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From Night Show to Morning Show: A New Era
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you
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I got KB to the right, me and I got Statman to the left. What's up? What's good with y'all?
The Prestige of Morning Shows and Stephen A. Smith
00:00:32
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We even got the early edition. What is his first take? Yeah, right? We moved from the night show to the morning show. Hey, we switching times. That's funny. That's definitely, that's like moving up. If you're in the morning show, everybody want to hear you. And then you get cussed out by JJ Reddick. So we are moving up.
00:00:52
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or Stephen A. Stephen A. It seems like he's the target of, you know, people booming on him and stuff. You know what I'm saying? Oh, yeah, but he thrives in that stuff. Stephen A., you don't know what you're talking about. You're supposed to be laying off people at ESPN. Uh oh.
00:01:11
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Oh, because of Disney? He lowkey said, he was like, I couldn't lose my job. He's like, but really, I probably won't. He ain't going to lose his job. That was a dick move. I was like, no, that's funny. No, you're not losing your job. But yeah, they doing that. You know, hands are going to roll. Not mine.
March Madness Upsets: Duke and North Carolina
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So the basketball world's been crazy I will say this it is one of my favorite times of the year March Madness we have we haven't briefly talked about it But I will say this in the beginning of March Madness You know what I did notice Duke was there in North Carolina wasn't but besides how'd y'all feel about the tournament today?
00:01:49
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One of the things I noticed is that when I looked for Duke, they had already lost. Hey, you must have not been watching earlier. They got sent packing. Yeah, they won their one game. They got sent. Where were y'all at? Y'all didn't even try to jump into any other tournament. Nah, because I'm tournament. The NIT tournament, y'all didn't even get into it. That's why. That's easy.
00:02:09
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Wouldn't be doing that why? Honestly y'all needed to know coach was worried about next season. That's all This is about to be a whole year ain't going next year It's not y'all still got people that come in there back. It's gonna be a young group dudes is transferring
00:02:26
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Oh wow. It's like two of them transferred. One of them is Caleb Love. Oh, he's leaving? He's transferred. To where? Oh, he just answered the portal. He'll go to Rutgers. He need to go somewhere and develop himself to be a pro. He's not going to win anything. The thing that messes me up about this, which is truly the madness, is how are we going to return everybody? We was in the national championship less than a year ago.
00:02:54
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Yeah. You and I had this conversation. And was up about to win. Lost by like two, right? Yeah. It's the same team. What's the problem? Hey, man. Didn't play with y'all going again? I don't know. I was scrolling. I'm scrolling like IG and I'm like, oh, they lost their first game.
New Jersey Teams Shine: Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson
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OK.
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Later on in the week, I'm like, they done lost again. Why are you losing the Florida State? What are y'all doing? You done lost four games. This is the same team from last year, except for the tall white dude. I don't remember his name. He graduated.
00:03:35
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It shouldn't be like that. Like, missing one role player shouldn't put you out the tournament. Sometimes that's not good. Not even in the ACC tournament. Nope. Sometimes that's a factor. But getting to the tournament, I would say, you know, Jersey is always a surprise. It's cool. You know, we had another Jersey squad. Actually, yeah. You know, we have two. Two. Princeton, did they think shocked the world? Yeah. Who else was it? Fairly different. After you. After you, yeah. So that's pretty dope.
00:04:04
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And then their coach left. Basketball needs New Jersey, so you know what I'm saying. That's the problem. We used to wear them shirts. They have these shirts. I don't know why I don't have one. First it was St. Peter's and their greatness. So we'll see what happens next year, because they're knocked off now. Yeah, it's going to be like Delaware Valley. It's going to be Del Val. County College of Morris. What y'all know about CCM?
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So what's coming down to the wire now for the daddy of its Yukon and Why
Caitlin Clark: A Star in Women's Basketball
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Leonard went why I know that
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Yeah, he did. He did it. I forgot. I didn't. I didn't. Oh, you didn't know? Uh-uh. So that's cool. You're just that, man. You're supposed to know. If you didn't know, we would have a problem. When he was cooking in the NBA, I was like, where did he go to college? And you just go and look. You know who at one time was leading the country in scoring, but you know who actually topped him by, I think, like one or two points averaging? Who topped him? That sounds off.
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My man, no, this is too early in the morning yeah Jimmy for that
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Oh really? I mean, he had his little shine. He was supposed to be the next JJ and he was wack. Maybe when he grows up, he can be the next Caitlin Clark. I'm not going to have to watch the women's tournament. The women's tournament's been dirty. I ain't going to lie to you. We had that crazy upset from USC, University of South Carolina. They ain't mess up the street. I was tight. You know, I got ties to the South, but yeah, it wasn't nothing they could do. She is a murderer.
00:05:40
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Ayo, she dribbles the ball, it's half-court, she's like, I'm shooting, just to let you know. And it's like, half-court, I'm there. She is a homicidal maniac. If you look at the box score of that game, when they won against South Carolina, it was her, Clark, 40, someone else at nine, seven, zero, zero, zero, she went all. She dropped 40, I think that was back to back 40 games she had in the tournament. She averaging.
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She's dirty. Like she's averaging that. And she's going to stay five years. She got... Ew. What is she going to play for, Michigan State? No. The men's team? Oh. Well, damn.
00:06:18
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They can't stop her. She can't be stopped. She be jacking up any little shot and it looks crazy, but... It goes in. This, you know, five inches of space, she gonna hit it. Yup. And then look, she'll blow by you, and then she, she can pass. Yeah, she's a great point guard, bro. She play-making. She's out there. The way she was scoring and doing all that stuff, the only when they talked about the assistant where I figured out, wait, she's a point guard, like...
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She a big guard she got that first step Nobody talks about that. She's quick. Nobody talks about that. She gets to her spot
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the pull ups and getting to the rack. She gonna make more money with all her endorsements than she'll ever make in the WNBA. She gonna get a sneaker. Oh yeah, for sure. And look, she's also been wearing those Bruce Lee Kobe's too. Yeah, Max is the uni. It maxes the uni perfectly. But you know what I'm saying? It's her though. It maxes the uni. That's the game of death. When all of y'all grow up, go get you Bruce Lee the game of death where he climbed the tower and had to fight Kareem at the top.
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That's that's the Kobe she had I don't know about that John. Yeah pops was like sweating God rest his store. That was my man Listen it was urgent to him. It was important. I made sure he had his content back. Yeah, but the game of death
00:07:54
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You know, it fits it perfectly. It's too perfect. Ladies and gentlemen, stay away from Caitlin Clark. She's a murderer. Thank you. And then the other side, they got LSU beat Virginia
Women's Basketball Final Predictions: LSU vs. Iowa
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Tech. And that's the first time I believe LSU, the woman is actually going to the Natty. So it was... You know Shaq's gonna be there. Of course, of course. His daughter, please.
00:08:14
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Yeah, so let's do this real quick before we get some more NBA news or other news that we gonna jump into Let's just do some predictions for that. So it's uh, let's do women. So it's LSU versus Iowa who you got stat
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I'm gonna be the jerk and say LSU. That's not even jerk move. It's cute. What you got? He gonna go Iowa. I'm gonna say Iowa because here's the thing. It's not just her. That's the problem. Man. The last couple of games, it's been her, 40, everybody else's single digits, bro. Yeah, but you know what happens. She's affecting the game because if you push up on her, I mean, any little hesitation in the transition or anything, the rest of them know the spacing. They know her.
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And they got two real big ones in the middle who don't just get blocked. So they're gonna be down there doing that too. If you step up on her, she gonna throw it to them and they gonna have an open look. I think the rest of the team, they're like, I don't know, they're like the other Avengers or something. I think they're going to beat LSU. And she's who?
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she's captured america and tony stark no combined she's captain stark you're trying to convince me to pick iowa but i'm going with lsu on that one uh this big bodies ivy i think they can do it uh i like that squad i i see lsu winning that but i think she don't clark is probably still gonna drop like 30 plus 50 50
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And she drops 50 and wins. That's crazy. She needs to just leave. She has to leave. Like, I don't care. She has to leave. How are they going to sit down? They have to dismiss her like, yo, you need to leave the school and go to the WNBA. You have to. She don't want to make the maximum 250,000. She wants to make millions. Yeah, she will. She will. But, you know, on the dude side.
