Pardon The Interruption | Wilbon & Windy inside Klay choose Mavs, Nuggets not done with West Brook

Pardon The Interruption | Wilbon & Windy inside Klay choose Mavs, Nuggets not done with West Brook

wake in good good that’s why yeah I tune in to Wimbledon at 6:00 in the morning yes that’s what I’m doing in fact welcome to PTI boys and girls in today’s episode Jason Tatum gets huge money the World Series champs are struggling and Brian windhorse joins us for five good minutes but we begin today with the United States men’s soccer team losing to Uruguay last night one- nothing and being eliminated from Copa America the United States lost twice in the group stage beating only winless Bolivia wilbon you were eager to watch this game what did you think of the performance and what it means moving forward Tony was like 90 plus minutes 96 Minutes of hand ringing I’m wondering why the United States team Team USA could have some great runs but not really that many chances I think they were outshot 12 to four which seems you know sort of lopsided for a team that knows it needs at least to tie and gets behind and still can’t generate that many chances and I was watching Panama Bolivia on another screen in my man cave so I had full command on what’s going on screaming at the TVs no don’t say that you’re the one who wasn’t watching cuz I know plenty of people who watch and everybody on my group text was watching and what gets me Tony what I don’t understand at this point is are we talented enough you like if you’re if it was shirts and skins I’d look at uguay and I would just say they’re more talented they got faster more creative people with their foot on the ball I I I don’t know that I see this from the United States and I don’t know if we’re going to see do we prod produce enough talented people for all the hand ringing that goes on and the firing that’s about to occur probably with bur Halton yeah I don’t I don’t see how this coach goes forward with this team I know I’ve read that all the players really like him but they don’t produce for him Mike all of these games were held in the United States of America these group stage games in the United States of America we come into this thing allegedly ranked 11th we are playing teams ranked 84th 43rd and 14th uh you know we’re supposed to win we beat the one team that that we beat easily all the time that everybody else beats and that’s all we do Mike this is there have been 20 soccer tournaments in the United States of America 17 gold cups two Copa Americas and one actual World Cup this is the first time we haven’t gotten past the group stage this coach’s record against teams ranked in the top 20 is five five and seven four of those five wins are against Mexico if you take that out it’s one five and seven you’re going into a World Cup I think they need another they need to hear another voice I’m not disagreeing with that I agree with you I’m just saying you talk about where the games are played I don’t give a damn what the games play if we’re not good enough you and I when we were young and he was fairly young we got to watch Johan C play and you understood there was a brilliant person who could lead teams to victories his Brilliance alone could will them there do we produce those kinds of players at all no no Mike we are told we produced them we are told they are playing in Europe and they belong to us and it doesn’t work okay it doesn’t happen no it doesn’t it doesn’t seem to so now we got more handry let’s move to the NBA well we produc some people well the Celtics and Jason Tatum have reportedly agreed on the largest contract NBA history 314 million over five years this follows yesterday’s 4-year $126 million deal with Tony’s fave Derek white t when you look at these contracts the signings by League Rivals and the announcement that the Celtics majority ownership group intends to sell are you confident these Celtics these Celtics will be the team to beat for the coming two to three seasons in the East sure I’m totally confident totally Mike they just won the NBA Championship they had more regular season victories than every other team in the league the next team that was under them was seven wins under and that was both Denver and Oklahoma City in the East it was the Knicks 14 wins under right I mean the the the Celtics went out in the playoffs they were 16 and3 Mike 16 and three they never lost more than one game in any particular round and they’ve got all their players back all of their starters are signed for at least two more seasons I mean who do you think’s going to beat them do you think the Knicks are going to beat them because they got male bridges yeah but they just lost their big Center didn’t their big Center sign in Oklahoma City do you think Philadelphia is going to beat them because Paul George has never won anything going to make Philadelphia great I don’t think that that’s the cas you know what Mike we have to wait and see Paul George’s impact we don’t have to wait and see the Celtics impact we saw they won yeah Tony they won and they are worthy and they’re going to be the team to beat but I think teams will beat them I do okay I think if the Knicks were healthy last this past season the Celtics won 64 games I’m GNA give you my over under for the