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Lebron's Retirement You Will Never Forget
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Gas Station Food & Basketball Excitement
00:00:24
Speaker
friends good evening the basketball edition baby what's good with y'all how y'all feeling today on this frizzy day it's friday some of us got paid i guess because you happy i'm always happy though i feel great i feel good it felt good even though it's a little late
00:00:42
Speaker
Yeah, it is a little late, you know what I'm saying? But we out here. Y'all have to stop at Wawa on the way out. Shout out to everyone who loves Wawa. The Wawa. That's everything up North. Y'all don't know. Yeah. You think it's like Wawa up in North Dakota? Where are they stopping that to get? They probably got sheets.
00:01:00
Speaker
She's his lit, though. I ain't gonna lie. She's his lit. She's just more of a... P.A. I don't, yeah, it's more of a P.A. They got fresh toast sticks, yeah. The walking tacos. They food is good, though. See, I don't be trusting food like that from a gas station. My wife lived off that. She loved walking tacos. She could have just got a bag of Doritos there. That's worse than someone saying they lived off 7-Eleven.
00:01:29
Speaker
off the Tokito johns and then the hot dogs joins the 7-Eleven. Wait a minute, wait a minute. They got a German sausage that like filled the void. I know, but you don't know how long they been sitting. Yeah, that stuff looked like it was there all night. By the time you start eating sausages from 7-Eleven, you don't got time to care. You already know what you're prepared for when you're doing that. You know I already told you the story about Reggie. Like I had to get it out the mud, yo.
00:01:58
Speaker
How to get it out the window? If it means you gotta eat the sauerkraut. That 7-Eleven might make you have that money, boy. Like, oh, you again? Shut up, man. You know what to do. Mustard and ketchup. Ayo. Sauerkraut.
Denver Nuggets' Playoff Legacy
00:02:14
Speaker
On the basketball note, before we dive deep into every single thing, how do you feel?
00:02:22
Speaker
about Denver kicking that ass. I didn't know they had it in them like that. Like this whole season has been- Jokers took it personally. Especially now.
00:02:33
Speaker
especially nowadays where the NBA's been kind of whack lately, you know what I'm saying? The past five years, definitely. Traditionally the same teams. Yeah, like, get tired of seeing it. Golden State. Cleveland. Well, for years it's been like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can pinpoint, like, where you were in your life when it's like, no, I remember it because I was like the Lakers thing.
00:02:53
Speaker
That was the Lakers run. That was the Celtics run. That was the Spurs run. Nobody's seen this whole Wild Wild West thing. I like this. I hope it stays like this for as much as possible. I hope Bronny has trials and tribulations to go through. I want to see it all. He's going to because of who his daddy is. He said who his daddy is. Think about that. The Jordans.
00:03:22
Speaker
They had so much pressure, they know they could never be.
00:03:26
Speaker
Oh, you're talking about his kids? Yeah. They sucked. I know that, but they had pressure. They on different... You know, Jeffrey was like... He was one of them top prep school recruits that went to Illinois. Okay. Yeah, like Masterpiece, like Romeo. I told you the reason why he got to USC. Romeo was nice. Look up his stats. I hated him in so many different areas. He was like one of the top prep school point guards, but...
00:03:54
Speaker
You know why he got to go to USC, right? That pool? He was friends with Demar. Demar to Rosie. He guaranteed Demar to stay home.
00:04:06
Speaker
Hey, that's ill. And Romeo played one season, and
Master P's NBA Aspirations
00:04:10
Speaker
then dropped out. It was like, bro, you are not going to touch this quick. It ain't no way. He was good. He was good, not. But you know what it is. He needed to play for DeSales. Damn. Look. You remember when we- You could have said St. Peter's. Look.
00:04:28
Speaker
I seen some of this stuff. You getting him into some shit that he can't get into. His brother's better. Look, he had both of them are better. Yeah, his brother. I think the one transferred from Tennessee State University. Yeah, he's up north. Oh, I thought he was going to Louisville. Louisville. He is at Louisville. Yeah, he's going to Louisville. And I think the other one. Shout out to Master P. He named his sons Percy, Hersey, and Mercy.
00:04:57
Speaker
He planned all that. Yeah. God's plan. It wasn't an accident. You know what I'm saying? It don't even matter. First one ain't gonna be Percy. First one gonna be... Vince Carter thought he should have made the team. Who? Vince Carter thinks Master P should have made the team. He was nice. He was the only... He was nice. He was not. He actually said he was the last cut. He was the last cut.
00:05:26
Speaker
They, you know, it's, it's so many players that hoop with him on the court, like NBA wise and when he used to show up at UCLA, he even says, he was like, yo, like, person's nice. Master P had game, but not playing around. Oh. Master God damn P. Listen, I never was under the suspicion that he sucked or anything, but it's like,
00:05:52
Speaker
I've always heard that, like, yeah, I mean, he could play, but he, like, he could poop, right? That's the way he made it before the wrap game, though. Vince liked him. He thought he really deserved to be on that roster. What the hell was he gonna do? 15th man on the roster. Yeah, but what was it? Like, I don't even remember. What was his position? I think it was small forward. Yeah.
00:06:13
Speaker
See, like, 6'5". Oh, I don't even know. I know stats like that, but maybe stat may have a lot of stats. I ain't worried about that so-called stat. Did you think it was gonna get swept, though? LeBron? No. No,
LeBron's Playoff Drama
00:06:26
Speaker
I didn't. Don't you... Two episodes ago, we were talking about the Lakers was getting ready to go to the finals. Yeah, it's true. You know what? I'm not gonna say nothing about the finals anymore. I'm about to swear it off for the next two years, three years. It's gonna be a lottery.
00:06:41
Speaker
Golden State's on the decline. Lakers or a TBA. Clippers are emotional. Phoenix is emotional. I'm not doing it because last time we said that about Golden State, they won the championship. No, but I'm saying it's like a lottery. Like we said, the West, it was anyone to go to the finals. I'm not saying nothing. I'm going back to football.
00:07:02
Speaker
But congratulations to the Spurs. I told y'all. What? Oh, yes. I got a screenshot from maybe this time last year. It was two dudes wearing
00:07:18
Speaker
It was like tank four, and it was like tank, and the jersey number was four, and the next jersey was one, and it said Wen Vinyama. That was for like last year. I told y'all the Spurs were gonna get that. He wanted to go to the Spurs specifically. Yeah, he saw the video, he was hyped when he used to grab it. He was like, oh, thank God.
00:07:38
Speaker
I'm not going to use that. He liked him because of Boris Dio, Parker getting drafted, how the Spurs- Was that his mentor? Yeah. Yeah, because he was like, I'm so proud of him. Oh, word? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What about Boris Dio? French. You forgot about Boris Dio? Boris Dio was- I forgot. Yo, he was like- Drafted by the Hawks. To me, he reminded me of that Robert Horry story for Lakers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Boris Dio, he was a matchup problem.
