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What's up, everybody? Welcome to another

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episode of the three on three Pod. I'm

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one of your hosts today, Chris Williamson,

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and I'm so happy that we

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have Tarika Foster Brass you back after

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surgery, Drika, how you doing? First

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of all, love to see your face.

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First off, thank you. I'm happy to be here. I'm

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happy to be here. I'm happy to be back. I'm

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doing I ain't gonna lie. Shit, still

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hurt, but I'm going, but I'll

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be I'll be making it. I'm making a do what to do

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because you know, that's what we do from the d We keep

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a trucking, we keep hustling. So I'm

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still here. But for the most

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part, I'm feeling good. I'm happy

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to be back. I'm ready to cut up and act the food

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with my friends today.

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I know that's right. That is exactly what I wanted

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to hear. And yeah, we will continue to pray for your full

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recovery. And then we got Cherina

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Cole coming back to the scene.

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What's up, Schari? How you doing?

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What's up, y'all? I'm fantastic. Chris

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is two stone throws away and so I'm looking

1:02

forward to getting some naps and eat some more terrible food

1:05

before we got to go back into the new year and try

1:07

to be on some type of a clanse. So I am

1:09

doing well. Glad to be back and glad to

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be here with Tarrika today. I'm really excited and good

1:14

to be with you again.

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Chris. Yeah, thank you so much. Yeah,

1:17

y'all, I know, y'all, y'all two gonna cut up, y'all

1:19

definitely don't have a lot of fun with the topics

1:21

we got planned for y'all. But Yo, the

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w n b A just released their schedule,

1:26

right. They didn't release the you know, TV times and all that,

1:28

but the release the schedules of dates of who they're

1:31

playing, and for me, I

1:33

was kind of a little disappointed y'all that

1:35

we didn't get Ace's Liberty for

1:38

day one for a game one I should say, you

1:41

know, I'm like, really, but

1:44

I don't know what what y'all think, But I am excited

1:47

to see the Liberty and the Mystics play

1:49

opening night because that's something

1:52

that can be spicy, as we saw when Natasha,

1:54

cloud Sabrini and nescued that last game

1:56

that was epic. So I'm happy to see

1:58

that because I think that could build into a

2:00

little bit of a rivalry. But Tarika, what about what about

2:02

you? What from the schedule really

2:06

made your heart happy?

2:09

Well, I will say that I

2:11

think when free agency comes,

2:13

that's when we're really gonna be like, oh this,

2:15

this matchup gonna be spicy. But

2:18

I am excited for the

2:20

Connecticut Son hot no shock there,

2:23

I'm surprised. I'm excited for

2:25

the Connecticut Son facing LA and Boston

2:28

on August.

2:29

Oh.

2:29

Yes, that is a

2:31

big deal for them to

2:33

take the Connecticut Son

2:35

on the road to TV Garden. I think it's

2:37

gonna be a great atmosphere, good opportunity

2:40

to give Boston a chance

2:42

to really indulge into some women's basketball.

2:45

So I'm really excited for that

2:47

game.

2:47

I better be on the sideline for that game. It's

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all I'm saying.

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And leaving. You heard her.

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Make it play. Let these people know. Look

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like for me, I can wait

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to see the liberty in the aces. Like, I'm okay, let

3:04

everybody kind of get their footing, and I think

3:07

that will That'll be a strong matchup either way.

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So I'm okay with it not being open to night. But I

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will say, and this is just me simply being

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sentimental and from Chicago. I'm really

3:15

excited to see the Sky play the Liberty July

3:18

eleventh, Teresa Weatherspoon

3:20

witherspoone excuse me, I'm so excited for her.

3:22

I can't wait to see what she does with the Sky from the head

3:24

Coulture position and to have her go back home

3:27

to New York and be able to play that game. Like

3:29

for me, just as a Chicago girl, you

3:31

know what I'm saying, and a Terresa Weatherspool fan, like I'm

3:34

just from a heart strings perspective,

3:36

I'm really looking forward to that.

3:38

Yeah, Teresa, she has my heart

3:40

like, I love her passion, the way she

3:42

attacks the game, just her the

3:45

bars that she dropped. So yeah, that's

3:47

another one that nobody can argue about. It is

3:49

going to be really exciting. You know. It's

3:51

also been really exciting lately in somebody

3:54

or a team that we probably didn't expect to be

3:56

playing as well, the Los Angeles

3:58

Clippers. We were laughing

4:00

about them when they made that trade for James

4:02

Harden. Now after

4:05

destroying the Indiana Pacers last

4:08

night Monday, they

4:10

have won eight straight and

4:12

guess who went off? Your boy,

4:15

Tarika James Harden thirty

4:18

five points. They

4:20

were doing. He was doing snow angels, snow

4:23

angels on the court. Like,

4:28

Hey, all I'm saying is you had a lot

4:30

to say about James Harden the way they

4:32

started off, and now they

4:34

don't flip the script. So what do you have to say

4:37

now you're still sticking with that point.

4:39

Well, let me just first say this.

4:41

Okay, we ain't gonna go too hard

4:43

on how they went off on Indiana because Indiana

4:45

don't play no defense and everybody know, right, so

4:49

that's one okay, but defenseless

4:53

aside, you know,

4:55

right. I have talked a lot of about James

4:57

Harden and how he really needs to realize that he's

4:59

not that guy. So you

5:01

know, when somebody shit the bed, I'm gonna

5:03

call him out on it, and when they're playing well, I'm also

5:06

give him their props for it. So I will say,

5:08

in the last ten games, James

5:10

Harden, listen, you're that guy playing

5:13

well in the last ten games, averaging eighteen

5:15

points a game, nine assists per game. You

5:17

know, I think what's really interesting

5:20

is that the team is actually plus sixteen when

5:22

he's on the floor, so he is finding

5:24

himself he is kind of playing like old

5:26

hearten for right now, and I do

5:28

think that it's working well for them. When

5:31

you got him being effective offensively,

5:33

when you got Kawhi Leonard dropping thirty because

5:36

he doing Quahai type stuff,

5:38

you know what I mean. So I think it's really made

5:40

this Clipper team really difficult to stop over

5:42

these last eight games.

5:43

Kind of pick your poison right now. But

5:47

James, you got to keep it up.

5:49

You gotta keep it up, because the moment

5:52

that you stop, I'm gonna go back

5:54

to telling you how you playing like the

5:56

shit and how you were not

5:58

that guy.

6:00

I'm gonna keep the same energy, and I want

6:02

you to know that I'm.

6:03

Keeping this the same energy.

6:06

Who knows you're doing well.

6:09

Don't fall off is all I'm

6:11

saying.

6:11

Don't fall off.

6:14

You think he's gonna fall off? Serik, Okay,

6:17

give him clapp. It's the month.

6:19

Let's all be reminded, that is December, so

6:21

let's see what we're looking like in

6:24

two three months. I don't trust James Harden,

6:26

so sorry to tell you.

6:27

Good for him.

6:28

I'm glad he's doing his angels and I'm glad

6:30

that the Clippers are winning and all of these

6:32

things. We understand that team chemistry has been the

6:34

hot topic for the Clippers when they brought him in. So

6:36

I'm glad to see that all of them are playing well together and

6:38

figuring it out why it's killing it. But

6:41

I don't trust him, in part

6:43

because I don't trust his ego. Right now, it's in check.

6:46

I don't necessarily think as they move through

6:48

that he's going to continue to realize like Terreka

6:50

saying that you're not that guy, You're one of

6:52

the guys. I just don't know if he's

6:54

gonna be able to settle into that all

6:57

the way through a season. Just he's

6:59

just postseason, James.