Men's Basketball: Speculations and UConn's Legacy
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So it's San Diego State and Yukon. Who you got, Kyle? Man, we're going back to Connecticut with it.
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and Charlie Villanueva, like. Bro, I remember. Oh, bro, I remember Gordon. And Kemba Walker. And Gordon was there. Kemba! That's Kemba was a killer. Everybody, come on now. You know college football. Kemba, that Kemba, Yukon Kemba was a killer. Who you guys that? Who you going with? I'm going to go with the fairy tale story. We're going with San Diego State.
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I believe UConn is going to win the game.
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They got lucky. They did get lucky. And you saw how his foot almost went out of bounds. They talked about that. They were reporting about that. But that was a clean jumper. That was a clean jumper. Once I saw that, I was like, oh, that's it. It helped them top the other team. For sure. Right at the right, you know, it was the buzzer beater right at the second. So the topper.
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I'll go with the fairy tale as well, too. I think Yukon will win, but I'll go with the fairy tale. They should. They should win, but I'm going to go with the fairy tale. I got to mix it up. You know, usually I go with facts and straight, everything like that. But I'm just going to go with that one and see what it is. I'm going to give you something funny to think about. What's up? There was a famous baseball player who played for San Diego State. He got drafted by the San Diego Padres in the third round, and he got drafted by the San Diego Clippers in 1961. Who was that?
00:11:37
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Aw man, why you say 61? I was getting ready to say something about Barry Bonds, yo. I'm pretty sure he went to San Diego State. This man said 19. He didn't. He played two sports. He played football though. No, he played basketball. You said 61? 20 Grand Junior.
00:11:56
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We wasn't born in 61, no? We were born in 88. No, Gwen, Tony Gwen. Gwen? Yeah, he was actually a better basketball player. You're saying he was in college sports in 1961? Let me, before, I think it was 1981, I just messed up. Yeah, I'm about to say, who was the one playing when we were kids? I'm about to say he was born in 1968. I'm about to say, which Tony Gwen was that? He was drafted in 82.
00:12:21
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You messed me up so, so that's your fault. Yeah, I know. I meant to say he was born in 1960. Yeah, man. I don't like that. Ask me another one. I know I got you something better. That's fresh. Now, this one, we got to pay homage to because this
NBA Hall of Fame Inductees: Honoring Legends
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guy, he died. His name is Willish, the Captain Reed. Born in 1942, June 25th. Y'all know I got a story. Died March 21st, 2023. He was 80 years old. About to give you the stats, then I'm going to ask you something funny.
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Drafted second round to the eighth over pick by the Knicks. Played from 64 to 74. Number your favorite, 19. Center. Played his whole career with the Knicks. Coach for the Knicks for one season. Coach for Creighton for four years. Assistant coach for the Hawks for two years.
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King's assistant head coach. Head coach for the Nets from 88 to 89. He also was the reason why the Knicks got good by trading for Jason Kidd when they were good in the early 2000s. He was the reason for that? Yeah, because he helped convince them to go trade for Kidd and all of that. Smart move. Two NBA Finals. Two NBA Finals MVP. Most valuable player. Seven All-Stars.
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NBA All-Star MVP, All-NBA First Team, 4 All-NBA Second Team, All-NBA Defensive First Team, Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie Team, NBA Anniversary for 50th and 75th. As you know, the Knicks retired his jersey, retired in Hall of Fame.
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and 82 in the NBA. College Hall of Fame, 2006. Career stats, 18 points a game. 12 rebounds a game, one assist. Yo, he's just going off. Now let me give you something funny. He was the first player to ever get Finals MVP. All-Star MVP. League MVP. Who were the other two players to ever do that? Ever. Finals MVP, League MVP. And what was it?
00:14:26
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All-star. And All-star? Only two players have ever done this. Not Michael? Michael was one. Michael gotta be one. Michael was one. He was the second person to ever do that. Who was the other person? Was it Kareem or something? No, this person is alive and kicking. But he is retired. But we saw him as children and adults.
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Larry Bird. No. I don't see him as a dog. Yeah, I was going to say Larry too, but we, we really, I mean, definitely didn't watch him. He was, you know, Shaq. Shaq. Yeah. How did he cheat? Because he could see it. No, I really, I really did Shaq. It's only Shaq in the Jordan. The only reason I thought about it, because I was like, let me think of who the franchises are. And I'm like,
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If you hadn't said that we've seen them as kids and adults, I had to. I had to. Because of that mess up with Tony. You know what? Might be Shaq. It's just them two. You know, that's my guy too. You always say Shaq when it's any tight review question though. Shaq. Shaq. That's not true. I was about to say Ken Griffey Jr. when he was talking about that other thing a couple of seconds ago. Wait, what's your funny story?
00:15:35
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It's not even that funny, it's just, I was at a Nets game, and this always confused me, I was like, why is he at a Nets game? I was at a Nets game, I was like five years old. My dad was like, yo, I'm like, he was like, down there, you see that guy down there? I was like, yeah, he was like, that's Willis Reed. I was like, okay.
00:15:56
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I don't know Willis, you know what I'm saying? He was like, you should go down there and ask for his autograph. I'm like, how'd I do that? He was like, just say, can I have your autograph? So I went down there, I had a dream team folder, a red dream team folder. And he did sign it, really nice guy too. I went back up. I don't know why my dad didn't take that folder from me. I took it to school. I don't know where it is. I took that folder up. Willis re-signed my dream team folder. I don't know where it is now.
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but my dad was like, you should go down there, huh? Man, somebody got the little, I found it, when my mom was living in a house that we went to high school in, I found it down there. Dad, you still don't, you, what? I don't know what I did with it. I'ma ask my mom, if you find that red folder, I need that. Oh, I'll do that away. That's not what I'm telling you. Oh, I'll do that away.
00:16:52
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Yeah, when we were helping move. Nah, I was definitely not gonna ever say. Hey, man. On some positive, another positive
Isaiah Thomas on Recruitment and Rivalries
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note. Hall of Fame class, the highlights, Dwayne Wade, Dirk, Tony Parker. Goats in this joint. Becky Hammond, Paul Gasol, Pop. The Spurs love is crazy, and I love how it's Dwayne Wade and Dirk, and how they have history and ties in the NBA at the highest stakes in the NBA too. I think that's funny. I was like, yo, that's cool.
00:17:22
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That's a great thing that you're my rival, you know, technically, you know, and we're getting the Hall of Fame together. That's pretty dope. And as pop is still coaching, he's still. Oh, yeah. Yeah. To me, I'm thinking like, yo, he he must be making a move, but if they get Victor, you think he'll stay for sure.
00:17:37
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Yeah, I think I think that would be his baby Timmy. Yeah, I think everybody is saying he should go there. Like they're like, yo, to get him on a straight path, he will have a great career right there. He'll be good. Well, they better make sure he doesn't become check. Oh, he gets bullied sometimes. They actually showed him working out now.
00:17:56
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Everybody was trashing. They were like, dude, dude. I was like, yo, he's just shooting jumpers, bro. We don't even know what he gonna be like. Like, I already forgot what he played when he played at Gonzaga. We don't have to see. We'll see, bro. What's going on with that. But oh, yo, yo, yo. So.
00:18:14
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Shout out to all the smoke, man. I love their podcast. I love their interviews and anything. So they had one with Isaiah Thomas and it's going to be the part one. It came out and dropped this week and I've been listening to it. And I mean, we've seen I mean, I don't know if you have. I've listened to Matt Isaiah or seen a man of his a bunch of his interviews and stuff. But this one just this one section just got me two things that pointed out to me. It was pretty funny. So he always tells the story about Bob Knight. He came to his house, recruited him.
