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very interesting week,

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week and a half of basketball,

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a lot of interesting topics

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things to talk about. And I'm going

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to jump right in and get started with the Jamal

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Murray fine

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not suspension, but he was

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fined and not suspended for

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well, he was fine for one hundred thousand for

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throwing the towel, which

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in essence,

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the hot pack flies out, flies on the

1:29

court, into play

1:33

onto the court. And I was

1:35

in conversation with some

1:37

other NBA guys. I was with Channel conversation

1:40

with Chadler, Parsons and lou

1:43

Will just talking about it, and you know, everybody

1:46

has their opinion on this, and my opinion

1:49

is this. I

1:53

understand that he's upset, and

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I hear people's

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opinions on this, but my thing is is the

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hot pack flew on the court. Whether

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that wasn't his intention or not, you have to deal

2:09

with the consequences where it's coming

2:11

from you. It goes on the floor,

2:15

it goes into the middle of paint. I originally

2:17

said it went to the elbow. It went

2:20

into the middle of paint. It was a

2:23

Denver player kicks it, cat

2:27

somewhat steps on it, but kind of goes by like

2:29

that could have been an ankle injury, slip

2:32

fall, whatever the case may be. You

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just don't know. I

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can see if the hot pack flies

2:38

to the baseline, not really on

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the floor, barely on the court. Okay, you

2:43

guys have a or you

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know, whoever feels that no

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suspension should have been had you have a

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legitimate right. In my mind, I

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just felt that it went further

2:55

than that because it was really where players

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could actually get

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hurt, and and that's where I like, okay,

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the fine absolutely And

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I heard a comment where I

3:08

don't know what it was, but it was said

3:10

that they didn't find

3:12

or suspend him because they

3:14

wanted him to continue to play

3:17

and get this butt whipping

3:19

that they're receiving. But I

3:21

said, it would

3:24

hit home even harder

3:26

if it was the other way around. You're

3:29

you're now suspended, You're sitting in the hotel

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because they're going on the road. You're

3:35

now sitting in the hotel and you have to watch

3:39

the results from home because

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of this suspension. And I know he's injured and

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not feeling well and whatnot, But I

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just think it hits home a little more when now,

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regardless of how we

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feel, he feels, whoever feels,

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if he cannot play because of it,

3:57

you know that that hits home because I mean,

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like a lot of players said, I've never seen that happen

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before. Interested to hear

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your guys comments on it. Everybody's

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entitled to their opinion, as

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some of you know, maybe you don't. I'm

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a huge fan, but being

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a fan of someone has nothing to do

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with the consequence

4:19

and the severity of what could have happened.

4:21

Yeah, nothing happened. I hear you some of you guys saying

4:23

that, or we'll say that, But what

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if it did. That's my whole

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thing, because let's put the shoe on the other

4:29

foot. If it happened on the other end of the floor,

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Denver's bench would go crazy looking

4:35

for a suspension. If this happened to another

4:38

player that has always

4:42

let's let's call a space. If it happened to Draymond, if

4:44

it happened to Pat Bev, some

4:46

of the guys that we know that get fined at the drop

4:48

of a hat, would it be a suspension more

4:52

than likely, that's all. And I'm

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looking at more so the action

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and where the hot pack actually landed

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on the floor, which could

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have ended in a bad way,

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or you know, you know, I don't want to take any of the bad

5:05

way, but we could have seen an injured

5:08

player because it was a live action dead ball. If

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the game wasn't in action and it

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happened on the floor, you

5:15

guys got a legitimate gripe in my

5:17

mind just to find still

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goes on the floor. But yes, it wasn't

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in live play, but it was in live

5:24

play, and I just think that's where it's kind of like

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you know, you have to deal with

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your actions, whether it was a mistake

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and accident or whatnot. So that's all

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I have to say about that. I'm

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gonna move on to Pat Bev. He

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gets the four games suspension for

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throwing a ball in the stands twice,

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and suspension

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was warranted. Yes, he

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apologized, and you know after

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when things like that happened, the league

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calls you to get your side of the story.

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I know there's still an open investigation in

5:59

Indiana or

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whatnot. It's

6:04

four games enough. I

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can go either way with this, So

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I think I'm just glad a suspension happened,

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because yes, he made a mistake,

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he did apologize, whether people

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accepted or whatever or not. More

6:27

than anything, he hit a young girl

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in the head first,

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obviously missing his target. And

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it's kind of funny. The guy gets the ball

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to give the ball back to Pat

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Bev to an essence, receive a

6:45

dart right back at him. So

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yeah, you know, Pat just letting

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the motions get the best of him. I think

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he would admit that. I hope

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he admits that. So and then also

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the suspension about well,

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the way he treated the

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reporter or producer or

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whatnot. So a lot added in, a lot

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going on with that, So I'll

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be interested to see what comes of this open

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investigation. So

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we'll stay tuned in that and hopefully either

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you guys or I'll give you an update and we'll

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chat about it some more. Let's

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move on. Let's move on. Let's talk about

