In this episode of 3-on-3, co-host Chris Williamson tees up a thoughtful conversation around the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The crew gets charged up about Anthony Edwards and the T-Wolves taking a commanding 2-0 lead over the crumbling Denver Nuggets. Co-host Sharí Nycole sprinkles in her bold prediction for that series and it leaves the crew speechless.
Then, Terrika Foster-Brasby proposes a shocking coaching scenario involving LeBron James and the Lakers.
The crew closes out the show with the signature Jump Ball segment where the trio analyzes the WNBA's broadcasting decisions, the optics of spotlighting certain players over others.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the three
on three Pod, and I'm so happy to be joined
by my lovely co host Cheri Nicole and Tarika Foster
Brasbey on this Tuesday afternoon as we record every weekend. Y'all,
the NBA playoffs have given us so much content, Arrika,
(00:30):
It's it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It has been.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
But before we get into the NBA playoffs, can you
ask can you tell me why you got this smooth?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Joe was just.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
About to say the same thing. It's like, what are
we doing? I feel like the Quiet Storm is supposed
to be on.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
A Welcome to the three on three Pod. I'm so
excited about to play on What are you feeling right now?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I really feel like I'm supposed to be like playing.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Some love some love MS or something. What is with him? Here?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
He the Keith Sweat right now? I'm telling you, this
is the Keeps This is the Keep Sweat Show, the
Chris Williamson Show.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
No, not, what is happening? What is this?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I'm trying to break my brother, Chris. What is happening?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
I'm trying to be more uh level headed in terms
of my voice because I projected a lot, and I'm
not trying to upset my wife.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Who told you got it you don't want to save.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, so I've been told, you know, oh, I speak loudly,
and I don't.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
That you need to shut the hell up.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I'm not like that. He just said, you need to
tone it down.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
On this show in life because these are that's.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
In the show, and the shot in the show clear, I.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Will be loud for you. Then, Chris, the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Here, Yeah, all day, all day and all night. Oh
my god, we got so much more to get into.
But we're gona take a short break and then we're
really gonna impact all the madness that's been going on
in the association. There have been so many crazy storylines
in this playoffs or in these playoffs, y'all. The fact
(02:22):
that one the Clippers fanned out again, like both you,
Sharia Tarika said, y'all knew it was gonna happen, and
it was like yo, when Kawhi was there, When Kawhi
was playing, they looked even worse because he wasn't at
full strength. And then James Harden.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Paul George, Paul George, Paul George, let's talk about Paul
George for a second right, Paul George really showed up
as where's Waldough right for a Halloween costume?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And social media, the social media team put it on
line that was a big disservice to PG thirteen because
everybody knew they were going to use it when the
Clippers clipped for when Paul George was in Mia. And
of course what do we see in the math series
he and James Harden not cutting it, not cutting it whatsoever.
(03:19):
But the biggest shock for me, guys is the Minnesota
Timberwolves absolutely smacking the shit out of the Nuggets for
two games so far in the defending champs building, where
Yo Anthony Edwards is getting MVP chance and Nikolai Jokic
is home that that don't tell you something. Jamal Murray
(03:44):
is throwing temper tantrum, throwing heat packs on the court.
Michael Malone looks like get he wants to get in
a ring with Mark Davis, the referee. It looked like
he didn't want to even be there to start the game.
What you got to say?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It looks like I'm just, I just I am floored
at how much I love Anthony Edwards and I honestly
didn't know I was gonna love Anthony Edwards like I
do right now. I didn't foresee this because there were
times in the season where I was like, come on, kid,
like you're good, but like tone it down a bit.
And then there was the situation with the Baby Mama
(04:22):
song and I was like, lord, you're about to be
one of these and then for some reason, he just
I think it's the authenticity. I made a tweet last
night where I said that this man is the most respectful,
disrespectful man because he is. You walk up on Kevin
Durant man, I always admired you, and then after you
sweep a man, I always loved you like a that's
(04:43):
disrespectful as hell, and I love it like that is
the energy that I love. Anthony Edwards has come into
this league and has legitimately made people have to see him.
He has not been afraid of the moment. He has
not been afraid of the player. He has not been
afraid period. And when you look at this Minnesota Temperwolf's team,
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the amount of respect that you have to give them
now because not only is Anthony Edwards doing what he's
supposed to do, but you already had a star in
car Anthony Towns, who has had to now amplify his
play in order to match the energy that Anthony Edwards
is bringing them. And this team is scary. This team
was a team that was very much in play to
have a number one seed for a good part of
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this of this of this season until okay, so said Hodo,
hold my beer. So I love this energy from Anthony Edwards.
I want to see how disrespectful respectfully.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You can get.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I mean, the man walks around to me as if
if I mean no disrespect was a person.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
That's the edword. That's what I see.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
I absolutely adore him on the court. I won't even
get into the off the court things because I was
thrown off his relative recolis I.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Was thrown off to I feel you.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
But I will say, first of all, there's been a
lot of comparisons.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
I'm sure you guys have seen them.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
You know, we're looking at this twenty two year old
phenom essentially and what he's doing, not only with his numbers,
but with this game. There's been a lot of talk
about Michael Jordan and Kobe comparisons. If you look at
his mid range game alone, it is special. I am
a mid range girl. I was a mid range girl
in college. So any player that can turn and turn
and fade and shoot, any player that can pull up
and shoot, I mean, that's just such an accent to
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his overall game.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
He can beat you anyway, anywhere.
Speaker 6 (06:30):
Anytime, and for him to be as young as he
is leading this team in this way, it's absolutely incredible
to watch. It goes back to the conversations we've been
having the last few weeks about this is no longer
a league where Denver won last year. So you know
they're gonna just they're gonna muddle through. They got the
same team. You know, they should be fine. No, they're
not gonna be fine.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
They're not fine.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
We're in a time now where these young guys they
don't care.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
They want to beat you and.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
They believe that they can, and so that level of
difference that we've in the past, it doesn't exist. It'll
exist in a postgame conference. Like Toreca mention, I've admired
him since I was a kid. I remember watching him
when I was a kid. But on the court, I'm
shooting in your face, I'm tawning in your face, I'm
gonna beat you straight away. So I am just I'm
so excited about Anthony Edward's future and the future of
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the league because it's in good hands. And I think,
you know, we've forgotten a little bit. I gotta throw
him out here, John Moran. Imagine when he's back healthy,
what this league is gonna look like in terms of
just super powers, superstars making it happen. As far as
the tantrums, you know what, I shouldn't laugh, but watching
a grown man throw objects onto the basketball court, a
(07:40):
grown man that's in a Denver Nuggets uniforms, it's comical.
It's like, does somebody write, is.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Is this fixed?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
The script? The script?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
The coach running out all the way to the other baseline,
basically the fuss of the ref. Murray is over here
throwing whatever he can find onto the court.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I don't know what's going on. Rudy Gobert. Just happened.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
You can't play night your wife went into labor. Not
you can't even play. You are We are looking at
an exceptional narrative here. This is what sports is all about.
I hate to say it, but Denver will get swept.
I don't I don't see how they're gonna win. I'm
sorry you.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
You mentioned you you got torched on your own home
court two games in a row. What are you gonna do?
Speaker 6 (08:24):
What's all of us, all of a sudden gonna change
where you become the team that everybody's expecting you.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
I'm throwing it out there. You guys can catch it
if you want. You can throw it back if you
don't want to. I got Minnesota and.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Four in four indition, yes now, and I.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Love Denver, but I'm sorry. That's what I'm here for.
I'm got a ruffle the feathers.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
It's just that pad, the whole damn pack of feathers.
Because they can't get.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Right, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
You ain't gonna get one now, they got to get
what if the Lakers can get one, Denver can surely
get one. Look, we'll look bad.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
We won't even don't get me started on Lakers because
they're not here. May they rest in Can't Cone or
wherever they are. I'm not even gonna get on them. No,
Chrisy gets you one, and this man.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Up and pressure them. But he can't even just dribble
around like you normally used to do.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
We got Jamal Murray and hell, I know he's dealing
with that calf injury, but go ahead. I know, I
know Murray has a calf injury, but yeah. The way
that the Minnesota Timberwolves are plaining Jamal Murray and the
perimeter players is textbook defense that everybody should throw on tape. Right.
(09:45):
I get so excited when I see players locking down defense,
especially in today's NBA where defensive intensity is not emphasized.
But the Timberwolves, Chris Finch and that program, that organization, No,
They're all about defense and the fact that they did
it without the rent protecting Rudy Gobert nas read incredible, right,
(10:05):
Carl Anthony Towns, not making stupid mistakes, not fouling like
an immature guy that we've seen in the past. You
see his growth, Mike Conley, Nikhil, Alexander Walker, all these
guys who are just so much more physical and athletic
and at times feel like Denver, They're just waiting for
the rest to bail them out a lot of complaining.
(10:25):
One thing that I didn't like is Jamal Murray not
speaking to reporters after the postgame or after the game
for the second night of Row. Come on, dog, I
don't know what he got going on, but that looks
front runner ish to me.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Yeah, I mean, no, I agree with that. That's your job.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
You got to talk to reporter we like it or not,
So you got to get over that. But I think
where I am. I think where I am saving my
little bit of hope for Denver because I would agree
that I think Minnesota is going to win this series.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
But I.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Cannot in good cond just think that.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Jokis won't show up at all to be Jokis at
least one game. And if you can get a solid
performance even if Jamal Murray isn't there, you can get
a solid performance out of say Aaron Gordon, Like, if
Jokis plays Will, Aaron Gordon plays Will for one game,
I can see that, you know what I mean. And
so I think that's where I'm like, I don't think
(11:22):
this team is totally dependent on Jamal Murray, but you've
got to have Jokeis show up, and there's nobody. To me,
there's nobody on the court from Minnesota that's better than Joki,
Like he should be the most dominant player in this series,
at least from a post player perspective. He has to
be at this point because they're down to oh and
(11:42):
if he does not show up to be that player
in game three, then you write Shari, they going home
and four. But he's got to show up in game
three and he and I believe that he will.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
But I do think.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Minnesota is about to go ahead and nice and very
rest respectfully spin y'all asses home.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
But there's a there's.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
A lot to be said for the upside of Minnesota
that not only do you come out and take two
on the road at the home of the defendant champions,
but you were up by thirty right in the first half.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
First half, like you that what?
Speaker 7 (12:20):
So?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, that's that's that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I just I just strongly believe that at least one
of these games Jokis will show up, even if they
continue to clamp down Jamal Murray. You know, you've got
to be able to get at least him and one
other player, and I think that player the best person
to be that player has to be Aaron Bardon.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Guys, I think you got to take a step fro
you got Michael Michael Porter.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Junior is so streaky he not consisted alone.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I do like y'all. I'm sorry, it's just you got.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Some weird tals.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
I have though.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Before we get too deep into this though, if y'all
don't mind, I have to give a quick shout out
even though they are on their way home, but I
got to give a quick shout out to Orlando. Of
all the series that I saw in this NBA Playoffs,
that was not the one that I saw going to
seven at all. And the respect that I have for
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for coach Moseley and what he has done with that program,
with that with that team over this year. I'm looking
for Orlando to be a prime contender team in the
East moving forward. And so I just want to make
sure that I give them their flowers.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Because they balled. They balled.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
They really show people that they can be a formidable
young team and what I love. I was having this
conversation and you, guys, I would love to know your thoughts.
Exactly agree, But I was having this conversation with my
husband and I I want to know your thoughts on it.
But the teams that are really finding success lately here
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in the and we kind of talked about this previously,
but the teams that are finding success in the NBA
right now are teams that took the time to be
patient and built through drafts, through trades that make sense,
that tries to find a chemistry and pieces that work.
