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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:11):
I like sports and that's it.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yo, yo, yo, yo, it's the one, and only Lise, and this
your girl Vels, aka Velly Vell,if that's what you want to call
me, and together we are.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Locked In Sports yo episode 30 episode 30.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Hey, yes, sir, we are in here for episode 30, we're
back, we're back yeah, we are.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
And uh, I was about to say can you believe, here for
episode 30, we're back, we'reback, yeah, we are, yeah, and uh
, huh, I was about to say canyou believe this is episode 30
oh no, honestly I can't, youknow, I can't believe.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
I mean, we've been doing this thing for a little
bit now.
Yeah, we have two years, I'mhappy and I think it's a good
thing.
We're staying consistent withit still putting out episodes.
So yeah, I mean it's a big deal.
Episode 30 is a big deal.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
It really is, and I will be remiss.
If we don't like, shout us out.
Man, we are at our two yearanniversary of podcasting, you
know.
I feel like that's a little alittle song song been doing this
thing for two years.
Man, it's our anniversary, man.
I failed to mention that, right, I failed to mention that on on

(01:29):
our past episode, but I'm bigout, big shout out to us for
doing this thing for two yearsstraight.
Um, starting now, we didn'tknow what this was gonna turn
into.
We were just, you know, tryingsomething and having fun along
the way, and we look up twoyears later, we're still doing
it.
Episode 30 uh, I'm just excitednow.
Yeah, I am too, and I'm happyto be doing it with my queen

(01:52):
right, my queen yeah we here,baby man, hey, so look, this is
a straight nba episode.
You know, the last episode wegave y'all straight WNBA,
because it was just so much totalk about.
Same for here.
We got straight NBA, nothingbut NBA, and I don't think we

(02:13):
need to waste no time.
What you think?
Nope, all right, b's, you knowwhat to do.
Drop that beat, all right, allright, all right.
Look, last time we was talkingabout the NBA, the Mavericks was
going into the WesternConference Finals.
So that's where we're going tostart.

(02:34):
We won't stay here long, butyou know I'm a Mavs fan, so I
got to talk about it.
That is what I got to do Now, ifyou don't want to hear it fast
forward and then you know, pickup from there.
But so the Mavs ended upplaying against Minnesota in the
Western Conference Finals.
Mavs took care of business infive games.

(02:55):
I was actually shocked aboutthat.
I thought that could actuallygo to prior.
I thought that game could gothe distance.
But once we went up 2-0, I wishI could see my face once we
went up 2-0 in Minnesota.
I was a hold up, wait a minute.

(03:15):
Y'all thought I was finishedand we took care of business.
Man um, I believe we came backto Dallas.
Man um, I believe we came backto dallas and we came up 3-0 and
my boy, edward, said look forgame four.
He just didn't want to getswept.
But I get it, uh.
So they ended up winning gamefour.

(03:37):
And then, of course, we had togo ahead and go back to
minnesota and then let them stayin minnesota and we took our
butts to the finals.
That series, it was fun.
It was a fun series.
Minnesota's well on their way.
I feel like, if my memoryserves me correctly, I don't
feel like Minnesota was usingtheir pieces correctly, like

(03:58):
they could have bullied us downlow and they didn't.
So thank you, minnesota, fornot using your bigs.
We really appreciate that.
And because you didn't use yourbigs the correct way, uh, we
went to the finals and we playedagainst the Boston Celtics.
Um, anything that you want tosay about the Western Conference

(04:19):
.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Finals.
No, uh, I was happy to seeDallas make it um for the first
time since the last time youguys won the championship, and
so it was good to see.
Luka averaged 32 in that series32, 9, and 8.
Really around that 9 up to a 10.
And then Anthony Edwards heaveraged 25, 9, and 8.

(04:39):
But it was a good series man.
I mean well, it was a good likeif you were watching the game.
It was a good series man.
I mean well, it was a good likeif you were watching the games.
It was a good series.
Obviously, you know theMavericks won in five, but it
was definitely entertaining.
The games were fun.
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (04:55):
They were fun.
I definitely would say who wasbig for us in that series?
Derrick Jones Jr.
I think he was real big for usin that series.
He had knocked down some clutchshots, um, pj.
Pj was good, but I think pjreally was better in that, in
that clippers and okay, c series.
But I feel like that minnesota,oh, our bigs, played a big role

(05:18):
in that series.
Man lively just was sickeningbananas.
Uh, gafford even had a showingtoo.
So I mean, nothing was stoppingthe mavericks.
I, I feel like man and the, um,the timberwolves, I just feel
like you know, a young team, uh,and edwards is fairly young, 22
years old.

(05:38):
Uh, cat, again, I appreciate youshooting threes, bro, I really
do, kat, I really do appreciateyou shooting those threes.
Man, you know God forbid thatyou used your body and went down
low and abused us, yourseven-foot frame and you was out
there, you know, jacking themup like Steph Curry and you know

(05:59):
, because of that, thank you, wewere able to advance to the
finals.
So you know, but to be arealist, and you know I am a
Mavs fan, but to be just likeloving basketball period, I want
this for Cat.
I want Cat to work on hisinside and outside game.
You know, play that bully balldown low, abuse the defense down

(06:20):
low and then get comfortableand then go step outside and
take the three.
The fact that you were, you know, living at the three-point line
, you know really helped theMavericks because we didn't have
to worry about, you know, y'allout.
You know, is it outmatching usdown low?
There was no threat there.

(06:41):
So, you know, shout out to Kat.
But seriously, I would like foryou to, you know, work on that
inside-outside game.
Yeah, anything from that seriesyou got.

Speaker 2 (06:55):
Nope, I'll say what I had to say.
Look at this thing, kyrie,outside was 27.
Pj 12.2.
I mean, y'all took care ofbusiness in that series.
I, like you said earlier,though, I did think that it
would go the distance, but itdid not.

Speaker 1 (07:11):
it ended at five, and I appreciate that.
So then the mavericks foundthemselves in the nba finals.
Who would have thought it?
You know, you know you dreamabout that.
You want that to happen foryour team, but for it to finally
happen it was really big fornot only myself but for the city
of Dallas.

(07:31):
We faced off against the BostonCeltics, but unfortunately we
fell short, losing that seriesin five games where Boston took
care of business.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
Four games to one we really didn't talk about the
Eastern.
Conference Finals.
Oh Well, just to mention it.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
I mean let's roll back then.
Celtics took care of businessagainst the Pacers man, they
just rolled, they really rolledthrough the playoffs.
You know people say that oh,this was the easiest you know
roll to the finals ever.
But people forget when you'rethe number one team, it's

(08:14):
supposed to be the easiest rollto the finals, not necessarily.
Well, I'm saying, because youare number one team, you play
the grand scheme of things,though Vails.
You are number one team, you,you play the grand scheme of
things, though those is thenumber one seed gets the better
chances of making it becausethey've earned.
You know that right now it's upfor the those lesser or lower

(08:38):
teams to show up and I'll playthem, and, and and to move on.
Or, you know, I'm saying to atleast I'll play them and try to
hold them and to move on, or youknow what I'm saying, to at
least outplay them and try tohold on and to win, like that's
why the 1C plays the AC, youknow.
You know, theoretically, the 1Cis supposed to be better than
AC.
You're supposed to give them abetter trajectory.

Speaker 2 (08:58):
Everybody had injuries, though like each team
that they played, had injuriesand okay, can we?

Speaker 1 (09:04):
well let me ask you this, and I'm glad you said that
what teams in that playoffs didyou actually see beating the
Celtics, philly, philly, ahealthy Philly had they beat New
York, honestly, the EasternConference.