Celtics for this coming season 56 because they’re going to be better teams was playing them every night all right not just in the west but in the East Indiana’s going to get a little bit there’s some dogs in the East I I I know that but Tony no I just think there too many teams that I’m going to run out and say look nobody’s repeated in a while in the NBA nobody that’s right I mean so the Warriors when they were stacked they were able to repeat bird Parish M and DJ couldn’t repeat why do I think these guys are GNA repeat I don’t so I think they are the team to beat in terms of betting bet that’s what I’m saying you know ESP but but man and the Knicks they have all their players you were just you are just hating on the Knicks I don’t understand this I’m not ha mik that’s that’s just not true Boston’s better that’s what I’m saying and if porzingis gets out of this surgery healthy Boston is a lot better that’s what I’m saying let’s move to baseball we are just past the Midway point in games played in the defending World Series champion Texas r are eight games under 500 they’ve lost six of their last seven 16 of their last 25 they’re eight games behind Seattle inivision five games behind Houston Texas manager Bruce bchi says quote I really think we’re going to come out of this in a really good way unquote well on do you yeah a good way fine what does that mean I that’s fine bosi said what I think is smart I just think that’s judicious we’re going to come out in a really good way he didn’t make any stupid guarantees or promises do I think the Texas Rangers are somehow equipped to sit on top of the world and beat their chat no I just talked about this with the Celtics Tony team the too many ownership groups who are now great this isn’t like the 50s and the 60s when you got the Yankees and the Dodgers and the Giants and and and maybe one other team and the other teams were stumble bums and they couldn’t get out of their own way or somebody didn’t have any money or you had my father’s friend bill veck in Chicago who was appealing and charismatic with a wood leg who had like a$ do30 9 in his pocket this isn’t that there’s Rich owners out there they’re trying really hard near a lot of them and Texas ain’t going to repeat just like the Celtics ain’t going to repeat so I found out this fabulous factoid today about Bruce bosi and His World Series teams the year after the pattern that this happens he won three world championships with the Giants OD right and the next year in each of those cases they didn’t make the playoffs one team only won 76 games there were 76 and 86 and they were coming out of a 94 win season so Bruce bosi has seen the decline and appreciates these sorts of declines um I think you got to go back two and three years with Texas forget last year two years ago they won 68 games which means they lost 94 three years ago they won 60 which means they lost 102 last year they lost so many games they could play in Chicago last year they won 90 nobody saw it coming Mike nobody saw that coming so I agree with you I don’t think they’re going to win again I don’t now maybe next year no maybe then let’s take a break that’s coming up where do the it’s been a busy start to NBA free agency here to help us sort through it is our great friend ESPN senior NBA writer Brian wior Brian let’s start with this the Warriors lost Klay Thompson who is a stalwart of all those championship teams they lost Chris Paul who was there briefly me personally I think it’s over for them I think that it’s time to go to history on the Golden State Warriors The Warriors at least as we knew them in your opinion do they have any moves left you may be right about them being out of contention for Championship status they do have some moves left they did sign DeAnthony Melton yesterday now I know that DeAnthony Melton signing him the day that Klay Thompson leaves feels a little limp but that actually is a pretty shrewd signing if he’s healthy he can really them defensively plus they’re betting on Brandon psky getting better but really what you’re asking me is there a big trade that’s what you’re really asking me and the answer is yes I believe they are in position to make a big trade they own four first round picks they can trade they have a bunch of expiring salary and they have some interesting young players now they don’t want to part with them I don’t know if that big trade is going to happen this summer but that big trade could happen in during this season or next year they are armed with the ammo to get into the market for a big trade they’re they’re they’re dipping their toes in the water for Lowry marinin which would be an interesting acquisition that would be a porzingis type acquisition but they may not get that done but just you know they do make big deals let’s see what happens over the next few months Brian let’s zero in specifically on Klay Thompson for a second he said to LeBron thanks but no thanks said to his dad Michael who I’ve known forever Pops I love you but Brian don’t tell me this is about state tax why is Klay Thompson winding up with the Mavericks and not the Lakers because the Mavericks are a great fit they are a championship Contender today not theoretically not we’ll see how it goes with the new coach not if we make three