And Orlando is that team. Like I think they probably
got at least four to five first round draft picks,
(14:24):
Like I think maybe their whole starting five is all
first round draft. But you know what I mean, Like
they were patient and they waited, and you're starting to
see like the you're starting to see like the benefits
them reaping the benefits of that patience.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
We talked about how we saw that with Oka.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
See but that has to be the shift in the
NBA now, Like that has to be the shift that
we're seeing, because I think that is why these playoffs
have been so exciting. We get the names like the
Donovan Mitchell or and a Jason Tatum and a Joker,
and we know what that what they're going to bring.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
But seeing these teams that.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Really like got it out the mud to get here,
like really just makes you feel good about the teams
that you're watching, how they're performing.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
What did the Aces say, built, not bought, right, Yeah,
that's what they said. Look over look over there and
Sun's Nation bought right and it's not working out at all.
Maybe you can even go further down with the Clippers,
but I think that's a little different. Yeah, it's about sustaining,
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having a sustainable program, right like Paala, Ben Carroll was
the superstar or the star that they needed. As you
talk about all these first round draft picks, you know,
you plug in Markel, folks got Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs,
great two way player, really good on defense, Gary Harris.
They just need more shot creators because they're not explosive offensively,
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really good defensively. But yeah, that is the blueprint where
it's not gonna happen overnight. I'm sorry what the Warriors
did bringing Katie over, that's not that's not realistic. Okay,
that's not realistic. That's not happening in the near future
in my opinion, And I think you get more enjoyment
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out of it when you see these teams going from
getting it out of the mud, as you said, Tarika,
to becoming these contenders right before our eyes streak.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
This is what we're seeing, guys.
Speaker 6 (16:23):
It's almost like we're returning to the nineties era, but
with guys that are even more athletic athletically inclined. So
we're going back to now the coaches matter now, the
super teams don't. They don't the super teams don't work anymore.
We're literally retreating back to the days of old, just
with talent that, in my opinion, in many respects, is
even more exceptional because the game has evolved. So I'm excited.
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I'm not the biggest fan of super teams. I love
to see teams get it out the mud. I absolutely
love it, and to me, it makes a game more
competitive and you can actually like fall in love with
a team. You can watch their evolution and you can
watch their growth and get excited. So I think part
of the excitement we're seeing is people are falling in love,
you know, with the storyline of it all, watching a
kid come in as a rookie and two three years
later and now all of a sudden they're in the playoffs
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and they're doing well. Like that matters. That's what sports
is all about. And so again you got these young guys, Yeah,
they need to be well coached.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
It's not just.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
About bringing you know, two or three guys together that
I already know how these superstars they don't really you know,
the coach is just an accessory. No, the coach is
an absolute need and the nucleus of a team's success.
So for me, it's back to the x's and o's
and just grinding it out. Like I'm just I'm so
excited about this. I cannot put it to words how
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much I really don't like super teams, Guys.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
I just there's a.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Validity to winning when they do well.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
Well, I'm just like, I guess, you know, I just
love to see building and so I'm excited for the NBA.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I'm excited for where they're moving in this playoffs.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
In particular, it's such a it's such a glaring indication
of where this league is going. So I really hope
that as moved forward, gms are encouraged stay with this, like,
let this be the be the move I think you'll
do well. I'm going to retract just a hair, Guys,
if Murray suspended, we didn't mention that. If he gets
suspended for throwing stuff game three is a no, we
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didn't mention it, but it's very possible that he could
be suspended. It's a lot of people that are calling
for it. Him throwing eating pads and towels on the
court could have resulted in a serious injury.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Right, So if he's out for Game three, good luck Denver.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
That's true. I mean, I got to give you that, Sharie.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
If he suspended, that just puts a whole different aura
around the team that don't have anything to do with
what's happening on the court. And their morale already looked
like they were at the box.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, it is stunning to see in
real time like they just are so careless with the basketball.
But you know, speaking of morale, the Knicks quickly here
Jalen Brunton is doing something terms of points over the
last five games. AGA's two hundred ten hasn't been done
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since Michael Jordan nineteen ninety three. And for a guy
who's been doubted for so long, you didn't see him
as that superstar caliber player for whatever reasons coming out
of Villanova. That again speak to Sari's point, like you
see somebody who's in a a role that they're not
really the primary score, not the feature player, and then
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they get a chance to get opportunity and he has
taking it like left and right. That game against the Pacers.
Jesus Villanova Nation, Okay.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Oh you're gonna get on the reps today again to
Rica you can't.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Oh the refs.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I'm just saying the end of that game was looking real.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yukat with It's all, Yes, that ain't nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
This ain't got nothing to do with Jayleen. Jalen did
what he did.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
I did. I'm just saying that call at the end
of the game was looking really a Atwards.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
Why why are you reinvigorating my trauma? I haven't just
to move on, Chris.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I couldn't.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
I'm going to have moved on to until I seen
the damn play last night and I was like, I
am riggered because this has happened again.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
And the kickball and the kickball justice Fairley Edwards, of course.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Justice.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Justice for Miles Turner, right, But yeah, they missed. Yeah,
there are a lot of people they had conspiracy theories.
I ain't gonna get into all that, but yeah, they
were like, Adam Silver definitely wants the Knicks in the finals.
But but then we say this already though, Yeah, yeah,
we talked about it in the six Ers series. Look,
the Pacers they had their chances to win this game,
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they shouldn't have let I like Miles Turner actually taking accountability, like, yeah,
I like to let the players play, but we shouldn't
have put ourselves in that position. So that right there,
I'm cool with the what Anthony Davis did and Lebron
complaining about the refs after they blew a twenty point Yeah, no,
I'm not here for that. But what I am here
for is the conversation around Lebron James being a coach killer.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Lebron James got ten head coaches right in his career
after Darvin Ham was fired recently. You know, the one
thing that I'll say about Lebron is it's extremely difficult
to be his head coach because you don't get a
(21:43):
lot of latitude or freedom and patients from the general
manager of the owner unless you're Eric Spostra.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Pat Riley said, no, I suppose, my guy, this is
how we're doing things, and Lebron was like, Okay, I'm
gonna leave, and we see coach bo still had success.
But one churi, do you agree that Lebron James is
a coach killer when you look at his entire career
his coaches have not stayed very long. As long as
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he's the superstar player.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
There, I think it's something to look at.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
I mean, I know that there are other players that
have had a ton of coaches as well, so we
can't act like it's an isolated situation. My agrievance with
Lebron James is more of the team hopping. So the
team hopping as this is happening, to me is the
is the deadly combo, so to speak. I also think
at this juncture, he's on his way out, so cleaning
(22:45):
house allegedly for a player that may have a couple
of years left. I'm not a fan of I think
Lebron James is a spoiled brat, But if you look
at superstars of today in the past, that they're all
spoiled brats. They get what they want. I think, you know,
as a coach, if I'm a coach and I'm coaching
Lebron James, I know, hey, I'm at risk. I gotta
(23:05):
win or I'm out of here. And that's just the
standard that's been put in place for him and other superstars.
So yeah, I think he could considerably be called a
coach killer. But my thing is going for franchise the
franchise and this being the story. Now, if we look
at what happened, and you know, with with the Lakers,
they can't seem to get it together. I do think
Darvin Ham should should have been removed. I can't necessarily
speak to all the assistant coaches being removed as well.
(23:27):
I think that's a different, a different conversation. But you know,
it's it's it's time he had to go. He's just
not He's not a right fit for this particular team.
And I don't care if Lebron's on it or not,
but uh yeah, Lebron. You know, Lebron gets what Lebron wants.
Am I a fan of that mantra? No, But that's
what happens when you're not only the best player in
(23:48):
the league, but arguably the world for this long.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
This is this just comes with the territory.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
I don't think it's anything that necessarily criticized or overly criticize.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
It comes with the territory. Just my two cents. Oh man, guys,
it's so funny that y'all brought this up. Because I
was reading an article that was written by Brian Windhorse
and there was another article that was.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Written by Dave mcminimon, and both.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Of these articles were discussing whether or not Lebron James
is a coach killer.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Here's the kicker, y'all are gonna love this.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Those articles were written eight years ago, Boom in twenty sixteen. Wow,
right after David Black was fired, right before Tygers was
getting read, exactly after Paul Silas had been fired, after
Mike had been fired. All of these people already had
(24:52):
lost their jobs. And so the fact that here we
are eight years later rehashing a conversation that condo was
all already discovered back in twenty sixteen, it's funny to me.
I have the solution, the solution.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Are you all ready for this? Here's the solution.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Just make Lebron James the coach of like and y'all
are because the only way, but I'm so the only
way there is no, that is the only way. Like
you you know what you want to see the team?
Do you know exactly the influence and the.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Power that you have.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
You already know that Jeanie Bus and the Bus family
are going to listen to whatever it is that you
say because to your point, Scherie You're a brat and
this is what you do. Nothing appeases you like At
the end of the day, you won't be the first
player coach if you decide to play, But you won't
be the first player coach you've ever seen in the NBA.
A little ridiculous in twenty twenty four, But you want to.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Be the first. You're not.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
It's not It's not like you are creating some lane
that that has not already existed. But at this point,
who can you get to coach this man other than himself?
He has the basketball like you, He knows how to
for lack of better terms, he has positioned himself to
play a role in the movement and pieces of players,
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whether formally or not. So at this point, what are
y'all doing? What are we doing? You might as well
just make this man the damn coach. You still get
to play with your son, even though you don't necessarily
have to be on the court with him. Y'all will
still be teammates, You will still be playing together, So
you might as well just make this man the coach.
And I know, folks don't think I'm crazy. Oh, I
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can hear the Instagram comments under this now, I don't
give a damn Tell me right now you are going
to get to come in and coach the Lakers and
give exactly what it is that Lebron James is crying about,
or that Anthony that's gonna help Anthony Davis stay healthy,
that's gonna make D'Angelo Russell actually show up in games.
Tell me who you got right now, coach coming off
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the big just gonna give you that, not a.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
Song, get his guy, JJ Reddick.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
Hell no, you're trying to ruin a whole friendship, JJ Reddick.
Don't you even think about it, Bron.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Friend or not? Podcast Run under the bus with the
rest of them. The man is cool to have a podcast.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Don't you get on that bench and think you're gonna
coach head coach the Lakers. You're out of your mind.
Take your smart behind because J. J Reddick is ready
and I hope he gets an opportunity, but with the Lakers,
absolutely not. Run for your life. You're in danger. Don't
even go to the interview if they ask you, get away.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
That job will not be a desirable job until Lebron
Chains no longer is amen, Amen, And so until.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Then y'all can go ahead and get your reputation smarried
if you want to.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
But if it was me, I'm gonna offer Lebron the
coaching position.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Oh you know, Hoo could coach Doc Verse because he
doesn't mind being fired. He don't mind being fired, so
he can do it. Doc Rivers can Doc Rivers coach
the Lakers because he's used to all of this, So
just have him do it.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
I quit this show because ain't no where there, ain't.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
No what the hell is wrong with you? Should we?
Speaker 6 (28:24):
I'm just saying, you're thinking about a coach that can
get into a being a position where being fired doesn't
necessarily matter, and he can get fired and go in
somewhere else and just be recycled all throughout the NBA.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
He's used to being fired. Have him do it. He's
us superstars. Have him do it. Did you just say
he's been ran through the whole NBA change, has been
circulating the NBA as a head coach for decades. Let
him he can do it.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
I am next topic, please.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
I was not believe there's it just it really is.
