December 11, 2024 • 11 mins
It’s another solo edition of the Sloane Knows! Podcast, and Sloane provides her thoughts on the 2024 NBA Cup. Who will win this edition of the NBA’s in-season tournament? Plus, stick around for Sloane’s thoughts on other news and nuggets around the association. #Volume #Draymond
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume. What's up, guys, it's Sloan and this is
another episode of Slow Notes, except for this time it's
just me by myself. Yes, I know my nail fell
(00:22):
off today at school. Please ignore my hand. I'm gonna
be holding the mic really awkwardly. But that's a sorry
for another day. Okay, let's get started with my MBA
in season tournament predictions. So when we look at the
bracket and the West, we have the Thunder which are
the one seed, and the MAVs, which are the fourth seed.
(00:43):
And I'm gonna go with the Thunder for that one.
I feel like it's a given. The Thunder have been
pretty dominant this season and they're the one seed. They've
been doing well in the tournament, so I'm going for them.
Next up, we have the Warriors and the Rockets. You
guys know, the Warriors could be playing anyone. I would
pick the Warriors, but I actually believe that the Warriors
(01:03):
will beat the Rockets in the Ncason Tournament. And here's why.
The Warriors just beat the Rockets without Steph and without Draymond,
and I think that that really says something. Jonathan Kminga
went off. He had his season high career high. Excuse me,
thirty three points. Andrew Wiggins I believe had twenty six points.
It's really good to see. I saw something interesting from
(01:23):
Shams where he said the Warriors are looking for a
star and that player could be on another team, or
it could be Jonathan Kaminga, which I thought was cool.
I think it's interesting that the Warriors' front office really
believes that Jonathan Kminga could really be that good and
he's really starting to show sign So thirty three point game,
that's what we want to see from JK. We really
(01:43):
want him to be the second leading scorer after Steph.
Now let's go to the East. We have the Knicks
playing the Hawks. I'm definitely going to take the Knicks.
I think they're rolling. I think any game at MSG,
especially with a playoff type crowd, that's gonna be a
win for New York. And yeah, I think the Big
(02:04):
Bodega is gonna go off. I love that nickname. I
know no one else picked that up, but I love
the Big Bodega. I think we should make that a thing.
All right. Then the last game is the Magic and
the Bucks. So what's interesting about this one is the
Bucks or the number one seed in the in season
tournament in the Magic or the number four seed, but
in the regular season rankings, the Magic are ranked above
(02:28):
the Bucks. That's one of the reasons I'm gonna take
the Magic. The other reason is since the day Damian
Lillard was traded to the Bucks, I have never had
faith in the Bucks defense ever. Pallo he can get
by them pretty easily, and that's why I'm taking the Magic. Okay, sorry,
I may have some bias here, but like I said,
(02:49):
the Thunder and the Warriors are gonna make it to
the semi finals. And you know, I'm in Dubbs gurly.
I think we've played the Thunder I believe, twice this
season and we're one and one. But we're gonna make
it to him one this time. And then with the East,
I have the Knicks definitely beating the Magic and the
Warriors winning. It all pretty exciting and that would be cool.
(03:09):
That'd be good for the NBA. Let me tell you,
to have the two winners of the n Season Tournament
last year have been lebron In this season would have
been Seph Curry. That'd be cool. I'm excited to see
how that goes, all right, now we're gonna talk about
the Rookie of the Month awards. So the two Rookie
of the Month awards went to Jared McCain and Jalen Wells. Surprisingly,
Dalton connect did not get the award, and neither did
(03:32):
Stephen Castle. Jared deserves it through and through. Jalen has
been great for the Grizzlies this season. But I think
Dalton got it, especially for this month. I mean this
month has been his month. This was last month. I
think that's Jalen's award. But for the month of November,
Dalton had himself a time. I mean, he was everything
that he was shooting was going in, which was really
(03:52):
good to see. I'm sure Lakers fans are happy about that.
I mean, coming off a forty point blowoff, it's nice
to see. And Lebron on maybe being on his downfall.
I don't want to say anything too much, right but
Lebron has not had a great month. Seeing a promising
rookie have a performance performances like that, it's nice to
see if you're a Lakers fan. All right, So now
(04:14):
we're gonna move on to the slow nose drip ladder.
