Gil’s Arena Debates What’s Next For LeBron & The Lakers
e e e e yeah welcome back to gills Arena presented by Underdog fantasy what very special day in the arena one of our owners returned home welcome back the prodical daughter Lex back in the building welcome to I miss y’all Y we know turn the volume down you already know we got the show on everywhere multiple platforms we love ourselves we own viewers too we own and we had another NBA 2K simulation last night Rashad taking on Gil game went to overtime Gil got the dub Yeah well yeah okay so at first you know I was being called a cheetah right because he had he had a 87 Harden out there so you know I went to we went to all time list and we was pulling him from there didn’t know you had to go to their like Houston all time okay the Lakers all time so he got what five new players I got to get seven new players Brandon got six new players keny got eight new players M yeah so redo or we rolling with it we rolling with it okay you take I Ain tripping seven game series somebody got to win them you know I’m saying I just chalk it up as game one game one is the easiest to win yeah and we had a chance to win you know what I’m saying and overtime didn’t have Steph in the game Steph would in the game it’s my guy in your video games so yall in your video games real life in y clothes and [ __ ] we going to be in your outfit w yeah that’s our video we love our video games y got to do the w2k simulations for sure but this is gills Arena presented by Underdog fantasy be there as always we got the legend Gilbert Arenas here with us what up what up what up as I previously mentioned we got Lexi Brown back in the arena sh love to Cameron Brink unfortunate situation but my little Rook shout out to her y’all will come back stronger than ever in the near future absolutely and we have the Man known as Cemetery Larry R Nick yep back in Arena Championship Charles got your big Championship Charles A been here in a while how how many new nicknames have you got yeah got two new no buttons today we got Moon Boos with no buttons you supposed to have a date last night how did it go ah it didn’t go why not she was a sister she stood me up why do you think she was watching the show yesterday I hope not saw you say she was yesterday that that would explain every [ __ ] thing he predicted that he would get stood up why bad vibes no it was good you know good Vib but once she don’t text you for 24 hours she just moved on wait so when did you did you follow up about the date when did when was the last time you reached out to her about the date it was Sunday I said you picked the plan and we I’m I’m I’m I’mma map it out you said tell me what we going to do and I’m going map it out and I’m do everything so that was Sunday she never responded she went to the BET Awards oh you know what happens there okay it’s like a black hole you know what happens you’re never coming back you never know who going to get you there y’all supposed to link after the Bett Awards oh we supposed to link yesterday oh she had a BET award coma so but you didn’t reach out to her yesterday at all no I try to give I give him space space and opportunity she had a Hung She you might have had a hangover getting drunk you know if I make a plan with somebody you don’t hit me up the day of if you don’t wake up in the morning and text me I’m off you you don’t wake up in the morning hey how you doing what’s going on good morning so technically she didn’t stand you up yeah she she stood me up no there was seems when was the last time you ask Tex she got to initiate no when was the last time you text she just got to be interesed that’s what I’m saying yeah be intered no no no you know the funny part about it is this is the funny part about it he was talking Reckless and she still picked him yeah he was like yeah you know after 3 days you got to give it up presented that to her home girls and they were like a reasonable mentality for some a reasonable mentality she might be pushing her three days out no start at 90 days and I said h you get three three days and give it up and she was like oh I want wait wait 72 hours I say how do you how do you even have a 90 day sufficient and in social media world and the fact that he said three and she still picked him she picked somebody else first first of all this is the reason why I was like I’m not texting you because I was the secondary I was the pineapple [ __ ] she picked him and was like but better yeah she picked him and then she was like oh Lord you where huh where did she oh I was like did y’all okay so y was on G blind dat see I need more Contex you guys have given me no cont she went off a verbiage and she was like o I like him he’s speaking my language and then when she seen him she’s like oh no uh him you know you was talking crazy I was I wasn’t talking crazy I was just keeping it real being honest I just keeping it real like look I don’t do no well how you probably was thinking about her texting you she probably was thinking the same thing and now y’all probably was supp Sting in the morning like damn who going to text who first and now you not on a date here’s the difference there’s a prize and there’s a winner thank you so I know what I am does she know what she is clearly I both think y’all the prize no no she’s the winner she she’s the winner you are the prize he won’t even he won’t even F she is the winner cuz y’all was on the game show he won’t even fake it for the date I was try to F it I was even texting her I was acting interested yeah I got to do all this make seem like you like me and all right let’s go just’s go do something let’s go so it’s it’s dead now I don’t know so are you going to hit her up today he wasn’t planning on it look look at his face he wasn’t planning on it I had already made weekend it’s a holiday weekend listen it’s a holiday weekend listen when Amy and them get to texting back it’s just different man L Lan get to saying I got I got I got time today got you see I got a 30 available I got to say did you see her face she said her lip just went Ling the always you know what I’m saying I gave her a chance and she was like ah the alwaysone the always Dependable Ling Ling well somebody missed out on she wanted tyone somebody missed out on the Applebees dinner but man we was going to no bo Dog no at you apple and you taking her to no bo cuz I learned you don’t want to go to Apple hey Big Head noo not no more you hey Big Head any who here’s what’s CRA I try to grow up from it here’s what’s cracking in the arena today the Lakers introduced bronnie and the rest of their rookie class on Tuesday but will they be introducing some impact players to the roster this offseason uh LeBron’s new contract May signal that they will not uh Kay said goodbye to the Bay but are the Warriors saying goodbye to their champion ship window sad times out there in San Francisco and kayin Clark and Angel reefs have helped take the WNBA to new heights but which one of them will win Rookie of the 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on this couch everybody on this couch wasn’t rooting for the Sparks unfortunately the whole Arena wasn’t rooting for the Sparks we were converting the we were at an Indiana Fever game I’m just telling you we were at an Indiana Fever game was there for Lex that was the most there that was most ridiculous insane environments I’ve ever been in it was amazing but the way that whole crowd was cheering for the Indiana Fever unfortunate I was like Dam roll game but it was still fun but that’s I right it was It was a game our first home game in crypto was that on the road she got a stand in Ovation after yeah that game was Ashton Kutcher Kaylin Clark F Kun Still rocking with the Sparks she said she was note I’m not going to lie I’m going just be honest with you and I I hope he don’t get offended but that’s just not my problem when I seen him go walk by the first time I thought it was Jim Carrey oh you talking about get offended by that that’s oh [ __ ] Jim had the old man uh Brown you said Roy jacket I’m like oh Jim Carrey and then when I look like why I look like ashes feel like you pulled out just the first White actor you could think of in your head no like cuz I guess you probably said Tom Tom I guess on I guess on Two and a Half Men he he’s young is he and then when I se him was he on Two and a Half Men he replaced I don’t watch I never watch the show I didn’t get the I didn’t get the update that he’s about 15 years old aged look like Jim look like Jim I’m like damn Jim like Klay Thompson was also in the building with Michael Thompson unfortunately uh those recruiting efforts did not pan out no but Lexi how are you doing and when do you hope to make a return back to um I’m doing better uh this Crown stuff has been just a little harder than I was expecting um but it was nice to like get back do training camp start some of the season um so yeah it’s just it’s a process I’ve only been diagnosed for like 6 months um so I’m just getting some things in order I personally like feel great my mental is getting better um and I hope to finish the season it’s like that’s the plan okay timetable is still TBD but I feel good so much better than I was this time last year so I like can’t keep forgetting that but yeah it’s just it’s a process what goes along with rehabilitation like what do you need to do to clear yourself um yeah so the thing with crohn’s is like it affects every person so differently and because there’s not really that much like research and data behind it it’s a lot of trial and error um so right now I’m on a medication I have to get infusions like uh every eight weeks right now so we’re trying to find an adjustment to that um find like a sweet spot to like so my energy stays High cuz it’s like you have the medicine in you and then it like runs out like a battery so they’re just trying to find that level to where like I don’t run out so it’s the energy thing mostly the lack of energy mhm right now it’s an energy thing like a strength thing sometimes I can’t do all the workouts that I want to do to like make sure I’m where I want a pain is it a pain thing too the pain come along with it but most of the pain was last year and I I got that pretty much all handled now thankfully but yeah it’s a lot of trial and error is it how many athletes have had it um not that many uh there’s two NBA players with it right now one plays for the Pacers I think I can’t remember his name and then Larry Nance Jr has it so I’ve been in contact with him he’s been amazing okay um giving me a lot of words of encouragement and ensuring me that it’s a process it takes time it took him some time he was diagnosed when he was in high school though so he’s had so he’s time to adjust yeah so a little different being diagnosed like like in the middle of your life yeah old a little bit older but he’s been great connected me with some Specialists out here so he’s been awesome well you know we riding for you you always have a home here at gilds Arena love when you’re able to come back thank you love when you’re able to come back to this couch but we want to see you on the court we are pulling up to more games uh we will make sure that those who are not Sparks fans Among Us are not invited 200 level put in the mid level no no 10t on the wood no got to get this got to get that coaching order too yeah no allegedly [ __ ] [ __ ] let’s all Little W uh WNBA released the all-star rosters on Tuesday both Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese made the 12 women roster that will be taking on Team USA and Phoenix later this month so the impact of both rookies cannot be overstated and a look at the top All-Star voting totals from last season to this season shows just that so Asia Wilson was the top vote getter in 2023 with nearly 100,000 votes this season Clark and her fever teammate Aaliyah Boston finished first and second with 700,000 and 618,000 respectively in fan voting followed by Wilson who had 67,000 votes Stuart with 424,000 and Angel ree came through with 381,000 so games featuring Clark have set viewership records on six different Networks in Tuesday nights fe uh fever Aces game in Vegas had the highest regular season single game attendance in the W since 1999 with 2,366 or 20,000 excuse me 6 366 people what arena is that uh that’s T-Mobile t-mob they moved it from their their normal Arena to to T-Mobile see that’s that you remember I asked you remember I said that I said I when they remember we said a lot of no when I was like they’re creating these small Arenas and when you create a small Arena you don’t have the capacity to expand to expand you know you know that’s just anything like just high schools like you you don’t give yourself a an expansion so now they have to think about all the the Arenas that they have they got to get rid of them now because if the W keeps going back now they have to get back these Arenas are too small now again very much so yeah and you look at those allar votes that’s like a four time increase yeah like times four from one year under a 100,000 to 700,000 votes that’s incredible that’s great to see so the league was growing before Clark and Reese came through but what has the Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese effect meant for the W this season yeah it’s been everything I mean you see like other players are benefiting from it it’s not just them it’s not just this rookie class but my favorite part about all of this has been seeing the rookies on the floor and like everyone has always wondered like why doesn’t the college fandom follow the pro like follow them when they get to the pros because for so many years rookies were just buried on the bench their confidence crushed like snuffed out and then the next season they’re like oh well you’re not good enough so we’re going to just cut you or we’re going to put you on another team because we don’t think you belong here you don’t we don’t think you’re good enough so I’ve just been really excited for the the young players getting an opportunity early to learn faster and get comfortable faster and like kind to cement themselves in these organizations earlier than like my I mean I barely played my rookie season I wish I had the opportunity to get on the court my rookie year but so do you think that just a business business sense that that some of these teams are starting to realize that the the girls that’s coming into the NBA or WNBA they have the following and it might be in their best interest yeah to put them onor put and yeah I mean you Ser clearly see the contrast the top teams have no rookies playing the bottom teams have rookies playing but at the end of the day only one team is going to win a championship and this is a business so I feel like teams are making business decisions