I mean there, I mean, we've already seen him with Tyler.
We've already seen him with I don't I don't think
Mike Buttonholzer would be Yeah, you know, like, I don't
think he's strong enough to manage the personalities in LA
as well as the personalities on the team. Just give
(29:30):
Lebron a job. Just give Lebron the damn job. Because
Phil Jackson ain't walking through.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
That somewhere in.
Speaker 6 (29:41):
Or whatever the yoga pose you just lay on the
ground and relaxed. He's trying to guess.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
No time for that, Yeah, no time whatsoever. Yeah, Oh,
Phil Handy, how about Phil Handy.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Give Lebron the job.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
I'm about to start a campaign hashtag Lebron heck coach
Lebron history.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Just do that too, because he wants to break. He
wants to break every record imaginable. So let him close
out with a bang and.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Just do that.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
No control, control the narrative, right, that's what he loves
to do.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
But also raountability exactly, no accountability, like.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Oh no, I'm this, I'm x y Z. But nah,
that that ain't all on me.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
That's and it's just basketball. It's fine.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Get out of here, get out of here. Yes, you're
you're never gonna live that down. Bringing up Doc Rivers,
you had some nerve doing that on this episode.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Uh so that Doc Rivers advocates, it's.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
No complete ship about that man this entire season. And
I actually like Doc Rivers. I just I'm just saying
I like Doc Rivers a lot. I just, for the
life of me.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Can't understand how this man cantinues to get jobs.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
You your one ship.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I just wish and I lived in a world in
which I could do one thing well one time and
it will secure me financially for the rest of my life.
Because when you fish, let me let me in, Chris, No,
when you that one, that's that one thing. This man
won one championship in two thousand and eight, and this
man been living off that one ship forever. I'm saying,
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have I not done anything that? Have I not called
one game that well? Have I not done one episode
of this podcast that showed up on the sideline of
a Connecticut Sun game that well, one time to be
paid forever?
Speaker 2 (31:42):
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (31:43):
Somewhere along the line, we didn't make we didn't make
good choice, we didn't make the made the wrong choice
at certain terms in the road.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
Hen some the reason while we're not. We don't have
that level of favor he got sitting on him.
Speaker 7 (31:53):
But God bless me because what it's uncommon up, nothing
not good.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
In twenty years, I have failed. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
I'm gonna end it with this, and then we got
to go to break. This is what John Thompson Junior,
the Lake John Thompson Junior was hoping for when it
came to black head coaches. Right, we're not asking for
the right to succeed all the time. We're asking for
the right to fail like our white counterparts. And Doc
Rivers has done that off that one championship. So I'm
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happy for that man. He's able to be bounced around,
ran through it, she repoints out by the NBA getting
these checks left and right, taking no accountability, throwing people
under the bus, and it don't matter. So in that respect,
I'm happy. But yeah, to read it to your point,
I wish I could do. I wish I could do
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the same same thing as Doc and getting millions of
dollars for being bad at my job, for our mediocre job.
But yeah, we're gonna take a quick break and then
we're going to get into some WNBA action.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Yo.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
The preseason action for the WNBA came the other week
and there was so much hype around it. Some mismanagement
by the league and other people that will get into
a little bit later, but you had the fever playing
the Dallas Wings sold out game. Kayln Clark had her debut,
as well as jac Sheldon, Celest Taylor, Jalen Brown, the
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twenty five year old rookly rookie yo. She she put
people on game like she said, Kayln Clark, Okay, you
did your thing. You had twenty one point sixteen in
the first half, but I had twenty one as well.
And I'm cooking with my left hand and I'm doing
it mid range from the three point line and inside
in the paint, and that it was really fun to
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watch because you're all really excited to see you know
how Kaitlyn's game is going to translate again, it's preseason,
but her range that translated extremely well. That there was
a nasty step back on Natasha Howard that he had
left me speechless. It was nasty, but yeah, I just
and then you then you have you know Angel Reese
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and Camilla Cardoso. You know they play in their first
game against Links. Nobody could watch but shout out to
Ali who live streamed it. Millions of impressions, and Angel
almost had a double double. I know a lot of
the points were from the line, but still, that's her
first preseason game. Camilla got injured for she's gonna be
out four to six weeks. But Tarika, what did you
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make of all the rookies' debuts in the first week
of preseason?
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Yeah, first week was really good.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
I enjoyed watching the game because, honestly, for a minute,
it felt like this was like a real June game,
like it came down to the wire and Irique doing
what Irique do, doing Irikae things.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
I was like, this is exactly what I love to see.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
I will say that I think people need to really
understand vocabulary right because I believe that you and you
and myself and many others have said that Caitlyn Clark
was going to need time to adjust to transitioning to
the WNBA. I don't believe that you or me have
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ever said she's going to struggle. And there was a
thing that people have been saying, like, oh, she's going
to struggle. I thought y'all said she was going to struggle. No,
we said she was going to need to adjust to
the transition, which she absolutely did, because you could see
moments in that game that she was getting taed because
it is so much faster in the WNBA, And it
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felt good for me as an analyst to.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Be like, Okay, I wasn't crazy.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
I knew I was seeing that there were moments where
she looked like she was getting a little winded. And
Christy Size, who was the coach of the Idiot and
a Fever after the game, said yeah, there were moments
where I had to take her out because you know,
she asked to be She even asked for us up
because to ask for us up because she was getting tired.
And so it's things like that where I'm like, people understand, No,
she didn't struggle to shoot. Nobody ever said that she's
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going to struggle. What we said is that she's going
to need time to adjust to this league and getting
your getting your endurance to the fact where you can
run up and down the court with these women. That's
an adjustment that you're gonna have to make. I also
was interested in seeing how the referees would officiate her,
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and I thought it was quite interested. She definitely had
some some superstar calls really early. I'm at people get
superstar calls all the time. I didn't know hers were
gonna come so quickly, but they did it. Because there's
one picture circling around with her on J. C. Sheldon
and I'm like, baby, that was not a crossover he did.
She did not break her ankles. She absolutely pushed her
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the hell off of her and get the call, and
that's how she got the open shot. So there's that again,
not man not hating, that's the nature of the game.
But let's call the spade a spade. But I also
think it was just a great opportunity for her to
really see how this game is going to be played.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
And this is just preseason. You ain't bringing yo one
hundred percent a game on preseason.
Speaker 3 (37:19):
You're trying to do just enough to make a roster
Like that's what folks are out there doing right now,
trying to see who I need to put on my roster.
So for them, for her, I thought that was great.
For J. C.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Sheldon, it was amazing.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
I mean, her stat line obviously didn't mimic Caitlin Clarks,
which is fine, but just her physicality on offense, her
pressure on defense, she listened very well to the things
that you could see coach Trampbell telling her on the sideline.
I think that was great for her as it relates
to Angel and Camilla. I didn't care that she got
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thirteen points from the line because for me, that shows
that one, you out there balling, being physical, and you're
making them have to guard you. Anytime you can go
to the line, that means you're forcing people to guard you,
You're forcing people to be physical on you, You're threatened
by your mere presence, which they were, So I love that.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
I loved it.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Now I got my own thoughts on the preseason being
aired or not being aired, because although I do believe
that their game should have been aired or televised or stream,
I'm not gonna sit here and act like every single
preseason WNBA game needs to be aired or stream because
half the time we ain't, like, we ain't never cared
about every single WNBA game preseason game being aired or stream.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
So let's not be fake and have fake outrage.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
But for them, for them, for them, they should have
been This is the twenty twenty three and twenty twenty
four national champions. They are two of the biggest names.
They are the top part of the top four picks
well Angel was seven, but top ten picks in the WNBA.
Absolutely their game should have been aired. But I ain't
about to go on this fake outrage like every single preseason.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Game need to be air because I mean, that's.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
It, don't. I'm with you.
Speaker 6 (39:08):
I'll address the Kaitlin Clark performance first, Hello, trolls, how
are you today? I am completely aligned with what everybody
says so far in Errika with the adjustment, absolutely, I mean,
you know, she definitely came out and shot fairly well overall.
But I mean again, it speaks to the endurance piece.
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Five for sixteen from the field, Isn't that isn't that
high of a percentage? Five turnovers is an issue. That
was one of the things that I was concerned with
for her on the other side of her defense was
that she going to be able to handle the defensive
pressure that she's going to receive at this level. So
I think, you know, for her, definitely an adjustment, but
her shots are shot, as Rika mentioned, and she's a shooter, shooter, shoot,
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and the danger is, you know, she could be five
for sixteen one game, the next game, she can be
twelve for sixteen.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
I mean, that's just the ability that she had.
Speaker 6 (40:00):
But I think she's going to be pushed in a
way that has that opens her game up from just
beyond the arc and really forcing her to develop a
consistent mid range game. I would love to see that
from Kaitlyn Clark moving forward. I think it just makes
her more of a more of a threat offensively. But
you know, for her to come out and have the
performance she did with all the pressure on her back,
I mean, there's something to be said about that, and
it's commendable.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
I do I do want the refs to call the
push off. This is not college.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
Well they did. They did call one. They did call one.
I think it was against jac or maybe it.
Speaker 5 (40:28):
Was ever.
Speaker 6 (40:29):
I'm saying I want it called consistently. I just it's
so blatant. I could see if it was. If it
wasn't just blatant, we're having a different conversation. But these
are blatant push offs that I'm just not It just
to me furthers the narrative of bias that I really
would like us to be able to get away from.
But it's very difficult when these things keep happening and
nothing's being done about it, but overall, I think she
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played well and shout out to her teammates for really
helping to facilitate, you know, her as a shooter. If
you're a shooter, you gotta get the ball in your hands,
and I think, you know, that was one of the
things that they really were at about doing, so shout
out to them. I love to see the sparks. I
was very impressed with as well, you know, seeing with
camera break and how her Rakia Jackson came out the gate.
I love being able to see these rookies make an impact.
And I know, to your Pointrica's preseason and you know,
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people aren't necessarily going like one hundred percent. They might
be going eighty nine percent, but you know, getting that
roster spot is important. But seeing the potential of what
that duo can be out in LA, I'm really.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
Really excited about.
Speaker 6 (41:27):
I was also disappointed with not being able to see Angels,
Angel and Camilla's game again. That speaks to another issue
that I'm sure we'll discuss at a later time, maybe
even today.
Speaker 4 (41:38):
But I.
Speaker 6 (41:41):
Still need Angel to develop obviously an offensive arsenal. I
think that can really make her a threat offensively consistently,
but to know the promise and potential that exists between
her and Camilla when they are both on their square.
I'm excited about what they can do in Chicago. I
think Chicago still needs some pieces, but I think the
city so it's so in need of, you know, an
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opportunity to hope again as far as a w BNBA
team is concerned, what Cannas Parker did there was such
a great, incredible thing. And then to have a drop
off and not kind of be in a rebuilding stage,
but to have Angel and Camilla come in and really
add not only.
Speaker 3 (42:17):
Just physical and like athletic ability.
Speaker 6 (42:20):
But they bring in personas that I think could be
so great for not only the Sky but the league.
So I'm very excited. But really looking at the sparks
Cameron Brink was in Rikia, they're just special and so
overall I was pleased with the games.
Speaker 3 (42:34):
They're competitive.
Speaker 6 (42:35):
The more the merrier, the more exposure, the better, and
as we always talk about, you know, it's just important
people to be able to have access to these to
these games. There's so much talent in the league. You know,
it's not like you have thirty teams, so you know,
we have to also kind of eliminate some of these
excuses as well. They didn't show that why, And shout
out to everybody that's asking the question and putting the
(42:56):
demand on the WNBA and broadcast partners to get us
these games. We're talking about twelve teams here, guys, let's
let's let's be let's be realistic, and let's keep it.