So I'm gonna be shown some league fits outfits and
I'm gonna rank them, so let's get into it. Okay,
So first off, we got JT with a clean fit.
I'm loving this. It's a chill fit, it's a cozy fit,
but it's clean. I think I'm gonna give it an
(04:35):
eight out of ten. It's not special, but it's green
like the Celtics. I'm actually I'm a big monochrome person.
I always wear monochrome sweatsuits to school, so I really
like that look for Jt' only problem with this outfit,
which is a really big pet peeve of mine, is
I hate when I'm wearing a sweater or a sweatshirt
and like the shirt is showing underneath. But that may
just be in this photo. But otherwise, eight out of
(04:56):
ten good fit for JT. Green, Celtics vibes love it. Okay.
Next up, we have a bolt bull bull fit to
say the least, so we have the white and blue
Brazil jersey with black leather shorts. So I see he
did the you know, the sandwich method here because he
got his jersey matching his shoes and his socks, which
(05:17):
I like. That's nice, but I definitely would have used
maybe like a baggy jean or some other vibe. The
the leather shorts are bold, bold, you know what I'm saying. Okay,
So for that reason, I'm gonna give this fit a
six out of ten. I get the vision with the jersey,
I get the vision with the shoes, and I like
the shorts. Maybe if he paired it with a nice blazer,
(05:38):
going back to the monochrome vibe, but not together. That's
not a look. Wow. Okay, I just got blinded when
I swiped to this shade fit. All blue is not
really what I meant by I like monochrome, and I
love Shay. I love Shay and I love his fits,
but this is a lot. And what's interesting is that
the pants are like a different blue than the sweatshirt,
and the shoes are also a different It's definitely got
(06:01):
to look to it. It's Shay, he has his aura.
I do really like the jeans and I liked it
the sweaters a little crop, but not my favorite fit.
This is a lot going on anyways, Shae has aura.
I like his fits, but this one don't love. I'm
gonna give this a seven point five out of ten. Okay.
JC Jordan Clarkson. I I'm I'm a little confused. I've
(06:27):
I've not received the I don't I don't understand the
vision here. I'm gonna give this like a four out
of ten. And there's just way too much going on.
He looked. I mean, he makes it work, but there's
just way too much going on. Wow, louke dor clean
fit except for this looks like a teenage girl would
wear it like it looks good on lou but like
I would wear that, like I would wear that to
(06:47):
dinner with my friends. I mean, goy r bag dream
that's my dream, right, A little bomber, a little a
little tank, a belt and baggy jeans. Who knew lou
Door had that teenage girl on him? No, I'm just kidding.
He makes this look good. I like this fit a lot, clean, calm,
nothing too busy. And yeah, I'm gonna get this one
an eight out of ten as well. That's all for slow,
(07:08):
no strip. You know this is new. Let me know
if you like this out in the comet. Now we're
gonna move on to some exciting news. The Curry brand
(07:30):
has signed Quincy Oliveri to a shoe deal. So now
the Curry Brand consists of Steph, Darren Fox, and Quincy.
It is so cool to see someone live their dream.
I'm here at seventeen years old. I feel like I'm
living my dream getting to do this, getting to talk
for you guys and getting the interview NBA players, and
I know how special that can feel. So I'm so
(07:52):
happy for Quincy that he gets to do this. You know,
we all know Steph was his idol. There's pictures of
him wearing Steph curry Jersey's at such a young age.
He says he always plays two K with him. To
now be under his shoe deal must be an incredible feeling.
So that's really exciting. Now. Quincy's good, he is. We
saw him really go off in Summer League. But my
(08:12):
question is he's a two way player right now. He's
playing games in the G League. So the Curry brand
really took a gamble on making a shoe deal with him.
That's a lot of money that usually goes to a
bigger player. But you know what it says to me
that Steph sees something in Quincy, which is what I
like to see. He sees future. He sees that Quincy
(08:34):
isn't just an underdog he can really be that guy,
which is cool. I like that. I'm excited to see
more to come for Quincy and the Curry brand. Okay,
this is random, and I don't know if people will
relate to this, but I have this thing that wherever
whenever I go to NBA games, players always stick out
to me that don't stick out to me on TV,
(08:55):
meaning there's players that I think that you can really
only grasp how good they are you're in the arena.