00:08:04
Speaker
When he was out there, I was like, what's he gonna do? Bucket. God, who's guarding this guy? Yeah, he's a bucket getter. I remember him on the signs. Yeah. Facts. Yeah, I remember that too. I remember that too. He played too many places. Do you agree with what Joker said about MB deserving it? Or do you feel like he's just doing that for the
00:08:27
Speaker
people should stop doing that. I don't know. They bothered him. He didn't just straight up talk about it. They asked him. I'm just saying. I don't know. I don't want people to be annoying, but I want people to be rivals.
00:08:44
Speaker
I want people to have a little bit of bad blood. I'm tired of everybody being so nice in every sport. Bird and magic. But they had to do that. I think he had to do that. I think he was being nice. I think, you know, bruh, what he did in these playoffs, nah, he different, bro. I feel like for now on when you do the MVP, it should be done after the playoffs are done.
00:09:10
Speaker
And they never will. Didn't we say we didn't like that? I shouldn't say that. I didn't like that. What? I like that. After the playoffs are gone? Because the MVP, I feel like it should be done. Wasn't it done right after the season? And then the playoffs? Didn't they just do it that way? Or was it? They still do it the same way. It's like before the playoffs. It's like an all-star spectacle now. What you mean? Yeah, it's just. It's something that they bring up around an all-star break.
00:09:38
Speaker
the projections seems to me like they vote around the all-star game and then after that as something just wait and then it's like I mean Joelle deserved I feel like Joelle definitely deserved it but he had to say the nice thing he had to say like you know he's a good player like both of them with warriors out there but it'd be funnier if he just look they definitely want him to have three they definitely did not want that man to have three
00:10:01
Speaker
But you see, that's why it's almost like now if you had given it to him last year. Yeah, it would've been like, oh yeah, he did. Joe Grichard last year. Then they could've done that this year comfortably with your kids. Cause he's been the one putting on the assault.
00:10:20
Speaker
True. He's killing it, bro. He began triple doubles. A Serbian assassin. That's... He began triple doubles. You don't even... I'd be like, yo, like... I'm not in charge of anything. I haven't even said it. I haven't watched him all season until these playoffs. I was like, this... That... He's ill. He hit the Dirk. Fade away threes and everything. Dude, when he's doing it, I'm like... And it's not really, because Dirk used to do a mass move. I ain't going for it. That was my bowl. That's because he practiced it. He was a jump shooter. That's why. The way this guy does it, it's like he just throws it up.
00:10:53
Speaker
He's trying to kick his leg out like dirt, but it doesn't move no It goes as a big dude a big body dude who plays basketball and does stuff this thing's like Listen, it ain't gonna be dreams. I wish I could do that. Yeah, but you have to cook it's like you have to create your own martial art like
00:11:14
Speaker
It is, because you have to have your set of moves. Because I would look at stuff and be like, everybody's watching AI, right? What if you can't do that?
00:11:25
Speaker
Fat dudes can't do that, you know what I'm saying? Except for Christian. Oh, Chris had a deal. I don't know why he could. Mark Jackson's brother could, God rest his soul. Escalade? Escalade, I forgot about that. He's from New York though. So it's Christian, there you go. Listen, I was from Morris County, New Jersey. I did not have it like that, but I was like, I can't do that. My favorite player for the longest was TMac.
00:11:53
Speaker
Big dudes can't do all that, so what can I do? It's the Shaq thing, but it's like, I'm not that tall, so what are we doing? But he had handles at LSU. He was a slim dude. He wasn't as big until later. Until Lakers. But it's like, you have to learn, like, okay, I have to make it look like, I have to have a jump shot. I have to make things look like this. I have to make it look like this so that they jump. You know what I mean? Then I have to, look, I faked you out, I didn't even have the ball.
00:12:23
Speaker
when I was demonstrating the other day, some of the post-moves. You've seen what happens, just so y'all know. I've seen a lot of people, the soles of their shoes, jumping over me, trying to block me, and I still hit the shot. And you can't even push me, because I'm a football player. I still make the shot, and one. So he had MVP on the street, on the court.
Doc Rivers & NBA Coaching Challenges
00:12:49
Speaker
Steve Nash could be your coach.
00:12:51
Speaker
I don't wanna answer to Steve Nash. Okay, so speaking about that, I'm surprised he didn't even start off talking about Doc getting fired. I'm surprised this man is not standing up. He's doing the yokich. What? Oh, he's trying to do it. We got a reason for rumors. I'm going through it all. First of all, you didn't even mention your boy getting fired. I told you all that was gonna happen.
00:13:14
Speaker
I told you. You told us before he got to Coach at Philly, he was going to get fired. He was. He signed a five year deal and I knew he was not going to make five years. But how long did he make? Three. Three years. I checked the emails. And he should have got secrets. He's about to sue you. That's cool. You guys, he should have got fired sooner. He should have got fired last year.
00:13:38
Speaker
But I told you the team I want him to go to, there's two teams I want him to go to. And he's a finalist for both. One of the Bucks, and the other one is Phoenix. Both, like, again. He's trying to put the nail in the coffin. Nah, nah, nah, nah. No for them franchises. No, because he would have Paul. Giannis had fun.
00:13:59
Speaker
Chris Paul, you already know. That's it. You already know CP3. Thanks Chris. Thank you Chris. Think about this and this is where I always told you, this is why I didn't like Doc for LA when he blew it with that. He had the perfect chemistry
00:14:17
Speaker
with Boston. He had vets that understood. He had a very good point guard and Rondo who he could develop and told what to do. When he got CP3, CP3 was his own hard-headedness.
00:14:31
Speaker
And especially when he had Blake being fragile. And then he had Live City. And that was the only thing you could do with that. You didn't have anything else. When he had Boston, he had a shooter and Ray Allen. He had the truth in Paul Pierce. He had a leader in KG and he had the point guard. He didn't have that with LA.
00:14:49
Speaker
When he went to the Sixers, what did he have? He had Simmons who didn't want to shoot. You had an B that was always hurt. That did not work for him. There's only another team that worked for him. He had Jimmy at one point, too. He had to buy his Harris. Oh, no, he wasn't there for that. He was there for that. Brett Brown had that. Yeah.
00:15:09
Speaker
When he started his career with the magic, he had a team where he could mold. Every team he has gone that had veterans that weren't like him did not do well. That's why I was saying it ain't gonna work.
00:15:25
Speaker
Giannis will work perfectly with him because Giannis wants to win. He actually is teachable. He's someone where he loved kid. He was sad that kid left. Bud, he was mad that Bud let go. I was surprised, lowkey. No, I knew that was happening because the rumors were saying that. I thought they were not. You didn't say nothing on other episodes. Yes, I did. We're going to check episodes. Ayo, we got to fact check them, bruh. That's right.