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the MVP race. Nicola

7:30

Jokic, the Joker, wins his third MVP

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in four years. Congratulations

7:37

to him. I mean, it's

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it's deserving. I

7:44

mean, he've had a great year. I personally,

7:47

at the same time felt SGA

7:51

want it. It's

7:56

just it's it's you know, And

7:59

I'm not sitting here saying it's

8:01

the board with

8:04

the the Yokis thing, because

8:06

I felt that was the race, either

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Jokic or SGA,

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and I

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felt SGA was playing at

8:18

a very high level on the best team

8:21

in the NBA. So

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that's that's kind of my defense,

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my opinion. Whatever you choose to that,

8:34

again, well deserved, Ah

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you Yoki is playing great Denver, you

8:40

know, number two in the West. But

8:43

I just felt like SGA was on the best team

8:46

and played

8:49

was playing some amazing basketball. And

8:53

I know, I

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know people are gonna start throwing up steps. Well, look what

8:57

he doesn't have on the team. He doesn't have

8:59

this, what does SGA have? We

9:05

could say the same for him as well. I

9:08

mean, he has young guys that are playing extremely

9:10

hard. They're

9:12

getting a job done. So I mean, if this is a

9:14

debate, I think every year it's gonna you're

9:16

gonna have some debate on why

9:19

it should be someone else and

9:21

not that. So, you know, that's just my opinion. I

9:23

felt like SGA

9:27

was playing at that level, but

9:29

at the same time jo Kids was was

9:32

and is playing amazing. Now it

9:34

segues into my grip about this

9:36

whole thing. So sometimes

9:38

I think our mind or fans

9:42

mind and feelings

9:45

for who should win this award

9:49

gets skewed because we tend

9:51

to forget and not saying that all

9:53

people don't understand it or realize

9:56

it, but we tend to forget it from that

9:58

This is a regular season award.

10:02

It doesn't spill into the playoffs. So regardless

10:06

of you know, in years past, regardless

10:08

of players playing at a

10:10

high level in the playoffs, sometimes

10:13

you tend to see comments like, oh man, look

10:15

at what he's doing in the playoffs. He deserves

10:18

the MVP. On top of however, they play

10:21

in the regular season and it does not work that way.

10:23

And not saying that all of you do or

10:25

do not know that, but I like to say that's

10:28

what bothers me. With

10:30

the awards and waiting so long, sometimes

10:35

I think we get into where

10:37

that's where the discrepancy or some people

10:40

feel like, well this this, or

10:42

he's playing like this, look at what he's doing in the playoffs.

10:44

Well, that has nothing to do with what

10:47

they did and the body of work that was done

10:50

in the regular season. So that's

10:52

the one thing I just wish the NBA would

10:55

change. I think within once

10:57

the season is over, however,

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they tally up, go about you

11:05

know, getting their their numbers

11:08

and and and and whatnot, votes from fans,

11:11

play coaching or whoever's all

11:13

you know, chooses to vote. They

11:16

just got to find a way to get these in. And I

11:18

think I think by the time the

11:20

play in tournament is over, leading

11:22

into game one of

11:25

the first round, we should

11:28

have these awards

11:30

coming out and understanding

11:34

you know who won what. And I think

11:36

it takes it'll kind

11:38

of kill a little bit of the noise of

11:41

all of the debates that kind of lasting too we're

11:43

in the second round. Now, we're getting there,

11:45

and this is what we're talking about now. Just

11:47

feel like some people's views of who's

11:49

winning. Uh, and maybe this is not the situation,

11:52

but in years past it spilled

11:55

into playoff play, which

11:57

has nothing to do with this award or all

11:59

of these awards, which are regular season awards.

12:01

And I want that to be understand. I understood.

12:05

But Sga, Jalen

12:07

Brunson, Anthony Edwards to name

12:10

three, and there's some others. But I

12:12

think those three are playing the

12:15

best basketball right now

12:20

and there's really

12:22

no debate. You know, maybe

12:25

you guys may have another player

12:27

who could throw in there, but I'm

12:31

just saying the superstars are really coming

12:33

to play the I mean, you can say the Knicks

12:35

are playing some great basketball, but the Timberwolves

12:37

are playing great basketball right

12:39

now. I think the

12:42

Vincenzo and Joss Hart, you can

12:44

throw them. But I'm just talking about the superstars

12:47

of today and the next

12:49

up, well they're here now, but the next

12:52

up superstars are I

12:55

mean, what Ant

12:58

is doing, how he's playing, how

13:00

he goes about his

13:03

game the same way. I mean, it's it's they're all the

13:05

same, the same with Jalen. The

13:07

way he's playing, We're talking about

13:10

an undersized guy that is dominating,

13:12

like a six foot eight wing

13:15

player. Now he plays

13:18

with a demeanor,

13:21

very little expression, but

13:23

his game speaks volumes. And of course sga

13:26

is. I mean this team they have, you

13:28

know, they have not lost in the

13:30

playoffs, and I'm sorry shout out to lou

13:32

Will who brought that to my attention, because

13:34

I spoke about this earlier today

13:38

and he brought to my attention. How there

13:41

again, the best player on the best

13:43

team has not lost in the playoffs yet.