7:02

I'm just it's just not I don't trust

7:04

him. I'm so sorry. So I'm glad the Clippers are doing

7:06

well, but obviously not just my personal

7:08

opinion, not for the reasons that deal with the Harden.

7:10

I want Kawhi to do well. I love Paul George's

7:13

game. I really want to see him win, but

7:16

you know, and I like Tyrone Lou. But James

7:18

just just I'm with Toick on this. Can

7:22

you go? But I still don't trust

7:24

you And we'll see what happens. Can

7:28

I pick you back off something really quick, though, because

7:30

I like what Shari just said about

7:33

team chemistry, right, I think that was the biggest

7:35

problem for me when

7:37

he first got there.

7:39

It's just that y'all did not know

7:41

how to play together.

7:42

Because you got five superstars on the floor

7:44

at the same time. So credit to Tyron Lou

7:46

for one figuring out how to make

7:49

line up adjustments, but two putting

7:52

ego aside. I think that's a big point that you're

7:54

making share Sharia, is that people need

7:56

to put their egos aside, and he's

7:58

able to do that, but so has.

8:00

Russell Westbrook, Right, Yeah, I think.

8:02

The most glaring issue is that they could

8:04

not share the court together.

8:05

You got two guys.

8:06

Who really are at their best when

8:08

they're creating shots for other players, even though

8:10

they don't always realize that they're at their best

8:12

when they're creating shots for other players, but

8:15

that's really when they play their best basketball. And

8:17

so it wasn't working. And so

8:19

I got to give some kudos to Russell Westbrook,

8:21

who you know, was like, listen, I'll go

8:23

to the bench. And I think when you realize

8:25

that sacrifice is the best way to show

8:27

your commitment to winning, that's

8:30

when you can put together longevity.

8:32

And so if they can continue to keep their

8:34

egos in check and continue

8:36

to say, hey, you know what we play best

8:38

when you're coming off the bench, when you're

8:40

on the perimeter, when you're defending, when

8:43

we give Quahaida ball on the post, when we're

8:45

feeding Zubac, you know what I mean. Like, that's

8:47

when I think this team will continue

8:50

to do well.

8:51

So it ain't really just James Harden.

8:53

It's just figuring out, this is

8:55

your role, bro play your role, stay

8:57

in your lane, play your position, keep.

8:59

Your ear go in chack for sure,

9:01

one hundred percent. And the other thing that

9:04

I love you talk about team chemistry is

9:07

I don't know if you guys saw, but when James Harden was going

9:09

off at all those threes, the team

9:11

I've never seen Kawhi Leonard so much

9:13

so animated, as well as Russell Westbrook because

9:16

there's just his joy about the squad

9:18

right now, and of course it is still December is to

9:21

rementions, but I love to see

9:23

that they're they're getting along because I

9:25

know it probably wasn't easy when they were, you know, were

9:27

losing six in a row. They had some hiccups

9:29

and Russell was, you know, frustrating all that,

9:32

but now they seem to have found their groove.

9:34

And Kawhi Leonard we talk about him.

9:37

That man has played in twenty four straight games,

9:39

twenty four plus straight games for the first time since

9:41

twenty sixteen. That is a huge

9:43

deal because he was looked

9:45

at as the face of low to management.

9:48

Right, he's dealing with all these injuries, you

9:50

know, going back to the Spurs Toronto, and

9:52

look now he's I want to be

9:54

in these games, you know, probably that threshold

9:57

right to get MVP or first

9:59

team whatever. He's real motivated.

10:01

So I'm happy to see the Clippers

10:03

in Kawhi really shining right now.

10:06

But to your point, I got

10:08

to see it in

10:10

in March, April, in May.

10:12

Right, if springtime that don't

10:14

spring forward, let me show

10:16

me, show me what you're doing right now, then

10:18

I'll believe you.

10:20

Yeah, exactly. Do

10:22

you believe in the in the

10:24

Golden State Warriors, Sui? Because

10:28

they they have looked I

10:31

would say terrible, but they have not looked like the

10:34

Warriors that we've been accustomed to for

10:36

so many years when they were going

10:38

through their dynasty. Right, you got Draymond

10:41

Green, who cannot keep his hands off people.

10:43

Klay Thompson looks like his

10:45

powers have been stolen. Although recently,

10:47

ever since he got he was talking about his struggles,

10:50

he's had a really hot streak. You

10:53

know, Steph Curry is trying to do it all

10:55

and he's only he's only getting older, so

10:57

that's not gonna last forever. Andrew

11:00

Wiggins kind of reverted back to some of his

11:02

old bad habits,

11:05

like Kevon Looney. I

11:09

just don't know if I

11:12

think this is the end, right, because they do have

11:14

some good young pieces, right with

11:16

Trace Jackson Davis, and

11:20

then you have Kaminga, Jonathan

11:22

Kminga. I think he deserves more minutes. Of course he's getting

11:24

them with Draymond out now he's gonna be out at

11:26

least three weeks according to reports.

11:29

But I believe the

11:32

dynasty is over. Do

11:35

you guys believe it's

11:37

over? Three gods start with you?

11:40

Dynasty been over, bro.

11:42

Honestly, even before this season, I felt

11:44

like the Dynasty's been over. And that

11:47

doesn't mean that a team doesn't play well,

11:49

just to simply say that other teams are

11:51

playing better. And so even

11:54

before this season, I felt like the Golden

11:56

State Warriors. They were it was great

11:58

while it lasted. Was but

12:01

it's just not there anymore. Players are getting

12:03

older. As you alluded

12:05

to, Klay Thompson just has completely

12:07

lost and shaken all his confidence. And you've really

12:10

started to see that after that Achilles

12:12

injury. He just never really has

12:15

been able to get back to playing kick Clay Thompson

12:17

basketball.

12:17

He just looked okay.

12:19

And there was a moment in time where Clay

12:21

Thompson looked like he was like unstoppable,

12:24

phenomenal. He was that

12:26

player that I think anytime you saw a guy

12:28

on your bench and you could be like, you could be the

12:30

next Clay Thompson. Like now

12:33

you don't want to be Clay Clay. Clay

12:35

might not have a spot on somebody else's fly, you

12:38

know what I mean. Now, Granted, over the last

12:40

couple of games, as you mentioned, he did look

12:42

well. He's played very well against

12:45

I think it was Portland A just played so

12:48

so absolutely no one's

12:50

saying that he's like like he just doesn't have

12:52

it anymore, But his confidence doesn't

12:54

seem the same. It hasn't really seemed the same, and

12:57

it just feels like this team is just getting older.

12:59

And all though I do think they do have some very

13:01

good young pieces, I don't think it's enough

13:03

for them to sustain the level of success that

13:06

they previously had when they had Draymond

13:08

playing out of this world from a defensive standpoint,

13:10

when Klay Thompson was

13:13

again Superman, when Steph Curry

13:16

was not only doing everything, but doing everything

13:18

in every arena anytime he stayed

13:20

on a court everywhere across the world,

13:23

like he's just these guys are just getting

13:25

older. And I also just don't think

13:27

that the pieces that people thought were gonna come

13:29

together really came together in the way

13:32

that they want them to and tour in terms

13:35

of building the future, because you know

13:37

how every GM is, every GM feels

13:39

like they're gonna be the ones to pick the best players

13:41

so that when this dynasty is over, another

13:43

one is gonna come up, and then we have

13:46

to remind them, you did pick Joe

13:48

Wiseman. How's

13:50

that?