00:15:48
Speaker
You'll let us know, because you know Stappy lying low-key sometimes. Yo, y'all, it's the disrespect. That's what you can't find on the NBA.com. Did he be lying? But no. But like, the only reason why I thought he was going to stay is because then you say his brother had passed. I thought, it's what you did for me today, not in the past. The NBA is a doggy dog world. It is. That's not very nice. But it's like, they got a shit word. How many years ago was it? It was like three. Two. It was two years ago. Again, Nick Nurse got fired.
00:16:19
Speaker
What did you do for me today? NBA don't care. He was riding for a while though. He rode longer than that, than Bug did. Oh Bug, that was crazy.
00:16:29
Speaker
I didn't even know. He stuck it out through thick and thin. That's better. He took the up and downs. He was with the up and downs. He took a pounding. All right, that's it. That's it. That's it. But what you were calling, but now with Phoenix, they're looking at Doc, Frank Vogel, Nick Nurse, Kevin Young, which Devin Booker is warning.
00:16:54
Speaker
And then a surprising person is Jordi Fernandez is the King's assistant coach. The Bucks is looking at Nick Nurse, the Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin and Kenny Atkins. But by the way, Kenny, but Giannis is interested in Adrian Griffin.
00:17:17
Speaker
A rumor that you should for something like they got connections or something like no, he's just I'm guessing he's hearing the whole Playbook and how he's gonna develop the philosophy. That's what it is Here's something that y'all went under the radar after the Lakers lost People in management was saying yo we should go after tray y'all terrible idea
NBA Rules & Flopping: Humorous Takes
00:17:42
Speaker
He got abused in the playoffs. They were playing him. They were like, yo, he's small, let's abuse him. But the Celtics were abusing him. And now look, now look, it ain't gonna be, remember him and, him and Harding can't do the, they can't do that no more. Yeah, because he was getting off like that a couple seasons ago. They can't do the NBA Live 2004. Remember when you could pump fake? And it was over after that. If you jumped and you just leaned to the side, there was a button.
00:18:11
Speaker
Like that. You had to hit that shot if it was AI, if it was TMac. Dirk was nice at that too. Dirk? Yo, I got away with that with like Antoine Auburn. Oh, please. That was a cheat code, bro. It was. So they can't do that no more, the little side feed. So that's going. And you just heard they're about to address that flop in.
00:18:35
Speaker
Yeah, they need to take care of that shit. So they can't even do that now. And people keep laughing at LeBron because Bronn do a lot of flopping. Man, he's dramatic. Honestly, the one thing I agreed with was like, you got to get a shot off, yo. Kwame Brown was all on that. You can't even, you have to get a shot off. Kwame Brown be violent. Kwame Brown be violent. You know what that was almost like to me?
00:18:58
Speaker
Like take a shot. That was almost like. I don't think he was thinking. I think he was thinking too much. I think his super power remember is all the IQ. I think he got a little bit too cute. It reminds me of, I was at a Super Bowl party one day.
00:19:16
Speaker
Marshawn Litch is sitting there 18 inches away from the goal line. You don't do it. You throw a slant on the goal line. Why did you do that? Malcolm Butler picked it off. He threw it behind him, too. Yeah, I remember. Stupid. And it's like, look, you get so smart that you're in your own way. It's here right now. Shoot that. You really want to give Jimmy Butler the
00:19:45
Speaker
but I'm bugging. But listen, don't give, I wouldn't give somebody the chance to just walk away with a win like that. And it's like, it was game four.
00:19:58
Speaker
Put it up here 40 points miss it or don't miss it and look I'm not saying, you know, I'm not messing with his goat Conversation status or anything. Yes. I am so I'm not listening. That's not what I'm igniting here. That's not what I'm initiating No, I'm not even getting into that. I'm not that conversation is over there at somebody else's podcast Yeah, let on
00:20:23
Speaker
Let Paul George do that. We're not gonna deal with it. I'm so tired of hearing it. But in that game, when he was going off, I was like, yo, that's perfect. But he did not sit down. I didn't understand he needed to play. I'm like, but Bron's not. Bron no more. He's really not. Believe it or not, because of him playing the whole game, they stayed in it. They stayed in it. But at the same point in time, he was winded. The fourth quarter, he had what? Four or five points?
00:20:51
Speaker
Yo, it's crazy watching this dude. He couldn't do nothing. He's becoming human. Father Thomas touching us. How strange is that? Yeah, when he missed that dunk, I've seen Brian miss dunks before. Oh, again, three? Yeah, when he was trying to go with it. But he shouldn't have been fancy. He should have just dunked and kept moving. Yeah, he should have. Up until last week, he's always been able to call us. I've never seen him do it that bad. I've seen him miss a dunk when he was like,
00:21:16
Speaker
all the way back here and just hit the rim. That's rare because he's like above the rim. He's just like. And that might be something where he's like maybe a little too far or he's kind of drunk on somebody. Exactly. This one, it was his leg that hit him. I was like, man, something's wrong. It's something. He's human. I've never seen Bron play like this. The dude is starting to bleed a little bit for the first time. He was shooting so much he didn't want to drive. I was like, yeah, he needs to get surgery. Oh, but they did. Yeah, they said he had a surgery. No. Damn. Later on, we'll talk about that.
00:21:44
Speaker
What's up? What's our first topic? Did we jump into that joint yet? I got two more things for y'all. What's up? The Sixers don't want to give harder than Max Dill. No. What a surprise. He going back to Houston. You know what? That's where he belongs. Yeah, speaking of Houston, Jaylen Green got something to say about that. He said that's a good thing, but it also could hurt us at the same time. Oh, he said that? Yes, he did.
00:22:09
Speaker
It's gonna be hardening the chimp mucks down there. Nah, I don't think that's a good fit for him. C-H-I-P-M-U-N-K. It's gonna be him and a bunch of kids and we'll see the culture clash a little bit maybe. I'm gonna give y'all something to think about. Our first stop is about to come up, but I'm gonna give you something to think about. It's a fun fact. Name me the three teams that have the longest finals drought.
00:22:39
Speaker
But first, Jabron played a clip about Denver and their beautiful opportunity. That's one of the teams. I ain't going to say name three. We've seen Denver in some things. We've seen the Avalanche win. We've seen the Broncos win. It's not unprecedented that Colorado comes forward and wins a championship. The Nuggets still have a chance to sort of change
00:23:03
Speaker
a lot of perceptions about them, about the region they playing, about who should be watching them. So it's going to be fun going forward. And the Joker established that he's no fluke, and he's the best player in basketball. And everybody needs to recognize he can do it all. He can post.