13:47

So shout out to those guys, and it is

13:50

making me a fun an

13:53

interesting playoffs, interesting

13:58

playoffs to watch, regardless

14:01

of if you're interested in some of

14:03

these games or not. No that

14:09

Cavs Magic

14:11

series had some interest to it. I just

14:13

think, you know, great play,

14:16

young guys getting an opportunity to get

14:20

a taste of the playoffs. I'm interested to see what

14:23

it all looks like next year. Like

14:26

both Pollo and the Magic, shout out to them. They had a

14:28

great season. He really

14:30

laid it all out on the line for a young

14:32

man who's never played in the playoffs and

14:36

never been in the game seven and I loved his

14:38

approach and the way

14:40

he handled himself, So shout out to him,

14:42

which leads me into this first game

14:45

Nicks beating the Pacers, which

14:49

now gives them a two oher lead. Brunson

14:53

twenty nine, Og twenty eight,

14:56

the de Vinceinzo twenty eight and Josh

14:58

Harp nineteen points, fifteen rebounds,

15:00

seven a sists in forty eight minutes played.

15:04

And it's funny to

15:09

really see a guy doing this when

15:11

we've seen and the talk for

15:13

a good little while now is about load

15:17

management, and this is on

15:19

the other side of the spectrum, and he deserves a lot

15:21

of credit. Shout out to Josh Hart

15:23

for just being able to do so

15:25

in producing. I

15:28

just hope once

15:31

he gets home, once

15:33

he gets home at night, he takes care of his body,

15:36

he gets his rest, takes a lot of water,

15:38

stretch, does everything he needs to do to have

15:40

the energy to do so. As

15:43

we all know, Og is

15:45

out for Game

15:48

three with the hamstring injury, whatever

15:50

that means. So you're

15:53

gonna lean on obviously de Vincenzo's

15:56

play, who's been outstanding. You're

15:58

gonna now lean on Josh to continue

16:01

to play. And you definitely need him to

16:03

play forty eight minutes. But who will step up now

16:05

in the place of og Who's who

16:08

had a great night? Brunson's had a slow

16:10

start and then all of a sudden

16:14

you see the play of other guys pick up,

16:16

and it allowed Brunson

16:20

not only did come back in find

16:23

his rhythm, but close the

16:25

game. And that's like, that's what I mean.

16:27

He's a point guard, but that's what superstars

16:29

do. You want to get your other guys involved. Obviously,

16:32

when you need to do your thing, you do your thing. You

16:34

want to get other guys involved early to

16:36

make the game easier, easier

16:38

for you in the second half, particularly

16:41

in the fourth quarter, most

16:44

importantly in the last five

16:46

minutes. Then you can do your thing when you have other

16:48

guys balling and playing like they're

16:51

playing. Shout out that Halliburton had a better, better

16:53

showing thirty four point scored a lot of them early,

16:56

nine assists, then really didn't

17:00

really get it going late in the fourth, but

17:03

he had a better showing. I'm really

17:05

interested to see this game

17:07

three in Indiana

17:09

there. It's gonna be rocking in there, and

17:12

I'm interested to see how the Knicks handle it. Siakam.

17:16

I think they're gonna need his play. They're

17:18

gonna need thirty.

17:20

They're gonna need a thirty ball from him. They're

17:22

gonna need They're gonna need a big play. I think Obie

17:25

Topping played well. McConnell,

17:29

TJ is making Garrett Temple and I you know, we

17:31

were talking about him bigging them up last

17:34

week on his play and how solid

17:36

he is, and we were just talking about him, yes, playing

17:39

well as as

17:41

a player, getting guys involved, getting into

17:43

the paint, making plays for everybody else.

17:46

But his scoring has gone up. He's now

17:48

a reliable score and in

17:50

the past, like you would leave TJ. McConnell open

17:52

on the jump shot or I don't. I'm not saying

17:55

disrespect him, but like if he had a

17:57

big night, that's what you want. Now, his

17:59

point are painful

18:03

and detrimental. You know, can can change

18:05

a game the way he's playing and delivering

18:07

the ball, making the game now, giving given

18:12

Halliburton an opportunity to kind of play the off guard and

18:14

be a little more aggressive offensively

18:18

along with his ability to make play. So I'm

18:20

looking forward to game Game three in

18:22

Indiana. That should be a good one. Boston

18:26

Calves were now one to one. Very

18:30

interesting because you

18:33

look at what the Calves didn't

18:36

in the first round. I just talked about the magic. They

18:39

didn't win a role game at all, and

18:42

they were you know, oh to

18:44

four and five if you would, and

18:47

found a way to get one. And it was important

18:50

for I mean for Donovan Mitchell to

18:52

continue to play the way he's

18:54

been playing, but he needed some help.

