent outing against them. So anyways, but yeah, regardless back to the point, I definitely don't see how y'all think Spurs got anything for United, but you know, it we'll see, we'll see, we'll see, we'll see.
00:13:14
Chino Onwuka
We didn't think they had any diversity and they do so.
00:13:14
Emeka
It'd be a fun game.
00:13:18
Chuku
Hey, we can say the same thing about United. And, you know, we saw Albert Magic, you know what I'm
00:13:21
Chino Onwuka
when
00:13:23
Chuku
I think we're really seeing a but seeing, we're seeing something, man, but it's okay. I guess we'll find out tomorrow and we'll see how it goes.
00:13:32
Chino Onwuka
shout outs United for getting that victory. United did not have anything for City either.
00:13:36
Chino Onwuka
It was just, it was one of those things where at least United still has a little bit of that in them. Like they, that was, that was some, we talked about terrorism and Haram and ISIS and that was some
00:13:36
Emeka
Oh, my God.
00:13:46
Emeka
the
00:13:50
Emeka
Man I would happen up new days this year, but that's might be the stupidest talk I've ever seen someone and I've seen Zaka play for me on my football team many years That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen someone do That penalty he gave up I'd be looking good this year.
00:14:01
Chino Onwuka
Yeah but couple ask to do But anyway guys we're gonna wrap right right Thanks boys is always good chopping it up with y'all we're gonna say goodbye to the peeps Catch us next week on another episode of the love of the game.
00:14:01
Chuku
If you happen to do this Oh my god, bro
00:14:05
Emeka
Honestly this year and you're looking good.
00:14:11
Chuku
i um
00:14:13
Emeka
I
00:14:24
Chino Onwuka
God bless