13:51

How's that working?

13:52

Oh, j Oh, j Oh, your boy? Yeah?

13:56

Yeah.

13:56

I'm like, I'm like, listen.

13:58

I can't even get his name right, that's how much he

14:02

acten, Right, you know what I'm saying. Wiggs

14:04

be Wiggings sometimes he had ways,

14:07

you know what I mean. So I just don't think that

14:09

this whole backup plan, like they're

14:11

not Steve Kurk is not a Nick

14:13

Saban, He's not a Dawn Staley. They don't

14:16

have players on the bench waiting in the wing, wading

14:18

to take over and continue the trend.

14:21

This is a hard stop for the Warriors, I

14:23

believe right now. And I think they'll play

14:25

well. I think they'll start. I mean, they're on a

14:27

two game win streak now. I think they'll continue

14:29

to play well. I think they'll be in the conversation

14:32

for the playoffs come this spring. But if

14:34

this team is looking for a championship

14:36

contendership, that's not happening.

14:40

Yeah, I got to echo those sentiments. And I think,

14:43

you know, you guys talk about age, and it's a real thing,

14:45

and so I think there's some bad habits that the Warriors

14:47

have gotten away with. Even they've been very careless

14:49

with the ball for many years. But when you

14:52

got their legs and young guys winning,

14:55

y'all have been turning the ball over like a fool

14:57

for a long time. But when you have

15:00

players in their prime, you're able to kind

15:02

of work through those things and almost excuse

15:04

them because you're so talented. Now

15:07

everybody, as you guys are saying, they're getting

15:09

older, Draymond is a distraction. He

15:12

is a distraction. Looney has been unimpressive

15:14

in my eyes for at least the last couple of years.

15:17

So there is some rebuilding in my opinion, that

15:19

must happen, and

15:21

it's gonna be a while for them. I don't think

15:23

this is something that even if they put some different pieces

15:25

in place, that they'll come back next season and you know,

15:28

be a championship

15:30

contender. And it happens this,

15:32

This happens to all dynasties. And I

15:34

mean that even with Steve Kerr, who knows you

15:36

know, you guys mentioned what does this? What kind

15:38

of And I love Steve Kerr, but what kind of coaches

15:41

he when a team is not ready

15:43

made? Because we have to give credit to Mark Jackson

15:45

who really built the Golden State Warriors before

15:47

Steve Kerr got there. So I

15:49

think this is our first time really seeing Steve Kerr

15:52

have to coach a team that doesn't really have it all together.

15:54

So it'll be interesting. I think, as Terika mentioned,

15:57

they'll get better, they'll win some games. We

15:59

all know you have like a Klay Thompson, you lose

16:01

your confidence here and there, you go through you

16:03

know you can't your shots won't fall. Whatever

16:05

you work through those kinds of things. When we talk about

16:07

dominance, those days are done.

16:10

And I think that Wiggins also has to really evaluate,

16:12

You've had enough time. So players that oh

16:14

they got they got time, they're gonna figure

16:16

it out that have that still have not figured

16:18

it out, that have fallen back into some of those bad habits

16:21

to for you to go. No, Shade super

16:23

talented, but I don't necessarily

16:25

think he's gonna turn this corner where he's gonna

16:27

be in a player that's going to impact this program

16:30

in the way that they need to to continue to advance

16:32

back to the levels that of the days

16:34

of Bowls per se.

16:35

Yeah, the other thing that sticks

16:38

out to me is Klay Thompson. They

16:40

still have not agreed to a contract

16:42

extension. Maybe perhaps

16:45

they should have moved on to him, moved on from

16:47

him a little bit earlier. And

16:49

then what also comes

16:51

to mind is who is going

16:53

to want Draymond Green Because at this point,

16:56

I won't say they need to give up on

16:58

him, right, but they

17:02

he is becoming such a distraction the

17:04

point where you almost have no choice

17:06

but to trade him because of how he's

17:09

bringing down the team.

17:11

And I seriously,

17:14

who would you who would want Draymond

17:16

Green on her team? Right now? Who would want Klay

17:18

Thompson on their team? Y'all?

17:20

Can I'll tell you what? Won't Draymond on their TV?

17:23

Can I tell you Philadelphia Eagles

17:33

need some help take him over there and tackle.

17:35

They could use somebody to.

17:36

Tackle, so you might

17:39

not be Oh

17:41

my goodness, lord, I

17:44

was good.

17:45

I was just saying that nothing that I

17:47

was gonna say was gonna top that. Nothing that

17:49

that's the thing, that's the thing.

17:52

Oh my goodness. Yeah. The Warriors

17:55

they are they are crumbling

17:57

before our eyes, slowly but surely.

18:00

And uh, I just hope that we appreciated

18:03

all the years of them being at

18:05

the top and being show voters or frontrunners

18:08

sometimes because they provide a lot of entertainment

18:10

and drama for the game. That was that

18:13

was really good. Speaking

18:15

of drama, though, uh, Miles

18:18

Bridges has been in a lot

18:20

of drama the past year

18:23

or two and got

18:27

okay, all right, we say by him

18:30

and the Charlotte Hornets were

18:32

prepared to play the Toronto

18:34

Raptors on Monday. Only

18:37

problem is Miles Bridges

18:39

was denied entry into

18:41

the country and he did

18:43

not play against

18:47

the Raptors. Why

18:50

is that, Well, because

18:54

he's been convicted, right, He's pen in no

18:56

contest to fell any domestic botlece

18:58

charges of injuring a child's

19:00

parent on November third, twenty twenty two, and

19:03

then he has a February court date for

19:06

an alleged violation of a

19:08

domestic violence court order. And

19:11

it's presumed that the reason why

19:14

he was denied entry is

19:16

because Canada can exclude or

19:18

deny entry to anybody with the criminal

19:21

record, human rights. All that, and

19:24

it ain't surprising the

19:27

Hornets had the audacity to

19:30

try to get

19:32

him to play, try

19:34

to work something out so he could go

19:36

up against the Raptors.

19:40

I don't even know where to begin

19:42

with this, so I'm

19:44

gonna just let three you have it, because I

19:46

know you have some really poignant thoughts

19:49

about the matter, and I don't want to steal

19:51

your shot.

19:52

You know what, I don't

19:54

even I

19:56

don't even know how to formulate the

19:58

words to hell, this man to

20:00

go to hell. I don't know how to say

20:03

it. I don't know how to say it, because.

20:07

There are so many layers to this

20:09

conversation and to this issue that

20:12

we could probably spend a whole show trying

20:15

to dissect all the ways that this

20:17

is wild. Number One, this

20:20

man didn't just simply

20:22

plead no contest. There

20:24

are reports, literal police

20:26

reports that prove and indicate

20:29

that you were throwing shit pullballs

20:33

to be specific, at the car

20:35

that your baby mother was driving that

20:38

had your children in them.

20:42

So you have no regard whatsoever

20:45

for your children's life.

20:47

What kind of father are you? That's

20:49

one? Number two?

20:52

How in the hell have we gotten to the point

20:54

in this capitalistic society that we

20:56

can disregard the fact that someone could be a

20:58

shitty human being because we want to

21:00

win basketball games, So we're gonna go

21:03

above and beyond to figure out what we can do

21:05

to ensure his black ass get into

21:07

Canada to play this game. No,

21:10

it's mind

21:12

blowing how far off

21:14

the rails we've gotten when it

21:16

comes to the essence of competition.

21:18

That ain't what the NBA is about.