18:57

He needed Garland to show up. He needs more

19:01

to have a solid I mean, he's

19:03

not gonna maybe won't get a big night every night, but he needs

19:06

to be solid. Give him some scoring

19:08

to make up for the loss of the big fellow down

19:13

low who's out with the rib injury. I think he's missed five

19:15

games. On the other side of the ball,

19:17

I thought Jason Tatum's approach in game

19:19

two was what was needed

19:22

for him to get back into a Jalen Brown

19:24

has been fantastic his

19:28

approach obviously, Derek White has been lights

19:30

out. Pritchard has been very good.

19:32

So they needed

19:34

more guys to step up and have those type of

19:36

nights with Perzingis being out.

19:40

Uh, but

19:44

yeah, they couldn't

19:46

get it done. Now we have a very

19:48

interesting series going back to Cleveland.

19:52

I think they're gonna have to find a way for both

19:54

of those guys, and I'm talking about j

19:57

T and JB, Jaylen

20:00

Brown and Tatum to have monster

20:03

Knights. I think this is an important

20:07

Game three for Boston to

20:10

take to get back control of

20:12

this series. I do think Boston still will

20:14

win the series. Game

20:16

three is important to

20:19

set themselves up because they want to get some wins

20:21

and they want to get this series over

20:24

as quickly as possible to

20:27

get guys healthy and rest

20:29

to get ready for a Wild

20:32

Eastern Conference. Either team, they're

20:35

gonna push him to the limits, so they're gonna need to be as healthy

20:37

as possible. Let's

20:39

talk about this Minnesota Denver

20:42

series. Obviously, I talked briefly

20:45

about no

20:47

suspension for Murray, so I'm

20:49

expecting him to come out and

20:51

I know he's injured, he

20:54

has something ailing him. I'm

20:57

expecting him to still the calf, I'm

20:59

sure, but I'm expect him to come out aggressive,

21:04

looking for a shot. And

21:07

this is in my mind, to offset all

21:09

of the outside noise that is being brought

21:11

into their locker room with

21:15

them already being down two going

21:17

on the road. When you're in the

21:19

playoffs, particularly in this situation,

21:22

but when you're in the playoffs in general, you

21:24

don't want a lot of outside noise coming into

21:27

your locker room. Whether you're up to two

21:29

oh or down oh two or whatever,

21:32

you do not want outside noise. You just want to

21:34

focus on the game itself. So

21:36

I think we're gonna see a uber

21:39

and ultra aggressive Jamal

21:42

Murray to give his team

21:45

some boosts, gives his team a boost,

21:47

I think Jokic, Yeah,

21:50

it's gonna continue to be solid. But

21:52

there again, they're gonna just need other guys

21:55

to step up. Point blank,

21:57

Iman and

21:59

go and had a great night twenty points, and it's

22:01

just crazy, like you need it. With

22:04

Murray down, you need it. Gordon to step up,

22:06

he did, Porter

22:09

Jr. Has been extremely

22:11

solid for them. Jackson

22:14

Reggie gave them a spark, but

22:17

it wasn't enough. So it's just they're

22:19

gonna have to find a way to pull it together. They're

22:22

champions, defending champions, They've been in situations

22:24

with this situation before, with their backs

22:26

against the wall. I think they will

22:28

respond. The result,

22:31

I don't know, because the confidence.

22:35

You know, I talked about young teams with the lack

22:37

of experience. But when

22:40

you have this confidence like they have,

22:42

they feel like they're the best.

22:45

Anthony Edwards feels and is

22:47

playing like he's the best in the league right now.

22:50

Regardless of how we think about

22:55

this Defensive Player of the Year award,

22:57

which I didn't tap on, but I'm gonna tap into

22:59

a I do think because of the

23:01

numbers, I think Winby

23:04

did enough. But the best

23:06

player on the best I mean, those those

23:08

numbers were substantial, so it's hard to say

23:10

the best player on the on the best team

23:12

or should win that award in

23:15

this situation. In that situation because if

23:17

we also could say Anthony Davis, his

23:20

numbers and all of the defensive

23:22

categories that matters towards defensive Player

23:25

of the Year were better than

23:27

the big fellow as well. But the way Minnesota

23:29

is playing and how

23:32

they rely on him, him

23:34

being Rudy Gobert, they're

23:38

they're they're tough, they have everything,

23:41

and which makes them so tough. When you're a young

23:43

team, the coaches and general

23:45

manager or franchises dreams you have star

23:47

players. You have a star player, you

23:49

have another star, you

23:52

have other great players, you have role players,

23:54

and you pray as as an organization

23:57

that they're able to fall

23:59

in line and

24:03

when, and that's what has happened. Yes, if

24:05

you guys remember in the beginning, it was a little yeah,

24:09

bumping up the heads of whose

24:11

team it is? And you know, young

24:14

Anthony Edwards as a rookie cat

24:16

who's already been there for some years, whose

24:20

team, whose team it is? It's no debate,

24:23

and shout out to Kat for buying into

24:25

it. I think my opinion, I think

24:27

once he got hurt, he set

24:29

out. We start to see and

24:32

man emerge to another

24:34

level and it was all understood.