Speaker 2 (09:26):
like those games were close, yeah, like the pacers
had their chances.
They just didn't take care ofit, like they didn't finish
those games yeah, those gameswere close, wasn't?
That hurt and then maybe miamicould have gave them a run for
their money.
If jimmy, would you know ifthey had made a little bit bit
further if Jimmy was healthy.
The Bucs I mean it's a few ofthem teams that I could have

(09:47):
seen beat them if they were attheir full strength.

Speaker 1 (09:53):
I could.
You know I could, yeah, yeah, Ijust feel like I will say this
I had Celtics, I had Celtics in,but at the beginning of the
season I had Celtics and Bucs inthe you know when it was going
to be in the finals.
Celtics just have been a goodteam all year long.
They were number one from thebeginning.
They have, and I just think itwas just their time and their

(10:16):
year, and I guess that kind ofsays way back into what I was
saying.
The Mavericks fell short to theCeltics and, as a Mavs fan, I'm
disappointed, but I'm not.
I wasn't mad, you know for one.
We weren't supposed to be there.
Nobody had the Mavericks goingto the finals, and Mavs fans

(10:37):
will be lying if they said theydid.
I didn't, I was more.
So let's just get in theplayoffs and let's see what
happens.
Let's just see.
And things start to happen andthings look good and we found
ourselves in the finals.
Now what killed us was losing0-2, dropping 0-2 to Boston.
We did not take a game inBoston ever throughout the whole

(11:01):
series.
We could not win in Boston.
Going down 0-2 and then cominghome and then dropping down to
0-3, the series is over.
It's 0-156, now 157 of teamstrailing 0-3 and coming back and
winning.
So the series was done.

(11:26):
I just feel like if we had stolea game because we should have
won game two, game one, we wereout of it.
We were just out of it, therewas nothing.
Game two, we had a chance towin.
I felt like we won.
Game two came back to Dallas,took care of business.
That series was going six orseven.
Of course it did not.
But, as I was saying, I'm notmad that we lost, disappointed
because it did not.
Um, but as I was saying, likeI'm not mad that we lost,
disappointed because when youknow you don't, we don't go

(11:47):
often.
We're not one of those teamsthat just goes to the finals and
it's okay, we'll, we'll be backnext year and we'll get them.
We'll get them next year.
Uh, the island smash is not ateam that's consistently going
to the finals, um, so once weget there, it's like I want to
win.
But, truth be told, boston wasthe better team and they had
been the better team all seasonand if we're gonna lose, I I can

(12:14):
take losing to Boston.
Boston has been there, um, andthey've lost a couple of times
and third time's a charm andthey took care of business and I
just want to go on record assaying I can confidently say we
will be back and it will be arematch next season and we'll

(12:35):
get into that a little bit later, but this ain't the last time
y'all saw the Mavericks andCeltics playing each other in
the finals, so I hope nobodythinks that that was a one-off,
because it's not In 2025, we'llbe having a different
conversation for sure.
I like your confidence, you know, hey.
But yeah, celtics did whatthey're supposed to do man Drew

(13:00):
Holiday.
That was a great addition totheir team.
Great addition.
I do believe that adding himcatapulted them into this
situation.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
In my opinion, what you think, Well, I was actually
rooting for the Mavs in thefinals, and it just didn't go.
That's probably why, thoughthat's probably why we lost Mavs
fans, it's because this Lakerfan.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Or this LeBron fan.

(13:30):
By the way of the Lakers, Don'tput that on me.
Y'all just lost.
It's because of her.
It's because of her.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
That loser voodoo sprinkled all over my team and
that's why we lost.
So sprinkled all over my teamand that's why we lost.
So you know what?
Jump in, jump in and just houndher cause.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
She's the reason why the Mavs fell short and Drake
and Drake Mavs fans were excitedand you know it's a couple of
guys I work with on the weekendsand, oh yeah, I haven't had
this feeling since 2011 yeah,mavs gonna win it all.
I'm like, okay, you know, wegonna see work with on the
weekends.
And uh, oh yeah, I haven't hadthis feeling since 2011.
Yeah, now's gonna win it all.
I'm like, okay, you know, we'regonna see.
You know, I want y'all to likewe're gonna see.

(14:11):
You know, I mean um, but it justdidn't happen and the only
reason I have my trovo voice onright now is because, like
lisa's tone sounded a little bitdifferent right when she was
going through that.
She sounded a little sad and Iget it, you know, I mean, I
understand, and that's why wealways must what?

(14:33):
because, you just never know.
You just never know.
Look, I understand, brad hasbeen to the finals like 10 times
and you, you know.
I know what losing in thefinals feels like and I also
know what winning in the finalsfeels like.
You know what I mean.
Dallas did win in 2011, and Iwill give them that.

(14:54):
But yeah, yeah, it didn't go asplanned for the Mavericks fans
this time around.
Now Lisa's saying that they maybe back next year.
I don't know, we'll see.
And the only reason I don'twant to fall victim to that is
because so much can happen overthe course of a season.
I mean so much.
Anything can happen.
You know what I mean.
So, like you know, with thepickups and the acquisitions and

(15:18):
we'll get into that later thatDallas has now, I mean they do
have a good chance, but you gotto think about it.
The Western Conference is goingto be tougher next year.
Like it's not going to be thesame.
Like you'll get job back.
You know everybody's going tobe back and healthy.
But, like I said, you justnever know what will happen over
the course of a season.
And this is not shade.

(15:38):
Like I really was rooting forthe Mavericks, like I wanted
them to win.
I was gonna go to the champion,uh, the championship parade.
I was gonna celebrate, you know, along with my Mavericks fans.
Man, like I was gonna celebratewith y'all.
But, dang like, when y'all wentdown 0-2 and then 0-3, I'm like
, yeah, I mean I, I held on to alittle bit of faith, like maybe
they can do it.

(15:59):
I don't know, we'll see, maybethey can come back from down 3-0
, because it was like it was howy'all were playing.
It was the momentum.
It really felt good wheneverthe Mavericks won Game 4 at home
.
I was like okay, maybe they onto something, I don't know,
we'll see, but in that Game 5,boston was done playing with
them.
They went on and took care ofbusiness and won the
championship.

(16:20):
See, here's the thing.
I don't like Boston like thatthough.
You know what I mean.
So, like I mean, I guess,individually, I'm happy for
Jalen Brown, I'm happy for, youknow, jason Tatum.
You know I'm happy for ChrisStapps, you know, dealing with
what he's been dealing with,injury-wise, being traded from
team to team.
But you know, to me it was acheap championship.

(16:41):
It does not move me.
Now, had Dallas won, it wouldhave been a legit.
Well, this is just my opinion,guys.
Had Dallas won, I feel like itwould have been.
I feel like some shade has beenthrown around here.
It's not towards the Mavs.
Had Dallas won, it would havebeen to me a legit championship,
but I feel like Boston went inand made it cheap only because
of the route that they took toget there.

Speaker 1 (17:01):
Because of the route that they took to get there.
So you're not trying to say itwas cheap because they beat us.
No, no, no, no.
Because we're a tough team no,no, no, all right, then I
digress.

Speaker 2 (17:10):
But yeah, so, and the reason why I say like so much
can happen over the course of aseason because, like, look at it
, like last year around thistime, whenever we were having
this conversation about thefinals and the Nuggets winning,
like we both felt as if theNuggets could get back you know
what I mean to the finals, forsure, but look where they ended.
You know what I mean.
They were done in what?
The semis, yeah, the semi,whatever, it is Right.