Speaker 3 (43:05):
Let's keep it a buck.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
So I'm excited, But shout out to the to all
these rookies out here fighting. You know a lot of
people don't know. You know, just because you get drafted
doesn't necessarily mean you're gonna stay on a team. So
they're they're they're fighting in a way that you don't
that NBA rookies don't have to fight. And to watch
them go out there with that much pressure on their
backs and still perform and look like like they're like
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impactful right away. And sometimes it's difficult, like they don't
have the grace Like a lot of times rookies can
come in on the NBA level, they get the grace
to make the mistakes and we're gonna bring them along. No,
it's fight or flight, And so watching these these young
women fly it's it's inspiration. I'm inspired by it, quite honestly,
but it's just I'm so excited about where this league
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is headed and so excited to see how the rest
of this preseason shapes up.
Speaker 3 (43:52):
Mm hmm. And we talk about Caitlin's passing, I am
going to enjoy watching her as a after like those
little simple repasses that she was getting inside to Melissa
Smith inside to a Leah Boston, like that is the
most underrated part of her games. And I say underrated
because I feel like everybody knows that she can pass,
but it's different when you see it. You're just like
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I was excited, and I mean, of course they still again,
it's preseason.
Speaker 2 (44:18):
People are finding their footing.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
There were some missteps from Boston here and there, from
getting the ball inside, and Melissa Smith played well I
think in the minutes that she had in that preseason game.
But I was enjoying seeing her flip the ball inside,
quick bounce passes, quick entry passes. I was like, Caitlyn,
that that right there, that's where you bought. That's where
you're gonna shine and shine for real, for real, and
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that skill set is dressed as strong as as are
shooting like it's period.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
I look at them strong. It might be strong.
Speaker 6 (44:48):
I look at them the same. So to Tarika's point,
people pointed out but they don't praise it. So it's
gonna be nice to see her be able to develop
these relationships with their teammates, especially you know, you know,
with the Leah, and really see what that duo can be,
because I think it's going to be really special as
move forward.
Speaker 1 (45:04):
That inside out combo her and Aaliya and Alyssa. Oh
my goodness, when they find it, when they put it
all together, they're going to be so dangerous. Not sure
how long it's going to take, but I feel like
confident that they will figure it out and it's going
to be really really a treat for us all to see.
And look, one thing I'll say about the Sparks. Listen,
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Kurt Miller, you need to find a way to give
Rakia Jackson in that starting lineup because the way she
came off the bench and look pro ready, as we've
said time and time again, where she hasn't gotten the praise.
It's just levels above what you would expect from a
normal rookie year. But Kiya and Cam bring they showed
(45:51):
why they were picked so high, and I'm just saying, Kurry, yeah,
you got to find a way to start her because
she's instant offense, she commits on defense some really great
defensive plays, and it's got an amazing personality. I'm looking
forward to it, and I think the Sparks they just
need to figure out that their guard play right guard
(46:12):
plays a little a little shaky. But listen, we were
talking about some of these preseason games not being aired
on the WNBA app, and we're about to get into
that for our jump ball segment.
Speaker 3 (46:29):
Guys, our jump ball segment could be on nothing other
than the WNBA fumbling the bag like they totally do
from time to time. Love the WNBA as a league. Absolutely,
don't y'all be trying to provoke no passes and stuff
like that. Talk about jaw but you know how family do.
Family gonna get you together. And it was a disservice
(46:52):
to this league to not be able to see Angel
Reese and Camilla crdoso on their opening game against Minnesota
to the point or Cheryl Reeve had to come on
Twitter and say something.
Speaker 2 (47:02):
Now, you know is real.
Speaker 3 (47:03):
When Cheryl get on Twitter and say something because Shan
don't be talking on Twitter to y'all for real. So
Sita sad it to come out and let y'all know
that this is some BS.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
That's how you knew it was for real, for real.
Speaker 3 (47:15):
Now, I know that the NBA broadcasts all of their
preseason games through either local affiliates or local broadcast partners.
In twenty twenty two, there were no preseason games from
the WNBA that were broadcasts, and twenty twenty three the
only preseason game that was broadcast was the one that
they played in Canada. So this year they had more.
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I appreciate their being more. Honestly, I don't personally, this
is just Tarika speaking. I don't necessarily have to see
every single preseason game, right, so it to me it
didn't matter like not this particular one. But I'm saying
not showing every single preseason matchup wasn't the end dollar
be all. I think it'd be great to showcase it
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for those fans who do want to see it, and
as we're talking about TV deals and media rights, it
will be something that should absolutely be a part of
the conversation moving forward, whether or not we're gonna be
able to add preseason matchups, to the broadcast stream to
the local affiliate TV deals, because obviously they're only going
to be able to stream whatever the local affiliate or
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whatever is being broadcast on TV already, so they need
to consider that.
Speaker 2 (48:26):
But regardless of any of.
Speaker 3 (48:27):
That, you do not use Camilla Cordoso, Angel Rees, Caitlin
Clark and all these players to help build this excitement
for your league only to then tell them, oh, we're
gonna air all of these games, and then later come
back and say, oops, are bad. We're not gonna air
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Camilla and Angel, we just gonna air Caitlin. You already
know what the narrative of that is going to be.
You already know what folks are gonna say about that.
You already know the elephant in the room is y'all
are doing this for Kaitlin because Caitlyn's the white girl.
Speaker 2 (49:03):
That's the reason.
Speaker 3 (49:06):
Whether that's the truth or not, that's the That is
the optics that you're giving, and y'all need to work
on that. That is the optics that you're giving. So
I say all that to say shout out to your
girl Alli for going live. The video wasn't the best,
but honey, I asked her. She said that video started
at one hundred percent, her phone ended on forty seven percent.
Speaker 2 (49:29):
She showed the entire I know I Phone, Team I Phone.
Speaker 1 (49:33):
And.
Speaker 2 (49:36):
Team I Phone. But nevertheless, yes you can, WNBA. You've
got to do better.
Speaker 3 (49:41):
This league is growing, which means your infrastructure of how
you do things has to also grow and increase with it.
You cannot use these women to elevate and amplify your
game and then turn around and not display their talent
when everybody in the world wants to see it.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
You have got to figure out a way to broa
cast that game.
Speaker 3 (50:00):
And even then, both of those games started at eight
pm Eastern time, exactly.
Speaker 2 (50:05):
Like there's no reason for that.
Speaker 3 (50:07):
They're like, at some way, somehow, we should have been
able to stagger those times so that even if we
wanted to broadcast it, we should have been able to
see one and had the opportunity to all as a
family see the other. So, yeah, that's just my thoughts
on it, you know, Chris, that's that's where I that's
where I.
Speaker 2 (50:26):
Was coming from.
Speaker 1 (50:27):
Hey, look, I feel you on that. I wouldn't mind,
you know, if all the preseason games are televised now.
But to your point, you don't need to see everyone
but the ones that have the demand that star power,
those celebrities that they're becoming in Angel Reee, Caitlyn Clark, Cardozo,
so many others put it on. Well, even South Carolina
(50:49):
not South Carolina. Yeah, pass going to South Carolina to
play the Puerto Rican national team with their two time
MVP Asia Wilson, two time Defenny Champs, and it's not broadcast.
What are we doing here? That is a major miss
from a marketing and a business strategy because we know
(51:09):
how passionate Gamecock fans are, We know how Aja Wilson
moves the needle For all these marketing experts out here,
where are you now? Because it just doesn't add up? Again,
are you really trying to elevate the game, because this
was a game you got Kelsey Plumb, the Puerto Rican
Princess as a lot of people call her affectionately, it's
(51:30):
not actually Puerto Rican, just to be clear, there's a
lot of buzz around it. So they dropped the ball
once again on that those type of games you need
to put on TV or put on the app at
least so that way it helps grow the game before
the actual season starts, and yeah, I don't know if
(51:51):
it's intentional or just of a lack of awareness, but
there need to be a lot more steps and probably
more people in the marketing departments for the DAYNBA to
make sure they have the proper individuals running things who
actually know what they're doing. Shore read.
Speaker 3 (52:08):
There's just no excuse. I can't find one.
Speaker 6 (52:12):
And when you think about people that get marketing jobs,
they know more than we do.
Speaker 3 (52:19):
You went to school and got a whole degree.
Speaker 6 (52:22):
You study numbers, you study people's habits, you study people's hobbies,
you study who's watching what and why. They know the
intricacies of what makes money.
Speaker 3 (52:34):
Yeah, you're not dumb.
Speaker 6 (52:38):
So to me, and knowing also on the other end,
like you all are saying what the optics look like
when you don't, which you also know.
Speaker 1 (52:48):
I'm concerned.
Speaker 6 (52:49):
I want the WNBA to be as successful as possible.
I wanted to flourish, But starting out the gate this
way is concerning to me because all of you all
involved no better, you know better. So then my question
is why do you simply not care? Do you simply say, hey,
we're gonna do this. They'll they'll they'll get used to it.
(53:11):
They'll adjust. We have a star in Kaitlyn Clark, everybody
else will be fine. We're gonna ride this to the
wheels fall off. I don't I can't spec I can
only speculate and ask myself. But there's no excuse. I
don't even think it needs to be more marketing people.
Speaker 3 (53:25):
The people that are.
Speaker 6 (53:26):
There no marketing better than any of us, so mine
you know, to go ahead, No.
Speaker 2 (53:34):
I'm gonna let you finish.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
But you just brought something up where when you talk
about marketing and the app, you want people to buy
this League Pass.
Speaker 2 (53:42):
Put the games on so people will get used.
Speaker 3 (53:45):
To watching this League Pass and saying I like having
to access exactly. So again, maybe on the other side
of all of this, there are conversations that are moving
things in ways that we're not with that we will
never know about. There's something else at work. There's maybe
pressure being applied in certain ways that have caused what
(54:09):
we saw over this past week. But I hope that
gets relieved at some point because what happened was totally unacceptable.
I will say I'm so grateful for social.
Speaker 6 (54:19):
Media because it literally changes the tides quickly when people
are not happy the protests that happen online. There are
times when they work, and we're looking at a prime example.
So now the WFA, Hey guys, you have an opportunity.
You've righted the wrong and hopefully this builds the momentum.
(54:40):
We don't have to have this conversation ever again, because
if we look at other professional sports.
Speaker 3 (54:47):
They're not having this problem. They're not doing these they're
not doing these things. They're not falling into the media
bias narrative that people are constantly saying. We're tired of this.
So thank you. Thank you to everybody that sat and
watched a fuzzy live stream. Thank you to the millions
of people that said, you know what, I'm gonna sit
(55:08):
here even if I can barely see, just to show
I want to see this social media.
Speaker 6 (55:15):
It is the It is a bittersweet, beautiful thing. And
in this instance they did it. It served its purpose.
Speaker 2 (55:21):
It served its purpose.
Speaker 3 (55:23):
Yeah, and Alie, I don't know what you do for
a living, cyst, but if you ever wanted to get
into a career of video uh directed, because since she
had it figured out, she would give us the score
every once, because we ain't had no commentator. Lower third
so she giving us the score from time to time,
She's showing us the files from time to time. She
(55:43):
making sure we getting crowd shots. I'm like, girl, the
whole director out here don't even know she tapped into
she tapped into some uncommon favor right.
Speaker 2 (55:51):
Then, Steve Silburgh.
Speaker 6 (55:56):
Out here, when is a CIA deal? Don't don't don't
say we didn't talk about it.