24:37

After that. He comes back, he

24:40

buys in he me and Kat.

24:42

He also was able to have a huge

24:45

career night. And

24:47

that's what happens. When you're buying, good things happen.

24:50

Good energy tends to flow through

24:52

your team in your locker room, nas

24:55

Reed. Six minut a year now, they have Alexander

24:59

Walker. Both of them chipped in like the fourteen

25:01

last game, like they're playing great, like they are playing

25:03

at an all time high, and they got

25:06

it done on the road. Ladies and gentlemen, you're

25:08

not you're not hearing me. A young team who's

25:12

never been in this type of position in a

25:14

long time as a franchise,

25:17

more so than these guys are

25:20

playing like

25:23

they've been here before. And shout out

25:25

to Mike Conley, my former teammate. I give

25:27

him a lot of credit. He's

25:29

the calming voice, veteran in

25:32

that locker room amongst other guys who've been around.

25:34

But man, you can just tell they respect Mike

25:36

Conley. When he talks, they

25:40

listen. And now

25:43

when Ann Edwards talks, they

25:46

listen. But I think Mike Conley

25:48

has done a great job on helping

25:51

and navigate of being

25:53

a superstar and a vocal leader,

25:56

leading this team what to say, how

25:59

to go about, and so on and so forth. Mike

26:01

Conley had that same effect

26:04

on Donovan Mitchell when

26:07

they played together and in

26:10

Utah, and you're seeing another side

26:13

of I think Donovan and it's

26:15

he's emerged. Can he get over

26:17

the hump? We'll see. So shout

26:19

out to the Timberwolve, Shout out to Mike Conley.

26:23

I'm excited about these playoffs. Like I said, every

26:25

night it's must

26:27

see TV. I'm interested to see what the Western

26:30

Conference will look like. Uh,

26:32

it'll be an interesting matchup as great Denver

26:35

is. I would love to see a OKC

26:38

Minnesota matchup. I think

26:40

that would be fantastic.

26:44

Obviously Denver and anyone would be fantastic

26:46

as well, but that would be awesome

26:49

to see. So we're gonna stay tuned to continue

26:51

to discuss the

26:53

playoffs as they as they happen,

26:55

and we're gonna get some great news

26:58

highlights. Always have something talking. Now

27:18

I want to move uh. I

27:20

want to move on and talk about Frank

27:23

Vogel being fired. Now

27:27

we've seen Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel

27:29

being fired, and

27:33

I talked about this once again last week

27:35

with Garrett Temple,

27:39

and it's just unfortunate.

27:42

And I said it earlier, and I know, either

27:45

you're Phoenix fans or your Laker fans

27:48

or fans of the NBA in general, some of you's like,

27:50

oh, you know, he they

27:53

deserved to be fired, couldn't get the job done.

27:55

But Darvin him. Look what Darvinhaim did with the Lakers

27:57

last year. Look

27:59

what Jarvingham did with this team this

28:02

year. He

28:04

got that team into the playoffs. He

28:07

had a lot of you folks believing that they

28:10

could beat the Denver Nuggets. You

28:13

didn't go in it, and some people did. I know, something

28:15

you, lud I did. I did, Yes, okay, fine, but

28:18

the majority you

28:20

if you look online, he was to look at the comments, there are a

28:22

lot of people who felt, oh no, the

28:25

Lakers, we can get it done now

28:27

with that right that roster. Okay,

28:32

they had had some of you believing for a while.

28:35

Phoenix, they have what

28:37

they have. What was

28:40

Frank Bogel supposed to do with that? With

28:42

that team? He just didn't have enough.

28:45

Yes, I get it, you had

28:47

the Big Three. I get it, but

28:50

it's not that easy to buy in for to

28:52

get guys to play like that. We're talking about

28:54

three guys that deserve

28:57

to have the ball in their head. And

29:00

I felt this is me personally. I

29:03

like Frank bowl. I think he's a darn good coach and

29:05

he will have a job again. In my opinion, I

29:08

just didn't like always having Devin

29:11

Booker to be the decision maker as

29:14

the point guard. I want him to score, because

29:16

that dude can score. Obviously,

29:21

Bradley bealt in and out of lineup with

29:23

injuries, and so they just couldn't

29:26

get their swagger and they found

29:28

it a little you know a little bit for a short

29:30

stint. And then obviously KD. Just

29:33

I love to see when Kd's dominating and

29:36

he just decides, like I'm gonna be the best player

29:38

in the world. I love that KD.

29:40

You guys have heard me say it before. I told my story about

29:43

going up to him reminding him who he is, because

29:45

I feel like he

29:48

can be that, and he's a guy that he

29:50

understands who he's playing with and he allows

29:53

them to be the stars or great players

29:55

that they are. But you

29:57

Kevin Durant, Kevin

30:00

Durrant so and

30:04

it's funny hearing James Jones

30:07

say what he said, But I think

30:10

Draymond had a great point. The

30:12

Golden State Warriors were able to find and

30:16

bring the best out of KD because

30:18

they understood that they have

30:21

a superstaring stuff and have great players,

30:23

and you have Clay and so on and so

30:25

forth. But he's Kevin Durant. He's

30:28

a matchup problem and

30:30

he makes the game easier for everyone else with his ability.