21:19

And speaking of the NBA, why do you even still

21:22

have a job in the NBA, Because I've seen

21:24

people not playing the NBA for less. This

21:26

is ridiculous to me in

21:28

and of itself. Now we can go

21:30

off on a whole different day about Canada and their

21:33

rule about not letting people learn the feelingies, because

21:35

that could work and not work in certain circumstances.

21:38

If you're someone who did your time,

21:40

you've repent, you've done what you want to

21:42

do. You want to build a new life for yourself in a new

21:44

country, and somebody says,

21:46

hey, we're not going to allow you access,

21:48

we don't want your kind or all of that other

21:51

stuff. That's a different argument. Miles

21:53

Bridges is not the poster boy for that. He

21:56

ain't at You don't deserve the access.

21:58

He don't deserve the access to any court, even

22:00

here in the States. And we're too far going

22:03

and too far blind to even understand

22:05

that, because you still got fans who

22:07

are out here acting like, oh, Miles

22:09

Bridge is gonna change, she gonna learn. You

22:11

didn't learn last year, the first time,

22:14

you didn't learn. This year, the second time,

22:16

you didn't learn. When you got in trouble back at home in

22:18

Michigan, you didn't learn. So

22:20

this is not something that people are

22:23

just gone or should be able to just

22:25

let roll by and roll off and

22:27

just let's slide on by in those Charlotte

22:30

hornets. What kind of organization are

22:32

you to be? Even someone that

22:34

a kid or a child, or your fan or your

22:36

female fans can look up to

22:38

and say, you're someone who supports

22:41

us, you're someone who has our

22:43

back. Why should we continue to be loyal to

22:45

you because you clearly don't give a damn about

22:47

the children, and you don't give a damn about

22:49

the women who support you by going to

22:51

back for this man. I understand the Players'

22:53

Association don't have a choice. He's a player,

22:56

he's active. They have to fight for him.

22:58

But y'all could do better. The NBA

23:00

is a private entity. You are a private

23:03

team. You could do better. You

23:05

choose not to. I want to use

23:07

a word, but I feel like there might be kids

23:09

under the age of sixteen listening to this podcast,

23:12

So I ain't gonna use a word, but blank

23:14

all of y'all, because that's crazy how

23:16

I feel. Well,

23:20

you just preach Tarkael

23:24

literally, we should have had the Organs going right underneath

23:27

that entire that entire

23:31

I'm gonna call it a monologue.

23:33

It was incredible, and I agree with

23:35

you fully. The thing that is disappointing

23:37

for me as a former athlete, as

23:40

a woman is again we're talking

23:42

about professional sports organization

23:44

that is not taking domestic violence serious

23:46

enough. We get on the backs of the NFL about

23:48

it, MMA and all of these other

23:51

entities that have to that have had

23:53

to address this issue. This was the

23:55

NBA's opportunity to take a real stance and

23:57

really address this, and I think they

23:59

have failed. I think that Charlotte Hornets

24:01

have failed. And so for me that's very disappointing.

24:06

I'm glad he was denied totally.

24:08

I have absolutely no level

24:11

of empathy for somebody who

24:13

habitually has made this their choice.

24:16

And then we again look at the NBA. We're

24:18

suspending Draymond indefinitely,

24:21

John Morant serving a twenty five

24:23

game suspension, and you know all of these

24:25

other things. So you're picking and choosing what's

24:28

priority for you to address. That

24:30

is my issue, This is a problem,

24:33

and you, of course he's not going to change

24:35

because again, as Arika mentioned, why would

24:37

he if he hasn't been put in a position to be penalized

24:40

for what he's doing. When you take

24:42

when you're when somebody's still allowed to function in the

24:44

capacity that they are. They're going to do that.

24:46

You haven't done anything to deter him from functioning

24:49

and behaving in this way. So this

24:51

is for me, I think when

24:53

these things, and this might be extreme, somebody

24:55

may not agree with me. My

24:57

thing is by to you, period, why

25:00

are you?

25:00

Why are you?

25:01

Why are you in this league? Period?

25:03

Why are there so?

25:03

What is the standard of behavior in

25:06

general? We're not talking about

25:08

somebody who was undergoing

25:11

a case, and you know, we're talking about

25:13

somebody who this is what they did, this is what they've

25:15

been doing. I don't care about suspensions

25:17

in the past. Why are you in this league? So?

25:19

My thing is what does the standard of conduct for the

25:22

NBA? And if so, we

25:24

understand that now it is doesn't

25:26

need to be recalibrated, doesn't need to be changed,

25:28

doesn't need to be adjusted, because what do you as a league

25:30

stand for? There are astereika mentioned

25:33

children, families. This

25:35

is the example that you want to put it, you want to put

25:37

in front of people. I don't think he should be in the

25:39

league period. And I know that may

25:41

sound extreme to people, but that's just where I stand

25:43

on. I'm no tolerant when it comes to domestic violence.

25:46

Not extreme at all, not extreme at all.

25:48

He playing in the NBA is a privilege.

25:51

You can be good at basketball, but everybody

25:53

good at basketball does not have the privilege

25:56

to play at the highest

25:58

level. Yeah, in the world. So

26:01

if you want to play, No, I'm not saying Miles

26:03

Bridges shouldn't be able to play basketball. You want to play

26:05

basketball, find some country that will

26:07

let you in and go play over there. But in the

26:09

NBA, you shouldn't be allowed to have a

26:11

job because that thirty game suspension

26:14

that they gave you was trash. Twenty of

26:16

it was retroactive the ten that you did

26:18

this year. They're rewarding bad behavior.

26:21

You should not be able to play in this league

26:24

at all. I stand ten toes on

26:26

that.

26:28

Now, as you should like what

26:30

there's no argument for him

26:33

to get a second chance, right.

26:35

Like.

26:37

You're a third right, right,

26:41

let me get that correct, Pert Rika come to

26:43

this his phone through

26:45

this camera. But yeah, it's

26:47

a privilege. You don't have to be barred

26:50

from. You need to pay

26:52

your you have to deal with the consequences, right,

26:55

yes, and you can still live in society

26:57

or whatever. But you ain't gonna be playing

27:00

on center stage. You're not gonna be playing for a professional

27:02

organization where they pay you millions

27:04

of dollars. And the thing that really upsets

27:06

me off is the

27:08

fact that he said after he came

27:11

back that I hope that people

27:13

will look at me differently once I start to

27:15

play well or we start

27:17

to win. And the sad part is

27:20

he is right in some vein, because

27:22

there are fans who don't give a damn

27:24

about what you do off the court,

27:26

how you live your life, as long as you put in that basketball

27:28

through the hoop, whether you could be a murderer, you

27:30

could be whatever, and we're still going to support

27:33

you. And that just makes

27:36

me want to vomit to hear that, because

27:38

I know they're fans who think that way, but

27:40

for him to say that out loud like

27:43

that, that is.

27:45

It, Because I call

27:47

that. This is a bad it's a bad

27:49

name. But this is the closest thing that I could get.

27:51

That's the R.

27:52

Kelly factor.

27:54

I know that he did such and

27:56

such, but you can't deny that he make

27:58

good music.

28:01

Facts.

28:02

This is a cultural problem. This is

28:04

a problem.

28:05

Is it's not just tied to one.

28:07

It is a problem because

28:09

we see it in so many different ways,

28:11

or people feel like you can separate

28:13

one's profession from one's

28:16

individual personality, traits or

28:18

characteristics when they are

28:21

when it's bad behavior, and it's

28:24

just no, this is a shitty human

28:26

being because nobody with no

28:28

one who has good common

28:31

sense would do anything to jeopardize

28:34

the life of a child by jeopardizing

28:36

the life of the person driving vehicle that

28:38

the child is in.