Speaker 3 (56:02):
We told you.
Speaker 1 (56:04):
Come on now, come on man.
Speaker 3 (56:06):
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What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the three
on three Pod, and I'm so happy to be joined
by my lovely co host Cheri Nicole and Tarika Foster
Brasbey on this Tuesday afternoon as we record every weekend. Y'all,
the NBA playoffs have given us so much content, Arrika,
(00:30):
It's it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It has been.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
But before we get into the NBA playoffs, can you
ask can you tell me why you got this smooth?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Joe was just.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
About to say the same thing. It's like, what are
we doing? I feel like the Quiet Storm is supposed
to be on.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
A Welcome to the three on three Pod. I'm so
excited about to play on What are you feeling right now?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I really feel like I'm supposed to be like playing.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Some love some love MS or something. What is with him? Here?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
He the Keith Sweat right now? I'm telling you, this
is the Keeps This is the Keep Sweat Show, the
Chris Williamson Show.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
No, not, what is happening? What is this?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I'm trying to break my brother, Chris. What is happening?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
I'm trying to be more uh level headed in terms
of my voice because I projected a lot, and I'm
not trying to upset my wife.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Who told you got it you don't want to save.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, so I've been told, you know, oh, I speak loudly,
and I don't.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
That you need to shut the hell up.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I'm not like that. He just said, you need to
tone it down.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
On this show in life because these are that's.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
In the show, and the shot in the show clear, I.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Will be loud for you. Then, Chris, the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Here, Yeah, all day, all day and all night. Oh
my god, we got so much more to get into.
But we're gona take a short break and then we're
really gonna impact all the madness that's been going on
in the association. There have been so many crazy storylines
in this playoffs or in these playoffs, y'all. The fact
(02:22):
that one the Clippers fanned out again, like both you,
Sharia Tarika said, y'all knew it was gonna happen, and
it was like yo, when Kawhi was there, When Kawhi
was playing, they looked even worse because he wasn't at
full strength. And then James Harden.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Paul George, Paul George, Paul George, let's talk about Paul
George for a second right, Paul George really showed up
as where's Waldough right for a Halloween costume?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And social media, the social media team put it on
line that was a big disservice to PG thirteen because
everybody knew they were going to use it when the
Clippers clipped for when Paul George was in Mia. And
of course what do we see in the math series
he and James Harden not cutting it, not cutting it whatsoever.
(03:19):
But the biggest shock for me, guys is the Minnesota
Timberwolves absolutely smacking the shit out of the Nuggets for
two games so far in the defending champs building, where
Yo Anthony Edwards is getting MVP chance and Nikolai Jokic
is home that that don't tell you something. Jamal Murray
(03:44):
is throwing temper tantrum, throwing heat packs on the court.
Michael Malone looks like get he wants to get in
a ring with Mark Davis, the referee. It looked like
he didn't want to even be there to start the game.
What you got to say?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It looks like I'm just, I just I am floored
at how much I love Anthony Edwards and I honestly
didn't know I was gonna love Anthony Edwards like I
do right now. I didn't foresee this because there were
times in the season where I was like, come on, kid,
like you're good, but like tone it down a bit.
And then there was the situation with the Baby Mama
(04:22):
song and I was like, lord, you're about to be
one of these and then for some reason, he just
I think it's the authenticity. I made a tweet last
night where I said that this man is the most respectful,
disrespectful man because he is. You walk up on Kevin
Durant man, I always admired you, and then after you
sweep a man, I always loved you like a that's
(04:43):
disrespectful as hell, and I love it like that is
the energy that I love. Anthony Edwards has come into
this league and has legitimately made people have to see him.
He has not been afraid of the moment. He has
not been afraid of the player. He has not been
afraid period. And when you look at this Minnesota Temperwolf's team,
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the amount of respect that you have to give them
now because not only is Anthony Edwards doing what he's
supposed to do, but you already had a star in
car Anthony Towns, who has had to now amplify his
play in order to match the energy that Anthony Edwards
is bringing them. And this team is scary. This team
was a team that was very much in play to
have a number one seed for a good part of
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this of this of this season until okay, so said Hodo,
hold my beer. So I love this energy from Anthony Edwards.
I want to see how disrespectful respectfully.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You can get.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I mean, the man walks around to me as if
if I mean no disrespect was a person.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
That's the edword. That's what I see.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
I absolutely adore him on the court. I won't even
get into the off the court things because I was
thrown off his relative recolis I.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Was thrown off to I feel you.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
But I will say, first of all, there's been a
lot of comparisons.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
I'm sure you guys have seen them.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
You know, we're looking at this twenty two year old
phenom essentially and what he's doing, not only with his numbers,
but with this game. There's been a lot of talk
about Michael Jordan and Kobe comparisons. If you look at
his mid range game alone, it is special. I am
a mid range girl. I was a mid range girl
in college. So any player that can turn and turn
and fade and shoot, any player that can pull up
and shoot, I mean, that's just such an accent to
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his overall game.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
He can beat you anyway, anywhere.
Speaker 6 (06:30):
Anytime, and for him to be as young as he
is leading this team in this way, it's absolutely incredible
to watch. It goes back to the conversations we've been
having the last few weeks about this is no longer
a league where Denver won last year. So you know
they're gonna just they're gonna muddle through. They got the
same team. You know, they should be fine. No, they're
not gonna be fine.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
They're not fine.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
We're in a time now where these young guys they
don't care.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
They want to beat you and.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
They believe that they can, and so that level of
difference that we've in the past, it doesn't exist. It'll
exist in a postgame conference. Like Toreca mention, I've admired
him since I was a kid. I remember watching him
when I was a kid. But on the court, I'm
shooting in your face, I'm tawning in your face, I'm
gonna beat you straight away. So I am just I'm
so excited about Anthony Edward's future and the future of
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the league because it's in good hands. And I think,
you know, we've forgotten a little bit. I gotta throw
him out here, John Moran. Imagine when he's back healthy,
what this league is gonna look like in terms of
just super powers, superstars making it happen. As far as
the tantrums, you know what, I shouldn't laugh, but watching
a grown man throw objects onto the basketball court, a
(07:40):
grown man that's in a Denver Nuggets uniforms, it's comical.
It's like, does somebody write, is.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Is this fixed?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
The script? The script?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
The coach running out all the way to the other baseline,
basically the fuss of the ref. Murray is over here
throwing whatever he can find onto the court.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I don't know what's going on. Rudy Gobert. Just happened.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
You can't play night your wife went into labor. Not
you can't even play. You are We are looking at
an exceptional narrative here. This is what sports is all about.
I hate to say it, but Denver will get swept.
I don't I don't see how they're gonna win. I'm
sorry you.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
You mentioned you you got torched on your own home
court two games in a row. What are you gonna do?
Speaker 6 (08:24):
What's all of us, all of a sudden gonna change
where you become the team that everybody's expecting you.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
I'm throwing it out there. You guys can catch it
if you want. You can throw it back if you
don't want to. I got Minnesota and.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Four in four indition, yes now, and I.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Love Denver, but I'm sorry. That's what I'm here for.
I'm got a ruffle the feathers.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
It's just that pad, the whole damn pack of feathers.
Because they can't get.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Right, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
You ain't gonna get one now, they got to get
what if the Lakers can get one, Denver can surely
get one. Look, we'll look bad.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
We won't even don't get me started on Lakers because
they're not here. May they rest in Can't Cone or
wherever they are. I'm not even gonna get on them. No,
Chrisy gets you one, and this man.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Up and pressure them. But he can't even just dribble
around like you normally used to do.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
We got Jamal Murray and hell, I know he's dealing
with that calf injury, but go ahead. I know, I
know Murray has a calf injury, but yeah. The way
that the Minnesota Timberwolves are plaining Jamal Murray and the
perimeter players is textbook defense that everybody should throw on tape. Right.
(09:45):
I get so excited when I see players locking down defense,
especially in today's NBA where defensive intensity is not emphasized.
But the Timberwolves, Chris Finch and that program, that organization, No,
They're all about defense and the fact that they did
it without the rent protecting Rudy Gobert nas read incredible, right,
(10:05):
Carl Anthony Towns, not making stupid mistakes, not fouling like
an immature guy that we've seen in the past. You
see his growth, Mike Conley, Nikhil, Alexander Walker, all these
guys who are just so much more physical and athletic
and at times feel like Denver, They're just waiting for
the rest to bail them out a lot of complaining.
(10:25):
One thing that I didn't like is Jamal Murray not
speaking to reporters after the postgame or after the game
for the second night of Row. Come on, dog, I
don't know what he got going on, but that looks
front runner ish to me.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Yeah, I mean, no, I agree with that. That's your job.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
You got to talk to reporter we like it or not,
So you got to get over that. But I think
where I am. I think where I am saving my
little bit of hope for Denver because I would agree
that I think Minnesota is going to win this series.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
But I.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Cannot in good cond just think that.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Jokis won't show up at all to be Jokis at
least one game. And if you can get a solid
performance even if Jamal Murray isn't there, you can get
a solid performance out of say Aaron Gordon, Like, if
Jokis plays Will, Aaron Gordon plays Will for one game,
I can see that, you know what I mean. And
so I think that's where I'm like, I don't think
(11:22):
this team is totally dependent on Jamal Murray, but you've
got to have Jokeis show up, and there's nobody. To me,
there's nobody on the court from Minnesota that's better than Joki,
Like he should be the most dominant player in this series,
at least from a post player perspective. He has to
be at this point because they're down to oh and
(11:42):
if he does not show up to be that player
in game three, then you write Shari, they going home
and four. But he's got to show up in game
three and he and I believe that he will.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
But I do think.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Minnesota is about to go ahead and nice and very
rest respectfully spin y'all asses home.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
But there's a there's.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
A lot to be said for the upside of Minnesota
that not only do you come out and take two
on the road at the home of the defendant champions,
but you were up by thirty right in the first half.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
First half, like you that what?
Speaker 7 (12:20):
So?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, that's that's that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I just I just strongly believe that at least one
of these games Jokis will show up, even if they
continue to clamp down Jamal Murray. You know, you've got
to be able to get at least him and one
other player, and I think that player the best person
to be that player has to be Aaron Bardon.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Guys, I think you got to take a step fro
you got Michael Michael Porter.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Junior is so streaky he not consisted alone.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I do like y'all. I'm sorry, it's just you got.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Some weird tals.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
I have though.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Before we get too deep into this though, if y'all
don't mind, I have to give a quick shout out
even though they are on their way home, but I
got to give a quick shout out to Orlando. Of
all the series that I saw in this NBA Playoffs,
that was not the one that I saw going to
seven at all. And the respect that I have for
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for coach Moseley and what he has done with that program,
with that with that team over this year. I'm looking
for Orlando to be a prime contender team in the
East moving forward. And so I just want to make
sure that I give them their flowers.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Because they balled. They balled.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
They really show people that they can be a formidable
young team and what I love. I was having this
conversation and you, guys, I would love to know your thoughts.
Exactly agree, But I was having this conversation with my
husband and I I want to know your thoughts on it.
But the teams that are really finding success lately here
(14:00):
in the and we kind of talked about this previously,
but the teams that are finding success in the NBA
right now are teams that took the time to be
patient and built through drafts, through trades that make sense,
that tries to find a chemistry and pieces that work.