00:23:18
Speaker
He makes people around him better. He rebounds. He's very intelligent, learning how to feed the hot guy. Oh, Caldwell Poe may want. Let me look for him. Michael Porter Jr., let me find him. Aaron Gordon on the cut, let me find him. And that's what he did because a lot of people felt he wouldn't win his third straight MVP because maybe it was voter fatigue.
00:23:40
Speaker
I could tell he took that person. And this is a clinic of how to build around a superstar and add pieces that make accentuate his weaknesses, but also highlight his greatness. The fact that people sleep on Denver and small to middle market teams is actually true.
00:24:04
Speaker
No one expected Denver to become who they were. They had a very good coach here, Mike Malone, who was father, Brendan Malone, coach for many years. He also was a Nick assistant. The fact that teams are drafting well, signing people well nowadays, and having the chemistry
00:24:24
Speaker
Denver showed basically a blueprint of how you could actually draft and develop and actually someday become like what they are. And small media marketing is like OKC one day. Orlando, not Houston because that's a big team. What's another? Sacramento can actually do well to get themselves into the finals. Memphis. Memphis if it wasn't for Ja.
00:24:51
Speaker
But that's another topic coming up. But who are the three teams? Denver is one of them.
00:24:57
Speaker
They were, but not anymore. New York. No. What? Memphis? No. What? What's the Wizards? Nah. Are you serious? All right, I'm going to give you the streets. Wait, wait, wait. The longest drought? The longest finals drought. Getting to the finals. As of right now. Yeah, the finals. Have you ever seen the bullets or the Wizards get anywhere? That's as I'm saying. I'm about to give them to you. Wait. Sacramento? No. Wait.
00:25:30
Speaker
Yeah, technically, yeah. Sacramento's won. Charlie. No. What? Yo, he's name-o. What are you talking about? The Kings, they were known as the Rochester Royals. They, in their 73 seasons, the last appearance was in 1951. When they were the Rochester Royals and they won against the Knicks.
00:25:53
Speaker
The second team is the Atlanta Hawks. And the 63 season, the last time their appearance was in 1961, when they got their butt tore up against the Boston Celtics. The third team in their 53 seasons, and they've never made it to the finals, is the Los Angeles Clippers.
00:26:19
Speaker
I guess so. So it can't be Charlotte at all because when they got formed, basically, that's why that. Yeah. Like, because I'm trying to think back when it's. I say, what is it? I'm like, no. By the way, that was my ESPN where I found out that fun fact. It was an episode. They posted that up to show the three longest droughts. Denver was that one until now. OK.
00:26:45
Speaker
Bullshit Makes sense though. Makes sense though. Shout out to Denver. Good job. My boy.
Carmelo Anthony's Basketball Influence
00:26:51
Speaker
So shout out to my boy. So Huge Denver fan. I ain't gonna lie to you. He is the only Denver fan. I ever really known Wait, will you bring your hands up for Christian's Denver Nuggets fan? Oh I never knew I'm well, yeah always was
00:27:08
Speaker
And they're paying attention. But he be going to the games and he's actually going to go to the finals game. He's flying to Denver. He wanted me to go. I was like, yo, I'll go. But, you know, about to get this creeping also, you know. Now, I have a question for you. Does this person deserve to get his banner?
00:27:24
Speaker
15. Yeah. For Denver. He's definitely getting it for the Knicks, but does he get it for Denver? I didn't give it to Melo. He didn't even formulate that, so shout out to Melo, you know, on his little walk away. He's getting two in the rafters. I believe he deserves two. He should. He should. He should get there. He definitely should get, he should first get it for Denver. He should go up in Denver 100%. First for Denver, then the Knicks. I agree with that.
00:27:51
Speaker
I think they should give it to them. Like maybe after Yoke is just done, they can stop it. I think they should do it next year. Yes, do it next season, yeah. Just do it at your next season. But what do you do? Because now it's probably a deal where can they change his number? No, no, he can still play it. Like, he'll be grandfathered in. Yeah. They'll just have two 15s going up in the rafters. No more 15s can go on there. Yoke is going to have 15 and Mel is going to have 15 in the rafters.
00:28:19
Speaker
You can't say that can't happen. Yeah, I can't. He deserves that. I'm coming to terms with this, what I'm doing here, because it's like... You know who needs to come to terms with that? It's so early for Jokic, but it's gonna happen. Demarcus Cousin needs to finally accept it. What? That he's not getting his shit? No, no, that he really wasn't giving Jokic his respect. Oh, early? Yeah, he was like... You know what's funny? What do you think Jokic would do to Boogie?
00:28:47
Speaker
looking at his prime you talking on the court i i think it might be a battle but i think it would be a battle get off i think i if we go down the stats lines obviously uh the joker will have more more assists but i think at the end of the day
00:29:07
Speaker
Boogie probably fell out, but it's like that he really wasn't that bad of Fallon like that, but he'll probably have No, he'll probably have a couple more buckets though. I don't know Joe. Yo, man, you watch this game. It's like it's Yo, he be having numbers bro. He could have a quite due to quadruple double, but I don't think Boogie would
00:29:28
Speaker
Obviously not. He'd have two and three, four blocks, but not all on Yogi's. Yogi's is a savvy weapon. He's one of them dudes. I think Boogie would get tired.
00:29:41
Speaker
I think he get worn down. Yeah, because, you know, he's playing up there in Denver and he's just running all day. Their offense, they run, but it's like running gun, but they run offensive sets obviously, but they'd be running. But before we jump into the next drawing, like, yo, like, speaking of Mello, ma'am, I'm surprised we're not even really talking about that right now. You know, like, what was your favorite Mello moment? Like, you know what I'm saying? Getting the next record for the most points.
00:30:06
Speaker
That was lit. I remember that day. He had a buzzer beater at some point, but he had a buzzer beater. He had a real crazy buzzer beater. But I just think
00:30:20
Speaker
But he had like 64 points or something. 62, right? Yeah. He hit mad. He had a half-court shot before the half or something like that. That was funny. He wound up. He barely wound up. It was just so smooth, mellow game.
00:30:37
Speaker
And he's one of the dudes I used to look at, too. So I was like, yo. Ninth overall from scoring. Besides the first step, it's like the stuff he's doing, I could try to do that. Triple threat, jab step, everything. He had a program for you. He was teaching a sun net at a young age. Melo actually had his own show for MSG. And they actually showed him showing Kion.
00:31:01
Speaker
that move when he was like eight, nine years old. I remember that. Too bad we gave the farm up for him. If he had just waited instead of demanding to leave Denver. Carl is in love. But my favorite mellow moment, I mean, not just moment. It's the funniest to me. When he started doing it, like OD, when he went to OKC, when he had him mic'd up. Now, I don't think he was mic'd up. You could just hear him. He's grabbing boards all the time.