28:39

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

28:42

That's not I can separate him being

28:44

a terrible person from him being a good basketball

28:46

player. He's just a terrible person in

28:49

general. That's something that a terrible

28:51

person would do. And so

28:53

there's no any other thing about this. And I

28:55

ain't necessarily trying to compare leagues, but

28:57

as you mentioned, the NFL

29:00

being a little bit more conscious

29:03

about domestic violent situations, and they

29:05

absolutely don't always get it right.

29:07

But I look at somebody

29:08

like.

29:10

Ray Rice, who was caught

29:13

on video punching his then fiance

29:15

now wife, and he has been

29:18

contrite to me.

29:20

He has devoted time to mentoring

29:23

young men, he.

29:24

Has devoted time and money to

29:27

various domestic violent shelters,

29:31

hosting panels, he has to

29:33

me shown his wife has forgiven him.

29:35

He and her are still married, to my knowledge,

29:37

from the last time I've checked, you

29:40

haven't heard his name in the media

29:42

getting into anything else, doing into anything else.

29:45

To me, that is someone who has shown contrition

29:48

for making a mistake, for doing something

29:50

that he probably regrets doing. That

29:53

man ain't never played another down of professional

29:55

football since for

29:57

whatever reason, whether that's the nf

30:00

PHIL has denied you access, whether

30:02

that's teams have said I don't want someone

30:04

who has this reputation or stigma

30:06

on my team. And I'm not even going to go

30:09

into whether or not I think it's right or wrong, given

30:11

the fact that he's been contrite about his actions.

30:14

But the point that I'm making.

30:15

Is that teams at least took a stand

30:18

to say, I ain't touching that.

30:20

Yeah. Right.

30:22

So it's not like there's not a precedent

30:25

in some way of people

30:27

taking a hard stance and saying, I

30:30

appreciate the steps that you're taking to

30:32

be better, but I don't think you need

30:35

to be rewarded with.

30:36

Playing in the highest league at the highest.

30:38

Level because of it's

30:40

just a simple consequence of your action. Yeah,

30:43

And so I say all that to simply

30:45

say the NBA could do better if they wanted

30:47

to. They don't want to. Yeah, that picking

30:50

that cherry picking on what is ethically

30:53

appropriate, what you can be accountable

30:55

for ethically. They need to do a way better

30:57

job with that agree, way better job.

31:01

They're so far down on

31:03

the total power the rankings

31:05

in terms of leagues that handle domestic

31:08

violence or sexual assaw all that

31:11

properly right. And I think the

31:13

reason why they do not

31:15

feel the need to act

31:18

in a worlly just

31:21

way is because they

31:23

say, well, we're gonna have fans

31:25

regardless, because people are addicted to

31:28

our ship. So y'all can complain

31:30

all you want, but you know

31:32

you're still gonna get your butt in the seats. We're gonna

31:34

watch the games. So

31:36

it's like a hard it's a

31:38

hard feeling because,

31:41

as you know, people in the media space, you

31:44

don't want to support that or endorse

31:46

it. But at the same time, you

31:48

know you you still have to make a living

31:51

covering these leads, and I think it's like above above

31:54

our pay grade in a lot of ways.

31:57

And then I don't know if we

32:00

need to bring this up, but

32:03

the fact that we still got

32:07

Josh Giddy out there playing

32:10

basketball for the Oklahoma City Thunder,

32:13

even though there are two investigations,

32:16

two investigations for him

32:18

allegedly dating

32:20

or being in a relationship with an underage

32:23

girl, and

32:26

the fact that Adam Sewett said, well, you know, we're

32:28

not going to We think this meets a

32:30

threshold to just let the legal

32:33

process play out, like we haven't suspended

32:35

anybody when they're going through

32:37

an investigation. But

32:41

again, it's the lack of care

32:44

and compassion for their fan

32:46

base. Correct me if I'm wrong, but

32:48

I think majority of their fans are

32:50

women. Right for

32:57

the NBA, like the majority of their fans, I.

33:00

Don't I don't know the statistics off the top of

33:02

my head, but I mean, I just know. I

33:06

don't even know what else to say, and

33:08

other than just this

33:11

league is one

33:13

that has shown time and time

33:15

again that it does not

33:18

truly have.

33:19

Any affinity for its female

33:22

fans.

33:23

And I thought the NFL was the one

33:25

that really did it, because the NFL showed us

33:27

a long time ago they ain't give a.

33:28

Fuck about women, like we said that

33:30

a long time And.

33:32

I'm a victim because I'll still be sitting

33:34

up here every Sunday Vocal.

33:36

You know what I'm saying.

33:37

I still be sitting there every week, Thank

33:40

damblings.

33:41

You know what I mean. So I'm calling

33:43

myself out too. Don't trust it. I ain't

33:45

think about it. I want I know the real I wanted

33:47

a problem.

33:49

The NBA is not even slowly,

33:51

but surely they're just doing it. They're

33:53

just doing They're doing it. There

33:55

are more games. It's more in our

33:58

face. They're a bigger from

34:00

I'm a promotional standpoint. The NBA

34:02

touches so many different things it's

34:04

ridiculous, and.

34:05

So Josh

34:08

Getty the same.

34:09

You could have put them on administrative leave or

34:12

or a temporary leave, leave of absence

34:15

until his process was over.

34:17

But not, y'all an't want to do that. Y'all want to do that. Y'all

34:20

pick and choose what battles you

34:22

want to fight. You pick and choose where you want

34:24

to And that's Chari said, this

34:26

cherry picking on who and.

34:28

How and what. I mean.

34:30

Listen, I ain't saying you shouldn't suspended

34:32

Draymond in definitely, but smacking

34:35

the hell out of a player on the court

34:37

ain't got nothing to do or anything

34:39

remotely close to either having

34:41

an inappropriate relationship with an underage

34:44

woman or putting

34:46

your children in danger. So

34:50

I don't know how y'all consider that hierarchy,

34:53

but whatever, I know

34:55

one thing on the hierarchy that it should be top

34:57

priority. Anytime under investigation

35:00

is attached to anybody, they don't need

35:02

to be playing. Period. We're not asking

35:04

the NBA to be the judge or the jury. We're simply

35:07

asking them to regulate a

35:09

process where if a player is under

35:11

an investigation, they should

35:13

not be playing. That sends the

35:15

wrong message. Now, if they're found to be not

35:17

guilty or what have you, cool, here

35:20

you go, here's your uniform. But you

35:22

have a player that's under an active investigation

35:25

that is still permitted to play that

35:27

is totally inappropriate and uncalled for

35:29

and inexcusable.

35:30

You can't.

35:32

I'm not understanding. I just don't get it.

35:34

Same.

35:36

Yeah, I don't know if we ever will.

35:39

Yeah, because you can still pay them right, administrative

35:41

ly, pay them whatever. But yeah,

35:43

you have to have some level of empathy

35:46

and compassion for your fans and just how

35:48

things look. It doesn't mean yeah

35:50

they're going to never stop, they're never gonna play again.