And Orlando is that team. Like I think they probably
got at least four to five first round draft picks,
(14:24):
Like I think maybe their whole starting five is all
first round draft. But you know what I mean, Like
they were patient and they waited, and you're starting to
see like the you're starting to see like the benefits
them reaping the benefits of that patience.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
We talked about how we saw that with Oka.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
See but that has to be the shift in the
NBA now, Like that has to be the shift that
we're seeing, because I think that is why these playoffs
have been so exciting. We get the names like the
Donovan Mitchell or and a Jason Tatum and a Joker,
and we know what that what they're going to bring.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
But seeing these teams that.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Really like got it out the mud to get here,
like really just makes you feel good about the teams
that you're watching, how they're performing.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
What did the Aces say, built, not bought, right, Yeah,
that's what they said. Look over look over there and
Sun's Nation bought right and it's not working out at all.
Maybe you can even go further down with the Clippers,
but I think that's a little different. Yeah, it's about sustaining,
(15:30):
having a sustainable program, right like Paala, Ben Carroll was
the superstar or the star that they needed. As you
talk about all these first round draft picks, you know,
you plug in Markel, folks got Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs,
great two way player, really good on defense, Gary Harris.
They just need more shot creators because they're not explosive offensively,
(15:53):
really good defensively. But yeah, that is the blueprint where
it's not gonna happen overnight. I'm sorry what the Warriors
did bringing Katie over, that's not that's not realistic. Okay,
that's not realistic. That's not happening in the near future
in my opinion, And I think you get more enjoyment
(16:14):
out of it when you see these teams going from
getting it out of the mud, as you said, Tarika,
to becoming these contenders right before our eyes streak.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
This is what we're seeing, guys.
Speaker 6 (16:23):
It's almost like we're returning to the nineties era, but
with guys that are even more athletic athletically inclined. So
we're going back to now the coaches matter now, the
super teams don't. They don't the super teams don't work anymore.
We're literally retreating back to the days of old, just
with talent that, in my opinion, in many respects, is
even more exceptional because the game has evolved. So I'm excited.
(16:47):
I'm not the biggest fan of super teams. I love
to see teams get it out the mud. I absolutely
love it, and to me, it makes a game more
competitive and you can actually like fall in love with
a team. You can watch their evolution and you can
watch their growth and get excited. So I think part
of the excitement we're seeing is people are falling in love,
you know, with the storyline of it all, watching a
kid come in as a rookie and two three years
later and now all of a sudden they're in the playoffs
(17:08):
and they're doing well. Like that matters. That's what sports
is all about. And so again you got these young guys, Yeah,
they need to be well coached.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
It's not just.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
About bringing you know, two or three guys together that
I already know how these superstars they don't really you know,
the coach is just an accessory. No, the coach is
an absolute need and the nucleus of a team's success.
So for me, it's back to the x's and o's
and just grinding it out. Like I'm just I'm so
excited about this. I cannot put it to words how
(17:36):
much I really don't like super teams, Guys.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
I just there's a.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Validity to winning when they do well.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
Well, I'm just like, I guess, you know, I just
love to see building and so I'm excited for the NBA.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I'm excited for where they're moving in this playoffs.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
In particular, it's such a it's such a glaring indication
of where this league is going. So I really hope
that as moved forward, gms are encouraged stay with this, like,
let this be the be the move I think you'll
do well. I'm going to retract just a hair, Guys,
if Murray suspended, we didn't mention that. If he gets
suspended for throwing stuff game three is a no, we
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didn't mention it, but it's very possible that he could
be suspended. It's a lot of people that are calling
for it. Him throwing eating pads and towels on the
court could have resulted in a serious injury.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Right, So if he's out for Game three, good luck Denver.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
That's true. I mean, I got to give you that, Sharie.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
If he suspended, that just puts a whole different aura
around the team that don't have anything to do with
what's happening on the court. And their morale already looked
like they were at the box.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, it is stunning to see in
real time like they just are so careless with the basketball.
But you know, speaking of morale, the Knicks quickly here
Jalen Brunton is doing something terms of points over the
last five games. AGA's two hundred ten hasn't been done
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since Michael Jordan nineteen ninety three. And for a guy
who's been doubted for so long, you didn't see him
as that superstar caliber player for whatever reasons coming out
of Villanova. That again speak to Sari's point, like you
see somebody who's in a a role that they're not
really the primary score, not the feature player, and then
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they get a chance to get opportunity and he has
taking it like left and right. That game against the Pacers.
Jesus Villanova Nation, Okay.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Oh you're gonna get on the reps today again to
Rica you can't.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Oh the refs.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I'm just saying the end of that game was looking real.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yukat with It's all, Yes, that ain't nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
This ain't got nothing to do with Jayleen. Jalen did
what he did.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
I did. I'm just saying that call at the end
of the game was looking really a Atwards.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
Why why are you reinvigorating my trauma? I haven't just
to move on, Chris.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I couldn't.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
I'm going to have moved on to until I seen
the damn play last night and I was like, I
am riggered because this has happened again.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
And the kickball and the kickball justice Fairley Edwards, of course.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Justice.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Justice for Miles Turner, right, But yeah, they missed. Yeah,
there are a lot of people they had conspiracy theories.
I ain't gonna get into all that, but yeah, they
were like, Adam Silver definitely wants the Knicks in the finals.
But but then we say this already though, Yeah, yeah,
we talked about it in the six Ers series. Look,
the Pacers they had their chances to win this game,
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they shouldn't have let I like Miles Turner actually taking accountability, like, yeah,
I like to let the players play, but we shouldn't
have put ourselves in that position. So that right there,
I'm cool with the what Anthony Davis did and Lebron
complaining about the refs after they blew a twenty point Yeah, no,
I'm not here for that. But what I am here
for is the conversation around Lebron James being a coach killer.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Lebron James got ten head coaches right in his career
after Darvin Ham was fired recently. You know, the one
thing that I'll say about Lebron is it's extremely difficult
to be his head coach because you don't get a
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lot of latitude or freedom and patients from the general
manager of the owner unless you're Eric Spostra.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Pat Riley said, no, I suppose, my guy, this is
how we're doing things, and Lebron was like, Okay, I'm
gonna leave, and we see coach bo still had success.
But one churi, do you agree that Lebron James is
a coach killer when you look at his entire career
his coaches have not stayed very long. As long as
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he's the superstar player.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
There, I think it's something to look at.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
I mean, I know that there are other players that
have had a ton of coaches as well, so we
can't act like it's an isolated situation. My agrievance with
Lebron James is more of the team hopping. So the
team hopping as this is happening, to me is the
is the deadly combo, so to speak. I also think
at this juncture, he's on his way out, so cleaning
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house allegedly for a player that may have a couple
of years left. I'm not a fan of I think
Lebron James is a spoiled brat, But if you look
at superstars of today in the past, that they're all
spoiled brats. They get what they want. I think, you know,
as a coach, if I'm a coach and I'm coaching
Lebron James, I know, hey, I'm at risk. I gotta
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win or I'm out of here. And that's just the
standard that's been put in place for him and other superstars.
So yeah, I think he could considerably be called a
coach killer. But my thing is going for franchise the
franchise and this being the story. Now, if we look
at what happened, and you know, with with the Lakers,
they can't seem to get it together. I do think
Darvin Ham should should have been removed. I can't necessarily
speak to all the assistant coaches being removed as well.
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I think that's a different, a different conversation. But you know,
it's it's it's time he had to go. He's just
not He's not a right fit for this particular team.
And I don't care if Lebron's on it or not,
but uh yeah, Lebron. You know, Lebron gets what Lebron wants.
Am I a fan of that mantra? No, But that's
what happens when you're not only the best player in
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the league, but arguably the world for this long.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
This is this just comes with the territory.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
I don't think it's anything that necessarily criticized or overly criticize.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
It comes with the territory. Just my two cents. Oh man, guys,
it's so funny that y'all brought this up. Because I
was reading an article that was written by Brian Windhorse
and there was another article that was.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Written by Dave mcminimon, and both.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Of these articles were discussing whether or not Lebron James
is a coach killer.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Here's the kicker, y'all are gonna love this.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Those articles were written eight years ago, Boom in twenty sixteen. Wow,
right after David Black was fired, right before Tygers was
getting read, exactly after Paul Silas had been fired, after
Mike had been fired. All of these people already had
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lost their jobs. And so the fact that here we
are eight years later rehashing a conversation that condo was
all already discovered back in twenty sixteen, it's funny to me.
I have the solution, the solution.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Are you all ready for this? Here's the solution.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Just make Lebron James the coach of like and y'all
are because the only way, but I'm so the only
way there is no, that is the only way. Like
you you know what you want to see the team?
Do you know exactly the influence and the.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Power that you have.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
You already know that Jeanie Bus and the Bus family
are going to listen to whatever it is that you
say because to your point, Scherie You're a brat and
this is what you do. Nothing appeases you like At
the end of the day, you won't be the first
player coach if you decide to play, But you won't
be the first player coach you've ever seen in the NBA.
A little ridiculous in twenty twenty four, But you want to.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Be the first. You're not.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
It's not It's not like you are creating some lane
that that has not already existed. But at this point,
who can you get to coach this man other than himself?
He has the basketball like you, He knows how to
for lack of better terms, he has positioned himself to
play a role in the movement and pieces of players,
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whether formally or not. So at this point, what are
y'all doing? What are we doing? You might as well
just make this man the damn coach. You still get
to play with your son, even though you don't necessarily
have to be on the court with him. Y'all will
still be teammates, You will still be playing together, So
you might as well just make this man the coach.
And I know, folks don't think I'm crazy. Oh, I
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can hear the Instagram comments under this now, I don't
give a damn Tell me right now you are going
to get to come in and coach the Lakers and
give exactly what it is that Lebron James is crying about,
or that Anthony that's gonna help Anthony Davis stay healthy,
that's gonna make D'Angelo Russell actually show up in games.
Tell me who you got right now, coach coming off
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the big just gonna give you that, not a.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
Song, get his guy, JJ Reddick.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
Hell no, you're trying to ruin a whole friendship, JJ Reddick.
Don't you even think about it, Bron.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Friend or not? Podcast Run under the bus with the
rest of them. The man is cool to have a podcast.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Don't you get on that bench and think you're gonna
coach head coach the Lakers. You're out of your mind.
Take your smart behind because J. J Reddick is ready
and I hope he gets an opportunity, but with the Lakers,
absolutely not. Run for your life. You're in danger. Don't
even go to the interview if they ask you, get away.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
That job will not be a desirable job until Lebron
Chains no longer is amen, Amen, And so until.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Then y'all can go ahead and get your reputation smarried
if you want to.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
But if it was me, I'm gonna offer Lebron the
coaching position.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Oh you know, Hoo could coach Doc Verse because he
doesn't mind being fired. He don't mind being fired, so
he can do it. Doc Rivers can Doc Rivers coach
the Lakers because he's used to all of this, So
just have him do it.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
I quit this show because ain't no where there, ain't.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
No what the hell is wrong with you? Should we?
Speaker 6 (28:24):
I'm just saying, you're thinking about a coach that can
get into a being a position where being fired doesn't
necessarily matter, and he can get fired and go in
somewhere else and just be recycled all throughout the NBA.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
He's used to being fired. Have him do it. He's
us superstars. Have him do it. Did you just say
he's been ran through the whole NBA change, has been
circulating the NBA as a head coach for decades. Let
him he can do it.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
I am next topic, please.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
I was not believe there's it just it really is.
I mean there, I mean, we've already seen him with Tyler.
We've already seen him with I don't I don't think
Mike Buttonholzer would be Yeah, you know, like, I don't
think he's strong enough to manage the personalities in LA
as well as the personalities on the team. Just give
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Lebron a job. Just give Lebron the damn job. Because
Phil Jackson ain't walking through.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
That somewhere in.