but also you’re helping these rookies grow mature and learn faster which will then extend their career I think cuz it’s so many times I know so many players that are in the league like one two three years barely play and then they get cut and you’re like well I didn’t even get an opportunity to even show anything so I’m excited for them I think that everything that’s happening right now in the WNBA can be contributed to the conversations that we’ve had on this couch and I don’t want to say that they ain’t listening to everybody else on the outside but I think that our points that we’ve made strategically on the marketing side on women being more women in in the element of the NBA like the way they’ve been dressing coming out being more feminine where guys are looking like yo who is that like they’re double backing playing the rookies more the visibility being on ESPN more NBA TV more now we know where we can go and watch a game YouTube TV these are all avenues where the the NBA WNBA has grown within the last 6 months maybe yeah so now we’re looking at an aspect where the more we keep talking about little tidbits of Corrections that they can Implement Maybe they hear them maybe they don’t but we can see that changes have been made in a short amount of time where rookies are playing now we’re we’re we’re hyping up angel Reese to the point where she can be ahead of her time early on I mean she’s going to go down as one of the best rebounders in the league look at that like if we’re not watching we wouldn’t even we wouldn’t even know it yeah you know what I’m saying so now we get to see it well I want to ask you too about angel I see a lot of people the criticism of Angel is she’s uh rebounding a lot of her own shots that’s that’s a skill that’s the not but somebody posted a video it was like two or three times but there’s like six seven people around here all trying to grab the rebound and I’m looking like you think she do you think she’s deliberately just throwing it back off to herself no she Russell was doing back in the said said that was the one part of her game that was going to translate immediately was her motor Gil Russell yeah but I mean but we we already knew offensively like when when people were saying she go back to school it was basically to work on your offensive game a little bit more but that no one said anything about her defense and her rebound and they already knew she was that that’s what she does right so from here is just you know she’s going to get her rebounding is going to be elite forever year after year summer after summer she’s just going to have to work on her offensive side so her offensive side can catch up you know right now she’s just still raw yeah she just raw from the uh from the the offensive side mean once her offensive game catches up to that her rebounds might go down a little bit CU she will probably start making those shots but I mean she’s high level at that exactly what that team needs from her exactly she got she went to the perfect team and uh obviously supposed to get drafted High ended up dropping the seven kind of a blessing in the skies to be able to play with that Squad come to a team that’s obviously a little bit better than the the bottom of the league but now Allstar along with Clark uh and both of them are currently the Front Runners for Rookie of the Year Clark the fastest player in WMA history with 300 points 100 rebounds 100 assists Angel was named rookie of the month for June midst of a single season record 11 straight double doubles she just one shot of tying cace Parker’s record of 12 which was done over multiple Seasons so just looking at it right now if you had to put your pick in who will win WNBA Rookie of the Year this season and this is right now it could change like you know of course the season’s going to go on um I don’t even know it really just depends on like what you value so for me like I’m valuing the IQ passing shot making ability of of Kaylin Clark but and they’ve managed to turn their season around a little bit but then you go on the flip side and Angel you know winning rookie of the month breaking WNBA records you know doing things like that rebounding so like it’s like what you value more and for me like from just the way I like to play basketball like I would my vote would be for Caitlyn but it’s close like I wouldn’t be mad at either one of them but the fact that there’s a race is amazing usually it’s like one rookie that gets minutes and everyone else is on the bench yeah and one rookie like will just run away with it just based on the fact that they’re on the court more than everybody else so this is per this is great for the W race shot you had to put your pick in right now uh definitely um Caitlyn um and it has no shade uh to Angel it’s just what Caitlyn has to face on a nightly basis of like them trying to stop her number one on scatter like they like you like she can’t get equal opportunity as everyone else because then she would average I think she would average 25 26 a game because you’re not trying to gear The Scouting Report to stop her like Angel Reese I feel like they’re not giving her as much of a strenuous assignment when it comes to scout report because she’s going to do what she does she rebounds it’s hard to stop somebody who rebounds then you got c um cardosa cardosa on on the same team so it’s like you pick your poison she’s getting a lot of those rebounds too because sometimes they’re like sending doubles like but again that’s still all very hard to do it’s energy it’s effort obviously not everybody is doing it or is capable of doing it but yeah like you said top scouting report passing like you said the passing her IQ level she’s spoon feeding like imagine if they would actually finish three4 probably finish the season I predict she’ll finish the season with like two or three triple doubles yeah for sure and I yeah I just got to go with Caitlin on the on on that stand alone it has nothing to do with influence or nothing that just straight baller mindset when you got somebody at the free throw line shoots one free throw they got two you shoot one and you try to find me yeah before you shot your second right that’s different so my teammate that’s different like I’m overseas smoke I did that man I’ve seen it I’ve seen a [ __ ] so amped up to guard they they even finish the you got another free point you got a bro what are you doing like he stand in front of me yeah bro you got another free throw relax like I I like that with [Applause] kayin they they’re both they both have their flaws and strengths um you know Caitlyn’s getting roughed up in her own way you know as a guard play but Angels is getting choke slammed yeah she’s getting body be but because she’s bigger we don’t see it but you got remember she’s a post player so that means she’s taking a lot of cheap shots herself right she has to be um like she’s learning how to become a real offensive player because now she has bigger girls Defenders that know how to play defense so it’s harder for her to score versus someone like Caitlyn cuz Caitlyn can go get screens she can you you go double and help right she can she gets free more Angel won’t get free right cuz she’s posting up there’s somebody behind her right so she’s averaging a double double Caitlyn’s playing they’re both breaking records playing I me if it if it stays the same way all the way through I’m doing Co MVP co- rookie of the year yeah right because it’s it’s going to be hard to say one didn’t do one wasn’t the Rookie of the Year they’re both they’re both at this point doing a great job at would you ever give rookie of the year to a defensive player if their defensive impact was that that impactful over like a offensive Juggernaut no it depend it all depends what if one team makes the playoffs and team doesn’t with that you think that would sway no but what team was better before them two got there right Chicago yes but and they got two top they were both right two they got two top 10 SC currently the AC fever the ninth seed in wnb yeah so that but that’s why I said right now they’re both doing a job and if you know these two in the media form is your bread and butter right now just give it to both of them you give it to both I’m not mad that it it it makes for it better you build that r makes for a better story there’s there’s only so long there’s only so long you can keep doing blacks white keep and I feel like they’ve both done such a good job at staying in their Lane being themselves and just coming out and hooping that this Narrative of One Versus the other is like now y’all forcing it like y’all are forcing it and both of them being successful as we see is great for the league like one does not have to be better than the other then both playing at a high level America was built on separation yep so that’s what we’re going to continue to do to keep trying but we as the New Media can create the narrative unifying want remember it’s easier it’s when you when you think about like a click right if I say Angel’s better right we get all her clicks and then all of Caitlyn clicks right that don’t think that’s better they get to click it right they get to click it and and be mad so I get double if I go reverse right and say this person deserve clay deserve it all the re so it’s easier when you’re talking about media to just keep putting them against each other because right now the numbers say do it but business-wise moving forward it’s it’s better to say they both won now both sides are happy both sides are still going to complain that their person should have won right right so you still get the same thing y can be mad but we’re still elevating these well people are going to be mad no matter you don’t penalize anyone did Angel get Angel didn’t go to the USA she didn’t get picked for USA either no no no so I don’t I I want to know what the real the backstory even from like 2016 so Caitlyn is a four-time gold medalist um no Paige is a gold time Paige was PA yeah she was the head of that class uh once you Angel never been so she at 6 you 17 you 18 you 19 even though this past year they’ve finally just invited her to won and she was and she won silver mhm but when in that youth and she was the number two player in the country and they never invited her to the Team USA Basketball is weird they’re weird they pick weird like I’ve come to terms that I probably will never be on any type of USA team ever again okay well let it be known so I’m like their selection process and everything is like it’s always been like problematic for the most part so I mean I don’t think that anybody on the Olympic team should not be on the Olympic team I think they picked a great team and they’re going to go and this this one yeah but like the whole process of it it’s like you have the pool of people and then you’ll get put in the pool then you’ll get taken out then you’ll get invited to this mini camp and then get kicked out but then some players won’t show up to the mini camp but then be on the team but the question is are they picking the best players who them oh the oh the professional one I was talking about the youth one oh the youth one the youth one that’s I said this one one I’ve been to when I was younger I went to three two trials and then my grad year in college I chose not to go because I was in grad school and I didn’t want to miss class you need your education been like off me ever since yeah that’s I was wondering like brick all of those girls has been you trying to get smart trying to get education said brick brick has three Golds and I was wondering like damn angel don’t and then it was like she never got invited even though she was the second best player so between Caitlyn and Angel not being on the USA team them both being the candidates for rookie of the year I think like you said a CO would make sense because there’s no separation when you talk about black and white like they always want to paint thect I think they should make an effort to try and get them both on the next I mean next one is going to be they ain’t going to be able to have no but what I’m saying Isam and it’s in uh this is my this is my it’s La this is my we back this is my this is my sometimes you got to pop out this is my thing these these girls were and we can see they were bigger than the W as for just names their popularity from high school so they already had the gold medal experience so they are recognizable when they played over right you know from the youth age they were they were Mega Stars already and then it carried over into college right so coming into the W just like our our youth team right now they’re winning about 95 points right there’s no there’s no competition so right now it’s for exposure of so that’s why I said they both should have been on there remember I said it from the beginning all of them plus you because you it’s about recognition you want to you want to be you want to walk like the the men do right when braw and them got put on that team it wasn’t cuz they was playing it’s cuz this is what’s to come this is what to come you know hey yo shake some hands take some pictures you go out there we’ll win the games I don’t think they should have been on this Olympic team why not I just don’t think I don’t think it’s necessary I’m saying definitely necessary necessary for what though I me I know we’re trying to already whatever but like going to no not necessarily why those teams the other teams over there are getting better not that much better they’re not getting that much better was four or five years ago how many spots are there on the roster for the Olympics 12 12 if you’re going to only play seven there’s only 12 but they’re only playing they’re not they don’t who are you putting them over don’t matter it does matter on that Teel can both sit down what I’m saying is 11 and 12 don’t play anyway right but their ego of sitting kind of becomes a problem like I mean not necessarily cuz you’re on the Olympic team you represent your country J it’s different I’ve never been on Olympic team have youall been on Olympic team before like I don’t know what that like I’ve been on like a USA team but I’ve never been on an Olympic team so I don’t know what that’s like to be like I’m just like I’m just happy to be here like but if you’ve been there before if you got people on that team that’s been there before and they know what it’s like and you got three girls that can amplify this whole experience down the line but why but why do you why are you taking away these players experiences they might not be able to experience Olympics again them three are going to be able them three are going on the next she’s about to break a record for what for most most Olympic appearances six or seventh see I don’t I don’t have a I don’t have so why are