00:18:40
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But this one kind of got my mind. So the story is basically Bob Knight came in, recruited him. And there was a time when actually they were paying, paying and him and one of his brothers were like talking to him like, hey, yo, like the clan going to be there, you going to protect them? And he was like, he's like, well, we win.
00:18:56
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He's good, but if we lose, he ain't gonna be alright. And his older brother was tight. He was like, yo, what the? Nah, I ain't feeling that. What's going on? What's up? Like, you ain't gonna protect him. Like, yo, you know what I'm saying? We gonna send you out here to do this. And him and Bob Knight stood up.
00:19:13
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Bob Knight rolled his sleeves. Isaiah says, yo, my mom liked it, it was hype. And so that's the story. But in my mind, I'm always like, oh, they were about to go outside and scuffle up. And then Isaiah goes in deeper with it was the first time that I ever paid attention to it. He gave more detail and they were like, yo, like Bob Knight stood up, but he probably would never made it. He thought it was going to be a one on one. He was like, nah, he would have stepped outside.
00:19:44
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It was like he would have never made it back inside like it was gonna be one-on-one No, it was gonna be like 12 on one. Yeah, but they said his mom That was the only coach that she actually like and respected him
00:19:56
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He said like cuz he came right and wrong to the point. He said you're you know I'm not offering money amount from this fame and everything He was like, it's like two things I'm gonna offer him. He's like he's gonna be a gentleman. He's gonna graduate three things He's gonna graduate and he's gonna learn everything I know about the game of basketball So I was like yo, that's that was you got a couple times to practice. He said gentlemen Yeah, he's gonna be a gentleman. Yeah, he was an asshole
00:20:26
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He punched that kid when he was at Texas Tech. He uppercutted a child. Yeah, but you know the highlight of that part is so it's gonna be two parts. It's just part one. I listened to that one. The highlight of it is so they brought up like how Magic and Isaiah came to terms and all that stuff and then you know
00:20:47
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Um, yeah, you know, they cried and everything on that interview. And then, you know, um, Steven Jackson and, um, Scotty, they were just like, yo, like Matt Barnes was like, so what's up with you and Jordan? Like, would you, will you guys ever make a mess? Hey, you know, as I said, it's a real thing. He's like, Hey, bruh, talked about me straight up publicly and everything. And.
00:21:10
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You know, he didn't say nothing to me. Like, you know, straight up, he's like, if you want to apologize, say it live. Like, let's do a whole, you know, not make it a whole thing, but like, you called me an asshole. You didn't like me and all that extra stuff. You said you hated me. Hey, if you're going to apologize, let's not do that. You're on behind closed doors. Like, let's let everybody know how you feel. It was highly publicized. Yeah, exactly. Show me respect, highly publicly. Then he talked about Scotty. He was like, yo, I don't care if you don't like me, Scotty. Yeah, it was like Scotty.
00:21:47
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I catch some of their interviews, but I don't know how I missed because they put out clips and I missed that. I like listening to Isaiah talk about anything with basketball, but his stories are funny too. It's so deep. Like, you know, he talked about his business mind and everything like that, but his stories and everything. I was just like, yo, like, did you hear the one?
00:22:09
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with Dennis Rodman about how he approaches rebounding. He said he was like, so we're shooting around. And he's just watching everybody balling. He was like, Dennis, what are you
Dennis Rodman's Rebounding and Larry Bird's Dominance
00:22:22
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doing? You're in the shot line. He was like, no, I'm counting. And he was like.
00:22:26
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Now I know he's a weird guy already. I'm not even about to respond to that. I'm not even about to respond. What? What's going on here, bro? But then he, but then he finally, he got insight from Dennis like, what the hell are you actually doing? He was counting how many times the ball spins when it's in the air. Yup.
00:22:47
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because he used to break it down scientifically. I've heard Robin himself explained certain stuff like that. He's no dummy. He's a smart guy. He's just weird. And then Isaiah, you know, he gave props to like obviously all his players and that. But Dennis Robin, he's just like, yo, he was probably one of the most athletic dudes I played with and honestly never understood or heard anyone break down, rebounding like that. That's why he got the stats that he got.
00:23:09
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Like, you know what I'm saying? And a hard worker. Remember, even in the last days, they didn't say it, but from what they were saying, you could tell what they were trying to do because he had his other off-the-wall ways. But he was just working his role so well, he was doing it his way. And they remember they tried to smoke him when he came back from his little 72-hour trip. And then he proved a point to them by being like, all right, you think I'm out of shape? Catch me. Catch me. Like, y'all look tired. Catch me. And they was like, all right. So we never did that to Dennis again.
00:23:40
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Leave him alone, let him do his thing. I love listening to Isaiah talk about basketball. He even talked about him and Larry Bird. He was like, he told me. Oh! The difference is that you can do it, but that kept me. So he was talking about how him and Larry is cool and everything like that. So one time they playing, Larry was like, hey, what's up? You know, they say he called him Cheesy, but he said, what's up, Isaiah? Yo, who guarded me tonight? He was like, you know, I got my boy land.
00:24:07
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Yeah, and he said two other players. And Steve Jackson said, I don't even know those two other players. He's like, name two other players. And that man was like, hey, bro, you ain't got no brothers? Like, what's up? And then like, the inside is like, he's like, disrespect it. He's like, yo, you ain't got no brothers to guard me? Like, really? Like, you know I'm about to hurt. You know, I'm about to put a work in. Like, I'm trying to hoop. And you got these white dudes guarding me. You know what's funny about that? That's not the first person I heard say that. Hey.
00:24:34
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I heard somebody else say that. But the following year, he has somebody for him. He said, I got somebody for you. Why? Dennis Rogna. Hey, that's funny. Yo, this puts, you know, I feel like Larry was the coldest white boy ever to touch the basketball, like, and to be out there in the gym. Because he had flair with it, too. He was running his mouth. Yeah, he's a fight. Dirty, boy. I can't think of anybody.
00:24:55
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The closest one to me that I think is Luca. If he can win championships, he get close to it. Luca, maybe. Luca is a great basketball player. That's different. He's not American. He's from one of them countries where they put people in the trunk.
00:25:10
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You know, we get people from Germany to live here. I don't need us. Where is this dude from? I think Slovenia. Slovenia, yeah. Something like that. All right, let me hold my phone. Yeah, man. We get international as much as small as we are. We international now. Don't do that. We don't need that. We don't think this is funny. They're coming to your house. They're coming to yours. They don't know my catchphrase name. They know Statman. We're looking for Statman.
00:25:38
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I'm just like, what are you doing? You already said, where are you living? That's what I do. Yes, you did. I'm living in Jersey. All right. Now, let me talk about some beef. What's up?
Celtics Tensions: Jaylen Brown Trade Rumors
00:25:50
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Jaylen Green got some beef. He ain't coming. Yo, I think he's a free agent, not this coming up for a year, but next year. Jaylen Green? Yeah. The rumor was when they was talked about trying to trade for KD, because Tatum wanted that, they knew someone had to go.
00:26:08
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Green got beef with Tatum. He got beef with, what's his name? Jaylen Brown. Why am I saying Jaylen Brown? Jaylen Green. No, no, no, Jaylen Brown got beef with Tatum. Tatum, really? Since when? No, no, not with Smart, but for a while.
00:26:30
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Really? Yeah, because they wanted to be Tatum's team. Remember, when Tatum don't do well, he be getting in his feelings. Jaylen is always... Straight forward. He ball. But when Tatum was pushing to go get KD, how are you going to trade for KD? Cap, you got to make sure Cap is working.
00:26:50
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It was gonna be most likely Jaylen Brown getting traded. So he went talk to him. He had a meeting with him. What was the old coach's name? I forgot his name. Nada? Huh? No, no, no, no. Coach before him. But he coached at Butler.
00:27:05
Speaker
Oh, you talking about who the head of operations right now. I forgot his name. Brad. Brad Stevens. Yeah. He went through that. I do not remember his name. They had a meeting that day. They were like, yo, like, what is my purpose on this team now? Like, he wanted to make sure, like, am I here? Do y'all want me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's like, he sent out a cryptic message one time and he was like, it is what it is. But don't be surprised if that guy don't get traded.
