May 1, 2025 • 7 mins
The hosts analyze the Lakers struggles and the impact on Nico Harrison's reputation.The team also debates potential trades for the Mavericks as well as the Lakers' need to surround Luka and LeBron with strong defenders, a strategy mirrored by the Mavericks. "You have to surround Luka and LeBron with as many good defenders as you can,"
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, don't forget tomorrow the Benet Skin Show live
broadcast from Fortunate Sun in Garland.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's an awesome pizza joint.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
We're out there for the USL Dallas, the new soccer
franchise that's going to announce their team name, their team colors,
debut their crest. It's a big countdown and it's finally
gonna happen tomorrow. So we're excited to be there. You know,
it could be a part of sports history in the Metroplex.
You know, you could say one day, Yeah, I was
there that day they made the announcement of what their
team name was. They showed us their crest and colors,
(00:27):
and I was there for it all with the ben
and Skin Show in Garland at Fortunate Sun, one of
the greatest pizza joints in the world. But right now
it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now, let's go around the sports k T fun Queints
has all the sports yees. Yeah. Last night the NBA
Playoffs rolled on and it's sad that the Mavericks aren't
a part of it. But it was the uh Los
Angeles Lukers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Lukers were
(00:57):
down three to one, first half, Luca lands on his back,
that stopped his movement even more so. Yeah, right at
the end of the first half. Yeah, and there you go,
Lakers lose, They're out. Nico vindicated.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well, I think that Luca being eliminated after the first round,
the person that benefits from that the most is Nico Harrison.
I think the longer if Luca had gone on a
deep run deep in the playoffs, it would have been
a real It just would have been more painful for
MAVs fans, more painful for Nico. I mean, everyone rushes
(01:34):
to judgment and is quick to formulate a quick opinion
in this opinionated landscape with sports talking all those things.
But there's a lot of people out there now going, Okay,
I see what Nico was saying. Luca can't play defense,
he's banged up, they're targeting him. There's more blowbys by
Luca than any playoff game in history, and so you know,
(01:55):
I bet Nico didn't hate those results continue just considering
what a blood bath it's been for him since the trade.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
No, that was best case scenario for the Lakers to lose.
Lakers were a three seed and to lose in five
games with a lot of basketball media media talking about
Luca's defense, that's the best case scenario for Nico for sure. Yeah. Now,
I'm sure publicly he wouldn't say that. I'd be like, look,
I don't care whatever's going on over there. I'm focused
(02:24):
on my team. But in the court of public perception,
you are one thousand percent right based on the media.
I was watching the stuff I've seen on social media,
and you know, while I'm getting ready for the day,
I've got those ESPN shows which they first Take, First
Take whatever, all those things, Pat McField, those things, and
(02:46):
basically what they were saying nobody, nobody is saying that, Okay,
that was a fair trade by any means, but they're saying, okay,
this is why Nico traded him. Yeah, they just looked
at this and said, because now, what all those shows
were saying. They're not even looking at it through the
ends of the Mavericks anymore. They're like, Okay, what do
the Lakers need to do? And basically what I was
hearing were three different shows saying, all right, you have
(03:08):
to surround uh, Luca and Lebron with as many good
defenders as you can. Right, Exactly the Mavericks had Kyrie
and Luca, and they went out there and started surrounding him. Yeah,
you got like you're gonna have and and you know,
the Lakers were in this weird thing where, you know,
they just didn't have a center or one that they
(03:29):
felt comfortable playing. And so like last night, Maxi Kleba
got in that game. He hasn't played in a basketball
game since January in a Maverick uniform.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
He was Max.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So he's never played team ever. He never he's never
practiced with the Los Angeles Lakers one. So he got
in in that game. He was in the final six
minutes of that game. And it's like Odo fouled out.
It's like, dude, it's that bad. But they had a
trade for a center, but they they it was declined
over hell, he'scot He's had a lot of back injuries,
(04:00):
and so the Laker doctors nixed it. Did the guy
play again the rest of the season after that? Oh,
he played great. He killed the Mavericks. And by the way,
the guy that they were trading, the main guy connect
their first round pick. After that trade got nixed, he
fell into a hole and couldn't get off the bench
for the Lakers, So now their first round draft pick
(04:21):
asset is kind of like it's kind of like what's
happened to Jaden Hardy, right, Like Jayden Hardy's trade value
is diminished because he just fell into a hole and
couldn't get out of it. That happened to Connect. And
you know the other thing too, is like, I know
you guys think I'm doing a bit like I love
Austin Reeves. I really do. They can't move forward with
Austin Reeves playing next to Luka Doncic. One of the
(04:42):
main reasons the Lakers lost that series is that they
went up against a team that had a great inside presence,
so they were gonna have to beat him shooting threes
and beat him from the outside. Austin Reeves went ice cold.
I mean, he was bad for five games. And they
have to have Lebron, Luca and Austin Reeves shooting lights
out to go beat teams that are built like that.