we taking that from her these are some people first time at the Olympic Games why are you taking those experiences too it’s a record for these two rookies to come in and no that’s what I said once the once the list came out I can’t say who’s going to be on who should be taken off that’s not my job right after you pick the list I can’t say all these two I respected everybody’s argument as to why she should have been considered and why they should be considered but once the list came out you’re like who y’all taking off this list you can’t because if you that’s why it was once the list came out then from there you’re talking about people’s Legacy but just like somebody like Drew holiday and whoever you can find 20 more players better than him that he but that’s who gets put on so if he don’t play he don’t care right why glad that they made the All-Star team because now they’re going to play against USA team but we get to see them play together last time I don’t remember I thought didn’t the All-Star team smack the the the didn’t that happen oh last uh last last the last Olympics they yeah I think they did smack 2021 2020 no but the the co pushed it yeah whatever team I know they smack they they if I’m not mistaken it’s always the committed because those girls is mad cuz uh uh arque is going to be on that All-Star team oh she’s going to drop 100 yeah yeah yeah that’s what I’m saying team WMA defe Team USA 93 be allar game this is a real game that they so it’s 9385 9385 when they back in 2021 WNBA Allstar won back in 2021 so we asked the chat uh who will be a WNBA Rick of the Year 56% said Angel Reese so in the chat about it let’s keep it a lot of [ __ ] in there no no what I was what I was going to say this what if what will will will these girls be considered [ __ ] if the 2028 Olympics come and they’re like n we good if Angel and cait I would be shocked if they did that we’re good I don’t think I don’t think Kay in LA in La like well I mean Reese because she’s never had a gold she would do it Kaylin got three already Kaylin ain’t I don’t think her ethics she got basketball I know but I’m just saying you know what I mean like remember what her PR team would not she’s a white American Got To Remember by the time 2028 Paige Paige is on that team for sure Juju juu oh [ __ ] yeah that’ll be yeah it’s going to be interesting but it’s a process though so like the the camps the all the stuff the other World Championships like you got to do all that do yall do they re really have in try outs and stuff yes oh yes it’s a pool like I have friends that were in the pool and then they were like suddenly no they’re like no we good so if you get your if you get your top five players in the league right now top five top five players in the league right now in the W right now the you a go start for the USA team based on the list or based on just based on not the top five oh top five um oh gosh position so point [Music] guard even though she’s not an Allstar Skyler Diggins has been playing her ass off she always had game okay I put her at Point put her at the point I ain’t going to lie mm um hold on let’s rewind cuz I’m about to be like I’m about to put like the whole Seattle Storm Team on this top five been hooping top five storm juel NE juul’s on the Olympic team NECA is NECA on team no no she didn’t make it she’s a Allstar though um I mean I think BG is playing at a high level she’s not I don’t think she’s she’s a five Britney grind five so what is Asia a four she’ll play a four on that team okay so Britney Britney Asia yes Britney Asia Skyler I mean Chelsea Gray obviously is their point guard but she was hurt she’s been hurt she top they’ve been cooking since she been back starting point guard they won five straight back in the line I didn’t even think of Chelsea so yeah Chelsea but she’s been out okay so you need a three and a two uh Jewel and Jackie jeel and Jackie Jackie Long Jackie young Jackie young I’m you know I mean Jackie young the actor she’s nice shout out podcast shout out Jackie podcast like I like Jackie five of the best players in the league right now long young short so where do you rank arque arque is she’s up there I don’t know what I don’t know what the te is that situation but I mean she was like I didn’t like the vibe so I did Dallas wings but like she’s just a bucket just getting the top five from you just hearing it and then seeing the rest of the it’s like it’s a total difference between your top five and how everyone else sees the W because you get to see the players real time you like she’s cold she’s she be like well then how is she in the top five it’s like they just picked her it’s like we don’t be knowing yeah unless we hear it from us like we ask Jason T them and them I got see them I got to see them every night like but and that becomes people like when we when we see our top five and people like how did you pick that like you ain’t got to stand in front of the dude you I didn’t even mention Sabrina like that’s what iing you ain’t got to open that cage and go close it and sit with that lion yeah like she said I got to be careful on what I say cuz I got to see I got to see had 35 last night five straight wins for the ex shout out I lower and I went L on don’t do that she a been playing like Park you want get you know what happened it’s just like anything she’s a she’s a shooting guard she got she got to play her position and then you put her to the point guard then they overthink I got to run the offense like that now you know that that happens all the time you were not worried about that like huh you weren’t worried about that no remember I remember that um Tyreek Evans oh yeah when Ty EV at the point five and five put him at the shooting guard can’t shoot the L can’t shoot a l now he’s s there I don’t realize how hard that point guard position is point let’s keep this thing moving uh talk about the other team of LA Lakers held the introductory press conference for their rookie class on Tuesday and all eyes were on bronny James so before his first media availability as a Laker bronnie sh a moment with LeBron as the duo did their customary DB that like damn look at him shout out Rich Paul in the building as well so crazy I thought that was Scott velt in the background it is not so LeBron and Savannah were offered front row seats but opted to post up in the back to let bronnie get his shine bronnie was asked about a decision to end the draft after one season at USC and also potential pressure he’s facing playing with his dad had this to say what about the timing to come into this year’s draft compelled you to to make that decision and then how much of a consideration was while my father’s still an active player um for me you know I always try to put that Narrative of me trying to get my name out for myself um but just coming in and trying to get better um you know Rob has told me that there’s a great development system here so I just want to come in and and get my work in and and get better every day um but I never really had an a thought of you know me going to play with my dad but that’s always you know there to you know take part of but it wasn’t a main focus of mine today how much more pressure is on you playing on a team with your father and how you how you going to handle that pressure um for sure the Amplified amount of pressure um I’ve already seen it stuff media and stuff on the in the internet and stuff talking about I um might not deserve an opportunity but you know I’ve been dealing with stuff like this for my whole life um so it’s it’s it’s nothing different but it’s it’s it’s more Amplified for sure but I get through it [ __ ] we average 25.7 he’s so precious the LeBron James Clan he’s so fresh combined how y’all why people hate on this kid why I like the on him and his D oh oh you know what the point like he’s right it’s not going to be it’s not going to be that much pressure on him because remember Braun coached his team when he was like dunking the layup lines back in the day remember all that so when people when he had to when you you’re talking about crowds of kids the whole Camp is coming to watch but they’re coming in for his father and he has to perform this talking crazy hitting shots and he got to see nth grade that when his dad’s around [ __ ] get a little different yeah but he was still a kid then I know but now he’s like an adult so but but kind of nervous but but he had to play when his dad was in the building he ain’t really got to play right now that’s true you know then he had to go out there and hit points cuz everybody’s watching but still everyone I just I just am thinking about the things that are going to be said to him and I know like that’s part of it but I like he doesn’t Des like he don’t deserve that [ __ ] you look like LeBron what does he boy you look just like your daddy is his name LeBron James Jr bronnie is his name is not LeBron Bonnie you call him bronnie it’s Bron a little different a little different he goes by bronnie Bron tavius abjj you think do you think they strategically have raised him or told him to act like unbothered by the fact that his dad is LeBron James instead of just being like well I’m sure if you deal with it for long enough you just stop get yeah I mean like I obviously my dad is not LeBron James but like I know a legend a professional athlete as a parent but it’s like we’ve never seen anything like this before so I was always interested to see how the route they would choose for him to take so like this kind of like I’ve never really thought about it before like I know y’all be a taco Tuesday be like yo I can’t wait till we play together like I know like that has come up like it had to that was what I was going to R is it obvious I was going to get into that I was going to get into that like it’s weird it’s almost cringe to think that you guys would try to sweep that under the rug like y’all haven’t had in-depth conversations like I could potentially I just play on your team and you can play on my like where’s bronn’s like personality like I’m looking for the the kid that smoke weed on the you know what I’m saying rad it was a roach it was a roach and we don’t know if it was fire or before you don’t even know what that was it was all could have been it was all before the heart thing right so then he comes out of that and it’s like you don’t really hear from him you don’t really get to hear him speak he don’t have no presence anymore on social media like they took him offline now we only get to see him when he show up for the draft and stuff like that and my thing is everybody’s having this comp this conversation of nepotism and privilege and all of that type of [ __ ] and it’s like well you know if they can do it on this side why can’t we do it on this side and it’s like what whatever side you do it on somebody’s going to get left out of the pot anyway there’s going to be that one guy who deserved it who not going to get it because billionaires dad the the the dad is a billionaire and the son sh that’s you know can get the spot unfortunately but I mean a Lakers doing what they did to to to get this thing done and thinking that there’s not going to be any pressure know I think that’s going to be the different the different part it’s definitely going to be pressure well historically 55th pick not much expected from that particular draft Pi I’m just saying the last 5 10 years the problem it’s it’s the 55th pick right will there still be pressure if he came in training camp and he signed a two-year deal with training camp because that was going to happen anyway no matter what we say he was going to be on the team right um if he didn’t get drafted he was going to be invited to training camp he was going to be on the team that’s just how that was going to work out so no matter what he was going to be in this jersey the same thing was gonna happen right did nothing nothing nothing during this path was going to change because it would have been training camp it would have just been three of them up there instead of two um I think it’s better that they drafted him because it could have eventually been like someone got drafted and then they put bronie on the team instead of the the the drafted was more just for because that’s what bronny wanted right he he is I’m he is his own entity he is a uh he does make his own he makes his own moves he does his own thing right um he’s a big he’s a v he’s a video gamer I don’t believe that no he does what that twitch stuff yeah yeah he was the son of a billionaire bro you don’t do [ __ ] on your own [ __ ] he has his own bodyguard well he could really do nothing exactly just sit on his ass all day it been the same privilege his own trainers privilege doesn’t change we got the access but you got to do something yeah you still got to do something with it so in other news according to Sham Pro that you deserve it right so but he he he he’s going to everybody keeps saying he deserved it but like why are we acting like this like what did he deserve like what did he earn like what did he like he came in he worked out and he got the spot like you look at the longevity of the guys who was in college for two three years and it’s like oh I fought for this it’s like people are believing that it was given to him just based on workouts so what does he have to do for everyone to like just shut up I I’m was thinking if he average 10 or 12 points no one would be able to say a godam as a 55th pick even he would have post early points 12 points in college in college he would he would have got picked earlier if he would have did more work and nobody would be able to say anything what was so funny he would have got picked earlier if they wasn’t call and saying don’t pick him that part two so but they’re only doing it based on the resource of what you’re attached to you slide your salary slides too so obviously that wasn’t even a really that’s what I was saying go back to school so you don’t have to have answers to any of these questions based on someone giving you anything go back no matter what that was going to happen no cuz you earn it at this point like you got bodies of work you got highlights you got footage you like yo he’s killed this game okay what if he stayed in college and it didn’t and he doesn’t translate still get drafted but what does it matter about earning it like if if I got my if you help me get my foot in the door once I get in the door it’s my it’s he got drafted what happens now is all on him yes and that’s all that matters at this it’s always but it’s the it’s the opportunity to get drafted no but what I’m saying it don’t matter it do just you got me in the door My name got me in the door now I have to to to if I want to stay in the door I got to keep it right so it it all depends on him too most of us got our