(17:35):
So they were done, but yeah, itwas a little quiet for a couple
of days after the Mavs tooktheir last L, but I mean they're
going to be a really good team.
They're going to be a tough teamto be reckoned with next season
.
I mean, what is his name, whatis y'all GM's name?

(17:55):
Nico Harrison.
Nico Harrison is doing atremendous job of running that
team and that organization, orhelping run an organization and
getting those players to comeand play in Dallas or come and
play here in Dallas.
And so I'm not mad, I'm notagain.
I tell my peeps this all thetime I'm Mavericks fans, I like
the Mavs, I do.
You know what I mean and Isupport them as well.

(18:17):
I mean, I, I'm rooting forLeBron until he retires and then
you know I've said this beforeI will be rooting for the home
team, like this is no secret, Isaid this way before like they
were even, like you know, likein contention or just trying to
get to the playoffs, you know Imean, but, um, I mean we'll see,
we'll see moving forward, umyeah, I will say this.

Speaker 1 (18:37):
I, I will say this.
The reason, one of the reasonswhy, um, it was lopsided like
this, is because of Kyrie's playin Boston.
Yeah, I don't know if he needto have a seance.
I don't know if he need to pullout some garlic.
I don't know what Kyrie needsto do, because I don't

(19:03):
understand why you can't play inBoston.
Now I get it.
The whole debacle, the whole I.
You know what I feel like thecity of Boston has put roots on
Kyrie.
It's just like he forgets howto play basketball when he goes
to Boston ever since he steppedon their mascot in the middle of
them.

Speaker 2 (19:21):
I'm telling you they put roots on that man they not
in your order.

Speaker 1 (19:24):
He hadn't even won a game against boston at all
period in boston, or against?

Speaker 2 (19:30):
no, he did.
It had been like a let I know.
But yeah, in the finals it hadlike been like 11 games straight
, yeah and so yeah.

Speaker 1 (19:37):
So the people of boston, in the city of boston,
can you please take your handsoff for kairi please?
He is sorry, okay.
I'm apologizing for Kyrie.
He is sorry that he did that.
He stepped on your logo.
He was wrong.
He is sorry for for tellingy'all he was gonna retire or
something and he didn't like.
He is sorry, like.
Take the apology from me.

(19:58):
Put your hands off for Kyrie,please, so we can, so we can
move, move on, so we can beaty'all.
You know what I mean.
But in all seriousness,something I think it's mental,
because I just don't see how oneteam or one arena make you lose

(20:18):
your superpowers like that.
It was like he was a shell ofhimself every time in the TD
Garden, like I didn't know who.
I had put out.
I put an APB out on Kyrie atone point in the series.
I was like, well, can somebodyfind out where Kyrie is and let
him know that the Mavericks arein the finals?
Because what's going on here?

(20:39):
So I mean I don't know and Ihope I don't know what it's
going to take.
Like I'm trying to think likedoes he need to come out and
apologize publicly because it'sweird that he cannot play in the
Garden, or he can't playagainst the Celtics?
Like I don't know.

(21:01):
But that has to like.
That literally has to change.
Like next season, like,whatever it is, shake it off.
So literally has to change nextseason.

Speaker 2 (21:06):
Whatever it is, shake it off, hey we all make
mistakes.

Speaker 1 (21:09):
We all do things that we may or may not regret.
But what?
Keep going.
But we got to be able to playin any arena.
An arena shouldn't have thatmuch control over our game like
that.
So please, boston, please.

Speaker 2 (21:27):
He is sorry.
All I can say is Brian want toring with Kyrie.
That's all I'm going to saywhat does that have to do with
anything?
I'm going to just say that.

Speaker 1 (21:39):
It's the living in the past.
For me.

Speaker 2 (21:41):
Yeah, that was in 2016.
We came back down from a 3-1deficit um, but I don't think
you done for me late.
I picked Dallas to win solelyoff of the strength of um
experience of Kyrie in the wayhe played in 2016 with Brian,
because, you know, luca kind ofreminds me of Brian, like not,
they don't play the same way,but he just reminds me of him.

(22:03):
Um, and then just Luca periodlike those two was handling
business yeah throughout the youknow entire playoffs and then
they get to the finals and,kyrie, he went to bed a little
bit that's fine, hey, like thesports.

Speaker 1 (22:16):
Uh, listeners.
Every time they'll say, blonde,take a shot oh my gosh, let's
play a game.
I said they want to ringtogether, so I'm gonna see if
y'all can do it, I'm going tosee if.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Kyrie can win a ring with Luka.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
We'll see.
We'll see how it goes.
And another thing about thatseries too what we lacked that
made a very difference besidesKyrie not being able to perform
is shooting.
We lacked that, you know.
We lacked an extra score.
If Luka's not having a goodgame, you expect Kyrie to step

(22:52):
up, but if Kyrie's not having agood game and Luka's not having
a good game, we needed somebodyto step up.
Pj wasn't consistent, djjwasn't consistent, tim Hardaway
Jr just non-existent until whenthe game was out of reach.
I'm talking about game four andwe put the smack down on them
and he was, you know, he hitlike six, seven threes in a row,

(23:14):
but it was like garbage minutesand the game was already out of
reach, like we didn't have any.
That third option, we didn'tand I think that is what killed
us.
It wasn't a defense, because adefense it was okay, it had
stepped up, it was all right, itwasn't great.
I'm not going to say we're, youknow, a number one defensive

(23:34):
team, but it was enough to getthe job done.
But it was just the offense.
We couldn't buy a bucket.
I mean, you know we can't If Bbuy a bucket.
I mean you know we can't ifBucs are coming out there and
yanking threes and hitting themand we're selling and we can't,
and we're getting these twos.
Well, every time we can't get atwo for every day three.
We'll never catch up.

(23:54):
And so that's basically whathappened here.
We didn't have a third option.
Had we had a third option, thisseries may have went a different
kind of way.
Oh, but that has changed.
That has changed.
You know, free agency is uponus.

(24:14):
We're in the thick of it.
You know, a lot of the bignames are already off the board
and gone, so I'm going to takethis opportunity right now to
talk about who we just got.
First and foremost, we havetraded Tim Hardaway Jr.
Good riddance, he is gone.
Goodbye, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (24:37):
Y'all can't stand him no at all.

Speaker 1 (24:40):
His daddy was a great player in his time in the
league, but his son eh.
So I wish nothing but goodthings for Tim Hardaway Jr in
Detroit.
Good luck.
That's a poverty team too.
They're not near close of beinganything.

Speaker 2 (25:03):
They're not even a play-in team, Maybe next year
we're not even a play-in team.
Maybe next year we're going tosee K back.
Yeah, they got a new coach.

Speaker 1 (25:15):
I don't believe it.
I don't believe it.
We'll see, I'll be shocked.
And if they, do great, butDetroit I'm not.
I'm not stressful in Detroit,oh no, never mind.
Oh, but so we made a trade.
Tim Hardaway Jr is now withDetroit.
We got Quinn Grimes.
I'm not familiar with his game,but from what I've been reading

(25:36):
, he's like a 3 and D guy.
He's a dog, he's a guard, buthe's also a dog on defense and
he can get his own shots, andthat's something that we'll need
.
We also did a trade I believewe did some picks or something
like that and we got a NajeeHarris from the Pels.

(25:58):
I don't know much about him,but from what I've been reading,
he's another 3 and D guy, ahard-nosed defender, and can
also create his own shot and canhit from from beyond the yard.
These are the improvements thatwe are seeing, um, but we did
something really big.
Uh, yesterday we got us asharpshooter.