I was in Miami over Thanksgiving break visiting my grandparents,
and I went to the Miami Heat Toronto Raptors game.
Scotty Barnes wasn't the player who stuck out to me.
Jimmy Butler wasn't the player who stuck out to me
Tyler hero Bam about no, no, no. It was Yakub Pertle. Yeah,
(09:18):
Yakub Pertle. He stuck out to me. Let me tell you.
He's been averaging sixteen points eleven boards this season for
the Raptors, which great numbers in themselves, but watching him play,
I was blown away. He is the most one of
the most consistent players I've ever watched in person. He's
been in the league for about eight nine years now
and he's still doing his thing. He's unbelievably efficient. I
(09:42):
believe he shoots around fifty five percent from field goal range,
which is eighth best in the league. But he rarely
missed and was so dominant on the boards. He's very underrated,
and I think that that should be people's new answer
when they say he's the most underrated player in the league.
Out yaka Perdle. Yeah, come on, slow Noes, it's gonna
(10:02):
be It would be a fun time, all right. Lastly,
I want to talk about the Phoenix Suns. So the
Phoenix Suns are eighteen and nine. Okay, they're eleven and
two when Kevin Durant plays, and they're one and seven
when he doesn't. I don't want to make too big
of a claim, but can Devin Booker and Bradley Beale
(10:24):
not do by themselves? Do they really need Katie? That
does say something a little something to me about Devin
Booker's legacy at this point. He's a little bit of
a vet. I think he should be able to be
doing this himself. But it also talks about the longevity
and consistency of Kevin Durant and shows really how great
of a player and a score that he is. I've
always loved Katie and I think that this is a
really cool thing to see. I'm rooting for him. I'm
(10:46):
rooting for the Sons to do well. But what's interesting
is the Sons have depth. Josh so Kog, Grayson Allen,
they do have depth. So to see that, really, kad
is that glue guy is interesting. It's like Draymond two
point zero. You know, Beau Dram wants the number one
glue guy of all time. Anyway, guys, that was my
Slow Nose by Myself for today. I hoped you liked
(11:07):
it and I hope you have fun and you guys
had any recommendations for what I should do next on
Slow Nose by Myself or a better name than this one,
subscribe comment down below. Thanks. Bye,
The volume. What's up, guys, it's Sloan and this is
another episode of Slow Notes, except for this time it's
just me by myself. Yes, I know my nail fell
(00:22):
off today at school. Please ignore my hand. I'm gonna
be holding the mic really awkwardly. But that's a sorry
for another day. Okay, let's get started with my MBA
in season tournament predictions. So when we look at the
bracket and the West, we have the Thunder which are
the one seed, and the MAVs, which are the fourth seed.
(00:43):
And I'm gonna go with the Thunder for that one.
I feel like it's a given. The Thunder have been
pretty dominant this season and they're the one seed. They've
been doing well in the tournament, so I'm going for them.
Next up, we have the Warriors and the Rockets. You
guys know, the Warriors could be playing anyone. I would
pick the Warriors, but I actually believe that the Warriors
(01:03):
will beat the Rockets in the Ncason Tournament. And here's why.
The Warriors just beat the Rockets without Steph and without Draymond,
and I think that that really says something. Jonathan Kminga
went off. He had his season high career high. Excuse me,
thirty three points. Andrew Wiggins I believe had twenty six points.
It's really good to see. I saw something interesting from
(01:23):
Shams where he said the Warriors are looking for a
star and that player could be on another team, or
it could be Jonathan Kaminga, which I thought was cool.
I think it's interesting that the Warriors' front office really
believes that Jonathan Kminga could really be that good and
he's really starting to show sign So thirty three point game,
that's what we want to see from JK. We really
(01:43):
want him to be the second leading scorer after Steph.
Now let's go to the East. We have the Knicks
playing the Hawks. I'm definitely going to take the Knicks.
I think they're rolling. I think any game at MSG,
especially with a playoff type crowd, that's gonna be a
win for New York. And yeah, I think the Big
(02:04):
Bodega is gonna go off. I love that nickname. I
know no one else picked that up, but I love
the Big Bodega. I think we should make that a thing.