jobs and most of our relationships come from somebody we know but look it doesn’t come with the resources behind that opportunity if I get an opportunity to to sign with Death Jam and they give me a machine of producers and all of these things behind me I have longevity in front of me but if I just sign with aftermath and they don’t give me no budget they don’t give me nothing and I have to do it myself my career Outlook is going to look totally different cuz I don’t got the resources bronnie he has an advantage cuz he has resources and he has a a safety net and Rich Paul he got agents he got different things he’s the first person that’s ever and and and that’s the difference is he’s the most polarizing person that’s done it he’s the son of a billionaire well people ha Happ in sports them this doesn’t really happen it happens in business no happens in s’m no it happens in it happened inck Rick Barry Rick Barry and all his sons just what I’m saying is every billionaire we have if you look if you followed them their fathers yeah you followed you know uh Elon all all of them they they had their their parents they Hadad coming in yeah they didn’t start from nothing they had an advantage you know Trump you got to talk about um um who’s second who’s who’s second richest oh Bill Gates Right bill Gat is none of them are parent [ __ ] I’m Bill Gates what’s the one in Oklahoma second generation oh the uh the bennit no who is it no who’s who’s uh buff the second generation money I’m saying what do you do with it but I supposed to not I supposed to not take my father’s what’s the name and said I’mma do it on my own what is the obsession of that give me my give out no [ __ ] that I got it out of the mud that mud why are we obsessed with that mentality it’s like I don’t get it all the time so according to Shams the Lakers and bronnie have agreed to a 4year $7.9 million guaranteed rookie contract the team option in the final year which means BOS basos got a $150,000 advance from his father yeah to create Amazon so just in case you want bronnie Lakers fouryear $7.9 million deal team option in the fourth year how much 4ye $7.9 million deal wait what 4year $7.9 million Bonnie’s contract Bonnie’s contract team option in the final year second round which means round money second round shout out Rich Paul not the first time Rich Paul has done this so if we were keeping it real Lively uh Chris livson I believe got a got a it was Chris or Lively uh livon was the second round pick last year Rich toe team not the draft and they already a dealing place he get uh he got a deal from the Bucks I think he was the last pick in the draft if I’m not mistaken I do remember him coming out from the the stands and and celebrating his moment so but this means that bronnie will be a member of the 15-man roster but here’s the thing Bonnie’s n uh evaluation range from 3 to 7 million from last summer to the end of the freshman year so technically this is taking a pay cut to play basketball with that come play basketball D but brings me to the next question what are your expectations what are your expectations for bronie and his rookie season he’s going to learn a lot so Chris Livington signed a fouryear 7.6 million contract with the bu picking NBA draft yep including 3 million guaranteed damn and average annual salary of the same thing what are you think I’m think it’s a different time fell yeah I’m just thinking how lonely it was when you were just like on your own as a rookie you didn’t you just had to figure it out I just remember that I’m just sitting here thinking oh you thinking about that I’m think about D million that was the number five pick in my NBA that was number one no for for cart no no number one our number one pick was total toal 6 seven million I think both seven years like he got year that’s for year I’m talking about this is for the the four years yeah yeah that’s what I’m saying two kwami was like a four for 13 or something like that cuz iend I think you ended up surpassing him by the fourth season cuz you only did the two-year deal so like me second round 32 that was 2E 600,000 something like that well I think a lot of people are talk about in your case Gil second round pick but you ended up making the back faster you made more money than the number one overall pick I Believe by your fourth season in the league which is [ __ ] absurd but no technically you are the top pick in that draft happy happy for Bonnie man a’t going to take nothing away from him man but what are your expectations for bronnie in his rookie season with the Lakers n yeah I don’t expectation like realistically um he’ll play anywhere from 10 he’ll probably get in 10 to you think he’s going to play 20 if he plays it’ll be 10 to 20 games play any game they got to get a a br a bronie moment next year come on go this year they both got a dunk on rud go the G League huh they said no time in the G League no time in the G League which I don’t believe I don’t believe that either no he going I know what’s been said but he’s not going to he’s not going two-way he refused two cont tway you cannot go to the G League he’s on the team yeah and you can he’s on the 15 man roster if that is a thing see and that’s the thing that I’m saying with the opportunity given to bypass all of that [ __ ] to go straight to a guarantee second round you ain’t had to really do nothing for that like that looks so I understand that from like a competitive athlete standpoint but as like a community that loves LeBron and yeah that’s coolism and all these things amazing whatever but from a compe D but yeah he going to have to come in and like do a little something damn he have to kill he have to kill in practice if they have practices where he can prove himself and be like yo we got to put bronnie in that’ll give him an opportunity but see I give him about 10 10 games about 10 to 20 games to get in and who he who who is his competition no remember think about see this what I think about Vincent no think no think about blowouts you got to think about all the blowouts that’s going to happen blowouts they blowout or we get blown out so he going to get in about he going to get about 8 to 20 20 games he’ll get in for a couple minutes that’s what I just looked at the roster of just people who just they’re the 15th player on the team and they got about 12 games for the season yeah it’s just like if you going to use that spot someone not going to play or a few people not going to play when you when you’re down 20 or up 20 just just to get to the league and to have to play Trash minutes just because when I could be in college getting real minutes I could be doing but you’re still in college you could be in college or you could be on the Lakers yeah but I’m going be on the L I’m going to be on the team regardless cuz of my dad whenever I decide to come out what if he’s done playing he’s my dad he also wanted them to be on the team together he’s my dad Jeff Bezos has a son that’s 19 and be like yo dad I want this warehouse and there’s a report today that bronnie is expected to spend some time in the G League really this season I mean from a development standpoint it would it would be that would be a waste of time why would I come man I’m just going to go be I’m going to be college player in Chapel Hill or be in La I want to be the college player of the year you I want that I don’t believe you I want that I don’t believe I did it I surpassed the second year to go to the third year to be the champion that’s I said that like literally like that’s sophomore year top 15 I’m cool I want I want top three not when you were like if you were now you right now yes cuz I know what if you college right now you would still navigate your college career the exact same way absolutely because listen if it pans out the way it pans out for me that it did I only played four years and I had nothing else to show for it I can look back in my college days I [ __ ] killed I was a [ __ ] monster at the end of the day I can always hang my hat on that if bronnie comes in and do four years and he can do another five and do another six and his [ __ ] grow he made the right decision but if he do three years and then we like yo what happened with bronnie that’s to me that’s why I I always go against it cuz I’m like it’s so much more for him he he can create a real name for himself he ain’t got to hide in the shadow of his dad his dad never went to college that’s the one difference he can make but so question for you college program resources facilities work out all that stuff versus now having an opportunity to be in the Lakers facility day in and day out playing with arguably the greatest basketball player of all time playing with ad the rest of that Lakers crew more beneficial for his development than being in college he gets a instead of going against some backup point guard that you’re going to be who probably won’t make it to the NBA versus playing against uh DLo everyday in practice Gabe Vincent every day in practice now you’re learning how to live you’re learning how to be a pro you’re learning how to watch film right just the knowledge itself right it’s not even the the the physical part it’s just learning the game that you’re going to be coming in three years from now he would be a senior in college right three years from now he’d be third year in the league third year in the league if they had to face each other in a one-on-one match this man is so Advanced for the the same age at 22 he would be so Advanced versus the guy coming into college no matter what he did in college he won’t know this so when he comes into college being R uh whatever the year he still is going to go through some rookie wall yes the 22-year-old who’s been there 3 years that is not a case he’s going to be more of advanced player so whether 19 or 22 regardless whenever you come to rather like what is he going to learn from college versus what can I learn from my dad and DLo and all these guys I’m around Superstars and I can I can pick up the good habits and get rid of the bad ones it’s not going to be easy either so we got to give him credit because he absolutely could have stayed in college and kind of figured it out but he’s going to challenge himself and learn from the best then yeah he’s gonna be with his dad too so let’s let’s talk about the bigger issue going on right now with the Lakers so after Lakers failed to make any major moves at the trade dead line there was much anticipation heading into this off season but entering now with the fourth a free agency the team has yet to make any signif significant outside move to strengthen the roster so despite LeBron’s willingness to take a pay cut to give the team room to add an impact player with the bulk of those players now signed to other teams LeBron basically bet the Lakers $20 million they couldn’t improve the roster and at this point he has won the bet because according to Shams LeBron has agreed to a new two-year $104 million max deal with the Lakers which includes a player option and no trade clause wa wait two year two years so he opted out of the final year with I think he’s making like 51 52 then now sign sign so he’s just signed extra year the same thing but an extra year now to go get another extra 51 52 Mill so it’s a twoyear with an option after the first yeah so he can be a free agent next again give me my TV bread and a no trade claw so I’m here I’m here to stay with BR I’m here it’s crazy they would they wouldn’t give my man Kobe that bread they made that man retire who they gave Kobe a two for 48 yeah yeah Kobe took all [ __ ] two for 100 but that’s then it was a different time the bread was different all that thead was different going need you to wrap this thing up man to need you to wrap this up man two for two for four did 23 I think Co would have did 23 what years H yeah no he couldn’t have n that that year messed him up that year did that year [ __ ] him up but I’m just saying even that last year he didn’t want to end it not making it to the playoffs so I think he would if he could have ran it back he’ ran it back just the play this this this is the reason that we have load management now right if Lakers can rewind time when Kobe heard his Achilles and they said 10 to 12 weeks or no that was 10 to 12 months right that was Dan Tony too and he his ass came back in December he came back in December way faster than he was supposed to and played six games and then got hurt again which was something different I guarantee you load management he wouldn’t been he wouldn’t have been playing he was Aver 28 in that December he wouldn’t have been playing in that December he would have had his ass out you know what I mean and that’s what we have now it’s you think Kobe would have done participated in load management like they are now I don’t not his nah he would he would have motherfucked all them yeah that’s but you know what I mean management man man and when people ask me about Lo management it’s like this right you you get the schedule cuz I I was I used to I used to when the schedule came out I’d go to the coach and we would go through the schedule right and we because it was more of we’re like are we going to stay in Miami or we’re going to go to the next city right so they’re trying to figure out what we’re going to what we’re going to do for that part of it then I’ll see them circling stuff right they just circle you know um okay loss loss loss it be like these things called schedule loss and then they say r right with the way we did it our record is going to be 42 and 40 right like okay that’s a good you know and then now you play it out and try to figure out so on some things they call scheduled losses that’s what they have now as load management gam so let’s say we playing uh four games in five nights we played the first two then we have a day off and then let’s say that third game is a Orlando now we play Denver Denver let’s say let’s say we play Boston on on the the day off on that that third game then we play Orlando right and we we’re not going we’re not going to beat Boston and if we do Beat Boston I mean if we do play hard against Boston are we going to be are we going to be you lose and you waste that now hey Braun ad take the day off against uh Boston so you have two days off and then we’re going to try to win that game in Orlando then we’ll try to get three we go good three and one but even last you saw him do I believe against the Spurs where they did that like Braun played one game May play but they ended up tricking one of those games when like these are wins that are going to come back and bite you in the ass but because of but because they already did the pre-schedule they’re trying to just figure out how to manage the time also is there a moment like if you do have one of these scheduled