(26:24):
Now, I will preface by sayinghe's not who he once was, but
we're not asking him to be whohe once was.
We just need him to make theopen shots when the ball's
thrown to him.
Me and Vales had talked aboutthis.
You know, have we come to anend of an era?

(26:51):
And yesterday definitely saysyes, um, if you don't know what
I'm talking about by now, uh,clay Thompson is now a part of
the Dallas Mavericks.
Yeah, yeah, clay Thompson is apart of the Dallas Mavericks.
Yeah, yeah, klay Thompson is apart of the Dallas Mavericks and
he fits so perfectly.

(27:12):
This is a perfect fit for himand for us, and I say this
because we're not asking Klay todo more than what he needs to
do.
We're not asking him to be thesecond option.
We're just asking clay to domore than what he needs to do.
We're not asking him to be thesecond option, we're just asking
him to sit over there and beready for the ball and and and
be able to hit.

(27:33):
That's all we want out of clay.
Um.
So people are saying, oh, buthe's not what.
He only got that pressure.
He don't got that kind ofpressure.
We got Luka and Kyrie to takethat pressure off and you got to
be wide open, because theycommand so much attention that
Klay's going to be wide open andall he has to do is knock you

(27:57):
down.
That's it.
You ain't got to create, youain't you just hey, klay, I'm
going to penetrate and I'm gonnakick, and when I kick, you'll
be ready.
That's all.
And we got him for three yearsand 50 million, I believe that's
what.

Speaker 2 (28:14):
Yeah, it was or as if it was three years, yeah and um
, I think I think this has nowcatapulted us.

Speaker 1 (28:19):
We addressed I think this has now catapulted us we
addressed issues that we saw andwhat we saw was we need a third
option and again, like Vel said, shout out to Nico Harrison.
He addressed that third optionand I think Klay will excel here
for the time that he's here andI think, like I said, with that

(28:46):
addition, I think we will beback in the, the finals, and I
think we will go ahead and Lucasgonna win his first ring next
year.
Book it, clock it that's whatthey like to say now.
Clock it, clock it.
Okay, bold prediction.
But of course we did have togive up DJJ in the process of
getting Clay.
Um, but I did hear that wecould have retained DJJ that's

(29:06):
Dary Jones Jr but he changed theagents and it was like some
kind of weirdness going on andwe needed to make a move fast.
We couldn't wait to, like, Iguess, go into negotiations and
it's like alright, either you inor you out.
And new agent was like yeah,we're out and yeah and that, and

(29:28):
that's okay.
I'm sad because I'm gonna missthe hot flying the lobs and all
of that and the defensivepresence he had.
But I will say today, themavericks are better than what
they were a few weeks ago.

Speaker 2 (29:40):
I can say that too.
Yeah, uh, those pickups arereally major for y'all.
I mean, like I said, nico beenworking Last year at the trade
deadline bringing in PJ andGafford, and then, of course,
the year before that bringing inKyrie and now bringing Clay in.
Like you said, he does fitperfect in y'all's system
Because I mean, once Luka andKyrie start driving and

(30:02):
everybody collapses in on themkick, kick, kick, shot, shot,
shot, yep.
So yeah, I could see, I coulddefinitely see it working Like
no head over.
I could definitely see itworking.
I'm just upset that the Lakersdidn't get on, I know you are, I
know you are.
And it's not.
It is not just about Klay.
Like I feel like the Lakers aresitting on their hands at all

(30:27):
times.
I feel like this organizationis ran so poorly.
Yeah, I feel like Jeannie Bussneeds to be at.
Well, you know what and I'mtalking like, while Brian is
still here, she ain't goingnowhere.
But Jeannie Buss don't need tobe doing nothing, making no
decisions.
And I'm about done with RobPalenka too, because, like, what
are you doing?
What are you doing?

(30:50):
Like we didn't get DeMar, wedidn't get Ty Lue as the head
coach, we didn't get Klay, wedidn't get Kyrie.
Like, what are you doing?
I just think, what are youdoing?
That's what's bothering me.
It's just like they are not.
They are not making the movesthat they're supposed to,
they're not bringing in theplayers that they're supposed to

(31:11):
be getting.

Speaker 1 (31:11):
Well, let me ask you this is it that they're not, or
do maybe just hear me out do youthink maybe players just don't
want to go to la I?

Speaker 2 (31:25):
I think players do want to go to LA.
I think Clay was willing tocome to LA.
His father works for the Lakers.
He commentated James.
I think he wanted to be there,but I think the thing about it
is the Mavericks have alreadymade moves in order to make room
for Clay, right?

Speaker 1 (31:43):
Y'all offered him.
Y'all offered for Clay.
Y'all offered him, y'alloffered.
Y'all offered for Clay.
Y'all offered X more years andmore money.
I know.

Speaker 2 (31:48):
And LeBron took less money.
Well, he was saying he wasgoing to take less money.
They just don't make moveshappen, period.
Like it just never works out.
Pg, like PG and Kawhi.
You know what I mean.
Pg and Kawhi.
You know what I mean.
Like it just never works out.
And I'm glad we didn't getKawhi, by the way, because he is
an injury bug.
Yes, he do more sitting on thebench than he do playing in the

(32:12):
game Special on the court, buthe never plays.

Speaker 1 (32:15):
I just think and I hate to cut you off because I
know you're finna debate meabout this I just think that
players look at that roster anddo not think they're as close as
you think that they are,they're not.

Speaker 2 (32:31):
It's not a bad roster on paper, it's not.

Speaker 1 (32:35):
I mean, lebron is great, ad is too.

Speaker 2 (32:38):
AD is great.
I like Austin.
He's a really really good roleplayer.
But I look at y'all roster andI'm not fearful.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
I'm not fearful of an aging LeBron.
He's going to put up thenumbers.
Lebron is going to put up thenumbers.
He's still a freight train.
He's still going to do allthose things.
But I am not.
I look at the Lakers and I'mnot saying I'm going to count
every game that we play them atduh, but they don't scare anyone
and I don't think me and Idon't think they're as close as

(33:07):
you think they are.

Speaker 2 (33:08):
I think they are close and I'm so glad that we
got a new coach as well.
But I said this yesterday whomakes you?

Speaker 1 (33:16):
think they're that close.

Speaker 2 (33:18):
Because I, first of all, brian and AD were pretty
much healthy the entire season.
Okay, you put anybody aroundthem and even though, though,
like the last few years, ithasn't been like it hadn't
looked good, I mean they've beenplaying from the bottom,
they've been in the play-in.
But last year, like I said, wemade the play-in, we made the

(33:38):
Western Conference Finals comingout the play-in.
That's why I'm like, just getme in the playoffs, it playing.
That's why I'm like, just getme in the playoffs, it don't
even matter.
But I've always been like thatwith LeBron teams.
You know what I mean.
Just as long as we get there, Itrust them.
You know what I mean.
Denver was Denver.
They've had to play Denvertwice, two years in a row, in
the playoffs.
They are a tough beat, likeit's going to be any like tough

(34:02):
for anybody to beat them.
Now they're not looking thesame right now because they got
rid of some players.
They're probably not the same.
Denver Nuggets team still gotYoka, still got Murray, still
got Michael Porter Jr, ericGordon.
They're going to be decent, butthey're a tough beat, like the
Nuggets are tough.
So when you play those teamsback to back in the playoffs,
yeah, it's going to be tough foryou to win.

(34:24):
I feel like, had it beenanybody else in the Western
Conference Finals last year, theLakers would be in the finals
this year, had it been anybodyelse in the first round, which
this is why a lot of peoplewanted the Lakers to tank and
play OKC in the first round,because then it would have been
a different route to try to getto the Western Conference Finals
and then to try to ultimatelyget back to the Finals.