00:27:35
Speaker
They about to mess that up, I mean. You know, there's two teams I want them to go to, the Knicks or Orlando. Orlando would be cool. Orlando needs a- The Knicks would be crazy. RJ will have to leave or just sit back. I don't care anymore about that.
00:27:53
Speaker
What, the next? No, RJ. No, I don't. You still keep hating on this guy, and I keep sending you a screen. RJ. I don't hate on him. You don't like him? I just know what would fit for a team. Like, he can't be a small forward. He needs his place. That's Tim. That's Tim. I'm not hating on him, but he needs to get better.
00:28:12
Speaker
I'm just tell tips. I haven't even heard anything from him. Well, I'm in it. Oh, are you? Yeah. Hey, I hope he had a little scuffle, but they're cool. You know, they hug or like, yeah, they just made up. Yeah. But, hey, man, I like that. Loki, I like that. I'm like, yo, like I'm happy to see that team fired up. Loki, you know what I'm saying?
00:28:32
Speaker
He's averaging what he should be averaging. He's averaging 19. I'm not saying he's doing bad, but it's just like, yo, we need a star player from what we have now. Like, you know, it's cool to always get people, but if we have what we have now, like, the Brunson trade, come on now. Like, that elevator doesn't make us a problem. Brunson. You could have Brunson at the point guard. You have RJ at the two. You have Brown at the three. I want Randall gone.
00:28:59
Speaker
I don't even, I mean, random. He's locked in for another two years, right? We got two years, but his last year is a team option.
00:29:08
Speaker
So he can go. But honestly, if... And by the way, he's out with the ankle injury for the rest of the season. Hopefully he comes back for the playoffs, but in two weeks, two weeks, we'll be able 15th. So we'll see if you'll be in for the playoffs. He needed that rest. But we get Brown, bro. We're gonna be a problem. I don't care what's gonna happen. Him, Brown, Brunson, and if we keep Mitch, we should be decent. We should still be decent. And quick off the bench or however, like, we would be good. We do know Boss is gonna command a lot for...
00:29:39
Speaker
If we trade for him, if we sign him, that's easy. If we have the cap space. But if we trade for him, it's coming at, it's gonna be picks, it's gonna be players. It's not gonna be even swapped. This guy over here, go look at the cap, go look at. I'm trying to do it. I'm in settings in 2K, just like. This guy over here. Dude, dude, make it work, make it work. This guy over here. That's how I'm doing it. Right in 2K. Let's talk about other sadness. Luca's not happy. On and off the court.
Luka Doncic's Concerns: Team Performance and Personal Issues
00:30:06
Speaker
It's not Kyrie's fault. Everybody's trying to blame Kyrie for what's going on. And they have back to back losses to the Hornets. That's terrible. But everybody's trying to blame Kyrie. They don't have nobody that plays defense. They don't have no big man that can get the ball that your job is just a rebound. They don't have that. If you just have scoring, what do you expect? Nothing. Exactly. You're going to lose games.
00:30:34
Speaker
The numbers might be there, but you're gonna, at the end of the game, it's like, yo, you got out rebound, and people were shutting y'all down when they counted. It's gonna happen. What's his issue? What's Luca's issue? To be announced. He ain't saying he's just not happy with stat. Loki, I thought they were saying something. I was, oh, shoot. That was hearing some stuff. They were just like, something's up with his moms or something. His mom is grinding.
00:31:02
Speaker
No, I thought it was for health or something like that. I don't know. Trademarks and certain things like phrases and stuff. His mom is his manager. So she was taking that money, but he wanted to be able to do stuff and she wasn't letting him get certain things. Financially, it's one day. Oh my God. The last thing I would do is have the answer to my mommy when I'm an NBA superstar. Remember Kyrie's agent's stepmom.
00:31:29
Speaker
she doing her job hey but she's done a great job i don't care he's for that for the for the bags that he's gotten cool for the bags that he's gotten and the stuff that he um he lost and still making moves she's done well i don't care yeah but i guess like not all moms are created equally you know what i'm saying because if i knew my mom was foul i'm like definitely not you
00:31:52
Speaker
You know what? He should've went with Kyrie's mom. Maybe he'd have seen her. He wouldn't be as mad. He's like, oh, so since you're here, can your stepmom be in my manager too? Yeah, man. Hey, that's funny. He's like, nah. Let me talk to you about two injured players.
Injury Updates: Ben Simmons and James Harden
00:32:04
Speaker
They go hand in hand. Ben Simmons is out for the season with a nerve and pigment, and it's back. Ben Simmons is off the planet. He's done. They said, bro, I'm trying to get in the fashion now. He's about to come out with a whole fashion line. He should get cut if that happens. He's done.
00:32:18
Speaker
He's not hooping no more. I think he's over it. Now, another sad thing is James Harden's Achilles has been sore for months. He's been messed up for a while. But there goes my side of that little filly next thing. I told you. We'll talk about that next episode. I can't believe he did that. I can't believe his career just became like dead. I don't want to do it.
00:32:42
Speaker
Getting paid like 34 million dollars a year. I wanna be here. I just don't wanna pay basketball. Hey, when you're dripping at the top of the key for half of your career and just, you know, ain't doing step backs, what are you thinking? Not passing the ball. What's gonna happen? It's like, nah, I don't know. He talk about, he talk about bad. Oh, you talk about bad? Yeah, I'm talking about bad. Oh, oh yeah. Everybody figured out the secret sauce now. Nobody's gonna want him. Like, you know, like, yo, your, your work ethic's not there. They been saying that for years since he was at LSU. Like, we don't know about this guy, but he still got picked up. His motor was the issue.
00:33:08
Speaker
Always has always gonna be. So they found, the secret sauce is out about him. I don't think anybody's gonna pick him off. He's about to get picked up on like that vet, that vet salary, like that low key. Yo, we need you to talk, like. I don't want to talk. I'm not gonna just talk. Bron came back, but they say Bron's torn tenet foots gonna need surgery.
LeBron's Playoff Dilemma: Surgery or Play Through?
00:33:29
Speaker
Now, should he get surgery now and be ready for next season? Or do you think he should try to make that one big push for the playoffs? He gonna ball a lot. He gonna try to ball up. All I'm gonna say is, I think I really, this is the first time I really just thought it clear. It's clear like, yo, I think he really is going to play with Bronny. I think he really is gonna play with Bronny.
00:33:50
Speaker
think it's gonna happen. Then he needs to sit out and just worry about next season. I think that's what's gonna happen. I think he's gonna sit out if if they don't have a good rush in the playoffs. I think we got some playoffs off coming up and we'll talk about the Lakers in depth but I think if they are they're not gonna make it sit out but if they are gonna be in it, I think he he gonna ball out but
00:34:10
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see. I was telling Kyle. Barney still hasn't picked the school yet. You know where I think he's going to end up going? He's going to go to the G League. He ain't going to go to college, even though I think Ohio State and USC is the two. But I think he's going to go play in the G League. I thought he was going to race the Ohio State again. I thought he was going to keep saying that. No, I said those are the two. Well, those are the two schools. For many years, you have been saying Ohio State, and I've been like,
00:34:37
Speaker
But the coolest thing is about bruh, and he did the McDonald's All-American thing. He actually had a great, great game. That was official. He had like six threes or something, five or six threes. That actually was a good game, but you know, Wag did his thing too. Jersey. Here.
00:34:53
Speaker
And it's crazy, because everything going on with LeBron,
Bronny James' Future: College or G League?
00:34:56
Speaker
he was out. And I was just scrolling one day. I saw one of his on his little show that he got. And this is not old, but it's like a year ago when he was talking about, he was like, yo, who do you want to play with? He's talking with LeBron. And he's like, I want to play with Bronnie, for sure. And he's like, yo, I asked him, you want to do this? He was like, yeah. He's like, why do you want to do that? He's like, I want to make a name for myself. I was like, I've heard this before, but when I was scrolling, I heard that. And it was like present. It was like this week.