(05:04):
And I thought Luke played great in the series. I
thought Lebron played really well. Austin Reeves gave him next
to nothing and it killed him. Question would you trade
Derek Lively for Austin Reeves if I'm the Mavericks Yeah,
oh god, no, okay, and I love him.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I'm just saying they need a big and you said
they can't move forward. I think I think.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I think Derek Lively the Second is the best future
player on the Mavericks, like and it's not even close
like what he can develop into if he stays healthy.
He can develop into a top twenty player in the league.
If he stays healthy. What's Austin Reeves is trade? Well,
it's it's high. He's only he's only making like ten
million dollars. But I'm saying, for me personally, Derek Lively
(05:47):
the Second, I'm like, if I'm trading him, I'm getting
a real franchise changer. And as much as I like
Austin Reeves, I'm not trading a seven footer that can
do it. Derek Lively the Second can do what is
I'd consider it, but because this team doesn't have any
ball handlers. But that may be Like, I mean, I
don't are they be giving the Lakers a big they
(06:08):
need right and are they've already.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Given them Luca?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I mean?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Hell?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
But can they? I want to say this, there were
moments last night in Game five of the Lakers series
where Dorian, Maxi and Luca were on the floor for them.
Kyrie was there too. Yeah, they're just watching on.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
The front road. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I don't know that the Mavericks will ever be able
to make a trade with the Lakers ever. Again, not
with Nkos the g I don't know that it can happen.
You know, it's kind of like they could, but it's
kind of like, uh, the Cowboys drafting alignment from Michigan.
I mean, at this point, it doesn't a defensive lineman.
It doesn't make sense. But it's just the reality. The
perception is the perception. But but realistically, if they if they,
(06:54):
if the Lakers want to build a team around Luca,
well the Mavericks have already done that, so they've got
a roster that's right for the picking. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, and I'm not just saying, I mean they to me,
this is why the Mavericks didn't hang on to Jalen
Brunson or didn't want to pay him all that money
because they thought he's not a good fit next to Luca.
He's a six foot non defensive offensive player. That's what
Austin Reeves is sure, you know, and so it's like,
you have one of the best players in the world,
(07:22):
put the right kind of guys around him. That's what
they have to go do. And they were nowhere near
that roster wise, they were gonna have to play flawless
offensively to beat the Timberwolves, and they couldn't. And now
Luca's wearing it when I thought he played better than
Lebron or Austin Reeves, right, he is absolutely wearing it.
And is that just the way it's gonna be for him?
Because even if you know he wore it when he
(07:44):
was on the map, if people think consider you an
MVP and you're not balling out, then you're gonna catch it.
It's just the way it is in the world. All right,
let's let's carry this over. We'll keep this conversation going.
Let's go around the sports. Part two coming up in
just less than four minutes, So don't go anywhere.
All right, don't forget tomorrow the Benet Skin Show live
broadcast from Fortunate Sun in Garland.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's an awesome pizza joint.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
We're out there for the USL Dallas, the new soccer
franchise that's going to announce their team name, their team colors,
debut their crest. It's a big countdown and it's finally
gonna happen tomorrow. So we're excited to be there. You know,
it could be a part of sports history in the Metroplex.
You know, you could say one day, Yeah, I was
there that day they made the announcement of what their
team name was. They showed us their crest and colors,
(00:27):
and I was there for it all with the ben
and Skin Show in Garland at Fortunate Sun, one of
the greatest pizza joints in the world. But right now
it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now, let's go around the sports k T fun Queints
has all the sports yees. Yeah. Last night the NBA
Playoffs rolled on and it's sad that the Mavericks aren't
a part of it. But it was the uh Los
Angeles Lukers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Lukers were
(00:57):
down three to one, first half, Luca lands on his back,
that stopped his movement even more so. Yeah, right at
the end of the first half. Yeah, and there you go,
Lakers lose, They're out. Nico vindicated.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well, I think that Luca being eliminated after the first round,
the person that benefits from that the most is Nico Harrison.
I think the longer if Luca had gone on a
deep run deep in the playoffs, it would have been
a real It just would have been more painful for
MAVs fans, more painful for Nico. I mean, everyone rushes
(01:34):
to judgment and is quick to formulate a quick opinion
in this opinionated landscape with sports talking all those things.
But there's a lot of people out there now going, Okay,
I see what Nico was saying. Luca can't play defense,
he's banged up, they're targeting him. There's more blowbys by
Luca than any playoff game in history, and so you know,
(01:55):
I bet Nico didn't hate those results continue just considering
what a blood bath it's been for him since the trade.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
No, that was best case scenario for the Lakers to lose.
Lakers were a three seed and to lose in five
games with a lot of basketball media media talking about
Luca's defense, that's the best case scenario for Nico for sure. Yeah. Now,
I'm sure publicly he wouldn't say that. I'd be like, look,
I don't care whatever's going on over there. I'm focused
(02:24):
on my team. But in the court of public perception,
you are one thousand percent right based on the media.