management games when the guy’s like I actually feel good today I can go well let them it depends cuzz now like people don’t understand as a fan it’s going to be frustrating for you because just like any player they put the M the heart monitors on everybody now right so even in practice they going to check your beeps but you done hit enough beats you’re like [ __ ] it’s only been 15 minutes right but his body where his body’s moving sit down sit down so you do get frustrated but you know come into a game we playing against you know I got to play against Steph today and they’re like yeah we gonna give you the day off bet [ __ ] I ain’t gonna argue with you I’m not arguing with you where’s K you said Caruso tomorrow I got Caruso tomorrow and that’s just no one’s going to argue what you giving me the day off I think the load management should be predicated towards injury only injury only like you said with the pr yeah they do prevention now if you saying load management is what got him up out of there early mhm because he came back early from an injury right that should be the only situation that load management could be indicated for it’s like all right you’ve had an injury you just came back early we’re going to bring you in everybody else though there ain’t no just all of a sudden I’m going look and be like all right man you take the night off man you you’ve done enough for the last week and I’m supposed to be okay with just you telling me I get a night off when I’m about to go play against somebody I’ve been waiting to play a against for two months now no way no way did you did you have were you in you you yeah you was there did y’all ever have them dudes that come in that that put all the the [ __ ] on you yeah I remember they was they they had the outputs so what they do is they put before the game they put these things on and then it’ll spit out your output like like how much energy putting out so they have a percentage probably of if it’s under let’s say 65% you ain’t playing cuz you’re injury prone y so they’re doing more prevention now than before so it’s kind like if you look at just across the board even Lucas them they’re not playing 70 games my young kid the young boys is not even playing that many games right so they’re like n we just going to take so y’all can be fresher for the games y’all do play they they’re trying to predict yeah they’re trying to which is to me it goes against what we actually do you can’t predict when I get hurt or how I get hurt or how much energy I’m going to exert based on my adrenaline my adrenaline comes of how how I get up for the game if you challenge you start talking [ __ ] the energy went from 65 to 85 just because you like man that broke ass [ __ ] you ain’t hitting [ __ ] I think like the obsession with like data analytics numbers is kind of like it’s like we’re like in a weird time with sports right now but like I understand like PR prevention all that stuff but like you don’t know when you going to tweak something like TW or play bad like you don’t contr any of that like it’s it’s it’s one of those you ever go back into the season like damn I wish see this game [ __ ] me up this game [ __ ] me up this game right you got these it seems like that’s what they’re trying to prevent but as a player as a human being as a player you have to understand Braun’s been on this how long has it taken you to get to that 40,000 that 50,000 and that’s why when people say he’s he’s taking all these games off I’m sit for a dude who’s trying to get 50,000 he hurts himself every time he takes a day off y right it it no matter how you look at it he should have had 40,000 five years ago facts right if he was if he stayed with the same trajectory he was even if he retired 5 years ago he would have had this record 5 years ago so when when you’re talking about people like Luca Ant-Man all these young guys they’re handicapping you to 74 games 66 games the chances you’re beating uh uh Jordan LeBron and Kareem it makes it harder now yeah like because every year you don’t play 82 like Jordan and them that’s one more year it’s going to take you unless you go to the playoff you got at least average 75 to 72 games a season and play not even 72 72 still put you at a doubt but you got Jordan who played damn near nine games 82 81 games 80 kind of It kind of It kind of like you’re going to literally have to play 20 22 years at the same level which is for some of them people unless you’re very you’re physically gift is not going to happen and that’s what you say physically gifted for Michael Jordan is being able to be durable enough to fight through the whole and playoffs and finals and playf and man but that’s how you know this is why you know um load management during the season is team-wise and it’s not injury wise when the playoffs start how many load managing games do those players have none Zero Crazy not one not one game is load manage they they out there they out there playing because now the team needs them to play so there’s no load managing in the playoffs it’s the team doing this [ __ ] [ __ ] off the whole algorithm it’s it’s a it’s a double Ed sh man it’s it’s that’s what I said it it happened to a few it happened to uh henbert and it happened to Donovan Mitchell where Donovan Mitchell if you if you look at Donovan Mitchell he came back on game 65 meaning when he only had 65 like that that Mark that was the day he came back like oh [ __ ] I got to come back today yeah play two games back in and you got to hit like the 20 minute thresh but not how they you see that’s why I said it’s a double Ed short I know how they they they got out with this if you’re telling me to sit and I’m doing it right you’re controlling my 65 games because now when you’re saying oh sit and I’m like N I got to get this contract I’mma play and then I can even if I just going for one or two games now they’re like nah you got to play at least 20 games now so now it that player Sub in cuz embi could have subbed into the game and came out you got to play 20 minutes I think for it to count as a you there’s a little wiggle room in it but see so they’re forc so now they’re forcing players to not just sub themselves in yeah well all the current keep being pulled back cuz I remember when this load management started a lot of people had beef with the players but it’s starting everyone’s starting to realize that it’s not always it’s not it’s because it’s easy to it’s easy to blame the players that’s it’s that’s the easiest thing to do like like they want like I I heard somebody say I said didn’t pop start it but they were winning that’s not the [ __ ] point the point is who started it yeah Pop I remember that his formula that Heat game when they sent everybody back to the crib but they almost ended up winning the game so they kind of put it yeah his formula was successful for his team but he was still doing it right we’re going to sit this game we’re going to sit this everybody else they just don’t have the formula they’re just trying to do it right it’s not that they won championships doing it that’s but that’s what I’m trying to do oh he played his players only 72 74 games and they won these championships that’s what we’re going to mimic y’all just don’t know how to do it yet that’s that’s the problem yeah so pop uh has denied that he he created load management just just as an aside said I never took out a sheet of paper and said he’s going to do this he’s going to do that but jig so he just like yeah I don’t I don’t like I don’t y’all wanted this match up y’all should have had it in the playoffs last year well [ __ ] yeah so let’s back LeBron 2-year max deal obviously player option no trade clause but how embarrassing has the Lakers offseason been so far and why are they struggling to land an impact player it’s the Lakers G Los Angeles feels like the same as last season right last off season they didn’t land nobody me the season before that no they did not so they just been dropping up Rob ain’t Rob ain’t [ __ ] man get Rob on the phone Rob doing are they scared to what was the biggest what was the biggest thing robbed it was it a it wasn’t ad was it ad was it Russ I think magic was still ad right no no ad right ad they probably the original deal had when magic proposed it bi stayed kalef yeah all right so we would have still had B uh B no Braun no it would be kman in in New Orleans kma would have went the so uh Magic threw kozma in the deal what deal the ad deal oh the ad deal yes it was like Josh Hart uh it it was like Josh Hart czz um um left hand uh Randall Randall it was it was that so he had cou and then what’s her name swis it and put bi in it so on the phone so I don’t know what his what what has he done nothing but it’s weird how a lot of players say I want to play for the Lakers and you still can’t get that deal done but I guess that’s the problem when someone like the Roan the Roan is a free agent he’s a free agent but trying to work out to signning trade a bunch of different options right now he’s a free agent oh he wants the but to get the bread he wants a Chicago money said I’m not taking the mle so don’t give me that midlevel so he wants the Chicago money Lakers he bunch of teams have been now mention they can’t afford that can they who the Lakers Lakers they there is a guy to heaven when there’s a will there’s a way they have they have pieces they can move feel there not a move there’s not a move that the Lakers made in the last six years has made any sense towards like winning the championship well when they when they went they made that Western Conference Finals run they didn’t make you two years ago years they make no mov I mean you brought some good was the move getting Ry I mean they they they’ve gotten some good pieces I’m I’m referring to we won a championship and didn’t got rid of damn near like six players that did not break bread that was the downfall in ad Melo Westbrook Malik monk you had all those guys on that team that was probably the most talented team you could have they did absolutely nothing with that team how many coaches have they had since the championship since the championship three three right so all the free agents they bring in t wise even if you bring D rozan in what like what are you going to do what are you going to do like it’s the Rosen yeah what did he do when he was with his team averaging 27 points a game what is he doing making a Chicago Bulls you’re not you’re not going to come down to the Lakers and do that you’re not going to come to the Lakers and average 27 who we don’t need him average 27 22 is good so so represent Compton and get some lar de rozan at a 18 a game hell yeah that hell yeah hell 18 we winning the chip the Rosen at 18 game the Rosen averaging 18 LeBron’s going average is about 25 Anthony Davis averaging about 20 [ __ ] yeah DLo with the 154 we don’t have a third consistent I thought what was Lemon Daddy Lemon Daddy was there for nothing Leon Papa you had to pick ad or the rozan having the second life average I got a you picking ad for sure why because he’s your big man you need to be still super effective without being the second leading scorer like he’s gonna be up there but I feel like dear’s biggest strength is scoring scoring Leon he’s average he’s average ad can rebound and and play defense and he going to get you points that’s why I got but you can’t take dear’s what does Demar do differently than Lemon Daddy easy average average 20 points plus for the last 11 years on all twos currently straight twos he averaged 24 last year currently 24 so the year before 24 on the Lakers that’s going to go all the shots that Austin Reeves had is all the shots are all the shots that the Rosen is going to get yeah yep that’s the same amount of points no no one is a score the other one is just trying to still figure out what his game is one can score one is a score I’m not going to call D rozan A score 11 years averaging 20 plus he can score SC he can score what is so what is that the what’s the difference you can go get buckers in a variety of manners okay what variety not just twos not just little 52 52 52% 5 Richard Hamilton wasn’t a score he was a great shooter he’s a great mid-range shooter mhm ain’t no go get me a bucket dear is going n dear is go give me a bucket definitely not but he can he can score what what was his clutch last year cuz this seemed like he no I’m going to say I’m saying difference between a scorer and a [ __ ] who can play several he can play but when you like hey go give me a bucket however you can go get it he do that nah no you crazy n so no you crazy I watched the Bulls the last two seasons him specifically what his four quar what is his fourth quarter point he not going like that’s not a good sample size finished second in clutch voting six he’s finished second in clutch yeah he taking the last shot give me a bucket taking the last shots which means great hold on that’s great then Kobe White had more of the options of being a score than the n n Kobe white just give me the ball homeboy watch out score KOB KOB White’s a score yeah he go get that he go get a bucket for he just undiz he’s like de fox in 2023 Steph last year so he was second behind Steph that was that was R in 2023 right with the clutch award or was that behind Dar Fox he was uh behind St this year okay St you picking Paul George I mean you picking uh uh Demar D rozan over Paul George no uh I personally am not I would not do I don’t know he averages six points in the fourth quarter who Paul George the Rosen oh how many does Paul George average in the fourth quarter I’m about to see fiveo yeah in that situation yes I’m going Paul George Paul George seven I’m just talking about Paul George a seven PA all a score you a score I’m hey Paul George is a scorer is it because he shoots more threes he can go get you a bucket in variety ofar start hitting threes then you he’d be a scorer to you Jamar got to go to the cup and go give me a bucket anytime I need it he do that no he doesn’t God no he does not oh no he does not so Steph had the most clutch points this season with 189 Demar had 183 so had 182 clutch points by the clutch square definition metric K score yeah oh give me a buet with you there go give me a bucket man so I ain’t worried about nothing but you’re going to give me a bucket let’s keep this Lakers Centric so JJ reick named head coach coaching staff is finally starting to take shape as retic has added two former head coaches and Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks to his staff so McMillan has head coaching experience with the sonics Blazers Pacers and most recently the Hawks and Brooks is coach the Thunder and wizards do you like Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks as assistants for JJ reck with the Lakers Gil you said he needed to