00:31:30
Speaker
I got that, like. He be like, wait, whatever. I was like, wait, what? And then he kept doing it? I was like, yo, Melo, yo. Everybody cleared out, too, when he started doing that. I was like, yo, but you know, just in the beginning, I really liked the battle between, yo, who side are you on? You team Melo or you team Bron? That was my favorite thing. I was Melo. That was, yo. I was Melo.
00:31:58
Speaker
Me, if anybody knows me, I hate following the bandwagon, like, mainly because, you know, everybody knows me from Jersey, obviously. So, you know, our closest teams is the Yankees and the Mets. My dad was a huge Mets fan. So that's not how I love the Mets, but everybody in the world by us loved the Yankees. So I was like, you know what? I'll do the opposite. The main reason why I love Duke is because this man right here loved North Carolina. And I was like, you know what? I love the team that he hates. So.
00:32:27
Speaker
But yeah, I was a mellow fan because everybody was on bronze tick, but honestly everybody was but it was an even trade You found people that were like, you know, what now? I'm with men. I'm like I was surprised I'm like, you know, but it was an even trade everybody had their own side Everybody had their own jerseys at the one point like yeah, I got that mellow jersey. I haven't had the bronze What was the brand? What was the brand of what? It wasn't miss keen Was a lot 29
00:32:53
Speaker
I don't even remember. All over the patches. Oh, I don't remember. Did you know you had it all? I think Lot 29 had, I had jeans that were like that, but I had a shirt that was just mellow. Yeah. I had a shirt that was just mellow. What happened to it? I ain't never seen it. It's 2020. No, I'm talking about like, you didn't have it in college. I didn't see it. I didn't. I don't know what the hell happened to it. Yo, I don't know what happened to it.
00:33:20
Speaker
I can't even think of what happened to it. It was so long ago but like back then remember they had so much all over stuff and I think down here they had like just his face and then up here they might have had something of the logo but I remember my favorite part was on the back it had its number and like just like the 15 I was like look if I had actually gone out to play basketball I would have tried to be number 15 you think about we never really had a 15 like that
00:33:47
Speaker
When I was like, I like Mello because the stuff he was doing fundamentally, it's like I feel like I could kind of do that. Like triple threat, get to a spot, shoot, pump fake, turn around and get the shot. Like I could kind of do that.
00:34:01
Speaker
And I thought his story was going to be different. Like he won a national championship. I remember that. I was like, wow. I remember that. I'm like, yo, that was dope. Him and Hakeem Warrick. Yeah, that's the only time that I like Syracuse. Really low key, besides Johnny. Johnny Flynn was there. But that's the only time I really like Syracuse.
00:34:20
Speaker
And I just thought he was going to get a ship in the league. And I thought he was going to have his farewell. A lot of vets were saying that, like, yo, I thought he was going to at least have like a little tour. So I knew that he was retiring. Oh, yes. So the interview, he was like, I kind of knew that was going to happen. I saw the video, but he actually just did it. Yeah, exactly. But he actually did it today, you know, so that was really cool. But you guys won't believe me. That's what he's saying. Y'all won't believe that either. But
00:34:44
Speaker
But that's so sad that he didn't get one more time to go get around. Or he could just go around, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's crazy. Wade did it. Last, like, I wish they had done it to where, like, his last time at the Garden. That would have been crazy. Oh my gosh. It would have been wild. Everybody, everybody would have went crazy. How did they not? Paul Pierce thought he was getting it. Nothing wrong. I really did Paul Pierce think we was going to get that. I know a lot of people hate on him. I respect him for this. No, no, we shouldn't have got it. We should have got that.
00:35:13
Speaker
Melo Melo's was the culture for many years. Yeah, man. Come on now years. I remember this video. I'm sorry. We're gonna step on step, but it was this video is this PE teacher who's like, when you hear the we need a mellow, who do you say? I was like, these kids need better not say it. They're like, look at my mom.
00:35:35
Speaker
Some of them said Carmelo. They knew. They were like, yeah, Carmelo. But you could tell they were a little bit older or somebody already make it even. They were like, yo, just say Carmelo after this video and we'll be cool. Like, but a lot of the little kids were like.
00:35:58
Speaker
It's all coming Yeah, well he still can't I don't know the seven good I think he trademarked stay mellow though He did I think he did. Yeah, that's all his stuff right here
00:36:13
Speaker
Yo, three to the dome. You should take a picture, do that. Trademark. Nobody was doing it before. No. Nobody was. Nobody was. I hate when I see people doing that now because I'm like, that's Carmelo. I mean, maybe they pay three pictures, bruh. It's the legacy. Yeah. It's the legacy. Nah, but when certain people do, it's like that. Just like, just like, as long as you know where it came from, you know what I'm saying? I'm like, all right, that's cool. Now they have a celebration for literally everything, but like. I know. Who started the ice in my veins? Who started that? D-Lo.
00:36:43
Speaker
Did D-Lo really start that? I mean like. I hope not. We used to say. No, listen. I'm pretty sure it was D-Lo. We used to, like you would say it. Yeah. They been saying it. Exactly. He was like. Like, he's talking about this ice man. I remember. That made me terrible in the playoffs. I remember they tried to. He wanted to get a four year, $100 million contract with the Timberwolves. He tried. Can't blame him for trying. He tried. Yeah, I tried.
00:37:11
Speaker
It's like for what? By the way, Lakers are not interested in him. They hit him with the Dylan Brooks. Under no circumstances. Someone said he should go to Charlotte. I don't think he should go to Charlotte. Look, he needs to fire up his resume.
00:37:36
Speaker
and try to go somewhere, he gonna end up in Detroit. He gonna end up in Toronto. I don't mind. Fred Brown vaguely saying he's opting out of his contract. Lakers are also interested in him. They're also interested in Kyrie, but I don't think that needs to happen. That will keep Brian alive, but that's our third topic. He might be better off like the Van Vleet.
00:38:03
Speaker
As far as actually going somewhere, staying relevant to, I think Fred Van Vliet. I can see Kai staying in Dallas honestly. I can see him staying in Dallas honestly. I don't think he's going to go anywhere. He said he had a handshake deal with Mark Cuban for a max deal.
00:38:22
Speaker
Before he got traded, they said the deal was shut. Okay. He also said his sneakers are about to come out. He's about to sign. With who? He didn't say. Cool. He said he's about to blow all this out the water or whatever. I'll pick it up. I ain't going to front. I might too. I'm picking one of those. Those are my sneaks. I support him for what he went through and I understand. Hold up. I'm still buying Yeezys when they come back out.
00:38:47
Speaker
You say you gonna hoop in them or are you just gonna buy them? I'm gonna buy them. You know I got the hoop in the yard now, right? No, I'm out there. I'm out there. I'm out there. I'm out there. I'm gonna put my... I mean, I got to sweep it a little bit. Don't mess with the ankles. I'm out there. This nigga talking about don't shoot my eye out. I'll be fine. Ankle, don't go on social media. I'm not. If it happens, I'm not saying shit. We see you clapping.
