May 1, 2025 • 5 mins
"Which team will be favored more in the Western Conference next season: the Mavericks or the Lakers?" Join Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dive into this intriguing question, exploring the dynamics and future prospects of two of the NBA's most talked-about teams.In this captivating episode of The Ben and Skin Show, the hosts bring their signature blend of humor and insight to the forefront, discussing everything from potential trades to the impact of key players. Broadcasting live on 97.1 The Eagle, they keep listeners engaged with a mix of sports analysis and entertaining segments.he hosts speculate on Kyrie's absence and its effect on the Mavericks' performance. "At the beginning of next season, which team will nationally be favored more to do better in the Western Conference, Mavs or the Lakers?" Ben asks, setting the stage for a deep dive into team strategies.Ben and Skin debate the potential outcomes of the Mavericks' draft picks. "If they get a top four pick, I'm gonna go ahead and say the Mavericks," Skin predicts, highlighting the importance of the draft in shaping the team's future.The episode explores the freedom Nico Harrison has to make impactful trades. "Does Nico have the freedom to even cook like he would like to right now?" Ben questions, leading to a discussion on the Mavericks' management and decision-making processes.
- Skin Wade: "Are you really gonna care once the Spurs are rolling out Wimby, Giannis, and De'Aaron Fox to start next year?"
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it's the Ben and Skin Show.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Shout out to our homie Mikey the drummer from Drowning Pool,
no doubt drinking some Rollertown right now. All right, Ben
and Skin Show ninety one point one the Eagle. We
have tickets to give away. We have a four packet
tickets to see Ghosts in August at Dickies. The first person,
the first person that uses the iHeart app and hits
the talkback feature and leaves a voice message with their name,
(00:23):
their phone number, their email address, and the answer to
this question. Which comedian where we talked about earlier is
planning on fighting three fourteen year old boys. We were
talking about this in the Hollywood Shuffle. If you know
which comedian and you're the first person to leave the
message with your name, phone number, and email address, you're
gonna win that four packet tickets to see Ghosts. We
(00:45):
have a news quickie involving a murdering porn star coming
up at the bottom of the hour. But let's get
back into some sports. Wait question for you, Yeah, shoot,
so at well done. So at the beginning of next season, Yeah,
you know that Kyrie Irving's going to miss half the season.
Whatever he's gonna miss at the beginning of the season.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Which team will have, uh will nationally be favored more
to do better in the Western Conference? MAVs are the
Lakers because Lakers will have an off season to build
around Lucas.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Can you can you answer me one question? Can you
can you skip me ahead to May twelfth and tell
me where do the Mavericks draft?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Right, when do we find that out? May eleventh?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Uh? No, just get ready in May twelfth. I don't know, Man,
I don't know. I feel like we're due if they
get a top four pick.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I'm gonna go ahead and say the Mavericks.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Now, would they would they trade that for a more
usable piece of veteran or a draft of It's.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
A great question, but man, it's a hell of an asset. Yeah,
you know, it's we're focused. We are hyper focused on
this two and three year window because of the age
and health of Anthony Davis and uh Kyrie. But I
would also say they have a lot of good young
players and good assets, and they're if they do get
a top four pick, I mean, they're gonna have PJ. Washington,
(02:04):
Gafford Lively, and a lottery pick in the top five
from this year, all into the age of twenty six.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Okay, but but that's a big if to get in
the top four, will Is.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Does Nico have the freedom to even cook like he
would like to right now? Like, let's say that he
comes up with some amazing trade, it might be hard
to even I think he does.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I just think I think if he didn't, he would
be fired right now.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Right.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
But who's if he comes to the ownership and says, hey,
I got a blockbuster deal. Are they gonna even hear
him out. Oh, they're gonna hear him out. They're gonna
make some calls first.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Right, Like they more guardrails here, Yeah, there's more guard
I wouldn't be surprised if the first guy Patrick Dumont
calls is Dirk honestly, right, Or they're also gonna say, okay, now,
wait a minute, we're not doing this, hey man eleventh hour,
We're gonna pull in people. You've got an assistant GM
and matt Riccardi and Michael Finley both hold that position.
So let's talk to all those guys. I just think
(03:00):
the process will be different because of the national reaction,
and you know, the other thing too, is Patrick Dumont's
a global business man. When the deal goes down, is
he available? Is he somewhere else on the globe? You know?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Is he and macau China?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Like?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I just think they'll do things differently because of the
experience and all the backlash.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
But I still think.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I think if Nico is gonna be the guy that's
making the draft pick, there's no reason to believe Nico's
not in charge.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Did you hear Lebron last night when they were asking
him about a center needing a center? In his postgame
press say, he said, he goes I'm not going to comment,
and they're.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Like, why they go?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Because Ad said we needed a center and he got
traded the next week. Oh that's amazing, damn.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I mean, but let me ask you this, are you
really going to care once the Spurs are rolling out
wimby Jannis and dearon Fox to start next year?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Just just prepare yourself for that. Okay, well, Mark that
let me hear that again. So you think Giannis will
go to San Antonio?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
I do four nights in May because I think that.
I mean a lot of people are talking Oklahoma City,
and I get it, but if you're Oklahoma City, do
you want to disrupt this chemistry you have because I
think I think I think Oklahoma City and they're like,
there's no guys on their old skuys like Lou Dort.