30:33

So sometimes when he's

30:35

just not engaged, he tends to let

30:38

people off the hook. And the

30:41

way I feel about him and his game, it

30:44

just frustrates me because I know when

30:46

he gets in his mode, good things can happen. But

30:49

there again, Frank Volga didn't have the

30:52

roster to do

30:54

what he wants to do

30:57

and to

30:59

get those three guys on the floor. And

31:04

there again, if I said he had a point guard, So what do you do? You

31:06

move Book to the two,

31:09

Bradley Bill to the three, and Kadi

31:12

to the four. When everybody's

31:14

like, oh, he deserves to play his natural position. Well, if he plays

31:17

his national position, that's the three. If

31:19

I'm not mistaken, who goes to the bench.

31:23

Well, what they did? They keep all of them in

31:25

their somewhat natural position. Somebody's not going to

31:27

be in the natural position. And with

31:29

these guys who are scored, they're not gonna have the ball

31:31

in their hands. So I think I

31:33

thought Frank Vogel's hands were tied

31:36

with what he can do with what he had.

31:38

And it's unfortunately like he is to escape

31:40

goo to this he gets

31:43

fired. What are you supposed to do? And

31:45

what are they gonna do next year? We hear coach

31:47

Bud Mike Butenholzer is the front

31:50

runner for the job

31:52

in Phoenix. From

31:55

what I'm understanding, they're tied with and

31:57

then limited to what they can do. They're gonna have to

31:59

make some tough decisions, I think, to get

32:01

the pieces they want. Do you keep that

32:03

three together? Like,

32:06

You're gonna have to just do some smart

32:09

moves to get some pieces

32:12

for a low cost because a lot of

32:14

your money are going into those three.

32:17

So I'm gonna get off my soapbox

32:19

with that. But that's just kind of how I feel

32:22

on both sides. Yes, I do feel

32:25

both teams Phoenix and Lakers

32:30

could upgrade their roster, but they didn't

32:32

have the means to do it. So

32:35

is it the Is it the coach's fault? Like, you

32:37

gave me this to work with, and

32:40

I did the best that I could. I got these teams in the

32:42

playoffs. Yeah? Sweet, I didn't really

32:44

see a suite. I thought the Suns would at least get

32:47

one, but whatever. As we move

32:49

on, let's hop over

32:51

to the w n B. A real quick shout

32:55

out to the w n B A for a couple

32:57

of things that I am happy to hear. I

32:59

know you guys heard about, Uh, the

33:04

WNBA now moving to charter

33:06

flights for these women. I

33:10

know they're excited about it. It's it's

33:12

brutal, it's a grind already flying

33:15

charter get it going from city to city. So

33:18

I can imagine what it's like for those

33:20

women over the past years, not

33:23

having a charter flight to get to the next city to

33:26

do their thing. But the game has grown.

33:29

They're superstars obviously coming into

33:31

the young superstars the game

33:33

for the w NBA. Whether you guys like it

33:35

or not, it's in a great place. You

33:38

could say, well, I don't watch it. I don't know who they are, but you

33:40

heard of them and when they throw those names out

33:42

there, they're recognizable to you already,

33:45

and it's bringing and generating more money

33:48

to them. And I think the w NBA now

33:52

has some catching up to do. They

33:55

have some catching up to do, and this is a great

33:57

step forward. Put some more money in this

34:00

pocket because your TV and revenue

34:02

is will soon go up. Your

34:05

viewership is gonna soon go up. Your your

34:07

arenas you're already hearing. They're

34:09

trying to find different venues

34:12

for when Caitlin carrk comes to town

34:14

and it's gonna I think it's going to continue to grow

34:16

because of these young stars

34:20

coming into the league. Gonna make

34:22

a huge splash and there must see TV

34:24

for w NBA fans, So

34:26

for you, for those of you who aren't, okay,

34:29

I'm not talking to you, but I

34:31

want to give them a shout out. And also, the next

34:33

thing the w NBA is gonna have to get together

34:36

are their live streams. It's

34:39

time to get that together. I

34:41

saw and I read a couple of comments because I'm

34:43

just interested to see what people said say about

34:46

that. You know, the fan who had the four

34:48

hundred thousand views on live stream.

34:51

Some feel like it was fabricated or not, but

34:53

nevertheless, whatever that actual

34:55

number was, the

34:58

w n B A got

35:00

the point they

35:02

were a where and now they're actually

35:05

put themselves on notice. They were

35:07

put on notice, and they they're

35:09

doing something about it. Because

35:12

whether most of the world not interested

35:15

in WNBA, there's a lot of people who are now wanting

35:17

to see. Whether it's one player or not, whether

35:20

there's multiple young players or not, the

35:23

interest for WNBA is growing. We're

35:25

already seeing new teams. We're hearing more

35:27

conversation about more w NBA

35:30

teams coming about Orlando.