give some guys some former head coaches with experience feels like a 2k’s game right now like building your coaches McMillan Scott you draft your podcast partner’s son like this feels like not real well hey mind the game podcast was a very good podcast when it had its time to shine wait is is it over now it is uh over now all those fans feel free to no we don’t know if that’s over migrate over to gills Arena presented by old man podcast is over oh he said he’s not doing any podcasting oh so we will take your subscribers what a segue bro get down or lay down that was probably one of the best Segways from career to Career I’ve ever seen yeah oh I seen it coming my name is I saw your clip of you talking seen it seen it in the sh another name no I was in the meeting sh behind the curtain got talking I ain’t supposed to be in here namey Scott Brooks y’all like that okay there’s some silence on this couch for those listening to the audio verion of this show listen I don’t I don’t have hate okay I do have hate let it be known right but it’s not it’s not his fault right it’s just he’s part of he’s part of the entity who oh Team USA Nate wait what happened was that back when we had the military box I don’t give a [ __ ] what box military they left you off the team they didn’t leave me off the team it was more like uh aake The Vibes was not vibing it wasn’t they hit me with some [ __ ] that I just didn’t I’m on the bubble on the bubble I’m the I’m like the fourth best player here right now I’m balling right now I’m on the bubble I’m out of hit in he not going just cut me when we get to South Korea bub all the way out here so you know I mean cut me but he was on that team so his name just don’t I saw your face it just don’t I saw okay circling back to that that happened to some players in the USA team they they flew them out I I don’t know where they went but they flew them far as [ __ ] and then and then the players that they actually wanted became available they was playing in the finals MH and they slip flop flipflop and I was like oh no no frequent flow miles speaker like went but I guess I guess since he’s a Laker now I got to push away and remove my in the beef girl you know I got to I got to take away and then put him in a whole different light you know Under the Umbrella so I like the two coaches um you know added to the roster you know we got one that’s defensively minded right that’s Nate Brooks is where did he coach Thunder and wizards he is was the Wizards so yeah he he was The Wizard he coached damn what yeah he was the Wizards okay what Thunder team did he coach Westbrook now yeah yeah so and then he BR Westbrook back and then Westbrook had the triple double so yeah yeah yeah okay cool yeah he was with the Thunder from uh 2009 in 2015 yeah I don’t really plan on picking the Lakers as my team next season you pick a new team that’s your thing so just this whole segment is just just a I don’t give a [ __ ] so long as long as y’all is in last place I really don’t give a [ __ ] so in everything goes wrong that’s fair I’m saying I hope only win 15 hate the way we walk we way we talk the way we all and I know what people think like he got ler on his shirt no it literally says Mamba says M it’s just literally says just m all right well let’s move around Jersey it is a KOB one let’s move around so Monday Klay Thompson dipped from the Warriors after 13 season with the team elting to sign a three-year deal with the Mavs in a three- team signing trade that sent two second round picks to the Warriors and Josh Green to the Hornets Tuesday both Steph Curry and Draymond Green offered their thoughts on Clay’s departure with Steph posting a series of IG stories reflecting on their Journey along with this message so we’ve got some of those some of those moments for you so Kay said or Steph said going to miss you clay even though we won’t finish the journey together what we did will never be done again couldn’t have imagined a better run with you and Draymond changed the whole Bay Area change the way the game is played killer clay at the center of it all thank you for everything bro go enjoy playing basketball and doing what you do Splash Bros for life my guy man you couldn’t get an actual post on the page but like about 17 18 19 story I think kind of makes kind of makes you want to cry a little put on the main page he’s like let me get in my feelings for 24 hours I mean we we knew at some point it would come to an in but this is sad even for warriors haters like myself this is sad the team was very meaningful that fan base while quite annoying it was good to see them successful after all the all the down years the bay had so I take it the words will not be on your list of free agent my fault man free agent ation [ __ ] man I ain’t nobody want to see this [ __ ] happen so there was also report that clay asked Steph not to exert his influence over the franchise in contract negotiations clay reportedly had a 2-year $48 million offer from the Warriors last summer and according to ESPN’s Ramona shelburn and Kendra Andrews before free agency started clay was willing to take a two-year deal at 20 million per year but the Warriors response was we just can’t do it yet oh no we just can’t do it yet so in the same article was revealed both clay and Dre were in their feelings after the Warriors gave Jordan pull and Andrew Wiggins extensions in 2022 after the dubs Championship so they got those extensions before them that that may have been the precursor the one can they have gotten an extension then I think they could have got some bread then you don’t remember the conversation the conversation was Dre was up CL was up and Clay was up yeah Clay wasn’t up one more year one more year then they gave all the money to they gave the they had to give it to Jordan because he got punched they gave it to after the punch they like they had to bum up got to pay pay him if you don’t do anything pay him because of this mhm but that money that they were going to pay Jordan was going to be all of draymond’s which is why they felt like he was doing that to get Jordan out of there but as Warriors fans have pointed out uh Warriors gave clay a max deal with a torn ACL when he missed two seasons 67 million so over the two years he missed lot of Warriors fans say look he came back and delivered them another championship so he’ll bring ring number four like come on what was what was what was it going to pay him when when he was up back then last year it don’t matter when when he when when he signed that deal you’re paying him for what he did right which was what three championships then teams and all that and he missed those two years and got paid so he missed the two years got paid but that contract was what he did during that time right now this contract is what he’s done since then and this last year right so what it ain’t worth 2 year 48 two year for 40 now was I think with Clay’s team was me you Aver 18 last sh which was 40 and they said we good so they went down eight more can’t do it yet clay you got you got he did they didn’t that no that’s what I’m saying he went remember I said he went against himself he bet against himself and said all right [ __ ] it I go down I go down 8 million my performance this year two year you know two year 40 and they still said no in a sense so have you heard the murmers the murmers were Clay’s like look pay me my money yes why y’all haven’t pay me I think Richard Jefferson said something along that right so my thing was I think we had a conversation about why they wouldn’t pay clay first before Draymond and for them to pick up Draymond and not pick up Clay and then still call it Splash Bros which was what it was really created for the two main Shooters doing their thing yeah Draymond played an intrical piece because he was a defensive guy but especially after the pool banging like he bang pool and y’all still gave you want this dynasty to continue you need to lock in the splash Bros you lock in the splash Bros you good he ain’t been the same s my you ain’t got what were they saving the money for exactly try to get Paul George to try to get Paul George and work so basic basically you got $8 million less than what you really offered him and you said hold on cuz we got some other [ __ ] brewing we trying to get Paul George Draymond on his pod said the Clippers basically didn’t play ball which should have been expected you’re not going to trade him to division rival so unless unless kaminga was involved the basketball God said [ __ ] you that’s basically what it is the guy y’all could have got for8 million less than what you was offering them you was like hold on just wait a minute and he was like bye now I’m good y’all treating me like I’m not me and then he went he went ins sign so I see I see it both ways on a contender so that happened that happened with us Larry Hughes um the owner had a um he had to go into surgery triple bypass heart surgery and before he went under he said sign Larry Hughes right that’s all I I give a [ __ ] just signed Larry so it his first day of train uh what’s her name negotiation they went in and they gave Larry they gave Larry offer Larry didn’t even cter just went and signed and um they were like we we didn’t know lar like I don’t I got screwed last time in free agency I didn’t have no time to negotiate with nobody give me my know I didn’t we wasn’t going to sit here and go back and forth whatever you thought I was worth said the first time this is what you said this this numbers better and he went that way so they didn’t even have a time to negotiate with him and I think this what happened you you sit here hold on we’re not ready yet he’s like I don’t have time to be [ __ ] around doesn’t this sound familiar to the Ray Allen situation in Boston yeah everybody don’t everybody ain’t trying to negotiate y’all it does sound nasty like Ray Allen has to go to Miami d d d da but then they saying like R never came out and said it was bad business but Danny was kind of doing some bad business with Ray to to make it happen but there was talks behind the scenes though that he he had kind of mapped out that hear me move a little earlier no no he he was waiting on the call I remember having a conversation he was like I was waiting for the call they were supposed to call me with the offer and they didn’t come to the table with it same with Klay Klay not going to come out and say it’s bad business with the with the Warriors which it shouldn’t have been that the organization is doing some some questionable [ __ ] even with the whole [ __ ] that happened Kay sitting back like do I really want to come back to some [ __ ] like this which is why he didn’t sign with the Lakers it’s too much pressure it’s too much I mean it’s too much [ __ ] going going from the Warriors to the Lakers listen too much pressure you telling me 2E 40 and they said 4 year 80 and he said no no for a 3year 50 with no state income tax too much pressure like that’s what I said not if he’s saying I will take like remember I will take 2year 40 so he was like he’s saying I want to stay here and you’re saying hold on we got some other [ __ ] in play we trying to get we trying we’re trying to get Paul George so we we can let you walk and he ended up he ended up taking 3 3E 50 he walks so yeah which is not 20 a year yeah so he walks y’all lose no ST no state income tax are close what I’m saying is you property taxes are going to be a bit Golden State can’t recover now no they can’t if you had Paul George yes if you had clay back for the 2-year 40 you still got enough money to keep going somewhere else now you lo you losing there’s nothing you can do and you lose CP free AG you ain’t got no tradeable pieces n to get that value back you you do but they’re not coming up off of kaminga but that’s not enough that’s not the value of clay Thomas wi understand wiggin by himself is not not enough not attractive anymore mm so even though he’s a solid 18 18 points of game he’s a solid 18 points a game so you know um but if you can throw kaminga in there like okay yeah you know now he now think about now he looks great what they need to go get now it don’t even matter they don’t they don’t think about Dallas Dallas didn’t have a third score they did not have a third score they have another guy that can give you 2022 a night with Tim uh Tim haror junr and Derrick Jones both you know what I’m saying now you have a guy a big it’s it’s a big upgrade yeah so Warriors released a statement after Klay dip thanking him for his time with the team and and announcing plans to retire his jersey we have that post for you it’s a long ass post but basically getting emotional again uh just thanking him for all the stuff they doing obviously it was a given that he was going to get that jersey retired for his 13 years of service six trips to the NBA finals five All-Star Game appearances a bunch of NBA records for his notorious bucket get it so is this what we’re going to start doing when we start doing this [ __ ] like guys start leaving teams and [ __ ] you just do hell yeah doing this hell yeah this for the other other guys you trying to get get a nice press releasee as well when they do n this is this is this is the least that they could have did you you literally you you literally rolled the dice you literally put your your your your money on a on this Paul George and put somebody to the side and you you miss both so do Paul George get one of these no what he get one with no Championship from the clippers for who just saying for being on the te for long you got to remember you got to remember just saying they’re dedic one of their 1100 toilets in his honor man golden St it will be the PG Golden State f is probably hot right now cuz they didn’t get p no you realizing that Klay damn Klay tried to Klay gave back money to stay and you guys sitting here playing around well I mean I’ve seen I’ve seen a mixed bag with the Warriors fans a lot of them thought since since this came out but I’m saying a lot of them a lot of them were like look they gave him his bread when he was hurt you know did did reasonable business and there was kind of indications behind the scenes that that they may have been heading this direction for a while so we love clay but also we could have got PG we could have got you could have you feel how do you feel now well you didn’t so how do you feel like I can say if you if this move was to get PG and you got him this right here is oh yeah yeah yeah but you lost both yeah if You’ have kept Jordan P You’ have been good that’s Jordan P was different man he was a it’s almost like I’m Reminiscing on a old old school player to play back I’m like Po was so cold back in our he was so good man [ __ ] man that [ __ ] had wiggle out there and now he is Lost in Translation no no no he