other moves not if they stay healthy they’re a championship Contender today not to mention that they have a spot where he can walk right into you saw in the finals they got plenty of three-pointers but they just couldn’t hit them those are now going to be Klay Thompson shot I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets four to 500 spot up three-pointers in this upcoming season and you know that he is going to make a lot of them whether he shoots 37% or 41% you know he’s going to make a lot of them and you know that he’s going to thrive and that was very clear and Jason kid and niik Harrison were sitting here in La when free agency opened and they said here’s our five-point plan here’s what you’re going to do not only that he knew for months he was not going to play for the war he knew it was over so he spent the spring recruiting scouting watching where he was going to go he watched the the Mavericks play so this just checked a lot of boxes I do think the Lakers were in there it wasn’t like he didn’t consider them he did consider them but the Mavericks made a ton of sense Nico Harrison getting it done again let’s go to Philly darl Mory um of course has landed Paul George to go with Mr embiid and Maxi Brian I don’t consider this a big three necessarily but maybe darl M does he still seems to love his Stars can this model work so I guess I’m asking you if with this roster Philly can be at least top three in the East the minimum they got to be that right they they can be look I’m a little bit fatigued of the big Paul George acquisition in the summer he this is the fourth time in like the last eight years he’s been a big summer acquisition Oklahoma City traded for him then they resigned him big deal big deal then the lake the Clippers got him big deal now he’s going to the to the 76ers all of those places he’s had Beautiful Moments and it hasn’t worked out for various reasons so I’m just going to step back and wait and watch the reason I think that this is a a special moment is that Philly only had one choice it wasn’t like there were four maxf free agents they could choose from there was one guy available that they could offer that they could truly try to get it wasn’t like PA Paul George had 10 choices there was one team that really made sense for him that had the money to straight pay him these sign and trades or whatever they rarely work and that match between those two parties was perfect it is exactly the type of player they need he won’t get Maxi way he won’t get in embiid’s way you need a player like that to go up against the Celtics and so if you’re looking for a reason to talk yourself into why this match is going to work it’s because this pairing is really well set up but I have been here before in July thinking that a Paul Georgia Ral is going to change the face of the league and we’ve seen moments we haven’t seen that actually happen yet thank you for saying that because that’s what I would have said it doesn’t actually work we’ll get you out of here on this a lot of contending teams have improved some just by signing their own players and staying with them are there any teams out there that in your opinion have not done enough Denver is man Denver tough spot uh look when they lost Bruce Brown last summer it was because they were constrained there were rules against them they just couldn’t even match the offer when they lost Bruce Brown this summer there was nothing holding them back from paying kavus Caldwell Pope other than the willingness of the owners to spend uh the kroni family and they just didn’t and look like if you don’t believe in in investing a 30 in a 32y old can you know I guess you could try to sell that but this is your window right now the only team that solved the the the Celtics all year was the Nuggets they were 2-0 against them had that been the finals I’m not sure how it would have gone and they have now let two key players in back toback years go out the door now they have a bunch of young guys and they believe they’re going to step up but you’ve got niika yic in his prime right now Denver looking at the competitiveness of the West looking at what Oklahoma City did looking how Dallas has improved looking at Minnesota looking at all that they’re taking steps backwards and they are in a glorious Championship window and they’re taking steps backwards because the ownership doesn’t appear like they want to spend Bend and so to me now let’s see we’re not at opening night yet they have other moves they could make we’ll see but I don’t think signing Russell Westbrook is going to be a difference making move so Denver in my view is getting passed up in a in in a in a spot where they really should they really messed up they should have they should have obviously won that series with Minnesota they let it go and now they’ve had a bad summer they’re not on a winning streak right now thank you Brian as always apprciate enjoy the holiday guys okay let’s take one last break fore for spee foree for Fore foree speee fore spe fore spee foree fore foreign spee fore spee fore fore spee foree spee fore spee foreign spee spe foree [Music] fore spee foree foree foree foree fore [Music]

Pardon The Interruption | Wilbon & Windy inside Klay choose Mavs, Nuggets not done with West Brook