00:39:15
Speaker
And this is why I need my bark leaves, because beautiful bark leaves. Ankle ain't going nowhere in them bark leaves, like playing in Tim's, yo. Really nice Tim. Laced all the way up. Yeah, bro. You ain't going nowhere with them. If you mess up with bark leaves, you had it come in, or you just don't want to go to work. What we got next, that?
Ja Morant's Off-Court Image Issues
00:39:40
Speaker
Everyone loves social media. You know who loves social media the most? John Moray. First of all, before we play this clip, did someone not tell him to stay off social media? Why did he think it was a good idea to hang out with people when he got a gun with himself?
00:40:00
Speaker
and to hang it up in the air. I got a lot to say. I am not about to be Jason Whitlock up here, so. Play the clip, sir. I got a lot to say about this, man. I don't know. Jabron, if you be so kind. Yeah, man. When you're making $100 million a year,
00:40:16
Speaker
to play sports. Your life changes. There are certain rules and regulations you have to live by, plain and simple. You can't do stupid stuff. That's the trade-off. Now, if you want to do all that stuff and give all that money back, more power to you. You can make that stance. Say, you know what? I want to do what I want to do. I want to flash my gun and make videos and do things. OK, that's fine. But you can't make money on the NBA doing this stuff. First of all, you're not a thug.
00:40:45
Speaker
You're not a criminal. You're not a crook. You got making $100 million a year to dribble us 200. $200 million to dribble a stupid basketball. Y'all hit the lottery to do something. That's people out there work nine to five, eight and nine hours a week, gonna make $25,000 a year. They will kill to be in our situation. You got to look in the mirror and say, you know what, maybe I'm the problem. Right here, you know what I'm saying? Listen.
00:41:12
Speaker
Country Beyond Charles Barkley had a lot to say. I mean, his facts were right. You dribble basketball, you make that much money, you kind of got a responsibility, kids look up to you. And it's crazy, like, I knew somebody from up this way that drove their kid all the way to watch him play. And now, this is before all this happened, and now I'm just like,
00:41:37
Speaker
Yeah. Like, you know, I'm not pointing. I'm just like, that's who. And they just wanted to see Jah. Now, from my standpoint, I would say this. Yeah, he was dumb for that. And it's 100% his fault.
00:41:49
Speaker
Everybody, all the OGs just gave up on him. I mean like, you know what I'm saying? They're like, yo, we probably, I don't know if they actually spoke to him or not or what they said, but I'm just talking to everybody else that's not, never been to the NBA. Oh, he getting suspended. And then they're like, yo, he's stupid. I'm like, but what would you do with that much money? Like, you know, you wouldn't be acting like that much.
00:42:12
Speaker
You would know and then I was talking to my boys we was down south cuz you know, you know, I want everybody know I want to school down south Yo gut we have we had guns out. I mean, but Don't you know, but like having a gun down south is not like how it is like up here. Obviously, it's totally different like what he's in Memphis, Tennessee
00:42:33
Speaker
It's active, very active is Memphis, bro. And it's like, yeah, Memphis is like, I'll probably order four dash and not be that, you know what I'm saying? Memphis is nice though. I gotta open that, man. I love it. So where I went to school in South Carolina, he's from South Carolina. All his friends, I'm not, everybody said, yo, you're hanging out with the wrong people. The boy didn't have the strap on, it was John. And if you watch it, he did put the phone down. He probably was like, bro, are you serious right now?
00:43:03
Speaker
My thing is this, and I think a lot of people are missing this. What's up? It's not about him having a gun. It's not, it's not, yes. Everybody has guns. Yup. We all have guns, but I think a lot of people with the advent of social media, especially the kids, and Jabbarant is starting to kind of separate himself as, okay, actually, he's one of the kids. Guess what?
00:43:32
Speaker
I got it, but you don't need to know that I got it. You know what I'm saying? He has it too. You know what I'm saying? Everybody around me has got it. Believe me, they got it. But why are you dancing around with it like a fight?
00:43:48
Speaker
It looks goofy, I'm sure. I know he's like 23, but you're in the driver's seat right now. You're the prize at this, but you're the face of an organization. Stop being goofy. And he's a driver's seat, but his homies. You messing up everybody's back if you looking out for people. And even them.
00:44:14
Speaker
I've heard other stories about this too, about, it's not just the gun stuff, it's the gun stuff on top of goofy ass fighting with teenagers. How? And then you ran up to go get the gun, how? You can't do that. Pointing it, cause they had a laser on it too. That's what got that kid messed up. That was somewhere else, like in public. But then, apparently- Nah, they said the laser with the kid too.
00:44:43
Speaker
Remember, they supposedly, the entourage supposedly pointed the gun at somebody. At some other team. And in the end. Affiliated team or something. In the end. Another team. So they had that. They had trouble at one. That's like three. Number four, the homies got into it. Somebody was talking greasy at his sister's basketball game. Yeah. Moms got on the phone and called him. That's another thing right here. Time out, where was Pops?
00:45:13
Speaker
I don't know what's up with bro.
00:45:15
Speaker
but I would be like, yo, why are you calling him to come out here and show his ass? He was like winning, not dad of the year or something, but like supportive dad, you know, stepping in front of Shannon Sharp and all that. Now it's like, yo, you're pops. Does he really speak to you? Does he even tell you, like does he smack you against the head? Probably not. Cause if I had all that money and my dad was still alive, he's like, boy, like he would still get me. And that's the shame. Cause it's like, you probably think like that because he's acting like a kid, but in reality,
00:45:44
Speaker
He's 23. I had a kid when I was 23. He has a kid. You're not about to tell me what to do, but the thing is, I was already programmed not to be a jackass. Did you peep down how he at least upgraded his gun? Because beforehand, he was having that little pea shooter, that 007 drone. So the thing is, you're not supposed to be dancing and trying to be a rapper. I actually understand.
00:46:12
Speaker
There's a lot about, I'm not gonna go into the culture, but it's almost like we value the youth almost too much. Because when you're a kid, you're an idiot. You don't run around waving your gun around that you got it. You move in silence as a unit. If there's a problem like that,
00:46:33
Speaker
talk to that dude outside and let all of that happen and let him come back in and apologize. You know what I'm saying? Like, don't come to the Gucci store. Like, something happened at like, again, Mom's arguing with somebody at a restaurant in the mall. Now, the gun charges on top of, well, the gun stuff on top of, yes, Mom's keeps getting into stuff and will call him and then he'll show up with all his little buddies. And then they'll be there making threats and doing all that stuff too.