came back he came back strong he came back it wasn’t Jordan po that we know put him off the put no they put him on the bench no at the end of the season had a couple like reactivated Rea bch you had to recharge him a little bit yeah will the words be able to repair their relationship with Clay down the line or repair what do you mean repair just something I mean yeah they got to they got to put a jersey up there so you got to come back going cry he feel some when you unfollow when you unfollow somebody though when you when you go to the button remove when you push the button it say unfollow you can’t yeah you feel cuz I I can tell you like I don’t know how many people follow but you got cuz that probably Warrior no no delete are you serious cuz it’s Warriors as Warriors so he probably followed him a long time ago so he had energy you see how much energy is or just type Warriors I feel some type of way now now when you angry you don’t type [ __ ] a typeing [ __ ] let me see who else I need to unfollow who else who else follow them I’m I’m unfollowing everybody who follow the mascot godamn the pr [ __ ] [ __ ] famous said uh uh clay follow him too he like damn man he all TI damn what y’all on over here Los was the biggest Warriors fan [ __ ] what y’all [ __ ] on what I do clay what I do but so Warriors signed De Anthony M oneye deal I believe Tuesday Warriors acquired Kyle Anderson from the wolves in a signing trade for a future second round pick Swap and Anderson said to get a three-year $27 million deal for the UCLA Legend So for who what team Timberwolves so Timberwolves resign and no KY Anderson is going to the Warriors now oh so play Thompson they from Splash brother to knuckle ball pickle that’s pickle ball that [ __ ] playing pickle ball out there Anders y’all have fun out there there’s also a discussion they’re trying to get healed as well to come on the I understand I’m just tell I just merely report the news now you still want kaming to stay over there in that crashing burning building hell no brother kaming said [ __ ] CL you want to go to Lakers I might [Music] but who’s running that ship over there a dookie all right oh yeah I forgot oh yeah I forgot she’s a doo she’s a doooo too she’s a doooo too I forgot all about your doooo I don’t like Duke at all but I don’t I don’t hold that against you no one likes Duke at all fine academic I mean I like the people that would there just not the person that that control it oh that controlled it co K McMill it’s like it’s like four trigger words for oh this is a triggering you know you going to see you going to see Coach K and Vegas when we’re at Summer League we going to see what the Energy’s like we said two too little he walked by the glass he walked by the glass that took two courage walk by again I wish you would I wish you would hey we can run up on him I’m just telling you hean now he aan what’s up it’s just fun do fun you get the get I got the left up mik he can call me right now for an interview I’m like oh my God coach K’s the [Laughter] best y know I’m easily pers a very reasonable rational human being but let’s keep this thing moving we will head over now to Oklahoma City Thunder have been active this off season so after landing all defensive guard Alex Caruso and a trade with the bulls for Josh gidy straight up they also retain Sharpshooter Isaiah Joe giving him a fouryear $48 million deal and Wing Aaron Wiggins who got a 5year $47 million deal Monday they addressed their need at Center by snatching Isaiah hartenstein away from the Knicks with a three-year 87 million deal so in Caruso and hardenstein the Thunder have added two solid role players to a team that finished first in the west last season and they didn’t have to come up off of any first round picks how do they keep doing this to do so this is this s presy is smart s PR so want to know start with you do you like the Thunder adding Alex kuso and Isaiah hardenstein to the roster I do but they just still seem like a mediocre team just for the name sake okay you know what I’m saying like the on paper you look at it you wouldn’t it wouldn’t glare to you but then you look at what hot hardenstein would play the four uh five CH start to the four oh that’s weird that’s that’s scary then so then you looking at what Caruso starting at the two yuck Jaylen Williams at the three yuck lock down Defender Gil Lakers Legend alexo that’s I don’t think I you don’t think you star Caruso who you Isaiah Joe got d as well Jo Wiggins I’m not I lead him on the bench I feel like they gonna have to battle it out in training camp spot is he’s proven but not on this team not with this team just in the league his years you know what I’m saying you don’t just throw him out there trade for him and then bring him out the bench bring out the bench I guess it makes them stronger though mean they address their needs strengthen the roster it’s just no BL little glaring star I was expecting them to go get a three man well I mean you expect Chad to kind of that and jayen is about to be one Jaylen Williams about to CH not a star not yet he said he’s getting there though you’re two Che yeah this might be he might like you don’t got to worry about banging with all big people no more as much they got potential but he ain’t no star Williams has got potential he ain’t no star he’s getting close to that that level though you think that it would be easier for them to to transition to the star rle now that they have like legitimate like proven role players they just don’t have pressure to go prove that they’re Stars SJ is the only now though after finishing first yeah but SJ the only one that got to hold that up he’s got to hold up the MVP you know candidates situation honestly I don’t think he has that because I think everyone thinks that that was his award that he should have won so like I’m just like this is his second year average in 30 and yeah and he should have won MVP left right so this year coming in all the pressure is on him in that team now because now he’s the only Bonafide star that was like this your team like we’re on your back and you ain’t got no help yeah I mean I can see Jaylen Williams becoming an Allstar next season if they are one of the top teams so so you’re going to go what Shay at the one Dort at the two Jaylen at the three Chad at the four and hardstein at the five and then bringing Caruso Off the Bench okay I is he the point who Caruso no backup point guard who’s that he going to have to be the backup cuz my thing is why would you I knew I mean we knew giddy was gone remember I said he’s the odd man out because he can’t shoot yeah I think they got rid of him because of the the [ __ ] yeah but Caruso can’t shoot to any smaller so your your lineup is very small if he’s in the lineup you can’t six eight that had more points rebounds and assist and you bring in a guy who’s just there for defense is is a downgrade and you got dorton who’s in there for def that’s what I’m saying so you it will be a downgrade if if you’re starting him from who you had before well so if he comes off the bench then it makes sense but as a starter is going to be a downgrade from last year because you’re losing you’re losing height you’re losing someone who can play one two three and guard one two but he can score like like giddy could score G 6 12 six and five some confidence issu in the postseason got benched at points during the postseason last year but you also got to remember Thunder got about 5011 first round picks it’s not like they can’t make some moves to still bring in a potential star at some point down the road but he played 80 games last year that was one thing that nobody talked about with this team they all played a they all played yeah 80 79 82 71 75 yeah I think that’s CH played all 82 games left year it’s a bad move for gidy going to Chicago I think he’ll he’ll play but it’s just not going to look the same for him I think he’s going to feel out of whack not having a bunch of guys that can contribute to what he do which is facilitate yeah cuz they just there’s a lot of one-on-one ISO players on so what not a lot of movement you know what saying yeah it’s just bad so we have a mostly fans question from Underdog user daddy MC that’s his name so I had to say it will Caruso and hardstein have an impact on the Thunder the way Drew and porzingis had with the Celtics and is it Championship or bus for the Thunder now no and no no no no no no talking about porzingis is 20 and 10 you’re talking about holiday defensive player fans question Daddy I just wanted to get you your $50 I just wanted to get you your 50 piece don’t hardenstein gets a rebound and don’t shoot and then Caruso don’t he not aggressive offensively so uh not I think not but that’s the point to they have so much flexibility now to be able to move and bring in another big time piece somewhere down the road arenstein has a lightskinn um Kenneth fared what a random two black men in America like he’s just out there Energy play hard get the rebound like he just stole from the bank stole you but that’s why you can’t I mean that’s he stole that’s probably what they need though you think so or resent n he get offensive you would you don’t think he helped last year I just don’t want to disagree he sto why you don’t want to is you you the Nick I’m just saying he know your man St how much get paid 80 3 for 87 he got three for 87 I think four for 7 if Nicks would have signed him back would you would have been mad at that price tag it just was too much for the Knicks to do but it would have been like four for 72 right or somewhere in that range something like that he brought a lot of value to the Knicks more than just rebounding like decision making with the ball he was pretty good at that for a big but so so doesn’t have to do that or NOC is was 4E 72 too much for him or uh I think the Knicks can probably find the replacement at that price the difference between him and AA aoua is more athletic he can catch them lobs and he go out there and block shots all harinstein do is go out there and hit that ball out for extra possession Tyson Chandler n oh my parkstein like Tyson hit the ball know like Tyson but Tyson at least going to go block DK the ball IQ I think he’s that’s IQ cuz a lot of people don’t do that yeah I mean when you that’s your only job that you can actually go out there and do that to stay in the game cuz some that don’t count as a and that don’t count as a rebound you TI you got a rebound I can’t get it but but some people will let the other team get it it’s a good team thing it’s a good like you got a guy that’s going to go out there and know just hit the ball high IQ Rashad A black man in America possessor of a black job 84 mil to re up to do that black job shout out to uh Jonathan Isaac he got paid too down there in Orlando you know what I’m saying for sure it’s a lot of guys getting getting some money that deserve everyone getting paid get everyone except Josiah johnon unfortunately man you got like six jobs bro I know you was on the live [ __ ] snitching on me I have a image that I project yeah I see that same one I got a normal I’m just a normal regular human at least you not getting stood up my [ __ ] it hurt man I know that [ __ ] hurts your feelings you acting like you didn’t care but no no the fact no l no cuz I was waiting the fact that it’s it’s been 2 hours I was waiting I dressed I was I know you had a good game plan good game plan you didn’t just yourself out to no just have a nice Feelgood time I was going to just do that and I lingling took a overtime and I said she 6:30 appointment L always going to sleep man I had and everything this was the first dat first dat first day that no says a lot he listen he about to have some DM no said I give you some talking about app I ain’t had a sister in a minute it’s been the minutes as I open the sister gate it’s Applebees cheesecake noou yeah he applebe man and he was taking the sister the noble so you know he you got to take the risk you got to take the risk take the risking y was on my ass look at him y’all got to get Hey listen Ladi ladies lady he’s a softy he’s a soft you got to get through massages and butt rubs and all kind of [ __ ] I do all that I do all that [ __ ] trying to make a move for p i don’t tell you about the dessert until it’s over with the meal over with we going to the crib try to make nice little foot massage yeah to make mov for PG ended up having to go to lingling it’s all good shout out to I’m cool on them so after after the news of ihart coming to the Thunder broke Chad hongren showed him some love with the following tweet [Applause] saying welcome to the O my bright skinned twin Chad is a white man isn’t he well he has negro tendency he likes Jamaican food I don’t know I me OKC they’re very unserious I like yeah yeah is a very unserious but he he is comedy my brght skin twin they do kind of favor each other no that I like that I like the team itself because it’s a team like when they do the little group yeah the group interviews feels like a little C you hope that it lasts like they they roll with each other seems like these guys are all about it but is the four spot can I ask you something what they do what they do right here right so no one has the pressure on each other and they can’t divide right we like this yeah you remember when dwade and LeBron used to do it together right it was pointed out as weakness do what when they did the interviews they always did the interviews together so you couldn’t say well LeBron has said do that cuz they both sitting right there which one do you like better so for me you know their team this comes from like a more genuine more youthful like but you know how like like Jaylen Brown you know how they keep throwing that back and forth it it seems like moving forward they should be in it together to stop to stop the narratives that they try to do between you go there together now someone can’t creep in and say that dumb [ __ ] yeah is it a is it a do they agree upon that before like if me and jayen have this Hey whenever we do interviews we going to do it together well that’s why I think people like the OKC I don’t think that they the media it’s your media Personnel should be doing that now yeah y’all all go yeah yeah just go just hey man cuz you know cuz what happens is I’m I’m saying something but they genely got to like each other or else it’s going to look real forced yeah like you can’t you got to make sure that the Vibes is right because people going to see right through that yeah like you said if that is OKC is a college team you can kind of sense that they kind of all hang out and play 2K to Doc they work all know each other highing and [ __ ] you want to pull up to my post game interview sh [ __ ] else to do out here Apple beef they shop at the same