All right. Then the last game is the Magic and
the Bucks. So what's interesting about this one is the
Bucks or the number one seed in the in season
tournament in the Magic or the number four seed, but
in the regular season rankings, the Magic are ranked above
(02:28):
the Bucks. That's one of the reasons I'm gonna take
the Magic. The other reason is since the day Damian
Lillard was traded to the Bucks, I have never had
faith in the Bucks defense ever. Pallo he can get
by them pretty easily, and that's why I'm taking the Magic. Okay, sorry,
I may have some bias here, but like I said,
(02:49):
the Thunder and the Warriors are gonna make it to
the semi finals. And you know, I'm in Dubbs gurly.
I think we've played the Thunder I believe, twice this
season and we're one and one. But we're gonna make
it to him one this time. And then with the East,
I have the Knicks definitely beating the Magic and the
Warriors winning. It all pretty exciting and that would be cool.
(03:09):
That'd be good for the NBA. Let me tell you,
to have the two winners of the n Season Tournament
last year have been lebron In this season would have
been Seph Curry. That'd be cool. I'm excited to see
how that goes, all right, now we're gonna talk about
the Rookie of the Month awards. So the two Rookie
of the Month awards went to Jared McCain and Jalen Wells. Surprisingly,
Dalton connect did not get the award, and neither did
(03:32):
Stephen Castle. Jared deserves it through and through. Jalen has
been great for the Grizzlies this season. But I think
Dalton got it, especially for this month. I mean this
month has been his month. This was last month. I
think that's Jalen's award. But for the month of November,
Dalton had himself a time. I mean, he was everything
that he was shooting was going in, which was really
(03:52):
good to see. I'm sure Lakers fans are happy about that.
I mean, coming off a forty point blowoff, it's nice
to see. And Lebron on maybe being on his downfall.
I don't want to say anything too much, right but
Lebron has not had a great month. Seeing a promising
rookie have a performance performances like that, it's nice to
see if you're a Lakers fan. All right, So now
(04:14):
we're gonna move on to the slow nose drip ladder.
So I'm gonna be shown some league fits outfits and
I'm gonna rank them, so let's get into it. Okay,
So first off, we got JT with a clean fit.
I'm loving this. It's a chill fit, it's a cozy fit,
but it's clean. I think I'm gonna give it an
(04:35):
eight out of ten. It's not special, but it's green
like the Celtics. I'm actually I'm a big monochrome person.
I always wear monochrome sweatsuits to school, so I really
like that look for Jt' only problem with this outfit,
which is a really big pet peeve of mine, is
I hate when I'm wearing a sweater or a sweatshirt
and like the shirt is showing underneath. But that may
just be in this photo. But otherwise, eight out of
(04:56):
ten good fit for JT. Green, Celtics vibes love it. Okay.
Next up, we have a bolt bull bull fit to
say the least, so we have the white and blue
Brazil jersey with black leather shorts. So I see he
did the you know, the sandwich method here because he
got his jersey matching his shoes and his socks, which
(05:17):
I like. That's nice, but I definitely would have used
maybe like a baggy jean or some other vibe. The
the leather shorts are bold, bold, you know what I'm saying. Okay,
So for that reason, I'm gonna give this fit a
six out of ten. I get the vision with the jersey,
I get the vision with the shoes, and I like
the shorts. Maybe if he paired it with a nice blazer,
(05:38):
going back to the monochrome vibe, but not together. That's
not a look. Wow. Okay, I just got blinded when
I swiped to this shade fit. All blue is not
really what I meant by I like monochrome, and I
love Shay. I love Shay and I love his fits,
but this is a lot. And what's interesting is that
the pants are like a different blue than the sweatshirt,
and the shoes are also a different It's definitely got
(06:01):
to look to it. It's Shay, he has his aura.
I do really like the jeans and I liked it
the sweaters a little crop, but not my favorite fit.
This is a lot going on anyways, Shae has aura.
I like his fits, but this one don't love. I'm
gonna give this a seven point five out of ten. Okay.
JC Jordan Clarkson. I I'm I'm a little confused. I've
(06:27):
I've not received the I don't I don't understand the
vision here. I'm gonna give this like a four out
of ten. And there's just way too much going on.