00:35:21
Speaker
just in the game was on, I was like, hey, yo, he's going to make a difference. Whatever he's going to do, it's going to be different. It's going to be his way. It's not his pops doing that. So I'm like, yo, like as a fan, I'm just like, yo, I support his. I just don't think I'm going to follow. Can you imagine him getting getting his father together like, yo, no, it's my team. It's my team. It's me. It's me. Sit down. You need to understand. You understand.
00:35:47
Speaker
And then they got to ride home together and go to the same house. Yeah. But no, just to go back on your point, what I'm saying is I think whatever path he's going to choose is because he wants to do it, and it's going to make him better to be that dude. So sit down. So sit down. No, I'm talking about Ronnie, like going to the G League or going to school. It's going to be like. Don't waste my time going to college. It's a chess move. To me, whatever it is, it's a chess move. So don't go to college. He's already getting bread from the NIT, John. Yes, so don't go to college.
00:36:13
Speaker
Don't go to college. Don't go to college. Go to the G League. But he wants to make a move for himself to make him better, whatever. So whatever he does, I'm like, it's a chess move for it. But G League, you think G League would be the wiser move? Yeah, there's no reason to go play with players in college when you're going to be playing against other players who are trying to make the NBA, who have been to the NBA, who know what the NBA is about, versus college players who don't know if they're going to take it seriously. Or it's like, yo, they're not. Someone that's guarding you might not be. You might not see them in the league. So it's like, I'm not wasting my time.
00:36:42
Speaker
Play go against players who are trying who come from Europe Yeah, come over here trying to play to make their name to get the call up in the G League That's my thing. Talk about G League tried to Kenny Lofton jr. MVP. Yeah, big ball. Love that guy You know, I love that guy. Yeah, he's just eat. That's how Kyle plays.
NBA Agreement: Load Management and Honors
00:37:00
Speaker
That's how That's that kid is my love dick
00:37:08
Speaker
I hope he plays for a different team. He a lefty too? He's a lefty thing. I don't want him on a different team. Hey, I feel like that's... Charlotte. That's what's up. Yeah, I was gonna say. Yeah, Charlotte. I like that for him. Let's see. He's mobile enough that he won't get burnt and Lonzo, not Lonzo, Melo will know what to do with him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just my thing. KD came back.
00:37:38
Speaker
Well how long will he stay? So he messes his foot up and knee or something? Aye man. They're gonna be a problem regardless if he stays so hopefully it's they take you know this the only time I would say it is due to time management thing when he admitted management whatever
00:37:55
Speaker
so they can actually have him. They do whatever they need to do to keep him healthy so they can keep him who? They just signed a seven year, this is the last news of numbers, seven year collective bargaining agreement. Now, when it comes to low management now, that's going to change because for players to be able to get any all NBA honors or like MVPs or most improved, you have to play at least 65 games. Agreed. So there's going to be less low management now.
00:38:23
Speaker
And when it comes to all NBA teams, it's not going to have guards anymore. It's just going to be the best of the best. There's not going to be two guards, two forwards, and a center anymore. It's just going to be the best of the best all NBA teams. I don't like that, but it's cool, whatever. And then they have this whack behind tournament. Yeah, explain that, John.
00:38:43
Speaker
They're trying to almost do like a like a bubble, but not in the bubble. Yeah, tournament. And it's just like it's going to be one extra game that counts towards the season, which I was like, so some teams are playing eighty three versus the rest of everyone else isn't. And wait. So wait, there's how's the tournament set up? They didn't break it down for like, it's just like a tournament that they're going to do. It hasn't been detailed. They just said it's going to be a certain amount of teams that qualify.
00:39:13
Speaker
Winners get prizes, money, and all that fun stuff. But it counts. And this next season? They're trying to implement it for 20 years. Hey, yo, this is weird. But the news hasn't really been circulated. Just like there's been so much things that's come leaked out already. Just like if they have a new tax bracket, like if you're over the tax line by 7.5 million, you can't trade cash considerations. You can't trade draft picks past the seven-year mark.
NBA Financial Changes: Team Strategies
00:39:40
Speaker
You can't do certain things. Oh, boy.
00:39:42
Speaker
And this is for people like go to save the bucks, hopefully not the next one day. But if you're over that $17.5 million tax line, you can't get the mid-level trading, mid-level exception, which is like $9.5 million to sign a player. So they'll lose that and be able to only sign players for the vet salaries, which means those middle-of-the-line players
00:40:04
Speaker
like Dante Finchenko who got a mid-liver. He's not gonna, he wouldn't have went to Golden State unless Golden State would have gave him that, that's 1.2 million and he wouldn't have wanted that. So basically this is all helping the lower level teams, the Utah's of the world, the Orlando's of the world.
00:40:19
Speaker
Somewhat Phoenix. OKC's. So it's helping those teams be able to get those mid-level players to go to their teams because Golden State, the Knicks, the Nets, all of them who are big teams who are going to be over the tax threshold, won't be able to get those mid-level exceptions anymore. If they hit that second tax window, that's it. Hey, bro, I ain't gonna lie.
00:40:45
Speaker
The way you broke that down, I was like, yo, that made sense. Because I was trying to read that joke. I was like, what? I'm going to wait till it's that time. What's going on, bro? But I appreciate that. No problem. That really, I was really, too. I was like, oh, I get it now. You know what I'm saying? All right, cool. I appreciate that. Why don't they been trying to do, like, who asked for that? That was Adam Silver. That's what I'm saying. He's leaving. No, he said he's not leaving. No, you know about Disney? You know what's funny?
00:41:15
Speaker
Rest in peace. David Stern liked how the European League did theirs. You could have a season, but inside the season they had a tournament. But in Europe, tournaments like that are booming. They don't have a real NBA Finals. It's usually one game or two. It's like three games at best. What is it, a bowl game? It's like that.
00:41:35
Speaker
They see that there's so many fans who would do the like, they were like, yo, we can do that in the NBA. Now what still sucks is they should be trying to fix the All-Star game versus doing that. But that can't be fixed from rules and regulations really. That's gonna be, I mean it can, but really, but you gotta get the players. You gotta get the players. Yeah, Kobe said it, he was like, yo, you gotta be serious about it. But after David Stern passed away and retired, Adam took that badly and he kept trying to like copy how Europe does it.
00:42:04
Speaker
And that one rumor that was talking about, like, if we actually, if the NBA did a tournament, what they were gonna do is, one out of that in-season tournament will go against the best European team in Europe, and they would, NBA would fly them to...
00:42:19
Speaker
to the country, to the US, and go against the best versus the best. European versus the best. This sounds like a pro-am. Why don't you just do it? Yeah, it does. But that sounds like more of a recruiting. So it's a, you know, that best team overseas come over. Then it's like, you get to see, everybody gets to see. And then, you know, organizations, the NBA gets to be like, oh. Yeah, that's scouting. So that's, it'll get basketball overall. But they didn't do that.
00:42:43
Speaker
That would be dope, low key. But they didn't do that. They just doing the tournament with NBA teams. But nobody asked for
NBA Mid-Season Tournament: A Welcome Change?
00:42:52
Speaker
that. I really don't think that's going to positively impact viewership. There was a research on that. There was research on that that said...
00:43:00
Speaker
our generation wasn't interested in that and guess what when we're not disclosing our ages but we're old compared to these young cats who are just like into something like immediate like oh this is new cool and then they'll see if it actually does well or if it flops uh so it's just like it's for that new it's for the new generation that they can't stand still for
00:43:18
Speaker
basically the same things that we see. Think about this, we religiously until it got corny, we loved the all-star games. You for the jerseys, you for the shoes. I like to see fights and see people trying to network with each other, trying to get to go to other teams. Yeah. Now it's like...
00:43:36
Speaker
I bring my kids there to work, see seats. It's like watching the, what is it, the Wizards? Remember them? The Globe Trotters. The Harlem Globe Trotters. Doesn't Lehigh Valley have one of those now? Or is it a real basketball team? It's like the Legends or something? No, no, no, we dead. Someone that could sound played for them a little bit.