35:34

We used to have a team here, I think it was Orlando Miracle.

35:36

I would love to see other teams Toronto. I

35:39

know at one point we heard about Toronto

35:41

getting one. I know Golden State is getting one soon.

35:45

I think one was talked about in Charlotte.

35:47

I'm not mistaken. In

35:49

the last couple of years, we weren't hearing about any

35:52

teams coming about.

35:54

It was just the WNBA. It is what it is,

35:57

and the changing of the guard is happening.

35:59

So I wanted to give them props, give

36:01

them their props as we continue

36:05

to move forward and watch that lead grow,

36:07

which it has grown immensely over the years.

36:10

And lastly, the

36:14

Olympics is coming around and

36:17

there's talks about Caitlin Clark

36:19

potentially being on the

36:22

Olympic team, and whether

36:25

you like her or not, her

36:27

popularity is undeniable and

36:30

I think I feel confident saying

36:32

this to you guys. If there's

36:35

a spot available, she will get it

36:37

because of the uproar,

36:40

the popularity, the fandom, the

36:43

boom that she has created

36:46

for this WNBA. And

36:49

she's holding her own. I think Angel Reese

36:52

is holding her own. These young rookies are fantastic

36:55

and if there's room, you might want

36:57

to consider some others along the line to

37:00

be there. But I know for a fact there's one position

37:03

open, and I know it was potentially

37:05

talked about Caitlyn Clark, and I think in

37:09

the setting where you need shooting

37:11

in the Olympics to

37:13

offset and to open the floor up,

37:16

she will be a great piece to add

37:18

to already what they have. So

37:22

I feel confident saying that we will see

37:25

her in the Olympics,

37:27

and I think Jersey sales

37:31

viewership will once again go

37:33

up because of this young

37:35

lady and her with the team that

37:38

they already have with a lot of

37:40

the superstars legends

37:43

of the game currently look

37:46

out, they're

37:48

gonna do some damage to make a lot of noise, and I think that'll

37:50

be great to have dominant

37:53

performance by both

37:56

teams. The men's and women's teams

38:00

went out there to handle the business. So because

38:02

I know the men, they're loaded

38:04

and I think they'll get it together. So

38:07

I'd like to see the women keep the same. All

38:27

right. Now, here's the Upper Room

38:30

dunk of the Week and it goes

38:32

to the dunk Champ. He's

38:36

known as Obie topic you see

38:38

here in the fast break. Let's

38:40

watch it first and then we're gonna break it down, all right.

38:42

He gets to steal, he

38:46

gets free in half court right

38:48

there, crossover takes a quick look back

38:51

just to see if the runway is clear.

38:56

And that's when you you really know that

38:59

you're an athlete and you trust in your ability

39:02

because somebody's

39:06

running after you. Right you see here McBride

39:09

comes in your screen, and that's having

39:11

trust that you know that that player

39:13

will not run up under you. They've

39:16

already conceded, like you got it. Takes

39:19

the peek back in between

39:21

the legs, easy dunk, and

39:23

that's got to feel good for Obi Topping like

39:26

he's he formerly

39:29

of the New York Knicks. And

39:32

obviously they boot whoever. You can't

39:34

boo that you can be mad.

39:36

You can see a couple of fans in the stands like

39:39

oooh, and then they try to say something like you can't.

39:41

You can't be mad at that. You

39:43

can't be mad at that. Give you one more look

39:45

at that, like with ease. That

39:50

right there, it's my

39:53

upper room dunk of the

39:55

week. Go see you, Obie Topping.

39:58

All right, next segment is who did

40:00

I Run into this week? And

40:03

this wasn't this week, it was last week.

40:05

I didn't do who I ran into last

40:08

week with Garrett Temple. But I'm

40:11

gonna say and talk about running

40:13

into the TNT crew. For

40:16

those of you that were watching, I got the opportunity

40:19

to work on the set with the inside

40:21

the NBA crew, Shaq, Ernie and

40:25

Chuck, taking the place of Kenny

40:27

Smith who was out. And

40:30

let me tell you, it's an honor and pleasure to be

40:32

able to work on that set. It

40:35

is nothing but last. But these guys,

40:37

like I mean, they just they

40:40

work off of each other. And what

40:43

was the I was

40:45

a part of the Galveston, Texas

40:48

Dirty Water for those of you got

40:50

to see it and just to see how that

40:53

came about, how

40:56

it took off and how many people

40:58

jumped on it. And it's just these

41:00

guys having fun, willing to say

41:02

whatever. Shaq, it

41:05

started as a joke off camera and

41:09

Chuck threw it out there. Shaq was like what so

41:11

he takes it, throws the libes like where

41:14

are they going? And he said, the Galveston, Texas and you

41:16

know, being the outsider

41:19

if you would, and taking the place I've

41:21

done a time or two now, so I feel comfortable.