00:47:03
Speaker
So the Nuggets are like, bro, is you going to play basketball or are you going to play soak the shocker? Like, what are you going to do? What are we doing? Stop watching so much. And look, it's goofy. And I feel like he wants to post all this stuff on social media too much. Another thing the kids do that we did not do. Yeah. When he was saying, I love you, mom. I love you, dad. They pulled up like, are you OK? You're so emotional. Like, come on.
00:47:27
Speaker
That's why I said, I think he has an addiction to social media. He's one of the kids. It's a real thing. It's a real thing. He's one of the kids. Guess what? You're going to have to control it out. But he grew up with it. It's different compared to like, we were, he grew up with it when it was hot. Hot. We were like, oh, it's here. Like, all right, cool. Let's see what's up. I think some people know how to cut it off. Some people don't. That's all he knows. You know what I'm saying at that point in time. This is the next.
00:47:54
Speaker
The next thing, this is one of the separations I think in our generation is to where they need so much attention all the time. And then, you know, it's like a double-edged sword. Now we openly acknowledge mental health.
00:48:10
Speaker
but at the same time now, when you're just being a jerk. I'm not trying to play that card, but that might be the best card he can play right now. Yeah, for his career. But that mental health not gonna get him away from that. He getting that bare minimum 40 games. He could probably get some, I mean, he could probably get away a little some. You know why I don't believe that? Because you went to go get therapy for what, 72 hours? Yeah, he be, that's that. Now he has to really get therapy.
00:48:33
Speaker
I don't even think he read it. I don't think people are gonna believe he's really gonna take their every seriously. They said his apology for this one was straight up chat GBT. So what? Mind your business. No see, I don't even care about that. It's terrible. It's not real. I don't know. Who said, how do you know? Who snitched?
00:48:48
Speaker
Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff? Did he sniff?
00:49:15
Speaker
Y'all know what I had to do when I was 20. Y'all know, like, you know, when I had to leave school and everything, you was up there, what, we was 20, 21. You know what we had to do. And it's like at a certain point in time, you got to draw a line and say, because I know this, when I was that age, trying to get a job at like Frito-Lay and couldn't get it.
00:49:38
Speaker
No, I'm not gonna tell that story. All I'm saying is like, that was my prospect back then. Like, wow, the best thing I could do is get a job at Frito Land. Like, that would have been the best thing for me. And unfortunately, I didn't get that job. But it's like, I had a line to draw in the sand. It was grown man time, right? You had to leave everything and everybody at a moment's notice and just go down South to go to school. Yeah.
00:50:06
Speaker
And what, you were 19? 20? Yeah. Bruh. But that happened and you stayed in school, you had to transfer, but you was down there doing that. This dude had his trials and tribulations up at school, I had left, and all the other stuff. It was grown man time.
00:50:27
Speaker
We know you have stuff and you might have mental health, but I wish at 23 I had millions of dollars to play around with as I was going through my stuff like you do. This is an opportunity that most of us will never see. They will get another face of your organization if you can't stop playing. And then you'll have your problems all the way over there.
00:50:54
Speaker
But what I was saying about what the money is, is basically before the trials, cause we learned from that. Of course we would make wiser decisions now, but he's coming in with.
00:51:03
Speaker
No, no like issues at all. Cause they're calling him Clarence now because you know, like he tries to be on Thug where he really don't come from none of that. Which I mean, that's what everybody's saying. But I'm just saying like he's acting crazy and he's like, I don't know. I mean, let's be real. What he's doing, you've seen that before. You see it a lot with the rappers.
00:51:30
Speaker
And it's like, okay, I understand that, but also those same rappers, you see them in caskets. Like, stop.
00:51:38
Speaker
you're in the NBA, you don't even have to enter that world. Even if you're not entering that world, why are you even acting like that? And then look, again, I prefer to carry a piece and just like, no, I have one and he has one, but the last thing you're gonna see me doing is sexy walking outside.
00:52:06
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? What an L.A. Dodgers figure going with my gun. Yeah. Doing this and twerking like in the street. That's got to be important. Like what are you doing? Turn the fucking music off and like sit down and come up with a plan. Like even, look, I would have had less of a problem even if he was like at the range and he was just like, look, I'm at the range getting better. Like I shoot in the gym and I shoot somewhere else.
00:52:32
Speaker
And that's fine. You could have been doing that. But listen, if you want to twerk in cars with guns and stuff like that, you want to be glorilla, fine, do that. But somebody, you deserve all the criticism you're getting. And then here's the other thing.
00:52:49
Speaker
Like I said, grown man stuff, if somebody's calling out something stupid that you're doing, I don't really respect everybody who's saying like, whoa, this other person can do that. Like, we're not talking about that because you don't know that this other person hasn't already been in trouble with this in the mall. Exactly. With the, like. They try to say someone else, they say that's not the star player though. We talking about you. Yeah, we talking about you right now. You know what I'm saying? Like they, they, they murked Gil for that.
00:53:16
Speaker
Oh god, yeah, they destroyed it. And it wasn't even, he, you know, I mean, IG wasn't popping in or anything like that, and it was just like, it was just heard about, and they went crazy on him. Once that happened, I think his career declined. Oh, it was not existing after that, bruh. No, he was still Agent Zero Loki.
00:53:34
Speaker
No one really cared about him that much. It was done after that. It was done done after that. Pick your gun. That was over a card game, wasn't it? Or someone owed him money? Gervaris Crippen, which, by the way, he was a dick. And now he's in jail. He shot a girl accidentally. It was over some dumb stuff. See? More playing around, twerking with guns. Stop doing this. Stop.
00:54:04
Speaker
Shatter Bob. So you think how much time he get? Bare minimum 40. 40 games? Bare minimum. Oh, that's bare minimum. Yo, Adam Silver was pissed. He should be. He was like, I thought Job and I had an understanding. He was like, yo.
00:54:21
Speaker
And so I gave you in school suspension. Now I got to suspend you, my G. I got to keep you out of school. What's crazy is you got a lot of people who's like, you know, whining about the fact that he got suspended. Like he's being persecuted, but it's like, yo, this the NBA. He gets to come back to this after messing up like this. You know, I know some places where you get fired. You know what I'm saying? Like, hey, come back. If I bring a gun to my job,
00:54:50
Speaker
It's over. You gotta get fired and arrested. I was gonna say, we gotta go find me for you. You can't do that shit in here. Ah, police. There's gonna be issues. Like, I wish...
00:55:02
Speaker
I wish people would really just think about it, like just think. That's the key word. Certain factors. When you introduce race into certain topics, it becomes too emotional. And then you start thinking about it the wrong way. You instantly just pick a side. Sometimes that happens. J.J. Reddick.
00:55:25
Speaker
You know, he said what he said, and while he said a lot of things that were true, it's like, what's that got to do with John? What's that got to do with my organization? Like, I'm the organization, you're the face of the organization. I said stop.