00:43:54
Speaker
It's not like a flight. I don't remember the name, but Homie, someone from Kutztown, was playing there when they were living in the Oldham and PA. I don't know, but I'm not interested in watching, you know, a Harlem Globetrotters game amongst the NBA stars. I'd rather watch
00:44:13
Speaker
anything than that. I'm not watching that. I'll watch, what's that Addams Family show about Wednesday? I'd rather watch that. And I have not seen that yet. Damn, dang, you late. Yeah, me and my wife, we watched that. I know you enjoyed it. Nah, for real, it was dope. You know it's dope? This guy likes dressing like that? No. What you got? You know it's dope? Knowing what's wrong with Zion. Gibron, can you throw this Zion information up? Zion, listen.
00:44:46
Speaker
Let's see what's up. Bruh, hopefully. You know what? I'm funny because I would trade them.
00:45:00
Speaker
I would actually trade Zion. True. I would find someone and trade him because, again, you just asked the question about, like, basically, can you trust him to be your franchise guy? And since he came in the league, no, because you can't trust that he's going to be available on the
Zion Williamson Trade: A Wise Move for the Pelicans?
00:45:19
Speaker
floor. And so when I look at this situation, I'm like, OK, this is starting to be a trend.
00:45:25
Speaker
Like every single season, we're like, oh, Zion and lost weight. Zion looks healthy. Then all of a sudden, this happens. If I'm the pelicans, I have Brandon Ingram. I have C.J. McCullen. I have a bunch of young pieces that are over there playing extremely hard, that has a bright future. I would actually consider trading him this offseason, to be honest with you.
00:45:46
Speaker
That's a bold one, Perkin. And I actually don't think it's that off the wall, because they do have a bunch of good young players, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy, Dyson Daniels, on and on. They also have a million picks, including a lot of Lakers picks, which could be pretty valuable. Trading someone at this point in his value is usually a losing proposition, or they would find someone. They would find someone, because the talent is that enticing. To me, that feels early. It feels sad. But the word you use, trust,
00:46:15
Speaker
I just I don't that makes it that makes it seem like it's like someone's fault. No, no, no, no. It's just it's just it is what it is. It's basically he doesn't play. Well, I'm questioning like when I say trust, do you trust his body? And that's he is a linebacker playing football and jumping through the roof. We just haven't seen that body type ever. We think we've seen it one other time. Oh, that body type.
00:46:44
Speaker
Who, Charles? Nah. Charles was fat. Larry Johnson. I was gonna say Larry Johnson. Y'all keep saying that he was fat, but he wasn't fat. He was like skinny fat. Who, Charles? More like skinny fat. Who, Charles? It's because he was big, but not ripped. Yo, rest in peace Muslim Malone. He told her he was fat.
00:47:04
Speaker
Everybody was skinny with short shorts and long socks. Moses said, no, Charles said in an interview, he said, yo, what do I have to do to be first playing starting? He was like, A, you gotta lose weight, you're fat. He kept it real, he was like, you're fat, you gotta stop being lazy too, start eating McDonald's and all of that.
00:47:26
Speaker
He still did it, but he slimmed up. Like when he was- When he was with Phoenix, sure. Yeah. Philly, no. Well, Philly, he was still- Fat. He was like skinny fat.
00:47:37
Speaker
That's when you're a big dude, but you're not ripped or anything. You run mad. You run all the time. So it's tractor trailer. Rest in peace to him. Was he fat? That was a big dude. That was a big dude. He had a gut. Like, that's bad when you don't have no definition in your arms. Rest in peace. He died of a heart attack. You know he messed up Danelle Gardinari's career. He dunked on him.
00:48:06
Speaker
And that's how he had his back. He dunk on some really some really? I would play that off now. He heard his back after that. That's why he was out for his rookie season. Oops So would you trade Zion a perk has been on on one for a little bit of months, but um
00:48:27
Speaker
I mean, just like how you said, do you really trust his body? I know everybody's saying, you know, they got all the health teams and the doctors and everything to check and make sure you good. But it's like, yo, do you really just if they say it's good and something happens, do you can can you continuously to go through this every season? If it was me, I'm making a decision. I'm trying to see what I can get off of it. It's crazy. But it's just like, I don't trust it. Like, and like they were saying in the clip that we played, like they do have players. B.I., he's healthy, y'all straight. I was going to say, he got an issue being.
00:48:57
Speaker
He do but we've seen him play games though. No, he's always like we've seen you go through a stretch at least CJ you get no CJ is getting old but CJ is a good main factor You have as long as CJ is good for the organization off the court and on the man. Yes
00:49:16
Speaker
They got young players, I like the boy Jackson that's there. I like the grand theft auto bull that's there. He's crazy. He's good though. Nah, he crazy. Just imagine what other pieces you can get from trading Zion, bruh, and put that team together. But who's dumb enough to trade for Zion? And not the Knicks, for once I can say, not the Knicks. The Clippers. Yeah. No. No, they dumb. You know who's dumb? I'll say it. The Lakers.
00:49:42
Speaker
Trade for Zion? I see they're like, wow. This could be the future. Go trade AD back. Hurt for hurt. There you go. Hurt for hurt. That's the name of this episode. Producer. The title is Hurt for Hurt. Make it work. Is it Hurt for Hurt? I know he probably hates us talking about his frequent injuries. He always hurt. It's annoying now to my AD. But where would he go?
00:50:10
Speaker
Who's dumb enough to say yo when he just got hurt in Alaska? I'm sorry for laughing about that. Wait, yo, why was they really? Yo, it was like two possessions going on. He was on the ground like
00:50:21
Speaker
Cause he always does. And they like, yo, they were, yo, they was just. Cause they looking like eyes on him. He was like, all right. Oh, boom. Fast break. Boom. Oh, layup. Oh, turnover. Steal. Boom. Like, yo, it didn't stop until, um. Get off the court. Like, roll over. Yeah. I was like, like, they was just. They got hurt with the same. I would be tired of seeing it.
00:50:43
Speaker
I am tired of seeing it. Remember, they said LaBrada and her beef, but they said they're friends. He can't do nothing about it if he'll get hurt. Both of them probably. Rumor has it they said he wanted to go to Chicago. He wanted to go home. Yeah, they said that last season. Yeah, they said that last season. So he can get hurt on the plane ride there? So what? Him and Ball can be hurt together. Yeah, that cool weather ain't gonna work with his muscles, his legs, his joints. Ankle everything. Back? Yeah, he stay here. I don't know.
00:51:11
Speaker
so we can, so... So Zion can't get traded. I think, I would, but you're saying, in the stat world, you're saying, like, who is dumb enough? So, I don't know who will be dumb enough like that. Maybe the Pistons. Like, what would you give up for that? For an injured player, but potential, like crazy potential, but you don't know. Who was supposed to be the face? You at least get two picks, two first rounders. You got to. Every looking at that draft class in the top three, it's jaw.
00:51:41
Speaker
and RJ at this point, cause we haven't seen anything. Has he played a full season yet? Not at all. Not even close. Zaya's always in the ER. Jaws in the club shooting up people. Now he is, but yeah. And always was reckless with the mouth and RJ.
00:51:57
Speaker
It's progressively getting better, Loki. Which I'm happy. Loki, he's actually getting better. He's averaging 19 points a game. Five rebounds. Yeah. I have no problem with that. I know, everybody's like, yo, we want you to be a star. We need that star play. Hey, this player is still getting better. He's doing constant. He's stable. Yeah. He's stable. He's getting better. I have no problem with RJ. That's crazy. Zion, and you know the sad thing is it was always trying to say Zion was going to play for the next. No. It can't work that.
00:52:26
Speaker
I wouldn't even trade Randall for that. Oh, you're talking about like trade wise? Yeah, I wouldn't even take Randall for that. Heck no, at least Randall stay healthy all through the season. Randall don't stop playing games. That's for a word. He just has an issue and quickly try to save his man and quickly had to get mouthed off by Randall.