41:24

But it's just you fall

41:26

in line. It's just it was just it's just

41:28

always amazing to be there. I try

41:30

to be the be myself. I don't try to

41:32

be anyone else to be like those guys. I try

41:34

to be myself, be the voice of reason,

41:37

to fit in with a Hall

41:39

of Fame, Emmy, multiple

41:41

Emmy Award winning crew. And

41:44

that's why I wanted to talk about who I ran

41:47

into. For you guys that got to see

41:49

it, it was nothing but laughs. I

41:51

mean, it's it's always gut riching laughs.

41:53

So you can see Shaq hurling

41:56

over in laughter and tears, the

42:00

guarantee we're spraying the silly

42:03

spray or whatever it was on Chuck. It's just

42:05

to be a part of those moments that we

42:08

get to see each in every week,

42:12

see those guys doing their thing, and I got to be a

42:14

part of it. And it's always cool when you see

42:16

the playbacks and stuff going viral and you're a part

42:18

of such a funny, viral,

42:22

cool moment that which everybody loves. It

42:24

was just an honor. So shout out to Turner

42:27

the inside the NBA crew for allowing

42:30

me to be a part of it and having me

42:32

come on every so often. Stay tuned. I

42:35

possibly can be on there once again sometime

42:37

soon. So that's who I ran into, and

42:39

I'm very thankful that I did. And

42:43

my last segment is going to go

42:45

to Candas Parker

42:48

as my shout out of the

42:50

week. It's going to Candace Parker.

42:54

Sixteen seasons in the WNBA,

42:57

three times WA

43:00

Champ, twenty sixteen, twenty one,

43:02

and twenty three, two time MVP,

43:05

two time NCAA Champ, two

43:09

time Most Outstanding Player

43:12

of the Year, two

43:15

times Female Athlete

43:17

of the Year. And that's just a

43:19

few of them, and

43:23

now president of

43:25

the Adidas Women Division A

43:28

women's basketball division. When I say

43:32

amazing career, like obviously

43:35

first ballant, Hall of Fame, hall

43:37

of Famer, an

43:39

unbelievable person, very knowledgeable

43:42

of the game, loves the game, very

43:45

outgoing, just a nice, nice

43:48

woman who just is

43:51

great to be around. IM at Candice many

43:54

many years ago before

43:57

I want to say, yeah, before she was in

44:00

the in the WB she's still in college. Obviously

44:02

I played against one one

44:04

of her brothers. I don't think I played against both her brothers.

44:06

Maybe I did. No one of her brothers for sure, Anthony

44:09

Parker when he was in Toronto, and

44:13

just to see her grow

44:15

as a player, dominate. We know what she

44:17

did. She

44:20

she was Rookie of the Year, at MVP all

44:23

the same year winning the championship,

44:25

like I mean, dominant, and

44:28

I wanted to give her her flowers, work

44:31

with her on TNT

44:33

Tuesdays. Just

44:37

just a great human being, unbelievable,

44:41

unbelievable career, Candice.

44:44

I hope you see this or hear about it or

44:46

whatnot, and I will tell it to her when I see

44:48

her, for sure. But I wanted to kind

44:50

of give her her flowers and give her this shot

44:52

out because I mean,

44:55

she's she's

44:57

a lot of a lot of young young

44:59

ladies and probably some mental heroes

45:03

Dunk Contests champion.

45:06

I want to say she wanted McDonald's All American Dunk

45:08

Contests. Like I'm saying, she broke

45:11

a lot of barriers and she

45:14

deserves everything that's

45:17

coming her way. It's

45:20

I mean, it's funny. The

45:23

last time I was on with her on TT

45:26

Tuesday, we were talking about me

45:30

and at this time I was a

45:32

finalist for the

45:35

Hall of Fame, and we briefly talked about

45:37

retirement, had a conversation and it

45:40

was cool to talk about it because she was just contemplating,

45:42

weighing her options and seeing

45:46

how she felt leading up to the season and

45:49

it was just cool to kind of be a part of that conversation,

45:51

not saying I had anything to do with it, but to kind

45:53

of give her my views. And we had a great

45:56

conversation and talk, talk and talk

45:58

about the Hall of Fame and what it

46:00

means to me and how excited she

46:03

was for me, and I

46:05

feel that excited. I feel that same excitement

46:07

now for her

46:09

when she's eligible and she goes in, because

46:12

she definitely will be a first ballot Hall of Famer. So

46:14

once again, wherever you guys

46:17

are in your car at home listening,

46:19

let's just give her a nice golf clap. Maybe

46:22

you're in your meeting listening on your headphones but you're

46:24

not supposed to whatever, Let's give her a golf clap because

46:27

she is definitely a legend Hall

46:31

of Famer and she

46:33

deserves it. All. With

46:35

that being said, once again, this concludes

46:38

another episode of the VC Show. I'm

46:41

always thankful for you guys

46:43

listening wherever you are. Continue

46:45

to tune in, continue to like it, share

46:48

it, leave your comments, whatever

46:50

you must do. We're here every week

46:52

to relax

46:54

your mind, have good conversations so

46:57

you can kick your feet up and enjoy the

46:59

VC Show. So we out of here, Let's

47:01

go