35:52

It just during this investigation, you're not gonna

35:54

play. And if you're cleared,

35:56

you're innocent. Okay, you're back and

35:58

you may have lost fifteen games, twenty

36:01

games, but you'll make that

36:03

up right when you come back,

36:05

and you still haven't lost you know, your step

36:07

or your explosiveness. But

36:09

speaking about when you talk about investigations,

36:13

our producer believes Manty

36:15

Williams Greg Papovich should be

36:17

under investigation for the

36:19

money that they're stealing. Because

36:22

stealing the money, hey,

36:25

I'm supporting that, but

36:27

that's just what a man said, right, And

36:31

they are getting paid a ridiculous amount

36:33

of money. Marty Williams getting paid fifteen

36:35

million a year and the Pistons have only won three

36:37

games today. Greg Papovich is

36:39

getting paid sixteen what's

36:42

that? Yeah,

36:45

yeah, yeah, yeah.

36:48

Win the hell wind?

36:52

Oh oh oh step hey man, you give

36:54

me trouble. They want two games, two games,

36:57

two games?

36:59

About the run.

37:04

A whole party.

37:05

It was about to be me Jesus.

37:12

But I mean for

37:15

the for the Pistons,

37:18

I expect more. Right

37:21

for the Spurs, I knew

37:23

they were going to be bad, but I didn't

37:25

expect them to be this dysfunctional.

37:30

So my question to you, Tarrika is

37:33

do you feel Manti

37:36

Williams should be getting some smoke

37:39

or has he given

37:41

himself enough success

37:44

from the Suns right the rest

37:46

of his career where you can still

37:49

see a future where he can lead this team

37:52

to respectability, because that's where

37:54

that's where we're at right now. Forget about contending

37:56

for a playoff spot or playing spot.

37:59

We just talked about being respectable in

38:01

this league.

38:03

No, I don't blame Moni william whatsoever.

38:05

Somebody throw fifteen million at me when I told y'all

38:07

I ain't want to be there from the beginning. I'm taking that shit

38:10

too. He told y'all from the beginning

38:12

he ain't want to come. You were insistent.

38:15

You threw him the bag. He took the

38:17

bag. I'm taking the bag too, and

38:19

could probably do the same job that he's doing

38:21

right now with the same results had

38:23

I taken that same bag.

38:25

It is what it is.

38:26

The problem with the Pistons isn't just what's

38:28

happening on the court. It's the infrastructure of

38:30

the team, from ownership

38:33

on down, from the moment Tom We

38:35

have not seen a playoff since twenty

38:37

nineteen, and even then we got swept like

38:39

it is just not it's just not

38:42

a good organization in terms of

38:44

the structure, not in terms

38:46

of the people. What Tom Wars has done for the

38:48

city, the money that he's invested, the

38:50

philanthropic efforts that he's done, that's

38:52

been amazing. So I'm not taking any of that from

38:55

him. But the structure of this team

38:57

has not been good. Troy Reaver, I

38:59

know they grabbed them from Oklahoma City. Best

39:01

thing he's done was draft k Cunningham, and

39:03

even then, Kay can't fully develop because

39:06

he has been dealing with the after effects of

39:08

that stress factor. That's gonna take anybody

39:11

some time to get back, and even more so

39:13

when you're dealing with that as a rookie. So the

39:15

whole development thing now you can throw

39:17

in Minnie Williams because money Williams ain't really ever

39:19

been a real developmental type coach, if

39:21

that makes any sense. But this team

39:24

has just really been

39:27

stripped of all everything. There's

39:29

no confidence, there's no development,

39:31

there's no trust. I believe you

39:33

can see they look frustrated on the side.

39:36

Organizationally, there's just so many mistakes

39:38

being made after made. I mean, if I tell

39:41

you that at one point in time, the

39:43

Pistons had an opportunity to get Tyreese

39:45

Halliburton and Tyrese Maxie and passed

39:48

on both of them.

39:49

But Killie and Hayes. I'm saying,

39:52

but I'm saying, what are we doing?

39:54

So?

39:56

Yes, this team is really as bad as

39:58

it looks. And the crazy party is is

40:00

that when you're watching them play, they're

40:03

in games like that's what's Kennedy

40:05

is the worst, that's actually the worst.

40:08

Just get blown out every night, that's

40:10

that's more power.

40:12

Swear to god.

40:13

If y'all lost about forty every night,

40:15

I could say, well, this is the

40:17

problem. But when you are in it at halftime,

40:20

winning in the second quarter, making

40:23

comebacks in the fourth, and losing

40:25

by two, by three, by five, like

40:28

what, you can't even catch a team on

40:30

a bad day. Everybody's gonna have a

40:32

bad day.

40:33

You're saying, even a good team, I have

40:35

a bad day. You can't even catch nobody

40:38

slipping.

40:42

At least at least san Antonio got winby

40:44

So you have something for

40:46

the few. You have a promise to give

40:48

San Antonio fans. We just hanging

40:51

on by vibes and we just want to go to little

40:53

season. Lorena and Detroit Lee Cat

40:57

were just here for the pizza because what is

40:59

going Look,

41:03

I would take the check to No Shade

41:06

and also just shout out to Monty and his

41:08

family. I know his wife has been dealing with cancer. He

41:10

announced she was cancer free just the other day. So

41:12

yeah, you know, who knows what that level of stress

41:14

is also stress, excuse me, it's also put

41:16

on him. So seeing that kind

41:19

of we may see it more relaxed Manti Williams.

41:21

We may see how that impacts him as a coach. We

41:23

talked about see if Kerr earlier. My thing is

41:25

this, you know, I looked at Manti as a bit more of

41:27

a builder before this coaching opportunity,

41:29

and now we're seeing maybe he's not that kind

41:31

of a coach. And so again,

41:34

this is an opportunity for him to challenge himself despite

41:36

what the what the front office is doing. Because

41:38

let me tell you Somethingterrika from Chicago,

41:40

I know the Chicago bullsfront office is

41:42

a fool and I got it, yes, But

41:45

what kind of coach? What kind

41:47

of coach can you challenge yourself

41:49

to be? Despite that? So I'm interested to see what

41:52

happens with him. You know, the latter part of this

41:54

month, going into the top of the years, moving to All Star

41:56

weekend. Hopefully they they're able to turn a corner

41:59

because I really like Mantiins I do, and but

42:01

this is just it's really tough. They're a young

42:03

team. So you got a young team with no confidence. That

42:05

means that you got low emotional intelligence,

42:08

no confidence and just being

42:10

a young player and having to develop. That's a lot

42:13

of layers there for him to have to work through. But

42:15

I do wish them in Tarika. The best

42:17

I will say about the san Antonio

42:20

Spurst. You know, I love Pop, but his

42:22

time as a coach may be up. And

42:25

I say this because this team is incredibly young. They've

42:27

got one player that's in their thirties.

42:29

He's thirty one. Everybody else's is

42:32

like in their mid early to mid twenties.

42:34

This is a very very young team. And

42:36

the thing that concerned me about Pop is when he

42:39

told the people to stop booing. Now

42:41

when you when you got on that

42:44

microphone and hed that, that said to me, you

42:47

might need to sit you might need to be done

42:49

because now things are getting weird. And

42:51

I'm not Sandy c now, but your tiptoeing

42:54

in that direction when you do things like that.

42:56

So I celebrate

42:59

Greg Papavich just sass. I

43:01

think he's a winner. I think he has a winning mentality.

43:03

Young players being around a coach like that is valuable.

43:06

But I don't necessarily know if he's the coach

43:08

to get them into the next iteration

43:10

of what I believe they'll be, which is one hell

43:13

of a team. They're gonna need some time.

43:15

But I just again, everybody,

43:18

listen, I love pop, understand me, but

43:21

his time just may be over.

43:24

It happens.