00:52:41
Speaker
And that Orlando game, that was tacky. Yeah, that was, that wasn't, it didn't look cool. Like when I was saying earlier, I like how they said getting fired up, but like the way he was doing it, like, I was like, yo, you got an itch, bro. And he didn't make up, I ain't seen him make up after that thing. No, temper tantrums. Yeah, he do, he have itch. That's why I said he had to go. And then why does it always seem like for him, it's always somebody else's fault? No, man. Nah, guess what? Blame Tibbs, because Tibbs was like, yo, it's your, it's your teammate's job to make sure you don't get a technical.
00:53:11
Speaker
Yeah, that's stupid. Yeah, why? Because not babysitting bruh. Like if you get attacked, he got paid that fine. All right, good. That's a grown man. Facts like the stuff that he, the annex, he'd be pulling off. Nah, I told you I didn't like him since last season. I told you I've always said I get a Zuber.
00:53:29
Speaker
I thought you were one of his biggest supporters. We got his jersey. He went out and got that black fireman jersey. The fire department jersey. Not at all. He has that jersey. No, I can't do that. Let's talk about some blacklisting. I feel bad for this guy.
00:53:52
Speaker
He's getting labeled under the Chris Jackson rule. His name is Boogie Cousins. Man. He can't get a shot? I thought he was gonna get picked up by them. Remember I was talking about that. Yeah, look at your rumor report. Hey, just now I'm not the stat man, so I don't care. But I thought, they said it was rumored. What's the problem? Like, why would he be blacklisted? I don't know. Here's something. What's up? He spoke to...
00:54:18
Speaker
Bob Myers, GM, GM says president for Golden State. He actually had a phone call. He was like, yo, why can't I get picked up on a team? Bob Myers, he used to be an agent now, as you know, he's the creator of the Golden State Warriors dynasty. He was like, yo, your name is that bad in the streets that you are someone who causes too much trouble that an organization doesn't want to risk it.
00:54:44
Speaker
Remember Boogie in Sacramento had an attitude. Boogie, when he was in New Orleans, had an attitude when they weren't winning. People don't want a cancer on their organization. So why am I gonna take a now fragile, injured player who always runs with mouth? Yeah, so again, why should I risk that? But on the other side, why would I take Myers Leonard, who's without student anti-semitics, versus Boogie?
00:55:13
Speaker
I would've took Boogie. Of course. But I feel like the league is doing like they did the Chris Jackson. If y'all don't know, Chris Jackson was the Stephen Curry before Stephen Curry was ever here. But I feel like Boogie's time is almost gonna be like Dwight. He gonna end up playing like the China League. Oh, no. He...
00:55:37
Speaker
I could name five teams I could've picked him up. The Shanghai Sharks? Yeah, he could've. He could've went to Phoenix. Cause Aiten's always been hurt. Could've went to San Antonio. Could've been a vet to some young kids. He could've definitely went to the Lakers. They didn't pick up Dwight. They had Thomas Bryant and then they had Mo Bamba who's hurt.
00:55:57
Speaker
Yeah, that Mo Bamba. He could have went to Brooklyn. Brooklyn needed size when they had KD and Kyrie. Yeah, they did. He could have went to Boston. Robert Williams III is always hurt. But they picked up Blake. But they picked up Blake. But they picked up Blake. But they picked up Blake. And as just an ice in the cake, he could have went to the next, because Mitchell's always hurt. Yeah. So I gave you five teams, six if you count the next, where he could have actually made a difference.
00:56:27
Speaker
He could've went to the Bucks again, but anyway. I had him boogie and Randall. Actually, you know what? He couldn't come to the Knicks. Yeah, that's why I'm saying that. He couldn't come. They both on that time. They both on that. Swollen eyes. Yeah, never mind. Couldn't come to the Knicks. But it would've been dope, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, it's crazy how he's not... And you didn't say the Kings. He could've been went there too. But, um... No, they...
00:56:51
Speaker
They drafted him. They weren't gonna take him back. Yeah, but that was the rumor. He was supposed to go back. That was your rumor I read the reports where I was getting from I
00:57:10
Speaker
You just been saying random stuff. Remember he tanked the baseball stat earlier. Yeah. Look, it was morning. It was morning. I was tired. That was 35 minutes ago. It's OK. I was tired. Let's talk about something else that said. What's up? Should star players quit if they know their teams are not going to be making the playoffs?
Star Players Sitting Out: Privacy vs. Public Right to Know
00:57:31
Speaker
I got a specific player. Goes back to LeBron.
00:57:34
Speaker
No, it's not even LeBron. We're going to talk about Dave. Dave, they pulled him. They said, no. I don't think the player should quit. I mean, maybe they had an agreement like, yo. He didn't want to. He wanted to play. See, so management did it. So that's kind of crazy. I think you should still play. No matter what. No matter what, you should still play. But it's like, it's going to sound crazy, but it's like you own a team that people that are playing
00:58:02
Speaker
It's value. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, do you want your value to go to get hurt? And that's how they think about it. It's business. Do you like, uh, we don't want you to get hurt. We're going to keep this coach. That's still developing and coaching. We're going to see what he can do next year. You think so? Next year. They keep saying he's not getting fired. No, they said this, they said this year he's safe, but I think next year two years, not making the playoffs.
00:58:27
Speaker
It's about to be a third year, next year. They ain't making it. Rumor says they said, even though Dane said he will stay in Portland for the rest of the life, there's only one team that he will ever go play for. It's the Knicks. It's too late now. No, too late. We were now with that. Too late now. How does that always happen? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. So annoying. Even when TMac, that was my dude. He finally came.
00:58:52
Speaker
I just had a joke in my head, but I don't even want to say I'll say it was like oh well before Kobe made his move to go on his trip before he said I want to go to the next But they always say random say oh, yeah, they actually wanted to go to the bigs like that's not up It's too late now. That would have happened. It would happen
00:59:14
Speaker
Come on now, stop playing. I think it should be up to the players discretion. If you're, if you're like Portland sucking, but Dame's still healthy, Dame's still giving it his all. Why are you messing with this person continuing to hone his craft?
00:59:32
Speaker
and putting up numbers and trying to keep the chemistry with his teammates. By pulling him, you're messing up the chemistry. The same thing with the coach, because the coach is trying to develop his system, but you're also pulling a player that's key to your system. So by pulling him to not play the next two weeks of the season, you're messing up the whole chemistry of a team. And then the players are looking like, OK, so why does he get to do it, even though he doesn't want to? But I still got to show what I'm doing, even if I'm an up and coming player.
01:00:02
Speaker
like Simmons, not Ben Simmons, but Anthony Simmons. So why is he doing this while we're trying to become great together? Exactly. You're messing that up. We haven't played like you wasn't there. You wasn't with me in the trenches when we was losing. So why are you going to come back now? So it makes it look bad. And it's management saying it and he doesn't want to do it. It's weird. You know what I'm saying? So now I don't think that should that should go down like that. Even when Kobe, the Lakers was trash, he always plays like, you know what I'm saying?
01:00:30
Speaker
You still gotta play the games. Torn Achilles and all. Torn shoulder and all. You gotta play when everybody was gone. Like, everybody was- when Smoosh Parker was your starting- was your starting- Oh, he cursed him out.
01:00:43
Speaker
Yeah, but when they had all that, he still played. He didn't care. Yeah, Chris Mendes. Young Randall was there. Who else? Kwame Brown. Kwame, he played with every, he played no matter what the record was. Yeah, he played, he didn't care. Like, so, come on, that's the standard and why they doing that? Come on now. Nah, I might ask you about this course. We got to do an APB on this person, SOS.
01:01:08
Speaker
Andrew Wiggins. How do y'all feel? I'm not even... The way I'm carrying it is... Wait, what's the real inside scoop? I'm hearing so many different things. I want to know if it's factual, because you know. I know nobody really knows. The one person said, and he's close to the source, say,
01:01:33
Speaker
Simmons's two kids, possibly one. Definitely one, maybe both aren't his. That's his homie, closest high school.
01:01:42
Speaker
Wait, what? Those kids might be his best friend's kids. Both of them? I thought it was just one. They said it might be both, but definitely one. Hey, hey, yo. He needs some space. He needs some space. That's when Homegirl was like, yo, the internet's messed up. But here's my thing, because I was listening to this one person's podcast on YouTube.