He looked. I mean, he makes it work, but there's
just way too much going on. Wow, louke dor clean
fit except for this looks like a teenage girl would
wear it like it looks good on lou but like
I would wear that, like I would wear that to
(06:47):
dinner with my friends. I mean, goy r bag dream
that's my dream, right, A little bomber, a little a
little tank, a belt and baggy jeans. Who knew lou
Door had that teenage girl on him? No, I'm just kidding.
He makes this look good. I like this fit a lot, clean, calm,
nothing too busy. And yeah, I'm gonna get this one
an eight out of ten as well. That's all for slow,
(07:08):
no strip. You know this is new. Let me know
if you like this out in the comet. Now we're
gonna move on to some exciting news. The Curry brand
(07:30):
has signed Quincy Oliveri to a shoe deal. So now
the Curry Brand consists of Steph, Darren Fox, and Quincy.
It is so cool to see someone live their dream.
I'm here at seventeen years old. I feel like I'm
living my dream getting to do this, getting to talk
for you guys and getting the interview NBA players, and
I know how special that can feel. So I'm so
(07:52):
happy for Quincy that he gets to do this. You know,
we all know Steph was his idol. There's pictures of
him wearing Steph curry Jersey's at such a young age.
He says he always plays two K with him. To
now be under his shoe deal must be an incredible feeling.
So that's really exciting. Now. Quincy's good, he is. We
saw him really go off in Summer League. But my
(08:12):
question is he's a two way player right now. He's
playing games in the G League. So the Curry brand
really took a gamble on making a shoe deal with him.
That's a lot of money that usually goes to a
bigger player. But you know what it says to me
that Steph sees something in Quincy, which is what I
like to see. He sees future. He sees that Quincy
(08:34):
isn't just an underdog he can really be that guy,
which is cool. I like that. I'm excited to see
more to come for Quincy and the Curry brand. Okay,
this is random, and I don't know if people will
relate to this, but I have this thing that wherever
whenever I go to NBA games, players always stick out
to me that don't stick out to me on TV,
(08:55):
meaning there's players that I think that you can really
only grasp how good they are you're in the arena.
I was in Miami over Thanksgiving break visiting my grandparents,
and I went to the Miami Heat Toronto Raptors game.
Scotty Barnes wasn't the player who stuck out to me.
Jimmy Butler wasn't the player who stuck out to me
Tyler hero Bam about no, no, no. It was Yakub Pertle. Yeah,
(09:18):
Yakub Pertle. He stuck out to me. Let me tell you.
He's been averaging sixteen points eleven boards this season for
the Raptors, which great numbers in themselves, but watching him play,
I was blown away. He is the most one of
the most consistent players I've ever watched in person. He's
been in the league for about eight nine years now
and he's still doing his thing. He's unbelievably efficient. I
(09:42):
believe he shoots around fifty five percent from field goal range,
which is eighth best in the league. But he rarely
missed and was so dominant on the boards. He's very underrated,
and I think that that should be people's new answer
when they say he's the most underrated player in the league.
Out yaka Perdle. Yeah, come on, slow Noes, it's gonna
(10:02):
be It would be a fun time, all right. Lastly,
I want to talk about the Phoenix Suns. So the
Phoenix Suns are eighteen and nine. Okay, they're eleven and
two when Kevin Durant plays, and they're one and seven
when he doesn't. I don't want to make too big
of a claim, but can Devin Booker and Bradley Beale
(10:24):
not do by themselves? Do they really need Katie? That
does say something a little something to me about Devin
Booker's legacy at this point. He's a little bit of
a vet. I think he should be able to be
doing this himself. But it also talks about the longevity
and consistency of Kevin Durant and shows really how great
of a player and a score that he is. I've
always loved Katie and I think that this is a
really cool thing to see. I'm rooting for him. I'm
(10:46):
rooting for the Sons to do well. But what's interesting
is the Sons have depth. Josh so Kog, Grayson Allen,
they do have depth. So to see that, really, kad
is that glue guy is interesting. It's like Draymond two
point zero. You know, Beau Dram wants the number one
glue guy of all time. Anyway, guys, that was my
Slow Nose by Myself for today. I hoped you liked
(11:07):
it and I hope you have fun and you guys
had any recommendations for what I should do next on
Slow Nose by Myself or a better name than this one,
subscribe comment down below. Thanks. Bye,
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