Inside the NBA previews Lakers vs Warriors | February 22, 2024

Inside the NBA previews Lakers vs Warriors | February 22, 2024

TONIGHT AND, UH, JOINING US NOW RESPLENDENT IN CRANBERRY IS CHRIS HAYNES IN SAN FRANCISCO. CHRIS, WHAT YOU GOT LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN. >> WELL, FOR TONIGHT, UM, STAR POWER, A LITTLE BIT LESS IN THIS GAME. LEBRON JAMES WILL NOT PLAY TONIGHT AGAINST THE WARRIORS. HE IS

STILL MANAGING THAT LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN. WELL, IT’S NOT A SPRAIN. THEY’RE CALLING IT AN INJURY RIGHT NOW. THE WAY IT’S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME IS THAT IT’S JUST SOMETHING HE’S BEEN DEALING WITH ALL SEASON LONG. THEY SAID IT’S MORE TO DO WITH WHERE THE AND TEAR AND AGE AND SO WE

KNOW LEBRON JAMES IS UP THERE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW I’M TOLD THAT HE IS EXPECTED TO PLAY TOMORROW AGAINST THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS BACK IN LA. BUT IT’S A SITUATION WHERE THIS IS NOT A LIGHT SITUATION. AND THE ALL STAR GAME I WAS TOLD YOU KNOW, HE

PLAYED IN THAT ALL STAR GAME IN INDIANA BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE HAD THE OBLIGATION TO THE FANS TO WITHHOLD HIS OBLIGATIONS AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TIME PERIOD, I WAS TOLD, WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SERVED IF HE RESTED. BUT HE’S PLAYED HE DIDN’T RE-AGGRAVATED IN THAT GAME AND HE PLAYED

LIMITED MINUTES ANYWAY. BUT HE DIDN’T REACT IT, I WAS TOLD. SO RIGHT NOW IT’S JUST A PRECAUTION. IT’S MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW FOR THE STRETCH AND HE’S COMMITTED TO THIS STRETCH. THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY REALLY HAVE A LEGITIMATE SHOT TO GET A HIGHER SEED IN THE PLAYOFFS AND MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

NOW FOR THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS CHRIS PAUL, WHO I WAS TOLD PRACTICE YESTERDAY YOU KNOW NO NO NO HE WASN’T HELD OUT OR ANYTHING. NO RESTRAINTS. UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, IN JANUARY HE HAD A LEFT HAND FRACTURE. AND SO HE IS EXPECTED I WAS TOLD TO RETURN AT SOME POINT WHEN

THE WARRIORS HIT THE ROAD FOR A FOUR GAME ROAD TRIP NEXT WEEK. I SPOKE WITH CHRIS PAUL. HE SAID EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD. HE SAID HE’S NOT GOING TO RUSH IT. BUT YES, HE DID CONFIRM THAT THAT IS INDEED THE PLAN TO RETURN AT SOME POINT DURING THAT FOUR GAME ROAD

TRIP. SO BOTH TEAMS ARE GETTING HOLD AROUND THE RIGHT TIME AND THEY DO. BOTH TEAMS BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A LEGITIMATE SHOT TO MAKE SOME NOISE HERE. HOLD ON. SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING. MY EAR. OH WOW SHAQ YOU CAN’T BELIEVE WHO JUST WHO JUST ASKED ABOUT YOU. YOU KNOW WHO JUST ASKED ABOUT YOU

SAID WHO KNOWS BODY NOBODY. >> HE’S LOSING IT. HE’S USING THE CHARLES JOKE ON YOU. OH DID YOU SEE THAT COMING? >> NO I DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING. NO, HE’S NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING? >> I DID I SAW IT COMING. >> I SAW IT COMING. >> I SAW IT COMING. YEAH.

>> BECAUSE IT’S TOO MUCH. >> OH, MAN. FUN BECAUSE YOU’RE ABOUT TO BE WORKING FOR ESPN DEPORTES TOMORROW. WELL MALACONOTUS. YOU BETTER LEARN SPANISH, JIMMY. >> NEVER LOVE, SHAQ NEVER LOVE, MAN. YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH. >> THANK YOU CHRIS. >> THAT’S A GOOD ONE. YEAH I

ENJOY THAT ONE OUT THERE TONIGHT. LAKERS IN MY EAR IN THE WARRIORS. >> OH YEAH. EXCUSE ME. >> UM BAD ACTING ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF UH OF THE LAKERS. RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THEY’VE WON EIGHT OUT OF THEIR LAST 11. UM, NO LEBRON

TONIGHT. BUT THEY HERE’S THE DEAL. THEY’VE HAD FIVE TIMES THIS YEAR WINNING STREAKS OF THREE GAMES. THAT’S THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER THAT. THEY HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO IT TONIGHT. WHERE IS UH DO YOU SEE ANYTHING EXPLOSIVE COMING OUT OF THE LAKERS AS WE HEAD DOWN THE STRETCH?