(34:45):
So I feel like they would havebeat OKC just like the.
Mavs did.
I feel like they would havebeat the Mavericks and this is
no shade.
I feel like they would havebeat the Mavericks and I feel
like they would have beat theTimberwolves.
Now, the Timberwolves wouldhave been tough.
It probably would have went sixor seven.
I'm not going to lie to you,because they're a tough team and

(35:07):
, as you said earlier, cat don'twant no smoke in the paint.
He ain't trying to get downthere and bang.
And Rudy Gobert, to me, isoverrated.
Now, anthony Edwards would havebeen a problem to deal with,
but other than that, they wouldhave beat them.
And then I also think that theywould have beat Boston in the
finals.
That's just me, that's just myopinion, that's just how I feel.
But you know, it is what it isLike.

(35:29):
We'll see next season.
They got a good pick at 17,finally, because they wasted a
pick on Jalen Hushafino lastyear and he was terrible and a
bust.
I hope they get rid of him.
And then you know, they pickedup Bronny at 55.
We'll get there.
But yeah, what do you have tosay?

Speaker 1 (35:45):
I just I love that.
You know you're a trooper,you're a trooper and that's good
.
But I don't think that thatLaker team is beating.

Speaker 2 (36:06):
Minnesota.
Had they got past the next day,it would be anybody.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
I don't, I just don't see that.

Speaker 2 (36:17):
Okay see, yes, tough, I don't know.
I think.
Okay, see, like we swept themin a season I think it was the
it wasn't a sweep, but we was up3-1, like in the series.
So In the season series, as youknow, as a sweep, but we was up
3-1 in the season series.

Speaker 1 (36:26):
As you know, as a coach, matchups is everything
Right, right, right right.
I think it's possible, and Iwould say it's possible, that
y'all may have gotten past OKCbecause, basically, what
happened to them?

Speaker 2 (36:40):
when they played us.

Speaker 1 (36:40):
They were just too young.

Speaker 2 (36:42):
And Shai was the old Shai Shaiai.
What's the name?
Is uh shay?
You can call me the one, okay,shay gilligis shay, he was the
only one you know.

Speaker 1 (36:55):
Chad had a few good games but, enough, right, jaylen
williams, the one with thebraids, because it's like 50 of
them on the team he showedmoments, moments, but then he
couldn't stay consistent to whatShea was bringing, so it may
have been possible because theyhad never been there before.

(37:17):
Please, we would have beat them.

Speaker 2 (37:19):
That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (37:20):
It's possible, y'all may have Minnesota, I don't know
.
I think that probably been abad matchup for you all, because
they run, minnesota runs, Idon't think the Lakers run, I
don't think y'all can will beable to run with them, okay, I
mean.

Speaker 2 (37:38):
I don't watch a lot of Laker games.
I just feel like from the fewthat I've watched, I don't think
they will be able to run withthem and this is why I say this,
is because the Lakers run.
They know how to control thetempo of the game you know what
I mean.
They know how to slow it downNow they will get out in
transition.
That's when they play theirbest basketball.
They will get out of transition.
You know lobs here, lobs there,finishes.

(37:59):
But I feel like, you know, likeI said, that's why I said that
would have been a tough series.
Probably would have been six orseven, yeah, but I still would
have had just experience.
I still would have had theLakers over the Timberwolves.

Speaker 1 (38:11):
I got you there Because experience did kill the
Timberwolves too.
But then we get down to theMavericks and that's just
blasphemy.

Speaker 2 (38:17):
We would have beat y'all.

Speaker 1 (38:19):
That's just blasphemy , that.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
I hate that it didn't happen, but in my heart I know,
I know we would have got y'allout of there Probably in six.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
But we would have got y'all out of there.
I don't think so.
Okay, I mean the series couldhave went six or seven, I will
agree, but y'all have the Lakershave not.
At that point in time, theLakers had not played the
Mavericks.
When they had the damn Gaffordsand they had the PJ Washingtons
, they didn't play us.
When we was this new team thatwas the Dark Horse, y'all didn't

(38:52):
see us then.
No, you didn't, okay.
And I don't think y'all hadenough to contain AD would have
abused Gafford and Lively.
Okay, okay.

Speaker 2 (39:03):
We saw that happen during the season, like Lively
had nothing for, ad Gaffordnothing for.

Speaker 1 (39:08):
AD.
But do you want to say we'reknocking?

Speaker 2 (39:10):
down Y'all would have been.
I don't know.
I just feel like.

Speaker 1 (39:15):
I mean the play could have, would have shut out, yeah
right.

Speaker 2 (39:17):
Luka would have balanced out with Brian.

Speaker 1 (39:21):
Then, kyrie, I'll give who's guarding Kyrie.

Speaker 2 (39:28):
Child, then I'll give who's guarding kairi child we
got, we got defenders now andkairi, as we saw in the finals,
uh, when he, when he's, whenhe's getting deed up, he, he
struggles and so, um, had thehad, we kept playing.
Uh, what's his name?
And I can't even think of hisname right now.
Oh man, uh, vando, that, we gotvando on the heando.
He's a defensive guy.
All right, cam Reddish,defensive guy.

(39:48):
Like we would have found ways,even if we had to switch it up
each night.
It don't matter.
What I'm saying is we wouldhave beat you out.

Speaker 1 (39:56):
I disagree, Okay, but again, we're not going to know
until next season and I don'tthink Boston was on a mission.
I just don't think.
No matter who Boston played, Ithink Boston was going to win
the finals.
Boston would have went home.

Speaker 2 (40:11):
I disagree.
We saw it happen.
We saw it happen in 2018.
Same team, just without ChrisStapps, and Chris Stapps only
played two games of the finalsanyway, we saw it happen in 2018
.
Brian had a nothing team andthey in the series, they go
seven.
The series, they go seven.
And we beat them.

(40:33):
Now, different players now, butTatum was mediocre.
That's why he didn't get thefinals.
Mvp Jalen Brown got it.
You know what I mean.
He played well Don't get mewrong Like he wasn't doing
nothing, but I don't know, Idon't know.
I guess, like you said, we cankeep playing hypotheticals.
I guess we'll never know, butyou know that's just how
confident I am I mean, Iappreciate that.

(40:54):
I feel like the Lakers reallypicked up momentum at the end.
It sucked that we were where wewere, so we didn't get a better
seating, but their.
So we didn't get a betterseeding, but their momentum like
picked up at the end.
They had their chances againstthe Nuggets.
They just couldn't close games.
Yeah, just couldn't close games, like the game, for instance,
the game they were up 20.
Yeah, I mean, how do you looklike you can't lose games like

(41:15):
that in the playoffs?
So they have what it takes.
Getting back to what we weretalking about, they have what it
takes.
Just, I don't know, we'll see.
Like you said, we'll see nextseason, we'll see next season.

Speaker 1 (41:26):
So you know we won't stay long on that.
Yeah, we got to move, but y'allhaven't made any off-season
moves as of yet.
Right now, not right now.
Okay, you know, is thereanybody that's still out there
or any trades that you see thatcould possibly be a fit to make
your Laker dreams come true.

Speaker 2 (41:48):
I like your dreams it's not just about them but, uh
, the Rosen.
But I'm seeing that he's linkedto the heat now, um, I want to
know what Trey young is going todo now that Chris Paul is in
San Antonio, because we'retalking about teaming up uh um,
when being in Trey young Youngis going to do now that Chris
Paul is in San Antonio, becausethey were talking about teaming
up uh um, wimby and Trey Youngthat would have been good I

(42:08):
would I take that over, chrisPaul?
yeah, um, I want to see whatTrey's gonna do.
That's a that that.