01:02:05
Speaker
He was like, as a fan, we have the right to know that something's going on. Don't say he's just personal reason. Explain what's the personal reason. Do fans deserve to know the right to the information or do people need to disrespect?
01:02:21
Speaker
the privacy, like Draymond Green was like, yo, y'all don't need to know what's going on. He probably knows, but he said, even if that rumor is true, it's none of y'all business. That person who did the podcast was like, Draymond is partially right, but as fans that you're going to spend that money and buy them jerseys, you want to know, okay, Wiggies is going through things personally because of his family life, and he won't be back until a certain day. That's cool. Versus here in personal, personal could be anything. Personal could be like, I don't feel like going to work today.
01:02:50
Speaker
Yeah. Personally could be like, I just have a cold today. Yeah. Personally could be like anything random. But if we knew exactly what it was, then they would be like, OK, I can respect the reason why. The report was family emergency, which I thought it was. Yeah. So did I. That's what I would. I thought it was like death. Well, I'm saying even something like what's.
01:03:14
Speaker
Reportedly going on allegedly going on Crazy feeling emergency. I mean
01:03:22
Speaker
Lives are at stake. Yeah He probably still the one the one kid is three the one But wouldn't you I mean, I don't know how other people yeah, I don't know how other people handle their mental but like maybe Distractions like playing whooping could they say he's still hooping. He goes to a gym. They don't say where but they say he's at a gym still
01:03:45
Speaker
But not with the team that doesn't he's just doing his job. Yes, he's he's trying to do his job But he's probably not ready to perform or something He probably got them little homies tatted on him or something too But no, I guess to answer your question I don't think the fans deserve to know all the inside scoop like that I mean cuz rumors are gonna have I at the end of the day rumors are gonna leak and I have found out but we don't need to like I
01:04:13
Speaker
Andrew Wiggins come up and say hey, this is what's going on. Okay, cool. No, it's just like yo and I love how the team is respecting him I think I didn't listen to if I know coach Kerr had said some things like hey, we want to have everybody knows I hope that we get to have we hope that he comes back cuz then for me off thinking like drew god damn
01:04:39
Speaker
For me, I thought it was personal health at first, but when I heard that rumor where it was about the kids and the wife, I mean, the girlfriend, I was like, uh, then that might be real.
01:04:51
Speaker
Me personally, because health, that's the first thing that
Western Conference Playoffs: Matchups and Outcomes
01:04:54
Speaker
came to my mind. Yeah, he tells me things like, oh, health, let's don't go home. I mean, it don't get no realer than that. That's a problem. That's a real problem. But hey, maybe he can't perform the right way with that's going on with his mental and everything. It's understandable, you know what I'm saying? But it's respectful that he gets his face. How could he even go home and not color him? He probably ain't going home. He probably got his other house. He got a loft. Somebody has to go get him like, yo, do not go back to your residence.
01:05:21
Speaker
And the fact that he ain't, we ain't hear anything that he put hands on, John. Like, he probably is being like, yo, like that's what, that's what they could be doing. They're like, yo, like chill, chill. Like, you know, the best way they're like, yo, what do you need us to do? Like, I just don't feel like- Leave me alone. Yeah, leave me alone. Let me just figure it out how I need to figure it out. They're trying to make sure he's still good as a player, a human in your life. Like, don't go to jail for this. I wouldn't even know what to do. And he just signed a four year, I think $109 million contract.
01:05:48
Speaker
And I would say this, the Warriors are probably in a different position right now. They will. He had matured under their umbrella last year. That's the work for him. Yeah, he was the second best player in the finals. Yeah. And remember, people thought he should have got the MVP. Yeah, we were talking about that. We were like, yo, if he get that joint, it's understandable. But nah, it was Curry's time.
01:06:15
Speaker
go well good luck with that playoffs are coming up starts April 15th what do we see happening man the West is a toss-up the West is crazy bro I think anything can happen in that Western side I think
01:06:36
Speaker
I've been talking about the Kings heavily, but I think a lot of people would rather play the Kings because they're young. Woodson definitely needs to win Coach of the Year, but still, it's your first time. Wait, what you calling? What do you call Mike Woodson?
01:06:54
Speaker
Mike Brown. Mike Brown, I'm tripping. That's the morning. The Knicks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, it's the first time with that team, you know what I'm saying?
01:07:06
Speaker
They may shock the world, but I know a lot of people want to play them. They'd rather play them right now, like, all right, we got them, we good. You know, people, they're not scared. They're like, oh. Versus going against Golden State in the playoffs. Exactly. Come on now. Even though with the record, they're like, yeah, I don't think I want to do that right now. You know what I'm saying? I think the East is going to probably be, the West is probably going to be exciting because it's very
Eastern Conference Playoffs: Bucks, Celtics, and Sixers
01:07:26
Speaker
close. It's tight. Anything can happen. The East is going to be good, too. The Bucks and the Celtics, just regular season game, they went off and they played.
01:07:36
Speaker
The Celtics, boy. I was gonna say the Bucks. The Bucks is coming up. No, the Celtics lit them up, bro. Yeah, Tenacis and Blake got into a fight. Tenacis had a one-game suspension. Yeah, but besides that, the Bucks, I don't know. If they're not hitting on all cylinders and doing any to do, they might not. And if Boston's a head case, too. I don't trust Tatum and Brown.
01:08:02
Speaker
whatever issue, personal issues they going through. They still drop 40 a piece. Look, that's why that right there, what you're talking about, that's why I see the bucks coming out. I agree. More than Boston. And then what if Boston, like just. Self-destruct. Yeah, if.
01:08:22
Speaker
I just feel like they might not capitalize at the right time and just lose. And then what would that look like if Boston gets to represent the East? Who are they gonna play against? I still think they would lose. It would play out just like how you would think if they don't get to where they were at last year, basically. Brown is gone. That's how I see it. And then the Sixers are at three. They're locked at three. They're not gonna go up to two or one. Sixers are gonna most likely play the Nets who are at six.
01:08:52
Speaker
In the next, we're going to play Cleveland. Joelle going to kill them if they play. Joelle going to kill them, bro. You better hope he stays healthy. Me hope. But if you said the Knicks in Cleveland, that's going to be great.
01:09:07
Speaker
Even Spyder wants that. Mitch might drop 40-plus on us, but we still might win if Brunson can drop 40-plus like he did. Yeah. Career hard, 48 points. Yup. Doug. And... And no Randall. Yeah, 33 and a half. But they didn't have Allen, and they didn't have their... Oh, he wasn't there. Groin. Groin injury. So, it's almost... Yeah. But to that, it's like, how well was that true that the Knicks really did?
01:09:35
Speaker
really win that. How well is it true that the Cavs really did, that they played too? They didn't have the rim protector basically. I still trust Cleveland over us. We'll see.
Knicks vs. Cavs: Playoff Strategies and Preferences
01:09:49
Speaker
We'll have to see. We'll have this. I really don't want us to go. I wish we could find, the Nets are two and a half games over. I wish we would lose three games just so we could go against Philly. I like us to go against Philly. That's a better one for us.
01:10:03
Speaker
Especially if hard to stay. If hard to stay is hurt definitely. I think Joel will eat us up regardless too. He can eat any team up. Especially the Nets, they don't have no big man. That's cool, but who does Joel have after that? Who does Joel have after that? Shake Milton. My man. My man.
01:10:23
Speaker
But yeah, you're right. You're right. Not viable. Now you're going. That boy gone. I used to go past this mural all the time. They covered it finally. Really? Yeah. I used to go past it. It's right across from the one that I used to go to in Fishtown. Shout out to your old vet. Yeah, man. Crazy.
01:10:45
Speaker
Next episode, it's going to be the playoffs. I'm excited. We'll see next. All right, send us home. Ayo, it's a wrap. We're done with this episode, man. It's Friends versus Friends. We'll see you next episode. Peace. Let's get breakfast. Coffee too.