>> WELL ONE, THEY HAVE NO GAMES TO SPARE, AND I SEE TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. I SEE TEAMS THAT WHEN WE WATCH THEM, WE GO, OOH. LIKE THE PLAY IN TOURNAMENT. WE WERE ALL THEY’RE VERY IMPRESSIVE. THEY PLAYED. AND THEN YOU KNOW KIND OF LIKE SIX DAYS AGO. AND THEN IT SEEMS TO ME

THAT SOMETIMES THEY’RE COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY ARE. BUT YOU KNOW, THESE NEXT 30 GAMES LIKE I SAID, IS NO GAMES TO SPARE. I’M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE LAKERS ARE GOING TO GET. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE THEY’RE A BUNCH OF OLD VETERANS. KENNY AND VINCENZO. WE ALWAYS THINK WE CAN TURN IT ON WHEN THAT

TIME COMES. SO LEBRON AND AD THEY WOULDN’T MIND PLAYING IN THE PLAY-IN GAME. SAME WITH STEPH AND DRAYMOND AND THOSE GUYS. BUT IF I WAS THEM I WOULD TURN MY PLAYOFF BUTTON ON RIGHT NOW. AND TRY TO MOVE UP AND GET TO THAT SIXTH SPOT. BUT BUT YOU

KNOW, IT’S A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. I DON’T I DON’T KNOW I DON’T KNOW WHO WE’RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THEY’RE IMPRESSIVE. SOMETIMES THEY’RE NOT. LEBRON’S NOT GOING TO BE THERE. SO IT’S GOING TO BE EXTRA BALL MOVEMENT. OTHER GUYS ARE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO

PLAY. WHO’S GOING TO BE THE LEBRON TYPE. WELL NOBODY’S GOING TO BE LEBRON. BUT WHO’S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW THE OTHER SCORER TONIGHT I’M LOOKING FOR AUSTIN REAVES TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT BECAUSE HE’S WAY TOO UP AND DOWN UP ANOTHER FOR ME IF THEY WANT TO GO TO

THAT NEXT LEVEL, THEY GOT A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING THAT’S PRETTY RARE IN LEAGUE HISTORY AND THAT’S HAVE FOUR GUYS IN THE SAME MONTH, AVERAGED 20 POINTS A GAME RIGHT NOW LEBRON’S DOING IT AD IS DOING IT RUSSELL DANILO IS DOING IT. >> AND SO IS AUSTIN REAVES. IT’S HAPPENED ONCE IN THE

LAST 36 SEASONS. AND THAT WAS IN DECEMBER BY THE BOSTON CELTICS. SO THE LAKERS TRYING TO GET THAT DONE HERE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY I’M MORE INTERESTED IN GOLDEN STATE BECAUSE THEY’RE ON THE RISE AS WELL. >> YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW THEY CHANGED THEIR LINEUP BRINGING KLAY OFF THE BENCH

WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES HIM MORE SHOTS. UM, AND HE’S NOT STARTING THE GAME. BUT HE FINISHES IT. WE KNOW WHAT THIS GUY TOO I MEAN THIS GUY HERE IS YOU KNOW THE BEST OF THE BEST IN TERMS OF GETTING HIS TEAM READY. AND SO I THINK THEY’RE TRYING TO MOVE

UP. AND THE BIGGEST THING IS KUMINGA HIS ABILITY NOW VINCE, IS TO SAY I’M A PRIMARY SCORER. LIKE IT TAKES TIME TO LIKE INFILTRATE OVER DRAYMOND, EVEN THOUGH HE’S NOT A SCORER. BUT DRAYMOND KLAY AND STEPH AND SAY, I’M GOING TO TAKE MORE SHOTS TONIGHT THAN YOU. THAT THAT IS A BIG