43:25

We don't live forever, we don't play forever,

43:27

we don't coach forever. And this may

43:29

be an indication that it's just time

43:31

for him to just enjoy the rest of his

43:33

his his life and be very happy and go

43:35

golfing and do all the fun things that retired

43:38

coaches and players do.

43:41

That ain't happenings that ain't happening.

43:43

I would

43:46

let me tell you something, if somebody is giving

43:48

me millions of dollars, I will crawl to

43:51

the bench and do everything else

43:53

you need me to do.

43:54

I get it.

43:54

But that also speaks to keep

43:57

we gotta go back to ego guys. It also plays

43:59

a role in this these people have. You

44:01

know, you have an athletic and competitive spirit.

44:03

You're an athlete, your coach. You never really

44:06

want to stop. Even as a former player. You

44:08

never I missed basketball. I wish I could get out there and

44:10

play right now I can't. You never lose that.

44:12

So if you have an opportunity to be close to the game and

44:14

get a bag, I don't fault

44:17

you for that. I'm just saying you might.

44:19

You might not a should have, and I said it that way on

44:21

purpose. You might not a should have signed for five

44:24

years, Yes, even one maybe

44:26

maybe one of Phil Jackson was a Phil

44:28

Jackson was a genius with it. Phil Jackson

44:30

is signed a one year contract. Phil Jackson is signed

44:32

one. The man knew, Hey, I'm gonna have to roll

44:34

out of here. And that's my thing. These extended

44:37

contracts for coaches that have passed

44:39

that time. It's problematic. And

44:41

this is an example of why in my bag.

44:44

Yeah yeah, I can't disagree,

44:46

not a single bit, not a single

44:48

not a man, not a bit.

44:50

Can we touch and agree as we come

44:52

together hall this Holliday

44:55

season, Please bring the Pistons.

44:58

One mo weed, that's God,

45:00

do it? Do it well?

45:04

These things in your name.

45:08

Yes, Hey, raise the Lord. Jeez,

45:11

God, God is good. If y'all

45:13

don't get a win, If y'all don't get a win before

45:16

Christmas or before the New

45:18

Year, yeah I don't.

45:21

I'm worried about how you're gonna how you gonna

45:23

show up take them.

45:24

Back to lose to the

45:26

Pistons.

45:30

That's actually very fun and funny

45:32

at the same time, very

45:34

fun. We're gonna be

45:36

watching we getting lean past just to

45:38

see. But can y'all

45:40

imagine being on one of the teams that actually loses

45:43

to them. Can you imagine like how

45:45

low you would feel if you had to

45:47

go home that night and tell your family we

45:49

lost to the Pistons.

45:51

We lost to the Pistons.

45:52

Yo, your

45:55

kids will be roasting the hell out of you, absolutely.

45:58

And their friends and everybody be at

46:00

their school talking about you to don't

46:04

go play with Chris, Daddy

46:07

lost to the Pistols last night.

46:13

They would get so much, so much bullying,

46:15

right, like so much playful Your

46:18

daddy ain't your daddy lost the past.

46:20

So I'll take nothing from you. What you

46:22

doing that crazy

46:26

man?

46:33

I'll tell you what take DRAYMONDI trick

46:35

come home, bring the Bad Boys

46:37

back. Reallycitate

46:40

the Bad.

46:40

Boys perfect

46:43

can get all the w W E action you

46:45

know, yes, street flat boxing

46:47

in all of that, all of that I

46:50

saw, y'all.

46:50

It's time for our jump ball segment, which is always

46:53

very exciting. But before we get into that, we

46:55

do have to pay respects to the Eric

46:57

Montrose family as

47:00

he lost his life on

47:02

December seventeenth due to

47:04

cancer, as he was diagnosed in

47:07

March of twenty twenty three. He was a tar

47:09

Hill legend, as many of you know,

47:12

so we are praying for him. He played for

47:14

the Great and the Late Dean

47:16

Smith from nineteen ninety to nineteen ninety four,

47:19

and he was the starting center in nineteen

47:22

ninety three when they won the NCAA Championships.

47:25

So we want to give him his

47:27

respect and all

47:29

the people that are grieving his loss.

47:32

And now it's time to get

47:35

into the game. Ball goes

47:38

to Gianni's

47:41

Antetokumpo because

47:43

the other week ago, Yannas

47:46

scored sixty four against

47:48

the Pacers, who again don't play no damn defense

47:50

to Rika, and

47:54

they took the ball or did they right,

47:56

because it looked like the Bucks official or Bucks

47:58

assistant got the game ball, and

48:00

then the Pacers took another one to

48:03

give to Oscar Swebway, who

48:05

scored not his first bucket but

48:07

his first point in

48:09

the NBA. It was a free throw.

48:12

He went one of two, and

48:14

Giannis looked like somebody

48:16

had robbed his family or done

48:18

something to his loved one. He

48:21

stormed into the locker room like

48:24

he's he's gonna go crazy,

48:26

He's gonna go batch it crazy, and people

48:29

have started to make fun of him for it.

48:33

Right where Julius

48:35

Randall took the game ball

48:38

when Jalen Brunson put up a fifty

48:40

piece and didn't miss from three, and

48:43

he held it up like you know, well Decemba

48:45

and Lion King or whatever, like, ain't nobody touching this? And

48:49

then even Eric Sposter said the other day with

48:52

the heat, like yeah, we got three game balls.

48:56

So clearly they're having

48:59

a lot of fun at Giannie's

49:01

expense. First

49:05

off, CHERI, what do

49:07

you what do you think of Gianni's reacting

49:09

in such a passionate and aggressive

49:12

manner to

49:15

make a b line for the

49:17

PACER's locker room, as if he's gonna take

49:20

smoke with everybody, like I'm gonna fire

49:22

everybody until I get this ball.

49:25

It was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. I

49:28

think about when Randy Brown called

49:30

himself taking the championship ball,

49:33

and Michael was like, hold up a minute, but

49:35

that was a championship Okay, you are

49:37

a superstar. And I would go

49:39

on to say that I'm sure that we'll see

49:41

Gianni's score sixty plus points

49:44

again. He's just that great of a player.

49:47

His response was nuts. I was actually

49:49

very confused when I first saw it. I said, something

49:52

else must have happened. There's no way he's running around

49:54

acting like this for the game ball. Something

49:57

somebody probably pushed him. You

49:59

know, I could not be believe. I

50:01

could literally not believe my eyes. I'm

50:04

just not clear. Guys. I've been saying, ego all

50:06

day. I don't know why. This just keeps coming up.

50:08

You gotta calm down. And

50:11

the reality is you had another player on the other

50:13

team. They took the initiative.

50:15

The coach would have you to say, hey, he got his first pro basket.

50:17

He'll never have that again. That's

50:19

that's a moment he will never have again.

50:22

This is this so to me, nobody,

50:25

everybody knows that Giannis is the guy. He's a superstar

50:28

there. I don't even think they really considered it to be quite

50:30

honest, and unless there's some type of no, they

50:33

did know they did o that.

50:35

I'm gonna stop you right there, stret I'm gonna stop you right there because

50:37

I thought maybe they were telling the truth. But we

50:39

saw the locker room video and it showed

50:41

I don't. I think it was Myles Turner. It was like, yeah, don't give that ball

50:43

back. Now, don't give him the ball back, so

50:45

they knew. Hell.

50:48

Thing is My thing is though, are you being petty?

50:50

Because who?