Speaker 1 (42:15):
Chris Paul going to San Antonio um, which is another
highlight, um of the freeagency movement that's giving
real Greg Popovich-like.
That was a Greg Popovich move.

Speaker 2 (42:28):
He probably wanted that veteran presence in the
locker room.
And, chris, he's a leader.
I hear that he talks a lot, andso I think that this will be
good for Wimbledon.
I mean, we don't know how muchhe has left in the tank.

Speaker 1 (42:42):
No, Chris Paul is done and he really should have
been done this year, but theystill got good young players
over there.
You know I mean they do.
So I'm guessing, can we say,with chris paul going to san
antonio and knowing that sanantonio is probably they'll be
okay, as you think he has givenup getting a ring, with him

(43:02):
going to San Antonio signingthis one year deal.
He was waived, so he had nochoice Right well, right.
Because he couldn't sign withSan Antonio, thinking that
they're going to win it all yeah, yeah.
And you know, for a while Chriswas, you know, hungry for a
ring, so is it now.

Speaker 2 (43:23):
I think this is it.
I think his chance is doneUnless they just miraculously go
ham in the West next year.
That's not going to happen.
I think his chance is to winthe ring or none, because how
many times are you going to beweighed and picked up by other
teams, like teams are startingnot to?
You know what I mean.
It's like it's Chris Paul.
He's older, he's injured a lot.
He ain't really been playing awhole lot of basketball.

(43:50):
I think this will be it.
I think he may retire or spurtunless they send him back to the
clippers or something heretired clip or even send him
back to new orleans and you knowhe's, he uh retires there.
But I think this is it yeah, Ithink.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
So, I think this is done and I think you know, hey,
why not get coached by gray pop?
You know what I'm saying onyour way out the door, yeah, but
I think, that works Pop andthey kind of got the same kind
of mentality.
So I think that's good.
What's some more acquisitions?

(44:19):
That is kind of spicy PG to theSixers that.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
So, again, all all of these moves that are being made
are cool, just like when katiewent to the suns and I'm just
like, okay, it looked good onpaper, but yeah, you don't.
You don't believe, I didn'ttrust bill his.
Yeah, you know, I mean yeah.
And so when I look at this pgand mb, I always hurt yeah, so
we.
So that's why I said so muchcan happen over the course of a

(44:47):
season, so I guess we just haveto see it play out, but these
players have to stay healthy.
But I think that was a big move.
I think that the Clippers wereready to just like move on from
PG.
You know, they showed who Iguess who they depended on,
which was James Harden, kawhi.

(45:09):
They even kept Kawhi, which isconfusing to me.
Right?
If anything, I would have keptPG and traded Kawhi.

Speaker 1 (45:17):
I think so too.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
Yeah, because like, come on, bro, you played what
one game in the playoffs, yeah,and that was it.
Like let's stop like we hadn'tdone anything since you and pg
been playing together, y'all hadjames harden over there,
russell westbrook, like y'allhad some pieces and it still
didn't work still didn't workout and so, um, they got, you

(45:38):
know, they uh extended hardenand then they also picked up uh
kpj right and his name is.
It started when they played inHouston.
Kevin Porter Jr and so I thinkthat they see something in him
that could you know, because hewas actually pretty good, so I
think that's why it was likekind of done with the whole PG.

Speaker 1 (46:01):
I think Kawhi's done I think he'si's done, I think
he's a lay in the inevitable.
Yeah, I want to say Kawhi isdone, man, and I gave him a
couple more years.
But dude can't stay healthy andI guess he's going to go
another year.
But I feel like yo, if he can't, you know, help his team win.

(46:24):
And he can't stay on the court,why, why?
Why continue to be there?
Yeah, so I can see, and I'll goon record right now saying that
if kawai is injured next seasonand is unable to be there for
his team, that this might be itfor him this might be his.
This may be his uh.
I really hate to hear that his,his uh going away tour yeah so

(46:47):
I really hate to hear that, butI mean, yeah, he hadn't.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
He has not played a lot of games.
No, he hasn't, and they stillain't won no championship.
They did all that talking whenkawaii pg landed in la with, you
know, the little crown on thekey chain and earn, not giving.

Speaker 1 (47:04):
And now look at y'all so yep, no, hey, man f the
clippers, man, they, they gottheir sons.
Um what else?
What else uh free agents movinganymore, any big ones?
Kcp, he uh going to orlando,yeah, he going to Orlando.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
Yeah, he's going to Orlando.
I think that's really good,because Orlando was actually in
the playoffs.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, orlando'scoming yeah, and so I kind of
like what they doing over therein Orlando.

Speaker 1 (47:35):
So Denver got weaker then huh.

Speaker 2 (47:36):
Denver got a little weaker.
But, like I said, the summerain't over.
You know what I mean.
Like they could bring inanybody, you know, to fill the
void.
But I mean it's going to betough to like fill that KCP void
because he was such a big partof their offense.
You know what I mean.
But they still, like Imentioned earlier, they still
have MPJ, they still have NikolaJokic and then they still have

(47:58):
Jamal Murray.
So I don't think they're goingaway.
I think they'll still be a topfive five team in the west, if
not top three.
Yeah, um, we saw how thatplayed out, you know, this year.
So I mean I don't think they'rejust they're not done, they're
definitely not done yeah,they're gonna.

Speaker 1 (48:14):
They'll have to do something there.

Speaker 2 (48:16):
Yeah, um some some extensions, huh, donovan,
donovan mitchell standing incleveland yep, donovan mitchell
standing cleveland um they him,which was surprising to me.
I thought he was going to leave.
Yeah, and then.
I could see him in Miami.
You know I could too.
I could definitely see him inMiami.
Cade Cunningham got anextension DFW product.

(48:39):
Yeah, shout out to.

Speaker 1 (48:40):
Cade.

Speaker 2 (48:41):
And they paid that man Yep.

Speaker 1 (48:43):
Best thing they got going in Detroit.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
Tatum Size of lines Got an extension.
Tobias Harris went back to thePistons.
Yeah, that's crazy.
He left Philly and went back tothe Pistons.
He should retire too.
He still got a little bit oflove.
He just man.
I'm not pleased.
He's a role player.

Speaker 1 (48:59):
He's a role player.
He's always been that.
He's a role player.

Speaker 2 (49:01):
He's a role player.

Speaker 1 (49:02):
He's always been.
Yeah, that's the thing.
Tobias Harris has always been arole player, but for some
reason y'all was trying to crownhim like a superstar and I
hadn't really seen enough fromTobias to be like superstar and
y'all was paying him like one.
But Tobias is just regular.
He's, like you said, a roleplayer.

Speaker 2 (49:21):
He's a role player.
So Tatum Tatum got an extensionwith the Celtics.
I mean that was going to payhim and I think Tatum may retire
in Boston.

Speaker 1 (49:34):
I can see that happening.
He's a staple, but can we go onthe record real quick?
Who's better?

Speaker 2 (49:43):
Brown, or Tatum after these finals.
I just watched and really justthey whole playoff run.
I think it's Brown Real quick.

Speaker 1 (49:50):
Who's better Brown?

Speaker 2 (49:50):
or Taylor After these finals.
I just watched and really justthey whole playoff run.
I think it's Brown Brown reallystepped his game up in these
playoffs, man.
Yeah, he been hooping like aman possessed yeah yeah.
I think it's Brown, me too.
He got the finals MVP.
It looked like I don't think hewas salty, but it looked like
he was a little salty in hisface.
He adjusted his hat, yeah, like, all right, cool, all right, we
just won championship.
But let me stop here.