I mean, they're all babies and they're and they're badass,
(04:28):
and they love playing with each other and they still
have a ton of assets.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
So just let's just see.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
If it's a Boston Oklahoma City finals, I think Boston probably.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Wins it one more time.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
But if you're Oklahoma City, are you are you gonna
blow that up to add Giannis because you don't even
know if Jannis and Shay will play great together, right,
like you have a thing. Meanwhile, the Spurs are like, dude,
have you seen how many picks the Spurs have, including
the Mavericks twenty thirty pick. The Spurs have the Mavericks
twenty thirty.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
That's gonna be a top three pick.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So they call Milwaukee and they go, hey, look at
this that we're putting together three former first round players
that currently start for US in three future lottery picks.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
What are you going to do, Damson? That's what they
should have got for Luca. That sucks, man, so I
don't like talking about this stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
That's good point. Let's not talk about it all right, Yeah, yeah,
let's not do that. Coming up next, there's been a
murder and everyone's looking at a porn star as the
guilty person. We'll talk about that next
All right, it's the Ben and Skin Show.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Shout out to our homie Mikey the drummer from Drowning Pool,
no doubt drinking some Rollertown right now. All right, Ben
and Skin Show ninety one point one the Eagle. We
have tickets to give away. We have a four packet
tickets to see Ghosts in August at Dickies. The first person,
the first person that uses the iHeart app and hits
the talkback feature and leaves a voice message with their name,
(00:23):
their phone number, their email address, and the answer to
this question. Which comedian where we talked about earlier is
planning on fighting three fourteen year old boys. We were
talking about this in the Hollywood Shuffle. If you know
which comedian and you're the first person to leave the
message with your name, phone number, and email address, you're
gonna win that four packet tickets to see Ghosts. We
(00:45):
have a news quickie involving a murdering porn star coming
up at the bottom of the hour. But let's get
back into some sports. Wait question for you, Yeah, shoot,
so at well done. So at the beginning of next season, Yeah,
you know that Kyrie Irving's going to miss half the season.
Whatever he's gonna miss at the beginning of the season.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Which team will have, uh will nationally be favored more
to do better in the Western Conference? MAVs are the
Lakers because Lakers will have an off season to build
around Lucas.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Can you can you answer me one question? Can you
can you skip me ahead to May twelfth and tell
me where do the Mavericks draft?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Right, when do we find that out? May eleventh?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Uh? No, just get ready in May twelfth. I don't know, Man,
I don't know. I feel like we're due if they
get a top four pick.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I'm gonna go ahead and say the Mavericks.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Now, would they would they trade that for a more
usable piece of veteran or a draft of It's.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
A great question, but man, it's a hell of an asset. Yeah,
you know, it's we're focused. We are hyper focused on
this two and three year window because of the age
and health of Anthony Davis and uh Kyrie. But I
would also say they have a lot of good young
players and good assets, and they're if they do get
a top four pick, I mean, they're gonna have PJ. Washington,
(02:04):
Gafford Lively, and a lottery pick in the top five
from this year, all into the age of twenty six.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Okay, but but that's a big if to get in
the top four, will Is.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Does Nico have the freedom to even cook like he
would like to right now? Like, let's say that he
comes up with some amazing trade, it might be hard
to even I think he does.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I just think I think if he didn't, he would
be fired right now.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Right.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
But who's if he comes to the ownership and says, hey,
I got a blockbuster deal. Are they gonna even hear
him out. Oh, they're gonna hear him out. They're gonna
make some calls first.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Right, Like they more guardrails here, Yeah, there's more guard
I wouldn't be surprised if the first guy Patrick Dumont
calls is Dirk honestly, right, Or they're also gonna say, okay, now,
wait a minute, we're not doing this, hey man eleventh hour,
We're gonna pull in people. You've got an assistant GM
and matt Riccardi and Michael Finley both hold that position.
So let's talk to all those guys. I just think
(03:00):
the process will be different because of the national reaction,
and you know, the other thing too, is Patrick Dumont's
a global business man. When the deal goes down, is
he available? Is he somewhere else on the globe? You know?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Is he and macau China?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Like?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I just think they'll do things differently because of the
experience and all the backlash.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
But I still think.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I think if Nico is gonna be the guy that's
making the draft pick, there's no reason to believe Nico's
not in charge.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Did you hear Lebron last night when they were asking
him about a center needing a center? In his postgame
press say, he said, he goes I'm not going to comment,
and they're.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Like, why they go?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Because Ad said we needed a center and he got
traded the next week. Oh that's amazing, damn.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I mean, but let me ask you this, are you
really going to care once the Spurs are rolling out
wimby Jannis and dearon Fox to start next year?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Just just prepare yourself for that. Okay, well, Mark that
let me hear that again. So you think Giannis will
go to San Antonio?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
I do four nights in May because I think that.
I mean a lot of people are talking Oklahoma City,
and I get it, but if you're Oklahoma City, do
you want to disrupt this chemistry you have because I
think I think I think Oklahoma City and they're like,
there's no guys on their old skuys like Lou Dort.
I mean, they're all babies and they're and they're badass,
(04:28):
and they love playing with each other and they still
have a ton of assets.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
So just let's just see.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
If it's a Boston Oklahoma City finals, I think Boston probably.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Wins it one more time.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
But if you're Oklahoma City, are you are you gonna
blow that up to add Giannis because you don't even
know if Jannis and Shay will play great together, right,
like you have a thing. Meanwhile, the Spurs are like, dude,
have you seen how many picks the Spurs have, including
the Mavericks twenty thirty pick. The Spurs have the Mavericks
twenty thirty.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
That's gonna be a top three pick.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So they call Milwaukee and they go, hey, look at
this that we're putting together three former first round players
that currently start for US in three future lottery picks.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
What are you going to do, Damson? That's what they
should have got for Luca. That sucks, man, so I
don't like talking about this stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
That's good point. Let's not talk about it all right, Yeah, yeah,
let's not do that. Coming up next, there's been a
murder and everyone's looking at a porn star as the
guilty person. We'll talk about that next
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