Speaker 6 (29:41):
Or whatever the yoga pose you just lay on the
ground and relaxed. He's trying to guess.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
No time for that, Yeah, no time whatsoever. Yeah, Oh,
Phil Handy, how about Phil Handy.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Give Lebron the job.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
I'm about to start a campaign hashtag Lebron heck coach
Lebron history.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Just do that too, because he wants to break. He
wants to break every record imaginable. So let him close
out with a bang and.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Just do that.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
No control, control the narrative, right, that's what he loves
to do.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
But also raountability exactly, no accountability, like.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Oh no, I'm this, I'm x y Z. But nah,
that that ain't all on me.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
That's and it's just basketball. It's fine.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Get out of here, get out of here. Yes, you're
you're never gonna live that down. Bringing up Doc Rivers,
you had some nerve doing that on this episode.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Uh so that Doc Rivers advocates, it's.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
No complete ship about that man this entire season. And
I actually like Doc Rivers. I just I'm just saying
I like Doc Rivers a lot. I just, for the
life of me.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Can't understand how this man cantinues to get jobs.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
You your one ship.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I just wish and I lived in a world in
which I could do one thing well one time and
it will secure me financially for the rest of my life.
Because when you fish, let me let me in, Chris, No,
when you that one, that's that one thing. This man
won one championship in two thousand and eight, and this
man been living off that one ship forever. I'm saying,
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have I not done anything that? Have I not called
one game that well? Have I not done one episode
of this podcast that showed up on the sideline of
a Connecticut Sun game that well, one time to be
paid forever?
Speaker 2 (31:42):
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (31:43):
Somewhere along the line, we didn't make we didn't make
good choice, we didn't make the made the wrong choice
at certain terms in the road.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
Hen some the reason while we're not. We don't have
that level of favor he got sitting on him.
Speaker 7 (31:53):
But God bless me because what it's uncommon up, nothing
not good.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
In twenty years, I have failed. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
I'm gonna end it with this, and then we got
to go to break. This is what John Thompson Junior,
the Lake John Thompson Junior was hoping for when it
came to black head coaches. Right, we're not asking for
the right to succeed all the time. We're asking for
the right to fail like our white counterparts. And Doc
Rivers has done that off that one championship. So I'm
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happy for that man. He's able to be bounced around,
ran through it, she repoints out by the NBA getting
these checks left and right, taking no accountability, throwing people
under the bus, and it don't matter. So in that respect,
I'm happy. But yeah, to read it to your point,
I wish I could do. I wish I could do
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the same same thing as Doc and getting millions of
dollars for being bad at my job, for our mediocre job.
But yeah, we're gonna take a quick break and then
we're going to get into some WNBA action.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Yo.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
The preseason action for the WNBA came the other week
and there was so much hype around it. Some mismanagement
by the league and other people that will get into
a little bit later, but you had the fever playing
the Dallas Wings sold out game. Kayln Clark had her debut,
as well as jac Sheldon, Celest Taylor, Jalen Brown, the
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twenty five year old rookly rookie yo. She she put
people on game like she said, Kayln Clark, Okay, you
did your thing. You had twenty one point sixteen in
the first half, but I had twenty one as well.
And I'm cooking with my left hand and I'm doing
it mid range from the three point line and inside
in the paint, and that it was really fun to
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watch because you're all really excited to see you know
how Kaitlyn's game is going to translate again, it's preseason,
but her range that translated extremely well. That there was
a nasty step back on Natasha Howard that he had
left me speechless. It was nasty, but yeah, I just
and then you then you have you know Angel Reese
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and Camilla Cardoso. You know they play in their first
game against Links. Nobody could watch but shout out to
Ali who live streamed it. Millions of impressions, and Angel
almost had a double double. I know a lot of
the points were from the line, but still, that's her
first preseason game. Camilla got injured for she's gonna be
out four to six weeks. But Tarika, what did you
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make of all the rookies' debuts in the first week
of preseason?
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Yeah, first week was really good.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
I enjoyed watching the game because, honestly, for a minute,
it felt like this was like a real June game,
like it came down to the wire and Irique doing
what Irique do, doing Irikae things.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
I was like, this is exactly what I love to see.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
I will say that I think people need to really
understand vocabulary right because I believe that you and you
and myself and many others have said that Caitlyn Clark
was going to need time to adjust to transitioning to
the WNBA. I don't believe that you or me have
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ever said she's going to struggle. And there was a
thing that people have been saying, like, oh, she's going
to struggle. I thought y'all said she was going to struggle. No,
we said she was going to need to adjust to
the transition, which she absolutely did, because you could see
moments in that game that she was getting taed because
it is so much faster in the WNBA, And it
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felt good for me as an analyst to.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Be like, Okay, I wasn't crazy.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
I knew I was seeing that there were moments where
she looked like she was getting a little winded. And
Christy Size, who was the coach of the Idiot and
a Fever after the game, said yeah, there were moments
where I had to take her out because you know,
she asked to be She even asked for us up
because to ask for us up because she was getting tired.
And so it's things like that where I'm like, people understand, No,
she didn't struggle to shoot. Nobody ever said that she's
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going to struggle. What we said is that she's going
to need time to adjust to this league and getting
your getting your endurance to the fact where you can
run up and down the court with these women. That's
an adjustment that you're gonna have to make. I also
was interested in seeing how the referees would officiate her,
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and I thought it was quite interested. She definitely had
some some superstar calls really early. I'm at people get
superstar calls all the time. I didn't know hers were
gonna come so quickly, but they did it. Because there's
one picture circling around with her on J. C. Sheldon
and I'm like, baby, that was not a crossover he did.
She did not break her ankles. She absolutely pushed her
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the hell off of her and get the call, and
that's how she got the open shot. So there's that again,
not man not hating, that's the nature of the game.
But let's call the spade a spade. But I also
think it was just a great opportunity for her to
really see how this game is going to be played.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
And this is just preseason. You ain't bringing yo one
hundred percent a game on preseason.
Speaker 3 (37:19):
You're trying to do just enough to make a roster
Like that's what folks are out there doing right now,
trying to see who I need to put on my roster.
So for them, for her, I thought that was great.
For J. C.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Sheldon, it was amazing.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
I mean, her stat line obviously didn't mimic Caitlin Clarks,
which is fine, but just her physicality on offense, her
pressure on defense, she listened very well to the things
that you could see coach Trampbell telling her on the sideline.
I think that was great for her as it relates
to Angel and Camilla. I didn't care that she got
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thirteen points from the line because for me, that shows
that one, you out there balling, being physical, and you're
making them have to guard you. Anytime you can go
to the line, that means you're forcing people to guard you,
You're forcing people to be physical on you, You're threatened
by your mere presence, which they were, So I love that.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
I loved it.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Now I got my own thoughts on the preseason being
aired or not being aired, because although I do believe
that their game should have been aired or televised or stream,
I'm not gonna sit here and act like every single
preseason WNBA game needs to be aired or stream because
half the time we ain't, like, we ain't never cared
about every single WNBA game preseason game being aired or stream.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
So let's not be fake and have fake outrage.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
But for them, for them, for them, they should have
been This is the twenty twenty three and twenty twenty
four national champions. They are two of the biggest names.
They are the top part of the top four picks
well Angel was seven, but top ten picks in the WNBA.
Absolutely their game should have been aired. But I ain't
about to go on this fake outrage like every single preseason.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Game need to be air because I mean, that's.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
It, don't. I'm with you.
Speaker 6 (39:08):
I'll address the Kaitlin Clark performance first, Hello, trolls, how
are you today? I am completely aligned with what everybody
says so far in Errika with the adjustment, absolutely, I mean,
you know, she definitely came out and shot fairly well overall.
But I mean again, it speaks to the endurance piece.
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Five for sixteen from the field, Isn't that isn't that
high of a percentage? Five turnovers is an issue. That
was one of the things that I was concerned with
for her on the other side of her defense was
that she going to be able to handle the defensive
pressure that she's going to receive at this level. So
I think, you know, for her, definitely an adjustment, but
her shots are shot, as Rika mentioned, and she's a shooter, shooter, shoot,
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and the danger is, you know, she could be five
for sixteen one game, the next game, she can be
twelve for sixteen.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
I mean, that's just the ability that she had.
Speaker 6 (40:00):
But I think she's going to be pushed in a
way that has that opens her game up from just
beyond the arc and really forcing her to develop a
consistent mid range game. I would love to see that
from Kaitlyn Clark moving forward. I think it just makes
her more of a more of a threat offensively. But
you know, for her to come out and have the
performance she did with all the pressure on her back,
I mean, there's something to be said about that, and
it's commendable.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
I do I do want the refs to call the
push off. This is not college.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
Well they did. They did call one. They did call one.
I think it was against jac or maybe it.
Speaker 5 (40:28):
Was ever.
Speaker 6 (40:29):
I'm saying I want it called consistently. I just it's
so blatant. I could see if it was. If it
wasn't just blatant, we're having a different conversation. But these
are blatant push offs that I'm just not It just
to me furthers the narrative of bias that I really
would like us to be able to get away from.
But it's very difficult when these things keep happening and
nothing's being done about it, but overall, I think she
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played well and shout out to her teammates for really
helping to facilitate, you know, her as a shooter. If
you're a shooter, you gotta get the ball in your hands,
and I think, you know, that was one of the
things that they really were at about doing, so shout
out to them. I love to see the sparks. I
was very impressed with as well, you know, seeing with
camera break and how her Rakia Jackson came out the gate.
I love being able to see these rookies make an impact.
And I know, to your Pointrica's preseason and you know,
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people aren't necessarily going like one hundred percent. They might
be going eighty nine percent, but you know, getting that
roster spot is important. But seeing the potential of what
that duo can be out in LA, I'm really.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
Really excited about.
Speaker 6 (41:27):
I was also disappointed with not being able to see Angels,
Angel and Camilla's game again. That speaks to another issue
that I'm sure we'll discuss at a later time, maybe
even today.
Speaker 4 (41:38):
But I.
Speaker 6 (41:41):
Still need Angel to develop obviously an offensive arsenal. I
think that can really make her a threat offensively consistently,
but to know the promise and potential that exists between
her and Camilla when they are both on their square.
I'm excited about what they can do in Chicago. I
think Chicago still needs some pieces, but I think the
city so it's so in need of, you know, an
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opportunity to hope again as far as a w BNBA
team is concerned, what Cannas Parker did there was such
a great, incredible thing. And then to have a drop
off and not kind of be in a rebuilding stage,
but to have Angel and Camilla come in and really
add not only.
Speaker 3 (42:17):
Just physical and like athletic ability.
Speaker 6 (42:20):
But they bring in personas that I think could be
so great for not only the Sky but the league.
So I'm very excited. But really looking at the sparks
Cameron Brink was in Rikia, they're just special and so
overall I was pleased with the games.
Speaker 3 (42:34):
They're competitive.
Speaker 6 (42:35):
The more the merrier, the more exposure, the better, and
as we always talk about, you know, it's just important
people to be able to have access to these to
these games. There's so much talent in the league. You know,
it's not like you have thirty teams, so you know,
we have to also kind of eliminate some of these
excuses as well. They didn't show that why, And shout
out to everybody that's asking the question and putting the
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demand on the WNBA and broadcast partners to get us
these games. We're talking about twelve teams here, guys, let's
let's let's be let's be realistic, and let's keep it.