(50:11):
One thing that annoyed me wasTatum trying to recreate these
finals moments.
Just be you, just be yourself,like it.
It literally looked like tatumwas watching youtube videos of
nba players winning thechampionship.

(50:31):
Okay, I'm gonna do this.
I'm gonna pose like this, likekobe on the wall.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna copy kevingarnett whenever he said
anything is possible, but he wasjust like we did it.
It it was so cringy, it wascringy.
And then when he dropped themic, when they was out clubbing
and celebrating, he was like Iguess we'll never know Copy and

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Kanye.
And then uh, yeah, of courseCigar said too she's like bro,
like he just did so much, andI'm watching this live.
I'm like I can't believe he'sdoing this right now like what
it was so cringy, yeah, and atfirst I thought I was the only
one that saw it, until I jumpedon uh x, aka twitter, and I'm

(51:14):
like, yeah, everybody else sawit too I'm like I'm not true,
but that was.
It was funny and I and I hit thegroup that night and I know
y'all was pretty much like y'allwas upset, but I was like I
know y'all upset right now.
But what Tatum just did washilarious because, like, be you,
be genuine, you don't have tolook up, uh, championship
celebrations, you don't justcelebrate your championship, be

(51:36):
you and go on like that was socorny to me yeah he's a corny
guy and you know, like, eveneven Brian was like whenever he,
whenever they won achampionship at 16, he was like
cleveland this is for you.
Like.
It's just like.
I felt like he just watched allof those clips and was just
trying to think of somethingthat would have been like a
viral moment like sir, no, I'mtrying to go viral it annoyed me

(51:59):
so bad, but you know, it iswhat it is now.

Speaker 1 (52:03):
You're right though, because it was cringe.
I'm like this guy, but yeah, sohe got extended.
Like you said, he'll probablyretire at sea and that's cool,
but we do know we're inagreement that Jalen Brown is
the best player on that team.

Speaker 2 (52:17):
Yeah, the Pelicans just got somebody too right and
I can't think of the top of myhead who went to the oh DeJounte
Murray.
Dejounte Murray to the Pelicanswas a really good move.

Speaker 1 (52:29):
I think so that was a good move because I mean it
puts, it takes the pressure offof CJ McCollum.

Speaker 2 (52:33):
He can go back to his true position, which is a shoe
guard right and I think thatthey could be really good next
year, because I mean, they werealready showing signs this year.
You know what I mean, and so Ithink that they can be good.
I think Zion got hurt like atthe end of the season, so if he
can stay healthy they can be acontender in the West.

Speaker 1 (52:52):
I think so they will be in the playoff race.

Speaker 2 (52:58):
They're not giving finals contenders well, like,
when I say contender, I meanlike playoff contender.
They can be tough.

Speaker 1 (53:05):
I can see that.
I can see that, yeah, anybodyelse, anybody else extend what
we?

Speaker 2 (53:10):
got who else extended ?

Speaker 1 (53:15):
You said somebody had went to the Pacers.
Did we already talk about that?

Speaker 2 (53:20):
James Wiseman yeah, went to the Pacers he started in
.
Golden State then went to thePistons and now he is a Pacer.
I think that's a good pickup.
I think it is too.
You think he'll start withMiles Turner.

Speaker 1 (53:38):
I would Well Siakam.

Speaker 2 (53:42):
Pascal, so he'll probably be coming off the bench
.
He'll probably be coming offthe bench?

Speaker 1 (53:45):
Yeah, he'll probably be coming off the bench, so it's
, what's the point guard?
Halliburton?
Yeah, tyrese, and who?
I don't know who that two is, Idon't know.
Three, is Siakam a three orfour?
I?

Speaker 2 (54:06):
think he's a four like a three four.

Speaker 1 (54:08):
And then Turner, he.

Speaker 2 (54:10):
They had a little breakout player too, and I can't
think of his name, but he wasdang.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
I'm sure, because I wouldn't mind that starting
lineup Halliburton, halliburton.

Speaker 2 (54:21):
We're both at the same time.

Speaker 1 (54:25):
And Wiseman and Siakam.
I mean they'll be playing big.
I don't know if I want to gobig like that, as far as you
know, because this is more of ashooter's league.
You need people to be able torun and you know, stop the three
and stuff.
But I'm not mad at the pickupfrom the Pacers.
It doesn't move the needle forme though, right, but it's a

(54:48):
good pickup man playoff team.

Speaker 2 (54:51):
Yeah, I mean there's been a lot of moves made, man.

Speaker 1 (54:55):
And they're still being made.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
Yeah, as we speak, they're still being made, so
yeah.

Speaker 1 (55:01):
I don't think Dallas is done.
I think Dallas still.
I think Dallas got another moveleft in them.
Whether I don't think Dallas isdone, I think Dallas still.
I think Dallas got another moveleft in them.
Whether it's going to be rightnow or at the trade deadline, I
don't think Dallas is done.
So it's just going to get alittle bit more scary for you,
ninjas, a little bit more scaryfor y'all.
I really don't have anythingelse about the NBA man because,
like I said, we're in the thickof it.
We just kind of wanted to kindof go back and catch up, and you

(55:24):
know to where we are now.
What you got?
Anything else?

Speaker 2 (55:29):
summer league starting soon summer league is
starting also.
Kimball Walker retired today.
My most memorable play from himwas when he was in college.
Actually, he made that big manfall and hit that game winner on
him, he UConn right yes, hewent to UConn.
He was in college actually.
He made that big man fall, yeah, and he hit that game winner on
him.
That was he uconn, right?
Yes, he went to uconn.
He was a uconn husky, um.

(55:51):
And so yeah, uh, shout out tokimba.
You know he had a decent career, yeah, um we had him for like a
second yeah, yeah, yeah, andyou know, and I think he just
feels like it's time to go aheadand hang those sneaks, you know
because it's a tough league man.
Yeah, everybody can't play 21,22, 23 years, you know, I mean
everybody ain't lebron,everybody ain't buying.

(56:12):
You feel me and it's.
But when you honestly, though,when you see these players
retiring, especially like atsuch an early or, you know, like
early age and we only played 10, 12, 10 to 15 years in the
league you really like like lookat players like Brian and Chris
Paul and um, um you appreciatethem.

(56:33):
Yeah, you do.
It's just like dang, like thisis this is not an easy feat.
Like you can't everybody can'tjust do this.
No, you know what I mean.
And so, uh, you gotta make theyears count while you're in the
league.
But, yeah, shout out to KimbaHappy four years, happy
retirement.

Speaker 1 (56:49):
Probably got something lined up you know,
hopefully Maybe go on the bigthree or something.

Speaker 2 (56:54):
Big three, or he may coach or he may try to do.
I mean, he probably got somebusiness ventures.
Hopefully, hopefully he does.

Speaker 1 (56:59):
You know you spent your money right, yeah, yeah, or
saved it, or whatever.

Speaker 2 (57:08):
Yeah, saved it or whatever.
Uh, before we get out of here,tap into that, uh, that brani
pick man.
So, as you all know, the draftwas just uh, last week, um,
terrible draft, by the way, yeah, it wasn't.
It wasn't too good of a draft,um, because I really didn't know
a lot of players, nobody thatthing, maybe that rob denlihan
person, that's probably it.

Speaker 1 (57:24):
I don't even know him like that.

