Team USA dominates vs. Canada in 1st exhibition game, Derrick White replaces Kawhi | THE HERD

Team USA dominates vs. Canada in 1st exhibition game, Derrick White replaces Kawhi | THE HERD

great to see Rachel Nichols again hello sir you’ve been covering the NBA for 1993 20 30 years yeah I started in when I was in college so I was in college at Northwestern in Chicago and uh I had interned for the Washington Post and they called me up and said do you want to be a Stringer and just do some Chicago Bulls games for us I think I got 20 bucks an article which I would have probably don’t tell anyone I would have done it for free uh I think I was 19 years old and I went and for 20 bucks I would go to Michael Jordan’s bulls and write up my story and go to practices so you probably know greeny yes absolutely you were battling him for the MJ Quotes no my fir one of my one of my best oldtime stories is Michael Jordan just that you know I started doing that and I was 19 years old and younger than everybody and the only woman in the room a lot at the time and all of that stuff so we’d be at practice and you know there’s a scrum around the players and I would always just sit there and take notes but I didn’t want to you know I I I I was a little gunshi about asking a bunch of questions and kind of sticking my nose in I was the new person uh and the third or fourth time Michael just like looked around the group and he settled on me and he was like do you even talk do you talk are you mute and I was like no I can talk and I was you know again 19 and terrified and uh he’s like well you better pull your weight and you know start asking some questions otherwise you shouldn’t be here and I asked him a question and he deemed it good and he totally answered it and he sort of made a point of showing the other guys that he would chat with me and stuff and it made a big difference in terms of if Michael trusts you there you go yeah he he had a little power back then yes exactly a lot of influence exactly I can remember um at the end of Michael’s career uh I didn’t cover him I was bouncing around the country doing other stuff but when Michael Jordan would come to town even in the Washington days it was the lead story in local news oh Michael’s in town so because a Nike was in Portland Michael was in Portland a lot so he’d be at a steakhouse yeah he’d be you know he’d be at the Nike facility sure it was a big story people it’s really you know there’s a couple of athletes I’ve said this if Muhammad Ali would break the internet today yeah oh God you’ve go back and YouTube Muhammad Ali yeah he was so lyrically gifted he would go to press conference I’ve said this before there are YouTube moments with Muhammad Ali first of he was good-looking he was funny yes he would go on and do a 90 second two-minute poetic rant and I’m like where are the Q cards right I’m a broadcaster right I can’t do that no not off the cut and the one is Michael Jordan didn’t live in this world this IG world uh today it actually I think protected Michael say he very very lucky he did not live in an IG camera phone world no question yeah so uh last night I watched early I went out to dinner with Jordan I came home I turned it on and we were awful for about five six minutes yes what did you make of that we come back to win what Jama that yeah I mean look these are a bunch of guys shaking off the rust who haven’t played they haven’t played together this was the first time this team played together because remember all these World Cup you know events were a different team basically a younger team uh so it’s nothing I didn’t expect the fact that they played so well defensively that they were great defensively from the start and they played so well defensively throughout and with so much energy and effort that’s really what you wanted to see and they completely delivered on that Anthony Davis was asked after the game if you guys just defend this way through the whole tournament you know how do you feel you guys will do it he’s like we’re unbeatable and I I think that’s true I think if they play with this defensive effort and energy and then of course they’re going to have crazy scoring to pour into the basket I I I really do think that this they have the best chance to win of a while and they’ve had very good chances to win in the past yeah if Jason Tatum’s coming off the bench if Anthony Davis is coming off the bench and I said this earlier I loved when I was younger rock and roll Stairway to Heaven LEDs up yeah if I listen to it today I’m like it’s 2 and a half minutes of a riff by Jimmy Page I’m like can we get to the lyrics yeah and I do feel like the Dream Team I mean Larry Bird was shot Christian lner was on the team it was very position oriented basketball youing you can’t do this right Barkley was one of the only players that could Charles could do everything yes