50:51

What's the rule? Is there a rule

50:53

that states if you score fifty or

50:55

more you get the game ball, If

50:57

you're the leading scorer of the game, you get the game ball. You

50:59

all making rules as you go. It

51:02

doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it's a

51:04

man thing. I don't understand

51:06

it. If it's not, if it's not in

51:09

the in the regulations and rules,

51:11

then anybody who gets the ball first do

51:14

your thing. I don't. So

51:16

if you're being petty, oh well we gonna

51:18

be petty today. But you don't have a right to the game

51:20

ball because you scored sixty four points. That's just

51:22

my opinion. You don't would it be nice to have? Sure,

51:25

who wouldn't want to gain ball when they scored sixty

51:27

four points? That's great, but

51:29

that's not your right. So if they want to, if

51:32

they got it first, and they's say they're not giving it back, oh

51:34

well, you running around here acting like a

51:36

five year old running in the locker room

51:38

and running back and forth and cussing and fussing that

51:41

that is absolutely absurd for

51:44

me, I don't get it. I'm a competitive

51:46

person. I understand it. But you have other

51:48

mementos. You got to shoes on your feet,

51:50

take those offens and put them in, bronze

51:52

them and put them in on a shelf in your little trophy

51:55

room. You got the jersey you score it in,

51:57

you don't. You have other memorabilia that you can

52:00

use to commemorate the moment. You don't need a

52:02

ball to give you credibility

52:04

and scoring that many points in the game. That's my

52:06

whole thing. Yes, Patty, but I'm here

52:08

for Patty too. Sometimes Patty is a good time.

52:11

But he overreacted and it was totally unnecessary.

52:15

Yeap, y'ap.

52:16

That was actually my whole point. It

52:19

was Patty, and I loved.

52:20

It just because it was Petty.

52:22

I love it just that's the work was Patty.

52:25

I get it.

52:26

I agree that I think Jannis is gonna could

52:29

not saying he will, but Yanni's could.

52:32

He has the ability to score sixty

52:34

four points again at some point in his career.

52:36

And on top of that, it was a historic

52:38

night. So your name is going.

52:40

To be in the history books, like people

52:43

are gonna be able to look back at

52:45

this moment years from now and

52:47

say, hey, Yannas

52:50

scored sixty four points on this day

52:52

against this team, because it's that only

52:54

ten people have ever done it. So it's history.

52:57

You're there, like it's etched in. Ain't

53:00

gonna remember boy scored his first point

53:02

on that game? No one remember that

53:05

exactly exactly.

53:07

So why would exactly exactly

53:09

why would you give him the game ball he scored?

53:11

That is

53:14

the moment that you will never.

53:18

Back.

53:19

You will you can see, Uh,

53:21

there are well an

53:23

abundance of ways that Janni's

53:25

will be celebrated for what he did. Ain't

53:28

nobody gonna celebrate oscar Way

53:30

for that.

53:30

That game ball is the.

53:32

One thing that that man is gonna

53:34

be able to have to commemorate

53:36

that he scored his first point in

53:38

the professional league that I'm sure he's dreamed

53:41

all his life of being able

53:43

to get to it is not the same.

53:45

It's not Yanna's got Y's

53:47

got a championship.

53:48

Jan he

53:54

had a plus movie. Get out

53:56

of here, and.

53:58

He's gonna be all night. Listen.

54:01

Listen if you if you listen to his press

54:04

conference, it's clear the reason why he

54:06

was so adamant. And even though I think he may

54:08

have overreacted, I can understand why

54:10

he had this perspective. He was trying

54:12

to give it to his mama, right, That's what his

54:15

intention was. He wanted to give it to

54:17

it. It's not about him. You

54:19

see the face. You see these faces,

54:23

So y'all you're not going for the mom strength.

54:26

No, absolutely, that

54:28

met me with that.

54:29

No, you've been in the league. How long this is your first time

54:31

trying to give your mama ball?

54:34

It never it never occurred. They

54:37

never tried to steal from it.

54:39

How long you've been in the league, You and your brother,

54:42

So it ain't neither one of y'all decided

54:44

to give your ma. Moll don't

54:46

throw mama there to try to get empathy

54:48

from us. Sorry, wrong, wrong audience,

54:51

wrong audience. Yeah, clear, I tried thinking

54:53

about that damn ball. Your mama not

54:56

thinking about that ball. Plays,

54:58

mama probably thinking about that wrecked

55:01

You think about that ball? Man, You done want

55:03

Championship's MVPs all

55:05

type of awards.

55:06

Yo, MoMA, ain't think about that ball. But

55:08

you can hold on to it. It's like a career high.

55:10

You can hold on to that position.

55:12

You can hold on hold on

55:14

to a shoe, Thank you,

55:17

Thank you. See how you can just hold on to your shoe

55:19

and you could sign it and put it in the

55:21

in the case you want to put it in.

55:24

You got a whole jersey on No,

55:26

I'm so sorry.

55:27

You got all the things. Yeah, you see

55:29

this.

55:29

You probably can't hear it from here, but I

55:32

got a black Wilson ball sitting

55:34

on the top of my bookshelf. It is an Ari

55:37

collection. For those of you who don't know Ari

55:39

Chambers, She's amazing in the women's basketball

55:41

space. Wilson made her a ball.

55:44

Ari ain't Giannis so Yannis.

55:47

You can get somebody to make you a ball, but to get

55:49

in your mama, take the memory.

55:52

You score sixty four points.

55:54

You better get out of here.

55:55

Let that boy had that ball.

55:57

It ain't the save though, but you know what, I'm

55:59

a yeah, I'm clearly out numbered here. Bye

56:01

to him, but I stay down, stay. I

56:05

want to support my Gianni at

56:07

his pursuit of that game

56:09

ball. But before we get

56:11

out of here, what do y'all think y'all

56:14

did this week? I know it's early, it's only been

56:16

two days since Tuesday when we tape

56:18

it that you deserve a

56:20

game ball, Tarrika, I'm.

56:23

Here that deserves a game

56:25

ball. First of all, we.

56:26

Talked early in the morning and I ain't no more

56:28

thing in person, So to me, getting up deserves

56:32

a game ball.

56:32

But I'm two weeks for move from surgery.

56:34

I still hurt and I still was like, no,

56:37

man, I missed my three on three family. I got to be here

56:39

this week, So for me just being

56:41

here deserves a game ball. I

56:44

gotta go with the being here as well. I got up this morning

56:47

and hit the gym at six am so that I could make

56:49

sure I was ready to go this morning, which is very outside

56:52

of my normal time. So I get my game itself a game

56:54

ball for that. But I will say to the one hundredth

56:56

episode of my podcast just to thought what Sherena

56:58

Coole is going to air next

57:00

week next Thursday. So I will give myself

57:02

right off for that.

57:03

Very excited about Okay, all right, word,

57:05

no doubt. You gotta love that. And

57:07

I'm gonna give myself a game ball because I turned thirty

57:10

two on Monday, December eighteenth as a

57:12

black man and I ain't promised.

57:16

So yeah, that's all I

57:18

got.

57:19

That's all you need.

57:20

I love that. Yeah, I

57:22

don't need nothing more, you know what I'm saying. We

57:25

keep on pushing. Thank you so much,

57:27

Diarika Sari. It's been a pleasure

57:30

chat with y'all defending

57:32

against my trying to get it against your

57:34

point and all that where

57:36

I was out numbered laughing

57:39

about James Harden and Mannie Williams,

57:41

Greg Popovich maybe getting seen now, Shari,

57:45

But just pray for him

57:47

so we oh, we do, we

57:50

do because he looked like he's stressed. He

57:52

looked like he's stressed. But that's

57:54

it for this edition of the three on three

57:56

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58:16

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