I was watching the stuff I've seen on social media,
and you know, while I'm getting ready for the day,
I've got those ESPN shows which they first Take, First
Take whatever, all those things, Pat McField, those things, and
(02:46):
basically what they were saying nobody, nobody is saying that, Okay,
that was a fair trade by any means, but they're saying, okay,
this is why Nico traded him. Yeah, they just looked
at this and said, because now, what all those shows
were saying. They're not even looking at it through the
ends of the Mavericks anymore. They're like, Okay, what do
the Lakers need to do? And basically what I was
hearing were three different shows saying, all right, you have
(03:08):
to surround uh, Luca and Lebron with as many good
defenders as you can. Right, Exactly the Mavericks had Kyrie
and Luca, and they went out there and started surrounding him. Yeah,
you got like you're gonna have and and you know,
the Lakers were in this weird thing where, you know,
they just didn't have a center or one that they
(03:29):
felt comfortable playing. And so like last night, Maxi Kleba
got in that game. He hasn't played in a basketball
game since January in a Maverick uniform.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
He was Max.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So he's never played team ever. He never he's never
practiced with the Los Angeles Lakers one. So he got
in in that game. He was in the final six
minutes of that game. And it's like Odo fouled out.
It's like, dude, it's that bad. But they had a
trade for a center, but they they it was declined
over hell, he'scot He's had a lot of back injuries,
(04:00):
and so the Laker doctors nixed it. Did the guy
play again the rest of the season after that? Oh,
he played great. He killed the Mavericks. And by the way,
the guy that they were trading, the main guy connect
their first round pick. After that trade got nixed, he
fell into a hole and couldn't get off the bench
for the Lakers, So now their first round draft pick
(04:21):
asset is kind of like it's kind of like what's
happened to Jaden Hardy, right, Like Jayden Hardy's trade value
is diminished because he just fell into a hole and
couldn't get out of it. That happened to Connect. And
you know the other thing too, is like, I know
you guys think I'm doing a bit like I love
Austin Reeves. I really do. They can't move forward with
Austin Reeves playing next to Luka Doncic. One of the
(04:42):
main reasons the Lakers lost that series is that they
went up against a team that had a great inside presence,
so they were gonna have to beat him shooting threes
and beat him from the outside. Austin Reeves went ice cold.
I mean, he was bad for five games. And they
have to have Lebron, Luca and Austin Reeves shooting lights
out to go beat teams that are built like that.
(05:04):
And I thought Luke played great in the series. I
thought Lebron played really well. Austin Reeves gave him next
to nothing and it killed him. Question would you trade
Derek Lively for Austin Reeves if I'm the Mavericks Yeah,
oh god, no, okay, and I love him.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I'm just saying they need a big and you said
they can't move forward. I think I think.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I think Derek Lively the Second is the best future
player on the Mavericks, like and it's not even close
like what he can develop into if he stays healthy.
He can develop into a top twenty player in the league.
If he stays healthy. What's Austin Reeves is trade? Well,
it's it's high. He's only he's only making like ten
million dollars. But I'm saying, for me personally, Derek Lively
(05:47):
the Second, I'm like, if I'm trading him, I'm getting
a real franchise changer. And as much as I like
Austin Reeves, I'm not trading a seven footer that can
do it. Derek Lively the Second can do what is
I'd consider it, but because this team doesn't have any
ball handlers. But that may be Like, I mean, I
don't are they be giving the Lakers a big they
(06:08):
need right and are they've already.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Given them Luca?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I mean?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Hell?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
But can they? I want to say this, there were
moments last night in Game five of the Lakers series
where Dorian, Maxi and Luca were on the floor for them.
Kyrie was there too. Yeah, they're just watching on.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
The front road. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I don't know that the Mavericks will ever be able
to make a trade with the Lakers ever. Again, not
with Nkos the g I don't know that it can happen.
You know, it's kind of like they could, but it's
kind of like, uh, the Cowboys drafting alignment from Michigan.
I mean, at this point, it doesn't a defensive lineman.
It doesn't make sense. But it's just the reality. The
perception is the perception. But but realistically, if they if they,
(06:54):
if the Lakers want to build a team around Luca,
well the Mavericks have already done that, so they've got
a roster that's right for the picking. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, and I'm not just saying, I mean they to me,
this is why the Mavericks didn't hang on to Jalen
Brunson or didn't want to pay him all that money
because they thought he's not a good fit next to Luca.
He's a six foot non defensive offensive player. That's what
Austin Reeves is sure, you know, and so it's like,
you have one of the best players in the world,
(07:22):
put the right kind of guys around him. That's what
they have to go do. And they were nowhere near
that roster wise, they were gonna have to play flawless
offensively to beat the Timberwolves, and they couldn't. And now
Luca's wearing it when I thought he played better than
Lebron or Austin Reeves, right, he is absolutely wearing it.
And is that just the way it's gonna be for him?
Because even if you know he wore it when he
(07:44):
was on the map, if people think consider you an
MVP and you're not balling out, then you're gonna catch it.
It's just the way it is in the world. All right,
let's let's carry this over. We'll keep this conversation going.
Let's go around the sports. Part two coming up in
just less than four minutes, So don't go anywhere.
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