Speaker 3 (43:05):
Let's keep it a buck.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
So I'm excited, But shout out to the to all
these rookies out here fighting. You know a lot of
people don't know. You know, just because you get drafted
doesn't necessarily mean you're gonna stay on a team. So
they're they're they're fighting in a way that you don't
that NBA rookies don't have to fight. And to watch
them go out there with that much pressure on their
backs and still perform and look like like they're like
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impactful right away. And sometimes it's difficult, like they don't
have the grace Like a lot of times rookies can
come in on the NBA level, they get the grace
to make the mistakes and we're gonna bring them along. No,
it's fight or flight, And so watching these these young
women fly it's it's inspiration. I'm inspired by it, quite honestly,
but it's just I'm so excited about where this league
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is headed and so excited to see how the rest
of this preseason shapes up.
Speaker 3 (43:52):
Mm hmm. And we talk about Caitlin's passing, I am
going to enjoy watching her as a after like those
little simple repasses that she was getting inside to Melissa
Smith inside to a Leah Boston, like that is the
most underrated part of her games. And I say underrated
because I feel like everybody knows that she can pass,
but it's different when you see it. You're just like
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I was excited, and I mean, of course they still again,
it's preseason.
Speaker 2 (44:18):
People are finding their footing.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
There were some missteps from Boston here and there, from
getting the ball inside, and Melissa Smith played well I
think in the minutes that she had in that preseason game.
But I was enjoying seeing her flip the ball inside,
quick bounce passes, quick entry passes. I was like, Caitlyn,
that that right there, that's where you bought. That's where
you're gonna shine and shine for real, for real, and
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that skill set is dressed as strong as as are
shooting like it's period.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
I look at them strong. It might be strong.
Speaker 6 (44:48):
I look at them the same. So to Tarika's point,
people pointed out but they don't praise it. So it's
gonna be nice to see her be able to develop
these relationships with their teammates, especially you know, you know,
with the Leah, and really see what that duo can be,
because I think it's going to be really special as
move forward.
Speaker 1 (45:04):
That inside out combo her and Aaliya and Alyssa. Oh
my goodness, when they find it, when they put it
all together, they're going to be so dangerous. Not sure
how long it's going to take, but I feel like
confident that they will figure it out and it's going
to be really really a treat for us all to see.
And look, one thing I'll say about the Sparks. Listen,
(45:28):
Kurt Miller, you need to find a way to give
Rakia Jackson in that starting lineup because the way she
came off the bench and look pro ready, as we've
said time and time again, where she hasn't gotten the praise.
It's just levels above what you would expect from a
normal rookie year. But Kiya and Cam bring they showed
(45:51):
why they were picked so high, and I'm just saying, Kurry, yeah,
you got to find a way to start her because
she's instant offense, she commits on defense some really great
defensive plays, and it's got an amazing personality. I'm looking
forward to it, and I think the Sparks they just
need to figure out that their guard play right guard
(46:12):
plays a little a little shaky. But listen, we were
talking about some of these preseason games not being aired
on the WNBA app, and we're about to get into
that for our jump ball segment.
Speaker 3 (46:29):
Guys, our jump ball segment could be on nothing other
than the WNBA fumbling the bag like they totally do
from time to time. Love the WNBA as a league. Absolutely,
don't y'all be trying to provoke no passes and stuff
like that. Talk about jaw but you know how family do.
Family gonna get you together. And it was a disservice
(46:52):
to this league to not be able to see Angel
Reese and Camilla crdoso on their opening game against Minnesota
to the point or Cheryl Reeve had to come on
Twitter and say something.
Speaker 2 (47:02):
Now, you know is real.
Speaker 3 (47:03):
When Cheryl get on Twitter and say something because Shan
don't be talking on Twitter to y'all for real. So
Sita sad it to come out and let y'all know
that this is some BS.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
That's how you knew it was for real, for real.
Speaker 3 (47:15):
Now, I know that the NBA broadcasts all of their
preseason games through either local affiliates or local broadcast partners.
In twenty twenty two, there were no preseason games from
the WNBA that were broadcasts, and twenty twenty three the
only preseason game that was broadcast was the one that
they played in Canada. So this year they had more.
(47:39):
I appreciate their being more. Honestly, I don't personally, this
is just Tarika speaking. I don't necessarily have to see
every single preseason game, right, so it to me it
didn't matter like not this particular one. But I'm saying
not showing every single preseason matchup wasn't the end dollar
be all. I think it'd be great to showcase it
(48:01):
for those fans who do want to see it, and
as we're talking about TV deals and media rights, it
will be something that should absolutely be a part of
the conversation moving forward, whether or not we're gonna be
able to add preseason matchups, to the broadcast stream to
the local affiliate TV deals, because obviously they're only going
to be able to stream whatever the local affiliate or
(48:22):
whatever is being broadcast on TV already, so they need
to consider that.
Speaker 2 (48:26):
But regardless of any of.
Speaker 3 (48:27):
That, you do not use Camilla Cordoso, Angel Rees, Caitlin
Clark and all these players to help build this excitement
for your league only to then tell them, oh, we're
gonna air all of these games, and then later come
back and say, oops, are bad. We're not gonna air
(48:48):
Camilla and Angel, we just gonna air Caitlin. You already
know what the narrative of that is going to be.
You already know what folks are gonna say about that.
You already know the elephant in the room is y'all
are doing this for Kaitlin because Caitlyn's the white girl.
Speaker 2 (49:03):
That's the reason.
Speaker 3 (49:06):
Whether that's the truth or not, that's the That is
the optics that you're giving, and y'all need to work
on that. That is the optics that you're giving. So
I say all that to say shout out to your
girl Alli for going live. The video wasn't the best,
but honey, I asked her. She said that video started
at one hundred percent, her phone ended on forty seven percent.
Speaker 2 (49:29):
She showed the entire I know I Phone, Team I Phone.
Speaker 1 (49:33):
And.
Speaker 2 (49:36):
Team I Phone. But nevertheless, yes you can, WNBA. You've
got to do better.
Speaker 3 (49:41):
This league is growing, which means your infrastructure of how
you do things has to also grow and increase with it.
You cannot use these women to elevate and amplify your
game and then turn around and not display their talent
when everybody in the world wants to see it.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
You have got to figure out a way to broa
cast that game.
Speaker 3 (50:00):
And even then, both of those games started at eight
pm Eastern time, exactly.
Speaker 2 (50:05):
Like there's no reason for that.
Speaker 3 (50:07):
They're like, at some way, somehow, we should have been
able to stagger those times so that even if we
wanted to broadcast it, we should have been able to
see one and had the opportunity to all as a
family see the other. So, yeah, that's just my thoughts
on it, you know, Chris, that's that's where I that's
where I.
Speaker 2 (50:26):
Was coming from.
Speaker 1 (50:27):
Hey, look, I feel you on that. I wouldn't mind,
you know, if all the preseason games are televised now.
But to your point, you don't need to see everyone
but the ones that have the demand that star power,
those celebrities that they're becoming in Angel Reee, Caitlyn Clark, Cardozo,
so many others put it on. Well, even South Carolina
(50:49):
not South Carolina. Yeah, pass going to South Carolina to
play the Puerto Rican national team with their two time
MVP Asia Wilson, two time Defenny Champs, and it's not broadcast.
What are we doing here? That is a major miss
from a marketing and a business strategy because we know
(51:09):
how passionate Gamecock fans are, We know how Aja Wilson
moves the needle For all these marketing experts out here,
where are you now? Because it just doesn't add up? Again,
are you really trying to elevate the game, because this
was a game you got Kelsey Plumb, the Puerto Rican
Princess as a lot of people call her affectionately, it's
(51:30):
not actually Puerto Rican, just to be clear, there's a
lot of buzz around it. So they dropped the ball
once again on that those type of games you need
to put on TV or put on the app at
least so that way it helps grow the game before
the actual season starts, and yeah, I don't know if
(51:51):
it's intentional or just of a lack of awareness, but
there need to be a lot more steps and probably
more people in the marketing departments for the DAYNBA to
make sure they have the proper individuals running things who
actually know what they're doing. Shore read.
Speaker 3 (52:08):
There's just no excuse. I can't find one.
Speaker 6 (52:12):
And when you think about people that get marketing jobs,
they know more than we do.
Speaker 3 (52:19):
You went to school and got a whole degree.
Speaker 6 (52:22):
You study numbers, you study people's habits, you study people's hobbies,
you study who's watching what and why. They know the
intricacies of what makes money.
Speaker 3 (52:34):
Yeah, you're not dumb.
Speaker 6 (52:38):
So to me, and knowing also on the other end,
like you all are saying what the optics look like
when you don't, which you also know.
Speaker 1 (52:48):
I'm concerned.
Speaker 6 (52:49):
I want the WNBA to be as successful as possible.
I wanted to flourish, But starting out the gate this
way is concerning to me because all of you all
involved no better, you know better. So then my question
is why do you simply not care? Do you simply say, hey,
we're gonna do this. They'll they'll they'll get used to it.
(53:11):
They'll adjust. We have a star in Kaitlyn Clark, everybody
else will be fine. We're gonna ride this to the
wheels fall off. I don't I can't spec I can
only speculate and ask myself. But there's no excuse. I
don't even think it needs to be more marketing people.
Speaker 3 (53:25):
The people that are.
Speaker 6 (53:26):
There no marketing better than any of us, so mine
you know, to go ahead, No.
Speaker 2 (53:34):
I'm gonna let you finish.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
But you just brought something up where when you talk
about marketing and the app, you want people to buy
this League Pass.
Speaker 2 (53:42):
Put the games on so people will get used.
Speaker 3 (53:45):
To watching this League Pass and saying I like having
to access exactly. So again, maybe on the other side
of all of this, there are conversations that are moving
things in ways that we're not with that we will
never know about. There's something else at work. There's maybe
pressure being applied in certain ways that have caused what
(54:09):
we saw over this past week. But I hope that
gets relieved at some point because what happened was totally unacceptable.
I will say I'm so grateful for social.
Speaker 6 (54:19):
Media because it literally changes the tides quickly when people
are not happy the protests that happen online. There are
times when they work, and we're looking at a prime example.
So now the WFA, Hey guys, you have an opportunity.
You've righted the wrong and hopefully this builds the momentum.
(54:40):
We don't have to have this conversation ever again, because
if we look at other professional sports.
Speaker 3 (54:47):
They're not having this problem. They're not doing these they're
not doing these things. They're not falling into the media
bias narrative that people are constantly saying. We're tired of this.
So thank you. Thank you to everybody that sat and
watched a fuzzy live stream. Thank you to the millions
of people that said, you know what, I'm gonna sit
(55:08):
here even if I can barely see, just to show
I want to see this social media.
Speaker 6 (55:15):
It is the It is a bittersweet, beautiful thing. And
in this instance they did it. It served its purpose.
Speaker 2 (55:21):
It served its purpose.
Speaker 3 (55:23):
Yeah, and Alie, I don't know what you do for
a living, cyst, but if you ever wanted to get
into a career of video uh directed, because since she
had it figured out, she would give us the score
every once, because we ain't had no commentator. Lower third
so she giving us the score from time to time,
She's showing us the files from time to time. She
(55:43):
making sure we getting crowd shots. I'm like, girl, the
whole director out here don't even know she tapped into
she tapped into some uncommon favor right.
Speaker 2 (55:51):
Then, Steve Silburgh.
Speaker 6 (55:56):
Out here, when is a CIA deal? Don't don't don't
say we didn't talk about it.
Speaker 3 (56:02):
We told you.
Speaker 1 (56:04):
Come on now, come on man.
Speaker 3 (56:06):
Well, guys, I think this is the end of This
is the end of another fabulous yet ridiculous yet Shenanigan
Field show. So if you have not already subscribed to
the three on three podcast, you need to make sure
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(56:28):
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Speaker 2 (56:37):
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