00:55:41
Speaker
You wanna be like everybody else and be like everybody else, but I'ma snatch that patch off your chest like T.I. snatch new news chain. You wanna be like everybody else? Go be with everybody else. Go do what they do. And then you can get away with it there, but as a business, I'm good over it. He's bad for business. It's goofy, is what it is, it's goofy.
00:56:08
Speaker
What's up? Now we're gonna talk about something questionable slash is this all talk or is this real sincere?
LeBron James' Retirement Speculation
00:56:18
Speaker
LeBron had an interview and he's thinking about retiring. He's tired. I think he was, I think he was butt hurt. He's just tired. He knew what it was going to be like. I don't think he's ever gotten swept. Nope. He knew RDC was about to come out with that clip. Y'all seen that joint? I was crying. Shout out to my boy Mark. Yo, yo, the whole crew, man. The whole RDC crew. They be ordered and yo, literally I was like,
00:56:48
Speaker
this is exactly how it was i know exactly it was just like this i know it like he was hurt he said yo where your brother at bring him up i know i know they can what yo one-on-one i know you can beat him bro i know you can but
00:57:06
Speaker
And I think he was tired, bro. I think he's coming back for sure. He's just mad. He should be mad. I think, uh, Javon got one more clip and then we could talk about what this person said. No, he doesn't. No, I'm playing. Are you buying LeBron contemplating retirement? Uh, I'm not, I'm not necessarily buying it. I would say this. I think there's legitimate, uh,
00:57:34
Speaker
Genuineness to these these thoughts that he's having it reminds me a little bit of Tom Brady Tom Brady got to a certain age And it was every offseason. This is what we talked about, right? It was whether or not Tom Brady was done and I look at this playoff run and this season in particular from the Lakers and really the last two seasons and everything that this team has been through and
00:57:57
Speaker
LeBron getting hurt and having to play this playoff run, essentially, on a bum ankle and a bum foot. And I think, as an athlete, there's always a moment when you sort of begin to question your own athletic mortality. And maybe, in some ways, LeBron, I don't want to put words in his mouth, but maybe, in some ways, LeBron is at that stage. Am I buying that he's going to retire? No, absolutely not. The thing I'll say about LeBron
00:58:26
Speaker
LeBron is one of the most calculated professional athletes in the history of professional sports. Everything he does is for a reason. And whether this is to put a little bit of pressure on the Lakers to improve the roster, whether this is to send a subtweet to his teammates, whatever it is, there's a reason he did this. But I believe there's some some some earnestly in these comments. And it's it's not just for a calculated reason.
00:58:56
Speaker
He's coming off year 20, age 38, a long playoff run where he's had to play a ton of minutes with an injury. And it's just human nature that you would begin to say, oh, maybe I'm nearing the end.
00:59:14
Speaker
Go ahead, Wendy. I mean, listen, I listened to every word JJ just said. I don't understand much of what he just said, but I listened. But go ahead, Wendy. You first and then I'll try. You didn't play. I didn't comprehend. I'm sorry. You don't understand our athletic mortality. Three games at wherever South Dakota, Winston-Salem State doesn't count. I got you. I understand. I got a degree and I'm here on TV with you. I must be doing something right.
00:59:40
Speaker
Oh, you're definitely doing things right. You damn right. Go ahead. All right. So my boy JJ. I would like more if he wasn't from Duke. Anyway, either. No, I got respect for you and see more than do you see. But JJ had a point. Him being an athlete, understanding his body,
01:00:07
Speaker
But also, as he also said, LeBron thinks about everything. Is LeBron using this as a way to make L.A. scared that he really is so that the team can get better?
01:00:19
Speaker
Or is he forcing himself out to get traded to a team that he's interested in? I still think secretly he wants to go back and end his career in Cleveland, but that's a different topic at a different time. Or do you honestly think Father Thomas finally tapping on the shoulders like, yo, you really gotta leave? I mean, look, I think he's starting to actually be human now, slightly. And I think he's tired.
01:00:50
Speaker
He is playing next season. I believe that. He is playing next season. I think it's just his way to scare LA, which I don't like that. It might be. All I know is that he can be able to do some thinking about the game of basketball. Yeah, you're going to play next year.
01:01:09
Speaker
It's like the way he did it was kind of smooth to like how you say it is it is a business tactic to me But he doesn't mad smooth, but I 100% he's not leaving. He is set to play with his son You know what he wouldn't leave because he's going he needs if he's gonna do his farewell tour You know what he might do he might do like Jordan Come back. Oh retire. I'm back back like that. Oh
01:01:39
Speaker
And then he'll be fresh. He'll be completely fresh. You know he'll train the way he wants to train. He'll be able to know exactly where Bronny is. He'll be able to say, yo, Bronny. Is that good, though? Like, is that good? You play basketball. Bronn did it. I mean, you can stay. Can you leave and come back? Because I know right now, you're like, I played football, yo. I don't think I could just go back right now.
01:02:03
Speaker
I go outside. I mean, I played not too long ago, but I still need to keep it up. I ain't gonna lie. My body hurt, but not for him. He can do I he can do that.
01:02:14
Speaker
He can do that. I think he could do that. Because you guys think about that surgery, he could just prolong the surgery? No, he needs that. No, they said he needed it. No, not prolong it. Like, he can get the surgery and be like, yo, I need more recovery time. Like, and just chill. No, I can't really play. And then when he comes back, the Lakers probably trash and they just play. Here's my beef. So why? The surgery originally says two to four months.
01:02:36
Speaker
Why are you contemplating it instead of just telling him when I'm getting the surgery and just do what you got to do? Stop that. That's a mind game where I'm not playing. Braun is at GM mode, bro. The GM that has that always worked for him.
01:02:52
Speaker
It hasn't, but he's playing it. Yeah, and that's why we're actually developing an AI app to see where Stat is going to try to beat AI LeBron in GM moves. And we'll see when he actually wins. We'll do that next week.
01:03:11
Speaker
But I don't think it's over for him. We'll see him. He ain't gonna play. Yeah, for sure. He's gonna play with Brony, come hell or high water. I still want him to play with both. Bryce? Yeah. Because Bryce is a junior this year. No, junior? Or is he a senior? He's a junior. Bryce is gonna be nice to him. He's coming up on junior year. Bryce is gonna be nice too. He can pull it. Bron can pull it.
01:03:33
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He gon' have to sit down for a little bit though. He gon' have to do that Jordan move. He gon' be like Jordan with the 18s on, man. He gon' wear, uh, with the Wizards. We gotta end this episode. I don't like when you talk about the Wizards. That's just a nasty time. What's the problem? That's a nasty time. But he still was averaging like 20 points. I'm gonna call John Wall. That poor soul. Send us home. Ayo! It's friends versus friends.
01:04:04
Speaker
playoff edition. The finals is coming up. Who you got? We out. Peace. The Wizards.