Speaker 2 (57:25):
But the Lakers did pick Bronny James Jr at 55.
And let me just say like I'mhappy for Bronny man because,
although I wanted him to stayanother year in college, this is
the opportunity that has beenpresented to him and, you know,
for LeBron to have the type ofpower he does in the league and

(57:48):
for them to go get him at 55,it's just, it's something that
we've never seen happen in theNBA and so, um, you know, I'm
happy for him, and I really am,and I think I think he will grow
.
Um, as he continues to play nowit's going to be interesting to
see what he does in the summerleague.
I'm gonna really be watching.
But just for all the people onthe Internet like hating, like

(58:10):
just stop it.
You sound miserable, you soundbitter, like nobody.
It's crazy how fans from otherteams have everything to say
about the Lakers pick at 55 in adegraded draft, like let's stop
Right draft, like let's stopright, like let's stop this,
like y'all sound y'all.

(58:30):
It's bad, because a lot of themen that I've seen complain
about this if you had anopportunity to play with your
son on the same team, you would.
You would do it like let's stop, let's stop the cap let's stop
playing.
Like you would do it.
Like I's stop.
Let's stop the cap, let's stopplaying.
Yeah, like you would do it.
Yeah, now, like, like I saidbefore, I do believe that brony
should have stayed in college.

(58:51):
I would have loved to see him,you know, go back to whether it
was usc or somewhere else, andand actually see his game like
develop it at the college levelfirst and then, you know, go to
the league.
But at the same time, I'm notmad that he does have this
opportunity.
If I feel like, if this was, if, if this was the year to do it,

(59:11):
this was a year like it was anyother year this was the year
for brony to come on out.
Yeah, because who knows what thedraft is going to look like
next year, the year after that,you know.
I mean you may not get pickedup whether you're bronson or not
, but obviously it was gonnahappen anyway.
But I'm not mad at the pick andI'm happy for the James family.
I will be getting a player, tBronny James Jr.

(59:32):
I know that the Lakers went onand signed him to a multi-year
deal already, so he will beginthe season on the NBA roster.
So it's going to be interesting.
Like this is it's just and thenit's just entertainment.
Like who don't want to seesomebody playing on the same
court with they suck?

Speaker 1 (59:49):
Like it's never been done.
Yeah, it's never been done.

Speaker 2 (59:52):
You know what I mean and it's going to be really good
to see that it's going to belike I may cry I don't know, I
may cry when I see that you,this man, almost lost his life a
year ago.
Yeah, and here y'all go.
Ah, the Lakers, this is aterrible pick.
And oh, it's just because Brianis his dad.
But, like it's been so manynegative comments surrounding

(01:00:14):
this situation, it's just like.
Why Like?
Why are you so upset?
Why are you mad?
First of all this ain't evenyour team that you root for.
So, why are you so?
It's so many other players thatshould have got an opportunity
like and they will get theiropportunity when it's time for
them to.
And then again, the draft wassorry.
It was so.
When you get down to the 40ththrough the last pick, it's just

(01:00:36):
like what come on now and theypicked him at 55.
It was almost done, let's bereal like it just so happened
that the Lakers had the 55thpick and they picked him.
Now I feel like the Lakers madea really good pick at 17.
I like connect, but I'm happyfor Bronnie, I'm happy for
LeBron.
Like, come on now.
This is crazy.

(01:00:57):
What you, what you feel aboutit.

Speaker 1 (01:00:59):
Um, uh.
So, yes, I think I think it wasneat that Neat I hear neat in a
minute I do.
I thought it was neat that, youknow, bronny has a chance to
play with his father and, likeyou said, it has never been done

(01:01:20):
on the NBA level.
It has been done in the MLB.
Of course, I'm talking aboutKen griffey and ken griffey jr.
They both play um baseball toget on the same team.
Um, so it hasn't been done onthis on this level, uh, or in
this league, and so that aloneis cool.
I have no problem with that.

(01:01:40):
Uh, nepotism has ruled americafor forever, yep, so it
shouldn't be any different here.
Right, Now the only thing that Iwould say is I wish it happened
organically, meaning I justwish Bronny just would have
gotten drafted, not had to.

(01:02:02):
You know, rich Paul have tocome out and tell teams hey, if
you draft him, he's going toAustralia.
He said what he said.
I understand.

Speaker 2 (01:02:13):
Hey, I'm giving my and some of y'all just learned
what nepotism was that day.
Y'all didn't even know whatnepotism was, so stop.

Speaker 1 (01:02:20):
Well, you know they probably didn't.
You know I'm educated.
Nepotism happens everywhere itdoes.
Nepotism happens everywhere andthat's why I say I don't mind
that and I don't mind what theydid.
The only thing I wished that itjust happened organically, like
any team had a chance to, todraft brani um and and to see

(01:02:44):
what he has.
I can respect that.
But other than that, I have noproblem with them using a 55
pick in a trash-ass draft to getBronny Right.
That it is to me that late inthe draft the player's not
typically that's a G Leagueplayer, two-way player.

(01:03:06):
You know what I mean.
That's not a player.
That's a g league player,two-way player.
You know what I mean.
That's not a player that'sgoing to be on the active roster
.
So yeah, so all right, go getmy son.
Let's let's hoop, let's, youknow like you said, make this
entertaining and, like I said, Idon't have an issue with that.
Okay, um, it's just that, youknow, I just the only thing that
I slightly had issue with.
I just wish it was just doneorganically and somebody, just

(01:03:29):
anybody, had a chance to make ithappen.
I really wanted Dallas to draftBronny.

Speaker 2 (01:03:31):
I did too, If I'm real, because then I know that
Bron would have consideredleaving LA To come and to come
to Dallas.
Yeah, Because I mean youplaying with Bronny, you playing
with Kyrie and Luka, like crazy, Ronnie, you playing with Kyrie
and Luca.

Speaker 1 (01:03:44):
Like crazy, yeah, but yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:03:45):
And then like just some stuff I've been seeing
online Like they've been saying,like some of y'all, mad Y'all
can't get your homeboy on theirFedEx, but now you got an issue
with Ronnie Brian getting hisson drafted.
Like let's stop Right.
Some of y'all been trying toget y'all friends off for years.
It ever do it.
Shout out to Bronny, shout outto the James family I'm happy

(01:04:08):
and excited for him.
I am too.
Bronny is a hard worker.
He worked his way to this pointnow.
He did really well at the NBAcombine.
He works, he puts in the work.
Let's just see what happens.
Let's just see what happens.
Let's just see.
I'm fine with that.
Maybe you know, if it doesn'twork out, maybe once Bron

(01:04:30):
retires then they'll tradeBronny somewhere.

Speaker 1 (01:04:33):
You know what I mean, right.

Speaker 2 (01:04:33):
Or go G League, I don't know.
But let's just see if he canactually get on the court and
actually produce first before westart passing judgment.
You, you know what I mean Iagree, man is still 6'4", yeah,
and he'll be on the wings, solike, let's just see.

Speaker 1 (01:04:48):
I'm cool with that.
Yeah, I'm cool with that.
Alright, you had anything else?
Nope, that's it for me.
Same.
Well, I think that's a wrap onepisode 30.
And again, this is kind of likeour anniversary, two year
anniversary episode.
So you know, again I just wantto shout us out for sticking
with it this long and we'regoing to continue to.

(01:05:09):
You know, bring y'all oursports opinions on different
topics.
That's going on in all themajor leagues.
Man, and the Olympics isgetting ready to wrap up soon.
Hopefully we can come backbefore then to kind of give
y'all a little tease about theOlympics.
And you know Chicago richson,she has now qualified for the
olympics, so shout out to her.
She's a hometown hero straightout of dallas, you know.

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