store yeah yeah yeah yeah but do you like Chad now moving over to the four and kind of playing that exclusively yeah yeah I mean you know last year was a learning learning curve for him and he played well I mean you know um I think if his team wasn’t as good as it was he his numbers would have been better but the fact that he still played like that with the the the caliber of player that he had you know shows what what what type of talent he is so putting him at the four I I don’t know if I’ll put him at the four I I think you know it’ll go back and forth it depends on who he’s guarding right it depends on who at least you have the option now yeah I like har down at the four yeah that’s what I said it all depends we playing against Greek take your ass at Lopez yeah you know we in beat take your ass to whoever this is right so you get to you get to switch him a little bit so it kind of kind of kind of helps him yeah like it shot it’s okay man there there’s other fish in the sea I’m saying you know yeah I mean who wouldn’t want to go I just never was sold on chck I just never was sold on chck I you know I was the Bobo guy I’m a wmy guy now shout out to boobo a lot of them Rock they gave him one year deal in Phoenix man Bobo going to stay employed good for him shout out Bobo the B family just ready for him to just can’t teach it they don’t want to give it to him why not cuz he don’t want it yeah but they keep keeping him on the team he that good cuz he got that’s so crazy some upside shout out to b b his up we going to talk about his upside until How old how Olde out of the about 20 45 20 28 27 about 23 maybe hey and he in the city where is a bunch of work and that he’s just out there like if you ain’t playing you working 24 years old still a young years of upside you you know the thing about Bobo he needs a he needs a van guny or Nick M Millan yeah that’s the coach that needs put a fire in him to push him to keep him like to keep him going but you also need he’s like one of those guys that look like he needs to be rewarded yes I was just about to say they got re I just thought about it he needs a coach that’s going to reward him right like you know how I like do this first and I reward you some people you need to reward first so they can see what they got oh I like this feeling oh my God keep doing if you keep doing this I keep do go out there play 38 40 minutes and then see how that feel like in preseason in preseason he’s playing 48 I need to I need for him to see what it feels like maximum right so go out there and play there’s no sub for you go let me see what you do so now he’s out there playing the game now when he’s done he knows how his body feels and says hey I I like this this what this feel like like 38 feel now now he might start coming in early right cuz if you ain’t getting no minutes man let’s just be certain point you’re like all right [ __ ] it your body adjust differently 20 minutes to 38 minutes you’re like yo I see a Gil really feel like he this [ __ ] now you got little [ __ ] this lifing weight like what you doing to here B8 at me now coming at me I need some meat on these bones oh [ __ ] other than that [ __ ] the game started at 7 he walking in at 659 hey man who we playing tonight eating fries start you forgot the schedule who hey who we playing tonight let me get a burger man let me get a burger the Snickers I made a whole YouTube video say we playing this team and it was not the team we was playing what damn you learned a valuable lesson I was like oh wait we’re not playing this team we’re playing different team so hour before two hours before the G correction two hours before the game start yikes so we got some other news to report Campell Walker announced his retirement after 12 seasons in the league on Tuesday so Walker made the announcement on his social media Pages went a national championship at Yukon and got the nickn nickname cardak Kemba for his Legendary Run Through The Big E tournament that season before becoming The Hornet’s ninth overall pick in the 2011 Draft Walker was a four-time All-Star SMI the bulk of his career in Charlotte and is the horn it’s alltime leader in points minutes field goals and threes average 19 points five assists four rebounds and 750 regular season games chunking the proverbial Deuces on his basketball career I believe he will now be joining the Hornets staff as an assistant coach but wow what’s your reaction to Kemba Walker re time give him the smoke give Kemba the smoke congrats Kemba he was one of those guards man that was was really really talented but obviously he played on the team that didn’t have coverage right uh very Shifty can knew how to score fast I mean you know he was he was he was a legit star guard he just played in Charlotte which nobody really got to see him like that but when you when you went through and you had to guard him you knew it was problems that night so you know um you know it’s great that you know he got the play of you know his his career route is is um his dream and now he gets to retire and and go to that next level which is uh coaching still only 34 years old a lot of life ahead of him damn baby damn 34 only that’s [ __ ] hey hold on man a hey man when your black ass back in the begin you got three more years dog I was you got three more you got three more man you got it he didn’t say that that ain’t what that is that is Prett he gave up you heard him on the 7 m on 700 p.m. in Brooklyn with uh wait he was over didn’t was he killing no no I don’t think so he was over it when you go over there mentally when you go over there he was on vac oo it ain’t even vacay it’s like a it’s a sentence in Monaco in Monaco that’s a cool I’m talking about overseas basketball I get it when you’re leaving here and you’re forced to go over here just to hoop what if he just wanted to take a little trip before he got into his next care he didn’t want to stop playing basketball yeah nobody wants to stop at not NBA not when you still like Kim went from Kim to then going to the Celtics right and then them being like I don’t know if you still got it and then moving you right along to the out to out of the league right and you sitting there like man I could still I’m 31 still [ __ ] hoop there’s a lot of the career stopped early because the league stopped [ __ ] with them they stopped they stopped believing in them yeah so you stop believing in yourself once you go over there you’re like damn I’m in [ __ ] Monica I’m in [ __ ] mexic only playing 11 minutes per game out there come on man and then you playing 11 minutes overseas you just came from the NBA bro I’m like yo what I I understand where it is it’s a it’s different and I feel bad cuz when I see it and I know you got more years Mike Beasley isah Thomas’s all of those young young guys that could be midlevel exception guys come in and get you a couple get you at least 10 get you 10 points Off the Bench as a reserve and you see all the other Talent that’s out there playing it’s just we come from a different time man I mean you can’t turn back the clock but [ __ ] man yeah it’s hard well shout out kampa enjoy your retirement and enjoy all the bread that you accumulated during your NBA career you’ll be living comfortably if you ever want to pull up the gills Arena present about $100 fantasy w w we would love to have you so now let’s move on to mostly fans as a reminder if you want to join the underdog fantasy movement download the app ‘s promo code Gill you get up to $250 in bonus Cash Plus a special pick them so we’ve got a video submission from Underdog user zaran going on guys I know the offseason is when you guys usually do all of your trips with your families and whatnot so I want to know what was your favorite place to go and travel to in the summertime and vacation favorite place to vacation M all Bahamas yep I was going to say the same thing when I first got my first little checkboy and I went there and I had such a blast my rookie SE after my rookie season that that’s the only place I actually like right I’m actually looking for a place out there I mean for vacation purposes for vacation purp never mind never mind Dr the gun Dr the gun my think I got money going out there where you what you got over there we are a poor podcast yeah I was looking for little beach house r on the W do the ARA little time share only timing for me sharing it with me so you guys both say Nassau H yeah mamas like mam I haven’t been to Nassau in a minute but we used to go a lot when I was younger and yeah it was fun it’s fun so much to do Miami M yeah turn up yeah man come on dog Miami come on get out you asked what it what it was back then it was Miami you what the [ __ ] that’s where he wanted to go [ __ ] a different planet listen listen listen it was a different planet I’m trying to tell you Memorial Day we on a random Thursday said random Thursday is what kind of party is this where the hell you go no to be Hest Miami in the summer you just randomly a whole bunch of NBA players with the shirt off riding motorcycle it was it felt like a real vacation though it did it was different Star Island and all the [ __ ] and [ __ ] what people are like yo let’s go you going out of the country now I’m going to Miami for sure to Miami for sure four on Ocean Drive Fourth of July Ocean Drive you got your little nice little Cabana little hotel used to be like a vacation destination now like that’s where you go find your wife at now used to you go to Miami you get you a nice little Cuban J you get your nice little you know what I’m saying get you some exotic you know what I’m saying get you Miami day J little little shout out little negro you get your a little nro out there shout out to the lovely City it is 4th of July week weekend Fourth of July weekend starting now right everybody taking Thursday Friday they getting their mov on I have to have a meeting this morning cuz they were like oh we’re going to we’re being going off early for the holiday like it’s Wednesday well is it is an important holiday yeah I didn’t know we wasn’t coming to to work tomorrow I know you don’t believe in designated off days but holiday pay we had to save some bread so we could spend that on NBA Summer League where we will be at the manderlay bay for anybody you’re looking at us with smoke Manda B Ken Ken Ken Ken’s cooking if you have an issue go to the Manda Bay he will you’ll see him in the lobby at some point kenyon’s house yeah I know bar I don’t know if he gave everybody invites but listen he got the dog out front everybody I invi everybody Kenya’s house trust me if you can find it pull up ate the food when he 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Intro 0:00:00
Rashad Stood Up On His Date 0:04:30
Show Start 0:09:30
Lexie Health Update 0:13:42
WNBA All-Star Team Announced 0:18:30
Who Will Win WNBA Rookie of the Year? 0:25:37
Team USA Women’s Roster 0:32:37
Lakers Introduce Bronny James 0:44:06
Expectations For Bronny 0:56:03
What’s Next For LeBron & The Lakers 1:03:39
Is Demar DeRozan A Scorer? 1:19:00
Lakers Build Out Their Coaching Staff 1:23:39
The Warriors Say Goodbye To Klay 1:28:06
The Thunder’s Big Offseason 1:43:22
Kemba Walker Retires From Basketball 1:59:22
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I see why Gil is a loser missing games talking about a guaranteed loss lol u gotta have that winner mentality to be a Champion fr he doesn’t only cares about the bag but each is own
I understand what McCants was saying between a scorer, and someone who can score. Carmelo Anthony was a scorer. I kind of see where McCants was coming from about DeRozan. I personally would classify DeRozan as a scorer. Definitely hits game winners better than Paul George.
Bro yall really don’t care to know stats and it shows. Only 19 of Angel Reese’s 86 offensive rebounds are off of her misses. Most of her offensive rebounds are from her teammates missing not from herself. Out of 213 rebounds only 19 of those are from herself, she’s the best rebounder in the league, simple.
Damn homie in college you was the man homie f"!k happened to you 😂😂😂
“Wrap it up, man”
He's weird
Rashad clearly just be talking to hear his own voice. Man said a guy who’s averaged 20+ on over 50% for multiple yrs isn’t a scorer 😂😂😂😂 tell me you don’t watch basketball without saying it
Mccants fan club growing at a rapid rate just shows how much people love to Hate lol Demar isn’t a scorer is crazy
Mcants stop comparing Kobe and lebron. Kobe 18, 19, and 20th year he averaged 14-4-6 /22-6-6 / 18-4-3. Lebron 19, 20, and 21st year he averaged 30-8-6/ 29-8-7 / 26-7-8
56:45 this dude need to go to therapy bro let it go they messed up your draft bro u still played in the NBA you in a elite group of folks walking earth but you still
Be bitter every chance you get
From someone who was diagnosed with crohn's disease, I chose not to use the medicine and just changed the way I eat. Just be careful and pay attention to how your body reacts to food and the medicine.
Josiah Yo the league wasn’t growing😂😂😂 If CC ain’t playing they will return to small ass arenas😂😂😂
The return of Lexie "BOOTY HOOLE" BROOOWN!
Nobody even sayin that Klay wanted a bigger role and chose the better contenders. Get that ring and that starting job!
44 Mins later lol
Females can't except economics. WNBA is growing because of the rookies. Everybody wins if u let it.
Lexie back !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Caitlin Clark is better than Bronny😂😂
LmAo. So…lol…killing in college is better than being on the Lakers is a bigger flex?
HAAAAAAA-!!!! I be trying to support the Tar Heel legend but…lol
no way mccants talking about derozan like this 🤣🤣🤣
Bezos getting 150k in 90s money and converting that to a 2 Trillion dollar company is no way comparable to the advantages bronny is getting because of his daddy. Stop it Gil.
Give both teams that made the WNBA finals a championship too😭😭that way it builds up the rivalry 💀wtf are we talking about here? What about MVP? Do the top two players get MVP?
What is Shad TALKING aBOUT?!?! Bean retired because he PHYSICALLY and mentally was exhausted.
Shouldn’t this bitch be at practice she so trash 🚮
Mccants lost me with the Demar take take😂😂 deebo IS a scorer and a last shot taker. That big 3 trophy got to his head Lol
Saying make it a co-roty is a weak ass answer. Pick one. The correct answer is Caitlin.
fire
McCants hate the whole james family that shit weak af he going do the same to bryce
Boooooo the cute hater is back😍😍😍🤣🤣🤣🎯🎯🎯
This is the era of participation trophies. Bronny got drafted because he’s LeBron son. He didn’t earn nothing. He didn’t do anything to deserve to be drafted. This is all privilege. People need to call it like it is. There are plenty of guys in college, who deserves to be drafted that never gets drafted. Just call it like it is.