M you know transition low post Charles was one1 this team’s a lot of Charles yeah everybody can handle the ball and I and I and I say this respectively two things can be true the dream team was the coolest thing ever yes this team’s Talent I don’t know like it’s I mean look the Dream Team every NBA player on the Dream Team went into the Hall of Fame I don’t know if you’re going to be able to say that about this team right and and look Tyrese halberton Derek white their careers are are all ahead of them so we have no idea but I’m I’m not sure you’re going to be able to say that about this team so the level of Talent on that team the the top of it the top of it and it just you know yes Larry Bird was barely there but he was there in all the important ways so I I just I think that’s a hard comparison to begin with as you know and then I I the Dream Team to me is so iconic that what I’ve been saying about this roster is that it’s the best since uh the Dream Team or yeah and the 08 roster was amazing too so you can maybe hold those three teams up as the best the Team USA has ever had so the jayen brown thing is so weird oh man it’s so weird so first of all uh and and people you know how it is if um if you’re marginally critical of like Jason Tatum and I’m like listen the guy’s great but when I watch the Celtics late in games I always feel like Jaylen Brown is the more Alpha guy well it turned out to be true in the conference and the finals that doesn’t mean Tatum’s not great of course love him as a player love him on my team collaborative smart all that stuff but when I defended Caitlyn Clark getting on the Olympic team I said these Olympic teams after like the top six players it’s fit chemistry relationships politics Pi how is Jaylen Brown not on this team and Derek white and Drew holiday are yeah I mean I I don’t quite see I wouldn’t have made that decision is the best way I can say it um I understand I do understand what Team USA was doing uh they wanted someone who could be that Scrappy Dirty Work sort of point of attack Defender and that’s what Derek white is and Jaylen Brown by the way is an excellent Defender but Dereck White’s probably a better Defender and you know there’s talk they didn’t say this out loud but talk that sort of oh White’s not going to be afraid to be the 11th or 12th guy on excuse me 11th or 12th guy on the bench you know does Jaylen Brown have an ego about that I get all of that but he’s the finals MVP he’s the finals MVP and unless you really believe that man having Derek white there instead of Jaylen Brown when you’re talking about skill sets defensively that are not this far apart I I I don’t know I can’t see that being the Difference Maker I still think this team will roll you’re replacing Kawhi Leonard so it’s not you’re replacing a role player right you’re replacing a star so having another big name in there shouldn’t be something you’re afraid of unless it’s the difference in winning the gold medal and I can’t see how it would be you go with the finals MVP as a sign of respect he’s earned it sure right and to take a guy who’s on his team but way down the the level in the starting five uh than he is as you point out like it just I don’t know I would not have made that decision Derek white will do great on this team I I Dereck white is a fun player terrific player I’m thrilled he’s getting this recognition coming at the expense of Jaylen Brown is is a little odd in the fact that Jaylen not only pointed that out on Twitter with the you know spy glass Emoji you know he later made a direct comment about Nike and that was something that Grant Hill had to deal with yesterday was people asking him look two guys not on this team are Kyrie Irvin who we know was ditched by Nike and Jaylen Brown who has been very critical of Nike when they made the Kyrie decision Jaylen came out publicly yeah and and criticized Nike and said you know what does Nike know about ethics and that sort of thing so the fact that the two guys not on the team are two anti- Nike guys gr Hill says it had nothing to do with it who knows plus Nike stock struggling not it’s not a good time for Nike right now now it’s not uh okay we’re going to get you back soon cuz I want to talk people are freaking out about Bron’s performance and I’m like folks he’s a defensive player at this point he’s doing exactly what he’s supposed to do we had good defensive numbers last night Rachel Nichols first hour down great to see you as always alexie Lawless Jaylen Johnson of the Bears next hour it’s the herd hi everybody it’s me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day

Rachel Nichols joins The Herd to discuss Team USA defeating Canada 86-72 in their first exhibition game. Plus, Rachel and Colin react to Boston Celtics’ Derrick White replacing Kawhi Leonard on Team USA.

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