PROCESS TO OVERCOME, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE WON SO MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS BEFORE YOU EVEN GOT THERE. SO THAT’S KUDOS TO HIM FOR HIS NOW FOR TAKING THAT ROLE AND TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. >> I’M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE LAKERS REAL QUICK. I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE BEST

OF LEBRON AS YOU SEE WHEN IT’S WHEN IT’S MONEY TIME, WHEN IT’S TOURNAMENT TIME, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO GET THOSE WINS. I AGREE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR PUSH RIGHT NOW. BUT TO WHAT EXPENSE. LIKE IF YOU DO IT NOW, WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH? WILL YOU HAVE THE

LEBRON THAT YOU WANT COME PLAYOFF TIME? I’M SURE HE’LL GET HIS BODY READY. BUT IN REALITY, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, SOMETIMES WE FEEL WE CAN DO IT UNTIL REALITY HITS US AND WE CAN’T GET IT DONE LIKE WE WANT TO. SO THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LAKERS,

THAT IS, FIGURE OUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THAT. >> THEY DID IT LAST YEAR. >> DOES THAT ADD TO MAYBE A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET IN THE TOP SIX. SO YOU HAVE THAT WEEK OFF AT THE END TO SOLIDIFY A SPOT. IF THEY CAN NOT BE IN THAT PLAY, BECAUSE

I THINK HIS REST IS MOST IMPORTANT. >> LIKE IF YOU REMEMBER THE PLAY IN TOURNAMENT, REEVES WENT CRAZY. KUMINGA ALL THOSE GUYS PLAYED WELL. >> BUT WHEN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE PLAYOFF SERIES, THOUGH, IS WHAT I’M THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, I’VE BEEN IN KLAY THOMPSON’S

POSITION BEFORE. WHEN I GOT TO PHOENIX, STARTING MOVED INTO A RESERVE ROLE. >> WHAT WAS YOUR MENTAL WHEN THEY PUT WHEN THE GREAT VINCE CARTER NOW COMING OFF THE BENCH? >> IT WAS IT WAS TOUGH TO DEAL WITH WHO STARTED OVER. SO HUH. NO MATTER PICK YOUR SPOT NO MATTER.

>> NO NO. JUST NAME. >> NOW WE WANT A NAME. >> I DON’T REMEMBER UNDERDOG BC YEAH SEE LOOK IT UP IF. >> GOOD LUCK, TELL ME. >> NO, I DON’T KNOW. >> UM THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE. >> BUT MAN, I DON’T KNOW. IT WAS A YOUNGER GUY. THEY WERE

GOING, BUT BUT NAME SAY HIS NAME. MAYBE LATER. UM, BUT THE THING WAS, IT WAS JUST ACCEPTING THAT. AND ONE THING THAT KLAY SAID THAT I REALLY LIKED, HE SAID I GOT PAST IT. I SAID, AND HE HE SAID, WELL, LIKE I DID, HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO STILL BE

THE VERSION OF HIMSELF. AND HE CAME OUT AND HE HAD A BIG NIGHT AND I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO DO IS CONTINUE TO PUT THAT ASIDE AND SAID LIKE, OKAY, YOU’RE NOT A STARTER 100. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING. YOU’RE NOT A STARTER, BUT WHAT’S WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT

TO US? IF YOU WERE STARTING AND DIDN’T FINISH GAME, I’M NEVER I’M NOT EVEN BOTHER YOU. >> I’VE NEVER BEEN THE PLAYER THAT YOU OR OR KLAY HAVE BEEN. BUT NINE. MY FIRST NINE AND A HALF YEARS IN THE NBA, I STARTED. AND THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEBODY

SAID, COME OFF THE BENCH AND THAT AUDIENCE IS LIKE, AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS RUNNING OUT, THAT I’M A ROUTINE IS OFF I WENT. TEN YEARS IN THE NBA. I WAS LIKE ONLY 30 GAMES. THE BENCH START CAME OFF 30, BENCH 30 GAMES, AND

I WAS HURTING. WE SEE YOU IN BOSTON. CLEVELAND, KLAY CAME OFF THE BENCH WITH 35 RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK AT UTAH. >> THAT’S RIGHT. JUMPING OFF THAT BUILDING. >> AH THAT’S Y’ALL CAME OFF THE BENCH. >> YEAH 20 GAMES IN MY CAREER SITNG UP HERE WITH SOME BUMS 3

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